Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (abbreviated as WW2BAM, informally called as Milyonaryo) was a Philippine game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The main goal of the game is to win 2 million Philippine pesos (earlier 1 million) by answering 12 multiple-choice (previously 15) questions correctly. If an incorrect answer is given, the contestant will leave with the guaranteed amount in the last safe haven they have correctly answered. However, a contestant may opt not to answer a question and walk away with their full winnings. Contestants are given various "lifelines" to help them answer the questions.

The show first aired from November 13, 2000 until December 14, 2002, on the government-sequestered channel IBC. It was produced by Viva Television and hosted by actor Christopher de Leon. This incarnation of the show ran until December 14, 2002.

On May 23, 2009, the game show was revived by TV5, with actor-host-comedian Vic Sotto as the new host. The show ran until November 22, 2015.

History

2000–2002: Viva/IBC Version
The first version of the show was hosted by the actor Christopher de Leon. The first season of the original Millionaire, which began on November 13, 2000, had its 15th question prize of ₱1,000,000. In 2001, the final question's prize was doubled to ₱2,000,000.

The show lost its popularity soon after its studio, the Viva Television Studio in Parañaque, was destroyed by a fire due to faulty wiring on April 4, 2002, and the show moved to Riverbanks Center in Marikina. The final episode of this incarnation aired on December 14, 2002.

The show was featured in the 2002 film Mahal Kita, Final Answer, produced by Viva Films, with de Leon on a cameo role.

2009–2015: TV5 Version

In April 2009, promotional videos and content about the comeback of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? started airing on TV5. Vic Sotto was announced as the host of the show.

The revival began airing on May 23, 2009. Following the network move, the show was taped in a new set at the TV5 Complex in Novaliches, Quezon City and used the updated graphics, title sequence, and music from the 22nd series of the original UK version. It premiered as a celebrity special, featuring 10 celebrities as contestants in the Fastest Finger First—Ara Mina, Mo Twister, Manilyn Reynes, Polo Ravales, Megan Young, Jay Manalo, Nadia Montenegro, Rafael Rosell, Gladys Reyes, and Assunta De Rossi.

The Fastest Finger Finger round which determined the contestant who be playing was removed in favor of auditioning through text entry and mall shows starting season 6. Producers now have a predetermined list of contestants from the auditions.

This incarnation of the show featured different money tree and lifeline formats. The last episode was aired on November 22, 2015.

Top prize winners
Throughout the original run on IBC, no contestant completed the game by answering all fifteen questions correctly. There were two contestants who came the closest—De La Salle University associate professor Amelita Lopez-Forbes, and actress Sharon Cuneta on December 25—who each answered 14 questions correctly and won a million pesos in 2001.

In the TV5 incarnation, there were 3 contestants who have won the top prize.

Sharon Cuneta (January 9, 2010)

Sharon Cuneta had previously played in the IBC version of Millionaire and walked away at question 15 with ₱1,000,000, splitting her winnings equally in thirds—for the San Lorenzo Ruiz Formation and Learning Center, for the Chosen Children Foundation, and for the sick daughter of her colleague.

On January 9, 2010, three days after her birthday, Cuneta once again played on the show and won ₱2,000,000, making her the first top prize winner in the Philippine franchise's history. All of the money she won was donated to the Hospicio de San Jose. Coincidentally, the 13th question in her game was about the name of the island where the orphanage is located, Isla de Convalecencia. The final question was about William Shakespeare's work, Macbeth.

Karl Jonathan Aguilar (September 18, 2011)

On September 18, 2011, the Philippine version gained its second top prize winner: IT specialist Karl Jonathan Aguilar. The final question was about the name of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. He did not use his lifelines up to the 13th question worth ₱600,000. When his last lifeline, Phone-A-Friend, was used during the final question; his friend suggested one of the wrong answers.

Eduardo Gaeilo Pajinag, Jr. (October 20, 2013)

The third top-prize winner was IT auditor Eduardo "Gaeilo" Pajinag, Jr. on October 20, 2013. He said that he auditioned seven times unsuccessfully before being accepted. He was the first winner of the new money tree, the High-Risk money tree. The final question was about Jabberwocky, the nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll. The other options were synonyms of "nonsense". After considering where the dance group Jabbawockeez got their name, he answered correctly to win the ₱2 million peso top-prize.

Format

Game rules

The 10 contestants who have passed the auditions play in the preliminary round called "Fastest Finger First". Contestants must arrange the four answers in the correct order stated within the question (i.e. alphabetically, chronologically). The contestant who answers the question correctly and in the fastest time plays the main game. In the event that nobody answered the question correctly, a new question is asked. If two or more contestants gave the correct order at the same time, there is a tiebreaker question between the contestants to determine who advances to the main game.

After completing Fastest Finger First, the contestant begins the main game where he/she must answer a series of increasingly difficult questions. The questions are valued at progressively higher sums of money, up to the top prize of ₱2,000,000 (₱1,000,000 in 2000). The 15 questions are randomly chosen by the computer from a list of pre-generated questions based on general knowledge. For each question, there are four options labelled from A to D. During the game, contestants are given three lifelines to help them with a question at any time. There are two safe havens at questions 5 and 10. If a contestant answers a question incorrectly but has passed a safe haven, they leave with the safe haven amount. If a contestant is unsure about a question, they may walk away and leave with the amount they have already banked. To confirm that their answer is final, the host asks "Is that your final answer?". Upon saying "final answer" together with the selected option, their answer is deemed final and cannot be changed. The host is not shown the correct answer on his monitor until a contestant has said "final answer". If the episode has reached the end of its allotted time, a klaxon is cued to highlight this. Contestants who are still playing the main game would return in the next episode to continue their game.

Over the course of the show's run, the format of Millionaire was changed in a number of aspects, mainly relating to the setup of questions and the payout structure used in the game, along with minor tweaks and changes in other aspects:
 In 2000, contestants had to answer fifteen questions, with two safe havens at ₱10,000 and ₱100,000, and could use the 50:50, Phone-A-Friend and Ask the Audience lifelines at any time within the game.
 The following year, the ₱400,000 question was removed. ₱500,000 and ₱1,000,000 became the 13th and 14th question values, respectively. The top prize was increased to ₱2,000,000.
 The TV5 version launched with a new money tree with modified cash values, but still with a top prize of ₱2,000,000. The safe havens were ₱20,000 and ₱150,000. The same 3 lifelines were offered.
 In the 6th season, the Ask the Audience was replaced with People Speak. Switch was also introduced as a fourth lifeline in the 6th season. It was available only after passing the second safe haven. Additionally, the Fastest Finger Finger round was removed in favor of auditioning through text entry and mall shows. Producers now have a predetermined list of contestants from the auditions.
 In the 10th season, Phone-A-Friend was removed. Instead, Switch was available from the beginning of the game. A new format was also introduced where the contestant may choose between the Classic and High Risk money tree. In the High Risk money tree, the second safe haven at ₱150,000 was removed, but a fourth lifeline, Double Dip, was added and could be used at any point within the game.
 In the 14th season, the questions were reduced from 15 to 12. Unlike its British counterpart, the first three questions were simply removed. The money trees were identified as Money Trees 1 and 2, where 1 is the Classic format and 2 is the High Risk format. The lifelines available were Phone-A-Friend, Switch and Double Dip. 50:50 was added as a fourth lifeline in High Risk format. Also, the three pre-arranged friends were displayed onscreen.

Lifelines
Contestants are given a set of lifelines to help them in the game. Lifelines may be used once only.
 50:50: The computer removes two random incorrect answers, leaving the correct answer and one incorrect answer.
 Phone-A-Friend (2000–2002; 2009–2012; 2015): The contestant calls one of their friends from their predetermined list. They are given 30 seconds to discuss the question.
 Ask the Audience (2000–2002; 2009–2010): The members of the audience are polled using a keypad with buttons labelled from A to D. They press the button corresponding to the answer they think is the correct one. The percentage of the answers are shown onscreen and on the monitors.
 People Speak (2011–2015): Members of the audience who think that they know the answer are instructed to stand up. The contestant selects three people to be asked for their answer. A ₱20,000 cash prize is split equally to the selected people who have answered correctly.
 Switch (2011–2015): The computer picks a new question of the same value. Any lifelines used on the original question are not reinstated. This lifeline was initially available after question 11. It was made available from the beginning of the game in the succeeding seasons as a replacement for Phone-A-Friend.
 Double Dip (2013–2015): The contestant is given two chances to answer a question. If the first answer is incorrect, they cannot walk away and must give a second answer.

The set of lifelines used per season is tabulated below.

Season overview

Main series

Specials

Who Deserves to Be a Millionaire?
For four episodes starting from December 12, 2009, to January 2, 2010, a special charity edition of the show was held called Who Deserves to Be a Millionaire?. Each episode comprised one celebrity and a representative from his/her chosen charity playing as a team. Rules stayed the same. The special charity edition returned on December 4, 2011, and lasted until December 25, 2011. Four celebrities have played for their chosen charity.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Ikaw Na Yun!
In September 2013, a week before the premiere of the tenth season, a special was aired featuring the history of the show and its international variants. Past contestants were interviewed regarding their experience on the hotseat. Several clips of the show were also shown.

See also
 List of programs aired by 5 (TV channel)
 List of programs previously broadcast by Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation

Notes

References

External links
 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire page from TV5 website

2000 Philippine television series debuts
2002 Philippine television series endings
2009 Philippine television series debuts
2015 Philippine television series endings
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation original programming
Philippine game shows
Philippine television series based on British television series
TV5 (Philippine TV network) original programming
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Television series by Viva Television
Filipino-language television shows


The Hotel Barrière Le Normandy Deauville is a grand hotel of the Groupe Lucien Barrière in Deauville, Normandy. It was built as the Hôtel Normandy in 1912.

History

The Hôtel Normandy was opened in 1912 by architect Théo Petit, following the opening of the nearby Casino of Deauville. Both were opened by Eugène Cornuché, the former owner of Maxim's restaurant in Paris and director of the Trouville-sur-Mer casino. In the next year, he opened  the Royal Barrière Hotel in Deauville. Later, his partner, François André, took over management of the hotel. In 1927, he built the Hôtel du Golf. In 1962, the Groupe Lucien Barrière was founded. The hotel is considered the flagship hotel of  Groupe Barrière.

One year after its opening, funded by her English lover Boy Capel, Coco Chanel set up her Chanel hat shop within the hotel grounds.

Hotel

Hotel Barrière Le Normandy Deauville is a palace hotel built in a traditional regional architecture of manor style— Anglo-Norman cottage with half-timbered and checkered stones. It has 226 rooms and 45 suites, decorated by interior designer Jacques Garcia and inspired by the Belle Époque style. Most of the rooms have a view of the sea. Nineteen lounges host conferences, receptions, cocktails, and gala evenings. The suite "A Man and a Woman" is kept in memory and tribute to the love scene from Claude Lelouch's 1966 film A Man and a Woman. The main restaurant is La Belle époque. The hotel also features a piano bar offering a menu of more than one hundred varieties of whiskey, a fitness center, a spa, and a children's club. It has an inside corridor that directly leads to the Casino of Deauville.

The hotel was renovated in 2015–2016.

TV and Films

The hotel was used as a filming location for several TV shows and films, such in 1996, when it was used as the location for Agatha Christie's Poirot in the episode The Murder on the Links. The episode is adapted from a novel with the same name that was published in 1923. The events originally take place in a fictional town called Merlinville-sur-Mer in northern France in the 1920s, however, in the adaptation, the events take place in Deauville a decade later. The 2013 romantic comedy film Hôtel Normandy is named after the hotel, with its main character, Alice, staying at the hotel. A scene in Claude Lelouch's Palme d'Or-winner A Man and a Woman was shot in the hotel, starring Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant.

References

External links

Hotel Normandy (official site of the Lucien Barriere Hotel Chain)

Deauville
Hotels in France
Buildings and structures in Calvados (department)
Tourist attractions in Calvados (department)
Hotel buildings completed in 1912
1912 establishments in France
Hotels established in 1912


(; ) is a 1917 silent black and white Indian film based on Hindu mythology, directed by Rustomji Dhotiwala. It was produced by J. F. Madan's Elphinstone Bioscope. Credited as the first remake in Indian cinema, the film is a remake of the first Indian feature film, Raja Harishchandra (1913) and was also inspired by an Urdu language drama, Harishchandra. The film is based on the mythological story of a Hindu King Harishchandra, the 36th king of the Solar Dynasty, who donated his entire kingdom and sold himself and his family to keep the promise given to the sage Vishvamitra in the dream. It is also the first feature film made in Calcutta. The intertitles used in the film were in Bengali language as the film was a silent film. The film was released on 24 March 1917 at New Tent Maidan, Calcutta.

Plot

The Hindu sage Vishwamitra approaches king Harishchandra and informs him of a promise made by the king during the sage's dream to donate his entire kingdom. Being virtuous, Harishchandra immediately donates his entire kingdom to the sage and walks away with his wife Saibya and son Rohitashwa. As the entire world came to the control of the sage, after Harishchandra donated his kingdom, the king had to go to Varanasi, a holy town dedicated to Lord Shiva which was the only place outside the influence of the sage. As a part of donation, the sage claims an additional amount as "Dakshina" (honorarium) to be paid to complete the act of donation. As Harishchandra does not have anything left for himself, he sells his wife and son to a Brahmin family to pay for the Dakshina. However, the money collected was not sufficient enough for sage and then Harishchandra sells himself to the guard at the cremation ground.

While working as a servant for a Brahmin family, Harishchandra's son gets bitten by a snake while plucking the flowers for his master's prayer, he then dies. Taramati takes his body to the cremation grounds where Harishchandra is working. She does not have sufficient money to pay to perform the rites and Harishchandra does not recognize his wife and son. He advises Taramati to sell off her Mangalsutra, a symbolism of marriage in India, to pay the amount for cremation. Having been granted the boon that only her husband can see her mangalsutra, Taramati recognizes Harishchandra and makes him aware of the happenings. Dutiful Harishchandra requests Taramati to pay the amount to finish the cremation and declines to accept mangalsutra as amount. Taramati then offers her only possession, a saree – her lone dress, a part of which was used to cover the dead body of her son.

Harishchandra accepts the offering but before he could start the cremation, the lord Vishnu (the supreme God in Hinduism), Indra (the lord of heaven in Hinduism) and several Hindu deities along with the sage Vishwamitra manifests themselves and praises Harishchandra for his perseverance and steadfastness. They bring Harishchandra's son back to life. They also offers the king and his wife, instant places in heaven. Harishchandra refuses it stating that he is still bound to his master, the guard at the cremation ground. The sage Vishwamitra then reveals that the guard is Yama (the god of death in Hinduism) and Yama allows Harishchandra to accept the offer from Vishwamitra.

Being Kshatriya (the ruling and military elite of the Vedic-Hindu social system) Harishchandra still declines the offer saying that he cannot leave behind his subjects and requests heaven for all of them. The gods declines his offer to which Harishchandra suggests to pass on all his good virtues to his people so that they can rightfully accompany him to heaven. Pleased with Harishchandra, gods accepts his offer and offers heavenly abode to the king, the queen and all their subjects.

Production

After the release of first Indian feature film Raja Harishchandra by Dadasaheb Phalke in 1913, no other production attempts were made in Indian cinema for the next four years. Phalke, however, made several short films and documentaries like Scenes of the River Godavari and Ahmadabad Congress, and also the feature film Mohini Bhasmasur in 1913 and Satyavan Savitri in 1914. J. F. Madan, who had formed two production companies in the beginning of the 1900s, decided to make a film. His first company, Elphinstone Bioscope, was a leading producer and distributor of foreign films in permanent and travelling cinema in India, whereas his second company, Madan Theaters Limited, was mainly involved in exhibition, distribution and production of Indian films during the silent era of film industry. Madan Theaters Limited eventually became India's largest film production-distribution-exhibition company and was also a noted importer of American films after World War I.

The film was inspired by an Urdu language drama, Harishchandra (written by Narain Prasad Betab). It was advertised as a "Photographed Play" with male lead Hormusji Tantra as "the 'Irving' of the Indian stage" and female lead Savaria, as "the most beautiful and emotional [sic] star". The film also starred Italian artists Signor and Signora Manelli. Other members of the film were recruited from Baliwala Victoria Theatrical Company, a Parsi theater company based in Mumbai. The film was released on 24 March 1917 at New Tent Maidan, Calcutta. The film's running time was two hours. It was the longest Indian feature film made till 1931. The film had 5 reels having length of 7000 feet and was a 35 mm film. Pt. Nityabodha Bidyaratna wrote the screen play. The film was produced by J. F. Madan's Elphinstone Bioscope and was distributed by his another company, Madan Theaters Limited.

References

Notes
 The 'Irving' refers to British stage actor Henry Irving.

Bibliography

External links

1917 films
1910s Bengali-language films
Indian black-and-white films
Indian silent films
Films about Raja Harishchandra
Bengali remakes of Marathi films


Charles Henri Nicod (28 January 1878, Levier, Doubs - December 1967) was a French architect active in the period between the two World Wars.  He was the winner of the Prix de Rome in 1907.  His works include the Hotel Majestic in Cannes. His wife was Marie Leclère (1893-1978).

1878 births
1967 deaths
People from Doubs
20th-century French architects
École des Beaux-Arts alumni
Prix de Rome for architecture
Officers of the Legion of Honour


Gökhan Keskin (born 31 March 1966 in Istanbul) is a retired Turkish professional footballer. He played for Beşiktaş and İstanbulspor.

Club career
Keskin spent seventeen seasons in the Süper Lig with Beşiktaş and İstanbulspor

International career
Keskin made 41 appearances for the full Turkey national football team.

Individual
Beşiktaş J.K. Squads of Century (Golden Team)

References

External links

1966 births
Living people
Turkish men's footballers
Turkey men's international footballers
Beşiktaş J.K. footballers
İstanbulspor footballers
Men's association football defenders
Footballers from Istanbul


Eleven to Fly is the third studio album by English electronic music duo Tin Tin Out. It was released on 15 November 1999 by Virgin Records and VC Recordings.

Singles
The album includes four singles which reached the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart: a cover of The Sundays' "Here's Where the Story Ends", featuring vocals by Shelley Nelson, peaked at number seven in early 1998, "Sometimes", also featuring Nelson on vocals, reached number 20 in the same year (on the album as an acoustic version), the title track "Eleven to Fly", with vocals by Wendy Page, reached number 26 a year later in 1999, and a cover of Edie Brickell & New Bohemians' "What I Am", featuring Emma Bunton from the Spice Girls, reached number two towards the end of 1999.

Track listing

Charts

References

1999 albums
Virgin Records albums


SM U-17 or U-XVII was a  or U-boat of the Austro-Hungarian Navy ( or ) during World War I. U-17 was laid down in Germany in April 1915 and shipped in sections by rail to Pola in August, where she was assembled. She was delivered to the Austro-Hungarian Navy at the end of September and commissioned in October 1915.

U-17 primarily operated from Cattaro, patrolling off the Italian and Albanian coasts. The submarine had several opportunities to sink merchant ships and warships throughout the war, but could only sink one unidentified sailing vessel in January 1916 and one Italian destroyer in July 1916 as part of an effort to disrupt the Otranto Barrage. At the end of the war, U-17 was undergoing repairs at Pola. She was handed over to Italy as a war reparation and scrapped in 1920.

Design and construction
U-17 was a small, coastal submarine that displaced  surfaced and  submerged. She featured a single shaft, a single  Daimler diesel engine for surface running, and a single  electric motor for submerged travel. U-17 was capable of up to  while surfaced and  while submerged at a diving depth of up to . She was designed for a crew of 17 officers and men.

U-17 was equipped with two  torpedo tubes located in the front and carried a complement of two torpedoes. In October 1916, U-17s armament was supplemented with a 37 mm/23 (1.5 in) quick-firing (QF) gun. This gun was replaced by a /33 QF gun in November 1917.

U-17 was ordered by the Austro-Hungarian Navy on 1 April 1915 and laid down at AG Weser in Bremen later that month. When completed, the submarine was broken down into sections, loaded onto railcars, and shipped to the Austro-Hungarian Navy's main base at Pola on 30 August. After completing the four-day journey, the sections were riveted together. Though there is no specific mention of how long it took for U-17s sections to be assembled, a sister boat, the German Type UB I submarine UB-3, shipped to Pola from Germany in mid-April 1915, was assembled in about two weeks. U-17 was delivered to the Austro-Hungarian Navy on 30 September.

Operational history
SM U-17 was commissioned into the Austro-Hungarian Navy on 6 October under the command of Linienschiffsleutnant Franz Skopinic. The boat patrolled the Italian coast out of Pola for most of the next two months, interrupted by engine repairs in mid November. On 9 December, Skopinic was succeeded as U-17s commanding officer by Linienschiffsleutnant Zdenko Hudecek.

By the end of December, U-17 was operating from Cattaro and patrolling off the Albanian and Montenegrin coasts. Hudecek and U-17 made two unsuccessful attacks on enemy destroyers in January. On 23 February, Hudecek attempted an attack on a cargo ship off Durazzo, but was discovered and depth charged. Two days later the submarine put into Cattaro to replace a broken gyrocompass with a new magnetic compass.
In mid-March, U-17 shifted to patrol off the Italian coast once again and was attacked by air on 15 March off Brindisi. The Italian patrols continued until late May, when U-17 was sent to patrol in the Ionian Sea. Duty in the Straits of Otranto followed in June, as part of the plan to disrupt the Otranto Barrage. On 12 June, the submarine attempted an attack on an Italian ; the torpedo boat survived and repaid U-17 by dropping several depth charges nearby. On 10 July, U-17 torpedoed and sank the  Italian destroyer , The Italian ship had been guarding drifters, small fishing vessels with anti-submarine nets stretched between them as part of the Otranto Barrage. Impetuoso was the only ship sunk by U-17. The U-boat continued patrols in the Adriatic throughout the remainder of 1916. U-17 was depth charged by a destroyer off Fano on 14 September. Two days later, a failed attack on a steamer resulted in another depth charging of U-17, this time by an Orfeo-class torpedo boat. In early October, an air attack by two airplanes damaged U-17.

The year 1917 was uneventful for U-17. The submarine resumed patrols off Albania in January. In May, the U-boat had to crash dive near Valona when a bomber appeared overhead and dropped its payload. A foray to Bari in July provided another opportunity to attack a steamer, but the torpedoes missed their mark. On 16 August, U-17, by now under the command of Linienschiffsleutnant Hermann Rigele, attempted a torpedo attack on a cargo ship off Saseno. At the end of October, U-17 escaped damage from a torpedo attack by an enemy submarine near Cape Menders, Albania. A month later, the submarine was once again attacked by air, surviving two bombs dropped from a single airplane.

In the first part of June 1918, U-17 patrolled off the coast of Italy, but had returned to Cattaro on 12 June. Two weeks later, the boat set out for Pola to undergo repairs. At the end of the war, the ship's repairs remained unfinished. U-17, at Pola with six other Austro-Hungarian submarines, was ceded to Italy as a war reparation. U-17 was broken up at Pola by the Italians in 1920.

Summary of raiding history

Notes

References

Bibliography

U-10-class submarines
Ships built in Bremen (state)
Ships built in Pola
1915 ships
World War I submarines of Austria-Hungary


The JW Marriott Cannes is a five star hotel on the Croisette in Cannes. It was built in 1992 as the Noga Hilton by hotel magnate Nessim Gaon, and was renamed the Palais Stéphanie in 2007 when it passed from Hilton to Accor. It was renamed again in 2011, becoming a JW Marriott. It is located between the Carlton, Le Martinez and Le Majestic. In 1993, Steelman Partners designed the casino located in the hotel. The casino was known as Casino Riviera.

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Buildings and structures in Cannes
Hotels in Cannes
Cannes
Hotels established in 1992
Hotel buildings completed in 1992


Aditya may refer to:

 Aditya (name)
 Ādityas, a group of Hindu deities
 Aditya (spacecraft), an Indian solar research spacecraft
 ADITYA (tokamak), a tokamak fusion experiment
 Aditya (boat), solar-powered ferry
 Aditya (actor) (born 1978), Indian film producer and actor
 An alternative name for Surya, the Sun in later Hinduism.

See also


The Hôtel Martinez is an art deco hotel on the Promenade de la Croisette in Cannes. It was opened on 20 February 1929 by Emmanuel Michele Martinez, son of Baron Giovanni Martinez and Giuseppa Labiso Costanza, members of a noble Italian family of Spanish origins from Palermo. Karan Singh the crown prince of Jammu and Kashmir was born there in 1931.

History
In 1927, Emmanuel Michele Martinez, a manager of hotels in London and Paris and the director of the Cannes Luxury Hotel Association, decided to build his own hotel on the Côte d'Azur. Using the connections his family had with nobility, Martinez bought the "Villa Marie-Therese" on September 22, 1927, from Alfonso XII. The Hotel Martinez opened in 1929.

Karan Singh the crown prince of Jammu and Kashmir, and later a high ranking minister in the Government of India, was born at Suite 318-319-320 at the Martinez when his father Maharaja Hari Singh was holidaying there on March 9, 1931, and had reserved the entire third floor for the occasion.

During World War II, the hotel was occupied successively by the French Army, the Italian Army, the Commission d'armistice, the German Army, and (after Victory in Europe Day) by the US Air Force.

In 1981, the hotel was sold to the Concorde Hotels & Resorts Group (belonging to the Taittinger Group).

In 2005, four hotels including Hotel Martinez were sold to Starwood Capital Group.

The hotel was sold in 2012 and joined the Hyatt Group on April 9, 2013. It was renamed the Grand Hyatt Cannes Hotel Martinez. The hotel closed for renovations on October 30, 2017 and reopened for business on March 5, 2018 under its original name.

Location
Hotel Martinez is located on the Croisette at Cannes, 500 meters from the palais des Festivals, facing the Mediterranean Sea, the Bay of Cannes and the Lérins Islands.

References

External links
  Hôtel Martinez (hotel website)
  La Palme d'Or (La Palme d'Or restaurant website)

1929 establishments in France
Hotels in Cannes
Buildings and structures in Cannes
Art Deco hotels
Art Deco architecture in France
Hotels established in 1929
Hyatt Hotels and Resorts
Hotel buildings completed in 1929


Who's the Woman, Who's the Man? (金枝玉葉 2) is a 1996 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Peter Chan and starring Leslie Cheung, Anita Yuen, Anita Mui, Jordan Chan, Theresa Lee, Eric Tsang. It is a sequel to the 1994 film He's a Woman, She's a Man.

Plot
Lam Chi Wing (Anita Yuen) was totally infatuated with Sam Koo Ga Ming (Leslie Cheung), a top pop music songwriter. Unfortunately, she simply could not seem to catch his eye until she hatched an ingenious plan.
Posing as a male singer, Lam Chi Wing slowly gained popular attention – and finally won the heart of Sam (who was wondering if he was gay until he discovered Lam Chi Wing was actually a woman).
However, Lam Chi Wing’s plan has worked a little too well – and now she has become one of Cantopop’s biggest stars!
She is recognized for her talent, winning a prize at a major awards ceremony for outstanding male singers.
Overcome with emotion at the ceremony, she is asked to give a speech – and promptly blurts out that she loves Sam Koo Ga Ming.
The world of entertainment blows up with rumors about the duo’s “gay love affair.”
Meanwhile, matters are complicated yet further when the Cantopop scene’s biggest diva – the gender-bending Fong Yim Mui (Anita Mui) abruptly returns after a decade-long absence. Fong Yim Mui develops a crush on Lam Chi Wing…who is shocked to discover that she is also falling for the charismatic diva!

Cast and roles
 Leslie Cheung as Sam Koo Ka Ming
 Anita Mui as Fong Yim Mui
 Anita Yuen as Lam Chi Wing
 Jordan Chan as Yu Lo / 'Fish'
 Theresa Lee as O
 Eric Tsang as Auntie
 Carina Lau as Rose
 Moses Chan as Auditioning gay man
 Clarence Hui as film director
 Emil Chau as himself (Cameo appearance)
 Cheung Tat-ming (Cameo appearance)
 Ann Hui as Air stewardess (Cameo appearance)

Accolades

References

External links
 IMDb entry
 HK cinemagic entry

1996 films
1996 romantic comedy films
Hong Kong romantic comedy films
Hong Kong LGBT-related films
Hong Kong sequel films
1990s Cantonese-language films
Films directed by Peter Chan
Golden Harvest films
Films set in Hong Kong
Films shot in Hong Kong
Films with screenplays by James Yuen
1990s Hong Kong films


Jarosław Wierczuk (born January 6, 1977) is a former racing driver. One of the pioneers of Polish involvement  in international sport racing.

Wierczuk was born in Warsaw, Poland. In 2001 he graduated from the Faculty of Management in Warsaw.

His racing driver career started with karting at the age of 15. After a three-year internship, the first professional team in Poland (founded by Krzysztof Woźniak), offered him starting positions. He took part in the prestigious Central European Zone Championships, and at the same time in the Championships of Austria, then in The German Formula Three Championships. He competed with drivers like: Ralf Schumacher, Nick Heidfeld and Jarno Trulli. He proceeded onto the Italian Formula 3000 (the equivalent of today's FIA Formula 2 Championship) and Formula Nippon.

He participated in tests for the Formula 1 Forti Corse team. Wierczuk appeared as a Formula 1 expert on Canal+ and also on other Polish television racing programmes. Currently he also writes commentaries on Formula 1 for popular Polish websites.

In 2013 he founded the Wierczuk Race Promotion Foundation which supports the most talented drivers in their careers.

He is married to Emilia and has a daughter, Julia.

Complete Formula Nippon results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

References

External links
Poles in Formula One  (pl)

Polish racing drivers
Sportspeople from Warsaw
German Formula Three Championship drivers
Formula Nippon drivers
Auto GP drivers
1977 births
Living people
Dandelion Racing drivers
Josef Kaufmann Racing drivers
Durango drivers


Carmen Acedo Jorge (born 10 February 1975 in Lérida, Spain) is a retired individual rhythmic gymnast from Spain.

Biography

Acedo trained with Rosa Menor as a junior at club Patricia. She was first selected for the Spanish junior group in 1989.
Acedo had a tough start in her first senior international competition, at the 1991 World Championships; she placed 21st in the preliminary and did not advance to the all-around finals.

In 1992, Acedo finished 10th in all-around at the European Championships.

Acedo competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where she finished off the podium in 4th place All-around behind teammate Carolina Pascual who won the silver medal. At the 1992 World Championships, Acedo finally won a pair of medals  taking home a silver medal for ball and a bronze for clubs. She became the Spanish National Champion in 1993. She then went to win the clubs final at the 1993 World Championships with the Spanish Team, finishing 4th place in Team.

She is married to Spanish race walker Jesús Ángel García Bragado.

References

External links

1975 births
Living people
Spanish rhythmic gymnasts
Olympic gymnasts for Spain
Gymnasts at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
Sportspeople from Lleida
Sportswomen from Catalonia


The 2008–09 UCI Africa Tour was the fifth season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 2 October 2008 with the Grand Prix Chantal Biya and ended on 19 April 2009 with the Tour du Maroc.

The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Africa Tour cycling jersey. Nicholas White of South Africa was the defending champion of the 2007–08 UCI Africa Tour. Dan Craven of Namibia was crowned as the 2008–09 UCI Africa Tour champion.

Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:
 Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2
 One-day events: 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2

Events

2008

2009

Final standings

Individual classification

Team classification

Nation classification

Nation under-23 classification

External links

UCI Africa Tour

2009 in African sport
2008 in African sport


Dan Anderson may refer to:

 Dan Anderson (psychologist) (1921–2003), American psychologist
 Dan Anderson (basketball, born 1943), American ABA basketball player
 Dan Anderson (basketball, born 1951), American NBA basketball player
 Dan Anderson (voice actor) (born 1954), voice of Dad Asparagus in Christian series VeggieTales

See also
 Daniel Anderson (disambiguation)
 Dan Andersson (1888–1920), Swedish poet


PT MNC Asia Holding Tbk, formerly known as PT MNC Investama Tbk and PT Bhakti Investama Tbk, doing business as MNC Asia Holding or MNC Group, is an Indonesian multinational conglomerate engaged in media, financial services, and entertainment hospitality based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was established on 2 November 1989 as a financial security company. It holds a majority shareholding of MNC Media (formerly known as Bimantara Citra), MNC Financial Services (formerly known as Bhakti Kapital Indonesia), and MNC Land (formerly known as Kridaperdana Indahgraha and Global Land Development). It is said to be the largest media company in the country.

History
MNC Investama was established in Surabaya on 2 November 1989 by Hary Tanoesoedibjo as Bhakti Investama. The company initially focuses solely on capital-market related activities. It moved its headquarters to Jakarta in 1990. The Company's relocation to Jakarta brought greater opportunities to develop the business in line with the evolving capital market.

In 1994, the Company expanded the scope of its business to include securities trading and brokerage, investment advisory, investment manager, underwriter, origination and syndication, financial advisory and research services, as well as mergers and acquisitions, followed by the launch of mutual fund products. The trust demonstrated by the customers convinced the Company to list its stocks on the Jakarta Stock Exchange and the Surabaya Stock Exchange (now merged into the Indonesia Stock Exchange) through an initial public offering in 1997.

MNC Lido City
MNC Lido City is one of the MNC Land projects being developed. It is located south of Bogor city, West Java, near the village Cigombong, i.e., near Cigombong railway station and the Cigombong toll gates of the Bocimi Toll Road.

The first phase is the development of the Trump International Resort & Golf Club Lido, a golf club and residences.

A visit in 2019 by Donald Trump Jr. raised questions about the financial conflicts of interest between the Trump family and the presidency.

Directors and commissioners

List of President Directors

Board of directors

Board of Commissioner

Shareholder
The composition of MNC Corporation's shareholders as of June 30, 2022 are:

References

External links

MNC Corporation
Companies based in Jakarta
Conglomerate companies established in 1989
Conglomerate companies of Indonesia
Indonesian companies established in 1989
Holding companies established in 1989
Companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange
1997 initial public offerings
Multinational companies headquartered in Indonesia


An egg waffle is a spherical egg-based waffle popular in Hong Kong and Macau, consisting of an eggy leavened batter cooked between two plates of semi-spherical cells. They are usually served hot, and often eaten plain, although they may be served with fruit and flavors such as strawberry, coconut or chocolate. It is referred to by its original Cantonese name, gai daan jai (雞蛋仔), and in English, an egg puff, bubble waffle, eggette, pancake balls, pancake waffle, egglet, and puffle. They are sometimes referred to as Hong Kong cakes in Chinatowns across America, especially in New York.  One piece of egg waffle can have around 20 to 35 small round 'balls'.

Egg waffles are among the most popular Hong Kong "street snacks" and were ranked No. 1 in a 100 most popular HK street snack listing. They have been a favored street snack since their emergence in the 1950s, when they were made with coal fire heating and sold from street kiosks in Hong Kong.

History
The origins of the egg waffle or gai daan jai (which literally translates to "little chicken egg") are unknown, despite being ingrained in the memories of Hong Kong residents young and old. One story says the enterprising post-war generation created the egg-shaped mold to make up for an eggless batter, as eggs used to be a luxury. Another tale points to street hawkers who bought damaged eggs on the cheap to work them into a batter, resulting in the classic golden color of the cake. It also is reasonable to suggest that the special iron skillet used to mold the gai daan tsai is a Hong Kong take on the traditional checkered European waffle press. Today, the two related snacks are often sold by the same stall. There is also another tale that it originated from the 1950s, when a sundry shop owner did not want to waste broken eggs and tried to add flour, butter etc. and baked it in a mold. However, in 1944, Mr Cheung, the founder of a food stall, began using a cart to sell daan kau jai (蛋球仔) which is the predecessor of egg waffle. Daan Kau Jai is bigger than an egg waffle, and it is often divided into 30 pieces for selling by the hawkers.

Preparation

Egg waffles are made from a sweet, egg-rich batter that is cooked on a hot griddle, a special frying pan with small round cells (resembling an æbleskiver pan but with a higher number of smaller round cells). The griddle is set on hot coals in the fire, or more commonly on an electrical heater. The batter is poured over the special frying pan and heated; the small ovals of egg waffles are thus formed. The crucial key to prepare a crispy egg waffle is to turn over the pan quickly after the batter is poured into the hot frying pan. This could create an egg waffle that is crispy on top, and cake-like on the bottom. The waffle is also crispy on the outside with each bubble providing a fluffiness on the inside. In addition to the conventional "egg taste", they are also available in a variety of flavours such as chocolate, green-tea, ginger, etc. Most batters used in egg waffle are quick breads, although some are also made using a yeast-raised or fermented batter. Egg waffles can be eaten at different times of the day, depending on local tradition.

Modern flavours
Despite the origin of the traditional egg waffle is from Hong Kong, it is nowadays being reinvented all around the world. It is common to see the egg waffle in a variety of flavours such as green tea, chocolate, cheese or purple sweet potato, but it has also gained popularity as a dessert in which it is served with different kinds of ice cream.

See also

 Pandan waffle, a Vietnamese snack
 Æbleskiver, a similar Danish dish
 Kuzhi paniyaram, a similar dish from the south of India
 Paper wrapped cake, a Hong Kong egg sponge cake
 Poffertjes, a similar Dutch dish
Taiyaki
 Takoyaki, a similar Japanese dish with savory octopus filling
 Imagawayaki
 List of quick breads

References

Further reading

External links

 Gai daan tsai challenge: The quest for Hong Kong's best egg waffle

Pancakes
Waffles
Quick breads
Sweet breads
Hong Kong cuisine
Hong Kong desserts
Street food


At different periods the French Republic had various functionaries entitled Commissioner of the Republic. They were generally representatives of the central government to the regional governments, merged into the functions of prefects. The name commissioner was chosen in periods when the central government needed confirming, or of periods where that government changed its functioning. See :
 the Commissioner of the Republic, replaced the prefect from March to July 1848 ;
 the Commissioner of the Republic (Provisional Government) (1944-1946) ;
 the Commissaire de la République, name of the Prefect from 1981 to 1988.

See also
Commissioner of the government (France)

Notes

French civil servants
Government occupations
Government of France


The 34th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was in session from March 19, 1901, to November 9, 1904. The Liberal Party led by Donald Farquharson formed the government. In December 1901, Arthur Peters became Liberal party leader and Premier.

There were four sessions of the 34th General Assembly:

Samuel E. Reid was elected speaker.

Members

Kings

Prince

Queens

Notes:

External links
  Election results for the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly, 1900-12-12
 Prince Edward Island, garden province of Canada, WH Crosskill (1904)
 Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1912, EJ Chambers

Terms of the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
1901 establishments in Prince Edward Island
1904 disestablishments in Prince Edward Island


Athanasios Moulakis (; July 11, 1945 – July 18, 2015) was President Emeritus of the American University of Iraq - Sulaimani (AUI-S) and a former Acting President and Chief Academic Officer, Professor of Government at the American University of Afghanistan.

Life
Born in Athens, Greece in 1945, he taught political theory and the history of political thought at German universities, the London School of Economics and the European University Institute of Florence where he was Head of the department of political and social sciences. After engagements at UCSD, Harvard, and St. John's College he was named Herbst Professor of Humanities at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He was professor of public communication at the University of Italian Switzerland in Lugano before moving on to the American University of Afghanistan. His "Beyond Utility Liberal Education for a Technological Age" received the AAC&U's prize for best book on liberal education in 1995. Moulakis died in July 2015.

Academic career
Moulakis joined the American University of Afghanistan at the beginning of 2008. Previously, he was director of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the University of Lugano. Over an 11-year period Moulakis was Herbst Professor of Humanities and Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado, where he was also founding Director of the Herbst Program of Humanities.

Moulakis has held other academic and administrative assignments at European and North American colleges, institutes, and universities. A partial list includes the European University Institute in Florence, where he served as head of the Department of Political and Social Sciences; a Fulbright professorship at the University of Jena, Germany; the London School of Economics; St. John's College, Annapolis; Harvard University; and the University of California, San Diego.

His publication list includes a large number of books and articles on topics in the humanities, political theory, public policy, higher education, international relations, and other scholarly fields. With a Dr.Phil. (magna cum laude) degree from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Moulakis has published and lectured in five languages.  He has received numerous academic honors and awards, including the American Association of Colleges and Universities’ prize for best book on liberal education.

Published works
 Simone Weil and the Politics of Self-Denial, Athanasios Moulakis, Translated from German by Ruth Hein, Publisher: University of Missouri Press Pub. Date: February 1998
 History of Political Ideas: Hellenism, Rome, and Early Christianity, Vol. 1 by Athanasios Moulakis (Editor), Eric Voegelin, Athanasios Moulakis Publisher: University of Missouri Press Pub. Date: June 1997
 Promise of History: Essays in Political Philosophy by Athanasios Moulakis (Editor) Publisher: Walter de Gruyter, Inc. Pub. Date: December 1985
 Republican Realism in Renaissance Florence: Francesco Guicciardini's "Discorso di Logrogno" by Athanasios Moulakis, Francesco Guicciardini Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Pub. Date: May 1998
 Beyond Utility: Liberal Education for a Technological Age by Athanasios Moulakis Publisher: University of Missouri Press Pub. Date: December 1993
 Legitimacy/Legitimate: Proceedings of the Conference Held in Florence, June 3–4, 1982 (Publications of the European Univ Inst, Series C: Political) by Editor-Athanasios Moulakis Publisher: Walter de Gruyter Inc Date Published: 1986-07
 Homonoia: Eintracht und Entwicklung eines politischen Bewusstseins Publisher: List Verlag, Pub.Date: Muenchen 1973

See also
Eric Voegelin
Ellis Sandoz
Eugene Webb
American philosophy
List of American philosophers

References

External links
 Order and History Vol 2 by Athanasios Moulakis
 The American University of Afghanistan - Official website
 USAID/Afghanistan: Education Website

American political scientists
Greek philosophers
Greek political scientists
Writers from Athens
1945 births
2015 deaths
Academic staff of the University of Lugano
American University of Afghanistan
Academics of the London School of Economics
Academic staff of the European University Institute
University of Colorado Boulder faculty
University of California, San Diego faculty
Academic staff of the University of Jena
St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe) faculty
Harvard University faculty
Heads of universities and colleges in Asia
Academic staff by university or college in Iraq


Buller is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1871 to 1972. It was represented by eleven Members of Parliament.

Population centres
The 1870 electoral redistribution was undertaken by a parliamentary select committee based on population data from the 1867 New Zealand census. Eight sub-committees were formed, with two members each making decisions for their own province; thus members set their own electorate boundaries. The number of electorates was increased from 61 to 72, and Buller was one of the new electorates. The Buller electorate was created from areas that previously belonged to the  and  electorates. Settlements located in the initial electorate area were Westport, Inangahua Junction, and Reefton. For the , polling booths were in Westport, Charleston, Brighton, Addison's, Waimangaroa, Inangahua Junction, Lyell, and Karamea.

History
The electorate's first representative was Eugene O'Conor, who was successful in the , but he was defeated at the next election in 1876 by Joseph Henry. Henry in turn was defeated by James Bickerton Fisher at the . Fisher retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1881.

Fisher was succeeded by John Munro, who won the . Munro was defeated at the next election in  by Eugene O'Conor, who thus started his second period of representation. O'Conor, who joined the Liberal Party, was beaten in  by Roderick McKenzie. In the , McKenzie successfully stood in the  electorate.

Patrick O'Regan won the 1896 election in the Buller electorate. At the , he was defeated by James Colvin, who held the electorate until his death in 1919.

From 1919 the Buller electorate was represented by two radical trade unionists from the coal mines of the West Coast, Harry Holland and Paddy Webb. Harry Holland and then Jerry Skinner died in office.

In 1972, the electorate was split into the West Coast and Tasman electorates.

Members of Parliament
The Buller electorate was represented by eleven MPs:

Key

Election results

1969 election

1966 election

1963 election

1962 by-election

1960 election

1957 election

1954 election

1951 election

1949 election

1946 election

1933 by-election

1931 election

1928 election

1925 election

1922 election

1919 election

1914 election

1899 election

1893 election

1879 election

Notes

References

Historical electorates of New Zealand
1870 establishments in New Zealand
1972 disestablishments in New Zealand
Politics of the West Coast, New Zealand


The Commissioners of the Republic (commissaires de la République) or Regional Commissioners of the Republic (CRR) were government officials appointed as representatives of Charles de Gaulle by the Provisional Government of the French Republic (GPRF) between 1944 and 1946. They had a rank equivalent to that of minister (like other commissioners of the GPRF) and were charged with re-establishing Republican legality and freedoms and the state's authority after the Liberation of France, answering only to de Gaulle.  Most of them originated from Free French Forces, though some also came from the French Resistance.

Holders
Maurice Papon
Michel Debré
Henri Fréville

Commissioners

Bibliography
 Pierre Bertaux, La Libération de Toulouse et de sa région, Hachette, 1973
 Henry Ingrand, Libération de l'Auvergne, Hachette, 1974
 Raymond Aubrac, Où la mémoire s'attarde, Le grand livre du mois 1996
 Charles-Louis Foulon, Le Pouvoir en province à la Libération : les commissaires de la République 1943-1945, A. Colin 1975

Sources

Notes

French civil servants
French Fourth Republic


The Gracques, named after the Gracchi brothers, are a French Social liberal think-tank.

During the French presidential election of 2007, a group of former high-ranking civil servants published an open letter titled Merci, François ! ("Thank you, François!"), and signed "Les Gracques", in Le Point of 22 March 2007. The manifesto praised François Bayrou, advocated a Social democrat approach for the Socialist Party, and an alignment of the French political spectrum with that of the "great nations of Europe and Northern America", meaning an alliance between the Left and the Centre against the Right-wing.

After the election, the signatories and their sympathisers founded a thinktank, as a Voluntary association (association loi de 1901), and published a formal manifesto.

The Gracques notably define themselves as democratic, liberal, desegregationist, pro-labour, favourable toward state regulation of the economy, favourable toward wealth redistribution, pro-ecology, pro-European, and internationalist.

The original members have been rumoured to include Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Denis Olivennes, Roger Godino, Matthieu Pigasse, Ariane Obolensky, Bernard Spitz, Guillaume Hannezo, François Villeroy de Galhau, Gilles de Margerie. As of late 2008, the association claims about 770 members. The organisation's Summer Universities in 2007 and 2008 have featured such speakers as Michel Rocard, Anthony Giddens, Walter Veltroni, Peter Mandelson and François Chérèque.

Sources and references

 Official website

Think tanks based in France


Motomel S.A. is a  brand of Argentine motorcycle, based in Buenos Aires Province; founded in 1992 by the La Emilia investment group.

History
The La Emilia factory has its origins in 1892. Two brothers established the first textile factory in Argentina located in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, in La Emilia. As the company grew in the Argentine market, it started to manufacture other products within its facilities. In 1992 the La Emilia factory changed course and began to assemble Suzuki motorcycles under the name of Motomel.

Motomel today
As of 2017, Motomel is the largest company importing motorcycles in Argentina and these motorcycles are also being re exported to some other countries in South America. Motomel assembles almost 150,000 motorcycles per year.

External links

 Club of Motomeleros
Motomel Motorcycles at Fuelarc.com

Motorcycle manufacturers of Argentina
Argentine brands


John Frederick Whear (January 1, 1867 – 1951) was a lawyer and political figure in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He represented 5th Queens in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1900 to 1904 as a Liberal member.

He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the son of John Whear and Margaret Barnard. He studied at Prince of Wales College, went on to study law with Louis Davies and was called to the bar in 1890. In 1894, Whear married Florence J. Murchison. He was elected to Charlottetown City Council in 1900 and 1902, also serving as acting mayor. Whear was a member of the province's Executive Council. He was later named postmaster for Charlottetown.

References
 MacKinnon, DA & Warburton, AB Past and Present of Prince Edward Island ... (1906) pp. 357–8

1867 births
1951 deaths
Charlottetown city councillors
Prince Edward Island Liberal Party MLAs


Norene E. Forbes (July 24, 1914 – June 15, 2004), later known by her married name Norene Lancucki, was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.  Forbes finished sixth overall in the 400-meter freestyle, recording a time of 6:06.0 in the event final.

References

1914 births
2004 deaths
American female freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers for the United States
Swimmers from Los Angeles
Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
20th-century American women
21st-century American women


Full Throttle (烈火戰車) is a 1995 Hong Kong action drama film directed by Derek Yee and starring Andy Lau.

Plot
Joe (Andy Lau) is a youth who loves auto racing. His father Paul (Paul Chun) operates a motorbike business which often organizes motorbike teams to race in Macau and Japan and his racers would often be awarded the crown bike. However, Joe has been rumored to be the best among the racers because every crown bike is always defeated in hands of Joe on the streets. Since Joe's license has been revoked for speeding at the age of 19, he is unable to participate in an official race and can only secretly race in the streets to fulfill his desire of racing on the roads. Joe's father is very irritated about this and views his son as an outlaw biker so he prohibits his racers to race with Joe which sours their father and son relationship.  Joe owns an auto repair shop with his friend Jimmy (Chin Ka-lok). Joe's girlfriend Annie (Gigi Leung) is very gentle and kind but she always worries about her boyfriend racing.

David (David Wu) is a youth racer returning from England and hits it off with Joe. Seven years later, Joe readmits his license, ready to show his talents in a race in Macau, but is unable to obtain a racing license which leads him to think that his father is playing some dirty tricks. Retired racer Lo Kwai (Elvis Tsui) advises Joe to reconcile with his father to get a better chance to race. But as usual, once the father and son meet, they argue and his father give the place of the final racer to David. Paul's racers have always been dissatisfied with Joe but races with him. In the process, Joe becomes injured in the accident and lands in a coma for 10 days. Under Annie's care, Joe's condition improves but he ultimately misses the race in Macau as he hopelessly watches David become the champion.

After the accident, Joe develops a fear of racing, and is afraid that he can no longer race in the future. Annie is happy about this and persuades him to give up racing and concentrate on operating his repair shop. However, other bikers are waiting for Joe to defeat Macau champion David on the streets but Joe has yet to take action. Rumors spread that Joe is scared and can no longer race. Jimmy is extremely indignant about this and challenges David himself.  Jimmy gets into an accident and dies from his injuries.

Jimmy's death leads Joe to become even more determined to overcome his fear and get his confidence back. Because of Joe's decision to officially challenge David, Anne becomes heartbroken and decides to leave him.  Joe arranges to race with David in the mountains, hoping to find the pleasurable feeling of racing again. Initially, Joe lost pace as he had constant flashbacks from the near-fatal crash he had and he had to stop for awhile. Which stopping, he managed to hype himself up and went on to match and even chase down David who has distance on him. After a few laps, Joe stops to avoid crashing into the cart and empty cans that had rolled onto the road and spilled over being collected by an old lady. The old lady speaks a few words to Joe which woke him up to what he is doing and after the race, questions whether both David and him are stupid to throw their lives like this for vain and unwanted glory and after the talk with David, he decides to give up racing forever and chases after Annie on the advice of David.

Cast and roles
 Andy Lau as Joe
 Paul Chun as Paul
 Chin Kar-lok as Jimmy
 David Wu as David
 Gigi Leung as Annie
 Elvis Tsui as Lo Kwai
 Lau Ying-hung as Kwang
 Law Chi-leung as Chu
 Ha Ping as Jimmy's Grandmother

Theme song
The Affectionate Sentence (情深的一句)
Composer: Eric Chen
Lyricist: Andy Lau
Singer: Andy Lau

Box office
The film grossed a strong HK$33,770,736 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 14 December 1995 to 24 January 1996 in Hong Kong.

Awards and nominations

See also
Andy Lau filmography
List of biker films
Honda NSR250R

External links

 HK cinemagic entry
 loveHKfilm entry

1995 films
1990s action drama films
1995 romantic drama films
Hong Kong action drama films
Hong Kong romantic drama films
Motorcycling films
Motorcycle racing films
Hong Kong auto racing films
Films directed by Derek Yee
Films set in Hong Kong
Films shot in Hong Kong
1990s Hong Kong films


Ignatius Hidayat Allah was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1597/1598 until his death in 1639/1640.

Biography
Hidayat Allah was born to an illustrious family which had produced several patriarchs, including his uncles Ignatius Nimat Allah () and Ignatius David II Shah (), and also Ignatius John XIV (). His father Constantine was the son of Hissin and John, son of Muglah and Nūr al-Dīn. Through Nūr al-Dīn, Hidayat was descended from Mary and Šay Allāh, son of Sa‘d al-Dīn; his paternal ancestors had moved from Bartella, near Mosul, to Mardin in the mid-14th century, and were descended from the priest Abū al-Karam, who lived in the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries.

He became a monk and student under his uncle Ignatius David II Shah, who appointed him as patriarchal deputy in Mardin in 1591. After David's death and succession by Ignatius Pilate in the same year, Hidayat quarrelled with Pilate and was supported by his uncle Timothy Thomas. The dispute continued until the two were reconciled through the efforts of Gregory Vaness of Wank of the House of Najjar, bishop of Cappadocia and then Edessa, in 1593.

In 1597, Hidayat was ordained as Maphrian of the East, upon which he assumed the name Basil, and subsequently succeeded Pilate as patriarch of Antioch in 1597 or 1598, assuming the name Ignatius. He ordained John Stephen as archbishop of the monastery of Qartmin in 1627. Hidayat served as patriarch of Antioch until his death in 1639 or 1640.

References
Notes

Citations

Bibliography

Syriac Patriarchs of Antioch from 512 to 1783
1639 deaths
1640 deaths
Year of birth unknown
16th-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops
16th-century births
Assyrians from the Ottoman Empire
Maphrians
Oriental Orthodox bishops in the Ottoman Empire
16th-century people from the Ottoman Empire
17th-century people from the Ottoman Empire
17th-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops


Henry Pitkin (2 January 1811 – 18 September 1846) was a silversmith and watchmaker of Hartford, Connecticut.

Life
Pitkin, with his brothers John, Walter, and James had a successful jewelry manufacturing business in Hartford, Connecticut. The Pitkins were known to have outstanding mechanical ability. Pitkin and his two older brothers, John and Walter, had been apprenticed as silversmiths and watch repairmen, probably under Jacob Sargeant of Hartford. However, due to the depression following the Panic of 1837, they eventually closed their jewelry business in the later part of the 1830s.

The Pitkin brothers were already developing a watch they hoped could be successfully mass-produced via partial automation of the process. Pitkin came up with the idea of making pocket watches by mass production methods using mechanical manufacturing equipment. Pitkin with his brothers designed and built the machine apparatuses themselves for their automation of pocket watch manufacture. Pitkin was the inventor of the American lever watch movement for pocket watches.

Mass production of Pitkin watches began in 1836. Pitkin with his brother designed the first American pocket watches containing the first American machine-made parts. The Pitkin Watch Company was the first to mass-produce pocket watches in America. Pitkin's pocket watches had an excellent reputation for being accurate and durable. The plates for the Pitkins pocket watches were punched out with stamping dies but many times had to be finished to close tolerances by hand. The movements were three-quarter plate, slow train, and about the diameter of the modern 16-size pocket watch. The watchcases they made themselves from gold and silver. They imported from Europe many of the dials, hands, hairsprings and balance jewels needed for their watches, even though they tried to avoid using foreign-made parts. Pitkin named the first fifty movements after himself, however after that the name H & J. F. Pitkin was used. They did not engrave the place of their production shop on their watches, however the words Detached Lever were put on the balance bridge.  Pitkin and his brother made about 800 watches between 1836 and 1841.

There were cheaper imported watches made by the Swiss so they struggled to keep the business afloat. In 1841 the company moved to New York in hopes for a better market. The cost to manufacture the movements was too great to compete with the Swiss watches and other imports. In 1846 Pitkin had a nervous breakdown and committed suicide. His brother James died a few years later. An employee of the Pitkin brothers by the name of Amariah Hells continued the business until 1852. Pitkin started the trend of making pocket watches of mass production by automation.

Footnotes

References
 Goodwin, James Junius et al., The Goodwins of Hartford, Connecticut, Descendants of William and Ozias Goodwin,  Brown and Gross, 1891, Original from the University of Michigan
 Bailey, Chris, 200 Years of American Clocks and Watches, Random House Value Publishing, 1987,

External links
NAWCC: National Association of Watch & Clocks Collectors,

American clockmakers
American watchmakers (people)
American silversmiths
19th-century American businesspeople
1811 births
1846 deaths
Artists from Hartford, Connecticut
Businesspeople from Hartford, Connecticut
1840s suicides
Suicides in Connecticut


Joan McSheehy (July 22, 1913 – April 16, 1948), also known by her married name Joan Wilson Huffman, was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.  McSheehy finished fifth overall in the final of the women's 100-meter backstroke with a time of 1:23.2.

During her competitive career, she would set many national and sectional records.

Biography
At age 13, she won her first accolade, when she came first in the 440-yeard junior title at Melrose. The following year, at the somerville YMCA, she won the New England women's senior backstroke championship.

In 1929, at 15, she won a national backstroke championship in Chicago, and placed 3rd the 300-yeard medley title swim at the same event. She competed in the National A. A. U. outdoor women's swimming championships in Honolulu, with Albina Osipowich. The next year she beat, by 0.2 seconds, the world record for the 75-yeard breaststroke, completing the distance in 53.6 seconds, 34th annual swimming meet of the Brookline Swimming Club.

At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, McSheehy finished fifth in the final of the women's 100-meter backstroke. She was also on the winning medley-race team.

After the Olympics McSheehy appeared with one of the early professional swimming tours in Boston, that also featured Eleanor Holm. However, she gave up completive swimming in 1933, though she continued swimming for pleasure.

McSheehy married sailor Wilson Huffman, from Luray, Virginia, in November 1945. She Died 16 April 1948, at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, of meningitis.

References

External links

1913 births
1948 deaths
American female backstroke swimmers
Olympic swimmers for the United States
Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
20th-century American women
20th-century American people


El Oro () is one of the 39 municipalities of Durango, in north-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Santa María del Oro. The municipality covers an area of 10,041 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 11,320, up from 10,501 as of 2005.

The municipality had 113 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 population in parentheses) was: Santa María del Oro (5,878), classified as urban.

References

Municipalities of Durango


Premià de Dalt is a municipality in the comarca of the Maresme in Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of 9,788.

References

External links
 Government data pages

Municipalities in Maresme


Founded in 1982, the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program (PNHP) gathers and manages information regarding the status and location of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s rare species and habitats and native natural communities.   PHNP's goal is to build, maintain, and provide accurate and accessible ecological information needed for conservation, development planning and natural resource management.

PNHP works with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, and the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

One important initiative within the Heritage Program is the County Natural Heritage Inventory, which conducts county-wide inventories of threatened and endangered species as well as important natural areas.  At present, completed county inventories are available for 57 counties and the remaining 10 are in progress.  In addition, PNHP will return to counties and perform updates to ensure that county inventory data remains relatively current.

The PNHP has approximately 50 staff among the four partner programs, including botanists, vertebrate and invertebrate zoologists, aquatic and terrestrial ecologists, data managers and GIS specialists as well as environmental review staff.  The PNHP Director and Program Manager are in the Office of Conservation Science and act as liaisons between the program partner agencies and provide leadership for program strategic direction and everyday program management.

See also
Biodiversity
Conservation biology

References

External links
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Critter Quest PA Species Search

State agencies of Pennsylvania
Environment of Pennsylvania
Government agencies established in 1982
1982 establishments in Pennsylvania


Ruth Kerr (March 8, 1916 – June 17, 1974), later known by her married name Ruth Todd, was a Canadian freestyle and backstroke swimmer who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.  Kerr's parents started the Border Cities Swimming Club in 1930.  At the time it was reportedly the largest swimming club in Canada.  She trained at the club's quarters at Kennedy Collegiate in Windsor.

As a 16-year-old in 1932, she was a member of the Canadian team which finished fourth in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay, swimming the third leg of four in the relay.  The other relay swimmers were Irene Pirie, Betty Edwards, and Betty Mullen.  She also participated in the qualifying heats of the 400-metre freestyle and 100-metre backstroke, but in both she was eliminated in the first round.

Kerr was the first Windsor-born athlete to participate in an Olympic Games.  She was also the youngest member of the 1932 Canadian Olympic Team.  There is a section about Kerr and the Kerr family in Tony Techo's book, The Olympians Among Us.

Kerr was inducted into the Essex Sports Hall of Fame in September 1987.  She worked as a school teacher for many years, and married Robert Todd in 1948.  The couple had four children (Kathy, Kerry, Bobby and Kristy).  On September 21, 2013, Kerr was inducted into the Ontario Aquatic Hall of Fame as a Pioneer Swimmer.  Her oldest daughter, Kathy, made a brief presentation and accepted the award on behalf of the family.  Her second daughter, Kari, attended the induction ceremony, as did her husband and her children.

Ruth's younger brother, Gordon Kerrcompeted in the 100 metre backstroke in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin

References

External links
Ruth Kerr's profile at Sports Reference.com
http://www.windsorpubliclibrary.com/?page_id=15812

1916 births
1974 deaths
Sportspeople from Windsor, Ontario
Canadian female backstroke swimmers
Canadian female freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Canada
Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
20th-century Canadian women


The Stamford Mercury (also the Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury, the Rutland and Stamford Mercury, and the Rutland Mercury) based in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, claims to be "Britain's oldest continuously published newspaper title", although this is disputed by Berrow's Worcester Journal which was established in 1690. The Mercury has been published since 1712 but its masthead formerly claimed it was established in 1695 and still has "Britain's Oldest Newspaper".

Three editions (Stamford and The Deepings, Rutland, and Bourne) are published every Friday. The ABC circulation figure in 2011 was 16,675.

History and ownership
Stamford Mercury Limited was acquired by Westminster Press Provincial Newspapers in 1929 and divested to the East Midland Allied Press for £57,500 in 1951. From 1980, it was merged into EMAP Provincial Newspapers and from 1985, it was reorganised into Welland Valley Newspapers.

In 1996, EMAP divested 69 newspapers including the Stamford Mercury to Johnston Press in a deal worth £211 million. In 2007, the Welland Valley stable transferred to fellow group company, East Midlands Newspapers. In 2017, the Mercury along with 12 other publishing titles and associated websites in East Anglia and the East Midlands transferred to Johnston Publishing East Anglia pending disposal of that company to Iliffe Media for a gross cash consideration of £17 million.

An edition of the Mercury from 22 May 1718 is the earliest newspaper in the British Library's newspaper reading room, The Newsroom.

Archives

The Mercury possesses the largest archive of any provincial newspaper. It contains over 15,000 newspapers and is complete from the middle of the 18th century. It also holds substantial numbers of annual volumes and individual copies prior to that, dating back to 1714.

Since 2005, the archive has been in the care of the Stamford Mercury Archive Trust (www.smarchive.org.uk).  The Trust received a grant of £305,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to undertake a five-year conservation programme. The Trust set out to microfilm every known copy of the Stamford Mercury in existence. Access to the archive is free for personal research. A copy of the complete microfilm run of the paper is available at Stamford Library.

See also
Peterborough Telegraph
Lynn News

References

External links

 Mercury archive
 Iliffe Media

Newspapers published in Lincolnshire
Newspapers established in the 1710s
1712 establishments in England
Companies based in Stamford, Lincolnshire
Publications established in 1712


Sweet Relationship () is a 2007 Taiwanese drama starring Vic Chou of F4, Alan Kuo, Megan Lai and Patty Hou. It is based on a Japanese josei manga  by Satoru Makimura. It was produced by Comic Ritz International Production (可米瑞智國際藝能有限公司) with Chai Zhi Ping (柴智屏) as producer and directed by Chu Yu-ning (瞿友寧).

The series was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Chinese Television System (CTS) (華視) from 16 September 2007 to 27 January 2008, every Sunday from 22:00 to 23:30 and cable TV Gala Television (GTV) Variety Show/CH 28 (八大綜合台) from 22 September 2007 to 2 February 2008, every Saturday at 21:00. It only received moderate rating despite the promising cast as well as story. The average rating of the drama after the final episode was 1.50.

Synopsis
The story revolves around two polar opposites who wouldn't have met if it hadn't been for luck. Chang Bai Hui (Patty Hou) is a simple girl with extraordinary taste when it comes to food and dining. She could tell the difference between fine dining and a poor cooked meal in an instant.  Ever since she was little, food has been the center of her world. It celebrated her college graduation and consoled her when her beloved father died.

Fang Zi Tian (Vic Chou) is a world-renowned Chef who could have easily made headlines if he cared about it.  He has an amazing cooking talent that sets him apart, and an ability to gain anyone's respect in the cooking world.  Yet, he found no joy in what he does.

By stroke of fate, their paths cross several times. Though at first Zi Tian was less than pleased to have Bai Hui hanging around his life, he eventually grew to enjoy having her. Bai Hui's arrival in his life not only reignites his passion for cooking but it also taught him countless lessons in life. Just like Zi Tian, though in a different manner, Bai Hui was also changed.  She grew up and matured to understand the world better, but none were to happen if it hadn't been for the help of those around them.

Cast
 Vic Chou (周渝民) as Fang Zi Tian 方織田
 Patty Hou (侯佩岑) as Chang Bai Hui 常百惠
 Alan Kuo (柯有綸) as He Ma Yang 何馬揚
 Megan Lai (賴雅妍) as Ren Ke Xin 任可欣
 Zhu De Gang (朱德剛) as Cheng Jia Jun 成家俊
 Teresa Ji (紀培慧) as Cheng Qiang 成薔
 Zhang Yong Zhi (張永智) as Gao Qiao 高橋
 Deng Jiu Yun (鄧九雲) as Lu Chuan Lin 陸川琳
 Billie (比莉) as Jin Dao Po Po 金刀婆婆
 Gu Xuan Chun (谷炫淳) as Gu Jian Xian 辜見賢
 Xu Zhen Wei (徐振偉) as B Pang B胖
 Eric Tu (涂百峰) as Eric
 Cha Ma Ke (查馬克) as Cha Ke 查克
 Tang Qi as Tang Tang Jie 糖糖姐
 Gui Ye (龜爺) as Gui Ye
 Lin You Fang (林有方) as Zhu Rou Biao 豬肉彪
 Cai Jie De (蔡皆得) as Doctor Cai
 Luo Bei An (羅北安) as Duo Feng 多風
 Bao Ma (寶媽) as Bao Ma (ep01)
 Fei Zhen Hua (費鎮華) as Chang's father (ep01)
 Chien Te-men as Restaurant manager (ep01)
 Wang De Sheng (王德生) as Chang's family friend (ep01)
 Eric Chen as teenage Fang Zi Tian
 Matt Wu as Liang Hai Tao 梁海濤
 Tai Bao (太保) as Ma Yang's father
 Li Dai Ling (李黛玲) as Ma Yang's mother
 Weber Yang as Flyer distributor (cameo)

Soundtrack

Sweet Relationship Original Soundtrack (美味關係 電視原聲帶) was released on 17 December 2007 by Joanna Wang, Megan Lai, Alan Kuo, and Vic Chou under Sony Music Entertainment (Taiwan). It contains ten songs, in which four songs are various instrumental versions of some songs. The opening theme song is "Ai Shang Zhe Shi Jie" or "In Love With This World" by Vic Chou, while the ending theme song is by Alan Kuo entitled "Don't Say Goodbye".

Track listing

Reception

Source: Chinatimes Showbiz

International Broadcast
It was aired in the Philippines through Q-11 which was dubbed in Tagalog on May 24 at 15:00 (PST) under the working title Magic Taste.

References

External links
  Comic Ritz Sweet Relationship website
  CTS Sweet Relationship website
  GTV Sweet Relationship website
 Sina

Chinese Television System original programming
Gala Television original programming
2007 Taiwanese television series debuts
2008 Taiwanese television series endings
Taiwanese television dramas based on manga


No Instruments is the debut album from Neuroticfish released in 1999.

Track listing
"Close" - 3:49
"Unexpected" - 4:23
"Skin" - 4:05
"Black Again" - 5:08
"Pain" - 5:10
"Inside" - 5:06
"Mechanic of the Sequence" - 4:07
"M.F.A.P.L." - 4:19
"Breaking the Cliche" - 4:14
"Hospitality" - 4:03
"War" - 3:32
"Ultrahymn" - 3:45

Bloodline Re-release
This is the first re-release of the album from 2000. This version features two bonus tracks "M.F.A.P.L. (Intelligent Tribal Freak Mix)" and "All I Say".

Track listing

"Close" - 3:49
"Unexpected" - 4:23
"Skin" - 4:05
"Black Again" - 5:08
"Pain" - 5:10
"Inside" - 5:06
"Mechanic of the Sequence" - 4:07
"M.F.A.P.L." - 4:19
"Breaking the Cliche" - 4:14
"Hospitality" - 4:03
"War" - 3:32
"Ultrahymn" - 3:45
"M.F.A.P.L (Intelligent Tribal Freak Mix)" - 5:19
"All I Say" - 8:19

USA Release

This is the second re-release of the album from 2006. The other two versions were not released in the United States. This version also features two bonus tracks "M.F.A.P.L. (Intelligent Tribal Freak Mix)" and "All I Say". The album artwork for this version of the album was selected through an art contest held at vampirefreaks.com.

Track listing
"Close" - 3:49
"Unexpected" - 4:23
"Skin" - 4:05
"Black Again" - 5:08
"Pain" - 5:10
"Inside" - 5:06
"Mechanic of the Sequence" - 4:07
"M.F.A.P.L." - 4:19
"Breaking the Cliche" - 4:14
"Hospitality" - 4:03
"War" - 3:32
"Ultrahymn" - 3:45
"M.F.A.P.L (Intelligent Tribal Freak Mix)" - 5:19
"All I Say" - 8:19

1999 debut albums
Neuroticfish albums


Hippolyte Annex (14 February 1933 - 21 February 2021) was a French former professional boxer. He was four times French champion, holding the French welterweight title from 1960 when he beat Michel Lombardet to 1961 and the middleweight title from 1961 to 1963. In 1962, he unsuccessfully fought Laszlo Papp for the EBU European middleweight title.

Professional career
Annex's first professional fight was against Ceslaw Dudek on 12 April 1959 in Paris, winning by a knock out. In 37 professional bouts, Annex won 28 (19 by knock outs), drew 6 and lost 3 (all KOs).

A proposed bout in Paris with Sugar Ray Robinson was announced in 1962 but did not happen.

Annex's last fight was on 16 June 1963 at the St. Nazaire Stadium, Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France, when he was knocked out by the Senegalese boxer Souleymane Diallo.

In 2007, his home town of Pézenas honoured Annex by naming a street after him. A gymnasium in the town's sports park has been named after him since  2016.

Annex died on 21 February 2021 in Montpellier.

References

External links

1933 births
2021 deaths
People from Pézenas
Middleweight boxers
Welterweight boxers
French male boxers
Sportspeople from Hérault


Neville Frances Bult (27 June 1913 – 30 June 2008), later known by her married name Frances Vorrath, was an Australian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. She was an Olympic finalist who finished fifth in the 100 metre freestyle. She also competed in the 400-metre freestyle event and was eliminated in the first round after a third place in her heat.

References

1913 births
2008 deaths
Olympic swimmers for Australia
Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Australian female freestyle swimmers
20th-century Australian women
Swimmers from Melbourne
Sportswomen from Victoria (state)


SM City Baliwag is a shopping mall in the Philippines owned, developed and operated by SM Prime Holdings. It is the second SM Supermalls in Bulacan province after SM City Marilao, the third and last SM Mall among the company's expansion in 2008 and the 33rd SM Mall in the list. The mall is located at DRT Highway, Brgy. Pagala, Baliwag. It opened on December 12, 2008.

The mail's design and construction team includes DSGN Associates, mall designers; Jose Siao Ling and Associates, architect of record; New Golden City Builders, general contractors; and DA Abcede and Associates, project manager.

References

Shopping malls in Bulacan
Shopping malls established in 2008
SM Prime


Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland in 1989, with candidates contesting 565 seats.

Background
The elections took place after a turbulent period in Northern Irish politics. The signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement (AIA) in November 1985 had been followed by widespread protests by those in the Unionist community. In November 1985, the 18 Unionist controlled District Councils voted for a policy of adjournment in protest against the AIA and in February 1986 also refused to set the 'rates' (local government taxes). In September 1986 Unionist councillors considered but rejected the option of mass resignations but decided to continue to use council chambers as a forum to protest the agreement.

One new development on the Unionist side was the entry into Northern Ireland politics of the Conservative Party which was joined by three sitting Unionist councillors.

On the Irish Republican side, the Irish Independence Party had disbanded following poor election results in 1985. Sinn Féin had split in 1986 over the issue of sitting in the Irish parliament, Dáil Éireann, if elected. The dissenting faction had formed Republican Sinn Féin (RSF). Three of the fifty nine councillors elected for Sinn Féin in 1985 joined this  grouping. The Remembrance Day bombing of 1987 had a negative impact on subsequent SF support. Irish Republicanism was also affected by the passing of the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 which disqualified candidates who refused to sign a declaration renouncing:

"(a) any organisation that is for the time being a proscribed organisation specified in Schedule 2 to the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978: or
(b) acts of terrorism (that is to say, violence for political ends) connected with the affairs of Northern Ireland"

RSF refused to sign the declaration and thus their twenty three candidates became ineligible.

Results

Overall

By council
The results were interpreted as "movement away from the extremes" with the UUP and SDLP increasing their lead over their rivals in the DUP and Sinn Féin respectively. A total of eleven councils saw the two top posts shared by parties from either side of the political/sectarian divide. The number of councils controlled by one party increased from two to six. The DUP retained control of Ballymena, with the UUP retained control of Banbridge and gained control of Antrim and Lisburn. The SDLP gained control of Down and Derry.

Antrim

Ards

Armagh

Ballymena

Ballymoney

Banbridge

Belfast

Carrickfergus

Castlereagh

Coleraine

Cookstown

Craigavon

Derry

Down

Dungannon

Fermanagh

Larne

Limavady

Lisburn

Magherafelt

Moyle

Newry and Mourne

Newtownabbey

North Down

Omagh

Strabane

References

1989
Local elections
1989 elections in Northern Ireland


Henry Ebenezer Davies (February 8, 1805 – December 17, 1881) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1866 to 1867.

Life
He was born in Black Lake, near Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York, the son of Thomas J. Davies and Ruth (Foot) Davies (c. 1772-1852). He was educated in the public schools, and at age 14 went to live with Judge Alfred Conkling in whose office he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1826. He commenced practice in Buffalo, New York and entered politics as a Whig.

In 1830, he removed to New York City, and practiced law in partnership with Samuel A. Foote. In 1835, Davies married Rebecca Waldo Tappan, daughter of John Tappan (brother of Lewis Tappan, Benjamin Tappan and Arthur Tappan), and they had six children, among them Henry Eugene Davies.

In 1840, he was a Whig alderman of the New York Common Council. In 1848, he dissolved the partnership with Foote, and formed a new one with William Kent (son of Chancellor James Kent). In May 1849, Davies was appointed Corporation Counsel of New York City, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Willis Hall. In November 1849, he was elected to succeed himself, and remained in office until the end of 1852.

He was a friend of Millard Fillmore, and was his confidential adviser during his term as U.S. President.

In 1855, he was elected to the New York Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Robert H. Morris, and remained on the Supreme Court bench until the end of 1859.

In 1859, he was elected to the Court of Appeals on the Republican and American tickets, defeating the Democratic incumbent Alexander S. Johnson. Davies was an associate judge of the Court of Appeals from 1860 to 1865, and Chief Judge from 1866 to 1867.

He died on December 17, 1881, at his residence at 60 West Fifty-first Street in New York City. He was buried at the St. Luke's Episcopal Church cemetery in Beacon, New York, the same place where Chancellor James Kent (1763–1847) is buried.

See also
 George G. Barnard

References

External links
Political Graveyard

1805 births
1881 deaths
People from Ogdensburg, New York
Chief Judges of the New York Court of Appeals
New York Supreme Court Justices
Politicians from Buffalo, New York
Politicians from New York City
New York (state) Republicans
New York (state) Know Nothings
New York (state) Whigs
19th-century American politicians
Lawyers from Buffalo, New York
19th-century American judges
19th-century American lawyers


Leak detector may refer to:
 Leak noise correlator
 Helium mass spectrometer
 Water detector
 Gas detector


Communications in Statistics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes papers related to statistics. It is published by Taylor & Francis in three series, Theory and Methods, Simulation and Computation, and Case Studies, Data Analysis and Applications.

Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods

This series started publishing in 1970 and publishes papers related to statistical theory and methods. It publishes 20 issues each year. Based on Web of Science, the five most cited papers in the journal are:

 Kulldorff M. A spatial scan statistic, 1997, 982 cites.
 Holland PW, Welsch RE. Robust regression using iteratively reweighted least-squares, 1977, 526 cites.
 Sugiura N. Further analysts of the data by Akaike's information criterion and the finite corrections, 1978, 490 cites.
 Hosmer DW, Lemeshow S. Goodness of fit tests for the multiple logistic regression model, 1980, 401 cites.
 Iman RL, Conover WJ. Small sample sensitivity analysis techniques for computer models. with an application to risk assessment, 1980, 312 cites.

Abstracting and indexing
Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods is indexed in the following services:
 Current Index to Statistics
 Science Citation Index Expanded
 Zentralblatt MATH

Communications in Statistics – Simulation and Computation

This series started publishing in 1972 and publishes papers related to computational statistics. It publishes 6 issues each year. Based on Web of Science, the five most cited papers in the journal are:

 Iman RL, Conover WJ. A distribution-free approach to inducing rank correlation among input variables, 1982, 519 cites.
 Wolfinger R. Covariance structure selection in general mixed models, 1993, 248 cites.
 Helland IS, On the structure of partial least squares regression, 1988, 246 cites.
 McCulloch JH. Simple consistent estimators of stable distribution parameters, 1986, 191 cites.
 Sullivan Pepe M, Anderson GL. A cautionary note on inference for marginal regression models with longitudinal data and general correlated response data, 1994, 162 cites.

Abstracting and indexing
Communications in Statistics – Simulation and Computation is indexed in the following services:

 Current Index to Statistics
 Science Citation Index Expanded
 Zentralblatt MATH

Communications in Statistics: Case Studies, Data Analysis and Applications

This series started publishing in 2015 and publishes case studies and associated data analytic methods in statistics. It publishes 4 online-only issues a year. Based on CrossRef, the three most cited papers in the journal are:

 Vandna Jowaheer, Yuvraj Sunecher & Naushad Mamode Khan. A non-stationary BINAR(1) process with negative binomial innovations for modeling the number of goals in the first and second half: The case of Arsenal Football Club, 2016, 2 cites.
 Nikolay Kulmatitskiy, Lan Ma Nygren, Kjell Nygren, Jeffrey S. Simonoff & Jing Cao, Survival of Broadway shows: An empirical investigation of recent trends, 2015, 2 cites.
 Hui Quan, Xuezhou Mao, Yujun Wu, Meehyung Cho, Peng-Liang Zhao, Ji Zhang & Deborah Bauer, Adaptive design and timeline prediction for cardiovascular event trials for a non-inferiority/superiority claim, 2015, 1 cite.

References

External links
 Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods
 Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation
Communications in Statistics: Case Studies, Data Analysis and Applications

Computational statistics journals
Statistics journals
Academic journals established in 1970
Academic journals established in 1972
Taylor & Francis academic journals
English-language journals


General Simón Bolívar is one of the 39 municipalities of Durango, in north-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at General Simón Bolívar. The municipality covers an area of 10,041 km².

In 2010, the municipality had a total population of 10,629, up from 9,569 in 2005.

In 2010, the town of General Simón Bolívar had a population of 1,321. Other than the town of General Simón Bolívar, the municipality had 54 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: San José de Zaragoza (1,321) and Ignacio Zaragoza (1,019), classified as rural.

See also
Simón Bolívar, the Liberator of South America, after whom these places are named.

References

Municipalities of Durango


Vice President of the Maldives is the holder of a public office created by the Constitution of the Maldives. The current office-holder is Faisal Naseem, since 17 November 2018.

Ibrahim Muhammad Didi was the first Vice President, and was an appointee, while Mohammed Waheed Hassan was the first elected Vice President.

The Vice President is the first in the line of succession to the Presidency in the event of the President's death, resignation, or removal from office.

The Office of the Vice President
The post of the Vice President are described in article 112 of the constitution as follows:
There shall be a Vice President of the Maldives who shall assist the President in the discharge of his duties and responsibilities
Every candidate for President shall publicly declare the name of the Vice President who will serve with him.
The qualifications of office for the Vice President shall be the same as those for the President.
If the office of the President becomes vacant for any reason, the Vice President shall succeed to the office of the President.

Articles 117 and 122 then goes on to describe the Responsibilities of the Vice President.
The Vice President shall exercise such responsibilities and powers of the President as are delegated to him by the President.
The Vice President shall perform the responsibilities of the President if the President is absent or temporarily unable to perform the responsibilities of office.
If the office of Vice President becomes vacant by reason of death, resignation, removal from office, permanent incapacity, or succession to the office of the President, the President shall appoint a new Vice President to serve the remainder of the term. The appointment shall be approved by the People’s Majlis.

As a result of these responsibilities, the Office of the Vice President and its duties are determined by the President. Under the current government, President Nasheed has charged the Vice President's office with implementing a plan to become Carbon Neutral by 2020, as well as to tackle a drug problem which affects more than half of the youth population.

The First Vice President
The first Vice President of the Maldives was Ibrahim Muhammad Didi of Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party, who was appointed to the position by President Mohamed Amin Didi (1 January 1953 to 2 September 1953). On the terms that the vacancy of the office of the President leads to the succession of the Vice President to presidency, Ibraahim Didi also served as acting president from 2 September 1953 to 7 March 1954 after the banishment of Mohamed Amin Didi.

Ibrahim Nasir appointed several of his cabinet ministers as Vice Presidents following the dismissal of Prime Minister Ahmed Zaki.

The Maldives did not have Vice Presidents during the rule of Muhammad Fareed Didi and the Presidency of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.

The First Elected Vice President
Under the new constitution created the constitutional assembly and ratified by President Gayoom on 7 August 2008, the post of Vice President was once again created with the duties described above.

Under the new constitution, Dr. Mohammed Waheed Hassan of the Gaumee Itthihaad Party became the first elected Vice President of Maldives and was sworn into office on November 11, 2008. Mohamed Nasheed was elected into office as the President of the Maldives and together they effectively ended the 30 year rule of then Asia's longest serving ruler President Gayoom.

Dr. Waheed was the senior most Maldivian in the United Nations when he retired from it in June 2008, in order to return to the Maldives and become politically active. While in the UN, Dr. Waheed was the head of UNICEF for South Asia, Afghanistan, Yemen, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Turkmenistan. Dr. Waheed was the Third Maldivian to receive a PhD having done so from the prestigious Stanford University, having specialized in International Development.

He has been involved in politics in Maldives since 1989 when we won a Parliamentary seat with the highest number of votes recorded up to that point. However, he was forced out of the country after having pursued a bill on human rights that was not looked favored upon by the administration at the time. Dr. Waheed then spent 16 years working for UNICEF.

Dr. Waheed is currently married to Ilham Hussain and has three children. Their eldest daughter Widhadh (32) is an architect and owns an IT firm in California. Their second daughter Fidha (29)is a PhD student in East West psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and their son Salim Waheed (23) is in his final year at Stanford University, studying Political Science.

Oath of Office of the Vice President
The oath of office of the Vice President is described verbtim in the Maldives constitution.

I, …(name of person)…, do swear in the name of Almighty Allah that I will respect the religion of Islam, that I will uphold the Constitution of the Republic of Maldives and the fundamental rights of the Maldivian citizens, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Republic of Maldives, and will discharge the duties and responsibilities of the office of Vice President honestly and faithfully in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Maldives.

List of vice presidents

References

External links
 President's Office: Vice President
 Official Website of Dr. Waheed

Vice presidents
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1953 establishments in the Maldives