On Telecoms was a Greek telecommunications company offering triple play, double play  and fixed telephony services in Athens and Thessaloniki through Local Loop Unbundling.

The company was founded in March 2006 and started its commercial operations in January 2007. In November 2009 the company expanded in Thessaloniki. In October 2009 it acquired Vivodi Telecom and achieved the operational integration of the two companies within a few months.
On Telecoms offered a range of telephony, internet and digital TV (IPTV) services for residential customers, small businesses and enterprises.

On 30 June 2015 On Telecoms ceased all services and its IP addresses returned to the RIPE NCC's free pool.

Management Team
The company's management team consisted of some telecoms executives of the Greek market:
 Gregoris Anastasiadis – Managing Director
 Gregoris Tsougrianis - Business Development & Customer Services Director
 John Lousidis – Sales Director
 George Mavrokoukoulakis - ΙΤ Director
 Niki Papageorgiou - Finance Director

Board of directors
 Andreas Rialas - Chairman
 Gregoris Anastasiadis – Managing Director
 Tassos Kazinos – Vice Chairman
 Marios Stellakis – Member
 George Stathopoulos – Member
 Loukas Dimitriou – Member

You Are One
In July 2010, On Telecoms launched You Are One, a new service that allowed its website visitors to build a tailored program and buy it on-line.

Support
The company's main support channel was 13801, which was available 365 days a year and could provide support regarding technical issues, billing information and other customer service issues.

Infrastructure
On Telecoms had deployed a backbone network, based entirely on IP/MPLS (Internet Protocol), using up to 10 Gbit/s bandwidth interconnection.

Broadband development
As part of its investment plan, the company had completed the “On Telecoms broadband development” project. The project included:
 Head - End Live TV development.
 Video On Demand development.
 Provision and installation of decoders (Set Top Boxes).
 Development of a multimedia digital library (movies, theater).
The project was included in the action "Funding of private-sector companies for the development of broadband access in the Regional Areas of Greece” of Information Society S.A. that has been included in the Operational Program Information Society (O.P.I.S.) of the 3rd Community Support Framework. The project’s budget was 4.9 million euro, of which 50% was public expenditure. The expenditure was 80% funded by the European Regional Development Fund and 20% by the Greek Government. The action aimed to increase the availability of new innovative broadband services.

See also
 Internet in Greece

References

External links
www.on.gr Official website in Greek and English

Internet service providers of Greece
Chalandri


Þorsteinn frá Hamri (aka Þorsteinn Jónsson), (15 Mar 1938 – 28 Jan 2018) was an Icelandic writer notable for having been nominated five times for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize over a period of 35 years.

Writings
Since his first book of poems released in the 1950s, Þorsteinn frá Hamri had published seventeen volumes of poetry and six of prose fiction by 2000.

References

See also
 Þorsteinn Jonsson entry in Dennis McIntire, International Who's Who in Poetry and Poets' Encyclopaedia, Routledge, 2001, pp. 270–271.
 Hermann Stefánsson (Transl. Dagur Gunnarsson), 'The clamour of elves and the magic of birds – On the writings of Þorsteinn frá Hamri', Reykjavík City Library, 2002.

Bibliography

Novels, short stories and sagnaþættir (chronicles)
 1963 – Skuldaskil (The Reckoning)
 1969 – Himinbjargarsaga eða Skógardraumur (The Story of Himinbjörg or a Forest Dream) – nominated for 1972 Nordic Council Literature Prize
 Haust í Skírisskógi (Autumn in Sherwood Forest)
 Hallgrímur smali og húsfreyjan á bjargi, (Hallgrímur the sheaphearder and the housekeeper at Bjarg)
 1987 – Ætternisstapi og átján vermenn (The ancestral home and eighteen sailors)
 1989 – Vatns götur og blóðs (Streets of Water and Blood) – nominated for 1992 Nordic Council Literature Prize

Poetry
 1958 – Í svörtum kufli (In a black cassock)
 1960 – Tannfé handa nýjum heimi (Tooth fee for a New World)
 1962 – Lifandi manna land (Land of living men)
 1964 – Langnætti á Kaldadal (A long night in Kaldidalur (cold valley))
 1972 – Veðrahjálmur (Weather helmet)
 1977 – Fiðrið úr sæng daladrottningar (The feathers from the valley queen's duvet) – nominated for 1979 Nordic Council Literature Prize
 1982 – Spjótalög á spegil (Spearthrusted mirror) – nominated for 1984 Nordic Council Literature Prize
 1992 – Sæfarinn sofandi (The sleeping sailor)
 Það talar í trjánum (Speaking in the trees)
 Vetrarmyndin (Winter image)
 1999 – Medan pu vaktir

Prizes and awards
 1972 – short list – Nordic Council Literature Prize for the novel Himinbjargarsaga eða Skógardraumur.
 1979 – short list – Nordic Council Literature Prize for the poetry collection Fiðrið úr sæng Daladrottningar.
 1981 – Children's book literary award for translation, Reykjavík
 1984 – short list – Nordic Council Literature Prize for the poetry collection Spjótalög á spegil.
 1991 – Thorbergur Thordarson Literary Prize
 1992 – short list – Nordic Council Literature Prize for the poetry collection Vatns götur og blóðs.
 1992 – Icelandic Literary Prize
 2015 – short list – Nordic Council Literature Prize for the poetry collection Skessukatlar.

External links
 The Nordic Council's Literature Prize
 https://bokmenntaborgin.is/en/literature-web/author/thorsteinn-fra-hamri Biography of Þorsteinn frá Hamri at Reykjavík City Library]
 An image of the writer and example of his work (In Icelandic)

See also
 Icelandic literature

Þorsteinn Fra Hamri
1938 births
Living people


Sugar and spice, 'sugar 'n' spice, and sugar & spice is a linguistic irreversible binomial and may refer to:

Books
 "Sugar and spice and everything nice", a line from the nursery rhyme "What Are Little Boys Made Of?"
 Sugar and Spice (novel), a 2010 novel by Lauren Conrad
Sugar and Spice, play by Nigel Williams (author)

Film and TV
 Sugar & Spice, a 2001 American film
 Sugar and Spice (2006 film), a 2006 Japanese film

Television
 Sugar and Spice (Australian TV series), an Australian children's television series that ran from 1988 to 1989
 "Sugar & Spice" (Picket Fences), which generated controversy because it included a lesbian kiss
 Sugar and Spice (UK TV series), a show which was shown on Channel 5
 Sugar and Spice (American TV series), a 1990 American sitcom

Music
 Sugar 'n' Spice, Spice (Canadian band)

Albums
 Sugar 'n' Spice (Martha Reeves and the Vandellas album), 1967
 Sugar & Spice (Mýa album), 2006
 Sugar 'n' Spice (Peggy Lee album), 1962
 Sugar and Spice (The Cryan' Shames album), 1966
 Sugar and Spice (The Searchers album), 1963

Songs
 "Sugar and Spice" (Madness song), a 2009 song by Madness
 "Sugar and Spice" (The Searchers song), a 1963 song by The Searchers, and covered in 1966 by The Cryan' Shames
 "Sugar and Spice", a 1969 song by The Archies from Jingle Jangle album
 "Sugar & Spice", a 2013 single by Icon for Hire
 "Sugar n Spice", a song by Yemi Alade from Mama Africa

Other uses
 Sugar and Spice, a New Zealand comic duo in the 1990s, with Jonathan Brugh and Jason Hoyte
 Sugar and Spice (drag queens), American twins and drag performers who rose to prominence on TikTok and competed on season 15 of RuPaul's Drag Race


Marius Sandu Iordache (born 8 October 1978 in Craiova, Dolj County, Romania) is a retired Romanian football player. He played as a left back.

External links

1978 births
Living people
Romanian men's footballers
Romania men's under-21 international footballers
Romanian expatriate men's footballers
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Footballers from Craiova
FC U Craiova 1948 players
Villarreal CF players
FC Steaua București players
FC Progresul București players
Ethnikos Achna FC players
CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players
CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Liga I players
Cypriot First Division players
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Men's association football defenders


WTID (103.9 FM) was a radio station licensed to serve Thomaston, Alabama.  The station was owned by Great South Wireless LLC.  The CEO of Great South Wireless LLC, a family owned commercial broadcast group, is Joan Reynolds.

Programming
WTID previously broadcast a country music format.  Syndicated music programming included America's Grand Ole Opry Weekend from Westwood One.

History
This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on January 21, 1998. The new station was assigned the call letters WAYI by the FCC on March 6, 1998. WAYI received its license to cover from the FCC on April 17, 2001.

Falling silent
On July 26, 2002, the station went off the air.  Citing staffing issues, Marengo Broadcast Associates applied to the FCC for special temporary authority to remain silent. The FCC granted this request on April 23, 2002, with an expiration date of October 23, 2002. With the staffing issues apparently unresolved, Marengo Broadcast Associates applied for an extension of this authority on October 23, 2002. The FCC granted the extension on October 25, 2002, with a caution that the station's license was subject to forfeiture if they did not resume broadcasting by February 26, 2003—one year after the station first fell silent.

The station resumed broadcasting before the deadline but went off the air again on May 8, 2003. This time, citing technical issues, Marengo Broadcast Associates again applied for special temporary authority to remain silent. The FCC approved this application on May 30, 2003, with an expiration date set for November 30, 2003.

New ownership
In September 2003, with the station still off the air, Great South RFDC LLC (Paul Scott Alexander, managing member) reached an agreement to purchase WAYI from Marengo Broadcast Associates (Lee S. Reynolds, president) for a reported sale price of $375,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on October 24, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on November 28, 2003.

On December 4, 2003, new owners Great South RFDC LLC cited ongoing technical issues related to new broadcast tower construction and requested an extension of the previous authority to remain silent. The extension was granted on December 11, 2003, with a caution that the station's license was subject to forfeiture if they did not resume broadcast operations by May 8, 2004—one year after the station fell silent. With another application pending and a new tower array under construction, the new owners had the FCC change the station's call letters to WSMO on May 25, 2004.

After resolving their technical issues with the transmitter site and the legal issues with the FCC, the station went back on the air on May 26, 2005. With all of these issues behind them and the station again broadcasting, the FCC renewed WSMO's license on June 28, 2005.

However, the station went off the air once again on December 16, 2005. While silent, the station swapped callsigns with then-sister station WEZZ-FM on January 26, 2006. This time the station owners waited until February 2006 to apply for special temporary authority to remain silent. The FCC granted this latest request on February 28, 2006, with an expiration date of May 28, 2006. With WEZZ-FM still off the air, Great South RFDC LLC applied for an extension on May 26, 2006. This extension was granted on June 5, 2006, with the standard caution that the station's license was subject to forfeiture if regular broadcasting did not resume by December 2, 2006.

In January 2007, this station was acquired by Great South Wireless LLC from Great South RFDC LLC as part of a six station deal for a reported total sale price of $100 plus an assumption of certain debts and obligations.  After the transfer, the station had the FCC change the call letters three times in 2007: to WGZZ on May 28, 2007, to WKGA on July 18, 2007, and to WZLM on November 27, 2007.

Silent again
On March 25, 2008, WZLM went off the air as they "lost access to the power source that allows this station to operate" and planned to either gain access to a different power source or seek a new transmitter location. The FCC eventually granted this remain silent authority on September 3, 2008, with the standard legal caution that the station must resume broadcasting by March 25, 2009, or risk forfeiture of their broadcast license.  The still-silent station was assigned the current WTID call letters by the FCC on July 16, 2008.

On air at 103.9
On August 4, 2008, WTID was granted a construction permit to change broadcast frequencies from 97.7 MHz to 103.9 MHz. WTID returned to the air in March 2009, broadcasting on 103.9 MHz, before the March 25th FCC deadline.  WTID was granted a license to cover the frequency change on March 30, 2009.

Construction permit
On February 18, 2009, WTID filed an application for a modification of their construction permit that would relocate their transmitter and change their community of license from Thomaston to Orrville, Alabama. This move would be accompanied by sister station WMRK moving to Thomaston from Selma, Alabama, so that the city "will not be left without local service".

License deleted
Great South Wireless surrendered the station's license to the FCC on February 6, 2018. WTID's license was deleted by the FCC on February 16, 2018.

References

External links

TID
Radio stations established in 2001
Marengo County, Alabama
2001 establishments in Alabama
2018 disestablishments in Alabama
Defunct radio stations in the United States
Radio stations disestablished in 2018
TID


Sabine Poleyn (born 27 November 1973) is a Flemish politician for the Christian Democratic and Flemish party.

Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, Poleyn studied sociology at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Then she studied Development at the Université de Liège, and was an Erasmus student in Amsterdam.

After her training Poleyn combined two jobs; working for seven years in education and five years as coordinator of a network of Christian-inspired solidarity.

In 2000, Poleyn became a member of the municipal council of Zwevegem. In 2004, she was on the Flemish elected representative from West Flanders. In 2006, she won 1970 votes and she has since been in the municipal council. She is also a member of the Police of the area of Mira since 2001.

In the Flemish Parliament, Poleyn is on the committees for Education, Foreign Countries and Youth. She is the Youth and Development Spokesperson for CD&V.

In the elections of 25 May 2014, Poleyn was seventh on the Flemish list. She was not re-elected. At the end of 2014, the Flemish Government delegated her as a director at Syntra Flanders.

Poleyn was married to Stefaan Bonte in 2005.

References

1973 births
Flemish politicians
KU Leuven alumni
University of Liège alumni
Living people
21st-century Belgian politicians
21st-century Belgian women politicians


Acanthacris is a genus of African grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae.

Species
The following species are included:
Acanthacris aithioptera Mungai, 1987
Acanthacris deckeni (Gerstaecker, 1869)
Acanthacris elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1932
Acanthacris ruficornis (Fabricius, 1787) - type species (as Gryllus ruficornis Fabricius = subsp. A. r. ruficornis)

The genus Acanthacris belongs to subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae (W.F. Kirby, 1902), of locusts (Acrididae) and other grasshoppers: order Orthoptera.

A. ruficornis is distributed throughout Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula, as well as in southern Spain.  Other species are recorded from mainland Africa.

References

Acrididae genera
Taxa named by Boris Uvarov


Pruszkowski (feminine: Pruszkowska, plural: Pruszkowscy) is a Polish surname. It may refer to:
 Pruszków County ()
 Andrzej Pruszkowski (born 1960), Polish politician
 Tadeusz Pruszkowski (1888-1942), Polish painter
 Witold Pruszkowski (1846-1896), Polish painter

See also

 Pruszków (disambiguation)
 Proskauer

Polish-language surnames


De Poll, formerly De Pol, is an estate at Pollselaan 5 south of Glimmen in the municipality of Groningen, Netherlands. The estate is located in the valley of the Drentsche Aa.  The golf course of the Noord-Nederlandse Golf & Country Club has been located on the estate since 1953. The estate is covered by the Dutch 'Natural Beauty Act' (Natuurschoonwet) of 1928 that provides tax benefits to owners, usufructuaries and leaseholders of country estates.

History
There used to be an open heath named 'De Pol' on the site of the current estate. This field was deliberately kept open in order to be used as a natural barrier against enemy raids.

Estate
In the early 19th century this field was owned by deputy (for Groningen) Ludolph Theodorus van Hasselt. His son, tax collector Johan Conrad van Hasselt, sold this field in 1814 for merchant Abraham Hesselink, who apparently had become owner in the meantime, to pharmacist Herman Christiaan Reinders. Johan Coenraad van Hasselt had a house built there in 1816 and also had a park-like piece of pine forest planted there. He had the rest of the heath turned into arable land.

In 1824 Van Hasselt bought back the site, by then comprising 61 hectares. In the 1850s or 1860s, a large part was sold to the state railways for the construction of the Meppel–Groningen railway, opened in 1870.

In 1871, the Van Hasselt heirs, Maria van Bergen and his five children, sold the estate, described as "The De Poll Estate, consisting of spacious barns and cow sheds, a coach house and horse stables and a separate shed, avenues, canals, an orchard, lawn, cherry orchard, gardens, apple orchard, farmland, meadow, and hayfield, and pine woods altogether sized twenty-four bundles forty-two square rod and twenty-six square cubits." The buyers were Count Jean Baptiste Remy François Dumonceau de Bergendal (1827–1891) and his wife Countess Margarethe Catharina Ardesch. Dumonceau was director of a flax factory in Groningen (Schuitendiep, now the Vlasstraat) and was a son of Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau. Dumonceau had the house demolished and a new farmhouse built in the 1880s. This farm was used by the Hendriks family until 1920.

After Dumonceau's death, his widow sold the estate in 1893 to politician Willem Jacob Geertsema, whose brother Carel Coenraad already owned the nearby northern part of the Noordlaarderbos. The estate then had a size of more than 40 hectares. After Geertsema's death in 1902, his widow Antoinette Adelaïde Du Rij van Beest Holle inherited the estate.

In 1920 the farmhouse became the residence of the Honebeeke family. In 1971 Johan Willem Honebeeke moved there with his wife and younger brother Albert. Later, the farm was transformed into a workshop and storage space for the greenkeepers.

Plans for a mental asylum
In 1888 the Municipality of Groningen considered using part of the estate for a 'cottage asylum' that would serve as the central shelter for the 'insane' in the provinces of  Groningen and Drenthe. In 1890 the architect Egbertus Gerhardus Wentink (1843–1911) made a design for 250 residents with a main building, 'economy building', six pavilions, hospital barracks, two work sheds and a morgue. The following year, negotiations were held with Dumanceau to purchase the site and surrounding parcels from other owners. The negotiations broke down and the plan was eventually realized in Loosduinen.

In 1901, the construction was discussed again, and went finally off the table. As a result, the estate retained its function.

Construction of the villa
Between 1913 and 1914, the son of Du Rij van Beest Holle, banker Johan Herman Geertsema Willemszoon, had a villa built with a beautiful view over the Drentsche Aa and the adjacent stream valley, the Westerlanden. This plastered villa with chalet elements was built designed by the architect Gerrit Nijhuis. Nijhuis also designed the accompanying gardener's house (Pollseweg 3). The house was given the name De Pol.

In 1915, when Geertsema moved in from his previous home, villa Blankeweer, this became De Poll. A private driveway was also laid out in front of the house during construction, which was later moved to the south. Geertsema only lived there for two years; In 1917 he sold the house to the Groningen coffee trader Willem Onnes, who later changed his name to Willem Rost Onnes.

Golf course

1950s–1960s
After the death of Rost Onnes's wife, Meta Dorothea Ludmilla Koenig, he sold the 40-hectare estate in 1952 to the Noord-Nederlandse Golf & Country Club. This golf club was founded in 1950 and initially played at a field near Eelde Airport. These 60 hectares are bordered on the east by two nature reserves: 'Westerlanden' and 'Besloten Venen', and on the west by the Drentsche Aa and an old railway from 1871. The course, initially 9 holes, on the De Poll estate was designed by Sir Guy Campbell and opened in 1954. This took up 42 ha.

The golf club subsequently converted the site into a golf course designed by Scottish architect Sir Guy Campbell. It had a 9 hole golf course built on the site. The construction was carried out by 60 unemployed workers of the Works Implementation Service. Because the intention was to help as many people as possible to find work, the work was mainly carried out by manual labour. Many pine trees had to be cut down for the construction, but a large number of spruce trees were also planted in return. The golf course was opened in 1954 by the Queen's Commissioner Edzo Hommo Ebels. The house of Rost Onnes was transformed into the new clubhouse of the golf club.

1970s–1980s
During the 1977 Dutch train hijacking at De Punt, a command post was set up in the clubhouse, where 40 soldiers and marines camped.

In 1984 the estate was expanded by 13 hectares, on which the golf course was expanded to 18 holes, designed by architect Frank Pennink.

During construction, a piece of forest with remainders of a pingo was purchased in 1986. During the expansion of the new holes, 3 hectares of coniferous forest were converted into deciduous forest and another 5 hectares of deciduous forest were planted. The new golf course was opened in 1987 by the Queen's Commissioner Henk Vonhoff. The opening was supposed to be by the Queen's husband, Prince Bernhard, who canceled last minute.

1990s–present
In 1991 the clubhouse was expanded. In 1992 another 3.3 ha was purchased from a neighbor, after which the golf course was optimized until 1998 according to a design by architect Donald Steel.

In 1998, an additional 3.3 hectares were purchased. With Donald Steel, changes were then made to optimize the layout of the track. The holes are located in woods and on some meadows and part of the course is located in a park landscape with many rhododendrons.

References

Golf clubs and courses in the Netherlands
Country estates


The Trade and Business Development Body (; Ulster-Scots: Tha Mercat an Dalin Fordèrin Convenerie), trading as InterTradeIreland, (Irish: IdirThrádáilÉireann; Ulster-Scots: NifferinMercatAirlann) is one of the six all-island bodies set up following the Belfast Agreement reporting to the North/South Ministerial Council. InterTradeIreland is a Cross-Border Trade and Business Development Body funded by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) in Ireland and the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland (DFE). InterTradeIreland helps small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the island with a wide range of services in particular to assist firms with growth, funding, capacity building and research and innovation.

Since its inception, InterTradeIreland has assisted 49,000 businesses, created/protected over 18,000 new jobs and generated £1.2bn worth of trade and business development.
Cross-border trade is also currently sitting at £6.5bn, its highest level in 20 years.

InterTradeIreland's mission is to 'Support businesses, through our innovation and trade initiatives, to take advantage of north–south co-operative opportunities to improve capability and drive competitiveness, jobs and growth. Its two main pillars are – helping SMEs to access the opportunities that cross-border trade presents, as well as building collaborative partnerships between businesses, academia and networks in both jurisdictions to drive innovation across the island.

Board

InterTradeIreland's Current Board (as of October 2021) are:

Chair - Ken Nelson
Vice Chair - Martin McVicar
Micheál Briody
Tim Cairns
Florence Bayliss
Adrienne McGuinness
Richard Kennedy
Michael Hanley
Pete Byrne
Conor Patterson
David Simpson

The current Designated Officer of InterTradeIreland is Margaret Hearty (in the absence of a CEO).

Annual Reports

External links

Sales, Funding support and Advice

Innovation Supports and Services

Post-Brexit Supports and Advice

Cross-Border Insights

References

British–Irish Agreement implementation bodies


Andreas Prommegger (born 10 November 1980) is a professional snowboarder.

His speciality is the Parallel competitions in Slalom, in which he is the 2017 and 2023 world champion, and Giant Slalom, in which he won the gold medal at the 2017 World Championships. He also won the silver medal in Parallel Slalom at the 2021 World Championships, losing the final to long-time friend and rival Benjamin Karl.

By winning the 2023 Parallel Slalom title in Bakuriani at 42, he became the oldest world champion ever not only in snowboarding but in all FIS sanctioned events, except grass skiing.

Career highlights

Olympic Winter Games
2006 – Torino, 9th at parallel giant slalom
FIS World Snowboard Championships
1999 – Seiser Alm,  2nd at parallel giant slalom (juniors)
1999 – Berchtesgaden, 43rd at snowboardcross
2000 – Berchtesgaden,  1st at parallel giant slalom (juniors)
2000 – Berchtesgaden,  1st at parallel slalom (juniors)
2001 – Madonna di Campiglio, 22nd at snowboardcross
2001 – Madonna di Campiglio, 10th at parallel giant slalom
2001 – Madonna di Campiglio, 23rd at parallel slalom
2005 – Whistler, 5th at parallel giant slalom
2005 – Whistler, 9th at parallel slalom
2007 – Arosa, 4th at parallel slalom
2007 – Arosa, 5th at parallel giant slalom
World Cup
2004 – Berchtesgaden,  3rd at parallel giant slalom
2004 – Winterberg,  3rd at parallel slalom
2005 – Le Relais,  2nd at parallel giant slalom
2006 – Lake Placid,  3rd at parallel giant slalom
2006 – Furano,  2nd at parallel giant slalom
2007 – Sungwoo,  2nd at parallel giant slalom
2008 – La Molina,  1st at parallel giant slalom
2008 – La Molina,  3rd at parallel slalom
National Championships
2000 – Innichen,  1st at snowboardcross
2001 – Sappada,  3rd at parallel giant slalom
2004 – Bad Gastein,  1st at parallel slalom
2005 – Kreischberg,  1st at parallel giant slalom
2007 – Haus im Ennstal,  1st at giant slalom

References

External links

1980 births
Living people
Austrian male snowboarders
Olympic snowboarders for Austria
Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics


Florin Gheorghe Nohai (born 13 April 1981) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a right back for teams such as Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, Gaz Metan Mediaș or ACS Poli Timișoara, among others.

References

External links

 Florin Nohai at frf-ajf.ro

1981 births
Living people
Footballers from Piatra Neamț
Romanian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Liga I players
Liga II players
CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players
CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players
ACS Poli Timișoara players
FC Ripensia Timișoara players
CSC Dumbrăvița players


Dennis William Egan (March 3, 1947 – June 28, 2022) was an American politician who was a member of the Alaska Senate representing Juneau from April 19, 2009, until January 15, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the Mayor of Juneau from February 13, 1995, to October 3, 2000, and was a member of the local assembly prior to that. Outside of politics, he was known for his work as a radio broadcaster, most notably for KINY, and was inducted to the Alaskan Broadcaster Association's Hall of Fame in 2001.

Early life
Egan was born in Juneau, Territory of Alaska, on March 3, 1947. He was the son of Bill Egan, a politician active in Alaska Territory who would go on to service as the state's first and fourth governor, and Neva Egan (née Desdia Neva McKittrick), who served as First Lady of Alaska during her husband's time as governor.  He lived in Washington, D.C. while his father lobbied for full Alaskan statehood. At the age of eleven he appeared on I've Got a Secret when Alaska entered the Union in 1959.

During high school and after broadcast engineer training, he worked at KINY in the 1960s.  In 1967, Egan graduated from radio operation engineering school. He then served in the Alaska Army National Guard 910th Engineer Company from 1967–1974. He worked on the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System as an employee of Caterpillar Inc. He later worked in various positions for the State of Alaska government. In 1980, he began to host Problem Corner, a Juneau-area call-in show on KINY. He would continue to host the show until January 2010. He also was the manager of Alaska-Juneau Communications, Inc., which owns the Juneau-area radio stations KINY and KSUP. During his time in radio, he was the Alaska Broadcaster Association's Broadcaster of the Year in 1990, and selected for the association's Hall of Fame in 2001.

Local politics
Dennis's first attempt at politics happened in the 1980s, when he ran a primary election bid for a seat in the Alaska House of Representatives; he lost to Bruce Botelho.

On the suggestion of friends, Egan ran for the Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau in 1989.  He won and served nearly two full three-year terms in the Assembly from October 3, 1989, to February 13, 1995.

Egan was deputy mayor of Juneau in 1995.  He was appointed mayor when Byron Mallott resigned in order to become executive director of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation; Mallott had believed he could do both jobs, but his plans drew criticism anyway, and he resigned as mayor.  Dennis Egan won reelection in 1995 and 1997.  The 1997 race was a landslide victory for Egan.  His opponent, Cory Mann, was a "newcomer to politics", according to the Juneau Empire, and had not filed for election until October 2, five days before the filing deadline to run for office.

An effective mayor, Egan helped mediation efforts to end an August 1997 Alaska Native Brotherhood boycott of the 51st Golden North Salmon Derby  (1997 Golden North Salmon Derby Boycott). Bob Tkacz of the Anchorage Press had an unfavorable view of the Empire's support of the Derby and Egan's efforts to end the boycott.  In September 1997 Egan helped keep 200 United States Forest Service jobs from being moved from Juneau to Ketchikan.

Egan declined to run for re-election in 2000. He was succeeded by Sally Smith who defeated former mayor Jamie Parsons by 220 votes.

Alaska Senate
In April 2009, Kim Elton resigned his seat in the Alaska Senate to accept presidential appointment as Director of Alaska Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior. Governor Sarah Palin chose to appoint Tim Grussendorf, Chief of Staff to Senator Lyman Hoffman, to the seat over State Representative Beth Kerttula who was the preferred choice of local Democratic Party.

In April 2009, Egan was appointed to the Alaska Senate by Governor Sarah Palin to replace Kim Elton, who resigned in March 2009. Subsequently, the Democratic caucus in the Senate refused to confirm Grussendorf and subsequently two other Palin nominees. Egan was ultimately appointed as a compromise candidate and confirmed by the Senate Democrats with support from Beth Kerttula, Cathy Muñoz, Bruce Botelho, and the Juneau Democrats.

In the 2010 election, Egan ran against token write-in opposition, winning a full term with 96% of the vote. In the 2014 general election, he defeated Republican Tom Williams, winning 72% of the vote.

Caucuses
Egan joined the Republican-led Senate majority in the 28th Senate, from 2013 to 2014, earning the chairmanship of the Transportation Committee. He continued to vote with Democrats on several major bills, including Governor Sean Parnell's oil tax initiative in 2013, and was not invited to an organizational meeting for the majority caucus after the 2014 election. In the 29th Senate, which began in 2015, he was a member of the Democratic minority caucus.

Personal life and death
Egan was married to Linda and together they had two daughters. He died at an assisted living facility in Salem, Oregon, on June 28, 2022, at the age of 75.

Electoral history

References

External links
 Biography and Legislative Information at Alaska Legislature
 Dennis Egan at 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature

1947 births
2022 deaths
20th-century American politicians
21st-century American politicians
Alaska National Guard personnel
Democratic Party Alaska state senators
American radio executives
Borough assembly members in Alaska
Mayors of Juneau, Alaska
People from Valdez, Alaska
Radio personalities from Alaska


Belloy-en-Santerre (, literally Belloy in Santerre) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography
The commune is situated on the D79 road, about  from the junction of the A1 autoroute and the N29, some  east of Amiens.

History
An aerial photograph taken in 1967 shows the outline of a large, rectangular, south-facing Gallo-Roman villa on the site of present-day Belloy.

Population

Personalities
Alan Seeger, American poet, who had joined the French Foreign Legion, died here during the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

See also
Communes of the Somme department

References

Communes of Somme (department)


Siedlecki is a Polish surname (toponymic adjective of Siedlce). It can refer to:

 Jack Siedlecki (born 1951), American football coach
 Michał Marian Siedlecki (1873-1940), Polish zoologist
 Zygmunt Siedlecki (1907-1977), Polish athlete

 , Polish research ship

Polish-language surnames


The British Society for the Philosophy of Religion (BSPR) was founded in 1993 and is the United Kingdom's main forum for the interchange of ideas in the philosophy of religion.

The society holds a major conference in Britain every two years, devoted to a particular area of the subject. The programme of events for the society is decided at the general meeting held at the biennial conference. The planning of the programme is in the hands of the committee.

The BSPR is also affiliated to the European Society for Philosophy of Religion which holds a biennial conference in years alternating with the BSPR's conference.

Presidents

 1993–1996: Roger Trigg
 Richard Swinburne
 2003–2005: Peter Byrne
 Basil Mitchell
 John Hick
 Paul Helm
 Brian Leftow
 2007–2009: John Cottingham
 Robin Le Poidevin
 2011–2013: Stephen R. L. Clark
 2013–2015: Sarah Coakley
 2015–2017: Mark Wynn
 2017–2019: Yujin Nagasawa
 2019–2023: Maria Rosa Antognazza

References

External links

1993 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1993
Philosophical societies in the United Kingdom
Philosophy of religion


Haj Qorban Soleimani () (April 11, 1920 – January 20, 2008) was an Iranian celebrated dotar player and vocalist. Dotar or Dutar is a form of Central Asian lute.

Biography
Soleimani was born in 1920 to Khorasani Turkic parents in Aliabad (علی‌آباد) village in the northern part of Qouchan in northeastern Iran. His father, Karbalaii Ramezan, an accomplished musician taught him the dotar from a young age. Following his father's death he continued learning the dotar and sought singing lessons from  singers such as Avaz Bakhshi, Gholamhossein Bakhshi Jafarabadi and Mohammad Qeitaqi. By his early twenties he had mastered the traditional Iranian instrument, the dotar, and at the age of 21 he received the coveted 'Bakhshi' title, given to people of musical excellence in Khorasan province. Soleimani once spoke about the award; "In the Khorasan region 'Bakhshi' is the title given to a musician who is perfect. He must be able to compose, sing, play, make musical instruments and even know stories and narrate tales. One can hardly find any such artists these days." Soleimani sang in the three languages spoken in Khorasan province, namely Persian, Turkic.

Throughout his career he participated in many international concerts and venues, but was more popular in France than anywhere else where he believed his music was more appreciated. Soleimani often spoke out about his perceived distinct lack of following in his native country which disappointed him, once saying "Non-Iranian nations especially the French know me better than my fellow countrymen since they have a passion for art and music." He also performed notably at the Festival of Iranian Arts in Düsseldorf, Germany.

In 1990, Qorban Soleimani was accoladed "Best and Most Authentic Musician Award" by the Festival of Revolutionary Songs and Music. In 1991, he received the honorary title “Real National Treasure" at a music festival held in Avignon, France.

Death
He died in his village of birth Aliabad, of pneumonia on Sunday January 20, 2008, aged 87 according to the Tehran Times, although other sources have falsely reported that he was 85 at time of death.

His body was buried in the village the following day on January 21 and his funeral was attended by numerous famous artists and cultural officials in the region.

Qorban is survived by 14 children, and his son, aged 50 (as of January 2008) Alireza had performed with his father on numerous occasions. Two of Soleimani's daughters have also become musicians.

See also
 Music of Iran
 List of Iranian musicians

References

1920 births
2008 deaths
Iranian dutar players
20th-century Iranian musicians
Recipients of the Order of Culture and Art
People from Quchan


USS Sarasota (APA/LPA-204) was a  that saw service with the US Navy in World War II, Korean War Era and after. She was of the VC2-S-AP5 Victory ship design type. Sarasota was named for Sarasota County, Florida.

Construction
Sarasota was laid down under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCV hull 552, on 11 April 1944, by the Permanente Metals Corporation, Yard No. 2, Richmond, California; launched on 14 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Clayton L. Shaff; acquired by the Navy on 16 August 1944; and commissioned the same day.

Service history

World War II
Following shakedown, Sarasota embarked Naval Construction Battalion units and departed California on 21 October. On 9 November, she arrived in Seeadler Harbor, Manus.

Explosion of Mount Hood
The next day, ammunition ship  carrying approximately  of ordnance material, exploded, causing damage to ships and men within . Immediately afterward, Sarasotas small boats carried first aid parties to stricken ships and craft, and her sick bay took in more seriously wounded personnel for emergency treatment.

Invasion of Luzon

Two days later, the APA steamed to Hollandia and during the next week, transported troops and equipment to Biak, Mios Woendi, and Milne Bay, then returned to Manus. On 27 November, she sailed again, and after calling at Finschhafen, put into Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, to load units of the 2d Battalion, 129th Regimental Combat Team, 37th Infantry Division. Landing exercises at Lae followed; and, on 21 December, she returned to Manus to stage for the invasion of Luzon.

As flagship of Transport Division 8, Sarasota got underway with TU 79.3.3 on 31 December. On 8 January 1945, having survived Japanese kamikaze attacks, she approached her destination. On 9 January, she rode in Lingayen Gulf as her boats took the troops into "Crimson Beach" near the town of Lingayen.

After the landings, Sarasota steamed to Leyte, transferred casualties she had received from the beaches of Lingayen Gulf; and, on 21 January, loaded troops of the 34th Regimental Combat Team, 24th Infantry Division, in preparation for Operation Mike VII, the landing in Zambales Province, Luzon.

On 26 January, Sarasota again sailed north. Three days later, she landed the assault troops on "Blue Beach", west of San Antonio, then departed the area.

Invasion of Okinawa

Returning to Leyte, she remained through February. In March, she embarked men and equipment of the 2nd Battalion, 381st Regiment, 96th Infantry Division; conducted training operations, and, on the 27th steamed from Philippine waters.

On 1 April, she stood off the Hagushi beaches of Okinawa as her LCMs and DUKWs (popularly pronounced "duck") landed the troops on the "White Beaches". Their equipment followed and, by 4 April, Sarasota had completed offloading. She then shifted to Kerama Retto, assisted in offloading the damaged attack transport  and prepared for the assault on Ie Shima.

Invasion of Ie Shima
(Iejima (伊江島) is an island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, lying a few kilometers off the Motobu Peninsula of Okinawa Honto.)
On the 16th, she landed units of the 305th Regimental Combat Team on that island off the Motobu Peninsula. Manny Espinoza, Seaman, of Sarasota was wounded on the Beach, and was awarded the Purple Heart Medal. US journalist Ernie Pyle died there. There is a monument dedicated to his memory on the southern part of the island. Every year on the weekend closest to his death, 18 April, there is a memorial service.

Return to US West Coast
Three days later, she returned to the Hagushi anchorage and, on 22 April, departed the Ryūkyūs for the Marianas.

At the end of April, Sarasota disembarked Okinawa casualties at Saipan. On 2 May, she sailed for the Solomons, whence she carried general cargo, Marines, Army hospitalmen, and Navy passengers to Guam. From there, she transported casualties to Pearl Harbor; then continued on to San Francisco.

Return to Okinawa
After availability at Seattle, she embarked Army troops and, on 18 July, again headed for Okinawa. She arrived in the Hagushi anchorage on 12 August and began disembarking her reinforcement troops and, offloading her cargo. Three days later, hostilities ceased.

Operation "Magic Carpet"
On 29 August, the APA shifted to Naha to load her first contingent of occupation troops, units of the XIV Corps. On 8 September, she disembarked those troops at Jinsen, Korea. On 14 September, she returned to Okinawa, whence on 1 October, she delivered marines to Chinwangtao. Following offloading, she assumed station ship duties in the Tientsin-Taku area; and, at the end of November, she was reassigned to transport duties, this time with Operation Magic Carpet to carry servicemen back to the United States.

Sailing to Sasebo in early December, she embarked units of the 5th Marine Division and got underway for San Diego, arriving on 24 December. Between 9 January and 19 February 1946, she completed a second "Magic Carpet" run; then prepared for inactivation.

Post-World War II operations
In early March, she moved to San Francisco for overhaul; and in June, she was towed to Stockton, where she was decommissioned on 1 August and berthed with the 19th (Inactive) Fleet.

Four years later, Sarasota was ordered activated. Recommissioned on 3 February 1951, she conducted training operations and underwent alterations into June. On 20 June, she sailed for Panama; and, on 13 July, she arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, her new home port. For the remainder of 1951, the APA trained Marine Corps units in exercises off the east coast and in the Caribbean. With the new year, 1952, however, she sailed east, with units of the 8th Marines embarked, and for the next three and one-half months operated in the Mediterranean as a unit of the US 6th Fleet. Relieved on 8 May, she returned to the United States and resumed amphibious training exercises off the east coast. From May to October 1954, she again deployed to the Mediterranean. That 6th Fleet tour was again followed by training exercises, including midshipman and reservist cruises; and, in April 1955, she arrived at Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Charleston to again commence inactivation.

Final decommission
Decommissioned on 2 September 1955, she remained in reserve until transferred to MARCOM in June 1966. Her name was struck from the Navy List on 1 July. Since then, into 1974, Sarasota was still in the custody of MARCOM, berthed in the James River as a unit of the National Defense Reserve Fleet.

Fate
There appears to be some confusion as to the fate of this ship. In one Navy Vessel Register (NVR), she is listed as being disposed of in target practice on 1 November 1979. In another, she is listed as being disposed of by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) on 1 May 1982. In November 1983, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported that MARAD was storing the ship in the James River. In July 1988, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported that according to a Navy spokeswoman the ship had been sold to be scrapped overseas in 1983. According to Navsource.org and MARAD, the ship was traded out to Waterman Steamship Corporation, who resold her to Balbao Desquaces Maritimos, S.A., for scrapping, 1 August 1983. She was removed from the Reserve Fleet, 15 November 1983, and was completely scrapped by 25 April 1984.

Awards
Sarasota earned 3 battle stars during World War II.

References

Bibliography

Online resources

Newspapers

External links

Haskell-class attack transports
World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
Sarasota County, Florida
Ships built in Richmond, California
1944 ships
Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Charleston Group
James River Reserve Fleet


WKUL (92.1 FM, "Country K-92") is a radio station licensed to serve Cullman, Alabama.  The station is owned by Jonathan Christian Corp.

Programming
WKUL airs a full-service country music format plus some talk radio programming, most notably Rush Limbaugh.  Programming includes Crook and Chase Country Countdown, Tracy Lawrence "Honky Tonkin", The Trading Post, Taste of Country Nights, Big D and Bubba in The Morning, Tiger Talk, New Music Nashville, Nashville Music Minuet, Tight Lines with Sammy Lee, Gaither Homecoming Radio and Around The Campfire with Ed and Terry (Nominated for 2016 Radio Program of the Year by the WMA). News programming Includes Fox News, ARN News and local news.  Sports programming includes Auburn University Sports and Atlanta Braves Baseball.  The station also airs local high school football games each autumn. High school and Wallace State Community College basketball is broadcast in the winter months. Throughout the year, WKUL-FM broadcasts at a wide variety of live remotes as well. Since the 1980s, WKUL has become famous for its live coverage of severe weather.

History

Originally known as WKLN, this station signed on in September 1967 at 92.1 MHz with 3,000 watts of effective radiated power under the ownership of Kenneth E. Lawrence. In the late 1970s, WKLN was sold to the Jonathan Christian Corporation, run by Jeffrey Liebensberger and Robert Haa. The station shifted to callsign WKLN-FM on January 21, 1982.

In April 1980, Robert Conrad Haa agreed to sell control of station licensee Jonathan Christian Corporation to Donald Houston Mosley.  The deal was approved by the Federal Communications Commission on July 7, 1980.

The station was assigned the current WKUL call letters by the FCC on February 1, 1988. The WKUL callsign originally entered the Cullman market when 1340 AM (now WFMH) went on the air on October 1, 1946.

In November 2006, Don Mosley made a deal to sell his controlling interest in Jonathan Christian Corporation, the licensee for this station, to Ron Mosley.  The deal was approved by the FCC on December 28, 2006, and the transaction was consummated on March 1, 2007. At the conclusion of this deal, Ron Mosley owned 100% of the shares in Jonathan Christian Corp.

In the spring of 2017, the station added an HD signal and launched a gospel music format via translator W250BM (now W252EK) in Cullman, as "Praise 97.9".  (Taken from Alabama Broadcast Media Page)

On-air personalities
 Ron Mosley Jr.
 Ron Mosley Sr.
 Tim Dobson,
 Big D & Bubba
 Evan Paul
 Johnny "Flash" Thornton
 Rich Jesse (sports)
 Pete Kirby (sports)
 Ken Burcham (sports)

Past personalities
 Grant Smith (deceased)
 George Spear
 Gus Slaten
 Dave Cooper (who later moved to Hollywood and became an actor, appearing in numerous movies and network TV shows, including over two years on The West Wing, a hit NBC series in which he played a White House aide under the pseudonym "David Cubero")
 Matthew Miller
 Andy Mosley
 Mark Albritton
 Jill Harelson
 Steffany Means
 Eddie Mack ("The Mouth of the South")
 Art Ray

References

External links
WKUL official website

KUL
Country radio stations in the United States
Talk radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1967
Cullman County, Alabama


Teavana Corporation is an American tea company, which previously had locations throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Middle East. Starbucks acquired Teavana in 2012, and in 2017, Starbucks announced it would close all Teavana locations by 2018. As of 2022, a very limited variety of Teavana products continue to be sold at Starbucks.

History

Teavana was started in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1997, with the opening of a teahouse at Phipps Plaza. Teavana was founded by Andrew T. Mack, and his wife, who invested their life savings into the business. Their idea was inspired by a road trip, noticing the gravitation of Americans towards fine wines and coffees in the United States.

In late 2012, Starbucks stated that it would pay $620 million in cash to buy the company. Three class-action lawsuits were commenced by shareholders of Teavana concerning the Starbucks buyout; these were settled on December 14, 2012 (subject to court approval). The acquisition of Teavana by Starbucks was formally closed on December 31, 2012. On July 27, 2017, Starbucks announced it would close all 379 Teavana stores by 2018, partly due to underperformance.

Simon Property Group, one of the largest U.S. mall operators, demanded Starbucks keep running the Teavana shops located in its malls, arguing in part that their closing would reduce traffic to surrounding stores and in December 2017 a judge ruled in Simon's favor. On September 15, 2017, Cadillac Fairview sued Starbucks over Teavana closures in Canada.

However, on January 18, 2018, Simon and Starbucks reached an agreement that would close the remaining 77 Teavana stores in Simon malls, ending the tea shop's existence as independent storefronts after nearly 21 years in business.

Products
Teavana offered hot tea sachets and premade iced tea which are sold at Starbucks locations, as well as at supermarkets and external retailers where tea is sold.

Prior to the closure of all of their storefront locations, Teavana's retail stores were usually located in upscale shopping malls and designed to be "part tea bar, part tea emporium." Individual cups of tea to go were offered for sale, and the retail locations offered free samples of various tea blends and tea varieties at their front door and within the store. Accessories for tea-drinking, such as cups and pots were also available in the stores.

Teavana previously offered loose-leaf teas and herbal infusions, with tea categories such as: white, black, green, flavored & scented green, "blooming" white, flavored & scented black, oolong, and pu-erh teas, along with rooibos, herbal, organic matcha green tea, blooming tea, and Yerba Maté infusions. Teavana retail stores had previously offered various blends of each type of tea, and frequently promoted cross-blending different types of tea. Teas were offered in several formats, such as loose-leaf tea, pre-filled tea tins, and tea sachets, or brewed as a to-go beverage.

In addition to loose tea, Teavana sold teaware products, including cast iron Tetsubin teapots, Bone China teapots, Japanese porcelain teapots and cups, stove-top kettles, electric kettles, milk frothers and automatic tea makers (produced by Australian company Breville), Japanese hot water dispensers and electric tea makers (produced by Zojirushi), tea measures, tea infusion and steeping wares such as the Teavana 'Perfectea Maker', contour tumblers, and tea infuser mugs. Teavana also sold all-natural rock sugar (non-GMO beet sugar) sourced from Belgium.

Philanthropy

Supporting education
In April 2014, Starbucks and Teavana collaborated with Oprah Winfrey to develop a tea called Teavana Oprah Chai Tea, along with additional tea accessories. For every sale of Oprah Chai Tea products, Starbucks would make a donation to the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Foundation Academy, which supports youth education and funds the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. Teavana and Starbucks have raised $5M in support of education for young people with the chai tea. In result of the partnership, Teavana then partnered with the New York-based organization Girls, Inc. to further support youth education and mentorship.

Teavana and Starbucks also have a program to assist employees in enrolling with Arizona State online classes through their College Achievement Plan.

Ethical tea partnership
On April 1, 2015, Teavana joined the Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP), an initiative that ensures ethical production and distribution of tea products, by "factory health and safety, safe use of agrochemicals, human resource management, and environmental management." The ETP also monitors for issues that cannot be tracked with audits and certification, such as discrimination and living conditions of the workers.

See also
 Tazo, another tea brand, formerly owned by Starbucks

References

Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Tea brands in the United States
Tea companies of the United States
Food and drink companies established in 1997
American companies established in 1997
Food and drink companies based in Washington (state)
Food and drink companies based in Seattle
1997 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
2011 initial public offerings
2012 mergers and acquisitions
Starbucks
Defunct restaurant chains in the United States


Bade Dilwala (English translation - Big Hearted) is a 1983 Hindi-language action crime drama film directed by Bhappi Sonie and starring Rishi Kapoor, Tina Munim, Pran, Aruna Irani, Madan Puri, Amjad Khan, Jagdeep and Sarika. The movie was a remake of Kati Patang with a gender change.

Plot
Widower businessman Mr. Sinha lives a very wealthy lifestyle along with two daughters, Juhi and Rashmi. Both are of marriageable age and he wants them to marry within equally wealthy families. Juhi ends up falling in love with a middle-classed young man named Vijay Kumar Gupta much to the chagrin of Sinha, who refuses to bless the couple, compelling them to elope. Years later Vijay and Juhi become parents to a young boy, Munna, Sinha forgives them and asks them to return home. The train they were traveling in meets with an accident and amongst the survivors are Vijay and his son. A grieving Sinha welcomes Munna and Vijay, treats Vijay as his son, lets him run the business as well as decides to make him the heir to his wealth and estate. When Reshmi returns home, she is apprehensive of Vijay, at first, then falls in love with him. A man named Dr. Joshi brings an amnesiac Juhi home. He knows a dark secret about Vijay, that he is an ex-convict, jailed for Theft, and is now on the run from the Police for murder.

Cast
 Rishi Kapoor ... Amrit Kumar Saxena / Vijay Kumar Gupta
 Tina Munim ... Rashmi Sinha
 Pran ... Mr. Sinha
 Aruna Irani ... Shabnam
 Madan Puri ... Makhanlal
 Amjad Khan ... Bhagwat Singh / Dr. Joshi
 Jagdeep ... Jagannath Prasad Shrivastav "Jaggu"
 Dhumal ... Banwarilal
 Bharat Bhushan ... Doctor
 Vijay Arora ... Vijay Kumar Gupta
 Sarika ... Juhi Sinha
 Roopesh Kumar ... Prem
 Bhushan Tiwari ... Shambhu
 Shivraj ... Vasil-Ul-Hassan Khan
 Kalpana Iyer ... Luska/Kaajal
 Jyoti Bakshi ... Tara J. Shrivastava
 Jankidas ... Dr. Jamunadas
 Madhu Malhotra ... Ms. Malhotra
 Praveen Paul ... Kamla Shrivastava
 Habib ... Gypsy dance show arranger
 Raj Rani ... Mrs.Khan
 Babloo ... Munna, Vijay & Juhi's son
 Dilip Dhawan ... Dr.Ali Khan

Soundtrack

The songs were written by Majrooh Sultanpuri and  the track "Kahin Na Jaa Aaj Kahin Mat Jaa" is inspired by the 1945 song La Vie en rose.

Trivia
Pran's character is shown owning a beverage manufacturing plant 'Dipy's' which was a famous brand in 80's selling orange and lime juice, jams etc.

References

External links

 Dipy's

1983 films
1980s Hindi-language films
Films scored by R. D. Burman
Films directed by Bhappi Sonie


Jonathan Anthony Solis Lapus (born July 7, 1973), also known as Sweet, is a Filipino actor, host, comedian and film and television director. Lapus is known for his various roles in films such as Shake, Rattle & Roll.

He was a headwriter at Showbiz Linggo at ABS-CBN in the early to late '90s he hosted Philippine Showbiz talk shows such as Entertainment Konek, The Buzz, S-Files and Showbiz Central for GMA-7 he would later score more success in films such as Temptation Island, Moron 5 and the Crying Lady for Viva Films as the main antagonist its sequel Moron 5.2: The Transformation as Becky Pamintuan. In 2021 he returns to the web streaming film Barumbadings in 2021.

Biography
Stiph Oblina (Screen Name: John Lapus) is son of showbiz columnist, the late Jojo Lapus (1943–2006). Lapus started his career in 1993 and worked as a researcher of ABS-CBN's Showbiz Lingo. He is also an alumnus of University of Santo Tomas, where he was an active member of Teatro Tomasino. He appeared in numerous ABS-CBN shows and often moonlighted as a Creative Consultant for the network's film arm, Star Cinema. His nickname "Sweet" was named after his character in the sitcom Arriba, Arriba!. In 2006, he transferred to GMA Network, joining S-Files after his assignments at ABS-CBN dwindled. When S-Files was cancelled by the network he was named main host of Showbiz Central together with Pia Guanio and Raymond Gutierrez. Since then, his career has experienced resurgence. He has planned to portray the villain character Ida in Zaido but Paolo Ballesteros was chosen for this character. Lapus won two awards namely, Best Male Stand-Up Comic in Aliw Awards 2006 and Best Game Show Host (along with Ai-Ai delas Alas) for ABC-5 (now TV5)'s Sing Galing in PMPC Star Awards 2004.

Lapus is openly gay. He returned to his original home network ABS-CBN but in 2012, he was still in GMA for joining the cast of Makapiling Kang Muli. He had been cast first at Ikaw ay Pag-Ibig, Kahit Konting Pagtingin and now at Mirabella which he was known as the foster father Paeng Robles.

Filmography

Film

Television

Director
Wansapanataym (ABS-CBN)
Kadenang Ginto (ABS-CBN 2019–2020)
Ipaglaban Mo (2019)
Maalaala Mo Kaya (2019)
 BalitaOneNan (2022)
 Jose & Maria's Bonggang Villa (2022)

Awards

References

External links

1973 births
Living people
ABS-CBN personalities
Filipino film directors
Filipino male comedians
Filipino male film actors
Filipino male television actors
Filipino screenwriters
Filipino television directors
Filipino television personalities
Filipino television talk show hosts
Filipino television variety show hosts
Filipino LGBT film directors
LGBT television directors
Filipino LGBT screenwriters
GMA Network personalities
Gay screenwriters
Gay comedians
Filipino LGBT broadcasters
Filipino gay actors
Filipino gay writers
Male actors from Quezon City
TV5 (Philippine TV network) personalities
University of Santo Tomas alumni
20th-century Filipino male actors
21st-century Filipino male actors
Comedians from Quezon City


Oskars Melbārdis (born 16 February 1988) is a former Latvian bobsledder who has competed since 2006. He is the most successful bobsledder in the history of his country, having won one gold and two bronze Olympic medals. He also earned the first-ever gold medal for Latvia at World Championships in Igls, preceded by one silver and two bronze medals in 2009–2015.

Career review
Melbārdis started his career as a brakeman, most notably competing along Jānis Miņins, however starting from 2010–11 season Melbārdis has been competing as a pilot. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships 2016 in Igls, Austria with teammates Daumants Dreiškens, Arvis Vilkaste and Jānis Strenga. It was the first ever World Championships gold medal in bobsled for Latvia.

He won a silver medal in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships 2015 in Winterberg and two bronze medals in the four-man events at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York and at the FIBT World Championships 2015.

He won a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the four-man event in Sochi and won a bronze medal in the two-man event.

He won Bobsleigh European Championship four-man events in 2008 and 2015 and finished 3rd in the four-man event in 2016 and 2018.
Melbārdis also finished 2nd in the two-man event in the 2015 Bobsleigh European Championship.

Melbārdis won a combined Bobsleigh World Cup title in 2012–13 and 2014–15. He won two-man and four-man World Cup titles in 2014–15 when he had 15 (from 16) podium finishes in two-man and four-man events, including seven first places.

Highlights

Bob-Pilot

(Not complete list of results)

World Championships
2016 – Igls, 1st  at 4-bob
2015 – Winterberg, 2nd  at 2-bob
2015 – Winterberg, 3rd  at 4-bob
2013 – St. Moritz, 5th at 2-bob with Dreiškens
2013 – St. Moritz, 9th at 4-bob with Dreiškens / Vilkaste / Strenga
2012 – Lake Placid, 8th at 2-bob with Dreiškens

World Cup
2013/14 – Igls, 1st  at 4-bob with Dreiškens / Vilkaste / Strenga
2013/14 – St. Moritz, 1st  at 4-bob with Dreiškens / Vilkaste / Strenga
2012/13 – Sochi, 1st  at 4-bob with Dreiškens / Vilkaste / Strenga
2012/13 – Sochi, 3rd  at 2-bob with Dreiškens
2012/13 – Königssee, 2nd  at 2-bob with Dreiškens
2012/13 – Winterberg, 3rd  at 4-bob Dreiškens / Vilkaste / Strenga
2012/13 – Park City, 4th at 2-bob with Dreiškens
2011/12 – Calgary, 4th at 4-bob with Lūsis / Vilkaste / Strenga
2011–12 – Königssee, 4th at 4-bob with Lūsis / Vilkaste / Strenga
2011/12 – Winterberg, 3rd  at 4-bob with Lūsis / Vilkaste / Strenga
2011/12 – Winterberg, 3rd  at 2-bob with Dreiškens
2011/12 – Igls, 4th at 2-bob with Dreiškens

European Championships
2015 – La Plagne, 1st  at 4-bob
2015 – La Plagne 2nd  at 2-bob

Junior World Championships
2012 – Igls, 1st  at 2-bob with Strenga
2012 – Igls, 1st  at 4-bob with Lūsis / Vilkaste / Strenga

Brakeman

World Championships
2009 – Lake Placid, 3rd  at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Dambis

World Cup
2009/10 – Park City, 2nd  at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Dambis

2008/09 – Park City, 2nd  at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Dambis
2008–09 – Park City, 2nd  at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Dambis
2008/09 – Whistler, 1st  at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Dambis
2008/09 – Königssee, 3rd  at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Dambis
2007/08 – Winterberg, 3rd  at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Dambis
2007/08 – St. Moritz, 1st  at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Dambis
2007/08 – Cesana, 1st  at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Dambis

European Championships
2008 – Cesana, 1st  at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Dambis

Career results

Olympic Games
3 medals (1 gold, 2 bronze)

Bobsleigh World Cup

Season titles
4 globes (2 overall, 1 two-man, 1 four-man)

Two-man

Four-man

References

External links

Living people
1988 births
People from Valmiera
Latvian male bobsledders
Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic bobsledders for Latvia
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Olympic gold medalists for Latvia
Olympic bronze medalists for Latvia
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics


Drumming (also called bleating or winnowing) is a sound produced by snipe as part of their courtship display flights. The sound is produced mechanically (rather than vocally) by the vibration of the outer tail feathers when flying in a downwards, swooping motion. The drumming display is usually crepuscular, though it can also be heard at any point throughout the breeding season, as well as sporadically during their migration period. Drumming is commonly heard within the context of a mating display, but it can also be displayed as means of distraction when conspecific intruders or potential predators are in the area — this can benefit male snipe in attracting a female mate. The weather can also have an impact on the acoustic properties of drumming — more humid weather will not allow the sound to carry as far and will create a deeper tone.

In looking at drumming in the different types of snipe, the category of what is often referred to as true snipe (Capella gallinago) is the most widely researched. This category of snipe comprises nine species, however, the two snipe that are the most prominent of this group are the common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) and the Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata). Despite being quite similar in their appearance, the common snipe and the Wilson's snipe have several morphological differences that allow for there to be differences in their drumming behaviour. The most noted difference being that the Wilson's snipe has more rectrices compared to the common snipe.

When the discovery was made that this mysterious drumming sound was produced by snipe, there were many naturalists that wanted to learn how the sound was actually being produced — this led to a number of experimental studies. The first of many was conducted in the year 1830 by a German scientist Johann Friedrich Naumann who proposed that the sound was being produced by the wings. A few years later after reading Naumann's proposal, the scientist Friedrich Wilhelm Meves conducted studies that looked in-depth at the tail-feathers of snipe. It was eventually confirmed through Meve's experiments that the drumming sound was produced by the tail-feathers.

Before the confirmed discovery of the drumming behaviour in snipe, there were many theories and folklore surrounding where the sound was actually coming from. The Nunamiut people of Alaska believed that the drumming of the Wilson's snipe resembled the sound of a walrus, and therefore they referred to the snipe as avikiak for walrus. Another example can be seen in the popular belief of some parts of Sweden where they thought the sound was from a horse that had been miraculously transported into the sky because they thought the sound was so similar to that of a horse's whinny. Others from Northern Germany likened the drumming sound to that made from goats.

Function
The drumming sound produced by snipe is commonly heard within the context of a mating display, though that is not always the case. These display flights are performed by both sexes in threat contexts as well and appear to be antagonistic in their action, even when directed by males to females. The display flight, sometimes referred to as a winnowing flight, is used in diving at conspecific intruders and potential predators, with the male at times attacking in flight — a clear demonstration of antagonism but can also function to attract females.

Performance context
Though snipe drum at any point throughout the breeding season, and sporadically during migration periods, the maximum drumming period is during the twilight hours of the evening and morning. Very rarely are snipe heard drumming before dawn, or for as many minutes, after sunset. In looking at the various contexts in which drumming is performed, the most common can be seen in territorial displays. Like during the migration periods, drumming as a territorial display occurs sporadically at any point in the year, though it is most intense on the breeding grounds. These displays are mainly performed by male snipe and they can be distinguished by their frayed middle tail-feathers. Drumming can also be performed in a sexual display over home range. If a snipe is disturbed by a suspected intruder, then they may start drumming as a way to distract the potential threat. This context of drumming can be seen in both male and female snipe during the early part of the breeding season.

Weather
Depending on weather conditions as well, the acoustic properties of drumming in snipe can vary. For example, if the weather is humid then the drumming sound will not carry as far and the tone will actually be deeper. Weather conditions such as wind, rain or dense fog can also have an effect on the quality of drumming that is produced. In the province of Newfoundland, there is usually a rapid drop in temperature after sunset and a fast rise in temperature after sunrise and this can also effect drumming.

Mechanics
It was once believed that the drumming sound was produced by the vocal organs, though it has since been confirmed that is not the case. The specifics of how this extraordinary sound is produced can be explained by looking at the tail feathers. The sound is generated by vibration of the outer rectrices in the airstream modified by the set of wings. Drumming in G. galinaga and G. delicata begins quite soft, increasing in volume and frequency as the dive progresses—reaching a crescendo just before the dive concludes. Each drum is several seconds in length and is full of rich harmonies.

In looking at the aerodynamics of drumming, the two outer tail-feathers of the snipe, when widely expanded, can actually vibrate without interference from the outer rectrices. In order for the drumming sound to be produced, the snipe must reach a velocity of  which is required to start the vibration of the outer tail-feathers. In an experiment conduction by Carr-Lewty, it was discovered that an air speed of  gave a good indication of drumming at its average pitch;  was the slowest average speed to produce the drumming and  was the speed reached to produce its maximum pitch. Because the outer tail-feathers are somewhat elastic, they are able to bend about their shafts under air pressure. In bending this way, along with the twisting of the outer tail-feathers, the length of the vibration is continuous as long as the required air speed is maintained.

To make sure the feathers are able to withstand the strain of the vibrations, they are very strong in their structure. There have been differences noted between both the outer and inner tail-feathers of the snipe to help better explain the aerodynamic mechanisms that are responsible for its sound production. The outer tail-feathers for example are stronger and much more stiff compared to the inner tail-feathers and they have strong hooks which join the barbules of the rear vane in order to prevent it from breaking at high wind speeds. To ensure that the vibrations occur within a safe limit, the wings of the snipe are used. The quivering of the wings interrupts the flow of air to the tail-feathers during a dive and actually decreases the vibration, which is what allows for the shaky and tremulous quality of the drumming sound.

Types of snipe

There is an extensive list of the snipe and snipe-like birds, and they can be separated into three main groups: semi-snipes, aberrant snipes, and true snipes. For the purpose of this section, the group of the true snipes will be examined. The true snipes comprise nine species, all of which are quite similar to one another, however, they differ mainly in terms of both the size and number of their outer tail-feathers. The most widely researched of the true snipe are the common snipe and the Wilson's snipe, and the drumming differences between these two species of snipe will be discussed here.

Wilson's snipe
The Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata) was historically considered to be both a subspecies of the common snipe and also distinct from them, however, the differences in their drumming display and morphology have, in recent years, allowed for the Wilson snipe to be classified as having its own specific status. They are medium in size, with a total length of 28 cm (280 mm) and 100 g in mass. Some characteristic traits of their appearance include having a black-striped crown, light-coloured spots that form 4 lines running down their back, and a russet tail.

Common snipe
The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is regarded as one of the most successful snipe, and can be found in every continent apart from Australia and Antarctica. They range from around 225 to 300 mm in length and some characteristic traits of their appearance include having horizontal ochre stripes along their back, dark stripes on top of their head, and light underparts which disrupts their plumage and breaks up their shape when they are resting.

Differences

In order to understand why there are differences in the drumming behaviour of the Wilson's snipe compared to the common snipe (Gallinago gallinago), their morphological differences must first be explained. Despite being very similar to the common snipe, there are some morphological differences to note in terms of the Wilson's snipe that includes how they typically have more rectrices (16 vs. 14); their outer rectrices are ≤ 9 mm wide with narrower and more distinct barring. As well, the outer rectrices of the Wilson's snipe are shorter and more narrow than those of the common snipe which contributes to differences in their drumming. Another difference that has been noted is that the tail of the Wilson's snipe extends well beyond its wing-tips. In looking at the drumming difference between the two snipe, the drumming of the common snipe is lower in frequency and modulation rate compared to the Wilson's snipe. The fundamental frequency for G. gallinago is 350–400 Hz with a strong emphasis on odd harmonics, whereas for G. delicata the fundamental frequency is twice as high and its energy falls off with frequency. As well, the drumming of the common snipe has been likened to the sound of a goat or sheep, while the drumming of the Wilson's snipe is pure tremolo.

Experimental discoveries

Since learning of the drumming sound that is produced by snipe, many naturalists wanted to try and explain exactly how the sound is made. Johann Friedrich Naumann was one of the many scientists interested in this task and he proposed that the drumming sound was mechanically produced by the wings. Naumann proposed this idea around 1830, and it then became known as Naumann's Wing Theory. It was not until 1846 that an error was discovered within Naumann's theory proposal, having written schwanzfederspitsen (the German word for the tips of the tail feather) as schwingfederspitsen (which roughly translates to wing feathers). This misprint led to Friedrich Wilhelm Meves to study in-depth the effects of the tail-feathers. To do this, Meves attached the tail-feathers to the end of a long stick and swung both the stick and the feathers through the air, which eventually led to him concluding that the tail-feathers were in fact the producing-agents for the drumming sound. In conducting this experiment, Meves observed that the drumming sound was only ever produced when the bird was flying in a downwards, swooping motion with its tail spread out — never when the bird was flying upwards.

Throughout many years of testing various experiments in order to explain exactly how the mechanics of the drumming sound of snipe is produced, Arnold B. Erickson made the concluding statement in 1953 that affirms that the sound is "produced primarily by air vibrating the still outer tail-feathers as the bird spreads them while going into a power dive. The tremulous quality of the sound is an effect of the slow quivering of the wings superimposed on the more rapid vibrations of the tail-feathers".

Folklore

Before the mechanics were scientifically confirmed, there were many folk explanations about where this mysterious sound was coming from. In looking at the drumming of the Wilson's snipe, the Nunamiut people of Alaska would refer to the snipe as an avikiak or walrus because they believed that their drumming resembled the blowing sound made by walrus. As well, for the common snipe it was of popular belief in parts of Sweden that the snipe was actually a horse that had been miraculously transported into the sky because their drumming sounded so similar to the whinny of a horse. In parts of Northern Germany it was believed that the drumming or bleating of the common snipe at twilight was made by Donar's goats as they pulled his chariot across the heavens — referring to the similarity of their drumming to the call of a goat. As well, in areas of Newfoundland, fishermen have associated the drum of Wilson's snipe with the arrival of lobsters inshore: "when the snipe bawls, the lobster crawls".

References

Sandpipers
Coenocorypha
Gallinago
Bird sonation
Scolopax
Bird behavior


Baron Robert Rothschild (16 December 1911, in Brussels – 3 December 1998, in London) was a Belgian diplomat. He helped to draft the Treaty of Rome of 1957, the foundation of the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1958.

Biography
His father, a businessman of German-Jewish descent, descended from Moses Amschel Bauer, of Frankfurt am Main, whose son Mayer Amschel Rothschild, together with his five sons, founded the Rothschild banking dynasty. Robert decided to become a diplomat. His father was a friend of Paul Spaak, whose son Paul-Henri Spaak became foreign minister of Belgium in 1936. Robert passed the diplomatic service examination in 1936, and joined the private office of Paul-Henri Spaak in April 1937.

As an officer in the Belgian army reserve on the outbreak of World War II, Robert Rothschild returned to his regiment and his brother Marcel started his service at the Brigade Piron. In May 1940, he was captured by the Germans and sent to Colditz Castle as a Prisoner of war (POW). In 1941, he was sent back to Brussels and released. With the help of underground organisations and the Special Operations Executive (SOE) he escaped to Vichy France. He obtained an exit visa from a pro-Belgian French official and travelled to neutral Spain. He made his way to London to join the Belgian government in exile of Hubert Pierlot, which posted him to the diplomatic legation in Lisbon (Portugal). Lisbon was crawling with spies, all of whom knew one another's identity. They lunched at the same restaurants, peering at one another over their menus.

Robert remained in Lisbon until 1944, when he was sent, at his request to China. He became first secretary at the Belgian embassy in Chungking, the headquarters of Chiang Kai-shek's government. During the Japanese occupation, there was a lull in the Chinese civil war. The Communists of Mao Zedong even had an envoy in Chungking in the person of Zhou Enlai, whom he grew to like. After the Japanese surrender, he flew to Shanghai, where, in 1946, he was appointed consul general. The Chinese civil war revived and in 1949 the Communists entered Shanghai. Under pressure from the French, who hoped to protect their interests in Indochina, Belgium declined to recognise the People's Republic of China for the next 20 years. He considered this a political mistake and regretted the failure to comprehend the rivalry between Soviet and Chinese Communism.

In early 1950, he left Shanghai for Washington, D.C. as second counsellor at the Belgian embassy. It was the time of the Korean War and the build-up of NATO and after two years in Washington, Robert went to Paris as a Belgian representative on the council of NATO.

In 1954, Rothschild was appointed chef de cabinet of Paul-Henri Spaak at the Belgian foreign ministry. For the next two years, he worked together with Spaak and Jean Charles Snoy et d'Oppuers on the Treaty of Rome before the final signing of the treaty in 1957. Shortly before the treaty was signed, Rothschild was standing beside Spaak gazing over the Forum Romanum in Rome, when Spaak said "I think that we have re-established the Roman Empire without a single shot being fired."

Robert was due to join the Belgian delegation at NATO after the summit conference in Paris in 1960, between Nikita Khrushchev and Dwight D. Eisenhower. But, because of the Lockheed U-2 spy plane crisis, the conference was a failure and, so, Rothschild was sent to the Belgian Congo as number two to the governor. He arrived in Leopoldville (now Kinshasa) two days after the rebellion by the constabulary, egged on by the Pan-Africanist Congolese independence leader, Patrice Lumumba. After the independence of the Congo from Belgium in 1960, Katanga, the richest of the six provinces of the Belgian Congo seceded on 11 July, and the Belgians decided to move to Elisabethville (now Lubumbashi) in Katanga. While in Katanga, Rothschild had to steer his way delicately between Moise Tshombe the Rightist Katangan leader, who wanted Belgian support for the independence of the State of Katanga and Belgium, which was reluctant to grant it.

After two years as ambassador to Switzerland, where in 1966, he was president of the executive committee of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, he went as ambassador to Paris. In 1973, he was appointed ambassador in London, where he remained en post until 1976, and then lived in London for the rest of his life.

Distinctions
 : Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (1963)

Bibliography
 Rothschild, Robert, Une certaine idée de l'Europe, dans Le rôle des Belges et de la Belgique dans l'édification européenne. 1981.

References

Sources
 Van Tichelen, Joseph, Souvenirs de la négociation du traité de Rome, dans Le rôle des Belges et de la Belgique dans l'édification européenne. 1981, pp. 327–343.
 Belgian Events (ed. May 2007)

1911 births
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Diplomats from Brussels
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Ambassadors of Belgium to France
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Ambassadors of Belgium to Switzerland
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Belgian prisoners of war in World War II
Belgian military personnel of World War II


The 1966 Liberty Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the VPI Gobblers (now the Virginia Tech Hokies) and the Miami Hurricanes, both independent programs. The eighth edition of the Liberty Bowl, it was played on December 10, 1966, at Memphis Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The game was the final contest of the 1966 NCAA University Division football season for both teams, and ended in a 14–7 victory for Miami. A then-record 39,101 tickets were sold for the game, but due to  temperatures at game time, only 25,012 spectators attended.

Teams
This was the second time that the two programs had faced each other. The previous meeting, held in 1953, ended in a 26–0 shutout victory for Miami.

VPI

VPI was led on defense by All-America safety Frank Loria, who caught three interceptions and returned three punts for touchdowns as a junior during the 1966 season. In addition, defensive end George Foussekis was named to the Associated Press second-team All-America team, and helped keep the Hurricanes' offense in check for most of the game.
On offense, fullback Tommy Groom served as the third of the team's three team captains during the game. VPI was coached by Jerry Claiborne, who was in his sixth year as head coach. Under Claiborne, the team had amassed a strong 8–1–1 record with wins over Kentucky, Florida State, and Virginia and a 70–12 blowout win over traditional rival VMI in the final game of the season. VPI's sole loss came in the first game of the season against Tulane, and the team had a 13–13 tie against West Virginia.

The game marked just the second time that VPI had played in a bowl game since they first fielded a football team in 1892, following the 1947 Sun Bowl. Future Virginia Tech head football coach Frank Beamer participated in the game as a backup cornerback for VPI.

Miami

The ninth-ranked Hurricanes boasted a 7–2–1 regular-season record, including wins over three teams that played in New Year's bowl games--Southern California (Rose), Georgia (Cotton), and Florida (Orange). The Hurricanes were led on the field by three-time All-American lineback Ted Hendricks, who would later go on to a Hall of Fame career in the National Football League. Off the field, the Hurricanes were coached by Charlie Tate, who would head the Hurricanes football team until 1970.

Game summary
The game kicked off in frigid  weather, and from the beginning, defense dominated. In the first half, VPI held Miami to just 16 yards of total offense. On the opposite side of the ball, Miami set bowl game records for fewest rushing yards allowed and fewest first downs allowed. VPI got the first big break of the game after blocking Miami's first punt of the game. Taking over at the Miami 21-yard line, it took VPI just five plays to march into the end zone for an early 7–0 lead. The teams battled to a stalemate for the rest of the first half, and VPI went into halftime still clinging to a 7–0 lead.

In the second half, VPI's fortune turned. Late in the third quarter, their defense stopped Miami's offense again, but instead of receiving the punt cleanly, VPI committed a roughing the kicker penalty that allowed Miami to retain possession of the ball with a first down. A few plays later, Miami scored its first touchdown of the game. In the fourth quarter Miami finally took the lead on a 10-play, 70-yard drive. VPI was unable to answer the Hurricanes' score, and Miami won the game, 14–7.

Statistics

Miami's Jimmy Cox was named the game's most valuable player after catching five passes for 77 yards—accounting for nearly half of Miami's total offensive output. Miami earned just three rushing first downs during the game, setting a Liberty Bowl record that has yet to be broken.

Each team had two players pass the ball. VPI's Tommy Stafford finished the game having completed four 13 passes for 59 yards and one interception. Several times during the game, VPI had also played with Barker passing the ball. He finished having completed two of his three passes for 13 yards. On the Miami side of the ball, Miller completed nine of 26 passes for 99 yards and Olivo completed one pass for nine yards.

On the ground, VPI's Tommy Francisco led all runners with 21 carries for 55 yards. Backing up Francisco was Sal Garcia, who finished with three carries for 15 yards. Miami's leading rusher was McGee, who carried the ball 12 times for 36 yards. Backing up McGee was Acuff, who finished with six carries for 25 yards.

See also
 Miami–Virginia Tech football rivalry

Notes

References

Liberty Bowl
Liberty Bowl
Miami Hurricanes football bowl games
Virginia Tech Hokies football bowl games
December 1966 sports events in the United States
1966 in sports in Tennessee


Narcis Claudiu Răducan (born 23 September 1974 in Focşani) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Honours

Club
FCM Bacău
Liga II: 1994–95
Steaua București
Liga I: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
Cupa României: 1995–96, 1996–97
Rapid București
Cupa României: 2001–02
Supercupa României: 1999

External links

1974 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Focșani
Romanian men's footballers
Romania men's international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
FC Steaua București players
FCM Bacău players
FC Rapid București players
FC Progresul București players
AEK Larnaca FC players
AEL Limassol players
CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players
Liga I players
Cypriot First Division players
Romanian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus


Claes-Ulrik Winberg (23 September 1925 – 31 May 1989) was a Swedish industrialist and business executive. He was CEO of AB Bofors from 1972 to 1984. He was also chairman of the Swedish Iron Industry Association () from 1978 to 1983 and of the Swedish Employers Association from 1984 to 1985. Winberg was forced to resign his position as chairman of the Swedish Employers Association in 1984, following the unveiling of the Bofors scandal.

Career
Winberg was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the son of major Karl Winberg and his wife Nellie (née Møller). He passed studentexamen in Jönköping in 1944 and studied at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy in the end of the 1940s and graduated from Technical University of Denmark with a Master of Engineering degree in 1952. Winberg worked as an engineer at Husqvarna vapenfabrik AB from 1952 to 1953 and at Sundstrand Machine Tool Company in Rockford, Illinois, United States from 1953 to 1955. He then worked for the same company in Paris from 1955 to 1957. Winberg was export manager at A/S Atlas in Copenhagen, from 1957 to 1960 and CEO of A/S Sören Wistoft & Co Fabriker in Copenhagen from 1960 to 1962. Winberg worked as assistant to the managing director at AB Svenska Fläktfabriken from 1962 to 1966 and was CEO of Hexagon AB from 1966 to 1971. He was appointed vice CEO of AB Bofors in 1971 and was CEO of AB Bofors from 1972 to 1984. He was also chairman of the board of the Swedish Employers Association from 1984.

Winberg was in the late 1960s a board member of Svenska plåtrör AB, Hexagon AB, Gustav Carlsson & Co. He was also a board deputy of Vegete Group as well as board member of Copenhagen Junior Chamber of Commerce from 1959 to 1962 and the machine engineering group in the Danish Engineering Association (Dansk Ingeniørforening) from 1962. Winberg was later on also a board member of Vegete from 1966 (chairman from 1981), Swedish Iron Industry Association (Järnbruksförbundet) from 1973 (chairman 1978-83), Federation of Swedish Industries (Sveriges Industriförbund) from 1973, Gusums bruk AB from 1974, Sveriges Mekanförbund from 1974, Örebro County and Västmanland County chamber of commerce from 1974 (chairman 1977-83) and of Hasselfors AB from 1977. Winberg was also a board member of Boliden AB from 1979, the National Swedish Board of Economic Defence from 1978 and of the Swedish steel producers' association Jernkontoret from 1973. Winberg was a member of the Royal Patriotic Society from 1978.

Bofors

Winberg was CEO of Bofors during a period characterized by unprofitability and structural problems within the company's civilian sector. The company was entirely dependent of the manufacturing of war materials, which occurred during a time when the company's deliveries to the Swedish military decreased due to shrunken government subsidies to the military. Winberg's line was to focus even harder on the war materials manufacturing. He advocated a weapons export policy without any restrictions whatsoever and periodically pursued an intensive lobby campaign towards Swedish defence politicians. It was during Winberg's leadership that Bofors become involved in Singapore, a strategic effort to increase weapons export in the entire Southeast Asia. In May 1984 Winberg was reported to the police by the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society (SPAS) on charges of smuggling, for the alleged sale of RBS 70 to the illicit countries Dubai and Bahrain through Singapore. This started a series of revelations of what would later be known as the Bofors scandal. When Bofors during the turn of the year 1984/1985 merged with the company Kema Nobel into the new company Nobel Industrier, Winberg left his position as CEO but continued as a member of board of the new company. In June 1985, after the suspicions of crime against Bofors strengthened, Winberg resigned from his position as chairman of the Swedish Employers Association. In the summer of 1988 Winberg, together with three other former Bofors executives, was prosecuted by the Stockholm District Court for his role in the smuggling scandal. During the entire police investigation, Winberg strongly dismissed any participation in letting the weapon deliveries reach the unallowed countries Dubain and Bahrain. The court proceedings, where Winberg due to his sudden and unexpected death (see below) didn't participate, began on 4 September 1989. In December the same year, the three other former Bofors executives – Martin Ardbo, Lennart Pålsson and Hans Ekblom – where convicted by the court and given a conditional sentence for the illicit smuggling of goods. Furthermore, the company Nobel Industrier was ordered by the court to pay SEK 11 million in fines.

Personal life
In 1952 he married Kristina Bergenstråhle (born 1929), the daughter of Gunnar Bergenstråhle and Ebba (née de Besche). He was the father of Ulrik (born 1955), Flemming (born 1958) and Christer (born 1960).

Death
Winberg died in a car crash on road 53 between Västerås and Eskilstuna on 31 May 1989. Winberg was, together with his wife Kristina who also died in the crash, on his way to a dinner with friends in Stockholm. According to the police report, the car they were driving skidded on a wet roadway and collided with an oncoming van.

See also
 Carl-Fredrik Algernon
 Cats Falck

References

1925 births
1989 deaths
Swedish chief executives
Road incident deaths in Sweden
Bofors scandal
Businesspeople from Copenhagen
Technical University of Denmark alumni
Swedish mechanical engineers


Intars Dambis (born 3 September 1983) is a Latvian bobsledder who has competed since 2002. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York.

Career highlights

World Championships
2005 - Calgary, 24th at 4-bob with Gūts / Dīcmanis / Rozītis
2007 - St. Moritz, 20th at 2-bob with Mihails Arhipovs
2007 - St. Moritz, 18th at 4-bob with Arhipovs / Dīcmanis / Melbārdis
World Cup
2007 - Calgary, 5th at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Melbārdis
2007 - Park City, 4th at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Melbārdis
2007 - Lake Placid, 9th at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Melbārdis
2008 - Cortina d'Ampezzo, 7th at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Melbārdis
2008 - Cesana, 1st  at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Melbārdis
European Championships
2008 - Cesana, 1st  at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Melbārdis

References

External links

1983 births
Latvian male bobsledders
Living people
People from Gulbene


The Sioux Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties in South Dakota, anchored by the city of Sioux Falls. The metro area is referred to locally as the Sioux Empire. Despite the name, it is considered a part of the larger area known as Siouxland as it is within the Big Sioux River basin. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 276,730.

Counties
Lincoln (population: 65,161)
McCook (population: 5,682)
Minnehaha (population: 197,214)
Turner (population: 8,673)

Communities

Places with more than 150,000 inhabitants
Sioux Falls (Principal city)

Places with 1,000 to 15,000 inhabitants
Beresford (partial)
Brandon
Canton
Crooks
Dell Rapids
Garretson
Harrisburg
Hartford
Lennox
Parker
Salem
Tea
Worthing

Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants
Baltic
Bridgewater
Canistota
Centerville
Colton
Humboldt
Marion
Valley Springs
Viborg

Places with fewer than 500 inhabitants
Chancellor
Davis
Dolton
Fairview
Hudson
Hurley
Irene (partial)
Monroe
Montrose
Sherman
Spencer

Unincorporated places
Benclare
Booge
Corson
Ellis
Hooker
Lyons
Moe
Morefield
Naomi
Renner
Rowena
Shindler
Unityville

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 187,093 people, 72,492 households, and 48,282 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 94.07% White, 1.25% African American, 1.56% Native American, 0.87% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.87% from other races, and 1.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.84% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $40,590, and the median income for a family was $48,191. Males had a median income of $30,994 versus $22,493 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $19,184.

See also
South Dakota census statistical areas

References

Geography of Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Geography of Lincoln County, South Dakota
Geography of Turner County, South Dakota
Geography of McCook County, South Dakota


Phil Rose (born 2 May 1952) is an English actor, best known for his role as Friar Tuck in the 1980s TV series Robin of Sherwood.

Theatre
Rose was born in Manchester, and established himself as a theatre actor playing Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night and The Gangster in Kiss Me, Kate at Bristol Old Vic. Numerous touring appearances followed, including the Ludlow Festival, Dundee Repertory Theatre and Colwyn Bay.

In the West End, Rose appeared as Durdles in The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

In the 1980s and 1990s, he devoted his time mainly to touring theatre productions. In 1996, in a company that he co-founded with Ian Dickens, he appeared in a touring production of There's a Girl in My Soup with Jack Smethurst, Deborah McAndrew and Tony Scannell.

Pantomime
Rose is well known for appearing in pantomime as the Dame and has more than 20 years' experience of this.

Television
In addition to his role in Robin of Sherwood, Rose played the part of a doctor from the regional health authority in the 1984 BBC nuclear-war drama Threads.

In 2007, Rose played the science-fiction writer A.K. 'Bunny' Cheesewight in the second story in BBC7's Scarifyers series, "The Devil of Denge Marsh". He reprised the role in 2010 in "The Secret Weapon of Doom".

Over the years, Rose has appeared in Minder, Gaskin, Jemima Shore Investigates as well as a spell in EastEnders.

Film
In 1984, Rose appeared with Peter Ustinov playing his nephew in the movie Memed My Hawk.

References

External links
 Phil Rose Fan Club

 Birmingham Theatre School

1952 births
English male stage actors
Living people
English male television actors
Male actors from Manchester


Alexandru Gheorghe Forminte (born 19 September 1982 in Piatra Neamţ) is a Romanian former football player. He played as a centre back.

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1982 births
Living people
Footballers from Piatra Neamț
Romanian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Liga I players
Liga II players
CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players
FCM Dunărea Galați players