The luge competition events of the 2010 Winter Olympics were held between 13 and 17 February 2010 at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

Medal summary

Medal table

Events
Three luge events were held at the games:

Competition schedule
All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).

Qualifying

Athlete/NOC quota

In accordance with the International Olympic Committee and the International Luge Federation (FIL), 110 athletes were to be allowed to take part. This was to include 40 athletes for men's singles, 30 athletes for women's singles, and 20 doubles teams (40 athletes total). The 110-athlete maximum was set for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, and repeated for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Each NOC could enter up to 10 athletes (3 men's single, 3 women's single and 2 doubles).

Qualification system
Athletes were to be ranked by the number of world cup points they earned in the 2008–09 season and through the first half (before 31 December) of the 2009–10 season. To be eligible, athletes must either have earned medals and the world cup points in five World Cups, Nations Cup or Junior World Cup, or have a top-30 (men's single), top-20 (women's single) or top-16 (doubles) finish at the world cup during the qualification period. The top-40 men's single, top-30 women's single and top-20 doubles sleds were to be qualified for the Olympics, with unused quotas to be redistributed with priority given to unrepresented nations. The host nation (Canada) was to be guaranteed a sled in every event provided that they reached the minimum requirements.

Final quotas

*Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died during training, and teammate Levan Gureshidze withdrew.

+Romanian luger Violeta Strămăturaru withdrew following a concussion sustained during training.

Jury selection
On 15 June 2009, the FIL announced their jury members for the 2010 Winter Olympics. The jury was to be headed by Josef Benz (Switzerland, chair of the FIL Sport Commission. Other jury members included Zianbeth Shattuck-Owen (United States), luge manager for the 2002 Games, and Markus Schmidt (Austria), men's singles bronze medalist at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Technical Delegate Executive Board consists of Björn Drydahl (Norway), Marie-Luise Rainer (Italy) and Walter Corey (Canada).

Doping control
On 21 July 2009, the FIL announced that blood doping controls would take place at the Olympics for the first time. FIL President Josef Fendt stated during the 57th Congress in Liberec, Czech Republic, that no positive test had occurred during the Viessmann World Cup or FIL ...[ European and World]... events despite the random testing done by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The last two doping offenses that occurred in the FIL to cannabis abuse and both athletes were punished by their national federations.

Fatality
The Whistler Sliding Centre is acknowledged as the fastest track in the world and has a reputation of the most dangerous one. In the build-up to the games several teams had raised concerns about the safety of athletes. An FIL spokesman said on 12 February that there had been 2,500 runs with only a three-percent crash rate. However, a week prior to the incident athletes were remarking on the speed and technical difficulty of the  track. Several minor accidents occurred on the track during training runs leading up to the start of the games.

During a training session on 12 February, the Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died of injuries caused by a crash in the final turn of the course at speeds of , crashing into the side of the turn, sending him crashing into a steel support pillar. The FIL immediately called an emergency meeting after the incident, and all other training runs were called off for the day.

Investigations were conducted the same day, concluding that the accident was not caused by deficiencies in the track. As a preventative measure, the walls at the exit of curve 16 will be raised and a change in the ice profile will be made. A joint statement was issued by the FIL, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) over Kumaritashvili's death with training suspended for the rest of that day. According to the Coroners Service of British Columbia and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the cause was to Kumaritashvili coming out of turn 15 late and not compensating for turn 16. Because of this fatality, an extra  of wall was added after the end of Turn 16 and the ice profile was changed. It also moved the men's singles luge event from its starthouse to the one for both the women's singles and men's doubles event. Kumaritashvili is the first Olympic athlete to die at the Winter Olympics in training since 1992 and the first luger to die in a practice event at the Winter Olympics since Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypeski of Great Britain was killed at the luge track used for the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. It was also luge's first fatality since 10 December 1975 when an Italian luger was killed.

The women's singles and men's doubles start was moved to the Junior start house of the track, located after turn 5. Germany's Natalie Geisenberger complained that it was not a women's start but more of a kinder ("child" in German) start. Her teammate Tatjana Hüfner who had the fastest speed on two runs of  stated that the new start position "..does not help good starters like myself". American Erin Hamlin stated the track was still demanding even after the distance was lessened from  and that athletes were still hitting .

During a 14 February 2010 interview with Yahoo! Sports, FIL Secretary-General Svein Romstad stated that the federation considered cancelling the luge competition in the wake of Kumaritashvili's death two days earlier. Romstad stated that "[Kumaritashvili] ... made a mistake" on the crash, but also stated that "...any fatality is unnacceptable". Additionally, Romstad stated that the start houses were moved to their current locations "... mostly for an emotional reason". Because of Kumaritashvili's death, the FIL worked with the organizing committee for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi over making the Sliding Center Sanki in Rzhanaya Polyana slower.

Despite the changes, and celebrations by the victorious athletes, Kumaritashvili's death overshadowed the race. Some athletes who participated in the competition said they were scared during their runs, and welcomed the track changes. Others criticized the changes as having given an advantage to stronger starters like the German participants, as opposed to weaker starters who would have benefited from having a longer course. Argentina's Ruben Gonzalez said, "God blessed the Germans today."

However, media reports mentioned the changes positively after a doubles team, Austria's Tobias and Markus Schiegl, crashed in the same turn where Kumaritashvili was killed. Both of them emerged unhurt.

On 18 February 2010, FIL President Josef Fendt issued the following statement:

"At the conclusion of the luge competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, our thoughts are with the family of Nodar Kumaritashvili. We again offer our heartfelt condolences to them, to his friends and to the entire Georgian Luge Federation. Nodar Kumaritashvili will forever stay in the hearts of all the members of the Luge family.

This has also been a difficult time for the Olympic athletes who competed in these Games. Their solidarity and sportsmanship was a tribute to the friend we lost. The International Luge Federation is touched by the outpouring of compassion and sympathy from people around the world. We will leave Whistler determined to do all we can to prevent a recurrence of this tragic event."

During the ten actual competitive runs (four men single, four women single, and two doubles), there was only one crash which was Romania's Mihaela Chiras during the second run of the women's singles event. 12,000 spectators attended each of the five days of luge competition.

On 23 March 2010, FIL President Fendt, VANOC President John Furlong, 2010 men's singles gold medalist Felix Loch of Germany visited Kumaritashvili's grave in his hometown of Bakuriani to pay respects as part of tradition in the Georgian Orthodox Church.

The FIL published their reports in regards to Kumaritashvili's death following the FIL Commissions Meeting in St. Leonhard, Austria (near Salzburg) for both sport and technical commissions on 9–11 April 2010. This report was prepared by Romstad and Claire DelNegro, Vice-President Sport Artificial Track, who is from the United States.

Television ratings
Ratings in Germany for the luge events had six million viewers for the women's singles luge events, generating a 25.6 percent share and a 34 ranking according to ARD and ZDF. The last run of the men's singles event had a share of 30.3 percent (1.82 million viewers) while the third run of the event had been watched by 5.32 million viewers (17.1 percent market share). Despite being broadcast in the middle of the night in Germany, the doubles event had a 22.6 percent market share.

References

External links
 Qualification system
 Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule v12
 Official Report to the International Olympic Committee on the accident of Georgian athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili

2010 Winter Olympics events
2010
2010 in luge
International luge competitions hosted by Canada


Duncan Livingston Wright (28 August 1940 – 1 May 2023) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the first part of the 1960s.

A half back flanker, Wright made his VFL debut mid year in 1960 after arriving at the club from Alphington.  He had to wait until 1963 to make another senior appearance and in 1964 was a member of Collingwood's losing grand final side.

Wright is best remembered for an incident in the opening quarter of the 1965 preliminary final when he knocked his opponent, John Somerville of Essendon, unconscious behind play. Somerville missed the following week's grand final which Essendon won while Wright never played in the VFL again after being sacked at preseason training in 1966. He instead moved to Canberra and became coach of Acton.

Duncan had two daughters, Fiona and Suzi. He died in Heidelberg, Victoria on 1 May 2023, at the age of 82.

References

Sources
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External links

Profile at Collingwood Forever

1940 births
2023 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Collingwood Football Club players
Acton Football Club players


The Philippine Journal of Allied Health Sciences is the official scientific journal of the University of Santo Tomas- College of Rehabilitation Sciences and is published biannually. It is a peer-reviewed journal which encourages authors to publish original scholarly articles in the field of human biomechanics, exercise physiology, physical activity in pediatrics and geriatrics, ergonomics, physiologic profiling of athletes, sports injury monitoring, and clinical practice patterns. An 11-year gap between volumes 2 and 3 is due to the difficulty of sustaining enough quality articles for publication in the journal.

List of editors-in-chief
Janine Margarita R. Dizon (2006–2008)
Ivan Neil Gomez (2019–present)

References

External links

Academic journals established in 2006
English-language journals
Biannual journals
General medical journals


Eleventeen may refer to:

Eleventeen (EP), 1996 EP by Eve 6
Eleventeen (album), 1992 Album by Daisy Chainsaw
Eleventeen, 2021 album by Lee Kerslake
"Eleventeen", song from the album I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean by Kimya Dawson


Sauna may refer to:
Sauna, a small room or house designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions
Finnish sauna
Infrared sauna
Gay sauna
A term used for a type of brothel
Sauna Open Air Metal Festival, music festival in Finland
Sauna (film), Finnish horror film of 2008
Sauna (album), 2015 album by musical artist Mount Eerie


The nordic combined competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park.  The events were held between 14 and 25 February 2010. Sprint and individual Gundersen events of 7.5 km and 15 km events were replaced by two 10 km individual events with one jump each from the normal and large hills respectively. Team event went from two jumps down for one jump per team member. This was done during the 2008–09 Nordic Combined World Cup season and was also applied to the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic.

Medal summary

Medal table

Events
Three nordic combined events were held in Vancouver 2010 (all participants are men):

Competition schedule
All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).

Qualification
For the three events, there are a maximum 55 athletes allowed to compete. No nation can have more than five skiers. For each event, no nation can enter more than four skiers per nation per individual event or one team per nation per relay race.

Host nation Canada is expected to enter skiers in all events. If no skier meets the qualification standards, they can enter one skier per event.

Quota allocation per nation was based on the World Ranking List (WRL) based on Nordic Combined World Cup and Grand Prix points, followed by Continental Cup Standings from the 2008–09 and 2009–10 Nordic Combined World Cup. This was made by assigning one quota slot per skier from the top of the standings downwards until the maximum five slots have been reached, including host nation Canada. When 50 slots are reached in an event where less than ten nations have a minimum of four skiers allocated slot (and the nation is entered in the team event), the next nation with three skiers will be given a fourth slot until ten nations can compete in the team event. Any open quota slots will be allocated until the maximum 55 skiers can be reached, including host nation Canada. This process started on 18 January 2010 and will run until 28 January 2010. Deadline to VANOC is 1 February 2010.

If a skier from a nation selected for an event cannot compete due to injury or force majeure prior to the start of the first event based on quota allocation, a replacement can be used once the removed skier surrenders their accreditation prior to their replacement can be accredited.

Participating nations
A quota list was released by the FIS on 18 January 2010.

14 countries participated.

References

External links
May 2009 FIS Qualification for the 2010 Winter Olympics. - accessed 21 January 2010. Nordic combined is on pp. 9–10.
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule v12

2010 Winter Olympics events
2010
Winter Olympics
Nordic combined competitions in Canada
Men's events at the 2010 Winter Olympics


Invitation is a 1993 album by jazz pianist Joe Sample released through Warner Bros. Records. It contains reinterpretations (remakes) of jazz standard compositions written by artists such as Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, among others (as listed in parentheses in the track list). Invitation is more of a jazz/classical crossover album with orchestral arrangements by Dale Oehler.

In 1993, Invitation reached No. 1 in the Top Jazz Albums chart and No. 43 in the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in Billboard magazine. On the top albums chart, it peaked at No. 194.[]

Track listing
 "Black Is the Color" (Traditional folk song) - 3:53
 "A House Is Not a Home" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 4:57
 "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 5:07
 "Invitation" (Bronisław Kaper) - 4:21
 "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward) - 6:49
 "Nica's Dream" (Horace Silver) - 5:20
 "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 5:01
 "Django" (John Lewis) - 3:45
 "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) - 6:12
 "Mood Indigo" (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) - 4:26

Personnel
 Joe Sample – grand piano, synthesizers, rhythm arrangements
 Larry Williams – synthesizer programming
 Cecil McBee – upright bass
 Victor Lewis – drums
 Lenny Castro – percussion
 Dale Oehler – orchestra arrangements and conductor
 Emile Charlap – orchestra contractor

Production
 Tommy LiPuma – producer
 Angelo Montrone – assistant producer
 Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
 Chris Albert – second engineer
 Robert Smith – second engineer
 Bruce Miller – additional engineer
 Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
 Deborah Silverman-Kern – production coordinator
 Greg Ross – art direction, design
 Tom Tavee – photo portraits
 Douglas Brothers – main photography
 Joe Sample – liner notes
 Patrick Rains & Associates – management

Chart performance

References

1993 albums
Joe Sample albums
Albums produced by Tommy LiPuma
Warner Records albums


Déjà Vu is a song by Australian indie rock group, Something for Kate. It was issued in July 2003 as the lead single ahead of their fourth studio album, The Official Fiction (August 2003), and peaked at No. 19 on the ARIA Singles Charts. It became part of the band's live set.

Music video

A music video directed by Grant Marshall was produced to promote the single.

Track listings

Australian CD
 "Déjà Vu" (Radio Edit)
 "Losing My Mind"
 "Blueprint Architecture"
 "You Only Hide" (Live Acoustic)

Charts

References

External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20090629194352/http://www.somethingforkate.com/release/items/deja-vu.html

2003 singles
Something for Kate songs
2003 songs


In the Battle of Tweebosch or De Klipdrift on 7 March 1902, a Boer commando led by Koos de la Rey defeated a British column under the command of Lieutenant General Lord Methuen during the final months of the Second Boer War.

Background
In order to trap the Boer guerrillas in the Orange Free State, Lord Kitchener built lines of blockhouses connected with barbed wire. But there was not enough water in the Western Transvaal to employ the blockhouse system. Instead, he unleashed nine columns to hunt down De la Rey and the other Boer commanders in the area. On 24 February 1902, De la Rey pounced on a wagon convoy commanded by Lieutenant Colonel S. B. Von Donop. For the loss of 51 Boers, De la Rey killed, wounded or captured 12 officers and 369 men. In response, Methuen tried to track the Boer leader down.

Battle

Less than two weeks later, De la Rey ambushed Methuen's column at Tweebosch on the Little Harts River. The British force numbered 1250, including nearly 1000 mounted men and four guns. Methuen's force was largely made up of green troops; these panicked and fled or surrendered. Only the British regulars in the column fought stubbornly in the combat which lasted from dawn until 9:30 am. The British lost 200 killed and wounded, plus 600 men and all four guns captured. After being wounded twice and suffering a broken leg when his horse fell on him, Methuen was captured. He was the only general taken prisoner by the Boers during the war.

Aftermath
De la Rey sent the wounded Methuen to a British hospital in his own carriage under a flag of truce, despite demands from his own troops to execute him.  The Boers court-martialed De la Rey for freeing such a valuable prisoner, but after convincing the court that Methuen would withdraw from the war, he was let off.

Upon hearing news of the disaster, a badly shaken Kitchener retired to his bedroom for two days and refused to eat. Recovering his poise, he ordered heavy reinforcements sent to the Western Tranvaal and appointed Colonel Ian Hamilton to coordinate the British effort. On 11 April, one of Hamilton's columns beat the Boers at the Battle of Rooiwal.

The defeat at Tweebosch had far-reaching consequences.  In addition to the 68 killed, 121 wounded and 205 captured (including a general), 6 guns had also been taken and the biggest British force in the Western Transvaal neutralised.  Questions were asked in parliament as to why Methuen had not been recalled following his defeat at Magersfontein.  On the Boer side, there was a feeling that an honourable end could be found to the war.

Metheun escaped with his career intact, with the War Office and Kitchener taking the brunt of criticism for providing him with green troops.  On 9 April, Boer and British delegations convened to discuss a negotiated surrender, which was signed on 31 May.

References
 Evans, Martin Marix. The Boer War: South Africa 1899–1902. Oxford: Osprey, 1999.
 Pakenham, Thomas. The Boer War. New York: Avon Books, 1979.

Footnotes

External links
 Battle of De Klipdrift (Tweebosch)

Battles of the Second Boer War
1902 in the South African Republic
March 1902 events
Conflicts in 1902


Short track speed skating at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at the Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia on 13–26 February 2010.

China dominated the competition, sweeping the women's events - winning gold in the 500 m, 1,000 m 1,500 m and 3000 m relay. Wang Meng won three gold medals becoming the most accomplished female short track speed skater in Olympic history and Apolo Ohno became the most decorated Winter Olympian in United States history with eight medals.

Haralds Silovs of Latvia became the first athlete in Olympic history to participate in both short track (1500m) and long track (5000m) speed skating, and the first to compete in two different disciplines on the same day. He competed in the 5000m and then raced across town to the 1500m event.

The final of the women's 3000 metres relay event was controversially won by the Chinese team, which set a new world record. The South Korean team initially finished first but was disqualified due to illegal contact which was deemed to have impeded a Chinese skater. Australian referee James Hewish subsequently received abusing and threatening emails including personal death threats from angry South Korean fans.

Competition schedule
All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).

Medal summary

Medal table

Men's events

Women's events

Records

Participating nations
The quotas were announced on November 23, 2009.

References

External links
 Qualification system
 Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule v12

2010
2010 Winter Olympics events
Olympics, 2010


Edward N. "Ted" Hughes  (June 12, 1927January 17, 2020) was a Canadian retired judge.  He was best known for overseeing prominent investigations in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, one of which led to the resignation of Premier Bill Vander Zalm.

Hughes's wife, Helen Hughes, has been a city councillor in Saskatoon and Victoria.

Career before 1990
Hughes was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.  He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan near the end of World War II, and began practising law in Saskatoon in 1952.  He became a judge in 1962, and was promoted to the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench in 1974. He was an executor of John Diefenbaker's estate, after the former prime minister's death in 1979.

Hughes stepped down from the bench in 1980, when he moved to British Columbia to become a legal advisor to the provincial Attorney-General.  He was appointed as Deputy Attorney-General of British Columbia in 1983, and chaired a series of public hearings into the government's cuts to legal aid in 1984.

Career after 1990

British Columbia
Conflict-of-interest commissioner
Hughes was appointed as British Columbia's first Conflict-of-interest Commissioner in 1990.  In 1991, British Columbia Premier Bill Vander Zalm was accused of inappropriate behaviour in the sale of his family's Fantasy Gardens theme park, which was purchased by Taiwanese billionaire Tan Yu in 1990.  The sale was announced one day after Tan had met with provincial Finance Minister Mel Couvelier in Vander Zalm's office.  The premier initially said that he was not involved in either the operation or sale of his family business, but when documents released in a separate court case indicated otherwise, he asked Hughes to investigate the matter.  Opposition leader Mike Harcourt was consulted prior to Hughes's appointment, and gave his approval.

Hughes' report found that Vander Zalm had mixed private business with public responsibilities on several occasions, and had violated provincial conflict-of-interest guidelines.  He also indicated that Vander Zalm was apparently sincere, but mistaken, in believing that he had not violated guidelines in arranging Tan's meeting with Couvelier.  Vander Zalm resigned as premier after the report was submitted.

In 1992, Hughes ruled that Forestry Minister Dan Miller had put himself in a conflict by approving the sale of Westar Timber Ltd.'s forest assets in northwestern B.C. to Repap Enterprises Ltd.  At the time, Miller was on a leave of absence from a subsidiary of Repap.  He was suspended from cabinet for three months.  While Hughes's findings were not questioned, some journalists argued that the province's conflict-of-interest rules were defined too broadly after Vander Zalm's resignation, that the sale was a routine transfer, and that Miller did not stand to benefit personally.

Hughes later investigated Mike Harcourt, who became premier after the 1991 provincial election, over a possible conflict-of-interest involving a former campaign advisor who had started a company called NOW Communications Inc..  The company specialized in social marketing, and received several contracts from the provincial government.  Harcourt testified that he played no role in granting the contracts, and the matter ultimately came to nothing.

Hughes briefly resigned as Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner in 1996, following what he described as pressure by Glen Clark, Harcourt's successor as premier.  He was reinstated two days later.  He stepped down from the position in May 1997.

Other matters
In September 1992, Hughes issued a report asserting that sexual discrimination against women pervaded every aspect of the provincial justice system, including hiring practices and the handling of sexual assault cases.  He said that he was most disturbed by the testimony of sexual assault and family violence victims, and that he was surprised by the extent of violence in British Columbia society.

Hughes chaired a Justice Reform Committee in 1997–98 that led to significant changes to British Columbia's judicial structure.  Hughes also served as chief federal negotiator in talks with ten indigenous groups on Vancouver Island in this period, and was a member of the British Columbia Press Council.

In 1998, Hughes was appointed to take over an existing inquiry into whether Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers had acted improperly against protesters at the 1997 Asia-Pacific Summit.  The inquiry, under the auspices of the RCMP Public Complaints Commission, had previously been led by a three-member panel, which itself became caught up in scandal and controversy.  Although some believed the scope of the inquiry was too narrow, Hughes's appointment was welcomed by all parties.  After some delays, he issued his report in August 2001.  Hughes found evidence of widespread police incompetence, and wrote that RCMP actions sometimes provoked violence and deprived protesters of their constitutional rights.  He concluded that "police performance did not meet an acceptable and expected standard of competence, professionalism and proficiency", and recommended a series of reforms.  Hughes also criticized Jean Carle, a member of the Prime Minister's Office, for "throwing his weight around" and attempting to interfere with security arrangements.  The report nonetheless vindicated Staff Sgt. Hugh Stewart, who had been widely criticized for his use of pepper spray against demonstrators.  Hughes determined that Stewart made "some unfortunate decisions", but that he had been placed in a situation "that was unfair to him".  RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli accepted Hughes's finding that the RCMP made errors in planning for the summit.

In 2005, the provincial government of Gordon Campbell appointed Hughes to examine British Columbia's method of reviewing child deaths, following the violent death of an aboriginal girl in foster care.  In his report, Hughes blamed a constant turnover in leadership, major policy shifts, and the Campbell government's budget cuts for undermining the system.  He recommended the creation of a new, independent body to oversee provincial child welfare, and advised that the government pay particular attention to the needs of aboriginal communities.  Hughes added that if the government did not take steps to improve the situation, he would conduct a speaking tour of the province to shame it into action.  The following month, Attorney-General Wally Oppal tabled legislation to establish a new, independent watchdog organization for children's services.

In early 2007, Hughes was appointed to a mediation panel looking into lawsuits filed by a group of Indo-Canadian veterinarians, who argued that they had been discriminated against.

Prior to his death Hughes led a coalition against homelessness in Victoria.  He spoke at a drop-in centre in 2008, informing homeless persons of their rights following a court decision that struck down a municipal bylaw against camping in public spaces.

Manitoba
In 1991, Manitoba Justice Minister James McCrae appointed Hughes to lead an investigation into the unusual circumstances which led to lawyer Harvey Pollock being arrested on a dubious sexual assault charge. Pollock had previously acted as the lawyer for the family of J.J. Harper, an indigenous leader who had been killed in a confrontation with Winnipeg police. The case against Pollock quickly fell apart in court, and the woman whose statements led to the charge later clarified that she had never accused Pollock of sexual assault during her discussions with police. Pollock believed that he was the target of a police vendetta. Hughes' report completely vindicated Pollock and led to the resignation of police chief Herb Stephen.

A serious riot broke out at that Headingley Correctional Institution in 1996, leaving several guards and prisoners injured and the prison itself in ruins. Hughes was appointed to conduct an independent inquiry into the cause of the riot by Rosemary Vodrey, McCrae's successor as Justice Minister. Hughes concluded that the prison had been a social powder keg prior to the riot and that morale among prison guards was extremely low.  He noted that seventy to eighty per cent of inmates in Manitoba prisons were indigenous and called for a national initiative to target social inequality and other roots causes of crime.  In a subsequent interview, Hughes said that governments should give safety of person and property the same importance as education and health.

Hughes led the inquiry into the death of Phoenix Sinclair. He made "62 recommendations for improving the child welfare system and is a call out to address 'deeply rooted' issues." He also recommended changes to the provincial school curricula and to programs for supporting those on welfare, among others. The province of Manitoba announced that it had or was planning to implement many of the suggested changes, and issued a formal apology, stating that "the child welfare system failed Phoenix Sinclair".

Saskatchewan
In 1992, Saskatchewan Justice Minister Bob Mitchell appointed Hughes to lead a judicial review into the shooting death of Leo LaChance, a Cree trapper, by Carney Milton Nerland, a member of the Aryan Nations white supremacist group.  Nerland was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter; many believed that the sentence was inappropriate, and that he should have been charged with murder.  The inquiry was permitted to look beyond the shooting, and investigate the activities of racist groups in Saskatchewan.  Hughes's report concluded that racism had played a role in LeChance's death, but added that police and prosecutors had acted in good faith and that a murder charge probably would not have been sustained.  Alphonse Bird, chief of the Prince Albert Tribal Council welcomed the report's findings, but criticized the lack of recommendations.

During the course of the inquiry, Hughes asked the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to name an informant who was described as holding a vested interest in the outcome of the inquiry.  The RCMP declined, and speculation arose that the manslaughter plea-bargain was arranged to keep the police's spy network in place.  Reports later surfaced that Nerland was the informant.  The commission was not permitted to address this subject.

The North and aboriginal conflict resolution
Hughes served as Conflict of Interest Commissioner for the Yukon and the Northwest Territories after 2001.

In 2003, Hughes agreed to serve a two-year term as Chief Adjudicator for an Alternative Dispute Resolution process involving survivors of abuse in Canada's residential school abuse.  The program was formally launched in November 2003.

Critical assessments
The Globe and Mail columnist Robert Sheppard once described Hughes as having earned a reputation as "a scrupulously fair arbiter for all the tough political cases".  A political scientist at the University of Victoria wrote that he was sometimes considered to possess "the wisdom of a Solomon".  Most other assessments of Hughes agree with this position.  One of the few public figures to have criticized Hughes is Bill Vander Zalm, who said in a 1996 interview he believed Hughes had an agenda against him.

Hughes was appointed an Officer in the Order of Canada in 2002.

Footnotes

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Saskatoon
People from Victoria, British Columbia
Judges in Saskatchewan
Judges in British Columbia
Canadian lawyers
Officers of the Order of Canada


The skeleton competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Sliding Centre. The events were held between the 18 and 19 February 2010. This event was expanded to four runs over two days beginning at these Olympic Games.

Medal summary

Medal table

Events
Two skeleton events were held at Vancouver 2010:

Competition schedule
All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).

Practice
Practice was scheduled to begin 15 February 2010 with the field being named the night before. 28 men and 22 women were scheduled to compete. Each skeleton racer was allowed six training runs. Canada's Mellissa Hollingsworth and Jon Montgomery had the fastest first and second runs for the women's and men's practice time on the 15th respectively with the third and fourth runs taking place on the 16th. It also marked the first time that training had resumed on the entire length of the Sliding Centre since the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili three days earlier. Montgomery and Hollingsworth had the fastest times on the 16th with the last training runs taking place on 17th at 09:00 PST. On the 17th, both Hollingsworth and Montgomery had the fastest runs again.

Qualifying

Qualified nations

Men's qualification
The qualification was based on the 2009/2010 FIBT ranking list from January 17, 2010. A slider must be in the top 60 to be eligible for the Olympics. All current quota places are pending re-allocation of unwanted quotas and re-allocation quotas will go to unrepresented continents in priority.

Italy was allowed to compete following exclusion of the Netherlands in the quota reallocation on 26 January 2010.

Women's qualification
Only sliders in the top 50 of the FIBT ranking may qualify for the Olympics.

Romania was allocated the last quota from The Netherlands on 26 January 2010.

Athlete/NOC quota
50 athletes are allowed to compete in accordance with the International Olympic Committee and the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation (FIBT). This includes 30 for the men's event and 20 for the women's event.

Qualification system
Athletes from five continents recognized by the FIBT are eligible to compete: Africa, Americas (North and South), Asia, Europe, and Oceania. Each continent has a maximum of one two-man or one four-man team and one two-woman team allowed. If no driver can meet these standards, the continent will not be represented. The best result of each driver will be ranked by the FIBT, including World Cup and lesser known Cup. These races scored are the same ones as the World Cup event. These skeleton racers must rank among the top 50 for men and top 40 for women in the FIBT for the 2009–10 season by 17 January 2010, held at St. Moritz, Switzerland. Each country is limited to a maximum of three per gender. For men's skeleton, three countries can send three teams, seven countries can send two teams, and seven more countries can send one team. For women's skeleton, two countries can send three teams, four countries can send two teams, and six countries can send one team. For both events, the host country is included provided they meet the minimum requirements. The NOCs must declare their entries by 22 January 2010. Entering the World Cup event in St. Moritz, the top two countries to have three women's skeleton competitors were Canada and Great Britain. For men's skeleton, the top three countries to have three teams were Germany, Canada, and the United States.

References

Sources
Qualification System
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule v12

2010
2010 Winter Olympics events
2010 in skeleton


Ralph Charles Lancaster (25 November 1907 – 28 August 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family
The son of Thomas Stanley Lancaster (1878-1960), the Town Clerk of Newtown and Chilwell, and Maud Amelia Lancaster (1878-1938), née Cory, Ralph Charles Lancaster was born in Numurkah on 25 November 1907.

He married Jean Loveniah McCurdy (1912-1968), later Mrs Arnold Start Henderson, in 1938.

Football
Lancaster was recruited locally, from Geelong College.

A rover, he kicked 20 goals in his debut season, and the following year was 19th. man in Geelong's 1930 VFL Grand Final loss to Collingwood.

Military service
During World War II, Lancaster served in New Guinea as a Gunner with the 9th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, of the Royal Australian Artillery.

Death
He died of wounds sustained whilst on active service in New Guinea on 28 August 1942.

He is buried at the Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery.

See also
 List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service

Notes

References
 Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
 Main, J. & Allen, D., "Lancaster, Ralph", pp.286-287 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002.
 World War Two Nominal Roll: Gunner Raplh (sic) Charles Lancaster (VX44992), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
 Roll of Honour: Gunner Ralph Charles Lancaster (VX44992), Australian War Memorial.
 Roll of Honour Circular: Gunner Ralph Charles Lancaster (VX44992) collection of the Australian War Memorial.
 B883, VX44992: World War Two Service Record: Gunner Raplh (sic) Charles Lancaster (VX44992), National Archives of Australia.

External links

 Ralph Lancaster at Boyles Football Photos.

1907 births
1942 deaths
People educated at Geelong College
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Geelong Football Club players
Newtown & Chilwell Football Club players
Australian military personnel killed in World War II
Australian Army personnel of World War II
Australian Army soldiers
Military personnel from Victoria (state)


Red Ant Enterprises was an Australia-based producer and distributor of video games for multiple platforms, as well as videos and software.  The company went into receivership in January, 2009.

List by publisher

1C

PC
 Ascension to the Throne
 UFO Trilogy
 Deus Ex Game of the Year Edition

505 Games

PC
 ArmA: Armed Assault
 ArmA: Queens Gambit

Nintendo DS
 Big Catch: Bass Fishing
 Brain Buster
 Cookie & Cream
 Cooking Mama
 Cooking Mama 2
 Cooking Mama Wii
 Dave Mirra BMX Challenge
 Deep Labyrinth
 Draglade
 Fashion Designer: Style Icon
 Hoshigami
 Kameleon
 Kira Kira Pop Princess
 Labyrinth
 MinDStorm
 Monster Bomber
 Monster Puzzle
 My Pet Dolphin
 Mystery Detective
 New Touch Party Game
 Princess on Ice
 Spellbound
 Starz
 The Professor's Brain Trainer: Memory
 Professor's Brain Trainer: Logic
 Turn It Around
 World Championship Poker Deluxe Series

Xbox 360
 A-Train HX
 Supreme Commander

Wii
 Bust-A-Move Wii
 Guilty Gear XX Accent Core
 Radio Helicopter
 Table Football

PS3
 Armoured Core 4

PSP
 Aces of War
 Armored Core: Formula Front
 Exit 2
 Gurumin
 Riviera

PS2
 Armored Core: Last Raven
 Brunswick Pro Bowling
 Forty 4 Party
 Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life
 Michigan: Report from Hell
 Playwize Poker and Casino
 Raw Danger
 Samurai Western
 Stella Deus
 World Championship Poker: Featuring Howard Lederer "All In"

Ascaron

PC
 Arena Wars
 Attack on Pearl Harbor
 Dark Star One
 Sacred
 Sacred Plus
 Tortuga Two Treasures

Bethesda

PC
 Fallout 3
 Sea Dogs
 The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Xbox 360
 Fallout 3

Wii
 AMF Bowling Pinbusters
 Star Trek: Conquest

Nintendo DS
 Ducati Moto

PS3
 Fallout 3

PS2
 Star Trek: Conquest

Big Bytes

PC
 1001 Puzzles - The Puzzle Collection
 Aussie Video Slots
 Babyz
 Big Mother Truckers 2: Truck Me Harder
 Brain Training: Deluxe Edition
 Brian Lara International Cricket 2005
 Capitalism II
 Carmageddon
 Cats 5
 Chessmaster 8000
 Conflict: Desert Storm
 Conquest
 Crazy Frog Racer
 Crazy Golf: World Tour
 Dark Star One: BB
 Dino Crisis 2
 Dogs 5
 Earth 2150
 Europa Universalis
 FlatOut
 Ford Racing 3
 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
 Ghostmaster
 Hearts of Iron
 Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue
 Heroes of the Pacific
 IGI 2: Covert Strike
 IL-2: Sturmovik
 International Cricket Captain Ashes Year 2005
 Jacked
 Junior Board Games
 Korea: Forgotten Conflict
 Magic Solitaire
 Mahjongg
 Marine Sharpshooter
 Micro Machines V4
 My Animal Hospital
 My Pony Stables BB
 Myst Masterpiece
 Patrician III
 Perfect Sudoku & Kakuro Classics
 Pet Tycoon
 Poker Masters
 Port Royale: Gold, Power and Pirates
 Port Royale 2
 Prisoner of War
 Ravenshield
 Rayman 2
 Resident Evil 3
 Rogue Spear Phantom
 Sacred Gold
 Sacred Plus
 SCAR : Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo
 Sensible Soccer 2006
 The Settlers IV
 The Settlers III
 Silent Hunter II
 Soldiers: Heroes of War 2
 Space Invaders Anniversary
 Starship Troopers
 Starsky and Hutch
 Sudden Strike: Gold Edition
 Taito Legends 2
 The Elder Scrolls III:Morrowind
 The Entente
 The Sudoku Challenge
 Worms 2

PS2
 Big Mother Truckers 2: Truck Me Harder
 Crazy Frog Racer
 Jacked
 Taito Legends 2

Nintendo DS
 Crazy Frog Racer

Black Bean

PS2
 Australian Idol Sing
 Diabolik: The Original Sin
 SBK: World Superbike Championship 2007
 The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome

Nintendo DS
 Evolution GT
 History: Great Empires Rome
 Superbike Riding Challenge

External links
 Red Ant Enterprises Pty Ltd., MobyGames

Red Ant Enterprises


Three ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS Sleipner.  The name is derived from Sleipnir - Odin's magical eight-legged steed, and the greatest of all horses:

  was a  launched in 1877 and scrapped in 1935.
  was a  launched in 1936 and scrapped in 1959.
  was a  launched in 1963 and decommissioned in 1992 to be expended as a target ship.

Royal Norwegian Navy ship names


"Vampire Racecourse" is a song by The Sleepy Jackson released as the first single from their debut album Lovers. The song peaked at #71 in Australia and #50 in the UK.

Track listings

Australian CD
 "Vampire Racecourse"
 "Hell Is Here"
 "Revolution"
 "Holly"
 "Mosquito Kids"

UK CD
 "Vampire Racecourse"
 "Hell Is Here"
 "Holly"

UK 7" on red-colored vinyl
 "Vampire Racecourse"
 "Glasshouses"

Charts

References

2003 singles
Songs written by Luke Steele (musician)
2003 songs
EMI Records singles
Capitol Records singles
The Sleepy Jackson songs


The Banc Tynddol sun-disc () is a small, decorated, gold ornament discovered at Cwmystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales. It most likely was part of a funerary garment and is dated to 2450-2150 BCE, which makes it the earliest gold artifact found in Wales. It was discovered on 16 October 2002 by a team of archaeologists who were investigating the site of Roman and medieval lead smelting hearths below the Bronze Age copper mine on Copa Hill.

History
The area around Cwmystwyth has been mined for lead and copper for more than 4,000 years, almost since the beginning of metalworking in Britain.

Site excavation

Excavation now has shown that these mining sites date to the Roman (first century AD) and Early Medieval (ninth to twelfth century AD) periods, but one of the most important finds of the excavation was the gold disc about the size of a milk-bottle top, which pre-dated these discoveries by more than 2,000 years.
At the time of its discovery, it seemed uncertain as to whether the gold object had ever been intentionally deposited; no earlier archaeological features were at that time identified, whilst its shallow find-spot suggested that it had been disturbed and re-deposited some distance downslope from its original burial context. However, the object was at that time identified and reported to HM Coroner for Ceredigion as a Treasure find on 30 October 2002, whilst further study of the find continued, and a follow-up investigation of the find spot was planned. Given concerns over the possibility of further artefacts remaining within the ground by virtue of association with the disc, also potential treasure, re-excavation of the site took place in March 2003, with funding from the National Museums and Galleries of Wales.

Samples of soil containing degraded bone fragments were collected for dating along with charcoal from in and around the grave. Insufficient collagen survived to provide any sort of reliable date from the bone, whilst the three samples of charcoal recovered from the grave fill proved to be intrusive; one suggesting Mesolithic activity associated with the pre-burial land surface (OxA-12983: 8850 ± 40 [8210–7760 CalBC]), another a Late Roman date for the ground surface covering the edge of the grave (OxA-12955: 1675 ± 28 [320–430 Cal AD]), whilst the third consisted of a single piece of oak charcoal derived from the Early Medieval smelting horizon above (OxA-12956: 1264 ± 27 [670–840 Cal AD]). Whilst not providing us with any clear answer, these results do at least support the possibility of a prehistoric burial.

Upon further investigation it was determined that the absence of identifiable skeletal remains and of only a thin film with insufficient collagen, precluded accurate Carbon-14 (C14) dating.

Detailed description
The disc is 38.9mm in diameter, with a weight of 2.51g, made of a very pure gold that is composed of between 93% and 94% gold, 6% and 7% silver and a negligible amount of copper. It is decorated with concentric line and dot circles and pierced by two central holes, apparently for attachment.  The design was determined to belong to the Primary Bell Beaker Goldwork Tradition. Even though the exact source for the metal cannot be established, the composition appears consistent with that for Irish, Scottish, and Welsh alluvial gold.  The disc most likely was made for a funerary garment and possibly, to symbolize the life-giving power of the sun.  Further investigation of the discovery site revealed skeletal remains that once were covered over by a mound of stones, known as a cairn. The grave was located within a crescent of boulders and was oriented to look down the valley to the west—a poignant resting place for the person wearing one of Wales's first metal discs derived from native gold.

Similar artifacts have been found in Ireland, The Isle of Man, and Brittany.
Most known examples of this class of 'sun-disc' have been found in Ireland (21), with smaller numbers from Scotland (6), England (5), and similar examples from France. This is the first example to be found in Wales and thought to be the earliest gold artifact from Wales, probably belonging to the slightly later established Beaker phase (c. 2000 BC).  The Banc Ty'nddôl disc most closely resembles an example from Ireland that remains without provenance, having two-four linear circles in repoussé and two central perforations. A similar style with repoussé dots is to be found in an example from Kirk Andreas in The Isle of Man.

In Brittany, gold discs with similar dot and linear decoration have been discovered in Neolithic tombs and they also appear to be associated with early Beaker (Chalcolithic) abandonment deposits. In Britain, three examples have been found associated with two Beaker burials (one as a pair, and one as a single find) at Mere and Farleigh Wick in Wiltshire.

The similarities in style and decorative technique between the Banc Ty'nddôl disc and 'basket earrings' or gold hair tress ornaments associated with rich Beaker burials is striking. Examples from Kirkhaugh, Northumberland had been tooled similarly on the surface as a means of enhancing the repoussé lines applied to the back, a detail precisely matched on the Banc Ty'nddôl disc. The Kirkhaugh basket earring and other items from similar burial sites can all be dated to the period between 2500–1900 BC.

Current status
The disc was declared a treasure in December 2003 and has since been acquired by the Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales.

Gallery

Archaeologists
Simon Timberlake: Excavations Director, Early Mines Research Group, Cambridge CB5 8ST, UK.
Adam Gwilt: Later Prehistorian, Department of Archaeology, National Museum & Gallery of Wales, CF10 3NP, UK.
Mary Davis: Archaeological Conservator, National Museum & Gallery of Wales, Cardiff CF10 3NP, UK.

See also

 Archaeology of Wales

Footnotes

References

 Timberlake, S. 2002 a Medieval lead smelting boles near Penguelan, Cwmystwyth, Archaeology in Wales 42: 45–59
—2002 b Cwmystwyth, Banc Ty'nddôl: gold disc, AW 42, 97–98 Timberlake, S. 2003 Excavations on Copa Hill, Cwmystwyth (1986–1999); An Early Bronze Age copper mine within the uplands of Central Wales. BAR British Series 348 Oxford: Archaeopress.

 Banc Ty'nddôl, Cwmystwyth' in Archaeology in Wales* 44 *(2004) pp. 137–139

External links
 Early Mines Research Group
 Simon Timberlake

History of Ceredigion
Archaeology of Wales
Archaeological sites in Ceredigion
Art discs and ovals
Gold objects
2002 archaeological discoveries
Welsh art
Bronze Age art
Treasure troves of Bronze Age Britain
Welsh artefacts


The ski jumping competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park between 12 and 22 February 2010.

Medal summary

Medal table

Events
Three ski jumping events was held at Vancouver 2010 (all competitors are men):

Competition schedule
All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).

Participating nations

For the three events, there are a maximum 70 athletes allowed to compete. No nation can have more than five skiers. For each event, a nation can enter four skiers in individual event or one team in the team event.

Host nation Canada is expected to enter skiers in all events. If no skier meets the qualification standards, they can enter one skier per event.

Quota allocation per nation is based on the World Ranking List (WRL) consisting of Ski Jumping World Cup and Grand Prix points, followed by Continental Cup Standings from the 2008-09 and 2009-10 Ski Jumping World Cup. This will be made by assigning one quota slot per skier from the top of the standings downwards until the maximum five slots have been reached, including host nation Canada. When 60 slots are reached in an event where less than 12 nations have a minimum of four skiers allocated slot (and the nation is entered in the team event), the next nation with three skiers will be given a fourth slot until 12 nations can compete in the team event. Any open quota slots will be allocated until the maximum 70 skiers can be reached, including host nation Canada. This process started on 18 January 2010 and ran until 28 January 2010. Deadline to VANOC was 1 February 2010.

References

External links

 May 2009 FIS Qualification for the 2010 Winter Olympics. - accessed 21 January 2010. Ski jumping is on pages 7–8.
 Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule v12

2010
2010 Winter Olympics events
2010 in ski jumping
Ski jumping competitions in Canada


Moreto is a red Portuguese wine grape variety that is planted primarily in the Alentejo. As a varietal, the grape makes neutral wines.

Synonyms
Moreto is also known under the synonyms Arruya, Castellao, Moreto d'Alenteijo, Moreto d'Alentejo, Moreto do Dão, Morito, Mureto do Alentejo, Tinta de Alter.

Other grape varieties
Moreto is also used as a synonym for the grape varieties Lambrusca di Alessandria, Camarate Tinto, Baga and Mureto.

See also
List of Portuguese wine grape varieties

References

Red wine grape varieties


The Executioner ( is a 1975 South Korean film directed by Byun Jang-ho, later remade as I Will Survive.

Plot
An executioner and his family try to survive from the dead.

Remake
The newer film I Will Survive is based on the film, although there is a difference when a main character rapes the daughter of noble man whom he had executed and saves her from jail.

Cast
 Baek Il-seob
 Park Ji-yeong
 Heo Jang-kang
 Kim Mu-yeong
 Kim Nan-yeong

External links

1975 films
1970s Korean-language films
South Korean drama films
Films set in the Joseon dynasty
Films directed by Byun Jang-ho


Marufo or Mourisco tinto is a red Portuguese wine grape that is planted primarily in the Douro DOC. It is a recommended grape in Port wine production.

Synonyms
Marufo is also known under the synonyms Abrunhal, Barrete De Padre, Brujidera, Crujidera, Lagrima Noir, Malvasia, Marouco, Marufa,
Marujo, Morisco tinto, , Mourico, Mourisca, Mourisco, Mourisco Du Douro, Mourisco Preto, Mourisco tinto, Tinta Amarela Grossa, Tinta Do Caramelo, and Tinta Grossa, Tinto Martinho.

References

Red wine grape varieties


Piedirosso is a red Italian wine grape variety that is planted primarily in the Campania region. The grape is considered a specialty of the region, being used to produce wines for local and tourist consumption.  Its name "piedirosso" means "red feet" that reflects the bottom of the vine which used to be red similar to the red feet of a pigeon.

The grape is believed to be one of the parent varieties of the central Italy grape Abbuoto, possibly a crossing with Casavecchia. DNA analysis has also shown a close genetic relationship between Piedirosso and the white Campanian wine grape Caprettone that was previously thought to be a clone of Coda di Volpe.

Synonyms
Piedirosso is also known under the synonyms Palombina, Palombina Nera, Palumbina Nera, Palumbo, Perepalummo, Pererusso, Piede Colombo, Piede di Colombo, Piede di Palumbo, Piedepalumbo, Streppa Verde, Strepparossa.

References

Red wine grape varieties
Wine grapes of Campania


Littleworth Common is a  biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Farnham Common in Buckinghamshire. It is Common land owned by South Bucks District Council.

The site was formerly open heathland, most of which has developed into birch and oak woodland. Some remnants of acid heathland survive, and marshy areas and two large ponds have uncommon communities, including the nationally rare starfruit. Wet flushes have extensive bog mosses. Purple hairstreak butterfly larvae feed on the oak trees.

There is access from Boveney Wood Lane and Little Road.

References

Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Buckinghamshire
Common land in England
Burnham, Buckinghamshire


Onykia appelloefi may be a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. The species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean. It is a taxon inquirendum and it requires more research to confirm its validity as a species.

External links
 SeaLifeBase:Onykia appelloefi

Squid
Molluscs described in 1900


Peter James Martin (24 July 1875 – 25 March 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood during the early years of the Victorian Football League (VFL), and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFA).

Family
The son of James Joseph Martin and Ellen O'Connor, Peter was born in Geelong on 24 July 1875. He married Lavinia M. Smith in 1902. They had four children, Lavinia H., Kathleen I., and Samuel A. Martin, and one other.

Footballer
Recruited from Wellington Juniors in Geelong, he first came to Collingwood's attention when he won a goal-kicking contest in 1898.

Martin shared his league debut with future club great Ted Rowell and played 14 games that season, including the 1901 VFL Grand Final loss to Essendon where he was a wingman. He made just one further appearance with Collingwood, in 1902, before finishing his career at North Melbourne, then in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), where he played for, at least, three seasons (1903–1905). He then played for four seasons for the Garrison Artillery Football Team.

Soldier
A Private with the 6th Battalion of the First AIF during World War I, Martin was badly injured in fighting at Pozières, France in December 1916.

The name of Peter James Martin (3399) does not appear on the Australian War Memorial's Roll of Honour because, at the time of his death (25 March 1918), more than 12 months and a day had elapsed since he had been wounded in action; also, by the time of his death, he had been discharged from the army, and was not listed as officially "Died of Wounds" on any casualty list.

He had been hit in the head by a German bullet at Pozières on 8 December 1916; the right side of his head was very badly damaged (his skull had been fractured, and it never healed properly), and he had lost his right eye. He did not appear on a casualty list until January 1917. He was discharged from the army on 26 January 1917. He died from his war wounds at the Caulfield Military Hospital (No.5 Australian General Hospital) on 25 March 1918. He was buried with full military honours, in an unmarked grave, at Coburg Cemetery.

See also
 List of Victorian Football League players who died in active service

Footnotes

References
 Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
 Main, J. & Allen, D., "Martin, Peter", pp. 112–113 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002.

External links

 Australian World War I Nominal Roll: Peter James Martin (3399)
 Australian War Memorial World War I Service Record: Peter James Martin (3399)
 Australian Casualties: 262nd List: Wounded and Seriously Ill: Victoria (Martin, P. J., Moonee Ponds), The Argus, (Friday, 12 January 1917), p.8.

1875 births
1918 deaths
Collingwood Football Club players
North Melbourne Football Club (VFA) players
Australian military personnel killed in World War I
Australian rules footballers from Geelong


Immaculate Conception Academy of Manila (also known as ICAM or ICA Manila)  is a private Catholic school facilitated by the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (MIC).

External links

ICA Manila official website
(currently sponsored by the batch of 1983) Alumnae Association

Catholic elementary schools in Manila
Catholic secondary schools in Manila
Education in Tondo, Manila


Craig Robinson may refer to:

Craig Robinson (actor) (born 1971), actor; played Darryl Philbin on NBC's The Office
Craig Robinson (baseball) (born 1948), former Major League baseball player
Craig Robinson (basketball) (born 1962), college coach and brother of Michelle Obama
Craig Robinson (designer) (born 1972), American fashion designer
Craig Robinson (rugby league) (born 1985), rugby league footballer

See also
Greg Robinson (disambiguation)


Willemijn Verkaik (; born 16 June 1975) is a Dutch singer and actress. She is best known for her stage roles in Wicked and Elisabeth, and for providing the singing voice for Elsa in both the German and Dutch versions of Disney's Frozen. She was the longest running Elphaba in the musical Wicked, having played the role over 2,000 times, and is the only person to have played the role in three languages. Her first performance as Elphaba was on 31 October 2007, in Stuttgart, Germany, and her final performance was on 22 July 2017 in the West End of London.

Early life
Verkaik was born in Son en Breugel, Netherlands, on 16 June 1975, and grew up in Nuenen near Eindhoven. She graduated from the Rotterdam Conservatory.

Career
Before her acting career began, Verkaik sang in various pop bands for over ten years. Her first professional theatre role was that of an ensemble member in the Dutch production of Elisabeth.

In 2004, Verkaik recorded the singing voice of Erica in the Dutch version of the animated movie Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper. In 2008, she was the Dutch voice of Lydia in Barbie & the Diamond Castle.

Since then, her musical theatre credits have included Elisabeth (in Holland and Thun, Switzerland), The Three Musketeers, We Will Rock You, and most notably, Wicked, in which she was chosen as the "Wicked Personality of the Year" in 2010, out of all the actresses who had played the role, in an online poll with over 16,000 voters. Verkaik is the only actress in the world to play Elphaba in three languages: she has performed in the German, Dutch, Broadway, and West End productions.

Verkaik originated the role of Elphaba in the original German-language production of Wicked, which was entitled "Wicked: Die Hexen Von Oz", and began performances in Stuttgart on 1 November 2007, prior to an official opening night on November 15. Sabrina Weckerlin was her original alternate, appearing in the two shows a week in which Verkaik was not contracted to perform.

Verkaik soon repeated her performance in the Dutch-language production, which premiered in Scheveningen on 6 November 2011, after previews from 26 October. This required her to learn the role in her native language. The run ended on 11 January 2013 and Verkaik then transferred to North America, making her Broadway debut in the English-speaking New York company of Wicked and marking her third language production. Verkaik played a limited 15-week engagement at the Gershwin Theatre from 12 February 2013 to 26 May 2013.

Verkaik subsequently played the role of Donna in the Stuttgart production of Mamma Mia! for a limited run starting 26 July 2013, before playing the role of Elphaba again. Beginning on 18 November 2013, she made her West End debut in Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, London. Due to health reasons, Verkaik had to depart early from the West End production of Wicked on 19 July 2014, and was replaced by original cast member Kerry Ellis.

She can be heard on Wicked'''s German-language cast recording, as well as Scott Alan's album What I Wanna Be When I Grow Up and on the Scott Alan album LIVE, which was recorded at the Birdland jazz club in New York City on 30 April 2012. The CD was released on 26 June 2012.

Verkaik also provided the Dutch-speaking and singing voice and the German singing voice of Elsa, the Snow Queen in Disney's 2013 animated movie Frozen (the German-speaking voice was provided by Dina Kürten). She also performed the song "Let It Go" in English at the UK premiere of the movie.

It was announced on 24 October 2014 that Verkaik would be joining the cast of the musical, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, alongside Tasmin Greig, Ricardo Afonso, Hadyn Gwynne, Jérôme Pradon and Anna Skellern, in the role of Paulina. The show's previews started on 16 December 2014 at the West End's Playhouse Theatre with an opening night on 12 January 2015. The show ran until 23 May 2015. This was Verkaik's first role after her surgery in 2014.

It was announced on 14 July 2015 that Verkaik would be returning to Stuttgart as Kala in Tarzan in August 2015, at the Stage Apollo Theater.

On 14 September 2016, it was revealed that Verkaik would return to her starring role of Elphaba in the West End production of Wicked beginning 30 January 2017 as part of the production's 10th-anniversary celebrations. She played her final performance on 22 July 2017 and was succeeded by Alice Fearn. Verkaik confirmed in her speech at the end of her final performance that, after 10 years, it was her last ever performance as Elphaba.

On 10 September 2017 it was announced that Verkaik would star in Ghost – Das Musical in Berlin from 7 December 2017 to 7 October 2018, in the role of Molly.

She next appeared as Sloane in the Metronom Theater production of Bat Out of Hell from 8 November 2018 to 30 March 2019, with previews starting from 2 November.

She then played Pepa in the Amsterdam production of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown from 4 July 2019 to 14 July 2019.

She toured the Netherlands playing Miss Hannigan in Annie from 26 November 2019 to 24 May 2020, with previews starting 5 November in Hoorn.

On 14 November 2019, it was announced that she will play the lead role of Jenna in Waitress in the Netherlands in 2020–2021.

On 9 February 2020, Verkaik was called in to join American actress and singer Idina Menzel, Aurora and eight more of Elsa's international dubbers to perform the song "Into the Unknown" during the 92nd Academy Awards. Every international performer sang one line of the song in a different language: Maria Lucia Heiberg Rosenberg in Danish, Verkaik in German, Takako Matsu in Japanese, Carmen Sarahí in Latin American Spanish, Lisa Stokke in Norwegian, Kasia Łaska in Polish, Anna Buturlina in Russian, Gisela in European Spanish and Gam Wichayanee in Thai.

Personal life
Verkaik is multilingual, speaking Dutch, German and English. She is married to musician Bart van Hoof, a saxophone player.

 Theatre

 Performances

 Pfingstgala (Tecklenburg, Openluchttheater, Whit Monday 2006, 2008, 2014 and 2020)
 Concert with Mark Seibert (Stuttgart, Palladium Theater, 26 May 2008)
 Dance Benefit Gala (Hamburg, TUI-Operettenhaus, 29 September 2008)
 Benefit concert with Roberta Valentini (Oberhausen, Metronomtheatre 30 August 2010)
 Simply the Music of Scott Alan (Londen, New Players Theatre, 26 September 2010)
 Backstage with Philippe Ducloux (Essen, hall Lukas, 22 and 23 January 2011)
 Concert with Scott Alan (Hamburger Kammerspiele, 20 June 2011)
 Performance with Jason Robert Brown & Scott Alan (New York, Birdland, 22 August 2011)
 Concert with Alex Melcher (Oberhausen, hall Ebertbad, 31 March 2012)
 Concert with Scott Alan and Friends (New York, Birdland, 30 April 2012)
 As I Am (Scheveningen, Circustheater, 26 June 2012)
 Concert with Patrick Stanke (Hamburg, Stage Club, 10 August 2012)
 Concert with Scott Alan (Amsterdam, M-Lab, 5 November 2012)
 Exclusevening with Willemijn (Utrecht, Boerderij Mereveld, 20 November 2012)
 Concert series Musical & Xmas (Thun, Bern, Switzerland, 12–16 December 2012)
 Concert with Scott Alan (Londen, O2 Arena, 4 August 2013)
 Wow, Here Comes The Girls (Dunstable, The Grove Theatre, 27 April 2014)
 Musicals in Concert (Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome, 15 en 16 November 2014)
 Jesus Christ Superstar in Concert – Maria (Amsterdam, DeLaMar Theater, 16 March 2015)
 Soloconcert (Amsterdam, DeLaMar Theater, 31 mei 2015 en 31 October 2015)
 Soloconcert (London, Ambassadors Theatre, 25 August 2015)
 Soloconcert (New York, 54 Below, 27 & 28 August 2015)
 Musicals in Concert (Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome, 13 & 14 November 2015)
 From Broadway to Breda (Breda, Chassé Theatre, 15 November 2015)
 Exclusevening with Willemijn (De Weistaar, Maarsbergen, 6 June 2016)
 Live in Concert (Cambridge Theatre, London, 31 July 2017)
 Bevrijdingsfestival (Amsterdam, Amstel, 5 May 2018)
 SpaceXperience (Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, 3 November 2018)
92nd Academy Award Ceremony (Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, U.S., February 9, 2020)

 Discography

 Cast recordings

Jeans 11 (Jeanscompany, 2001)
 Eternity (Orkest Kon. Luchtmacht, 2003)
Drie Musketiers (Three Musketeers) (Joop van den Ende Theaterproducties, 2003) – a DVD was also released
Wicked, German cast recording (Stage Entertainment Germany, 2007)
Frozen, Dutch cast recording (Walt Disney Records, 2014)
 Olaf's Frozen Adventure (Walt Disney Records, 2017)

 Other recordings

 Musical Gala Ludwigsburg (2008)
Best of Musical Gala 2010, Promo CD from Stage Entertainment Germany (2009)
Musicalballads Unplugged – with Mark Seibert (2010)
 Superstars des Musicals – collection of 3 CDs (2010)
 Scott Alan: What I Wanna Be when I Grow up (2012)
Scott Alan: Live – double CD recorded in Birdland (2012)

 Filmography

 Awards

In 2008 and 2010 Verkaik was elected best actress by readers of the German music magazine Da Capo for her portrayal of Elphaba in the German production of Wicked.
In 2009 she was elected best actress by readers of the German music magazine Da Capo for her portrayal of Amneris in the German production of Aïda.
In 2009 and 2010 she won the audience prize from the German magazine Musicals for best musical actress.
In 2010 Verkaik won the voting organised by the site BroadwayisWicked.com where people could vote for the best Elphaba that played in a production of Wicked worldwide. She received 49.9% of a total of 16,705 cast votes.
On 9 January 2012 it was announced that Verkaik again, in a voting organised by BroadwayisWicked.com, was titled Wicked Personality of the Year 2011. She received 55% of a total of 590,000 cast votes.
In May 2012 Verkaik won the Musicalworld Award for "best female lead in a big musical" for the portrayal of Elphaba in the Dutch production of Wicked''.

References

External links

 , "Defying Gravity", Covent Garden market, outside the 2014 Laurence Olivier Awards

1975 births
Living people
Dutch stage actresses
Dutch musical theatre actresses
People from Son en Breugel
People from Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten
German-language singers
Alumni of the Guildford School of Acting
Nationaal Songfestival contestants
20th-century Dutch actresses
20th-century Dutch women singers
21st-century Dutch actresses
21st-century Dutch women singers
21st-century Dutch singers


Leichenschrei is the second album by the band SPK. It was released in 1982 on Thermidor Records in the United States and in 1983 on the band's own Side Effekts label in the United Kingdom. The title is a German word meaning "corpse scream", and might refer to an alleged supernatural behavior exhibited by the deceased.

The band was listed on the initial Thermidor release as "SPK", although subsequent vinyl reissues were credited to "Sozialistisches Patienten Kollektiv", a reference to the leftist German patients' group of the same name. The name was misspelled on the CD reissue as "Socialistisches Patienten Kollektiv".

Legacy
In a 1987 interview for Italian fanzine Snowdonia, Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots stated that he thought industrial music should have stopped after Leichenschrei, describing it as a "brilliant album" and "nobody could make a better, more definitive work in industrial music".

Track listing
No track listing was provided with the initial release on Thermidor Records. The first side of vinyl editions of the album end with a lockgroove. Sides one and two of the vinyl editions are labeled "Seite ((Lysso))" and "Seite ((Klono))", respectively.

Side one
"Genetic Transmission" – 3:17
"Post-Mortem" – 2:24
"Desolation" – 1:18
"Napalm (Terminal Patient)" – 2:39
"Cry from the Sanatorium" – 2:26
"Baby Blue Eyes" – 2:38
"Israel" – 2:46
"Internal Bleeding" – 1:46
"Chamber Music" – 3:26

Side two
"Despair" – 4:45
"The Agony of the Plasma" – 3:03
"Day of Pigs" – 4:18
"Wars of Islam" – 4:31
"Maladia Europa (The European Sickness)" – 3:50

Personnel
According to the album liner notes:
 Oblivion (Graeme Revell) – synthesizer, electronic rhythms, tape, syncussion, vocals
 NE/H/IL (Neil Hill) – synthesizer, electronic rhythms, tape, treatments, vocals
 James Pinker – drums, syncussion, metal percussion, backing vocals
 Paul Charlier – guitar, bass, synthi
 Peter Kennard – guitar, bass
 Karel van Bergen – violin, vocals
 Sinan Leong – vocals, photography
 Brett Guerim – additional vocals
 Margaret Hill – additional vocals
 Lustmord – additional vocals
 Rose – additional vocals
 Phil Punch – mixing

Charts

Release history

Notes

1982 albums
SPK (band) albums


Chittu Pandey (10 May 1895 – 6 December 1946), popularly referred to as the Sher-e Ballia (Lion of Ballia), was an Indian independence activist and revolutionary.

Pandey was born in Rattuchak, a village in Ballia District of what was then the North-West Provinces in a Bhumihar family.

A distinguished independence activist, he led the Quit India Movement in Ballia; described as the "Tiger of Ballia" by Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose, he headed the National Government declared and established on 19 August 1942 for a few days before it was suppressed by the British. The parallel government succeeded in getting the Collector to hand over power and release all the arrested Congress leaders. But within a week, soldiers marched in and the leaders had to flee. He used to call himself a Gandhian.
There is a crossroads also on the name of Chittu Pandey.

Pandey ji had two childrens. Son's name was Maksudan pandey and daughter's name was Lalita Devi.

References

Indian independence activists from Uttar Pradesh
People from Ballia district
1865 births
1946 deaths


The snowboarding competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Cypress Mountain. The events were held between the 15 and 27 February 2010.

Medal summary

Medal table

Men's events

Women's events

Competition schedule
All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).

Qualification
 For the six events, there are a maximum 190 athletes allowed to compete. This includes a maximum of 30 in parallel giant slalom, 40 in halfpipe, and 40 in snowboard cross for men and 25 in parallel giant slalom, 30 in halfpipe, and 25 in snowboard cross for women. No nation can have more than 18 snowboarders with maximum of ten men or ten women per specific nation. For each event, no nation can enter four skiers per individual event.

Skiers are qualified if they have placed in the top 30 in an FIS World Cup event of FIS World Championships in the event concerned. A minimum of 100 FIS points in the respective event. Host nation Canada is expected to enter a skier in all events. If no skier meets the qualification standards, they can enter one skier per event.

Quota allocation will be given using the World Ranking List (WRL) for the twelve-month period of World Cup Standings from the 2008–09 and 2009-10 Snowboard World Cup and the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2009. It will be assigned one slot per skier from the top the WRL downwards. When a nation has the maximum four skiers per event, the next eligible nation on the WRL will be given a slot until the maximum total per event in moguls, aerials, and ski cross per gender has been reached.

In the case any nation is given more than 18 skiers, it is up the nation to select the team of a maximum of 18 skiers by 25 January 2010. Once quota slots are allocated by the FIS and the national entries confirmed, a reallocation of unused slots per event will be made by the FIS to the next eligible nation on the WRL for quota allocation in the respective event and gender. This process started on 18 January 2010 and will run until 28 January 2010. Deadline to VANOC is 1 February 2010.

Participating nations
Twenty-seven nations competed in the snowboarding events at Vancouver.

References

External links

May 2009 FIS Qualification for the 2010 Winter Olympics. - accessed 22 January 2010. Snowboarding is on pages 14–16.
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule v12
Associated Press: Olympic Snowboard Results

2010
2010 Winter Olympics events
2010 in snowboarding


Onykia is a genus of squids in the family Onychoteuthidae. Due to similarities between the genera, several recent authors consider the genus Moroteuthis a junior synonym of Onykia. The type species is Onykia carriboea, the tropical clubhook squid.

Species
The following are the valid species currently recognised as members of the genus Onkyia by the World Register of Marine Species:
Onykia aequatorialis (Thiele, 1920)
Onykia carriboea Lesueur, 1821
Onykia indica Okutani, 1981
Onykia ingens (E. A. Smith, 1881)
Onykia loennbergii (Ishikawa & Wakiya, 1914)
Onykia robsoni (Adam, 1962)
Onykia robusta (Verrill, 1876)

References

External links
 Tree of Life web project: Onykia

Squid
Cephalopod genera


Portan is a red French wine grape that is planted primarily in the Languedoc. The grape is a crossing of Grenache and Portugais, being breed with the aim of ripening more reliably than Grenache.

Synonyms
The only synonym of Portan is its breeding code E.M. 1508-25.

References

Red wine grape varieties


The Cançoner Vega-Aguiló (, ) is a chansonnier predominantly carrying Catalan and Occitan pieces, but also some Castilian and Middle French verse.

List of poets with pieces in the Vega-Aguiló

Bibliography
Anna Alberni Jordà (2003), "El cançoner Vega-Aguiló (BC, mss. 7 i 8): estructura i contingut," PhD thesis, University of Barcelona.

Chansonniers (books)


Gauri Shankar Rai (10 June 1924 – 2 May 1991) was a member of the 6th Lok Sabha during 1977-79 representing Ghazipur constituency of Uttar Pradesh. Earlier he had been member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1957–62) and Legislative Council (1967–76). He served as the Leader of Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.

He was born in a Bhumihar Brahmin family of Karnai village in district Ballia on 10 June 1924 and died on 2 May 1991 at his native village Karnai in Ballia, UP.
Rai had his primary and junior school education in his native village Karnai and neighbouring villages Apayal and Sukhpura. He was admitted in L.D. Meston School in Ballia.

Student Activist and Freedom Fighter: He was arrested on 14 August 1942, for participating in "QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT" of Mahatma Gandhi, as a student of class 9th class. He was president of district youth congress in 1945 and organised many agitations against British govt and local administration, schools and colleges along with his associates such as Chandra Shekhar, Kashi Nath Mishra and Vasudeo Rai. He passed.his intermediate and B. A. From Satish Chandra College BALLIA (Agra University) and BEd from Benares Hindu University, Varanasi. During his student life, he organised an agitation along with his junior friends Chandra Shekhar and Kashi Nath Mishra, against Management of Satish Chandra College for their illegal action against a Learned Principal Dr Sita Ram Chaturvedi and succeeded in compelling management to take back their illegal order and reinstate Dr Chaturvedi. He passed Sahitya Ratna from Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Allahabad.

Social activist
He was very active social activist who lead several agitations with his junior friends Sri Chandra Shekhar, ex prime minister and Kashi Nath Mishra, ex minister in UP and was successful. Just after independence in 1947, he led an agitation, organised by student organisations of UP, against enhancement of school fees by UP Govt and was jailed with agitators in Lucknow, but freed after demand was accepted by Govt. He was a teacher in Town College Ballia for some time but left the job due to his preoccupation in Political Activities.

Parliamentary life
He was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly, as a Praja Socialist Party candidate, from Ballia sadar Vidhan Sabha in 1957 and defeated congress candidate. He joined Congress Party in 1964 along with Ashok Mehta when PSP merged itself with Congress Party. Pt. Nehru had declared Socialism as ultimate goal of congress and all socialists to join him and strengthen socialist movement. He was elected to UP Legislative Council, MLC, in 1967 as congress candidate, defeating a communist candidate supported by the then Govt in UP. He was re-elected to UP Council in 1970 and was up to 1976.

He joined JP Movement in 1974 against corruption and misrule of different state governments, e.g. Gujarat and Bihar and also against Government of India. State office of JP Movement was opened at his official residence as MLC in Royal Hotel, Lucknow and his residence became centre of activities.

References

Indian socialists
People from Ghazipur district
People from Ballia district
1924 births
India MPs 1977–1979
Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1957–1962
Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
1991 deaths
Leaders of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council


Prokupac () is a red Serbian wine grape that is often used to produce darkly colored rosé. The grape is noted for the high sugar levels it can achieve prior to harvest and the high levels of alcohol it can produce following fermentation.

The reasons why Prokupac is widespread grape in Serbia include:

 resistance to low temperatures
 not requiring much care
 giving abundant harvest even on skeletal soil and
 having high sugar content

Synonyms
Prokupac is also known under the synonyms Crnka, Darchin, Kamenicarka, Kamenilarka, Kamenitscharka, Majski Cornii, Negotinsko Crno, Nichevka, Nikodimka, Nisevka, Procoupatz, Procupac, Prokoupatz, Prokupats, Prokupatz, Prokupec, Prokupka, Rekavac, Rekovacka Crnka, Rskavac, Rskavats, Rskavaty, Scopsko Cherno, Skopsko Crno, Skopsko Tsrno, Tsrnina, Zachinok, Zaichin, Zarchin, Zarcin, Zartchin, Zartchine.

References

Sources

External links

Prokupac online

Red wine grape varieties
Grape varieties of Serbia

it:Prokupac


Ramisco is a red Portuguese wine grape variety that is planted primarily in the Colares DOC. As a varietal, Ramisco produces very tannic and astringent wines.

Synonyms
There are three synonyms of Ramisco: Ramisco de Colares, Rasmisco nos Açores and Ramisco Tinto.

See also
List of Portuguese grape varieties

References

Red wine grape varieties


Vice Admiral  A. H. Asoka de Silva, VSV (1931 – December 22, 2006) was the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy from 1983 to 1986. He was the first Sri Lankan Ambassador to Cuba.

Early life and education
Born to a renowned surgeon and one time superintendent of the De Soysa Maternity Hospital in Colombo, Dr. A.H.T de Silva and Beatrice Rodrigo, daughter of Mudaliyar Thomas Rodrigo, Asoka was the third child of a family of eight members. He was educated at the Royal College, Colombo, where he was the senior sergeant commanding the Royal College cadet contingent. He won college colours for rugby.

Naval career
De Silva joined the then Royal Ceylon Navy as an officer cadet in the first cadet intake, soon after completing school on 1 September 1950. After completing his assault-training course he was sent to Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth for officer training. There he became a midshipman on 1 September 1951 and subsequently promoted as an acting sub lieutenant. On 1 January 1953, he was commissioned to the rank of sub lieutenant after completing basic training, after which he was elevated to the rank of lieutenant on 16 March 1955, and lieutenant commander on 16 March 1963. During this time he received specialized training in communication at HMS Mercury, thereafter attended the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. He attended Defence Services Staff College, Wellington in 1967 and later attended National Defence College, New Delhi in 1977.

From 1969 to 1970, he was the defence attaché, at the Sri Lankan High Commission in London before being promoted to commander on 1 November 1970, after which he was the commanding officer HMCyS Gajabahu the flagship of the fleet and the co-ordinating officer of the Polonnaruwa District during the 1971 Insurrection. He was the Naval Officer-in Charge of Trincomalee when he was promoted to the rank of captain on 1 June 1973, after which he was the Master of MV Lanka Kanthi of the Ceylon Shipping Corporation in 1975. He went on to serve as the Naval Officer-In-Charge of Trincomalee, Co-ordinating officer TAFII (East), Deputy Master Attendant (Trincomalee) and Director Naval Operations when on February 4, 1978, he was made commodore. On July 1, 1979, he assumed duties as the chief of staff at Naval Headquarters, SLNS Ranagala.

On 1 June 1983, he was appointed as commander of the navy with the promotion to the rank of rear admiral. With the escalation of the Sri Lankan Civil War, Admiral de Silva was concurrently appointed Coordinating Officer of the District of Trincomalee  and later commander-in-chief of the Joint Services Special Operations (JOSSOP), with its Command Headquarters established in Vavuniya with responsible for the districts of Mannar, Vavuniya, Mullativu and Trincomalee. During his tenure the navy acquired three vessels, converting them as Surveillance Command Ships, allowing these ships to serve as Mother Ships for small patrol crafts. The Naval Patrolman Branch was created as a form of naval infantry and the navy began the recruitment of women. De Silva was also the chairman of the Sri Lanka Navy Sports Board and chairman of the Defence Services Sports Board. He was promoted to the rank of vice admiral on 1 August 1986 becoming the first naval officer to hold the rank. On reaching the age of 55, he retired from the navy on 1 November 1986.

Honors
During his long career in the navy, he received the Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya, Republic of Sri Lanka Armed Services Medal, the Sri Lanka Navy 25th Anniversary Medal, the Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal and clasp, the Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal, the President's Inauguration Medal, and the Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal.

Later life
Following his retirement from the navy, he was appointed the first Sri Lanka's Ambassador to Cuba. Following his tenor as Ambassador, he served as a consultant to the Jamaica Maritime Training Institute and returned to Sri Lanka in 1994. He took part in the formation of the Retired Naval Officers Club.

Family
Asoka de Silva was married to Sriya de Silva, they had one son Sajith, two daughters Dilini and Rapti.

See also
Sri Lanka Navy
Sri Lankan Non Career Diplomats

References

External links
Sri Lanka Navy
Vise Admiral Asoka de Silva, VSV – Sri Lanka Navy
VICE ADMIRAL ASOKA DE SILVA – FORMER COMMANDER OF THE NAVY, by Dr. Tilak S. Fernando

1931 births
2006 deaths
Sri Lankan vice admirals
Sinhalese military personnel
Alumni of Royal College, Colombo
Ambassadors of Sri Lanka to Cuba
Commanders of the Navy (Sri Lanka)
Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College
Graduates of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
National Defence College, India alumni


Jijangbong is a mountain in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Its area extends across the city of Pocheon and Yeoncheon County. Jijangbong has an elevation of .

See also
 List of mountains in Korea

Notes

References

Mountains of South Korea
Mountains of Gyeonggi Province


Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, British Columbia, between 13 and 27 February 2010.

Notes
Haralds Silovs became the first athlete in Olympic history to participate in both short track (1500 m) and long track (5000 m) speed skating, and the first to compete in two different disciplines on the same day. He competed in the 5000 m and then raced across town to the 1500 m event. The low altitude of Vancouver and high humidity inside the Richmond Olympic Oval, set just 3 metres above the sea, contributed to the fact that no world records in speed skating were set at these Games.

Medal summary

Medal table

Men's events

* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.

Women's events

* Skater who did not participate in the final, but received a medal.

Events
A total of twelve speed skating events were held at Vancouver 2010:

Competition schedule
All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).

Qualification times

Participating nations
A total of 177 athletes from 24 nations participated (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses).

References

External links
 Qualification System
 Qualification times
 Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule v12

2010
2010 Winter Olympics events
O
Olympics, 2010


Notonykia africanae ('African clubhook-squid',) is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. It is the type species of the genus Notonykia. While the mature size of the species is unknown, it is known to reach a mantle length of at least 180 mm. Tentacles reach approximately 70% of the mantle length, and contain 14-20 club hooks. Arms are known to reach 27-45% (arm I) and 33-55% (arms II-IV) of the mantle length; each containing 50-60 suckers. The species is located in southern waters off Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand and South Africa.

References

External links
 Tree of Life web project: Notonykia africanae

Squid
Molluscs described in 1998


Rossese is the name of several Italian wine grape variety including:

Rossese di Dolceacqua, red wine grape that is also known as Tibouren in the French wine region of Provence. Rossese di Dolceacqua is an Italian DOP wine
Rossese di Campochiesa, red wine grape that is primarily found in the province of Savona in Liguria
Rossese bianco, white wine grape that is primarily found in the province of Cuneo in Piedmont
Rossese bianco di San Biagio, white wine grape that is primarily found in the province of Savona in Liguria
Rossese bianco di Monforte, white wine grape that is primarily found in the province of Cuneo in Piedmont
Ruzzese, white wine grape that is also known as Rossese bianco in the province of La Spezia in Liguria
Grillo, white wine grape that is also known as Rossese bianco in the province of La Spezia in Liguria


David J. Steil (born March 19, 1942) is a Republican politician who formerly served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 31st District, being elected in 1992.

Biography
Steil and his wife live in Yardley, Pennsylvania and have two children. He retired prior to the 2008 election, and was succeeded by Democrat Steve Santarsiero.

Life after the Pennsylvania House
Steil went on to become a supporter of Medicare for All in 2019, writing an op-ed in the USA Today that he "believe[s] it’s possible for markets to fail, because there are services that they’re incapable of providing efficiently". Continuing by stating "There’s no better example [of a market failure] than our health insurance system." As of the time of authoring that op-ed, he was serving as the CEO for the MicroTrap Corporation.

References

External links
Pennsylvania House of Representatives - David J. Steil official PA House website
Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus - Representative David J. Steil official Party website
Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart

1942 births
Living people
People from Stearns County, Minnesota
Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
People from Yardley, Pennsylvania
St. John's University (New York City) alumni
University of Minnesota alumni


Jongjasan  is a mountain near the city of Pocheon, Gyeonggi-do in South Korea. It has an elevation of .

See also
 List of mountains in Korea

Notes

References

Mountains of Gyeonggi Province
Pocheon
Yeoncheon County
Mountains of South Korea


Jugeumsan is a mountain in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Its area extends across the cities of Pocheon, Namyangju, and the county of Gapyeong. Jugeumsan  has an elevation of .

See also
 List of mountains in Korea

Notes

References

Mountains of South Korea
Mountains of Gyeonggi Province


Jungwonsan is a mountain in Yangpyeong County, Gyeonggi-do, in  South Korea. It has an elevation of .

See also
 List of mountains in Korea

Notes

References

Mountains of South Korea
Mountains of Gyeonggi Province


Lois Court is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Initially elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2008, Court represented House District 6 from 2009 through 2016, and was elected to the Colorado Senate in 2016. Court represented State Senate District 31, which encompasses portions of central and southeast Denver, Colorado.  Court resigned from the senate on January 16, 2020, after being diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome in early 2020. She served as the President Pro Tempore of the Colorado State Senate from January 2019 until her resignation from the senate in 2020.

Education

Lois Court earned a Master of Public Administration in 1996 from the Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado at Denver.  She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1975 from the University of Colorado at Denver.

Personal
Lois Court is married to Patrick Reynolds and has two sons, Nathan and Brendan.  She has lived in the 7th Avenue Parkway Neighborhood and has been active in Denver/State civics, public school, and community affairs for over 25 years.  Prior to becoming a legislator, she served as Denver Mayor Wellington Webb's Director of Administration, General Services Department; Director of the Mayor's Office of Volunteerism; and Director of the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Response.  Court also served as a legislative staffer for a member of the Colorado General Assembly during which time she became familiar with legislative procedures.

She also has over 20 years of experience as a public issues consultant, and is a former American Government and Political Science Adjunct Instructor at the Red Rocks Community College.

Legislative career

2008 Election
Lois Court defeated Liz Adams and Josh Hanfling in the contested Democratic primary in August, taking 44 percent of votes cast.

Court faced Republican Joshua Sharf in the November 2008 general election. Her candidacy was endorsed by the Denver Post,
 and she ultimately won the November general election with 68 percent of the popular vote.

2009 legislative session
For the 2009 legislative session, Court was named to seats on the House Services Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, and the House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee.

In her first legislative session, Court sponsored legislation to require carbon monoxide detectors in new homes and rental units.

2010 legislative session
For the 2010 legislative session, Court continued in her positions on the House Services Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, and the House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee.
In her second legislative session, Court co-sponsored Senate Bill  to eliminate the arbitrary allocation cap for the General Fund so Colorado could recover more quickly from the recession.

2010 Election
Court again faced Republican Joshua Sharf in the November 2010 general election.  Even in a Republican year, she won the November general election with 64 percent of the popular vote.

2011 legislative session
In the 2011 legislative session the Democrats were in a slim minority: 33 Republicans, 32 Democrats in the State House.  Court served as a member of the House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee, The House Judiciary Committee and the House Services Committee.  In addition, she was elected by her Democratic colleagues to serve as Minority Caucus Chair.  As Caucus Chair she is a member of the Democratic leadership team and organizes caucus gatherings and chairs discussions.

Her major piece of legislation in 2011 was SCR 11-001, a concurrent resolution to increase the threshold for constitutional change in Colorado.

2012 legislative session
In the 2012 legislative session the Democrats were in a slim minority: 33 Republicans, 32 Democrats in the State House.  Court served as a member of the House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee, The House Judiciary Committee and the House Services Committee.  In addition, she was re-elected by her Democratic colleagues to serve as Minority Caucus Chair.  As Caucus Chair she is a member of the Democratic leadership team and organizes caucus gatherings and chairs discussions.

Her major piece of legislation in 2012 was HCR 12-1003: Concerning our State Constitution and Raising the Standards Required for Changing It.  This concurrent resolution would have changed the way and ease with which the Colorado Constitution can be changed.

2012 election
In the 2012 General Election, Representative Court faced Republican challenger Robert Hardaway.  Court was elected by a margin of 67% to 30%.

2013 legislative session
In the 2013 legislative session the Democrats were in the majority: 37 Democrats, 28 Republicans in the State House.  Court served as Chair of the House Finance Committee and as a member of The House Judiciary Committee and the House Services Committee.  In addition, she was re-elected by her Democratic colleagues to serve as  majority Caucus Chair.  As Caucus Chair she is a member of the Democratic leadership team and organizes caucus gatherings and chairs discussions.

Court had two major pieces of legislation in 2013.  HB 13-1228: Payment for Background Checks for Gun Transfers - this bill imposes a small fee, around $12, for performing an instant criminal background check upon the purchaser of a gun. Previously, the state provided a subsidy to gun purchasers for this fee.

Her other major piece of legislation was SB 13-226: The Dog Protection Act.  This bill aims to reduce the number of dogs shot by officers of municipal police departments and sheriffs' offices by requiring local law enforcement agencies to develop training programs to prepare local law enforcement officers for encounters with dogs in the line of duty. This training will emphasize how to recognize common dog behaviors and how to employ nonlethal methods to control or respond to dogs.

References

External links
 Legislative website

1949 births
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
American politicians with disabilities
American political consultants
Democratic Party Colorado state senators
Living people
Democratic Party members of the Colorado House of Representatives
Political science educators
Politicians from Denver
University of Colorado Denver alumni
Women state legislators in Colorado
Educators with disabilities