Medway Maritime Hospital is a general hospital in Gillingham, England within the NHS South East Coast. It is run by Medway NHS Foundation Trust. It is Kent's largest and busiest hospital, dealing with around 400,000 patients annually. It was founded as the Royal Naval Hospital in 1902 for the Naval personnel at the Chatham Dockyard. The hospital was where the Piano Man was taken after being found wandering in a soaking wet suit and tie.

History

The hospital was built as a replacement Royal Naval Hospital for the 252 bed Melville Hospital (Naval), which was not large enough to deal with the increasing numbers of Naval personnel moving into Chatham; it was opened by King Edward VII on 26 July 1905. At that time the main corridor was almost 1,000 feet long. The hospital's large Grade II listed water tower, which acts as a local landmark over Gillingham, was built around the same time. On 15 January 1961 the hospital was transferred by the Admiralty to the NHS and became part of the Medway Health Authority. The hospital closed for modernisation, and after some delays, opened again in 1965 under the name "Medway Hospital". After a £60 million development in 1999, the hospital changed its name to "Medway Maritime Hospital" and services were transferred from neighbouring hospitals St Bartholomew's in Rochester and All Saints' in Chatham.

Services
Medway Maritime Hospital has 588 beds in 29 wards under five main departments: accident and emergency, adult medicine, surgery and anaesthetics, children and women, clinical support services.
 Under an ongoing and regularly updated NHS survey, the quality of service is regarded as "fair", with 96% of patients waiting less than 18 weeks for treatment. The hospital is run by the Medway NHS Foundation Trust, one of four hospital trusts in Kent. The trust employs over 3,500 staff. The trust's main focus is running the Medway Maritime Hospital.

Emergency and elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs were moved from the hospital to Kent and Canterbury Hospital in February 2020 because of staff shortages.

Hospital Radio Medway
Medway Hospital Radio was formed in 1970. The radio station has over 45 volunteers and 2 broadcast studios located in the basement of the hospital. It broadcasts to all the wards in the hospital. The radio station officially went live on the Hospital website at the end of 2017. All hospicoms in the wards within the building have now been removed as of 2018. WiFi has now been installed in the hospital for the use of the public.

The Piano Man

An unidentified man who became known as "Piano Man" was treated at Medway Hospital during April 2005. The man was found wandering the streets in Sheerness, wearing a soaking wet suit and tie. Despite many attempts to communicate with him, he remained silent. When given a pen and paper he drew a grand piano. When taken to a piano in the hospital chapel, it was reported he played classical music non-stop for four hours, however this was not the case as hospital staff afterwards stated he just played with the piano like someone with no training.
 After four months he revealed his identity as Andreas Grassl from Bavaria, and he returned home.

See also
 Healthcare in Kent
 List of hospitals in England

References

External links

 Trust website
 Medway Maritime Hospital on the NHS website
 Inspection reports from the Care Quality Commission

Hospital buildings completed in 1905
Hospitals in Kent
Gillingham, Kent
NHS hospitals in England
Military hospitals in the United Kingdom
1905 establishments in England


John Thomas Jones (25 November 1916 – 1978) was a Welsh footballer. A goalkeeper, he was known as "Jones the Cap".

Career
Jones joined Port Vale as an amateur in July 1936, and signed professional forms that December. Working as understudy to Allan Todd, he played just four games – three in the Third Division North and one in the FA Cup, and was given a free transfer in April 1937. He then moved on to Northampton Town and Oldham Athletic.

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Major General Sir John Thomas Jones, 1st Baronet  (25 March 1783 – 26 February 1843) was a British officer in the Royal Engineers who played a leading engineering role in a number of European campaigns of the early nineteenth century. Jones was revered by the Duke of Wellington and asked to advise on fortifications including the modernisation of the defences in Gibraltar. He was also notable as an English amateur cricketer who made six first-class appearances.

Biography
Sir John Thomas Jones was eldest of five sons of John Jones, esq., general superintendent at Landguard Fort, Felixstowe, Suffolk, and of Cranmer Hall, Fakenham, Norfolk, by his wife Mary, daughter of John Roberts of the 29th foot. He was born at Landguard Fort on 25 March 1783. Sir Harry David Jones was his brother. He was educated at the grammar school at Ipswich, joined the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in the spring of 1797, received a commission as second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 30 August 1798, and embarked in October for Gibraltar. Jones advised on improvements for Gibraltar's fortifications including Parson's Lodge Battery and Wellington Front. He was appointed adjutant of the corps, and remained at Gibraltar four years. While at Gibraltar he was employed on the defences of the north front and in constructing the famous galleries; he also studied seriously, and became a good French and Spanish scholar. He was promoted lieutenant on 14 September 1800 and in 1803 he returned to England. There he was employed on the eastern coast in constructing defence works to oppose the threatened invasion, and in the following year in throwing up field-works from Widford to Galleywood Common (known as the Chelmsford lines), to cover London on that side.

Malta, Naples, Sicily
On 1 March 1805 Jones was promoted second captain, and soon after embarked at Portsmouth with the expedition under Sir James Craig. After some months' cruising the troops were disembarked in July at Malta, where Jones did garrison duty till the autumn. He then accompanied the expedition to Naples, and was detached with the commanding engineer to Calabria to retrench a position at Sapri for covering a re-embarkation. From Naples the troops sailed for Sicily, and, on the dethronement of the king, garrisoned Messina and Milazzo. Jones was employed under Major Lefebure in constructing works of defence. In the spring of 1806 Jones reported, under confidential instructions from the king of Naples, on the forts, harbours, and military condition of Sicily. His work was appreciated by the Neapolitan government, and was commended by Sir John Moore. In June 1806 Jones embarked at Messina with a force under Sir John Stuart, which landed in the bay of St. Euphemia. He was present at the battle of Maida, and marched with an advanced corps under General Oswald to sweep off the French detachments between Monteleone and Reggio, and to reduce . The castle was so ably defended that its capture required all the formalities of a siege. Jones directed the attack with much credit, and after the capture of the castle persuaded Stuart to retain and strengthen it instead of blowing it up. Jones carried out this work so successfully that it was held until February 1808, proving during that time an invincible bar to the invasion of Sicily. When it was reduced to ruins by the French, the garrison was withdrawn in boats, without the loss of a single man, by means of a covered gallery constructed by Jones. Jones always considered the retention of Scylla the most meritorious effort of his professional life. In December 1806 Jones returned to England, visiting Algiers on the way, and on 1 January 1807 was appointed adjutant at Woolwich (the headquarters) of the royal military artificers. The increasing demand of the war necessitated the augmentation of the local and independent companies of engineer workmen, and Jones was occupied till the following year in reorganising them into one regular corps.

Spain
In July 1808 Major Lefebure and Jones were selected to serve as the two assistant-commissioners under General Leith, appointed military and semi-diplomatic agent to the junta of the northern provinces of Spain. Jones was attached to the army of the Marquis de la Romana, and conceived a great affection for its commander. Towards the end of the year Leith was ordered to take command of a brigade and to select an officer to succeed him as commissioner. Leith offered to appoint Jones, but Jones declined, although the high rate of pay was tempting, on the ground that his youth and want of rank would deprive his advice of its proper weight, and he asked instead to join the army. Leith at once appointed him his acting aide-de-camp. Jones continued to act in this capacity until after the skirmish in front of Lugo, when he was ordered, as an engineer officer, to assist in blowing up the bridge over the Tamboya, and was employed with his own corps during the retreat to Corunna. On his arrival in England Jones resumed his staff appointment at Woolwich, and on 24 June 1809 was promoted first captain. On the 9th of the following month he was appointed brigade-major to the engineers under Brigadier-General Fyers, to accompany the expedition under the Earl of Chatham to Walcheren.

Zeeland
Jones acted throughout the operations in Zeeland as chief of the engineers' staff, and in that capacity carried out all the arrangements for the attack of Rammekins and Flushing. After the capitulation of Flushing Jones remained until the defences had been repaired and strengthened, and then returned to England, where he was appointed to command the engineers in the northern district.

Portugal
In March 1810 Jones was ordered to embark for Lisbon, where he was employed under Colonel (afterwards Sir) Richard Fletcher on the lines of Torres Vedras. In June Fletcher joined the headquarters of the army at Celerico, and Jones was appointed commanding engineer in the south of Portugal, and entrusted with the completion of the works to cover Lisbon from the threatened invasion of the French under Massena. The memoranda by Jones relative to these defences (printed for private circulation) form a most valuable military work, fully describing the various field-works forming the lines of Torres Vedras. All the arrangements for manning the works and placing the troops had been so well made by Jones that the several points were occupied as quickly and with as much regularity as if the troops had been re-entering their cantonments from a review.

On 17 November 1810 Jones was appointed brigade-major of engineers in the Peninsular, and was attached to the headquarters' staff, the details of the engineers' service in all parts of the Peninsular passing through his hands.

Jones held the appointment until May 1812, and was employed at all the sieges undertaken during that period. For his conduct during the operations against Ciudad Rodrigo he was particularly mentioned by Wellington in his despatches, and in consequence was gazetted brevet-major on 6 February 1812. At the siege of Badajoz Fletcher, the commanding engineer, was wounded, but at the express wish of Wellington retained his command, and the active duties therefore devolved upon Jones, his staff officer. In the assault of Fort Picuriaz Jones saved the life of Captain Holloway of the engineers, who had been shot down on the parapet and fell onto the fraise. For his exertions at the siege Jones was gazetted on 27 April 1812 brevet lieutenant-colonel, and he thereupon resigned his appointment as brigade-major.

East Spain
When it was determined to carry on operations on the eastern coast of Spain, Jones was appointed commanding engineer under General Maitland, and sailed from Lisbon in the beginning of June. On the disembarkation of the troops at Alicante, Jones received an appointment on the staff as assistant quartermaster-general, there being already an engineer officer senior to himself in command of the engineers. Owing to differences between the commanders of the allied forces, Jones was sent on a special mission to Madrid, to explain to Wellington the position of affairs. Travelling by night and avoiding roads, Jones reached Madrid safely, and was warmly received by Wellington, who, sending instructions by a courier, kept Jones to accompany him to the north to the siege of Burgos. During the progress of that siege, Jones was instructed to signal to Wellington by holding up his hat when the arrangements for exploding a mine and making a lodgment were complete. As the signal was not acknowledged, Jones repeated it until the French perceived him, and their fire brought him down with a bullet through his ankle. He with difficulty rolled himself into the parallel, but he ordered the mine to be fired, and the operations entrusted to him were successfully carried out before he left the field. Jones remained in a state of delirium for ten days, and as soon as he could be moved Wellington sent him to Lisbon in the only spring wagon at headquarters. The sufferings of this two months' journey severely tried his strength, and he remained in Lisbon until April 1813, when he was sent to England. Eighteen months of severe suffering followed. During this period he composed and published a volume entitled Journal of Sieges carried on by the Allies in Spain in 1810, 1811, and 1812. In this work he fearlessly exposed the deficiencies of the engineer service, which he attributed to the ignorance and military incapacity of the board of ordnance. These strictures naturally offended the dispensers of patronage. Wellington, however, although the book was published without his sanction, and sharply criticised his siege proceedings, praised it, and remained the author's friend.

Netherlands
In 1814 Jones visited the Netherlands, examined the principal fortresses, and afterwards met Wellington at Paris. Wellington told him that he had appointed him, with Brigadier-general (afterwards Sir) Alexander Bryce and another engineer officer, to report on the system of defence for the new kingdom of the Netherlands. The commissioners arrived in Brussels 21 March 1815. On 4 June 1815 Jones was made a C.B. On the appointment of Wellington to the command in the Netherlands, Jones accompanied him round some of the principal points of defence. At the end of August the reports of the commission were taken to Paris by Bryce and Jones and submitted to Wellington, with whom all details were settled by March 1816, when the commission was broken up. Jones was then selected to be Wellington's medium of communication with the Netherlands government for the furtherance of the objects of the report. In the previous December Jones, with Colonel Williamson of the artillery, acting as commissioners of the allied sovereigns, prevented the fortress of Charlemont from falling into the hands of the Prussians. The commissioners then took possession of Landrecy for the allies, and returned to Paris in January 1816.

In November 1816 a convention founded on the treaty of Paris was signed between England and the Netherlands, empowering Wellington to dispose of a fund of six millions and a half in constructing defensive works for the protection of the Netherlands, and to delegate his powers to as many inspectors as he pleased. The duke named Jones to be sole inspector, and persevered in this choice in spite of strong pressure on behalf of a superior officer. Jones's duty was to make periodical inspections of each fortress, to superintend the execution of the approved plans, sanction modifications, and check expenditure. Wellington generally made two inspections of some weeks annually, when he was always attended by Jones alone, and became very intimate with him. On the return to England of the army of occupation, Jones, who became a regimental lieutenant-colonel on 11 November 1816, was appointed to the command of the royal engineers and royal sappers and miners at Woolwich, and to the charge of the powder factories, while still acting as inspector in the Netherlands. In 1823 Jones was sent by Wellington to the Ionian Islands to confer with the high commissioner, Sir Thomas Maitland, respecting the defences of Corfu. His plans were approved and gradually carried out. On 27 May 1825 Jones was appointed aide-de-camp to the king, with the rank of colonel in the army. On 19 August 1830 Wellington sent him on a special mission to the Netherlands with a view to any military arrangements advisable on account of the recent revolution in France. At Ghent Jones heard of the rising in Brussels, went to the king of the Netherlands at the Hague, and at the king's request joined the Dutch army and the Prince of Orange at Antwerp. By his advice the prince went to Brussels, where he had a good military position and sufficient force to maintain himself. Two hours after Jones had left Brussels for London to report on his mission the prince retired to the Hague, thus abandoning his advantages and determining the subsequent course of the revolution. On 30 September 1831 Jones was created a baronet for his services in the Netherlands. In congratulating him upon the honour conferred on him, Wellington suggested a castle with the word 'Netherlands' as an addition to his armorial bearings. From 1835 to 1838 Jones's health compelled him to live in a southern climate. He was promoted major-general John Thomas Jones on 10 January 1837, and in 1838 he was made a K.C.B.

Great Britain
In the summer of 1839 Jones was requested by the master-general of the ordnance to revise and digest the projects of defence for British coasts and harbours, and in the spring of 1840 was a member of a commission upon the defences of the colonies. He next undertook at the request of government to lay down a general scheme of defence for Great Britain. In the beginning of October 1840 major-general John Thomas Jones was sent to Gibraltar to report on the defences of the fortress. Jones advised on improvements for Gibraltar's fortifications including Parson's Lodge Battery and Wellington Front. He remained there as major-general on the staff till June 1841, when he returned to England. His proposals for the improvement of the defences of Gibraltar were approved and gradually carried out. Jones advised on improvements such as those made to Parson's Lodge Battery where his advice caused eight guns to be installed in 1842. Jones also devised that new batteries should be sighted high above the Gibraltar Harbour that could take advantage of the increased height of the rock. One of these "retired batteries" was named Jones' Battery after him.

He died, after a day's illness, on 25 Feb. 1843, at his residence, Pittville, Cheltenham.

Appreciation
According to the Dictionary of National Biography, Jones may be ranked among the first military engineers of his day. He possessed talents of the highest order; great mathematical knowledge, coupled with sound judgment and deep reflection. He was present at six sieges, and at five of them acted as brigade-major, and his intimate knowledge of the details of these operations gives great value to his published works on them. His reputation as a military engineer was not confined to his own country. A statue by Behnes was erected to his memory in the south transept of St. Paul's Cathedral by the officers of the corps of royal engineers.

Cricket
Jones was mainly associated with Middlesex. He made six known appearances in first-class matches from 1814 to 1819.

Family
On 20 April 1816 Jones married, in London, Catherine Maria, daughter of Effingham Lawrence of New York City. He had three sons and a daughter. His eldest son, Sir Lawrence, was murdered by robbers on 7 November 1845 when travelling between Macri and Smyrna, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his brother Willoughby, who died in 1884, and whose eldest son, Lawrence, born in 1857, was the fourth baronet.

Publications
Jones was the author of a short account of Sir John Stuart's campaign in Sicily, published in 1808; Journal of Sieges carried on by the Army under the Duke of Wellington in Spain between the years 1811 and 1814, 1814; Account of the War in Spain, Portugal, and the South of France from 1808 to 1814 inclusive, 1817. He also printed in 1829 for private circulation Memoranda relative to the Lines thrown up to cover Lisbon in 1810; these were afterwards published in the Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers. A third edition of the Journal of the Sieges was published in 1843, and edited by his brother, Sir Harry David Jones, who added some valuable information, and incorporated in this edition the memoranda on the lines of Torres Vedras.
Jones's Reports relating to the Re-establishment of the Fortresses in the Netherlands from 1814 to 1830 were also, by permission of the minister for war, edited by Sir Harry Jones, and printed for private circulation among the officers of the corps of royal engineers.

Notes

References

Attribution:

External links
Account of the War in Spain, Portugal, and the South of France from 1808 to 1814 inclusive by John Thomas Jones, from Google Book Search
Journals of Sieges Carried on by the Army Under the Duke of Wellington in Spain between the years 1811 and 1814 by John Thomas Jones, from Google Book Search
Memoranda Relative to the Lines Thrown Up to Cover Lisbon in 1810 John Thomas Jones, from Google Book Search

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Ferdinand Eckstein (1790–1861), Baron d'Eckstein, was a philosopher and playwright.

Biography
He was born in Copenhagen as the son of a German Jew who had converted to Lutheran Protestantism. Eckstein converted to Catholicism in Rome in 1807 under the influence of Friedrich Schlegel, and settled in France, after Napoleon's defeat. He worked from 1815 to 1830 as a police-inspector, and was an advocate of religious and civil liberty.

Eckstein was an Orientalist who believed that the study of Eastern texts and languages was the most important intellectual pursuit of his time. Nicknamed "Baron Sanskrit", he thought that God's revelation in its purest form could be found in the texts of ancient India.

Eckstein worked with Nodier, Hugo, Abel de Rémusat, Chateaubriand, Alexandre Guiraud and Delphine Gay in various literary enterprises and founded his own newspaper, The Catholic (1826-9), where he advocated basing of metaphysics in history supported by linguistics, philology and mythography.

Works
 Der Kampf um Pisa. Ein Trauerspiel. Heidelberg: Mohr & Zimmer, 1813.
 Le Catholique. Ouvrage Périodique, dans Lequel on Traite de l'Universalité des Connaissances Humaines sous le Point de Vue de l'Unité de Doctrine, 16 vols., 1826–1829.
 Recherches Historiques sur l'Humanité Primitive. Théogonies et Religions des Anciens Âges. Paris: Martinet, 1848.
 Geschichtliches Über Askesis der Alten Heidnischen und der alten Jüdischen Welt als Einleitung einer Geschichte der Askesis des Christlichen Mönchthums vom Baron von Eckstein. Mit einem Vorworte von Joh. Jos. Ign. von Döllinger. Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder, 1862.

References

Bibliography
 Berthiot, François (1998). Le Baron d'Eckstein, Journaliste et Critique Littéraire. Paris: Éditions des Écrivains.
 Burtin, Nicolas (1931). Le Baron d'Eckstein. Paris: E. de Boccard.
 Herders Conversationslexikon. Freiburg im Breisgau 1854, Bd. 2, 493.
 Le Guillou, Louis (1998). Lettres Inédites du Baron d'Eckstein. Société et Littérature à Paris en 1838-40. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
 Le Guillou, Louis (2003). Le Baron d'Eckstein et ses Contemporains. Paris: Honoré Champion.
 McCalla, Arthur (1998). A Romantic Historiosophy: The Philosophy of History of Pierre-Simon Ballanche. Leiden, Boston, Koln: Brill, p. 277–81.
 McCalla, Arthur (1998). "The Structure of French Romantic Histories of Religions," Numen, Vol. 45, Fasc. 3, pp. 258–286.

External links

 Works by Ferdinand Eckstein, at Hathi Trust

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Universal Colliery was a coal mine located in Senghenydd in the Aber Valley, roughly four miles north-west of the town of Caerphilly. It was in the county borough of Caerphilly, traditionally in the county of Glamorgan, Wales.

Started in 1891, it became a ventilation facility for the Windsor Colliery in 1928 before complete closure in 1988.

Background
Senghenydd, and neighbouring Abertridwr, in the Aber Valley became urbanised in the 1890s, when Universal (1891) and Windsor Collieries were sunk and the Rhymney Railway's Senghenydd extension branch opened in 1891.

The colliery was developed by William Thomas Lewis. As he pressed for the colliery to access deeper and thicker seams of steam coal, in 1901 an explosion at the colliery killed 81 men. The Mines Inspectorate were highly critical of Thomas-Lewis for not improving safety. In 1911, Thomas Lewis was created 1st Baron Merthyr. The Mines Inspectorate gave him an extended deadline of September 1913 to complete the safety plan implementation, but the deadline was missed.

Windsor Colliery was closed in November 1986.

Notable Accidents

Universal Colliery suffered the first of two major gas and coal dust explosions on 24 May 1901. Damage was sustained to both shafts, resulting in a restricted rescue attempt, and 81 of the 82 men working in the mine were killed.

On the 14 October 1913 Senghenydd suffered the worst mining disaster and the single worst industrial accident in Britain's history, when a second gas explosion occurred, resulting in the loss of 439 lives. Many of the surviving miners went back to help their workmates who were either trapped or buried alive.

References

Collieries in South Wales
Buildings and structures in Caerphilly County Borough
Underground mines in Wales


Hanover High School is a public school located in Hanover, Massachusetts, United States. It encompasses grades 9–12. Hanover High is a continuation for Hanover Middle School, and before that either Center School or Cedar School. The original Hanover High School building was opened in 1958. The first graduating class was 1959. Sylvester School formerly served as the high school.

The current Hanover High School building was opened in 2011.

Hanover's colors are blue and gold, and their mascot is the Hawks. Until 2021, HHS's mascot was the Indians, and was changed to the Hawks, thanks to a contest that won against 400 submissions. After another contest, the name "Sylvester" was chosen to be the name of the Hanover Hawk mascot. The name Sylvester goes back to Edmund Q. Sylvester, a prominent resident of Hanover during the later half of the 1800s. The Sylvester family owned land around the old Hanover shipyards, and had their own farm as well. The old elementary school in Hanover Center is named after him as well.

On December 3, 2016, Hanover's varsity football team beat Grafton 21-0 for the Division 3 Championship, ending the season undefeated.

Notable Alumni: Nichole Hiltz, actress (In Plain Sight, Bones)

Movies filmed at Hanover High School:

1. “The Sleepover,” Aug. 15. 2019 - released on Netflix in 2020

References

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Schools in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
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Air Cut is the fourth studio album by Curved Air and was recorded in 1973, following the departure of three of the band's founding members. Only Sonja Kristina and Mike Wedgwood remained in the band from their previous album and Air Cut took them in a more rock-oriented direction.

Reception

While offering high praise for the track "Metamorphosis", AllMusic's reaction to the album was otherwise lukewarm, stating that most of the songs were straightforward rock numbers and "pictured a group trying to widen its audience without sounding convinced it was the right thing to do."  It concluded that Air Cut's main point of interest is the debut of Eddie Jobson.

Track listing

Side one

Side two

Personnel
Curved Air
 Sonja Kristina – lead (1-4, 6, 8) and backing (7) vocals, acoustic guitar (2)
 Eddie Jobson – electric violin, backing vocals (6), VCS3 synthesizer, mellotron, pianos, organ, harpsichord (2)
 Kirby Gregory – guitars, bass guitar (4), backing vocals
 Mike Wedgwood – bass guitar (all but 4), acoustic guitar (4), backing and lead (7, 8) vocals
 Jim Russell – drums
Additional credits
 Artwork design by Modula
 Artwork illustration based on drawing by Ian Fink
 Engineer – Paul "The Rock" Hardiman
 Photography – Mal Linwood-Ross & Mike Putland

References

Curved Air albums
1973 albums
Albums produced by Martin Rushent
Warner Records albums


Restriction Fragment Mass Polymorphism (RFMP) is a technology which digests DNA into oligonucleotide fragments, and detects variation of DNA sequences by molecular weight of the fragments. RFMP is a proprietary technology of GeneMatrix and can be utilized for genotyping viruses and microorganisms, and for human genome research. It is relatively restricted in usage due to the existence of many other genotyping products.

Overview
Restriction fragment mass polymorphism (RFMP) is an application of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF), used for identifying individual nucleotides from a DNA fragment, most commonly used in labeling single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP). RFMP was developed as a successor to the similar restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) with the intent to allow for more SNPs. Rather than read out lengths of fragments as RFLP does, the individual nucleotides are read out using MALDI-TOF, which gives specific clarity over same-length site cutting.

Methodology
Like RFLP, the basic mechanism for RFMP is to run polymerase chain reaction (PCR) over a test sample. Modified PCR primers are used to create known restriction sites for enzymatic digestion. From the known fragment lengths, then, selection by length size can filter out DNA of interest. Finally, MALDI-TOF is run on the fragments of interest to produce a m/z (mass-to-charge ratio) identification spectra of the individual nucleotides.

A specific process, for example, would be Hong's 2008 strategy, outlined as the following:

 Primers are modified with a GGATG recognition site and amplified with PCR.
 The Fok-I enzyme is used to cut 9 (3’) and 13 (5’) bases upstream of the recognition site, leaving an overhang. BstF5I similarly cuts upstream at distances 2 (3’) and 0 (3’), making an additional overhang.
 (This produces two oligonucleotide strands – a 7-mer and a 13-mer.)
 Strands of either length are put under MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy, to determine the individual nucleotides.

These steps, like any experimental methodology, are case-specific, and can vary between experimental setup's goals and/or constraints.

Application
RFMP is still primarily limited to South Korean medical literature, as it is an array assay that competes with many other specialized detection systems (whereas RFMP serves as a more general functionality).

There has been focus for RFMP to be used in HPV detection in recent years. This is motivated by fact that it has a sensitivity two log10-fold better than standard of care. However, this still does not put RFMP as the clear top choice in the HPV landscape as there are others such as the Roche Linear Array, Abbot Realtime genotype II, and Sysmex HISCL HCV Gr that experimentally outperform RFMP in terms of detection accuracy.

Other limitations that hinder RFMP's spread in the medical world are attributed to its lack of information on SNP mutation rate (e.g. masses have no correspondence to mutagenesis), as well as a general increase in user-handling difficulty compared to its peers.

See also

 Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism

External links
 RFMP platform technology

References

DNA sequencing


Ovu is a town in Southern Nigeria in Delta State and part of Agbon Kingdom and His Royal Majesty, Ogurime-Rime Ukori I is the current King and Ovie of Agbon Kingdom.

A railway line to the port of Warri stopped short at Ovu due to a dispute with the contractor building it.  In 2009, agreement was reached to complete the 50 km line.
Ovu is in Ethiope East Local Government of Delta State, Part of Old Western Region now in South-South Nigeria. The people of Ovu speak Urhobo language. Many prominent Nigerians have come from Ovu such as:

 Chief John Avwunuvherhi Okpodu a founding member, 1st Financial Secretary and 2nd president-general of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU)
 Chief T. E. A. Salubi
 Prof John Enaohwo
 Prof Patrick Igbigbi
 Deacon Frederick Menukun Asini Okpodu who was an exemplary educator in his time.

Ovu comprises the following towns and villages: Ovu Inland, Oviorie, Ovwere, Okoemaka, Asoro, Okoroke, Urhodo, Ekpan, Okuloho, Okorekpagha and Okorokpokpor. Ovu Inland is 13.8 miles from Osubi-Warri airport and the people of Ovu are very hard-working, entrepreneurial and innovative. The people are homely, accommodating and are very open for business in agriculture, education, technology and tourism. The people of Ovu have a shrine called Ovughere where yearly festivals are conducted from and descendants of Ovu from all over the world visit and celebrate with families.

See also
 Railway stations in Nigeria
 Agbon Kingdom

References

Populated places in Delta State


View of the Garden of the Villa Medici is a small painting by Diego Velázquez of the garden at the Villa Medici in Rome, with some figures standing watching an unseen event, possibly the works behind the scaffolding in the middle of the building in the background. It is now in the Prado. There is some controversy as to its date, with some scholars believing it was made during the artist's first trip to Italy (1629–1631) while others believe its advanced technique indicates it was created on his second trip (1649–1651). Art historian Enriqueta Harris believes that records that came to light in 1976 of repairs made during 1648–49 to the villa, and specifically to the grotto that is boarded up in Velázquez's painting, confirms the later date. There is another version with similar features and the same title, and the two are of similar size and vary little in their execution and manner of depicting the garden.

Landscape painting was rare in Spanish painting of this time, with most commissions being religious works or portraits, and so Velázquez was somewhat cut off from the mainstream of French and Italian landscape art (as practised by Claude Lorrain or Poussin for example), making his use of an oil sketch rather than a studio-painted work unusual. Velázquez looks ahead to the Impressionist painters in choosing landscape as a topic and in rendering the scene broadly with small brushstrokes that are better appreciated when standing further back from the painting than close to it.

Art critic Laura Cumming wrote that View of the Garden of the Villa Medici "is one of the smallest paintings in the Prado and one of the greatest [...] a painting that insists upon nothing, that appreciates something as mean as a wall, that makes a wall as beautiful as a painting."

See also
 List of works by Diego Velázquez

References

Paintings by Diego Velázquez in the Museo del Prado


This is a partial discography of Fidelio, a Singspiel in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven had originally written a three-act version of the opera called Leonore, first performed in 1805 and then re-staged with revisions in 1806. Despite the name change, the heroine is the title character in both cases. Leonore disguises herself as a boy, Fidelio, in order to find out what has happened to her husband, Florestan, who is being illegally held by Pizarro, a prison governor. The other major characters are the gaoler Rocco and his daughter Marzelline.

Audio

Video

Audio (1805 version)
This is a partial discography of Leonore, the 1805 original three-act version of the two-act opera Fidelio.

Audio (1806 version)
This is a discography of Leonore, the 1806 version of the two-act opera Fidelio.

References

External links
Discography, LVBeethoven.com. Retrieved 19 January 2010.

Opera discographies
Operas by Ludwig van Beethoven


Iowa Highway 102 (Iowa 102) is a very short state highway entirely within the city of New Sharon, Iowa.  The entire  route is along Market Street in New Sharon.  The route begins at New Sharon's western city limit where it continues as Mahaska County Road G5T and ends at the corner of Market and Main Streets in New Sharon, where U.S. Route 63 and Iowa Highway 146 intersect.

Route description
Iowa 102 began at exit 44, a diamond interchange along Iowa 163 at Pella.  It headed north along Adams Street until it reached Vermeer Road.  It turned to the east and headed to the northeast in a stairstep path for .  It continued in a stairstep path as it ran east for four miles then turned to the north for one mile (1.6 km).  It headed east for two miles (3.2 km), jogged north for , and then east again for .  Now at the western city limits of New Sharon, the current extent of Iowa 102 begins.  Along Market Street, Iowa 102 travels  to Main Street.  At the corner of Main and Market Streets, Iowa 102 comes from the west and ends, US 63 approaches from the south on Main Street and leaves east on Market, and Iowa 146 begins and heads to the north.

History
Originally designated in 1980, Iowa 102 connected the cities of Pella and New Sharon.  In Pella, Iowa 102's western end moved a few times.  Upon its designation, Iowa 102 ended at Main Street, then Iowa Highway 163, at Central Park in downtown Pella.  In the mid-1980s, the western end moved to what is now 240th Place in Mahaska County, just east of Pella.  In 1996, when Iowa 163 was bypassed around Pella, Iowa 102's western end was again moved, this time to where the new Iowa 163 bypass rejoined the older Iowa 163, now Iowa 163 Business.

On December 23, 2002, the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to accept  of the  route, extending from the Iowa Highway 163 bypass to the western city limits of New Sharon leaving only the half-mile segment in New Sharon on the state rolls.  The Iowa Department of Transportation approved the transfer on January 13, 2003.

Major intersections

References

102
State highways in the United States shorter than one mile
Transportation in Mahaska County, Iowa


L. Martin Griffin (born July 23, 1920), widely known as Marty Griffin, is an American environmentalist and conservationist in Northern California and author of the book Saving the Marin–Sonoma Coast. He has also been a doctor, director of the Sonoma Developmental Center, head of the Marin Audubon Society, board member of the Marin Municipal Water District, and owner of Hop Kiln Winery in Sonoma County.

Griffin has been widely honored for his decades of environmental work in helping to preserve numerous sensitive wildlife habitats in Sonoma and Marin County. He lives in Belvedere, California, and turned 100 in July 2020.

Childhood and education
Griffin was born in Ogden, Utah, and his family moved to California in his youth. Exposure to nature as a Boy Scout gave him a love of wild places and fly fishing.  He studied medicine and graduated from Stanford University, subsequently setting up medical practice as an internist in Marin County.

Environmental activism

Influences
Griffin has stated his environmental heroes include John Muir, Teddy Roosevelt and Congressman William Kent, the latter of whom helped establish Marin’s Muir Woods National Monument, the Marin Municipal Water District watershed, and started the movement to preserve Mount Tamalpais and West Marin. Griffin has also noted the influence of Caroline S. Livermore, a founder of the Marin Conservation League.

Richardson Bay and Bolinas Lagoon

After being contacted by activist Elizabeth Terwilliger, Griffin played a substantial part in establishing wildlife sanctuaries along Richardson Bay, working with and learning from environmentalist Caroline Livermore. Their work helped prevent the filling in of the bay and tidelands for a housing development.  Griffin took note of Livermore's strategy of raising money to purchase sensitive areas threatened by construction.  Using the same tactics, Griffin worked to prevent development in and around Bolinas Lagoon.   In 1962 Griffin wrote a personal check for one thousand dollars (which he was unsure he had the funds to cover) to put a hold on the key property called the Canyon Ranch (now Audubon Canyon Ranch) that was for sale for $337,000.  He then solicited help from chapters of the Audubon Society to raise the rest of the cash.

In later years, as the local Audubon chapter's acquisition manager, he played a major role in the effort to buy additional property around the lagoon and at Tomales Bay, where a city was planned on the bay's east side.

Noting the need for secrecy in preventing development, Griffin observed in 2010 that "We had to keep all the operations very secretive because once someone else found out what you were up to it was trouble."

Stopping a freeway and a nuclear power plant
Griffin also helped stop a planned freeway from the Golden Gate Bridge through West Marin to Sonoma County, which would have enabled construction along its route. The freeway was touted by then California Governor Edmund G. Brown as part of a plan to locate 150,000 new residents on the Northern California coast, including substantial housing development in what was to eventually become Point Reyes National Seashore.

He also helped to derail the planned Bodega Bay Nuclear Power Plant at Bodega Bay on the Sonoma coast.  The plant, to be located atop the San Andreas Fault, was in the first stages of construction on Bodega Head when it was halted.  Griffin also worked to stop a proposed water pipeline from the Russian River to Marin.

The executive director of Audubon Canyon Ranch, Scott Feierabend, commented in July 2010 that Griffin's work to save the coastal areas of Marin and Sonoma Counties was crucial, stating to the Marin Independent Journal "He saw that the whole coastlines of Marin and Sonoma were such a treasure.  He understood if he could acquire keystone properties along the coastline they would be impediments to any linear construction."

"I went to a meeting [in the late 1950s] on the proposed large freeway going from the Golden Gate Bridge to West Marin and up the Sonoma Coast.  I picked up a brochure and was horrified when I saw the maps. The freeway was going to destroy Bolinas Lagoon and Tomales Bay. I knew we needed to save this.”  - Dr. L. Martin 'Marty' Griffin Jr., interviewed in 2010 regarding his role in stopping development on the Marin and Sonoma County coastline.

Preserving land in Sonoma County
Griffin was also active in Sonoma County where he owned the Hop Kiln Winery. He lived in Sonoma County from 1974 until he moved back to Marin thirty years later. He helped establish the Bouverie Audubon Preserve with a gift from David Bouverie.  Griffin also co-founded the Friends of the Russian River to preserve the Russian and other rivers in California from logging, gravel mining, dams and destruction of riparian habitat. He was instrumental in establishing the Griffin Russian River Riparian Preserve and Gina's Orchard Preserve.

Recent efforts: Point Reyes National Seashore, film appearance
Into his 90s, Griffin continued to speak out about conservation issues.  He criticized efforts by Senator Dianne Feinstein to allow the continued operation of a shellfish farm and tasting bar in the Phillip Burton Wilderness, a sensitive coastal area of Point Reyes National Seashore. Writing a featured commentary in the Marin Independent Journal in 2009, he asked "Why protect Drakes Estero? It shelters the largest rookery of breeding and pupping harbor seals on the north coast. It is a vital nursery for ocean fish. It is refuge for migratory ocean birds, its shoals home to countless invertebrates nourished by tidal water from the ocean. It is a magical, isolated, historic inlet on the wild, rugged coast."

In August, 2012 Griffin again weighed in forcefully on the issue of the commercial shellfish farming business. Writing in an op-ed in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Griffin was direct in his opposition to the continued operations of the Drakes Bay Oyster Company: "Sen. Dianne Feinstein has continued political obstruction on behalf of the company in this nationally significant policy decision, and it must stop." He noted "This year is the national seashore's 50th anniversary. Let's not drive a stake through its ecological heart, but rather honor the legacy of John Muir, Clem Miller, Peter Behr and others, and let the estero go wild."

Griffin's advocacy efforts, as well as those of others, were vindicated when U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar declined to renew the oyster farm lease in November 2012. Asked in February 2013 for comment on a federal judge's refusal to issue an injunction to continue to allow the operation of the farm past the March 15 deadline for removal of all farm equipment, Griffin said "It's been a long battle, the judge studied it very carefully and I think she made the right decision." The cleanup of the farming operation was completed in May, 2017.

In another media appearance, Griffin was interviewed for, and appears in, a documentary film on the history of the successful effort to save Marin County land from development, Rebels with a Cause.  The film, narrated by actress Frances McDormand, was released in June 2013. The movie was produced by Nancy Kelly and Kenji Yamamoto, and has been described by the Marin Independent Journal as "powerful" and "generating a strong buzz" during a lengthy run in Marin.

Honors
The Griffin Loop Trail at Audubon Canyon Ranch is named in his honor.
Griffin won the 'Ted Wellman Water Award' from the Marin Conservation League in 1997.
He was awarded the 2005 Citizen Emeritus Award by the city of Belvedere.
In 2007 he was named on a list of Marin's 13 Most Influential by Marin Magazine.
Also in 2007, he was presented with the 2007 Environmental Leader of Marin Award by the Environmental Education Council of Marin.
He was honored one day after his 90th birthday on July 24, 2010, at a special sold-out event at the Audubon Canyon Ranch. It was announced that the  Bolinas Lagoon Preserve, administered by the Audubon Canyon Ranch, would be renamed the Martin Griffin Preserve.
Griffin was awarded the 'Bay Nature Award' for lifetime achievement as a conservation leader on Jan 22, 2011.
He was honored with the first John Muir Legacy Conservation Award by the John Muir Association in Martinez CA on Saturday, April 20, Earth Day 2013.
Griffin's environmental accomplishments were recognized by the National Park Service in May, 2020 on a webpage dedicated to him.

References

External links
L. Martin Griffin - Audubon Canyon Founder’s Page
A review of Griffin's book
Griffin speaking about how he and others saved West Marin Co. from massive development plans

1920 births
Living people
Activists from California
American centenarians
American conservationists
History of the San Francisco Bay Area
Men centenarians
People from Belvedere, California
People from Ogden, Utah


A duodrama is a theatrical melodrama for two actors or singers, in which the spoken voice is used with a musical accompaniment for heightened dramatic effect. It was popular at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th.

Closely related to opera, the most famous example were the 1775 works Ariadne auf Naxos and Medea by Georg Benda. Mozart admired Benda's work and used similar techniques in Zaide (1780) and Thamos, König in Ägypten (c. 1773-1780). He considered writing a duodrama himself, to be called Semiramis. Beethoven's Fidelio (1805-1814) and Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz (1821) also contain duodramas. The style is also used in lieder and song.

See also
Monodrama
Melodrama

References

Drama
Opera terminology


Lake Danao may refer to lakes in the Philippines:

 Lake Danao (Cebu) in the province of Cebu
 Lake Danao (Leyte) in the province of Leyte
 Lake Danao (Negros) in the province of Negros Oriental
 Lake Danao, also called Cabilao Island Lake, on Cabilao Island, Bohol

See also
Danao (disambiguation)
Lake Lanao, Lanao del Sur


The 1947 Buffalo Bills season was their second in the All-America Football Conference. The team improved on their previous output of 3-10-1, winning eight games. Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

The team's statistical leaders included George Ratterman with 1,840 passing yards, Chet Mutryn with 868 rushing yards and 73 points scored, and Al Baldwin with 468 receiving yards.

Season schedule

Division standings

References

Buffalo Bills (AAFC) seasons
Buffalo Bills
1947 in sports in New York (state)


The Zunfthaus zur Haue or Haus zur Haue is situated at the Limmatquai promenade between Münsterbrücke and Rathausbrücke. It is the guild house of the Zunft zum Kämbel, meaning the guild of the merchants and traders. Neighbored by the Saffran, Zimmerleuten, and Rüden guild houses, it is one of the historically notable buildings in Zürich, Switzerland. The building also houses the relatively expensive restaurant of the same name.

History

Zunft zum Kämbel was originally a guild of food dealers and wine merchants. Its first Trinkstube (tavern and association meeting place) was located near the town hall. In 1358, the Zürich knight Götz Mülner II had sold sovereignty rights granted by Emperor Louis of Bavaria to the city of Zürich. The newly acquired possessions were administered by an Obervogt with its administration centre in the "Haue" building. Their guild house was first mentioned in a 1389 document as Kembel. In 1442 the building was in the possession of salt merchants, and from 1450 it was known as the "Salzlütenhus", "Houw", or "Salzhouw". The term Houw is derived from the axe featured on the salt merchant's coat of arms. In 1487 the guild acquired the House zum Kämbel which is still located at the Münsterhof 18. The siting at the Münsterhof plaza is seen as a deliberate distancing from the noble guild houses of the more prominent guilds in Zürich. In 1532, the cloth merchant Konrad Rollenbutz acquired the property and gave it to his two sons. From the second half of the 16th century, the "Haue" was in the possession of Salomon Hirzel-Rollenbutz (1544–1605) and his son, the Zürich mayor Salomon Hirzel (1580–1652). In 1781, the building was the home of Rudolf Hirzel Rordorf-Sprüngli. The Haue building was sold to the colonial goods merchant Beckert, being its last private owner, in 1878. On 31 May 1956 – 150 years after its formal dissolution – the newly established Gesellschaft zum Kämbel bought the Haue building. Since 1980, it has housed a restaurant (Weinstube).

Architecture

The present "Haue" building at the Limmatquai was originally an ensemble of three formerly separate buildings: the upper and lower "Wetzwilerhus", first mentioned in 1373, and the "Ropoltzhus". All three were later rebuilt into the complex that is the building as it exists today. The buildings near the town hall at the present Limmatquai were among the most desirable private houses, the town hall being not only the political but also the economic center of the city. A memorial plate and the deer on the roof are reminiscent of times when the family of Salomon Hirzel was the owner of the house.

On the Murerplan of 1576, the building can be seen on the right shore of the Limmat, north of the Haus zum Rüden, on the so-called Reichsstrasse (imperial street) which later formed the present Limmatquai. Around 1878, the colonial goods merchant Beckert rebuilt the facade and decorated it with painted ornaments and Gothic windows. The prominent crow-stepped gables were built by Beckert's nephew, Albert Beckert-Irniger. The guild hall on the first floor was renovated by the architect Armin Meili in 1979, and a restaurant was established in 1980.

Gallery

Literature
 Markus Brühlmeier, Beat Frei: Das Zürcher Zunftwesen. 2 Bände, NZZ Buchverlag, Zürich, 2005.

References

External links

 Restaurant Zunfthaus zur Haue

Tourist attractions in Zürich
Altstadt (Zürich)
Guild houses in Zürich


The High School at Moorpark College is a middle college located on the campus of Moorpark College in Moorpark, California, United States. It was founded with a grant  from the California Community College Chancellor's Office in February 2000, The High School at Moorpark College is a partnership between Moorpark College and Moorpark Unified School District.

External links

Moorpark College
High schools in Ventura County, California
Public high schools in California
Moorpark, California
2000 establishments in California
Educational institutions established in 2000


Andrzej Samson (born 11 August 1947 Smugi, died 8 March 2009  Częstochowa) was a Polish psychologist, psychotherapist, one of the pioneers of psychotherapy in Poland.

Life
Andrzej Samson graduated from the University of Warsaw Psychology Department in 1970. He worked and greatly contributed to the developing field of psychotherapy in Poland in the early 1970. Throughout the 1970s, he was associated with psychiatrists Kazimierz Jankowski and Joanna Flatau. Under Flatau, he worked as the head of a group of psychologists practicing psychotherapy for patients from Warsaw universities.

He wrote many influential psychology books on topics ranging from the survival in the school environment to marriage counseling. However, he achieved his fame during the rapid transition of Poland from the communist country to a young capitalistic country in the 1990s. This turbulent transition period created the need for explanation of the new reality and Samson belonged to a selected group of psychologists explaining it.

He published in the popular science journal Charaktery, gave numerous interviews, and offered advice. He was marriage councilor and worked with children. In one of the interviews during the late part of his life, while in jail, he considered Milton H. Erickson and Mara Selvini-Pallazoli as one of the most influential for his own development.

He played in the movie of Marcel Łoziński Jak Żyć (How to Live?).

Between 2004-2009, he was in jail and was prosecuted for pedophilia. He was accused of taking pictures of  autistic children cross-dressed or seen keeping a vibrator. The children were his patients. His case was widely played in the media as an example of abuse of the public trust. Even though he was sentenced to 8 years in prison, the decision was overturned because he was accused for the same acts in two different cases. The case itself was not open to public and only the final sentence without the justification was made available. He was released from jail in 2009 on the ground of deteriorating medical condition and was awaiting another trial. He died an innocent in the apartment of his sister.

Publications
Andrzej Samson, Człowiek człowiekowi..., Instytut Wydawniczy Związków Zawodowych, 1989, , , 213 stron.
Pomiędzy żoną i mężem, czyli jak przetrwać w małżeństwie (1995)
Andrzej Samson, Jak przetrwać w małżeństwie, "Twój Styl", 2001, ,
Andrzej Samson, Zawód psycholog, Laboratorium Psychologii Stosowanej, 1996, , 9788390128115
Andrzej Samson, Książeczka dla przestraszonych rodziców czyli Co robić, gdy twoje dziecko zachowuje się dziwnie, niepokojąco, nietypowo, Jacek Santorski & Co Wydawnictwo, 2001, ,
Andrzej Samson, Moje dziecko mnie nie słucha, Wydawnictwo Książkowe "Twój Styl", 1999, , 9788371631603.
 Andrzej Samson, Mit szczęśliwego dzieciństwa, Twój Styl, 2000, ,
 Melanie McFadyean, Michał Lipszyc, Andrzej Samson, Narkotyki: wiedzieć więcej: praktyczny przewodnik dla zaniepokojonych rodziców, Wydawn. Emblemat, 2000, , 9788387626211
Andrzej Samson, Być uczniem i przetrwać czyli Szkoła przeżycia szkoły, MCDN, 2001, ,
Wojciech Eichelberger, Andrzej Samson, Anna Sosnowska, Dobra miłość: co robić, by nasze dzieci miały udane życie, Ego Dom Wydawniczy, 2003, ,
Wojciech Eichelberger, Andrzej Samson, Anna Jasińska, Dobre rozmowy: które powinny odbyć się w każdym domu, Ego, 2003, , , 296 stron.
Andrzej Samson, 20 tysięcy godzin w budzie: o szkole, uczniowskim losie i paru innych sprawach, Jacek Santorski & Co, 2003, , .
Andrzej Samson, Miska szklanych kulek: powieść, Wydawnictwo Jacek Santorski, 1999, , , 230 stron.

Polish psychologists
1947 births
2009 deaths
20th-century psychologists


Pwllgwaun (or Pwll-Gwaun) is a village and small suburb of Pontypridd within the 'Rhondda' electoral ward, bordered by Hopkinstown and Graigwen hill to the north and east, the hillsides of Maesycoed above, and is located along the banks of the river River Rhondda. It consists largely of mining terrace type housing.

Buildings and structures of note
Pwllgwaun for such a small area is quite famous, in that it is the home of rugby in Pontypridd with the home ground, Sardis Road (or as it is colloquially named the "House of Pain").  Also the area has a connection with Merlin, in as far as he was said to have been helped across a ford in the river here and blessed the area with good fortune. The impressive structure of the local pub (The Merlin) bears his name.

The local mine working beneath the village, known locally as 'Dan's Muck Hole' (sunk in 1875 and closed in 1948) was one of the most shallow in the area, sunk at a depth of only 45 yards, it was a deep mine in all but name. The legacy of its working were a lot of subsidence in the area and as a result many homes were affected. The entrance to the old pit can still be seen behind the home stand at Sardis Road rugby football ground, and is also commemorated by a nearby coal dram.

The main place of worship in the area is the prominent Bethany Baptist Church sited along the banks of the river.  Also further south towards the town centre is Mill Street School (today Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Evan James).

Notes

Villages in Rhondda Cynon Taf


Great Clips is an American hair salon chain with over 4,100 locations across the United States and Canada. It is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. In 2013, it had system-wide sales of $1.03 billion.

History

The first Great Clips salon opened under the name Super Clips near the University of Minnesota campus on September 22, 1982. Great Clips salons specialized in no-frills, low-priced haircuts and found immediate success with their first three salons, which opened over a span of three months.

In early 1983, founders Steve Lemmon and David Rubenzer sought out a third partner, Ray Barton, to lead Great Clips' expansion and franchising.

The first franchised Great Clips salon opened for business on July 16, 1983, in Brooklyn Center, MN. The company grew from 150 franchised salons in 1988 to 1,000 by 1997. The 2,500th salon was opened in 2006. The first franchisees, Mary Lou Barton (Ray Barton's wife) and Marylu and Roger Ledebuhr are still Great Clips franchisees today. The Ledebuhrs opened the 3,000th Great Clips salon in 2011.

In 1984, the three owners recruited Rhoda Olsen (née Barton), Ray's sister, to work for Great Clips part-time as a training consultant to create training manuals and programs for franchisees and stylists. In March 1987, the partners convinced her to leave her position at Land O'Lakes to work full-time as the vice president of human resources at Great Clips.

In 1987, Lemmon and Rubenzer took a step back and named Barton president of the company. Ten years later,  Barton bought out his partners—Lemmon, Rubenzer, and Jeff Elgin—to become the majority shareholder.

After 28 years as chief executive officer of Great Clips, Barton stepped down in 2011, promoting Rhoda Olsen, who had served as president since 1998. Former executive vice president Charlie Simpson was promoted to president of the company. In 2014, Charlie Simpson retired and Steve Hockett became company president.

In July 2020, Great Clips announced expanded safety measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in its salons.

Corporate overview

Facts and figures
Great Clips, Inc. has over 4,100 salons in North America.

In 2013, Great Clips reported an annual revenue of $1.03 billion. Over 30,000 stylists are employed by Great Clips salons.

Leadership (2018)

Business model
The company is known for no-appointment, no-frills salons that provide customers with affordable haircuts. The stripped-down salons are, as president Rob Goggins has said, "Not flashy or sexy, but a very solid business model."

Lean investment and operating costs of franchises have enabled Great Clips to provide low-priced services and has led to 10-year growth for the company.

Great Clips has marketed itself as a low-cost franchise with high growth potential. As noted by Kiplingers, "The company has seen steady business, even during the Great Recession, because consumers tend to spend on grooming in both good times and bad."

Innovation

Online check-in
In 2011, Great Clips launched online check-in, the industry's first real-time check-in application, allowing customers to check wait times and add their names to the wait list before they visit the salon. The app has been downloaded more than 5 million times and is used by about 20% of its customers. During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, where usage of many online shopping, social media, and other services has increased dramatically, the engagement on the Great Clips App has tripled. This has resulted in higher online check-ins, as customers choose to wait in their vehicles or do shopping at surrounding stores as they wait. According to Great Clips franchisee polls, "It's around 70% in the majority of salons. Salons with working receptionists can see numbers as high as 85%."

Clip Notes
In 2014, Great Clips introduced Clip Notes® to track customer data and provide consistent customer service across salons. Information tracked includes frequency of visits, preferred salon, and haircut preference.

Charity
Since 1997, Great Clips, Inc. has hosted an annual charity golf tournament to benefit Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. In 2013, the event raised $245,000.

Participating Great Clips salons in the U.S. and Canada raise money every October for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals with the Miracle Balloon campaign.

In 2014, Great Clips introduced a new, company-wide charity initiative called Clips of Kindness to provide free clipper cuts for patients undergoing cancer treatments.

Sponsorships

Great Clips is a sponsor of many professional sports teams, including the Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, and Minnesota Wild.

Since 2001, Great Clips has sponsored NASCAR and other forms of motorsports, including the World of Outlaws Series. In 2001, they sponsored the Atkins Motorsports team with Minnesotan native Christian Elder behind the wheel of the 38 Ford. The next year, midway through April, Elder was replaced by Mark Green. The next year, they sponsored Kasey Kahne for his first fulltime season in the NASCAR Busch Series. He won his first race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. After that, many drivers drove the Great Clips car in the Series AAA Division including A. J. Foyt IV, Chase Pistone, and Tyler Walker. In 2007, Jason Leffler drove the 38 Great Clips Toyota Camry now for Turner Motorsports, from 2007 to 2011 when Great Clips became a sponsor of Kahne again in 2012. In 2012, Kahne and rookie Brad Sweet drove the 38 Chevy Impala. The next year, Great Clips ditched the 38 car and moved over to Hendrick Motorsports and JR Motorsports for 2013 with Kahne driving for Great Clips in the Cup Series and Sweet driving in Nationwide. In 2014, the sponsor left the Nationwide Series for Cup all together and sponsor Kahne on a part-time basis from 2014 to 2017. The sponsor left the sport and Kahne after the 2017 season to focus on Minnesota-based sports.

For NHRA events, they are a co-sponsor of Clay Millican's top fuel dragster.

References

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Hairdressing salon chains
American companies established in 1982
Retail companies established in 1982
Retail companies of the United States
Companies based in Minneapolis
1982 establishments in Minnesota


VfB Offenbach is a German association football club from the city of Offenbach am Main, Hesse. Currently playing in the Kreisliga A (IX), the team was a second division side during World War II and appeared for a single season (1943–44) in the Gauliga Hessen-Nassau (I).

History
The club was established on 25 May 1900 as Fußball-Club Germania Offenbach. They merged with FC Melita 1900 Offenbach in 1917 to become Verein für Rasenspiele 1900 Offenbach. On 27 October 1921 VfR joined Kickers Offenbach to play as VfR Kickers Offenbach before again becoming an independent club in 1925.

VfR was forced out of its grounds by the Nazis in 1937 and in order survive the club merged with Sportverein Offenbach to form Verein für Bewegungsspiele Offenbach on 21 May 1938. SV brought together the traditions of a number of local sides; established in 1902 as FC Viktoria Offenbach, during World War I the team played as part of the combined wartime side Kriegsvereinigung FC Arminia-Viktoria Offenbach alongside FC Arminia 1904 Offenbach. The union was formalized on 26 March 1917 with creation of Offenbacher Fußballverein 02. That club in turn merged with Ballspiel-Club 1899 Offenbach in 1922 to form SV 1899 Offenbach before the two clubs again went their own ways in 1927.

VfB made two failed attempts to advance to first division Gauliga play in 1939–40 and 1941–42 before winning promotion in 1943. They played a single season at that level and were relegated after finishing 9th.

Nowadays the club exists as a lower division amateur side, playing in the tier nine Kreisliga A Offenbach-Ost until 2015–16, when it earned promotion to the Kreisoberliga.

References

External links
Official team site
 Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv  historical German domestic league tables

Football clubs in Germany
Football clubs in Hesse
Association football clubs established in 1900
1900 establishments in Germany
Sport in Offenbach am Main


Midnight Wire is the fifth studio album by Curved Air and was recorded in 1975. It marked another line-up change in the band, with Darryl Way and Sonja Kristina recruiting new musicians after the end of the reunion tour marked by the Curved Air - Live album. Kristina's friend Norma Tager, who had helped design the costumes she wore on stage from Curved Air's reunion in 1974 to their breakup in 1976, contributed all the lyrics to the songs.

Background and recording
The album's recording was marked by intense and bitter arguments between the band and producers Ron and Howard Albert, who often vehemently criticized the band members.

Track listing

Side one
"Woman On A One Night Stand" (Sonja Kristina, Norma Tager) – 5:06
"Day Breaks My Heart" (Darryl Way, Tager) – 4:38
"The Fool" (Way, Mick Jacques, Tager) – 4:27
"Pipe of Dreams" (Jacques) – 3:58

Side two
"Orange Street Blues" (Way, Tager) – 5:01
"Dance of Love" (Jacques, Way, Tager) – 4:36
"Midnight Wire" (Way, Tager) – 7:32

Personnel
Curved Air
 Sonja Kristina – lead vocals
 Darryl Way – violin
 Mick Jacques – guitars
 Stewart Copeland – drums
Guest musicians
 John G. Perry – bass guitar
 Peter Wood – keyboards
 Derek Damain – backing vocals on "The Fool"
Technical
Will Reid-Dick - engineer
Bob Searles, Liz Gilmore - sleeve design
"Thanks to Beric Wickens, Carolann Nicholls, Ian Copeland, Miles Copeland, Moray McMillin, Nick Blackburn"

References

Curved Air albums
1975 albums


Auckland Seventh-day Adventist High School (ASDAH) is a secondary school (years 9–13) in Māngere Bridge, a suburb of South Auckland, New Zealand. It is owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.

History

The school was opened in March 1970, at the time one of the almost 5,000 Seventh-day Adventist schools around the world.

In the 2007 Education Review Office (ERO) report, it was recommended that the Secretary for Education intervene in order to bring about improvements to school management and governance, with particular reference to improving the management of the curriculum, personnel, and the provision of a safe environment. A Limited Statutory Manager was appointed in August 2008 to work with the board to address these issues.

According to the 2016 ERO External Evaluation, the school responds well to Maori and other students whose learning and achievement need acceleration. Due to the 2019 school roll, which is 246 students, relational trust between teachers and learners is positively impacting on student progress and achievement. The report continues stating that the small numbers in senior classes encourage teachers to develop relationships with the students that are clearly focused on supporting academic achievement.

The largest ethnic group is Tongan (28%) followed by Cook Island Maori (22%).

Academics
Achievement data for National Certificate of Educational Achievement from 2003–2007 indicate that at Levels 1, 2 and 3 was above the averages for schools of a similar socio-economic decile. Achievement in literacy and numeracy has improved, but school results are still below national averages

Based on the 2016 ERO report, 2016 results in National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) show that students achieve significantly higher at Level 1 and 2 than students in similar schools. In 2015 and 2016, students achieved above the national average in NCEA Level 2.

See also

 Seventh-day Adventist education
 List of Seventh-day Adventist secondary schools

References

External links
Official School Website

Secondary schools in Auckland
Adventist secondary schools in New Zealand
Christian schools in New Zealand
Educational institutions established in 1970
1970 establishments in New Zealand


Aaron Hart may refer to:

 Aaron Hart (businessman) (1724–1800), businessman in Lower Canada
 Aaron Hart (rabbi) (1670–1756), chief rabbi of the United Kingdom
 Aaron Ezekiel Hart (1803–1857), the first Jewish lawyer in British North America


The LG-GD900 (codenamed and retroactively called LG Crystal) is a fashion-focused slider with high end specifications phone from LG Electronics that was publicly unveiled at Mobile World Congress 2009. It is claimed to be the world’s first transparent design phone. It comes with a dedicated Bluetooth headset that is also transparent in parts.

The transparent part of the GD900 is the sliding keypad, which is designed to glow when in operation. The main casing material is metal and the phone is 13.4 mm thick. LG decided to ship GD900 with a tempered glass keypad like a screen.

In terms of features, the phone supports 7.2 Mbit/s HSDPA and has a rear-mounted 8 MP camera with flash. LG released most of the phone's specification at the launch event in London on 28 May 2009.
The GD900 was released in mid-June in Germany, and in 40 other countries worldwide on 1 July 2009.

References

External links
Official LG press release
GD900 photo gallery from MWC09

GD900
Mobile phones introduced in 2009


The postal history of Monaco can be traced to the principality's first postmark in 1704. Stampless covers are known with both manuscript and handstamp postmarks for Monaco and Fort d'Hercule (1793-1814 French occupation); as the principality was once much larger, postmarks of the communes of Menton and Roquebrune prior to their 1848 secession might also be included. Monaco used Sardinian stamps from 1851 until 1860, when by the Treaty of Turin, Sardinia ceded to France the surrounding county of Nice and relinquished its protectorate over Monaco; French stamps with Monaco or Monte-Carlo postmarks were used thereafter. Two forms of cancellation are known for the French period. With the first, the postmark is on the cover away from the stamps; an obliterator with an identifying post office number 4222, or later 2387, inside a diamond of ink dots cancelled the actual stamps. The second applied the postmark directly on the stamps, as both a date stamp and cancel. All of these postal forerunners, particularly usages of Sardinian stamps with Monaco cancels, are far more valuable than the same stamps postally used in the issuing countries.

The first Monegasque  postage stamps were issued on 1 July 1885, and featured the image of Prince Charles III of Monaco.

In 1937, the Principality responded to a growing interest from philatelists by creating a Stamp Issuing Office. The 1949 accession of Prince Rainier III led to increased importance for the principality's philatelic issues. During his reign, the prince was personally involved in all aspects of the design and format of the principality's philatelic issues, and he was quoted as stating that stamps were “the best ambassador of a country.”  The prince was a noted philatelist and his collection was the basis of Monaco's Museum of Stamps and Coins.

Monaco joined the Universal Postal Union in 1955 and PostEurop in 1993. Monaco's postage stamps, which are tied to French postal rate, continue to be popular among collectors and are considered to be a source of revenue for the principality.

See also
 La Poste Monaco
 Museum of Stamps and Coins

References

Further reading
 Boule, M. Histoire Postale de la Principauté de Monaco des Origines à 1885 = Postal History of Monaco to 1885. Monaco: Monaco-Collections, 1993 253p.
 Boule, M. Le Musée des Timbres et des Monnaies présente Les Collections de Son Altesse Sérénissime le Prince Rainier III = The Collection of SAS Prince Rainier II as shown at the Museum of Stamps and Coins. Monaco: Musée des Timbres et des Monnaies, 1997 47p.
 Chiavassa, H. The Principality As Seen Through Its Postage Stamps. Monaco: Postage Stamp Issuing Office, 1968 159p.
 Novo, A. Catalogue Spécialisé des Timbres de Monaco. Monaco: Musée du Timbre-Poste du Palais de Monaco, 1959 160p.
 Office des Emissions de Timbres-Poste. Emissions Postales de la Principaute de Monaco. Vol. 1: 1919-1972 (1972) 61p.; Vol. 2: 1973-1986 (1986) 55p.

External links
 Musée des Timbres et des Monnaies de Monaco
Office des Emissions de Timbre-Poste (English-language site)

Philately of Monaco


The Wizard of A.I.D.S.: Aware Individuals Deserving Survival is a short musical play created by the AIDS Educational Theatre (now HealthWorks Theatre) in Chicago in 1987. The play, which parodies the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, is an AIDS education piece that follows Dorothy Gale and her friends from the "Land of AIDS" as they battle the "Wicked Witch of Unsafe Sex" and learn how to prevent the spread of HIV. Along the way, the Scarecrow learns to use his brain to make good choices to avoid infection, the Tin Man finds it in his heart to feel compassion for people with the disease and the Cowardly Lion realizes the courage to face his fears about becoming ill. The musical plays on the popularity of the film among gay people, a group of high risk for AIDS infection. During and after the play, cast members distribute HIV-prevention literature and condoms to the audience.

Aiming for an audience of teenagers and young adults, HealthWorks tours the piece to high schools and college campuses across the country, occasionally sparking controversy. Although Dorothy chooses abstinence as her prevention strategy, the play frankly discusses condom usage and the Wicked Witch is killed by being suffocated with a giant condom.

References

External links
 HealthWorks Theatre official site

1987 musicals
HIV/AIDS in theatre
LGBT-related musicals
Musicals based on The Wizard of Oz


Port Weller may refer to:
Port Weller, Ontario, a community
Port Weller Dry Docks, a shipbuilder located on the Welland Canal at the Lake Ontario entrance


Ron Joseph Telek (born February 16, 1962January 25, 2017) was a Canadian First Nations sculptor. He is a member of the Laxsgiik (Eagle Clan) of the Nisga'a nation of northwestern British Columbia, and carries the hereditary name of Jagam Txalp meaning Four Canoes Coming into the Village. Telek's primary medium for his sculptures is wood, although he also includes other materials such as bone, moose hair and abalone into his work.

Telek came from a family of artists, with both his uncles, Alver Tait and Norman Tait, also Nisga'a nation carvers. Telek began carving under the guidance of Tait in 1983, while attending high school in Vancouver. The two worked together on numerous commissions for the carving of several totem poles, including one in Stanley Park and two for the Capilano Mall in North Vancouver in the 1980s.

Since his apprenticeship, Telek has developed his own personal style using traditional Northwest coast techniques which has been  particularly impacted by a near-death experience in a car accident which has led him to deal with the theme of transformation. His style has also been influenced by his study of anatomy and African, Japanese, and Italian sculpting techniques at Langara College in Vancouver. Telek's first gallery exhibition was at the Inuit Gallery of Vancouver in 1985. Since that time, Telek has exhibited in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver and Victoria. He has produced a variety of works, including wooden bowls and puppets though his primary focus has been on the creation of masks. These carved masks, which he often leaves unpainted to show the natural beauty of wood, represent spiritual beings and take a form similar to the spirit masks called Nax Nox.

Telek's work is both metaphysical and psychological in nature and largely concerned with the shamanistic elements of his traditions. It depicting such elements as spirit-helpers and his own dualistic vision of good and evil. An especially important topic in his work is shapeshifting and the transformation of humans into animals, or animals into other animals. He uses a shamanic traditional carving style reminiscent of the Nisga'a Gitsontk artists, who produced objects such as masks and puppets that were used in sacred ceremonies.

Telek lived in Terrace, British Columbia.

In 2001, one of Telek's totem poles was exhibited at the Alcheringa Gallery.

References

Further reading
 Example of a mask by Telek.

1962 births
2017 deaths
20th-century First Nations sculptors
Canadian male sculptors
20th-century Canadian male artists
21st-century First Nations people
Canadian sculptors
Langara College people
Nisga'a people
Animal artists


WKGL may refer to:

 WKGL-FM, a radio station on FM 96.7 MHz serving the Rockford, Illinois area, USA
 WKGL, former callsign of WRRV, a modern rock radio station in Middletown, New York, USA
 WKGL, a radio station in Russellville, Alabama, USA, see WFBH-LP


The Kerala State Film Award for Best Documentary winners:

References
Official website
PRD, Govt. of Kerala: Awardees List

Kerala State Film Awards


Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares may refer to
Equestrian portrait of Duke de Olivares
Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares (Hermitage)
Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares (São Paulo)


Moose Brook is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the municipality of East Hants in Hants County.

References
Moose Brook on Destination Nova Scotia

Communities in Hants County, Nova Scotia
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia


The Beigang International Music Festival () is a project of the Beigang Philharmonic Association (Chinese: 雲林縣北港愛樂協會) and takes place in Beigang, Yunlin County, Taiwan. Since its inception in 2006, the festival has grown and developed to become the biggest international music festival in Yunlin County. The festival has a series of concerts, mostly wind music (for solo, chamber music and wind band), and an educational program within the Chia-Hu Conservatory (Chinese: 陳家湖音樂學院). The festival also organizes an intercultural program for musicians from different countries. The artistic director of the Beigang International Music Festival is the pianist Heinz Chen.

Beigang
Beigang (北港鎮) is known for the Chaotian Temple, which is one of the most important temples for Mazu, the goddess. Because the cultural scene in Beigang is generally active only on holy days, the Beigang Philharmonic Association has dedicated itself to improving Beigang's music education and performance sector. Most of the festival activities take place in the centre of Beigang.

History
In 2005 the Beigang Philharmonic Association organized the first Beigang Music Festival. Performances were held by the Beigang Wind Orchestra and pupils of the Chia-Hu Conservatory in Beigang. In 2006 Heinz Chen was appointed the artistic director of the festival and assigned to raise the festival to an international level. Thus, the Beigang International Music Festival was created. The festival has since become very popular amongst local audiences, media and politicians. Every year, since 2005, County Governor Su Ji-Feng has visited the festival, among other politicians. In 2007, the festival welcomed the rector of Hochschule für Musik Detmold, Prof. Martin Christian Vogel.

Concept
Most of the concerts take place in Beigang. In addition, there are performances in Douliu City and Sinying City. These events are held with art music (the so-called classical music) but there are several performances with light music, for example the open-air concert Cultural Interaction Night. The performance in a local restaurant, Club Concert, have also been very popular.

The festival aims to develop strong intercultural exchanges between musicians from different countries. It also promotes music for children and audiences who are dedicated to experiencing a wealth of classical and related music types. For this reason, a tutorial project takes place, in which the international performers share their knowledge with pupils from Beigang.

The concerts and the educational program are free of charge to visitors. The festival's organisers want to share music with all who are interested, as it is an outreach organisation and wishes to reach all sectors of the population.

Sponsors
The Beigang International Music Festival is supported by the Beigang Township, Yunlin County and the cultural department of the national government in Taipei. Music companies like Jupiter and Kawai, as well as the Chaotian Temple and many local companies and private sponsors are helping to finance the festival. In 2009 the Beigang International Music Festival received support from the Sibelius Academy, Finland.

Musicians
The following musicians have been invited since 2006:
 Lauri Bruins, Netherlands, clarinet
 Anita Farkas, Hungary, flute
 Paz Aparicio García, Spain, saxophone
 Noémi Győri, Hungary, flute
 Wilfried Stefan Hanslmeier, Germany, trombone
 Philipp Hutter, Switzerland, trumpet
 Christina Jacobs, Germany, saxophone
 Anniina Karjalainen, Finland, trumpet
 Sofia Kayaya, Denmark, flute
 Mizuho Kojima, Japan, trombone and euphonium
 Zoltán Kövér, Hungary, trumpet
 Anna Krauja, Latvia, soprano
 Paavo Maijala, Finland, piano
 Lauri Sallinen, Finland, clarinet
 Juuso Wallin, Finland, French horn, festival orchestra conductor

Beigang Philharmonic Association
The main organizer of the festival is the Beigang Philharmonic Association. Its members work free of charge and on a volunteer basis.

External links
T-Ynews
Liberty Times
Yunlin County government website
New Taiwan magazine

Music festivals established in 2006
2006 establishments in Taiwan
Classical music festivals in Taiwan
Tourist attractions in Yunlin County
Music festivals in Taiwan


Minasville is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in  The Municipality of the District of East Hants in Hants County.

The home of the Mariner of Minasville Captain William Scott (1846-1934). He served in the American Civil War and fought in the Seven Days Battle.  A film about his life premiered at the Atlantic Film Festival (See Mariner of Minasville).

References
Minasville on Destination Nova Scotia

Communities in Hants County, Nova Scotia
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia


Taehung Castle is a mountain fortress of the early Goryeo period, located outside Kaesŏng, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea. Originally encompassing both Mts. Chŏnma and Songgo, the castle was first founded as a fortress for the defense of the capital, encircled by over 10 kilometers of stone walls. Today, many of the walls have become overgrown ruins.

The fortress contains two small Buddhist temples, Kwanumsa and Taehungsa.

North Gate
The only one of the fortress' original six gates to survive to the present day, this gate is located just behind Pakyon Falls and is topped with a Joseon-dynasty pavilion.

Kwanŭm Temple
Named after Guanyin, the buddhist bodhisattva of compassion, this small temple is located in the beautiful valley between Mts. Songgo and Chŏnma. The temple was founded in 970 when a monk deposited two marble statues of the goddess in a cave behind the temple's current location. The temple itself was constructed in 1393 under the Koryo Dynasty, and later renovated in 1646 under the Joseon. The site contains many ancient relics, including a seven-story pagoda from the Koryo dynasty and the ancient Guanyin statues in Kwanum Cave.

Taehŭng Temple
Higher up on the mountain sits Taehŭng Temple, now much diminished from its Koryo-dynasty splendor. The building that exists today is only the temple school, famed as the place where the son of King Taejo, founder of Koryo, studied around 921. After the much larger main temple was destroyed during the Red Turbans invasions of Korea, the temple school was converted for use as the main temple.

See also
 Jongbang Castle
 National Treasures of North Korea
 Archaeological sites in North Korea

References

Buddhist archaeological sites in Korea
Castles in North Korea
Buildings and structures in Kaesong
National Treasures of North Korea


The Blackhawk was an automobile manufactured by the Stutz Motor Car Company in Indianapolis from 1929 to 1930.

The Blackhawk was not as powerful, nor as expensive, as contemporary Stutzes, which is most likely why it was marketed as a separate make. The year previously, there was a Stutz model called the Black Hawk, doubtlessly leading to confusion for more than one customer.  The car was available with either an overhead cam six-cylinder or straight eight engine, with maximum output of 85 bhp and 95 bhp, respectively.
A wide variety of open and closed body styles were available on the 127.5" wheelbase chassis.  Custom coachwork was also available.  Prices for non-custom Blackhawks ranged from $1995 to $2785.  There was a great deal of promotion for the marque, and first year sales were decent at 1310, but second year sales dropped to only 280. The brand was discontinued by years end, another early victim of the Great Depression.

References

External links
1929 Model L-6 Speedster
1929 Model L-8 Coupe

Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States
Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Indiana
Defunct companies based in Indiana


Densmore Mills (Also known as East Noel) is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in  The Municipality of the District of East Hants in Hants County.

Acadians

East Noel may have been Vil Robere - first settled by the Robert Henry family. Dwellings marked on contemporaneous maps suggest that the village around the Noel Bay was much larger than any other along the shore.  These maps suggest that around the Noel Bay there may have been two villages - Vil Noel to the west and Vil Robere to the east in present-day East Noel (also known as Densmore Mills, Nova Scotia).  The fact that Vil Robere was the first village established might lend itself to the strong possibility that Noel Doiron would likely have joined his brother-in-law in the Noel Bay, which also suggests that Vil Robere is East Noel.

Alternatively, there is evidence to suggest that Vil Robere is Selma, Nova Scotia.

Ulster Scots (Irish)

After the exodus of the Acadians, Francis Densmore was the first to settle the community on the east side of the Noel Bay twenty two years later (1772).  The year prior, Timothy O'Brien has begun to settle the west side of the Noel Bay, now known as Noel, Nova Scotia.  Francis and his wife Sarah had the following inscription written on their tombstone in East Noel: "Frank and Sarah were the first settlers of this Place)."

References
Densmore Mills on Destination Nova Scotia

Communities in Hants County, Nova Scotia
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia


Selma is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in  The Municipality of the District of East Hants in Hants County.

Acadians

The LeJeune Family lived in Selma prior to the Acadian Exodus from the area in 1750 during Father Le Loutre's War.  According to Captain Matthew Floyer, Selma had four dwellings and a mill. The field beside the Selma Brook was named "La Pree a Breard".

Selma may have been named Village Robere as referenced by Charles Morris, which would mean that the Robert Henry Family also lived in the village. The Ile St. Jean census date of 1752 suggest that the Henry family married many of those in the Pitre family.  The Pitre Family were in the neighbouring community of Maitland, Nova Scotia.

Alternatively, however, there is evidence to suggest that Vil Robere may have been East Noel (present day Densmore Mills, Nova Scotia).

Major Small and the 84th Highland Regiment

After the American Revolution Selma was settled by loyalists soldiers who fought for the British. Major-General John Small received the land at Selma from Malachy Salter. Oral history stated that Small built a manor house in the area which he named Selma Hall, after which the community is named.

Ship Building (1860–1885)

During the second half of the nineteenth century, shipbuilding and supporting sub-trades were the mainstay of the economy on this small and bustling hamlet.

At the mouth of Selmah Creek lay the site of three shipyards.  The largest of these was owned by Alexander A. McDougall.  From this shipyard 19 barques were built and launched.  A. A. McDougall set up the first steam timber mill replacing the man-powered saw pit at his yard.

Next to the McDougall yard was that of (David) Pratt & Cox.

Beyond the Pratt shipyard  was that of George Oxley Smith and his son, McCully Smith.  George Oxley Smith was also a Justice of the Peace sitting in judgement on various disturbances, timber contracts and other legal matters.

Ships built in Selmah (1862-1885)

Lily 1862
Craigdownie 1863
Jessie 1863
D.B.R. 1864
Wanderer 1864
Mary 1865
June Ure 1866
Scotia Queen 1867
Bina 1868
Maggie Brown 1869
Minnie Graham 1870
Maitland 1871
Eliza Campbell 1871
Jane Campbell 1872
Cupid 1872
Tranmere 1872
Lotus 1872
Lady Vere de Vere 1873
Disco 1873
Isabelle Ure 1874
Francois Herbert 1874
Silas Curtis 1874
Margaret Mitchell 1875
Norman 1876
Margaret Craig 1878
Ada Brown 1879
Delhana 1880
Minnie Brown 1881
Chistina 1882
Craigie Burn 1885

References

External links
 Elizabeth Frame. History of Selma, Nova Scotia (1853)
Selma on Destination Nova Scotia

Communities in Hants County, Nova Scotia
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia


Paul Newman (born 1937) is an American linguist active in the study of African languages. He writes on the Hausa language of Nigeria and on the Chadic language family. He wrote the Modern Hausa-English Dictionary (1977), co-authored with his wife, Roxana Ma Newman, and The Hausa Language: An Encyclopedic Reference Grammar (2000). He is the founder of the Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, a journal in the field of African-language studies.

He has taught at Yale University, the University of Leiden, and the Centre for the Study of Nigerian Languages at Bayero University in Kano, Nigeria. He is currently Distinguished Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Indiana University after serving two terms as chairman of the department.

Newman is a strong advocate of the theories of his mentor, Joseph Greenberg, and has published a work in defense of Greenberg's classification of African languages entitled On Being Right.

Newman is also interested in the relation of language and law and is a strong advocate of civil liberties. In addition to degrees in anthropology and linguistics he holds a JD (IU Bloomington, 2003) and is a member of the Indiana state bar.

Selected works
1977. With Roxana Ma Newman. Modern Hausa-English Dictionary / Sabon Kamus Na Hausa Zuwa Turanci. Ibadan, Nigeria: Oxford University Press.
1980. The Classification of Chadic within Afroasiatic. Leiden: Universitaire Pers Leiden.
1990. Nominal and Verbal Plurality in Chadic. Dordrecht: Foris.
1995. On Being Right: Greenberg’s African Linguistic Classification and the Methodological Principles Which Underlie It. Bloomington: Institute for the Study of Nigerian Languages and Cultures, African Studies Program, Indiana University.
2000. The Hausa Language: An Encyclopedic Reference Grammar. New Haven: Yale University Press.
2001. With Martha Ratliff (editors). Linguistic Fieldwork. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2002. Chadic and Hausa Linguistics: Selected Papers of Paul Newman, with Commentaries, edited by Philip J. Jaggar and H. Ekkehard Wolff. Köln: Rudiger Köppe Verlag.
2004. Klingenheben’s Law in Hausa. Köln: Rudiger Köppe Verlag.
2007. A Hausa-English Dictionary. New Haven: Yale University Press.
2022. A History of the Hausa Language. Reconstruction and Pathways to the Present. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

References

External links
Language Documentation and Conservation bio
Biography on Indiana University website
Interview with Paul Newman by Alan S. Kaye from Semiotica

1937 births
Living people
Academics from Jacksonville, Florida
University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences alumni
Linguists from the United States
Yale University faculty
Academic staff of Leiden University
Indiana University faculty
American Africanists
Linguists of Hausa
American expatriates in Nigeria
Academic staff of Bayero University Kano
American expatriates in the Netherlands
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Indiana University Maurer School of Law alumni
Linguists of Afroasiatic languages
Paleolinguists
Linguists of Chadic languages
20th-century linguists
21st-century linguists


Baetis is a genus of mayflies of the family Baetidae, known as the blue-winged olive to anglers.  There are at least 150 described species in Baetis. They are distributed worldwide, with the most variety in North America and northern Europe.

See also
 List of Baetis species

References

Further reading

External links

Mayfly genera


Beaver Brook is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located  in Colchester County. It is a mainly rural community with one small saw mill. Beaver Brook is located on the 236 Highway just west of the community of Old Barns. The "Beaver Brook" runs through the community's farm fields and finally into the Cobequid Bay at the headwaters of the Bay of Fundy.

The land is gently rolling, glaciated hills with fertile soils.

Dairy farming is the main agriculture industry in Beaver Brook. Corn and soy beans are the main crops.

Eagles from Cobequid Bay and the close by Shubenacadie River often fly over Beaver Brook. Hawks are common as well as foxes.

Nova Scotia Route 236 is a busy road that is a shorter route to Windsor, NS, the beginning of the Annapolis Valley

Many of the residents of Beaver Brook work in Truro, a fifteen-minute drive away.

References
Beaver Brook on Destination Nova Scotia

Communities in Colchester County
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia