Dhudike is a village in Moga Tehsil in Moga district of Punjab state, India. It is located 17 km east from city of Moga, the district headquarter. Freedom fighters like Baba Ishar Singh, Baba Pala Singh Jathedar, Baba Pakhar Singh are a few of the Gadaree from Dhudike who participated in the Gadar Movement during the struggle for independence. Dhudike was the birthplace of the famous Lala Lajpat Rai.

History

Dhudike is the village of Gills, who are related to Bathinda. Muneet Tota was the first sarpanch before he gave his empire (Tota Singh Empire) to Tintu (Achar) Kaur cousin of Tota singh, Raja Bivepal Singh was the son of Raja Abhaypal Singh the king of Bharner. After the death of Raja Abhaypal Singh, there was a conflict between Binepal Singh and his step-brothers.  The step-brothers expelled Binepal Singh, who later ruled over Bathinda.  Binepal built a fort on the bank of river Satluj in 665 A.D.  In the tenth generation of Binepal Singh, Raja Pirthipal married a poor Bhullar Jatt girl, being issueless.  When Gillpal was born his counter Rattan mal was expelled from his kingdom with the charge of betrayal.  After many years in revenge, he named himself Rattan Hazi and perviked the Jarnail Roshan Ali of Bagdad.  Roshan Ali attacked Bathinda.  Gillpal ruled at that time.  Gillpal family left Bathinda.  From his family Badhan Gills founde Rajiana.  In the next generation in 1280 BC, a king was born. He was very pious and lived outside in thick trees called . The Brars of that area attacked Rajiana.  In this battle the king was killed and his monument was still in village Rajiana.  After winning Rajiana they stopped towards Moga.  The king had eight sons, one of whom was Dhudi. In the eighth generation of Dhudi, Gurdas Baro and Salem Shah was born to Surat. They were sitting towards the east (Moga side) near Godha wala Shapar. They daily took their cattle to this place for grazing.  This  is still here and people called it Dohiwala .  In the evening, they returned after milking. After some time Gurdas Baso and Salim Shah Sat near Dohiwala chappar.  In 1640 BC Gurdas's elder son Bhomia founded this village and this village was named Dhudike after his ancestor's name Dhudi.  Gurdas had four sons.  They were Bhomia, Kapoora, Dalpat and Sukhchain.  The village has six patties.  Bhomia founded Kollu, Kapoora founded.  Kapoorae, and Dalpat's elder son Jhada founded Jhanda Patti the elder son of Jhanda founded the village Madhoke.  There were Sarans, Sidhus, Sandhu, Grewal, Dhaliwal, Dhonoa's, Heru and Ponnu families live in this village. There is a Gurdwara with beautiful building called Uchha Dera.  Even Sikh marriage ceremonies (Anand Karg) are performed here.

From the foundation story of this village, we come to know that whenever anybody laid a foundation stone of any village then co-operation of other people of that area was also taken so that people can live there.  Routine works of like is done together. Carpenters make ploughs, blacksmiths make different tools and weavers weave cloths for them.  Sadhar helps the time of marriage ceremonies. The main occupation of the Jatts was agriculture.  All of them help Jatts and live together happily.

In this village in Ramedasia's Saroae came from Dolan, Kaler from Tajpur, Chumber from Gujjarwal and some families came from Doaba. Some families of Majbi Sikhs came from Paton, Malseehan, Doaba and Moga also. Ramgarhias came from Rodan, Bairags from Heran, Parjapat from Shandaran, Katerias from Amritsar and Garvi wale Brahmins came from Lahore.  They all make it a modern village.  Salig Ram News Agent says that now almost 3000 newspapers are consumed in this village.

The village is proud that this is the village of a prominent Punjabi novelist S. Jaswant Singh Kanwal, who contributed to Punjabi literature by writing many novels.  He is not only a prominent Punjabi writer but also contributed to the development of the village as he was the mayor for some time. Dr. Ajit Singh was a competent story writer, and published a collection of stories.  He lived in Delhi so Punjabi critics take no notice of him.  Darshan Gill is also a great poet of this village, Dr. Jaswant Gill,  the wife of Sh. Jaswant Singh Kanwal also wrote about philology.  Beyond them, Amarjit Dhudike, Beant Bawa are also writers.  The library meetings are held here in which writers Principal Sujan Singh, Shiv Kumar, Ishar Singh Atari, Balraj Sahni, Karamjit Kussa, Kirpal Singh Kesal,  Tera Singh Chan and Dr. Jagtar take part.   Principal Srvan Singh taught in Dhudike College. Kanwaljit brought Principal Sarvan Singh here in Dhudike from Delhi.  Now people know him as Principal Sarwan Singh Dhudike.  He wrote many books about Khed literature.   Satpal does not belong to this village but actively participated in the development of this village as Dhudike is his village.  Village Parchagat works for the development of the village.

Geography
Dhudike is located at . It has an average elevation of 233 metres (767 feet). Located in India, Punjab and district Moga. This village is located 4 km south of Ajitwal, which is at NH95 (Moga-Ludhiana Highway)

It is 19 km from Moga. 160 km from State capital Chandigarh. Chuharchak (2 km) Daudhar (5 km), Ajitwal(6 km), Nathu Wala Jadid (6 km), Kokri(7 km), Mehna(8 km) are the nearby villages to Dhudike. Dhudike is surrounded by Moga-Ii Tehsil, Moga Tehsil, and Moga-I Tehsil towards the west, and Nihal Singh Wala Tehsil towards the south. Jagraon, Moga, Bhagha Purana, Raikot are the nearby cities to Dhudike.

Climate
Being in the north of India, Dhudike goes through winter in November to early February. Temperature goes down up to 6.4 °C in the night. From the middle of December and till end of January fog usually upsets normal life. February and March are pleasant months and temperatures vary between 18 and 24 °C it is spring season. April to October is summer time and temperature can go up to 41 °C. In summer the humidity goes up.

Demographics
Dhudike is a small village located in Moga Tehsil of Moga district, Punjab, with a total of 1234 families residing there. The Dhudike village has a population of 6200, of whom 3239 are males, while 2961 are females as per the population census of 2011. Punjabi is the local language here.

In Dhudike village the population of children age 0-6 is 633, which makes up 10.21% of the total population of the village. The average sex ratio of Dhudike village is 914, which is higher than the Punjab state average of 895. The child sex ratio for Dhudike as per the census is 924, higher than the Punjab average of 846.

Dhudike village has a lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, the literacy rate of Dhudike village was 75.48% compared to 75.84% in Punjab. In Dhudike male literacy stands at 79.38% while female literacy rate is 71.21%.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dhudike village is administrated by a sarpanch (head of village) who is an elected representative of the village

1) Religion .

95% Sikh

4.30 % Hindu

0.70%  Muslims and other

2) Language

99 %  Punjabi

1 % Hindi and other languages

Caste factor
In Dhudike village, most of the villagers, 35.98% of the total population, are from Schedule Caste (SC). The village Dhudike currently doesn't have any Schedule Tribe -(ST) population.

Work profile
In Dhudike village, out of total population, 1950 were engaged in work activities. 97.08% of workers described their work as main work (employment or earning more than six months), while 2.92% were involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than six months. Of the 1950 workers engaged in main work, 579 were cultivators (owner or co-owner), while 368 were agricultural labourers.

Places of interest

Educational institutes
Lala Lajpat Rai Govt. College - established on Maddoke Road in 1967.
North West Institute of Engineering & Technology
Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial College of Education - established in 2003 at Dhudike (Moga) and operated by the Shri Guru Nanak Dev Educational Society, Moga and affiliated to Punjab University.
Baba Pakhar Singh Senior Secondary School - from 6th to 12th class
Govt. Primary School - from 1st to 5th class
Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Nursery School

Lala Lajpat Rai Birth Memorial
In 1956 the villagers along with the co-operate of people of the area, Registered the birthplace Memorial Committee, Dhudike.  Lal Bhadur Shastri was the first President of this committee.  The fund was arranged from the country and foreign for the building of this memorial.  On 17 November 1959 Dr. Rajinder Parshad laid the foundation stone of this memorial and Lal Bhadur Shashtri inaugurated this memorial on 28 January 1965. A wide stage was built on the birthplace of Lala Lajpat Rai.  Here the special functions are held on Independence Day, Martyrom Day and Birthday of Lala Lajpat Rai on 26, 27, and 28 January.  A Khed Mela was also organized.  The budget of this mela is six to seven lakh.

Library
Dhudike has its own library located in the birthplace building of Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Hall situated in the centre of the city. It contains a variety of books from many different languages including English, Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu.

Religious places
There are five Gurudwaras, a Hindu temple, a Muslim Dargah (a place of save Muslim sage) and a Dera Bohran wala in the village. People from all the religions visit these places.

Gurudware Beri Sahib
Gurudwara Beri Sahib built in the memory of Sixth Guru of Sikhes Shri Guru Hargobind Sahib ji.

Gurudwara Shib Uccha Dera
Gurdwara Shib Uchha Dera is one of the main building of Dhudike.

Kutia Sahib
Kutia Sahib is in the west side of the village. Guru Ka Langar was also prepared.

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Gurudwara Chhauni Sahib
This Gurudwara of Dhudike is situated on the phirani of village in Baja Patti on the Dhadhur link road. It is the first and oldest Gurudwara of the village. Many years ago, there was a single room, the residential rooms and also kacha rooms. A pious man of the village, Bhag Singh, changed its look with the blessing and guidance of Sant Baba Ujjagar Singh. Now a new building has been constructed and new roads have been built for the convenience of the people. In this building lies install is the Sri Guru Granth Sahib. There is not enough knowledge about this Guredwara, but the history states that in the Baja Patti of village there were seven or eight families of Mittal Banias. One of them was Granth also. The freedom fighter and Saheed Lala Lajpat Rai ji was born there on 28 January 1865. It is the maternal village of  Lala Lajpat Rai ji. His mother Gulab Devi used to go to the Gurdwara and recite Shri Japuji Sahib. This shows that this Gurdwara is very old. At that line this Gurdwara was outside the village. There were Chappars (ponds) around it. There were tree of peepal, Bohar, and Karcer, but now one can see beautiful building of Gurudwara sahib. The way to the Gurudwara was broaden from the gate of the Gurudwara with this the Guruwara look magnificent.

Lala Lajpat Rai Birthday Mela
On 28 January 1956, L. Mohan Lalji organized the first Lala Lajpat Rai Birthday Rural Conference at village Dhudike, under the chairmanship of L. Jagat Narain, former Education Minister, Punjab. The budget of the first Mela was only about Rs. 2.000/-. Every year it has expanded, and has added rural games like kabaddi, hockey, volleyball, bullock-cart races and dog races. Many Union ministers, governors, chief ministers and ministers of Punjab have attended the Mela every year as chief guests.

On 28 January 1991, a national convention of the main leaders of all national political parties was held. Shri Chandrashekahr, Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee of B.J.P., Shri I.K. Gujral of Janta Dal, Ch. Balram Jakhar, General Secretary, A.I.C.C., Shri Harkishan Singh Surjeet, General Secretary, C.P.M., Shri Inderjit Gupt, General Secretary, C.P.I. addressed a gathering against terrorism in Punjab. Gen. O.P. Malhotra, Governor, Punjab welcomed. Shri Krishan Kant, President of the Society and Governor of Andhra Pradesh, presided.

Transportation

Rail
Ajitwal Railway Station and Parao Mahna Rail Way Station are the very nearby railway stations to Dhudike. However Ludhiana - Jn Rail Way Station is a major railway station 57 km near to Dhudike.

Bus
Buses come from Moga and Jagraon via near by villages. They are not that frequent but if one knows the timing in advance then it is a good way to reach Dhudike.

Auto/Tempo service is available from Ajitwal bus stop and from Jagraon bus stand as well, with nominal charges...

First wifi village of Punjab
On 9 October 2015 Dhudike was launched as the first wifi village of Punjab by the district administration of Moga with a cost of around Rs. one cr. With this the village became the second wifi village of India.

References

External links

Moga, Punjab
Villages in Moga district


Phototoxic tar dermatitis results from coal tar, creosote, crude coal tar, or pitch, in conjunction with sunlight exposure, which induces a sunburn reaction associated with severe burning sensation.

See also
 Skin lesion

References

Skin conditions resulting from physical factors


The Kultusministerkonferenz (literally conference of ministers of education) is the assembly of ministers of education of the German states. The body is not part of the federal government, and its directives do not immediately become effective, but first will have to be turned into state law.

The full title of the Kultusministerkonferenz is Ständige Konferenz der Kultusminister der Länder in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ("The Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany"), but it is usually called the Kultusministerkonferenz, abbreviated KMK. The assembly was founded in 1948 under the name Konferenz der deutschen Erziehungsminister (literally "Conference of German ministers of education"), before the foundation of the German postwar republics.

Today it is the voluntary assembly of the appointed state ministers of education and research. Funded by the states there are a number of KMK offices and committees - there are currently 220 positions based on finance of 50 Million Euro. There are three main branches of "Schulausschuss" (school formation committee for primary and secondary education), "Hochschulausschuss" (academic formation committee for universities and tertiary education) and "Kulturausschuss" (cultural aspects committee for media and arts). These are subdivided into 16 subcommittees and a number of working groups. Furthermore five commissioner offices are funded being the "Amtschef-Kommission Qualitätssicherung in Schulen" (commissioner office for quality control in school formation), "Amtschef-Kommission Qualitätssicherung in Hochschulen" (commissioner office for quality control in academic formation), "Kommission für Europäische und Internationale Angelegenheiten" (commissioner office for European and international affairs), "Kommission für Statistik" (commissioner office for statistics) and "Kommission Sport" (commissioner office for sports).

The KMK is special in the way that there is no federal legislation for education in Germany, as the Basic Law does not give power to the Federacy to legislate on the matter (thus creating effectually a Kulturhoheit der Länder or cultural sovereignty of the states). Other voluntary state conferences are paralleled on the federal level like the Innenministerkonferenz (the assembly of ministers for police and security - executive branch) and Justizministerkonferenz (the assembly of ministers for justice - judicial branch) where federal law overrules state law. The KMK state directives however will overrule federal regulations which makes for the importance of the Kultusministerkonferenz in the political system of Germany - in most cases the federal minister for education will place joint committees with the KMK where the created law to take the form of a Staatsvertrag (state treaty) passed by the state governments.

In the course of the Förderalismusreform (reform of the responsibilities between federal government and state länder) in the years 2003 to 2006 the structure of the Kultusministerkonferenz was under dispute as well. This led the state of Lower Saxony to leave the Kultusministerkonferenz in September 2004 coming back to the KMK in December 2004 after resolutions that had led to lower the funding of the KMK offices by 20%. However in the last years the KMK was given extra funding to support PISA studies and the reform of the academic system in the Bologna process.

See also
German orthography reform of 1996 – legal status
Rundfunkstaatsvertrag on regulations for television and news
Educational accreditation in Germany and Wissenschaftsrat

External links
Official website

References

Education policy in Germany
Government of Germany
Organisations based in Bonn


KM Media Group is a multimedia company in the county of Kent, England which originated as the publisher of the Kent Messenger. The Group now produces local newspapers, radio stations, TV and websites throughout the county. Iliffe Media acquired KM Media Group in April 2017.

History
KM Media Group can trace its roots back to 1859, when the Maidstone Telegraph (now the Kent Messenger) was first published in Kent's county town of Maidstone. The newspaper was taken over by Barham Pratt Boorman in 1890, after its owners, the Masters brothers, were jailed and forced to sell up. Boorman had already started his own newspapers in Ashford.

Barham was succeeded by his son, Henry Pratt Boorman, in the late 1920s. He realised that people would be keen to buy the paper if it included their picture or pictures of their own towns and villages. Henry's son Edwin joined the firm in the late 1950s and was managing director from 1962 until 1986. That was when his father stepped down as chairman and became President of what had developed into the Kent Messenger Group. Edwin took the Chair and remained at the helm until the end of 2005 when he was succeeded by his oldest daughter, Geraldine Allinson.

Cancelled acquisition of further titles

In July 2011, it was announced Northcliffe Media intended to sell nine of its titles to KM Media Group. The newspapers involved included the Dover Express, East Kent Gazette, Folkestone Herald, Herne Bay and Whitstable Times, Isle of Thanet Gazette, Medway News and Thanet Times. KM Media Group referred the acquisition to the Office of Fair Trading.

The Office of Fair Trading then referred the matter to the Competition Commission, because of the possible monopoly it might create. This meant the cost of the deal and process of takeover would have increased.

Due to this interest by the Office of Fair Trading and Competition Commission, the take-over of the papers was scrapped. Since then several of the affected newspapers closed including the Medway News and Isle of Thanet Gazette.

Acquisition
Iliffe Media Ltd acquired the entire shareholding of KM Media Group in April 2017.

Newspapers

Paid-for newspapers
KM Media Group operates a number of weekly newspapers for different parts of Kent which have been acquired over the years.
 Kent Messenger, with three editions
 Maidstone
 Malling
 Weald
 Dartford Messenger
 Gravesend Messenger
 Medway Messenger
 Faversham News
 Sheerness Times Guardian
 Sittingbourne Messenger
 Sittingbourne News Extra
 Kentish Gazette (Canterbury)
 Whitstable Gazette
 Herne Bay Gazette
 East Kent Mercury (Deal and Sandwich)
 Dover Mercury
 Folkestone & Hythe Express
 Kentish Express, with three editions
 Ashford
 Hythe and Romney Marsh
 Tenterden

Apart from the Medway Messenger, which is published twice-weekly on Monday and Thursday all titles are published weekly. Also published is Kent Business, a monthly publication which has been going since 1993.

Free newspapers
In 1981 KM Media Group launched its Extra series, beginning with the Thanet Extra. There are currently 4 Extra newspapers around the county that are distributed through letterboxes and available at pick-up points.

Radio

KM Media Group owns and operates seven commercial FM radio stations in Kent. Six of them were previously independent stations, acquired by the Group between 1999 and 2006 and collectively rebranded KMFM. The programming is networked across the stations, however, there is also unique content on each station including; what's on, local advertisements and sponsorship and when relevant other content e.g. traffic reports and school closures. The network also includes a DAB station.

Internet
KM Media Group's main consumer website is KentOnline.co.uk, launched in 1998. The website offers local news, travel, jobs, motors, holidays and other features. As of 2017 the site attracts over 2.7 million monthly unique browsers.

Television
In 2017, KM Media Group launched KMTV in partnership with the University of Kent. KMTV is Kent's only dedicated TV channel, broadcasting a range of current affairs and news programming, including its week-nightly news show, Kent Tonight. It is part of the Local Television Network and regulated by Ofcom.

Offices
KM Media Group has offices in Ashford, Canterbury, Deal, Gravesend, Maidstone, Medway, Ramsgate and Sheerness. It previously had offices in Dover, Faversham, Sittingbourne and Tunbridge Wells (which were closed in 2008); Folkestone (which closed in April 2009); and London (which closed in 2011).

References

External links
KentOnline
KMFM
More information about KM Media Group

Newspaper companies of the United Kingdom
Radio broadcasting companies of the United Kingdom
Mass media in Kent
Mass media companies established in 1890
Companies based in Kent
1890 establishments in England


Joan Constance Bartels (born May 21, 1953) is a retired American children's singer-songwriter, recording artist, and occasional actress based in New Zealand. Her 1985 album, Lullaby Magic, was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1992.

Early life
Bartels was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston on May 21, 1953. Her father was a native of Southport, North Carolina and her mother was a native of Sharon, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Natick High School.

She had her own recording company called Purple Frog Records, and created Put on Your Dancing Shoes and Dreamland.

She was married in 2006 and officially moved to New Zealand.

Discography

Albums
 Sillytime Magic (1989)
 Lullaby Magic (1985)
 Morning Magic (1986)
 Lullaby Magic, Vol. 2 (1987)
 Travelin' Magic (1988)
 Bathtime Magic (1990)
 Christmas Magic (1990)
 Dancin' Magic (1991)
 The Stars of Discovery Music (with Bethie and Dennis Hysom) (1993)
 Jump for Joy: Joanie's Jukebox Cafe (1993)
 Adventures with Friends and Family (1996)
 Put Your Dancing Shoes On (2001)
 Angels of December (with Thom Rotella) (2002)
 Dreamland (2002)
 Jazzy (2005)

Singles

Sillytime Magic (1980)
 "Animal Crackers in My Soup"
 "Sillie Pie"
 "The Name Game"
 "Swingin' the Alphabet"
 "Swinging on a Star"

Morning Magic (1986)
 "Put on a Happy Face"

Lullaby Magic, Vol. 2 (1987)
 "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"

Travelin' Magic (1988)
 "On the Road to Where We're Going"
 "Beep Beep"

Bathtime Magic (1990)
 "Splish Splash"

Dancin' Magic (1991)
 "Limbo Rock"
 "Dinosaur Rock N' Roll"
 "The Martian Hop"
 "Happy Feet"
 "The Loco-Motion"
 "Barefootin'"
 "La Bamba"

Filmography

Videos
 Simply Magic: The Rainy Day Adventure (1993) – Herself, various roles
 Simply Magic: The Extra-Special Substitute Teacher (1994) – Herself, various roles
 Recycle Wranglers (1997) - Herself

Television appearances
Bartels has been a guest on several television shows and channels, such as Good Morning America on ABC, The Today Show on NBC, Storytime on PBS, CNN, Disney Channel and Music City Tonight on TNN.

References

External links

1953 births
21st-century American women singers
21st-century American singer-songwriters
Actresses from Boston
American children's musicians
American emigrants to New Zealand
American women singer-songwriters
American film actresses
American women pop singers
Discovery Records artists
Living people
Singers from Boston
Singers from Los Angeles
Rounder Records artists
Singer-songwriters from Massachusetts
Singer-songwriters from California
Sony BMG artists


G50 may refer to:
 Wordtank G50, the flagship model of the Wordtank line of Electronic Japanese dictionary by Canon
 Matchless G50, a British motorcycle made by Associated Motorcycles at the former Matchless works in Plumstead, London
 The G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway in China

G-50 may refer to:
 a 1950 international agreement on Greenland
 Group of Fifty, a non-profit, non-partisan initiative based in Washington D.C., USA, that is primarily concerned with fostering more openness between business leaders and promoting economic development and social progress in the Western Hemisphere
 Zenoah G-50 – two stroke aircraft engine

G.50 may refer to:
 Fiat G.50, a World War II Italian fighter aircraft


The world's largest axe is located in Nackawic-Millville, New Brunswick, Canada.

The axe stands  tall and weighs over 55 tons. The axe-head is  wide. The concrete stump is  in diameter. It was commissioned, designed and built in 1991 by the B.I.D. Canada LTD. company in Woodstock. There is a time capsule embedded in the head of the axe.

Plaque
"The World's Largest Axe. This giant axe symbolizes the importance of the forest industry, past, present and future, to the Town of Nackawic and the Province of New Brunswick. 1991."

See also
List of world's largest roadside attractions

References

External links

 Various photos of Axe

Axes
Outdoor sculptures in Canada
Buildings and structures in York County, New Brunswick
Tourist attractions in York County, New Brunswick
Roadside attractions in Canada
Time capsules
1991 establishments in New Brunswick


Hear What I Say is the fifth and final studio album by the Dutch born 1980's pop singer C. C. Catch, released in 1989 in Germany and worldwide, produced by member of Duran Duran and The Power Station Andy Taylor. It contains two singles: Big Time (#26 hit in Germany) and Midnight Hour. "Hear What I Say" was the first album, that wasn't produced by Dieter Bohlen. Notable that album has a lot of influences, including house, funk and especially new jack swing which was in mainstream at that time.

Charts

Track listing
Midnight Hour (Cyndi Valentine, Tony Green) – 4:35
Big Time (C. C. Catch, Georg Koppehele, Martin Koppehele) – 3:51
Love Away (C. C. Catch, Dave Clayton, Jo Dworniak) – 4:12
Give Me What I Want (C. C. Catch, Dave Clayton, Jo Dworniak) – 3:47
I'm Gonna Miss You (Mennana Szimanneck, Peter Szimanneck) – 5:40
Backgirl (Andreas Van Kane, Nicholas Marriot) – 3:31
Can't Catch Me (C. C. Catch, Dave Clayton, Jo Dworniak) – 3:51
Hear What I Say (C.C. Catch, Dave Clayton, Jo Dworniak) – 3:49
Nothing's Gonna Change Our Love (C. C. Catch, Dave Clayton, Jo Dworniak) – 3:50
Feels Like Heaven (C. C. Catch, Dave Clayton, Jo Dworniak) – 5:20

Credits
Design [Cover Design] – Michael Behr
Management – Simon Napier-Bell
Mastered By – Ian Cooper
Other [Hair] – Keith Harris
Other [Make-up] – Sara Raeburn
Other [Stylist] – Peta Hunt
Photography By [Cover] – Brian Aris
Producer – Andy Taylor (tracks: 1, 5, 6), Dave Clayton (tracks: 3, 4, 7 to 10), Jo Dworniak (tracks: 3, 4, 7 to 10)
Written-By – C. C. Catch (tracks: 3, 4, 7 to 10), Dave Clayton (tracks: 3, 4, 7 to 10), Jo Dworniak (tracks: 3, 4, 7 to 10)

Notes
Mastered at Townhouse Studios.

Published by

Polygram Songs [tracks 1 and 2]
Copyright Control / Polygram Songs [tracks 3, 4, 7 to 10]
Warner Chappell [track 5]
Miau Musik/Inferno Musik [track 6]

℗ 1989 Metronome Music GmbH, Hamburg

References

C. C. Catch albums
1989 albums


Nuttby is a community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

References
 Nuttby on Destination Nova Scotia

Communities in Colchester County


North River is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Colchester County near Truro, Nova Scotia. It was settled in the 1760s as part of what was then Onslow Township, one of the many townships set up by the British Government in Halifax to encourage planters to come to Nova Scotia to work the land. Onslow Township was settled by New England Planters from the area around Boston, Massachusetts and from New Hampshire.  The original occupation of the new immigrants was farming.

References

North River on Destination Nova Scotia

Communities in Colchester County


James Ashley (21 May 1940 – 12 August 2006) was a Liberal Democrat politician in the city of Manchester, England. He was the Lord Mayor of Manchester and a councillor in the Gorton South ward.

Personal life
James Ashley was born in Manchester in 1940 and lived in Gorton, one of three sons.
He was married in 1966 and had four children. He enjoyed watercolour painting in his spare time.

Career
Ashley was appointed to the Manchester City bench in 1971 and served as a magistrate for 34 years. Ashley was the deputy president for the Manchester South Valuation Tribunal, an independent voluntary lay tribunal that resolves disputes concerning local taxes.

He made political history in 1987, becoming the first Liberal Democrat councillor to win a seat from Labour on the city council. He served as a Councillor for Gorton South from 1987 to 2006. Ashley was Lord Mayor of Manchester from 17 May 2006, to 12 August 2006. He died in office at age 66.

Achievements
Councillor Ashley was instrumental in the creation of the Gorton Heritage Trail along the  Gore Bank Valley conservation area. His voluntary work included Victim Support, Gorton Community Forum, Blackley Civic Society, Charlestown Tenants and Residents Association, and the Management Committee of Sacred Heart Community Hall. Ashley had been a member of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Building Section and was a member of the Northwest Regional Advisory Committee for Building and Civil Engineering.

References

Liberal Democrats (UK) councillors
1940 births
2006 deaths
Lord Mayors of Manchester


Luis Ciges Martínez (10 May 1921 – 11 December 2002) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1958 and 2002. His father was Manuel Ciges.

Selected filmography

 Historias de Madrid (1958) - Bombero (uncredited)
 Entierro de un funcionario en primavera (1958) - García
 Molokai (1959) - (uncredited)
 La quiniela (1960) - Trabajador del Patronato de Apuestas (uncredited)
 Plácido (1961) - Pobre en casa de Helguera
 The Lovely Lola (1962) - Abogado (uncredited)
 Los farsantes (1963) - Justo
 Young Sánchez (1964) - El padre de Paco
 The Thief of Tibidabo (1965) - Peperone
 La chica del autostop (1965)
 Chimes at Midnight (1965) - (uncredited)
 La visita que no tocó el timbre (1965)
 Mañana será otro día (1967) - Marinero
 Dante no es únicamente severo (1967) - Lord Pordemás del cuento del cazador
 Cada vez que... (1968)
 El Baldiri de la costa (1968) - Trumpet
 Nocturne 29 (1968)
 Spain Again (1968) - Padre Jacinto
 Después del diluvio (1968)
 Ditirambo (1968) - Hombre en gimnasio
 Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969) - Manuel (uncredited)
 Los caballeros de 'La antorcha''' (1969)
 The Exquisite Cadaver (1969) - Funcionario
 El abogado, el alcalde y el notario (1969) - Remigio
 Long Live the Bride and Groom (1970) - Cura
 Aoom (1970) - Constantino
 Cabezas cortadas (1970) - Blind Beggar
 Metamorfosis (1970)
 El hombre oculto (1971) - Santos
 Four Candles for Garringo (1971) - Jim
 Tirarse al monte (1971)
 Pastel de sangre (1971) - El vagabundo (segment "La danza o las supervivencias afectivas")
 La liga no es cosa de hombres (1972) - Ayudante de Hans
 A House Without Boundaries (1972) - Dueño de la fonda
 Arizona Kid (1972) - (uncredited)
 Al diablo, con amor (1973) - Padre de Emilio
 Horror Rises from the Tomb (1973) - Alain 'Le Raté' - a thief
 Corazón solitario (1973) - Luciano
 Vengeance of the Zombies (1973) - MacMurdo
 La saga de los Drácula/ The Dracula Saga (1973) - Vendedor de libros de oraciones
 The Vampires Night Orgy (1973) - Godó
 El chulo (1974) - Doctor
 I Hate My Body (1974) - Herman Schmidt
 Vera, un cuento cruel (1974) - Cura
 Los fríos senderos del crimen (1974) - Rupert
 Los Ojos Azules de la Muneca Rota (1974) - René
 Grandeur nature (1974) - Spaniard at party (uncredited)
 No quiero perder la honra (1975) - Director de cine
 Night of the Seagulls (1975)
 Pim, pam, pum... ¡fuego! (1975) - Rosales
 The Killer is Not Alone (1975) - Detective 3
 De profesión: polígamo (1975) - Padre de María
 Kilma, reina de las amazonas (1976) - Professor
 El libro de buen amor II (1976) - Professor
 Who Can Kill a Child? (1976) - Enrique Amorós
 The Anchorite (1976) - Wiz-Buete
 Nosotros que fuimos tan felices (1976) - Villegas
 Voyage of the Damned (1976) - President Bru's Secretary (uncredited)
 El hombre que supo amar (1977) - Exorcista
 Hasta que el matrimonio nos separe (1977) - Señor en campo de fútbol
 Parranda (1977) - Hombre taberna Esquilacha
 Al fin solos, pero... (1977) - Ejecutivo
 Eva, limpia como los chorros del oro (1977) - Pescadero
 La playa vacía (1977) - Dionisio
 Esposa y amante (1977) - Manolo
 Acto de posesión (1977) - Conocido de Berta
 La Raulito en libertad (1977)
 Gusanos de seda (1977) - Cura pueblo
 La criatura (1977) - Luis
 Con mucho cariño (1977)
 ¡Susana quiere perder... eso! (1977) - Farmacéutico
 Las truchas (1978) - Militante de Cruz Roja
 Un hombre llamado Flor de Otoño (1978) - Guarda
 ¡Arriba Hazaña! (1978) - Hermano Ángel
 The Remains from the Shipwreck (1978) - Don Jorge
 Tatuaje (1978) - Bromuro
 El huerto del francés / The Frenchman's Garden (1978) - Verdugo
 Borrasca (1978) - Sr. Pons
 La escopeta nacional (1978) - Segundo
 ¿Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como éste? (1978) - El Hombre del Bar
 Sentados al borde de la mañana con los pies colgando (1978) - Concejal
 La insólita y gloriosa hazaña del cipote de Archidona (1979) - Guardia
 La larga noche de los bastones blancos (1979) - Conductor Metro
 Arrebato (1979) - Portero
 La campanada (1980)
 El carnaval de las bestias/ Human Beasts (1980) - El Palanqueta
 The Cantabrians (1980) - Tulio Metelo
 Jalea real (1980) - Condestable
 Tú estás loco Briones (1981) - El Frac
 Gay Club (1981) - Menéndez
 National Heritage (1981) - Segundo
 Kargus (1981) - Don Florencio - el maestro
 Casta e pura (1981)
 Trágala, perro (1981) - Celador
 Un pasota con corbata (1982) - Governador civil
 Estoy en crisis (1982) - Hortelano
 Labyrinth of Passion (1982) - Drycleaner
 La colmena (1982) - Don Casimiro
 Valentina (1982) - Médico
 Nacional III (1982) - Segundo
 Sal gorda (1984) - Basilio
 Bajo en nicotina (1984) - Cañizares
 Sálvese quien pueda (1984) - (uncredited)
 El jardín secreto (1984) - Mariano
 La vaquilla (1985) - Barbero
 La reina del mate (1985) - Riaño
 Pharaoh's Court (La corte de Faraón) (1985) - Huete
 Hierro dulce (Sweet Iron) (1985)
 Matador (1986) - Guarda
 El orden cómico (1986) - Alfonso
 Hay que deshacer la casa (1986) - Cacharrero
 Madrid (1987) - Paco
 Así como habían sido (1987)
 Divinas palabras (1987)
 El bosque animado (1987) - Loco de Vos
 Moors and Christians (1987) - Ropero
 Sinatra (1988) - Lagarto
 Pasodoble (1988) - Fraile
 El aire de un crimen (1988)
 Amanece, que no es poco (1989) - Jimmy
 The Flight of the Dove (1989) - Columela
 Anything for Bread (1991) - José María
 La viuda del capitán Estrada (1991) - Maitre
 Everyone Off to Jail (1993) - Ludo
 Alegre ma non troppo (1994) - Abuelo
 Así en el cielo como en la tierra (1995) - Matacanes
 Una pareja perfecta (1998) - Partenio
 The Miracle of P. Tinto (1998) - P. Tinto
 Paris-Timbuktu (París-Tombuctú) (1999) - Bahamonde
 La mujer más fea del mundo (1999) - El anciano vicioso
 El paraíso ya no es lo que era (2001) - Luis
 No debes estar aquí (2002) - Ayudante Biblioteca
 Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure (2003) - Ingeniero en cemento

Television

 Don Juan (1 June 1974)
 El Pícaro (1974)
 Capítulo 10: De cómo todos los caminos no dan a Roma pero sí los allana el dinero.
 Poesía de amor y muerte (13 February 1976)
 Los Pintores del Prado (1974)
 Cuentos y leyendas Un error judicial (17 December 1974)
 En provincia (26 September 1975)
 La puñalada (24 October 1975)
 Huida hacia el pueblo de las muñecas de cera (7 November 1975)
 El libro de los tesoros (5 December 1975)
 La inocencia castigada (26 December 1975)
 El regreso de Edelmiro (9 January 1976)
 Los Libros Viaje a La Alcarria (5 April 1976)
 Curro Jiménez En la loca fortuna (16 March 1977)
 El péndulo (12 June 1977)
 Escrito en América  Cadáveres para la publicidad (9 September 1979)
 El español y los siete pecados capitales La envidia (21 November 1980)
 Fortunata y Jacinta (1980)
 Juanita la Larga (1982)
 La huella del crimen El crimen de la calle Fuencarral (17 May 1985)
 Las aventuras de Pepe Carvalho El mar, un cristal opaco (14 March 1986)
 Escalera interior, escalera exterior (1986)
 La mujer de tu vida La mujer infiel (2 March 1990)
 Truhanes La tontina (26 October 1993)
 Farmacia de guardia (1991-1994)
 Médico de familia Blanca y radiante (23 December 1997)
 Periodistas Verano.es (30 June 2000)
 Compañeros''
 Se acabó la vida de artista (3 October 2000)

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2002 deaths
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Male actors from Madrid
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Bellair, in Albemarle County, Virginia, is a historic farm.  The farm is significant for the architecture of its buildings and for its association with owners important in the political, religious, and economic life of the state.  A 250-acre portion of the farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Martin Dawson, owner in 1819, was a co-founder of the Rivanna Navigation Company and eventually became the largest donor to the University of Virginia up to the time of his bequest.

Its southern boundary is the Hardware River.

The main house on the property is a Federal-style building with dual chimneys dating from 1794 to 1817 period.

Architect Marshall S. Wells designed and/or supervised some Colonial Revival style additions in the 1930s and there was further addition of a Palladian window and more in the 1960s.

A smokehouse is one additional contributing building on the property.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Federal architecture in Virginia
Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia
Houses in Charlottesville, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Albemarle County, Virginia


Hydroa vacciniforme (HV) is a very rare, chronic photodermatitis-type skin condition with usual onset in childhood. It was first described in 1862 by Pierre-Antoine-Ernest Bazin. It is sometimes called "Bazin's hydroa vacciniforme". A study published in Scotland in 2000 reviewed the cases of 17 patients and estimated a prevalence of 0.34 cases per 100,000 population. In this study they reported an average age of onset of 7.9 years. Frequently the rash first appeared in the spring or summer months and involved sun-exposed skin.  The rash starts as a vesicular eruption, later becoming umbilicated, and results in vacciniform scarring. It is most frequently found on the nose, cheeks, ears, dorsum of the hand, and arms (places that are most exposed to light).

Causes
Hydroa vacciniforme is commonly associated with reactivation of a latent Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) formerly acquired by an asymptomatic or infectious mononucleosis-causing infection. It is therefore classified as one of the Epstein–Barr virus–associated lymphoproliferative diseases and termed EBV+ HV. These cases of EBV+ HV may progress to another EBV+ lymphoproliferative disease such as T-cell lymphoma, T-cell leukemia, B-cell lymphoma, and B-cell leukemia.

Natural history
In many children hydroa vacciniforme regresses spontaneously by early adulthood. In the 29 patients followed by Iwatuski et al., 11 of the 18 with definite or probable HV were available for follow-up and all were alive without progression of their symptoms. Some had recurrent eruptions of HV. In contrast out of 11 severe patients in this study, 6 had evidence of chronic EBV infection, 5 had hypersensitivity to mosquito bites, 4 had virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome. 6 of the severe group had natural killer cell lymphocytosis in the peripheral blood.

Diagnosis
Histology of the affected area commonly shows dense perivascular lymphocytic infiltration with reticulated degeneration of the epidermis. A study by Iwatsuki et al. detected Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) positive T-cells in the perivascular infiltration on biopsy in 28/29 patients tested. Antibody titers to EBV were measured in 14 of these patients and only five had abnormal antibody patterns consistent with chronic active EBV infection.

Treatment
Antiviral treatment has been tried with some success in a small number of patients.

See also
 List of cutaneous conditions
 Epstein–Barr virus

References

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Skin conditions resulting from physical factors


Stephen Conant Smith (born May 29, 1944) is a former American football player.  Smith was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended Maine East High School in suburban Chicago.  He played college football at the end position for the University of Michigan from 1963 to 1965. He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the fifth round (71st overall pick) of the 1966 NFL Draft.  He played eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) at the offensive tackle and defensive end positions for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1966), Minnesota Vikings (1968–70), and Philadelphia Eagles (1971–74). He was traded along with second- and sixth-round selections in 1971 (50th and 154th overall–Hank Allison and Mississippi defensive back Wyck Neely respectively) and a 1972 third-round pick (76th overall–Bobby Majors) from the Vikings to the Eagles for Norm Snead on January 28, 1971.

References

1944 births
Living people
Players of American football from St. Louis
American football defensive ends
American football offensive tackles
Michigan Wolverines football players
Pittsburgh Steelers players
Minnesota Vikings players
Philadelphia Eagles players


Centenary Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located at New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina.  It was built in 1904–1905, and is an irregularly shaped, brick multiple-use church complex.  The front facade includes an entrance five-bay arcade beneath a low conical roof flanked by square corner towers of unequal height. Nowadays the building belongs to The United Methodist Church.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

External links
 Centenary United Methodist Church, New Bern (NC): Our History

References

United Methodist churches in North Carolina
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Churches completed in 1904
20th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States
Churches in New Bern, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Craven County, North Carolina


Thorikos or Thoricus () was a city, and later a deme in the southern portion of ancient Attica, one of the twelve original settlements that were united in the synoikismos attributed to Theseus to form Archaic Athens. It was later a deme of the phyle of Acamantis. Near it are the mines of Laurion, where lead and silver was mined from Neolithic times, and worked in the industrial quarter of the settlement. There is a theatre dating from c. 525–480 BC. The modern site is Lavrio.

History

The site was inhabited from the Neolithic Age (4th millennium BC). Thoricus was the mining centre of the Laureotica. There is evidence of lead extraction from the Early Helladic period (3rd millennium BC) and of silver (now exhausted) from 1500 BC. Mycenaean tholos tombs (15th century BC) and a Late Mycenaean installation (12th century BC), probably connected with the mines in the area, have been uncovered. The finds are housed in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

It continued to be a place of importance during the flourishing period of Athenian history, as its existing remains prove, and was hence fortified by the Athenians in the 24th year of the Peloponnesian War. It was 60 stadia away in distance from Anaphlystus upon the western coast.

There were significant town walls and a postern. The town's harbour was to the south of the acropolis; the island of Makronisi (Macri) provides natural protection. The settlement was destroyed by Sulla in 86 BC, and though it was reinhabited in Roman times, and visited by Pausanias, it was permanently abandoned in the 6th century's disorders.

In myth
Thoricus, in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter (probably 7th century BC) is mentioned by the goddess, who is disguised as an old woman, as her landing place when she had been unwillingly brought from Crete. Thoricus directly faces Crete to the south, across the open Aegean Sea. Thoricus is celebrated in mythology as the residence of Cephalus, whom Eos (Roman Aurora) carried off to dwell with the gods. It has been conjectured by Christopher Wordsworth, with much probability, that the idea of Thoricus was associated in the Athenian mind with such a translation to the gods, and that the "Thorician stone" (Θορίκιος πέτρος) mentioned by Sophocles, respecting which there has been so much doubt, probably has reference to such a migration, as the poet is describing a similar translation of Oedipus. Cephalus is also said to have died at Thoricus.

Remains

The ancient city's centre and its acropolis are on Velatouri hill and the theatre (c. 525–480 BC) is a significant survival. The town was closely packed with irregular building of houses and smiths' workshops (many dating from the 7th–4th century BC). A small temple, perhaps dedicated to Hygieia, next to stoas with benches. There was an unusual Double Stoa built in the late 5th century BC. Inscriptions have identified the large Doric temple (late 5th century BC) as a telesterion for the cult of Demeter and Kore, the "Maiden" her daughter Persephone. The temple was initially explored by the Society of Dilettanti of London in 1817. In April 1886, Walter Miller conducted the first modern excavation of the site, seeking the theatre. Modern archaeology here has been largely connected with the Belgian School in Athens.

See also
List of ancient Greek cities

References

External links
 Thorikos Archaeological Research Project
 The Theatre at Thoricus

Former populated places in Greece
Cities in ancient Attica
Mycenaean sites in Central Greece
Populated places in ancient Attica
Ancient Greek cities
Lavreotiki
Demoi


More than a Game is a 2008 American documentary film that follows basketball superstar LeBron James and four of his teammates through the trials and tribulations of high school basketball in Akron, Ohio, and James's journey to fame. The film trailer was released featuring the single "Stronger" by Mary J. Blige, which she released in support of the film. The soundtrack titled Music Inspired by More than a Game was released September 28, 2009. The film had limited theatrical release on October 2, 2009.

Synopsis
More than a Game is a documentary that focuses in on five young basketball players—LeBron James, Dru Joyce III, Romeo Travis, Sian Cotton, Willie McGee—and their coach, Dru Joyce II, performing on an AAU team with the growing stardom of the future NBA superstar, LeBron James. Taking them through their pre-teens to high school, this film follows their incredible journey as the unknown Ohio team rises to the top of youth athletics.

Cast
 LeBron James as himself
 Dru Joyce III as himself
 Romeo Travis as himself
 Sian Cotton as himself
 Willie McGee as himself
 (Coach) Dru Joyce II as himself

Soundtrack

The music is mainly inspired by A. J. Mighton and John Colwill. An executive producer of the movie, Harvey Mason Jr., also is an executive producer of the soundtrack album, Music Inspired by More than a Game. The album was due for release on September 28, 2009, in the UK and September 29 in the US. Interscope is the main record label involved although Polow da Don's label Zone 4 inc/productions Mason's Harvey Mason Media the main production associates and publishers involved. Producers for the project include Boi-1da, Danielle Rayna, Polow da Don and Jerome Harmon amongst others.

The soundtrack features songs from Ester Dean, Drake, T.I., Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z, and Soulja Boy, amongst others. The album also features additional vocals or raps from Chris Brown, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Eminem, Toni Braxton, JoJo, Jordin Sparks, Ya Boy, Omarion, and Faith Evans plus others. A number of songs were released as singles. First, "Stronger" by Mary J Blige is the soundtrack's lead single and was released on August 4, 2009, to support the film and later on August 21, 2009, as the second single from Blige's ninth studio album also titled Stronger. "Drop It Low" by Ester Dean (with Chris Brown) was released as a single on August 9, 2009, while "Forever" by Drake (featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne, & Eminem) was released as a single on September 15, 2009.

Reception

Box office
More than a Game opened with $182,943 in its first weekend and grossed a total of $960,387, $950,675 in the United States and Canada, and $9,712 worldwide.

Critical response
On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 71%, based on 52 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Though the film may not delve as deep as some would prefer, More than a Game is an inspiring documentary featuring likable youngsters, a positive message, and some exciting in-game footage." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 59 out of 100, based on 18 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

See also
 List of basketball films

References

External links

2008 films
American basketball films
American sports documentary films
Documentary films about basketball
Lionsgate films
LeBron James
Sports in Akron, Ohio
Films set in Akron, Ohio
Films shot in Ohio
High school basketball in the United States
Basketball in Ohio
2008 directorial debut films
Documentary films about Ohio
2000s English-language films
2000s American films


The Miracle of the Bells is a 1948 American drama film produced by RKO. It stars Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli, Frank Sinatra, and Lee J. Cobb. Directed by Irving Pichel, with a script by Quentin Reynolds and Ben Hecht.

The film is based on the 1946 best-selling novel, The Miracle of the Bells, by Russell Janney.

Plot
Hollywood press agent Bill Dunnigan, who works for a movie studio, arrives by train with the body of actress Olga Treskovna, in her hometown of Coaltown, Pennsylvania, named for its coal mining industry. In a voiceover narrated by Dunnigan, we learn that he was in love with Olga, although he never told her; we also never find out if she loved him. He has brought her back to Coaltown to honor her deathbed request to be buried there. He encounters hostility from the local funeral director who resents her because she never finished paying for her father's burial. After being pressured by the funeral director and the pastor of the larger and more prestigious St. Leo's Catholic church, Dunnigan goes to Father Paul, the priest of the smaller and poorer Polish St. Michael's church in accordance with Olga's wishes. Showing Dunnigan where Olga's parents are buried in the graveyard atop a hill, away from the dust of the mines, Fr. Paul sings, a cappella – in both English and Polish, the plaintive "Ever Homeward", the only song in the film.

The main flashback story then begins, showing how Olga is plucked from a chorus line in a nightclub to serve as the stand-in for an extremely temperamental film actress who is to star as Joan of Arc in a motion picture. Dunnigan realizes that Olga has the makings of a talented actress herself, and when the film's star throws a tantrum and walks out, he manages to convince Marcus Harris, the film's producer, to audition Olga, despite her having had no film experience. The screen test is a success and Olga is cast as Joan. However, as filming progresses, she shows signs of being seriously ill. After inquiring after her health from her doctor, Dunnigan is secretly informed that Olga has a severe, fatal form of tuberculosis, likely caused by her inhalation of the coal dust where she grew up. Desperate to do something for her hometown that will restore the pride of its bitter and disillusioned citizens, Olga continues with the filming, and collapses after the shooting ends. Rushed to a hospital, she dies with Dunnigan at her side.

To generate interest in the film, the grief-stricken Dunnigan desperately pulls a publicity stunt, convincing all five churches in Coaltown to ring their bells for three days as a tribute to the dead actress, paying them with checks that he cannot cover. Huge interest begins to develop in the unknown actress who gave her life to complete the film, and Marcus Harris wires Dunnigan enough money to cover the checks. But Harris calls Dunnigan and tells him that he has decided not to release the film, because the moviegoing public might resent greeting the arrival of a new star who has died. Harris intends to recast the role and begin filming all over again.

On the day of Olga's funeral, an overflow crowd which includes Dunnigan enters the tiny local church, which has never been so full. As the crowd prays, a loud creaking noise is heard, and the statues of St. Michael and the Virgin Mary slowly turn on their pedestals until they face Olga's coffin. The parishioners regard this as a miracle, even though Fr. Paul has already gone to the basement (to ensure the safety of the parishioners) and determined the ground has shifted—causing the pillars which support the statues under the church to move because of the large crowd.  Dunnigan persuades Father Paul not to quash the faith of the people of Coaltown. Marcus Harris, after much reluctance, decides to release the film, which becomes a huge success. Fr. Paul is overwhelmed by the nationwide donations his church has received and the movie studio's offer to build a hospital/clinic to fight the disease which cost Olga her life.

Cast
 Fred MacMurray as William 'Bill' Dunnigan
 Alida Valli as Olga Treskovna (credited as Valli)
 Frank Sinatra as the priest, Father Paul
 Lee J. Cobb as Marcus Harris
 Harold Vermilyea as Nick Orloff
 Charles Meredith as Father J. Spinsky
 James Nolan as Tod Jones
 Veronica Pataky as Anna Klovna
 Philip Ahn as Ming Gow
 Frank Ferguson as Mike Dolan
 Frank Wilcox as Dr. Jennings
 Dorothy Sebastian as Miss Katie Orwin (uncredited)
 Michael Raffetto as Harold Tanby (uncredited)

Production
The film was put into production at the same time that Ingrid Bergman was filming her own Technicolor Joan of Arc, which was also released by RKO in 1948. Ironically, the very expensive Bergman film, although much more highly regarded today, was not a success upon release, unlike the fictional Joan of Arc film depicted in The Miracle of the Bells.

Several exterior scenes were shot on location in Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania, the mining town on which the fictional Coaltown of the novel and film was based. Many of the extras in the film were actual miners working for the Glen-Alden Coal Company.

Release
The film encountered distribution difficulties in England because of a boycott against the films of Ben Hecht. Hecht had made derogatory comments about the presence of Britain in Palestine.

The premiere for the film was unique.  It took place on Friday, March 26, 1948 at the then "Park Theater" on Brownsville Road in the little Coal Mining town of Library, Pennsylvania.  Although the movie was not filmed in Library, the town was chosen to host the premiere because it "most resembled a typical American mining community, like the one portrayed in the movie."  Accompanying the premiere, a large motorcade escorted movie stars Charles Coburn, Ruth Warrick and Leo Carrillo into the town of Library. The stars visited the War Memorial just down the road from the theater, where they addressed the enormous crowd of locals who showed up for the pomp and celebration. The theater is still standing today, and over the years has been converted for other uses, such as a Dance Studio and a Boxing Gym.

Reception
The Miracle of the Bells was dismissed by critics, and was mentioned in the satirical film book The Golden Turkey Awards, which poked fun at Frank Sinatra's portrayal of Father Paul. Time magazine excoriated the film upon release, declaring in their review that "St. Michael ought to sue". In recent decades the film has developed a better reputation due to its realistic portrayal of coal miners in small town America.

Box office
The film recorded a loss of $640,000.

Radio adaptation
The Miracle of the Bells was presented on Lux Radio Theatre May 31, 1948. The adaptation starred MacMurray, Valli, and Sinatra.

References

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1948 films
1948 drama films
American drama films
American black-and-white films
Films about Catholicism
Films about filmmaking
Films based on American novels
Films directed by Irving Pichel
Films scored by Leigh Harline
Films set in Pennsylvania
Films shot in Pennsylvania
Films with screenplays by Ben Hecht
Publicity stunts in fiction
RKO Pictures films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films


Geoffrey Thomas Anderson (born 26 November 1944) is an English former professional footballer who scored 19 goals in 88 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City, Mansfield Town and Lincoln City. He played as a right winger.

Career
Anderson was born in Sheerness, Kent. He played football for Canterbury Schools and for Southern League side Ramsgate before joining Birmingham City in December 1962. He was one of three teenagers who made their debuts on 11 January 1964 away at Manchester United in the First Division, the other two being Mickey Bullock and Ray Martin. Birmingham won the game 2–1, but Anderson never played for the club again; he signed for Mansfield Town in May 1964. In two seasons, he scored 13 goals in 43 games in the Third Division, and then moved on to Fourth Division club Lincoln City. After scoring seven goals in 48 appearances in all competitions in the 1966–67 season, he left the club. He finished his career with short spells at Brentford and Port Vale, though did not play a first team game for either club.

Career statistics
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References

1944 births
Living people
People from Sheerness
Footballers from Kent
English men's footballers
Men's association football wingers
Ramsgate F.C. players
Birmingham City F.C. players
Mansfield Town F.C. players
Lincoln City F.C. players
Port Vale F.C. players
Southern Football League players
English Football League players


Charles "Kale" Teetai Ane III (born August 12, 1952) is a former professional American football player who played center for seven seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League (NFL), and three seasons at Michigan State University.

Life
He is the son of former NFL player Charley Ane. Now known as Kale Ane, he was the head football coach and assistant athletic director at the Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii, where both he and his father attended high school and played football.

Head coaching record

References

1952 births
Living people
American football centers
Green Bay Packers players
Kansas City Chiefs players
Michigan State Spartans football players
High school football coaches in Hawaii
Punahou School alumni
Players of American football from Los Angeles
Players of American football from Honolulu
American sportspeople of Samoan descent


Spijk is a village in the eastern Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Zevenaar, Gelderland, near the border with Germany.

Near Spijk, the Rhine crosses the border into the Netherlands.

History
The village was first mentioned in 908 as Herispich, and means promontory of either the lord or army. Spijk developed into a long dike village along the Rhine. The tower of the Dutch Reformed Church dates from around 1250 and was enlarged 1500. The church building dates from around 1500. It was restored between 1965 and 1969. In 1840, Spijk was home to 126 people. In 1914, a Roman Catholic church was built in the village.

Gallery

References

Populated places in Gelderland
Germany–Netherlands border crossings
Zevenaar


Round Hill is an historic community on the Annapolis River in Nova Scotia’s verdant Annapolis Valley halfway between the Valley market towns of Bridgetown and Annapolis Royal.  It is 10 kilometres east of Annapolis Royal on Route 201 and the same distance west of Bridgetown.

Known as Rosette to the French, the area was settled in the early 1600s by the Acadians from France’s Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.  The Acadian legacy remains in the form of dikes, orchards and the remnants of their mills and other structures as well as in family names and the names of nearby communities and geographical features. The Acadians were followed in the mid 18th century by English and Scots, including the New England Planters from the eastern seaboard of the United States.  United Empire Loyalists arrived soon after as a consequence of the American Revolution, the most famous being the "Outlaw of the Bronx" James De Lancey.  All of those groups have contributed to the development of a community of farms, orchards, vineyards and woodlots that is today both pretty and productive.

Round Hill is exactly halfway between London, England, and Los Angeles, California.  It is close to the east coast of the United States and has had historical trading relationships with Great Britain, the eastern United States and the Caribbean Islands to the south.  It is within an easy drive to Stanfield International Airport in Halifax and also to ferry terminals offering daily service to the northeastern United States and Saint John, New Brunswick.  The community is home to people from both Europe and the United States as well as to residents who have moved from other parts of Canada in search of a favourable climate and growing conditions, especially for fruits and vegetables.

With close proximity to both the Bay of Fundy, which insures its temperate climate, and the classic Canadian lakes and forests of Nova Scotia's Kejimkujic National Park, Round Hill offers a variety of beautiful landscapes and opportunities for outdoor activities and sightseeing.  A trail constructed along an old rail bed of the Dominion Atlantic Railway runs through the community along the Annapolis River offering vistas of the hills to the north and south which form the famous fruit-growing region of the Annapolis Valley.

The Round Hill River flows through the community descending the South Mountain through old wood lots until eventually joining the Annapolis River.  The woods still contain examples of the original Acadian forest with stands of hemlock, eastern white pine, sugar maple and other trees which provide habitat for the area's rich wildlife.

Round Hill has abundant populations of both wildlife and birdlife.  White-tailed deer, black bear, lynx, bobcats, porcupine and other species are found in the area. Pileated woodpeckers, bald eagles, osprey, woodcock, warblers, hummingbirds and other bird species are commonly seen.  The area has the largest pheasant population east of the Mississippi.  Round Hill is directly on the migratory route of the monarch butterfly and local efforts are underway to protect and increase its habitat.

The Annapolis River has striped bass, sturgeon and sea trout and even occasionally a whale from the Bay of Fundy finds its way up the River. The Round Hill River has brook trout and small eels but perhaps at best a small remnant population of the Atlantic salmon that were once numerous there.  Efforts are being made to restore the salmon population in the Annapolis River and its tributaries through research studies and habitat restoration projects.

Having been settled early on by the French and then taken over in the mid-1700s by the English, the community has among the best domestic historical architecture in Canada with fine old homes and gardens overlooking the Annapolis River. Earlier names for Round Hill include Pré Ronde (French, meaning 'round meadow' for its situation in a horseshoe bend in the Annapolis River) and Rosette, the nickname of an Acadian settler.

John Whitman and his sons Elnathan (1785–1868) and Alfred (1797–1861 and grandson George Whitman (born 1823) were farmers and political figures in Nova Scotia born at Rosette (later Round Hill). The Massachusetts Loyalist James De Lancey settled in Round Hill in 1783.

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Communities in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia


The Omega ratio is a risk-return performance measure of an investment asset, portfolio, or strategy. It was devised by Con Keating and William F. Shadwick in 2002 and is defined as the probability weighted ratio of gains versus losses for some threshold return target. The ratio is an alternative for the widely used Sharpe ratio and is based on information the Sharpe ratio discards.

Omega is calculated by creating a partition in the cumulative return distribution in order to create an area of losses and an area for gains relative to this threshold.

The ratio is calculated as:

where  is the cumulative probability distribution function of the returns and  is the target return threshold defining what is considered a gain versus a loss. A larger ratio indicates that the asset provides more gains relative to losses for some threshold  and so would be preferred by an investor. When  is set to zero the gain-loss-ratio by Bernardo and Ledoit arises as a special case.

Comparisons can be made with the commonly used Sharpe ratio which considers the ratio of return versus volatility. The Sharpe ratio considers only the first two moments of the return distribution whereas the Omega ratio, by construction, considers all moments.

Optimization of the Omega ratio

The standard form of the Omega ratio is a non-convex function, but it is possible to optimize a transformed version using linear programming. To begin with, Kapsos et al. show that the Omega ratio of a portfolio is:If we are interested in maximizing the Omega ratio, then the relevant optimization problem to solve is:The objective function is still non-convex, so we have to make several more modifications. First, note that the discrete analogue of the objective function is:For  sampled asset class returns, let  and . Then the discrete objective function becomes:With these substitutions, we have been able to transform the non-convex optimization problem into an instance of linear-fractional programming. Assuming that the feasible region is non-empty and bounded, it is possible to transform a linear-fractional program into a linear program. Conversion from a linear-fractional program to a linear program gives us the final form of the Omega ratio optimization problem:where  are the respective lower and upper bounds for the portfolio weights. To recover the portfolio weights, normalize the values of  so that their sum is equal to 1.

See also
Modern portfolio theory
Post-modern portfolio theory
Sharpe ratio
Sortino ratio
Upside potential ratio

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Mark Dewitt Brammer (born May 3, 1958) is a former professional American football player who played tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons for the Buffalo Bills. He is #60 on the list of Michigan's Greatest High School Football Players.

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Jacinto Roque de Sena Pereira ( 1784 – 27 June 1850) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian sailor notable for his service to the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves and later the Empire of Brazil.

His naval career culminated with a period of squadron command. For nearly a decade he was in charge of a squadron on the Uruguay River, using the schooner Oriental as his flagship. He prepared for the Portuguese invasion of 1816, which resulted in the defeat of the troops led by José Gervasio Artigas and the annexation of the Banda Oriental to the Kingdom of Brazil as the Cisplatina province. He was considered a consummate planner, especially in the area of combined operations with land forces. His personality, education, and intelligence led him to be involved in many activities, such as diplomacy.

Similar to many Portuguese soldiers active in the Cisplatina province, he married a woman from the region, Eugenia Gadea Paredes from the Soriano Department.

During the Cisplatine War, he was named commander of the Third Division, the Brazilian naval squadron in the Uruguay River. He suffered a major defeat against admiral William Brown in the Battle of Juncal, after which he was taken prisoner. After refusing to give an oath of submission, he succeeded in escaping, and in 1829 he was one of those who entered the plaza of Montevideo as a result of the Preliminary Peace Convention.

He died extremely poor, at the age of 66.

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Baltinava Parish () is an administrative territorial entity of Balvi Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia. It was formerly part of the ex-Balvi District. Following the Administrative territorial reform of Latvia in 2009 it was reorganized into Baltinava Municipality, which was merged into Balvi Municipality in 2021.

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Parishes of Latvia
Balvi Municipality
Latgale


Grenoble Graduate School of Business (GGSB) is an educational institution within Grenoble Ecole de Management; it is internationally focused, and is the English language division of the business school. It is situated in the Europole area, next to the World Trade Center of Grenoble. Grenoble Ecole de Management is one of the few business schools (1% of schools worldwide) to possess the three accreditations that distinguish the leading international business schools: European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and The Association of MBAs (AMBA).

Its international programs in particular have been well ranked by the international business press. It garners its international reputation mainly from the prestigious Master of International Business (MIB) program which has been ranked 38th Best Master in Management in the world by the Financial Times (FT) in 2020  and the Master of Science in Finance which has been ranked 16th worldwide in the Financial Times 2020 Masters in Finance pre-experience ranking.

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Grenoble Graduate School of Business
Grenoble École de Management

Educational institutions in Grenoble
Business schools in France


Balvi Parish () is an administrative unit of Balvi Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia.

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Balvi Municipality
Parishes of Latvia
Latgale


Tupperville is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in  Annapolis County. Before it became known as Tupperville it was once Girouard Village, home of many generations of the Girouard family from 1690 to 1755 starting with Jacques Girouard (b-1648 d-1703) and his wife Marguerite Gautrot Girouard. Jacques was the eldest son of François Girouard and Jeanne Aucoin Girouard. The Girouard's built a number of homes and worked the land which also once belonged to Charles D'Aulnay, Governor of Acadie from 1636 to 1650. Tupperville was named after Canada's sixth Prime Minister Sir Charles Tupper who was said to frequent the area.

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Communities in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia


Bērzkalne Parish () is an administrative unit of Balvi Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia.

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Balvi Municipality
Parishes of Latvia
Latgale


Bērzpils Parish () is an administrative unit of Balvi Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia.

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Balvi Municipality
Parishes of Latvia
Latgale