Gary Kinder (born October 25, 1962) is a U.S. Olympian who participated in the 1988 decathlon. Kinder made the team by finishing first in the 1988 Olympic trials in a PR 8293pts. Kinder finished 12th in the 1987 World Championships of track and field with 8030 points beating teammate Rob Muzzio by 13 points.

Kinder, 6'1" 190 lbs, attended the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and was coached by (still) head coach Joe Walker. He transferred to the University of New Mexico and finished 2nd at the 1985 NCAA championships in the decathlon.
Kinder still holds Ole Miss school records in the decathlon (7565 pts.) and javelin (old style-224'3"). He stands 5th on the list in the pole vault with 16' 1/4". Kinder also remains the decathlon record holder at the University of New Mexico where he scored 7965 in placing second in the 1985 NCAA Track and field Championships.

Kinder first appeared on the U.S. list in 1985 with a #6 ranking and had reached as high as #2 in 1988. Kinder was ranked in the top 10 United States Decathletes continuously from 1985 through 1990. His finishes at the U.S. championships are as follows:
1985: 6th 7654 (w)
1986: 3rd 7857
1987: 3rd 8053 berth in 1987 World Championships.
1988: 1st 8293 Olympic team member
1989: 3rd 8155 (w)
1997: 12th 7695
Kinder currently stands as #96 on the World all-time list in decathlon with his 8293.

In June 1991, Kinder was suspended for a doping violation by the governing body of U.S.A. track and field, for two years. However, the ruling was immediately overturned by an arbitration panel of USA Track and Field when flaws in the testing protocol were discovered in this case. Kinder went on to compete in the 1992 Olympic Trials as well as 2 more United States Decathlon Championships.

He coached high school track and field at Brentwood, Tennessee and is founder of KinderSport.

He also served coaching stints at The University of New Mexico and University of Virginia.

References

1962 births
Living people
American male decathletes
Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
Ole Miss Rebels men's track and field athletes
New Mexico Lobos men's track and field athletes
Virginia Cavaliers track and field coaches
New Mexico Lobos track and field coaches
Place of birth missing (living people)
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics


My Two Dads is an American sitcom that was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions in association with Tri-Star Television and distributed by TeleVentures. It starred Paul Reiser, Greg Evigan and Staci Keanan. The series premiered on NBC on September 20, 1987, and aired 60 episodes over three seasons, concluding on April 30, 1990.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (1987–88)

Season 2 (1989)

Season 3 (1989–90)

References

External links

Lists of American sitcom episodes


McGivney may refer to:

McGivney, New Brunswick, a settlement in New Brunswick
21576 McGivney, a main-belt asteroid

People with the surname
Michael J. McGivney (1852–1890), Roman Catholic priest and founder of the Knights of Columbus


Akif Baha Balantekin is an American and Turkish physicist.

He earned his bachelor's degree in physics from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey in 1975 and received a PhD from Yale University in the U.S. in 1982.

Balantekin is currently the Eugene P. Wigner Professor of Physics at Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
He has been in Madison, Wisconsin since 1986. Before this, he was the Eugene P. Wigner Fellow at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
He has served as the Chair of the University of Wisconsin Physics Department until 2011. He is an affiliate professor at the University of Washington, Seattle and has been a visiting professor at Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany, Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Mitaka, Tokoko.

Awards and honors
 American Physical Society Division of Nuclear Physics Distinguished Service Award, 2010;
 Fellowships of the American Physical Society (1994) and the Institute of Physics of the U.K. (2004);
 TUBITAK Science Prize in Physics, 2001;
 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Mid-Career Award, 1997;
 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior Scientist Award, 1996;
 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Senior Fellowship, 1994;
 National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1987;
 Martin Marietta Corporation Jefferson Cup Award, 1986;
 Martin Marietta Energy Systems Author of the Year, 1986;
 Martin Marietta Energy Systems Publications Award, 1986; and
 Francis E. Loomis Fellow, Yale University, 1978.

Professional service
He has served as the Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics (2005-2010) and the Chair of the American Physical Society Division of Nuclear Physics (2003-2004). He is currently the chair of the Scientific Board of the European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT*) in Trento, Italy.

References
 A. Baha Balantekin
 New Page 1
 UW-Madison Physics Faculty Baha Balantekin
 List of Publications of A.B. Balantekin

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Turkish emigrants to the United States
Yale University alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
Turkish physicists
Fellows of the American Physical Society


Anything for Bread () is a 1991 Spanish film directed by Enrique Urbizu and written by Luis Marías.

Premise
The film centres on an armed robbery within a bingo hall, within a background in the underworld of drug dealing, sexual perversion, police corruption and a political assassination. Woven through this are the stories of two very different women from opposite backgrounds. Azucena is a robber fleeing the scene when she is picked up by a young woman, Verónica. Both are vulnerable, having been threatened and betrayed, and soon start fighting against each other to gain the proceeds of the robbery. As they get to know each other, they develop a mutual respect, and this helps them fight the dangerous men who are chasing them. The two women eventually become sisters-in-arms and keep the stolen money.

Cast

Production
The director used Álex de la Iglesia's graphic work for production design.

It was filmed in Bilbao, Bakio, Santurce, Okondo, Getaria, Gipuzkoa and Arrieta, in the Basque region of Spain. The city of Bilbao gave the film a neo-noir look with a post modern-twist.

Awards and nominations

Won
Goya Awards
Best Supporting Actress (Kiti Manver)

Nominated
Goya Awards
Best Original Score (Bernardo Bonezzi)
Best Screenplay – Original (Luis Marías)
Best Special Effects (Kit West)

Reception
It has also been called "a satisfactory thriller".

One reviewer noted that the film was "a strange mixture of thriller and comedy", it has "great set pieces" but an "excessively jumbled script". It is an "irregular but sympathetic product".

References

External links

1991 films
1990s Spanish-language films
Spanish crime films
1990s Spanish films


Brian Umony (born 12 December 1988 in Jinja, Uganda) is a Ugandan footballer who plays for Kampala City Council FC. Since 2009, he has also been a regular member of the Uganda national football team.

Early life
Born on 12 December 1988 in Jinja to Francis Kermit and Loise Uwanchango, Umony is the youngest of four children. After the death of his mother in 1997, he moved to Kampala to live with his maternal uncle. He started playing football at a young age but struggled to get onto the school teams as he was constantly overlooked because of his small stature.

Club career

2007-08
Umony signed with Kampala City Council FC (KCC) in 2007 after failing to achieve promotion with First Division side Naguru Avis. Coming on as a second-half substitute, he scored the winning goal on his league debut for KCC against Iganga TC. In his first season in the top-flight, Umony finished the league as joint top scorer with 15 goals to help KCC claim their first league title in 11 years. He also received the Footballer of the Year award for his goalscoring antics.

2008-09
In his second season with KCC, scored 19 goals in the Uganda Super League, three behind Police FC's Peter Ssenyonjo who won the league's goalscoring crown. Umony was also instrumental in his club in reaching the second round of the 2009 CAF Champions League scoring four goals, including strikes that helped eliminate Ferroviário Maputo and Supersport United. He also had a 16-match goal scoring run for club and country.

2009-12
After undergoing a week-long trial, Umony signed a two-year deal with South African Premier Soccer League club Supersport United in late June 2009. On 8 July 2010, he was released by SuperSport United.

On 31 August 2010, Umony moved to University of Pretoria F.C. on a permanent transfer. He signed a one-year deal with TUKS that will run in collaboration with the year that he had remaining on his SuperSport contract.

In February 2011, having trained with the club through its pre-season, Umony signed a one-year loan deal with the Portland Timbers for their debut year in Major League Soccer.

Following the 2011 season, the Timbers announced that they had declined the option to purchase Umony's rights and that he would not return for the 2012 season.

In January 2012, Umony signed with Vietnamese side Becamex Binh Duong.

In December 2012, Umony signed a two-year contract with Tanzanian club Azam F.C.

In April 2018, Umony moved to India and signed with I-League side Gokulam Kerala FC on a one-year deal.

In January 2019, Umony signed to play for Express FC. Umony is eyeing a place in Uganda Cranes' coach Sebastien Desabre's squad for the AFCON finals in mid 2019 where the Cranes will take part.

International career
Umony made his debut for the Uganda national football team in 2009. He topscored at the 2008 CECAFA Cup with five goals that helped his country win a record 10th CECAFA Cup title.

International goals
Scores and results list Uganda's goal tally first.

Personal life
Umony graduated from the Kyambogo University. He enjoys reading works of Shakespeare.

Playing honours

Kampala City Council
Ugandan Super League: 2007–08

National team
CECAFA Cup: 2009

Individual honours
 Ugandan Super League Golden Boot: 2007–08 (joint)
 Ugandan Footballer of the Year: 2008
 CECAFA Cup Golden Boot: 2009

References

External links

1986 births
Living people
Ugandan men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Ugandan expatriates in South Africa
Uganda men's international footballers
SuperSport United F.C. players
Kampala Capital City Authority FC players
University of Pretoria F.C. players
Portland Timbers players
Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Expatriate men's footballers in Tanzania
Major League Soccer players
Azam F.C. players
Gokulam Kerala FC players
I-League players
Expatriate men's footballers in India
People from Jinja District
Sportspeople from Eastern Region, Uganda


Jerold is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Jerold Hoffberger (1919–1999), American businessman
Jerold Ottley, music director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir from 1974 to 1999
Jerold Panas (1928–2018), English author
Jerold Promes (born 1984), Dutch footballer who currently plays for Sparta Rotterdam
Jerold Starr (1941–2012), American writer and professor best known as a national reformer of public broadcasting
Jerold T. Hevener (born 1873, date of death unknown), American film actor and director
Jerold Wells (1908–1999), English actor


There were 2,402 United States military deaths in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021). 1,921 of these deaths were the result of hostile action. 20,713 American servicemembers were also wounded in action during the war. In addition, 18 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operatives also died in Afghanistan. Further, there were 1,822 civilian contractor fatalities.

On February 19, 2010, American fatalities had reached 1,000, when U.S. Marine Reconnaissance Cpl. Gregory Stultz of Brazil, Indiana, was killed by small arms' fire in battle with Taliban fighters during the invasion of Marjah, Operation Moshtarak, and by April 11, 2011, the number was 1,515. By September 2012, the total number surpassed 2,000.

The highest number of American fatalities recorded in a single incident occurred on August 6, 2011, in which a CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter was shot down in Wardak province killing 30 Americans, including 22 Navy SEALs, plus seven Afghan soldiers and a civilian interpreter.

The highest-ranking American servicemember killed by hostile action was Army Major General Harold J. Greene in August 2014 during a fragging incident by an Afghan soldier.

Numbers of fatalities
The United States Department of Defense lists 2,462 servicemembers as having died in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Freedom's Sentinel. Of these, 1,926 were due to hostile action and 536 non-hostile.

Of those killed, 60 were confirmed to have died in Africa, Southeast Asia or Cuba in support of OEF – Horn of Africa, OEF – Philippines, OEF – Trans Sahara, and in the detainment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Five were killed due to hostile action. Thus, a total of 2,402 United States servicemen were killed in the war in Afghanistan.

The website iCasualties.org lists 2,455 servicemembers and 10 CIA operatives as having died in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Freedom's Sentinel, including 49 who died in support of other OEF operations. This gives a total of 2,406 deaths of servicemen in support of operations in Afghanistan.

The iCasualties.org figure of 2,406 is higher than the Department of Defense's officially stated figure, although according to the website all of the names listed at iCasualties.org have been confirmed by the Department of Defense.

Many veterans have committed suicide as a result of psychological problems developed during their service.

Fatalities by month and year

All fatalities

Grand Total: 2,456

Source:

Note: Table omits the deaths of six Department of Defense civilian employees killed in support of operations in Afghanistan and other countries.

Killed in action only

Grand Total: 1,928

Source:

Note: Table omits the deaths of four Department of Defense civilian employees killed in action in support of operations in Afghanistan and other countries.

Publicized incidents of multiple deaths of U.S. service members in the war
March 1–18, 2002 – Eight U.S. soldiers were killed and another 72 were wounded in Operation Anaconda. Most of the casualties were sustained during the Battle of Takur Ghar when a U.S. transport helicopter was shot down and another one was so badly damaged that it had to land or risk crashing also. All of those killed were members of various special operations units.
June 28, 2005 – 19 U.S. special operations troops were killed in Operation Red Wings. Three of them, Navy SEALs, were killed when their four-man team was ambushed in the mountains of Kunar province. The fourth team member was missing in action for four days before being rescued. After the initial ambush the team called for reinforcements and a quick reaction force dispatched. As they approached the ambush site, insurgents fired an RPG at the helicopter carrying the QRF, shooting it down. All 16 on board were killed. Eight of them were  Navy Seals while the other eight were members of the Nightstalkers regiment.
November 9, 2007 – Five US Army soldiers and one Marine were killed when their footpatrol was attacked by direct fire from enemy forces in Aranas, Afghanistan. The soldiers were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy. The Marine was assigned to Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California.
July 13, 2008 – Nine U.S. soldiers were killed and another 27 wounded during the Battle of Wanat. A force of 200 Taliban fighters had attacked a remote U.S. outpost at the town of Wanat in an attempt to overrun the base. The base's observation post, positioned on a tiny hill about 50 to 75 meters from the main base, was overrun during the battle and most of the casualties were sustained there. Eventually, U.S. forces managed to repulse the attack but had to evacuate the base a few days later. The battle is considered a U.S. tactical victory, but also a Taliban strategic victory. The soldiers involved in the battle were part of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy.
October 3, 2009 – Eight U.S. soldiers were killed and another 24 wounded during the Battle of Kamdesh. A force of 300 Taliban fighters had attacked a U.S. outpost at the town of Kamdesh in an attempt to overrun the base. The Afghan part of the base was overrun during the battle which left four Afghan security forces members dead, 10 wounded and 20 captured. The soldiers involved in the battle were part of 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.
December 30, 2009 – Five U.S. CIA employees and 2 Xe PMCs were killed and another six wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a military base in Khost province. The Afghan PMC chief of security for the base and a Jordanian military officer from the Jordanian spy agency Dairat al-Mukhabarat al-Ammah were also killed in the attack.
On May 28, 2010, the 1,000th American fatality in Afghanistan was a Marine from Camp Pendleton killed by a roadside bomb while on a foot patrol in Helmand province.
On August 22, 2010, two U.S. soldiers from the Vermont Army National Guard, 3rd Company, 172nd Infantry, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team were killed during an attack in Paktya province.
On September 21, 2010 a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Qalat killing five soldiers of the 101st Airborne, three Navy Seals, and one Naval Special Warfare support technician.
October 2010 – 4 Marines with 3rd Battalion 5th Marines were killed in the Sangin district when an IED destroyed the MATV they were riding in. The 3/5 Sangin deployment was the deadliest deployment for the whole of the Marine Corps.
April 27, 2011 – Eight United States Air Force Airmen and one American contractor were killed at the Kabul Airport. An Afghan Air Corps pilot became angry during an argument in the operations room at the airfield, then suddenly drew his gun and began shooting. The shooter was fatally wounded at the end of the incident.
August 6, 2011 – 30 American servicemembers, including 22 Navy SEALs, were killed along with seven Afghan special forces members and an Afghan civilian interpreter when their transport helicopter was shot down in Wardak province. A U.S. military dog also died.
February 2012 – Four soldiers were killed in the 2012 Afghanistan Quran burning protests.
August 2012 – Afghan security forces kill twelve US soldiers in so-called "green on blue" attacks.
October 2012 – Three American soldiers killed as a result of a suicide strike against a joint U.S.-Afghan combat team in Eastern Afghanistan that left a total of 14 dead.
March 11, 2013 – Seven Americans died this day when a helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan that killed five American service members and earlier two U.S. special operations forces were gunned down in an insider attack by an Afghan policeman in eastern Afghanistan.
April 6, 2013 – Three U.S. service members in Southern Afghanistan were killed when a suicide bomber detonated a car full of explosives just as a convoy with the international military coalition drove past another convoy of vehicles carrying the governor of Zabul province in that province.
May 3, 2013 – Three US Air Force crew members were killed when their KC-135R crashed in Kyrgyzstan while on a combat air refueling mission to Afghanistan.
May 4, 2013 – Seven U.S. service members were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan.
November 27, 2018 - Three U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan blast.
April 9, 2019 - Car bomb kills three US servicemembers outside Bagram Air Field.
January 11, 2020 – Two U.S. service members were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
January 27, 2020 – Two US Air Force crew members were killed when an E-11A aircraft crashed
February 8, 2020 – Two U.S. Special Operations Soldiers were killed and six service members wounded from an insider "Green on Blue" attack in Nangarhar.
August 26, 2021 – Thirteen U.S. service members from the US Marine Corps, US Navy and US Army were killed in a suicide bombing attack during evacuations at the Kabul airport.

See also
Coalition casualties in Afghanistan
Civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Harold J. Greene, the highest-ranking American to die in the war in Afghanistan

References

External links
 Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians Congressional Research Service.
Operation Enduring Freedom Coalition Casualties

Military history of Afghanistan
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) casualties


Clingan may refer to:

33747 Clingan (1999 PK4), a Main-belt Asteroid discovered in 1999
Clingan Jackson (1907–1997), Democratic politician and newspaperman from Ohio
George Clingan (1868–1953), soldier and politician in Manitoba, Canada
Judith Clingan (born 1945), Australian composer, conductor, performer and music educator
Sammy Clingan (born 1984), Northern Ireland international footballer
William Clingan (1721–1790), delegate in the Continental Congress for Pennsylvania from 1777 to 1779


S.E. Bayley was a footballer who played for Burslem Port Vale between 1897 and 1901.

Career
Bayley joined Burslem Port Vale in the autumn of 1897, making his debut at the Athletic Ground in a 2–1 defeat by Chesterfield in a Midland League match on 23 October 1897. He played three Football League Second Division games in the 1898–99 season and featured twice in the 1899–1900 campaign. His final match was a 3–1 home win over Middlesbrough on 4 September 1899, where he scored his first and only goal in the Football League but was also seriously injured. He was probably in the summer of 1901.

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
Midland Football League players
English Football League players
Place of birth missing


Sherston's Progress is the final book of Siegfried Sassoon's semi-autobiographical trilogy.  It is preceded by Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man and Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.

Synopsis
The book starts with his arrival at 'Slateford War Hospital' in Edinburgh (based on Craiglockhart War Hospital) for shell-shocked soldiers. Sherston has not been wounded, but has refused to continue fighting, causing himself a little temporary notoriety in England. The famous neurologist W. H. R. Rivers is a major character in the book (and had a profound influence on Sassoon in real life). After many sessions in which he gets to know himself and his motives better, he decides to ask to return to the front line.

Sherston is sent to Ireland (where he is introduced to 'The Mister', an alcoholic, eccentric millionaire) then Palestine, and finally to the Western Front in France. There, as captain of a company, he describes his admiration for his servant (Bond), his fellow officers and his men, and his state of mind. At the end of the short first stint at the front, he decides to go out with Corporal Davies to lob some Mills bombs at a German machine-gun post. On their way back, he is shot in the head by an experienced soldier (Sergeant Wickham) in his own company. He is reluctant to be sent to recover in London, where Rivers visits him in hospital.

External links

1936 British novels
Roman à clef novels
British autobiographical novels
Faber and Faber books
Books by Siegfried Sassoon
Books about mental health


Live and Rare is a compilation album by alternative rock band Jane's Addiction, released in 1991 through Warner Bros. Records. The release is essentially a collection of early b-sides, demos, and live cuts.

Versions
The original two versions of this compilation were released in Japan in late 1991. The first is the regular release; it come with a separate spinal label with the album information in Japanese and a lyric sheet. Lyrics are provided in both English and Japanese. The regular release came with a white CD holder instead of the more traditional gray-black holder.

The second version is a limited edition version that comes in a coffin box. Only 1000 of these coffin versions were released. It comes with everything that is in the regular version, but also includes four photographs and a numbered certificate.

The third and final version is an Australian re-release of the standard version. The only differences between this and the original version is the lack of Japanese language material, the slightly different disc and spinal printing, and the disc comes on the traditional gray-black disc holder.

Track listing

Track sources
Tracks 1–2 were originally released as b-sides to "Been Caught Stealing".
Track 3 was originally released as a b-side to "Been Caught Stealing" and "Classic Girl".
Track 4 was originally released on The Shocking EP.
Tracks 5–6 is simply the Ritual de lo Habitual album version of "Three Days" separated over two tracks (plays seamlessly), as released on the 7" single.
Track 7 originally appeared as a b-side to "Three Days" and "Stop!".
Track 8 is mislabeled on the packaging as being a "Demo" when it is, in fact, simply the Nothing's Shocking studio album version. The track appears as a b-side on the "Three Days/Stop!" single and is mislabeled there, as well.
Tracks 9–10 were originally released as b-sides to "Classic Girl". Track 10, "Ain't No Right (live)," also appears in extended, remastered form on the Kettle Whistle album.

References

Jane's Addiction albums
1991 live albums
1991 compilation albums
Warner Records compilation albums
Warner Records live albums


Zangpo () is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Rinchen Zangpo (958–1055), principal translator of Sanskrit Buddhist texts into Tibetan
Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo, scholar of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism
Takna Jigme Zangpo (1926–2020), Chinese political prisoner

Tibetan-language surnames


Living with the Dead is a British television programme about a team of paranormal investigators who investigate ghostly goings on and supernatural occurrences in family homes around Britain. The team aim to resolve the paranormal activity for the family concerned. While mainly focused on ordinary family homes, investigations in celebrity homes such as comedian Freddie Starr's occasionally feature.

Each run comprises 8 sixty-minute episodes. Now into its second series, the show airs on the Virgin Media Television satellite channel Living, plus Australian and Canadian channels.

Team
The team consists of American-born medium Johnnie Fiori, exorcist & psychic Medium Ian Lawman, historian Hallie Rubenhold and paranormal researcher Stephen Griffiths; who work together with the families living in allegedly haunted homes to remove the evil and terrifying spirits that plague them.

Each team member has a distinct role.
Johnnie Fiori's is to assess the paranormal activity as well as spending the night at the home. In his role to resolve the issues, Ian Lawman draws on a range on methods including séances. Historian Hallie Rubenhold, explores local history surrounding the house to uncover any macabre events that may lie behind the hauntings. Fiori cites the investigation at Saddleworth as a favourite, while Lawman cites the one at Blackpool as particularly enthralling.

Production
In July 2009, series one investigator Mark Webb published e-mails on his website, in a post questioning the authenticity of the programme's mediums Lawman and Fiori with claims they were given full information several days before filming took place.

For series two, Mark Webb was replaced by investigator Stephen Griffiths who had previously assisted with research and made an appearance in series one (The Ghost in the Attic).

Original Productions UK, the London arm of Los Angeles-based Original Productions, produce the series.  Each episode is sixty minutes. The series premiered with an eight-part run, in the first quarter of 2008. It received sufficiently warm reception that a second series was commissioned, broadcast from April 2009. Through syndication, it began airing in April 2009 on Australia's CI channel. From October 2009, the series also airs in Canada on CTV.

Seasons 1&2

References

Sky Living original programming
Paranormal television
2008 British television series debuts
2009 British television series endings


John Killefer (May 24, 1833 – July 1926) was a businessman and inventor. He apprenticed for two years as a blacksmith beginning in 1850, then moved to southern California and bought an orange grove. He soon noticed the phenomenon referred to as hardpan (the creation of a water resistant soil layer). Sometime in 1892 he designed and created the chisel plough for land tilling to prevent or defeat hardpanning. He founded Killefer Manufacturing Company in 1893 in San Bernardino, California. He relocated his company to Palmetto Street, Los Angeles, California in 1895 to lower overhead costs for the production of his plow. His son took over the company before it was sold to Deere & Company in 1937.

References

1833 births
1926 deaths
American businesspeople


El rey pasmado (English: The Dumbfounded King) is a 1991 French-Portuguese-Spanish comedy-historical film directed by Imanol Uribe and written by Joan Potau and Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. The screenplay was based on Torrente's 1989 novel Crónica del rey pasmado.

Plot
Story set in 17th century Spanish court, where King Philip IV, on a getaway with Count of Peña Andrada, is stunned to see the naked body of Marfisa, a prostitute of the town (in a pose reminiscent of the Rokeby Venus). After this discovery, the king decides to see the naked body of his wife, Queen Elisabeth of France.

Due to this the Grand Inquisitor is obliged to convene a meeting of theologians to discuss the matter. Both sides of the debate are represented by the figure of the friar Villaescusa, which ensures that the claim of the king is a serious sin that can bring punishment on the whole country and the Father Almeida, a Jesuit missionary who replies that the luck of the governed depends on the ability of its rulers rather than their morality and that the desire of the king is a private matter. Although the Queen is willing to accommodate to the wishes of the king, Villaescusa and his minions do enough to frustrate his desires. Finally, with the help of the Jesuit and the Count of la Peña Andrada, the King gets to meet with the queen alone in the monastery of San Plácido and achieves his goal.

Meanwhile, the Count-Duke of Olivares fears that he could being punished by God because he fails to have children with his wife, so he gets advice from Villaescusa, who informs him that the pleasure he and his wife obtain when performing the sexual act is to be blamed for the infertility. The "divinely inspired" solution proposed by Villaescusa is that the Earl and his wife copulate in the choir of the church of San Plácido (where by coincidence are also very nearly the kings) in front of the choir nuns. At the end of this sexual encounter the Count-Duke of Olivares receives two letters which informs him of the successful arrival of the Indian fleet to Cadiz and the victory of Spanish troops in Flanders. Villaescusa says that the happy ending is due to the sacrifices they all have passed, but the Count Duke replies that by the date of the letters it could be seen that the fleet had arrived in Cadiz two days ago "just the day King went whores". The Count-Duke sends Villaescusa to Rome with a sealed letter asking to not let him go until he has changed his attitude.

Cast

Production

Most of the film was shot in the 16th century Palace of the Marquess of Santa Cruz in Viso del Marqués and at the Monastery of Uclés.

Reception
Spanish critic Carlos Aguilar in his Guía del cine español says that the film has some flaws, such as the different treatment of historical characters, but these are outweighed by good realization and a good cast. Critics also noted the close resemblance of Gabino Diego and Gurruchaga with Philip IV and the Count-Duke of Olivares respectively.

Awards and nominations

Won
Goya Awards
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Juan Diego)
Best Costume Design (Javier Artiñano)
Best Makeup and Hairstyles (Romana González and Josefa Morales)
Best Original Score (José Nieto)
Best Production Design (Félix Murcia)
Best Production Supervision (Andrés Santana)
Best Screenplay – Adapted (Joan Potau and Gonzalo Torrente Malvido)
Best Sound (Ricard Casals and Gilles Ortion)

Nominated
Goya Awards
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Gabino Diego)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Javier Gurruchaga)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role (María Barranco)
Best Cinematography (Hans Burman)
Best Director (Imanol Uribe)
Best Film

References

External links

1991 films
1990s Spanish-language films
Films set in the 1620s
Spanish comedy films
Films set in Madrid
French comedy films
Portuguese comedy films
1990s French films
1990s Spanish films
Cultural depictions of Spanish kings
Cultural depictions of Spanish queens


Blaschke is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Hugo Blaschke, (1881–1959), German dental surgeon, Hitler's personal dentist
Jarin Blaschke, American cinematographer
Jayme Lynn Blaschke (born 1969), American journalist and author of science fiction, fantasy and related non-fiction
Wilhelm Blaschke (1885–1962), Austro-Hungarian differential and integral geometer
Hanns Blaschke, (1896–1971), Austrian NSDAP politician

See also
17637 Blaschke, a main-belt asteroid

German-language surnames
Surnames from given names


Maud, along with Albion, is one of only two surviving Norfolk trading wherries to be found on the Norfolk Broads. Maud was built in 1899, and served as a sailing wherry and later as a lighter before being sunk in the mid-1960s as protection for part of the banks of Ranworth Broad. In 1981, she was refloated and taken to Upton where she was restored over a number of years, finally returning to the water in 1999. As of 2010, Maud is active on the Norfolk Broads. She is listed on the register of National Historic Ships in the United Kingdom, as part of the National Historic Fleet.

Description
Maud is clinker-built. She is  long, with a beam of  and a depth of . She is assessed as 20 GT.

History
Maud was built by D S Hall of Reedham for Walter Bunn, a builder's merchant of Great Yarmouth. She carried general cargo and timber in connection with Bunn's business. In 1911, she was sold to the Yare and Waveney Lighter Co Ltd, of Norwich and then in 1918 Maud was sold to Hobrough's of Norwich. During Hobrough's ownership, she was dismasted and used as a barge in connection with dredging operations.  In 1940, Hobrough was taken over by May, Gurney & Co Ltd. They used Maud as a lighter until after the Second World War, when she was fitted with a Kelvin engine.

In the early 1950s, Maud was damaged in an accident whilst loading coal at Norwich Power Station. Following this, she was replanked from the waterline up, with a new deck also being provided. May Gurney replaced their wherries with modern lighters in the early 1960s. Maud was sunk as a breakwater on Ranworth Broad in the mid-1960s, along with the wherry Bell. In 1976, Maud was moved elsewhere within Ranworth Broad and was resunk. In 1981, it was decided to pile the riverbank where Maud lay, and she was given to millwright Vincent Pargeter, and his wife Linda, on the understanding that the boat would be restored.

Maud was taken to Upton, where she restored over a period of 18 years, being returned to the water in her centenary year. Restoration was assisted by grants from the Broads Authority and an appeal via the Transport Trust. In 1996, she was added to the register of National Historic Ships in the United Kingdom.

References

External links

 Boats of the Norfolk Broads
 WHERRY YACHT CHARTER CHARITABLE TRUST
 Wherry Maud Trust

1899 ships
Ships built in England
Individual sailing vessels
Merchant ships of the United Kingdom
Sailing ships of the United Kingdom
World War I merchant ships of the United Kingdom
World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom
History of Norfolk
Norfolk Broads
Ships and vessels of the National Historic Fleet


Charles Frith Hodgkinson (1871 – 1948) was an English footballer who played for Burslem Port Vale in the late 1890s.

Career
Hodgkinson probably joined Burslem Port Vale in 1898. His first recorded game was at outside-left in a 3–0 win against Long Eaton Rangers, in a Midland Football League match at the Athletic Ground on 19 February 1898. He scored one goal in two Midland League appearances, before the club was re-elected into the Football League. He played six Second Division games in the 1898–99 season, before leaving the club.

Career statistics
Source:

References

1871 births
1948 deaths
Footballers from Burslem
English men's footballers
Men's association football wingers
Port Vale F.C. players
Midland Football League players
English Football League players


Spacey may refer to:

 Kevin Spacey (born 1959), American actor, director, screenwriter and producer
 Marieanne Spacey (born 1966), English footballer
 Spacey Awards, also referred to as the Spaceys, awards presented by the Canadian cable network Space

See also
 Spacey Jane, an Australian indie rock band formed in 2016


In mathematics, Cayley's Ω process, introduced by , is a relatively invariant differential operator on the general linear group, that is used to construct invariants of a group action.

As a partial differential operator acting on functions of n2 variables xij, the omega operator is given by the determinant

For binary forms f in x1, y1 and g in x2, y2 the Ω operator is . The r-fold Ω process Ωr(f, g) on two forms f and g in the variables x and y is then
 Convert f to a form in x1, y1 and g to a form in x2, y2
 Apply the Ω operator r times to the function fg, that is, f times g in these four variables
 Substitute x for x1 and x2, y for y1 and y2 in the result

The result of the r-fold Ω process Ωr(f, g) on the two forms f and g is also called the r-th transvectant and is commonly written (f, g)r.

Applications
Cayley's Ω process appears in Capelli's identity, which
 used  to find generators for the invariants of various classical groups acting on natural polynomial algebras.

 used Cayley's Ω process in his proof of finite generation of rings of invariants of the general linear group. His use of the Ω process gives an explicit formula for  the Reynolds operator of the special linear group.

Cayley's Ω process  is used to define transvectants.

References
 Reprinted in

Invariant theory


Laviana is one of six parishes (administrative divisions)  in Avilés, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

It is  in size with a population of 13 (INE 2011).

Parishes in Avilés


Donostialdea is one of the eight regions of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Autonomous Community, corresponding to the basin of the lower Urumea River, along with a strip of basin corresponding to the Oria River, the region borrowing its name from Donostia-San Sebastián, the capital city of Gipuzkoa in Spain. The region comprises eleven municipalities extending in an area of 305.72 km2 (see below, data released in 2006). It borders in the east with the region or subcomarca of Oarsoaldea, on the south with Leitzaldea or Norte de Aralar in Spanish (Navarre), on the west with Urola Kosta and on the north with the Bay of Biscay.

The area is served by the San Sebastián Metro, part of the Euskotren Trena network operated by Euskotren.

Comarcas of Gipuzkoa


Milford High School (MHS) is the secondary school for the district of Milford, Massachusetts, Milford Public Schools. Its principal is Joshua Otlin and Sissela Tucker (House A) is associate principal. Christine Ravesi Weinstein (House A) and Richard Piergustavo (House B) are assistant principals.

School organization

The campus of Milford High School sits on  of land at 31 West Fountain Street in Milford, Massachusetts. The current building was opened in 1973. The school has a football field with home and away team seating, football practice field, softball field, soccer fields, twenty-five yard swimming pool with springboard diving board, full theater, and a roughly 750-spot parking lot.

It is an SAT, PSAT, and ACT testing center, providing students, both resident and out-of-town, a place to take the required tests.

Recently, measures have been taken to provide students with the highest level of security available: school-wide security cameras and lobby sign-in kiosks have been added, as well as a juvenile Milford police officer present.

Houses

The schools is divided into two "houses", A and B. Currently, a student's grade determines their house. The House A office is located on the main level off of the A-wing and next to the Milford Community School Use Office. The House A office is where the Freshman and Juniors would go for help. The House B office is on the second floor right off of the A-wing and located directly above the House A office. The House B office is where the Sophomores and Seniors would go for help.

Wings

The Milford High School building has six wings, named A-F.

A-Wing

The A-Wing is the main instructional area of the school. It houses the majority of math classes, English classes, and history classes. Government classes are also taught here.

B-Wing

The B-Wing is the school's main information center. It includes the school's library media center, headed by Nicholas Molinari; video production center, run by Jeremy Folster; professional library; teacher's resource center; faculty lounge; principal's office; reading department; and a few classrooms.

C-Wing

The C-Wing houses the majority of all science classes on the lower floor. Its upper floor contains the foreign language department which offers Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and French. The C-Wing also houses the Department of Grants, Media and Technology for the Milford Public Schools.

D-Wing

The D-Wing is the main technology wing of the school. Computer Science, Photography, and other technologies are located here. A special education room includes the Scarlet Bistro, providing gourmet food for the faculty.

E-Wing

The E-Wing contains the performing and fine arts areas. This includes the David I. Davoren auditorium, a 750-seat "almost" full theatre, complete with wings, wing-rooms, a catwalk, tech booth, and full lighting and sound capabilities. Also in the E-Wing are two music rooms, vocal and instrumental; three practice rooms; and the department office and music library. The music department conducts regular classes in music theory and instrumental techniques as well as producing performance groups such as the marching and concert bands, jazz band, and chorus. In addition, E-Wing houses the art room, business rooms, and programs offering food preparation, parenting, and the child care program. Lastly, the E-Wing contains the Hawk's Nest, the school store that is run by the school's special education students during lunch in order to give them experience in dealing with other people.

F-Wing

The F-Wing is home to the physical education department. The approximately 1,000-seat gymnasium, dance, wrestling, and weight training rooms, and swimming pool with one-meter diving board are used throughout the day. The recently renovated practice field is in constant use, both during and after school hours. These offerings give students a wide variety of physical education classes as well as exemplary facilities in which sporting events take place. As can be seen by the award banners in the gymnasium, MHS takes great pride in its athletic program at the instructional, intramural and interscholastic levels.

Central Administration Office

The Central Administration Office for the Milford Public Schools is located in the MHS building, in the front, off of the C-Wing.  All district-level administrators' offices are located here. Offices located here include those of the Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Business Manager, as well as their respective secretaries.

Academics

Milford High School's traditional courses range from college preparatory and honors classes to more challenging Advanced Placement courses. Non-traditional courses range from video production and computer systems technology to graphic design, robotics and automation, and food service management.

Graduation requirements

The graduation requirements for the classes of 2014, 2015 and 2016 were as follows:
 English language arts – 22.5 credits
 Mathematics – 20 credits
 History and social sciences – 18 credits
 Science and technology – 15 credits
 Foreign language – 10 credits
 Practical/fine arts – 10 credits
 Physical education – 10 credits
 Health – 5 credits
 Electives – 19.5 credits
 Total – 130 credits

The graduation requirements for the class of 2017 were as follows:
 English language arts – 24 credits
 Mathematics – 24 credits
 History and social sciences – 21 credits
 Science and technology – 18 credits
 Foreign language – 12 credits
 Practical/fine arts – 9 credits
 Physical education – 6 credits
 Health – 3 credits
 Electives – 23 credits
 Total – 140 credits

There are also required credits by the end of each year. The amount a student needs for each year is:
 Freshman year: 20 credits
 Sophomore year: 60 credits
 Junior year: 100 credits
 Senior year: 140 credits

However, more credits are recommended each year.

Notable alumni

 Norm Abram, carpenter, writer, and television
 Al Cass, musician and inventor
 Chris Colabello, Major League Baseball player
 Vincent Connare, font designer
 Paul Coyne, film editor and producer
 Greg Dickerson, Boston sportscaster
 Brian Fair, heavy metal musician
 Art Kenney, Major League Baseball player
 Charles Laquidara, radio disc jockey
 Howie Long, football player and actor
 Ralph Lumenti, Major League Baseball player
 Joseph Murray, Nobel Prize–winning surgeon
 George Pyne II, football player
 George Pyne III, football player
 Jim Pyne, football player
Rich Gotham, Boston Celtics team president
 Matt Ferrelli, Golfer

References

External links

Milford High School

High schools in Worcester County, Massachusetts
Milford, Massachusetts
Public high schools in Massachusetts
Hockomock League


History in the Making is rapper Gemini's third album. Gemini released this album under the name Big Geminii instead of Gemini.

Track listing

References

2008 albums
Gemini (rapper) albums


Hansard Global plc is a financial services business operating out of the Isle of Man. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

History
The Company was formed by Dr Leonard Polonsky, an American, as the Liberty Life Assurance Company, in 1970. It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2006 in a £357 million flotation which generated £99 million for its founder. Its fund range includes portfolios from Fidelity International and Alquity.

On 12 March 2021 the company announced that after 8 years as CEO and 30 years with the company, Gordon Marr would be retiring by the end of 2021.

Operations
The Group is involved in the provision of life assurance services primarily in the Far East, Latin America and Middle East.

References

External links
 Official site

Financial services companies established in 1970
Financial services companies of the Isle of Man
Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange
1970 establishments in the Isle of Man
Companies of the Isle of Man


Peter McConnell  (3 March 1937 – 28 July 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as an attacking wing-half for Leeds United, Carlisle United and Bradford City.

Playing career
McConnell was born in Reddish, Cheshire, England. He began his footballing career as a teenager at Leeds United. He made his first team debut during the 1958–59 season in a declining side that was to be relegated to the Second Division at the end of the 1959–60 season. He did not become a regular in the side until the 1961–62 when Leeds were fighting relegation to the Third Division. He was released by manager Don Revie the following season and joined Carlisle United where he made 273 appearances, scoring 27 goals, and won a Third Division Championship medal, in seven seasons. He joined Bradford City in 1969 for who he made a further 79 appearances in two seasons.

Playing statistics

References

1937 births
2019 deaths
English men's footballers
Leeds United F.C. players
Carlisle United F.C. players
Bradford City A.F.C. players
English Football League players
People from Reddish
Footballers from Greater Manchester
Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
Men's association football midfielders


Miranda is one of six parishes (administrative divisions)  in Avilés, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

It is  in size with a population of 1,568 (INE 2011).

Villages

References

Parishes in Avilés


Valliniello, also known as Navarro and officially named as Valliniello / Navarro, is one of six parishes (administrative divisions)  in Avilés, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

It is  in size with a population of 1,147 (INE 2011).

Villages

References

Parishes in Avilés


George Mason II (1660–1716) was an early American planter and officeholder who, although his father's only child, had many children and thus can be said to have established the Mason family as one of the First Families of Virginia. His grandson George Mason IV  became the most distinguished member of the family, a Founding Father of the United States.

Early life
Mason was born in 1660 at his father's Accokeek plantation in Stafford County, Virginia. He was the only son of George Mason I and his first wife Mary French. He was the first of Virginia's Mason family to be born in British America.

Political career
Like his father, Mason led the Stafford County militia, with the rank of colonel. After his father's death, he won election many times as one of Stafford County's two part-time delegates in the House of Burgesses (then the only house of the Virginia General Assembly).  This George Mason also served as  the county's sheriff and justice of the peace between 1699 and 1700. During this tenure Mason secured funds from the county to build what was probably Stafford's first jail in 1690. Also between 1699 and 1700, Mason was county lieutenant of Stafford County, under General Nicholson, and defended white settlers of the Potomac region against Native Americans.

Business ventures
In 1691, the town of Marlborough was laid out on the same neck of land in the Potomac River that included Accokeek plantation. Mason received multiple lots in Marlborough and may have built a tavern there.

Mason sold Accokeek after his father's death and relocated to a plantation on Chopawamsic Creek which he named Chopawamsic. At Chopawamsic, Mason planted an orchard, grew tobacco, and raised sheep and cattle.

Marriage and children
Mason married his cousin Mary Fowke, daughter of Gerard Fowke and Ann Thorogood, in 1688. The couple had the following children:

Ann Fowke Mason Fitzhugh Darrell Smith
Elizabeth Mason Roy
George Mason III (1690–March 5, 1735)
Nicholson Mason (1694–1715 or 1716)
French Mason (1695–1748)
Mary Mason Fitzhugh Strother (born circa 1700)
Simpha Rosa Ann Field Mason Dinwiddie Bronaugh (1703–November 22, 1761)

Mason married secondly to Elizabeth Waugh in Stafford County, Virginia in 1706. George and Elizabeth had one daughter:

Catherine Mason (June 21, 1707–June 15, 1750)

Mason married for a third time to Sarah Taliaferro, daughter of Francis Taliaferro and Elizabeth Catlett, in 1710. George and Sarah had four children:

Gerard Mason
Thomas Mason
Francis Mason (born 1711)
Sarah Mason (born 1715)

Later life
Mason died in 1716 in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland. He was interred on a hillside with his father near the site of the old Accokeek estate near Accokeek Creek in Stafford County, Virginia.

References

1660 births
1716 deaths
American people of English descent
American planters
American slave owners
British North American Anglicans
House of Burgesses members
Mason family
People from Stafford County, Virginia
Virginia sheriffs
Taliaferro family of Virginia


Bertha Carolina Mathilda Tammelin, née Bock (Stockholm, 21 March 1836 – 2 January 1915) was a Swedish actress, operatic mezzo-soprano, pianist, composer and drama teacher.

Life
Bertha Tammelin was born to Karolina Bock and a musician of Kungliga Hovkapellet, C. Bock. She was educated at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy 1853–55 and hired at the Royal Swedish Opera and at the Royal Dramatic Theatre as a premier actress in 1856. She performed both operatic parts and dramatic parts. As an actress, her most noted part was Ingrid in Bröllopet på Ulvåsa by Frans Hedberg, and as a singer, Puck in Oberon.

She was also a musician. She held piano concerts at the age of fourteen. She was also active as a composer. Several of her works was a part of the collection Det sjungande Europa ('The Singing Europe'). From 1879, she was a music teacher at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, and in 1889, she was made teacher of drama at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy. She also had private students. Among her famous students were Ellen Hartman and Ebba Lindkvist.

Bertha Tammelin experienced weak eyesight her entire life, and eventually, it worsened: she retired because of this condition, making her final appearance on stage on 7 March 1884.

She married accountant Filip Tammelin in 1873. Bertha Tammelin was given the Litteris et Artibus in 1885.

References

 Österberg, Carin et al., Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare. Lund: Signum 1990. ()
 Ahnfelt, Arvid:Europas konstnärer - Bertha Tammelin

1836 births
1915 deaths
19th-century classical composers
19th-century Swedish actresses
19th-century Swedish educators
19th-century Swedish women opera singers
20th-century Swedish educators
Blind classical musicians
Women classical composers
Litteris et Artibus recipients
Swedish classical composers
Swedish classical pianists
Swedish operatic mezzo-sopranos
Swedish stage actresses
Women classical pianists
19th-century women composers
19th-century women pianists


STV News is a Scottish news division produced by STV. The news department produces two regional services covering STV's Channel 3 franchise areas of Northern and Central Scotland.

STV's news programmes are produced from studios in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen with reporters also based at newsrooms in Dundee and Inverness and political correspondents based at Holyrood and Westminster. Freelance correspondents and camera crews are based on the Orkney and Shetland Isles, Wick and Fort William with a permanent Western Isles correspondent based in Stornoway.

In addition to its daily bulletins and online services, STV News also produces the current affairs programme Scotland Tonight along with feature documentaries.

Broadcast

Two separate editions of STV News at Six air on STV Central and STV North each weeknight at 6:00 pm. ITV Evening News, the networked news programme, follows at 6:30 pm.

The main evening programmes are supplemented by shorter STV News bulletins seven days a week:
Good Morning Scotland (not to be confused with the BBC Radio Scotland programme of the same name) updates for the North and Central regions during Good Morning Britain at around 6:10am, 7:10am and 8:10am each weekday. Both bulletins are broadcast from Glasgow.
Lunchtime bulletins for the North and Central regions at 1:55pm each weekday, following the ITV Lunchtime News.
Late news bulletins for the North and Central regions at 10:30pm each weeknight, following ITV News at Ten.
Weekend bulletins, broadcast across all regions from Glasgow – one on Saturday evenings, one on Sunday evenings.

In the Central region, STV News at Six is presented jointly from STV's Glasgow and Edinburgh studios. The programme includes opt-outs for separate news, sport and weather for the East and West of the region.

In the North, viewers in Tayside and northeast Fife receive a separate 5-minute bulletin during the main STV News at Six each weeknight, presented and produced from STV's studios at Seabraes in Dundee and directed from a technical gallery in Aberdeen. While the Tayside bulletin is broadcast, viewers further north see more news from the north-east, Highlands and Islands, broadcast from the main studio in Aberdeen.

All North, East and pan-regional bulletins are broadcast one hour after their original airing on STV +1. Bulletins are also available for catch-up for 1 day after broadcast on the STV Player streaming service.

Digital
STV News operates a digital news service via its website and mobile apps.  It has staff working on their website, creating original journalism and collaborating with journalists in the news teams in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness.

Overview
STV News at Six launched on Monday 23 March 2009 as part of a major station revamp. The nightly news programmes were previously known as Scotland Today in the STV Central region and North Tonight in the STV North region, with both programmes carrying local opt-outs from January 2007 onwards.

Previously in the Central region, viewers in the West and East areas received 5-minute bulletins within the main 6pm programme – STV News West covered the area from Tobermory to Falkirk, with the presenter based in the main studio in Glasgow. Meanwhile, STV News East covered the area from Anstruther to Dunbar and was presented and produced at STV's Edinburgh studios. The full-length separate STV News at Six programmes for the two areas were launched on Monday 23 May 2011.

STV2 national news
On Monday 2 June 2014, a secondary news service, STV Glasgow News, was launched as part of the local television channel STV Glasgow. This was followed by the launch of a news service for STV Edinburgh on Monday 12 January.

Both channels were merged with new local TV services for Aberdeen, Ayr and Dundee in April 2017 to form STV2, providing national news bulletins throughout the day with half-hour programmes at 1pm and 10pm on weekdays.

In September 2016, STV announced it would launch a news programme combining Scottish, UK and international news coverage. STV News Tonight was produced and broadcast from Glasgow using STV's resources from across Scotland and the UK and international resources of ITN. The half-hour programme, launched on Monday 24 April 2017, was presented by Halla Mohieddeen and aired each weeknight at 7pm on STV2.

Cutbacks
On 16 May 2018, STV announced 59 redundancies, including 34 from its news division. STV2 ceased broadcasting at the end of June 2018, marking the end of STV News Tonight and the station's national news service.

On STV itself, the Edinburgh-based edition of STV News at Six was axed and replaced with shorter opt-outs within a Central Scotland programme. STV North's regional news services were not affected, although nine jobs – three journalists and six technical posts – were lost at the company's Aberdeen studios.

NUJ members at STV voted in favour of strike action against the job cuts, although the union decided against immediate action after the company ruled out compulsory redundancies.

The last edition of STV News Tonight aired on Friday 29 June 2018, followed by the final East edition of STV News at Six on Friday 7 September 2018.

The team

Main anchors

References

External links

2010s British television series
2020s British television series
2009 British television series debuts
2009 establishments in Scotland
English-language television shows
ITV regional news shows
Scottish television news shows
 1


Agnes Tsao Kou Ying (28 April 1821 – 1 March 1856; also Agnes Kouying Tsao), or Cao Guiying (), was a Qing dynasty Chinese layperson who was martyred for preaching the Gospel in Guangxi. She was canonized a martyr-saint by Pope John Paul II on 1 October 2000.

Early life
Tsao was born in the small village of Wujiazhai in Guizhou Province on April 28, 1821. Her family was a traditional Catholic family originally from Sichuan Province. She later left her hometown to work in the city of Xingyi after her parents died. There she met a Catholic woman who let her live with her. Soon, Bishop Bai came to visit Xingyi and found out that she was without family so he took her to the local parish to learn more about Christianity. The bishop found her to be clever and a quick learner.

When Tsao became eighteen, she married a local farmer, but her brother- and sister-in-law treated her as an outsider (for she was Christian) and did not consider her a part of the family. Therefore, Tsao was left with little to eat. Things became worse for Tsao when her husband died after two years and she was driven out of the house. In order to support herself, she took odd jobs as a helper. Then a pious Catholic widow invited Tsao to stay with her. She also had a good understanding of the scriptures and the teachings of the Catholic Church. Whenever a priest visited them this widow received the Sacrament of Reconciliation and the Eucharist. With such an example before her, Tsao was able to cultivate her own spirituality.

Missionary work
One day, when the priest Auguste Chapdelaine was in town, he discovered how well Tsao knew the faith and asked her to move to Guangxi Province for some missionary work, especially for teaching the Catholic faith to some 30-40 Catholic families living there (Catholics were very few in those days). In 1852, she went out to the town of Baijiazhai in Xilin County and made it her preaching headquarters, teaching the Catholic faith throughout Guangxi. She also taught cooking and household management, and in her spare time helped babysit.

Arrest and death
In 1856, when she was helping out in Yaoshan, Guangxi (near present-day Guilin), the local government decided to take some measures against the Christians living in that area. Tsao was taken into custody along with many other Catholics who were soon released; only Tsao and Chapdelaine had to stay in prison. Chapdelaine later died in prison. The county magistrate tried to persuade Tsao to deny her faith under the promise that if she did, she would be released. However, Tsao was unmoved. Then the magistrate threatened torture, but she showed no fear. Finally, on the 22nd day of the first month (Chinese calendar date), the magistrate decided on her punishment. He had her locked in a cage so small that she could only stand up. She prayed repeatedly, "God, have mercy on me; Jesus save me!" She died three days later on March 1, 1856 (Gregorian calendar date).

Beatification and canonization
Pope Leo XIII proclaimed her "Blessed" on 27 May 1900, and Pope John Paul II canonized her as a Martyr-Saint on 1 October 2000.

Agnes Tsao Kou Ying is honored (with Agatha Lin Zhao and Lucy Yi Zhenmei) with a Lesser Feast on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America on February 19.

Notes
There is a Chinese Catholic church in Markham, Ontario, named after her. As of 2015, she was one of the few canonized Chinese Catholic martyrs.

See also
 Christianity in Guizhou
 Catholic Church in Sichuan

References

Spread of the faith in China.

1821 births
1856 deaths
People from Qiandongnan
Chinese Roman Catholic saints
Saints of Sichuan
19th-century Roman Catholic martyrs
Qing dynasty people
Anglican saints
Christianity in Guizhou


The Worst Years of Our Lives () is a 1994 Spanish comedy film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro and written by David Trueba which stars Gabino Diego, Ariadna Gil, and Jorge Sanz. The film was nominated for four Goya Awards, winning one.

The film is an attempt to update 1980s comedia madrileña to a new social context. Shooting locations in Madrid included Malasaña (calle del Molino de Viento).

Cast

Accolades

|-
| rowspan = 4 align = "center" | 1995 || rowspan = "4" | 9th Goya Awards || Best Original Screenplay || David Trueba ||  || rowspan = "4" |
|-
| Best Actor || Gabino Diego ||
|-
| Best Supporting Actor || Agustín González ||
|-
| Best Sound || Carlos Garrido, Gilles Ortion, José Antonio Bermúdez, Polo Aledo ||
|}

See also
 List of Spanish films of 1994

References

External links

1994 films
1990s Spanish-language films
Films shot in Madrid
1990s Spanish films


The Policy Research Centre is a UK think tank based at The Islamic Foundation in Markfield, Leicestershire. The Centre specialises in research, policy advice and training on British Muslim related issues. It brings together policy, academic and community expertise to inform and help shape current policy thinking. It has worked with civil society, Muslim communities and local and national governments.

Aims and services
It seeks to:
 Enhance the policy responses to some of the critical issues being debated today around identity, citizenship and security.
 Raise awareness of social policy concerns impacting upon the lives of Muslim citizens.
 Inform communities about policy debates and the policy making process.

Its services include:
 Publishing research, briefing and seminar papers to facilitate understanding and dialogue with think tanks, policy experts and journalists.
 Providing training to enhance understanding of Muslim communities and to develop policy related capacity.
 Responding to government consultations, papers and policy proposals or reforms.
 Conducting surveys and opinion polls to monitor and comment on public opinion and Muslim opinion on pertinent issues and map Muslim policy concerns.
 Providing resources, data and briefings to community groups.

Staff
 Dilwar Hussain heads the Policy Research Centre. He is a writer, researcher and co-author of many publications
 Naved Siddiqui is a Research Fellow. He is the lead trainer and coordinator of the centre's training services.
 Samina Ali
 Sughra Ahmed is a Research Fellow. Her area of research is currently young Muslims in Britain.

Research
 Mapping European Muslim Policy Concerns with the Open Society Institute
 Research on Smoking Cessation material for NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale
 Differences Between Violent and Non-violent Radicalisation with Demos
 Preventing Violent Extremism – Handbook for the Local Government Association
 Mapping Muslim women's organisations in Leicester, for the Leicester Partnership
 Radicalisation in Europe with the Change Institute

References

External links
 Policy Research Centre official site

Political and economic think tanks based in the United Kingdom
Organisations based in Leicestershire
Islamic organisations based in the United Kingdom


Garigliano Nuclear Power Plant was a nuclear power plant located at Sessa Aurunca (Campania), in southern Italy. It was named after the river Garigliano.

Consisting of one 150MWe BWR from General Electric, it operated from 1964 until 1982. First criticality was on 5 June 1963, with grid connection 1 January 1964 and full commercial operation from 1 June in that year. Garigliano was in 1964 the fourth BWR ever worldwide commercial operated, and had the second highest MW-capacity after Dresden Nuclear Power Plant unit 1.

Final shutdown was on 1 March 1982 and the plant was handed to the Italian nuclear decommissioning authority SOGIN on 1 November 1999. Decommissioning is expected to take 27 years, with the total bill expected to reach $432.4 million.

External links

 Nuclear power in Italy  at the WNA site.
 Nuclear power profile of Italy at the NEA site.

References

Nuclear power stations using boiling water reactors
Former nuclear power stations in Italy
1964 establishments in Italy
1982 disestablishments in Italy


Ernie Pook's Comeek is an American underground comic/alternative comic by Lynda Barry.

It was first published in 1979, without Barry's knowledge, by Matt Groening and John Keister in their respective college newspapers.  In the very beginning, the comic chronicled the everyday life of a young boy, Ernie Pook. However, within a period of about a year, the comic's focus shifted to a slightly awkward young girl named Maybonne Mullen and her largely dysfunctional family, who live in a trailer park in the Pacific Northwest sometime in the early 1970s.  Most often featured was Maybonne's passively-aggressive sour grandmother, whom Maybonne and her siblings lived with, and Maybonne's younger siblings: somewhat naive and easily-led Freddie, and cheerful, energetic and irrepressible Marlys. Cousins Arna and Arnold also lived with the Mullens off-and-on.  Ernie Pook himself faded from the strip very shortly after the Mullen family took center stage -- nevertheless, the strip retained the name "Ernie Pook's Comeek" for its entire 29-year run.

While Barry has stated the comic wasn't autobiographical, it was loosely based on her own childhood years. It ran in over 70 alternative newspapers, such as the Chicago Reader.

It was discontinued in 2008. Drawn & Quarterly reissued a collection called The Greatest of Marlys in 2016 and is continuing to reissue collections.

Sources

American comics
1979 comics debuts
2008 comics endings
Underground comix
Comics about children
Male characters in comics
Child characters in comics
Slice of life comics
Comics set in the United States


"Let Go" was Bonnie Pink's fourth studio album released under the East West Japan label on April 5, 2000. It was recorded in Hollywood, California, and produced by Bonnie Pink and Mitchell Froom.

Track listing

Charts

Album

Singles

Notes

2000 albums
Bonnie Pink albums
Albums produced by Mitchell Froom


David Morton Rayside  (born 1947) is a Canadian academic and activist. He was a professor of political science at the University of Toronto until his retirement in 2013, and was the founding director of the university's Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies from 2004 to 2008.

Rayside joined the University of Toronto in 1974, and for forty years taught and wrote on the politics of sexual diversity, gender, and religion. He was a member of the Right to Privacy Committee, a committee formed in response to police raids on gay bathhouses, The Body Politic, one of Canada's first and most influential LGBT magazines, the Citizens' Independent Review of Police Activities, and the campaign to add sexual orientation to the Ontario Human Rights Code. He was also a cofounder of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Studies Association, and of the Positive Space Campaign at the University of Toronto.

He has served on the boards of the Canadian Political Science Association and the American Political Science Association, and in both organizations, he worked on committees promoting equity in academic life.  In 2014 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.  In 2019, he was inducted into the National Portrait Collection of The ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives.

In recent years he has focused his writing on the history of a small eastern Ontario community in Glengarry County.  Out of this has come a biography of Edith Rayside, a great aunt who distinguished herself as a leader of Canadian military nurses in the First World War.  Other essays use stories about South Lancaster as vehicles for exploring larger themes in Canadian social and political history.

Publications
 A Small Town in Modern Times: Alexandria, Ontario (), 1991
 On the Fringe: Gays and Lesbians in Politics (), 1998
 Equity, Diversity, and Canadian Labour, ed. Gerald Hunt and David Rayside (), 2007
 Queer Inclusions, Continental Divisions: Public Recognition of Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States (), 2008 Faith, Politics, and Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States, ed. David Rayside and Clyde Wilcox (), 2011
 Conservatism in Canada, ed. James Farney and David Rayside (), 2013
 Religion and Canadian Party Politics, by David Rayside, Jerald Sabin, and Paul E. J. Thomas (), 2017
 "Early Advocacy for the Public Recognition of Sexual Diversity," in The Oxford Handbook of Global LGBT and Sexual Diversity Politics, ed. Michael Bosia, Sandra McEvoy, and Momin Rahman () 2020.
 "Parenting Rights in North America," in Global Encyclopedia of LGBT Politics and Policy, ed. Donald Haider-Markel , 2021
 "Muslims and Sexual Diversity in North America," in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion, 2021
 "Edith Catherine Rayside," Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 17 (1940-1950), 2023

References

External links

 David Rayside archival papers held at the University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services

1947 births
Academics from Montreal
Activists from Montreal
Activists from Toronto
Canadian political scientists
Canadian sociologists
Carleton University alumni
Gay academics
Canadian gay writers
Living people
University of Michigan alumni
Academic staff of the University of Toronto
Writers from Montreal
Writers from Toronto
21st-century Canadian LGBT people
Canadian LGBT academics


The tone poems of Richard Strauss are noted as the high point of program music in the latter part of the 19th century, extending its boundaries and taking the concept of realism in music to an unprecedented level. In these works, he widened the expressive range of music while depicting subjects many times thought unsuitable for musical depiction. As Hugh MacDonald points out in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "In the years prior to World War I these works were held to be in the vanguard of modernism."

List (in order of opus number)

 Aus Italien (From Italy), Op. 16 (1886)
 Don Juan, Op. 20 (1888)
 Macbeth, Op. 23 (1888)
 Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24 (1889)
 Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspeigel's Merry Pranks), Op. 28 (1895)
 Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra), Op. 30 (1896)
 Don Quixote, Op. 35 (1897)
 Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Op. 40 (1898)
 Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53 (1903)
 Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64 (1915)

Note that Macbeth was actually written before Don Juan and Death & Transfiguration, but premiered after both of them.

History
After leaving the University of Munich in 1883, Strauss left for Dresden, then Berlin, where he heard Hans von Bülow as pianist and conductor with the Meiningen orchestra. Bülow performed Strauss's Serenade and commissioned another work from the young composer. This work, a Suite in B-flat, became Strauss's debut as a conductor in 1884 when Bülow informed him that he would lead the Meiningen orchestra in it without the benefit of a rehearsal. The following year, Strauss became assistant conductor of the Meiningen orchestra, attending all of Bulow's rehearsals with pencil and paper in hand.

Bülow exposed Strauss to the "music of the future" through his acquaintance with Alexander Ritter, a composer and violinist who had married Richard Wagner's niece and himself had written six symphonic poems similar to those of Franz Liszt. Strauss may have already been turning away from the conservative style of music, influenced by the music of Johannes Brahms, that he had been writing up to that point. Nevertheless, through Ritter he became acquainted with Liszt's symphonic poems. He soon started voicing the slogan, "New ideas must seek new forms" as central to Liszt's symphonic works, and from this point he considered abstract sonata form to be little more than "a hollow shell." Strauss left Meiningen in 1886 for a conducting position in Munich, which allowed him regular evenings "to exchange noble ideas and to listen to the teachings of the Lisztian Ritter," who had moved to Munich in September 1886.

Before taking up his post in Munich, Strauss spent several weeks touring Italy, during which he took his "first hesitant step" into writing programmatic music by composing sketches for Aus Italien. As his duties in Munich were lighter than those in Meiningen, Strauss also had increased time to think about music and aesthetics while his friendship with Ritter deepened. He became convinced that an artist's duty included creating "a new form for every new subject" and addressed this problem with Macbeth, the piece which would become his first fully fledged tone poem. Eight months after completing it, he would write Don Juan. Its premiere earned Strauss a name as a modernist.

As he continued to make a name for himself as both conductor and composer, Strauss continued writing tone poems steadily through the 1880s. He took a six-year break from the form while he worked on his first opera, Guntram, but the opera's failure showed Strauss that there was still much to master when it came to narrative in purely orchestral form. Most of the tone poems written after this hiatus are significantly longer and larger in their orchestral demands than their predecessors. By 1898, he had composed Till Eulenspiegel, Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Quixote and Ein Heldenleben.

Characteristics
Strauss wrote on a wide range of subjects, some of which had been previously considered unsuitable to be set to music, including literature, legend, philosophy and autobiography. In doing so, he elevated orchestral technique to a new level of complexity, taking realism in orchestral depiction to unprecedented lengths, widening the expressive functions of program music as well as extending its boundaries. Because of his virtuoso use of orchestration, the descriptive power and vividness of these works is extremely marked. He usually employs a large orchestra, often with extra instruments, and he often uses instrumental effects for sharp characterization, such as portraying the bleating of sheep with cuivré brass as well as fluttertongued reeds in Don Quixote.

Strauss's handling of form is also worth noting, both in his use of thematic transformation and his handling of multiple themes in intricate counterpoint. His use of variation form in Don Quixote is handled exceptionally well, as is his use of rondo form in Till Eulenspiegel. As Hugh MacDonald points out in the New Grove (1980), "Strauss liked to use a simple but descriptive theme—for instance the three-note motif at the opening of Also sprach Zarathustra, or striding, vigorous arpeggios to represent the manly qualities of his heroes. His love themes are honeyed and chromatic and generally richly scored, and he is often fond of the warmth and serenity of diatonic harmony as balm after torrential chromatic textures, notably at the end of Don Quixote, where the solo cello has a surpassingly beautiful D major transformation of the main theme."

See also
List of compositions by Richard Strauss
List of operas by Richard Strauss

Notes

Bibliography

 Gillam, Bryan, "Strauss, Richard (Georg)."
 MacDonald, Hugh, "Symphonic poem."


Maurice Macdonald Seymour (July 7, 1857 – January 6, 1929),  Commissioner of Public Health, was a physician and surgeon of the early North-West Territories in Canada.  He founded the Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League which incorporated and constructed the Fort Qu'Appelle sanitarium. Seymour established the Saskatchewan Medical Association in 1906.

Biography

Early life and education
Seymour was born July 7, 1857, in Goderich, Canada West, to Captain Maurice Bain Seymour and Maria Macdonald. Captain Seymour was born in Ireland and his wife Maria Macdonald in Scotland. Maurice Seymour and Maria had three children.

Seymour began his secondary education be studying at the Assumption College in Sandwich, Ontario, from which he graduated in 1873.  In 1876 he served with Prince of Wales Rifles during the Guibord Riots in Montreal. Seymour attended McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, graduating 1879 with a Doctor in Medicine and Master in Surgery. He continued his education at the Toronto University where he received the degree D.P.-H.

Marriage and children
In 1880, he wedded Helena Louise La Rue, at Aylmer, Quebec. Together, Helena and Seymour had five children, three sons and two daughters.
His sons moved to California. His sons name were Arthur Seymour, Harold C. Seymour and Maurice L. Seymour. He had an adopted son named Bernard Seymour and one stillborn son. Ena Isabella Seymour married Major M. A. Burbank who served in the First World War. Cora Muriel Seymour married Frank Dean. Mrs. Seymour died and the Doctor remarried. Seymour married his Nurse Ann Helena Fallon. Helena Seymour passed in 1925 and he remarried Ann Helena Fallon October 5, 1927. Seymour is buried in California. Helena Seymour's maiden name was La Rue. Her father came comes from Quebec and the Gatineau/Aylmer district area.

Heritage
While practicing medicine in Fort Qu'Appelle, Seymour lived in a large yellow house presently located south of Saskatchewan Highway 56 near the communities of Lebret, and Mission Lake in southern Saskatchewan. The home was later donated to Scouts Canada and served as a kitchen and meeting area in Camp Gilwell.

Physician and surgeon
Seymour was employed in Montreal for the West End Dispensary as a surgeon as well as for the Board of Health as the district surgeon. He held a position as Chief Surgeon for the Manitoba South-Western Railway. In 1881, he moved to Winnipeg and continued in general practice. He was a railway surgeon for the Canadian Pacific Railway crews as they finished construction through the mountains on the Transcontinental Railway. Between 1885 and 1905, he served with the North-West Territories Medical Council. He served as both president and vice-president of the Medical Council of the North-West Territories During the North-West Rebellion. in 1885, Seymour assisted the 95th Battalion, Manitoba Grenadiers as surgeon.

Seymour settled at Fort Qu'Appelle and practiced medicine until 1904. In 1904 he moved to Regina, the capital city.

Seymour became the provincial Commissioner of Public Health. When the province of Saskatchewan formed in 1905, he was placed in charge of the province's health. The health department began within the Department of Agriculture. In 1906 the Saskatchewan Medical Association was organised under his leadership. He has also been president of the Canadian Public Health Association and vice president of the American Health Association. He founded the Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League which incorporated and constructed the Fort Qu'Appelle sanitarium. He then hired Dr. R.G. Ferguson as the physician and director at the sanitorium.

He set up educational campaigns promoting hygiene. He established free clinics and dispensaries for the treatment of venereal disease. The "Seymour Plan" enabled residents to receive diphtheria immunizations in September and October, smallpox immunizations during November and December, and typhoid immunizations in January and February.

Death and afterward
Seymour died January 6, 1929, in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Philosophical and/or political views
Seymour declined to serve in the political arena so he could devote his time to the medical field.  His family were all Roman Catholic.

Awards
For service during the North-West Rebellion, Seymour received the North-West Rebellion medal. The Fellowship of the Royal Institute of Public Health from England was conferred upon him in 1920. During the same year he was also declared fellow of the American Public Health Association. Seymour was chosen to represent Canada at the Geneva, Switzerland health conference along with eighteen other representatives of other countries.

Notes

 During this time frame the spelling was North West Territories.  Northwest as one word was a 1905 adoption.
 Winnipeg:  Established 1738 as Fort Rouge; renamed 1822 Fort Garry; incorporated in 1873 as the City of Winnipeg.
 Sandwich:  In 1794, after the American Revolution, the settlement of Sandwich was founded. Windsor, Ontario, was established as a village in 1854 (the same year the village was connected to the rest of Canada, by the Grand Trunk Railway/Canadian National Railway), then a town in 1858, and ultimately gained city status in 1892.

References

1857 births
1929 deaths
People of the North-West Rebellion
McGill University Faculty of Medicine alumni
Physicians from Saskatchewan
People from Goderich, Ontario
Canadian general practitioners
Railway surgeons


Daniel Craig Jackson, also known as D.C. Jackson, is a Scottish playwright, born in 1980.

Career
His first full-length play The Wall premiered at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow in 2008. It was produced by Borderline Theatre Company and was nominated for several awards including the Best New Play at the Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland and the Saltire Society Scottish First Book of the year. The sequel The Ducky was also produced by Borderline Theatre Company and toured in 2009. In 2010, he finished his Stewarton Trilogy with The chilly brae. His play My Romantic History' (which starred Iain Robertson) won a Scotsman Fringe First at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival and sold out its run at the Bush Theatre London. He also took part in the Bush Theatre's 2011 project Sixty Six Books where he contributed a piece based upon a book of the King James Bible. In 2012 Jackson's play The Marriage of Figaro, an adaptation of the stage comedy by Beaumarchais and later opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was premiered at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. In 2013 Jackson's play Threeway premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh. In 2014, another of Jackson's work Kill Johnny Glendenning received its premiere at the Lyceum before transferring to Glasgow's Citizens Theatre.

Personal life
D.C. Jackson's partner is the Scottish television, stage and film actress Alison O'Donnell; they have two children. They met while O'Donnell played the lead role in Jackson's play, My Romantic History, at the Traverse in Edinburgh, and later became a couple.

Works
2008 The Wall, Borderline Theatre Company / Tron Theatre
2009 The Ducky, Borderline Theatre Company
2010 My Romantic History, Bush Theatre
2010 The Chooky Brae, Borderline Theatre Company
2012 The Marriage of Figaro, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
2013 Threeway, Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh
2014 Kill Johnny Glendenning, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh

References

Scottish dramatists and playwrights
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


Mir Akbar Khyber (January 11, 1925 – April 17, 1978) was an Afghan left-wing intellectual and a leader of the Parcham faction of People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). His assassination by an unidentified person or people led to the overthrow of Mohammed Daoud Khan's republic, and to the advent of a socialist regime in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

Early life and education
He was born on March 11, 1925, in Logar Province. Khyber graduated from Harbi Pohantoon Military University in 1947.

Career
In 1950 he was imprisoned for his revolutionary activities. Later he was employed by the Ministry of Education, until he was expelled from Paktia for taking part in a riot in 1965. After returning to Kabul, he became editor of the Parcham newspaper, Parcham, and oversaw the Parchams recruitment program in the Afghan Army. He was a close confidant of the Parcham leader Babrak Karmal.

Assassination
He was assassinated outside his home on 17 April 1978. The Daoud regime attempted to put the blame for Khyber's death on Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezbi Islami, but Nur Mohammad Taraki of the PDPA charged that the government itself was responsible, a belief that was shared by much of the Kabul intelligentsia. Louis Dupree, an American historian and specialist of Afghanistan, concluded that interior minister Mohammed Issa Nuristani, a virulent anti-communist, had ordered the killing. However, several sources, including fellow Parchamites Babrak Karmal and Anahita Ratebzad, claimed that Hafizullah Amin, a leader of the rival Khalq faction, was the instigator of the assassination. But some former ministers of Khalq faction claim that the assassination was ordered by the Soviet Union and Karmal. Daoud's confidant, Abdul Samad Ghaus, suggested that a strong rivalry existed between Amin and Khyber as they both attempted to infiltrate the military for their respective factions. Also, Khyber's attempts to reunite Khalq and Parcham cells within the military would have undermined Amin's power, according to communist sources. Mr. Ghaus suggest that Amin's henchmen, Siddiq Alamyar and his brother, are responsible for assassination of both Khyber and Inamulhaq Gran (mistakenly thought to be Karmal) upon order from Amin. Alamyar became Amin's minister of planning and his brother president of the general transportation authority.

At Khyber's funeral on April 19, some 15,000 PDPA sympathizers gathered in Kabul, and paraded through the streets chanting slogans against the CIA and the SAVAK, the Shah of Iran's secret police. Alarmed by this demonstration of communist strength, Daoud ordered a crackdown on the PDPA leadership, which in turn prompted the PDPA to launch a military coup that became known as the Saur Revolution, during which Daoud was killed, and the PDPA took power.

Notes

References

People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan politicians
Afghan communists
Assassinated Afghan politicians
1925 births
1978 deaths
Pashtun politicians
1970s assassinated politicians in Asia
Unsolved murders in Afghanistan