Elections for the 18th Knesset were held in Israel on 10 February 2009. These elections became necessary due to the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as leader of the Kadima party, and the failure of his successor, Tzipi Livni, to form a coalition government. Had Olmert remained in office or had Livni formed a coalition government, the elections would have been scheduled for 2010 instead.

Although the incumbent prime minister's party, Kadima, won the most seats in the parliament, the Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu was able to form a majority coalition government and become the new prime minister.

Background
On 17 September 2008, Kadima held a leadership election, which was won by Tzipi Livni. Following Livni's victory, former party leader Ehud Olmert (who did not run in the contest) resigned as Prime Minister. Livni was given six weeks to form a coalition, but set a deadline of 26 October for parties to agree to join the new government.

Although the Labor Party agreed to join, current coalition member Shas rejected the opportunity; Livni claimed that it had made "economically and diplomatically illegitimate" demands (including a reluctance to increase child benefits, and rejection of the possible division of Jerusalem in a deal with the Palestinians). It was reported that Shas had rejected almost one billion shekels in child allowances offered to it as part of the coalition negotiations. Gil and United Torah Judaism had both rejected offers to join, while negotiations with Meretz-Yachad were still ongoing. On 26 October, Livni recommended to President Shimon Peres that early elections be held.

President Peres had three days to consult on the recommendation, after which there was a period of three weeks in which other Knesset members could have offered to form an alternative coalition, but no such alternative was brought.

The election would have to be held within 90 days after the end of that period. Although Kadima submitted a bill to the Knesset on 27 October to call early elections and bypass the three-week period, Peres' announcement to the Knesset that there was no chance of forming a government meant that the full waiting period stood. Ehud Olmert was to remain the caretaker Prime Minister until a new government was formed after the elections.

The traditional distinction between the Israeli left and the right had become blurred, with both the voters and the main candidates gravitating toward the center. Israelis, who had always been highly politicized, were switching affiliations more easily. On the Palestinian front, stark differences among the parties still remained. Kadima was committed to continuing talks for a two-state solution. Labor did not believe that bilateral Israeli–Palestinian negotiations could succeed under the current circumstances, and advocated a more comprehensive, regional approach to peace. Likud said it would promote an "economic peace" with the Palestinians and also hold political negotiations, although it was not clear about what.

Procedures

Elections to the Knesset allocate 120 seats by party-list proportional representation, using the D'Hondt method. The election threshold for the 2006 election was set at 2% (up from 1.5% in previous elections), which is a little over two seats.

After official results are published, the President delegates the task of forming a government to the member of Knesset with the best chance of assembling a majority coalition (usually the leader of the largest party, but not required). That member has up to 42 days to negotiate with the different parties, and then present the government to the Knesset for a vote of confidence. Once the government is approved (by a vote of at least 61 members), the leader becomes Prime Minister.

Parliament factions

The table below lists the parliamentary factions represented in the 17th Knesset.

Parties

By 23 December 2008, a record 43 parties had registered with the parties registrar, compared to 31 for the 2006 elections, although in the end, only 34 parties submitted a list of candidates, and only 33 ran on election day. On 12 January 2009, Balad and the United Arab List–Ta'al alliance were disqualified by the Central Elections Committee on the grounds that they failed to recognize Israel as a Jewish state and called for armed conflict against it. Balad and Ta'al were also disqualified from the 2003 election, but won a Supreme Court case which allowed them to run. On 21 January 2009, the Supreme Court again revoked the ban.

Alliances
The Labor–Meimad alliance, in existence since 1999, was ended prior to the elections. Labor ran on its own, and Meimad ran a joint list with the new Green Movement.

Meretz and Tnu'a HaHadasha, a new movement of left-wing activists led by Tzali Reshef, ran a joint list, with Tnua'a HaHadasha representatives getting third, seventh, and eleventh spots on the alliance's list.

The anti-West Bank barrier movement Tarabut was merged into Hadash.

The religious Zionist Ahi party, previously part of the National Union alliance, merged into Likud in late December 2008. Ultra-Orthodox parties Agudat Israel and Degel HaTorah agreed to continue their alliance, United Torah Judaism, for the election.

New parties
Several political parties had been established since the 2006 elections. The first was Social Justice, founded by billionaire Arcadi Gaydamak in February 2007 (which in the end did not run in the election), and Yisrael Hazaka was established by the former Labor member of the Knesset, Efraim Sneh, in May 2008.

After the announcement of elections in late October 2008, the Tkuma and Moledet factions of the National Union and the National Religious Party merged into a single party in early November 2008, which was later named The Jewish Home. However, the National Union was re-established after the Moledet and Tkuma factions broke away from the party and agreed to an alliance with Hatikva headed by Aryeh Eldad and Eretz Yisrael Shelanu (Our Land of Israel) headed by Rabbi Sholom Dov Wolpo and Baruch Marzel.

Member of the Knesset Abbas Zakour left the United Arab List to establish the Arab Centre Party in early December 2008. However, he later joined the Balad list.

Opinion polls

Results

Government formation

On 20 February, President Shimon Peres announced that Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu would be given the task of forming a government. This is the first time in which the president had not appointed the head of the largest party for this task, although there had already been several cases in which the Prime Minister was not the head of the largest party. Such a case occurred in the 1996 elections, when Netanyahu himself was elected Prime Minister by direct vote, although his Likud party won fewer seats than Shimon Peres's Labor party. Peres's motivation in nominating Netanyahu was likely based upon the judgement that Netanyahu was in a better position numerically to put together a coalition. Likud's potential partners on the political right won more seats than the parties of the centre-left, who would more likely support Kadima.

Labor and Kadima initially stated they would not join a Likud-led government, although both parties scheduled further talks. Polls at the time showed that the public supported a national unity government between Likud and Kadima, with either Yisrael Beiteinu or Labor as the third senior coalition member.

On 16 March 2009, Netanyahu signed a coalition agreement with Yisrael Beitenu. Following an extension of the coalition negotiation deadline from 20 March to 3 April 2009, he then signed a coalition agreement with Shas on 22 March 2009, and on 24 March 2009, he secured the support of the Labor Party, with Labor's central committee approving the deal by 680 votes to 507. However, large parts of the party remained sceptical, accusing Ehud Barak of only being interested in his own benefits under the deal. On 25 March, the Jewish Home also joined the coalition.

On 30 March, in accordance with the Israeli Basic Law, Netanyahu informed Peres and acting Knesset speaker, Michael Eitan, that he was able to form a government and the Knesset was set to convene on 31 March 2009, in order to vote on the government in a "Vote of Confidence" and to be sworn in thereafter. The country's 32nd government was approved that day by a majority of 69 lawmakers, with United Torah Judaism joining the following day, expanding the coalition to 74 MKs.

Unity Government 2012
On 27 March 2012, the Opposition party Kadima called for leadership primaries, pitting its leader Tzipi Livni against Shaul Mofaz. Mofaz won with 62% of the vote. Livni resigned from the Knesset in May 2012.

Earlier, Netanyahu defeated his rival Moshe Feiglin, winning 77% of the vote in the primaries for the Likud leadership held on 31 January 2012.

On the eve of 7 May 2012, after weeks of deliberation and rumours, Netanyahu called for an early general national election and proposed 4 September as the election day, a notion which seemed inevitable—but in a dramatic turn of events, that very night, he announced that he had forged a unity government with the Kadima Party, effectively retracting the earlier call for early elections. The next afternoon, Likud and Kadima signed a coalition agreement placing Kadima's 28 Knesset members in the government, with Mofaz appointed as Active Vice Premier (in case of Netanyahu's absence) and Minister Without Portfolio. This agreement bolstered the government to the widest government in Israel's history, with a coalition of 94 seats and an opposition of only 26. However, on 17 July, Kadima voted to pull out of the coalition—which, all the same, retained a majority of seats even without that party. The reduced coalition was now divided between nationalist groups, such as Yisrael Beiteinu, and Haredi groups, such as Shas, which are on opposite sides of the universal draft issue. This led some commentators to suggest that the coalition's complete break-up was imminent, and that new elections would take place by January 2013.

See also
List of members of the eighteenth Knesset
2008 Israeli Labor Party primary

References

External links
Knesset site with official results
Elections in Israel - February 2009 from the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Where they stand: Israeli election 2009

Analysis
Israel's Elections: Making a Hard Right By TIM MCGIRK, Time 8 Feb. 2009

Israeli legislative
Legislative election
Legislative elections in Israel
February 2009 events in Asia
Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu


Melaleuca halmaturorum, commonly known as South Australian swamp paperbark, kangaroo honey-myrtle or salt paper-bark is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. It is often a tree with an unusual, crooked form, sometimes looking like an enlarged example of bonsai.

Description
Melaleuca halmaturorum is a slow growing shrub or small tree, eventually growing to  tall, often with a crooked, straggling, irregular or untidy form and creamy-grey, papery bark. Its leaves are dark green, glabrous and arranged in alternate pairs at right angles to the ones above and below (decussate), so that there are four rows of leaves along the stem. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped,  long,  wide, with many distinct oil glands on the lower surface and a stalk about  long.

The flowers are white or cream and arranged in heads, sometimes on the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering but also in the upper leaf axils. The heads are up to  in diameter and contain up to five individual flowers. The flower buds are surrounded by brown, papery bracts which fall off as the flowers open. The petals are  long and fall off as the flowers age. The stamens are arranged in bundles of five around the flower, usually with 6 to 17 stamens in each bundle. Flowering occurs from August to October and the fruit which follow are woody, cup-shaped capsules  long and wide in loose clusters along the stem. The clusters remain in place for several seasons.

Taxonomy and naming
Ferdinand von Mueller was the first to give a formal description of Melaleuca halmaturorum but his description was not validly published. The first formal, valid description was by the Dutch botanist, Friedrich Miquel in 1856 and published in Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief. The type specimen was collected "Ad flumen three-Wells-river insulae Halmaturorum", a Latin phrase meaning "near the Three Wells River on Kangaroo Island". Halmaturus was an earlier name for a genus of kangaroo. Three Wells River was later named the Morgan, then the Cygnet.  The specific epithet (halmaturorum) refers to Kangaroo Island where the type specimen was collected.

Distribution and habitat
Melaleuca halmaturorum occurs in southern parts of Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. In Western Australia it is found in the Eremaean and South-West botanical provinces. In South Australia it occurs in the Eyre Peninsula, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island and South-Eastern bioregions. In Victoria it occurs in the Mallee, Loddon Murray, Central and Northern and Wimmera bioregions but is becoming rare due to invasion by tall wheat grass (Lophopyrum ponticum). Melaleuca halmaturorum is salt tolerant and often found in swampy, waterlogged areas such as estuaries, coastal dunes and the fringes of salt lakes.

Conservation status
This melaleuca is listed as "not threatened" (in Western Australia) by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.

Use in horticulture
Melaleuca halmaturorum is a very hardy plant in full sun.  It is often used in revegetation to remediate and stabilise saline sites.

References

halmaturorum
Myrtales of Australia
Rosids of Western Australia
Flora of South Australia
Trees of Australia
Plants described in 1856


Another Perfect Day may refer to:

 Another Perfect Day, 1983 album by Motörhead
 "Another Perfect Day" (song), the single from American Hi-Fi's self-titled debut album
 "Another Perfect Day", a single from the country music duo Blake & Brian
 "Another Perfect Day", a single from the Boom Boom Satellites album Embrace, used in Starship Troopers: Invasion
 "Another Perfect Day?", a single from the Electric Wizard album We Live


GNU lightning is a free-software library for generating assembly language code at run-time. Version 2.1.3, released in September 2019, supports backends for SPARC (32-bit), x86 (32- and 64-bit), MIPS, ARM (32- and 64-bit), ia64, HPPA, PowerPC (32-bit), Alpha, S390 and RISC-V (64-bit).

Advantages over other libraries
The features GNU lightning provides make it useful for Just-in-Time Compilation. In comparison to libraries such as LLVM or libJIT, GNU lightning provides only a low-level interface for assembling from a standardized RISC assembly language—loosely based on the SPARC and MIPS architectures—into the target architecture's machine language.

Disadvantages
It does not provide register allocation, data-flow or control-flow analysis, or optimization.
Starting from 2.x, It generates code via intermediate graph, rather than one by one from each It's standardized instruction. This change allows inter-instruction optimization such as register allocation and dead code elimination .

Instruction set
GNU lightning's instruction set is based loosely on existing RISC architectures.

Types
When required instructions handle data with these 9 types:

Projects that use GNU lightning
GNU Smalltalk, GNU Guile, and CLISP make use of GNU lightning for just-in-time compilation.  GNU lightning was first developed as a tool to be used in GNU Smalltalk's dynamic translator from bytecodes to native code. GNU Guile 2.9.2 and later stop using GNU lightning 2.x instead their own fork based on GNU lightning 1.4 for native code generation, because GNU lightning 2.x devotes more complexity to inter-instruction optimization.

Notes

References

External links
GNU lightning on Free Software Directory

lightning


Stefan Chwin (born 11 April 1949 in Gdańsk) is a Polish novelist, literary critic, and historian of literature whose life and literary work is closely linked to his hometown. He holds a post of Literature Professor at the University of Gdansk, his professional interests are focused on romanticism.

The best-known novel by Stefan Chwin is entitled Hanemann (1995). It has been translated into German, Swedish, Spanish and English; the plot of the novel is set in Gdańsk in the wake of World War II.

In 1995, he won the Paszport Polityki Award in literature. In 1997 he received the "Erich Brost Danzig Award" for his merits on Polish-German reconciliation.

References

Polish male writers
1949 births
Living people
Recipients of the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis


A strike by about 27,000 machinists at Boeing over outsourcing, job security, pay, and benefits began September 7, 2008.

The union, International Association of Machinists, and Boeing appeared unwilling to compromise to settle the strike. The company had 3,700 jets on back order, which union members hoped would put pressure on Boeing to end the strike.

In late October 2008, a tentative deal was reached between Boeing and the union, in which Boeing made a number of concessions.
Boeing told SPEEA engineers that the company planned less outsourcing on future airplanes, including the next 787 Dreamliner model.

On November 1, 2008, members of the union ratified the contract, ending the eight-week strike. The new contract was approved by 74 percent of those voting in favor. This was the longest strike against Boeing by this union since 1995, and the fourth in twenty years. The strike cost the union members an average of $7,000 in base pay and cost the company $100 million per day in revenue and penalties with a postponement of the delivery of aircraft. Boeing has a $350 billion backlog.

References

Boeing Machinists Strike of 2008
2008 labor disputes and strikes
2000s strikes in the United States
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Manufacturing industry labor disputes in the United States


Crossroads Caring Scotland is a national charity which exists to support carers in Scotland, through the provision of respite care and other forms of practical support.  The organisation was established in 1978 and began providing services during the following year.

Care staff provide relief for the carer by taking over caring responsibilities for short periods, allowing the carer to have a break from their caring role.  There are 47 Crossroads services throughout Scotland, supported by the national office based in George Square, Glasgow.

History
Crossroads owes its existence to the tea-time soap opera of the same name.  A story line involving one of the programme's main characters, Sandy Richardson, saw the son of the hotel boss become paraplegic as a result of a road accident.  During their research, producers consulted with local people with disabilities and found that there was little or no support for their carers - many of whom seldom received any form of break from their role.  The programme makers provided a grant to establish the first ever service, in Rugby in 1974, from which a large network of similar projects grew to provide cover for much of England and Wales.

The idea of a Scottish sister organisation was first mooted in 1978 and was taken forward by Jimmy Whittle, a retired accountant and one time professional footballer with Hearts.

Crossroads Caring Scotland has no formal ties with Crossroads England and Wales.

National context
The national organisation exists to promote, develop and enhance the services provided by a network of local services covering all but 5 Scottish local authorities.  The organisation works alongside the Scottish Government and  other national caring organisations.  It has been involved in a series of government sponsored committees, has contributed to guidance to local authorities on carer services and was involved in the Carers Legislation Working Group which led to carers becoming identified in Scottish law as 'Key Partners in Care'.

Carers are viewed by the government as an important resource and in recent years have been given increasing recognition in health and social care policy. Since devolution in 1999 legislation and policy for caregivers has been developed by the former Scottish Executive (now Scottish Government).

Carers in Scotland are regarded as ‘partners’ in the provision of care. As a result, support services provided to carers are regarded as part of the overall package of care to the person being looked after. This means that carers are not seen as service users and are therefore not responsible for the cost of any service provided. The exception to this is when a carer is looking after their partner; in that situation their income may be taken into account during a financial assessment.

This situation is different from that which exists in England where carers are viewed as services users in their own right and as such are liable for the cost of services provided. Yet, in many cases, it is not the carer who actually needs the service; it is the person being cared for who needs it because of their illness or disability.

Controversy
In 2017 the charity was named by the UK the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy as one of a number which had failed to pay its staff the national minimum wage.

References

External links
 Crossroads Caring Scotland

Charities based in Scotland
Organizations established in 1978
1978 establishments in Scotland


Andrew Mitchell (1879 – after 1899) was a Scottish footballer. An outside left, he first played for Albion Rovers before transferring to Woolwich Arsenal in 1898. He made his debut against Luton Town on 3 September 1898 and scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win. He played ten league games in 1898–99, but soon fell out of favour and left the club at the end of that season.

References

Scottish men's footballers
Albion Rovers F.C. players
Arsenal F.C. players
1879 births
Year of death missing
20th-century deaths
Date of birth missing
Place of birth missing
Place of death missing
Men's association football outside forwards


Streamline is the fourth studio album by drummer Lenny White, released in 1978 by Elektra Records. The album reached No. 27 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.

Critical reception

Alex Henderson at AllMusic gave Streamline three stars out of five, saying that it "isn't a five-star gem, but it isn't bad either" and calling it a "generally decent, if mildly uneven, collection of instrumental jazz fusion and R&B vocal numbers." He noted White's cover of the Beatles' "Lady Madonna" as an "interesting" highlight; other songs such as "Night Games", "Struttin'" and "Pooh Bear" he described as "enjoyable even though they fall short of the brilliance of the material on The Adventures of Astral Pirates [1978] and Venusian Summer [1975]."

Track listing

Personnel
Lenny White – drums, percussion, production
Chaka Khan – lead vocals (track 2)
Dianne Reeves – vocals (track 4), background vocals
Don Blackman – vocals (track 6), keyboard, Minimoog (track 4), synthesizer (track 7), Rhodes piano (track 10), piano (track 11), organ (track 3)
Nick Moroch – guitar (except tracks 1, 3, 10)
Jamie Glaser – guitar (tracks 1, 3, 10)
Denzil Miller Jr. – keyboard (track 8), Minimoog (track 9), rhythm arrangement (track 2)
Larry Dunn – Minimoog (track 1), synthesizer programming, production
Marcus Miller – bass
Chris Brunt – engineering
Richard Kaplan – engineering
Steve Hirsch – engineering
Don Mizell – executive production

Chart performance

References

Lenny White albums
1978 albums
Albums produced by Lenny White
Elektra Records albums


The France national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of France and is controlled by the French Football Federation. The team competes in the annual UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. They were the 2010 champions of the competition having won on home soil. The under-19 team also contests the qualification matches needed to play in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, though the competition is classified as an under-20 tournament.

Players

Current squad
 The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches.
 Match dates: 22–28 March 2023
 Opposition: ,  and Caps and goals correct as of: 22 November 2022, after the match against

Recent callups
The following players have also been called up to the France under-19 squad and remain eligible:

 Previous squads
UEFA U-19 European Championships squads
2019 UEFA European U-19 Championship squads – France
2018 UEFA European U-19 Championship squads – France
2016 UEFA European U-19 Championship squads – France
2015 UEFA European U-19 Championship squads – France
2013 UEFA European U-19 Championship squads – France
2012 UEFA European U-19 Championship squads – France
2010 UEFA European U-19 Championship squads – France
2009 UEFA European U-19 Championship squads – France
2007 UEFA European U-19 Championship squads – France
2005 UEFA European U-19 Championship squads – France
2003 UEFA European U-19 Championship squads – France

Competitive record

UEFA European U-19 Championship record

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

 Qualified teams for the final tournament

The following teams qualified for the final tournament of the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

HonoursUEFA European Under-19 Football Championship (8)''':
 1949, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2016

References

External links

Official site

Under-19
European national under-19 association football teams
Youth football in France


The Goff Creek Lodge is a dude ranch in Shoshone National Forest on the east entrance road to Yellowstone National Park. The ranch was probably established c. 1910 by Tex Kennedy. Built in typical dude ranch style with a rustic log lodge surrounded by cabins, its period of significance extends from 1929 to 1950.

References

External links
Goff Creek Lodge at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office

Buildings and structures in Park County, Wyoming
Dude ranches in the United States
Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming
Ranches on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming
Rustic architecture in Wyoming
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming
National Register of Historic Places in Park County, Wyoming


Oregon Ballot Measure 59 was an initiated state statute ballot measure sponsored by Bill Sizemore that appeared on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon, United States. If it had passed, Oregon would have join Alabama, Iowa, and Louisiana as the only states to allow federal income taxes to be fully deducted on state income tax returns.

Background

Official Ballot Title
The official ballot title is: Creates an unlimited deduction for federal income taxes on individual taxpayers' Oregon income-tax returns.

History
This is the third time Sizemore has put a similar measure on the ballot. In 2000, he qualified Measure 91, which would have made federal income taxes fully deductible on state taxes. It lost 55–45, but a legislative referral that increased limited state deductions of federal taxes passed. In 2007, the limit on federal deductions was $5,600 — it increases each year indexed to inflation.

In 2006, Sizemore associate Russ Walker introduced Measure 41, which would have allowed "income tax deduction equal to federal exemptions deduction to substitute for state exemption credit." It failed 63–37.

Along with Measures 60 and 64, Measure 59 is one of the three initiatives on the 2008 ballot that Sizemore has brought to the ballot in the past.

Newspaper Endorsements
Here is how Oregon's major newspapers have endorsed on Measure 59:

No Oregon newspapers have endorsed a yes vote on Measure 59.

Specific provisions of the initiative
The ballot title is "An Act to Prohibit Double Taxation".  Specific provisions include:

 Adding Section 1 to the Oregon Revised Statutes.  Prohibition on Double Taxation.  Whereas it is unjust for one government to impose an income tax on money a taxpayer has been required to pay to another government as an income tax; therefore, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2010, no Oregon taxpayer shall be required to pay to the state, a local government, or other taxing district, an income tax of any kind on money paid to the federal government as federal income taxes.  All money paid to the federal government to satisfy, wholly or in part, a taxpayer's federal income tax obligation for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2010 shall be fully deductible against income on the taxpayer's Oregon income tax return.  This section applies only to  (i) federal income taxes paid on income subject to tax in Oregon, and (ii) federal income taxes, including capital gains taxes, paid by individuals. This section does not apply to corporate income taxes or corporate excise taxes.
 Adding Section 2 to the Oregon Revised Statutes.  This 2008 Act supersedes any existing law or rule with which it conflicts.  If any phrase, clause or part of this 2008 Act is determined to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining phrases, clauses, and parts shall remain in full force and effect.

Estimated fiscal impact
The state's Financial Estimate Committee prepares estimated fiscal impact statements for any ballot measures that will appear on the ballot.  The estimate prepared by this committee for Measure 58 says:

 Measure 59 would benefit about a quarter of Oregon taxpayers.
 It would lower state revenues by $1.3 billion in the 2009-2011 biennium and $2.4 billion in the 2011-2013 biennium.
 The state budget would have to make up those reduced revenues in its general fund which pays for education, health care for children, the elderly, and the disabled, and public safety.

Other fiscal estimates
The Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP) issued a separate financial impact study.  Features of their report:

 OCPP says the overall cost would be $1.1 billion rather than the $1.3 billion estimate provided by the government.
 22 percent of Oregon's taxpayers would see a savings from Measure 59.
 Households with annual incomes exceeding $82,200 would receive 97% of the savings under the plan.

Proponents
Bill Sizemore, Timothy R. Trickey and R. Russell Walker are the measure's chief petitioners.

The committee that put Measure 59 on the ballot was called "Stop the Double Tax". There is no committee currently supporting the ballot measure.

Arguments Supporting Measure 59
 This measure would save taxpayers over $1.3 billion over the next two years.
 Tax cuts allow families and business to keep more of their own money, which reduces the need for government program spending.

Donors supporting Measure 59
The Oregonian reported in September 2007 that Nevada millionaire Loren Parks was the leading contributor to the effort to put Measure 59 and other measures on the ballot. According to the newspaper, Parks gave money directly to the signature gathering firm, rather than to Sizemore directly. A court injunction stemming from a 2000 fraud case prevents Sizemore from spending money directly on politics, although he told Oregon Public Broadcasting in May 2008 that he "found a way to put the measures on the ballot and give voters those choices without me actually handling the money.  And so I'm still able to put measures on the ballot, I just have to do it in a sort of round-about way."

Opponents
Measure 59 is opposed by the Defend Oregon, which includes the American Heart Association, 1000 Friends of Oregon, AARP Oregon, Children First for Oregon, and others.

Arguments against Measure 59
Notable arguments that have been made against Measure 59 include:

 "There are many good wealthy folks who will not suffer with the failure of Measure 59. Society as a whole, however, will suffer mightily if it passes", said Gary Stutzman of the Hillsboro Argus.
 Because the measure would reduce overall tax revenues for the state, it would reduce the amount of money available for the state's most vulnerable populations, who rely on government programs for various types of assistance.
 For the same reason, state spending on public safety programs would likely have to be reduced.
 The $1.1 billion (or $1.3 billion) cost estimate is equivalent to the total funding that Oregon's public universities will receive from the state in the current biennium or to cutting the salaries of all Oregon K-12 public school teachers by 70 percent.
 In addition to not benefiting a majority of taxpayers, Measure 59 actually increases taxes on about 120,000 people, mostly retirees, according to the Oregon Center for Public Policy.

Donors opposing Measure 59
Defend Oregon, as a committee, is fighting seven different ballot measures, and supporting two others.  As a result, it is not possible to discern how much of its campaign spending is going specifically to defeat Measure 58. Altogether, the group has raised $9 million in 2008.

Major donations to the Defend Oregon group as of October 23 include:

 $5.2 million from the Oregon Education Association.,
 $1.2 million from SEIU.
 $450,000, American Federation of Teachers
 $600,000, AFSCME.
 $100,000 from School Employees Exercising Democracy (SEED)
 $100,000 from the AFL-CIO.
 $50,000 from Oregon AFSCME Council 75.

Petition drive history
The office of the Oregon Secretary of State announced on June 16, 2008 that its unofficial signature verification process showed that the initiative's supporters had turned in 83,136 valid signatures, versus a requirement of 82,769 signatures.  This represented a validity rate of 64.76% calculated over the 128,380 signatures turned in.  The measure formally qualified for the ballot on August 2.,

A union-funded watchdog group asked the Oregon Secretary of State to conduct an investigation into how some of the signatures on the measure were collected.  Bill Bradbury, the Secretary of State has said, ""...most all of the initiatives Oregon voters will decide this fall got there through practices that are now illegal. But those practices were legal at the time most of the signatures were submitted."  The state's Election Division is investigating the charges.

Further reading
 Effects of Measure 59 would harm Oregon
 Oregon income tax measure could impact many

Notes

External links
Note:: ''This article was taken from Ballotpedia's article about Oregon Ballot Measure 59

Basic information
 Oregon Voters' Pamphlet for Measure 59 includes Financial Estimate Summary
2008 General Election Measures: Voter Guide
Initiative details and status from the Secretary of State

Supporters
Bill Sizemore's official website

Opponents
Website for the Defend Oregon Coalition

2008 Oregon ballot measures
Taxation in Oregon
Initiatives in the United States


The Turkey national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, held every year. The Under-19 UEFA tournament originally began as the FIFA Junior Tournament between 1948 and 1954. It has since been renamed a number of times, most notably referred to as the UEFA European U-18 Championship between 1981 and 2001. The tournament was renamed as the UEFA European U-19 Championship in 2002, but importantly the overall statistics are collated from 1948. In addition, every even year, the top five teams from the respective UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship compete in the FIFA U-20 World Cup the following year.

Competitive record

UEFA European U-19 Championship record*

*The tournament originally began in 1948 and has had a number of different names. The tournament was renamed as the UEFA European U-19 Championship in 2002, but importantly the overall statistics are collated from 1948.
**Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.
***Silver background colour indicates that Turkey finished as runner-up.
Q - Denotes qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup held the following year.

Individual awards
In addition to team victories, Turkish players have won individual awards at UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.

*Award was shared with other players.

Results and fixtures

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Qualifiers

Elite Round – Group 1

Players

Current squad
 The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches.
 Match dates: 22–28 March 2023
 Opposition: , ,
 Caps and goals correct as of:''' 24 November 2022, after the match against

Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the Turkey under-19 squad and remain eligible:

See also
 Turkey men's national football team
Turkey men's national under-21 football team
 Turkey men's national under-20 football team
 Turkey men's national under-17 football team
 Turkey women's national football team
 Turkey women's national under-21 football team
 Turkey women's national under-19 football team
 Turkey women's national under-17 football team

References

under
European national under-19 association football teams


Brigadier General Lê Nguyên Vỹ (22 August 1933, Sơn Tây, Tonkin, French Indochina—30 April 1975, Saigon, Republic of Vietnam) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.

Education

In 1951, he graduated from the officers candidate course in the Regional Military School, Military Region II at Phu Bai near Huế.

Military service

He was the commander of 5th Infantry Division at Lai Khe. He was born in Sơn Tây province, North Vietnam.  As a deputy Commander of the 5th Infantry, He fought fiercely during the siege of Battle of An Lộc and later was promoted to the CO of the division.

On April 30, 1975, after receiving the order to surrender after the communist North Vietnamese and Việt Cộng captured Saigon, he committed suicide at 11:00 AM, at the division headquarters in Lai Khe.

External links
An Exceptional Regimental Commander

1933 births
1975 deaths
Military personnel from Hanoi
Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals
Vietnamese military personnel
South Vietnamese military personnel of the Vietnam War
Deaths by firearm in Vietnam


Revenge of the Stolen Stars is a 1985 American comedy fantasy film directed by Ulli Lommel and starring Klaus Kinski, Suzanna Love, Barry Hickey and Ulli Lommel.

Plot
A young man named Gene McBride inherits a large plantation and a mine of rubies on an island south of the China Sea. Gene moves there with his  beloved Kelly to search the Six Stars, a famous collection of rubies. However, soon enough the couple find out that they will have to live with the ghost of  Donald McBride, the original plantation owner and Gene's uncle, as well as confronting a curse.

Cast
 Barry Hickey as Gene McBride
 Suzanna Love as Kelly
 Klaus Kinski as Donald McBride
 Ulli Lommel as Max Stern
 Kitty O'Shea as Lupe
 Amable Aguiluz (as Tikoy Aguiluz)
 Tania Aija as Shace Maron
 Eugene Choy as Malu
 James Chung
 Sarah Golden
 Master Ho Sik Pak as Prince Kali (as Ho Sik Pak)
 Norman Ino
 Thom Jones
 Vincent Kramer
 Tuny Lee
 Joycelyne Lew as Maid (as Joyce Lew)
 Andy Lyon as Alex
 Joyce Macías Figueroa
 James Marshall as Consul
 Craig Minomiya
 Eric Wong

Production
Director Ulli Lommel was unsure about casting Klaus Kinski, but he met him and Kinski was very nice, according to Lommel. But when the filming started, Kinski was very hard to work with. He complained about the lights and microphones, so eventually they had only few soft lights and very small microphones in the Kinski scenes, which is the reason why the sound quality changes much in different shots.

Kinski also didn't want to sit on a chair when camera crew was about to shoot from different angle, so continuity wasn't possible. Because of that Lommel decided to change Kinski's character to a ghost, which was a brilliant idea in Kinski's opinion.

Kinski drank heavily and at one point practically forced the entire crew to shoot almost thirty consecutive hours, so they could finally wrap Kinski's scenes and be done with his involvement. Kinski was so happy with the director that two days later he approached Lommel to show his appreciation, telling him that he had a great time while they worked together, and praising his directing style, to which Lommel politely thanked. Kinski also said that he wouldn't work in the future with anyone else than Lommel, but Lommel's half-soothing and half-ironical answer was "thank you Klaus, that's kind of you".

References

External links

1985 films
1980s English-language films
1980s fantasy comedy films
Films directed by Ulli Lommel
American fantasy comedy films
1985 comedy films
1980s American films


The Spain national under-19 football team represents Spain in international football at this age level and is controlled by Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. It is the most successful U-19 national team in Europe with eight continental titles.

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-19 Championship Record

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Gold background color indicates first-place finish. Silver background color indicates second-place finish.

Individual awards
Spain's U-19 players have won individual awards at UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship tournaments.

Players

Current squad
 The following players were called up for the friendly matches.
 Match dates: 2 and 4 May 2023
 Opposition: Caps and goals correct as of: 28 March 2023, after the match against

Recent call-ups

Player records
 Top Appearances Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-19s.

 Top Goalscorers Note:' Club(s)'' represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-19s.

Former squads
2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads – Spain
2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads – Spain
2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads – Spain
2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads – Spain
2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads – Spain
2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads – Spain
2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads – Spain
2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads – Spain
2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads – Spain
2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads – Spain
2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads – Spain
2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads – Spain

See also
Spain national football team
Spain national under-23 football team
Spain national under-21 football team
Spain national under-20 football team
Spain national under-18 football team
Spain national under-17 football team
Spain national under-16 football team
Spain national under-15 football team
Spain national youth football team

References

External links

 by RFEF
Tournament archive at UEFA
UEFA U-19 European Championship at RSSSF

European national under-19 association football teams
Football


Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta (28 October 1878 – 17 March 1953) was a Spanish composer, violinist and pedagogue.

Career
Del Campo was born in Madrid and became professor at the Real Conservatorio de Música in Madrid in 1915, where he was an especially influential teacher. Among his pupils were Salvador Bacarisse, Julián Bautista, and Fernando Remacha.

His compositions were played in the Theatre Real of Madrid for José María Alvira. His opera Lola la Piconera made its debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 12 December 1952. He was also the principal conductor of the Madrid Symphony Orchestra.

Del Campo was a major figure in the conservative musical climate of Franco's Spain, writing in a late Romantic style. Since his death his music has fallen into comparative oblivion.

He died in Madrid aged 74.

Selected works

Symphonic works
Del Campo's characteristic symphonic music takes the form of evocative tone poems.
 Ante las ruinas (Before the Ruins, 1898)
 La dama de Amboto (The Lady of Amboto, 1901)
 Two Parts from the Divina Commedia Prologue (1908)
 Inferno (1910)
 Bocetos castellanos (Castilian Sketches, 1911)
 Granada, a symphonic poem (1913)
 Fantasía sobre temas del Maestro Chapí (Fantasy on themes of Master Chapi, 1913)
 Kásida (1922)
 Obertura madrileña, a concert overture (1930)
 Suite madrileña (1934)
 Ofrenda a los caídos (Offering to the Fallen, 1944)
 Poema de Castilla (Castilian Poem, 1948)
 Poema de las Cantigas (Poem of the Songs, before 1950)
 Poema de la Natividad (Poem of the Nativity, before 1950)
 Evocación y nostalgia de los molinos de viento (Evocation and Nostalgia of Windmills, 1952)

Concertante works
 Fantasía castellana, for piano and orchestra (1939)
 Suite for viola and small orchestra (1940)
 Violin Concerto (1943)
 Evocación de Castilla for piano and orchestra (1943)
 Cello Concerto (1944)
 Evocación y nostalgia de los molinos de viento Tríptico castellano El viento de Castilla Poema de los loores de María, symphonic poem for viola and orchestra (1944)

Chamber music
 Romanza in F major for viola and piano, Op. 5 (1901)
 Pequeña pieza for viola and piano, Op. 6 (1906)
 String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Oriental (1903)
 String Quartet No. 2 in A major, A buen juez mejor testigo (1907)
 String Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Cuarteto castellano (1908)
 String Quartet No. 4 in C major, El Christo de la Vega, Musical commentary to Zorrilla's poem, divided into six impressions. (with spoken word)
 String Quartet No. 5 in F minor, Caprichos Románticos (1908)
 String Quartet No. 6 in B minor, Asturian (1909)
 String Quartet No. 7 in E minor (1911)
 String Quartet No. 8 in E major (1913)
 String Quartet No. 9 in D major, Apassionado (1942)
 String Quartet No. 10 in F major, Castilian (1945)
 String Quartet No. 11 in E major (1947)
 String Quartet No. 12 in B flat major (1948)
 String Quartet No. 13 in A major, Carlos III (1949)
 String Quartet No. 14 in D major (1952)
 Piano Quintet in E major, Episodio de una vida combatida y dolorosa (1939; adaptation of String Quartet No. 8)

Piano Music
 León Danza del Bufón (based on a poem by Castilla)

Zarzuelas
 Aires de la Sierra El burlador de ToledoChoral works
 Castilla El viento de Fuensaldaña Seis canciones Castellanas'' ("Six Castilian songs")

Sources
Antonio Iglesias, Monografia Nº 4: Conrado del Campo, Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid (in Spanish). Accessed 28 October 2008.

References

1878 births
1953 deaths
19th-century Spanish male musicians
20th-century classical composers
20th-century conductors (music)
20th-century Spanish male musicians
Madrid Royal Conservatory alumni
Male conductors (music)
Male opera composers
Musicians from Madrid
Spanish classical composers
Spanish conductors (music)
Spanish male classical composers
Spanish opera composers
Spanish Romantic composers


De Toppers (), also known internationally as the Toppers, is a Dutch supergroup, consisting of René Froger, Gerard Joling, Jeroen van der Boom and Jan Smit. Gordon Heuckeroth, one of the founding members, left the group in 2011. The group has performed a series of concerts every year since 2005 in the Johan Cruyff Arena. Their repertoire consists mainly of a mix of covers and original material. Toppers in Concert, with more than 40 sold-out shows, is the longest running concert series in the Benelux. In 2008, the Toppers were selected to represent the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 held in Moscow, Russia, with the song "Shine". They failed to qualify for the final.

History

Gerard Joling and Gordon Heuckeroth formed as a guest band in a Rene Froger concert, which turned into a successful concert series. In 2005, the first two concerts were held at the Johan Cruyff Arena. In 2008, Joling left the Toppers and was replaced by Jeroen van der Boom. In 2010, Joling re-joined the group. They performed as a quartet before Heuckeroth departed in 2011.

In September 2016, Jan Smit stated he was interested in joining the group. A few hours later, van der Boom posted a video on Facebook of himself and Joling "auditioning" to join the band. Smit's addition was formally announced on February 21, 2017.

In 2017, the Toppers received a Special Achievement Award, selling more than 1.5 million copies of Toppers in Concert (CD + DVD). During the 2018 edition, they broke the world record in Canon Singing with 198.000 spectators during three concerts.

Toppers in Concert

Toppers in Concert is an annual Dutch concert series by the Toppers, held in the Johan Cruyff Arena since 2005. Toppers in Concert is the longest running concert series in the Benelux. At the tenth edition in 2014, De Toppers welcomed their two millionth concert visitor. In 2016, the Toppers presented their first Christmas edition of Toppers in Concert in Rotterdam Ahoy.

Members

Concerts

Work

Albums

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|align="left"|Toppers in concert||02-07-2005||09-07-2005||3||39|| Platinum
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|align="left"|Toppers in concert 2006||30-06-2006||08-07-2006||2||26|| Platinum
|-
|align="left"|Kerst met De Toppers||2006||-|||||| 10× Platinum
|-
|align="left"|Toppers in concert 2007||11-07-2007||21-07-2007||1(1wk)||19|| Platinum
|-
|align="left"|Toppers in concert 2008||01-08-2008||09-08-2008||2||17|| Platinum
|-
|align="left"|Toppers in concert 2009||28-08-2009||05-09-2009||4||10|| Platinum
|-
|align="left"|Toppers in concert 2010||20-08-2010||21-08-2010||2||17||  Platinum
|-
|align="left"|Mega party mix - Volume 1||20-05-2011||28-05-2011||7||13||
|-
|align="left"|Toppers in concert 2011||02-09-2011||10-09-2011||1(1wk)||23|| Platinum
|-
|align="left"|Mega party mix - Volume 2||09-03-2012||17-03-2012||19||9||
|-
|align="left"|Toppers in concert 2012||07-09-2012||15-09-2012||2||24|| 3-CD, Platinum
|-
|align="left"|Toppers in concert 2013||05-10-2013||12-10-2013||19||14|| Platinum
|-
|align="left"|Toppers in concert 2014||22-08-2014||30-08-2014||2||25|| 3-CD, Gold
|-
|align="left"|Toppers in concert 2015||28-08-2015||05-09-2015||1(2wk)||20|| 3-CD, Gold
|-
|align="left"|Toppers in concert 2016||26-08-2016||03-09-2016||3||10*|| 3-CD
|}

Singles

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|align="left"|Live at the ArenA||2004||04-12-2004||5||8|| No. 3 in the Single Top 100
|-
|align="left"|Over de top!||12-04-2005||30-04-2005||22||5|| No. 6 in the Single Top 100
|-
|align="left"|Toppers party!||2005||16-07-2005||tip5||-|| No. 32 in the Single Top 100
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|align="left"|Wir sind die Holländer||2006||03-06-2006||18||5|| as "Toppers voor Oranje" /No. 7 in the Single Top 100
|-
|align="left"|Can you feel it?||11-06-2007||16-06-2007||8||5|| with John Marks /No. 10 in the Single Top 100
|-
|align="left"|Shine||16-02-2009||07-03-2009||15||8|| No. 2 in the Single Top 100
|-
|align="left"|1001 Nacht||05-04-2013||20-04-2013||tip9||-|| No. 13 in the Single Top 100
|}

DVDs
 Toppers In Concert 2005 -  Gold / Platinum
 Toppers In Concert 2006 -  Gold / Platinum
 Toppers In Concert 2007 -  Gold / Platinum
 Toppers In Concert 2008 -  Gold / Platinum
 Toppers In Concert 2009 -  Gold / Platinum
 Toppers In Concert 2010 -  Gold / Platinum
 Toppers In Concert 2011 -  Gold / Platinum
 Toppers In Concert 2012 -  Gold / Platinum
 Toppers In Concert 2013 -  Gold / Platinum
 Toppers In Concert 2014 -  Gold
 Toppers In Concert 2015 -  Gold
 Toppers In Concert 2016 -  Platinum

Filmography
 Froger, Joling & Gordon: Over de Toppers - Reality television
 Toppers in de Sneeuw - Reality television
 Kerst met De Toppers in Disneyland - TV Special
 Toppers: De weg naar de ArenA - Reality television
 Toppers: De weg naar de ArenA 2007 - Reality television
 Toppers op weg naar Moskou - Reality television
 Goede tijden, slechte tijden - Cameo appearance
 Nationaal Songfestival (2009)
 Eurovision Song Contest 2009
 Wie wordt de 5e Topper? - Talentshow
 Toppers Halftimeshow - Talentshow
 Toppers Meezingmarathon - Toppers Marathon Series
 12,5 Jaar De Toppers - Reality television
 De Toppers: Wild West, Thuis Best - Reality television
 Topper Gezocht! - Talentshow

References

External links

Toppers in concert

Eurovision Song Contest entrants for the Netherlands
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2009
Musical groups from Amsterdam
Dutch disco groups
Pop music supergroups


Belazariškiai is a village in the Ukmergė district municipality, Lithuania, on the River Neris. According to the 2011 census, its population was 50.

Belazariškiai used to belong to the landed estate of the Polish noble family of Tekla Przecławska.

References

  Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów

Villages in Vilnius County
Ukmergė District Municipality


Villa DeSales, built in 1877–1878, is a large five-by-three bay, three-story frame High Victorian Gothic dwelling with a two-story south service wing, located at Aquasco, Prince George's County, Maryland. The historic home is significant for its architectural character which includes a complex of six 19th century outbuildings. This architectural style is an unusual one in Southern Maryland, an area heavily agricultural historically. The large size of the house, the decorative slate roof, amount and variety of cornice and gable trusses, brackets, and pendants; and the well preserved interior with original Gothic Revival-style lighting fixtures and parlor and bedroom furnishings make the house exceptional. In the rear yard are seven domestic and agricultural outbuildings in good condition. The stable is the only High Victorian Gothic barn or stable in Prince George's County.

Villa DeSales was built for George Forbes (1844-1931) and his wife, Fanny Bowling Forbes (1853-1929), near her family home in Aquasco. The Bowling and Forbes families were large landowners in southern Prince George's and neighboring Charles County, Maryland during the 19th century.

Villa DeSales was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

References

External links
, including photo in 1974, at Maryland Historical Trust website
 Villa de Alpacas Farm at Historic Villa de Sales website

Houses in Prince George's County, Maryland
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Gothic Revival architecture in Maryland
Houses completed in 1878
National Register of Historic Places in Prince George's County, Maryland
1878 establishments in Maryland


Misztal is a Polish surname, and it may refer to:

 Franciszek Misztal (1901, in Lisie Jamy  1981), a Polish aeronautical engineer
  (born 1936, in ), Polish priest and professor
  (born 1946), Polish sociologist, professor of the Warsaw University
  (1950, in Męciszów  2006), Polish professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the Medical University of Lublin
  (born 1953, in Hrubieszów), Polish politician, doctor, deputy to the Polish Parliament
 Piotr Misztal (born 1965, in Łódź), a Polish businessman and politician
 Piotr Misztal (born 1987, [?]), a Polish footballer

Miśtal
 Grzegorz Miśtal (born 1973, Kraków), Polish movie-, TV- and theater actor

References


Oregon Ballot Measure 60  was an initiated state statute ballot measure filed by Bill Sizemore and R. Russell Walker. Sizemore referred to it the "Kids First Act." The measure appeared on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon.

The goal of the initiative was to create a new Oregon state statute mandating that only "classroom performance" — not seniority, additional duties, qualifications, advanced degrees, or additional training — would determine teachers' pay raises. It would also mandate that the "most qualified" teachers be retained under employment, replacing seniority as a major consideration. "Classroom performance" and "most qualified" are not defined by the measure.

This is the second time Sizemore has placed a similar measure on the ballot. Measure 95 in 2000 was defeated 65–35. Likewise, Oregon voters rejected Measure 60 by 61.39% to 38.61%, with rejection coming from all but five counties.

The official ballot title for Measure 60 was: Teacher "classroom performance", not seniority, determines pay raises; "most qualified" teachers retained, regardless of seniority.

Newspaper Endorsements

Here is how Oregon's major newspapers have endorsed on the measure:

Specific provisions in the initiative

The language of the proposed statute is:

 Section 1. Teacher pay raises and job security shall be based on job performance.  (a)  After the effective date of this 2008 Act, pay raises for public school teachers shall be based upon each teacher's classroom performance and not related or connected to his or her seniority.  If a school district reduces its teaching staff, the district shall retain the teachers who are most qualified to teach the specific subjects, which they will be assigned to teach.   A determination as to which teacher is most qualified shall be based upon each teacher's past classroom experience successfully teaching the specific subject(s) or class, as well his or her as academic training in the relevant subject matter.
 (b) This 2008 Act shall be called the "Kids First Act" and shall supersede any previously existing law, rule, or policy with which it conflicts.  This Act shall not be implemented in a manner so as to violate or impair the obligation of any contract in existence as of the effective date of this Act, but shall govern later extensions to those contracts and new contracts entered into after the effective date of this Act.

Note: "Classroom performance" and "most qualified" are not defined in the measure.

Estimated fiscal impact

The state's Financial Estimate Committee prepares estimated fiscal impact statements for any ballot measures that will appear on the ballot.  The estimate prepared by this committee for Measure 60 says:

 Measure 60 would require between $30 and $72 million in additional state and local spending in the first year.
 After the first year, it would require between $30 and $60 million a year in additional state and local spending.

Supporters

Preserve Our Best Teachers was the name of the committee sponsoring the original initiative. There is no committee filed to support the ballot measure.

The Oregonian reported in September 2007 that Nevada millionaire Loren Parks was the leading contributor to Measure 60.

Randall J. Pozdena, Ph.D., of the Cascade Policy Institute, authored a commentary that argued, "Absent serious structural reforms such as school-level competition, paying for performance in the classroom may be the best way to stimulate higher academic achievement among our K-12 public school students."

Arguments in favor of Measure 60

 Good teachers should be rewarded.
 "While money may not be the only way to attract the teachers we need, it is a useful tool and one we can readily wield."
 What's more important to our kids' education: tenure or good teaching skills? (Oregon doesn't have tenure.)
 The proposal will "reward good teachers, weed out bad ones and improve the quality of the state's schools."

Opposition

Measure 60 is opposed by the Parents and Teachers Know Better Coalition, which describes itself as "a broad coalition of parents, teachers, and school advocates who care about Oregon's students & schools." The Parents and Teachers Know Better campaign is part of the Defend Oregon Coalition, which opposes all five of the ballot initiatives on the 2008 ballot measures that are sponsored by Sizemore.

Members of the coalition include Stand for Children, Oregon PTA, United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley, Oregon Education Association, American Federation of Teachers-Oregon, Oregon School Employees Association, and the Human Services Coalition of Oregon, among others.

Arguments against Measure 60

Notable arguments made against Measure 60 include:

 Because none of the terms are defined in the measure, there is no way to know how teachers will actually be judged, or who will be doing the judging.
 It is "costly, ill-conceived, inflexible and potentially damaging to the children of Oregon...poorly written, vague and not based on best practices."
 It could lead to more standardized testing and cause low-income areas to lose teachers.

Donors opposing Measure 60

Defend Oregon, as a committee, is fighting seven different ballot measures, and supporting two others. Altogether, the group has raised over $6 million in 2008.

Major donations to the Defend Oregon group as of October 8 include:

 $4.1 million from the Oregon Education Association.
 $100,000 from School Employees Exercising Democracy (SEED)
 $100,000 from the AFL-CIO.
 $50,000 from Oregon AFSCME Council 75.

Petition drive history

Initiative Petition 20 was originally approved for circulation on August 30, 2006, and the signatures were turned in the month of July. 83,724 signatures were found to be valid of those submitted, versus a qualification threshold of 82,769.

A union-funded watchdog group asked the Oregon Secretary of State to conduct an investigation into how some of the signatures on the measure were collected.  Bill Bradbury, the Secretary of State has said, "...most all of the initiatives Oregon voters will decide this fall got there through practices that are now illegal. But those practices were legal at the time most of the signatures were submitted."  The state Elections Division is currently investigating the charges.

Notes

External links
Note:: ''This article was taken from Ballotpedia's article about Oregon Ballot Measure 60

Basic information

2008 General Election Measures: Voter Guide
Full text of the initiative
Certified ballot title letter from the Oregon Attorney General
Letters received from Oregon residents during the ballot title designation period

Supporters

Bill Sizemore's official website

Opponents

Website for the Defend Oregon Coalition
Website for the Parents and Teachers Know Better Coalition

2008 Oregon ballot measures
Public education in Oregon
Initiatives in the United States


Street Corner is a 1929 black-and-white short film directed by Russell Birdwell and starring Josef Swickard and Henry B. Walthall.

External links
Street Corner (1929) at IMDB

1929 films
American black-and-white films
1929 short films


Allen Francis Veigel (January 30, 1917 – April 8, 2012) was a Major League Baseball starting pitcher, born in Dover, Ohio, who played for the Boston Bees during the 1939 season. Listed at , , he batted and threw right-handed.

In a one-season career, Veigel posted a 0–1 record with a 6.75 ERA in two appearances, giving up six runs (four unearned) on three hits and five walks while striking out one in 2 innings of work.

During World War II, Veigel served in the Army Air Force. After the war, he had a career in sales. He continued to be involved in sports as a high school and college basketball referee.

Veigel died in the city of his birth on April 8, 2012, aged 95.

See also
1939 Boston Bees season

References

External links

Boston Bees players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from Ohio
People from Dover, Ohio
1917 births
2012 deaths


C.O.R.E. is a first-person shooter video game by Polish developer NoWay Studio that was released in Europe on March 27, 2009 and in North America on August 11, 2009.

Story
The story begins in the year 2028, when a massive meteor impacts California's Mojave Desert. Over the next two decades, an underground research facility is built to examine the extraterrestrial origins and the bizarre effects that the meteor is having on the natural environment and the people who come in contact with it. The game takes place twenty years after the meteor's arrival on Earth, 2048, when all communications are lost with the C.O.R.E. facility. The Special Technologies Unit, an elite unit of U.S. marines are sent in to investigate and re-establish contact. The player takes control of the marine Jason Crane. Crane fights his way through several levels when most of his fellow soldiers are killed or mutated, including his captain. In the main laboratories, Crane discovers ARG radiation, which is capable of speeding up chemical reactions or slowing them down to an "almost lack of existence." Once Crane reaches the command center, he encounters and kills Colonel R. Nightley. Nightley then sets off a self-destruct protocol and destroys the facility. Crane is able to escape into the service tunnels and makes his way to a cave system. At the end of the caves, he finds the meteor that crashed twenty years earlier. His weapons are absorbed by the meteor and Crane is teleported inside of it. The meteor turns out to be an alien ship. Several of the occupants come out of stasis and restore power to the ship. Crane however manages to destroy the ship's core and escape. After completion of the game an epilogue is viewed that shows that Crane is watching as the alien ship lifts out of the ground. It then shows that there are thousands of other ships emerging all over the world. The game ends on a note that, "and so the war begins," implying a possible sequel.

Multiplayer
The multiplayer game mode allows the players play as an orange, green, blue, or red teams. The game modes are team arena, team death match, capture the flag, and free for all.

Weapons
The game includes 8 different weapons: a pistol, shotgun, assault rifle, plasma rifle, beam rifle, shock rifle, rocket launcher, and an unspecified weapon. The game has jumping, full-scale 360 degree movement/view and alternate fire modes for some of the weapons.

Reception
The game received generally negative reviews upon release and has a Metacritic score of 44/100 based on 16 reviews. Tom Mc Shea, writing for GameSpot, gave the game a 3.5/10 citing poor level design, controls, and combat.

Sources

External links
 IGN Summary

2009 video games
Alien abduction in video games
Alien invasions in video games
First-person shooters
Graffiti Entertainment games
Military science fiction video games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Nintendo DS games
Nintendo DS-only games
Science fiction video games
Video games about extraterrestrial life
Video games developed in Poland
Video games set in the 2020s
Video games set in the 2040s


Blue Demon Jr. (born July 19, 1966) is a Mexican professional wrestler. He is the adopted son of the original Blue Demon and is the first Mexican and second masked wrestler to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship thus making him a one-time world champion. His real name is unknown to the public, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico, where their private lives are kept secret from fans.

Professional wrestling career

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (1996–2001)
In Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) he formed the team Los Juniors with La Parka Jr., Mascara Sagrada Jr. and Perro Aguayo Jr. On April 18, 1999, in Zapopan, Jalisco they won the Mexican National Atómicos Championship by defeating Los Vatos Locos, a team of Charly Manson, May Flowers, Nygma and Picudo. On September 17, 1999, in Mexico City, D.F. they lost the championship to Los Vipers, a team of Histeria, Maniaco, Mosco de la Merced II and Psicosis II.

National Wrestling Alliance (2008–2010)

On October 25, 2008, Demon Jr. became the first Mexican professional wrestler, as well as first masked luchador to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship when he defeated champion Adam Pearce. His win was also the first time the title changed hands in Mexico, although not with CMLL as would have been the case before the mid-1980s (It happened in Blue Demon Jr.'s own promotion: NWA Mexico). Pearce protested the loss with the NWA as his arm was under the bottom rope when he passed out from Blue Demon Jr's Single leg Boston crab. Blue Demon Jr. managed to hold on to the championship for 505 days before dropping it back to Pearce in a triple-threat match also involving Phill Shatter on March 14, 2010, at NWA New Beginnings.

Pro Wrestling Revolution (2010–2013)
Demon Jr. defeated Oliver John at an NWA Mexico event at the Lucha Libre Expo in Mexico City on July 23, 2010, to capture the Pro Wrestling Revolution (PWR) Heavyweight Championship. On May 11, 2013, El Hijo del Santo and his rival, Blue Demon Jr., joined forces to win the Pro Wrestling Revolution Tag Team Championship after defeating Brian Cage and Derek Sanders On September 6, 2012, Blue Demon Jr. lost the PWR World Heavyweight Championship to Carly Colón in a match that also involved La Parka II. On November 13, 2013, Blue Demon Jr. disbanded NWA Mexico and became officially affiliated with PWR.

Lucha Underground (2014–2015)
In August 2014, Blue Demon Jr. was announced as one of five AAA wrestlers to star in the El Rey network's new television series Lucha Underground. Blue Demon Jr. wrestled in the first match of the debut episode of Lucha Underground on October 29, defeating Chavo Guerrero Jr.

In the LU storyline, Blue Demon Jr. was hospitalized due to vicious after-match attacks by both Mil Muertes and Chavo Guerrero Jr. following Demon's loss to Mil Muertes in the November 5 main event match. Upon his return, he attacked Chavo and later in a face-to-face meeting with Chavo blocked another attack and emerged triumphant after laying Chavo out. On July 8, 2015, Demon turned rudo attacking Texano Jr.

Return to AAA (2013–present)
Blue Demon Jr. returned to AAA on March 3, 2013, challenging El Texano Jr. to a match for the AAA Mega Championship. The match took place on March 17 at Rey de Reyes and saw El Texano Jr. retain his title. After the match, Blue Demon Jr. challenged El Texano Jr. to a Mask vs. Hair Lucha de Apuestas. On April 15, Blue Demon Jr. announced that he had signed to become a regular member of AAA's roster. On June 16 at Triplemanía XXI, Blue Demon Jr. defeated El Mesías to win the vacant AAA Latin American Championship. He was stripped of the title on March 16, 2014, after he was unable to attend a scheduled title defense against Chessman at Rey de Reyes.

In films and TV
In 2007, he appeared in the film Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy (also known as Mil Mascaras Resurrection). In an episode of ¡Mucha Lucha!, a cartoon version of Blue Demon Jr. appears as a super hero wrestler. He competed on the Mexican dancing show Mira Quien Baila in 2011. He has a cameo in Mel Gibson's 2012 movie Get the Gringo. He also participated in Como dice el dicho in 2011.

In 2021, it was announced that Blue Demon Jr. would star in a new television series for Disney Channel titled Ultra Violet & Blue Demon. The series would have focused on Ultra Violet, played by Scarlett Estevez, who discovers that her uncle is Blue Demon Jr. and teams up with him to become superheroes. However, later that year, it was announced that the series would be retitled Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion with J.R. Villarreal replacing Blue Demon as an original character.

Personal life
Blue Demon Jr.'s son is training for a career in professional wrestling.

Championships and accomplishments

Cauliflower Alley Club
Lucha Libra Award (2018)
International Wrestling All Stars
IWAS World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
AAA Latin American Championship (1 time)
Mexican National Atómicos Championship (1 time) - with La Parka Jr., Perro Aguayo Jr. and Máscara Sagrada Jr.
Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
Copa Hijo del Perro Aguayo (2019)
NWA SOUTHWEST/World of Wrestling
WOW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
National Wrestling Alliance
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Pro Wrestling Revolution
PWR Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
PWR Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with El Hijo del Santo
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Ranked No. 22 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2009
Universal Wrestling Association
UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
World Wrestling Association
WWA Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
WWA Middleweight Championship (1 time)
WWA World Welterweight Championship (1 time)

Luchas de Apuestas record

References

General sources - Championship Information

General sources - Career

Specific

External links

Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy Official Page
PopMatters review of Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy

1966 births
Living people
Masked wrestlers
Mexican male professional wrestlers
NWA World Heavyweight Champions
Professional wrestlers from Mexico City
Unidentified wrestlers
AAA Latin American Champions
UWA World Junior Heavyweight Champions


Re Continental Assurance Co of London plc [2007] 2 BCLC 287 (also, Singer v. Beckett) is a UK insolvency law case on wrongful trading under section 214 of the Insolvency Act 1986.

Facts
Continental Assurance plc had gone into insolvent liquidation. The liquidators submitted that the directors were guilty of wrongful trading (Insolvency Act 1986 section 214). They had continued to trade after a crisis meeting, which should have made clear there was no reasonable prospect of coming out of insolvency. The liquidators also alleged misfeasance (section 212) through years of disorganised financial and accounting records and this was what made it difficult to tell whether the company was insolvent. Furthermore, payments to two other companies, IATA and ABTA, showed misfeasance.

Judgment
Park J held that the liquidators had failed to show a case of wrongful trading or misfeasance. The directors' action was appropriate given their available information and advice. They had made careful considerations at the crisis meeting.

Park J also held that if the liquidators were correct about misfeasance, it would only be the finance director that was liable, not the other directors. But the misfeasance claim was in respect of breach of directors' duties to Continental Assurance, and therefore a loss had to be shown. But the payments to IATA and ABTA had caused no loss.

See also

UK company law

Notes

United Kingdom insolvency case law
High Court of Justice cases
2001 in United Kingdom case law


Major General Phạm Văn Phú (16 October 1928–– 30 April 1975) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.

Military service

Vietnamese National Army
Phú began his military career as an interpreter for the French Army. He was then selected to attend the Dalat Military Academy, graduating in July 1953. He was appointed as a company commander in the 5th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion of the Vietnamese National Army. During the battle of Dien Bien Phu he was captured with the remainder of the French garrison when it was overrun by the Viet Minh on 7 May 1954. He was held prisoner for 16 months and contracted tuberculosis.

Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Upon his release he continued to serve with the new Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), becoming one of the first ARVN Special Forces commanders.

After serving in the Mekong Delta and then as deputy commander of the 1st Division, in August 1970 he was appointed commander of the 1st Division. He commanded the division during Operation Lam Son 719 in early 1971 and was promoted to Major general.

In an interview with The New York Times in early February 1972 he and 3rd Infantry Division commander General Vũ Văn Giai expressed doubts about the widely anticipated PAVN offensive in the northern provinces in mid-February stating that no major action would take place until March at the earliest due to the need for the PAVN to build up their logistics.

After suffering exhaustion during the 1972 Easter Offensive, he was relieved of command and hospitalized. Following his recuperation, he served as director of the Quang Trung Training Center from early 1973.

On 5 November 1974 he assumed command of II Corps/Military Region II in Pleiku.

1975
He was theater commander during the Battle of Ban Me Thuot which was part of North Vietnam's Campaign 275 to capture the Central Highlands. When the initial PAVN attacks began in the Central Highlands Phú received conflicting reports on the PAVN objectives and believed that either Pleiku or Kontum were the intended targets rather than Ban Me Thuot, leading to a delayed response to the PAVN attack.

On 14 March 1975 following the loss of Ban Me Thuot, Phú flew to Cam Ranh Base for a meeting with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, chairman of the Joint General Staff (JGS) General Cao Văn Viên, Lt Gen. Đặng Văn Quang and Prime Minister Trần Thiện Khiêm. Thiệu outlined his concept, Phú's role would be to retake Ban Me Thuot using the troops he still had in Kontum and Pleiku Provinces and the 22nd Division from Bình Định Province. With Route 19 cut in Pleiku and Bình Định and no way to use Routes 14 and 21 through Darlac, Phú had only the rough interprovincial Route 7B available to withdraw his Kontum-Pleiku forces, assemble them in Khánh Hòa Province and then fight back up Route 21 into Ban Me Thuot. Although many hazards were discussed, this approach was accepted by Thiệu and Phú flew back to his headquarters to set the plan in motion.

On his return to Pleiku, Phú appointed the newly promoted Brigadier General Pham Duy Tat, commander of II Corps Rangers, to command the withdrawal down Route 7B. Phú then moved his command post to II Corps Rear at Nha Trang and departed with his staff. Tat however was only concerned with the safety of his Rangers and their families and responsibility for the withdrawal fell to Phú's chief of staff Colonel Le Khac Ly.

Phú hoped that surprise would make it possible to reach Tuy Hòa within three days before the PAVN could discover and react to the movement. However the poor condition of Route 7B prevented quick movement and the withdrawal of ARVN forces led to a mass exodus of civilians who soon became entangled in combat formations, impeding their movement and ability to deploy and fight. The PAVN moved to intercept the withdrawal and by 18 March was attacking the column. The vanguard of the "convoy of tears" eventually reached Tuy Hòa on 25 March. Only an estimated 20,000 of the 60,000 troops reached Tuy Hòa and they were no longer fit for combat.

On 29 March Phú issued new command responsibilities for what was left of II Corps, however the momentum of the PAVN advance was such that a defense at Cam Ranh was no longer feasible. Phú met with General Nguyễn Văn Hiếu, the deputy commander of III Corps near Phan Thiết on the morning of 2 April, Hiếu informed Phú that II Corps had been dissolved and the remaining provinces and forces would be incorporated into III Corps. On hearing this Phú attempted suicide with his pistol but was stopped by one of his officers, he was then put on a helicopter and flown to Saigon.

He committed suicide in Saigon on 30 April 1975, the day of the fall of Saigon.

Assessments
In postwar interviews conducted by the RAND Corporation with senior South Vietnamese military and civilian officials on the causes of the collapse of South Vietnam, the interviewees were all highly critical of the withdrawal from the Central Highlands with one saying "it must rank as one of the worst planned and the worst executed withdrawal operations in the annals of military history." Phú was widely blamed for the disaster with interviewees saying that while he had been a "good division commander" he was "unfit" for Corps command with "poor intellectual and professional capability." Ly described him as "the type of person who acts according to his sentiment rather than his logic". One interviewee suggested that Phú failed to stay and command the withdrawal himself due to fear of being captured by the PAVN as he had at Dien Bien Phu.

Awards and decorations
His awards included the Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures (2) and Gallantry Cross (South Vietnam) (17).

References

1928 births
1975 deaths
Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals


Commando Leopard () is a 1985 Euro War film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Lewis Collins, Klaus Kinski, and Manfred Lehmann.

Plot
In an unnamed Latin American dictatorship, a group of rebel freedom fighters fight to bring about a less oppressive society. The rebels, led by the enigmatic Enrique Carrasco (Collins) who has returned to his native land to fight, attack a hydro-electric dam. Along with Carrasco's native fighters are Smithy (Steiner), a British mercenary, and Maria, a native ex-medical student turned freedom fighter. After killing the security guards, Carrasco's men place explosives at a crucial point in the dam wall; when they detonate, the resulting tidal surge destroys a nearby bridge that is carrying a government convoy.

On hearing the news, the President demands the head of the secret police, Colonel Silvera (Kinski), to eliminate the rebels. Carrasco's group arrive at an impoverished village to gain medical supplies for their wounded, unfortunately the village leader informs Carrasco that there is none, but there are nearby priests that looks after the sick and wounded. Splitting his force in two, Maria leads a group including the wounded to seek out the priests while Carrasco, Smithy and the rest of the group return to the dam. After leaving the village Government forces led by Silvera's deputy (Leutenegger) attacks the village with flame thrower armed helicopters. At the site of the destroyed dam, Carrasco finds that the Government forces have already built a pontoon bridge and are recovering the sunken supply convoy. Using scuba diving equipment, Carrasco and Smithy plant time bombs on some of the still submerged trucks that carried explosives. But before the two rebels can exit the river the bombs explode, the pressure wave knocks Smithy unconscious and he surfaces and is captured. Carrasco is more fortunate and escapes with the help of an elderly friend (Pigozzi) and his men, who turn up in a truck in the nick of time.

In a prison located in the country's capital, Smithy is being held with other political prisoners when he learns of a plot to free them.

Cast
 Lewis Collins as "Leopard" Carrasco
 Klaus Kinski as Silveira
 Manfred Lehmann as Don Julio
 John Steiner as Anrade
 Hans Leutenegger as Leutnant Ortiz
 Thomas Danneberg as José
 Francis Derosa as Hidalgo
 Alan C. Walker as Emiliano

Production
Commando Leopard was made from many returning cast and film crew members of Code Name: Wild Geese: director Antonio Margheriti, producer Erwin C. Dietrich, cinematographer Peter Baumgartner, Lewis Collins, Klaus Kinski, Manfred Lehmann, Thomas Danneberg and Luciano Pigozzi.

Reception
In a contemporary review, Kim Newman of The Monthly Film Bulletin noted the special effects in the film, stating that the set-pieces "are quite impressively managed through the use of near-perfect miniatures" while stating that "everything else is very lazily slung together". Newman described Lewis Collins acting as "uninvolved" and that only Klaus Kinski as "at least having a presence...he refuses to give any kind of performance".

References

External links

1985 films
1980s action thriller films
West German films
1980s Italian-language films
Films directed by Antonio Margheriti
Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Films shot in the Philippines
Macaroni Combat films
1980s Italian films


Classics Collection was a Capitol Nashville compilation series, one issue of which contains a selection of Glen Campbell's hits from the sixties and seventies.

Track listing
 "Galveston" (Jimmy Webb) - 2:40
 "Gentle On My Mind" (John Hartford) - 2:58
 "Wichita Lineman" (Jimmy Webb)  - 3:06
 "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife" (Chris Gantry) - 2:35
 "Hey Little One" (Dorsey Burnette, Barry De Vorzon) - 2:32
 "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb) - 2:43
 "Rhinestone Cowboy" (Larry Weiss) - 3:15
 "Southern Nights" (Allen Toussaint) - 2:59
 "Bonaparte's Retreat" (King, Stewart) - 2:49
 "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L. A.) (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) - 3:09

Production
Producers - Al De Lory, Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter, Gary Klein, Jimmy Bowen
Art direction - Virginia Team
Design - Jerry Joyner
Photography - Beverly Parker
Compiled by Chip Hardy
Mastered by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics

1990 compilation albums
Glen Campbell compilation albums


E·K·G is the fourth studio album by singer Edyta Górniak. It was released in Poland only.

Background

It was her first album after her separation from EMI Music, also marking Edyta Górniak's debut as a songwriter. She wrote the lyrics for the songs "Cygańskie serce", "Błękit myśli", and the adaptation to Polish of the Céline Dion's song "I Surrender" called  "List". The album was certified gold on 19 November 2007 for 15,000 sold copies and was certified platinum a few weeks later, on 5 December 2007, for sales of 45,000. The album artwork features photos by photographer Tomasz Drezwinski.

Track listing
 Dziękuję Ci (4:41)
 Cygańskie serce (3:44)
 To, co najlepsze (4:06)
 Loving You (4:27)
 Nie wierzyć nie mam sił (4:00)
 Aleja gwiazd (4:11)
 Love Is a Lonely Game (3:53)
 Another Love Song (3:48)
 Błękit myśli (4:24)
 List (4:31)
 Ready 4 Love (5:26)

Promo singles
 Loving You (2006)
 List (2007)
 Dziękuję Ci (2008)

Music video

List

"List" is the Polish language adaptation of Céline Dion's song "I Surrender" that appeared on her album A New Day Has Come in 2002. For the promotion of the album, a music video was made for the song “List”. The video was filmed in the Old Town of Warsaw.

List was directed by Polish director Mirosław Kuba Brożek, who had previously directed the music video for the charity single "Wystarczy chcieć". The music video is set in the early 20th century, featuring Edyta herself and a girl in the role of a young Edyta.

References

2007 albums


The BTEC First Diploma is a vocational qualification taken in England and Wales and Northern Ireland by young people aged 14 and over and by adults. The qualification is organised and awarded by the Edexcel Foundation within the BTEC brand.

Qualification Overview
The BTEC First Diploma is a vocational qualification at Level 2. It is the equivalent of 4 GCSE grades A*-C.

The course is available from Edexcel and is in many different subjects. This qualification is mainly studied at further education colleges. The course is designed to give students a good grounding to progress onto the BTEC Subsidiary Diploma / BTEC Diploma / BTEC Extended Diploma in a related subject.

As BTEC stands for Business & Technology Education Council, the best known subjects for the Diplomas are business and Information Technology.

The course is assessed in units of which 11-13 consist in total.  Students are graded on their understanding of the unit by the grading of either a pass, merit or distinction (highest achievable). Students who wish to progress onto a BTEC Subsidiary Diploma / BTEC Diploma / BTEC Extended Diploma will usually need to attain merit grades or above in order to meet the entry requirements, however, this can vary depending on the college.

Level
The First Diploma is regarded as equivalent in level to the GCSE. However some students who may have three grade Cs could progress onto a degree in a university providing that they have gained a distinction or a merit profile. Most Universities will require a Level 3 qualification such as BTEC Subsidiary Diploma / BTEC Diploma / BTEC Extended Diploma so it would be advisable to contact each University first.

The usual entry requirements consist of a mix of GCSE subject passes at grades D-G or better. Equivalent entry qualifications are also commonly accepted, including an appropriate BTEC Introductory Diploma with a merit grade or higher.

Subjects available

Animal Care

Art and Design

Business

Construction

Engineering

Health and Social Care

IT and Computing

Land-based Technology

Media, Music & Performing Arts

Vehicle Technology

Science

Sport

Public Services

Travel and Tourism

Management

Hospitality

Progression
Possible outcomes include:

progression to a BTEC Extended Diploma course at a further education college
progression into employment

References

External links
 http://www.edexcel.org.uk/quals/first/
 http://www.don.ac.uk/courses/full-time/full-time_courses/computers_ict/btec_first_diploma_for_it_prac.aspx
 http://www.edc.ac.uk/all-courses/information-technology_44/cj20_188.html

Educational qualifications in the United Kingdom
Vocational education in the United Kingdom


Robert Christgau (born 1942) is an American essayist and music critic.

Christgau may also refer to:

People
 John Christgau (1934–2018), American author and basketball coach
 Victor Christgau (1894–1991), American politician from Minnesota

Books
 Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies, a music reference book by Robert Christgau
 Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s, the second book in the series
 Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s, the third book in the series


Daniel Patrick Schock (December 30, 1948 — June 15, 2017) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 20 regular season games and one playoff game in the National Hockey League. He played with the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers. He won the Stanley Cup in 1970 with the Boston Bruins while playing one game in the playoffs, and had his name engraved on the Stanley Cup. Danny is the brother of Ron Schock.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

External links

1948 births
2017 deaths
Boston Bruins draft picks
Boston Bruins players
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Canadian ice hockey left wingers
Estevan Bruins players
Greensboro Generals (SHL) players
Ice hockey people from Ontario
National Hockey League first-round draft picks
Oklahoma City Blazers (1965–1977) players
People from Thunder Bay District
Philadelphia Flyers players
Quebec Aces (AHL) players
Richmond Robins players
Richmond Wildcats players
Salt Lake Golden Eagles (WHL) players
Stanley Cup champions
Syracuse Blazers players


The Knight of the Dragon (),  Star Knight, is a 1985 Spanish adventure film directed by Fernando Colomo. It stars Miguel Bosé alongside Klaus Kinski, Harvey Keitel and Fernando Rey.

Plot
A knight sets out to rescue a princess from a dragon, but the dragon turns out to really be an alien spacecraft.

Cast

Production
The film had initially a 200 million pesetas budget, and received an additional 50% subsidy. Eventually the budget had to be raised to 300 million, making for a 400 million total (equal to about $4 million USD, adjusted for inflation), the highest in Spanish cinema at the time.

Casting
Imanol Arias was initially chosen for the alien's role, and the actor liked the idea, but it was eventually decided that he wasn't suitable for the character. Looking for a more androgynous profile, he was replaced by Miguel Bosé.

For alchemist Boecius the staff was interested in signing a former Hollywood star. The producers successively tried to sign Burt Lancaster, Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas and Robert Mitchum. An agreement with Vincent Price fell through due to surgery, and his agent offered them Klaus Kinski instead.

Filming
The film was shot through the province of Girona. The crew was set in Roses, and the Requesens Castle and the volcanic landscape around Olot were used. The shooting is mostly remembered for the tense relationship between Kinski and most of the cast and crew. According to Fernando Colomo, having to wait on a horse for a while angered him for the rest of the entire production and he was disrespectful to everyone except for Miguel Bosé and the Roma people who took care of the animals used in the film.

Release
The film was theatrically released in Spain on 20 December 1985. After the film's theatrical run in its native Spain, CineTel Films picked up the film for a US theatrical release in the summer of 1986. However, the film was not released on videocassette in the US until 1992, when it was released by Vidmark Entertainment.

Reception
The film was the seventh most attended Spanish film in 1985, far from the box office performance expected to make up for its record budget. The production also resulted in a dispute with the American distributors, which broke off their contract following a delay. Colomo was left with a 50 million pesetas debt that he covered with the gains from his next film, La vida alegre.

See also
 List of Spanish films of 1985

References

External links

1985 films
1980s science fiction adventure films
Spanish science fiction adventure films
1980s Spanish-language films
Films directed by Fernando Colomo
Films set in the Middle Ages
Films shot in the province of Girona


Prudence Millinery designs and makes couture hats for major designers all over the world.

A brief history
Prudence was born in New-York, USA. A graduate of New York's Fashion Institute of Technology and a former assistant buyer for the Associated Merchandising Corporation, she left New York and moved to London in 1986. After working as a free-lance fashion stylist, she trained for several years in couture millinery. Her hats are made in the classical manner using only traditional millinery techniques. Prudence designed her first collection for spring 1991 under her own label, Prudence Millinery, and received orders from Bergdorf Goodman and Henri Bendel both in New York City. Her collaboration with Vivienne Westwood started in 1990 and she still creates today hat collections for Vivienne Westwood and has created designs for many other top fashion designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci, Julien MacDonald, Biba and many others. Prudence currently designs and makes the hats for the Couture Collections for James Lock & Co., the world's oldest hat shop located in Mayfair, London.

Prudence and Vivienne Westwood
In November 1990, she was asked by London designer Vivienne Westwood to create the hats for her autumn / winter 1991 collection and has been working with Vivienne ever since. She now also designs and produces couture hats for men following the success of the Vivienne Westwood MAN collections. She now creates the hats for Westwood's new label, Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood. Her intensive work for Vivienne Westwood can be viewed on the website: http://viviennewestwood.prudencemillinery.com/.

Yves Saint Laurent, Tom Ford, Biba, Julien MacDonald, Balenciaga, Lacoste…
Prudence designed models for Balenciaga in Paris and worked with Tom Ford at Yves Saint Laurent and Gucci. She designed and produced all the pret-a-porter hats for YSL Rive Gauche in Paris for men and women. She has also designed hats for Sir Hardy Amies, London, and for such people as
Jerry Hall, Raquel Welch, Diana Princess of Wales, Joan Collins, Hugh Grant, Lady Snowden, Linda Evangelista, Dior model Bettina, best-selling American author Nancy Friday, Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon and The Sex Pistols.

Prudence has created two collections for Balfour Hats and designed an exclusive collection for the store Le Bon Marché in Paris. In 1993 she began designing ladies' hats for Bond Street hatter Herbert Johnson and in that same year designed a spring collection for Joseph in Knightsbridge. She has worked with French sportswear label Lacoste designing and producing women's caps and bands for the spring / summer 2006 collections in New York. Prudence has been designing and making hats for French designer Charles Anastase's since autumn / winter 2007. Since spring / summer 2008, she has been designing and creating hats for Hector Castro at Biba and for Julien MacDonald She also has made hats for Swiss born designers,  English designer Isa Arfen and for the London store Liberty of London.

Since March 2016, Prudence also creates Couture Hats for James Lock & Co.

Japan
Prudence designs knit hats collections with Yoshikawa – boushi Inc. in Japan, which are sold throughout Japan at select United Arrows branches. She has been designing collections of hats for Weave Toshi sold exclusively at CA4LA and Test shops throughout Japan since autumn / winter 2006. She has worked in collaboration with Hankyu Department Store company in Japan, designing and creating an exclusive collection of hats for the Japanese market.

Passing on the knowledge
Prudence has also taught couture millinery in conjunction with the Vivienne Westwood course at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin and at Colorado State University, the Paris American Academy in Paris, the American Intercontinental University in London and at Mode Gakuen in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. Prudence currently holds hat classes and workshops in London.

Lavazza 2008 Calendar
Prudence also worked on the 2008 advertising campaign for Lavazza coffee. Her hats were featured in the ads for October and March in Lavazza 2008 calendar.

Awards
In 1996, Prudence won the Best Accessories Award for the MAN couture hats by the Fashion Council of America.

Press and publications
In May 1991, Prudence had her first international cover for Italian Vogue with a hat from her spring collection photographed by Steven Meisel gracing the head of supermodel Linda Evangelista. After that followed many other photographs and articles  for various magazines and newspapers such as L'Uomo Vogue,  British Vogue, Vogue Italia,  Vanity Fair, Elle,  W and Harpers & Queen.
Her work is pictured in many books, such as Vivienne Westwood: 34 Years in Fashion, Vivienne Westwood: An Unfashionable Life, Hats. Status, Style and Glamour
Anna Piaggi photographed her hats for her fashion book Fashion Algebra. In January 2009, a book was published by the V&A, Hats : an anthology featuring some of her hats.

Exhibitions
Hats  : Hats, An Anthology by Stephen Jones at the V&A Museum, ( Victoria & Albert Museum, Porter Gallery ) - 24 February to 10 May 2009
Vivienne Westwood : 34 years in Fashion, at the V&A Museum, ( Victoria & Albert Museum ) - This exhibition travelled the world, and went to China & Japan, Tokyo, USA.

In the movies
Prudence Millinery has created for Vivienne Westwood the hats featuring in the first movie Sex and the City and the sequel Sex and the City 2. They created hats for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

References

External links
prudencemillinery.com Official site
 http://hatclasses.com/
 http://viviennewestwood.prudencemillinery.com/

British milliners
English fashion designers
1963 births
Living people


The Leslie Salt Company was a salt-producing company located in the San Francisco Bay Area, at the current locations of Newark, Hayward and other parts of the bay.

Background

Leslie Salt Co was founded in established in 1936 after the consolidation of California Salt Co. and the Continental Salt & Chemical Co. The company produced salt using salt evaporation ponds on the shores of the San Francisco Bay. By the 1940s, Leslie Salt under the dominant ownership of the Schilling family  had become the largest private land owner in the Bay Area. By 1959, they were producing more than one million tons of salt annually, on over  of bay salt ponds. They were purchased by Cargill in 1978.

See also

Oliver Salt Company
Eden Landing Ecological Reserve
Laguna Creek Watershed
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
A box of Leslie Free Running Salt, with the brand name obscured, can be seen in The Three Stooges short "An Ache in Every Stake" (1941).

References

External links

Defunct companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Saltworks
History of the San Francisco Bay Area
Food and drink in the San Francisco Bay Area
History of Hayward, California
Food and drink companies based in California