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41410431_0 | Leopard Riwal | Leopard Riwal is a Danish based team which acts as a development team for professional road racing cyclists. It was founded in 2012 and merged in 2023 with the Danish Riwal Cycling Team to form Leopard Riwal.
Team roster
As of 1 January 2023. Rider Date of birth Rider Date of birth
Tobias Hansen (DEN) 10 March 2002 Cedric Pries (LUX) 25 October 2000
Loïc Bettendorff (LUX) 28 April 2001 Robin Juel Skivild (DEN) 21 August 2001
Mathias Bregnhøj (DEN) 11 November 1995 Andreas Stokbro (DEN) 8 April 1997
Colin Heiderscheid (LUX) 28 January 1998 Kasper Viberg Søgaard (DEN) 12 September 2001
Oliver Knudsen (DEN) 8 January 1999 Tim Torn Teutenberg (GER) 19 June 2002
Mads Østergaard Kristensen (DEN) 26 January 1998 Nick van der Lijke (NED) 23 September 1991
Mil Morang (LUX) 15 September 2004 Emil Vinjebo (DEN) 24 March 1994
Tom Paquet (LUX) 28 June 2002 Mats Wenzel (LUX) 19 December 2002
Major wins
Sources: |
41410431_1 | Leopard Riwal | Major wins
Sources:
2012 Dorpenomloop Rucphen, Giorgio Brambilla Overall Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux, Bob Jungels GP Commune de Sanem, Joël Zangerlé Overall Flèche du Sud, Bob Jungels Stage 3, Julian Kern Stage 4, Bob Jungels Paris–Roubaix U23, Bob Jungels Luxembourg National Time Trial Championships, Bob Jungels Portugal National U23 Time Trial Championships, Fábio Silvestre Moldova National Road Race Championships, Alexandre Pliuschin Luxembourg National U23 Road Race Championships, Alex Kirsch Stage 4 Giro della Valle d'Aosta, Bob Jungels 2013 Stage 1 Tour de Normandie, Fábio Silvestre Overall Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux, Fábio Silvestre Stage 4 Circuit des Ardennes, Fábio Silvestre GP Marc Angel, Pit Schlechter U23 Provincial Road Championship Flemish Brabant, Sean De Bie Stage 4 Tour de Azerbaijan, Jan Hirt Stage 1 Flèche du Sud, Kristian Haugaard Jensen Omloop der Kempen, Eugenio Alafaci Games of the Small States of Europe Road Race, Joël Zangerlé Festival Cycliste Schifflange, Tom Thill Stage 4 Ronde de l'Oise, Fábio Silvestre Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour European Championship U23 Road Race, Sean De Bie Team Designa Køkken Criterium, Kristian Haugaard Jensen TT Preizendaul, Pit Schlechter Stages 1 & 5 Tour of China, Daniel Klemme 2014 Ronde van Overijssel, Dennis Coenen 2017 Luxembourg National U23 Time Trial Championships, Tom Wirtgen Stage 2 International Tour of Rhodes, Szymon Rekita Stage 3b Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux, Aksel Nōmmela 2018 Stage 1 Tour du Jura Cycliste, Szymon Rekita Overall Carpathian Couriers Race, Filip Maciejuk Luxembourg National U23 Time Trial Championships, Pit Leyder 2019 Stage 3 Tour of Antalya, Szymon Rekita
* Official website [Edit this at Wikidata] |
35937262_0 | Pole Cat Crossing, Wisconsin | Pole Cat Crossing is an unincorporated community in the town of Trade Lake in Burnett County and the towns of Laketown, Luck, and West Sweden in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. |
69539746_0 | Li Yifan (basketball) | Li Yifan (born 26 December 1998) is a Chinese professional basketball player for Beijing Great Wall and the Chinese national team.
She represented China at the 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, where the team won the silver medal. |
1749228_0 | Polish mark | A rare example of a Mp 1 note printed in 1919, when the name and structure of the new Polish state was still not certain and was thus used the neutral phrase Polish state
20 fenigów coin
Mp 10 and Mp 20 from 1919
Obverse
Reverse
Mp 100 note (1919)
The mark (Polish: marka polska, abbreviated Mp, Polish-language plural declensions: marki, marek) was the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924. It was subdivided into 100 Fenigów (phonetic Polish spelling of German "Pfennig"), like its German original after which it was modelled.
History
During the World War I, in 1915, after defeating the Russians, the Central Powers occupied the whole territory of the former Congress Poland and appointed two Governors General: a German (Hans Hartwig von Beseler) in Warsaw and an Austro-Hungarian (Karl KukLublin. The civil administration of the country was laid into the hands of imported German (mostly Prussian) and Austrian (mostly Polish) officials. Four currencies circulated: the Russian ruble, the papiermark, the ostrubel and the Austro-Hungarian krone. On December 9 the following year, after consultations with the Austrians, the chief of the German Administration, Wolfgang von KriesPolish Loan Bank (Polska Krajowa Kasa Pożyczkowa) and the creation of a new currency unit, the Polish mark, equivalent to the German mark. The stability of the new currency was guaranteed by the German Reichsbank up to the amount of 1 billion marks. |
1749228_1 | Polish mark | In 1917 new coins (1f, 5f, 10f and 20f) and banknotes (Mp 1⁄2, Mp 1, Mp 2, Mp 5, Mp 10, Mp 20, Mp 50, Mp 100, Mp 500 and Mp 1,000) were introduced and started to replace all the previously used currencies. All the banknotes were white with the White Eagle of Poland on a red field. At the time of the Armistice of November 11, 1918, 880 million marks were already in circulation. The new Polish government decided to retain the mark as the national currency and to allow the Loan Bank to continue operating. The following year the German-made banknotes were replaced in circulation with new locally printed ones. These featured Polish historical motifs. The notes of Mp 1, Mp 10 and Mp 500 depicted Queen Jadwiga, the notes of Mp 5, Mp 10, Mp 100 and Mp 1,000 depicted Tadeusz Kościuszko. A silver coin of Mp 50 was planned but never issued due to the galloping inflation.
Poland, already devastated after 123 years of partitions, and by 5 years of war, now entered a series of armed struggles, which crippled the economy even more. In 1920, during the Polish-Bolshevik War, new banknotes of Mp 1⁄2 with Kosciuszko and Mp 5,000 with both the Queen and Kosciuszko came into use. There were now 5 billion marks in circulation. However, the following years the crisis deepened and by 1922 a period of truly ruinous inflation began. By then there were 207 billion marks in circulation. It was necessary to print notes of Mp 10,000 and Mp 50,000. At the beginning of the following year the inflation gained even more momentum and speed, and notes of Mp 100,000, Mp 250,000, Mp 500,000 and Mp 1,000,000 were introduced, only to be followed by notes of Mp 5,000,000 and Mp 10,000,000 later that year.
Early in 1924, financial reforms devised by politician and economist Władysław Grabski were instituted. The Bank Polski was proclaimed as the new central bank of Poland. The mark was exchanged for a new, gold-based currency, the złoty, at the rate of Mp 1,800,000 to 1 zł. One US dollar was then worth 5.18 zł—or Mp 9,324,000. |
1749228_2 | Polish mark | Exchange rates
Exchange rate of 1 US dollar to the Polish mark:
* 1919 - Mp 90
* 1921 - Mp 6,000
* May 1923 - Mp 52,000
* July 1923 - Mp 140,000
* Beginning of November 1923 - Mp 2,000,000
* End of November 1923 - Mp 5,000,000
* January 1924 - Mp 9,300,000
* Tadeusz Kałkowski, Tysiąc lat monety polskiej, Cracow 1981
* Paweł Zaremba, Historia dwudziestolecia 1918-1939 (1 - 2), Paris 1981 |
70548964_0 | List of Lightning (dinghy) championships | Main article: Lightning (dinghy)
This is a list of Lightning sailboat championships.
Open World Championships
Games Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
United States United States Chile
2009 Matt Fisher David Stark Tito González
Lake Champlain (Colchester, VT) Dan Moriarty Jody Stark Diego González
Tobi Moriarty Ian Jones Cristian Hermann
2013 USA 15470 USA 14036 USA 15507
Castiglione del Lago David Stark Justin Coplan Ched Proctor
Italy Jody Stark Danielle Prior Jamie Ewing
46 Boats Ian Jones Micheal Carney Meredith Killion
2015 USA 15296 USA 15499 USA 15385
Crystal Beach, Ontario Geoff Becker Jody Starck Billy Martin
Canada Jimmy Barnash Ian Jones Janel Zarkowsky
67 Boats Laura Beigel Skip Dieball Chappy Hopkins
2017 ARG 15597 USA 14298 PUR 14677
Salinas Javier Conte (ARG) Nick Sertl (USA) Raul Rios
Ecador Ignacio Giammona (ARG) Dylan Farrell (USA) Sebastian Higuera
Paul Salerno (ARG) John Mastrandrea (USA) Nicolas Deeb
2019 ARG 15597 CHI 14794 USA 15611
Expoo Javier Conte (ARG) Felipe Robles (CHI) David Stark (USA)
Finland Julio Alsogaray (ARG) Andres Guevara (CHI) Tom Stark (USA)
49 Boats Paula Salerno (ARG) Paula Herman (CHI) Jenna Probst (USA)
2022 USA 15611 - "Team PatStrong" CHI 11011 - "Ojo de Lince" ARG 15597 - "Argentina"
Wrightsville Beach David Stark (USA) Tito Gonzalez (CHI) Javier Conte
USA Tom Stark (USA) Alberto Gonzalez Jnr. (CHI) Martina Silva
50 Boats Jenna Probst (USA) Zeke Horowitz (USA) Trinidad Silva
Masters World Championships |
70548964_1 | List of Lightning (dinghy) championships | Masters World Championships
Games Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2017 Salinas USA 15507 BRA 14893 USA 15590
Ecuador Ched Proctor (USA) Claudio Biekarck (BRA) Jeff Linton (USA)
23 Boats Meredith Killion Gunnar Ficker Amy Smith Linton
Todd Wake Marcelo Silva Steve Davis
2019 Expoo USA 15507 USA 9 CAN 15499
Finland Ched Proctor (USA) Tom Allen (USA) Larry MacDonald (CAN)
27 Boats Bill Faude (USA) Jane Allen (USA) Jody Starck (CAN)
Meredith Killion (USA) Shelby Allen (USA) Ian Jones (CAN)
2022 USA 15499 USA 15496 15507
Wrightsville Beach Jody Starck Marvin Beckmann Ched Proctor
USA William Faude Jimmy Barnash Meredith Killion
42 Boats Randy Borges Andrew Brennan Sam Blouin
Tom Starck
Youth World Championships |
70548964_2 | List of Lightning (dinghy) championships | Youth World Championships
Games Gold Silver Bronze} Ref.
1996 Brick, NJ 14780 14397 14597
USA Miguel Plaza, Jr (ECU) Chad ATKINS (USA) Gabe CROWDER (CAN)
19 Boats Carlos PLAZA Adam BURNS Adam DUNN
Francis PLAZA Cap PIN John VICKERS
GRE 14687 GRE 14197 ARG 11649
2000 Athens Dionisis Dimou (GRE) Sotiris Dimopoulos (GRE) Jose Maria Bettini
Greece Michalis Pateniotis (GRE) Vagelis Kafetzidakis (GRE) Cofone Juan
18 Boats Thanassis SiouziosAntonis Pateniotis (GRE) Charis Finos (GRE) Valette Franco
George Finos (GRE)
15152 14056 15103
2002 Rockester Thomas Sumner Erik Johnson Travis Maier
13 Boats Pedro Soares Karl Johnson Meredith PELTON
Mark Pineda Kate Brush Robert RAMIREZ
2006 Jyväskylä BRA 14894 GRE 15077 USA 14146
Finland Thomas Sumner Panagiotis VERGINADIS Nicholas Aswad
10 Boats Felipe Brito Timos VLACHOS Connor Aswad
Felipe Brito Theodoros POULAKOS Peter Hazelett
2008 Quebec 15298 14901 15166
Canada Taylor Lutz Ian Schillebeeckx (BEL) Matthew Schon
11 Boats Luke Vreeland Connor Aswad (USA) Timmy Crann
Bernie Roesler Will Schwarz (USA) Jason Lutz
2010 Salinas ECU 14379 ARG 1 BRA 15333
Ecador Jonathan Martinetti Tomas DIETRICH Rafael Krausz
16 Boats Pedro Velez Tomas Pellejero Otavio Birman
Eduardo Viteri Gaston Bisto Nicolas Brancher
2012 Järvenpää CAN 14895 USA 15122 USA 15202(3)
Finland Adam MacDonald Timmy Crann Mike Gemperline
16 Boats Abby Bennett Lauren Jones Scott Vining
Sam Jones Alica Blumenthal Stuart Wallace
2016 Salinas BRA 15333 ARG 13360 ECU 14675
Ecuador Felipe Rondina Martin Cloos Matias Dyck
20 Boats Thomas Petrie Sylvestre Bautista Menendez John Birkett
Christian Lacerda Shaw Lucas Elias Jose Andres Lecaro
2018 Voula USA 14748 GRE 15144 BRA 15333
Greece Jeffrey Hayden V Gourgiotis J Hackerott
16 Boats Brian Hayes Jr. G Tsoulfas E Van Deursen
Meredith Ryan M Kypraios M Peek |
52190997_0 | Public Law 114-214 | Public Law 114-216 is a federal law of the United States that regulates GMO food labeling. It was enacted on July 29, 2016 when President Obama signed then Senate Bill 764 (S.764). While the law is officially termed A bill to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes, it evolved over time into "the legislative vehicle for a measure concerning bioengineered food disclosure",
Legislative history
The bill was crafted by Sensator Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).Roger F. Wicker (R-MS),Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and passed Senate and House in June 2016. The law overturned relevant state laws such as Vermont's GMO labeling law that had called for strict and transparent GMO food labeling in Vermont after July 1, 2016.
Labeling of GMO food is mandated in at least 64 countries, including most European countries, China, Russia, Japan, Brazil, South Africa, and Australia.
Contents
See also: Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015
Senate resolution S.744 as originally introduced on 17 March 2015 contained no language to regulate bioengineered foods.Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015" was received in the Senate on 24 July 2015 and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (ANF), which resulted in the amendments to Public Law 114-214 seen now; this was done on 7 July 2016
Mitch McConnell introduced on 29 June 2016 the "Roberts GMO bill" named after Pat Roberts who was then Chair of the Committee on ANF,
Public Law 114-214 charges the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a national mandatory bioengineered food disclosure standard within two years with certain provisions: |
52190997_1 | Public Law 114-214 | * Food from an animal cannot be declared bioengineered on the basis that animal has been fed bioengineered food.
* The minimum amount of bioengineered food present in food needs to be defined by the USDA to carry the bioengineered label.
* The disclosure of bioengineered food can be a text, a symbol, or a digital or electronic link according to the discretion of the food manufacturer.
* USDA is asked to conduct a study to see whether challenges exist in regard to access to electronic information.
* In certain cases a telephone number or internet site are allowed as a means of disclosure.
* Restaurant food and "very small" food manufacturers are excluded from disclosure requirements.
* States (and its subunits) are prohibited from establishing or continuing to require other GMO labeling practices.
* Food cannot be claimed to have no bioengineered food when there is no disclosure label.
* Certification by USDA's National Organic Program "is sufficient" for a claim that bioengineered food is absent.
The law indicates that a QR code could suffice as a GMO label
USDA responsible for GMO labeling
While the FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, the agency holds the position that "the use of genetic engineering in the production of food does not present any safety concerns for such foods as a class", and , as there is "an absence of reliable data indicating safety concerns" with GMO foods as a class, voiced no opposition for USDA having the responsibility of regulating GMO food labeling.
As the details of the law need to be worked out, USDA established a working group by September 2016 "to develop a timeline for rulemaking and to ensure an open and transparent process for effectively establishing this new program, which will increase consumer confidence and understanding of the foods they buy, and avoid uncertainty for food companies and farmers".
History
Public Law 114-216 was passed after previous attempts to introduce a national GMO labeling bill had failed. It was fast-tracked without debate or committee review.Planned Parenthood. |
52190997_2 | Public Law 114-214 | Previous attempts to enact a national GMO labeling law included H. R. 1599 in 2017 – the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2017. It was a proposed legislative amendment to the United States Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.GMO food in the United States.
Proponents' view
Katie Hill, White House spokesperson, lauded the bill, "(t)his measure will provide new opportunities for consumers to have access to information about their food".
Proponents argue that approved GMO food has undergone extensive testing, is "safe" and that basically labeling is unnecessary. Labeling may discourage consumers to use GMO products when such a choice may be irrational. A lot of consumers express fears that have not been substantiated by science.
The bill is backed by Grocery Manufacturers Association, Monsanto, and other large food and beverage corporations.
Opponents' view
While GMOs are present in 75-80% of food Americans consume and have been termed "substantially equivalent" to the corresponding non-GMO foods by the FDA, consumers believe that they have a right to know what is in their food.New York Times indicated that ninety-three percent of American consumers would like to know if their food has been genetically modified.
The primary objection to the bill is that manufacturers have the option to use electronic codes in lieu of clear readable labels placed directly on the food package, which they argue hides the information.QR code as a form of labeling, and opponents see this as impractical as well as discriminatory. They argue that, for instance, low-income families may not be able to access the information.high-fructose corn syrup, and some refined starches and sweeteners), because such foods are often sufficiently refined that no genetic material remains in them.
Because clear and accessible labeling is not mandated, some opponents have called this bill and its predecessors the "DARK act" as in "Deny Americans the Right to Know" or "Keep Americans in the DARK".
* Public Law 114-216 |
71154485_0 | List of journalists killed during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict | [List of journalists killed during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is located in Israel]
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Gaza City
[Jenin]
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Important cities in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict where journalists have been killed.
During the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, foreign war correspondents, professional journalists, and citizen journalists have been killed since the beginning of the conflict in 1948 or have died as a result of their reporting. Also included in a separate form are those journalists whose whereabouts are unknown or whose disappearance is a result of their reporting and the period of their disappearance, including those cases where it is unknown as to whether or not they are casualties.
UNESCO has documented 21 professional or citizen journalists who have died in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 2002.Committee to Protect Journalists has documented 25 journalists killed in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 1992.United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates 6,036 Palestinian fatalities and 272 Israeli fatalities as a result of the conflict since 2008.
Professional or citizen journalists/media activists killed in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory |
71154485_1 | List of journalists killed during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict | Date Name Location Notes Refs
1 June 2022 Ghufran Harun Warasneh [State of Palestine] al-Arroub refugee camp, West Bank Dream Radio journalist shot in the chest by IDF en route to job in Hebron
11 May 2022 Shireen Abu Akleh [State of Palestine] Jenin, West Bank Al Jazeera journalist shot in the head by Israeli forces
19 May 2021 Yusef Abu Hussein [State of Palestine] Sheikh Radwan, Gaza Strip Radio broadcaster killed in his house by Israeli missile strikes
13 April 2018 Ahmad Abu Hussein [State of Palestine] Jabalia, Gaza Strip Photographer shot in the abdomen by IDF
6 April 2018 Yaser Murtaja [State of Palestine] Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip Video journalist shot in the abdomen by IDF sniper
13 August 2014 Simone Camilli [Italy] Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip Associated Press journalists killed by live bomb dropped by IDF on soccer field in the Gaza Strip
Ali Shehda Abu Afash [State of Palestine]
31 July 2014 Mohammed Daher [State of Palestine] Shuja'iyya, Gaza City, Gaza Strip Al-Resalah newspaper editor who was critically injured by an Israeli strike on his house on July 20 (during the Battle of Shuja'iyya) and died 11 days later
30 July 2014 Mohammed Nour al-Din al-Deiri [State of Palestine] Shuja'iyya, Gaza City, Gaza Strip Palestine Network for Press and Media cameramen killed in Israeli bombing of a market in Gaza
Rami Rayan [State of Palestine]
Sameh al-Aryan [State of Palestine] Al-Aqsa TV cameraman killed in Israeli bombing of a market in Gaza
Ahed Zaqout [State of Palestine] Gaza City, Gaza Strip Former Palestine national football team player and sports television presenter killed in Israeli bombing of his building as he slept
20 July 2014 Khaled Hamad [State of Palestine] Shuja'iyya, Gaza City, Gaza Strip Continue TV cameraman killed by Israeli shelling
9 July 2014 Hamid Shibab [State of Palestine] Gaza Strip Driver for Media 24 new killed in his car by Israeli airstrike |
71154485_2 | List of journalists killed during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict | 20 November 2012 Mahmoud al-Kumi [State of Palestine] Gaza City, Gaza Strip Al-Aqsa TV cameramen killed in car by Israeli missile strike
Hussam Salama [State of Palestine]
Mohammed Abu Eisha [State of Palestine] Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip Al Quds Educational Radio employee killed in car by Israeli missile strike
14 April 2011 Vittorio Arrigoni [Italy] Gaza City, Gaza Strip Italian activist, newspaper and radio journalist, and International Solidarity Movement member kidnapped and murdered by Gazan extremist group Tawhid al-Jihad
7 January 2009 Basil Ibrahim Faraj [State of Palestine] Gaza Strip Palestinian Media and Communication Company cameraman killed by Israeli airstrike
6 April 2008 Fadel Shana'a [State of Palestine] Bureij refugee camp, Gaza Strip Reuters cameraman killed by flechette shell during Al Bureij massacre
14 May 2007 Suleiman Abdul-Rahim al-Ashi [State of Palestine] Gaza City, Gaza Strip Editor and distributor of daily Palestine newspaper beaten and shot by gunmen in presidential guard uniforms, potentially Fatah
Mohammad Matar Abdo [State of Palestine]
22 March 2004 Mohamed Abu Halima [State of Palestine] Balata refugee camp, West Bank Radio correspondent and freelance photographer shot in the stomach by IDF
2 March 2004 Khalil al-Zaben [State of Palestine] Gaza City, Gaza Strip Magazine journalist and advisor to President Yasser Arafat shot outside his office by gunmen of unknown, but suspected Palestinian, origin
2 May 2003 James Miller [Wales] Rafah, Gaza Strip Documentary filmmaker shot in the neck by IDF
18 April 2003 Nazeh Darwazi [State of Palestine] Nablus, West Bank Freelance photographer shot in the head by IDF
22 September 2002 Issam Hamza Tillawi [State of Palestine] Ramallah, West Bank Voice of Palestine radio host shot in the head by IDF sniper during protest against the siege of the Palestinian National Authority headquarters
12 July 2002 Imad Abu Zahra [State of Palestine] Jenin, West Bank Freelance photographer shot in the leg by IDF |
71154485_3 | List of journalists killed during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict | 12 March 2002 Raffaele Ciriello [Italy] Ramallah, West Bank Freelance photographer shot six times in the chest by IDF
31 July 2001 Muhammad al-Bishawi [State of Palestine] Nablus, West Bank Najah Press Office and IslamOnline reporter killed in Israeli bombing of Palestinian Center for Studies and Media
Othman al-Qatanani [State of Palestine] Kuwait News Agency correspondent killed in Israeli bombing of Palestinian Center for Studies and Media
28 October 2000 Aziz Al-Tineh [State of Palestine] Bethlehem, West Bank Wafa reporter killed in explosion of unknown origin |
71154485_4 | List of journalists killed during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict | Professional or citizen journalists/media activists killed outside of Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Date Name Location Notes Refs
31 May 2010 Cevdet Kılıçlar [Turkey] Aboard the MV Mavi Marmara, International waters of the Mediterranean Sea Anadolu'da Vakit correspondent and webmaster of the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH) killed by the IDF while taking photos during the Gaza flotilla raid
8 July 1972 Ghassan Kanafani [State of Palestine] Beirut, Lebanon Author, activist, and journalist assassinated by Mossad in response to the Lod airport massacre
Professional or citizen journalists/media activists wounded non-fatally
Date Name Location Notes Refs
31 March 2002 Anthony Shadid [State of Palestine] Ramallah, West Bank Shot in the shoulder by an Israel sniper while reporting for the Boston Globe.
Professional journalists and citizen journalists/media activists who were missing and then freed
Date Name Location Notes Refs
12 March 2007 – 4 July 2007 Alan Johnston [United Kingdom] Gaza City, Gaza Strip BBC. Kidnapped by the Palestinian Army of Islam in Gaza City and held for 114 days. His capture led to protests across the Palestinian territories, United Kingdom, and worldwide. His eventual release was orchestrated by Hamas.
14 August 2006 – 27 August 2006 Olaf Wiig [New Zealand] and Steve Centanni [United States] Gaza City, Gaza Strip Fox News. Kidnapped by the Palestinian Holy Jihad Brigades in Gaza City and held for 13 days. The two were released after filming a video proclaiming their conversion to Islam, which they later claimed was coerced at gunpoint and was not real.
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* UNESCO Observatory of Killed Journalists: Palestine
* Committee to Protect Journalists: Journalists and Media Workers Killed in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory |
67267192_0 | List of tallest skyscrapers in Qatar | A list of the tallest skyscrapers in Qatar. Many of the structures listed are located in Doha.
This list contains completed and topped out skyscrapers located within Qatar that are over 100 m (328 ft) in height. The list is sorted by official height; where two or more structures share the same height, equal ranking is given and the structures are then listed in alphabetical order.
Tallest skyscrapers
Denotes skyscraper that is or was once the tallest in Qatar
Denotes skyscraper that is currently under construction
Height
Rank Name Image Location Floors Year Main Usage Side Usage Remarks Notes
m (ft) |
67267192_1 | List of tallest skyscrapers in Qatar | Megatall > 600 metres (2,000 ft)
Supertall 300 metres (980 ft) - 600 metres (2,000 ft)
1 Al Quds Endowment Tower Doha 495 metres (1,624 ft) 101 Residential, Commercial Office
2 Dubai Towers Doha Doha 437 metres (1,434 ft) 90 Residential, Commercial Office, Hotel Shopping Center, Parking
3 Aspire Tower Doha 300 metres (980 ft) 52 2007 Hotel, Office Restaurant, Fitness Center, Museum
Tall 100 metres (330 ft) - 300 metres (980 ft)
4 Al Fardan Residences Doha 253 metres (830 ft) 64 2009 Residential
5 Al Mana Tower Doha 247 metres (810 ft) 57 2020 Residential Commercial Office
6 Palm Tower 1 Doha 246 metres (807 ft) 57 2011 Office
Palm Tower 2
7 World Trade Center Doha Doha 241 metres (791 ft) 50 2013 Commercial Office Conferencing Space
8 Burj Qatar Doha 238 metres (781 ft) 46 2012 Commercial Office Residential, Parking
9 Sinyar Tower Doha 230 metres (750 ft) 52 2016 Serviced Apartments
10 Al Faisal Tower Doha 227 metres (745 ft) 53 2012 Commercial Office
Al Asmakh Tower 34 2017
11 Qatar Petrolium District Tower 7 Doha 223 metres (732 ft) 59 2016
12 InterContinental Doha The City Doha 220 metres (720 ft) 59 2012 Hotel, Serviced Apartments Mercantile, Parking
Al Darwish Tower 55 2020 Rental Apartments
13 JW Marriott Hotel Doha 216 metres (709 ft) 52 2020 Hotel
14 Al Bidda Tower Doha 215 metres (705 ft) 43 2009 Commercial Office
15 Katara Towers A Doha 211 metres (692 ft) 40 2020 Residential, Hotel Shop(s), Parking
Katara Towers B
16 Navigation Tower Doha 209 metres (686 ft) 50 2008 Office
17 Bridge Tower 1 Doha 208 metres (682 ft) 49 2019 Office
Bridge Tower 2 Hotel
18 Abraj Quartier Gateway Office Tower 1 Doha 201 metres (659 ft) 43 2016 Commercial Office
Abraj Quartier Gateway Office Tower 2
19 Al Baker Executive Towers 1 Doha 200 metres (660 ft) 53 2012 Commercial Office |
31523740_0 | Maisie Dobbs (novel) | Maisie Dobbs is a 2003 mystery novel by Jacqueline Winspear. Set in England between 1910 and 1929, it features the title character Maisie Dobbs, a private investigator building her business in the aftermath of the First World War. Generally well received by critics, mostly because of Maisie's quirky character, the novel was nominated for several awards and received the 2003 Agatha Award for Best First Novel. It is the first in the series of Maisie Dobbs novels.
Plot
Maisie becomes a maid at the Belgravia Mansion of Lady Rowan Compton in 1910 at thirteen years old, after her mother dies, and she must help her father make ends meet. Soon after getting caught in Lady Compton's library fulfilling her joy of reading and learning, Maisie is introduced to Maurice Blanche, close friend of the Comptons, and becomes his pupil. Blanche, a discreet investigator, teaches Maisie as much as he can about psychology, science, and anything else Maisie is willing to learn. When Maisie becomes old enough she attends Girton College at Cambridge University, but threats of war soon intervene. World War I intensifies, and the pressures of war can be felt in Maisie's England. Deciding that the war efforts are extremely important to her and her country, Maisie volunteers as a nurse at the front, where she meets a young man, with whom she falls in love. Part of the mystery surrounding Maisie is what happens to the young man.
After the war, Maisie apprentices with Blanche in his investigative work. In 1929, after Blanche has retired, Maisie opens her own investigation business. Her first seemingly open-and-shut case involves her in a mystery surrounding something known as The Retreat, a suspicious home for veterans of the war. Maisie must act fast when she learns that Lady Compton's own son has signed over his fortune to The Retreat and is about to take asylum there. With the help of Billy Beale, a caretaker at her office and veteran of the Great War himself, she is able to infiltrate The Retreat. As Maisie uncovers the mystery of The Retreat she is also confronted with her own ghosts from the war after ten years of holding the memories at bay.
Major themes
In an interview with Jacqueline Winspear, Andi Schechter of Library Journal points out that "World War I is a major theme" in the book. |
31523740_1 | Maisie Dobbs (novel) | Development history
Jacqueline Winspear became deeply interested in World War I and its after effects because of her grandfather, who was severely wounded and shell-shocked after the Battle of the Somme in 1916.agent and sold the book by the next spring.
Reception
Maisie Dobbs was mostly well received by critics. The title character was described as strange, clever, and resourceful by New York Times Book Review crime columnist Marilyn Stasio.School Library Journal Susan H. Woodcock characterized Maisie as a strong protagonist.Publishers Weekly and was called an inspired debut.Publishers Weekly.School Library Journal's best adult books for high school students in 2003.
Not everyone was impressed with Winspear's debut novel. Kirkus Reviews stated: "Winspear rarely attempts to elevate her prose past the common romance, and what might have been a journey through a strata of England between the wars is instead just simple, convenient and contrived."NPR book critic Maureen Corrigan noted that the coincidences in the plot are too "wopping", but commented that the secondary characters are "winning" and Maisie herself is what truly draws readers in as "part clairvoyant, part intellectual, and part new age therapist".
Awards and nominations
Award Year Result
Agatha Award, Best First Novel 2003 Winner
Alex Award 2004 Among 10 winners
Barry Award, Best First Mystery Novel 2004 Nominated
Dilys Award 2004 Nominated
Edgar Award 2004 Nominated
Macavity Awards, Best First Mystery Novel 2004 Winner
* Author's official website for the Maisie Dobbs Series |
10283846_0 | Ministry of Interior (Turkey) | The Ministry of InteriorMinistry of the InteriorInterior MinistryTurkish: İçişleri Bakanlığı lit. Ministry of Internal Affairs) is a government ministry of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for interior security affairs in Turkey.
The current Minister of the Interior is Süleyman Soylu,Efkan Ala in August 2016.
Functions
The ministry is responsible for disaster and emergency management, immigration,local government, gendarmerie and coast guard (in peacetime), and police. The ministry helps to combat human trafficking,bootleg alcohol.
Alleged interference in politics
Although forming a new political party is a constitutional right, the Interior Ministry allegedly blocked the Green Party from standing in the general election due by June 2023.
Ministers of the Internal Affairs
Main article: List of Ministers of the Interior of Turkey
* Ministry of the Interior (Ottoman Empire)
* Official website (in Turkish)
* https://twitter.com/TC_icisleri |
4350770_0 | Ministry of petroleum | A ministry of petroleum or ministry of oil is a kind of government ministry often found in countries that are producers and exporters of petroleum.
Examples include:
* Ministry of Oil, Kuwait
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45307696_0 | Ministry of women | A ministry of women or women's affairs exists in several countries under various names, often headed by a minister for women (or equivalent):
* Ministry of Women's Affairs (Afghanistan)
* Ministry of Women, Genders and Diversity (Argentina)
* Ministry of Women's Affairs (Cambodia)
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* Ministry of Women's Affairs (Sri Lanka)
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61205146_8 | 1924 Cicero, Illinois municipal elections | The 1924 Cicero, Illinois municipal elections were elections held in 1924 to select municipal officers in Cicero, Illinois. The elections were notable for the gang-related violence which took place.
Background
The 1924 Cicero municipal elections were of special interest to the Chicago Outfit, as they sought to protect their base of operations both from reformist politicians and from rival gangs.
Incumbent Republican mayor Joseph Z. Klenha and his administration were corrupt, and, before 1924, had run Cicero with little political opposition.Democratic Party decided it would mount a serious challenge to Klenha in Cicero and run its own slate of candidates.
In 1923 Chicago elected reformist William Emmett Dever as mayor.Johnny Torrio and Al Capone to move the Chicago Outfit's base outside of Chicago's city limits and into the suburban city of Cicero.political boss Eddie Vogel from power.
The Chicago Outfit controlled the rum-running operation supplying Cicero's saloons.monopoly, aligned themselves with the Democrats.
Violence and gang activity on the day of the primary
The Chicago Tribune declared that the elections were, "marked by shootings, stabbings, kidnappings, and other outlawry unsurpassed in any previous Cook County political contest."
The Chicago Outfit obliged to a request from Klenha for assistance in securing his reelection.
Al Capone brought in more than 200 men from his gang and its allies.Frank Capone and Ralph Capone, and his cousin Charles Fischetti.
On March 31, the eve of the election, the first person struck was Democratic nominee for town clerk William K. Pflaum, whose campaign offices were ransacked.
To protect the Chicago Outfit's political control of Cicero, the Chicago Outfit unleashed a wave of terror on Cicero on the day of the April 1 election. They sent South Side gang members to the polling booths with submachine guns and sawed-off shotguns to make sure that local residents "voted right". Uncooperative voters were assaulted and blocked from voting.
Frank Capone led an attack on an opponent's campaign headquarters, ransacking his office and assaulting several campaign workers.
An election official named Joseph Price was beaten, then held gagged and bound.
Rudolph Hurt, |
61205146_9 | 1924 Cicero, Illinois municipal elections | Rudolph Hurt,
The Democratic challenger for City Clerk was pistol-whipped in front of his wife, his children, and many supporters.
Cars filled with gunmen roamed the town's streets.
A Cicero police officer was disarmed and terribly battered.
Some voters were shot or cut to death.
Polling places were raided and ballots were forcibly ripped from the hands of voters by thugs.
Campaigners for both parties were beaten by roaming groups of "sluggers" in the streets.
By the afternoon, election officials had sent out requests for help bringing order to Cicero. A Cook County judge named Edmund K. Jarecki deputized seventy Chicago police officers, five squads from the detective's bureau, and nine squads of motorized police to bring order to Cicero.
At one point Frank Capone, Al Capone, Dave Hedlin, and Charles Fischetti were spotted by a squad car carrying uniformed police and detectives who leapt out of their car with their firearms drawn.
Mayoral election
Incumbent mayor Klenha was the Chicago Outfit's favored candidate.
Aftermath
The Chicago Outfit succeeded in securing a favorable result in the municipal elections.
Klenha's Republican machine remained in power until the 1932 Cicero municipal elections, in which they were eviscerated by what the Chicago Tribune dubbed, "an outpouring of Democratic votes such as had never been approached in the town before." |
46534545_0 | 2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents | Kai Ching Estate, where lead contamination of drinking water was first uncovered.
Samples of potable water in Hong Kong were found to contain excessive levels of heavy metals including lead, nickel and cadmium in 2015. Such discoveries of contamination caused widespread crisis within the city.
The scandal began in June 2015 when the Democratic Party announced that testing of drinking water at Kai Ching Estate in Kowloon revealed lead contamination.Hong Kong Housing Authority subsequently confirmed that the levels of lead exceeded the standard established by the World Health Organization.
Heavy metal content in domestically used water
Potable water that is used in Hong Kong indicated high levels of heavy metal when it was tested. The heavy metals include lead and nickel. The discovery was made in 2015 when the Democratic Party undertook the responsibility of testing the water that was used at Kai Ching Estate. Hong Kong Housing Authority also discovered the presence of heavy metal in the water that was used was higher in comparison to the World Health Organization standards.
Lead standards
Main article: Lead poisoning
Lead is a toxicant that can cause serious and irreversible health damage. Children are especially vulnerable to its effects. Due to the historic usage of lead water pipes, many jurisdictions have legal limits on safety levels of lead content in drinking water. Hong Kong standards limit the acceptable lead content of drinking water to 10 micrograms of lead per litre, the same standard as Europe, Australia, Taiwan, Japan and Singapore. For comparison, the United States allows 15 micrograms while Mainland China allows 10 micrograms per litre.
Discovery and cause
On 5 July 2015, Democratic Party legislator Helena Wong exposed the lead contamination in tap water at Kai Ching Estate, a newly constructed public housing estate in Kowloon City.Water Supplies Department, the public monopoly supplier of potable water, the contamination was caused by illegal soldering at the joints of water pipes. Government officials attempted to pass the blame onto a building contractor.Kai Ching Estate, licensed plumber Lam Tak-sum refuted HA's accusation, saying he was only responsible for the pipes connecting the water mains to water tanks of blocks, and that his scope excluded pipe work inside the flats and testing of water quality. |
46534545_1 | 2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents | Public disquiet further intensified after the press and public discovered throughout the following months of more and more instances of lead contamination, including in schools and on other premises.Yau Lee Construction Company, two by China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited, two by Paul Y Engineering, and one by Shui on Group.
On 25 September 2015, the Task Force on Excessive Lead in Drinking Water set up by the government released a preliminary finding that solder joints were the cause of the lead contamination, as previously asserted by the Water Supplies Department. The task force also found that copper alloy fittings leach lead, but not to an excessive degree. Elemental analysis of solder from Kai Ching Estate found it comprises up to 41 per cent lead, or 585 times the British Standard of 0.07 per cent.
Contaminated buildings
Kai Ching Estate water plumbing
Kai Ching Estate temporary water supply
Samples of water contaminated with lead have been identified at a range of public and private buildings of various ages, but especially in public housing estates constructed in the past decade. Individual buildings and institutions have commissioned water testing at their premises across the city. The government is conducting testing at many schools and public estates.
Housing
Lead has been found in the water of numerous public housing estates, particularly those opened in the past decade. In addition to Kai Ching Estate, these include Kwai Luen Estate (Kwai Chung), Hung Hom Estate, Tung Wui Estate (Wong Tai Sin), Choi Fook Estate (Choi Wan), Un Chau Estate (Sham Shui Po), Ching Ho Estate (Sheung Shui), Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate, and four other as of 10 September 2015.
Lead contamination has also affected private residential developments. Property management company Savills Guardian conducted testing at The Caldecott, a luxury estate in Kowloon Tong built in 2004, and found 19 micrograms of lead per litre of water sourced from a kitchen tap.Austin station, was found to contain 41 micrograms of lead per litre.
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46534545_2 | 2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents | Schools
Lead contamination was discovered at numerous schools. SKH St. Thomas' Primary School in Sham Shui Po, the first case, where test results on potable water were 330% above WHO guidelines was disclosed by Apple Daily on 23 August. mg of lead per litre of water; two other samples, from the kitchen and canteen, were found to have 25 mg and 26 mg of lead per litre, respectively. This spurred the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union to urge the government to test water in all of Hong Kong schools, and give financial assistance and issue guidelines to schools opting to have their own water supply tested.Eddie Ng refused, saying that as many schools had since installed water filters for their drinking fountains and faucets, and that students themselves had started bringing their own drinking water supplies, the government would prioritise water standards at public housing estates.
The Baptist Rainbow Primary School in Wong Tai Sin announced the discovery of water contamination on 31 August 2015. It marked the first time that lead contamination had been found in an older building. The school was built in 1984.
The English Schools Foundation collected more than 300 water samples for testing from its 21 schools across Hong Kong. It announced in September 2015 that samples from four schools (King George V School, Sha Tin College, South Island School, and West Island School) contained elevated levels of lead. The ESF subsequently shut off the sources of contaminated water.
Reaction
The lead contamination of water has resulted in a public outcry and intense media scrutiny.
Palliative measures
From 10 July, the government commenced supplying free bottled water to households in all affected estates, numbering 30,000 in total. million bottles of AS Watson water were supplied to affected residents up to end of October, at an estimated cost to the taxpayer of HK$40 million.
In early November, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam announced that households affected by a tainted water would receive rebates of up to HK$660 (US$85) on their water bills. The four main water pipe contractors for the affected estates agreed to install temporary pipes and undertake permanent replacement at a total cost of HK$140 million as a gesture of goodwill. They also agreed to pay HK$20 million in compensation to affected tenants without any admission of responsibility.
Political reaction |
46534545_3 | 2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents | Political reaction
Pre-empting the government confirmation of high concentration of lead at Kai Ching Estate, Chiang Lai-wan pro-establishment legislator from the DAB claimed that the Democratic Party's test results were scaremongering.China State Construction, the contractor of Kai Ching Estate.
Members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong urged the government to thoroughly investigate the scandal. On 16 July 2015, Neo Democrats legislator Gary Fan Kwok-wai and Labour Party legislator Cyd Ho Sau-lan invoked Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance (PNP) to investigate the crisis. The motion was passed in geographical constituency by a margin of 3 votes but failed in the split voting arrangement with Functional Constituencies dominated by pro-establishment legislators.Democratic Party legislator Wu Chi-wai tabled the same motion on the LegCo panel on housing, but this was again rejected by the pro-establishment lawmakers by a margin of 11:8.
On 13 August, the government appointed a Commission of Inquiry into Excess Lead Found in Drinking Water chaired by Mr Justice Andrew Chan, with Alan Lai as Commissioner.
On 20 August, the Housing Authority's tender committee announced that it would delay the tendering process for construction of four new public housing estates. Some of the contractors bidding on these developments were blamed for causing lead contamination of water in previous estates they had built.
As Secretary for Education Eddie Ng initially refused to test the water supply in all kindergartens or install water filters to help protect the health and welfare of highly vulnerable children,Carrie Lam announced on 3 September that tests would be conducted on supplies to kindergartens across the territory to ensure the safe potable water for the most vulnerable schoolchildren.
In September 2015, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) opened an investigation into whether corruption or abuse of power contributed to the lead contamination incident. The case was submitted to the ICAC by the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood and People Power in July. |
46534545_4 | 2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents | In May 2016, after a one year long investigation, an inquiry commission formed by the government concluded that the incident has been a "collective" failure of numerous government departments. No specific person or department has been found guilty.LegCo House Committee to discuss "Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Excess Lead Found in Drinking Water" released by the government previously. Lawmakers condemned that, in light of the scandal, no government officials had stepped down under the current Principal Officials Accountability System, and Chief Secretary for Administration Carrie Lam even did not offer an apology. They criticised that the accountability system existed in name only.
Sanctions for contractors
Four main contractors were barred from tendering seven new projects involving construction of 18,000 flats under HA from March to September 2015.Housing Authority Committees suspended them from submitting tenders to one year.
In November 2015, main contractors announced that they would pledge $20 million for paying the water bills of 29,000 affected households for about a year.
* Lead in Drinking Water Incidents – Information Services Department
* Commission of Inquiry into Excess Lead Found in Drinking Water |
59223042_0 | 2019 San Miguel, Bulacan local elections | Local elections were held in San Miguel, Bulacan on May 13, 2019 within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect candidates for the elective local posts in the municipality: the mayor, vice mayor, and eight councilors.
Background
List of certified candidates running for seats in San Miguel.
Incumbent Mayor Marivee "Ivy" M. Coronel is running for reelection as Mayor under the National Unity Party (Philippines). Her opponent are Jiboy Cabochan, 2007 Mayoralty aspirant he is running under the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan and former mayor Roderick DG. Tiongson running under the United Nationalist Alliance.
Results
Mayor
San Miguel, Bulacan Mayoralty Election
Party Candidate Votes %
UNA Roderick Tiongson 29,883 39.75
NUP Ivy Mendez-Coronel 27,534 36.63
PDP–Laban Jose Francisco Cabochan 17,746 23.61
Total votes 75,163 100.00
UNA gain from NUP
Vice Mayor
San Miguel, Bulacan Vice Mayoralty Election
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP–Laban Bong Alvarez 37,953 54.20
NUP Mimio Dizon 24,916 35.58
UNA Miguelito Dela Cruz 7,146 10.20
Total votes 70,015 100.00
PDP–Laban hold
Sangguniang Bayan |
59223042_1 | 2019 San Miguel, Bulacan local elections | Sangguniang Bayan
San Miguel, Bulacan Sangguniang Bayan election
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP–Laban Bunso Beltran 33,085 7.21
NUP Kap Melvin Santos 32,437 7.07
PDP–Laban Jhong Reyes 29,440 6.42
PDP–Laban Emil Magtalas 28,967 6.31
PDP–Laban Richie Dela Cruz 28,772 6.27
NUP Jayvee Lacsina 22,584 4.92
NUP Mark David Maon 21,109 4.60
NUP Nika Santiago-Tan 20,337 4.43
NUP Tony Macasu 18,862 4.11
PDP–Laban Egoy Calderon 17,918 3.90
UNA OJ Andres 17,448 3.80
PDP–Laban Myca Bonoan 17,054 3.72
NUP Terence Rivera 16,668 3.63
Independent Pop Buencamino 16,439 3.58
NUP CJ Cayetano-Ballesteros 16,075 3.50
UNA Charlie Viudez 16,067 3.50
UNA Excelite Reyes 14,746 3.21
UNA Bayani Tecson 12,882 2.81
UNA Brian Pascual 12,651 2.75
UNA Raymond Francis Santos 10,945 2.38
Independent Jeffrey Violago 10,755 2.34
PDP–Laban Avie Pagala 10,341 2.25
UNA Aspog Astley Apolinario 9,423 2.05
PDP–Laban Ervin Timoteo 8,217 1.79
UNA Albert Silva 7,598 1.65
NUP SK Lovely Francisco 7,575 1.65
Total votes 458,395 100.00
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23405770_0 | Afghanistan Times Daily | The Afghanistan Times Daily is an independent, English language newspaperKabul, Afghanistan. Established in 2005,articles focusing on local issues of political, social and cultural significance. The newspaper is published in both print and online formats.
Staff
The Afghanistan Times Daily employs a chief editor, sub-editors, journalists, graphic designers and translators, all of whom are managed by an editorial board. Members of the editorial board include Dr. Sharif Fayez (Head of the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA), Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Dr. Sultana Parwanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif and Saduddin Shpoon (former producer of Afghanistan's Voice Of America (VOA) radio programming).
The paper also has a management, finance and marketing department, whose work is guided by a board of directors. The board of directors are primarily responsible for overseeing financial and marketing issues, including the paper's advertising and subscription policies.
Objectives
The Afghanistan Times Daily aims to provide members of the international community stationed in Kabul with an impartial perspective on issues within Afghanistan. Through providing an impartial perspective on local news stories, The Afghanistan Times Daily aims to strengthen peace, stability and democracy in the country. Afghanistan Times has also planned to launch a monthly magazine "Kabulscape" having two main objectives: To educate and entertain. The first issue of the magazine was release towards the end of May 2013.
Financial difficulties
In its second year of publishing, The Afghanistan Times Daily faced financial difficulties and struggled to identify and implement a sustainable fundraising strategy which did not solely rely on donations. Although subscriptions and advertisements provided a major income stream, they were not enough to cover the costs of publishing the paper.
The Afghanistan Times Daily requested financial support from a range of sources to purchase new equipment, office tools and to engage provincial correspondents to cover regional news events. The paper identified a need for funds to hire new chief editors, sub-editors and journalists in the Afghan provinces of Herat, Kandahar, Ghazni, Bamian, Parwan, Kunduz, Jalalabad and Khost. However, the newspaper is independent and has no links with foreign embassies or donors to get financial assistance as it could easily cover its cost from advertisements. The newspaper struggled hard to come on top of the list of dailies in Afghanistan. |
23405770_1 | Afghanistan Times Daily | * Official website |
14568931_0 | Bilogo | Coordinates: 13°14′39.94″N 121°09′29.60″E / 13.2444278°N 121.1582222°E
Bilogo (officially Barangay Bilogo) is one of the 105 barangays constituting Batangas City, Philippines.Poblacion.puroks and has three sitios: Bagong Pook, Callejon or Ilaya, and Santolan.
Etymology
Based on an old legend, Bilogo came from bayugo, the Filipino/Tagalog word for the "fruit of the gugo tree" which was formerly teeming in the community. Soon, bayugo became biyugo until it was finally referred as Bilogo.
History
Since 1870, Bilogo has been one of the earliest barangays of Batangas City.sitio and was merged with Sitio Maapaz, becoming known as Bilogo Maapaz. Eventually, Bilogo and Maapaz separated and became independent barangays.
Quintin Manalo was one of the first teniente del barrios to served service of leadership for Brgy. Bilogo. Subsequent elections installed the following as his successors: Fortunato Sulit, Jose Manalo, Miguel Ebe, Exequiel Perez, Victor Castillo, Miguel Chavez, Felix Sulit, Juan Perez, and Dionisio Panganiban. During World War II, houses of Eleuterio Canent, Hilarion Lontoc, Pedro Ramos, and Francisco Rosales were burned down by Japanese soldiers because one of their officers was allegedly murdered in Brgy. Bilogo. It was in 1960 when a public elementary school was constructed through government supervisions.Calabarzon; this happened throughout the leadership of Angel Umali.barangay captain after Umali.materials recovery facility was constructed to sustain proper segregation of solid wastes.
Geography
Mapag-ong Hill in Sitio Santolan |
14568931_1 | Bilogo | Mapag-ong Hill in Sitio Santolan
Brgy. Bilogo is bounded by Brgy. Maapaz to the north; Brgy. Paharang East to the west; Brgy. San Jose Sico to the east; and Brgy. Talumpok West and Brgy. Talumpok East to the south. Forests, streams, low-rolling hills, fruit-bearing trees, and crops are abundant in the locality. Residential and commercial areas are usually located along the national and minor roads.
Infrastructure and utilities
Meralco provides electricity to Brgy. Bilogo while telephone communication and Internet connectivity are both guaranteed by Globe Telecom and PLDT.
Aside from thriving numbers of crops and livestock yields, there are several booming industrial establishments in the community, such as the Ortemer General Merchandise and Unija Hija Enterprises. In relation with this, in March 2010 Brgy. Bilogo was identified by the UP Planning and Development Research Foundation, Inc. as one of the nine growth corridors of Batangas City.
Gallery
* [Public School]
Public School
* [Purok 1 Entrance]
Purok 1 Entrance
* [Sitio Santolan]
Sitio Santolan
* [Mabilog River]
Mabilog River
* Official Website of the Local Government of Batangas City |
1459792_0 | Bramley Line | Coordinates: 52°36′47″N 0°09′07″E / 52.613°N 0.152°E
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Bramley Line
WatlingtonFen line
Magdalen Gate
Middle Drove
Smeeth Road
Emneth
Walsoken
Wisbech East
Wisbech & Upwell Tramway
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Former Wisbech East
station and freight terminal
Waldersea(planned)
Coldham
March Elm Road(planned)
GN&GE Joint Railway
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Ely–Peterborough line
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Ely–Peterborough line
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The Bramley Line is a railway line between March and Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, England. A number of proposals are currently being investigated relating to the possible restoration of passenger services along the route.
Background
The passing of the Wisbech, St. Ives and Cambridge Junction Railway Act 1846 (c.ccclvi) authorised the construction of two lines from March railway station: a 7.8-mile (12.6 km) line to the Market town and Port of Wisbech which was reached by an almost straight north-easterly route across The Fens and a line south to the market town of St Ives. The double-track line to Wisbech was the first to open on 3 May 1847 followed by the St Ives line nine months later. The Wisbech line was taken over before completion by the Eastern Counties Railway and then by the Great Eastern Railway in 1862. Coldham was the only intermediate station between March and Wisbech, the latter being served by a new station constructed in the town centre and named "Wisbeach". It was to last until 1863 when it was resited south and later renamed Wisbech East upon nationalisation of the railways to distinguish it from the Midland and Great Northern's Wisbech North station. The railway development in the area was completed in March 1848 with the opening of a single-track 9.5-mile (15.3 km) extension from Wisbeach to Watlington Junction. |
1459792_1 | Bramley Line | Although not recommended for closure in the Beeching Report of 1963, the series of lines around Wisbech were gradually closed from the 1960s onwards. Coldham station was the first to be closed in 1966, followed by the March to Watlington via Wisbech branch in September 1968. The line between March and Wisbech remained, however, open to freight traffic – namely steel coil for the Metal Box factory and occasional parcels, coal and pet food trains from Nestle Purina until Summer 2000. The line was singled in March 1972 with the lifting of the down rails.
Campaigning group Railfuture have made an uncosted proposal that that line should be restored as a commuter route, providing an hourly service to Cambridge, with a maximum suggested journey time of 35 minutes. They compare their case for restoring the service to the completed Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine rail link.
In March 2014 the route was declared by Stephen Hammond, the transport minister, to be a "strategic priority". The project cost was considered to be between £35 and £52 million but the route was still felt to have the potential to be profitable, with up to 78,000 people expected to make the journey from Wisbech to Peterborough.David Cameron stated that he intended to "have a proper look at Wisbech to March line and to see whether this can work. Infrastructure is a big part of our plan for the east of England."
State of the route
Wisbech East Station was lost to redevelopment following closure in 1968 and the station site was obliterated by a housing development in 2001.
The track now ends at Weasenham Lane crossing following the tarmacing over of the rails from the level crossing in 2005. Beyond this point, the old Wisbech East Goods Yard (acquired by Nestle Purina from Railtrack in 1995) was last used in 2000. Three years after the last pet food train from Wisbech, the remaining three sidings were lifted. Most of the yard area now forms the factory and car park extension.
The single track, owned by Network Rail, is still connected to the National Rail network via Whitemoor Junction near March but locked off. New signalling was installed at the junction during late 2007World War II and now a stabling point for engineering trains. |
1459792_2 | Bramley Line | East of the former Wisbech East station site the trackbed has been built over meaning it would not be possible to reopen a through-line from March to Watlington without major demolition.
Restoration schemes
Plans to open the line as a passenger service have been discussed for many years. In 1974, "WAMRAC" (the Wisbech And March Railway Action Committee) was formed with the intention of reopening the Wisbech line to passenger traffic. The committee never achieved this goal, although on 1 July 1984 and the Railway Development Society (RDS, which now campaigns as Railfuture), the WAMRAC organised the last passenger train from Wisbech. This was a special train consisting of a Class 47 loco and ten British Rail Mk2 coaches, which ran from Wisbech to York and Scarborough.
No-frill train trials
In February 2017, it was announced that no-frills trains would be trialled on Britain's railways with proposals including the Wisbech Line.
ATOC proposal
In June 2009, the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) petitioned in its report Connecting Communities: Expanding Access to the Rail Network for the line to be restored as part of the national rail network as part of plans for 14 extra lines and about 40 new stations. million proposal would see hourly trains running on the existing single line between Wisbech, March and Peterborough and could be linked with Cross Country's proposed extension of Birmingham – Leicester service to Peterborough. It would serve a population of Wisbech of 26,500 and a wider station catchment area of 50,000 including villages and towns such as Long Sutton in the area between the Spalding-Peterborough line and the King's Lynn lines. A new station at Wisbech and a possible additional park and ride adjacent to the A47 would be built.Liberal Democrats, Railfuture and is being followed up by the local Conservative council.
Having reviewed the ATOC proposals the Wisbech to March Bramley Line published its position statement, |
1459792_3 | Bramley Line | 1. The service proposed by ATOC is between Wisbech and Peterborough via March for which they believe an adequate express bus services already exists.
2. The capital costs to reinstate a full national rail service are at least £12m and probably more, with, for example, the Stirling to Alloa line re-instatement costing over £65 million.
3. The report in respect of the March – Wisbech line contains only an option for review not a proposal for the restoration of a service.
4. Network Rail has confirmed to the Bramley Line that the establishment of a community heritage service would not be a barrier to network services returning to the line in the future.
5. Community heritage railways require significantly less capital costs to re-establish services and lower operating costs.
A statement made by Conservative councillor Simon King, Fenland District Council's then the chairman of Overview and Scrutiny Committee, indicated that the Council "are very pleased ATOC has raised the idea of re-opening the line" and stated that, "anything Fenland District Council can do to support it we will do because it is really important for the development of the area". In November 2009 Councillor King declared his interest as a board member of the Bramleyline group in a Fenland District Council meeting.
Cambridgeshire County Council proposal
Cambridgeshire County Council considered re-opening the line between March and Wisbech to passengers in 1990, however a quote from British Rail of £1.36 million for the upgrading of the then operational freight line, coupled to an annual £200,000 operating charge, meant that this proposal was dropped.
In 2012, Cambridgeshire County Council requested a three-phase study from Atkins into the reopening of the line for public transport. The first part, detailing "potential revenue and patronage that may arise from reintroducing passenger services on the line, with an assessment of the operational costs", was published in early 2013. It concluded that a light rail scheme could generate a £15.5m operating surplus between 2014 and 2029.
The report considers restoring the line for heavy rail, light rail and heritage railway operation, but notes that "few if any heritage railways in the UK operate a commuter service throughout the year".
Bramley Line Heritage Railway Trust proposal
Logo of the Bramley Line project |
1459792_4 | Bramley Line | Logo of the Bramley Line project
The Wisbech March Railway Group was formed on 22 October 2003 by Wisbech businessman Peter Downs following an initiative he had raised at meetings of the local Chamber of Commerce. In response to a question as to how more visitors could be attracted to The Fens and Wisbech in particular, he suggested reinstating the railway line. Downs began making enquiries within the railway industry as to the future plans for the disused line which had seen its last freight service in 2000. An article was published in the local press to drum up support and a meeting was held which elected Downs as chairman. The railway's name was chosen and formally adopted at the meeting, after the large quantity of Bramley apples that used to be carried by rail from the area.
In December 2007 Fenland District Council refused the Bramley Line's application for £20,000 funding on the basis that the project had "no business basis" and "no practical outcome". The Council advised the group to prepare another business plan and offered to help it secure alternative funding.
The Bramley Line obtained a licence from Network Rail which permits them to clear vegetation but not to undertake track maintenance. The Track Clearance Team commenced at Coldham in July 2006 and continued until November 2014, working back towards Wisbech.
In February 2005 the Bramley Line Group purchased five Class 488 coaches, comprising a rake of four Standard class and one Club Class vehicles. A public appeal raised £2,500 to move the coaches to MarchNew Zealand-based railway in May 2008. Bramley Line also acquired the former Smeeth Road signal box, complete with lever frame. Since closure the 'box had been used as a hairdressers and was complete and in good order. It was removed to a site in Wisbech, where it was stored, but not restored.
In November 2014 the project ceased work, and declined an offer of heritage rolling stock, while the future of the route is decided.
In May 2016 a working party of volunteers worked on track-laying around the proposed Waldersea station and depot.
Campaign for Better Transport Expanding Railway Report
This line has been identified by Campaign for a Better Transport as a priority 1 candidate for reopening. |
1459792_5 | Bramley Line | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wisbech and March Bramley Line.
* Wisbech Rail Reopening Campaign
* Wisbech & March Bramley Line heritage railway official site |
69966110_0 | Champaign–Urbana, Illinois minor league baseball history | Minor league baseball franchises were based in Champaign, Illinois and neighboring Urbana, Illinois in various seasons between 1889 and 1914. Champaign and Urbana teams played as members of the Independent level Illinois-Indiana League in 1889 and Class D level Illinois-Missouri League from 1911 to 1914.
History
The 1889 Champaign–Urbana Clippers were the first minor league baseball team in Champaign–Urbana. The Clippers played as members of the Illinois-Indiana League, managed by F.L. Bliss. The Clippers replaced the Logansport, Indiana team, which had disbanded. The Champaign–Urbana Clippers record is unknown, but the Terre Haute, Indiana team won the league pennant.Illinois-Iowa League in 1890 and the Champaign–Urbana Clippers did not return to the new league.
In 1911, minor league baseball returned when the Champaign–Urbana Velvets became members of the Class D level Illinois-Missouri League. The Velvets were joined by the Clinton Champs, Pekin Celestials, Canton Chinks, Lincoln Abes and Taylorville Christians in league play.
With a record of 66–60, the 1911 Champaign–Urbana Velvets finished in third place in the Illinois–Missouri League, playing under managers Jack Thiery and Fred Donovan. The Velvets finished 6.5 games behind the first place Clinton Champs in the final league standings. The Velvets' third place finish was reflected in the league standings with the Velvets finishing behind the Clinton Champs (74–55), and Pekin Celestials (72–55), with the Velvets ahead of the Canton Chinks (60–62), Lincoln Abes (59–64) and Taylorville Christians (47–82).
The franchise use of the "Velvets" moniker corresponded to a popular beer in the era, called Champaign Velvet, brewed by the Terre Haute Brewing Company.
In 1912, the franchise moved to a ballpark in Champaign, playing as the Champaign Velvets in the six–team Illinois–Missouri League. Champaign placed fifth in the regular season standings with a record of 53–64, finishing 17.0 games behind the first place Lincoln Abes. The 1912 Champaign manager was Chuck Fleming. |
69966110_1 | Champaign–Urbana, Illinois minor league baseball history | The 1913 Champaign Velvets placed second in the Illinois–Missouri League final standings. The Velvets finished 5.0 games behind the champion Lincoln Abes. Champaign had a 53–32 record, playing the season under manager Blackie Wilson.
The 1914 Champaign Velvets were the Illinois–Missouri League Champions in what was the final season of the Illinois–Missouri League. On June 10, 1914, Champaign pitcher Grover Baichley threw a no–hitter in a 4–0 victory over the Lincoln Abes.Ottawa Indians. The Velvets manager was again Blackie Wilson. Champaign was unable to defend their championship, as the Illinois–Missouri League permanently folded after the 1914 season.
The franchise had financial challenges typical of minor league baseball in the era. Ironically, given the team moniker, alcohol was banned from being sold in Champaign and the team abided by the law, which affected revenues. Tickets were $0.25 and every Wednesday home game was "Ladies Day."
Champaign Velvet Beer
The Champaign–Urbana next hosted minor league baseball when the 1994 Champaign-Urbana Bandits played the season as members of the independent Great Central League.
The ballparks
Although the exact location and name is unknown, the 1911 Champaign–Urbana Velvets were noted to have played at a ballpark in east Urbana.
The exact location and name is unknown, but the Champaign Velvets reportedly played at a ballpark on the west side of Champaign from 1912 to 1914.
Timeline
Year(s) # Yrs. Team Level League
1899 1 Champaign–Urbana Clippers Independent Illinois-Indiana League
1911 1 Champaign–Urbana Velvets Class D Illinois-Missouri League
1912–1914 3 Champaign Velvets
Year–by–year records
Year Record Finish Manager Playoffs/Notes
1889 00–00 NA F.L. Bliss League records unknown
1911 66–60 3rd Jack Thiery / Fred Donovan No playoffs held
1912 53–64 4th Chuck Fleming No playoffs held
1913 53–32 2nd Fred "Blackie" Wilson No playoffs held
1914 62–27 1st Fred "Blackie" Wilson League Champions
Notable alumni |
69966110_2 | Champaign–Urbana, Illinois minor league baseball history | Notable alumni
* Grover Baichley (1914)
* Hod Eller (1913)
* Bill Ludwig (1912)
* George Orme (1914)
* Earl Tyree (1913)
* Charlie Whitehouse (1914)
Champaign Velvets players
Champaign-Urbana Clippers players
* Champaign - Baseball Reference |
68688675_0 | Chittenden Vermont Senate District, 2012–2022 | The Chittenden Senate District is one of 13 Vermont Senate districts included in the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2010 U.S. Census. The plan applies to legislatures elected in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020. A new plan will be developed in 2022 following the 2020 U.S. Census.
The Chittenden district includes all of Chittenden County, along with some parts of others.
As of the 2010 census, the state as a whole had a population of 625,741. As there are a total of 30 senators, there were 20,858 residents per senator.
District Senators
As of 2020:
* Kesha Ram, Democrat
* Thomas Chittenden, Democrat
* Christopher Pearson, Progressive
* Michael Sirotkin, Democrat
* Philip Baruth, Democrat
* Virginia V. Lyons, Democrat |
41494290_0 | Constellations (1980 book) | Constellations: Stories of the Future (1980) is a science fiction anthology of short stories edited by Malcolm Edwards and published by Gollancz.
Contents
* Introduction by Malcolm Edwards
* "Light of Other Days" by Bob Shaw (1966)
* "A Pail of Air" by Fritz Leiber (1951)
* "Beyond Lies the Wub" by Philip K. Dick (1952)
* "Let's Go to Golgotha!" by Garry Kilworth (1974)
* "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" by Vonda N. McIntyre (1973)
* "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1961)
* "Rescue Operation" by Harry Harrison (1964)
* "It's a Good Life" by Jerome Bixby (1953)
* "Mister Da V." by Kit Reed (1962)
* "Billennium" by J. G. Ballard (1961)
* "The Store of the Worlds" by Robert Sheckley (1959)
* "The Wind from the Sun" by Arthur C. Clarke (1964)
* About the Authors (uncredited)
* Constellations title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database |
73054992_0 | Georgina Cowper-Temple, Lady Mount-Temple | Georgina Elizabeth Cowper-Temple, Lady Mount-Temple (née Tollemache; (1822 – 17 October 1901) was a British religious enthusiast, humanitarian, and animal welfare campaigner. She was the second wife of William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple. Lady Mount Temple was active in the Temperance Movement and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Early life and family
Lady Mount Temple was born Georgina Elizabeth Tollemache 1822 to Admiral John Richard Delap Tollemache and Lady Elizabeth Stratford. Her father, whose original surname was Halliday, assumed by royal license the surname and arms of his mother, Lady Jane Tollemache, who was the daughter and co-heiress of Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart.John Stratford, 3rd Earl of Aldborough.John Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache.Constance Lloyd, the wife of Oscar Wilde.
Humanitarianism and animal welfare
Lady Mount Temple was one of the leaders of the Torquay Anti-Vivisection Society.
She was active in the Band of Mercy, whose first president was her husband, and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.Temperance Movement.
In 1903, a birdbath with a bronze statue of Lady Mount Temple was erected in Babbacombe.trough near the Torre railway station is also dedicated to her.
Personal life
On 22 November 1848, she married The Honourable William Cowper, son of the 5th Earl Cowper.Baron Mount Temple.
Lady Mount Temple was a friend of the writer John Ruskin, the poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and the suffragist Frances Power Cobbe.
She lived at Babbacombe Cliff and also owned properties in Ireland. |
33616170_0 | Dexter (community), Wisconsin | Dexter is an unincorporated community located in the town of Friendship, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. |
418762_0 | Flags of Bolivia | The Wiphala and the tricolor flying on the presidential Palacio Quemado in La Paz.
The flag of Bolivia is the national flag of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. It was originally adopted in 1851. The state and war flag is a horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and green with the Bolivian coat of arms in the center. According to one source, the red stands for Bolivia's brave soldiers, while the green symbolizes fertility and yellow the nation's mineral deposits.
State Flag of Bolivia on flagpole
Since 2009 the Wiphala is also an official flag of Bolivia. According to the revised Constitution of Bolivia of 2009, the Wiphala is considered a national symbol of Bolivia (along with the tricolor flag, national anthem, coat of arms, the cockade; kantuta flower and patujú flower).
Despite its landlocked status, Bolivia has a naval ensign used by navy vessels on rivers and lakes. It consists of a blue field with the state flag in the canton bordered by nine small yellow five-pointed stars, with a larger yellow five-pointed star in the fly. The nine small stars represent the nine departments of Bolivia, and the larger star the nation's right to access the sea (access that it lost in 1884 in the War of the Pacific).
Description
Design and dimensions
The national flag of Bolivia is described as a tricolor rectangle, with the colors red, yellow and green, in a ratio of 1:1:1, meaning three horizontal bands, with the red on the superior part occupying a third of the flag's width, yellow in the middle band using the same width, and green in the inferior part, using the last third.
The dimensions of the flag had not been defined since its adoption in 1851. Supreme Decree No. 27630 of 2004 finally established that the size of the national flag be of 7.5 squares width by 11 squares long, giving a ratio of 15:22.
Color and symbolism
The first description of Bolivia's national flag, together with the significance of these, were first established by the Supreme Decree of 1888 during the government of President Gregorio Pacheco, which specifies that: |
418762_1 | Flags of Bolivia | * Red: "represents the blood shed by our heroes for the birth and preservation of the Republic"
* Yellow: "represents our wealth and resources."
* Green: "represents the richness of our natural areas as well as hope, a foundational value of our society"
The exact colors of the Bolivian flag have been established by the Supreme Decree of 2004:
Color model Red Yellow Green
Pantone 485 Process Yellow 356
RGB (hex) 218, 41, 28 (#DA291C) 244, 228, 0 (#F4E400) 0, 122, 51 (#007A33)
CMYK C0 M95 Y100 K0 C0 M0 Y100 K0 C91 M0 Y100 K26
The colours of the tricolor can also be found in the Bolivian Wiphala. The Wiphala has been included into the national colours of the Bolivian Air Force such as on the executive Dassault Falcon 900EX.
Historical flags
The 1831–51 flag on a cigarette card
The current Bolivian flag has been officially adopted 31 October 1851 during the presidency of Manuel Isidoro Belzu.
According to Supreme Decree No. 27630 of 19 July 2004, during the presidency of Carlos Mesa, it was established that the civil flag used in civic, public and patriotic celebrations will be used without the National Shield, instead the flag used by the state in official acts it will include in its central part the shield
During the presidency of Evo Morales, through Supreme Decree No. 241 of 5 August 2009, some symbolic modifications were made to the flag. It was also established that for both the civil flag and the flag used by the State in official acts they should be raised on the right side and the wiphala on the left side. |
418762_2 | Flags of Bolivia | * [Colonial flag, Spanish Empire flag (1506–1825/1821 in Peru, and Bolivia), (1506–1785/1701 in other colonies), (1506–1821 in Philippines)]
Colonial flag, Spanish Empire flag (1506–1825/1821 in Peru, and Bolivia), (1506–1785/1701 in other colonies), (1506–1821 in Philippines)
* [Bandera Menor, Civil flag (1825–1826)]
Bandera Menor, Civil flag (1825–1826)
* [Bandera Mayor, State flag (1825–1826)]
Bandera Mayor, State flag (1825–1826)
* [Bandera Menor, Civil flag (1831–1851)]
Bandera Menor, Civil flag (1831–1851)
* [Bandera Mayor, State flag (1831–1851)]
Bandera Mayor, State flag (1831–1851)
* [Peru-Bolivian Confederation (1836–1839)]
Peru-Bolivian Confederation (1836–1839)
* [A square flag made of thirteen diagonal arrangements of colored squares, following a rainbow pattern towards the center, the squares in the center being white.]
Wiphala banner (used since 2009, allegedly Incan)
* [Former naval ensign of Bolivia (1966–2013)]
Former naval ensign of Bolivia (1966–2013)
* [Flag of the Armed Forces of Bolivia]
Flag of the Armed Forces of Bolivia
* Coat of arms of Bolivia
* Flag of the Patujú flower
* Wiphala
* Flag of Hungary, nearly identical design (white stripe instead of yellow)
* Flag of Ghana, nearly identical design (defaced with a black five-pointed star)
* Media related to Flags of Bolivia at Wikimedia Commons
* Bolivia at Flags of the World |
9748626_0 | Francisco Santos (swimmer) | For Portuguese swimmer, see Francisco Santos (Portuguese swimmer).
Francisco José Ribeiro Lopes dos Santos, known mainly as Francisco Santos (born 17 May 1962 in Luanda, Angola) is an Angolan/Portuguese multi-talented artist. He is known by many names in various industries. As a swimmer, he uses the name, Francisco Lopes Santos. In visual arts, he is known as Xesko. In poetry, he used the name Elias Karipande. In fantasy and science fiction, Francisco used the name Alan J. Banta, whose works were published in English and Portuguese.
As a sportsman, he represented Angola in swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics (Men's 100 m Breaststroke
He represented his country in other international games, including the Algiers 1978 All-Africa Games, the Moscow 1979 Seventh USSR Summer Spartakiade, and the Mexico 1979 Summer Universiade.
He was honored by the Angolan Olympic Committee in 2014 for being one of the first Angolan Olympic ambassadors.
Biography
Francisco's parents were Portuguese, and immigrated to Angola in 1959, where he grew up immersed in the African quarters (musseques) of Luanda.
Since a young age, he was dedicated to the arts and sports. He began writing at 14 and painting at 16 years old (watercolours and Chinese Ink). In that time, he had published some short stories and poems in several magazines and newspapers.
In secondary school, he was the founder and publisher of the magazine "The Bantalas" entirely dedicated to the arts (Fine Art Painting, Photograph, Prose and Poetry). He participated in a contest of Art Painting whose objective was the creation of a poster commemorative of the anniversary of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) obtaining the 1st place.
In sports, he obtained several titles of National Champion, in Swimming (consecutively from 1972 to 1980) and Chess (1977 and 1979). He also represented his nation abroad several times, being the last time in the 1980 Summer Olympics (Moscow).
Francisco abandoned politics when he moved to Portugal in 1986.musician under the name of Francis Riba, having created several musical groups, the better known being the psychedelic rock band ZEM. |
9748626_1 | Francisco Santos (swimmer) | From 1982 to 1999, he was involved in several musical and theatrical projects as a technician, musician, producer and director, writing several adaptations and two original pieces.
He graduated in the Soviet Union in 1986 in Chemical Engineering, where he frequented the courses of "Scientific Drawing" and "Creative Thought in Post-Modernism". In Portugal, he graduated in Data Processing, Systems Engineering and Programming. He also frequented the Courses of “Improvement in Painting Techniques for Oil Portraits”, promoted by the Fine Art-Painter Master Almaia, “Photograph and Graphic Design”, from IADE (Institute of Visual Arts, Design and Marketing), “Aesthetics and Theories of the Contemporary Art" and "Art Painting and Visual intervention”, from SNBA (National Society of Fine Arts).
He has an MA of Contemporary Fine Arts from the Sheffield Institute of Arts (Sheffield Hallam University), Sheffield, England, and has several works displayed in public places and he is represented in several private and official collections in Portugal, Russia, France, Spain, Brazil, UK and Angola.
Works
Alan J. Banta
(Novel, Short story)
* 1976 – Exodus. ISBN 989-8085-10-X
* 1977 – Crossed fire I (A Travel to the Past) - Fogo Cruzado I (Uma Viagem ao Passado). ISBN 989-8085-11-8
* 1978 – Crossed fire II (Perhaps the Future) - Fogo Cruzado II (Talvez o Futuro). ISBN 989-8085-12-6
* 1979 – Crossed fire III (What Reality) - Fogo Cruzado III (Que Realidade). ISBN 989-8085-13-4
* 1981 – Zantar. ISBN 989-8085-14-2
* 1993 – Terrae Incognitae. ISBN 989-8085-15-0
* 1994 – Dreams (Short story) - Sonhos (Contos). ISBN 989-8085-16-9
* 1995 – Thoughts of Chom - Pensamentos de Chom. ISBN 989-8085-17-7
Elias Karipande
(Poetry) |
9748626_2 | Francisco Santos (swimmer) | Elias Karipande
(Poetry)
* 1982 – The Rainbow Warriors - Os Guerreiros do Arco-íris. ISBN 989-8085-00-2
* 1984 – From Kabinda to the Kunene - De Kabinda ao Kunene. ISBN 989-8085-01-0
* 1986 – 24 Hours in the Life (Finally the Peace) - 24 Horas na Vida (Finalmente a Paz). ISBN 989-8085-02-9
* 1988 – Green - Verde. ISBN 989-8085-04-5
Xesko
(Poetry)
* 1986 – Putting the Points in the iis - Pontos nos iis. ISBN 989-8085-03-7
* 1989 – A Step in thin Ice - 1 Passo em Falso. ISBN 989-8085-05-3
* 1993 – Between God and the Devil - Entre Deus e o Diabo. ISBN 989-8085-06-1
* 1996 – Muses (A Lost Secret) - Musas (Um Segredo Perdido). ISBN 989-8085-07-X
* 2002 – Ambiguities - Ambiguidades. ISBN 989-8085-08-8
* 2006 – The Electric Zone of the Colors - A Zona Electrica das Cores. ISBN 989-8085-09-6
(Novel, Short story)
* 1998 – Cel, Angel or Demon - Cel, Anjo ou Demónio, ISBN 989-8085-18-5
Selected exhibitions
Solo |
9748626_3 | Francisco Santos (swimmer) | Selected exhibitions
Solo
* 1981 - "Freedom" Scientific Institute of Minsk (Minsk/Bielorussia - Ex. Soviet Union)
* 1982 - "Butterfly Effect" Humbi-Humbi, Art Gallery (Luanda/Angola)
* 2004 - "7 Shades of Gray" Café da Ponte, Docas de Alcântara (Lisbon/Portugal)
* 2008 - "E Pluribus Unum" First Gallery, (Lisbon/Portugal)
* 2009 - "Devaneios/Reveries" Gallery Vasco da Gama, (Loures/Portugal)
* 2010 - "Devaneios II/Reveries II" Gallery Fernado Pessoa, (Lisbon/Portugal)
* 2011 - "Transições/Transitions" Gallery Fernado Pessoa, (Lisbon/Portugal)
Collective |
9748626_4 | Francisco Santos (swimmer) | * 1978 - "Um Quadro para a Revolução" (A painting for the Revolution) Noble Room of the National Assembly (Luanda/Angola)
* 2005 - Military Hospital of Belém (Lisbon/Portugal)
* 2006 - "Coisas de Campolide" (Things about Campolide) (Lisbon/Portugal)
* 2007 - "1st National Exhibition of Fine Arts" (Lisbon/Portugal).
* 2007 - "Lembrar Abril" (Remember April - commemorations of 25th of April and the International Workers' Day) (Alcochete/Portugal)
* 2007 - "Viver Campolide" (To live Campolide) (Lisbon/Portugal)
* 2007/2008 - Arte Fora da Galeria (Art Outside the Gallery) (Alcochete/Portugal)
* 2008 - "Os 5 Mágnificos" (The Magnificent 5) Tic Tac Café (Alcochete/Portugal)
* 2009 - Puro Arte, (Vigo/Spain)
* 2009 - Artexpo NY, (New York/U.S.)
* 2009 - Art Meeting in London III, Gallery 118, (London/UK)
* 2009 - Poésie Visuelle dans Paris II (Visual Poetry in Paris II), Galerie Artitude, (Paris/France)
* 2009 - Galeria Aberta XVI (Open Gallery XVI), Museum "Jorge Vieira", (Beja/Portugal)
* 2009 - Around the Bull - Gallery Vieira Portuense (Porto/Portugal)
* 2010 - Transmission: Off Air, SIAD Gallery, (Sheffield/UK)
* 2011 - Global Echo: Artists in Print, Furnival Gallery, (Sheffield/UK)
* 2011 - Creative Sparks 2011, Furnival Gallery, (Sheffield/UK)
* 2007/8/9/11 - Alcarte (Alcochete/Portugal)
* Angola at the 1980 Summer Olympics
* Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
* Post-Modernism
* Contemporary art |
9748626_5 | Francisco Santos (swimmer) | * Post-Modernism
* Contemporary art
* Modern poetry
Additional references
* Official Site
* DIÁRIO DE LUANDA, Luanda, Angola, (1968 to 1974), (Newspaper)
* PROVÍNCIA DE ANGOLA/JORNAL DE ANGOLA, Luanda, Angola, (1968 to 1981), (Newspaper)
* International Olympic Committee, (1980). Moscow '80, Moscow: Fizkulturai Sport Publishers'.
* Federação Portuguesa de Natação, (1984) “Ranking Nacional 82/83”, Lisboa: FPN.
* Federação Portuguesa de Natação, (1985) “Ranking Nacional 83/84”, Lisboa: FPN.
* Federação Portuguesa de Natação, (1986) “Ranking Nacional 84/85”, Lisboa: FPN.
* Federação Portuguesa de Natação, (1987) “Ranking Nacional 85/86”, Lisboa: FPN.
* Federação Portuguesa de Natação, (1988) “Ranking Nacional 86/87”, Lisboa: FPN.
* Federação Portuguesa de Natação, (1989) “Ranking Nacional 87/88”, Lisboa: FPN.
* RECORD, Lisboa, Portugal, (1982 to 1990), (Newspaper)
* Francisco Santos at Olympedia
* (in English) Men 100m Breaststroke Olympic Games Moscow
* (in English) Men 4x100m Medley Relay Olympic Games Moscow
* (in English) Sports Reference
* (in English) Official Olympic Reports
* (in English) Official Olympic Reports - Moscow 1980
* (in English) Saatchi Gallery
* (in English) Babele Arte Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
* (in English) modelmayhem.com
* (Portuguese) SPA - Portuguese Society of Authors |
9748626_6 | Francisco Santos (swimmer) | * (Portuguese) SPA - Portuguese Society of Authors
* (Portuguese) APEL - Portuguese Association of Publishers and Booksellers
* (Portuguese) Jornal de Angola (Newspaper)
* (Portuguese) Record (Newspaper) |
68688755_0 | Franklin Vermont Senate District, 2012–2022 | The Franklin Senate District is one of 13 Vermont Senate districts included in the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2010 U.S. Census. The plan applies to legislatures elected in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020. A new plan will be developed in 2022 following the 2020 U.S. Census.
The Franklin district includes all of Franklin County, along with some parts of others.
As of the 2010 census, the state as a whole had a population of 625,741. As there are a total of 30 senators, there were 20,858 residents per senator.
District Senators
As of 2018:
* Corey Parent, Republican
* Randy Brock, Republican |
59783142_0 | Government Degree College, Gandacharra | Government Degree College, Gandacharra, is a college in Gandacherra Dhalai district, Tripura. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and sciences. It is affiliated to Tripura University.
Accreditation
The college is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
* Education in India
* Education in Tripura
* Tripura University
* Literacy in India
* List of institutions of higher education in Tripura
* Google. "Government Degree College, Gandacharra" (Map). Google Maps. Google. |
15087543_0 | Guantanamo detainees' appeals in Washington, D.C. courts | Guantananmo detainees have been allowed to initiate appeals in Washington DC Courts since the passage of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (DTA) closed off the right of Guantanamo captives to submit new petitions of habeas corpus. It substituted a right to a limited appeal to Federal Courts of appeal in Washington DC.Combatant Status Review Tribunals had correctly followed the rules laid out by the Department of Defense.
After the passage of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA) closed down the pending habeas corpus cases, attorneys for the detainees initiated both a challenge to the constitutionality of the MCA's stripping of the right to habeas corpus; and they started initiating the appeals in the DC Federal Courts of appeal allowed by the DTA.
June 2008 rulings
On June 12, 2008, in Boumediene v. Bush, the United States Supreme Court ruled the Combatant Status Review Tribunals provided the detainees with insufficient protection, and re-opened the detainees' access to file habeas corpus.
On June 23, 2008, a three judge panel reviewed the evidence used to justify Parhat's designation as an "enemy combatant" and ruled that he had never been an enemy combatant after all.
Bush Presidency response
On July 21, 2008 United States Attorney General Michael Mukasey called on the Congress to pass legislation controlling how judges would review the detainees' habeas petitions.
January 2009 ruling
On January 9, 2009, Douglas H. Ginsburg, writing for the panel, ruled that the court would not hear any additional DTA appeals.
Had the Congress known its attempts to eliminate the habeas jurisdiction of the district courts would come to naught, it would not have turned around and created an additional and largely duplicative process by which a detainee could challenge his detention in the court of appeals.
Detainees who filed appeals in Federal Court |
15087543_1 | Guantanamo detainees' appeals in Washington, D.C. courts | ISN Name Case Notes
103 Arkin Mahmud By August 18, 2008, an unclassified return prepared in response to a 2007 DTA appeal.
252 Yasin Mohammed Basardah [sic] * On November 5, 2008 the panel suspended his appeal on jurisdictional grounds.
275 Abdul Sabour [sic] * By August 18, 2008, an unclassified return prepared in response to a 2007 DTA appeal.
277 Bahtiyar Mahnut By August 18, 2008, an unclassified return prepared in response to a 2007 DTA appeal.
278 Abdul Nasser [sic] * By August 18, 2008, both unclassified and classified returns prepared in response to a 2007 DTA appeal.
280 Khalid Ali * By August 18, 2008, both unclassified and classified returns prepared in response to a 2007 DTA appeal.
281 Abdul Ghappar Abdul Rahman * By August 18, 2008, both unclassified and classified returns prepared in response to a 2007 DTA appeal.
282 Sabir Osman [sic] * By August 18, 2008, both unclassified and classified returns prepared in response to a 2007 DTA appeal.
285 Jalal Jalaldin [sic] * By August 18, 2008, both unclassified and classified returns prepared in response to a 2007 DTA appeal.
288 Motai Saib [sic] On May 16, 2007, Saib filed a Petition for Release and Other Relief Under Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 ("DTA Petition").
295 Abdul Semet [sic] * By August 18, 2008, both unclassified and classified returns prepared in response to a 2007 DTA appeal.
320 Hozaifa Parhat Parhat v. Gates * On June 23, 2008, a three judge panel reviewed the evidence used to justify Parhat's designation as an "enemy combatant" and ruled that he had never been an enemy combatant after all.
328 Hammad Memet [sic] * By August 18, 2008, both unclassified and classified returns prepared in response to a 2007 DTA appeal. |
15087543_2 | Guantanamo detainees' appeals in Washington, D.C. courts | 433 Jawad Jabbar Sadkhan Al-Sahlani Case No. 07-1149 Jawad also has a Petition under the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 ("DTA") pending in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Case No. 07-1149.
584 Adel Noori no factual returns, other than one through a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the Associated Press.
684 Mohammed Abdullah Taha Mattan * On July 18, 2008, Sozi P. Tulante filed a Status Report that states a DTA appeal was initiated on his behalf.
* By August 18, 2008, both unclassified and classified returns prepared in response to a 2007 DTA appeal.
841 Hani Saleh Rashid Abdullah [sic] * On 18 July 2008 Charles H. Carpenter (American lawyer) filed a Status Report where he wrote that Abdullah had a DTA appeal filed on his behalf.
968 Bismullah Bismullah v. Gates * Bismullah's case has been the subject of multiple filings as to the scope that detainees' attorneys should be given to the material behind the summarized allegation.
975 Karim Bostan [sic] * On July 18, 2008 when Michael Caruso re-initiated Bostan's habeas petition he stated that he had an outstanding DTA appeal.
10020 Majid Khan The government's position that Khan may not use in his habeas case presumptively classified information obtained in connection with his DTA case stands in direct contrast to the position taken by the government in other Guantánamo detainee habeas cases. |
238561_0 | Independent school (United Kingdom) | Merchant Taylors' School, one of the 'Great Nine' public schools of England.
In the United Kingdom, independent schools or private schoolsendowed and governed by a board of governors and some in private ownership. They are independent of many of the regulations and conditions that apply to state-funded schools. For example, pupils do not have to follow the National Curriculum, although, some schools do.endowed school subject to a trust or of charitable status. Many of the older independent schools catering for the 12–18 age range in England and Wales are known as public schools, seven of which were the subject of the Public Schools Act 1868. The term "public school" derived from the fact that they were then open to pupils regardless of where they lived or their religion (while in the United States and most other English-speaking countries "public school" refers to a publicly-funded state school). Prep (preparatory) schools educate younger children up to the age of 13 to prepare them for entry to the public schools and other independent schools.
Some former grammar schools converted to an independent fee-charging model following the 1965 Circular 10/65 and the subsequent cessation in 1975 of government funding support to direct grant grammar schools.
There are around 2,600 independent schools in the UK, which educate around 615,000 children, some 7 per cent of all British children and 18 per cent of pupils over the age of 16.charitable status. Many of these schools are members of the Independent Schools Council. In 2017, the average annual cost for private schooling was £14,102 for day school and £32,259 for boarding school.
The Independent Schools Yearbook has been published annually since 1986.The Public Schools Yearbook
Origins
Warwick School, one of the oldest independent schools in Britain.
See also: List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom |
238561_1 | Independent school (United Kingdom) | See also: List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom
Some independent schools are particularly old, such as The King's School, Canterbury (founded 597), The King's School, Rochester (founded 604), St Peter's School, York (founded c. 627), Sherborne School (founded 705), Wells Cathedral School (founded 909), Warwick School (c. 914), The King's School, Ely (c. 970) and St Albans School (948). These schools were founded as part of the church and were under its complete dominion. During the late 14th and early 15th centuries the first schools independent of the church were founded. Winchester (1382) and Oswestry (1407) were the first of their kind, and such early "free grammar schools" founded by wealthy benefactors paved the way for the establishment of the modern "public school". These were typically established for male students from poor or disadvantaged backgrounds. English law has always regarded education as a charitable end in itself, irrespective of poverty.
The transformation of free charitable foundations into institutions which sometimes charge fees came about readily: the foundation would only afford minimal facilities, so that further fees might be charged to lodge, clothe and otherwise maintain the scholars, to the private profit of the trustees or headmaster. Also, facilities already provided by the charitable foundation for a few students could profitably be extended to further paying pupils. Some schools still keep their foundation students in a separate house from other pupils.
After a time, such fees eclipsed the original charitable income, and the original endowment would become a minor part of the capital benefactions enjoyed by the school. By 2009 senior boarding schools were charging fees of between £16,000 and nearly £30,000 per annum.Christ's Hospital in Horsham is an example: a large proportion of its students are funded by its charitable foundation or by various benefactors.
Victorian expansion |
238561_2 | Independent school (United Kingdom) | Victorian expansion
The educational reforms of the 19th century were particularly important under first Thomas Arnold at Rugby, and then Samual Butler and later Benjamin Kennedy at Shrewsbury, the former emphasising team spirit and 'muscular Christianity' and the latter the importance of scholarship and competitive examinations. Edward Thring of Uppingham School introduced major reforms, focusing on the importance of the individual and competition, as well as the need for a "total curriculum" with academia, music, sport and drama being central to education. Most public schools developed significantly during the 18th and 19th centuries, and came to play an important role in the development of the Victorian social elite. Under a number of forward-looking headmasters leading public schools created a curriculum based heavily on classics and physical activity for boys and young men of the upper and upper middle classes.
They were schools for the gentlemanly elite of Victorian politics, armed forces and colonial government. Often, successful businessmen would send their sons to a public school as a mark of participation in the elite. Much of the discipline was in the hands of senior pupils (usually known as prefects), which was not just a means to reduce staffing costs, but was also seen as vital preparation for those pupils' later roles in public or military service. More recently heads of public schools have been emphasising that senior pupils now play a much reduced role in disciplining.
To an extent, the public school system influenced the school systems of the British Empire, and recognisably "public" schools can be found in many Commonwealth countries.
Modernity
Until 1975 there had been a group of 179 academically selective schools drawing on both private and state funding, the direct grant grammar schools. The Direct Grant Grammar Schools (Cessation of Grant) Regulations 1975 required these schools to choose between full state funding as comprehensive schools and full independence. As a result, 119 of these schools became independent. |
238561_3 | Independent school (United Kingdom) | Pupil numbers at independent schools fell slightly during the mid-1970s recession. At the same time participation at all secondary schools grew dramatically, so that the share of the independent sector fell from a little under 8 per cent in 1964 to reach a low of 5.7 per cent in 1978. Both these trends were reversed during the 1980s, and the share of the independent schools reached 7.5 per cent by 1991. The changes since 1990 have been less dramatic, participation falling to 6.9 per cent by 1996 before increasing very slightly after 2000 to reach 7.2 per cent in 2012.South East.
England and Wales
In 2011 there were more than 2,500 independent schools in the UK educating some 628,000 children, comprising over 6.5 per cent of UK children, and more than 18 per cent of pupils over the age of 16.
Most of the larger independent schools are either full or partial boarding schools, although many have now become predominantly day schools. By contrast there are only a few dozen state boarding schools. Boarding-school traditions give a distinctive character to British independent education, even in the case of day-pupils.
A high proportion of independent schools, particularly the larger and older institutions, have charitable status.
Inspections in England
The Independent Schools Council (ISC), through seven affiliated organisations, represents 1,289 schools that together educate over 80 per cent of the pupils in the UK independent sector. Those schools in England which are members of the affiliated organisations of the ISC are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate under a framework agreed between ISC, the Government's Department for Education (DfE) and the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted). Independent Schools not affiliated to the ISC in England may be inspected by either School Inspection Service or Bridge Schools' Trust. Independent schools accredited to the ISC in Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland or others in England out with the inspectorial bodies listed above are inspected through the national inspectorates in each country.
Scotland
Fettes College is one of Scotland's most famous independent schools, particularly since the 1997 Labour Government led by former pupil, Tony Blair.
See also: List of independent schools in Scotland and Scottish Council of Independent Schools |
238561_4 | Independent school (United Kingdom) | Independent schools in Scotland educate about 31,000 children and often referred to as private schools. Although many of the Scottish independent schools are members of the ISC they are also represented by the Scottish Council of Independent Schools, recognised by the Scottish Parliament as the body representing private schools in Scotland. Unlike England, all Scottish independent schools are subject to the same regime of inspections by Education Scotland as local authority schools and they have to register with the Learning Directorate.George Watson's College, Hutcheson's Grammar School, Robert Gordon's College, George Heriot's School, St Aloysius' College, The Glasgow Academy, Dollar Academy, the High School of Glasgow and the High School of Dundee.
In Scotland, it was common for children destined for private schools to receive their primary education at a local school. This arose because of Scotland's long tradition of state-funded education, which was spearheaded by the Church of Scotland from the seventeenth century, long before such education was common in England. Independent prep schools only became more widespread in Scotland from the late 19th century (usually attached to an existing secondary private school, though exceptions such as Craigclowan Preparatory School and Cargilfield Preparatory School do exist), though they are still much less prevalent than in England. In modern times many secondary pupils in Scotland's private schools will have fed in from the school's own fee-paying primary school, therefore there is considerable competition facing pupils from state primary schools who seek to enter a private school at secondary stage, via entrance examinations.
Selection
Independent schools, like state grammar schools, are free to select their pupils, subject to general legislation against discrimination. The principal forms of selection are financial, in that the pupil's family must be able to pay the school fees, and academic, with many administering their own entrance exams – some also require that the prospective student undergo an interview, and credit may also be given for musical, sporting or other talent. Entrance to some schools is more or less restricted to pupils whose parents practise a particular religion, or schools may require all pupils to attend religious services. |
238561_5 | Independent school (United Kingdom) | Only a small minority of parents can afford school fees averaging over £23,000 per annum for boarding pupils and £11,000 for day pupils, with additional costs for uniform, equipment and extra-curricular facilities.means-tested bursaries to assist the education of the less well-off are usually awarded by a process which combines academic and other criteria.
Independent schools are generally academically selective, using the competitive Common Entrance Examination at ages 11–13. Schools often offer scholarships to attract abler pupils (which improves their average results); the standard sometimes approaches the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) intended for age 16. Poorly-performing pupils may be required to leave, and following GCSE results can be replaced in the sixth form by a new infusion of high-performing sixth-form-only pupils, which may distort apparent results.
Conditions
Independent schools, as compared with maintained schools, are generally characterised by more individual teaching; much lower pupil-teacher ratios at around 9:1;
As boarding schools are fully responsible for their pupils throughout term-time, pastoral care is an essential part of independent education, and many independent schools teach their own distinctive ethos, including social aspirations, manners and accents, associated with their own school traditions. Many pupils aspire to send their own children to their old schools over successive generations. Most offer sporting, musical, dramatic and art facilities, sometimes at extra charges.
Worth School, a Roman Catholic independent school founded by a group of monks of the Benedictine faith.
Educational achievement is generally very good. Independent school pupils are four times more likely to attain an A* at GCSE than their non-selective state sector counterparts and twice as likely to attain an A grade at A-level. A much higher proportion go to university. Some schools specialise in particular strengths, whether academic, although this is not as common as it is in the state sector.
Independent schools are able to set their own discipline regime, with much greater freedom to exclude children, primarily exercised in the wider interests of the school. In England and Wales there are no requirements for teaching staff to have Qualified Teacher Status or to be registered with the General Teaching Council. In Scotland a teaching qualification and registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) is mandatory for all teaching positions.
Economic impact |
238561_6 | Independent school (United Kingdom) | Economic impact
In 2014 the Independent Schools Council commissioned a report to highlight the impact that independent schools have on the British economy. The report calculated that independent schools support an £11.7 billion contribution to gross value added (GVA) in Britain.
Criticisms
Independent schools are often criticised for being elitist, and seen as lying outside the spirit of the state system.public schools are extremely expensive, and many have entry criteria geared towards those who have been at private "feeder" preparatory schools. The Thatcher government introduced the Assisted Places Scheme in England and Wales in 1980, whereby the state paid the school fees for those pupils capable of gaining a place but unable to afford the fees. This was essentially a response to the decision of the previous Labour government in the mid-1970s to remove government funding of direct grant grammar schools, most of which then became independent schools; some Assisted Places pupils went to the former direct-grant schools such as Manchester Grammar School. The scheme was terminated by the Labour government in 1997, and since then the independent sector has moved to increase its own means-tested bursaries.
The former classics-based curriculum was also criticised for not providing skills in sciences or engineering, but was perhaps in response to the requirement of classics for entry to Oxbridge until the early 1960s, as well as a hangover from centuries ago when only Latin and Greek were taught at many public schools. It was Martin Wiener's opposition to this tendency which inspired his 1981 book English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit: 1850-1980. It became a huge influence on the Thatcher government's opposition to old-school gentlemanly Toryism. According to a 2010 report from the Department for Education, independent school pupils have "the highest rates of achieving grades A or B in A-level maths and sciences" compared to grammar, specialist and mainstream state schools, and pupils at independent schools account for a disproportionate number of the total number of A-levels in maths and sciences.
Some parents complain that their rights and their children's are compromised by vague and one-sided contracts which allow Heads to use discretionary powers unfairly, such as in expulsion on non-disciplinary grounds. They believe independent schools have not embraced the principles of natural justice as adopted by the state sector, and private law as applied to Higher Education. |
238561_7 | Independent school (United Kingdom) | In 2006, pupils at fee-paying schools made up 43 per cent of those selected for places at Oxford University and 38 per cent of those granted places at Cambridge University (although such pupils represent only 18 per cent of the 16 years old plus school population).
Charitable status
A major area of debate in recent years has centred around the continuing charitable status of independent schools, which means they are not charged business rates by local councils, amongst other benefits. This is estimated to save the schools about £200 per pupil and to cost the Exchequer about £100 million in tax breaks, assuming that an increase in fees would not result in any transfer of pupils from private to maintained sector.
Since the Charities Act was passed in November 2006, charitable status is based on an organisation providing a "public benefit", as judged by the Charity Commission.Independent Schools Council was granted permission by the High Court to bring a judicial review of the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance as it affected the independent education sector. This was heard by the Upper Tribunal at the same time as a reference by the Attorney General asking the Tribunal to consider how the public benefit requirement should operate in relation to fee-charging charitable schools. The Upper Tribunal's decision, published on 14 October 2011, concluded that in all cases there must be more than de minimis or token benefit for the poor, but that trustees of a charitable independent school should decide what was appropriate in their particular circumstances.
The Charity Commission accordingly published revised public benefit guidance in 2013.
In Scotland, under the Charities and Trustee Investment Act (Scotland),Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, which assesses the public benefit
Extra exam time
An investigation into official exam data by the BBC's Radio 4 Today programme, in 2017, showed that 20% of private school pupils were given extra time for their GCSE and A level exams, as compared with less than 12% of pupils in public sector schools.dyslexia, dyspraxia and ADHD.
Types and degree classes |
238561_8 | Independent school (United Kingdom) | Types and degree classes
In 2002 Jeremy Smith and Robin Naylor of the University of Warwick conducted a study into the determinants of degree performance at UK universities. Their study confirmed that the internationally recognized phenomenon whereby “children from more advantaged class backgrounds have higher levels of educational attainment than children from less-advantaged class backgrounds"United Kingdom. The authors noted "a very well-determined and monotonically positive effect defined over Social Classes I to V" whereby, for both men and women, "ceteris paribus, academic performance at university is better the more advantaged is the student's home background". but they also observed that a student educated at an independent school was on average 6 per cent less likely to receive a first or an upper second class degree than a student from the same social class background, of the same gender, who had achieved the same A-level score at a state school. The averaged effect was described as very variable across the social class and A-level attainment of the candidates; it was "small and not strongly significant for students with high A-level scores" (i.e. for students at the more selective universities) and "statistically significant mostly for students from lower occupationally-ranked social-class backgrounds". Additionally, the study could not take into account the effect of a slightly different and more traditional subject mix studied by independent students at university on university achievement. Despite these caveats, the paper attracted much press attention. The same study found wide variations between independent school, suggesting that students from a few of them were in fact significantly more likely to obtain the better degrees than state students of the same gender and class background having the same A-level score.
In 2011, a subsequent study led by Richard Partington at Cambridge University
A study commissioned by the Sutton TrustSutton Trust study was that for students of a given level of A-level attainment it is almost twice as difficult to get a first at the most selective universities than at those on the other end of the scale. Independent sector schools regularly dominate the top of the A-level league tables, and their students are more likely to apply to the most selective universities; as a result independent sector students are particularly well represented at these institutions, and therefore only the very ablest of them are likely to secure the best degrees.
In 2013 the Higher Education Funding Council for England published a study |
238561_9 | Independent school (United Kingdom) | In 2013 the Higher Education Funding Council for England published a study
In 2015, the UK press widely reported the outcome of research suggesting that graduates from state schools that have attained similar A level grades go on to achieve higher undergraduate degree classes than their independent school counterparts. The quoted figures, based on the degree results of all students who graduated in 2013/14, suggested that 82 per cent of state school pupils got firsts or upper seconds compared with 73 per cent of those from independent schools. Later, HEFCE admitted that it had made a transposition error, and that in fact, 73 per cent of state school graduates gained a first or upper second class degree compared with 82 per cent of independent school graduates.
Across all English universities, state school students who scored two Bs and a C at A-level did on average eight per cent better at degree level than their privately educated counterparts.Russell Group universities.
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39397302_0 | Jackson Frazier | Clint Jackson Frazier (born September 6, 1994), previously known as Clint Frazier, is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Texas Rangers organization. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs.
A top prospect for the 2013 MLB draft, the Cleveland Indians chose Frazier with the fifth overall selection. The Indians traded Frazier (among other prospects) to the New York Yankees in 2016 for relief pitcher Andrew Miller. Frazier made his MLB debut in 2017.
Early life and education
Frazier was born to Mark Frazier, a salesman, and his wife Kim, a preschool teacher. Despite living only 45 minutes from Atlanta, Frazier grew up a Philadelphia Phillies fan.
Frazier attended Loganville High School, where he competed in baseball with Austin Meadows.batted .424 with 24 home runs.Jackie Robinson Award given to the Perfect Game National Player of the Year.Under Armour All-America Baseball Game.on-base percentage, a 1.134 slugging percentage, 17 home runs, 45 runs batted in (RBIs), and 56 runs scored. Gatorade named Frazier their National Baseball Player of the Year.
Frazier committed to attend the University of Georgia on a college baseball scholarship to play for the Georgia Bulldogs. He was considered one of the best prospects available in the 2013 Major League Baseball draft.
Career
Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Indians selected Frazier with the fifth overall selection of the 2013 MLB Draft. He signed with the Indians instead of enrolling at the University of Georgia, receiving a $3.5 million signing bonus.Arizona Indians of the Rookie-level Arizona League for his professional debut. He hit a home run and a triple in his first professional game.
In 2014, Frazier played for the Lake County Captains of the Class A Midwest League where he batted .266 with 13 home runs and 50 RBIs in 120 games.Lynchburg Hillcats of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League where he compiled a .285 batting average with 16 home runs and 72 RBIs in 133 games.
Frazier began the 2016 season with the Akron RubberDucks of the Class AA Eastern League. He was named to appear in the 2016 All Star Futures Game, where he went 2-for-3 with an RBI double and a stolen base.Columbus Clippers of the Class AAA International League on July 25.
New York Yankees |
39397302_1 | Jackson Frazier | New York Yankees
On July 31, 2016, the Indians traded Frazier along with Justus Sheffield, Ben Heller and J. P. Feyereisen to the New York Yankees for Andrew Miller.Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the International League.batting average, 16 home runs and 55 RBIs in 119 games between the three clubs.
The Yankees promoted Frazier to the major leagues on July 1, 2017.doubled for his first major league hit that day and hit his first career home run in his next at-bat.home run off of Corey Knebel, giving the Yankees a 5-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.David Robertson, who wore the number during his tenure with the Yankees from 2008 to 2014.Aaron Judge's No. 99 in right field.extra base hits before his 15th career game, after Joe DiMaggio. On August 10, Frazier was placed on the 10-day disabled list due to a left oblique strain.2017 ALCS.
Frazier began the 2018 on the disabled list with a concussion.Rays at Tropicana Field on June 22, Frazier entered the game in the ninth inning as a pinch-hitter and appeared to have hit a home run that could have given the Yankees the lead, but the ball hit a speaker and dropped down for a pop-out.Aaron Hicks was banged up.Aaron Boone said that Frazier would miss the rest of the season to get treatment for ongoing symptoms caused by the concussion he suffered earlier in the year.
During 2019 spring training, manager Aaron Boone announced that Frazier would likely start the season in the minors.Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Hicks, and Jacoby Ellsbury. On April 6, Frazier pinch hit in the 6th inning against the Baltimore Orioles. He hit a go-ahead three-run home run to the left field seats that ultimately gave the Yankees the win.Eduardo Núñez’s sharp single get under his glove for a two-base error that allowed Michael Chavis to score from first base. Three batters later, Frazier dived and missed Andrew Benintendi’s liner, which fell for a single as Brock Holt scored from first. Then in the eighth, he took a bad route on Chavis’ ball near the right-field line, letting it skip by for an RBI triple as fans booed. He did not speak to reporters following the defeat.Edwin Encarnación. |
39397302_2 | Jackson Frazier | Frazier made the opening roster for the 2020 season, but was sent down to the alternate training site just two games into the season, on July 26, without having appeared in a game.
Frazier removed himself from a game on June 30, 2021, complaining of dizziness, and two days later was placed on the Yankees’ injured list. He underwent neurological testing in July, and was sent on a minor league rehab assignment in August. On September 12, Yankees manager Aaron Boone announced that Frazier would miss the remainder of the season.designated for assignment by the Yankees on November 19, then released four days later.
Chicago Cubs
On December 1, 2021, Frazier signed a one-year $1.5 million major league contract with the Chicago Cubs.plate appearances, then was designated for assignment on June 10.Iowa Cubs of the Pacific Coast League, allowing him to continue to receive his major-league salary.
Texas Rangers
On January 27, 2023, Frazier signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers organization.
Personal life
Frazier has one older sister.Scottish ancestry.
On June 22, 2022, Frazier told a broadcaster for the Iowa Cubs that he wanted to be called by his middle name, Jackson, moving forward. Until that point in his career he was known professionally as Clint Frazier.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clint Frazier.
* Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors) |
40672520_0 | Khanqah, Meyaneh | Khanqah (Persian: خانقاه, also Romanized as Khānqāh)Kandovan Rural District, Kandovan District, Meyaneh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 978, in 174 families. |
15581423_0 | Khodaafarin Bridges | Khodaafarin Bridges (Azerbaijani: Xudafərin körpüləri, Persian: پل خداآفرین) are two Khudafarin arch bridges, which are located at the border of Azerbaijan and Iran connecting the northern and southern banks of the Aras River. Located on the historical Silk Road, the 11-arched bridge was built in the 11th–12th centuries and the 15-arched bridge in the 13th century.
There is a Khoodaaferin reservoir located in the vicinities.
A 15-span bridge, which was built in the 12th century, is in working order; the second, an 11-span bridge built in the 13th century (the Ilkhanate era) is destroyed (only three middle spans have been preserved).
The 15-span bridge belongs to the Arran architecture school.
History
The first written mention of one of the Khoodaaferin bridges belongs to the 14th century Iranian historian and geographer Hamdallah Mustawfi. He wrote that the bridge was built in 636 by the Arab General Bakr Ibn Abdullah during the campaign of the Arab army in the Eastern Transcaucasia. However, modern historians doubt that the Arabs were able to wage war and build a bridge at the same time. It is believed that, most likely, Mustawfi had in mind the organization of the crossing of the Arab army across the Aras using natural rock outcrops. The construction of the 15-span bridge, therefore, was attributed to a much later period – the 12th century.
Orientalists C. E. Bosworth and V. B. Fischer noted that Fazl Ibn Muhammad of the Sheddadid dynasty built one of the bridges across the Aras river for commercial and military-strategic purposes. The bridge linked Karabakh to Karadjadagh.
The 11-span bridge was restored in the 13th century during the Ilkhanate era due to the movement of huge masses of people in that period. The northern bank of Aras used to be a battlefield between the Ilkhanate and Golden Horde, and therefore there was a need to transport numerous troops. Besides, the remains of the tent city "Aladag" with structures for the nobility found here prove that the Ilkhanids made crossings over the Aras in winter. |
15581423_1 | Khodaafarin Bridges | After the occupation of the Jabrayil District by Armenian forces in 1993, the Khudaafarin bridges fell under the control of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh. During this period a large dam straddling the river Araz was built directly west of the bridges but the bridge-ruins themselves remained intact. The dam was inaugurated in 2010.
Khodaafarin bridges with the dam seen behind
Azerbaijan reestablished control over the villages on 18 October 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
On 16 November 2020, President Ilham Aliyev and the Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva paid a visit to the left bank of the Khoodaafarin bridge.
Researches
The first description of the 15-span bridge was given in the work "the Art of Iran" published in 1938 under the editorship of A. Pope. The work also includes a schematic drawing of the bridge.
A. Sadikhzade was the first Azerbaijani scientist to study the bridges on the spot and perform their visual measurements, publishing the results of research in 1963 in the "History of Azerbaijani architecture".
A detailed study of the remains of the bridges and their measurements was made in 1974.
Construction
11-span bridge in 2023
The bridges are located at a distance of 800 m from each other.
The 11-span bridge is called "Synyg korpu" ("broken bridge").
Architects used river cobblestone (breakwaters and arches) and square baked brick (parapet of the upper part) to build the 15-span bridge.
Only natural rock outcrops were used as bridge abutments. The bridge spans have different sizes. Following the terrain structure, the bridge is not straight in the plan, but has a certain curvature.
The length of the 15-span bridge is about 200 meters, width – 4.5 m. The highest point of the bridge is 10 m above the water level. The breakwaters protecting the bridge abutments are triangular in plan and are built of river cobblestone. On the reverse side, the breakwaters have a semicircular shape. |
15581423_2 | Khodaafarin Bridges | Abutments of the 11-span bridge were also built of rock outcrops. In the middle part of the river, the spans are longer and, consequently, higher, and closer to the banks, the spans are smaller in both width and height. The total length of this bridge is 130 m, width – 6 m, maximum height – 12 m above the water.
The binding solution of the 15-span bridge was made of clay with an admixture of milk.
* Khoda Afarin Dam
* List of bridges in Azerbaijan
Media related to Khoda Afarin Bridges at Wikimedia Commons |
1038221_0 | List of Liberty ships | This is a list of Liberty ships, a type of mass-produced cargo ships built to meet inexpensively the United States' World War II maritime transport needs.
Because of the large number of entries, the list has been divided into five sections by the first letter of the ship's name:
* List of Liberty ships: A-F
* List of Liberty ships: G-Je
* List of Liberty ships: Je-L
* List of Liberty ships: M-R
* List of Liberty ships: S-Z
Note: These are sortable lists, which also allows ships to be looked up by Hull number.
* List of United States Navy ships
* List of Royal Navy ships
* List of ships of the Japanese Navy
* List of U.S. military vessels named after living Americans
* List of U.S. military vessels named after women |
35749213_0 | List of amphibians of North America north of Mexico | This is a checklist of amphibians found in Northern America, based mainly on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.IUCN Red List of Threatened Species site.
* alien species
[IUCN conservation statuses]
Summary of 2006 IUCN Red List categories.
Conservation status – IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:
EX – extinct, EW – extinct in the wild CR – critically endangered, EN – endangered, VU – vulnerable NT – near threatened, LC – least concern DD – data deficient, NE – not evaluated (v. 2013.2, the data are current as of March 5, 2014
and Endangered Species Act:
E – endangered, T – threatened XN, XE – experimental nonessential or essential population E(S/A), T(S/A) – endangered or threatened due to similarity of appearance (the data are current as of March 28, 2014
Order: Urodela
Spotted salamander, Ambystoma maculatum
Northern zigzag salamander, Plethodon dorsalis
Suborder: Cryptobranchoidea
Family: Cryptobranchidae
Hellbender, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis NT
(Ozark hellbender, C. a. bishopi: E)
Suborder: Salamandroidea
Family: Salamandridae
Subfamily: Pleurodelinae
Eastern newts Black-spotted newt, Notophthalmus meridionalis EN Striped newt, Notophthalmus perstriatus NT Eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens LC Pacific newts Rough-skinned newt, Taricha granulosa LC Red-bellied newt, Taricha rivularis LC Sierra newt, Taricha sierrae LC California newt, Taricha torosa LC
Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamily: Plethodontinae |
35749213_1 | List of amphibians of North America north of Mexico | Web-toed salamanders Limestone salamander, Hydromantes brunus VU Mount Lyell salamander, Hydromantes platycephalus LC Samwel Shasta salamander, Hydromantes samweli Shasta salamander, Hydromantes shastae VU Wintu Shasta salamander, Hydromantes wintu Climbing salamanders Green salamander, Aneides aeneus NT Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander, Aneides caryaensis Clouded salamander, Aneides ferreus NT Speckled black salamander, Aneides flavipunctatus NT and: Santa Cruz black salamander, Aneides (flavipunctatus) niger Shasta salamander, Aneides iecanus Sacramento Mountains salamander, Aneides hardii LC Klamath black salamander, Aneides klamathensis Arboreal salamander, Aneides lugubris LC Wandering salamander, Aneides vagrans NT Dusky salamanders Seepage salamander, Desmognathus aeneus NT Holbrook's southern dusky salamander, Desmognathus auriculatus LC and: Carolina swamp dusky salamander, Desmognathus valtos Valentine's southern dusky salamander, Desmognathus valentinei and: Pascagoula dusky salamander, Desmognathus pascagoula Ouachita dusky salamander, Desmognathus brimleyorum LC Northern dusky salamander, Desmognathus fuscus LC and: Spotted dusky salamander, Desmognathus conanti Flat-headed salamander, Desmognathus planiceps Imitator salamander, Desmognathus imitator LC Desmognathus marmoratus/Desmognathus 'quadramaculatus' complex: Shovel-nosed salamander, Desmognathus marmoratus LC and: Golden shovel-nosed salamander, Desmognathus aureatus Black shovel-nosed salamander, Desmognathus melanius Central shovel-nosed dusky salamander, Desmognathus intermedius Species split from the former black-bellied salamander, Desmognathus quadramaculatus LC |
35749213_2 | List of amphibians of North America north of Mexico | (complex of "black-bellied salamanders"): Dwarf black-bellied salamander, Desmognathus folkertsi DD Nantahala black-bellied salamander, Desmognathus amphileucus Cherokee blackbellied salamander, Desmognathus gvnigeusgwotli Kanawha blackbellied salamander, Desmognathus kanawha Pisgah black-bellied salamander, Desmognathus mavrokoilius Seal salamander, Desmognathus monticola LC Desmognathus ochrophaeus complex: Mountain dusky salamander, Desmognathus ochrophaeus LC and: Cumberland dusky salamander, Desmognathus abditus NT Carolina mountain dusky salamander, Desmognathus carolinensis LC Ocoee salamander, Desmognathus ocoee LC and: Cherokee mountain dusky salamander, Desmognathus adatsihi Great Balsams mountain dusky |
35749213_3 | List of amphibians of North America north of Mexico | Balsams mountain dusky salamander, Desmognathus balsameus Tallulah salamander, Desmognathus perlapsus Blue Ridge dusky salamander, Desmognathus orestes LC Apalachicola dusky salamander, Desmognathus apalachicolae LC Northern pygmy salamander, Desmognathus organi Santeetlah dusky salamander, Desmognathus santeetlah LC Black mountain salamander, Desmognathus welteri LC Pygmy salamander, Desmognathus wrighti LC Ensatina Ensatina, Ensatina eschscholtzii LC Red Hills salamander Red Hills salamander, Phaeognathus hubrichti EN T Woodland salamanders Ainsworth's salamander or Bay Springs salamander, Plethodon ainsworthi EX Western slimy salamander, Plethodon albagula LC |
35749213_4 | List of amphibians of North America north of Mexico | albagula LC Blue Ridge gray-cheeked salamander, Plethodon amplus VU Ozark zigzag salamander, Plethodon angusticlavius LC Scott Bar salamander, Plethodon asupak VU Tellico salamander, Plethodon aureolus DD Caddo Mountain salamander, Plethodon caddoensis NT Chattahoochee slimy salamander, Plethodon chattahoochee Cheoah Bald salamander, Plethodon cheoah VU Atlantic Coast slimy salamander, Plethodon chlorobryonis Red-backed salamander or eastern red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus LC White-spotted slimy salamander, Plethodon cylindraceus LC Northern zigzag salamander, Plethodon dorsalis LC Dunn's salamander, Plethodon dunni LC Northern ravine salamander, |
35749213_5 | List of amphibians of North America north of Mexico | Northern ravine salamander, Plethodon electromorphus LC Del Norte salamander, Plethodon elongatus NT Fourche Mountain salamander, Plethodon fourchensis VU Northern slimy salamander, Plethodon glutinosus LC and: Southeastern slimy salamander, Plethodon grobmani Mississippi slimy salamander, Plethodon mississippi Valley and ridge salamander, Plethodon hoffmani LC Peaks of Otter salamander, Plethodon hubrichti VU Coeur d'Alene salamander, Plethodon idahoensis LC Red-cheeked salamander, Plethodon jordani NT Cumberland Plateau salamander, Plethodon kentucki LC Kiamichi slimy salamander, Plethodon kiamichi DD Louisiana slimy salamander, Plethodon kisatchie LC Larch Mountain salamander, |
35749213_6 | List of amphibians of North America north of Mexico | Mountain salamander, Plethodon larselli NT South Mountain graycheeked salamander, Plethodon meridianus VU Southern gray-cheeked salamander, Plethodon metcalfi LC Northern gray-cheeked salamander, Plethodon montanus LC Jemez Mountains salamander, Plethodon neomexicanus NT E Cheat Mountain salamander, Plethodon nettingi NT T Ocmulgee slimy salamander, Plethodon ocmulgee Rich Mountain salamander, Plethodon ouachitae NT Pigeon Mountain salamander, Plethodon petraeus VU White-spotted salamander, Plethodon punctatus NT Ravine salamander or southern ravine salamander, Plethodon richmondi LC Savannah slimy salamander, Plethodon savannah Sequoyah slimy salamander, Plethodon sequoyah DD |
35749213_7 | List of amphibians of North America north of Mexico | sequoyah DD Southern red-backed salamander, Plethodon serratus LC Shenandoah salamander, Plethodon shenandoah VU E Big Levels salamander, Plethodon sherando VU Red-legged salamander, Plethodon shermani VU Siskiyou Mountains salamander, Plethodon stormi EN Southern Appalachian salamander, Plethodon teyahalee LC Van Dyke's salamander, Plethodon vandykei LC South Carolina slimy salamander, Plethodon variolatus Western redback salamander, Plethodon vehiculum LC Southern zigzag salamander, Plethodon ventralis LC Shenandoah Mountain salamander, Plethodon virginia NT Webster's salamander, Plethodon websteri LC Wehrle's salamander, Plethodon wehrlei LC and: Dixie Cavern |