Kenn Reef is a submerged coral atoll off the Pacific coast of Queensland, Australia. It is about 15 by 8 km and appears as either a backward facing "L" or a boot. The reef covers an area of approximately 40 km2, with an islet in the Southeast part of the reef called Observatory Cay which is approximately 2 m above the high tide level

It is part of the Coral Sea Islands and is over 280 nm north-east from Gladstone, Queensland.

Kenn Reef is located on part of a submerged continental block, called the Kenn Plateau. This block drifted from Australia around 64 to 52 million years ago. The atoll is believed to be volcanic in origin.

The reef was discovered by Mr. Alexander Kenn, Master of the ship William Shand, on her passage from Sydney to Batavia,

General

Kenn Reef is a remotely situated reef in the south eastern waters of the Coral Sea, it lies approximately 100 km northeast from Bird Islet part of the Wreck Reefs and 140 km southeast from the Frederick Reefs; the Bellona Reefs of New Caledonia are located a further 277 km to the east, with the Australian mainland being located over 500 km to the southwest.

Kenn Reef is part of a submerged continental block, called the Kenn Plateau. The Kenn Plateau lies off the north eastern Australian coast and is a region characterised by a series of prominent, bathymetric troughs and marginal plateaux. And is submerged by 1000 m to over 3000 m of water. The Kenn Plateau, covers around 100,000 km2, an area larger than the Tasmanian landmass.

Various islands and reefs, whose origin is thought to be related to the Tasmantid Seamount Chain, lie along the western margin of the Kenn Plateau and include the well known Kenn Reef and Bird and Cato Island.

The Kenn Plateau is thought to have formed as a sliver of continental crust, resulting from the rifting and seafloor spreading that occurred between 95 and 52 million years ago, along the eastern Australian margin forming the Tasman and Coral Sea basins

The Kenn Reef areas consists of four main reefs which cover an area of approximately 40 km2 looking like a backward facing L-shaped structure (or boot) of 15 km in length, with a maximum width of 8 km along the southern edge.

The three southerly reefs (the toe, foot & ankle and shin of the boot) lie upon a common shelf from which the northern (leg) reef is separated from by a deep channel. The smallest unit and most westerly of this chain (the toe), contains a conspicuous boulder, 1.8m high, on its NE side, which from a distance appears as part of a wreck. Landing can be made on the SW side of the reef. An exposed wreck of a long liner lies on the S side of the reef.

The ankle or the South Eastern reef is the largest reef and with two sand cays on the SW part of the reef the only permanently emergent land the tiny Observatory Cay , which is about l00m by 50m and 2m high with a little vegetation. The western side of the ankle of the reef complex forms a bay All the reefs dry at half-tide, and the sea breaks over all of them except for the South Western reef.

The Northern (or leg) reef encloses a shallow lagoon, which is entered on its Western side near the Southern end.

History
Kenn's Reef was discovered on 3 April 1824 by Alexander Kenn, Master of the ship William Shand, on her passage from Sydney to Batavia (modern day Jakarta) and was described as "extending in the direction of North West by North 1/2 North for ten miles, and is composed of sand and rocks, some of which, at the south end, were six or eight feet out of the water: it is six miles broad; the centre of the edge (? north) is in latitude 21 degrees 9 minutes, and longitude 155 degrees 49 minutes (by chronometer and lunars): it was found to bear South 67 degrees West, six miles from Bird Islet, of Wreck Reef"

The William Shand at the time was considered a new fast sailing ship owned by Lumsdon & Co with the vessel constructed in 1818 in Sunderland, UK. The vessel was single deck ship with beams; sheathed in copper in 1822 and with a displacement of 294 tons and a draft under load of 15 feet and had already made several trips from the UK to Hobart and Sydney carrying cargo (typically with a cargo of cedar, oil, and other articles, procured in the Colony for the return journey) and both steerage and Cabin Passengers

Captain Alexander Kenn, Master of the ship William Shand died on or about 7 February 1829 at Launceston in Van Diemen's Land

Known shipwrecks on the reef

Bona Vista
Bona Vista 18 March 1828 Kenn Reef, 280 miles east of Mackay; Ship; an anchor still visible on Kenn Reef (?) may be from the "Bona Vista" wrecked there on 18 March 1828. Capt. Robert Towns and crew spent several weeks on the reef before being rescued by the "Asia".

Jenny Lind

Jenny Lind Wrecked 21 September 1850 while underway from Melbourne to Singapore under the command of Joseph Taylor struck Kenn Reef, 280 miles east of Mackay. The carvel wooden Barque struck the Reef aft and she lay broadside on with seas pounding over her. 28 passengers and crew landed on a small island and built a boat out of the wreckage. Set out with a small supply of food. No lives lost.

The Jenny Lind was a wooden Barque vessel of 484 or 475? ton built in Quebec CANADA Launched Thursday, 15 July 1847 by T.C. Lee, Esq., from his ship-yard, at St. Roch and registered in Plymouth (Registered number: 15/1848) under the owner Brent & Co

"The Jenny Lind, left Melbourne for Singapore, on Tuesday, 3 September, being chartered to proceed from Singapore to London or Liverpool. The ship's company consisted of Captain Taylor, Mr. Masters, chief mate, Mr. Harpur, second mate, and sixteen seamen and apprentices. The passengers were Mr. Beal, Mr. Noble, Mr. Ackermann, Mrs. Harpur, and Mr and Mrs. Somerset and three children. Mr. Beal, Mr. Noble, and Mrs. Harpur were passengers to London ; the others had taken their passage to Singapore. The weather seems to have been very variable until 21 September, no observation having been taken for two days previously, in consequence of the sun being obscured. The chief mate took charge of the watch at ten minutes past four in the morning of the 21st, and enjoined the man on the forecastle to keep a sharp look out, as the sun had not been taken for two days ; and at the same time he directed the man at the helm to keep the ship N. by W. The wind at the time was W. by S, and the ship going nine knots through the water. Immediately afterwards the officer of the watch saw something black ahead, and asked the lookout man what it was, and he answered that it was the reflection of a heavy black cloud that was hanging overhead. A quick glance over the gangway seems to have shown the' mate better, and be immediately had the helm port hard up, and all hands called fore and aft. The vessel wore off to the wind, but before the braces could be touched, she struck aft, and immediately afterwards lay broadside on to the reef, the sea making breaches over her. ' The masts were cut away, but the vessel continued to lurch heavily upon the reef, and it was plain that she must soon break up. An attempt was made to launch the pinnace, but this was unsuccessful, and the captain got his leg hurt in the attempt.

After great difficulty the jolly boat was launched, and two hands being placed in her, she was taken to a rock at a short distance, inside the reef, and there secured. The safety boat was then launched, and the difficulty of this process will -be understood when it isremembered that the vessel was nearly on her beam ends, and that the boats had to be hoisted 1 to the davits on the upper quarter, and thence launched into the sea.

When the second boat was launched, the women and children were first taken off in her jolly boat, which served as a temporary depot. In this way all hands were got out in three trips, some of the seamen jumping overboard from the jolly-boat when she was getting overloaded, and holding her on; the water being shoal near the rock.

When all had left the ship, the people were divided in the two boats, and made for a coral bank, partly covered with sand, which lay about half a mile away. This place they all reached in safety. The islet on which they landed was about 150 yards long by 40 wide. In the course of the afternoon some provisions and about four gallons of water were procured from the wreck, and about half a gill of water was served out to each person.

Next day some sails were procured, also some more provisions, and a small keg containing lime juice. The captain had saved some of his charts and nautical instruments, and got them away when the boat left the wreck. A search was made for the mail, but it could not be found, as the vessel was completely bilged, and fast breaking up.

On Monday a copper boiler and some lead piping, together with a cistern, having been procured from the wreck at low water, Mr. Philip Beal (a son, we understand, of the Rev. W. Beal of Exeter, and lately surgeon of the ship Rajah), succeeded in distilling fresh water from the sea water, and half a pint was served to each person that evening; the fuel for the purpose being procured from the wreck.

On the next day, after consultation, it was resolved to attempt the building of a boat large enough to carry all hands in safety to some port, and accordingly three divisions were made of the men ; one portion to assist in saving necessary articles from the wreck, another to assist Mr. Beal in distilling water for their sustenance, and the third in building the boat. Some carpenters' tools were procured from the wreck, and timber from time to time, and in this way the judicious arrangements that bad been made were effectively carried out. The men employed at the wreck succeeded in saving many necessary articles, including some clothing ; the boat builder's department, under the superintendence of the ship's carpenter, assisted by some persons who had a slight knowledge of boat-building, were actively employed ; and Mr. Beal and his assistants were continually engaged in sustaining the lives of the people by distilling the sea water.

An attempt had been made to find fresh water by digging, but the diggers only came on the coral, which afforded to them no more relief than they could get by sucking from it the fresh moisture that had exuded through the sand. During their stay at this solitary, place some relics of former wrecks were found. A rusty chain was discovered on the reef, and some boat boards and other pieces of timber in other places, also some cinders, as if a fire had been made on one of the banks.

By 25 September Mr. Beal had so far improved his machinery by means of articles procured from the wreck, that he was enabled to obtain twenty-five gallons of fresh water that day, and thenceforth the supply to the people was more liberal. The provisions, however, began to get short, and the allowance was reduced to half a pound of flour a day, which had to be made into pudding, with salt water. The little biscuit they had was preserved for a sea stock, as was also all the water that could be put by.

At length, on 26 October, the boat upon which all their hopes depended was launched successfully. It was found that she sat well upon the water, but leaked considerably, and two days more were occupied in repairing that defect, and getting her rigged and stowed. These operations being completed, the adventurers got under way on 29 October, twenty-two persons being in the craft that had been built, and six in the safety boat. They made for Moreton Bay, and the wind was favourable until Saturday last, when it blew from the southward, and they had to cast anchor in a small bay to the southward of Wide Bay, where they saw some natives, but, not liking their manner, refused to allow them on board.

When the wind again shifted they made sail for Brisbane, and, after some difficulty in discovering the mouth of the river, succeeded in reaching within a few miles of the town on Tuesday night, and arrived in Brisbane next morning; all of them, including women and children, being comparatively well and hearty, after having been thirty-seven days on a desolate coral bank in the Pacific.

The preservation of these people is most remarkable. All persons appear to have exerted themselves in an extraordinary mannerly to remedy their condition; but there can be no doubt that to Mr. Beal is due the credit of every life saved, for if he had not brought science to bear upon their difficulties, and supplied them with water when there was scarcely a hope of it, the hot sun of that latitude and the burning sand on which they were encamped, would have made short work with them.

Captain Wickham, on behalf of the government, supplied the shipwrecked mariners with lodging and rations; the females and the children have been quartered with the matron of the immigrant depot, and we believe that the inhabitants generally have exerted themselves to assist the sufferers. Mr. Smith, of the Victoria Hotel, supplied provisions to the men while their rations were being prepared. We are informed that the reef on which the Jenny Lind struck was not laid down on the chart of the Australian coast (dated 1849), with which the ship was provided. The cargo of the Jenny Lind consisted only of a small quantity of flour and beef. We understand that she was partly insured."

Alfred Vittery
Alfred Vittery Lost 9 March 1884 on Kenn Reef the vessel was built in Brixham UK in 1860 built by J & S Dewdney, a 121-ton, 2 masted schooner trader, launched July 1860. Official no.28947 in 1863, Master Smith, Owner Vittery. Registered DH. In 1876 to Master Johnson, Owner Vittery. In 1877 to Master Gill, Owner Vittery in later times it was owned by Noakes & P.

Hester
Hester 21 April 1854 Kenn's Reef, 250 miles north of Port Curtis Dutch vessel commanded by Capt A.Vietor. Lost on Kenn's Reef along with other Dutch vessel Doelwijk. They had left Sydney on their way to Batavia. Crew got away in boats and arrived safely in Gladstone. The Hester was a wooden carvel vessel of 856 tons built in Amsterdam, Netherlands by Oranjeboom Werf in 1833 and registered in Amsterdam under the owner Boissevain & Co.

Doelwijk
Doelwijk 21 April 1854 Kenn's Reef, 250 miles north of Port Curtis. Dutch vessel commanded by Capt J.H. Zeeman. Lost on Kenn's Reef along with another Dutch vessel Hester. They had left Sydney on their way to Batavia. Crew got away in boats but were never seen again. The Doelwijk was a wooden carvel barque of 725 tons built in Kinderdijk, Netherlands in 1850 and registered in Rotterdam.

Delta
Delta ran aground on Kenn Reef 30 May 1854 under the master of J.G.Kunst the Delta was a wooden carvel 902-ton vessel built in Dordrecht, Netherlands in 1839.

Oliver van Noort
Oliver van Noort was wrecked on 7 January 1858 on Kenn Reef. The ship ran aground on the same reef within hours of the wreck of Rodney with which it was in company on their way from Sydney to Batavia. Crew rescued. the Oliver van Noort was a wooden carvel barque of 607 tons built in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1851 and owned by C.Balguerie.

Rodney
Rodney 7 January 1858 Kenn Reef Barque. Wrecked on Kenn Reef within hours of the wreck of Oliver van Noort on the same reef under the command of Master Bissett. Crew rescued. the Rodney was a wooden carvel ship of 877 tons built in Sunderland, United Kingdom in 1850 registered in London and owned by Green & Co. The Rodney had previously been used in the transportation of convicts and was able to hold 312 convicts on board.

Notes

* Kenn Reef expedition (1970) Fathom magazine

References
Australian shipwrecks Vol. 1 1622–1850 By Charles Bateson. Sydney. Reed, 1972 910.4530994 BAT
Australian shipwrecks Vol. 2 1851–1871 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Sydney. Reed, 1980 910.4530994 LON
Australian shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871–1900 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON
Australian shipwrecks Vol. 4 1901–1986 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1987 910.4530994 LON
Australian shipwrecks Vol. 5 Update 1986 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1991 910.4530994 LON

External links

nautical description (Sailing Directions)

Great Barrier Reef
Coral Sea Islands
Reefs of Australia


Liu Congyi (劉從一; 742 – November 4, 785) was a Chinese historian and politician during the Tang dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Dezong.

Background
Liu Congyi was born in 742, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. He came from a line of officials of the Tang dynasty, starting with his great-great-grandfather Liu Linfu (劉林甫). His great-granduncle Liu Xiangdao served as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Gaozong, and Liu Xiangdao's son Liu Jingxian served as a chancellor late in the reign of Emperor Gaozong as well as the regency of Emperor Gaozong's wife Empress Dowager Wu (later known as Wu Zetian) over their sons Emperor Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong. Liu Congyi's grandfather Liu Lingzhi (劉令植) served as a deputy minister, while his father Liu Ruzhi (劉孺之) served as the deputy mayor of Jingzhao Municipality (京兆), which included the Tang capital Chang'an.

During Emperor Daizong's reign
Liu Congyi himself passed the imperial examinations when he was young, and during the Dali era (766–779) of Emperor Xuanzong's grandson Emperor Daizong, he passed a special examination for those who could write in a grand style. He was thereafter made Xiaoshulang (校書郎), an editor at the Palace Library. He subsequently served as the sheriff of Weinan County (渭南, in modern Weinan, Shaanxi). Because his behavior was elegant, he was respected by the official Chang Gun, and after Chang became chancellor in 777, he made Liu Jiancha Yushi (監察御史), an imperial censor. Later, though, when Liu's mother died, he left governmental service to observe a period of mourning for her.

During Emperor Dezong's reign
When Liu Congyi's mourning period was complete, the emperor was Emperor Daizong's son Emperor Dezong, and the most powerful chancellor was Lu Qi. Lu recommended Liu, and Liu returned to the bureau of censors as Shiyushi (侍御史). After several months, because a relative of his was also becoming an imperial censor, under Tang regulations that relatives should not serve at the same agency, he was made Xingbu Yuanwailang (刑部員外郎), a low-level official at the ministry of justice (刑部, Xingbu). In 783, with Li Xilie the military governor (jiedushi) of Huaixi Circuit (淮西, headquartered in modern Zhumadian, Henan) rebelling against imperial rule, Emperor Dezong, believing that the armies sent against Li Xilie needed a supreme commander to coordinate their actions, commissioned his son Li Yi (李誼) the Prince of Pu to be the supreme commander of the forces against Huaixi, and he made Liu a secretary for Li Yi.

However, before Li Yi could depart Chang'an, soldiers from Jingyuan Circuit (涇原, headquartered in modern Pingliang, Gansu), at Chang'an to await deployment to the east against Li Xilie or other warlords, mutinied after they were not awarded as they believed they deserved. Emperor Dezong fled to Fengtian (奉天, in modern Xianyang, Shaanxi). Many officials followed him there, including Liu. The Jingyuan soldiers supported the general Zhu Ci as their leader, and Zhu soon claimed imperial title of his own state of Qin, competing with Emperor Dezong. While Emperor Dezong was thus kept at Fengtian, he made Liu the deputy minister of justice (刑部侍郎, Xingbu Shilang) and gave him the designation of Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi (同中書門下平章事), making him a chancellor de facto, along with Xiao Fu and Jiang Gongfu. When Emperor Dezong was forced to further flee to Liang Prefecture (梁州, in modern Hanzhong, Shaanxi) in 784, he made Liu Zhongshu Shilang (中書侍郎), the deputy head of the legislative bureau (中書省, Zhongshu Sheng), and continued to have Liu serve as chancellor. It was said that Liu was much liked by Emperor Dezong and was known for being careful and virtuous personally, but did not help Emperor Dezong correct his ways. After the general Li Sheng destroyed Zhu's regime later in 784 and allowed Emperor Dezong to return to Chang'an, there was an incident in which Xiao, who had just returned from a mission to survey the southern circuits, recommended that Chen Shaoyou (陳少遊), the military governor of Huainan Circuit (淮南, headquartered in modern Yangzhou, Jiangsu), who had submitted to Li Xilie during the time Emperor Dezong was away from Chang'an, be replaced by Wei Gao—a Fengxiang officer who had resisted Li Chulin. Emperor Dezong agreed. He sent the imperial eunuch messenger Ma Qinxu (馬欽緒) to inform Liu and ask Liu to discuss this matter with Xiao without consulting fellow chancellors Li Mian and Lu Han. However, Xiao was surprised by this, and, finding it inappropriate that Emperor Dezong was keeping secrets away from Li Mian and Lu, as fellow chancellors, stated:

When Liu informed Emperor Dezong about this, Emperor Dezong was displeased. Xiao, seeing that he had lost the emperor's favor, resigned. Further, when Emperor Dezong tried to promote Lu Qi, who had been exiled after being blamed for causing Zhu's rebellion, in 785, and the imperial attendant Yuan Gao (袁高) objected, Liu and Lu Han did not dare to support Yuan's position. Yuan had to protest the decision along with several of his junior colleagues and finally prevailed on Emperor Dezong to change Emperor Dezong's mind.

Liu grew ill in late 785 and offered to resign. On November 3, 785, Emperor Dezong removed him from his chancellor position and made him the minister of census (戶部尚書, Hubu Shangshu). Liu died the next day and was publicly mourned.

Notes and references

 Old Book of Tang, vol. 125.
 New Book of Tang, vol. 106.
 Zizhi Tongjian, vols. 228, 229, 231, 232.

742 births
785 deaths
8th-century Chinese historians
Chancellors under Emperor Dezong of Tang
Tang dynasty historians


You Don't Know Me: The Best of Armand Van Helden is a greatest hits album by American electronic music producer and DJ Armand Van Helden, released on October 25, 2008 through the label Southern Fried Records. The album peaked at number 41 on the UK Albums Chart. The album includes all Armand Van Helden biggest hits. For the Australian release of the album it came with a bonus DVD featuring eleven music videos.

Track listing

Disc 2 - Commissioned Remixes
"Professional Widow (It's Got to Be Big)" - Tori Amos
"Spin Spin Sugar" - Sneaker Pimps
"What You Waiting For" - No Doubt
"Bizarre Love Triangle" - New Order
"Sugar Is Sweeter" - CJ Bolland
"Toxic" - Britney Spears
"Digital" - Goldie
"Sexyback" - Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
"Plug It In" - Basement Jaxx
"Da Funk" - Daft Punk

Charts

Release history

References

Armand Van Helden albums
2008 remix albums
2008 greatest hits albums
2008 video albums
Music video compilation albums
Southern Fried Records albums


Adriana is a genus of shrubs in the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1825. The entire genus is endemic to Australia.

Species
 Adriana quadripartita (Labill.) Mull.Arg. - South Australia, Victoria, southern Western Australia
Adriana tomentosa Gaudich.- All mainland states
 Adriana urticoides (A.Cunn.) Guymer ex P.I.Forst. - Northern Territory plus all states except Tasmania

The genus name of Adriana is in honour of Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797–1853), a French botanist.

References

Acalypheae
Malpighiales of Australia
Endemic flora of Australia
Plants described in 1825


Gaius Plancius Varus was a Roman who lived between the 1st century and 2nd century in the Roman Empire. Varus was the son of the Roman Senator and Proconsul Marcus Plancius Varus, and the Herodian Princess Julia. His sister was Plancia Magna; he was therefore the maternal uncle to Gaius Julius Plancius Varus Cornutus. Varus was born and raised in Perga, the capital of the Roman province of Pamphylia.

His maternal grandparents were King Tigranes VI of Armenia and his wife Opgalli, while his maternal uncle was prince Gaius Julius Alexander. Varus was of Roman, Jewish, Nabataean, Edomite, Greek, Armenian and Persian ancestry. Varus’ maternal ancestors were King Archelaus of Cappadocia, King of Judea Herod the Great, and his wife Mariamne. Varus along with his maternal cousins were among the last known descendants of the Herodian Dynasty. He appeared to be an apostate to Judaism. It is unlikely that Varus attempted to exert influence on Judean politics.

Varus served as a Roman Senator and became a consul at an unknown date during the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian who ruled the Roman Empire from 117 to 138. It is unknown whether Varus had married or had any children.

In Perga, the city's most magnificent structure was the Hellenistic Gate that was the entrance to the city. Inside in the courtyard of the Hellenistic Gate, there are inscribed bases of statues that bear the names of Varus and his father. From these inscriptions it is understood that Varus with his father were wealthy, influential and generous citizens in Perga. Varus and his father were made benefactors who contributed to the prosperity of Perga. Due to the goodness and generosity of Varus and his father, they were both accepted as the second founders of the city. They were both honored with the title ‘’Ktistes’’ or ’’Founder’‘.

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Bibliography

Senators of the Roman Empire
Imperial Roman consuls
1st-century Romans
2nd-century Romans
Herodian dynasty
People from Roman Anatolia
Plancii


Stanley Arthur Palmer  (born 1936) is a New Zealand painter and printmaker.

Biography
Palmer was born near Thames in the Coromandel, New Zealand and studied at Dunedin Technical College in the late 1950s. Although he has become well known for his prints, his formative years were spent painting. In 1969 he was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Art Council grant and in 1970 he quit his day job as an art teacher to become a professional printmaker and painter. Palmer lives in Mount Eden, Auckland.

By the late 1970s his printmaking repertoire included woodcuts, monoprints and bamboo engravings. The scenes he portrays mainly feature New Zealand coasts with themes of colonisation, conservation, humanity and the land.

Palmer has had regular and numerous one-man exhibitions at leading galleries in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.

His work is represented in the national art collection housed in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and also in most other New Zealand public collections including the Marlborough District Council, Auckland Art Gallery and the Christchurch Art Gallery.

In the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours, Palmer was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to fine art.

Palmer is the author of several books including East which includes 136 of his works including paintings, woodcuts, bamboo engravings and monoprints and To The Harbour which includes monoprints based on his childhood memories of the Manukau Harbour.

Palmer travelled to Gallipoli in 2014 and created a number of artworks which were exhibited at Blenheim's Millennium Public Art Gallery in 2016 in an exhibition called 'Shall Be My Brother: Gallipoli Remembered'.

Stanley Palmer was surprised to find out that he was named as a donor to the Labour party in 2017 as a result of a donation behind an "over-inflated" art auction. Stanley Palmer said "he was unaware he had been listed as a big party donor, but wasn't concerned by the disclosure".

References

External links
Works by Stanley Palmer in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Conversation between Stanley Palmer and poet Riemke Ensing for the Cultural Icons project. Audio.
Image of Stanley Palmer in his studio
 Salamander Gallery

1936 births
Living people
New Zealand printmakers
People from Thames, New Zealand
Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit


Tun Zaki bin Tun Azmi (; born 12 September 1945) is a Malaysian barrister who served as the sixth Chief Justice of Malaysia. He was appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia) on 21 October 2008 after his predecessor, Abdul Hamid Mohamad, retired from office.

Zaki, who was previously a practising lawyer, was directly appointed as a Federal Court judge on 5 September 2007—a first in Malaysian judicial history. Zaki is the son of former Lord President of the Federal Court Mohamed Azmi Mohamed. He was appointed as president of the Court of Appeal in December 2007.

Zaki's appointment as a Federal Court judge has been criticised by the Opposition citing his swift ascendency, presence of more senior judges, and the fact that he was a legal adviser to the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the major component party in the ruling coalition, just prior to his appointment as a judge.

Background
Early in his life, Zaki attended school in Sultan Abdul Hamid College in Alor Setar, furthering his studies at Anderson School in Ipoh and finally in English College Johore Bahru.

As barrister and lawyer
Zaki became a barrister through Lincoln's Inn in London, served at the Attorney General's Chambers from 1969 to 1970, and later served the subordinate courts from 1970 to 1973. In 1973, Zaki returned to the Attorney General's Chambers serving as a Federal Counsel and in 1976 he became a senior Federal Counsel under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Zaki was called to the Malayan Bar in 1983 and practised as a lawyer at Shahrizat Rashid & Lee beginning 1985.

Zaki also served as a legal adviser to United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), where he was the party's Disciplinary Committee chairman and had served the party in other areas as well.

As Federal Court judge
On 5 September 2007, Zaki was appointed as Federal Court judge. Later on 11 December 2007 he became the President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia. Zaki finally became Chief Justice on 21 October 2008, having served little more than a year in Malaysia's superior court system. His appointment as Federal Court judge as well as subsequent promotions has sparked concern by various segment of the public due to his close ties with UMNO. This concern became more apparent as he has only served the judiciary for less than 5 years in total.

Zaki began his job by announcing that he would get tough and take action against errant judges to prevent the image of the judiciary from being tarnished.

Recent career
In 2018, Zaki Azmi was hired as the Chief Justice of Dubai International Financial Centre Courts.

Controversy
On 7 November 2008, Zaki Azmi made the announcement that two retired judges were suspected to be corrupt.  He said he knew them personally but did not take action against them.
Further to this, there has been strong links between Zaki and the government of Malaysia which would have signalled a conflict of interest should he become the Chief Justice of Malaysia. Recently, it was revealed that a company linked to former chief justice Zaki Azmi and UMNO lawyer Hafarizam Harun may have been given the concession for the Kinrara-Damansara Exchange (Kidex), a road project awarded by the government.

The award of the contract was purportedly made by the government just before the CJ retired. His wife is the shareholder of the company that is said to have been awarded the lucrative contract valued at RM2.2 billion.

Before his retirement in September 2011, the Judges' Remuneration Act (JRA) 1971 was amended to allow a chief justice, president or chief judge to claim for maximum pension after holding the office for more than three years. Previously, the provision required a chief justice to also serve a total of 10 years as a judge, out of which, three years must be spent holding the position of chief justice, president or chief judge. Opposition lawmaker Lim Kit Siang as well as some lawyers alleged that the amendment was made for the sole benefit of Zaki Azmi. Zaki had spent less than five years as a judge but more than three years in aggregate as president of the court of appeal and as chief justice.

Honours

Honours of Malaysia
  :
  Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1981)
  Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (JSM) (1992)
  Commander of the Order of Meritorious Service (PJN) – Datuk (1999)
  Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (2000)
  Grand Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (SSM) – Tun (2009)
  :
  Knight Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (DSDK) – Dato' (1992)
  Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (SSDK) – Dato' Seri (2008)
  :
  Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Kelantan (SPMK) – Dato' (2010)
  :
  Grand Commander of the Order of Malacca (DGSM) – Datuk Seri (2010)
  :
  Grand Knight of the Order of Cura Si Manja Kini (SPCM) – Dato' Seri (2010)
  :
  Member Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Mahmud I of Terengganu (DSMT) – Dato' (1997)

References

Chief justices of Malaysia
Presidents of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia
Malaysian people of Malay descent
Malaysian Muslims
1945 births
21st-century Malaysian judges
20th-century Malaysian lawyers
Living people
Commanders of the Order of Meritorious Service
People from Kedah
Members of Lincoln's Inn
Grand Commanders of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia
Commanders of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia
Companions of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia
Officers of the Order of the Defender of the Realm
Malaysian chairpersons of corporations


The second USS Wando (Tug No. 17), later YT-17, later YT-123, later YTB-123, was a United States Navy tug in commission from 1917 to 1946.

Construction and commissioning

Wando (Tug No. 17) was laid down on 14 June 1915 by the Charleston Navy Yard. Launched on 7 March 1916, she was commissioned on 3 April 1917.

First period in commission (1917-1922)

Wando remained at the Charleston Navy Yard until 15 April 1917, when she got underway for New England waters and, with the ferryboat USS Wave (YFB-10) in tow, steamed north, via Lynnhaven Roads, Virginia and the New York Navy Yard in New York City, arriving at Newport, Rhode Island, on 21 April 1917. Shifting to Boston, Massachusetts via the Cape Cod Canal soon thereafter, she towed a coal barge to the New York Navy Yard on 25 April and 26 April 1917 and subsequently towed the scout cruiser USS Salem (CL-3) from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Boston Navy Yard before she returned, via Philadelphia, to the Charleston navy Yard on 19 May 1917, towing the torpedo boat USS Barney (TB-25).

After brief tours of duty at Georgetown, South Carolina and Jacksonville, Florida, Wando sailed for Hampton Roads, Virginia, anchoring with the fleet in the York River on 11 June 1917. Through the summer of 1917, the tug performed various utility duties —mostly towing targets and lighters, shifting target rafts and planting buoys - operating out of Tangier Sound and Yorktown, Virginia. During that time, she assisted the grounded battleship USS Louisiana (Battleship No. 19) on 6 July 1917.

In mid-August 1917, Wando underwent repairs at the Norfolk Navy Yard and there received a "minesweeping outfit." She departed Norfolk, Virginia, on 23 August 1917, heading for New York waters and reached "Base 10" — Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York — on the morning of 25 August 1917. From there she shifted to New London, Connecticut, where she received additional minesweeping gear from USS Baltimore (C-3) . On the evening of 8 September 1917, Wando embarked Captain Reginald R. Belknap, Commander, Mine Force and transported him to Newport, Rhode Island, arriving there later that evening. Wando subsequently performed buoy and net-tending functions off the Cornfield Light Vessel from 10 September 1917 to 13 September 1917.

Wando returned to New London on 16 September 1917 and the following day had more minesweeping gear installed. She again transported Captain Belknap as a passenger, from New London to Newport, before heading for Norfolk. For the remainder of September, Wando operated at "Base One," Tangier Sound, mooring target rafts, working on target moorings and making brief trips to the Norfolk Navy Yard for repairs or supplies. Wando subsequently remained in the Chesapeake Bay-Hampton Roads-Tangier Sound region through the autumn months of 1917 and into the winter.

Detached from her duty with the Mine Force on 19 November 1917, Wando resumed her operations with the Atlantic Fleet Train. However, she continued to perform the same basic duties, serving as target and net tender and delivering mail and dispatches through the end of March 1918. She subsequently towed targets for battleships engaging in gunnery exercises off the southern drill grounds, off the Virginia Capes and later laid buoys at the Potomac River Torpedo Range, off the mouth of the St. Mary's River.

Wando deployed in the Caribbean for the first time in early 1919. Underway from Norfolk on 6 February 1919, she arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on 14 February 1919, with Pontoon No. 23 in tow. She performed her unglamorous service functions for the Fleet — towing targets, lighters and barges and delivering men and mail — in Cuban waters at Guantanamo Bay, Guacanayabo Bay and Manzanillo Bay until 17 April 1919, when she headed back to the United States.

Reaching New York on the 18 April 1919, Wando subsequently shifted to Hoboken, New Jersey, where she underwent repairs over the first few days of May 1919. Returning to Norfolk on 6 May 1919, Wando towed targets and performed general utility service with the Atlantic Fleet Train through mid-July 1919 and then operated in waters off the northern part of the United States East Coast out of Newport, New London and New York. She remained at New York City from 10 August 1919 to 10 January 1920.

Underway for Norfolk on 10 January 1920, Wando arrived there the next day but, on 14 January 1920, sailed south for Charleston. which she reached on 16 January 1920. Detached from the Atlantic Fleet Train on 26 January 1920, Wando was simultaneously assigned duties as a yard craft at the Charleston Navy Yard, her crew reduced to 14 men. While on active duty at Charleston, she was classified AT-17 on 17 July 1920, during the fleet-wide assignment of alphanumeric hull numbers.

Wando operated in the 6th Naval District, out of the Charleston Navy Yard, until 18 April 1922, when she was decommissioned and placed in reserve.

Second period in commission (1933-1946)

Wando recommissioned at the Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California, on 15 March 1933. She was reclassified on 27 February 1936 from a seagoing tug (AT-17) to a harbor tug, YT-123.

Assigned to the 13th Naval District after her recommissioning to operate at the Puget Sound Navy Yard at Bremerton, Washington, Wando performed her vital but unsung tug services from the late 1930s through World War II. On 15 April 1944, she was reclassified again to a large harbor tug, YTB-123, a classification she carried for the remainder of her active naval service.

Final decommissioning and sale

Ultimately placed both out of service and out of commission and 3 July 1946, Wando was delivered to the Maritime Commission's War Shipping Administrationfor disposal. Her name was struck from the Navy List on 30 December 1946 and she was acquired by the Puget Sound Tug and Barge Company on 28 April 1947.

References

Tugs of the United States Navy
Ships built in Charleston, South Carolina
1916 ships
World War II auxiliary ships of the United States
World War I auxiliary ships of the United States


"Bird Walk" is the first single from Soulja Boy's 2008 album iSouljaBoyTellem.

Song information
The song was performed on the first YouTube Live on November 22, 2008, with an introduction from MC Hammer.

Track listing
CD single
 "Bird Walk" (main version) – 3:33
 "Bird Walk" (instrumental)

Download
 "Bird Walk"

Chart performance

References

Songs about birds

2008 singles
2008 songs
Soulja Boy songs
Songs written by Soulja Boy
Snap songs


The Libyan national basketball team represents Libya in international basketball matches and is controlled by the Kurat As-Sallah al-Leebiyyah (Libyan Basketball Federation). Libya has been an official affiliate of FIBA since 1961.

They finished 5th at the African Basketball Championship twice. The country hosted the 2009 event where they finished 11th, ahead of heavily favored Morocco and Mozambique.

Performance at international competitions
Overall, Libya has competed in many international competitions, including the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games, and the 2007 Pan Arab Games. The Libyan national team participated in the FIBA Africa Championship games four times, in 1965, 1970, 1978 and 2009, where they placed fifth, fifth, tenth and eleventh respectively.

Summer Olympics
Yet to qualify

World championships
Yet to qualify

FIBA Africa Championship

Pan Arab Games

2004:

Mediterranean Games

Never participated

Beginning with the 2018 event, regular basketball was replaced by 3x3 basketball.

Islamic Solidarity Games

2005 : 11th
2013 : Did not participate
Beginning with the 2017 event, regular basketball was replaced by 3x3 basketball.

Arab Nations Cup

1978-2005 : ?
2007 : Quarterfinals
2008 : First round
2009 : Quarterfinals
2011-2018 : Did not participate
2020 : To be determined

2008 Edition
Libya competed in the Arabian Basketball Cup 2008 in Group B alongside the Tunisia national basketball team, Algeria national basketball team, Iraq national basketball team, and Saudi Arabia national basketball team. In group play, they finished with 2 wins (versus Saudi Arabia, and Iraq) and 2 losses (versus Algeria and Tunisia).  After their 70–59 victory over Iraq, and a 65–60 win against Saudi Arabia, the Libyan team can entered the second stage of the league because Tunisia defeated Algeria on 30 October 2008. After completing their matches in the competition, the Libyan team's full results were the following:
Group B:
Libya 67–83
Libya 39–91
Libya 70–59
Libya 65–60

Current roster
At the 2015 Afrobasket qualification: (last publicized squad)

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Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend

Club – describes lastclub before the tournament
Age – describes ageon 19 August 2015

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Depth chart

Head coach position
 Kevin Nickelberry – 2009

Kit

Manufacturer
2009: Nike

Past rosters
Team for the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship.

See also
Libya national under-19 basketball team
Eslam El Karbal
Suleiman Ali Nashnush

References

External links
Libyan Arab Basketball Federation
Libya Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
Presentation on Facebook

Men's national basketball teams
Men
Basketball teams in Libya
Basketball
1961 establishments in Libya


Sansabelt is a brand of men's trousers. The trousers have a wide webbed elastic band sewn into the waist, which is intended to make a belt or suspenders unnecessary, hence the name sans a belt.  The slacks come in a classic fit with roomy legs in a dressy or dress casual fabric.  Sansabelt slacks come in 3 styles—Western top pockets with flat front, Side pockets with flat front and Pleated with side pockets.

History
The Sansabelt slack was invented by Edward Singer of Silver Manufacturing Company, located in East Chicago, Indiana, which subsequently sold the company and their patent to Jaymar-Ruby, an Indiana-based clothing company, in 1959. Jaymar-Ruby's Sansabelt brand was acquired by Hartmarx in 1967 and the last Sansabelt pants were produced in the early 1990s. On 24 January 2009, Hartmarx Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Peter Schwadel, President of Monte Blue, Inc. purchased the license to Sansabelt in February 2013.

References in popular culture
On the American television Good Eats episode "Ear Apparent," when making creamed corn, host Alton Brown remarks "Back before the days when I started seriously eyeing the Sansabelt pants rack, I used to put lots of cream in here. Sometimes a quart for one batch." In episode "Mussel Bound" he says "But I gotta tell ya, I'm already Sansabelt challenged here, (...)" when explaining why he is not going to use butter or cream to thicken a sauce.

In the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off, a Jaymar/Sansabelt store can be seen in the background at the end of the parade scene.

In the first episode of Wings, Brian Hackett makes fun of rival airline owner Roy Biggins (David Schramm),"...Sansabelt slacks! Boy, you miss one issue of GQ..."

In the Janet Evanovich book Plum Lucky, the narrator states "They were middle-aged thugs, dressed in bowling shirts and Sansabelt slacks. Their hair was slicked back. Their shoes were scuffed and run down at the heel. Their guns weren't as big as ours."

In the Roseanne episode "The Fifties Show," Becky tells her father Dan (played by John Goodman), "Thanks, daddy, you're the best." Roseanne replies, "That's why he wears the Sansabelts in this family."

In the Seinfeld episode The Big Salad, we see a news broadcast about fictional former baseball player Steve Gendason who kills dry-cleaner Bobby Pinkus, allegedly over a pair of stained Sansabelt slacks.

In the fashion-parody film Zoolander, Derek (Ben Stiller) learns that male models throughout history have been brainwashed into committing many high-profile murders.  He is told that the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy was due in part by JFK's involvement in the Cuban trade embargo, which "halted the shipment of Cuban-manufactured Sansabelt slacks, a very popular item at the time."

In episode six of season two of Harvey Birdman, Peanut comments on George Jetson's Sansabelt pants.

See also
 Zubaz

References

 Jaymar-Ruby Inc at MacREA's Blue Book (dot) com
US Patent 2,806,225 for Waistband Construction, granted to Edward Singer, September 17, 1957

External links

Clothing brands of the United States
Trousers and shorts


"Sugar" is the fifth and final single from American DJ Armand Van Helden's sixth album Nympho. It is written and sung by Jessy Moss.

Track listing
CD Single
 Sugar (Radio Edit) - 3:30
 Sugar (Original Club Mix) - 7:44
 Sugar (Paper Faces Remix) - 6:35
 Sugar (Paper Faces Dub) - 6:34
 Sugar (Cagedbaby's Sugar Baby Remix) - 8:30

Charts

Release history

References

2006 singles
2006 songs
Armand Van Helden songs
Songs written by Armand Van Helden


Wando may refer to:

Animals
Wando (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse that won the Canadian Triple Crown

People
Wando people, a Native American tribe
Wando (singer) (1945–2012), Brazilian singer
Wando (footballer, born 1963), full name Geovânio Bonfim Sobrinho, Brazilian football winger
Wando (footballer, born 1980), full name Wando da Costa Silva, Brazilian football winger

Places
Wando County, a county in South Korea
Wando (island), an island in South Jeolla
Wando, an unincorporated community in Berkeley County, South Carolina
Wando River, a river in United States
Wando Chiefdom, a chiefdom in Sierra Leone

Schools
Wando High School, a high school in United States

Ships
USS Wando, the name of more than one United States Navy ship


The Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology (DEBESMSCAT) is the lone state college in the province of Masbate. Its main campus is located at Cabitan, Mandaon, Masbate, while its off campus learning site is located at Cawayan, Masbate.

History

It was first called the Masbate National Agricultural School and was established on November 15, 1952, by virtue of R.A. No. 605, authored by Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa Sr., then the lone congressman of the province of Masbate. MNAS was renamed Masbate Agricultural College on June 18, 1966, by virtue of R.A. No. 4717, authored by then-congressman and con-con delegate, Hon. Andres R. Clemente Jr.

MAC was renamed the Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa Sr. Memorial Agricultural College on July 30, 1977, upon approval by Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos of Resolution No. 136, series of 1976 enacted by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Masbate on December 8, 1976.

Republic Act No. 7945 approved March 3, 1995, authored by Masbate's Second Congressional District Representative the Honorable Luz Cleta Reyes - Bakunawa and approved by President Fidel V. Ramos, converted the DEBESMAC into the Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology with Dr. Percival V. Bartolata as its first president.

Pres. Bartolata was succeeded by Dr. Alfredo B. Atendido Sr., the acting president. On April 1, 2003, Dr. Magno S. Conag Jr. assumed his office as the second President. Under the leadership of Dr. Magno S. Conag Jr., the DEBESMSCAT continued to experience growth, particularly in the development of different curricular programs through accreditation.

After President Conag completed his two terms, Dr. Erwin H. Malto was elected by the Board of Trustees as the third President of DEBESMSCAT, granting him two terms from 2011 up to 2019. Under Dr. Malto's leadership, the state college became ISO-certified (ISO 9001:2008 - Quality Management System). A mock audit of the QMS consultant was conducted on October 27–28, 2015 and November 5–6, 2015. Internal audit followed on November 18–20, 2015. Stage 1 audit was conducted on February 11–12, 2016. On April 18–19, 2016, a Stage 2 audit was held. And on June 11, 2016, the most sought certification was given to the DEBESMSCAT by AJA (Anglo-Japanese-American) Registrars and the internal QMS auditor.

By virtue of Republic Act No. 11171, DEBESMSCAT was converted into Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa Sr. - Masbate State University (DEBESMSU).

On May 14, 2019, Dr. Renee A. Lamela, former vice president for Academic Affairs, was elected as the fourth SUC President and the first woman to have been elected in the office. Dr. Lamela's leadership seeks to capture the full compliance of the CHED requirements for the university status and initially implement RA 11171 otherwise known as DEBESMSU.

On May 13, 2023, the College welcomed its 5th SUC President in the person of Dr. Arnel B. Millesca. Hailing from Camarines Sur and an experienced Academic administrator, Dr. Millesca strongly forwards the TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More) advocacy in DEBESMSCAT so that collaborative growth and empowerment to all will be accomplished in his administration.

Facilities

The 3,668-hectare campus of mostly rolling terrain is in the municipality of Mandaon 56.5 kilometers from the provincial capital, Masbate City.

The school provides dormitories to students and runs a hostel for visitors.  The majority of students opt to construct their own cottages in areas designated as student villages or reside in private boarding houses.

Support is provided to the students through the three offices of the Office of Student Affairs: Guidance, Undergraduate Scholarship, Students' Organization, and Activities. A large portion of the student population regularly avails of externally funded and institutional scholarships awarded yearly.  Student loans are likewise administered and student assistants are hired by the school, earning P25 per hour.  Student housing is coordinated by the Director of Auxiliary Services.

The school library houses over 100,000 volumes of books and provides Internet services.

DEBESMSCAT has a sports program headed by a sports coordinator. The school runs regular PE classes, annual intramurals, and an active sports club, and sends athletes to compete in regional and national competitions.

The school maintains a clinic staffed by a licensed physician and nurses, with recourse to hospitals in Masbate City.

Religious denominations operate in the school, and there is a non-denominational ecumenical center.

The college used to operate DZEE 93.1  MHz FM, a 10-watt educational FM station licensed by the National Telecommunication Commission for DEBESMSCAT students and personnel, transmitting information, entertainment, and educational programs. In 2020, due to the pandemic, the school revived its radio station, now referred to as, 93.1 DEBESMSCAT Buffalo Radio Station. The radio was primarily operated for educational purposes such as the delivery of lessons to students amidst the challenges brought by the pandemic.

The school also houses a 20-seat speech laboratory at the Institute of Arts and Sciences.

The DEBESMSCAT has laboratories in the academic institutes. The College of Arts and Sciences has laboratories in the basic sciences, and laboratories are focusing on specific fields.

Curricular offerings

As of October 2017, graduate and undergraduate programs offered by DEBESMSCAT are:
Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership (EdD EL)
Master of Arts in education (MAEd)
Administration and Supervision
Mathematics Education
Science Education
English Language Education
Master of Science in agriculture (MSA)
Animal Science and Crop Science
Master of Publication Administration
Bachelor of Science in agriculture (BSA)
Agricultural Education
Agroforestry
Animal Science
Crop Science
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering (BSAEn)
Bachelor of Science in Animal Husbandry (BSAH)
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology (BSIT)
Automotive Technology
Electrical Technology
Civil Technology
Electronics Technology
Food Technology
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE)
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BSCS)
Bachelor in Elementary Education (BEEd)
Preschool Education
General Education
Bachelor in Secondary Education (BSEd)
English
Mathematics
Biological Science
Filipino
Technology and Livelihood Education
Social Studies
Bachelor of Science in Public Administration
Bachelor

Program accreditation

The curricular programs of the college are submitted for accreditation to the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP), Inc. organized in 1987, though officially registered and recognized under the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on September 4, 1989.

Academic units

Graduate School (GS)
Doctor of Education (EdD) Department
MAEd Department
College of Agriculture (CA)
BSA Department
BSAEn Department
College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
BSCS Department
College of Technology (CT)
BSIT Department
College of Education (CE)
Secondary Education Department
Elementary Education Department
Laboratory High School (transferred to Cabitan National High School)
DEBESMSCAT Preparatory School

References

Universities and colleges in Bicol Region
Universities and colleges in Masbate

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pam:Listaan da reng colegiu at universidad king Filipinas
zh:菲律宾大学列表


The Lake and Walker Knife Safety system (LAWKS) is a patented addition to folding knives using the Walker Linerlock, designed by noted Knifemakers' Guild members Ron Lake and Michael Walker. The safety comes in two versions: original LAWKS and the Columbia River Knife & Tool company's patented AutoLAWKS. These additions raise manufacturing and engineering costs, but increase safety and security.

Operation
The original LAWKS mechanism consists of a switch on the handle of the knife, connected to the liner lock. When pulled back, the liner lock can easily be pushed back to close the knife. But when the safety switch is pushed forward, it acts as an extra lock ensuring the linerlock can not be used to close the knife, making the folding knife a virtual fixed-blade tool.

The AutoLAWKS mechanism was designed after professional military/law enforcement consultants pointed out that sudden tactical or immediate operation situations would call for focus on something other than actuating a safety switch under duress. The AutoLAWKS automatically activates, as the knife is opened. To close the blade again, the user has to pull the switch back to free the liner lock like the original LAWKS, but the AutoLAWKS switch automatically returns to a neutral position.

References

American inventions
Pocket knives
Locking knives


St. Oscar Romero Catholic High School is in the Callingwood North neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.  It is operated by Edmonton's Catholic School System.  It is the Edmonton Catholic System's newest high school and is located next to the Jamie Platz YMCA, Callingwood Twin Arenas, and Edmonton Public Library's Lois Hole library.  The school is the first fully Wi-Fi high school in Edmonton.

The school opened in 2004 with the name Archbishop Oscar Romero High School, and has been renamed twice as the sainthood of Óscar Romero progressed. The school became Blessed Oscar Romero High School in 2015 when Romero was beatified, and gained its current name in 2018 after his canonization.

Extracurricular activities
The school offers a wide variety of extracurricular activities.
Clubs/Teams offered include:

 Choir
 Ski Club
 Travel Club
 Volleyball
 Basketball
 Soccer
 Swim Team
 Golf
 Cross Country
 Track & Field
 Curling Team
 Student Leadership Team
 Yearbook Club
 Drama Club
 Sign Language Club
 Social Justice & Environment Club
FROG - (Fully Rely on God)
 Tech Club

References

High schools in Edmonton
Catholic secondary schools in Alberta
Educational institutions established in 2004
2004 establishments in Alberta


Jonathan Mark Shiff is an Australian television producer of television series. After leaving his work as a lawyer, he founded his own Melbourne-based production company, Jonathan M. Shiff Productions, in 1988. His company produces programs for children and families, which are screened in 170 countries. He is regarded in the industry as being known for discovering Australian talent who go on to successful international careers, such as Margot Robbie, Liam Hemsworth, Claire Holt, and Phoebe Tonkin.

Notable projects
Shiff is best known for producing the Ocean Girl series, the H2O: Just Add Water series and spinoff Mako Mermaids, which stream on Netflix. Shiff also produced the television series The Bureau of Magical Things.

Upcoming projects
While his professional homepage hints that a movie of 90 minutes length has been produced for Mako Mermaids, the B2B-site that ZDF Enterprises — distributor of the H2O franchise — operates for said show, shows no sign of such movie produced.

Shiff also hinted the Movie on social media.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

AACTA Award winners
Australian television producers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Australian people of Dutch descent


543 was a year.

543 may also refer to:
543 (number)
543 BC
List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 543
List of highways numbered 543
List of state leaders in 543
543 Charlotte
Unit 543
Area code 543
The 5-4-3 rule for configuring Ethernet networks


The Wando were a tribe of Native Americans of the Cusabo group who lived in South Carolina on the banks of the Cooper River.

Their name is also spelled Wandoe. Another Cusabo tribe, the Etiwaw, lived on the Wando River.

Language
The Cusabo language is unattested.

History
Spaniards explored Charleston Harbor in 1605. English colonists settled near Wando territory in 1670.

In 1675, the Wando, along with their neighbors, the Etiwan, Sampa, and Sewee petitioned English settler Maurice Mathews asked for land to be reserved for their settled. The colonial council established land for these tribes to settle near Charleston Harbor, and the Wando and Sewee settled on the southern bankds of the Wando River.

The Sewee people lost the majority of their men to an ill-fated ocean voyage, in which they planned to travel to England, but instead were caught in a storm. Survivors were saved by British vessels only to be sold into slavery in the Caribbean. The remaining Sewee moved in with and intermarried with the Wando people.

Swanton surmises that the Wando merged into their neighboring peoples.

Legacy
The Wando River was named for the tribe.
The United States Navy tug USS Wando, in commission from 1917–1922 and 1933–1946, was named for them. Wando High School is also named for them.

Notes

References

External links
 SCIWAY: Wando Indians - Native Americans in SC

Extinct Native American tribes
History of Charleston, South Carolina
Native American history of South Carolina
Native American tribes in South Carolina


The 1957 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol was the first time a football tournament was held to determine a national champion in Ecuador. Prior to this tournament, teams competed exclusively in one of two regional leagues, the Campeonato Profesional Interandinos (for clubs in Quito and Ambato) and the Campeonato Profesional de Fútbol de Guayaquil (for clubs in Guayaquil). Emelec from Guayaquil won the tournament and became the first Ecuadorian football champion.

Qualified teams

Standings

Results

References

Ecuadorian Serie A seasons
1957 in Ecuadorian sport
Ecu


The Ūawa River is a river in the Gisborne Region of New Zealand. The river drains an area of consisting of predominately managed forestry land northwest of Tolaga Bay. The river flows out into the Pacific at Tolaga Bay. The river is prone to flooding and has had significant issues with forestry slash.

Course
The ultimate source of the river is at the head of the Pangopango Stream near Tauwharepārae. The stream initially flows north and where it is joined by Ngapunarua Stream it becomes the upper section of the river, the Waiau River. The river meanders in a northerly direction through large areas of managed forestry before bending eastwards towards the settlement of Hikuwai.

The middle section of the river is known as the Hikuwai River. This section begins at the confluence of the Waiau River and the Mangarākai Stream. The river flow south through this section, meandering through an area of farmland and the settlements of Arero and Mangatuna. State highway 2 follows the river valley through this section crossing the river four times.

The lower section begins at the confluence of the Mangatokerau and the Hikuwai River. The river and meanders south for about  passing the settlement of Wharekaka before flowing into the sea at Tolaga Bay.

Flooding

The catchment area of the river is prone to high rain falls when easterly weather systems make landfall from the Pacific Ocean. During Cyclone Gabrielle the monitoring river level at Willow Flat rose from an average two-metre height to a height of over .

See also
List of rivers of New Zealand

References

Rivers of the Gisborne District
Rivers of New Zealand


Bertha of Hereford, also known as Bertha de Pitres (born c. 1130), was the daughter of Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, and a wealthy heiress, Sibyl de Neufmarché. She was the wife of William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber to whom she brought many castles and Lordships, such as Brecknock (including Hay Castle), and Abergavenny.

Family
Bertha was born in England in about 1130. She was a daughter of Miles, Earl of Hereford (1097- 24 December 1143) and Sibyl de Neufmarché. She had two sisters, Margaret of Hereford, who married Humphrey II de Bohun, by whom she had issue, and Lucy of Hereford, who married Herbert FitzHerbert of Winchester, by whom she had issue. Her brothers included Roger Fitzmiles, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Walter de Hereford, Henry Fitzmiles, William de Hereford, and Mahel de Hereford.

Bertha's paternal grandparents were Walter FitzRoger de Pitres, Sheriff of Gloucester and Bertha de Balun of Bateden, a descendant of Hamelin de Balun, and her maternal grandparents were Bernard de Neufmarché, Lord of Brecon, and Nesta ferch Osbern. The latter was a daughter of Osbern FitzRichard of Richard's Castle, and Nesta ferch Gruffydd. Bertha was a direct descendant, in the maternal line, of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1007- 5 August 1063) and Edith (Aldgyth), daughter of Elfgar, Earl of Mercia.

Bertha's father Miles served as Constable to King Stephen of England. He later served in the same capacity to Empress Matilda after he'd transferred his allegiance. In 1141, she made him Earl of Hereford in gratitude for his loyalty. On 24 December 1143, he was killed whilst on a hunting expedition in the Forest of Dean.

Marriage and issue

In 1150, Bertha married William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber (1112–1192), son of Philip de Braose, 2nd Lord of Bramber and Aenor, daughter of Judael of Totnes. William and Bertha had three daughters and two sons, including William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber.

In 1173, Bertha's brothers all having died without issue, she brought the Lordships and castles of Brecknock and Abergavenny, to her husband. Hay Castle had already passed to her from her mother, Sibyl of Neufmarche in 1165, whence it became part of the de Braose holdings.

In 1174, Bertha's husband became Sheriff of Hereford.

Bertha's children include
 William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, (1144/1153- 11 August 1211, Corbeil), married Maud de St. Valery, daughter of Bernard de St. Valery, by whom he had 16 children.
 Roger de Braose or Reynold de Briouse
 Sibyl de Braose (died after 5 February 1227), married William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby (1136- 21 October 1190 at Acre on crusade), son of Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby and Margaret Peverel, by whom she had issue.
 Maud de Braose, married John de Brompton, by whom she had issue.

Legacy
Bertha died on an unknown date. She was the ancestress of many noble English families which included the de Braoses, de Beauchamps, de Bohuns and de Ferrers; as well as the Irish families of de Lacy and de Burgh.

Ancestry

References

Sources

Anglo-Normans
Anglo-Norman women
1130s births
Year of death unknown
Daughters of British earls
12th-century English women
12th-century English people


Jiong () is a once obscure Chinese character meaning a "patterned window". Since 2008, it has become an internet phenomenon and widely used to express embarrassment and gloom, because of the character's resemblance to a sad facial expression.

Original meanings
 Window, according to Xu Shen's 2nd-century dictionary Shuowen Jiezi: “窻牖麗廔闓明” (an open and light window).
 Granary. 米囧 means “put the new rice into a granary”.
 Sacrificial place. Based on Chouli.
 Toponym.

Internet emoticon

The character for jiong is nowadays more widely used on the Internet as an ideographic emoticon representing a range of moods, as it resembles a person's face. It is commonly used to express ideas or feelings such as annoyance, shock, embarrassment, awkwardness, etc.

The use of jiong as an emoticon can be traced to 2005 or earlier; it was referenced on 20 January 2005 in a Chinese-language article on orz. The character is sometimes used in conjunction with orz, OTZ or its other variants to form "囧rz", representing a person on their hands and knees (jiong forming the face, while r and z represent arms and legs respectively) and symbolising despair or failure.

Encoding
The character is included in Unicode at  (囧). Unicode also includes U+518F (冏), which is considered a variant.

References

Bibliography

Emoticons
Chinese characters


The Boston Tea Party (BTP) was a United States libertarian political party named after the event known as the Boston Tea Party of 1773. It was founded in 2006 by a group of former Libertarian Party (LP) members, who criticized the LP for its "abdication of political responsibilities", saying that "Americans deserve and desperately need a pro-freedom party that forcefully advocates libertarian solutions to the issues of today".

The party effectively disbanded in July 2012.

Platform
The Boston Tea Party supported reducing the size, scope and power of government at all levels and on all issues and opposed increasing the size, scope and power of government at any level for any purpose.

History
The party was founded in objection to new policy changes by the Libertarian Party announced at its Oregon convention in 2006.

In September 2008, the libertarian website LewRockwell.com posted an article by libertarian economist Walter Block. In it, Block proclaimed his preference for the Boston Tea Party's candidates over those of the LP. Block and other libertarians expressed discomfort over the "unlibertarian" history of the LP's 2008 presidential candidate, Bob Barr, a former Republican congressman.

On the April 19, 2011, episode of Jeopardy! the BTP was a $2,000 clue in a category called "The Mad Tea Party".

On July 22, 2012, Darryl Perry announced his resignation as chair of the party. As there were only two remaining members of the BTP National Committee at that time, Perry's resignation effectively disbanded the party.

Program and resolutions
The party's 2008–2010 program – the four points of Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty – advocated, among other things, the withdrawal of all American troops from around the world, including Korea, Japan, Europe and the entire Middle East; an immediate and complete end to warrantless searches and seizures, warrantless surveillance, and other practices that encroach on personal freedom; and an audit of the Federal Reserve. The program was deliberately adopted from Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty.

On December 2, 2009, the national committee passed a spoon in Support of “Honest Money”. One week later Ron Paul introduced H.R. 4248: Free Competition in Currency Act of 2009, a bill 'To repeal the legal tender laws, to prohibit taxation on certain coins and bullion, and to repeal superfluous sections related to coinage.'

The party's members adopted their 2010–2012 program at their online convention held in May 2010. Its five main points are 1) End the Wars of Aggression and withdraw US troops from around the world, 2) End the Federal Reserve Banking System, 3) End the War on Drugs, 4) End Abuses of Liberty such as the Patriot Act and Military Commissions Act, 5) End the Immigration Fiasco by eliminating government restrictions on human migration.

The 2010 Boston Tea Party convention passed resolutions: calling for an independent investigation into the events of September 11, 2001; opposing intervention in Colombia; in support of the "Liberty Amendment"; and renouncing government in all forms. On July 5, 2010, the National Committee passed a resolution opposing "Top Two". On August 8, 2010, the National Committee passed a resolution to join the Coalition Against War Spending.
On November 19, 2010, the Boston Tea Party National Committee passed resolutions; opposing the TSA, naked porno-scanners & enhanced pat-downs and supporting the 2nd & 9th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America.
On February 4, 2011, the Boston Tea Party National Committee passed a resolution of support for the Tunisian and Egyptian people as well as the "rights of all peoples wishing to alter or abolish their present form of government."
On March 1, 2011, the Boston Tea Party National Committee passed a resolution supporting War Crimes trials “for every person that has violated the 'law of war'.” The BTP National Committee also passed a resolution condemning government censorship and any press organization and/or members of the media that intentionally distort and/or misrepresent facts.

The final program adopted on May 2, 2012 read: "1. Monetary policy reform: Repeal legal tender law, allow for free competition of currency, and prohibit federal and state taxes on precious metal coins and bullion.
2. Real budgetary reform: Abolish all subsidies/entitlements, drastically cut military spending, cut salary of all federal employees (including elected and appointed officials) and liquidate all government assets other than necessary office buildings.
3. Pass the Downsize DC agenda of Congressional reforms: Read the Bills Act, One Subject at a Time Act, Write the Laws Act, and Enumerated Powers Act.
4. End the Wars Abroad: immediately cease all foreign intervention and bring home troops stationed abroad.
5. End the Wars at home: war on drugs, war on poverty, war on civil liberties."

Electoral history

2008 presidential election
Charles Jay was the party's first presidential nominee. He received the BTP presidential nomination in the 2008 general election. He was on the ballot in Florida, Tennessee and Colorado and was a write-in candidate in more than ten other states. Thomas L. Knapp was the party's vice presidential nominee. Knapp was also a candidate for US Congress as a Libertarian Party candidate in the same election. However, alternate running mates included Marilyn Chambers (Arkansas, Hawaii, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Utah), Barry Hess (Arizona), Dan Sallis, Jr. (Colorado), John Wayne Smith (Florida) and Thomas J. Marino (Washington).

In the 2008 presidential election, Jay received 2,422 votes, putting him in 15th place.

2012 presidential election
On December 23, 2011, after a two-day Presidential Nominating Convention which took place online and was open to all BTP members, Tiffany Briscoe of Maryland was chosen as the 2012 BTP presidential nominee on the first round of voting with 13 out of 20 votes. Kimberly Johnson Barrick of Arizona was chosen as the vice presidential nominee on the 2nd round of voting.

On March 6, 2012, the party membership removed Briscoe as the BTP presidential nominee, replacing her with NOTA.

On March 20, 2012, the party membership passed a motion to hold a new presidential nominating convention, which began on March 30, 2012.   Jim Duensing of Nevada was nominated on the 4th round of balloting. Barrick remained the VP nominee.

Ultimately, the BTP did not run a candidate in the general election as the party disbanded in July 2012.

References

External links
 Archived party home page

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Matawai can refer to:
Matawai people, an ethnic group of Suriname
Matawai language, the language of Suriname's Matawai people
Mātāwai, Gisborne District, New Zealand

Language and nationality disambiguation pages


Richard Robert Woolstenhulme Jr. (born September 20, 1979) is an American musician and the drummer of rock band Lifehouse.

Early life and education
Woolstenhulme graduated from Gilbert High School in 1998, where he played football during his sophomore and junior years.

After his parents bought him a beat-up drum set Woolstenhulme started playing the drums; he was nine. He attended the Los Angeles Music Academy.

Career

Lifehouse
While Woolstenhulme was in a music studio session, Lifehouse, then comprising Jason Wade and Sergio Andrade, was practicing in the adjacent room. Woolstenhulme, then playing with another band, bumped into them in the hallway. It was suggested that he check out Lifehouse, which was looking for a drummer to replace Jon "Diff" Palmer; in 2000, he joined the band.

Woolstenhulme has since performed on each Lifehouse recording.

Other musical work
In addition to his work with Lifehouse, he has performed on numerous recordings, including those of Shawn Colvin, Rihanna, Leigh Nash, Rocco Deluca, Britney Spears, Dave Matthews, and Palo Alto. He has also toured with Pearl Jam in 2001, Matchbox Twenty in 2002, The Rolling Stones in 2003, and various headlining tours since 2000.  Beginning in 2013, Woolstenhulme toured with the Goo Goo Dolls following the departure of Mike Malinin.

Drum kit
For a while Woolstenhulme preferred Gretsch drums, playing a set that included a 24×14 bass drum, 13×9, 18×16 toms and a 14×6.5 hammered snare. He expressed a preference for Gretsch drums due to a better-quality sound.  He currently uses a DW drum kit with Zildjian cymbals, a brand he has used consistently through his career.

Personal life
Woolstenhulme's brother Sean Woolstenhulme is the ex-guitarist for the group The Calling, and briefly played with Lifehouse during their earlier years.

Woolstenhulme is married to Jenifer Hagio, a musician who co-wrote Michelle Branch's The Spirit Room. Branch introduced Woolstenhulme to Hagio.

Discography

References

1979 births
American male drummers
American Christians
American rock drummers
Lifehouse (band) members
Living people
People from Gilbert, Arizona
Musicians from Los Angeles
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Mātāwai is a small inland settlement in the Gisborne Region in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the upper reaches of the Motu River, in the Raukumara Range. It is on State Highway 2 between Gisborne and Opotiki.

The Matawai War Memorial Hall was opened in 1952, replacing a previous hall built in 1910. It was refurbished in 2016 to accommodate war rolls of honour from neighbouring communities.

Parks

The settlement's main reserve, Matawai Reserve, is a sports ground and local park.

Marae

The local Mātāwai Marae and Tapapa meeting house is a meeting place of Te Aitanga ā Māhaki's hapū of Ngā Pōtiki, Ngāti Mātāwai, Ngāti Wahia and Te Whānau a Taupara.

In October 2020, the Government committed $812,548 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade it and Te Wainui Marae, creating 15.4 jobs.

Education

Matawai School is a Year 1-8 co-educational public primary school. In 2019, it was a decile 4 school with a roll of 58.

The nearby Otoko School was closed in 1997.

References

Populated places in the Gisborne District


Eroni's Circus is a traditional travelling Australian circus, founded in 2007 and owned by Tony and Cathy Maynard.
Acts include performing horses and ponies, trick roping, performing dogs, hula hoops, trapeze, and other aerial acts, acrobats, juggling, clowns, etc. Eroni's Circus performs in a 32-metre, red-and-white Big Top marquee.

The circus often performs at agricultural shows and corporate functions

Former Eroni Brothers Circus: 1st incarnation
The current incarnation of Eroni's is not to be confused with another circus that was operated by distant relatives of the current proprietary's and operated from 1889 until the early 20th century, and also went by the name of Eroni Brothers Circus.

The first Eroni's Circus toured Australia from the late-1800s until the 1920s, run by Tony Maynard's great-great-grandfather William Perry, himself having split off from a larger circus called the Perry Bros, the first circus to circumnavigate Australia.

See also
List of circuses and circus owners

References

External links
Business listing
Article
Facebook-WEBSITE
Companies

Australian circuses
Entertainment companies established in 2007
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2007 establishments in Australia
Horse circuses and entertainment


Onychoteuthis borealijaponica, the boreal clubhook squid, is a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae. It is the largest member of the genus Onychoteuthis, reaching a mantle length of 30 cm in males and 37 cm in females. Maturity is reached at 250 mm for males, and 300–350 mm in females. There are 24–27 hooks on each club, which is more than any other species in the genus Onychoteuthis. It is a pelagic species native to the North Pacific, although it migrates into Subarctic waters during the summer from its more southerly winter spawning grounds.

References

Onychoteuthis borealijaponica, Boreal Clubhook Squid, SeaLifeBase. http://www.sealifebase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57439, November 1, 2008.

Squid
Molluscs described in 1927


Cornelis Reinier "Kees" van Kooten () (born 10 August 1941) is a Dutch comedian, television actor, and writer. He formed the duo Van Kooten & De Bie with Wim de Bie from 1972 to 1998.

Biography
Cornelis Reinier van Kooten was born on 10 August 1941 in The Hague, Netherlands. He is the oldest child of Cornelis Reinier van Kooten en Anna Geertruida Snaauw. He has one sister, Anke, who is a year younger. He met his wife Barbara Kits in 1959 and married her on 18 October 1968. After their marriage they moved from The Hague to the polder village of Zuidoostbeemster, where their two children were born, Kasper in 1971 and Kim in 1974. Both children are well-known performers in the Netherlands. In 1978 the family moved to Hilversum and in 1996 to Amsterdam.

Van Kooten is best known for his collaboration with Wim de Bie. With him he formed the comedic duo Van Kooten en De Bie, often abbreviated as "Koot en Bie," in a variety of often very popular programs for the VPRO broadcasting organization from 1972 to 1998. Their collaboration had started in the Dalton Lyceum high school in The Hague, where they had formed a theater group named Cebrah. Every year between 1972 and 1985 they published a tear-off calendar named , combining the Dutch words for tear-off and splitting one's sides in laughter; Bescheurkalender is now officially included in Dutch dictionaries for any humorous block-calendar.

Books
Van Kooten has written some 47 books, including novels, short story and poetry collections, and autobiographical material. They are characterized by frequent wordplays and lighthearted satire of Dutch society. Few books have been translated in English. He often wrote under a wide variety of pseudonyms, including Koot, Jan Blommers, Hans van Dek, Tj. Hekking, Heer Kooten, Harry F. Kriele en Roman Tate. He also wrote several books together with Wim de Bie. Most of his books are published by De Bezige Bij. Among his better-known works are:

1969: Treitertrends ("trends in provocation")
1970: Treitertrends 2. .
1972: Laatste Treitertrends. .
1977: Koot droomt zich af. .
1979: Koot graaft zich autobio. .
1982: Veertig. .
1984: Modermismen. .
1986: Meer modermismen. .
1988: Zeven sloten. .
1989: Meest modermismen. .
1991: Zwemmen met droog haar. .
1993: Verplaatsingen. .
1994: Meer dan alle modermismen. .
1999: Levensnevel. .
2000: Annie. .
2007: Episodes: Een romance. .
2013: De Verrekijker.
2021: De tachtigjarige vrede. .

Awards
Van Kooten has received many awards for his television shows and writing, individually and with de Bie. Among these are:
 1974 – Zilveren Nipkowschijf (Van Kooten en de Bie)
 1977 – Zilveren Nipkowschijf (Van Kooten en de Bie)
 1979 –  ("for effortless use of the Dutch language")
 1985 – Special Zilveren Nipkowschijf (Van Kooten en de Bie)
 1985 – Edison Award for Draaikonten (Van Kooten en de Bie)
 1999 –  ("for radio and television persona distinguished by their use of language")
 2004 – Gouden Ganzenveer ("for exceptional contribution to Dutch literature")
 2006 – Edison Award for Audiotheek, collected recordings of Van Kooten en de Bie

References

External links and sources

 Van Kooten & De Bie homepage
 Dutch National Library's files on Kees van Kooten

1941 births
Living people
20th-century Dutch novelists
20th-century Dutch male writers
21st-century Dutch novelists
Dutch male comedians
Dutch columnists
Dutch cabaret performers
Dutch male television actors
Writers from The Hague
Dutch male novelists
21st-century Dutch male writers
Dutch television writers
Male television writers
Comedians from The Hague


X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a hack-and-slash action-adventure video game based on the film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The game release coincided with the release of the film on May 1, 2009, for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Wii, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable. A version of the game was also released for mobile phones. The game was developed primarily by Raven Software through the use of Unreal Engine technology. The standard version was released for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii (which is rated T) and for  Nintendo DS (which is rated E10+), while the Uncaged Edition is for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows (which is rated M for more violence).

Following the expiration of Activision's licensing deal with Marvel, the game was de-listed and removed from all digital storefronts on January 1, 2014. It was the final Wolverine game published by Activision before the license expired in 2014. It was also the last standalone Wolverine video game to be released until the announcement of Marvel's Wolverine, currently being developed by Insomniac Games and to be published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation 5.

Gameplay

X-Men Origins takes influences from games such as God of War and Devil May Cry with a third person perspective. The Uncaged Edition also features a large amount of blood and gore. Enemies can be slain in several ways in addition to the graphic display of Wolverine's healing factor.

Combat relies on three options - light attacks, heavy attacks, and grabs. Another form of attack is the lunge, which allows Wolverine to quickly close the distance to an enemy. Wolverine can also use the environment to his advantage, such as by impaling foes on spikes. During combat, Wolverine's rage meter builds up, and when full allows him to use more devastating attacks, like the claw spin and a berserker mode, which increases Wolverine's claw strength until his Rage Meter empties. Experience (XP) is collected from defeating enemies, destroying elements and accumulating collectibles. The XP is used to level up, and each new level results in gaining skill points, which are used to purchase upgrades.

The PlayStation 2 and Wii versions are less graphic, with less language and slightly different combat. Feral senses are still obtained, which can detect doors, traps, enemies and sentinel observers, and lunges must be performed at closer distances.

Synopsis
The story is a combination of the Wolverine (voiced by Hugh Jackman) backstory explored in the film and an original plot created by Raven Software, which was influenced by major events in the X-Men comic series.

Plot
In the prologue, set in a bleak urban environment, Wolverine kills a group of soldiers sent to kill him. His thoughts drift to a forgotten past.

The game begins in Angola, Africa, chronicling the final mission of Team X, led by Col. Stryker and his soldiers: James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine, Logan's brother Victor Creed/Sabretooth, Wade Wilson, John Wraith, and Nord, to locate a village that holds the secret to a valuable mineral deposit (implied to be adamantium). Travelling through the jungle and ancient temples, they come across and slaughter numerous mercenaries and mutants attempting to stop them. When Raven, their CIA liaison, objects to Stryker harming innocent civilians, Stryker orders her terminated and Wraith seemingly kills her. Eventually, Team X locates the village but the villagers refuse to cooperate and Stryker threatens their lives. Logan turns on his teammates but he is subdued and knocked out before he can prevent the massacre of the villagers.

Three years later, Team X has mostly disbanded. Logan has settled in Canada with his girlfriend, Kayla Silverfox, when Creed surprises Logan at a bar and engages him in battle. Creed emerges victorious, breaks Logan's bone claws and knocks him unconscious. Logan awakens to find Kayla dead. Stryker arrives, telling Logan that Creed is killing his former comrades in revenge for Stryker firing him. He offers Logan a chance at revenge, via a procedure to bond the indestructible metal adamantium to his skeleton. Logan accepts, but when the procedure ends, he overhears Stryker order him to be terminated. He breaks out of the Alkali Lake facility in a rage, killing many of Stryker's men attempting to stop him, including Nord, and vowing to kill Stryker and Creed.

Searching for Wraith, Logan travels to Project: Wideawake, a secret government facility producing mutant hunting Sentinel robots. There, he comes across Raven, who is also searching for Wraith and is revealed to be a mutant shapeshifter; she explains to Logan that Wraith helped fake her death three years prior and the two have been in a relationship ever since. Raven leads Logan through the facility, where he encounters the Sentinels' mutant-hating inventor, Bolivar Trask. After cutting off Trask's hand to access Wraith's prison with his handprint, Logan rescues Wraith and destroys a large prototype Sentinel.

Wraith leads Logan to Fred Dukes, a former team member, who, after being bested by Logan in a fight, tells him of "The Island", a prison for mutants Creed captures on Stryker's behalf, and the location of Remy Lebeau, the island's sole mutant escapee, who is currently residing at a casino in New Orleans. Remy flees when Logan questions him, thinking he is one of Stryker's agents, while Sabretooth surprises and kills Wraith. After battling Logan, Remy is convinced he is not with Stryker and takes him to the Stryker's island base.

There, Logan confronts Stryker and discovers Kayla is not only alive but a mutant who seduced Logan with her persuasion ability. Her "death" was an elaborate ruse to trick Logan into volunteering for Weapon X to acquire his DNA. Stryker's true plan is to complete the transformation of Wade into "Weapon XI": grafting onto him the powers of various mutants (including Wraith and Logan) to create the ultimate mutant-killing supersoldier. Devastated by the truth, Logan accepts Stryker's offer to erase his memory, but changes his mind after Creed takes Kayla hostage. Logan bests Creed this time, but spares him at Kayla's pleadings. While Kayla leaves to rescue her sister whom Stryker kidnapped to force her cooperation, Weapon XI is sent to kill Logan. Despite Weapon XI's capabilities, he dies by Logan's hand in the ensuing battle. Creed recovers and amicably parts ways with Logan but intends to remind his brother that they are both killers at heart.

Logan finds Kayla wounded and near death; Stryker takes the opportunity to shoot him in the head with an adamantium bullet, erasing all of his memories. Kayla persuades Stryker to walk "until [his] feet bleed", says a tearful goodbye to the unconscious Logan, and drowns herself in a lake. Logan heals from the gunshot but awakens aimless and alone.

The epilogue takes place in the same time period as the prologue: Trask has taken Logan hostage and replaced his severed hand with a lifelike robotic prosthesis. Logan breaks free of his chains and Trask flees. As an army of Sentinels ravages a ruined city in the distance, Logan quips "This world may be broken, but I've got the tools to fix it".

Development
In May 2009, Raven Software set up a developers blog. Blur Studio, who also worked with Raven on X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, provided all of the CGI cutscenes for the game. Hugh Jackman reprised his role as the voice of Wolverine, though he did not provide motion capture. Jackman worked on the project for over a year and "did more voiceover for this than [he had] ever done before." From January to March, the developers published a large number of 3D screenshots. The music for the game was composed by Paul Haslinger. Raven worked with publisher Activision to provide easter eggs from other games to be found, such as the Lich King's sword from World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and the cake mentioned in the game Portal.

Downloadable content
In June 2009, Activision released downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, featuring Custom Combat Arena, Ladder Challenge, and Environmental Simulator.

Reception

The Uncaged Edition version received generally positive reviews, whereas other versions of the game attained mostly mixed to negative reviews. In general, strong points has been identified in the violence consistent with the comic version of the character and the aesthetic value, whereas the shortness of the campaign, the lack of replay value and the repetitiveness of action have been criticized.

IGNs Greg Miller stated the Uncaged Edition version of the game is an "awesome guilty pleasure", despite criticisms of fights repetitiveness. Miller appreciated the cinematic of the game, as well its bloody sights. Overall, the visuals received a mixed review from IGN, stating "the game looks great sometimes and shoddy other times". Miller further criticized that the only noteworthy sounds are Hugh Jackman's voice and the claws sound. Whilst the game was marked with an overall 7.8/10 ('good'), the PS2 and Wii were marked respectively 4.5 ('bad') and 4.8 ('poor'). The shortcomings of the two ports lay, among others, in the general lack of music during fights, poor controls and bad textures.

The different reception based on the game port was confirmed by the review aggregators GameRankings and Metacritic. While the ranking for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on both aggregators was around 75/100, the Nintendo DS' and Wii's rankings stood significantly behind, with the PSP port ranked around the middle.

GameSpot gave the game a 7/10, praising the variety of enemies, the brutal action and the representation of Wolverine's power, yet criticizing the poor replay value and the disappointing boss fights. Overall, the game was defined as "one of the better movie tie-ins released recently". Destructoids review, which gave the game a 7.5/10, focused on similar points, by finding fault with boss fights, poor replay value and sloppy plot and identifying as strong points the quality of the aesthetic and the brutal action.

Eurogamer gave the game a 5/10, by stating: "X-Men Origins may be unapologetically violent, but it's also unapologetically repetitive, and it's the one apology that needs to be made". Game Informer, even though disapproved the repetitiveness, stated that the "game is nearly impossible to put down". GamePro stated that "its repetitive gameplay, mundane puzzle design and eye-twitching platforming segments really cuts into Origins fun and yet, for fans of the franchise, it's a solid title that's worth playing through".

Accolades
In the ScrewAttack "Top 10 Movie-Based Games", the Uncaged Edition of this game came in sixth. At the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards, the game was awarded the "Best Cast" award as well as Hugh Jackman receiving the 'Best Performance By A Human Male' award as Wolverine. In IGNs 'Top 5 Favorite Wolverine Games', the Uncaged Edition of the game came in first. In GameSpys "Top 10 Best Superhero PC Games", the Uncaged Edition of the game came in tenth.

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Makaraka may refer to:

Makaraka (people), an African ethnic group
Makaraka, New Zealand, a suburb of Gisborne, New Zealand
Makaraka Racecourse, a racecourse in Makaraka, New Zealand


Horace & Tina is an Australian children's television series that first screened on Network Ten in 2001. The series was produced by Jonathan M. Shiff Productions. The series mixes animatronic characters (Horace & Tina) with live action drama.

Plot
Horace is a short, grumpy, 200-year-old man who is the world's greatest mischief maker. His elder sister, Tina, is a 271-year-old incurable romantic who loves to meddle and give advice. Lauren Parker discovers she is the only person who can see Horace and Tina and has to keep their existence a secret from her family and friends without them thinking she's going crazy.

Cast
 Jasmine Ellis as Lauren Parker
 Jordan White as Max Tate
 Matthew Parkinson as Steve Tate
 Carolyn Bock as Kimberly Tate
 Jackie Kelleher as the voice of Tina
 Frank Gallacher as the voice of Horace
 David Sacher as Lachlan Watson
 Terry Norris as Ern Watson
 Hannah Greenwood as Annabel Delaney
 Carl Lennie as TJ Knox
 Isabella Dunwill

Episodes

References

External links

2001 Australian television series debuts
2001 Australian television series endings
APRA Award winners
Australian children's fantasy television series
Network 10 original programming
Christmas television series


Makaraka is an outer suburb of Gisborne, in New Zealand's North Island, located in the west of the city. The suburb features Gisborne's horse-racing circuit, Makaraka Racecourse. It is part of the statistical area of Makaraka-Awapuni, which is covered at Awapuni.

Makaraka was settled by dairy farmers in the 19th century. A dairy factory was built in the settlement in 1899.

The Tarere Marae, located near Makaraka, is a tribal meeting place of Te Whānau a Iwi, a hapū of Te Aitanga ā Māhaki. It includes Te Aotipu meeting house.

Education
Makaraka School is a Year 1–6 co-educational public primary school with a roll of  as of

Railway station

From 1902 to 1959 Mākaraka had a railway station on the Moutohora Branch and, from 1915 to 1931, was the junction for the Ngātapa Branch. It is now the mothballed Makaraka Industrial Line and also has the East Coast Museum of Technology station building (from Matawhero) and museum on the former station site.

References

Suburbs of Gisborne, New Zealand