Grétar Ólafur Hjartarson (born 26 November 1977 in Sandgerði, Iceland) is an Icelandic former football player who last played for Reynir S.

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Rosemarie Inge Koczy (March 5, 1939December 12, 2007) was an artist and teacher known for her many works dealing with the Holocaust.

Life
Koczy was born March 5, 1939, in Recklinghausen, Germany, the eldest daughter of Martha  Wusthoff and Karl Koczy. According to her memoir, she and her parents were persecuted by the Nazis for their Jewish ancestry. Fifty years after the war's end, she described being deported in 1942 at the age of 3, surviving two concentration camps, first at Traunstein (Dachau) and then at Ottenhausen (Struthof), writing of that time:

We worked in the fields every day.  I saw the killings, the shavings, the bleachings, the torture and hunger, the cold, typhus, tuberculosis. Death was all around!

In November 2017, during an exhibition of her works in Recklinghausen, local historians and archivists who looked for local documents to corroborate her biography came to the conclusion that her Holocaust memoir had been forged. They assert that neither she nor her parents were of Jewish ancestry, that they were not persecuted during the Holocaust, and that Koczy was never in a concentration camp. Koczy's widowed husband rejected these claims. Yad Vashem announced that it would examine Koczy's biography but keep her artworks as a relevant response to the Holocaust regardless of their findings.

Remaining at Ottenhausen for several years after its liberation in 1945, she was raised afterwards by her maternal grandparents, her mother briefly and several foster families and orphanages.

In 1959 Koczy left Germany for Geneva, Switzerland.  She was accepted into the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in 1961, where she received her diploma with distinction four years later.

Koczy's first marriage (which brought her Swiss citizenship) ended in divorce.  She married composer Louis Pelosi, whom she had met at the MacDowell Colony, in 1984.  She became an American citizen in 1989.

Koczy created a community art school outside of Geneva in the 1970s and in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, where she taught privately over the last twenty years of her life. After 1995 she gave free lessons to elderly and disabled residents of
Maple House in Ossining, where she supplied materials, arranged shows and acquisitions (many by her and her husband). The couple also hosted annual art and music gatherings in their home for many years.

She died December 12, 2007, in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

Her three-volume  memoir titled I Weave You a Shroud was published 2009-2013.

Art
Concentrating upon tapestry, she mounted two solo museum exhibitions in Geneva (1970 and 1979); she produced more than seventy fiber works in fifteen years. During this time she also met Peggy Guggenheim, who commissioned a tapestry from her and introduced her to Thomas Messer, then-curator of the Guggenheim Museum.

In the mid 1970s she began her works dealing with the Holocaust. In 1980, Koczy accepted a fellowship to the MacDowell Colony and started creating pen-and-ink drawings memorializing Holocaust victims. She had created more than 12,000 of these drawings before her death. In her later years Koczy insisted they be shown only accompanied by a statement in English, French, and German which begins:

"The drawings I make every day are titled 'I Weave You A Shroud.'  They are burials I offer to those I saw die in the camps."

She also completed hundreds of paintings, wood sculptures, and other works on the subject.

She was the first female recipient of the Francis Greenburger Award, chosen and presented by Thomas Messer at the Guggenheim in 1986.

Koczy's work is housed in institutions such as the Guggenheim (both in New York and Venice), the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Art Gallery/Museum, the Collection de l'art brut in Lausanne (where in 1985 she inaugurated Jean Dubuffet's Neuve Invention Annex), Museum im Lagerhaus in St. Gallen, Museum Charlotte Zander in Bonnigheim (Germany),
Galerie Miyawaki in Kyoto (Japan), Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, the Gedenkstatte Buchenwald, Musée de la Création Franche in Begles (France), Museum Dr. Guislain in Gent Belgium and Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem (which in 2007 accepted her largest sculpture, Deportation of the Children, into its permanent collection). An exhibition of over 100 of her works ran at the City University of New York - Queensborough Community College Art Gallery in 2013-2014, accompanied by a monograph dedicated to her work.

Of her art, Goya scholar Fred Licht has written:

Koczy's drawings have a moral aspect ... One receives the impression that she feels it her duty to execute (them), and duty cannot exist without a sense of moral responsibility.

Outsider art critic Roger Cardinal recalled:

 I once saw a wall display of several dozen of these images ... The combination of ceaseless proliferation and searing emotion made an impact that struck to the very core of human feeling.

Thomas Messer wrote:

Koczy's art, in the last analysis, speaks to us through formal authority and through convincing resolution, leaving us thereby in a state of catharsis, uplifted and hopeful.

References

External links
 New Yorker article
 Buchenwald exhibition
 Rosemarie Koczy, Artist (1939-2007)

1939 births
2007 deaths
People from Recklinghausen
German women artists
People from Croton-on-Hudson, New York
West German emigrants
Immigrants to Switzerland
Immigrants to the United States


Suhardi Hassan (born  7 April 1982) is a Malaysian professional racing cyclist currently riding for the Kuala Lumpur Cycling Team.

Career highlights

 2003: 3rd in Stage 3 Jelajah Malaysia, Ipoh (Malaysia)
 2004: 1st in General classification Jelajah Malaysia (Malaysia)
 2005: Gold medal Sea Game 2005 Philippines
 2007: 1st in Stage 6 Tour of Negri Sembilan (Malaysia)
 2007: 2nd in South East Asian Games, Road, Elite (Thailand)
 2010: 1st in Stage 4 Jelajah Malaysia

References

External links

1982 births
Living people
People from Perlis
Malaysian Muslims
Malaysian people of Malay descent
Malaysian male cyclists
Cyclists at the 2006 Asian Games
SEA Games medalists in cycling
SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia
SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia
Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games
Asian Games competitors for Malaysia
20th-century Malaysian people
21st-century Malaysian people


"Duel at Sundown" is a 1959 episode of the Western comedy television series Maverick starring 31-year-old James Garner and 29-year-old Clint Eastwood.  A mean fortune hunting bully (Eastwood) becomes jealous when Bret Maverick (Garner) begins spending time with his girlfriend Carrie (Abby Dalton), the daughter of Bret's old friend (Edgar Buchanan), who desperately wants Bret to marry her before Eastwood's evil character does so.

An epic fistfight between Garner and Eastwood segues into a surprising showdown between Bret and gunslinger John Wesley Hardin in which Maverick fans his pistol.  "Hardin" turns out to be Bret's brother Bart (Jack Kelly), who'd been recruited to help frighten Eastwood's character who literally flees the town. Carrie realizes that she made a mistake in trying to love Hardigan and thanks Bret. As Bret and Bart depart the town on horseback at the episode's conclusion, they run into the real John Wesley Hardin, already angrily riding in to hunt down and murder the man who "killed" him. Eastwood is billed fifth in the cast but his onscreen time is as ample as anyone else's except Garner's. The episode was written by Richard J. Collins from a story by Howard Browne, and directed by Arthur Lubin. The episode has been released on the Blu-ray of the 1992 Clint Eastwood film, Unforgiven.

Cast
James Garner	... 	Bret Maverick
Jack Kelly	... 	Bart Maverick
Edgar Buchanan	... 	Jed
Abby Dalton	... 	Carrie
Clint Eastwood	... 	Red Hardigan
Dan Sheridan	... 	Doc Baxter
James Griffith	... 	John Wesley Hardin
Clarke Alexander	... 	Sheriff
Linda Lawson	... 	Lily
Myrna Fahey	... 	Susie
Ed Reimers  ...  Announcer (voice)

See also

 Shady Deal at Sunny Acres
 List of Maverick episodes
Bret Maverick: Faith, Hope and Clarity
Bret Maverick: The Lazy Ace
 Rawhide
 The Rockford Files
 Space Cowboys

External links
Duel at Sundown in the Internet Movie Database
Roy Huggins' Archive of American Television Interview
Cast photographs for "Duel at Sundown"
Onscreen cast credits for "Duel at Sundown"
Stephen J. Cannell's Archive of American Television explanation of Huggins' approach
Museum of Broadcast Communications: Maverick
Maverick in the Internet Movie Database
James Garner's Archive of American Television Interview
The Paley Center for Media

1959 American television episodes
Maverick (TV series)


Open Season 2 is a 2008 American animated comedy film and the sequel to the 2006 film Open Season, produced by Sony Pictures Animation. It was directed by Matthew O'Callaghan, co-directed by Todd Wilderman, and produced by Kirk Bodyfelt and Matthew O'Callaghan. It was released theatrically in other countries starting in South Africa on September 24, 2008, and direct-to-video in the United States on January 27, 2009. The film received mixed reviews and grossed $8.7 million worldwide.

Plot

In the spring, Elliot has grown giant new antlers and is about to marry Giselle. However, Elliot's new antlers are cracked off in an accident, which upsets him. Believing that his cracked antlers are a sign of bad luck and after hearing words being spoken by Ian during the wedding ceremony, Elliot begins to have second thoughts. Meanwhile, Mr. Weenie finds a dog biscuit trail that his previous owners left behind and follows it. At the climax of the wedding, Elliot witnesses Mr. Weenie being taken away by his old owners, Bob and Bobbie. Elliot tells an exaggerated story to the other forest animals about Bobbie torturing Mr. Weenie (made possible by his misinterpretation of Bobbie's excessive affections toward Mr. Weenie) and decides to make a rescue mission to save him while also using it to avoid marrying Giselle until his giant antlers grow back. Boog, Elliot, Giselle, McSquizzy, Buddy, Serge and Deni set off on a rescue mission under Boog's lead.

Meanwhile, the pets of Bob and Bobbie's friends - on their way to Pet Paradiso, a resort for humans and their pets - meet at a rest stop. There is Fifi, a toy poodle and his basset hound companion Roberto, two cats named Stanley and Roger, and two Southern dogs named Rufus and Charlene. Fifi discusses his hatred for wild animals, describing how he claims they got him shocked by a bug zapper. He then tries to maul a nearby rabbit, until he's stopped by his owner. Meanwhile, the wilds find Weenie, much to Elliot's dismay. They try to free him while his owners stop at a gas station. They free him from his chains, but because of Elliot's impulsiveness and clumsiness, they accidentally leave him stuck in the RV along with Buddy. Elliot and Giselle have an argument, and eventually leave Elliot to search for Mr. Weenie himself, while Serge and Deni fly to look for him.

The owners reach the pet camp with Mr. Weenie and Buddy. The other pets meet with Weenie, and Fifi tries to revert Weenie back into his pet state, but Weenie resists. Buddy helps Weenie escape and Buddy tries to free Weenie from his shock collar. During the chase, Fifi gets shocked by the collar and gets the fur on his forehead burned, causing him to lose most of his sanity and vow revenge.

Meanwhile, Serge and Deni return and explain they found Weenie and Buddy at a pet camp, unaware that the two have already escaped. Boog and the others set up camp, and Boog fails to convince Giselle that Elliot is a good person and that they belong together. The wilds realize that they have gone to Pet Paradiso. Weenie and Buddy find Elliot in the woods and convince him to go to Pet Paradiso to save his friends.

The wilds try to sneak into Pet Paradiso by disguising themselves as pets, with Giselle as a dalmatian and McSquizzy as a chihuahua. Boog attempts to sneak in as a cat, but proves to be too large to pass off as one. He then changes his disguise to a sheepdog. After Elliot, Mr. Weenie, and Buddy meet up with Boog, Elliot also disguises himself as Boog's human owner and they sneak in. Giselle and McSquizzy walk around Pet Paradiso looking for Mr. Weenie, but their cover is blown and are captured by Fifi and the other pets and taken to their secret lair beneath the resort's waterslide. Elliot, Buddy and Mr. Weenie attempt to go inside to save Giselle and McSquizzy, but Mr. Weenie, missing being a pet again, goes to play on the waterslide, leaving the rest except Boog to be captured by Fifi, while Boog tries to catch Mr. Weenie.

Fifi tries to kill them all with a pile of shock collars. As Boog tries to stop Mr. Weenie from going down the waterslide, his cover is blown and security attempts to tranquilize him. Before Fifi shocks the wilds into submission, Elliot, having learned to trust himself more than his antlers, tries to profess his love for Giselle, only to be berated by her for leaving her at the altar and using Mr. Weenie's "kidnapping" as an excuse. As Fifi is about to kill them, Boog enters the lair via the water slide and the liquid flushes everyone out.

A battle between the wilds and pets ensues, with the Pet Paradiso security focused on tranquilizing the wilds. While Boog tricks security into tranquilizing themselves, Elliot saves Giselle, accidentally placing all the shock collars on himself. He wrestles Fifi in the pool for the shock collar remote; Fifi eventually grabs the remote and activates the collars, only to realize that Elliot has attached the collars to him. Fifi survives the electrocution but loses all his fur, humiliating him further. The pets and the wilds settle their differences and decide to become friends. Mr. Weenie, wanting to be a pet again, decides to join the pets and returns to his owners in rejoice. Returning to the woods, Elliot finally professes his true feelings for Giselle, and they get married.

Cast
Joel McHale as Elliot, a mule deer who is Boog's best friend and the main protagonist of the film who was supposed to marry Giselle, but abandoned her due to his new emotions.
Mike Epps as Boog, a grizzly bear who is Elliot's best friend and leads the rescue mission to save Mr. Weenie.
Cody Cameron as Mr. Weenie, a German dachshund who was captured by Fifi and the pets, causing Boog, Elliot, and the other wilds to rescue him.
Georgia Engel as Bobbie, Mr. Weenie's woman owner
Jane Krakowski as Giselle, Elliot's fiancée who is scared of getting married.
Billy Connolly as McSquizzy, a Scottish squirrel who joins in the mission to save Weenie.
Crispin Glover as Fifi, an ill-tempered toy poodle and the main antagonist of the film who is often annoyed by his companion, Roberto. Fifi has a deep hatred over wild animals and slowly begins to lose his sanity after his forehead gets burned during a chase.
Maddie Taylor as Deni/Buddy/Ian. Except for Ian, they join in the mission to save Mr. Weenie.
Steve Schirripa as Roberto, Fifi's dim-witted friend who usually annoys him.
Fred Stoller as Stanley, a cat who is constantly annoyed by Roger.
Sean Mullen as Roger, an intellectually disabled cat who often annoys his best friend Stanley.
Diedrich Bader as Rufus, a Southern dog who is Charlene's boyfriend.
Olivia Hack as Charlene, a Southern dog who is Rufus' girlfriend.

Production
Sony announced a sequel to Open Season in September 2007. Although the original grossed $85.1 million in the United States and $115.7 million in foreign countries, Sony felt the film performed much better on DVD, thus, making a direct-to-DVD sequel. Sony Pictures Digital president said that "the studio will keep Open Season 2's costs low by utilizing Imageworks' satellite facilities in India and New Mexico".

Release
Although Open Season 2 was released direct-to-video in the United States and the United Kingdom, it was released theatrically in some countries. In South Africa on its opening day, the film grossed $84,244 from 26 screens with an $2,081 average. In Russia, it opened with $2,835,600 from 360 screens with a $7,877 average. In Poland, it opened with $194,339 from 75 screens with an $2,591 average. In total, the film grossed $8,716,950.

Theatrical releases:
South Africa - September 24, 2008
Russia - October 16, 2008
Croatia - November 6, 2008
United Arab Emirates - November 13, 2008
Czech Republic - December 18, 2008
Slovakia - December 18, 2008
Lebanon - December 18, 2008
Turkey - January 16, 2009
Poland - January 23, 2009
Iceland - January 30, 2009
South Korea - March 12, 2009

Reception
Critic at DVD Verdict claimed, "Open Season 2 is no classic (neither was the original), but it's a competent check-your-brain-at-the-door comedy for children of all ages. The animation and storytelling may not stack up against Pixar's (whose does?), but the flick offers something that Pixar movies generally don't: old cartoon slapstick and sight gags in the mold of Bugs Bunny".

Home media
Open Season 2 was released on DVD, Blu-ray Disc and PSP UMD on January 27, 2009.

Sequels

The sequel Open Season 3 premiered in theaters in Russia on October 21, 2010 and was released on DVD and Blu-ray in United States on January 25, 2011. Open Season: Scared Silly premiered in theaters in Turkey on December 18, 2015, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States and Canada on March 8, 2016. It serves as a standalone sequel, acknowledging the events of the original movie but not those of the second and third.

References

External links

2008 films
2008 computer-animated films
2008 direct-to-video films
2000s American animated films
2000s buddy comedy films
American children's animated comedy films
American computer-animated films
American sequel films
American buddy comedy films
Animated buddy films
Animated films about animals
Direct-to-video sequel films
Films scored by Ramin Djawadi
Films directed by Matthew O'Callaghan
Open Season (franchise)
Reel FX Creative Studios films
Sony Pictures Animation films
Sony Pictures direct-to-video films
2000s English-language films


Marek Posmyk (born September 15, 1978) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who last played for HC České Budějovice of the Czech Extraliga.  He was drafted in the second round, 36th overall, of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs.  He was traded by the Maple Leafs to the Tampa Bay Lightning on February 9, 2000, as part of the deal which brought Darcy Tucker to Toronto.

Posmyk played nineteen games in the National Hockey League with the Lightning: eighteen in the 1999–2000 season and one more in the 2000–01 season.  He scored one goal and two assists for Tampa Bay.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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1978 births
Living people
Czech ice hockey defencemen
Detroit Vipers players
Nürnberg Ice Tigers players
Ice hockey people from Jihlava
St. John's Maple Leafs players
Sarnia Sting players
Tampa Bay Lightning players
Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks
Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Canada
Czech expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate ice hockey players in Italy


Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, commonly called Ūlei, eluehe, uulei, Hawaiian rose, or Hawaiian hawthorn, is a species of flowering shrub in the rose family, Rosaceae, that is indigenous to Hawaii (all islands but Kahoolawe and Niihau), the Cook Islands, Tonga, Pitcairn Island, and Rapa Iti, Taiwan and the Ryukyu islands of Japan.

Description
Osteomeles anthyllidifolia grows as either an erect shrub that reaches  or a spreading shrub. The compound leaves are alternately arranged on branches and divided into 15–25 leaflets.  The small, oblong leaflets are  long and  wide.  White flowers with five  petals form clusters of three to six on the ends of branches. The fruit is white when ripe,  in diameter, and contains yellow seeds that are  in diameter.

Habitat
Osteomeles anthyllidifolia can be found in dry to mesic forests, shrublands, coastal areas, and lava plains at elevations of .  It is a ruderal species, able to effectively compete with other plants on disturbed sites.

Uses

Medicinal
The leaves and root bark are used on deep cuts; the seeds and buds are used as a laxative for children.

Non-medicinal
The wood of a mature Osteomeles anthyllidifolia is very strong, and Native Hawaiians used it to make ō (harpoons) with which they caught hee (octopuses). Ihe pahee (javelins), ihe (spears),  ōō (digging sticks), hohoa (round kapa beaters) ie kūkū (square kapa beaters), ūkēkē (musical bows), and auamo (carrying sticks) were also made from the wood. Young, flexible O. anthyllidifolia branches were fashioned into the hoops of aei.  These were  bag nets that were used in conjunction with kalo (taro) as bait to catch schools of ōpelu (Decapterus macarellus). The fruit is edible and was used to make a lavender dye.

References

anthyllidifolia
Flora of Hawaii
Flora of the south-central Pacific
Flora of Tonga
Ruderal species


The 2001 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season.  They played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri.  They were members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division.  The team was coached by head coach Gary Pinkel.

Schedule

References

Missouri
Missouri Tigers football seasons
Missouri Tigers football


The 2002 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season.  They played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri.  They were members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division.  The team was coached by head coach Gary Pinkel.

Schedule

Roster

References

Missouri
Missouri Tigers football seasons
Missouri Tigers football


The 2003 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season.  The Tigers had an overall record of 8–5, including a 4–4 record in conference play, and a 27–14 loss to Arkansas in the Independence Bowl at Shreveport.  They played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri.  They were members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division.  The team was coached by head coach Gary Pinkel.

Schedule

References

Missouri
Missouri Tigers football seasons
Missouri Tigers football


The 2004 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season.  They played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri.  They were members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division.  The team was coached by head coach Gary Pinkel.

Schedule

References

Missouri
Missouri Tigers football seasons
Missouri Tigers football


The 2005 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season.  The team finished with a 7–5 record, including 4–4 in Big 12 Conference play.  The season culminated with a win over South Carolina in the Independence Bowl.  The team led by head coach Gary Pinkel.

Schedule

References

Missouri
Missouri Tigers football seasons
Independence Bowl champion seasons
Missouri Tigers football


"Purple Line" is Tohoshinki's 16th Japanese single, written by the Korean composer who made Tohoshinki's biggest hits in Korea such as "Rising Sun" and ""O"-Jung.Ban.Hap." It became Tohoshinki's first Japanese single to reach #1 on the Oricon Weekly sales chart in Japan, making the group the first foreign male group or boyband to top the Japanese charts and second Korean artist after BoA to do so. "Purple Line" was Tohoshinki's first single that was originally released in Japanese and later released in Korean as a single. According to the members, the name "Purple Line" refers to the thin rays of light on horizon when the sun sets.  Despite being the first #1 single from Tohoshinki, it is not their strongest single in terms of physical sales, with "Break Out!" having the biggest lead in Japan. It was released a week before their third Japanese album  T which included the song in its tracks.

Music video
The music video was shot in South Korea, the first time for a Japanese single by the group. The producers used new strategies to market the song and the video. First, a shortened music video was released in Japan for the Japanese version of the song. On January 24, 2008, a Korean version of "Purple Line" was also released. On February 4, 2008, SM Entertainment surprised fans with the release of the full music video; however, with the Korean version of the song. A Japanese version of the full music video was also released a few days later.

Live performances

Japan
2008.01.18 - NHK Music Japan
2008.01.25 - Music Fighter
2008.01.26 - Melodix!
2008.01.28 - Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
2008.02.02 - Music Fair 21
2008.02.08 - NHK Music Japan
2008.02.11 - 月光音楽団
2008 - a-nation 2008 (several dates)

South Korea
2008.02.24 - SBS Inkigayo
2008.02.29 - KBS Music Bank
2008.05.17 - 6th Annual Korean Music Festival (in USA)
2008.06.07 - Dream concert
2008.06.15 - Super Triple Concert
2008.07.20 - KBS 60th Anniversary of Korean Constitution
2008.08.15 - Summer SMTown Concert 2008

Track listing

Japan

CD
 "Purple Line"
 "Dead End" (STY Gin n' Tonic mix)
 "Zion" (Zero G Remix)
 "Purple Line" (Less Vocal)
 "Dead End" (STY Gin n' Tonic mix) (Less Vocal)

DVD
 Asia Tour Bangkok Show Off Shot Movie
 Asia Tour Bangkok Show Special Off Shot Movie

South Korea

CD
 "Purple Line"
 "Dead End" (STY Gin n' Tonic mix)
 "Zion" (Zero G Remix)
 "Purple Line" (Less Vocal)
 "Dead End" (STY Gin n' Tonic mix) (Less Vocal)
 Purple Line (Korean version)

DVD
 Asia Tour Bangkok Show Off Shot Movie
 Asia Tour Bangkok Show Special Off Shot Movie

Release history

Charts

Oricon sales chart (Japan)

Korea Top 20 foreign albums & singles

References

External links
 http://toho-jp.net/

2008 singles
TVXQ songs
Oricon Weekly number-one singles
2008 songs
Rhythm Zone singles


The 2006 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season.  The Tigers went 8-5, including a 4-4 record in Big 12 North play.  The season ended with a 39-38 loss in the Sun Bowl to Oregon State at El Paso. They played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri, and was coached by head coach Gary Pinkel.

Recruits

Schedule

Rankings

References

Missouri
Missouri Tigers football seasons
Missouri Tigers football


The 1987 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation () was held in January 1988. It is part of the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation series held in Hong Kong.

Top 10 song awards
The top 10 songs (十大勁歌金曲) of 1987 are as follows.

Additional awards

References
 Top ten songs award 1987, Tvcity.tvb.com
 Additional awards 1987, Tvcity.tvb.com

Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation, 1987
Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards


was a 21-year-old Japanese student who was murdered in Okegawa, Saitama Prefecture, on 26 October 1999.

Ino was stabbed to death by a hitman hired by her abusive ex-boyfriend, Kazuhito Komatsu, after months of stalking and violent threats against Ino and her family after she ended the relationship. Ino's murder exposed a significant dereliction of duties by the Saitama Prefecture police force, brought about changes to legal treatment of stalking in Japan, and is considered an example of media manipulation.

Stalking

In January 1999, Shiori Ino, a 21-year old university student, began dating , a 26-year-old who operated a series of massage parlors with his brother Takeshi, a firefighter.

The two had met at an amusement arcade near Ōmiya Station in Ōmiya Ward, Saitama, and Komatsu claimed to be a 23-year-old entrepreneur who dealt in cars, real estate and precious metals.

After four or five dates, Komatsu began presenting Ino with expensive gifts such as Louis Vuitton handbags and Gucci suits in public places, and screamed abuse at her when she refused them.

Komatsu also began calling her at home, despite the fact that she had only given him her cell phone number. Around this time, Ino found a credit card featuring Komatsu's real name inside his car. When Ino attempted to break off contact, Komatsu threatened her until she agreed to keep seeing him. On 24 March, Ino confided in a friend that she was afraid for her life.

On 30 March, Ino wrote a will, and attempted again to break off the relationship with Komatsu, but relented after he threatened her family, including insinuations about physically harming her younger brother, an elementary school student.

On 14 June, Ino met Komatsu at a cafe and unequivocally stated her intention to not see him again. The same day, Komatsu, Takeshi and their friend went to the Ino family home, and threatened both Ino and her mother, presenting them with a series of lies about Ino being liable for fictional embezzlements that Komatsu had committed.

They threatened Ino's father when he returned from work, who, unmoved, ordered them out of the house after telling them to take the gifts Komatsu had forced on Ino. The three retreated, specifically stating that they did not want the gifts back.

Unbeknownst to them, Ino had made an audio recording of the entire ordeal, which she presented to the Saitama Prefecture police station in Ageo the next day. Despite the outrage of one younger officer, the officers who met Ino told her that she had no case.

That day, the Ino family received a call from someone calling himself "Tanaka" demanding the return of the gifts, following a series of about twenty silent calls. This daily barrage of silent calls continued until 26 October.

On 16 June, Ino again went to the Saitama police with her parents. The police again refused to take action, and suggested that she was at fault for breaking up with a smitten suitor after accepting expensive gifts.

They also went to a free legal clinic run by the Chamber of Commerce as per suggestion of the police. After a fifteen-minute consultation, the lawyer dismissed their concerns, stating that, "But she had a lot of things bought for her, right?" .

The following day, Ino received a call from Komatsu demanding they get back together. She refused, and stated that she had been to the police. Komatsu reacted angrily before hanging up abruptly.

On 21 June, Ino sent everything Komatsu had forced on her to his address by courier service. The following day, 22 June, Takeshi approached 33-year-old Yoshifumi Kubota, a former manager of one of their massage parlors, with a ¥20 million murder-for-hire scheme at Komatsu's behest. Kubota agreed, and in turn recruited two acquaintances, Akira Kawakami and Yoshitaka Ito.

On 5 July, Komatsu departed Saitama Prefecture for Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, to build an alibi for the planned assassination of Ino.

Over the next four months, Ino's family endured an escalating series of harassments and threats, including hundreds of posters and letters slandering Ino and her father distributed throughout the neighborhood and to the father's workplace. The family repeatedly went to the police armed with the letters, photos of license plates and other evidence, without any action being taken.

They pressed libel charges, only to be actively obstructed by senior precinct police officers who were worried that having unresolved open cases would hurt their standing. In the meantime, Kubota, Kawakami and Ito, possessing a photograph of Ino, watched her residence and the local train station to plan the killing.

Murder
On 26 October 1999, Ino left her home on a bicycle, heading for Okegawa Station in Okegawa to attend afternoon classes at her college. Ito, watching from a nearby car, alerted Kawakami, who drove to the station and dropped off Kubota.

As Ino got off her bicycle, Kubota walked up and stabbed her once in the side. As Ino turned, Kubota stabbed her again in the heart. Ino was pronounced dead at 12:50p.m. at Ageo Central General Hospital, with her cause of death listed as shock due to massive bleeding.

Immediately following Ino's murder, the Saitama police began a campaign of disinformation, falsely portraying her as a promiscuous flirt with a taste for expensive brand-name goods.

The tabloids, then the mainstream press, quickly jumped on the bandwagon, manufacturing lurid stories about Ino working as an escort. The Komatsu brothers and their accomplices were not arrested until a journalist, Kiyoshi Shimizu, investigated the case for himself. Shimizu's report, published in the magazine FOCUS, laid bare Ino's long ordeal with Komatsu, and included a photograph of her stalker.

On 19 December 1999, Kubota was arrested, and the next day, Takeshi, Kawakami and Ito were also arrested. On 16 January 2000, eight other people were arrested for assisting with the harassment of Ino, and a warrant was issued for Komatsu, who managed to evade arrest and went to Sapporo, Hokkaido, where he was tracked by Shimizu.

On 27 January 2000, Komatsu's corpse was found in a lake in Teshikaga. Komatsu's death was found to be a suicide, with a note in his hotel luggage indicating that he had planned to kill himself soon after he had arranged Ino's murder.

Aftermath
A legislative hearing was convened into the handling of the Ino case by the Saitama Prefecture police, who were criticized in the media for dereliction of duty. The head of the police force formally apologized to the Ino family.

Following an investigation, six officers were disciplined and three senior police officers were fired and indicted on a documents falsification charge over their refusal to process the charges brought by Ino during Komatsu's harassment campaign.

On 7 September 2000, Toshio Katagiri and Hirokazu Furuta were each sentenced to a year and a half in prison, while Tsuyoshi Honda was sentenced to one year and two months in prison.

However, they were allowed to receive suspended sentences. On 22 December 2000, Ino's family sued the Saitama police. On 16 February 2003, a district court ruled that the police would have to pay consolation money, but denied that police neglect had allowed Ino's murder to occur.

On appeal, on 30 August 2006, the Supreme Court upheld the original sentence.

In November 2000, a stalker regulation law took effect as a result of Ino's murder. In 2001, Shimizu received the Editors' Choice Magazine Journalism Award and the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan Reporting Award for his coverage of the Ino case. He would later receive the same awards again after getting an innocent man cleared of charges in the Ashikaga murder case (part of the North Kanto Serial Young Girl Kidnapping and Murder Case) and pointed out similarities with how the police and prosecutors handled the Ashikaga and Iizuka cases compared to the Ino case.

Kubota was sentenced to eighteen years in prison. Kawakami and Ito were each sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Takeshi was sentenced to life imprisonment, but he appealed. On 5 September 2006, the Supreme Court upheld his original sentence.

Media
In Japan, the murder of Shiori Ino has been dramatized for television three times:
One version, based on Shimizu's writing, was aired on 28 October 2002.
Another version, in which Rina Uchiyama played the role of Ino, was aired on 13 December 2003.
A third version was aired on 26 September 2012, as part of the variety documentary , in an episode titled . In this version, the Ino family are portrayed with their real names, while the culprits are portrayed with pseudonyms.
On 21 May 2016, an attempted murder by a stalker occurred in Koganei, Tokyo, leading to an . As a tribute to this incident, The World's Astonishing News! edited the previously aired episode featuring the murder of Shiori Ino, and aired it again on 12 October 2016. In this edited version, the culprits are no longer identified by name, and the parts that previously featured the culprits' pseudonyms have been cut out, redubbed or blurred.

See also

Investigative journalism

References

External links
 Dead link

 - The website is also written about her murder and Japanese stalking
 Website about Ino family v. Saitama
 Timeline on the murder
 Report mainly based on Shimizu Kiyoshi's writing

Deaths by person in Japan
1999 murders in Japan
Murder in Japan
Stalking
Violence against women in Japan
Deaths by stabbing in Japan
Murder-for-hire cases


Shawn Hamilton Rivers (born January 30, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.  He played four games in the National Hockey League with the Tampa Bay Lightning during the 1992–93 season, scoring two assists.  Prior to his professional career, he played for the St. Lawrence University Skating Saints, where he was named the ECAC All Rookie Team for the 1988–89 season. Shawn is the brother of Jamie Rivers.

Rivers was born in Ottawa, Ontario.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Awards and honors

References

External links

1971 births
Atlanta Knights players
Augsburger Panther players
Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Chicago Wolves (IHL) players
HC Milano players
Ice hockey people from Ottawa
EHC Kloten players
Lake Charles Ice Pirates players
Living people
St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey players
San Antonio Dragons players
Springfield Falcons players
Sudbury Wolves players
Syracuse Crunch players
Tampa Bay Lightning players
Undrafted National Hockey League players


Cormac mac Ailello (died 712) was a king of Munster from the Eóganacht Chaisil branch of the Eoganachta and the Cenél Fíngin sept of this branch. He was the grandson of Máenach mac Fíngin (died 661), a previous king. He succeeded Eterscél mac Máele Umai (died 721) in 702 who had abdicated.

The annals report that Cormac fought wars in north Munster. In 710, Cormac harried the area of Cliú (in N.E.Co.Limerick). In 712, he fought the Battle of Carn Feradaig (Cahernarry, Co. Limerick) in Cliú against the Dál gCais or Déis Tuaiscirt of Thomond. He was defeated and slain. He was succeeded by Cathal mac Finguine (died 742).

Notes

See also
Kings of Munster

References

Annals of Tigernach
Annals of Innisfallen
Francis J.Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings
The Chronology of the Irish Annals, Daniel P. McCarthy

External links
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork

Kings of Munster
7th-century Irish people
7th-century births
712 deaths
8th-century Irish monarchs


Dale Anthony Rominski (born October 1, 1975) is an American former professional ice hockey right winger.  He played three games in the National Hockey League with the Tampa Bay Lightning during the 1999–2000 season, scoring one assist.

Playing career
In 1994, while playing with Brother Rice High School, Rominski was named Mr. Hockey.

Rominski played four years for the University of Michigan, being named an assistant captain in his senior year. During his time in Michigan, he earned two NCAA Championship titles.

Undrafted out of Michigan, he signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning as a free agent. While playing with their IHL affiliate, the Detroit Vipers, he was recalled to the NHL. Rominski recorded his first NHL point on January 17, 2000, in a game against the Washington Capitals.

Personal life
Rominski earned a master's degree in Social Work, and works as a clinical social worker with the University of Michigan.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

References

External links

1975 births
Living people
American men's ice hockey right wingers
Ice hockey players from Michigan
Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey players
People from Farmington Hills, Michigan
Ice hockey people from Oakland County, Michigan
Tampa Bay Lightning players
Undrafted National Hockey League players
NCAA men's ice hockey national champions


The Amateur-Oberliga Berlin was the second tier of the German football league system in the city of West Berlin in Germany from 1947 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963, operating under the name of Amateurliga Berlin. After 1963, it was the third tier until 1991, when the league was disbanded. In 1974, the league changed its name from Amateurliga Berlin to Amateur-Oberliga Berlin.

Overview
The league was formed under the name of Amateurliga Berlin in 1947 as the second tier of play in the then still united city of Berlin, below the "old" Oberliga Berlin.

The league operated with two groups in the 1947-48 season, split into four groups the year after, returned to two in 1949-50 and run in one single group from then onwards. After this season, the East Berlin clubs left the Berlin league system to join that of East Germany instead.

It consisted of twelve teams from 1950, with the two first placed clubs gaining promotion to the Oberliga and the two bottom placed teams being relegated to the Landesliga. The number of clubs was extended to fifteen in 1952, with a third team being relegated from then on. In 1959, the number of clubs was extended to sixteen.

With the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963, the "old" Oberliga Berlin was disbanded and the new second-tier Regionalliga Berlin became the highest league in the city of West-Berlin, absorbing most of its clubs. Three clubs from the Amateurliga Berlin were admitted to the new Regionalliga in 1963, these being the Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin, Union 06 Berlin and Reinickendorfer Füchse.

The league continued with sixteen clubs and three relegated teams but only one promotion spot now to the Regionalliga. With the enlargement of the Regionalliga in 1965, six clubs from the Amateurliga were admitted and a second promotion spot was granted to the league from then on. In 1969, a seventeenth club was added, the year after an eighteenth.

With the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga Nord and the disbanding of the Regionalliga Berlin in 1974, the Amateurliga became the highest league in Berlin, still as the third tier of the German league system. Nine of the twelve clubs from the Regionalliga went to the Amateurliga which meant that the Amateurliga clubs placed ninth to eighteens were relegated to the Landesliga to keep the number of teams in the league to eighteen. With the reorganization of the Regionalligas in 1974, the league was renamed Amateur-Oberliga Berlin.

From 1974, the champions of the Amateurliga had to take part in a promotion play-off to determine the teams promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. In 1976, the league was reduced to sixteen clubs. Unlike the other Oberliga champions, the winner of the Berlin league was not directly promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga after this but had to play out a series against the runners-up of the Oberliga Nord, which they lost both times, in 1979 and 1980.

The inception of a single 2nd Bundesliga in 1981 meant no team was promoted from the Oberligas that year and after 1981, the Oberliga Berlin champion had to play-off with the winners of the Oberligas Nord, Westfalen and Nordrhein.

With the German reunion came the reorganization of the football in former East Germany. The Oberliga Berlin was disbanded and its clubs spread between the NOFV-Oberligas Nord and Mitte. The teams placed fifteens and sixteenth went to the new Verbandsliga Berlin.

League champions
The league champions:

Source:

Placings in the league 1963 to 1991
The complete list of clubs in the league and their final placings:

 1 In 1973 SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin went bankrupt and was reformed as Tasmania 73 Berlin . In 2001 the club changed its name to SV Tasmania-Gropiusstadt 1973. In 2011 the club changed its name to SV Tasmania Berlin.
 2 In 1986 Hertha BSC Berlin II had to withdraw from the league due to the relegation of the first team.
 3 In 1988 Lichterfelder SU merged with FV Brandednburg-Lichterfelde to form VfB Lichterfelde. In 2004 the club changed its name to Lichterfelder FC.

Key

Founding members of the Amateurliga Berlin
The first proper season of the Amateurliga Berlin took place in 1950, after the East German clubs had left and the league was reduced to one group only. The founder members of this league were:

VfL Nord Berlin
BFC Nordstern
VfL Schöneberg
Hertha Zehlendorf
Frohnauer SC
Steglitzer SC Südwest
SC Tegel
SC Charlottenburg
SC Staaken
BSC Rehberge Berlin
Alemannia 06 Haselhorst
Hakoah Berlin

Disbanding of the Oberliga Berlin
The league was disbanded in 1991, its clubs spread between the new NOFV-Oberligas Mitte and Nord and the Verbandsliga Berlin.

To the NOFV-Oberliga Nord:
Tennis Borussia Berlin
Spandauer SV
Reinickendorfer Füchse
Spandauer BC
Wacker 04 Berlin
BFC Preußen Berlin

To the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte:
Hertha BSC Berlin II
Türkiyemspor Berlin
VfB Lichterfelde
Hertha Zehlendorf
Türkspor Berlin
NSC Marathon 02
SC Charlottenburg
Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin II
SC Gatow
FV Wannsee

To the Verbandsliga Berlin:
Rapide Wedding
SV Tasmania 73 Neukölln

The Berlin-Liga (formerly Verbandsliga Berlin) is now the highest league in the city of Berlin. The NOFV-Oberliga Mitte existed for only three seasons, then its clubs were spread between the other two NOFV-Oberligas, Nord and Süd. All clubs on this level based in Berlin now play in the northern group.

References

Further reading
 kicker Almanach - The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, first published: 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine
 "Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen" - An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFS
 Die Deutsche Liga Chronik 1945-2006, Section F: Berlin and the Northeast region, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006

External links
  Berlin Football Association (BFV)
  Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv Historic German league tables

Berlin
Football competitions in Berlin
1963 establishments in West Germany
1974 disestablishments in West Germany
Sports leagues established in 1963
Sports leagues disestablished in 1974
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Psychon may refer to:
 Psychon (neurology), unit of mental activity proposed by McCulloch and Pitts in 1943
 Psychon, a fictional planet from Space: 1999
 Psychon, a concept proposed by parapsychologist Whately Carington in his 1945 book Telepathy

See also

 Lords of the Psychon, a 1963 novel by Daniel F. Galouye
Psychonomic Society
 Psychon Bull Rev, or Psychonomic Bulletin & Review


Bahia Center (Arabic: الباهية سنتر), is a complex of 31-storey skyscrapers in Oran, Algeria. First of 31-floor tower houses a shopping mall and a 500-room hotel. It is the second tallest building in Oran, and the second tallest building in Algeria, Bahia Center Tower was designed by MobilArt.

References

External links
MobilArt site
Visit Oran

Buildings and structures in Oran
Residential buildings completed in 2008
Skyscrapers in Algeria
Skyscraper hotels
Retail buildings in Algeria
21st-century architecture in Algeria


Renault (pronounced REE-nalt or re-NALT) is a small unincorporated community in the historic Renault Precinct of Monroe County, Illinois, United States.

History

Philip Francois Renault
Renault and its surrounding precinct within Monroe County, bear the name of one of the most conspicuous men connected with the early French settlements of Illinois. Philip Francois Renault, left his native Picardy, France in 1719 for the New World. Along the way, he picked up 500 African slaves in Santo Domingo, for use in the mines he expected to develop; these were the first slaves of their kind brought to Illinois. In 1723 Renault was granted “in freehold, in order to make his establishment upon the mines”  of a tract of land a league and a half in a width by six in depth on the “Little Marameig” in Upper Louisiana (Missouri); another tract of two leagues “at the mine called the mine of Lamothe;” another of one league in front of Pimeteau on the river Illinois; and “one league fronting on the Mississippi, at the place called the Great Marsh, adjoining on one side to the Illinois Indians, settled near Fort de Chartres, with a depth of two leagues, this place being the situation which has been granted to him for the raising of provisions, and to enable him to furnish then to all the settlements he shall make upon the mines.”  The latter grant being within the current precinct, and intended as the "breadbasket" of Renault's operations. He founded a small community, St. Phillipe, to facilitate his agricultural enterprises, however his community was largely abandoned in 1765, most of its citizens removing across the Mississippi River to what was still French-controlled territory at the time. The captain of the local militia remained as the sole French household, by 1700, there were no French left there, and the site had a single inhabitant in 1801. Very few traces of the site remain.

Glasgow City
What is now called Renault was originally called Glasgow City and was laid out by Jame Glasgow in the year 1860, along the old St. Louis and Kaskaskia Road, which passed through Burksville and Waterloo on its way to St. Louis.  In 1883, it contained 28 homes and a population of about 150.  Sometime later, the settlement formally adopted the name which the local Post Office used. In the late 19th century, persons claiming to represent the estate of Renault reportedly attempted to recover these lands from later inhabitants.

Notable person
Lee Dashner, MLB pitcher for the Cleveland Naps

References

Unincorporated communities in Monroe County, Illinois
Metro East
Populated places established in 1860
French colonial settlements of Upper Louisiana
Unincorporated communities in Illinois


Sultanate of Makran was a medieval Islamic kingdom ruled by the Ma'danid dynasty. It ruled Makran from the late 9th or early 10th century until around the 11th century.

History

Makran had been one of the easternmost provinces of the Caliphate after its conquest by the Muslims in 644. In the 9th century, especially after the Abbasid dynasty's hold on the frontier provinces of the Caliphate began to weaken, Makran had been overrun by Kharijites. According to the historian Mas'ūdī the Kharijites were still a significant force in Makran by the time the Ma'danids took control there.

By the early 10th century the Banu Ma'dan had risen to power in Makran. They established their capital at Kiz/Kij and used the Indian title of Mahraj. Although seldom playing a major role in regional affairs, it was able to maintain its authority in Makran for at least a century and a half. At some point the Ma'danids became tributary to the Saffarid dynasty of Sistan. In 907/908 the Saffarid prince Al-Laith invaded Makran after 'Isa had gone into arrears on the required payments, and was able to compel the Ma'danid to give three years' worth of tribute.

Payments to the Saffarids lasted until the mid-10th century at the latest. In 971 the Buyid amir 'Adud al-Daula, who had recently conquered the bordering province of Kerman from the Banu Ilyas, compelled the Ma'danids to recognize Buyid suzerainty. Soon after this, however, the Ma'danids switched their loyalties to the Turkish ruler of Ghazni, Sebük Tigin, beginning nearly a century of allegiance to the Ghaznavid dynasty.

In the early 11th century the ruler of Makran was Ma'dan. After Ma'dan's death in 1025/1026 a succession dispute broke out among his two sons, 'Isa and Abu'l-'Askar Husayn. The Ghaznavid sultan Mahmud negotiated a settlement between the brothers, but it broke down when 'Isa rebelled against the Ghaznavids in 1029. Two years later Mahmud's son Mas'ud sent an army which killed 'Isa and installed Abu'l -'Askar Husayn in his place. The latter ruled Makran until after 1058 and was known as a man of learning. Some time after his death the power of the Ma'danids came to an end, presumably in the late 11th or 12th century.

See also
Makran
History of Balochistan
List of Sunni Muslim dynasties

Notes

References
Baloch, N.A. and Rafiqi, A.Q. "The regions of Sind, Baluchistan, Multan and Kashmir: the historical, social, and economic setting." History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume 4, Part 1. Ed. M.S. Asimov and C.E. Bosworth. New Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1999.
Bosworth, C.E. "The Early Ghaznavids." The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: The Period From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Ed. R. N. Frye. New York, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1975.
Bosworth, C.E. The History of the Saffarids of Sistan and the Maliks of Nimruz (247/861 to 949/1542-3). Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers, 1994.

Dynasties of Pakistan
Empires and kingdoms of Pakistan
Sunni dynasties


Build Thy House is a 1920 British silent film directed by Fred Goodwins, and starring Henry Ainley, Ann Trevor, Reginald Bach and Claude Rains in his film debut. The screenplay was written by Eliot Stannard from the story by S. Trevor Jones.

Cast
 Henry Ainley - Arthur Burnaby
 Ann Trevor - Helen Dawson
 Reginald Bach - Jim Medway
 Warwick Ward - Burnaby
 Jerrold Robertshaw - John Dawson
 Adelaide Grace - Mrs. Medway
 Howard Cochran - Marshall
 Claude Rains - Clarkis
 R. Van Cortlandt - Mr. Cramer
 Mrs. Ainley - Miss Brown
 V. Vivian-Vivian - Florence Burnaby

References

External links

 Build Thy House information from the British Film Institute

1920 films
1920 drama films
British silent feature films
British black-and-white films
Films directed by Fred Goodwins
Ideal Film Company films
1920s British films
Silent British drama films
1920s English-language films


The 1988 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation () was held in January 1989. It is part of the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation series held in Hong Kong.

Top 10 song awards
The top 10 songs (十大勁歌金曲) of 1988 are as follows.

Additional awards

References
 Top ten songs award 1988, Tvcity.tvb.com
 Additional awards 1988, Tvcity.tvb.com

Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation, 1988
Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards


The AAC Wamira was a turboprop military trainer aircraft, designed for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) by the Australian Aircraft Consortium (AAC). The project was cancelled shortly before the first prototype was completed.

Design and development
The story of the aircraft and its creators are interwoven, as AAC was set up expressly to design and build the aircraft. The consortium came into being in 1981, with its members being the three main aircraft manufacturers in Australia at that time—the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC), the Government Aircraft Factories (GAF), and Hawker de Havilland (HdH). The RAAF, which expressed an intention to buy 69 aircraft, specified a turboprop trainer of broadly conventional tricycle undercarriage low-wing layout, to be powered by a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-25C engine. Unusually however, its two seats were to be in a side-by-side configuration. The RAAF also specified that the type be fully aerobatic, be capable of cross-country navigation and weapons training, have a  cruising speed at sea level, and a minimum service life of 20 years and 8,000 flying hours. AAC signed a design and development contract in June 1982 and began work to produce an aircraft to meet the design criteria under the designation A10.

When it became clear that the aircraft as specified by the RAAF had limited appeal to other potential users, a version with the more usual tandem seating was designed, this being designated the A20; both models were named Wamira. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed with Westland Aircraft to establish a joint venture to market (and hopefully sell) the A20 in Europe. The A20 was subsequently entered in the competition to replace the Royal Air Force (RAF) fleet of BAC Jet Provosts, a competition eventually won by the Short Tucano. An engineering mockup (EMU) was produced in Australia consisting of stub wings and a fuselage from the fin fillet forward. Made from wood & alloy it utilised real aircraft components such as ejection seats, control columns, rudder pedals etc. and was shipped to the UK, appearing on the Westland stand at Farnborough '84. However the Wamira was never a serious contender due to it being at the design stage whilst the other three contenders were flying aircraft.

By the time the RAF competition was lost, the whole Wamira project was in doubt. This was partly due to delays in completing the prototype, but mainly due to huge cost overruns. At the time, the RAAF was replacing its front-line fighter fleet and wanted an Airborne Early Warning platform and inflight refuelling aircraft to enhance the new type's capabilities, and an Auditor-General report found that the Wamira project cost was likely to be more than double that originally estimated. In July 1985 it was announced that the RAAF trainer requirement was now a competition, and that the Short Tucano, Pilatus PC-7 and PC-9 (all of which had tandem seating) would be considered as well as the Wamira. The same month CAC was absorbed by HdH, meaning that HdH now had a two-thirds share in AAC, and quickly became sole owner of the Wamira project when it bought GAF's share. On 16 December 1985 the Pilatus PC-9 was announced as the winner of the competition and the Wamira project was cancelled. The HdH partners were later jointly responsible for licence-production of the PC-9.

Endeavour Aerospace acquired the Wamira design and associated rights from the Australian government in 2000. The aircraft design was subsequently renamed Phoenix, with Endeavour proposing variants with either side-by-side or tandem seating. Endeavour Aerospace believes that the design has potential in the general aviation market as a pilot trainer and recreation/sports/utility aircraft. The original drawings and design records have been kept in safe storage since being acquired.

The A-20 EMU resided at the Westland Helicopters Weston factory until 'Heseltine-gate' in 1986 closed the site. The EMU returned to Australia in 2012 via a group of enthusiasts who raised the funds for transport and fumigation. The A-20 EMU is now in storage at an aircraft restoration facility in the western suburbs of Melbourne awaiting a full overhaul.

Variants
 A10 - RAAF proposal, side seating
 A20 - RAF and international proposal, tandem seating

Specifications (A.10 Wamira)

See also

References

External links
 Images of AAC A10 and A20 Wamira - ADF Serials website (accessed 2018-11-02)

Wamira
Abandoned military aircraft projects of Australia
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Single-engined turboprop aircraft


Earth II is a 1971 pilot, aired November 28 (and released theatrically outside North America), for a television series about a colony established in orbit around the Earth. A WABE Production in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, it starred Gary Lockwood, Scott Hylands and Hari Rhodes. The film was written and produced by William Read Woodfield and Allan Balter, and directed by Tom Gries.

Plot
Three men are launched from Cape Kennedy in a typical Apollo-style launch; a "Red Chinese" agent is killed in the water nearby before he can sabotage the rocket launch.

The President (Lew Ayres) of the United States announces that the three men and their ship will be the nucleus of a new nation, and asks Americans to turn their lights on that night to show support for the project. The astronauts take photos of the Earth's surface as they orbit, to be processed later to determine the level of public support for the idea within the conterminous 48 states. The results indicate widespread support for a new nation in outer space.

The movie skips ahead several years to show a shuttle approaching a space station, a huge, rotating city known as Earth II, with technology at its disposal that makes it fairly easy to maneuver around the city and supply it and the thousands– from many nations — now living aboard. There is a family aboard the shuttle –Frank, Lisa and Matt Karger– who are new immigrants to the colony.

Shortly after arrival, Earth II's administrators, including David Seville (Lockwood), become aware of a nuclear warhead in orbit that comes close to Earth II every few hours. The warhead was launched by the People's Republic of China. Earth II requests a meeting with PRC representatives through the UN (of which Earth II is a member nation); at the meeting, the PRC refuses to remove the weapon and threatens to detonate it if it is tampered with.

Earth II has a televised direct democracy process known as a "D&D" –Discussion and Decision. The newly arrived Frank Karger (Franciosa) initiates a D&D to decide on how to deal with the warhead. After some of the citizens, including Russian emigre Ilyana Kovalefskii (Inga Swenson) make their statements (the logic of which is noted on-screen by a computer), the vote is to act.

Two men, including Ilyana's husband Anton (Edward Bell) go out in a tug to deactivate the warhead, but Anton receives an electric shock when the Chinese activate the weapon. The weapon does not explode, however, as Kovalefskii had already cut several wires in the arming device. The tug operator rescues the technician, discards his tool caddies, secures the bomb and brings both back to Earth II. Ilyana is told that Anton will be disabled for life as a result of his injuries unless surgery is attempted. Ilyana approves the surgery.

Meanwhile, Lisa Karger (Hartley) doesn't want the bomb aboard, and is alarmed at Frank's intent to initiate a D&D on Earth II becoming a nuclear power. When told that one way to dispose of the bomb is to fire it at the Sun, Lisa blows the hatch cover on the holding bay, waits for the Sun to come into the view, and launches the bomb at it. The Earth's gravitational pull is greater however, the bomb falls toward the Earth and will detonate over the Great Lakes region.

Ilyana observes the operation on her husband– in an operating room with medical personnel standing on both the floor and ceiling– sadly, Anton abruptly dies immediately thereafter.

The tug operator retrieves the warhead, but not before the warhead's casing has disintegrated in the Earth's atmosphere. The bomb is brought back and put into the same holding bay.  Station rotation is slowed as much as possible while a crew works to permanently deactivate the bomb. The city is still rotating enough to bring the Sun into view through the opening and the temperature is rising, threatening to melt safeties and detonate the bomb.  A pilot takes a tug out and puts its nose against one of the main struts of the city, then fires its engines to stop rotation altogether.

With the Sun's light partly shining into the holding bay, the temperature is at a crucial level. The technicians find melted metal that makes it necessary to drill in order to remove some components. The disarming is completed, the rotation of the city is restarted. Frank Karger relents and is no longer intent to call for a D&D on Earth II's nuclear weapons status, and the bomb is properly launched toward the Sun for disposal.

Cast
 Gary Lockwood as David Serville
 Scott Hylands as Jim Capa
 Hari Rhodes as Dr. Loren Huxley
 Anthony Franciosa as Frank Karger (as Tony Franciosa)
 Mariette Hartley as Lisa Karger
 Gary Merrill as Walter Dietrich
 Inga Swenson as Ilyana Kovalefskii
 Edward Michael Bell as Anton Kovalefskii (as Edward Bell)
 Lew Ayres as President Charles Carter Durant
 Brian Dewey as Matt Karger
 Diana Webster as Hannah Young
 Bart Burns as Steiner
 John Carter as Hazlitt
 Herbert Nelson as Chairman
 Serge Tschernisch as Russian
 Vince Cannon as Technician
 David Sachs as Surgeon
 Bob Hoy as West

See also
 List of films featuring space stations

Notes
We see in the movie that even toy guns are prohibited on the station, and that the communications port in an apartment is used for both the television receiver and the telephone –Frank has to mute the television to answer the phone next to it. The operating room in the hospital has support staff standing on the ceiling to aid the doctors.

Very shortly after the movie was produced, and 34 days before it was broadcast, the United Nations voted October 25 to expel the representatives of the Taiwan-based Republic of China (an original member since 1945) and admit the Beijing-based representatives of the People's Republic of China (founded 1949) in its place. Thus, the movie was geopolitically outdated when broadcast.

In a 1998 interview with Sci-Fi Channel Magazine promoting the 30th anniversary of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Gary Lockwood stated that he hated working on the Earth II production, due to its complexity.

The map used in the control center is a Dymaxion Map, designed by R. Buckminster Fuller, who was also listed in the credits as "Technical Advisor for Earth."

In 2010, Film Score Monthly released Lalo Schifrin's score as part of their five-disc collection of MGM television music, TV Omnibus: Volume One (1962–1976).

External links

1971 films
1970s science fiction films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
American science fiction television films
1970s American films


Gaza Ghetto: Portrait of a Family, 1948 – 1984 is  a documentary film  about the life of a Palestinian family living in the Jabalia refugee camp.

The film, created by Joan Mandell, Pea Holmquist, and Pierre Bjorklund in 1984 is believed to be the first documentary ever made in Gaza. The film features Ariel Sharon, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and soldiers on patrol "candidly discuss[ing] their responsibilities."

In his book, An Accented Cinema: Exilic and Diasporic Filmmaking, Hamid Naficy describes the film as an "early important film" on the Palestinian refugee situation.

The film follows a refugee family from the Gaza Strip who visit  the site of their former village, now a Jewish town in Israel. As the grandfather and great-grandfather point out an orchard and sycamore fig that belonged to Muhammed Ayyub and Uncle Khalil, an Israeli resident appears and tells them to leave, claiming they need a permit to be there. The mother tells him that, "We work in Jaffa and Tel Aviv and that's not forbidden," to which he replies, "Here it's forbidden." Ted Swedenburg mentions his scene in Memories of Revolt: The 1936-1939 Rebellion and the Palestinian National Past: "While chasing the refugee family off, he asserts forcibly that the site is his home."

References

External links

Films set in the Gaza Strip
1984 films
Palestinian documentary films
Documentary films about refugees
Documentary films about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
1984 documentary films
Documentary films about families
1984 in the Israeli Civil Administration area
Films shot in the State of Palestine


This is a list of notable people associated with the French city of Lyon, Rhône.

Religious figures

Saint Blandine (162–177 AD)Christian martyr
Irenaeus (2nd century AD–202) Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul and early Christian martyr
Sidonius Apollinaris (430–489)poet, diplomat, bishop
Pierre Coton (1564–1626)Jesuit confessor to kings Henry IV and Louis XIII
Alexandre Lanfant (1726–1792)French Jesuit
Pierre-Simon Ballanche (1776–1847)Christian philosopher
André Coindre (1787–1826)founder of the order of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart
Mathias Loras (1792–1858)first bishop of American colonial Dubuque, Iowa
Jean-Baptiste Pompallier (1801–1871)bishop
Allan Kardec (1804–1869)systematizer of Spiritism
Abbé Pierre (1912–2007)founder of the Emmaus Mouvement
Shlomo Aviner (born 1943)religious Zionist rabbi

Financial figures

Thomas I de Gadagne (1454-1533)banker
Abbé Terray (1715–1778)controller general of finance under Louis XVI
Jean-Claude Trichet (born 1942)president of Banque de France and European Central Bank
Jérôme Kerviel  (born 1977)trader

Political figures

Claudius (10 BC–54 AD)Roman emperor
Caracalla (186–217)Roman emperor
Jules Favre (1809–1880)Republican statesman
Édouard Herriot (1872–1957)French Prime Minister
Raymond Barre (1924-2007)French politician
Dominique Perben (born 1945)politician
Gérard Collomb (born 1947)politician and former mayor of Lyon
Azouz Begag (born 1957)writer and politician

Military and French Resistance figures

Claude Martin (1735–1800)soldier, colonial official, and posthumous founder of La Martiniere College
Louis Gabriel Suchet (1770–1826)marshal of France
Fleury Marius (1896–1972)aviator
Jean Moulin (1899–1943)French Resistance leader
Madeleine Lavigne (1912–1945)French resistance and agent for the Special Operations Executive

Surgeons, scientists, inventors

André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836)physicist
Pierre Bouchet (1752–1794)head surgeon at Hôtel-Dieu
Joseph Gensoul (1797–1858)surgeon
Théodore Herpin (1799–1865)physician known for his work involving epilepsy
Stephane Javelle (1864–1917)astronomer
Edmond Locard (1877–1966)pioneer in forensic science
Gerard Bérchet (1902-1990)inventor of nylon and neoprene
Alain Mérieux (born 1938)billionaire founder of Lyon's BSL-4 Laboratory

Architects and urban planners

Hector Guimard (1867–1942)Art Nouveau architect
Tony Garnier (1869–1948)architect and urban planner

Authors and journalists

François Rabelais (1494–1553)writer
Maurice Scève (c. 1500–c. 1564)poet
Louise Labé (c. 1520–1566)poet
André Morellet (1727–1819)economist and writer
Jean-Baptiste Say (1767–1832)economist and businessman
Juliette Récamier (1777–1849) salonnière, writer
Alphonse Balleydier (1810–1859)historiographer
Joanny Augier (1813–1855)playwright and journalist
Alexandre Lacassagne (1843–1924)criminologist
Louis Maynard (1871–1940)writer and local historian
Louis Jalabert (1877–1943)Jesuit archaeologist and epigrapher
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944)aviation pioneer and writer
Jean-Marc Théolleyre (1924–2011)journalist
Marie de Hennezel (born 1946)psychologist, psychotherapist and writer
Pierre Autin-Grenier (1947–2014)writer
Daphné Collignon (born 1977)comic book author

Artists and chefs

Jean-Baptiste Bertrand (1823–1887)painter
Paul Bocuse (1926–2018)chef
Jean-François Bony (1754–1825)artist
Marie-Anne Leroudier (1838–1908)embroiderer
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898)painter
André César Vermare (1869–1949)sculptor

Cinema, theatre, television

Laurent Mourguet (1769–1884)puppeteer, creator of Guignol
Auguste and Louis Lumière (1862–1954; 1864–1948)inventors of the cinematograph
Bernard Pivot (born 1935)journalist, television personality
Bertrand Tavernier (1941–2021)film director
Clovis Cornillac (born 1967)actor
Éric Guirado (born 1968)film director and writer
Florence Foresti (born 1973)humorist
Jean-Baptiste Maunier (born 1990)actor
Sylvie Testud (born 1971)actress

Musicians

Marc Burty (1827–1903)music teacher, composer
Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)organist, composer and conductor
Louise Janssen (1863–1938)opera singer
Marie Charbonnel (1880–1969)opera singer
Adrien Rougier (1892–1984)organist, composer and conductor
Maurice Jarre (1924–2009)composer
Pierre Monichon (1925–2006)inventor of the Harmoneon and professor of historical musicology
Marie-France Gaite (1941–1968)singer
Jean-Michel Jarre (born 1948)jazz violinist
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (born 1957)pianist
André Manoukian (born 1957)musician
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (born 1961)pianist
Liane Foly (born 1962)singer, humorist and actress
Natalie Dessay (born 1965)opera singer
David Charvet (born 1972)actor and singer
Frank Rivoire (born 1984)electronic musician
Mike Lévy (born 1985)electronic musician

Sports figures

Eric Abidal (born 1979)football player
Houssem Aouar (born 1998)football player
Frederique Bangué (born 1976)athlete
Karim Benzema (born 1987)football player
Youri Djorkaeff (born 1968)football player
Raymond Domenech (born 1952)football trainer and manager
Hubert Dupont (born 1980) professional cyclist
Ludovic Giuly (born 1976)football player
Maurice Herzog (1919–2012)mountaineer
Anthoine Hubert (1996–2019)racing driver
Alexandre Lacazette (born 1991)football player
Bernard Lacombe (born 1952)football player
Amine Noua (born 1997)basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Émile Ntamack (born 1970)rugby union player
Olivier Panis (born 1966)Formula One racing driver
Gwendal Peizerat (born 1972)ice dancer
Pauline Peyraud-Magnin (born 1992)football player
Samuel Umtiti (born 1993) football player

Gallery

See also

List of French people

Lyon
 People from Lyon
People


Alexander Gunn (October 5, 1828 – September 26, 1907) was a Scottish grocery wholesaler who immigrated to Canada and was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1878 election defeating incumbent Leader of the Opposition Sir John A. Macdonald. He was re-elected in 1882 then lost in 1887 and again in 1891 to Macdonald.

In 1864, he married Angelique Agnes Matthews, daughter of Robert Matthews and Angelique Valliere of Quebec. They had four sons and two daughters, their descendants include various Canadian and British military and diplomatic figures.

External links

1828 births
1907 deaths
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Scottish emigrants to Canada


Thailand's vehicle registration plates are issued by the Department of Land Transport (DLT) of the Ministry of Transport. They must be displayed on all motorized road vehicles (with the exception of royal-, police- and military-owned vehicles), as required by the Motor Vehicle Act, B.E. 2522 (1979 CE) and the Land Transport Act, B.E. 2522. The plates vary in design, colors and dimensions according to the type of vehicle, but usually display a registration number (usually a two-character letter or numerical prefix and a four-digit number) and the vehicle's province of registration. Specifications are given in Ministry of Transport regulations. Current style started in 1975 for most vehicle types, but with small changes in 1997, and 1997 for motorcycles.

Design
All license plates are rectangular, with variations in size and color according to the class of the vehicle. Most plates prominently display the vehicle registration ID, which usually consists of Thai letters and a number string. The province of registration is shown below the ID. The letters are embossed, and all plates must also be embossed with a seal bearing the letters "ขส". The current designs are regulated by the notification of the Department of Land Transport dated B.E. 2554 (2011 CE) for buses and trucks, and by the ministerial regulation issued B.E. 2554 for other motor vehicles.

General plates
Plates for cars, vans, pick-up trucks, motorised tricycles, trailers, road rollers, tractors and agricultural vehicles follow the same design. They are  in size, with a coloured and embossed outline. The registration ID consists of two series letters followed by a serial number string of up to four digits, from 1 to 9999, without leading zeroes, e.g. "กข 1" or "กข 1234". A leading digit may be added in front of the two letters if the letter pool has been exhausted, as is the case in Bangkok since 2012, giving the format "1กข 1234". Due to the case, the new plates, since 2012, have reduced text size, to keep the plate size. The province of registration is displayed in Thai underneath the registration ID, with the exception of Yala Province which cars can also register at Betong District, due to its distant proximity from Mueang Yala District where the administrative offices are located. The colors of the text and background depend on the type of vehicle, and are given in following table:

Vanity (auction) plates

Since 2003, certain serial numbers in each series are made available for auction. These include single-digit numbers (1); twin (11), triplet (111) and quadruplet (1111) numbers, round thousands (1000); straight three-digit (123) and four-digit (1234) numbers; and pairs of two like numbers (1122, 1212, 1221). Such IDs are accompanied by vanity plates with a special background image customized for each province. The auction plates, also called Super Number (, , lit. meaning "beautiful number car registration plate") by the Department of Land Transport (DLT), are only in private passenger car type until 2014, when private pick-up and private van auction plates are made available.

In 2014, the highest price paid at auction for a vanity plate was set at 25,000,000 baht (about US$771,000) for a Bangkok plate "1กก 1111 กรุงเทพมหานคร". Because of its very high price, DLT allowed the buyer to design the background image. On October 10, 2020, the new record was set at 28,100,000 baht (about US$935,000) for "8กก 8888 กรุงเทพมหานคร". On December 10, 2022, the auction of 9กก group plates of Bangkok took place, and the new record was set at 45,090,000 baht (about US$1,300,000) for "9กก 9999 กรุงเทพมหานคร".

In 2021, the Department of Land Transport confirmed the plan to release personalized plates for private passenger car type via auction. The serial letters can be a word or a person name in the Thai script: longer than 2-3 letters in the standard plates, and vowel and tone symbols can be used. The first auction of special plates took place in Bangkok on April 7, 2022, with 84 Bangkok special plates, most of them are auspicious words and numbers, and few of them are names or nicknames with numbers.

Series letters
Series letters are specific to vehicle classes. after run out of letter-only plates, will put number before letters for example 1กก, 1กข...

Private cars begin with (in order of adoption) ก, ข, ง, จ, ฉ, ธ, ฐ, พ, ภ, ว, ศ, ษ, ส, ช, ฌ, ญ, ฎ and ฆ (in Bangkok กก (1ก of old style plates) - พล (9ณ of old style plates) are used for change from old style plate to new style plate).

Old style private cars plates begin with (in order of adoption) ก, ข, ค, ง, จ, ฉ, ช, ธ, ว, อ, ฮ, ฐ, ศ, ฬ, ษ, ณ.

Private Pick-up trucks begin with (in alphabetical order) ฒ, ณ, ต, ถ, บ, ป, ผ, ย, ร and ล.

Private vans begin with น, ฬ, อ and ฮ.

Public taxis begin with ท (in order of ทค, ทง, ทจ, ทฉ, ทต, ทท, ทธ, ทน, ทพ, ทม, ทย, ทร, ทล, ทว, ทศ, ทษ, ทส, ทห, ทฬ, ทอ and ทฮ), (ทก, ทข are for permanently licensed private non-meter taxis, currently stopped license for these type of taxis).

Public Yellow-green taxis begin with ม (in order of มก, มข, มค, มง, มจ, มฉ, มช, มฎ, 1มก, 1มข, 1มค, 1มฆ).

Public mini truck taxis for public transportation begin with ฟ.

Public Tuk-Tuk taxis beginning with ศ (only ศข) and ส (only สก, สข).

Some beginning with ฌ, ณ with green background and white text are used by service vehicles.

Trailers, road rollers, tractors and agricultural vehicles, including rot i-taen (Thai farm trucks), have ซ as their first series letter, or ฆ for some provinces.

Each new letter pair is announced by the DLT. Each provincial registrar accordingly registers new vehicles under its latest available letter pair until all 9,999 numbers have been exhausted, then moves onto the next series letter. Letters whose appearance may be confused are skipped, and so are letter pairs which form words with bad meanings. For example, the combinations "ชน" and "ตด" are not used, as they form words meaning "crash" and "fart".

Historical designs
Although license plates have likely been used since the promulgation of the Motor Vehicle Act, Rattanakosin Era 128 (1910 CE), the earliest legislation of which details are available is from 1967. The size of license plates was specified at 11 by 39 centimeters, with white text on a black background. A two-letter abbreviation of the province name, arranged vertically, was displayed to the left, and the registration ID, consisting of either a five-digit serial number or a single series letter and a four-digit serial number, was displayed to the right, e.g., "(ก.ท.) 01234" or "(ก.ท.) ก-0123". This was changed in 1975 to black-on-white plates with a size of 15 by 30 centimeters. The series identifier for Bangkok was also changed to consist of one-digit number plus one letter, e.g., "1ก-0123". The province name was given in full under the ID, as in the current system. The serial number was displayed with leading zeros, which were dropped, along with the dash, when the current format was adopted in 1997.

Motorcycle plates

Plates for motorcycles are 17.2 by 22 centimeters, with an outline. Information is displayed in three horizontal rows. The series letters and leading number is displayed on the top row, and a serial number of up to four digits on the bottom row, e.g. "1กข 1234". The province of registration is shown on the middle row. The lettering is done in black, with a white background for private motorcycles and a yellow background for hired motorcycles.

Diplomatic vehicle plates

License plates issued to members of diplomatic missions, international organizations or United Nations specialized agencies based in Thailand are 11 by 38.7 centimeters in size, with the format "ท 01 - 1234". On the top left is a letter denoting the status of the registrant ("ท" for diplomatic agents, "พ" for members of special embassy agencies, "ก" for consular agents, and "อ" for international organizations or United Nations agencies). On the bottom left is a number code denoting the country or organization. On the right is a serial number string of up to four digits, with a separating horizontal line in the middle. Motorcycle plates have a similar appearance but with a size of . Plates issued to diplomatic agents are colored black on white, those issued to honorary consuls are black on gray, and others are white on light blue.

Bus and truck plates

License plates for buses and trucks are separately regulated, and have a size of . They show the registration number which consists of two series digits and four serial digits (with leading zeros), separated by a horizontal line. The word THAILAND is displayed in capital letters above the number. The province of registration is displayed below the number, with the "ขส" seal to the left. A numerical provincial code is shown in the top right. The text is colored black, with a yellow background for hired vehicles and a white background for private vehicles.

Legal requirements

All DLT-registered vehicles are required to mount a registration plate in an easily visible position at the front and at the rear of the vehicle, except for motorcycles, for which only rear-mounting is required. Vehicles must also display an annual tax payment decal on the windshield or another visible location, depending on the type of vehicle.

Special uses

Trade plates

Similar to those issued in the United Kingdom, motor dealers' (trade) plates, or temporary license plates, are typically carried by unregistered vehicles or vehicles without proper documents (i.e., a road tax and insurance). While the plate is most commonly utilised by authorised vehicle dealers and local vehicle companies with approvals and permits from the DLT, they  are commonly issued to new vehicles for use during the eight weeks or so that it takes for new plates to be issued.

Trade plates carry a significant number of restrictions. Drivers with red plates must seek permission from authorities if they want to use the vehicle at night. Cars with red plates cannot be driven out of the province where the vehicle was registered at purchase. Drivers must ask for permission each time they want to travel outside the specified area. Documents must be in order, with the destination and the dates of travel. Red-plated cars are not allowed to use expressways. Drivers of cars with red plates must have all car-related documents, a proper driving licence, and ID card ready for checks at all times. Police officers are authorized to stop any car with a red plate to examine the car and the driver's documents even if no traffic offence has occurred.

Trade plates are also used by foreign vehicles without proper permits or document from their countries of origin to gain permission of entry into Thailand, when clearance is authorised by customs. In special cases, such as the transfer of show cars, trade plates may also be borrowed from the DLT.

Trade plates are made from pressed alloy, with a red background and black digits. Trade plates are one or two consonants and four digits long.

As of July 2015, DLT has a plan to stop the use of trade plate as temporary license plates, and use a quicker car registration process.

International plates

As of 2008, international plates for private cars are available from the DLT upon request, for a fee. The prefix characters are translated via code-matching into two to three alphanumeric Roman characters based on Thai alphabetical order, with 7 Character plates being assigned unique codes for every possible combination of the first 3 characters that include letters ช, ฑ, ฒ, and ญ. The country name THAILAND is displayed in capital letters below the registration number, and the numerical provincial code is shown in the bottom right. The plates are black on white. They are required for transport into Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and China. However, they are to be removed upon returning to Thailand as they are illegal for use in Thailand.

The following table is a list of official translation of each Thai character to Latin characters for 6-digit Thai plates:

Several examples of 6-digit Thai plates when translated to Latin plates are:

The current international vehicle registration code for Thailand, adopted 1954, is "T".

Non-DLT plates
The DLT's authority does not cover vehicles used by the king, the Royal Thai Police, the Bureau of the Royal Household, or the Royal Thai Armed Forces. These vehicles are marked by plates governed by their respective organizations.

Vehicles owned by the Bureau of Royal Household have registration plates bearing the letters ร.ย.ล. (short for ราชยานยนต์หลวง, "royal motor vehicle") and a registration number, usually in white on a black background. Vehicles owned by the king usually bear standard registration plates but with the reserved series prefixes of "1ด" or "ดส".

Vehicles owned by the Royal Thai Police usually have registration plates bearing the police emblem followed by the registration number. The colors are white on a maroon background.

Military vehicles have registration plates bearing their registration number preceded by the emblem of their respective military branch. Combat vehicles have red-on-white plates, while non-combat vehicles' plates are white-on-black.

Notes

References

Thailand
Road transport in Thailand
Thailand transport-related lists
 Registration plates


Swabi is a tehsil located in Swabi District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Administration
Swabi is administratively subdivided into thirty nine Union Councils, namely:

Adina, Asota, Bachai, Bam Khel, Batakara, Chak Noda, Dagai, Gabasni, Gandaf, Gani Chatra, Gar Munara, Ismaila, Boko-Jhanda, Kabgant, Kalabat, Kalu Khan, Karnal Sher Killi, Kotha, Maini, Maneri Bala, Maneri Payan, Marghuz, Naranji, Pabeni, Panj Pir, Parmoli, Saleem Khan, Shahmansoor, Sheikh Jana, Shewa, Swabi, Swabi Maneri, Tarakai, Thand Kohi, Topi east, Topi west, Turlandi, Zaida, Zarobi.

References

Populated places in Swabi District
Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa


Paranoid Park can refer to:

Paranoid Park (novel), a 2006 young adult novel by Blake Nelson
Paranoid Park (film), a 2007 film by Gus Van Sant based on the 2006 novel
O'Bryant Square, a small park in Portland, Oregon whose nicknames include "Paranoid Park"


Tibetan astrology () is a traditional discipline of the Tibetan peoples that has influence from  both Chinese astrology and Hindu astrology. Tibetan astrology is one of the 'Ten Sciences' (Wylie: rig-pa'i gnas bcu; Sanskrit: daśavidyā) in the enumeration honoured by this cultural tradition.

In the Tibetan Buddhist medical and tantric traditions, astrology is not regarded as superstition but rather as a practical tool to understand and heal our body and mind on the gross, subtle and very subtle levels. One can experience many sicknesses and misfortunes due to outer, inner and secret astrological reactions and malevolent celestial influences.

Year-signs
The Year-signs cycle in an archetypal progression or continuüm:
Mouse
Ox
Tiger
Rabbit
Dragon
Snake
Horse
Sheep
Monkey
Bird
Dog
Pig

Tibetan Astrological Animal Sign & Element

 * Note: The start date of Losar depends on what time zone one is in. For example, in 2005, Losar started on February 8 in U.S. time zones and February 9 in Asia time zones. Some people began celebrating Losar on February 9 in the US. The Tibetan new year is based on a fluctuating point that marks the New Moon that is nearest to the beginning of February. It is important to note that, despite their apparent similarities, the start of the Tibetan and Chinese New Years can sometimes differ by a whole month.

Favourable & Non Favourable  Day by Animal Sign
This calendar is based on Tibetan Astrology and is calculated for midday in European Std Time ( GMT+2)

Table below show the  days of the weeks (and corresponding planets) that are considered generally favourable or not favourable for the 12 Tibetan astrological signs.

For the start of new or important activities it is advisable to avoid the unfavourable week days  in the calendar.

Vaiḍūrya dKar-po (White Beryl)
The names of the chapters of the Vaiḍūrya dKar-po (the premier Tibetan text on astrological divination) are :
1.  "Aspects of Turtle Divination"
2.  "Hidden Points"
3.  "Geomantic Aspects"
10. "The Thirty Computational Charts"
11. "The Thirteen Charts"

See also

 Jyotisha (Indian astrology)
 Chinese astrology
 Losar
 Tibetan calendar
 Culture of Tibet
 Tibetan people
 Tibet
 Tibet Autonomous Region

Notes

Further reading
 Cornu, Philippe  Tibetan Astrology. Shambhala, 1997. .
 Desi Sangye Gyatso, Lochen Dharmasri and Gyurme Dorje White Beryl: Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings. Eskenazi, 2001.
 Berzin, A. Tibetan Astrology and Astronomy. in Maitreya Magazine (Emst, Holland), vol. 11, no. 4 (1989).
 Berzin, A.  Tibetan Astro Studies. in Chö-Yang, Year of Tibet Edition (Dharamsala, India), (1991).
 Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche Key for Consulting the Tibetan Calendar. Shang Shung Edizioni, 2003.

External links
 བོད་གཞུང་སྨན་རྩི་ཁང་། Men-Tsi-Khang Institute of Medicine & Astrology of H.H. the Dalai Lama, Dharamsala India.
 The Tibetan Astrology Network
 https://mentseekhang.org/introduction-2/Tibetan Astro Sciences: Basic Principles - Dr. Alexander Berzin
Digital Tibetan Buddhist Altar See the "Weekly Tibetan Astrology" feature and related background resources. Includes extensive information on yearly Tibetan astrology, inclusive of moving elements, spirits, parkha and mewa.

Astrology by tradition


Power and Water Corporation, trading as PowerWater, is a Government of the Northern Territory owned corporation in the Northern Territory of Australia. PowerWater is the Northern Territory's premier provider of electricity, water and sewerage services. The Power and Water Corporation was formed on 1 July 2002, taking over from the former government utility Power and Water Authority. Power and Water became the first government-owned corporation in the Northern Territory. PowerWater has more than 142,120 customers.

Electricity
PowerWater owns eight minor power stations. These include the Channel Island Power Station, on Darwin Harbour’s Middle Arm which is the largest power station in the Northern Territory and the Ron Goodin Power Station at Alice Springs, the 2nd largest power station. The Katherine Power Station and the Berrimah Power Station are linked to the Channel Island Power Station. The Darwin–Katherine system links from the Channel Island Power Station to Berrimah and Katherine power stations. Other power stations in the territory include the McArthur River Power Station, the Tennant Creek Power Station, the Brewer Estate Power Station and the Yulara Power Station.

A new power plant, the Weddell Power Station, was constructed in 2008–2014. The first two generators came on line in 2008–2009. The third generator was due to be completed in 2011–2012 but did not get commissioned until 2014. The power station added 30% capacity to Darwin's power supply.

Water

PowerWater is also responsible for management of sewerage and the major water catchments in the region. Water is mainly stored in the largest dam, The Darwin River Dam which holds up to 90% of Darwin's water supply. For many years, Darwin's principal water supply came from Manton Dam.

References

External links
PowerWater
PowerWater History
Darwin River Dam
About

Government-owned companies of the Northern Territory
Electric power companies of Australia
Water companies of Australia
Government agencies of the Northern Territory
2002 establishments in Australia
Energy in the Northern Territory


Stunts (2007) is the debut full-length (and fourth overall) release by the indie rock band Rademacher.

Track listing
All songs written by Rademacher.

"Arkansas" - 5:19
"Not My Home" - 2:57
"Machines" - 3:09
"If U Got Some Magic" - 4:04
"What Yr Used To Back At Home" - 4:51
"On Yr Marks" - 3:07
"Today is Different" - 3:17
"Stunts" - 2:53
"Letter From Fresno, CA" - 4:17

References

Rademacher (band) albums
2007 debut albums


Klaas Runia (7 May 1926 in Oudeschoot – 14 October 2006 in Kampen) was a Dutch theologian, churchman and journalist. He studied at the Free University, Amsterdam and obtained his doctorate with a dissertation on the concept of theological time in Karl Barth in 1955. In 1956 he was appointed Professor of Systematic theology at the Reformed Theological College in Geelong, Australia, where he taught until his return to the Netherlands in 1971. During his time in Australia he exerted much influence on evangelical Christians, particularly at universities and theological schools. He was also elected chairman of the Reformed Ecumenical Council from 1968 to 1976. In 1971 he was appointed Professor of Practical Theology at the Kampen Theological University. During his professorship he was heavily engaged in church affairs and was regarded as a leader of the orthodox wing of the Dutch Reformed Church (Gereformeerde Kerken van Nederland), now the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. For many years he was also active as a journalist. He was editor-in-chief of Centraal Weekblad from 1972 to 1996. He also wrote many articles in the Frisian daily newspaper Friesch Dagblad. He retired in 1992, but remained active as a theologian and journalist until his death in 2006.

Works
De theologische tijd bij Karl Barth, 1955 (dissertation)
Karl Barth's Doctrine of Holy Scripture, 1962
I Believe in God..., 1963
Reformation Today, 1968
The Sermon under Attack, 1983 (1980 Moore College Lectures)
The Present-day Christological Debate, 1984
Wegen en doolwegen in de nieuwere theologie, 1993
Bewerken en bewaren, 1982 (Festschrift)
In de krachtenveld van de Geest, 1992 (Festschrift)
For a complete bibliography of all his writings see Bibliography of the Writings of Professor Klaas Runia 1926–2006, compiled, edited and introduced by David T Runia (2010).

External links
For the text of some of his writings in English and his complete bibliography see .

1926 births
2006 deaths
Dutch Calvinist and Reformed theologians
Academic staff of Protestant Theological University
People from Heerenveen
20th-century Dutch journalists


was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk of the Rinzai sect. This priest and poet who is considered "the first important poet of the Five Mountains.

In China
Yūbai started studying Linji Ch'an under Chinese master Issan Ichinei in Japan and later moved to China where he studied with many other teachers. He lived in China for over twenty years (1307–1329). He was imprisoned in Chang'an during the period in which Zen Buddhists were persecuted.  Many of the poems were created during or about this period survive; and they form the basis of his reputation.  In Bingatshū, the collection of 242 poems includes this one:
I do not like praises and honours
Nor did I fear disdain
I just stayed away.
My mind, clear water,
My body bound and tied
For three years in Chang'an.
I sing what I feel in songs
In straight words, undecorated.

In Japan
With the patronage of the Akamatsu clan, Yūbai was able to become the founder of a number of provincial Buddhist temple-monasteries in Japan, including Hōun-ji and Hōrin-ji in Harima, Hyōgo.  Some of these temples were ranked among the provincial jissatsu by Muromachi shogunate, which encouraged its vasssls shugo to found monetaries in the provinces.

Prominent among Yūbai's followers were Akamatsu Norimura (1277–1350) and his son Akamatsu Norisuke (1314–1371).

See also
 Buddhism in Japan
 List of Rinzai Buddhists
 Japanese Literature of the Five Mountains

Notes

References
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Rinzai Buddhists
1290 births
1347 deaths
Japanese Zen Buddhists
14th-century clergy
14th-century Japanese poets
Kamakura period Buddhist clergy