Austin Kirk Collie (born November 11, 1985) is a Canadian former professional gridiron football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL) in the fourth round (127th overall) in the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football for the Brigham Young University Cougars. Collie also played in the NFL for the New England Patriots and in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the BC Lions.

Early life
Collie was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, to American parents Scott and Nicole Collie. Scott Collie played football at Brigham Young University (BYU) from 1979 to 1982 and played professionally in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and briefly in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers during the 1983 preseason.

Collie starred as a wide receiver at Oak Ridge High School in El Dorado Hills, California, and garnered many awards. He was a PrepStar and SuperPrep All-American as well as being voted Northern California's Most Valuable Player. During his senior season, he recorded 60 receptions for a total of 978 yards and 18 touchdowns. In 2004, Collie became an Eagle Scout.

In December 2009, Collie's hometown newspaper, The Sacramento Bee, named him Sacramento Area's Player of the Decade (2000–2009).

College career
In 2004, Collie was named MWC Freshman of the Year. He was also named the MVP of the 2007 Las Vegas Bowl and named to the All-MWC first-team in 2008.

Collie set a series of records during his three-year career at BYU (2004, 2007–2008).

Additionally, Collie was also one of the highest rated wide receivers in college football during his junior season in which he was selected to the college football All–American team.

On January 9, 2009, Collie announced in a press conference that he would forgo his senior year and enter the 2009 NFL Draft. The Indianapolis Colts drafted him in the fourth round, 127th overall.

Professional career

Indianapolis Colts
Collie impressed Indianapolis Colts Head Coach Jim Caldwell in the preseason and was placed third on the depth chart at the wide receiver position for the 2009 season, placing ahead of Pierre Garçon for the slot receiver position. However, Garçon soon jumped Collie on the depth chart shortly thereafter. Collie finished his rookie season in the NFL among the top statistical leaders for all rookies at the wide receiver position.

Collie started his second year strong, making numerous touchdown catches and establishing himself as Peyton Manning's "go-to guy" after Dallas Clark suffered a season-ending injury. However, on November 7, 2010, Collie was involved in a collision against the Philadelphia Eagles, in which he was hit on both sides of his head by Quintin Mikell and Kurt Coleman. Collie was taken off the field on a stretcher. According to a televised ESPN update, Collie was seen sitting up and moving after several minutes working with medics. Collie suffered a concussion as a result of the collision. Coleman was penalized for unnecessary roughness for the hit on Collie, but neither player was fined, as the NFL later ruled that the contact that caused the injury was incidental as a result of Mikell's initial hit. On December 19, 2010, Collie was hit in the head by Jaguars linebacker Daryl Smith and was down for several minutes. It was his second concussion-related injury that year and ultimately ended his 2010 season. Despite the fact that no fines were assessed, the highly visible injuries to Collie have added to the debate about violent hits in football. On December 22, 2010, Collie was placed on injured reserve.

Collie played in all 16 games, making 5 starts, during the 2011 regular season, but managed to only catch one touchdown pass among his 54 receptions.

During a 2012 preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Collie suffered his third concussion of his career. During the third game of the 2012 season against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Collie suffered a ruptured patellar tendon in his right knee, causing him to miss the rest of the 2012 season.

On February 15, 2013, Collie was told he would not be re-signed by the Colts.

San Francisco 49ers
On August 2, 2013, the San Francisco 49ers signed Collie to a 1-year contract. He was released on August 31, 2013, during final roster cuts.

New England Patriots
The New England Patriots signed Collie as a free agent on October 3, 2013. He was signed for a one-year, veteran-minimum contract, which was $715,000 but prorated to $546,765. Due to Collie's previous injuries, the contract included an injury waiver, meaning that the Patriots could release him if he were injured and only owe him a "split" (50%) of the contract. He was released on November 5, 2013, because of a knee injury, after only 3 catches for 34 yards. He was re-signed by the Patriots on December 5, 2013, to add depth as rookie wideouts Aaron Dobson and Kenbrell Thompkins dealt with nagging injuries. He was released once more on December 27, 2013, only to be re-signed on January 2, 2014. The Patriots released Collie again after the playoffs.

BC Lions
On January 29, 2015, the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League announced they had signed Collie to a contract. In his only CFL season, Collie played in 16 games, catching 43 passes for 439 yards with 7 touchdowns. Collie also recorded a touchdown as a passer, throwing a 21-yard score to quarterback Jonathon Jennings on a trick play.

On April 8, 2016, Collie announced his retirement from professional football.

Career NFL statistics

Personal life

Collie is married with four kids. After retiring from professional football Collie joined Cognitive FX, a concussion treatment center in Provo, Utah.

See also
 List of NCAA major college football yearly receiving leaders

References

External links

 BC Lions bio
 NFL bio
 New England Patriots bio
 Indianapolis Colts bio
 BYU bio

1985 births
Living people
People from El Dorado Hills, California
Players of American football from El Dorado County, California
Players of Canadian football from California
Latter Day Saints from California
Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ontario
Players of Canadian football from Ontario
American football wide receivers
BYU Cougars football players
Indianapolis Colts players
San Francisco 49ers players
New England Patriots players
American players of Canadian football
Canadian football wide receivers
BC Lions players
American Mormon missionaries in Argentina
Players of American football from Ontario


Privata may refer to:

 Missa Privata, a mass said by a priest without music or incense
 Musica privata, see Musica reservata
 Vita privata, a 1962 French film directed by Louis Malle
 the feminine singular or neuter plural form of the Latin word privatus, a term of Roman law, "private" as distinguished from publicus, "public, belonging to the Roman people"


Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt (Latin for "They draw as many as they can toward Satanism") is the eighth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. It was released on 21 October 2009 by Regain Records. This album marked the return of Pest on vocals, as well as the debut of Tomas Asklund (ex-Infernal/Dissection/Dark Funeral) on drums and Bøddel (the pseudonym of Frank Watkins of Obituary) on bass.

Infernus, the founding member and guitarist of Gorgoroth, began work on this album in October 2006, and was first reported to be writing it when he was released on parole from prison in March 2007. However, the latter stages of the songwriting and much of the recording process were overshadowed by the Gorgoroth name dispute which began in October 2007. Within two weeks of the beginning of the dispute, the album title was revealed to the public.

Infernus cited the ecclesiastical writer Adam of Bremen as the inspiration for the album's title, parodying his maxim Quantos Possunt ad Christianitatem Trahunt.

History
Infernus began work on the album in October 2006, as he was about to serve a prison sentence for "gross negligent rape". He continued writing songs while he served his sentence, citing the "lack of outside distractions" as a factor. Shortly after he was granted parole in March 2007, the official Gorgoroth website (then situated at gorgoroth.org) announced that Infernus was "working on new material, both music and lyrics for an upcoming album, title yet undecided".

In October 2007, then-members Gaahl and King ov Hell attempted to remove Infernus from the band, igniting the Gorgoroth name dispute. On 31 October 2007, Infernus revealed the title to be Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt. Infernus said that "between 50 and 70% of the music" had "already been written (some of it even pre-recorded)" as well as "two or three lyrics". He stated that it would be released on Regain Records, which was reinforced by the decision of the record label in December 2007 to side with Infernus during the ongoing Gorgoroth name dispute. In December 2007, Bøddel and Asklund were revealed as new members of Gorgoroth on bass and drums respectively, and it was announced that former Gorgoroth guitarist Tormentor was assisting Infernus in arranging and producing the album.

Recording
In April 2008, Infernus announced he was departing for Stockholm, Sweden, where the next few months were spent rehearsing the material for Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt in Asklund's Monolith Studio. In August 2008, it was announced that a pre-recording for the album had been made with guitars, bass and drums. After having spent the previous few months rehearsing in Monolith Studio, Infernus said that he was working on arrangements with assistance from Tormentor.

On 4 December 2008, Gorgoroth's official website announced that former Gorgoroth vocalist Pest had returned, thus completing the band's lineup, both to record the new album and to play future live performances.

The Gorgoroth name dispute concluded in March 2009, when Oslo District Court recognised Infernus as the legitimate owner of the band name. Shortly thereafter, recording for Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt began with Asklund recording drum tracks at Monolith. During this period, Infernus also recorded the guitars, "manually recording six basic guitars".

Although it was announced in August 2008 that the guitar and bass would be recorded in the Laboratório 6 studio in Pindamonhangaba, Brazil, with engineering help from Fabio Zperandio of Ophiolatry, once the trial over the Gorgoroth name dispute was scheduled for the end of January 2009, those plans were abandoned and instead the band decided to continue recording at Monolith. Since Infernus wrote all the music for the album, and extensive rehearsals and a preproduction recording had been completed before second guitarist Tormentor rejoined the band the previous year, it was also decided that it would be more convenient for Infernus to record all the guitars on the album.

Bøddel and Pest recorded bass and vocals respectively in June 2009, and the mixing process was finished by 26 June. On 5 July 2009, it was announced that Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt was to be mastered at the Cutting Room in Stockholm later that month, and the album was scheduled to be released on 21 October in Europe and 11 November in the US. A tentative track listing was also revealed. Production was credited to Infernus and Asklund.

Release and reception

The first press listening of Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt was held in Berlin on 18 July 2009, with Infernus and Asklund present. In August, the finalized track listing for the album was released, as well as the cover artwork and a sample from the song "Prayer". It was also announced that the album would receive a limited-edition picture disc vinyl release on Infernus's own record label, Forces of Satan Records. A second press listening was held in Bergen, Norway, on 28 August 2009, in connection with the band's headlining performance at the Hole in the Sky festival on 29 August 2009. At the Hole in the Sky concert, the song "Aneuthanasia" was performed live, marking the first ever live performance of material from the album. A sample of the album version of this song was released on September 21. The song "Prayer" received its live debut at the band's concert at UKA 2009 in Trondheim, Norway, on October 19. This concert served as a "release party" for the new album.

The album was well received upon its release, earning high marks in magazines such as Metal Hammer and Rock Hard. The first pressing of the CD version of the album was packaged as a jewel case and included a limited-edition slipcover and also a patch of the cover artwork and band logo. The album was also released on regular 12" vinyl by Regain Records.

In April 2010, the band went on a European mini-tour to promote the album, with nine concerts in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Italy and Germany. The set list for the tour contained three tracks from Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt: "Satan-Prometheus", "Aneuthanasia" and "Prayer".

Track listing

Personnel

Gorgoroth
 Pest – vocals
 Infernus – guitar, production, arrangements, mastering
 Bøddel – bass
 Tomas Asklund – drums, production, mixing, mastering

Additional personnel
 Oskorei Grapix – artwork
 Christian Misje – artwork, photography
 Mats Lindfors – mastering

References

Gorgoroth albums
2009 albums


The 1980 World Championship Tennis Finals was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 10th edition of the WCT Finals and was part of the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix. It was played at the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas in the United States and was held from April 28 through May 4, 1980.

Final

Singles

 Jimmy Connors defeated  John McEnroe 2–6, 7–6, 6–1, 6–2
 It was Connors' 3rd title of the year and the 94th of his career.

See also
 Connors–McEnroe rivalry

References

External links
 ITF tournament edition details


Charles Lewis Jr. (June 23, 1963 – March 11, 2009) was an American businessman, promoter and entertainer.  Known by his nickname "Mask", Lewis founded the Tapout clothing line in 1997, which eventually became a multimillion-dollar clothing company.

Mask was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in July 2009, becoming the first non-fighter to enter the UFC Hall of Fame.

Career

Tapout
In 1997, Lewis and his two friends began selling mixed martial arts apparel from the back of their Mustang. By 2007, the company, "Tapout", had revenue of $22.5 million, with a 2009 target of $225 million. Lewis was known as "Mask", because of stripes of facepaint he frequently used.

Death
Shortly before 1:00 am on March 11, 2009, Lewis died in a high-speed car crash in Newport Beach, California. His Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale, a race version of the Ferrari 360 Modena collided with a 1977 Porsche before hitting a light pole. It is presumed that the two vehicles were traveling alongside one another at high speed. Lewis was declared dead at the scene. Twenty-three-year-old Lacy Lynn White, a female occupant of Lewis's Ferrari, was ejected from the vehicle and was taken to a hospital. She suffered a fractured elbow and lacerations. The driver of the Porsche was arrested for "alcohol-related gross vehicular manslaughter". As a tribute to his contributions to the UFC, Lewis was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame at the UFC 100 Fan Expo, and Lewis's name was made a permanent feature on the inside of the door to the Octagon.
He is buried at Mountain View cemetery in San Bernardino, California.

Legacy
In 2009, Lewis was featured in the video game UFC 2009 Undisputed as an unlockable fighter along with "Skyskrape" and "Punkass" all not dressed in standard UFC attire but in TapouT clothes including hats, shirts, and shoes. Unlockable by achieving three consecutive submission victories in Career mode, he fights in the Light Heavyweight class.

In 2010, Lewis was also featured in UFC 2010 Undisputed alongside "Skyscrape" and "Punkass". All of them were still featured fully dressed in their TapouT clothing. This time they were unlockable by a code that can be entered in the main menu.

Released September 2011, the film Warrior was dedicated "In loving memory of our friend, Charles 'Mask' Lewis Jr.". The role of the fight promoter in this movie, played by co-producer and director Gavin O'Connor, was meant to be played by Charles Lewis Jr., had Lewis not been killed just before the shooting of the movie.
A new film by British director Bobby Razak chronicles the life and death of Charles Lewis. Razak founded the media portion of TapouT and TapouT films.
Mask is the first non-fighter to be inducted into UFC Hall of Fame.

References

1963 births
2009 deaths
20th-century American businesspeople
Participants in American reality television series
Road incident deaths in California
Mixed martial arts people
People from San Bernardino, California
Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters


Amb is a village in the Dadyal tehsil of Mirpur District of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It has a mosque which was built in the 1980s. It also has a Daab (Natural micro Water reserve) and hills and cliffs. The Bihari Qus (Rain water channel) flows through the Amb to Mangla dam and in old days to River Poonch passing the old river

Demography
According to 1998 census of Pakistan, its population was 2,740.

History
Like many villages in the Mirpur region, many of its residents have emigrated to the United Kingdom. Most people live in Birmingham.
In the 90s, the mosque of the town was built. Later on, the mosque was refurbished. Amb village existed long before New Dadyal Town which was founded in 1966 with many people migrating to the United Kingdom and the United States.

References

Populated places in Mirpur District


Dark Age of Reason is the first album by the Swedish band Arcana. It has been compared to the early works by Dead Can Dance.

Track listing

 "Our God Weeps" -02:04
 "Angel of Sorrow" -03:13
 "Source of Light" -03:07
 "The Calm before the Storm" -03:00
 "Dark Age of Reason" -07:09
 "Like Statues in the Garden of Dreaming" -03:03
 "The Oath" -03:36
 "...For My Love" -02:22
 "Serenity" -06:07
 "The Song of Mourning" -03:47

References

Arcana (Swedish band) albums
1996 albums


Biplab Chatterjee is an Indian actor and director of television and films, mostly associated with the Bengali Film industry.

Career
Biplab started his film career with Satyajit Ray in his film Pratidwandi. He is popular for his antagonistic character in Bengali films. Apart from his career in films, he has also shown interest in socio-political activities. In 1998, he was a candidate for assembly election from Rashbehari constituency and in 2006 from Alipore constituency.

Filmography

As actor
 Rajar Kirty (2020)
 Asur (2020)
 Paran Bandhu Re (2019)
 Chaamp (2017)
 Ei Toh Jeebon (2017)
 Rokto (2016)
 Nirbhoya (2013)
 Mrs. Sen (2013)
Ullas (2012)
 Astra (2012)
 Teen Kanya (2012)
 Khokababu (2012)
 Teen Yaari Katha (2012)
 Gosainbaganer Bhoot (2011)
 Tenida (film) (2011)
 Shotru (2011)
 Royal Bengal Rahasya (2011)
 Wanted (2010)
 Bangal Ghoti Phataphati (Unreleased) (2009)
 Magno Mainak (2009)
 Sedin Dujone (2008)
 Manik
 Ek Muto Chobi
 Tulkalam (2007) in Special Appearance
 Kailashe Kelenkari (2007)
 Jara Bristite Bhijechhilo (2007)
 Refugee (2006)
 Agnipath (2005)
 Parineeta (2005) as Shyam Lal Tantiya
 Rajmohol (2005)
 Paribar (2004)
 Swapne Dekha Rajkanya (2004)
 Patalghar (2003) as Vik
 Moner Majhe Tumi (2003)
 Dekha (2001)
 Jibon Niye Khela (1999)
 Lal Darja (1997)
 Phiriye Dao (1994)
 Rakte Lekha (1992)
 East Bengaler Chele (1989)
 Bagh Bahadur (1989) (Hindi)
 Hirer Shikal (1988)
 Pratikar (1987)
 Phatik Chand (1983) as Shyamlal
 Surya Sakhi (1981)
 Bancharamer Bagan (1980) as Hontka and Kontka
 Ek Din Pratidin (1979) as Policeman
 Sabuj Dwiper Raja (1979)
 Joi Baba Felunath (1978)
 Charmurti (1978)
 Din Amader (1977)
 Khunjey Berai (1971)
 Pratidwandi (1970)

As director
 Chor O Bhagoban (2003)
 Tomar Aamar Prem (1998)
 Bidrohini (1994)
 Prajapati (1993)
 Abhimanyu (1990)

Awards
 BFJA for Best Supporting Actor for Debipaksha in 2005
 BFJA for Best Supporting Actor for Banaphul in 1997

References

External links

Bengali male actors
Living people
University of Calcutta alumni
Male actors from Kolkata
Film directors from Kolkata
20th-century Indian male actors
20th-century Indian film directors
21st-century Indian male actors
Male actors in Bengali cinema
Indian male film actors
Indian male television actors
1946 births


Viktor Schauman (1822 – 3 February 1872) was a pharmacist and notable business person and politician from Jakobstad, Finland. He was married to Elise Wilhelmina Schauman and was the father of the industrialist Wilhelm Schauman and Ossian Schauman, who later created the health organization Folkhälsan.

In 1845 he bought the Jakobstads Tobaksspinneri tobacco company together with the businessman Philip Ulric Strengberg, renaming it into "Ph. U. Strengberg & Co Tobaks-Fabrik".

He was greatly interested in gardening and the botanical garden of Jakobstad, the so-called Skolparken was created in his and his wife's memory.

References
Österbotten No. 4 (page 8) Link

1822 births
1872 deaths
People from Jakobstad
People from Vaasa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
Swedish-speaking Finns
Finnish people of German descent
Finnish pharmacists


After You're Gone () is a 2016 Russian comedy-drama film directed by Anna Matison.

Plot
Famous ballet dancer Alexey Temnikov (Sergey Bezrukov) dedicated his whole life to the stage, performing in various halls around the world. The press referred to him as "genius of dance" and compared him with Mikhail Baryshnikov.

But in the 1990s, Temnikov suffered a serious spinal injury, which interrupted his dancing career. Alexey returned to his native town in the suburbs with a population of 70 thousand people and opened his own dance school-studio and an apothecary business.

After 20 years, Alexey's life does not change, he still lives in his hometown, where he teaches dance. He has a girlfriend named Marina (Karina Andolenko), who is pregnant with his child. Also, Alexey finds out that he has a 12-year-old daughter Chiara, who wants Alexey to teach her dance. But Alexey does not show any initiative in marriage or being a father. After teaching his dance classes, Alexey locks himself up in his office, where he regularly asks himself: "What will be left from me after I'm gone?".

But soon the old trauma, once again makes itself felt. He finds out that soon he will not even be able to walk, which to Alexey is the same as death.

Sometime ago he created an original ballet set to Prokofiev's music, but did not yet have the courage make a public performance out of it. Alexey becomes convinced that now is the time for him to make a comeback and to stage the ballet.

Cast

Sergey Bezrukov as Alexey Germanovich Temnikov
Aliza Rajan as Poppy
Anastasia Bezrukova as Chiara
Alyona Babenko as mother of Chiara
Karina Andolenko as Marina Kuznetsova ("The Desman")
Vladimir Menshov as Herman Temnikov, father of Alexey
Maria Smolnikova as Alisa
Tamara Akulova as Lyubov Temnikova, Alexey's mother
Stepan Kulikov as Stepan
Galina Bokashevskaya as teacher
Sergey Vershinin as Vladislav
Valery Gergiev as cameo
Radu Poklitaru as cameo
Alla Duhova as cameo
Dmitry Khrustalev as cameo
Vyacheslav Kulaev as judge on the show
Sergei Gazarov as doctor from Moscow
Vitaly Egorov as Nikolai Martynov, director of the Bolshoi Theater
Alexander Sivaev as artist
Kirill Kroshman-Klimov as foreman

References

External links

2016 films
2016 comedy-drama films
Russian comedy-drama films
Films about ballet
2010s Russian-language films


Two-Headed Poems is the eighth book of poems by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. It was first published in 1978.

The title of the collection refers to its central cycle of poems, which concerns a pair of Siamese twins as a metaphor for Canada. The twins dream of separation, and speak sometimes singly, sometimes together within the poems. The tension of their desire for separation and their inescapable connection evokes the French-English tensions in Canada and Quebec separatism. These tensions are also evoked in the image of two deaf singers, an image which implies that neither English-Canada nor Quebec listens to each other. However, the metaphors of Two-Headed Poems can also be interpreted on a more personal level to refer to the tensions between lovers.

Notes

External links

1978 poetry books
Poetry by Margaret Atwood
Canadian poetry collections
Oxford University Press books


John Bell House may refer to

in the United States
(by state)
John Bell House (Lexington, Kentucky), listed on the NRHP in Kentucky
John C. Bell House, Philadelphia, PA, listed on the NRHP in Pennsylvania
John Bell Farm, West Whiteland, PA, listed on the NRHP in Pennsylvania
John Y. Bell House, Cuero, TX, listed on the NRHP in Texas
John and Margaret Bell House, Spring Prairie, WI, listed on the NRHP in Wisconsin


WBKM may refer to:

 WBKM-LP, a defunct television station(channel 46) formerly licensed to serve Chana, Illinois; an America One affiliate
 WWFK, a radio station (107.1 FM) licensed to serve Dannemora, New York, United States, which held the call sign WBKM from 2016 to 2017
 Tommanggong Airport (ICAO code WBKM), Sabah, Malaysia


The Association of Bulgnéville communes between Xaintois and Bassigny () is a former administrative association of communes in the Vosges département of eastern France and in the region of Lorraine. It was created in October 1992. It was merged into the new Communauté de communes Terre d'eau in January 2017.

The full name of the association includes the name Xaintois, an alternative spelling for the district currently more normally names Saintois.  The name of Bassigny refers to a fertile area which seems to have been valued as far back as the Roman period. The current territorial extent of these districts is indeterminate.

The association had its administrative offices at the small town of Bulgnéville.

Composition
The Communauté de communes comprised the following communes:

Aingeville
Aulnois
Auzainvilliers
Belmont-sur-Vair
Bulgnéville
Dombrot-sur-Vair
Domjulien
Gendreville
Hagnéville-et-Roncourt
Houécourt
Malaincourt
Morville
Norroy
Offroicourt
Parey-sous-Montfort
Remoncourt
Saint-Remimont
Sandaucourt
Saulxures-lès-Bulgnéville
Sauville
Urville
La Vacheresse-et-la-Rouillie
Vaudoncourt
Vrécourt

The area covered by the association is similar but not identical to the area covered by the former Canton of Bulgnéville. Eighteen of the twenty-four communes listed here are included in both.

References

Bulgneville


John Bell House in Lexington, Kentucky, also known as Stonehigh or John Webb House was built in c. 1810 by John Bell.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

It is a two-story stone house built c.1810 with a one-story stone ell built at the same time.  It also has a one-story brick ell built c.1840 to serve as a kitchen.  In 1982 was in excellent condition.  It was then in a picturesque rural setting but is now within Lexington.

The property includes a brick smokehouse, a two-story spring house and granary, and more.

References

National Register of Historic Places in Lexington, Kentucky
Federal architecture in Kentucky
Houses completed in 1810
Houses in Lexington, Kentucky
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
1810 establishments in Kentucky


Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on all aspects of toxicology. The editor-in-chief is Rakesh Dixit. The journal is published 9 times per year by Informa. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 1.476.

References

External links

Academic journals established in 2004
Toxicology journals
Taylor & Francis academic journals
English-language journals
9 times per year journals


Gilberto Eduardo Gerardo Cojuangco Teodoro Jr.  (born June 14, 1964), nicknamed Gilbert or Gibo (), is a Filipino lawyer, politician and business executive who is the incumbent Secretary of National Defense under the Marcos Jr. administration since 2023. He previously served in the same post from 2007 to 2009 under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. He was the nominee of Arroyo's Lakas–Kampi in the 2010 presidential election, which he lost to his second cousin, Noynoy Aquino.

Teodoro studied commerce at De La Salle University, and law at the University of the Philippines, where he graduated top of his class and went on to top the 1989 Bar exams. He then earned his Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School. He practiced law until he was elected as Representative of Tarlac's 1st district, serving from 1998 to 2007.

Teodoro has been described as a technocrat. During his time as defense secretary, he was known for his efforts as the chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) when Mega Manila was hit by Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy).

Educational background
Teodoro finished elementary in 1977 and high school in 1981 at Xavier School, and obtained his undergraduate degree in commerce major in Financial Institutions from De La Salle University in 1984. He then studied law at the University of the Philippines College of Law from 1985 to 1989, and finished at the top of his class. He was also awarded the Dean's Medal for Academic Excellence. He topped the 1989 Philippine Bar Examinations with an 86.18% bar rating. In 1997, he obtained his Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and he passed the State Bar of New York. He also completed his Doctor of Laws at what was then West Negros University in 2009.

According to his classmates, Teodoro was "very intelligent", an unconventional nerd. They have also added that he is "very unassuming" and a "very cool" person. During his college days, he had not been involved in campus politics, and had been busy with his other commitments outside school, including being a member of the Sangguniang Kabataan (Youth Council) in Tarlac and learning how to fly planes.

Teodoro had been a lawyer at the EP Mendoza Law firm, owned by Estelito Mendoza, from 1989 to 1996.

Political career

Before Congress
At the age of 16, in 1980, Teodoro was elected as the Kabataang Barangay (KB) President in Tarlac; he would serve the position until 1986. He went on to lead Central Luzon and became a member of the Tarlac Provincial Board at the time that his mother was the Tarlac representative in the National Assembly.

Congressman (1998–2007)
From 1998 to 2007, he was a House Representative for the First District of Tarlac province. He assumed the position of Assistant Majority Leader in the 11th Congress and head of the Nationalist People's Coalition House members. He was also a member of the House contingent to the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council. Teodoro was a part of the "Bright Boys" clique. He authored 106 bills during his stint.

Following his three terms in office—the maximum number allowed by the constitution — he was succeeded by his wife, Monica Prieto-Teodoro.

Secretary of National Defense (2007–2009)

Teodoro was appointed Secretary of the Department of National Defense in August 2007 at the age of 43. He was the second youngest person to ever hold the position after Ramon Magsaysay, who assumed the position a day after he turned 43.

Chairman of National Disaster Coordinating Council
While serving as the Secretary of National Defense, Teodoro concurrently headed the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), a temporary organization that supports the relief efforts being done by the local government in times of natural disasters. When Typhoon Ketsana hit the country, Teodoro immediately issued an appeal for international aid through the United Nations and organized relief operations in the affected areas given the limitations in resources and the scale of the disaster. He mitigated the devastation wrought by the typhoon and prioritized the areas at risk of being wiped out.

Under the law (PD 1566), the NDCC's role as a temporary or ad hoc committee is very limiting because it places the budget and primary responsibility during natural disasters on the hands of local government officials. For this reason, Teodoro expressed the desire for bills that seek to replace PD 1566 with a permanent  Disaster Risk Reduction Council (DRRC) that will be given the right powers and resources to correct the weaknesses of the current law.

Secretary of National Defense (2023–present)
On June 5, 2023, Teodoro was reappointed as Secretary of National Defense by President Bongbong Marcos. As a Defense Secretary, Teodoro Jr. took a strong stance against Chinese incursions into Philippine waters. He described China encroaching in Philippine waters as akin to acting like illegal occupants, or "squatters" in Philippine colloquial terms.

2010 presidential campaign

In March 2009, Teodoro announced his intention to run for President of the Philippines in the May 2010 election. Months earlier, he quit his old party Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) to join the merged administration party Lakas Kampi CMD and cast his name in the ruling party's contenders for the 2010 elections.

On September 16, 2009, voting 42–5 through secret balloting, the executive committee of Lakas-Kampi officially selected Teodoro as their party's presidential standard bearer for the May 2010 elections, edging out the other nominee, MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando.  The announcement was made by Lakas-Kampi Secretary General Gabriel Claudio after a deliberation that lasted for approximately an hour.

Teodoro's campaign platform includes encouraging political growth in the provinces and improving healthcare and education. He has also stated that he would not interfere if Arroyo were to be charged at a later date.

On November 20, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo resigned her post as the Chairman of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD and handed over the post to Teodoro.

Teodoro's campaign slogan was "Galing at Talino" (capability and competence). According to him, public service does not only entail integrity, but ability and competence as well because people are looking for clear plans and not just mere promises and most of all positive campaigning. During the campaign, he shunned from mudslinging and encouraged other Presidentiables to do away with smear campaigning because it breeds disunity among Filipinos.

On May 11, 2010, a day after the elections were held, Teodoro conceded defeat to the leading presidential candidate, Senator Noynoy Aquino of the Liberal Party, who is his second cousin. During a press conference he held at the Lakas Kampi CMD national headquarters in Metro Manila, Teodoro wished Aquino well and also announced his decision to return to private life to take care of his family.

Post-political life
In April 2014, Teodoro was elected as an independent director of BDO Unibank, Inc. In August 2015, he was named chairman of the Board of Sagittarius Mines Incorporated (SMI). He is the chairman of the Board of Indophil Resources Incorporated. He is an independent director of the Philippine Geothermal Production Company, Inc. (PGPC), and Alphaland Corporation.

On the public service side, he is the Chairman of the Philippine Air Force Multi-Sectoral Governance Council and also continues to provide advice to various public institutions.

He wrote an op-ed piece entitled "The Philippines' Triumph: Right over Might" published in the Diplomat in July 2016.

He participated in the 150th Rizal Anniversary Conference on Nation and Culture and subtitled his "Thoughts on Philippine Culture from a Non-Culturati Person". (published by the Solidaridad Publishing House in 2012.)

Prior to the 2016 Philippine elections, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte advised Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago to make Teodoro her vice president, in return, Duterte will support the tandem. However, Santiago chose Senator Bongbong Marcos as her running mate. Duterte then ran for the presidency and won. In May 2016, Duterte offered Teodoro to return to his post as Secretary of National Defense but said that he would consult his family first on his final decision as to whether he would accept it. In early June 2016, he declined Duterte's offer. He was yet again offered by Duterte for the defense post on August 23, 2016.

In June 2021, Teodoro expressed interest to run for vice president and become the running mate of Sara Duterte, who was rumored to run for president in 2022. However, Duterte announced that she would instead continue her term as mayor of Davao City; she would later withdraw her reelection bid to instead run for vice president. On October 7, 2021, Teodoro, through a proxy as he was in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19 at that time, filed his certificate of candidacy for senator under People's Reform Party for the 2022 election. He was named to the UniTeam Alliance senatorial slate. However, his bid was unsuccessful, placing 15th out of the 12 seats up for election.

Personal life

Family
Teodoro, born in Isabela, is the only child of former Social Security System administrator Gilberto Teodoro Sr. and former Batasang Pambansa member Mercedes Cojuangco-Teodoro. He is also the nephew of Danding Cojuangco, chairman of San Miguel Corporation.

Teodoro is a second cousin of former president, Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, son of former President Corazon Aquino and former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. While Teodoro's mother is a first cousin of Aquino's mother, former President Corazon Aquino. Both families have always been on different sides of the political fence since the 1960s. During the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos, Teodoro's father served as Social Security System administrator while Aquino's father, former senator Benigno Aquino Jr., was a leading opposition leader.

Teodoro is married to Monica Prieto with whom he has a son, Jaime Gilberto.

Memberships
Teodoro, who holds distinct memberships in the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, UP Alumni Association, UP Law Alumni Association, Harvard Alumni Association and the Harvard Law Alumni Association, is also a licensed commercial pilot with a Learjet 31 rating and a Colonel in the Philippine Air Force Reserve.

References

External links

Department of National Defense
Official website
Volunteers website
Will you vote for Gilberto Teodoro for President? - 2010 Philippines election poll

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1964 births
Candidates in the 2010 Philippine presidential election
Cojuangco family
De La Salle University alumni
20th-century Filipino lawyers
Filipino people of Spanish descent
Harvard Law School alumni
Lakas–CMD politicians
Nationalist People's Coalition politicians
People's Reform Party politicians
Living people
Secretaries of National Defense of the Philippines
Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Tarlac
People from Tarlac
University of the Philippines alumni
Arroyo administration cabinet members
Commercial aviators
Filipino politicians of Chinese descent


Gray Horse was a professional football player who played in the National Football League during the 1923 season. That season, he joined the NFL's Oorang Indians. The Indians were a team based in LaRue, Ohio, composed only of Native Americans, and coached by Jim Thorpe. Gray Horse was a Chippewa.

On November 4, 1923 against the Chicago Bears, Gray Horse fumbled the football which was picked up by the Bears' George Halas and ran back for a 98-yard touchdown. This set the record for the longest touchdown run with a fumble.

References

Uniform Numbers of the NFL
Tales of Lac du Flambeau

Notes

20th-century Native Americans
Native American players of American football
Players of American football from Minnesota
Oorang Indians players
Year of birth missing
Place of birth missing


Siakh is a village in Dadyal Tehsil of Mirpur District of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.

Demography

According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, its population was 2,021.

History

Like many villages in the Mirpur region, many villagers have emigrated to the United Kingdom and have settled mainly in the City of Birmingham and the Town of Blackburn. The Jats, Mughals, Rajput and the Qazi castes make up the bulk of its population.

A historic village in district Mirpur, Kashmir. the original village was drowned under the waters of Mangla Dam in mid 1960s, the new village was built on the hills of Pel Bakhshi Moti Ram about 1.5 kilometers west of the old village.

References

Populated places in Mirpur District


Modern Art is the Rippingtons' fifteenth album, released in 2009.

The album is the first Rippingtons album to not feature a hand percussion player. Guitarist/bandleader Russ Freeman cited a desire to explore the possibilities of a smaller ensemble.

Track listing
All songs composed by Russ Freeman, except where noted.

"Modern Art" - 4:17
"Paris Groove" - 3:39
"Black Book" - 3:59
"Pastels on Canvas" (Freeman, Yaredt Leon) - 4:54
"One Step Closer" - 4:41
"I Still Believe" (Freeman, Leon) - 4:38
"Body Art" - 4:40
"Age of Reason" - 4:28
"Sweet Lullaby" (Freeman, Leon) - 4:22
"Jet Set" - 4:14
"Love Story" - 4:03
"Twist of Fate" - 3:27 (iTunes only)

Personnel
 Russ Freeman – keyboards, guitars, electric sitar, bass and rhythm programming
 Bill Heller – keyboards
 Rico Belled – bass
 Dave Karasony – drums
 Jeff Kashiwa – saxophones
 Rick Braun – trumpet (11)

Production
 Russ Freeman – producer, executive producer, arrangements, recording, mixing (2-5, 9)
 Andi Howard – executive producer, management
 Steve Sykes – mixing (1, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11)
 Alfredo Matheus – mixing (3, 4, 5)
 Bernie Grundman – mastering
 Valerie Ince – product manager
 Sonny Mediana – art direction, design, photography
 MAD Design – art direction, design, photography
 Bill Mayer – illustration

Studios
 Recorded and Mixed at Surfboard Studios (Boca Raton, Florida)
 Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California).

References

The Rippingtons albums
2009 albums


Thub or Thub Jagir is a village in Dadyal Tehsil of Mirpur District, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. The village lies on the banks of Poonch River.

After the formation of Pakistan people living in the village were very poor. Their prime source of income was agriculture. The construction of Mangla Dam—begun in 1962 and completed in 1967—led to the government allowing citizens of Azad Kashmir to move abroad, and many families moved to Great Britain. Now Thub Jagir is the richest village of Mirpur. Following the 2004 by Mangla Dam uprising, the people of Thub received money from the government of Azad Kashmir.

 Thub Jagir is currently ruled by a few families that call themselves Leaders, Haji Khaleel & Brothers,Sons & Grandsons of Ch.Muhammad Alaf Din - Ch Haji Riaz,Ch.Haji Altaf, Ch Shabir-
Ch.Haji Aftab,Ch.Shazaib,Ch.Laraib. Raja Kamal & Kin,Raja Nomi, Raja Khayam, Raja Mustafa. Despite the great rivalry between the clan of the Chs and Rajas the village is doing well in agriculture and financial sides. One must pay tribute to the village Thub Jagir as it very Renown in the local surroundings. The Chs and Rajas have most of the Heirs living abroad in the United Kingdom. But annually the Heirs always return to their to true home land and spend their summers or winters here.

The grandfather of the British MP Zarah Sultana emigrated from the village in the 1960s.

Demography
According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the population of Thub Jagir was 624. It is one of the wealthiest villages in Mirpur District. Many people from Thub are settled in Great Britain.

Populated places in Mirpur District


Bell Farm may refer to:

in Canada
Bell Farm (Indian Head, Saskatchewan), an endangered Canadian Heritage site

in the United States
Bell Farmhouse, Newark, Delaware
Bell Ranch, New Mexico
Bryan-Bell Farm, Pollocksville, North Carolina, listed on the NRHP in North Carolina
Hiram Bell Farmstead, Columbiana, Ohio
John Bell Farm, West Whiteland, Pennsylvania
Marcus Sears Bell Farm, New Richmond, Wisconsin


Nijkerk is a railway station located in Nijkerk, Netherlands. The station was opened on 20 August 1863 and is located on the Utrecht–Kampen railway (Centraalspoorweg). The services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. From 1903, Nijkerk was also the northern terminus of the Nijkerk–Ede-Wageningen railway. The section between Nijkerk and Barneveld was closed and demolished in 1937.

Train services
The following train services call at Nijkerk:

Bus services

References

External links
NS website
Dutch Public Transport journey planner

Railway stations in Gelderland
Railway stations on the Centraalspoorweg
Nijkerk
Railway stations in the_Netherlands opened in 1863


Ghaseetpur Awan is a village in the Mirpur Tehsil of Mirpur District of Azad Kashmir, in Pakistan.

Demography
According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, its population was 798.

References

Populated places in Mirpur District


Sir Robin Buchanan Nicholson,  (born 12 August 1934) is a British industrial metallurgist and academic, who served as Chief Scientific Adviser, Cabinet Office, from 1983 to 1985.  He then joined the board of Rolls-Royce plc, where he served until 2005.  He was also a non-executive board member of BP plc and Pilkington plc.

Early life and education
Nicholson was born in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, to Carroll Nicholson and Nancy Esther Levi. After attending Oundle School, Nicholson studied natural sciences at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, gaining a BA in 1956, followed by a PhD in metallurgy in 1959.

He was a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, from 1962 to 1966, and was made a lecturer in metallurgy at Cambridge in 1964, before becoming professor of metallurgy at the University of Manchester in 1966.  He joined the European subsidiary of the nickel company Inco in 1972, initially to be the director of its research laboratory, becoming a director in 1975, and managing director from 1976-1981.

He was elected in 1980 as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

In 1981 he joined the Central Policy Review Staff in the Cabinet Office, before becoming Chief Scientific Adviser, Cabinet Office from 1983-85.  He was also a member of the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) from 1978 to 1981, and a member of the UK Government's Council for Science and Technology (CST) from its inception in March 1993 to March 2000. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in March 1978.

He then re-joined the private sector, becoming a director of Pilkington plc and Rolls-Royce plc in 1986; and BP plc in 1987, where as chairman of the remuneration committee until 2005 he was several times the target of public criticism for approving steep increases in executive pay.

Nicholson was elected a member of the US National Academy of Engineering in 1983, with a citation for his leadership in government/industry engineering policy, in bio-engineering, in theory of precipitation hardening in metals (his research field in the early 1960s), and in solar energy materials systems.

Nicholson was the first chairman of the National Energy Foundation, from its inception in 1988 until replaced by Mary Archer in 1990; he remained on its board of trustees until 1996.

In 1998, he published Science and Technology in the United Kingdom in the series of Cartermill Guides to World Science & Technology.

Nicholson was a Member of Council of Exeter University until 2011.

Personal life
In 1958, Nicholson married Elizabeth Mary Caffyn, daughter of Sir Sydney Caffyn. They had two daughters- Jennifer and Helen along with a son- Timothy. Elizabeth   Mary died in 1988.

References

1934 births
Living people
British metallurgists
People educated at Oundle School
Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Knights Bachelor
Fellows of the Royal Society
Chief Scientific Advisers to HM Government
BP people


Ghaseetpur Sohalian is a village in Mirpur (District of Azad Kashmir) Pakistan.

Demography

Ghaseetpur is a village in the Khari Sharif area of Azad Kashmir set between the Upper Jhelum Link Canal to the North and the River Jhelum to the South. Khari Sharif is known for housing the shrines of Sufi saints known as Pir Shah Ghazi Qalandar Damri Wali Sarkar and Mian Muhammad Bakhsh. The village of Ghaseetpur used to sit on the banks of the River Jhelum but was moved back away from the River due to persistent flooding. In fact Ghaseet actually translates as dragging - as in dragging away from the banks of the river. The village is set between the Upper Jhelum Link Canal to the North and the River Jhelum to the South.

According to the 1998 census, its population was 625. Much of the village has connections to the U.K. (United Kingdom) where a good portion of its residents reside and still retain land and homes in the village.

Villagers first left for Britain during the construction of the Mangla Dam. The building of the dam displaced over 110,000 people who had to be relocated elsewhere.

Land was distributed to these people in other parts of Kashmir and some of those affected by the dam were given work permits for Britain by the Government of Pakistan.

These workers helped Britain during the Industrial revolution and mainly worked in the mills of Northern England and beyond.

Some managed to pool money together and eventually started businesses and became quite wealthy.

This wealth can be seen in some of the residences and ownership of land and business in Mirpur.

The villagers are mainly loyal to the Barelvi sect of Islam. Although the villagers are Muslim there is a heavy influence of their ancestry which comes from Sikhism and Hinduism.
Weddings and other communal gatherings are undistinguishable from one that is performed in India by Hindus.

The Hindu caste system is still used in the village and dictates hierarchy.

Rajputs are the main caste of the village, which is about 95 percent.

The main occupation of the residents is farming. The Monsoon which flows down from the Himalayas allows the cultivation of Rice for half the year and wheat the other half.
There are many new builds in this village with some quite extravagant Villas 3 stories high.

Many prominent local figures live in this particular Village and are highly respected thorough the region and beyond.

The main Clan in the village are of the Rajput caste and have the Khan family name. This clan is at the top of the hierarchy as it also takes the ancestral name of Khan and actually has a book written about their ancient history.

On the back cover of this book is the verified traced roots of this clan ending with the sons of Ali Zaman and their children most notable of these being Raja Imran Mukhtar. The Clan unanimously agrees to the status of Raja Imran as a potential Khalifa of the clan.

Legend also claims that this clan has a heritage that can be traced back to being the ancestral owners if the Koh-I-Noor. This dazzling diamond now sits in the British Crown Jewels.

References

Populated places in Mirpur District


John McEnroe was the defending champion but lost in the final 2–6, 7–6, 6–1, 6–2 to Jimmy Connors.

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

  John McEnroe (final)
  Jimmy Connors (champion)

Draw

References
1980 World Championship Tennis Finals Draw

Singles


Morning in the Burned House is a book of poetry by Canadian author Margaret Atwood published by McClelland and Stewart in 1995.

The book expresses themes, interests, and styles characteristic of Atwood’s poetry. These include attention to the landscape of the Canadian Shield, an air of foreboding, and poems addressed to an unspecified "you."

However, the collection also explores two distinct concerns. The first is torture, in particular the torture of women, which Atwood confronts through the retelling of myths such as those of Cressida, Helen of Troy, and Sekhmet, the Egyptian lion-headed goddess of war. Second, Atwood focuses a sequence of poems on aging and mortality by depicting and responding to her father's slow death from cancer.

Reception
Morning in the Burned House was the co-winner of the 1995 Trillium Book Award in the English-language division.

References

External links

1995 poetry books
Poetry by Margaret Atwood
McClelland & Stewart books
Canadian poetry collections


Kas Kalyal is a village in the Mirpur Tehsil of Mirpur District of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.

Demography

According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, its population was 1,614.

History

Like in many villages in the Mirpur region, many villagers have emigrated to the United Kingdom. The village gets its name from the Kalyals tribe of Jats, who form the bulk of the population.

References

Populated places in Mirpur District


Paul Kowert (born	July 18, 1986) is an American bassist and composer. His styles include classical, bluegrass, and progressive bluegrass. He is a member of the progressive acoustic quintet Punch Brothers and a founding member of Hawktail, an acoustic supergroup composed of Kowert, fiddler Brittany Haas, guitarist Jordan Tice, and mandolinist Dominick Leslie.

Biography
Kowert grew up in Middleton, Wisconsin. He transitioned to playing bass from violin at age 9. He studied under Edgar Meyer at the Curtis Institute of Music, graduating in 2009. While still pursuing his degree at Curtis, Kowert was recruited to join Punch Brothers. Though Kowert remains the only non-founding member of the ensemble, his arrival in Punch Brothers has been cited as the seminal moment in the band's artistic formation. As bandmate Chris Thile recalls, "that’s when the band really became a band."

Equipment
Kowert plays a double bass made by Luthier Daniel Hachez in 2006 ("Daniel Hachez Bass #28"). Inspired by mentor Edgar Meyer, Kowert plays in an unconventional tuning that combines orchestral tuning and solo tuning. In orchestral (or "standard") tuning, the bass is tuned in ascending fourths from E to G (i.e., E, A, D, G). In solo tuning, the bass is also tuned in fourths but begins a major second above orchestral tuning, running from F# to A (i.e., F#, B, E, A). Kowert's tuning adheres to solo tuning for the instrument's three highest strings but reverts to orchestral tuning for the lowest string (i.e., E, B, E, A). Additionally, Kowert regularly uses a C extension, resulting in an even wider range of pitch (i.e., C, B, E, A).

In addition to his Hachez bass, Kowert regularly plays a Shen SB-180 bass modified by luthier Arnold Schnitzer to include a removable neck. This modification, Kowert claims, has proven indispensable for the demands of touring, particularly with Punch Brothers. "The way we traveled on the Who's Feeling Young Now? tour," Kowert explains, "would not have been possible without this thing."

Since 2021, Kowert exclusively uses a bass made by Nick Lloyd (#55, 2021).

Kowert uses a bow made by Reid Hudson.

Discography
With Punch Brothers
 Antifogmatic (2010)
 Who's Feeling Young Now? (2012)
 Ahoy! (2012)
 The Phosphorescent Blues (2015)
All Ashore (2018)
Hell on Church Street (2022)

With Mike Marshall's Big Trio
 Mike Marshall's Big Trio (2009)

With Haas Kowert Tice
 You Got This (2014)

With Hawktail
 Unless (2018)Formations'' (2020)
 Place Of Growth (2022)

References

American bluegrass musicians
American classical double-bassists
Male double-bassists
Living people
1986 births
Curtis Institute of Music alumni
Musicians from Madison, Wisconsin
People from Middleton, Wisconsin
Classical musicians from Wisconsin
21st-century double-bassists
21st-century American male musicians
Punch Brothers members


Portrait of Pablo de Valladolid is a portrait painted around 1635 by Diego Velázquez of Pablo or "Pablillos" de Valladolid (1587–1648), a jester and actor at Philip IV's court from 1632 until his death. It is now in the Museo del Prado, to which it was moved in 1827.

History
The picture belongs to the group of portraits of jesters and "men of pleasure" of the court painted by Velázquez to decorate secondary rooms and passageways in the royal palaces. In these less important settings, the painter was able to test new expressive resources with greater freedom than in the official portraits of the royal family, with their need to portray the individuals in the best light.

In 1701 it was at the Buen Retiro Palace, where in the inventory it was described as "portrait of Vn Bufón Con golilla called Pablillo, the one from Valladolid by Velázquez", valued with its black frame at 25 doubloons. In 1772 and 1794 it was inventoried in the Royal Palace of Madrid together with the portrait of the jester Don Juan de Austria, without mentioning the name of the portrayed subject. It went to the Academia de San Fernando in 1816, where it was known as "Portrait of a mayor", and in 1827 to the Museo del Prado, appearing in its 1828 catalogue as "Unknown Portrait". The French painter Édouard Manet, on a trip to Spain in 1865, wrote about the portrait to Henri Fantin-Latour:

Description
The character is portrayed, full-length and standing, with his legs spread wide, dressed in black, picks up the cape on his chest with his left hand and extends his right arm making a declamatory gesture with his hand. The silhouette is sharply outlined on a neutral background, with no other spatial reference to the point where the feet rest except by the shadow it casts, by even ignoring the faint line that in the portrait of the infant Don Carlos established the separation between the floor and the wall. In the contouring of the figure, the corrections made by the artist can be seen with the naked eye, especially in the left leg, which was initially longer.

The novelty of representing the character without a background is the feature that has stood out the most times in this portrait, considered "revolutionary" by Julián Gállego as it portrays the jester with resources more typical of a heavenly vision, as if of a saint in levitation with a golden background. The background used to be a "luminous grey", according to López-Rey, but has turned in recent years to an "abominable ochre" due to varnishes and negligent preservation. The technical study signed by Carmen Garrido, however, although it admits distortions on the surface due to varnishes and accumulated dirt, indicates that brown is the original background colour, obtained from black iron oxides, white lead and calcite with some impurities, vermilion and a large amount of binder.

Other images of same model

See also
 List of works by Diego Velázquez

References

External links
Velázquez , exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on this portrait (see index)

Pablo
Valladolid
1635 paintings
Valladolid
1630s in Spain
Valladolid


Bell House, also known as the summer home of Alexander Graham Bell, is a historic home located at Colonial Beach, Westmoreland County, Virginia. It is a -story, five-bay Stick Style frame dwelling originally built between 1883 and 1885 for Helen and Colonel J.O.P Burnside.  It features a wraparound porch with turned posts and sawn brackets and a central projecting tower with a pyramidal roof and balcony overhang.  Also on the property are a contributing privy and garage (c. 1930).  Alexander Graham Bell inherited the property in 1907 from his father Alexander Melville Bell, who acquired it in 1886, and held it continuously until 1918.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

References

Houses in Westmoreland County, Virginia
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Queen Anne architecture in Virginia
Alexander Graham Bell
Houses completed in 1885
National Register of Historic Places in Westmoreland County, Virginia
Stick-Eastlake architecture in the United States
History of Virginia


A conceit is an extended metaphor, especially in literature.

Conceit may also refer to:
 Conceit (novel) (2007), by Mary Novik
 Conceit (rapper) (fl. c. 2007), American musician
 Conceit (film), a 1921 American silent drama film
 Excessive self-esteem, hubris

See also
 Central conceit, a literary work's inherent assumption, toward which its audience are intended to suspend disbelief


Joseph Young (1797–1881) was an early leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; brother to Brigham Young.

Joseph Young may also refer to:

Joseph Young (artist) (1919–2007), American artist
Joseph Young (conductor) (born 1982), American orchestra conductor
Joseph Young (trade unionist) (1858–?), British trade union leader
Joseph Young Jr. (born 1964), American cartoonist and animator
Joseph Angell Young (1834–1875), apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; eldest son of Brigham Young
Joseph H. Young (1922–2015), American judge
Joseph M. Young, American diplomat
Joseph Young or Alton Milford Young (1884–1950), Ku Klux Klan member

See also
Joe Young (disambiguation)
Joseph Wesley Young House, a historic home in Hollywood, Florida


Guilty was a television programme which aired on Sky One from 1997 to 1999, produced by Anglia Television and presented by Carole Malone.

The show was a lighthearted comedy programme based in a mock courtroom. Participants would bring on friends or family they had problems with and would later be found guilty or not guilty by the audience.

External links

1997 British television series debuts
1999 British television series endings
1990s British comedy television series
Sky UK original programming
Television series by ITV Studios
Television shows produced by Anglia Television
English-language television shows


Mohra Malkan is a village in the Dadyal Tehsil of Mirpur District of Azad Kashmir. Mohra Malkan is about 42 mi (68 km) southeast of Islamabad. Mohra Malkan is part of the Union Council of Amb. It is located approximately 2 km from Dadyal City; on the edge of Mangla Dam and next to the ruins/remains of Old Dadyal City. Other villages around Mohra Malkan are Chapman and Mehra.

References

Populated places in Mirpur District


Athens International Motor Show is a biennial auto show held in the Greek capital, Athens. It was first held in 1995 and features on the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles' calendar of events.

In 2009, the 8th edition of the fair was held in November, on the east wing  of the defunct Ellinikon International Airport. The last edition in 2007 was attended by approximately 250,000 visitors.

References

External links
 Athens Motor Show site

Auto shows
Culture in Athens
Economy of Athens
Tourist attractions in Athens
Motor
Recurring events established in 1995
1995 establishments in Greece


Skeat or Skeats is a common English family name. The names Skeat, Skeats, Skeates, Skett, Skitt and Skates are derived from the forename Scet or Schett, which is mentioned in Domesday Book.

History
Skeat was originally a given name derived from the Old Norse skjótr, meaning "swift" or "fleet". Ricardus filius (son of) Schet 1166 is mentioned in the Pipe Rolls of Henry II in Norfolk. It is mentioned as a surname in the 1201 Pipe Rolls in Shropshire and in the 1275 Hundred Rolls in Norfolk again. Robert Skeet is mentioned in the Subsidy Rolls of Suffolk for 1327.

People surnamed Skeat or Skeats

 Bob Skeat, bass guitarist in Wishbone Ash
 Ethel Skeat (1865–1939), English paleontologist
 Ernest Willington Skeats (1875–1953), geologist
 Francis Skeat (1909–2000), English glass painter
 Len Skeat, jazz double-bassist
 Theodore Cressy Skeat (1907–2003), paleographer
 Walter William Skeat (1835–1912), philologist and etymologist
 Walter William Skeat (anthropologist) (1866–1953), anthropologist

References


The Bull Arab is a type of dog developed in Australia by Mike Hodgens and Heather Rea for pig hunting. The dog was developed from crossing large, strong dogs of which the most common were Bull Terriers, Pointing breeds, and Greyhounds. The result was a medium to large size, short-haired, muscular dog.

The Bull Arab was originally bred for feral pig hunting, and developed to locate pigs, pull them to the ground, and hold them by the ear. The breed is able to locate feral pigs as far as  away by smell.

Temperament
Bull Arabs were bred for characteristics appropriate for their role as a hunting dog, including a bull terrier's power, the speed and vision of a greyhound, and the intelligence, scenting ability and good nature of a German shorthaired pointer.

The breed is cited as being used for companion and therapy animals.

While attacks on and killing of livestock have been attributed to Bull Arabs, the Mackay Regional Council reports hunting dogs are not represented in greater numbers of dog bites than other dog breeds. In a 2022 analysis of dog bite related injuries who presented to Sydney Children's Hospital from 2010 to 2020, no bites were attributed to Bull Arabs.

Abandonment
Due to restrictions on rental housing agreements in Queensland that prohibit larger sized dog breeds, many large breeds of dogs including Bull Arabs are often abandoned in that state. RSPCA Australia also attributes this to a perceived rise in pig hunting, with hunters not desexing their animals, resulting in litters often being dumped.

See also
 Dogs portal
 List of dog breeds

References

Dog breeds originating in Australia
Hunting dogs


National Iranian Radio and Television, or NIRT for short, (, Radio-ye Telâvisiun-e Mili-ye 'Iran) was the first Iranian state broadcaster, which was established on June 19, 1971, following the merger of the country's radio and television services. It operated up until the Iranian Revolution in 1979, after which NIRT became the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).

Background and history

Introduction of television
Television was first introduced in Iran on October 3, 1958 by Television Iran (TVI). A privately-owned and commercially-operated monopoly, TVI carried Western programming dubbed in Persian. Following the opening of its station in Tehran, it established a station in Abadan on February 28, 1960.

This was followed by National Iranian Television (NITV) in 1966. Earlier that year, the Plan and Budget Organization allocated a budget for the project, and the Ministry of Economics donated land. A temporary structure was built, and on October 26, NITV transmitted its first broadcast message, a statement by the Shah. Test programs were run, and complete programming commenced at Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, in March 1967. The first week’s programs included the broadcasting of the Shah’s birthday celebrations from Amjadieh Stadium.

Creation of NIRT

In June 1967, the Parliament approved a proposal for the economic and administrative independence of NITV, under which it would merge with Radio Iran in 1971 to form National Iranian Radio and Television (NIRT). This was incorporated as a public broadcasting monopoly run as an independent government corporation, with the Shah appointing Reza Ghotbi as the first director-general. TVI, meanwhile, had been nationalised in 1969.

Prior to 1967, television had covered about 2.1 million people; when NIRT began regular transmissions that year, coverage rose to 4.8 million, and by 1974 had risen to over 15 million, roughly half the total population. The large budget allocations that were provided to NIRT, a reflection of the organisation's role in development, enabled it to use the latest technologies, including microwave delivery systems, to overcome problems of mountainous terrain.

By 1975–76, radio covered almost the entire country, and 70 percent of the population had television reception. Before then, by 1973, NIRT had already established a total of 14 television production centres with 153 transmitters, covering approximately 88 cities and towns in Iran, accounting for 60 per cent of the population. The following year, this had increased to fifteen, including two in Tehran, as well as one each in the provincial cities of Abadan (established in October 1970), Ardebil, Bandar Abbas (October 1968), Esfahan (March 1969), Kerman (September 1971), Kermanshah (October 1970), Shiraz (November 1969), Mahabad (September 1971), Mashad (September 1971), Rasht (April 1970), Rezaiyeh (July 1968), Sanandaj (September 1971), Tabriz (March 1971) and Zahedan (September 1971).

Despite overall budget cuts in 1975–76, NIRT's total budget rose about 20 percent. Earlier, it had aimed for its first television network to reach 65 per cent of the population of Iran, with its second network reaching 50 per cent by the end of 1977, marking the end of the country's Fifth Development Plan. The first network, known as the First Program, carried general content, of which only 33 per cent was imported, with the second network or Second Program aiming to show more educational and cultural content, of which 60 per cent of its content was imported.

By 1974, Iran was second only to Japan in Asia in terms of the development of its broadcasting capabilities. This prompted one Western commentator to argue in 1977 that "[if] Iran continues on its present path it will be the first nation in the world to have nationally spread television before a nationally spread press".

Colour television broadcasts first began in 1975, although reception was largely confined to affluent people able to afford colour sets. Regular colour broadcasts were introduced in 1976. The standard was changed to the French SECAM in February 1977, resulting in imported television sets becoming unusable. Although NIRT had the facilities to broadcast in colour, and used this when broadcasting the Asian Games held in Tehran in 1974, full broadcasts in colour were delayed until 1978, on account of the ability of local manufacturers to meet demand for colour sets.

NIRT International Radio and Television

For 22 years, the American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) broadcast a local radio service (Radio 1555) and 17 years of local TV service (Channel 7) to the capital of Iran from their studios in Tehran. However, in 1976 it was decided by the Iranian government that AFRTS should close down its radio and TV services, which it did on October 25, 1976.

The following morning, October 26th, the Shah's birthday, the new government-owned radio and television service began under the control of NIRT Director General, Reza Ghotbi, with Cyrus Ramtin as the first director of NIRT's new international channel. Like the AFRTS services they replaced, they appealed to the 60,000 US Army and civilian personnel then stationed in Iran, as well as the wider population of foreign nationals resident in the country.

NIRT International Radio, initially known as Tehran International, broadcast in English. It had a team of American and British presenters, Ted Anthony - previously from KLAC, Los Angeles, and from the UK: Frank Carpenter previously from Radio Hallam, and Marc Paul. The initial English language news team all from the UK comprised John Coulson who subsequently joined Presentation, Ray Goff, Peter Body and Mike Russell.  Later Presentation was joined by Claude "Hoot" Hooten (as Brad Edwards) - previously from KGBS Los Angeles.

NIRT International Television broadcast for eight and a half hours daily. Programs were mainly in English, with some films and programs in French and German. Although the service carried some programming devoted to Iranian culture and education, its output remained broadly similar to that of the AFRTS service it had replaced, with nearly all imported programs from the United States.

Prominent employees

 Masoud Behnoud
Hushang Ebtehaj
 Albert Koochooei
Ahmad NikTalab
 Taghi Rouhani
Mohammad-Reza Shajarian
 Mohammad-Reza Lotfi
Jalaledin Moayerian

See also

 Media of Iran
 Television in Iran

References

Further reading
 Hooten, Claude "Hoot". Drunk & Disorderly, Again: My Name Is Hoot, I'm an Alcoholic. Wordclay, 2009.

External links

AFRTS Radio 1555 and Iran NIRT International Radio, YouTube
NIRT International TV

Radio stations in Iran
Television stations in Iran
Mass media companies of Iran
Mass media companies established in 1966
Mass media companies disestablished in 1979
1966 establishments in Iran
1979 disestablishments in Iran
Defunct mass media in Iran


The 1981 World Championship Tennis Finals was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 11th edition of the WCT Finals and was part of the 1981 Volvo Grand Prix. The tournament was played at the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas in the United States and was held from April 27 through May 3, 1981. The winners of the eight WCT tournaments that were part of the 1981 Grand Prix circuit qualified for the tournament augmented by the next best performers in the WCT points standings. Guillermo Vilas qualified by winning the last tournament held just before the WCT Finals, the River Oaks Tournament in Houston, but was unavailable to play. Jimmy Connors withdrew before the tournament due to gastroenteritis and Yannick Noah could not participate due to a shoulder injury. They were replaced by Sandy Mayer and Sam Giammalva respectively. First-seeded John McEnroe won the title and $100,000 prize money.

Finals

Singles

 John McEnroe defeated  Johan Kriek 6–1, 6–2, 6–4
 It was McEnroe's 5th singles title of the year and the 29th of his career.

Hall of Fame Classic
During the tournament a Hall of Fame Classic event was organized featuring four former Grand Slam tournament winners Ken Rosewall, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson and John Newcombe. Rosewall won the event, defeating Newcombe in the final 4–6, 7–6, 6–4.

References

World Championship Tennis Finals
WCT Finals


The Hush Now is an American indie rock quintet from Boston, Massachusetts.

The band has been described as "audio candy for the art school crowd". They performed at CMJ 2010.

Discography

Albums
 Sparkle Drive (2014)
 Memos (2011)
 Constellations (2010)
 The Hush Now (2008)

EPs
 Shiver Me Starships (2010)

References
Footnotes

General references

The Boston Phoenix Editor's Event Pick: The Hush Now
Americana UK review of The Hush Now
The Noise review of The Hush Now
Patrol Magazine review of 'The Hush Now'

Musical groups from Boston
Indie rock musical groups from Massachusetts
Musical groups established in 2006


Rodrigo (or Rui) Afonso de Melo, 1st Count of Olivença (ca. 1430-25 November 1487) was a Portuguese nobleman, son of Martim Afonso de Melo, Lord of Ferreira de Aves e Chief-Guard of king Edward of Portugal.

He was Lord of Ferreira de Aves, Arega and Quinta de Água de Peixes, he was also king Afonso V's Chief-Guard, as well as governor of Tangier, escorting the king to his expeditions to north Africa. He also participated in king's Afonso V expedition to conquer Arzila.

Rodrigo married, in 1457, Isabel de Menezes, and the couple had three daughters:
Philippa de Melo (ca. 1460-1516), his heir, married to Álvaro of Braganza, from whom descends the Álvares Pereira de Melo family, Dukes of Cadaval;
Margarida de Vilhena (ca. 1450- ? ), married to Pedro de Castro, without issue;
Brianda de Melo.

Rodrigo started to build the S. João Evangelista Convent (also known as Lóios Convent), in Évora, which was concluded under his daughter Philippa supervision, due to the count's death. The convent is next to the Palace of the Dukes of Cadaval, Rodrigo's heirs.

See also
Count of Olivença
Duke of Cadaval
List of countships in Portugal

External links
Genealogy of Rodrigo Afonso de Melo, in Portuguese

Bibliography
”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil” – Vol. III, page 78. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.

1430 births
1487 deaths
Portuguese nobility
Portuguese colonial governors and administrators
15th-century Portuguese nobility
Governors of Tangier


Wadd is the pre-Islamic Arabian god of love and friendship.

Wadd or WADD may also refer to:

People
 Johnny Wadd, a stage name of John Holmes, a pornographic actor and suspect in the 1981 Wonderland murders
 William Wadd (1776-1829), an English surgeon and medical author

Other uses
 Ngurah Rai International Airport, whose International Civil Aviation Organization airport code is WADD
Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes, a 1998 documentary film
 Wright Air Development Division (WADD), a forerunner of today's Aeronautical Systems Center, part of the U.S. Air Force


Victoria Tower is a Grade II listed Gothic Revival clock tower located alongside Salisbury Dock in Liverpool, England. Positioned among the two river entrance gates to the Salisbury Dock itself, the tower acted as an aid to ships by providing both an accurate time and also warning of impending meteorological changes.

History
Victoria Tower was designed by Jesse Hartley and was constructed between 1847 and 1848, to commemorate the opening of Salisbury Dock. Its design was based upon an earlier drawing by Philip Hardwick in 1846.

Victoria Tower, which was often referred to as the 'docker's clock', was built as an aid to ships in the port, as it allowed them to set the correct time as they sailed out into the Irish Sea, while its bell warned of impending meteorological changes such as high tide and fog. Upon its completion is also served as a flat for the Pier Master.

In 1975, the building was added to the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest with Grade II status.

Victoria Tower today
Due to the decline in docking within Liverpool, the tower has fallen into a state of disrepair suffering significant decay due to both water and wind damage. The tower is also overgrown with vegetation and has a leaking roof. Nonetheless, despite being in a state of dereliction, Victoria Tower is part of the Stanley Dock Conservation Area and also Liverpool's World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City.

In April 2010, it was announced that Victoria Tower, along with several other buildings around Clarence and Salisbury docks, would be repaired by owners, Peel Holdings. The tower and the areas around it are also included in the proposed £5.5bn regeneration programme, Liverpool Waters.

Design
Hartley's inspiration for the tower's design was the castle architecture of the Rhine region in Central Europe and is clearly visible in the numerous embrasures that are cut into the tower walls. It was constructed from 'irregular shaped' blocks of grey granite, a building material that was used in many of Hartley's other construction projects. The tower can be roughly split into three portions:

The tapered circular base, which has several arched alcoves
The central hexagonal column onto which the tower's six clocks are attached
The roof, which consists of an overhanging 'castellated parapet' that is supported by several corbels

References

Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool
Gothic Revival architecture in Merseyside
Clock towers in the United Kingdom
Liverpool docks
Individual clocks in England
Towers completed in 1848


The ETTU Cup is the second most important continental tournament for clubs in European table tennis, after the European Champions League. The European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) has organized this cup since the 1964-65 season for men teams, and also for women teams a year later.

Name
The competition was held in the 1964/65 season for the first time for men and a year later for ladies. At that time this tournament was called the European Fair Cities Cup. In 1984 it was renamed ETTU Nancy Evans Cup after the wife of then ITTF President Roy Evans. In 2005, the cup was renamed to the current name, the "ETTU Cup", while "Nancy Evans Cup" became the name of the trophy and is awarded to the winner.

The winner's trophy donated by Hans Frieder Baisch and Klaus stallion.

Qualification
The winners of the ETTU Cup of the previous season qualifies automatically. Furthermore, every member association of ETTU can nominate up to 6 clubs to participate in the competition. Those six clubs should be taking part during the same season in the top national league, and should not be taking part in the European Champions League in the same season.

Format
The competition is organised in three stages:
 first stage: round robin group matches,
 second stage: round robin group matches, and
 third stage: straight knock-out system.

The champions and the runners-up of the previous season, with the six strongest remaining teams ranked by the Ranking Committee, qualify automatically to the last 16. If the champions or the runners-up do not enter the competition, the strongest remaining team would take its place. Eight further top teams according to the ranking list would enter the second round directly.

In the first round, the competition is played in groups of three, four or five teams, with the clubs finishing in positions one and two in every group would qualify for the second round. In the second round the competition is played in groups of four teams. The teams finishing in position one in every group shall qualify for the round of the last sixteen. From this round onwards, a single knock-out system is used with eight teams drawn directly into this round.

The semi-finals and finals will be played in two legs, home and away. If each team has won one leg, the winner would be the team with the better aggregate score first in individual matches, then in games and finally in points. If they are still equal, the winner shall be decided by lot.

Composition of teams
Each team should name at least six players for the competition. Within the list, only two foreign players are allowed, and, for any particular match, only one foreign player is permitted to participate.

Results

Men's competition

Women's competition

See also
 European Table Tennis Union
 List of table tennis players

References

External links
 Official ETTU Website
 Official regulation of ETTU Cup

Table tennis competitions
European international sports competitions


The Door is a book of poetry by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 2007.

The poems of The Door demonstrate self-awareness on the part of the author. They confront themes of advancing age and encroaching death (Atwood was 68 in 2007), as well as authorial fame and the drive to produce writing. Less autobiographical themes are also explored in The Door, including environmental issues, torture and war, and the relation of the personal and the political.

The Door is divided into five sections.
 The first section explores personal loss, of parents, cats or childhood.
 The second section explores the role of the poet.
 The third section confronts the horrors of contemporary life.
 The fourth section defends the despondency of section three.
 The fifth section explores the domestic relationship between lovers, in an echo of Atwood's earlier collection You Are Happy

Notes

External links

2007 poetry books
Poetry by Margaret Atwood
Canadian poetry collections
Virago Press books


Igor Bavčar (born 28 November 1955) is a Slovenian politician and manager. He rose to prominence during the Slovenian spring, when he served as chairman of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, the largest independent civil society movement in the Socialist Republic of Slovenia. He was the Slovenian Minister of Interior during the Slovenian war of independence in June 1991, and coordinated Slovenian defence forces together with the Minister of Defence Janez Janša. He remained one of the most influential political figures in Slovenia until 1992, and remained an important member of the political establishment until 2002, when he left politics to engage in the private sector.

Early career
Igor Bavčar was born in the town of Postojna in western Slovenia, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to a family originating from the Vipava Valley. After finishing the Novo Mesto Grammar School, he went to a police academy. After a few years, he decided to leave the police career, and enrolled in the University of Ljubljana (Faculty of Social Sciences), where he studied political science. During his student years, he became the editor of the radical student journal Tribuna that advocated orthodox Marxist and even Maoist tendencies.

In the early 1980s, he joined the Union of Socialist Youth of Slovenia, covering several crucial functions in the official political youth structure of the Communist Party. In the mid 1980s, he met with the young activist Janez Janša. In 1984, when Janša was persecuted because of his criticism of the Yugoslav People's Army in the mid 1980s, Bavčar took a decided stance in defence of his friend. The same year, Bavčar left the Socialist Youth, and dedicated himself to study. In the late 1980s, he formed a small private enterprise dealing with information technology. At the same time, he remained active in public life in the Socialist Alliance of the Working People, an auxiliary organization of the Communist party, founded to cover the civil society sphere. In 1987, Bavčar organized a conference on ecological policies in Yugoslavia that had a wide echo in the public debate. The same year, he left the Communist Party. Together with Janez Janša, he established contacts with Stane Kavčič, a former reformist Slovenian Communist politician who had been deposed during the authoritative turn in Yugoslav internal policy in 1972, and published his memoirs.

Politician
In May 1988, when the Yugoslav People's Army arrested four journalists of the alternative magazine Mladina, including his friend Janez Janša, Bavčar became one of the founding members of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights. The organization soon became the biggest civil society organization in Slovenia, with more than 100,000 members (almost 5% of the overall population of the country). Bavčar thus rose to the role of the informal leader of the Slovenian opposition to the Communist government. Between 1989 and 1990, he was among those who negotiated the changes in the electoral law that enabled a smooth transition to democracy.

In 1989, he was among the founding members of the Slovenian Democratic Union. When the DEMOS coalition won the first free elections in Slovenia in April 1990, Bavčar became Minister of the Interior in the cabinet of Lojze Peterle. In this function, he became one of the main architects of the Slovenian path to independence from Yugoslavia. Together with the Minister of Defence Janez Janša, Bavčar organized the Slovenian defence during the Ten Day War in June and July 1991. After the split in the Slovenian Democratic Union in 1992, Bavčar became a member of the left liberal Democratic Party. After the crisis in the DEMOS coalition in early 1992, after the fall of Lojze Peterle's government, Bavčar unsuccessfully tried to get elected as Prime Minister. He finally joined the coalition government of Janez Drnovšek.

He was elected member of the National Assembly of Slovenia in 1992. In 1994, he joined the ruling Liberal Democracy of Slovenia. Between 1997 and 2002, he served as Minister for European integration in the left wing government of Janez Drnovšek. During this period, he parted with his old friend Janez Janša, who had joined the Slovenian Democratic Party and rose to become the leader of the conservative opposition.

Business career and corruption charges
In 2002, Bavčar announced his withdrawal from politics. On the same year, he became the chairman of the Istrabenz holding company from Koper, which made him one of the most powerful managers in Slovenia. While heading the company, Bavčar attempted a management buyout of Istrabenz, which failed due to world financial crisis. On 31 March 2009 Bavčar resigned as the President of Istrabenz. Six months later he was arrested in financial fraud investigation and released after 10 hours. In September 2016, he was found guilty of money laundering and sentenced to 5 years of prison along with an 18 million euro penalty.

See also
JBTZ-trial

References

Biography at the 'Slovenian Spring' Webportal of the Slovenian National Museum of Modern History

Slovenian Democratic Union politicians
Liberal Democracy of Slovenia politicians
University of Ljubljana alumni
1955 births
Living people
Interior ministers of Slovenia
Slovenian police officers
Democratic Party of Slovenia politicians
People from Postojna


The BNP Paribas Showdown (formerly NetJets Showdown, Billie Jean King Cup) was an annual one-night exhibition tennis event operated by GF Sports and held at Madison Square Garden in New York City in February or March from 2008 through 2017.

The Showdown was part of World Tennis Day, an initiative to increase tennis participation around the world. The event served as the kick-off to the tennis season in North America, with the United States Tennis Association (USTA) running thousands of clinics across the country throughout the spring. The event's format changed from year-to-year, including male and female players (current and retired) playing singles and doubles.

Some of the greatest players of all-time participated in the BNP Paribas Showdown, including Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Pete Sampras, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Bob & Mike Bryan.

The final Showdown on March 6, 2017, included Venus Williams, Garbiñe Muguruza, Juan Martín del Potro, Kei Nishikori, Jack Sock, Nick Kyrgios, Andy Roddick, & Lleyton Hewitt in a team format. Team World defeated Team Americas 29–24.  Following the 2017 edition of the event, BNP Paribas withdrew its sponsorship and an alternate backer could not be found, so Tie Break Tens took its place at the Madison Square Garden.

Event history

The event was launched in 2008 as the NetJets Showdown, and it represented a return of tennis to Madison Square Garden after almost a decade-long hiatus. A sold-out crowd watched Roger Federer and Pete Sampras—two of the most prominent players at the time—face-off. Federer defeated Sampras in a classic, 6–3, 6–7(4), 7-6(6).

2009 marked the inaugural year of the Billie Jean King Cup, and the first time that women's tennis had been played at Madison Square Garden since 2000, when the year-ending Chase Championships were held. The event featured Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Janković. Serena Williams won her semifinal match against Ana Ivanovic 6–3, and Venus Williams won hers 6–4 against Jelena Janković. The final was won by Serena 6–4, 6–3. The Billie Jean King Cup returned in 2010 and was won by Venus Williams.

In 2011, the event was renamed the BNP Paribas Showdown; it was a celebration of American tennis legends and two of the greatest rivalries in the sport's history: Ivan Lendl vs. John McEnroe, and Pete Sampras vs. Andre Agassi. Between 2011 and 2016, several other Grand Slam champions and former World No. 1's played at the Garden.

In 2013, the Showdown was expanded and also held in Hong Kong for the first time.

In 2014, the Showdown expanded from New York and Hong Kong to a third location: London.

The 2017 edition was played on 6 March 2017 and introduced a new "Fast Format" for the 4 matches, with the event's first-ever team format in the style of mixed doubles. Team World, captained by Lleyton Hewitt, defeated Team Americas, captained by Andy Roddick 29–24.

Tennis Night in America (TNIA)

In 2009, the USTA launched Tennis Night in America (TNIA) as one of its top national marketing programs designed to increase grassroots tennis participation. The initiative promoted a "National Junior Tennis Registration Night" at over 700 locations on March 2, which coincided with both the 2009 Showdown at Madison Square Garden and the start of that year's professional tennis season in North America.

Connecting grassroots tennis with professional tennis, TNIA was able to deliver the 2009 Showdown via closed circuit television to tennis clubs throughout the country, allowing one night in March to bring together tennis players of all ages and abilities, as they pay tribute to the game that they love so much.

World Tennis Day

 In 2014, following the success of the 2013 BNP Paribas Showdown in both New York and Hong Kong, StarGames launched World Tennis Day as part of an effort to increase global tennis participation. World Tennis Day is highlighted by international grassroots initiatives and culminates with the BNP Paribas Showdown.

List of winners

New York

Hong Kong

London

References

External links
 Official website
 World Tennis Day Website
 Twitter
 Facebook
 Instagram

Billie Jean King Cup
Exhibition tennis tournaments
Tennis tournaments in New York City
Indoor tennis tournaments
Hard court tennis tournaments
Recurring sporting events established in 2008


Exeter College Boat Club (ECBC) is the boat club of Exeter College, Oxford, England.  The club trains on the Thames on the Isis stretch in Oxford and at Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

The Boat Club competes primarily in Torpids and Summer Eights bumps races in Oxford. However, it also races at various external events, such as Wallingford Regatta.

The college has a boathouse on Christ Church Meadow which it shares with Brasenose College Boat Club.

History

There is no record of Exeter College putting a crew on the river before 1823.  The Exeter College Boat Club would appear to have been founded in 1823 or 1824 under the impetus of Henry Bulteel.  Bulteel had been an undergraduate at Brasenose College, and stroked Brasenose to the headship in 1821 and 1822.  Bulteel became a Fellow of Exeter College in 1823, and the Boat Club seemes to have been formed at that time.

Exeter College Boat Club first took part in Summer Eights in 1824, with Bulteel stroking.  That year they rowed in the famous "White Boat", which had been built in the Plymouth dockyard, and brought to Oxford by Brasenose College boatman, Stephen Davis.  Being a coastal boat, it was found to sit too high out of the water to be rowed effectively on the Isis.  The boat was therefore cut down to reduce the height of the gunwales, and it was in this boat that the College won its first headship in 1824.

From 1827-30 there was no Exeter eight on the river.  The colours of the club, adopted around 1837 were red and black, the colours of the college arms. It was presumably these colours which were used for racing kerchiefs, recorded in the Exeter College Boat Club Treasurer's Book as being purchased in 1844.  These were to be "kept peculiar to the racing crew" as opposed to other members of the College Boat Club.

In 1856 Exeter used the first keel-less boat on the river and in this they went head from 1857 until 1859. From twelfth place in 1879 they rose to fourth in 1881 and to Head in 1882. They kept the headship from 1882 to 1884 inclusive.

In 1882 Exeter won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta.

Uniform

Exeter is associated with the colour red, which features prominently on its crest. The colour is used in racing kits, blazers, ties and blades.

The first known use of a tie in club colours was by members of Exeter College eight. In 1880, they took the ribbons off their boaters and tied them around their necks as a way to identify with their college.

Members who have raced in the first crews in Torpids are granted the right to wear this tie. Members who have raced in the first boats in Summer Eights are permitted to wear the club blazer. The blazer is peony red, with black trim. Captains are entitled to an extra stripe on the sleeve.

Results

Torpids
Headship
 Men: 1846-47, 1854-57, 1859-60, 1863-65, 1867-68

Summer Eights
Headship
Men:1824, 1838, 1857-58, 1882-84

Henley Royal Regatta

The Boat Race

Exeter College has been represented by members at the following Boat Races:

Reserves

The Women's Boat Race

Exeter College has been represented by members at the following Boat Races:

Reserves

References

External links
 Exeter College Boat Club Homepage
 Exeter College Boat Club on the OURCs site

Rowing clubs of the University of Oxford
Boat Club
1823 establishments in England
Sports clubs and teams established in the 1820s
Rowing clubs in Oxfordshire
Rowing clubs of the River Thames


Felix Dean (born 27 June 1997) is an Australian actor, known for playing VJ Patterson in the soap opera Home and Away from 2007 and 2014. He also appeared in the sketch comedy series Comedy Inc..

Early and personal life
Dean was born in Sydney on 27 June 1997. He lives in Erskineville with his family.

On 13 October 2021, Joe Anderton of Digital Spy reported that Dean had been arrested for allegedly attacking a store worker. He was charged with a number of offences, including affray, shoplifting, and breaching bail; the conditions of which included a curfew and drug and alcohol tests. Dean had previously been arrested in September and charged with intent to rob and common assault. He was also charged with property damage relating to an alleged incident with a taxi driver in January 2021. Dean was refused bail and was scheduled to appear in court on 19 October 2021.

Career
In 2004, Dean appeared in the television miniseries, Jessica. Two years later he appeared in All Saints as Todd McFarlane. In 2007, Dean made several appearances in Comedy Inc.. That same year he joined the cast of Home and Away as VJ Patterson. For his portrayal of VJ, Dean was nominated for Best Young Actor at the 2008 and 2009 Inside Soap Awards. He left the serial in 2014 and the role was recast. Dean has also appeared in several television commercials. In November 2011, Dean joined the cast of Sam Atwell's play, Bondi Dreaming. The play ran at the Bondi Pavilion until 3 December 2011.

Filmography

References

External links
Felix Dean at Random Management

1997 births
Living people
Australian male child actors
Male actors from Sydney
Australian male soap opera actors
Australian male stage actors