Saira is a 2005 Indian film starring Navya Nair and Nedumudi Venu. The film marks the directorial debut of Dr. Biju. It was the opening selection in the Tous Les Cinemas du Monde (World Cinema) section of 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It also participated in 21 other international film festivals. It was also selected at the Indian Panorama 2006.

Premise
Saira is the daughter of the famous ghazal singer Ustad Ali Hussain, although she is fond of his music. Saira decides to become a news reporter but then Saira disappears. Ustad waits for Saira to return but she returns as a victim.

Cast
Navya Nair as Saira
Nedumudi Venu as Ustad Ali Hussain
Rajesh Sharma
Ineya
V.K. Baiju
Koodal Gopan
B.N. Radhakrishnan
Rajiv Venad
Somarajan Pilla
Thaleshan
Baby Safina
Master Mukundan
Master Devashambu
Baby Shahina
Baby Diana
Sahadevan

Awards
 2006: Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress - Navya Nair
 2006: Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director - Ramesh Narayan
 2007: Zimbabwe International Film Festival: Best Actor - Nedumudi venu
 2006: Amrita TV Film Award for Best Actress - Navya Nair

Film festival screening

 Cannes international film festival 2007/Tous les cinemas du monde
 São Paulo international film festival 2006/Official competition
 Golden Minbar international film festival Russia 2006/Official competition
 Zimbabve international film festival 2007/Official competition
 Milan film festival, Italy 2007
 Eilat international film festival Israel 2007
 Panorama of independent filmmakers international film festival, Greece 2006
 Bangladhesh international film festival 2007
 New jersey Indian film festival USA 2007
 Brussels international film festival, Belgium 2007
 International film festival of India 2006 (Indian Panorama)
 Pune International film festival (2007)
 International film festival of Kerala (2006)
 Bangalore International film festival (2007)
 Hyderabad International film festival (2007)

References

2005 films
2000s Malayalam-language films
Films directed by Dr. Biju
2005 directorial debut films


Romiette and Julio is a young adult novel by Sharon Draper, published in 1999 by Atheneum Books. It is an updated version of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Many of the characters in Draper's novel closely parallel those in Shakespeare's play. The plot updates the family feud  between the Capulets and Montagues to reflect modern racial tensions between African-Americans and Hispanics in the United States. The book received mixed reviews.

Plot summary
This story begins with African American teenager Romiette Cappelle awaking from a recurring nightmare in which she is drowning in fire and water. Just before waking she hears an unknown male voice speaking to her. Although frightened by the nightmare, she wonders whether the voice could be the voice of her soulmate.

Meanwhile, Julio Montague, a Hispanic teenager has just moved to town (Cincinnati, Ohio) from Corpus Christi, Texas, and the following day is his first day attending the same school as Romiette. On his first day he is involved in an altercation with Ben, a local boy, and the two end up becoming friends after Ben declines to implicate Julio when questioned by the school's principal. When Julio gets home that afternoon, he  logs into a chatroom with the screen name "spanishlover" and starts to chat anonymously with "afroqueen," who he later finds is Romiette. Meanwhile, Romiette excitedly tells Destiny, her best friend, about her online chat with "spanishlover." Romiette and Julio continue to chat online, have a lunch date, and eventually fall in love with each other.

Their relationship provokes the ire of a local gang—the "Devil Dogs"—who disapprove of an African American girl dating a Hispanic boy. Makala, a member of the gang, threatens Romiette on several occasions. Julio tells his parents about the relationship, and although his mother, Maria, approves, his father, Luis, dislikes his son dating an African American girl because his first girlfriend was killed by gang members who were African American.

Romiette and Julio struggle with the pressure of their environment's disapprobation, reaching a crisis when the gang threaten them at gunpoint. The two of them meet with Ben and Destiny and concoct a plan to deal with the gang: Romiette and Julio will show their affection in public in order to draw the gang member's attention, while Ben and Destiny will be nearby and armed with a gun, ready to step in and confront them. The plan fails at a critical juncture when the car breaks down, and Romiette and Julio are abducted by the Devil Dogs.

Ben and Destiny go to the Cappelle's home and explain what has happened to Romiette's parents, Lady and Cornell. Lady asks Malaka where the teens are, but Malaka denies knowing where they are. She eventually reveals their location when questioned by the police.

Romiette and Julio turn out to be stranded at the bottom of a boat in London Woods Lake. When lightning strikes, they are separated. Having fallen into the lake, unable to swim, Romiette blacks out and experiences once again her recurring dream. When Julio finds her floating face down, he pulls her to land and finds she is not breathing. As Julio tries to wake her, Romiette recognizes the unknown male voice in her dream as Julio's voice.

Reception
In a mixed review for The New York Times, Simon Rodberg wrote: "Pick a hot-button issue, and you can bet that Sharon M. Draper's Romiette and Julio gives it at least a passing mention. School safety. Immigration. Internet stalkers. Even recycling." and "The two main characters are likable but bland, and in a book so concerned with contemporary ethical instruction, their gender roles come far too directly from the 16th century." Rolling Stone, however, included it on a list of the 40 best young adult novels, and at review website Teen Reads, Cassia Van Arsdale writes that "Draper writes as if she's on the phone with a long lost friend, with informality, intimacy and ease. Both Romi and Julio are so likable I really wanted them to get together, which is always important in a romance."

In their review, Kirkus Reviews wrote: "they then died after The parallels to Shakespeare’s play are often self-conscious and belabored, drawn at odd moments in the story. Still, a straightforward, uncluttered narrative will hook readers into the well-paced plot and sympathetic characters; loose ends are tied more neatly than a package, prettying up the ending by putting a happily-ever-after spin on the lovers’ fates."

References

Sources

Further reading

1999 American novels
Novels based on plays
Modern adaptations of works by William Shakespeare
American young adult novels
African-American young adult novels
Works based on Romeo and Juliet
Novels set in Cincinnati
Interracial romance novels
African-American novels
Novels based on works by William Shakespeare
Atheneum Books books
Novels by Sharon Draper


The Peruvian short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis peruviana) is a species of marsupial in the family Didelphidae.It is found in Bolivia and Peru.

Classification

This species was initially described as Peramys peruvianus by Wilfred H. Osgood in 1913. It was later placed in the genus Monodelphis and was included under the species M. adusta (sepia short-tailed opossum) by Cabrera (1958). S. Solari (2004), while comparing and revising diagnoses of specimens of the species M. adusta with Monodelphis ronaldi sp. nov., found that Monodelphis adusta peruvianus was differentiable from M. adusta; having a shorter head-body length but longer dorsal hair than M. adusta.

References

Opossums
Marsupials of South America
Taxa named by Wilfred Hudson Osgood


Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 15 February 1936 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Labor Party, led by Premier Philip Collier, won a second term in office against the Country and Nationalist parties, led by Opposition Leader Charles Latham and Norbert Keenan respectively.

The only member to retire at the election was Labor member for Kalgoorlie James Cunningham, who transferred to the Australian Senate the following year.

Results

At the election, 5 sitting members (four Labor and one Nationalist) were defeated—three of them by independents. In Maylands, one-term MLA Robert Clothier (Labor) was defeated by independent Nationalist Harry Shearn, who won with preferences from two endorsed nationalists. In East Perth, Minister for Employment and Labour James Kenneally was defeated by former Labor member Thomas Hughes, and the Nationalist member for Nelson, John Henry Smith, was defeated by independent Clarence Doust. The remaining seats, Subiaco and Albany, were lost by Labor to the Nationalist and Country parties respectively.

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 247,465 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 15 of the 50 seats were uncontested—10 Labor seats representing 33,038 enrolled voters, 1 Nationalist seat representing 3,933 voters and 4 Country seats representing 16,284 voters.

See also
 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1933–1936
 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1936–1939
 Second Collier Ministry

References

Elections in Western Australia
1936 elections in Australia
1930s in Western Australia
February 1936 events


Allan Lokos is the founder and guiding teacher of the Community Meditation Center located on New York City's upper west side. He is the author of Pocket Peace: Effective Practices for Enlightened Living , Patience: The Art of Peaceful Living, and Through the Flames: Overcoming Disaster Through Compassion, Patience, and Determination. His writing has appeared in The Huffington Post, Tricycle magazine, Beliefnet, and several anthologies.

Among the places he has taught are Columbia University Teachers College, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Marymount Manhattan College, The Rubin Museum of Art Brainwave Series, BuddhaFest, NY Insight Meditation Center, The NY Open Center, Tibet House US, and Insight Meditation Community of Washington. Lokos has practiced meditation since the mid-nineties and studied with such renowned teachers as Sharon Salzberg, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Joseph Goldstein, Andrew Olendzki, and Stephen Batchelor.

Earlier in this life Lokos enjoyed a successful career as a professional singer. He was in the original Broadway companies of Oliver!, Pickwick (musical), and the Stratford Festival/Broadway production of The Pirates of Penzance.

On Christmas Day, 2012, Lokos and his wife Susanna Weiss boarded Air Bagan Flight 11 which crashed while landing in Myanmar. Doctors in Thailand said that he could not possibly survive his injuries. Yet he did and has gone on to thrive in his teaching and writing.
His book, Through the Flames, tells the story of the accident and offers a wide array of teachings from the Buddhist perspective. His against all odds recovery and joyful outlook have become an inspiration for many.

References

Books

External links
Community Meditation Center
http://tricycle.org/magazine/skillful-speech/
Allan Lokos quotes

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
American Buddhist spiritual teachers
Writers from New York City
American spiritual writers
American male non-fiction writers
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
Converts to Buddhism
American Buddhists


Rugby union in Sri Lanka is mainly played at a semi-professional and recreational level. It is a popular team sport with a history dating back to 1879. In 2012, according to International Rugby Board figures, there were over 160,000 registered rugby union players in Sri Lanka, making it the second largest rugby-playing nation in Asia, behind Japan.

Governing body
The Sri Lankan Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) is the governing body in the country. The Sri Lankan Football Union (as Ceylon Rugby Football Union) was founded in 1908, the first Rugby Union in Asia. The SLRFU joined the IRB in 1988.
In March 2011 the IRB stripped the SLRFU of full member status after it failed to conduct board elections in accordance with the By-Laws, the SLRFU's full membership however was subsequently re-instated follows the successful completion of the Union’s Annual General Meeting and Board elections.

History

Early years: 1879-1945
Sri Lanka discovered the game of rugby at the same time as India, and the first rugby club, the Colombo Football Club, was founded in Sri Lanka in 1879 (in 1896 the Colombo Football Club amalgamated with the Colombo Hockey Club to become the Colombo Hockey and Football Club). The first rugby match played between two selected teams occurred on 30 June that year between Colombo and a 'World' Team.

The first ever club game to be played was on 7 September 1880 between Dickoya MCC and Dimbulla ACC at Darawella, with Dickoya winning the game by 9 points to 3.

In 1885 E. H. Joseph became the first Ceylonese to represent an English School in Cricket and Rugby.

In 1891 rugby was introduced to the country's high schools by L. E. Blaze, the first principal of Kingswood College, Kandy. Kingswood played the first high school rugby match in the country against their hometown rivals Trinity College in 1906. The match resulted in a draw, 6-all.

The nation's first 'national' match involved an All Ceylon team playing against the professional All Blacks (the New Zealand rugby league team) under rugby union rules on their 1907–1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Australia and Great Britain on 12 September 1907. The professional all blacks won the match 33-6. The professional All Blacks only played upon being guaranteed a fee of 50 pounds, this resulted in English Rugby Football Union banning its member countries from playing representative matches in Ceylon.

As a result, in 1908 the Australia national rugby union team passed through the Port of Colombo on their way to England via the Suez Canal, without playing a game in Ceylon. The only solution to ensure matches against foreign teams during their brief stopovers at the Colombo was the formation of a National Rugby Union, affiliated to the English Rugby Football Union. On 10 August 1908 an historic meeting of the Ceylon Rugby Football Union (Ceylon RFU) was held at the Grand Orient Hotel in Colombo, with the representatives from Colombo HC & FC, Uva Gymkhana Club, Kelani Valley Club, Kandy Rovers, Dickoya Maskeliya Cricket Club and Dimbula Athletic & Cricket Club. H. B. T. Bourcher (the representative from Uva) was elected as the first president of the Union with J. G. Cruickshank elected honorary secretary. Boucher held the chairman's position until 1914 but Cruickshank resigned from the post in 1910.

On 20 August 1910, an exhibition rugby match was held between a team from the 2nd Leicestershire Regiment and a combined Ceylon team.

In 1922 the first rugby club to include Ceylonese players, Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club, was formed.

The country's first involvement in a rugby tournament was in 1926 when Ceylon RFU sent an all-Ceylon team (composed entirely of Europeans) to compete in the All India Rugby tournament (originally known as the Madras Presidency Rugby tournament) held in Madras. It was also the maiden overseas tour by a rugby team from Sri Lanka. In 1928 the team tied for the championship and in 1929, under the captaincy of J. D. Farquharson, they won it outright defeating Madras by 11 points to 8. In 1932 they won the cup for the second time defeating Calcutta.  At the 1938 tournament the Ceylon RFU fielded two teams one wholly comprising Europeans and the other Ceylonese. The Ceylonese team making history, when in their first match they defeated a combined Planters team by 16 points to nil. The Ceylon RFU ceased participating in the competition in the late 1960s.

During this time the game of rugby flourished in Ceylon mainly due to the plantations companies’ enthusiasm and commitment to promote rugby in the country.

The 1930 (which the British Lions won 45–0) and the 1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia (again a loss 44–6), also played unofficial matches in Ceylon on their way home from tours of New Zealand and Australia.

1945 onwards
In the post-WWII period, S. Muthiah campaigned for the sports introduction into the national police service.

In 1938 the Western Australia Rugby Union sent a representative side to tour Ceylon, playing five matches against Up Country, Low Country, All Ceylon, Ceylonese and All Colombo. The side won three out of their four matches (Low-Country 11-9, Up-Country 24-3, Ceylonese 16-6) losing to All Ceylon 12-3.

In 1953 an Australian Colts side toured Ceylon defeating Colombo 35–11, All-Ceylon 39-nil, Up-Country 32-3, the Barbarians 30–3 and All-Ceylon 11-3.

1955 the New Zealand Colts team toured the island winning against a combined Colombo team 35–5, Up Country 24-3, All Ceylon 35–nil and against the Barbarians, 33-nil.

In 1957 the Australian Colts team returned for a second tour beating Low-Country 14-9, Up-Country 43–nil, All-Ceylon 21-nil, the Barbarians 22-nil and All-Ceylon 37–3.

In 1959 a combined Oxford and Cambridge team competed against Colombo 41-nil, All-Ceylon 37-3, Up-Country 52-nil, the Barbarians 55-nil and 45–nil against All-Ceylon.

A British Joint Services (Far East) team in 1964 defeated Ceylon Services 16–5 and against a President’s XV 14-6. The British Joint Services returned in 1966 and again defeated Ceylon Services 39-nil and the President's XV 6-3.

The British Joint Services toured for a third time in 1968 beating All-Ceylon 14-12. That year a combined All-India team lost to All-Ceylon 18-19.

In 1968 four clubs sides were invited to participate in the All India Rugby Tournament, Havelock SC, Police SC, CH & FC and CR & FC against four Indian teams, Calcutta, Madras, Armenians and Maharashtra Police. C.R & FC were the eventual winners defeating Havelock SC by 8 points to 6 in the final.

In December 1973 the Ceylon RFU was renamed the Sri Lankan Rugby Football Union (SLRFU). The SLRFU was admitted into the IRB in 1988, as a member of the Asian Rugby Football Union.

Recent events

Sri Lanka is considered one of the rugby's success stories, despite a modest win record on the international stage. Crowds of forty or fifty thousand have attended club games. Sri Lanka's problems have been threefold: firstly, a lack of finance, secondly, third world infrastructure, and thirdly, the country has been war-torn for a number of years.

Carlton Super Sevens
The Carlton Super Sevens series, a domestic club competition comprising two tournaments hosted on consecutive weekends, began in 2011. The series was contested by ten teams, representing the nine provinces of the country and the Jaffna region. Tournament events were hosted at various locations, including Kandy, Galle and Koggola, and the final leg of the series for each season was held in Colombo. Prominent players from around the world were contracted to join each local franchise to raise the standard of competition. With the return of the Sri Lanka Sevens international tournament for 2015, the Carlton Super Sevens series ceased after the 2014 season.

Serendib Cup
In 2013, Colombo hosted the Serendib International Cup, a tournament for emerging nations which involved Sri Lanka as hosts and the Malagasy and Polish national teams. The competition was backed by the International Rugby Board and played over three match days at Colombo Racecourse between 26 October and 1 November, coinciding with the 2013 end-of-year rugby union tests. There were plans to expand the Serendib International Cup in future years to include 16-24 teams, but the tournament did not survive beyond the inaugural event.

Notable players
Notable Sri Lankan players include Len Saverimutto, who is the father of scrum half Christian Saverimutto, who was capped three times for Ireland in the 1995–96 season. Mahesh Rodrigo was a dual international and represented Sri Lanka in the national cricket team; he was a scrum half, and captained the Ceylon XV.

National teams

Men

Sri Lanka has yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup, however the national team has enjoyed success in recent years, rising to 37th on the world rankings in 2015.

The team is currently ranked fourth in Asia and competes in Division One of the Asian Five Nations.

Sri Lanka also has a national sevens team, which is ranked fourth in Asia.

Women

Although Sri Lanka's women have not yet played test match rugby, they have been playing international sevens rugby since 2003, with the team debuting at Hong Kong and reaching ninth place in the tournament. In 2005 the Sri Lanka women’s team won the Bowl final at the Asian Sevens held in Singapore. In 2013 and again in 2014 the team won the Plate final at the Asian Championships in Thailand (defeating Singapore, 17-5) and in Hong Kong (defeating Thailand, 19-14), the best results the team has achieved to date. – See: Current playing record

International competitions hosted
Sri Lanka currently hosts the Sri Lanka Sevens tournament but has previously held other international events. – See: Serendib International Cup

Sri Lanka Sevens

The Sri Lanka Sevens is an annual international rugby sevens competition that is currently (since 2015) played in Colombo at the Racecourse Sports Complex. The tournament was originally sponsored as the Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s from 1999 to 2008 and hosted in Kandy. It was rebranded as the Carlton Sri Lanka Sevens and moved to Colombo for 2009 and 2010 when the Carlton Sports Club – Tharunyata Hetak's sports wing – took over the running of the tournament in partnership with the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union. From 2011 to 2014 it was transformed into a local club competition, the Carlton Super 7s, comprising two tournaments held on consecutive weekends. The international team format was revived for 2015 when the Sri Lanka Sevens tournament, now called the Colombo Sevens, was re-established and included as part of the Asian Sevens Series.

Domestic club competitions
The two top-level competitions for rugby union teams in Sri Lanka are the Dialog Rugby League and the Clifford Cup. Previously there was also a series for rugby sevens teams; held from 2011 until 2014. – See: Carlton Super Sevens

Nippon Paint Rugby League

The major club competition in Sri Lanka is the Nippon Paint Rugby League. It is currently sponsored by Nippon Paints. The 'A' Division features nine teams, which compete on a home and away basis. The League Competition was sponsored by Caltex between 2000 and 2010. In 2006 the Navy SC withdrew from the competition, due to their members military commitments. The club rejoined the competition in 2009 with the Old Zahirians Sporting Club being forced to leave. In 2012 the competition was expanded with the inclusion of a team from Nawalapitiya, the Upcountry Lions, the following year a further team from Hambantota, the Hambantota Sharks was included. Both clubs only played in two seasons of the 'A' Division.

Division 'A' clubs

Former teams

Clifford Cup

The most prestigious club knockout tournament in Sri Lanka is the Clifford Cup. It commenced in 1911, as a competition between the mercantile executives in Colombo and planters in the hill country. The Clifford Cup was awarded by Lady Elizabeth Clifford, wife of the then Governor Sir Hugh Clifford. The competition has been played amongst eight clubs with 79 seasons played over 100 years.

Inter-school competitions
Inter-school rugby boasts a rich history in Sri Lanka, with Kingswood College in Kandy standing as the pioneer. It was in 1891 that rugby was introduced to schools in Sri Lanka, then known as Ceylon, and this credit goes to the esteemed Sri Lankan educator, Mr. Louis Edmund Blaze. Notably, he not only founded the institution but also assumed the role of its inaugural principal.

In 1906, a milestone was achieved as Kingswood College and Trinity College competed in the inaugural inter-school rugby match, resulting in a 6-all draw.

Schools Rugby League
The focal point of the yearly inter-school rugby schedule is the Schools Rugby League, officially designated the Dialog Schools Rugby League due to sponsorship by Dialog Axiata. This event is coordinated by the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association in partnership with Sri Lanka Rugby.

This event showcases schoolboys in the under-19 age group vying for distinctions across three divisions: Division 1 - Segment A, Division 1 - Segment B, and Division 1 - Segment C. In the 2023 season, a total of 14, 12, and 12 school teams respectively participated in these three segments. Schools Rugby

Division 1 – Segment A
 D. S. Senanayake College
 Dharmaraja College
 Isipathana College
 Kingswood College
 Royal College
 Science College
 St. Anthony’s College
 St. Joseph’s College
 St. Peter’s College
 S. Thomas’ College
 Trinity College
 Vidyartha College
 Wesley College
 Zahira College

Division 1 – Segment B
 Ananda College
 Carey College
 Lumbini College
 Mahanama College
 Maliyadeva College
 Piliyandala Central College
 Prince of Wales' College
 St. Aloysius' College
 St. Benedict's College
 St. Sylvester's College
 Thurstan College
 Wariyapola Sri Sumangala College

Division 1 – Segment C
 Bandaranayake Central College
 C. W. W. Kannangara College
 Dharmapala Vidyalaya
 Devapathiraja College
 Lalith Athulathmudali College
 Moratu Maha Vidyalaya
 Nalanda College
 Richmond College
 Siri Piyarathana College
 Sri Rahula College
 Sri Sumangala College
 St. John’s College

Other tournaments
The customary opening events of the inter-school rugby season are the seven-a-side rugby tournaments organized by the SLSRFA, namely the All Island Under 18 Rugby Sevens and the Under 19 School’s Elite Rugby 7s.

The primary inter-school knockout rugby competition is the Dialog Schools Rugby Knockout Tournament, commonly referred to as the President’s Trophy. It features eligible teams from the Division 1 – Segment A league. Teams that qualify from the Division 1 – Segment B and C leagues contend for the Premier Trophy and the Chairman’s Trophy respectively.

Apart from the under 19 age group rugby, the SLSRFA also organises tournaments spanning various age levels and involving numerous schools.

Traditional inter-school rugby fixtures
Alongside the primary tournaments in the inter-school rugby calendar, traditional fixtures between schools have also taken place. These fixtures are held either as part of the league or as standalone events, sparking significant interest among their respective supporters.

Some of the more noteworthy encounters include:
 Isipathana College vs. Royal College – Major Milroy Fernando Trophy
 Royal College vs. S. Thomas' College – Michael Gunaratne Trophy
 St. Joseph's College vs. St. Peter’s College – Fr. Basil Weeratunga Shield
 St. Joseph's College vs. S. Thomas' College – Lady Jayathilake Shield
 S. Thomas’ College vs. Trinity College – Cannon R.S. de Saram Shield.

Among the array of traditional fixtures, the fixture that holds the most prominent status within the rugby community in Sri Lanka and beyond is the Bradby Shield Encounter. This fiercely contested encounter takes place annually between Royal College and Trinity College since 1945, following a two-legged system. The victor of the competition is determined by the aggregate scores from both matches, which are usually played a few weeks apart.

References

Sources
 Richards, Huw A Game for Hooligans: The History of Rugby Union (Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 2007, )

Further reading

External links
IRB Sri Lanka page
Official union page
Asian Rugby Football Union


The Sarada Vidyalayam school was founded on 14 July 1992 by Dr. Chandra Sekhar Sankurathri with the objective of providing free education to children in rural Kakinada, India, where illiteracy and poverty are commonplace. The school is funded by charitable donations raised by Dr. Chandra and the Sankurathri Foundation and receives no financial assistance from the Indian government or the parents of its students.

Teaching
While the school follows the State syllabus, the teaching methodology used is different from the methods employed in conventional schools. With a student-teacher ratio of less than 1:10, teachers can monitor the progress of each child.  Besides providing an education, the school provides free bus transportation for kids who don't live within walking distance.

The school provides a lunch, which for many of the children is their only meal of the day.  The school provides medical and dental checkups (including medicines) and Hepatitis-B vaccinations.  Everything from books and schoolbags to uniforms and shoes is provided to students at no charge. The school gives two sets of uniforms to each child.

References
CBC News Documentary
CNN 'Heroes' article on founder
United States based charity for school
Canada based charity for school
School

Schools in East Godavari district
Education in Kakinada
Educational institutions established in 1992
1992 establishments in Andhra Pradesh


Walter Sharp may refer to:

Walter L. Sharp (born 1952), U.S. Army General
Walter Benona Sharp (1870–1912), American oilman
Walter Rice Sharp, American political scientist

See also
Walter Sharpe, American basketball player


Paul Read (born 25 September 1973) is an English retired professional footballer who made 100 league appearances in English football, as a striker, also playing in the United States and Sweden.

Career
Born in Harlow, Read began his career as an apprentice at Arsenal, but he never made a league appearance for the Gunners. While at Arsenal, Read spent loan spells at Leyton Orient and Southend United.
 He also spent time with the Albany Alleycats.

After leaving Arsenal in 1997, Read signed for Wycombe Wanderers, and made 59 league appearances. He left Wycombe in 1999, and spent a season in Sweden with Östersunds FK, before returning to England with Luton Town, where he made one Football League Trophy appearance. Read then signed for Exeter City, making 26 league appearances. He finished his career with Fleet Town.

References

1973 births
Living people
English men's footballers
Arsenal F.C. players
Leyton Orient F.C. players
Southend United F.C. players
Albany Alleycats players
Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
Östersunds FK players
Luton Town F.C. players
Exeter City F.C. players
Fleet Town F.C. players
English Football League players
English expatriate men's footballers
English expatriates in the United States
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
English expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Men's association football forwards
Footballers from Harlow


The Basilica of St. John () was a basilica  in Ephesus. It was constructed by Justinian I in the 6th century. It stands over the believed burial site of John the Apostle. It was modelled after the now lost Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.

The basilica is on the slopes of Ayasuluk Hill, right next to the İsa Bey Mosque, just below the fortress near the centre of Selçuk, İzmir Province, Turkey and about  from Ephesus.

History

Justinian's Church

Little is known about the Basilica of St. John, with its only source being from a small description provided by Procopius in one of his works, Buildings, whereupon he writes:

There chanced to be a certain place before the city of Ephesus, lying on a steep slope hilly and bare of soil and incapable of producing crops, even should one attempt to cultivate them, but altogether hard and rough. On that site the natives had set up a church in early times to the Apostle John; this Apostle has been named “the Theologian,” because the nature of God was described by him in a manner beyond the unaided power of man. This church, which was small and in a ruined condition because of its great age, the Emperor Justinian tore down to the ground and replaced by a church so large and beautiful, that, to speak briefly, it resembles very closely in all respects, and is a rival to, the shrine which is dedicated to all the Apostles in the imperial city...

Construction of the church began by 548 and was completed by 565. The building of this church was presided over by the bishop, Hypatius of Ephesus. As the leading ecclesiastical theoretician and writer of his day, it was possible that he gained the influence of Justinian and had the tomb of St. John reconstructed, as major construction in the Asia Minor was rare.
After its completion, it was regarded as one of the holiest churches of its time and was held in great honor, as Procopius notes in his Secret History:

...to the sanctuary of the Apostle John, which was the most holy one there and held in very high honour...

Despite its popularity after the 9th century it was no longer mentioned, possibly due to a new church built in honor of St. John, Church of John the Theologian.

Design

Materials
The basilica was built almost entirely of brick and stones (ashlar), while the columns would have been made of marble or have  been marble plated, to withstand the weight of the domes above. The use of timber-roofed towers that were placed over the bay preceding the chancel and the altar had been adopted as well since the course of the 5th century.

Construction

The first building to be built on St. John's tomb was a mausoleum of sort, which also served as a church . In the 4th century, a basilica was built over it during the reign of Theodosius. Two centuries later, as the site lay in ruins, Justinian began his construction of a much grander church. In comparison, the Theodosian Basilica measured at 246 x 146 feet while Justinian's Basilica measured at 428 x 213 feet. The plan was laid out on the site of Constantine's Apostoleion and would be arranged in a Greek cross pattern.  And although the construction of this church was by imperial order, the people of Ephesus were the ones who did much of the building. The marble decorations were made in Constantinople and perhaps in Ephesus as well. The bases, column and capitals of the nave were made and imported from Constantinople or the quarries of Proconnesus. While much of the capital of the Eastern part of the church were done by local craftsmen instead, following the Constantinopolitan pattern and model. Even after the reign of Justinian, decorations were still added, most notably by Justin II and Tiberius II

The most striking feature of the basilica is its massive apse attached to the eastern piers of the crossing with an encircling passage between its two walls which is believed to have been tunnel-vaulted.

As Procopius has stated, the land surrounding the church was very uninhabitable nor could it be used to cultivate anything. To solve this, Justinian had an aqueduct built near the church, which in time, greatly helped the city of Ephesus and provided the surroundings of the church to flourish through the centuries.

Exterior

With its resemblance to the Church of the Holy Apostles, the Basilica of St. John also took on the cruciform in its design. The basilica was a domed basilica where the domes were placed over the central crossing, choir, transepts and the nave. Five domes rested on solid piers in the corners of the cross and surmounted the arms and center crossing. To hold such domes in place, massive marble pillars were built and erected to support the domes. Much like the Church of the Holy Apostles, the Basilica of St. John was based on the concept of multiplying the standard element, using short barrel-vaults to expand the square, domed bay into a cross shape. The cupolas of the church would be entirely covered in mosaics as well. Prior to Theodora's death in 548, Justinian had both her monogram and his placed on the capitals.

The main entrance gate to the basilica was called the “Gate of Persecution” while atrium walls that were built would have surrounded the basilica itself. The walls would have consisted of towers that were either empty or used as bastions.

The north side of the church also had a large octagonal baptistery, resembling that of Saint Mary. Near it was a rectangular room with a marble floor and an apse paved with mosaic. An inscription over the door identified it as the  where the bishop would have been when he presided as judge. The inscription also shows that it might have been completed during the time Johannes was bishop, who may have been around during the late 6th century.

Interior

The interior of the vault within the church was covered in mosaic while the walls and pillars were covered in marble plates and decorated in different colors. The floors were also covered in mosaics. Numerous parts of the Basilica were of different arrangement, which gave the impression of a large quantity of beautiful enormous oriental carpets covering the entire church “in a fairy-like manner”. Directly beneath the altar lay a crypt with several rooms and of those, the tomb of St. John itself. On the altar itself, the inscription of the 14th verse of the 132nd Psalm can be read, where St. John states:

This is my resting place forever, here will I dwell.

The church inside would have been covered in frescoes. Hypatius, bishop of Ephesus, was known for advocating the use of images in the church. After the completion of the church, the interior was covered by images, representations of saints, and scenes from the Old and New Testaments. Paintings would have included those of Christ raising Lazarus from the dead and Christ crowning Justinian and Theodora. Aside from these, other possible epigrams would have appeared inside the church, one of them being the first book of the Greek Anthology and others being paintings reflecting the origins of the church as an imperial commission.

St. John in Ephesus

This is on the stories and legends surrounding St. John during his life in Ephesus, for his:

Journey to Ephesus

It is believed that the Apostle John traveled from Jerusalem to the city of Ephesus where he remained for the rest of his life.  It was during his time there that Emperor Domitian exiled him to the Isle of Patmos, where he wrote Revelation (the Apocalypse).  When Nerva became emperor John was pardoned and returned to Ephesus, where he lived the remainder of his days.

Legends and miracles

During his time and until his death in Ephesus, St John preached about Christianity. According to legend, before he died, Christ, along with all the other apostles, visited St John and said to him:

Come, my beloved one, and join me and all other brethren of thine at my table; the time has finally come to do so,...the Sunday next, thou wilt come to stay henceforth with me.

As the story unfolds, the following Sunday, St. John continued with his preaching of Christianity before finally informing his disciples of his time. Then he entered the cave of his church whereupon an intense light shone, preventing his disciples from entering farther. When the light dissipated, so did St. John. His legend was furthered when the opening of his tomb during Constantine’s reign yielded no body or relics. Another fact that continues to advance the legend of St. John's assumption into Heaven is the fact that while all the other Saints' body or relic has been claimed by at least one or more city/church, St. John (along with Mary, the Mother of Jesus) is the only Saint whose body is not claimed by anyone or anywhere.

It was also said that St. John was not dead in, but sleeping beneath his tomb. And each time he breathed, he would cause the dust around his altar to stir, which in turn, made them holy. Because of this, the dust, called manna, was said to be able to cure the sick.

Pilgrimages and flasks

The stories of St. John and the “manna” continued to grow and even caught the attention of St. Augustine, who could not dismiss them outright. The Anglo-Saxon Willibald, who later became a bishop and a saint, also heard of this and was one of the first many recorded pilgrims to the tomb of St. John.

The tomb itself acted upon its miracle every year on 8 May, during an all night-festal in honor of St. John, for nearly a thousand years, prompting many pilgrimages throughout the medieval period.

The pilgrims who journeyed to Ephesus did not leave empty-handed. Flasks were produced at St. John's tomb for the pilgrims. These flasks usually had the Saint's image designed on to it as well. They were used to collect the dusts that would appear around St. John's tomb, which was then carried back to the pilgrims respective homeland where it was said to have performed miracles by curing sickness and even calm storms on land or sea.

See also
History of Roman and Byzantine domes

References

External links

 Basilica of St. John, Ephesus from sacred-destinations.com
 Photos from Saint John's Basilica from turkishtravelblog.com
 140 Photo's on non-commercial site

Ephesus
Archaeological sites in the Aegean Region
Ruined churches in Turkey
6th-century churches
Byzantine church buildings in Turkey
Tombs of apostles


Camp Firefly is a week-long summer camp run by the non-profit Firefly Foundation in Atlanta, Georgia, which was founded by married-couple film actors Kirk Cameron and Chelsea Noble. It gives terminally ill children and their families a free week's vacation.

Inspired by Cameron's work with sick children when he was a television actor, Camp Firefly began around 1990 and focuses on also helping accompanying family members. Six or seven families attend each year's retreat, and as of 2012, over 100 families had attended, according to an interview with Cameron by Indiana Wesleyan University. Theme nights during the camp week have included activities such as luaus, barn dancing, and safaris.

The camp received a donation from Sherwood Baptist Church, in whose major 2008 film, Fireproof, Cameron had starred without payment.

References

External links

Summer camps for children with special needs
Summer camps in Georgia (U.S. state)


Paul Mann (December 2, 1913 – September 24, 1985) was a Canadian film and theatre actor, as well as founder of the Paul Mann Actor's Workshop. His brother was the actor Larry D. Mann.

Biography
Mann was influential in developing the concept of Method acting in America. While many other Method advocates (including Lee Strasberg) shared their knowledge at the  Actors Studio, Mann taught his own classes at his Actor's Workshop, founded in 1953. Along with Lloyd Richards (a fellow Toronto native and chief assistant director of the school), Mann also managed to create a comfortable atmosphere for actors of all races. Alumni of his school include Ruby Dee, Billy Dee Williams, Ossie Davis, Sidney Poitier, Al Lewis, and Vic Morrow.

Mann's own acting career was based primarily in theatre, beginning when he was sixteen. His onscreen appearances were limited to an episode of the 1950s television serial Danger and two feature film roles. The first was that of merchant Aleko Sinnikoglou in America, America (1963) (directed by his friend Elia Kazan) and the last was the village butcher Lazar Wolf in the screen adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof (1971). He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for both films.

Mann also was professor of acting and director of the theater arts program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. A year before his death, Mann was found liable in a civil suit brought in Manhattan by eight female former students accusing him of sexual abuse and harassment  and was ordered to pay them a total of $12,000.

Filmography

Theatre credits
In most recent order:
Danton's Death / [Revival, Play] / ? / Oct 21, 1965 - Nov 1965
Incident at Vichy / [Original, Play, Drama] / Marchand / Dec 3, 1964 - May 7, 1965
The Changeling / [Original, Play] / ? / Oct 29, 1964 - Dec 23, 1964
After The Fall / [Original, Play, Drama] / Quentin's Father; Jason Robards portrayed Quentin / Jan 23, 1964 - May 29, 1965
Too Late the Phalarope / [Original, Play] / Japie Grobler / Oct 11, 1956 - Nov 10, 1956
Flight Into Egypt / [Original, Play, Drama] / Freund / Mar 18, 1952 - Apr 19, 1952
Macbeth / [Revival, Play, Tragedy] / Menteith and Murderer / Mar 31, 1948 - Apr 24, 1948
Flight to the West / [Original, Play] / Thomas Hickey / Dec 30, 1940 - Apr 26, 1941
Johnny Johnson / [Original, Play, Play with music, Comedy] / German Priest and Orderly / Nov 19, 1936 - Jan 16, 1937
Bitter Oleander / [Original, Play, Drama] / as Second Man / Feb 11, 1935 - Mar 1935
Follow Thru / [Original, Musical, Comedy] / as Gentleman / Jan 9, 1929 - Dec 21, 1929

References

Bibliography
Goudsouzian, A. (2004). Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon, UNC Press,

External links

1913 births
1985 deaths
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male stage actors
Jewish Canadian male actors
Male actors from Toronto
20th-century Canadian male actors
Canadian expatriates in the United States


Franz Ernst Heinrich Spitzner (October 31, 1787 – July 2, 1841) was a German educator and philologist who specialized in Homeric studies. He was born in Trebitz, Saxony-Anhalt.

He studied theology and philology at the University of Wittenberg, where he was student of Christian Lobeck (1781–1860). In 1811 he became conrector at the Lyceum at Wittenberg, where two years later he was appointed rector. In 1820 he relocated to the Gymnasium at Erfurt, and in 1824 returned to his former position at the Wittenberg Lyceum.

Published works
Spitzner's work on Greek prosody was translated into English and published in 1831 as "Elements of Greek Prosody". He was an editor of Köppen's "Erklärende Anmerkungen zu Homers Ilias" (Explanatory notes on Homer's Iliad). Other noted works by Spitzner are:
 Observationes criticae in Apollonii Rhodii Argonautica, 1810.
 De versu graecorum heroico maxime Homerico, 1816 (with Friedrich Traugott Friedemann).
 Geschichte des Gymnasiums und der Schulanstalten zu Wittenberg, (History of gymnasiums and school institutions in Wittenberg), 1830.
 Observationes criticae et grammatica in Quinti Smyrnaei Posthomerica, 1837.

References
 Wikisource @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie

1787 births
1841 deaths
People from Bad Schmiedeberg
19th-century German educators
19th-century philologists
German philologists
Heads of schools in Germany


"Yo No Sé Que Me Pasó" ("I Do Not Know What Happened To Me") is a song written, produced and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel. It was released in 1986 as the first single from his studio album Pensamientos. This song deals with the end of a love relationship, falling out of love. It peaked at number-one in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart on September 13, 1986, being the second song to do so, replacing "La Guirnalda", another song written by Gabriel; however, in the printed version of the same chart, the song is recognized as the first song ever to top the chart. "Yo No Sé Qué Me Pasó" has been covered by Rocío Dúrcal, Pedro Fernández and Julio Preciado.

Chart performance

See also
 List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Songs from the 1980s

References

1986 singles
Juan Gabriel songs
Songs written by Juan Gabriel
Spanish-language songs
1986 songs
RCA Records singles


The Johns Hopkins–Maryland lacrosse rivalry is an intercollegiate rivalry between the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays, which represent Johns Hopkins University, and the Maryland Terrapins, which represent the University of Maryland. The most prominent event has been the men's lacrosse series, which is widely regarded as one of the greatest rivalries in the sport. More than 115 contests in the series have been played since the schools first met in 1895. The competition is intensified by each program's status as a traditional lacrosse powerhouse. As such, the game has often held national championship implications, and twice the teams played to represent the United States in the Olympics.

The schools currently meet only in lacrosse, as all other Johns Hopkins athletics fall under NCAA Division III and all Maryland athletics are Division I. From the late 19th into the 20th century, however, their football teams also competed regularly. More recently, the schools have played in women's lacrosse.

NCAA alignment
In 1973, the National Collegiate Athletic Association instituted a three-tier classification system, which created Division I, Division II, and Division III. The third tier, Division III, is the one in which no athletic scholarships are awarded to student-athletes. Johns Hopkins, as a perennial lacrosse power, chose to continue competition in Division I in that sport, while all of its other athletic teams were relegated to Division III. In 2004, the NCAA upheld the decision to allow Division III schools to "play up", and grant scholarships, in a sport at the Division I level (usually ice hockey). Since Maryland competes strictly at the Division I level, the two schools currently meet only in men's and women's lacrosse.

Men's lacrosse

Background
Both schools call the rivalry the greatest and most historic in men's lacrosse. Sports Illustrated ranked it among the best all-time college rivalries, and before the teams' 100th meeting, called it "the equivalent of Michigan–Ohio State in football." A 2003 Harris Interactive poll found that Marylanders considered it the state's fourth biggest rivalry after the Cowboys–Redskins, Ravens–Redskins, and Duke–Maryland. The Hopkins–Maryland all-time record differs based upon whether games played before Maryland had a varsity team are counted. Johns Hopkins recognizes those games and records the series as 71–43–1 in its own favor. Maryland, however, recognizes only games played since the formation of their varsity team in 1924, which puts the all-time record at 64–43–1, also in favor of Hopkins.

The rivalry, which is the oldest in the sport, is fueled by history, competitiveness, and cultural implication. Both schools are located in the state of Maryland, a historical hotbed for lacrosse, and have traditionally been two of the sport's powerhouses. Many of the opposing players have had past associations in grade school, high school, or youth club sports. Hopkins' former coach and former player Dave Pietramala said, "Everybody knew each other; we had all played together at some point or another. It was a fierce, intense game and there was no love lost on the field." Additionally, Johns Hopkins is a private university, while Maryland is a public institution. Former Terrapins coach Dick Edell said:"To get the juices flowing before the game, [we'd tell the Maryland] kids that it was the blue-collar guys against the future executives—that this was their only chance to get them before they got into the real world. Plus, you have all the kids who came from the same high school, or worked the camps together, so there was that closeness that you have to live with for the other 364 days, no matter who wins."

Early years
The two teams first played in 1895 and met six more times through 1923. In those early matches, Johns Hopkins scored a combined sixty points to Maryland's three. In 1924, Maryland fielded its first varsity-level lacrosse team, which defeated Hopkins, 4–2, but the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) awarded the Blue Jays the co-national championship (along with Syracuse). Since that season, the teams have met annually with the exception of a two-year hiatus due to World War II. Johns Hopkins won three straight national titles from 1926 to 1928, where each season culminated with a victory over Maryland. In 1928, Maryland had a perfect 9–0 record until Johns Hopkins defeated the Terps in the season finale, 6–3. At season's end, a single-elimination tournament was held to determine which team would represent the United States in a trial lacrosse competition during the Summer Olympics. Maryland defeated Navy and Rutgers to advance to the final game, where they were again bested by Johns Hopkins.

The following season, the Terrapins embarked upon a three-year run in which they lost only four games, and they defeated the Blue Jays each season including a shutout, 6–0, in 1930. In 1932, however, Hopkins defeated Maryland twice during the regular season and once more in a postseason game to decide participation in the Olympics. Between 1930 and 1934, the Blue Jays won three national championships and lost only two games, both of which were to the Terrapins. Maryland captured national titles in 1936, 1937, and 1939. That year, however, Hopkins managed to break a four-game losing streak against them. The Terrapins won the 1940 title by beating the undefeated Blue Jays, 7–6, in the series' first game decided by one goal. Maryland finished the season with a perfect 10–0 record. The following year, Hopkins finished 12–0 and captured the national championship after a convincing victory over Maryland, 10–3. Johns Hopkins secured four more national titles from 1947 to 1950, and defeated Maryland each year, three times by a margin of at least six goals.

Several days before the game in 1947, Hopkins supporters stole "Testudo", a 300-pound bronze statue of a diamondback terrapin, from the Maryland campus. Approximately 200 Terrapins fans drove to Baltimore to retrieve it, and a riot erupted before the city police intervened. The Hopkins dean ordered the students to return the statue, which they did after painting a blue 'H' on its back.

Maryland dominance
In the 1950s, the two teams won a combined six national championships, with Maryland dominating the first part of the decade and Johns Hopkins the latter. Between 1951 and 1956, Maryland posted a 5–0–1 record against Hopkins, with three games won by at least six points. The Terps won consecutive national titles in 1955 and 1956, while posting a combined record of 21–0. In 1957, the Blue Jays snapped the Terrapins' 31-game winning streak with an upset win, 15–10. Two years later, both teams shared the national title with Army. Between 1955 and 1959, Maryland compiled a 48–3 record, with all three losses at the hands of Johns Hopkins.

In 1960, Navy became the first team other than Hopkins to defeat Maryland since 1954. That same year marked the start of Navy's eight-year national championship streak that lasted through 1967. That season, Navy beat Maryland 10–8, before traveling to Homewood Field. There, Johns Hopkins upset Navy, 9–6, for the first time in their last ten meetings. The Blue Jays and Terrapins met for the season finale where Hopkins needed a victory to win the national title outright. Maryland acted as a spoiler, however, and beat Johns Hopkins, 9–5, to take a share of the championship. Hopkins went on to win or share the next four national titles.

Advent of the NCAA tournament
In 1971, the NCAA replaced the USILA as the awarding authority for the men's lacrosse championship with the introduction of a tournament. Since then, the Blue Jays and Terrapins have appeared in the finals a combined 27 times and have met each other in the finals three times. In 1972, Maryland beat Johns Hopkins in the regular season, 13–12, to earn the number-one seed. The two teams met again in the semifinals, where Hopkins eliminated Maryland, 9–6, and advanced to the finals before losing to Virginia by one goal. The following two years, Hopkins and Maryland met in the finals.

In 1973, Maryland routed Hopkins during the regular season, 17–4. That year's Terrapins, led by future Hall of Fame inductee and four-time All-American Frank Urso, are considered one of the all-time best college lacrosse teams and averaged almost 18 goals a game. When the teams met in the championship game, however, the Blue Jays employed a possession game to offset Maryland's offensive firepower, and the first shot on goal did not take place until 8:38. At halftime, Johns Hopkins had taken a 5–2 lead. Time expired with the score tied, 9–9, which forced the game into overtime. Urso scored for the Terrapins to take a 10–9 lead and Maryland goalie Bill O'Donnell made several impressive saves to secure the win.

The following year, Maryland was again named the top-seed, despite having lost to second-seed Johns Hopkins during the regular season. In the championship game, Hopkins quickly took the lead, led by Hall of Fame attackman Jack Thomas and entered halftime with a 10–4 advantage. In the second half, Maryland outscored them 8–7, but the effort fell short. In 1975, Maryland defeated Hopkins, 19–11, before winning the national title, and won again the following year, 21–13, on their way to finish as national championship runners-up after an overtime loss to Cornell in the final. In 1977, the Blue Jays edged the Terrapins, 21–20, in the regular season and began a run in the series. Hopkins eliminated Maryland in the tournament semifinals in both 1977 and 1978, before beating them in the 1979 championship game at home in College Park, Maryland. During that game, the Blue Jays were able to limit the Terrapins' second all-time leading scorer and 1979 attackman of the year Bob Boneillo. During the 1970s, Maryland participated in six NCAA title games, including four in a row from 1973 to 1976. During that span, the Terps won two national titles and lost four.

Hopkins dominance
During the 1980s, Johns Hopkins dominated the series, winning 12 of 13 games, including nine by an average margin of 5.6 points. During this period Hopkins, led by head coach Henry Ciccarone, won three national titles. By 1987, Maryland's fourth-year head coach Dick Edell had helped revitalize the Terrapins as a national power. Maryland posted an 11–0 record during the regular season, where the win over Hopkins, 11–7, was the only game decided by less than six goals. In the NCAA tournament, Maryland defeated Penn in the quarterfinals, 12–8, and advanced to again meet Hopkins in the semifinals. Despite having recorded its first three-loss season in over a decade, and having edged North Carolina in the quarterfinals, the Blue Jays upset the Terrapins, 13–8. Hopkins, led by goalkeeper Quint Kessenich, advanced to win the national title against then undefeated Cornell in the final.

Relative parity
In 1995, Johns Hopkins narrowly retained an undefeated regular season by winning four one-goal games, which included an edging of Maryland, 16–15. Hopkins entered the tournament as the number-one seed, and again met Maryland in the semifinals. Edell helped guide the Terps to an early lead, and they ended the half with an advantage, 10–4, with the final result a rout, 16–8. The performance of Maryland goalie Brian Dougherty earned him the title of the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, despite the Terps' loss in the final against Syracuse.

The following season, Maryland earned a number-two seeding after defeating Hopkins, 12–9. The teams met again in the tournament quarterfinals, where, playing at home, Hopkins gained a 7–0 lead against heavily favored Maryland. The Terrapins rallied, but the Blue Jays held them off to preserve victory, 9–7. In 1998 at Homewood Field, Hopkins upset first-ranked Maryland, 10–6 during the regular season. This time when they met in the tournament quarterfinals, Maryland had the homefield advantage at Byrd Stadium. The Terps led 10–6 in the fourth quarter before the Blue Jays rallied to force overtime. Maryland, however, won the ensuing faceoff and scored after several shots on goal, never allowing Hopkins to gain possession of the ball. The Terps eventually advanced to the final, where they were defeated by Princeton.

Recent years
From 2001 to 2003, each match-up was decided by one goal. Maryland won coach Dick Edell's final, and Hopkins coach Dave Pietramala's first, game of the series in 2001. The Blue Jays won the following two seasons, with both games decided in overtime. In 2004, the teams played their 100th anniversary game and both sides wore special "throwback" jerseys. Hopkins scored five times before the first television timeout, then took an 8–1 first period lead on the way to a victory, 14–10. Hopkins extended their streak to four wins in 2005, before Maryland's new head coach Dave Cottle took away his first victory in 2006. In 2009, the teams played in the inaugural Day of Rivals double-header, where Hopkins preserved victory, 10–9, when a final-second Maryland shot on the crease was deflected. The two met for the event again in 2010, with Maryland coming out on top, 10–9, due in part to a perfect four-for-four extra-man offense.

The rivalry became a conference matchup in the 2014–15 academic year when both schools joined the new men's lacrosse league formed by Maryland's new all-sports home, the Big Ten Conference, with Johns Hopkins as an associate member. The first Big Ten game between the two was an upset for Johns Hopkins 15–12 with a rematch in NCAA semi-finals May 22, 2015 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia which went to Maryland 12–11.

Starting in 2015, the regular season winner of the game has been awarded "The Rivalry Trophy". It is a crab-shaped trophy, crafted by Sandtown Millworks, made using reclaimed wood from Baltimore. It weighs 25 pounds and measures 32 inches wide and 22 inches tall.

The 2020 game scheduled for April 25, 2020 at Baltimore, Maryland was canceled by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Maryland was 5-1 after their last game against Albany on March 7, 2020, while Hopkins was 2-4 after their OT win again Mt. St. Mary's on March 10, 2020. In April 2020, athletic director Jennifer S. Baker announced Hopkins and head coach Dave Pietramala mutually agreed to part ways as the university looked to "move the program in a different direction," after Pietramala had coached the Jays for 20 years and set a career record of 207–93."

Rival accomplishments
The following summarizes the accomplishments of the two programs.

Results

Women's lacrosse

The Johns Hopkins and Maryland women's lacrosse teams first played in 1979 in Arnold, Maryland, a game which the Lady Terps won handily, 17–1. They did not meet again until after the Johns Hopkins women's team was promoted from Division III to Division I in 1999. The following year, the teams met and played each season through 2009, but did not play again until 2015. As of the last meeting between the teams in 2019, the Maryland women held a perfect record against Hopkins, having won all 19 meetings by a combined margin of 298–153.

Hopkins and Maryland became conference rivals in women's lacrosse in the 2016–17 school year when Hopkins joined the Big Ten for that sport. The first Big Ten game between the two was accordingly played in 2017.

Rival accomplishments
The following summarizes the accomplishments of the two programs.

9 of Johns Hopkins's NCAA tournament appearances and all 5 Final Four appearances occurred at the NCAA Division III level

Results

Notes

References

College lacrosse rivalries in the United States
Big Ten Conference rivalries
Maryland
Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse
Maryland Terrapins women's lacrosse
Maryland Terrapins rivalries
1892 establishments in Maryland
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's lacrosse


"Man of Me" is a song written by Rivers Rutherford and George Teren and recorded by American country music artist Gary Allan.  It was released in July 2001 as the first single from Allan's 2001 album Alright Guy.  The song reached number 18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Chart performance

References

2001 singles
Gary Allan songs
Songs written by Rivers Rutherford
Song recordings produced by Tony Brown (record producer)
MCA Nashville Records singles
Song recordings produced by Mark Wright (record producer)
2001 songs
Songs written by George Teren

MCA Records singles


Dive! Dive! Live! is the first live video recorded by heavy metal singer Bruce Dickinson. It was filmed at Wolf & Rissmiller's Country Club on Sherman Way, Reseda, California, on 14 August 1990, while finishing the Tattooed Millionaire US tour leg. The video was produced by Paul Flattery and directed by Jim Yukich—who also worked on Iron Maiden's Live After Death—and the backing band was the same as on "Tattooed Millionaire", save drummer Dickie Fliszar, who replaced Fabio del Rio to perform during the tour. The set-list consisted practically of all the songs from the Tattooed Millionaire sessions, except for "Darkness Be My Friend" from "All The Young Dudes" single. It included "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" and some cover versions played throughout the tour, like Deep Purple's "Black Night", AC/DC's "Sin City". "Riding with the Angels" is a song composed while Dickinson still played with Samson.

On an interview in the Anthology DVD release, Bruce revealed that he was not happy with the production of Dive! Dive! Live!  A camera-rig rail needed to be laid half-way through the crowd in order to film the performance on stage. Dickinson was also displeased by a lack of a warm-up act, the fact that a make up artist was hired and that the crowd was not allowed to be served beer. Dickinson was so displeased with the end-product that he tossed the film in a ditch after the show, though it was salvaged and undamaged.

Track listing
All songs written by Bruce Dickinson and Janick Gers, except where noted.

 "Riding with the Angels" (Russ Ballard)
 "Born in '58"
 "Lickin' the Gun"
 "Gypsy Road"
 "Dive! Dive! Dive!"
 "Zulu Lulu/Ballad of Mutt"
 "Son of a Gun"
 "Hell on Wheels"
 "All the Young Dudes" (David Bowie)
 "Tattooed Millionaire"
 "No Lies"
 "Fog on the Tyne/Winds of Change"
 "Sin City" (Bon Scott, Angus Young, Malcolm Young)
 "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" (Dickinson)
 "Black Night" (Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice)

Personnel

Band
 Bruce Dickinson – vocals, tambourines, drums
 Janick Gers – guitars
 Andy Carr – bass, backing vocals
 Dickie Fliszar – drums, backing vocals

Production
Jim Yukich - director
Paul Flattery - producer
Doug Hall - live sound
Chris Tsangarides - mixing

References

External links
Bruce Dickinson's official website

Bruce Dickinson video albums
1991 live albums
1991 video albums
Live video albums


Playlist: The Very Best of Brad Paisley is a compilation album by Brad Paisley that was released on March 31, 2009. It is part of a series of similar Playlist albums issued by Legacy Recordings. The album features six of Paisley's singles from his first two albums only.

Content
There are five rare tracks on this compilation album.  "New Again" is a duet with Sara Evans featured on an album called Passion of the Christ: Original Songs Inspired by the Film. "Ode De Toilet (The Toilet Song)" was available as one of several bonus tracks on Time Well Wasted available only at Target stores and as a B-side of the "Online" Ringle. "Keep on the Sunny Side" is a June Carter Cash cover from the album Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash. "Sharp Dressed Man" is a ZZ Top cover from the album Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top. "Chicken Chet" is a previously unreleased instrumental track from the sessions from Play.

Critical reception
Playlist: The Very Best of Brad Paisley received three stars out of five from Al Campbell of Allmusic. Campbell wrote that the album "focuses on several of the singer's chart entries recorded between 1999 and 2002," lamenting that singles such as "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" and "I Wish You'd Stay" were omitted. An uncredited review from Country Weekly gave the album three and a half stars out of five. The author wrote that "hiding in this unassuming package alongside a handful of actual hits […] are genuine treats for die-hard Paisley partiers."

Track listing

Chart performance
Playlist: The Very Best of Brad Paisley peaked at number 57 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart the week of April 25, 2009.

References

Brad Paisley albums
Paisley, Brad
2009 compilation albums
Arista Records compilation albums


Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 8 April 1933 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The one-term Nationalist-Country coalition government, led by Premier Sir James Mitchell, was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Philip Collier.

The election occurred at the height of the Great Depression, and was notable for four reasons. Firstly, it is, to date, the only Western Australian election at which a sitting Premier has been defeated in his own seat, with Sir James Mitchell losing his Northam seat to Albert Hawke. It has also been the only election (apart from the ministerial by-elections in December 1901) where over half a Ministry have been defeated at an election—apart from Mitchell, Hubert Parker, John Scaddan and John Lindsay all lost their parliamentary seats. Secondly, three future Premiers, Frank Wise (1943–1945), Albert Hawke (1953–1959) and John Tonkin (1971–1974), were elected to Parliament on the same day. Thirdly, it was held on the same day as the secession referendum, which was passed by 68% of voters despite their choice of a party to lead the State who had persistently opposed secession. Finally, the Nationalists fell to third place at the election in terms of seats, meaning that the Country Party, who had more seats in parliament, were able to name the Opposition Leader until Labor's eventual defeat in the 1947 election. This result was in part possible due to the malapportionment in the Western Australian parliament which created more seats in mining areas, where the Labor Party was dominant, and in agricultural areas, where the Country Party was dominant.

Two changes of affiliation had occurred in the previous term, which resulted in the Country Party increasing their parliamentary strength in the Assembly to 12 members. Arnold Piesse, who as an independent had defeated former Country Party leader Alec Thomson in his Katanning seat at the 1930 election, joined the Country Party, as did Richard Sampson, the long-serving member for Swan who had been elected a Nationalist.

Retiring members
 Edwin Corboy (Labor, Yilgarn-Coolgardie)
 Alfred Lamond (Labor, Pilbara)
 Henry Brown (Country, Pingelly)

At the time of the election, the seat of West Perth was vacant. Its previous member, former Attorney-General and Nationalist MLA Thomas Davy, died suddenly on 18 February 1933, aged 42, while playing bridge with his wife and two friends at the Savoy Hotel. He was succeeded at the election by Robert Ross McDonald, who went on to lead the Nationalist Party from 1938 and was instrumental in forming the Western Australian branch of the Liberal Party in 1945.

Results

At the election, 10 sitting members were defeated—nine Nationalists and one Country member. 8 of these seats were won by Labor, while Sussex was won by fellow Nationalist Edmund Brockman, and in Mount Marshall, Independent candidate Frederick Warner defeated Country member and Minister John Lindsay. (Warner went on to join the Country Party.) The only loss to Labor was the seat of Pilbara, which had been vacated by retiring member Alfred Lamond, and was won by the Nationalists' Frank Welsh.

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 237,197 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 9 of the 50 seats were uncontested—6 Labor seats representing 20,069 enrolled voters, 1 Nationalist seat representing 4,139 voters and 2 Country seats representing 7,677 voters.

See also
 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1930–1933
 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1933–1936
 Second Mitchell Ministry
 Second Collier Ministry

References

Elections in Western Australia
1933 elections in Australia
1930s in Western Australia
April 1933 events


Heather Irene McKillop is a Canadian-American archaeologist, academic, and Maya scholar, noted in particular for her research into ancient Maya coastal trade routes, seafaring, littoral archaeology, and the long-distance exchange of commodities in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.

Education
Heather McKillop has a Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts in Anthropology from Trent University, located in Peterborough, Ontario.  She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California in Santa Barbara, California.

Career
Heather McKillop has carried out archaeological fieldwork on the coast, cays and underwater in Belize since 1979.

Since the 2004 discovery of ancient Maya wooden architecture and a wooden canoe paddle preserved in a peat bog below the sea floor, McKillop and her team of Louisiana State University (LSU) students and colleagues have been focused on the discovery, mapping, excavation, sediment coring and analyses of the waterlogged remains. She started the DIVA Lab (Digital Imaging and Visualization in Archaeology) in 2008 to make 3D digital images of the waterlogged wood, pottery, and other artifacts from the underwater Maya sites—Paynes Creek Salt Works.  McKillop is Thomas and Lillian Landrum Alumni Professor in the Department of Geography and Anthropology at LSU.

She is the William G. Haag Professor of Archaeology a Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

McKillop has published 57 publications, which have been viewed 6.646 and cited 934.

Publications
 The Belize maritime long distance trade in an intermediate area, 1981
 Moho Cay, Belize : preliminary investigations of trade, settlement, and marine resource exploitation, 1987
 Coastal Maya trade, 1989
 Wild Cane Cay : an insular classic period to postclassic period Maya trading station, 1987
 Salt : white gold of the ancient Maya, 2002
 Ancient Maya: New Perspectives (Understanding ancient civilizations), 2004
 In search of Maya sea traders, 2005
 The ancient Maya : new perspectives, 2006
 Maya salt works, 2019

References

External links
 LSU biography
 AIA Lecturer biography

1953 births
Living people
American archaeologists
Canadian archaeologists
American Mesoamericanists
Canadian Mesoamericanists
Mesoamerican archaeologists
Mayanists
20th-century Mesoamericanists
21st-century Mesoamericanists
Trent University alumni
University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
Louisiana State University faculty
Canadian women scientists
Women Mesoamericanists
American women archaeologists
20th-century American women scientists
21st-century American women scientists
20th-century American non-fiction writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers
American women academics


Sansum Narrows is a strait or channel between Vancouver Island (W) and Saltspring Island (E) in the Southern Gulf Islands region of British Columbia, Canada. The narrows are between Maple Bay and Tl’ulpalus.

The powerline HVDC Vancouver-Island crosses Sansum Narrows in a 1900 metres long span, connecting Salt Spring Island to Vancouver Island's electric power.

See also
Cowichan Bay
Trincomali Channel

References

Landforms of the Gulf Islands
Straits of British Columbia
Southern Vancouver Island


Sonny Rollins Plus 4 is a jazz album by Sonny Rollins, released in 1956 on Prestige Records. On this album Rollins plays with the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet. The album was the last recording including pianist Richie Powell and Brown, as both died in a car accident three months later.

History
Rollins wrote his two compositions ("Pent-Up House" and "Valse Hot") while a sideman in the Max Roach/Clifford Brown Quintet. It was more common in the 1950s for a sideman recording his own work to record with either the rhythm section or leader; thus it was unusual when Rollins recorded with the same musicians that he played with in the Quintet. Rollins had joined the Quintet five months beforehand, replacing Harold Land, who left New York to care for his sick wife in California.

Rollins was working as a janitor in Chicago, spending most of his time practicing and rethinking his life (a shorter sabbatical compared to ones he would take). The Quintet was in Chicago in November 1955 and was playing at the Bee Hive Club in Hyde Park. After sitting in with the Brown/Roach Quintet at the Bee Hive, Rollins was added as tenor saxophonist.

After returning to New York, Rollins recorded Plus 4 and used the Quintet as part of an arrangement between his record label, Prestige, and EmArcy, the jazz subsidiary of Mercury, which had the Brown/Roach Quintet under contract. To use Rollins on the Brown-Roach Quintet's EmArcy albums, Prestige owner Bob Weinstock insisted that the group record one album for Prestige under Rollins's name for every EmArcy album it recorded as the Quintet. But this arrangement produced only two albums, one for each label, before the tragic deaths of Quintet members Clifford Brown and Richie Powell in June 1956 ended the deal. Rollins had an idea for the album, as well as several original compositions, so the album had a sound distinct from the Quintet's.

Rollins heard Rosemary Clooney sing "Count Your Blessings" in the film White Christmas and decided to record a version due to his fondness for Irving Berlin standards. "Kiss and Run" is a duet between Brown and Rollins. "I Feel a Song Coming On" is a fast cover of a Dorothy Fields standard. "Valse Hot" is a jazz waltz which remains one of Rollins's most well-known pieces, just like his other composition, "Pent-Up House".

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow calls the album a "particularly strong hard bop set." Author and musician Peter Niklas Wilson called it "a hastily produced – though ultimately rewarding – session."

Track listing
All tracks by Sonny Rollins except where noted.

Side one
"Valse Hot" – 8:36
"Kiss and Run" (Sam Coslow) – 7:08
Side two
"I Feel a Song Coming On" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, George Oppenheimer) – 5:13
"Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)" (Irving Berlin) – 2:30
"Pent-Up House" – 8:50

Personnel
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Clifford Brown – trumpet - except Count Your Blessings
Max Roach – drums
Richie Powell – piano
George Morrow – bass

References

Sonny Rollins albums
1956 albums
Prestige Records albums
Albums produced by Bob Weinstock
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Albums recorded in a home studio


Woh Tera Naam Tha is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language film starring Arjan Bajwa, Kanchi Kaul and Amrish Puri. The music was composed by Roop Kumar Rathod. The cinematographer was by Manmohan Singh.

Synopsis
Orphaned at a very young age, Badruddin "Badru" is taken in by the kind-hearted Ustad Samad Khan, a once popular singer in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Samad, once well known for his performances, gave up singing after he found his audience to be distracted during one of his shows.

Badru is attracted to Samad's daughter, Reshma, who also likes him. Badru has another admirer in the beautiful Naseem, but does not reciprocate her love. When Akhtar, a freelance photographer from Delhi, arrives, Reshma and he instantly fall in love, and Badru is heartbroken.

When Akhtar proposes marriage, Samad angrily rejects him, as he wants Reshma to marry Nawab Hyder Ali's son, Basharat. His angry outburst has repercussions and Samad is hospitalized. To raise money for his treatment, Reshma decides to take part in a singing competition and wins. Samad returns home to start preparations for Reshma's marriage but to his astonishment, he discovers that Reshma has already turned down Basharat's proposal. Basharat decides to take matters into his own hands and tries to forcibly marry Reshma.

Cast

 Arjan Bajwa as Akhtar
 Kanchi Kaul as Reshma Khan
 Amrish Puri as Ustad Samad Khan, Reshma's father
 Gaurav Chanana as Badruddin "Badru"
 Rajat Bedi as Basharat
 Shalini Pal as Naseem

Reception
Taran Adarsh wrote that "On all, 'Woh Tera Naam Tha' is a formulaic film but it was mentioned that "given mentality of current audiences, a subject like this will hardly find takers" . A critic from Deccan Herald wrote that "It remains to be seen whether Singhania’s prowess in the industrial field will repeat itself in Bollywood".

Music
"Ashqaan Di" - Reshma
"Baju Band" - Pt. Rajan Mishra
"Jaan Lo Jaan Lo (Qawwali)" - Sadhana Sargam, Sabri Brothers
"Kabhi Dil Se Kam" - Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
"Noor-E-Nazar' - Roop Kumar Rathod
"Sajan Ghar Challi Re" - Alka Yagnik, Richa Sharma
"Subah Hui" - Alka Yagnik
"Woh Jo Jaan-E-Jaan" - Hariharan
"Woh Tera Naam Tha" - Roop Kumar Rathod
"Woh Tera Naam Tha (Sad)" - Roop Kumar Rathod
"Youn To Mohabbat Ka" - Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik

References

2000s Hindi-language films
Films scored by Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen
Films directed by Kuku Kohli


The 112th Cavalry Regiment is a Texas National Guard regiment that served in several Pacific campaigns during World War II.

Early history
The 112th Cavalry was first organized in 1918 as the 5th Texas Cavalry Regiment before being disbanded in 1920. In December 1920 the Texas National Guard was reorganized as the 36th Infantry Division and the 1st Texas Cavalry Brigade less one regiment. On 20 July 1921 the 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment became the 112th Cavalry. In March 1929 the 2nd Squadron and the Machine Gun Squadron of the 112th were reorganized into the 124th Cavalry Regiment.  The 112th and 124th Cavalry were brigaded into the 56th Cavalry Brigade in 1940.

World War II
On 10 November 1940 President Roosevelt federalized the National Guard, and on 18 November 1940 the 112th was posted to Fort Bliss. The 112th's sister regiment in the brigade, the 124th Cavalry was the last of the cavalry regiments to give up their horses and was later sent to Burma.

The regiment patrolled the Mexican border until being shipped to New Caledonia on 8 July 1942 arriving on 11 August 1942. They were assigned to the Americal Division under General Alexander Patch.
The 112th Cavalry were assigned Australian Waler horses, and ordered to New Caledonia to serve as a horse mounted security force. General Patch initially thought horse mounted cavalry could be used in jungle warfare, but the torrential Pacific rains and the mud that followed damaged the horses' hooves, changing the general's mind. The Australian horses were shipped to Burma and assigned to Chinese forces who mistreated them.  In 1944 the Walers rejoined the American Army being assigned to Merrill's Marauders.

During the heavy fighting on Guadalcanal, General Alexander Vandegrift of the 1st Marine Division sent an urgent request for machetes for his Marines.  General Patch took the sabers of the regiment, cut them down and sent them to the Marines for jungle warfare use.

After extensive training the 112th made its first amphibious landing at Woodlark Island as part of Operation Chronicle on 30 June 1943. The landing was unopposed, and the cavalrymen established a defensible perimeter to protect Seabees building an airstrip on the island.

The regiment was sent to Goodenough Island for training and became part of Task Force Director in preparation for its first action, Operation Director the Battle of Arawe.  The 112th set sail on ,  and the high speed transports  and . On 15 December 1943 the regiment landed in three separate amphibious operations on New Britain.

One of these landings involved Troop A of the 2nd Squadron landing in rubber boats off Sands against fierce defense that sank all but three of the boats.  The destroyer  sailed close as possible to the enemy defenders to shell them and rescue the survivors of A Troop.

Troop B landed at Pilelo Island from Humphreys in 15 rubber boats on the same day.  When meeting resistance from Japanese troops in caves, Troop B destroyed one with a bazooka and one with a flamethrower the first use of the weapon in the Southwest Pacific area.

The main landings were from amphibious tractors launched from Carter Hall and landing craft from Westralia. In this landing the 112th Cavalry were the first to use the  rocket firing DUKWs.

After linking up with the 1st Marine Division, the 112th was assigned to the 32nd Infantry Division in Aitape Papua New Guinea. The regiment fought in the Battle of Driniumor River for 51 days taking 62% casualties. Two of the regiment's second lieutenants, Dale Eldon Christensen and George W. G. Boyce Jr. were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions during this period.

On 1 October 1944 the 112th Cavalry was combined with the 114th Field Artillery Battalion became the 112th Regimental Combat Team (RCT) and departed Aitape for Leyte in the Philippines on 31 October 1944.  The 112th RCT was attached to the 1st Cavalry Division for the Battle of Leyte and Battle of Luzon.

Following the Japanese surrender, the 112th landed in Japan for Occupation Duties on 3 September 1945.

During World War II the 112th Cavalry served 434 days in combat.  They were the first U.S. Army unit in the Southwest Pacific to use bazookas and flame throwers against enemy defenses and first used rocket firing DUKWs in amphibious assaults.  The 112th were the first unit in the Philippines to use helicopters to evacuate their wounded.

Two of the regiment's late replacements authored books after the war ended. Norman Mailer wrote The Naked and the Dead, and Francis Gwaltney authored The Day the Century Ended, later filmed as Between Heaven and Hell.

Postwar
The regiment was inactivated in Japan in 1946 but was re-organized on 13 November 1947 as the 112th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, then reorganized on 12 September 1949 as the 112th Armored Cavalry Regiment. On 16 March 1957 the regiment became the 112th Armor and was transferred to active service.  In 1961 it was transferred back to the National Guard as part of the 49th Armored Division. Following the reflagging of the 49th Armored Division, the 112th Armor became part of the 56th Brigade of the 36th Infantry Division.

From 1973 all of the Texas Army National Guard armor units were renumbered as battalions of the 112th Armor.  From 1988 to 1993 eight battalions were assigned to the 112th making it then the largest armored regiment in the U.S. Army.

21st Century

On 17 October 2008, the 4th Battalion, 112th Armor was renamed 1st Squadron, 112th Cavalry. The unit carries the colors and lineage of the original 112th Cavalry Regiment. The squadron Headquarters and Headquarters Troop is based in Bryan, Texas, with A Troop, B Troop, and C Troop based in Taylor, Rosenberg, and Houston, respectively. A and B Troops are equipped as cavalry units with HMMWVs, and C Troop is a dismounted infantry unit.

The 1st Squadron, 112th Cavalry is part of the 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team now part of the 35th Infantry Division.

In early 2015, 1-112 Cavalry deployed to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt as multinational force and observers (MFO), tasked with ensuring peace between Israel and Egypt in accordance with the 1979 treaty between the two nations. The squadron completed its tour in November 2015 and redeployed to the United States.

In 2020, 1-112 Cavalry again deployed to the Sinai Peninsula. 1-112 Cavalry officially assumed MFO duties in the Sinai on 8 March 2020, relieving 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment of the Guam Army National Guard. On 24 November 2020, 1-112 Cavalry was relieved by 1st Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery Regiment, also of the Texas Army National Guard.

References

External links
Texas military forces museum
Oral history project

Military units and formations established in 1918
112


Trincomali Channel is a channel between Galiano Island and Saltspring Island in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, Canada.

Etymology
Trincomali Channel is named for the ship HMS Trincomalee, which was assigned to the Royal Navy's Pacific Station at Esquimalt from 1852 to 1856.

Geography
Trincomali Channel is located between Pylades Island to the north; Thetis, Penelakut, and Salt Spring Islands to the west; Valdes and Galiano Islands to the east; and Prevost Island to the south. Active Pass and Porlier Pass link the channel to the Strait of Georgia at the south and north ends of Galiano Island, respectively.

The channel contains several islands, the largest being Parker Island located southwest of Galiano Island.

See also
Active Pass
Sansum Narrows

References

External links
The Friends of HMS Trincomalee website

Landforms of the Gulf Islands
Channels of British Columbia
Straits of British Columbia


Edwards Dam was a hydroelectric dam on the Kennebec River in the U.S. state of Maine. It was located in Augusta, Maine, about  upstream from the Atlantic Ocean. Built in 1837 of timber and concrete, it was  long and  high. It is most famous for its removal in 1999, the first removal of a hydroelectric dam by the government against the wishes of the dam owner.

The dam originally had a fish ladder, but it was destroyed by a flood shortly after construction. It suffered catastrophic breaches in 1839, 1846 and 1855. In 1999, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) refused the renewal of the dam license due to excessive negative environmental impacts, and the dam was removed, freeing a  stretch of the Kennebec River that had been submerged for 162 years.

Geography

The dam was located on the Kennebec River, a river that flows  south from Moosehead Lake, draining roughly one-fifth of the state of Maine. Most of the river's watershed consists of smooth and lightly to moderately developed land, encompassing many small and large lakes. Notable cities along the river include Skowhegan, Waterville, Augusta, Gardiner, and Bath. The Kennebec is tidal as far north as Augusta.

History

Pre-dam

The Kennebec River before the construction of Edwards Dam was extremely important as a spawning ground for Atlantic fish. Its importance, at that time, could be compared to that of the Hudson River and Chesapeake Bay. The estuary at the mouth of the Kennebec was a congregation of islands and salt marshes that provided excellent spawning ground for young fish, namely sturgeon and salmon.

Construction and impacts
In 1837, the Edwards Dam was built across the Kennebec River, just shy of the limit of tidal influence. Made of timber and concrete, it extended  across the river and  high. Its reservoir stretched  upstream, and covered . Immediately after its construction, the population of spawning fish, including but not limited to, Atlantic salmon, river herring, striped bass and sturgeon, plummeted. The local fishing industry was the most heavily hit, and completely disappeared by 1867, 30 years after the construction of Edwards Dam. A series of fish ladders intended to help fish migrate past dams was installed, but were useless causing the anadromous fish population to practically vanish.

However, despite the disappearance of fish populations upstream of the dam, tiny remaining populations existed below the dam. A commercial eel fishery (similar to a fish farm) opened in response to the declining population of American eel.

Pollution
Edwards Dam was originally built to serve the needs of paper mills, which made use of the abundant lumber in the area. These paper mills severely polluted the river, which led to the demise of the last of the striped bass . Towns rose along the banks of the Kennebec in response to the construction of these paper mills. Eventually, by the 1950s, raw sewage flowed into the river in amounts excessive enough to create a strong stench. The river became choked by logs from logging operations upstream, creating stagnation. Oxygen levels in the water plunged, creating major fish kills in 1947, 1957, 1963, and 1965. Indeed, it was said that "the windows of the Maine State House near the river were kept shut during the hot summer months to keep out the river’s foul odor."

Removal

The Edwards Dam's license expired in 1997, and the dam owners wished to renew it. However, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) refused grant their request. This was the first such incidence in the history of the United States and was linked to a 1986 Federal law that requires to "balance the environmental impact of a dam against the value of the electricity it produces" to be monitored by the FERC. Edwards Dam did not pass this requirement and FERC offered two choices to the dam owners:
Remove the dam
Spend $8.9 million to build a fish ladder and an additional $1 million to help repair the environmental damage.
Because the Edwards Dam did not serve any of the purposes of flood control, irrigation, or substantial hydropower production, there was much more purpose to bring it down. Less than one-thousandth of Maine's electricity needs, or 3.5 megawatts, depended on Edwards Dam. Only four people relied on income generated by the dam.

Bath Iron Works and the Kennebec Hydro Developers Group, owners of upstream dams, provided $7.25 million to remove the Edwards Dam. Upstream fish passage projects were postponed in return for this offer.

Removal process
Several stages were involved in the removal of the Edwards Dam.  Crews constructed a gravel cofferdam, about  long upstream of the Edwards Dam. They then dynamited the 60-feet of the dam it sheltered. This temporary dam was removed on July 1, 1999, which reduced the water level in the reservoir by fifty percent. Then, they constructed a  cofferdam to enable the removal of another dam section in the same way.  After the removal of this dam section, the Kennebec River returned to its original free-flowing status, the first time in 162 years.  The remaining  of the dam was removed manually.  They used this debris to fill an intake for the hydroelectric powerhouse as well as fill to redevelop the dam site into a park.

Restoration
Despite several negative visual and environmental factors at first, the ecosystem is healing itself. Initially after the removal of the dam, barren riverbanks and muddy water were evident along the lower  of the Kennebec. Introduced smallmouth bass will suffer from the re-introduced striped bass, which tend to feed on young smallmouth bass. An increase in raptor populations, such as ospreys, bald eagles, herons, cormorants, and kingfishers, will be evident.

Human activities also benefited from the dam removal. The exposure of rapids and the return of native fish species allows many recreational activities, including canoeing, kayaking, whitewater rafting, and fishing. An estimated $48 million is generated annually just from increased sport fishing.

See also
 List of dam removals in Maine

References

External links
Timeline of Edwards Dam

Buildings and structures in Augusta, Maine
Dams in Maine
Dams completed in 1837
United States privately owned dams
Former dams
1999 disestablishments in Maine
Buildings and structures demolished in 1999
Dams with fish ladders


Ronald's opossum (Monodelphis ronaldi) is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae. It was discovered in 2004, and most closely resembles M. adusta. It is known only from Manú National Park, Peru, where it inhabits the Amazon rainforest. It is named after American zoologist Ronald H. Pine.

References

Opossums
Mammals of Peru
Mammals described in 2004


Beremboke is a locality in western central Victoria, Australia. The locality is centred in the northern Brisbane Ranges and in the Moorabool Shire local government area,  west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Beremboke had a population of 165.

Beremboke Post Office opened on 1 January 1877 and closed in 1968.

Beremboke Primary School No.1017. 18xx? - 1977, Classified in the Victorian Government Gazette (June 30, 1891) as a 5th class State School.

Teachers:
Mary Bennett,  listed as teacher appointed Sept 1876 (Vic Govt publications)
George William Eastwood. Listed as appointed teacher March 1880, Head Teacher in Vic. Govt. Gazette (1st Jan 1885 & 30 June 1891).

References

Towns in Victoria (state)


Raizes do Samba is a series of compilation albums of notable Brazilian musicians, mostly of the bossa nova, samba and Tropicalismo genres.

Each of the following artists have their own compilation album CD:

Luiz Ayrão
Ataulfo Alves
Adoniran Barbosa
Bebeto
Elizeth Cardoso
Dorival Caymmi
Beth Carvalho
Cartola
Cinco Crioulos
Demônios da Garoa
Gonzaguinha
Almir Guineto
Clementina de Jesus
Joao Nogueira
Dona Ivone Lara
Meirelles
Carmen Miranda
Clara Nunes
Benito di Paula
Pixinguinha
Roberto Ribeiro
Jair Rodrigues
Elza Soares
Roberto Silva
Moreira da Silva
Paulinho da Viola

References

Bossa nova albums
Compilation album series
Compilation albums by Brazilian artists
2000s compilation albums


The One Lamb is a 2009 American Christian film directed by Bryan Forrest, set to be released on March 30, 2009. It stars John W. Price, Alyson Lowe, Anna Holmes and Bryan Forrest. It is unrated. It was financed by University City United Methodist Church, in North Carolina.

Plot
The One Lamb is the story of Jackson Price (Bryan Forrest) who is diagnosed with cancer, and determined to atone for the sins of his past. He once had everything going his way, but in a moment of weakness he lost everything. He was abandoned by his wife, learns he is dying of cancer, and may not live long. But he's determined to fight, and with a little help from a pastor named Earl (John W. Price), he tries to achieve redemption for his past failures while hoping and praying for a happy, healthy future.

References

External links

 The One Lamb at Allmovie

2009 films
Films about evangelicalism
2009 drama films
American drama films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films