The Mountain Eagle is a local weekly newspaper published in Whitesburg, Kentucky. It is the main newspaper of Letcher County, Kentucky and one of the primary newspapers of Eastern Kentucky.

It was published by Thomas E. Gish until his death in November 2008 and edited by his son, Benjamin T. Gish.

Founded by Nehemiah Webb in 1907, The Mountain Eagle The Mountain Eagle was purchased by Tom and Pat Gish in 1956 and has been owned by the Gish family of Letcher County ever since. It has won numerous awards for its coverage of strip mining and its environmental effects, education, and political corruption.
After the newspapers office was set on fire by an arsonist in 1974, Tom and Pat Gish produced a new print the next morning in which they had changed the newspaper's motto from "It Screams" to "It STILL Screams."

Tom Gish was born and raised in Letcher County while Pat Gish was from Central Kentucky. The two met at The University of Kentucky. Tom Gish would later become a bureau chief for United Press in Frankfort, and Pat would become a reporter for The Lexington Leader which is now part of The Herald-Leader. The two had planned on moving to Columbus, Ohio, for Tom Gish's work; however, on a visit at Tom Gish's home they found that The Mountain Eagle was for sale and decided to buy it and remain in Letcher County the rest of their lives. It did not take long for the newspaper to gain attention as both Tom and Pat were experienced journalists. On November 21, 2008, Tom Gish died at the age of 82, and Pat Gish died on April 13, 2013, at age 87. This left the newspaper in need of a new editor and publisher and both roles would be fulfilled by Ben Gish, the son of Tom and Pat. Pat Gish was pregnant with Ben Gish when they purchased The Mountain Eagle and thus he grew up being involved in the newspaper and began working there at 5 years old, folding newspapers.

Awards
On February 28, 2005, The Gish Award was created and awarded to Tom and Pat Gish by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues. It was awarded to Tom and Pat Gish at the institute's first conference for journalists focused on covering healthcare in Central Appalachia, which was held at
The University of Kentucky's Center for Rural Health in Hazard, KY. This award recognizes rural journalist that demonstrate "courage, tenacity and integrity often needed to render public service through journalism". The award was named after Tom and Pat Gish in honor of their work with journalism in Appalachia through publishing The Mountain Eagle.

Controversy
The controversy surrounding The Mountain Eagle first started with the Letcher County School Board. During the 1950s the Letcher County School Board was the biggest public employer of the county. Pat Gish began to sit in on the board's meetings and report what they said and done in The Mountain Eagle. This coverage caused the board to ban press coverage of its meetings, and left the town of Whitesburg in fear of unemployment. The townspeople began to conduct boycotts, create competition, and commit arson in hopes of shutting the newspaper down. Later in 1960 the controversy would continue with The Mountain Eagle article on Bert Combs, the Kentucky governor, in which he was criticized for not taking as stronger stand against strip mining, as well as not addressing the failing economy of the Appalachian area. This led to the presence of the National Guard in the coalfields to prevent violence.

Influence
The reach of "The Mountain Eagle's" influence was not limited to Letcher County or the state of Kentucky, and would become nationally influential when an article was written about the Tennessee Valley Authority's involvement in strip mining. This gained attention from Harry Caudill and who rote a book in 1963 entitled Night Comes to the Cumberlands which focused on the issues the Appalachian area faced. This book's content was similar to that of The Mountain Eagle's touching on things such as strip mining, corrupt school systems, and poverty. This book gained national attention, drawing news reporters to Whitesburg. In November 1963 Homer Bigart, a New York Times reporter, traveled to Eastern Kentucky and wrote about the hunger faced in the area during Christmas time. This led to donations of food and clothes from all over the country, and became the first time the federal government considered an economic aid program for Appalachia.

References

External links

Thomas E. Gish obituary

Newspapers established in 1907
Letcher County, Kentucky
Newspapers published in Kentucky
1907 establishments in Kentucky
Whitesburg, Kentucky


The Association of Exempt Firemen Building is located in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The building was designed by Francis G. Himpler and was built in 1870. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1984 as Assembly of Exempt Firemen Building. The building serves as a firefighters' union hall and as a museum of Hoboken firefighters' memorabilia, the Hoboken Fire Department Museum.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hudson County, New Jersey
Exhibitions in Hudson County

References

External links
 Hoboken Fire Department
 Article about the museum

Buildings and structures in Hudson County, New Jersey
Fire stations completed in 1870
Defunct fire stations in New Jersey
Firefighting museums in the United States
Museums in Hudson County, New Jersey
Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Buildings and structures in Hoboken, New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Hudson County, New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places


Royal Free, University College and Middlesex Medical Students RFC is the rugby union club for UCL Medical School, which is part of the University of London. The rugby club is commonly referred to by its shortened name of RUMS RFC or RUMS Rugby. The club is registered with the RFU and plays in the traditional colours of the medical school: blue, yellow and black.

RUMS RFC is one of the largest and most successful clubs of UCL Medical School, with over 50 members and three teams competing in the BUCS SE league.

History
The London teaching hospitals began playing rugby union in the 1860s, with many of its members former Cambridge and Oxford graduates. The United Hospitals Rugby Football Club was formed in 1867, before the founding of the Rugby Football Union, and by 1874 had initiated the United Hospital's Challenge Cup, a competition for the rival hospitals. Although Guy's provided far more international rugby players, the United Hospital club saw many notable players join the team, including notable Barbarian, Brigadier Glyn Hughes.

The Royal Free and University College Medical School was formed in 1998 following a series of mergers between a number of existing medical schools: in 1987 the Middlesex Hospital Medical School (founded 1746) merged with University College Medical School (1825) to form the University College and Middlesex School of Medicine. In 1998 the University College and Middlesex School of Medicine merged with the Royal Free Hospital Medical School to form the Royal Free and University College Medical School. In 2008 the medical school changed its name to UCL Medical School; however at a meeting in 2009 all the medical school sports teams voted to alter their traditional name slightly, adding Middlesex, to honour the heritage of the Middlesex medical school. Thus the club name changed to The Royal Free, University College and Middlesex Medical Students (RUMS), not using the new medical school name.

The current rugby club is an amalgamation of the rugby clubs of these previous medical schools. Thus the club has an illustrious history and has been competing in the oldest rugby competition in the world, the United Hospitals Cup, in one guise or another since 1874.

Teams
1st XV: The 1st XV of RUMS RFC has been competing at a very high level for several seasons. They are currently the highest ranked sports team within UCL Medical School and one of the highest within University College London.
2nd XV: This team is also known as 'The Boars', a nickname descending from the Middlesex Hospital Medical School rugby team.
3rd XV: As of March 2009, a 3rd XV has been created, playing under the name of 'The Piglets'. This team acts as a training buffer for potential Boars.

Competitions
United Hospitals Cup: The 1st XV compete annually in this prestigious competition, first winning the trophy on 6 March 2015 by beating Imperial Medicals 20-6. This was the first time RUMS or any of its constituent medical schools won the trophy in 128 years. The team then went on to win the competition again in 2018 defeating Barts 34-18 in the final.
BUCS SE 1A: The 1st XV competes in the highest university league of the SE area of England.
BUCS SE 4B
BUCS SE 7B
Munich Sevens: RUMS RFC competes annually in this international tournament, entering two teams. The club won the plate competition for 11 years straight, but this succession was broken by Munich RFC in 2007, when RUMS, led by Toby Ikwueke, lost a thrilling final for the first time. This monopoly of the plate competition has led the Bavarian organisers dubbing RUMS RFC as the 'plate specialists'. In the 2009 competition the 1st VII reached the cup final, knocking out hosts Munich in an epic semi-final. The team lost a very close final to the British Army team, 'The Rifles'.
Bill Smith Cup: This is held every December between the first and second years of the medical school. It was named in honour of Prof. Bill Smith who was a great supporter of the rugby club during his time teaching at UCL Medical School.

Internationals
Over the years the club and its predecessor clubs have fostered a number of international players.

University College Hospital
 Dawson Turner (1871-75)

References

External links
 RUMS RFC
 Rugby Football Union
 United Hospitals RFC

Rugby union teams in England
Rugby union clubs in London
University and college rugby union clubs in England
United Hospitals sports clubs
Rugby union clubs in Middlesex


Catalunya Central (English: Central Catalonia), also known as Comarques Centrals, is one of the eight regions (vegueries) defined by the Regional Plan of Catalonia. It has 413,349 inhabitants as of 2022. It is located around the upper and middle sections of the Llobregat and Ter rivers. The region includes the comarques of Bages, Berguedà, Lluçanès, Moianès, Osona and Solsonès. It borders to the north-west with Alt Pirineu, to the west with Ponent, to the south with Penedès, to the south-east with Barcelona and to the north and north-east with Girona.

Its de facto capital is Manresa, the most populous city, as a law has not set one yet.

Demography

Notes

References

Geography of Catalonia
Functional territorial sections of Catalonia


The People's Assembly of Gagauzia (, , ) is the representative and legislative body of Gagauzia, an autonomous territorial unit of Moldova.

Composition
The People's Assembly consists of 35 deputies, elected for a term of four years, in single-mandate territorial constituencies, on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage with secret and free voting.

Members

Chairmen
The work of the National Assembly is headed by the President of the People's Assembly of Gagauzia and the Presidium of the National Assembly. Below is a list of office-holders:

External links

History of Gagauzia

Politics of Moldova
Gagauzia


Sri Pratap College, commonly known as SP College, is an academic and professional college in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The college has been accredited by NAAC with an 'A+' Grade. It is the oldest institute of higher education in the Kashmir Valley.

Location
It is located in the heart of summer capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, i. e., Srinagar, at M.A. Road, Srinagar.

History

Established in 1905 by Annie Besant for the then ruler of Jammu and Kashmir Shri Maharaja Pratap Singh. Before Indian independence, the college was affiliated with University of Punjab and post independence Banaras Hindu University gave affiliation to S.P. college until the University of Kashmir was founded in 1956. It was established in 1905, as an intermediate college by upgrading the famous Hindu High School, Srinagar. It was the personal effort of notable British Social Reformer and educationist, Annie Besant who directed the Central Hindu College Trust, Banaras(to which it was affiliated) to appoint, Mr M.U. Moore, a noted Irish Scholar as the first principal of the institution. Beginning with a modest roll of eight students and only six teachers on its staff, in a few years' time, the college rose to the degree level in Arts by 1911 when state government took it over and renamed it as Sri Pratap College after the name of the then ruler of the state Maharaja Pratap Singh. In 1912 the college was affiliated to the University of Punjab, Lahore with the state patronage available to it by virtue of which the growth of S.P College received a notable fillip. Ever since, the development of the college has been a steady process through the entire span of the 20th century.

During the tenure of Prof. I.K Sharga (1911–1921) the science stream up to intermediate level was introduced in the college curriculum. The dynamic and ablest academics and administrators like Prof. M.U. Moore, Prof. Vinamali Chakaravati, Prof. I.K. Sharga, Prof. Lawrence Mac Dermot, Prof. M.M. Ibrahim, Dr. M. D. Taseer, Prof. Jia Lal Kaul and Prof. Saif ud Din have served the college and contributed to the level that the hundreds of the college alumni rose to eminence in different fields of human activity in the state and outside,  by occupying important positions.

The college has celebrated its centenary year in 2005, and in this year people from the world participated in the college function, as the different departments of the college organized different workshops and exhibitions.

The history of S.P College is, in-fact, the history of progress of higher education in Kashmir. Almost for the first half of the 20th century, S.P. College had the distinction of being the only institution to provide facilities for imparting higher education in Arts and Sciences in the valley. Despite a good number of colleges coming into existence in the valley after 1947, this college continues to maintain its primacy and academic excellence all along. With the delinking of arts faculty from it in 1975, S.P. College is now an exclusively science college imparting science education at Undergraduate level in a broad spectrum of subjects like English, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Environment and Water Management, Biochemistry, Clinical Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Human Genetics, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Geology, Geography, Electronics, Information Technology. The college also offers add-on course in Spoken Arabic, Environmental Sciences, Communicative English, Personality Development, Physical Education, Diagnostic Lab Technology etc. The college also offers Postgraduate level programmes in various science subjects.

The institute has been declared as a part of the Cluster University of Srinagar under the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan. The institute shall run School of Sciences under this initiative offering more postgraduate as well as research intensive programmes.  With operationalization of the school of Sciences under RUSA cluster University proposal, research is expected to get a flip with more funding coming for the purpose. The infrastructure for this project is being funded by Central Government and is coming-up at brisk pace. The school is likely to start from 2017.

It is worth to mention that the college got submerged in the September 2014 deluge. This resulted in huge loss of infrastructure, labs, some 60,000 books, and other support facilities.

Courses
The college offers a range of nationally and internationally recognized undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in a variety of academic disciplines including Science and Information Technology. It is recognized by the University Grants Commission of India, (UGC). It is affiliated to University of Kashmir. The college offers following courses:
Five-Year (Integrated) M.Sc. in Physics
Five-Year (Integrated) M.Sc. in Zoology
Five-Year (Integrated) M.Sc. in Chemistry
Five-Year (Integrated) M.Sc. in Environmental Science
Five-Year (Integrated) M.Sc. in Information Technology
Five-Year (Integrated) M.Sc. in Water Resources & Waste Water Technology
Five-Year (Integrated) M.Sc. in Botany
Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Physics
Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Mathematics
Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Statistics
Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Geology
Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in I.T
Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Botany
Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Zoology
Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry
Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Biochemistry
Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Water Resources & Waste Water Technology
Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Electronics
Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Geography
Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Biotechnology
Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Biochemistry
Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Bioinformatics
Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Clinical Biochemistry

Departments
Department of English
PG Department of Biochemistry
Department of Biotechnology
PG Department of Botany
PG Department of Chemistry
Department of Electronics
Department of Environment and Water Management
PG Department of Environmental Sciences
Department of Geography
Department of Geology
PG Department of Information Technology
Department of Mathematics
PG Department of Physics
Department of Physical Education
Department of Statistics
PG Department of Zoology
Department of Human Genetics
Department of Bio Informatics
Department of Clinical Biochemistry

IGNOU Study Centre: S.P. College IGNOU Study Centre (1209) is steaming ahead since its inception in 2004. At present, the centre provides counselling and guidance to number of UG and PG courses. During the current year, the student enrolment has touched 4000 making an increase of staggering 90% and the number of programmes offered has also risen to 39. This centre has a distinction of holding practical sessions for students in all science streams and conducting all types of examinations. This centre also holds distinction in actuating highly market oriented courses in PG Analytical Chemistry, GIS & Remote Sensing, etc.

Postage stamp

On 15 June 2006, India Post released a commemorative postage stamp on Sri Pratap College. The stamp depicted the heritage building of the college.

Notable alumni
 Amanullah Khan
 Karan Singh
 Mirza Hassan Khan
 Rafiq Ahmad Pampori
 Ramanand Sagar
 Rehman Rahi
 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
 Om Prakash Malhotra
 Sheikh Abdullah
 Yasin Malik
 Ashfaq Majeed Wani

References

External links
 S P College Website

Colleges in India
Degree colleges in Kashmir Division
Universities and colleges in Srinagar
Universities and colleges in Jammu and Kashmir
Colleges affiliated to University of Kashmir
Colleges affiliated to Cluster University of Srinagar


Karsibór is an island forming part of the Polish port town of Świnoujście.
 Karsibór, a village on the above island previously called Kaseburg.

Karsibór may also refer to the following villages in Poland:
Karsibór, Świdwin County
Karsibór, Wałcz County


Isleten is a village in the municipality of Isenthal, Uri, Switzerland.

Villages in Switzerland


Alexandra Hildebrandt (née Weissmann, born on 27 February 1959) is a German human rights activist and museum director of the Checkpoint Charlie Museum. In 1995, she married the museum's co-founder and former director Rainer Hildebrandt, and they remained married until his death in 2004. She is internationally noted for leading the construction of the Freedom Memorial, which was controversially demolished in 2005. The focus of Alexandra Hildebrandt's work is the preservation and advancement of the Checkpoint Charlie Museum, the rehabilitation of the victims of the GDR-Regime, and the clarification of more destinies of refugees who suffered death at the East–west border. In 2004, she endowed the international human rights award, the Dr. Rainer Hildebrandt Medal, which is given annually in recognition of extraordinary, non-violent commitment to human rights.

From 2010 until 2013, Hildebrandt worked to secure the release of oligarch turned political activist, Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Initially she started with an exhibition in her Checkpoint Charlie Museum, to raise awareness about the fate of Khodorkovsky after Khodorkovsky's lawyers and family asked her for help. Eventually, she involved former German Foreign Secretary, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, in her international campaign to free Khodorkovsky. In 2013, Khodorkovsky was released from prison after serving some ten years.

Hildebrandt remarried in 2016 and has eight children.

Laureates — Dr. Rainer Hildebrandt Human Rights Award
 2005: Yitzhak Rabin (posthumously), Zheng Yichun
 2006: Suzanne Mubarak
 2007: Óscar Elías Biscet, Normando Hernández Gonzales, Harald Poelchau (posthumously), Muhammad Mugraby
 2008: Rudolf Seiters, Juri Samodurow
 2009: Bogdan Borusewicz
 2010: Imre Pozsgay, Jurij Schmidt, Mikhail Khodorkovsky
 2011: Antonia Rados
 2012: Yoko Ono
 2013: Guy von Dardel, Nina Lagergren (half sister of Raoul Wallenberg)
 2014: Rupert Neudeck, Andrei Makarevich, Wolf Vostell (posthumously)
 2015: Sergei Khrushchev
 2016: Pál Maléter (posthumously), Zoltán Balog (politician)
 2018: Lucius D. Clay (posthumously)
 2019: Olga Benda, Danny Lewis Warrick

Members of the jury include: Henry Kissinger, Joachim Gauck, Avi Primor, James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, Sara Nachama and Rainer Haushofer (nephew of Albrecht Haushofer).

Publications
 "Es wird viel gewaltsames Sterben geben...Rainer Hildebrandt-Ein Leben für die Freiheit, Biografie Teil 1", 2014,
 Ein Mensch Rainer Hildebrandt – Begegnungen Verl. Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin 1999,
 Die Mauer.Zahlen.Daten, Haus am Checkpoint Charlie Verlag, Berlin 2001,
 "DIE MAUER. Es geschah am Checkpoint Charlie",
 "Geteiltes Deutschland. Grenzschilder",
 "Zitate zur deutschen Teilung, zur MAUER und zur Wiedervereinigung",

References

External links
 Checkpoint Charlie Museum

1959 births
German anti-communists
German human rights activists
Activists from Kyiv
Women human rights activists
Living people
Women museum directors


The Sanlam Centre is a building in downtown Windhoek, Namibia. Located on Independence Avenue, the building was built in 1990, the same year as Namibia's independence. It has 15 floors and 28,000 m2 of floor space. The German, Swedish and Venezuelan embassies are located in the building,. as is the American Cultural Center, an extension of the United States embassy in Namibia. It is named after South Africa-based Sanlam Ltd.

References

Buildings and structures in Windhoek
Buildings and structures completed in 1990
1990 in Namibia


The Atewa Range Forest Reserve (also called the Atiwa-Atwaredu ranges) is in the Akyem Abuakwa region of southeastern Ghana, near the town of Kibi, and south-west of the Kwahu Plateau which forms the south-west boundary of Lake Volta. The range runs roughly north–south, consisting of steep-sided hills with fairly flat summits. It is the last remains of the Cenozoic peneplain that once covered southern Ghana, and contains ancient bauxitic soils.  The range is the site of an important forest reserve, and the source of three major rivers.

Forest Reserve

A large area of the range has been declared a forest reserve, including about 17,400 hectares of upland evergreen forest, rare for Ghana.  The reserve is managed by the Forestry Commission of Ghana in collaboration with other stakeholders, key among them is the Okyeman Environment Foundation, which has restricted people from farming in the area and instead is trying to encourage eco-tourism. However, the reserve is under pressure from logging and hunting for bushmeat. It is also vulnerable to mining exploration activities, since the reserve contains gold deposits as well as low-grade bauxite.

Many of the plant species occur only in this part of Ghana, or in few other localities and part was declared as a specially protected GSBA (Globally Significant Biodiversity Area) following  a national botanic survey of forest reserves by Ghana Forestry Dept. in the 1990s. The forest reserve contains many birds that are rare elsewhere in Ghana including Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo, Rufous-sided Broadbill, Least Honeyguide, Spotted Honeyguide, Common Bristlebill and Blue-headed Crested-Flycatcher.

Discoveries
In a 2006 expedition to survey the reserve, scientists discovered two rare and possibly endangered species of primate in the reserve: Geoffroy's pied colobus (Colobus vellerosus) and the olive colobus (Procolobus verus), as well as 17 rare butterfly species and the critically endangered frog species Conraua derooi. Butterfly species include the Papilio antimachus, which has the widest wingspan in the world and the Mylothris atewa, which may be globally critically endangered.

In May 2017, researchers from Rocha conducted a review of camera trap footage captured in Ghana's Atewa mountain range, they discovered the presence of white-naped mangabeys (Cercocebus lunulatus). The unexpected finding of these primates highlights the significance of camera trap technology in uncovering and documenting the biodiversity of the region.

In July 2021,  a team of scientists including Dr. Caleb Ofori-Boateng, a Ghanaian scientist from the CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (CSIR-FORIG) discovered a critically endangered frog species, named Conraua sagyimase or Atewa Slippery frog. These unique species were found exclusively in the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, and it has been named after the community of Sagyimase, which has supported research on the frog. The Akan common name for the species translates to "the frog of the forest streams."

Again, October 2021, two British scientists conducting research in Ghana made an extraordinary rediscovery. They found Shelley Eagle-Owl, a majestic and enigmatic giant owl species, in the Atewa Forest. Surprisingly, this bird had remained unnoticed by scientists in Ghana for nearly 150 years, adding to its elusive and mysterious nature.

The call for national park
As early as 2012, a united front of prominent conservation organizations in Ghana formed the "Coalition of NGOs against mining in Atewa" (CONAMA). Acting in solidarity, they urgently appealed to the government of Ghana to prioritize the nation's heritage and the long-term well-being of its people by revoking all plans and decisions to convert the Atewa Range of Forest Reserves into a mining site. Furthermore, they called on the government to terminate any prospecting and mining contracts entered into with Vitmeco Ghana (Bauxite) Ltd, regardless of the associated costs. This collective effort emphasized the importance of safeguarding the ecological and cultural significance of the Atewa Forest.

The Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin and numerous non-governmental organizations and civil society organizations, including Rocha, are urging the government to recognize the immense benefits that would arise from converting the forest reserve into a national park instead of pursuing mining activities. They emphasize the significant positive impact such a transformation would have on the environment, biodiversity, and the country as a whole. By preserving the Atewa Forest Reserve as a national park, the government can safeguard its ecological value and ensure the sustainable conservation of its rich biodiversity for present and future generations.

Resources

Rivers
The Atewa range is the source of three important rivers: the Ayensu and Densu Rivers which flow south into the Atlantic, and the Birim which makes a long detour north and southwest around the Atewa range before joining the Pra River. The Birim, which flows through all three of the traditional Akyem areas of Ghana, is an important but declining source of diamonds.

Atewa Bauxite Mining
The Atewa Forest Reserve in Ghana is being considered as a potential location for an integrated bauxite-aluminum mine, facilitated by a Chinese resource-backed loan. This loan offers opportunities for infrastructure development across selected areas in the country.

References

External links

Mountains of Ghana
National parks of Ghana
Forest reserves of Ghana


Didier Blanc (born 7 June 1984) is a French ski mountaineer.

Selected results
 2006:
 7th, World Championship team race (together with Martial Premat)
 2008:
 6th, World Championship team race (together with Patrick Blanc)
 6th (and 5th in the "international men" ranking), Patrouille des Glaciers (together with Tony Sbalbi and Alexandre Pellicier)
 2009:
 5th, European Championship relay race (together with Nicolas Bonnet, Martial Premat and Tony Sbalbi)
 6th, European Championship single race
 7th, European Championship combination ranking
 2010:
 1st, World Championship team race (together with Florent Perrier)
 1st, World Championship combination ranking
 3rd, World Championship single race
 3rd, World Championship relay race (together with Florent Perrier, William Bon Mardion and Grégory Gachet)
 5th, World Championship vertical race
 2011:
 3rd, World Championship relay, together with Xavier Gachet, Yannick Buffet and William Bon Mardion
 3rd, World Championship team race (together with William Bon Mardion)
 4th, World Championship single race
 8th, World Championship vertical, total ranking

Pierra Menta

 2008: 9th, together with Philippe Blanc
 2009: 4th, together with Tony Sbalbi
 2010: 7th, together with Alexandre Pellicier
 2011: 1st, together with Kílian Jornet Burgada

Trofeo Mezzalama

 2009: 3rd, together with Tony Sbalbi and Alain Seletto
 2011: 1st, together with Kílian Jornet Burgada and William Bon Mardion

External links
 Didier Blanc at skimountaineering.org

References

1984 births
Living people
French male ski mountaineers
World ski mountaineering champions


Brissaud's reflex is a clinical sign in which stroking the sole of the foot elicits contraction of tensor fasciae latae. This can occur when there is no movement of the toes, and is part of the extensor plantar response (Babinski's sign).

The sign is named after Édouard Brissaud.

External links

Medical signs
Reflexes


Comarques Gironines or the Girona region is one of the eight regions (vegueries) defined by the Regional Plan of Catalonia. It has an area of 5,558 km² and 761,690 inhabitants as of 2022.

Located in the far east of Catalonia and bordering Pyrénées-Orientales (Occitania, France), the region includes the comarques of Gironès, Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà, Garrotxa, Pla de l'Estany, Ripollès and Selva. Within Catalonia, it borders Alt Pirineu to the west, Central Catalonia to the south-west and Barcelona to the south. Its demarcation is similar to that of the Spanish province of Girona, which differs from the vegueria in that it also includes part of Baixa Cerdanya and the municipalities of Espinelves, Vidrà and Viladrau, which belong to Osona.

Its capital is the city of Girona.

Demography

References

Geography of Catalonia
Functional territorial sections of Catalonia


120 Wall Street is a skyscraper in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It was completed in 1930. The building is 399 ft (122 m) tall, has 34 floors, and is located on the easternmost portion of Wall Street, and also borders Pine Street and South Street. The architect was Ely Jacques Kahn of Buchman & Kahn.

The tower is tiered on three sides, forming the classic wedding-cake style outline emblematic of post-1916 Zoning Resolution New York skyscrapers. The setbacks recede in shallow formations from a large 16-story platform. Red-granite panels frame wide-paned commercial windows at street level as part of the five-story limestone base.

The building has  of space and occupies a  lot.

History
Greenmal Holding Corporation (Henry Greenberg and David Malzman) acquired the site in 1928 from the American Sugar Company. In February 1929, the company obtained a $4,050,000 construction loan for the building. The cost was estimated at $12,000,000, with the edifice resting upon a 51 caisson deep foundation.

The building opened in March 1930. The original anchor tenant of the building was the American Sugar Refining Company. New York Life Insurance Company bid $1,000,000 to foreclose a $5,569,605 lien against the skyscraper at a June 26, 1933 foreclosure auction. 120 Wall Street was the only major high-rise building on the East River downtown waterfront for many years until the post-1970s construction boom.

In 1980, the 120 Wall Company, LLC, an affiliate of Silverstein Properties, acquired the building for $12 million. In 1992, in cooperation with the city's Economic Development Corporation, Silverstein Properties obtained the designation of 120 Wall Street as New York City's only Association Center. The designation creates reduced rents for not-for-profit organizations. Tenants include The New Press, AFS Intercultural Programs, the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, Pacifica Foundation WBAI-FM, the Lucis Trust & World Goodwill, the world headquarters locations of the National Urban League, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, The United Negro College Fund, the Alan Guttmacher Institute, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Lambda Legal. Concepts of Independence, a consumer organization for the disabled, is also a tenant.

In October 2020, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup provided a $165 million mortgage loan.

References
Notes

Sources

External links
 About 120 Wall Street by Silverstein Properties
 Emporis.com Building ID 115441
 Skyscraperpage.com - 120 Wall Street
 120 Wall Street
 Images of 120 Wall Street by Silverstein Properties

Financial District, Manhattan
Skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan
Art Deco architecture in Manhattan
Wall Street


Rainer Hildebrandt (December 14, 1914, in Stuttgart – January 9, 2004, in Berlin) was a German anti-communist resistance fighter, historian and founder of the Checkpoint Charlie Museum. He was involved in the resistance to the communist regime of the Soviet occupation zone since the 1940s, as a member of the Kampfgruppe gegen Unmenschlichkeit.

Early life
Rainer Hildebrandt, son of the art historian Hans Hildebrandt and the painter Lily Hildebrandt, studied physics in Berlin, later philosophy and sociology at the Faculty of Foreign Studies, and earned his doctorate under Franz Rupp on a topic in psychology. At his university, a lively circle of resistant lecturers and students gathered from 1939/40 on. Among them were Harro Schulze-Boysen and Horst Heilmann as well as the professor Albrecht Haushofer and the student Rainer Hildebrandt. He had contact with the wider circle of the July 20, 1944, conspirators and was a member of the Haushofer circle: "A long look goes out to the companions. I lost my best friends, Albrecht Haushofer and Horst Heilmann, in the Nazi Reich and was myself imprisoned for 17 months. I learned to fight against injustice." Hildebrandt was imprisoned for "Wehrkraftzersetzung" and connections to resistance groups.

Founder of the Combat Group against Inhumanity
After the beginning of the Cold War, Hildebrandt, together with the writer Günther Birkenfeld, the then chairman of the Junge Union Ernst Benda and the then FDP city councilor Herbert Geisler, founded the anti-communist Kampfgruppe gegen Unmenschlichkeit (KgU), which was financed by secret services, as a licensee of the Allied Command. At the beginning, this Kampfgruppe was headed by Rainer Hildebrandt, whose main goal was initially to set up a tracing service to track down the many arrested and disappeared or abducted and missing and deceased persons in the Soviet occupation zone. Other files existed in parallel, such as one of denunciators who had imprisoned fellow citizens or those that provided information on the political, economic and military situation.

According to his own account, there were three kidnapping attempts against Hildebrandt, including by the GDR State Security. According to Hildebrandt's recollections, the first kidnapping attempt failed on July 24, 1949.

1952 until his death

After his retirement from the KgU, Hildebrandt devoted most of his time to public relations work and then to the Arbeitsgemeinschaft 13. August, which was founded shortly after the construction of the Berlin Wall. Until the end, Hildebrandt directed the Checkpoint Charlie Museum.

On October 1, 1992, Hildebrandt was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Berlin, and in 1994 Roman Herzog awarded him the Federal Cross of Merit I Class. In 1995 Hildebrandt married Alexandra Hildebrandt. On January 9, 2004, Rainer Hildebrandt died at the age of 89.

In 2004, the International Human Rights Award Dr.-Rainer-Hildebrandt-Medaille was established. It is awarded annually since 2005 to individuals who have campaigned for human rights in a non-violent manner. The jury includes Henry Kissinger, Avi Primor, Joachim Gauck, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, and Sergei Khrushchev.

Publications
 Rainer Hildebrandt: Ein tragischer Auftakt zur deutschen Teilung und zur Mauer (Neuauflage der 1948 erstmals erschienenen Publikation * … die besten Köpfe, die man henkt', ergänzt durch zahlreiche Fotos und Originalunterlagen); Verlag Arbeitsgemeinschaft 13. August:
 Als die Fesseln fielen … Neun Schicksale in einem Aufstand Von Gandhi bis Walesa – Gewaltfreier Kampf für Menschenrechte Die Mauer spricht Es geschah an der MauerWir Sind Die Letzten - Aus Dem Leben Des Widerstandskampfers Albrecht Haushofer Und Seiner Freunde. Michael Verlang Neuwied / Berlin.  1949. Literature
 Alexandra Hildebrandt: Ein Mensch Rainer Hildebrandt – Begegnungen Verl. Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin 1999,

 References

 External links

 Christine Richter: „Der Freiheitskämpfer“ Nachruf auf Rainer Hildebrandt in der Berliner Zeitung''

1914 births
2004 deaths
KGU members
Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Recipients of the Order of Merit of Berlin


Seling is a town in Aizawl district, Mizoram, India.

Geography
It is located at  at an elevation of 802 m above MSL.

Location
National Highway 150 starts from Seling. The town is located some 45 kilometers away from the capital city Aizawl.

References

External links
 About Seling

Cities and towns in Aizawl district


Bhalan  (Gujarati: ભાલણ) (b. 15th century in Patan in the present-day Gujarat state in India), was a famous Gujarati poet of the medieval period. Also a scholar of Sanskrit literature, he is considered a major contributor in Bhakti-kal in Gujarati literature.

Works
According to Narsinhrao Divetia, his best works are Kadambari and Nalakhyan. Kadambari is an abridged Gujarati rendering of Banabhatta's well-known Sanskrit prose work Kadambari in verse. He extracted the pulp from the Puranas and converted it into various significant works, which include Nalakhyan, Shiv-Bhiladi Samvad, Durvasa Akhyan, Mrugi Akhyan, Jalandhar Akhyan, Mamaki Akhyan, Chandi Akhyan and Dhruv Akhyan. He was an exponent of the genres of the Akhyana and Kavita in Gujarati literature.

Bhalan also wrote the poems Ram Balacharita and Krishna Balacharita, which describe the depth of the childness of both gods. Bhalan was the first Gujarati writer to use the word, Gujarabhasha (Gujarati language) in his Nalakhyan to describe the language of his poem.

References

Milestones in Gujarati Literature by K M Jhaveri.
Brahmbhatt, Prasad, Kavyasarita. (Literary Criticism of the evolution of Poetry). Ahmedabad: Parshwa Publication, 2003.
Trivedi, Ramesh. M. Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihaas (History of Modern Gujarati Literature). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan, 1994.
Trivedi, Ramesh. M. Gujarati Sahityano Itihaas (History of Gujarati Literature). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan, 2005.

Further reading

External links
 Bhalan's Nalakhyana at Internet Archive
 History of Gujarati Literature

Gujarati-language poets
15th-century Indian poets
People from Patan district
Bhakti movement
Poets from Gujarat
Indian male poets


Engine Company No. 2 is a firehouse located at 1313 Washington Street in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. The firehouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1984.

History
The Hoboken Land and Improvement Company donated a piece of land on July 18, 1889, for the construction a new firehouse, after the original built in 1880 was destroyed by fire in 1888. The firehouse was designed by French, Dixon & DeSaldern in the Romanesque Revival style and was built in 1890 by M.J. Connolly (Mason) and John Meighan (Carpenter). In the early 1970's, the engine door was widened resulting in the removal of one of the cast-iron pilasters and the glass directly above the original door. The "Engine Co. No. 2" letters are original to the building. The firehouse was restored outside and modernized inside after a severe fire occurred in the 1980s. The firehouse currently houses Engine Company 5 and Ladder Company 1 of the Hoboken Fire Department. According to local legend, the firehouse was built 12 feet back from the building line to protect pedestrians from the tobacco spit of firefighters.

Design

The firehouse is a three-story example of Romanesque Revival style, with Richardsonian Romanesque influences. This was the first firehouse in Hoboken to incorporate a fire tower in the design of the building. The firehouse has a single chimney located on the northernmost wall. The main building material is tan stretcher bond brick. Bands of sandstone horizontally span the facade. The engine door has cast-iron pilasters on either side. A tower extends to four stories on the southern side of the building. The mansard roof and tower roof are covered in orange terra cotta-colored pantiles.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hudson County, New Jersey

References

External links

Buildings and structures in Hoboken, New Jersey
Fire stations completed in 1890
Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Hudson County, New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places


Moosbierbaum is part of the municipality (commune) of Atzenbrugg in the Lower Austria.

History
In 1913, the Škoda Wetzlar gunpowder factory was established in Moosbierbaum as a subsidiary of IG Farben AG. As a target of the Oil Campaign of World War II, Moosbierbaum had a chemical works which performed 60,000 tons/year of Naphtha dehydrogenation, and an adjacent refinery for the oil from Zistersdorf.

The only surviving structure of the chemical plant is the administration building, which now serves as a hotel and restaurant for the adjacent golf-course.

Singer contralto Hilde Rössel-Majdan was a native of Moosbierbaum.

References

Cities and towns in Tulln District
Cadastral community of Tulln District
Oil campaign of World War II


Spear chucker or Spearchucker can refer to:

 An ethnic slur for people with African ancestry
 Spearchucker Jones, a character from the M*A*S*H film and television series
 Atlatl, the spear chucker


The Monthly Chosun () is a monthly Korean-language magazine published in South Korea.

, it is owned by Chosun News Press, which is owned by ChosunMedia. ChosunMedia also owns the Chosun Ilbo.

Description
It primarily publishes on topics relating to current events, politics, economics, history, and culture. Each month, it selects a theme to focus on and publishes multiple articles on that topic. The magazine has been known since the late 1980s for its investigative journalism on major political scandals in South Korea. While the magazine primarily focuses on South Korean issues, it also publishes on international issues as well. For example, it published an interview with a member of the Islamic State in 2015.

The magazine is frequently cited in academic publications in South Korea, and has a reputation for being rigorous in its research. It has a target audience of 30 to 40 year-olds who are interested in academic-quality publications.

History

Sedae
The magazine was first published in June 1963 as Sedae. Its first editor-in-chief was , although the position changed hands a number of times. The magazine contained 350 pages of A5 size paper. It compiled essays from various writers on topics relating to South Korean current issues. It had a reputation of being a mostly academic publication, although the magazine's stated target audience was people in their 20s.

Acquisition by the Chosun Ilbo Company
The Chosun Ilbo Company had wanted to publish a monthly magazine for some time, and decided to acquire Sedae to do so. They then renamed the magazine to the Monthly Chosun.

The first issue of the Monthly Chosun was published in April 1980. The issue uses vertical type and features a guest essay by Ho Jong, the 6th prime minister of South Korea. After the acquisition, the staff made an effort to change the magazine's reputation of being a stiff academic publication to that of a current events publication with more general appeal. To this end, beginning in April 1981, they made an effort to include more color and black-and-white images in the magazine. Beginning in 1982, reporters like Cho Gab-je and  produced investigative reports on South Korean government scandals. Beginning with the magazine's third anniversary on April 1983, the editors began using computerized typesetting. This reduced the time it took to produce the magazine, and contributed to its ability to include more recent stories in each issue.

The above changes led to a massive increase in popularity for the magazine. An article on the Kim Dae-jung kidnapping scandal from their October 1987 edition was printed over 405,000 times. The magazine became the first to publish the contents of a phone call that led to the arrests of former Presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo in the aftermath of the Coup d'état of December Twelfth. Bae Jin-yeong, current editor-in-chief of the magazine, alleged in 2021 that the magazine's publications during the late 1990s and early 2000s influenced government policies of the United States, South Korea, and Japan towards North Korea.

Until the late 1980s, most newspapers and magazines in South Korea used vertical writing. However, after the publication of the Hankyoreh in 1988, which only used horizontal type, most newspapers changed to horizontal. The Monthly Chosun resisted this trend until it finally switched on April 1999.

Recent history
In 2004, Cho Gab-je stepped down as editor-in-chief but maintained his role of president of the company. His replacement was Kim Yeon-gwang. The reception to Kim's ascension was lukewarm; it was seen as relatively sudden and surprising, as Kim was in a relatively junior position at the time. Cho and Kim released statements saying that they had prepared for the transition for some time, and that the style of the magazine would not change significantly.

In 2021, it published its 500th edition.

Controversies
The magazine has been characterized as right-wing and anti-communist.

In 2005, Kim and reporter for MBC  were sued by Samsung as part of the "X-file Scandal". Both journalists had published extensively about bribes Samsung had engaged in around the 1997 South Korean presidential election. The courts ruled against Kim and Lee because their evidence of Samsung's bribes were acquired via illegal wiretapping.

On June 2, 2009, prosecutors summoned Lee Sang-cheol, former managing editor (2004–2005) and president of the Monthly Chosun (2005–2009) and then Vice Mayor of Seoul, for questioning. Lee was accused of accepting bribes of tens of millions of won between 2006 and 2007 to quash the publication of articles on a scandal relating to businessman  and President Roh Moo-hyun. The investigation ceased after Roh's suicide on May 23, 2009.

Notes and references

Notes

References

Sources

In English

In Korean

External links

 Official website (in Korean)
Magazines published in South Korea
Political magazines
South Korean news websites
Journalism in South Korea


Brian Walsh may refer to:

Brian Walsh (English footballer) (1932–2001), English footballer
Brian Walsh (footballer, born 1934) (1934–2010), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda
Brian Walsh (footballer, born 1951) (1951–2023), Australian rules footballer for Carlton and Essendon
Brian Walsh (horseracing), Irish racehorse owner
Brian Walsh (ice hockey) (born 1954), major league ice hockey player with the Calgary Cowboys
Brian Walsh (judge) (1918–1998), Irish supreme court judge
Brian Walsh (politician) (born 1972), Fine Gael politician and mayor of Galway
Brian Walsh (rugby union) (born 1969), Irish rugby union player and coach
 Brian Walsh (television executive) (1955–2023), Australian media executive

See also
Brian Walshe, suspect in the disappearance of Ana Walshe
Bryan Walsh, Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Australia, 1975–1976


Vredepeel is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg, in the municipality of Venray, with a population of 230. It is home to the Royal Netherlands Army's Joint Ground-based Air Defense Command.

The village was first mentioned in 1712 as "in de Vreeij", and refers to the peace pole. The pole was placed after the Dutch Republic and Prussia reached an agreement in 1716 about the borders in the disputed area. In 1949, the last border correction occurred in the area. The village was officially founded on 16 June 1955, and in 1957, the airport was built which is nowadays known as Lieutenant General Best Barracks.

References

Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)
1955 establishments in the Netherlands
Venray


The Missouri Southern Competition was a biannual international piano competition organized by the Missouri Southern State University first held in 1987. It was dissolved in 2008 following the retirement of its director, Vivian León.

Selected list of jurors
  Enrique Graf
  Tong-Il Han
  Martin Jones
  Ming-Qiang Li
  Oleg Volkov
  Ramzi Yassa

Prize winners

References
 Missouri Southern International Piano Competition

Piano competitions in the United States


The Canton of Neufchâteau is a rural French administrative and electoral grouping of communes in the Vosges département of eastern France and in the region of Grand Est. The canton has its administrative centre at Neufchâteau.

Composition
At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 25 to 47 communes:

Attignéville
Autigny-la-Tour
Autreville
Avranville
Barville
Bazoilles-sur-Meuse
Beaufremont
Brechainville
Certilleux
Chermisey
Circourt-sur-Mouzon
Clérey-la-Côte
Coussey
Domrémy-la-Pucelle
Frebécourt
Fréville
Grand
Greux
Harchéchamp
Harmonville
Houéville
Jainvillotte
Jubainville
Landaville
Lemmecourt
Liffol-le-Grand
Martigny-les-Gerbonvaux
Maxey-sur-Meuse
Midrevaux
Moncel-sur-Vair
Mont-lès-Neufchâteau
Neufchâteau
Pargny-sous-Mureau
Pompierre
Punerot
Rebeuville
Rollainville
Rouvres-la-Chétive
Ruppes
Sartes
Seraumont
Sionne
Soulosse-sous-Saint-Élophe
Tilleux
Trampot
Tranqueville-Graux
Villouxel

References

Neufchateau


George Hulme was a footballer who played at full-back for Burslem Port Vale in the late 1890s.

Career
Hulme probably joined Burslem Port Vale in 1896, his debut coming in a 7–2 Midland League defeat at Barnsley St. Peter's on 23 January 1897. He played eight Second Division and two FA Cup games in the 1898–99 season, but in February 1899, he broke a leg. This finished his career, at least at the Athletic Ground.

Career statistics
Source:

References

Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
English men's footballers
Men's association football fullbacks
Port Vale F.C. players
Midland Football League players
English Football League players
Place of birth missing


The Braque Saint-Germain (translated into English as the St. Germain Pointing Dog) is a medium-large breed of dog, a versatile hunter used for hunting as a gun dog and pointer as well as for hunting other small game. Braque is a term meaning pointing dogs. The breed was created around 1830 by crossing English and French pointing type dogs.

Appearance
A typical pointer, with a medium build and an attractive fawn and white coat, drop ears, and a long tail which is held level while the dog is working. The Braque Saint-Germain stands  at the withers, females somewhat smaller.

History

Bred first in the royal kennels at Compiègne around 1830 from a mix of English and Continental pointers, the breed grew in fame in Saint Germain en Laye,  where it received its name. Although a popular hunting dog, the breed achieved its greatest fame as a showdog. Starting from the first dog show in France in 1863, it was the most shown pointing breed. The French breed club was established in 1913. The breed is recognised internationally by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale in Group 7, Pointing Dogs, Section 1.1 Continental Type Pointing Dog. It is also recognised in North America by the United Kennel Club as of 2006. The breed is also recognized by a number of minor registries, hunting clubs and internet-based dog registry businesses and promoted as a rare breed for those seeking unique pets.

Health and temperament
No unusual health problems or claims of extraordinary health have been documented for this breed.
Its temperament is described in the breed standard as having a soft mouth (for retrieving without damaging the game), handling rough treatment well and being a "hunter above all" that appreciates living with its human's family.

See also
 Dogs portal
 List of dog breeds

References

External links

FCI breeds
Rare dog breeds
Gundogs
Pointers
Dog breeds originating in France


The Keuffel and Esser Manufacturing Complex is located in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The western concrete building with the four-sided clock tower was built in 1906 and opened in 1907, after the previous building was destroyed by a fire in 1905. Keuffel and Esser  manufactured instruments for the architectural, engineering and drafting professions at the complex from 1907 to 1968.

In 1975 the building was converted to housing. The western half of the complex became known as Clock Towers, while the eastern half of the complex (which was built in 1887) was converted into residential apartments in 1984 and became what is now called the Grand Adams Apartments. The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 12, 1985, for its significance in architecture.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hudson County, New Jersey

References

External links

Buildings and structures in Hoboken, New Jersey
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Industrial buildings completed in 1906
National Register of Historic Places in Hudson County, New Jersey
Apartment buildings in New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Clock towers in New Jersey
1906 establishments in New Jersey


SC Zofingen is a Swiss football club based in Zofingen, Canton Aargau which is a short distance from Zürich. It was founded on 10 August 1896. They currently play in the Swiss 1. Liga, the third tier of Swiss football.

History
In 1971 the club were promoted to the Challenge League, the 2nd tier of the Swiss football pyramid. In 1973 the club were relegated to the third tier and the following year into the fourth tier. In 1984 the club were promoted to the Swiss 1. Liga. In 1989 the club won the Swiss 1. Liga but could not move into the Challenge League as their stadium was not good enough. In 1990 the club were again champions of the Swiss 1. Liga but failed to win the play off match and so were not promoted. In a dramatic game against FC Kölliken in Lenzburg the club missed a penalty and eventually lost 1–0.

Current squad

Stadium
The club play at Sportanlagen Trinermatten, which opened in 1974. The stadium has one covered grandstand with seating for 670.

External links

 Soccerway profile
 football.ch profile

Football clubs in Switzerland
Association football clubs established in 1896
SC Zofingen
SC Zofingen


Ponent, also known as the Lleida region following the vegueries law, is the westernmost of the eight regions (vegueries) defined by the Regional Plan of Catalonia. It has an area of 5,586 km², and 365,289 inhabitants as of 2022.

The region includes the comarques of Segrià, Garrigues, Noguera, Pla d'Urgell, Segarra and Urgell. Within Catalonia, it borders to the north with Alt Pirineu, to the east with Central Catalonia, Penedès and Camp de Tarragona, and to the south with Terres de l'Ebre. Outside of administrative terms, the name is sometimes used including the Aragonese comarques of Baix Cinca and La Llitera, which are part of the Catalan-speaking territory in Aragon known as Franja de Ponent.

Its capital is the city of Lleida.

Name
The region's name, inherited from Latin ponentem (putting, setting), refers to the west (of Catalonia). Other traditional names include Terres de Ponent (Lands of Ponent) and Terra Ferma. Some political sectors have spoken out in favour of and against the name of the vegueria including the capital's name, those in favour proposing names such as Terres de Lleida, Comarques de Lleida, or Terres Lleidatanes, with the final name being simply the Lleida region.

The region's demonym is ponentí () (pl. ponentins).

Demography
 The economy is focused on agriculture, although major populations have a large concentration of services and food processing industries. The most important city is Lleida, followed by Balaguer, Tàrrega and Mollerussa. Other important towns are Cervera, Les Borges Blanques, Agramunt, Artesa de Segre, Ponts and, while administratively part of Aragon, the city of Fraga.

References

Geography of Catalonia
Functional territorial sections of Catalonia


is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. It was based on a manga of the same name by Motoo Abiko.

Synopsis
The film is a story of childhood life during wartime Japan. Takeshi, the intelligent son of a fisherman, is the schoolyard bully.

When his cousin comes to stay with his family to avoid bombing raids, Takeshi at first treats him well then begins bullying him, too. Takeshi eventually loses his position of leadership.

Cast
 Tetsuya Fujita: Shinji Kazama
 Yuji Horioka: Takeshi Ohara
 Katsuhisa Yamazaki: Futoshi Tanabe
 Kensuke Sudo: Minako Saiki
 Shima Iwashita: Shizue Kazama
 Toshiyuki Hosokawa: Shusaku Kazama
 Choichiro Kawarazaki: Tatsuo Kazama
 Kazuyo Mita: Shige Kazama
 Nobuko Sendo: Akiko Tanabe
 Mitsue Suzuki: Maki Kazama
 Shinsuke Ashida: Pprincipal
 Hideji Otaki: stationmaster
 Kyosen Ohashi: photographer

Reception

Awards and nominations
14th Japan Academy Prize
Won: Best Picture
Won: Best Director - Masahiro Shinoda
Won: Best Screenplay - Taichi Yamada
Won: Best Music - Shin’ichirō Ikebe
Won: Best Art Direction - Takeo Kimura
Won: Best Sound Recording - Hideo Nishizaki
Won: Rookie of the Year - Tetsuya Fujita
Nominated: Best Actress - Shima Iwashita
Nominated: Best Cinematography - Tatsuo Suzuki
Nominated: Best Lighting Direction - Kenichi Mizuno
Nominated: Best Film Editing - Chizuko Osada

References

External links

1990 films
1990 drama films
Japanese drama films
1990s Japanese-language films
Picture of the Year Japan Academy Prize winners
1990s Japanese films


Arthur Shelley was a footballer who made one appearance as a defender for Burslem Port Vale in October 1905.

Career
Shelley played for Chesterton, before joining Burslem Port Vale as an amateur in July 1905. His only appearance came at centre-half in a 1–0 defeat at Burton United on 21 October 1905. This was his only first team appearance in the 1905–06 and 1906–07 seasons, and he was released from his contract at the Athletic Ground, probably in 1907.

Career statistics
Source:

References

Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
English men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Port Vale F.C. players
English Football League players
Place of birth missing


Terres de l'Ebre (, in English 'Ebre Lands') is the south-westernmost of the eight regions (vegueries) defined by the Regional Plan of Catalonia. It has a population of 182,231 as of 2022, placing it second to last in terms of population. The region includes the comarques of Baix Ebre, Montsià, Terra Alta and Ribera d'Ebre. It is located in the lower course of the Ebre river, and its northern coastal limit is marked by the Coll de Balaguer, a natural limit with the Camp de Tarragona region.

It is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 2013 being the second territory in Catalonia to be awarded with this recognition, the first one being the Montseny Massif.

Its capital, following the law of vegueries, is the city of Tortosa.

Demographics

See also
Ilercavonia

References

Geography of Catalonia
Functional territorial sections of Catalonia


The Department of Economic and Rural Development and Tourism was a part of the Government of Nova Scotia. It was created in 2011 from the former Department of Economic and Rural Development. Its primary purpose was to stimulate the economy of Nova Scotia. The Department did this by helping Nova Scotia businesses to expand employment opportunities, and by encouraging the establishment and growth of commerce and industry in the province. The departmental mandate also included designing economic development policies, programs, and activities that strengthen economic and social conditions in the province. The department was dissolved in April 2015, when it was superseded by the new and smaller Department of Business. Some programs and assignments have also been transferred from the Department of Economic and Rural Development and Tourism to other departments and crown corporations such as the Department of Labour and Advanced Education, Tourism Nova Scotia, and Nova Scotia Business Inc.

The last minister of the department was Michel Samson.

Divisions and agencies

Divisions

The last Deputy Minister of the Department was Simon d'Entremont. The Department was made up of four divisions:

Decision Support
Decision Support provides research, evaluation, and performance-measurement leadership to all aspects of the economic development, innovation, and technology system. It focuses on the "big picture," ensuring the system is effectively supporting economic growth. This section also leads overall management of relations with the department's agencies, boards and commissions.

Economic Strategies & Initiatives
Economic Strategies & Initiatives provides research and support for the development of government policies and plans for economic development, innovation and technology.  The work of the Economic Strategies & Initiatives Division includes the Broadband for Rural Nova Scotia initiative.

Community and Rural Development
Community and Rural Development provides information, advice, and resources to support development to local organizations as well as the business community.

Procurement Services
Procurement Services provide a variety of electronic tools for businesses to use to bid or to develop business opportunities with the Province of Nova Scotia.

Agencies
A number of agencies are included under the Ministry:

 Innovacorp: assists IT, life sciences, and clean technology start-up companies to commercialize their technologies
 Nova Scotia Business Inc.: works to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and assists Nova Scotia companies through trade development, business financing and venture capital.
 Film Nova Scotia: oversees the development of Nova Scotia's film industry, including the Nova Scotia film tax credit.
 Trade Centre Limited: attracts events to Halifax through its venues and businesses
 Waterfront Development Commission: oversees events on the Halifax waterfront, located near Halifax Port, such as the Nova Scotia Tall Ships Festival.

Former department titles
The department has undergone numerous name changes including:
 Department of Economic and Rural Development (2009 - 2011)
 Office of Economic Development (March 2003 - 2007)
 Department of Economic Development (1999 - March 2003 and 2007 - 2008)
 Department of Economic Development and Tourism (ca. 1998)
 Department of Economic Renewal Agency 1995-96

References

Nova Scotia government departments and agencies
Subnational economy ministries
Nova Scotia


Executive Order 13492, titled Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities, is an Executive Order that was signed by United States President Barack Obama on 22 January 2009, ordering the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. This was signed at the same time as Executive Order 13493, in which Obama ordered the identification of alternative venues for the detainees.

Background
The Executive Order instructed for the immediate review of the statuses of all individuals detained at the Guantanamo Bay naval base, with the intent to move them out of the facility (either by transferring them, prosecuting them, or by other "lawful means, consistent with the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States and the interests of justice"), followed by closure of detention facilities "as soon as practicable, and no later than 1 year from the date of this order".

As of January 2021, the facility remains open, with 40 individuals in custody there.

References

External links

 Summary and Full Text of Executive Order 13492 from the Global Legal Information Network

Executive orders of Barack Obama
Guantanamo Bay detention camp


Absent adrenal gland is a rare condition where the adrenal gland is absent at birth. It should not be confused with adrenal insufficiency or congenital adrenal hyperplasia, where the gland is present but may not be functioning adequately.

Due to the absence of adrenal cortex, the condition causes extreme symptoms of adrenal insufficiency at birth due to very low levels of aldosterone and cortisol. The adrenal medulla can be normally present, poorly formed, or absent, however even so the effects of circulatory catecholamine deficiency are generally mild (due to sympathetic nervous system compensation), except in episodes of hypoglycemia.

Genetics
SF-1 plays a role in the development of adrenal gland. Single gene polymorphism involving SF-1 gene may have a role in adrenal gland agenesis. Various other factors have also been identified.

Diagnosis

Treatment

References

External links

Congenital disorders of endocrine system
Adrenal gland disorders
Rare diseases


The Brodie–Trendelenburg percussion test is a medical test to determine valvular incompetence in superficial veins. A finger is placed over the lower (distal) part of the vein being examined. The upper (proximal) part of the vein is then tapped (percussed). If the impulse is felt by the finger placed at the lower end, it indicates incompetence of valves in that vein.

The test is used as part of the examination of varicose veins. It is named after Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie and Friedrich Trendelenburg.

See also
 Trendelenburg test

External links

Medical signs


The Buildings at 1200–1206 Washington Street, also known as the El Dorado Apartments and the Yellow Flats, are a historic district located in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 9, 1987.

History

In the 1890s, the Buildings at 1200–1206 Washington Street were built by the Hoboken Land and Improvement Company, by the architect Charles Fall. They are located between 12th Street and 13th Street on the west side of Washington Street, a commercial district with many retail stores and restaurants. The five-story complex is roughly 2 blocks south of Weehawken Cove, the former site of the Hudson Tea Building, and 2 blocks west of the Hudson River. The entire complex is the full length of Washington Street between 12th and 13th Streets, with several rows of apartments wrapping around the corners of both streets, and in total the Yellow Flats contain 174 living units. The addresses listed under the National Register of Historic Places are specifically 1200, 1202, 1204 and 1206. A large fire in January 2008 caused major damage to the complex; the damage has since been repaired.

Famous residents

King Timothy James Kilkenny II

Although she was considered to be one of the wealthiest women of her day, and it has even been said that she had the means to buy Hoboken, Hetty Green, the "Witch of Wall Street" chose after her move from London to live in a small, cheap apartment at the Yellow Flats, where she rented a three-room apartment for $19 to $23 per month.  To avoid establishing a residency permanent enough to attract the attention of tax officials in any state, Hetty took up several residences in Hoboken and Brooklyn Heights, which has resulted in a discrepancy between whether or not she lived in the apartments listed under the National Register of Historic Places. At the Yellow Flats, she listed her buzzer as C. Dewey, the name of her pet Skye terrier. It was also reported that she lived as a guest of the Yellow Flats buildings' janitor, Jacob Van Twisk.

At the end of his career in 1905, Blind Tom Wiggins, one of the most famous musical performers of his day who played at the White House for President James Buchanan and was highly regarded by Mark Twain, moved into an apartment in the Yellow Flats. Several years later, he died at the home of neighbor Mrs. Eliza Bethune Lerche.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hudson County, New Jersey

Notes

References

External links

 View of Buildings at 1200-1206 Washington Street via Google Street View
 Photo of Buildings

Buildings and structures in Hoboken, New Jersey
1890s architecture in the United States
Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Hudson County, New Jersey
Apartment buildings in New Jersey
Historic districts in Hudson County, New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places


It's That Girl Again is the fourth solo studio album by Polish singer Basia, released on 11 March 2009 by Koch Records. It is her first studio album in fifteen years since 1994's The Sweetest Illusion.

Overview
It's That Girl Again was Basia's first solo studio album in 15 years, following 1994's The Sweetest Illusion. In the meantime, she recorded a reunion album with Matt Bianco, 2004's Matt's Mood, released a solo live album, a compilation, and made guest appearances on other artists' albums. The semi-hiatus was caused by depression after the passing of Basia's mother and other close people.

Work on the album commenced at the end of 2006, shortly after Basia finished touring with Matt Bianco, and the material was completed before the end of 2007. The title song was one of the first tracks composed for the project, and was inspired by a friend of Basia, who had died several years prior to the release of the album. The album also features "Amelki śmiech" (English: "Amelka's Laughter"), Basia's first song performed entirely in Polish.

Since her contract with Sony had already expired, the singer had certain difficulties finding a new label, but the album was eventually released through Koch Records (later renamed to Entertainment One Music) in most territories, and distributed by Magic Records in Poland. The ballad "A Gift" was launched as the first radio single in Poland in February 2009, followed by "Blame It on the Summer" on the US radio in March and subsequently in digital music stores. "A Gift" targeted AC/pop radio stations while "Blame It on the Summer" was serviced to more jazz-oriented networks. "I Must" was a radio single in Poland in September 2009 and "If Not Now Then When" followed in May 2010 as a radio single in the USA. The singer has revealed that there were plans to film music videos for "A Gift" and "I Must", however, if ever filmed, the clips have never been officially released.

Track listing

Personnel
 Basia Trzetrzelewska – vocals
 Danny White – keyboards
 Peter White – guitars
 Andy Ross – guitars (6, 7, 9)
 Julian Crampton – bass (2)
 Marc Parnell – drums
 Paul Booth – saxophones (1, 6)
 Ian Kirkham – saxophones (5)
 Fayyaz Virji – trombone (1)
 Kevin Robinson – trumpet, flugelhorn, French horn, backing vocals
 Mark Reilly – backing vocals (2)
 The Polish Chorus – choir (12)

Production
 Basia Trzetrzelewska – producer
 Danny White – producer
 David Bascombe – mixing
 Richard Bull – mastering
 Grainne White – design
 Paul Cox – portrait photography
 Carl Leighton-Pope – management

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links
 The official Basia website
 It's That Girl Again on Discogs

2009 albums
Basia albums
E1 Music albums


Martin Preiss (born 18 September 1978) is a Czech cinematographer, writer, director and a teacher.

Life and career
Preiss was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). He studied at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) and gained a Masters in cinematography in 2008. He is a member of the Czech Society Of Cinematographers (ACK), and was a Member of Presidium of this organisation. He has made a number of feature films, short films and commercials including the 2004 comedy-horror film Choking Hazard, 2008 comedy Grapes, and 2009 comedy Little Knights Tale.

Awards and nominations
 He received the award for Best Cinematography at the California Independent Film Festival in 2010, for A Son's War
He was nominated for the Golden Tadpole at the 2007 Camerimage International Film Festival and Best technical contribution at the 2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards for his work on the short film Cargo.
He was nominated for a Czech Society of Cinematographers Award for feature film Little Knights Tale.

Family
He is the nephew of Czech actors Viktor Preiss and Jana Preissová.

References

1978 births
Living people
Czech cinematographers
Czech film directors
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni


The Dominant Grey budgerigar mutation, often called the Australian Grey or simply Grey, is one of approximately 30 mutations affecting the colour of budgerigars.  It is the basis of the Grey-Green and Grey standard varieties.

Appearance

The Dominant Grey mutation transforms the wild-type Light Green into the Grey-Green variety and the Skyblue into the Light Grey variety.  The body colour of the Grey-Green is a dull mustard green and, compared to a Light Green, the mask is a slightly duller tone of yellow.  The body colour of the Light Grey is an even, uniform, battle-ship grey.

In both the blue and green series birds the flights and long tail feathers are black.  The pattern of black on the wing and tail markings is unchanged, but they are darkened to a jet black, resulting in high contrast between the black and yellow, which is particularly noticeable in the tail bar when the bird is in flight.  The cheek patches are lilac-grey.

When combined with the Dark mutation the body colour of both Greys and Grey-Greens becomes slightly darker, but the effect is much smaller than the effect of the Dark mutation on Light Greens and Skyblues.

As this is a dominant mutation the colour changes described above apply to both single factor (SF) and double factor (DF) Greys and Grey-Greens.  The only difference between SF and DF birds is in the colour of the afterfeather and shaft (see Feather) of the contour feathers.  In the SF Light Grey these are the normal white but in the DF birds the afterfeather is dark grey, with a black shaft.

The World Budgerigar Organisation has established precise standards for budgerigar body colours using the Pantone Codes, as shown to the right.

Historical notes
The earliest recorded appearance of the Dominant Grey mutation
was in 1934, when S Harrison of Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia, purchased a Grey cock from a dealer.  The original breeder has not been identified.  Early breeding results showed this Grey to be a Dark Grey (SF)/dilute, and Mrs Harrison went on to establish a substantial strain of Greys from this bird.

In 1936, it was reported

that W F Shepherd of Kew, Victoria, also had Greys which he obtained from a colony breeder, and a Grey was also bred independently by R Hancock of Beverley, South Australia, in 1935.

Dominant Greys were first imported to Britain around 1937, one by R Brown of Morecambe for Walter Higham, and one, from R Hancock's stock, by Tom Goodwin.

Genetics
The Dominant Grey allele is dominant over its wild-type allele, so a bird possessing a single Dominant Grey allele (the heterozygote or single-factor Dominant Grey) is converted from the wild-type Light Green to Grey-green as described in Appearance above.  That is, the presence of a single Dominant Grey allele is sufficient to permit the full expression of the mutation.

The double-factor Dominant Grey, with two Dominant Grey alleles, is identical in appearance to the single-factor Dominant Grey, although there is some evidence that the colour of the breast afterfeathers is changed from white to grey in the double-factor bird.

The Dominant Grey gene is located on one of the autosomal chromosomes.  There is no known linkage of this gene with any other mutation.

Notes

References

External links
 World Budgerigar Organisation (WBO)
 WBO Colour Guide

Budgerigar colour mutations


Charlotte de Laval, Dame de Châtillon (1530 – 3 March 1568), was a French noblewoman from one of the most powerful families in Brittany. She was the first wife of Gaspard de Coligny, Seigneur de Châtillon, Admiral of France and a prominent Huguenot leader during the French Wars of Religion. She was the mother of Louise de Coligny, the fourth wife of William the Silent, Prince of Orange. The present British Royal Family directly descends from her.

Family
Charlotte was born in Brittany, France in 1530, the daughter of Guy XVI de Laval, Count of Laval, head of one of Brittany's most powerful noble families, and Antoinette d'Aillon. Her paternal grandparents were Jean de Laval and Jeanne du Perrier, and her maternal grandparents were Jacques d'Aillon and Jeanne Madeleine de Vendôme, Dame d'Illiers. She was a descendant of King Charles VI of France and Isabeau of Bavaria through their daughter Jeanne, Duchess of Brittany. Charlotte's great-aunt was Jeanne de Laval, the second wife of René I of Anjou and stepmother of English Queen consort Margaret of Anjou.

She had a half-sister, Anne de Laval, from her father's first marriage to Charlotte of Naples. She had a half-brother Guy XVII de Laval, Count of Laval, from her father's second marriage to Anne de Montmorency. Charlotte's father died on 20 May 1531 when she was about a year old. In addition to his many noble titles, he also held the positions of Lieutenant-General and Governor of Brittany, and Admiral of Brittany. Her mother died on 19 April 1538, leaving Charlotte an orphan at the age of eight.

Marriage and issue

On 15 October 1547 at Fontainebleau, Charlotte married Gaspard de Coligny, Seigneur de Châtillon who would be appointed Admiral of France in 1552. He succeeded Claude d'Annebault as admiral following the latter's death. Their principal residence was the Château de Châtillon-Coligny. Gaspard and Charlotte had three children:

 Louise de Coligny (23 September 1555 – 13 November 1620), married firstly on 26 May 1571 Charles de Téligny, who was killed in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572; on 24 April 1583, she married secondly as his fourth wife William the Silent, Prince of Orange. She had one son by her last marriage, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (29 January 1584 – 14 March 1647)
 François de Coligny, Count of Coligny, Seigneur de Châtillon-sur-Loing (28 April 1557 – 8 October 1591), married Marguerite d'Ailly, by whom he had issue.
 Charles de Coligny, Marquis d'Andolet (1564–1632)

Later life
Charlotte's husband was taken prisoner at the Battle of Saint-Quentin in 1557, and was released two years later. It was during his imprisonment in the fortress of L'Ecluse that he avidly read the works of John Calvin and by his release in 1559 he had become a fervent Huguenot.

It has been suggested that she was the "Madame de Curosot", said to be a Huguenot sponsor of the poet Pierre de Bocosel de Chastelard who was executed in Scotland for twice invading the privacy of Mary, Queen of Scots. The name "Curosot" may have a cipher name substituted for "Châtillon" in the original correspondence.

She died on 3 March 1568 in Orléans at the age of thirty-eight. In 1571, Gaspard married secondly Jacqueline de Montbel, by whom he had a posthumous daughter Beatrix, born on 21 December 1572. He had been assassinated four months earlier by paid assassins of  Henry I, Duke of Guise  allegedly acting under the orders of the French queen mother Catherine de Medici. Immediately upon his death, the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre commenced, in which Charlotte's son-in-law Charles de Téligny also lost his life.

Through her daughter Louise, Charlotte was the ancestress of King William III of England, Frederick the Great, and the present British Royal Family also directly descends from her.

References

 Europaeische Stammfeln ed. Schwennicke, Band XIV (1991), Taf. 60-64

1530 births
1568 deaths
French nobility
16th-century Breton women


Patrick Blanc (born 28 April 1972) is a French ski mountaineer.

Blanc is born in Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie and has been member of the national team since 2002. In 2008 he has been suspended from competitions for two years due to a positive dope test at the Patrouille des Glaciers race.

Selected results
 2002:
 2nd, World Championship single race
 2nd, World Championship team race (together with Tony Sbalbi)
 2nd, World Championship combination ranking
 2nd, French Championship single
 2004:
 1st, World Championship vertical race
 1st, World Championship team race (together with Florent Perrier)
 1st, World Championship relay race (together with Stéphane Brosse, Cédric Tomio and Florent Perrier)
 6th, World Championship single race
 2005
 3rd, World Cup team race (together with Stéphane Brosse)
 2006:
 1st, World Championship vertical race
 1st, World Championship team race (together with Stéphane Brosse)
 2nd, World Championship relay race (together with Grégory Gachet, Stéphane Brosse and Florent Perrier)
 2007:
 9th, European Championship team race (together with Tony Sbalbi)
 2008:
 6th, World Championship team race (together with Didier Blanc)

Patrouille des Glaciers

 1998: 7th (and 2nd, "seniors I" ranking), together with Stéphane Millius and Alberto Colajanni
 2004: 1st and course record, together with Jean Pellissier and Stéphane Brosse
 2006: 1st and course record, together with Stéphane Brosse and Guido Giacomelli

Pierra Menta

 2002: 6th, together with Tony Sbalbi
 2003: 1st, together with Tony Sbalbi
 2004: 6th, together with Tony Sbalbi
 2005: 1st, together with Stéphane Brosse
 2006: 1st, together with Stéphane Brosse
 2008: 3rd, together with Peter Svätojánsky

Trofeo Mezzalama
 2003: 9th, together with Cédric Tomio and Tony Sbalbi
 2005: 1st, together with Stéphane Brosse and Guido Giacomelli
 2007: 2nd, together with Florent Perrier and Grégory Gachet

References

External links
 Patrick Blanc at SkiMountaineering.org

1972 births
Living people
People from Évian-les-Bains
French male ski mountaineers
World ski mountaineering champions
French sportspeople in doping cases
Sportspeople from Haute-Savoie


The Acura ZDX is a mid-size luxury crossover SUV with a sloping rear roofline developed by Honda for its upmarket brand Acura. The car was originally planned to be called the "MSX". The ZDX debuted at the 2009 New York International Auto Show on April 8, 2009, as a 2010 model.  The vehicle was also the first to be completely designed at Acura's southern California design studio in Torrance.

The original ZDX concept was penned by Michelle Christensen who labeled it a "4-door luxury sports coupe" and which Acura says "blurs the distinction between coupe, sedan and sport utility vehicle."

The ZDX features Acura's first six speed automatic transmission, advanced ventilated seats, as well as other luxury appointments. Although the ZDX shares a similar profile with the Honda Crosstour, the two vehicles are not mechanically related: the latter is based on the Honda Accord, while the ZDX is based on the Honda Pilot/Acura MDX.

On August 19, 2022, it was announced that the ZDX nameplate would return to Acura's lineup in 2024 for the brand's first electric vehicle. The new ZDX will be co-developed with General Motors.

Concept version

Five teaser shots, released by Acura between March 16 and 20, 2009, indicated a coupe-like sloping roofline akin to that of the BMW X6, which led many observers to believe that is its direct competitor. After the announcement about naming the vehicle ZDX, Acura added the words "Luxury Four-Door Sports Coupe" to the caption for each picture. Moreover, it did not state the vehicle as a crossover or an SUV.  The automaker translated the designers renderings almost literally into production sheetmetal. It's all but unheard-of for a rookie designer to have sketches embraced by a car company and put into production with so few changes.

First generation (YB1; 2009)

The announced version includes the  SOHC VTEC V6 all-aluminum engine rated  at 6300 rpm and  at 4500 rpm, 6-speed automatic transmission, Super Handling All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD), 19-inch, 7-spoke alloy wheels, panoramic glass roof with movable sunshades, hand-stitched leather interior, HandsFreeLink Bluetooth connectivity, power tailgate, and a high-powered audio system with CD player, AM/FM/XM Satellite Radio and USB audio interface with iPod integration. Sales began in winter 2009.

The Technology Package adds the Navigation System with voice recognition, an Acura/ELS Surround premium audio system and a new multi-view rear camera. Advance Package adds blind spot monitoring system, Collision Mitigating Braking System (CMBS), Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and Integrated Dynamics System (IDS), which brought multiple modes of suspension firmness and response using electronically controlled Magneto-Rheological shock absorbers.

For 2013, in a last ditch attempt, Acura sold the ZDX in only one trim level.  Acura cut costs by eliminating CMBS, ACC and IDS and replaced them with Forward Collision Warning (FCW), Lane Departure Warning (LDW), redesigned front grille, integrated parking sensors, power-folding auto-dimming side mirrors, and new dark accents for the wheels.  This resulted in a MSRP ($51,815) over $5K less than the previous year advance model.

The 2013 ZDX has one well-equipped trim level. Standard features include a navigation system with an 8-inch screen, satellite radio, USB input, Bluetooth, dual-zone automatic climate control, leather upholstery, ventilated and heated seats (front), cruise control, keyless entry, power-folding side mirrors, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, power tailgate, moonroof, and auto on/off headlights. Standard safety features include forward collision warning, lane departure warning, blind spot monitoring, parking sensors, and a rearview camera. The ZDX has 27.5 cubic feet of cargo space behind its 60/40 split-folding rear seats and just 57.3 cubic feet with them folded flat, which is very small by class standards.

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fuel consumption estimates for all models are  in the city,  on the highway and  combined.

Discontinuation

The ZDX was discontinued after the 2013 model year due to poor sales, and in a statement from Honda, "as the Acura brand sharpens its focus on new models and core products." The ZDX was the rarest of U.S. manufactured Acura offerings, with a total of 7,191 vehicles produced and sold in North America.

Safety

Sales

Second generation (2024)

Acura unveiled the all-electric ZDX in August 2023. The first EV in Acura's lineup, the new ZDX is co-developed using General Motors' Ultium vehicle architecture that currently underpins the Cadillac Lyriq, GMC Hummer EV and the Honda Prologue, itself slated for a 2024 release.

Compared to the original ZDX, the 2nd generation ZDX has a more traditional roofline. The ZDX gains an A-Spec single-motor configuration, and a Type S performance variant, the latter of which is estimated to give 500hp, making it the most powerful SUV ever produced by Acura.

It is the first Acura to be fitted with cutting-edge technology such as Bang & Olufsen luxury audio, built-in Google functionslity, and AcuraWatch 360+ with Hands Free Cruise on the Type S grade.

The ZDX will be the only Acura EV co-developed with General Motors; In October 2023, Honda and General Motors announced that their plan to co-develop low-cost electric vehicles has been cancelled, and future Honda/Acura EVs will be solely developed by Honda and will be manufactured in Honda assembly plants.

References

External links

Acura - official site

ZDX
Cars introduced in 2009
2010s cars
2020s cars
Mid-size sport utility vehicles
Luxury crossover sport utility vehicles
All-wheel-drive vehicles
Production electric cars
Upcoming car models


Jean-Louis Curtis (22 May 1917 – 11 November 1995), pseudonym of Albert Laffitte, was a French novelist best known for his second novel The Forests of the Night (French: Les Forêts de la nuit), which won France's highest literary award the Prix Goncourt in 1947. He is the author of over 30 novels.

Life

Curtis was born in Orthez, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. He attended the Bordeaux Faculty of Arts after secondary studies in his hometown. He then became a student at the Sorbonne before traveling to England from September 1937 to July 1939. In August 1939, he was mobilized as part of the Air Force from January 1940. He transferred to Morocco in May 1940. At the end of September 1940, he demobilized and returned to France and taught at the lycée de Bayonne. He passed the agrégation exam in English with success in 1943. He then taught as an English professor at the lycée de Laon. In August 1944, he took part in the Corps franc Pommiès, the campaign for the liberation of France.

In 1946, he published his first novel, Les Jeunes Hommes. In 1947, he won the Prix Goncourt for his novel Les Forêts de la nuit. He was one of the founders in 1948 of the literary monthly La Table Ronde. In 1955, he left teaching to devote himself to writing. From 1963 to 1972, he was a member of the Advance Revenue Commission at the National Film Center. In 1972, he received the Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française for all of his work. As a specialist in Shakespeare, he was responsible for the French subtitling of television adaptations of plays by the English playwright, produced by the BBC between 1978 and 1985, and broadcast in France in the mid-1980s. He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1986. He has written several collections of pastiches on contemporary events such as the student revolts of May 1968 and the socialist victory in France in May 1981.

Martin Seymour-Smith said of Curtis in the early 1980s:
He is one of the best of the 'conventional' novelists now writing in France, but is very uneven: he is not worried about originality of technique, and prefers to concentrate on what he can do well, which is to anatomize bourgeois societies and 'artistic' communities.

The author Michel Houellebecq made a homage to him in a long passage in La carte et le territoire (prix Goncourt 2010).

Works
Les Jeunes hommes (1946)
Les Forets de la nuit (1947; The Forests of the Night) – "acid portraits of those who played at being members of the Resistance" Winner of the Prix Goncourt 1947.
Gibier de Potence (1949; Lucifer's Dream) – "an acid picture of postwar Paris".
Haute École (1950)
Chers corbeaux (1951) – "targets the Parisian bourgeoisie who had done well out of the Nazi occupation"
Les Justes Causes (1954; The Side of the Angels) – about the liberation of Paris.
L'Échelle de soie (1956)
Un Saint au néon (1956)
La Parade (1960) – "a devastating satire on rich old provincial upper-class drones".
Cygne sauvage (1962)
La Quarantaine (1966)
Le Jeune couple (1967) – "dealt with the splendours<sic> and miseries of .. 'consumer society'".
Le Thé sous les cyprès (1969)
Un miroir le long du chemin (1969)
Le Roseau pensant (1971)
La Chine m'inquiète (1972)
Questions à la littérature (1973)
L'Étage noble (1976)
L'Horizon dérobé (1978)
La Moitié du chemin (1980) – Volume 2 of L'Horizon dérobé
Le Battement de mon cœur (1981) – Volume 3 of L'Horizon dérobé'Le Mauvais choix (1984) – "attacked Christian bigotry. It is his only historical novel, set in the third century AD."Le Temple de l'amour (1990)La France m'épuise (1992)Le monde comme il va (1995)Andromède'' (1996)

References

External links
Biography, from Académie française (French)

1917 births
1995 deaths
People from Orthez
Writers from Nouvelle-Aquitaine
20th-century French novelists
20th-century French male writers
French male novelists
Members of the Académie Française
Prix Goncourt winners
Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres


The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the first race of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 18 May in the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland and was won by Danish rider Tommy Knudsen. Knudsen was the first rider who won in three SGP Events.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Tomasz Gollob as Wild Card. Gollob was Polish SGP Winner last season.

Heat details

The intermediate classification

See also
 Speedway Grand Prix
 List of Speedway Grand Prix riders

References

External links
 FIM-live.com
 SpeedwayWorld.tv

Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
P
1996
Sports competitions in Wrocław


Heikki Haara (born 20 November 1982) is a Finnish former football player. He formerly played for Wimbledon F.C.,

References
Guardian Football

1982 births
Living people
Finnish men's footballers
Finnish expatriate men's footballers
FC Lahti players
FC Jokerit players
Veikkausliiga players
Men's association football defenders
Footballers from Lahti


Louis Wendlin Sauer (born August 13, 1885 in Cincinnati; d. February 10, 1980 in Miami) was an American pediatrician who became known for perfecting the vaccine used to prevent pertussis (whooping cough), saving countless lives around the world. After five years of work, Dr. Sauer developed the vaccine in 1931, inoculating children against pertussis, a respiratory infection that had been the most fatal disease for children under two years old. He later developed the DPT vaccine, which allowed the vaccines for diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus to be administered as a single injection. Dr. Sauer never asked for compensation for developing vaccines and told an interviewer later, "One doesn't do that thing for money."

Sauer was born in Cincinnati, met his wife Mira while he was in Germany as he was a medical student, and established a practice at Evanston Hospital, in Evanston, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. He earned an MD in Berlin and his PhD at the University of Chicago. Dr. Sauer was a professor at the Northwestern University Medical School in Evanston, Illinois, until his retirement in 1959 to Coral Gables, Florida. He died at age 94 of pneumonia and congestive heart failure.

References

1885 births
1980 deaths
American pediatricians
Deaths from pneumonia in Florida
Physicians from Cincinnati


Ashley Madekwe (; born 6 December 1983) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Bambi in the ITV2 series Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2008–2010), Ashley Davenport in the ABC drama Revenge (2011–2013), and Tituba in the WGN series Salem (2014–2017). For her performance in County Lines (2019), Madekwe was nominated for the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress.

Early life
Madekwe was born at Mile End Hospital in East London to a Nigerian-Swiss father and an English mother, and grew up on a South London council estate in West Norwood. When she was 14, her family moved to the Norbury suburbs, and Madekwe attended the BRIT School. She went on to train at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting. During her time at RADA, she appeared in a number of stage productions such as King Henry V as Princess Katherine and Wuthering Heights as Catherine Earnshaw.

Career
Madekwe started her acting career with a film titled Storm Damage. In 2005, shortly after graduating from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art she played 'Jade' in Shan Khan's Prayer Room at Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Since then, she has made guest appearances on Teachers, Doctors, Casualty, and Drop Dead Gorgeous. Madekwe landed her first motion picture in the 2007 Woody Allen film Cassandra's Dream, opposite Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor. Following that success, she played Elisha in the one-off BBC Three drama pilot West 10 LDN, and appeared in six episodes of Trexx and Flipside as Ollie. In 2008, she landed the role of Bambi on the ITV2 drama series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, appearing in series two and three. Madekwe starred in the 2008 comedy film How to Lose Friends & Alienate People. Her theatre credits include Little Sweet Thing by Roy Williams and Flight Path by David Watson.

Madekwe made her official US debut in the 2009 drama series The Beautiful Life, which only aired two episodes on The CW before being cancelled. In February 2011, she was cast as Ashley Davenport in the ABC drama series Revenge. After being a regular for the first two seasons, it was reported in late May 2013 that Madekwe would depart the series following a guest appearance in the first episode of the third season. She starred as Tituba in the television series Salem from 2014 to 2016.

In 2018 Madekwe starred in the British film, County Lines and was subsequently nominated for a BAFTA in 2021 for the role of Toni.

Personal life
In June 2012, Madekwe married her long-time boyfriend, Israeli actor Iddo Goldberg. They have worked together on Secret Diary of a Call Girl and he also had a role alongside her on the TV series Salem. In late summer 2023, the couple welcomed their first child, a boy. Her cousin is English actor Archie Madekwe.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

 Ashley Madekwe's blog

1983 births
Living people
20th-century English actresses
21st-century English actresses
Actresses from London
Actresses from Surrey
Alumni of RADA
English bloggers
English film actresses
English people of Nigerian descent
English people of Swiss descent
English stage actresses
English television actresses
Black British actresses
People educated at the BRIT School
People from Mile End
People from West Norwood
British women bloggers