Otto-Iivari Meurman

Otto - Iivari Meurman ( 4 June 1890 , in Ilmajoki – 19 August 1994 , in Helsinki ) was a Finnish architect .

He did city plans for Kauniainen and Tapiola .

Garden city Tapiola was based on town planning of Meurman .

Meurman resigned the Tapiola project when high houses were allowed in the area .

Internationally garden cities do not include them .

He wrote : Rock can be broken in short time , but you can not get it back artificially .

Nature must be respected , and should be touched cautiously .

By this way nature and humans can create brilliant work , that prove good national sense and civilized nature .

( " Kallio on lyhyessä ajassa rikki räjäytetty , mutta uutta ei sen tilalle voi keinotekoisesti saada .

Luontoa on kunnioitettava , ja siihen on kajottava varovasti .

Silloin luonto ja ihminen voivat loihtia suurenmoisia töitä , jotka todistavat tekijänsä ja kansakunnan hyvää aistia ja korkeaa sivistystasoa . " )

Meurman 's concept of the nuclear family and its necessary place in society was prevalent in his career .


Patsy Norvell

Patsy Ann Norvall ( 1942 – 2013 ) was a visual artist who worked in sculpture , installation art and public art .

She was a pioneering feminist artist active in the Women 's movement since 1969 .

Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums in the U.S. and abroad .

She received numerous grants , awards and residencies for her achievements , including the Pollock - Krasner Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts .

She created permanent public art works for the New York City subway system , designed and created plaza and lobby installations in Los Angeles , CA , New Brunswick , NJ , Bridgeport , CT , and Bethesda , MD .

Her work has received historical and critical acclaim , and has been written about in books , journals and newspapers including , Art in the Land : A Critical Anthology of Environmental Art , in Sculpture ( magazine ) , the Los Angeles Times , The New York Times and numerous other publications .


Imperial Valley

The Imperial Valley lies in California 's Imperial County .

It is located in southeastern Southern California , and is the site of an urban area largely centered on the city of El Centro .

The Valley is bordered by the Colorado River to the east and , in part , the Salton Sea to the west .

Farther west lies the San Diego and Imperial County border .

To the north is the Coachella Valley region of Riverside County , which together with Imperial Valley form the Salton Trough , or the Cahuilla Basin , also the county line of Imperial and Riverside counties , and to the south the international boundary with the U.S. state of California and Baja California .

The culture of the area blends those of the United States and Mexico , due to its regional history and geographic location along the international border .

The Imperial Valley economy is based on agriculture .

Imperial Valley was so named by the Imperial Land Company , in hopes of attracting settlers .

Having done that it is now the home of the El Centro metropolitan area and also an economic center of California 's government defined " South Border " .

Locally , the terms " Imperial Valley " and " Imperial County " are used synonymously .


Ek Cup Cha

Ek Cup Cha ( এক কাপ চা ) is a Bangladeshi romantic film directed by Naim Imtiaz Niamul .

The shooting of this film started on October 15 , 2010 .

But for different circumstances regarding producers , it can not be released .

Finally , actor Ferdous Ahmed produced the film for the first time in his career and released on November 28 , 2014 .

Ferdous Ahmed himself act in the central role of the film along with Moushumi , Mamnun Hasan Emon , Humayun Faridi and more .

Bangladesh National Film Awards winning actor Alamgir and her daughter Akhi Alamgir is seen this film .

After the success of the famous movie Bhat De , Alamgir and Akhi Alamgir , the father and daughter duo , worked in the project .


Kunlun Station (Antarctica)

Kunlun Station ( ) is the southernmost of four Chinese research stations in Antarctica .

When it is occupied during the summer , it is the second - southernmost research base in Antarctica , behind only the American Amundsen – Scott South Pole Station at the geographical South Pole .

When Kunlun is not in operation , the year - round Russian Vostok Station is the second - southernmost base in Antarctica .

It is located at 4087 m above sea level on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet , making it the highest base in Antarctica .

It is only 7.3 km southwest of Dome A , the loftiest point on the Antarctic Plateau .

The station was officially opened on January 27 , 2009 .

Fully constructed the station is planned to cover an area of 558 m² .

The main building , covering 236 m² , is planned erected in April 2009 .

The site is one of the coldest in the world , with temperatures occasionally reaching in the winter .

It is indicated from satellite measurements that places nearby could reach a world record temperature .

In April 2012 the first of three Antarctica Schmidt telescopes ( AST3 ) was installed at Kunlun Station .

The other two were planned for installation in 2013 and 2014 .

A bigger optical telescope , Kunlun Dark Universe Survey Telescope ( KDUST ) , is planned to be installed by 2020 .


Chief Minister Fellowship

Chief Minister Fellowship is an 11-month long fellowship program run by the Chief Minister 's Office , Government of Maharashtra , India .

The program was launched by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis in 2015 with an aim of involving young professionals in various key initiatives and departments of the Maharashtra State Government .

Their web - page explains that the fellowship is designed in a way to provide the fellows a better understanding of governance , public administration and policy - making and at the same time the government can leverage the diverse experiences and enthusiasm of the fellows to better coordinate existing projects and introduce new ones .

The Fellowship is managed through the Chief Minister 's Office in Mumbai with the Chief Minister serving as the Chief Mentor for all fellows .


Michael G. Kagan

Michael Kagan is an American academic and immigrant rights lawyer .

He is Professor of Law at the University of Nevada , Las Vegas .

He is Director of the UNLV Immigration Clinic , which specializes in deportation defense , including of unaccompanied children .

Kagan played a leading role in the establishment of refugee legal aid programs that assist asylum - seekers applying for refugee status determination through the UN refugee agency .

He helped to found or develop Africa Middle East Refugee Assistance ( AMERA ) in Egypt , and Asylum Access , which is based in the United States .

He also became a leading campaigner for reforms in the way the UN conducts refugee status determination , and started the website RSDWatch.org .

Kagan completed his law degree at the University of Michigan .


Meiningen

Meiningen is a town in the southern part of the state of Thuringia , Germany .

It is located in the region Franconia and has a population of around 21,600 ( 2016 ) .

Meiningen is the capital and the largest town of the Schmalkalden - Meiningen district .

From 1680 to 1920 , Meiningen was the capital of the Duchy ( and briefly of the Free State ) of Saxe - Meiningen .

Meiningen is considered the cultural , judicial and financial centre of southern Thuringia and thus hosts the state theatre , justice center , state archives , bank buildings and many museums .

It is economically reliant on mechanical engineering , high - tech industry and tourism .

The dialect and language of the inhabitants is East Franconian .


Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada

Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada y Rivera , also spelled as De Quezada and Ximénez , (; 1496 – other sources state 1506 or 1509 Suesca , 16 February 1579 ) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador in northern South America , territories currently known as Colombia .

He explored the northern part of South America .

As a well - educated lawyer he was one of the intellectuals of the Spanish conquest .

He was an effective organizer and leader , designed the first legislation for the government of the area , and was its historian .

After 1569 he undertook explorations toward the east , searching for the elusive El Dorado , but returned to New Granada in 1573 .

He has been suggested as a possible model for Cervantes ' Don Quixote .


Bubble and squeak

Bubble and squeak is a traditional British breakfast made from boiled potatoes and cabbage .

In modern times it is a dish made with the shallow - fried leftover vegetables from a roast dinner .

The main ingredients are potato and cabbage but carrots , peas , Brussels sprouts , or any other leftover vegetables may be added .

The chopped vegetables ( and cold chopped meat if used ) are fried in a pan together with mashed potatoes or crushed roast potatoes until the mixture is well - cooked and brown on the sides .

The dish is so named because the cabbage makes bubbling and squeaking sounds during the cooking process .

It is often served with cold meat from the Sunday roast , and pickles or brown sauce , or as an accompaniment to a full English breakfast .

The meat was traditionally added to the bubble and squeak itself , although nowadays it is more commonly made without meat .

The earliest - known recipe was in Mrs Rundell 's A New System of Domestic Cookery in 1806 .

The name bubble and squeak is used primarily in England ( for Scotland and Ireland see the section Similar dishes ) , and it may also be understood in parts of some other Commonwealth countries and the United States .

Bubble and squeak has been a popular dish since the late 1800s , as it was an easy way of using leftovers .

In more recent times , ready - made pre - prepared versions have become available on the market .


Dado Villa-Lobos

Dado Villa - Lobos ( born June 29 , 1965 in Brussels , Belgium ) is a Brazilian musician , best known as the ex - guitarist of post - punk band Legião Urbana .

Along with singer Renato Russo and drummer Marcelo Bonfá , he was one of the founding members of that band , who formed in Brasília in 1982 .

Villa - Lobos remained with the band through all of their studio albums , until the group dissolved after the 1996 death of Russo .

In 2005 , he released his first solo album , Jardim de Cáctus .

On May 30 , 2012 , attended the Tribute to Legião Urbana with Wagner Moura , where they clashed with a fan during the presentation .

He is the grandnephew of Heitor Villa - Lobos .


Sabine Pass

Sabine Pass is the natural outlet of Sabine Lake into the Gulf of Mexico .

It borders Jefferson County , Texas , and Cameron Parish , Louisiana .

Two major battles occurred here during the American Civil War , known as the First and Second Battles of Sabine Pass .

Hurricane Rita made landfall on September 24 , 2005 and on September 12–13 , 2008 , Hurricane Ike struck Sabine Pass and Galveston , generating the highest surge of 22 feet ( 6.7 meters ) which is , according to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 ( NAVD 88 ) , the highest ever recorded at Sabine Pass .

Sabine Pass is a site for an LNG receiving terminal because it is located along one of a few deepwater ports along the Gulf Coast suitable for importing LNG .

The region also has an existing pipeline infrastructure with access to South East Texas and U.S. markets .

The former city of Sabine Pass , Texas , is now a neighborhood of Port Arthur .


Sidney Rittenberg

Sidney Rittenberg (; born August 14 , 1921 ) is an American journalist , scholar , and Chinese linguist who lived in China from 1944 to 1980 .

He worked closely with Mao Zedong , Zhu De , Zhou Enlai , and other leaders of the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) during the war , and was with these central Communist leaders at Yan'an .

He witnessed first - hand much of what occurred at upper levels of the CCP and knew many of its leaders personally .

Later , he was imprisoned in solitary confinement , twice , for a total of 16 years .

He was the first American citizen to join the CCP .

Rittenberg 's connections and experience have enabled him to run a successful consultancy business representing some of the world 's biggest brands , such as Intel , Levi Strauss , Microsoft , Hughes Aircraft and Teledesic .


Lucien Hubbard

Lucien Hubbard ( December 22 , 1888 – December 31 , 1971 ) was a film producer and screenwriter .

He is best known for producing Wings , for which he received the first Academy Award for Best Picture .

Lucien produced and or wrote ninety - two films over the course of his career .

He lived in the same house in Beverly Hills until the day he died ; he was an avid polo player and would frequently ride out of the stables located , in those days , at the rear of his Hillcrest Road property , to Will Rogers ' house in the Palisades ; he also occasionally rode his horse to Paramount Studios where he had been elevated to president shortly after the Academy Award - winning Wings which he produced , was released .

This film helped director William A. Wellman 's rise into major studio films .

Before coming to Los Angeles , he was night editor of The New York Times .

He had written five screenplays on the side and decided one day to travel to Hollywood to see if he could sell any of them ; he sold three and in 1923 , his career was launched .

A film he loved was entitled The Vanishing American and it was the first film to portray the Indian in a favorable light ; he received an award from the Cherokee nation for this film .

He discovered and mentored many talents over the life of his career and was known as a very generous man with a sharp eye for good writers .

He had two daughters , Betty and Janet and a brother , Harlan Hubbard , who became a renowned artist and writer , who advocated simple living .


Sino Group

Sino Group ( ) is a property company in Hong Kong .

The Group comprises private holding companies owned by the Ng Family , and three publicly listed companies that include Tsim Sha Tsui Properties Limited , Sino Land Company Limited , and Sino Hotels ( Holdings ) Limited .

Sino Group 's core business is developing residential , office , industrial and retail properties for sale and investment purposes .

It also invests in hotel development , as well as hotel and club management .

The company has around 10,000 employees , with a significant presence in Singapore .

Its sister company , Far East Organization , is Singapore 's largest private property developer .

More than 700 properties are built by Far East in Singapore . Yeo Hiap Seng , another sister company , specialises in the food and beverage business in Asia .

Yeo Hiap Seng also has real estate development interests in Singapore and other markets .


Ignazio Cerio

Ignazio Cerio ( 1841 – 1921 ) was an influential but eccentric physician and amateur philosopher on the island of Capri , in Italy .

His father , imprisoned for his liberal beliefs , had spent his time in jail devising chemical concoctions and mechanical constructions that would never be made ; Ignazio continued the family traditions of both liberalism and idiosyncratic inventiveness .

Ignazio even coined the word disutilità to refer to a human life lacking a sense of purpose but full of tension and reflection , mixing passionate pursuit of ideas with periods of lovesickness and ennui .

He worked for fifty years as a medical doctor on Capri , a profession he followed with his characteristically unconventional flair .

On one occasion , for example , he established a sanitorium at Pozzuoli , claiming that the sulphurous gases would cure tuberculosis .

The only patient to arrive at the sanitorium rejected the doctor 's contention that both sulphur and arsenic would be good for the health .

Nevertheless , he remains a well - remembered and much - loved figure on the island of Capri , his memory immortalised both in the writings of his son , Edwin Cerio ( particularly in La vita a la figura de un uomo ( 1921 ) ) and in the cultural Centro Caprense Ignazio Cerio , established in his name to organise conferences and meetings on medicine , Italian and foreign literature , archaeology , palaeontology , and international and local history .

Palazzo Cerio , close to the Piazzetta , hosts the Ignazio Cerio museum about Capri 's natural history .


Victoria Rodríguez

Victoria Rodríguez (; born 22 April 1995 in Durango City ) is a Mexican tennis player .

Rodríguez has won seven singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career , as well as one WTA 125 K series doubles final .

She reached her best singles ranking of world number 216 on 16 November 2015 , and her best doubles ranking of 122 on 27 November 2017 .

That will change , however , once her results from the two latest tournaments at Hua Hin are included in the ranking system .

Rodríguez made her WTA tour debut at the 2013 Abierto Mexicano Telcel , partnering Marcela Zacarías in doubles .

The Mexican pair won their first round match against fellow Mexican wild cards Ximena Hermoso and Ana Sofía Sánchez , only to lose in the quarterfinals to the Spanish 4th seeds Lourdes Domínguez Lino and Arantxa Parra Santonja , who went on to win the title .

Playing for Mexico at the Fed Cup , Rodríguez has a win – loss record of 5–6 .


Zhurnal Dlya Vsekh

Zhurnal Dlya Vsekh ( , Journal For Everybody ) was a Russian monthly magazine published in Saint - Petersburg in 1895 - 1906 .

Concentrating on literature and poetry , it also had popular science , history and travel sections .

The unusually low price ( just one ruble for a year 's subscription ) contributed to its popularity .

Viktor Mirolyubov who came to Zhurnal Dlya Vsekh in 1898 as its publisher and editor gathered around himself an impressive team of regular contributors , including Anton Chekhov , Maxim Gorky , Alexander Kuprin , Leonid Andreyev , Vikenty Veresayev , Yevgeny Chirikov , Konstantin Balmont and Alexander Khakhanov .

By 1903 the magazine 's circulation had raised to 80 thousand .

Zhurnal Dlya Vsekh was closed by the Russian authorities in autumn 1906 , after it published several reports on the industrial unrest throughout Russia .

In 1922 - 1925 Krasny Zhurnal Dlya Vsekh was published in Leningrad .

The 1928-founded magazine Zhurnal Dlya Vsekh in 1930 changed its name to Proletarsky Avangard .


Helper, Utah

Helper is a city in Carbon County , Utah , United States , about southeast of Salt Lake City and northwest of the city of Price .

It is known as the " Hub of Carbon County " .

The population was 2,201 at the 2010 census .

The city is located along U.S. Route 6/U.S.

Route 191 , a shortcut between Provo and Interstate 70 , on the way from Salt Lake City to Grand Junction , Colorado .

It is the location of the Western Mining and Railroad Museum , a tourist attraction that also contains household and commercial artifacts illustrating late 19th and early 20th - century living conditions .

While the city revenue has fluctuated in recent years , traffic tickets have become an important source .

Utah legislature proposed a bill in 2016 to limit amounts received by local governments from traffic fines .


First Amendment Center

The First Amendment Center supports the First Amendment and builds understanding of its core freedoms through education , information and entertainment .

The center serves as a forum for the study and exploration of free - expression issues , including freedom of speech , of the press and of religion , and the rights to assemble and to petition the government .

Founded by John Seigenthaler , the First Amendment Center is an operating program of the Freedom Forum and is associated with the Newseum and the Diversity Institute .

The center has offices in the John Seigenthaler Center at Vanderbilt University in Nashville , Tennessee , and at the Newseum in Washington , D.C.

The center 's programs , including the Religious Freedom Education Project at the Newseum , provide education and information to the public and groups including First Amendment scholars and experts , educators , government policy makers , legal experts and students .

The center is nonpartisan and does not lobby , litigate or provide legal advice .

The center 's website is a source of news , information , and commentary in the nation on First Amendment issues .

It features daily updates on news about First Amendment - related developments , as well as detailed reports about U.S. Supreme Court cases involving the First Amendment , and commentary , analysis and special reports on free expression , press freedom and religious - liberty issues .


Al Passarell

Alan Lawrence Passarell ( April 22 , 1950 – September 29 , 1986 ) was a Canadian politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia representing the riding of Atlin from 1979 to 1986 .

He was in the New Democratic Party until October 1985 , when he switched to the British Columbia Social Credit Party .

Passarell lived in a log cabin without a telephone .

Before becoming a politician , he was a school principal .

As a MLA , he was known for advocating positions for Northern British Columbia .

He garnered headlines for his tall tale about fighting a grizzly bear .

Passarell died when a plane he was on crashed into Dease Lake .


Christmas pudding

Christmas pudding is a type of pudding traditionally served as part of the Christmas dinner in the UK , Ireland and in other countries where it has been brought by British emigrants .

It has its origins in medieval England , and is sometimes known as plum pudding or just " pud " , though this can also refer to other kinds of boiled pudding involving dried fruit .

Despite the name " plum pudding , " the pudding contains no actual plums due to the pre - Victorian use of the word " plums " as a term for raisins .

The pudding is composed of many dried fruits held together by egg and suet , sometimes moistened by treacle or molasses and flavoured with cinnamon , nutmeg , cloves , ginger , and other spices .

The pudding is usually aged for a month or more , or even a year ; the high alcohol content of the pudding prevents it from spoiling during this time .


Surrealist cinema

Surrealist cinema is a modernist approach to film theory , criticism , and production with origins in Paris in the 1920s .

The movement used shocking , irrational , or absurd imagery and Freudian dream symbolism to challenge the traditional function of art to represent reality .

Related to Dada cinema , Surrealist cinema is characterized by juxtapositions , the rejection of dramatic psychology , and a frequent use of shocking imagery .

Philippe Soupault and André Breton ’s 1920 book collaboration Les Champs Magnétiques is often considered to be the first Surrealist work , but it was only once Breton had completed his Surrealist Manifesto in 1924 that ‘ Surrealism drafted itself an official birth certificate.’

The first Surrealist film was The Seashell and the Clergyman from 1928 , directed by Germaine Dulac from a screenplay by Antonin Artaud .

Other films include Un Chien Andalou and L'Age d'Or by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí ; Buñuel went on to direct many more films , with varying degrees of Surrealist influence .


Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

Gett : The Trial of Viviane Amsalem ( ) is a 2014 internationally co - produced drama film directed by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz .

It was screened as part of the Directors ' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival .

It was also screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival .

The film was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards , but was not nominated .

It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards .

The film is the third in a trilogy focusing on the unhappy marriage of Viviane Amsalem , the first being To Take a Wife and the second Shiva .


El Lado Oscuro

El Lado Oscuro ( en : " The Dark Side " ) is the second studio album by power metal band DarkSun , released in 2004 .

The band entered the studios at the end of 2003 .

Just like El Legado , this album was recorded in Germany , with Ingo Cjavkoski in the production .

This time the band had Dennis Ward on mixings .

( who was better known for his work with Angra ) , and Lars Ratz ( from Metalium ) assisted on the vocals production .

Once again the reviews were as good as they could possibly be , like " ... it 's a varied work , where power and heavy metal alternate and mi " , and " El Lado Oscuro is a really good power metal album " .

Peavy Wagner ( of Rage fame ) performed vocals on a song , which was released as a bonus track on the album , entitled " Prisoners of Fate " .


Bastille Day military parade

The Bastille Day military parade , also known as the 14 July military parade , translation of the French name of Défilé militaire du 14 juillet , is a French military parade that has been held on the morning of 14 July each year in Paris since 1880 , almost without exception .

The parade passes down the Champs - Élysées from l'Arc de Triomphe to Place de la Concorde where the President of the French Republic , his government and foreign ambassadors to France stand .

This is a popular event in France , broadcast on French TV , and is one of the oldest regular military parades in the world .

In some years , invited detachments of foreign troops take part in the parade and foreign statesmen attend as guests .

Smaller military parades are held in French garrison towns ( such as Marseille , Toulon , Brest , or Belfort ) .


Olga Barabanschikova

Olga Barabanschikova (; ; born 2 November 1979 ) is a former professional Belarusian tennis player .

Barabanschikova 's highest WTA singles ranking is 49th , which she reached on 2 March 1998 .

Her career high in doubles was at 81 set at 19 October 1998 .

Barabanschikova was also a spokesperson in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 , announcing the televotes of Belarus .

She married her longtime domestic partner , Luanne , in 2008 .

They currently reside between Los Angeles , CA and Europe .

Since retiring from tennis , Olga has participated in a variety of projects , including music videos and a television show in her native Belarus called " Time of Sport " .

She recently partnered with Natasha Zvereva at the World Beach Tennis Championship in Rome .


Nitin Bose

Nitin Bose ( 26 April 1897 – 14 April 1986 ) was an Indian film director , cinematographer and screenwriter of the nation 's film industry .

He was born in Calcutta and died in the same city .

In the 1930s and early 1940s , he worked with New Theatres , who made bilingual movies : in both Bengali and Hindi .

Later , he moved to Bombay and directed under the banners of Bombay Talkies and Filmistan .

The first use of playback singing in Indian films occurred in films directed by Bose in 1935 : first in Bhagya Chakra , a Bengali film , and later the same year in its Hindi remake , Dhoop Chhaon .

His most well - known work is Ganga Jamuna .


Japan Evangelistic Band

The Japan Evangelistic Band ( JEB ) , or ' Kyodan Nihon Dendo Tai ' ( 日本伝道隊 ) in Japanese , is an evangelical Christian group founded in England in 1903 with the original aim to " initiate and sustain evangelistic work among Japanese wherever they are found " .

Within thirty years the organisation grew to 180 workers from many countries , but most of them from Japan .

The JEB 's primary field was the Kansai region of South West Japan and the island of Shikoku but missionaries worked among Japanese living on the West Coast of Canada and the USA , and in the UK .

In 1999 the organisation in the UK adopted the name Japan Christian Link for their operations in the UK , while work in Japan continue under the name of JEB .


Hydrozagadka

Hydrozagadka ( ) is a Polish superhero comedy film .

During a summer heat wave , all the water in Warsaw is puzzlingly disappearing .

Scientists secretly call upon As ( Ace ) , a superhero who passes his days living as a mild - mannered engineer , to try to solve the mystery .

It turns out that a mystery Maharaja is in league with Doctor Spot to steal Poland 's water and take it to the Maharaja 's country .

The movie was ostensibly created as a Communist parody of the American ideals glorified in Superman and other superhero films , however Polish audiences instead felt that the film humorously parodied aspects of Polish life under Communist rule , such as the many slogans for a " better life . "

Hydrozagadka premiered on 30 April 1971 on Polish television .


The Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia ( ) is an administration recognized by Georgia as the legal and only government of Abkhazia .

Abkhazia has been de facto independent of Georgiathough with very little international recognitionsince the early 1990s .

Vakhtang Kolbaia , elected in April 2013 , is the current head of the government - in - exile .

After the War in Abkhazia ( 1992 – 1993 ) Georgia proposed five - party talks involving the Government of the Autonomous Republic , the government of the de facto authorities of Abkhazia , and the government of Georgia , along with Russia and the UN as interested parties , in order to settle the final status of Abkhazia within the framework of the Georgian state .

The Abkhaz side wanted assurances that Georgia would not try to solve the issue by force of arms before being a party to the talks .

Between September 2006 and July 2008 , the Georgian recognized government was headquartered in Upper Abkhazia .

However it was forced out of all of Abkhazia in August 2008 during the Russo - Georgian war by the Abkhazian armed forces .

Upper Abkhazia is a territory that has population of c. 2,000 ( 1 - 1.5 % of Abkhazia 's post - war population ) and is centered on the upper Kodori Valley ( roughly 17 % of the territory of the former Abkhaz ASSR ) .

The government - in - exile is partly responsible for the affairs of some 250,000 internally displaced persons who were forced to leave Abkhazia following the War in Abkhazia and the resulting ethnic cleansing of Georgians from the area .


Totes Isotoner

Totes Isotoner Corporation ( stylized totes»ISOTONER ; often referred to as Totes ) is an international umbrella , footwear , and cold weather accessory supplier .

The company is based in Cincinnati , Ohio , USA .

Totes is the largest supplier of umbrellas in the world with divisions in the United States , Canada , UK , and France .

The company sells products under totes , ISOTONER , and ESNY brands .

Totes branded products include umbrellas , rubber footwear , ponchos , rain hats , and travel bags .

Several licensed gift and boot products also carry the totes brand name .

ISOTONER branded items include winter gloves , hats , and slippers .

Mostly known for private label footwear , ESNY , now part of totes»ISOTONER , includes branded products such as flip - flops , sandals , and ESNY Occasions wedding footwear .

Totes , ISOTONER , and ESNY branded products are carried by most national retailers in the United States , Canada , and Europe .


Castro Theatre

The Castro Theatre is a popular San Francisco movie palace which became San Francisco Historic Landmark # 100 in September 1976 .

Located at 429 Castro Street , in the Castro district , it was built in 1922 with a Spanish Colonial Baroque façade that pays homage — in its great arched central window surmounted by a scrolling pediment framing a niche — to the recently rebuilt basilica of Mission Dolores nearby .

Its designer , Timothy L. Pflueger , also designed Oakland 's Paramount Theater and other movie theaters in California in that period .

The theater has over 1,400 seats ( approx 800 downstairs and 600 in the balcony ) .

The theater 's ceiling is the last known leatherette ceiling in the United States and possibly the world .

Another leatherette ceiling was demolished just a few years ago .

To make the ceiling look as though it is leather requires a special technique regarded as lost today .


Miina Turunen

Miina Turunen ( born 1973 in Kouvola , Finland ) is a Finnish actress .

Turunen attended , a school in Helsinki which specialises in the performing arts , and graduated from the Theatre Academy Helsinki in 1997 with a Master 's in theatre arts .

She began her professional career in 1996 , starring in the film Sirpaleita , and starred in the 2003 film Sibelius working with Finnish director Timo Koivusalo and actors such as Martti Suosalo , Heikki Nousiainen and Seela Sella .

She has also appeared in many theatrical roles , including Sarasvatin hiekkaa with the Espoo City Theatre , an adaptation by the Finnish National Theatre of A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz .

and as narrator in an adaptation she herself made for the Nukketeatterikeskus Poiju puppet theatre of " The Happy Prince " by Oscar Wilde .


Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is a U.S. National Lakeshore on the shore of Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan , United States .

It extends for 42 miles ( 67 km ) along the shore and covers .

The park has extensive views of the hilly shoreline between Munising and Grand Marais in Alger County , Michigan , with picturesque rock formations , waterfalls , and sand dunes .

Pictured Rocks derives its name from the 15 miles ( 24 km ) of colorful sandstone cliffs northeast of Munising .

The cliffs reach up to 200 feet ( 60 m ) above lake level .

They have been naturally sculptured into a variety of shallow caves , arches , and formations resembling castle turrets and human profiles .

Near Munising , visitors can also visit Grand Island , most of which is included in the separate Grand Island National Recreation Area .

The U.S. Congress designated Pictured Rocks the first National Lakeshore in the United States in 1966 .

It is governed by the National Park Service ( NPS ) , with 22 year - round NPS employees as of May 2006 , and received 476,888 visitors in 2005 .


Tokyo Story

Ozu and screenwriter Kōgo Noda wrote the script in 103 days , loosely basing it on the 1937 American film , Make Way for Tomorrow , directed by Leo McCarey .

Noda suggested adapting the film , which Ozu had not yet seen .

Ozu used many of the same cast and crew members that he had worked with for years .

Released in Japan in 1953 , it did not immediately gain international recognition and was considered " too Japanese " to be marketable by Japanese film exporters .

It was screened in London in 1957 where it won the inaugural Sutherland Trophy the following year , and received praise from US film critics after a 1972 screening in New York City .

Tokyo Story is widely regarded as Ozu 's masterpiece and is often cited as one of the greatest films ever made .

In 2012 , it was voted the best film of all time in a poll of film directors by Sight & Sound magazine .


Ring of Fire (radio program)

Ring of Fire is a left - wing syndicated American talk radio program hosted by Robert F. Kennedy , Jr. , Mike Papantonio , Sam Seder , and Farron Cousins .

The four hosts focus on " exposing Wall Street thugs , environmental criminality , corporate media failure , and political back stories that you will rarely find from any other source " .

The show has been on the air since 2004 and is currently carried on 43 radio stations across the United States .

Kennedy is an attorney who specializes in environmental law ; Papantonio is also an attorney specializing in mass torts litigation , who served as the president of the National Trial Lawyer Association in 2012 , and is senior partner at the Levin Papantonio Law Firm , a large Florida based law firm that specializes in pursuing civil lawsuits against high profile and often powerful defendants .

Seder is an actor , comedian , director and political commentator who hosts The Majority Report , originally on Air America Radio with Janeane Garafalo and currently as an independently produced podcast .

In 2013 , the show expanded into a television program airing weeknights on Free Speech TV , hosted by Papantonio and Cousins .


AIDAblu

AIDAblu is a Sphinx - class cruise ship , operated by the German cruise line , AIDA Cruises .

AIDAblu is the seventh ship in the cruise line .

The vessel was delivered by Meyer Werft to its owners last 4 February 2010 .

She is a sister ship to AIDAdiva , AIDAbella , AIDAluna with a half deck more , and is followed by similar AIDAsol and AIDAmar .

The name of AIDAblu had been used for a former AIDA ship from 2004 - 2007 .

AIDA Cruises ' parent company , Carnival Corporation & plc , then transferred the ship to another cruise line . , Ocean Village , and was renamed Ocean Village Two .

In 2009 , Ocean Village Two was again transferred to another cruise line , P&O ; Cruises Australia , also a Carnival daughter company , and was renamed Pacific Jewel .


Francesc Xavier Bultó

Francesc Xavier Bultó Marquès ( Barcelona , 17 May 1912 – Barcelona , 3 August 1998 ) , popularly known as Paco Bultó , was a Catalan businessman , founder of Montesa Honda along with Peter Permanyer and Bultaco .

He was born into a family of Catalan bourgeoisie dedicated mainly to textiles .

He is known as a motorcycle engineer and designer .

In the first company , Permanyer was the businessman and manager , and Bultó had experience of motorcycles .

They produced light bikes with two - stroke engines , which outperformed heavier English bikes with four - stroke engines .

In 1958 Spanish government demanded some cuts from industry , and Permanyer wanted to abandon the sport bike branch .

Bultó coined his famous motto " market follows the chequered flag " and left the company .

Together with some former employees he started his own venture called Bultaco .

The first model , Bultaco Tralla 101 , came to the market 1959 .

The bikes were manufactured at Bultó family farm , and his children acted as test drivers for all prototypes .

Francisco Xavier Bultó died on August 5 , 1998 , at age 86 .


Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko

Anton Vladimirovich Antonov - Ovseyenko (; 23 February 1920 , Moscow , RSFSR – 9 July 2013 , Moscow , Russia ) was a Russian historian and writer .

Born on 23 February 1920 , he was the son of a Bolshevik military leader Vladimir Antonov - Ovseyenko .

In 1935 , he joined the historical faculty of the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute .

In 1938 , he was expelled from Komsomol and the institute wherein , however , he was reinstated in the same year .

He was arrested in 1940 and spent 13 years in labor camps .

Antonov - Ovseyenko is best known for his biography of Lavrentiy Beria and he also wrote several books .

Antonov - Ovseyenko operated a state museum on the Gulag , for which the Moscow administration provided a building in August 2001 .

When he died in 2013 , he was still working two full days a week to continue documenting what he called " the evils of the Soviet era " and to help with plans for a new , larger space .


Burial (musician)

William Emmanuel Bevan , known by his recording alias Burial , is a British electronic musician from South London .

Initially remaining anonymous , Burial became the first artist signed to Kode9 's electronic label Hyperdub in 2005 .

He released his self - titled debut album , which drew inspiration from UK rave music and pirate radio culture , to acclaim in 2006 ; it was named the album of the year by The Wire .

Burial 's second album , Untrue , was released to further critical acclaim in 2007 .

In 2008 , Bevan 's identity was revealed by The Independent and confirmed by Hyperdub .

He has gone on to collaborate with Four Tet , Massive Attack , Thom Yorke and Zomby in addition to releasing a series of acclaimed long - form EPs , including Kindred ( 2012 ) and Rival Dealer ( 2013 ) .

He has remained reclusive , giving few interviews and avoiding public appearances .

AllMusic described him as " one of the most acclaimed , influential , and enigmatic electronic musicians of the early 21st century . "


Somdet Kiaw

Buḍḍhacarya (; ) , dharma name Upaseṇo (; ) , born as Kiaw Chokchai (; ) , and commonly known as Somdet Kiaw (; " His Holiness Kiaw " ) , was a Thai prelate who was the abbot of Wat Saket and the Acting Supreme Patriarch of Thailand , the effective leader of all Buddhist monks in Thailand .

He was appointed Acting Supreme Patriarch in 2005 due to the failing health of the incumbent Supreme Patriarch Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana .

He was a monk of the Mahanikaya order , and is of Thai Chinese descent .

His appointment provoked severe criticism from Luang Ta Maha Bua ( of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya order ) and Sondhi Limthongkul , who claimed that the appointment created two Supreme Patriarchs and contravened the royal prerogative of King Bhumibol Adulyadej .

On 4 March 2005 , Maha Bua even petitioned King Bhumibol Adulyadej to remove all of Kiaw 's royal titles .


The Rankenian Club

The Rankenian Club was an 18th - century society of intellectuals , founded in 1716 or earlier and disbanded some time after 1760 .

It is regarded as the most important of the many learned clubs and societies which were an important feature of the Scottish Enlightenment .

The Scots Magazine in May 1771 reckoned that " the Rankenians were highly instrumental in disseminating throughout Scotland freedom of thought , boldness of disquisition , liberality of sentiment , accuracy of reasoning , correctness of taste and accuracy of composition . "

Its members were to become major figures of the Scottish Enlightenment including : Charles Mackie ( 1688 - 1770 ) , later the first professor of history at the University of Edinburgh ; John Stevenson ( 1695 - 1775 ) , later professor of logic and rhetoric ; George Turnbull ( 1698 - 1748 ) , theologian and professor of moral philosophy at Marischal College , Aberdeen ; Robert Wallace ( 1697 - 1771 ) , theologian and population scientist ; William Wishart ( 1691 - 1753 ) , leading church minister and principal of the University of Edinburgh and Colin MacLaurin ( 1698 - 1746 ) , philosopher and the greatest Scottish mathematician of his day .

Another of the group 's members was the surgeon and philosopher George Young ( 1692 - 1757 ) , the only surgeon known to have joined .


Serpentine, Victoria

Serpentine is a town in north west Victoria , Australia .

Located on the Loddon Valley Highway , the town is 201 kilometres north west of the state capital , Melbourne and 51 kilometres north west of the regional centre , Bendigo .

Serpentine is in the Shire of Loddon local government area and , including the surrounding state suburb , had a population of 307 at the .

The town is named for Serpentine Creek , a tributary of the Loddon River .

The creek in turn was named for explorer Thomas Mitchell 's description of the river red gum trees lining the rivers and creeks of the area .

Selectors began to take up allotments in 1862 and the townsite was established as Serpentine Creek in 1863 .

A Post Office under that name had been open since 1848 , the name being changed to Serpentine in 1917 .

It eventually became the seat of the then Shire of East Loddon .

Today , Serpentine is a producer of grain and cattle and a popular place for anglers .

The Burke and Wills expedition is alleged to have passed the townsite in 1860 while attempting to reach the Gulf of Carpentaria .

The town has an Australian Rules football team ( Bears Lagoon - Serpentine ) competing in the Loddon Valley Football League .


Battle of Mansfield

The Battle of Mansfield on 8 April 1864 in Louisiana formed part of the Red River Campaign during the American Civil War , when Union forces were attempting to occupy the Louisiana state capital , Shreveport .

The Confederate commander , Major General Richard Taylor , chose Mansfield as the place where he would make his stand against the advancing Union army under General Nathaniel Banks .

Taylor concentrated his forces at Sabine Crossroads , knowing that reinforcements were nearby .

Banks prepared for a fight , though his own army was not fully assembled either .

Both sides were reinforced by stages throughout the day .

After a brief resistance , the Union army was routed by the Confederates , consisting mainly of units from Louisiana and Texas , reportedly strengthened by hundreds of men breaking parole .

The engagement is also known as the Battle of Sabine Crossroads .


Family Affair

Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12 , 1966 , to March 4 , 1971 .

The series explored the trials of well - to - do engineer and bachelor Bill Davis ( Brian Keith ) as he attempted to raise his brother 's orphaned children in his luxury New York City apartment .

Davis 's traditional English gentleman 's gentleman , Mr. Giles French ( Sebastian Cabot ) , also had adjustments to make as he became saddled with the responsibility of caring for 15-year - old Cissy ( Kathy Garver ) and the five - year - old twins , Jody ( Johnny Whitaker ) and Buffy ( Anissa Jones ) .

Family Affair ran for 138 episodes in five seasons .

The show was created and produced by Edmund Hartmann and Don Fedderson , also known for My Three Sons and The Millionaire .


Strawhead

Strawhead is a play by American writers Norman Mailer and Richard Hannum about Marilyn Monroe .

The play is an adaptation of Mailer 's 1980 book Of Women and Their Elegance , an imagined memoir told in Monroe 's voice .

Strawhead takes place in New York City during the last few days of Monroe 's life in August 1962 .

During this period , she is alone with her memories , most of which revolve around her time living in New York City .

The play is primarily composed of a collection of imagined interviews , that never took place , between Monroe and Mailer during Monroe 's last hours .

The play made its off - Broadway debut in January 1986 , with Mailer 's wife Norris Church in the cast and his daughter Kate Mailer in the role of Monroe .

Kate Mailer also appeared on the April 1986 cover of Vanity Fair as the Monroe character in Strawhead .


Alfred Edward Moffat

Alfred Edward Moffat ( 1863 – 1950 ) was a Scottish musician , composer and collector of music .

He was born in Edinburgh on 4 December 1863 .

His father was John Moffat , a photographer , and his mother was Sophia Maria Knott .

He was educated at Edinburgh Collegiate School in 27 - 28 Charlotte Square , Edinburgh .

Moffat studied musical composition in Berlin for five years under Ludwig Bussler .

He remained in Berlin for another six years writing for German music publishing firms .

He returned to London in the late 1890s , and devoted himself to the rediscovery of British violin players of the late 18th century and earlier .

Most significantly , he edited the Schott 's Kammersonaten [ Chamber Sonata ] series , and instigated Novello 's Old English Violin Music series .

He was also a Member of the Court of Assistants of the Royal Society of Musicians .

He died in Fulham , London on 6 June 1950 aged 86 .


Ruslan Salei

Ruslan Albiertavič Saliej ( Belarusian : Руслан Альбертавіч Салей ; November 2 , 1974 – September 7 , 2011 ) , better known as Ruslan Salei ( Russian : Руслан Альбертович Салей ) , was a Belarusian professional ice hockey player .

Salei played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the Detroit Red Wings , Colorado Avalanche , Florida Panthers and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , who selected him ninth overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft .

Salei died on September 7 , 2011 , in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash .

A Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft , carrying almost the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team of the Kontinental Hockey League , crashed near Yaroslavl , Russia on its way to Minsk , Belarus , to start the 2011–12 KHL season .


Vito Frazzi

Vito Frazzi ( 1 August 1888 – 7 July 1975 ) was an Italian neo - romantic composer .

He was born in San Secondo Parmense , and studied at the Parma Conservatory , where he learnt composition from Guido Alberto Fano .

From 1912 to 1958 he taught piano , harmony , counterpoint and composition at the Florence Conservatory ; there he came into contact with Ildebrando Pizzetti , who was director of the conservatory from 1917 to 1923 , and who influenced Frazzi 's compositional style .

Frazzi also taught at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana from 1936 to 1963 .

His students included Bruno Bartolozzi , Bruno Bettinelli , Valentino Bucchi , Luigi Dallapiccola and Angelo Francesco Lavagnino .


Peter Merian

Peter Merian ( 20 December 1795 , Basel – 8 February 1883 , Basel ) was a Swiss geologist and paleontologist .

He studied sciences at the University of Basel , the Academy of Geneva and at the University of Göttingen ( 1815 – 17 ) , where he studied geology under Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann .

At Göttingen he became good friends with Bernhard Studer .

After obtaining his doctorate , he continued his education in Paris up until 1819 , and then returned to Basel and proceeded to conduct geological studies of the Swiss Jura .

In 1820 he was named professor of physics and chemistry at Basel , and during the following year , became director of the Natural History Museum .

From 1835 to 1861 , he was an honorary professor of geology and palaeontology at Basel , where three times he served as university rector .

In 1838 and 1856 he was president of the Schweizer Naturforschenden Gesellschaft .

Known for his scientific investigations of Jura Mountains , he also conducted extensive geological research of the Black Forest , and performed comparison studies of the Germanic and Alpine Triassic stages .

During his career , he amassed an impressive collection of fossils , and is credited for developing a classification schema for ammonites .

In addition , he made contributions in the fields of meteorology and glaciology .


Malinda Damgaard

Malinda Natalia Damgaard , ( born 1 March 1981 ) is a Swedish milliner .

She is educated at Tillskärarakademin in Gothenburg .

She describes her design as " very technical and stylish " .

Damgaard has worked for Philip Treacy in London during four and a half years and is now working in Stockholm .

She worked with Lars Wallin , and she did work for Crown Princess Victoria , Princess Madeleine and Princess Estelle .

She had made an exhibition in Stockholm with the theme Sugar rush , and in early May 2013 she had an exhibition in Saint Petersburg , Russia under the theme " The Art of Sweden " .

In the Swedish version of Elle she was named the 2013 best accessoar designer .

In 2013 , Damgaard also hosted an episode of the radio show Sommar i P1 .


Itzhak Fintzi

Itzhak Fintzi ( Izko Finzi ) ( ) ( born 25 April 1933 ) is a Bulgarian film and stage actor .

He was born in Sofia , where he graduated from the dramatic art academy .

In the following years he played in a number of theatres , both in the capital city and in other places throughout the country , as well as in many feature films .

He is winner of the best actor award of the " Golden Prague " TV films festival ( 1982 ) .

His best loved character on the scene is the big Little man - a human being incessantly trampled by Life and the high and mighty , who frequently evokes laughter , but more often the sympathy and compassion of the audience - because of the nobleness , dignity , modesty and selflessness always helping him managed and overcome the vicissitude of his destiny .

Undoubtedly , the unusual popularity of Itzhak Fintzi , called by his friends and public by the intimate name of Itzko , is because a good number of Bulgarian people identify , consciously or unconsciously , with his characters .

He graduated from the Bulgarian National Academy of Theater and Film Arts in 1955 , and made his debut in the movie " Zvezdi " ( 1959 ) .

He is the father of actor Samuel Finzi .


Kevin Edwards

Kevin Durell Edwards ( born October 30 , 1965 ) is a retired American professional basketball player who currently serves as DePaul University men 's basketball team 's director of community , corporate , and professional relations .

Edwards was selected by the Miami Heat with the 20th overall pick of the 1988 NBA draft .

Edwards was the second ever draft pick in Miami Heat history , behind teammate Rony Seikaly who was selected as the 9th pick in the same draft .

He played in 11 NBA seasons for the Heat , New Jersey Nets , Orlando Magic and Vancouver Grizzlies .

Edwards best year as a pro came during the 1993–94 season as a member of the Nets , appearing in all 82 games and averaging 14.0 ppg .

He had the most points in all of his seasons with the Nets .

In his NBA career , Edwards scored a total of 6,596 points in 604 games .

He retired as a member of the Grizzlies in 2001 .

He played collegiately at DePaul University and Lakeland Community College ( in Kirtland , Ohio ) .

After retiring from basketball , Edwards produced movies .


EFTA Court

The Court of Justice of the European Free Trade Association States ( more commonly known as the EFTA Court ) is a supranational judicial body responsible for the three EFTA members who are also members of the European Economic Area ( EEA ) : Iceland , Liechtenstein and Norway .

As members of the EEA , the three countries have access to the internal market of the European Union .

Consequently , they are subject to a number of European laws .

Enforcement of these laws would normally be carried out by the European Court of Justice ( ECJ ) , however there were legal difficulties in giving Union institutions powers over non - members so the EFTA Court was set up to perform this role instead of the ECJ .

Since September 1995 , the Court has consisted of three judges and six ad - hoc judges .

They are nominated by the three members and appointed by their Governments collectively through common accord .


Beyazıt Square

Beyazıt Square ( ) is a square in the district of Fatih , situated in the European part of Istanbul , Turkey .

It is officially named Freedom Square ( ) , but is known as Beyazıt Square after the Bayezid II Mosque on one side of it .

The Square is the former site of the Forum of Theodosius built by Constantine the Great .

On one side of the square is the main entrance of Istanbul University ; the Beyazıt Tower is on the university 's campus and can be seen from the square .

The current form of the square was designed by Turgut Cansever .

The square has been the site of political protests , including some in 1969 known as Bloody Sunday , and a terrorist attack in 1978 ( Beyazıt Massacre ) .

In 1915 twenty Armenian activists were hanged in the square ( The 20 Hunchakian gallows ) .


Mexican Football Federation

The Mexican Football Federation ( Femexfut or FMF , ) is the governing body of association football in Mexico .

It administers the Mexico national team , the Liga MX and all affiliated amateur sectors , and is in charge of promoting , organizing , directing , spreading , and supervising competitive football in Mexico .

The Federation has three operational centres : the Central Office , the High Performance Centre ( , CAR ) and the Training Centre ( , CECAP ) .

FEMEXFUT is a member of the CONCACAF and FIFA , therefore it must comply with the statutes , objectives and ideals of world football 's governing body .

The Mexican Federation of Football was established on 23 August 1927 under its first president Humberto Garza Ramos .

In 1929 it became affiliated with the FIFA , and later became affiliated with CONCACAF in 1961 .


I Am Woman (Jordin Sparks song)

" I Am Woman " is a song performed by American recording artist Jordin Sparks .

The up - tempo song was written by Ali Pierre Gaschani , Dean Josiah and Ryan Tedder , who also produced the track .

" I Am Woman " premiered online via AOL Music on May 5 , 2011 , and was later officially released in the United States on May 10 , 2011 .

The song 's lyrics contain a message towards female empowerment , which talks about different aspects of the lives of women .

" I Am Woman " received a positive reception from most music critics , who complimented its differences with any of Sparks ' previous singles , as well as noting its similarities to the sounds of American R&B ; singer Beyoncé .


Maier Zipser

Maier Zipser , Hungarian rabbi ; born at Balassagyarmat , 14 August 1815 ; died at Rechnitz , 10 December 1869 .

He studied in various yeshibot , among his teachers being Wolf Boskowitz and Maier Eisenstadt ; and he acquired a secular education partly through the assistance of Löw Schwab and partly through his own endeavors .

In 1844 he was chosen rabbi at Stuhlweissenburg , where , however , he became involved in a controversy with the Orthodox members of the community on account of a divorce which he had granted without a precedent .

In his defense he wrote a pamphlet titled Me ha - Shiloaḥ : Rabbinisches Gutachten über Jüdische Ehescheidung ( Budapest , 1853 ) .

About 1850 he went to England , where he published a pamphlet titled The Sermon on the Mount , defending Judaism against the parliamentary speeches of Inglis ( London , 1852 ) .

In 1858 Zipser was elected rabbi of Rechnitz , and he held this position until his death .

In addition to the two pamphlets already mentioned , he published various sermons and made numerous contributions to the Jewish press , especially to the Orient , the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums , and the Neuzeit , winning the reputation of being one of the most scholarly Hungarian rabbis of his day .


Uchylsko

Uchylsko is a village in Gmina Gorzyce , Wodzisław County , Silesian Voivodeship , Poland , near the border with the Czech Republic .

It has a population of 338 and was first mentioned in a written document in 1229 .

It lies approximately south - west of Gorzyce , south - west of Wodzisław Śląski , and south - west of the regional capital Katowice .

The village was first mentioned in the document of Pope Gregory IX issued on 26 May 1229 among villages belonging to Benedictine abbey in Tyniec , as Uchilsko .

Benedictine abbey in Orlová ( established in 1268 ) in the late 13th century had rights to revenues from three villages in the Castellany of Racibórz , namely Gorzyce , Uchylsko and Gołkowice .


Resogun

Resogun ( stylized as RESOGUN ) is a voxel - based side - scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by Finnish developer Housemarque and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 , PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita .

The PlayStation 4 game was released in North America and Europe in November 2013 and in Japan in February 2014 , while the Vita and PlayStation 3 versions were released in December 2014 .

Resogun : Heroes , the first downloadable content ( DLC ) , was released in North America on June 24 , 2014 , while the second DLC , Resogun : Defenders was released in February 17 , 2015 .

Resogun draws heavily from the games Defender and Datastorm , and is considered the spiritual successor to Housemarque 's previous shoot 'em up games Super Stardust HD and Super Stardust Delta .

In Resogun the player battles enemies and rescues trapped humans in a cylindrical , voxel - based world .

The game was well received by video game journalists , who lauded its graphical prowess , fast - paced gameplay , and soundtrack .

The game was criticized for its short length and lack of tutorials or explanations for several gameplay elements .

Resogun won several awards , and was nominated for Action Game of the Year at the 2014 DICE Awards , and also appeared at the 2014 GDC Choice Awards .


Geography of Antarctica

The geography of Antarctica is dominated by its south polar location and , thus , by ice .

The Antarctic continent , located in the Earth 's southern hemisphere , is centered asymmetrically around the South Pole and largely south of the Antarctic Circle .

It is washed by the Southern ( or Antarctic ) Ocean or , depending on definition , the southern Pacific , Atlantic , and Indian Oceans .

It has an area of more than 14 million km² .

Some 98 % of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet , the world 's largest ice sheet and also its largest reservoir of fresh water .

Averaging at least 1.6 km thick , the ice is so massive that it has depressed the continental bedrock in some areas more than 2.5 km below sea level ; subglacial lakes of liquid water also occur ( e.g. , Lake Vostok ) .

Ice shelves and rises populate the ice sheet on the periphery .

In September 2018 , researchers at the National Geospatial - Intelligence Agency released a high resolution terrain map ( detail down to the size of a car , and less in some areas ) of Antarctica , named the " Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica " ( REMA ) .


Brain-Washing (book)

Brain - Washing : A Synthesis of the Russian Textbook on Psychopolitics , sometimes referred to as The Brainwashing Manual , is a book published in 1955 .

It purports to be a condensation of the work of Lavrentiy Beria , the Soviet secret police chief .

The book states Kenneth Goff as author .

Its true authorship is not clear , the three common hypotheses being : Scientology 's founder L. Ron Hubbard , Kenneth Goff ( alias Oliver Kenneth Goff ) , or both L. Ron Hubbard and Kenneth Goff based on an acquired US agency report .

The third hypothesis is questionable as there is not proof that the two men ever knew each other .

Claims that L. Ron Hubbard was the author are also dubious as the only source of this claim is his estranged son , L Ron Hubbard Jr.

It is also sometimes referred to as The Communist Manual of Psycho - Political Warfare or the Communist Manual of Instructions of Psychopolitical Warfare .


Beautiful Surrender

Beautiful Surrender is the eighth album by American Christian worship duo Jonathan David & Melissa Helser , released on September 30 , 2016 , from Bethel Music through Provident Label Group .

Ed Cash handled the production of the album , with Brian Johnson and Joel Taylor serving as executive producers .

Touted as a " vibrant response " to On the Shores , their 2012 album , Beautiful Surrender was the duo 's first release with Bethel Music since joining the collective in 2014 .

The album also included a radio remix of their Dove Award - winning hit single , " No Longer Slaves , " as a bonus track .

The album became a breakthrough hit for the Helsers , debuting at No .

1 on the Christian music charts in the US and UK as well as attaining mainstream rankings in the US , Australia , Canada and Norway .

Following its release , the album spawned " You Came ( Lazarus ) " as a single , impacting Christian radio in the United States on February 17 , 2017 .


Mohamed Afrah Qanyare

Mohamed Qanyare Afrah ( , ) ( born c. 1941 ) was a Somali faction leader and politician who was based south of Mogadishu in the Daynile District .

He came in third position in Somalia 's first election as a federal country on 10th October 2004 and subsequently appointed as Public Security Minister in the government of Prime Minister Mohamed Ali Gedi , He served as Minister of Security in 2006 but was dismissed after ignoring calls by the Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi to stop fighting forces of the Islamist Courts .

He continued to participate actively in Somali political affairs being reelected to the first post transitional federal parliament of Somalia as a member of parliament , he resigned from his seat representing his ( Murusade ) clan in the summer of 2013 , his seat in the Federal Parliament of Somalia was taken over by his son Cabdiweli Mohamed Qanyare .


John Dugard

Christopher John Robert Dugard ( born 23 August 1936 in Fort Beaufort ) , known as John Dugard , is a South African professor of international law .

His main academic specializations are in Roman - Dutch law , public international law , jurisprudence , human rights , criminal procedure and international criminal law .

He has served on the International Law Commission , the primary UN institution for the development of international law , and has been active in reporting on human - rights violations by Israel in the Palestinian territories .

He has written several books on apartheid , human rights , and international law , in addition to coauthoring textbooks on criminal law and procedure and international law .

He has also written extensively on South African apartheid .


Little Big Town discography

American country music group Little Big Town has released eight studio albums and 26 singles .

Little Big Town released their self - titled debut album on Monument Nashville in 2002 , though they only managed one top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart .

They returned in 2005 with The Road to Here , which was released on Equity Music Group .

It produced four top 20 hits , including " Boondocks " and " Bring It on Home , " both of which reached the top 10 .

They followed it with A Place to Land , though the lead single , " I 'm with the Band " , was unsuccessful and the group was left without a label shortly after the album 's release when Equity folded .

Little Big Town was quickly re - signed by Capitol Nashville , who re - released A Place to Land and promoted two more singles from it .

In 2010 , Little Big Town scored their first top 10 hit in four years with " Little White Church " , the lead single to their fourth studio album , The Reason Why .

Their fifth studio album , Tornado , was released on September 11 , 2012 and lead single " Pontoon " became their first number one hit .

The second single , the title track , reached number 2 on the Country Airplay chart in 2013 .


Amras

In J. R. R. Tolkien 's legendarium , Amras ( ) is a fictional character , the twin brother of Amrod being the youngest sons of Fëanor and Nerdanel .

Through their maternal grandfather Mahtan they inherited red hair ( probably a dark red ) , instead of Fëanor 's black .

Amras ' father name in Quenya is Pityafinwë , " Little Finwë " .

His mother name is Ambarussa , " Top - russet " , and this refers to his hair .

His younger twin Amrod was also called Ambarussa , and they both answered to the name .

In Tolkien 's late revisions , the name of the elder twin Ambarussa was " Amros " in Sindarin , instead of the older form " Amras " .

The name of the younger twin , Amrod , was the Sindarin version of " Ambarto " .

Amras became a hunter , who held the southern lands of the March of Maedhros .

Amras survived most of the War of the Jewels , but eventually fell in the Kinslaying of Sirion .


Little Vera

Little Vera ( , Malenkaya Vera ) , produced at the Gorky Film Studio and released in 1988 , is a film by Russian film director Vasili Pichul .

The title in Russian is ambiguous and can also mean " Little Faith , " symbolizing the characters ' lack of hope ( or a glimmer thereof ) .

The film was the leader in ticket sales in the Soviet Union in 1988 with 54.9 million viewers , and was the most successful Soviet film in the US since 1980 's Moscow Does not Believe in Tears .

Part of its popularity was due to being one of the first Soviet movies with explicit sexual scenes .

Despite this initial success , the film 's popularity was short - lived .

The film 's main character and namesake is a teenage girl , who just having finished school feels trapped in her provincial town .

With its pessimistic and cynical view of Soviet society , the film was typical of its time ( perestroika ) , during which many such films , collectively known as the chernukha ( , roughly " black stuff " ) , were released .

The film received 6 awards and was nominated for 8 more .

Among its wins , it received " Best Actress " for Natalya Negoda at the Nika Awards in 1989 .

The film 's director , Vasili Pichul , received the Special Jury Prize at the 1988 Montreal World Film Festival and FIPRESCI Prize at the 1988 Venice Film Festival .

The soundtrack 's main theme consists of two songs performed by Sofia Rotaru " Bylo no proshlo " ( It Was , But It Has Gone ) and " Tol'ko etogo malo " ( Only This Is Not Enough ) , " the leitmotif of the perestroika classic Little Vera " .


Political positions of Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton , the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States in 2016 , has taken positions on political issues while serving as First Lady of Arkansas ( 1979 – 81 ; 1983 – 92 ) , First Lady of the United States ( 1993 – 2001 ) ; as U.S.

Senator from New York ( 2001 – 2009 ) ; and serving as the United States Secretary of State ( 2009 – 2013 ) .

In accordance with longstanding custom , during her time as Secretary of State she largely avoided taking stances on most domestic political issues .

In 2015 , she announced her candidacy for the presidency .

Clinton won the Democratic primaries and formally became the party 's nominee at the 2016 Democratic National Convention .

She lost the electoral college and the 2016 US presidential election to billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump , despite winning the popular vote by more than 2.8 million votes .

Over her career , Clinton has developed a reputation as a " policy wonk " who frequently consults with expert advisors and is deeply involved in the details of policy proposals .

By August 2016 , the Clinton campaign had released 38 policy proposals and 65 fact - sheets , totaling 112,735 words .


Rick Barton (musician)

Rick Barton is the singer , guitarist and songwriter of the band Continental .

He previously was the original guitarist for Dropkick Murphys .

He played on Boys on the Docks EP , Do or Die , The Gang 's All Here , and the Mob Mentality split album with The Business .

Following his departure from the Dropkick Murphys , he was the guitarist for Everybody Out!.

Rick was also a member of the early Boston based punk band The Outlets .

He recently founded the band Continental , with his son Stephen on bass , Derek Louis on drums and Dave DePrest on guitar .

They opened for the Joe Perry Project in 2009 and recently completed a full US tour with The Street Dogs , Devil 's Brigade , Flatfoot 56 and Left Alone .

He produced the Street Dogs ' newest self - titled album , released in the Spring of 2010 .


Tarek al-Zumar

Tarek al - Zumar is an Egyptian Islamist politician and the secretary - general of the Building and Development Party .

The party has a non - political wing named al - Gama'a al - Islamiyya .

Al - Zumar was a member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad .

His cousin is Abbud al - Zumar , who was imprisoned along with him .

Al - Zumar was imprisoned in 1984 following the assassination of Anwar Sadat and was released during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 .

Al - Zumar and his cousin received a hero 's welcome when they were released from prison before things turned .

On 14 July 2013 Egypt 's prosecutor general Hisham Barakat ordered his assets to be frozen .


New Armenian Resistance Group

New Armenian Resistance ( NAR ) was an Armenian militant group known since 1977 which has been responsible for bombings in Belgium , France , Italy and Switzerland .

The main targets were Turkish , Soviet , British , and Israeli travel agencies .

The New Armenian Resistance first struck in 1977 , detonating a bomb in the Turkish tourism office in Paris .

Subsequent attacks targeted Turkish banks in Brussels and London , and airline counters in Brussels and Rome .

Following the bombing of Turkish Airlines offices in Brussels in February 1983 , NAR either ceased its operations entirely or perhaps combined with a larger group such as the ASALA .

Little is known about the founders and the leaders of the organization .

It has been hypothesized that NAR may in fact be an arm of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia ( ASALA ) for some of its European operations .


Birendra Krishna Bhadra

Birendra Krishna Bhadra ( ) ( 1905 – 1991 ) was an Indian broadcaster , playwright , actor , reciter and theatre director from Kolkata , and a contemporary of Pankaj Mallick and Kazi Nazrul Islam .

He worked for the All India Radio , India 's National Radio broadcaster for several years during its early , starting 1930s , and during this period he produced and adapted several plays .

Today , he is most known for his soaring Sanskrit recitation through a two - hour audio program , Mahishashura Mardini ( Annihilator / Destroyer of Mahisasura ) ( 1931 ) , a collection of shlokas and songs broadcast by All India Radio Calcutta ( now Kolkata ) at 4:00 am , in the dawn of Mahalaya .

He also acted and directed several plays in Bengali theatre and even wrote screenplay for film , Nishiddha Phal ( 1955 ) .


Assam Rifles

The Assam Rifles is the oldest of paramilitary force of India .

The unit can trace its lineage back to a paramilitary police force that was formed under the British in 1835 called Cachar Levy .

Since then the Assam Rifles have undergone a number of name changes — the Assam Frontier Police ( 1883 ) , the Assam Military Police ( 1891 ) and Eastern Bengal and Assam Military Police ( 1913 ) , before finally becoming the Assam Rifles in 1917 .

Over the course of its history , the Assam Rifles and its predecessor units have served in a number of roles , conflicts and theatres including World War I where they served in Europe and the Middle East , and World War II where they served mainly in Burma .

In the post World War II period the Assam Rifles has expanded greatly as has its role .

There are currently 46 battalions of Assam Rifles with a sanctioned strength of 63,747 personnel .

It is under the control of the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs ( MHA ) and they perform many roles including the provision of internal security under the control of the army through the conduct of counter insurgency and border security operations , provision of aid to the civil power in times of emergency , and the provision of communications , medical assistance and education in remote areas .

In times of war they can also be used as a combat force to secure rear areas if needed .

Since 2002 it has been guarding the Indo – Myanmar barrier as per the government policy " one border one force " .


Northern Baptist Theological Seminary

Northern Seminary is a Christian seminary located in Lisle , Illinois , US , near Chicago .

It was founded in 1913 by the Second Baptist Church of Chicago as " Northern Baptist Theological Seminary " to prepare students for church leadership , and it continues to represent a theologically conservative alternative within its association with the American Baptist Churches in the USA ( historically the Northern Baptist convention ) .

Northern is an evangelical Christian educational institution , affirming the authority of Scripture and emphasizing the importance of fulfilling the mission set forth by Jesus of going forth and spreading the Gospel .

It holds full accreditation from the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada .

In 2004 Northern 's then - president Charles Moore joined many other Protestant evangelicals in endorsing Roman Catholic film director Mel Gibson 's The Passion of the Christ .


Askar Simitko

Askar Simitko , alternative spellings use " Asgar " and/or " Smitko " , ( 1953–January 28 , 1995 ) was a Kurdish Iranian spy operating in Turkey .

He was found tortured and shot dead by unknown persons in Istanbul .

Simitko was born 1953 in Urmia ( West Azarbaijan province ) in Iran as a son of Tahirhan .

As of September 1985 , he was dwelling in Istanbul , and along with his father he secured communication between members of the Barzani organization .

In the same period , he had connections to persons from the Iranian intelligence organization ( SAVAMA ) , who requested from him to collect information regarding names and activities of followers of the former Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and members of the People 's Mujahedin of Iran .

An official report on the Susurluk scandal authored by Kutlu Savaş , a high - ranking civil servant , states that in addition to his illegal activities , he submitted information on the Iranian government 's opponents causing the execution of many .

In 1993 , he applied for asylum in a third country .

On January 15 , 1995 , he and his friend Lazım Esmaeili , were abducted by unknown persons when they left the casino of Polat Renaissance Hotel in Yeşilköy , İstanbul at local time 03:45 .

On January 28 , 1995 , villagers found the corpses of the two in Kerev Creek , Silivri , about far from İstanbul .

They were tortured , ears cut and shot multiple times to death .

According to the " Second MIT Report " authored by Mehmet Eymür , the incident 's motive was not political but drug trafficking in connection with the Susurluk scandal gang .


Bridge River Country

The Bridge River Country is a historic geographic region and mining district in the Interior of British Columbia , Canada , lying between the Fraser Canyon and the valley of the Lillooet River , south of the Chilcotin Plateau and north of the Lillooet Ranges .

" The Bridge River " can mean the Bridge River Country as opposed to the Bridge River itself , and is considered to be part of the Lillooet Country , but has a distinct history and identity within the larger region .

As Lillooet is sometimes considered to be the southwest limit of the Cariboo , some efforts were made to refer to the Bridge River as the " West Cariboo " but this never caught on .

Though essentially consisting of the basin of the Bridge River and its tributaries , the Bridge River Country includes the communities of D'Arcy , McGillivray Falls , Seton Portage and Shalalth , which lie in the valley of Seton and Anderson Lakes and the Gates River just to the south , are also considered to be part of the Bridge River Country , and also simultaneously of the Lillooet Country .

After the 1930s the term " Bridge River - Lillooet " came into currency as a result of the chosen masthead of the fledgling Bridge River - Lillooet News , which served the town and environs of Lillooet as well as the mining towns of the upper Bridge River .


Joseph Matthäus Aigner

Joseph Matthäus Aigner ( 18 January 1818 , Vienna19 February 1886 , Vienna ) was an Austrian portrait painter , who studied under Friedrich von Amerling and Carl Rahl .

He painted portraits of Franz Joseph I of Austria and his wife Elizabeth , Franz Grillparzer , Friedrich Halm , Nikolaus Lenau , and Maximilian I of Mexico .

In 1847 he married actress Fanny Matras ( 1828 – 1878 ) .

As commander of the Academic Legion during the 1848 revolutions in Vienna , Aigner was court - martialed for high treason and condemned to death .

However , Alfred I , Prince of Windisch - Grätz pardoned him .

According to Ripley 's Believe It or Not ! , a Capuchin monk , whose name Aigner never knew , saved his life three times , when he attempted to hang himself at ages 18 and 22 and when he was sentenced to death .

Aigner successfully committed suicide with a pistol in Vienna in 1886 , and the same monk presided over his funeral .


Ahmed Djoghlaf

Ahmed Djoghlaf ( born 25 November 1953 in Algiers ) , was the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity under the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) until 2012 .

As Executive Secretary of the Convention , he had a key role in the field of sustainable development and protection of global biodiversity .

He was formerly the Assistant Executive Director of UNEP and Director of the Division of the Global Environment Facility Coordination .

He studied at , among others , the Nancy - Université , France ( PhD in political sciences ) , St. John 's University , New York ( Master of Arts , Government and Politics ) , Université Lille Nord de France ( Master of Political Sciences and Information Sciences ) and the University of Algiers ( Law degree ) .

He is a Councillor of the World Future Council .


Darksiders

Darksiders is a hack and slash action - adventure video game developed by Vigil Games and published by THQ .

The game takes its inspiration from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse , with the player taking the role of the horseman War .

The game was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on January 5 , 2010 in North America , January 7 in Australia , January 8 in Europe , and March 18 in Japan .

The Microsoft Windows version was released in North America and Australia on September 23 , and in Europe on September 24 .

A parallel sequel , Darksiders II , was released on August 14 , 2012 .

A remastered version of the game titled Darksiders : Warmastered Edition was released on November 22 , 2016 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and on November 29 , 2016 for Microsoft Windows .

A Wii U version was released on May 23 , 2017 .


Upper Galilee

The Upper Galilee ( , HaGalil Ha'Elyon ; , Al Jaleel Al A'alaa ) is a geographical - political term in use since the end of the Second Temple period , originally referring to a mountainous area straddling present - day northern Israel and southern Lebanon , its boundaries being the Litani River in the north , the Mediterranean Sea in the west , the Lower Galilee in the south , from which it is separated by the Beit HaKerem Valley , and the upper Jordan River and the Hula Valley in the east .

According to 1st - century historian , Josephus , the bounds of Upper Galilee stretched from Bersabe in the Beit HaKerem Valley to Baca ( Peki'in ) in the north .

The said region contains approximately 180 square miles .

In present - day Israeli terminology , the toponym is mainly used in reference to the northern part of the Galilee situated under Israeli sovereignty , i.e.

without the part of Southern Lebanon up to the Litani River , while also excluding the corresponding stretches of the Coastal Plain to the west and Jordan Rift Valley to the east , which are considered separate geographical entities .


General People's Committee

The General People 's Committee ( , al - lajna ash - sha'biyya al-'āmma ) , often abbreviated as the GPCO , was the executive branch of government during the era of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya .

It served as the intermediary between the masses and government leadership and was composed of a general secretary and twenty secretaries of some 600 local " basic popular congresses " ( BPC ) , GPCO members were elected by the country 's parliament , the General People 's Congress , and had no fixed terms .

It was the rough equivalent of the cabinet in many republics , constitutional democracies , and constitutional monarchies , as well as the Executive Board of the rival National Transitional Council , which ultimately replaced the jamahiriya as Libya 's dominant force as a result of the Libyan Civil War .

The GPCO was scattered by the fall of Tripoli in August , with some of its members fleeing into exile , some becoming prisoners of war , and some remaining in Libya .


Because You Left

" Because You Left " is the television season premiere of the American Broadcasting Company 's fifth season of the serial drama television series Lost .

The episode is the 87th episode of the show overall , and was written by executive producers / show runners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse and directed by co - executive producer Stephen Williams .

It first aired on January 21 , 2009 , on ABC in the United States and was simulcast on A in Canada .

It aired immediately after a clip - show that recaps the first four seasons and aired back - to - back with the next episode , " The Lie " .

In 2007 , Jack Shephard and Benjamin Linus start their quest to reunite the " Oceanic 6 " .

Hugo " Hurley " Reyes and Sayid Jarrah are ambushed at their safehouse .

Sun - Hwa Kwon is confronted by Charles Widmore .

Kate Austen and Aaron Littleton flee from their home after being ordered to submit a maternity test .

At the island , James " Sawyer " Ford , Daniel Faraday , Juliet Burke , Charlotte Lewis , Miles Straume , John Locke , and the other survivors of Oceanic 815 left on the island erratically travel through time upon the island 's move .

" Because You Left " averaged 11.347 million viewers in the United States , and received good reviews , praising the writing and the unraveling of new elements .


Stahlmusik

Stahlmusik is the debut album of the German Industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten .

One of the earliest and rarest Neubauten albums , Stahlmusik was recorded live - to - tape in a pillar of the Stadtautobahn Bridge in West Berlin on June 1 , 1980 , and was released on cassette in October via Blixa Bargeld 's " Eisengrau " shop , where the earliest incarnations of the band would often rehearse .

Musically , the sound of the album is more conventional than the band 's next album , Kollaps , mainly because of percussionist N.U.

Unruh had not yet abandoned his drum - kit for the miscellaneous scrap metal of later releases ; The songs are more akin to the material on the double 7 " Schwarz , released prior to Kollaps but nearly a year after Stahlmusik , in particular , the EP 's title track .

A version of " Für den Untergang " from these sessions appeared as " Stahlversion " on the B - side of the Für den Untergang 7 " , and was later reissued on Strategies Against Architecture 80 - 83 .


The Saint in Europe

The Saint in Europe is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris , first published in 1953 by The Crime Club in the United States and in 1954 by Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom .

This was the 29th book to feature the adventures of Simon Templar , alias " The Saint " , and it also marked a resumption of the book series after a five - year hiatus .

The publication of this book also marked the 25th anniversary of the character .

The Saint in Europe marked the beginning of the " travelogue " era for The Saint .

Continuing with the theme started by The Saint in New York , The Saint in Miami , and The Saint Goes West , the stories in this and the following two volumes take place in different exotic locales around the world .

As such , it is the first Saint book since the 1938 short story collection The Happy Highwayman to not be primarily set in the United States .

By this time , however , Templar 's British origins have been obscured and he is referred to as an American at least once .


Helsinki County Prison

The Helsinki County Prison ( " Helsingin lääninvankila " in Finnish ) in the Helsinki city quarters of Katajanokka functioned as a prison from 1837 to 2002 .

It was established in 1837 by Tsar Nikolai I by the side of the Helsinki Crown Prison , which had operated from 1749 .

When completed , the prison had 12 cells , two rooms for guards and a worship room which still exists , is protected and has been used for church weddings .

The prison area was surrounded by a high red brick wall .

The prison was extended in 1888 by a cell block in the form of a cross , in the classical Philadelphia model ; the old part of the prison was converted to an administrative building .

The prison continued functioning after Finnish independence .

During the Second World War , the prison was directly hit by .

One guard was killed , a fire started and five prisoners used the opportunity to escape .

At the end of the war , some well known convicts from the War - responsibility trials in Finland were kept here , including President Risto Ryti , Prime Minister Väinö Tanner .

The Estonian - born writer Hella Wuolijoki .

was there for high treason during World War II .

Another inmate of note was Martta Koskinen , a seamstress and communist spy convicted of high treason , and executed by a firing squad on September 29 , 1943 .

She was the last woman executed in Finland .

During its last years , Helsinki County Prison functioned as a remand prison , i.e. , arrested suspects were kept there awaiting trial .

To reflect this , in 2001 the prison was renamed Helsinki Remand Prison .

Also prisoners were kept that had failed to pay fines to which they had been sentenced .

In 2002 , prison operations ceased completely with the completion of the new .

The building was renovated within the constraints of being a protected landmark and was re - opened in 2007 as a hotel .


Historical and Literary Society

The Historical and Literary Society , ( Polish : Towarzystwo Historyczno - literackie , French : Société historique et littéraire polonaise – SHLP ) a successor organisation to the Literary Society , was founded in Paris in 1832 as a Polish political and cultural association by a group that included Alexandre Walewski , Napoleon 's natural son and future minister of foreign affairs of Napoleon III .

Its founding chairman was Adam Jerzy Czartoryski and from 1861 , his son , Wladyslaw Czartoryski .

The society 's original aim was " to collect and publicise materials relating to the former Kingdom of Poland , its current circumstances and future prospects , in the context of maintaining and encouraging in the opinion of nations the sympathy they have directed towards Poland .

It found not only sympathy but support and practical assistance in the higher échelons of French society .

It is co - owner of the Polish Library in Paris


Russell Boyd

Russell Boyd ACS ASC ( born 21 April 1944 ) is an Australian cinematographer .

He rose to prominence with his highly praised work on Picnic at Hanging Rock ( 1975 ) , the first of several collaborations with director Peter Weir .

He is also a member of the Australian Cinematographers Society ( ACS ) and the American Society of Cinematographers ( ASC ) .

Boyd served as cinematographer for Tender Mercies , a 1983 film about an alcoholic country singer played by Robert Duvall .

Boyd largely utilized available light to give the film a natural feeling which director Bruce Beresford said was crucial to the movie .

Actress Tess Harper said Boyd was so quiet during filming that he mostly used only three words : " Yeah , right and sure . "


Simone Martini

Simone Martini ( – 1344 ) was an Italian painter born in Siena .

He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style .

It is thought that Martini was a pupil of Duccio di Buoninsegna , the leading Sienese painter of his time .

According to late Renaissance art biographer Giorgio Vasari , Simone was instead a pupil of Giotto di Bondone , with whom he went to Rome to paint at the Old St. Peter 's Basilica , Giotto also executing a mosaic there .

Martini 's brother - in - law was the artist Lippo Memmi .

Very little documentation of Simone 's life survives , and many attributions are debated by art historians .


Deathbird Stories

Deathbird Stories : A Pantheon of Modern Gods is a 1975 collection of short stories by American author Harlan Ellison , written over a period of ten years ; the stories address the theme of modern - day " deities " that have replaced the older , more traditional ones .

The collection , with its satirical , skeptical tone , is widely considered one of Ellison 's best .

The book includes a 1973 introduction and a stern caveat lector page advising the reader against enjoying the volume in one sitting .

The title of the book comes from " The Deathbird " , the nineteenth and last story in the collection .

The collection includes three major award - winners , including " The Whimper of Whipped Dogs " , which won the Edgar Award ; " " , which won the Hugo Award ; and " The Deathbird " , another Hugo Award winner .

Early editions have illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon .


Kelly Williams Brown

Kelly Williams Brown ( born August 6 , 1984 in Covington , Louisiana ) is a New York Times - bestselling American writer and author .

She is commonly credited with inventing the word " adulting " , which refers to the small actions that together comprise maturity .

She graduated from Loyola University New Orleans with a degree in print journalism , then worked as a features writer and columnist for the Hattiesburg American in Hattiesburg , Mississippi ; New Orleans CityBusiness and the Salem , Ore. Statesman Journal .

Her first book , " Adulting : How to Become A Grown - Up in 468 Easy(ish ) Steps " , published in 2013 by Grand Central Publishing , was a New York Times - bestseller and developed into a sitcom with JJ Abrams ' Bad Robot .

After the option was picked up by Pacific Standard , Reese Witherspoon included it in her book club .

Her second book , Gracious : A Practical Primer on the Art of Charm , Tact and Unsinkable Strength was published in 2017 by Rodale Books .


Viva Macau

Viva Macau Airlines was a Macanese long - haul , low - cost carrier based at Macau International Airport .

The airline operated flights to Australia and Asia .

In March 2010 , Viva Macau was forced to suspend operations after the Macau government suddenly ordered Air Macau to cancel its sub - concession agreement with Viva Macau , alleging that Viva Macau failed to adequately assist passengers affected by flight delays and cancellations .

The government then quickly revoked Viva Macau 's Air Operator 's Certificate saying that without a sub - concession , the airline was not compliant with the requirements for public air transport services .

The action is currently under appeal in the Macau courts and has raised questions for foreign investors regarding Macau 's regulatory environment .


Alex Shelley

Patrick Martin ( born May 23 , 1983 ) , is an American retired professional wrestler , better known by the ring name Alex Shelley .

He is best known for working for Impact Wrestling as one half of The Motor City Machine Guns with Chris Sabin .

He first gained fame on the independent circuit working for Ring of Honor ( ROH ) , as well as in Japan , for Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max .

He has also worked for New Japan Pro - Wrestling , where he is a former three - time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion .

Aside from wrestling , he is the lead singer of a rock band called The High Crusade , which includes his friends and fellow wrestlers Chris Sabin and Petey Williams .


Myki

myki ( ) is a reloadable contactless smartcard ticketing system used on public transport in Victoria , Australia .

The system is promoted by Public Transport Victoria and is valid on most public transport services in Melbourne and regional Victoria .

The system was developed by Kamco ( Keane Australia Micropayment Consortium ) .

The initial 10-year contract was worth approximately A$ 1.5 billion , described by The Age as " the [ world 's ] biggest for a smartcard ticketing system " .

The myki card is a re - usable , credit card - sized , contactless smartcard that stores value which can be used as payment for public transport fares .

Ticketing requirements for trains , trams and buses in Melbourne are mainly contained in the Transport ( Ticketing ) Regulations 2006 and the Victorian Fares and Ticketing Manual .


Sakanaction

, stylised as sakanaction , are a Japanese rock band from Sapporo , Hokkaido , Japan .

Their music is a fusion of alternative rock , electronic , pop , and new wave styles , and is thus difficult to classify under one category .

The band consists of five members : Ichiro Yamaguchi , Motoharu Iwadera , Ami Kusakari , Emi Okazaki , and Keiichi Ejima .

The name Sakanaction is a portmanteau of " sakana " ( " fish " ) and " action " .

In the band 's own words , their name reflects a wish to act quickly and lightly , like fish in the water , without fearing changes in the music scene .

They are enjoying increasing popularity , having hit mainstream success with their records consistently achieving positions within the Top 10 on Japan 's Oricon charts .


Alfred Todd (politician)

Alfred John Kennett Todd ( 13 April 1890 – 27 August 1970 ) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom .

He was elected at the 1929 general election as Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Berwick - upon - Tweed .

In May 1935 , Todd resigned the whip of the National Government , along with Frederick Wolfe Astbury , Joseph Nall , Linton Thorp and Katharine Stewart - Murray , Duchess of Atholl , as they claimed that some aspects of government policy were too close to socialism , and were unhappy with government policy on India .

However , Todd continued to identify with the Conservative Party , and took the whip again in September , to show support for the Government during the Abyssinia Crisis .

Todd lost his seat in a narrow defeat at the 1935 general election by the Liberal candidate Sir Hugh Seely .

His grandson Mark Todd is a Labour Party politician , elected in 1997 as MP for South Derbyshire .


Stephen Mather Wilderness

The Stephen Mather Wilderness is a wilderness area honoring Stephen Mather , the first director of the National Park Service .

It is located within North Cascades National Park , Lake Chelan National Recreation Area , and Ross Lake National Recreation Area in the North Cascade Range of Washington , United States .

It is bordered by the Pasayten Wilderness to the northeast , the Mount Baker Wilderness to the northwest , the Noisy - Diobsud Wilderness to the west , the Glacier Peak Wilderness to the southwest , and the Lake Chelan - Sawtooth Wilderness to the southeast .

The North Cascades National Park Complex consists of three units which make up Stephan Mather Wilderness : North Cascades National Park , which boasts acres of designated wilderness ; Ross Lake National Recreation Area , a slim piece of land just east of the park that has acres of designated wilderness ; and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area , at the southeast corner of the park , with of designated wilderness .


Oruanui eruption

The Oruanui eruption of New Zealand 's Taupo Volcano , the world 's most recent supereruption , had a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 8 .

It is one of the largest eruptions in the history of New Zealand .

It occurred about 26,500 years ago in the Late Pleistocene and generated approximately of pyroclastic fall deposits , of pyroclastic density current ( PDC ) deposits ( mostly ignimbrite ) and of primary intracaldera material , equivalent to of magma , totaling of total deposits .

The eruption is divided into 10 different phases on the basis of nine mappable fall units and a tenth , poorly preserved but volumetrically dominant fall unit .

Modern - day Lake Taupo ( and 186 m deep ) partly fills the caldera generated during this eruption .

A structural collapse is concealed beneath Lake Taupo , while the lake outline at least partly reflects volcano - tectonic collapse .

Early eruption phases saw shifting vent positions ; development of the caldera to its maximum extent ( indicated by lithic lag breccias ) occurred during phase 10 .

The Oruanui eruption shows many unusual features : its episodic nature , wide range of depositional conditions in fall deposits of very wide dispersal , and complex interplay of falls and pyroclastic flows .

Tephra from the eruption covered much of the central North Island , with ignimbrite up to deep .

Ashfall affected most of New Zealand , with even an ash layer deposited on the Chatham Islands , away .

Later erosion and sedimentation had long - lasting effects on the landscape , and caused the Waikato River to shift from the Hauraki Plains to its current course through the Waikato to the Tasman Sea .