Andy Partridge

February 8th, 2010

















Andy Partridge

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Andy Partridge

Partridge with XTC playing Toronto’s Music Hall, February 1980
Background information
Birth name Andrew John Partridge
Also known as Sir John Johns
Born 11 November 1953 (1953-11-11) (age 56)
Mtarfa, Malta
Origin Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Genres New wave music, Pop
Occupations Musician, Songwriter, Record producer
Instruments Guitar, Vocals
Years active 1972-present
Labels Virgin, Idea, APE House
Associated acts XTC, The Dukes of Stratosphear, Monstrance
Website http://www.ape.uk.net
Notable instruments
Ibanez Artist, Martin D-35

Andrew John “Andy” Partridge is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist, born on 11 November 1953 in Mtarfa, Malta. He has been known as Sir John Johns and Melchior and rose to fame as a founding member, guitarist and chief songwriter of the pop/new wave band, XTC. He lives in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, where he was raised.

Partridge also serves as XTC’s de facto art director. Except for its second album, Go 2, the band’s album cover art has been based on his ideas. For example, the back cover of Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers took shape after Partridge requested “lots of rusty junk” and proceeded to create a mockup of the band members with it. XTC toured heavily throughout the late-1970s through to 1982. Partridge, suffering from the stresses of the road, and claiming severe stage fright, hit abrupt sobriety after his wife intervened and tossed out his doctor-prescribed Valium supply he had been physically dependent upon for over 13 years. This and other personal issues brought the band’s tours to a standstill.

Contents

  • 1 Solo work and collaborations
  • 2 Losses
  • 3 Approaching music differently
  • 4 Radio and film
  • 5 Personal life
  • 6 Influence
  • 7 Discography
  • 8 References
  • 9 External links

Solo work and collaborations

In addition to his work with XTC, Partridge has released demos of his songs under his own name in the The Official Fuzzy Warbles Collector’s Album and the “Fuzzy Warbles” album series on his APE House record label. Eight individual volumes of Fuzzy Warbles are now available, as well as the Fuzzy Warbles Collector’s Album, which includes a bonus ninth disc Hinges. He has collaborated (as performer, writer or record producer) with numerous recording artists, including Martin Newell, with whom he recorded and produced an album in 1993 entitled The Greatest Living Englishman released in Japan as a duo album. He has additionally lent his experience and talents to artists that include Peter Blegvad, Harold Budd, Jamie Cullum, Stephen Duffy, Terry Hall, The Heads, Charlotte Hatherley, Robyn Hitchcock, The Residents, Thomas Dolby and David Yazbek.

Losses

Partridge also served initially as the producer for the English band Blur during the recording of Modern Life Is Rubbish. However, he was replaced by Stephen Street at the insistence of their record label, Food. Other collaborations that failed to bear fruit included unused writing contributions for Sophie Ellis Bextor and a proposed writing partnership with Brian Wilson, which never progressed past a telephone enquiry from Wilson’s personal assistant. Partridge also wrote four songs for Disney’s version of James and the Giant Peach, but was replaced by Randy Newman when he could not get Disney to offer him “an acceptable deal.”

Approaching music differently

In 2004, Partridge contributed the song “I Wonder Why the Wonder Falls” as the theme music to the short-lived TV comedy Wonderfalls. In 2006, a song he and Robyn Hitchcock collaborated on, “Cause It’s Love (Saint Parallelogram),” was released on the Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 album Olé! Tarantula. He has also released music as part of a trio known as Monstrance, made up of his guitar, Barry Andrews (an early member of XTC) on keyboards, and Martyn Barker on drums. The group has released an album of the same name, as well as a download-only EP known as Fine Wires Humming a New Song. All songs were completely improvised, without overdubbing and recorded live in the studio.

Radio and film

Partridge has enjoyed periodic popularity as a broadcaster, most notably in the mid-1980s, when he was a regular performer on BBC Radio 1. He has also had parts in acting roles, including a character named “Agony Andy,” a spoof aunt on the Janice Long show, but he also contributed comedic sketches to Saturday Live and Studio B15, and was a regular panelist on both Roundtable and The Great Rock’n'Roll Trivia Quiz. He has also presented the pilot for an ITV children’s quiz show, Matchmakers. Partridge made a one-off uncredited appearance in the animated sitcom Family Guy, in the episode titled, “One if by Clam, Two if by Sea” as a British cricket commentator.

Personal life

Partridge and his ex-wife Marianne have two children: daughter Holly, a guitarist, singer and songwriter for Britpop group The SheBeats, and son Harry Partridge, who is an internet animator, notable for winning a Newgrounds Tank Award for his movie ‘Chuck’s new Tux!’ and also, popular movie Saturday Morning Watchmen. Partridge has now been in a long-term relationship with Erica Wexler — the daughter of well-known American screenwriter Norman Wexler (of Saturday Night Fever, and Serpico fame) — since his divorce.

Influence

Partridge has been cited as an influence by a number of guitarists, most notably by John Frusciante of The Red Hot Chili Peppers in the 2002 issue of Total Guitar magazine, who cited him as an influence on the sound of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ album By the Way.

Recently, Partridge mixed recordings for the band Captains of Industry. In 2007 he collaborated with former XTC bandmate Barry Andrews on the Shriekback album Glory Bumps. In 2008, Partridge began working on a collaborative album with Robyn Hitchcock and Mike Keneally, and various solo projects. He has been conducting an ongoing series of online interviews about his songs with writer Todd Bernhardt on the XTCfans pages of MySpace, and plans to release a book based on the interviews, featuring additional content and images, sometime in 2010.

Discography

References

  1. ^ http://rhcprock.free.fr/totalguitar_john.htm “John Frusciante interview in Total Guitar magazine” NME Accessed 2008-04-7
  2. ^ NME Accessed 2008-03-13

External links

  • APE House Records official site (needs Macromedia Flash)
  • XTC official site (needs Macromedia Flash)
  • Rundgren Radio online interview
  • Audio interview (April 2009) at BBC Wiltshire
  • Andy Partridge on RPM BBC West TV programme clips showing Partridge touring his hometown of Swindon, and talking about giving up playing live.

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Categories: English record producers | English guitarists | English songwriters | People from Swindon | English atheists | XTC members | 1953 births | Living peopleHidden categories: Articles needing additional references from October 2006 | All articles needing additional references

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Paluan, Occidental Mindoro

February 7th, 2010

















Paluan, Occidental Mindoro

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Paluan
—  Municipality  —

Map of Occidental Mindoro showing the location of Paluan.

Paluan is located in Philippines


Paluan

Location in the Philippines

Coordinates: 13°25?N 120°28?E? / ?13.417°N 120.467°E? / 13.417; 120.467Coordinates: 13°25?N 120°28?E? / ?13.417°N 120.467°E? / 13.417; 120.467
Country  Philippines
Region MIMAROPA (Region IV-B)
Province Occidental Mindoro
District Lone District of Occidental Mindoro
Founded January 5, 1901
Barangays 12
Government
 - Mayor Mayor Abelardo S. Pangilinan
Area
 - Total 565.40 km2 (218.3 sq mi)
Population (2000)
 - Total 12,023
 - Density 21.3/km2 (55.1/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code
Income class 3rd class municipality
Website lgu_paluan1

Paluan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 12,023 people in 2,483 households.

Municipal profile

Before Paluan became a Municipality on January 5, 1901, its history dates as far back as the early part of the 17th century when the village was known as the Religious District of Calavite. The town is located at the northern tip of the Province of Occidental Mindoro. It lies along the northeast shore of Paluan Bay approximately 7 miles southeast of Cape Calavite, a major sea-lane for inter-island and ocean-going vessels. The town is straddled by rolling to steep mountain ranges under the majestic shadow of Mount Calavite, a forest reservation for the rare Mindoro Tamaraw. At Mount Calavite point, the best panoramic view of Occidental Mindoro and nearby islands could be seen.

Lands are vegetated by forest cover making it the dominant land use the locality. Forestland occupies 31,826 hectares or 56% of total land area planted with patches of fruit bearing trees and upland field crops. A significant portion of forestland is restricted zone preservation area for wildlife and watershed. The forest area is a habitat of various flora and fauna. The locality has a total of 18,016.19 hectares of land classified of NIPAS area.

Agricultural lands relatively occupy a large share of 13,842 hectares or 24% of the total land area. About 17% is devoted to rice production while 4% is planted with upland crops such as vegetables and root crops. Large areas of 10,897 hectaqres or 80% remains uncultivated. Open grasslands cover 18% or 10,428 hectares utilized for pasture. These land uses reflect the rural character of the area predominantly covered by natural vegetation and the major economic avtivity.

Paluan is politically subdivided into 12 barangays.

  • Alipaoy
  • Harrison
  • Lumangbayan
  • Mananao
  • MarikitMunicipal Profile
  • Mapalad Pob. (Bgy. 1)
  • Handang Tumulong Pob. (Bgy. 2)
  • Silahis Ng Pag-Asa Pob. (Bgy. 3)
  • Pag-Asa Ng Bayan Pob. (Bgy. 4)
  • Bagong Silang Pob. (Bgy. 5)
  • San Jose Pob. (Bgy 6)
  • Tubili

External links

  • Philippine Standard Geographic Code
  • 2000 Philippine Census Information

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Categories: Municipalities of Occidental Mindoro

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November 28

February 7th, 2010

















November 28

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November 28 is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 33 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents

  • 1 Events
  • 2 Births
  • 3 Deaths
  • 4 Holidays and observances
  • 5 External links

Events

  • 1095 – On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land.
  • 1443 – Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in Middle Albania and raise the Albanian flag.
  • 1520 – After navigating through the South American strait, three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reach the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
  • 1582 – In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage license.
  • 1660 – At Gresham College, 12 men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.
  • 1729 – Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
  • 1785 – The Treaty of Hopewell is signed.
  • 1811 – Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, was premiered at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
  • 1814 – The Times in London is for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the beginning of the availability of newspapers to a mass audience.
  • 1821 – Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia.
  • 1843 – Ka L? Hui: Hawaiian Independence Day – The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
  • 1862 – American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General John Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke’s Confederates.
  • 1893 – Women vote in a national election for the first time: the New Zealand general election.
  • 1895 – The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago’s Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
  • 1905 – Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
  • 1907 – In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater.
  • 1910 – Eleftherios Venizelos, leader of the Liberal Party, wins the Greek elections again.
  • 1912 – Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
  • 1914 – World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
  • 1918 – Bucovina voted for the union with the Kingdom of Romania.
  • 1919 – Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markiewicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)
  • 1920 – Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush - The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
  • 1929 – Ernie Nevers of the then Chicago Cardinals scores all of the Cardinals’ points in this game as the Cardinals defeat the Chicago Bears 40-6.
  • 1942 – In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 491 people.
  • 1943 – World War II: Tehran Conference – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran to discuss war strategy.
  • 1958 – Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
  • 1960 – Mauritania becomes independent of France.
  • 1964 – Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
  • 1964 – Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.
  • 1965 – Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson’s call for “more flags” in Vietnam, Philippines President Elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.
  • 1972 – Last executions in Paris, of the Clairvaux Mutineers, Roger Bontems and Claude Buffet, guillotined at La Sante Prison. (Bontems had been found innocent of murder by the court, but as Buffet’s accomplice is condemned to death anyway.) The chief executioner is Andre Obrecht.
  • 1975 – East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.
  • 1975 – As the World Turns and The Edge of Night, the final two American soap operas that had resisted going to pre-taped broadcasts, air their last live episodes.
  • 1979 – Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 operated sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
  • 1984 – Over 250 years after their deaths, William Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn are made Honorary Citizens of the United States.
  • 1987 – South African Airways flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on-board.
  • 1989 – Cold War: Velvet Revolution – In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.
  • 1991 – South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.
  • 1994 – In Portage, Wisconsin, convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is clubbed to death by an inmate in the Columbia Correctional Institution gymnasium.

Births

  • 1118 – Manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)
  • 1489 – Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541)
  • 1570 – James Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632)
  • 1598 – Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667)
  • 1628 – John Bunyan, English cleric and author (d. 1688)
  • 1632 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, French composer (d. 1687)
  • 1640 – Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain
  • 1661 – Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (d. 1723)
  • 1681 – Jean Cavalier, French Protestant rebel leader (d. 1740)
  • 1700 – Nathaniel Bliss, Astronomer Royal (d. 1764)
  • 1700 – Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1770)
  • 1757 – William Blake, British poet (d. 1827)
  • 1772 – Luke Howard, British meteorologist (d. 1864)
  • 1785 – Achille Charles Léon Victor, duc de Broglie, Prime Minister of France (d. 1870)
  • 1792 – Victor Cousin, French philosopher (d. 1867)
  • 1793 – Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish romantic poet (d. 1866)
  • 1805 – John Stephens, American archeologist (d. 1852)
  • 1810 – William Froude, British naval architect (d. 1879)
  • 1820 – Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (d. 1895)
  • 1829 – Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (d. 1894)
  • 1837 – John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor (d. 1920)
  • 1853 – Helen Magill White, first American woman to earn a Ph.D. (d. 1944)
  • 1857 – King Alfonso XII of Spain (d. 1885)
  • 1864 – James Allen English writer (d. 1912)
  • 1864 – Lindley M. Garrison, American Secretary of War (d. 1932)
  • 1866 – Henry Bacon, American architect (d. 1924)
  • 1876 – Bert Vogler, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1908, (d. 1946)
  • 1880 – Alexander Blok, Russian poet (d. 1921)
  • 1881 – Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (d. 1942)
  • 1887 – Ernst Röhm, Nazi official (d. 1934)
  • 1891 – Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino jurist & politician (d. 1949)
  • 1894 – Henry Hazlitt, Libertarian philosopher, economist (d. 1993)
  • 1895 – José Iturbi, Spanish pianist (d. 1980)
  • 1896 – Lilia Skala, Austrian actress (d. 1994)
  • 1896 – Dawn Powell, American writer (d. 1965)
  • 1904 – Nancy Mitford, British essayist (d. 1973)
  • 1904 – James Eastland, American politician (d. 1986)
  • 1907 – Alberto Moravia, Italian writer (d. 1990)
  • 1907 – Rose Bampton, American opera singer (d. 2007)
  • 1908 – Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist (d. 2009)
  • 1911 – Václav Ren?, Czech poet (d. 1973)
  • 1912 – Morris Louis, American painter (d. 1962)
  • 1915 – Evald Okas, Estonian painter
  • 1915 – Yves Thériault, Canadian author (d. 1983)
  • 1916 – Mary Lilian Baels, Princess of Rethy, Belgium (d. 2002)
  • 1923 – Gloria Grahame, American actress (d. 1981)
  • 1924 – Dennis Brutus, South African poet
  • 1925 – József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (d. 1978)
  • 1927 – Chuck Mitchell, American actor (d. 1992)
  • 1928 – John Coleman, Australian rules footballer (d. 1973)
  • 1928 – Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (d. 1980)
  • 1929 – Berry Gordy Jr., American record company owner
  • 1931 – Tomi Ungerer, French graphic artist
  • 1931 – Dervla Murphy, Irish cyclist and author
  • 1932 – Ray Perkins, Canadian singer (The Crew-Cuts)
  • 1933 – Joe Knollenberg, American politician
  • 1933 – Hope Lange, American actress (d. 2003)
  • 1935 – Prince Hitachi, Japanese royalty
  • 1935 – Randolph Stow, Australian author
  • 1936 – Gary Hart, American politician
  • 1936 – Celin Romero, Spanish guitarist
  • 1940 – Bruce Channel, American singer
  • 1941 – Laura Antonelli, Italian actress
  • 1942 – Paul Warfield, American football player
  • 1943 – Randy Newman, American composer
  • 1944 – R.B. Greaves, Guyanan singer
  • 1944 – Timothy Krajcir, American serial killer
  • 1946 – Joe Dante, American film director and producer
  • 1947 – Michel Berger, French songwriter (d. 1992)
  • 1947 – Maria Farantouri, Greek singer
  • 1948 – Beeb Birtles, Dutch-Australian musician (Little River Band)
  • 1948 – Dick Morris, American political figure, author
  • 1949 – Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer (d. 1995)
  • 1949 – Paul Shaffer, Canadian orchestra leader
  • 1950 – Ed Harris, American actor
  • 1950 – Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist, Nobel laureate
  • 1952 – S. Epatha Merkerson, American actress
  • 1953 – Sixto Lezcano, Puerto Rican baseball player
  • 1955 – Alessandro Altobelli, Italian footballer
  • 1955 – Jeffrey Byron, American actor
  • 1955 – Adem Jashari, Albanian freedom fighter
  • 1957 – David Van Day, British singer (Dollar)
  • 1958 – Dave Righetti, American baseball player
  • 1958 – Kriss Akabusi, British athlete and television presenter
  • 1959 – Judd Nelson, American actor
  • 1960 – John Galliano, British fashion designer
  • 1961 – Martin Clunes, British actor
  • 1961 – Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican film director
  • 1961 – Jane Sibbett, American actress
  • 1962 – Paul Dinello, American comedian and actor
  • 1962 – Jon Stewart, American comedian
  • 1962 – Matt Cameron, American drummer (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam)
  • 1962 – Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (d. 2002)
  • 1963 – Walt Weiss, American baseball player
  • 1963 – Johnny Newman, American basketball player
  • 1963 – Cornelia Guest, American debutante
  • 1963 – Jesus Ledesma Aguilar, Mexican convicted killer (d. 2006)
  • 1964 – Michael Bennet, American politician
  • 1964 – Roy Tarpley, American basketball player
  • 1965 – Erwin Mortier, Belgian author
  • 1965 – Matt Williams, American baseball player
  • 1966 – Sam Seder, American comedian
  • 1967 – Anna Nicole Smith, American television personality (d. 2007)
  • 1967 – Stephnie Weir, American comedian
  • 1967 – José del Solar, Peruvian footballer
  • 1968 – Dawn Robinson, American singer (En Vogue)
  • 1969 – Robb Nen, American baseball player
  • 1969 – Lexington Steele, American adult film actor
  • 1970 – Álex López Morón, Spanish tennis player
  • 1971 – Rob Conway, American professional wrestler
  • 1971 – Fenriz, Norwegian musician (Darkthrone)
  • 1972 – Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer
  • 1972 – Anastasia Kelesidou, Greek discus thrower
  • 1972 – Jesper Strömblad, Swedish guitarist (In Flames)
  • 1973 – Jade Puget, American musician (AFI)
  • 1974 – András Tölcséres, Hungarian footballer
  • 1974 – Styles P, American rapper
  • 1974 – Kristian Schmid, Australian actor
  • 1975 – Sunny Mabrey, American actress
  • 1975 – Sigurd Wongraven, Norwegian musician (Satyricon)
  • 1975 – Eka Kurniawan, Indonesian writer
  • 1976 – Ryan Kwanten, Australian actor
  • 1977 – DeMya Walker, American basketball player
  • 1977 – Greg Somerville, New Zealand rugby union footballer
  • 1977 – Fabio Grosso, Italian footballer
  • 1977 – Gavin Rae, Scottish footballer
  • 1978 – Freddie Mitchell, American football player
  • 1978 – Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer
  • 1978 – Brent Albright, American professional wrestler
  • 1978 – Ryan Leslie, American producer
  • 1978 – Haytham Tambal, Sudanese footballer
  • 1978 – Aimee Garcia, American actress
  • 1979 – Chamillionaire, American rapper
  • 1979 – Joel Maximo, American professional wrestler
  • 1979 – Daniel Henney, Korean-American model-actor
  • 1980 – Stuart Taylor, British footballer
  • 1980 – Lisa Middelhauve, German singer (Xandria)
  • 1982 – Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player
  • 1982 – Chris Harris, British speedway rider
  • 1984 – Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player
  • 1984 – Marc-Andre Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1984 – Joross Gamboa, Filipino actor
  • 1984 – Trey Songz, American recording artist
  • 1984 – Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress
  • 1985 – Caitlin McClatchey, Scottish swimmer
  • 1987 – Karen Gillan, Scottish actress
  • 1988 – Christopher Stringini, American singer
  • 1988 – Scarlett Pomers, American actress
  • 1992 – Adam Hicks, American actor
  • 1997 – Thor Salden, Belgian singer

Deaths

  • 741 – St. Gregory III
  • 1170 – Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (b. c. 1100)
  • 1262 – Shinran, Japanese religious leader (b. 1173)
  • 1290 – Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)
  • 1574 – Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (b. 1502)
  • 1585 – Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532)
  • 1667 – Jean de Thévenot, French traveller and scientist (b. 1633)
  • 1675 – Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English Civil War soldier (b. c. 1608)
  • 1675 – Leonard Hoar, American President of Harvard University (b. 1630)
  • 1680 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian baroque sculptor (b. 1598)
  • 1680 – Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter (b. 1606)
  • 1694 – Matsuo Bash?, Japanese poet (b. 1644)
  • 1695 – Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian composer (b. c. 1637)
  • 1695 – Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (b. 1632)
  • 1698 – Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (b. 1622)
  • 1785 – William Whipple, Signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1730)
  • 1794 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian army officer (b. 1730)
  • 1801 – Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (b. 1750)
  • 1815 – Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, impresario, and composer (b. 1745)
  • 1852 – Ludger Duvernay, French printer and newspaper publisher (b. 1799)
  • 1859 – Washington Irving, American writer (b. 1783)
  • 1870 – Frédéric Bazille, French painter (b. 1841)
  • 1872 – Mary Fairfax Somerville, British scientific writer (b. 1780)
  • 1878 – Orson Hyde, American religious leader (b. 1805)
  • 1880 – Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, (Portuguese) Archbishop of Goa (b. 1837)
  • 1890 – Jyotirao Phule, Indian social reformer.
  • 1907 – Stanis?aw Wyspia?ski, Polish dramatist, poet, painter, and architect (b. 1869)
  • 1912 – Walter Benona Sharp, American oil tycoon (b. 1870)
  • 1915 – Mubarak Al-Sabah “The Great”, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1896)
  • 1921 – `Abdu’l-Bahá, Persian leader of the Bahá’í Faith (b. 1844)
  • 1935 – Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (b. 1877)
  • 1939 – James Naismith, Canadian creator of basketball (b. 1861)
  • 1945 – Dwight F. Davis, U.S. Secretary of War and donor of the Davis cup (b. 1879)
  • 1947 – Philippe Leclerc, French general (b. 1902)
  • 1954 – Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1901)
  • 1960 – Richard Wright, American author (b. 1908)
  • 1962 – Queen Mother Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (b. 1880)
  • 1963 – Karyn Kupcinet, American actress (b. 1941)
  • 1967 – Leon M’ba, Gabonese politician (b. 1902)
  • 1968 – Enid Blyton, British children’s author (b. 1897)
  • 1971 – Wasfi Tel, Jordanian Prime Minister (b. 1920)
  • 1972 – Havergal Brian, British composer (b. 1875)
  • 1973 – Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (b. 1886)
  • 1976 – Rosalind Russell, American actress (b. 1907)
  • 1977 – Trevor Bardette, American actor (b. 1902)
  • 1977 – Bob Meusel, American baseball player (b. 1896)
  • 1978 – Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentine football executive (b. 1902)
  • 1983 – Christopher George, American actor (b. 1929)
  • 1986 – Herb Vigran, American actor (b. 1910)
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Wycinanki (vee-chee-non-kee) is a Polish version of the art form of papercutting.

Wycinanki in Poland originated with sheepherders cutting designs out of tree bark and leather. Paper wycinanki dates from the early to mid 19th century. Colorful wycinanki were pasted on furniture or roof beams as decoration, hung in windows, and given as gifts.

Wycinanki vary by region. For example, wycinanki created in the Kurpie region are typically all one color, while wycinanki from the ?owicz region are multi-colored. Techniques include cutting, clipping, punching, tearing and carving of paper as well as nalepianki in which multiple layers are glued together.

Subject matter includes peacocks, roosters and other birds, circular or star-shaped medallions (gwiazdy), flowers, and decorative scenes depicting particular yearly events such as Easter, Christmas, and so on. In some towns and villages competitions evolved to create the most beautiful wycinanki. Traditionally done as relaxation in rural areas of Poland, the techniques were passed down from generation to generation, with new themes and ideas developing as the papercuttings became more detailed and intricate.

Notes

  1. ^ Wycinanky, Madelyn Joyce
  2. ^ Wycinanki - Polish Paper Cutting, Grace Bazelewski

External links

  • A modern American papercutter
  • Joyce, Madelyn. “Wycinanki.”
  • Gallery of Lowicz-style wycinanki
  • Gallery of Kurpie-style wycinanki
  • Wycinanki gallery - art and essays

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December 2006 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in December 2006.

Contents

  • 1 Events
    • 1.1 December 1 - December 2
    • 1.2 December 3 - December 9
    • 1.3 December 10 - December 16
    • 1.4 December 17 - December 23
    • 1.5 December 24 - December 30
    • 1.6 December 31
  • 2 References

Events

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December 1 - December 2

December 3 - December 9

December 6
  • United States - City officials in Auburn, Maine, announce the new High Street Crossing project to renovate and cosmetically restore the former station. The building was originally constructed in the early 1900s for Burham and Morrill, a canned goods company. The renovation is expected to be completed in 2007 when the structure will host several retail stores and restaurants.
December 7
  • Sri Lanka - Officials in Colombo, Sri Lanka, begin work on a feasibility study, which is expected to be completed in June 2007, for a new underground system in the city. Financing for the project is expected to come primarily from a multinational consortium of Siemens AG, OPUS (Malaysia), NEB Infrastructure (India) and Axis Bank. The first phase of the project is planned as a 22 km (13.7 mi) section built in the median of the city’s main road.
December 8
  • United Kingdom - The Allerdale council in northern England passes its final approval on a plan to demolish the remaining structure of Silloth railway station which last saw passenger trains in 1964; the line was closed for passenger service as a result of the Beeching Axe. The development firm James Morgan Ltd. was awarded a contract to build new single-family housing on the property. Stuart Hinchliffe, director of the development firm also stated “We will be reinstating as much of the old railway platform as we can, to maintain Silloth’s Victorian history.”
  • Russia - Kuibyshev Railway is named the Company of the Year in the Samara Oblast of Russia for the second year in a row. The railway beat about 2000 other companies for the title. Sergey Sychev presented the award to Vyacheslav Lemeshko, the head of the railway, at a ceremony in Samara. The railway also was listed at the top of the Master 2006 category, an award which was accepted by the Rodionovs family; the Rodionovs have been working for the railway for the last century and have accumulated 611 man years of service on the railway.
December 9
  • Turkey - Binali Y?ld?r?m, Transportation Minister of Turkey, and Wolfgang Tiefensee, Minister for Transportation, Construction and Housing of Germany (Turkey’s largest trade partner), sign an agreement of cooperation at a meeting in Istanbul between the two nations on rail technology and construction. Both ministers expressed their optimism that the agreement will help bolster Turkey’s application to join the European Union.

December 10 - December 16

December 12
  • United Kingdom - John Armitt, CEO of Network Rail in the United Kingdom, announces that he will retire at the end of July 2007; he will be succeeded by Iain Coucher, the current deputy chief executive.
  • Australia - Transcontinental Australian passenger train The Ghan, running from Adelaide, South Australia, to Darwin, Northern Territory, collides with a road train at a level crossing appromixately 135 km (84 miles) south of Darwin, injuring four persons.
December 15
  • Cambodia - Officials in Cambodia announce a plan to restore service on the nation’s rail system and to reestablish rail connections with neighboring Thailand. Financing for the $73 million project to rebuild almost all of the system’s 603 km (374.6 miles) of track will be supplied through a combination of loans including a $42 million loan from the Asian Development Bank and a $13 million loan from OPEC’s Fund for International Development. Cambodia’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport estimates that the project will be complete in 2009.
  • United Kingdom - Britain’s Department for Transport announces that it is set to dissolve GNER’s franchise to operate the East Coast Main Line connecting London and Edinburgh. The existing franchise contract was established in 2005 and was originally intended to last for 10 years. The reconsideration is due in part at least to lower than expected revenue figures by GNER; in October 2006, Bermuda-based Sea Containers Ltd, GNER’s parent company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Although a new franchisee will not be selected for some time, Virgin Trains, Stagecoach Group and FirstGroup plc are all expected to bid. GNER will continue operating the line until a new franchise is established.

December 17 - December 23

December 18
  • Australia - A federal court in Sydney, Australia, rules that BHP Billiton should not be the exclusive operator of two railway lines to carry ore from a lucrative iron mining region. The ruling opens the possibility of other mining companies, such as Fortescue Metals Group Ltd which brought suit in June 2006, to operate trains on BHP’s Mount Newman Railway and Goldsworthy Railway lines in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. BHP is appealing the decision.
December 19
  • Pakistan - Speaking at a ceremony for the beginning of a project to double track the connection between Khanewal and Raiwind, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf asserts the importance of rail transport to Pakistan’s future. During his speech, Musharraf mentioned initiatives to increase train speeds, install more lengths of double track and to convert the country’s railways to standard gauge and establish direct rail connections with China. UN Map

December 24 - December 30

December 31

  • Canada/United States - Norfolk Southern Railway runs its last train number 328 from St. Thomas, Ontario, to Buffalo, New York, after 109 years of almost-daily service. The train, and its return, number 327, were traced back to the Wabash Railroad, and most recently carried automotive parts and grain.

References

  1. ^ Facchini, Chris (2006-12-06). “Auburn Railway Building To Be Restored”. WCSH. http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=46982. Retrieved 2006-12-06. 
  2. ^ “Sri Lanka capital to have an underground railway”. Colombo Page. 2006-12-07. http://www.colombopage.com/archive/December7142738SL.html. Retrieved 2006-12-10. 
  3. ^ “Housing bid for town’s derelict railway station”. The Cumberland News. 2006-12-08. http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=443775. Retrieved 2006-12-10. 
  4. ^ “Kuibyshev Railway is the best in 2006″. TLT News. 2006-12-08. http://www.tltnews.net/2006/12/08/kuibyshev-railway-is-the-best-in-2006. Retrieved 2006-12-10. 
  5. ^ “Turkey, Germany sign protocol for railway cooperation”. People’s Daily Online. 2006-12-10. http://english.people.com.cn/200612/10/eng20061210_330649.html. Retrieved 2006-12-10. 
  6. ^ “Network Rail chief set to retire”. BBC. 2006-12-12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6171791.stm. Retrieved 2006-12-12. 
  7. ^ Network Rail. “John Armitt to retire as Chief Executive. Iain Coucher to succeed him”. Press release. http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/3833.aspx. Retrieved 2006-12-12. 
  8. ^ “Four in hospital as Ghan train in crash”. The Age. 2006-12-12. http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/four-in-hospital-as-ghan-train-in-crash/2006/12/12/1165685684841.html. Retrieved 2006-12-12. 
  9. ^ “Restoration of Cambodia Railway”. Infrasite.net. 2006-12-15. http://www.infrasite.nl/news/news_article.php?ID_nieuwsberichten=6075&language=en. Retrieved 2006-12-15. 
  10. ^ Pagnamenta, Robin (2006-12-15). “GNER to lose £1.3bn East Coast railway franchise”. London: Times Online. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9077-2505706,00.html. Retrieved 2006-12-15. 
  11. ^ “GNER to surrender top train route”. BBC. 2006-12-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6182027.stm. Retrieved 2006-12-15. 
  12. ^ Reuters (2006-12-19). “BHP loses railway line’s exclusive rights”. GulfNews. http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Commodities/10090702.html. Retrieved 2006-12-19. 
  13. ^ Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (2006-12-18). “Federal Court finds in favour of Fortescue” (PDF). Press release. http://www.fmgl.com.au/pdf/investors/announcements/2006/December_18_2006_Federal_Court_Ruling.pdf. Retrieved 2006-12-19. 
  14. ^ BHP Billiton (2006-12-18). “Federal Court Decision Threatens Australian Exports”. Press release. http://www.bhpbilliton.com/bb/investorsMedia/news/2006/federalCourtDecisionThreatensAustralianExports.jsp. Retrieved 2006-12-19. 
  15. ^ “Railway track be laid between Pakistan and China: Musharraf”. PakTribune. 2006-12-19. http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?163506. Retrieved 2006-12-19. 

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Kozieg?owy may refer to the following places in Poland:

  • Kozieg?owy, Silesian Voivodeship, a town in south Poland
  • Kozieg?owy, Greater Poland Voivodeship, an urbanized village adjoining Pozna? (west-central Poland)
  • Kozieg?owy, Grójec County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
  • Kozieg?owy, Pu?tusk County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
  • Kozieg?owy, Konin County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)
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EGML, or Extended Game Maker Language, is the programming language used by G-Java. Extended Game Maker Language is Java with functions from Game Maker’s language: GML.

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SonicBlue Airways was an airline based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with their headquarters in Richmond. SonicBlue offered both scheduled and charter services and would fly anywhere in North America. For maintenance failings (and following an accident) Transport Canada suspended Sonicblue’s operating license and grounded the company’s fleet in January 2006.

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  • 1 Code data
  • 2 History
  • 3 Destinations
  • 4 Incidents and accidents
  • 5 Fleet
  • 6 External links
  • 7 References

Code data

  • IATA Code: VL

History

It was operated by International Express Air Charter Ltd and was formerly known as Regency Express.

On 23 January 2006 Transport Canada announced the suspension of International Express Aircharter Ltd.’s air operator certificate, effective immediately. The suspension was based on a “review of the company’s record and concerns with the company’s ability to exercise operational control, including proper record keeping and aircraft maintenance”.

On 22 March 2006 Transport Canada announced that International Express Aircharter Ltd. was fined $125,000 for failing to maintain their aircraft properly, and their air operator certificate was cancelled. The company was charged with failing to maintain five aircraft in violation of Canadian Aviation Regulations by not performing required aircraft maintenance inspections on schedule. In one case, a maintenance inspection was overdue by more than 270 hours.

Destinations

  • Vancouver International Airport
  • Tofino, British Columbia

Incidents and accidents

  • 21 January 2006 - Sonicblue Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (C-GRXZ) chartered flight from Tofino to Vancouver was trying to divert to Port Alberni after a pilot mayday, but crashed some 12 kilometers from Port Alberni killing one crew member and two passengers. Five passengers survived. Investigation has shown that a turbine blade snapped off in the engine due to fatigue. Subsequent investigations showed that six Sonicblue’s aircraft (including the Cessna Caravan involved in the accident) were overdue their mandatory inspections. As a result Transport Canada suspended Sonicblue’s operating license and grounded the company’s fleet.

Fleet

As of January 2006 the SonicBlue fleet consists of the following:

  • Piper Chieftan
  • Piper Navajo
  • Cessna 208B Caravan
  • Britten-Norman BN2A Islander

External links

  • Sonicblue Airways

References

  1. ^ Airline Codes (November 2006)
  2. ^ Transport Canada 23 January 2006
  3. ^ Transport Canada 22 March 2006
  4. ^ Aviation Safety Network retrieved 26 November 2006

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Judith (homily)

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Judith is a homily written by abbot Ælfric of Eynsham around the year 1000. It is extant in two manuscripts, a fairly complete version being found in Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS 303, and fragments in British Library MS Cotton Otho B.x.

The homily is written in Old English alliterative prose. It is 452 verses long. The story paraphrases the Biblical original closely. Ælfric ends the homily with a detailed exegetical interpretation of the story, which he addresses to nuns.

In the first 190 lines, Ælfric introduces king Nebuchadnezzar and Holofernes, the leader of his army, whom he charges with conquering the land of the Jews. Holofernes complies and subdues most countries to the west of Assyria, except Bethulia, a Jewish town which resists the invader. At this point Judith is introduced.

As in the Bible, Judith is depicted as a wealthy, independent widow, who after the death of her husband has chosen to remain single and lead a clean and chaste life (lines 203-207).1 In his exegesis, Ælfric again stresses Judith’s cleanness and chastity (lines 391-394).2 Judith is depicted as pious and steadfast in her traditions, even bringing her own food to the Assyrian’s tent (lines 270-272).3 Ælfric thus represents Judith as a figure of identification for the nuns.

Ælfric also stresses Judith’s eloquence. She talks her way into the Assyrian’s camp (lines 237-241), she talks Holofernes into drinking too much and falling asleep (lines 248-277) and after she has beheaded Holofernes she motivates the Bethulians to fight (lines 312-354).

Notes

  • 1 And hi wunode on clænnysse æfter hire were / on hyre upflore mid hire þinenum / and heo fæste symle buton on freolsdagum / mid hæran gescryd to hire lice æfre

Translation: And she lived in cleanness after her husband / on her upper storey with her handmaid / and she fasted except on festival days / with haircloth always wrapped around her body.

  • 2 forþan the þu wunodest / æfter þinum were wiflice on clænnysse / and god þe gestrangode for þære clænnysse / and forþan þu sylf bist gebletsod on worulde

Translation: Because you live / after your husband woman-like in cleanness / and God strengthened you because of this cleanness / and therefore you are blessed in the world.

  • 3 Ac heo nolde swa þeah his sanda brucan / for his hædenscipe ac heo hæfde gebroht / on hire þinene fætelse hire fercunge

Translation: She would not enjoy his meal / because of his paganism but she had brought / in her handmaid’s bag her food.

References

  • Assmann, Bruno (ed.), “Abt Ælfric’s angelsächsische Homilie über das Buch Judith,” Anglia, 10 (1888), 76-104; repr. in Angelsächsische Homilien und Heiligenleben, Bibliothek der angelsächsischen Prosa, 3 (Kassel, 1889; repr. with a supplementary introduction by Peter Clemoes, Darmstadt, 1964), pp. 102-16 (previously the standard edition).
  • Clayton, Mary, ‘Ælfric’s Judith: Manipulative or Manipulated?’, Anglo-Saxon England, 23 (1994), 215-227.
  • Lee, S. D. (ed.), Ælfric’s Homilies on ‘Judith’, ‘Esther’ and ‘The Maccabees’ (1999), http://users.ox.ac.uk/~stuart/kings/ (now the standard edition)
  • Magennis, H., ‘Contrasting Narrative Emphases in the Old English Poem Judith and Ælfric’s Paraphrase of the Book of Judith’, Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, 96 (1995), 61-66.

See also

  • Judith (poem), the other major Anglo-Saxon retelling of the story, in epic poetry.

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