Thomas de Courtenay, 5th/13th Earl of Devon (3 May 1414 – 3 February 1458) was a nobleman from South West England. His seat was at Colcombe Castle near Colyton, and later at the principal historic family seat of Tiverton Castle, after his mother's death. The Courtenay family had historically been an important one in the region, and the dominant force in the counties of Devon and Cornwall. However, the rise in power and influence of several gentry families and other political players, in the years leading up to Thomas' accession to the earldom, threatened the traditional dominance of the earls of Devon in the area. Much of his life was spent in armed territorial struggle against his near-neighbour, Sir William Bonville of Shute, at a time when central control over the provinces was weak. This feud forms part of the breakdown in law and order in England that led to the Wars of the Roses.

Courtenay was for a time engaged in overseas service during the Hundred Years' War. Increasingly, however, his efforts became directed towards strengthening his position at home. He had been married off as an infant to Margaret Beaufort, placing Courtenay close to the English king's Beaufort kinsmen. Due to this connection, Courtenay started his career as an adherent to the English court's Beaufort party. Upon their demise in the late 1440s, he abandoned it in favour of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York. When York sought the support of Courtenay's arch-enemy Bonville, Courtenay fell out of favour with him. When the Wars of the Roses broke out, he was in the party of the queen, Margaret of Anjou, and was one of the Lancastrian commanders at the First Battle of St Albans, where he was wounded.

Courtenay was said to have promoted a reconciliation between the Lancastrian and Yorkist parties, but he died suddenly in 1458. The Wars of the Roses later led to the deaths and executions of all three of Courtenay's sons, Thomas, Henry and John, and to the eventual attainder of his titles and forfeiture of his lands. The earldom was, however, revived in 1485 for his distant cousin, Sir Edward Courtenay, third in descent from his great-uncle.

Youth
Courtenay was born on 3 May 1414, the only surviving son of Hugh Courtenay, 4th/12th Earl of Devon (1389 – 16 June 1422) and Anne Talbot (c. 1393 – 1441), sister of the renowned warrior John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury. He succeeded as Earl of Devon in 1422, at the age of eight. He may at some time before have become a ward of the all-powerful Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter.

According to Cokayne, Courtenay was knighted on 19 May 1426 by King Henry VI of England, and on 16 December 1431, Courtenay was among an entourage of 300 who attended King Henry VI's second coronation at Notre Dame in Paris.

Majority
It appears that no inquisition of proof of age, customary for a tenant in chief, was taken for his father. Based on his family's history and standing and on his own position as the leading landowner of the county, probably expected to take his place as the leader of Devon society. However, his mother's longevity meant that her dower portion, including Tiverton Castle, and the other Courtenay estates which had been alienated under his father's will were not in his hands and the young Courtenay was forced to live at Colcombe Castle, near Colyton, very close to his enemy William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville, at Shute. His income of £1,500 p.a. was lower than that of most nobles of comparable rank.

Career

Struggle with Bonville

The new earl found the political situation in Devonshire increasingly stacked against his own interests as a coalition of the greater gentry, led by William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville, and the earl's cousin, Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham, threatened the Courtenays' traditional dominance of the county. The relationship was complicated by Bonville's second marriage in 1430 to Elizabeth Courtenay (d. 1471), Courtenay's aunt. Despite links via his wife, Margaret Beaufort, to the ascendant "court party" led by Cardinal Beaufort and John Beaufort, 1st earl of Somerset and Marquess of Dorset, and by Margaret Holland, daughter of the Earl of Kent, Courtenay failed to rectify his situation and instead resorted to violence, beginning in 1439. With the decline of Beaufort power, Courtenay became increasingly associated with Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York. Courtenay had been attacking Bonville's estates in the summer of 1439 and the king despatched a Privy Councillor, Sir John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton, to extract a promise of good behaviour from Courtenay, who was thereafter reluctant to attend the court in London. In 1441, Courtenay was appointed as Steward of the Duchy of Cornwall, a nearly identical post to Royal Steward for Cornwall which had been granted to Sir William Bonville in 1437, for life. A week later in May 1441, the warrant was retracted. Disputes arose between the two which contemporary records portray as reaching the status of a private war. Two men wearing Courtenay livery attacked Sir Philip Chetwynd, a friend of Bonville, on the road to London, apparent evidence that the Council's arbitration of November 1440 had failed. Courtenay and Bonville were summoned before the King in December 1441, and were publicly reconciled. Tensions remained, however, and this may have been a factor in the crown's requests to both Courtenay, who initially refused, and Bonville to serve in France, Bonville as seneschal of Gascony from 1442–46 and Courtenay at Pont-l'Évêque in Normandy in 1446. This is one of the few times that Courtenay served abroad, for he had refused in March 1443, seemingly preferring to spend his time bolstering his position in Devon or at court. While Bonville was abroad, the King released Devon from his debts, including the recognisance for good behaviour, probably remitted by the influence of father-in-law, John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset.

Royal appointments

Commissions
His advantageous marriage to Margaret Beaufort brought him links to the "court party", and Courtenay began to be selected by the king to serve on Westcountry commissions and was granted an annuity of £100 for his services.

Other
1445 marked a fleeting high point in Courtenay's fortunes, with his appointment as High Steward of England at Queen Margaret's coronation on 25 May. Only the year before, March 1444, Bonville had identified himself with Suffolk, at Margaret's betrothal in Rouen.

Abandonment of Beauforts
The deaths of his brother-in-law John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, in 1444, and of the leader of the party Cardinal Beaufort, second son of John of Gaunt, in 1447, removed Beaufort leadership of the 'court' party, leaving William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, as the most influential figure in national politics. While there is no evidence of direct antagonism between Courtenay and the Duke of Suffolk, the latter appeared to favour the Bonvilles. Sir William Bonville enjoyed links with Suffolk and married his daughter to William Tailboys, one of the Duke's closest associates. Perhaps the most dramatic illustration of this favour was Bonville's elevation to the peerage, presumably at the direction of Suffolk, as Baron Bonville of Chewton Mendip in 1449.

Switch to Yorkist party
This promotion of his enemy Bonville may have prompted Devon to oppose the 'Court party' and to serve with his friend Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York during Jack Cade's Rebellion. Courtenay switched allegiance to York, who with the Duke of Norfolk took control briefly of London. He remained loyal to York during the Parliament of November 1450, when they invoked the support of the Commons to raise taxation. Having rescued the Duke of Somerset from an angry London mob, York himself had to flee, taking refuge on the Earl of Devon's barge rowing down the Thames. It is hardly surprising that Devon began to become associated with York, who had assumed the leadership of the "opposition" party. The parlous state of national politics (whether the king was a vindictive factionalist or an inane non-entity is largely irrelevant in this context) combined with what seems like a reckless and violent element in Courtenay's own character, led to a further campaign of violence against Bonville and the Suffolk-aligned James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond and Earl of Wiltshire. Courtenay and his troops attempted to capture Butler near Bath in Wiltshire before returning to besiege Bonville in Taunton Castle. The arrival of York (whether to suppress or aid the disturbances is uncertain) caused the two sides to make peace which, unsurprisingly, had no real meaning. York then embarked on his abortive attempt to take control of the royal government by force, his only allies being Courtenay and his sometime-associate, Edward Brooke, 6th Baron Cobham.

In the West Country, Courtenay hounded Bonville without mercy, and pursued him to Taunton Castle and laid siege to it. York arrived to lift the siege, and imprisoned Bonville, who was nevertheless quickly released. This exploit ended with the disgrace of all three 'Yorkists' and their submission to royal mercy in March. The King had issued an arrest warrant on 24 September 1451, drafted by Somerset, to be enforced by Butler and Bonville. The Yorkist rebellions prompted royal commissions for Buckingham and Bonville on 14 February 1452. A direct summons without delay was ordered by Royal Proclamation on 17 February to bring Courtenay and Lord Cobham to London.

Treason charge
Courtenay was charged with treason and briefly imprisoned in Wallingford Castle, before appearing on trial before the House of Lords. His disgrace and political isolation allowed his Devonshire rivals to consolidate their positions, further undermining his decreased standing in the county. Bonville acquired all royal commissions in the south-west.

Resurgence of York
King Henry VI's madness and York's appointment as Protector in 1453/4 resulted in a partial rally in Courtenay's fortunes, including his re-appointment to commissions of the peace in the south-western counties, the key barometer of the local balance of power. He was a member of the Royal Council until April 1454. Courtenay was bound over to keep the peace with a fine of 1,000 marks, but ignored its restrictions. Threatened by the Council on 3 June, he was forced on 24 July to make a new bond.

Abandonment by York
This was, however, the end of Courtenay's links with York, whose increasingly tight links with the Neville earls of Salisbury and Warwick led to an alignment with Bonville away from Courtenay. This culminated in the marriage of William Bonville, 6th Baron Harington, Bonville's grandson, to Salisbury's daughter, Katherine. Courtenay did not endear himself to Somerset either, as he and his sons repeatedly disrupted the sessions of the commissioners of the peace in Exeter during 1454/5, which did not assist Protector Somerset in promoting his role as the guardian of law and order. Courtenay was present at the First Battle of St Albans, and was wounded. York, however, still considered him at least neutral as the duke's letters addressed to the King on the eve of battle were delivered to the king via the apparently still trusted hands of Courtenay.

Final assault on Bonville
Perhaps inspired by the way the Nevilles and York had forcefully ended their respective feuds with the Percies and the Duke of Somerset in the battle, Courtenay returned to Devon and commenced a further campaign of violence against Bonville and his allies, who were now attached to Warwick's party. The violence began in October 1455 with the horrific murder by Courtenay allies of Nicholas Radford, an eminent Westcountry lawyer, Recorder of Exeter and one of Bonville's councillors. Several contemporary accounts, including the Paston Letters, record this event with the ensuing mock-funeral and coronary inquest accompanied by the singing of highly inappropriate songs, in tones of shock and horror unusual during the blunted sensitivities of the fifteenth century. Among the murderers was Thomas Courtenay, the earl's son and later successor. Parliament, meeting in November 1455, reported 800 horsemen and 4,000 infantry running amok across Devon. On 3 November 1455 Courtenay with his sons, Thomas Carrew of Ashwater and a considerable force of 1,000 men occupied the city of Exeter, nominally controlled by Bonville as castellan of the royal castle of Exeter, which they continued to control until 23 December 1455. Courtenay had before warned the populace that Bonville was approaching with a 'great multitude' to sack the city. On 3 November 1455 Bonville's men setting out from his seat at Shute had looted the Earl's nearby house at Colcombe Castle, Colyton, and Bonville promised his support to the earl's distant cousin, Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham. Dozens of men violated consecrated ground and Radford's valuables were extracted from the cathedral and his house in Exeter was also robbed. Village-dwellers with Bonville connections were assaulted by Devon's men. Powderham Castle, home to the earl's estranged cousin, Sir Philip Courtenay (d. 1463), an ally of Bonville, was besieged on 15 November 1455, the earl's weaponry now including a serpentine cannon. Bonville attempted to relieve the castle but was repulsed as the Earl threatened to batter down its walls. Finally battle was joined directly between Bonville and Courtenay at the Battle of Clyst Heath, at Clyst Bridge, just southeast of Exeter on 15 December 1455. While it seems that Bonville was put to flight, the number of dead or wounded is entirely unknown. Two days later Thomas Carrew with 500 of Courtenay's retainers pillaged Shute, seizing a bounty of looted goods. Courtenay and his men left Exeter on 21 December 1455 and shortly afterwards submitted to York at Shaftesbury in Dorset. Early in December 1455, the King had dismissed Devon from the Commission of Peace, and citizens of Exeter had been instructed not to help his army of "misrule" in any way.

Aftermath of Clyst Heath
Devon was incarcerated in the Tower. Originally, the government planned to bring him to trial for treason but this was abandoned once King Henry VI returned to sanity in February 1456, and York was removed as Protector. Courtenay was also returned to the commission of the peace for Devonshire, seemingly the work of Queen Margaret of Anjou who had taken personal control of the court. Courtenay had cultivated links with Queen Margaret, and an alliance was sealed by the marriage of his son and heir, Sir Thomas Courtenay, to the Queen's kinswoman, Marie, the daughter of Charles, Count of Maine. Despite having been banned from entering and leading armed men into Exeter and holding assemblies, 500 men under John Courtenay entered the High Street on 8 April 1456. His rivals, Philip Courtenay and Lord Fitzwarin, were prevented from exercising commissions as Justices of the Peace, and were forced to leave the city. Butler, Bonville's patron, and Sir John Fortescue, Chief Justice, arrived with a large entourage to investigate under a commission of oyer et terminer. They rejected Courtenay's petition to have Bonville's sheriffdom of Devon removed. Two years later his sons, Thomas and Henry Courtenay, were absolved of the murder of Nicholas Radford.

Courtenay was restored to the bench of JPs and was made Keeper of the Park of Clarendon in February 1457, and Keeper of Clarendon Forest in Wiltshire on 17 July 1457.

Marriage and issue

At some time after 1421, Thomas de Courtenay married Lady Margaret Beaufort, daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (the first of the four illegitimate children of John of Gaunt (son of King Edward III of England) by his mistress, Katherine Swynford, later his wife) by his wife, Lady Margaret Holland. Margaret was thus the sister of Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset, of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, of Thomas Beaufort, Count of Perche, of Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland, and of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. Thomas and Margaret had three sons and six daughters:

Thomas Courtenay, 6th/14th Earl of Devon (1432 – 3 April 1461), was taken prisoner at the Battle of Towton, and beheaded at York on 3 April 1461, when the earldom was forfeited.
Sir Henry Courtenay (d. 1467/9), Esquire, of West Coker, Somerset, beheaded for treason in the market place at Salisbury, Wiltshire on 17 January 1469 (or 4 March 1467). As the earldom had been forfeited following the execution of his elder brother in 1461, he is not generally considered to have inherited from him the title "Earl of Devon", although for example, Debrett's Peerage, 1968, gives him as the 7th Earl and successor to his brother.
John Courtenay, 7th/15th Earl of Devon (1435 – 3 May 1471), was restored to the earldom in 1470 by the Lancastrians in exile, and later slain at the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4 May 1471.
Joan Courtenay (born c. 1441), who married, firstly, Sir Roger Clifford, second son of Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, who was beheaded after the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. She married, secondly, Sir William Knyvet of Buckenham, Norfolk.
Elizabeth Courtenay (born c. 1449), who married, before March 1490, Sir Hugh Conway.
Anne Courtenay.
Eleanor Courtenay.
Maud Courtenay.
Agnes Courtenay (1452 – 7 January 1485), who married Richard Saunders (1452–1480) of Charlwood, Surrey.

Monument to Margaret Beaufort

An effigy identified by tradition as "little choke-a-bone", Margaret Courtenay (d. 1512), an infant daughter of William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (1475–1511) by his wife Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527), the sixth daughter of King Edward IV (1461–1483) exists in Colyton Church in Devon. The Courtenay residence of Colcombe Castle was in the parish of Colyton. However, modern authorities have suggested, on the basis of the monument's heraldry, the effigy to be Margaret Beaufort (c. 1409 – 1449), the wife of Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon (1414–1458).

The effigy is only about three feet in length, much smaller than usual for an adult. The face and head were renewed in 1907, and are said to have been based on the sculptor's own infant daughter. A 19th-century brass tablet above is inscribed: "Margaret, daughter of William Courtenay Earl of Devon and the Princess Katharine youngest daughter of Edward IVth King of England, died at Colcombe choked by a fish-bone AD MDXII and was buried under the window in the north transept of this church".

Heraldry

Three sculpted heraldic shields of arms exist above the effigy, showing the arms of Courtenay, Courtenay impaling the royal arms of England and the royal arms of England. Later authorities have suggested, on the basis of the monument's heraldry, the effigy to be the wife of Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon (1414–1458), namely Lady Margaret Beaufort (c. 1409 – 1449), daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Marquess of Somerset, 1st Marquess of Dorset (1373–1410), KG (later only 1st Earl of Somerset) (the first of the four illegitimate children of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (4th son of King Edward III), and his mistress Katherine Swynford, later his wife) by his wife Margaret Holland. The basis of this re-attribution is the supposed fact that the "royal arms" shown are not the arms of King Edward IV, but rather the arms of Beaufort. The arms of Beaufort are the royal arms of England differenced within a bordure compony argent and azure. The relief sculpture does indeed show a border, albeit a thin one and not compony, around the royal arms, with such border omitted from the Courtenay arms.

Death
Courtenay received a summons to appear with York before the King in London at the Loveday Award. He broke his journey at Abingdon Abbey, and died there on 3 February 1458. A contemporary chronicler asserted that he had been poisoned by the Prior on the queen's orders, which is perhaps unlikely considering the earl's alliance with the queen. In his will, the earl requested burial in the Courtenay Chantry Chapel of Exeter Cathedral. The will was proved at Lambeth on 21 February 1458, and an inquisition post mortem was taken in 1467.

The earl was succeeded by his eldest son, Thomas Courtenay, 14th Earl of Devon, who was beheaded at York on 3 April 1461 after the Battle of Towton, and attainted by Parliament in November 1461, whereby the earldom was forfeited.

Footnotes

References

Selected reading

External links
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Magaye Serigne Falilou Dit Nelson Gueye (born 6 July 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece 2 club Anagennisi Karditsa. He is a former French youth and under-21 international, but in 2012 he accepted a call up from Senegal for the Olympic games tournament, eligible due to his Senegalese parentage. Gueye started his professional career with RC Strasbourg in France, before moving to Everton in 2010. He made 24 appearances for Everton in four seasons, spending time on loan at Brest, before leaving the club and joining Millwall in 2014. He was a talented sprinter but stopped to focus on his football career. His 100m personal best remains 10.13s.

Club career

Strasbourg
Gueye was born in Nogent-sur-Marne to Senegalese parents and began his career in the Île-de-France region playing for local club US Lognes in the eastern suburbs of Paris. In 2002, at the age of 12, he joined the youth academy of RC Strasbourg. Gueye quickly progressed through the youth ranks, where he helped the under-18 squad reach the semi-finals of the 2008 Coupe Gambardella. For the 2008–09 season, he was promoted to the club's Championnat de France amateur team, appearing in 13 matches and scoring two goals. He also assisted on three goals. On 30 October, Gueye signed his first professional contract, agreeing to a three-year deal until June 2012. He was officially promoted to the senior team and assigned the number 4 shirt.

Gueye made his professional debut on 3 November 2008 in the club's league match against Lens appearing as a substitute for the Brazilian Marcos in a 1–1 draw. He made his first career start several months later on 10 April 2009, this time in a 4–1 defeat to Lens. Gueye switched to the number 8 shirt for the 2009–10 season and scored his first professional goal in the club's first match of the season against Istres in the Coupe de la Ligue. However, Strasbourg lost the match 6–1. He continued his streak of proficient goalscoring by scoring a goal in each of the club's first five league matches against Châteauroux, Laval, Arles-Avignon, Ajaccio, and Sedan. Gueye later suffered a severe groin injury and missed both November and December.

Following the winter break, he returned to the team and in his first match back, he provided the assist for Strasbourg's only goal in their 3–1 loss to Olympique Lyonnais in the Coupe de France. However, later in the match, Gueye suffered an injury to his knee. The injury was, initially, diagnosed as torn ligaments, however, after further medical analysis, it was reduced to only a sprain. Gueye missed six weeks, as opposed to six months had he torn the ligaments.

Everton
In June 2010, Gueye joined English club Everton, signing a five-year contract, for a fee of £1m. He made his  début in a 1–0 victory over Sydney FC on a pre-season tour of Australia the following month. Gueye scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 victory over Brisbane Roar a week later. He made his competitive début for the Blues in their first League Cup match of the 2010–11 season, starting on the field in a 5–1 victory over Huddersfield Town. His first league appearance for Everton came on 2 April 2011, as a substitute for Séamus Coleman in a 2–2 draw against Aston Villa. His first Premier League start was in a 3–0 win against Wolves on 9 April 2011. Gueye was influential in Everton's FA Cup quarter-final replay victory at Sunderland on 27 March 2012, assisting Nikica Jelavic for Everton's first of the game and securing the club's third appearance at Wembley Stadium in as many years. On 9 April 2012, Gueye's first Premier League goal came in a 4–0 win over Sunderland, smashing in the opener from a rebound from a Leon Osman effort. He also made two assists in the match. He scored his only goal of the 2012–13 season on 29 August 2012, volleying in a Séamus Coleman cross in a League Cup second round tie at home to Leyton Orient. In January 2014 he scored his third and final goal for Everton in the FA Cup against Stevenage, in what was his only appearance of the 2013-14 season. On 13 June 2014, Gueye left the club by mutual consent.

Stade Brestois 29
In January 2013, Gueye joined French club Brest on loan for the rest of the 2012–13 season.
He made his debut on 9 February 2013 against Valenciennes but could not prevent a 2–1 loss for Brest. Gueye made a total of eight appearances for the club.

Millwall
Gueye joined Millwall on 25 July 2014 on a one-year contract with an option for a further 12 months. He scored his first goal for the Lions against Sheffield Wednesday, denying the hosts victory in the 94th minute. Gueye left the club in July 2015 after his contract wasn't renewed.

Qarabağ
On 17 July 2019, Gueye signed a two-year contract with Qarabağ FK. On 6 August 2019, Gueye scored his first goal for Qarabağ FK against APOEL at third qualifying round of 2019–20 UEFA Champions League. On 8 June 2020, Qarabağ announced that Gueye had left the club by mutual consent.

Dinamo București
On 7 October 2020, Gueye signed a two-year contract with Dinamo București. He made his debut for the second Dinamo team, scoring two goals. For the first team, he played his first match on 18 October when he came on in the 74th minute during a match against Universitatea Craiova, a 0–1 home defeat. He scored his first goal for Dinamo in a match against Astra Giurgiu, with a bicycle kick. In March 2021, after Dinamo - FCSB, Gueye underwent an anti-doping test and was said to have used cocaine. Thus, he was fired by Dinamo.

International career

France
Gueye featured with the under-16 team early on during his development, but appeared with neither the under-17s nor the under-18s in competition. He returned with the under-19 team making his debut in an under-19 tournament held in Denmark. He participated with the team in the qualification for the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship scoring goals against Malta and Latvia. In the tournament, he scored the team's only goal in their 3–1 loss to England in the semi-finals. On 27 August, he was called up to the under-21 team for their 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification matches against Slovenia and the Ukraine. He earned his first under-21 cap in the match against Slovenia appearing as a substitute. On 12 May 2010, Gueye was called up to the under-20 team by coach Patrick Gonfalone to participate in the 2010 Toulon Tournament. In the team's second group stage match against Japan, he scored the second goal, converting a penalty, in the team's 4–1 victory.

Senegal
In June 2012, Gueye completed paperwork to become eligible to represent Senegal internationally. The following month, he accepted a call-up from Joseph Koto and was named in Senegal's Olympic squad for London 2012 Summer Olympics football tournament.

Honours

Adanaspor
TFF 1. Lig: 2015–16

Qarabağ FK
Azerbaijan Premier League: 2019–20

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Khalanga is market center in Sharada Municipality in Salyan District of Karnali Province of Nepal. The place formerly existing as Village Development Committee was annexed to form a new municipality since 18 May 2014. It is the district headquarter of Salyan District. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 6380.

Media
To Promote local culture Khalanga has one FM radio station Radio Salyan FM - 101 MHz Which is a Community radio Station.

References

External links
UN map of the municipalities of Salyan District

Populated places in Salyan District, Nepal


Milje () is a village in the Municipality of Šenčur in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

References

External links
Milje on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Šenčur


General Sir Lewis Grant, KCH ( Ludovick Grant; 26 March 1776 – 26 January 1852) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator in the Caribbean.

Grant was born as Ludovick Grant in Forres, Moray, one of eight sons born to Duncan Grant, of Mulochaird in Strathspey, Scotland, and Jean Grant, daughter of Robert Grant of Keithmore, Banff, by Elizabeth Gordon. He was a younger brother of the physician Sir James Robert Grant, chief medical officer at Waterloo. Grant entered the army in 1794 as an ensign in the 95th Regiment, from which he was promoted to lieutenant in the 97th Regiment.  In 1795, Grant was aboard HMS Orion under James Saumarez at the Battle of Groix. He was promoted to captain in 1796 and subsequently fought under Sir Ralph Abercromby in the West Indies.

In June 1801, Grant was appointed Assistant Quarter and Barrack Master General in Tobago and held the same position in Dominica in 1802. Promoted to major in 1802, he transferred to the 3rd West Indian Regiment and returned to England in 1803.  Promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the 70th Regiment in 1804, he returned to the West Indies that year. Further promoted to colonel in 1813 and major-general in 1819, Grant was then appointed Governor of the Bahamas in 1820, then Governor of Trinidad in 1829. Serving in the latter post until 1833, Lionel Mordaunt Fraser's History of Trinidad (1971) states on the day after his departure on 22 June, the Port of Spain Gazette reported he was "hated by the negroes and detested by every independent member of the community".

On 13 September 1831, Grant was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order and Knight Bachelor, appointed colonel of the 96th Regiment of Foot on 9 April 1839 and awarded an honorary MA from Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1847.

On 11 November 1851, he was promoted to general and died suddenly from heart disease a few months later on 26 January 1852, aboard an omnibus on Regent Street, London, while he was travelling to his home on Harley Street. He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.

He had married, on 21 July 1832, to Isabella Elizabeth Grant, daughter of Alexander and Margaret Grant of Tullochgriban. They had one daughter, Isabella Jean Margaret Grant (1842–1913), who married Lt Clinton Fraser Henshaw of the Rifle Brigade on 18 October 1859 at St James, Westminster, and had issue.

References
Obituary, The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 191, p. 406

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Jean Boudehen (January 11, 1939 – September 4, 1982) was a French sprint canoer who competed in the 1960s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the C-2 1000 m event at Tokyo in 1964.

References
Jean Boudehen's profile at Sports Reference.com

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1982 deaths
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Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Olympic canoeists for France
Olympic silver medalists for France
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Ernst Pöppel (born 29 April 1940) is a German psychologist and neuroscientist. He is the father of Dr. David Poeppel.

Education and research
Pöppel was born in Schwessin, Farther Pomerania. He studied psychology and biology in Freiburg and Munich, before finishing his academic education with PhD in 1968 in Innsbruck, Austria. He did research on temporal perception and circadian rhythms between 1964 and 1968, in the Max-Planck-Institute of Behavioral Physiology, and on neurophysiology of vision in 1969 and 1970 in Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Munich. From 1971 to 1973, he did research on neuropsychology of vision at the Department of Psychology and Brain Science at MIT, Cambridge, USA. At the same time, he was staff scientist at the Neuroscience Research Program (NRP). At this time, he described together with Richard Held and Douglas Frost a phenomenon of residual vision, which became known as blindsight.

After his first habilitation in Sensory Physiology (Dr. med. habil.) in 1974, and a second one in Psychology (Dr. phil. habil.) in 1976, he became Professor of Medical Psychology (“Ordinarius”) in 1976 at the Medical Faculty of Munich University, Germany. In 1977, he founded the Institute for Medical Psychology, and he became its director, a position he held until 2008. From 1992 to 1997, he had leave of absence from Munich University, when he was board member of the national Research Center Juelich, where he was responsible for the Life Sciences (Brain Research, Biotechnology), Environmental Sciences, and Mathematical Modeling. He has been a member of the Leopoldina since 1993.

Human Science Center
In 1997, he and the neuroscientist Gerhard Neuweiler founded the Humanwissenschaftliches Zentrum (HWZ – Human Science Center) of Munich University, and he has been the CEO since then. The HWZ is an interdisciplinary and international platform for research to bridge the gap between academic faculties. With its more than 70 members worldwide, research of the HWZ focuses on “anthropological universals and cultural specifics”. In 1999, for instance, the HWZ started a sequence of Sino-German Workshops together with Peking University. The 7th Sino-German Workshop in 2008, was dedicated to the topic of “Culture and Identity”, which was co-organized with Shihui Han from the Department of Psychology of Beida (Peking University).

Directorships
Since 2000, Ernst Pöppel is also Co-Director of Parmenides Center for the Study of Thinking (Elba, Italy, and Munich), since 2001, he is Scientific Director of the Generation Research Program (GRP) in Bad Tölz, Germany, and since 2006 he is Co-Director of the FESTO Program of Applied Knowing (F.PAK). The GRP is dedicated to research for the elderly taking into consideration of demographic changes; F.PAK develops a new Master Program for vocational learning based on results from the neurosciences and systems theory.

Recognition and influence
Ernst Pöppel has received several honors, like the Bavaria Constitutional Medal, and in 1992 he became Member of Leopoldina (ML), the National Scientific Academy of Germany. He is also member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and has been Dean of Science. He became known for his research on neuropsychology of vision and temporal perception. He has always tried to bring scientific knowledge to general public through books, articles for non-academic audience and a TV series on “Magic Universe of the Brain”. In parallel to his research in vision and temporal perception, he has promoted the cooperation between scientists and artists, a field has become known lately as “Neuro-Esthetics”. Together with the American poet Fred Turner he received an award of the American Poetry Association for an essay on the temporal structure in poems. He works closely together with the Austrian poet Raoul Schrott, and the Russian-German artist Igor Sacharow-Ross, who took up his concept of “Syntopy”. With this new term, which is juxtaposed to “Utopy” the need of bringing together at one place different activities in modern society is expressed. In particular, in cooperation with scholars from Japan (like Hiroshi Shimizu or Tadeshe Kume) this new term and concept has proven to be useful.

Research of Ernst Pöppel has globalized in the last years, having moved now more towards the East compared to earlier orientation towards the West, like cooperation with scientists from the US. He has common projects with Chinese colleagues from Peking University (in particular with Yan Bao and Bin Zhou from the Department of Psychology and with Huisheng Chi and Xihong Wu from the Center of Speech and Hearing Research) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Lin Chen), with Japanese colleagues from Tokyo Institute of Technology (in particular Yoshihiro Miyake and Yumiko Muto), with the Russian colleagues like Nikita Podvigin from St. Petersburg and Victor Shklovsky from Moscow, and with the Polish neuroscientist Elżbieta Szeląg from the Nencki Institute in Warsaw. His political motivation for such international cooperations besides scientific interests is: “Scientists are Natural Ambassadors”.

References

External links
 Systems Neuroscience and Cognitive Research

1940 births
Living people
People from Koszalin County
People from the Province of Pomerania
German neuroscientists
German psychologists
Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts


Michel Chapuis (born 18 June 1941) is a French sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He won the silver medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

References
Sports-reference.com profile

1941 births
Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
French male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for France
Olympic silver medalists for France
Olympic medalists in canoeing
Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics


Oman–Russia relations () is the bilateral relationship between Russia and Oman. Russia has an embassy in Muscat.  Oman is represented in Russia through its embassy in Moscow. Oman was allied to the west during the Cold War. The Soviet Union supported Marxist rebels like the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman in Oman during the Dhofar Rebellion in the 1960s and 1970s, resulting in bad relations between Oman and the Soviets. The rebels were crushed with British help by the Omani government. Oman did not maintain relations with the Soviets during this time. After a long period, Oman and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations on February 5, 1986, and still maintain mostly neutral relations. However, since a breakthrough OPEC deal, Oman and Russia have been active allies in the Persian Gulf.

See also
 Foreign relations of Russia
 Foreign relations of Oman
Al Sheikh Abdullah bin Zaher bin Saif Al Hussani, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sultanate of Oman to the Russian Federation

External links
  Documents on the Oman–Russia relationship at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Bilateral relations of Russia
Russia


Federal Route 140 (formerly Melaka state route M4) is a federal road in Melaka, Malaysia. It connects Pantai Kundor in the west to Cheng in the east. The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 140 starts at Pantai Kundor.

Features

At most sections, the Federal Route 140 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, with a speed limit of 90 km/h.

List of junctions

References

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Peer Nielsen (sometimes shown as Peer Noorbohm, born 25 June 1942) is a Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1960s. He won the bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

References
Sports-reference.com profile (As Peer Norrbohm)

1942 births
Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Danish male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Denmark
Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark
Olympic medalists in canoeing

Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics


Korbang Jhimpe  is a village development committee in Salyan District in the Rapti Zone of western-central Nepal. At the time of the 2001 Nepal census it had a population of 636. According to the 2011 Nepal census Korbang Jhimpe had a population of 6,183.

References

External links
UN map of the municipalities of Salyan District

Populated places in Salyan District, Nepal


Kotbara  is a village development committee in Salyan District in the Rapti Zone of western-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3990.

References

External links
UN map of the municipalities of Salyan District

Populated places in Salyan District, Nepal


The Syrphinae constitute one of the three subfamilies of the fly family Syrphidae. Most larvae of this subfamily feed on aphids. It is a monophyletic group with more than 1,600 species.

Gallery

References

Bugguide,net Subfamily Syrphinae
 Encyclopedia of Life
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society The phylogeny and systematics of European predacious Syrphidae (Diptera) based on larval and puparial stages
Annual Review of Entomology Bionomics and Physiology of Aphidophagous Syrphidae


Kotmala    is a village development committee in Salyan District in the Rapti Zone of western-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3735 people living in 649 individual households.

References

External links
UN map of the municipalities of Salyan District

Populated places in Salyan District, Nepal


John Rungsted Sørensen (born 5 October 1934) is a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He won the bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

References
Sports-reference.com profile (As John Rungsted Sorensen)

1934 births
Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Danish male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Denmark
Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark
Olympic medalists in canoeing

Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics


Ronald Phillips (30 March 1947 – 18 April 2002) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Playing career
A left sided midfielder who also played as winger, Phillips began his career with Bolton Wanderers. After 145 league appearances and a loan spell with Chesterfield, Phillips joined Bury in 1975 for a two-year spell.

Early in 1977–78 Phillips joined Chester, where he became part of one of the club's most successful teams. His four-year stint at Sealand Road was largely successful, although Phillips did suffer the indignity of missing an open goal for Chester in a televised match at Blackpool in December 1978.

Phillips left Chester in February 1981 and briefly joined Chorley before signing for Barrow in the Alliance Premier League. But he suffered a serious leg injury shortly after signing and left him in plaster for six months, effectively ending his playing career at a serious level.

After his football career ended Phillips worked for an insurance company and later established a successful newsagents business. Unfortunately he began to suffer from depression, leading to his death from self-inflicted injuries in April 2002.

References

1947 births
2002 deaths
People from Worsley
Footballers from Greater Manchester
Sportspeople from the City of Salford
English men's footballers
English Football League players
National League (English football) players
Men's association football wingers
Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
Chesterfield F.C. players
Bury F.C. players
Chester City F.C. players
Chorley F.C. players
Barrow A.F.C. players


Kubhinde, Rapti    is a village development committee in Salyan District in the Rapti Zone of western-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4723 people living in 879 individual households.

References

External links
UN map of the municipalities of Salyan District

Populated places in Salyan District, Nepal


Lakshmipur is a village development committee in Salyan District in the Rapti Zone of western-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,678 people living in 648 individual households.

References

External links
UN map of the municipalities of Salyan District

Populated places in Salyan District, Nepal


Lekhpokhara    is a village development committee in Salyan District in the Rapti Zone of western-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2749 people living in 481 individual households.

References

External links
UN map of the municipalities of Salyan District

Populated places in Salyan District, Nepal


Majh Khanda    is a village development committee in Salyan District in the Rapti Zone of western-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3480 people living in 648 individual households.

References

External links
UN map of the municipalities of Salyan District

Populated places in Salyan District, Nepal


Marke  is market center in Sharada Municipality in Salyan District in the Rapti Zone of western-central Nepal. The place formerly existing as Village Development Committee was annexed to form a new municipality since 18 May 2014. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4189 people living in 770 individual households.

References

External links
UN map of the municipalities of Salyan District

Populated places in Salyan District, Nepal

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Marmaparikhanda    is a village development committee in Salyan District in the Rapti Zone of western-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3530 people living in 597 individual households.

References

External links
UN map of the municipalities of Salyan District

Populated places in Salyan District, Nepal


Captain Henry Lambert RN (died 4 January 1813) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. During his career, Lambert served in numerous ships and several military actions with success, participating in the capture of Île Bonaparte in the Indian Ocean as second in command under Josias Rowley. Lambert is best known however for being captain of the frigate HMS Java on 29 December 1812 when she was captured in the Mid-Atlantic by USS Constitution during the War of 1812. Lambert was mortally wounded in the battle and died seven days later in Salvador, Brazil.

Career
Lambert was the son of naval Captain Robert Lambert and entered the navy at an early age aboard HMS Cumberland in 1795. Serving in the Mediterranean, Cumberland was heavily engaged at the Battle of Hyères where the French ship of the line Alcide was blown up. For the next six years, Lambert served in the Mediterranean on board the frigate HMS Virginie and the ship of the line HMS Suffolk before obtaining promotion to lieutenant in 1801. He later joined HMS Victorious and the following year HMS Centurion during the Peace of Amiens.

At the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars in 1803, Lambert was promoted to be commander of the 20-gun . In April 1804 he fought off the 36-gun French privateer Psyché on the East India Station. The following year he became a post captain in command of the 44-gun frigate HMS San Fiorenzo. As captain of San Fiorenzo, in February 1805 he encountered the Psyché again, now a frigate of the French Navy. This time Lambert captured her. He then sailed San Fiorenzo back to Britain in June.

In 1808 Lambert took command of the frigate HMS Iphigenia, initially based at Quebec, but later transferring back to the Indian Ocean where he had previously been successful. Attached to the squadron then besieging Île Bonaparte and Île de France under Josias Rowley, in July 1810 Lambert participated in the successful invasion of Île Bonaparte. The following month, Lambert was part of a frigate squadron led by Samuel Pym which attempted to raid the anchorage of Grand Port on Île de France. Due to poor charts of the numerous reefs within the harbour, the attack was a disaster, with two frigates destroyed and two more, including Iphigenia severely damaged and captured. Lambert and his crew were released from captivity following the successful invasion of Île de France and honourably acquitted in the court martial inquiring into the loss of their ship, which had also been recaptured.

In 1812, Lambert was given command of HMS Java, originally a French frigate captured during the Mauritius campaign. On 29 December, Java engaged the larger American frigate USS Constitution which captured Java in a bitter battle, Lambert opting to engage the American ship rather than flee in the hope of inflicting such damage that Constitution would be forced to retire to the US for repairs. In the event, Java was captured and destroyed and Lambert mortally wounded by a musket ball in the chest. Despite the efforts of the American surgeon aboard Constitution, Lambert died on 4 January 1813 in Salvador, Brazil from the effects of his wounds and was buried the following day.

Literature
Henry Lambert is a character in the Fortune of War, which is the sixth novel in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin series. In the book, he is mortally wounded in combat aboard HMS Java, just as in real life. He was also named in the fourth novel, The Mauritius Command, as captain of the Iphigenia, as in real life.
Oddly, when Aubrey meets him in the Fortune of War there is no reference to their service together two years earlier.

Family
He was the son of Captain Robert Lambert RN, younger brother of Rear Admiral Robert Lambert RN, General Sir John Lambert, Major General Samuel Lambert and older brother of Admiral Sir George Lambert RN.

Notes

References

1813 deaths
Royal Navy officers
British military personnel killed in the War of 1812
Royal Navy personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars
Royal Navy personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
Year of birth unknown


Serghei Covaliov (14 October 1944 – 16 May 2011) was a Romanian sprint canoeist. He was the child of Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Covaliov. He mostly competed in doubles together with Ivan Patzaichin, a fellow Lipovan Russian born in the same village. They won a gold and a silver medal at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics, respectively, missing the first place in 1972 by 0.03 seconds. At the world championships they won one gold, one silver and one bronze medal in 1970–1971, while Covaliov also had a gold medal in 1966 with Vicol Calabiciov, another canoer from his village. Covaliov died aged 66 after a severe concussion he suffered while canoeing.

References

External links

1944 births
2011 deaths
Sportspeople from Tulcea County
Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeists for Romania
Olympic gold medalists for Romania
Olympic silver medalists for Romania
Romanian male canoeists
Romanian people of Russian descent
Olympic medalists in canoeing
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian

Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics


Looking for Love or Lookin' for Love may refer to:

Music
 "Looking for Love" (Karen Carpenter song) (1966)
 "Lookin' for Love" (Diesel song) (1989)
"Lookin' for Love", a 1980 song by Johnny Lee
 "Looking for Love" (Karen Ramirez song)
 "Looking for Love" (September song) (2007)
 "Looking for Love", a song by the Cars from Heartbeat City
 "Looking for Love", a song by Ratt from Dancing Undercover
 "Looking for Love", a song by Whitesnake from the European release of Whitesnake

Other uses
 Looking for Love (film), a 1964 musical film starring Connie Francis

See also
"Lookin' for a Love", a song written by J.W. Alexander and Zelda Samuels, covered by Bobby Womack in 1974
"Lookin' for a Love", a 1975 song by Neil Young from Zuma
"Looking for a New Love", a 1987 song by Jody Watley


Dr. Josué Francisco Trocado, KCSG (27/28 June 1882 - 8 December 1962) was a Portuguese composer.

Background
Josué Francisco Trocado was born to Francisco Luís Trocado, Jr. and Maria Emília da Cruz Campos in Póvoa de Varzim, and was the paternal grandson of Francisco Luís Trocado and Florbela Rosa, and maternal grandson of Manuel Ferreira Campos and Ana Emília da Cruz.

Life
Josué Francisco Trocado was a doctor, a teacher, a journalist and a composer. He married Maria Alves de Campos on 20 July 1907 in Póvoa de Varzim, and had seven children.

Decorations
 Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great of the Holy See
 OC of the Ordem Militar de Cristo

References

 Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal, III, 2006, Tomo IV, pg. 862 to 873
 Costados, Gonçalo de Mesquita da Silveira de Vasconcelos e Sousa, Livraria Esquina, 1.ª Edição, Porto, 1997, N.º 55

1882 births
1962 deaths
Portuguese composers
Portuguese male composers
People from Póvoa de Varzim
20th-century male musicians


Gyula Petrikovics (12 January 1943 – 28 June 2005) was a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won a silver medal in the C-2 1000 m event.

Petrikovics also won a complete set of medals in the C-2 1000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (gold: 1971, silver: 1970, bronze: 1973).

References

1943 births
2005 deaths
Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Hungarian male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for Hungary
Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
Olympic medalists in canoeing
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian

Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
20th-century Hungarian people


Eber Brock Ward (December 25, 1811 – January 2, 1875) was an American industrialist, iron and steel manufacturer, and shipbuilder.

Ward invested in several industries in Michigan and the Midwest. He started as an owner of steamship interests, and later accumulated woodlands, as well as lands that contained iron ore, copper and silver. His investments would ultimately include newspapers, railroads, glass manufacturing, banking, and insurance companies.

Early life

Ward was born in Applegaths Mills, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada, on December 25, 1811.

While in Waterford, Pennsylvania, Ward's mother fell ill and died and the family moved to Detroit.

Business

Shipping
Ward obtained a job as a cabin boy and deck hand when he was twelve or thirteen years old at Marine City, Michigan and worked for a time for Samuel Ward, his uncle. Ward came in contact with marine transactions this way, and learned the industry.

Ward invested in a vessel called the General Harrison, as a 25 percent owner, and became the master of this vessel in 1835. He was successful as its operator, but eventually became a partner with his uncle at Marine City. He was successful at this enterprise, and continued this until 1850, when he moved to Detroit. There he was involved in the shipbuilding business, and his operations participated in the construction of steamers and sailing ships; among them were the Arctic, Atlantic, B.F. Wade, Detroit, General Harrison, Huron, Montgomery, Ocean, Pacific, Planet, Samuel Ward, Caspian, Champion, and Pearl.

Railroading
Starting around 1852, Ward acquired timberlands along the Pere Marquette River in Lake County, near the Ludington area. He held onto this land, waiting for the timber to mature. He was elected president of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad Company in 1860, and was the first to use rail made of Bessemer steel.

Steel manufacturing

Bessemer steel was produced at Kelly Pneumatic Process Company around 1864 or 1865.

Logging
Ward carried on logging operations in Lake County through his agents. In 1869 he purchased a tract consisting of  in the fourth ward of Ludington, on Lake Pere Marquette, accessible by the Pere Marquette River.

Ward built a sawmill out on Lake Pere Marquette in 1870, known as the "North" mill. It was built on 55 stone piers, and was  by  in size. It was equipped with two circular mills, and "cutting-edge technology". The cost of the mill was $60,000 (), and it had a capacity of  per day. Ward purchased all the land between his mill and that of Messrs. Danaher and Melendy, which bordered on the Lake in the spring of 1871. During the summer months, he built a  by  warehouse near the original mill. This was used for storing supplies, and selling supplies to his employees. The next year Ward, built another mill nearby, which was called the "South" mill. This was then considered the best sawmill in the United States.

Mining
Ward engaged in silver mining around Lake Superior with the Silver Islet Mining Company.

Personal life

Ward was married twice. His first marriage, on July 24, 1837, was to Mary Margaret McQueen of Newport, Michigan, who had seven children that grew to adulthood. His second marriage, in 1869 , was to Catherine Lyon of Conneaut, Ohio.

Ward died of a stroke on January 2, 1875. He owned about a million dollars worth' of stock in the North Chicago Rolling Mill company, and about half a million dollars' worth of stock of the Milwaukee Rolling Mill company. He also had about a half a million in the Wyandotte Rolling Mill. He left seven children. He last lived at West Fort Street and 19th Ave in Detroit. Ward is buried in Elmwood Cemetery.

References

Bibliography

Further reading

External links
Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections

1811 births
1875 deaths
Burials at Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit)
Businesspeople from Detroit
Businesspeople from Ontario
People from the Regional Municipality of Waterloo
People from Marine City, Michigan
19th-century American businesspeople


Olševek (; in older sources also Viševek, ) is a village in the Municipality of Šenčur in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

The local church is dedicated to Saint Michael.

References

External links

Olševek on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Šenčur


Pride in What I Am is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers released in 1969 on Capitol Records.

Recording and composition
After scoring four number-one hits in a row, the single "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" peaked at number 3 on the Billboard country singles chart. The song is a first person narration by a homeless drifter who laments his lonely, rootless existence but at the same time celebrates "living off the side of our great land..." as he defiantly proclaims, "Things I learned in a hobo jungle are things they never taught me in a classroom." Aside from the jaunty "I'm Bringing Home Good News," the album is largely a stripped down affair with arrangements and instrumentation that reveal a pop and folk music influence, such as on the title track. Pride in What I Am also showcases Haggard's affection for the blues on the comically self-loathing "I Can't Hold Myself In Line" and the Jimmie Rodgers classic "California Blues (Blue Yodel #4)" (Haggard's next studio album would be a tribute to Rodgers, released three months after this one).

Haggard was beginning to attract attention from artists outside the country field, such as crooner Dean Martin, who recorded "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" for his album of the same name in 1969. In addition, the Gram Parsons incarnation of the Byrds had performed "Sing Me Back Home" on the Grand Ole Opry and had recorded Haggard's "Life in Prison" for their album Sweetheart of the Rodeo the same year. Part of Haggard's strong appeal during this period was the high quality and of his albums in an industry that saw the LP as a dumping ground for leftover studio cuts and a cash cow for music publishing companies. As Daniel Cooper notes in his essay for the 1994 retrospective Down Every Road, "...at a time when country albums were notorious for consisting of two or three hit singles and a load of filler, Haggard, in the same amount of studio time, would produce LPs consisting of two or three #1 smashes and a series of album tracks any one of which would have been someone else's career record."

Reception

Pride In What I Am peaked at number 11 on the Billboard country albums chart and remains a critical favorite. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic states that the collection "gains considerable strength from a diversity of material, where the rolling, folk-tinged sound epitomized by the title song is balanced by twangy, spare country and bits of hard honky tonk, blues..." In the book Merle Haggard: The Running Kind, David Cantwell calls it "an album that stands with Haggard's best," calling "The Day the Rains Came" "wondrous, weird, and lovely."

Reissues
In 2002, Pride in What I Am was reissued by BGO Records along with The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde. In 2006, Pride in What I Am was reissued by Capitol Nashville along with Mama Tried with five bonus tracks and 24-bit digital remastering.

Track listing
All songs by Merle Haggard unless otherwise noted.
"I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am"
"Who'll Buy the Wine" (Billy Mize)
"The Day the Rains Came"
"It Meant Goodbye to Me (When You Said Hello to Him)" (Lefty Frizzell, Abe Mulkey)
"I Can't Hold Myself in Line"
"I'm Bringin' Home Good News"
"Keep Me from Cryin' Today"
"I Just Want to Look at You One More Time"
"Somewhere on Skid Row" (Red Simpson)
"I'm Free" (Leon Copeland)
"California Blues (Blue Yodel No. 4)" (Jimmie Rodgers)
"I Think We're Livin' in the Good Old Days" (Dean Holloway, Simpson)

Personnel
Merle Haggard– vocals, guitar

The Strangers:
Roy Nichols – guitar, harmonica
Norman Hamlet – steel guitar
George French – piano
Jerry Ward – bass
Eddie Burris – drums

with
Lewis Talley – guitar
Bonnie Owens – harmony vocals

and
James Burton – guitar
Bob Morris – bass
Leon Copeland – bass
Roy Huskey, Jr. - bass

Chart positions

References

1969 albums
Merle Haggard albums
Capitol Records albums
Albums produced by Ken Nelson (United States record producer)

Albums recorded at Capitol Studios


Bilateral relations between Russia and Thailand date to the late nineteenth century, when the Russian Tsar Nicholas II and King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) of Siam (as Thailand was then known) formed a friendly personal relationship. The two countries exchanged legations in 1897–1898, and signed a Treaty of Friendship and Maritime Navigation in 1899. Diplomatic relations were terminated following the Russian Revolution in 1917, and re-established between the Soviet Union and Thailand on March 12, 1941; Thailand recognized the Russian Federation as the successor to Soviet Union on December 28, 1991.  Russia has an embassy in Bangkok and two honorary consulates in Phuket and Pattaya. Thailand has an embassy in Moscow and two honorary consulates (in Saint Petersburg and Vladivostok).  Both countries are full members of APEC and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (Russia is a participating state and Thailand is a partner).

The first recorded contact between Russians and Siam was on 19 February 1863, when the ships Gaydamak and  Novik arrived at Bangkok. Close relations between Thailand's aristocratic families and the Russian Empire ensued, with a well-documented friendship between Chulalongkorn and Nikolas II. Chakrabongse Bhuvanath, the 40th child of Chulalongkorn, was later to marry Ekaterina Desnitskaya, whom he met while studying in the Russian Empire.

Economic ties

Bilateral trade
Official figures of trade volume published by two countries contradict each other.
 According to Thai sources, trade with Russia in 2008 reached 2.11 billion US dollars; Thailand has a trade deficit of 1.76 billion US dollars. Russia exports mineral resources, while Thailand exports auto parts, electronics and foodstuffs.
 According to Russian customs service, Russian exports to Thailand in 2008 amounted to 1.23 billion, imports to 1.49 billion, leaving Russia with a deficit of 254 million US dollars. In total, trade with Thailand is only 0.4% of Russian foreign trade. According to Russian embassy in Bangkok, Thailand is Russia's largest trading partner in South-eastern Asia and third largest buyer of Russian ferrous metals worldwide.

As recently as in 2002, Russia had a significant trade deficit and imported significant (up to half a million metric tons p.a.) amounts of Thai rice. In 2005 Russia imposed prohibitive protectionist tariffs on rice, then an embargo on Thai rice and a full ban on imports of Thai rice in 2007, citing pest infection.

In 2004 Thailand approached Russian authorities about the prospects of buying 12 Su-30 jet fighters. Thai chicken industry, weakened by avian influenza crisis, enthusiastically backed the deal, betting on reciprocal easing of Russian food import regime, but the deal never materialized. In October 2008 Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat agreed to purchase Russian Mi-17 military helicopters, breaking with dependence on American weapons, however his government was ousted two months later.

On May 21, 2022, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit announced that Russia has pledged to support the goal of raising annual bilateral trade to US$10 billion from US$2.7 billion in 2021. Russia is looking to buy mainly food products, rice, fruits, automobiles and auto parts from Thailand. Russia also wants to increase investment of information technology in Thailand, as many Russian investors have set up base in Rayong's Amata industrial estate.

Tourism
Thailand is one of the major tropical destinations for tourists from Russia. However, numbers provided by the Thai authorities are contested by Russians as artificially inflated, and Thai authorities contest that Russian numbers are too small:
 Russian border guards reported 259,000 departures to Thailand in 2008 (235,000 in 2007). Turkey, the most common destination, accounts for 2.2 million departures. Thai government sources noted that the Russian number includes only direct flights, leaving out tourists that fly with stopovers elsewhere and reported 279,000 Russian tourists for 2007.
 Thai tourist service reported 456,972 Russian "tourist visits" to Pattaya alone in January–March 2007 (of a total of 1.57 million). Russian commentators note that Thais actually counted hotel nights and their number should be divided by a factor of 10 to 11.

In 2018, it is estimated that 1.5 million Russians visited Thailand, a 15% increase from 2017. On average, about 20,000 Thais visit Russia per year.

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Thailand voted in favor of United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-11/1 which condemned the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and also voted in favor of United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-11/2, which sought to reaffirm the condemnation. Thailand abstained from voting on a a resolution which sought to suspend Russia from the United Nations Human Rights Council, and abstained again from another resolution supporting the territorial integrity of Ukraine, following the 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

See also
Foreign relations of Russia
Foreign relations of Thailand

References

External links

  Documents on the Russia–Thailand relationship at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
St. Petersburg's Man in Siam: A.E. Olarovskii and Russia's Asian Mission, 1898-1905

Diplomatic missions
  Embassy of Russia in Bangkok
   Embassy of Thailand in Moscow

Thailand
Bilateral relations of Thailand


The Manipur Institute of Technology (erstwhile Government College of Technology) was established on 28th August 1998 by the Government of Manipur as Pioneer Engineering College in the State. On 31st December 2003, the College was renamed as Manipur College of Technology and the management of the College was handed over to a Society headed by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Manipur as Chairman. Further, the Institute was renamed as Manipur Institute of Technology (MIT) since 4th February 2005. MIT became a Constituent College of Manipur University w.e.f. 13th October 2005 and it  is being maintained by the Manipur University out of the funds made available to it by the University Grants Commission.

History
It came into existence on 28 August 1998 with three engineering disciplines viz. Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering and Civil Engineering for the promotion of higher technical education in the state. Classes of the 1st batch were started from 16 December 1998. The initial approved intake capacity as per AICTE is 150 (one hundred and fifty) students per year; however, the present approved by the State Govt. is 90 seats per year.

Campus
The campus is located at Takyelpat at a distance of 4 km from the heart of Imphal, the capital city of Manipur in a comfortable surrounding with the NH-53 running south of it. At present it shares a common campus with Government Polytechnic, Imphal. ITI Imphal and Oriental College is just beside it. The campus is around 8 km. from the Imphal Airport. The nearest railway station is Dimapur in Nagaland(250 km. from Imphal).The institute has also a new campus inside Manipur University Campus,Canchipur.The University campus is spread over an area of 287 acres in the historic Canchipur which is the site of the old palace of Manipur “The Langthabal Konung (Palace)” which was established by Maharaja Ghambhir Singh in 1827 AD just after the liberation of Manipur from Burmese (Myanmar) occupation. Maharaja Gambhir Singh took his last breath at Canchipur. Canchipur is located along the National Highway (NH-2) at about 8 km. from the heart of the Imphal City and 12 km. from Imphal International Airport.

Departments

Computer Science & Engineering

The department offers BE degree in Computer Science and Engineering. The course is of 4 years duration organized in 8 semesters.  The current intake strength is 30 students. The department is currently shifted to Manipur University campus.

Laboratory Facilities:
Computer Graphics Lab.
DBMS Lab.
Software Lab.
Networking Lab.
Programming Lab.

Electronics Lab
Fibre Optics Lab
Signal Processing Lab

Civil Engineering
It offers 4 years BE degree course in Civil Engineering. The current intake strength is 30 students.

Laboratory Facilities:

Material Testing Lab.
Fluid Mechanics Lab.
Environmental Lab.
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Lab.
Soil Mechanics Lab.
Structural And CAD lab.
Transportation Engineering lab.
Surveying Lab.
Geology Lab.

Applied Science & Humanities

Library

There are around 20 thousands volumes covering all disciplines of science, engineering & technology, humanities & social sciences. In addition to the books, few collection of audio/video cassettes and CDROM discs also available in the Library. The library currently subscribes to around 15 national and international journals in sciences, engineering and humanities.

Student life

The institute has a Hostel Block which can accommodate around 200 students.

Internet connectivity is provided to all the students through VSAT. There is a large football field, a basketball court and a cricket pitch (under construction). The establishment of various clubs like Debating club, Music Club, Photography club, Hiking Club and Hobby club etc. is on the way.

Training and Placement

The Training and Placement Cell of the college looks after the placement of the students. It arranges training of students so that they come up with suitable jobs in the industry and various private and public sector organizations. The Training and Placement cell have started inviting senior executives of major industries and organizations to provide pre-placement courses to the students prior to formal campus interviews.

References

Colleges affiliated to Manipur University
Educational institutions established in 1998
Engineering colleges in Manipur
Education in Imphal
1998 establishments in Manipur


Faisal Islam (born 29 May 1977) is a British political and economics journalist who is the economics editor of BBC News and the occasional presenter of Newsnight. He was the political editor of Sky News from 2014 to 2019, and from May 2004 was business correspondent and later economics editor of Channel 4 News until June 2014.

Early life and education
Born on 29 May 1977 to Bengali parents from West Bengal, India. Faisal Islam  was brought up in Didsbury, Manchester. He was educated at The Manchester Grammar School, an independent school in Manchester, followed by Trinity College, Cambridge. In 2000, he gained a post-graduate diploma in newspaper journalism from City University in London.

Career
Islam was formerly an economics correspondent for The Observer newspaper. He became business correspondent for Channel 4 News in May 2004, later becoming its economics editor, a position he held until 1 June 2014, when he was replaced by Paul Mason, the programme's former culture and media editor.

Islam has reported on the ups and downs of the corporate world from government-subsidised arms dealers and failing PFI contracts to how bankers are trading weather. Islam was named as successor to the long-serving political editor Adam Boulton of Sky News; he took up his new post before the Scottish independence referendum took place in September 2014. Boulton then presented a mid-morning news programme, All Out Politics, on the same channel.

In November 2018 it was announced that he would replace Kamal Ahmed as BBC News's economics editor, effective summer 2019. He was replaced at Sky News in his role as political editor by Beth Rigby, previously the deputy political editor.

Since 2020 Islam has occasionally presented editions of Newsnight when the show's regular presenters have been unavailable.

Awards and nominations
In 2000, Islam was awarded the Wincott Award for Young Financial Journalist of the Year, and shortlisted for Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards for 2001.

In February 2006, Islam was named Young Journalist of the Year at the Royal Society of Television awards.

In January 2007, Islam was the winner of the year's Broadcast News Journalism Award at the Workworld Media Awards.

In May 2009, Islam received the Wincott Foundation's award for Best Television Coverage of a Topical Issue, won particularly for his work on the growing financial problems of the Icelandic banks. The judges said of the report "...here was something really new, completely convincing, with a stellar interview and free of many of the visual clichés which characterised too many financial programmes." In 2009, he was awarded the Business Journalist of the Year, as well as the BJOYA award for Best Broadcast Story – again for his report on the Icelandic banks.

In January 2010, Islam was named Broadcast News Reporter of the Year by the WorkWorld Foundation for 2009, with the judges saying "his excellent writing converts abstract economics to something accessible to all, informing viewers in a compelling and original way."

In January 2015, Islam was nominated for the Services to Media award at the British Muslim Awards.

In March 2017, he won the Royal Television Society award for the Interview of the Year for his interview with Prime Minister David Cameron.

In September 2019, he won the Asian Achiever's Award for outstanding Achievement in Media, Arts & Culture.

Articles

References

External links

Images of Faisal Islam

1977 births
Living people
Alumni of City, University of London
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Channel 4 people
English people of Bengali descent
English people of Indian descent
English television journalists
People educated at Manchester Grammar School
People from Didsbury
ITN newsreaders and journalists
Sky News newsreaders and journalists
Journalists from Manchester
21st-century Bengalis


Naum Leybovich Prokupets (born March 20, 1948) is a Moldovan-born Israeli former sprint canoeist who competed for the Soviet Union in the late 1960s.  He is Jewish.

Biography
Naum Prokupets was born in Basarabeasca, a small town in Moldova. At the age of 17, he was spotted by a canoeing trainer who encouraged him to move to Moscow to train with the national USSR canoeing team. In 1991, after working in senior positions in the sports administration for several years and after the break-up of the Soviet Union, Prokupets immigrated to Israel. Initially he worked as a security guard and a pool lifeguard. Now he is a production worker at the Flextronics electronics plant in Migdal HaEmek. He lives with his family in Nazareth Illit.

Canoeing career
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event.

Prokupets also won a gold medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1971 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade.

See also
 List of select Jewish canoeists
 Russian immigration to Israel in the 1990s

References

External links

1948 births
Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Living people
People from Basarabeasca District
Moldovan male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for the Soviet Union
Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Soviet male canoeists
Olympic medalists in canoeing
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
Jewish Moldovan sportspeople
Moldovan people of Israeli descent
Moldovan emigrants to Israel
Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics


The Khugyani, Khogyani or Khogiani tribe is one of the Karlāṇī tribes of the Pashtun people. The tribe originated in the Khogyani district in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The Khogyani District is in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, near the city of Jalalabad and the Kōh-i-Safēd (White mountain range).

Formerly, the tribe name Khakwani was widely used. It's still current in the Indian subcontinent.

Background

The Khogyani tribal root is the Karlāṇī Pashtuns. In the folklore origin of the Karlāṇī tribal confederacy, of which the Khogyani form a part, Karlāṇī (),the Karlāṇī branch of the Pashtuns descend.

The Khogyani tribe itself consists of five clans: Mohsin zai, Daulat zai, Maroof zai, Saib zai and Chopan zai.

A mountain people, Khogianis were often embroiled in wars against the Shinwari and the Ghilzai tribes. The Karlāṇī tribes in general have a reputation amongst other Pashtun tribes as especially skilled fighters. The Karlāṇī themselves maintain that they have never been subjugated by a foreign power and that they continue to live their lives by unchanged, age-old tradition.

Emergence in the subcontinent
The ancestors of this tribe came to the Indian subcontinent some 450 years ago. The first Khogyani tribal head was Malik Shahpal, who was invited to attend the royal court by Emperor Humayun. Shahpal founded the colony Kiri Afghana in Multan city. His tribe settled there and gained a substantial amount of power and influence.

Following Malik Shahpal, came Khudadad Khan from Ghazni. From the Chopanzai clan, he settled in the district of Multan. His descendants influenced the region, with the help of the Afghan rulers. When Multan was annexed with Afghanistan, Nawab Ali Mohammad Khan Khakwani was appointed as governor. He built the Mosque 'Ali Mohammad Khan'. Khogyani peoples continued to live around Multan, holding vast tracts of land with substantial holdings in Vehari, Shujaabad, Khanewal, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Ismail Khan, Rahimyar Khan, and Layyah districts of Pakistan. They are still a wealthy and influential family, and the single largest landowners of their region.

During Pashtun rule
Multan during the Mughal Empire flourished and had good administrative control. However, as central control waned during the decline of the empire, it was ruled by the local Pashtun tribes. The Khogyani tribe had good relations with the Afghan Mughals, as well as the Bahawalpur state. Multan remained under the Khogyani for a long period of time. It is  believed that the Khogyani gave refuge to Ahmad Shāh Durrānī's mother. Ahmad Shāh Durrānī was born in Multan. Later, the Khogyani paid taxes to the central government in Kabul and remained the Nawabs for an extended period of time.

Personalities
Hazrat Chopan Khan Khogiani was a famous saint and his shrine is located in Ghazni.

Other people of note
 Nawab Ali Mohammad Khan Khakwani
 Nawab Haji Ghulam Mustafa Khan Khakwani
 Nawab Haji Ghulam Qadir Khan Khakwani
 Nawab Mohammad Yaar Khan Khakwani
 Nawab Hafiz Khuda Baksh Khan Khakwani
 Nawab Ahmad Yaar Khan Khakwani
 Nawab Hamid Yaar Khan Khakwani

See also
 Punjab
 History of Afghanistan
 History of Punjab
 History of Multan

References

 ^ Muraqay Mooltani
 ^ Punjab Chiefs 1940
 ^ Tareekh-e-Multan

Pashtun tribes
Ethnic groups in Afghanistan


Beijing Institute of Education (), founded in 1953 , is a university institution specialized in adult education in Xicheng District, Beijing, China under the provincial government.

External links
Official website

Beiyan Institute and Beijing Institute of Education programs : http://www.sinolingua.org/ *Official website

Universities and colleges in Beijing
Teachers colleges in China
Universities and colleges established in 1953
1953 establishments in China


Mikhail Zamotin (; born 14 November 1937 in Leningrad) is a Soviet-born, Russian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1960s. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event.

Zamotin also won a complete set of medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (C-1 10000 m: 1963), a silver (C-2 1000 m: 1963), and a bronze (C-1 10000 m: 1966).

References

External links

1937 births
Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg
Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Living people
Russian male canoeists
Soviet male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for the Soviet Union
Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic medalists in canoeing
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics


Night Goblins may refer to:

Night Goblins (1923 book), a 1923 book by William Hughes Mearns illustrated by Ralph L. Boyer
Night Goblins in Orcs and Goblins (Warhammer)


National Rally for Democracy may refer to:

 National Rally for Democracy (Algeria)
 National Rally for Democracy (Mali)
 National Democratic Rally (Senegal)
 National Rally for Democracy (Benin)


The Toyota-Otis Sparks were a basketball team in the Philippine Basketball League from 2004 until the league became dormant after 2010. The team was owned by Toyota Otis, Inc., a Toyota automotive dealership based in Manila.

Current roster

Former coaches and players
 Louie Alas (2004-2006, coach)
 Mark Andaya
 Joe Devance
 Johnathan Aldave
 Boyet Bautista
 Ronjay Enrile

Former Philippine Basketball League teams


Prebačevo () is a village in the Municipality of Šenčur in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name
Prebačevo was attested in written sources in 1343 as Pribêtsh (and as Prewacz in 1381, Ober Pribbetsch and Priwetsch in 1436, and Prewatsch in 1458). In the local dialect, the village is known as Pərbačo. The medieval transcriptions and the local pronunciation indicate that the name may be derived from *Pribačevo (selo) 'Pribač's (village)', with the personal name *Pribač derived from Slavic *Pribyslavъ.

Church

The local church, a chapel-of-ease of the Parish of Šenčur, is dedicated to the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The current building dates to 1855, but it was built on the site of an earlier church.

References

External links

Prebačevo on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Šenčur


Federal Route 141 (formerly Melaka state route M23) is a federal road in Melaka, Malaysia. The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 141 starts at Tanjung Kling.

Features

At most sections, the Federal Route 141 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.

List of junctions

References

140


Sébastien-François Bigot, vicomte de Morogues, (1 March 1706 in Brest, France – 26 August 1781 in Villefallier, near Orléans, Loiret), was a French soldier, a sailor and military naval tactician.

Early life
Sébastien-François Bigot was born on 1 March 1706 in Brest, France.

Career
An artillery specialist, he served in the Royal-Artillerie then the French Navy. In 1759, he commanded the 70 gun Le Magnifique, including at the Battle of Quiberon Bay. He was the first director of the Académie de Marine. In 1763, he published Tactique navale, which was of such quality that it quickly became known in English and Dutch translations. He was made a lieutenant-general in the Navy in 1771.

Death
He died on 26 August 1781 in Villefallier, near Orléans, France.

Legacy
At least three roads in Brittany bear his name, according to the 1997 book Les Noms qui ont fait l'histoire de Bretagne.

Bibliography
Tactique Navale, 1763.

References

Bibliography
 Étienne Taillemite, Dictionnaire des marins français, Paris, 2002, Tallandier, .

1706 births
1781 deaths
French Navy officers from Brest, France
French Navy admirals
French Army officers
French military writers
French male non-fiction writers


Rugby (Sevens and Union) was one of the many sports which was held at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand from December 7 to December 18, 1998.

Schedule

Medalists

Union

Sevens

Medal table

Final standing

Union

Sevens

References
 Results

rugby union
1998
1998 rugby union tournaments for national teams
International rugby union competitions hosted by Thailand
1998 in Asian rugby union


Nong Mamong, Nong Mamong () is a sub-District (tambon) of Nong Mamong District (amphoe) in Chai Nat Province central Thailand.

Tambon of Chai Nat province


Tom K. Sorley of Big Spring, Texas is a former University of Nebraska Cornhusker quarterback. An All-State quarterback at Big Spring High School, Sorley quarterbacked the Huskers to a 27-9-1 record and wins in two bowl games.

College career
Sorley began his college career in 1974 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during the tenure of head coach Tom Osborne. As quarterback Sorley was team captain and completed 57.2 percent of his passes (148-256) from 1976–1978, which is ninth on the Nebraska's all-time completion percentage list. Sorley holds seventh for Nebraska single-season passing yards (1,571) in 1978, and is thirteenth for NU career passing yards (2,230) during 1976-78. He quarterbacked the Huskers to a 27-9-1 record and wins in two bowl games. He graduated from the University of Nebraska with a degree in Business in 1979.

1978 statistics
Passing: 174 attempts, 102 completions, 7 interceptions (.584) for 1,571 yards, 7 TDs.

NU Top NCAA Pass Rating (min. 15 att.):

9. Rating: 212.0, Tom Sorley, QB, vs. Kansas St., Oct. 14, 1978 (16-11-1/218/2)

Bowl games
Sorley led Nebraska to a 17-14 upset of the #1 ranked Oklahoma Sooners during the 1978 regular season. Following a shocking loss to Missouri the following week, the Cornhuskers were paired in a rare season rematch in the January 1, 1979 Orange Bowl game. Nebraska jumped out to a 7-0 lead on 21-yard pass from Sorley to split end Tim Smith, but lost 31-24.

Sorley played in the 21-10 Nebraska victory over North Carolina in the 1977 Liberty Bowl and the 1979 Olympia Challenge Bowl in Seattle, Washington which paired a group of Big 8 all-stars against their Pac-10 counterparts.

Honors
Sorley is a 1977 Academic All-American, a 1978 Academic All Big 8 First Team, a 1987 Academic All-Big 8 Conference selection and 1977 and 1978 AP All Big 8 quarterback Honorable Mention, and 1987 Cornhusker team captain. He was named ABC-TV Player of the game and Nebraska Player of the Week against 1977 Oklahoma State and against 1978 Hawaii.

Post-football career and life
Sorley is the former President/CEO of Rosendin Electric, Inc., located in San Jose, CA, the largest independent electrical contractor in the U.S. and the third largest electrical contractor overall. Active in industry affairs, Sorley serves on several joint IBEW/NECA committees and serves on the Board for the SF Bay Area Boy Scouts of America, National Board for the Design Build Institute of America, and the National Board for Building Futures Council.

References

Living people
People from Big Spring, Texas
American football quarterbacks
Nebraska Cornhuskers football players
Year of birth missing (living people)


Yuri Lobanov (sometimes listed as Yuriy Lobanov, 29 September 1952 – 1 May 2017) was a Soviet-born Tajikistani sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the C-2 1000 m events with a gold in 1972 and a bronze in 1980. He was affiliated with Tadzhikiston Dushanbe.

Lobanov also won 14 medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with ten gold (C-2 500 m: 1974, 1975; C-2 1000 m: 1974, 1977, 1979; C-2 10000 m: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979), two silvers (C-2 500 m: 1971, C-2 1000 m: 1973), and two bronzes (C-2 500 m: 1977, C-2 1000 m: 1978).

Lobanov died on 1 May 2017, aged 64.

References

Sources

External links

1952 births
2017 deaths
Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeists for the Soviet Union
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Soviet male canoeists
Tajikistani male canoeists
Olympic medalists in canoeing
Sportspeople from Dushanbe
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
Tajikistani people of Russian descent

Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics


Jevon Atkinson is a Jamaican swimmer and Olympian.

He competed at the 2008 Olympics, finishing 45th in the Men's 50 free.

As of October 2008, he holds the Jamaican Record in the 50 free.

See also
List of Jamaican records in swimming

References
 2008 Olympics profile

1984 births
Living people
Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games
Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica
Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Jamaica
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers for Jamaica
Jamaican male swimmers
20th-century Jamaican people
21st-century Jamaican people


Kommos may refer to:

 Kommos (Crete) - a Bronze Age archeological site in Crete
 Kommós (theatre) - a lyrical song of lamentation in an Athenian tragedy


João Pinto de Freitas do Amaral (30 May 1948 – 21 March 1995) was a Portuguese politician and journalist.

Background
He was the fourth but second surviving son of Duarte de Freitas do Amaral and wife Maria Filomena de Campos Trocado and the younger brother of Diogo de Freitas do Amaral.

Career
He was an Assistant to the Secretary of State of Sports and a Journalist, etc.

Marriages and issue
He married firstly in Porto, Nevogilde, on 2 January 1971 and divorced Maria Inês Fernandes Marinho, born in Porto, Nevogilde, 5 April 1946, daughter of Henrique Pascoal Marinho and wife Maria do Céu Pereira Fernandes, and had two children:
 Duarte Fernandes Marinho de Freitas do Amaral (b. Lisbon, 27 November 1971)
 Mariana Fernandes Marinho de Freitas do Amaral (b. Lisbon, 4 July 1974)

He married secondly in Sesimbra on 9 September 1980 and divorced Isabel Maria Braz de Oliveira, born in Lisbon on 16 March 1955, daughter of Roque Braz de Oliveira and wife Maria Carlota Pinto Nogueira, and paternal granddaughter of Cassiano Maria de Oliveira (born Alcongosta, Fundão) and wife Júlia Preto Chagas Braz (born Sesimbra), and had a daughter:
 Maria Brás de Oliveira de Freitas do Amaral (born Lisbon, 28 February 1981)

References
 Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal, III, 2006, Tomo IV, pg. 862 to 873
 Costados, Gonçalo de Mesquita da Silveira de Vasconcelos e Sousa, Livraria Esquina, 1.ª Edição, Porto, 1997, N.º 55

1948 births
1995 deaths
Portuguese journalists
Male journalists
Portuguese politicians
People from Lisbon
20th-century Portuguese writers
Freitas do Amaral family
20th-century journalists


Aymar-Joseph de Roquefeuil du Bousquet (19 March 1714, in Brest, France – 1 July 1782, in Bourbonne-les-Bains), comte de Roquefeuil, was a French officer in the French Navy during the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI.

Life
The eldest son of the naval lieutenant general Jacques Aymar de Roquefeuil du Bousquet and his wife Jeanne-Louise du Main, Aymar Joseph de Roquefeuil was a member of the de Roquefeuil-Blanquefort family, a noble French family from Rouergue. He became a garde-marine at Brest aged 13 in 1727. Rising to ensign (1731), he navigated the Baltic Sea to Saint Domingue and was made lieutenant de vaisseau in 1741 then Capitaine de Vaisseau and knight of the ordre de Saint Louis on 1 January 1746, at only 32 years old, for noteworthy service over the last 19 years. He commanded the "Aquilon" for 15 months in the Antilles in 1750 and 1751. Having the frigate of Duchaffault under his orders and accompanied by a British frigate, he skilfully fulfilled a delicate mission for which he was praised many times by the Rouillé ministry. This allowed him to actively collaborate with vicomte Sébastien-François Bigot de Morogues, commander of Brest, in the foundation of Brest's académie de Marine in 1752, of which he and his younger brother were two of the first members, but which was decimated by the town's losses between 1756 and 1763.

Between 1754 and 1758, Roquefeuil acted as second in command of a squadron in the Antilles, under La Galissonnière, Périer then Bompart. Promoted to chef d'escadre des Armées navales on 1 January 1761, at only 47 years old, and received the command of the ships and port at Brest, to which the king added command of Brest's town and castle and the Isle of Ushant on 25 March 1762 (three positions his father had already held). In a brief presentation the navy minister wrote to the king about Roquefeuil, who approved in his own hand "He has served for nearly 40 years in the Navy, on 16 campaigns, has held 4 commands at sea and has for 5 years commanded the Port of Brest to the satisfaction of His Majesty".  Aged 52, he was on 3 August 1766 made lieutenant general, retaining his Brest commands, where he and the minister Duc de Praslin were allowed to promote the new "Académie royale de marine", under royal patronage, in April 1769 – Roquefeuil became its first director.  He was promoted to vice-amiral on 6 April 1781 as well as Grand Croix of the Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis.

Assessment
He was a stubborn moderniser, a peerless organizer and a highly experimented sailor who left a deep imprint on the navy, the Brest fleet and the port and town of Brest during his 20 years in command of them (1761–81) then the two years he served as vice-amiral from 1781 until his death. Under his command, budgets were obtained from the king and his ministers and several powerful well-equipped ships were planned, launched and fitted out. These made up the remarkable "Fleet of Louis XVI", probably the most coherent one France had ever possessed. Little known by the public, he is considered by naval historians as one of the main men behind the organization and realization of Louis XV and Louis XVI's naval policy which allowed French and American allies to beat Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War.

References

1714 births
1782 deaths
French Navy officers
Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Louis


Epirranthis diversata is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It can be found from central and western Siberia and northern and central Russia to western Europe and from Scandinavia down to the Alps.

The wingspan is 31–45 mm. The moths flies from April to June depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Populus tremula.

References

Fauna Europaea

Oenochrominae
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Taxa named by Michael Denis
Taxa named by Ignaz Schiffermüller
Moths described in 1775