The Detroit Hydrofest (branded as the Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers Detroit Hydrofest for sponsorship reasons) is a H1 Unlimited hydroplane boat race held in August on the Detroit River in Detroit, Michigan.

History
The first race held on the Detroit River was the Gold Cup, in 1916. The community-owned Miss Detroit won the Gold Cup in 1915 on Manhasset Bay, outside of New York City, and earned the right to defend it the following year on home waters. Miss Detroit was a single-step hydroplane, equipped with a 250-horsepower Sterling engine. The designer was the distinguished Christopher Columbus Smith of Chriscraft fame.

The race was run annually after being part of the Gold Cup, and later became known as the APBA Challenge Cup then APBA Gold Cup.

Starting in 1963, the Gold Cup race location was determined by the city with the highest financial bid, rather than by the yacht club of the winning boat. Since 1980, Detroit has hosted the Gold Cup race 30 times, including every year from 1990 through 2014, and from 2016 through 2018. From 1990 to 2014 the Detroit River Regatta Association (DRRA) hosted the APBA Gold Cup. When the DRRA announced in 2015 that it couldn't continue hosting the Gold Cup, the Spirit of Detroit Hydrofest was formed and obtained a multi-year sponsorship from UAW-GM. In 2019, promoters in Detroit elected not to host the Gold Cup and the leaders of the Madison Regatta won the bid for the right to hold the Gold Cup.

Past winners

Note: * - The APBA unlimited hydroplane class began in 1946.

References

External links
Spirit of Detroit Hydrofest website
H1 Unlimited website

H1 Unlimited
Racing motorboats
Hydroplanes
Motorboat racing
Recurring sporting events established in 1916
1916 establishments in Michigan
Detroit River
Sports in Detroit


Anne Fortin (born 1957) is an American/Canadian accounting academic and Professor of Accounting at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She is known for her study on "Users' participation in the accounting standard-setting process."

Fortin received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1983. She is an active researcher on accounting theory. Her areas of research include issues related to ethics and social responsibility of accounting; the development of generic competencies for accounting students; and professional judgment.

Selected publications
Articles, a selection:
 Fortin, Anne. "The 1947 French Accounting Plan: Origins and Influences on Subsequent Practice." The Accounting Historians Journal (1991): 1-25.
 Durocher, Sylvain, Anne Fortin, and Louise Côté. "Users' participation in the accounting standard-setting process: a theory-building study." Accounting, Organizations and Society 32.1 (2007): 29–59.
 Fortin, Anne, and Michele Legault. "Development of generic competencies: Impact of a mixed teaching approach on students' perceptions." Accounting Education: an international journal 19.1-2 (2010): 93–122.

References

External links
 UQAM home page

1957 births
Living people
Business educators
Accounting academics
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
Academic staff of the Université du Québec à Montréal


Robert Alexander Burns (April 4, 1905 – August 12, 1995) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left wing who played 19 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks between 1928 and 1930. Burns spent most of his career, which lasted from 1925 to 1939, in the American Hockey Association (AHA).

Playing career
Burns began his professional career in 1926 with Eddie Livingstone's Chicago Cardinals of the AHA. After the team was forced out of business by the NHL, the AHA assigned his rights to the Chicago Black Hawks. He played one game with the Hawks and the rest of the season for the Duluth Hornets. In 1928–29, he played in seven games for the Black Hawks. He was sent to the Minneapolis Millers the following season but would play in a further twelve games in the NHL for the Black Hawks, scoring his first and only NHL goal. He would play out the rest of his career in the AHA, retiring from pro hockey in 1939.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

External links

1905 births
1995 deaths
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Canadian ice hockey left wingers
Chicago Blackhawks players
Chicago Cardinals (ice hockey) players
Chicago Shamrocks players
Duluth Hornets players
Ice hockey people from Ontario
Kansas City Pla-Mors players
Oklahoma City Warriors (ice hockey) players
Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League (1890–1979) players
Owen Sound Greys players
People from Manitoulin Island
St. Louis Flyers (AHA) players


Daniel E. "Dan" Catullo III is an American concert promoter, director, and producer, and the co-founder and CEO of DC3 Music Group and The City Drive Entertainment Group, both production and distribution companies specializing in 3D films, music videos, documentaries and live DVDs. The companies have produced projects for a range of artists including Rage Against the Machine, Alter Bridge, Creed, Mariah Carey,  Godsmack, and Chickenfoot. He is the Creator, Director and Producer of the groundbreaking series Landmarks Live.

Career
Catullo is a concert promoter, having promoted more than 300 shows in his career. He was the President and Founder of Cement Shoes Records, a record label featuring such bands as Ill Nino and Revolution Mother. It was launched in 2006 with Peter Koepke, the former president and partner of London Records and Jimmy Rollins of the Philadelphia Phillies.  The label closed its doors in 2008.  CSR was distributed by Universal/Fontana.

Catullo was a partner in Serenity Recording, a recording studio complex in Hollywood that he co-founded in 2004 with Sully Erna, the lead singer of hard rock band Godsmack. Some Spiral artists include Justin Timberlake, The Black Eyed Peas, Fergie, Godsmack, Terrence Howard, Macy Gray, John Legend, Mel B, Britney Spears and others.

Recent projects
In December 2012, Catullo produced and released the Sully Erna Box Set, according to the website for the band Godsmack. Also released in 2012 was the Catullo produced Steel Panther release of their first Live DVD British Invasion in Australia in September 2012. The DVD was released worldwide on October 22, 2012. The DVD was filmed at Brixton Academy in London and features a two-hour concert/documentary based on the bands sold-out British tour and is currently the No. 1 selling DVD in Australia

Catullo served as executive producer of the film The Square (2013), a documentary about the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.

In August 2013, Catullo directed the music video for the hard rock band Alter Bridge called "Addicted To Pain". The video was released on September 5, 2013.  This was Catullo's second music video for Alter Bridge. He previously directed the video for "Isolation" in 2010. He also directed and produced both concert DVDs for the band's 2009 "Live From Amsterdam" (2009) and Live From Wembley" (2011).

On July 13, 2013, Catullo directed and produced a film of Mariah Carey with the NY Philharmonic in Central Park for MLB All Star Week.  Details have not been released on what was filmed or when it will be released.

He produced and directed the livestream pay-per-view concert Kiss New Year's Eve 2020 Goodbye concert that broke 2 Guinness world records- one for the highest flame projection in a music concert and another for the most flame projections launched simultaneously in a music concert. It was produced as part of Catullo's own series Landmarks Live Presents, and was filmed with over 50 4K camera with 360-degree views on a 250-foot stage at The Royal Beach at Atlantis.

Benefit specials
Rockin' the Corps – (2005 live variety special) (Director/Producer)
Comedy and music concert at Del Mar Beach, Camp Pendleton for 50,000 Marines returning home from Iraq. Acts included Kiss, Godsmack, Ted Nugent, Destiny's Child, Cedric the Entertainer, Jay Mohr and Louie Anderson.

Filmography, awards and, recognition
 Rush – Rush in Rio (2004-Live Music Special/DVD) (Director) – Won two Telly Awards and the Juno Award for "Music DVD of the year".  Grammy nomination for "Best Rock Instrumental".
 Matchbox Twenty – Show- a Night in the Life of Matchbox Twenty (2004-Live Music Special/DVD) (Producer) – Won two Telly Awards for "Best TV or Cable Program/ Music Video" and Best TV or Cable Program/ Music Video" and a Golden Eagle Cine Award.
 Boz Scaggs – Greatest Hits Live (2004-Live Music Special/DVD) (Executive Producer) – Golden Eagle Cine Award and 2005 Demmy Award nominee.
Catullo was awarded a Guinness World record in 2009 for the most cameras used in a live concert recording. A record 239 cameras were used to record Creed's 'Full Circle' tour.
In 2020, Catullo won an Emmy award for Best Documentary Cultural/Topical for directing, writing and producing the film Breathe Nolan Breathe. The film also won the IndieFEST Film Award of Excellence and was named Best Film of the 2020 Feedback Documentary Film Festival.

Partial filmography
Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy Tour Live in 3D (2010) (Director/ Producer)
Usher Evolution 8701: Live in Concert (2002-TV Special) (Executive Producer)
Nickelback: Live from Sturgis (2007-Live Music Special/DVD) (Director)
The Smashing Pumpkins: If All Goes Wrong (2008-Live Music Special) (Producer)
Alter Bridge: Live from Amsterdam (2009-Live DVD) (Director)
Creed: Creed Live (2009-Live DVD) (Director/Producer)
Chickenfoot: Get Your Buzz on Live (2009– Live DVD)(Director/Producer)
The Black Eyed Peas: Live From The DNC (2008– Documentary/ TV Special) (Director/Producer)
Godsmack:  Changes (2004– Live Music Special/DVD) (Director/ Producer)
Matchbox Twenty: Show A Night in the Life Of (2004– Live Music Special/ DVD) (Producer)
Etta James: Burnin Down The House (2001– Live Music Special/DVD)( Director/Producer)
Marilyn Manson: Guns, God & Government World Tour (2002– Live Music Special/DVD) (Producer)
The Cult: Music Without Fear (2001– Live Music Special/DVD) (Producer)
Dave Matthews Band: The Central Park Concert (2003– Live Music Special/DVD) (Producer)
Steve Miller Band: Live From Chicago (2007– Live Music Special/DVD) (Director/Producer)
U2: In 3D- Live Concert Film (Special Thanks)
Breathe, Nolan, Breathe- Winner of 2020 Emmy for Best Documentary Cultural/Topical.

Businesses
Founder & CEO of DC3 Music Group
Founder & Former President of Coming Home Studios, a music DVD production house.
Founder & Partner of Cement Shoes Records, a record label, founded in 2005 with Jimmy Rollins & Peter Koepke (former President of London Records).
Founder & CEO of The City Drive Entertainment Group, Inc.

Philanthropy
Catullo is active in working with charities including The Wheelchair Foundation, The Thalians and various children's charities.  He is the entertainment chairperson for the Wheelchair Foundation. After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Catullo organized a relief mission to Haiti and in 7 days raised over $1 million in medical supplies and wheelchairs and a donated jet. Catullo's company DC3 is listed as a sponsor of the Global Adolescent Project, a non-profit that was formed shortly after the Plane to Haiti trip. Catullo also sits on its board of directors.

References

External links

DC3Global

American film producers
American film directors
American television directors
American television producers
Living people
1971 births
Music promoters


Gore Bay may refer to:

 Gore Bay, New Zealand
 Gore Bay, Ontario
 Gore Bay, New South Wales – and inlet on the northern foreshore of Sydney Harbour


Lynwood Slim (born Richard Dennis Duran, August 19, 1953, Los Angeles, California; died August 4, 2014) was an American blues harmonica player and singer. Slim was best known as a singer in the style of smooth easy jazz/blues, as well as his harmonica and flute playing.

Biography
Slim started playing the trumpet at age 18, and the harmonica when he was 15. His early influences included Jimmy Reed, Little Walter and Big Walter Horton. He played the Los Angeles music scene then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1974. He became a major force on the music scene, winning awards for best blues band in 1986.

Slim moved to Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1988, returned to Los Angeles later that same year. He started working with Junior Watson, as well as Hollywood Fats Band alumni Larry Taylor, Fred Kaplan and Richard Innes. He started playing the flute after listening to James Moody and Herbie Mann.

Recording credits included a number of solo albums as well as numerous as a guest performer, producer, engineer, arranger and songwriter. Slim was latterly currently signed to Delta Groove, an independent record label based in Van Nuys, California. He toured and recorded in the United States as well as Europe, South America and Australia.

Slim's health declined from early 2011. Initially he was diagnosed with hepatitis C, which he overcame, but the damage to his liver caused cirrhosis. In late 2011, Slim was given news that without a liver transplant he would only survive for two years. In July 2014, he suffered a stroke and died from mounting health challenges on August 4, 2014. Slim did not have health insurance and his family accepted  donations through his website.

Discography
 1996: Soul Feet (Atomic Theory ATM1121)
 1991: Lost in America (Black Magic CD9017)
 1994: Too Small to Dance (Black Magic CD9025) with Big Rhythm Combo (featuring Kid Ramos)
 1997: Lost in America (Atomic Theory ATM1135)
 1998: Back to Back (CrossCut 11059) with Junior Watson
 1998: Off The Wall Jive (Gold Plate GP220371) with Mannie & The Swingin' Hipshakers (featuring Kid Ramos, Otis Grand)
 1999: Too Small to Dance (Pacific Blues PBRC9902) reissue
 1999: World Wide Wood (Pacific Blues PBRC9903)
 2006: Last Call (Delta Groove DGPCD108)
 2010: Brazilian Kicks (Delta Groove DGPCD141) with Igor Prado Band
 2014: Hard to Kill  (Rip Cat RC1116) featuring Johnny "Cat" Soulbrand, The Red Wagons, Alberto Colombo, Nico Duportal, Kid Ramos, Trickbag, Fariz Bouzit, Bluescrowns, Igor Prado Band, Mark Dufresne.

References

External links
 Official Website
 Official site on Myspace

1953 births
Living people
American blues harmonica players
American blues singers
American flautists
Musicians from Los Angeles
Singers from California


Jeffrey M. Allison (born November 7, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

High school career
Allison played high school baseball at Peabody Veterans Memorial High School in Peabody, Massachusetts. In his senior year, Allison was named the 2003 Massachusetts Gatorade High School Baseball Player of the Year and was also named the 2003 Baseball America High School Player of the Year, becoming the first player from Massachusetts to win the honor. In that season, Allison tossed 63 innings without allowing an earned run. He was 9–0 with 142 strikeouts and nine walks, surrendering just 13 hits and one unearned run. He also batted .441 with two home runs and 29 runs batted in. Allison was selected in the first round (16th overall) of the 2003 MLB Draft by the Florida Marlins and signed with them 2 months later. The Marlins paid Allison a reported $1.85 million signing bonus.

Professional career
After signing with the Marlins in 2003, the team did not want to strain Allison's arm after a fairly long high school season and he only appeared in 3 games with the Gulf Coast Marlins of the Gulf Coast League for rookies. Allison went 0–2 with an earned run average (ERA) of 1.00 in 9 innings pitched.

Allison missed the entire season in 2004 as the Florida Marlins placed him on their restricted list. Allison was rumored to have entered a substance abuse treatment program and was forced to forfeit a portion of his signing bonus money.

In 2005, the Marlins began to ease Allison back into professional baseball. They placed him with the Single-A Greensboro Grasshoppers and he started 17 games going 5–4 with a 4.18 ERA and 83 strikeouts in 94.2 innings pitched.

Allison's issues with substance abuse continued and he did not play professional baseball for 2 years.

Allison made a comeback in 2008 after being sober for fifteen months. He was assigned by the Marlins to the Single-A Jupiter Hammerheads and pitched in 26 games, going 9–8 with a 5.22 ERA and 69 strikeouts in 120.2 innings pitched. He was also named to the mid-season Florida State League All-Star Team.

In 2009, Allison was assigned again to the Single-A Hammerheads. In June, he was named as a mid-season All-Star for the second year in a row. He finished the season with a 7–9 record with the Hammerheads and a 3.68 ERA in 25 games pitched, leading the team and finishing second in the league with 3 complete games. Allison also took a step forward in being promoted to the Double-A Jacksonville Suns on August 5, 2009. Although it would be for a spot start with Allison being recalled by Jupiter after the game, he made the most of his opportunity, pitching 5 solid innings and picking up the win.

Allison was promoted full-time to Double-A Jacksonville where he started the 2010 season as a reliever. After making a few spot starts he was promoted to a starting spot. He finished the season with a 6–11 record with a 5.04 ERA in 29 appearances, 20 of them starts.  Allison built momentum through mid-season before struggling down the stretch going 0–4 in his last 4 starts.

Allison again spent the 2011 season with Double-A Jacksonville. He was used primarily as a relief pitcher, appearing in 30 games, 26 of them being in relief. Allison finished the season with a 3–4 record with a 6.26 ERA. Allison finished the season strong after a tough start in which his ERA was over 9.00. At the end of the 2011 season, Allison would become a free agent.

In a February 2012 article by Peter Gammons, Allison was quoted as stating that he would most likely be retiring from professional baseball. Allison stated that he heard a pop in his elbow three years prior but ignored it, the injury would require surgery and an extended rehabilitation period.

Personal struggles
Allison's personal struggles have been well documented, most specifically in a Boston Globe two-part special article that ran in 2004.  After his rookie season in 2003, Allison became increasingly addicted to heroin and OxyContin. He spent the winter between 2003 and 2004 in rehabilitation facilities. Then in July 2004, while on the restricted list he suffered a heroin overdose that nearly took his life.  After his 2005 season, he was again suspended by the Marlins for undisclosed reasons. On August 9, 2006, Allison again suffered a heroin overdose at an apartment in Medford, Massachusetts. In October 2006, in North Carolina he faced felony charges for possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of heroin and resisting a public officer. He was scheduled to appear in court in December but never showed up, and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
On June 8, 2007, Allison was again arrested and charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. This charge carried with it a potential violation of his probation from his arrest in North Carolina. He was sentenced to 75 days in jail due to the violation and three years probation.

Similarities to Josh Hamilton
Many observers, including Allison himself, have pointed out similarities between Allison and MLB All-Star Josh Hamilton. Both Hamilton and Allison were Baseball America High School Players of the Year. Both battled intense drug addiction, Hamilton with cocaine and crack, Allison with heroin and oxycodone. Both had stints away from organized baseball. The two players also both stayed sober for considerable amounts of time and made comebacks. ESPN's Peter Gammons mentioned the similarities between the two players during his commentary at the 2008 MLB All Star Game. Hamilton has also followed Allison's struggles and has even made statements to the media that he would love to talk to Allison about his recovery and offer words of encouragement.

Post-playing career
Starting in 2011, Allison worked as a pitching instructor and head coach at the Show Baseball Academy in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He joined Steve Lomasney as fellow coaches in the program. In 2015, Allison left the Show in order to join the North East Hurricanes and play ball in Salem, New Hampshire. He works as a pitching instructor and director of the program. In addition to coaching, Allison gives speeches to students and shares his experience and struggles in order to promote sobriety.

References

External links

Sportspeople from Peabody, Massachusetts
Gulf Coast Marlins players
Jupiter Hammerheads players
Greensboro Grasshoppers players
Jacksonville Suns players
1984 births
Living people
Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from Essex County, Massachusetts


Leptomyxida is an order of Amoebozoa.

It includes species such as Flabellula citata, Paraflabellula hoguae, Paraflabellula reniformis, Rhizamoeba saxonica and Leptomyxa reticulata.

Taxonomy
The taxonomy of Leptomyxida as revised in 2017 recognizes 23 confirmed species:
Order Leptomyxida
Family Leptomyxidae
Leptomyxa  — 9 species
Family Rhizamoebidae
Rhizamoeba  — 3 species
Family Flabellulidae
Flabellula , (includes former Paraflabellula ) — 10 species
Family Gephyramoebidae
Gephyramoeba  — 1 species

References

External links

Amoebozoa orders
Tubulinea


The Melville Shoe Corporation was a Harrison, New York-based shoe company.

Founded by Frank Melville in 1892, the company was incorporated in 1916. From its inception through 1923 it never had an unprofitable year, and paid dividends on preferred stock from 1916 to 1923.

In 1922 the company was reorganized as the Melville Corporation, which would grow into a major retail conglomerate.

References

Shoe brands
Shoe companies of the United States
Clothing companies established in 1892
American companies established in 1892
1892 establishments in New York (state)
American companies disestablished in 1922
1922 disestablishments in New York (state)
Defunct manufacturing companies based in New York (state)


Birchmoor is a former coal mining village in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. It lies about one mile southwest of Polesworth (where the population details can be found), and 2 miles east of Tamworth, from which it is separated by the M42 motorway and the Staffordshire county boundary. It is generally considered as a district of Polesworth. Birchmoor Colliery (also known as Cockspur Colliery) was opened in 1860 and closed in 1927.

References

External links

Villages in Warwickshire


Radio DeeJay Ioannina is a radio station broadcasting on 89.6 MHz (stereo and RDS) serving Ioannina, Epirus and parts of the north-western Greece. The station is a mixture of mainstream Top 40 and Dance songs, much of the hits are Top 40. The station launched broadcasting on 9 September 2009, based on a 12-year course of Music FM.

For the last 11 years, it is rebroadcasting part of the program of 95.2 Athens DeeJay, but also gives listeners a rich and vibrant local radio program. The main audience covers the age groups 15–34, financially independent with a mid-range or high educational level, who reside in urban centres. The music program is determined by the current music trends in the international music scene while promoting radio hits that will make a difference in the future.

Slogan
Its slogan is Mono epitixies gia ta Ioannina! (Hits only, for Ioannina!)

External links
Official website

Radio stations in Greece
Mass media in Ioannina


Dactylopodida is an Amoebozoa grouping.

References

Amoebozoa orders
Discosea


Washington Avenue is a road in Houston, Texas, United States. It is named for Washington County, as it is part of the original route from Houston to Brenham, the seat of Washington County.

U.S. Highway 90 was routed along Washington Avenue prior to the opening of the Katy Freeway.

Ralph Bivins stated in a newspaper article published by the Chicago Tribune that decades before 1995 the area along Washington Avenue was a "major corridor of commerce" as people used the road to travel between Downtown Houston, the Sixth Ward, and the Houston Heights. Bivins described Washington Avenue in 1995 as a "decrepit" road with used car lots, "boarded-up" buildings, and second-hand stores. Around 2009 the area around the road gentrified and gained a "Yuppie" population.

Entertainment district
Around 2009 the area became a popular entertainment area due to its location near Downtown Houston and the Houston Heights, a community within Houston that forbids the sale of alcohol within its boundaries. By May 2009, the Washington Avenue area gained expensive town houses and condominiums, restaurants, and bars. John Nova Lomax of the Houston Press argues that the spread-out nature of Washington Avenue could cause issues that lead to the decline of the Richmond Strip, a popular party-going district in the 1990s. To alleviate the issue, the clubs on Washington Avenue added jitneys and similar tools to ferry people between clubs.

Craig Hlavaty said "Most Houstonians look at Washington as a destination for Outer Loopers (people living outside of the 610 Loop) hoping to live out a club-life fantasy. For suburbanites, the bottle service, flashing lights, valets, dress codes, long lines and discriminating bouncers are more inviting than off-putting" while "For a seasoned Inner Looper (a person who lives within the 610 Loop), though, one step into Blue Label Lounge or Reign is enough to beat a hasty retreat to Domy Books. The seizure-inducing lighting, random Asian businessmen, pukey-faced girls, fire-breathing bartenders, dancing lingerie models and bachelorette parties chugging bottles of Grey Goose give these clubs a larger-than-life cartoon quality that beats anything on an MTV reality show."

In 2012, Katharine Shilcutt of the Houston Press said that the entertainment "scene" began moving to Midtown and the East End. As a result, many restaurants in the corridor began to increase the quality of the food and many of the clubs had closed. Shilcutt argued that it was more likely that Washington Avenue would become a restaurant-focused area than become a decrepit area like the Richmond Strip.

In his 2010 article, Hlavaty said that Washington Avenue's main area extended for , from TC Jester to Houston Avenue, "plus one block (give or take) to the north and south." In her 2012 article, Shilcutt defined the club district as on Washington Avenue, between Studemont Road and Westcott Street; she said this was because the area east of Studemont is the Old Sixth Ward and the area west of Westcott is Rice Military. The Rice Military Civic Club defines Westcott as its western boundary.

In December 2012 administrators of the city government planned to seek approval to install parking meters along the corridor.

Gallery

See also

 Richmond Strip

References

External links

Entertainment districts in Texas
Roads in Houston


Kandava Municipality () is a former municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 1999 by merging Cēre Parish and Kandava town with its countryside territory. Later it absorbed Matkule Parish, Vāne Parish, Zante Parish and Zemīte Parish the administrative centre being Kandava.

On 1 July 2021, Kandava Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Tukums Municipality.

Twin towns – sister cities

Kandava was a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union.

Charter of European Rural Communities
 Bienvenida, Spain
 Bièvre, Belgium
 Bucine, Italy
 Cashel, Ireland
 Cissé, France
 Desborough, England, United Kingdom
 Esch, Netherlands
 Hepstedt, Germany
 Ibănești, Romania
 Kannus, Finland
 Kolindros, Greece
 Lassee, Austria
 Medzev, Slovakia
 Moravče, Slovenia
 Næstved, Denmark
 Nagycenk, Hungary
 Nadur, Malta
 Ockelbo, Sweden
 Pano Lefkara, Cyprus
 Põlva, Estonia
 Samuel, Portugal
 Slivo Pole, Bulgaria
 Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic
 Strzyżów, Poland
 Tisno, Croatia
 Troisvierges, Luxembourg
 Žagarė, Lithuania

Other twin towns

 Ghelăuza, Moldova
 Lejre, Denmark
 Saku, Estonia
 Šilalė, Lithuania
 Strängnäs, Sweden

See also
 Administrative divisions of Latvia

References

Former municipalities of Latvia


Coolgardie was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1897 to 1930.

The district was located in the Goldfields region, and was based in the town of Coolgardie. In 1898, it also included the settlements of Boorabbin, Bullabulling, Widgiemooltha, Londonderry, Siberia, Dunnsville, Bonnie Vale, and Kunanalling. Its first member was Alf Morgans who served briefly as Premier of Western Australia in late 1901. At the 1930 state election, the district was amalgamated with the neighbouring district of Yilgarn to form the new district of Yilgarn-Coolgardie.

Members for Coolgardie

Election results

References

Coolgardie
Electoral district
1897 establishments in Australia
Constituencies established in 1897
1930 disestablishments in Australia
Constituencies disestablished in 1930


Lapmežciems Parish () is an administrative unit of Tukums Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia.

Towns, villages and settlements of Lapmežciems Parish
 Lapmežciems
 Bigauņciems
 Ragaciems

External links

Parishes of Latvia
Tukums Municipality
Vidzeme


SoReal Cru is a hip-hop dance crew from Houston, Texas who gained fame as the runner-up on the second season of America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC). Before ABDC, they won first place at the World of Dance competition in Pomona in 2008. After the second season of America's Best Dance Crew was over, they returned to MTV for a two-part ABDC special, Battle of the VMA's. In the spin-off, popular crews from seasons one and two competed for an opportunity to win $25,000 for charity and to present the 2008 VMA for Best Dancing in a Video. Alumni crews BreakSk8, Fanny Pak, Kaba Modern, Status Quo, and SoReal Cru participated in the event. SoReal Cru danced to Forever by Chris Brown and made the cut in the preliminary rounds while BreakSk8 and Status Quo were eliminated. After the public voted, SoReal Cru lost to Fanny Pak and Kaba Modern for having the fewest votes. After a dance off at the VMA Preshow, the public voted again, and it was announced during the VMA's that Fanny Pak won.

Andrew Baterina also choreographs for famous Korean-American singer Jay Park. SoReal Cru performed with Jay Park to his song "Abandoned" at The Korean Music Festival. They have a hip-hop dance studio, SoReal Studios, in Houston, Texas. Crew member Brian Puspos competed once again on the seventh season of America's Best Dance Crew as a member of Mos Wanted Crew.

Later career (2010–present)
During an interview with crew member Brian Puspos, it was stated that the crew never broke up but "retired".  The crew members split into different subdivisions such as: SoReal Pac and ArchiTeks. For instance, Andrew Baterina and Jackie Lautchang are lead choreographers for SoReal Pac while Brian Puspos, Mark Fucanan, Brian Fucanan, Pat Lam and Ailyn Isidro are current members of the ArchiTeks. Brian Puspos also became a member of Mos Wanted Crew to represent ArchiTeks

References

External links
SoReal Dance Studio

America's Best Dance Crew contestants
American hip hop dance groups
Dance companies in the United States
Dance in Texas


Degole Parish () is an administrative unit of Tukums Municipality, Latvia. Prior to the 2009 administrative reforms it was part of Tukums District.

Towns, villages and settlements of Degole Parish

References

Parishes of Latvia
Tukums Municipality
Courland


Merzling is a white grape variety used for wine. It was bred in 1960 by Johannes Zimmermann at the viticultural institute in Freiburg, Germany by crossing Seyve-Villard 5276 with the cross Riesling × Pinot gris.

The variety was initially known under its breeding code FR 993-60, and was later named after Merzhausen, a location on the southern edge of Freiburg where some of the vineyards of the institute are located. It received varietal protection in 1993.

Properties

Merzling ripens early, give high yields and shows good resistance against fungal diseases and spring frosts. Its wines are similar to those of Müller-Thurgau.

Offspring

Due to its resistance against fungal diseases, Merzling and Merzling offspring has been used as a crossing partner for many other new crossings, including Baron, Bronner, Cabernet Cantor, Cabernet Carol, Cabernet Cortis, Helios, Monarch, Prior and Solaris.

Synonyms

The only synonyms of Merzling are FR 993-60 or Freiburg 993-60.

References

Hybrid grape varieties


J. C. Murphey Lake is a reservoir in Newton County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Willow Slough Fish and Wildlife Area.

References

External links
Fish information Willow Slough FWA lakes and ponds

Reservoirs in Indiana
Protected areas of Newton County, Indiana
Bodies of water of Newton County, Indiana


Spectrum News 1 Buffalo (formerly Spectrum News Buffalo and Time Warner Cable News Buffalo) is an American cable news television channel owned by Charter Communications, as an affiliate of its Spectrum News slate of regional news channels. The channel provides 24-hour rolling news coverage focused primarily on the Buffalo metropolitan area and Western New York. The channel is carried on Time Warner Cable systems throughout Western New York on channel 9; it is also carried on TWC's Rochester system on digital channel 1277. A modified feed of the channel, Cable 8 News (C8N), is available on Spectrum's Jamestown system, featuring a mix of local news content and content from Spectrum News 1 Buffalo.

As with the rest of its upstate sister news channels in upstate New York, Spectrum News 1 Buffalo shares news content with New York City-based NY1, Charter's flagship regional cable news channel (which the provider carries on the digital tiers of its Upstate New York systems). As with all Spectrum News channels, Spectrum News 1 Buffalo and C8N are exclusive to Charter Spectrum subscribers; areas of Western New York not served by Charter Spectrum (as of 2017, this includes only a portion of central and southern Cattaraugus County) cannot access the channel.

History
The channel was launched at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 25, 2009, as YNN Buffalo. It was initially carried on channel 14 on Time Warner Cable's Buffalo system, before moving to channel 9 in late 2009; YNN also replaced Erie-based NBC affiliate WICU-TV on its Chautauqua County system, local origination channel Time Warner 8 on its Jamestown system and Toronto-based CTV owned-and-operated station CFTO-TV in Toronto on most of its other systems in the region.

YNN Buffalo was the first regional news channel owned by Time Warner Cable to use the "YNN" brand (standing for "Your News Now"), which Time Warner Cable would later expand the following month to its Rochester-based news channel R News. On February 12, 2010, the provider announced that it would expand the "YNN" brand to two of its other news channels in upstate New York – News 10 Now and Capital News 9. The "YNN" brand later expanded to News 8 Austin in 2011 (although NY1 would never adopt the brand and News 14 Carolina would only use "Your News Now" as a slogan and not a branding).

In early 2010, YNN Buffalo became the first regional news channel owned by Time Warner Cable to launch a high definition simulcast feed. On December 16, 2013, the channel rebranded as Time Warner Cable News Buffalo as part of a branding standardization across the provider's news channels (meant to make it as obvious as possible that the channel was only available on Time Warner Cable) that included the introduction of a new graphics and music package.

On September 20, 2016, it was announced that all TWC News channels would be rebranded as Spectrum News months after Charter acquired Time Warner Cable.

In 2021, the channel was renamed to Spectrum News 1 Buffalo.

References

External links
 spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo – Spectrum News 1 Buffalo official website

24-hour television news channels in the United States
Television stations in Buffalo, New York
Television channels and stations established in 2009
Spectrum News channels
2009 establishments in New York (state)


Trish Goff (born June 8, 1976) is an American model, actress and real estate broker.

Early life and career
Goff was born and raised in Northern Florida. She was discovered by a modeling scout at the age of 15. After being discovered, she dropped out of school and moved to New York City to pursue a career in modeling. She has appeared on the cover of a variety of international editions of Vogue and in several Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows.  Goff also appeared in campaigns for Banana Republic, Chanel, Chloé, Christian Dior, Gap, Pollini, Ann Taylor, Louis Vuitton, Versace, and YSL. In 2005, she starred in the psychological thriller Noise.

She returned from a two-year hiatus to close for Alexander Wang fashion show in February 2009. Goff later moved to London with her husband, casting director Angus Munro. The couple later moved to Portugal before divorcing.

After returning to the United States, Goff received her real estate license from New York University and now works as a broker for Compass, Inc. in New York. She lives in Chelsea, Manhattan with her teenage son, Nyima. Goff previously worked for the Douglas Elliman real estate company.

In the midst of the Harvey Weinstein abuse sex scandal, Goff alleged that she too was an abuse victim of Harvey Weinstein.

References

External links

1976 births
21st-century American actresses
Actresses from Florida
American film actresses
Living people
American real estate brokers
Female models from Florida
People from Chelsea, Manhattan


Džūkste Parish () is an administrative unit of Tukums Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. The administrative center is Džūkste.

Towns, villages and settlements of Džūkste parish
 Džūkste
 Lancenieki
 Pienava

See also
 Džūkste Station

References

External links

Parishes of Latvia
Tukums Municipality
Semigallia


Engure Parish () is an administrative unit of Tukums Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia.

References

Parishes of Latvia
Tukums Municipality
Courland


Irlava Parish () is an administrative unit of Tukums Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia. Est. Population 1700 People.

Towns, villages and settlements of Irlava parish
The biggest city in Irlava parish is Irlava but nearby village's also include Snapji and Sāti.
The Abava river flows through Irlava.
Irlava parish is covered in Forests and plains with some well known sites like: Peņku avots, Irlavas graveyard and the Spuņu rock.

References

Parishes of Latvia
Tukums Municipality
Courland


Lypky () is a historic neighborhood of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv located in the administrative Pecherskyi District. The name has derived from a lime tree (Lypa). Lypky is the de facto government quarter of Ukraine hosting the buildings of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament), Presidential Administration and Government; ceremonial residences & hotels traditionally used by politicians.
Lypky became known only recently since the 19th century. During that time it already became known as an elite district. Geographically Lypky is considered to be part of Pechersk (Caves), yet it is located between the Old Kyiv neighborhood (bordering by Khreshchatyk) and the Pechersk neighborhood across the Klov descent and Mechnikov Street.
Streets of Lypky were the scenes of the most bloody episodes of the Euromaidan revolution (2013-2014).

Gallery

Neighborhoods in Kyiv
Pecherskyi District


Representations of the military in the media date from the beginnings of recorded history and since that time soldiers and armies have featured widely in popular culture.  In addition to the countless images of military leaders in heroic poses from antiquity, they have been an enduring source of inspiration in war literature.  Not all of this has been entirely complementary and the military have been lampooned or ridiculed as often as they have been idolized.

Classical antiquity
The classical Greek writer Aristophanes, devoted an entire comedy, the Lysistrata, to a strike organised by military wives where they withhold sex from their husbands to prevent them from going to war.  The Iliad, an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameters traditionally attributed to Homer, is set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Greek states, and tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles.  The Odyssey, also ascribed to Homer, is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, and is fundamental to the modern Western canon.  The Aeneid, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.

Middle Ages
In Medieval Europe, tales of knighthood and chivalry, the officer class of the period, captured the popular imagination.  Writers and poets like Taliesin, Chrétien de Troyes, and Thomas Malory wrote tales of derring-do featuring Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and Galahad.  Even in the 21st century, books and films about the Arthurian legend and the Holy Grail continuing to appear.

A century or so later, in the hands of writers such as Jean Froissart, Miguel de Cervantes, and William Shakespeare, the fictional knight Tirant lo Blanch and the real-life condottiero John Hawkwood would be juxtaposed against the fantastical Don Quixote and the carousing Sir John Falstaff.  In just one play, Henry V, Shakespeare provides a whole range of military characters, from cool-headed and clear-sighted generals, to captains, and common soldiery.  Ludovico Ariosto's romance epic, Orlando Furioso (1516), is a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato, which describes the adventures of Charlemagne, Orlando, and the Franks as they battle against the Saracens with diversions into many sideplots.  Torquato Tasso's poem Jerusalem Delivered (La Gerusalemme liberata, 1580), depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the siege of Jerusalem.

Early modern period
The rapid growth of movable type in the late 16th and early 17th centuries saw an upsurge in private publication.  Political pamphlets became popular, often lampooning military leaders for political purposes.  A pamphlet directed against Prince Rupert of the Rhine is a typical example.  During the 19th century, irreverence towards authority was at its height and for every elegant military gentleman painted by the master-portraitists of the European courts for example, Thomas Gainsborough, Francisco Goya, and Joshua Reynolds, there are the sometimes affectionate and sometimes savage caricatures of Thomas Rowlandson and William Hogarth.

This continued in the 20th century, with publications like Punch in the British Empire and Le Père Duchesne in France, poking fun at the military establishment.  This extended to media other print also. An enduring example is the Major-General's Song from the Gilbert and Sullivan light opera, The Pirates of Penzance, where a senior army officer is satirised for his enormous fund of irrelevant knowledge.

Modern era
The increasing importance of cinema in the early 20th century provided a new platform for depictions of military subjects.  During the First World War, although heavily censored, newsreels enabled those at home to see for themselves a heavily sanitized version of life at the front line.  About the same time, both pro-war and anti-war films came to the silver screen.  One of the first films on military aviation, Hell's Angels broke all box office records on its release in 1929.  Soon, war films of all types were showing throughout the world, notably those of Charlie Chaplin who actively promoted war bonds and voluntary enlistment.

The First World War was also responsible for a new kind of military depiction, through poetry.  Hitherto, poetry had been used mostly to glorify or sanctify war.  The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, with its galloping hoofbeat rhythm, is a prime late Victorian example of this, though Rudyard Kipling had written a scathing reply, The Last of the Light Brigade, criticising the poverty in which many Light Brigade veterans found themselves in old age.  Instead, the new wave of poetry, from the war poets, was written from the point of view of the disenchanted trench soldier.

Leading war poets included: Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, John McCrae, Rupert Brooke, Isaac Rosenberg, and David Jones.  A similar movement occurred in literature, producing a slew of novels on both sides of the Atlantic including notably All Quiet on the Western Front and Johnny Got His Gun.  The 1963 English stage musical Oh, What a Lovely War! provided a satirical take on World War I, which was released in a cinematic version directed by Richard Attenborough in 1969.

The propaganda war that accompanied World War II invariably depicted the enemy in unflattering terms.  The United States, Soviet Union, and Nazi Germany excelled in producing heroic images, placing their soldiers in a semi-mythical context.  Examples of this exist not only in posters but also in the films of Leni Riefenstahl and Sergei Eisenstein.

Alongside this, World War II also inspired films as varied as The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Longest Day, Catch-22, Saving Private Ryan, and The Sea Shall Not Have Them.  The next major event, the Korean War inspired a long-running television series M*A*S*H.  With the Vietnam War, the tide of balance turned and its films, notably Apocalypse Now, Good Morning, Vietnam, Go Tell the Spartans. and Born on the Fourth of July, have tended to contain critical messages.

There's even a nursery rhyme about war, The Grand Old Duke of York, ridiculing a general for his inability to command any further than marching his men up and down a hill.  The huge number of songs focusing on war include "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" and "Universal Soldier".

Although some groups engaged in combat, such as resistance movements, all refer to themselves using military terminology, notably "Army", "Brigade", or "Front", none have had the structure of a national military to justify the reference, and usually have had to rely on support of outside national militaries.

References

History of mass media
Works about the military


Jaunpils Parish () is an administrative unit of Tukums Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia.
It is the birthplace of Latvian scholar Krišjānis Barons.

Towns, villages and settlements of Jaunpils parish
 Jaunpils
 Strutele

External links

Parishes of Latvia
Tukums Municipality
Semigallia


Park Tae-Gyu  (; born 21 February 1990) is a Korean football forward.

He previously played with Serbian club FK Bežanija. In summer 2012 he joined Serbian SuperLiga side FK BSK Borča.

References

1990 births
Living people
Footballers from Seoul
Men's association football forwards
South Korean men's footballers
FK Bežanija players
FK BSK Borča players
FK Spartak Subotica players
Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
South Korean expatriate men's footballers
South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Serbia


Jaunsāti Parish () is an administrative unit of Tukums Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia.

Towns, villages and settlements of Jaunsāti Parish

References

Parishes of Latvia
Tukums Municipality
Courland


The 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III was an international under-18 ice hockey competition organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Both Division III tournaments made up the fourth level of competition of the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 27 February and 5 March 2009  in Taipei, Taiwan and the Group B tournament took place between 9 and 15 March 2009 in Erzurum, Turkey. Australia and Iceland won the Group A and B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division II of the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Group A
The Group A tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan at Annex Ice Rink from 27 February to 5 March 2009.

Final standings

Results
All times are local.

Group B
The Group B tournament was played in Erzurum, Turkey at GSIM Yenişehir Ice Hockey Hall from 9 to 15 March 2009.

Group stage

All times are local.

Playoffs

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final standings

See also
 List of sporting events in Taiwan

References

IIHF World U18 Championship Division III
World
Sports competitions in Taipei
Sport in Erzurum
International ice hockey competitions hosted by Taiwan
International ice hockey competitions hosted by Turkey
Youth ice hockey in Turkey
III


Lestene Parish () is an administrative unit of Tukums Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. The administrative center is Lestene.

A historic church featuring ornate Baroque woodcarvings is located in Lestene.

Towns, villages and settlements of Lestene parish
 Blāzma
 Burtnieki
 Lestene
 Mariņmuiža

References

External links

Parishes of Latvia
Tukums Municipality
Semigallia


Pūre parish () is an administrative unit of Tukums Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. The administrative center is Pūre.

Towns, villages and settlements of Pūre parish
 Daigone
 Dzintars
 Lamiņi
 Meiniķi
 Pūre
 Vildene

See also
 Lamiņi Manor

References

External links

Parishes of Latvia
Tukums Municipality
Courland


The following is a list of hormones found in Homo sapiens.  Spelling is not uniform for many hormones. For example, current North American and international usage uses  estrogen and gonadotropin, while British usage retains the Greek digraph in oestrogen and favours the earlier spelling gonadotrophin.

Hormone listing

Steroid

References

Human hormones
Cell signaling
Signal transduction
human hormones


Intelsat 603 or IS-603, previously named Intelsat VI F-3, is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat. Launched in 1990, it was the second of five Intelsat VI satellites to be launched. The Intelsat VI series was constructed by Hughes Aircraft, based on the HS-389 satellite bus.

Launch
Intelsat 603 was launched at 11:52:31 UTC on 14 March 1990, atop a Commercial Titan III carrier rocket, flight number CT-2, with an Orbus-21S upper stage. The launch took place from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and was intended to place Intelsat 603 into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The Orbus-21S failed to separate from the Titan's second stage, and as a result it was unable to fire, leaving Intelsat 603 in low Earth orbit.

Following the launch failure, Intelsat commissioned NASA to launch a replacement perigee motor to raise the satellite's orbit. During its maiden flight, STS-49, in 1992  rendezvoused with and captured Intelsat 603, and astronauts attached a new Orbus-21S to the satellite. This motor successfully raised the satellite into the planned transfer orbit.

The satellite raised itself into its final geostationary orbit using two liquid-fuelled R-4D-12 engines, with the satellite arriving in geostationary orbit on 21 May 1992.

Operations
Intelsat 603 operated in a geostationary orbit with a perigee of , an apogee of , and 0.3 degrees of inclination. The satellite carried 38 IEEE C band and ten IEEE  transponders, and had a design life of 13 years and a mass of .

Upon arrival in geostationary orbit, Intelsat 603 was placed at a longitude of 34.5 degrees west. It remained there until October 1997, when it was moved to 24.5 degrees west, arriving in November. In August 2002 it was relocated to 19.95 degrees west, where it operated until March 2010. Finally from May 2010 it operated at 11.5 degrees east until it was removed from geostationary orbit in January 2013.

Intelsat confirmed in February 2015 that Intelsat 603 had been retired to a graveyard orbit.

References

Intelsat satellites
Spacecraft launched in 1990
Spacecraft decommissioned in 2013
Spacecraft launched by Titan rockets
Derelict satellites orbiting Earth


Sēme Parish () is an administrative unit of Tukums Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. The administrative center is Sēme.

Towns, villages and settlements of Sēme parish
 Kaive
 Brizule
 Rideļi
  – parish administrative center

See also
 Kaive Oak

References

External links

Parishes of Latvia
Tukums Municipality
Courland


Slampe Parish () is an administrative unit of Tukums Municipality, Latvia, in the region of Semigallia. The administrative center is Slampe.

Towns, villages and settlements of Slampe parish
 Ozolnieki
 Praviņi
 Slampe
 Spirgus
 Sprosti
 Vīksele
 Zvaigznes
Cinevilla Studios

See also
 Praviņi Station
 Slampe Station

External links

Parishes of Latvia
Tukums Municipality
Semigallia


ESC Lille is a French business school founded in 1892. It has two campuses, one in Lille and one in Paris. ESC Lille is EQUIS accredited by the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Education) and the Conference Of The Grandes Ecoles. In 2005, it was the first European business school to be accredited by Project Management Institute’s Global Accreditation Center for Project Management (GACPM), and is still the only PMI-accredited business school in France. In July 2009 the union of Ceram Business School and ESC Lille was announced. It will create the largest French business school in terms of student numbers. The new school, named Skema Business School (School of Knowledge Economy and MAnagement), span three sites in France in Lille, Paris and Sophia Antipolis near Nice and three sites: in China (Suzhou) United States (Raleigh, NC) and Brazil (Belo Orizonte).

In May 2019 SKEMA Business School announced the opening of a new site in Cape Town (South Africa) and the possibility to enter in Russia and India.

Ranking

In 2009, the ESC Lille Grande Ecole Programme ranked 14th in the Financial Times ranking of European Masters in Management.

In 2008, the school was ranked #47 in the "European Business School ranking" of Financial Times.

External links
ESC Lille Official Website
Skema Business School

References

Lille
Educational institutions established in 1892
1892 establishments in France


Bankova Street (, vulytsia Bankova) is a street in central Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, located in the Lypky neighborhood of the Pechersk District. Most of the street is pedestrianised and closed-off, as it houses the Presidential Office of Ukraine and various official residences, notably the House with Chimaeras.

History
Bankova Street was first constructed during the 1870s on the estate of Governor-General F. Trepov. During its history, the street was named Tsaredarska, Trepovska (in honor of G.G. Trepov), Bankova, Komynistychna (from 1919-1938), and Ordzhonikidze (1938-1992). During World War II was named as Bismarck-Strasse. The street was renamed once again to its historic name, "Bankova," in 1992. The present name comes from the 1840 building of the Kyiv Office of the State Bank, hence "Bank Street". Today the bank is located at 7 Instytutska Street.

The street runs between Instytutska Street and Kruhlouniversitetska Street passing Lyuteranska Street. At No.2 was the mansion of the sugar magnate Simkha Liebermann, now is the headquarters of the Ukrainian Writers' Union, originally built in 1879 and redesigned for Liebermann in 1898 by the architect Vladimir Nikolayev. At No's 9 and 11 there is located the Presidential Administration of Ukraine and No.10 is the House with Chimaeras.

A segment between Luteranska and Kruhlouniversitetska streets has a one way towards Kruhlouniversitetska.

Infrastructure
From 1905 to around 1946, a tram line (at various times No.7 and 18, respectively) ran through the street, connecting the Bessarabska Square near Khreshchatyk and Hrushevsky Street.

The southern portion close to Lutheran Street has limited access and is fenced off with checkpoints around the Presidential administration. There are stairs that lead to a small park that is the backyard of House with Chimaeras. The park is at a lower grade compared to Bank Street, but on the same grade as a park of the Franko Drama Theater. The area belongs to the Kyivenerho where is located the headquarters of the company in a building of the former 8th Kyiv Gymnasium.

There is information that underneath the Presidential administration building and buildings of the parliamentary committees exists a system of underground passages.

Addresses
 1/10
 2 Lieberman House, built 1898
 3
 5-7 Building of parliamentary committees
 6-8 Building of parliamentary committees
 10 House with Chimaeras, built 1901-03 for Władysław Horodecki, now a presidential residence and a headquarters of State Protocol and Ceremonials
 11 Presidential Administration building, built 1930s
 12

Gallery

See also
1 December 2013 Euromaidan riots

Further reading

 Galina Savchuk, The Streets of Kiev, (Kiev, 1996).

Notes

References

External links
 5-7 Bankova street
 3 Bankova street

Streets in Kyiv
Pedestrian streets in Ukraine
Presidency of Ukraine
Pecherskyi District


Smārde Parish () is an administrative unit of Tukums Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia.

Towns, villages and settlements of Smārde parish

Parishes of Latvia
Tukums Municipality
Courland


Tume Parish () is an administrative unit of Tukums Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. The administrative center is Tume.

Towns, villages and settlements of Tume parish
 Ezerkauķi
 Gaiļi
 Krīvi
 Tume

See also
 Jaunmokas Manor

References

External links

Parishes of Latvia
Tukums Municipality
Courland


Vāne Parish () was an administrative territorial entity of Tukums Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. It was part of the former Kandava Municipality from 2009 until 2021.

History
In the territory of today's Vāne Parish there were historically Aizupe Manor (, Aizupe), Vāne Manor (, Vane), Varieb Manor (, Varieba).

In 1935 the area of Vāne Parish was 60.2 km². In 1945 the parish councils of Vāne and Sarcene were established, but in 1949 the parish was dissolved. In 1954 the villages of Sarcene and Varieb were added to the village of Vāne and in 1973 the village of Aizupe was also added. In 1990 the village was reorganized into a parish. In 2009, the parish was included as an administrative territory in Kandava Municipality.

Towns, villages and settlements of Vāne parish
  – parish administrative center

See also
Aizupe Manor

References

Parishes of Latvia
Tukums Municipality
Courland


Auke Lake (Áak'w or Yax̱te in Tlingit, literally 'lake lake') is a  lake located in Auke Bay in Juneau, Alaska.

Dolly Varden, cutthroat, steelhead and four varieties of salmon all live in Auke Lake. The views of Mt. McGinnis and the Towers from the Glacier Hwy side of Auke Lake are one of the most photographed in Juneau and Alaska. Other claims to fame include the flamingo house and the Auke Lake Curling Club.

External links
 https://web.archive.org/web/20120503113823/http://juneauempire.com/stories/050408/out_275269315.shtml
 https://web.archive.org/web/20151203201753/http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-04-04/photo-ready-river
 https://web.archive.org/web/20140803092713/http://juneauempire.com/local/2014-03-07/winter-sport-takes-stones#.UxwBN9__5k8

Lakes of Juneau, Alaska
Lakes of Alaska


Viesati Parish () is an administrative unit of Tukums Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia.

Towns, villages and settlements of Viesati Parish

Parishes of Latvia
Tukums Municipality
Courland


Bait money or bait bills are bills with known serial numbers, used by banks to aid the tracing of bank robbers.

The serial numbers are recorded by the bank either by making a copy or by listing in a log book. During a bank robbery, if a robber has taken the bait money, details of this can be passed on to the police. If the money is found in the possession of someone, or used to purchase goods, this can make it easier to find the suspect of the bank robbery. Bait bills were used by investigators of the 1932 Lindbergh kidnapping in the United States.

References

Bank robbery


Zante parish () is an administrative unit of Tukums Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia.

Towns, villages and settlements of Zante parish

References

Parishes of Latvia
Tukums Municipality
Courland


Zentene Parish () is an administrative unit of Tukums Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia.

Towns, villages and settlements of Zentene parish
 Dumpiete
 Dzirciems
 Jaunpļavas
 Rindzele
 Zentene

References

Parishes of Latvia
Tukums Municipality
Courland


Jerry Crasnick is an American sportswriter and baseball executive. He is a senior advisor to the Major League Baseball Players Association. Previously, he wrote for the sports website ESPN.com, the Biddeford Journal Tribune, the Portland Press Herald, and The Cincinnati Post.

Early life and education
Crasnick is from Munjoy Hill in Portland, Maine. Crasnick received his bachelor's degree in Communications from Boston University.

Career
Crasnick began his career working for the Biddeford Journal Tribune in Maine, as well as the Portland Press Herald. In 1988, Crasnick served as the beat writer for The Cincinnati Post where he covered the Cincinnati Reds. During his time as beat writer, Crasnick covered Pete Rose and his suspension from Major League Baseball. Crasnick also covered the Reds' 1990 World Series championship, and five years of Marge Schott's tenure as owner of the Reds.  He has worked for The Denver Post and Bloomberg News, while also writing for The Sporting News and Baseball America.

In addition to his website and newspaper work, Crasnick is the author of the book License to Deal: A Season on the Run with a Maverick Baseball Agent. The book's main focus is on the story of Matt Sosnick who left his job as a chief executive officer to become a baseball agent.

Crasnick covered baseball for ESPN.com. In addition to his numerous articles, Crasnick often moderates baseball-themed chats and is a guest on ESPN podcasts.

In 2019, the Major League Baseball Players Association hired Crasnick as a senior advisor for media relations.

Personal life
Crasnick lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with his wife and two daughters.

References

External links
 ESPN Home Page
 ESPN Insider Home Page
 Baseball America Home Page
 Jerry Crasnick Archive Page
 Jerry Crasnick Chat Archive Page
 Jerry Crasnick Twitter Home Page

Living people
1958 births
Baseball writers
American sportswriters
Boston University College of Communication alumni
Sportspeople from Portland, Maine
Writers from Portland, Maine


Jimmy Barrett (born 1949 in Cork, Ireland) is a former Irish sportsperson.  He played Gaelic football with his local club Nemo Rangers and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1970 until 1978.

Playing career

Club
Barrett played his club football with the famous Nemo Rangers club and enjoyed much success.  He lined out in his first senior county championship final in 1970, however, Muskerry defeated Nemo in their first final appearance.  Two years later Barrett captured that elusive county winners' medal when Nemo Rangers defeated UCC.  Nemo's march to success continued later in the year as the club captured the Munster club title before Barrett lined out in the All-Ireland final.  St. Vincent's of Dublin provided the opposition, however, a late Jimmy Keaveney point forced a draw and a replay.  First-half goals in the replay by Barrett and Billy Cogan were followed by two more Liam Goode and Séamus Coughlan goals in the second-half.  The final score of 4–6 to 0-10 gave Barrett a first All-Ireland club winners' medal.

Two years later in 1974 Barrett added a second county championship winners' medal to his collection.  A second Munster club title quickly followed, before Nemo booked their place in another All-Ireland final.  UCD provided the opposition on that occasion, however, Barrett's side were defeated by 1–11 to 0–12.  1975 saw Barrett capture a third county title.  A third Munster club winners' medal soon followed, however, Nemo were trounced in the subsequent All-Ireland semi-final.

After surrendering their county title in 1976, Nemo were back the following year with Barrett picking up a fourth county winners' medal.  A fifth county championship of the decade followed in 1978 before Barrett collected a fourth Munster club title.  The subsequent All-Ireland final pitted Nemo against Scotstown of Monaghan.  Snow hampered the game, however, Frank Cogan proved the hero as Nemo won the game by 2–9 to 1–3.  It was his second All-Ireland club winners' medal.

Inter-county
Barrett first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor football team in the early 1960s.  He won a Munster title in this grade in 1967, following a 2–8 to 0-3  thrashing of Kerry.  Cork later qualified for the All-Ireland final where Laois provided the opposition.  An easy 5–14 to 2–3 win gave Barrett an All-Ireland minor winners' medal.

In the same year Barrett secured a rare dual All Ireland Minor success in both codes in the same year after lining out at midfield for Cork Minor hurlers, defeating Wexford 2–15 to 5–3 to win the All-Ireland final.

Barrett later moved onto the Cork under-21 team where he enjoyed some further success.  He won a Munster title in this grade in 1970, before later lining out in the All-Ireland final.  A convincing 2–11 to 0–9 defeat of Fermanagh gave Barrett an All-Ireland winners' medal in the under-21 grade.

By the late 1960s Barrett had joined the Cork senior team, however, they had to play second fiddle to Kerry.  In 1971 Cork were back.  A 0–25 to 0-14 trouncing of back-to-back All-Ireland champions Kerry gave Barrett a Munster winners' medal.  Cork, however, were later defeated by eventual champions Offaly in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Two years later Barrett secured his second Munster winners' medal.  The 5–12 to 1–15 defeat of arch-rivals Kerry showed the traditional football powers that Cork were coming.  The subsequent All-Ireland final pitted Cork against Galway.  Teenager Jimmy Barry-Murphy scored the first of his two goals after just two minutes before scored a third for Cork after switching to left wing-forward.  At full-time Cork were the champions by 3–17 to 2–13.  This victory gave Barrett an All-Ireland  winners' medal.

Cork continued their provincial dominance in 1974.  A 1–11 to 0–7 defeat of Kerry gave Barrett a third Munster winners' medal.  This victory resulted in Cork being installed as the favourites to retain their All-Ireland title.  An air of overconfidence crept into the side as Barrett's side were defeated by eventual champions Dublin in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Inter-provincial
Barrett also lined out with Munster in the inter-provincial football competition.  He first played with his province in 1970, however, success was slow in coming.  Barrett was dropped from the team completely in 1971, however, he was back in 1972.  That year Munster defeated Leinster in a replay, giving him a Railway Cup winners' medal.  Three years later in 1975 Barrett captured a second Railway Cup title following a high-scoring victory over Ulster.

Honours

Nemo Rangers
All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship:
Winner (2): 1973, 1979
Runner-up (1): 1975
Munster Senior Club Football Championship:
Winner (4): 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978
Runner-up (1): 1977
Cork Senior Football Championship:
Winner (5): 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978
Runner-up (1): 1970

Cork
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship:
Winner (1): 1973
Munster Senior Football Championship:
Winner (3): 1971, 1973, 1974
Runner-up (3): 1969, 1970, 1972

Sources
 Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
 Cronin, Jim, A Rebel Hundred: Cork's 100 All-Ireland Titles.
 Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).

References

1949 births
Living people
Nemo Rangers Gaelic footballers
Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers
Munster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers
Gaelic football managers


Yilgarn was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1894 to 1930.

First created for the 1894 election, the district was located in the Goldfields region. In 1898, it was centred on the town of Southern Cross and included several other settlements along the Eastern Goldfields Railway, such as Yellowdine. At the 1930 election, the district was amalgamated with the neighbouring district of Coolgardie to form the new district of Yilgarn-Coolgardie. Sitting member Edwin Corboy transferred to the new seat.

Members for Yilgarn

Election results

References

Yilgarn
Constituencies established in 1894
1894 establishments in Australia
Constituencies disestablished in 1930
1930 disestablishments in Australia


Out of the Closet is a nonprofit chain of thrift stores whose revenues provide medical care for patients with HIV/AIDS. The chain is owned and operated by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), a Los Angeles-based charity that provides medical, preventive, and educational resources for patients. AHF is the nation's largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare, research, prevention, and education provider. Out of the Closet thrift stores generate income to help fund the medical services AHF provides for those patients who are unable to pay. Proceeds from Out of the Closet Thrift Stores directly benefit AHF.

Background

Out of the Closet was founded by AHF president and co-founder Michael Weinstein, whose retail experience stemmed from his family's furniture business on the East Coast. He opened the first location in Atwater Village in 1990. The 'Out of the Closet' name has been federally trademarked by AHF since 1997.
There are now over 20 Out of the Closet locations throughout the United States, including four locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, three in Texas, five locations in Florida (including Orlando, St Petersburg and Miami), one in Ohio (in Columbus), and a location in New York City. A location opened in Capitol Hill, Seattle, in 2014.

In addition to regular thrift store operations, several stores also offer additional services, including free rapid STD and HIV testing on a walk-in basis, along with counseling in a separate location of the store.

References

External links

 AIDS Healthcare Foundation

1990 establishments in California
Atwater Village, Los Angeles
HIV/AIDS organizations in the United States
Non-profit organizations based in Los Angeles
Organizations established in 1990
Retail companies based in California
Retail companies established in 1990


The Frederick C. Bogk House is Frank Lloyd Wright's only single-family residential project in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bogk was an alderman and secretary-treasurer of the Ricketson Paint Works. This house embodies Wright's prairie style elements into a solid-looking structure that appears impregnable.

History

In the mid-1910s, developer Arthur Richards was promoting Wright's new American System-Built Homes, which were standardized home designs for moderate income housing. During this time, Wright had designed several projects for associates of Richards, but only two were built: the Munkwitz Apartments (Milwaukee, 1916), and this residence for Frederick C. Bogk. By this time, Wright's popularity was in decline, mostly due to personal troubles. The house was designed in 1916, shortly after the murder of his mistress, Mamah Borthwick, and destruction of the residential wing at his home, Taliesin, and during the same period as his Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.

The house was built in 1917 at a cost of $15,000. The current owners, Robert and Barbara Elsner, purchased the home in 1955.

Design

The façade of the Bogk house, with its buff brick columns framing leaded art glass windows, capped by decorative cast concrete under broad eaves and a low pitched hip roof suggests the influence of the Imperial Hotel in Japan, which was under construction at the time this house was built. The sophisticated balance of horizontal and vertical lines further reflects the strong Japanese influence.

The understated entrance is located at the side of the house, opening onto the driveway. The first-floor interior is a fluid succession of rooms sprawling under a low-lying ceiling. The living room extends across the front of the house, with a dining room at the right rear of the living room, up a few steps. A bedroom above the attached garage at the rear was for the maid; this extends out of the rectangular plan of the main house. There are four bedrooms and a sitting room upstairs.

Tall, narrow leaded glass windows both frame the regular windows, and appear by themselves as design elements. Similar glass panes are embedded in interior brick walls, with lights behind. There is a tiled goldfish pond against one wall of the living room, and a plaque above it with an image of cranes. Built-in light fixtures and other decorative elements are common. There is some built-in furniture, such as desks and bookshelves. The other furniture is not original to the house, but is Wright's design. The current carpeting is a reproduction of Wright's original design.

See also
 List of Frank Lloyd Wright works

References

 Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006,  (S.196)

External links
WRIGHT AND LIKE: MILWAUKEE TOUR
Architecture Travel: Unpronounceable, Unforgettable Bogk

 UWM Libraries Digital Collections : Item Viewer
Wright in Wisconsin
Photos on Arcaid
Bogk House on LoC

Frank Lloyd Wright buildings
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
Houses in Milwaukee
National Register of Historic Places in Milwaukee
Prairie School architecture in Wisconsin
Houses completed in 1917


The United States Golf Association Museum and Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History is home to the world's premier collection of golf artifacts and memorabilia. It is located adjacent to the United States Golf Association’s headquarters in Liberty Corner, Bernards Township Somerset County, New Jersey.

The USGA Museum is an educational institution dedicated to fostering an appreciation for the game of golf, its participants, and the Association. It serves as a caretaker and steward for the game’s history, supporting the Association’s role in ensuring the game’s future.

By collecting, preserving, and interpreting the historical developments of the game in the United States, with an emphasis on the Association and its championships, the Museum aims to promote a greater understanding of golf’s cultural significance for a worldwide audience.

Museum history

The origins of the USGA Museum can be traced to 1935, when George Blossom, a member of the USGA’s Executive Committee, first proposed the creation of a collection of historical golf artifacts. One year later, in an effort to formalize the Museum, the USGA Museum and Library Committee was created with the primary function of collecting historically significant artifacts and books. The first significant donation to the Museum – Bobby Jones’ legendary putter, Calamity Jane II – followed in 1938.

For the first 16 years of its existence, the Museum had no formal home and artifacts were displayed throughout the USGA offices in New York. In 1951, when the Association purchased the property at 40 East 38th Street in New York City, the first dedicated display space for the collections was created and the Museum was formally opened. Since 1972, the USGA's headquarters in Liberty Corner, New Jersey, has provided public exhibition galleries, staff offices and collections storage for the Museum. The Museum is housed in a building designed in 1919 by John Russell Pope, a noted architect who also designed the National Archives Building and the Jefferson Memorial.

In 2005, the Museum was closed for a three-year renovation and expansion project. The Museum, which re-opened June 3, 2008, now includes the Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History, which provides  of additional space, with more than  of new exhibition galleries, a research center and technologically advanced storage rooms.

Museum exhibits

The USGA Museum showcases the nation's largest and most significant collection of golf artifacts and documents. The interactive multimedia exhibits tell the story of the game's development in the United States, highlighting the greatest moments in the game's history, with a particular focus on USGA champions and championships.

The Spirit of Championship Golf
A six-minute introductory film – The Spirit of Championship Golf – brings visitors into the world of USGA championships, exploring the physical, mental, and emotional skills required to excel at the game's highest level. The program comprises interviews with USGA national champions, including some of the game's most popular players such as Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Nancy Lopez, Arnold Palmer, and Annika Sörenstam.

The Hall of Champions
The Hall of Champions, the signature architectural space in the Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History, celebrates every USGA champion and championship to date. The oval rotunda, illuminated by a clerestory, houses all 13 USGA national championship trophies, while the names of every USGA champion, such as eight-time winners Bobby Jones and Tiger Woods, are inscribed on bronze panels that encircle the room.

Permanent Galleries
The Permanent Galleries in the USGA Museum tell the story of golf in America, from the late 19th century to the present. Each gallery focuses on an era and iconic moment – champions and events in the game's history that are pivotal for understanding the growth, evolution, and significance of the game in U.S. history.  Special rooms are dedicated to Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, and Arnold Palmer.

The Pynes Putting Course

The Pynes Putting Course is a , nine-hole facility that allows visitors to test their putting skills over the course's humps and swales with replica antique clubs and balls from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The course was inspired by the world-renowned Himalayas Putting Green at St Andrews Links in Scotland.  Starting positions for each hole are marked.  Par is not indicated on the course scorecard but two-putts are well-earned.

The Pynes Putting Course is open to visitors during regular museum hours annually from April to October, weather permitting. Museum visitors receive a souvenir square-mesh golf ball and can choose from replicas of four classic putters, such as Bobby Jones’ famous Calamity Jane II, to play the nine-hole course that is altered on a weekly basis.

See also

 Golf in the United States
 History of golf
 Jack Nicklaus Museum
 R&A World Golf Museum

References

External links
USGA Museum website
 USGA website
 USGA Photo Collection online store

Golf museums and halls of fame
Golf in the United States
Sports museums in New Jersey
Museums in Somerset County, New Jersey
Museums established in 1936
1936 establishments in New Jersey
John Russell Pope buildings
Bernards Township, New Jersey


Brad Ludden is a professional kayaker born in Sheridan, Wyoming on May 8, 1981. He started kayaking internationally at the age of twelve. His career has taken him to more than forty countries.

Ludden is the founder of a charity called First Descents, an organization that benefits cancer patients. At age 12, Brad learned his aunt was diagnosed with cancer, and shortly after his mother began volunteer work at a local pediatric oncology camp. He volunteered one day each summer, instructing campers on kayaking. This is when he realized he could serve his community while kayaking. In 1999 he began construction of First Descents and in 2001,  construction was finished, with aid from The State of Colorado.

In 2008 he was named Cosmopolitan Magazine's "Hottest Bachelor in America." Ludden's has also started a blog known as Athletes Giving  where he highlights athletes involved in charitable work. He lives in Kalispell, Montana. he has numerous sponsorship deals, including deals with - Nike, Smith Optics . Dagger Kayaks, Subaru, AT Paddles, Kokatat , and Training Day

Philanthropy
First Descents - Founder

Kayaking Career Competition Results
 3rd Place Cadet Division at the JR Nationals 1994
 JR National Freestyle Champion 1999
 3rd Place JR World Freestyle Championships 1997
 1st Place Japan Open 1998
 3rd Place European Open 1998
 x Freestyle Athlete of the year, Adventure Quest Kayak Academy 1998, 1999
 2nd Place JR World Freestyle Championships 1999
 1st Place Lofer Rodeo Austria 2000
 Teva Mountain Games medals between 2001 and 2008

References

External links
 Sports Illustrated Adventure "Show Boaters"
 USA Today First Descents program raises hope for cancer patients
 Cosmopolitan Magazine's Hottest Bachelor in America 2008
 Cosmopolitan Being a Cosmo Bachelor: The Play-by-Play
 Vail Daily
 Vail Magazine "The Many Dimensions of Brad Ludden
 Outdoors Fan House

Kayakers
1981 births
Living people
People from Kalispell, Montana


Sparkie Williams (1954–1962) was a talking budgie who had a repertoire of more than 500 words and eight nursery rhymes, becoming a national celebrity after fronting an advertising campaign for Capern's bird seed, and making a record which sold 20,000 copies. After he died, he was stuffed and put on show at Newcastle's Hancock Museum. Sparkie provided the inspiration for an opera by Michael Nyman and Carsten Nicolai. The opera was performed in Berlin in March 2009.

History
Hatched and bred in North East England, Sparkie was owned by Mrs. Mattie Williams, who lived in Forest Hall, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He earned his name after Mrs Williams called him "A bright little spark", and she taught him to speak, recite songs and sing nursery rhymes. Sparkie had a huge repertoire of words and sayings. By the time he was three-and-a-half, he had won the BBC International Cage Word Contest in July 1958. He was so good, in fact, that he was disqualified from taking part again.

Sparkie was courted by bird seed sellers and fronted the advertisement campaign for Capern's bird seed for two years. He was recorded talking with budgie expert Philip Marsden on BBC radio, and appeared on the BBC Tonight programme with Cliff Michelmore. When Sparkie died on Tuesday 4 December 1962, Mattie Williams had him stuffed and mounted on a wooden perch at the renowned taxidermy establishment, Rowland Ward Ltd. of Piccadilly, London. He was then taken on a tour of Britain in an exhibition of his life and work, before coming back to the Hancock Museum in 1996. Sparkie Williams is acclaimed as the world's most outstanding talking bird in the Guinness Book of Records.

Sparkie and his archive now form part of the collections owned by the Natural History Society of Northumbria.

Opera
The opera inspired by Sparkie is based on Michael Nyman's 1977 piece Pretty Talk. The original piece used material from a record made by Capern's bird food company to help customers teach their pet birds to talk. The 7-inch flexi disc played short sentences spoken by Sparkie's owner, Mrs Williams, to encourage her pet to speak followed by replies from Sparkie himself. The opera, Sparkie: Cage and Beyond, features further recordings from the "Sparkie" archives of the Natural History Society of Northumbria. A CD of Sparkie talking has already been released.

On display
Sparkie is among the exhibits on show in the Great North Museum: Hancock.

See also
 List of individual birds

References

External links
 Great North Museum: Hancock > Sparkie – summary of Sparkie's career and achievements, with pictures

Animals kept as pets
Aviculture
Individual talking birds
Individual parrots
1954 animal births
1962 animal deaths
Individual animals in the United Kingdom


Sir John Tresidder Sheppard, MBE  ( – ) was an eminent classicist and the first non-Etonian to become the provost of King's College, Cambridge.

Early life
John Sheppard was educated at Dulwich College. He went up to King's College, Cambridge, where he studied Classics and won the Porson Prize.

Career
He was a lecturer in classics at King's College of Cambridge University from 1908 to 1933 and was provost from 1933 to 1954. During the Second World War he performed intelligence work, for which he was appointed MBE; he was knighted in 1950 for his services to Greek.  During his long career he translated many famous Greek classics, and published several books on the subject, including The Pattern of the Iliad, Greek Tragedy, and Aeschylus & Sophocles: Their Work and Influence.

Personal life
John Sheppard was openly homosexual. He was knighted in the 1950 King's Birthday Honours List.

References

External links

1881 births
1968 deaths
20th-century English male writers
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
English classical scholars
Knights Bachelor
Members of the Order of the British Empire
People educated at Dulwich College
Provosts of King's College, Cambridge
Presidents of the Cambridge Union
British gay writers
Gay academics


Teodoro García Simental (a.k.a.: El Teo and El Tres Letras, born 1974) is a former drug lord and lieutenant of the Mexican criminal organization known as the Tijuana Cartel, and later allied with the Sinaloa Cartel. He was arrested by Mexican Federal Police - Special Forces on 12 January 2010 in La Paz, Baja California Sur.

Biography
He started working for Tijuana Cartel in 1995, along with his brother, Antonio García Simental, (alias "8-9" or "El Chris"), who was a cartel enforcer, under the orders of Ramón Arellano Félix. When the Tijuana Cartel leader Eduardo Arellano Félix was arrested on October 25, 2008, a violent power struggle erupted between Teodoro García and Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano over the leadership of the Tijuana cartel. Teodoro García left the organization, formed his own gang, and forged an uneasy alliance with the rival Sinaloa Cartel. When splitting from the Tijuana Cartel, his faction engaged in a war with it, which caused violent crime in Tijuana to increase significantly. According to Tijuana's Chief of Police, García was principally responsible in the late 2000s for the increase in the number of homicides in the city.

Teodoro García is best known for running an extortion and kidnapping network, and is also known for dissolving the bodies of those who are in business with rival drug gangs by drowning them in caustic soda. Upon being arrested, García's lieutenant, Santiago Meza López — known as the Stew Maker, claimed to have dissolved over three hundred bodies this way in 2008. The Mexican Army stated that it believed Meza's claims to be true.

Arrest
The Mexican Federal Police was offering a $2 million USD bounty for information leading to the capture of Teodoro García Simental. He was also wanted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Teodoro García Simental was arrested on January 12, 2010, by Mexican Federal Police in a luxury home complex named Fidepaz, located in La Paz, Baja California Sur. He was arrested together with an individual by the name of Diego Raymundo Guerrero García. One month later, on February 7, 2010, Manuel García Simental, Teodoro's younger brother and lieutenant, was arrested in the Baja California port city of La Paz. Authorities feared Manuel was planning to reignite a gang war for control of Tijuana's drug trafficking routes.

See also
Mérida Initiative
Mexican Drug War
List of Mexico's 37 most-wanted drug lords
War on Drugs

References

External links

Photo gallery related to Teodoro El Teo García

1974 births
Fugitives
Living people
Mexican drug traffickers
People from Culiacán
Sinaloa Cartel traffickers
Tijuana Cartel traffickers


Yilgarn-Coolgardie was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1930 to 1950. Located in the Goldfields region, the district was an amalgamation of the former districts of Yilgarn and Coolgardie. Created for the 1930 state election, its first member was Edwin Corboy of the Labor Party, previously the member for Yilgarn. He was succeeded at the 1933 state election by George Lambert, also of the Labor Party, who had been the last member for Coolgardie. Yilgarn-Coolgardie was abolished at the 1950 state election. Incumbent member Lionel Kelly then transferred to the new seat of Merredin-Yilgarn.

Members for Yilgarn-Coolgardie

Election results

Yilgarn-Coolgardie
Coolgardie, Western Australia
1930 establishments in Australia
1950 disestablishments in Australia
Constituencies established in 1930
Constituencies disestablished in 1950


The southern ribbon snake (Thamnophis saurita sackenii), also known commonly as the peninsula ribbon snake and the Florida ribbon snake, is a subspecies of garter snake in the family Colubridae. It is one of four subspecies of the ribbon snake (Thamnophis saurita).

Etymology
The subspecific name, sackenii, is in honor of Russian entomologist Carl Robert Romanovich von der Osten-Sacken.

Geographic range
The southern ribbon snake occurs in the southeastern United States in extreme southern South Carolina, southeastern Georgia, and peninsular Florida, at elevations from sea level to .

Description
T. saurita sackenii is smaller than the other three other subspecies of T. saurita. Adults of T. s. sackenii are  in total length (including tail). The dorsal color is greenish olive, or blackish in old specimens. It has a dorsal stripe that is vetiver green or light olive-gray bordered on either side with black, and the lateral stripes are marguerite yellow.

Habitat and behavior
The southern ribbon snake is found in marshes, lakes, ponds, and shores of streams. It is semi-aquatic and semi-arboreal with wet meadows and thicket a favorite habitat.

Reproduction
T. s. sackenii is ovoviviparous. Litter size is small, numbering only 5-12 newborns.

References

Further reading
Behler JL, King FW (1979). The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 743 pp., 657 color plates. . (Thamnophis sauritus sackeni, p. 673).
Conant R (1975). A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. xviii + 429 pp. + Plates 1-48.  (hardcover),  (paperback). (Thamnophis sauritus sackeni, pp. 164–165 + Plate 23).
Kennicott R (1859). "Notes on Coluber calligaster of Say, and a description of new species of Serpents in the collection of the North Western University of Evanston, Ill." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 98-100. (Eutænia sackenii, new species, p. 98).
Schmidt KP, Davis DD (1941). Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 365 pp., 34 plates, 103 figures. (Thamnophis sauritus sackeni, pp. 255–256).
Smith HM, Brodie ED Jr (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp.  (hardcover),  (paperback). (Thamnophis sauritus sackeni, p. 144).
Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates, a Division of Cornell University Press. 1,105 pp. (in 2 volumes). (Thamnophis sauritus sackeni, pp. 831–834, Figure 241 + Map 59 on p. 767).

Snake, Northern Ribbon
Snake, Southern Ribbon


William Buckley Roderick (17 January 1862 – 1 February 1908) was a Welsh solicitor, international rugby union forward and later a Vice-Consular for Spain. Roderick played club rugby for Llanelli Rugby Football Club and international rugby for Wales.

Business career
Roderick was commissioned into the 1st Volunteer Regiment of the Welsh Regiment in 1882, and eventually rose to the rank of captain. He was awarded the Volunteer Officers' Decoration (VD) on 30 December 1902. By 1885 Roderick had commenced his practice as a solicitor in Llanelli founding Rodericks Solicitors. Roderick held many posts throughout his career, including serving on the Local Board of Health in Llanelli, becoming a coroner within Carmarthen County and he was also Registrar for Llanelli County Court. Roderick was a company director of multiple businesses, one of which was local rail firm Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway.

Rugby career
Roderick played only one international match for Wales, the final game of the 1884 Home Nations Championship. Wales had lost the first two matches of the tournament and Roderick was one of six new caps brought into the team to face Ireland at the Cardiff Arms Park. Played under the captaincy of Joe Simpson the team was made up of mainly Cardiff, Newport and Swansea players, Roderick being the sole representative from Llanelli. The Irish team turned up two players short for the game and their whole squad were highly inexperienced. Wales won by two tries and a dropped goal to nil; only the second victory the team had experienced. Despite the win, Roderick, like fellow solicitor Tom Barlow was dropped for the next game, both becoming one cap internationals.

International matches played
Wales
   1884

Personal history
Roderick was born in Llanelli to William and Maria (née Buckley) Roderick, and educated at Marlborough and Bath. A keen sportsman, he not only excelled at rugby, but was also an excellent cyclist. By 1887 Roderick had married Ella and was living in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire. They had two sons of note who both served in the British Army. Hume Buckley Roderick was an acting captain in the Welsh Guard, and was killed in action in 1917, while William Buckley Nicholl Roderick became a Colonel in the Coldstream Guards, married the daughter of Sir George Ernest Clark and was awarded the OBE.

Bibliography

References

External links
 Llanelli-History.co.uk Biography of Buckley Roderick

1862 births
1908 deaths
19th-century Welsh businesspeople
20th-century Welsh businesspeople
Llanelli RFC players
Rugby union forwards
Rugby union players from Llanelli
Wales international rugby union players
Welch Regiment officers
Welsh rugby union players
Welsh solicitors


Ivaniš Nelipić or Ivan III Nelipić (before 1379–1435) was a Croatian nobleman who was prince of Cetina and Omiš. He was also titular Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia in 1419 and was a member of one of the most powerful Croatian noble families at the time. At the peak of his power, he ruled areas in inner Croatia from the mountain of Velebit to the Cetina river. From 1401 to 1435, he ruled over Klis Fortress, although his main seat was at Knin in Knin Fortress. During his reign, he was greatly involved in conflicts over Bosnia. Later, he was also recognized as duke of the Dalmatian cities, specifically Trogir, Split and Skradin.

Biography
Ivaniš was born before 1379 to Ivan II Nelipić and his wife Margarethe, who from the Split noble family Merini. He inherited the territories held by the family around the river Cetina. He is mentioned as Duke of Trogir in 1393 and as Duke of Split in 1403. During the dynastic wars he was initially supportive of Ladislaus of Naples, from who he received Skradin and Klis. From 1406, he sided with Sigismund and lost Skradin, but kept Klis. In 1415, he is mentioned to be in a conflict with the Ottomans. In 1416, he also acquired the town of Omiš. He married Elizabeth Bubek, daughter of the Palatine of Hungary Detrik Bubek. From this point on, he is self-titled as Ban of Dalmatia and Croatia in the charters he issues. He died in 1435.

Family
Ivaniš, grandson of powerful Croatian nobleman Ivan Nelipić, was the last male member of the Nelipić noble family. According to his will, his daughter Princess Catherine Nelipić was to inherit all of his extensive possessions from the Velebit ranges to the Cetina river. She married Ivan Frankopan, who ruled as Ban of Croatia from 1432 to 1436. The Prince's other daughter, Margarita Nelipić, married Prince Kurjaković. His sister, Jelena Nelipčić, was married firstly to the most powerful Croatian nobleman in Bosnia, Duke Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić, and later to Stephen Ostoja, the King of Bosnia.

See also
Ivan Nelipić
Jelena Nelipić

External links
 Grad Drniš

References

Bans of Croatia
1434 deaths
15th-century Croatian people
14th-century Croatian people
1379 births
Nelipić
14th-century Croatian military personnel
15th-century Croatian military personnel
15th-century Croatian nobility


The Churchill–Cope reflex is a reflex in which distension of the pulmonary vascular bed, as occurs in pulmonary edema, causes an increase in respiratory rate (tachypnoea) by stimulation of the juxtacapillary (J) receptors.

It was described in 1929 by Edward Delos Churchill and Oliver Cope.

References

Cardiovascular physiology
Reflexes


Oland Export Ale is a regional beer of the Canadian Maritime provinces. Brewed at the Oland Brewery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, it has an alcohol content of 5.0% ABV.

History
A longtime Maritime favourite, Oland Export was first introduced in the early 1920s, and is cold-aged. It was originally produced by the Oland Family, from whom the ale is named. The family sold their breweries to Labatt in 1971, and Oland Export is currently produced under the InBev umbrella. It was previously brewed by Halifax's Oland & Son Ltd.

Marketing
A popular brand of beer in eastern Canada, Oland Export Ale is best known for its longtime advertising slogan "Good times, great friends, and Oland Export Ale".

See also
Oland Brewery
Labatt Brewing Company
Anheuser-Busch InBev

External links
Labatt's official Oland Export Ale website

Canadian beer brands
Labatt Brewing Company
Cuisine of Atlantic Canada
Food and drink in Nova Scotia
Food and drink in New Brunswick