The Bristol Type 133 was a single-seat, single-engine monoplane fighter armed with four guns, using stressed-skin construction and with a retractable undercarriage. It was built by The Bristol Aeroplane Co. to meet Specification F.7/30. The single example crashed before the trials commenced.

Development
Specification F.7/30 called for a four-gun fighter with better high-altitude performance and endurance than current fighters, outstanding climb rate, manoeuvrability and all-round vision combined with a low landing speed. A preference was expressed for the use of the experimental evaporatively-cooled Rolls-Royce Goshawk engine.  None of Bristol's three design submissions were chosen for official prototype orders, but one, the Goshawk-engined Bristol Type 123 was built as a private venture contender.  At the same time Bristol started work on a second design.

Powered by a Bristol Mercury radial engine, the Type 133 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane and was the first aircraft intended for RAF service to have a retractable undercarriage. It was also the first Bristol aircraft to use stressed-skin construction for the wings, using recently invented Alclad sheets. The wings were of constant chord with rounded tips and of cranked, or inverted gull wing, form, with negative dihedral in the centre section and positive dihedral beyond.  The fabric-covered ailerons extended over the whole of the outer wing and could be lowered symmetrically (drooped) in lieu of  flaps.  The horizontal tail was of quite high aspect ratio and aluminium-covered, carrying horn-balanced, fabric-covered elevators.  The rudder was similarly horn-balanced and fabric-covered.

The rear fuselage was an aluminium monocoque and the forward fuselage was alclad-skinned over a tubular steel structure. The pilot's open cockpit was situated over the wing at mid-chord. The Mercury engine was enclosed in a long-chord cowling. One advantage of the cranked wing was that it reduced the length of the undercarriage, making retraction easier. The main wheels of the Type 133 retracted fully into bath-type fairings under the wings; this was done hydraulically, using a handpump. Two of the four machine guns were fitted in the wing just outboard of the undercarriage fairing, the other two being on either side of the nose.

Carrying the experimental marking R-10 the Type 133 first flew  on 8 June 1934 piloted by Cyril Uwins, who was impressed. Testing over the next eight months produced some modifications including the addition of a sliding canopy and a crash pylon, better brakes, an enlarged rudder and the replacement of the tailskid with a castoring tailwheel.  Engine exhaust and cooling were also improved. The long-span ailerons were shortened and combined with centre section split flaps. The aircraft was almost ready to attend the competitive tests at RAF Martlesham Heath when W. T. Campbell entered a spin with the undercarriage unintentionally down. An irrecoverable flat spin developed and Campbell had to abandon the aircraft. This ended Bristol's interest in the specification F.7/30 competition, which was won by the Gloster Gladiator.

Specifications

References

Notes

Bibliography

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 Photograph in Flight

1930s British fighter aircraft
Type 133
Inverted gull-wing aircraft
Cancelled military aircraft projects of the United Kingdom
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1934


Events in the year 1874 in Norway.

Incumbents
Monarch: Oscar II

Events

Arts and literature

Births
12 April – Kristian Edland, farmer and politician.
8 May – Endre Johannes Cleven, settler in Canada (died 1916)
2 July – Oluf Wesmann-Kjær, rifle shooter (died 1945)
14 July – Torleiv Hannaas, philologist (died 1929)
24 August – Einar Hanssen, judge.
3 September – Carl Størmer, mathematician and physicist (died 1957)
8 September – Torgrim Castberg, violinist (died 1928)
26 September – Simon Johnson, Norwegian-American author (died 1970)
2 December – Johannes Hanssen, bandmaster, composer and teacher (died 1967)
19 December – Axel Theodor Næss, judge (d. 1945).

Full date unknown
Aagot Didriksen, actress (died 1968)
Knut Olai Thornæs, newspaper editor and politician (died 1935)

Deaths
20 February – Dominicus Nagell Lemvig Brun, military officer and politician (b.1790)
1 March – Hans Jørgen Darre, clergyman (b.1803)
15 September – Christian Schou, brewer and merchant (born 1792).
6 October – Thomas Tellefsen, pianist and composer (b.1823)

Full date unknown
Jens Lauritz Arup, politician (b.1793)
Ole Ingebrigtsen Soelberg, politician (b.1798)
Carl Johan Severin Steen, politician (b.1825)

See also

References


Gustave-Antoine Richelot (1806 – September 1893) was a French physician born in Nantes. He was the father of surgeon Louis-Gustave Richelot (1844-1924).

In 1831 he earned his doctorate in Paris with the dissertation, De la uterine phlébite. During his career he worked as a dispensary physician and for the Bureaux de bienfaisance. He is remembered for providing French translations of English medical works, such as:
 Oeuvres chirurgicales complètes d’Astley Cooper (1835), a translation of Astley Cooper's surgical works, written in collaboration with surgeon Charles Marie Edouard Chassaignac.
 Oeuvres complètes de John Hunter (4 volumes 1838-42), a translation of John Hunter's works from an edition by James Frederick Palmer.
 Traité pratique des maladies des yeux (1844), a translation of William Mackenzie's "A practical treatise on the diseases of the eye", with annotations by surgeon Stanislas Laugier.

Among Richelot's original works was a treatise on prostitution in England and Scotland titled De la prostitution en Angleterre et en Écosse (1857), and a work on women in the medical profession called La femme-médecin (1875). Richelot was the last surviving founding member of the journal L'Union médicale.

References
 Pagel: Biographical Dictionary (translated from German)

External links

19th-century French physicians
Physicians from Nantes
1806 births
1893 deaths
19th-century French writers
French male writers
19th-century French male writers
Writers from Nantes


Lexington High School is a grade 9-12 high school in Lexington, Tennessee. The school's enrollment is roughly 1,000 students.

Academics

Jackson State Community College offers some AP classes on-campus, as well as off-campus classes, including English Language, English Literature, and Calculus.

Extra-curricular activities

Clubs include Future Farmers of America FFA, Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America FCCLA, Student Council, Air Force JROTC, and Renaissance. LHS also has a marching band, cheerleading squad, dance team, BETA, Tennis, Volleyball, Soccer, Baseball, Football, Basketball, and a yearbook staff.

Sports

Girls' sports include volleyball, golf, basketball, cross country, track, softball, dance team, tennis, and cheerleading.  Boys' sports include golf, football, basketball, soccer, cross country, track & field, tennis, and baseball.

Lexington football team has a tradition of excellence. As recently as 2005, the team finished the regular season undefeated and went on to win their first 12 games of the season before losing to David Lipscomb in the quarterfinals of the 3A playoffs. Also went undefeated in 2011 regular season.

Lexington's golf team won the TSSAA State Championship in 2003. In 2004, the golf team finished 5th at State. In 2005,

Chase Grissom won the TSSAA Individual State Championship.

Maggie Silvers won the TSSAA Cross Country Individual State Championship in 1999.

The Lexington Baseball team won the TSSAA State Championship in 2002. Steve Sweat was player of the year in AA. Jason Patterson was coach of the year in the state for AA.

Notable alumni
Jim Stowe - TSSAA Hall of Fame Coach
Jerry Graves - All-American Basketball Player from 1955–1957, Went on to play at Mississippi State
James D. Todd - US District Court Judge for Western Tennessee 1985-2008.
Stanley Thomas Anderson - US District Court Judge for Western Tennessee 2008–present.
Shane Britt - Junior College Baseball All-American (1994), United States JUCO team that played Japan (1994), Went on to play at the University of South Alabama 1995-1996.
Willie Flakes - First Afro-american president of the student council 1973-1974
Chandler Scott - First Social Worker to graduate from Lexington High School.
Mercedes Owens — First Lexington High School graduate to attend an Ivy League University, the University of Pennsylvania.

References

Public high schools in Tennessee
Schools in Henderson County, Tennessee


The Duke University Center for International Studies (DUCIS) is an international studies national resource center housed within the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies on Duke University's west campus.

The current director is Gilbert W. Merkx. The executive director is Rob Sikorski.

Languages
The Duke University Center for International Studies provides salary support for instruction in Persian, Polish, Romanian, Turkish and Wolof. It provides additional academic year and summer funding for students to study a wider range of critical languages including Arabic, Czech, Hungarian and Russian.

Programs
DUCIS' public programs include the University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy, a popular evening seminar series which draws speakers from across the globe, to present in-progress research on a variety of subjects, ranging from transnational banking trends, to regional election reform, to international concepts of justice.

The Duke University Center for International Studies is home to two national organizations: the Association of International Education Administrators and the Council of National Resource Centers.

External links
 Duke University Center for International Studies
 DUCIS Podcasts on iTunes U (requires iTunes)

International Studies, Center for
International relations education
Social sciences organizations


The Metropolitan Library System is a public library system consisting of 19 libraries that serves Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The system serves anyone who lives, attends school, or owns property in Oklahoma County.

Metropolitan's service area includes the majority of the Oklahoma City city limits, as well as many suburbs that surround Oklahoma City that are located in Oklahoma County. In addition to residents of Oklahoma County, the system also allows those served by the Pioneer Library System (which includes Cleveland, McClain, and Pottawatomie counties) to check out materials via a reciprocal borrowing agreement, and also allows non-residents to borrow materials if they pay an annual fee.

The library is governed by the 28-member Metropolitan Library commission: 13 of its members are appointed by the Mayor of Oklahoma City, 11 are appointed by various cities within the Library's service area, and one is appointed by the Board of County Commissioners of Oklahoma County. The other three seats are occupied by the Mayor of Oklahoma City, the chair of the Board of County Commissioners, and the Executive Director of the Metropolitan Library System.

Circulation

The Metropolitan Library System (MLS) had 5.87 million circulations in the 2015-2016 Fiscal Year. The MLS has consistently had about 6 million circulations each year for the past decade. The Edmond branch of the MLS has the highest total circulation of physical materials of all MLS locations.

Inventory

The MLS has 1,343,826 items in its collections. The vast majority circulates. The collection is 76.3% books, 7.5% D.V.D., 6.5% C.D., 6% eMedia, 4% periodicals, 1.6% Audio Players, .2% Video Players, and .2% other materials by items. Information about the collection by titles is needed to gain a real perspective of the collection, but the MLS is clearly a paper-pages-book in hand public library.

You can help add to the collection via suggestions or donations, but either way the materials will have to meet the selection policy.

Locations

Metropolitan Library System operates 19 locations.

Oklahoma City

Almonte Library
Belle Isle Library
Capitol Hill Library
Downtown Library (Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library)
Northwest Library
Ralph Ellison Library
Southern Oaks Library
Wright Library

Other cities in Oklahoma County

Bethany Library
Choctaw Library
Del City Library
Edmond Library
Harrah Library
Jones Library
Luther Library
Midwest City Library
Nicoma Park Library
The Village Library
Warr Acres Library

Membership

There are multiple types of library cards with borrowing privileges. Each card comes with responsibilities.

Services
The Metropolitan Library System provides many services.

Borrowing physical and digital titles via the Public Catalog, Databases, Ask a Librarian, Tailored Titles, Adult Education, GED and Literacy Programs, Books by Mail, Children's Services, Family Place, Come Read with Me, Meeting Rooms & Rental Spaces, Oklahoma Memories, Printing, Public Computers & WiFi, RSS Feeds, Relay Services, Teen & Young Adult Services, and Suggest a Title. Also, the MLS provides an Interlibrary Loan service for items that aren't in the MLS's collection.

Some services are available for all members, while some services are limited depending upon library card type.

Controversies
The Metropolitan Library System has been involved in a number of controversies and accusations of censorship. Many express concern that extreme cultural conservatives exercise an inordinate amount of power over the system.

"The Tin Drum" controversy
In 1997, the system was placed in the center of a dispute regarding the film "The Tin Drum". The conservative group "Oklahomans for Children and Families" checked out the film, as well as other material from the Library, and began accusing the library of being a harbor for "obscene" material, including the film in question. Members of the group began attending meetings of city councils around Oklahoma County, and were able to convince a number of these cities to pass resolutions regarding the group's goals.

Eventually one of the group's leaders turned over a copy of the film to local police. This resulted in the film being declared obscene by Oklahoma County District Judge Richard Freeman; as a result, all known copies of the film were seized from both libraries as well as individuals who had rented copies from video stores. However, the film's prohibited status was eventually revoked after the film's ban provoked further controversy and allegations of censorship.

"Controversial" Children's Books
In August 2005, the Library Commission voted 10-7 to move "easy, easy-reader, and tween" books containing "sensitive or controversial" themes to an area that could only be accessed by adults. The decision was based primarily on concern by cultural conservatives that books that advocate acceptance of homosexuality, such as "King and King", were accessible by children. Staff of the Library system opposed such restrictions, and the American Library Association strongly condemned the decision. Prior, state representative Sally Kern had spearheaded an effort to keep such books away from children; in May 2005, the Oklahoma House passed a nonbinding resolution to "confine homosexually themed books and other age-inappropriate material to areas exclusively for adult access and distribution", primarily due to Kern's efforts.

The Commission's decision was implemented in February 2006 as a "Family Talk" section that contained such controversial content. Further restrictions were added in November 2008, when the Commission added the requirement that such material must be placed at least 60 inches off the ground in order to be out of the reach of many children.

In December 2008, bloggers James Miko and Wayne Fuller accused Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett of working with Steve Kern, the husband of Rep. Sally Kern and pastor of Olivet Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, to make nominations to the Metropolitan Library Commission based on the issue of disallowing children access to such controversial books. The "Gossip Boy" blog had obtained a copy of a leaked conversation with Kern, where he mentioned his nominees for the Commission and mentioned that one "won’t take a lick of nonsense from the homos."

Attempted gag order on abortion information
In July 2022, the library system ordered its workers not to provide information about abortion to guests, saying in a memo, "If a staff member gives any information on how to obtain an abortion, then that person may be found personally liable and will also make MLS liable."  One librarian described the order as "dystopian" and noted that the order violated the American Library Association's Principles of Intellectual Freedom.  After public backlash, the library system hastily clarified that librarians could "provide factual information" but "should not offer opinions surrounding the law."

References

External links
Metropolitan Library System

Oklahoma
Libraries in Oklahoma
Education in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma


Hamsad Rangkuti (7 May 1943 – 26 August 2018) was an Indonesian writer.

In 2007, he won the South East Asian Write Award among Indonesian writers for "Bibir dalam Pispot".

Works
 Bibir dalam Pispot (2003) ; "Lips on the Chamber Pot", translated by Harry Aveling (Angkor Verlag; Kindle E-book 2015)
 Sampah bulan Desember : kumpulan cerpen (2000)
 Cemara (1982)
 Lukisan perkawinan (1982)
 Ketika lampu berwarna merah (2001)
 Aisyah di balik tirai jendela (2006)
 Kalung dari gunung: kumpulan cerpen pengarang-pengarang aksara (2004)

References
"Hamsad Rangkuti Kembali Raih Penghargaan Sastra", Kompas, October 30, 2008
"Hamsad Rangkuti: Long journey of a short-story master", by Ary Hermawan, Jakarta Post, September 27, 2008

1943 births
2018 deaths
Indonesian writers
People from Medan
Mandailing people
Deaths from cerebrovascular disease


Nicolai Berendt   (27 July 1826 – 1889) was a Danish pianist and composer.

He debuted as a pianist in November 1846 at the Royal Theater of Denmark with a piano concerto by Johann Nepomuk Hummel. In 1851–53, he studied composition and piano in Vienna and lived thereafter as the piano teacher and concert pianist in Hanover.

References

This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia.

Male composers
Danish classical pianists
1826 births
1889 deaths
19th-century Danish composers
19th-century classical pianists
Male classical pianists
19th-century male musicians
19th-century musicians


This is a list of albums that have peaked at number-one on the Oricon Albums Chart, the preeminent singles chart in Japan. Each chart is on a week-ending format. The chart was created on October 5, 1987, and eventually replaced the original LP chart. It monitors the number of physical album purchases of the most popular albums. In December 2018, the company launched a combined albums chart, which focuses on physical, digital, and streaming sales. It follows from the introduction of Oricon’s digital and streaming charts in 2016 and 2018 respectively.

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

See also
 List of best-selling albums in Japan
 Oricon
 List of Oricon number-one singles

References

External links
Oricon Weekly Top 50
Record Industry Association of Japan

Japanese music-related lists
Lists of number-one albums in Japan
Number-one albums


Pronar Sp. z o.o. is a Polish agricultural machinery manufacturer. The company was founded in 1988 and its headquarters is in  Narew, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland. Its main products are tractors, combine harvesters and agricultural trailers.

History
Pronar Sp. z o.o. was founded in 1988. In the early years, it was mainly occupied with exporting agri-food articles to the countries of the former Soviet Union. The company began assembling Belarusian tractors (Belarus/MTZ) MTZ-80 with the importing of the Minsk tractor factory components. Over the years, Pronar began to introduce new types of tractors with different specs. Imported parts and assemblies were gradually replaced by parts produced in Poland, and it transformed the existing assembly in production.

Pronar is the exclusive distributor in Poland of the Belarus and Kioti/Daedong tractors.

Product Profile
Expanding its agricultural products, in 2003 the company began production of agricultural trailers and specialist trailers (including the transport of animals, transport of timber) with a capacity from 2 to 23 ton, and manure spreaders. Pronar also specializes in the production of municipal products (communal tractors, utility trailers, sweepers, snow plows, front loaders complete with alternative facilities).

In the year 2005, Pronar introduced the Vector brand of combine harvesters, built by RostSelMash.

In addition, Pronar-branded commercial operations and a network of petrol stations in the north-eastern Polish lead the market. It is also a distributor of steel materials of domestic origin and the world.

In 1997, Pronar Wheels Department was founded. At the beginning manufacturing wheels for Pronar's manchinery. With time the offer was extended and at the moment Pronar Wheels is Europe's leading manufacturer of wheels for agricultural, forestry and industrial applications.

Since 1998, Pronar has manufactured hydraulic components and pneumatic power, and since 2001, manufactured plastic components.

In 2012, Pronar broke into the UK market and distributed products with the help of Bob Mills via Agritrend LTD.

Tractor Models
 Pronar Series I
 Pronar 320AM 26.5 kW (35 hp)
 Pronar 320AMK of 26.5 kW (35 hp)
 Pronar 82A of 57.4 kW (81 hp)
 Pronar 82SA of 57.4 kW (81 hp)
 Pronar 82TSA of 65 kW (90 hp)
 Pronar 1025 74 kW (105 hp)
 Pronar 1221 96 kW (130 hp)
 Pronar 1523 111 kW (151 hp)

Models 82A, 82SA, 82TSA and 1025 are also available in forestry versions.

 Pronar Series II
 Pronar 82A-II 58.7 kW (79.8 hp)
 Pronar 82SA-II 58.7 kW (79.8 hp)
 Pronar 82TSA-II 66.7 (90.7 hp)
 Pronar 1025-II 77 kW (104.7 hp)
 Pronar for 1221-II, 96.9 kW (131.8 hp)
 Pronar P5 Series
 Pronar 5110 60 kW (81.6 hp)
 Pronar 5115 60 kW (81.6 hp)
 Pronar 5130 72.5 kW (98.6 hp)
 Pronar 5135 74 kW (100.6 hp)
 Pronar 5235 71 kW (96.6 hp)
 Pronar P7
 Pronar 5112 60 kW (82 hp)
 Pronar 5122 66 kW (90 hp)
 Zefir
 Zefir 40k Zefir of 29.4 kW (40 hp)
 Zefir 85 62.5 kW (84.9 hp)
 Pronar P6 Series
 Pronar 7150 129.3 kW (180 hp)
 Pronar P9 Series
 Pronar on 8140 195 kW (265 hp)
 Pronar Żubroń 2048 - WP maksymlanej power of 44.9 kW (no longer produced)

Trailers
 Single Axle - T654, T654 / 1, T655, T671, T681 [1]
 Two axles - T653, T653 / 1, T653 / 2, T672, T672 / 1, T672 / 1, Silo, T672 / 2, T680, T680 Special
 Three-axis T780
 Tandem T663, T663 / 1, T663 / 1, Silo, T663 / 2, T663 / 3, T683
 Tridem T682
 Skorupowe T669, T669 / 1, T679, T679 / 1, T700
 Specialist 6 Courier, Courier 10, Heros N162, N262 Hercules, N262 / 1 Herkules14, T022, T023, T024, T025, T026, T185, T185 KO2, T285, T644, T679 / 2, T701, T740, T900

Motorcycles
 Pronar # 125 / 2
 Pronar # 125 / 4 - was created by 2006

Pronar Wheels
Pronar Wheels Department manufactures single piece wheels up to 54" in diameter and up to 36" in width.

Pronar Wheels Department offers also dual wheels systems and complete wheel assemblies with tires.

In agricultural applications Pronar wheels are used in machines like tractors, combines, grain carts, self proppeled and trailed sprayers.

Pronar exports wheels to customers across the World.

Pronar's OEM customers includes AGCO (brands Valtra, Massey Ferguson, Fendt), Kubota, Zetor, Ammann Group, ARGO SpA (Landini, McCormick) and many others.

Pronar Components
Pronar manufactures and market components used in agricultural machine production i.e. steel sidewalls, axles, pneumatic and hydraulic components.

Since 2012 Pronar manufacture steel sidewalls for use in agricultural trailers. Steel sidewalls are rolleformed and laser welded.

The axle production department was established in 2012. Now is located in new factory opened in 2017 in Hanjnowka. Pronar manufacture braked and unbraked axles and half-shafts. The range of products can be used in machines with payload from 4 to 24 t. Axles and half-shafts are designed for: agricultural trailers, sprayers, large-size cultivating units, construction, municipal and forestry machines.

See also
 List of tractor manufacturers

References

External links
 Pronar Webpage
 Pronar UK Webpage
 Norwegian importer and dealer

Agricultural machinery manufacturers of Poland
Tractor manufacturers of Poland
Science and technology in Poland
Polish brands
Companies of Poland
Companies established in 1988
Polish Limited Liability Companies


Broken Lullaby (a.k.a. The Man I Killed) is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay by Samson Raphaelson and Ernest Vajda is based on the 1930 play L'homme que j'ai tué by Maurice Rostand and its 1931 English-language adaptation, The Man I Killed, by Reginald Berkeley.

Plot

Haunted by the memory of Walter Holderlin, a soldier he killed during World War I, French musician Paul Renard (Phillips Holmes) confesses to a priest (Frank Sheridan), who grants him absolution. Using the address on a letter he found on the dead man's body, Paul then travels to Germany to find his family.

As anti-French sentiment continues to permeate Germany, Dr. Holderlin (Lionel Barrymore) initially refuses to welcome Paul into his home, but changes his mind when his son's fiancée Elsa identifies him as the man who has been leaving flowers on Walter's grave. Rather than reveal the real connection between them, Paul tells the Holderlin family he was a friend of their son, who attended the same musical conservatory he did.

Although the hostile townspeople and local gossips disapprove, the Holderlins befriend Paul, who finds himself falling in love with Elsa (Nancy Carroll). When she shows Paul her former fiancé's bedroom, he becomes distraught and tells her the truth. She convinces him not to confess to Walter's parents, who have embraced him as their second son, and Paul agrees to forgo easing his conscience and stays with his adopted family. Dr. Holderlin presents Walter's violin to Paul, who plays it while Elsa accompanies him on the piano.

Cast
Lionel Barrymore as Dr H. Holderlin
Nancy Carroll as Fraulein Elsa, Walter's Fiancée
Phillips Holmes as Paul Renard
Louise Carter as Frau Holderlin
Lucien Littlefield as Herr Walter Schultz
ZaSu Pitts as Anna, Holderlin's Maid
Frank Sheridan as Priest
Emma Dunn as Frau Miller
George Irving as Townsman (uncredited)
Tully Marshall as Gravedigger (uncredited)

Production
The film's original title, The Man I Killed, was changed to The Fifth Commandment to avoid giving "wrong impressions in the minds of the public about the character of the story." It ultimately was released as Broken Lullaby.

The film was presented at the Venice International Film Festival. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Czechoslovakia banned the film due to its "pacifistic theme". It was screened at the 2006 San Sebastián International Film Festival as part of an Ernst Lubitsch retrospective.

Critical reception
Mordaunt Hall of The New York Times called the film "further evidence of Mr. Lubitsch's genius, for, while it is tearful, its story is unfurled in a poetic fashion, with an unexcelled performance by Lionel Barrymore and fine acting by Phillips Holmes and Nancy Carroll." He added, "Each sequence is fashioned with sincerity and great care. The different scenes are all photographed with admirable artistry ... The magic of the Lubitsch mind is not only reflected in the artistry of the production and the direction, but also in the habiliments of the players and their make-up."

Pauline Kael called Phillips Holmes "unspeakably handsome but an even more unspeakable actor," thought Nancy Carroll was "miserably miscast," and added, "Lubitsch can't entirely escape his own talent, and the film is beautifully crafted, but he mistook drab, sentimental hokum for ironic, poetic tragedy."

Time Out London said, "The acting is overwrought; the dialogue is uniformly on-the-nose. Yet 'purity' is the word that comes to mind: The movie is a nakedly sincere ode to the power of sympathy, and it's not to be missed."

Home media
The film has been released for the Region 2 market. It is in fullscreen format and has an audio track in English and subtitles in English and Spanish.

The film was also released in 2021 on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber, featuring an audio commentary by Joseph McBride.

Remake

A French remake entitled Frantz was released in 2016. The film was directed by François Ozon, co-written by Ozon and Philippe Piazzo, and stars Pierre Niney and Paula Beer among others.

References

External links

1932 films
American films based on plays
Films set in Germany
Films set in the 1910s
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Paramount Pictures films
1932 drama films
American drama films
1930s American films


Cedar Heights may refer to:

 Cedar Heights, Maryland
 Cedar Heights, New Jersey


Leupoldsdorf is a village in the municipality of Tröstau in the district of Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge in Bavaria, Germany.

Geography
Leupoldsdorf is located in the Fichtel Mountains in the province of Upper Franconia in northeast Bavaria. The river Röslau flows through area, but numerous smaller rivers also originate here. The village is surrounded by thick forest which covers the whole of the Schneeberg massif and only opens up in the direction of Wunsiedel. In addition it lies at the foot of the Platte, a mountain on which there are giant sheets (Platten) of granite. A somewhat lower-lying granite quarry can be seen from a long way off.

Between Vordorfermühle and Leupoldsdorf is the village of Waffenhammer, a small settlement south of Röslau. The Röslau also divides the eastern half of Leupoldsdorf from the village of Leupoldsdorferhammer where there was formerly a hammer mill next to the old castle.

Tourism
In the village there is the castle inn, a 700-year-old building with attached beer garden. Leupoldsdorf is used as an excursion point for walks and there are several bed and breakfast establishments in the village.

A geological-historical trail explains the geology of the region using display boards. In addition a new educational trail has been laid in the forest. Immediately next to that is the Petzelweiher, a bathing lake (Badeweiher) with a kiosk. There is a tennis court adjoining it. North of Leupoldsdorf is the hamlet of Strudelweiher.

Societies
An event known as the Leupoldsdorfer Kirwa is known throughout the Fichtel Mountains and organisied by the local student society (Burschenverein). The society also puts up the village maypole. The volunteer fire service (Freiwillige Feuerwehr) holds a popular "fireman's festival" every year.  Another established club is the choral society, which has also had a children's and youth choir for over ten years.

Buildings
The old Leupoldsdorf schoolhouse is used today as a community hall. Today the local primary school is in Tröstau, the secondary school with 5th and 6th forms in Nagel and the 7th to 9th forms in Tröstau.

Transport links
Leupoldsdorf lies on the crossroads between the B 303 and Weißenstadt. There is also a local road to Tröstau, Schönbrunn and the Vordorf Mill (Vordorfermühle). The road from Leupoldsdorf to Hildenbach via the  Hilden Mill (Hildenmühle) is closed to motorised vehicles.
The B 303 links the A 9 and A 93 motorways and is the main transport route for cross-border traffic to the Czech Republic.

In former times Leupoldsdorf had its own station and was the terminus for the Holenbrunn-Wunsiedel-Tröstau-Leupoldsdorf branch line. The line has since been closed and the trackbed is used in places today as a cycle path leading via Wunsiedel and Selb to the Czech town of Aš.

Wunsiedel (district)


Ilja Bergh (22 January 1927 – 5 September 2015) was a Danish pianist and composer.

His father was a Jewish singing teacher and his mother was a Russian-born painter. His grandfather was the composer Rudolph Sophus Bergh and his great-grandfather physician and zoologist Rudolph Bergh.

Ilja Bergh led a colorful and turbulent life. His childhood took him from Berlin to Riga and Kiev, and finally to Copenhagen. He received his first piano lessons in Kiev 1935–1937. After World War II, he was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Music, but was thrown out due to obstinance. Later he was admitted again and received his diploma in 1957.

He died on 5 September 2015.

References

External links
 Edition S profile and list of works
 "At lave menneskemusik – Musik er et akustisk udtryksmiddel – for mennesker" at DVM
 "Musik for alle sanser" at DVM
 List of works at DVM

Danish composers
Male composers
Danish classical pianists
1927 births
2015 deaths


Susan Margaret St Maur, Duchess of Somerset (née Richards Mackinnon GCStJ, 11 January 1853 – 30 January 1936), who also published as Mrs Algernon St Maur, was a Scottish writer and philanthropist.

Early life
Susan Mackinnon was the ninth of ten daughters of Charles Mackinnon of Corriechatachan and Henrietta Studd. She married Algernon St Maur, who later became 15th Duke of Somerset, on 5 September 1877, at Forres. The couple had no children.

Travel literature
She shared many of her husband's outdoor interests and, under the name Mrs Algernon St Maur, wrote a book Impressions of a Tenderfoot during a Journey in Search of Sport in the Far West (London, John Murray, 1890). This is a detailed account of a journey made over several months across Canada, in the company of her husband. Most of the journey was undertaken by train, with numerous pauses en route, and there are vivid descriptions of Canadian life and culture of that time. The book was widely read and enjoyed considerable popularity.

Charities
A woman of great energy and enthusiasm, from 1905 onwards she became one of the leading organisers of the Invalid Kitchens charity and she was also active in a number of other charitable causes, including Dr Barnardo’s Homes (of which her husband became president).

Demise
She died on 30 January 1936 and was buried next to her husband on Brimble Hill Clump near their residence at Bradley House, Maiden Bradley, West Wiltshire. Their graves are in a little wood on a hilltop surrounded by agricultural land. They are surrounded by a metal fence and marked by standing rough stones with small text plaques.

State recognitions
She was a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and was also awarded the Medal of the Queen Victoria and Queen Alexandra Nurses Institution, the Belgian Queen Elisabeth Medal, the French Médaille de la Reconnaissance, the Italian Medaglia Benemeriti Croce Rossa, the Serbian Red Cross Order, and the Spanish Red Cross Merit Order.

References

English duchesses by marriage
19th-century English writers
English tax resisters
1853 births
1936 deaths
Burials in Wiltshire
British philanthropists
Susan Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
19th-century English women writers


Gerhard Reithmeier (born 26 June 1977) from Bergen is a German ski mountaineer.

Selected results
 2001:
 German record time, Trofeo Mezzalama (together with Georg Nickaes and Matthias Robl)
 2004:
 4th, German Championship
 11th, World Championship relay race (together with Stefan Klinger, Tim Stachel and Toni Steurer)
 2006:
 6th, German Championship
 2008:
 2nd ("seniors I" ranking), Patrouille des Glaciers (together with Georg Nickaes and Benedikt Böhm)

External links
 Gerhard Reithmeier at skimountaineering.com

References and notes

1977 births
Living people
German male ski mountaineers


Ghulam Husain Ali Khan (8 January 1748 – 15 July 1801) aka Ghulam Hussainy or Umdat ul-Umra, was the Nawab of the Carnatic state in the Mughal Empire from 1795 to 1801.

He was actually named by his grandfather, Anwaruddin Khan, as "Abdul Wali". But he was subsequently renamed as "Umdat ul-Umara", after the name of the court of the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II.

Early life
Umdat ul-Umara was the son of Muhammad Ali Khan Walahjah, a stern ally of the British East India Company.

He was appointed Naib Subah of Nattharnagar (1759–1760), and Subah of Arcot (1760), and raised to the title of Umdat ul-Umara by Emperor Shah Alam II, through the intercession of Robert Clive, 12 August 1765.

Reign
Umdat ul-Umara succeeded on the death of his father 13th and installed on the musnaid 16 October 1795. He ruled from 1795 to 1801. During his reign, the British East India Company demanded pieces of land as gifts.

Many members of the East India Company believed that Umdat ul-Umara, as the Nawab of Carnatic, had secretly provided assistance to Tipu Sultan during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War . On the fall of Tipu Sultan in 1799, immediately, the British accused the Nawab of collaborating with Tipu Sultan, and demanded the entire administration of the kingdom as indemnity.

Umdat ul-Umara resisted the demands of the East India Company. He died, perhaps poisoned by the Company, soon afterwards.  The British takeover of Umdat ul-Umara's domain occurred during the reign of his nephew and successor, Azim-ud-Daula.  As soon as Azim-ud-Daula ascended the throne, on 31 July 1801 he was compelled to sign a Carnatic Treaty handing over the civil and municipal administration of the Carnatic to the British East India Company.  This document provided that Azim-ud-Daula ceded all his lands to British rule, including the territory of the Polygars.

See also
 Nawabs of the Carnatic

External links

1748 births
1801 deaths
Indian Muslims
Indian Freemasons
Nawabs of the Carnatic


The men's 110 metre hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme were held at Stadium Australia on Sunday 24 September and Monday 25 September 2000. Forty-four athletes from 31 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Anier García of Cuba, the nation's first championship in the event and first medal in the event since 1980. Mark Crear's bronze made him the 10th man to win a second medal in the event.

Summary

After a false start eliminated nobody, on the second try the field started even. Anier García accelerated his first few steps better and gained a few centimeter lead over the first barrier, which he rattled. Typically fast starting Terrence Trammell was just slightly awkward on his second step losing a slight amount of ground. Defending champion Allen Johnson was close to Garcia, and even after clobbering the first two hurdles, he was pulling even. The entire lead group hit the third hurdle, by now Johnson and Garcia had a clear lead, with Trammell a clear third place. Johnson continued to hit hurdles, losing ground to Garcia, while Mark Crear was emerging ahead of world record holder Colin Jackson by not touching his hurdles while Jackson hit hurdle 4 awkwardly enough to pull him out of contention. Johnson hit the ninth hurdle with his lead heel, not even close to getting over the hurdle. The awkwardness of riding the last hurdle down to the ground lost his forward momentum. Garcia had a metre and a half lead at the finish over Trammell, and while Crear did hit the last hurdle he was able to beat Johnson to the line for bronze.

Background

This was the 24th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The top four finishers from 1996 all returned, along with one other finalist: gold medalist Allen Johnson and silver medalist Mark Crear of the United States, bronze medalist Florian Schwarthoff of Germany (who had also finished fifth in 1992), fourth-place finisher Colin Jackson of Great Britain, and seventh-place finisher Kyle Vander-Kuyp of Australia. Jackson had been in the last three finals, taking silver in 1988 and seventh in 1992. As in 1996, the favorites were Johnson and Jackson (winners of the last four world championships), though Anier García of Cuba had emerged as a challenger after taking second in the 1999 worlds.

Barbados, Liberia, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Trinidad and Tobago each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its 23rd appearance, most of any nation (having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games).

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run 13.70 seconds or faster during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run 13.85 seconds or faster could be entered.

Competition format

The competition used the four-round format previously used in 1960 and since 1988, still using the eight-man semifinals and finals used since 1964. The "fastest loser" system, also introduced in 1964, was used in the first round.

The top four runners in each of the initial six heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next eight fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 32 runners competed in 4 heats in the quarterfinals, with the top four runners from each heat qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinals, and only the top four from each heat advanced to the final.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition. The following national records were established during the competition:

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Heat 5

Heat 6

Overall results for round 1

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Quarterfinal 2

Quarterfinal 3

Quarterfinal 4

Overall results for quarterfinals

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Overall results for semifinals

Final

References

External links
 Source: Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics available at  https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Sprint hurdles at the Olympics
Men's events at the 2000 Summer Olympics


The following is a list of releases by American punk rock band Anti-Flag.

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Split albums

Video albums

EPs

Singles

Music videos

Other appearances
The following Anti-Flag songs were released on compilation albums. This is not an exhaustive list; songs that were first released on the band's albums, EPs, or singles are not included.

References

Punk rock group discographies
Discographies of American artists


The Madras Bulls Motorcycling Club or Madbulls is an informal motorcycling club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.  The club was founded in April 2002, with the focus on the Royal Enfield Bullet series of motorcycles. The club came to being in April, 2002, with a passion towards the Royal Enfield Bullet with the tag line "To Hell with you, To Heaven with Us". As of 2015, they were the largest club in Chennai with more than 1,500 members.

References

External links

Motorcycle clubs
Clubs and societies in India


Arixenia camura is a species of earwigs, one of two species in the genus Arixenia. Found in the hollows of trees but not in caves.

References

Insects described in 1974
Arixeniina


Still Life Still is a Canadian indie rock group, formed in 1999, proudly calling East York (Toronto, ONT) home. The band's line-up has undergone many minor changes over the many years, but the core  has always consisted of guitarists/vocalists Brendon Saarinen and Eric Young, bassist Derek Paulin, drummer Aaron Romaniuk and his brother, keyboardist/percussionist Josh Romaniuk. In the late 2000's they earned "the next big thing" title according to fans, friends, media, labels, and the industry itself. Not an easy task for 20 somethings struggling with every day life as we all do.

History
The band was formed in 1999 and is made up of a group of friends who grew up together in the Woodbine-Lumsden neighbourhood of East York when its original four members (Romaniuk, Young, Paulin and Saarinen) were in elementary school. The group originally played under the names Unreal and El Mo before finally changing to Still Life Still. After many local gigs, they were discovered by fledgling indie DIY label and studio Mushroom Productions, who heard (via MySpace) and soon after saw their early potential at an NXNE fest in 2005, met with them at that gig and invited them to record and develop.  A week later they were in the studio recording and practicing everything they had. Obviously they were ahead of the times, and ahead of the game, being in the "game" for so long already. This led to the first live recording of many of their early, pivotal songs as they learned the behind the scenes of dealing of recording and becoming serious as a band, a commitment to their art. And it's not easy, it takes hard work and dedication. They had the skill from the beginning, the talent, way ahead of their times (being 18-21), writing (especially lyrically and I mean way ahead of the times), connection to one another, and connection with the audience. Destined to be a band that changed the world.  Mushroom released 2 full albums of early live recordings, (they jammed everything they had, and it changed everyone's life with the potential and quality, sometimes with 7-9 artists participating) and 2 demo ep's that were released in 2006 and 2007, by Mushroom (although physical copies are rare) with the current line up, featuring Alanna J Brown, who grew up with the band. Soon after, the band was on the radar of the TO scene in a big way, playing NXNE 2007 with 2 critics picks as the show to be at. Dubbed "East York Social Scene". While recording at Mushroom north of the city, both parties connected with the legendary William New of the Drake Underground, who gave them a real opportunity to shine, and a connection that would lead to a rabid fan base. A short time later, Kevin Drew was at a show at the Cameron House to see the band, and they were soon signed to Arts & Crafts. Come 2009 they were headliners for NOW Magazine's NXNE issue after being signed by their dream label. These guys had the talent and connections to be the "next big thing".

Still Life Still signed to Canadian indie rock label Arts & Crafts and began recording with Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew and Martin Davis Kinack in 2008.

Their first commercial EP, Pastel, was released in June, 2009. Soon  after, the band's first full-length album, Girls Come Too, was released in August of that year. All the songs were performed and written by the band members.  The lyrics contain explicit sexual references.

The band toured most of North America with The Most Serene Republic and The Hold Steady to promote Girls Come Too and appeared on MTV Canada's MTV Live in the summer of 2009.

In early 2012 their song "Neon Blue" from Girls Come Too was featured in the romantic drama The Vow, which was filmed primarily in the band's hometown of Toronto.

Still Life Still worked on their second full-length studio album, Mourning Trance. The first song from the album, "Burial Suit", was released online by Rolling Stone Magazine on April 25, 2013, followed by the first official single from the album, "In Enemies", on June 3, 2013. Mourning Trance was released on August 20, 2013. They are currently listed by their label as "non-active".

What could have been???

Discography

 Live at Mushroom 2006 - 15 tracks
 Mushroom Demo One 2006 - 4 tracks
 Mushroom Demo Two 2007 - 3 tracks (+ 3 bonus tracks)
 High Score live recording 2007 - 20 tracks

Albums
 Girls Come Too (2009)
Track listing:
 "Danse Cave" 		- 3:41
 "Flowers and a Wreath"  	- 3:34
 "Kid"  	- 3:23
 "Lite Bright Lawns" 	- 1:23
 "Neon Blue" 	- 3:20
 "Pastel" 	- 3:32
 "Planets" 	- 3:57
 "Knives in Cartoons" 	- 3:15
 "T-Shirts" 	- 2:01
 "Scissors Losing Weight" 	- 3:19
 "Wild Bees" 	- 12:06

 Mourning Trance (2013)

EPs
 Pastel (2009)

References

External links
 Official web site
 www.arts-crafts.ca/artists at Arts & Crafts Artist Listing
 Blog TO Article - Drummer Aaron Romaniuk talks about signing with Arts & Crafts
 Sound track list from The Vow

Musical groups established in 1999
Canadian indie rock groups
Musical groups from Toronto
Arts & Crafts Productions artists
1999 establishments in Ontario


Niels Bernhart  (9 May 1946 – 22 April 2008) was a Danish pianist, composer and lecturer.

Born in Holbæk, he was assigned to the entertainment industry for over 40 years and toured for many years around his home country solo or with his own orchestras.

Back in the 1980s he began a collaboration with Jørn Hjorting – first with the radio broadcast "Prøv Lykken" (Try your luck) and in the latest years of the TV channel DK4 where he once a week accompanied and entertained in the program chatting with Jørn Hjorting.

Niels Bernhart owned his own record company, Stardust Musikproduction, primarily released his own material as well as other artists of his genre.

Nephew of Charles W.Thomas

References
This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia.

External links
Official site

Danish composers
Male composers
Danish pianists
1946 births
2008 deaths
20th-century pianists
Male pianists
20th-century Danish male musicians
People from Holbæk Municipality


Mr. Gay Canada is a Canadian English language documentary television series. Mr. Gay Canada premiered on March 23, 2009 at 8:30 p.m. EST on the Canadian specialty channel, OUTtv.

Premise
Mr. Gay Canada is a two-part documentary television series that follows a group of gay men who have entered the Mr. Gay Canada competition. The series takes a behind the scenes look at the competition through the eyes of the winner, Darren Bruce, who narrates the series.

External links
 Mr. Gay Canada competition

OutTV (Canadian TV channel) original programming
2009 Canadian television series debuts
2000s Canadian documentary television series
2000s Canadian LGBT-related television series
Mr Gay World


Guy Adami is an American trader, television personality, and professional investor. He is one of the original “Fast Money Five” on CNBC's Fast Money.

Biography

Early life and education
Guy Adami was born in North Tarrytown, New York (now known as Sleepy Hollow). He is the son of Nancy C. and the deceased Guy M. Adami.

His parents met and were married during their time at Fordham Law School. His father was a member of the law review and both were graduates of the class of 1963. Adami's father was Village Justice in Croton-On-Hudson, NY, for more than two decades.

Adami is the eldest of five children, and is a 1982 graduate of Croton-Harmon High School, where he captained both the varsity football and basketball teams. He was named All-League in both sports. His 104-yard interception return against Hastings High School is still one of the longest recorded in high school football. In November 2010, Adami was inducted into the Croton Harmon High School Hall of Distinguished Graduates. Adami is a 1986 graduate of Georgetown University. On April 16, 2009 he was interviewed as part of the University's Witness to History.

Career
In June 1986, Adami began his career at Drexel Burnham Lambert where he worked on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange. In 1996, he joined Goldman Sachs' commodity group, J. Aron as a vice president. In 2003, he left Goldman Sachs to become an executive director at CIBC World Markets.

Adami frequently speaks at colleges and universities, including Quinnipiac University, Adelphi University, University of Richmond, Fordham University, and Georgetown University. Adami has also given talks at his son's high school, Delbarton School, in Morristown, New Jersey. In 2012, Adami joined the ranks of Keppler Speakers.

Athletics
On August 11, 2012, Adami became an Ironman after completing the NYC event in 16:19:52. He finished the 2.4 mile Hudson River swim in 1:09:03, the 112 mile bike on The Palisades Parkway in 8:15:05, and the 26.2 mile run in 6:27:12. His journey to become an Ironman was chronicled in a June 24, 2012 New York Times article titled “The Road to the Ironman”. The Times ran a follow-up piece on August 17. Adami entered the Ironman as part of a fundraising effort for the New Jersey Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of which he is a member of the Board of Trustees.  At a December 11, 2012 Board Meeting, it was announced that the “Ironteam” raised $681,730 which surpassed their original goal of $500,000.

References

Living people
American television personalities
Male television personalities
American business and financial journalists
American male journalists
Drexel Burnham Lambert
1963 births
People from Sleepy Hollow, New York
Georgetown University alumni
CNBC people
Goldman Sachs people
People from Croton-on-Hudson, New York


The history of Beaufort, South Carolina, is one of the most comprehensive and diverse of any community of its size in the United States.

Overview
The area had been subject to numerous European explorations and several aborted attempts at colonization. Scottish immigrants founded the short-lived "Stuart Town" in 1684, and the British successfully founded the city of Beaufort in 1711, the second-oldest in South Carolina (behind Charleston). The city initially grew slowly, subject to numerous attacks from Native Americans before flourishing as a regional center for the Lowcountry plantation economy up through the Civil War. The community rebounded in the later half of the 20th century and is today recognized as one of the most livable small towns in the country. Beaufort has retained much of its historic character through its renowned architecture and historic preservation efforts.

Colonial period: 1711–1783

Written history began 500 years ago with the exploration of the area by Spanish Captain Pedro de Salazar between 1514 and 1516. Thus, Beaufort County was the site of the second landing on the North American continent by Europeans; the first landing—Ponce de Leon at or near modern St. Augustine, Florida—was only a year or so earlier in 1513.

Beaufort was chartered in 1711 as the second major settlement in South Carolina and named after Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort.  The settlement grew very slowly, due to a major attack by the Yemassee in 1717 and the threat of Spanish invasion.  It was not until 1733 and the founding of Georgia as a buffer colony did Beaufort truly grow in population and prestige.  Though most administrative powers during the early Carolina colony was focused in Charleston, the city gained a reputation for its excellent harbor and the establishment of several church congregations, most notable being St. Helena's Episcopal.  By 1776, the city became well known for its shipbuilding enterprises, its rice and indigo trade, and was home to a new circuit court for the colony.

The American Revolution split loyalties in the community, with several families supporting the Tories while others favored independence.  Many men fought in battles elsewhere in the state, though little warfare was conducted in and around Beaufort.  Following the 1778 capture of nearby Savannah, Georgia, British forces moved to occupy Port Royal Island in late January 1779, but were repulsed by militia under the command of William Moultrie in the Battle of Beaufort.  The area was successfully occupied by the British later in 1779, but they withdrew when Savannah came under siege.  Most of coastal South Carolina was dominated by British forces after the 1780 Siege of Charleston.  After the American victory in the 1781 Siege of Yorktown, the British Army began moving out of the Lowcountry in the summer of 1782.  Unlike other regions such as Massachusetts and St. Augustine, Florida, virtually all of the Loyalists in Beaufort decided to stay.  South Carolina's leading patriots including the "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion and the "Game Cock" Thomas Sumter were all instrumental in convincing South Carolina's Loyalist community not to leave, and in ensuring that their property and they themselves would be respected in the new country.  This effort was successful, and in Beaufort virtually no Loyalists ended up leaving after the war.  The Treaty of Beaufort fixing the boundary between South Carolina and Georgia was signed in the city in 1787.

Antebellum period: 1783–1861

In the mid to late antebellum period, the rise of Carolina Gold rice and Sea Island Cotton brought enormous wealth to Beaufort and the surrounding plantations.  Beaufort was one of the wealthiest cities in the United States prior to the Civil War and was often considered to be the "Newport" of the South.  Although Charleston and Columbia were the leading cities in the state, much economic and political influence was reared by Beaufort.  Lowcountry planters in the city and the surrounding islands were among the most ardent supporters of state secession, first during the Nullification Crisis in the 1830s and then in the 1850s.  At the eve of secession, Beaufort was arguably at its cultural, economic, and political zenith, with a population of about 4,000, excluding slaves.  Like modern-day Beaufort, the city attracted many residents from beyond the state, with many Northerners and Europeans residing in town and operating successful businesses.

Civil War and Reconstruction: 1861–1893
The Civil War had a dramatic effect on Beaufort, as an amphibious attack and subsequent occupation of the city in November 1861 made it one of the first communities in the Deep South to be held in Union hands.  Though much of the town was spared from physical destruction, there were many incidents of arson and looting.  In a historic effort that pre-dated American Reconstruction, the Port Royal Experiment provided a test case for the education of freedmen.  In addition to educational advancements, the city made some political ones as well.  Robert Smalls, a native son and leading figure in post-war Beaufort would later become one of South Carolina's first elected African-Americans to the United States Congress and remained a prominent civic leader in the state and in Beaufort until his death in 1915.  Due in part to the large African-American population and also Small's leading role, Beaufort remained one of the last outposts of Republican Party power in the Solid South.

Some of Beaufort's most prominent families returned to the area but never regained the enormous wealth that slave-based agriculture provided.  Most of the original antebellum power brokers never returned to the area.  As the influence of cotton declined, the lure of aqua phosphate mining increased.  By 1890, Beaufort had regained some of its wealth and prosperity from that industry.  It had also retained its position as county seat during that time, having previously lost it to railroad community of Coosawhatchie.  However, a series of events would bring Beaufort into a steady economic decline for over half-century.

Decline: 1893–1945

On August 27, 1893, a Category 3 hurricane slammed into the Lowcountry, killing over 2,000 area residents and causing immeasurable damage.  Although only four individuals died in the city itself, Beaufort was heavily damaged and its phosphate industry was ruined.  A fire that damaged much of the downtown area in 1907 continued to inflict economic and psychological harm to the city.  A final blow to the area was gradual; the boll weevil decimated most of the cotton crop, which had for over a century been the major commodity of the community.  By 1910, Beaufort had lost almost 40% of its population from ten years earlier.  Though the city retained its political status as county seat, Beaufort became one of the poorest communities in the state through the 1940s.  The growth of lettuce and tomato farming, in addition to shrimping, became the major facets of the economy during this time.

Recovery: 1945 – present

Beaufort's economic recovery in the latter half of the 20th century can be contributed to three major influences: military investment, resort development, and downtown revitalization.  Although Parris Island was continuously occupied after the Civil War, it retained a limited role in military affairs until 1917, when it was selected as a permanent home for the U.S. Marine Corps recruiting station.  The onslaught of World War I, World War II and especially the Cold War brought new people and income to the area.  A naval air station was established during World War II and transferred to the Marine Corps in the 1950s, thus cementing a major military legacy for the region.  A U.S. Naval Hospital located in neighboring Port Royal was also constructed during the war.

New investment in the form of resort and lifestyle development on nearby Hilton Head Island and Fripp Island also contributed to the economy of Beaufort and the Lowcountry starting in the 1960s. Significant economic improvement came upon the completion of a downtown waterfront park in place of abandoned docks, championed by then-mayor Henry Chambers.  The park (now named after Chambers) spurred the redevelopment and reinvestment of adjacent Bay Street and downtown Beaufort, propelling land values and commanding the attention of real estate investors, national media, and Hollywood.  In recent years, renovations to the park, countless renovations to private homes and businesses, and several streetscape projects have continued to improve the overall quality of life in Beaufort.

Unlike most communities of its size in the south, Beaufort escaped much of the turbulence of the Civil Rights Movement.  Jim Crow laws were gradually eased during the 1960s.  Schools began the process of desegregation in 1964 and became fully integrated by 1970.  Beaufort also elected its first African-American to city council (since 1910) in 1967.  The city has experienced other demographic shifts, thanks in part to the city's military presence, its status as a retirement destination for residents from the northern United States and Canada, and a demand for migrant workers, primarily from Latin American nations and mostly for seasonal agriculture.

See also

Places
 Beaufort, South Carolina
 Beaufort County, South Carolina
 Beaufort Historic District
 Parris Island
People
 Robert Smalls

Historic events
 Battle of Beaufort
 Treaty of Beaufort
 Battle of Port Royal
 Port Royal Experiment
 Sea Islands Hurricane

Notes

References

 http://www.beaufort-sc.com/history/
 South Carolina: A History, Walter Edgar, University of South Carolina Press, 1998, hardcover,

External links
Beaufort Three-Century Project

Beaufort, South Carolina
Beaufort
Beaufort
Beaufort
Beaufort


NFCT can refer to

 National Festival of Community Theatre
 New Israeli Foundation For Cinema & TV
 Non-federal control tower
 Northern Forest Canoe Trail
 North Fork Community Theatre, a community theatre on the North Fork of Long Island


Allen Helbig (born December 3, 1964) is a contemporary American illustrator and graphic designer. During his career as an art director for Warner Bros., he illustrated and art directed many children's books and video games based on the classic short animated cartoons starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and other Looney Tunes characters.

He art directed Chuck Jones' book Daffy Duck for President. It was Jones' last published book before his death in 2002.

Sources
 Jones, Chuck (1997). Daffy Duck for President. Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. Worldwide Publishing. .
 The Art of Allen Helbig
 Allen Helbig at IMDB
 Moby Games

American illustrators
1964 births
Living people


Wang Ya (; died December 17, 835), courtesy name Guangjin (), formally Duke of Dai (), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reigns of Emperor Xianzong and Emperor Xianzong's grandson Emperor Wenzong.  During Emperor Wenzong's reign, he became involved in a major power struggle between imperial officials and eunuchs known as the Ganlu Incident, and he was killed (via waist chop) by the eunuchs along with three other chancellors, Li Xun, Jia Su, and Shu Yuanyu.

Background
It is not known what year Wang Ya was born in — although he should have been born sometime between 757 and 765, as he was said to be in his 70s when he eventually died in 835.  His family was from the Tang Dynasty northern capital Taiyuan and claimed to be descended from the Northern Wei official Wang Jiong ().  His grandfather Wang Zuo () served as a military advisor to a prefect, while his father Wang Huang () served as a prefectural prefect.  He had at least two older brothers, Wang Zhao () and Wang Jie ().

In 792, during the reign of Emperor Dezong, Wang Ya passed the imperial examinations in the class of those who used grand speech, and he was made the sheriff of Lantian County (藍田, in modern Xi'an, Shaanxi).  In 804, he was made Hanlin Xueshi (), an imperial scholar.  He thereafter served in the palace, going through the offices of You Shiyi (), a low-level consultant at the legislative bureau of government (中書省, Zhongshu Sheng); Zuo Bujue (), a consultant at the examination bureau (門下省, Menxia Sheng); and Qiju Sheren (), an imperial chronicler.  After Emperor Dezong died in 805 and was succeeded by his seriously ill son Emperor Shunzong, Wang was one of the imperial scholars who were involved in drafting the edict to create Emperor Shunzong's son Li Chun crown prince, along with Zheng Yin, Wei Cigong (), and Li Cheng.

During Emperor Xianzong's reign
In summer 808, by which time Li Chun was emperor (as Emperor Xianzong), a special imperial examination was held for examinees to submit criticism of the government.  Niu Sengru, Huangfu Shi (), and Li Zongmin were considered to have written criticisms that were particularly on point and were ranked the highest by the officials in charge of grading, Yang Yuling () and Wei Guanzhi.  Initially, Emperor Xianzong was set to give commissions to Niu, Huangfu, and Li Zongmin, but the chancellor Li Jifu was offended by the criticism.  As Wang Ya and fellow imperial scholar Pei Ji  were the reviewers of the examination, and Huangfu was Wang's nephew, he accused Pei and Wang of conflict of interest.  Due to Li Jifu's accusations, Pei and Wang were stripped of their imperial scholar status and both demoted — with Wang being made Duguan Yuanwailang (), a low-level official at the ministry of justice (刑部, Xingbu), and subsequently being sent out of the capital to serve as the military advisor to the prefect of Guo Prefecture (虢州, in modern Sanmenxia, Henan).  Yang and Wei were also demoted out of the capital Chang'an.  He was subsequently further made the prefect of Yuan Prefecture (袁州, in modern Yichun, Jiangxi).

However, it was said that Emperor Xianzong missed Wang, and Wang was eventually recalled to serve as Bingbu Yuanwailang (), a low-level official at the ministry of defense (兵部, Bingbu), and put in charge of drafting edicts.  He was then again made imperial scholar as well as deputy minister of public works (工部侍郎, Gongbu Shilang). He was also created the Baron of Qingyuan.  It was said that Wang was a talented writer and many of the edicts that had beautiful language during the reigns of Emperors Dezong and Xianzong were drafted by Wang.  As Wang did not engage in partisanship, Emperor Xianzong often consulted with him.

In 816, Wang was made Zhongshu Shilang (), the deputy head of the legislative bureau, as well as chancellor de facto with the title Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi ().  In 817, there was an occasion when Emperor Xianzong wanted to make one of his close associates, Zhang Su (), a high-level consultant, drawing a strenuous objection from the chancellor Li Fengji — and this was partially responsible for Emperor Xianzong's removing Li Fengji and making him a military governor (Jiedushi).  Wang and fellow chancellor Cui Qun also objected to Zhang's commission, but eventually allowed Zhang to serve as acting consultant.

In 818, Wang was removed from his chancellor position and made the deputy minister of defense (兵部侍郎, Bingbu Shilang), as Emperor Xianzong considered him too silent and unsuitable to be chancellor.  He was subsequently made the deputy minister of civil service affairs (吏部侍郎, Libu Shilang).

During Emperor Muzong's reign
In 820, after Emperor Xianzong died and was succeeded by his son Emperor Muzong, Wang Ya was made the military governor of Dongchuan Circuit (東川, headquartered in modern Mianyang, Sichuan) and the prefect of Dongchuan's capital Zi Prefecture ().  In winter 820, after Tufan forces made a two-pronged incursion later in the year and attacked Ya Prefecture (雅州, in modern Ya'an, Sichuan), Wang submitted a petition suggesting that a request be made to the "northern barbarians" (probably referring to Huigu) requesting them to attack the "western barbarians" (i.e., Tufan) and offering great rewards if they did so.  Emperor Muzong did not respond to Wang's suggestion.

In 821, when Chengde (成德, headquartered in modern Shijiazhuang, Hebei) and Lulong (盧龍, headquartered in modern Beijing) Circuits, which had briefly submitted to imperial control, rebelled under the leadership of Wang Tingcou and Zhu Kerong respectively, Wang Ya submitted a petition suggesting that Zhu be tolerated and pardoned so that he would not join Wang Tingcou in fighting the imperial forces and that the efforts be concentrated against Wang Tingcou.  By the time that Wang Ya's petition arrived at Chang'an, however, Yingmo Circuit (瀛莫, headquartered in modern Cangzhou, Hebei), which had been carved out of Pinglu Circuit previously, had already mutinied and rejoined Lulong, with the soldiers arresting its imperially commissioned governor Lu Shimei () and delivering him to Zhu.  Wang Ya's suggestion thus could not be carried out.

In 823, Wang Ya was recalled to Chang'an to serve as chief imperial censor (御史大夫, Yushi Daifu).

During Emperor Jingzong's reign
After Emperor Muzong died in 824 and was succeeded by his son Emperor Jingzong, Wang Ya was made the deputy minister of census (戶部侍郎, Hubu Shilang) but also continued to serve as chief imperial censor, as well as the director of the salt and iron monopolies and grain supply for the Chang'an region.  He was soon made the minister of rites (禮部尚書, Libu Shangshu) and continued to serve as the director of the monopolies and supply.  In 826, he was made the military governor of Shannan West Circuit (山南西道, headquartered in modern Hanzhong, Shaanxi), as well as its capital Xingyuan Municipality ().

During Emperor Wenzong's reign
In 829, by which time Emperor Jingzong's brother Emperor Wenzong was emperor, Wang Ya was recalled to serve as the minister of worship (太常卿, Taichang Qing).  As Emperor Wenzong opined that the music used at imperial ceremonies at the time were too frivolous and wanted more ancient-style music, he had Wang Ya consult the older musicians and took music from Emperor Xuanzong's Kaiyuan era (713-741).  The young musicians were taught the music, which became known as "Yunshao Style" ().  Once the musical reorganization was done, Wang, along with the secretary general of the worship ministry Li Kuo () and the director of palace supplies Yu Chengxian () presented the musicians to Emperor Wenzong.  Emperor Wenzong was pleased and awarded Wang and the others colored silk.

In 830, Wang was made the minister of civil service affairs (吏部尚書, Libu Shangshu) and acting Sikong (司空, one of the Three Excellencies), as well as the director of the salt and iron monopolies and grain supplies again.  Later that year, he was made Zuo Pushe (), one of the heads of the executive bureau (尚書省, Shangshu Sheng), and continued to be director of the monopolies and supplies.  He reported to Emperor Wenzong that the 12 prefectures that Emperor Xianzong recaptured from the warlord Li Shidao in 819 had previously had copper and iron mines that were highly lucrative.  At Wang's suggestion, Emperor Wenzong ordered that a new tax be levied from the mines.

In 833, Wang was again made chancellor with the title Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, and continued to serve as the director of the monopolies and supplies.  He was also created the Duke of Dai.  As he had been recommended to serve as chancellor due to the efforts of Zheng Zhu, a close associate of the powerful eunuch Wang Shoucheng, when the imperial censor Li Kuan () submitted an accusation against Zheng in late 833, he had the accusation suppressed.  In spring 834, he was given the additional titles of acting Sikong, Menxia Shilang (門下侍郎, the deputy head of the examination bureau), imperial scholar at Hongwen Pavilion (), and the director of Taiqing Palace ().  When Emperor Wenzong wanted to make one of the close associates of Zheng and Wang Shoucheng, Li Zhongyan, an imperial official, Wang Ya agreed despite the stern opposition of fellow chancellor Li Deyu.  Li Deyu was subsequently demoted out of the capital to serve as a prefectural secretary general.  In 835, due to Zheng's suggestion, Wang, despite his knowing that doing so was ill-advised, proposed an increase to the tea tax, which caused the people much distress.

Meanwhile, without Wang's knowledge, Li Zhongyan (whose name had been changed to Li Xun by this point), Zheng, and Emperor Wenzong had been plotting to massacre the eunuchs in the palace, as Emperor Wenzong had feared the lead eunuchs' power.  On December 14, 835 — in an incident later known as the Ganlu Incident — Li Xun had planned to have soldiers under his associates Guo Xingyu (), Wang Fan (), Luo Liyan (), Han Yue (), and Li Xiaoben () trap the eunuchs and massacre them.  However, the powerful eunuch Qiu Shiliang discovered the plot and took control of Emperor Wenzong, and the eunuchs then had the Shence Army () kill or arrest Li Xun's and Zheng's associates.  Meanwhile, Wang Ya and the other chancellors were set to have lunch together at the office of the chancellors, when they received report that the Shence Army soldiers were killing everyone in their paths.  The chancellors and the other officials fled on foot.  Wang Ya was soon captured and taken to the Left Shence Army headquarters.  He was tortured, and, unable to bear the pain, falsely stated that he and Li Xun had planned a coup to overthrow Emperor Wenzong and make Zheng emperor.

On December 17, the head of Li Xun (who had already been killed by this point), Wang Ya, Wang Fan, Luo, Guo, Li Xiaoben, and Wang Ya's fellow chancellors Jia Su and Shu Yuanyu, were paraded by the Shence Army soldiers to the imperial temples and altar, and then they were taken under a tree and executed by being cut in half at the waist.  Their families were also massacred.  It was said that because the people particularly resented Wang Ya for raising tea taxes, they cursed and threw rocks or brick fragments at him as he was paraded.  Their bodies were exposed to the elements.  In spring 836, the senior official Linghu Chu requested that their bodies be buried, and Emperor Wenzong ordered such burial.  However, Qiu had the tombs then opened up and threw their bodies into the Wei River.  The Shence Army soldiers pillaged these executed officials' mansions for wealth, and it was said that, because Wang was so wealthy such that even though the soldiers and other looters looted his mansion for days, there were still valuables left.  In particular, it was said that Wang held a large collection of valuable calligraphic works and paintings — which he had amassed by purchases and by giving their prior owners offices — and that while the looters took the jewels studded on the rolls or jade used for the rolls, they left the artwork.

With regard to Wang's and Jia's death, the Song Dynasty historian Sima Guang, the author of the Zizhi Tongjian, commented:

Wang Ya's grandnephew Wang Yu () fled to Liu Congjian the reigning Military Governor of Zhaoyi. When Liu's nephew and successor Liu Zhen fell, Wang Yu was also killed.

Posthumous rehabilitation
In 854, then-ruling Emperor Xuānzong (Emperor Muzong's brother) had Wang Ya and the other officials who died in the Ganlu Incident, except for Li Xun and Zheng Zhu, posthumously rehabilitated.  Later, during the reign of Emperor Xuānzong's grandson Emperor Zhaozong, Wang's titles were further restored.

Issue
Wang Mengjian ()
Wang Zhongxiang ()

Notes and references

 Old Book of Tang, vol. 169.
 New Book of Tang, vol. 179.
 Zizhi Tongjian, vols. 236, 237, 239, 240, 244, 245.

8th-century births
835 deaths
Chancellors under Emperor Xianzong of Tang
Chancellors under Emperor Wenzong of Tang
Tang dynasty jiedushi of Dongchuan Circuit
Tang dynasty jiedushi of Shannan West Circuit
Mayors of Hanzhong
Tang dynasty poets
Executed Tang dynasty people
People executed by the Tang dynasty
People executed by cutting in half


The Wye River plantation, or Wye Hall was the Eastern Shore of Maryland home of William Paca, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, constructed in 1765, and extensively renovated in 1790 by John Paca, with Joseph Clark as architect, at a cost of $20,000. He gained ownership of the property in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, through his wife, Mary Chew. John Beale Bordley and Margaret Chew inherited the other half of Wye Island.

William Paca is buried at the family cemetery there. The Paca residence burned down in 1879. The University of Maryland, College Park conducted archeological work there.

Wye Hall was built in the 1930s on the site of the estate of William Paca. In 1999, it was purchased by Leland C. Brendsel. A mechanic's lien was filed for work done there.

References

External links
 Aspen Wye Conference Center, The Aspen Institute
 Historic Houses - Wye Hall - Wye Island, Maryland Historical Society
 Historic Houses - William Paca House - Queenstown, MD, Maryland Historical Society

Houses completed in 1765
Houses completed in 1936
Plantations in Maryland
Houses in Queen Anne's County, Maryland
Archaeological sites in Queen Anne's County, Maryland
Georgian Revival architecture in Maryland
National Register of Historic Places in Queen Anne's County, Maryland
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Burned houses in the United States
Buildings and structures demolished in 1879
1936 establishments in Maryland


Strings of Freedom is an youth orchestra in the West Bank town of Jenin, in Palestine. It was founded by an Israeli Arab, Wafaa Younis, who travels regularly from her home in central Israel to teach music to children in Jenin.

Holocaust survivor incident
In 2009, Younis arranged for some of the young musicians to travel to Holon, Israel to play for a concert for a group of Holocaust survivors.

Following the concert in Holon, the house that Younis rented and used as a music studio was sealed and she was briefly barred form working in Jenin. The Popular Committee, "a grass-roots group representing the Palestine Liberation Organization," told journalists that said the young musicians had been exploited by the orchestra director, Wafaa Younis, for the purpose of “normalizing” ties with Israel. He told the New York Times that the children had been “deceived” and dragged unwittingly into a political situation that “served enemy interests” and aimed to “destroy the Palestinian national spirit in the camp.”

After a short period of time, Younis was allowed by the Palestinian Authority to return to the camp and continue teaching children and conducting the orchestra. In her words, "This is my family, here in the Jenin Camp. I love them so much and they love me back."

See also
 List of youth orchestras

References

Palestinian arts
Youth orchestras
Palestinian musical groups
Jenin


Phosphor bands were introduced on British stamps from 1959 as a replacement for the previous graphite lined stamps as an aid in the mechanical sorting of mail.

The phosphor is applied in vertical bands, or more recently, all over the stamp, and fluoresces under ultra-violet light. This enables the mail sorting machine to face the mail and sort it into types.

Phosphor is now widely used on stamps around the world. It is necessary to use either a short- or long-wave ultraviolet lamp to view the phosphor, according to the type of phosphor used on the stamp.

Postage stamps of the United Kingdom
Postal system of the United Kingdom
Philatelic terminology


Arnold Wilkerson (born April 6, 1943) is an American actor and the creator and owner of the Little Pie Company in Manhattan, New York City. As an actor, he is particularly known for portraying roles in the original productions of the musicals Hair, Jimmy Shine, and Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope.

Biography
Wilkerson was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London where he graduated with a diploma in acting.  He moved to New York City, making his Off-Broadway debut as Hud in the original production of James Rado and Gerome Ragni's Hair at Joseph Papp's Public Theater in October 1967.  He made his Broadway debut in 1968 as Arnold in the original production of John Sebastian's Jimmy Shine, sharing the stage with Dustin Hoffman and Rue McClanahan. In 1969 he acted in Jon Swan's Fireworks at the Village South Theatre. That same year he appeared in the original production of Ronald Ribman's The Most Beautiful Fish with Eileen Dietz which was commissioned by New York Television Theatre for broadcast on PBS.

In 1971, Wilkerson appeared in the world premiere of Micki Grant's Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope at the Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He continued with the production when it moved to Broadway the following year. The show was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Musical.

In 1974, he played the role of Jimmy in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.

After Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, Wilkerson's acting career went through a slump and he worked largely as a waiter. In 1983 he, along with business partner Michael Deraney, founded the Little Pie Company, a popular Manhattan bakery that specializes in pies. The bakery has since expanded to two locations and has been featured on a number of occasions in The New York Times. In addition, some of Wilkerson's pie recipes have been published in the newspaper.

References

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American male musical theatre actors
American male stage actors
Alumni of RADA
1943 births
Living people


Azim-ud-Daula (1775 – 2 August 1819) was the Nawab of Carnatic from 1801 to 1819. He was the eldest son of Amir ul-Umara and nephew of Umdat ul-Umara.

Treaty of 1801

He ascended the throne upon his uncle's death in 1801.

As soon as Azim-ud-Daula ascended the throne, he was compelled to sign a Carnatic Treaty handing over the civil and municipal administration of the Carnatic to the British East India Company.

Azim-ud-Daula was, therefore, reduced to the position of a mere titular ruler.

In return, Azim-ud-Daula was entitled to one-fifth of the total revenue of the state and the honour of a 21-gun salute.

A portrait of Azim-ud-Daula by Thomas Day hangs in the Museum at Fort George, Chennai.

References

1775 births
1819 deaths
19th-century Indian Muslims
Nawabs of the Carnatic


St Dunstan's School is a secondary school in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. The school is for students between the ages of 11 and 16 years. It is named after St. Dunstan, an abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, who went on to become Archbishop of Canterbury in 960AD.

The school was a 'new-build' in 1958 with major building work, at a cost of £1.2 million, in 1998, adding the science block and the sports hall. It was designated as a specialist Arts College in 2004 and the £800,000 spent at this time paid for the Performing Arts studio and facilities to support pupils with special educational needs. In 2011, the school became an academy.

On 1 June 2016, St Dunstans joined the Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership. under head, Mr K Howard. Since St Dunstans joined the Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership it has undergone significant refurbishment as part of an ongoing programme to ensure the school has an inspiring environment, with modern facilities to support high quality learning. Teaching is enhanced through collaborative working to share best practise, allowing students to access new activities and events across the MAT partnership.

In July 2018 for the first time in the history of St Dunstans school, Ofsted inspectors graded the school 'good' in all categories. Inspectors said ‘The headteacher, trust and senior leaders have transformed St Dunstan’s; it provides a good quality of education and students are safe.’ They are ‘highly ambitious for the school, each pupil and the community.’ This report comes two years after the school was put into Special Measures.

Notable former pupils
 Gary Stringer, leader singer of Reef

References

External links

Academies in Somerset
Glastonbury
Secondary schools in Somerset
1958 establishments in England
Educational institutions established in 1958


KWVR-FM (92.1 FM, "Music Country") is a radio station licensed to serve Enterprise, Oregon, United States. The station, which began broadcasting in 1987, is owned by Wallowa Valley Radio, LLC. It has been granted a U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) construction permit to move to 92.9 MHz, decrease ERP to 190 watts and increase HAAT to 584 meters.

Programming
KWVR-FM broadcasts a full-service country music format including local and regional news as well as community affairs programming.  In addition to its usual music and news programming, KWVR-FM carries select sporting events as an affiliate of the Oregon State Beavers Radio Network.

History
This station received its original construction permit from the FCC on June 12, 1984.  The new station was assigned the call letters KWVR-FM by the FCC on July 3, 1984.

In June 1984, Tri-State Communications Corporation, Inc., reached an agreement to transfer the permit for this still-under construction station to the Wallowa Valley Radio Broadcasting Corporation, a company wholly owned by Lee D. Perkins and Carol-Lee Perkins, a married couple.  The deal was approved by the FCC on August 13, 1984, and the transaction was completed on November 19, 1984.  After a series of extensions and modifications, KWVR-FM finally received its license to cover from the FCC on January 19, 1988.

In December 2008, the Wallowa Valley Radio Broadcasting Corporation agreed to transfer the license for this station to Wallowa Valley Radio, LLC, for a cash sale price of $650,000.  The transfer was approved by the FCC on January 27, 2009, and the transaction was consummated on March 1, 2009. Wallowa Valley Radio, LLC, is wholly owned by members of the Frasch family of Chanhassen and Fairmont, Minnesota. The Frasch family has owned ranching property in Wallowa County, Oregon, for more than 20 years.

Awards and honors
In 1986, KWVR-FM became the smallest-market radio station to win an award from the American Women in Radio and Television.  The "Gracie Award", as it is known, was presented at a ceremony in New York City hosted by Helen Hayes and Barbara Walters.  The award recognized the station for a series of biographical portraits by Molly Murrill titled "Women of Achievement in the Wallowa Country".

On September 13, 2003, Lee Perkins was named Broadcaster of the Year by the Oregon Association of Broadcasters.  Citing his "significant and lasting contribution to Oregon broadcasting", the OAB presented the award to the man known as the "Voice of Wallowa County" at their annual conference in Portland, Oregon.

Lee and Carol-Lee Perkins were chosen to preside as Grand Marshals of the 59th Annual Chief Joseph Days celebration in July 2004. The annual event is held in Joseph, Oregon.

References

External links
KWVR-FM official website

FCC construction permit

WVR-FM
Country radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1987
Enterprise, Oregon
1987 establishments in Oregon


The Indian state of Odisha has a rich cultural and artistic heritage. Due to the reign of many different rulers in the past, arts and crafts in Odisha underwent many changes giving an artistic diversity today in the forms of traditional handicrafts, painting and carving, dance and music, clothing, etc.

Dance and music

Odisha

Others

Aside from the Odissi dance there are many other forms of dance and folk performances in Odisha. These include Baunsa Rani, Chaiti Ghoda, Changu Nata, Chhau, Dalkhai, Danda Nata, Pala, Dasakathia, Dhanu Jatra, Ghanta Patua, Ghumura, Karma Naach, Kathinacha, Kedu, Kela Keluni, Laudi Khela, Gopalila Medha Nacha, Naga Dance, Paika Nrutya, Jatra, Patua Jatra, Puppet Dance, Ranappa and Samprada.

Music

The 16th century witnessed the compilation of literature within music. The four important treatises written during that time are Sangitamava Chandrika, Natya Manorama, Sangita Kalalata and Gita Prakasha. Orissi music is a combination of four distinctive kinds of music, namely, Chitrapada, Dhruvapada, Panchal and Chitrakala. When music uses artwork, it is known as Chitikala. A unique feature of Oriya music is the Padi, which consists of singing of words in a fast beat.

Orissi music is more than two thousand five hundred years old and comprises a number of categories. Of these, the five broad ones are Tribal Music, Folk music, Light Music, Light-Classical Music and Classical Music. Anyone who is trying to understand the culture of Odisha must take into account its music, which essentially forms a part of its legacy.

In the ancient times, there were saint-poets who wrote the lyrics of poems and songs that were sung to rouse the religious feelings of people. It was by the 11th century that the music of Odisha, in the form of Triswari, Chatuhswari, and Panchaswari, underwent transformation and was converted into the classical style.

Handicrafts
Major handicrafts in Odisha include applique work, brass and bell metal, silver filigree and stone carving.
Other forms include Lacquer, Papier Mache, and tribal combs, handlooms and wood and traditional stone carving.

Painting

The history of painting in Odisha dated back to ancient times with rock-shelter paintings, some of which are dated to the early historic period (300 BC – 100 AD). Apart from the rock painting sites, there are several drawings and etching resembling figures on rock surfaces at Digapahandi and Berhampur in Ganjam district and other places. Many of the cave paintings are tribal and rock shelter painting has continued through the centuries as an Oriya tradition. They are often of a decorative nature mixed with rituals and may contain several motifs. Mural paintings in Odisha as elsewhere in India was an ancient tradition and evidence of mural pigment coatings have been found in the caves of Khandagiri and Udayagiri dating back to the reign of Emperor Kharavela who ruled in the 1st century B.C.

On the boulder of Ravanachhaya at Sitabhinji Group of Rock Shelters in Keonjhar district is a mural belonging to later Gupta period and shows resemblance to those of the Ajanta style. From the period of 1600 to present murals were painted in the numerous templates of Odisha depicting sacred figures such as the painting of Buddha Vijaya in the Jagamohana of Lakshmi Temple and inside the Jagannath Temple at Puri, the Biranchinarayana Temple, in Buguda, Ganjam district and so on.

Pata painting is considered an important form of Oriya painting which originated from the temple of Jagannath at Puri in the 12th century. This style developed under the patronage of the Ganga kings, and the kings of Bhoi dynasty. The purpose of the pata painting was to popularise the cult of Jagannath to the millions of pilgrims visiting Puri. The pata paintings may, however, take a number of forms and may range from masks to even toys and models.

Structural art

The Jagannatha Temple in Puri, is also known for its applique artwork of Pipili, silver filigree ornamental works from Cuttack, the Pattachitras (palm leaf paintings), famous stone utensils of Nilgiri (Balasore) and various tribal influenced cultures. The Sun temple at Konark is famous for its architectural splendour while the "Sambalpuri textiles", especially the Sambalpuri Saree, equals it in its artistic grandeur. The different colors and varieties of sarees in Odisha make them very popular among the women of the state. The handloom sarees available in Odisha can be of four major types; these are Ikat, Bandha, Bomkai, and Pasapalli. Odisha sarees are also available in other colors like cream, maroon, brown and rust. The tie-and-dye technique used by the weavers of Odisha to create motifs on these sarees is unique to this region. This technique also gives the sarees of Odisha an identity of their own.

Sand Art
In Odisha, sand art is a unique type of art form developed in Puri.and

References

External links

Culture of Odisha, a Youtube video describing the culture of Odisha by Government of Odisha