The 2009 Assam serial blasts occurred on 6 April 2009 in the Maligaon and Dhekiajuli areas of the Assamese capital Guwahati on the eve of the Assamese Rajya Sabha MP and Indian Prime Minister's visit to address poll rallies. It also came during the campaigning phase of the 2009 Indian general election.

Background
In the light of 2008's attacks around the country, particularly the Mumbai attacks, as well as other bombings in Assam in both 2008 and New Year's Day 2009, this adds to the instability of the insurgency-racked Seven Sister States. After the Mumbai attacks security in the country was a major concern due to the elections. This led to a vociferous debate in the country of the ability to manage security along with the elections.

Follow-up
Earlier in the day suspected members of the militant outfit Karbi Longri National Liberation Front exploded a bomb near a BSF camp at Jengpha in the central Karbi Anglong district. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was also scheduled to hold a poll rally in the district headquarters of Diphu, which itself was cancelled from the previous day due to unspecified reasons.

Bomb attacks
The DGP of Assam said 7 were killed and 56 injured in the Maligaon blast at around 14:00 IST. The blast also sparked a fire that set ablaze two cars and 20 motorcycles as it spread to a three-storey building housing the area police station.

Hours later, five people were reported injured in the Dhekiajuli blast that was, according to reports, planted on a cycle. Six were killed at the blast site, while one succumbed to injuries after jumping from an adjacent building which had caught fire.

Perpetrators
Though it was still too early to point any fingers the media said "suspected ULFA militants" had a hand in carrying out this attack. Assam DGP J M Srivastav said that "this is the handiwork of ULFA boys ahead of the outfit's 'Raising Day,'" while adding that the militants used hi-tech explosives.

Reactions
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi immediately acknowledged a lapse in security, saying the attack could have been prevented.

See also
2008 Assam bombings
2009 Guwahati bombings

References

Explosions in 2009
Terrorist incidents in India in 2009
April 2009 crimes
April 2009 events in India
2000s in Assam
21st-century mass murder in India
Mass murder in 2009
Terrorism in Assam
Improvised explosive device bombings in India
History of Guwahati


Xiao Zhao or Xiaozhao may refer to:

Xiaozhao (小昭), a fictional character in the novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber
Xiao Zhao (painter), 12th-century Chinese painter
Xiao Zhao (crater), a crater on the planet Mercury


"Two Doors Down" is the second single from the Mystery Jets album Twenty One and it features a saxophone solo by Nik Carter (of The Blackjack Horns). The single became their second highest-charting single in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 24, second to "The Boy Who Ran Away" which charted one place higher at number 23. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 100 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".

Reviews
Musicomh gave a positive review saying that "With the help of Erol Alkan they convey this in sweeping, romantic gestures that wouldn't have been out of place in the charts in the 1980s - yet thanks to the producers's intervention sound bang up to date" and went on to say "With a melody that won't be leaving your brain for some time, this is one of the Jets' poppiest offering yet, given a dash of camp attitude to complete a memorable single".

Neumagazine gave the song 9 out of 10 stars. They said that it is "A homage to the 80s, rather than a piss-take, the light hearted synths and classic 'love story lyrics' make this a very fun track" and went on to say "It's the kind of nostalgia we actually like. The video is a rather enjoyable as well".

Music video
The tone of the song's promotional video is light-hearted with members of the band wearing 1980s-style clothing and dancing against fluorescent backdrops. Two female dancers also appear throughout the video.

Track listing
This is the track listing for the single:
 "Two Doors Down"
 "Man in the Corner"

Chart performance
The song debuted in the UK Singles Chart at number 87. After six weeks, it had risen to number 24, where it became their second highest-charting song, as well as only their fourth UK top-40 single. In total it spent eight weeks in the chart, a record for the band.

Weekly charts

Certifications

"Garlic Bread (I Think I'm in Love)"
On 18 December 2020, professional British competitive eater and YouTuber Beard Meats Food (Adam Moran), joined the race for the Christmas Number One and released a charity record with profits being donated to the Stroke Association. The single "Garlic Bread (I Think I'm in Love)" was a parody version of  "Two Doors Down", re-recorded with lyrics on a food based theme.

References

2008 singles
Mystery Jets songs
2008 songs
679 Artists singles


The northern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus) is a species of hedgehog.

Distribution
The range of the species extends in the west as far as Poland, Austria and the former Yugoslavia, and south to Greece and the Adriatic Islands, including populations on Crete, Corfu and Rhodes. It is found eastwards through Russia and Ukraine, as far east as the Ob River in Siberia. It is widespread throughout this range, and there are no signs of a significant population decline.

Taxonomy
Taxonomically, it was for a time considered to be a subspecies of E. europaeus, and later a subspecies of E. concolor. Since the 1990s, it has been considered a separate species in its own right, following new genetic and morphological studies, with five subspecies - E. roumanicus roumanicus, E. roumanicus bolkayi, E. roumanicus drozdovskii, E. roumanicus nesiotes, and E. roumanicus pallidus.

Variation
In Europe, the size of the northern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus) in southern Europe was greater in comparison to white-breasted hedgehog in northern Europe. The size of the northern white-breasted hedgehog varied based on the temperature and precipitation, the size of the white-breasted hedgehog was larger in higher temperatures. The higher the precipitation, specifically summer precipitation, the smaller the size of the white-breasted hedgehog.(Kryštufek et al.,2009)

Parasites
The species is a common synanthrope and is known to carry not only the hedgehog tick, Ixodes hexagonus, but also Ixodes ricinus, the most common European tick species. They are known also to host zoonotic Bartonellae species. A large-scale molecular investigation of fleas was performed to the white-breasted hedgehog due to them being a geographically widespread species and being a very urbanized species. The widespreadness and urbanization of the species gives the white-breasted hedgehog a chance to spread their fleas, specifically Archaeopsylla erinacei, to cats and dogs, which could lead to spread to humans (Gilles et al. 2008). In the investigation, all fleas were positive for rickettsiae (Hornok et al., 2014). In this investigation, 759 fleas were studied, there was detection of Rickettsia helvetica (1.5%),Bartonella henselae (0.7%), hemoplasmas of the hemofelis group (5.2%), and rickettsia genotype were identified (10%)(Hornok et al., 2014).

References

northern white-breasted hedgehog
Mammals of Azerbaijan
Mammals of Europe
Mammals of Russia
northern white-breasted hedgehog
northern white-breasted hedgehog


Sean Parrish (born 14 March 1972) is a Welsh footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the first-team coach at Shrewsbury Town

Parrish began his career at Shrewsbury Town but played only a handful of games before joining non-league club Telford United. He moved to Doncaster Rovers in 1994 before joining Northampton Town two years later where he enjoyed some of his most notable success, scoring a superb goal at Cardiff in the play-off semifinal from outside the box then winning promotion in the final at Wembley in 1997. Sean was also instrumental in Northampton reaching the Division Two play-off final the following season.

He then joined Chesterfield in 2000 and was a key player in winning promotion. A move to Kidderminster Harriers followed in 2002, before joining AFC Telford United in 2004.

Honours
Northampton Town
Football League Third Division play-offs: 1997

References

1972 births
Living people
Welsh men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Shrewsbury Town F.C. players
Telford United F.C. players
Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
Northampton Town F.C. players
Chesterfield F.C. players
Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players
AFC Telford United players
English Football League players
National League (English football) players
Welsh football managers
AFC Telford United managers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff


Donal Foley (1922–1981) was a journalist and newspaper editor. He worked as London editor for The Irish Press

before employment with The Irish Times. He was born in the Ring Gaeltacht in 1922 and grew up in Ferrybank.

Foley wrote the satirical column "Man Bites Dog" in The Irish Times from 1971 until his death in 1981.

His autobiography is called The Three Villages.

References

1922 births
1981 deaths
Irish satirists
The Irish Press people
The Irish Times people
People from County Waterford


Yevgeny Eduardovich Gapon (; born 20 April 1991) is a Russian professional footballer.

Career
He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 3 April 2009 for FC Khimki in a game against FC Rostov.

In January 2015, Gapon went on trial with CSKA Moscow.

On 13 May 2021, he signed with Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Shakhter Karagandy.

References

External links

1991 births
Sportspeople from Novosibirsk
Living people
Russian men's footballers
Russia men's youth international footballers
Russia men's under-21 international footballers
Men's association football defenders
FC Khimki players
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players
FC Fakel Voronezh players
FC Mordovia Saransk players
FC Kuban Krasnodar players
FC Anzhi Makhachkala players
FC Shakhter Karagandy players
FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo players
Russian Premier League players
Russian First League players
Russian Second League players
Kazakhstan Premier League players
Russian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018) players
FC Sportakademklub Moscow players


Iman Khaleel Shaalan al-Asadi () (born 18 February 1964) is a Liberal Iraqi politician and former lawmaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq.

Personal life
Al-Asadi was born in Karbala. She studied political science at the University of Cairo and International law at the University of Baghdad . In 2003 she was a professor of law at Al-Mustansiriya University .

Political career
Prior to her election in 2005 Al-Asadi was a member of some civil society organizations in Baghdad between 2004 and 2005. She was then nominated for the Western Constituency of Karbala for January 2005 elections. In 2005, Al-Asadi was elected one of advisors committee of Council of Representatives of Iraq. Al-Asadi was also a Member of the National Iraqi Alliance.

Books
Federalism In Iraq and impact on national unity

References

Brawl Halts Session of Iraqi Parliament

Dual Nationality of Officials Under Attack

Bush administration concedes it may not finish US-Iraq deal before Bush leaves office

Living people
21st-century Iraqi women politicians
21st-century Iraqi politicians
Members of the Council of Representatives of Iraq
1964 births
Politicians from Karbala
Cairo University alumni
University of Baghdad alumni
Academic staff of Al-Mustansiriya University


The Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) is an international organization consisting of 89 countries that have endorsed a set of nuclear security principles for nuclear terrorism deterrence, prevention, detection, and response. It is co-chaired by the United States and Russia. The organization aims to develop partnership capacity to combat nuclear terrorism, consistent with national legal authorities and obligations as well as relevant international legal frameworks such as the Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, and United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1373 and 1540.

Overview
On July 16, 2006, Presidents George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin jointly announced the organization of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT). The GICNT is a voluntary initiative aimed at fostering international cooperation in order to prevent terrorists from acquiring, transporting, or using nuclear materials or radioactive substances, deter hostile actions against nuclear facilities, and respond to incidents involving the use of radiological or nuclear materials.  GICNT participants work to unite experience and expertise from the nonproliferation, counter-proliferation, and counter-terrorism fields; strengthen global activities and institutions through the integration of collective capabilities and resources; and maintain a network for partners to share information and expertise in a legally non-binding capacity.

The founding 13 nations gathered in Rabat, Morocco, on October 30–31, 2006, for the first Plenary Meeting and agreed to a framework for the partnership, and a system for organizing events and charting nation progress.  The Statement of Principles was the final product that guides GICNT efforts.  Any country may choose to officially endorse in order to become a partner of the GICNT.

On April 5, 2009, President Barack Obama in his Prague Speech called for making the GICNT a "durable international institution." The historic 2010 Nuclear Security Summit, which President Obama initiated and hosted, highlighted the contributions of the GICNT to international efforts to combat nuclear terrorism.

The June 29, 2010, Plenary Meeting in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, resulted in several changes to the GICNT. The partnership adopted a revised Terms of Reference, activated an Implementation and Assessment Group (IAG), selected Spain as the Coordinator for the IAG, and selected the U.S. and Russia to continue serving as the Co-Chairs.

During the May 24, 2013, Plenary Meeting in Mexico City, Mexico, the partnership endorsed the Republic of Korea as the IAG Coordinator for a two-year term.  During the June 17, 2015, Plenary Meeting in Helsinki, Finland, the partnership endorsed the Netherlands as the IAG Coordinator for a two-year term.

During the June 5, 2019, Plenary Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina the GICNT welcomed the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) as an Official Observer organization. The partnership also endorsed the Kingdom of Morocco as the IAG Coordinator for the term 2019-2021.

Statement of Principles
 Develop, if necessary, and improve accounting, control, and physical protection systems for nuclear and other radioactive materials and substances.
 Enhance security of civilian nuclear facilities.
 Improve the ability to detect nuclear and other radioactive materials and substances in order to prevent illicit trafficking in such materials and substances, to include cooperation in the research and development of national detection capabilities that would be interoperable.
 Improve capabilities of participants to search for, confiscate, and establish safe control over unlawfully held nuclear or other radioactive materials and substances or devices using them.
 Prevent the provision of safe haven to terrorists and financial or economic resources to terrorists seeking to acquire or use nuclear and other radioactive materials and substances.
 Ensure adequate respective national legal and regulatory frameworks sufficient to provide for the implementation of appropriate criminal and, if applicable, civil liability for terrorists and those who facilitate acts of nuclear terrorism.
 Improve capabilities of participants for response, mitigation, and investigation, in cases of terrorist attacks involving the use of nuclear and other radioactive materials and substances, including the development of technical means to identify nuclear and other radioactive materials and substances that are, or maybe, involved in the incident.
 Promote information sharing pertaining to the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism and their facilitation, taking appropriate measures consistent with their national law and international obligations to protect the confidentiality of any information which they exchange in confidence.

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Criticisms
While the GICNT has garnered many members and held many events, there are some in the academic community who believe there is room for expansion and improvement.  In a piece evaluating the GICNT, the Stimson Center notes that the GICNT will be useful for countries to fulfill their UNSCR 1540 commitments.  However it points out that many countries that fissile material cannot afford the funds and manpower needed to implement necessary safeguards, and the GICNT does not provide a mechanism to address this shortcoming.  WMD Insights published a similar piece that applauded the expansive growth of the GICNT.  At the same time, it recognized that this large partnership could impede nations' ability to "harmonize their long-term research and development programs" as well as construct detailed plans for dealing with the "sources, magnitude, and appropriate responses to nuclear terrorist threats."  Finally, George Bunn writes that the GICNT is an important first step but has failed to rapidly upgrade security for nuclear stockpiles and places few demands on a country for membership.

See also
 Counter-terrorism
 List of designated terrorist organizations
 List of terrorist incidents
 Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents
 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
 Nuclear technology
 Nuclear weapon
 Proliferation Security Initiative
 Terrorism

References

External links
 GICNT Public Homepage

Nuclear terrorism
Intergovernmental organizations
Organizations established in 2006
Russia–United States relations
Presidency of George W. Bush
Vladimir Putin


Wei Chunhua may refer to the following:

Wei Chunhua (衛春華), a fictional character in The Book and the Sword
Wei Chunhua (韋春花), a fictional character in The Deer and the Cauldron


Luo Bing may refer to the following people:

Luo Bing (駱冰), a fictional character in the novel The Book and the Sword
Luo Bing (athlete), a Chinese athlete


Jarno is a Finnish male given name, which is a variant of Jeremiah . Jarno may refer to:

People

First name
Jarno Elg (born 1975), Finnish killer
Jarno Hams (born 1974), Dutch strongman
Jarno Heinikangas (born 1979), Finnish football player
Jarno Kärki (born 1994), Finnish ice hockey player
Jarno Koskiranta (born 1986), Finnish ice hockey player
Jarno Kultanen (born 1973), Finnish ice hockey player
Jarno Laasala (born 1979), Finnish actor
Jarno Laur (born 1975), Estonian politician
Jarno Mattila (born 1984), Finnish football player
Jarno Molenberghs (born 1989), Belgian football player
Jarno Opmeer (born 2000), Dutch esports driver
Jarno Parikka (born 1986), Finnish football player
Jarno Pihlava (born 1979), Finnish swimmer
Jarno Saarinen (1945–1973), Finnish motorcycle racer
Jarno Salomaa, Finnish musician
Jarno Sarkula (1973–2020), Finnish musician
Jarno Tenkula (born 1982), Finnish football player
Jarno Trulli (born 1974), Italian racing car driver
Jarno Väkiparta (born 1974), Finnish bandy player

Surname
 Georg Jarno (1868–1920), Hungarian composer
 Josef Jarno (1866–1932), Austrian actor

See also
Jeremiah (given name)

Finnish masculine given names
Masculine given names


Zhang Zhaozhong is a Chinese military theorist and admiral.

Zhang Zhaozhong may also refer to:

Zhang Zhaozhong, a character from The Book and the Sword, including in:
The Emperor and His Brother, 1981 film
Book and Sword Chronicles, 1984 TV
The Book and the Sword (1992 TV series)
The Book and the Sword (1994 TV series)
The Romance of Book and Sword, 1987 film
Princess Fragrance (film), 1987
Book and Sword, Gratitude and Revenge, 2002 TV
The Book and the Sword (2008 TV series)


William Griffiths Newton (1900 – 3 May 1965) was an English footballer who played at left-back for Port Vale, Congleton Town, and Oswestry Town.

Career
Newton played for Red Street P.S.A. before joining Port Vale as an amateur in March 1922, signing professional forms in June 1923. His only Second Division appearance was in a 2–1 win at Crystal Palace on 25 August 1923. He was transferred to Congleton Town in February 1924, and later turned out for Oswestry Town.

Career statistics
Source:

References

1900 births
1965 deaths
Footballers from Crewe
English men's footballers
Men's association football fullbacks
Port Vale F.C. players
Oswestry Town F.C. players
Congleton Town F.C. players
English Football League players


The Ascott Martyrs were 16 women from the village of Ascott-under-Wychwood in Oxfordshire, England who were imprisoned in 1873 for their role in founding a branch of the National Union of Agricultural Workers.

Background
The National Union of Agricultural Workers was founded in Warwickshire in 1872, led by the Primitive Methodist preacher Joseph Arch. Support spread to other parts of the country, and in 1873 the men of Ascott-under-Wychwood formed a branch of the new union.

The incident
Mr Hambidge of Crown Farm, Ascott sacked his men who had joined the union and employed men from the neighbouring village of Ramsden as strikebreakers. The women of Ascott tried to persuade the Ramsden men to join the Union and deter them from working for Mr Hambidge. The women were arrested and taken to Chipping Norton where on 20 May 1873 they were charged with "obstructing and coercing John Hodgkins and John Miller with a view to inciting them to leave their employment". Revd T. Harris and Revd W. E. Carter, the two magistrates, heard the case. They asked Mr Hambidge, the farmer not to proceed with prosecution, but he insisted on pressing charges. The women considered to be ringleaders, not defended by counsel, were sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour, seven of them for 10 days, and nine of the women for 7 days. A newspaper in 1873 printed the story under the heading, "Rioting in Chipping Norton".

The seven women imprisoned for 10 days with hard labour were: Martha Maria Smith aged 45, Rebecca Smith aged 25, Mary Moss (alias Smith) aged 17, Charlotte Moss aged 39, Ann Susan Moss aged 25, Ann Moss aged 22 and Fanny Honeybone aged just 16.

The nine women sentenced to 7 days' imprisonment with hard labour were: Elizabeth Pratley, aged 29, Mary Pratley aged 33, Ellen Pratley aged 25, Lavinia Dring, aged 44, Amelia Moss aged 36, Martha Moss, aged 33, Caroline Moss, aged 18, Jane Moss aged 31 and Mary Moss aged 35.

By 9pm on 20 May 1873, a crowd of 1,000 people had surrounded the Police Court. They tried fruitlessly to free the women, breaking street lamps and windows. The violence continued for two hours.

The women were kept in two dark rooms until 1am. When police were satisfied the crowds had scattered and reinforcements had arrived from Oxford the 16 women were taken on four horse-drawn drays to Oxford Prison. Two of the women had young children with them, Elizabeth Pratley had a child of 7 months and Mary Pratley had a child of 10 weeks. Being transported on a cold night with no warm clothing, the women did their best to protect the babies with umbrellas. The rest of the women's children were cared for by neighbours and the Milton-under-Wychwood branch of the Union, while the women were imprisoned.

Aftermath

The local community remained furious at the treatment of the women, leading to questions being asked in Parliament and nationwide newspaper coverage of the events. A popular story later developed that Queen Victoria pardoned the women, and presented them each with a red-flannel petticoat and 5 shillings, but there is no evidence for this. The Home Secretary, however, agreed a 'conditional pardon' to remit the hard labour element of the sentence, sending a telegram to the Oxford prison governor. 'I have advised Her Majesty to remit that part of the sentence of the women still in custody under committal by the Chadlington bench of magistrates which imposed hard labour in addition to imprisonment they are not therefore to be kept any longer at hard labour, an official authority will follow in due course.'''  It was, however, received too late to be effective. On release, the women returned to their village as martyrs for the cause. The National Union of Agricultural Workers gave each of them £5 and enough blue silk to make a dress.

Following the Ascott Martyrs' time in prison, the Chairman of the Oxford District of the Union investigated the wages and conditions of Ascott farm workers and found that before the Union, wages had been 9 shillings a week in winter and 10 shillings in summer. Following the founding of the Union branch wages were raised by 2 shillings a week, so the women's efforts had clearly been successful.

Appointment of clerical magistrates: in spite of public indignation and widespread protest at the sentencing by the two magistrates, the position of clergymen as magistrates did not change as a result of this case. Revd Harris and Revd Carter continued as Oxfordshire magistrates for a further 23 and 30 years respectively, and local clergymen continued to be appointed as magistrates- as, indeed, they can be now.

Commemoration
On the Ascott Martyrs' centenary in 1973 an octagonal wooden seat was installed encircling the trunk of a chestnut tree on Ascott-under-Wychwood village green with a memorial plaque stating:
This seat was erected to celebrate the centenary of the Ascott Martyrs, the 16 women who were sent to prison in 1873 for the part they played in the founding of the Agricultural Workers Union when they were sent "over the hills to glory".
The 1973 memorial has been replaced with four benches surrounding the tree listing the names of the martyrs and those who supported them.

The episode is explored more fully in the collection of essays The Ascott Martyrs: Why did the rural establishment imprison sixteen women and two babies in 1873?'', published in 2023.

References

Sources
http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/England-History/AscotMartyrs.htm
http://www.ascott-under-wychwood.org.uk/2002/02/01/ascott-under-wychwood-2002-kingsley/
http://www.ascott-under-wychwood.org.uk/about/
http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/oxfordshire/Ascott-under-Wychwood.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20091022211049/http://geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6081/

External links
Ascott Martyrs Educational Trust

Trade unionists from Oxfordshire
People from West Oxfordshire District
English women trade unionists


Ngọc Sơn (born November 26, 1970) is a Vietnamese singer, whose career peak was in the 1990s.

Life
Ngọc Sơn was born in Đồ Sơn, Hai Phong, Vietnam. With Ngoc Hai and Ngoc Ha, two of his brothers, Ngọc Sơn has conducted many music programs. His music ranges from ethnic songs to other genres such as pop, rap, and rock.

Ngọc Sơn was awarded the Voice of the Western Provinces in 1985, Affectionate Singer of 1989 in Nha Trang, and, for his Ngọc Sơn Pop CD 1, the Winners Gold Record in 1997.

References

External links
 Các album của Ngọc Sơn trên trang vmdb
 Các sáng tác của Ngọc Sơn trên trang vmdb

1970 births
Living people
People from Haiphong
20th-century Vietnamese male singers


Night Train to Lisbon is a philosophical novel by Swiss writer Pascal Mercier. It recounts the travels of Swiss Classics instructor Raimund Gregorius as he explores the life of Amadeu de Prado, a Portuguese doctor, during António de Oliveira Salazar's right-wing dictatorship in Portugal. Prado is a serious thinker whose active mind becomes evident in a series of his notes collected and read by Gregorius.

The book was originally published in German as Nachtzug nach Lissabon in 2004 and was first published in English in 2008. The novel became an international bestseller. Danish film director Bille August adapted the book into a 2013 film of the same name, starring Jeremy Irons as Raimund Gregorius.

The real night train from Hendaye (France) to Lisbon was stopped since the Covid pandemic after running for decades. All train connections from France to Portugal have been cancelled in 2022 due to the Spanish-French Railroad War.

Characters
Raimund "Mundus" Gregorius, 57 years old, is a teacher at a Swiss gymnasium in modern-day Bern. He is an expert in ancient languages (ancient Greek, Latin and Hebrew) and a man very comfortable in his routine. One morning on his way to work, he saves a mysterious Portuguese woman from what he assumes is a suicide attempt. Although the woman disappears shortly afterwards, their chance-encounter marks the beginning of Raimund's journey. Later that day, he visits an antiquarian bookshop where he discovers Um ourives das palavras (A Goldsmith of Words, this may refer to Gil Vicente, a formidable playwright and poet of the Portuguese Renaissance who had possibly been a goldsmith), a book by Amadeu de Prado. The author ponders the philosophical issue of going back in time and making various different choices, resulting in a completely different life. Raimund is immediately intrigued by the author's somber musings. The book is in Portuguese, a language Raimund doesn't speak, so he begins translating with the help of a dictionary. Sensing a kindred spirit in Amadeu, he is suddenly gripped by the fear of not living his life to its full potential. The next morning, he abandons his teaching position, turns his back on Bern and sets out for Lisbon. There, he begins investigating the fate of the Prado family.

Amadeu de Prado is a doctor during the Salazar Dictatorship (1928–1974). He has an expressed interest in literature and begins questioning his world, his experiences and the words contained in conversation and written thought. His life and thoughts are strongly influenced by living under an oppressive regime, relying heavily upon a brutal secret police force, the PIDE. Maria João Ávila, a girl he adores since childhood, seems to be the only person Amadeu can relate to. His father, a stern man and a judge loyal to the government, later crumbles under the pressure of his conscience and commits suicide. Amadeu, who is by now an accomplished and well-liked doctor, saves the life of Mendez, the "Butcher of Lisbon" and Chief of Secret Police. In the public eye, Amadeu's actions mark him down as a traitor, resulting in him being shunned and secretly joining the resistance to ease his conscience. After his premature death due to an aneurysm, Amadeu's notes and journal entries are edited and published by his sister Adriana. She owes her life to Amadeu and religiously devotes her energy to preserving her brother's legacy.

During his stay in Lisbon, Raimund meets the ophthalmologist Mariana Eça. She prescribes him new glasses when he breaks his old ones in an accident. Mariana's uncle, João Eça, was a member of the resistance. Raimund visits him several times to talk about Amadeu.

Raimund also manages to track down Jorge O'Kelly, a pharmacy owner and Amadeu's best friend who helped him join the resistance, and Estefânia Espinhosa, a woman with an exceptional memory. Amadeu was in love with her, even though she was Jorge's girlfriend at the time. She later fled the country and became a professor of history at the University of Salamanca.

The story ends with Raimund returning to Bern. Raimund, who has been suffering from spells of dizziness for a while now, submits himself to a physical exam.

Themes
Night Train to Lisbon spends considerable time contemplating ideas, exploring on one hand Gregorious' contemplation of self and the other de Prado's journal and  philosophies. Epigraphs include Michel de Montaigne, Essais, Second Book, I, “De l’inconstance de nos actions” and Fernando Pessoa, Livro do Desassossego (Portuguese: Book of Disquiet/Restlessness).
Mercier uses various activities and subthemes to help explore these deep, self-reflective subjects including "night journeys, insomnia and dream-filled sleep, of being stuck in place yet somehow adrift, and confusion about life's purpose." With this introspective approach, Mercier is able to review concepts of "who we are, how we control our experience of life, and how fragile that construction is."

Style
Like the depiction of the city of Lisbon as mysterious and intricate, the text of Night Train to Lisbon is intricate and complicated, sometimes withholding information from the reader. Multiple reviewers also pointed to the thriller qualities the novel takes on despite the philosophical focus of the themes.

Critical reception
Anne Phillips in The News-Gazette noted that Night Train to Lisbon was "reminiscent of Carlos Ruiz Zafón's The Shadow of the Wind" and commented that "mystery romance and political intrigue" keep the pages turning. Robert Moyle of the Herald Sun also points out how engaging Night Train to Lisbon is, pointing out how easy it is for the reader to identify with Gregorius. Daniel Johnson of The Telegraph placed Mercier, with this novel, amongst the best European novelists alive.

Translations
Iranian writer Mahshid Mirmoezzi translated the book into Persian, with its release in April 2013. Iran does not recognize various international copyright accords, but Mirmoezzi received permission from the author before she translated it. She won the Parvin Award for her translation.

Film adaptation
Danish film director Bille August's film adaptation of the same name, with Jeremy Irons as Raimund Gregorius, was released in 2013.

Impact
During the Sunflower Student Movement in Taiwan on 21 March 2014, the wall of the second floor of the Legislative Yuan was sprayed with a quote from the work, "when dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a duty."

References

External links
Review in Die Welt
Review in Die Zeit

2004 German novels
German romance novels
German novels adapted into films
Swiss romance novels
Political thriller novels
Philosophical novels
Novels set in Portugal
Novels set in Switzerland
Carl Hanser Verlag books
Swiss novels adapted into films
Lisbon in fiction


The Prince Albert Angling Society is a fishing club in England that is based in the County of Cheshire, founded in 1954 by a dozen anglers while fishing a local canal. In 2002 the Prince Albert had over 8,000 members with a 3–year waiting list, making it one of Europe's leading fishing clubs. The club oversees more than 200 waters, including still and river coarse fishing, Salmon and Trout fishing and even Sea trout fishing. The Prince Albert also allows groups to help maintain good standards of fisheries in return for off–season fishing tickets.

The president of the Prince Albert is William Bromley-Davenport ESQ. The 6 honorary life members are H.Ogden, J.A.Turner, J.T.Lovatt, C.Swindells, P.Gregory and R.Biddulph.

Footnotes

Recreational fishing in England
Recreational fishing organizations
Organizations established in 1954
Organisations based in Cheshire


Dieter Rübsaamen ( 24 August 1937 in Wiesbaden) is a German painter.

Biography
Born in Wiesbaden in 1937, raised in Maxsain (Westerwald); law studies; has worked as an artist since 1957, autodidact. About 100 exhibitions in Germany and abroad since 1962. Art scholarship of the City of Bonn in 1990. August Macke Laureate of the City of Bonn in 2008. Works in numerous collections. Lives in Bonn.

External links

Gudrun von Schoenebeck: Suche nach Unsichtbarem - Bilder stecken voller Zitate, Anspielungen und Zeichen - Sie beziehen sich auf Literatur, Philosophie und Wissenschaft
Exhibition for the 70th birthday of Dieter Rübsaamen
Homepage of Dieter Rübsaamen

20th-century German painters
20th-century German male artists
German male painters
21st-century German painters
21st-century German male artists
1937 births
Living people


Bikur Cholim Hospital () was a 200-bed general hospital in West Jerusalem, established in the 19th century and closed due to financial difficulties in the second decade of the 21st century. Until then, it was the oldest hospital in the country still operating.

Bikur Cholim had obstetrics and cardiac departments, a modern neonatal intensive care unit, a pediatrics department, and bariatric and plastic surgery units. After 2010 it treated some 60,000 patients annually. With 700 administrators, doctors, nurses, technicians and cleaners, it was one of Jerusalem's largest downtown employers. One-third of the doctors were Israeli Arabs, many of whom chose Bikur Holim for their residencies.

In December 2012 the hospital was taken over by Shaare Zedek Medical Center and continued to function as a branch of Shaare Zedek. The main hospital was then closed down, with the building on Haneviim (Prophets') Street, the maternity ward, which serves the residents of the nearby neighborhoods and various clinics, continuing to operate. At the same time, plans were submitted to the planning authorities for the restoration of the historic structure and its integration into a complex that includes commercial and housing areas. In 2020 the authorities have decided to also close the maternity ward, following guidelines which require such wards be located next to hospitals that can provide special medical services in case they are needed.

History

Old City (c. 1826-1947)
Bikur Cholim opened in a rented building in the Old City around 1826. In 1843, it had three rooms for patients. It was run by the Bikur Cholim society. After the Mission established a medical facility in the Old City, hoping to attract Jews, the society intensified its activity. In 1854, a building was purchased which soon grew overcrowded. In 1864, another complex of buildings was acquired incorporating treatment rooms, a pharmacy, a hospice for the terminally ill and administrative offices. The Ashkenazi Perushim Hospital, as it was known, became the favorite charity of the British Jewish philanthropist Moses Montefiore, who described the facility in his diary in 1875. The general ward consisted of two rooms, each with eight beds. One room was reserved for men, and the other for women. In 1893, the hospital cared for 781 patients and treated 12,347 people in its out-patient clinics.

The alley where the hospital stood between 1864 and 1947 is now named after it: Bikur Holim Street, otherwise known as .

New building (1925)
In 1898, during his visit to Jerusalem, German emperor Wilhelm II donated a large amount of money used for purchasing the plot of land on which the new hospital was built, on what is now Nathan Straus Street.

By 1907, hospitalizations exceeded 1,000 per annum. A decision was reached to build a new hospital outside the walls of the Old City. The cornerstone of the new building was laid in 1912, but construction work was delayed by the outbreak of World War I.

The building on Chancellor Avenue (now Straus Street), just off Jaffa Road, was completed in 1925 and opened its doors to all residents of Jerusalem, Jews and non-Jews. The hospital in the Old City continued to treat the chronically ill until 1947.

Many of the wounded from the 1929 Palestine riots and 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine were brought to Bikur Holim. Jewish underground fighters were hospitalized under fictitious names to keep the British mandatory police from finding them. During the War of Independence in 1948, the hospital came under artillery fire from Jordanian guns. Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus was evacuated, and many patients were transferred to Bikur Holim.

Former German Hospital as maternity ward

The former German Deaconesses Hospital [German] at the corner of Straus and Prophets Street is now the eastern wing of Bikur Holim Hospital. The German Hospital opened in 1894 and used the building until c. 1937. After 1948 it was taken over by Israel as the "Ziv Hospital". Today, as part of Bikur Cholim Hospital which is being operated as a branch of Shaare Zedek Medical Center, it houses the maternity ward, with the department for gynecological and obstetric endocrinology.

Financial difficulties and demise
In 2007, the Russian-Israeli tycoon Arkadi Gaydamak saved the hospital from bankruptcy, taking it over from receivership. In 2010, Gaydamak stopped funding the hospital and returned to Russia.

The hospital's medical director, Raphael Pollack, said in 2012 that its financial difficulties are due to the system of discounts exacted from the hospitals by health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and debt repayment.

Importance
The location of the hospital in downtown Jerusalem has proven critical in times of emergency. With Jerusalem's other hospitals are located far from the center, Bikur Holim was able to save the lives of many victims of terrorist attacks. According to the head of the emergency ward, "If somebody's life is in danger and they need immediate help, realizing that the brain only has six minutes before it's too late, then 20 minutes is too late. It's coming dead on arrival."

Religious orientation

Situated near the religious neighborhoods of Geula and Mea Shearim, Bikur Holim admits a very high percentage of Haredi Jews, and tries to cater to their needs. Shabbat is strictly observed. Non-Jewish employees record medical information and answer telephones on the Sabbath. Food is warmed in ovens operated by a timer, in keeping with Orthodox religious rulings.

Architecture
The main wing of the current building was designed by architect Zvi Joseph Barsky in the neo-classical style with modernist elements. Zeev Raban of the Bezalel Arts School designed the bronze doors.

The former German Deaconesses Hospital, now the Ziv maternity wing of the Bikur Cholim Hospital, was designed by architect Conrad Schick.

When Arcady Gaydamak bought the hospital for $35 million in 2007, he commissioned plans, designed by the architect Moti Bodek to build two hospitalization towers alongside the existing historical structure.

Notable physicians
Naomi Amir, founder and head of the pediatric neurology clinic and day-hospital
Aron Brand, pediatrics
Helena Kagan, founder and head of the department of pediatrics

See also
Health care in Israel

References

External links
 Website of Bikur Cholim Hospital (Hebrew)

Hospital buildings completed in 1925
Hospitals in Jerusalem
Late modern history of Jerusalem
Hospitals in Israel
Street of the Prophets, Jerusalem
2012 disestablishments in Israel
1826 establishments in Ottoman Syria


Etna Township is one of the 25 townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,896.

Geography
Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
Pataskala - north
Harrison Township - northeast
Liberty Township, Fairfield County - southeast
Violet Township, Fairfield County - southwest
Truro Township, Franklin County - west
Jefferson Township, Franklin County - northwest corner

Part of the city of Reynoldsburg occupies the western end of Etna Township, part of the village of Kirkersville occupies the eastern end, and the unincorporated community of Etna lies in the central part of the township.

Name and history
Etna Township was established in 1833. It is the only Etna Township statewide.

Two Native American mounds, known as the "Etna Township Mounds", are located within the township. Etna Township is located entirely within the Refugee Tract.

Government
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

County website

Townships in Licking County, Ohio
1833 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1833
Townships in Ohio


Japan–Venezuela relations (, ) are foreign relations between Japan and Venezuela.  Formal diplomatic relations between the countries were established in August 1938.  Venezuela broke off diplomatic ties with Japan (and the other Axis Powers) in December 1941, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

In 1999, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made a three-day trip to Japan.

Japanese banks Marubeni and Mitsui loaned Venezuela $3.5 billion in 2007 to be repaid in oil. The Japan Bank for International Cooperation provided $1.89 billion in loans to support the banks.

Japan imported US$1 bn worth of goods from Venezuela in 2008, mainly aluminium, iron ore and cacao.

Hugo Chavez made another two-day trip in 2009, during which he met Prime Minister Taro Aso. During the trip they agreed to cooperate on oil and gas developments and form a committee to study financing development and exploration. Japan and Venezuela signed a dozen other accords as part of Chavez's visit.

On 23 December 2009, Chavez threatened to expropriate Toyota Motor Corp.'s local assembly plant.

In February 2019, Japan recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuelan president, cutting  off relations with the disputed government of left-wing Nicolás Maduro, the successor of late Hugo Chavez.

References

External links
Japan-Venezuela Relations from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Official website of The Embassy of Venezuela in Japan

See also

 Foreign relations of Japan
 Foreign relations of Venezuela
 Japanese Venezuelan

Venezuela
Bilateral relations of Venezuela


Igor Igorevich Portnyagin (; born 7 January 1989) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career
He made his debut for the senior squad of FC Rubin Kazan on 5 August 2008 in a Russian Cup game against FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure. He made his Russian Premier League debut for Rubin on 4 April 2009 in a game against FC Moscow.

On 27 June 2017, he joined FC Ural Yekaterinburg on loan for the 2017–18 season.

On 17 January 2019, he joined FC Baltika Kaliningrad on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.

He left Lokomotiv upon the expiration of his contract on 30 June 2019.

On 4 July 2019, he signed with FC Nizhny Novgorod.

International
On 31 March 2015, Portnyagin made his debut for the Russia national football team in a friendly game against Kazakhstan.

Honours

Club
Rubin Kazan
Russian Football Premier League: 2009
Russian Super Cup: 2010

Lokomotiv Moscow
 Russian Cup: 2016-17

Career statistics

Club

Notes

References

External links

1989 births
Footballers from Vladivostok
Living people
Russian men's footballers
Russia men's under-21 international footballers
Russia men's international footballers
FC Rubin Kazan players
Russian Premier League players
PFC Spartak Nalchik players
FC Tom Tomsk players
PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players
FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
FC Ural Yekaterinburg players
FC Khimki players
FC Baltika Kaliningrad players
Men's association football forwards
FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players
FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod players
FC SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk players


Etna, Ohio may refer to:
 Etna, Lawrence County, Ohio
 Etna, Licking County, Ohio
 Etna Township, Licking County, Ohio


Lectionary 43, designated by siglum ℓ 43 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th-century.

Description

The codex contains lessons from the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke lectionary (Evangelistarium), on 313 parchment leaves (), with lacuna at the beginning. The leaves are arranged in quarto (four leaves in quire). The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page. in Greek uncial letters.

According to Scrivener it is written in large cursive letters.

History

The manuscript was examined by Moldenhauer and Emmanuel Miller.

The manuscript is not cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).

Currently the codex is located in the Escorial (X. III. 16) in San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

See also

 List of New Testament lectionaries
 Biblical manuscript
 Textual criticism

Notes and references

Greek New Testament lectionaries
13th-century biblical manuscripts


The Lofty and the Lowly, or Good in All and None All Good is a novel by Maria Jane McIntosh published by D. Appleton & Company in 1853. It was one of many anti-Tom novels published in response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. The story is set is Georgia and tells of a plantation owner's efforts to avoid bankruptcy with the help of his loyal slave Daddy Cato. Their efforts are challenged by a northern usurer and devious northern capitalists. The book sold well across the United States upon release, making it one of the most successful anti-Tom novels in the middle 19th century.

Overview
The Lofty and the Lowly is one of several examples of the pro-slavery plantation literature genre that emerged from the Southern United States in response to the abolitionist novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which was criticised in the South for its portrayal of the evils of slaveholding. The majority of these "anti-Tom" novels often focused on the benevolence of plantation owners, and the evils of abolitionism and capitalism practised in the Northern United States. McIntosh's novel follows this latter route, although McIntosh claims in the preface of her novel that she is attempting to display a neutral image of slavery in her novel.

Plot
The novel takes place along the Georgia coastline in 1837, where the prosperous Montrose plantation continues to yield a rich harvest of cotton each year, which is gathered by the slaves of the plantation. The elderly owner of the plantation, Colonel Montrose, has died of old age, leaving his son to manage the plantation and tend to his slaves. However, with the onset of the Panic of 1837, Young Montrose faces bankruptcy unless he is able to maintain the plantation efficiently and keep it working properly. With the aid of his Christianized slave Daddy Cato, Young Montrose sets to work on getting the plantation back up to speed, but his efforts come under the scrutiny of a usurer named Uriah Goldwire, who is employed by a group of devious capitalists from the North who wish to see the Montrose plantation ruined in order to keep their own pockets filled. Montrose and Cato eventually begin to fight against the efforts of Goldwire to sabotage their work, even going so far as to quell a pro-abolitionist riot intended to force the Montrose slaves into running away from their homes in Georgia to the North.

Characters
Young Montrose – the son of Colonel Montrose, who inherits the plantation, slaves and land upon the death of his father.
Daddy Cato – a loyal, pious slave of the Montrose plantation who fills the role of Uncle Tom from Uncle Tom's Cabin, comforting his master in times of stress and despair.
Uriah Goldwire – a malevolent Northerner who is recruited as a saboteur by his employees in order to ruin the Montrose plantation and force Montrose into destitution.
Colonel Montrose – the kindly, elderly plantation owner who passes away at the beginning of the novel of old age. His military career is not expanded in any great detail in the novel.

Reception
According to the University of Virginia, The Lofty and the Lowly was a critical success in both north and south upon its original release in 1853. In the opening weeks of publishing, 8,000 copies of the novel were sold in the entire United States. This would have made The Lofty and the Lowly the most commercially successful anti-Tom novel since the publication of Aunt Phillis's Cabin in 1852, which sold between 20,000 and 30,000 copies for the entire year.

Publication history
The Lofty and the Lowly was first published in 1853 by D. Appleton & Company. The novel was one of few anti-Tom novels to be published in separate volumes rather than a single, collected novel. D. Appleton & Company. would later publish other anti-Tom novels, including the 1860 novel The Ebony Idol by G. M. Flanders.

References

External links
The Lofty and the Lowly at the University of Virginia

1853 American novels
Anti-Tom novels
Novels set in Georgia (U.S. state)
Fiction set in 1837
D. Appleton & Company books


Glennie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Alick Glennie (1925—2003), British computer scientist
Alison Glennie, British actress
Angus Glennie, Lord Glennie (born 1950), Scottish judge
Bill Glennie (1924—2005), Canadian ice hockey player
Bobby Glennie (born 1957), Scottish footballer
Brian Glennie (1946–2020), Canadian ice hockey player
Charlotte Glennie (born c.1972), New Zealand journalist
Ernest Glennie (c.1871—1908), New Zealand rugby union player
Evelyn Glennie (born 1965), Scottish musician
George Glennie (1902–1998), American football player
Irvine Glennie (1892—1980), Royal Navy officer
Jim Glennie (born 1963), British musician
John Stuart Stuart-Glennie (1841—1910), British folklorist
Scott Glennie (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
William Glennie (1761—1828), British teacher

See also
Glennie, Michigan, unincorporated community in Curtis Township, Michigan
Glennie was the nickname of the first platypus to have her genome sequenced

References


North Sichuan Medical College (), is a provincial medical school with campuses in Shunqing District and Gaoping District, Nanchong city, Sichuan Province, China.

North Sichuan Medical University is a government-run college of medicine in Sichuan Province and is in the second largest higher education center of Sichuan Province — Nanchong, a famous city, the origin of the Three Kingdoms Culture. Its two campuses occupy an area of over 823,693 square meters.

NSMC has its national and international enrollment; its campuses enroll nearly 10,000 students in undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

History

Founded in 1951 as North Sichuan School of Medicine (southwest region of China), the school was renamed North Sichuan Medical College in 1985.

Academic departments and schools
School of Basic Medicine
School of Clinical Medicine (the Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College)
School of Pharmacy
School of Social Science
School of Nursing
School of Continuing Education
School of Foreign Language and Culture
Faculty of Medical Imaging
Faculty of Anesthesiology
Faculty of Stomatology
Faculty of Forensic Medicine
Faculty of Combined Chinese and Western Medicine
Faculty of Optometry and Ophthalmology

Campus

North Sichuan Medical has two campuses. The west campus, also known as the old campus, is in downtown Nanchong City. The east campus, or the new campus, is in Gaoping District of Nanchong City.

Affiliated hospitals
The Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College is one of the best hospitals in northeast Sichuan. It is the only hospital under direct jurisdiction of North Sichuan Medical College. It has an affiliated  Nursing School, which is a technical secondary school.

Nanchong Central Hospital became the Affiliated Nanchong Central Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College and the Second Clinical College of North Sichuan Medical College in 2005.

Other affiliated hospitals include the following:
The Affiliated Bazhong Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College
The Affiliated Suining Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College
The Affiliated Mianyang 404 Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College
The Affiliated Guang'an Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College

Renowned professors
Prof. Lin Baodong (Pharmacology, also the chairman of North Sichuan Medical College)
Prof. Kang Jian (Human Anatomy, also the President of North Sichuan Medical College)
Prof. Yan Jiacheng (Biochemistry)
Prof. Li Jian (Preventive Medicine)
Prof. Zhou Jingguo (Hematology, also the president of the Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College)
Prof. Yuan Guohua (Rheumatology and Immunology)
Prof. Du Yong (Medical Imaging)
Prof. Li Chengjun (Human Anatomy)
Prof. Huang Anpei (Histology and Embryology)
Prof. Xie Xianyong (Pathology)
Prof. Wen Bing (Pathology)
Prof. Chen Huaxu (Biochemistry)
Prof. Cheng Zhongda (Urology)<
Prof. Zhang Xiaoming (Medical Imaging)
Prof. Chen Kai (General Surgery)
Prof. Lv Benru (Physiology)
Prof. Huang Jiulin (Traditional Chinese Medicine)
Prof. Lan Changjun (Ophthalmology)
Prof. Long Cunguo (Neurology)
Prof. Chen Shaoping (Respirology)
Prof. Feng Zhisong (Gastroenterology)
Prof. Yan Zongxun (Endocrinology and Metabolism)
Prof. Pi Guanghuan (Pediatrics)
Prof. Wei Yushu (Pediatrics)
Prof. Sui Weichi (Dermatology)
Prof. Wang Chongshu (General Surgery)
Prof. Liu Longyue (ENT)
Prof. Zeng Yue (Loimology)
Prof. Wei Jin (Hematology)
Prof. Cao Liting. (Ultrasound Medicine)
Prof. Xiao Finagling (Library science; also the chief librarian of North Sichuan Medical College)

Scientific research

Scholarships
Canadian Fuhui Charity Foundation Scholarship
Hong Kong Fuhui Charity Foundation Scholarship
Guangzhou Study Grant
State Study Grant of China
Overseas Alumni Study Grant

Faculty
NSMC has over 400 members of the faculty holding Master’s or Doctorate degrees. More than 300 have obtained the academic title of professor and associate professor. In addition, there are over 50 returned scholars and experts. Over 20 of them enjoy special government subsidies or have been given positions of national leadership in their field.

Facilities
There are three national scientific research labs, three provincial key subjects, one key lab, one course, and 13 key courses on the provincial level.

Its library has over 930,000 books and has subscribed to more than 1,567 Chinese, English and foreign periodicals in addition to over 17,000 electronic periodicals both in Chinese and foreign languages.

North Sichuan Medical College is famous for its Faculty of Medical Imaging, which is one of the first five medical imaging faculties in China. In 2005, North Sichuan Medical College began to enroll its first postgraduate students.

Achievements
In recent years, the college has undertaken 8 national research projects, five projects from the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Public Health and State Chinese Medicine Administration, and 238 provincial key and scientific research projects. It has published 3,500 scientific research papers, 65 treatises, among which 54 papers have been embodied by SCI and ET.

The rate of employment among graduates remains above 95%, the highest among colleges in Sichuan Province.

See also
List of universities and colleges in Sichuan

References

Universities and colleges in Sichuan
Medical schools in China
Buildings and structures in Nanchong


Gia Aleksandrovich Grigalava (, ; ; born 5 August 1989) is a Georgian professional footballer. He also holds Russian citizenship.

Career
The Russian-Georgian started his career at FC Rostov, who made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2007. In January 2010 SKA Rostov loaned the left-back to FC Rostov for one season and returns after six years to his youth club. Since April 2009 and until December 2009 he was on loan at FC Moscow.

In February 2015, Grigalava tested positive for banned substances. On the 12th of the same month, Grigalava was released by Anzhi.

International career
Grigalava was a part of the Russia U-21 side that was competing in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification.

Career statistics

Notes

References

External links

1989 births
Footballers from Kutaisi
Emigrants from Georgia (country) to Russia
Living people
Russian men's footballers
Russia men's under-21 international footballers
Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Georgia (country) men's international footballers
Men's association football defenders
FC Rostov players
FC SKA Rostov-on-Don players
FC Moscow players
FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players
PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players
FC Anzhi Makhachkala players
Pafos FC players
Ethnikos Achna FC players
FC Arsenal Tula players
FC Khimki players
Russian First League players
Russian Premier League players
Cypriot First Division players
Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Cyprus
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus


The 6 April 2009 Baghdad Bombings refers to six car bombings across the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. It was not known if the attacks were planned or merely coincidental.

Background
The attacks came a week after Iraqi forces putting down an uprising by members of an Awakening Council angry over the arrest of their commander.

Despite a seeming decline in violence since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the capability of many armed groups to strike with deadly results still exists. Though the government insists it is only detaining those wanted for grave crimes, certain fighters – many of them former insurgents – see it as settling sectarian scores. To this end some 250 Iraqis were killed in violent attacks in the month of March.

Attack
The bombings in the Shia neighbourhood of Sadr City resulted in at least 10 deaths and 60 injuries. In the central Allawi district, another explosion killed four people and wounded 15 others. A car bomb targeted the convoy of a senior official in the Ministry of Interior resulting in the death of one civilian and one policeman, while four policemen were injured in a southeastern neighbourhood of New Baghdad. A vehicle explosion near a market in the district of Hussainiya resulted in two more deaths and 12 wounded. Another car bomb near the Doura district killed four people and injured 15 more.

Perpetrators
There was/were no claim/s of responsibility as yet.

Reaction
Interior ministry officials have declined to comment on whether the bombings were coordinated.

See also
List of bombings during the Iraq War

References

2009 murders in Iraq
21st-century mass murder in Iraq
Baghdad
Mass murder in 2009
Baghdad
2000s in Baghdad
Violence against Shia Muslims in Iraq
2009
April 2009 events in Iraq


The Meridian School was a secondary school and sixth form located in Royston, Hertfordshire, England. It was an academy, and had approximately 474 registered students, including 80 in the sixth form before closure. The school featured an all-weather pitch which was used by the school, the community and the local football team. The Pavilion provided indoor changing facilities and access to the tennis courts.

In 2019 the school merged with Roysia Middle School and Greneway Middle School to form King James Academy Royston.

History
The Meridian School first opened as Royston's upper school in 1969. The opening ceremony was attended by the then Minister for Education, Sir Edward Boyle, and the town's MP, Shirley Williams, who was herself later appointed Secretary of State for Education.

A new all-weather pitch was added to the School's facilities in 2009. The cost of the pitch, approximately £700,000, came from the Johnson Matthey Sports and Social Club, the Brian Leslie Racher 2004 Charitable Trust, and other sources. The official opening ceremony was performed by former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton, English football's most-capped player, in September 2009. Speaking at the event, Royston MP Oliver Heald noted: "The facilities in Royston have been transformed in recent years and our sport is now well catered for. Peter Shilton spoke of the huge improvement in the quality of all-weather surfaces, since the early days when as a goalie he had to dress up with Michelin Man-style padding […]. It was so kind of Peter to keep the fixture on the same day as Sir Bobby Robson's Memorial at Durham Cathedral".

In November 2011, the Meridian School joined with Royston's two middle schools, Greneway and Roysia, to form the Royston Schools Academy Trust, Hertfordshire's first multi-school academy. The move gained the new body additional funding and greater freedom from the control of Hertfordshire County Council, allowing greater flexibility in terms of its members' curriculums.

In 2012, English teacher Paul Bushell died suddenly from a brain tumour at the age of 42. The following year, five of his former teaching colleagues at the school joined one of his other friends to undertake a sponsored 100 km walk from London to Brighton. The walk raised £3,000 for The Brain Tumour Charity.

In October 2013, Ofsted published a report which found that the school "requires improvement". Head teacher Michael Firth called the report "flawed" and appealed against its findings, saying, "86% of the lessons were graded as being good or outstanding. But now we have heard that teaching requires improvement". In March 2014, the school's complaint was upheld and the Ofsted inspection was ruled to have been "mismanaged and mal-administered". The head teacher said, "It's a brave school that takes on Ofsted, some people said we should just leave it but we have got to have confidence in the system. It's great news for the town, all students from 13–18 require a good school in Royston and we are it. If we are not doing a good job the town suffers. We do think there is an issue with spelling, punctuation and grammar but we are having a jolly good go at improving it."

It was announced in December 2013 that from the following September the School would be running a new Football Education Programme which would offer both BTEC Level 3 Sport Course and NVQ Level 2 Activity Leadership qualifications in conjunction with local football team Royston Town F.C. From its beginnings, the initiative, in which Meridian School's sixth form students coached pupils from Years 7 and 8 at Roysia Middle School, proved successful and Roysia indicated that it would be happy to extend the scheme to its Year 5 and 6 students.

A major building programme began in the summer of 2014. Roofing and window walling was replaced and the dining hall and learning centre were refurbished. The £2m renovations were funded by the Education Funding Agency.

In February 2015, the results of an Ofsted re-inspection were announced in which the schools' regulator rated Meridian as 'good' overall, adding that the sixth form had an 'outstanding culture of aspiration throughout most classes' and that the teaching of reading, literacy and mathematics was 'often outstanding'.

In autumn 2017, it was proposed that all three of the schools in the Royston Schools Academy Trust should merge, with Meridian, Greneway and Roysia forming a single through school for pupils aged nine to eighteen years old with effect from September 2018. A formal public consultation on the proposal opened on 20 October 2017, closing a few weeks later on 1 December.

The schools formally merged in September 2019 to form King James Academy Royston.

Leadership
The Meridian School's first Principal was Peter Stone, who held the post until 1983. He was replaced by Graham Kingsley, who served the school between 1984 and 1994. The current head of the school is Michael Firth. In May 2016, Firth formally announced that he would be retiring in July after 37 years at the school; he had first joined Meridian as a geography teacher in 1979. Subsequently, Kim Horner was the school's acting headteacher for two years, before being replaced by Gordon Farquhar in 2018.

Awards and achievements
In June 2007, Arts Council England awarded Meridian School its Artsmark Silver award. The award is a national arts award for schools that "demonstrate a commitment to developing their arts provision in subjects across the curriculum". The school was ineligible for the Artsmark Gold award, because it does not have Year 7 and 8 pupils.

In 2009, Meridian School was one of only 30 nationally to be awarded the Economics, Business, and Enterprise Association quality mark. In the same year, the school also received ICT Mark accreditation from Becta, the government-funded body which at that time had responsibility for promoting the use of ICT in schools and colleges nationally.

In 2010, five Meridian School A-level Chemistry students entered the Royal Society of Chemistry's International Chemistry Olympiad, with one winning a Gold Certificate and prize and the others receiving Commendation Certificates.

In 2012, a team of nine Meridian School students won second place in the Association of Sail Training Organisations (ASTO) Small Ships sailing race held at Cowes on the Isle of Wight.

Notable former students and staff
Notable former students of the Meridian School include:

 Alison Balsom, an award-winning trumpet player.
 Robin Belfield, former National Theatre Staff Director.
 Carrie Grant, voice coach and BBC television presenter associated with Fame Academy and The One Show.
 Simon King, who joined the Met Office as a weather forecaster and later became a BBC Weather presenter. In November 2008, he told Royston's local newspaper, The Royston Crow, "I got interested in the weather when I was about 11 or 12 when I was at Roysia. We did a project on the weather and went out onto the field with all the instruments, and my interest grew from there. I was always very focussed on becoming a weatherman, so when I went on to Meridian School I concentrated on maths and science with a view to getting into university".
 Chris Tidey, a swimmer who represented Great Britain in international competitions and has coached Velimir Stjepanović and Irakli Bolkvadze.

Notable former teachers include:
 Emma Roskilly, a former Meridian School teacher, was awarded the 2008 National Drama Festivals Association's George Taylor Memorial Award for her play Oswiecim.

Extra-curricular activities
Past school productions (most recent first) include student performances of:

Little Shop of Horrors
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
The Addams Family
Grease
Les Miserables (2015)
Spamalot
Phantom of the Opera
Beauty and the Beast
Anything Goes
Hairspray
Fiddler on the roof
Little Shop of Horrors
City of Angels
 Les Miserables (2007)
Swing into Summer
The Crucible

References

External links
The Meridian School official website

Defunct schools in Hertfordshire
Educational institutions established in 1969
Royston, Hertfordshire
1969 establishments in England
Educational institutions disestablished in 2019
2019 disestablishments in England


David Richards (1 October 1896 – 25 June 1971) was an English footballer who played professionally for Port Vale, Dundee United, Luton Town and Watford. He made 232 league appearances in an eleven-year career in the English and Scottish leagues between 1922 and 1933. His only honour was to help Dundee United to win the Second Division title in 1924–25.

Early life
Richards was born in Wolverhampton on 1 October 1896, but grew up in Lanarkshire.

Playing career
Richards played for Larkhall Thistle before travelling to England to join Port Vale in August 1922. His only appearance was at centre-half in a 1–0 defeat at Notts County on 28 October 1922, and he was released at the end of the season.

Richards then became one of new Dundee Hibernian manager Jimmy Brownlie's first signings for the 1923–24 season, and made his debut for "Hibs" in a Penman Cup tie against St Johnstone on 15 August 1923. Two months later the club changed its name mid-season, with Richards being one of the players that appeared in their first match under the new identity of Dundee United. He spent two seasons with the club, making over 50 competitive appearances and winning promotion as champions of Second Division in the 1924–25 season. Although Dundee United hoped to keep the promotion-winning squad intact for their first season in the top division, Richards departed after accepting an offer from Luton Town.

The "Hatters" finished seventh in the Third Division South in 1925–26, eighth in 1926–27, 13th in 1927–28, seventh in 1928–29, 13th in 1929–30, and seventh again in 1930–31. He made 147 league appearances in his six years at Kenilworth Road. After leaving Luton he joined league rivals Watford on a free transfer. Richards made 43 appearances in all competitions over two seasons at Vicarage Road, as the "Hornets" posted eleventh-place finishes in 1931–32 and 1932–33.

Coaching career
Upon his retirement as a player he became a trainer at Queen's Park Rangers. He became a trainer at Chelmsford City just before World War II, and after the war became a masseur at Walsall, moving on to become a trainer at Brentford in August 1950.

Outside football
Richards also worked as a masseur for Middlesex County Cricket Club. A trained singer, he ran concert parties in Luton during the 1930s.

Career statistics
Source:

Honours
Dundee United
Scottish Football League Second Division: 1924–25

References

Footballers from Wolverhampton
English men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Larkhall Thistle F.C. players
Port Vale F.C. players
Dundee United F.C. players
Luton Town F.C. players
Watford F.C. players
English Football League players
Scottish Football League players
Association football coaches
Queens Park Rangers F.C. non-playing staff
Chelmsford City F.C. non-playing staff
Walsall F.C. non-playing staff
Brentford F.C. non-playing staff
1896 births
1971 deaths


Community Christian Church was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and sits across from the Country Club Plaza's main shopping district on Main Street at East 46th Street in Kansas City, Missouri. It is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination, which has a heavy representation in the Kansas City area.

In April 1940, members of the church congregation contracted Wright and asked him to design a new building to replace their previous church which had been destroyed in a fire. Wright based his design on a parallelogram including some features previously conceived for his last building for Johnson Wax Company, along with one additional unique feature: a spire of light. Due to high building costs, the scale of the church was reduced during construction. The auditorium was cut back from a planned 1,200 seats to 900 seats, many details were eliminated, and the building was sheathed in gunite, a form of lightweight concrete, over Wright's objections. The spire of light also could not be built and illuminated due to technical limitations of the times. However, the church was dedicated on January 4, 1942, and served the congregation well.

In 1994, the Steeple of Light was finally completed as planned by Kansas City artist Dale Eldred. Eldred died in 1993 before it was completed, so his partner and collaborator Roberta Lord finished the project. The components are housed on the church roof inside of a perforated dome on the building's northwestern corner. The spire is created by four  xenon bulbs ignited by 40,000 volts of electricity, that, in combination with a parabolic reflector, produces 300 million candlepower of illumination (per light, 1.2 billion cp total) in a near-perfect column. The spire can be seen for miles around Kansas City, and reportedly can be spotted  north of the Plaza, depending on conditions. It has been calculated to stop at least  above the Earth, about half the maximum height at which jet airplanes fly. The Steeple of Light is lit regularly on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays; has extended hours on holidays; and remains dark on the two days before Easter. Its lighting is one of the features of the annual Plaza lighting ceremony.

Walk-in tours of Community Christian Church are open to the public and free of charge, and guided tours may be scheduled by calling or emailing the church at least two weeks prior to a visit.

See also
List of Frank Lloyd Wright works
List of points of interest in Kansas City, Missouri

References

 Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University of Chicago Press, 2006, ; S. 280

External links
Church website - building info
Community Christian Church on peterbeers.net

Frank Lloyd Wright buildings
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) congregations
Churches in Kansas City, Missouri
Churches in Missouri


Goran Tufegdžić (; born 15 November 1971) is a Serbian football coach and former player. He was the manager of Al-Wakrah in Qatar Stars League from February to June 2015. He was also the head coach of Kuwait national football team from 2009 until 2013.

Career
Tufegdžić started his playing career at FK Mladi Radnik in the second division in 1987, and was selected to play for the Yugoslav Olympic side in 1989. He coached FK Mladi Radnik in 1999–2000 and worked at the Serbia FA Football School in 2001–2002, before flying off to Kuwait to work as a head coach to Al-Qadissiya. He returned to Serbia to manage former club FK Mladi Radnik in 2003–2004 and helped the club to promotion, before working as an assistant coach at Al-Qadissiya for two seasons in 2005–2006 and 2006–2007. Helped guide lowly Al-Shabab to top flight in 2007–08 season.

Under Tufegdžić, Kuwait had played 31 matches, winning 13 matches, drawing 14 and losing four matches with a goals record of 53 goals scored and 29 goals against. On 26 October 2013, he was appointed the head coach of Al-Ettifaq, replacing German Theo Bücker. During second half of the season 2015–16, Tufegdžić was appointed the head coach of Al Wakrah Club, Qatar and saved club from relegation. Season 2016–17 he was working as head coach of UAE pro league Kalba SC. Season 2017–18 he guided Baniyas FC, securing first place in UAE First Division league with remarkable winning percentage of 72,73.

Managerial statistics

Achievements
Kuwait
WAFF Championship: 2010
Gulf Cup of Nations: 2010
Baniyas
UAE First Division League: 2018
Records
1st place - Kuwait Premier League 2002 /2003
3rd place - Al Kharafi Champion Cup 2003 / 2004
1st place - Crown Prince Cup 2003 /2004
1st place - Kuwait Premier League 2003 / 2004
1st place - Al-Ameer Cup 2003 / 2004
(First time in Kuwait history club win all competition in one season 2003/04)
2nd place - 1st Division Serbian League 2004 / 2005
3rd place - 1st Division Serbian League 2005 / 2006
1st place - Al-Ameer Cup 2006 / 2007
Semi Finals - Asian Champion League 2006 / 2007
Finals - Gulf Cup 2006 / 2007
1st place - 1st Division Kuwaiti League 2007 / 2008
Semi Finals-Arabian Golf Cup 19 Oman 2009
2nd place - Qualification for AFC in Qatar 2011
1st place - 6th West Asian Football Federation Championship 2010.
1st place—20th Arabian Gulf Cup - Jemen 2010
1st place—tournament in Jordan 2011 (FUCHS)
3rd place - Arab Games in Doha 2011
- Kuwait national football team declared as most developed national team in Asia (2010/2011)
3rd place - Arab Gulf Cup Bahrain 2013
1st place - UAE First Division league 2017/2018
(awarded as best coach of the league for 2017/2018 season)

References

1971 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Požarevac
Serbian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
FK Mladi Radnik players
Serbian football managers
Qadsia SC managers
Al-Shabab SC (Kuwait) managers
Kuwait national football team managers
Al-Wakrah SC managers
Al-Ittihad Kalba SC managers
Baniyas SC managers
Fujairah FC managers
Serbian expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Qatar
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Expatriate football managers in Kuwait
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
UAE Pro League managers
2011 AFC Asian Cup managers


Cleomella obtusifolia is a species of flowering plant in the cleome family. It is commonly known as Mojave stinkweed, bluntleaf stinkweed or Mojave Cleomella. It grows in alkaline soils in the desert scrub. It is an annual herb producing a rough, hairy stem. The branching stem grows erect when new and then the branches droop to the ground with age, forming a bushy clump or mat. Each leaf is made up of three fleshy oval leaflets. Flowers appear in dense racemes on older stems and solitary in leaf axils on new stems. Each flower has generally four hairy green sepals and four yellow petals grouped together on one side of the involucre. The whiskery yellow stamens protrude up to 1.5 centimeters from the flower. The fruit is a hairy, valved capsule a few millimeters in length. It hangs at the tip of the remaining flower receptacle.

References

External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
Photo gallery

obtusifolia
Flora of Arizona
Flora of California
Flora of Nevada
Plants described in 1845
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


Helsinki Rockettes are a senior-level synchronized skating team from Helsinki, Finland, representing the figure skating club Helsingin Taitoluisteluklubi. They are one of the most successful teams in the world with three World Championships (2008, 2010 and 2011) and they are ten-time Finnish champions (across 1991–2012).

Helsinki Rockettes claimed their first World Championships medal, silver, in 2001. They won another silver medal as well as two bronze medals before capturing their first World title in 2008. They won their second World title in 2010, with Team Finland 2 Marigold IceUnity placing second. The pattern was repeated the following year in their hometown Helsinki in April 2011 when Rockettes became World champions for the third time.

History

The team was founded in 1984, thus being the first synchronized skating team in Finland. The name of the team was changed Rockettes in 1991, and then to Helsinki Rockettes in 2017. The team's long-time coach Kaisa Nieminen, with a skating background in Team Surprise, began working with Rockettes in 1997. Out of the 14 times that the World Championships have taken place, Helsinki Rockettes have represented Finland a total of nine times.

Programs

Competitive results (1999–2009)

Competitive results (2009–15)

References

External links
 Official website of Rockettes

Senior synchronized skating teams
Sports clubs and teams in Finland
Figure skating in Finland
Sports clubs and teams in Helsinki
World Synchronized Skating Championships medalists


MES International School, Pattambi is an International school in Pattambi, Kerala, India. It is a Central Board of Secondary Education-affiliated school that is run by the Muslim Educational Society. The school is located on a  site. The principal of the school is Asha Byju. It is a Residential School.

References

External links

 Virtual tour of the school

High schools and secondary schools in Kerala
Schools in Palakkad district
Educational institutions established in 1978
1978 establishments in Kerala


Singeing the King of Spain's Beard is the derisive name given to a series of attacks by the English privateer Francis Drake against the Spanish in the summer of 1587, beginning in April with a raid on Cádiz. This was an attack on the Spanish naval forces assembling in the Bay of Cádiz in preparation for the planned expedition against England. Much of the Spanish fleet was destroyed, and substantial supplies were destroyed or captured. There followed a series of raiding parties against several forts along the Portuguese coast. A Spanish treasure ship, returning from the Indies, was also captured. The damage caused by the English delayed Spanish preparations for the Armada by at least a year.

Background

In the second half of the 16th century a series of economic, political, and religious circumstances created tensions in the relations between England and Spain. Protestant England came into direct confrontation with Catholic Spain; Elizabeth I of England had been excommunicated by Pope Pius V in 1570 whilst in 1584 Philip II of Spain had signed the Treaty of Joinville with the French Catholic League with the aim of eradicating Protestantism.

The constant raids by English privateers against Spanish territories in the West Indies and against the Spanish treasure fleet, which carried the wealth that supported Madrid's finances, were considered by the Spanish as a threat to their economic interests. The support of the English for the United Provinces, who were at this time fighting against Spain for their independence, was sealed by the Treaty of Nonsuch in 1585, whereby it was agreed to form an Anglo-Dutch military alliance against Spain. The English support for the pretender to the Portuguese throne, Dom António, was another source of contention.

The increasing power of the Spanish Empire, which in 1580 had entered a dynastic union with the Kingdom of Portugal and its empire under Philip of Spain, was expanding in the Americas and had the support of the Catholic German Habsburgs as well as the Italian princes, was regarded by the English as a major threat to their security.

In 1585 the tension between the two countries erupted into the Anglo-Spanish War of 1585–1604. Philip II ordered the arming of a great military fleet, which was to become known as the Invincible Armada, and it was hastily assembled in the Spanish port of Cádiz and in the Portuguese port of Lisbon with the objective of invading England.

Drake's expedition

Preparations

Queen Elizabeth gave the English privateer Sir Francis Drake, an outstanding leader of previous naval expeditions, the command of a fleet whose mission was to inspect the Spanish military preparations, intercept their supplies, attack the fleet and if possible the Spanish ports. To that end, the Queen put at Drake's disposal four Royal Naval galleons: the Elizabeth Bonaventure, which was under Drake's own command; Golden Lion, captained by William Borough; Rainbow, under Captain Bellingham; and Dreadnought under Captain Thomas Fenner. A further twenty merchantmen and armed pinnaces joined forces with the expedition. The cost of these boats was met by a group of London merchants, whose profits were to be calculated in the same proportions as their investment in the fleet; the Queen, as owner of the four Royal Naval vessels, was to receive 50% of the profits.

On 12 April 1587 the English fleet set sail from Plymouth. Seven days after their departure, the Queen sent a counter-command to Drake with instructions not to commence hostilities against the Spanish Fleet or ports. Drake never received this order as the boat carrying it was forced back into port by headwinds before it was able to reach him. Queen Elizabeth had in fact never intended for this note to reach Drake in time and was part of the usual process in which Elizabeth could have plausible deniability over Drake's actions should they not go exactly to plan.

Raid on Cádiz

The fleet was dispersed off the coast of Galicia by a storm that lasted several days, during which one of the pinnaces foundered. After the fleet regrouped, they met two Dutch ships from Middelburg, Zeeland, who informed them that plans were in readiness to sail a huge Spanish war fleet from Cádiz to Lisbon.

At dusk on 19 April the English fleet entered the Bay of Cádiz. There were at that moment sixty carracks (naos) and various smaller boats in the port. Further sightings revealed twenty French ships present in the bay, and other smaller vessels were seeking refuge in Puerto Real and El Puerto de Santa María, which were protected by sand banks that the larger carracks could not cross. Juan de Vega, Mayor of Cádiz, sent word to Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, who arrived from Sanlúcar de Barrameda that night to take over the defence of the main square. The Spanish galleons, which, in the absence of the Governor of Castile, were under the command of Pedro de Acuña, sailed out to meet the English fleet but were forced to retire back to Cádiz before the superiority of the English. Gun positions on the shore opened fire, shelling the English fleet from the coast with little effect, but they managed to repulse an attempted landing by launches at El Puntal. During the night of the 29th and all the following day and night the battle raged in the bay. At dawn on 1 May, the English withdrew having destroyed 27 or 37 Spanish ships, with a combined capacity of 10,000 tons. Furthermore, they had captured four other ships, laden with provisions.

Portugal

After leaving Cádiz, Drake's fleet set course along the south-west coast of Spain and Portugal, destroying all the shipping they encountered, including fishing vessels. On 14 May, 1,000 men disembarked at Lagos in the Algarve and stormed the fortresses of Sagres, Baleeira, Beliche, and Cape St. Vincent. From there the fleet sailed towards Lisbon where Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, was supervising the preparations of the fleet that was to join the Cádiz fleet for the invasion of England. The English fleet stopped in Cascais, from where they proposed to Alvaro de Bazán an exchange of prisoners. Bazán responded that he was neither holding any English subject nor was he preparing for any action against England. There was an exchange of artillery fire between the English fleet and the Spanish-Portuguese shore batteries, producing minor damage and no casualties. Drake gave the order to weigh anchor and return to Sagres, where the English troops were supplied with water, whilst confronting the Spanish caravels that had pursued them from Cádiz. On 2 June the English sick and wounded were evacuated back to England. That same night a storm broke which prevented further sailing for three days.

Borough, Drake's second in command, considered the decision to land in the Algarve as dangerous and unnecessary. Drake's plans to sail to the Isle of Terceira drove Borough to contradict Drake's orders, prompting Drake to relieve him of his command and place him under arrest. Borough was sent back to England, leaving Drake with only nine ships.

Capture of São Filipe off the Azores

On 8 June, Drake's fleet sighted  a Portuguese carrack, the São Filipe, twenty leagues from the Island of São Miguel, returning from the Indies laden with treasure. After a brief exchange of fire it was captured, the first ship to be so on the return run from the Indies. Its enormous fortune of gold, spices, and silk was valued at £108,000 (), of which 10% was to go to Drake. Following this, the fleet returned to England, arriving on 6 July.

Conclusion
The expedition led by Francis Drake was a resounding military success: over one hundred Spanish vessels of different tonnages were destroyed or captured during the expedition. Economic and material losses caused to the Spanish fleet by the English attack ensured that Spanish plans for the invasion of England had to be postponed for over a year. It was not until August 1588 that the Armada was ready to leave for the British Isles.

Documents seized by the English with the São Filipe, which had details of the East Indies maritime traffic and the lucrative trade in the area, would years later be used as the basis for the founding of the East India Company.

Singeing the King of Spain's beard
Drake had already embarrassed King Philip with his actions in the West Indies, taking towns and ships at will from the pre-eminent naval power of the time. With this expedition, he had taken that affront to Philip's doorstep, raiding along the very coast of Spain, and laying up with impunity for three days in Spain's premier Atlantic port while he burned ships and stores. These actions gave heart to Spain's enemies and dismayed her friends. Drake compounded the insult by publicly boasting that he had "singed the King of Spain's beard"; yet privately he realized that his actions had only delayed a Spanish invasion, not prevented it altogether, and he wrote to Elizabeth urging her to "Prepare in England strongly, and mostly by sea. Stop him now and stop him forever."

References

Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
Conflicts in 1587
Naval battles of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
Privateering
Royal Navy
Francis Drake
Military expeditions
1587 in England
1587 in Spain
History of Cádiz
Expeditions from the Kingdom of England
1587 in the British Empire


KMFM Maidstone is an Independent Local Radio serving the town of Maidstone and the surrounding areas in Kent, South East England. It is the Maidstone region of the KMFM radio network (owned by the KM Group), containing local advertisements and sponsorships for the area amongst a countywide schedule of programming.

History
The station began life as a public broadcast of Maidstone Hospital Radio, operated in the early 1990s under a Restricted Service Licence. Timed to coincide with the town's annual river festival, the service was known as Maidstone Festival Radio. Following a disagreement with the NHS Trust that operated the hospital radio station, Maidstone Festival Radio set up their own studio before later changing the station's name to CTR FM (County Town Radio). At the request of the Radio Authority, it was rebranded a second time to 20/20fm (after the A20 and M20 trunk roads that run through the area), following concerns that the station could be confused with the similarly named 106CTFM which had just launched a full-time service in Canterbury.

Six applications were filed for a new Maidstone and Mid-Kent licence by January 2003, with the winning application being declared as Maidstone Radio Ltd (20/20fm) in the spring. The station launched full-time on 18 October 2003, reverting to CTR 105.6 (the Canterbury station having by then rebranded as KMFM Canterbury), under the directorship of former TLR 107.2 programme controller Jon Maxfield and many former KM Radio employees. Mike Russell was the first voice on air in 2003; the first song to be played was "Start Me Up" by the Rolling Stones. CTR's launch line-up featured many of the members of the original RSLs.

The station was sold to the KM Group in November 2006 and then rebranded as KMFM Maidstone on 12 September 2007. The station moved its studios and presenters, along with those of KMFM West Kent, to the KMFM Medway studios in 2008, following Ofcom approval. The sales team are still based at the KM office in Maidstone.

The licence was extended for another four years in April 2010, taking it to 17 October 2015.

Like the rest of the KMFM network, the station was relaunched in September 2010 with new jingles, schedule changes and more emphasis on music.

The KMFM network switched to a contemporary hit radio format in 2012 following the merging of KMFM Extra with KMFM. The music now focuses mainly on Top 40 hits, and contains a lot more dance and R&B than before.

Programming
All programming across the KMFM network is now shared across all seven stations following OFCOM approval in February 2012. The local breakfast show, by then the only local show on the station, was replaced by a county-wide show on 12 March 2012.

Until 2007 KMFM Maidstone produced its own programmes during daytimes, before it joined up with KMFM West Kent to network all programmes other than breakfast. The stations joined with KMFM Medway to create a West Kent network in April 2009, before all programmes apart from weekday/Saturday breakfast and Sunday afternoons were networked across all KMFM stations in September 2009. In July 2010, Saturday breakfast and Sunday afternoons became networked.

The breakfast show for Maidstone was merged with that of West Kent in January 2011.

News bulletins come from the KMFM News Centre in the Medway studios on the hour from 6am - 6pm on weekdays, and 8am - 1pm on weekends. National news bulletins come from Sky News Radio outside these times. Traffic and travel updates are broadcast just before the hour, and every 20 minutes between 7am - 9am and 4pm - 7pm.

References

External links
 KMFM Maidstone

Maidstone
Radio stations established in 2003
Radio stations in Kent
Borough of Maidstone
Tonbridge and Malling
Contemporary hit radio stations in the United Kingdom


Vladimir Sergeyevich Dyadyun (; born 12 July 1988) is a Russian former football striker.

Club career

Rubin
He made his debut in the Russian Football Premier League in 2007 for Rubin Kazan.

Spartak Nalchik
In the 2010 Russian Premier League campaign, he scored 4 goals in the first 4 games for Spartak Nalchik, helping his club to take an unexpected lead in the League at that point. He continued his excellent form with his first career hat-trick on 26 September 2010 against Dynamo Moscow, scoring all of the goals in a 3–0 victory.

Dynamo
In the summer of 2013, Dyadyun signed permanent deal with Dynamo Moscow.

Rubin
The next year, though, Dyadun returned to the club where he started his professional career.

Career statistics

Notes

International career
In October 2011, he was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time.

External links

References

1988 births
Living people
Footballers from Omsk
Russian men's footballers
Russia men's youth international footballers
Russia men's under-21 international footballers
Russia men's B international footballers
FC Rubin Kazan players
FC Rostov players
FC Tom Tomsk players
PFC Spartak Nalchik players
FC Dynamo Moscow players
Russian Premier League players
FC Baltika Kaliningrad players
FC Khimki players
FC Fakel Voronezh players
Men's association football forwards


Saint-Julien is a municipality located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 376 as of 2016. It is named after Julien-Melchior Bernier, the first reverend of the parish between 1856 and 1863.

References

External links

Commission de toponymie du Québec
Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire

Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches