The Dharmaraja–Kingswood Cricket Encounter is the annual cricket match between two of the largest government-run national boys' schools in Kandy, Sri Lanka: Dharmaraja College and Kingswood College. It is the oldest cricket match series in the central province and second oldest in Sri Lanka, having been played for  years. It is also known as the Battle of the Maroons, referring to the school colours of the two schools.

The first match was played in 1893, with the Dharmaraja team captained by Don Baron Jayatilaka, then-incumbent principal of Dharmaraja College, and the Kingswood team captained by A. E. Spencer. It was played at the Bogambara Stadium, which is no longer a cricket venue. This match, along with a few subsequent matches, were not exclusively schoolboy matches, with staff members from each school included in the teams. The first all-schoolboy Big Match was played in 1899, with J. C. de Mel captaining Dharmaraja and T. B. Marshall captaining Kingswood. All big matches were played at the Asgiriya Stadium until 2010, and since 2011, all big matches have been played at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. Latest match was played at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium and Dharmaraja College college won the match.

Series summary
Currently, Dharmaraja leads with 33 wins against 19 by Kingswood, with 57 matches ending in a draw. All matches from 1981 to 2010 ended in a draw. The last time a decision was possible during the series was in 1980 when Dharmaraja defeated Kingswood by nine wickets under the captaincy of Janaka Mendis. Kingswood's last win was in 1957 under Maurice Fernando. On 26 March 2011, Dharmaraja College registered a seven-wicket win under the captaincy of Hemal Munaweera at the Pallekale International Cricket Stadium, ending nearly 30 years of indecisive matches.

Highlights

 1899 – The inaugural Kingswood vs Dharmaraja match for schoolboys only was played on July 1. Kingswood was captained by T. B. Marshall.
 1914 – A. Jayasundera took 8 wickets for 90 runs as Dharmaraja beat Kingswood by innings and 17 runs.
 1916 – R. Burke took 8 wickets for 7 runs as Kingswood beat Dharmaraja by innings and 24 runs.
 1918 – Dharmaraja were out for 190 runs by Kingswood.
 1943 – First century in the series, scored by R. L. Arthur Alwis of Dharmaraja College. The Rajan's skipper, T. B. Talwatte, was deprived of this honour as he was injured by the Kingswood pace bowler, M. T. Jaimon and Talwatte had to leave the field temporarily during which time Arthur completed his century. Later, Talwatte too completed his century. M. T. Jaimon took 5 wickets for 90 runs for Kingswood. The match was won by the Rajans by innings and 152 runs. J. P. Jayasena captained Kingswood.
 1951 – Kingswood led by the left-hander Shelton R. S. Perera, scored an exciting win over Dharmaraja, having had to score ten runs in six balls and one run in two balls, which they did with a ball to spare. The winning stroke was hit by the captain himself.
 1952 – Chandra de Silva scored 158 for Dharmaraja in this match, played at Randles Hill. Asoka Perera scored 148 for Kingswood. The match ended in a draw. De Silva's 158 was the highest individual score in the series.
 1956 – The highlight of the drawn encounter was the bowling feat of M. Nizar of Kingswood who took 6  wickets for 48 runs.

 1957 – Kingswood amassed 401 for 9 wickets with Maurice Fernando scoring 101 runs. Dharmaraja replied with 269 runs in the first innings.

 1958 – Kingswood defeated Dharmaraja by 10 wickets, the last time Kingswood defeated Dharmaraja. In this match, Kingwood was captained by C. M. Fernando who was selected 'the School Boy Cricketer of the Year'. Dharmaraja was captained by D. D. T. Alwis. The Kingswood opening pair, considered the best among schools, was Maurice Fernando and Herly Jayasuriya. They put on an unbroken stand of 102 runs in the second innings enabling Kingswood to win. Herly scored a brisk 50 while Maurice scored 43 runs.

 1959 – C. Ratnavibushana scored 167 for Kingswood, surpassing the earlier record of 158 as the highest individual score.
 1960 – The match ended in a tie but Kingswood's principal, K. M. de Lanerolle, awarded the game to Dharmaraja having gone through the scorebook for better performance.
 1964 – The match was postponed due to rain. In the rescheduled game the Rajans were two runs short of victory when the stumps were drawn.
 1965 – The Jayasundera twins, Ananda and Upananda, played for Dharmaraja. Earlier Kingswood had twins.
 1967 – The Kingswood skipper Tissa Jayathilake batting well with Mohan Kodituwakku, declared the innings still short of 9 runs of a century, which would have earned him the distinction of scoring consecutive centuries having scored an unbeaten 100 in the 1966 match. Another feature of this match was the bowling of the left-arm spinner Sena Abeygunaratne, who took 8 wickets for 39 runs in the Dharmaraja 1st innings of 143 runs.
 1976 and 1977 – P. B. Wickremasuriya of Kingswood and Ajith Naranpanawe of Dharmaraja entered the record books by scoring centuries in both years thus becoming the only two players to score centuries in consecutive matches.
 1981 – Cricket Captain of Dharmaraja College Janaka Mendis registered an outright win over Kingswood College. Since then for 30 years there was no decision.
 1983 – Senaka Dissanayake scored a double century for Dharmaraja, the only double century in the series, which stands as the highest individual score for the series.
 2001 – First one-day match played in colour outfits which Dharmaraja won under Anuradha Jayasundara.
 2011 – First match played in Pallekele International Cricket Stadium and the first school cricket match to be played at that stadium. Dharmaraja College won by 7 wickets under the captaincy of Hemal Munaweera putting an end to the 30 years of draws.

 2012 – Dharmaraja College won the 106th Battle of the Maroons by 7 wickets under the captaincy of Viraj Karaputugala.

 2013 – The 107th Battle of the Maroons encounter was held on 22-23 March 2013 at the Asgiriya International Stadium The limited-over match played on 30 March 2013 at the same venue.
 2023 - The 116th Battle of the Maroons encounter was held on 24-25 March 2023 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium and the match draw. The limited-over match played on the 9th of April 2023 at the same venue and Dharmaraja College won the match by 50 runs.

See also
List of Big Matches in Sri Lanka
Trinity–Antonian
Royal–Thomian

References

External links

 Kingswood College website
 Dharmaraja College website
 Muditha Wijekoon – opening batsman par excellence
 The Kingswood-Dharmaraja match of 1958
 Rajans field a strong team this year

Dharmaraja College
Big Matches


Irene Bennett Brown is an American author of children's, young adult and adult fiction. Brown was born in Topeka, Kansas and when she was nine years old, moved with her family from Kansas to the Willamette Valley in Oregon.

Brown's fourth book, To Rainbow Valley, became the first one to sell and be published in 1969. It was re-released as an Easy Reader book in 2001.

Brown has her own publishing company, Riveredge Books, which has published and re-issued several of her books. Brown is a member of Western Writers of America and is a founding member of Women Writing the West. She continues to live in Oregon with her husband, Bob.

Works
Children's and young adult books'To Rainbow Valley (1969 and 2000)Skitterbrain (1978)Run from a Scarecrow (1978)Willow Whip (1979)Morning Glory Afternoon (1981)Before the Lark (1982)Just Another Gorgeous Guy (1984)Answer Me, Answer Me (1985)I Loved You, Logan McGee (1987)

Adult novelsThe Plainswoman (1994)
Women of Paragon Springs SeriesLong Road Turning (2000)Blue Horizons (2001)No Other Place (2002)Reap the South Wind (2002)Haven (2003)The Bargain'' (2007)

Awards and recognition
Western Writers of America Spur Award Juvenile 1982 – Before the Lark
Mark Twain Award nomination 1984-85 – Before the Lark
Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award 1988
Western Writers of America Spur Award finalist – The Plainswoman

References

Mark Twain Award (https://web.archive.org/web/20090430115709/http://www.maslonline.org/awards/books/MarkTwain/)
Western Writers of America (https://web.archive.org/web/20050901053348/http://www.westernwriters.org/)
Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award (http://www.olaweb.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=61735 )

Writers from Oregon
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


Killimordaly () is a rural village and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. It was originally located in Trícha Máenmaige.

See also
 Íomar of the Sogain
 List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

Towns and villages in County Galway


The Consulate General of France in Atlanta is the French diplomatic outpost to the U.S Southeast. Its jurisdiction covers the states of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The mission of the Consulate is to provide protection and administrative services to French citizens living or traveling within the region. It also seeks to promote French-American cooperation and exchange. It is one of the ten consulates of the French diplomatic network in the United States.

Services

 The Chancellery provides administrative services to French nationals including social aid, scholarships, help for French travelers in difficulty, assistance to incarcerated French citizens, etc. It serves as an intermediary between the French administration and French nationals, helping the latter to maintain ties and exercise their rights as citizens.
 The Office of Cultural Services facilitates cooperation and French-American dialogue in the U.S. Southeast in the educational, university and artistic fields. Alongside its partners, it supports numerous projects and initiatives in the arts, literature, cinema, the digital sphere, the French language and higher education.
 The Office for Science and Technology  seeks to actively participate in the scientific and technological dynamism of the U.S. Southeast by identifying new possibilities for research partnerships between local public or private institutions and French organizations. Among its missions, the Office monitors local scientific innovations; initiates and reinforces scientific and technological partnerships; encourages exchanges of doctoral students and researchers between the two countries; and supports French and American innovation through accompanying young start-ups in their discovery of the U.S. ecosystem as well as through promoting the France’s attractiveness to young innovative American companies.
 The Press and Communications Office oversees the Consulate’s external communication. It is in charge of maintaining close relations with the local media and institutions, explaining the policies of the French Government in foreign and domestic affairs. The Office also manages the Consulate’s website,  e-newsletter, and social media accounts.

Location
Previously located in the Prominence in Buckhead building, the Consulate General of France in Atlanta moved to the 5th floor of Buckhead Towers at Lenox Square in Buckhead on May 17, 2010. The building can be found at the intersection of Lenox Road and E. Paces Ferry Road NE, behind Lenox Mall and adjacent to the J.W. Marriott Hotel.

The space was inaugurated on June 30, 2010 as the "Maison de France" complex. At that time, it also included the French-American Chamber of Commerce of Atlanta, the French Trade Commission-Ubifrance, and the Atlanta-Accueil association. As of summer 2021, the space is exclusively occupied by the Consulate.

Past and present Consul Generals
The first French Consul arrived in Atlanta in 1989, and as of 2022, there have been ten French Consuls:
 Anne-Laure Desjonquères - 2022-Present
 Vincent Hommeril - 2019-2022
 Louis de Corail - 2016–2019
 Denis Barbet - 2012–2016
 Pascal le Deunff - 2009–2012
 Philippe Ardanaz – 2005-2009
 René-Serge Marty – 2001-2005
 Jean-Paul Moncheau – 1997-2001
 Gérard Blanchot – 1993-1997
 Jacky Musnier – 1989-1993

France-Atlanta
In 2010, the Consulate and the Georgia Institute of Technology launched France-Atlanta, with the purpose of breathing new life into the French-American relationship in the U.S. Southeast. The inaugural edition featured 20 events attended by over 3,500 participants, including delegations from Paris and Metz, France.

Since then, the initiative has transformed into an annual, multidisciplinary affair featuring French and American business leaders, scientists, artists, and humanitarian experts. Through its programming, it seeks to showcase the best ideas and innovations on both sides of the Atlantic as well as to encourage partnerships between French and American scholars, artists and visionaries.

Honorary Consuls
The consul general supervises and works closely with eight honorary consuls based in the following locations within the consulate’s jurisdiction:

 Mobile (Alabama)
 Savannah (Georgia)
 Hattiesburg (Mississippi)
 Charlotte (North Carolina)
 Raleigh (North Carolina)
 Charleston (South Carolina)
 Greenville (South Carolina)
 Nashville (Tennessee)

See also
 Embassy of France in Washington, D.C.
 Franco-American relations

References

External links
 Official Website
 Official Website
France-Atlanta

Atlanta
Organizations based in Atlanta
France
France–United States relations


Justine Lacoste-Beaubien (October 1, 1877 – January 17, 1967) was one of the founders of the children's hospital Sainte-Justine Hospital.

Born in Montreal, the daughter of Alexandre Lacoste and Marie-Louise Globensky, she married Louis de Gaspé-Beaubien, son of Hon. Louis Beaubien, in 1899. Her maternal great-grandfather was born in Berlin to a family of Polish origin.

In 1934 Lacoste-Beaubien was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire "for services for sick and crippled children; in founding and extending the St. Justine Hospital".

Further reading

References

Lacoste family
Beaubien-Casgrain family
Globensky family
1877 births
1967 deaths
Canadian people of Polish descent
Canadian Officers of the Order of the British Empire
People from Montreal
Philanthropists from Quebec
Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery


Sun Rui () is a Chinese classical dancer. He was born on November 9, 1984 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. He is now a classical dancer of Beijing Dance Academy Youth Troupe and a performer of Beijing Contemporary Dance Theatre.

Early life
Sun Rui started to practice dancing at the age of 6, and was admitted to the Secondary School of Beijing Dance Academy at the age of 10. Since then, he had to leave his family and live by himself as the school is in Beijing, which is thousands of kilometers away from his hometown. As the only kid, this was a huge decision to both him and his family. Although painful, he survived loneliness and tough training in the school. Later, he continued with his bachelor of Chinese classical dance at Beijing Dance Academy, one of the best dance institutions in China.

Career
After his graduation from Beijing Dance Academy in 2005, Sun Rui joined Beijing Dance Academy Youth Troupe as a classical dancer. In 2008, he joined Beijing Contemporary Dance Theatre. Because of his outstanding dancing skills and styles, Sun Rui showed up in numerous performances both nationally and internationally.

Selected National Performances
 Sep 2005: dance show ‘Song of Phoenix’ (), lead dancer, opening ceremony of the 17th Dalian Fashion Festival
 Jan 2006: dance ‘Youth Melody’ (), 2006 Beijing Spring Festival Gala by Beijing TV
 Jan 2006: dance ‘Passion of Spring’ (), 'Harmonious Homes' TV Spring Festival Gala 2006 by Chinese Ministry of Culture
 Jul 2006: CCTV ‘Graduation Song’ Entertainment Show 2006 by Chinese art schools
 Dec 2006 – Apr 2007: Han Dynasty dance poem ‘Song of the Big Wind’ () by Beijing Dance Academy Youth Troupe, plays ‘Fan Zeng’ ()
 May 2007: dance show ‘Pine and Bamboo’ (), lead dancer, ‘Legend of Rocks, Mount Hua’ Show Night
 Nov 2007: dance show 'Harmony of Heaven and Earth' (), lead dancer, opening ceremony of the 8th China Arts Festival
 Mar 2008: dance drama 'Tang Wan' () by Beijing Dance Academy
 May 2008: dance show ‘Immortal at the Magpie Bridge’ (), ‘Poems and Songs of the Song Dynasty’ – Charity Night for the Wenchuan Earthquake
 Nov 2008: dance solo ‘Chant of the Yellow River’ (), ‘Soul of Dance’ Theme Show – Exhibition Week of Art Schools
 Nov 2008: dance solo ‘Ocean Waves’ (), ‘30th Anniversary of Reform and Opening Up of China’ Top Dance Shows
 Dec 2008: modern ballet drama 'Space Diary' () by Beijing Contemporary Dance Theatre, 6th Beijing International Theater Dance Festival
 Jan 2009: dance show 'Butterfly Love for Flowers' (), lead dancer, CCTV Spring Festival Gala 09
 Feb-Apr 2009: contemporary dance drama 'Stirred from a Dream' () by Beijing Contemporary Dance Theatre, plays Liu Mengmei (), leading role

Selected International Performances
 Nov 2005: dance show ‘Drum Dance of China’ (), ‘Beijing Olympics 1000 Days Countdown & Disclosure of Olympic Mascots’ Ceremony, Beijing, China
 May 2007: tour with Beijing Dance Academy Youth Troupe, Sydney, Australia
 Aug 2007: tour with Beijing Dance Academy Youth Troupe, Japan
 Dec 2007: dance solo 'Debut' (), 'Special Spirit in China' Award and Entertainment Show, Shanghai, China
 May 2008: dance solo 'Debut' (), 'China Night' at the 60th Festival de Cannes, France
 Dec 2008: modern ballet drama 'Space Diary' () by Beijing Contemporary Dance Theatre, United Arab Emirates

Dancing Style
Sun Rui's dancing style is unique and outstanding. His height, 183 cm, and flexible body (partially due to long-time hard training) enable him to display both strength and flexibility in his dance. Other than that, he mixes rhythmic gymnastics and ballet into his classical dancing, and makes it more aesthetic. He is also involved and excels in contemporary dance.

Awards

Chinese Classical Dance
Since his early years, Sun Rui started to stand out of classical dancers of his age and win multiple awards in the national competitions. In 2000, at the age of 16, he won silver in the junior group of the 6th 'Peach & Plum Cup' Dance Competition (), which is one of the highest-level dance competitions in China. His performance in that competition, 'Little Boy' (), is so successful that it has been repeated by many juveniles in all kinds of dance competitions since then. In 2003, by the dance 'Bamboo Dream' (), he won silver in the classical dance category (senior group) of the 7th 'Peach & Plum Cup' Dance Competition (). In 2005, his another version of 'Bamboo Dream' () won him silver in the classical dance category of the 3rd CCTV Dance Competition. In 2005, his presentation of 'Plum' () was awarded bronze in the classical dance category and gold in performing category of the 5th 'Lotus' Dance Competition of China.

Contemporary Dance
In addition to classical dance, he also received awards for his contemporary dance. In 2007, his solo dance 'Chant of the Yellow River' () brought him the 'Wen Hua' award () (the highest honor awarded to dancers in China) in the 7th National Dance Competition. In 2008, he finished first in the contemporary dance event and third in the mixed finale of the 7th Premio Roma Concorso Internazionale di Danza, Italy.

Car Accident
Months after Sun Rui won his first national dance award, a tragedy struck him. In Feb 2001, a car accident happened to him and some other junior dancers when he was on a tour with the Secondary School of Beijing Dance Academy in the United States. Although he survived the tragic accident, his pelvis was fractured. As this part of bone is critical to a dancer, his dancing career seemed to be doomed. However, Sun Rui did not give up. After painful rehabilitation and even harder training, he stood on the stage again. His journeys to the podiums of various national and international dance competitions resumed.

Popularity
Although Sun Rui is well-known within the dance communities and small groups of dance fans, his name was not familiar to the audience for long time. In Jan of 2009, he was chosen as the lead dancer of the dance 'Butterfly Love for Flowers' () in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. His performance showed the life of a butterfly and its love for flowers. 'Butterfly Love for Flowers' was later voted by the national audience as 'My Favorite Dancing and Singing Show' of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala 09. Since then, his popularity expands from the dance communities and dance fans to more and more Chinese audience.

Other activities
 ‘Chant of the Yellow River’, Sun Rui (performer). (2007). Journal of Beijing Dance Academy.
 Course of Sword Dance in Chinese Classical Dance (VCD). Editor: Hu Wei. Invited performer: Sun Rui.
 Basic training course teacher, Secondary School of Beijing Dance Academy, 2007-2008.

References

External links
Sun Rui's Blog
Sun Rui's Forum
Sun Rui's Dance Album

1984 births
Living people
People from Wuhan
Chinese male dancers
Chinese dancers


The Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland (SNSBI) is a registered charity and a learned society of members with interests in proper names, including place-names, personal names, and surnames relating to the British Isles.

The SNSBI is the successor to the Council for Name Studies in Great Britain and Ireland, which was set up in the 1960s to bring together scholars who were working in the field of onomastics in the British Isles.  As a result, the SNSBI was formally inaugurated in November 1991.

The SNSBI publishes the journal Nomina. It holds a day conference each autumn, as well as an annual weekend conference in spring. It has a website which provides details of past and future events, and of the articles in past issues of Nomina. The SNSBI awards an annual essay prize to a student or early-career researcher.

See also
Onomastics
British toponymy

References

External links
Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland

British toponymy
Irish toponymy
Learned societies of the United Kingdom
1991 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1991
Linguistic societies


Killimordaly GAA is a hurling club located in the village of Killimordaly in east County Galway. The club was founded in 1912.

Honours
 Galway Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1986
 Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 1986
 Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship: (2) 2007, 2013

Notable players
 Brian Concannon
 Tom Donoghue
 Tony Keady
 John Ryan
 Éanna Ryan

External links
Official site

Gaelic games clubs in County Galway
Gaelic football clubs in County Galway


Yang Gi-tak (; April 2, 1871 – April 20, 1938) was one of the leaders of Korean independence movement who served as the 9th president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea from 1933 to 1935.

Korea Daily News

In 1904, Yang and British journalist Ernest Bethell first published Daehan Maeil Sinbo (), the newspaper which took an antagonistic views about Japanese reign. The paper illuminated many Koreans who were unaware of the problem, and also played a key role in leading the National Debt Repayment Movement.

New People's Association

In 1907, Yang played a key role in organizing the New People's Association () to promote industry and Korean independence.

Notes

1871 births
1938 deaths

Officials of the Korean Empire
Members of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea


Saint-René is a parish in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 946 as of 2021. It is named after Canadian martyr René Goupil.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-René had a population of  living in  of its  total private dwellings, a change of  from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2021.

References

Commission de toponymie du Québec
Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire

Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches
Parish municipalities in Quebec


Kim Nilsson (born 4 February 1990) is a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider who won bronze medal in the 2008 Team U-21 World Championship.

Career details
Born on Stockholm, Nilsson rode in British speedway between 2009 and 2017, first in the Premier League for Newport Wasps (2009-11), and in the Elite League for Lakeside Hammers (2011–2013, 2014–2016) Eastbourne Eagles (2013), and Leicester Lions (2017).

He has raced in five Speedway Grand Prix, scoring a total of 12 points, and in one World Cup event, scoring 4 points.

In 2022, he won the 2023 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification event, which qualified him to take part as a permanent rider for the 2023 Speedway Grand Prix. Also in 2023, he was part of the Swedish team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland. His debut 2023 Grand Prix season ended in 13th place.

Family
His father Tommy Nilsson was also a professional speedway rider.

Major results

World Championship
2023 Speedway Grand Prix - 13th

World U21 Championships
 Individual U-21 World Championship
 2008 - 18th place in Semi-Final 1
 2009 - 7th place in Qualifying Round 5
 Team U-21 World Championship (Under-21 Speedway World Cup)
 2008 -  Holsted - 3rd place (9 pts)
 2009 -  Gorzów Wlkp. - 3rd place (6 pts)

European Championships
 Individual U-19 European Championship
 2008 -  Stralsund - 9th place (7 pts)
 2009 -  Tarnów - 14th place (3 pts)
 Team U-19 European Championship
 2008 - team member in Semi-Final 2

See also
 Sweden national speedway team

References

Swedish speedway riders
1990 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Stockholm


Abraham Kumedor (born 25 February 1985 in Kpandu) is a Ghanaian footballer. He currently plays in the Belgian Pro League for Charleroi.

Career
Kumedor began his career in Heart of Lions, which succeeded in qualifying for CAF Confederation Cup for the first time in its history. In July 2004 he joined Saint-George SA which won the Ethiopian Premier League for two years consecutively. In July 2008 the defensive midfielder joined FK Budućnost Podgorica, a team competing in Montenegrin First League. There he stayed until the end of 2010 before joining Charleroi.

Honours
Saint George
Ethiopian Premier League (3): 2005, 2006 and 2008
Ethiopian Super Cup (2): 2005 and 2006

References

Living people
1985 births
Ghanaian men's footballers
Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Heart of Lions F.C. players
Saint George S.C. players
Al Fateh SC players
Expatriate men's footballers in Ethiopia
FK Budućnost Podgorica players
Montenegrin First League players
Expatriate men's footballers in Montenegro
R. Charleroi S.C. players
Belgian Pro League players
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia


Check Man is an arcade video game released by American company Zilec-Zenitone in 1982. While being a fast-paced action game, there are puzzle elements to the gameplay. The game uses the Namco Galaxian arcade board.

Gameplay
The screen is broken up into 14 x 13 tiles or checks. When the player passes over the tiles, they disappear so each tile can only be walked over once per level. Some tiles are taken up by skull and crossbones which kill the player if walked into. The skulls turn to time bombs one at a time and the player must walk over them to defuse them before they explode. They must avoid the skulls and make sure they do not block off a possible future route by circling it. Some tiles are also flags which can be collected for bonus points. When all skulls have turned to bombs and been defused, the level is complete and begins again at a harder level. As the game develops, stomping boots are introduced that move around the playing area. These are also deadly to the player.

Legacy
There were no official ports to home systems but Check Man was cloned as Danger UXB (Micro Power) for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro, Timebomb (CDS Microsystems) for the ZX Spectrum, Gridtrap for the Commodore 64, and Kick It (Aackosoft) for MSX.

References

External links

1982 video games
Arcade video games
Arcade-only video games
North America-exclusive video games
Video games developed in the United States
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Video games about bomb disposal


Falling Out into the Night is an EP by Mark Gardener and Goldrush, released in November 2003 on Truck Records.  The EP followed on the heels of a number of live performances that featured the members of Goldrush as Mark Gardener's backing band.  The EP includes the Gardener-penned song "Snow in Mexico", on which he is backed by Goldrush, and the Goldrush song "Out of Reach".  The third track on the EP is a cover of the song "Dreams Burn Down", featuring Gardener and Goldrush together equally.  "Dreams Burn Down" had originally been released by Gardener's earlier band Ride in 1990.

The first track on the EP, "Snow in Mexico", was included on Mark Gardener's debut solo album, These Beautiful Ghosts.  During an interview for the Bucks Music Group website, Gardener stated that "Snow in Mexico" was inspired by a newspaper headline and is essentially about "how people can blow hot and cold, be one way one minute and then completely different, the next."

Track listing
"Snow in Mexico" (Mark Gardener) - 4:14
"Out of Reach" (Robin Bennett, Joseph Bennett) - 4:11
"Dreams Burn Down" (Andy Bell, Loz Colbert, Mark Gardener, Steve Queralt) - 5:53

References

2003 EPs
Truck Records EPs


Brooks Instrument is a manufacturer of flow control and measurement equipment based in Hatfield, PA. It was a division of Emerson (NYSE:EMR) until December 31, 2007 when it was sold to American Industrial Partners Capital Fund IV (“AIP”) for approximately $100 million in cash.   In January 2012, Brooks Instrument was acquired by ITW for an unspecified amount.

Its products include thermal mass flow controllers/meters, Coriolis mass flow controllers/meters, variable area meters (aka rotameters), level products, direct liquid injection systems, and more. A range of accessories such as pressure controllers, valves, and secondary instrumentation is also offered. Manufacturing of Brooks products is based in Hatfield, PA USA facility with additional facilities in the Netherlands, Hungary, and Japan. Brooks Instrument is certified to ISO 9001:2015.

History
Founded in 1946 by Stephen A. Brooks, Brooks Instrument was originally based in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. The company was built on the strength of an innovative side-plate, dowel-pin principle of rotameter construction, which is, today, the basis of one of the company's more important product lines.

In 1958 the company developed a new, streamlined laboratory flow meter named Sho-Rate and a new  type of full-view rotameter - with an improved packaging seal that represents one of the first innovations for the glass tube rotameter in 20 years.

Public service initiatives
In 2018, corporate leaders at Brooks introduced a new, annual scholarship program, which awards up to $2,000 per individual to undergraduate engineering students at accredited colleges or universities. The program is designed to support students who show "potential for leadership and interest in engineering, particularly as it relates to instrumentation, fluid mechanics and flow or pressure measurement."

References

External links
 BrooksInstrument.com

Flow control (data)
Companies based in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
American companies established in 1946
1946 establishments in Pennsylvania


Abres may refer to:
 Abres, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
 Abres (Vegadeo), a parish in Asturias, Spain
 San Tirso de Abres, a municipality in Asturias, Spain
 Abris, also known as Abres, an early Christian saint


In manufacturing, a pegging report is a record showing the relationship between demand and supply. Pegging reports are generated by Material Requirements Planning Systems. This report is used to develop the manufacturing strategies, to order components based upon the requirement proposed by the S&OP Team.

The report shows the creation of demand for the components by the parents, the quantities needed, and the schedule to which they are needed.

Supply chain management


"Already Gone" is a song recorded by the American rock band the Eagles for their 1974 album On the Border. It was written by Jack Tempchin and Robb Strandlund and produced by Bill Szymczyk.

The song was the first single released from On the Border and peaked at No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100. Since then, the Eagles have included it in their greatest hits albums and live performances.

Background
"Already Gone", which is four minutes and 13 seconds long, was written by Robb Strandlund and Jack Tempchin. In the liner notes for The Very Best Of, Glenn Frey said that Tempchin sent him a tape of the song through the mail. Tempchin had already written one of the Eagles' previous singles, "Peaceful Easy Feeling".

"Already Gone" was one of the first songs that the Eagles recorded for the album after they stopped recording in London and returned to Los Angeles, and switched their producer from Glyn Johns to Bill Szymczyk. Frey was the lead vocalist. New guitarist Don Felder played a Les Paul Special and provided the song's solo lick.

Release
"Already Gone" is the opening track of the Eagles' album On the Border, which was released by Asylum Records on March 22, 1974. It was released as the first single from the album in April 1974. Its b-side was "Is It True".

The song has also been included on some of the Eagles' compilation albums, including Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) and The Very Best Of.

Critical reception
Cash Box said that this was the Eagles' "best single release to date" calling it a "hard rocker driven by the group's incredible harmonies."  Record World said that "one particular loneliness analogy here warrants repeating: 'And you'll have to eat your lunch all by yourself,'" and said that the song was "the act's best since 'Take It Easy.'"  "Already Gone" has been described as a "classic". In his book To the Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles, Marc Eliot wrote that the song "was an out-and-out rocker ... Musically it sounded like a fuel-injected rave-up, with melodic echoes of both 'Peaceful Easy Feeling' and 'Take It Easy.' In 2017, Billboard ranked the song number nine on their list of the 15 greatest Eagles songs, and in 2019, Rolling Stone ranked the song number six on their list of the 40 greatest Eagles songs.

Chart performance
The song was a "staple" on AM and FM radio. It peaked at #32 on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 29, 1974, spending three weeks on the American Top 40, and a total of 15 weeks on the chart.

Live performances
The Eagles have included "Already Gone" in their live performances since the 1970s. It was one of their "best selections" at a 1979 Michigan show, according to one reviewer. At a 2002 concert in Washington, the song created a "frenzy," with the audience singing along. A performance was included on the 2005 Farewell 1 Tour DVD, which was filmed in Australia. In 2006, the band played the song in Manchester, and Frey delivered it "with humour and passion."

Personnel
 Glenn Frey – lead vocals, guitar solos
 Don Henley – drums, background vocals
 Bernie Leadon – guitar, background vocals
 Randy Meisner – bass, background vocals
 Don Felder – guitar solos

Track listing
7"
 "Already Gone"
 "Is It True"

Charts

Other versions

"Already Gone" was recorded by Tanya Tucker for the 1993 tribute album Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles. Rolling Stone'''s Kara Manning wrote that Tucker's version "transforms its male bravado into a feminist battle cry."
The song was included by Wilson Phillips on their 2004 album California.
The Finnish rendering "Alan Sooloilemaan" was recorded by Karma () for their 1977 album Morjens''.

References

1974 singles
1993 singles
2004 singles
Eagles (band) songs
Tanya Tucker songs
Wilson Phillips songs
Songs written by Jack Tempchin
Song recordings produced by Bill Szymczyk
Asylum Records singles
1973 songs


List of tools

Technical features

References

Programming tools
Code generation tools
Source code generation


The First Minister of Scotland is the leader of the Scottish Government, Scotland's devolved government. The First Minister is responsible for the exercise of functions by the Cabinet of the Scottish Government; policy development and coordination; relationships with the rest of the United Kingdom, Europe and the wider world. The First Minister is a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), and is nominated by the Scottish Parliament before being officially appointed by the monarch.

Currently, the First Minister is Humza Yousaf of the Scottish National Party (SNP), who succeeded Nicola Sturgeon in March 2023 following her resignation in February 2023. Yousaf has led the Government of the 6th Scottish Parliament since 2023. Sturgeon, and before that, Alex Salmond, previously led the governments of the 3rd and 4th Scottish Parliaments which was first elected in 2007 as a minority government, and re-elected in 2011, where they formed the first majority government in the Scottish Parliament.

Sturgeon is the longest-serving First Minister, having surpassed Salmond on 25 May 2022. Salmond in turn spent a total of 7 and a half years in the role. Donald Dewar was the first person to hold the position. Henry McLeish is the shortest-serving First Minister, having served in the role for 1 year and 12 days.

List of First Ministers of Scotland

The parties shown are those to which the first ministers belonged to at the time they held office, and the constituencies shown are those they represented while in office.

Political parties

Status

Legend

Timeline

References

Notes

Citations

External links
 Scottish Government web site

Scotland

First Minister of Scotland
First Minister of Scotland


Andrew Francis Lambo (born August 11, 1988) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman . He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Oakland Athletics.

Career

Los Angeles Dodgers
Lambo was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 4th round of the 2007 MLB Draft out of Newbury Park High School. He played for the Gulf Coast Dodgers in 2007, and the Great Lakes Loons and Jacksonville Suns in 2008. He was selected as Midwest League All-Star Outfielder in 2008 while with the Loons. In 2009 & 2010, while with the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts, BaseballAmerica.com rated him as the organization's top rated prospect of 2009. He was selected to represent the Lookouts at the 2009 Southern League mid-season All-Star game. On May 1, 2010, Lambo was suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball for testing positive for a banned substance, quantified as a "drug of abuse." On July 31, 2010, he was traded (along with pitcher James McDonald) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for reliever Octavio Dotel.

Pittsburgh Pirates
Lambo hit .236 with 11 home runs and 58 RBI in 2011 playing for the Double-A Altoona Curve and the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians. He missed most of 2012 with a wrist injury.

Lambo hit for the cycle on April 8, 2013, the first cycle in Altoona Curve history.  After he hit .284 with 24 doubles, 5 triples, 31 home runs and 97 RBI in 117 games split between Altoona and Indianapolis, the Pirates announced on August 12, 2013, that Lambo would be called up to Major League Baseball for the first time on August 13. He was optioned back to Indianapolis on August 18, and recalled on August 24. On September 28, 2013, Lambo hit his first and only career home run, a pinch-hit home run in the 6th inning against Cincinnati Reds pitcher Logan Ondrusek, the 6th home run hit by the Pirates that day. After the season, Lambo earned the organization's Minor League Player of the Year award after his 32 home runs ranked fourth among all minor league players. Lambo played winter baseball in Venezuela and played first base to prepare for the upcoming season.

Oakland Athletics
Lambo was claimed off waivers by the Oakland Athletics on November 6, 2015. He made the Athletics' Opening Day roster. In June 2016, Lambo was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He underwent surgical treatment, after which he made a full recovery. On October 6, 2016, Lambo was outrighted off of the 40-man roster and elected free agency on October 9. Lambo was resigned to a minor league contract for 2017. He played just 12 games with the Triple-A Nashville Sounds before landing on the disabled list with an injured wrist. Though cleared to play, he was released by the Athletics on May 14, 2017.

Bridgeport Bluefish
On June 6, 2017, Lambo signed with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.

Lancaster Barnstormers
On November 1, 2017, Lambo was drafted by the Lancaster Barnstormers in the Bridgeport Bluefish dispersal draft.

References

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1988 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Beverly Hills, California
Major League Baseball outfielders
Pittsburgh Pirates players
Oakland Athletics players
Gulf Coast Dodgers players
Great Lakes Loons players
Jacksonville Suns players
Chattanooga Lookouts players
Altoona Curve players
Indianapolis Indians players
Gulf Coast Pirates players
Jamestown Jammers players
Surprise Rafters players
Peoria Javelinas players
Mesa Solar Sox players
Cardenales de Lara players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Nashville Sounds players
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People from Newbury Park, California
Baseball players from Ventura County, California


Agüera may refer to:

Places
 Agüera (Belmonte), a civil parish in Belmonte de Miranda, Asturias, Spain
 Agüera del Coto, a civil parish in Cangas del Narcea, Asturias, Spain
 Asón-Agüera, comarca of Cantabria, Spain
 Lagouira or La Agüera, a town in Western Sahara
 Río Agüera, a river in northern Spain

People with the surname
 Cristina Agüera Gago (born 1990), Spanish politician
 José Gutiérrez de Agüera, Spanish politician and Minister of State in 1898
 Ander Herrera Agüera (born 1989), Spanish footballer
 Salvador Gómez Agüera (born 1968), Spanish water polo player and Olympic gold medalist

See also
 Agüero (disambiguation)

Spanish-language surnames


The 2010 congressional elections in Hawaii was held on November 2, 2010, to determine who was to represent the state of Hawaii in the United States House of Representatives for the 112th Congress from January 2011, until their terms of office expire in January 2013.

Hawaii has two seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. The election coincided with the 2010 gubernatorial election.

Overview

By district
Results of the 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii by district:

District 1

Campaign
Republican Congressman Charles Djou was first elected in a special election in May 2010, which Republicans heralded as a "significant win" and to which DNC Chairman Tim Kaine responded, "Democrats got 60% of the vote in that race. In the November election, it will be one Democrat against one Republican, and we feel very, very confident about winning that race." In the general election, Hawaii State Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, also a candidate in the special election, emerged as the Democratic nominee. Though former Congressman Ed Case, the other Democratic candidate in the special election, was speculated to run again in November, he ultimately decided against it. In the general election, both parties heavily invested in taking the seat, and polls indicated that the race was close up until election day. On election day, however, Hanabusa edged out Djou by a surprising large six point margin of victory and was sent to Congress for her first term.

Results

Polling

†Internal poll (Tarrance Group for Djou and Global Strategy Group for Hanabusa)

District 2

Campaign
This liberal district that encompasses all of Hawaii but Honolulu, has been represented by Democratic Congresswoman Mazie Hirono since she was first elected in 2006. This year, Congresswoman Hirono faced Republican challenger and Tea Party activist John Willoughby in the general election. Though Willoughby attacked Hirono for refusing to debate, polls indicated that the Congresswoman was a shoo-in for re-election.

Results

References

External links
Hawaii Office of Elections
U.S. Congress candidates for Hawaii at Project Vote Smart
Hawaii U.S. House from OurCampaigns.com
Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in Hawaii from OpenSecrets
2010 Hawaii General Election graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
House – Hawaii from the Cook Political Report

Hawaii
United States House of Representatives
2010


Canterbury Archaeological Trust (CAT) is an independent charity formed in 1975 to undertake rescue excavation, research, publication and the presentation of the results of its work for the benefit of the public.

The Trust's main activities are to:
 carry out archaeological excavations in Canterbury, its district and the county of Kent.
 record standing buildings.
 manage the Archaeology in Education Service (AES) for Kent schools and colleges.
 publish reports of the Trust's investigations, both popular and academic.
 provide planning advice for archaeology to Canterbury City Council
 act as the Investigating Authority for the Canterbury Area of Archaeological Importance.

The Trust's base of operations is at 92A Broad Street, Canterbury. This is where the administrative offices are located and the finds department and post-excavation offices. The Trust's library, which includes the collection of the Canterbury Archaeological Society, is open by appointment to students and members of the public.

The work of the Trust is supported by the Friends of the Canterbury Archaeological Trust (FCAT).

Staff
 Director: Alison Hicks
 Deputy Director: Mark Houliston

References

Archaeological organizations
City of Canterbury
Organisations based in Kent
Archaeological sites in Kent
Archaeology of England
Organizations established in 1975
1975 establishments in England


The Fur Institute of Canada (FIC) works to promote the fur trade and to advocate for the fur industry.  The organization, has more than 100 members from industry and trade, government, Aboriginal groups and the scientific community.

The FIC manages Canada’s humane trap research and testing program through the Alberta Research Centre and in accordance with The Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards (AIHTS). As a voice for the Canadian fur sector the Institute provides information to the media, the public and governments pertaining to the economic, social, cultural, animal welfare and environmental issues surrounding today's fur trade.

Mission
The mission of the Fur Institute of Canada is to promote the sustainable and wise use of Canada's fur resources.

Values
The Fur Institute of Canada and its members promote the following values:
The sustainable use and conservation of renewable resources.
The continued improvement of animal welfare through ongoing research and the development of national and international trapping standards.
The conservation and management of natural resources based on scientific evidence and traditional knowledge.
Professionalism through continued education, licensing and research.
Respect for people, animals and the environment.
Respect for tradition, heritage and culture.
Respect for the right of Aboriginal peoples to pursue their Aboriginal and Treaty Rights.

Organizational structure
The Fur Institute was founded in 1983 on the initiative of the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Wildlife Ministers to pursue the work of the Federal-Provincial Committee for Humane Trapping.
The FIC is governed by an elected Board of Directors representing all sectors of the industry and stakeholder groups.

Membership Categories
Trappers
Fur Farmers
Wholesale Fur Dealers
Fur Manufacturers/Processors
Fur Retailers
Aboriginal Organizations
Conservation Organizations
Animal Welfare Associations
Support Industries
Government of Canada
Provincial and Territorial Governments

Operational Committees
Fur Institute of Canada programs are developed and delivered by six operational committees within the structure of the Institute. Committees are formed by, and report to, the Board of Directors.

Trap Research and Testing
Through research, development, communication and education, the Trap Research and Development Committee ensures that the best possible furbearer capture technology is available to Canadian trappers. This world recognized program seeks the highest level of animal welfare that can be achieved through traditional knowledge and current science. The trap research and testing program is conducted through the Alberta Research Centre. It adheres to the "Three R’s" of animal research and is overseen by the Canadian Council on Animal Care.

Conservation
Through policy development, evaluation, education and advocacy the committee furthers the principles of wise and sustainable use and of applied management in relation to furbearers and their habitats. The committee works in cooperation with wildlife agencies and conservation groups.

International Relations
By monitoring and participating in international activities on trapping, fur ranching, fur use and trade the committee is able to apprise and advise its members and stakeholders. This includes, but is not limited to, monitoring policies and activities of international organizations and governments affecting wildlife management or international trade, and participating in international forums, such as IUCN and CITES.
The committee is also charged with managing the implementation in Canada of the 1997 Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards (AIHTS) and provides a Canadian representative to the Joint Management Committee for the implementation of the AIHTS.

Communications
The FIC delivers and develops information and resources directed to the Institute membership, the fur trade, other conservation and animal welfare organizations and the public sector, including the media, schools, federal, provincial and territorial governments and the general public.

It is also a member of the North American Fur Industry Communications group (NAFIC), established in 2013 as a cooperative public educational program for the fur industry in Canada and the USA. NAFIC disseminates information via the Internet under the brand name "Truth About Fur".

Other members of NAFIC are: the auction houses American Legend Cooperative in Seattle, North American Fur Auctions in Toronto, and Fur Harvesters Auction in North Bay, Ontario; the American Mink Council, representing US mink producers; the mink farmers’ associations Canada Mink Breeders Association and Fur Commission USA; the trade associations Fur Council of Canada and Fur Information Council of America; Fur wRaps The Hill, the political and legislative arm of the North American fur industry; and the International Fur Federation, based in London, UK.

Aboriginal Communications
The committee is mandated to inform Canada’s Aboriginal trappers of important developments in the fur sector, particularly relating to international humane trapping standards and results of the trap research and testing program. The committee also facilitates communications and promotes joint programs between Aboriginal trappers and provincial and territorial wildlife agencies. Aboriginal organizations, governments and industry are kept informed of issues of concern to Aboriginal communities, trappers and the fur trade.

Sealing
The Sealing Committee ensures that factual information on seals and sealing in Canada is made available from primary sources, on a timely basis, to the general public, media and legislators in Canada and around the world.  The committee also facilitates the Seals and Sealing Network (SSN).

External memberships
The Fur Institute of Canada is an active member of various international fur trade and conservation organizations, including the IFTF (International Fur Trade Federation), the IUCN (World Conservation Union) Canadian Committee, and AFWA (Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies).

See also
Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards
Animal trapping
Timeline of environmental events
Wildlife management

References

External links
Fur Institute of Canada
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Canadian Council on Animal Care
International Fur Trade Federation
Origin Assured (OA) International label program that gives consumers an assurance that the fur comes from a country where national or local regulations or standards governing fur production are in force.
Seals and Sealing Network

Nature conservation organizations based in Canada
Fur trade
First Nations culture


Best Night of Our Lives is Everyday Sunday's fifth full-length album, which was released June 16, 2009.

Track listing

Personnel

 Breezy Baldwin — design, photography, packaging
 Dale Bray — executive producer
 Nathan Dantzler — mastering
 Rob Roy Fingerhead — guitar, piano, keyboards
 Nick Spencer — guitars
 Adam Hull — assistant
 J.R. McNeely — mixing
 Trey Pearson — vocals

Chart positions

References

2009 albums
Everyday Sunday albums


Walter Frank Higgs (7 April 1886 – 8 August 1961) was a Conservative Party politician in England.

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham West at a by-election in 1937 following the death of the Conservative MP Sir Austen Chamberlain. At the 1945 general election, he was defeated by the Labour Party candidate, Charles Simmons.  In addition he took a keen interest in both local and national politics, serving on Birmingham City Council from 1934 and 1937.

Walter Frank Higgs was born at Kidderminster, Worcestershire, on April 7, 1886. He was educated at Birmingham Technical School, and then went into the electrical industry, gaining experience with the General Electric Company, the British Thomson-Houston Company, the Electric Construction Company, and others.

In 1912, Walter Higgs and his brother founded a small company in Witton, Birmingham to manufacture electric motors. This concern he built up from employing seven workers in 1912 to over 1,500 in 1962 when the firm moved to Yate, Bristol as part of Newman Industries. He was a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and a life governor of Birmingham University.

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1886 births
1961 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1935–1945


The Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards (AIHTS) establishes the required standards for approval and certification of animal trapping devices.

History
In 1991, following extensive pressure from the anti-fur lobby, the European Union (EU) passed Regulation 3254/91, which bans the import of wild fur products derived from 13 species into the EU from any country, unless the use of the leghold trap is prohibited in said country, or trapping methods used in that country meet internationally agreed humane trapping standards. EU Regulation 3254/91 remains in place in the EU today .

Following several years of negotiations, the EU agreed to two humane trapping agreements in 1997. The Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards (AIHTS) was reached with the EU, Canada and Russia;
 a separate agreement was reached between the EU and United States due to US regulatory requirements. Both Agreements incorporate the same standards. The EU Council ratified them in 1998.

 All countries are encouraged to apply the AIHTS.

Under these agreements, all traps must be tested against the standards set out in the AIHTS and, if they conform, must be certified by a designated competent authority. If they fail to meet the Standards, they must be replaced with traps that do.

Status of the AIHTS
The AIHTS was signed by Canada and the EU in December 1997 and by the Russian Federation in April 1998.  A separate bilateral agreement with equivalent standards was signed between the US and Europe in 1998.  Both agreements are legally binding on all signatories.

The Russian parliament ratified the AIHTS for implementation on July 22, 2008. The European Parliament, as of 2008, has yet to approve a Directive to implement the Agreement within its member countries. Canada has been implementing the AIHTS on a bilateral basis (with the EU), in good faith, since the Canadian government ratified it in 1999. The USA has been progressing on implementing its best management practices under its bilateral EU agreement.

Main points of the Agreement
Under the AIHTS, the parties (currently, Canada, EU and Russia) guarantee not to impose trade restrictions on fur products from listed species from other signatory countries. The Agreement establishes procedures for settling disagreements and does not affect the right to resort to WTO (World Trade Organization). The Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards applies to listed species (total of 19) regardless of the reason for trapping, including:
Wildlife management purposes, including pest control
Obtaining fur, skin, or meat
The capture of mammals for conservation
The AIHTS establishes criteria for rating traps by species and by method of use. Killing traps are rated according to the time to loss of consciousness. Restraining traps are rated according to injuries indicative of poor welfare.  Ratings form part of the trap approval process.

The AIHTS establishes approval and certification standards for all types of traps and requires that traps be certified as meeting the AIHTS, initially by fall 2007. The Agreement prohibits the use of restraining and killing traps that are not certified in accordance with the Standards. However, it does not prevent individuals from constructing and using traps that comply with designs approved by the competent authorities. (Competent authorities are legal bodies that regulate trapping, including governments, government mandated agencies and those Aboriginal groups with authority to regulate wildlife management activities.) Traps not meeting the Agreement Standards must be phased out by the signatories. If there are no traps certified for a particular species, all traps legal for use for that species can continue to be used until certified traps become available and provided research continues to search for traps that meet the Agreement Standards.

Other points in the AIHTS
Under the Agreement, parties are instructed to use their best efforts to ensure appropriate processes are in place for permitting the use of traps and for enforcing trap legislation within their jurisdiction. It is also recommended that parties have in place trapper training in humane devices/methods. The Agreement also advocates incorporating ISO testing procedures into the trap certification process.

Parties of the AIHTS (Canada, Russian Federation and EU) are required to meet on an ongoing basis. Delegates to these meetings make up the Joint Management Committee (JMC), established under the terms of the AIHTS to administer the Agreement.  The US is a permanent observer on the JMC.

Objectives of the Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards
To meet a requirement of EU Regulation 3254/91
To pursue an international standard that scientifically addresses animal welfare related to trapping furbearers. This reduces the ability to force legislation based on political lobbying efforts
To enlist signatories to address the issue of animal welfare related to trapping, regardless of the reason the animals are trapped. Whether it is for pest control, research, disease control, wildlife management or the commercial fur trade, the AIHTS is designed to ensure that the same scientifically validated standards apply in all three jurisdictions.
To maintain access to the European wild fur market. As the world's fashion centre, the European Union remains an important market for North American wild fur

As the Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards is a dynamic treaty, it provides opportunity for continuing the improvement of animal welfare related to trapping as new technology and scientific knowledge emerges

Species covered by the AIHTS
In EU Regulation 3254/91, 12 North America and one Russian furbearer species were listed.
Under the AIHTS, six additional European species were added.
The Standards apply to the following 19 species:

Additional species, regardless of the reason for trapping them, may be included in the future as appropriate. All signatory parties must agree to any changes made to the species list.

Traps covered by the AIHTS
AIHTS requirements for certification in accordance with the Standards do not apply to traps individually constructed by trappers.

Killing Traps
Definition: Traps designed and set with the intention of killing a trapped animal of the target species. May include restraining traps set as killing traps when used in water.

Restraining Traps
Definition: Traps designed and set to restrain a target animal's movements. For use on land only. This includes all traps such as the foot snare, the padded foothold trap and any other limb restraining traps that are not "conventional steel-jawed leghold restraining traps". It also applies to manufactured live capture cages and boxes.

Implementation requirements and progress
Since autumn 2007, only certified traps are legally permitted for trapping the species listed in the Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards.  Local or regional jurisdictions may have additional regulatory requirements exceeding the AIHTS.
Restraining Traps - The use, on land, of conventional steel-jaw leghold restraining traps for the following species is now prohibited:

Other restraining traps, such as laminated, padded, offset, foot snares and cage traps must meet the requirements of the AIHTS and be certified initially by 2007.  If research has not identified certifiable traps for use on a particular species by 2007, the AIHTS has a provision for continued use of current traps while research continues.  Research is ongoing among all four countries.

Trap Certification – The certification process for both restraining and killing traps began in 2002. Criteria for certification are:
performance under AIHTS requirements
safety and efficiency (as required by a competent authority)
manufacturer must put certification mark on traps and provide instructions for use
As required under the Agreement, six provisional Joint Management Committee meetings have been held to date, in Edmonton, Alberta (2000), Brussels, Belgium (2002), St. Petersburg, Russia (2003), New York City, USA (2004), Quebec City, Canada (2005) and Brussels, Belgium (2008).

See also
Fur Institute of Canada
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
World Trade Organization

References

Further reading
Princen, Sebastiaan. (2002). EU regulation and transatlantic trade. Chapter 3: The European leghold trap regulation. Kluwer Law International.  pg. 79-136.
Harrop, Stuart R. (1998). “The Agreements on International Humane Trapping Standards – Background, Critique and the Texts”, Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy Issue, 1(3)   pg. 387-394
EU Trade Commissioner Statement on Animal Trapping Standards, Reuters Limited News Service 1997

Animal welfare and rights legislation
Animal trapping


John Kilham Porter (January 12, 1819 – April 11, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a leading lawyer during his lifetime on the New York Bar. He was considered a remarkable crack lawyer, who was able to practice in nearly every branch of the law.

Early life and education
John Kilham Porter was born on January 12, 1819, in Waterford, New York, located in Saratoga County. He was the son of Dr. Elijah Porter, a physician, who lived from 1775 to 1841, and Mary (Lawrence) Porter. Elijah was the son of Major Moses Porter, who fought in the Revolutionary War, and Sarah Killam, a direct descendant of Captain Miles Standish. Moses and Sarah had married in 1765.

In September 1835, at age sixteen, Porter entered Union College and graduated in 1837, with Phi Beta Kappa honors and membership in The Kappa Alpha Society. Governor William L. Marcy, a college trustee, gave Porter a friendly commendation.

In 1844, Porter attended the Baltimore National Whig convention, that nominated Henry Clay on the presidential ticket. In 1846, Porter passed the New York Bar, ranked high among its leadership, and was admitted to practiced law before the State's Supreme Court. The same year, Porter was a delegate to the New York's Constitutional Convention.

Legal career
In early 1865, Porter was appointed to the New York Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry R. Selden. In November 1865, he was elected on the Republican ticket to the remaining six years of Selden's term, but resigned on December 31, 1867, and returned to private practice in New York City. In February 1876, Porter defended Grant's military secretary Orville E. Babcock, who had been indicted during prosecution of the Whiskey Ring frauds. Babcock was acquitted.

He helped to prosecute Charles Guiteau for the assassination of James Garfield in 1881.

Family
Porter was twice married. His first marriage was in 1837, to the daughter of Hon. Eli M. Todd of Waterford, by whom he had two children, Mary, who died in 1867, and William L., a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, who was closely associated with his father during his later life. His second marriage was to Harriet, daughter of the Hon. John Cramer, also of Waterford, and who survived him after a married life of more than thirty years.

Death and historical reputation
Porter died in Waterford on April 11, 1892. The New York Times said that Porter, as a lawyer, was "a laborious, keen, strongly-equipped man in nearly every branch of the law."

References

Sources
The Descendants of Moses and Sarah Kilham Porter of Pawlet, Vermont: with some notice of their ancestors and those of Timothy Hatch, Amy and Lucy Seymour Hatch, Mary Lawrence Porter and Lucretia Bushnell Porter by John Strachan Lawrence (F. A. Onderdonk, printer, 1911)

External links
 Finding Aid to John K. Porter Collection, 1851-1882 at the New York State Library, accessed May 18, 2016.

1819 births
1892 deaths
People from Waterford, New York
Union College (New York) alumni
Judges of the New York Court of Appeals
New York (state) Republicans
19th-century American judges


Cailungo is a village (curazia) in central San Marino. It belongs to the castle of Borgo Maggiore.

Geography
The village is located at the north of its castle seat, and its main road is via Ca' dei Lunghi. It is divided in Cailungo di Sopra (Upper C.) and Cailungo di Sotto (Lower C.).

Infrastructures
Cailungo is the seat of the Sanmarinese State Hospital (Ospedale di Stato di San Marino) and the State Agency for Public Services of San Marino (Azienda Autonoma di Stato per i Servizi Pubblici).

Sport
The local football team is the Cailungo.

Oratorio di San Rocco
The church, Oratorio di San Rocco, was originally built in connection with a plague in the Middle Ages in honour of San Rocco. The interior has an oil on canvas painting of Madonna and Child and St. John the Baptist dated to 1594.

See also
Borgo Maggiore
Cà Melone
Cà Rigo
San Giovanni sotto le Penne
Valdragone
Ventoso

References

Curazie in San Marino
Borgo Maggiore


Ambres may refer to:

 Ambres, a commune of the Tarn department in southern France
 Ambres (Narcea), a parish in Cangas del Narcea, Spain
 Chip Ambres (born 1979), American Major League Baseball player


Events in the year 1800 in Norway.

Incumbents
Monarch: Christian VII

Events
The Lærdal Rebellion starts.

Arts and literature

 The first theatre building in Norway; Komediehuset på Engen was built.

Births

18 February - Halvor Olaus Christensen, politician (died 1891)
6 March – Gustava Kielland, author and missionary (died 1889)
11 March – Nils Otto Tank, Moravian Church religious leader, land speculator, canal and railroad promoter  (died 1864)
7 April – Peter Feilberg, newspaper editor and politician (died 1863)
8 October – Carl Roosen, cartographer and military officer (died 1880).
18 October – Christian Cornelius Paus, lawyer, civil servant and politician (died 1879)
22 October – Christian Lassen, orientalist (died 1876).

Full date unknown
Lars Johannesen Aga, politician
Hans Pedersen Herrefosser, politician
Ingebrigt Haldorsen Sæter, politician (died 1875)

Deaths
22 February – Even Hammer, civil servant (born 1732)

See also

References


Ambás may refer to:

 Ambás (Carreño), a civil parish in Spain
 Ambás (Grado), a civil parish in Spain
 Ambás (Villaviciosa), a civil parish in Spain


Den 11. time (styled as "den 11. time"; English: The eleventh hour) was a Danish television talk show on DR2. It aired at 23:00 on DR2 weekly on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  The show was hosted by Mikael Bertelsen, and his editor, Mads Brügger would occasionally step in as host for a given programme.

Den 11. time included guests such as the then-Danish Minister of Culture, Brian Mikkelsen, but also had foreign guests such as Phillip Blond or even Mikhail Gorbachev, who stated in a letter to the presenters that it was one of the most interesting interviews he ever did.  Sometimes the programme would air live, but other times it would be pre-recorded, often to be able to get the subtitles on for non-Danish guests.  Though, at times an interpreter in the studio provided the translations.

It last broadcast on 21 May 2008, despite large popularity.

Guests
Selected guests include (see Danish Wikipedia for dates):

 Bjarke Ingels (architect)
 Olafur Eliasson (artist)
 Jesse Jane (porn actress)
 David Lynch (movie director, transcendental meditation practitioner)
 Leif Ove Andsnes (Norwegian pianist)
 Per Arnoldi (artist)
 Anker Jørgensen (former Danish prime minister)
 Mike Sheridan (DJ, born 1991) vs Else Marie Pade (electronic music composer, born 1924)
 Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff (author, born 1949)
 Bryan Ferry (English new wave musician)
 Nicolas Winding Refn (movie director, eight appearances on the show)
 Naja Marie Aidt (poet)
 Geert Wilders (Dutch politician)
 Lars Norén (Swedish playwright, born 1944)
 Jesper Christensen (actor, born 1948)
 Klaus Rifbjerg (author, born 1931)
 Ole Christian Madsen (movie director, script writer)
 Helle Helle (author)
 May Andersen (model)
 Per Nørgård (composer, born 1932)
 Hilary Hahn (American violinist)
 Tomas Espedal (Norwegian writer)
 Gry Bay (actress)

 Hiroshi Ishiguro (Japanese engineer)
 Betty Dodson (American sex educator)

References

2008 Danish television series endings
2007 Danish television series debuts
2000s Danish television series
Danish-language television shows
DR TV original programming


James Francis Crocicchia (born February 19, 1964) is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football League. He was a replacement player with the New York Giants in 1987. In 1988, Crocicchia played for the New York Knights of the Arena Football League.

College career
Crocicchia played for the University of Pennsylvania, leading the Quakers to three straight Ivy League championships in 1984-86.

Professional career

New York Giants
After going unselected in the 1987 NFL Draft, Crocicchia was signed by the New York Giants during the 1987 NFL strike. He started for New York in Giants Stadium on Monday night, October 5, 1987 against the San Francisco 49ers, making him the first ex-Penn quarterback to play in an NFL game since Pard Pearce in the 1920s. However, Crocicchia was not effective, completing only six of fifteen passes for 89 yards and a touchdown; he was replaced with Mike Busch in the second half. The 49ers won, 41-21, and Crocicchia was cut the next day.

New York Knights
In 1988, Crocicchia played for the New York Knights of the Arena Football League. As the Knights starting quarterback, Crocicchia went 111-for-238 for 1,601 yards, with 26 touchdowns and nine interceptions. (Crocicchia's favourite receiver, with 40 receptions, was Edwin Lovelady, who had played with him on the Giants.) The Knights went just 2-10 under Crocicchia, however, and when the Knights folded at the end of the season, it spelled the end of the quarterback's professional career as well.

References

External links
Pro-Football reference

1964 births
Living people
Players of American football from Waterbury, Connecticut
American football quarterbacks
Penn Quakers football players
New York Giants players
New York Knights (arena football) players


In the 1954–1955 season, the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team competed in a total of twenty-one games and finished with a record of 10–11. The team finished the season in sixth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Schedule and results

December 4	Clemson	H	W	99–66
December 9	South Carolina	H	W	88–69
December 11	William & Mary	A	L	76–79
December 18	Maryland	H	L	60–70
Dixie Classic
December 27	USC (-/13)	RAL	W	67–58
December 28	NC State (-/2)	RAL	L	44–47
December 29	Duke (-/18)	RAL	W	65–52
January 3	LSU	A	L	77–84
January 4	Alabama (-/13)	A	L	55–77
January 8	Wake Forest	H	W	95–78
January 11	Virginia	H	W	96–87
January 14	South Carolina	A	W	73–64
January 15	Clemson	A	W	95–87
January 18	NC State (-/2)	A	W	84–80
February 4	Duke	H	L	68–91
February 11	Virginia	GR	L	73–98
February 12	Maryland (-/11)	A	L	61–63
February 16	Wake Forest	A	W	83–79
February 22	NC State (-/6)	H	L	75–79
February 25	Duke	A	L	74–96
ACC Tournament
March 3	Wake Forest	RAL	L	82–95

Roster

References

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball seasons
North Carolina
Tar
Tar


Mack Cummings (born March 3, 1959) is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He would play with the New York Giants in 1987.

External links
Pro-Football reference

1959 births
Living people
Players of American football from Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville High School (Florida) alumni
East Tennessee State Buccaneers football players
New York Giants players


The Shire Hall in Agincourt Square, Monmouth, Wales, is a prominent Grade I listed building in the town centre.  It was built in 1724, and was formerly the centre for the Assize Courts and Quarter Sessions for Monmouthshire.  In 1839–40, the court was the location of the trial of the Chartist leader John Frost and others for high treason for their part in the Newport Rising. The building was also used as a market place. The Shire Hall is owned by Monmouthshire County Council and has audiovisual guides for visitors to Courtroom 1. It is currently used as a Tourist Information Centre and as the offices for Monmouth Town Council, and is open to the public in part.

History

The current building was erected in 1724, and is at least the fourth building on the site.  It had earlier been the site of an Elizabethan court built in 1536, which in turn was replaced in 1571 by a timber-framed construction. The timbers from the original building were used in the construction of the Shire Hall, which provided an open trading area on the ground floor with rooms above.  The building, described in Buildings of Wales as "a mighty affair", is constructed of Bath stone ashlar and was designed by a little-known architect, Philip Fisher (d. 1776) of Bristol at a cost of £1700.  The Courts of Assize were transferred to the building in 1725, with the court room itself located on the first floor above the open arches which were used as a market area.  The clock in the pediment was made by Richard Watkins in 1765.

The interior of the building was remodelled in 1828, and a new exterior stair tower with a glazed lantern was added, enclosing a grandiose new staircase. Thomas Hopper was involved with improvements to the Shire Hall under "Royal assent". He was involved for many years with improvements to Penrhyn Castle, near Bangor. He and Edward Haycock Sr. extended the Shire Hall building along Agincourt Street, creating room for a new staircase and larger courts. Hopper took up residence in Monnow Street in Monmouth while this was happening.

Sculpture of King Henry V

The sculpture of King Henry V, in a niche above the front entrance and below the clock, is generally considered to be of poor quality; variously described as "incongruous", "rather deplorable", "decidedly-bad" and "pathetic..like a hypochondriac inspecting his thermometer". It was added in 1792 by Charles Peart, a professional sculptor who had been born at nearby English Newton.  The inscription reads: HENRY V, BORN AT MONMOUTH, AUG 9TH 1387.  The carved birth date is now thought to be incorrect.

Trial of the Chartist leaders

The County Gaol was located a short distance from the court rooms. It was here that the Chartist leader Henry Vincent, who had sought the right of all men to vote in parliamentary elections, was imprisoned before being tried at the assizes. Vincent was convicted, but the unpopularity of the verdict led to protests that eventually led to miners being killed in a clash with the military at Newport on 4 November 1839. John Frost was arrested in Newport shortly after the riot, followed by other leaders of the group.  A Special Commission opened at Shire Hall on 10 December 1839, and an appointed Grand Jury considered what charges to bring against them. The Grand Jury included Lord Granville Somerset, brother of the Duke of Beaufort; John Etherington Welch Rolls; Octavius Morgan; and four Members of Parliament, Joseph Bailey, William Addams Williams, Reginald James Blewitt, and Sir Benjamin Hall.   Frost, William Jones, Zephaniah Williams and five others were duly charged with high treason, and their trial began on 31 December.  It has been described as "one of the most important treason trials in the annals of British law".  The judges were the Lord Chief Justice, Sir Nicholas Tindal; Sir James Parke; and Sir John Williams, who was notorious for sentencing the Tolpuddle Martyrs to transportation in 1834.  Counsel for the Crown was the Attorney General, Sir John Campbell; Frost's counsel was Sir Frederick Pollock.

While the trial was taking place, measures were taken to protect Monmouth against Chartist insurgents.  Troops were billeted at the White Swan, and some were stationed at the gatehouse on the Monnow Bridge.  Granville Somerset and Benjamin Hall spoke in Frost's defence, and, in his summing up, Lord Chief Justice Tindal drew attention to the complete certainty needed for a conviction, suggesting his desire for an acquittal.  All eight men were found guilty, but the jury added a recommendation for mercy.  On 16 January 1840, the judge sentenced Frost, Jones and Williams to be hanged, drawn and quartered; they were the last men in Britain to be sentenced to that punishment.  The other five men were sentenced to transportation.  On the day before they were due to be executed, 29 January, the Cabinet under Lord Melbourne took the advice of Lord Chief Justice Tindal, and asked Queen Victoria to reduce all the sentences to transportation. On 2 February 1840, the prisoners were escorted to Chepstow, and put on the steamer Usk for Portsmouth, where they were transferred to the ship Mandarin with over 200 other prisoners and taken to Van Diemen's Land.

Recent uses
When Monmouthshire County Council was formed in 1889, most of its functions were based at Shire Hall, Newport, which by then was the county's main centre of population, rather than at Monmouth.

The magistrates' court at Shire Hall, Monmouth, closed in 1997, and the county court closed in 2002. Monmouthshire County Council then applied to the Heritage Lottery Fund for resources, and secured a grant of £3.2 million towards the building's complete refurbishment, with further funding of over £1 million provided by the county council.  Renovation started in late 2008, and the restored building was opened in September 2010.  Among the areas open to visitors is the courtroom in which the trial of Frost and others took place in 1840. A key element of the refurbishment was the installation of a lift, which makes the whole building accessible for all. The building now contains a Tourist Information Centre and offices, it is open to the public seven days a week from 10am – 4pm from April to September and is closed on Sundays in winter.

The loft

Surroundings
The Shire Hall and surrounding area were used as a location for the 2008 Doctor Who Christmas special. In Agincourt Square, immediately in front of the Shire Hall, stands a Statue of Charles Rolls, the locally born motoring and aviation pioneer to commemorate his life achievements, it was unveiled in 1911.  The Kings Head Hotel stands opposite, which dates from the mid-17th century and was reputedly visited by Charles I of England in 1645. Other notable buildings in the square include the Beaufort Arms, a former coaching inn dating from the early eighteenth century, the Punch House, another former coaching inn and Agincourt House, a notable early seventeenth century half-timbered building.

See also
List of former county courts in Wales

References

Sources

External links
  - Official web site

Buildings and structures in Monmouth, Wales
Government buildings completed in 1724
Grade I listed buildings in Monmouthshire
Government buildings in Monmouthshire
Tourist attractions in Monmouthshire
Grade I listed government buildings
Articles containing video clips
1724 establishments in Wales


Étienne Lancereaux (November 27, 1829 – October 26, 1910) was a French physician born in Brécy-Brières. He is remembered for pioneer contributions made in the understanding of diabetes.

He studied medicine in Reims and Paris, receiving his medical doctorate in 1862. From 1869 he served as médecin des hôpitaux, working in various hospitals in Paris. In 1872 he earned his agrégation, and later in his career, he was appointed president of the Académie Nationale de Médecine. His best known student was Nicolae Paulescu (1869–1931), the discoverer of insulin.

Through clinical-pathological research, Lancereaux believed that the cause of diabetes mellitus was located in the pancreas. In 1877 he published a paper in which he coined the term diabète pancréatique (pancreatic diabetes). His ideas in regards to diabetes were later confirmed through experimentation by Oskar Minkowski (1858–1931) and Josef von Mering (1849–1908). Lancereaux provided distinctions on the two primary forms of diabetes, which he referred to as diabetes maigre ("lean diabetes") and diabetes gras ("fat diabetes").

In addition to diabetes, he also made contributions in his research of alcoholism, syphilis, infectious forms of jaundice and the transmission of typhus by water.

Associated eponym
 "Lancereaux's diabetes": Diabetes mellitus with marked emaciation (cachexia).

Selected publications
 Traité historique et pratique de la syphilis, Paris 1866; translated into English and published as: "A treatise on syphilis, historical and practical" (1868–69).
 Atlas d'anatomie pathologique, 1871; Translation of atlas volume into English and published as: "Atlas of pathological anatomy" (1880).
 Traité d'anatomie pathologique (3 volumes) Paris 1875–1889.
 Traité de l'herpétisme, Paris 1883.
 Traité des maladies du foie et du pancréas, Paris 1899.
 Alcoolisme, Paris 1907.
 Traité de la goutte, Paris 1910.

References

People from Ardennes (department)
French diabetologists
1829 births
1910 deaths


A tongue depressor or spatula is a tool used in medical practice to depress the tongue to allow for examination of the mouth and throat. Hobbyists, artists, teachers, and confectionary makers use tongue depressors, which may be referred to as craft sticks or popsicle sticks.

Description
A tongue depressor is a tool used in medical practice to depress the tongue to allow for examination of the mouth and throat. For this use, it is also known as a spatula.

History
Earlier versions of depressors were made from balsa, pine, or redwood woods. Tongue depressors made from wood and metal exist from the American Civil War.

The most common modern tongue depressors are flat, thin, wooden blades, smoothed and rounded at both ends, but, historically, tongue depressors have been made of a variety of materials. Since they are inexpensive and difficult to clean because of their porous texture, wooden tongue depressors are labeled for disposal after a single usage.

Other uses
Ice pops and ice cream bars have used wooden tongue depressors to hold the confection, leading to the name popsicle sticks. Hobbyists, artists, and teachers use wooden tongue depressors in sculptural projects, which has led to the name craft sticks.

References

External links
 VCU Libraries Medical Artifacts Collection: Tongue Depressors

Medical equipment
Tongue


The National Centre for HIV/AIDS Dermatology and STDs (NCHADS) is a government agency of Cambodia under the direction of the Ministry of Health.  The agency is devoted to managing the treatment and prophylaxis of HIV and STDs.  NCHADS' main offices are located in Phnom Penh.

Sites
 National Center for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STD
 National Dermatology and STD Clinic
 OI-ART
 Voluntary Confidential Counseling and Testing (VCCT) - 217 sites throughout the country
 Family Health Clinic (STI Clinic)
 Home Base Care
 Social Health Clinic

See also
 Dermatology
 Government of Cambodia
 Health in Cambodia
 HIV/AIDS in Cambodia
 Ministry of Health, Cambodia

References

External links

Medical and health organisations based in Cambodia
HIV/AIDS organizations
Government health agencies
Phnom Penh
Government ministries of Cambodia


The Association of the Neuné Valley communes (French: Communauté de communes du Val de Neuné) is a former administrative association of rural communes in the Vosges département of eastern France and in the region of Lorraine. It was created in December 2002. It was merged into the new Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges in January 2017. The association had its administrative offices at Corcieux. The grouping took its name from the river Neuné.

The Communauté de communes comprised the following communes:

 Arrentès-de-Corcieux
 Biffontaine
 La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères
 Corcieux
 Gerbépal
 La Houssière
 Les Poulières
 Vienville

References

Neune Valley communes


Bezawada Ramachandra Reddy CBE (24 November 1894 – 3 March 1973) was an Indian politician of the Justice Party and one of the founders of the Swatantra Party. He served as the President of the Madras Legislative Council from 1930 to 1937. Ramachandra Reddy was a relative of Indian National Congress politician Bezawada Gopala Reddy.

Early life

Ramachandra Reddy was born on 24 November 1894 to Sri Subba Reddy & Kamala (Dodla) in Buchireddypalem in the Madras Presidency. He graduated from the Madras University in 1919 and immediately entered politics serving for a while as the President of the District Educational Council, Nellore. In 1929, he was elected President of the district board.

Marriage
He married Dodla Sita, they had one male child who was named after his father Subba Reddy. On the death of first wife Sita who died post delivery, he married her half sister Dodla Bujjamma, they had 10 children, 5 sons & 5 daughters.

In the Legislative Council

Reddy joined the Justice Party at an early age and won the 1923 elections. He also won the subsequent elections in 1926, 1930 and 1934. When the Justice Party captured power in the Presidency after a four-year-long gap, Reddy's name was proposed for election as President of the Council. He was elected and served as the President of the Madras Legislative Council from 6 November 1930 to March 1937. Reddy resigned as Speaker following his defeat in the 1937 elections.

Reddy dissented with Periyar when he converted the political party into the Dravidar Kazhagam. Reddy was first elected President of the Justice Party soon after the split in 1944 before the mantle passed on P. T. Rajan. Reddy finally quit the party in 1952.

In 1952, Reddy contested the First Lok Sabha elections as an independent from Nellore and was successful. He served as a Member of the Lok Sabha from 1952 to 1957.

Swatantra Party

On 4 June 1959, along with C. Rajagopalachari & N G Ranga and other senior politicians, Reddy floated the Swatantra Party. A party whose ideology was finally accepted by modern India when it started its liberalisation policy in the year 1991.

Champion of Liberalisation
He always believed in enterprise and promoted the idea of setting up business. He served on the boards of many companies as an independent director upon the invitation of the promoters. He was on the board of Madras Cements, Andhra Scientific Company, Machilipatnam. Personally he never believed in putting his money in industry, as he always believed his roots are in agriculture and he should always be only an agriculturist.

Death

Reddy died on 19 March 1973.

Honours

Reddy was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1937 Coronation Honours.

References

External links
 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

1894 births
1973 deaths
Telugu people
India MPs 1952–1957
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Swatantra Party politicians
Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh
Justice Party (India) politicians


Hordfast or the Hordaland Fixed Link is a planned road project between the mainland city of Bergen and the island of Stord in Hordaland county, Norway.  Hordfast is the colloquial name for the project since it will connect the islands of Hordaland county with the fastlandet (which is the Norwegian word for "mainland").

This project is one part of the "ferry-free E39" project.  It aims to improve the European route E39 highway system so that it will link the west coast cities of Kristiansand - Stavanger - Haugesund - Bergen - Trondheim without the use of any ferries to cross the numerous fjords in the region.

The route is still in the planning and regulatory phases, which is expected to be completed in 2023. Currently there is no estimated opening date, but is anticipated to be completed in the early 2030's in close timing with Rogfast. The completion of both will provide a permanent complete road link between the major cities of Stavanger and Bergen.

Routes
The project has been in the planning stage for several years, and of several options under discussion, one has been chosen as the favoured one.
The selected option is a bridge over Bjørnafjorden. This fjord is very deep and would require a floating bridge of world record length, around 5 km(3 mi), allowing ship traffic under. It would be an advanced and fairly rarely used technology, a much bigger version of the Nordhordland Bridge. In 2019 the project was estimated to cost about . This option would give the shortest driving distance.

The other options considered were over Austevoll, but it is the most expensive as it requires two long and deep tunnels, both similar to Rogfast. Other options would route the road through Tysnes municipality (with ferry) or Fusa (a long floating bridge, a detour, no ferry).

References

European route E39 in Norway
Proposed tunnels in Norway
Proposed bridges in Norway


The following represents the recent as well as the past results of the India national football team.

Results

1938–1959

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Unofficial

Pre-independence

20th Century

21st Century

Olympic team

Summary

Result by confederation

See also
 Results
Women's national team
U-23 results
 List of India national football team hat-tricks
 India national football team records and statistics
 History of the India's FIFA World Rankings
India's head-to-head record

References

External links
 India – Matches – FIFA.com
 Indian National Football Team Matches Database (1948–1999) – RSSSF
 The Indian National Team in International Football (indianfootball.com)


Maryland Senate Bill 790, known as the Fair Share Health Care Act, also nicknamed the "Wal-Mart Bill", was a legislative act passed in the state of Maryland in 2005. The act would have required for-profit employers with more than 10,000 workers in the state of Maryland to spend at least 8% of their payroll on employee health benefits or make a contribution to the state's insurance program for the poor. Non-profit employers were required to do the same, but with a lower, 6% benchmark.

The Maryland legislature initially passed the bill on April 5, 2005. Though its supporters contended that it did not single out Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart was the only private, for-profit employer in the state that would have been affected.

The bill was vetoed by then-Governor Robert L. Ehrlich On January 12, 2006, the Senate decided to override Ehrlich's veto, thereby passing the act into law.

On July 18, 2006, federal judge J. Frederick Motz struck down the law as preempted by ERISA. On January 17, 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the decision.

Similar measures
While the Maryland bill drew the most national media attention, similar measures were considered in other states but also failed.

In February 2006, a version of the bill that would have required companies with 5,000 or more employees to spend 9% of their payroll on health care benefits was defeated in Washington.

In June of the same year, a similar bill was vetoed by the governor of Colorado.

External links
Details of the Fair Share Health Care Act. Maryland General Assembly.

References

Healthcare reform in Maryland
Healthcare reform in the United States


Events in the year 1875 in Norway.

Incumbents
Monarch: Oscar II

Events
 31 December – Population Census: 1,813,424 inhabitants in Norway.
 The Norwegian krone was introduced, replacing the Norwegian speciedaler.
 The Metric system was introduced and replaced the old measurement units (de jure).

Arts and literature
 The local newspaper Fædrelandsvennen was first published.

Births
27 January – Eilert Falch-Lund, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1960)
6 February – Mads Gram, physician (died 1929)
28 March – Ragnhild Jølsen, author (died 1908)
9 April – Kristian Laake, Commanding General of the Norwegian Army 1931–1940 (died 1950)
22 April – Gustav Adolf Lammers Heiberg, barrister and politician (died 1948)
31 May – Helga Eng, psychologist and educationalist (died 1966).
15 June – Herman Smith-Johannsen, cross-country skier and supercentenarian (died 1987)
25 August – Agnes Mowinckel, actress and stage producer (died 1963).
12 November – Kristian Geelmuyden, politician (died 1969)
16 November – Johan Wollebæk, jurist and diplomat (died 1940)
17 November – Birger Eriksen, military officer (died 1958)
21 December – Halvor Møgster, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1950)

Full date unknown
Torger Baardseth, bookseller and publisher (died 1947)
Jacob Gundersen, freestyle wrestler and Olympic silver medallist (died 1968)
Olav Gunnarsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (died 1946)
Olaf Lange, painter and graphic designer (died 1965)
Niels Thorshaug, veterinarian (died 1942)
Jacob Vidnes, trade unionist, newspaper editor and politician (died 1940)
Emanuel Vigeland, artist (died 1948)

Deaths
13 June – Eilert Sundt, sociologist (born 1817)

Full date unknown
Hans Severin Arentz, politician (born 1806)
Hans Jensen Blom, politician (born 1812)
Ivar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden, politician (born 1819)
Ludvig Johan Carl Manthey, civil servant (born 1809)
Erik Røring Møinichen, politician and Minister (born 1797)
Ingebrigt Haldorsen Sæter, politician (born 1800)

See also

References


Ayuso may refer to:

People

Elías Larry Ayuso (born 1977), Puerto Rican basketball player
Esther Ayuso (born 1958), the first female Belizean architect
Isabel Díaz Ayuso (born 1978), Spanish politician
Joaquín Ayuso (born 1955), Spanish businessman
Juan Ayuso (born 2002), Spanish cyclist
Manuel Sánchez Ayuso (1941–1982), Spanish economist and politician
María del Pilar Ayuso González (born 1942), Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament
Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot (born 1952), Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church and an historian of Islam
Marisol Ayuso (born 1943), Spanish stage, movie and television actress
Omar Ayuso (born 1998), Spanish actor

Places

Heras de Ayuso, municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Navares de Ayuso, municipality located in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain


The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JPMA) is a national trade organization that represents the juvenile industry defined as from prenatal to preschool. JPMA represents companies in the United States, Canada, and Mexico who manufacture, import and/or distribute infant products.

JPMA Certification
JPMA has developed a comprehensive Certification Program to help guide parents and caregivers toward purchasing juvenile products that are built with safety in mind. The JPMA Certification Seal on a product tells consumers this product has been verified as conforming to the requirements established by ASTM, through independent laboratory testing and follow-up on-site inspection of the manufacturer's production line.

History

The idea for JPMA was born in 1959 when a group of juvenile products manufacturers came together as the voice of the industry when the United States government imposed an automotive tax that applied to car seats. By pooling resources and streamlining their efforts, the manufacturers proved that the tax was unfair and it was revoked. Afterwards, the manufacturers recognized the need for an official association which would protect their interests and promote the entire industry. A group of manufacturers began to address the common issues facing the industry and in 1962, the organization obtained its charter and officially became recognized as the Juvenile Product Manufacturers Association.

Lobbying

The JPMA's lobbying budget increased by a factor of four in 2008 (compared to 2007), concurrent with the CPSIA.

References

External links
 JPMA Website
 ASTM International

Trade associations based in the United States