Filipe Alarcão (born 1963 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese product designer. His designs range from the renowned china, porcelain and casual dishes manufactured by Vista Alegre to the contemporary furniture design of Temahome.

He obtained a degree in equipment design from the Lisbon school of fine arts and a master's degree in industrial design from the Domus Academy, Postgraduate School of Design in Milan, Italy.
From 1995 to 1997, Filipe worked with Michele de Lucchi, in Milan, as a consultant for Olivetti Personal Computers, developing projects for personal computers.
Currently he lives and works in Lisbon, with his own atelier where he develops industrial design projects in furniture, urban equipment and products, lighting, ceramics and glass in collaboration with several Portuguese and foreign companies among them Vista Alegre Atlantis, Asplund, Temahome, Schréder, Senda, Cerâmicas São Bernardo, Larus and Moda Lisboa.

In interior design, he has created spaces such as the Moda Lisboa design shop, Galeria Atlantis, Design aus Portugal exhibit in Frankfurt and the Delidelux shop.
His works are shown at the Design museum at the Belem cultural center in Lisbon.

Awards

1994 National Design Award of the Portuguese Center for Design
2002 Polis competition for global signage systems for urban places in Portugal
2002 First place - Architecture competition Museum of Contemporary Art of Elvas

References

Product designers
1963 births
Living people
Portuguese industrial designers
20th-century Portuguese male artists
21st-century Portuguese male artists


Ashlar-Vellum, a dba of Ashlar Incorporated, is a developer of Computer-aided design (CAD) and 3D modeling software for both the Macintosh and Microsoft Windows platforms. Ashlar-Vellum's interface, designed in 1988 by Dr. Martin Newell and Dan Fitzpatrick, featured an automated Drafting Assistant that found useful points in the geometry and allowed the artist to quickly connect to locations like the "midpoint" or "tangent".

Their original 2D product, Vellum, underwent numerous upgrades and gained 3D surface modelling capabilities over time. This product is now  known as Graphite. In 1998 Vellum was joined by Solids, which added full solid modeling support. This product is now known as Cobalt, and is also offered in several sub-versions with different feature sets and price points.

Founded in Sunnyvale, California, Ashlar Incorporated is now headquartered in Austin, Texas, with additional offices in Kyiv, Ukraine.

In response to Russian invasion of Ukraine Ashlar-Vellum published statement claiming continuous support for Ukrainian Team and asked to support Ukraine by donating to humanitarian and medical aid, and support Ukrainian Military.

The Designer Elements Product Family

The Ashlar-Vellum product family features the Designer Elements including Graphite, Cobalt, Xenon and Argon.

Graphite

Graphite offers 2D and 3D wireframe drafting.

Graphite is the modern successor to Ashlar's earlier Vellum program, originally released in 1989. Introduced in 2001, Graphite competes with AutoCAD LT and VectorWorks.

Cobalt

Cobalt is Ashlar-Vellum's top-level product for 3D modeling and CAD on Mac and Windows. It integrates parametric wireframe, freeform surfacing, feature-based solid modeling and photo-realistic rendering all using the Vellum interface. Everything in Cobalt is history-driven with associativity and 2D equation-driven parametrics and constraints. It offers surfacing tools, mold design tools,  detailing, and engineering features. Cobalt also includes a library of 149,000 mechanical parts.

Cobalt is the successor to Ashlar's earlier Vellum Solids program released in 1998. Debuted in 2001, Cobalt competes with Solid Edge, SolidWorks, CATIA, NX, and Pro/Engineer.

Xenon
Xenon is the mid-level product in Ashlar-Vellum's Designer Elements line of 3D modeling and CAD software for product design on Mac and Windows.  Xenon's set of tools within the Vellum interface provides integrated 2D/3D sketching, concept development, design visualization, photorealistic rendering, and engineering drawings.

Argon
Argon's hybrid solid and surface modeling capabilities provide flexibility in shape design combined with data accuracy. This aids data translation and collaboration in the design process. Precision 2D drawings generated directly from the 3D model facilitate manufacturing. Argon is Ashlar-Vellum's entry-level product in their Designer Elements line of 3D modeling and CAD software on Mac and Windows.

The Vellum Interface

Drafting Assistant

Drafting Assistant automatically keeps track of all the points and parts of the geometry. By brushing over an entity, the Drafting Assistant wakes up the relevant points such as tangent, on, "center", "midpoint", "parallel" or "perpendicular".

Associativity & History Tree
A feature of Xenon and Cobalt, associativity increases productivity of design iterations by automatically updating all related objects when changes are made to the defining geometry. It also updates the 2D sheet views, preserving any annotations made on the sheets.

A key element of associativity is the history tree which lists features and associations of a model in the order they were created. It facilitates changes to a model because features can be selected and edited instead of portions deleted and rebuilt, as is required with programs that do not contain history. Changes are rippled through the entire model and the 2D drawing sheets using associativity.

Dimensionally-constrained, Equation-driven Parametrics
Found in Ashlar-Vellum's Cobalt and Graphite software, parametrics drive the shape of a design by mathematical equations and relationships. They facilitate the creation of part families with varying features. When one dimension changes, others within the model will change or not, according to the equations established to govern those relationships.

History

Founding
Dr. Martin Newell—the creator of the “Utah teapot” in 1975—founded Ashlar, Incorporated in 1988 with Dan Fitzpatrick in Sunnyvale, California. At Xerox PARC during the 1980s, Dr. Newell researched the interaction between a computer terminal and the computer user contributing to the development of such important tools as the graphical user interface and the computer mouse. After leaving Xerox PARC, Dr. Newell realized his vision of a "heads up" CAD interface, where the user was free to focus on designing without distractions from the application. He developed the Inference Engine and patented this intuitive technology as the Drafting Assistant. The Drafting Assistant is the cornerstone of Ashlar-Vellum's unique user interface.

Vellum
First released in 1988, Ashlar's Vellum software offered precision drafting with ease of use. In 2001 the Vellum product was rebranded as Graphite.

Vellum Solids
Originating in 1998, Vellum Solids was Ashlar's initial 3D solid and surface modeling, utilizing their unique user interface. In 2001 Vellum Solids was rebranded as Cobalt.

External links

References

Software companies established in 1988
Software companies based in Texas
Companies based in Austin, Texas
Software companies of the United States


Rok Mašina (; trans. Rock Machine) was a short-lasting Yugoslav hard rock and heavy metal band formed in Belgrade in 1980. Formed by former members of the progressive/hard rock band Pop Mašina Robert Nemeček (vocals and bass guitar) and brothers Zoran and Vidoja Božinović (guitars), Rok Mašina released only one studio album, Rok Mašina, before disbanding in 1982, while in the midst of recording of their second album. Part of the material recorded for their second album appeared in 1983 on the influential mini-album Izrod na granici.

Band history

1980–1982
The band was formed in 1980 by former Pop Mašina members Robert Nemeček (vocals and bass guitar) and brothers Zoran and Vidoja Božinović (guitars), with Vladan Dokić (drums). With Rok Mašina, Nemeček and the Božinović brothers turned towards heavier, less complex sound than Pop Mašina's progressive/hard rock sound with blues, psychedelic and acid rock elements.

The band had its debut live appearance in 1980 in Zagreb, as a part of the event named Pozdrav iz Beograda (Greetings from Belgrade). Later that year, the band released the 7-inch single with the songs "Vatra" ("Fire") and "Bilo mi je bolje" ("I Felt Better"). In 1981, the band released their only studio album, Rok Mašina, through Jugodisk record label. Part of the album lyrics were written by Dragana Stanaćev and Koviljka Milić, actresses of the Teatar Levo (Left Theatre) theatre, and the album featured Ljuba Ninković (formerly of S Vremena Na Vreme) and Dragan Popović (formerly of DAG) on backing vocals. The album was produced by Nemeček and featured, beside new tracks, new versions of previously released "Vatra" and "Bilo mi je bolje". After the album release, Dragan Đorđević, a former member of Generacija 5, replaced Dokić. However, as at the time of the great popularity of new wave bands in Yugoslavia the future for the band did not seem very promising, they disbanded in 1982, in the midst of recording their second studio album. They had their last performance on the Belgrade Rock Festival held in Pionir Hall in September 1982.

Post-breakup
Part of the material recorded for the band's second studio album was released by Jugodisk in 1983 on the mini-album Izrod na granici (Bastard on the Border). The album featured a live version of the song "Bilo mi je bolje", recorded at the 1982 Belgrade Rock Festival, on the band's last live performance. The song "Promašen san" ("Failed Dream") featured a recording of Aleister Crowley's voice. The album cover was designed by Jugoslav Vlahović. The original cover, also designed by Vlahović, should have featured two hands with feathers thrust through them and the bands logo and album title written in red, but was, as Robert Nemeček stated in 1983, refused by the Jugodisk as "politically problematic".

After Rok Mašina disbanded, Zoran Božinović retired from music. In the late 1990s, he returned to performing, starting to perform with the blues rock band Zona B. He died on 12 July 2004. Vidoja Božinović dedicated himself to his studies of architecture at the Belgrade Faculty of Architecture. He would occasionally perform in blues clubs and with the jazz band Interaction, before joining the highly popular band Riblja Čorba in 1985. Robert Nemeček became the film program editor at TV Politika. He later worked as program editor on TV Pink and Radio Television of Serbia.

In 1994, the band's song "Nulti čas" ("Zero Hour") was released on Komuna compilation album Pakleni vozači: Jugoslovenski hard rock (Hell Riders: Yugoslav Hard Rock). In 2001, One Records released the compilation album entitled Rok Mašina, which featured all the tracks from both their self-titled debut and Izrod na granici.

In 2008, Nemeček released a collection of Pop Mašina recordings on the box set Antologija 1972 – 1976 (Anthology 1972 – 1976). During the following years, Vidoja Božinović tried to persuade him to do the similar thing with Rok Mašina recordings. Finally, in 2015, the compilation album Antologija 1980 – 1983 was released through Multimedia Music. The songs released on the album were remastered by Nemeček himself and his son Jan. The compilation featured all the material officially released by Rok Mašina, previously unreleased recordings and a book about the band. The previously unreleased recordings included the song "Umbra Zonule" (Latin for "Twilight Zone"), originally performed by Nemeček's 1960s band Dogovor iz 1804. and later recorded by Rok Mašina.

Legacy
In 2012, Serbian alternative rock band Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša recorded a cover of Rok Mašina's song "Granica" ("Border") for the New Year's Eve edition of Radio Television of Serbia show Bunt (Rebellion). In 2016, the same song was covered by Serbian blues rock band Texas Flood in Radio Television of Serbia show Tri boje zvuka (Three Colors of Sound).

Discography

Studio albums
Rok Mašina (1981)
Izrod na granici (1983)

Compilations
Rok Mašina (2001)
Antologija 1980 - 1983 (2015)

Singles
"Vatra" / "Bilo mi je bolje" (1980)

See also
Pop Mašina

References

External links
Rok Mašina at Discogs

Serbian hard rock musical groups
Serbian heavy metal musical groups
Yugoslav hard rock musical groups
Yugoslav heavy metal musical groups
Musical groups from Belgrade
Musical groups established in 1980
Musical groups disestablished in 1982


Chang Yen-shu (; born 11 February 1979) is a Taiwanese professional table tennis player representing Taiwan.

Career highlights

Summer Olympic Games
2000, Sydney, men's singles, last 32
2000, Sydney, men's doubles, quarter final
World Championships
1999, Eindhoven, men's doubles, quarter final
2001, Osaka, men's doubles, semi final
2007, Zagreb, men's doubles, semi final
Pro Tour Grand Finals
2000, Kobe, men's doubles, semi final
2001, Hainan, men's doubles, quarter final
Pro Tour Meetings
1999, Doha, men's doubles, winner
1999, Melbourne, men's doubles, runner-up
1999, Bremen, men's doubles, winner
1999, Prague, men's doubles, runner-up
2000, Zagreb, men's doubles, winner
2000, Kobe, men's doubles, runner-up
2000, Toulouse, men's doubles, winner
2001, Doha, men's doubles, winner
2001, Fort Lauderdale, men's doubles, winner
2008, Velenje, men's doubles, winner
Asian Championships
1998, Osaka, men's doubles, quarter final
2000, Doha, men's doubles, winner
2000, Doha, mixed doubles, semi final
2000, Doha, team competition, 2nd
2003, Bangkok, team competition, 2nd
Asian Games
1998, Bangkok, men's singles, quarter final
1998, Bangkok, men's doubles, semi final
1998, Bangkok, mixed doubles, quarter final
2002, Busan, men's doubles, quarter final
Asian Top-12 Championships
1999, Kish Island, quarter final

External links

 ITTF stats by player

Olympic table tennis players for Taiwan
Living people
1979 births
Sportspeople from Tainan
Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Asian Games medalists in table tennis
Taiwanese male table tennis players
Table tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games
Table tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games
Table tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei
Universiade medalists in table tennis
Universiade bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei
Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade


Patrick McMullan is an American photographer, columnist, television personality, and socialite. His photo work focuses on people, particularly A-list celebrities, superstar fashion designers, models, actors, politicians, cultural icons and the power elite.

Early years

McMullan was born into an Irish-American Catholic family in New York City and raised in Huntington, New York (on Long Island). He attended New York University, earning a degree in business. Work as an amateur photographer began when he was in his 20s. Interest in photographing celebrities and famous people evolved with initial encouragement from Andy Warhol while attending nightlife and events in Manhattan, and through their ongoing friendship until Warhol's untimely death in 1987.

Print Publication
McMullan's work appears regularly in such publications as New York Times Magazine, Vogue Magazine, Allure Magazine, Interview, Harper's Bazaar, Details, Ocean Drive, Gotham, Out, The Boulevard Magazine and amNewYork. He is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and has a weekly column in New York Magazine (called  "Party Lines").

Online Publication
On January 1, 2011, McMullan launched his online magazine PMc Magazine.  The magazine is a venue for showcasing interesting people, events and art.  It obviously has a close tie to New York City's nightlife, considering that Patrick McMullan is its founder, but its scope will not end there.  It will include images and stories on art, fashion, film, television, music, literature, travel, business, politics, etc.

Television
Television appearances includes the "Party Flash" segment of "Full Frontal Fashion" on WE: Women's Entertainment cable channel, and guest appearances on celebrity related features by other network producers.

Photo Books
As a photo book publisher Patrick McMullan has edited and compiled six photo books:
 Glamour Girls

Large collection (over 1400 images) of photographs of the world's most celebrated women spanning Patrick's 30-year career. Focus on sophisticated galas of society, Hollywood parties, famed New York nightlife and major charity events.
 Kiss Kiss
A compilation of over 1,000 black and white and color images of famous, beautiful, people kissing spanning 30 years.
 So '80s

A photographic diary of the 1980s decade of the famous figures who defined New York City's nightlife.
 InTents

A decade long photo compilation of fashion and the fascination surrounding the fashion industry using New York's "Bryant Park-based Fashion Week" and the event "7th on Sixth" as a backdrop.
 Secrets of the Riviera

A Photo Essay, of the backstage action at the "Victoria's Secret" fashion show held at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival and the opulent atmosphere of the surrounding A-list parties.
 Men's Show

Photo compilation of men's fashion featuring designers, models and actual men's fashion show images from 1995 - 2000. Designers such as Michael Kors, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Sean John, Marc Jacobs and others are featured.

Controversy
At times, subjects are candidly photographed while McMullan photographers roam events. New York Times and Gawker have reported that McMullan will remove photos from his website but "for a fee". $10 per photo is substantial with a website that received "as many as one million hits a day" back in 2004. In a 2014 incident at a soiree attended by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, DiCaprio allegedly confronted a photographer for agency Patrick McMullan who had snapped a photo of the actor. Additionally, he can be found having been named within Jeffrey Epstein's black book.

References

External links
 Patrick McMullan official website; accessed December 24, 2014.
 PMc Magazine official website; accessed December 24, 2014.

Living people
American people of Irish descent
American photojournalists
Fashion photographers
Stock photographers
New York University alumni
People from Huntington, New York
Writers from New York (state)
Year of birth missing (living people)


Pietro Garinei (1 February 1919  – 9 May 2006) was an Italian playwright, actor, and songwriter.
Brother of Enzo Garinei.

Biography

Garinei was born in Trieste in 1919. He later worked as a sports journalist for the daily newspaper in Milan and Rome, where he met Sandro Giovannini. Garinei and Giovannini discovered a shared interest in music and entertainment, and left the paper shortly after to found a satiric newspaper. In September 1944 they established a musical theater, Cantachiaro, which was named after a weekly satirical magazine they had contributed to. The first star of their theater was Anna Magnani.

Following the end of World War II, Garinei and Giovannini collaborated with the Radio RAI. In 1949 they started working as playwrights, and in 1952 they wrote one of Italy's first musical comedy, Attanasio cavallo vanesio, featuring Renato Rascel. Garinei and Giovaninni also wrote a series of musicals such as Un paio d'ali, Ciao Rudy, Rugantino, Aggiungi un posto a tavola. Actors who regularly performed in their comedies include Nino Manfredi, Gino Bramieri, Sandra Mondaini, Walter Chiari, Domenico Modugno, Massimo Ranieri, Raffaella Carrà, Marcello Mastroianni, Giulio Scarpati and Nancy Brilli.

Garinei and Giovannini also wrote the lyrics for many pop songs, including "Arrivederci Roma" and "Domenica è sempre domenica".

Garinei died in Rome in 2006 at age 87.

References

External links
La storia siamo noi history of Garinei e Giovannini

1919 births
2006 deaths
Writers from Trieste
Italian dramatists and playwrights
Italian male songwriters
Italian songwriters
Male songwriters
Italian male actors
20th-century Italian dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Italian musicians
20th-century Italian male writers
20th-century Italian male musicians
20th-century Italian journalists


Edward Inglefield may refer to:

 Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820–1894), Royal Naval officer
 Edward Fitzmaurice Inglefield (1861–1945), Royal Navy officer and secretary of Lloyd's of London


Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Competent:

 , an  operated from 1943 to 1955 and sold to Mexico and renamed ARM Ponciano Arriaga
 , an  floating dry dock originally named YFD-62, named Compentent in 1979, operated from 1944 to 1997

United States Navy ship names


All About Boy'z is a Hong Kong television series released in the year of 2003.

Characters

Main characters
 Kenny - A kind-hearted, generous young man. His dream is to become a musician through his own ability. Played by Kenny Kwan.
 Steven - A childish yet carefree and wealthy young man. He gave up his wealthy life to pursue his dream of becoming an international basketball player. Played by Steven Cheung.
 Monique - A wealthy and kind-hearted young woman. She falls in love with Kenny the first time they meet. Played by Mandy Chiang.
 Ho-Lam - A boyish and strong-willed young woman. She initially despised Steven for his wealth and ignorance the outside life, but changed her mind after she was moved by his attempts to win her heart. Played by Koey Wong.

Recurring characters
 Master Ying - The owner of a sushi restaurant. He went to Japan at a young age to become a sushi chef, and now carries the nickname The Hand of the Sun. Played by Cheung Tat-Ming.
 Tina - A wealthy girl from Steven's past. She fell in love with Master Ying after tasting his food. Played by Gillian Chung.
Stephanie - A beautiful girl from Steven and Kenny's past. She was a cheerleading leader when she was in high school. Both boys tried to win over, but she stayed with her boyfriend "O.K." and moved to America after graduation, but came back after O.K. broke her heart. Played by Yumiko Cheng.
 Ricky - Kenny and Steven's co-worker.
 Martin - Kenny and Steven's co-worker. Played by Deep Ng.
 Mui Tao - Steven's butler.
 Money, Kenny's sister
 Kenny's brother
 Steven's father - Played by Dennis Chan.
 Monique's Aunt - Played by Josie Ho.

Guest characters
 Lau Cheung Fat - A 30-year-old man whom Kenny and Steven met when they fell into the ocean and woke up in his island. Played by Eason Chan.
 Kimmy - Played by Kristy Yeung.
 Kammy
 Big Brother Chong, Steven's brother
 Ah Ho - Played by David Lee.
 Ah Fan - Played by Maggie Lau.
 OK - Played by Zack Koo.
 Princess Long-Long - Played by Charlene Choi.

Hong Kong television shows


Erciyes Ski Resort is a ski resort in Turkey, near the city of Kayseri. It is situated at Mount Erciyes, the highest mountain in Central Anatolia.

The ski centre at Mt Erciyes is located on the north to east side of the mountain with the same name. It is a  high volcanic peak and provides impressive views from all around. The ski resort is based around  and is just 40 minutes from Kayseri International Airport. It is possible to try 'cultural skiing' on a visit to neighbouring Cappadocia which is located just an hour away from Kayseri. Mt Erciyes ski  has a total of  different levels of slopes and unlimited off-pistes.

International winter sports events hosted
The ski resort hosted CEV Snow Volleyball European Tour events in [2017, 2019, and 2022.

References

External links
https://www.erciyeskayakmerkezi.com

Ski areas and resorts in Turkey
Buildings and structures in Kayseri Province
Tourist attractions in Kayseri Province


Plou is a municipality located in the Province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 49 inhabitants.

The extinct plant genus Ploufolia was discovered in and named after the municipality.

Plou is also a common surname in the small community.

As of 2021, the town had 50 registered residents but only 24 year-round residents, including two school age children who travel to Montalbán for school.  The town declined in the 1960s with the closing a mining railway from Utrillas to Zaragoza, and more emigration to larger cities, mainly Zaragoza and Barcelona.

See also
List of municipalities in Teruel

References

Further reading

Municipalities in the Province of Teruel


William Stewart (1861 – 14 December 1955) was a politician of the Reform Party (New Zealand).

He represented the Bay of Islands electorate from  (when he won a by-election after the 1914 election of Vernon Reed was declared void) to 1917, when he resigned.

He was then appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council for two terms, from 1918 to 1925 and 1925 to 1932.

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.

Notes

References

1861 births
1955 deaths
Reform Party (New Zealand) MPs
Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council
Reform Party (New Zealand) MLCs
New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates


General elections were held in the Gold Coast (soon to become Ghana) on 17 July 1956. The result was a victory for Kwame Nkrumah's Convention People's Party, which won 71 of the 104 seats.

A new constitution, approved on 29 April 1954, established a cabinet composed of African ministers drawn from an all-African legislature chosen by direct election. In the elections that followed, the Convention People's Party won the majority of seats in the new Legislative Assembly.

Background
A new constitution, approved on 29 April 1954, established a cabinet composed of African ministers drawn from an all-African legislature chosen by direct election. In the elections that followed, the Convention People's Party won the majority of seats in the new Legislative Assembly. In May 1956, Prime Minister Nkrumah's government issued a white paper containing proposals for Gold Coast independence. The British Government stated it would agree to a firm date for independence if a reasonable majority for such a step were obtained in the Gold Coast Legislative Assembly after a general election.

Results

Aftermath
After pro-independence parties won a convincing majority, the British government agreed to grant the colony independence. This happened on 6 March 1957, with the country renamed Ghana. Initially a constitutional monarchy with Elizabeth II as head of State, the country's democratic credentials were hampered by the Preventive Detention Act (1958). In 1960 a referendum resulted in the country becoming a republic with a presidential form of government, and in 1964 it became a one-party state. Nkrumah was eventually overthrown in 1966.

See also
List of MLAs elected in the 1956 Gold Coast legislative election

References

Elections in Ghana
Gold Coast
General
Gold Coast
Election and referendum articles with incomplete results


Open Door is a small town in Luján Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

History
The settlement was founded in the early 20th century, and like many other settlements in Argentina the original nucleus of the settlement was a railway station. The settlement was originally called "Colonia Nacional Psiquiátrica Domingo Cabred", but the name was changed to Open Door, based upon Doctor Domingo Cabred's "open door" policy with regard to the treatment of the mentally ill.

External links

Populated places in Buenos Aires Province


was a daimyō and a monk during the Sengoku period in Japan. Myōchin was the son of Saitō Sōen (斎藤宗円), who served as the guardian of Mino Province, and the younger brother of Saitō Toshinaga. He began his training as a monk from a young age at Zene-ji (善恵寺). His grave is on the grounds of Zuiryū-ji in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture.

History
In 1450, Saitō Myōchin served as the guardian of upper Mino Province on behalf of the Toki clan. During his reign, he built Jōzai-ji in modern-day Gifu. The temple would later become the family temple for the Saitō clan. When Yoshinaga died in 1460, Myōchin moved from Jōzai-ji and into nearby Kanō Castle.

References

1411 births
1480 deaths
Daimyo
Myochin


Chiang Peng-lung (; born 24 July 1976, in Penghu) is a Taiwanese male professional table tennis player.

Career highlights
Singles (as of August 15, 2010)
 Olympics: round of 16 (2000, 04).
 World Championships: SF  (2001).
 World Cup appearances: 6. Record: 4th (2001).
 Pro Tour winner  (3): Czech Open 1999; French Open 2000; Japan Open 2001. Runner-up  (4): Brazil Open 1999; Croatian, USA Open 2000; Croatian Open 2001.
 Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 4. Record: SF  (1999, 2000, 01).
 Asian Games: QF (1998, 2002, 06).
 Asian Championships: winner  (2000).
 Asian Cup: 3rd  (2006).
 Asia Top-12: 2nd  (1999)

Men's doubles
 Olympics: QF (2000).
 World Championships: SF  (2001, 07).
 Pro Tour winner  (7): Qatar, German Open 1999; Croatian, French Open 2000; Qatar, USA Open 2001; Slovenian Open 2008. Runner-up  (3): Australia, Czech Open 1999; Japan Open 2000.
 Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 2. Record: SF  (2000).
 Asian Games: SF  (1998, 2006).
 Asian Championships: winner  (2000); SF  (1994).

Mixed doubles
 World Championships: SF  (1997).
 Asian Games: runner-up  (1994).
 Asian Championships: QF (1996, 98).

Team
 Olympics: 7th (2008).
 World Championships: 6th (2008).
 Asian Championships: 2nd  (2000, 03).

References

External links

Living people
Olympic table tennis players for Taiwan
Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
People from Penghu County
1976 births
Asian Games medalists in table tennis
Taiwanese male table tennis players
Table tennis players at the 1994 Asian Games
Table tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games
Table tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games
Table tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei
Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei
Universiade medalists in table tennis
World Table Tennis Championships medalists
Universiade bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei
Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
21st-century Taiwanese people


Raphael Chiyya Pontremoli is the author of the Meam Loez on Esther and the editor of Simcha LeIsh by Rabbi Chaim Shunshol.

Biography
He was born in Smyrna (Turkey) from an important dynasty of rabbi. Potremoli's family came from Italy.

See also
Hiyya Pontremoli
Benjamin Pontremoli

References
Meam Loez on Yehoshua in English. No ISBN.

Book of Esther
Judaeo-Spanish
Judaeo-Spanish-language writers
Turkish Sephardi Jews
Smyrniote Jews


Greater Kashmir is an English daily newspaper printed and published from Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The newspaper initially began its edition in 1987 as a weekly newspaper and later, started its first daily publication in 1989.

The Greater Kashmir has its largest base of circulation in Jammu and Kashmir, and is the most widely read English daily newspaper in the state.  The Greater Kashmir group (GK Communications Pvt. Ltd) also publishes its sister projects in Urdu language – Nawa-e-Jhelum and Kashmir Uzma – and the English-language magazine Kashmir Ink.

As of 2018, Greater Kashmir is being published from Srinagar and Jammu at the price of Rs. 5 per copy. Its editor-in-chief is Fayaz Ahmad Kaloo. Greater Kashmir lately started Kashmir Ink, a weekly magazine featuring Kashmir's artists, poets and also writing many soft stories. The executive editor of Kashmir Ink is Ahaya Fayaz. The newspaper also launched its Endeavor Page, in which several start-ups in Jammu and Kashmir region are featured.

Advertisement controversy
In February 2019, the Governor's office indefinitely stopped giving government ads to this paper as well as to the Kashmir Reader. The Kashmir Editors Guild decried this as an attempt to curb the freedom of the press in India. However the government ads were restored to Greater Kashmir later on.

References

External links

1987 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir
Daily newspapers published in India
English-language newspapers published in India
Mass media in Jammu and Kashmir
Newspapers established in 1987


The Man from Beijing is a novel by Swedish writer Henning Mankell first published in Swedish on 20 May 2008 under the title  (The Chinese). The English translation by Laurie Thompson was published in the UK on 10 January 2010, and in the US on 16 February 2010.

Plot

In January 2006 the police make the gruesome discovery of the bodies of 19 people who have been brutally murdered in the remote hamlet of Hesjövallen in northern Sweden. The protagonist Birgitta Roslin, a district judge from Helsingborg, realises she has a family connection with some of the victims. Roslin's curiosity is raised by clues found at the scene and leads her to unofficially investigate the massacre. The narrative also chronicles the lives of several characters living during the mid-19th century in China and the United States, whose experiences are somehow also connected to the mass killings. As the plot unfolds, extending across four continents, Roslin unintentionally becomes embroiled in a web of international corruption and political intrigue.

Adaptations
Yellow Bird acquired the TV film rights and produced a  together with Austrian production company Lotus Film and broadcasters ARD and ORF. It was broadcast in Austria by ORF on 30 December 2011, following DVD releases in Germany and France a few days earlier. The film was nominated for two German Camera Awards: to Alexander Fischerkoesen for Best Cinematography of a TV Film and to Moune Barius for Best Editing of a TV Film.

See also

 Coolie

References

External links
 "The Man from Beijing" on the official Henning Mankell website
 Amazon Reviews of "The Man from Beijing"

2007 Swedish novels
Novels by Henning Mankell
Swedish crime novels


A peshtemal (also spelled peshtamal, pestamal, or pestemal; from Persian~ Fa puştmāl  back towel § Fa puşt  back + Fa māl  cleaning) is a traditional towel used in baths. A staple of Persian and Ottoman hammam culture, dating back hundreds of years, the pestemal was originally designed to help individual bathers maintain their privacy. In addition to being highly absorbent, pestemals dry faster than thicker towels.

It is also used to indicate which region people are from. There are many kinds of peshtemal, with different styles and colors in different areas of Turkey and Iran.

The peshtemal absorbs water as fast as a terrycloth towel, dries more quickly, takes up less space, is easy to carry and is therefore used as an alternative in bathrooms, pools, spas, beaches, sports facilities, and for baby care.

The peshtemal fabric is made of 100% cotton produced on manually operated looms in modern Turkey, historically in Antioch.

See also
 Fouta towel

References

 what is a peshtemal towel?
 How often should you wash your Turkish towels?
 10 ways to use Turkish Towels!
 natural turkish peshtemal!

Culture of Turkey
Persian words and phrases
Woven fabrics
Bathing
Personal hygiene products


The Sortes Homericae (Latin for "Homeric lots"), a type of divination by bibliomancy, involved drawing a random sentence or line from the works of Homer (usually the Iliad) to answer a question or to predict the future. In the Roman world it co-existed with the various forms of the  sortes, such as the Sortes Virgilianae and their Christian successor the Sortes Sanctorum.

Socrates reportedly used this practice to determine the day of his execution.  Brutus also is reported to have used this practice, which informed him Pompey would lose the battle of Pharsalus (48 BCE). The emperor Marcus Opellius Macrinus () is also known to have used sortes Homericae, learning that he would not last long on the imperial throne. However, unlike the Sortes Virgilianae, sortes Homericae did not have an established status as a concept and practice. There are only three known uses of this, separated by centuries and of doubtful authenticity, and of those, two don't involve opening the Iliad at random and randomly choosing a passage, as is established in bibliomancy, and in Sortes Virgilianae specifically. Rather, they involve the person dreaming or thinking about the passage, as occurred with Socrates and Brutus respectively.

The "Homer Oracle", or Homeromanteion, was a method of divination found in Greek Magical Papyrus 121. The oracle consisted of excerpts from Homer's poetry sorted by triple digits. After a series of ritual preparations, the user rolls a die three times, consulting a verse according to the resultant number.

References

Sources
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book 3, from "The Complete Works of Francois Rabelais", p285

Bibliomancy
Homer


Magnetic marker monitoring is a method to monitor the passage of an orally applied drug (tablet, capsule, etc.) through the intestinal tract. The dosage form is enriched with a small amount (0.1 – 2 mg) of magnetite (Fe3O4), which then is magnetized by a high-energy magnetic field. After application the path of the dosage form can be monitored with special detectors, which contain Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs). Due to the very low magnetic field of the iron oxide a specially shielded room is necessary in order to eliminate environmental magnetic interference. The method should be able to yield information about why tablets dissolve unequally before or after meals, which may be important for the bioavailability of drugs.

A more developed method, Advanced Magnetic Marker Monitoring, uses the magnetic capsule, a segmented capsule held together by magnetic forces. The magnetic capsule delivers drugs to any targeted location in the gastrointestinal tract.

The way the capsule takes is monitored on a PC screen. As soon as the capsule has reached its destination, the magnetic field is destroyed by pressing a button and the drug is released for resorption within milliseconds.

The method is used during development or optimization of drug products and contributes significantly to the reduction in development time and costs.

Areas of use include the determination of resorption windows, early proof of concept studies, interaction studies, and optimization of pharmaceutical formulations.

References
 W. Weitschies, J. Wedemeyer, R. Stehr, L. Trahms, Magnetically marked pharmaceutical dosage forms to monitor gastrointestinal transit by biomagnetic measurements, Pharm. Pharmacol. Lett. 1 (1991), pp. 45-48

External links
 https://web.archive.org/web/20100515102838/http://magnetic-capsule.com/
 https://web.archive.org/web/20100515103013/http://magnetic-marker-monitoring.com/
 https://web.archive.org/web/20070714064918/http://www.uni-greifswald.de/~pharma/techno.html

Pharmacokinetics


Rubiales is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 60 inhabitants.

References

Municipalities in the Province of Teruel


The Rising of the Moon is a 1957 Irish anthology film directed by John Ford.  It consists of three episodes all set in Ireland:

"The Majesty of the Law", based on the short story of that title by Frank O'Connor in Bones of Contention
"A Minute's Wait", based on a 1914 one-act comedy by Martin J. McHugh
"1921", based on the play The Rising of the Moon by Lady Gregory.

Plot

The Majesty of the Law
Police Inspector Dillon reluctantly sets out walking through the countryside to see an old friend, Dan O'Flaherty. Along the way, he encounters Mickey J., a poitín maker (bootlegger) who is not Dillon's target, but accompanies Dillon to O'Flaherty's stone cottage where Dillon serves O'Flaherty a warrant for striking Phelim O'Feeney. While they are all congenially drinking and socializing inside O'Flaherty's cottage, O'Flaherty refuses to pay the fine, as he feels he has done nothing wrong, nor will he allow O'Feeney to pay it for him. Instead, he heads off to prison.

A Minute's Wait
A train pulls up to the Dunfaill station in County Kerry, where Paddy Morrisey announces there will be "a minute's wait". The passengers and crew crowd into the bar for refreshments, served by Pegeen Mallory. Later, Paddy finally proposes to his longtime girlfriend Pegeen.

Mrs. Falsey chats with her old friend Barney Domigan, while her niece Mary Ann MacMahon becomes acquainted with his son Christy. Domigan is on his way to arrange a marriage between Christy and a young woman with a substantial dowry. Mrs. Falsey persuades him to change his mind by informing him that the U.S. Army has awarded Mary Ann $10,000 for her father's death in battle. The young couple, unaware of this development, insist they will only marry each other.

Meanwhile, the train is repeatedly delayed, much to the befuddlement of an older English couple. They are first displaced from their first class compartment to make way for a prize-winning goat. Then, they have to share their new compartment with lobsters intended for the bishop's golden jubilee. Finally, the bar receives a phone call asking that the train add on another car needed to accommodate a hurling team whose bus has broken down nearby after a match. When the English couple finally get off for some tea, they are left behind when the train finally departs.

1921
Sean Curran awaits his execution in Galway prison by the British during the "Black and Tan War". This is very unpopular with the Irish public who consider him a hero. A sizable crowd of nuns and other demonstrators continually parade around, chanting the rosary. The British warden allows two "nuns", one of them claiming to be Curran's grieving "sister", to visit him briefly; the false sister (an American citizen) swaps clothes and places with Curran in his cell while the lights have gone out during a deliberately staged power outage. Unsuspecting Police Sergeant Michael O'Hara helps the pair exit into a waiting carriage. He notices that one is wearing high heels, but thinks little of it. When the executioner comes, Curran's false sister is revealed, but as an American, she is immune from arrest.

The city is immediately sealed off as the manhunt for the fugitive begins. O'Hara is assigned to watch a section of the waterfront and daydreams of what he could do with the £500 bounty. Already conflicted by divided loyalties, he is visited by his overtly nationalistic wife. Then, fugitive Curran shows up in the evening disguised as itinerant ballad singer Jimmy Walsh. O'Hara is suspicious and has him sing; Curran chooses the patriotic "The Rising of the Moon". Despite his unconvincing rendition, he manages to slip away on a boat sent for him while O'Hara bickers with his wife. When the policeman sees Curran getting away, he starts to raise the alarm, then reconsiders and starts singing "The Rising of the Moon" himself.

Cast
 Tyrone Power as Introducer

The Majesty of the Law
 Cyril Cusack as Inspector Dillon
 Noel Purcell as Dan O'Flaherty
 Jack MacGowran as Mickey J.
 John Cowley as Phelim O'Feeney
 Paul Farrell and Eric Gorman as the neighbours

A Minute's Wait
 Jimmy O'Dea as Paddy Morrisey, the porter
 Tony Quinn as Mr. Roark, the station master
 J. G. Devlin as Mr. Moran, the guard
 Maureen Potter as Pegeen Mallory
 Paul Farrell as Mr. O'Brien, the train engineer
 Harold Goldblatt as Barney Domigan, a matchmaking father
 May Craig as Mrs. Falsey, a matchmaking aunt
 Godfrey Quigley as Christy Domigan
 Maureen Connell as Mary Ann McMahon
 Michael Trubshawe as Colonel Frobisher
 Anita Sharp-Bolster as Mrs. Frobisher
 Anne D'Alton as Fisherwoman
 Michael O'Duffy as The Singer

1921
 Denis O'Dea as Police Sergeant Michael O'Hara
 Eileen Crowe as Police Sergeant's Wife
 Donal Donnelly as Sean Curran
 Maureen Cusack as "Sister Mary Grace"
 Doreen Madden as "Sister Matthias"
 Joseph O'Dea as British Warden
 Maureen Delany as Old Woman
 Frank Lawton as British Officer
 Edward Lexy as Quartermaster Sergeant

See also
 List of American films of 1957

References

External links

1957 films
1957 drama films
1957 comedy-drama films
Irish comedy-drama films
Anthology films
Irish black-and-white films
Films directed by John Ford
Warner Bros. films
Rail transport films
Films set in Ireland
Films set in 1921
1957 comedy films
1950s English-language films


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

Geography
The commune is situated on the junction of the D329 and D161 roads,  southeast of Amiens.

Population

See also
Communes of the Somme department
Anna de Diesbach

References

Communes of Somme (department)


DPSIR (drivers, pressures, state, impact, and response model of intervention) is a causal framework used to describe the interactions between society and the environment. It seeks to analyze and assess environmental problems by bringing together various scientific disciplines, environmental managers, and stakeholders, and solve them by incorporating sustainable development. First, the indicators are categorized into "drivers" which put "pressures" in the "state" of the system, which in turn results in certain "impacts" that will lead to various "responses" to maintain or recover the system under consideration. It is followed by the organization of available data, and suggestion of procedures to collect missing data for future analysis. Since its formulation in the late 1990s, it has been widely adopted by international organizations for ecosystem-based study in various fields like biodiversity, soil erosion, and groundwater depletion and contamination. In recent times, the framework has been used in combination with other analytical methods and models, to compensate for its shortcomings. It is employed to evaluate environmental changes in ecosystems, identify the social and economic pressures on a system, predict potential challenges and improve management practices. The flexibility and general applicability of the framework make it a resilient tool that can be applied in social, economic, and institutional domains as well.

History
The Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response framework was developed by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in 1999. It was built upon several existing environmental reporting frameworks, like the Pressure-State-Response (PSR) framework developed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 1993, which itself was an extension of Rapport and Friend's  Stress-Response (SR) framework (1979). The PSR framework simplified environmental problems and solutions into variables that stress the cause-effect relationship between human activities that exert pressure on the environment, the state of the environment, and society's response to the condition. Since it focused on anthropocentric pressures and responses, it did not effectively factor natural variability into the pressure category. This led to the development of the expanded Driving Force-State-Response (DSR) framework, by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) in 1997. A primary modification was the expansion of the concept of “pressure” to include social, political, economic, demographic, and natural system pressures. However, by replacing “pressure” with “driving force”, the model failed to account for the underlying reasons for the pressure, much like its antecedent. It also did not address the motivations behind responses to changes in the state of the environment. The refined DPSIR model sought to address these shortcomings of its predecessors by addressing root causes of the human activities that impact the environment, by incorporating natural variability as a pressure on the current state and addressing responses to the impact of changes in state on human well-being. Unlike PSR and DSR, DPSIR is not a model, but a means of classifying and disseminating information related to environmental challenges. Since its conception, it has evolved into modified frameworks like Driver-Pressure-Chemical State-Ecological State-Response (DPCER), Driver-Pressure-State-Welfare-Response (DPSWR), and Driver-Pressure-State-Ecosystem-Response (DPSER).

The DPSIR Framework

Driver (Driving Force)
Driver refers to the social, demographic, and economic developments which influence the human activities that have a direct impact on the environment. They can further be subdivided into primary and secondary driving forces. Primary driving forces refer to technological and societal actors that motivate human activities like population growth and distribution of wealth. The developments induced by these drivers give rise to secondary driving forces, which are human activities triggering “pressures” and “impacts”, like land-use changes, urban expansion and industrial developments. Drivers can also be identified as underlying or immediate, physical or socio-economic, and natural or anthropogenic, based on the scope and sector in which they are being used.

Pressure
Pressure represents the consequence of the driving force, which in turn affects the state of the environment. They are usually depicted as unwanted and negative, based on the concept that any change in the environment caused by human activities is damaging and degrading. Pressures can have effects on the short run (e.g.: deforestation), or the long run (e.g.: climate change), which if known with sufficient certainty, can be expressed as a probability. They can be both human-induced, like emissions, fuel extraction, and solid waste generation, and natural processes, like solar radiation and volcanic eruptions. Pressures can also be sub-categorized as endogenic managed pressures, when they stem from within the system and can be controlled (e.g.: land claim, power generation), and as exogenic unmanaged pressures, when they stem from outside the system and cannot be controlled (e.g.: climate change, geomorphic activities).

State
State describes the physical, chemical and biological condition of the environment or observable temporal changes in the system. It may refer to natural systems (e.g.: atmospheric CO2 concentrations, temperature), socio-economic systems (e.g.: living conditions of humans, economic situations of an industry), or a combination of both (e.g.: number of tourists, size of current population). It includes a wide range of features, like physico-chemical characteristics of ecosystems, quantity and quality of resources or “carrying capacity”, management of fragile species and ecosystems, living conditions for humans, and exposure or the effects of pressures on humans. It is not intended to just be static, but to reflect current trends as well, like increasing eutrophication and change in biodiversity.

Impact
Impact refers to how changes in the state of the system affect human well-being. It is often measured in terms of damages to the environment or human health, like migration, poverty, and increased vulnerability to diseases, but can also be identified and quantified without any positive or negative connotation, by simply indicating a change in the environmental parameters. Impact can be ecologic (e.g.: reduction of wetlands, biodiversity loss), socio-economic (e.g.: reduced tourism), or a combination of both. Its definition may vary depending on the discipline and methodology applied. For instance, it refers to the effect on living beings and non-living domains of ecosystems in biosciences (e.g.: modifications in the chemical composition of air or water), whereas it is associated with the effects on human systems related to changes in the environmental functions in socio-economic sciences (e.g.: physical and mental health).

Response
Response refers to actions taken to correct the problems of the previous stages, by adjusting the drivers, reducing the pressure on the system, bringing the system back to its initial state, and mitigating the impacts. It can be associated uniquely with policy action, or to different levels of the society, including groups and/or individuals from the private, government or non-governmental sectors. Responses are mostly designed and/or implemented as political actions of protection, mitigation, conservation, or promotion. A mix of effective top-down political action and bottom-up social awareness can also be developed as responses, such as eco-communities or improved waste recycling rates.

Criticisms and Limitations
Despite the adaptability of the framework, it has faced several criticisms. One of the main goals of the framework is to provide environmental managers, scientists of various disciplines, and stakeholders with a common forum and language to identify, analyze and assess environmental problems and consequences. However, several notable authors have mentioned that it lacks a well-defined set of categories, which undermines the comparability between studies, even if they are similar. For instance, climate change can be considered as a natural driver, but is primarily caused by greenhouse gases (GSG) produced by human activities, which may be categorized under “pressure”.  A wastewater treatment plant is considered a response while dealing with water pollution, but a pressure when effluent runoff leading to eutrophication is taken into account. This ambivalence of variables associated with the framework has been criticized as a lack of good communication between researchers and between stakeholders and policymakers. Another criticism is the misguiding simplicity of the framework, which ignores the complex synergy between the categories. For instance, an impact can be caused by various different state conditions and responses to other impacts, which is not addressed by DPSIR. Some authors also argue that the framework is flawed as it does not clearly illustrate the cause-effect linkage for environmental problems. The reasons behind these contextual differences seem to be differences in opinions, characteristics of specific case studies, misunderstanding of the concepts and inadequate knowledge of the system under consideration.

DPSIR was initially proposed as a conceptual framework rather than a practical guidance, by global organizations. This means that at a local level, analyses using the framework can cause some significant problems. DPSIR does not encourage the examination of locally specific attributes for individual decisions, which when aggregated, could have potentially large impacts on sustainability. For instance, a farmer who chooses a particular way of livelihood may not create any consequential alterations on the system, but the aggregation of farmers making similar choices will have a measurable and tangible effect. Any efforts to evaluate sustainability without considering local knowledge could lead to misrepresentations of local situations, misunderstandings of what works in particular areas and even project failure.

While there is no explicit hierarchy of authority in the DPSIR framework, the power difference between “developers” and the “developing” could be perceived as the contributor to the lack of focus on local, informal responses at the scale of drivers and pressures, thus compromising the validity of any analysis conducted using it. The “developers” refer to the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), State mechanisms and other international organizations with the privilege to access various resources and power to use knowledge to change the world, and the “developing” refers to local communities. According to this criticism, the latter is less capable of responding to environmental problems than the former. This undermines valuable indigenous knowledge about various components of the framework in a particular region, since the inclusion of the knowledge is almost exclusively left at the discretion of the “developers”.

Another limitation of the framework is the exclusion of social and economic developments on the environment, particularly for future scenarios. Furthermore, DPSIR does not explicitly prioritize responses and fails to determine the effectiveness of each response individually, when working with complex systems. This has been one of the most criticized drawbacks of the framework, since it fails to capture the dynamic nature of real-world problems, which cannot be expressed by simple causal relations.

Applications
Despite its criticisms, DPSIR continues to be widely used to frame and assess environmental problems to identify appropriate responses. Its main objective is to support sustainable management of natural resources. DPSIR structures indicators related to the environmental problem addressed with reference to the political objectives and focuses on supposed causal relationships effectively, such that it appeals to policy actors. Some examples include the assessment of the pressure of alien species, evaluation of impacts of developmental activities on the coastal environment and society, identification of economic elements affecting global wildfire activities, and cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and gross domestic product (GDP) correction.

To compensate for its shortcomings, DPSIR is also used in conjunction with several analytical methods and models. It has been used in conjunction with Multiple-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) for desertification risk management, with Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to study urban green electricity power, and with Tobit model to assess freshwater ecosystems. The framework itself has also been modified to assess specific systems, like DPSWR, which focuses on the impacts on human welfare alone, by shifting ecological impact to the state category. Another approach is a differential DPSIR (ΔDPSIR), which evaluates the changes in drivers, pressures and state after implementing a management response, making it valuable both as a scientific output and a system management tool. The flexibility offered by the framework makes it an effective tool with numerous applications, provided the system is properly studied and understood by the stakeholders.

References

External links
DPSIR-Model of the European Environment Agency (EEA)

Environmental terminology
Industrial ecology


The Rising of the Moon is an Irish ballad. The title may also refer to:

 The Rising of the Moon (play), a 1907 play by Augusta, Lady Gregory
 The Rising of the Moon (novel), a 1945 mystery novel by Gladys Mitchell
 The Rising of the Moon (film), a 1957 anthology film directed by John Ford; one segment is based on Lady Gregory's play
 The Rising of the Moon (album), by the Clancy Brothers
 The Rising of the Moon (opera), composed by Nicholas Maw to a libretto by Beverley Cross


San Agustín is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. It lies just east of the Autovía A-23 60 km south east of the town of Teruel and 70 km north west of Sagunt.  According to the National Institute of Statistics, the municipality had a population of 155 inhabitants in 2013.

In literature, San Augustin is mentioned by James A. Michener in his book, Iberia. As a young man, Michener had landed at Burriana as a part of a ship's crew and taken the train to Teruel.  Re-visiting the area in the 1960s, Michener found only small improvements in the standard of living.

References

Municipalities in the Province of Teruel


is a right-handed professional baseball pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in Nippon Professional Baseball. He was the number 4 draft pick for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes in 2003. During his high school days, he played at Koshien Stadium.

External links

Japan Baseball Daily

1984 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Matsuyama, Ehime
Baseball people from Ehime Prefecture
Japanese baseball players
Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes players
Orix Buffaloes players
Hanshin Tigers players
Tokyo Yakult Swallows players


In its own right Jersey participates in the Commonwealth Games and in the bi-annual Island Games, which it last hosted in 2015. Jersey is a founder member of the Island Games Association and has participated in every Games since the first in 1985. Jersey first competed in 1958 in the British Empire and Commonwealth Games and has since participated in every staging of what became the Commonwealth Games. Youth sports participation includes the Commonwealth Youth Games and Jeux des Isles.

In sporting events in which Jersey does not have international representation, when the British Home Nations are competing separately, islanders that do have high athletic skill may choose to compete for any of the Home Nations. There are, however, restrictions on subsequent transfers to represent another Home Nation.

Redevelopment of sports facilities
In 2021, the Government of Jersey published a report Inspiring Active Places Strategy. The strategy will have a total cost of circa £100 million.

The plan proposes the removal of sports facilities from Fort Regent by early 2022, which is "beyond the end of its useful life". The report states it is not the best location for health and fitness facilities for St. Helier residents. By the end of 2021, there will therefore be the need to create temporary or alternative facilities to enable sport relocation from Fort Regent.

Les Quennevais in St. Brelade will be redeveloped in two phases. First will be to provision of a new skate park and a four court netball facility as well as a 3G football pitch. The Jersey indoor netball facility is current at Les Ormes, which is being closed and redeveloped by March 2023. The target date for this phase of development is 2024. By 2032, phase 2 will be complete: the existing sports centre buildings will be demolished and replaced with parking after the construction of a new leisure centre, incorporating an eight lane 25 m swimming pool, an eight court sports hall, a permanent recreational gymnastics facility and a large fitness suite. The site will also be the new home of the Jersey Library Les Quennevais Branch.

A new facility will be constructed at Le Rocquier school to replace the existing school facilities. The target date for this is 2024/25. This will also provide a hub for public sports in the east of the island. It includes a large sports hall, a 3G football pitch, a permanent specialist gymnastics facility and a large fitness suite. There is the potential to provide a new swimming pool.

Part of the plan includes providing a new Island Stadium by 2025/26. This will be partly privately funded. The stadium will serve the Jersey Bulls football club and the Jersey Reds rugby club. It will have capacity for over 2500, of which 1500 will be covered. The facility will also have a large snooker, billiards and darts facility located on site. Springfield, the current football stadium, will be refurbished to provide better public active facilities and a new town community park, with the single stadium pitch replaced with two smaller 5-a-side pitches by 2026/27. However, in the interim, parts of Springfield will be redeveloped to provide more parking.

The plan includes the reprovision of facilities from Fort Regent. By 2030, a new leisure centre will be constructed in the town centre, on the site of the Waterfront centre. The leases on the current Waterfront development terminate in 2027. It will include a large swimming pool, with minimal spectator provision, and  of health and fitness space. This will re-accommodate the Aquasplash facility, which will be demolished, and the current fitness facilities at the Fort. Due to the high-density town centre location, there is the opportunity to construct a three-storey residential site above the facility.

Action sports

There is a skate park located on the New North Quay in St Helier. The equipment has been there since around 2008. It was temporarily closed in 2018 over safety concerns. There is also a skate park at St John's Recreation Centre.

There is currently a debate over where to construct a new skate park on the island. In 2018, the Sports Minister appointed a consultant to find a new site for a modern skate park in St Helier. His preferred location was 'somewhere on the waterfront'. The skate park was allocated funding under the Government Plan. On 26 January 2020, a site at the Les Quennevais sports centre was confirmed as the site for the park, with the aim for the site to be opened by the end of 2020. There was also plans for "additional skate-friendly areas across the island".

On 9 June 2020, it was announced the building on the skate park had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that the project would still go ahead. Jersey BMX Olympian Alex Coleborn said in 2021, 'the Island just needs something better ... we haven't had something that good in years'.

Some plans for the regeneration of Fort Regent included facilities for action sports.

Association football
The Jersey Football Association supervises football in Jersey. The Jersey Football Combination has nine teams in its top division. The Jersey national football team plays in the annual Muratti cup and the bi-annual Island Games competition among others. Jersey Bulls F.C. is the first team from the island to play in the English football league system after they joined the Combined Counties Football League in August 2019.

Graeme Le Saux was the first Jersey footballer to play for England.

Athletics
The Jersey Marathon has been an annual event since 2006.

Jersey hosts an annual around-the-island endurance walk, The Itex-Rotary Walk.  This walk goes anti-clockwise around the coast of Jersey for 48.1 miles and has for a number of years started and finished at the Harbour Terminal in St Helier.  The walk starts at 3 AM and as an example of the difficulty in completing the walk, in 2009 of the 1,308 starters only 779 finished.

The Jersey Spartan Athletics Club was founded in 1978.

Jersey track athlete Colin Campbell represented Great Britain at the 1968 Mexico Olympics and 1972 Munich Olympics. He also competed in the bobsleigh discipline in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.

Cricket
Jersey is an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The Jersey cricket team plays in the Inter-insular match among others. Cricket has seen massive crowd support for twenty-20 representative matches.  The main cricket ground is the Grainville Cricket Ground at Saint Saviour and has hosted international cricket competitions, including hosting Women's One Day Internationals for England Women.

Cycling

Velo Sport Jersey Cycling Club and Caesarean Cycling Club organise cycle sport events. The Jersey Cycling Association Youth Academy promotes youth participation.  Equipe Flamme Rouge concentrates on coaching, mentoring and European Sportive events.

The Rubis International Criterium and Road Race Weekend was formed in 2009 by Velo Sport Jersey Cycling Club. Jersey hosted time trials of the Tour de Bretagne in 2007, and a full leg in 2010.

Golf
There are a number of golf courses, including La Moye Golf Club.

Two golfers from Jersey have won The Open Championship seven times between them, Harry Vardon winning six times and Ted Ray winning once. Harry and Ted also won the U.S. Open one time each and Harry's brother Tom Vardon had some smaller wins on European Tours. Tommy Horton is a long-term Jersey resident.

Gymnastics
There are four gymnastics clubs in Jersey. Jersey Gymnastics Club, Regent Gymnastics Club, De Monde Gymnastics Academy and Jersey Special Gymnastics Club. Jersey Gymnastics Club is the largest, and has a training facility in St. John. Gymnasts regularly compete in the island Games.

Horse racing
For horse racing, Les Landes Race Course can be found at Les Landes in St Ouen next to the ruins of Grosnez Castle.

Motorsports
Jersey also has a small selection of motorsports available. The most well-known of these is hill climbs at Bouley Bay, which hosts both national and international hill climbs. There are a few events which take place on the beach at St Ouen. One of these is sand racing and this takes place throughout the year. Finally there is also a go kart track at the Living Legend, which features electric go karts with speeds of up to 35 mph. Karting events on the island are organised by the Jersey Kart & Motor Club, which has been operational on the island since 1960.

Several former motor racing drivers live in the island. 1992 Formula 1 world champion Nigel Mansell and ex F1 driver Derek Warwick both live there. Warwick is the owner of Honda garages in Jersey, which are named Derek Warwick Honda.

There is also one locally born racing driver: James Walker. Walker took part in British F3 from 2004 to 2006 and raced for Fortec Motorsport in the Renault World Series in 2007–2008, He then switched to P1 Motorsport for 2009. He has also raced in Superleague Formula and the Daytona 24 hours.

Pétanque

There are a number of pétanque pitches around the island, including in central Saint Helier.  Petanque is a boules sport. The Jersey Petanque Association is the governing body.

Rugby union

There are several rugby union clubs in the island including a rugby academy for under 18s and Les Quennevais Rugby Club. The island's main side, Jersey Reds, enjoyed a meteoric rise through the English pyramid beginning in 2005 and culminating in promotion to England's second level, the RFU Championship, for 2012–13. The team survived relegation scares in both of its first two seasons in the Championship, finishing in the final safe spot of 11th in both seasons.

Shooting
Colin Mallett won Jersey's sole Commonwealth Games gold medal in Auckland in 1990 for men's fullbore rifle.

Table tennis

The Jersey Table Tennis Association (Table Tennis Jersey) is the governing body responsible for table tennis in Jersey. The organisation has been affiliated to the ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation) since 1935 and is also affiliated to the European Table Tennis Union, the Commonwealth Games Association of Jersey, the Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation, Island Games Association, Jeux des îles, and the Jersey Sports Council. Table Tennis Jersey has its own purpose built sports hall, the Geoff Reed Table Tennis Centre at FB Fields, which was the venue for table tennis at the 2015 Island Games.

Swimming

Jersey has two public indoor swimming pools; a third is used by schools, clubs and associations. Swimming in the sea, surfing, windsurfing and other marine sports are practised. Jersey Swimming Club have organised an annual swim from Elizabeth Castle to Saint Helier Harbour for over 50 years. A round-island swim is a major challenge which a select number of swimmers have achieved.

Simon Militis has represented Great Britain at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

Triathlon
The Jersey Triathlon Club is amongst the earliest formed in the UK (1985).  With sheltered bays, clear blue seas and golden sandy shores, it makes for an idyllic venue for the sport of Triathlon. Members range from novices right up to Commonwealth Games athletes. A full calendar of Triathlon and, in the winter Duathlon, races are organised by the club which is affiliated to British Triathlon.

The club has a successful junior section (Aztec Jersey Tristars) which boasts a membership of over 100 athletes aged 6 to 16.  In 2015 Jersey was permitted to enter Tristars athletes in British Triathlon's Inter Regional Championships for the first time as a separate 'region' (without being an official region of British Triathlon) as athletes were not eligible for selection by the South Central region which is the region to which Jersey belongs. In 2018 Jersey finished 2nd overall at the Tristars Inter Regional Championships at Mallory Park in Leicester, behind Scotland and above all of the larger English regions.

In the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow professional Jersey triathlete Daniel Halksworth made a name for himself by breaking from the chase pack to complete the cycle section in a clear third position behind Olympic medalists Alastair and Jonny Brownlee, going on to finish in 17th position.  Halksworth is Jersey's most well known triathlete having turned professional after representing Jersey at the 2007 Island Games in Rhodes.  The highlights of his professional career include victories at Ironman UK in 2012 and 2013, twice qualifying for the Hawaii Ironman World Championships (Kona) and a dominant victory in his home Island Games in 2015.

Ollie Turner represented Jersey in Triathlon at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, finishing in 26th position and in the 2022 Games in Birmingham where he finished in 15th.   Ollie was included in the professional triathlete roster of Super League Triathlon having qualified for a 'Golden Ticket' at the Super League Triathlon Jersey 2018.

At the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago Luke Holmes and Siena Stephens became the first Jersey Triathletes to be included in the Jersey team at a Youth games.  Holmes went on to win the gold medal in the individual event with Stephens finishing fifth, and the pair combined in the mixed team relay to bring home a bronze medal for Jersey.   Holmes' gold medal was only the second every gold medal for Jersey following Daniel Halksworth's gold medal in swimming 19 years earlier.

Other sports

Basketball in Jersey is governed by the Jersey Basketball Association. Its teams have been playing in an annual Inter Insular match against Guernsey Basketball since 1970 where each Island takes turn to host.

There are few facilities for extreme sports and youth sports such as skateboarding, BMX, and inline skating. Coastal cliffs provide opportunities for rock climbing.

The Royal Channel Island Yacht Club is based in Jersey.

Champion Tenpin Bowler siblings Robbie Rive and Kris Marie Rive were selected to represent Jersey in the 2013 QubicaAMF World Cup in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

Jersey has a strong touch (rugby) presence with a mixed open team having representing the island at the world cup, European championships and the home nations. Currently Jersey is 4th in Europe. Every year the island competes in an inter-insular with Guernsey.  Most recently, in 2023, jersey won the entire event including the men's,  women's and mixed open games.  In 2016 Jersey hosted the European championship with 1000 competitors from around Europe, and have continued to travel to attend the competition worldwide.

References

See also
Jersey at the Commonwealth Games
 Springfield Stadium
 Sport in the United Kingdom
 Sport in Guernsey
 Sport in Alderney


Uvari is a coastal village in Thisayanvilai Taluk, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is also called Karaichuthu Uvari. The total geographical area of the Uvari is around .

History

According to Tamil history, the citizens of Uvari were called Bharathar's of the Neithal (ocean land) World. Uvari's historical name was Ophir. It was ruled by the Pandyan dynasty. Suyambulingaswamy Temple - a renowned Hindu temple - is located here. This temple is estimated to be at least 500 to 1000 years old.

In the 1530s, Portuguese and Spanish missionaries from Goa which includes Saint Francis Xavier arrived here and converted many Bharathars the Fishermans to the Roman Catholic religion. The Portuguese priests, acting as godfathers,baptized them in the name of Lord and gave them surnames such as Fernando to the converted. Pandya retains a fish on its flag, a symbol of this era.

Legend has it that the crew of a Portuguese ship that sailed near Uvari in the seventeenth century contracted cholera. In an attempt to avert death, a carpenter aboard the ship carved an image of Saint Anthony (Anthony of Padua). Soon after, the entire crew were restored to health. When the ship docked at Uvari, the sailors placed the statue inside a hut in the village. In the 1940s, the villagers built a church with the original statue of St. Anthony holding the infant Jesus in his hand. St Anthony the Saint of Crore Miracles is said to perform many miracles daily for the people who flock there with faith in his intercession, therefore the church was upgraded to a Major shrine. This Church in Uvari is visited by Hindus , Muslims and Christians from all over the world

Geography
Uvari is surrounded by the village Idaiyangudi at North, Navaladi at West , karachithuvari at East and the Bay of Bengal Sea at South. The mean maximum temperature is around  in summer and  in winter, with humidity levels over 65 percent. The rainy season starts between October and January. Uvari is rich in mineral resources like limestone, Ilmenite, and red garnet sands.

Facilities
Two hospitals are located in Uvari.

 St. Joseph Hospital Missionary
 Government Primary Healthcare Hospital

An Canara bank is located in Uvari. (with ATM)

 Post Office (627651) BSNL Telephone Exchange (277 series).

SCHOOLS:-

1 - Malaviya Vidya Kendram School

2 - St.Mary's Boys primary school

3 - St.Joseph Girls school

4 - St.Mary's Higher secondary school

Landmarks

Suyambulingaswamy Temple, a sacred holy hindu temple is located here worshipped by Hindu communities from all around this place and from neighbourhood districts.

Uvari is home to the Roman catholic christians

St. Antony's major Shrine church, a wonderful Catholic church also called as place of  Crore Miracles by pilgrims is dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua. The selva madha church which is also called as Kappal Matha Church, is in the form of a ship carrying an aeroplane which is of an excellent architecture is viewed by so many tourists and pilgrims all around the world , it is also noted as one of best view site of govt of Tamilnadu Tourism .  The original church of St. Mary was damaged by sea erosion and replaced by this one, built in 1974. Uvari features Mainly four Churches and many grottos which are get viewed by more enormous number of tourists and pilgrims all around the Universe.

Transport

Uvari is  from Thoothukudi,  from Tiruchendur,  from Nagercoil,  from Kaniyakumari,  from Tirunelveli,  from Madurai, and  from Rameswaram.

The village has no train service. The nearest railway's stations are located in Tiruchendur,  away, and Kaniyakumari,  away. The nearest airports are Tuticorin Airport,  away and Trivandrum airport which is of 120 km

References

External links

Cities and towns in Tirunelveli district


is a Japanese former football goalkeeper.

Career
Ozawa was born in Namegata on March 17, 1974.

Kashima Antlers
After graduating from high school, he joined Kashima Antlers in 1992. He could hardly play in the match behind Masaaki Furukawa and Yohei Sato. In July 1997, he left the club for spinal disc herniation.

Yokohama Marinos
In October 1998, he joined Yokohama Marinos (later Yokohama F. Marinos). However he could hardly play in the match behind Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi.

Cerezo Osaka (loan)
In 2000, he also played for Cerezo Osaka on loan from March to August.

Tokyo
In 2001, he moved to FC Tokyo. However he could hardly play in the match behind Yoichi Doi.

Kashima Antlers
In 2004, he returned to Antlers for the first time in 7 years. Although he could hardly play in the match behind Hitoshi Sogahata, he played 12 matches in 2006 because Sogahata got hurt.

Sportivo Luqueño
In January 2010, Sportivo Luqueño's president confirmed Ozawa's signing for the 2010 season, and was confirmed that the club's contact made with foreigners was done through Jose Luis Chilavert. When incorporating into the team, Ozawa joined goalkeepers Mario Villasanti and Arístides Florentín. He also joined Cameroon footballer Georges Nouga, Brazilians Eliel Cruz and Emerson Reba, Argentines Federico Cataruozzolo, Héctor Olmedo, Jonathan Germano, Alfredo Cano and Ruben Cecco, Chilean Claudio Chavarria and Colombian Carlos Valencia in the team. On 11 November 2010, Ozawa debuted for Sportivo Luqueño in a 1–1 away draw against Olimpia Asunción, goalkeeping for 90 minutes. On 21 November 2010, Ozawa goalkeeped for a full game in a 3–1 home victory against Tacuary. On 28 November 2010, Ozawa goalkeeped the entire game in a 0–0 away draw against Sport Colombia
 On 5 December 2010, Ozawa appeared in his last game for Sportivo Luqueño in a 1–1 home draw against Sol de América. The games disputed were for the 2010 Torneo Clausura.

Albirex Niigata
In 2011, he returned to Japan and signed with Albirex Niigata in April. From June, he played as regular goalkeeper until end of the season instead Masaaki Higashiguchi who got hurt. He retired end of 2012 season.

Club statistics

References

External links
 Hideaki Ozawa at playmakerstats.com

 The Players Agent Profile

1974 births
Living people
Association football people from Ibaraki Prefecture
Japanese men's footballers
J1 League players
Paraguayan Primera División players
Kashima Antlers players
Yokohama F. Marinos players
Cerezo Osaka players
FC Tokyo players
Sportivo Luqueño players
Albirex Niigata players
Japanese expatriate men's footballers
Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay
Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay
Men's association football goalkeepers


Josh Cordoba (born 29 January 1984) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a  for the Parramatta Eels and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL, Hull F.C. in the Super League and the London Broncos in the Kingstone Press Championship.

Playing career
Cordoba debuted for Parramatta in round 1 of the 2006 NRL season against the Newcastle Knights.  Cordoba played in 14 first grade games in his rookie season, including the final eleven games of the season.

In the 2007 NRL season, Cordoba played nearly every game for Parramatta including the club's preliminary final defeat against Melbourne.

In the 2008 NRL season, Cordoba played 19 games as Parramatta finished a disappointing 11th on the table and missed out on the finals.  In the 2009 NRL season, Cordoba was limited to only 3 games and did not feature in the club's finals campaign or 2009 NRL Grand Final.  Midway through 2009, Cordoba signed a one-year contract to join Hull in the Super League.

In 2010, Cordoba signed for Cronulla-Sutherland.  In his two seasons at Cronulla, the club missed out on the finals.

At the end of the 2012 NRL season, Cordoba announced his retirement.

On 25 July 2014, Championship side London Broncos took Cordoba out of retirement with a two-year contract.

Cordoba holds a Spanish passport and therefore is not subject to the normal visa restrictions on Australian players heading to the UK.

References

External links

NRL profile
 https://web.archive.org/web/20110604203352/http://www.sharks.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=21629&josh-cordoba-signs-with-the-sharks

1984 births
Living people
Australian people of German descent
Australian people of New Zealand descent
Australian people of Spanish descent
Australian rugby league players
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players
Hull F.C. players
London Broncos players
Parramatta Eels players
Rugby league players from Wollongong
Rugby league props


Santa Eulalia del Campo is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2005 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 1,171 inhabitants.

This town is located near Sierra Palomera, a mountain range of the Sistema Ibérico. On January 12, 2021, a minimum temperature of  was registered.

Tourism
The surroundings of the Chapel of the Mill; Sierra Palomera with a view of the former premises of the Sugar Factory; Jiloca; the Media Caseta Mount or Mount Cirogrillos; Railway Station Via Minero Peirón of the Virgen del Pilar - on the road to the Tremedal Orihuela - are some of the tourist attractions.

References

Municipalities in the Province of Teruel


Arthur William Pentelow (14 February 1924 – 6 August 1991) was an English actor who was best known for playing Henry Wilks in Emmerdale Farm, appearing from the first episode in 1972 until 1991.

Early career
Born in Rochdale, Lancashire, Pentelow's love of drama began while he was studying Shakespeare at grammar school, but he started his working life as a cadet clerk in the local police force. He later served in World War II in the Royal Navy and did radar work in Normandy. After peace was declared, Pentelow returned to Rochdale, where he became a student teacher. He started acting as an amateur with the Curtain Theatre Company, before becoming a member of the Bradford Civic Playhouse Theatre School. Between his theatre work he sold ice-cream and delivered laundry. He later went on to work in repertory theatre at the Bristol Old Vic, Guildford and Northampton, before joining the company at Birmingham, where his fellow actors included Derek Jacobi, Rosemary Leach and Albert Finney.

Film and television career
Pentelow appeared in a number of films during his career, these included, Charlie Bubbles, Privilege, and The Peace Game. He also made appearances in popular television programmes, such as, Z-Cars, The Troubleshooters, Emergency - Ward 10 and Hadleigh.

Prior to appearing in the soap opera Emmerdale Farm when it began in 1972, he had already appeared in Coronation Street as an old friend of Hilda Ogden, played by the actress Jean Alexander, as well as a sporting serial called United! as the football supporters' club chairman. Pentelow also appeared in 1969's notorious gangland series for Granada "Big Breadwinner Hog" as the unflappable Detective Inspector Walker, one of the CID team on the trail of the trendy, up-and-coming gangland boss Hogarth of the title.

The character of Henry Wilks in Emmerdale Farm was a retired Bradford wool merchant who became a director of Emmerdale Farm when it became a limited company. He also became a joint-owner of the village public house, the Woolpack.

Personal life
Pentelow was married to Jacqueline, whom he had met when they were both studying acting.  They had two sons - Nicholas and Simon. Their son Nick was one of the saxophone players for glam-rock band Wizzard.

Death
Pentelow died from a heart attack in 1991, at the age of 67, whilst driving from his family home in Birmingham to commence filming Emmerdale back in Bradford and Leeds.His Emmerdale character was killed off in October 1991. He died in the ambulance on the way to hospital.

Filmography

References

External links

1924 births
1991 deaths
English male soap opera actors
Royal Navy personnel of World War II
Actors from Rochdale
20th-century English male actors


A constitutional referendum was held in Ghana on 27 April 1960. The main issue was a change in the country's status from a constitutional monarchy with Elizabeth II as head of state, to a republic with a presidential system of government.

Results

Aftermath
Presidential elections were held alongside the referendum, which were won by the incumbent Prime Minister, Kwame Nkrumah. He was inaugurated on 1 July 1960, replacing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state, and thus eliminating the post of Governor-General.

Four years later, another referendum strengthened the president's powers and turned the country into a one-party state (with an official result of 99.91% in support).

1960 referendums
1960 in Ghana
Referendums in Ghana
Ghana
Constitutional referendums
Monarchy referendums
Election and referendum articles with incomplete results


Joven Clarke is an Australian former rugby league footballer. He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition, primarily playing on the . He was one of the fastest players in rugby league in 2002.

Background
While attending Westfields Sports High School, Clarke played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2000.
Clarke is of Filipino descent.

Playing career
Clarke played eight games for South Sydney between 2002 and 2006 and scoring 4 tries. He was an ex 100m sprinter with a best time of 9.89s.

Clarke was eligible for and selected in the national rugby union team for The Philippines "The Volcanos" playing two tests in the 5 Nations Asian Cup played in Korea in 2011.
He was also a member of the Australian Army team, they played a curtain raiser to the Australian/New Zealand test in 2011 at Skilled Stadium on the Gold Coast. Australian Army V Australian Navy

He was eligible for the Tomahawks, the United States national rugby league team, but was never selected. As an Australian, Clarke was eligible to represent for Australia but was never selected to play.

Footnotes

External links
Joven Clarke at NRL Stats
American National Rugby League

1983 births
Australian rugby league players
Australian people of American descent
Australian people of Filipino descent
Sportspeople of Filipino descent
South Sydney Rabbitohs players
Rugby league wingers
Living people
Rugby league players from Sydney


Seno is a municipality located in the Bajo Aragon area, close to Maestrazgo in province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain, at an altitude of 792 m. According to the 2018 census the municipality has a population of 39 inhabitants.

Seno has an interesting Church (s. XVIII) dedicated to St. Helen, and a fountain with an ermitage devoted to St Valero, where tradition says this bishop passed by when he was thirsty and created this source of water by praying to God and hitting the ground with his staff.

Geography
The houses in this locality are crowded around the church of Santa Elena (Saint Helena), building of masonry of century XVIII and slender tower Mudejar, constructed by popular subscription. The paintings on the main altar, with the 8 women of the Old Testament and Saint Helena, as well as the dome of the Holy Spirit, damaged during the Spanish Civil War, are noteworthy inside. In the same square of the Church is the town hall, building completed in 1785, with a ratchet in the bottom where the ball-hand sport is practiced.

At a distance from the town, there is the hermitage of San Valero, patron of the town, which was also raised in the 18th century, next to the spring of the same name, which is attributed certain curative properties, and which springs from the ground to the same temperature (15 °C) throughout the year. The tradition that this bishop of Zaragoza of the s. IV passed the way of his exile by this valley, and when not finding water, it struck with his staff in this point, creating the source to which it gives name to him.

There are in this town several important water springs (up to 12) which also supplies the region, and which make possible the existence of crops and a rich orchard (peaches, almonds, olive trees). In the surrounding mountains there is an abundant colony of birds of prey (griffon vultures), and another of Hispanic goats.

At some distance from the village and to the north, about 300 meters, is the neighborhood of Paris, now almost uninhabited.

History
The origins of Seno are very remote. The first remains found in the vicinity of the town come from the Neolithic, the Bronze Age or the Iron Age (e.g. the iron ore mine of Valdestrada, s.V. de C.). In its municipal term there are also Iberian remains (e.g. Vallipón, Iberian village destroyed by Roman legions) or of Muslim and Templar fortifications (e.g. near the Fuente del Salz).

The first time that the existence of the locality is documented is in the letter of population of Camarón (1194). During the 12th and 13th centuries it appears in different documents Templar and sanjuanistas like "castellar". Therefore, it is very likely that the first construction located where today is the Villa de Seno was a defense tower, probably Templar, as several existing in the area. Templar signs are present throughout the area, with their symbols, forts, fortifications, hermitages, crosses, etc. Not to forget, in addition, the nearby fortress of Castellote ("Castellot"), site of the Templar encomienda of the area, land ceded to the order of the Temple by King Alfonso II in 1196.

In the S. After several clashes with the nearby town of Castellote, King of Spain Charles II signed a privilege of segregation, although this separation did not take effect until July 23, 1789, when Charles IV definitively separated Castellote giving it the character of "Villa"to the town of Seno.

The parish church, dedicated to Saint Helena, is a magnificent baroque work carried out under the direction of the master of works Juan España, between 1763 and 1771, on the site of the old Church of the Holy Cross (1650). As the inscription on its cover reads, "Charitas me fecit", built by popular subscription. They are remarkable the spectacular paintings of the Presbytery, and the bell, of century XVIII, practically unique in Lower Aragon (the majority were broken during the Civil War by the anarchist columns).

During the Spanish civil war (1936–39), Seno was not bombed, unlike the majority of populations of the zone, reason why its population did not suffer directly the rigors of the war. The Church was converted into a store of the collectivity by the antifascist committee and much of its contents burned, saving, as has been said, the main bell of the tower. In 1938 a republican redoubt was established in the "cabezo" on the town to more than 1,000 msnm of altitude, in which numerous trenches and fortifications were constructed. On March 25 of this year, in the context of the third phase of the Battle of Aragon in which Franco divided Republican Spain into two with his troops reaching Vinaròs, the 83 division commanded by General Martín Alonso occupied the town of Seno, definitively expelling to the government troops of his redoubt in the mountain.

On February 1, 2009, Seno received the visit of the Bishop of the Diocese of Teruel and Albarracín, for the blessing of the restored Parish Church of Santa Elena, carried out thanks to the donations of the faithful of Seno, the General Council Of Aragon and the Town Hall of the Villa de Seno.

In 2016 opened the new bar "El Horno", receiving for this the visit of politicians and media. That same year the night illumination of the tower of the Church was also inaugurated.

Festivities and events
The patron saint festivities are celebrated in honor of St. Valero (January 29), patron of Seno, the last weekend of January, and in honor of St. Helena, to whom the parish church is dedicated, and San Roque, 14th, August 15 and 16.

During the year, the "Senerico Sports Club" organizes two events in which the whole town participates:
 The BTT Senerica, a classic already on the calendar, with two routes (short, long), both hard and demanding. At the end of July.
 The hiker route, in early October, with two routes also (short and long), which ends with a meal of brotherhood.

Demography
In a century, it has lost almost 90% of its population, according to the INE (Spain Institute of Statistics). The evolution of the population can be seen in the following table, which shows the enormous impact of emigration to industrial zones (Zaragoza, Valencia and Barcelona) in the 1960s and 1970s:

See also
List of municipalities in Teruel

References

External links

 Seno - Cerespain
 Seno en la "Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa"
 Seno - Comarca del Bajo Aragón
 Bendición de la Restaurada Iglesia de Santa Elena
 La restaurada campana de la Iglesia de Seno repicando de nuevo

Municipalities in the Province of Teruel
Maestrazgo


The Wiz is the original motion picture soundtrack album for the 1978 film adaptation of the Broadway musical The Wiz. Although the film was produced for Universal Pictures by Motown Records' film division, the soundtrack album was issued on MCA Records as a two-LP collection (Universal was owned by MCA Inc. at the time). Chiefly produced by Quincy Jones, The Wiz soundtrack features non-sync (does not lock to picture) cast performances by the stars of the film, including Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter, and Lena Horne.

Like many musicals of the period, the performances in the soundtrack album are not those used directly in the film, but pre/re-recorded by the same artists at an earlier and/or later date. Several differences are noted, including a missing line by Michael Jackson and a scat section by Nipsey Russell being dropped from the soundtrack version of "A Brand New Day", among others. The song "Is This What Feeling Gets?" was not used in the film's final cut, though the tune is used throughout the film.

The track selection was made up of both songs from the original 1975 Broadway musical by Charlie Smalls and Luther Vandross, as well as new songs written for the film by Jones, Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, and Anthony Jackson. This soundtrack marks Jones' first collaboration with Michael Jackson; Jones went on to produce Jackson's hit solo albums Off the Wall, Thriller, and Bad.

The soundtrack, with its hit single "Ease on Down the Road", was more successful than the film itself, which was a commercial and critical failure. It was certified Gold in the United States by the RIAA. It also did well in some European territories like the Netherlands, where "A Brand New Day" was a surprise number-one hit. In 2009, Ross ended each of two sold-out performances at the 34,000-seat Geldredome Stadium (in Arnhem, Netherlands) with a finale of "A Brand New Day". The soundtrack also sold well in Australia.

Track listing
All songs written by Charlie Smalls, unless otherwise noted.

Original vinyl listing
All songs written by Charlie Smalls, unless otherwise noted.

Record one, side one
"Main Title (Overture, Part One)" (instrumental)
"Overture (Part Two)" (instrumental)
"The Feeling That We Have" - Theresa Merritt and The Wiz Choir
"Can I Go On?" (Quincy Jones, Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson) - Diana Ross
"Glinda's Theme" (instrumental)
"He's the Wizard" - Thelma Carpenter and The Wiz Choir
"Soon as I Get Home"/"Home" - Diana Ross

Record one, side two
"You Can't Win" - Michael Jackson
"Ease on Down the Road #1" - Diana Ross and Michael Jackson
"What Would I Do If I Could Feel?" - Nipsey Russell
"Slide Some Oil to Me" - Nipsey Russell
"Ease on Down the Road #2" - Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, and Nipsey Russell
"I'm a Mean Ole Lion" - Ted Ross
"Ease on Down the Road #3" - Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, and Ted Ross
"Poppy Girls" - (Anthony Jackson) (instrumental)

Record two, side one
"Be a Lion" - Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, and Ted Ross
"End of the Yellow Brick Road" (instrumental)
"Emerald City Sequence" (music: Jones, lyrics: Smalls) - The Wiz Choir
"So You Wanted to See the Wizard" - Richard Pryor (spoken dialogue)
"Is This What Feeling Gets? (Dorothy's Theme)" (music: Jones, lyrics: Ashford & Simpson) - Diana Ross

Record two, side two
"Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News" - Mabel King and Chorus
"A Brand New Day" (Luther Vandross) - Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, and The Wiz Choir
"Believe in Yourself (Dorothy)" - Diana Ross
"The Good Witch Glinda" (instrumental)
"Believe in Yourself (Reprise)" - Lena Horne
"Home" - Diana Ross

Charts

Certifications

See also
 Diana Ross Sings Songs from The Wiz, a 2015 reissue

References

Musical film soundtracks
Quincy Jones soundtracks
1978 soundtrack albums
Motown soundtracks
MCA Records soundtracks
Michael Jackson albums
Diana Ross soundtracks
Albums produced by Quincy Jones