Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee  (SMAC), (), also known as  Supreme Macedonian Committee  was a Bulgarian paramilitary and political organization, active in Bulgaria as well as in Macedonia and Thrace regions of the Ottoman Empire. It was based in Bulgaria from 1895 to 1905. Macedonian Bulgarian and Thracian Bulgarian emigrants in Bulgaria were a great number. Led by Trayko Kitanchev, they formed in 1895 the “Macedonian-Adrianople Organization”, at the head of which was “Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committee”. Its official declaration was also a struggle for autonomy of Macedonia and Thrace. At the same time, being impatient for the liberty to come sooner, and strongly convinced that it would come only with the help of the Bulgarian Army. Later they directed their efforts in activities for involving the country into war with the Ottoman Empire as for example during the Supreme Macedonian Committee chetas' action in 1895, and the Gorna Dzhumaya Uprising in 1902. As a rule most of the leaders were with stronger connections with the governments. At the end their main idea was, waging struggle for a direct unification with Bulgaria.

They became known as the "supremists" or "varhovists" since they were based outside of Macedonia. The supremists resorted to terrorism against the Ottomans in the hope of provoking a war and thus Bulgarian annexation of Macedonia. Several months after the formation of the Supreme Committee, the latter formed several detachments out of Bulgarian emigrants, revolutionaries, soldiers and officers from the army, almost all of them born in Macedonia or Thrace. Four detachments succeeded in entering Macedonia and only one - Thrace. For a time in the late 1890s the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO) leaders managed to gain control of the Supreme Committee but it soon split into two factions: one loyal to the IMARO and one led by some officers close to the Bulgarian prince. The second one staged an ill-fated uprising in Eastern Macedonia in 1902, where they were opposed militarily by local IMARO bands led by Yane Sandanski and Hristo Chernopeev, who were later to become the leaders of the IMARO left wing. During the Ilinden Uprising insurgent detachments of the Supreme Committee, held down a large Turkish force. These actions began on the day of the Feast of the Cross and did not involve the local population as much as in other regions, and were well to the east of Monastir and to the west of Thrace. After the failure of the uprising the Bulgarian government dissolved the committee under Ottoman pressure.

References

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 Билярски, Цочо. Княжество България и македонският въпрос, т.1. Върховен македоно-одрински комитет 1895 - 1905 (Протоколи от конгресите), Българска историческа библиотека, 5, Иврай, София, 2002.
 Билярски, Цочо. Отношенията на Вътрешната македоно-одринска революционна организация и Върховния македоно-одрински комитет до 1902 г., ИДА, кн 59, 1990, стр. 233-291.
 Билярски, Цочо. Протоколите на Върховния македоно-одрински комитет между VII и VIII конгрес (1900-1901), ИДА, 1986.
 Билярски, Цочо. Статути на Върховния македоно-одрински комитет, в: „Военноисторически сборник“, 1984, №2.
 Билярски, Цочо, И. Бурилкова, Писма от дейци на Върховния македонски комитет и на Българските македоно-одрински революционни комитети в архива на д-р Константин Стоилов (1895-1898 г.), Македонски преглед, кн. 4, 1996, стр. 101-128.
 Георгиев, Георги. Македоно-одринското движение в Кюстендилски окръг (1895-1903), Македонски научен институт, София, 2008.
 Елдъров, Светлозар. Върховният македоно-одрински комитет и Македоно-одринската организация в България (1895 - 1903), Иврай, София, 2003.
 Елдъров, Светлозар. Кореспонденцията между генерал Иван Цончев и капитан Александър Протогеров за македоно-одринското революционно движение (октомври 1901 - юли 1903 г.), ИВИНД, 1991, кн. 52, стр. 118-143.
 Елдъров, Светлозар, Т. Петров. Офицерите от Българската армия на Княжество България в Илинденско-Преображенското въстание 1903 година, ВИС, 1988, кн. 4, стр. 137-146.
 Николов, Б. Протоколи от районните конгреси на Върховния македоно-одрински комитет през 1905 г., ВИС, 1984, кн. 3, стр. 164-179.
 Пандев, К. Вътрешната организация и Върховният комитет 1899-1901, Етюд историк, 1973.

See also
Trayko Kitanchev
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
History of Bulgaria
Ilinden Uprising

Bulgarian revolutionary organisations
History of Macedonia (region)
Macedonia under the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Thrace
Organizations established in 1895
1895 establishments in Bulgaria
Defunct organizations based in Bulgaria
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Revolutionary organizations against the Ottoman Empire


The Lazio regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005.

Piero Marrazzo (Independent of The Union) defeated incumbent Francesco Storace (AN, House of Freedoms).

The defeat in Lazio for House of Freedoms was especially important as the centre-right expected to maintain control of the Region. Storace, a leading member in the centre-right, was subsequently granted the status of Minister of Public Health in Berlusconi III Cabinet.

During the electoral campaign, Storace came out with factual evidence that Alessandra Mussolini's Social Alternative had added fake signatures to real ones to reach the minimum number needed to present a list. However, to demonstrate this, he had someone "hack" into the database of the municipality of Rome in order to verify the signatures: he was therefore nicknamed "Storhacker" by Mussolini. It also appeared that someone spied on the centre-left candidate Marrazzo. Storace however denied all the charges.

Results

References

Elections in Lazio
2005 elections in Italy


Croatian Armed Forces may refer to:

 Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia, the Croatian military.
 Croatian Armed Forces (Independent State of Croatia), the military of the World War II Axis puppet state


Jerry Ropero (born May 11, 1971 as Jerry Ropero Verlackt) is a Belgian-born Spanish house music DJ, producer, songwriter and publisher.

Ropero is a son of Paco Paco, who scored a hit in 1973 with "Taka Taka Tá" and grandchild of Al Verlane, a Belgian jazz musician. He is the older brother of Timmy Ropero, also a musician in Spain.

Early career
Ropero's career began in the 1990s in Belgium, when he joined the group Natural Born Grooves. He released his first two tracks under his own name, "All Over" and "Drive", in 1996. His earliest mainstream success came in 1999, when he released, together with DJ Maui and Terri Bjerre aka Terri B!- known together as Avant Garde, the track Get Down, which peaked at position 12 in Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart, and stayed on that chart for 13 weeks. The group released their second single two years later, in 2001, titled "Don't Stop", which didn't achieve the same success as the group's debut. Later in 2004 they released a maxi single titled "Get Down (Again)" containing new remixes to their old classic.

After Avant Garde
After Avant Garde, Ropero continued publishing music under his own name, releasing his music under several labels, most notably Positiva and Joia, but most of his work has been remixing for other artists, such as Danzel, Paps 'n' Skar, and Kate Ryan. Most of his mainstream success since Avant Garde has however resulted from collaborating with Denis The Menace, another German-born DJ/producer, under several different aliases (Michael Simon, JR & DTM, Avalanche, Clubworxx, among others), together producing remixes as well as their own material, such as Coração, Mombasa, and Time 2 Turn Around. Their work has been included on several compilations released by some of the biggest labels in the house scene, including Ministry of Sound and Hed Kandi.

Discography

Singles
"All Over" (1996)
"Drive" (1996)
"Nite & Day" (2002)
"Home Alone" (2006)
"Ocean Drums" (2006)
"The Storm" (featuring Cozi Costi) (2006)
"Videoscream" (2006)
"Berimbau" (2007)
"Music" (2007)
"Bangladesh" (2008)
"Let Me Be Your Fantasy" (with Stephan Gruenwald and AnnaMaria) (2008)
"Organ of Love (Want Love)" (2008)

Selected remixes
Influence - Funky (Jerry Ropero & Jams Personal Edit) (1997)
Groove Masters - Just A Little Bit (DJ Jams & Jerry Ropero X-Tended) (1997)
Latin Thing - I Will Follow (Open Minds Club Vocal Mix) (1998)
Spanic - Such Is Life (DJ Jams & Jerry Ropero Full Intention Mix) (1998)
Negrocan - Cada Vez (Jerry Ropero's Avant Garde Remix) (2000)
Kitch - Cosmic Distance (Jerry Ropero's Avantgarde Mix) (2000)
Cherubia - Devil In Disguise (Jerry, Michael & Miko's Hard Dub Mix) (2000)
Cherubia - Devil In Disguise (Jerry, Michael & Miko's Hard Vocal Mix) (2000)
Cherubia - Devil In Disguise (Jerry, Michael & Miko's Full Vocal Mix) (2000)
House Of Glass - Disco Down (J. Ropero & M. Simon Mix) (2000)
Afterfive - Get Down (And Boogie) (Jerry Ropero's Avant Garde Remix) (2000)
B-15 Project - Girls Like Us (J Ropero & M Simon Remix) (2000)
Noname - Off (Jerry Ropero & Michael Simon 2nite Mix) (2000)
Paps 'n' Skar - Turn Around (Jerry Ropero Club Mix) (2000)
Paps 'n' Skar - Turn Around (Jerry Ropero Instrumental Club Mix) (2000)
Onionz & Master D - TZ's Tango (Jerry Ropero's Avant Garde Mix) (2000)
Orphean - My People (Jerry Ropero Mix) (2001)
Dax Riders - People (Todd & Jerry Ropero Mix) (2001)
Sound Of Pink - Everybody Knows... (Jerry Ropero & Timo Milewski Rmx) (2002)
Sound Of Pink - Everybody Knows... (Avant Garde vs Sandro Sandrino Rmx) (2002)
Giorgio - Tanga (Jerry Ropero & Sandrino Remix) (2002)
Aguero - Malembe (Jerry Ropero & Sandro Sandrino Club Mix) (2003)
DJ Antoine - Back & Forth (DJ Squad vs. Jerry Ropero Avantgarde 303 Mix) (2004)
DJ Antoine - Back & Forth (DJ Squad vs. Jerry Ropero Avantgarde Mix) (2004)
Avalanche - Everybody Sing (Jerry Ropero's Avant Garde Mix) (2004)
Avant Garde - Get Down (Again) (Jerry Ropero's Avantgarde Mix) (2004)
Mendoça Do Rio - Magalenha (Jerry Ropero's Avantgarde & Sandro Sandrino Mix) (2004)
I.K.L. Vs. Amygdala - Paixao (Jerry Ropero's "Avantgarde" Mix) (2004)
Danzel - Pump It Up! (Jerry Ropero & Dennis The Menace Remix) (2004)
Raw Style - All Day And All Of The Night (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2005)
Geraldo Feat. Dennis LeGree - Caribbean Queen (Jerry Ropero's Pumpin' Mix) (2005)
Anneke van Hooff - Give (Jerry Ropero Mix) (2005)
Jon Smith & Mark Wilcox Love Changes (Everything) (Jerry Ropero vs Supernova Dub Mix) (2005)
Sweet Coffee - Special Kind Of Feeling (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2005)
Oliver Backens & Stefan Günwald - Alive (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2006)
The Shapeshifters - Incredible (Denice The Mence & Jerry Ropero Dubmental Mix) (2006)
Sami Dee & Freddy Jones vs. Crystal Waters  - Gypsy Woman 2006 (La-Da-Dee) (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2006)
Carnival - Not Over Yet (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2006)
Big World Presents Swen G - Morning Light (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2006)
Brainbug - Nightmare (The 2nd Chapter) (Jerry Ropero vs. Clubworxx Remix) (2006)
TJM - Small Circle Of Friends (Jerry Ropero & Michael Simon Re-Broke Remix) (2006)
TJM - Small Circle Of Friends (JR & MS Gramm In Package Remix) (2006)
Wawa - Sunshine (Jerry Ropero Back To Basics Mix) (2006)
Royal Gigolos - Tell It To My Heart (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2006)
Funky Monkeys - The Beat Conductor (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2006)
Patric La Funk - You Never Know (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2007)
Bel Amour - Bel Amour 2007 (Jerry Ropero & Michael Simon Remix) (2007)
Steve'n King - Bounce (Jerry Ropero vs. Michael Simon Remix) (2007)
Tiësto Feat. BT - Break My Fall (Jerry Ropero vs NBG Afterhours Remix) (2007)
Dada Feat. Sandy Rivera & Trix - Lollipop (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2007)
Syke 'n' Sugarstarr - Danz (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2007)
Natural Born Grooves - Groovebird (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2007)
Terri B* Vs. Jerry Ropero - Hands To The Sky (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2007)
Ian Carey Feat. Michelle Shellers - Keep On Rising (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2007)
D.O.N.S & DBN Feat. Kadoc - The Nighttrain (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2007)
Ernesto Vs. Bastian - Unchained Melody (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2007)
Cafe Groove - Why You Wanna Do Me Wrong (Denis The Menace & Jerry Ropero's Club Mix) (2007)
Michi Lange - Brothers And Sisters (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2008)
Kate Ryan - Ella Elle L'a (Jerry Ropero Bigroom Remix) (2008)
The House Keepers - Hangin' On (Jerry Ropero & Michi Lange Remix) (2008)
Voltaxx & Lissat - House Music (Jerry Ropero Mix) (2008)
Alexander Marcus - Papaya (Jerry Ropero & Michi Lange Remix) (2008)
Nick Nite Vs. Tex Mex - Mexico (Keep Movin' Keep Groovin - Denis The Menace & Jerry Ropero Remix) (2008)
Tom Novy Feat. Abigail Bailey - Runaway (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2008)
Mike Di Scala & Colin Airey - Space & Time (Jerry Ropero Mix) (2008)
Dance 2 Trance - Power Of American Natives 2009 (Jerry Ropero Mix) (2009)
Dance 2 Trance - Power Of American Natives 2009 (Jerry Ropero Radio Version) (2009)
Lian Ross - Young Hearts Run Free (Jerry Ropero Remix) (2013)
Jerry Ropero feat. Miss Ingrid - Pipl mast trast as (Croatia raving in EU mix) (2013)

References

External links
Jerry Ropero at Discogs
Interlabel Music

Jerry Ropero as entrepreneur

Spanish house musicians
Living people
1971 births
Musicians from Antwerp
Electronic dance music DJs


The Apulian regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005.

Nichi Vendola (Communist Refoundation Party) defeated incumbent Raffaele Fitto (Forza Italia). The success of Vendola came somewhat unexpected. In a Southern Italian Region, expected to be morally conservative, Vendola, a communist and homosexual, defeated Fitto, a conservative Christian democrat. Vendola was the first candidate ever to be appointed by its coalition through a primary election instead of agreements between parties. A defeat of Vendola might have resulted in a cancellation of the primary election of The Union for choosing the candidate for Prime Minister in the 2006 general election.

Centre-left primary election
The centre-left candidate was chosen through primary elections, which were won by surprise by Nichi Vendola.

Results

References

Elections in Apulia
2005 elections in Italy


Eupithecia miserulata, the common eupithecia, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1863 and it can be found in North America, from Ontario and Maine in the north to Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas in the south. It is also found in Arizona and California.

The wingspan is 12–20 mm. The forewings are grayish to grayish brown. The hindwings are the same color, but have a small discal spot and a variably represented an extradiscal line. The moths flies from March to November depending on the location.

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including coneflower, asters, willows, cherry, juniper and clover.

Subspecies
Eupithecia miserulata miserulata (most of eastern North America)
Eupithecia miserulata vitans Schaus, 1913
Eupithecia miserulata zela Swett & Cassino, 1919 (California)

References

External links

miserulata
Moths described in 1863
Moths of North America


Solar power in Japan has been expanding since the late 1990s.
The country is a major manufacturer and exporter of photovoltaics (PV) and a large installer of domestic PV systems, with most of them grid connected.

Solar power has become an important national priority since the country's shift in policies toward renewable energy after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011.
Japan was the world's second largest market for solar PV growth in 2013 and 2014, adding a record 6.97 GW and 9.74 GW of nominal nameplate capacity, respectively.
By the end of 2017, cumulative capacity reached 50 GW, the world's second largest solar PV installed capacity, behind China.
Overall installed capacity in 2016 was estimated to be sufficient to supply almost 5% of the nation's annual electricity demand.

Solar manufacturing industry

Japanese manufacturers and exporters of photovoltaics include Kyocera, Mitsubishi Electric, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Sanyo, Sharp Solar, Solar Frontier, and Toshiba.

Government action

Feed-in tariff
The Japanese government is seeking to expand solar power by enacting subsidies and a feed-in tariff (FIT). In December 2008, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced a goal of 70% of new homes having solar power installed, and would be spending $145 million in the first quarter of 2009 to encourage home solar power. The government enacted a feed-in tariff on November, 2009 that requires utilities to purchase excess solar power sent to the grid by homes and businesses and pay twice the standard electricity rate for that power.

On June 18, 2012, a new feed-in tariff was approved, of 42 Yen/kWh. The tariff covers the first ten years of excess generation for systems less than 10 kW, and generation for twenty years for systems over 10 kW. It became effective July 1, 2012.
In April 2013, the FIT was reduced to 37.8 Yen/kWh. The FIT was further reduced to 32 Yen/kWh in April 2014.

In March 2016, a new feed-in tariff was approved for electricity generated by photovoltaic power.
The Procurement Price Calculation Committee compiled and publicized recommendations concerning the FY 2016 purchase prices and the periods to which they apply. Respecting the recommendations, METI finalized these as follows:

Non-household customers (10 kW or more): reduced from 27 yen/kWh to 24 yen/kWh.

Household customers (10 kW or less) was reduced from 33 yen/kWh to 31 yen/kWh when generators are not required to have output control equipment installed. When generators are required to have output control equipment installed the price was reduced from 35 yen/kWh to 33 yen/kWh.

Residential PV feed-in tariffs for systems below 10 kW were updated in 2017 to values between JPY24/kWh to JPY28/kWh depending on the circumstances. These were due to remain unchanged until 2019.

The most recent FIT only concerns non-residential solar power plants.
The new non-residential FIT was due to reduce in 2017 from JPY21/kWh in 2017 to JPY18/kWh for facilities certified in and after April 2018.

Targets
The government set solar PV targets in 2004 and revised them in 2009:

 28 GW of solar PV capacity by 2020
 53 GW of solar PV capacity by 2030
 10% of total domestic primary energy demand met with solar PV by 2050

The targets set for 2020 were surpassed in 2014, and the target for 2030 was surpassed in 2018.

As of July 2021, Japan was aiming at 108 GW of solar capacity by 2030. In May 2021, the Japanese Trade Ministry said that Japan may require up to 370 GW of solar capacity by 2050 to reach the goal of cutting carbon emissions to zero.

Photovoltaics installed capacity and generation

See also
Energy in Japan
Japanese reaction to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
List of renewable energy topics by country and territory
Solar power by country

References

External links

  (Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association, JPEA)
 Electrical Japan: Google Maps of Power Stations (Solar)
 Tepco real time monitor

Japan


Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT) is a neuropsychological test used to assess capacity and rate of information processing and sustained  and divided attention.

Originally the test was known as the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task (PASAT). The subjects are given in the version used as part of the  Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite a number every 3 seconds and are asked to add the number they just heard with the number they heard before. This is a challenging task that involves working memory, attention and arithmetic capabilities. Versions with numbers presented every 2 seconds are also available. The original version presented the numbers every 2.4 seconds with 0.4 decrements for subsequent trials. The PASAT was originally developed for use in evaluating patients with head injury. The advantage in this population was supposed to be minimal practice effects. This test has been widely used in other conditions besides traumatic brain injury.

Multiple sclerosis
It has become widely used in the testing of patients with multiple sclerosis as patients with this disease frequently have an impaired performance on this test. The PASAT was included in the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite  as a cognitive measure. However, the use of the PASAT in clinical trials in MS it has shown to be problematic as there are significant practice effects over repeated measures; typically the effect of treatment is reflected by a larger improvement on the test compared to the control group.

References

Cognitive tests
Neuropsychological tests


Yves Sente (born 17 January 1964) is a Belgian comic book editor and author. He is known as a writer for XIII, Blake and Mortimer and Thorgal.

Biography
Yves Sente was born in Uccle near Brussels in 1964. After studying in Belgium, he went to high school in Arlington Heights, Illinois before returning to Belgium to study law at the Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis and international affairs at the Université catholique de Louvain. He contributed cartoons to a number of magazines from 1986 on, including The Wall Street Journal Europe.

Sente started to work full-time in the comics industry in 1991 as editor at Le Lombard, one of the main publishers of Franco-Belgian comics.

Knowing a lot of authors through his work as an editor, Sente branched out to writing comics, specializing in continuing existing successful series where the original author had died or was no longer interested in it. He also create two new short series.

Sente is now one of the best selling comics writers. By 2003, his new adventure of Blake and Mortimer reached sales of 600,000 copies, with the sequel the next year still selling 520,000 copies. By 2007, his reprise of Thorgal also reached the top ten of bestselling French comics with an initial run of 250,000 copies.

XIII
Sente is interested to continue the series XIII now that Jean Van Hamme has declared to be no longer interested. He was contacted by the artist William Vance and has agreed to propose a story to Van Hamme, but no agreement has been reached yet. Ever since October 2008, Sente has authored volume 19 of the comic series (The Day of the Mayflower), late 2011, alongside Youri Jigounov.

Bibliography
2000: Blake and Mortimer 14: The Voronov Plot, artwork by André Juillard
2003: Blake and Mortimer 16: The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent, Volume 1: The Universal Threat, artwork by Juillard
2004: Blake and Mortimer 17: The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent, Volume 2: Battle of the Minds, artwork by Juillard
2004–2005: La vengeance du comte Skarbek, 2 volumes, artwork by Grzegorz Rosiński
2007: Le janitor, 2 volumes, with François Boucq
2007–2008: Thorgal volume 30-31, artwork by Rosiński
2008: Blake and Mortimer 18: The Gondwana Shrine, artwork by Juillard

Awards
2000: Award for Best Short Comic Strip at the Haxtur Awards for The Voronov Plot: also nominated for best script
2006: nominated for Best French Comic at the Prix Saint-Michel in Brussels for Vengeance du comte Skarbek 2: Un coeur de bronze
2006: nominated for Best Long Comic Strip at the Haxtur Awards for Vengeance du comte Skarbek
2007: nominated for Best Story at the Prix Saint-Michel for Le janitor 1: l'Ange de Malte
2011: nominated for Best Story at the Prix Saint-Michel for Les mondes de Thorgal: Kriss de Valnor

Notes

1964 births
Belgian comics writers
Living people


António Moreira Barbosa de Melo, GColL (2 November 1932 – 7 September 2016) was a Portuguese lawyer, politician, and parliamentarian on several occasions.

Career
de Melo was born in Penafiel, Lagares in 1932. He graduated as a Licentiate and a Doctorate in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, where he became an investigator and a Cathedratic Professor.

He was one of the founders of the then Popular Democratic Party together with Francisco Sá Carneiro, Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Joaquim Magalhães Mota, Carlos Mota Pinto, João Bosco Mota Amaral, Alberto João Jardim and António Marques Mendes, in which party he exercised many offices at its national organs.

He integrated the commission to the Elaboration of the Electoral Law for the Constituent Assembly in 1974, in which he was also a Deputy, as he was also at the Assembly of the Republic from 1976 to 1977 and from 1991 to 1999.

He was elected the 9th President of the Assembly of the Republic during the 6th legislature (7 November 1991 - 26 October 1995). He was also a member of the Portuguese Council of State as the President of the Assembly of the Republic during the same period. de Melo died on 7 September 2016 in Coimbra.

References

 Os Presidentes do Parlamento (Presidents of the Portuguese Parliament), Assembly of the Republic

1932 births
People from Penafiel
2016 deaths
Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
Social Democratic Party (Portugal) politicians


George Martens (born September 23, 1958, in Elmont, New York) is a retired champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing best known for winning the 1981 Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.

In 1976, George Martens was the top rated apprentice jockey in the United States, voted the Eclipse Award as the country's Outstanding Apprentice Jockey. In 1981 he earned the most important win of his career when he rode Summing to victory in the Belmont Stakes.

Martens retired from riding in 1985 but returned to racing the following year. Following his permanent retirement, he has worked as an exercise rider at Belmont Park. Some of the horses he has prepped include Lemon Drop Kid, Touch Gold, Sharp Humor, and Colonial Affair.

References

1958 births
Living people
American jockeys
Eclipse Award winners
People from Elmont, New York


Al-Qubeiba () is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of Palestine, located 2 kilometers northwest of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in 2017, the village had a population of 3,876. Al-Qubeiba lies at an altitude of 783m to 795m above sea-level. It is located in a conflict area near the border with Israel between Ramallah and Jerusalem. The settlement of Giv'on HaHadashah lies 5 km southeast of al-Qubeiba. It is surrounded by the town of Biddu (east), Beit 'Anan (northwest), Qatanna (southwest), and Kharayib Umm al-Lahim (west). Unlike the surrounding region, al-Qubeiba has large areas covered with pine and olive trees.

History

Crusader to Mamluk period
In the Crusader era a new Frankish village was erected along the still extant Roman road and received the name Parva Mahomeria. In 1159 it was mentioned in a document defining its borders with Beit 'Anan.

After the expulsion of the Crusaders from the Holy Land, the next Christian established presence in Palestine were the Franciscan custodians of the holy sites. During the 13th century Qubeibeh was gradually adopted by pilgrims as the location of Emmaus, the village mentioned in Luke 24:13-35, eventually replacing Abu Ghosh in this function. From 1335 on the Franciscans adopted it too and began an annual pilgrimage to this site.

Late Ottoman period
In 1838 el-Kubeibeh was noted as a Muslim village, part of Beni Malik area, located west of Jerusalem.

In 1863 the French explorer Victor Guérin described it as a village of a hundred people who lived in old houses, each consisting of a single vaulted room.

An Ottoman village list from about 1870 found that el-kubebe had a population of 79, in 12 houses, though the population count included only men.

In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as a "village of moderate size, standing on a flat ridge with a few olives to the west. [..] To the west is a monastery of Latin monks, established in 1862." A ruined Crusader church was noted.

In 1896 the population of El-kubebe was estimated to be about 144 persons.

British Mandate period
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Al-Qubeiba had a population of 236 inhabitants, consisting of 26 Christians and 210  Muslims, where all the Christians were Roman Catholics. This had increased in the 1931 census to 316, 55 Christians and 261 Muslim, in 83 residential houses.

In the 1945 statistics Al-Qubeiba had a population of 420; 340 Muslims and 80 Christians, with 3,184 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 534 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 1,032 used for cereals, while 22 dunams were built-up land.

Jordanian period
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Al-Qubeiba came under Jordanian rule. It was annexed by Jordan in 1950.

In 1961, the population of Qubeiba was  701, of whom 116 were Christian, the rest Muslim.

Post-1967
Since the Six-Day War in 1967 Al-Qubeiba has been under Israeli occupation. The population in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities was 688, of whom 21 originated from the Israeli territory.

After the 1995 Oslo accords, 53.3% of village land was classified as Area B, and the remaining 46.2% as Area C. Israel has expropriated more than 500 dunams of village land in order to construct the West Bank barrier.

Tourism

Al-Qubeiba is known for its cool climate during the summertime and its natural landscape. The village serves as a tourist destination because it is home to St. Cleophas Church, an over-a-century-old Franciscan church that was built on the remains of a Crusader precursor at the very place where Jesus Christ is thought to have shared bread with two of his disciples. The village has remains of the cobble-stoned Roman road that connected the coastal city of Jaffa to Jerusalem. This historic road is surrounded by remains of Crusader houses.

Of the three major candidates identified with Emmaus, Al-Qubeiba is the only one located in the Palestinian territories, which means that if visitors are coming from Israel access can be more difficult. For pilgrims it is advisable to coordinate a visit with the offices of the Franciscans. For individual travellers it is useful to contact the Christian Information Center in Jerusalem. For more access information, see below under "Transportation".

Geopolitical status
Al-Qubeiba along with Beit Duqqu, Beit 'Anan, Beit Surik, Qatanna, Biddu, Beit Ijza, Kharayib Umm al-Lahim and at-Tira form the "Biddu enclave". The enclave is linked to Ramallah by underpasses and a road that is fenced on both sides. From the "Biddu enclave" Palestinians will travel along a fenced road that passes under a bypass road to Bir Nabala enclave, then on a second underpass under Bypass Road 443 to Ramallah.

Diaa' A-Din 'Abd al-Karim Ibrahim Abu 'Eid was shot dead by gunfire during an anti-barrier demonstration on 18 April 2004. Muhammad Fadel Hashem Rian and Zakaria Mahmoud 'Eid Salem were shot dead during anti-barrier demonstrations on 26 February 2004 at Beit Ijaz (a satellite village of Biddu).

Transportation
Al-Qubeiba is accessible only by road (via service-shuttles or buses) from either Ramallah or Jerusalem. Nonetheless, due to the closure of the roads from the village to Jerusalem during the second intifada, only those with foreign passports or with the Jerusalem ID cards can reach the village from Jerusalem. This leaves the only possible access to the village to be from Ramallah via buses #40 and #45 and the service shuttles destined to al-Qubeiba, Qatannah, and Beit 'Anan (all found in the southern public transportation station in Ramallah, just across from the Yasser Arafat Square "al-Sa'a Square" in the city). Several mini-vans operate on the road between al-Qubeiba and the neighboring villages and towns.

Education
Al-Qubeiba has two government-run schools (one mixed-gender elementary and another all-girls secondary schools). It also enjoys several kindergartens and pre-schools. The village also houses the "al-Qubeiba Nursing School" that operates in association with the Bethlehem University School of Nursing to provide students with a bachelor's degree in nursing.

Health
The medical facilities for al-Qubeiba are classified as level 2 according to the Palestinian National Authority Ministry of Health. Governmental primary and secondary health care clinics operate in the village in addition to a German-run clinic. Several other private medical and dental clinics also exist.

Government
The village is run by a village council elected every four years and is mainly funded by the Palestinian Ministry of Local Authority. Al-Qubeiba has a locally funded-and-run "al-Qubeiba Club" that provides numerous educational, vocational, sports, and scout activities to the residents of the village. The village also enjoys the presence of one park (with an outdoor semi-olympic swimming pool) and two large multi-purpose halls for weddings and other major events. It also has a fully automated modern olive press that operates to service farmers from the village and the neighboring villages and towns, being one of the few olive presses in the West Bank licensed to produce extra virgin organic olive oil.

References

Bibliography

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External links
Welcome To al-Qubayba
Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17:    IAA, Wikimedia commons
Al Qubeibah Village (Fact Sheet),   Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, (ARIJ)
Al Qubeiba Village Profile, ARIJ
Al Qubeiba  aerial photo, ARIJ
Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Al Qubeiba, ARIJ

Villages in the West Bank
Jerusalem Governorate
Municipalities of the State of Palestine


European route E3 is a series of roads in France, part of the United Nations International E-road network. It runs from Cherbourg to La Rochelle.

Route
The road is  long, and travels along the French routes nationales. From Cherbourg to Carentan, it travels along the Route nationale 13. At Carentan, it changes to the Route nationale 174. It then moves onto the autoroute, mainly the A84 (which it joins at Junction 40) until it reaches Saint-Lô at Junction 16. It then  rejoins the RN, mainly Route nationale 136 at Rennes before finally travelling along the Route nationale 137 to its final destination of La Rochelle. It also comes close to the outskirts of Nantes.

Historical trajectory

The original trajectory of the E3 ran from Lisbon, Portugal to Stockholm, Sweden, and later to Helsinki, Finland. It was a series of existing secondary roads and highways, officially bundled under the name E3 by European decree on 16 September 1950. In 1975 the numbering system of European roads changed drastically. The name E3 was applied to the part from Cherbourg-La Rochelle to Carentan, which was part of the original E3. The name of the historical trajectory lives on in E3 Harelbeke, a cycling race in Belgium.

The route of the old trajectory:

 – Lisbon – Salamanca – Valladolid – Burgos – Vitoria-Gasteiz – San Sebastián

 – San Sebastián – Irún – Biarritz – Bayonne – Bordeaux

 – Bordeaux – Poitiers – Tours – Orléans – Paris

 – Paris – Arras

 – Arras – Lille – Kortrijk – Ghent – Antwerp

 – Antwerp – Turnhout – Eindhoven – Venlo – Duisburg

 – Duisburg – Osnabrück – Bremen

 – Bremen – Hamburg

 – Hamburg – Flensburg – Frøslev – Kolding – Vejle – Aarhus – Aalborg – Frederikshavn – ... – Gothenburg

 – Gothenburg – Stockholm

 – Stockholm – Turku – Helsinki

Detailed route

References

External links
 UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)

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The 1977–78 Quebec Nordiques season was the Nordiques sixth season in the WHA, as they were coming off of a 47–31–3 record in the 1976–77 season, finishing in first place in the Eastern Division.  Quebec defeated the New England Whalers, Indianapolis Racers and Winnipeg Jets to win their first ever Avco Cup.

Off-season
During the off-season, the league would lose another three teams, as the Calgary Cowboys, Phoenix Roadrunners, and San Diego Mariners would all fold, bringing the league down to eight teams.  The WHA abandoned the divisional format and grouped the remaining teams together.  There had been a tentative agreement that would see the Nordiques, Cincinnati Stingers, Edmonton Oilers, Houston Aeros, New England Whalers, and Winnipeg Jets join the National Hockey League, however, it could not be finalized.  In a unique move, the Soviet All-Stars and Czechoslovakian All-Stars would play games that would count in the final standings, as they played each WHA team once.

Regular season
After losing their opening two games, the Nordiques would get hot, and earn a 16–10–1 record through their opening 27 games to sit in second place in the league.  Quebec would then fall into a slump, in which they would post a record of 11–20–1 record in their next 32 games to fall three games under .500, and into fifth place.  The slump would cost head coach Marc Boileau his job, as he was relieved of his duties and replaced with Maurice Filion.  Under Filion, the Nordiques improved, earning a record of 13–7–1 to finish the season with a 40–37–3 record, earning 83 points, and fourth place in the league.

Offensively, Quebec was led by Marc Tardif, who won the Bill Hunter Trophy awarded to the player who leads the league in scoring.  Tardif led the league in goals with 65, tied for the league lead with 89 assists, for 154 points.  Real Cloutier had another great season, scoring 56 goals and 129 points in 73 games.  Serge Bernier finished third in team scoring with 78 points, despite missing 24 games, while Paulin Bordeleau scored 42 goals and 65 points.  On defense, Garry Lariviere had a breakout season, earning 56 points, while Jean Bernier had 10 goals and 42 points.  J.C. Tremblay continued to put up points, earning 42 in 56 games and Paul Baxter had 35 points, along with a team high 240 penalty minutes.

In goal, Richard Brodeur missed some time due to injuries, however, he still led the team with 18 wins and a 3.70 GAA in 36 games.  Backup Jim Corsi had 10 wins and a 4.52 GAA, while Ken Broderick earned 9 wins with a 4.37 GAA.

Season standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs
In the opening round of the playoffs, Quebec would face the Houston Aeros in a best of seven series.  The Aeros finished the season with a 42–34–4 record, earning 86 points, and a third-place finish.  The series opened in Houston, and the Aeros won the series opener in overtime by a 4–3 score, however, the defending champion Nordiques evened the series with a 5–4 overtime victory in the second game.  The series moved to Quebec for the next two games, and the Nordiques took control of the series, winning the third game 5–1, followed by a 3–0 shutout victory in the fourth game to take a 3–1 series lead.  The fifth game was played in Houston, and the Aeros staved off elimination with a 5–2, bringing the series back to Quebec for the sixth game.  The Nordiques would dominate in the sixth game, crushing the Aeros 11–2, and advance to the WHA semi-finals.

In the WHA semi-finals, the Nordiques would face off against the New England Whalers.  New England finished in second during the regular season, with a record of 44–31–5, earning 93 points.  The Whalers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in five games in the opening round of the playoffs.  The series opened with two games in New England, and the Whalers took an early series lead with a 5–1 victory in the series opener.  Quebec fought back and tied the series up with a 3–2 win in the second game.  The series moved to Quebec for the next two games, however, it was the Whalers who took control of the series, defeating the Nordiques 5–4 in the third game, followed by a 7–3 win in the fourth game to take a 3–1 series lead.  In the fifth game back in New England, the Whalers took their opportunity and finished off the Nordiques, defeating Quebec 6–3 to win the series.

Quebec Nordiques 4, Houston Aeros 2

New England Whalers 4, Quebec Nordiques 1

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Goaltending

Awards & records

Draft picks
Quebec's draft picks at the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft.

Farm teams

See also
1977–78 WHA season

References

Quebec Nordiques seasons
Que
Quebec


Wurzelbacher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher (1973–2023), also known as "Joe the Plumber", American conservative activist and commentator
Robert Wurzelbacher (born 1954), American businessman


Florence Mall is an indoor shopping mall in Florence, Kentucky, United States. Built in 1976 by Homart Development Company, the mall originally featured Sears, Shillito's, Pogue's, and JCPenney as its four anchor stores. The mall features over 100 stores and a food court. Another notable feature of the mall is the Florence Y'all Water Tower on the mall property; this water tower originally bore the mall's name, but was altered prior to the mall's opening. The mall's anchor stores are JCPenney and two locations of Macy's, with the former location of Sears being vacant. Florence Mall is owned and managed by Namdar Realty Group.

History

The Florence Mall opened in 1976 on a site along Interstate 75 just south of Kentucky Route 18. The two-story mall was constructed by Homart Development Company, the real estate division of Sears. Sears also served as one of the anchor stores, opening on March 10, 1976. The mall itself opened 6 months later, with Pogue's serving as the second anchor. Two more anchors, Shillito's and JCPenney, were added in 1977 and 1978, respectively. At the time of opening, the mall had 87 stores. The mall's opening led to the development of several retail stores in Florence, and as a result, the city became a retail hub for northern Kentucky.

While JCPenney remained the same throughout the mall's history, the other three anchor stores changed as chains were acquired, merged or closed. The Shillito's chain was merged with Rike's and all former Shillito's and Rike's stores briefly carried the dual branding of Shillito-Rike's from 1982 until 1986, when the chain was merged into Lazarus. Pogue's was converted to L.S. Ayres in 1983, which in turn sold its store to Hess's 5 years later. Also in the mid-1980s, the food court was renovated.

Hess's closed in 1993, and one year later, Lazarus moved its home goods into the former Hess's space. During the 1990s, the mall underwent an $8 million renovation, including the addition of 64 new tenants.

In 2003, the mall was acquired by General Growth Properties in partnership with the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois. General Growth had managed the property for several years prior. Both Lazarus stores were converted to Lazarus-Macy's in 2003, then to just Macy's in 2005. The food court was renovated again in 2004.

On August 22, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing in November 2018.

Brookfield  Properties sold the mall in 2021 with JLL managing the mall. On June 15, 2022, the mall was sold again to Mason Asset Management and Namdar Realty Group, with Mason overseeing leading efforts and Namdar managing the mall.

Water tower

Two years before the mall's opening, a water tower was built between the mall and Interstate 75 with "Florence Mall" painted in large letters on two opposite sides.  But when the city was informed that this commercial advertisement was illegal as the mall did not yet exist, Florence's then-mayor C.M. "Hop" Ewing came up with the idea of changing the "M" in "Mall" to a "Y" and adding an apostrophe, changing the text to "Florence Y'all".  The tower has since become a major landmark for the city.

References

External links

Shopping malls established in 1976
Shopping malls in Kentucky
Buildings and structures in Boone County, Kentucky
Tourist attractions in Boone County, Kentucky
1976 establishments in Kentucky
Florence, Kentucky
Namdar Realty Group


The Namibian Music Awards (NMA), is a Namibian award show that annually honors established recording artists. The award was established in 2006 in order to create and provide a suitable musical entertainment and promotional platform for Namibian musicians and music producers.

Objectives

NMA's main objective is to award the various musicians nominated by the public and the media under the different supplied categories fairly so that each unique artist's talent is recognized and appreciated. The NMA event is also a tool for promoting Namibian music to the African continent as well as to the rest of the world. Arctic Monkeys won it in 2007.

Categories

The Namibian Music Awards ceremony has a great number of categories that were identified with the purpose to catering for most Namibian musicians who continue to explore the music industry in search of variety, uniqueness and sweet melodies with the opportunity of being appreciated and recognised. There are also some special non-musical categories which recognises media institutions and radio stations.

Voting process

Nominees are nominated and voted by the public.

See also

Namibia Annual Music Award
Channel O Music Video Awards
Kora Awards
MTV Africa Music Awards

References

External links
Entertainment Namibia
NASCAM Home

African music awards
Namibian music
Awards established in 2006
2006 establishments in Namibia


Yorktown Central School District is a school district in Yorktown Heights, New York.

It operates the following schools:
Brookside Elementary School - Grades K-3
Mohansic Elementary School - Grades K-3
Crompond Elementary School - Grades 4-5
Mildred E. Strang Middle School - Grades 6-8
Yorktown High School

History
Ralph Napolitano became superintendent circa 2006. Napolitano was criticized for abruptly firing the principal of Yorktown High School in February 2008. He retired in 2017.

In 2016 the district had 3,400 students. The district was named "School District of Character" in 2016.

Ronald Hattar became the superintendent in 2017.

References

External links
 Official site.

School districts in Westchester County, New York
Yorktown, New York


Thomas Patrick O'Neil (25 October 1952 – May 2006) was an English footballer who played as a defender for various English clubs, including Manchester United, Southport and Tranmere Rovers.

Born in St Helens, Merseyside, O'Neil was a schoolboy international at both football and rugby league, but abandoned the oval ball in favour of the spherical one. He began his football career as an apprentice with Manchester United in 1968, and signed on as a professional in November 1969. He made his first team debut on 5 May 1971 in a 4–3 victory over Manchester City at Maine Road. A lack of quality competition for the right-back berth meant that O'Neil was a regular in that position throughout the 1971–72 season, missing just five games during the season. However, after Tommy Docherty replaced Frank O'Farrell as manager halfway through the 1972–73 season, O'Neil fell out of favour and was allowed to go on loan to Blackpool in March 1973. He made seven appearances for Blackpool, and, although he returned to Manchester United at the end of the spell, he left the club for Southport in August 1973.

In five seasons at Southport, O'Neil made 197 appearances and scored 16 goals before moving on to Tranmere Rovers in 1978. He made 74 appearances in two seasons with Tranmere, scoring 10 goals in the process, and was transferred to Halifax Town in 1980. After two years at Halifax, O'Neil retired from professional football and went into coaching. O'Neil eventually ended up back at Manchester United, coaching the club's academy teams from Under-9s to Under-16s until 2005. He died a year later at the age of 53.

External links
Profile at StretfordEnd.co.uk
Profile at MUFCInfo.com
Profile at redStat
Obituary at ManUtd.com

1952 births
2006 deaths
Men's association football fullbacks
Blackpool F.C. players
English Football League players
English men's footballers
Footballers from St Helens, Merseyside
Halifax Town A.F.C. players
Manchester United F.C. players
Southport F.C. players
Tranmere Rovers F.C. players


Victor Pereira Crespo (2 December 1932 – 30 September 2014) was a Portuguese politician and parliamentary.

Career
Crespo was born in Milagres, Leiria.  He graduated as a Licentiate in Physics and Chemistry from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Coimbra, where he became a Cathedratic Professor at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology.

He was elected Deputy to the Assembly of the Republic for the Social Democratic Party (PSD) from 1979. Until the 14th Congress of his Party in 1988, he was also the Vice-President of its National Political Commission, as well as the President of its Parliamentary Group from 1982 to 1983.

He was Minister of Education and Science in the 7th and 8th Constitutional Governments and of Education and Universities in the 8th (1980–1983).

Between 1984 and 1985 he was an Ambassador and a Permanent Representative of Portugal at the UNESCO, in Paris.

He was elected the 8th President of the Assembly of the Republic during the 5th Legislature (25 August 1987 - 3 November 1991). He was also a Member of the Portuguese Council of State as the President of the Assembly of the Republic during the same period.

Family
He married Maria Eugénia Nunes Beja, born in Covilhã, 2 July 1930, and had one daughter:
 Maria Raquel Nunes Pereira Crespo (born Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 7 November 1962), married in Lisbon, São Vicente de Fora, at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora on 3 August 1985 to José Luís Lopes Fiadeiro (born Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 9 October 1961), the son of José Manuel Monteiro Fiadeiro (born Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 11 December 1935, whose maternal grandfather's maternal grandfather was French and whose maternal grandmother's paternal grandfather was English) and wife (m. Lisbon, Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Church of Our Lady of Fátima, 21 September 1960) Maria Luísa Seixas Lopes (born Lisbon, São Jorge de Arroios, 31 October 1939), and had two daughters:
 Rebeca Pereira Crespo Fiadeiro (born Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 9 February 1993)
 Rute Pereira Crespo Fiadeiro (born Lisbon, Benfica, 7 August 1997)

References

 Os Presidentes do Parlamento (Presidents of the Portuguese Parliament), Assembly of the Republic

1932 births
2014 deaths
People from Leiria
Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
Permanent Delegates of Portugal to UNESCO
Social Democratic Party (Portugal) politicians


Pictou Landing First Nations is a Mi'kmaq First Nation band government in Nova Scotia, Canada. Their territory spans five reserves that have a combined area of . As of September 2017, the Mi'kmaq population is 485 on their own reserve, 23 on other reserves and 157 living off-reserve.

Chief and council
The elective council system was adopted at Pictou Landing in 1951.

Incumbent Chief Andrea Paul was re-elected for her third term as chief in November 2015 using the Indian Act election system. Six councillors were elected at the same time, three of them having served previously. 71 per cent of the 393 eligible voters cast ballots. Elections are held every two years.

Pictou Landing reserves
Pictou Landing First Nation has five reserves, the only populated one being Fisher's Grant 24 at the mouth of Pictou Harbour and adjacent to Boat Harbour, a former tidal lake now part of the effluent treatment system for the pulp mill at Abercrombie Point. Facilities on this reserve include the band's administrative offices, fire hall, training centre, and P–6 school. The health centre was built in 2007 and its construction was inspired by traditional techniques used in longhouses and birch bark canoes. The truss system was built using long, slender greenwood trees lashed together with metal strapping. The exterior is clad with large spruce shingles.

Boat Harbour

Boat Harbour is a body of water formerly used by the First Nation. In the 1960s it was taken over by the Province of Nova Scotia for use as a settling pond for effluent from the nearby pulp mill. It quickly became polluted with heavy metals and organic chemicals and was the source of ongoing disputes between the First Nation and governments. The Boat Harbour Act 2015 set a deadline for closing the treatment facility no later than January 31, 2020, after which the site was to be cleaned up. This will involve removing an estimated 350,000 cubic metres (12 million cu ft) of contaminated material and returning the lagoon to a tidal estuary.

In a decision in the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia, Honourable Judge Del W. Atwood stated:

A 2013 study found that pollution, from both Boat Harbour and the exhaust stacks at the mill, has compromised access to traditional foods such as game, fish and berries, and dissuaded residents from growing gardens. This negatively impacted food security on the reserve.

In December 2019 Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil turned down the pulp mill's request for an extension of the deadline to cease polluting the harbor. "The company has had five years and any number of opportunities," he said. "Cleaning up Boat Harbor is all my people have ever wanted," said Pictou Landing chief Andrea Paul. "Premier Stephen McNeil kept his promise and, on behalf of my community, we are thankful."

Notable residents
Anna Mae Aquash, activist, spent some of her childhood here.

References

External links
Pictou Landing First Nation Band Administration website

Further reading

First Nations governments in Atlantic Canada
First Nations in Nova Scotia
Mi'kmaq in Canada
Mi'kmaq governments


The Lithuanian Football Cup 2008–09 was the 20th season of the Lithuanian annual football tournament. The competition started on May 7, 2008, with the First Round games and ended on May 16, 2009, with the Final. The defending champions were Kaunas.

First round
In this round entered 38 teams from Lithuanian third, fourth and fifth division. The games were played on May 7 – 11, 2008.

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Second round
This round featured 19 winners from the previous round and 5 teams from the Lithuanian second division (LFF I lyga). The matches were played on June 1 – 6, 2008.

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Third round
In this round entered winners from the previous round as well as 4 other LFF I lyga teams. The games were played on July 2 – 9, 2008.

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Fourth round
In this round entered winners from the previous round together with 2 remaining LFF I lyga teams and 6 lowest-placed 2007 LFF Lyga teams. 2 out of 6 2007 LFF Lyga were relegated to the Lithuanian second division while the rest remained in A lyga. The games were played on August 20 – 27, 2008.

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Fifth round
This round featured winners from the previous round. The games were played on September 12 – 17, 2008.

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Quarterfinals
In this round entered winners from the previous round and teams placed first to fourth in 2007 LFF Lyga. The games were played on October 1, 2008.

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Semifinals
The first legs were played on April 8, 2009. The second legs were played on April 22, 2009.

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Final

External links
 Official site
 omnitel.net
 futbolas.lt

Cup
Cup
Lithuanian Football Cup, 2008-09
Lithuanian Football Cup seasons


Nenad Erić (; born 26 May 1982) is a Serbian-born Kazakh goalkeeper who last played and captained Astana in the Kazakhstan Premier League.

Career

Club
On 2 March 2021, Astana confirmed that Erić had left the club after 10 years, and that they had retired the #1 shirt.

International
Erić made his debut for Kazakhstan on 18 February 2015 in a 1-1 draw at home to Moldova.
 In February 2019, Erić revealed that he had retired from international duty at the end of Kazakhstan's involvement in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League.

Personal life
On 13 June 2014, Erić became a Kazakhstani citizen.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours
Astana
 Kazakhstan Premier League: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
 Kazakhstan Cup: 2012, 2016
 Kazakhstan Super Cup: 2011, 2015, 2018

References

1982 births
Living people
People from Požega, Serbia
Footballers from Zlatibor District
Kazakhstani men's footballers
Kazakhstani people of Serbian descent
Kazakhstan men's international footballers
Serbian men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
FK Sloga Požega players
FK Radnički 1923 players
FK Mačva Šabac players
OFK Beograd players
FK Borac Čačak players
Serbian SuperLiga players
FC Dynamo Barnaul players
FC Sibir Novosibirsk players
FC Kairat players
FC Astana players
Kazakhstan Premier League players
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers
Naturalised citizens of Kazakhstan
Naturalised association football players


The SG Quelle Fürth is a German football club from the city of Fürth in Bavaria.

History
The club was formed as the football section of the athletics club TV 1860 Fürth on 1 June 1973. The club's name, SG Quelle, refers to the fact that it has a strong connection with the Quelle company and originated out of the company's still existing Sunday League team BSG Quelle Kickers.

The club was part of the lower amateur leagues in Middle Franconia until 1988, when it won promotion from the Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Süd to the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte (IV). After four seasons where it struggled for survival in this league, SG Quelle was relegated back down, now to the Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken in 1992. 1991 saw the arrival of Dieter Lieberwirth as the club's manager, a former long-term player of the 1. FC Nürnberg, a position he held until 2002, when he returned to Nürnberg.

The club only spent one season in the BOL before returning to the Landesliga. A better performance there saw it finish seventh there in 1993–94, taking out the league title the season after. Promoted to the Bayernliga, it finished second in this league, behind fellow promoted team SC Weismain. Both earned a place in the Regionalliga Süd for the following year. Fürth as the second placed team had to play-off against the runners-up from the Oberliga Hessen, Viktoria Aschaffenburg and from the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, VfB Stuttgart II, to do so, defeating both teams.

The club played for one season in the same league as its mighty neighbors, 1. FC Nürnberg and SpVgg Greuther Fürth but from there their ways lay apart, the later two returning to the 2. Bundesliga while Quelle was relegated back to the Bayernliga.

The next two Bayernliga seasons saw good performances by the club, finishing second in 1998 and 1999. In 1998, it missed out on promotion to the SC Pfullendorf. The later earned them a promotion back to the Regionalliga, this time by finishing ahead of the SV Sandhausen and the SG Hoechst in a promotion round. However, the club could again not survive at this level and returned to the Oberliga the next season.

From 2000 to 2003, SG Quelle played at this level before being relegated once more, now back to the Landesliga.

A runners-up spot in 2004 proofed not enough to earn promotion back to the Bayernliga but the season after, the league could be won and Quelle won promotion once more. Again, for only one season, the club being straight relegated again.

The 2006–07 season saw the club handed straight down to the Bezirksoberliga, where it, true to its unsteady past, earned promotion straight back up.

Back in the Landesliga for the 2008–09 season, the club struggled at the lower end of the table and a 14th-place finish, on equal points with 15th placed SV 73 Nürnberg-Süd, meant it had to go into post-season relegation matches once more. Quelle won 1–0 and was present in Landesliga in 2009–10 but suffered another relegation, back to the Bezirksoberliga.

At the end of the 2011–12 season the team qualified directly for the newly expanded Landesliga after finishing second in the Bezirksoberliga.

Honours
The club's honours:

League
 Bayernliga (IV)
 Runners-up: (3) 1996, 1998, 1999
 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte (V)
 Champions: (2) 1995, 2005
 Runners-up: 2004
 Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken (V)
 Champions: 1993
 Runners-up: 2008, 2012
 Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Nord
 Runners-up: 1998
 Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Süd
 Runners-up: 1987

Cup
 Mittelfranken Cup
 Winners: 1999
 Runners-up: 2006

Recent managers
Recent managers of the club:

Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:

With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the Bayernliga was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onwards were elevated one tier.

References

External links
 Official website
 TV Fürth 1860 website
 Abseits Guide to German Soccer
 SG Quelle Fürth profile at Weltfussball.de

Football clubs in Germany
Football clubs in Bavaria
Association football clubs established in 1973
Sport in Fürth
Football in Middle Franconia
1973 establishments in West Germany


Lamentatio sanctae matris ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae  ('Lament of the Holy Mother Church of Constantinople') is a motet by the Renaissance composer Guillaume Dufay. Its topic is a lament of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Because of its Byzantine subject matter, it is sometimes grouped together with Vasilissa ergo gaude, Apostolus gloriosus and Balsamus et munda cera as one of Dufay's "Byzantine motets".

Historical context

The motet probably belongs to a series of four Lamentations for the fall of Constantinople composed by Dufay and mentioned for the first time in one of his letters addressed to Piero and Giovanni de' Medici. The letter must have been written on February 22, 1454, although the exact year is not specified in the text. The musical score and the texts of the French Chanson and the Latin Cantus Firmus are found in two contemporary manuscript sources: Codex 2794 (fols. 34v-36r) of the Biblioteca Riccardiana in Florence, and MS 871N (fols. 150v-151r) in Montecassino.

It is believed to have been composed in the context of the "Feast of the Pheasant", a banquet and extravagant political show organised in Lille by Philip the Good of Burgundy on 17 February 1454. Its purpose was to propagate the idea of a crusade for the recapture of the city. It is, however, unclear whether the piece was ever performed on that occasion. There are contemporary accounts of the banquet (notably the Memoirs of Olivier de la Marche, and the Chroniques of Mathieu d'Escouchy), which name and describe in much detail various pieces of music performed at it, but they fail to mention this piece. At one point in the show, according to the chronicles, an actor dressed as a woman in white satin clothes, personifying the Church of Constantinople (according to one hypothesis, played by Olivier de la Marche himself) entered the hall of the banquet riding on an elephant, to recite a "complaint and lamentation in a piteous and feminine voice" ("commença sa complainte et lamentacion à voix piteuse et femmenine"). It has been surmised that this was the moment when Dufay's motet would have been performed; other authors have conjectured that it was merely a moment of inspiration and that the motet was actually written later.

Content and structure

The piece is a four-voice chanson-motet. It follows the structure of a motet insofar as it has a cantus firmus line based on Gregorian plainchant in its tenor voice, but the structure of a chanson insofar as there is only one other text sung, in French, in the upper voices. The text is a poem in Middle French, presenting the voice of a mother lamenting the sufferings of her son and addressing God as her son's father – evoking both the image of the Virgin Mary in the Lamentation of Christ, and the personification of the Church as the mystical mother of the faithful.

The tenor text is a modified quotation taken from the Book of Lamentations (1.2), the biblical lament about the fall of Jerusalem: Omnes amici ejus spreverunt eam, non est qui consoletur eam ex omnibus caris ejus. ('All her friends have scorned her; of all her beloved ones there is not one to comfort her.'),

References

External links
 Online performance by Collegium Cantorum, Washington.
 Online sheet music by M.A.B. Soloists

1454 works
Motets
Renaissance music
Fall of Constantinople
Compositions by Guillaume Du Fay


Gunnar Schjelderup (5 April 1895 – 6 March 1972) was a Norwegian businessperson.

Personal life
He was born in Christiania, and was the brother of judge Ferdinand Schjelderup. He was a son of Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup, nephew of Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne and uncle of ski jumper Thorleif Schjelderup.

Career
Gunnar Schjelderup took his education as an engineer in 1917 in Dresden. In 1926 he took over as CEO of iron- and steelware factory Christiania Spigerverk, where his father had been co-owner. He retired in 1961. He had also invested heavily in Bremanger Smelteverk in Svelgen.

In April 1940, following the German invasion of Norway and the Vidkun Quisling coup d'etat, Gunnar Schjelderup and others contacted the Supreme Court to establish a civil administrative council, Administrasjonsrådet, to normalize working life as soon as possible. The council was established a few days after the invasion.

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1895 births
1972 deaths
20th-century Norwegian businesspeople
Businesspeople from Oslo


Kunwar Sone Singh Ponwar also knowns as Kunwar Sone Shah, died in 1816, ruled on Chhatarpur dynasty as Raja between 1785 and 1816.

Notes

18th-century Indian monarchs
19th-century Indian monarchs
History of Madhya Pradesh


Echinus is a genus of sea urchins.

Species
Species in this genus include:

Fossils
 Echinus coglesi
 Echinus dixoni
 Echinus etheridgei
 Echinus lamarcki
 Echinus multicostatus
 Echinus nodulosus
 Echinus paucimiliaris
 Echinus sphaeroides
 Echinus woodi

References


Andrew Thomas Griffith John (called Andy; born 9 January 1964) is the current Archbishop of Wales, of the Church in Wales. He became the Bishop of Bangor in 2008 and was appointed archbishop in 2021.

Early life
A native of Aberystwyth, John attended Ysgol Penglais before studying law at the University of Wales, Cardiff. After graduating in 1986, he studied theology at the University of Nottingham, graduating in 1988, followed by a diploma in pastoral studies at St John's College, Nottingham in 1989.

Ordained ministry
He was ordained deacon in the Diocese of St Davids and a priest at Petertide 1990 (on 30 June at St Davids Cathedral by George Noakes, Bishop of St Davids and Archbishop of Wales). Until his election as Bishop of Bangor, all his ministry was in the Diocese of St David's.  Initially he was curate for Cardigan, Y Ferwig and Mwnt from 1989 to 1991 and then in Aberystwyth from 1991 to 1992.  He was a vicar in the Rectorial Benefice of Aberystwyth from 1992 to 1999.  From 1999 he was vicar of Henfynyw with Aberaeron and Llanddewi Aberarth, to which was added Llanbadarn Trefeglwys in 2005.  In 2006 he was appointed vicar of Pencarreg and Llanycrwys and the Archdeacon of Cardigan.

Episcopal ministry
John was elected Bishop of Bangor on 9 October 2008 and was consecrated in Llandaff Cathedral on 29 November 2008, along with the new Bishop of St David's, Wyn Evans. He was enthroned in Bangor Cathedral on 24 January 2009.

On 6 December 2021, John was elected to serve as Archbishop of Wales (remaining Bishop of Bangor) by an Electoral College of the Church in Wales meeting at Holy Trinity Church, Llandrindod Wells; his election was confirmed (and therefore he legally took up the archiepiscopal See) immediately. He was formally enthroned as Archbishop of Wales on 30 April 2022.

He was honoured as a member of Gorsedd Cymru in 2023 as had two previous archbishops of Wales, Barry Morgan and Rowan Williams.

Views
John identifies himself with the Evangelical tradition of Anglicanism. However, some of his actions and views also align with Catholicism and with liberalism.

Personal life
He has four children with his first wife, Reverend Caroline John. He has now remarried.

References

1964 births
People from Penparcau
21st-century bishops of the Church in Wales
Alumni of Cardiff University
Alumni of the University of Nottingham
Archdeacons of Cardigan
Bishops of Bangor
Archbishops of Wales
Living people
People from Aberystwyth
Welsh-speaking clergy
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Krzczonów  is a linear village in the administrative district of Gmina Tokarnia, within Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately  east of Tokarnia,  south of Myślenice, and  south of the regional capital Kraków.

References

Villages in Myślenice County


Skomielna Czarna  is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tokarnia, within Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately  south-west of Myślenice and  south of the regional capital Kraków.

References

Villages in Myślenice County


Tokarnia  is a village in Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Tokarnia. It lies approximately  south of Myślenice and  south of the regional capital Kraków.

External links
 Jewish Community in Tokarnia on Virtual Shtetl

References

Villages in Myślenice County


Więciórka  is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tokarnia, within Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately  south-west of Myślenice and  south of the regional capital Kraków.

References

Villages in Myślenice County


Zawadka  is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tokarnia, within Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately  south of Myślenice and  south of the regional capital Kraków.

References

Villages in Myślenice County


Surfing In The Air  is the debut album by Norwegian pop singer Christine Guldbrandsen, released in 2003 in Norway and Finland through Sony Music Entertainment, Surfing In The Air became a huge success in Norway, selling 30,000 album copies in only 3 weeks and received a Gold Record.

Album information
Surfing In The Air contains 11 tracks, sung in Latin and English. The opening track Surfing In The Air contains lyrics from the song Walking in the Air written by Howard Blake in 1982.

Reception

A review in the website Musical Discoveries states, "The eleven light pop-oriented tracks illustrate the crystalline soprano texture of her voice. Solid rock instrumental arrangements never overwhelm the vocal layers."

Track listing

References

2003 debut albums
Christine Guldbrandsen albums


The H. C. Recktenwald Prize in Economics was awarded to several academic economists from 1995 to 2004. It is named for Prof. Horst Claus Recktenwald, a German economist, and was endowed by his wife, Hertha Recktenwald, after his death.

The committee to select the prize recipients is nominated by the President of Friedrich-Alexander-University in Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

Prize recipients
1995: Edmond Malinvaud
1997: Joseph E. Stiglitz
2000: Paul Krugman
2002: Paul Romer
2004: Oliver E. Williamson
2014: Emmanuel Saez

See also

 List of economics awards

References

External links
 H.C. Recktenwald Prize
 Horst Claus Recktenwald Foundation

Economics awards
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg


James Kip Finch (December 1, 1883–1967) was an American engineer and educator.

Personal life
James Kip Finch was born to James Wells and Winifred Florence Louise (Kip) Finch, in Peekskill, New York. He attended Columbia University, receiving a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering in 1906 and a Master of Arts in 1911. He was a member of the Episcopal Church and, in his leisure time, a keen painter with watercolors and oils. He married Lolita P. Mollmann (d. 1964) on June 25, 1910, in Stanford, New York. They had a son, Edward E. K. Finch.

Career
Finch began teaching at Columbia after graduating in 1906, working as an instructor in the Summer School of Surveying, while also employed as an assistant engineer at the Tompkins Engineering Construction Co. He left Columbia for an interval beginning in 1907, during which he taught at Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania before joining a succession of engineering firms in New York City: he was with an architectural firm, John B. Snook's Sons, during 1907, spent 1908 working for D. J. Ryan, a contractor in Brooklyn, and for List and Rose Contractors. In 1910 he carried out irrigation works and ranching in Montana. He then returned in 1910 to Columbia, becoming an assistant professor in 1915, associate professor in 1917, full professor in 1927, Renwick Professor in 1930, and chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering in 1932. He became associate dean at Columbia in 1941, and dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science in 1941. He retired the deanship in 1950, but taught for another two years as Renwick Professor.

Finch devoted much of his career to the cause of engineering education and to research and teaching on the aesthetic, philosophical, and historical aspects of engineering. He was involved in the establishment of Camp Columbia, a summer engineering camp held near Litchfield, Connecticut, under the aegis of Columbia University. He published numerous works, including Trends in Engineering Education (1948), Engineering and Western Civilization (1951), and The Story of Engineering (1960). He also received prominent engineering and academic awards throughout his career, notably the Columbia Alumni Medal in 1932; the gold medal of the Class of 1889 at the Commencement of 1942; the Egleston Medal of the Columbia Engineering School Alumni Association in 1944; the French Ordre des Palmes Académiques in 1949; the "Great Teacher Award" from the Columbia Society of Older Graduates in 1951; the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from Columbia University in 1954; and, in 1967, the first ASCE Civil Engineering History and Heritage Award.

Among other institutions, Finch was affiliated with the American Society for Engineering Education; the Society for Promotion of Engineering Education; the Newcomen Society of England; Tau Beta Pi; Sigma Xi; the Columbia Faculty Club; the Sanctum club, in Litchfield, CT; and the Century Association in New York. He was on November 3, 1915 elected an Associate Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers; he served as the Society's director from 1934 to 1936. Between 1934 and 1944 he also served as Director and Vice President of the society's Metropolitan Section.

References
 Finch, James Kip - ASCE life member. Obituary at the American Society of Civil Engineers.

American civil engineers
1883 births
1967 deaths
Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni
Recipients of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science faculty


The Last Egyptian: A Romance of the Nile is a novel written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. The book was published anonymously on May 1, 1908 by Edward Stern & Co. of Philadelphia, with eight color plate illustrations by Francis P. Wightman. Baum left his name off of the book because he was concerned that "masquerading as a novelist" might hurt his career as a writer for children; but he identified himself as the author of the book during his lifetime when making fantasy films for children proved a financial disaster.

The novel was reissued as a 304-page trade paperback in July 2002 by Fredonia Books in the wake of the growing critical reappraisal and public interest in Baum's work.  It was the first time the book was published under Baum's name.  As with Baum's other adventure novels for adult readers (which were published under the name Schuyler Staunton, a slight alteration of his maternal uncle's name, not used here owing to the different publisher), it is inspired by the works of H. Rider Haggard that Matilda Joslyn Gage had encouraged him and his wife (her daughter) to read.

Plot summary

The novel focuses on three protagonists, which are, in order of appearance, Gerald Winston, an Egyptologist, Kāra, an Egyptian man, and a dragoman named Tadros. Kāra claims to be a descendant of Ahtka-Rā, High Priest of Ămen, whom he says ruled Rameses II as his puppet, including hiding the latter's death for two years--archaeology says Rameses reigned 67 years, but according to Kāra, he ruled only 65. All of this Kāra has learned since he was a child from his grandmother, Princess Hatatcha, who had fled from Egypt when she was 17 and created a stir, ultimately marrying Lord Roane, Kāra's grandfather. Hatatcha is a cruel and vindictive old woman, but as she is dying, she gives him information about the large treasure cache that they have been living on, including many hieroglyphic papyri from which she educated him as a child that will prove to the world that she is of royal lineage.  It is within the cliff that their home is built in that the treasure is kept, behind a wall built over an opening of a cavern too deep to use as a shelter. Tadros and the Bey compete to acquire these papyri from him to sell, and Kāra nearly kills the former for stealing one, but he stops, knowing he can use him. He allows him to have that one in exchange for the girl Nepthys, whose principal interest is cigarette smoking, whom Tadros is set to acquire for another's harem.

After Hatatcha's funeral, Kāra steals the donkey of Nikko, an old blind man, for the elderly black-skinned dwarf embalmer, Sebbet, to transport her remains for mummification.  He meets Winston on his dahabeah and accompany him to Cairo.  In Cairo, Kāra seeks to have his gems recut in the modern style, but instead sells them for cash, and takes his steps toward revenge on Lord Roane. Roane is now elderly and of poor reputation, while his son, Viscount Roger Consinor is a professional gambler.  Kāra manipulates things to get Charles (Lord Roane) a diplomatic post in Cairo.  There, he catches Roger cheating with marked cards and loaded dice at the club, puts Nepthys in his personal harem, and then proceeds to make moves on Lord Roane's granddaughter, Aneth Consinor, who has been sent back to the family from school on account of unpaid tuition.  He falls in love with Aneth (as does Winston), causing him to send Nepthys back home, but when she refuses to marry him, considering him a friend and herself unready for marriage, he quickly returns to his desire for his grandmother's revenge.  Winston tells Kāra that the latter cannot marry her because they are cousins, but Kāra cares not, stating that Egyptian kings married their sisters, so marrying a cousin is nothing. Lord Roane has embezzled money via McFarland, a contractor on a sham embankment project.  Kāra is aware of this and tries to blackmail Lord Roane into forcing Aneth into marriage with him. Roane refuses, saying his granddaughter should not hurt for his misdeeds.  Kāra then approaches Aneth with the proposition, and she agrees to marry him to protect her grandfather's secret.  Kāra gives her documents, which prove her grandfather's crime, for her to destroy. (In fact, these documents are forged copies; Kāra retains the true incriminating documents.)  Winston, upon learning that Kāra's accusation is true, conspires with Aneth's companion, Mrs. Lola Everingham, to woo her into marriage with himself.  This causes the dutiful girl more pain if anything, creating a longing for something she will not let herself have.

Back when Kāra was a poor resident of a village named Fedah, Tadros had been insulting and abusive of him. Now that Kāra is the master, he admits to Tadros that he eventually intends to take his revenge on the servant when his usefulness is ended. This is on Tadros' mind when he chances to meet Winston at a hotel bar. The two conspire to help Aneth and Lord Roane escape from Kāra's influence; Tadros is motivated both by hatred and fear of Kāra and the money Winston agrees to pay him. Winston, Roane, and Mrs. Everingham plan to abduct Aneth to Winston's riverboat, a dahabeah.  When this is accomplished, they tell her that Kāra has decided he does not want to marry her and released her from her promise. (This is partly true; Tadros explained to the others that Kāra had planned a fake Christian ceremony, with one of his servants in the robes of a Coptic priest. Aneth would not be legally married, and thus shamed and unmarriageable.) When the boat has left Cairo, one of Kāra's spies informs him of Tadros' betrayal and the party's escape. Kara travels up the Nile himself and meets with Sheik Antar, a large Arab who dyes his grey beard black, and his Muslim followers, who also live in a small town on the Nile inhospitable to strangers. He enlists Antar's aid with the promise of great wealth. (It would be only a tiny fraction of Kāra's treasure, but of substantial value to anyone else.) Kāra attacks the dahabeah with Antar and his men. All are captured except Tadros, who escapes by diving into the Nile. Now alone and nearly penniless, he decides that the best place to hide would be his hometown of Fedah. He boards a train and by chance meets Viscount Consinor, who had been traveling aimlessly since his disgrace in Cairo. This gives Tadros an idea: with Consinor's help, they can become wealthy and revenge themselves on Kāra. As Kāra's servant, Tadros knows that he'd been buying on credit for some time.  The prince must have run out of his valuables in Cairo, and will be forced to soon return to his hidden treasure in Fedah for more gemstones. By observing Kāra secretly, Tadros and Roger Consinor plan to find the location of the treasure.

On the dahabeah, Kāra orders Antar to kill Winston, but the sheikh refuses until he receives his payment. (He claims he does not wish to dirty his sword more than once; when he sees the gems, he'll gladly kill Winston and anyone else Kāra wants.) When Tadros learns that Kāra has reached the outskirts of Fedah, he has Roger hide under the rushes that Hatatcha used as a bed.  Tadros asks him if he is "comfortable", to which he replies "not very", —- but enough to remain still for several hours. From there he is able to see which stones Kāra presses in the wall to enter into the secret passage. A while after Kāra enters the tunnels, Consinor becomes too nervous to wait for his return, and enters the passage himself. Since one of his first trips to the treasure room, Kara had taken the Talisman of Ahkta-Rā and worn it on his finger, in spite of the curse upon it. He believed it would give him his ancestor's power if he used it only "temporarily". But on this fateful trip to the treasure, a statue of Isis, which had fallen the last time he was in the tomb, falls again, knocking the Talisman off his hand, making him stumble, and knocking out his lamp. In the darkness, he sees the Talisman return to its spot—or perhaps he is confusing it with the candle Consinor is using. Kāra attacks Roger, but Roger is a skilled wrestler and manages to get on top of him as Kāra tries to asphyxiate him.  He is able to knock Kāra's head to the ground long enough that he loses consciousness, allowing Roger to flee.  Kāra, though, has inadvertently removed the dagger that keeps open the vault door, which cannot be opened from the inside. Even as Roger hears him regain consciousness and get up, he is unaware that Kāra is trapped in the tomb. When Roger rushes from the passage, he is fatally stabbed by Nepthys, who had been waiting by the door and mistook him for Kāra. When Winston's dahabeah arrives at Fedah, Tadros tells Antar that the police have come and taken Kāra and will also arrest Antar and his men if caught.  Although he must work to convince Antar he has nothing to do with the police, eventually he gets the Arabs to flee northward.  Not knowing what has happened to Kāra, and not wishing Nepthys to be punished for the death of Roger Consinor, he gives the same story to Winston and the others, and is triumphantly hired to be their dragoman as they go on to Luxor for the wedding of Aneth Consinor to Gerald Winston.

Film adaptation

That the book was Baum's was made clear in the December 1914 release of a film version of the novel, written and produced by Baum, and directed and starring J. Farrell MacDonald in the title role.  (However, the October 17, 1914 issue of Motion Picture News stated that the film was being directed by Baum and J. Charles "Hayden" [sic].) According to a company press release, the film was representing a new direction for The Oz Film Manufacturing Company, and would be followed by adaptations of both "Schuyler Staunton" novels, The Fate of a Crown and Daughters of Destiny, although they are now both attributed to Baum with no mention of Staunton.  The film was not successful; the Oz name had been temporarily tainted as "box office poison" for producing films then-considered too juvenile, and even a name change to Dramatic Feature Films did not help it in the eyes of exhibitors.

This film, unlike the other three features of The Oz Film Manufacturing Company, has never been issued for home use.  The only known copy of the film is held by the Museum of Modern Art.  Experimental filmmaker Bill Morrison used clips of it in his 2002 film, Decasia, the Hatatcha name on a tomb being the giveaway.  Morrison was contacted about his use of the film by Scott Andrew Hutchins, and told him that he had obtained the print from MoMA.  Hutchins alerted a skeptical Michael Patrick Hearn to its presence at MoMA, which had never screened it.  Hearn attended a private screening, after which he arranged for the film's first public screening since 1914/5 at "The Wonderful Weekend of Oz," October 10–12, 2008, in conjunction with the Matilda Joslyn Gage home and sponsored by Classic Carpet Care.  The film was shown on the 11th at 6:30 PM at the Palace Theatre in Syracuse, New York, but only three of the five reels are owned by MoMA.  Baum scholars Hearn and David Moyer presented the film with commentary.

Cast
Kāra, the Last Egyptian: J. Farrell MacDonald
Winston Bey: Howard Davies
Tadros the Dragoman: J. Charles Haydon
Nepthys: Jane Urban
Princess Hatatcha: Mai Wells
Sebbet the Embalmer: Fred Woodward
Aneth Consinor: Vivian Reed
Lord Roane: Frank Moore
Viscount Consinor Jefferson Osborne
Tilga, Keeper of the Harem: Mrs. Emmons
Mrs. Everingham: Ora Buckley
Sheik Antar: Pierre Couderc

References

Richard Mills and David L. Greene. "The Oz Film Manufacturing Company, Part Three."  The Baum Bugle, Autumn 1973.
The Last Egyptian at matildajoslyngage.org

External links
Read The Last Egyptian on Google Books

1908 American novels
1908 fantasy novels
American adventure novels adapted into films
1910s adventure drama films
American black-and-white films
1914 films
Films directed by J. Farrell MacDonald
American romantic drama films
Novels set in Egypt
Books by L. Frank Baum
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The Independent Unionist Association or Independent Unionist Party was a political party in Northern Ireland.

The organisation was founded in 1937, shortly before the announcement of the 1938 Northern Ireland general election.  It consisted of a disparate group of independent Unionists, and included member of the Northern Ireland House of Commons Tommy Henderson.  The party called for more action to relieve unemployment, and for tighter control of government spending.  William McConnell Wilton was elected as Chairman of the new organisation.

The party stood several candidates in the general election, including Henderson in Belfast Shankill and Wilton in Belfast Clifton.  The Ulster Unionist Party claimed that the Independent Unionist challenge made a united Ireland more likely, a charge which Henderson described as "a deliberate attempt to fool the Ulster people". Only Henderson was elected for the group at the general election.

The party launched a monthly newspaper in January 1939, aiming to appeal to both their own supporters, and to those of the Ulster Progressive Unionist Association.  By the 1945 Northern Ireland general election, the party was greatly weakened, but supported Henderson and also John William Nixon in Belfast Woodvale. Later in the year, Wilton was elected to serve in the Senate of Northern Ireland. The party then faded from view, although an "Independent Unionist Association" in Belfast released a manifesto in 1954 on a similar platform.

References

Defunct political parties in Northern Ireland
Political parties established in 1937
Ulster unionist organisations


Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup may refer to:

Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Sr. (1853-1913), Norwegian bishop
Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Jr. (1894-1980), Norwegian bishop and son of the former


The 1966 PGA Championship was the 48th PGA Championship, played July 21–24 at the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Al Geiberger won his only major championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Dudley Wysong.

Sam Snead, age 54, was co-leader and leader after the first two days, but shot 75 in the third round on Saturday. Geiberger carded a two-under 68 to lead by four strokes over Wysong, who shot a 66. Both shot two-over 72 on Sunday as both bogeyed the first two holes. The lead shrunk to two as Wysong birdied the third while Geiberger bogeyed the fourth, but then birdied the fifth and ninth holes to regain the four-stroke advantage.

The 1966 championship was originally scheduled to be held at Columbine Country Club in Columbine Valley, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. A flash flood of the adjacent South Platte River in June 1965 caused significant damage to the course and forced a postponement. Firestone was scheduled to host in 1967, so the venues swapped years.

This was the second of three PGA Championships at the South Course, which previously hosted in 1960 and later in 1975. It is the current venue for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, which began in 1976 as the "World Series of Golf" on the PGA Tour,  preceded by the American Golf Classic, which debuted in 1961.

Course layout

Round summaries

First round
Thursday, July 21, 1966

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Second round
Friday, July 22, 1966

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Third round
Saturday, July 23, 1966

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Final round
Sunday, July 24, 1966

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Lema and wife killed
Hours after the championship's conclusion on Sunday, Tony Lema and his wife Betty were among four fatalities in a chartered private plane crash near the Indiana-Illinois border. Lema, age 32, had finished tied for 34th and was heading west to a Monday tournament in the Chicago area. Both pilots of the twin-engine Beechcraft Bonanza were also killed as they attempted an emergency landing on a golf course in Lansing, Illinois, near the destination airport.

References

External links
PGA Media Guide 2012
GolfCompendium.com: – 1966 PGA Championship
PGA.com – 1966 PGA Championship

PGA Championship
Golf in Ohio
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Sports in Akron, Ohio
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Polanka Wielka  is a village in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Polanka Wielka. It lies approximately  south-east of Oświęcim and  west of the regional capital Kraków.

History
The village was first mentioned in 1326 in the register of Peter's Pence payment among Catholic parishes of Zator deaconry of the Diocese of Kraków as Polenka. Later in the late 14th century a sister settlement was established, Polanka Górna (lit. Upper Polanka) or Polanka Nowa (New), and the older village was then dubbed Polanka Stara (Old) or Polanka Dolna (Lower).

Politically the villages belonged initially to the Duchy of Oświęcim, formed in 1315 in the process of feudal fragmentation of Poland and was ruled by a local branch of Piast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia. In 1457 Jan IV of Oświęcim agreed to sell the duchy to the Polish Crown, and in the accompanying document issued on 21 February the villages were mentioned as Polanka Antiqua and Nowa Polanka.

The territory of the Duchy of Oświęcim was eventually incorporated into Poland in 1564 and formed Silesian County of Kraków Voivodeship. Upon the First Partition of Poland in 1772 it became part of the Austrian Kingdom of Galicia. After World War I and fall of Austria-Hungary it became part of Poland. It was annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II, and afterwards it was restored to Poland.

References

Polanka Wielka


The 1967 PGA Championship was the 49th PGA Championship, played July 20–24 at Columbine Country Club in Columbine Valley, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. Don January won his only major title in an 18-hole playoff over Don Massengale (69-71).
Both had overtaken the leaders with low scores in the fourth round on Sunday.

Columbine was scheduled to host the championship in 1966, but flooding of the course by the South Platte River caused a postponement of a year. Firestone Country Club in Ohio, scheduled to host in 1967, swapped years with Columbine and was the site of the tournament in 1966.

There was a possibility of a boycott of the championship by the top tournament players, due to grievances with the PGA of America. An understanding was achieved several weeks before and the top players entered.

At the time, Columbine was the longest course in major championship history at . The elevation of the course is over  above sea level, additionally dry and fast conditions shortened its effective length. Tommy Aaron carded a course record 65 in the second round to take a four-stroke lead, but a 76 on Saturday dropped him two back and he fell out of contention on Sunday with a 78. The 54-hole leader was Dan Sikes, the chairman of the tournament players committee, who shot a final round 73 and finished a stroke out of the playoff, in a tie for third with Jack Nicklaus.

This was the second and final 18-hole Monday playoff at the PGA Championship, formerly a match play event through 1957. The next playoff was ten years later in 1977 and the format was changed to sudden-death, immediately following the fourth round. It was later changed to a three-hole aggregate format, first used in 2000.

The Open Championship was played the previous week near Liverpool, England, one of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July. The PGA Championship moved permanently to August in 1969, where it remained through 2018 (except 1971, when it was played in late February). In 2019, the tournament moved to the weekend before Memorial Day.

Round summaries

First round
Thursday, July 20, 1967

Second round
Friday, July 21, 1967

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Third round
Saturday, July 22, 1967

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Final round
Sunday, July 23, 1967

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Playoff
Monday, July 24, 1967

Scorecard

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References

External links
PGA Media Guide 2012
GolfCompendium.com: 1967 PGA Championship
PGA.com  – 1967 PGA Championship

PGA Championship
Golf in Colorado
Sports competitions in Denver
PGA Championship
PGA Championship
PGA Championship
PGA Championship
1960s in Denver


Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  Carlos Moyà (first round)
  Àlex Corretja (final)
  Álbert Costa (first round)
  Dominik Hrbatý (semifinals)
  Francisco Clavet (quarterfinals)
  Fernando Vicente (first round)
  Rainer Schüttler (second round)
  Franco Squillari (second round)

Draw

External links
 1999 Majorca Open draw

Singles


Fernando Monteiro do Amaral, GCC (Cambres, Lamego, 13 January 1925 – Lamego, 26 January 2009), was a Portuguese politician and parliamentary.

Career
He graduated as a Licentiate in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.

He was a Vereador of the Municipal Chamber and President of the City Council of Lamego and Purveyor of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Lisbon.

He was a Deputy to the Constituent Assembly and to the Assembly of the Republic at the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Legislatures for the Social Democratic Party, held the office of Minister of Internal Administration in the 7th Constitutional Government and later became Adjoint Minister to the Prime Minister of Portugal Francisco Pinto Balsemão in the 8th.

He was elected the Vice-President of the Assembly of the Republic from 8 June 1983 to 24 October 1984, and the 7th President of the Assembly of the Republic from 25 October 1984 to 12 August 1987. He was also designated a Member of the Portuguese Council of State as the President of the Assembly of the Republic during the same period.

From 1987 to 1989 he was a Deputy to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, of which he also became Vice-President.

Decorations
He was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of Christ.

References

 Os Presidentes do Parlamento (Presidents of the Portuguese Parliament), Assembly of the Republic

1925 births
2009 deaths
Social Democratic Party (Portugal) politicians
Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
Government ministers of Portugal
People from Lamego


This is a list of the French Singles & Airplay Chart Reviews number-ones of 1968.

Summary

Singles Chart

See also
1968 in music
List of number-one hits (France)

References

1968 in France
France singles
1968


Kyrylo Bohatenko (; born 15 April 1988) is a Ukrainian footballer.

Career
Bohatenko played one season for FC Academia UTM Chişinău. He was signed by Russian First Division side FC Dynamo Bryansk in March 2008.

References

External links

Statistics at Moldova Sports
Profile at KLISF

1988 births
Living people
Moldovan people of Ukrainian descent
Ukrainian men's footballers
Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova
Moldovan men's footballers
Moldovan expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Men's association football midfielders
FC Dynamo Bryansk players
Naturalised citizens of Moldova
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova
Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Naturalised association football players


Karl Dominik (Chinese name: Kaier, 凯洱, pinyin: Kǎiěr, lit. "Triumphant River"; born March 2, 1980) is a Polish–Canadian actor, host, model and author. Originally from Łódź, Poland, he studied acting in Canada in 1996, and started his acting career in China in 2006.

He created an organization to help actors create a community and share information and knowledge, the Shanghai Actors Association. Also many other more focused interest groups were formed through this vessel, such as the East West Theater Company of Shanghai.

As of September 6, 2009, the Shanghai Actors Association has been shelved due to focusing on other projects such as his talent agency, Constellation Talent Agency, which strives to offer a professional, comprehensive, equal opportunity solution for those in need of foreign talent in China.

References

External links
 Shanghai Actors Association
 Constellation Talent Agency

People from Burlington, Ontario
Chinese television presenters
Canadian expatriates in China
Polish emigrants to Canada
1980 births
Living people
Polish male actors
Actors from Łódź