The VanOpen, currently sponsored as Odlum Brown VanOpen, is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It is part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour, and of the ITF Women's Circuit. It is held at Hollyburn Country Club in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The event was hosted continuously from 2002 to 2015, but returned in 2017 after a one-year hiatus.

History
The inaugural Odlum Brown VanOpen took place in the summer of 2002, in the Jericho Tennis Club, before it eventually moved to Hollyburn Country Club, in West Vancouver, for the 2005 edition. Started as a $25,000 ITF Women's Circuit event, the Van Open saw the victory of eventual world No. 1 Maria Sharapova over Laura Granville in 2002, and of then-Junior world No. 1 and French Open girls' singles champion Anna-Lena Grönefeld in 2003.

The following year, Tennis Canada and Tennis BC (tennis' governing body in British Columbia) joined to bring the event to the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour as a $110,000 Tier V event. Czech qualifier, and eventual top-ten member Nicole Vaidišová won the singles final over 2002 runner-up Laura Granville, becoming, as World No. 180, the lowest-ranked player to win a tour title during the 2004 WTA Tour season, and at 15 years, 3 months, and 23 days, the sixth youngest player to win a professional title in tour history.

While the women's event returned to its $25k format in 2005, "to help develop some of the world's best Canadian junior girls", a $100k men's Challenger event was added to the tournament, with the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP Tour) joining Tennis Canada, Tennis BC and the ITF in the organisation of the Open. Israeli Dudi Sela won the inaugural men's singles event over Australian Paul Baccanello in straight sets, and American Ansley Cargill won the first of her two women's singles titles (2005, 2006).

The VanOpen continued to grow in the following editions, with the ITF event's prize money moving up to $50k in 2007, and $75k in 2009. Amongst the tournament's champions since 2005 have been, on the women's side, former junior world No. 1 Urszula Radwańska (2008 singles), Stéphanie Dubois (2007 doubles, 2009 singles), and on the men's side Rik de Voest (2006 singles, 2007 and 2009 doubles), Frédéric Niemeyer (2007 singles), Dudi Sela (2005, 2008 and 2010 singles), who claimed his second VanOpen title, and 2006 Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis (2009 singles), who won in Vancouver his first title since February 2007.

Past finals

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

References

External links
Official website

ATP Challenger Tour
ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
Tennis tournaments in Canada
Hard court tennis tournaments
Sport in Vancouver
Tennis in British Columbia
Recurring sporting events established in 2002
2002 establishments in British Columbia


Reahûs  () is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 170 in January 2017.

History
The village was first mentioned in 1861 as Roodhuis, and means "red house" which refers to a farm from 1639 with a red tiled roof. The farm used to contain a clandestine church for the Catholics.

In 1892, the Catholic St Martin Church was built in Gothic Revival style. The church contains a 15th century statue of St Martin on a horse which was originally located in Easterein and hidden during the Reformation.

Reahûs was home to 28 people in 1840. Reahûs was awarded village status in 1955.
Before 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Hennaarderadeel municipality.

References

External links

Súdwest-Fryslân
Populated places in Friesland


Bruno Fattori (31 March 1891 – 15 October 1985) was an Italian poet. In 1936 he won a silver medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Profili Azzurri" ("Azzurri Faces").

Fattori was born on 31 March 1891 in San Giustino. He died on 15 October 1985 in Pisa, at the age of 94.

References

External links
 profile

1891 births
1985 deaths
Italian male poets
Olympic silver medalists in art competitions
20th-century Italian poets
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
20th-century Italian male writers
Olympic competitors in art competitions


Easterlittens () is a village in Leeuwarden in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 439 in January 2017.

History
The village was first mentioned in the second half of the 13th century as Lechinke. The etymology is unclear. Easterlittens is a terp (artificial living mound) village which developed along the Franekervaart. The terp has been partially excavated at the end of the 19th century. The Dutch Reformed Church has 12th century elements. The tower dates from 1854. The little tower was blown off the church in a storm in 1969, and was restored and put back in 1971, but without the original bell which could not be found and was replaced by a ship's bell. In 1840, Easterlittens was home to 479 people.

The windmill Alde Swarte Molen, Easterlittens is a polder mill from 1690. It used to drain excess water until 1961 when it was rendered obsolete by an electric pumping station. In 1967, it was bought by the municipality of Baarderadeel for ƒ 1,-. Since 1981, the wind mill is back in active service draining the polder of Oosterlittens-Britswerd.

Before 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Baarderadeel municipality.

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References

External links

Leeuwarden
Populated places in Friesland


A French kiss, also known as cataglottism or a tongue kiss, is an amorous kiss in which the participants' tongues extend to touch each other's lips or tongue. A kiss with the tongue stimulates the partner's lips, tongue and mouth, which are sensitive to the touch and induce sexual arousal. The sensation when two tongues touch—also known as tongue touching—has been proven to stimulate endorphin release and reduce acute stress levels. Extended French kissing may be part of making out. The name term originated at the beginning of the 20th century, in America and Great Britain, as the French had acquired a reputation for more adventurous and passionate sex practices.

French kissing may be a mode for disease transmission, particularly if there are open wounds.

Description

A French kiss is an amorous kiss in which the participants' tongues extend to touch each other's lips or tongue. A tongue kiss stimulates the partner's lips, tongue and mouth, which are sensitive to the touch and induce sexual arousal, as the oral zone is one of the principal erogenous zones of the body. The implication is of a slow, passionate kiss which is considered intimate, romantic, erotic or sexual. French kissing is often described as "first base", and is used by many as an indicator of what stage a relationship has reached. Extended French kissing may be part of making out.

History
Open-mouth kissing is alluded to in Sanskrit texts from 1500 BCE, and the Kama Sutra from the 3rd century mentions kissing inside of mouths.

Etymology
A French kiss is so called because at the beginning of the 20th century, in the English-speaking world, the French had acquired a reputation for more adventurous and passionate sex practices. It originated in America and Great Britain. In France, it is referred to as un baiser amoureux ("a lover's kiss") or un baiser avec la langue ("a kiss with the tongue"), and was previously known as un baiser Florentin ("a Florentine kiss"). The Petit Robert 2014 French dictionary, released in 2013, added the French verb "se galocher," slang for kissing with tongues. The informal English term "frenching" also means French kissing, as does the Quebec French term "frencher".

Disease risks
A study showed that French kissing can carry moderate risk of HPV. However, a professor calls kissing a low-risk activity that should be safe from HPV. The possibility of contracting HIV from French kissing is extremely low as transmission would require open wounds. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers transmission of Hepatitis B via French kissing to be an unlikely mode of infection. However, deep kissing that involves the exchange of large amounts of saliva might result in infection if there are cuts or abrasions in the mouth of the infected person, especially if they have a high viral load. Occasionally syphilis can be passed through prolonged French kissing, but this usually requires contact with an active lesion. French kissing is an unlikely mode of transmission of infection by gonorrhea.

In non-human species
, bonobos are the only non-human animal to have been observed engaging in tongue kissing.

See also
 Human sexual activity
 Oral sex
 Anilingus
 Cunnilingus
 Fellatio
 Socialist fraternal kiss

References

External links

 Discussion of the "biochemistry, psychology, anthropology and history of kissing" on BBC Radio 4 in July 2017.

Oral eroticism
Kissing
Tongue

de:Kuss#Zungenkuss


Antarctic Crossing is a 1958 British documentary film directed by George Lowe. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film follows Sir Vivian Fuchs on his way back from Shackleton Base.

References

External links

 Watch Antarctic Crossing at NZ On Screen

1958 films
1958 documentary films
British documentary films
Documentary films about Antarctica
1950s English-language films
1950s British films


Easterwierrum  () is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 332 in January 2017.

History
The village was first mentioned in 1319 as Aesterwerum, and means "settlement on the eastern terp. East has been added to distinguish between Lytsewierrum. Easterwierrum is a terp (artificial living hill) village which developed in the early middle ages.

There is a church tower from the 13th century on an isolated terp to the north of Eatserwierrum. Part of the terp has been excavated. The matching church was destroyed in 1905. The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1895 and has a tower from 1911. The Catholic Saint Wiro Church was built between 1925 and 1926 in Gothic Revival style.

The reason for the isolated church tower is that the village of Easterwierrum moved southwards to the canal during the 18th and 19th century to the a location which used to contain the stins Vogelzang.

Easterwierrum was home to 328 people in 1840.

Before 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality.

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References

External links

Súdwest-Fryslân
Populated places in Friesland


Easterein  () is a village in the municipality Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It is southeast of Wommels and southwest of Itens, in the middle of Bolsward, Sneek, Leeuwarden and Franeker. The center is situated on the Oosterendervaart, which connects the Wijnsevaart and the Hidaardervaart with each other.

In 2019 the village had 970 residents. The village also includes the hamlets Driehuizen (uninhabited part) Meilahuizen and Schrok. Until 1955 Roodhuis was also part of Oosterend.

History
The age of the village is unclear, it may have originated when the island on which it was situated, also referred to as Oosterend, had been diked. This was the earliest dike. It is also thought that it was created on a mound before that, but the village itself had several elevations, whether or not they were raised.

Various surrounding villages lay within the island, such as Hennaard, Itens and Lutkewierum. The village became the most important village after the establishment of theGrietenij of Hennaarderadeel. Wommels later took over this position.

In 1378 the place was mentioned as to Aestereynde, in 1402 as to Aesterende, in 1433 as in Oestereynde and in 1505 as Oestereynd. The place name indicates that it was located at the eastern (Oudfries: Aester) end (eynde) of something. In 1991 the official name was changed to Frisian-language Easterein.

Until the municipal reorganization in 1984, Oosterend was part of the municipality of Hennaarderadeel. After this it was part of the municipality of Littenseradiel. Since 1 January 2018, the village belongs to the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân.

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External links

Súdwest-Fryslân
Populated places in Friesland


Younes El Aynaoui was the defending champion but lost in the final 6–2, 2–6, 6–1 against Julien Boutter.

Seeds

  Younes El Aynaoui (final)
  Paul-Henri Mathieu (first round)
  Arnaud Clément (first round)
  Dominik Hrbatý (semifinals)
  Olivier Rochus (first round)
  Fernando Vicente (first round)
  Sargis Sargsian (no show)
  André Sá (first round)''

Draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

External links
 2003 Grand Prix Hassan II Draw

2003 ATP Tour
2003 Grand Prix Hassan II


Avonwick railway station is a closed railway station situated in the village of Avonwick in Devon, England. It was the first station on the Kingsbridge branch line.

History
The station opened on the 19 December 1893 when the Great Western Railway(GWR) opened the Kingsbridge branch line. The line had been planned, and authorised in 1882, by the Kingsbridge and Salcombe Railway which was subsequently acquired by the GWR in 1888.

The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939. A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region from 1952 to 1954.

The station closed on 16 September 1963.

The station is now a home with the platform canopy adapted as a conservatory.

References

Bibliography

Further reading

External links
 Avonwick station on navigable 1947 O. S. map

Disused railway stations in Devon
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1893
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1963
Former Great Western Railway stations


The Kathlamet people are a tribe of Native American people with a historic homeland along the Columbia River in what is today southwestern Washington state. The Kathlamet people originally spoke the Kathlamet language, a dialect of the Chinookan language. They were also called "Guasámas, or Guithlamethl, by the Clackamas", and "Kwillu'chini, by the Chinook."

Lewis and Clark reported "that about 300 Cathlamet occupied nine plank houses on the south side of the Columbia River", and lived between Tongue Point and Puget Island in Clatsop County, Oregon. On the north side, they lived "from the mouth of Grays Bay to a little east of Oak Point." Their villages were:
 Ika'naiak, on the north side of the Columbia River at the mouth of Coal Creek Slough just east of Oak Point.
 Ilo'humin, on the north side of Columbia River opposite Puget Island and near the mouth of Alockman Creek.
 Kathla'amat, on the south side of Columbia River about 4 miles below Puget Island.
 Ta'nas ilu', on Tanas Ilahee Island on the south side of the Columbia River.
 Wa'kaiyakam, across Alockman Creek opposite Ilo'humin.
Clark wrote:
November 11th Monday 1805
About 12 o'clock 5 Indians came down in a canoe, the wind very high from the S.W., with most tremendous waves breaking with great violence against the shores. Rain falling in torrents, we are all wet as usual and our situation is truly a disagreeable one. We purchased of the Indians 13 red char which we found to be an excellent fish. We have seen those Indians above and are of a nation who reside above and on the opposite side who call themselves (Calt-har-ma). They are badly clad & ill made, small and speak a language much resembling the last nation. One of those men had on a sailor's jacket and pantaloons and made signs that he got those clothes from the white people who lived below the point &c. Those people left us and crossed the river (which is about 5 miles wide at this place) through the highest waves I ever saw a small vessels ride. Those Indians are certainly the best canoe navigators I ever saw.
"In early January 1806 Cathlamet Chief Shahharwarcap, together with 11 men, visited Fort Clatsop". "About 1810 the Cathlamets moved across the Columbia and joined the Wahkiakums in a village at the present site of Cathlamet." About 50-60 Cathlamet remained in 1849.

On August 9, 1851, the Kathlamet ceded lands to the United States in exchange for money, clothing, and other items. They retained two small islands in the Columbia River. On August 24, 1912, the Kathlamet were awarded $7,000 for the loss of their lands.

"The last speakers of Kathlamet died in the 1930s," and the tribe is no longer distinct from the Chinook people.

Queen Sally's Spring in Cathlamet, Washington is named after the former head of the Kathlamet people, who told stories about her memories of Lewis and Clark as a young girl.

See also
Cathlamet, Washington
Chinookan peoples
Neerchokikoo

References

Further reading
Franz Boas, Kathlamet Texts. Bulletin of the Bureau of American Ethnology No. 26. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901.
Dell H. Hymes, The Language of Kathlamet Chinook. PhD dissertation. Indiana University, 1955.

Chinookan tribes
Native American history of Washington (state)
Native American tribes in Washington (state)
Terminated Native American tribes
Willamette Valley


The Hidden World is a 1958 American science documentary film produced by Robert Snyder. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

See also
 List of American films of 1958

References

External links

1958 films
1958 documentary films
American documentary films
Documentary films about nature
1950s English-language films
1950s American films


The Lowry Center (formerly Kenyon Athletic Center) is an athletic center and student union serving the Kenyon College and Gambier village communities in Ohio.  It was designed by architect Graham Gund and opened to the public on 25 January 2006.  The facility cost approximately $70 million to build.

Planning and construction
Plans were begun in 2001 for an athletic center to replace the then-outdated Ernst Center and Wertheimer Fieldhouse that had previously served Kenyon College.  The building was originally intended to be called the Fitness, Recreation, and Athletic facility (FRA).  Designs were made in collaboration with coaches and other athletics personnel, such as swimming coach Jim Steen, who was consulted while making designs for the "state-of-the-art" natatorium.

The KAC was built on the south end of Kenyon's campus, over the site of the former Wertheimer Fieldhouse, which was demolished to make way for the new facility.  Construction began in 2003 and the facility was first opened to the public on 25 January 2006, two semesters after the originally projected date of completion (May 2005) and almost three years after the beginning of construction.

Architecture and features
The athletic center consists of a hangar-like structure approximately  long and  wide, or  in total, with an arching roof supported by concrete columns in the center of the building and along the perimeter.  A frequently noted feature of the building is the use of glass to create an "open" feel and provide natural lighting—most of the outer wall is made of baffled glass panels. There is also integratedness between the different areas of the facility: most interior walls do not reach the ceiling, making it possible to see and hear activities in other parts of the building.

A key feature of the building is its natatorium, which serves as the principal training for the "Lords" and "Ladies" Kenyon swimming teams; the Lords have won 31 consecutive NCAA Division III championships, making them the team with the most NCAA titles in any sport, and the Ladies have won 23 (nonconsecutive) titles.  The natatorium includes an olympic-size swimming pool with a "state-of-the-art regenerative media filter" (which, it has been claimed, saves 600,000 gallons of water a year), and is climate-controlled and hermetically sealed off from the rest of the facility.

The glass walls of the facility also play an important role in heating and regulating the temperature of the building: the glass panels have reflective coatings that control the entry of heat into the building, and are made up of two panes separated by a pocket of air which, along with the air between the glass panels and the interior sound baffling, are meant to help insulate the building and preserve energy.  According to Calvin Frost, chairman of the Channeled Resources Group, Kenyon students placed a high value on ecological friendliness when sharing their attitudes about the KAC.

In addition to its natatorium, the KAC includes a 200-meter indoor track, tennis courts, and a basketball arena.  As one of the primary goals of the building's design was to cater to recreational users and the student community in addition to varsity athletes, it also includes a  weight and fitness room, a multi-purpose athletic court for intramural sports and community use, squash courts, dance studios, conference rooms, a movie theater, and a small café.

Recognition
The facility has been widely praised for its architectural design, and has won several awards.  It won the 2007 Facilities of Merit award from Athletic Business magazine, the New England AIA Merit Award for Design Excellence, and the Boston Society of Architects Honor Award, and was nominated for the 2007 Court of the Year award from the American Sports Builders Association.  On the other hand, it has also received some criticism for its high cost.

Use in 2007 Will Graham celebration
From 5 to 7 October 2007, the KAC was rented out to Will Graham of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association for the 2007 Will Graham Celebration, which was attended by approximately 5,000 people.  The event was met with some controversy among the mostly liberal–progressive Kenyon College community, as Graham's son Franklin Graham had been accused of making discriminatory anti-Islamic statements; numerous students and faculty called the choice to host the event "inappropriate" and criticized Kenyon's administration for having allowed it.

Several weeks before the Celebration, about 300 residents of Knox County, Ohio, in which Kenyon is located, gathered near the Kenyon Athletic Center for a "Surround the KAC" event to "form a shield of protection" around the property in preparation for the Celebration.  The event was also intended as an outreach to the non-Christian community.  In order to avoid trespassing on college property, the group used the public roads around the athletic facility to surround and "bath[e] the building in prayer".

References

External links
Official site

Indoor arenas in Ohio
Kenyon College
Buildings and structures in Knox County, Ohio
Sports venues in Ohio
2006 establishments in Ohio
Sports venues completed in 2006


Rien is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 110  in January 2017.

History
The village was first mentioned in 1527 as Reensterzyl, and means "water border". Rien started as a satellite of Lytsewierrum near a sluice.

Rien was home to 321 people in 1840. It was award village status in 1954. Before 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Hennaarderadeel municipality.

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References

External links

Súdwest-Fryslân
Populated places in Friesland


Spannum () is a village in Waadhoeke municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 282 in January 2017.

History
The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Spannum. The etymology is unclear. In 1332, an outpost of the monastery Lidlum of Oosterbierum was located in the Spannum. The Dutch Reformed church was restored in 1743 and enlarged in the late-19th century.

Spannum was home to 177 people in 1840. It used to be an isolated village. In 1875, the road to Wommels opened. In 1876, a boarding school for girls opened in Spannum which an emphasis on learning French. The older girls were only allowed to speak French. The school closed in 1905.

Until 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality and until 1984 it belonged to Hennaarderadeel municipality.

Gallery

References

External links

Waadhoeke
Populated places in Friesland


Dr Hans Helmut Stoiber (11 October 1918 – 10 January 2015) was an Austrian poet. He was born in Zell am See. In 1936 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Der Diskus" ("The Discus").

References

External links
 profile
 article and profile
 Hans Stoiber's obituary

1918 births
2015 deaths
20th-century Austrian poets
Austrian male poets
Olympic bronze medalists in art competitions
People from Zell am See
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
20th-century Austrian male writers
Olympic competitors in art competitions


2009 Asian Martial Arts Games, the 1st and only Asian Martial Arts Games in history were a pancontinential martial arts multi-sport event held in Bangkok, Thailand from 1 to 9 August 2009 with 9 events contested. Due to Political crisis in Thailand And 2009 Swine Flu, the Bangkok Asian Martial Arts Games Organizing Committee (BAMAGOC) and the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Thailand decided that Asian Martial Arts Games moved from the original schedule of 25 April to 3 May to 1 to 9 August. Four years later, the event merged with another Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) event – Asian Indoor Games to form the larger Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

Emblem
The emblem comprises the letter "A" which stands for Asia that would include the Asian countries and population as well; while the letter "M" stands for Martial Arts Sports. The two connected letters are reflecting the meanings of modernity, activeness and simplicity; combining with the thoughts and cohesiveness of friendship and equality among the countries in Asia for the upcoming Martial Arts Games.

For the overall picture, it is a mixture of contemporary art, manifesting that Thailand is to act as the host of the Games. Red is the main color of the OCA, reflecting the color of the fight, standing for the color of the heart and colorizing the Asian art. Gold is the color of brightness of the Thai Kingdom and is the color for creativity and determination to organize the 1st Asian Martial Arts Games 2009.

Mascot
"Hanuman" is a white – creamy super monkey and considers it as the God of the ape which has every kind of fighting skill with strong determination of great success.

The Organizing Committee uses "Hanuman Yindee" as the Mascot as it wants to convey the message of the word "Yindee" which means proudness and gratification. Furthermore, the Organizing Committee is using the word "Yindee" as to extend to everybody a warm welcome and a chance of making continuous friendship and solidarity throughout the entire peoples of Asia.

Venues
 Indoor Stadium Huamark - Karate, Taekwondo
 Nimibutr Stadium - Muaythai
 Jhanthana Yingyong Gymnasium - Kickboxing
 Thai-Japanese Youth Center - Judo, Ju-jitsu, Kurash
 Silpa-archa Gymnasium in Suphan Buri - Wushu
 Chaofah Mahachakree Sirinthorn Gymnasium at Suphanburi Sport School in Suphan Buri - Pencak silat

Participating nations
37 out of the 45 Asian countries took part. Iran, North Korea, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Timor-Leste did not compete. Iran, a favourite for a spot at the top of the leader board pulled out of the contest after fears of catching swine flu forced the Iranian National Olympic Committee to advise the country pull out of the contest. Palestine, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan did not have any competitors at the games but their athletes still counted in the draw in Taekwondo because of their late withdrawal.

Sports

Calendar

Medal table

References

External links
OCA Asian Martial Arts Games web page

Medal table

Asian Games, Martial Arts
Asian Games, Martial Arts
Asian Games, Martial Arts
Asian Games, Martial Arts
Asian Martial Arts Games
Asian Games, Martial Arts


Psychiatric Nursing: The Nurse-Patient Relationship is a 1958 American documentary film directed by Lee R. Bobker. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

See also
 The Odds Against
 The Revolving Door

See also
 List of American films of 1958

References

External links

1958 films
1958 documentary films
American documentary films
Documentary films about mental health
Films directed by Lee R. Bobker
1950s English-language films
1950s American films


Patricia R. "Pat" Lykos is an American lawyer who served as District Attorney of Harris County, Texas from 2009 to 2012.

Education
Lykos graduated from the University of Houston in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science degree in political science. Lykos earned her Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1971 from South Texas College of Law. She worked her way through college and law school while employed full-time as a Houston police officer.

Career
As a lawyer, she practiced in state, county, district and appellate courts and in federal court, litigating civil, criminal and family law matters. In 1980, the Harris County Commissioners' Court appointed her to the newly created bench of County Criminal Court No. 10, to which she won election that year.

In 1981, Republican Governor Bill Clements appointed her as judge of the 180th State Criminal District Court. Lykos served as a senior district judge, a special assignments judge, and as director of special projects for County Judge Robert Eckels, and director of judicial and legal issues for County Judge Ed Emmett.

Lykos was the former chief judge of the Harris County criminal district courts, served three terms as President of the Retired, Senior and Former Judges of Texas, and taught in programs for the Texas Center for the Judiciary, the American Bar Association, and the State Bar of Texas. She is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Houston Bar Foundation, of which she is a founding member. She has been an adjunct professor at South Texas College of Law, and taught at the National Judicial College on the campus of University of Nevada, Reno.

Lykos defeated Democrat Brad Bradford (former Houston police chief) in the general election on November 4, 2008.

In the April 8, 2008, Republican primary runoff, she defeated prosecutor Kelly Sieglar 52.6% to 47.3%. The Harris County District Attorney position became open after the former DA Chuck Rosenthal resigned in response to scandal.

References

Living people
1942 births
County district attorneys in Texas
Texas Republicans
Lawyers from Houston
University of Houston alumni
South Texas College of Law alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Eastern Orthodox Christians
21st-century Eastern Orthodox Christians


2009 Asian Youth Games, officially known as the 1st Asian Youth Games and also known as Singapore 2009, was a pan-continental multi-sport event held in the city state of Singapore from 29 June to 7 July 2009, with 90 events in 9 sports.

The plan for the Asian Youth Games was part of Singapore's bid to stage the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics (YOG). The purpose was to allow youths to use the chance to benchmark their performances against youth teams from Asian nations. The Games also provided Singapore with an opportunity to test organisational and logistical capabilities in advance of the 2010 YOG. The organisation of the Games, spearheaded by the Singapore Sports Council, cost S$15 million, which was part of the $130 million for YOG.

Torch relay
The 1st Asian Youth Games torch relay started on 28 June morning with the Community and Corporate Leg. The flame lighting ceremony was held on 28 June at the Kallang Waterfront. The flame is then carried across the island in buses to arrive at the start of the three routes, named after the Olympic values of Friendship, Excellence and Respect.
A total of 70 torchbearers were involved in day one of the relay.

The torch relay resumed on 29 June for the Schools leg, with the flame travelling to 45 schools around Singapore, where over a hundred runners had the honour of carrying the torch.

The relay ended at the Singapore Indoor Stadium where three athletes ran in with the torches and light the cauldron as part of the Opening Ceremony celebrations.

Branding

Theme song
The theme song entitled Asia's Youth, Our Future was unveiled on 19 March 2009.

The song carries the message of hope and friendship and was composed by musician Iskandar Ismail, and written jointly by Jose Raymond and Hoo Cher Liek.

The singers are Nathan Hartono and Lian Kim Selby.

Emblem
The official emblem of the 2009 Asian Youth Games was unveiled on 14 November 2008 and designed by Brainwave Design.
The logo, as described by Olympic Council of Asia, represents excellence and victory that the athletes will bring during the Games.

Mascot
Frasia, which means Friends of Asia, is the name of the official mascot for the 1st Asian Youth Games. The mascot embodies the values and spirit of the Asian Youth Games. The sprightly lion exemplifies friendship, respect and excellence. It constitutes a spirited representation of young hearts and minds in pursuit of sporting excellence.

Stamps
Many countries' postal services have also released stamps, such as Uzbekistan.

Broadcast
The sports events were broadcast 'live' primarily via the official website through 4 concurrent 'live' streams during the games period. It was the first multi-sport event to receive approval from the Olympic Council of Asia to provide broadcast coverage of all the sports events completely via digital channels. Singapore's television channel, MediaCorp Channel 5 provided daily highlights of the Games. StarHub TV had 4 dedicated TV channels to provide coverage for the Games.

The opening ceremony was broadcast 'live' via the website. In addition, Video On-Demand Clips capturing key sporting highlights of the various games were made available.

Venues

The Asian Youth Games and the 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games are expected to use the same competition venues.

NTUC Downtown East originally was the planned Games Village for athletes and officials. However, a decision was made to move the Games Village to central Singapore at Swissotel The Stamford.
The change was made as NTUC Downtown East does not have enough beds for the athletes. Due to the H1N1 outbreak, Swissotel The Stamford catered the ninth floor to suspect cases in athletes.

Opening ceremony
Themed Asia's Youth, Our Future, the inaugural Asian Youth Games opening ceremony on 29 June was held in the Singapore Indoor Stadium. More than 1,400 performers from 20 schools and tertiary institutions took part in the opening ceremony. The opening ceremony was graced by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Representatives from the Olympic Council of Asia and the Singapore National Olympic Council were also present.
There were three segments which were showcased: 'Asia's Zest', 'Garden in the City', and 'Spirit Of Evolution'.
The AYG cauldron was lit by three Singaporean young athletes, Tao Li (swimming), Remy Ong (bowling), and Jasmine Ser (shooting).

Participating nations
The Singapore Asian Youth Games 2009 saw an estimated 1,300 athletes aged between 14 and 17 from 43 countries competing in more than 80 sporting events.

Sports
Attempts were made to stage all 26 YOG sports but, due to time and resource constraints, Singapore and the Olympic Council of Asia trimmed it to nine.

There were a total of 9 sports, the 8 that the Singapore and the Olympic Council of Asia trimmed down from the 26 YOG sports as well as an addition sport of Bowling which is not an official Olympics Sport.

 Aquatics

Calendar

Medal table

Incidents
On 19 June, a member of the Philippines football team came down with H1N1 flu, causing the Group A football preliminary match between Philippines and Chinese Taipei due to be played at Meridian Junior College on the same day to be suspended till further notice.

Four cases of H1N1 flu virus were discovered from the Hong Kong football team on 22 June.

Malaysia has withdrawn most of its athletes (with the exception of their sailors) due to concerns over the H1N1 outbreak.

See also
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
2009 Asian Youth Para Games

References

External links
OC Asia 1st AYG website
AYG Results

Asian Youth Games
Asian Youth Games
Asian Youth Games
Asian Youth Games
Youth sport in Singapore
2009 in Asian sport
Multi-sport events in Singapore
2009 in youth sport


Glenn Kessler is the name of:
Glenn Kessler (journalist) (born 1959), American journalist and Washington Post diplomatic correspondent
Glenn Kessler (screenwriter) (born 1970), American screenwriter and television producer


Deptford Green School is a coeducational comprehensive secondary school in Deptford, Lewisham, England with approximately 1100 pupils. Deptford Green also has specialisms in Humanities, with English, Citizenship and Drama as flagship subjects. The school was also part of the former Crossways Federation, being one of four feeder schools to Crossways Sixth Form, along with Addey and Stanhope School, Catford Business and Enterprise College and Crofton School. In January 2012 Bill Gates visited the school as part of the speakers for schools project. He stated that "Deptford Green is a model of a global school with socially conscious students." Boris Johnson has also visited the school.

References

External links
 Official website
 DG Voice

Secondary schools in the London Borough of Lewisham
Deptford
Community schools in the London Borough of Lewisham


Hárr , Jafnhárr , and Þriði  (anglicized as Thridi) are three men on thrones who appear in the Prose Edda in the Gylfaginning ("The Beguiling of Gylfi"), one of the oldest and most important sources on Norse mythology.  Their names translate as High, Just-as-High, and Third in Old Norse, respectively.  In the story, King Gylfi, calling himself Gangleri, engages in a test of wisdom with the three, asking them detailed questions about the Æsir, their deeds, and their future.  The three respond until the final segment, in which the three men and the great hall suddenly disappear.

While the Gylfaginning never says so directly, some scholars believe the intent is that all three are manifestations of Odin, and thus would be able to answer Gangleri's questions in such detail, including ones on the eventual fate of the Æsir.

Depiction in the Gylfaginning
In the Gylfaginning, King Gylfi is travelling to Asgard, but the Æsir realize he is coming and prepare illusions () for him.  Gylfi finds a great hall and inquires as to its owner; he is told that the king owns the hall, and is offered a chance to meet him.  Upon entering the throne room, he finds the three men:

The rest of the Gylfaginning then proceeds as a dialogue between Gangleri (Gylfi's pseudonym he has chosen) and the three men as they engage in something of a contest of wisdom; Gylfi asks detailed questions of the affairs of the Æsir, and the three respond with stories.  At the very end, the three suddenly vanish along with the Hall.  Gylfi returns to Sweden to tell tales of what he has learned.

A common assumption is that the three men are intended to be manifestations, aspects, disguises, or illusions controlled by Odin.  Odin is both the wisest of the Æsir, and the king of the Æsir if the initial meeting at the illusory Great Hall saying Gangleri will be taken to the king is taken at face value.  More directly, as Jesse Byock writes, all three names are mentioned in a list of names of Odin:

Conversely, John Lindow argues that the three were probably not Odin, at least not in the view of Snorri Sturluson, compiler of the work.  Lindow notes that "Gangleri" is also a name of Odin, but that neither side of the conversation or events quite matches another story of Odin.  If Snorri was either responsible for or approved of the euhemerization account in the Prologue of the Prose Edda that conflates the Norse Æsir with Greco-Asian refugees from the fall of Troy, then the three may have merely been descendants of such a claimed migration in-setting.

Other attestations

Etymology of Hár and Hárr
The name Hár means 'High' or 'High One' in Old Norse and Icelandic; it may stem from an earlier Proto-Norse form *hauhaʀ.

The origin of the name Hárr remains unclear. A number of scholars, including Jan de Vries, E. O. G. Turville-Petre and Vladimir Orel, have proposed to translate it as 'One-eyed'. The word may derive from a Proto-Norse form reconstructed as *Haiha-hariʀ ('the One-eyed Hero'), itself a compound formed with the Proto-Germanic word *haihaz ('one-eyed'; cf. Gothic haihs 'one-eyed'). A Proto-Indo-European origin is also suggested by the Latin caecus ('blind') and the Old Irish caech ('one-eyed'), with regular Germanic sound shift *k- > *h-. Alternatively, Hárr has been interpreted as meaning 'the hoary one', 'with grey hair and beard', or else as an adjectival form of the lexeme Hár ('High One').

A variant of Hár, Hávi ('the High One'), appears in the poem Hávamál ('Words of Hávi' / Songs of Hávi) as a name of Odin.

According to the catalogue in the Völuspá ('Prophecy of the Völva'), Hár is the name of a dwarf, presumably unrelated to Odin.

Thridi
In the Skáldskaparmál, a quote from the Þórsdrápa (Thorsdrapa) appears to also refer to Thridi as a name of Odin, given that it would make sense for Thor to be departing from Asgard in the journey described to Jötunheimr that originates "from Third's":

Another short quote in the Skáldskaparmál refers to a "barley locked" or "pine-haired" wife of Thridi which seems to be a reference to the land itself, covered with plants:

See also
 List of names of Odin
 Numbers in Germanic paganism, for the significance of the number three

Notes

References

Bibliography

Characters in Norse mythology
Names of Odin


Lytsewierrum  () is a small village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 68 in January 2017.

History
The village was first mentioned in 1381 as Liticawerum, and means "little terp". Lytse (little) was added to distinguish between . Lytsewierrum is a terp (artificial living hill) village on the eastern tip of the former island of Easterein.

The Dutch Reformed church dates burnt down in 1514 and rebuilt in 1557 and has colourful paintings on the ceiling in Art Deco style. The tower dates from the 15th century.

Lytsewierrum was home to 167 people in 1840. The village is located at a dead-end road (for cars), because Cornelis Rimmerts Faber, the grietman (predecessor of mayor) of Hennaarderadeel did not want a road through his lands. Before 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Hennaarderadeel municipality.

Gallery

References

External links

Súdwest-Fryslân
Populated places in Friesland


John Bostock, Jr. FRS (baptised 29 June 1773, died 6 August 1846) was an English physician, scientist and geologist from Liverpool.

Life
Bostock was a son of Dr. John Bostock, Sr. He spent some time at New College at Hackney where he attended Joseph Priestley's lectures on chemistry and natural philosophy, before graduating in Medicine at the University of Edinburgh and practising medicine in Liverpool. He moved to London in 1817 where he concentrated on general science. In 1819, Bostock was first to accurately describe hay fever as a disease that affected the upper respiratory tract.

He lectured on chemistry at Guy's Hospital and was President of the Geological Society of London in 1826 when that body was granted a Royal Charter and Vice President of the Royal Society in 1832.

Bostock died of cholera in 1846; He is buried in the Kensal Green Cemetery, London.

Works
Bostock was one of the first chemical pathologists. He was the first to realise the relationship between the diminution of urea in urine as it rose in the blood, while the albumin in the blood fell as that in the urine increased. His most noted book, System of Physiology, appeared in 1824. His only geological work was On the Purification of Thames Water which appeared in 1826. He also collaborated with Henry Thomas Riley on a translation and annotation of Pliny the Elder's Natural History, which was published posthumously.

Family
He married Anne Yates and they had a daughter named Elizabeth Anne Bostock in 1817. She devoted her life to improving the supply of women's education. His wife outlived him and died in 1863.

References

1773 births
1846 deaths
19th-century English medical doctors
English geologists
Fellows of the Royal Society
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Deaths from cholera
Presidents of the Geological Society of London
Scientists from Liverpool
English scientists
Committee members of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge


Kûbaard  () is a village located in the municipal Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population around 242 inhabitants in January 2017.

History
The village was first mentioned in the second half of the 13th century as Cubawerth, and means "terp of Cuba (person)". Kûbaard is a terp (artificial living village). Later a dike which meanders through the landscape was built and still provides the main road to the village.

The church in Kubaard has been built in 1644, but has elements from before 1200. The pipe organ was installed in 1856 by Willem Hardoff. Now electrified, it once was powered by foot power, providing air to the bellows to the individual pipes as required by the organist. Although the organ would be considered small by today's standards, it more than adequately fills the church. It was renovated in 2017 by the Dutch organ firm Bakker & Timmenga.

In the late 19th century, the Doleantie (schism in the Dutch Reformed church) lead to the formation of the Reformed Church. In 1890, a shed in a farm was transformed into a church, and was one of the smallest churches of the Netherlands. In 1966, the church closed and is now a residential home.

Kûbaard was home to 328 people in 1840. Before 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Hennaarderadeel municipality.

References

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Súdwest-Fryslân
Populated places in Friesland


This is a list of Christian religious houses, both for men and for women, whether or not still in operation, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Most religious houses survived the Reformation, although many nunneries did so by becoming Lutheran collegiate foundations for women of the aristocracy (Damenstifte). The great majority were closed however during the secularisation of the Napoleonic period, with the exception of the hospital orders, such as the Alexians and their female equivalents, the Cellite Sisters, the number of whose houses is a notable feature of the Land. Also noteworthy are the small communities of local origin, such as the Olpe Sisters and the Schervier Sisters. Extant religious houses are indicated by bold type.

A
 Aachen:
 Aachen Priory: Dominicans 1293–1802; Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus 1842–today
 Alexian Hospital, Aachen (with St. Alexius' Church) (Alexianer Krankenhaus Aachen and Alexiuskirche Aachen): Alexians 1334–today
 Christenserine motherhouse (14th century – 1973; moved to the Haus Maria im Venn, Stolberg)
 Convent of the Poor Sisters of Saint Francis, Aachen: Poor Sisters of St. Francis, also known as the Schervier Sisters, 1852–today

 St. Anne's Abbey or Priory, Aachen, now St. Anne's Church, Aachen (Kloster St. Joachim und Anna, now the Annakirche): Benedictine nuns 1511–1794
 St. Jöris' Abbey, see St. Jöris
 Abdinghof Abbey or Priory (Abdinghofkloster), Paderborn: Benedictine monks 1015–1803
 Altenberg Abbey (Abtei Altenberg), Altenberg: Cistercian monks 1133–1803
 Arnsberg:
 Jesuit Mission, Arnsberg (Jesuitenmission Arnsberg) 1651–1773
Attendorn:
 Attendorn Friary (Franziskanerkloster Attendorn): Franciscan friars 1636–1803
Ewig Priory, Attendorn, see Ewig
Waldenburg Commandery, Attendorn, see Waldenburg

B
 Haus Carola, Bad Waldliesborn, Lippstadt: Olpe Sisters (Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration; dates tbe)
 Beckum Abbey (Kollegiatstift St. Stephanus), Beckum: men's collegiate foundation 1267–1811
 Bedburg Abbey (Marienstift Bedburg), Bedburg-Hau: Premonstratensians, before 1138 – c. 1270; regular canonesses c. 1270–1519; secular canonesses 1517–1802; moved to Cleves in 1604
 Belecke Priory (Propstei Belecke), Belecke, Warstein: Benedictine monks 1270–1804
 Benden Abbey (Kloster Benden), Heide, Brühl: Cistercian nuns 1207–1802
 Benninghausen Abbey (Kloster Benninghausen), Benninghausen, Lippstadt: Cistercian nuns 1240–1804
 Bentlage Priory (Kloster Bentlage), Bentlage, Rheine: Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross 1437–1803
 Beyenburg Abbey, see Steinhaus Abbey
 Redemptorist Fathers, Bochum
 Böddeken Abbey (or Priory), Büren: women's collegiate foundation (Frauenstift) 836 – 11th century; secular canonesses 11th century – 1408; re-founded as Augustinian Canons under the Windesheim Congregation 1408/09 – 1803
 Bödingen Priory (Kloster Bödingen), Hennef: Augustinian Hermits 1424–1803
 Boke Abbey (Kloster Boke), Boke, Delbrück: Benedictine monks 1101–1104 (moved to Flechtdorf Abbey in Hesse)
 Redemptorist Fathers, Bonn
 St. Remigius' Abbey, Borken (Kollegiatstift St. Remigius), Borken: men's collegiate foundation 1433–1811
 Bottenbroich Abbey, later Bottenbroich Priory (Kloster Bottenbroich), Kerpen: Cistercian nuns 1231 (or 1253)–1448; Cistercian monks 1448–1802
 Brauweiler Abbey (Abtei Brauweiler), Pulheim: Benedictine monks 1024–1803
 Bredelar Abbey (Kloster Bredelar), Bredelar, Marsberg: Premonstratensians, approximately 1170–1196; Cistercian monks 1196–1804
 Brenkhausen Abbey (Kloster Brenkhausen), Brenkhausen near Höxter: Cistercian nuns c1245 re-settled with Benedictine nuns from Corvey 1601–1803; from 1993 monastery and bishop's seat of the Coptic Church in Germany
 Brilon Friary (Minoritenkloster Brilon), Brilon: Friars Minor 1653–1803
 Brunnen Priory (Kloster Brunnen), Sundern: Capuchin Friars 1722–1834
 Burtscheid Abbey (Abtei Burtscheid), Burtscheid, Aachen: Benedictine monks 997–1220; Cistercian nuns 1220–1802

C
 Cappenberg Abbey (Kloster Cappenberg), later Schloss Cappenberg (Cappenberg Castle), Selm: Premonstratensian Canons 1122–1802/03
 Clarenberg Priory (Kloster Clarenberg), Hörde, Dortmund: Poor Clares 1339–1583: secular canonesses 1583–1812
 Clarholz Abbey (or Priory) (Stift or Kloster Clarholz), Herzebrock-Clarholz: Premonstratensian canons before 1146–1803 (fdd 1133 in Lette in Oelde as a double monastery, but separated by 1146, and canons moved to Clarholz, while nuns stayed in Lette)
 Cleves Abbey or Priory (Stift Kleve), Cleves: canons 1334–1802
Cologne:
 Redemptorist Fathers, Cologne (dates tbe)
 Alexian Hospital, Cologne (Alexianer Krankenhaus Köln): Alexians 1300–today
 St. Anthony's Hospital, Cologne (Antoniterkloster; church now the Antoniterkirche) 1350 x 1378–1794
 Cologne Charterhouse (Kartäuserkloster Köln): Carthusians 1334–1794
 St. Elisabeth's House, Cologne: Olpe Sisters (dates tbe)
 St. Elisabeth's Convent, Cologne: (Cellitinnen zur heiligen Elisabeth): Cellite Sisters (dates tbe)
 St. Gertrude's Priory (Kloster Sankt Gertrud): tbe
 St. Mary's Convent, Cologne (Cellitinnen zur heiligen Maria): Cellite Sisters (dates tbe)
 Convent of the Cellite Sisters of the Rule of St. Augustine, Cologne (Cellitinnen nach der Regel des hl. Augustinus): Cellite Sisters (dates tbe)
 Corvey Abbey (Kloster Corvey), Höxter: Benedictine monks 822–1807

D
 Dalheim Priory or Abbey (Kloster Dalheim), Dalheim, Lichtenau: Austin Canons 1429–1803
 Deutz Abbey (Abtei Deutz), Deutz, Cologne: Benedictine monks 1003–1804
Dorsten:
 Dorsten Friary (Franziskanerkloster Dorsten): Franciscan friars 1488–today
 St. Michael's Carmel, Dorsten (Karmel St. Michael): Discalced Carmelites 1998–today
 Ursuline Convent, Dorsten (Ursulinenkloster Dorsten): Ursuline Sisters 1699–today
 Drolshagen Abbey or Priory (Kloster Drolshagen), Drolshagen: Cistercian nuns 1235–1803
 St. Victor's Abbey or Priory, Dülmen (Stift St. Viktor, Dülmen), Dülmen: men's collegiate foundation 1323–1811
 Düren:
 Düren Priory or Carmel (Karmelitinnenkloster Düren), Düren: Discalced Carmelites 1903–today
 St. Gertude's Convent, Düren: Cellite Sisters (dates tbe)
 Convent of the Cellite Sisters, Düsseldorf (Cellitinnenkloster Düsseldorf), Düsseldorf: Cellite Sisters (dates tbe)

E
 Elsey Abbey or Priory (Kloster Elsey), Hohenlimburg, Hagen: secular canonesses 1220–1810
 Wallfahrtstätte Eremitage, Niederdielfen, Wilnsdorf: Poor Clares 1953–today
 Eikeloh Priory (Propstei Eikeloh), Erwitte: Premonstratensian nuns 1639–1803
 Eschweiler:
 Alexian Hospital, Eschweiler (Alexianerkloster Eschweiler) 1909–1944
 Helene-Nickel-Stift, Röhe: tbe
 Essen Abbey (Stift Essen), Essen: secular canonesses 845–1803
 Ewig Priory or Abbey (Kloster Ewig), Attendorn: Austin Canons 1420–1803

F
 St. Boniface's Abbey, Freckenhorst (Stift Sankt Bonifatius, Freckenhorst), Freckenhorst in Warendorf: secular canonesses 851-1811
 Fröndenberg Abbey or Priory (Stift Fröndenberg), Fröndenberg: Cistercian nuns 1225 x 1230-c 1650; secular canonesses (Damenstift) c1650-1812
 Fürstenberg Abbey (Kloster Fürstenberg), Xanten: Benedictine monks and nuns 1116-1259; Cistercian nuns 1259-1586

G

 Galilee Priory (Kloster Galiläa) near Meschede: Dominican nuns 1484-1810
 Gehrden Abbey (Kloster Gehrden), Gehrden, Brakel: Benedictine nuns 1142-1810
 Geistingen Priory (Kloster Geistingen) in Geistingen, Hennef: Redemptorists 1903-1941; orphanage 1941-1946; educational purposes to 2006
 Gerleve Abbey (Abtei Gerleve), Billerbeck: Benedictine monks 1899-today
 Gerresheim Abbey (Stift Gerresheim), Gerresheim, Düsseldorf: secular canonesses 9th century – 1803
 Gertrudisstift, Ruppichteroth: Mission Sisters of the Precious Blood (Missionsschwestern vom Kostbaren Blut), also known as the Mariannhiller Sisters, 1916-today
Geseke:
 Geseke Abbey or Priory (Frauenstift Geseke): secular canonesses 946-1823
 Franciscan friary, Geseke: Franciscan friars 1637-1834
 Gevelsberg Abbey (Kloster Gevelsberg), Gevelsberg: Cistercian nuns c1230 x 1236-c 1577; secular canonesses (Damenstift) c 1577-1812
 Glindfeld Priory (Augustinerinnenkloster Glindfeld), Medebach: Augustinian Canonesses 1298-1499; Canons Regular of the Holy Cross 1499-1804
 Goch Priory (Tertiarinnenkloster Goch), Goch: Franciscan Tertiaries (dates tbe)
 Graefenthal Abbey or Priory (Kloster Graefenthal), Kessel, Goch: Cistercian nuns 1248-1802
 Gräfrath Abbey (Kloster Gräfrath), Gräfrath, Solingen: Benedictine nuns, before 1209-1802
 Grafschaft Abbey (Kloster Grafschaft), Schmallenberg: Benedictine monks 1072-1804; Sisters of Mercy of Saint Charles Borromeo 1948-today
 Gravenhorst Abbey or Priory (Kloster Gravenhorst), Hörstel: Cistercian nuns 1256-1808

H

 Hagenbusch Abbey (Kloster Hagenbusch), Xanten: Benedictine nuns c. 1140-1802
 Haldem Abbey or Priory (Damenstift Haldem or Karolinen-Stift), otherwise Schloss Haldem (Haldem Castle), Haldem, Stemwede: women's collegiate foundation 1878-1890
 Hamborn Abbey (Abtei Hamborn), Hamborn, Duisburg: Premonstratensian Canons 1136-1802, 1959-today
 Hamm Friary (Franziskanerkloster Hamm), Hamm: Franciscan friars 1455-1824
 Hardehausen Abbey (Kloster Hardehausen), Warburg: Cistercian monks 1140-1803, 1927–1938
 Herstelle Abbey, otherwise Abbey of the Holy Cross, Herstelle (Abtei vom Hl. Kreuz, Herstelle), Beverungen: Friars Minor nk-1825; Benedictine nuns of the Most Holy Sacrament 1899-1924; Benedictine nuns 1924-today
 Heisterbach Abbey (Kloster Heisterbach), Königswinter: Cistercian monks 1192-1803
 Herford:
 Herford Abbey (Stift Herford), Herford: secular canonesses 800-1802
 St. John's and St. Denis's Abbey or Priory, Herford (Stift St. Johann und Dionys, Herford): secular canons 947-1414

 Herzebrock Abbey or Priory (Stift Herzebrock), Herzebrock-Clarholz: secular canonesses c860-1208; Benedictine nuns 1208-1803
 Himmelpforten Abbey (Kloster Himmelpforten), Möhnesee: Cistercian nuns 1246-1804
 Hirschberg Abbey or Priory (Kloster Hirschberg), Hirschberg, Warstein: Benedictine nuns 1513-1804
 Hohenbusch Priory (Haus Hohenbusch or Kloster Hohenbusch), Erkelenz: Canons Regular of the Holy Cross 1302-1802
 Holthausen Priory or Abbey (Kloster Holthausen, now Gut Holthausen), Büren: Cistercian nuns 1243-1810
 St. Gertrude's Priory or Abbey, Horstmar (Kollegiatstift St. Gertrud, Horstmar), Horstmar: secular canonesses 1325-1806

J
 St. Nicholas' Priory, Jüchen (Nikolauskloster, Jüchen), Jüchen: Franciscan Tertiaries 1403-1802; Franciscan oblates 1953-today

K

 Kamp Abbey (Kloster Kamp or Altenkamp), Kamp-Lintfort: Cistercian monks 1123-1802; Carmelites 1954-2002
 Kappenberg, see Cappenberg
 Kentrop Priory (Haus Kentrop otherwise Kloster Kentrop), Hamm: Cistercian nuns 1290-1802 (moved here from Marienhof)
 Keppel Abbey (Stift Keppel), Allenbach, Hilchenbach: Premonstratensian nuns 1236-1594; women's collegiate foundation 1594-1812

 Knechtsteden Abbey (Kloster Knechtsteden), Dormagen: Premonstratensian Canons 1138-1801; Spiritans 1895-today
 Königsmünster Abbey (Abtei Königsmünster), Meschede: Benedictine monks 1928-today
 Kornelimünster Abbey (Abtei Kornelimünster), Kornelimünster, Aachen: Benedictine monks 814-1802, 1906-today
 Kranenburg:
 Katharinenhof Kranenburg: Augustinian women's community 1445-1802
 St. Martin's Priory (Stift St. Martin, Kranenburg): canons, 1436-1802 (moved here from Zyfflich)
 Kreitz Priory (Kloster Kreitz), Holzheim, Neuss: Benedictine nuns 1899-today
 Küstelberg Priory (Augustinerinnenkloster Küstelberg), Winterberg: Augustinian Canonesses 1177-1297

L
 Langwaden Abbey or Priory (Kloster Langwaden), Hülchrath, Grevenbroich: Premonstratensian nuns 1145-1802; Cistercian monks 1964-today
 St. Mary's Priory, Lemgo (Kloster Sankt Maria, Lemgo), Lemgo: Dominican nuns (dates tbe)
 Lette Abbey or Priory (Kloster Lette), Lette, Oelde: Premonstratensian double monastery 1133-before 1146; canons moved to Clarholz before 1146, thereafter Premonstratensian nuns (end date tbe)
 St. Elisabeth's House, Hitdorf, Leverkusen: Olpe Sisters (dates tbe)
 Levern Priory or Abbey (Stift Levern), Levern, Stemwede: Cistercian nuns 1227-1558; secular canonesses 1558-1810
 Liesborn Abbey (Abtei Liesborn), Wadersloh: Benedictine nuns 785 (or 815)-1131; Benedictine monks 1131-1803
 Lübbecke Priory or Abbey (Stift St. Andreas, Lübbecke), Lübbecke: canons 1295-1810
 St. Anthony's Convent, Lüdinghausen (St.-Antonius-Kloster, Lüdinghausen), Lüdinghausen: Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement and the Love of Christ, also known as the Lüdinghauser Sisters, c. 1900-today

M
 Maria Frieden Abbey or Dahlem Abbey (Abtei Maria Frieden), Dahlem: Trappist nuns 1952-today
 Mariawald Abbey (Abtei Mariawald), Heimbach: Cistercian monks 1480-1795, Trappists 1862-today
 Marienbaum Abbey (St. Mariä Himmelfahrt, Marienbaum or Birgittenkloster Marienbaum), Xanten: Brigittine double monastery 1460-1802
 Marienborn Abbey (Kloster Marienborn), Burbach, Hürth: Cistercian nuns 1233-1802
 Marienborn Priory (Kloster Marienborn), Lütgendortmund: Beguines (dates tbe)
 Marienfeld Abbey (Kloster Marienfeld), Harsewinkel: Cistercian monks 1185-1803; Benedictine monks 2004-today
 Marienhof Priory or Abbey (Kloster Marienhof), Hamm: Cistercian nuns 1270-1290 (moved to Kentrop)
 Marienmünster Abbey (Abtei Marienmünster), Marienmünster: Benedictine monks 1128-1803; Passionists 1965-today
 Marienthal Priory or Marienthal Carmel, formerly Marienthal Abbey (Kloster Marienthal), Hamminkeln: Augustinian Hermits 1258-1806, Carmelites 1986-today
 Marsberg:
 Marsberg Friary (Kapuzinerkloster Marsberg), Niedermarsberg: Capuchin Friars 1745–1812
 Obermarsberg Abbey (Kloster Obermarsberg), Obermarsberg: Benedictine monks, 8th century – 1803
 Merten Priory (Kloster Merten), Merten, Eitorf: Augustinian Hermits (female) 1160-1802
 Meschede Abbey (Stift Meschede), Meschede: secular canonesses 870-1310; canons 1310-1805
 Metelen Abbey (Stift or Kloster Metelen), Metelen: nuns (order unknown) 889-C13; canonesses (secular or regular, but Augustinian for some of the time) 13th century-late 15th century; women's collegiate foundation (Damenstift) late 15th century-1803
 Michaelsberg Abbey (Abtei Michaelsberg), Siegburg: Benedictine monks 1064-1803, 1914-today
 St. Maurice's Abbey, Minden (Kloster Sankt Mauritius, Minden), Minden: tbe
 Mönchengladbach:
 Mönchengladbach Abbey (Abtei Mönchengladbach or Rathaus Abtei): Benedictine monks 1663-1802
 Neuwerk Priory (Kloster Neuwerk), Neuwerk, Mönchengladbach: anchorites 1133-1250; Benedictine nuns 1250-1802; Salvatorian Sisters 1879-1889; Lüdinghauser Franciscan Sisters 1889-1961; Salvatorian Sisters 1961-today
 St. Francis' House, or Franciscan Hospital (Franziskushaus): hospital of the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement and the Love of Christ (dates tbe)
 Mörmter Friary (Kloster Mörmter), Mörmter: Franciscan friars, 1922-today
 Mülheim Commandery, later Mülheim Priory or Friary (Deutschordenskommende Mülheim), Mülheim, Warstein: Teutonic Knights 1266-1809; Olpe Sisters 1885-1994; "Community of the Blessed Declarations", 1995-today
Münster:
 Alexian Hospital, Münster (Alexianer-Krankenhaus Münster), Münster: Alexians (date tbe)-today
 St. Ludger's Abbey or Priory, Münster (Stift St. Ludgeri, Münster): collegiate foundation 1173-1811
 St. Martin's Abbey or Priory, Münster (Stift St. Martini, Münster): collegiate foundation 1187-1811
 St. Maurice's Abbey or Priory, Münster (Stift St. Mauritz, Münster): collegiate foundation, after 1064-1811

N
 Neuss:
 Alexian Hospital, Neuss (Alexianer Krankenhaus Neuss) Neuss: Alexians 1451-today
 Immaculata Convent (Kloster Immaculata), in the former Villa Leuchtenberg: Barmherzige Schwestern nach der Regel des hl. Augustinus (Merciful Sisters of the Rule of St. Augustine, aka Augustine Sisters of Neuss): 1923-today
 St. Joseph's Convent (Josefskloster, Neuss): Barmherzige Schwestern nach der Regel des hl. Augustinus (Merciful Sisters of the Rule of St. Augustine, aka Augustine Sisters of Neuss): 1858-1923
Kreitz Abbey, Neuss, see Kreitz
 Neuwerk Priory or Friary, see Mönchengladbach

O
 Obermarsberg Abbey, see Marsberg
 Odacker Priory (Kloster Odacker), Hirschberg, Warstein: early days obscure, but possibly some sort of small religious establishment from c. 1000; cell of Augustinian canonesses probably from 13th century, although not mentioned explicitly until 1508; Benedictine nuns (not later than) 1513-1804
 Oedingen Abbey or Priory (Damenstift Oedingen), Oedingen, Lennestadt: women's collegiate foundation 1000-1533
 Oelinghausen Abbey (Kloster Oelinghausen), Oelinghausen, Arnsberg: Premonstratensian Canons 1174-1804
 Olpe Priory (Kloster Olpe), Olpe: Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration at Olpe, or Olpe Sisters, after 1863-today

P
 Paderborn Friary (Franziskanerkloster Paderborn), Paderborn: Franciscan friars 1232-today
 Paradiese Priory (Kloster Paradiese), Soest: Dominican nuns 1252-1808

Q
 Quernheim Abbey or Priory (Stift Quernheim), Kirchlengern: Augustinian Canonesses, prob. 1147-1532; secular canonesses 1532-1810

R
 Ramersdorf Commandery (Kommende Ramersdorf), Ramersdorf: Knights Hospitallers (dates tbe)
 Reichenstein Abbey (Kloster Reichenstein), Kalterherberg in Monschau: Premonstratensian double monastery 1131/36-date tbe, when canons moved to Steinfeld Abbey; Premonstratensian nuns to 1487; replaced by Premonstratensian canons from Steinfeld 1487-1802; construction work on premises for Benedictine monastery begun in 2008

 Rengering Abbey or Priory (Kloster Rengering), Ostbevern: Cistercian nuns 1247-1803
 Rüthen:
 Capuchin friars (dates tbe)
 Augustinian canonesses (dates tbe)
 Rumbeck Abbey (Kloster Rumbeck), Arnsberg: Premonstratensian Canons 1190-1806

S

 Saarn Abbey (Kloster Saarn), Mülheim an der Ruhr: Cistercian nuns 1214-(date tbe); now Salesian Oblates

 St. Jöris' Abbey (Kloster St. Jöris), St. Jöris, Eschweiler, near Aachen: Cistercian nuns 1274-1802
 Scheda Abbey (Kloster Scheda), Wiehagen, Wickede: Premonstratensians 1243-1809
 Schwarzenbroich Priory (Kloster Schwarzenbroich), Langerwehe: Canons Regular of the Holy Cross 1340-1802
 Segenstal Abbey (Kloster Segenstal), Vlotho: Cistercian nuns, presumably about 1258-1430
 Seligenthal Priory (Kloster Seligenthal), Seligenthal, Siegburg: Franciscans 1231-1803
 Soest, see Paradiese Priory
 Steinfeld Abbey (Kloster Steinfeld), Kall: Premonstratensian Canons 1130-1802; Salvatorians 1923-today
 Steinhaus Abbey also known as Beyenburg Abbey (Kloster Steinhaus or Kloster Beyenburg), Beyenburg, Wuppertal: Canons Regular of the Holy Cross 1298-1804 and 1964-today
 Stiepel Priory (Kloster Stiepel), Stiepel, Bochum: Cistercian monks 1988-today
 Haus Maria im Venn, Venwegen, Stolberg: Christenserines (Christenserinnen, a congregation of Cellite Sisters) 1973-today (moved here from the motherhouse in Aachen)
 Störmede Priory, also known as Nazareth Priory (Augustinerinnenkloster Störmede, Kloster Nazareth or Annenkloster), Störmede, Geseke: Augustinian canonesses 1483-1804

U
 Überwasser Abbey (Kloster Überwasser), Münster: secular canonesses 1040-1773

V
 Varensell Abbey (Abtei Varensell), Rietberg, Gütersloh: Benedictine nuns of the Most Holy Sacrament 1902-1982; Benedictine nuns 1982-today
 Varlar Abbey (Stift Varlar), Varlar: tbe
 Convent of the Cellite Sisters, Viersen: Cellite Sisters (dates tbe; a subsidiary house of the Cellite Sisters of Düsseldorf, later of Stolberg)
 Vreden Abbey (Stift Vreden), Vreden: tbe

W
 Waldenburg Commandery (Deutschordenskommende Waldenburg), Attendorn: Teutonic Knights 1638-1692
 Wedinghausen Abbey (Stift Wedinghausen), Arnsberg: Premonstratensian Canons 1170-1803
 Werden Abbey (Kloster or Abtei Werden), Essen: Benedictine monks 800-1803
 Werne Friary (Kapuzinerkloster Werne), Werne: Capuchin Friars 1659-1843, 1887-today
Wiedenbrück:
 St. Giles' Abbey or Priory (Stift St. Aegidius, Wiedenbrück): collegiate foundation (dates tbe)
 Wiedenbrück Friary (Franziskanerkloster Wiedenbrück): Franciscan friars 1644-today
 Wipperfürth Friary (Franziskanerkloster Wipperfürth), Wipperfürth: Franciscan friars 1657-1818
 Wormen Abbey (Kloster Wormen), Wormen: tbe
 St. Ursula's Abbey, Wuppertal (Kloster Sankt Ursula, Wuppertal), Wuppertal: tbe

X
 Xanten:
 St. Agnes' Priory, Xanten (Agnetenkloster Xanten): Poor Clares 1402-1605; Cistercian and Benedictine nuns 1605-1802
 Jesuit College, Xanten (Jesuitenkloster Xanten): Jesuits 1609-1802
 Xanten Charterhouse (Karthaus Xanten): Carthusians 1628-1802
 Xanten Cathedral chapter (Xantener Dom or Stift Xanten): cathedral chapter (dates tbe)

Z
 Zweifall Carmel, Zweifall, Stolberg: Discalced Carmelites 1954-today
 Zyfflich Priory, also known as St. Martin's Priory (Stift St. Martin, Zyfflich), Zyfflich, Kranenburg: canons, 1002 x 1021-1436 (moved to Kranenburg)

See also
List of Christian monasteries in Brandenburg
List of Christian monasteries in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
List of Christian monasteries in Saxony
List of Christian monasteries in Saxony-Anhalt
List of Christian monasteries in Schleswig-Holstein

Notes

References
Gleba, G. (2006): Klöster und Orden im Mittelalter. Darmstadt
Hengst, K. (ed.) (1992–2003): Westfälisches Klosterbuch. Lexikon der vor 1815 errichteten Stifte und Klöster von der Gründung bis zur Aufhebung, Bd. 1–3. Münster
Lexikon des Mittelalters, Bd. 1–9. Munich 2002
Pieper, R. (2003): Historische Klöster in Westfalen-Lippe. Ein Reisehandbuch. Münster
Schwaiger, G. (2003): Mönchtum, Orden, Klöster. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Ein Lexikon. München
Wemhoff, M. (Hg.) (2007): Barocke Blütezeit. Die Kultur der Klöster in Westfalen. Regensburg (= Dalheimer Kataloge, Bd. 1)
Monastisches Westfalen. Klöster und Stifte 800–1800 (Katalog 1982). Münster: Westfälisches Landesmuseum

Sources and external links
 Landschaftsverbands Westfalen-Lippe: churches
 Landschaftsverbands Westfalen-Lippe: monasteries
 Landschaftsverbands Westfalen-Lippe: secularisation
 Orden.de
 Orden-Online.de
 Alexians in Germany
 Olpe Sisters website
 Lüdinghauser Sisters website

North Rhine-Westphalia
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Dance For Me or Dance 4 Me may refer to:

Music

Albums
Dance for Me, a 2002 remix album by Mary J. Blige

Songs
 "Dance 4 Me", promo single by Prince
 "Dance 4 Me", song by Mark Morrison from Innocent Man 2007
 "Dance for Me" (Empire Mates Entertainment song), a 2012 song by artists of Nigerian record label Empire Mates Entertainment
 "Dance for Me" (Sisqó song), a 2001 song by Sisqó
 "Dance for Me" (Mary J. Blige song), a 2001 song by Mary J. Blige
 "Dance for Me", song by The Court Jesters	1967
 "Dance for Me", song by Fire and Rain	1976
 "Dance for Me", song by Robert Palmer	1985
 "Dance for Me", song by Queen Latifah 1989
 "Dance for Me", song by Alma featuring MØ 2018


Leons () is a small village in Leeuwarden municipality in the Dutch province of Friesland. Situated in pastoral farming country, the village had around 26 inhabitants in January 2017.

History
The settlement was first mentioned in the 13th century as Leonghem, and means "settlement of the people of Lieuwe (person)". The Dutch Reformed church dates from the 14th century. The tower was constructed in the 19th century. In 1840, Leons was home to 38 people.

Before 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Baarderadeel municipality.

Gallery

References

External links

Leeuwarden
Populated places in Friesland


Mantgum is a village in Leeuwarden municipality in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and had around 1,172 citizens in January 2017.

History
The village was first mentioned in the 13th century Mantingum, and means "settlement of the people of Mante (person)". Mantgum is a terp (artificial living mound) village which originates from around 700. A main road used to pass through the village and over the terp. The Dutch Reformed church was built around 1500 as a replacement of a 13th century church. Between 1865 and 1867, it was enlarged and received Gothic Revival elements. The tower was added in 1868.

In 1840, Mantgum was home to 254 people. Around 1860, a large part of the terp was excavated. During the 19th century, villas were built in the village by wealthy citizens of Leeuwarden to retire in.

Before 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Baarderadeel municipality.

Transportation
Mantgum is served by the Mantgum railway station. The station was opened in 1883, but closed on 15 May 1938. It was reopened on 25 May 1940, but closed again in 24 November 1940. On 3 June 1973, it opened again, but without a building.

Gallery

References

External links

Leeuwarden
Populated places in Friesland


is a railway station operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) in Takeo, Saga, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is served by the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen and the Sasebo Line.

Lines
The station is served by the Sasebo Line and is located 13.7 km from the starting point of the line at . Besides the local services on the Sasebo Line, the JR Kyushu Limited Express services Midori (from  to ) and Huis Ten Bosch (from  to ) also stop at this station. The Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen to and from  also terminates here. Services to and from  are additionally provided with the Limited Express Relay Kamome service, with a cross-platform transfer for Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen passengers.

Station layout
The station building consists of two side platforms serving two elevated tracks. The station complex has entrances north and south of the tracks and is a modern structure completed in 2009. The Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen has an island platform and a side platform serving three elevated tracks. Platform 10 serves as the cross interchange platform for the limited express Relay Kamome for direct connections to the Shinkansen on Platform 11. However, Track 12 is not in use until the approval for the extension towards Hakata has been made. Facilities include a staff ticket window with a Midori no Madoguchi facility, a waiting room, a cafe, shops and the Takeo Tourist Information Centre. Parking for cars is provided under the elevated structure and car rentals are available.

Platforms

History
The private Kyushu Railway had opened a track from  to  on 20 August 1891. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended westwards with Takeo-Onsen opening as the new western terminus on 5 May 1895 with the name Takeo. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Nagasaki Main Line, which at that time, ran through Takeo and  to Nagasaki. On 1 December 1934, another route was given the designation Nagasaki Main Line and the track serving Takeo was designated the Sasebo Line. On 19 June 1975, the station was renamed Takeo-Onsen. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.

Work to elevate the station commenced in Fiscal 1997. The south entrance of the station and the elevation of platforms 2 and 3 were completed in February 2008. The north entrance and the addition of one more platform (platform 1) was completed the following year and the ceremony to mark the completion of the elevation project was held on 5 December 2009.

Takeo-Onsen Station is a terminus of the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen. On 26 March 2008, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan granted permission for the start of construction. The Shinkansen platforms are to the south of the existing station. Platform 10 on the conventional line will serve as a direct transfer for passengers on the Shinkansen traveling to Hakata on the Relay Kamome until the completion of the route to Hakata. The line opened on 23 September 2022.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,728 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 106th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

See also
 List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links
Takeo-Onsen Station (JR Kyushu)

Railway stations in Japan opened in 1895
Railway stations in Saga Prefecture


Kaltinėnai (Samogitian: Kaltinienā, ) is a small town in the west of Lithuania, located near Žemaičių highway in Šilalė district municipality, Tauragė County.  Kaltinėnai has around 728 inhabitants (2011). The town is in a hollow, and it is rumoured that a large lake existed at the end of the Ice age where it now sits.  Kaltinėnai is surrounded by famous mounds such as Skuburkalnis, Švedkalnis, Kepaluškalnis and Medvėgalis. There are also two rivers nearby, the Akmena and the Ižnė.

Notable buildings include the church, an old wooden synagogue, a home for the elderly and the Rehabilitation Centre.

History

A stone axe discovered in the town suggests that the area was already inhabited by the Neolithic period. Historians believe that the town was originally part of a larger settlement, but later it split and Kaltinėnai became a separate region.

Kaltinėnai was first mentioned in a German chronicle as terram Kalctene in 1371. Northern Crusaders tried to conquer Kaltinėnai castle many times (in 1375, 1377 and 1389, also planned from 1386–1394), but local inhabitants repelled the attacks.

At the end of the 14th century and beginning of the 15th Kaltinėnai was one of 6–7 of the most important centres in Žemaitija. Signatures of noblemen from Kaltinėnai can be found on important documents. The town was so important that Vytautas the Great ordered one of the first Catholic churches in Žemaitija built in Kaltinėnai (the local population didn't convert to Christianity until 1413) and it was complete by 1421. The See of Žemaitija was founded in 1417 and it ruled the town for more than 400 years.

Kaltinėnai the town was established in 1524. It first appeared on a Polish map two years later, earlier than most of the surrounding towns.

There were more than 70 farms in Kaltinėnai as of 1638, but by 1668 only 50 remained. After the Great Northern War the town continued to decline, for example in 1773 there were only 15 farms that could pay a tax, 19 in 1778.

In 1842 authorities of the Russian tsar brought the ecclesiastical lands under their control and in 1861 made Kaltinėnai the volost centre. In 1901 a local teacher O. Skobinas published the book Kaltinėnai town in which he described contemporary town life. He wrote that a post office opened in 1861, a paramedic centre in 1882, a savings bank in 1897, and a chemist in 1898. Small markets took place every Wednesday, and large ones six times a year. 10 shops, several tearoom-canteens, and 17 craftsmen (seven tailors, five shoemakers, two blacksmiths, two glaziers and a woodworker) also worked in the town. 430 people lived in Kaltinėnai at that time—263 Catholics, 140 Jews, 15 Orthodox and 12 Evangelical Lutherans. Skobinas also mentions that many people had left the area for America to look for a better life.

Kaltinėnai inhabitants were very active in the 1905 Russian Revolution and the town also remained volost centre after the declaration of the Lithuania Independence Act in 1918. The town grew from 660 inhabitants in 1923 to 800 in 1939. Various shops were open in the town during that period, and there was a very active cultural life.

The German Occupation reached Kaltinėnai in June 1941. German soldiers and Lithuanians transferred all Jewish men aged 15 and older, along with those from nearby towns, to the Heydekrug (Silute) work camp. All the Jewish men of Kaltinėnai were killed before troops arrived to liberate the region—one group of weak and elderly men in August 1941, another group in October and November, about 100 men in 1943 when they were transferred from Heydekrug to Auschwitz, some in a Warsaw typhus epidemic after Auschwitz, and the rest in Dachau in 1944.  The Jewish women and children were made to do agricultural work, then in September 1941 they were shot en masse in Tūbinės forest about seven kilometres () from Kaltinėnai and buried in mass graves that eventually held 1200 people.

A Lithuanian Underground Representatives’ Congress gathered in Kaltinėnai on 5 September 1944. Its goal was to unite all patriotic organisations into one central resistance group. Although seven representatives were caught in an accident caused by Soviet reconnaissance, and German occupation authorities also sent their representative to the Congress, the Congress was nonetheless very important because the Lithuanian Army for Freedom came out of it as the main organiser of resistance.

On 7 October 1944 Kaltinėnai was occupied by the soviet army and the second Soviet Occupation began. Although this was one of the most difficult times in Lithuanian history, Kaltinėnai retained considerable significance as the centre of the precinct, kolkhoz and parish. The population declined sharply after World War II, but it began to climb again some years later.

Since Lithuania gained independence in 1990, Kaltinėnai has continued to honour its traditions. The town remains the centre of the eldership, which contains 74 settlements.

Kaltinėnai Aleksandras Stulginskis Gymnasium

A parish school was founded in Kaltinėnai in 1777. This was later divided into four departments of primary school. In 1944 a pro-gymnasium was founded and after five years it was reorganised into a school with seven forms. In 1951 this school became the secondary school, and in 1969 a new school building was constructed.

Since 1992 the school has participated in a foreign exchange program with the German Hankensbüttel Gymnasium.

On 20 December 1999 the school was named Aleksandras Stulginskis Secondary School, and on 29 January 2009 the school became a gymnasium.

The school now has both primary and secondary divisions, as well as some divisions in nearby villages. The primary school is housed in the former hostel, with four years of study and a kindergarten.

The secondary school is housed in a two-story building with six forms, two optional higher forms, administrative offices, a canteen, a library, two gyms and an Aleksandras Stulginskis museum.  There are over 500 students and over 50 teachers.

In 2006 the school won a grant to improve its energy use and was renovated.

The Church

Since Vytautas the Great built the first wooden church in 1416, there have been about six wooden churches in Kaltinėnai. Some of these churches burned down and others simply collapsed.

The second-most recent church was built in 1896 and burned down in 1988. Only a traditional masonry stone fence, its gate and a wooden belfry remain. After the belfry was rearranged into a temporary chapel it lost the original form somewhat.

The current church, known as the church of St. John the Baptist, was designed by an architect Regimantas Andriuškevičius and completed in 1995. It is a modern sacred architecture building with two  high triangular towers and a  high white marble and bronze sculpture of The Risen Christ by A. Vaura. V. Švanys created stained glass windows for the basement chambers of the church.

The Graveyard

The parish graveyard is on the west side of the town. There is an octagonal wooden folk architecture chapel on the hill, built in 1798 and restored in 1989. There are also many saints’ sculptures on the same hill.

The chapel is surrounded by many very old, historical and artistic graves around the chapel, marked with metallic crosses and other gravestones.  A high stone obelisk for Dionizas Poška stands near the chapel. Poška was a great poet and founder of the Baubliai museum, the first history museum in Lithuania. Marijona Stulginskienė (Aleksandras Stulginskis's mother) is buried on the southeast side of the graveyard hill.

The Pilės mound (Kepaluškalnis)

The Pilės mound (or Kepaluškalnis) is one of the most valuable cultural monuments in the Šilalė region.

Its hillsides stand at  high, and the upper part of the mound is about . Its sides were originally surrounded by defence ramparts that are now flat, but the location of two ramparts is still visible, as are three defence ditches.

Based on the size of the mound and the dimensions of its fortifications, one of the strongest castles in Žemaitija stood on the Pilės Mound during the war with the Crusaders.  There have also been various archaeological finds on the mound, such as stone shells.

The Rehabilitation Centre

The Rehabilitation Centre of Kaltinėnai stands near the church. It was built by local priest Petras Linkevičius.

References

Towns in Lithuania
Towns in Tauragė County
Rossiyensky Uyezd
Holocaust locations in Lithuania


The Race for Space is a 1959 American documentary film directed by David L. Wolper. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film was a coproduction between Wolper Productions, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S.S.R. Ministry of Culture.

Cast
 Esther Goddard as herself - Interviewee
 Holger N. Toftoy as himself - Interviewee
 Mike Wallace as narrator

References

Further reading

External links
 Official website:

1959 films
1959 documentary films
American documentary films
Documentary films about the space program of the United States
1950s English-language films
1950s American films


The Airport Clear Zone Archeological Site is a historic site in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States. On July 10, 2008, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

This property is part of the Geological Resources of the 18th-Century Smyrnea Settlement of Dr. Andrew Turnbull Multiple Property Submission, a Multiple Property Submission to the National Register.

References

Archaeological sites in Florida
National Register of Historic Places in Volusia County, Florida
Buildings and structures in New Smyrna Beach, Florida


The 2008 2. divisjon season was the third highest association football league for men in Norway.

26 games were played in 4 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Mjøndalen, Skeid, Stavanger and Tromsdalen were promoted to the First Division. Number twelve, thirteen and fourteen were relegated to the 3. divisjon, except for the two number twelve teams with the most points. The winning teams from each of the 24 groups in the 3. divisjon each faced a winning team from another group in a playoff match, resulting in 12 playoff winners which were promoted to the 2. divisjon.

League tables

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Top goalscorers
 27 goals:
  Armin Sistek, Asker
  Eirik Soltvedt, Ull/Kisa
 22 goals:
  Kim Nysted, Skeid
 20 goals:
  Mato Grubisic, Skjetten
 19 goals:
  Kim Larsen, Tønsberg
  Stian Nikodemussen, Tønsberg
  Petar Rnkovic, Randaberg
  Jarle Wee, Vard
 17 goals:
  Eirik Lamøy, Tromsdalen
  Kim Rune Hellesund, Nest-Sotra
  Mostafa Abdellaoue, Skeid

Promotion playoff

References
Tables: Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4
Goalscorers

Norwegian Second Division seasons
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Norway
Norway


Thomas A. Betro (born 1959 in Walpole, Massachusetts) is the former director of Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

Betro earned a bachelor's degree in government from Colby College and a master's degree from the Naval War College in Newport, R.I. At the Naval War College, he was awarded the James Forrestal Award for "Excellence in Strategy and Force Planning."

He began his career with NCIS as a special agent in 1982. In 2001 he left NCIS to work as a Deputy to the National Counterintelligence Executive. He was then made National Counterintelligence Executive. In January 2003 he returned to NCIS as an assistant director of Counterintelligence. In August 2003, he was promoted to deputy director for Operations, where he served until being made director of NCIS after former director David L. Brant retired in December 2005. He was appointed by Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter in 2005 and commissioned on January 8, 2006. He is the third civilian Director of NCIS. He is in the Senior Executive Service.

With NCIS, Betro served as the Special Agent Afloat aboard the USS John F. Kennedy as well as the USS Enterprise.

In 2007, Betro was awarded the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive. In 2008, Betro was awarded the Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership.

In Oct 2010, Betro was named vice president of 3i-MIND's Global Law Enforcement practice .

References

External links
NCIS Biography

1959 births
Living people
Colby College alumni
People from Walpole, Massachusetts
Naval Criminal Investigative Service people
Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents


Tipu Kanan Tipu Kiri () is a Malaysian-Indonesian Malay-language romantic comedy film produced and directed by Sharad Sharan. The film, about a group of friends at the crossroads of life, features actors including Christian Sugiono, Natasha Hudson, Sazzy Falak and Hans Isaac in lead roles. Tamil actor, Madhavan, makes a guest appearance.

Plot
Rudy, played by Christian Sugiono, is married to superstar celebrity Wulan, played by Titi Kamal, must keep the marriage a secret because of a clause in Wulan's contract stating that she can't get married. He then gets a job in a company (why and what company isn’t really explained) and accidentally lets it slip that he is married. When his boss (Hans Isaac) wants to meet his wife, all the trouble starts. He hires a woman (Natasha Hudson) to play his pretend wife and things slowly get out of hand.

Cast
Christian Sugiono as Rudy Affendi
Titi Kamal as Wulan
Hans Isaac as Remo Rizal
Catherine Wilson as Lina
Natasha Hudson as Sara
Azwan Ali as Shaarif M
Fauzi Nawawi as Zulfiqli
Sazzy Falak as Rina
Irene Kleefstra as Indrayiti
R. Madhavan in a cameo appearance

Production
Sharad Sharan was approached by Astro in 2005 to make three films, each with a budget of one million dollars, considerably more than a typical Malay film. Sharad, who had apprenticed as a film maker in the US and Bollywood, was keen to make the films in a manner similar to India films, and expressed his desire to rich prioritise production values. The first movie Diva was released in June 2017, while Tipu Kanan Tipu Kari was the second venture. He subsequently signed on cinematographer Santosh Thundiyil, who had previously worked on films such as Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) and Krrish (2006). Television director Prakash Murugiah worked as an assistant on the sets of the film.

The film features Indonesian actors Christian Sugiono, Titi Kamal as well as Malaysians Natasha Hudson, Sazzy Falak, Hans Isaac and Catherine Wilson in leading roles. Astro requested the presence of Indonesian actors to boost ticket sales in the country.

Indian actor R. Madhavan shot for a guest appearance in the film during a day-long trip to Kuala Lumpur. The scene was shot at Kuala Lumpur Sentral station in March 2007. Madhavan agreed to be a part of the film because he had been attached to an animated Tamil film by Sharad Sharan titled Om Ganesha, which eventually did not materialise.

Release
A film critic from CinemaOnline.com wrote "Tipu Kanan Tipu Kiri is a colourful misadventure in unevenness and hollowness". The reviewer added the film "gets one star for Titi Kamal's prancing about, another star for Hans Isaac's effective turn and one more star for the banging soundtrack."

References

External links

Malaysian independent films
2008 films
Malay-language films