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For the "Billboard" charting week of 28 September 2013, "Restart" was the No. 38 most-sold album in the entirety of the United States by the "Billboard" 200 and it was the No. 1 Top Christian Album as well. |
= = = Taiwan Balloons Museum = = = |
The Taiwan Balloons Museum () is a museum about balloons in Anli Village, Shengang District, Taichung, Taiwan. The museum is owned and operated by Taiwan Tailloon Balloons Co., Ltd. |
The museum building were once the old factory of the Taiwan Tailloon Balloons Co., Ltd. The current factory of the company is located right next to the museum building. |
The museum building resembles a balloon from outside. |
The museum exhibits the balloon production process, balloon making activities and balloon-related games. |
The museum is accessible west from Fengyuan Station of the Taiwan Railways. |
= = = Prescott Fire Department = = = |
The Prescott Fire Department is the municipal fire department for the city of Prescott, Arizona. Additionally, the PFD provides aircraft rescue and firefighting for the Prescott Municipal Airport. Founded in 1885, it is the oldest fire department in the state of Arizona. With a coverage area of and serving a population of 39,843, the PFD consists of 92 career personnel, split among five fire stations. |
Prior to 1884, Prescott had no water system for fire protection. Wells were sunk at the four corners of the courthouse plaza and double acting hand pumps were installed. In 1884 the water system was installed and the Prescott Volunteer Fire Department was started with a single hose company using a two-wheeled cart hand drawn with of hose. In 1954 the then four separate volunteer companies were merged into one and named Prescott Fire Department. |
The Granite Mountain Hotshots were a group within the department whose mission was to fight wildfires. Founded in 2002 as a fuels mitigation crew, it transitioned to a handcrew (Type 2 I/A) in 2004, and ultimately to a hotshot crew in 2008. The crew had their own fire station, station 7, where equipment, including two 10-person crew carriers, was housed. The 2017 film "Only the Brave" was based on the Granite Mountain Hotshots and the Yarnell Fire. |
On June 30, 2013, 19 members of the 20-man group died fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire. Only Brendan McDonough survived. The firefighters had apparently deployed fire shelters, but not all of the bodies were found inside them. According to the National Fire Protection Association, it was the greatest loss of life for firefighters in a wildfire since 1933, the deadliest wildfire of any kind since 1991, and the greatest loss of firefighters in the United States since the September 11 attacks. Vice President Joe Biden attended the memorial and stated, "All men are created equal. But then, a few became firefighters." |
= = = Giralda (Kansas City) = = = |
The Giralda is the name of a landmark in Kansas City, Missouri. It stands tall at the corner of West 47th Street and J.C. Nichols Parkway. |
When urban developer J.C. Nichols visited Seville, Spain in the 1920s, he was so impressed with the 12th-century Moorish tower of Giralda that he built a half-scale replica in the Country Club Plaza. The tower was officially christened by then-Seville mayor Felix Morena de la Cova, along with an official delegate in 1967, the same year in which the both cities became sister cities. The original Giralda tower was the minaret of the 12th century Muslim mosque; a Christian belfry was added in 1568. |
= = = Odette Valery = = = |
Odette Valery (spelled Valéry in French publications), née Helene Vasilardi, (1883–?) was an Italian dancer of Greek parentage. She made her début at La Scala in 1898 at the age of fifteen. She moved to Paris where she danced with the Ballet Excelsior at the Folies Bergère. She came to regard dancing "en pointe" as "old-fashioned" and made her name doing reconstructions of ancient Greek dances in bare feet. Later she portrayed Cleopatra and did an Egyptian dance with a live asp. She was well-educated and spoke French, German, Italian, Spanish and Russian as well as some English and she played the piano well. In 1908, she caused a sensation in New York when she danced in the last act of "Samson and Delilah" at the Manhattan Opera House where she had been engaged by Oscar Hammerstein I. Her dance included the participation of one of three snakes (with fangs removed) which were cared for by their own groom, Robert, whom she had engaged in addition to other servants who travelled with her. In 1910 she was earning $1000 a week when dancing in the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. She owned several automobiles and amassed a fortune in jewellery. She spent lavishly and by 1912, she was destitute. Her money ran out when she had to have an operation and as a result she could not work for an extended period. Although her weekly salary was what a workman earned in a year at the time, she hadn't saved a penny. She was found ill and starving in a cheap boarding house in Notting Hill, London where she was being cared for by her seven-year-old son Gaeton. She had been surviving thus for a year by pawning her jewellery. She was found by a friend who was performing at Hammerstein's London Opera House. The friend took her in and was planning to send her back to her home in France to recover. She returned to Paris and although she was reputed to have had twenty-eight love affairs in one year at the height of her fame, she had few real friends and continued to live in poverty. It was a California heiress, Mrs. Jackson Gouraud, who came to her aid on reading about her plight and gave a fund-raising ball in her honour at Martin's, New York. The hostess wore a live python around her neck for the event. |
= = = Lijin Jose = = = |
Lijin Jose is a Malayalam film director with two feature films and one documentary to his credit. His debut movie was Friday starring Fahad Fazil. He is also the founder of Every Dog has its Day Productions (EDHID). EDHID focuses on giving life to feature films, diversified content for OTT platforms, innovative and awe-inspiring documentaries, digital films and quirky short stories. |
Lijin was born in Alappuzha, Kerala, India. He did his Masters Post Graduate in English Language and Literature from the University of Kerala. He also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Filmmaking from Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-dit). |
Lijin Started his film career as an assistant director in 2003. He assisted Ivar, The Journey, Chacko Randaaman, Winter (2004 film) and Seetha Kalyanam. His first film was "Friday" starring Fahad Fazil and Ann Augustine. He directed "Law Point" starring Kunchako Boban and Namita Pramod soon after and focused on making a documentary on the veteran filmmaker, K.G George on his life and career. |
8½ Intercuts- Life and Films of KG George (2017) Documentary |
Unfriend (2014) Malayalam short film |
Friday (2012) Malayalam feature film |
Conditions Apply (2010) Malayalam short film |
International Documentary Short Film Festival of India (IDSFFK), Signs International Film Festival |
= = = Brent W. Jeffs = = = |
Brent W. Jeffs is an author, advocate, and member of the influential Jeffs family in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS Church). |
Jeffs wrote the memoir "Lost Boy" along with author Maia Szalavitz, which was released on May 19, 2009. The book is a depiction of life within the FLDS Church and his ostracism from the organization at a young age. The title of the book comes from the term "the lost boys", which refers to the many young men expelled from the FLDS Church. Jeffs is a grandson to FLDS "prophet" Rulon Jeffs, nephew to imprisoned FLDS "prophet" Warren Jeffs and Lyle Jeffs, and his mother is the daughter of another non-FLDS "prophet" as well. |
Jeffs was born to Ward Jeffs, son of Rulon Jeffs. Ward had three wives, two of whom were sisters. Between these marriages, Brent had nineteen siblings. Ward eventually left the church, leaving Brent in the FLDS community per Brent's request. Eventually, Brent left the compound and moved into a small apartment with four of his older brothers, where they experimented with alcohol, drug use and partying. |
In 2004 Jeffs named Warren Jeffs as the perpetrator in a civil lawsuit seeking damages for sexual abuse he had suffered as a boy. "Lost Boy" depicts much of the sexual abuse that was inflicted upon him beginning at ages 5 or 6. The memoir also includes abuse from Warren's brothers and other family members. |
Jeffs has appeared on the NPR radio show, "Fresh Air", hosted by interviewer Teri Gross, the television show "Polygamy: What Love Is This?", "Hannity" and "Dr. Phil", with each appearance having to do with the FLDS and polygamy. In each appearance Jeffs discusses the dangers of the FLDS lifestyle and abuse from Warren Jeffs and other influential FLDS Church leaders. |
Since releasing his memoir, Jeffs has married and had a daughter. They live in Salt Lake City, Utah. |
= = = Pakistani wedding songs = = = |
This list contains Pakistani wedding songs which are performed during Pakistani weddings. Most are traditional folk songs, but also include pop songs as well. |
= = = Burnaugh Building = = = |
The Burnaugh Building, at 107 N. River St. in Enterprise, Oregon, was built during 1916-17 in Early Commercial style. It was commissioned by S. L. Burnaugh for renting; Burnaugh served as mayor of Enterprise in the year following its construction. It has served as a post office, a meeting hall, as a businessplace, and as a multiple dwelling. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. |
It is one of six buildings in Enterprise that was built of "Bowlby stone", a local tuffaceous rock; the Wallowa County Courthouse and the Record-Chieftain's plant building are the only other two surviving of the six. |
= = = Scotch Ridge, Ohio = = = |
Scotch Ridge is an unincorporated community in Wood County, Ohio, United States. It is part of Webster Township and located at the intersection of OH 199 and OH 105. |
Scotch Ridge is part of the Eastwood Local School District. |
A post office called Scotch Ridge was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1926. The community derives its name from Scotland, the ancestral home of a large share of the first settlers. |
= = = Super Match (association football) = = = |
The Super Match is an annual and bi-annual pre-season friendly tournament. The tournament was previously referred to as Thomas Cook Trophy until 2008, Ferrostaal Cup in 2010, Winoly Cup in 2012, and Super Match by Carlsberg, due to sponsorship. Manchester City are the hosts of the competition. The game is usually the last before the Premier League opening match and features a highly reputed UEFA club. |
Manchester City have played against UEFA Champions League sides Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Lazio, Milan, Olympiacos, Porto, VfB Stuttgart, and Valencia in previous editions of the competition. |
Super Matches which do not involve Manchester City are known as SuperGames and are played in Gothenburg, Sweden. |
"Bold indicates the participating team won the tournament that year." |
The inaugural sponsor of the cup was travel agent Thomas Cook. In 2010, sponsorship of the competition moved to Ferrostaal, who had signed a representative deal with Manchester City. In 2012, the tournament again changed sponsors, this time to sports company "Winoly". In 2013, it was announced that Winoly had moved its sponsorship to a rival competition. On 5 June 2013, Danish Alcoholic beverage company Carlsberg took over sponsorship of the event, then known as the Super Match by Carlsberg. In 2015, there was no title sponsor for the competition. |
= = = Eleftherios Goulielmakis = = = |
Eleftherios Goulielmakis (Ελευθέριος Γουλιελμάκης) is a Greek physicist specializing in lasers. |
He is a professor of physics at the University of Rostock, Germany where he currently leads the research activities of the Xtreme Photonic Lab group. He is also the head of the research group "Attoelectronics" at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching , Germany. |
He obtained his Bachelor´s and Master´s degree in physics and optoelectronics respectrively from the University of Crete, Greece and the PhD degree (Dr. rer. nat.) from Ludiwig-Maximilans-Universität (LMU) in Munich in 2005. |
For his work on the attosecond control and synthesis of light waves he has been awarded the of the Academy of Athens in 2007, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Young Scientist Prize in Optics of the International Commission for Optics in 2009, the Gustav Hertz Prize of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) in 2013. and the of the Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen in 2015. |
= = = International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting = = = |
The International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of digital broadcasting technology. It was established in 2007 by Fa-Long Luo, who served as founding editor-in-chief until 2011. The journal is published by Hindawi Publishing Corporation. |
The journal is abstracted and indexed in: |
= = = God's Mischief = = = |
God's Mischief (original title: Daivathinte Vikrithikal) is a 1989 Malayalam novel written by M. Mukundan. Like most of Mukundan's works, this novel too is based in Mayyazhi, better known once as Mahé, the French colony after it was decolonised. The story centres on a magician, Father Alfonso, his daughter, Elsee and an Ayurveda Vaidyar Kumaran and his two twin sons and how their life changes after the land is decolonised. The novel won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award and the N. V. Prize. It was adapted into a film by noted director Lenin Rajendran in 1992. |
The story begins in 1950s, when the French, the colonial rulers were packing off from Mahé, a coastal town in North Malabar, after 230 years, leaving behind remnants of a cultural history. Those, who considered themselves as belonging to Francophone culture, jumped onto the first available vessel to France. And many of the older generation, orphaned by the departure of the French, struggle to eke out a living even as they remember their days of plenty under their foreign masters. Caught up in their suffering, Kumaran Vaidyar does everything he can to keep the people of his beloved Mayyazhi from starving, but entrusts his own children to the care of his wife, who is no more. Meanwhile, Father Alphonse waves his magic wand and changes pebbles into candy and waits for his good-looking son to return. Through all this, untroubled by the woes of the elders, Shivan, Shashi and Elsie spend an idyllic childhood in sunny, sleepy Mayyazhi. Until the day of reckoning catches up with them and they pay the price of growing up. |
The English translation of the book by Prema Jayakumar was released by Penguin Books India on 30 October 2013. "India Today" wrote: "The translation is brilliant, losing none of the linguistic subtleties of prose and colour of the original Malayalam. The translator has ensured that the delicacy of interlocking relationships, situations and their nuances have been preserved in all their complexity as the book tsunamis towards its climax." A Bengali translation is also available published by Sahitya Academy translated by Basabi Chakrabarty - 'ভগবানের দুষ্টুমি' |
In 1992, a film adaptation of the novel was released, starring Raghuvaran as Alfonso, Rajan P. Dev as Arupurayil Kadungun, Thilakan as Kumaran Vysyar, Srividya as Maggi, Malavika Avinash as Elsee, Vineeth as Sasi, Sudheesh as Sivan and directed by Lenin Rajendran. Mukundan assisted with writing the screenplay and with other production tasks. The film was critically well acclaimed and won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Film. |
= = = Great March for Climate Action = = = |
The Great March for Climate Action (also known as the Climate March) was launched on March 1, 2013 by former Iowa lawmaker Ed Fallon, inspired after meeting with Bill McKibben. “Since probably 2007, I’ve identified the climate crisis as the most serious challenge facing our planet, and I’ve been pondering ways in which I could most effectively help address it.” |
The non-profit organization planned to mobilize one thousand people to march across the continental United States in order to raise awareness and action on anthropogenic climate change. The march began March 1, 2014 in Wilmington neighborhood in South Los Angeles, California, and ended on November 1, 2014 when marchers arrived in Washington, D.C. Along the route, participants engaged with the general public and elected officials in order to inspire society to address climate change. In the end, a core group of 34 people traveled the entire route from Los Angeles, California, to Washington D.C., and five people walked every step from LA to DC. |
In a Des Moines Register interview Fallon said, “We think it’s very important. We think this is a tool that will help mobilize people to understand the problem and to do more about it…this needs to become the defining issue of this century.” Fallon was inspired in part by another cross-country march, the 1986 Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament, for which he coordinated the Iowa logistics. Although this was a national campaign, it was intended to have an international audience and was desired to include participants from multiple nations, as climate change is a global phenomenon. |
The headquarters of the non-profit are located in Des Moines, Iowa. As of October 2013 they had six staff, had raised $120,000, and earned endorsements from 350.org, James Hansen, and U.S. Senator Tom Harkin and Congressman Bruce Braley among others. |
The marchers departed from Santa Monica, California on March 1, 2014, traveling through Nebraska (focus on the Keystone Pipeline) and ended in Washington, D.C. in November, 2014. The route passed through California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and the following cities (unverified): |
Reverend Bob Cook planned to take part in the march. "The Des Moines pastor’s life work has been for the poor, but he doesn’t view the Great March for Climate Action as a departure. The poor are affected most by climate change, as they are from most troubling world events, Cook said." |
Ben Bushwick, a student at Ohio University, marched most of the way. “I’m marching because quite frankly I don’t see any other choice,” Bushwick said. “Atmospheric disruption is a real threat that people do not take seriously and will make mitigation and adaptation efforts a lot more difficult.” |
Faith Meckley, a student at Ithaca College, says, “I was interested, but only for a three-week walk from Pittsburgh to Washington. ... After thinking about it and talking to my academic advisor at Ithaca, I decided to take the spring semester off and do the walk from Taos, N.M., to Washington. I am committed to this issue. I want to do more than my environmental blog and sign petitions. I have a respect for the planet.” In line with her commitment, she left the march early to protest storage of liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas in her hometown region of Seneca Lake, New York. |
An average day’s walk was expected to be 14–15 miles. Campsites for tents were prearranged. Organizers had hoped to haul all of the gear and supplies via bicycles to minimize energy consumption and maximize sustainability, but after some intensive research this proved infeasible, so trucks running on biodiesel or vegetable oil fuel were used. Research into solar cookers, composting toilets, determined how far the marchers were able to use sustainable methods to handle food and energy needs, and human waste. Participants and volunteers shared daily chores including but not limited to setting up camp, food preparation and clean-up. Interactive workshops focused on climate change, the anthropogenic effect on the environment, and active solutions. |
Throughout history, marches have been associated with political and social change. Examples include but are not limited to: the Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913, Gandhi's Salt March to defy Britain's imperial power, Martin Luther King Jr's Selma to Montgomery marches for voting rights and the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament. Peace walks have been particularly popular in the peace movement. |