The following is a list of venues that have hosted the NCAA Division I men's basketball championship. Venues that have not yet hosted, but have been officially announced as future tournament sites, are also included. (Note that in most cases, the modern name of the venue is used, though it may have been known under a different name at the time.)

First Four

Between 2001 and 2010, this round was a single game known as the "Opening Round." In 1983, there were four games in the Opening Round with two games in Philadelphia and two games in Dayton. In 1984, there were five games in the Opening Round with three games in Philadelphia and two games in Dayton.

First and Second Rounds

Regionals

Final Four
Between 1939 and 1951, the National Semifinals were hosted at the Regional sites and the National Championship game was hosted at a separate site. For those years, this table only includes the host of the National Championship game. In 1952, the Final Four evolved to the current format of four Regional winners meeting at a separate site.

Total Number of Rounds Hosted

See also
List of basketball arenas by capacity
List of NCAA Division I basketball arenas

References

Venues

NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament venues
Basketball Tournament


Freedom Tower was an early proposed name for One World Trade Center, a skyscraper in New York City.

Freedom Tower may also refer to:
Freedom Tower (Miami)
Azadi Tower or Freedom Tower, a building in Tehran, Iran
 Freedom Tower on Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii

See also
Freedom Center (disambiguation)


Zapotin is a natural chemical compound, classified as a flavone, isolated from White sapote (Casimiroa edulis).

Several recent in vitro studies have shown that zapotin has potential anti-carcinogenic effects against isolated colon cancer cells.

References

O-methylated flavones
Flavonoids found in Rutaceae


The 1987 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, USA from March 10 to 15. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Medal tables

Medalists

Medals by country

Results

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dancing

External links

 Result list provided by ISU
 For Boitano, Either It's a Hit or a Miss
 Thomas Has Fallen Upon Hard Times : Spotlight Moves Off '86 World Champion as Witt Woos the Fans

World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships
International figure skating competitions hosted by the United States
March 1987 sports events in the United States
1987 in sports in Ohio
Sports competitions in Cincinnati
1980s in Cincinnati


Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Baronet (c. 1680 – 11 March 1747) was an Irish baronet and politician.

He was the son of Sir Robert Deane, 2nd Baronet of Muskerry and Springfield Castle, County Limerick by his wife Anne Brettridge, one of the three daughters and co-heiresses of Captain Roger Brettridge (1630-1683) of Castles Brettridge, Cope and Magner, County Cork and his wife Jane Hakby.  Another source has his wife as Anne Bettridge, daughter of Colonel William Bettridge. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1712.

He served as High Sheriff of County Cork for 1714  and sat in the Irish House of Commons for Charleville from 1713 to 1715.  He was again a Member of Parliament (MP) for County Cork from 1728 until his death in 1747.

Deane married Jane Sharpe, only daughter of Reverend William Sharpe. They had three daughters and three sons. Deane was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest son Matthew. On the latter's death in 1751 the title devolved to the third son Robert.

References

1680s births
1747 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland
Irish MPs 1713–1714
Irish MPs 1727–1760
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies
High Sheriffs of County Cork


Telecentre.org Academy is a movement in Sri Lanka, whose sole purpose is to uplift the standards and professionalism of telecentre staffs.

The telecentre.org Academy is an initiative to provide telecentre managers with ongoing training, capacity building, and professional development opportunities. Structured as a consortium of national academies and partners with a small global support unit, the academy supports and coordinates training programs, promotes the collaborative development and sharing of resources and maintains accreditation and certification standards.

Steering  Committee

See also
 Nenasala

References

External links
  Telecentre.org

Science and technology in Sri Lanka


Hugh Kennedy may refer to:
 Hugh Kennedy (judge) (1879–1936), Attorney-General of Ireland and Chief Justice
 Hugh N. Kennedy (born 1947), professor in history of the Islamic Middle East
 Hugh Kennedy (New Orleans), mayor of New Orleans, 1865–1866
 Hugh Alexander Kennedy (1809–1878), British chess master and army captain
 Hugh Kennedy of Girvanmains, Scottish courtier, soldier, and landowner.

See also
 Hugh Kennedie, moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 1690–1692


Veendum Lisa () is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language horror film. It is a sequel to the 1978 film Lisa. The film was dubbed in Tamil as My Dear Lisa with a few scenes reshot.

Plot
The story starts with Gomathi and her daughter visiting a temple. Here they meet Saraswathi, the daughter of late Shankara Iyer of the Shreehari Madom family. Knowing about their past relationship with the Shreehari Madom family, Gomathi arranges for Saraswathi's marriage with her son Kalyan, a doctor. After the wedding, they decide to go to Ooty for their honeymoon.

One day, Saraswathi happens to come across a picture of a girl in Kalyan's personal briefcase. On enquiry, he confesses that during his stay in London for his studies, he had met and fallen in love with a girl named Lisa. They had agreed to get married soon after his studies. But after he left London, he never saw her again. His parents disregard the idea of their marriage because Lisa is an orphan and also a Christian. Kalyan says that since he is now with Saraswathi, he will never look at any other girl and will remove Lisa from his mind.

Soon, there are drastic changes in Saraswathi's character. She starts behaving like a modern city girl and doesn't respect her elders. Shocked at this, Gomathi believes that Saraswathi may be possessed by an evil spirit. She hires an exorcist to perform an exorcism. It fails and Saraswathi starts behaving strangely again. During this time, three people are killed by an unknown force; they are Kalyan's best friend, Dr. Sharath, John Fernandes and his old mute servant, Parameshwaran. Kalyan is now completely frustrated and beats his wife in order to remove the evil lurking within her. To his horror, he finds out that the spirit is none other than Lisa herself.

Through Saraswathi, Lisa explains that she had arrived to India after Kalyan had left London. Eventually, she arrived at Ooty but did not find him. She met Sharath and John, who decided to give her temporary shelter until Kalyan came back. She was brutally raped and murdered by them along with Parameshwaran. Then they burn her dead body to ashes. Since then, she has been roaming in search of her killers. Through Saraswathi, she gained power and killed her killers one by  one. She possessed Saraswathi because she wanted to be with her lover forever. Kalyan convinces Lisa that if she loved him dearly, then she would have to leave Saraswathi's body and go to heaven. Lisa leaves Saraswathi without any hesitation and bids him a tearful goodbye before she leaves for her heavenly abode.

The movie ends with the couple entering a cemetery and placing a bouquet of flowers at Lisa's grave.

Cast
Jayarekha as Saraswathi
Nizhalgal Ravi as Kalyan
Manorama as Gomathi
Shari as Lisa
Innocent as Kalyan's father
Babu Antony as John Fernandes
Kamala Kamesh as Lakshmi
Jagadish

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Raghu Kumar and the lyrics were written by Poovachal Khader.

See also
 List of Malayalam horror films

References

External links

Indian horror films
1987 films
1980s Malayalam-language films
Indian sequel films
Lisa2
Films scored by Raghu Kumar
1987 horror films
Films directed by Baby (director)


The 1994 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Makuhari Messe Arena in Chiba, Japan from March 20 to 27. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Medal tables

Medalists

Medals by country

Results

Men

Ladies

Following the ladies event, Surya Bonaly, the silver medalist protested her second place finish during the medal ceremony. First, by refusing to stand on the podium and then she stripped her medal off of her neck after being presented it.

Pairs

Ice dancing

External links
 results

World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships, 1994
International figure skating competitions hosted by Japan
World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships, 1994


Martin Echtler (born 14 January 1969) is a German ski mountaineer. He also competes in mountain running.

Echtler was born in Peiting. His sister Christine Echtler-Schleich is also member of the German skimountaineering team.

Selected results

Ski mountaineering
 2003:
 5th, Mountain Attack race
 2004:
 1st, Dammkarwurm race
 2nd, Mountain Attack race
 2005:
 3rd, German Championship single
 3rd, Mountain Attack
 10th, Trofeo Mezzalama (together with Wolfgang Panzer and Franz Graßl)
 2006:
 2nd, German Championship single
 5th, World Championship relay race (together with Toni Steurer, Franz Graßl and Georg Nickaes)
 2007:
 1st, German Championship vertical race
 2nd, German Championship single
 1st, Mountain Attack
 4th, Sellaronda Skimarathon (together with Heinz Verbnjak)
 4th, European Championship relay race (together with Toni Steurer, Konrad Lex and Stefan Klinger)
 2008:
 2nd, German Championship team
 2010:
 9th, World Championship relay race (together with Konrad Lex, Andreas Strobel and Alexander Schuster)

Patrouille des Glaciers

 2006: 7th (and 2nd "seniors II" ranking) as well as German record, Patrouille des Glaciers ("seniors II" ranking), together with Franz Graßl and Toni Steurer
 2010: 9th ("ISMF men" ranking), together with Konrad Lex and Josef Rottmoser

Mountain running
 2004:
 1st, Zugspitzlauf (Zugspitze run)
 2006:
 1st, Zugspitzlauf
 2007:
 1st, Zugspitzlauf
 2008:
 1st, Zugspitzlauf

External links
 Martin Echtler at skimountaineering.com

References

1969 births
Living people
German male ski mountaineers
People from Weilheim-Schongau
Skiers from Upper Bavaria


William Joseph "Dummy" Deegan (November 16, 1874 – May 17, 1957) was an American professional baseball pitcher. In 1901, he played in two games for New York Giants of Major League Baseball.

Deegan, nicknamed "Dummy" for being a deaf-mute, was one of three pitchers on the Giants staff in 1901 with that nickname; the other two being Dummy Leitner and Dummy Taylor.

External links

1874 births
1957 deaths
Major League Baseball pitchers
New York Giants (NL) players
Jersey City Skeeters players
Deaf baseball players
Baseball players from the Bronx
American deaf people
Meriden Silverites players
Burials at Saint Raymond's Cemetery (Bronx)
New Bedford Whalers (baseball) players
Newark Sailors players
Easton (minor league baseball) players


Echtler is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Adolf Echtler (1843–1914), German genre painter
 Martin Echtler (born 1969), German ski mountaineer


Our Heart's Hero is an American Christian pop rock band founded in 2004. The group's touring players include Nick Joyce, Jacob Lawrence, Caleb Conroy, and Tyler Wellman.

In 2004, Our Heart's Hero originated as an independent band until late 2006, when the group signed with Gotee Records. They have released one non-independent album, Our Heart's Hero, in September 2007, and are known for the radio singles "Back to the Cross", "Tomorrow", "Because of the Blood", "Love Is Breathing", "Bells" and "Shine On".

History
The band was originally formed in 2002 under the name "Fireproof". Founding members Nick Joyce (from South Point, Ohio), Jeremy McKnight (Proctorville, Ohio)  ]Gabe White (Huntington, West Virginia) met in high school (Grace Christian School) and started the band because they wanted to make music that was more positive. They changed their name to "Our Heart's Hero" at the start of 2004; their first independent album, Can You Hear Me, was released that year. It was followed by two other independent albums: Live in California on April 12, 2005, and Our Heart's Hero on July 4, 2006. They achieved some popularity as an unsigned group on MySpace, performing over 150 concerts a year and selling 20,000 copies of their 2006 release.

Our Heart's Hero (2006–present)
The band signed with Gotee Records in late 2006.

"Gotee is thrilled to have Our Heart's Hero as the newest artist with our team," said label co-founder, Toby Mac. "We love the music and the hearts of this band. Not only is their music top notch, but these are guys who pour their lives into the kids they play for and walk through whatever life brings to them with grace and wisdom. I can't wait for people to meet this band."

Our Heart's Hero then began a period of touring, opening for The Afters in the spring of 2007. In mid-2007, they performed at the Revolution Calling Tour with Red, GRITS and Falling Up, and also at the Rock, Paper, Scissors Tour. Their self-titled major label debut, Our Heart's Hero, was released on September 18, 2007, and was produced by Brent Milligan and Ian Eskelin. Their first single "Back to the Cross" was released approximately at time of the album; it reached a peak of No. 22 on Billboard's Hot Christian Adult Contemporary chart in January 2008.

The album's production has been praised, but it received mixed reviews; Christianity Today said that the songs were "tailor-made for Christian radio", and that although "it is certainly a likable enough sound", the project lacked "clear or unique identity [which] fails to distinguish Our Heart's Hero from the pack." Allmusic reviewer Jared Johnson shared a similar opinion about their album being "radio-friendly", saying that the band "plays it safe just enough to remain in the accessible pop/rock arena [...] Still, one can't argue with the band's knack for hooks." Jesus Freak Hideout gave the album a rating of 2.5/5, concluding its review with: "if you're someone who is looking for something fresh and new, stay clear of this title, for you're bound to find yourself underwhelmed." Other reviews, such as Cross Rhythms magazine, were more positive; "this isn't heavy or edgy enough to entice the My Chemical Romance crowd, but will appeal to fans of Jeremy Camp". The review defined Our Heart's Hero as lyrically having "plenty of rock clichés", but claimed that the band showed potential with its "clear and accessible" music.

Their next single, "Because of the Blood", was released to Christian radio in 2007.

On May 1, 2012, the band released a concept music video for the single "Shine On". In less than 30 days, the video received more than 1.1 Million views on YouTube.com

On June 5, 2012, the band's sophomore album, "Shine On", was released. The first single by the same name reached a peak of No. 14 on the Billboard BDS National Airplay Christian Rock Chart.

Band members
The band has experienced several member changes since they formed as Fireproof in 2002. The only original member remaining is lead singer Nick Joyce.

Current touring players
Nick Joyce – Lead Vocals, Guitar
Jacob Lawrence - Bass
Caleb Conroy - Guitar
Tyler Wellman - Drums
Godzirra - Pyrotechnics

Former members
Emily Robertson (2004) (left the band to form Carter's Chord)
Hayden Lamb (2004–2006) (left the band and joined Red)
Hunter Lamb (2004–2005) (left the band and joined Paramore)
Ricky Holbrooke (2005–2007) (left the band and joined Showbread)
Taylor Carroll (2008) (left the band and joined Pillar)
Jeremy McKnight (2002–2008)
Gabe White (2002-2004)
Jason Nattier (2006-2008/2008–2009)
Seth Morrison (2010) (left the band and joined Skillet)
Cody Pellerin (2010–2011) (formerly of Stellar Kart)
Benji Smith (2010-2012)
Breck Arnold (2012-2013) (former drummer of They Came Running and Haley McGuire)
Jeremy Toler (2008-2013)

Discography
2004: Can You Hear Me (independent)
2005: Live In California (independent)
2006: Our Heart's Hero (independent)
2007: Our Heart's Hero (Gotee Records)
2009: Becoming Nothing EP (independent)
2011: Love Is Breathing (Green Meteor Records)
2012: Shine On (Green Meteor Records)

Compilation appearances
2007: Gotee Acoustic, "Back to the Cross" (Gotee)
2007: Hear It Love It Live It: New Artist Sampler, "Back to the Cross" (EMI)
2007: Outrageous Saturday 2007, "Tomorrow" (EMI CMG Distribution)
2009: Rockin Road Tunes, "Tomorrow" (Interlinc)

Singles
2007: "Back to the Cross" – No. 22 on Billboard's Hot Christian Adult Contemporary chart
2007: "Because of the Blood"
2008: "Tomorrow"
2011: "Love Is Breathing"
2011: "Bells"
2012: "Shine On" – No. 14 on Billboard's BDS National Airplay Christian Rock Chart

References

External links

Christian rock groups from West Virginia
Gotee Records artists
Musical groups established in 2001


The 1989 World Figure Skating Championships was held March 14–19 at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Medal tables

Medalists

Medals by country

Results

Men
Kurt Browning became the first man to win a world championship while completing a quadruple jump.

Ladies
Midori Ito was the first Japanese skater to win gold and the first woman to do a triple axel in a major ISU competition.

Pairs

Ice dancing

References

External links
 results

World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships
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F
International figure skating competitions hosted by France
March 1989 sports events in Europe
International sports competitions hosted by Paris
1989 in Paris


In agriculture, a bumper crop is a crop that has yielded an unusually productive harvest. The word "bumper" in this context comes from a usage that means "something unusually large", which is where this term comes from.

The term "bumper crop" has also been used to refer to a similar large result in other activities, or as a pun, such as with a group of automobiles (for their front/rear bumpers).

References

Crops


Franz Graßl (born 7 March 1965) is a German ski mountaineer.

Graßl was born in Berchtesgaden. He is member of the Berchtesgaden branch of the German Alpine Club (DAV) and the Bergwacht. He was member of the German ski-mountaineering team until the end of 2006. He is married to the ski mountaineer Judith Graßl with two children. They live in Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden.

Selected results
 2003:
 2nd, German Championship single
 2004:
 1st, German Championship single
 2nd, German Cup long distance
 5th, Mountain Attack race
 2005:
3rd, European Championship relay race (together with Toni Steurer, Stefan Klinger and Georg Nickaes)
 9th, European Championship team race (together with Toni Steurer)
 10th, Trofeo Mezzalama (together with Wolfgang Panzer and Martin Echtler)
 2006:
 1st, German Cup single
 5th, World Championship relay race (together with Toni Steurer, Stefan Klinger and Georg Nickaes)
 2008:
 1st, German Championship single
 2009:
 3rd, German Cup vertical race

Patrouille des Glaciers

 2006: 7th (and 2nd "seniors II" ranking) as well as German record, together with Toni Steurer and Martin Echtler
2008: 8th (and 6th in the "international men" ranking), together with Toni Steurer and Stefan Klinger

References

External links
 Franz Graßl at skimountaineering.com

1965 births
Living people
German male ski mountaineers
Sportspeople from Berchtesgaden
Skiers from Upper Bavaria


George Renwick may refer to:

 Sir George Renwick, 1st Baronet (1850–1931), English politician and shipowner
 George Renwick (athlete) (1901–1984), British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres
 George Renwick (American politician) (1789–1831), American politician
 George Renwick (footballer) (1886–1945), Australian rules footballer


Francisco Arriví (June 24, 1915 – February 8, 2007), a.k.a.  Paco, was a writer, poet and playwright known as "The Father of the Puerto Rican Theater."

Early years
Arriví (birth name: Francisco Arriví Alegria was born in Santurce, a section of the city San Juan, Puerto Rico, to a Spanish father and Puerto Rican mother. He loved to read books, a habit he acquired at the age of six. His grandmother, who used to take him to the theater every week, inspired his interest in theatrical works. He built a small stage in the backyard of his house on Calle Wilson (Wilson Street) when he was 10 years old where, together with his friends, he would make presentations of children's tales.

He received his primary education at the Padre Rufo and Rosendo Matienzo Cintrón public schools, and his secondary high school education at the Escuela Superior Central (Central High School). He became interested in writing poetry during this period of his life. After he graduated from high school, he applied for admission to University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras where he continued his education. He wrote one of his first musical compositions, Himno al Alma Máter, which is the official hymn of said educational institution and in 1938 earned a degree in Spanish and Latin-American literature.

Theatrical career
Upon his return to Puerto Rico, and under the direction of Leopoldo Santiago Lavandero, Arriví joined the Sociedad Dramática de Teatro Popular (Drama Society of Popular Theater), who called themselves Areyto (Areyto is a Taino word which means "majestic ceremonial dance"). Arriví used his experience with Areyto in his later theatrical presentations.

Arriví earned a living as an educator at the Escuela Superior de Ponce (Ponce High School) where he founded the school's student drama club, the Tinglado Puertorriqueño. In 1940 he began his career as a playwright at the school, after staging his original play Club de Solteros (Bachelors Club).

Arriví actively collaborated with an educational program sponsored by the Department of Education called Escuela del Aire (The Airwave School) broadcast over WIPR Radio. His show, From the Jungle to the Skyscrapers, presented many radio plays and was considered the best radio show on the island. These plays included Hacienda Villareal, Alma de Leyenda (Legendary Soul), Heroes de Guerra (War Heroes) and Pajinas de Nuestra Historia (Pages of our History), all written by Arriví.

In 1949, in New York City, Arriví was granted a scholarship from the Rockefeller Foundation and earned his master's degree in Radio and Theater from Columbia University.

In 1951, Arriví had the distinction of writing Ayer y Hoy (Yesterday and Today), the first television program transmitted in Puerto Rico. During the two years that he spent behind the T.V. cameras, he wrote the script for El Niño Dios (The Child God) and Luis Muñoz Rivera.

In 1955, Arriví presented one of his greatest works Bolero y Plena at the University Theater and, in 1958, he presented Vejigantes in the First Festival of Puerto Rican Theater. These were followed by Sirena (Mermaid) and Medusa en la Bahía (Medusa in the Bay). In addition, Arriví gained international recognition and his plays were presented abroad.

In 1959, Vejigantes, a work which presents the "complexities of Puerto Rican racial identity", was presented by Frank Dauster and received an award from the Institute of Literature. That same year he was named director of the theater program of the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture. Also that same year, Arrivi and fellow Puerto Rican theater figure, Leopoldo Santiago, went to the western Puerto Rico city of Mayagüez to watch a play. During that trip, they were among the first people outside Mayagüez to discover young actor, Adrian Garcia.

In 1961 he organized the First Playwright's Seminary. In the seventh celebration of the Puerto Rican Theater Festival, Arriví presented a new version of his first play Club de Solteros (Bachelors Club), now titled Coctel de Don Nadie (Mr. Nobody's Cocktail). His other acclaimed works include: Acto de Fe (Act of Faith), Cantico Para un Recuerdo (Song of Remembrance) and Absurdos Contra la Muerte (Absurdities Against Death).

Poet
In 1958, Arriví published his first book of poems titled Isla y Nada (Island and Nothing) which was awarded the first place prize of the Círculo Cultural Yaucano.

In 1960, he published another book of poems titled Frontera (Frontier) which was also awarded the first place prize of the Círculo Cultural Yaucano, in addition to a first place prize from the Puerto Rican Institute of Literature.

Arriví was also the author of many essays dealing with the theater. Amongst these were Entrada por las Raíces, (Entering by the Roots), Conciencia Puertorriqueña del Teatro Contemporáneo (Puerto Rican Conscience of the Contemporary Theater), and Areyto Mayor (High Areyto).

Written works
Amongst Arriví's published works are the following:

In Spanish
 Bolero Y Plena; Editorial Cultural,  (84-283-0689-3)
 Ceiba ; Areyto ; Cemi ; Coqui;  Boriken,  (84-499-1165-6)
 Tres Obras De Teatro; Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena,  (0-86581-611-5)
 Via Poetica; Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,  (0-8477-3222-3)

In English
 Canticle for a Memory; Cross-Cultural Communications,  (0-89304-156-4)
 Via Poetica; Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,  (0-8477-3223-1)

Lyrics to "Himno de la Vida"
The following are the lyrics to Francisco Arriví's 1938  Himno de la Vida (The Anthem of Life), the anthem of the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras:

Later years
Arriví, who was also the cousin of Dr. Ricardo Alegría known as the "Father of Modern Puerto Rican Archaeology", played an instrumental role in the establishment of the Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré (Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center) in Puerto Rico.

On February 8, 2007, Arriví died of cardiac arrest at the Ashford Presbyterian Community Hospital. A vigil was held at the Teatro Francisco Arriví (Francisco Arriví Theater), an old restored theater which the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture named in his honor. He was buried in the Cementerio Los Angeles cemetery of the city of Guaynabo. Arriví was survived by his son Francisco Arriví Cros and two grandchildren.

There is a commemorative plaque in the lobby of Ponce's Teatro La Perla that reads: "Francisco Arriví: Poet, Playwright, Essayist, perennial promoter of Puerto Ricanism and of the eternal values of the universal man." It was placed there by the administration of mayor Jose Dapena Thompson (1984–1988).

See also

 List of Puerto Ricans

References

1915 births
2007 deaths
Puerto Rican dramatists and playwrights
Puerto Rican poets
Puerto Rican male writers
Writers from San Juan, Puerto Rico
20th-century American poets
20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
American male dramatists and playwrights
20th-century American male writers


"Devil Woman" is a 1976 single by British singer Cliff Richard from his album I'm Nearly Famous.

A worldwide hit on its original release, the song saw a resurgence in popularity after appearing in the film I, Tonya (2017), as the theme for the character of LaVona Golden, played by Allison Janney.

The song was written by Terry Britten and Christine Authors (who was the singer of the Family Dogg under the name Christine Holmes). The song is told from the point of view of a man jinxed from an encounter with a stray cat with evil eyes, and his discovery that the psychic medium whose help he sought to break the curse was the one responsible for the curse in the first place. However, the nature of the curse is not made clear.

Original release
Released in late April 1976, "Devil Woman" rose to number 9 on the singles chart in Richard's native UK in June 1976. It became Richard's first single to reach the Top 20 in the US, making number 6 on the Hot 100, Richard's highest-peaking single and biggest seller in the US. "Devil Woman" is the third biggest-selling Cliff Richard single, with over two million copies sold worldwide. It was certified Gold by the RIAA in the US and the CRIA in Canada.

The musicians featured on the recording are Terry Britten on guitar, Alan Tarney on bass, Clem Cattini on drums, Graham Todd on keyboards, and Tony Rivers, John Perry, and Ken Gold on backing vocals, with string arrangements by Richard Hewson. The song is heavily guitar-driven, with soft-distortion lines doubling the melody in the chorus and long, high, sustained single notes providing atmosphere over the verses. A Rhodes electric piano, bass guitar, drums, and percussion are the only other instruments.

The chorus vocal line was mimicked on Black Sabbath's "Lady Evil".

Track listing
7": EMI / EMI 2458
 "Devil Woman" – 3:41
 "Love On (Shine On) – 3:04

7": Rocket / PIG-40574 (North America)
 "Devil Woman" – 3:35
 "Love On (Shine On) – 3:04

Personnel
 Cliff Richard – vocals
 Terry Britten – guitar
 Alan Tarney – bass guitar
 Graham Todd – electric piano
 Clem Cattini – drums
 Tony Rivers – backing vocals
 John Perry – backing vocals
 Ken Gold – backing vocals

Chart performance and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links
In-depth Song Analysis at the Cliff Richard Song Database

1976 singles
Cliff Richard songs
Songs written by Terry Britten
1976 songs
EMI Records singles
The Rocket Record Company singles
MCA Records singles
Number-one singles in South Africa


Kibaha Secondary School is a Tanzanian all-boys secondary school located in Kibaha, Kibaha District, Pwani Region.

History and operations
It was established in 1965.

With a capacity of 612 students, the school admitted the first intake of form one and five students in 1965. By 30 March 1999, the school had a total enrollment of 771.

The school is an institution admitting academically gifted young people from all over Tanzania.

CSEE results
(Certificate of Secondary Education Examination)

ACSEE results

Notable alumni
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of Tanzania.
Lazaro Nyalandu, Former Minister Natural Resources and Tourism

See also

 Education in Tanzania
 List of schools in Tanzania

References

External links
Kibaha Education Centre

1964 establishments in Tanzania
Boys' schools in Tanzania
Buildings and structures in the Pwani Region
Educational institutions established in 1964
Secondary schools in Tanzania


'Something's Goin' On' is the 32nd studio album by British singer Cliff Richard, released by Decca on 25 October 2004 in the UK. The album reached #7 in the UK Albums Chart and was certified "Gold" by the BPI.

This album was Richard's first with Decca and was recorded in Nashville, Franklin and Miami in the United States. Reviews of the album were positive. Music Week rated this as "Album of the Week as it contained a well-rounded package."

Three singles were released from this album, the first being the title song Somethin' Is Goin' On which reached #9 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed for 3 weeks.

The second single release was a song written by Barry Gibb from the Bee Gees called I Cannot Give You My Love which reached #13 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed for 4 weeks. Barry Gibb also appears as a guest on the album as a guitarist and sings backing vocals in the track, his brother Maurice Gibb also featured as keyboardist on the album.

The final single release was What Car which reached #12 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed for 3 weeks.

The album has sold over 150,000 copies worldwide.

International release
The album was released as "For Life" on the Edel Records label in 2005 for the European market. It had a revised track-listing including four of the five additional tracks released as B-sides on the singles. These four tracks were recorded during the same series of recording sessions for the rest of the album.

Track listing

B-Sides

Personnel
Cliff Richard - vocals
Barry Gibb - vocals and guitar (on "I Cannot Give You My Love" only)
Maurice Gibb - keyboards
Hal Roland - keyboards
Alan Kendall - guitar
George Perry - bass
Steve Rucker - drums
Gustav Lescano - harmonica
John Merchant - engineer

Charts

References

Cliff Richard albums
2004 albums


Postmasburg is a town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Location
The Town is located approximately 170 km east of Upington.

The town is  north of Griquatown and  west-south-west of Daniëlskuil.

History
Originally a station of the London Missionary Society called Sibiling, it became a Griqua village with the name Blinkklip. It was proclaimed a town on 6 June 1892 and named after the Reverend Dirk Postma (1818-1890), founder of the Reformed Churches in South Africa.

The town achieved municipal status in 1936.

Army
The South African Army's Combat Training Centre is located nearby, at Lohatla.

Sport
The town is home to Hungry Lions, a soccer team playing in the National First Division.

Economy

Postmasburg is home to Kolomela Mine which is owned by Anglo American.
The Iron Ore mine officially opened in June 2012 provides job opportunities for the local communities and a green hydrogen plant is estimated to be built by 2029 by Thabiso Dube to form more job opportunities.

See also
 Redstone Solar Thermal Power
 Jasper Solar Energy Project
 Lesedi Solar Park

References

Populated places in the Tsantsabane Local Municipality


Ain al-Barda (; ALA-LC: ‘Ayn al-Bārdah, which means "cold spring") is a village in Syria, located 55 kilometres west of Homs and 200 kilometres northwest of Damascus. Nestled on the Sayeh mountain, at 850 metres above sea level, the village overlooks the Wadi al-Nasara valley. Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians. The village has a Greek Orthodox Church.

Climate
Ain al-Barda has a Mediterranean climate. It snows on the mountain slopes several times in winter.

Main sights
The village is a common stopover for tourists on their way to the nearby Krak des Chevaliers; most of them visit the church of Saint Elias in the village. John Gardiner Kinnear described the village in an account of his journey throughout the Middle East in 1839:

Last week T—— and I rode up to a beautiful secluded spot, some three or four hours from Beyrout [sic]. It is, as the Arabic name implies, a fountain of delightfully cold water, which, issuing in copious stream from the rocks, is received into a stone basin under the shade of a magnificent carob-tree. There is no village near it; but within a short distance are one or two lonely cottages among the vineyards and mulberry gardens. It is on the upmost verge of the cultivated part of the mountain; below are gardens and pine woods; and above, the wild rocks and pine woods; and above, the wild rocks and tangled shrubbery. The air is clear, cool, and refreshing after the sultry atmosphere of Beyrout; and the view over the lower heights covered with vines and olives mingling with the dark pine woods, to the wide expanse of the blue Mediterranean, is one of the most beautiful I ever beheld.

References

Bibliography

External links
Official website

Populated places in Talkalakh District
Eastern Orthodox Christian communities in Syria
Christian communities in Syria


The women's 100 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 17. The Jamaican team had three strong contenders for the 100 m title in defending champion Veronica Campbell-Brown, Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser, and Kerron Stewart (who ran 10.75 seconds in July; the fastest in nine years). The American squad featured Muna Lee, Lauryn Williams, and an in-form Carmelita Jeter. Other medal contenders are Bahamians Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie and Chandra Sturrup, and Kelly-Ann Baptiste, who have all run under eleven seconds prior to the tournament.

Jeter was the fastest qualifier in the heats, and finished 0.02 seconds outside her personal best to win her quarter-final. Stewart was the fastest in the quarterfinals with 10.92 seconds, and Campbell-Brown won her race as the third athlete to run under eleven seconds that day. On the second day of competition, Shelly-Ann Fraser ran the fastest ever semi-final in 10.79 seconds, with Stewart just behind in 10.84 seconds. Jeter ran a personal best of 10.83 seconds to reach the final, in which half the competitors were Jamaican.

In the final, a quick start saw Fraser lead from the outset of the race and Stewart's late challenge was not enough to beat her compatriot. Stewart's personal-best-equalling 10.75 seconds earned her the silver medal, and Jeter took the bronze with a 10.90 second run, somewhat short of the time she produced in the semi-finals. The 2007 gold and silver medallists ran season's bests but missed out on the medals, with Campbell-Brown in fourth (10.95) and Williams in fifth (11.01). Fraser's win in 10.73 seconds was a Jamaican record and made her the joint third fastest 100 m athlete ever with Christine Arron. Furthermore, she became only the second woman to win consecutive Olympic and World Championship titles, after Gail Devers.  As amazing as her start appeared, Fraser only had the fourth fastest reaction time in the field.

Medalists

Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 5 fastest(q) advance to the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals
Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 4 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.

Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final

References
General
100 metres results(  2009-09-08). IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-16.
Specific

100
100 metres at the World Athletics Championships
2009 in women's athletics


The Berchtesgaden Alps () are a mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps, named after the market town of Berchtesgaden located in the centre. The central part belongs to the Berchtesgadener Land district of southeastern Bavaria, Germany, while the adjacent area in the north, east and south is part of the Austrian state of Salzburg (Salzburger Land).

Geography

Mountains and lakes

While the highest mountain of the Berchtesgaden Alps is the Hochkönig () located in the Austrian part, the best known peak is the Watzmann massif, the third-highest mountain of Germany at . The range also comprises the Obersalzberg slope east of Berchtesgaden, known for the former Berghof residence of Adolf Hitler. The picturesque heart is formed by the glacial Königssee lake with the famous St. Bartholomew's pilgrimage church and the smaller Obersee, both part of the Berchtesgaden National Park established in 1978. The range also comprises glaciers like the Blaueis as well as the Steinernes Meer high karst plateau.

Peaks

The most important summits of the Berchtesgaden Alps are (groups in order of height):
 Hochkönig massif: Hochkönig (2,941 m), Hochseiler (2,793 m), Torsäule (2,587 m), Mandlwand
 Watzmann massif: Watzmann-Mittel- (2,713 m) and -Südspitze (2,712 m),  Kleiner Watzmann (Watzmannfrau) (2,307 m),  Watzmannkinder (up to 2,270 m)
 Steinernes Meer: Selbhorn (2,655 m), Schönfeldspitze (2,653 m), Brandhorn (2,609 m), Großer Hundstod (2,594 m), Funtenseetauern (2,579 m), Wildalmkirchl (2,578 m), Schareck (2,570 m), Breithorn (2,504 m), Persailhorn (2,347 m)
 Hochkalter Mountains: Hochkalter (2,607 m), Hocheisspitze (2,521 m), Seehorn (2,321 m)
 Göllstock: Hoher Göll (2,522 m), Hohes Brett (2,340 m), Jenner (1,874 m), Ahornbüchsenkopf (1,604 m)
 Hagen Mountains: Großes Teufelshorn (2,363 m), Kahlersberg (2,350 m), Schneibstein (2,276 m), Feuerpalven (1,741 m)
 Reiter Alpe: Stadelhorn (2,286 m), Großes Häuselhorn (2,284 m), Wagendrischelhorn (2,251 m), Großes Mühlsturzhorn (2,235 m), Großes Grundübelhorn (2,098 m), Schottmalhorn (2,045 m)
 Untersberg: Berchtesgaden Hochthron (1,973 m), Salzburg Hochthron (1,853 m)
 Lattengebirge: Karkopf (1,738 m), Dreisesselberg (1,680 m), Predigtstuhl (1,618 m), Spechtenköpfe (1,285 m)

Boundaries and neighbouring groups

The Berchtesgaden Alps border on the following other mountain groups of the Alps:
 Salzkammergut Mountains to the east (Osterhorn Group), separated  by the Salzburg Basin (city of Salzburg, Hallein)
 Tennen Mountains to the southeast, on the far side of the Salzach gap by the Lueg Pass
 Salzburg Slate Alps to the south, bounded by the line from Bischofshofen - Mühlbachtal (village of Mühlbach) – Dienten Saddle – Dienten – Filzen Saddle –Urslau via Maria Alm to Saalfelden
 Kitzbühel Alps for a small section in the southwest near Saalfelden
 Lofer and Leogang Mountains to the west, from the Salzburg Saalach valley as far as Lofer
 Chiemgau Alps to the northwest from Unken (Salzburg) via the Bavarian Schneizlreuth to Bad Reichenhall

The Berchtesgaden Alps are included under this name in the generally accepted Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE) as mountain group no. 10 and counted as part of the Northern Limestone Alps.

Literature
 Heinrich Bauregger: Berchtesgadener Land, Rother Wanderführer, Bergverlag Rother, Munich,
 Bernhard Kühnhauser: Berchtesgadener Alpen, Rother Alpenvereinsführer alpin, Bergverlag Rother, Munich,   appeared in October 8

References

External links

 Tours and summits in the Berchtesgaden Alps at steinmandl.de
 Berchtesgaden National Park
 Municipality of Berchtesgaden
 Berchtesgadener Land
 Berchtesgaden Alps
 Photo gallery
 Alpine climbing in the Berchtesgaden Alps
 Mountain tour in the Berchtesgaden Alps

Mountain ranges of the Alps
Northern Limestone Alps
Mountain ranges of Salzburg (state)
Mountain ranges of Bavaria
Biosphere reserves of Germany
Protected areas of Bavaria


Grassl or Graßl is an Upper German and Austrian family name, mainly widespreaded in the southern region of the Berchtesgadener Land district, especially in the municipalities Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden and Schönau am Königsee. Notable people with the surname include:

Andreas Grassl (born 1984), German man found in England
Daniel Grassl (born 2002), Italian figure skater
Florian Grassl (born 1980), German skeleton racer
Franz Graßl (born 1965), German ski mountaineer
Judith Graßl (born 1968), German ski mountaineer
Wolfgang Graßl (1970-2010), German skier

German-language surnames


Ricky is the debut album by American actor and rock and roll musician Ricky Nelson, released in November 1957. The album topped the Billboard's Top LPs chart, becoming the first solo artist to chart under the age of 18.

Track listing
 "Honeycomb" (Bob Merrill) 2:54
 "Boppin' the Blues" (Carl Perkins, Howard Griffin) 1:56
 "Be-Bop Baby" (Pearl Lendhurst) 2:00
 "Have I Told You Lately that I Love You?" (Scotty Wiseman) 1:58
 "Teenage Doll" (George Lendhurst, Pearl Lendhurst) 1:40
 "If You Can't Rock Me" (Willie Jacobs) 1:53
 "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" (Sunny David, Dave Williams) 2:11
 "Baby I'm Sorry" (Kenneth Scott) 2:21
 "Am I Blue?" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke) 1:39
 "I'm Confessin'" (Doc Daugherty, Al Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) 2:16
 "Your True Love" (Carl Perkins) 1:58
 "True Love" (Cole Porter) 2:17

Reception

A contemporary review by AllMusic described the album as "derivative" but that Nelson sings "rhythmically in his smooth voice, negotiating the rock & roll beat with far greater ease than Pat Boone" and that he "display[s] the combination of natural pop instincts and genuine rock & roll feel that set him apart from the burgeoning pack of Elvis Presley imitators."

Charts

References

External links

1957 debut albums
Ricky Nelson albums
Imperial Records albums


The Men's Marathon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 22, 2009 in the streets of Berlin, Germany.

Medalists

Abbreviations
All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

Records

Qualification standard

Schedule

Intermediates

Results

See also
 2009 World Marathon Cup

References

Marathon results (Archived 2009-09-08). IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-16.

Men's Marathon
Marathons at the World Athletics Championships
World Championships
Men's marathons
Marathons in Germany


Judith del Rosario-Cajes (born July 20, 1957) is a Filipino politician who is the first woman mayor elected in Trinidad, Bohol, Philippines.

Biography

She was born in Getafe, Bohol, Philippines to former Buenavista, Bohol Mayor Alfonso  del Rosario and Beatriz Jumao-as.

Cajes worked at the Telecom Tagbilaran City and rendered service as local legislative staff at the Bohol Provincial government in 1998–2001.

On July 1, 2007, she was elected mayor of Trinidad, Bohol.

She is married to Rep. Roberto Cajes with whom she has five children: Michael, Frances Bobbith, a former SK Bohol president, Jane Censoria Cajes, the SK national president, Joan and Robie Rose.

References

People from Bohol
1957 births
Mayors of places in Bohol
Women mayors of places in the Philippines
Living people
Lakas–CMD (1991) politicians


Glospace SGK-70 is the world's first Automotive navigation system that is able to navigate using both GPS and GLONASS signals.

Glospace is a brand of НИИ КП ("Научно-исследовательский институт космического приборостроения", the Russian Institute of Space Device Engineering).

Its hardware part is based on 24 channel NAVIOR-24 (СН-4701) chip that handles signals of both systems (12 channels per each system). Its software part is based on ПалмГИСGPS (PalmGISGPS) that runs on Windows CE 5.0.

References

External links
 glospace-info.ru  - product page.

Satellite navigation


Walter Hudson (25 January 1852 – 18 March 1935) was a Labour Party politician in England.  He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK Parliament constituency) from 1906 to 1918.

Hudson worked as a guard with the North Eastern Railway for twenty-five years, and joined the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (ASRS).  He served as president of the ASRS for eight years, and in 1899 served on the Royal Commission on Accidents to Railwaymen.

From 1898 to 1906, Hudson was the Irish Secretary of the ASRS, and in the role became active in the Irish Trades Union Congress (ITUC), serving as its president in 1903.  He was also active in the British Labour Party, and was elected as Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne at the 1906 United Kingdom general election.  He presided over the Labour Party's 1908 conference, and remained active in the ASRS and its successor, the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR), as chief of its movements department.

Hudson lost his Parliament seat at the 1918 United Kingdom general election, and retired completely in 1923.

References

1852 births
1935 deaths
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants-sponsored MPs
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Members of the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress
UK MPs 1906–1910
UK MPs 1910
UK MPs 1910–1918
Chairs of the Labour Party (UK)


KTG Education Group (Abbreviation: KTG ) is a private college in Malaysia. Its main campus is located in Mantin, Negri Sembilan. The college offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, including a master's degree in IT, engineering and business. KTG and Leeds Beckett University (UK) partner to offer a British qualification at KTG's main campus. The campus enrolls approximately 3,500 students, with about 30% of them from other countries.

History
The group entered private higher education in the 1980s, under the name of Legenda Education Group. It established an integrated campus in Mantin in 2002. It expanded from a single institution to four sites, including one University College through acquisitions between 2003 and 2007.

The group offers more than 200 MOHE approved courses of which 60 are fully accredited by MQA in engineering, quantity surveying, architecture, construction management, information technology, computer science, business, accounting, art and design and nursing. Degree and master levels enroll about 5,300 students.  More than 30,000 students have graduated from KTG colleges since its inception.

The university collaborates with international strategic partners including, the University of East London (UEL), Coventry University, Leeds Beckett University (LBU) and Bolton University (UOB).

Colleges

KTG colleges are Private Higher Education Institutes (PHEI) licensed under the Private Higher Education Act 1996.

Linton University College (Kolej Universiti Linton ) (formerly Linton College) was established in 1985 in Ipoh, Perak.  It specialises in engineering, construction management, information technology and business.  In 2005, Linton College was acquired by KTG and was relocated to the integrated campus in Mantin.

Linton College has a long-term association with the UEL and Coventry University that provide it a platform to offer internationally recognised franchised programmes. It previously offered engineering degree courses from Nottingham Trent University. In March 2010, Linton College attained university college status and was renamed Linton University College.

ITP (Institut Teknologi Pertama) was established in Kuala Lumpur in 1986 and was acquired by KTG in 2003.  It offers programmes in engineering, built environment, computing and business.  In 1991, it became the first college to offer Edexcel HND programmes in Malaysia, thus pioneering outcome-based technical and vocational higher education in Malaysia. It also offers franchised programmes from UEL. ITP became independent of the group in 2009.

Institut Jati was founded in 1988 in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan and became a part of KTG in 2004.  It specialises in professional courses in accounting and business in collaboration with Association of International Accountants. It partners with UEL and Coventry University in offering franchised degree courses and HND programmes with Edexcel. Jati offers design and visual arts programs.

The Institute of Medical Science Mantin (Institut Sains Perubataan Mantin) was established in 1996 as Institut Mutiara Mopar in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. It offers diploma courses in information technology and business. In 2007, it was acquired by KTG and relocated to the LEG campus in Mantin.  It changed its focus towards offering allied health and medical sciences courses. IMM now has more than 300 nursing students.

References

Further reading
 (Vietnamese) "KTG Education Group, Malaysia". . Accessed September 2011.

External links

Private universities and colleges in Malaysia
Colleges in Malaysia
Universities and colleges in Negeri Sembilan
Educational institutions established in 2002
2002 establishments in Malaysia
Seremban District


Walter Hudson may refer to:

 Walter Hudson (1944–1991), sixth most obese human in medical history
 Walter Hudson (British politician) (1852–1935), English Labour Party politician, MP for Newcastle upon Tyne, 1906–1918
 Walter Hudson (Minnesota politician), American politician from Minnesota
 Wally Hudson (1898–1972), New Zealand Labour Party politician, MP for Mornington (Dunedin), 1946-63
 Walter Richard Austen Hudson (1894–1970), British Conservative Party politician, MP for Kingston upon Hull North, 1950–1959


Winrock Town Center is an open-air mixed-use development under construction in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. The center is anchored by two Dillard's locations and a Regal 16-screen IMAX and RPX Theatre. The town center is located on the site of the original Winrock Shopping Center, which opened in 1961 as the first regional shopping mall in New Mexico.

Pre-Winrock history (1920-1961)
In June 1920, the University of New Mexico purchased a  lot on what was then known as Albuquerque's East Mesa. The original intent UNM had with purchasing this lot was to transform it into a garden to produce vegetables for residential students. However, this idea was scrapped and the lot was left empty.

About three decades later, the University of New Mexico began to sell off plots of its East Mesa site to residential developers, with the first  going to Ed Snow in 1953 and another  to Dale Bellemah in 1956. This paved the way for new subdivisions and a new large population movement to this new part of Albuquerque. Soon enough, this would result in the need for the establishment of a retail area. This led to a 1958 meeting between then-UNM President Tom Popejoy and Winthrop Rockefeller, where they negotiated building a new regional shopping mall to be built on some of the last plots of UNM's East Mesa land.

Winrock Shopping Center (1961–2011)
Winrock Shopping Center opened on March 1, 1961, on a  lot near the planned Coronado Freeway. The $10 million project was a joint venture between the University of New Mexico, which owned the land, and soon-to-be Arkansas governor Winthrop Rockefeller, who was also responsible for construction of the Bank of New Mexico Building around the same time. Architect Victor Gruen, who was a refugee from Nazi-occupied Austria, designed the mall. Winrock was New Mexico's first regional shopping center and was viewed as a symbol of progress and modernity, attracting around 30,000 visitors on its first day of operation. The original tenants included Montgomery Ward, JCPenney, S.S. Kresge, and Safeway, with a Fedway store opening shortly afterward. Fox Winrock Theater, a freestanding movie theater off of Indian School Road, and an attached motor hotel opened in 1963.

In March 1965, the rival Coronado Center was dedicated a short distance away. However, Winrock remained profitable for many years. Dillard's established their first store there in late 1971, when they rebranded the existing Fedway location. Soon after, a new store was built as a replacement. In 1971, Winrock was featured in the American International Pictures release Bunny O'Hare, which starred Bette Davis and Ernest Borgnine. In the film, the two ride a motorcycle through the mall while escaping from a bank robbery.

Winrock was built as an open-air mall with a screened canopy roof to protect shoppers from the elements, a first for New Mexico. It was later completely enclosed in 1975, by which time it had grown to more than  and around 70 stores. This renovation also added the distinctive burnt-orange pyramid at the east end of the mall. Other significant expansions took place in 1967, 1972, and 1981, and 1984, which brought an upper floor to Winrock. At its peak in the mid-1980s, the mall had  of gross leasable area and 130 stores.

Bealls was added in 1985. This space later became Oshman's and, later, Sports Authority. Also, the Fox Winrock Theater was demolished to make way for a new freestanding movie theater on the site, known as the Winrock 6, which opened on October 3, 1986.

Winrock received its largest renovation yet in 1990–94, remodeling the east atrium and Montgomery Ward store, demolishing an underused wing at the west end of the mall, and adding a second Dillard's on the site of the former JCPenney store (vacated in 1990). The new Dillard's location housed men's and children's clothing, electronics, and housewares, while the women's clothing and cosmetics departments were kept at the original store.

Beginning in the late 1990s, the mall began a steep decline and vacancy rates began to climb. By 2005, tenants' leases were not renewed in anticipation of redevelopment of the property. That same year, the attached motor hotel Winrock Inn closed. By the turn of the century, the mall was clearly dead and decaying rapidly. The only remaining stores were the two Dillard's, Bed, Bath and Beyond, and a Sports Authority, each of which owned their respective spaces.

In 1999, Winrock Center was among the three New Mexico shopping malls, with the two others being Coronado Center and Cottonwood Mall, involved in a free speech lawsuit. Their policies on activity regulation were challenged by the SouthWest Organizing Project and ACLU after protesters attempted to hand out leaflets at the malls. This case was dismissed. The 1972 case Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner states that shopping malls may limit speech activities (such as distribution of pamphlets) on premises.

The mostly abandoned shopping center was used as a set for the filming of the 2009 American comedy film Observe and Report and the 2013 American Mystery film/Thriller Odd Thomas

Redevelopment

2002-2011

In July 2002, New Jersey based PruWinrock LLC, the firm that owned the property, announced new development and proposed “an open-air large-format community center.” This failed incarnation would have included high-end retail, a movie theater, and apartment condos. The new center would have included  of retail space. Groundbreaking for phase I was to begin in 2003 and be completed two years later. PruWinrock's approval was denied by the planning commission for additional on and off-ramps to neighboring I-40 on the grounds that they had not completed a required traffic study.

Over the following years there were numerous false starts. Increasing construction and material costs were cited as a major factor in the delays. In 2007, PruWinrock sold the property to Albuquerque-based Goodman Realty Group for an undisclosed amount. Progress on the redevelopment project was slow. The new developers held community meetings to showcase the new plans in an effort to garner their approval and ask for their support. The presented master plan included  of new office, retail, restaurant, residential units, and a hotel. Also included were a  movie theater (including IMAX), a grocery store, parks, plazas, and over 6000 parking spaces.

2012-present

In February 2012, Goodman Realty Group announced that it had signed long-term leases with three major restaurants – Genghis Grill, BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse, and Dave and Busters – to begin construction in the spring. Demolition of the Winrock Center mall began in May 2012. Winrock Inn was the first part of the mall to be demolished because it attracted criminal activity. And the Winrock 6, then branded as a United Artists theater under the ownership of Regal Entertainment Group, closed its doors in 2013 and was demolished that same year. BJ's and Genghis Grill both opened in 2012, while Dave and Buster's, which took over the site of the original Winrock 6, opened on November 3, 2014. Adjacent to BJ's, a Joe's Crab Shack was proposed, which would've been their first location in New Mexico. However, they withdrew in 2015. Instead, a Red Robin opened there in March 2017.

The first phase of the project, a Regal 16-screen IMAX and RPX Theatre, had its grand opening on November 15, 2013.

Rumors have speculated about the merging of the two Dillard's stores into a single, new stand-alone building that would be built west of the current Women's store and north of the current Men's store. However, neither the manager of the store nor the developer have said anything about it since 2014. The most recent site plan from September 28, 2017 shows the two Dillard's stores staying in their current spaces.

The future Winrock Town Center may also include "ABQ Active", featuring a sports training center, rock climbing, indoor scuba diving, zip lining and indoor sky diving. This will all be dependent upon the economy and success of the new Winrock project.

As of 2015, the Bed Bath & Beyond store has closed and moved to a new space near I-40 and San Mateo. Initially, Sports Authority relocated to a new space that partially replaced it. However, it closed shortly after the move as Sports Authority filed for bankruptcy in March 2016 and closed all of its stores in August 2016.  A further proposal includes relocating the two Dillard's to a larger, singular store. Nordstrom Rack, DSW Shoe Warehouse, and other stores opened in Fall 2016. PetSmart opened a store adjacent to Ulta Beauty in November 2017.

The Corner at Winrock, a 22,000-square-foot building located on the southeast corner of Indian School and Uptown Loop behind Garduno's and Genghis Grill, began construction in 2016 and was completed in 2017. Sauce Pizza & Wine, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based chain, was the first tenant to open at The Corner in July 2017. A new Firehouse Subs location adjacent to Sauce Pizza & Wine opened on September 4, 2017. Takumi Restaurant, a new upscale Japanese restaurant from the people behind Azuma Sushi & Teppan, opened in November 2017, along with a Mark Pardo Salon Spa. Future tenants of The Corner include Old Town Olive, Village Nail, and Burger 21.

References

External links
 Deadmalls.com: Winrock Center
 Winrock Town Center

1961 establishments in New Mexico
Buildings and structures in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Economy of Albuquerque, New Mexico
Shopping malls established in 1961
Shopping malls in New Mexico


The 2008 WPS General Draft took place on October 6, 2008.  It was the first general draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of international and domestic players to the American-based teams.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Draft notes
The order was established based on a lottery done at the Board of Governors meeting on September 15, 2008 prior to the U.S. National Team allocation on September 17. The order was 1-7, 7-1, 1-7, 7-1.  The WPS General Draft was open to both domestic and international players.

See also
List of foreign WPS players

External links
Complete draft coverage

2008
General Draft
Lists of women's association football players
Association football player non-biographical articles
WPS General Draft


The Fire Kimono is a 2008 mystery novel written by Laura Joh Rowland, set in the Genroku period (AD 1688–1704) in Japan.  It is the 13th book in the Sano Ichirō series.

This time, Sano is assigned to a sensitive murder investigation more than four decades old involving a member of the Tokugawa clan, cousin to his lord Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.  The murder apparently occurred during the historical Great Fire of Meireki that destroyed much of Edo city and took the lives of many people in the confusion.  Sano is shocked when his mother becomes embroiled in the case as a primary suspect and learns there is much more to her than he had ever imagined.

Meanwhile, the tension between Sano and Lord Matsudaira reaches a boiling point and they are on the verge of open warfare, a situation brought about by the manipulation of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu who had earlier escaped from exile.

Plot summary
In the prologue, a Shinto priest passing by discovers remains of a human unearthed when strong winds toppled an oak tree near the Inari Shrine.

Since his return from Ezogashima, there had been increases in attacks against Sano and against Matsudaira, the attackers wearing insignias from each other's houses.  Just as Sano confronts Matsudaira about the latest attack on Sano's wife, Reiko, which Matsudaira flatly denies, both men are summoned by the Shogun.

The shogun informs them that the skeleton of his long-lost cousin, Tokugawa Tadatoshi, who was thought to have perished during the Great Fire of Meireki, has been found and charges Sano with the investigation.

Sano barely has time to plan his investigation when his mother, Etsuko, is arrested by Matsudaira's men as a suspect in the murder of Tadatoshi.  The witness is Colonel Doi Naokatsu in the service of Matsudaira.  Doi was also apparently once Tadatoshi's bodyguard, and Etsuko was a lady-in-waiting to Tadatoshi's household women.  Sano is shocked that his mother is not a humble commoner as he had thought, but a scion of the Kumazawa clan, a respected hereditary Tokugawa vassal.  Doi claimed to have heard Etsuko plotting with Egen against Tadatoshi, Egen being a monk and Tadatoshi's tutor.

Sano is able to convince the shogun to allow him bring Etsuko home to facilitate the investigation, but he is dismayed to find his mother less than cooperative.  As more and more of the past is uncovered, his mother's position becomes more and more unfavorable.

Meanwhile, confined to the security of the house due to danger of attacks, Reiko is at last able to help in the investigation by trying to get more information from Etsuko, and from Etsuko's loyal longtime maid, Hana.  Reiko is also struggling to win back the affections of her young daughter, Akiko, who became alienated from Reiko when Reiko and her husband left her behind to go to Ezogashima to rescue her son, Masahiro, as told in the previous novel (The Snow Empress).

Sano's trusted assistant Hirata also returns from a long absence to find that his wife and children have become strangers to him.

Amidst the investigation, Yanagisawa plots with his son Yoritomo to bring down both Sano and Matsudaira.

References
 The Fire Kimono, ,

2008 American novels
American mystery novels
Novels set in Japan
American historical novels
Japan in non-Japanese culture
Historical mystery novels


Evers is a Low German and Dutch patronymic surname meaning "son of Evert/Everhard" (High German Eberhard, English Everard). Variants include Everse, Everts and Evertsz.  In 2000, there were fewer than 10,000 people sharing the Evers surname among 306 million people in the United States at the time.

Notable people with the surname include:

 Albert Evers (1868 – c. 1890), English footballer
 Alfonso Delgado Evers (born 1942), Argentinian clergyman, Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (2000–2017)
 Alf Evers (1905–2004), US historian
 Bettina Evers (born 1981), German ice hockey forward
 Bill Evers (born 1954), American baseball player and coach
 Bloeme Evers-Emden (1926–2016), Dutch child psychologist
 Bram Evers (1886–1952), Dutch track athlete
 Brenny Evers (born 1978), Dutch footballer
 Brooke Evers (born 1985),  Australian television personality
 Caroline Evers-Swindell (born 1978), New Zealand rower
 Charles Evers (1922–2020), US civil rights activist, brother of Medgar Evers
 Christopher Evers (1564–1590), English Catholic martyred priest (also known as Christopher Bales)
 Denis Evers (1913–2007), English cricketer and WWII pilot
 Diane Evers (born 1956), Australian tennis player
 Diane Evers (politician) (born  1963), Australian politician, Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council (from 2017)
 Edvard Evers (1853–1919), Swedish Lutheran priest and hymnwriter
 Edwin Evers (born 1971), Dutch drummer and radio presenter
 Edwin Evers (fisherman) (born 1974), American bass fisherman
 Floris Evers (born 1983), Dutch field hockey player
 Frank Evers (disambiguation)
 Georgina Evers-Swindell (born 1978), New Zealand rower
 Greg Evers (1955–2017), US politician
 Guy Evers (1874–1959), English rugby union player
 Harold Evers (1876–1937), Australian cricketer
 Hoot Evers (1921–1991), US baseball player
 Jason Evers (1922–2005), US actor
 Joe Evers (Joseph Francis Evers; 1891–1949), American baseball player
 Johnny Evers (1883–1947), US baseball player
 Jürgen Evers (born 1964), German track athlete
 Kai-Bastian Evers (born 1990), German footballer
 Karin Evers-Meyer (born 1949), German politician
 L. H. Evers (Leonard Herbert Evers; 1926–1985), Australian writer
 Lance Evers (born 1969), Canadian professional wrestler better known as Lance Storm
 Lisa Evers (born 1963), US television personality
 Maike Evers (born 1980), Australian fashion model and television personality
 Marc Evers (born 1991), Dutch Paralympic swimmer
 Matt Evers (born 1976), US figure skater
 Medgar Evers (1925–1963), US civil rights activist
 Meike Evers (born 1977), German rower
 Mervyn Evers, Archdeacon of Lahore (1940–1944)
 Myrlie Evers-Williams (born 1933), US civil rights activist, widow of Medgar Evers
 Nick Evers (1937–2013), Australian politician
 Nico Evers-Swindell (born 1979), New Zealand actor
 Raphael Evers (born 1954), Dutch Rabbi
 Reinbert Evers (born 1949), German musician
 Richard Evers (born 1959), Canadian publisher, programmer, technology consultant and author
 Sean Evers (born 1977), English footballer
 Sean Evers (born 1975), American Tattoo Artist
 Shoshanna Evers (born 1980), American author of contemporary and erotic romance novels and novellas
 Stuart Evers (born 1976), British novelist, short story writer and critic
 Sybil Evers (1904–1963), English singer and actress
 Ties Evers (born 1991), Dutch footballer
 Tom Evers (1852–1925), American baseball player
 Tony Evers (born 1951), US politician and educator
 Williamson Evers (born c. 1949), US education activist, educator, politician

Fictional characters
 Bob Evers, main character of a 35-volume children's book series by Willy van der Heide
 Lily Evers, maiden name of Harry Potter's mother in the Dutch translation ("Evans" in original)
 Jim Evers, a character in the 2003 film The Haunted Mansion
 Tony "Duke" Evers, character in "Rocky" series of films
Michael Evers, a character in the film TiMER
Susan Evers Hayley Mills & Mitch Evers Brian Keith; One of the twin sisters, and the father of the twins, in the original Disney movie The Parent Trap (1961)

See also
Jan Everse Sr (1922–1974), Dutch footballer
Jan Everse (born 1954), Dutch footballer
Ever (disambiguation)
Everts (disambiguation)
Ewers

References

Dutch-language surnames
Patronymic surnames


Multi view Video Coding (MVC, also known as MVC 3D) is a stereoscopic video coding standard for video compression that allows for the efficient encoding of video sequences captured simultaneously from multiple camera angles in a single video stream. It uses the 2D plus Delta method and is an amendment to the H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) video compression standard, developed jointly by MPEG and VCEG, with contributions from a number of companies, primarily Panasonic and LG Electronics.

MVC formatting is intended for encoding stereoscopic (two-view) 3D video, as well as free viewpoint television and multi-view 3D television. The Stereo High profile has been standardized in June 2009; the profile is based on the MVC tool set and is used in stereoscopic Blu-ray 3D releases.

Technical overview
MVC is based on the idea that video recordings of the same scene from multiple angles share many common elements. It is possible to encode all simultaneous frames captured in the same elementary stream and to share as much information as possible across the different layers. This can reduce the size of the encoded video.

Multiview video contains a large amount of inter-view statistical dependencies, since all cameras capture the same scene from different viewpoints. Therefore, combined temporal and inter-view prediction is important for efficient MVC encoding. A frame from a certain camera can be predicted not only from temporally related frames from the same camera, but also from the frames of neighboring cameras. These interdependencies can be used for efficient prediction.

The method for this used in Multiview Video Coding for Blu-ray 3D movies is known as the 2D plus Delta algorithm, and the MVC specification itself is part of the H.264 standard as an amendment in H.264 “Annex H” of the specification.

Open source support mostly missing

As of April 2015, there is still no free and open-source software that supports software decoding of the MVC video compression standard. So popular open source H.264 and HEVC (H.265) decoders such as those used in the FFmpeg and Libav libraries simply ignore the additional information for the second view and thus do not show the second view for stereoscopic views. In most cases the reason for this support not being added is that MVC was not considered when the initial core H.264 and HEVC decoders code was written so it was coded in one large chunk, and later amendment would as such often mean a lot of prerequisite code refactoring work and large changes its current architecture, with major work in untangling and reordering some code, and splitting different functions in existing decoder code into smaller chunks for simpler handling to in turn then make amendments such as MVC easier to add.

Some proof-of-concept work has however been done downstream in the past, but never made it upstream into official releases of FFmpeg or Libav.

On March 8, 2016, the situation improved. Version 0.68 of the DirectShow Media Splitter and Decoders Collection LAV Filters was released by developer "Nevcairiel" (who also works for Media Player Classic — Home Cinema (MPC-HC)) with support of H.264 MVC 3D demuxing and decoding. With the aid of this release and FRIM  written by a programmer named “videohelp3d”  it is possible to write an AviSynth script to pre process a H.264 MVC 3D video clip which can then be opened by free 3D video player Bino and then shown as red — cyan anaglyph video for example.

The usage of the FRIM AviSynth plugin (FRIMSource) is described on “videohelp3d” home page. LAV Filters can be used to get audio from H.264 MVC 3D video clip. The developer  posted that in a future release of, it might be possible that LAV Video renders the video as Side-by-Side directly.

Patent holders
The following organizations hold patents that contributed to the development of MVC technology, listed in a patent pool by MPEG LA.

See also
 2D plus Delta
 2D-plus-depth
 Stereoscopic video coding
 Digital 3D
 Stereoscopic
 TDVision
 3D television
 3DTV
 3D display
 3-D film
 Crosstalk
 Stereoscopy
 3D Blu-ray Disc
 List of 3D films

References

External links
 Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories – Multiview Video Coding project
 MPEG – Technologies – Introduction to Multiview Video Coding
 MPEG – Technologies – Introduction to 3D Video
 MPEG – Visions – 3D Video Vision
  Nokia Research Center – Mobile 3D Video project and MVC source code
  NetBlender – MVC encoding solution for 3D Blu-ray authoring
TDVision Systems, Inc – Stereoscopic decoding patents:
 TDVision Systems, Inc – Stereoscopic encoding patent
 TDVision Systems, Inc – Stereoscopic decoding patent

3D imaging
IEC standards
ISO standards
MPEG-4
Open standards covered by patents
Video codecs
Video compression


is a female Japanese manga writer. In the west she is mostly known for writing the manga Desert Coral.

Profile
In the past she worked for Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Blade up until September 2006. Following that she became pregnant in September 2006, and the change in her condition caused Junkyard Magnetic'''s serialization to go on temporary hiatus. She delivered without complications on December 2006, and then finished Junkyard Magnetic''.

Manga list
Desert Coral (Monthly Comic Blade, 5 volumes)
Junkyard Magnetic (Monthly Comic Blade, 6 volumes)
Hakaishin Ruruko (Monthly Comic Blade, 1 volume)
Fukigen Cinderella (Dengeki Comic Japan, 1 volume)
Hankyū Densha (Original novel by Hiro Arikawa, Wataru did the manga)

References

External links

  at Mag Garden
 Official blog

Manga artists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


Judith Graßl  (born 6 April 1968) is a German ski mountaineer.

Graßl was born in Berchtesgaden. She is married to the ski mountaineer Franz Graßl with two children. They live in Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden.

Selected results
 2003:
 4th, European Championship single race
 5th, European Championship team race (together with Traudl Maurer)
 6th, European Championship combination ranking
 2004:
 1st, German Championship single
 2005:
 2nd, European Cup team (together with Barbara Gruber)
 3rd, European Championship relay race (together with Barbara Gruber and Silvia Treimer)
 3rd, European Championship (together with Barbara Gruber)
 7th, World Cup team (together with Barbara Gruber)
 9th, European Championship single race
 2006:
 2nd, German Championship single
 4th, World Championship relay race (together with Barbara Gruber, Silvia Treimer and Stefanie Koch)
 4th, World Championship team race (together with Stefanie Koch)
 2007:
 2nd, Sellaronda Skimarathon (together with Stefanie Koch)
 3rd, German Championship single
 3rd, Trofeo Mezzalama (together with Stefanie Koch and Silvia Treimer)
 4th, European Championship team race (together with Stefanie Koch)
 4th, European Championship (together with Stefanie Koch and Silvia Treimer)
 7th, European Championship combination ranking
 8th, European Championship single race
 2008:
 1st, German Championship team
 3rd, German Championship single
 3rd, German Championship vertical race
 3rd, Rofan Xtreme
 6th, World Championship team race (together with Stefanie Koch)
 7th, Pierra Menta (together with Stefanie Koch)
 2010:
 2nd, Sellaronda Skimarathon, together with Barbara Gruber
 2012:
 1st, Sellaronda Skimarathon, together with Barbara Gruber

Patrouille des Glaciers

 2006: 3rd, together with Silvia Treimer and Stefanie Koch
 2008: 4th, together with Stefanie Koch and Silvia Treimer

External links
 Judith Graßl at skimountaineering.com

References

1968 births
Living people
German female ski mountaineers
Sportspeople from Berchtesgaden
Skiers from Upper Bavaria


Anthony Francis Aveni (born 1938) is an American academic anthropologist, astronomer, and author, noted in particular for his extensive publications and contributions to the field of archaeoastronomy. With an academic career spanning over four decades, Aveni is recognized for his influence on the development of archaeoastronomy as a discipline in the latter 20th century. He has specialized in the study of ancient astronomical practices in the Americas, and is one of the founders of research into the historical astronomy of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures. He held an endowed chair as the Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy and Anthropology and Native American Studies at Colgate University, in Hamilton, New York, where he is now an emeritus professor.

He currently resides in Hamilton, New York, with his artist wife Lorraine. He has more than 34 books and 300 research publications to his credit, including three cover articles in Science magazine and key works in The Sciences, American Scientist, American Antiquity, Latin American Antiquity, and The Journal of Archaeological Research. Two of his short pieces have been cited as "notable essays" in the volumes Best American Essays and Best American Science Writing of 2002. He has been awarded research grants by the National Geographic Society, the National Science Foundation and various private foundations for work in both American continents as well as in Europe and the Middle East.

Books
 Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico (University of Texas Press, 1980) (translations in German, Italian, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese)
 World Archaeoastronomy (editor) (Cambridge University Press, 1988)
 Empires of Time (Basic Books, 1989)
 The Lines of Nazca (editor) (American Philosophical Society, 1990)
 Ancient Astronomers (Smithsonian, 1992)
 Conversing With the Planets (Times, Random House, 1992)
 Behind the Crystal Ball (Times, 1996)
 Stairways to the Stars (Wiley, 1997)
 Skywatchers : A Revised and Updated Version of Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico (University of Texas Press, 2001)
 The Book of the Year: A Brief History of Our Seasonal Holidays (Oxford University Press, 2002)
 The Madrid Codex: New Approaches to Understanding an Ancient Maya Manuscript (edited with Gabrielle Vail) (University Press of Colorado, 2004)
 Foundations of New World Cultural Astronomy (Scholastic, 2005)
 The First Americans: Where They Came From and Who They Became (Scholastic, 2005)
 People and the Sky: Our Ancestors and the Cosmos (Thames & Hudson, 2008)
 Foundations of New World Cultural Astronomy: A Reader With Commentary (editor) (University Press of Colorado, 2008)
 Buried Beneath Us: Discovering the Ancient Cities of the Americas (Roaring Brook Press, 2013)
 The End of Time: The Maya Mystery of 2012 (University Press of Colorado, 2009)

Distinctions
 The Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching (1997)
 The Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society Distinguished Teaching Award (1990)
 The highest national award for Teaching - Colgate University
 The National Professor of the Year - Council for the Advancement and Support of Éducation
 The H.B. Nicholson Award for Excellence in Mesoamerican Studies - The Peabody Museum and the Moses Mesoamerican Archive at Harvard Université9 (2004)
 The Fryxell Medal for Interdisciplinary Research - The Society of American Archaeologists (2013)

References

External links

 Faculty profile, Colgate University

 Institute for Cross Disciplinary Engagement At Dartmouth
Winslow Lecture to Focus on Prehistoric Astronome Holly Foster Holly (January 29, 2013)
Experts: Teen's 'Discovery' of Maya City is a Very Western Mistake Kristin Romy (May 11, 2016)

Archaeoastronomers
Historians of astronomy
American astronomers
21st-century American anthropologists
American Mesoamericanists
Mesoamerican anthropologists
20th-century Mesoamericanists
21st-century Mesoamericanists
Mayanists
Colgate University faculty
1938 births
Living people


The Vyadha Gita (meaning, songs of a butcher) is a part of the epic Mahabharata and consists of the teachings imparted by a vyadha (butcher) to a sannyasin (monk). It occurs in the Vana Parva section of Mahabharata and is told to Yudhishthira, a Pandava by sage Markandeya. In the story, an arrogant sannyasin is humbled by a vyadha (butcher or hunter), and learns about dharma (righteousness). The vyadha teaches that "no duty is ugly, no duty is impure" and it is only the way in which the work is done, determines its worth. The Bhagavata Purana mentions the vyadha as an example of someone who attained perfection through satsang (association with devotees of Lord Vishnu or Krishna). Scholar Satya P. Agarwal considers Vyadha Gita to be one of the popular narrations in the Mahabharata.

Story
The story has only three characters—a brahmin sannyasi, a housewife and a vyadha (butcher).
The story begins with a young sannyasi going to a forest, where he meditates and practices spiritual austerities for a long time. After years of practice, one day while sitting under a tree, dry leaves fall on his head because of a fight between a crow and a crane. The angry sannyasi had developed yogic powers and burnt the birds with his mere look. This incident fills the sannyasin with arrogance. Shortly thereafter, he goes to a house, begging for food. Here the housewife who was nursing her sick husband requests the sannyasi to wait. To this, the sannyasi  thinks, "You wretched woman, how dare you make me wait! You do not know my power yet", to which the housewife says that she is neither a crow nor a crane, to be burnt. The sannyasi is amazed and asks her how she came to know about the bird. The housewife says that she did not practice any austerities and by doing her duty with cheerfulness and wholeheartedness, she became illumined and thus could read his thoughts. She redirects him to a dharma-vyadha (meaning, the righteous butcher) in the town of Mithilā and says that the dharma-vyadha would answer all his questions on dharma. The sannyasi goes to see the vyadha and overcoming his initial hesitation, listens to his teachings, which is referred to as Vyadha Gita—and even puts them into practice.

Teachings
The surprised sannyasi asks the vyadha as to how he could become illumined by doing a "filthy, ugly work". The vyadha says that he is working as per the principles of karma, which placed him in a circumstance into which he is born.

The vyadha further advises, "no duty is ugly, no duty is impure" and it is only the way in which the work is done, determines its worth.

The vyadha advises that all work must be done by "dedicating to God" and by sincere and unattached performance of the allotted duty one can become illumined. The vyadha advises the sannyasi that ahimsa (non-violence) and satya (truth) are two main pillars of dharma through which the highest good of all can be achieved. He says that a decision on what is true under difficult circumstances should be made by sticking to that course of action which leads to the highest good of beings. The vyadha, teaches that not birth but dharma and virtuous conduct makes one a Brahmana.

The story describes the importance of performance of swadharma (prescribed duty or duty in life). According to the story, a Vyadha, considered low by birth, but engaged in dharma and doing good to others is capable of teaching a Brahmana, considered higher by birth, but practices austerities for his own good. The attainment of freedom, by the performance of swadharma, is also one of the central teachings of the Bhagavad Gita. Philosopher Swami Vivekananda, describes the Vyadha Gita in one of his lectures in Karma Yoga and says that it contains one of the "highest flights of the Vedanta".

Notes

References

External links
 Vyadha Gita section in Mahabharata

Hindu texts
Mahabharata
Sanskrit texts


Danita Angell (born March 26) is an American model.  She has appeared on the cover of Vogue Italia magazine and in the 2000 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Angell appeared in many runway shows for high-profile designers in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Her couture runway appearances include Balmain, Chanel, Christian Lacroix, Givenchy, Valentino and Versace. She also walked in ready-to-wear shows for notable designers such as Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Calvin Klein, Chanel, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Dries van Noten, Fendi, Givenchy, Gucci, Helmut Lang Jil Sander, John Galliano, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Missoni, Miu Miu, Moschino, Oscar de la Renta, Prada, Ralph Lauren, Roberto Cavalli, Valentino, Versace, Vivienne Westwood and Yves St. Laurent. She has also appeared in advertising for designers including Missoni, Roberto Cavalli and Versace. She was named as a new millennium it girl by Harper's Bazaar along with Kate Moss and Amber Valletta, and was photographed with Caroline Ribeiro by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia's editorial 'Danger High Voltage' in December 1999. In 2001, she was photographed for the New York Times Magazine twice, in February in the Doris Duke home, and in October in the Mark Twain House.

Notes

External links

Female models from Oregon
Living people
1986 births
21st-century American women


Park Jung-Suk (born April 19, 1977) is a retired football player who played for Suwon Samsung Bluewings, FC Seoul, CS Juventus București and FC Remscheid.

References

External links

1977 births
Living people
South Korean men's footballers
Suwon Samsung Bluewings players
FC Seoul players
ASC Daco-Getica București players
Men's association football defenders
K League 1 players
Liga II players
South Korean expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Romania
South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Footballers from Seoul


A ghost call or phantom call is a telephone call for which, the recipient of the call answers, however there is no one on the other end of the call. The term is also used in managing IP PBX systems. Ghost calls on the lines that cannot be explained or are some residual output of one Real-time Transport Protocol or RTP stream interacting with the PBX.  Ghost calls differ from silent calls which tend to be from telemarking organisations with no agents available to speak at the time an automated call has been placed.

Causes
Ghost calls are generally caused by a neglected autodialer or indirectly as a consequence of restrictions applied to autodialers used for telemarketing by agencies such as the FCC that restrict how long they can tie up a phone line; the call is disconnected automatically at the calling end. Another cause is port scanning. Ghost calls can also be caused by accidental pocket dialing.

Consequences
A ghost call sometimes can be repetitive or completely tie up a phone line, making it impossible to call 911 in case of emergency. In some cases an auto-dialer may be overlooked or even abandoned. This tends to happen very rarely.

Stopping the calls
Several websites collect reports of ghost calls. Repeated reports of the same number provide insight into where the machine is located and hopefully aid in having it shut down.

Improvements
Today's autodialer supposedly runs a smarter software, claiming a less than 2% hangup rate. However, most telemarketing companies place thousands of calls an hour, bringing that 2% back up to an annoying level.

References

Telephony


The 1988 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from March 22 to 27. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Medal tables

Medalists

Medals by country

Results

Men
Kurt Browning of Canada landed the first ratified quadruple jump (a toe loop) in his free skating. Jozef Sabovcik of Czechoslovakia had landed a quad toe loop at the 1986 European Championships which was recognized at the event but then ruled invalid three weeks later due to a touchdown with his free foot.

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dancing

References

External links

 results
 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1067164/index.htm
 https://web.archive.org/web/20110603230816/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-148236-165452-56215-0-file%2C00.pdf
 http://articles.latimes.com/1988-03-26/sports/sp-201_1_world-figure-skating-championships

World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships
International figure skating competitions hosted by Hungary
March 1988 sports events in Europe
International sports competitions in Budapest
1980s in Budapest


Haylynn Cohen  (born October 9, 1980) is an American model.

Biography
Most notable for her modeling career. She was discovered while skateboarding as a Lincoln High School student. She has appeared on the cover of Vogue Paris and in the 2000 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.  She did extensive runway and print work for many notable fashion companies between 1999 and 2001. A native of  Brooklyn, her brother is Adam Cohen of Mommyheads.

Modeling career

Advertising

 1999 S/S Versace photographed by Steven Meisel
 1999 S/S Louis Vuitton
 1999 S/S Victor Victoria photographed by Carter Smith
 Armani Exchange
 Burberry
 C Ronson
 DKNY photographerd by Mikael Jannson
 Evan Picone
 Gap photographed by Steven Meisel
 Gap Holiday photographed by Peter Lindbergh
 Guy Laroche
 Hugo Boss
 J.Crew
 John Frieda
 Kenneth Cole
 Missoni
 Olay
 Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti
 Piazza Sempione
 Realway
 Saks Fifth Avenue
 Tommy Hilfiger
 Versace

Covers

 1999 L'Official Copyrights Editions Jalou
 1999 Vogue Paris Copyrights Condè Nast Publications
 1999 Vogue Spain
 2000 Glamour Italy
 2001 Vogue Australia
 2002 Cosmopolitan
 D Magazine 4 times

Fashion Shows
Ready to wear - Spring/Summer 1999 {Chloe}

Ready to wear - Autumn/Winter 1999 {Burberry}

Ready to wear - Spring/Summer 2000 {Alberta Ferretti, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Anna Molinari, Antonio Berardi, Blumarine, Bottega Veneta, Byblos, Callaghan, Calvin Klein, Cerruti, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Costume National, Cynthia Rowley, DKNY, Emanuel Ungaro, Herve Leger, Jill Stuart, Koji Tatsuno, Les Copains, Loewe, Marc Jacobs, Mila Schon, Narciso Rodriguez, Nicole Farhi, Nicole Miller, Nina Ricci, Paco Rabanne, Ralph Lauren, Rebecca Danenberg, Sportmax, TSE, Ter et Bantine, Trussardi, Versace, Versus, Victor Alfaro, Victor Victoria, Vivienne Tam, YSL Rive Gauche}

Ready to wear - Autumn/Winter 2000 {AA Milano, Anteprima, Betsey Johnson, Blumarine, Cerruti, Chaiken, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christina Perrin, Costume National, Emanuel Ungaro, Exté, Fendi, Jill Stuart, Joop, Junko Shimada, Koji Tatsuno, Loewe, Marc Jacobs, Mark Eisen, Mila Schon, Narciso Rodriguez, Nina Ricci, Ralph Lauren, Rebecca Danenberg, Rifat Ozbek, Sportmax, TSE, Tuleh, Versace, Versus, Vivienne Tam}

Ready to wear - Spring/Summer 2001 {AA Milano, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Andrew Gn, Anna Molinari, Bill Blass, Blumarine, Calvin Klein, Chanel, Christian Lacroix, Etro, Genny, John Richmond, Junko Shimada, Koji Tatsuno, Lizzy Disney, Loewe, Marcel Marongiu, Mila Schon, Rebecca Taylor, Sally Penn, Sportmax, TSE, Ter et Bantine, Trussardi, Versace, Versus}

Ready to wear - Autumn/Winter 2001 {Alberto Biani, Blumarine, Chaiken, Christian Lacroix, Daryl K, Isabel Marant, Marcel Marongiu, Mila Schon, Sportmax, Trussardi}

Victoria's Secret {2000}

Personal life
In 2002, she opened a nightclub named Joey's on Avenue B in Manhattan's East Village, with her boyfriend, Joe Gossett.  The business was financed by Oliver Stone and Stephen Dorff.  The couple broke up in 2004. She is known for her Jewish heritage.
Cohen is married to American geneticist Andrew Conrad. Together they have 2 children.

Cohen has purchased and sold property in Manhattan, NY in the Soho neighborhood.

Notes

External links
See Haylynn Cohen at: Fashion Model Directory, supermodels.nl

Female models from New York (state)
Living people
People from Brooklyn
1980 births
Models from New York City
Abraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn) alumni
21st-century American women


Haixinsha Island () is an island in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is located to the south of Zhujiang New Town, newly developed CBD of the city, to the north of Canton Tower and to the east of Ersha Island.

The island had been used as garrison and warehouses of the People's Liberation Army until the local government decided it was to be redeveloped and used as the venue of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Asian Games. The island also sat at a strategic point of the new city centre, bordered by the new CBD on the north and the Pearl River on the south. Besides allocating a piece of land to the military, local government reportedly compensated another ¥1 billion in order to acquire land of the island. A viewing stand which seated 35,000 in three tiers of seating, was erected on western end in November 2010 for the opening ceremony. Other infrastructures include an apm station and a large underground complex linked directly to the CBD.

The future of the island is a subject of heated debate at the moment. When construction first started, the government claimed the area would serve as a civic square after the Asian Games. However, immediately after the games was finished, the whole island was turned into an Asian Games park, which charged an entry fee. Although the park attracted mainly tourists, the entry fee affected people who used the metro station as all entrances and exits of the station were located within the park. This sparked a public outcry and the entry fee was eventually lifted in September 2012. Moreover, the viewing stand was supposed to be a temporary structure which should ultimately be demolished. But in 2012, it was reported that a local real estate company was planning to turn it into a luxury hotel with a rooftop swimming pool.

Transport
Haixinsha station, a station on APM line of Guangzhou Metro.

See also
Haixinsha Island (Haizhu District): another island with the same name in Haizhu District, Guangzhou

References

Tianhe District
Islands of Guangzhou


Stefan Schurig (born 1971) is the Secretary General of the Foundations Platform F20, an international network of foundations and philanthropic organizations.

He is an architect by training and has been devoting most of his professional career to climate change and energy issues and to transforming cities into sustainable systems. Before he was the Director Climate Energy at the World Future Council (WFC) in 2007 he was the spokesperson for Greenpeace in Germany for almost 10 years. From 1998 until 2007 he was also member of the Senior Management Team of Greenpeace and headed the Climate and Energy department for five years. In the year 1999 he also co-founded Germany's nationwide green electricity supplier Greenpeace Energy.

Between 2003 and 2006 he had been appointed member of the REALISE Forum, an international platform on renewable energy policies led by the European Commission. As Director Climate Energy at the World Future Council he initiated the international policy campaign on climate change, renewable energy and sustainable city development.

In 2008 Stefan Schurig became a member of the energy advisory board of the International Building Exhibition (IBA) in Hamburg, a five-year urban development project of the city of Hamburg. He is also appointed member of the steering committee of its World Urban Campaign by UN Habitat. He founded and chairs the international Future of Cities Forum, an international think tank gathering on the future of cities.

He was also one of the three executive board members of the World Future Council foundation and member of the executive committee of the global alliance for 100% renewable energy. Additionally, he was a guest lecturer at the HafenCity University Hamburg.

References

1971 births
German activists
Living people
Architects from Berlin


Lectionary 69, designated by siglum ℓ 69 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th-century.

Description

The codex contains Lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium) with some lacunae. The text is written in Greek minuscule letters, on 257 parchment leaves (m), 2 columns per page, 25 lines per page.
Some leaves which were lost were supplied by later hand. The text of John 8:3-11 is included. It has standard lectionary text. It has some errors corrected by a later hand.

In Mark 6:33 it has textual reading ἐκεῖ καὶ προῆλθον αὐτούς along with Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Vaticanus, 0187 (omit εκει), 892, ℓ 49, ℓ 70, ℓ 299, ℓ 303, ℓ 333, ℓ 1579, (ℓ 950 αυτους), itaur, vg, (copsa, bo).

History

The manuscript was written in Constantinople. It was examined by Scholz, and added by him to the list of New Testament manuscripts. It was examined and described by Paulin Martin. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1885.

The manuscript is cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).

Currently the codex is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 286) in Paris.

See also

 List of New Testament lectionaries
 Biblical manuscript
 Textual criticism

References

Greek New Testament lectionaries
12th-century biblical manuscripts
Bibliothèque nationale de France collections