Nijmegen Dukenburg is a railway station located in the south west of Nijmegen, Netherlands. The station was opened on 2 June 1973 and is located on the Tilburg–Nijmegen railway. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. The main station of Nijmegen is Nijmegen railway station.

Train services

The following services currently call at Nijmegen Dukenburg:
2x per hour local services (Sprinter) Nijmegen - Oss - 's-Hertogenbosch
2x per hour local services (Sprinter) Wijchen - Nijmegen - Zutphen

Bus services
There is a bus station near the station, also called Nijmegen Dukenburg. The name of this station used to be Brabantse Poort but was changed at the end of 2013 after an online poll.

 2 - Weezenhof - Nijmegen Dukenburg - Nijmegen (Centraal Station) - Plein 1944 - Novio
 3 - St. Maartens Clinic - Plein 1944 - Nijmegen (Centraal Station) - Station Heyendaal - University - CWZ Hospital - Nijmegen Dukenburg - Wijchen North - Wijchen - Novio
 4 - St. Maartens Clinic - Plein 1944 - Nijmegen (Centraal Station) - Station Heyendaal - University - CWZ Hospital - Nijmegen Dukenburg - Wijchen South - Wijchen - Novio
 6 - Nijmegen Dukenburg - Hatert - University Hospital - Nijmegen (Centraal Station) - Plein 1944 - Neerbosch-Oost - Novio
 7 - Nijmegen Dukenburg - Lindenholt West - Plein 1944 - Nijmegen (Centraal Station) - Brakkenstein - Novio
 11 - Beuningen - Lindenholt Oost - Nijmegen Dukenburg - CWZ Hospital - University - Station Heyendaal  - Nijmegen (Centraal Station) (Does not operate between Nijmegen Dukenburg and Centraal Station on Saturdays, Service does not operate Evenings and Sundays) - Hermes
 87 - Nijmegen (Centraal Station) - Nijmegen Dukenburg - Druten - Hermes
 99 - Nijmegen (Centraal Station) - Nijmegen Dukenburg - Alverna - Nederasselt - Grave - Velp - Reek - Zeeland - Uden - Hermes

These services are both town and regional services. More regional services operate from the Centraal Station.

References

External links
NS website
Dutch Public Transport journey planner

Dukenburg
Railway stations opened in 1973
Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in the 1970s


Kazan explosion may refer to:

 1917 Kazan Gunpowder Plant fire
 2008 Kazan gas explosion


Voer Abbey ()  was a Benedictine abbey in  Voerladegård parish in Skanderborg Municipality, Denmark. It was situated on the Gudenå River near Klostermølle, site of the former  monastery mill.

History
The abbey was founded before 1100 as one of the oldest Benedictine Abbeys in Denmark. Voer Abbey was relatively wealthy and over the hundreds of years of its existence came into possession of many income-producing properties as far as Southern Jutland and as far north as Mors Island and Thisted. The abbey owned many farms and churches in the area from which it derived additional  income. In 1172 the monks diverted the water of the Gudenå River into a 1300-metre canal they dug to Mossø Lake, to operate a grist mill. Just a hundred years later the population was halved according to the Øm Abbey Chronicle.

Vissing Priory (Vissing Kloster) was founded as a double abbey for nuns of the Benedictine Order on the other side of the river across from Voer Abbey.
In 1244 there was a peasant uprising and in the campaign to regain control Voer Abbey and Vissing Priory for Benedictine nuns across the river were looted, and Vissing was burned to the ground. The next hundred years were difficult for the abbey since many of the farms were destroyed and the peasants killed or fled.
In 1486 the Benedictine abbey was reformed. The wealth of the community led to abuses and at the request of the bishop of the Diocese of Aarhus, the abbey was placed under the control of the Cistercians, whose reputation for strict observance of the rule was hoped would restore confidence in the house.

In 1536 Denmark became officially a Lutheran country and all religious houses and their property reverted to the crown as a consequence of the Reformation. Øm Abbey Chronicle states that at the time of the dissolution there were 20 monks at Voer. No mention is made of any nuns or the priory at Vissing. The abbey lands and gristmill became Voerladegaard, an income-producing property for the crown. In an unusual arrangement, the monks were permitted to remain at the abbey as a secular community to operate the mill and manage the farms. In 1552 the remaining monks were moved to nearby Øm Abbey (Øm Kloster). The abbey buildings were demolished in 1586. The materials were used for the expansion and fortifications at theformer  Skanderborg Castle (Skanderborg Slot).

Klostermølle
Klostermølle is located where the Gudenå River flows into lake Mossø. The buildings are located on the site of the former Voer Monastery.
The site of the monastery, which has been excavated, is publicly accessible, although there are no visible remains. The existing buildings at the site are from a later period, but the restored canal still functions. Nothing remains of the original gristmill. In 1872, the mill was converted into a paper mill producing pulp and cardboard. It functioned as such until 1973.

The main building is rented by the environmental protecting organisation Natur & Ungdom.  There is a nature school in the basement, a camp school on the ground floor, and the Natur & Ungdom secretariat is located on the first floor. The site is now open for recreational purposes  and the public is admitted.

References

External links
 Søhøjlandets Økomuseum: Voer Kloster
Natur & Ungdom website

Benedictine monasteries in Denmark
Monasteries dissolved under the Danish Reformation
Buildings and structures in Skanderborg Municipality


List of paintings on postage stamps of former Soviet Union by title (incomplete as unattributed paintings are not included).

See also
 List of notable postage stamps
 Stamps of the Soviet Union
 List of artworks on stamps of the United States

References

StampRussia.com
Philateli.ucoz.ru

Postage stamps of the Soviet Union
Postage
paintings_on_Soviet_postage_stamps


Marcus Marshall Motorsport (commercially titled Team IntaRacing) was a motor racing team that had competed in the Australian V8 Supercars Championship.

History
An experienced campaigner in international motorsport as well as in domestic V8 Supercar racing, Marcus Marshall established his own race team for the 2009 season. He placed IntaBill owners Daniel Tzvetkoff and Salvatore Sciacca in operational positions, and the team acquired a Ford Falcon BF from Triple Eight Race Engineering. Marshall failed to finish the first race of the season in Adelaide.

After the non-championship round at the Australian Grand Prix, the team lost their title sponsor IntaBill to the Global Financial Crisis. Whitegoods company Fisher and Paykel took title sponsorship for the series' annual New Zealand round where Marshall had a spectacular crash with a tyre bundle in a chicane, before appearing sponsorless at Winton – and the Tasmanian claimed the track lap record in the second race.

The team appeared at the Symmons Plains round with sponsorship from Sherrin Rentals, and confirmed their sponsored driver from the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series – David Russell – as the team's endurance race co-driver. Marshall finished a lap down in both races. The team remained in Sherrin colours at the Skycity Triple Crown, however a potential sale of the team to the company failed and the team looked in financial trouble as Tzvetkoff was charged with money laundering in the United States.

The team arrived in Townsville but did not take to the track as the team could not find sufficient funding for engines, which had been paid for by Sherrin. Marshall received an AU$150,000 fine for failing to turn a lap at the event and he formally split with Tzvetkoff and Sciacca afterwards, selling the teams' Racing Entitlements Contract back to V8 Supercars Australia.

References

Supercars Championship teams
Auto racing teams in Australia
Sports clubs and teams in Queensland
Auto racing teams established in 2009
Auto racing teams disestablished in 2009


The abvolt (abV) is the unit of potential difference in the CGS-EMU system of units. It corresponds to  in the SI system and 1/ statvolt ≈  in the CGS-ESU system.

A potential difference of 1 abV will drive a current of one abampere through a resistance of one abohm.

In most practical applications, the volt and its multiples are preferred. The national standard in the United States  deprecates the use of the abvolt, suggesting the use of volts instead.

The name abvolt was introduced by Kennelly in 1903 as a short name for the long name (absolute) electromagnetic cgs  unit of e.m.f. that was in use since the adoption of the cgs system in 1875. The abvolt was coherent with the CGS-EMU system, in contrast to the volt, the practical unit of e.m.f. that had been adopted too in 1875.

Notes

References

Units of electrical potential
Centimetre–gram–second system of units


Linda Geiser (born 13 May 1935) is a Swiss film and television actress best known for her role in the Swiss TV series Lüthi und Blanc as Johanna Blanc.

Career
Having attended acting school  at the University of the Arts Bern and learned English in Berne, Geiser moved to America in 1961 and lived in New York City, where she established herself in theatre. She studied acting at HB Studio. In 1964, she made a controversial appearance in Sidney Lumet's The Pawnbroker by playing a scene in which she fully exposed her breasts. At the time, this contravened the Motion Picture Production Code and was one of the earliest instances of a nude scene in a mainstream film.

Filmography

References

External links

 Ausführliche Infos und Pressestimmen

1935 births
Swiss film actresses
Swiss television actresses
Living people
Actors from Bern
20th-century Swiss actresses
21st-century Swiss actresses


is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Takao Yaguchi. The manga was serialised in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1973 to 1983. Kodansha has published the manga's 57 bound volumes between July 5, 2003 and October 5, 2005.

The manga was adapted into an 109-episode anime series. Directed by Yoshikata Nitta, the anime's 109 episodes were broadcast on Fuji TV between April 7, 1980 and June 28, 1982. The official English name is Fisherman Sanpei.

As of October 2020, the Fisherman Sanpei manga had over 50 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series.

Characters
Sanpei Mihira (三平三平)
Ippei Mihira (三平 一平)
Gyoshin Ayukawa (鮎川魚紳)
Masaharu Kase (加瀬 正治)
Yuri Takayama (高山 ユリ)

Anime
The anime uses two pieces of theme song.  by MoJo is the series' opening theme, while  also by MoJo is the series' ending theme. An OVA called まんがビデオシリーズ 釣りキチ三平 was released in 2001 on VHS only.

Episode list
 Monster of Yonaki (夜泣き谷の怪物)
 Blue Crucian Carp of the Caldera  (カルデラの青鮒)
 Wild Koi of Mikazukiko  (三日月湖の野鯉)
 The Mitsumatachi Gang (三ツ又池のギャング)
 The God of Fury Hook  (毛バリの神サマ)
 The Goro Pulling Rascal (ゴロ引きゴンベ)
 Takitaro of O-ike (池の滝太郎)
 The King of The Rock  (磯の王者)
 The Tears of Shiro Itsu (シロギスの涙)
 Saida Iwas Denya (𩹷の原野)
 Meko Iwa (メッコ岩魚の怪)
 The Little Fox Near The Fishing Field (釣り場の子ギツネ)
 Night Catching Kaikatsu (カジカの夜突き)
 The Monster of Sanga Ike (三角瀞の主)
 The Sad Song of Zukiga Field ススキ川原エレジー
 The Sogiyo of Kabura Wata 蕪渡しの草魚
 The Mini Big Game 小さなビッグゲーム
 The Rod of Unrest Soul 怨み竿
 Naboromo Buna of Syunema 幽沼の羽衣鮒
 The weird fishes in old billabong 古沼の大怪魚
 The red crucian in cave billabong おっぽり沼の緋鮒
 The bareheaded in the Bareheaded Bog 坊主沢の沢坊主
 The universal crucian of the Burn Bog 焼沼の宇宙ブナ
 The bomb fish of the Youming beach
 The competition of salmon in Canada
 The dancer of the lake mountain
 RCフィッシング
 The Sakura and Black Cyprinoid 桜吹雪カラス鯉
 The battle between Raigyo and Kuma-hawk ライギョ対ミサゴ王者の対決
 The Gold Carp
 The Blue Flag Marlin of Hawaii
 The Finger fish in Hand bog 手形沼の指切り魚
 The Dragon of Dragon Waterfall
 蝉しぐれのブラウン
 The Esa fish after the Northwest rain 驟雨のオトリアユ
 Fishing dog Shou Hachi
 The weird rockfish in Shower Valley しぐれ谷の化物イワナ
 The secret technique of River Zhuchuan 簗川流簗秘伝
 Battle of Sanpei Syringe 三平式珍ドウ作戦
 The legend of Ali Crucian お里鮒伝説
 The dream net 茜屋流小鷹網 幻の投網の巻
 Aneka eagle net, Kigawa 茜屋流小鷹網 紀ノ川の巻
 Net in a house; devil but Buddhisms heart. 茜屋流小鷹網 鬼手仏心の巻
 Kluck sound, brawniness ガッチンがん鉄
 Killer of the lake, Black rocket launcher 湖の殺し屋ブラックバス
 Maple leaf dike big rainbow trout 紅葉堤の大ニジマス
 Rintaros great carp 太郎沼の巨鯉
 Fishing mother 1553 フィッシングかあちゃん
 Instruction fish fishing law トモ釣り伝授
 Golden Valleys Gold fish 黄金谷のキンイワナ
 Red Eddy Fish and The Famous Fishing-Rod アカブチと幻の名竿
 Fight Bravely At The Pond Fishing 釣り堀奮戦記
 Fighting Of The Transplantation Of Rock Fish イワナ大移植作戦
 Fishing The Egret Fish In The Ice Cave ワカサギの氷穴釣り
 Red Dragonfly Fishing Method Of 1 Meter Long Dragon Fish 尺バヤのアカネ釣り
 ペンペン釣りとポカン釣り
 Use The Wood Toon To Tooning The Guqi Fish クキのドン突き
 The Big Black Silver Carp 幻の大魚コクレン
 Secret Of The Fire Rock 火の石の謎
 Lakes Monster Of Nian Zhu Lake 念珠湖のネッシー
 Fossil Fishing Way 石化け
 Fighting With Carp 巨鯉釣り大作戦
 Secret Method! Reed Rod 秘技!ススキ釣り
 Gold colour trout - Golden Trout 黄金のマス・ゴールデントラウト
 Enticement Of Aquatic larva ニンフの誘惑
 Odd Fish With Vine Cane Flower Look カラクサ模様の怪魚
 Princess Water 水のプリンセス
 the magician of the brook Mountain Jade 渓流の魔術師ヤマセミ
 The summer of the delicious fish 若鮎たちの夏
 The king of fisherman- The ghost fish 湿原の王者釣り
 Facing Attack Rockfish Catcher 襲われたイワナ密漁者
 Hunters superior... Sansi Lang 熊撃ちマタギの三四郎
 Bulrush fishing-rod to fishing frigid zone Arhat fish 寒バヤのアシ竿釣り
 Chinese Toon Fish Wujinqiu group ドン突き!たまきんトリオ
 Fishing Chinese Toon Fish San Ping secret battle ドン突き!三平（秘）作戦
 Summer Brook - Movement of Sliver crap 春の小川・ギンブナ騒動
 Lower savory fish Rotate Fishing 落鮎のコロガシ釣り
 The Strange Fish was Curse 呪い谷の怪奇魚
 The secret of Flying bird カジカの夜突き・蛍火の謎
 The Struggle of Worm ケダニ先生奮戦記
 Aiko, Spread the Wings! 大空へはばたけ、三平!

Film
It was made into a live action film in 2009, starring Kenta Suga, Takashi Tsukamoto and Yuu Kashii. The official English name of this movie is Sanpei the Fisher Boy.

Videogames
There were two official videogames, made by Cross Media Soft for MSX home computers:
Fisherman Sanpei Blue Marine Edition (釣りキチ三平ブルーマリン編) (1988)
Tsurikichi Sanpei Tsurisennin Hen (釣りキチ三平釣り仙人編) (1989)

References

External links
 Fisherman Sanpei on Nippon Animation

1973 manga
1980 anime television series debuts
Fictional fishers
Fishing in anime and manga
Kodansha manga
Nippon Animation
Shōnen manga


The Gamlebyen Line () was a section of the Oslo Tramway which ran east from Jernbanetorget along Schweigaards gate (street), past the Bjørvika then turns south along Oslo gate, and past Gamlebyen before becoming the Ekeberg Line. The section was served by lines 18 and 19 before it was replaced by Bjørvika Line since October 2020.

History
The line was opened by Kristiania Sporveisselskab in 1875 as a horsecar route between Stortorvet and Gamlebyen. In 1900 the line was electrified, and received branch lines to Kampen and Vålerenga. The Vålerenga Line was extended to Etterstad in 1923, where there was a transfer to the Østensjø Line. Until 1925, the line was named the Oslo Line; with the name change of the city from Kristiania to Oslo, the district known as Oslo was renamed Gamlebyen.

The plans from 1919 called for a common connection from the Østensjø Line and the Ekeberg Line to the city center, along with the proposed Lambertseter Line. The Ekberg Line was to run through a tunnel from Sjømannskolen to Lodalen, from there over a bridge and then connect with the Østensjø Line at Harald Hårdrådes plass. They would then run along an elevated line along Schweigaards gate to Vaterland, and from there in a tunnel to a terminus at Stortorvet.

In 1937, Ekebergbanen proposed a line south of Oslo gate on a bridge over Kongsveien, Oslo gate and the railway tracks, and then along Kanslergata to the proposed elevated line in Hollendergata. A formal concession was sent in 1937, but the plans were stopped by the war. After the war, it was decided that the Lambertseter Line would run from Bryn on the Østensjø Line, which would allow the Lambertseter Line, which had been proposed to connect to the Ekeberg Line, to become part of the metro. This terminated plans for rebuild the downtown section of the Ekeberg Line.

In 1957, a new route from Oslo gate via Schweigaards gate to Jernbanetorget was built to reduce travel time along the new Lambertseter Line. In 1966, the Østensjø and Lambertseter Lines were transferred to the Oslo Metro.

In the 1970s, the traffic from Mosseveien was rerouted over Loenga Bridge into Bispegata. Oslo gate was then closed for through traffic, which improved traffic. The section from Jernbanetorget to Hollendergata was rebuilt between 1988 and 1991, resulting in an all-new light rail section in its own right-of-way. The rest of the line was renovated from 1990 to 1992.

There are plans to move the line from Schewigaards gate and let the line run through Dronning Eufemias gate as part of the development in Bjørvika. The move was expected to be done in 2014, but finished in October 2020.

References

Bibliography

Oslo Tramway lines
Railway lines opened in 1875
1875 establishments in Norway


Gavriil is a variant of the name Gabriel and may refer to:

Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov (1921–1992), Soviet physician
Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov (1875–1960), Belarusian astronomer
Gavriil Baranovsky (1860–1920), Russian architect, civil engineer, art historian and publisher
Gavriil Beljagin (1870–1936), Russian-Estonian politician, former mayor of Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia)
Gavriil Belostoksky (1684–1690), the child saint in the Russian Orthodox Church
Gavriil Callimachi (1689–1786), monk at Putna Monastery who became Metropolitan of Moldavia
Gavriil Gorelov (1880–1966), Russian painter
Gavriil Ivanovich Golovkin (1660–1734), Russian statesman
Gavriil Kachalin (1911–1995), Soviet/Russian football player and coach
Gavriil Kharitonovich Popov (born 1936), Russian politician and economist
Gavriil Munteanu (1812–1869), Romanian scientist and translator
Gavriil Musicescu (1847–1903), Romanian composer, conductor and musicologist
Gavriil Nikolayevich Popov (1904–1972), Soviet-era Russian composer
Gavriil Pribylov (died 1796), Russian navigator who discovered St. George Island and St. Paul Island
Gavriil Veresov (1912–1979), Soviet chess player
Gavriil Zhukov (1899-1957) Soviet Naval Commander during World War II

See also
 Gavril
 Gavrilo

Romanian masculine given names
Masculine given names
Russian masculine given names


Nijmegen Heyendaal is a railway station located near Radboud University in the southeast of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The station was opened on 28 May 1972 and is located on the Maaslijn (Nijmegen–Venlo). The train services are operated by Arriva.

Until 1991, a branch line ran from Heyendaal station to Kleve, Germany. During that time the station had three tracks: 1 and 2 for Nijmegen–Venlo services and 3 for the Nijmegen–Kleve service, although the latter never stopped there. In 2006, a busway was opened over the site of the third track all the way from the Nijmegen's main station to Heyendaal station.

Train services
The following local train services call at this station:
Stoptrein: Nijmegen–Venlo–Roermond
Stoptrein: Nijmegen–Venray

Bus services
A bus stop near the station, called Station Heyendaal, is used by both urban and regional bus services operated by Breng.

 9: Nijmegen (Centraal Station)–Station Heyendaal–Hatert–Overasselt–Nederasselt–Grave
 10: Nijmegen (Centraal Station)–Station Heyendaal–University–University Medical Center–Station Heyendaal–Nijmegen (Centraal Station) (Shuttle Bus)
 11: Beuningen–Brabantse Poort–Station Nijmegen Goffert–University–Station Heyendaal –Nijmegen (Centraal Station)
 12: Druten–Station Nijmegen Goffert–University–Station Heyendaal –Nijmegen (Centraal Station)
 14: Brakkenstein–University–Station Heyendaal–Nijmegen (Centraal Station)–Plein 1944–Lent–Oosterhout–Elst–Arnhem CS
 15: Lent–Plein 1944–Nijmegen (Centraal Station)–Station Heyendaal–University–CWZ Hospital–Station Dukenburg–Wijchen South–Wijchen
 300: Arnhem CS–Huissen–Bemmel–Lent–Plein 1944–Nijmegen CS–Station Heyendaal–University–Radboud UMC–HAN Hogeschool

External links
NS website
Dutch public transport travel planner

Heyendaal
Railway stations opened in 1972
Railway stations on the Maaslijn
1972 establishments in the Netherlands
Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in the 1970s


Gavril is a variant of the name Gabriel, may refer to:

Gavril Atanasov, Macedonian icon painter from Berovo in the 19th century
Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni (1746–1821), Romanian clergyman who served as Metropolitan of Moldavia
Gavril Balint (born 1963), former Romanian football striker and current coach
Gavril Dejeu (born 1932), Romanian politician and Minister of Interior
Gavril Ilizarov (1921–1992), Russian physician, known for inventing the Ilizarov apparatus for lengthening limb bones
Gavril Krastevich, Bulgarian politician
Gavril Myasnikov (1889–1945), Russian metalworker from the Urals and Bolshevik underground activist
Gavril Olteanu, leader of a Romanian paramilitary militia group part of the Maniu guards during World War II
Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria, ruler of First Bulgarian Empire from 1014 to 1015
Gavril Sarychev (1763–1831), Russian navigator, hydrographer, admiral and Honorable Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Gavril Stefanović Venclović (1680–1749), Serbian writer, poet, orator and ilumminator
Gavril Yushvaev (born 1957), ethnic Mountain Jew, is a Russian businessman and shareholder of Wimm-Bill-Dann

See also
Gavriil
Gavrilo

Romanian masculine given names
Masculine given names


Michael Peter Casano, MC (7 June 1913 – 2006), was a Squadron Leader in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

He is probably best remembered as the leader of the force of armoured cars that took part in the Relief of Habbaniyah, in Iraq in 1941.

Early life

Casano was born on 7 June 1913 at Folkestone and educated at Dover College. He had a brother, Frederick Roderick, known as Rodney, and a sister, Eileen. Having failed the entrance examination to the RAF College, Cranwell he joined the East Kent Regiment but bought himself out to gain a commission in the RAF three years later.

Casano learned to fly in Egypt but a serious accident (leading to a fractured skull) meant that he was posted onto armoured cars, in 1936. RAF armoured cars operating on Internal Security duties in Palestine at this time, alongside the Army armoured cars of the 11th Hussars, during what was then called the Arab Revolt.

War service

On the outbreak of War with Italy, in June 1940, Flight Lieutenant Casano was serving with No. 2 Armoured Car Company RAF at Amman in the Transjordan. In September of that year, the Army requested assistance for its hard-pressed armoured reconnaissance regiment, whose small force of armoured cars had to cover the vastness of the Western Desert almost single-handed. Flt Lt Casano took two Sections of 2 ACC, of six cars each, to Egypt, to help the Army in formation reconnaissance duties, the traditional cavalry screen, patrolling the border with the large Italian force in Libya. The Army regiment was the old colleagues the 11th Hussars and the RAF cars were soon incorporated, as 'D' Sqn., with Casano as Squadron Commander. The RAF unit took part in the great Battle of Bardia, in December 1940, when the daring of a smaller British Empire force blocked the hesitant advance into Egypt. The Commonwealth forces then seized the initiative and pushed the enemy back as far as El Agheila, in the next few weeks, with D Sqn. acting as flank protection on the Desert flank. In February 1941, after 5 months of very hard, but very successful campaigning, the RAF vehicles were released, to return to Amman for rest and refit. Losses were just 5 wounded or otherwise injured. The vehicles were elderly Rolls-Royce armoured car bodies, refurbished on a rather less exalted Fordson, but durable, truck chassis. After this brilliant baptism of fire, Casano was soon promoted and given command of the whole Company.

It was with No.2 ACC that Casano cemented his reputation a couple of months later. The company was by then back in Egypt, on Ground Defence duties. protecting the airfields of the Desert Air Force, when they were called to help relieve their colleagues of No.1 Armoured Car Company RAF at RAF Habbaniya in Iraq. During the fighting over the Fallujah Plain near Baghdad in the summer of 1941, Casano won his MC. The citation reads:

"The successes of the 'HAB' force, both in Iraq and Syria, were largely due to this officer; he operated virtually alone, and his zeal and devotion to duty deserves the highest praise. He displayed the greatest gallantry."

In November 1942 he led the company during the Second Battle of Alamein, and then onwards, across Libya.

On 6 March 1943 Casano was badly wounded in a German air attack and whilst recovering he met Major-General Sir John Glubb (Glubb Pasha); the outcome of this meeting was he joined Sir John in the Arab Legion to take command of their armoured cars.

Later life

Michael Casano - his surname is frequently misspelled - was granted a permanent commission and continued to serve in the RAF after the war, before retiring in 1958. He returned to his home town, in Kent, and became a driving instructor. In Folkestone, he was a notable figure and a keen member of the Folkestone Rowing Club.

Casano married Helen in 1943. The couple had a daughter.

Casano died in 2006 and a plaque to his memory was placed on the - then - newly restored Bandstand, on the Leas, shortly afterwards.

References
 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1529782/Squadron-Leader-Michael-Casano.html
 http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive.cfm?storyid=9693956E-F206-C8DB-2C6717546A6F96DD

1913 births
2006 deaths
Recipients of the Military Cross
Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
People educated at Dover College


Waterton is an area south of Bridgend, Wales. It is mainly an industrial zone, as it is home to Bridgend Industrial Estate, Waterton Industrial Estate, Waterton Park, the Ford Engine Plant & Waterton Retail Park. CGI Inc., the Global IT and business services company are located at Waterton Industrial Estate

History

In mediaeval times the manor of Waterton was held from the Turbervilles, Lords of Coity. During the 14th century the Denys family held the manor from that lordship. A charter of 1379 concerns Johan Denys de Watirton being leased land by Margam Abbey at Bonvilston during the wardship of John Norreis, son and heir of John Norreis of Lachecastel. Sir Gilbert Denys (died 1422) of Siston, Gloucestershire was probably born in about 1350 in Glamorgan, probably the son of John Denys of Waterton. In 1415 Sir Gilbert Denys, by then well established in Gloucestershire, is recorded as renting land in Waterton from the late Lord of Coity, Sir Roger Berkerolles (died 1411), whose lordship was then held during the minority of his heir by Isabel de Beauchamp, suo jure Lord of Glamorgan. The Denys family are recorded in ancient Glamorgan charters, the earliest mention being in 1258, when Willelmo le Denys witnessed a charter effecting an exchange by Gilbert de Turberville, Lord of Coity, of lands in Newcastle, Glamorgan, with Margam Abbey. Clark, supported by the Denys pedigree in the "Golden Grove Book of Welsh Pedigrees" believed this William Denys to have originated in Gloucestershire and to have married a Turberville.

Sources
Clark, G. Cartae et Alia Munimenta quae ad Dominium de Glamorgan Pertinent. (6 vols.), Cardiff, 1910
Nicholl, Lewis D. The Normans in Glamorgan, Gower & Kidwelli, Cardiff, 1936
Golden Grove Book of Pedigrees, by anonymous author c. 1765, Carmarthenshire Archives. 2nd. part (G), Advenae of Glamorganshire, G 1026, p. 78, pedigree of Denys

References

Populated places in Bridgend County Borough
Bridgend


Girdled identifies various animal species:

Girdled lizards
Lizards from the genus Cordylus.
Angolan girdled lizard (Cordylus angolensis), also known as the Angolan spiny-tailed lizard
Black girdled lizard (Cordylus niger), restricted to Table Mountain on the Cape Peninsula and a population near Langebaan
Cape Girdled Lizard (Cordylus cordylus), indigenous to the southern Cape region of South Africa
Dwarf Karoo girdled lizard (Cordylus aridus), a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae
Giant girdled lizard (Cordylus giganteus), the sungazer, giant spiny-tailed lizard, giant zonure, the largest species of girdled lizard
Lawrence's girdled lizard (Cordylus lawrenci), a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae
Limpopo girdled lizard (Cordylus jonesii) live along South Africa's border with Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique
Machadoe's girdled lizard (Cordylus machadoi), a flattened girdled lizard from northwestern Namibia
Mclachlan's girdled lizard (Cordylus mclachlani) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae
Mozambique girdled lizard (Cordylus mossambicus), a large, flattened girdled lizard found in the Gorongosa Mountains in Mozambique
Rhodesian girdled lizard (Cordylus rhodesianus), exported from Mozambique for the pet trade
Transvaal girdled lizard (Cordylus vittifer), a very flattened girdled lizard from northeastern South Africa, Swaziland, and southeastern Botswana
Ukinga girdled lizard (Cordylus ukingensis), a poorly known species of girdled lizard from central Tanzania
Warren's girdled lizard (Cordylus warreni), a relatively large flattened lizard from the Lebombo Mountains in northeastern South Africa and eastern Swaziland

Other lizards
Armadillo girdled lizard (Ouroborus cataphractus), a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae
Blue-spotted girdled lizard (Ninurta coeruleopunctatus), endemic to southern, coastal South Africa
Madagascar girdled lizard or Madagascar plated lizard (Zonosaurus madagascariensis), a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae
Prickly girdled lizard or spiny crag lizard (Pseudocordylus spinosus), a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae
Zoutpansberg girdled lizard (Smaug depressus), a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae

Other animals
Blue girdled angelfish (Pomacanthus navarchus), a marine angelfish from the Indo-Pacific region
Black-girdled barbet (Capito dayi), a bird in the family Ramphastidae, found in Bolivia and Brazil
Girdled Cardinalfish (Taeniamia zosterophora), native to the western Pacific Ocean from Indonesia to Vanuatu and from the Ryukyus to Australia
Girdled wrasse (Notolabrus cinctus), a fish of the genus Notolabrus, found around the South Island of New Zealand

See also
Girdle
Girdling
Girdled grapes

Girdled


Bobby Gardiner (born 1939) is an Irish accordionist and lilter. He was recruited by Micheal O'Suilleabhain to the Music Department in University College Cork where he has been teaching traditional music for the last 25 years.

Biography
Bobby Gardiner was born in Aughdarra, Lisdoonvarna, the Burren area of County Clare. His Mother, Dilly, played a German two- row concertina and from her he learned his first tune – the fling What the devil ails you? His brother introduced him to a new Hohner two-row button accordion and after that, Bobby bought a grey Paolo Soprani accordion.

At the age of 15, he was asked to join the Kilfenora Céilí Band. In 1957 he joined Malachy Sweeney's Céilí Band from Armagh and traveled throughout Ireland as a professional musician.

In 1960, Bobby followed his brother Mike and sister Mary to New Haven, Connecticut. During the day he worked as a mechanic on the New York Railway while playing for dances with the likes of Paddy Killoran, Joe Cooley, Ed Reavey and Joe Derrane as well as doing some session work for Colonial Records. His solo recording career began when Justus O'Byrne De Witt heard him on the Jack Wade Ceili Band record and contacted him to record his first LP, "Memories of Clare" which was one of the first solo LPs by an Irish button accordion player. He also recorded with Paddy Killoran. The LP sold so well that he was asked back to do more recordings.

In 1963 Bobby was drafted into the US Army and was stationed at Fort Dix in New Jersey. On his weekends off, he would visit the Catskill Mountains in New York where he played with renowned musicians such as Joe Cooley, Sean McGlynn and Andy McGann.

He got married in Dublin on St. Patrick's Day, 17 March 1969, to Ann Kearney, a Tipperary singer. The newlyweds returned to America where their first daughter, Kelley was born. A year later they returnes to Ireland and they settled in Burncourt, a small village in south Tipperary near the town of Cahir, where they had two more daughters, Fiodhna and Lynda. All his children are accomplished musicians, carrying on the Irish music tradition, playing melodeon, whistles and concertina. In January 2009, Fiodhna in her band Inis Oirr, entertained the Irish president Mary McAleese in the Emirates Palace Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Over the years Gardiner proceeded to make further recordings, most notably: "The Master's Choice" and "The Clare Shout". Gardiner has also traveled extensively with Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann and is a member of the Brú Ború Troupe in Cashel, County Tipperary. They have also toured in China as well as Japan, Spain, Canada and the US.

He is an active accordion teacher in Tipperary, Waterford and Limerick. He was recruited by the pianist Micheal O'Suilleabhain to the Music Department in University College Cork where he has been teaching traditional music for the last 25 years. Some of his past students include Ciarán Ó Gealbháin and Benny McCarthy both of whom were part of Danú.

Playing style
Stylistically, Gardiner plays what is termed a wet tuned accordion. Other Irish proponents of wet tuning include: Joe Burke, Tony McMahon, Martin Connolly and Seamus Begley and as such Gardiner was one of the first Irish accordionist to master the art of the B/C accordion tuning. Bobby Gardiner's style of playing is particularly suited to Irish dancing because of his impeccable rhythm, creativity and his use of the single-button triplet, which has become his hallmark.

In "The Clare Shout" Bobby focuses on the one-row melodeon and the traditional art form of lilting, or mouth music. In the past, lilting was used to accompany dancers when instruments were unavailable.

Discography
Albums

Featured on

References

External links
 A Long Road from Lisdoonvarna: Sean Laffey meets accordion maestro Bobby Gardiner. Sean Laffey, Irish Music Magazine

Irish male accordionists
Musicians from County Clare
Living people
People from Lisdoonvarna
20th-century Irish accordionists
21st-century Irish accordionists
20th-century Irish male musicians
21st-century Irish male musicians
1939 births


Albert Mortimer Jenkin (14 September 1872 – 3 July 1961) was an English-born rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea, county rugby for Glamorgan and international rugby for Wales.

Personal life
Jenkin was born in Ibsley, Hampshire in 1872 to the Rev. Albert Jenkin and Elizabeth Seager. Jenkin was educated at Llandovery College before gaining entry to St John's College, Cambridge in 1892. In 1902 he was ordained a deacon at Llandaff Cathedral and the next year he was ordained as an Anglican priest. In 1903 he took a position at St Martin's Church in Roath, Cardiff, but in 1905 he left the position when he joined the Universities' Mission to Central Africa taking a missionary role in Mponda, Nyasaland. He stayed at Mponda until 1911, then joined missions at Zomba and Blantyre until 1916. After the outbreak of World War I he served as an Army chaplain in East Africa, before settling for some time in South Africa, where he became an Archdeacon in Pretoria. He eventually returned to Britain and died in Bromley in 1961.

Rugby career
Jenkin first joined first class Welsh team Swansea in 1893, and in the winter of the 1895 season he was selected to represent Wales as part of the Home Nations Championship. Jenkin was brought into the pack for the last game of the tournament against Ireland, and was one of two new Welsh caps on the day, with Llanelli's David Morgan chosen for the first time at half-back. Under the captaincy of Welsh rugby legend Arthur 'Monkey' Gould, Wales were looking at the unwanted title of Wooden spoon after losing their first two games of the Championship to England and Scotland. Played at the Cardiff Arms Park, Wales won by a narrow margin thanks to a converted try from Tom Pearson.

At the start of the 1895/96 season, Jenkin was awarded the captaincy of the Swansea senior team, but was forced to give it up in November due to 'professional duties', and Billy Bancroft took over his duties. Nonetheless, Jenkin was reselected two months later for the opening game of the 1896 Championship. The pack was almost identical to the previous match, with the only change seeing Treorchy's Sam Ramsey replacing the experienced but aging Jim Hannan. The game was a disaster for the Welsh team, with England winning the match 25–0, scoring seven tries without reply. This caused the Welsh selectors to rethink their team strategy; and the next match saw six of the eight forwards replaced; five of them new caps. Jenkin was one of those replaced and never played for Wales again.

International matches played
Wales
  1896
 Ireland 1895

External links
 Albert Jenkin  Player profile of Albert Jenkin (ESPN)

Bibliography

References

1872 births
1961 deaths
English rugby union players
Wales international rugby union players
Welsh rugby union players
Rugby union forwards
People from New Forest District
Swansea RFC players
Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
20th-century Welsh Anglican priests
People educated at Llandovery College
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
World War I chaplains
Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers
Rugby union players from Hampshire


The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management was founded in 1966 and is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to ensuring the equal representation of African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans in management careers in the business community of the United States of America. The Consortium is so named for the collaboration among its staff and board of trustees; its 20-member MBA programs; and its approximately 75 corporate partners, which work together toward the mission "to enhance diversity in business education and leadership by helping to reduce the serious underrepresentation of African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans in both our member schools’ enrollments and the ranks of management."

Organization and operation

The Consortium is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to increasing African American, Hispanic American and Native American representation among the ranks of leading MBA programs and corporations throughout the United States. The staff and the organization's headquarters are in Chesterfield, Missouri. Oversight comes by way of a 23-member board of trustees, which is composed of representatives of its member schools, alumni and corporate partners.

The Consortium celebrated its 50th anniversary in the 2015-2016 fiscal year.

The organization works with its 20 member schools and their full-time MBA programs to recruit potential MBA students who are African American, Hispanic American, Native American, or who share The Consortium's commitment to principles of diversity and inclusiveness in corporate management. Potential Consortium fellows can apply for up to six participating MBA programs through The Consortium and rank their preferred MBA programs. If they are admitted to the program, the MBA programs can award merit-based, full-tuition Consortium fellowships to the students.

The recruiting season culminates with The Consortium's annual Orientation Program & Career Forum, a gathering of 1,200 MBA prospects, university representatives, corporate partner representatives and alumni for an intensive five-day conference of preparatory events, networking opportunities, job interviews and socializing.

In 2015, The Consortium recruited a class of 420 MBA students; the organization has more than 8,000 alumni.

Admission process

The admissions process for The Consortium opens annually on Aug. 15, with a first-round deadline on Oct. 15 and a second-round deadline on Jan. 5. The Consortium's common application allows students to apply online through the organization for Consortium membership and for admission to any six of the organization's 20 member schools. After the application period closes, The Consortium coordinates with representatives from the 20 schools, who can offer merit-based full-scholarship fellowships to prospective students. Admission to The Consortium is somewhat separate from admission to a member MBA program. Students who are admitted to The Consortium, who choose to attend a member school and who receive a scholarship are considered Consortium fellows. Students admitted to The Consortium and who attend a member MBA program, but who were not granted a scholarship, may still be Consortium members and take advantage of other benefits of The Consortium.

History

Sterling Schoen, a management professor at Washington University in St. Louis, realized over the course of his research that at the time, in 1965, the Fortune 500 companies had zero African Americans among their management ranks. His research led him to conclude that full-time MBA programs could contribute toward redressing racial inequality. He worked with a team of 60 respected educators, business managers and community leaders toward the creation of a cooperative network of universities. He initially won commitments from three schools — his own, plus the University of Wisconsin and Indiana University — in creating The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management.

Recruiting began for the initial class of 21 African American men, and The Consortium secured support at that time from 27 corporate partners. The first class met in its initial "Orientation Program," an intensive preparation program for incoming MBA students, during the summer before the 1967–68 school year.

Consortium recognition

At The Consortium's annual Orientation Program (or, "OP," as students and alumni refer to it), the organization recognizes individuals who particularly have embodied its principles established by four key members in its history, who have the following awards named for them:

The Sterling H. Schoen Achievement Award: Established in honor of The Consortium's founder, Dr. Sterling H. Schoen, an agent for change in graduate management education in partnership with American businesses. The award is presented annually to individuals in recognition of their courageous leadership and commitment in advancing the goal of equal opportunity for underrepresented minorities in American business. It has been awarded annually since 2001. Schoen served as founding director until 1980, when he returned to pure academia on the Washington University faculty. He died in 1999.

Peter C. Thorp Corporate Leadership Award: Established in honor of the longest-tenured corporate advisory board chairman and board member. Thorp had been a staunch supporter and longtime champion in helping The Consortium fulfill its mission of providing the best education possible to underrepresented minorities in pursuit of their MBAs. It has been awarded annually since 2001.

Wallace L. Jones Lifetime Achievement Award: Wallace L. Jones contributed many years of dedicated service to The Consortium and touched the lives of thousands of its students and graduates. He was its assistant director under Schoen, then became The Consortium's director in 1980, upon Schoen's resignation, and served until 1996. In his honor, the award was established to recognize an alumnus who has excelled or demonstrated commitment in areas such as professional achievement; community involvement; mentoring; and the advancement of The Consortium's mission. The award has been given annually since 2004. Wallace Jones died in 1997.

The Phyllis Scott Buford Young Visionary Award: Dr. Phyllis Scott Buford, The Consortium's third leader, modernized the annual Orientation Program, expanding The Consortium's collaboration with corporate partners and exposing opportunities to more diverse young leaders through the conference. This award recognizes a young alumnus who is a “leader in action,” demonstrating vision, collaboration and creativity in driving diversity and inclusion in their professional life. The award is given annually and was first given in 2017. She died in 2016.

Leslie Elise Adkins Endowed Scholarship Award: The Leslie Elise Adkins Endowed Scholarship Award is presented to African American students, particularly women, with preference given to those attending the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business or the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. This scholarship is given in tribute to Leslie Elise Adkins, a 2015 Consortium alumna who died of complications from chronic diabetes soon after completing her MBA at the University of Southern California. The scholarship was first awarded in 2017.

Member schools

Two years after Washington University in St. Louis, Indiana University, and the University of Wisconsin joined to create The Consortium, the University of Rochester the University of Southern California also joined.

In 1970, The Consortium opened its membership to include women, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans. This sparked growth in the number of member students and corporate and university partners. In 2004, the organization further evolved to include all U.S. citizens and permanent residents who have demonstrated a commitment to The Consortium's mission.

The following full-time MBA programs joined The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management between 1973 and 2022:

 1973: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 1983: University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
 1984: New York University and The University of Texas at Austin
 1992: University of Virginia
 1993: University of California, Berkeley (withdrew in 2003, rejoined in 2010)
 1999: Dartmouth College
 2001: Carnegie Mellon University and Emory University
 2008: Yale University
 2009: Cornell University
 2010: University of California, Los Angeles
 2013: Georgetown University
 2017: Rice University
 2018: University of Washington
 2021: Columbia Business School
 2022: Stanford University

References

External links
 Official site

Nonpartisan organizations in the United States
Organizations established in 1965


Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi Legion, or simply TJK Legion, is an Estonian football club based in Tallinn. On 4 January 2008, Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi and Tallinna SK Legion merged into this club. The club competes in Esiliiga, the second-highest division in the Estonian football.

TJK Legion's predecessor is the two-time Estonian champion Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi.

History

Predecessor Tallinna JK

Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi, or TJK in short, was founded on 5 May 1921 and were one of the founding members of the Estonian Football Championship in 1921. TJK became the first football club in Estonia to have a foreign coach, appointing Hungarian Franz Woggenhuber as coach in 1922.

The club became Estonian champions twice, winning the championship in 1926 and 1928, also later winning the Estonian Cup in 1939. TJK was the home club for a number of Estonian internationals, with Eduard Ellmann-Eelma being the most well-known.

Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi was disbanded in 1941 due to World War II and re-established in 2001, after which the club was renowned for its successful youth system and was the starting point for famous Estonian internationals Konstantin Vassiljev, Tarmo Kink and Dmitri Kruglov.

Merger into Tallinna JK Legion
In 2008, Tallinna JK and SK Legion merged and the club was named Tallinna JK Legion. Legion continued to focus on youth football. In 2017, TJK Legion set their sights on improving their senior football team's situation, which at the time played in II Liiga, the fourth tier of Estonian football. In consecutive years, TJK Legion won II Liiga, Esiliiga B and Esiliiga and were promoted to Meistriliiga for the 2020 season.

In their first season in Meistriliiga, the club finished 7th. In the following 2021 season, Legion finished in 5th place and accumulated 40 points in 32 matches. However, due to serious problems in the licensing process, the Estonian FA announced that Legion will start the 2022 season with −4 points and imposed a restriction on signing and registering new players. Despite the 4 point deduction and unexperienced young squad, Legion finished the season in 9th place and avoided direct relegation. However, on 23 December 2022 it was announced that TJK Legion will not continue in the Premium Liiga due to financial difficulties and will play the following season in the second division Esiliiga.

Players

Current squad
As of 25 September 2023.For season transfers, see transfers winter 2021–22 and transfers summer 2022.''

Out on loan

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Personnel

Current technical staff

Managerial history

Statistics

League and Cup

Honours
2014 – Gothia Cup (Boys 2003)

References

External links
 Official website

Football clubs in Tallinn
Association football clubs established in 2007
2007 establishments in Estonia
Meistriliiga clubs


Vertigine d'amore () is a 1949 Italian-French melodrama film directed by Luigi Capuano.

Cast
 Gabriele Ferzetti
 Gabrielle Fontan
 Folco Lulli - Luca / France: Romain Toucas
 Piero Lulli - Olivero / France: Ollivier Desmichels
 Marcello Mastroianni
 Livia Muguet - Gina
 Elli Parvo - Silvana Resplanton / France: Sylvaine Resplandin
 Jone Salinas - Fifi'
 Bella Starace Sainati - Lucia / France: Louisa
 Charles Vanel - Mugnaio Resplanton / France: Emile Resplandin

References

External links

Vertigine d'amore at Variety Distribution

1949 films
1940s Italian-language films
French black-and-white films
Films directed by Luigi Capuano
Italian black-and-white films
Pathé films
Melodrama films
Italian drama films
French drama films
1949 drama films
1940s French films
1940s Italian films
Italian-language French films


Liguori may refer to:

Places
Liguori, Missouri, unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States
Saint-Liguori, Quebec, parish municipality located on the Rouge River in the Regional County Municipality of Montcalm in Quebec

People
 Surname
Alphonsus Liguori (1696–1787), Roman Catholic Bishop, writer, Theologian, and founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
Church of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Rome, church located on the Via Merulana on the Esquiline Hill of Rome, Italy
Al Liguori (1885–1951), Italian born cinematographer
Alphonse Liguori Chaupa (1959–2016), Roman Catholic bishop
Alphonsus Liguori Penney (1924–2017), Canadian Roman Catholic priest who was Archbishop of St.John's from 1979 to 1991
Ann Liguori, American sports radio and television personality
Aurélien Lopez-Liguori (born 1993), French politician
Ciro Liguori (born 1969), Italian rower
Frédéric Liguori Béique (1845–1933), Canadian lawyer and politician
Liborio Liguori (born 1950), retired Italian footballer
Luigi Liguori (born 1998), Italian football player
Peter Liguori (born 1960), American business executive
PJ Liguori (born 1990), British video blogger and filmmaker
Ralph Liguori (1926–2020), former American racing driver from New York City
Vincenzo De Liguori (born 1979), Italian footballer

 Given name
Liguori Lacombe (1855–1957), Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada


The Port of Gaza is a small port near the Rimal district of Gaza City. It is the home port of Palestinian fishing-boats and the base of the Palestinian Naval Police, a branch of the Palestinian National Security Forces. Under the Oslo II Accord, the activities of the Palestinian Naval Police are restricted to 6 nautical miles from the coast. Since 2007, the Port of Gaza has been under an Israeli-imposed naval blockade as part of a blockade of the Gaza Strip, and activities at the port have been restricted to small-scale fishing.

History

Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip has been put under a strict siege, by land, air, and sea. The total surface area of 362 square kilometers, owns a main poor transportation system that only has 76km of main roads, 122km of regional roads, and 99km of local roads. The strip had a small airport located at Rafah, which was destroyed in 2001 by Israel. The port was built by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).

Maiuma

In earlier times, the port of Maiuma, or el Mineh (meaning "the harbour"), was located in the area.
In the late Ottoman era, Pierre Jacotin named the place Majumas on his map from 1799.

In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) noted that el Mineh was probably the ancient Maiuma.

In 2011, eight Roman columns believed to be the remains of a church were swept ashore during a storm. In 2013, the Palestinian Naval Police found ancient artifacts that included poles and baked clay.

Since 1994
In 2002, Israeli forces attacked the Palestinian Naval Police facilities in the port, after Naval Police commanders were implicated in the Karine A affair, an attempt to secretly bring in 50 tons of weapons by boat into Gaza.

In 2007, following Hamas' takeover of Gaza, Israel imposed a blockade of the Gaza Strip, including a naval blockade. Several attempts to break the Israeli blockade have been made. Israel has prevented most ships from docking at the Port of Gaza, but did allow two boats, carrying activists and some supplies, to reach the port in 2008. As at 2010, the port was restricted to smaller Palestinian fishing boats.

In 2010, the port was deepened by Hamas in preparation for the arrival of a blockade-breaking flotilla of larger international ships. A breakwater was constructed and lighting was installed. Hamas announced plans to develop the port to make it more accessible to fishermen and attract tourists.

Gaza Seaport plans

Since the 1993 Oslo I Accord, there have been plans to build a much larger seaport in Gaza. Due to the continuing Israeli–Palestinian conflict, these plans have not materialized as of 2014.

In 2005, Israel approved Palestinian plans to rebuild and complete the construction of a port a few miles south of Gaza City, which had begun before the outbreak of the Second Intifada in September 2000. The building was destroyed by Israeli forces together with Gaza's existing airport near Rafah following the outbreak of the Second Intifada.

References

Bibliography

External links
 Photos of the Port and the Sea of Gaza on Facebook
 Survey of Western Palestine, Map 19: IAA, Wikimedia commons

Buildings and structures in the Gaza Strip
Ports and harbours of the Mediterranean
Nabataea
History of the Arabian Peninsula
History of Palestine (region)
Ports and harbours of the State of Palestine
Rimal


Élie (or Elias) Bouhéreau (1643 – 19 March 1719) was a French Huguenot refugee in Ireland and the first librarian of Marsh's Library in Dublin.

Career
Bouhéreau, according to the burial register of the Conformist Huguenot churches in Dublin, was a "distinguished medical doctor and zealous Protestant of La Rochelle, very knowledgeable and very highly regarded."  He was also a scholar, and published a French translation of the third century Christian work Contra Celsus.  After the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes Bouhéreau fled to England.  He travelled in Europe between 1689 and 1692 as personal secretary of Thomas Coxe, the king's envoy to the Swiss cantons, and again between 1694 and 1696 as personal secretary to the Marquis de Ruvigny, commander-in-chief of English forces in Piedmont. He served in Ireland with Ruvigny (then earl of Galway) when the latter was Lord Justice of Ireland, 1697-1701. In 1701 he was made librarian of Marsh's Library.  From the time of his first journey in 1689 to his death he kept a diary, which is kept in the Library.

Conservation work
Bouhéreau had with him documents from the Reformed Church of France, which he had brought from La Rochelle to save them from destruction.  They were deposited at Marsh's library, the governors stipulating "that they were to be kept until such time as the same shall be demanded by the said Reformed Church."  In 1760 John Wynne, the third librarian, expressed himself "apprehensive lest the papists might have access to make bad use of or destroy them."  They were finally returned to the Consistory of La Rochelle in 1862.  There are still many works in Bouhéreau's collection in the library that deal with French Huguenot history, including the manuscript of Joseph Guillaudeau's Journal of What Passed at La Rochelle 1584-1643.

Personal life
Bouhéreau was married to a cousin, Marguerite Massiot.  They had ten children, of whom eight survived. His son John was ordained a minister, became a Doctor of Divinity and was the first assistant librarian of Marsh's Library.  Marguerite died on 22 May 1704.  Her death occasioned an emotional entry in an otherwise factual diary.

References

1643 births
1719 deaths
People from La Rochelle
Irish librarians
French emigrants to Ireland


The Book of Chivalry (French: Livre de chevalerie) was written by the knight Geoffroi de Charny (c.1306-1356) sometime around the early 1350s. The treatise is intended to explain the appropriate qualities for a knight, reform the behavior of the fighting classes, and defend the chivalric ethos against its critics, mainly in clerical circles.

Author and context

Geoffroi de Charny was intensely involved in the first phase of the Anglo-French conflict known as the Hundred Years' War. The first record of his campaigns against the English appear in 1337, and despite being captured twice, Charny grew in prestige from a minor member of the nobility to one of the most respected knights in France, especially under the kingship of Jean II of France.  Jean created the Company of the Star in 1352, intending the chivalric order to outshine that of his rival, Edward III of England, who had shortly before created the Order of the Garter. Charny was promptly made a member of the Company of the Star, and it is believed that he wrote his Book of Chivalry in this context.  However, the company began to lose members immediately due to losses on the battlefield, both in civil wars and against the English.  In 1356, Jean II was captured during the Battle of Poitiers, leading to the complete breakdown of the order. It was in this same battle that Charny, along with many other French knights, died exemplifying the chivalric ethos that he described in his treatise.

Major themes

Charny's book is unique in its focus. Unlike earlier works such as Vegetius' De Re Militari, or later ones such as Christine de Pizan's The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry, Charny's Book of Chivalry is not intended as a manual for how to conduct military operations. He approaches his subject from a conceptual basis, explaining the qualities associated with worthy knights. Moreover, although he does touch upon issues of courtliness, he is more preoccupied with the maintenance of knightly hardiness and war-readiness. For Charny, the essence of knighthood is prowess, and all of his various themes solidify the importance of this concept.

Levels of worthiness

Charny is unwilling to dismiss even slight displays of chivalry, but does insist on prioritizing deeds of arms. The worthiness of these deeds is assessed by the degree of danger, pain, and suffering that they entail. Thus, Charny begins his work by describing feats performed in tournaments and jousts, staged conflicts that could still be quite violent.  Charny notes “Indeed they are worthy of praise; nevertheless, he who does more is of greater worth.”  (This is a refrain repeated in various formats throughout the book.)  Charny follows this section by describing feats done in real war, then arguing that the added danger gives such feats more intrinsic worth. A similar theme emerges throughout the book: those feats that involve less danger or are performed for shallow reasons are still chivalrous and worthy of honor, but deeds involving great peril and done for pure motives bring a knight greater glory and renown.

Responsibilities of rulers and great men

Charny is intensely concerned that the most powerful members of society set a positive example for the lower orders, and especially for young knights.  After acknowledging that knights of higher social standing—the “valiant lords” of society—may receive greater renown than worthier poor knights, he defends this feature of chivalry by explaining that it is because a noble lord can patronize, inspire, and cultivate other knights in the ways of valor. Nevertheless, Charny emphasizes that such lords have greater demands upon their deportment because their fame ensures that any scandal associated with their names will produce more notoriety than with a lesser-known knight. Thus, the great lords in particular must be temperate in their eating habits, avoid gambling and greed, indulge only in honorable pastimes such as jousting and maintaining the company of ladies, keep any romantic liaisons secret, and—most importantly—only be found in the company of worthy men.

If Charny emphasizes the high moral standard expected of “great men,” his ideal monarch has an even higher caliber of morality to attain. In a section full of repetitive parallelisms, Charny argues that the ancestors of contemporary rulers were chosen from among the people, not for a life of ease and corruption, but for service, nobility, and piety.

Chivalric reform

Charny's advice for rulers and great men is one facet of a wider push for knightly reform. In particular, Charny criticizes what he sees as the growth in indolence and love of luxury. Many of his passages warn against the atrophying power of a pleasurable lifestyle, as well as the spiritual and physical advantages of a more spartan regime. Thus, he advises that knights be temperate in their eating habits, seek hard lodgings rather than soft beds at night, and most importantly, avoid luxurious cloths. In fact, he spends a lengthy section mocking at nobles who all but bared their private parts by wearing tight leggings under tunics that did not fully cover the offending areas. This “shameful” dress is exacerbated in Charny's view by an excessive love of jewels and fine cloth.

The role of women

Although he shows a lack of interest when it comes to courtly love, Charny does not entirely ignore the role of women, analyzing their effect upon and reception of knightly conduct. One of the primary roles he assigns to ladies is the ability to inspire great feats of arm in the knights who have pledged themselves to their love. Charny is convinced that such great ladies share the chivalric values of their men. Thus, a lady will feel pride when her lover is showered with praise and honor by his peers, but shame if he has not performed any great deeds. In fact, Charny argues that a noble lady should abandon any lover who fails in prowess, and that the unfortunate knight has no cause to resent this treatment, since it is his own fault. Lastly, Charny emphasizes that women have no recourse to chivalry in order to achieve honor, arguing the necessity for them to adorn themselves with the jewels and fine clothes so inappropriate for men. Only by dressing beautifully and behaving gracefully can women achieve social respect comparable to that of a chivalrous knight.

Knighting ceremony

Charny's treatise also contains one of the most detailed and straightforward descriptions of a dubbing ceremony. The day before the ceremony, a knight should make his confession, followed by a long bath and a short repose in a bed of clean white sheets. Afterward, he is to be dressed by other knights: new, clean white linens, followed by a red tunic, black hose, white belt, and a red cloak. The knight will keep vigil until the following morning, when he hears Mass and receives Communion. He then receives two gilded spurs and a double-edged sword. Finally, the knights in charge of dubbing him receive him with a kiss and a collee (a light blow). All of these stages are imbued with religious symbolism, adding a Christianizing layer to an essentially secular ceremony.

Orders of society

Charny also considers the role of knighthood within the larger context of society, discussing three other “orders” in Christendom: the order of marriage, monastic orders, and the priesthood. In discussing both the order of marriage and the monastic world, Charny follows his traditional formula of good-better-best when describing the relative worthiness of those entering into each state.  It is good for a man to enter either order late in life, bad for him to enter the order in his middle years, but ideal for him to enter into it as a youth, since those who do so are more likely to be sincere in their commitment. One's motives for entering each state also affect the worthiness of the calling.

The order of priesthood Charny holds in rather higher esteem than the first two, claiming that those entering this order must learn its service in detail in their youth so that they can perform it faithfully.  This office is so noble that priests should be entirely exempt from other offices.

Knightly virtue and salvation

Despite praising other orders of society, Charny considers knighthood to be the greatest of these orders. Drawing upon medieval ascetic ideals, Charny presents the life of the knight as a sort of passion of suffering and danger. He claims that the trials associated with the knight's lifestyle outshine even the harshest penances imposed upon monks, thus making it of greater spiritual worth. Moreover, the knight's life is full of peril and the possibility of dying any time, any place. Thus, Charny concludes his book by pointing out that awareness of their own mortality forced knights, more than any other sector of society, to be prepared at any moment to meet their Creator.

References

Further reading
 Charny, Geoffroi de.  A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry.  Introduction by Richard Kaeuper.  Translated by Elspeth Kennedy.  Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005.
 Kaeuper, Richard W. & Elspeth Kennedy. The Book of Chivalry of Geoffroi de Charny.  Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996.
 Kaueper, Richard W.  Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
 Keen, Maurice.  Chivalry.  New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1984.

14th-century books
Handbooks and manuals


Luigi Capuano (13 July 1904 – 20 October 1979) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Naples, he directed 43 films between 1947 and 1971.

Selected filmography

 Vertigine d'amore (1949)
 Flying Squadron (1949)
 Stormbound (1950)
 The Lovers of Ravello (1951)
 What Price Innocence? (1952)
 Beauties in Capri (1952)
 Tragic Ballad (1954)
 Letter from Naples (1954)
 New Moon (1955)
 Mermaid of Naples (1956)
 The Knight of the Black Sword (1956)
 Serenata a Maria (1957)
 Il Conte di Matera (1957)
 World of Miracles (1959)
 Queen of the Pirates (1960)
 Terror of the Red Mask (1960)
 Sword in the Shadows (1961)
 The Vengeance of Ursus (1961)
 Revenge of the Conquered (1961)
 Tiger of the Seven Seas (1962)
 The Executioner of Venice (1963)
 Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963)
 The Lion of St. Mark (1963)
 Revenge of The Gladiators (1964)
 Sandokan to the Rescue (1964)
 Sandokan Against the Leopard of Sarawak (1964)
 Hercules and the Black Pirates (1964)
 Kidnapped to Mystery Island (1964)
 The Adventurer of Tortuga (1965)

References

External links

1904 births
1979 deaths
Film people from Naples
Italian film directors
20th-century Italian screenwriters
Italian male screenwriters
20th-century Italian male writers


Electric drag racing is a form of drag motor racing between electric vehicles.

The rules are very different from traditional drag racing. The common safety rules apply but additional rules apply depending on voltage, battery type, motor number and configuration.  The National Electric Drag Racing Association (NEDRA) oversees the majority of electric drag racing events in North America.

Electric motors produce 100% torque at zero RPM and this makes them quicker off the line compared to a piston-engined vehicle of the same power. Since battery technology has improved a great deal during the 1980s to present, the performance gap between piston-engined & electric-motor vehicles has narrowed.  The weight of the battery packs can impact overall performance raising 1/4 mile times.

Electric Drag Racing World Records

Motorcycles, 1/8 mile
In the drag motorcycle class, 48 volt NEDRA division, current world record is 7.800 seconds over 1/8 mile, set on 16 June 2010 by Silver Giant II at Mosten, Denmark. Finish line speed was . The lithium-ion polymer battery provides 48 volts and 600 amperes to each of four 24 volt motors for a combined power of around 100kW, although less than half that power reaches the rear wheel, because a large part is lost as heat in the motors. Dry ice is used to cool the motors to 5 °C between races. It has two gears, and the shift occurs automatically at  using CO2-pneumatics. It is built and raced by Danish Team True Cousins, who holds the record for the 24 volt division at 8.677 seconds.

Motorcycles, 1/4 mile
The current quickest electric vehicle in the world as of December 2017 is the "Rocket Bike", a motorcycle owned by Shawn Lawless and piloted by Larry "Spiderman" McBride, with a time of 6.940 seconds ET in the quarter mile at 201.37 MPH set at Virginia Motorsports Park in May 2012. Besides being the first rider to break 200 MPH in the quarter mile, Mr. McBride was also the first to break into the 6 seconds bracket with an electric vehicle. Larry "Spiderman" McBride is also the first to break into the 5 second bracket on a fuel powered motorcycle. This bike currently holds the NEDRA World Record in class DC3/MC in the National Electric Drag Racing Association.

The Battery pack was designed and built by Derek Barger and Rae Ciciora at High Tech Systems LLC in Colorado. Original Battery Management System BMS was designed by Steve Ciciora and Derek Barger. The Motorcycle was assembled at Orange County Choppers for the TV show.

Dragsters, 1/4 mile
The quickest pass from an electric car was set by Steve Huff. The dragster known as Current Technogy recorded an elapsed time of 7.52 seconds and a top speed of 201.07 mph at Tucson Dragway on May 14, 2020.https://www.stevehuffmotorsports.com/e-spec-racecars

Cars, 1/4 mile
2018
The TC-X electric door slammer made a perfect run at 7.98 seconds at the dragstrip at Mantorp Park in Sweden piloted by Glenn Nielsen, and since the previous run was 7.99, this confirmed the new world record. Top speed was 274 km/h (170 mph). After that run, True Cousins can now claim the current fastest times for electric car at both 1/4 mile and 1/8 mile.

The current quickest electric doorslammer car (that is with regular doors, in contrast with funny cars) is the Black Current III, owned by Sam and Olly Young of England. It currently holds the NEDRA World Record in the XS/A2 class at 9.64 seconds ET at 133.21 MPH. The record was set at Santa Pod Raceway in Northamptonshire, England on July 23, 2011.

The current quickest electric (door slammer) pick up, "Lemon Juice" is owned and driven by Shawn Lawless of Ohio. It currently holds the NEDRA World Record in the MC/A2 class at 9.957 seconds ET at 127.38 MPH.

Organizations
National Electric Drag Racing Association (NEDRA)

See also
 Drag racing
 Electric dragbike
 Electric dragster
 Jet dragster
 Rocket dragster

References

External links
 Current Record Holders
 National Electric Drag Racing Association
 Roadsters Embrace Green Racing
 Green Racing Initiative (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
 Michelin Green X Challenge.
 American Chemical Society

Drag racing
Green racing


Jedhe is a Deshmukh sub clan of the Maratha caste in Maharashtra, India.

The village of Kari, in modern Bhor taluka was the capital of the Jedhe Deshmukh.

Moreover, the Jedhe were the pioneer house of Deshmukh among Marathas who supported Shivaji's kingdom and helped the Maratha Empire grow in its early stages.

Jedhe Shakawali (chronology) and Jedhe Karina (statement) are their family records which is now regarded as the genuine evidence for many historical events.

Notable people
Kanhoji Jedhe, 17th-century Marathi warrior
Keshavrao Jedhe, political leader also one of the founding member of PWPI
Sakaram Jedhe, industrialist, he also one of three brothers of Keshavrao jedhe
Gulabrao Jedhe, elected as member of parliament from Baramati, Pune by Indian National Congress

.

Mrunalini Balekundri, decorated military officer
Ayush Jedhe, entrepreneur

See also
 Maratha
 Maratha Empire
 Maratha clan system
 List of Maratha dynasties and states
 Bhonsle
 Gaekwad
 Scindia
 Puars
 Holkar
 Peshwa

References

Surnames


The Russo-Chinese Bank (, , Traditional Chinese: 華俄銀行) was a foreign bank, founded in 1895, that represented joint French and Russian interests in China during the late Qing dynasty. It merged in 1910 with the French-sponsored Banque du Nord, a large domestic bank in Russia, to form the Russo-Asiatic Bank.

History

Under the Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895) that ended the First Sino-Japanese War, the Qing empire had to pay a significant indemnity to Japan. French and Russian were involved in the syndication of Chinese government borrowing to raise the indemnity funds, and soon felt the need for a dedicated institution to handle the corresponding loans.

The decision to create the Russo-Chinese Bank was made on  at the Russian Embassy in Paris, a joint initiative of Russian finance minister Sergei Witte and French diplomat . The bank brought together Russian shareholders (for 37.5 percent of the initial capital) and French interests pooled by the Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas (for 62.5 percent), with participation also from Crédit Lyonnais, the Comptoir national d'escompte de Paris, and Banque Hottinguer. Whereas its board of directors met in Paris, Saint Petersburg was its legal place of incorporation and the seat of its executive management. It opened for business on  in Saint Petersburg.

The bank immediately opened a branch in Shanghai in February 1896. On  it partnered with the Chinese imperial government for the construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway, acting as a conduit for project financing from the Russian government, and also receiving capital financing from the Chinese authorities - the only time ever that the Qing empire was involved in the capital of a foreign enterprise. In Chinese, the bank was then referred to as "Sino-Russian Righteousness Victory Bank" (Traditional Chinese: 華俄道勝銀行). By 1902, it had become the second-largest bank in China. In 1898, the State Bank of Russia took a significant share of the bank's newly issued capital. The Russian interests subsequently prevailed in the bank's management, and its French stakeholders were marginalized. The Russo-Chinese Bank's activity had initially been focused north of the Yangtze in order not to compete further south with the French-sponsored Banque de l'Indochine, but the bank breached that arrangement by opening a Hong Kong office in 1904.

In February 1904, the bank opened another branch in San Francisco, its only one in the United States (which was damaged by the April 1906 earthquake). Following the Russo-Japanese War's conclusion in 1905, the bank pared down much of its business in China and was principally active in Northern Manchuria, as well as Central Asia and the Russian Far East. It had to close its branch on the main square of Dalian following the Japanese takeover of the Kwantung Leased Territory. It also suffered from the cotton crises that affected Russian Turkestan from 1904.

By 1907 the bank had 47 branch offices in addition to the Saint Petersburg head office:
 Moscow and Batumi
 Russian Turkestan: Ashgabat, Bukhara, Kokand, Margilan, Samarkand, Tashkent, and Verniy (now Almaty)
 Siberia and Russian Far East: Biysk, Blagoveshchensk, Bodaybo, Chita, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kyakhta, Nikolayevsk, Sretensk, Verkhneudinsk (now Ulan-Ude), Vladivostok, and Zeya
 Outer Mongolia: Uliastai and Urga (now Ulaanbaatar)
 Chinese Turkestan: Chuguchak (now Tacheng), Ghulja (now Yining) and Kashgar
 Inner Mongolia: Hailar and Kalgan (now Zhangjiakou)
 Manchuria: Harbin, Jilin, Kuancheng (part of Changchun) and Qiqihar
 China proper: Beijing, Zhifu (now Yantai), Hankou (now part of Wuhan), Hong Kong, Niuzhuang (now Yingkou), Shanghai, and Tianjin
 Japan: Hakodate, Kobe and Yokohama
 Calcutta, London, Paris, and San Francisco.

In 1910, the merger with Banque du Nord gave the bank a new impetus, with a major network of branches in Russia, and re-established the influence of French stakeholders in the governance of the merged entity.

Buildings

The headquarters building of the bank in Saint Petersburg, on  8, was demolished during the Soviet era.

Banknotes

Like other foreign banks in China at the time, the Russo-Chinese Bank issued paper currency in the concessions where it had established branch offices.

See also
 Banque de l'Indochine
 Yokohama Specie Bank
 Deutsch-Asiatische Bank

References

Companies based in Saint Petersburg
Defunct banks of Russia
Defunct banks of China
Defunct banks of Hong Kong
Banks established in 1895
China–Russia relations
Chinese companies established in 1895


The Crimea Memorial Church, also known as Christ Church, is a Church of England church in the Beyoglu - Taksim district of Istanbul, Turkey.

History
The current church was built on land donated by Sultan Abdulmecid and was constructed between 1858 and 1868 in memory of British soldiers who had died in the Crimean War.

The idea of building a memorial church in Istanbul was first raised in 1856 and a competition held.  Designs were submitted by the architect William Burges and he was declared the winner.  However, in-fighting on the approval committee, coupled with concerns regarding the supposed "un-English" style of Burges' design, led to his being removed as architect in 1863 and his replacement by George Edmund Street.  The church was then constructed in Victorian Gothic style between 1864 and 1868.

Lack of a congregation led to the closure of the church in 1978. Much of the work to restore the building was carried out by a group of Sri Lankan refugees who fled to Istanbul at the time of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The church re-opened in September 1991.

The organ was made in England in 1911 by W. Hill & Son, who also built organs for York Minster, Ely, Worcester, and Manchester cathedrals. The wrought iron staircase was also brought from London. The organ loft houses regimental flags from Crimean and Gallipoli campaigns and the flag from the battleship that took Mehmed VI, the last sultan, into exile. Its facade is decorated with colourful modern takes on Biblical stories by the artist, Erica Beard.

The wooden rood screen was erected in 1923 in memory of those who died at Gallipoli. Between 1995 and 2005 the Scottish artist Mungo McCosh adorned it with images of saints and others set against a backdrop of the İstanbul skyline. Figures associated with the congregation provided the models for the saints' faces. In another Turkish twist, the Christ child is shown holding a simit.

The chancel contains a memorial to Roger Short, the British Consul-General killed by a bomb that destroyed the original entrance to the British Consulate on 30 November 2003.

Work of the Church

Liturgy is read in the church every Sunday at 11 a.m., and attendance is open to all.

Since the church was reopened, the crypt has served as one of the main areas of the church's charitable work to help refugees and migrants who find themselves in Istanbul. The church has housed over 2000 homeless people in recent years and continues to provide assistance to displaced people, notably Christians who have fled Pakistan.

References

Churches in Istanbul
Crimean War
Beyoğlu
Churches completed in 1868
Protestantism in Turkey
Anglo-Catholic church buildings in Turkey
Diocese in Europe
19th-century Anglican church buildings in Turkey


Ignazio Fiorillo (11 May 1715 – June 1787) was an Italian composer. He is known as an author of opera seria, often composed to the libretti of Pietro Metastasio.

Biography
Fiorillo was born in Naples, Italy. His musical education was supported by Count Ferdinand Otto von Traun, who allowed him to study at the Naples Conservatory, as a pupil of Leonardo Leo and Francesco Durante. His career began with opera L'egeste, premiered in Trieste in 1733. Another opera, Il vincitor di se stesso, was performed in 1741 in Venice, and Fiorillo introduced himself as an opera composer also in Milan and Padua. In the middle of the 1740s, he made several European tours as a member of the ensemble of Phillip Nicolini, specialised in children mime (Teatro dell'Opera Pantomima dei Piccolo Hollandesi di Nicolini). Fiorillo was engaged as a composer for their performances. In 1749, he resided with Nicolini in Braunschweig, at the court of Carl I. von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. Fiorillo was appointed court composer in 1750, and Nicolini became the director of court theatres. In 1762, Fiorillo was engaged by Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel at his court in Kassel. He significantly improved the quality of the court opera in Kassel. Ingazio Fiorillo retired in 1779, and died in Fritzlar, Germany. He was the father of Federigo Fiorillo (1753 - 1823), a violinist and composer, best known for a collection of etudes.

Works
Fiorillo composed the majority of his works during his stay in Braunschweig. His output include operas, intermezzos and stage music for Nicolini's ensemble. His composing style is similar to Johann Adolph Hasse, with apparent melodic invention and with dramatic expression concentrated in the vocal parts. The instrumental elements in his compositions are minimised.

Selected operas
 L'egeste (1733)
 Il vincitor di se stesso (1741)
 Adriano in Siria (1750)
 Il Demofoonte (1750)
 La Didone abbandonata (1750)
 Siface (1752)
 Alessandro nell'Indie (1752)
 Il Ciro riconosciuto (1753)
 Il Demetrio (1753)
 Lucio Vero (1756)
 La Nitteti (1758)

Notes

References

External links
 List of works - operone.de

1715 births
1787 deaths
18th-century Italian male musicians
Neapolitan school composers
18th-century Italian composers
Italian male classical composers
Italian opera composers
Male opera composers


Wangchuk or Wangchuck is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

Daja Wangchuk Meston (born 1970), author and Tibet activist
Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck (born 1955), one of the four wives and queens of Bhutanese king Jigme Singye Wangchuck
House of Wangchuck, rulers of Bhutan since it was reunified in 1907
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1928–1972), the third king of Bhutan from 1952 to 1972
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (born 1980), the fifth king of Bhutan, current Druk Gyalpo
Jigme Singye Wangchuck (born 1955), the fourth king of Bhutan, current king father
Jigme Wangchuck (1905–1952), the second king of Bhutan from 1926 to 1952
Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck (born 1984), prince of Bhutan
Ugyen Jigme Wangchuck (born 1994), prince of Bhutan
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (born 1986), prince and regent of Bhutan
Euphelma Choden Wangchuck (born 1993), princess of Bhutan
Jetsun Pema Wangchuck (born 1990), only wife and queen of Bhutanese king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck (born 2016), current crown prince of Bhutan
Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck (born 2020), prince of Bhutan
Chimi Yangzom Wangchuck (born 1980), princess of Bhutan
Phuntsho Choden Wangchuck (1911–2003), former queen grandmother of Bhutan, first wife of king Jigme Wangchuck
Pema Dechen Wangchuck (1918–1991), former queen grandmother of Bhutan, second wife of king Jigme Wangchuck
Kesang Choden Wangchuck (born 1930), queen grandmother of Bhutan, only wife of king Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
Kesang Choden Wangchuck (born 1982), princess of Bhutan
Khamsum Singye Wangchuck (born 1985), prince of Bhutan
Khandu Wangchuk (born 1950), political figure in Bhutan
Sangay Choden Wangchuck (born 1963), one of the four wives and queens of Bhutanese king Jigme Singye Wangchuck
Sonam Wangchuk (born 1964), Indian Army officer
Sonam Wangchuk (born 1966), engineer, innovator and education reformist
Sonam Dechen Wangchuck (born 1981), princess of Bhutan
Dechen Yangzom Wangchuck (born 1981), princess of Bhutan
Tenpai Wangchuk (1855–1882), the 8th Panchen Lama of Tibet
Tshering Pem Wangchuck, one of the four wives and queens of Bhutanese king Jigme Singye Wangchuck
Tshering Yangdon Wangchuck, one of the four wives and queens of Bhutanese king Jigme Singye Wangchuck (mother of current king)
Ugyen Wangchuck (1861–1926), the first king of Bhutan from 1907 to 1926
Wangchuk Dorje (1556–1603), the ninth Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism
Wangchuk Namgyal (born 1953), the second son of Palden Thondup Namgyal, the last sovereign king of Sikkim
Wangchuk Namgyel (born 1964), educationist and politician figure in Bhutan
Sangay Wangchuk (born 1981), long-distance runner

Dzongkha-language surnames
Surnames of Bhutanese origin
Surnames of Nepalese origin


K. S. R. College of Arts and Science is located in Thiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India.

External links

Colleges in Tamil Nadu
Education in Namakkal district


Tina Michelle Tanrıkulu (née Morgan, born 10 August 1982) is an Australian taekwondo coach and former international competitor. She represented her country at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, placing fifth in the latter competition. In 2006, Morgan became the first Australian taekwondo competitor to win a World Cup title. She started working as a coach for Turkish taekwondo club Ankaragücü in 2011.

Early life
Morgan was born on 10 August 1982 in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. She moved to Perth as a child and completed her secondary schooling at Woodvale Senior High School. She recalls first having been inspired to become an Olympic athlete when watching the weightlifting competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Originally, she had planned to compete in gymnastics, but was told she would grow too tall; she then tried other sports.

In 1994, Morgan was inspired to begin training in taekwondo after watching her brother training in the martial art at the local gymnasium. During her school years, she was also a Western Australian state champion in competitive aerobics, as well as playing football, netball, and tennis.

Morgan earned a tertiary diploma in tourism management in Victoria and a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from the University of Southern Queensland. At national and international level, she trained in taekwondo at the Western Australian Institute of Sport and the Victorian Institute of Sport. Her Olympic coaches have included Jin-Tae Jeong (from 2002 to 2004) and Daniel Trenton (from 2005 to 2008).

Competitive taekwondo career
Morgan was listed at 173 cm (5' 8") in height and 64 kg (141 lb.) in weight. She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens (+67 kg) and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing (–67 kg). Morgan lost her first match in Athens against Brazilian athlete Natália Falavigna da Silva. In 2006, Morgan became the first Australian taekwondo athlete to win a World Cup Title and to be ranked Number 1 in the world in her division.

Morgan managed to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics despite sustaining a major  knee injury less than a year before Olympic Qualifications, with orthopaedic  Surgeon Hayden Morris performing  a repair operation using donor tissue to reduce recovery time. The operation involved transplanting a deceased person's patella tendon into Morgan's knee. Her hopes of fighting for a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics were dashed when she lost a third-round match to Canadian Karine Sergerie on decision. Morgan eventually placed fifth after she lost the bronze medal match against French competitor Gwladys Épangue 4–1.

Post-competition career
On 29 January 2009, Morgan married Turkish taekwondo competitor and Olympic silver medallist Bahri Tanrıkulu in Perth. At the time, Morgan said that she was looking forward to coaching future taekwondo competitors.

See also
 Lauren Burns
 Sparring
 World Taekwondo Federation

References

External links
 Fox Sports: Tina Morgan contains a photograph of Morgan (July 2008).

1982 births
Living people
Australian female taekwondo practitioners
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Australia
Sportswomen from Western Australia
Sportspeople from Townsville
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Victorian Institute of Sport alumni
Western Australian Institute of Sport alumni
University of Southern Queensland alumni
Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia
World Taekwondo Championships medalists
20th-century Australian women
21st-century Australian women


Gabrielle Fontan (16 April 1873 – 8 September 1959) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 120 films between 1927 and 1959.

Selected filmography

 Misdeal (1928)
 The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1929)
 The Ladies in the Green Hats (1929)
 The Lighthouse Keepers (1929)
 My Friend Victor (1931)
 Coquecigrole (1931)
 Dainah the Mulatto (1932)
 Toto (1933)
 Gold in the Street (1934)
 Partie de campagne (1936)
 Life Dances On (1937)
 The Ladies in the Green Hats (1937)
 The Little Thing (1938)
 Ramuntcho (1938)
  The Time of the Cherries (1938)
 The Fatted Calf (1939)
 First Ball (1941)
 Sins of Youth (1941)
 Twisted Mistress (1942)
 The Stairs Without End (1943)
 Mademoiselle Béatrice (1943)
 Strange Inheritance (1943)
 Love Story (1943)
 Night Shift (1944)
 Majestic Hotel Cellars (1945)
 François Villon (1945)
 Her Final Role (1946)
 Sylvie and the Ghost (1946)
 Jericho (1946)
 Destiny (1946)
 The Last Penny (1946)
 Vertigo (1947)
 Night Express (1948)
 After Love (1948)
 Une si jolie petite plage (1949)
 Vertigine d'amore (1949)
 Julie de Carneilhan (1950)
 Quay of Grenelle (1950)
 Juliette, or Key of Dreams (1951)
 Two Pennies Worth of Violets (1951)
 Flesh and the Woman (1954)
 Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça (1954)
 Black Dossier (1955)
 Voici le temps des assassins (1956)
 Love Is at Stake (1957)
 A Certain Monsieur Jo (1958)
 First of May (1958)
Julie the Redhead (1959)

References

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1873 births
1959 deaths
French film actresses
French silent film actresses
Deaths from cancer in France
20th-century French actresses


The Hanuman River (, , )  or Khwae Hanuman () originates in South San Kamphaeng Mountain Range, the Khao Yai National park. It begins at the confluence of many small tributaries at Samphanta Subdistrict, Na Di District, Prachin Buri Province. It flows southward and  joins the Phra Prong River to become the Bang Pakong River in Kabin Buri district, Prachinburi Province. The river is  long.

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