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Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Sr. (born March 27, 1926),[2] is an American attorney who served as the district attorney of the Parish of Orleans, which contains the city of New Orleans, from 1973 to 2003. His son, Harry Connick Jr., is a jazz singer, pianist, actor, and humanitarian. Connick Sr. is also a singer, long performing a few nights a week at local clubs as a hobby. Early life Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Sr. was born in Mobile, Alabama, the second of eight children of Jessie Catherine (née Fowler) and James Paul Connick.[3][4] Both his parents and grandparents were from Mobile. His father worked for the United States Army Corps of Engineers. When Harry Jr. was two years old, the family moved to New Orleans. Music was a large part of his early life, and he was particularly influenced by Glenn Miller.[5] After high school, he served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II. After the war, he returned to New Orleans and graduated from Loyola University New Orleans with a degree in business a
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Paul S. Williams (May 19, 1948 – March 27, 2013) was an American music journalist and writer who created Crawdaddy!, the first national US magazine of rock music criticism, in January 1966. He was a leading authority on the works of musicians Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, and Neil Young, and science fiction writers Philip K. Dick (serving as the executor of his literary estate) and Theodore Sturgeon. Career While briefly enrolled at Swarthmore College, Williams created Crawdaddy!, the first national US magazine of rock music criticism, in January 1966 with the help of some of his fellow science fiction fans (he had previously produced science fiction fanzines).[1][2][3] The first issue was ten mimeographed pages written entirely by Williams.[4][5] He left the magazine in 1968 and reclaimed the title in 1993, but had to end it in 2003 due to financial difficulties. He was also the author of more than 25 books, of which the best-known are Outlaw Blues, Das Energi, and Bob Dylan: Performing Artist, the acclaimed t
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EDAW was an international landscape architecture, urban and environmental design firm that operated from 1939 until 2009. Starting in San Francisco, the firm grew to become the most commercially successful and well-known landscape architecture and urbanism firm in the world,[1][2] which at its peak had 32 offices worldwide.[3] EDAW lead many landscape architecture, land planning and master planning projects, developing a reputation as an early innovator in sustainable urban development and multidisciplinary design.[4] EDAW is an acronym derived from Eckbo, Dean, Austin and Williams, the names of four of the firm’s original partners: Garrett Eckbo, Edward Williams, Francis Dean and Don Austin. A limited partnership, the firm was bought by the American engineering conglomerate AECOM in 2005,[5] ceasing to exist as a standalone practice in 2009 when it was fully integrated into the company.[6] Origins and early history (1939-1980s) EDAW traces its origins to the studio founded by Eckbo and Williams in San Fra
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Benigno Juan (born November 20, 1938)[1] is a journalist and a writer. Life Benigno Juan was born in Talipapa, Sta. Quiteria, Novaliches, Quezon City. As both his parents were farmers, he learned to till soil at an early age and became a farmer. He was a working student from high school until college, taking up odd jobs from farming to working in a paper mill, until he found his true calling as a journalist/writer. He received his AB Journalism degree from Manuel L. Quezon University. Juan served as managing editor of Liwayway magazine for 16 years, and wrote numerous short stories, serialized and illustrated novels, essays, feature articles, and others. Afterwards, he became the editor and columnist of People's Journal and People's Taliba newspaper of the Journal Group of Companies [1]. Community Works Benigno Juan has served as an elected barangay councillor of Palatiw, Pasig City for two terms. He formally organized and registered the Palatiw Senior Citizen Association, Inc. (PASCA), of which he was
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Énrí Ó Muirgheasa (Henry Morris) (14 January 1874 – 13 August 1945), was an Irish civil servant, folklore collector and writer. Biography Born in Cashlan East, Lisdoonan, Donaghmoyne County Monaghan was a son of Lúcas Ó Muirgheasa, a farmer, and Máire Nic Ward. He attended Lisdoonan school but learned to read and write as Gaeilge from his granduncle, Proinsias Ó Conghaile. He was appointed monitor at Lisdoonan school in 1888, where he established the first Monaghan branch of the Gaelic League. Ó Muirgheasa graduated as a teacher from St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, in 1900, obtaining a teacher post at St. Malachy's, Dundalk, in 1901, where he was one of the founders of the Louth Historical and Archaeological Society in 1903. Family Ó Muirgheasa married harpist and fellow teacher, Eibhlín Ní Raghallaigh/Helen O'Reilley of Dundalk in 1906. Their son, Colum, was born and died in 1907. Eibhlín died in 1908. In 1912, he remarried to Máire Woods from County Galway.. Bibliography Abhráin Airt Mhic Chubhth
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Steve Luxton (Born in Coventry, England, in 1946) is a Canadian-based poet living near Ayer's Cliff, Quebec in the Eastern Townships. He taught at English Literature at John Abbott College and Creative Writing at Concordia University. He was an original editor of Matrix and The Moosehead Review and co-owner and editor of the Montreal publishing company started by Louis Dudek, DC Books, from 1987 to 2012.[1][2] He left to focus on producing his own work.[3] He was also a founding member of the now defunct Montreal Storytellers, an oral storytelling group which performed in both Canada and the U.S.[4] He participated in Dial-A-Poem Montreal 1985-1987. Publications Poetry The Dying Meteorologist. Montreal, QC: DC Books, 2019. Iridium. Montreal, QC: DC Books, 2013. In the Vision of Birds: New and Selected Poems. Montreal, QC: DC Books, 2012. Luna Moth and Other Poems. Montreal, QC: DC Books, 2004. The Hills that Pass By. Montreal, QC: DC Books, 1987. References https://books.google.ca/books/abo
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Surjit Singh Sethi was a Punjabi playwright, novelist, short story writer, lyricist, film maker and theatre personality. Biography Surjit Singh Sethi was born at Gujarkhan, Rawalpindi, Pakistan in 1928. He did his M.A. in English and submitted his thesis on Ibsenism (Dramatics) for Ph.D. He worked at All India Radio for some time as a producer. He was the founder of Speech, Drama and Music Department at Punjabi University which was later turned into the Theatre and Television Department. He groomed a number of students into stage, TV and film celebrities, and was influenced by modern trends of Western theatre. Sethi died in 1995. Dramas Parde pichhon (Behind the Curtain), One Act Plays, 1946 Chalde Phirde But (The Loitering Figures), One Act Plays Kandhi Ute Rukhda (A Tree on the Embankment), 1957 Coffee House, 1958 Kaccha Ghada (The Earthen Pitcher), 1960 Kadaryar, 1960 Bhareya Bhareya Sakhna Sakhna, 1964 King, Mirza Te Sapera, 1965 Gurbin Ghor Andhar (Pitch Dark without the Guru), 1969 Safar B
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A catalogue from an exhibition he held in Cape Town - August 1962. No.42 - The gold medal he was awarded at the Florence academy was on display. Robert Bain (1911–1973) was a sculptor and professor of art in South Africa. Biography Bain was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he completed his formal education and his art studies. He married Mary Lochiel in 1932; they had one child, Robert (b. 1935),[1] In 1937, he and his family moved to South Africa, where he took up a post as senior lecturer at the Port Elizabeth School of Art, leaving to serve in the army in North Africa and Italy from 1939 to 1944. In 1948, he went to Florence where he attended the Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze, where he received the academy's Gold Medal for his sculpture of a modern David. Career Bain went on to become head of the Johannesburg School of Art, the pre-eminent art school in South Africa, holding the post for 15 years. Works During his career Bain held many exhibitions in Johannesburg,[2] Port Elizabeth and Cape To
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Kimberly Denise Jones, known by her stage name Lil Kim, is an American rapper and singer-songwriter. Her debut studio album Hard Core was released on November 12, 1996 in the United States, by the Atlantic subsidiary Big Beat Records, followed by her second album The Notorious K.I.M. on June 27, 2000. Lil' Kim's third studio album, La Bella Mafia, was released on March 4, 2003, and her latest album The Naked Truth on September 27, 2005. Throughout Lil' Kim's career, she has received several awards and nominations. In 1998, Kim received recognition from the MTV Music Video Awards, winning an award for viewer's choice alongside The Notorious B.I.G. and Puffy. That same year, Kim received a nomination for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for her single "Not Tonight" at The Grammys. On March 27, 2001, Lil' Kim, Christina Aguilera, Pink, and Mýa recorded a cover version of the Labelle song, "Lady Marmalade" as a medley for the feature film Moulin Rouge. The single produced Kim's first Grammy Award in 2002
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Manju Jaidka is a Professor of English at the Panjab University, Chandigarh, in India. She is regarded as a leading Indian academic, best known for her contribution to Twentieth-Century English and American Poetry, American Studies in India, and World Literatures. She is the author of critical books regarded as standard texts in the field and considers her teaching job as her most important work. One of her main concerns is to forge an international network of like-minded academics for the exchange of scholarship, a task she has been successfully engaged in over the last two decades. Jaidka is also the Chairperson of the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi. In this capacity she has made a tremendous contribution towards the promotion of literature and culture in Chandigarh. Biography Born in Hathwala, a small village in Karnal District, Haryana, to Bhim Sain and Padma Tyagi, Manju Jaidka spent much of her childhood in Ambala where she studied in Convent of Jesus and Mary. Later, she moved with her parents to Secund
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Complex adaptive leadership (CAL) is an approach to leadership based on a polyarchic assumption (leadership of the many by the many), rather than based on an oligarchic assumption (leadership of the many by the few). Leadership in this theory is seen as a complex dynamic involving all, rather than only a role or attribute within a hierarchy. The theory calls for skills, attributes and roles which are additional to the demands of traditional leadership.[1] The term appeared in various articles and chapters of books between 2002 and 2010, mainly in articles concerning the medical field (see articles by: Tatsuo I 2002,[2] Hill et al. 2008,[3] Hanah et al. 2008,[4] Avolio et al. (2008),[5] Ford 2009,[6] and Chadwick 2010[7]). In 2010 Obolensky published 'Complex Adaptive Leadership - Embracing Paradox and Uncertainty' ,[8] building on his prior work under the auspices of the Centre for Leadership Studies at The University of Exeter.[9] For Obolensky a key output of complex adaptive leadership is self-organisatio
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Alberto Ulloa (1 January 1950 – 1 October 2011) was a painter, sculptor, and poet from Altamira, Dominican Republic. He was a student of the distinguished Latin American painter Jaime Colson, who also mentored Mario Carreño, the Cuban-Chilean master. Ulloa also studied drawing with illustrator and painter Domingo Liz. Career Ulloa participated in more than a hundred solo and collective exhibits around the world and the subject of four books that illustrate his contributions. Art historian and author, Cándido Gerón of Alberto Ulloa, Visionario Fantástico,[1] reveals Ulloa's gift: “As colors correspond to human emotions, Ulloa can achieve an optical illusion. Color in his work is impregnated with diaphanous sensitivity. His chromatic atmospheres sometimes make us think that we are before some sort of dream, due to the inscrutable sensuality of his tones”. Ulloa was the recipient of many prizes and awards and given the keys to the cities of Miami, FL and Jersey City, NJ. Between the years 2001 to 2004 Ulloa s
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Achfrish is a hamlet situated towards the southeastern part of Loch Shin on the north side of the Loch in Highland, Scotland. It is also part of the wider community of Shinness which is made up of Achfrish, Tirryside, Achnairn, Colabul, Blairbuie and West Shinness. Achfrish is on the hill overlooking Loch Shin with views of Ben More Assynt to the West and Ben Klibreck to the North. Achfrish is approximately 4 miles from the larger village of Lairg (in the county of Sutherland) which has a selection of shops, primary school and doctor's surgery. Secondary education is catered for in the coastal towns of Golspie and Dornoch. Business in the area include Woodend Caravan and Camping site in Achnairn, Highland Farrier Company in Achfrish, Sutherland Pottery in Achfrish, Baby at Sones an internet business in Tirryside, Sutherland Shellfish and Game in Achnairn and many small-scale crofter (farmers) breeding sheep and cattle. Tirryside, Achfrish and Achnairn form a loop road off the A838. The area is a crofting co
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The Sahel forms a belt up to 1000 km wide, spanning Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. A map of the Sénégal River drainage basin. The vegetation in the Sahel follows seasonal rainfall. In March, during the dry season, rainfall and lush vegetation don't extend north of the Gulf of Guinea. September brings rain and vegetation into the Sahel as far north as the northern edge of Lake Chad. Photographs from Senegal show the difference in vegetation between the dry (left) and wet (right) seasons. A large-scale, drought-induced famine occurred in Africa's Sahel region and many parts of the neighboring Sénégal River Area from February to August 2010. It is one of many famines to have hit the region in recent times.[3] The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition between the Sahara desert in the north of Africa and the Sudanian savannas in the south, covering an area of 3,053,200 square kilometers. It is a transitional ecoregion of semi-arid grasslands, savannas, steppes, and t
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Orders, decorations and medals of the State of Palestine are awarded according to a system established and implemented during the period 2009-2018 within the frame of the institutional and state-building process. During this period, dozens of Heads of States and Governments, diplomats and international prominent figures have been granted these awards in recognition for their contribution in supporting the Palestinian cause and just peace in the region. Many other Palestinian personalities who contributed in raising the status of Palestine in various fields were also honored. Historical overview In the beginning of 2009, and in the frame of institutional and state building process towards the establishing of an independent Palestinian State, President Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine and Grand Master of the Orders, Decorations and Medals, entrusted Minister Majdi Khaldi, the Diplomatic Advisor to the President and Conseillere of the Orders, Decorations and Medals of the State of Palestine
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Keio University as seen from Tokyo Tower Keio University (慶應義塾大学, Keiō Gijuku Daigaku), abbreviated as Keio (慶應) or Keidai (慶大), is a private university located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It is known as the oldest institute of modern higher education in Japan. Founder Fukuzawa Yukichi originally established it as a school for Western studies in 1858 in Edo (now Tokyo). It has eleven campuses in Tokyo and Kanagawa. It has ten faculties: Letters, Economics, Law, Business and Commerce, Medicine, Science and Technology, Policy Management, Environment and Information Studies, Nursing and Medical Care, and Pharmacy. The university has more than 350 student exchange programs with prestigious Institutions such as University of California, Brown University, University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University, Dartmouth College, École normale supérieure (Paris) and Ecole Polytechnique.[5][6] Moreover, Keio has 29 double degree programs with leading institutions such as Sciences Po, HEC Paris (both with the departme
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Concow (formerly, Con Cow)[7] is an unincorporated community and census-designated place[8] (CDP) that was until 2018 primarily residential and small scale cultivation in the Sierra Nevada foothills covering eastern Butte County, California, United States. Due to a decline in employment and repeated wildfires, over the past hundred years the population declined from several thousand to several dozen people. On November 8, 2018, a wildfire, the Camp Fire, cleared most of Concow and destroyed the adjacent municipality of Paradise. The CDP is named after the Native American tribe that is indigenous to the area, the Concow Maidu. The original inhabitants ate salmon from the Feather River, acorns and pine nuts, venison, nō-kōm-hē-i'-nē, and other sources of food which abounded in the California foothills. History "In the beginning Wahno-no-pem, the Great Spirit, made all things. Before he came, everything on the earth and in the skies was hidden in darkness and in gloom, but where he appeared he was the light. F
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