Fawang Temple () is a modern Chinese Buddhist monastery located  northwest of the town of Dengfeng in Henan province, China. Situated at the bottom of the Yuzhu Peak of Mount Song, the monastery claims to be the descendant of the second Buddhist monastery constructed in China. However, the type of Buddhism espoused before the revolution was Chan (ancestor of Japanese Zen), which had not yet evolved in the time of the monastery's legendary founding.

The modern management are careful to use the term "secularized" of the associated martial arts school, defining it to mean "unconstrained by Buddhist precepts." The martial arts school, named the "Shaolin Temple Secular Disciples' Martial Arts School" is international. In the winter off-season it trains a body of permanent students. For the rest of the year it holds training seminars of varying numbers of weeks for students unlimited by nationality or age.

The revolutionary government of the People's Republic of China has varied in its approach to this and other Buddhist monasteries. Mao Zedong ignored kung-fu as a method of serious fighting, advising his soldiers strike solid blows instead. Subsequently Mao made it known that he valued the monasteries as a Chinese tradition, and was seen touring them. However, the Cultural Revolution devalued them. That policy was reversed on Mao's death. Currently the government appears to be supportive to the monasteries as cultural assets.

Certainly, the Mount Song region has become a major tourist center. Under government jurisdiction since 1949, the monasteries generally receive all the funding they need. In return they generate a large geotourism income. The monks to some degree have become showmen and acrobats. They give special displays and shows dressed in costume or with body paint and evidence considerable acrobatic agility. During the early 21st century Mount Song became a UNESCO global geopark, which requires a commitment to geotourism.

Local geography

Temple
The monastery occupies a hanging valley on the south slopes of Mount Taishi, one of the peak islands of Mount Song. Yuzhufeng ("Yuzhu peak") flanks the east side. It is a ridge of peaks forming a part of the lower ridge system of Taishi, known for its scenic views. Songshan Scenic Spot is officially one of them. The monks report, "there are thousands of cliffs and valleys; the hills and forests are dense."

The valley points at Taishi. The west side of the valley is termed figuratively "the dragon," and the east side "the tiger." They "embrace each other" on the north. The southern end runs over a  drop into the Shuyuen River. Regarding the valley, the monks find such terms as "hidden," "secret," and "secluded" appropriate.

On the east the col between two elevations of Yuzhu is termed "the Song Gate." During the Mid-Autumn Festival, celebrating the equinox, the moon rises in the gate, lighting up the valley. The valley ascends from south to north, giving a view of Taishi.

Pagoda forest

The temple has its own pagoda forest (distinct from that of the Shaolin Temple) located up the slope to the north at . The Fawang Temple pagodas were built mainly during the Tang dynasty (618–907), but some are later, in the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368).

The most prominent of these early Tang era pagodas is a 40 m (131 ft) tall square-based stone tower with eaves, its ground floor measuring 7 m (23 ft) on each side with 2 m (6.5 ft) thick walls. Inside this pagoda is a shrine and a jade statue of the Buddha that was presented to the pagoda in 1409 by a member of the royal family stationed in Luoyang during the Ming dynasty. This pagoda follows the similar design style of other Tang pagodas, such as multi-eaved, square-based Xumi Pagoda and Small Wild Goose Pagoda. Other Tang pagodas include three one-story pavilion style brick pagodas, each about 10 m (32 ft) high. Each one of these is capped with a conical roof with arc eaves.

History of the institution
Despite the many refurbishments and improvements remnants of the ancient structures remain, such as the southern gate with its hexagonal windows, Roman-arch doorway (though not built under any western influence), ornate roof, and grand staircase guarded by stone mythical creatures. The similarity of this gate to a parallel gate in the nearby Shaolin Monastery suggests a common architecture and common period of foundation. The bundling together of these two temples with two others, the Songyue and Huishan, under the historical name "the Four Temples of Mount Songshan" is believed to indicate they were all formed in the same period, and further, they represent the introduction of Chan Buddhism to the area. The introduction of the name into history, however, is not dated.

The pagodas in the cemetery are studied as Tang dynasty architecture. The pagodas have a history; the temple does not. While it is often true in archaeology that cemeteries can be used to date habitations mainly unavailable because currently inhabited, a conclusion that Chan Buddhism, Kung Fu, a common temple architecture, and fully developed pagodas appeared suddenly at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty strains the credibility. There are literary sources portraying an earlier development probably obliterated by the later.

In one source of the legend, Emperor Ming of Han, ruler of the Eastern Han Dynasty had a dream that a man emitting golden light flew into his palace and landed in the courtyard. Consulting his courtiers he was told of an Indian legend of Buddha exercising special powers of glowing and flying. The dream would signify the Buddha bringing enlightenment to Ming's court. He did not wait, but sent two emissaries to India, Cai Yin and Qin Jing, to investigate the religion. The year was 64. They returned to Ming's capital, Luoyang, in 68 carrying saddlebags of Buddhist scriptures and statuettes on two white horses, accompanied by two instructors, She Moteng and Zhu Felan.

The Indian disciples were lodged in the state guest house, Honglu Temple. Their first task was to translate the scriptures, for which purpose the emperor gave them the guest house, renaming it to pai ma si, White Horse Temple, after the horses that had ported the scriptures. Some consider this the first Buddhist temple in China. Meanwhile the emperor's court began convert, notably Liu Jun, the Marquis Yangshen. Decreeing that he was allowed to convert, in 71 the emperor built a monastery for him in Mount Songshan, the initial Fawang Temple. Some consider this to be the first Chinese Buddhist temple, others the second.

See also
 Mount Song

Notes

References

Reference bibliography

External links

Fawang Temple Pagoda
Tomb Pagodas of Fawang Temple

7th-century Buddhist temples
Buddhist temples in Zhengzhou
Tang dynasty Buddhist temples
Pagodas in China
Dengfeng
Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Henan


Sânger ( ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania that is composed of seven villages: Bârza (Borza), Cipăieni (until 1996, Chimitelnic; Keménytelke), Dalu (Fodorkút), Pripoare (Pripora), Sânger, Vălișoara (Sárkihíd), and
Zăpodea (Zapodia).

Sânger lies on the Transylvanian Plateau, on the banks of Pârâul de Câmpie and it's affluent, Valea Sarchii. It is located in the western part of Mureș County,  north of the town of Luduș and  west of the county seat, Târgu Mureș. It is crossed by the single-track  Luduș-Șieu-Măgheruș railway line and by the county road DJ 153G.

In 2002, the commune had a population of 2,530, of which 87% were Romanians, 7% Hungarians, and 6% Roma.

Natives
Gheorghe Cipăianu (1878–1957), agronomist and politician
Teofil Oroian (born 1947), officer and military historian
Vasile Pop (1789–1842), physician

References

Communes in Mureș County
Localities in Transylvania


Strip farm may refer to:

Strip farming, a method of farming used when a slope is too steep or too long
Ribbon farm, a long, narrow land division, usually found in series lined up along a waterway


Rușii-Munți (, Hungarian pronunciation: , meaning "Russian Village on the Mureș") is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania that is composed of four villages: Maiorești (formerly Huduc; Monosfalu), Morăreni (Maroslaka), Rușii-Munți and Sebeș (Sebespatak).

It has a population of 2,252: 95% Romanians, 1% Hungarians and 4% Roma.

See also
List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)

References

Communes in Mureș County
Localities in Transylvania


Răstolița (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania that is composed of five villages: Andreneasa (Andrástelep), Borzia (Borzia), Gălăoaia (Galonya), Iod (Jód) and Răstolița.

The commune is located in the northern part of the county, at a distance of  from Toplița,  from Reghin, and  from the county seat, Târgu Mureș. It lies at the foot of the Călimani Mountains and Gurghiu Mountains, on the right bank of the river Mureș. The river Răstolița is a right tributary of the Mureș; it discharges into the Mureș in Răstolița village.

Răstolița commune has a population of 2,230: 82% Romanians, 17% Hungarians, and 1% Romani.

The  dates from the second half of the 18th century.

See also
List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)

References

Communes in Mureș County
Localities in Transylvania


The Qizu Pagoda (), located at Fengxue Temple () of Ruzhou, Henan province, China is a stone, multi-eaved Chinese pagoda built in 738 during the Tang dynasty. The pagoda was built in honor of a Buddhist monk, while the name of the structure was given by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang himself.

This brick pagoda is located behind the main hall of the temple. It has nine stories, is 27 m (88.5 ft) tall (including the crowning spire), and has a square base. The outstretching eaves of the pagoda form an inverse curve, indicative of pagodas built during the early Tang dynasty. Its design style is comparable to the Xumi Pagoda built a century earlier.

External links
Qizu Pagoda at China.org.cn

Buildings and structures in Henan
Buddhist temples in Henan
Pagodas in China
Tang dynasty Buddhist temples
Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Henan
Religious buildings and structures completed in 738
8th-century Buddhist temples


East Chinnock is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the A30 road  south west of Yeovil, both in the South Somerset district.  The parish has a population of 479 (2011 census).

History

The origin of the name Chinnock is uncertain.  It may be derived from the Old English cinu meaning ravine or cinn meaning a chin shaped hill, with the addition of ock meaning little.  An alternative derivation may be an old hill-name of Celtic origin.

The Chinnocks (later East, West and Middle) were in all but rectory in Saxon times lastly owned by Wynflaed under Shaftesbury Abbey but by the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 East Chinnock was separated.  It was granted to Robert, Count of Mortain and his son William gave it to Montacute Priory who held it until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539, when it was bought by the Portmans of Orchard Portman.

Governance
The parish council has co-responsibility for some local issues so sets an annual precept (local rate) to cover its costs and makes annual accounts for public scrutiny. It can submit its evaluation report into all planning applications and works with police, other councils' officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime/security, traffic and highways. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and the environment can be in its reports and initiatives. It maintains and repairs some of, and consults with both higher-tier councils, as to more of, sports/leisure facilities, verges, parks, surface water drainage, paths, public transit and street cleaning.

The village is in the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 from part of Yeovil Rural District. It is responsible for local planning and building control, most of streetscene/parks, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, and tourism.

Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and  fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning.

It is served by the Yeovil seat in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Landmarks
Weston House in East Chinnock dates from 1637.

To the west of the village is a rare spring, of salt water, locally known as (the) Salt Hole.  It was used for salt manufacture until the mid 19th century.

Religious sites
The Church of Saint Mary in East Chinnock has 14th-century origins.  Most of the stained glass of the nave and chancel was made by Gunther Anton, a prisoner of war in Yeovil during World War II, and dedicated by George Carey in 1989.

Its ecclesiastical parish is in a benefice that shares a cleric with three others. It is West Coker with Hardington Mandeville, East Chinnock and Pendomer.

References

External links

Village website

Villages in South Somerset
Civil parishes in Somerset


Râciu (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania composed of fifteen villages: Căciulata, Coasta Mare (Nagyoldal), Cotorinau, Curețe, Hagău (Hágó), Leniș (Lenes), Nima Râciului (Rücsinéma), Obârșie, Pârâu Crucii (Keresztpatak), Râciu, Sânmărtinu de Câmpie (Mezőszentmárton), Ulieș (Nagyölyves), Valea Sânmărtinului (Forrásészka), Valea Seacă (Szárazpatak) and Valea Ulieșului (Ölyvespatak). It has a population of 3,752: 90% Romanians, 4% Hungarians and 6% Roma.

See also
List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)

References

Communes in Mureș County
Localities in Transylvania


Louis Truscott (born October 7, 1978) is a former American professional basketball player. He played for BC Mureș in Romanian Basketball Division A.

Career

2002-03
Truscott played for Houston in NCAA Division 1. In 28 games, he averaged 15.32 points, 11.32 rebounds and 1.11 assists.

2003-04
Truscott was drafted by the Gary Steelheads of the CBA. He was chosen 15th in the second round. He played 12 games, averaging 0.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 9 assists per game. In 2003, he participated in the Southern California Summer Pro League with the Houston Rockets.

2004-05
Truscott was transferred to the London Towers of the British Basketball League. He played 12 games, averaging 17.33 points, 8.83 rebounds, and 1.25 assists per game, with a field goal percentage of 66.7% and a three-point shooting percentage of 33.3%. He finished the season with the Asheville Altitude of the NBA Development League, playing 8 games, averaging 4.4 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 13.3 minutes per game.

2005-07
Truscott spent two years in South America playing for several teams in different countries. He started for the Correcaminos Tampico-Reynos of the Mexican League in 2005 (9 games with 15.4 ppg, 10.2 rpg, 2FGP:71.3%, 3FGP:40%, FT:61.3%, APG: .3%). He then moved to the Bolivian League, where he played for Nonis Santa Cruz (19 ppg, 12 rpg). Truscott finished the season in Uruguay with Paysandu (20.1 ppg, 10.8 rpg, 4th in rebounds). For the 2005-2006 season, he played in Argentina for Ferrocarril Oeste Capital Federal (14.7 ppg, 7.8 rpg), and in 2006, he was in Chile playing for Deportes Ancud, where he averaged 23 ppg and 16 rpg. He returned to Argentina in 2007, playing for Parana Echague (21 ppg, 12 rpg).

2007-08 (half season)
In 2008, he spent the second half of the Romanian Division A season playing for BC Mureș. One of the best forwards in the league, he helped the team to qualify for the playoffs, and fans loved his professionalism and spectacular playing style. Truscott was the 5th highest scorer in Romania Division A for this period. From May through July 2008, he started every game, averaging 20.08 points, 9.23 rebounds, 1.31 assists, 0.54 steals, 0.38 blocks, 69.1% field goals made, 22.7% from the three-point line, 67.5% free throws, and 35.08 minutes.

Awards and honors
High School: Top 100 Players at Houston's Milby High School. Among Basketball America's Super 64 recruits and one of the top recruits from the Houston area. Was ranked No. 1 in the state for much of the season, was named the MVP in District 18-5A and at Milby as a junior and senior. In his senior year he was also named a second-team All-Greater Houston selection by the Houston Chronicle, and he earned first-team all-District 18-5A and all-region honors.
1999-2000: Most Valuable Reserve
2003: All Conference USA 1st Team
2008: Eurobasket Romania All Import Team

References

External links
Up to date statistics
Louis Truscott at BC Mures
Houston Cougars bio

1978 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Mexico
American expatriate basketball people in Romania
American expatriate basketball people in the United Kingdom
American expatriate basketball people in Uruguay
American men's basketball players
Asheville Altitude players
Basketball players from Houston
Houston Cougars men's basketball players
London Towers players
Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball players
Power forwards (basketball)


Middle Chinnock is a village in the civil parish of West and Middle Chinnock, in Somerset, England,  north east of Crewkerne. It lies  east of the larger village of West Chinnock.

In 1881 the parish had a population of 150. Middle Chinnock was an ancient parish, which became a civil parish in 1866. The civil parish was abolished on 25 March 1885 and absorbed into the parish of West Chinnock. In 2003 the parish was renamed West and Middle Chinnock.

History

The origin of the name Chinnock is uncertain.  It may be derived from the Old English cinu meaning ravine or cinn meaning a chin shaped hill, with the addition of ock meaning little.  An alternative derivation may be an old hill-name of Celtic origin.

A Roman burial was found at Higher Farm, Middle Chinnock.

The Chinnocks were held as one estate in Saxon times by Wynflaed under Shaftesbury Abbey but by the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 East Chinnock, West Chinnock and Middle Chinnock had been separated.

Governance
The West and Middle Chinnock parish council has co-responsibility for some local issues so sets an annual precept (local rate) to cover its costs and makes annual accounts for public scrutiny. It can submit its evaluation report into all planning applications and works with police, other councils' officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime/security, traffic and highways. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and the environment can be in its reports and initiatives. It maintains and repairs some of, and consults with both higher-tier councils, as to more of, sports/leisure facilities, verges, parks, surface water drainage, paths, public transit and street cleaning.

The village is in the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 from part of Yeovil Rural District. It is responsible for local planning and building control, most of streetscene/parks, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, and tourism.
As to those councillors it is in its 'Parrett' electoral ward. This stretches from Chiselborough in the north, via East Chinnock to North Perrott in the south. The ward population at the 2011 census was 2,336.

Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and  fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning.

It is served by the Yeovil seat in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Church

Ecclesiastically, the parish of Middle Chinnock is now part of the united benefice of Norton-sub-Hamdon, West Chinnock, Chiselborough and Middle Chinnock.

The parish Church of Saint Margaret has 12th-century origins. The tower and south porch were built in the 14th or 15th centuries with most of the remainder of the building being rebuilt in phases during the 19th century. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.

Notable residents
 Victor James Marks, former Somerset and England cricketer was born in Middle Chinnock in 1955.
 Stirling Voules, England cricketer, born in Middle Chinnock in 1843.
Retired navy captain John Warde (1851–1936) CBE, JP died a resident of Middle Chinnock.
Retired navy captain Arthur E P Welman (1893–1966), awarded the Croix de Guerre and Legion of Honour, one-term vice-president of the Royal Free Hospital and for life a governor. Died a resident of Middle Chinnock.

References

External links

Villages in South Somerset
Former civil parishes in Somerset


Pogăceaua ( ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania composed of ten villages: Bologaia (Balogéja), Ciulea (Csulja), Deleni (Ökröstó), Fântâna Babii, Pârâu Crucii, Pogăceaua, Scurta, Sicele, Valea Sânpetrului, and Văleni.

The commune lies in the Transylvanian Plain, on the banks of the river Șes and its left tributary, Bologa. It is located in the western part of the county,  northwest of the county seat, Târgu Mureș.

As of the 2011 census, Pogăceaua had a population of 2,117: 82.2% Romanians, 15.1% Roma, and 1.3% Hungarians.

See also
List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)

References

Communes in Mureș County
Localities in Transylvania


This is a list of disused railway stations within the county of  West Midlands, a metropolitan county in central England which includes the cities of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton.  It includes all railway stations in the West Midlands that no longer currently have regular timetabled train services.

Railway stations

See also

 List of West Midlands railway stations
 List of closed railway stations in Britain
 List of closed railway stations in London
 Closed London Underground stations
 List of London Underground stations
 List of Docklands Light Railway stations
 List of London railway stations
 List of Parkway railway stations in Britain
 List of railway stations in Merseyside
 List of railway stations in Wales

External links
 Warwickshire Railways

References

West Midlands, closed
Lists of buildings and structures in the West Midlands (county)


James Carmichael (1838–1908) was the fourth Bishop of Montreal for a short two-year spell at the start of the 20th century. A prominent clergyman who participated fully in the direction the church took, he was born in
1838 and educated at Bishop's University. His ecclesiastical career began with a curacy at Clinton, Ontario, followed by stints at The Ascension Hamilton, Ontario, St George's Montreal, before he was appointed Dean of Montreal in 1883. In 1906 he became Co-adjutor to the elderly third Bishop of Montreal, William Bennett Bond, whom he eventually succeeded. He died in 1908 in his 70th year, his obituary stating he was a "painstaking administrator rather than a brilliant leader".

See also
List of Anglican Bishops of Montreal

References

External links

1838 births
1908 deaths
Bishop's University alumni
20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops
Deans of Montreal
Anglican bishops of Montreal


Mohammad Hadi Mahdavikia () is an Iranian football coach and former player who is currently the coach of KIA Football Academy.

In July 2001, he was transferred from Persepolis to Hamburger SV to play for its amateure team. However, he was injured in August and did not play any matches.

He is the younger brother of Mehdi Mahdavikia.

Honours
Persepolis
Azadegan League (2): 1998–1999, 1999–2000
Hazfi Cup: 1998–1999
Hamburger SV Amateure
Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein: 2001–2002
Saipa
Persian Gulf Pro League: 2006–2007

References

 Profile at FC KIA

Iranian men's footballers
Persepolis F.C. players
Living people
1979 births
Hamburger SV II players
Iranian expatriate men's footballers
Footballers from Tehran
Saipa F.C. players
Men's association football midfielders


WYRY (104.9 MHz, "104.9 Nash Icon") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Hinsdale, New Hampshire, and serving parts of New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts.  The station is owned by William Tucker and William Steele, Jr., through licensee Tri-Valley Broadcasting, LLC.  It airs a country music radio format.  Many of the shows are syndicated from Westwood One's Nash Icon Network.

The station has been assigned the WYRY call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since May 14, 1984.

The transmitter site is on Gunn Mountain, off Old Hinsdale Road in Winchester.  There are incorrect reports circulating that it is on the same land that was home to WRLP-TV, channel 32's transmitter, a local NBC affiliate repeating WWLP-TV's programming, until April 1978, when the channel 32 transmitter was dismantled and shipped to Utah, where channel 32's owner, William L. Putnam, was starting a new station.

On August 3, 2015, WYRY rebranded as "104.9 Nash Icon."

Translators
WYRY also broadcasts on the following translators:

Previous logo

References

External links

YRY
Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Country radio stations in the United States
Keene, New Hampshire
Radio stations established in 1987


Petelea (; , Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania that is composed of two villages: Habic (Hétbükk, meaning "Seven Beech Trees" in Hungarian) and Petelea. It has a population of 2977: 48.3% Roma, 48.2% Romanians and 2.5% Hungarians.

The commune is located in the north-central part of the county,  northeast of Târgu Mureș and  south of Reghin, on the DN15 road. It is situated on the left bank of the river Mureș and it is traversed by two of its affluents: the Beica and the Habic.

Natives
 Virgil Bercea

See also
 List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)

References

Communes in Mureș County
Localities in Transylvania


Feminateek, also known as the Fenomenale Feminateek ("Phenomenal Library of Women"), is a collection of 22400 images of female eroticism compiled in 144 volumes by Flemish author Louis Paul Boon.

Boon started his hobby of collecting and filing female erotic photographs and images from periodicals in 1954, and continued to do so until his death in 1979. Boon organised his collection thematically, according to a scheme he wrote down in what is known as De Catalogus Van De Fenomenale Feminateek ("The Catalogue of the Phenomenal Library of Women").

In 2004 Meulenhoff/Manteau published a selection of the Fenomenale Feminateek, together with the Catalogue. At the time of this publication an exposition of a limited part of the Feminateek was put up in the Letterkundig Museum in The Hague.

In 2008 two expositions of images of the Feminateek were planned in Belgium. One was planned from 20 June in the FotoMuseum of Antwerp, but was cancelled after an intervention by the provincial authority. The curator of the "Zogezegd" literary festival in Gent confirmed shortly after the Antwerp decision became known end of January 2008, that the plans to show the images at the Gent festival on 4 April remain unchanged.

References

Erotic photography


Robert Rico (born 10 March 1945) is a French former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He was capped once for the France national team in 1970.

Personal life
Robert's brother Jocelyn was also a footballer.

Honours
Rennes

 Coupe de France: 1970–71
Nancy

 Division 2: 1974–75

References

1945 births
Living people
People from Agadir
French men's footballers
Moroccan people of French descent
Moroccan men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
US Concarneau players
Stade Rennais F.C. players
Stade de Reims players
FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
AS Nancy Lorraine players
SR Saint-Dié players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
France men's international footballers
Footballers from Finistère


Decree Law 25418 is a highly controversial Peruvian law decreed in April 1992 by then-President Alberto Fujimori. The decree essentially provided the legal trappings for the coup d'état of April 5, 1992.

The decree renamed the government, dissolved the Congress, gave the Executive Branch all legislative powers, suspended much of the Constitution, and gave the president the power to enact various reforms, such as the "application of drastic punishments" towards terrorists and the "moralization" of the Judicial Branch.

Although Decree Law 25418 was patently unconstitutional, its last article read "the articles of the Political Constitution and the legal norms that oppose this Decree Law are suspended," giving the decree theoretical supremacy over the Constitution. The Peruvian Congress rejected this claim and swore Máximo San Román, Fujimori's vice president, into the presidency, but San Roman did not gain control over the state apparatus and was never the de facto president.

External links
 Decree Law 25418

Emergency laws
Peruvian legislation
25418


Sir John Basset  (1462–31 January 1528), of Tehidy in Cornwall and of Umberleigh in Devon was Sheriff of Cornwall in 1497, 1517 and 1522 and Sheriff of Devon in 1524. Although himself an important figure in the West Country gentry, he is chiefly remembered for his connection with the life of his second wife and widow Honor Grenville (d. 1566), who  moved into the highest society when she remarried to Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle KG (d. 1542), an illegitimate son of King Edward IV, and an important figure at the court of King Henry VIII, his nephew.

The survival of the Lisle Letters, a large collection of letters to Lisle and his wife Honor, makes their lives two of the best-documented of the period. Honor retained for life as her widow's dower several Basset estates including Umberleigh and Tehidy, and the Lisle Letters include a great deal of correspondence to Honor from her stewards concerning their detailed management. They also include much correspondence to her from her children by Sir John Basset.

Origins
He was the eldest son and heir of Sir John Basset (1441–1485) of Tehidy in Cornwall  and Whitechapel in the parish of Bishops Nympton, by his wife, Elizabeth Budockshyde. His father was the son and heir of John Basset (1374–1463) by  Joan Beaumont, daughter of Sir Thomas Beaumont of Umberleigh and Heanton Punchardon and sister and heiress of Philip Beaumont of Shirwell. The Beaumonts had inherited Umberleigh from the Poulton family who had inherited it from the Willingtons. The Basset family were among the early Norman settlers in England.

Career

As Sheriff of Cornwall in 1497, Sir John was a target for the Cornish rebels under Richard Pendyn of Pendeen who attacked and 'dismantled' Tehidy, the family home.

He was created Knight of the Bath by King Henry VII in November 1501 at the time of the marriage of his son and heir, Prince Arthur to Katherine of Aragon.

He was Sheriff of Cornwall again in 1517 and 1522, and Sheriff of Devon in 1524. In 1520 he was part of the Devonshire contingent of the large entourage which accompanied King Henry VIII to the Field of Cloth of Gold.

Beaumont inheritance
Sir John Basset as well as being heir to his extensive paternal lands was also heir to his maternal grandmother Joan (or Johanna) Beaumont (wife of John Basset (1374–1463)), the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Beaumont (1401–1450) of Shirwell by his wife Philippa Dinham, daughter of Sir John Dynham (1406-1458) of Nutwell, Kingskerswell and Hartland. Joan Beaumont was heiress to her brother Sir Philip Beaumont (1432–1473), MP in 1467 and Sheriff of Devon in 1469, and also to her mother Phillipa Dynham.

These former Beaumont lands included the manors of Umberleigh and Heanton Punchardon in North Devon. However, as deduced by Byrne (1981), Basset lacked the financial resources to recover his inheritance, which involved paying fines and recoveries to the King. At the time he had been married for 30 years to his first wife Elizabeth Denys and had given up any hope of producing a surviving son and heir. In order to make the best of his situation, he obtained financing for the recoveries from Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney (1451–1508), KG, under a special agreement entered into in 1504, referred to by the family as the "Great Indenture". This specified that Daubeney would pay about £2,000 for the recoveries on condition that one of the Basset daughters and co-heiresses would marry Daubeney's son Henry Daubeney (1493–1548) (later created Earl of Bridgewater), then aged 10, before his 16th birthday. The purpose was to entail the Beaumont lands upon the male issue of a Daubeney-Basset marriage, thus increasing the future wealth of the Daubeney family. However the indenture allowed for Sir John Basset and any future wives of his to retain possession during their lives of Umberleigh and lands in Bickington. If the scheme should fail due to the marriage not taking place and in default of other provisions, the lands would revert to the right heirs of Basset. To this effect Basset sent two of his four daughters by Elizabeth Denys, namely Anne and Thomasine, to live in the Daubeney household. The marriage never did take place and Lord Daubeny died four years later in 1508. Whether for those reasons or another the gamble paid off for Basset as his 2nd wife Honor Grenville produced for him a son and heir in 1518 and the Beaumont lands came back to the Basset family. During the time when the agreement was operative the deeds to the properties concerned were kept in safe custody by Richard Coffin (1456–1523) of Portledge, Sheriff of Devon in 1510, the Beaumont's tenant at Heanton Punchardon and at East Hagginton<ref>Byrne, vol.1, p. 605; East Hagginton had descended to the Beaumonts from the Punchardon (Pont de Chardin") family of Heanton and in Risdon's time (d. 1640) was still held by the Coffin family. In 1810 it had reverted to the Bassets (Risdon, pp. 347, 431)</ref> (in the parish of Berrynarbor), who was clearly trusted by both parties, and whose Easter Sepulchre tomb survives in the chancel of Heanton Punchardon church. Basset's son George later married Richard Coffin's great-granddaughter Jacquet Coffin. The custody of these deeds forms an important topic in the Lisle Letters.

Armorials

The chest tomb of Sir John Basset in Atherington Church displays heraldry sculpted on two stone shields on the north side, showing Basset with  quarterings of Beaumont and Willington impaling on separate shields the arms of his two wives.  On the slab top of the tomb were originally four brass shields, three of which survive, two with identical arms as the stone shields on the north side, the third showing the arms of Basset alone quartered with Beaumont and Willington.

Marriages and progeny

Sir John Basset married twice, producing in total 12 children. His first wife failed to provide him with a surviving son and heir and he appears to have lost all hope of having a son, hence his conveyance of his Beaumont inheritance to Lord Daubeney, retaining only Umberleigh for his life. However, after a long marriage his first wife died unexpectedly and Basset found himself at the age of 53 remarried to a new 22-year-old bride, who would provide him with the desired son and heir. The problem then was how to recover for him the Beaumont inheritance conveyed to Lord Daubeney. This legal struggle, which Lady Lisle pursued vigorously over many years and which was ultimately successful, occupies much of the Lisle Papers.

First marriage

Firstly before 1474 to Elizabeth (or Ann) Denys, daughter of John Denys of Orleigh, near Bideford, by his wife Eleanor Giffard (daughter and co-heiress of Stephen Giffard of Thuborough) by whom he had the following progeny, one son, who died young, and four daughters:
Unknown son Basset, died young
Anne Basset, who as a child had been sent by her father, together with her sister Thomasine, to live in the household of Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney (1451–1508), under a special agreement entered into in 1504, referred to by the family as the "Great Indenture". This specified that Daubeney would pay about £2,000 for the recoveries of Basset's Beaumont inheritance on condition that one of the Basset daughters and co-heiresses would marry Daubeney's son Henry Daubeney (1493–1548), on whom the lands were entailed. The marriage never took place and in 1511 she married James Courtenay (born 1459) of Upcott in the parish of Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon, a younger son of the first Sir William Courtenay (d.1485) of Powderham by his wife Margaret Bonville a  daughter of William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville (d. 1461). James's eldest brother was Sir William Courtenay (1477–1535) "The Great", who was responsible for giving the order for the pulling down of Umberleigh weir in November 1535, much to the opposition of Lady Lisle.
Margery or Mary Basset  who married William Marrys of Marrys in Cornwall (i.e. Marhayes Manor, Week St Mary, Cornwall). The manor of Marrys was adjacent to the Basset manor of Femarshall, part of which Margery had as her dower. William died leaving a young daughter Margaret Marrys (d.1621) as his sole heiress. Her wardship and marriage was purchased by the North Devon lawyer George Rolle (c.1486-1552) of Stevenstone, who later was an important adviser to John Basset's widow Honor Grenville, later Lady Lisle. In his will Rolle left Margaret's wardship to his son George Rolle (d.1573), who therefore chose to marry her himself. George Rolle (d.1573) named one of his daughters Honor, apparently after Lady Lisle, as his elder brother John Rolle had done for one of his daughters also.
Jane Basset. Six of Jane's letters, written when aged in her 40s, to her step-mother Lady Lisle survive in the Lisle Papers. Lady Lisle had legal possession for life of Umberleigh as her dower, but allowed Jane and her blood-sister Thomasine to live there. Jane was a talkative and assertive character. Jane's presence at Umberleigh from 1533 was resented by Lady Lisle's servants there, whom Jane believed were not looking after the property adequately and were defrauding their mistress, for example by selling salmon and accounting for only part of the proceeds. She wrote to Lady Lisle that while she was away at Calais (1533-1542) with Lord Lisle, that her servants, including Rev John Bonde her bedesman and Vicar of Yarnscombe, kept a prostitute in the house and maintained a "bawdy and unthrifty rule" at the manor. She clearly was fond of Umberleigh, and perhaps resentful of her young step-brother John Basset who would himself inherit it. She occupied the "corner chamber" and the buttery and was reported to have had a greyhound which slept on the bed most of the day. She was allowed by Lady Lisle pasture in the park for 2 cows, but defiantly pastured 3 cows and a horse, which was reported by Rev Bonde to Lady Lisle. She asked Lady Lisle to lease her the fishing rights on the River Taw to supplement her small income.
Thomasine Basset (d.1536). As a child she had been sent by her father, together with her sister Anne, to live in the household of Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney (1451–1508), under a special agreement entered into in 1504, referred to by the family as the "Great Indenture". This specified that Daubeney would pay about £2,000 for the recoveries of Basset's Beaumont inheritance on condition that one of the Basset daughters and co-heiresses would marry Daubeney's son Henry Daubeney (1493–1548), on whom the lands were entailed. The marriage never took place. It is not known if she ever married. Aged in her 40s, she lived with her blood-sister Jane Basset at Umberleigh whilst Lady Lisle was away at Calais, but as was reported in one of Jane's letters, ran away early one morning to her sister Margaret's house at Marrys. Wood (1846) suggested an elopement had occurred, discounted by Byrne who suggested she was perhaps fleeing from her domineering sister Jane. Jane saw it as a conspiracy by Thomasine and the servants to persuade her to leave too. Thomasine became ill at Marrys and was apparently on her way back to Umberleigh when she died 18 months later at Dowland on the Friday before Palm Sunday 1536.

Second marriage

Secondly when he was 53, in 1515, to Honor Grenville (1493–1566), a daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville (died 1513), Sheriff of Cornwall in 1481 and in 1485/6, (whose monument and effigy exists in Bideford Church) of Stowe in Kilkhampton, Cornwall and lord of the Manor of Bideford, Devon, by his wife Isabella Gilbert, by whom he had the following eight children (7 surviving):
John Basset (1518–1541), eldest son and heir, who married Frances Plantagenet, the daughter and co-heiress of his step-father Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, bastard son of King Edward IV (she married secondly Thomas Monke (died 1583), of Potheridge in Merton, Devon (as his first wife), with whom she had three sons and three daughters. By her eldest son she was great-grandmother of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608–1670), KG. By Frances Plantagenet John Basset had a son and heir Sir Arthur Basset (1541–1586), MP, of Umberleigh and a daughter married to William Whiddon. Due to his Plantagenet ancestry, Arthur's son Sir Robert Basset (1573–1641) made what turned out to be a foolish and costly decision to offer himself as one of the many claimants to the throne of England after the death of Queen Elizabeth, perhaps encouraged by his father-in-law Sir William Peryam, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. He suffered a heavy fine for his action which according to the biographer John Prince (died 1723), involved the sale of thirty of the family's manors.
George Basset (c. 1524 – c. 1580), 2nd son, MP for Newport-juxta-Launceston in 1563 & 1572 and for Bossiney in 1571.
James Basset (1526–1558), 3rd son and youngest child, MP,  a courtier first to Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor and later a courtier to Queen Mary I. He built up his own substantial estate in lands and was granted by Queen Mary the manor of Great Torrington.
Honor Basset, christened in 1515, assumed to have died young
Philippa Basset (d.1582), wife of James Pitts of Overcombe, possibly a son of Richard or William Pitts who appear on the lay subsidy roll of February 1526 for Atherington.
Katharine Basset (b.circa 1522), (sometimes erroneously referred to as "Elizabeth") a servant to Queen Anne of Cleves, wife of Sir Henry Ashley (1519–1588), MP, of Hever in Kent, later of St Giles, Upper Wimborne in Dorset
Anne Basset, maid of honour successively to Queens Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Katharine Parr; and said to have been a mistress of King Henry VIII. As a child she went with her mother and step-father Lord Lisle to Calais, and in November 1533 entered the household of Thybault Rouaud, Sire de Riou (d.1556), at Pont de Remy near Abbeville. He was a friend of Lord Lisle's and his sister Anne Rouaud was the wife of Nicholas de Montmorency, into whose household entered Anne's sister Mary Basset. She married Francis Hungerford
Mary Basset (d.1598), youngest daughter. She went with her mother and step-father Lord Lisle to Calais, and in August 1534, aged about 11 or 12, she entered the household at Abbeville of Nicholas de Montmorency, Sire de Bours (d.1537), a branch of the premier family of France the House of Montmorency. She remained there for almost 4 years, following which she returned to Calais. In Lent 1540 she was secretly engaged to her former guardian's son Gabriel de Montmorency, Seigneur de Bours, who had proposed marriage to her. This closeness to a subject of the French king was  incriminating evidence in Lord Lisle's arrest for treason, followed by the arrest of Mary herself, with her mother and sister Philippa Basset. Following her release from house arrest at Calais in 1542 she became in 1557 the wife of John Wollacombe of Combe, Roborough, Devon. She died and was buried on 21 May 1598 at Roborough, Devon, having produced several children.

Remarriage of his widow
His wife Honor remarried, to Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, who was the illegitimate son of King Edward IV.  Whilst Lord Lisle was the Governor of Calais, John Basset's children were moved there and were educated in France. Lord and Lady Lisle were apparently very happily married. Honor was a forceful woman, who wrote many letters to friends at court, ensuring that they were kept well-informed. These letters are preserved today as the Lisle Letters and give a valuable account of developments during the reign of Henry VIII.

Career of daughters at court
Honor finally succeeded in getting one of her young daughters appointed as a maid-of-honour to Queen Jane Seymour in 1537, who had asked her to send two to court for her selection. She chose Anne over Catherine.  Anne Basset subsequently became known at court for her beauty and respectability. Her first appearance as maid-of-honour was at Jane Seymour's funeral. During the interval of two years whilst the king remained without a new wife Anne spent much time at court and received expensive presents from the King. She went on to serve three more Queens, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Katherine Parr. Despite Lord Lisle's arrest for treason in 1540, her sister Katherine Basset, and her mother eventually joined her at court.

Daughter possible bride for King Henry VIII
In 1542 Chapuys, the Imperial ambassador, reported that on the eve of Catherine Howard's execution, the king appeared besotted with Anne Basset, and that she was a possible sixth wife. This eventuality may have been ruined by Anne's own family as her sister Elizabeth Basset favoured the King marrying her own mistress, Anne of Cleves, and made comments implying that this seemed to be what God wanted. She also said, "What a man is our king? How many wives will he have?", which was reported to the King and resulted in her being judicially questioned, a serious matter as under the treason laws her remarks might have warranted the death penalty. The Basset family continued to serve at the courts of Henry VIII's children.

Death and burial
Sir John died on 31 January 1528 aged 66. Some of his children were still infants and the wardship and marriage of his son and heir John Basset aged 9 was purchased for 200 marks jointly by his mother Honor and John Worth of Compton Pole. The wardship was later acquired by his step-father and future father-in-law Viscount Lisle before 1532 Sir John Basset was buried in his family's private Holy Trinity Chapel (now largely demolished), next to his manor house of Umberleigh.

Will
Sir John Basset left a will dated 6 November 1527, now lost but of which parts were transcribed by the 18th-century herald Anstis.
He listed his feoffees, amongst whom were Roger Graynfild (i.e. Grenville), who were directed to "keep every year a solemn dirige and the morrow upon three masses for the good estate of the said Sir John Basset and Honour his wife" and of various members of the Grenville family. He left his wife Honor, until she remarried, all the rents and profits of his manors of Trevalga, Femarshall, Whitechapel, Holcombe, Upcott Snellard and Calston, from which she was to pay his debts and also provide dowries of 100 marks each on the marriages on each of his daughters Jane, Thomasine, Philippa, Katharine and Mary. His marriage settlement of 1515 had already provided that Honor should have as her jointure the manor and advowson of Tehidy, the manor of Umberleigh, and lands in Bickington and Atherington.

Monument
His chest tomb with monumental brasses on top, of himself between his two wives with his children below in two small groups exists in St Mary's Church, Atherington, to where it was moved in 1818 from Umberleigh Chapel. The Lisle Letters record some details concerning the making of the tomb. His widow Lady Lisle ordered "images & scripture...for Mt Basset's tomb" before she departed for Calais to join her new husband, and a letter from Richard Kyrton to Lady Lisle dated 21 November 1533 states: "And as for your plates for the tomb, they are sent home by the carrier, and for the gilding they must descry all the arms by the reason of colours. And they asketh £ v for the doing of it and for the making Master George Rolles hath laid out xxxiii s iiii d unto Candlemas, the which Burye then must pay him". In a letter dated April 1534 Sir John Bonde wrote to Lady Lisle "the pictures of Mr Basset's tomb" have been "laid on by the hands of Oliver Tomlyng". Thus the brasses were made in 1533 and set onto the tomb in 1534. A letter to Lady Lisle from George Rolle referred to an inscription on the tomb, which is now missing.

See also

Baron BassetGreat Cornish Families''
Tehidy Country Park
Francis Basset
Francis Basset, 1st Baron de Dunstanville and Basset
Frances Basset, 2nd Baroness Basset

Sources
Byrne, Muriel St. Clare, (ed.) The Lisle Letters, 6 vols, University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London, 1981, vol.1, pp. 299–350, "Grenvilles and Bassets" & vol.4, Chapter 7 re "The Great Indenture"
Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, esp. pp. 45–48, pedigree of Basset

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Kalolimnos () is a small Greek island in the Dodecanese chain, lying between Kalymnos and Imia, opposite the coast of Turkey, in the Aegean Sea. It is part of the municipality of Kalymnos.

Kalolimnos reaches an altitude of 80 meters above sea level and has a total area of 1.95 km2.

Population
As of the 2011 census, two citizens lived in Kalolimnos, and a permanent garrison is stationed there. The island is steep and rocky and has a population of wild goats.

Infrastructure
Kalolimnos features an old lighthouse which was constructed in 1864 by the French Company of Ottoman Lighthouses and a military building with a permanent army garrison.

European migrant crisis
During the European migrant crisis, Kalolimnos has been in the frontline of Greek islands that have witnessed the arrival of immigrants from Turkey and is the area where in October 2015 a migrant boat has capsized due to the bad weather, resulting to the drowning of four Syrian children. Operations were held by the Greek authorities for the rescue of the remaining survivors who then were transported to Kalymnos.

References

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Dodecanese
Kalymnos
Landforms of Kalymnos (regional unit)
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Lake Rweru is a lake close to the northernmost point of Burundi in central Africa. The northern shore of the lake forms part of Burundi's border with Rwanda. It is the most distant origin point of the Nile River. The Kagera River, considered by many as the start point of the Nile, rises at the northern part of the lake, located in Rwanda.

Geography
The lake has a surface area of  between two countries, Burundi () and Rwanda (). The lake has a shoreline of approximately 76 km. The lake is very shallow in most parts and has a mean depth of 2.1 m with its maximum depth at 3 m located in Burundi. The Kagera River flows out of the lake in Burundi and flows east along Rwanda's border until it joins the Ruvubu River.

Controversy
In August 2015 fishermen in Burundi living around the lake in the Muyinga Province recovered over 40 unidentified bodies floating in the lake. Most of the bodies were wrapped in plastic. The bodies recovered were in the advance stages of decomposition, alarming the local villagers due to health concerns. Burundi claims that all the bodies recovered were Rwandan by nationality and there are no credible conclusions to how the bodies were killed. Both countries deny that the bodies are their citizens. The Federal Bureau of Investigation from the United States agreed to take the case after both countries showed lack of interest to look into the matter.

See also
Kagera River
Lake Photos

References

Rweru
Rweru
Burundi–Rwanda border
Rweru


Susan Harper may refer to:
Susan Harper (diplomat) (born 1952), Canadian diplomat
Susan Harper (My Family), a character in the British sitcom My Family


Lake Cyohoha South or Cyohoha Sud as it is known in Rwanda or Lake Cohoha in Burundi is a small lake in East Africa. It straddles the border between Burundi and Rwanda. In Rwanda, it is known as Cyohoha South to differentiate it from the nearby much smaller Cyohoha North 10 miles North into Rwanda. In Burundi, it is simply known as Cohoha. It is a narrow yet very long lake with many branches. It is  in length, and has an average of  in width (maximum width is ). It is largely bisected by the border between Rwanda and Burundi, however, its southern portion extends entirely into Burundi.  The lake is , of which  are in Rwanda and  belong to Burundi.

Lake Cyohoha South just as its cousin Cyohoha North empties into the Akanyaru River via a series of marshlands that connect these lakes to the river.

Lake Cyohoha is 10 miles West of the larger Lake Rweru, the second lake on the Rwanda - Burundi border.

References

Cohoha
Cyohoha South
Burundi–Rwanda border
Cyohoha


Mount Parish  is a hill in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, to the south of Queen's Road East, between Kennedy Road and Stubbs Road.

History

In 1873 the Royal Navy bought the Seaman's Hospital in Wan Chai, which was running at a loss, using the money obtained by selling the hospital ship, HMS Melville. The Seaman's Hospital was renamed the Royal Naval Hospital, and the hill where the hospital stood was named , after Vice-Admiral Charles Shadwell, the Commander-in-Chief on the China Station. By 1931 the Infectious Diseases Hospital has been built on the neighbouring hill, which was renamed Mount Parish, after Commodore John E. Parish, the Naval Officer commanding in Hong Kong between 1873 and 1876. A granite pillar at the foot of the hill, beside Queen's Road East, acted as a boundary stone of Royal Navy lands. The pillar is inscribed with a '7', an anchor, and the year '1905'.

With the start of the Second World War, the Hong Kong Government built a network of air raid protection tunnels in order to prepare for a possible war with the Japanese Army. During the Battle of Hong Kong, the defenders of Hong Kong fought the Japanese in order to prevent the latter from advancing into Central. The buildings were damaged during the war.

After the war, the Ruttonjee Sanatorium took over the site of the Naval Hospital on Mount Shadwell. In the early 1950s the Infectious Diseases Hospital was demolished in order to make way for a new campus of Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, opened in 1955. By 1990 the name of Mount Parish has been dropped off from the map.

Wahyanite campus

The campus of Wah Yan College, Hong Kong still stands at the top of the mount and covers an area of . It was completed and officially opened on 27 September 1955 by the then Governor Sir Alexander Grantham, replacing the old campus at Robinson Road. It was designed by Professor Gordon Brown of the University of Hong Kong, containing classrooms, laboratories, a hall and a chapel.

An extension to the campus was completed in 1987 and named Gordon Wu Hall, after Sir Gordon Wu, a businessman who was an alumnus of the school. In 1992 a landslide at Mount Parish caused the death of a driver, who was buried alive in his car at Kennedy Road. The landslide prompted the rebuilding of six classrooms, to be reopened in 1998. In 2003 the music room was rebuilt into a six-storey complex. A plan to rebuild the hall was proposed in 2011.  Construction work is undergoing.  The old hall will be replaced with a six-storey complex, doubling its original size in terms of land mass.

Air raid precaution tunnels

There is a network of air raid precaution (ARP) tunnels under Mount Parish, which was built by the Government some time before the Battle of Hong Kong in 1941. Like the other 28 ARP tunnels in Hong Kong, the purpose was to provide protection for citizens from air raids by the Japanese Air Force. The total length of the tunnels is 1.8 km, with two ventilation shafts and 13 portals numbered from 71 to 83, along the slope beside Stubbs Road, Queen's Road East and Kennedy Road. Most of the portals were filled in after the war, leaving only three portals which are currently accessible by related government staff, those with numbers 72, 80 and 81. Surveys made in the late 1970s and early 1980s revealed that the tunnels are divided into three levels, with connecting slopes between them.

In the evening of 24December 1941, Major-General C. M. Maltby warned that the advancing Japanese forces might use the ARP tunnels for infiltration. The next day, which was Christmas Day, his dispatch reported at noon that Japanese artillery opened up at a large scale, and hand-to-hand fighting was reported by the defence forces on Mount Parish. Soon Mount Parish fell into Japanese hands. The defence forces then fought around Wan Chai Market in an attempt to stop enemy advance into Central, and at one time fired at the ARP tunnel exits using an 18-pounder gun to force the enemies out the tunnels. However within several hours Maltby advised the Governor that no further military resistance was possible, and the Governor surrendered to the Japanese, ending the Battle.

In the 1960s and 70s, a total of 55 cubic metres of radioactive waste was disposed of inside the ARP tunnels. The waste in the tunnels caused some safety concerns. In 1991, a Government report recommended the transfer of the waste to a special dedicated handling facility. On 19 January 2001 a man was found within the tunnels. He was examined at the scene by health physicists, and no radioactivity was found on his body and clothing. After that the Government built a new radioactive waste storage facility on Siu A Chau, and the waste that used to be in the tunnel was transferred to the new facility in 2005. The new facility was opened officially on 24 June 2006.

References

External links

 Wong, Suk-har, "Disused air raid precaution tunnels: uncovering the underground history of World War II, civil defence tunnels in Hong Kong", Dissertation, University of Hong Kong, 2010
 Hong Kong Dockyard ADM 140/1484-1911 - Hong Kong General and Infectious Hospitals

Wan Chai
Wah Yan
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Mount Kikizi is one of the highest mountains in Burundi. Its summit is at a height of 2,145 m (7,038 ft). The mountain stands in the country's southeast, between the towns of Rutana and Kinyinya.

A spring emanating from Mount Kikizi, the Ruvyironza, was identified by Burkhart Waldecker as being the source of the White Nile.

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Kikizi


Nam Sang Wai is a wetland area in San Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong to the north of Yuen Long. It is considered ecologically important, and serves as a stopping place for migratory birds. It is also a popular recreational destination, especially on weekends.

Since the 1990s, various development proposals have been made at Nam Sang Wai by a consortium of Henderson Land and KHI Holdings Group. These plans have been challenged by environmentalists, politicians, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, the World Wildlife Fund, the Conservancy Association, and the Town Planning Board.

Geography
Nam Sang Wai covers a roughly triangular area. It is bordered by the Shan Pui River in the west, separating it from Yuen Long Industrial Estate, the Kam Tin River in the east and a branch of the Kam Tin River in the south.

Flora and fauna
It is home to many birds, including seagulls, northern pintails (Anas acuta), yellow-nib ducks (Anas zonorhyncha) and black-faced spoonbills (Platalea minor). Flora includes reeds and mangroves.

Conservation
In what is considered to be a landmark case in the history of Hong Kong’s planning law regime, the Privy Council upheld the decision of the Town Planning Appeal Board approving development of a large scale residential, golf course, and nature reserve at Nam Sang Wai with conditions. The validity of planning permission was extended three times. In late 2010 a further extension was denied by the Town Planning Board.

The area is threatened by illegal logging and by fires (see below), on land owned by the Nam Sang Wai Development Company, that environmental advocates called "suspicious" and "professionally started".

Recreation
The area is popular for recreational cycling. A proposal was made for a cycle track loop, but this has not been built.

Development proposals
Nam Sang Wai has been the subject of various residential development proposals.

First proposal
In 1992, the Nam Sang Wai Development Company and Kleener Investment Limited (owned by Henderson Land Development), proposed a residential development and a golf course. The plan was originally refused by the Town Planning Board (TPB), but was accepted after the developer appealed. The plans approved in 1996 included a 43-hectare golf course and 2,550 homes.

The plans subsequently submitted by the developers were rejected by the TPB in 2010, which ruled that the proposal did not meet the conditions laid out in the earlier decision and had to be resubmitted as a fresh application owing to the substantial changes made to their plans. The developers petitioned the Town Planning Appeal Board, which ruled that the TPB had to reconsider. In turn, the TPB had this decision overthrown on judicial review. The developers then approached the Court of Final Appeal, which refused the request for appeal on 16 February 2017.

Second proposal
KHI Holdings Group, which retains 50 per cent of the Nam Sang Wai Development Company Limited (NSWD), took over the role of project manager in 2011. They put forward a new proposal.

The group has initiated the planning process under the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance by submitting a project profile to the Environmental Protection Department and applying for a study brief.

The NSWD recently launched a website detailing their plans for development.

Third proposal
After the second proposal was rejected, the developer put forward a new proposal, consisting of 28 high-rises (ranging in height from 19 to 25 storeys) and 140 houses to accommodate approximately 6,500 residents. For improved car access, the developer proposed a vehicular bridge spanning the Shan Pui River. It proposed compensatory measures in response to the ecological damage the proposal would inflict on the environment.

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) responded that it considered "avoidance of any ecological impact as a priority ahead of compensation". It opposed the plans, stating that the development would "[encroach] on habitats of high ecological value". Likewise, WWF Hong Kong voiced opposition to the proposal. The TPB rejected this proposal on 24 February 2017. In response, the developer said it would appeal.

Arson incidents
Nam Sang Wai has been subjected to repeated fires regarded as suspicious by authorities. Commentators have alleged the fires have been set by arsonists attempting to reduce the environmental value of the area.

A suspicious fire occurred in 2010. Another fire on 21 December 2016 scorched an area "larger than the size of a football pitch". A series of fires appeared again in 2018, the first two happening on 12 and 13 March. The Fire Services Department considered these suspicious, and the Hong Kong Police Force are investigating possible arson. Another fire was discovered on 22 March, followed by yet another on 2 April . A video clip later emerged in local media showing two potential witnesses at the scene, even though the Hong Kong Police said they found no CCTV footage at the site.

Access
A small boat in the southern part of Nam Sang Wai serves as a ferry across the Kam Tin River towards the village of Shan Pui Tsuen, north of Yuen Long Kau Hui.

A road, the Nam Sang Wai Road, runs along the eastern edge and most of the western edge of Nam Sang Wai.

Education
Nam Sang Wai is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 74. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: Yuen Long Government Primary School (元朗官立小學).

See also
 Mai Po Marshes
 Hong Kong Wetland Park
 Fung Lok Wai

References

External links

 Aerial view of Nam Sang Wai
 Nam Sang Wai & Lut Chau: Nam Sang Wai Development Company Limited Website

Wetlands of Hong Kong
Yuen Long District


is a passenger railway station located in the city of  Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture,  Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).The station is located in the Nijigahama area of Hikari, on the northwest side of the city.  is located nearby.

Lines
Hikari Station is served by the JR West Sanyō Main Line, and is located 400.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .

Station layout
The station has five tracks, with three tracks devoted to passenger use. The tracks are numbered 2–6, since track 1 was removed for elevator construction for accessibility. The station building connects directly to a side platform where track 2 is found. Track 3 also has been removed. Tracks 5 and 6 are served by the island platform. The station building is located on the south side of the station, and the footbridge connecting the two platforms is on the east side of the station.The station is staffed.

Platforms

History
Hikari Station was opened as  on 11 April 1912. It was renamed "Hikari Station" on 1 February 1941. The present station building was completed in July 1983. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company (JR West).

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 1849 passengers daily.

Surrounding area
Nijigahama Beach
Hikari City Hikari General Hospital
Yamaguchi Prefectural Hikarioka High School
Hikari Municipal Asae Junior High School
Hikari City Asae Elementary School

See also
List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

 JR West Station Official Site

Railway stations in Yamaguchi Prefecture
Sanyō Main Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1912
Hikari, Yamaguchi


Kasumo is a small settlement in Burundi, lying to the southeast of the largest city and former capital, Bujumbura. It is one of three places in Africa to claim to be the source of the Nile, being the southernmost source of any of the river's tributaries.

References
Fitzpatrick, M., Parkinson, T., & Ray, N. (2006) East Africa. Footscray, VIC: Lonely Planet.

Populated places in Burundi


Rob Gray (November 24, 1962 – December 21, 2016) was an award-winning Canadian production designer and art director.

Recognition
 2007 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - Fido - Won (shared with James Willcock)
 2006 Gemini Award for Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Dramatic Program or Series - The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess - Nominated
 2004 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - Falling Angels - Won (shared with Christina Kuhnigk)
 2004 DGC Craft Award for Outstanding Achievement in Production Design - Feature Film - Falling Angels - Nominated
 2003 DGC Craft Award for Outstanding Achievement in Production Design - Long Form - The Bay of Love and Sorrows - Nominated
 2017 Dedication - Cardinal

References

External links

1962 births
2016 deaths
Canadian art directors
Best Art Direction/Production Design Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
Canadian production designers


WYKR-FM (101.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Haverhill, New Hampshire.  The station is owned by Puffer Broadcasting, Inc.  It airs a country music format.

The station has been assigned the WYKR-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since November 10, 1988.

References

External links
 WYKR official website

YKR-FM
Country radio stations in the United States
Haverhill, New Hampshire
Radio stations established in 1990
1990 establishments in New Hampshire


The Athina B was a merchant ship. On 21 January 1980 she suffered engine failure in bad weather and beached at the English seaside resort of Brighton, to the east of the town's Palace Pier. The ship was a temporary tourist attraction, with the Volk's Electric Railway opening out of season to serve the large number of sightseers. The anchor of the ship is on display on Brighton seafront. A restaurant in Brighton bears the name of the ship and a painting of Athena B by Dennis Roxby Bott is in Brighton Museum.

Career
Built as the Kojima Maru at Hiroshima in 1968, she initially sailed under the Japanese flag. She was renamed Hung Wei in 1973 and Nina Pa in 1976, before being sold and renamed the Athina B in 1979, sailing under the Greek flag.

Final voyage
The Athina B left the Azores on 11 December 1979 laden with 3,000 tonnes of pumice. Her destination was the port at Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. During the voyage, she had problems with her generator, gyro compass and radar, and put in at La Rochelle in France for repairs. On arrival at Shoreham on 20 January, force seven or eight winds meant she was unable to enter harbour. Her engines failed, and a Mayday call was issued. The Shoreham lifeboat Dorothy and Philip Constance took off half the crew and the captain's family, with the rest being rescued on the morning of 21 January. Four missions were needed to rescue all those on board. The ship drifted eastwards and eventually ran aground to the east of the Palace Pier. The ship broke her back and was declared a write-off.

Awards
Coxwain Ken Voice was awarded a RNLI Silver Medal; Crew members Ken Everard, Michael Fox, Peter Huxtable, John Landale, Jack Silverson and Geoff Tugwell were awarded the RNLI's Thanks of the Institution on Vellum; Crew members Peter Everard and Derek Silverson received letters of thanks signed by the director of the RNLI for their part in the rescue of the crew of the Athina B.

Salvage
The ship remained on the beach for a month, guarded by the police to prevent looting. After a mobile crane was used to remove the cargo, she was refloated and towed to a scrapyard at Rainham, Kent on 21 February 1980, where she was scrapped.

See also
MS Riverdance – ferry that ran aground at Blackpool on 31 January 2008.

References

External links
Poem about the incident
Photo of the beached ship
Photo Gallery
Video Lifeboatman's story of the event
Recording of the Athina B captain's Mayday call

Merchant ships of Japan
Merchant ships of Greece
Maritime incidents in 1980
Shipwrecks in the English Channel
Brighton and Hove
1968 ships
Ship grounding
Ships built in Japan


Alessandro Gherardi (born 12 March 1988 in Pontedera) is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Ponsacco.

In August 2009 he was signed by Pergocrema.

On 31 January 2011 he was released by Triestina.

References

External links

Italian men's footballers
Italian expatriate men's footballers
Serie C players
Swiss Challenge League players
ACF Fiorentina players
AC Bellinzona players
UC AlbinoLeffe players
US Cremonese players
Calcio Lecco 1912 players
US Pergolettese 1932 players
FC Chiasso players
US Triestina Calcio 1918 players
Men's association football midfielders
Footballers from the Province of Pisa
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Italian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
1988 births
Living people


The 1990 FIVB Volleyball World League was the first edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 8 countries from 27 April to 15 July 1990. The Final Round was held in Osaka, Japan.

Pools composition

Intercontinental round

Pool A

Pool B

Final round
Venue:  Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards
Most valuable player
  Andrea Zorzi
Best spiker
  Ron Zwerver
Best blocker
  Andrea Gardini
Best setter
  Paolo Tofoli

External links

World League History – official website
1990 World League results

FIVB Volleyball World League
FIVB World League
Volleyball
FIVB World League


Étrelles (; ; Gallo: Estrèll) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Population
Inhabitants of Étrelles are called Étrellais in French.

See also
Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

External links

Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association

Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine


Essé (; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Population
Inhabitants of Essé are called Esséens in French.

See also
Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

External links

Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association

Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine


The Greek Orthodox Church of Transfiguration in Ramallah was inaugurated in 1852. The Basilica is of Byzantine style. The church contains sacred utensils and old icons, some of which date back to 1830 and were transferred  to the church after the destruction of small churches in Ramallah as a result of persecution and several wars.

In the convent of transfiguration exists the spiritual leadership of all Ramallah district. The leader of the convent is the patriarchate representative, since the orthodox congregation is under the leadership of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, which assigns its local spiritual leader, the  priests, and the committee of trustees of the church. The people who pray in this church are mainly the residents of Ramallah and the surrounding villages.

External links
Official site

Eastern Orthodox church buildings in the State of Palestine
Churches in Ramallah


Umberto Benigni was a Catholic priest and Church historian, who was born on 30 March 1862 in Perugia, Italy and died on 27 February 1934 in Rome.

Biography
A lecturer in Church history from 1885, one year after his ordination to the priesthood, he also engaged in journalism, at first locally, and became in 1893 editor in chief of the national daily newspaper L'Eco d'Italia. Due to a conflict with the Archbishop of Genoa, he moved to Rome in 1895, working at first as an assistant in the historical research section of the Vatican Library. In 1900 he began contributing to the newspaper La Voce della Verità, becoming its director in 1901, the same year in which he also became Professor of Church History at the seminary of the Diocese of Rome.

In 1902 he was given a position in the Roman Curia, and in 1906 was promoted to the post of Undersecretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, the forerunner of what is today the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State.

Monsignor Benigni proved to have special gifts for relations with the press. Beginning in 1907, he provided a daily news bulletin, La Corrispondenza di Roma, which became from 1909 to 1912 La Correspondance de Rome and in 1913-1914 Cahiers de Rome. This gave him influence over the contents of publications in many countries.

He set up among his contacts the Sodalitium Pianum (Fellowship of Pius X), to report to him those thought to be teaching Modernist doctrines.

His influence waned during the pontificate of Pope Benedict XV (1914 - 1922) making him ecclesiastically an isolated figure. He became close to the Fascist movement (in 1923 he founded the Entente romaine de Défense social) seeing in it an ally for his anti-Modernist and anti-liberal aims.

The writings and other documents in the possession of Monsignor Benigni at his death in 1934 can be consulted at the Vatican Secret Archives.

He's the great-uncle of actor Roberto Benigni.

References

External links
 , of which the above article is a summary.

1862 births
1934 deaths
People from Perugia
Modernism in the Catholic Church
Catholicism and far-right politics


Ercé-en-Lamée (, literally Ercé in Lamée; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Geography
The river Semnon forms all of the commune's northern border.

Population
Inhabitants of Ercé-en-Lamée are called Ercéens in French.

See also
Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

External links

Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association

Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine


Sodalitium Pianum is Latin for "the fellowship of Pius", referring to Pope Pius V.

To ensure enforcement of these decisions, Monsignor Umberto Benigni organized, through his personal contacts with theologians, an unofficial group of censors who would report to him those thought to be teaching condemned doctrine. This group was called the Sodalitium Pianum, i.e. The Society of St. Pius V, which in France was known as La Sapinière.  It never had more than fifty members, who sometimes employed overzealous and clandestine methods such as opening and photographing private letters, and examining the records of local bookshops to see who was buying what. Among those it investigated was the teacher of church history, Angelo Roncalli (later Pope John XXIII).

Cardinal Secretary of State Rafael Merry del Val prevented the association from gaining canonical recognition, and the competent department of the Roman Curia disbanded it in 1921 on the grounds of "changed circumstances". According to Yves Congar O.P., the network remained operational to some degree until the early years of World War II.

Researchers are divided in their opinions about the extent to which Pius X was aware of or approved Benigni's initiatives.

References

Bibliography
  Poulat, Émile, Intégrisme et catholicisme intégral, Casterman, Paris, 1969
  Bavoux, Gérard, Le porteur de lumière - Les arcanes noirs du Vatican, Pygmalion, Paris, 1996
 Alvarez, David, Spies in the Vatican, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence-KS, 2002,

Private intelligence agencies
Modernism in the Catholic Church


Erbrée (; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Population
Inhabitants of Erbrée are called Erbréens in French.

See also
Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

External links

Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association

Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine


The Royal College of Science Motor Club was set up in 1955 to maintain "Jezebel", a 1916 Dennis N-Type fire engine and a mascot of the students of the Royal College of Science, one of the founding three colleges of Imperial College London, in South Kensington.

Jezebel

Jezebel is a Dennis N-Type fire engine that was one of a batch of ten vehicles ordered in October 1915 by the London County Council for the London Fire Brigade.

It was delivered in April 1916 and initially based Vauxhall, but sometime around 1919 was moved to Pageants Wharf Fire Station, Rotherhithe Street, London.

In 1932, the London Fire Brigade upgraded to new appliances and Jezebel was sold to a Joseph Crosfield, a subsidiary of Unilever that manufactured chemicals and soap and was based in Warrington, Cheshire. The company's in-house, private fire brigade operated the engine until 1955, when it was donated it to the Royal College of Science Union for use as official transport of the Union President.

Since then, the engine has been maintained by current and past students of Imperial College London. With the objective of keeping maintaining it in its original condition. While it was at one time painted purple (one of the Royal College of Science colours) with RCS livery, it is now painted Wrexham Red with a London Fire Brigade livery. In 1979 it was fitted with a working, 1923 Dennis water pump. This replaced the original Gwynnes pump that was removed during World War Two.

Jezebel attends many rallies and shows throughout the year, as well as pub crawls and charity events. These regularly include trips to Brighton and the Isle of Wight. The Motor Club philosophy is that the Jezebel is there to be run (it travels everywhere under its own power, never on a transporter) and the engine's raison d'etre is to amuse and engage both students and the general public.

Jezebel has appeared on TV, including the BBC's Blue Peter children's programme in 1982 and  an episode of Downton Abbey. It also appeared in the 1967 film The Jokers, directed by Michael Winner.

See also
Alexander Dennis
Dennis N-Type

References

External links
 Official web site
 Imperial College Union Clubs and Societies
 http://www.fire-engine-photos.com/picture/number3869.asp
 http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=1092&inst_id=3
 http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/reporter/previousissues/issue1691november2006/centenaryupdate
 http://www.imperial.ac.uk/centenary/memories/sykes.shtml
 https://web.archive.org/web/20080405061816/http://www.greenbeltrelay.org.uk/route.htm
 https://web.archive.org/web/20110518205939/http://www.londonparade.co.uk/history/participants/details.asp?id=1963
 http://archive.dailyecho.co.uk/2006/8/14/102233.html

Video
 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8887367788319028328
 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5051816900535098507

Trucking subculture
Firefighting equipment
N
Individual vehicles


El Gato Negro (The Black Cat) was an independent comic book series featuring the eponymous character created by Richard Dominguez and published by Azteca Productions. The series began in October 1993; the first edition sold all 5,000 copies within two months, but was placed on a seven-year hiatus after the fourth issue was published. Dominguez later returned in 2005 with the new series El Gato Negro: Nocturnal Warrior.

Premise
The events in "El Gato Negro" occur in South Texas, specifically within the Lower Rio Grande Valley area, where social worker Francisco "Pancho" Guerrero is motivated by the gruesome murder of his best friend by drug-traffickers, to fight crime under the guise of El Gato Negro. He is assisted in his goals by his grandfather Agustin Guerrero and several other supporting characters.

Storylines

Unknown Passing, Unforgettable Return
The first of the self-titled series published in 1993 under Dominguez's own Azteca Productions imprint. The identity El Gato Negro is in fact Francisco Guerrero, grandson of the original El Gato Negro, and heir to his legacy. Francisco adopted the identity of the El Gato Negro shortly after the murder of his friend Mario Bustamonte. Despite being popular with the citizens of his community, El Gato Negro is constantly being hunted by police Captain Miguel Bustamonte, Francisco's best friend and Mario's older brother. Miguel believes El Gato Negro is in league with the drug-smugglers that plague South Texas and was probably involved in the murder of his younger brother. While out on patrol one night as El Gato Negro, Francisco discovers two escaped convicts. Incapacitating the criminals, El Gato Negro has unknowingly stumbled across a drug-running conspiracy formed by the drug-smuggler known only as El Graduado and a mysterious South American crime organization known as The Annulus. El Gato Negro is later lured in to a trap set by El Graduado personally in an abandoned warehouse.

The Burning
(Also known as "Unknown Passing, Unforgettable Return part two") Continues immediately after the events in the first issue. In the ensuing struggle with El Graduado, El Gato Negro manages to destroy the abandoned warehouse containing large quantities of narcotics. Later Francisco discovers the identity of El Graduado to be that of Armando Ochoa, son of Ignacio Ochoa the undisputed drug lord of South Texas, a position Armando desires to take over in order to earn a seat with The Annulus.

Mexican Standoff
(Also known as "Unknown Passing, Unforgettable Return part three") The finale of the original three-part story arc. In a final confrontation with El Graduado, the villain had the upper-hand until the arrival of the original El Gato Negro and the Texas Rangers. While fleeing the scene, Armando inadvertently runs into Captain Bustamonte. Recognizing him to be the brother of the border patrolman his henchmen had murdered several months earlier, Ochoa resolves to kill the Miguel as well. Francisco manages to intervene, saving Miguel, and allows El Graduado to be taken in by the authorities. Afterward, Sheriff Bustamonte's opinion of El Gato Negro changes for the better but he continues to hunt for the hero regardless, believing his methods to be dangerous.

Enter: The Dogs of War
In retaliation, the Annulus enlists the aid of Boss Ochoa's nephews, two ruthless mercenaries from Corpus Christi, Texas. Nearly killing the costumed-crimefighter, El Gato Negro manages to escape from the two, only to collapse in the arms of his grandfather, Agustin Guerrero, suffering from extreme fatigue and near-intracranial injury.

El Graduado

Armando Ochoa, also known as El Graduado, is a fictional character and comic book supervillain in the series. The character made his first appearance in El Gato Negro #1 (October 1993). Son of the successful South Texas businessman and drug-lord Boss Ochoa, El Graduado vies to usurp his father’s throne and earn a seat in a criminal organization known as The Annulus. Earning the nickname of El Graduado, The Graduate, after graduating from a prestigious Ivy League University in the United States, El Graduado has proven himself to be a powerful adversary of high intellect and superb fighting ability.

Dominguez described the character as a "spoiled rich brat" who despite being a very educated person, chose to invest in corruption. El Graduado is also shown to have little regard for human life, easily murdering his own henchmen for their failures, and has admitted to enjoying the power of wielding a sniper rifle.

Raised entirely by his father, Boss Ochoa spared no expense on his son's education by sending him to the finest schools in the world. Armando attended a University in Bogotá where he developed a romantic relationship with fellow student Narcilina Montoya, with whom he later studied in Harvard Law. Armando later traveled orient, where he studied amongst the most prestigious martial arts schools.

In the "Unknown Passing, Unforgettable Return" storyline from El Gato Negro #1-3, Armando wants to replace his father as the prominent druglord in South Texas, Armando adopted the pseudonym of El Graduado. In order to impress the Annulus, El Graduado attempts to make a large drug trafficking deal. After being foiled at every turn by El Gato Negro, he resolved to kill the vigilante or risk embarrassment. In a final confrontation with El Gato, the villain had the upper-hand until the arrival of the Texas Rangers. El Graduado was arrested, leaving his father to answer to the wrath of the Annulus.

1997's "Enter: The Dogs of War!" storyline mentioned El Graduado awaiting trial in Houston. In retaliation against El Gato Negro, Boss Ochoa enlists his nephews to assassinate El Gato Negro. In the ongoing "Legacy" storyline from El Gato Negro: Nocturnal Warrior #1-3 El Graduado is shown to be released from jail and executing rival mob bosses.

Graphic Novel

Shortly after the publishing the fourth issue of El Gato Negro, the series went on hiatus for seven years, ending the series with a cliffhanger. El Gato Negro later returned in 2005 in the new on-going series El Gato Negro: Nocturnal Warrior #1. Created by Richard Dominguez and published under his own Azteca Productions imprint, the series began in November 2005. It was being compiled online at webcomicsnation.com

"Nocturnal Warrior" takes place in South Texas, where the communities of the Lower Rio Grande Valley are constantly threatened by  gangs, drug runners, and costumed criminals. In an effort to fight and prevent crime, social worker Francisco "Pancho" Guerrero adopts his grandfather's former identity as El Gato Negro, promising to "bring bad luck to all those who do evil". Unlike most superheroes, El Gato Negro possesses no superpowers and instead makes use of his own athletic abilities, accumulative knowledge, detective skills to fight crime. He is assisted in his war on crime by several supporting characters including his grandfather, Agustin Guerrero. In the eyes of the general public, El Gato Negro is known as a living legend and watchful protector of South Texas but despite his best efforts is constantly hunted by the local law enforcement agencies and demonized by the media as a public menace.

In other media
Deadline reported that MGM Television is developing a live-action TV series adaptation of El Gato Negro titled El Gato Negro: Nocturnal Warrior with Diego Boneta starring as Francisco Guerrero and will also executive produce under his production company, Three Amigos while Joel Novoa will co-executive produce. The Hollywood Reporter has reported that the series is picked by Apple TV+ and Robert Rodriguez will direct the pilot and executive produce the series as well

See also
El Gato Negro

References

External links
Official site
Dominguez Illustrations
El Gato Negro's MySpace page
Dominguez Illustrations
Azteca Productions' Comicspace page
Webcomics Nation

1993 comics debuts
Professional wrestling comics


Epiniac (; ; Gallo: Espeinyac) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Population
Inhabitants of Epiniac are called Epiniacais in French.

Gallery

See also
Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

External links

Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association

Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine


The Embassy is a visual effects studio located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Embassy is known for its photo-realistic visual effects work on commercials and more recently, features.
The studio completed a number of visual effects shots for Marvel Studios, Iron Man and more recently contributed effects to the climactic sequence of the Peter Jackson produced film, District 9.<ref>[https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Vancouver+visual+effects+studios+manufacture+District+alien+look/1846650/story.html "Vancouver visual effects studios manufacture District 9'''s alien look"]</ref> The Embassy's visual effects work on District 9'' was nominated for an Academy Award.

The Embassy is most famous for a series of commercials created for French automobile maker, Citroën. The commercials feature a computer generated car which transforms into a robot. The visual effects created for the first Citroën commercial were the subject of a promotional campaign by Apple Inc., promoting the use of its compositing software, Shake.

The Embassy has also worked on advertising campaigns for Nike, Mercedes-Benz, Chevrolet and GMC.

References

External links

Visual effects companies
Canadian animation studios
Computer animation
Companies based in Vancouver


Eancé (; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Geography
The river Semnon flows northwest through the commune.

Population

Inhabitants of Eancé are called Éancéens in French.

See also
Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

External links

Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association

Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine


The 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by George Weah. He is the first African player to win the award and the only one to date. The gala  took place at the Teatro Nazionale in Milan, on January 8, 1996. 95 national team coaches, based on the current FIFA Men's World Ranking were chosen to vote. It was organised by European Sports Media, Adidas, FIFA and Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport.

Results

References

FIFA World Player of the Year
FIFA World Player of the Year


Nebraska Highway 79 is a highway in eastern Nebraska.  It is a north–south highway which has a length of .  The southern terminus of Highway 79 is northwest of Lincoln near Lincoln Airport at U.S. Highway 34.  The northern terminus of Highway 79 is in Snyder.

Route description
Nebraska Highway 79 begins northwest of Lincoln near Lincoln Municipal Airport at U.S. 34.  The highway goes north into farmland, then northwest and meets Nebraska Highway 66 in Valparaiso.  It goes north until meeting Nebraska Highway 92, with which it runs east concurrently for one mile (1.6 km).  It turns north and passes through Prague.  It continues north, turns east briefly, then turns north to enter Morse Bluff.  It then crosses the Platte River and enters North Bend, where it intersects U.S. Highway 30.  It continues north from North Bend, then ends at Nebraska Highway 91 in Snyder.

Major intersections

References

External links

 Nebraska Roads: NE 61-80

079
Transportation in Lancaster County, Nebraska
Transportation in Saunders County, Nebraska
Transportation in Dodge County, Nebraska


Elworthy is a small village and civil parish in the Brendon Hills  south-east of Watchet, and  west of Taunton, in the Somerset West and Taunton district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Willett.

History

On the Brendon Hills, about  from the village, are the Elworthy Burroughs, a British encampment, and several tumuli.

The parish of Elworthy was part of the Williton and Freemanners Hundred.

Willett House was built around 1816 as a country house by Richard Carver (Architect) for Daniel Blommert. In the grounds is the Willett Tower a  high folly in the form of a ruined church tower. Its date of construction is uncertain but it was recorded in 1791 and is believed to have been built in 1774 with funds raised of £130 by public subscription.

Governance

The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.

The village falls within the non-metropolitan district of Somerset West and Taunton, which was established on 1 April 2019. It was previously in the district of West Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and part of Williton Rural District before that. The district council is responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism.

Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and  fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning.

It is also part of the Bridgwater and West Somerset county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Religious sites

The Church of St Martin, dedicated to St Martin of Tours, dates from the 13th century and has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building. The church is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Notable residents

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Samuel Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy  KG GCB CBE DSO LVO DFC AFC (23 March 1911 – 4 April 1993) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force and was made a life peer as Baron Elworthy, of Timaru in New Zealand and of Elworthy.

References

External links

Villages in West Somerset
Civil parishes in Somerset