Marionette is a 1939 Italian comedy film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Beniamino Gigli, Carla Rust and Lucie Englisch. It featured the onscreen debut of Marcello Mastroianni as an uncredited extra.

Produced by the Italian-German company Itala Film, it was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. A separate German version Dir gehört mein Herz was also made.

Cast
 Beniamino Gigli as Il tenore Mario Rossi
 Carla Rust as Gloria Bakermann
 Lucie Englisch as Nannina, la falsa contessa Veranuzzi
 Paul Kemp as Rico
 Theo Lingen as Luigi
 Richard Romanowsky as Il maestro Galli
 Romolo Costa as Frank Davis
 Guglielmo Barnabò as Un contadino
 Nicola Maldacea as Uno stalliere
 Rio Nobile as Bellini
 Dina Romano as Emilia, una contadina
 Heinz Salfner as Lo zio di Gloria
 Friedrich Ettel as Astori, l'impresario
 Erich Kestin as Francesco, il maggiordomo
 Marcello Mastroianni as Extra

References

Bibliography
 Donald Dewey. Marcello Mastroianni: His Life and Art. Carol Publishing Group, 1993.

External links

1939 films
Italian comedy films
1930s Italian-language films
1939 comedy films
Italian black-and-white films
Films directed by Carmine Gallone
Italian multilingual films
Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
1939 multilingual films


Spread the Net is a charitable organization that aims to reduce malaria in African nations. It was co-founded by Rick Mercer, a Canadian satirist, and Belinda Stronach, a former Canadian Member of Parliament and philanthropist.  A partnership with UNICEF Canada has allowed Spread the Net to achieve the goal of distributing 500,000 insecticide-treated bed nets to Liberia and Rwanda. Spread the Net now works with its partners to combat malaria. The campaign has donated over 539,000 nets since its founding.

History
In 2006, Rick Mercer and Belinda Stronach travelled to Africa along with Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the UN Millennium Project, in preparation to co-host the Millennium Promise Convention in Montreal on November 9, 2006. At the convention, Mercer and Stronach, along with Jeffrey Sachs and Nigel Fisher, President and CEO of UNICEF Canada, announced their intention to begin the Spread the Net campaign and raise $5 million for insecticide treated bed nets to be given to children and pregnant women in Liberia and Rwanda. One X One founder Joey Adler and Millennium Promise Conference founder Daniel Germain each gave $150,000 to the campaign at the conference. The first order for 33,000 bed nets was made on March 28, 2007.

By December 2011, Spread the Net achieved its founding goal; 500,000 nets distributed to pregnant women and children in Liberia and Rwanda. Spread the Net has teamed with Plan Canada, working together to deliver another 250,000 nets, this time to Guinea.

In 2012, Spread the Net partnered together with the Mosquitoes Suck Tour, a 60-minute performance act for high school students across Canada.

Student Challenge
In 2007, Spread the Net started fund raising in Canadian Schools. Between 2007 and 2008 over 250 schools participated raising $300,000.  The competition has been presented to schools across Canada, and the school that raises the most to donate would be visited by Rick Mercer.  The challenge includes post-secondary, secondary, and elementary school divisions, and one wild-card winner.  In the 2010 edition, the challenge featured an additional twist by inviting schools in east to compete with their counterparts in the west, resulting in two post-secondary level winners.

Winners

See also
 Jeffrey Sachs
 Nothing But Nets
 Millennium Promise
 Malaria No More

References

External links
 Official site

Organizations based in Toronto
Malaria organizations
Organizations established in 2006
Health charities in Canada


Frank Séchehaye (; 3 November 1907 – 13 February 1982) was a Swiss footballer (goalkeeper). He participated in the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He played a total of 37 matches for Switzerland.

He played club football for Etoile-Carouge FC, Club Français, Servette FC and FC Lausanne-Sport. He coached Forward Morges, FC Lausanne-Sport, Servette FC and FC Sion.

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1982 deaths
Swiss men's footballers
Switzerland men's international footballers
Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Switzerland
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"Darktown Strutters' Ball" is a popular song by Shelton Brooks, published in 1917. The song has been recorded many times and is considered a popular and jazz standard. There are many variations of the title, including "At the Darktown Strutters' Ball", "The Darktown Strutters' Ball", and just "Strutters' Ball".

History
Soon after its 1917 publication, "Darktown Strutters' Ball" was included by Sophie Tucker in her Vaudeville routine. The song was recorded on May 9 that year by the Six Brown Brothers. The best-known recording, by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, which was recorded on May 30, 1917, and released by Columbia Records as catalog number A-2297, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006.

More than three million copies of the sheet music were sold.

Recorded versions
 American Republic Band (recorded December 1917, released by Pathe Records as catalog number 20282, with the flip side "Homeward Bound")
 Ray Anthony in Australia on Capitol CP-139, flip side "Deep Night" and in the US as the flip side to the single "Count Every Star".
 Allen Broome & His Dixieland All-Stars released a version on his debut solo album BucketMouth in June, 2013.
 Boswell Sisters recorded a version (complete with a rumba section!) on May 23, 1934 in New York but was only issued in Australia on Columbia DO-1255.
 Joe Brown on Decca F 11207, 1960, flip side "Swagger"; this was Brown's first single to chart.
 The Brown Dots (released by Manor Records as catalog number 1166, with the flip side "As Tho' You Don't Know").
 Phil Brito (released by MGM Records as catalog number 11687, with the flip side "Memories of Sorrento")
 Castle Jazz Band (recorded January 11, 1949, released by Castle Records as catalog number 3, with the flip side "Kansas City Stomps")
 Larry Clinton and Orchestra (vocal by Sylvia Syms and the Carillons; recorded January 1954, released by Bell Records as catalog number 1035, with the flip side "Answer Me, My Love")
 Arthur Collins & Byron G. Harlan (recorded December 1917, released by Columbia Records as catalog number A-2478, with the flip side "I'm All Bound Round with the Mason Dixon Line")
 Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album On the Happy Side (1962).
 Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra with June Richmond; (released by Coral Records as catalog number 60000, with the flip side "Dusk in Upper Sandusky")
 Arthur Fields (released by Pathe Records as catalog number 20315B, with the flip side "In the Land o' Yamo Yamo")
 James Gelfand made a version for the Canadian movie Jack Paradise (Les nuits de Montréal) (2004).
 Connie Haines, Alan Dale, the Ray Bloch Seven, and Sy Oliver's Orchestra (released by Signature Records as catalog number 15197A, with the flip side "Little Boy Blues"
 Phil Harris and his Orchestra (recorded February 27, 1937, released by Vocalion Records as catalog number 3565, with the flip side "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea")
 Hoosier Hotshots (recorded December 16, 1935, released by Vocalion Records as catalog number 03734, with the flip side "Nobody's Sweetheart"; re-recorded February 26, 1936, released by Conqueror Records as catalog number 8661, with the flip side "You're Driving Me Crazy")
 Pee Wee Hunt (released by Capitol Records as catalog number 1691, with the flip side "Oh!" and as catalog number 1741, with the flip side "Basin Street Blues")
 Alberta Hunter recorded the song on her 1978 comeback album Amtrak Blues (on Columbia). (The album was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2009.)
 Brown & Terry Jazzola Boys (recorded June 1921, released by OKeh Records as catalog number 8006B, with the flip side "Hesitatin' Blues".
 Jaudas' Society Orchestra issued a version in 1918 on Edison Records.
 Martin & Brown ("The Harmonica Duo") (released by Tennessee Records as catalog number 793, with the flip side "I'll See You in My Dreams")
 Lou Monte recorded "Darktown Strutter's Ball (Italian Syle)" in 1954. The RCA release was a major hit, reaching No. 12 on retail sales. He parodies the lyrics, including "I'll be down to get you in a pushcart honey", and asks "Are you from Lyndhurst?", the city of his birth.
 Russ Morgan and his Orchestra (recorded December 21, 1953, released by Decca Records as catalog number 29032, with the flip side "There'll Be Some Changes Made")
 Ruby Newman and his Orchestra (recorded January 21, 1939, released by Decca Records as catalog number 23621, with the flip side "I'm Just Wild about Harry")
 Original Dixieland Jazz Band (recorded May 30, 1917, released by Columbia Records as catalog number A-2297, with the flip side "Indiana One Step"[6]). The ODJB recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006.
 Orlando's Orchestra (recorded January 1920, released by Silvertone Records as catalog number 5007B, with the flip side "Missouri Waltz". This version was also released, with the name of the orchestra given as the Federal Band, by Federal Records under the same catalog number, with the same flip side)
 Preacher Rollo and the Five Saints (Recorded April 18, 1951 in Miami, released by MGM Records as catalog number 30448B, with the flip side "Original Dixieland One-Step")
 The Six Brown Brothers, a comedic musical ensemble, recorded the song in 1917.
 Gid Tanner's Skillet Lickers (recorded March 29, 1927, released by Columbia Records as catalog number 15188D, with the flip side "Drink 'Er Down")
 Toots' Quartet (released by Decca Records as catalog number 28157, with the flip side "Toselli Jump")
 Fats Waller (recorded November 3, 1939, originally released by Bluebird Records as catalog number 10573B, with the flip side "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby")
 Chick Webb recorded a version on January 15, 1934 in New York but was only issued in England on Columbia CB-754.
 The Ted Mulry Gang released a rock 'n' roll version of the song catalog number Albert AP11004, produced by Ted Albert in Australia, in February 1976, reaching no. 3 on the Kent Music Report.
The Beatles performed "Darktown Strutters' Ball" in their early Liverpool and Hamburg performances, though no recording has ever surfaced.
Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys 1940s.

In popular culture

 The Darktown Strutters' Ball was the squadron tune of the RFC's elite No. 56 Squadron during the later stages of the First World War.
 Tom and Jerry 1950 animated cartoon Saturday Evening Puss - Background music as Mammy Two Shoes gets ready for an evening out.
 Bing Crosby and Nicole Maurey sang the song in the 1953 film Little Boy Lost.
 The Mary Tyler Moore Show, as the answer to a "knock-knock" joke: Knock-knock / Who's there? / Anna Maria Alberghetti / Anna Maria Alberghetti Who? / (sung) "Anna Maria Alberghetti in a taxi, Honey..." (similar to the first line of the song).
 The tune features in the 1971 Vincent Price horror film The Abominable Dr. Phibes.
 Robert Redford is singing it as he gets ill by the piano in the 1984 movie The Natural.
 Kristin Scott Thomas sings a portion of it to Ralph Fiennes as they are driving through the desert in 1996 film The English Patient.
 Abe Simpson sings it while getting ready for his date with Beatrice in the "Old Money" episode of The Simpsons.
 The opening lines of the song are quoted on the rear cover of The Band's eponymous 1969 album.
 In the premiere episode of the TV series M*A*S*H* (1971), it is background music (sung in Japanese) during a party scene.
 Performed by Anissa Jones and Pepe Brown in the Elvis movie The Trouble with Girls.
 Performed by Antoinette Brown (portrayed by Maura G Hooper) in episode 3 of AMC's Interview with the Vampire (2022)

See also
List of pre-1920 jazz standards

References

Songs written by Shelton Brooks
1917 songs
1910s jazz standards
Bluebird Records singles


The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans (formerly the Minister of Defence) is a Minister in the Government of South Africa, who is responsible for overseeing the Department of Defence, the Department of Military Veterans and the South African National Defence Force.

List of ministers

Minister of Defence, 1910–2013

Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, 2013–present

References

Defence


Eswar Shanker Prasad (born 1965) is an Indian-American economist. He is the Tolani Senior Professor of International Trade Policy at Cornell University and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he holds the New Century Chair in Economics.

Early life and education
Prasad began his studies in economics at the University of Madras, where he graduated with a B.A. in 1985. He received his M.A. from Brown University in 1986 and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1992. He is married to Basia Kaminska. They have two children, Berenika Prasad, Yuvika Prasad, and their dog, Mozart.

Prasad is a former Chief of the Financial Studies Division at the International Monetary Fund’s Research Department and was also the head of the IMF’s China division. He served as the co-editor of the journal IMF Staff Papers, was on the editorial board of Finance & Development and was the founding editor of the quarterly IMF Research Bulletin. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn.

Prasad's research covers many areas including labor economics, business cycles, and open economy macroeconomics. He has testified before the United States Senate Committee on Finance and the United States House Committee on Financial Services (both on China), and his research has been cited in the U.S. Congressional Record. He is now also one of the two Lead Academics for the India country programme at the International Growth Centre. His publication record includes articles in many collective volumes as well as academic journals such as the American Economic Review, The Economic Journal, the Journal of Development Economics, the Journal of Economic Perspectives, the Journal of International Economics, the Journal of Monetary Economics and the Review of Economics and Statistics.

Economic views
In a series of papers written with Michael Keane in the early 2000s, Prasad argued that the Polish model of transition, which involved rapid liberalization of prices and opening to trade ("The Big Bang"), combined with very gradual privatization of state enterprises and a generous system of social transfers, led to both superior economic growth and less inequality than occurred in other former communist countries.

In The Dollar Trap (2014), Prasad examined the U.S. dollar's continuing dominance in the world economy following the global financial crisis. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, he stated:
... it’s difficult to lay out a convincing scenario where the dollar is displaced any time in the foreseeable future as the dominant reserve currency. In international finance everything is relative. It’s not that the U.S. has especially good policies or growth prospects, it’s that the rest of the world looks weaker when it comes to putting together the powerful financial institutions that the U.S. has.... There are times, like during the debt-ceiling debate, when that trust is called into question. But the world has no other place to go, especially during times of global financial market turbulence or, paradoxically, even turbulence originating in the U.S.

Prasad was asked in 2014 to comment on whether he believed President Barack Obama would impose harsher sanctions against Russia for their aggression against Ukraine and annexation of Crimea. Prasad said harsher sanctions at this time were unlikely.

In October 2016, Prasad published Gaining Currency: The Rise of the Renminbi. As the date for the designation of the Chinese renminbi as an IMF major global currency also approached, Prasad thinks fears of a [Chinese] financial meltdown are overblown. Most borrowers and lenders, he points out, are owned by the government, so banks are unlikely to pull their loans and precipitate a cascading crisis. Still, economic and financial fragility, he argues, will limit the rise of the Chinese yuan as a global “safe haven” currency.

The book was launched at Brookings with a panel including Prasad, Ben Bernanke and others moderated by Greg Ip of the Wall Street Journal.

References

External links

 Prasad's work on the global financial crisis at the Brookings Institution

Living people
Cornell University faculty
University of Chicago alumni
Brown University alumni
20th-century Indian economists
21st-century American economists
International Monetary Fund people
1965 births
American academics of Indian descent
American people of Indian Tamil descent
Indian emigrants to the United States


Heart Breakfast with Wes Venn was a radio show broadcast 6am to 10am weekdays on Heart's Milton Keynes station, Heart 103.3 (now Heart Home Counties). It was hosted by Wes Venn and sponsored by Pilling Renault. Wes now presents the drivetime show on 96.4 Eagle Radio in Surrey and North Hampshire.

History and overview
From 1998, the breakfast show on Horizon Radio was presented by "The Morning Crew", made-up of Trevor Marshall, Andrew Whyatt-Sames (better-known as "Cueball") and Ros Hale. The show won the GCap Media Breakfast Show of the Year award in 2003 and 2005, and the trio also had a Sunday morning slot on London's Capital FM for a time. When Marshall left in 2006, the show was rebranded as Cueball and Ros at Breakfast and ran for two years. Cueball bowed-out in 2008 in order to pursue a career as a business psychologist, shortly before the Heart rebrand, and was replaced by Wes Venn, who had previously presented the drivetime show. He was subsequently replaced by Joe Rudd; Lucy Ellis fronted Heart Drivetime up until the station's closure. Following Horizon's transition to Heart, the breakfast show was rebranded, this time as Heart Breakfast with Wes and Ros, débuting on Monday 5 January 2009. On Friday 2 July 2010, Ros – the last connection to the Horizon Morning Crew – left the Milton Keynes station. The following Monday, she joined Heart Cambridgeshire to front their new breakfast show, Heart Breakfast with Kev and Ros. The Milton Keynes show was presented exclusively by Wes Venn until the station's merger with Heart stations in Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Dunstable. The final show aired on Friday 16 July 2010. The breakfast show on Heart Home Counties is presented by Stuart Miles and Natalie Besbrode, formerly of Heart Northants.

The Time Tunnel
In line with the rest of the rest of the Heart network, the Milton Keynes show broadcast The Time Tunnel from 9am to 10am. The idea behind the segment was that the DJs played a number of songs from a certain year, as well as gave out hints, and listeners texted in their guesses at what year the songs all came from. A correct text was selected at random to win Odeon cinema tickets. Since the end of 2009, there were two years per morning: whilst the first was a competition for cinema tickets, the second was just for fun.

Weekends
Wes returned for Saturday Breakfast each Saturday morning from 8am to 12pm on Heart, whilst Mikey Faulkner presented the Sunday morning show during the same time slot. On bank holidays, including Christmas Day, Wes and Ros presented the show in its normal format but from 8am to noon.

References

External links
Official Website

British radio breakfast shows


WLMF-LD (channel 53) is a low-powered television station licensed to Miami, Florida. Founded in 1987 by Paging Systems, Inc., a company based in Burlingame, California, WLMF aired programs from the first channel of SCOLA, a service offering European television news and information. Currently, WLMF is owned by America CV Network as an affiliate of LATV.

WLMF moved from channel 53 to channel 51 upon transitioning to digital broadcasting, and has an application for a low-powered digital service that would air on channel 39. Earlier attempts to move to channel 3 were dismissed. The move to channel 51 was required because channels 52 through 59 were discontinued as part of the 2009 digital television transition and sold off as blocks of UHF spectrum.

Sale to America CV
On February 8, 2021, the station was sold to America CV Station Group and became a sister station to flagship stations WJAN-CD and WFUN-LD.

External links

LMF-LD
Educational and instructional television channels
LMF
Television channels and stations established in 1987


The Alamo Christian Foundation was an American cult founded in 1969 by Protestant evangelist Tony Alamo and one of his wives, Susan Alamo. Susan Alamo died in April 1982. After years of legal troubles during which he was accused of engaging in abusive behavior against his followers, Alamo was convicted of 10 child rape offenses in 2009. He remained in prison until his death in May 2017.

Founders
Tony Alamo (September 20, 1934 – May 2, 2017) was born Bernie Lazar Hoffman to a Jewish family. In the 1960s, he worked in Hollywood as a pop singer under the names Mark Hoffman and Marcus Abad. Also he owned the Little Mark, Alamo, and Talamo Records record labels.

Susan Alamo (April 25, 1925 – April 8, 1982) was born Edith Opal Horn in Alma, Arkansas. Twice married and with a daughter, she came to Hollywood and attempted to become an actress. Converting from Judaism to Christianity, she became an itinerant evangelist before she met Hoffman.

After divorcing their respective spouses, Hoffman and Horn married in a 1966 Las Vegas ceremony and legally changed their names to Tony Alamo and Susan Alamo.

History

Early years
Tony and Susan Alamo founded the Alamo Christian Foundation in 1969 in Hollywood, California. The church became the subject of controversy and as a result, it was frequently criticized for its manner of evangelization, which often involved young members of the congregation walking on the streets of Hollywood, inviting people to convert to Christianity and taking them to the church for evening services in Agua Dulce – roughly an hour away – for a meeting and a meal. Many of these individuals chose to stay on to become Bible students and lay ministers.

In 1976 the church relocated to Dyer, Arkansas, where Susan had been raised. There the church grew to several hundred members and it also established printing facilities, a school, and a tabernacle. It also operated a drug rehabilitation facility, and those who were involved in the church developed several businesses in the Alma area. As the church expanded, it established other churches in Nashville, Chicago, Brooklyn, and Miami Beach. Alamo also started a business of decorating denim jackets and airbrushing them with bright, colorful designs. Many Hollywood celebrities were seen wearing them, including Michael Jackson, who wore a modified leather Alamo jacket on the cover of his album Bad. The church's projects included Nashville's largest country and western clothing store.

The church published religious tracts and distributed tapes of sermons by the Alamos, who with help from some church members produced records and tapes and launched a national television ministry in the 1970s.

Death of Susan Alamo
Susan Alamo died of breast cancer on April 8, 1982, 17 days short of her 57th birthday, at the City of Faith Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In the reported belief that she would rise from the dead, her embalmed body was kept on display for six months, before it was entombed in a heart-shaped marble mausoleum on church property.

In 1991 the federal government confiscated the property, finding when its agents arrived that Susan's body had been removed. Her estranged daughter, Christhiaon Coie, brought a suit against Tony for stealing the body, and her stepfather obtained a court order requiring the body to be returned.

Tax problems and criminal proceedings
In 1982, the same year that Susan Alamo died, the foundation was discontinued and replaced by the newly incorporated Music Square Church (MSC).  MSC was granted 501c tax-exempt status in 1981, but this was retroactively revoked by the IRS on April 5, 1996.

The IRS Commissioner found that "MSC was so closely operated and controlled by and for the benefit of Tony Alamo that it enjoyed no substantive independent existence; that MSC was formed and operated by Tony Alamo for the principal purpose of willfully attempting to defeat or evade federal income tax; and that MSC was inseparable from Tony Alamo, and failed to operate for exclusively charitable purposes." MSC sued and lost in the United States Court of Federal Claims. It lost on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals in 1999.

Tony Alamo was arrested several times, beginning with an illegal-weapons-possession charge in 1966 for which he served time before he married Edith Opal Horn, and culminating in his 2009 conviction on 10 counts of transporting minors as young as 9 years old across state lines for sex.
Alamo was sentenced the maximum sentence for his crimes, 175 years in prison.

In June 2013, the federal government filed forfeiture and collection actions in federal court on 27 properties which were owned by members of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, in an attempt to collect $2.5 million in restitution that Alamo was ordered to pay to his victims. The U.S. Attorney's Office argued that the owners were "owners in name only" because the properties were still under Alamo's control.

Death of Tony Alamo
Alamo died on May 2, 2017, while he was in custody at the Federal Medical Center, Butner in Butner, North Carolina.  He was 82 years old. The Alamo Ministries posted a notice of his death on its website's homepage, but it has not posted a notice of succession nor has it stated what its future plans are.

Beliefs and practices
The church was Protestant and Pentecostal in nature and it was frequently referred to as a sect of the Jesus movement. It was also extremely anti-Catholic, it only accepted the King James Version of the Bible, and its members adhered to a moral code which condemned and forbade the use of drugs, homosexuality, adultery, birth control, and abortion. Individuals who sought to join the church and become involved in its rehabilitation program took a vow of poverty and agreed to turn all of their money and property over to the church. In return, their own needs would be met and their children would receive basic education through high school.

In popular culture
In 2016, award-winning playwright Ernest Kearney produced his one-man show My Alamo War for the Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles, California.  The show recounted his four-year struggle against the Alamo church on the streets of Hollywood.  His efforts succeeded in having the high-end jackets designed by Tony Alamo and manufactured by unpaid cult members removed from a majority of the clothing stores which were located on Hollywood Boulevard and they also succeeded in bringing the abuses of the cult to the attention of the local media.  The show was given the Fringe's Encore Producer Award.
In 2019, the American television channel Sundance TV broadcast the four-part miniseries Ministry of Evil: The Twisted Cult of Tony Alamo, based on the lives of Tony and Susan Alamo. The miniseries describes their founding and running of the Tony and Susan Alamo Christian Foundation – which the program characterizes as a "cult" – through which the Alamos became rich by exploiting their followers who truly believed in them. The program also charges Tony Alamo with being a child abuser, a polygamist and a pedophile. The documentary series features archival footage, including Tony Alamo's videotaped deposition, as well as interviews with former members of the cult and the FBI agent who brought Alamo down.

See also
Anti-Catholicism
 Branch Davidians
 Christian fundamentalism
 Christian Zionism
 Christianity and homosexuality
 Christianity and Judaism
 Christianity and violence
 Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
 Homosexuality and religion
 List of Christian denominations
 List of new religious movements
 List of organizations designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as anti-LGBT hate groups
 List of Pentecostal and Full Gospel Churches
 Mormon fundamentalism
 Mormonism and polygamy
 Polygamy in Christianity
 Polygamy in North America
 Religious abuse
 Religious violence

References

External links
  Alamo Ministries

1969 establishments in California
1982 disestablishments in the United States
20th-century Protestantism
American members of the clergy convicted of crimes
Anti-Catholic organizations
Anti-Catholicism in the United States
Christian fundamentalism
Christian new religious movements
Christian organizations established in 1969
Christian organizations disestablished in 1982
Criticism of the Catholic Church
Cults
Evangelicalism in the United States
Evangelical organizations
Jesus movement
King James Only movement
Pentecostal denominations in North America
Pentecostalism in Arkansas
Pentecostalism in California
Pentecostalism in the United States
Pentecostal organizations
Polygamy in the United States
Protestantism in Arkansas
Protestantism in California
Religious tract publishing companies
Sects


Mirae (In Korean, Future) may refer to :

Daegu Mirae College, a private college located in Gyeongsan City, South Korea
Mirae Asset, a securities and insurance company, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea
Mirae caritatis, an encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on the Holy Eucharist given on 28 May 1902
The Daewoo Mirae, a car unveiled on April 20, 1999 by Queen Elizabeth II
Mirae (band), a South Korean boy group signed to DSP Media
Mirae (Wi-Fi), a North Korean Wifi service


Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal and an official publication of the International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media. It covers research in biomedical engineering and bioengineering. It was established as a bimonthly publication in 1963 under the title Medical Electronics & Biological Engineering. It publishes Original Research Articles, Reviews, and Technical Notes.

External links

 11th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing – the MEDICON 2007 -
 The 12th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing – MEDICON 2010 -
 International Congress of students and young doctors (bio)medicine in Bosnia and Herzegovina "Medicon" -
 Systems Medicine for the Delivery of Better Healthcare Services – MEDICON 2016 -
 2017 MEDICON conference in Croatia -

English-language journals
Academic journals established in 1963
Springer Science+Business Media academic journals
Biomedical informatics journals
Monthly journals


Alfred Reynolds may refer to:

 Alfred Reynolds (writer) (1907–1993), writer on social and religious topics
 Alfred Reynolds (composer) (1884–1969), composer of light music for the theatre
 Alfred Reynolds (politician), Australian politician


Oo-Topos is an interactive fiction game published by Sentient Software in 1981 for the Apple II. In 1986 it was re-released by Polarware for additional systems and with graphical depictions of scenes described by the game's text. The graphics were designed using Penguin Software's Graphics Magician.

Plot
The pilot of a space vessel is carrying important cargo vital to the survival of humanity. The pilot is attacked by space pirates and forced to land on the planet Oo-Topos. After landing the pilot is captured and imprisoned in a fortress on the alien world. The pilot must escape confinement, retrieve the precious cargo taken from the crashed ship and get off Oo-Topos with it in order to save the human race from extinction.

Gameplay
The player enters commands on the keyboard to progress. Commands usually involve verbs such as "Go, Get, Put, Shoot, Use, etc." and nouns such as "laser, food, rod, etc." Directions such as "North, South, East, West" are used to move through areas and rooms within the game. Abbreviations are allowed such as "N, E, W, S." When entering a new area, the text gives a detailed description of the location and any relevant facts that may or may not help with progress. This can include both objects and living beings.

In the 1986 re-release, the drawn-in graphics overlay the text. When actions are performed on objects that are allowed to be manipulated (retrieved, inserted, dropped, etc.), the objects appear on screen as though they had been manipulated or moved. After commands are executed, some real-time actions are drawn-in such as a bright light flash from a laser gun or wearing goggles to "darken" a room.

Reception
Dale Archibald reviewed Oo-Topos in Ares Magazine #13 and commented that "Aside from the fact that you can be resurrected, this isn't a particularly unusual game. If mental jigsaw puzzles are your favorite hobby, Oo-Topos should keep you happily occupied for many, many hours."

Legacy
Many years later, Penguin Software released Oo-Topos (with several other games) as freeware.

Also after end of official support, an enthusiast reconstructed a source code variant of the game's engine to port it to modern platforms.

References

External links

1980s interactive fiction
1981 video games
Amiga games
Apple II games
Atari ST games
Commodore 64 games
DOS games
Freeware games
ScummVM-supported games
Video games developed in the United States
Penguin Software games
Single-player video games


Hungarorum may refer to :

Chronica Hungarorum is the title of several works treating the early Hungarian history
Constanti Hungarorum is an 1893 encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on the Church in Hungary.
Gesta Hungarorum is a record of early Hungarian history.
The Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum is one of the sources of early Hungarian history.


First-seeded John McEnroe was the defending champion and won in the final, which lasted 1h39,  against Jimmy Connors in straight sets 6–1, 6–2, 6–3 .

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

  John McEnroe (champion)
  Jimmy Connors (final)
  Jimmy Arias (semifinals)
  Johan Kriek (quarterfinals)

Draw

References

External links
1984 World Championship Tennis Finals Draw

Singles


Royal Ordnance plc was formed on 2 January 1985 as a public corporation, owning the majority of what until then were the remaining United Kingdom government-owned Royal Ordnance Factories (abbreviated ROFs) which manufactured explosives, ammunition, small arms including the Lee–Enfield rifle, guns and military vehicles such as tanks. It owned some 16 factories; and employed about 19,000 staff.

Royal Ordnance plc was bought by British Aerospace (BAe) in April 1987, which became BAE Systems in 1999. The name Royal Ordnance was retained for almost another twenty years; and the sites retained their former names, either as Royal Ordnance or later RO Defence sites. The Royal Ordnance name was dropped in 2004 and after having traded as Land Systems, the division is now known as Land UK.

History

Royal Ordnance Factories

The Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) can trace their history back to 1560 with the founding of the Royal Gunpowder Factory (RGPF) at Waltham Abbey, Essex.  This was linked to the Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF) at Enfield Lock and the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich.  All three were based near London— but not too close in case of explosion.  The title of Royal Arsenal was introduced in 1805 to encompass the Royal Laboratories, Royal Gun Factory, and the Royal Carriage, which were originally separate and based in Greenwich.

In 1927 these three Royal Factories were transferred, within the War Office, from the Ministry of Munitions to the Department of the Master-General of the Ordnance. As World War II loomed, a further 40 ROFs were built by the Ministry of Supply, from the late 1930s into the 1940s, employed around 300,000 personnel. The number of factory sites and personnel employed shrank considerably after the end of the Second World War.

As part of its privatisation process in the 1980s, the UK Government transferred some of the, formerly separate, research and development capability of the Defence Research Establishments into the ROFs. Other parts of the UK's defence research and design capability were later closed down; remained with the UK Ministry of Defence, later to become Dstl; or became part of the privatised QinetiQ. The small number of ROFs involved in nuclear weapons production, ROF Burghfield and ROF Cardiff, were removed from ROF management and did not pass over to Royal Ordnance upon privatisation. They were transferred to the control of AWRE; which later became the Atomic Weapons Establishment.

Privatisation
On 2 January 1985, vesting day, the twelve ROFs that still remained open, plus the Waltham Abbey South site, RSAF Enfield and three agency factories, became a UK government-owned company: Royal Ordnance plc. Its headquarters was moved to ROF Chorley, Lancashire; with its registered office located in central London. The intention of the government at this stage was to privatise Royal Ordnance as soon as possible through a stock market flotation.

In mid-1985 a target date of July 1986 was set; however, by June 1986 the government announced that flotation would not be possible and that it intended to sell the company privately. The following problems were identified as barriers to a flotation:
The future of ROF Leeds, notably the uncertain future due to over-capacity in UK main battle tank production.
The future relationship between the MOD and the company.
The financial position of the company.
Liabilities regarding a contract with British Aerospace

The problems associated with ROF Leeds were solved when Royal Ordnance agreed the sale of the factory and intellectual property rights of the Challenger tanks to Vickers plc on 4 October 1986, the final agreement was signed on 31 March 1987 valuing ROF Leeds at £15.2 million. Vickers became Alvis Vickers and, in 2004, became part of BAE Systems, and the Leeds factory was closed. The relationship with the MOD was resolved by certain guarantees given to the company by the MOD regarding future procurement strategies. The financial position of the company was resolved by a Treasury cash injection and the proceeds of the ROF Leeds sale. The liabilities were with regard to a sub-contract for a missile systems between British Aerospace (BAe) and an MOD research establishment transferred to Royal Ordnance on Incorporation; BAe and the MOD reached agreement in February 1987.

Bids for Royal Ordnance plc were invited in October 1986, resulting in six offers. These were eventually reduced to two; one from British Aerospace and one from Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds (GKN). The £188.5 million GBP BAe offer was accepted, and the sale was completed on 22 April 1987.

Rationalisation

At the time of the sale, RO Defence had 16 factories; and some 19,000 personnel were employed.  Shortly after privatisation, it has closed and sold its sites at ROF Patricroft, RSAF Enfield and Waltham Abbey South.

In April 1992 BAe / RO Defence bought BMARC and Poudreries Réunies de Belgique (PRB) from the receivers of the failed Astra Holdings; and later Muiden Chemie. In 1991 RO Defence also bought the small arms ammunition interests of Heckler & Koch.

In 2000 the headquarters of Royal Ordnance was moved from RO Chorley to BAE Systems' Filton site, and manufacturing ceased at RO Bishopton.

Consolidation into BAE Systems
In 1999 BAE merged with Marconi Electronic Systems, the defence interests of GEC, at the same time changing its name from British Aerospace to BAE Systems. The Royal Ordnance sites were from then onwards treated as BAE Systems owned sites with Royal Ordnance regarded as business units operating from the sites. In 2002 Heckler & Koch was sold to Heckler and Koch Beteiligungs GmbH.

In 2004 BAE Systems acquired Alvis Vickers Ltd, which was merged with the RO Defence business and ex-GEC plants at Barrow-in-Furness and Leicester to form BAE Systems Land Systems. This organisation was further expanded in 2005 when BAE Systems took over the US company United Defense Industries and added it to the Land Systems business group to create BAE Systems Land and Armaments. These two mergers and expansions meant that the former Royal Ordnance sites were renamed as BAE Systems Land and Armaments.

See also
 List of Royal Ordnance Factories
 Sterling Armaments Company

References

Notes

Bibliography
National Audit Office, (1987). Sale of Royal Ordnance plc. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

Ammunition manufacturers
Defence companies of the United Kingdom
Defunct companies of the United Kingdom
1985 establishments in the United Kingdom


Surizai Bala is a village and Union Council in Peshawar District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Pashtuns of this village speak the Pashto language and practice Pashtunwali, a traditional code of conduct and honour.
Majer Mohalas are
Khan khel,
Hasham khel,
Ibrahim khel.
Ataye khel,
Sher Khan khel
Majeed khel
.....etc

References

Populated places in Peshawar District


Marvin Richard James Humes (born 18 March 1985) is an English singer, disc jockey, television presenter and radio host who previously presented the Monday–Thursday late-night show across the Capital Network. He previously hosted The Official Big Top 40 chart show across UK commercial radio stations on a Sunday afternoon, between 2013 and 2018.

He is best known as a member of the four-piece boy band JLS, the runner-up boyband to Alexandra Burke in the fifth series of The X Factor. After a successful five years, JLS split in December 2013, but reunited in February 2020.

Between 2014 and 2016, Humes hosted BBC One's The Voice UK with Emma Willis and created a DJ-Producer-dance act LuvBug. Since 2019, he has co-hosted the game show The Hit List with his wife Rochelle Humes.

Early life
Marvin Richard James Humes was born on 18 March 1985 in Greenwich, London. He is the son of a Jamaican father and Scottish mother and is the middle child between two brothers, Leon and Jackson.

Humes started his music career in a band called VS which was created by Blue member Simon Webbe; however shortly after being formed and releasing an album, they split. Humes appeared in Holby City on the BBC for three years from 2000 to 2003, playing Robbie Waring for 14 episodes. At the age of 14, he starred in a children's programme called K-Club, which helped people with computers and how they work.

Career

Beginnings and The X Factor
Oritsé Williams decided to get into the music business mainly. He was originally scouted for a number of boy bands but did not feel they were right, Williams decided to form his own boy band and, through friends, met Marvin Humes who had experience in R&B and pop music, being a part of VS in 2004. Next to join was Aston Merrygold, who was once cast in the ITV children's programme Fun Song Factory, because of his athletic ability. Last to join the group was JB Gill, for his "musical ear" and harmonies. They bonded, became friends and together they were called UFO (an initialism of Unique Famous Outrageous). They signed to Tracklacers developing a sound they then called "Jack the Lad Swing", combining the phrase "Jack the lad" and the urban music of new jack swing. While working their way into the music business, UFO instantly signed to Epic Records, before winning their first award in late 2007 at the Urban Music Awards for Best Unsigned Act thanks to their mash-up of "Stand by Me" by Ben E. King and "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston. Shortly thereafter, they released their second single, "Slap Ya Elbow". The group give credit to "DJ Triz" who produced one of UFO's first songs and helped them write it.

In 2008, UFO auditioned for the fifth series of The X Factor, but had to change their name because it was already being used by another group, so they decided to go with the name JLS (an initialism of Jack the Lad Swing, the style created with Tracklacers some months ago). Following the elimination of girl groups Bad Lashes and Girlband in weeks one and two respectively, JLS were Louis Walsh's last remaining act in the competition, but throughout the live shows the judges called them the best band to come out of The X Factor. In week 7, JLS were in the bottom two along with Rachel Hylton. However, they survived, thanks to votes from Walsh, Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell. Cowell stated when casting his deciding vote that JLS did not deserve to be in the bottom two. In week 8, JLS performed "...Baby One More Time" and received negative comments from two of the four judges, with Cowell saying "at the moment you're out", but after their second performance, "You Light Up My Life", Cowell commented that they were "back in the race" and that they could "have a hit record" with the performance.

In week 9, JLS performed "Umbrella" and "I'm Already There". Cowell then predicted they would win the competition. They made it to the final and performed their own version of the winner's song, "Hallelujah", which the other finalist Alexandra Burke also performed. The public voted for the second time that night and Burke won the competition, JLS becoming the runners up. They were the fourth band to make the final. Following their success on The X Factor, Cowell's record company, Syco, were going to sign JLS; however, Cowell revoked this offer, having instead decided to focus on Alexandra Burke. JLS's manager thought the band would be well suited to Epic Records, with whom they signed a record contract in January 2009.

2006–2013: JLS

Following their appearance on The X Factor, JLS signed to Epic Records. Their first two singles "Beat Again" and "Everybody in Love" both went to number one on the UK Singles Chart. The band's self-titled debut album was released on 9 November 2009, and has since sold over one million copies in the UK. JLS won the awards for British Breakthrough and British Single ("Beat Again") at the 2010 BRIT Awards. They also won several awards at the Mobo Awards for Best song for "Beat Again" in 2009 and also Best Newcomer in the same year. In 2010, they won the MOBO Awards for Best UK act and Best Album. They also went on to win their fifth MOBO Award in 2012 by winning Best Video for "Do You Feel What I Feel?". They won the title of the UK's hardest-working band for two constitutive years, in 2011 and 2012.

In 2010, JLS signed a record deal in the United States with Jive Records, and released "Everybody in Love" as their debut US single, but it failed to chart. "The Club Is Alive", the lead single from their second studio album, was released in the UK in July 2010, and earned the band their third number-one on the UK Singles Chart. Their single "Love You More", the official single for Children in Need in 2010, was the group's fourth UK number one. Their single "She Makes Me Wanna" featuring Dev was their fifth UK number one. As of 2012, their debut album and single has been named one of The X Factors top ten biggest-selling debut singles and albums. JLS have sold more than 10 million records worldwide. As of 2013, they are the sixteenth richest reality TV stars in the UK, with an estimated fortune of £6 million per member, totalling £24 million.

In December 2012, Humes signed with an acting agent, hoping that landing a part in a credible show would give him the platform to launch a career in acting after JLS came to an end.
On 24 April 2013, it was announced that the band were to split after their fifth album and tour. They released their last book as a band, called Forever and a Day, One Last Goodbye X, on 24 October 2013. JLS' last ever performance was on 22 December 2013 on the last night of their "Goodbye - The Greatest Hits Tour".

LuvBug

On 23 July 2014, Humes announced through social networking sites that he had formed a new dance group featuring 'The White N3RD & JKAY called LuvBug. They were officially signed to Polydor Records and their first single, "Resonance" featuring Talay Riley, was released on 5 October 2014. It charted at number 13 on the week of 18 October 2014. The follow-up single, "Revive (Say Something)" was number 17 in the UK charts in February 2015.

LuvBug first aired their new single "Best is Yet to Come" on 5 February 2016 and it was released in April 2016.

Radio
In March 2013, Humes began hosting his own radio show, #FridayNightCapital on the Capital network on Friday evenings between 7pm and 10pm as the official start of "The Weekend Lives on Capital".

On 5 January 2014, Humes replaced Rich Clarke on The Vodafone Big Top 40 with Kat Shoob, which airs on Sundays from 4pm to 7pm on Capital, Heart, and over 100 commercial music radio stations. He left the show in 2018.

On 11 March 2016, Global announced that Humes would take control of the Capital Late Show, which runs Monday-Thursday 10pm-1am, to replace Will Cozens.

It was announced that Humes would co-present One Love Manchester on Global Radio stations on 4 June 2017.

Humes presented his final Capital Late Show on December 15, 2022, on Capital (radio network) and left the network after 10 years, former Capital Breakfast presenter Sonny Jay began hosting the show on January 3, 2023.

Television
Humes made his television presenting debut on 23 August 2013, when he co-presented ITV's This Morning with his wife Rochelle Humes. The couple later became regular stand-in presenters until 2015. Humes was a regular reporter for ITV's Surprise Surprise programme, hosted by Holly Willoughby.

In September 2013, Humes was confirmed as Reggie Yates' replacement for the third series of  BBC One's The Voice UK, which began on 11 January 2014. He hosted series 3, 4 and 5 with Emma Willis. The show moved to ITV in 2017, without Humes as co-presenter.

Since 2016, Humes has co-presented BBC's Children in Need appeal with his wife, Rochelle Humes. He played Apollo Creed in an episode of The Keith & Paddy Picture Show.

On 20 November 2018, it was announced that Humes would co-host a music quiz show with wife Rochelle Humes on BBC One. The Hit List began in May 2019 and was recommissioned for a second series to air later that year. A third series was commissioned and was set to air in  2020.

On 19 November 2020, Humes guest presented the ITV daytime show Loose Women, by making history to be the first male presenter in the show's 21-year history as well as an all male panel.

Other ventures

Products and endorsements
In September 2010, a "Marvin doll" was launched, along with the other three members of JLS.  Updated dolls were produced for the launch of JLS' 2nd album "Outta This World".

Durex teamed up with JLS to produce a condom range called "Just Love Safe", with each member of the group having their own box and Marvin's box being green. JLS also released their iconic hoodie range.

In 2010, JLS endorsed Nintendo Wii Party appearing in seven different TV advertisements. JLS were also part of the Walkers crisps "Make sandwich more exciting" advertising campaign, their performance at Sandwich Technology School appeared on the television ad alongside other celebrities such as Gary Lineker, Pamela Anderson and Jenson Button.

In May 2020, Humes was announced as the Menswear ambassador for UK retailer Next.

Philanthropy
JLS founded "The JLS Foundation" a foundation that sets out to raise money for six charities: Cancer Research UK, Rays of Sunshine, Brook, Childline, BeatBullying and the MS Society. Despite the split, the foundation still exists and all members are still committed to continue the foundation.

All sales from the JLS number one single "Love You More" went to Children In Need. In 2012, JLS performed at the "Children In Need Rocks Manchester" concert performing "Take a Chance on Me". In 2013, JLS appeared on Children In Need for the last time, where the group sang a medley of songs on the EastEnders set.

JLS has also helped raise money for Comic Relief, appearing in comedy sketches with both Miranda Hart and James Corden.

In 2012, JLS visited Uganda for Sport Relief, appearing in emotional VT's across the night. The same year JLS released the official sport relief charity single "Proud", which peaked at number 6 in the chart, as well as hosting a special charity concert "JLS sing for Sport Relief" and doing the Sport Relief Mile.

In total, JLS have recorded five charity singles: a cover of Mariah Carey's song "Hero" as part of the X Factor 2008 finalists (for Help for Heroes), "Wishing On A Star" Xfactor finalists ft. JLS and One Direction (For organization Together for Short Lives) "Love You More" (for Children In Need), "Proud" (for Sport Relief) and "Everybody Hurts" (for Helping Haiti). Four out of five of these charity singles got to number one on the UK Singles Chart.

Online
In late 2013, Humes launched "The Marvin Humes Channel" a "website and app for iPhone or Android smartphone devices that allows you to catch up on Marvin's activity 24 hours a day". This channel has since stopped. Marvin now has a website.

Personal life
Humes is a fan of Chelsea F.C. His biggest inspiration is Michael Jackson.

Humes married The Saturdays singer Rochelle Wiseman on 27 July 2012 at Blenheim Palace. They have two daughters and one son. Humes was nominated for "Celebrity Dad of the Year 2013", but lost to Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah.

In June 2016, he played for England in the 2016 Soccer Aid, which was broadcast on ITV.

In August 2018, Humes was a subject of the UK genealogy programme Who Do You Think You Are?

Filmography
Television
K-Club – presenter
Holby City (2000–2003) – Robbie Waring
The X Factor (2008) – contestant, as part of JLS
This Morning (2013–2015) – stand-in presenter, with Rochelle Humes
Surprise Surprise (2013–2015) – reporter
The Voice UK (2014–2016) – co-presenter, with Emma Willis
Children in Need (2016–2018) – co-presenter, with Rochelle Humes
The Keith & Paddy Picture Show (2017) – Apollo Creed
MOBO Awards (2017) – co-presenter, with Maya Jama
The Hit List (2019–present) - co-presenter, with Rochelle Humes
Loose Women (2020) - Presenter, with panellists Ronan Keating, Roman Kemp and Iain Stirling

References

External links
Official website
Marvin Humes Channel
JLS Website

1985 births
English people of Jamaican descent
English people of Scottish descent
21st-century Black British male singers
Living people
People from Greenwich
JLS members
Capital (radio network)
Black British television personalities


WUPX may refer to:

 WUPX (FM), a radio station (91.5 FM) licensed to Marquette, Michigan, United States
 WUPX-TV, a television station (channel 25, virtual 67) licensed to Richmond, Kentucky, United States


William Ponsonby may refer to:

William Ponsonby (publisher) (died 1604), English publisher in the Elizabethan era
William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough (1704–1793), British & Irish MP, Chief Secretary for Ireland, Postmaster-General of Great Britain
William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby (1744–1806), Member of Parliament for Bandonbridge and Kilkenny, Postmaster-General of Ireland
William Ponsonby (British Army officer) (1772–1815), British major-general in the Battle of Waterloo, Irish Member of Parliament
William Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley (1787–1855), British Member of Parliament for Poole, Knaresborough and Dorset
William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon (1659–1724), Anglo-Irish peer


White Colne is a village and parish in Essex, England, on the north side of the River Colne, opposite Earls Colne, and on the Colchester road,  East South East of Halstead. It traces its history back to the Domesday Book and beyond. There is evidence of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic settlement in the area. White Colne railway station was a station on the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway.

The village church is dedicated to St Andrew. The German film actor Anton Diffring is buried in the churchyard.

References

External links

 White Colne Parish Council website
 British History Online: History of White Colne

Villages in Essex
Braintree District


Peirresha Alexandra Shakes-Drayton (born 21 December 1988) is a British retired track and field athlete. After specialising in the 400 metres hurdles in the early part of her career, a knee injury at the 2013 World Championships forced Shakes-Drayton to concentrate on the 400 metres on her return to athletics. She is the 2013 European Indoor Champion in the 400 metres and won a 2012 World Indoor Championship gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay. She has also won silver and bronze medals in the 4 × 400 m relay at the World Championships.

In 2018, Shakes-Drayton took part in the tenth series of the ITV show Dancing on Ice.

Personal life
Shakes-Drayton was born in east London to Christian parents from Grenada, and grew up in Bow, where she continues to reside. She attended Holy Family R.C. Primary School in Poplar and Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate School in Stepney. She studied sports science at Brunel University, where she graduated with a 2:1. She married high-jump athlete Mike Olayemi Edwards in London in June 2019. Shakes welcomed her first child with Edwards on 26 August 2020.

Athletics career

Shakes-Drayton came to prominence at the English Schools Championships where she set a UK junior record time in the 400 m hurdles. She made her first major international appearance at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics where she finished eighth, achieving a new personal best of 57.52 seconds. She took the silver medal at the 2007 European Athletics Junior Championships with a time of 56.46 s, a national junior record in the event.

Shakes-Drayton won the 400 m hurdles at the 2008 Olympic Games GB trials, but veteran Tasha Danvers was instead chosen to represent Great Britain, and went on to win the bronze medal. Despite the non-selection, Shakes-Drayton was considered to be a medal prospect for the next Olympics in 2012. At the 2009 British Championships in Birmingham, she finished second in the 400 metres behind reigning world champion Christine Ohuruogu, setting a new personal best. Further success came on the junior circuit at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships, where she won the 400 m hurdles gold medal with a run of 55.26 seconds, another personal best. Having secured a place on the Great Britain team, she set her sights on the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, remarking: "I like people talking about me. It means I must be doing some things right. Now I have to live up to the hype because hype is pointless if you don't live up to it."

She ran at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin and reached the semi-finals of the competition. However, she finished seventh in the race with a time of 57.57 seconds and did not compete in the final. She ran a personal best of 54.91 seconds for the 400 m hurdles to win at the Memorial Primo Nebiolo in June 2010.

In the absence of Tasha Danvers, Shakes-Drayton and Eilidh Child were the sole representatives for Great Britain at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. Shakes-Drayton finished 2nd in her heat, with a time of 55.35. She then finished 3rd in her semi-final to qualify for the final in a new personal best of 54.73. In the final she finished third to win the bronze medal with a new personal best of 54.18.

At the 2012 London Grand Prix, the final Diamond League meeting prior to the 2012 London Olympic Games, Shakes-Drayton recorded another personal best for the 400 m hurdles of 53.77, a time that put her second in the world rankings for the year and also made her the second-fastest British athlete of all time in the event, behind only Sally Gunnell. However, in the Olympic 400 m hurdles she was unable to reach the final, finishing third in her semi-final heat. She was also part of the GB 4 × 400 m relay team which finished fifth in the final of that event.

At the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, Shakes-Drayton went on to win gold in the Women's 400 m final with a Personal Best of 50.85, ahead of another Great Britain runner Eilidh Child. She was also part of the Women's 4 × 400 m team (along with Eilidh Child, Shana Cox and Christine Ohuruogu) that won gold at the same championships.

In 2020, she announced her retirement from her athletics career.

Personal bests

References

External links

Official website

Agency website

Living people
1988 births
People from Bow, London
Sportspeople from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Athletes from London
English female hurdlers
British female hurdlers
British female sprinters
English female sprinters
Olympic female hurdlers
Olympic female sprinters
Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
Commonwealth Games competitors for England
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
European Athletics Championships winners
European Athletics Championships medalists
European Athletics Indoor Championships winners
British Athletics Championships winners
Black British sportswomen
Alumni of Brunel University London
English sportspeople of Grenadian descent


Love Story (Italian: Una storia d'amore) is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Assia Noris, Piero Lulli and Carlo Campanini. It is based on the play Life Begins by Mary McDougal Axelson, previously adapted into a 1932 film of the same title and a 1939 film A Child Is Born. Along with A Pistol Shot it marked an attempt to showcase Noris as a dramatic actress, rather than the White Telephone comedies she had become known for. It was screened at the 1942 Venice Film Festival.

It was produced by Lux Film, one of the leading film companies of Fascist Italy. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gastone Medin and Gino Brosio. The future star Marcello Mastroianni appeared briefly as an uncredited extra.

Plot
A young woman with a troubled past marries a worker from a mechanical engineering factory and tries to live a respectable life. However a man who knows her background attempts to blackmail her and loses her head and kills him. She is sentenced to ten years in prison, and gives birth to a child while in jail.

Cast

 Assia Noris as Anna Roberti
 Piero Lulli as Gianni Castelli
 Carlo Campanini as Agostino
 Guido Notari as Ferreri
 Osvaldo Genazzani  as 	Sandro
 Emilio Cigoli as L'avvocato difensore
 Emma Baron as L'infermiera della clinica
 Antonio Battistella as 	Enrico Banducci
 Giorgio Capecchi as L'aiuto chirurgo
 Dhia Cristiani as Clara
 Olinto Cristina as Il presidente del tribunale
 Gualtiero De Angelis as 	Il poliziotto di notte
 Luigi Giovarella as 	Il professor Venturi
 Augusto Marcacci as 	L'avvocato dell'accusa
 Marcello Mastroianni as Extra
 Carlo Micheluzzi as 	Bibi - il padre ansioso
 Egisto Olivieri as Il primo agente della questura
 Amina Pirani Maggi as 	La padrona della Pensione Gallini
 Vanna Polverosi as 	La madre dei due gemelli
 Luisa Ventura as La padrona della pasticceria
 Ciro Berardi as l'usciere dell'officina SIMA

References

Bibliography
 Aprà, Adriano. The Fabulous Thirties: Italian cinema 1929-1944. Electa International, 1979.
 Dewey, Donald. Marcello Mastroianni: His Life and Art. Carol Publishing Group, 1993.

External links

1942 films
1940s Italian-language films
1942 drama films
Italian black-and-white films
Films directed by Mario Camerini
Italian drama films
Lux Film films
Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
Italian films based on plays
Remakes of American films
1940s Italian films


Amlaíb mac Sitriuc ("Amhlaeibh, son of Sitric") or Olaf Sigtryggsson, was the son of Sigtrygg Silkbeard, the Hiberno-Norse King of Dublin, and Sláine, the daughter of Brian Boru. A member of the Uí Ímair dynasty, his ancestors also included Amlaíb Cuarán and Gormflaith, who were influential in medieval Ireland.  He was held to ransom by the Gaelic lord of Brega and later killed in England by Anglo-Saxons while on his way on pilgrimage to Rome in 1034. He thus predeceased his father. Some of his descendants later became the Kings of Gwynedd in Wales.

Life

Family
Amlaíb was the son of the ruling King of Dublin, Sigtrygg Silkbeard (d. 1042), and his wife Sláine, daughter of the King of Munster and High King of Ireland, Brian Boru (d. 1014), and his first wife. His paternal grandfather was Amlaíb Cuarán (d. 981), the powerful King of York and of Dublin. Amlaíb Cuarán's wife was Gormflaith (d. 1030), a "beautiful, powerful and intriguing Irish woman" who later married Boru at the same time Sigtrygg married Sláine.

He may have had a son killed at the Battle of Clontarf (1014), as The Annals of the Four Masters record the deaths of a number of notable Norsemen, including "Dubhghall, son of Amhlaeibh, and Gillaciarain, son of Gluniairn, two tanists of the foreigners;" This Dubhgall is also mentioned elsewhere as the grandson of Sigtrygg Silkbeard.

Amlaíb had four half-brothers:    Artalach (d. 999), Oleif (d. 1013), Godfrey (d. 1036), Glúniairn (d. 1031). Oleif was killed in immediate vengeance for the burning of the Norse city of Cork. Glúniairn was killed by the people of South Brega in 1031. Godfrey was killed in Wales, possibly by a first cousin. Amlaíb was outlived by his half-sister Cellach, who died in 1042 in the same month as her father.

Politics
In 1027, after the death of Máel Sechlainn II in 1022 and the chaos which accompanied the subsequent bids for the High Kingship by the Irish princes, Sigtrygg Silkbeard was forced to make a new alliance with the men of Brega. Amlaíb joined Donnchad of Brega in a raid on Staholmock, County Meath. The army of Sigtrygg and Donnchad was defeated by the men of Meath under their king, Roen Ua Mael Sechlainn. Sigtrygg rallied to the fight again, and fought a battle at Lickblaw (near Castlepollard, Westmeath) where Donnchad and Roen were slain.

In 1029, Amlaíb was taken prisoner by the new King of Brega, Mathghamhain Ua Riagain, who exacted a ransom of 1,200 cows for his release. Further conditions of the agreement necessitated payment of another 140 British horses, 60 ounces of gold and of silver, "the sword of Carlus", the Irish hostages of Leinster and Leath Cuinn, "four hostages to Ua Riagain as a security for peace, and the full value of the life of the third hostage." Added to the total, 80 cows "for word and supplication" were to be paid to the man who entreated for Amlaíb's release. The incident illustrates the importance of ransoming noble captives, as a means of political manipulation, increasing one's own revenues and exhausting the resources of one's foes. The demand of British horses also suggests that Dublin was one of the main ports for importing horses into 11th century Ireland, and that Amlaíb's family may have been personally involved in husbandry.

According to the 17th century Annals of the Four Masters, Amlaíb mac Sitriuc "was slain by the Saxons" on his way on a pilgrimage to Rome in 1034. He was survived by a daughter, Ragnhild, who was the mother of Gruffudd ap Cynan, from whom the Kings of Gwynedd were descended. He also had a son named Sihtric.

Footnotes

References

Year of birth unknown
1034 deaths
11th-century rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles
Military personnel killed in action
Norse-Gaels
11th-century Irish people
Uí Ímair
Monarchs of Dublin


Una storia d'amore may refer to:

Una storia d'amore, also known as Love Story, a 1942 Italian film
Una storia d'amore (1969 film), a 1969 Italian film by Michele Lupo
Una storia d'amore, a 1975 album by :it:Juli & Julie
"Una storia d'amore", a song by Jovanotti from the 2006 album Buon Sangue


The 1985 Buick WCT Finals was a season-ending men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 15th edition of the WCT Finals and was part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix, as the two organisations had reunited. It was played at the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas in the United States from April 8 through April 15, 1985. Third-seeded Ivan Lendl won the title.

Final

Singles

 Ivan Lendl defeated  Tim Mayotte 7–6, 6–4, 6–1
 It was Lendl's 3rd singles title of the year and the 45th of his career.

References

External links
 ITF tournament edition details

Buick WCT Finals
WCT Finals


The 1948 Los Angeles Dons season was their third in the All-America Football Conference. The team matched their previous output of 7–7, but failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season.

The team's statistical leaders included Glenn Dobbs with 2,403 passing yards and 539 rushing yards and Joe Aguirre with 599 receiving yards and 56 points scored.

Season schedule

Division standings

References

Los Angeles Dons seasons
Los Angeles Dons
Los Angeles Dons


The Razzie Award for Worst Screen Combo is an award presented at the annual Golden Raspberry Awards to the worst movie pairing or cast of the past year. The following is a list of nominees and recipients of the awards, along with the film(s) for which they were nominated.

History
The category, which made its debut at the 15th Razzie ceremony, was originally named Worst Screen Couple, but in 2011 it was changed to Worst Screen Couple / Worst Screen Ensemble so entire casts could be included. This was changed again in 2012 where Screen Couple and Screen Ensemble were split and awarded separately before being changed again in 2013 to an individual award called Worst Screen Combo. The category is defined to include any combination of actors, actresses, props, or body parts.

Worst Screen Couple 1994–2009
 1994 – Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt – Interview with the Vampire (tie)
 1994 – Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone – The Specialist (tie)
 Any combination of two people in the entire cast – Color of Night
 Dan Aykroyd and Rosie O'Donnell – Exit to Eden
 Kevin Costner and "any of his three wives" (Annabeth Gish, Joanna Going or Mare Winningham) – Wyatt Earp
 1995 – Any combination of two people (or two body parts) – Showgirls
 William Baldwin and Cindy Crawford – Fair Game
 Tim Daly and Sean Young – Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
 Dave Foley and Julia Sweeney – It's Pat
 Demi Moore and either Robert Duvall or Gary Oldman – The Scarlet Letter
 1996 – Demi Moore and Burt Reynolds – Striptease
 Pamela Anderson's impressive enhancements – Barb Wire
 Beavis and Butt-head (voice of Mike Judge) – Beavis and Butt-head Do America
 Marlon Brando and "that darn dwarf" (Nelson de la Rosa) – The Island of Dr. Moreau
 Matt LeBlanc and Ed the mechanical monkey – Ed
 1997 – Dennis Rodman and Jean-Claude Van Damme – Double Team
 Sandra Bullock and Jason Patric – Speed 2: Cruise Control
 George Clooney and Chris O'Donnell – Batman & Robin
 Steven Seagal and his guitar – Fire Down Below
 Jon Voight and the animatronic anaconda – Anaconda
 1998 – Leonardo DiCaprio and Leonardo DiCaprio (as twins) – The Man in the Iron Mask
 Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler – Armageddon
 Any combination of two characters, body parts or fashion accessories – Spice World
 Any combination of two people playing themselves – An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
 Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman – The Avengers
 1999 – Kevin Kline and Will Smith – Wild Wild West
 Pierce Brosnan and Denise Richards – The World Is Not Enough
 Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones – Entrapment
 Jake Lloyd and Natalie Portman – Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
 Lili Taylor and Catherine Zeta-Jones – The Haunting
 2000 – John Travolta and anyone sharing the screen with him – Battlefield Earth
 Any two actors – Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
 Richard Gere and Winona Ryder – Autumn in New York
 Madonna and either Benjamin Bratt or Rupert Everett – The Next Best Thing
 Arnold Schwarzenegger (as the real Adam Gibson) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (as the clone of Adam Gibson) – The 6th Day
 2001 – Tom Green and any animal he abuses – Freddy Got Fingered
 Ben Affleck and either Kate Beckinsale or Josh Hartnett – Pearl Harbor
 Mariah Carey's cleavage – Glitter
 Burt Reynolds and Sylvester Stallone – Driven
 Kurt Russell and either Kevin Costner or Courteney Cox – 3000 Miles to Graceland
 2002 – Adriano Giannini and Madonna – Swept Away
 Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi – Pinocchio
 Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman – Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
 Eddie Murphy and either Robert De Niro in Showtime, Owen Wilson in I Spy or himself cloned in The Adventures of Pluto Nash
 Britney Spears and "whatever-his-name-was" (Anson Mount) in Crossroads
 2003 – Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez – Gigli
 Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini – From Justin to Kelly
 Ashton Kutcher and either Brittany Murphy in Just Married or Tara Reid in My Boss's Daughter
 Mike Myers and either Thing One or Thing Two – The Cat in the Hat
 Eric Christian Olsen and Derek Richardson – Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
 2004 – George W. Bush and either Condoleezza Rice or his pet goat – Fahrenheit 9/11
 Ben Affleck and either Jennifer Lopez or Liv Tyler – Jersey Girl
 Halle Berry and either Benjamin Bratt or Sharon Stone – Catwoman
 Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – New York Minute
 Shawn and Marlon Wayans (in or out of drag) – White Chicks
 2005 – Will Ferrell and Nicole Kidman – Bewitched
 Jamie Kennedy and anybody stuck sharing the screen with him – Son of the Mask
 Jenny McCarthy and anyone dumb enough to befriend or date her – Dirty Love
 Rob Schneider and his diapers – Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
 Jessica Simpson and her Daisy Dukes – The Dukes of Hazzard
 2006 – Shawn Wayans and either Kerry Washington or Marlon Wayans – Little Man
 Tim Allen and Martin Short – The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
 Nicolas Cage and his bear suit – The Wicker Man
 Hilary and Haylie Duff – Material Girls
 Sharon Stone's lopsided breasts – Basic Instinct 2
 2007 – Lindsay Lohan and Lindsay Lohan (as the yang to her own yin) – I Know Who Killed Me
 Jessica Alba and either Hayden Christensen in Awake, Dane Cook in Good Luck Chuck or Ioan Gruffudd in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
 Any combination of two totally air-headed characters – Bratz
 Eddie Murphy (Norbit) and either Eddie Murphy (Mr. Wong) or Eddie Murphy (Rasputia) – Norbit
 Adam Sandler and either Kevin James or Jessica Biel – I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
 2008 – Paris Hilton and either Christine Lakin or Joel David Moore – The Hottie and the Nottie
 Uwe Boll and "any actor, camera or screenplay"
 Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher – What Happens in Vegas
 Larry the Cable Guy and Jenny McCarthy – Witless Protection
 Eddie Murphy in Eddie Murphy – Meet Dave
 2009 – Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper – All About Steve
 Any two (or more) Jonas Brothers – Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
 Will Ferrell and any co-star, creature or "comic riff" – Land of the Lost
 Shia LaBeouf and either Megan Fox or any Transformer – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
 Kristen Stewart and either Taylor Lautner or Robert Pattinson – The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Worst Screen Couple/Worst Screen Ensemble 2010
 2010 – The entire cast of Sex and the City 2
 Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler – The Bounty Hunter
 Josh Brolin's face and Megan Fox's accent – Jonah Hex
The entire cast of The Last Airbender
The entire cast of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Worst Screen Couple 2011–2012
2011 – Adam Sandler and either Katie Holmes, Al Pacino or Adam Sandler – Jack and Jill
 Nicolas Cage and anyone sharing the screen with him – Drive Angry,  Season of the Witch,  Trespass
 Shia LaBeouf and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley – Transformers: Dark of the Moon
 Adam Sandler and either Jennifer Aniston or Brooklyn Decker – Just Go with It
 Kristen Stewart and either Taylor Lautner or Robert Pattinson – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
 2012 – Mackenzie Foy and Taylor Lautner – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
Any two cast members from Jersey Shore – The Three Stooges
 Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
 Tyler Perry and his drag get-up – Madea's Witness Protection
 Adam Sandler and either Leighton Meester, Andy Samberg or Susan Sarandon – That's My Boy

Worst Screen Ensemble 2011–2012
 2011 – The entire cast of Jack and Jill
The entire cast of Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
The entire cast of New Year's Eve
The entire cast of Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The entire cast of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
 2012 – The entire cast of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
The entire cast of Battleship
The entire cast of Madea's Witness Protection
The entire cast of The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
The entire cast of That's My Boy

Worst Screen Combo 2013–present
 2013 – Jaden Smith and Will Smith on planet nepotism – After Earth
The entire cast of Grown Ups 2
The entire cast of Movie 43
 Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen – Scary Movie 5
 Tyler Perry and either Larry the Cable Guy or that worn out wig and dress – A Madea Christmas
 2014 – Kirk Cameron and his ego – Saving Christmas
Any two robots, actors or robotic actors – Transformers: Age of Extinction
 Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel – Sex Tape
 Kellan Lutz and either his abs, his pecs, or his glutes – The Legend of Hercules
 Seth MacFarlane and Charlize Theron – A Million Ways to Die in the West
 2015 – Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson – Fifty Shades of Grey
 All four "Fantastics" (Jamie Bell, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara and Miles Teller) – Fantastic Four
 Johnny Depp and his glued-on mustache – Mortdecai
 Kevin James and either his Segway or his glued-on mustache – Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
 Adam Sandler and any pair of his shoes – The Cobbler
 2016 – Ben Affleck and his BFF (Baddest Foe Forever) Henry Cavill in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
 Any two Egyptian gods or mortals in Gods of Egypt
 Johnny Depp and his vomitously vibrant costume in Alice Through the Looking Glass
 The entire cast of once respected actors in Collateral Beauty
 Tyler Perry and that same old worn out wig in Boo! A Madea Halloween
 Ben Stiller and his BFF (Barely Funny Friend) Owen Wilson in Zoolander 2
 2017 – Any two obnoxious Emojis in The Emoji Movie
 Any combination of two characters, two sex toys or two sexual positions in Fifty Shades Darker
 Any combination of two humans, two robots or two explosions in Transformers: The Last Knight
 Johnny Depp and his worn-out drunk routine in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
 Tyler Perry and either the ratty old dress or worn-out wig in Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
 2018 – Donald Trump and his self perpetuating pettiness in Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9
 Any two actors or puppets in The Happytime Murders
 Johnny Depp and his fast-fading film career in Sherlock Gnomes
 Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly in Holmes & Watson
 Kelly Preston and John Travolta in Gotti
 2019 – Any two half-feline/half-human hairballs in Cats
 Jason Derulo and his CGI-neutered "bulge" in Cats
 Tyler Perry and Tyler Perry (or Tyler Perry) in A Madea Family Funeral
 Sylvester Stallone and his impotent rage in Rambo: Last Blood
 John Travolta and any screenplay he accepts
 2020 – Rudy Giuliani and his pants zipper in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
 Robert Downey Jr. and his utterly unconvincing "Welsh" accent in Dolittle
 Harrison Ford and that totally fake-looking CGI "dog" in The Call of the Wild
 Lauren Lapkus and David Spade in The Wrong Missy
 Adam Sandler and his grating simpleton voice in Hubie Halloween
 2021 – LeBron James and any Warner cartoon character (or Time-Warner product) he dribbles on in Space Jam: A New Legacy
 Any klutzy cast member and any lamely lyricized (or choreographed) musical number in Diana the Musical
 Jared Leto and either his 17-pound latex face, his geeky clothes or ridiculous accent in House of Gucci
 Ben Platt and any other character who acts like Platt singing 24/7 is normal in Dear Evan Hansen
 Tom and Jerry (aka Itchy & Scratchy) in Tom & Jerry the Movie
 2022 – Tom Hanks and his latex-laden face (and ludicrous accent) in Elvis
 Both real-life characters (Marilyn Monroe and John F. Kennedy) in the fallacious White House bedroom scene in Blonde
 Andrew Dominik and his issues with women in Blonde
 Machine Gun Kelly and Mod Sun in Good Mourning
 The two 365 Days sequels (365 Days: This Day and The Next 365 Days)

Multiple wins
2 wins

 Ben Affleck
 Will Smith

Multiple nominations
5 nominations

Ben Affleck

4 nominations

 Johnny Depp
 Adam Sandler
 Tyler Perry

3 nominations

 Will Ferrell
 Larry the Cable Guy
 Eddie Murphy
 Sylvester Stallone
 Sharon Stone
 John Travolta

2 nominations

Sandra Bullock
Nicolas Cage
 Hayden Christensen
 Kevin Costner
 Cameron Diaz
 Megan Fox
 Kevin James
 Nicole Kidman
 Ashton Kutcher
 Burt Reynolds
 Robert Pattinson
 Natalie Portman
 Shia LaBeouf
 Taylor Lautner
 Lindsay Lohan
 Jennifer Lopez
 Jenny McCarthy
 Demi Moore
 Kristen Stewart
 Will Smith
Liv Tyler
 Shawn Wayans
 Marlon Wayans
 Owen Wilson
 Catherine Zeta-Jones

References

External links

Golden Raspberry Awards by category
Awards established in 1994


The Mecklenburg Class P 4.2, formerly Class VII, were early German steam locomotives operated by the  Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway and were used specifically for hauling express trains on the line from Warnemünde to Berlin. They were mechanically identical with the Prussian P 4.2. All 31 units were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn who incorporated them as Class 36.6 with numbers 36 602–620 and 651–662. The first series of numbers were engines with a 14 t axle load, the second those with a 15 t axle load. In 1931 the last locomotive of this class was retired.

No. 36 601 was a Prussian P 4.2 that was redeployed to Mecklenburg in 1920.

Apart from three units, these engines were equipped with Class 2'2' T 16 tenders.

References

4-4-0 locomotives
P04.2
Railway locomotives introduced in 1903
Standard gauge locomotives of Germany
2′B n2v locomotives

Passenger locomotives


The Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) program's goal is the prevention of occupational fatality.  Program elements include:

Tracking all work-related acute trauma fatalities.
Conducting investigations of a select number of these incidents.
Distributing information for the prevention of future fatal injuries.

The FACE Program is funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health or NIOSH which is a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), a unit of the United States Department of Labor, also tracks occupational fatalities.

The FACE program currently has two components:

NIOSH In-house FACE began in 1982. Participating states voluntarily notify NIOSH of traumatic occupational fatalities resulting from targeted causes of death that have included confined spaces, electrocutions, machine-related, falls from elevation, and logging. In-house FACE is currently targeting investigations of deaths associated with machinery, deaths of youths under 18 years of age, deaths of Hispanic workers, and street/highway construction work zone fatalities.
NIOSH State-based FACE began in 1989. Currently, nine State health or labor departments have cooperative agreements with NIOSH for conducting surveillance, targeted investigations, and prevention activities at the State level using the FACE model.  The nine FACE states are: California, Iowa, Kentucky. Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington

FACE publications
Fatality Data Summaries - summaries of the fatalities and a list of the incidents.
Fatality Investigation Reports are reports describing root-case based investigations of fatal incidents.
Fatality Narratives are one-page descriptions of recent fatal incidents.
FACE Fatal Facts are bulletins that have been developed to address specific workplace hazards.

Work-related injuries in the United States claim the lives of more than 5,000 individuals annually. Men are most frequently on-the-job fatality victims. Workers' Memorial Day is celebrated annually to honor those who died on the job.

External links
 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) FACE Program
 California FACE Program
 Iowa FACE Program
 Kentucky FACE Program
 Massachusetts FACE Program
 Michigan FACE Program
 New Jersey FACE Program
 New York FACE Program
 Oregon FACE Program
 Washington FACE Program

References

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Epidemiological study projects


Champions is a 1984 British drama sports film based on the true story of jockey Bob Champion. It is directed by John Irvin, produced by Peter Shaw, written by Evan Jones, and stars John Hurt, Edward Woodward and Jan Francis.

Plot
The film is based on the true story of Bob Champion (portrayed by John Hurt), who was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1979. After treatment with an operation to remove the diseased testicle and chemotherapy, Champion recovered and went on to win the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti.

Cast
John Hurt as Bob Champion
Edward Woodward as Josh Gifford
Jan Francis as Jo Beswick
Ben Johnson as Burly Cocks
Alison Steadman as Mary Hussey
Kirstie Alley as Barbara
Ann Bell as Valda Embiricos
Peter Barkworth as Nick Embiricos
Judy Parfitt as Dr Merrow
Michael Byrne as Richard Hussey
Aldaniti as himself

Awards
In 1984, John Irvin was nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.

In 1985, John Hurt won an award at the Evening Standard British Film Awards for his role in the film.

See also
 List of films about horse racing

References

External links

1984 films
1984 drama films
1980s biographical drama films
1980s British films
1980s English-language films
1980s sports drama films
Biographical films about sportspeople
British biographical drama films
British horse racing films
British sports drama films
Films about cancer
Films directed by John Irvin
Films scored by Carl Davis
Embassy Pictures films


Raimundas Mažuolis (born 9 March 1972 in Vilnius) is a former freestyle swimmer from Lithuania.

He competed in the 100 metre freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, finishing second in the B final in a time of 50.13 seconds. Mažuolis also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he carried the flag for his newly independent nation at the opening ceremony.

References
sports-reference

1972 births
Living people
Lithuanian male freestyle swimmers
Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union
Olympic swimmers for Lithuania
Sportspeople from Vilnius
Lithuanian Sportsperson of the Year winners
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
Soviet male swimmers


The 2009 Chinese Grand Prix (formally the 2009 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 19 April 2009 at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It was the third race of the 2009 Formula One season, a change from previous years, when it took place towards the end of the season.

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing won the race after starting from pole position. Both the race win and pole position were the first for Red Bull team.
Mark Webber, also of Red Bull, finished second followed by the two Brawn GP's of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton finished fifth and sixth, ahead of Toyota's Timo Glock and Scuderia Toro Rosso's Sébastien Buemi in seventh and eighth.

Background
Heading into the event, Jenson Button of Brawn GP led the Drivers' Championship by 5 points from team-mate Rubens Barrichello and by a further 1.5 points from Jarno Trulli of Toyota. Brawn GP led Toyota by 8.5 points in the Constructors' Championship, with Renault and BMW Sauber a further 12.5 points behind.

Prior to the race, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) International Court of Appeal confirmed the legality of the diffuser designs on the Brawn GP, Williams and Toyota team cars. Following this ruling, Renault and McLaren decided to run an updated diffuser design on their cars during the race. It was a hurried move by both teams, with Renault fitting it to Alonso's car for the first time on the Saturday before the race.

Ferrari announced that its team manager Luca Baldisserri was taken off the track operations to be replaced by race engineer Chris Dyer. The reshuffle was undertaken after Ferrari failed to score a point in the first two races of the season. Ferrari also announced that both its drivers, Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa, would not use the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) in the race, citing reliability and safety issues. BMW Sauber, on the other hand, declared that Robert Kubica would use KERS for the first time during the Friday practice session. Kubica had not used the system in the first two races as there were concerns that the additional weight would put him at a disadvantage. However, Kubica opted not to run the device any further after Friday practice, as did the Renault team, reducing the number of KERS-equipped cars to three.

Italian teams and drivers indicated their support for the victims of 2009 L'Aquila earthquake through charity initiative "Abruzzo nel cuore" (Abruzzo in my heart) led by Italian drivers Jarno Trulli and Giancarlo Fisichella. Ferrari displayed the writing "Abruzzo nel cuore" on their cars while Trulli wore the logo on his overalls. The Toro Rosso cars had the message "Vicini All'Abruzzo" (All neighbouring Abruzzo) on their cars.

Event report

Practice and qualifying

Three practice sessions were held prior to the race; two sessions on Friday April 17, 2009, each lasting 90 minutes, and one 60 minute session on Saturday April 18, 2009. World Champion Lewis Hamilton's McLaren was fastest at the end of the first practice session on Friday morning ahead of the Brawn GP cars of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. Hamilton's McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen was fourth fastest. Hamilton, whose McLaren MP4-24 car was fitted with a new interim diffuser and front wing, clocked his fastest lap of 1:37.334, around a tenth of a second clear of Button, around sixty minutes into the session. Red Bull's Mark Webber was fifth in the session, with Toyota's Trulli and Timo Glock sixth and eighth. Fernando Alonso, Nico Rosberg and Sébastien Bourdais completed the top ten lap times of the first session. Button was the fastest in Friday afternoon's second practice session, followed by Rosberg and Barrichello. Red Bull drivers Webber and Sebastian Vettel who headed the time-sheets during the initial phases of the session were eventually classified fourth and fifth fastest respectively. Toyota cars once again managed a competitive result as Trulli and Glock finished sixth and eighth with Williams' Kazuki Nakajima splitting them. The two McLarens could not recreate their results from the morning session with Kovalainen finishing ninth fastest and Hamilton 13th.

Williams' Rosberg was quickest in the practice session on Saturday morning. Rosberg, who slid off the track onto the gravel at the start of the session, timed 1:36.133 to top the timesheets, followed by Trulli and Hamilton. Button finished fourth with Renault's Nelson Piquet Jr. clocking the fifth fastest lap time for the session. Piquet's team-mate Fernando Alonso on the other hand, whose Renault R29 car was fitted with new diffuser and without the KERS, could only manage a time good enough for 19th fastest. BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica who also removed his KERS for this session, improved significantly from his results in the earlier two sessions. Timo Glock's Toyota TF109 car faced gearbox problems early in the session and had to change the gearbox for the upcoming qualifying session. Glock received a five-place grid penalty for this gearbox change.

The qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was split into three parts. Sebastian Vettel achieved his second career pole position – and the first for his Red Bull Racing team – at the end of the session. Vettel, who ran only one flying lap each in the final two parts of qualifying, due to problems with the driveshafts of his car, edged out Fernando Alonso by two-tenths of a second in the final part of qualifying. Red Bull's other driver Mark Webber finished third, immediately ahead of Brawn GP cars of Barrichello and Button. Kimi Räikkönen, after a disappointing performance during practice, secured eighth position behind Trulli in sixth and Rosberg in seventh place. Hamilton and Toro Rosso's Sébastien Buemi completed the top ten on the grid. Nick Heidfeld, Heikki Kovalainen, Felipe Massa, Timo Glock and Kazuki Nakajima made up 11th to 15th on the grid. Drivers eliminated in the first qualifying session and classified 16th to 20th were Sébastien Bourdais, Nelson Piquet Jr., Robert Kubica, Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella. Due to his five-place penalty, Glock was placed 19th and Nakajima, Bourdais, Piquet, Kubica and Sutil were each promoted by one position in the revised starting grid.

Race

Robert Kubica and Timo Glock started from the pit lane. Due to heavy rain, the first eight laps of the race were run under the safety car. Sutil, Rosberg and Alonso made their first pit stops during the safety car period so they were at the back of the pack when the green flag was shown. Lewis Hamilton made early progress and overtook Jarno Trulli and Kimi Räikkönen, before he spun on lap 12 and dropped back to 10th. Meanwhile, Jenson Button overtook Rubens Barrichello for third after the Brazilian ran wide.

Trulli and Räikkönen were quite slow in the early laps and they dropped back. Hamilton made progress once again and was 7th on lap 11 before another mistake which dropped him one place down. Webber made his first scheduled stop on lap 14 and Vettel on the following lap. At this point, Button led from Barrichello, Vettel, Buemi, Massa and Webber.

On lap 17, Robert Kubica crashed into Jarno Trulli on the run to the last corner. Kubica damaged his front wing and Trulli his rear wing, which caused him to crawl one lap slowly into the pits to retire. The safety car was deployed due to debris left on the track. While avoiding the slowing Trulli, Vettel suffered a minor collision with Buemi, who damaged his front wing in the process. Buemi made his pit stop at that point, along with both Brawn GP drivers and Sutil, who had his second stop at this point and was set to finish the race from this point.

Felipe Massa suffered an electrical problem during the safety car period and he stopped on the back straight. At the restart, Sébastien Bourdais spun before the green flag and dropped a number of places. The race continued with Vettel leading from Button while Webber, Räikkönen, Hamilton, Barrichello, Kovalainen and Buemi rounded out the top eight.

Piquet crashed on lap 28 and damaged his front wing but was able to continue. Button missed his braking point at the hairpin on the following lap, allowing Webber through. Webber ran wide two laps later and Button was ahead again, until Webber passed him from the outside in turn 7.

Hamilton made his only scheduled stop on lap 33, and his team-mate Kovalainen followed a lap later. Vettel stopped on lap 37 and Webber on lap 39, while two Brawn cars ran until laps 42 (Button) and 43 (Barrichello). Buemi was the last driver to make a scheduled stop, on lap 45 and after that race order was: Vettel, Webber, Button, Barrichello, Hamilton, Kovalainen, Sutil and Heidfeld. Nico Rosberg had tried intermediate tyres on his second stop but he spun soon after and pitted again for full wets.

Hamilton continued with a lot of mistakes so Kovalainen and Sutil were able to pass him. Then on lap 51, Sutil crashed heavily before turn 5, ending his race. Heidfeld had to avoid Sutil's tyre which had bounced back to the track and Glock and Buemi went past him.

Vettel stayed in the lead until the end, taking his second Grand Prix victory and his first for Red Bull Racing. It was the first ever win for Red Bull as a constructor. His team-mate Webber achieved his best career result with second place while Button got his third successive podium with third place. Barrichello finished fourth, Kovalainen fifth, Hamilton sixth, Glock seventh and Buemi eighth. A total of 17 drivers were classified, including Sutil who had retired.

On the podium, there was confusion when "God Save the Queen", the British national anthem was played for winning constructor Red Bull instead of "Land der Berge, Land am Strome", the Austrian national anthem. Red Bull Racing has been based in the UK since its foundation in , but has been registered with the Austrian national racing authority since , reflecting its Austrian ownership. When Vettel recorded Red Bull's second win at the 2009 British Grand Prix, the Austrian anthem was played.

Classification

Qualifying
Cars that used KERS are marked with "‡"

Timo Glock was issued a 5 place grid-penalty for changing a gearbox during Saturday practice.

Race

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Constructors' Championship standings

 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

External links

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