Stand By for Action (British title: Cargo of Innocents) is a 1942 American black-and-white U.S. Navy war film from MGM, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, and starring Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Charles Laughton, Walter Brennan. Marilyn Maxwell made her film debut in this feature. Suggested by a story by Laurence Kirk, and with an original story by Captain Harvey Haislip and R. C. Sherriff, the film's screenplay was written by George Bruce, John L. Balderston, and Herman J. Mankiewicz.

Plot
During the early months of U.S. involvement in World War II, well-connected, Harvard-educated Lieutenant Gregg Masterman enjoys his cushy posting as the junior aide to Rear Admiral Stephen "Old Ironpants" Thomas, playing tennis and arranging various Navy social functions. During a chance encounter, he gives bad advice to up-from-the-ranks Lieutenant Commander Martin J. Roberts. As a result, Thomas gives Roberts command of a once obsolete but now reconditioned World War I-era destroyer, the USS Warren. To his dismay, however, Masterman finds himself reassigned by Admiral Thomas as Roberts' new executive officer. When Masterman learns that Henry Johnson, the ship's civilian caretaker, was a member of the Warrens original crew during the war and is familiar with the ship's quirks, he helps him to reenlist in the Navy with his old rating and once again serve aboard his beloved ship. Despite his awkward beginning, Masterman begins to turn into an effective sea officer under Roberts' tutelage, though Roberts has to constantly remind him that he cannot put the welfare of any person over that of their mission. The first time a Japanese plane attacks the Warren, though, it is Masterman's error that keeps them from shooting it down.

Admiral Thomas is put in charge of a convoy of ships from Honolulu to San Francisco, but one of the escort destroyers breaks down and USS Warren is assigned to replace it. While traveling at flank speed through a heavy Pacific squall to join the convoy, Johnson falls and suffers a concussion. Masterman violates orders and reduces speed to give Johnson a smoother ride for a while. Johnson improves but remains delirious, believing he is back aboard the destroyer during World War I. Before reaching the convoy, the Warren comes across a lifeboat from a ship that had to separate from it and was torpedoed. On it are two crewmen and a party being evacuated from a maternity hospital: two pregnant women and 20 babies. Masterman and the crew must deal with them, including two births.

Another Japanese plane attacks and cripples Admiral Thomas's flagship, damaging its steering mechanism. The Warren shoots the plane down, but its battleship emerges from a thick fog bank and opens fire on the flagship. It is up to the Warrens crew to take immediate battle action. Roberts informs Masterman of his attack plan: to set up a heavy smoke screen, double-back behind it, then charge through the smoke and launch a spread of torpedoes into the battleship at close range. When the captain is injured, Masterman must assume command. The injured Johnson is able to escape from sickbay and appears at the destroyer's helm shortly after the bridge crew are injured. He immediately takes charge under Masterman during the battle. The Warren successfully fires six torpedoes into the Japanese battleship, detonating its ammunition magazines and completely destroying the capital ship.

After their return to San Francisco, a formal ceremony is held aboard the now repaired USS Warren: a proud Admiral Thomas presents Roberts, Masterman, and a recovered Johnson with the Navy's highest honor, the Navy Cross, awarded by the president.

Cast
 Robert Taylor as Lieutenant Gregg Masterman
 Charles Laughton as Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas
 Brian Donlevy as Lieutenant Commander Martin J. Roberts
 Walter Brennan as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson
 Marilyn Maxwell as Audrey Carr (her screen debut)
 Henry O'Neill as Commander Stone M.C.
 Marta Linden as Mary Collins
 Chill Wills as Chief Boatswain's Mate Jenks
 Douglass Dumbrille as Captain Ludlow

Production
A number of titles were considered, but ultimately the film became Stand By for Action. The other titles were: Cargo of Innocence (the title under which the film was released in Great Britain), A Cargo of Innocents, Men O'War, Clear for Action, Navy Convoy, This Man's Navy, and Pacific Task Force. Although the film was shot in Hollywood, it was originally scheduled to be filmed in late 1941 at MGM's studio in England, with Clarence Brown directing Robert Donat and Edmund Gwenn. Film production was shifted to California, however, because of the U.S. war situation following Pearl Harbor. The original intention was that the film would be set in the Atlantic Ocean and be about the Royal Navy. After the U.S. entered World War II, the story was shifted to focus on the U.S. Navy in the Pacific. This was the first naval war film made by MGM.

Release
The film premiered on New Year's Eve, 1942, in a number of cities, including Boston, Providence, Rhode Island, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Norfolk, Virginia, San Diego, California, and San Francisco. MGM had previously screened the film for naval officers on bases in California.

Response

Critical response
The critical response was not good, with the reviewer for Yank magazine saying that the film was "not about The War, but about Hollywood's War", and other reviewers comparing it to In Which We Serve, the 1942 British naval film written by and starring Noël Coward and directed by Coward and David Lean, with the earlier film being deemed superior. Bosley Crowther, the film critic for The New York Times, thought that Charles Laughton's performance was not his best, an opinion that Laughton himself agreed with, saying that it was like something out of H.M.S. Pinafore.

Box office
Despite the poor reviews, Stand By for Action was successful at the box office. It earned $2,013,000 in the US and Canada and $1,185,000 elsewhere making MGM a profit of $786,000.

Awards and honors
The film was nominated for the Oscar for Best Special Effects (A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Michael Steinore).

References

External links

1942 films
American black-and-white films
American World War II films
Films directed by Robert Z. Leonard
World War II films made in wartime
Films about the United States Navy in World War II
Films scored by Lennie Hayton
Films with screenplays by Herman J. Mankiewicz
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
American war films
1942 war films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
Films with screenplays by John L. Balderston
English-language war films


Edgardo "Edgar" Díaz Díaz (born April 18, 1968) is a former pole vaulter from Puerto Rico. He competed for his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He is also a two-time gold medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games of 1993 and 1998.

Achievements

References

1968 births
Living people
Puerto Rican male pole vaulters
Olympic track and field athletes for Puerto Rico
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games competitors for Puerto Rico
Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico
Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games
Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics


Daarlerveen is a railway station in Daarlerveen, The Netherlands. The station was opened on 1 October 1906 and is on the single track Mariënberg–Almelo railway. The line is primarily used by school children in the morning and afternoon. The station has 2 platforms, but one line, because there is a level crossing in between. The train runs over the level crossing first and then stops on the platform. This is so that the level crossing doesn't have to be closed while the train waits.

The station is also used by people of Daarle and Westerhaar-Vriezenveensewijk.

Previously, this station was called Boldijk (1906-1910) and Daarle (1910-1958).

Train services

Platforms

 Platform 1a is the northern one, with the service to Mariënberg.
 Platform 1b is the southern one, with the service to Almelo.

Bus services

References

External links
NS website
Dutch Public Transport journey planner

Railway stations in Overijssel
Railway stations opened in 1906
Hellendoorn
1906 establishments in the Netherlands
Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in the 1900s


The 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 14th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was hosted by Mexico between 18 June and 10 July 2011. Mexico won the tournament after defeating Uruguay 2–0 in the final, claiming the country's second title. Mexico also became the first host nation to win the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Host selection
It was confirmed by the 58th FIFA Congress in Sydney,  Australia that Mexico would be the host, beating other bids from the Czech Republic and Iran.

Venues
After having won the right to host the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Femexfut president, Justino Compéan, stated during an interview from Sydney, Australia, that the Estadio Corona, in Torreón, would be one of the venues, arguing that recently built or invested stadia would have a major preference. He also mentioned Monterrey, Ciudad Juárez, Querétaro, Tijuana, Pachuca and Aguascalientes as other possible venues.

The Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, after having previously hosted major events, such as 1970 and 1986 FIFA World Cup, 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup and 1968 Summer Olympics Football final matches, hosted the third place match and the final match of the tournament.

Teams

In addition to host nation Mexico, 23 nations qualified from 6 separate continental competitions.

1.Teams that made their debut.
2.Czech Republic made their debut as independent nation. The now-defunct Czechoslovakia qualified for their only appearance in 1993.

Match officials

Squads

Group stage
The draw for the group stage took place on 17 May 2011 at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México's Sala Nezahualcóyotl concert Hall.
The seeding was as follows:

The winners and runners-up from each group, as well as the best four third-placed teams, qualified for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).

Tie-breaking criteria
Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:

 goal difference in all group matches;
 number of goals scored in all group matches;
 points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
 goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
 number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
 drawing of lots by the organising committee.

Ranking of third place teams in each group are determined by the following criteria, top four advances to the round of 16:

 number of points
 goal difference in all group matches;
 number of goals scored in all group matches;
 drawing of lots by the organising committee.

All kick-off times are local (UTC−05:00).

Group A

Group B

Group C

 Roberts' goal for Canada marked the first time a goalkeeper had scored in any FIFA finals tournament.

Group D

Drawing of lots was used to determine the final positions of the United States and New Zealand, as the two teams finished level on points, goal difference, goals scored, and head-to-head record.

Group E

Group F

 The game was originally played on 26 June 2011 (kickoff 18:00), but was suspended after 25 minutes due to heavy downpour and lightning (with Denmark leading 1–0 on an 11th-minute goal by Viktor Fischer). Following an hour and a half delay in which the conditions did not improve, the Organising Committee for the FIFA U-17 World Cup decided to abandon the match and replay it in its entirety (starting from 0–0) the next day, 27 June 2011 (kickoff 10:00), at the same venue, Estadio Corregidora in Querétaro.

Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage
In a rule to avoid potential "player burnout", all games in the knockout stage proceeded straight to penalties if tied after normal time, thus avoiding the need for 30 minutes of extra time.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third-place match

Final

Awards

Winners

Individual awards

Team statistics

Goalscorers
9 goals
 Souleymane Coulibaly

6 goals
 Samed Yeşil

5 goals

 Ademilson
 Adryan
 Yassine Benzia

4 goals

 Okan Aydın
 Carlos Fierro

3 goals

 Levent Ayçiçek
 Koray Günter
 Mitchell Weiser
 Fumiya Hayakawa
 Hideki Ishige
 Giovani Casillas
 Julio Gómez
 Stephen Carmichael
 Timur Khakimov
 Abbosbek Makhstaliev

2 goals

 Léo Bonatini
 Lukáš Juliš
 José Cevallos
 Hallam Hope
 Raheem Sterling
 Marvin Ducksch
 Jonathan Espericueta
 Jorman Aguilar
 Elbio Álvarez
 Guillermo Méndez
 Alfred Koroma

1 goal

 Brian Ferreira
 Maximiliano Padilla
 Lucas Pugh
 Jonathan Silva
 Jesse Makarounas
 Luke Remington
 Dylan Tombides
 Lucas Piazon
 Wallace
 Wellington
 Sadi Jalali
 Quillan Roberts
 Hardy Binguila
 Bel-Ange Epako
 Moïse Nkounkou
 Christ Nkounkou
 Drissa Diarrassouba
 Viktor Fischer
 Lee Rochester Sørensen
 Kenneth Zohore
 Carlos Gruezo
 Jordan Jaime
 Kevin Mercado
 Nathaniel Chalobah
 Max Clayton
 Sam Magri
 Adam Morgan
 Blair Turgott
 Sébastien Haller
 Jordan Ikoko
 Lenny Nangis
 Abdallah Yaisien
 Kaan Ayhan
 Emre Can
 Cimo Röcker
 Zhelano Barnes
 Andre Lewis
 Hiroki Akino
 Masaya Matsumoto
 Takumi Minamino
 Shoya Nakajima
 Daisuke Takagi
 Naomichi Ueda
 Antonio Briseño
 Marco Bueno
 Kevin Escamilla
 Alfonso González
 Memphis Depay
 Kyle Ebecilio
 Danzell Gravenberch
 Jordan Vale
 Jo Kwang
 Ju Jong-Chol
 Kang Nam-Gwon
 Alejandro Guido
 Esteban Rodriguez
 Rodrigo Aguirre
 Santiago Charamoni
 Juan Cruz Mascia
 Maximiliano Moreira
 Leonardo Pais
 Juan San Martín
 Gastón Silva
 Bobir Davlatov
 Davlatbek Yarbekov

1 own goal

 Connor Chapman (against Uzbekistan)
 Kip Colvey (against Japan)
 Jong Kwang-Sok (against Mexico)

References

External links

FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report

2011
FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Cup
2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup
June 2011 sports events in Mexico
July 2011 sports events in Mexico


Vroomshoop is a railway station in Vroomshoop, The Netherlands. The station was opened on 1 October 1906 and is on the single track Mariënberg–Almelo railway. The line is primarily used by school children in the morning and afternoon. The station has 2 platforms. With an average of 100 passengers per day, it is one of the least used stations in the Netherlands. The train services are operated by Arriva.

Previously, this station was called Den Ham-Vroomshoop (1906-1952).

Train services

Bus services

There is no normal bus service at this station. The nearest bus stops are Tonnendijk (direction: Westerhaar) and Koningin Beatrixstraat (direction: Den Ham) on the Hammerweg.

However, there is an emergency bus stop.

References

External links
NS website
Dutch Public Transport journey planner

Railway stations in Overijssel
Railway stations opened in 1906
Twenterand
1906 establishments in the Netherlands
Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in the 1900s


Heidi 4 Paws is a feature-length children's film that retells the classic story of Heidi using dogs in all the acting roles. Heidi 4 Paws was syndicated to public television stations in the United States through American Public Television and WTTW Chicago in November/December 2008.

Based on the 1881 novel of the little Swiss orphan by Johanna Spyri, Heidi 4 Paws closely follows the original 1880 best-selling novel, but with a canine twist. The young Heidi is sent to live with her reclusive Grandfather high in the Alps. Just as Heidi adjusts to her new life in the mountains, she is taken away by her social worker. Heidi finds herself living in the big city with Clara Sesehound, who has been made an invalid after a debilitating illness. Although Heidi comes to love Clara, her quest to return to the mountains dominates her stay. In the end, she is able to reunite with her beloved Grandfather. When Clara later comes to visit, she miraculously regains her ability to walk.

Heidi 4 Paws is the first in an intended series of eight films that retell classic stories with live action dogs playing all the roles.

Origins
Inspired by the 1930s MGM shorts, Dogville Comedies, children's television series such as Wishbone, and the family film Babe, writer/director Holly Goldberg Sloan (Angels in the Infield, and The Big Green) created the 4 Paws brand as a way to revitalize classic literature for a new generation.

Three partners, Tim Goldberg, Tim Ellis, and Chuck Sloan, joined forces to create Goldberg Sloan, and made Heidi 4 Paws independently, without financial support from a major studio. The film took over four years to make, and features a blend of live action photography, 3D animation and visual effects.

Characters
 Heidi: a golden Labrador puppy, Heidi is a precocious orphan who is abandoned into the care of her gruff Grandfather
 Grandfather: a crusty sheepdog, Grandfather is an Alpine hermit whose life is changed by the love of his little grandpuppy, Heidi
 Peter the Goatherd: a whippet, Peter the Goatherd is in charge of caring for Grandfather's goats, Daisy and Dusky. He becomes Heidi's first real friend
 Clara Sesehound: a cockapoo mix, Clara is a wealthy invalid who asks her father for a companion and gets more than she bargained for in Heidi
 Grandmamma Sesehound: a kind Labrador, Grandmamma brings peace to the Sesehound household and teaches Heidi how to read
 Detie: a beagle, Detie is Heidi's social worker.
 Sebastian: an apricot poodle, Sebastian is the butler in the Sesehound household
 The Doctor: a lovable old terrier, the Doctor is a good family friend of the Sesehound's whose kindness to Heidi helps to diagnose her chronic homesickness
 Miss Rottenmeier: Clara's strict and fussy governess who takes an immediate disliking to Heidi but when Heidi leaves, she misses her and catches a cold
 Mr. Sesehound: a German Shepherd, Mr. Sesehound is Clara's often absent but well-meaning father

Cast
 Meghan Strange - voice of Heidi
 Richard Kind - voice of Grandfather
 Julian Sands - voice of Peter the Goatherd
 Kimberly Beck - voice of Clara Sesehound
 Angela Lansbury - voice of Grandmamma Sesehound
 Joanne Baron - voice of Detie
 Steve Guttenberg - voice of Sebastian
 Stephen Rea - voice of The Doctor
 Majandra Delfino - voice of Miss Rottenmeier
 Marshall Bell - voice of Mr. Sesehound
 Mike Fishburn - voice of Mr. Usher the teacher

Other
Sixteen different dogs have roles in the film. All but two of the sixteen dogs were rescue animals, coming from local animal shelters. Only the title role of Heidi, played by eight-week-old purebred yellow lab puppies, and an apricot poodle playing the butler Sebastian, were from breeders. The title character of Heidi was played by nine different puppies. Since the dogs grew as filming progressed, they were only able to work for a week at a time before they had outgrown their role and their costumes.

References
 Teamer, Shaunese. WTTW National Productions Presents Heidi 4 Paws: A Furry Tale.
 Bates, Samantha. Elmira Siblings Give Voice to Singing Canines.
 Bickett, Iris. "Who, who, who let the dogs out." The Breeze, October 2004.
 4 Paws Entertainment

External links

 Heidi 4 Paws at American Public Television

2008 television films
2008 films
American television films
Films about dogs
Heidi films
2000s children's fantasy films
Television series by WTTW
Films directed by Holly Goldberg Sloan
2009 films
2000s English-language films


Robert Reid (18 October 1842 – 12 May 1904) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. Born in Leven, Fife, he migrated to Australia, arriving in Hobson's Bay on the Ralph Waller from Liverpool on 7 April 1855, the ship having struck an iceberg near the Island of Desolation. He worked in the retail trade before becoming a businessman.

In 1891, after the death of Nunn, co-owner with Buckley of Buckley & Nunn store, Reid bought the business and sold it on in London in 1892 for £300,000 ().

In October 1892 Reid was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne Province as a Free Trader, becoming Minister for Defence and Minister for Health. Reid lost his ministerial positions in 1894, but was re-created Minister for Health and also Minister for Public Instruction in 1902. On 21 January 1903, he was appointed to the Australian Senate for Victoria to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Sir Frederick Sargood.

Reid did not contest the 1903 election, and died in 1904 on a visit to London. He is buried in Hampstead Cemetery.

Reid was survived by his wife, four sons and six daughters.  His sons continued the family business.  His daughter Isabelle was a veterinary surgeon.  She established a practice in Balwyn, Victoria close to the family home.

References

Free Trade Party members of the Parliament of Australia
Members of the Australian Senate for Victoria
Members of the Australian Senate
Victoria (state) state politicians
Members of the Victorian Legislative Council
Ministers for Health (Victoria)
Australian people of Scottish descent
1842 births
1904 deaths
19th-century Australian politicians
20th-century Australian politicians
People from Leven, Fife


James Scollay Whitney (May 19, 1811 – October 24, 1878) was an American business executive and politician. He was the father of Henry Melville Whitney and William Collins Whitney, founders of the Whitney family business interests.

Early life
Whitney was born on May 19, 1811, in the part of South Deerfield, Massachusetts that was then known as "Bloody Brook". He was the son of Stephen Whitney (1784–1852), a merchant manufacturer, and his second wife, Mary (née Burgess) Whitney (1786–1868), the daughter of Dr. Benjamin Burgess. Among his siblings was Susan Whitney (wife of James I. Wakefield) and Mary Ann Whitney (wife of Theodore Billings). From his father's first marriage to Persis Locke, he was the younger half-brother of Stephen Whitney.

Through his maternal aunt, Mercy (née Burgess) Dawes, he was a first cousin of Republican Senator and Representative Henry L. Dawes. The Whitney family were descended from John Whitney (1590–1673) of London who settled in 1635 at Watertown, Massachusetts.

Career
In 1835, when he was only 24, Whitney was elected and commissioned brigadier general of the 2nd Brigade of the Massachusetts State Militia, which he was largely influential in reorganizing. Upon succeeding to the management of his father's manufacturing business in 1838, he moved it to Conway, Massachusetts, where he became a large manufacturer.

A Jacksonian Democrat, Whitney was town clerk of Conway from 1843 to 1852. He represented Conway in the legislature of 1851 and, in the same year, he was appointed sheriff of Franklin County. In 1853, he was elected to the convention for the revision of the state constitution, in which he was prominent in the deliberations of the delegates. Whitney again represented Conway in the legislature of 1854.

In 1854, Whitney was appointed superintendent of the federal armory at Springfield, Massachusetts, by President Franklin Pierce, holding the position until 1860. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention of 1856 in Cincinnati, which nominated James Buchanan, and also that of 1860 in Charleston, which was wracked by sectional dissension before finally nominating Stephen A. Douglas. When Whitney left the Springfield Armory in 1860, President Buchanan appointed him Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston. He was removed, however, by the incoming Republican administration of Abraham Lincoln in 1861.

Whitney then went into business in Boston. In February 1866, he joined Boston interests in organizing the Metropolitan Steamship Company, of which he was elected president. His son Henry was named its agent at Boston. The company operated steamships between Boston and New York City on the "outside line" around Cape Cod. The line named the iron steamer SS General Whitney in his honor in 1873.

A member of the Massachusetts State Senate from the 1st Norfolk District in 1872, Whitney was president of the Democratic State Convention of 1876, which nominated Charles Francis Adams, Sr. for governor, and also that of 1878, which nominated Josiah G. Abbott for governor.

Personal life
On November 23, 1836, Whitney married Laurinda Collins (1810–1908) in Somers, Connecticut. Laurinda, a daughter of William Collins and Eunice (née) Collins, was a descendant of William Bradford, the Governor of Plymouth Colony. The Whitneys were the parents of two sons and four daughters, of whom the following received historical mention:

 Henry Melville Whitney (1839–1923), who married Margaret Foster Green, daughter of Admiral Joseph F. Green.
 William Collins Whitney (1841–1904), who first married Flora Payne, daughter of Senator Henry B. Payne of Ohio. After her death, he married Edith (née May) Randolph.
 Susan Collins Whitney (1845–1939), who married lawyer Henry F. Dimock (1842–1911), son of Timothy Dimock.
 Lorinda Collins "Lily" Whitney (1852–1946), who married Charles T. Barney (1851–1907),  president of the Knickerbocker Trust Company.

Whitney died in Boston on October 24, 1878. He was succeeded as president of the Metropolitan Steamship Company by his son, Henry M. Whitney.

See also
 1872 Massachusetts legislature

References

1811 births
1878 deaths
American manufacturing businesspeople
Whitney family
People from Deerfield, Massachusetts
American people of English descent
Collectors of the Port of Boston
Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Democratic Party Massachusetts state senators
People from Conway, Massachusetts
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American businesspeople


The Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium (PGGRC) carries out research to find methods of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock. The consortium, established in 2004, has a Memorandum of Understanding with the New Zealand Government. Almost half of the greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand are due to agriculture and since the New Zealand government has signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol methods are being sought to seek a reduction of these emissions.

In 2003 the Government attempted to impose an Agricultural emissions research levy on farmers to fund research into agricultural emissions reduction but it proved to be unpopular and the proposal was abandoned. The PGGRC is an alternative method of addressing agricultural emissions.

An independent review in 2006 found that the PGGRC was producing world-leading research and is excellent value for money.

Partners
The partners in the consortium are:
AgResearch
Fonterra
Fert Research
PGG Wrightson
DairyNZ
Deer Research
Meat & Wool New Zealand

Associate members are the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, NIWA and Foundation for Research, Science and Technology. Research is carried out by AgResearch, DairyNZ, LIC and Lincoln University.

See also
Agriculture in New Zealand
Climate change in New Zealand
Environment of New Zealand

References

External links
Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium

Climate change in New Zealand
Agricultural organisations based in New Zealand
2004 establishments in New Zealand


Reginald James White (), usually Reg White, was an English boat builder, sailor, Olympic champion and world champion. He won a gold medal in the Tornado class with John Osborn at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

He became world champion in the tornado class in 1976 and 1979.

White died just after sailing his Brightlingsea One-Design

References

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1935 births
2010 deaths
English male sailors (sport)
Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Tornado
Olympic sailors for Great Britain
English Olympic medallists
Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
Olympic medalists in sailing
20th-century English comedians
21st-century English comedians
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
People from Brightlingsea
Tornado class world champions
World champions in sailing for Great Britain


Chiranjeevi is an Indian actor and producer who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in Hindi, Tamil and Kannada films. He made his acting debut in 1978, with the film Punadhirallu. However, Pranam Khareedu was released earlier at the box office. Known for his break dancing skills, Chiranjeevi has starred in more than 150 feature films. He rose to stardom after playing the lead in the action film Khaidi (1983). His 1987 film Swayamkrushi premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival. He co-produced Rudraveena (1988), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. In a film career spanning forty-five years, he has won four state Nandi Awards and nine Filmfare Awards South.

In 2006, Chiranjeevi was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, for his contributions to Indian cinema, and was presented with an honorary doctorate from Andhra University. In 2013, he inaugurated the Incredible India Exhibition, a joint participation of the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting at the 66th Cannes Film Festival. He also represented Incredible India at the 14th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony held in Macau. In 2013, IBN LIVE named him as one of "The men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema".

Chiranjeevi's 1992 film Gharana Mogudu is the first Telugu film to gross over 10 crore at the box office. The film made Chiranjeevi the highest-paid actor in India at the time, catapulting him to the cover pages of noted national weekly magazines in India. The entertainment magazines Filmfare and India Today named him "Bigger than Bachchan", a reference to Bollywood's Amitabh Bachchan. News magazine The Week hailed him as "The new money machine". He was paid a remuneration of 1.25 crores for the 1992 film Aapadbandhavudu, the highest for any Indian actor then. In 2002, Chiranjeevi was given the Samman Award for the Highest Income Tax Payer for the assessment year 1999-2000 by the Minister of State for Finance, Government of India. A poll conducted by CNN-IBN in 2006 named Chiranjeevi the most popular star of the Telugu Film Industry.

In April 2022, Chiranjeevi starred in Acharya directed by Koratala Siva co-starring Ram Charan, Sonu Sood and Pooja Hegde. His second film released in October 2022 was Godfather, in which Salman Khan and Nayanthara played supporting roles.

In 2023, he starred in Waltair Veerayya alongside Ravi Teja, Shruti Haasan and Prakash Raj. He also starred in Bhola Shankar alongside Keerthy Suresh, Tamannaah Bhatia, and Sushanth.

Film

As an actor

Telugu

Other languages

Other roles

Television

Notes

References

External links

Indian filmographies
Male actor filmographies


Francisco Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán (1607–1682) was a Chilean writer and soldier.

He was born in Chillán Viejo, Biobío Region, Chile.  In 1629 he participated in an expedition to defeat the Mapuche, but, during the Battle of Las Cangrejeras, he was taken prisoner by the cacique Maulicán, who kept him captive for seven months.  After being released, he rose through the ranks to become commander of the fort of Boroa in 1654, and he was eventually appointed maestre de campo in 1656 by Governor of Chile Pedro Porter Casanate and had an important role in the Spanish victory in Conuco and the relief of the fort of Boroa.  From his experiences among the Mapuches, he wrote in 1673, the chronicle Cautiverio feliz y razón individual de las guerras dilatadas del reino de Chile (Happy Captivity and Reason for the Prolonged Wars of the Kingdom of Chile), which constitutes one of the most important and realistic descriptions of the customs of the Mapuche people, as well as containing a defense of their rights. This helped later when Spaniards tried to get along with Mapuche.

Sources
 José Toribio Medina,  Diccionario biográfico colonial de Chile, Impr. Elziviriana, Santiago, 1906 Pg. 577–586.
 Francisco Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán,  CAUTIVERIO FELIZ, Y RAZÓN DE LAS GUERRAS DILATADAS DE CHILE,  Coleccíon de historiadores de Chile y documentos relativos a la historia nacional, Tomo III, Sociedad Chilena de Historia y Geografía, Instituto Chileno de Cultura Hispánica, Academia Chilena de la Historia, Imprenta del Ferrocarril, Santiago, 1863. Original from Harvard University, Digitized May 19, 2007.

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Kamares ware is a distinctive type of Minoan pottery produced in Crete during the Minoan period, dating to MM IA (ca. 2100 BCE). By the LM IA period (ca. 1450), or the end of the First Palace Period, these wares decline in distribution and "vitality". They have traditionally been interpreted as a prestige artifact, possibly used as an elite table-ware.

The designs of Kamares ware are typically executed in white, red and blue on a black field. Typical designs include abstract floral motifs.  Surviving examples include ridged cups, small, round spouted jars, and large storage jars (pithoi), on which combinations of abstract curvilinear designs and stylized plant and marine motifs are painted in white and tones of red, orange, and yellow on black grounds.

The Kamares style was often elaborate, with complex patterns on pottery of eggshell thinness. Sets of cups and jugs have been found, and it has been suggested that these may have been used in ritual, though Kamares pottery presumably also graced the dining tables of the First Palaces.

The first Kamares pottery was found in the excavations conducted by Flinders Petrie at Lahun, Egypt. This material is now in the British Museum.

Historical development
The early forms of Kamares ware appeared during the Middle Minoan IA period (ca. 2100 BCE). Such pottery appeared at Knossos, in the palace's West Court, at Mochlos and Vasiliki in eastern Crete, as well as at Patrikies in the Messara Plain of southern Crete. Contemporary pottery was also found at Malia.

Polychromy in a light-on-dark style already begins in this phase. This style was characterized by white and red/orange colours on a solidly painted dark ground.

A relief decoration known as barbotine also appears at this time. It includes three-dimensional decorations, as well as the use of the ceramic slip. Ridges and protuberances of various types are seen on the surface of vessels.

But some scholars place barbotine ware a bit earlier,

 "Barbotine Ware appears, in its earliest stages, a bit before MM IA, in EM III. The style gradually becomes more popular and picks up significantly in MM IA, along with the conservative incised style, dark on light style, and White on Dark Ware."

Plenty of MM IA pottery is found at the coastal sites of the eastern Peloponnese. Some pieces have also been found further east, on Samos and on Cyprus, and also at Kastri, Cythera, where some Cretans settled at that time.

Middle Minoan IB
At this time (2000-1850), big palaces are constructed at Knossos and Phaistos. The pottery found there is now made using the fast potter's wheel; this marks the beginning of the Classical Kamares style.

The pots are now characterized by increasingly thinner walls, and are using more complex polychrome decorations. Some features of this pottery indicate that it was designed to appear similar to metalwork (in other words, it imitated bronze vessels).

At El-Lisht, in Egypt, (near the Amenemhat I’s pyramid), several Classical Kamares sherds dating to MM IB or MM II have been found. Amenemhat I belonged to the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt.

Middle Minoan IIA-B
This is the period when the Classical Kamares ware reached its great sophistication. Most of these ceramics are found at the palatial sites of Knossos, Phaistos, and Mallia, so it was a high-prestige ware. But at most other Minoan sites, directly after MM IB comes the MM IIIA ware.

A major destruction horizon is seen at Knossos and Phaistos at the end of MM IIB. This is also the time when the Protopalatial or Old Palace period ended.

The best Kamares ware is also known as eggshell ware, because of its thinness and delicacy. It is decorated with complex abstract patterns, but now the first representations of stylized plants and animals appear. The decoration is in a light-on-dark style; white colour, and a number of shades of red, orange, and yellow are used.

Middle Minoan IIIA-B
During the period around 1700 BC, the palaces at Knossos Phaistos and elsewhere have been rebuilt. While the high quality pottery is still being produced in abundance, the artistic decoration is no longer considered a priority. This is also known as the Post-Kamares phase, according to Walberg.

At this time, Minoan influence expands throughout the southern Aegean, and reaches the Greek mainland.

Different types of Kamares ware were excavated in Egypt. There are also many Egyptian imitations of Kamares ware,

 "Minoan sherds have been found at sites such as Avaris, Kahun, el-Haraga, Lisht, and Buhen. “Minoanizing” pottery has been found at Sidmant, Abydos, Aniba, Kerma, Arminna, Deir el-Medina, Gurob, and Kom Rabia’a."

Gallery
Gallery of pieces from Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete

References

Further reading
MacGillivray, J.A. 1998. Knossos: Pottery Groups of the Old Palace Period BSA Studies 5. (British School at Athens)  Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2002
Walberg, Gisela. 1986. Tradition and Innovation. Essays in Minoan Art (Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp Von Zabern)

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Minoan vase painting


The Rivers and Harbors Bill was a bill passed by Congress in 1846 to provide $500,000 to improve rivers and harbors. When the Senate passed the Rivers and Harbors Bill 34 to 16 on July 24, 1846, opponents lobbied for a presidential veto. It was vetoed by President James K. Polk on August 3. The bill would have provided for federally funded internal improvements on small harbors, many of them on the Great Lakes. Polk believed that this was unconstitutional because the bill unfairly favored particular areas, including that which had no foreign trade.

Polk believed that these problems were local and not national. Polk feared that passing the Rivers and Harbors Bill would encourage legislators to compete for favors for their home districts, a type of political corruption that would spell doom to the virtue of the republic. In this regard he followed his hero, Andrew Jackson, who authored the Maysville Road veto in 1830 on similar grounds. Henry Clay and his Whig Party, by contrast, supported the bill because they believed the national government had a responsibility to promote trade commerce and economic modernization.

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Ireland was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.

Before Eurovision

National Song Contest 1986
The final was held on 30 March 1986 at the Radio Telefís Éireann Studios in Dublin, and was hosted by radio and television presenter Mike Murphy. Eleven regional juries across Ireland selected the winning song, "You Can Count on Me", performed by the group Luv Bug and composed by Kevin Sheerin.

At Eurovision
Luv Bug performed twelfth on the night of the contest, following Israel and preceding Belgium. At the close of the voting the song had received 96 points, placing 4th in a field of 20 competing countries. This high placing was the third of five straight top ten finishes, and was the run-up to Ireland's win in Brussels the next year.

Voting

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Qaraağac (also, Garaaghaj, Garaaghadzh and Karaagach) is a municipality and village in the Sadarak District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 5 km in the north-east from the district center, in the important strategic position. Its population is busy with grain-growing, vegetable-growing, vine-growing and animal husbandry. There are secondary school and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 3,859.

Etymology
Its name is related with Qaraağac (Garaaghaj) forest which is located in the end of the strait of the Cəhənnəm dərə (Hell valley), in Sadarak. Garaaghaj is a type of the tree. The name of the tree is made out from the Turkic words of qara (black, strong, hard) and ağac (tree) means ( Black tree).

History
In 1997, by the decision of the Supreme Assembly of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, it was separated from the Sadarak village and became an independent administrative unit.

References

Populated places in Sadarak District


Bernard Cornelius Cooney (11 July 1934 – 9 February 2019) was an Australian politician.

Cooney was born at Currie on King Island in Tasmania. His family moved to the regional Victorian town of Culgoa in 1937, and subsequently moved through several other Victorian towns and suburbs: Deer Park, Gunbower, Yarck and South Melbourne. He was educated at the Cohuna and Alexandra high schools and at St Kevin's College in Melbourne, before studying law at the University of Melbourne.

Cooney undertook his articled clerkship with Melbourne firm Alexander Grant Dickson and King, and was admitted to the bar in 1961. He practised largely in personal injury and industrial law.

In 1984, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Victoria. He served on a wide range of parliamentary committees and chaired several, including the Scrutiny of Bills Committee. He argued strongly in favour of civil liberties throughout his time in parliament, strongly opposing the Australia Card, restrictions on the legal rights of asylum seekers and anti-terror laws he viewed as "draconian". He stated that he "never contemplated the ministry", but "used to oppose things in caucus a lot". He held his Senate seat until his retirement in 2002.

Cooney continued to practise as a barrister throughout and after his parliamentary career. He died in February 2019 after a long illness.

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John Osborn (born 18 September 1945) is a British sailor, Olympic champion and world champion. He won a gold medal in the Tornado class with Reg White at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

He became world champion in the tornado class in 1976, with Reg White.

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The Bridge at Oinoanda (or Oenoanda), or Bridge of Kemerarası, is an Ottoman arch bridge over the Xanthos river close to the Lycian site of Oinoanda in modern-day Turkey. It stands on or near the spot of a Roman bridge, whose existence became known in the 1990s through the find of an ancient bridge inscription.

Roman bridge

Inscription stone
The Latin inscription stone was found at the antique site at Kemerarası, which lies at the foot of the Oinoanda hill (Urluca). Since ancient times, the place has been an important junction of the upper Xanthos valley. The existing Ottoman bridge runs parallel to the modern highway bridge. Lying face upwards, and largely intact, the limestone block measures 130 cm high, 64 cm wide and c. 42 cm thick. At the right side of the front face, a medium-sized chip makes textual additions necessary. Further difficulties arise from a number of peculiar spelling mistakes, which leads to the assumption that the mason was probably a Greek speaker.

Dating
The inscription, and thus also the construction of the bridge, are dated to the reign of the Roman governor in Lycia, Eprius Marcellus, who is known to have held the office in the year 54 AD. By comparing its contents with the known chronology, Milner dates the construction more precisely to 50 AD, making a connection with road building activities which started in the wake of the Roman annexation of Lycia seven years earlier under the supervision of Marcellus’ predecessor Quintus Vernanius. Probably, the Roman bridge should be understood as part of the Roman efforts to consolidate their hold on to the newly acquired province by improving the road system to move troops around more swiftly.

Inscription text
Transcription (with additions):

TI CLAVDIVS DRVSI F
CAESAR DEVS AVG GER
MANICVS PONTIFE[x]
MAX TR[I]BVNICIAE P[ot]
X COS V IMP X II DES[ig]
P P PONTEM PER T [CL?]
EPRIVM MARCELLVM
[l]EG AVG PROPR SO A

(Corrected and amended) translation:
Ti(berius) Claudius son of Drusus Caesar, God, Augustus, Germanicus, chief pontiff, with tribunician power for the 10th time, consul for the 5th time, with imperatorial acclamation for the '12th' (18th) time, co(n)s(ul) des[ig(nate)], Father of the Fatherland, (built) the bridge by the agency of T(itus) [Cl(odius)?] Eprius Marcellus, praetorian [l]egate of the Aug(ustus), so(dalis) A(ugustalis).

See also
 List of Roman bridges
 Bridge near Kemer
 Roman architecture
 Roman engineering

References

Sources

Roman bridges in Turkey
Ottoman bridges in Turkey
Deck arch bridges
Stone bridges in Turkey
Latin inscriptions
1st-century inscriptions
Buildings and structures in Muğla Province
Arch bridges in Turkey


La Grange is a historic home located at La Plata, Charles County, Maryland, United States. It is a house built in the Georgian neoclassic style, and was the home of Dr. James Craik from 1765 to 1783.

La Grange was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

References

External links
, including photo from 1969, at Maryland Historical Trust

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Houses in Charles County, Maryland
Georgian architecture in Maryland
National Register of Historic Places in Charles County, Maryland


The Livestock Emissions and Abatement Research Network is an international research network focused on improving the understanding of  greenhouse gas emissions from livestock agriculture.

It was established in November 2007.

See also
Climate change in New Zealand
Environment of New Zealand

References

External links
Livestock Emissions and Abatement Research Network

Climate change in New Zealand
Agricultural organisations based in New Zealand
Livestock
International organisations based in New Zealand


Adam Wyman Smith (December 28, 1903 – April 8, 1985) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.  Smith competed in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle, advanced to the semifinals, and posted a time of 22:39.8.

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Mohammed Hassan Dbouk (in Arabic محمد حسن دبوق) was a Lebanese-Canadian accredited journalist with al-Manar television in Lebanon. He is alleged to have received intelligence training at Iranian camps alongside the Revolutionary Guard, and to have used his credentials to film Hezbollah targets prior to, and during, attacks, and used the footage to create "propaganda videos" which he credited to himself.

Life in Canada
After immigrating to Vancouver claiming to be a refugee in 1998, Dbouk allegedly operated a branch of Hezbollah in the city for nine months, raising $1,300,000, through credit card and banking scams, and spending the money on military equipment subsequently smuggled back into Lebanon with the help of his brother-in-law Ali Adham Amhaz.

He reported to procurement chief Haj Hassan al-Laqqis, and was responsible for shipping night vision goggles, GPS systems, stun guns, nitrogen cutters and laser range finders to Hezbollah. His "cell" also sought to obtain life insurance policies for Lebanese militants.

Believed to be a colleague of Imad Mughniyah based on a fax intercepted by Canadian authorities, he was the subject of a wiretap by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, who recorded him speaking to a colleague named Said about a Southern Lebanese man who might go for a "walk" soon and never return, and whether Said could serve as a reference to get him some necessary travel papers and documentation.

He was indicted, but believed to have fled to Lebanon. After his flight, childhood friend Said Harb took a companion up to Vancouver from their North Carolina home, and made a number of purchases of military equipment under the direction of Dbouk.

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Lebanese emigrants to Canada
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Hezbollah
Canadian male criminals
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Year of birth missing (living people)


Pietro del Donzello (1452–1509) was an Italian painter.

Donzello was born in Florence.  His brother Ippolito was also a painter. Pietro primarily painted traditional scenes and shields. Some of his other works reside at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

An overlap in stylistic choice from Piero della Francesca can be seen through Donzello's work, most notably with his brushstroke technique and canvas choices.

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1452 births
1509 deaths
15th-century Italian painters
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16th-century Italian painters


A varsity novel is a novel whose main action is set in and around the campus of a university and focuses on students rather than faculty. Examples include Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, Donna Tartt's The Secret History, Tom Sharpe's Porterhouse Blue and Stephen Fry's The Liar and Making History. Novels that focus on faculty rather than students are often considered to belong to a distinct genre, termed campus novels.

Aida Edemariam, analyzing David Lodge's novels, identifies that varsity novels "[are] set at Oxbridge, and usually among students." For his part, Lodge considers that the varsity novel was called as such "[b]efore World War II...[relating] the exploits of young men at Oxbridge, of which Max Beerbohm’s Zuleika Dobson was a classic instance, and the first section of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited was perhaps the swan-song." However, The Nationals Malcolm Forbes, asserts "that...all modern varsity novels, have an antecedent in Brideshead Revisited." Furthermore, Forbes considers, that the "[t]he prime example...is Donna Tartt's debut The Secret History (1992), a critical and commercial success that spawned several imitators, the most notable being Marisha Pessl's Special Topics in Calamity Physics." Forbes considers that Benjamin Wood, in his debut novel The Bellwether Revivals, "does for Cambridge what Evelyn Waugh does for Oxford." Another debut novel that falls under this genre is N. D. Williams' Ikael Torass. An early representative of the varsity novel is Edward Bradley's The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, while a later example is Tom Wolfe's I Am Charlotte Simmons.

For his part, Geoffrey Wheatcroft, states that by the publication of Kingsley Amis' Lucky Jim (1954), a campus novel, asserts that "the varsity novel was well established in England, often marked by lushly sentimental reminiscence of gilded undergraduate life, as in Sinister Street by Compton Mackenzie or Waugh's Brideshead Revisited."

Frederic Raphael's The Glittering Prizes is a varsity novelization from the television series of the same name. Philip Tew's The Gift of Death, a novel he turned in for his thesis, "reworks the tradition of [both] the campus or varsity novel, detailing lives tied to the rhythms of the academy." A noted female writer was "Alan St. Aubyn, a pseudonym for Mrs. Frances Marshall, [who] wrote women’s “varsity novels”." Though Rikki Ducornet's Brightfellow has been called "perhaps her most accessible book," it is also considered "the oddest of varsity novels."

References

Education in popular culture
Literary genres


Arthur Winston Crane (born 21 August 1941) was an Australian politician. Born in Perth, Western Australia, he was a farmer and grazier, and served as Senior Vice-President of the National Farmers' Federation. In 1990, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Liberal Senator from Western Australia. For the 2001 election, he was demoted to fourth place on the Liberal ticket, replaced by the State President of the WA Liberal Party, David Johnston. Crane was defeated; his term expired in 2002.

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Members of the Australian Senate
1941 births
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20th-century Australian politicians


John Philip Taylor (7 April 1904 – 20 October 1980) was a British freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire. In 1924 he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 1500 metre freestyle event.

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profile

1904 births
1980 deaths
English male swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
People from Ormskirk
English male freestyle swimmers


Oxclose is an area of Washington, Tyne and Wear, England. It is located between the A1231, A182 and A195 highways, close to Sunderland, and is well served by links from the A1(M) which passes within  of Oxclose's boundaries.  Oxclose covers an area of approximately  and has a population of around 3800 (2001 Census).

There are two churches, a 'Multi-Purpose' Centre and a village centre which contains a shop, newsagents, fish and chip shop and a local pub called The Ox and Plough. It is also near to the Galleries Shopping Centre.

Education
There are four schools in Oxclose: Oxclose Nursery, Oxclose Primary School, St John Boste RC Primary School and Oxclose Community Academy.

The North East of England Japanese Saturday School (北東イングランド補習授業校 Hokutō Ingurando Hoshū Jugyō Kō), a Japanese weekend supplementary school, holds its classes in the Oxclose Community School.

References

External links
Washington.co.uk
Sunderland City Council
Official Website Of The Galleries
The Davy Lamp Folk Club
Oxclose Community School (Comprehensive) Official Website

Populated places in Tyne and Wear
Washington, Tyne and Wear


Dihydroergocornine is an ergot alkaloid. Alongside dihydroergocristine and dihydroergocryptine, it is one of the three components of ergoloid.

References

Ergot alkaloids
Lysergamides
Oxazolopyrrolopyrazines
Lactams


Şəhriyar (also, Shahriyar) is a municipality and settlement in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Previous name was Ordubad. It was changed to Shahriyar on 1 March 2003. It has a population of 309.

Etymology
In 2003, the settlement was named Shahriyar in honor of the notable Azerbaijani poet Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar.

References

Populated places in Ordubad District


Kunming Institute of Zoology (KIZ) (中国科学院昆明动物研究所), one of the 20 biological institutes under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), is one of China's first class zoological research institutes, located in Kunming, Yunnan province. The Institute has access to the unique and diversified animal resources of the Eastern Himalayas as well as a wide variety of the species from across Southeast Asia, the southern parts of Yunnan province being part of the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot. KIZ focuses on life science research, with research groups including systematic zoology, conservation biology, cytology, molecular biology, genome evolution, reproductive and developmental biology, neurobiology, immunological biology on important virus disease, zoological toxicology and primate biology.

History
The KIZ was established in April 1959, originally as the Insect Institute, Lac Division. In 1963, it became the Southwest Institute of Zoology, CAS and in 1970 it was placed under the jurisdiction of Yunnan Province and renamed the Yunnan Institute of Zoology. In 1978 it was returned to the Chinese Academy of Sciences that it was named the Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS.

See also
Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology

References

External links
Official website
Kunming Branch of CAS

Research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Buildings and structures in Kunming
Education in Kunming


Anabad (also, Anabat) is a municipality and village in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. The village is located in the right side of the Ordubad-Ganza highway, 4 km away from the district center, on the left bank of the Ganza River. Its population is busy with gardening and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 213.

Etymology
Related with this word there exist microtoponyms as Anabad yeri (Qubadlı), Anabad dərəsi (Laçın), etc. In the south from the Van Lake, there is a village the named "Anabad" near the "Anabad temple". According to some researchers, the name is related with the Persian word of anapat (a place where nobody lives). The name made out from the components of the Turkic words of ana (major, main, senior, large, big) and bad/bat/bet (mountain slope, descent, slopes) means "great mountain slope". Till 1918, there was settlement, named "Anabad" in the Kapan district of Armenia.

References

Populated places in Ordubad District


Dihydroergocristine is an ergot alkaloid. Alongside dihydroergocornine and dihydroergocryptine, it is one of the components of ergoloid mesylates.

References

Ergot alkaloids
Isopropyl compounds
Lactams
Lysergamides
Oxazolopyrrolopyrazines
Vasodilators


Prince Attakora-Gyimah (born 25 December 1990 in Berekum) is a Ghanaian footballer, who is currently playing for Berekum Chelsea in the Ghanaian Premiership.

Career
Attakora-Gyimah began his career on youth side by Berekum Arsenal and joined in summer 2009 to Kessben F.C. After the dissolution of Kessben F.C. in December 2010 signed for BA Stars.

International career
He was part of the Ghana Team at the Under-17 World Cup Finals, in Korea 2007.

References

1990 births
Living people
Ghanaian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
People from Berekum
Berekum Arsenal F.C. players
Medeama S.C. players
Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players
Berekum Chelsea F.C. players
BA Stars F.C. players


Xanağa (also Khanagha, known as Çapayevka until 2000) is a municipality and village in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located near the Ordubad-Vanand highway, 14 km in the north-west from the district center, on the left bank of the Araz River. Its population is busy with gardening, farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 665. It forms part of the municipality of Vənənd.

Etymology
The name of the village is most likely related with the sanctuary (Khaneghah) in its territory. Generally, Khanegahs is in the meaning of "place of dervishes", were built on the sacred places.

Khanagha Piri
Khanagha Piri - Sanctuary in the Khanagha village of Ordubad region. It consists of the building of two-rooms on the north side of the village. There is a grave in the center of the big room which is covered with the black coating. Over of the grave built with stones in height of about 20 sm. At the right and left side of the window on the south wall of the sanctuary, about 1 m height in the two alcoves was laid the gravestones from the greenish stone. At the right side, in the inscription in Arabic of the gravestone (70х40 sm) was engraved the Quran verse, deceased's name and date of death: "This is the grave of the late Syed Tahir son of the Syed Ali. At the date of seven hundred and seven" (in 1308). At the left side, on the gravestone (59х37 sm) on the 7-line inscription in Arabic was indicated that this is the grave of Sheikh Islam son of the Sheikh Nureddin. From the gravestones it becomes clear that the grave which built and plastered in fact at the past it has consisted from the two graves. Russian scientist V. M. Sısoyev (in 1926) has confirmed the information about existence of the two graves in 20 cm away from each other, in the size of 3,25х1,25 m in large room of the sanctuary. It allows to be supposed that in the past, there was Khaneghah (place for dervishes) which belonged to the one of the Sufi sect, in place of this sanctuary.

References

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Populated places in Ordubad District


The Third Addition to Rockville and Old St. Mary's Church and Cemetery is a historic area located in Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland. This area combines 19th century residential scale buildings with a tree-lined narrow street, country church, weathered headstones, Victorian Gothic railroad station, and a brick cast-iron front commercial structure, to create an atmosphere that evokes the era when the station served as the gateway to Rockville. In addition to Victorian Gothic, architectural styles used in residential buildings include Queen Anne, Georgian, and Colonial Revival. The area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

St. Mary's Church is significant as the County's first brick Roman Catholic church, and the handsome hardware store is the area's last surviving cast-iron brick commercial structure.  The Old St. Mary's Church Cemetery is the final resting place of author F. Scott Fitzgerald, his wife Zelda Fitzgerald and their daughter Frances Fitzgerald.

Gallery

References

External links

, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust website
Boundary Map for Third Addition to Rockville and Old St. Mary's Church and Cemetery, Montgomery County
Peerless Rockville Information Page
"Gatsby author's final resting place is at St. Mary's Cemetery, Rockville", My Catholic Standard, by Carol Zimmermann, July 20, 2010.

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Roman Catholic cemeteries in the United States
Historic districts in Montgomery County, Maryland
Gothic Revival architecture in Maryland
Victorian architecture in Maryland
Georgian architecture in Maryland
Colonial Revival architecture in Maryland
Queen Anne architecture in Maryland
Buildings and structures in Rockville, Maryland
National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Maryland
Religion in Rockville, Maryland


Kevin Cummins (born 1946 in Ballinlough, Cork) is a former Irish sportsperson.  He played hurling with his local club Blackrock and was a member of the Cork minor hurling team in the 1960s.  Cummins captained Cork to the All-Ireland title at minor level in 1964.  He is the brother of Brendan and Ray Cummins, who both went on to play for Cork at senior level in the 1970s. While in University College Cork - 1966/1970 - he won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal for inter-varsity hurling. He was a member of the teaching staff of Coláiste Chríost Rí - a boys' secondary school in Cork City - from 1970 to 1996 and gained a reputation as a successful football coach, winning numerous  Munster and All-Ireland titles with the college. On leaving teaching in 1996 he joined his brother, Brendan, in the family business, Cummins Sports Ltd. and is managing director.

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1946 births
Living people
Blackrock National Hurling Club hurlers
Cork inter-county hurlers


is a Japanese anime television series broadcast from February 13, 1982 to March 26, 1983, comprising 58 episodes. It is the sixth entry to the Time Bokan series by Tatsunoko Productions and the second series to feature a super robot as the main hero. The series succeeded Yattodetaman and preceded Itadakiman in 1983. The title character is playable in the fighting game Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars.

Story
In the 1990s-era Osteandel City is the headquarters of Time Lease, a business that leases almost everything you could ask for, including powerful robots. They are proud of themselves for being number one in the international ranking of billionaires for the past ten consecutive years. Meanwhile, there is another lease company in the same city called Skull Lease, where the notorious villain trio work as top executives. Their ostensible object is to disgrace the credit of Time Lease and replace them as the leading enterprise. However, they have a scheme to secure a footing for world conquest. One day, a transport robot of Time Lease is assaulted by the villain trio and Ippatsuman prepares to get on the move to fight for justice.

Cast

Time Lease
 Sokkyu Gou/Ippatsuman - Kei Tomiyama (Yasunori Matsumoto (Bokan GoGoGo), Masayuki Katō (Tatsunoko vs. Capcom))
 Ran Houmu - Eriko Hara
 Harubou - Noriko Tsukase
 2-3 - Masayuki Yamamoto
 Haruka Hoshi - Naoko Kōda
 Koizou Higeno - Daisuke Gōri (as Yoshio Nagahori)

Skull Lease

Osteandel Northern Branch
 Mun-Mun - Noriko Ohara
 Kosuinen - Jōji Yanami
 Kyokanchin - Kazuya Tatekabe
 Chinami - Issei Futamata
 Piiko - Mari Yokō
 Seiko - Kazuyo Aoki
 OL-san - Masako Katsuki
 Jukunen-san - Shigeru Chiba→Masashi Hirose
 Yangu - Shigeru Chiba
 Madogiwa-san - Masashi Hirose→Naoki Tatsuta
 Otoshima-san - Masako Katsuki→Reiko Suzuki
 Anna Touhoku - Kazue Komiya

Osteandel Western Branch
 Tamashirou Kakure - Shinya Ōtaki (as Susumu Ōtaki)
 Spy000 - Hirotaka Suzuoki

Head Office
 Con Cordo - Kaneta Kimotsuki
 Min-Min - Mika Doi

Machine Friend
 Ichiro Imai - Shigeru Chiba

Other
 Narration - Hirotaka Suzuoki

Episodes

References

External links

 逆転イッパツマン｜タイムボカンシリーズDVDコレクション

1982 anime television series debuts
Fuji TV original programming
Science fiction anime and manga
Tatsunoko Production
Time Bokan Series
Japanese time travel television series


James Philip McKiernan (11 October 1944 – 10 August 2018) was an Irish-born Australian politician. Born in Cavan, Ireland, he was a fitter and turner before entering politics. In Australia he was a union education officer for the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union. In 1984, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Western Australia. A one-time convenor of the Left faction, McKiernan was the Labor Caucus' returning officer for the Hawke versus Keating leadership ballot. He remained in the Senate until his retirement in 2002. He was married to Western Australian state MP Jackie Watkins from 1985.

McKiernan died at his home in Perth on .

References

1944 births
2018 deaths
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
Members of the Australian Senate for Western Australia
Members of the Australian Senate
21st-century Australian politicians
20th-century Australian politicians
Irish emigrants to Australia
Politicians from County Cavan
Deaths from cancer in Western Australia


Richard MacDonnell LL.D., D.D., S.F.T.C.D. (1787–1867) was an Irish cleric and academic, who became the Reformist and 29th Provost of Trinity College Dublin. He was also the projector of Sorrento Terrace, Dalkey, today known as the largest row of houses in Ireland.

Background
MacDonnell, of the Tynekill MacDonnells of Leinster, was the son of Robert MacDonnell (1764–1821) of High Park, near Douglas, County Cork, and Susanna Nugent (1766–1836) of Ardmore, County Waterford, of the Cloncoskraine Nugents in the same county. For much of his life, his father had been prosperous, with a revenue appointment at Cork found for him by George Lowther, a family friend. Instead of retirement, he found property prices fell after 1815 and died disappointed.

Trinity College Dublin
Educated at Trinity College Dublin (1800–1805), MacDonnell was elected a scholar in 1803. In 1808 he was elected a lay Fellow at Trinity which allowed him to practise at the Irish Bar. He was awarded his LL.D. in 1813, but gave up his legal career to take holy orders the same year. The rest of his career was spent at Trinity College, where he was a Senior Fellow (1836–1852), Professor of Oratory (1816–1852) and an "efficient" Bursar (1836–1844), bringing the accounts of the collegiate estates into satisfactory order. In 1852, George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, appointed him the 29th Provost of Trinity College Dublin, succeeding Franc Sadleir, and he took up residence at the Provost's House. He held the position for 15 years until his death in 1867.

From 1820 to 1827 he was the Donegall Lecturer in Mathematics at Trinity College Dublin.

MacDonnell advocated Catholic Emancipation, at a time when it was unpopular within Trinity. His broad views encompassed both politics and education, and the significant changes he brought about are testament to firmness of character. His period of office is noted for the number of new statutes brought in, which transformed the college code of laws. It gave Trinity "a fresh impetus in its career and usefulness". Another source described him as 'clever but very lazy'.

MacDonnell was said to have had 'an excellent dry sense of humour', demonstrated on one occasion when showing a lady around the impressive Trinity College Library, Dublin. She, clasping her hands together, exclaimed, 'Oh Mr. Provost, pray Mr. Provost, have you read all these books?', to which he replied, 'in time my dear lady, in time'. On another occasion, after the plates had been cleared between the courses of a dinner he was hosting, his butler quietly placed a sugar cube on his bald head. Engaging his guests on a serious subject, his parrot would by then have flown into the dining room and seated itself on the Provost's head to eat the sugar cube, as the Provost continued with his philosophical musings, giving the impression of being completely unfazed.

Sorrento Terrace, Dalkey

MacDonnell had inherited Knocklyon House near Dalkey, but after his mother died there the previous year, in 1837 he leased it out and bought a plot of land by the sea front at Dalkey, where he built a new country retreat, Sorrento Cottage, now owned by The Edge of the Irish rock band U2. Named after Sorrento on the Bay of Naples, the allure of Sorrento Terrace is its situation and the view across Killiney Bay to the Wicklow Mountains, the Great Sugar Loaf taking the place of Mount Vesuvius.

In the early 1840s, MacDonnell devised a plan for the construction of 22 houses right into the corner near the boundaries of the cottage, a huge undertaking at the time that was stalled almost immediately due to the Great Famine – the family having decided to help those around them rather than themselves. In 1845, the family had built the first and largest of the terrace residences, 'Sorrento House', and then MacDonnell leased the rest of the land to his son, Hercules Henry Graves MacDonnell, who from the 1850s built the remaining houses at a price of £1,000 each. The family stipulated that each house had to adhere strictly to the design of architects Frederick Darley and Nathaniel Montgomery. The houses today are known as 'millionaire's row', famous for being the most expensive row of houses in Ireland.

Family
In 1810, Richard MacDonnell married Jane Graves, daughter of the Very Rev. Richard Graves, and sister of Robert James Graves. They were the parents of fourteen children, including Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell and Major-General Arthur Robert MacDonnell. He was the uncle of Francis Brinkley and Richard Charles Mayne, and the uncle and guardian of Edmund Allen Meredith, the principal of McGill University in Montreal.

Arms

References

1787 births
1867 deaths
Donegall Lecturers of Mathematics at Trinity College Dublin
Fellows of Trinity College Dublin
19th-century Irish mathematicians
Scientists from County Cork
Provosts of Trinity College Dublin


My Life as a Snypa is the first album by the rap group Snypaz. It was released independently for Creative Way Records and was produced by The Legendary Traxster. Though the album did not chart, it eventually sold 80,000 copies and earned the group a record deal with Rap-a-Lot Records.

Track listing
"My Life as a Snypa"
"Faces of Death" (Wet Cho Set Mix)
"Searchin'"
"Sit Up Get Lit Up"
"Chi-Town (Til It Go Down)"
"My Life's Instrumental"

1997 debut EPs
Snypaz albums
Albums produced by The Legendary Traxster
Gangsta rap EPs


Lepidodactylus buleli is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Espiritu Santo, an island in the Vanuatu Archipelago.

Discovery
Researchers from France's National Museum of Natural History, recovered nine eggs during an expedition to the region in 2006. One of the eggs yielded a live hatchling which was determined to be of a previously unknown species.

Etymology
The specific name, buleli, refers to a "personal and private story" of the binomial authority.

Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of L. buleli is forest, at altitudes above .

Reproduction
L. buleli is oviparous.

References

Further reading
Ineich, Ivan (2008). "A new arboreal Lepidodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu: from egg to holotype". Zootaxa 1918: 26–38. (Lepidodactylus buleli, new species).

Lepidodactylus
Endemic fauna of Vanuatu
Reptiles of Vanuatu
Reptiles described in 2006
Taxa named by Ivan Ineich


The Copa Libertadores is a seasonal association football competition that was established in 1960. It begins in mid-January and ends with the final in November of the same year. The Copa Libertadores is open to the league champions of CONMEBOL member associations; clubs finishing from second to fourth position in the stronger leagues of the region, such as the Brazilian league, are also included. Originally, only the champions of their respective national league could participate in the competition. However, in 1966 this was changed to allow the runners-up of the leagues to compete. Until 2018, the final was contested over two legs, one at each participating club's stadium. From 2019, the format was changed, with the final being a single game played at a pre-determined venue.

The data below does not include the 1948 South American Championship of Champions, as it is not listed by CONMEBOL either as a Libertadores edition or an official competition. It must be pointed out, however, that at least in the years 1996 and 1997, CONMEBOL entitled equal status to both the Copa Libertadores and the 1948 tournament, in that the 1948 champions (Vasco da Gama) were allowed to participate in the Supercopa Libertadores, a CONMEBOL official competition that allowed participation for former Libertadores champions only (for example, not admitting participation for champions of other CONMEBOL official competitions, such as the Copa CONMEBOL).

Independiente hold the record for the most victories, with seven wins since the competition's inception. They have also won the competition the most times consecutively, winning four in a row from 1972 to 1975. Boca Juniors are second with six wins; they won their last title in 2007. Peñarol are third with five wins, their most recent of which was in 1987. Boca Juniors and Peñarol have lost the most finals, having both lost on five occasions. Overall, 25 clubs have won the competition since its inception in 1960. Clubs from Argentina have won the most Copas Libertadores, with 25 titles among them. Brazilian clubs are second with 20 victories, and Uruguayan clubs are third with 8.

List of finals

 The "Year" column refers to the season the competition was held, and wikilinks to the article about that season.
 Finals are listed in the order they were played.

Performances

By club

By nation

See also
List of Copa Libertadores winning managers

Notes

References
General

Specific

External links
 Copa Libertadores history on Conmebol.com (archived)
 Copa Libertadores on the RSSSF

finals
Copa Libertadores


"Out Come the Freaks" is the name of a trilogy of songs by art-funk ensemble Was (Not Was). The trilogy consists of three songs that feature the same basic title, tune and chorus lyric:  "Out Come the Freaks" (1981), "(Return to the Valley of) Out Come the Freaks" (1983), and "Out Come The Freaks" (1987) (later issued as "Out Come the Freaks (Again)".)

Despite the three songs' abundant similarities, each song is distinctive, as differing lyrics in the verses of each song tell stories about different societal outcasts. As well, each recording had a different contemporary sound, a thoroughly different arrangement, and reworked the melody while still retaining the chorus vocal: Woodwork squeaks, and out comes the freaks.

Recordings

"Out Come the Freaks" (1981)
The original recording was the opening song on the group's debut album Was (Not Was). This version began with the chorus sung several times simultaneously by a number of vocalists before the rhythm section is introduced. The single became a club hit in the US and peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart.

The song's parent album was later renamed Out Come The Freaks when it was remastered and expanded in 2004. A companion remix album is titled (The) Woodwork Squeaks.

"(Return to the Valley of) Out Come the Freaks" (1983)

The second recording is slower and sparser as opposed to the post-disco sound of the original. This version is sung by Harry Bowens, who sings the Woodwork Squeaks chorus as more of a refrain than a chant. This version adds a new introductory verse which sets up the concept of the song. The final chorus replaces the words "the freaks" with a succession of song titles including "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" and "The Shadow of Your Smile", implying a more positive spin on the idea of a "freak" to counterpoint the earlier verses. "(Return to the Valley of) Out Come the Freaks" was the only single from Born to Laugh at Tornadoes to chart in the UK, and was also their first hit in that country, hitting the UK top 50. This version of the song also appears as a hidden track (at the end of track 11, Walk The Dinosaur) on the compilation album Hello Dad... I'm In Jail.

"Out Come the Freaks (Again)" (1988)

The third "Out Come The Freaks" recording was released in 1987 and included on the group's most successful album What Up, Dog?. It was eventually also released as one of the final singles from the album in the UK, and again peaked just inside the UK top 50. The song was listed as "Out Come the Freaks" on the album but reference to the song's reworked status was acknowledged in the inclusion of the subtitle 'Again' on the single's release. The single version was also alternatively titled "(Stuck Inside of Detroit With the) Out Come the Freaks (Again)".

This recording was once again dominated by the vocal of Harry Bowens, but a female vocalist sang the chorus refrain. The arrangement was more upbeat than the second recording but had a tighter Funk and Synth-Pop sound. The introductory verse was retained but the other verses were changed to feature different characters to the earlier versions. Instead of song titles, the more positive final chorus listed real people such as Leon Trotsky and John Coltrane.

"Look What's Back" (1990)
A fourth song related to "Out Come the Freaks" called "Look What's Back" appears as the final track on the group's fourth album Are You Okay? in 1990. The song is a 43-second acoustic camp-fire rendition  in which the group chants the chorus: 'Woodwork squeaks, and out comes the freaks'.

Remixes
"Out Come the Freaks"
 Album Version – 5:37
 Seven Inch – 4:28
 Extended Version – 6:39
 Dub Version – 6:10
 "Tell Me That I'm Dreaming (Souped Up Version)" / "Out Come the Freaks (Dub Version)" – 12:50
 Classic 12" Version – 7:12
 Predominantly Funk Version – 12:25

"(Return to the Valley of) Out Come the Freaks"
 Album Version – 4:22
 Seven Inch – 3:45
 Extended Version – 8:45

"Out Come the Freaks (Again)"
 Album Version – 4:35
 The Mighty Mook Mix
 The Bobby Maggot Mix

Chart positions

References

1981 songs
1981 singles
1984 singles
1988 singles
Was (Not Was) songs
Song recordings produced by Don Was
Songs written by David Was
Songs written by Don Was
Island Records singles


Abroma augustum, sometimes written Abroma augusta, Devil's cotton, is a species of Abroma (Sterculiaceae, or Malvaceae in some classifications). It has dark red flowers with an characteristic and unusual appearance. It is widely distributed in Asia. It was previously thought to grow in north Queensland but the most recent survey did not find it.

The leaves and stems are covered with soft bristly hairs that are very irritating to the touch. The bark yields a jute-like fiber.

The species was first described, as Theobroma augustum (or Theobroma augusta) by Carl Linnaeus in 1768.

Cultivation
In the greenhouse, plants bloom from late spring to early summer. Dark maroon flowers are formed in terminal panicles. Individual flowers are up to 3 inches (7.5 cm) across.

Abroma augustum is propagated from seed. Seed germinate in 21–30 days at 72 °F (24 °C).

References

Byttnerioideae
Flora of Asia
Plants described in 1768
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus


The 1986 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 54th in the National Football League (NFL). The team was unable to improve upon their previous output win total of seven. Instead, the team finished with five wins, ten losses and one tie. This was the fifth consecutive season in which the team failed to qualify for the playoffs.

The season was head coach Buddy Ryan's first with the team after serving as the defensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears, who had won the Super Bowl the previous season.

Quarterback duties were split between 35-year-old veteran Ron Jaworski, who started nine games in his final season with the team, and second-year quarterback Randall Cunningham. Veteran quarterback Matt Cavanaugh also started two games. The Eagles' passing game struggled, with the third-fewest passing yards in the league (2,540), and the fewest yards-per-attempt (4.1).

The Eagles set dubious NFL records by giving up a record number of sacks (a still-standing NFL-record of 104) and yardage allowed on sacks (708). No other team in football history had ever given up more than 78 sacks or 554 yards on quarterback sacks. The team gave up three-or-more sacks in every single game of the 1986 season, the only team in NFL history to do so.

The lone highlights of the season came on the road. On October 5, the Eagles entered Fulton County Stadium and shut out the Atlanta Falcons, 16–0. then gained a comeback 33–27 overtime win against the Los Angeles Raiders at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on November 30, the Eagles’ first win over the club since the 1980 season and first-ever victory on the road against the Raiders.

NFL draft

The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with.
Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.

 Supplemental pick

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Schedule

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 2

Week 6: at New York Giants

Week 10: vs. New York Giants

Week 13

 Mike Quick 8 Rec, 145 Yds, 3 TD

Standings

Awards and honors
 Keith Byars, Franchise record, most rushing yards by a rookie

References

External links

Philadelphia Eagles seasons
Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles


Isaac Donkor (born 16 November 1991, in Sekondi-Takoradi) is a Ghanaian football player.

Career
Donkor is a latest addition to the Liberty squad signing from Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. in summer 2008. The four except Donkor have been part of Liberty's squad for the just ended season and have had an impressive tournament ahead of the start of the season. In September 2009 left Liberty and signed for Aduana Stars, before joined only three months later to league rival Heart of Lions F.C. Donkor played for Heart of Lions, until June 2012 and returned than to his former club Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. He was released by his club Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. in July 2013.

Qualities

International career
He played for U-17 Ghana national team in 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Korea Republic, he was one of the goalgetter and his goal against Brazil brought him the nickname Giant Killer.

References

1991 births
Living people
Ghanaian men's footballers
Liberty Professionals F.C. players
Men's association football forwards
Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. players
Men's association football midfielders
Heart of Lions F.C. players
Aduana Stars F.C. players
Footballers from Sekondi-Takoradi


Portugal was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.

Before Eurovision

Festival da Canção 1986
The Portuguese national final to select their entry, the Festival RTP da Canção 1986, was held on 22 March at the Rádio e Televisão de Portugal Studios in Lisbon, and was hosted by Henrique Mendes and Maria Helena Fialho Gouveia, who hosted the very first Portuguese Contest in 1964.

Mendes and Fialho Gouveia introduced and made light commentary on the songs, which were taped in advance for the television audience. Each television region in Portugal (Ponta Delgada, Funchal, Porto and Lisbon) submitted three songs for this year's Festival. An "expert" jury decided the winner, and only the placement of the top three songs were made public.

The winning entry was one of the songs from Lisbon, "Não sejas mau para mim", performed by Dora and composed by Guilherme Inês, Zé Da Ponte, and Luís Manuel de Oliveira Fernandes.

At Eurovision
Dora was the twentieth and last performer on the night of the contest, following Finland. At the close of the voting the song had received 28 points, placing 14th in a field of 20 competing countries. Despite its low placing, it would be the highest rank Portugal would receive in the Contest between 1985 and 1990.

Voting

References

External links
Portuguese National Final 1986

1986
Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Eurovision


Kerry Watkins (born May 16, 1979) is a former professional Canadian football wide receiver who spent his entire eight-year career with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He was named a CFL East All-Star in 2005, 2006 and 2008, and a CFL All-Star in 2005. Watkins won Grey Cup championships in 2009 and 2010 with the Alouettes. He played college football for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

Professional career

New England Patriots
Following his college career, Watkins signed with the New England Patriots of the National Football League in May 2003. He was later released during the following August after spending training camp with the team.

Montreal Alouettes
Watkins signed with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League in June 2004. He played in four of the first five games but missed the rest of the season due to a shoulder injury. In 2005, he recorded his first touchdown, his first 1,000-yard receiving season and his first CFL All-star selection. He was part of the 2005 Alouettes' foursome of 1,000-yard receivers, tying the record (set by the 2004 Alouettes receivers of Ben Cahoon with 1183 yards, Jeremaine Copeland with 1154 yards, Thyron Anderson with 1147 yards, and Kwame Cavil with 1090 yards) for most 1,000-yard receivers on one team in a season. Kerry Watkins' 1364 yards receiving on the 2005 Alouettes team combined with the performance of Watkins' fellow Alouette receivers Terry Vaughn (1113 yards), Ben Cahoon (1067 yards), and Dave Stala (1037 yards) making the 2005 Alouettes only the second team in CFL history to have four receivers on one team reaching the 1,000-yard receiving mark in one season.

Watkins' 2005 season was statistically his best, setting career highs in receptions (97), yardage (1,364) and longest reception (75 yards) while also scoring the second-most touchdowns in a season with nine. In 2008, Watkins scored ten touchdowns.

Watkins would go on to record five straight 1,000-yard seasons between 2005 and 2009 while falling just short in 2010 with 970 after he missed five games due to injury. He won Grey Cup championships with the Alouettes in 2009 and 2010, making a critical 17-yard catch in the 2009 game to put the Alouettes in field goal range to kick the winning points. His 2011 season was curtailed due to injury where he only managed to catch 31 passes for 395 yards and three touchdowns. Nonetheless, he finished the season in second place on the Alouettes all-time receptions list at 515 catches, behind all-time franchise and CFL leader Ben Cahoon. Following the 2011 season, Watkins announced his retirement on January 31, 2012.

Statistics

References

External links

KerryWatkins.com Official Website
Montreal Alouettes bio

1979 births
Living people
People from LaPlace, Louisiana
African-American players of Canadian football
American players of Canadian football
American football wide receivers
Canadian football wide receivers
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players
Montreal Alouettes players
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American sportspeople


The 1898 South Norfolk by-election was a by-election held on 12 May 1898 for the British House of Commons constituency of South Norfolk.

The election was triggered by the resignation on grounds of ill-health of the sitting Liberal Unionist Party former Liberal  Member of Parliament (MP), Francis Taylor.

The result of the election was a clear win for Arthur Wellesley Soames the Liberal candidate over his Unionist opponent. Soames was a Liberal in the Radical tradition and he was described as a Radical during the election.

Result

References

The Times, 14 May 1898

1898 elections in the United Kingdom
1898 in England
19th century in Norfolk
South


Peter Carr (1884 – 18 October 1946) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Private life

Carr was born in Papakura in 1884, the son of R. and A Carr. He was educated locally at the Papakura and Drury schools. In his youth, he played cricket and football. A quiet spoken man, he was to live in Auckland his whole life. He later entered the union movement as a career and became president of the Auckland Tramways Union, serving in the post for twelve years (1928–1940). Carr served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during World War I as a motorman, holding the rank of Lance Corporal.

In 1916, he married Margaret Duckworth, the daughter of A. Duckworth. In 1941, they lived in Kelmarna Avenue in Herne Bay.

Political career

Carr was a founding member of the Labour Party, joining on its inception in 1916. He entered the political arena via local body politics and was elected as an Auckland City Councillor in 1935 and 1938. He served as the City Council's representative on the committee of the Leys Institute and was also a member of the council's works committee.

He represented the Auckland West electorate from a  after the previous holder, Labour prime minister Michael Joseph Savage, died in office.

Carr fell ill during the 1946 session but remained in Parliament for his vote to be counted. On 5 October, shortly before the end of that year's session, he announced his intention to retire at the upcoming general election. He died a fortnight later, on 18 October, a month before the general election.

Notes

References

External links
Photo of Carr from the Otago Daily Times

1884 births
1946 deaths
New Zealand Labour Party MPs
Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
New Zealand MPs for Auckland electorates
Auckland City Councillors
New Zealand military personnel of World War I
People from Papakura


Kevin Robinson (born 1955) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a midfielder for the Kilkenny senior team.

Robinson joined the team during the 1975 championship and was a senior panelist for just two seasons. An All-Ireland medalist in the All-Ireland minor and All-Ireland Under-21 hurling championships, he had little success at senior level. Robinson captained Kilkenny to the All-Ireland title at minor level in 1973.

At club level, Robsinson played with O'Loughlin Gaels.

References

1955 births
Living people
O'Loughlin Gaels hurlers
Kilkenny inter-county hurlers


Cristoforo di Geremia (1410–1476) of Mantua was a Renaissance sculptor, goldsmith, and medallist. He worked in Rome beginning sometime around 1456 and was active until 1476.  He is most famous for his bronze medallion work under Pope Paul II. Cristoforo did a number of medals and jewellery for royal and noble commissions.

Life
Cristoforo di Geremia's date of birth is unknown. He was most likely the son of Geremia di Nicolino dei Geremei, a Mantuan goldsmith whose name was prevalent in documents from Mantua between the years of 1438 and 1480. Cristoforo di Geremia died at the age of 46, while at what was considered the peak of his professional career.

Cristoforo di Geremia studied at the Mantuan school and was most influenced by Mantegna, who was a mentor to Cristoforo. Many of Mantegna's techniques are seen in Cristoforo's work. Although very little is known about his early professional career, it is known that Cristoforo was very interested in the art of antiquity. Many of his works contain various nuances gathered from ancient Roman coins.

Early works in Rome
Cristoforo di Geremia arrived in Rome around 1456. He spent the majority of his life in Rome, but his teachings from the Mantuan school were the most influential on his work. Cristoforo worked independently until 1461, when he was employed by Cardinal Lodovico Trevisan, a known admirer and collector of ancient art. With Cardinal Trevisan as his patron, Cristoforo traveled with the commander of the papal troops to Perugia in 1461 and to Florence in 1462. During this time, Cristoforo di Geremia was also employed by the Gonzaga family. He stayed as a guest for a month with Lodovico at the Gonzaga court. Upon his departure, he gifted his hosts four antique busts. Cristoforo also produced a characterized portrait of Lodovico Trevisan in medallion form. The medallion shows Cristoforo's passion for the art of antiquity through the construction of the profile of Trevisan. The medal is similar to the busts of a late Roman emperor. The reverse of Trevisan's medal is also indicative of Roman ties based on other coins of that period. It is rumored that in 1466, Cristoforo made jewelry for Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara.

Under the papacy
After Trevisan died in 1465, Cristoforo was employed by the papal court. Pope Paul II employed Cristoforo di Geremia as his primary medallist. Pope Paul II is considered the first pontiff to realize the potential of medals as an instrument of the state and for personal propaganda. Because of this, he had more medals produced than any other 15th century Pope. While in service to the Pope, Cristoforo primarily produced variations of two different medals. The first was oval shaped and made to commemorate his pontification and political shrewdness. The second medal was circular and  was produced to recognize his various campaigns at the Palazzo San Marco. One side has Pope Paul II's profile. The inscription on it reads "PAVLO VENETO PAPE II - ITALICE PACIS FVNDATORI - ROMA", which translates to "Pope Paul II Venetian - Founder of the Peace of Italy - Rome". The back shows Pope Paul II's coat of arms, from his status as the Venetian cardinal Pietro Barbo, and includes a rampant lion, the papal keys, and a tiara. The medal was produced in conjunction with the pope's announcement of peace in the Basilica of San Marco on April 25, 1468. Versions of the medal were most likely distributed to notable attendees of the event as well as sent to secular rulers of the peninsula. As with many of Cristoforo's works, this papal medal has components inspired by antiquity. There is evidence that the profile side of the medal resembles the denarius of Emperor Hadrian. The inscription assimilates Pope Paul II to Augustus stemming from the inherently imperial nature of the peace proclamation in 1468.

One of the most prominent commissions that brought Cristoforo fame was the restoration of the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius in 1468. In 1469, he was commissioned to make medals for the restoration of the Palazzo Venezia. The pope strategically employed Cristoforo to use the antique concepts he was known for, but had him also cater to Pope Paul II's liking. Under the papacy, Cristoforo made a plethora of medals for Pope Paul II. Pope Paul II often buried medals in the foundations of buildings he was restoring. Many of these medals have since been recovered and attributed to Cristoforo di Geremia, despite the lack of a signature.

Signed works
There are two surviving medals signed by Cristoforo di Geremia. The first shows Constantine the Great on the front and a pseudo-classical group on the back. Although the intended meaning of the back is unknown, some attribute the representation to the Constantinian Peace of the Church. Others argue that the two figures and the inscription are the deliberate imitation of a Roman coin, the inspiration deriving from a sestertius of Plotina when Cristoforo was making his medal of Constantine. The two figures, the Emperor and the Church are clasping hands.

The second signed medal from Cristoforo di Geremia shows Alfonso V of Aragon, King of Naples. It features Alfonso V's bust and was probably inspired by Pisanello's work on Alfonso V. The back of the medal shows Alfonso enthroned and crowned by Bellona and Mars.

Cristoforo di Geremia was superseded by his nephew, the medallist Lysippus the Younger, who, along with other artists, borrowed figures and compositions from Cristoforo.

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Anna & Bella is a 1984 Dutch animated short film from the Netherlands. At the 58th Academy Awards, Anna & Bella won an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. The film runs 8 minutes. It was directed by Børge Ring, and its cast includes Tonny Huurdeman as the voices of Anna and of Bella.

Plot
This short film is about two elderly sisters looking through their memories of their lives together.

Reception and legacy
Animation critic Charles Solomon listed it as one of the best animated films of the 1980s a year after the Oscar win.

See also
1984 in film
Cinema of the Netherlands
1985 in film

References

Bibliography
 Olivier Cotte, 2007, Secrets of Oscar-winning animation: Behind the scenes of 13 classic short animations (Making of Anna & Bella), Focal Press. .

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Films about memory
1984 films
1984 animated films
Animated films without speech
1980s animated short films
Best Animated Short Academy Award winners
Dutch animated short films
Animated films about the afterlife