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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Family%20Church

First Family Church

First Family Church (FFC) was a large Evangelical Christian church located in Overland Park in southern Johnson County, Kansas, on in the southwestern portion of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area of the United States. First Family Church was affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, and had among its guiding principles the stated mission to reach lost people, bring them into the family of God, and inspire them to mature in Jesus Christ. History First Family Church began when Pastor Johnston liquidated nearly $200,000 in assets from his debt-free ministry organization Jerry Johnston Ministries to start the congregation in his hometown of Overland Park. From its beginning in September 1996, FFC had eleven different rental facilities, everything from schools to movie theaters. On September 11, 2011, First Family Church closed it doors, and the bank seized the church buildings with all contents inside. In July 2001, First Family Church launched its television ministry. Some sermons were broadcast globally via satellite and archive web video-streaming. Its , state-of-the-art facility featured an indoor jungle gym and youth center with basketball courts, fitness room and youth café. In the fall of 2007, First Family launched First Family Academy.. With the closing of First Family Church, Johnston reorganized as "New Day Church Kansas City." This congregation met in Olathe, Kansas, first at Olathe East High School and then at a middle school in Olathe. New Day Church closed in September 2012. Impact of First Family Church First Family Church offered many outreach ministries to the community of Kansas City. Some of which were: the annual Operation Thanksgiving, which provided hundreds of meals to those without. The Shelter Shower ministry that provided a baby shower for expectant mothers who did not have friends or family to offer that for them. The Shelter Barrels ministry that was available for First Family Church members to bring designated items each month for families in need. Every month First Family Church members prepared meals for homeless shelters in the Kansas City metro area. Gifts were taken to a battered women's shelter, and Bibles and blankets were taken to those in need during the winter months. First Family Church launched a sermon series on Christian Ethics. In a Reuters publication the writer addressed the issue of "Ethics crisis in America? Church leaders say yes." The pastor of First Family Church commented on the crisis "Honesty is honesty. It doesn't matter if you are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, whatever. A lot of these debacles we're seeing can be traced and sourced back to a lack of good old ethics". The Boston Globe reported that conservative churches in the state of Kansas, First Family Church among them, opposed same-sex marriage and supported a measure to ban it. On May 7, 2005 First Family Church's pastor Jerry Johnston reportedly stood against evolution and believed evolution to be a non-scientific theory that should be taught as such. Other evangelical Protestants and Catholics worked together on passing Kansas' ban on same-sex marriages. In an interview with ABC News, First Family Church pastor Jerry Johnston commented on the Mel Gibson blockbuster film The Passion of the Christ and whether or not children should be allowed to view the film. First Family Church arranged for a number of private screenings for adults and youth in the Kansas City area. In 2004 Religious Tolerance.Org reported on the Passion of the Christ film and whether children should be allowed to view it. First Family Church endorsed the educational value the film provides to children regarding the life of Jesus Christ. The Baptist Press News reported that pastors and their wives of First Family Church all graduated with their Master of Divinity degrees. September 22, 2004, The Lawrence Journal World reported that First Family Church Pastor Jerry Johnston and the Reverend Jerry Falwell urged Christian leaders in Kansas to mobilize their congregations for upcoming elections. Controversy In March 2007, The Kansas City Star ran a front-page investigative series of articles on financial concerns at First Family Church. The paper published several follow-up articles on additional questionable activities of the Johnstons: Lavish lifestyles, Jerry and Jeremy Johnston side businesses, as well as delinquent tax payments. Additional reporting was done referencing that all of Jerry Johnston's children and his mother worked on staff with him. Online reporting also reported on the honorary degree granted to Jerry Johnston. After the stories appeared, Bott Radio Network (a Christian network with 50 stations) based in the same city as First Family Church, announced it was dropping Jerry Johnston and First Family Church from its local AM station (the only station in its network that the show was on). "Bott said the newspaper report raised some serious questions that could be easily answered if the church joined the ECFA" and that the ministry refused to join the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) pursuant to the radio networks standards. In July 2007, a follow-up article was printed in The Kansas City Star citing additional allegations, including the misuse of a $50,000 contribution to Jerry Johnston Ministries that was allegedly diverted to a personal account of the Johnstons'. The article also reported that after the initial March 2007 articles in the Kansas City Star, the Kansas Attorney General's office began an investigation into whether Jerry Johnston used church money for personal gain. A contractor who worked for the church filed several complaints regarding the companies with the Internal Revenue Service, charging that church employees were forced to work for the companies, that church donations were used to fund Jerry Johnston Publications, and that church resources were used by J Cubed Media to conduct business. Foreclosure and shutdown In February 2011, Regions Financial Corporation filed a foreclosure petition on the church. The bank requested the church be placed in receivership, claiming the church owed $14.4 million on two loans. The elders of the church stated that even while the FFC was current in its monthly payments, Regions Bank accelerated the mortgage maturity from 30 to five years due to the 2008 banking crisis and demanded the full payment of the loan. The elder board stated that AG Financial made a cash offer to Regions Bank to finance First Family Church's mortgage, but Regions Bank rejected the offer. Regions Financial Bank had not yet repaid the 2008 TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) loan from the federal government when it sold First Family Church's loan to Blue Valley School District. The bank paid back its $3.5 billion in the spring of 2012. Part of the bank's filing mentioned the church had a payroll of $915,000 a year, with over $600,000 of that going to the Johnston family. On September 5, 2011, Jerry Johnston announced the church was losing its building. 2011 marked a dramatic increase of church property foreclosures; 138 churches were sold by banks compared to just 24 in 2008. The church started hosting services at Olathe East High School and changed its name to New Day Church Kansas City. New Day Church Kansas City closed down September 2012. The First Family Church building was purchased by the Blue Valley School District, renovated, and repurposed into its "Hilltop Learning Center," a center for early childhood education. External links https://web.archive.org/web/20060405183154/http://www.ffc.org/ First Family Church - Down as of January 2012 References Baptist churches in Kansas Evangelical churches in Kansas Buildings and structures in Overland Park, Kansas Christian organizations established in 1996 Christian denominations established in the 20th century

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormition%20of%20the%20Theotokos%20Cathedral%2C%20Giurgiu

Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Giurgiu

The Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Giurgiu (), located at 12 București Street, Giurgiu, Romania, is the seat of the Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Giurgiu. History Initial status and construction The building was initially a parish church; an 1859 inscription (written in Romanian Cyrillic) indicates that a church bearing the same name was built underground on the site in 1806, as the Ottoman authorities would not allow churches to be built above ground. The present church was built from 1840-52. It has a basilical plan, with spires above the nave and entrance, and is built of burnt brick with lime mortar on a stone foundation. These stones were taken from the walls of Giurgiu citadel; as noted in an 1832 document from General Kiselyov giving his approval. Style and alterations The cathedral is spacious, with Byzantine forms: straight lines and semicircular arches, thick walls, square pillars, large windows and spherical spires. Built in a style characteristic of its time, it underwent significant changes in the first half of the 20th century. The large door at the main entrance was replaced with the smaller one still in use. A new roof was installed, and two wooden spires were replaced with reinforced concrete ones. Two tympana were built on the north and south sides to the right of the back spire, as were the frieze and architrave beneath the cornice. In the interior, the choir balcony and ambon were replaced and a wood floor was laid in the sanctuary. A granite floor was placed in the nave and, in the vestibule, above the stone base. A furnace and radiators were installed. Then repainting began, as the old murals were deteriorating. In 1930 the bell-tower was repaired and the parish house built. Today's exterior paintings are the work of a Bucharest architect and engineer who in 1935 built the market stalls in Giurgiu's central square and the Tribunal in Alei Park. The initial interior painting was done in oil, in the decadent style of Gheorghe Tattarescu, by the painter Nicolae Pitaru. The present murals, executed in thick tempera in a neo-Byzantine style, were done by the painter Nicolae Stoica from 1939–59 and restored from 1989-2005 by Ion Drejoi, a student of his. The Baroque iconostasis, dating to the 19th century, was painted in oil by Pitaru. Initially extending the length of the church, covering three apses and including a dozen large icons, it was reduced to its present dimensions in the summer of 1948. Icons and relics During its existence, the cathedral has had a valuable collection of property donated by believers from Romania and abroad. For instance, an icon featuring the Holy Trinity was donated by the widow of the Russian General Soimonov (killed at the Battle of Inkerman) in honour and for the souls of her husband and his fallen comrades. Professional choirs have sung there. Cathedral status Although not yet the seat of a bishop, the church was called a cathedral from early on. It is referred to as a cathedral in an 1856 letter from the Russian Consulate at Galaţi to the Wallachian Secretariat of State regarding the donation of General Soimonov's widow. A 1935 document by Patriarch Miron Cristea also calls it a cathedral. It officially became a cathedral on 9 April 2006, when Ambrozie Meleacă was enthroned as the first bishop of the new Giurgiu Diocese. At the time, he received from Greece a small box containing relics of Saint George; this was stolen the following year, while in 2008, the zinc roof was replaced with a copper one, the floors replaced and an entrance ramp installed. Notes External links Catedrala din Giurgiu, at crestinortodox.ro Romanian Orthodox cathedrals in Romania Giurgiu Churches completed in 1852 19th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings Buildings and structures in Giurgiu County Tourist attractions in Giurgiu County Historic monuments in Giurgiu County 1806 establishments in the Ottoman Empire

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre%20Dominique%20Garnier

Pierre Dominique Garnier

Pierre Dominique Garnier, born 19 December 1756 – died 11 May 1827, was a French general during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He enlisted in the French royal army in 1773 and served in the French West Indies. At the outbreak of the French Revolution he left his career as an architect and joined the National Guard. Continuing in the army, he enjoyed rapid promotion while fighting in several theaters during the War of the First Coalition. As a general of brigade he fought at Toulon and was elevated to the rank of general of division. After fighting at Loano in late 1795, he found himself under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte for the Montenotte Campaign in April 1796. Bonaparte had little use for Garnier, however. Garnier saw action in Italy during the War of the Second Coalition in 1799 and 1800. During the Napoleonic Wars he held reserve or garrison commands and retired from the military in 1816. His surname is one of the 660 names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe. War of the First Coalition Garnier was born in Marseilles on 19 December 1756. The son of an architect, he enlisted as a foot soldier in the French royal army in 1773 and later served in the French West Indies for eight years. In 1784 he transferred to the Ile-de-France Dragoons and remained until 1788. After briefly pursuing a career as an architect, he joined the Marseilles National Guards in 1789. He was involved in the Assault on the Tuileries Palace on 10 August 1792. In this incident, the National Guards attacked the Swiss Guards and, after a sharp battle, massacred most of the survivors. Garnier fought in the Alps, on the Rhine, and in Italy. He earned promotion to general of brigade on 12 September 1793. He was responsible for suppressing the counter-revolution in the County of Nice. He participated in the attack on Mont Faron during the Siege of Toulon in late 1793. Garnier received promotion to general of division on 20 December 1793 and returned to the Army of Italy in April 1794 where he may have fought at the Battle of Saorgio. He transferred to the Army of the Alps, where he served during most of 1795. However, he was back in the Army of Italy in November 1795 when he fought at the Battle of Loano. After a brief stint in the Army of the Alps, he was back in the Army of Italy in the spring of 1796 when Napoleon Bonaparte arrived to assume command. The small divisions of Garnier and Francois Macquard defended the Col de Tende and were not in action during the Montenotte Campaign. After the French success, a messenger arrived from the north ordering Garnier and Macquard to join the rest of the army in Piedmont. At the time, Garnier's 3,426-man 6th Division (4th Division of the Corps de Bataille) included three battalions of the 20th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade and one battalion of the 7th Provisional Line Infantry Demi-Brigade. His three brigadiers were Jean Davin, Guilin Laurent Bizanet, and Joseph Colomb. On 12 August 1796, Bonaparte wrote a letter to the French Directory, giving an assessment of his generals. His harsh opinion of Garnier, Jean-Baptiste Meynier, and Raphaël de Casabianca stated, "incapable; not fit to command a battalion in a war as active and serious as this one". War of the Second Coalition After a period of eclipse, Garnier was employed on the frontier of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and was later installed as military governor of Rome. In 1799 during the War of the Second Coalition, he defeated the Sicilian army at Monte Redondo on 21 September 1799. But he was bottled up in Rome and compelled to surrender. On 29 September his 4,500-man garrison capitulated to a 4,000-strong Anglo-Neapolitan force commanded by Lieutenant General Emanuele de Bourcard. The French garrisons in Italy were cut off in large part due to British seapower. After his exchange, he led a 2,792-strong division in Louis Gabriel Suchet's corps in northwestern Italy in the spring of 1800. His division included the 33rd Line with 487 men, the 39th Line with 422 men, the 55th Line with 213 men, the 68th Line with 620 men, and the 104th Line with 1,050 men. In a series of encounters in early April 1800, the Austrian army of Michael von Melas isolated Nicolas Soult's corps of André Masséna's army and began the Siege of Genoa on 20 April 1800. After 18 April, Melas sent Anton von Elsnitz to drive Suchet toward France. Suchet's forces were involved in actions at Monte Settepani, San Giacomo, Loano, and Montecalvo between 10 April and 7 May. The 68th Line lost its colors in the last-mentioned battle. After Bonaparte's offensive from the north, Suchet counterattacked along the Var River between 22 and 27 May. Moving across the unguarded Col de Tende, part of his corps captured 600 Austrians and seven guns at Monte Nave south of Cuneo. Napoleonic Wars Garnier retired from the army in 1801 but was quickly called back to fill positions in the reserve during the Napoleonic Wars. He was governor of Barcelona in 1811 before retiring in July 1812. Recalled again in 1813, he was pressed into service in Italy. He was charged with evacuating Rijeka (Fiume). After the fall of Emperor Napoleon, King Louis XVIII bestowed letters of nobility on the old republican general on 31 December 1814. Made a commander of the Légion d'Honneur in 1815, he permanently retired on 1 March 1816. He died in Nantes on 11 May 1827. GARNIER is inscribed on Column 25 of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Notes References French generals French Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars 1756 births 1827 deaths Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid%20on%20Port%20Dover

Raid on Port Dover

The Raid on Port Dover was an episode during the War of 1812. American troops crossed Lake Erie to capture or destroy stocks of grain and destroy mills at Port Dover, Ontario, which were used to provide flour for British troops stationed on the Niagara Peninsula. At the instigation of Lieutenant Colonel John B. Campbell and without sanction from his superiors or the government of the United States, the Americans also destroyed private houses and other property, prompting British commanders to demand reprisals in other theatres of the war. To some degree, the burning of Washington by the British later in the year was influenced by the American actions at Port Dover. Background In the spring of 1814, the Americans were preparing to make an attack across the Niagara River. As the Americans held undisputed control of Lake Erie, the troops at Presque Isle on the lake's southern shore were no longer needed to protect the improvised shipyard there, and were ordered to join the main American army at Buffalo, New York. The idea of raiding the Canadian settlements near Long Point and destroying the mills there en route to Buffalo occurred both to Captain Arthur Sinclair, commanding the armed vessels of the United States Navy on Lake Erie, and Lieutenant Colonel John B. Campbell, commanding the troops at Presque Isle. It took some days to assemble the expedition, in particular to obtain volunteers from the Pennsylvania Militia, and Sinclair later considered that the delay and publicity prevented the raid from achieving surprise. On 13 May 750 troops, composed of detachments of regulars (including artillery) and Pennsylvania militia, were embarked aboard Sinclair's ships. The expedition was accompanied by several renegade Canadian guides, including Abraham Markle. Raid In the late afternoon of 14 May, the Americans landed near Port Dover. There was a minor skirmish between American militiamen and some Canadian militiamen who were trying to remove goods from a storehouse. The Americans remained where they had disembarked during the night of 14 May. The next day, they marched to the village of Dover, where they drew up in formal line of battle, although there was no opposition. On Campbell's orders they then set fire to every building in the settlement: twenty houses, three flour mills, three sawmills, three distilleries, twelve barns and some other buildings. All livestock was shot, and their bodies left to rot. Some of Sinclair's sailors took the hind ends of the slaughtered hogs, but other than these opportune thefts, there was no plundering. Although the local women and children were allowed to remove their personal possessions from their houses before they were set on fire, they were able to remove only small items. Much of the property destroyed had belonged to Robert Nichol, who was noted for his support for the British authorities, at the instigation of Markle, who had been expelled from the local Legislative Assembly by Nichol. The Americans then re-embarked, but landed again the next day to burn another mill and a sawmill. They then returned to Presque Isle. During the entire raid, the only opposition had been some scattered Canadian militia, and a troop of the 19th Light Dragoons. The British had either received word of the impending raid, or had taken precautions against the possibility, and almost all the flour in the settlement (several hundred barrels) had already been removed to safety. Aftermath Sinclair and several other American officers (particularly among the militia) were enraged by Campbell's actions. Campbell insisted, both at the time and subsequently in a note to the British Major General Phineas Riall, commanding the division on the Niagara Peninsula, that he personally ordered the destruction without any sanction from his superiors or the United States government, in retaliation for the burning of the American settlements of Havre de Grace (on Chesapeake Bay), Lewiston and Buffalo the previous year. The official notes of protest from Riall and complaints by Sinclair and other Americans prompted the United States Army to hold a Court of Enquiry, presided over by Brigadier General Winfield Scott, on 20 June. The court concluded that Campbell was justified in burning the mills and distilleries which might have been used to supply flour and spirits to the British forces, and that some adjacent buildings were unavoidably involved. However, Campbell was found to have made an error of judgement in destroying private houses and other buildings. No further disciplinary action was taken at the time, and Campbell was mortally wounded at the Battle of Chippawa on 5 July. British response Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost, the Governor General of the Canadas and commander in chief of the forces there, wrote on 2 June to Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, commander of the North American Station of the Royal Navy, without noting that Campbell had not acted under orders: ...in consequence of the late disgraceful conduct of the American troops in the wanton destruction of private property on the north shores of Lake Erie, in order that if the war with the United States continues you may, should you judge it advisable, assist in inflicting that measure of retaliation which shall deter the enemy from a repetition of similar outrages. Cochrane in turn wrote from his station in Bermuda on 18 June to John Wilson Croker, the Secretary to the Admiralty: I am most decidedly of opinion that the readiest way to attain this object is to bring home to the supporters of the Government which authorizes this unnatural system of warfare a full share of its dreadful calamities and to this end, I have issued to the commanding officer of H.M. blockading squadron an order, accompanied by a secret memorandum... ORDER FOR RETALIATION No. 1 By the Honorable Alexander Cochrane, K.B. &c, &c, &c. Whereas... it appears that the American troops in Upper Canada have committed the most wanton and unjustifiable outrages on the unoffending inhabitants by burning their mills and houses, and by a general devastation of private property... You are hereby required and directed to destroy and lay waste such towns and districts as you may find assailable. You will hold strictly in view the conduct of the American army towards His Majesty's unoffending Canadian subjects and you will spare merely the lives of the unarmed inhabitants of the United States. In the appended secret memorandum, Cochrane modified these severe orders by instructing his commanders to spare places which furnished supplies to British ships or troops, or to levy contributions in return for forbearance, in proportion to the value of goods and buildings spared. This code of conduct was followed by the British during the Raid on Alexandria. References Footnotes Citations Sources Zaslow, Morris (ed) The Defended Border, Macmillan of Canada, 1964, External links Conflicts in 1814 Battles of the War of 1812 in Ontario Battles on the Niagara Frontier 1814 in Upper Canada Military raids History of Norfolk County, Ontario May 1814 events

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly%20Renton

Polly Renton

The Honourable Polly Renton, born Penelope Sally Rosita Renton (4 March 1970 – 28 May 2010), was a British documentary film maker and proponent of ethical journalism, who played an important part in transforming political television in East Africa and trained a generation of African television journalists through her Nairobi based NGO, MEDEVA (Media Development in Africa). Early life and education Penelope (‘Polly’) Sally Rosita Renton was born in Brighton on 4 March 1970, the youngest of the five children of Tim Renton (later Baron Renton of Mount Harry), a Conservative MP and Chief Whip to Margaret Thatcher, and his wife Alice (née Fergusson), a novelist and historian. She was named, in part, after her great aunt, the novelist and explorer Rosita Forbes. Her siblings include the investigative journalist and author Alex Renton and the artist and cartoonist Chelsea Renton. She was educated at Windlesham House School and Roedean before going up to Magdalen College, Oxford to read Modern Languages. After university she spent time in Guatemala helping to rescue children from prostitution before threats to her life forced her to leave the country. Career In 1994 Renton abandoned an 18-month career in the pharmaceuticals industry to work as a researcher for Peter Kosminsky on his sexual abuse docu-drama, No Child of Mine (1997), at Yorkshire Television. She directed her first two documentary films, My Mate Charlie (2000), about the rise in the use of cocaine in Britain, and Waiting for Sentence (2001), which explored prison life, for Channel 4's Doing Time series. Her next film, Sex Bomb (2002), dealt with sexually transmitted diseases among British teenagers and won the Royal Television Society's award for Best Independent Programme in 2002. MEDEVA Renton moved to Kenya after holidaying there in 2000 and is credited with playing a major role in the transformation of the country’s television. Disillusioned by the poor quality of television journalism available and the restrictions on it, Renton obtained funding from the Ford Foundation to set up a non-governmental organisation, Media Development in Africa (MEDEVA), in Nairobi. MEDEVA’s objective was to train Kenyan film makers and journalists and it went on to produce five series of the current affairs magazine show Tazama! (Swahili for ‘Look’), Kenya’s most popular show after the news with four million weekly viewers, and three seasons of Agenda Kenya, a political talk show in the vein of Question Time, for which she was advised by family friend David Dimbleby. The incendiary nature of the political discussions on Agenda Kenya meant it often had to be filmed in the presence of armed guards. On one occasion an unrelated power cut led to student demonstrations in the streets in the belief that the government had taken the programme off air. By 2008 MEDEVA had trained more than 100 young Kenyans to become ethical television reporters, producers, editors and sound and camera technicians. In 2009 she produced a series of films for the Department for International Development with her brother, journalist Alex Renton, dealing with issues affecting East Africa. At the time of her death in 2010 she was slated to work with the BBC's Comic Relief on a series of films about poverty in the slums of Kibera. Personal life Renton was a rower and a violinist at university. Her father’s life peerage in 1997 entitled her to the style ‘The Honourable’. In 2005 in Kenya she married Toby Fenwick-Wilson, a safari manager and guide who hailed, as she did, from Sussex. The couple had a daughter, Rosita, and a son, Tristan, and settled at Ulu, where they helped set up a conservation area, a ranger service and a health clinic. Death and legacy On 28 May 2010 she and her four-year-old daughter, Rosita (‘Sita’) Fenwick-Wilson, were killed in a car crash as she drove to interview nurses at a remote medical clinic in Kenya. Her one-year-old son and his nanny were also in the car but survived the crash. The Rosita Trust was set up in 2011 in memory of Renton and her daughter, Rosita, principally to carry on the running of MEDEVA, which continued to train journalists in Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda as well as Kenya for several years. The trust’s patrons are David Dimbleby, David Frost and David Puttnam. References External links Polly Renton on British Film Institute 1970 births 2010 deaths British journalists People educated at Windlesham House School People educated at Roedean School, East Sussex Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Daughters of life peers Road incident deaths in Kenya

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilija%20Fire

Matilija Fire

The Matilija Fire was a major wildfire that burned nearly in the Santa Barbara National Forest (now the Los Padres National Forest) of Southern California, during the autumn of 1932. The fire is named for Matilija Creek, near the location from which it originated. With the possible exception of the Santiago Canyon Fire of 1889 (which occurred before the start of official record-keeping), it was the largest known wildfire in California history until the 2003 Cedar Fire. The Matilija Fire is currently the seventeenth-largest in the state's modern history. Events In 1932, most of the area burned by the Matilija Fire had not seen a major fire since at least 1911. The area had also been experiencing severe drought conditions for the two years prior to 1932. This had resulted in a major build-up of dry fuels in the chaparral, which typically burns every 10 or 15 years. The 1932 fire season had been relatively quiet for the Santa Barbara National Forest. At 10:00 AM local time on September 7, smoke was spotted from La Cumbre lookout, rising from the North Fork of Matilija Creek north of Ojai. Ojai District Ranger E.L. Baxter ordered a fire crew to make preparations while he traveled out in advance to scout the fire. It took two hours to reach the fire, by which time it had expanded to . Although the cause of the fire remains uncertain, it may have been started by a hunter's campfire or an exploding tank of butane gas. By evening, fire crews were hiking up to the site, and Baxter expected the fire to be contained at by midnight. However, heavy Santa Ana winds kicked up at 5:30 pm, and the fire exploded in size. Fifty men on a crew led by Supervisor Nash-Boulden were trapped, but they managed to survive after lighting a backfire on the canyon slope, pulling in fresh air and opening an escape route. High temperatures, low humidity and winds sent the fire burning quickly through the thick chaparral covering the mountains. By midday on September 8, the fire had grown to and was rapidly spreading to the south and east. In one hour the fire traveled as embers jumped from one ridge to the next. Due to the unpredictable winds, crews were unable to safely cut line ahead of the fire, and resorted to "cold-trailing", or cutting line along the edges of already-burned areas. For the next eleven days, the fire burned daily. About 2,500 to 3,000 firefighters were ultimately brought in to the Matilija Fire, coming from eight forests around the West. As many as 1,200 personnel were on the fire line at any one time. There were few roads into this area, and the rugged terrain and thick vegetation made access difficult. Supplies had to be transported by pack mules and horses, or dropped from airplanes. Bulldozers were also used in an attempt to open new roads, but this effort was largely unsuccessful. By September 10, the fire had reached south nearly to the Pacific Ocean, had jumped west into the upper Santa Ynez River drainage, and was advancing swiftly east into the Sespe Creek drainage. A wall of flame wide swept down Sespe Creek, burning as much as in a single hour. By the evening of September 10 the fire was at with no containment. Hand crews cut of line around the perimeter of the fire, but high winds repeatedly blew fire past the containment lines and progress was extremely slow. Three fire camps were destroyed and a fourth was narrowly saved. By September 13, the fire had burned as far north as Reyes Peak (near Pine Mountain), and the lookout tower there was destroyed. By September 18, it had reached Santa Paula Peak, more than east of Matilija Creek. The fire lookout there was threatened, but was saved by a backfire at the last minute. Fire activity finally decreased around September 18, when the Santa Ana winds ceased. A heavy fog came in from the Pacific Ocean, elevating humidity, and by September 20, crews had managed to cut a line around the entire fire and contain it. Aftermath The fire ultimately cost $120,000 ($2.3 million today) in suppression costs. A total of were burned, including outside national forest lands. The burn area stretched from east to west and from north to south, reaching as far as Carpinteria on the southwest and nearly to Fillmore on the east. Despite the size of the fire, there were no fatalities and only two serious injuries during the firefighting effort. This was attributed to the fact that "this was the first large fire in California where most of the firefighters were members of trained crews." U.S. Forest Service officials cited inadequate fire lookout coverage as the primary reason for the failure to control the blaze. The fire started in a place difficult to see from existing lookouts, and may have burned for hours before the smoke was initially spotted. The lack of good access roads was cited as another obstacle to fighting the fire. Within two weeks of the end of the fire, bids were opened for construction of State Route 399 (today's State Route 33), which runs between Ojai and Maricopa. The road would have run through the approximate center of the Matilija fire and if it had existed, the fire could perhaps have been stopped there. During the fire, protocols were established for inter-agency (state and federal) coordination, and a need was recognized for standardization of training and terminology for fire crews. However, the fire had little overall impact on federal policy, especially since the rest of the 1930s saw much lower fire activity in California. Large debris flows occurred in the rainy seasons after the fire, causing extensive property damage and silting in reservoirs. Massive volumes of sediment went down the Santa Ynez River into the reservoir behind Gibraltar Dam, the primary source of drinking water for the city of Santa Barbara. The Forest Service built debris dams on Agua Caliente Creek and Mono Creek, tributaries of the Santa Ynez River, in an effort to protect Gibraltar. Within two years, the debris dams had filled in with more than of sediment. See also List of California wildfires References Citations Bibliography External links 1932 in California September 1932 events Wildfires in Ventura County, California Wildfires in Santa Barbara County, California

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell%20Free%20Library%20and%20Opera%20House

Haskell Free Library and Opera House

The Haskell Free Library and Opera House () is a Victorian building that straddles the Canada–United States border, in Rock Island (now part of Stanstead), Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont, respectively. The Opera House opened on June 7, 1904, having deliberately been built on the international border. It was declared a heritage building by both countries in the 1970s and 1980s. The library has two different addresses: 93 Caswell Avenue, Derby Line, Vermont, and 1 rue Church (Church Street), Stanstead, Quebec. Overview The library collection and the opera stage are located in Stanstead, but the main entrance and most opera seats are located in Derby Line. Because of this, the Haskell is sometimes called "the only library in the U.S.A. with no books" and "the only opera house in the U.S.A. with no stage". There is no entrance from Canada; however, there is an emergency exit on the Canadian side of the building. All patrons and visitors must use the U.S. entrance to access the building. Patrons from Canada are permitted to enter the United States door without needing to report to customs by using a prescribed route through the sidewalk of rue Church (Church Street), provided that they return to Canada immediately upon leaving the building using the same route. A thick black line runs beneath the seats of the opera house and diagonally across the center of the library's reading room to mark the Canada–United States border. The stage and half of the seats are in Canada; the remainder of the opera hall is in the US. The building has different postal codes (93 Caswell Avenue, 05830 and 1, rue Church (Church Street), J0B 3E2) and different telephone area codes (+1-802-873-3022 and +1-819-876-2471) in its two respective countries. The library has a collection of more than 20,000 books in French and English and is open to the public 38 hours a week. The building is recognized as a historic site in both countries. In the United States, it has been registered in the National Register of Historic Places since 1976. In Canada, it was designated a National Historic Site in 1985 and has been a provincial heritage site since 1977. Following the Trump travel ban, the library served as a site for international reunions, as it is partly in Canada and partly in the United States. History The Haskell Free Library and Opera House was a gift from Martha Stewart Haskell and her son Horace "Stewart" Haskell. It was built in memory of her parents Catherine and Horace Stewart and her husband Carlos Freeman Haskell. The Haskells wanted Canadians and Americans to have equal access to the Library and Opera House and so they chose to build on the border. Construction began in 1901 and the Opera House opened in 1904 and the Library in 1905. The opera house on the second floor was rumored to be modeled after the old Boston Opera House in a somewhat scaled down fashion (it seats four hundred), but the Boston Opera house was built afterwards. A painted scene of Venice on the drop curtain and 4 other scenes by Erwin Lamoss (1901) and plaster scrollwork complete with plump cherubs built in Boston ornament the opera hall and balcony in this historic building, which was constructed with walls built of granite from Stanstead. The Haskell family later donated the building to the towns of Derby Line and Rock Island in Haskell's memory; it is run by a private international board of four American and three Canadian directors. Organization French and English books are co-filed. Because of different language conventions in the direction of printing titles on spines—American English books have titles written top-to-bottom, and French books bottom-to-top—the language of a book can be immediately determined. See also Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog, two communities with a complicated borderline between The Netherlands and Belgium. Collins–Valentine line – the boundary between Quebec and the states of Vermont and New York, surveyed in the early 1770s. Estcourt Station, Maine (population 4) and Estcourt, Quebec La Cure, a village divided between Switzerland and France; one hotel is bisected by the boundary, as are at least two residences and a pub. Line house – a building that straddles an international boundary. List of historic places in Estrie List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Quebec National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans County, Vermont Paul VI Audience Hall in Rome lies partially in the Vatican City but mostly in Italy: the Italian part of the building is treated as an extraterritorial area of the Holy See and is used by the Pope as an alternative to Saint Peter's Square when conducting his Wednesday morning General Audience Transnational marriage References External links History of the Library on its official web site 1904 establishments in Quebec 1904 establishments in Vermont Buildings and structures in Derby, Vermont Buildings and structures in Estrie Canada–United States border Education in Estrie Event venues on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont Heritage buildings of Quebec Libraries in Quebec Libraries in Vermont Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont Music venues completed in 1904 Music venues in Quebec National Historic Sites in Quebec Theatres on the National Historic Sites of Canada register National Register of Historic Places in Orleans County, Vermont Opera houses in Canada Opera houses in Vermont Opera houses on the National Register of Historic Places Public libraries in Vermont Queen Anne architecture in Canada Queen Anne architecture in Vermont Stanstead, Quebec Theatres completed in 1904 Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont Tourist attractions in Estrie Vermont culture

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Lawrence Donald Soens

Lawrence Donald Soens (August 26, 1926 – November 1, 2021) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. In 2008, the Diocese of Davenport in Iowa announced multiple credible accusations that Soens had sexually abused children as a priest. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Sioux City in Iowa from 1983 to 1998. Life and career Early life Lawrence Soens was born in Iowa City, Iowa, on August 26, 1926. He was educated at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, Saint Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa, and studied for the priesthood at Kenrick Seminary in Shrewsbury, Missouri. He also completed graduate studies at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. Priesthood Soens was ordained a priest by Bishop Ralph Leo Hayes on May 6, 1950, for the Diocese of Davenport. Soens' first assignment was as an assistant pastor at St. Paul's Parish in Burlington, Iowa. He then joined the faculty of St. Ambrose Academy in Davenport, Iowa and then became the assistant pastor at St. Bridget's Parish in Victor, Iowa. Soens' next assignment was as director of Regina High School in Iowa City. He went on to become the rector of St. Ambrose Seminary and served on the faculty of St. Ambrose College. His next assignment was as pastor at Assumption Parish in Charlotte, Iowa, and St. Patrick Parish in Villa Nova, Iowa. He was pastor at St. Mary's Parish in Clinton, Iowa, when Pope John Paul II named him a prelate of honor, with the title of monsignor, on December 18, 1981. Bishop of Sioux City On June 15, 1983, John Paul II named Soens as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Sioux City. He was consecrated on August 17, 1983, at the Cathedral of the Ephiphany in Sioux City by Archbishop James Byrne. Bishops Gerald O'Keefe and Frank Greteman were the principal co-consecrators. In February 1986, Soens received a letter detailing allegations against Jerome Coyle, a diocese priest. The diocese had sent Coyle to Minnesota to train as a hospital chaplain. A supervisor in that program wrote Soens that Coyle was exhibiting inappropriate behavior around young boys. Soens then dispatched Coyle to the Servants of the Paraclete foundation house in Jemez Springs, New Mexico for evaluation and treatment. On May 15, 1986, the Foundation informed Soens that Coyle had admitted to fondling up to 50 teenagers. Soens suspended Coyle from parish assignments, but did not report any of his crimes to authorities. While Soens was bishop, many programs were established or expanded, including: Ministry 2000, the Priests Retirement Fund, youth ministry programs and the diocese mandated parish pastoral and finance commissions. In 1997, Soens requested a coadjutor bishop to assist him with his duties. On August 19, 1997, Pope John Paul II named Msgr. Daniel DiNardo from the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Resignation and legacy Soens's resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Sioux City was accepted by John Paul II on November 28, 1998. On June 8, 2005, Soens and the diocese were sued by a man who accused Soens of fondling him starting in 1963 when Soens was director at Regina Catholic High School in Iowa City. On November 6, 2008, the diocesan review board for the Diocese of Sioux City reported that there were credible accusations that Soens had sexually abused minors. Thirty-one men had accused him of abusing them between 1950 and 1983. His case was referred to the Vatican for further action. Lawrence Soens died in Sioux City, Iowa, on November 1, 2021, at age 95. See also Catholic Church hierarchy Catholic Church in the United States Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States List of Catholic bishops of the United States Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops References External links Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux City Official Site Episcopal succession 1926 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States Catholic Church sexual abuse scandals in the United States Kenrick–Glennon Seminary alumni Loras College alumni People from Iowa City, Iowa Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport Roman Catholic bishops of Sioux City St. Ambrose University alumni University of Iowa alumni

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%C3%A0we%20Crossing

Adàwe Crossing

The Adàwe Crossing (French: passerelle Adàwe) is a pedestrian and cyclist bridge in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, built across the Rideau River. It is located about north (downstream) of the Highway 417 bridge (Provincial Constable J. Robert Maki Bridge) and south (upstream) from the Cummings Bridge. It was opened on December 4, 2015 and links the communities of Overbook and Sandy Hill. The Adàwe Crossing is an approximately 125m long bridge structure that consists of three spans with variable steel girders and a composite concrete deck. The usable deck width is 4m and it increases to a 7m width at the two mid-river piers which provide for two lookout areas on both the north and south sides. The Rideau River is a navigable river and the height of the bridge respects water clearance requirements including those for the annual spring ice clearing operations. The design and construction budget for the bridge and related works was $9.2 million. This included construction of multi-use pathway connections from the bridge west through Strathcona Park to the Range Road and Somerset Street East intersection and east along Donald Street to North River Road, together with rehabilitation of the parking lot in Strathcona Park and a short section of Donald Street. In the first ten days after the bridge opened about 20,000 trips were taken across it by pedestrians and cyclists. The busiest user month to date was July 2017 with over 121,000 trip crossings. During the prime cycling months of May to September inclusive the monthly crossing totals range between 90,000 and 110,000 trips, generally evenly split between pedestrians and cyclists. The Adàwe Crossing continues to prove to be a popular location to take photos from the bridge, of the bridge and of the bridge's art work "A View from Two Sides". The Adàwe Crossing and its pathways are part of a City of Ottawa crosstown bikeway (Route #3) identified in the Ottawa Cycling Plan. To the west this crosstown bikeway leads via Somerset Street East to the nearby University of Ottawa and downtown of Ottawa. The bikeway route continues to the Corktown Footbridge over the Rideau Canal. History The Adàwe Crossing is not the first footbridge at this location. A seasonal wooden footbridge was installed in approximately this same location in the first half of the last century with it appearing in 1928 air photos. In 1952 the bridge was washed away and not replaced. Plans for a new bridge connection are identified in the still in force 1994 Sandy Hill Secondary Plan, part of the Official Plan, of the City of Ottawa. More recently it has been shown in the City's 2013 Transportation Master Plan, Ottawa Pedestrian Plan and Ottawa Cycling Plan. Naming "Adàwe" is an Algonquin word for trade, one that symbolizes the river's historic importance and is symbolic of the history of the Rideau River, the aboriginal heritage of the area and the bridge's ability to link the communities on either side. This name was recommended by a selection committee set up by City Councillors Mathieu Fleury (Rideau-Vanier) and Tobi Nussbaum (Rideau-Rockcliffe) and accepted by Council on November 25, 2015. Art work – "A View from Two Sides" "A View from Two Sides" is a City of Ottawa public art commission located on the Adàwe Crossing. In the 2017 City of Ottawa Urban Design Awards it won an Award of Merit: Urban Elements. The artwork, by Ottawa artist Kenneth Emig, features two 1.5m diameter reflective stainless steel spheres, suspended at eye level above the bridge level. Each sphere presents the observer with an ever-changing panoramic view that includes the sky, river, shores, bridge, pedestrians and cyclists. The bridge provides access to the natural beauty of the surrounding parks, river, and community from the middle of the river. "A View from Two sides" condenses that broader visual experience into two locations and places the viewer in the middle, both visually and figuratively, enhancing the human experience of a beautiful location. The artwork offers a place to meet the surrounding environment and experience the sensuality of engagement. References Bridges in Ottawa Pedestrian bridges in Canada Cyclist bridges in Canada Bridges completed in 2015 2015 establishments in Ontario

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Winnold House

Winnold House, formerly the Benedictine Priory of St Winwaloe, is a country house in the parish of Wereham in Norfolk, England. The house is constructed from the remaining fragments of a former Benedictine priory. The priory was founded in 1199 and was dissolved in 1321. It was demolished in 1539, and the surviving fragments were incorporated into a house sometime in the 17th century; it was rebuilt in the mid-19th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. History The priory of Wereham was founded by the earls of Clare during the reign of Richard I in the late twelfth century. It was dedicated to Winwaloe (a.k.a. Guenolo), a Breton saint who flourished about 550 CE, and whose body was enshrined in the Abbey of St Salvius and St Winwaloe, Monsterol (Montreuil) in the diocese of Amiens in France. It was an alien priory of Monsterol. The earliest extant deed of the priory is one of 1199, whereby L., prior of Saint Winwaloe, with the consent and advice of his brother, Remigius, abbot of Monsterol, granted a toft and eleven acres to Robert de Stradesete. In 1270 there was an exchange of lands in Wereham between the abbot and convent of Wereham and the abbot and convent of Saint Salvin's of Monsterol, acting on behalf of the priory of Saint Winwaloe. At the time, the priory held lands in three Norfolk parishes, with the annual value of £7. In 1321, the abbot and convent of Monsterol sold the priory to Hugh Scarlet of Lincoln, who conveyed it to Elizabeth de Clare, the foundress of Clare College, Cambridge. In 1336 she conveyed the manor and lands of the priory to the abbot and convent of West Dereham on the condition that he would find a chaplain to say daily mass in the chapel of Saint Winwaloe for the souls of Gilbert, earl of Clare, and of Elizabeth and her ancestors and heirs forever. Ten years later Elizabeth granted the custody of the priory to her friend, John de Brauncestre. At the dissolution the manor of Winwaloe, late belonging to the abbey of Wereham, came to the crown, and was granted to Thomas Guybon and William Mynn. A large fair was held on St Winnold's Day (3 March); the fair moved to Downham Market in 1798. Architecture The remains of the priory can be seen on many of the walls of the house. Design The priory's stonework is ashlar and coping, and the roof is composed of slate. South front of two storeys in two bays. 20th-century door and porch to left. Windows are 3-light cross casements under re-used square hoods on head stops. Triangular stops to first floor casements. Moulded ashlar eaves cornice below gabled roof with 19th-century internal end stacks carrying twin octagonal gault brick flues. Gable ends on kneelers. East wall with remains of external stack, flat buttress to left and clasping buttress to right, the latter being the remains of a 12th-century pier: single shaft to left and on north face multi-shafted above set-off. Two set-offs to east gable wall, remains of one C12 lancet and C17 attic window. North elevation with 12th-century string course at first floor, flat central buttress and remains of annulated engaged column to right. Three inserted casements and door. Dentil eaves cornice. To west an early C19 brick and ashlar extension of two storeys. 19th- and 20th-century casements, gabled slate roof and ridge stack right of centre with paired octagonal gault brick flues. Notes References Doubleday, Herbert Arthur (1906). "Religious Houses: The Priory of St. Winwalloe, Wereham" (PDF). A History of the County of Norfolk. 2. Institute of Historical Research. pp. 465–466. Archived on 20 December 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2010. Country houses in Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk Alien priories in England

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Yet Kieu (HQ-927)

Yết Kiêu (pennant number 927) is a multipurpose submarine search-and-rescue ship (MSSARS) of the Vietnam People's Navy. The ship is stationed at the Vietnamese Cam Ranh Naval Base, and it is purposed to support the operation of VPN's fleet of six diesel-electric attack submarines which were formally acquired in 2009 and firstly commissioned in early 2014. Launching and design Designated as MSSARS 9316, the concept of Yết Kiêu was first revealed in early 2018 during the Vietship 2018 Exhibition in Hanoi and confirmed to be built by the state-owned Z189 Shipyard, using the design, technology and accessories supplied by Damen Group. MSSARS 9316 design was confirmed as slightly bigger than its sister ships, MV Stoker and MV Besant, which were also designed by Damen and built by Z189 for the Australian DMS Maritime, when Yết Kiêu has slightly bigger length (), and it also has a slightly higher displacement and deck area. A keel-laying ceremony for MSSARS 9316 was held in Z189 Shipyard in the city of Haiphong on May 24, 2018. The long and wide vessel, will have a displacement of 3,950 tons and feature a helipad as well as “robust dynamic positioning system and various other features” to make sure the ship can function unhindered in harsh weather conditions, such 9–12 force winds and waves as high as 14 m, according to a report by Vietnamnews. Aside from its main role as a submarine rescue vessel, MSSARS 9316 will also be capable of conducting underwater surveying, seafloor mapping, and will serve as an ocean research vessel, said the report, adding that the construction of the ship is expected to take 27 months. However, it took only 17 months to build the ship, and it was introduced by the first time to the public in December 2019, marking the first time Vietnam owns a vessel which is dedicated for submarine rescue mission. Commission and operation Initially, Yết Kiêu was expected to be fully operational before the scheduled Vietnamese-hosted International Maritime Review at Nha Trang in May 2020. As requested by naval chief Vice Admiral Phạm Hoài Nam, it will participate in IMR 2020 with the rest of the Vietnam People's Navy fleet alongside visiting ships from the ASEAN countries and other nations. However, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was never held and the commission of the ship was also silently delayed. In June 2021, the submarine rescue vehicle (SRV) for the ship was first time revealed, hinting that the vessel is now closer to its commission. On July 30, 2021, at the Z189 Shipyard, the ship was formally commissioned into the Vietnam People's Navy. In August 2021, a Kamov Ka-32T utility helicopter of the 954th Brigade, Vietnamese Naval Air Force landed on the ship's helipad for the very first time as a part of the acceptance progress. After the progress, the helipad and other equipment of the ship were confirmed meeting the technical requirements of the Navy and the manufacturers, being the basis for the training and implementing the missions of the ships in the near future. Equipment Yết Kiêu is featured with a number of a number of high-tech equipment and vehicles to support its designated mission of searching and rescuing submersible vehicles: See also MV Besant MV Stoker Trần Đại Nghĩa (HQ-888) Đinh Tiên Hoàng (HQ-011) Lý Thái Tổ (HQ-012) Hà Nội (HQ-182) Hồ Chí Minh City (HQ-183) Hải Phòng (HQ-184) Khánh Hòa (HQ-185) Đà Nẵng (HQ-186) Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (HQ-187) Reference and sources Ships of the Vietnam People's Navy

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellini%20%28band%29

Fellini (band)

Fellini was a Brazilian rock band formed in São Paulo in 1984 by Cadão Volpato (vocals, harmonica), Jair Marcos (guitar), Ricardo Salvagni (drums and percussion), and former Voluntários da Pátria and Smack member Thomas Pappon (bass and occasionally other instruments). One of the most well-known bands of the Brazilian underground scene of the mid-1980s (and having a strong cult following to the present day), Fellini originally began as a straightforward post-punk band influenced by acts such as Joy Division, The Stranglers and The Durutti Column, but would gradually develop a more eclectic sonority that mixed post-punk with other genres such as MPB, new wave and samba rock, acquiring a unique, almost non-descript musical style. Fellini was first disestablished in 1990, but re-established in 2002 until ending again in 2010. A further reunion of the band was announced in early 2016. History Fellini was founded in 1984 by Cadão Volpato, Thomas Pappon and Celso Pucci (or Minho K.), being later joined by Jair Marcos and Ricardo Salvagni. The band's name was coined by Thomas Pappon during a brainstorm; he wanted the band to have a "weird, funny-sounding" name (in contrast to the "serious" and "gloomy" names Brazilian post-punk bands had at the time), and chose "Fellini" as a homage to The Stranglers' album Feline, one of Fellini's major influences alongside Joy Division and The Durutti Column. Fellini performed their first show at the now-defunct Bar Albergue, in Bixiga; however, Minho K. could not play at the gig because he was drunk at the time, passed out and could not wake up. He left the band afterwards, and would form 3 Hombres alongside Jair Marcos years later. Pucci died in 2002 of oral cancer. In late 1984, Fellini obtained a contract with independent record label Baratos Afins, and released their debut album, O Adeus de Fellini, in 1985, which contained underground hits such as "Rock Europeu" and "Funziona Senza Vapore". It would be followed by 1986's Fellini Só Vive 2 Vezes, 1987's 3 Lugares Diferentes (which Cadão Volpato considers to be Fellini's finest album, and was also their last release via Baratos Afins) and 1990's Amor Louco. However, the band broke up in the same year, with Cadão Volpato alleging that he was tired of the band's hectic performance schedule and wanted to give more emphasis on his "intellectual pretensions". Also, Thomas Pappon moved to Germany (and later to England) in the same year, leaving Fellini to form alongside his wife Karla the duo The Gilbertos. In 1992, Cadão Volpato formed a very short-lived "spiritual successor" to Fellini named Funziona Senza Vapore (after Fellini's eponymous song, present in their debut album). It comprised original Fellini members Jair Marcos and Ricardo Salvagni, plus Stela Campos replacing Thomas Pappon. They recorded also in 1992 a homonymous obscure album, that was only released in 2002. After a 12-year hiatus, Fellini returned in 2002, releasing a new studio album, Amanhã É Tarde. In 2003 they played at the TIM Festival alongside Beth Gibbons and Los Hermanos, subsequently doing some other sporadic shows. In 2010 they released a compilation featuring re-recordings of previous songs, Você Nem Imagina, before breaking up again. In 2015 Volpato and Pappon reunited to form the experimental rock duo Pappon & Volpato. In 2016 the band announced on their official Facebook page that a brief reunion of its original line-up would happen; accompanied by drummer Lauro Lellis, they would play in its entirety their album Amor Louco across some venues in São Paulo beginning in March. According to Cadão Volpato, this would be the last reunion ever of the band, and no further performances are scheduled. Discography Studio albums Compilation Sanguinho Novo... Arnaldo Baptista Revisitado (1989) Featured the song "Cê Tá Pensando que Eu Sou Lóki?" The Sexual Life of the Savages (2005) Featured the songs "Zum Zum Zum Zazoeira" and "Rock Europeu" Não Wave (2005) Featured the songs "Funziona Senza Vapore" and "Teu Inglês" Você Nem Imagina (2010) Singles Pânico / Rock Europeu (split single with Mercenárias — 2005) Unreleased songs "Milho" ("Corn") "Mosca" ("Fly") Trivia Mangue Bit band Nação Zumbi, while being still led by now-deceased Chico Science, made a cover of Funziona Senza Vapore's song "Criança de Domingo" ("Sunday Child"), that was included in the CD re-release of their 1996 album Afrociberdelia. Science was noted for being a huge fan of Fellini. See also Funziona Senza Vapore References External links Fellini on Bandcamp Brazilian art rock groups Brazilian experimental musical groups Música popular brasileira musical groups Brazilian post-punk music groups Musical groups established in 1984 Musical groups disestablished in 2016 1984 establishments in Brazil 2016 disestablishments in Brazil Musical groups from São Paulo Brazilian musical quartets

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Governor of Colima

According to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Colima, the exercise of the Executive Power of this Mexican entity is placed in a single individual, called the Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Colima who is chosen for a period of 6 years and is not eligible for reelection. The term of governor begins November 1 of the year of the election and finishes October 31 after six years have elapsed. The state of Colima was created in the year 1853, before during diverse periods of its history was a federal territory or department, by which the denomination of the holder of the Executive Power of the entity suffered various changes. Governors of Colima from 1857 The individuals that have occupied the Governorship of the State of Colima, have been the following: (1857): Manuel Álvarez (1857): José Washington (1857–1858): José Silverio Núñez (1858): Ricardo Palacio (1858–1859): Miguel Contreras Medellín (1859): José Maria Mendoza (1859): Manuel Salazar (1859–1860): Jerónimo Calatayud (1860–1862): Urbano Gómez (1862): Salvador Brihuega (1862): Manuel F. Toro (1862): Florencio Villareal (1862): Manuel F. Toro (1862): Julio García (1862–1864): Ramón R. De la Vega (1864): Julio García (1864–1867): José Maria Mendoza (Imperial prefect) (1867–1869): Ramón R. De la Vega (1869–1871): Francisco J. Cueva (1871–1873): Francisco Santa Cruz (1873–1877): Filomeno Bravo (1877–1879): Doroteo López (1879): Pedro A. Galván (1880–1883): Francisco Santa Cruz (1883): Miguel de la Madrid (1883–1886): Esteban García (1887–1893): Gildardo Gómez Campero (1893–1902): Francisco Santa Cruz (1900–1901): Alberto Betancourt (Interim) (1901–1902): José Campero (1902–1911): Enrique O. de la Madrid (1908–1910): Isidoro Bravo Interino (1911–1912): Miguel García Topete (1912–1913): José Trinidad Alamillo (1913): Vidal Fernández (1913): Roberto F. Barney Interino (1913): Miguel M. Morales (1913): Julián Jaramillo (1913–1914): Juan A. Hernández (1914): Antonio Delgadillo (1914): Juan G. Cabral (one day only) (Interim) (1914–1917): Eduardo Ruiz (Interim) (1917–1919): Felipe Valle (Interim) (1917–1919): Francisco Ramírez Villarreal (Interim) (1917–1919): Juan Jacobo Valadés (Interim) (1917–1919): Esteban Baca Calderón (Interim) (1917–1919): Miguel Orozco Camacho (Interim) (1917–1919): Rafael Gómez Espinoza (Interim) (1917–1919): Juan José Ríos (Interim) (1917–1919): Enrique O. de la Madrid (Interim) (1917–1919): José Trinidad Alamillo (Interim) (1917–1919): Juan José Ríos (1917–1919): Felipe Valle (Interim) (1919–1923): Miguel Álvarez García (Interim) (1923–1927): Gerardo Hurtado Sánchez (Interim) (1925): Simón García (Interim) (1925): Francisco Solórzano Béjar (Interim) (1931): Pedro Torres Ortiz (Interim) (1917–1931): Laureano Cervantes (1931–1935): Salvador Saucedo (1935): José Campero (1935–1939): Miguel G. Santa Ana (1939–1943): Pedro Torres Ortíz (1943–1949): Manuel Gudiño (1949–1955): Jesús González Lugo (1955–1961): Rodolfo Chávez Carrillo (1961–1967): Francisco Velasco Curiel (1967–1973): Pablo Silva García Antonio Barbosa Heldt was elected for the 1973–1979 term but died before taking office. (1973–1974): Leonel Ramírez García (1974–1979): Arturo Noriega Pizano (1979–1985): Griselda Álvarez (1985–1991): Elías Zamora Verduzco (1991–1997): Carlos de la Madrid Virgen (1997–2003): Fernando Moreno Peña (2003–2004): Carlos Flores Dueñas (2004–2005): Gustavo Vázquez Montes (2005): Arnoldo Ochoa González (2005–2009): Silverio Cavazos (2009–31 October 2015): Mario Anguiano Moreno (31 October 2015–10 February 2016): Ramón Pérez Díaz (11 February 2016– 31 October 2021): José Ignacio Peralta (1 November 2021–present): Indira Vizcaíno Silva Colima 1857 establishments in Mexico

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakko%20Oksanen

Jaakko Oksanen

Jaakko Tapio Oksanen (born 7 November 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for KuPS. Oksanen is a product of the HJK Helsinki academy in his native Finland. Following years in England with Brentford, he returned to Finland to join KuPS in 2022. Oksanen is a current Finland international. Club career HJK Helsinki A holding midfielder, Oksanen began his career in his native Finland as a youth with KP-75 and KOPSE, before entering the academy at Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki at the age of 12. He made his debut for Klubi 04 during an injury-hit 2016 season and signed a new one-year contract in December 2016. Oksanen made 24 appearances and scored two goals during a successful 2017 season for Klubi 04, which ended with promotion to the Ykkönen, via the playoffs. One week after the playoff victory, Oksanen made his senior debut for HJK Helsinki, as an 81st-minute substitute for Evans Mensah in a 3–2 defeat to RoPS on 28 October 2017. It proved to be his only appearance for the first team and he departed the Telia 5G -areena on 13 January 2018. Brentford On 13 January 2018, Oksanen moved to England to sign for the B team at Championship club Brentford on a -year contract for an undisclosed fee. An injury crisis saw Oksanen feature as an unused substitute during three first team matches in November 2018, before he suffered an ankle ligament injury. After returning to fitness, Oksanen was a regular inclusion in matchday squads during the final two months of the 2018–19 season and made his debut as a substitute for Sergi Canós late in a 3–0 victory over Preston North End on the final day. He was also a member of the B team's 2018–19 Middlesex Senior Cup-winning squad. Oksanen spent the majority of the 2019–20 pre-season with the first team squad and made two appearances during the regular season. Entering the final months of his contract, Oksanen signed a two-year extension in March 2020 and his B team performances were recognised with the team's 2019–20 Player of the Year award. On 13 August 2020, Oksanen joined League One club AFC Wimbledon on a season-long loan. Either side of two months out due to a mid-season ankle injury, he made 30 appearances during his spell. On 31 August 2021, Oksanen joined Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton on loan until 3 January 2022 and made 16 appearances during his spell. He played the remainder of the 2021–22 season with Brentford B and was a part of the London Senior Cup-winning squad. Following years with Brentford (during which he made 88 B team appearances and three first team appearances), Oksanen was released when his contract expired at the end of the 2021–22 season. KuPS On 10 July 2022, Oksanen transferred to Veikkausliiga club KuPS and signed an 18-month contract, with the option of a further year, effective 13 July 2022. During the remainder of the 2022 season, he made 17 appearances, scored two goals and was a part of the club's 2022 Finnish Cup-winning squad. In recognition of his performances, Oksanen was voted the club's Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year and was twice named in the Veikkausliiga Team of the Month. International career Oksanen has been capped by Finland at U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 level. He appeared in each of Finland's three matches at the 2018 European U19 Championship and his development during 2018 was recognised with the SPL Most Promising Young Player of the Year award. On 30 December 2022, Oksanen won his maiden call into the full Finland squad for a January 2022 training camp in Algarve, which included two friendly matches. He made his full international debut with a start in the second match, a 1–0 defeat to Estonia. Career statistics International Honours Klubi 04 Kakkonen play-offs: 2017 Brentford B Middlesex Senior Cup: 2018–19 London Senior Cup: 2021–22 KuPS Finnish Cup: 2022 Individual SPL Most Promising Young Player of the Year: 2018 Brentford B Player of the Year: 2019–20 Veikkausliiga Team of the Month: August 2022, October 2022 KuPS Player of the Year: 2022 KuPS Young Player of the Year: 2022 References External links Jaakko Oksanen at palloliitto.fi 2000 births Living people Finnish men's footballers Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Finland men's youth international footballers Veikkausliiga players Finnish expatriate sportspeople in England Footballers from Helsinki Klubi 04 players Men's association football midfielders Brentford F.C. players Kakkonen players Finland men's under-21 international footballers AFC Wimbledon players Greenock Morton F.C. players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Scottish Professional Football League players Kuopion Palloseura players Finland men's international footballers

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FIBA EuroBasket 2009 qualification

This page describes the qualification procedure for EuroBasket 2009. Qualified teams Eight teams have secured their places at the EuroBasket 2009 before the qualifications. Seven teams have qualified through the qualifying round, and one more team has qualified through the Additional Qualifying Round. Qualified as the host nation: Qualified through the participation at the 2008 Summer Olympics Qualified through the participation at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008 Qualified through the qualifying round Qualified through the Additional Qualifying Round Qualification format The Qualifying Round was held from 20 August to 20 September 2008. The draw for the qualifying round was held on 16 February 2008 in Venice, Italy. There were four groups, one group of five teams and three groups of four teams. The first team from each group and the three best second placed teams have qualified for EuroBasket 2009. The qualified teams were: Bulgaria, Great Britain, Israel, Latvia, Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey. The best six of the remaining teams then went to the Additional Qualifying Round, which has been held from 5 to 30 August 2009, shortly before the start of the final Round. The teams qualified for the Additional Qualifying Round were: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, France, Italy and Portugal. These six teams were divided in two groups of three teams each. After that, the winners of the groups, Belgium and France, have played each other for the last place in EuroBasket 2009, with France winning the two-leg match. The last four teams have played in the Relegation Round, which was held from 5 to 20 August 2009. The teams qualified for the Relegation Round were: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary and Ukraine. The bottom two of these four teams, Czech Republic and Estonia, have been relegated to EuroBasket Division B championship. The two teams on top of the group, Hungary and Ukraine, have stayed in EuroBasket Division A. The draw for the groups of the final Round as well as for the order of the games of the Additional Qualifying Round and the Relegation Round was held in Warsaw, Poland on 8 November 2008. EuroBasket 2009 was held from 7 to 20 September 2009. Qualifying round Draw seedings Qualification groups The draw for the qualifying round was held on 16 February 2008 in Venice, Italy. Group A Note: All times are local Group B Note: All times are local Group C Note: All times are local Group D Note: All times are local Best group runners-up Teams were ranked by basis of winning percentage (PCT), then goal efficiency or goal average. Additional qualifying round The draw for the groups of the Additional Qualifying Round was held in Warsaw, Poland on 8 November 2008. Six teams have been divided in two groups of three teams each. The winners of these groups, Belgium and France, have played each other for the last place in EuroBasket 2009, with France earning the spot at the end. The Additional Qualifying Round has been held from 5 to 30 August 2009. Draw seedings Group A Note: All times are local Group B Note: All times are local Additional qualifying round play-off Relegation round The draw for the order of the games of the Relegation Round was held in Warsaw, Poland on 8 November 2008. Four teams have played home and away matches in a round-robin tournament. At the end, the two teams topping the group, Hungary and Ukraine, have stayed in Division A and the two teams at the bottom, Czech Republic and Estonia, have been relegated to EuroBasket Division B championship. The Relegation Round was held from 5 to 20 August 2009. Group C Note: All times are local See also Eurobasket 2009 Division B – Montenegro and Georgia have been promoted from the EuroBasket Division B to qualify in Division A, thus replacing Czech Republic and Estonia in the qualifications for the EuroBasket 2011. References External links EuroBasket qualification at eurobasket2009.org qualification 2008–09 in European basketball 2009–10 in European basketball 2009

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Leo Kolber

Ernest Leo Kolber, (January 18, 1929 – January 9, 2020) was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and Senator, serving from 1983 to 2004. Early life and career Kolber was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Luba (Kahan) and Moses Kolber, a doctor. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1949 and a Bachelor of Law in 1952 from McGill University. He was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1952. Business Kolber was President of Cemp Investments, a family holding company for the children of Samuel Bronfman. In the 1960s, Kolber played a key role in the construction of the Toronto Dominion Centre, a landmark building complex designed by Mies van der Rohe that is credited with helping to elevate Toronto to the status of a world class city. Kolber was also instrumental in two major Bronfman deals: Seagram's purchase of a stake in DuPont and the sale of the Cadillac-Fairview real estate company at the height of its value in 1987. In the process, Kolber acquired considerable wealth in his own right, including $100 million for arranging the Cadillac-Fairview sale. Author Peter C. Newman wrote in his 1975 book The Canadian Establishment that Kolber was so close to the Bronfman family that "Sam [Bronfman] treated him as a son and Leo worshipped Sam as a father." Newman calls Kolber "the non-Bronfman Bronfman with the big brain" and "a tough cookie," but goes on to say that Kolber "was always honest and had a sense of humor about himself." A character based on a caricature of Kolber appears in the Mordecai Richler novel Solomon Gursky Was Here; the portrait is highly unflattering. For many years, Kolber was the chief fundraiser for the Liberal Party of Canada. He also served on the boards of many companies, including Seagram, MGM, and the Toronto-Dominion Bank. Personal life Kolber's late wife Sandra was a published poet and film executive who served on the board of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and was a recipient of the Governor General's Performing Arts Award in 1994. Sandra and Leo Kolber were among Montreal's most active philanthropists. Causes included The Montreal Symphony Orchestra, McGill University and The Jewish General Hospital. Kolber's close friendship with former Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres dates back to the 1950s. Kolber's son Jonathan is an Israeli citizen who was chairman of Koor Industries Ltd., an Israeli investment firm. Senate Tenure In 1983, Kolber was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Victoria, Quebec. He was the Chairman of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce. Kolber played a role in reducing Canada's capital gains taxes. He advocated a change in government policy to permit bank mergers, but did not prevail. In December 2000, the National Assembly of Quebec condemned Yves Michaud, a former Parti Québécois delegate-general to Paris, for repeating on the radio angry remarks he had made to Kolber in a Montreal barber shop. Michaud had said that Jews weren't the only people in the world to have suffered. The controversy escalated into what became known as l'Affaire Michaud. Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard subsequently resigned, citing support for Michaud within the Parti Québécois as one of his reasons. Controversy In November 2017 an investigation conducted by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism cited his name in the list of politicians named in "Paradise Papers" allegations. Retirement and death Kolber retired from the Senate shortly before his 75th birthday in 2004. In 2005, he was appointed Chair of the Advisory Council on National Security. In 2007, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. On January 8, 2020, Kolber died at his home in Montreal from Alzheimer's disease at age 90. References External links 1929 births 2020 deaths Deaths from Alzheimer's disease Anglophone Quebec people Businesspeople from Montreal Canadian corporate directors Canadian senators from Quebec Jewish Canadian politicians Jewish Canadian philanthropists Liberal Party of Canada senators McGill University alumni Officers of the Order of Canada Politicians from Montreal 21st-century Canadian politicians McGill University Faculty of Law alumni People named in the Paradise Papers Neurological disease deaths in Quebec

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freda%20Lingstrom

Freda Lingstrom

Freda Violet Lingstrom OBE (23 July 1893 – 15 April 1989) was a BBC Television producer and executive, responsible for pioneering children's programmes in the early 1950s. She and her friend Maria Bird together created Andy Pandy and The Flower Pot Men. Early life and career Lingstrom was born in Chelsea, London, the daughter of George Lingstrom, a copperplate engraver, and Alice Clarey Anniss. Her paternal grandparents were Swedish. She attended the Central School of Arts and Crafts and became an artist. Lingstrom gained her first job at Alf Cooke's London works as a designer, where she stayed for 15 months. After periods at Carlton Studios and Norfolk, Lingstrom decided in 1922 to work on her own. Her first clients were railway companies, including the London and North Eastern Railway, the Underground Group and the Norwegian state railway. The Norwegian and Swedish government commissioned her to design Scandinavian travel material for the English market. Lingstrom also wrote two novels, The Seventh Sister (1938) and A Flower in his Hand (1939), and a book, This is Norway (1933), about the country's culture and history. Her skills as a graphic designer, illustrator and author led to her joining the editorial staff of a children's magazine, Junior, where she worked from 1945 until 1949. The BBC and Andy Pandy In 1940, Lingstrom was hired by the BBC. In 1947, she became Assistant Head of BBC Schools Broadcasting and created the lunchtime programme Listen with Mother. She was asked by the Head of Television Talks, Mary Adams, to create a programme for an experimental slot aimed at very young children and called For The Very Young. Eventually, Lingstrom and Maria Bird set up Westerham Arts (named after Westerham, where they lived) to produce the first pre-filmed version of their Andy Pandy. Lingstrom and Bird wrote the scripts and Bird composed the music. A chance meeting on a train introduced Lingstrom to Audrey Atterbury, who was persuaded to study under the puppeteer John Wright of the Little Angel Theatre in London. In June 1950, production began on Andy Pandy, which began a trial broadcast of four live episodes on 11 July. After several episodes, Andy was joined by Teddy and Looby Loo, while Molly Gibson joined the small team to help Audrey perform with the puppets. The show was narrated by Maria Bird, as were all the 1950s black-and-white original Watch With Mother episodes. The songs were performed by Gladys Whitred, with Maria Bird on piano. Directorship Lingstrom was appointed director of BBC Children's Television in 1951, and the following year the slot for pre-school children was renamed Watch with Mother. Westerham Arts eventually created four different programmes for weekdays with Flower Pot Men, The Woodentops, and Rag, Tag and Bobtail. Picture Book was also commissioned so that there was a different programme for each weekday. Lingstrom commissioned a wide range of programmes, including high-quality drama as well as entertainment programmes such as Crackerjack and those featuring Harry Corbett and Sooty. She gave Johnny Morris his first TV appearances as The Hot Chestnut Man (1953–1961). Her programmes was in the tradition of Lord Reith, which meant they were aimed at education as much as entertainment. She resisted cartoons and imported programmes. Although the programmes were widely approved of by adults, the launch of ITV in 1955 soon made it clear that many children wanted something different. The ratings for the BBC's children's programmes plummeted over the following year, when Lingstrom was replaced as Head of BBC Children's Television by Owen Reed. In retrospect Lingstrom's programmes have been seen professionally as "cosy and slightly over-protective in tone". Her last writing credit was a twelve-part adaptation of Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend, broadcast on BBC One in late 1958. Personal life Lingstrom lived in Chartwell Cottage, Mapleton Lane, Chartwell, near Westerham in Kent, with Maria Bird, a close friend and co-creator of her TV characters. Bird died around 1979 following surgery for a broken hip operation. Both had lost fiancés in the First World War. After working for the BBC, she continued to write books for children and on art criticism. She died at her home in Chartwell in 1989, aged 95. Her estate still controls the rights to Andy Pandy and Flowerpot Men. Written works This is Norway (1933) The Seventh Sister (1938) A Flower in his Hand (1939) Beggar's Fiddle (1948) Nicolas and Antoinette (1949) The Seeing Eye. How to look at natural and man-made things with pleasure and understanding (1960)* Richard's Wheel (1961) Further reading References 1893 births 1989 deaths Alumni of the Central School of Art and Design Artists from London BBC people British women television writers Educational broadcasting in the United Kingdom English people of Swedish descent Officers of the Order of the British Empire

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Steen

Jim Steen

James Steen served as a swim coach at Kenyon College from 1976 to 2012, where he became the first coach in NCAA collegiate history to have his men's and women's teams win a combined 50 Division III NCAA championships. Education, early swimming Malabar High School In 1966, as Captain of the Malabar High School Swim Team in Mansfield, Ohio, he set records in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle of 23.4 and 1:01.7. Swimming for Malabar in the same year, he also set the Cardinal Conference swimming record of 2:17.2 in the 200-yard individual medley. In 1965-66, showing stroke diversity, he held records in the 100 free, 100 back and 100 fly in the Greater Mansfield Aquatic Conference. While at Malabar, Steen swam for Coach Frank Bartholow. Kent State University Steen was a graduate of Kent State University, where he received All Mid-American Honors for three successive years, primarily in his conference swimming sprint events and back stroke. Kent State, in Kent, Ohio, was seventy-five miles northeast of Mansfield, where Steen went to high school. In the Mid-American Conference Championships in December 1968, he swam on a 400-yard medley relay team that set a conference record, as well as on a winning 4-member conference record-setting back stroke team that swam a 1:43.7. In the Mid-American Conference Relay Championships in Oxford in December, 1969, he swam in a 200-yard backstroke relay that won first place, and set a new conference record time of 1:41.4, beating his prior record. Majoring in political science, he made dean's list at Kent State in the fall of 1969. After graduating in 1971, he received a master's in education from Miami of Ohio University. Coaching swimming at Kenyon Around 1975, while working as an assistant coach as a graduate student at Miami University, Steen applied for a Kenyon position as student housing director. When he learned that Kenyon's head swimming coach Dick Sloan had left to work for Ohio State, he withdrew his application to be housing director, and applied as the new swimming coach. NCAA championships, All-Americans Steen's teams have won more NCAA championships than any other team in any division or any sport. Under his tenure, the Kenyon Lords Men's Swimming Team won 31 consecutive NCAA Division III championships, the first having been in 1980. Twenty-nine (29) NCAA Men's Championships are officially credited to Steen as head coach, as he was not credited in two years when he was taking sabbaticals from Kenyon, including 1968. Kenyon's women's swim team have won 17 consecutive (23 nonconsecutive) titles beginning 1984, of which 21 are officially credited to Steen. In over 30 years at Kenyon, Steen has developed over 150 NCAA champions and over 300 All-Americans. NCAC Conference performance Stern's championship seasons have been just as consistent on the conference level. Since the 1984-85 season, when Kenyon joined the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC), the Kenyon's men's and women's swimming and diving teams have taken 23 conference NCAC championships. Honors Steen's honors in the swimming community are extensive, and have repeated in many consecutive years, as have his NCAA championship seasons. He has been voted College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Division III Coach-of-the-year twelve times. He is a 26-time winner of the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) Certificate of Excellence. He received the National Collegiate and Scholastic Swimming Trophy in 1994. He has also received the ASCA Gold Award of Excellence in 1996 and shortly after his retirement received CSCAA’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. For his work with the Kenyon Men, Steen was made a five-time NCAC Coach of the Year and he received the same award eight times for the Kenyon women's team. Academically he has produced more postgraduate scholars than any other coach in any division, and places high importance on students' academic performance as well as athletic success. Work outside coaching In 1996 Coach Steen took a one-year sabbatical from Kenyon College to consult with many of America's top coaches prior to the Atlanta Olympic Games. Like a number of long-serving college swim coaches, he was consulted during the designing and building of the swimming facilities for the Kenyon Athletic Center in 2002. In August 2008, he was invited to give an informational "pep talk" to the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. Steen was an early adopter of sports psychology and used visualization and cross training practices long before other programs. Steen has served on both the CSCAA Executive and NCAA Rules Committee. During his career, he has traveled throughout the U.S. conducting a number of swim clinics. He has achieved recognition in both America and internationally through his training methods, scholarly articles, vigorous presentation skills, and Kenyon's unprecedented success as champions. Retirement Steen retired from coaching in 2012 after 36 years. He was replaced by Kenyon former Kenyon swimmer Jess Book, who has won three consecutive NCAA Division III titles. Legacy Former Kenyon swimmers now coaching at the college level include NCAA champion coaches Gregg Parini (Denison), Jon Howell (Emory), and Dani Korman (Kenyon). At the 2012 NCAA's, Steen's last championship as Coach, Stern's coaching successor Jess Book estimated there were 24 former Kenyon swimming or coaching alumni at the meet working as Head or Assistant coaches. References External links Kenyon profile Kenyon Sports, Steen Tabbed for CSCAA Lifetime Achievement Award Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American swimming coaches Kent State University people College swimming coaches in the United States Kenyon Lords and Ladies swimming and diving

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan%20Aref

Hassan Aref

Hassan Aref (Arabic: حسن عارف), (28 September 1950 – 9 September 2011) was the Reynolds Metals Professor in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech, and the Niels Bohr Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Denmark. Education He was educated at the University of Copenhagen Niels Bohr Institute, graduating in 1975 with a cand. scient degree in Physics and Mathematics. Subsequently he received a PhD degree in Physics from Cornell University in 1980. Career Academia and research Prior to joining Virginia Tech as Dean of Engineering in 2003-2005 Aref was Head of the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for a decade from 1992-2003. Before that he was on the faculty of University of California, San Diego, split between the Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Science and the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics 1985-1992. Simultaneously, he was Chief Scientist at the San Diego Supercomputer Center for three years 1989-1992. Aref started his faculty career in the Division of Engineering at Brown University 1980-85. Editorial work Throughout his career Aref was involved in editorial work. He was Associate Editor of Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1984-94, founding editor with David Crighton of Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics, and served on the editorial board of Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics and as co-editor of Advances in Applied Mechanics. He served on the editorial boards of Physics of Fluids, Physical Review E, and Regular and Chaotic Dynamics. Notable research Fluid mechanics Aref was the author of some 80 articles in leading journals in the field of fluid mechanics. He has also authored chapters in several books, edited two collections of papers, and given presentations at conferences and universities around the world. Aref received the 2000 Otto Laporte Award from the American Physical Society for this work and for his work on vortex dynamics for which he is also well known. Positions on scientific committees Aref served as chair of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society. He chaired the US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and has served on advisory boards for several professional societies. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Congress Committee of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM), a member of the National Academies Board on International Scientific Organizations, and a member of the Board of the Society of Engineering Science. He served as Secretary for the Midwest Mechanics Seminar, 1994-2003. Aref was president of the 20th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics held in Chicago in 2000. In the 70+ years of these significant congresses they have been held three times in USA: In 1938 in Boston, MA, with MIT and Harvard University as the host institutions, in 1968 with Stanford University as the host, and in 2000 with a consortium led by University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign as the hosts. Personal life and death Hassan Aref was born in Alexandria, Egypt. Previously a citizen of Canada, he acquired U.S. citizenship in 1998. He died from an aortic dissection. Honors and awards 2011 Geoffrey Ingram Taylor Medal 2011 Honorary Doctorate, Technical University of Denmark 2006 Niels Bohr Visiting Professor, Technical University of Denmark 2003 Reynolds Metals Professor, Virginia Tech 2001 Fellow, World Innovation Foundation 2000 Otto Laporte Award, American Physical Society "For his pioneering contributions to the study of chaotic motion in fluids, scientific computation, and vortex dynamics, and most notably for the development of the concept of chaotic advection." 2000 Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics 1994 Toshiba Keio Lecture, Keio University, Japan 1991 Westinghouse Distinguished Lectureship, University of Michigan 1991 Lecturer, Midwest Mechanics Seminar 1988 Fellow, American Physical Society "For the elucidation of chaotic motion in few-vortex problems and particle advection, and for the development of numerical methods based on many-vortex interactions." 1988 Stanley Corrsin Lectureship, The Johns Hopkins University 1986 Foreign Member, Danish Centre for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics 1985 Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation 1975 NATO Fellowship; Cornell University Graduate Fellowship, 1975–1980 References External links Personal web page at Virginia Tech: Personal web page at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign: Vortex Dynamics Blog by Hassan Aref Hassan Aref's blog Blog by Hassan Aref Author profile in the database zbMATH 1950 births Cornell University alumni University of Copenhagen alumni University of California, San Diego faculty Egyptian emigrants to the United States University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty Virginia Tech faculty American physicists Egyptian physicists Fellows of the American Physical Society Fluid dynamicists 2011 deaths Brown University faculty

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicom%20Focal%20Point

Unicom Focal Point

UNICOM Focal Point is a portfolio management and decision analysis tool used by the product organizations of corporations and government agencies to collect information and feedback from internal and external stakeholders on the value of applications, products, systems, technologies, capabilities, ideas, and other organizational artifacts—prioritize on which ones will provide the most value to the business, and manage the roadmap of how artifacts will be fielded, improved, or removed from the market or organization. UNICOM Focal Point is also used to manage a portfolio of projects, to understand resources used on those projects, and timelines for completion. The product is also used for pure product management—where product managers use it to gather and analyze enhancement requests from customers to decide on what features to put in a product, and develop roadmaps for future product versions. Overview UNICOM Focal Point is used for: Scaled agile framework (SAFe) Methods, to govern the DevOps lifecycle, with support for Kanban boards, portfolio management, and integration to Enterprise architecture, change management, and testing tools via Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration. Application Portfolio Management—understanding what applications are deployed in an organization and their value; which to invest in and which to retire. Gartner's most recent Enterprise Architecture Magic Quadrant lists the combination of System Architect and Focal Point as Leaders amongst toolsets used for enterprise architecture and application portfolio management. IT portfolio management—understanding what applications and systems are deployed in an organization and their value; which to invest in and which to retire. Project Portfolio Management—gathering information on projects across the organisation, what are the benefits, costs, risks associated with the projects. The tool enables entry of all data based on roles, and workflow so it can be tailored to specific needs in terms of maturity and priority. It is done at a fairly high level. If very detailed analysis is needed the tool can be integrated to other tools for such purpose. The tool also supports resource management at a high level, as well as requirements management at a high level. Generally characterized by easy modification rather than advanced best practice. Product Delivery Management—understanding the resources and schedule of what needs to happen in getting a product to market. Product management—making decisions on what features to put in a product, based on customer priorities, competitor functionality, and market conditions. Furthermore, understanding the value of applications that an organization is building, marketing, and selling, and deciding on which to invest in and which to retire. An independent survey on Linked In ranked Focal Point as the best Product Management tool. UNICOM Focal Point is a pure web tool that stores information in an underlying database (user choice of PostgreSQL, Oracle Database, or IBM Db2). Users may input information into the database in multiple ways—via the web interface, through automatic import of spreadsheet files, or through direct Representational State Transfer integration with other tools. Information is then analyzed with a variety of methods to make prioritization decisions and manage roadmaps of project and product delivery, and scheduling. Focal Point's web-based portal allows end-users from across an organization, and external customers from all over the world, to input information into the database, analyze the information, or view analysis of that information. Focal Point provides a workflow engine so that suggested changes to an organization based on analysis can be signed off. UNICOM Focal Point is used in combination with other tools for corporate analysis and workflow—such as UNICOM System Architect for enterprise architecture, and Rational Team Concert for DevOps. Integrations to these and a variety of other tools are enabled by UNICOM Focal Point's REST read/write interface and its support for Open Services Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) with other OSLC-enabled tools. History Joachim Karlsson, Ph.D founded Focal Point AB; the tool originated from a doctoral dissertation by Joachim Karlsson at Linköping University, “A Systematic Approach for Prioritizing Software Requirements”. The first version of Focal Point was released in 1997. Focal Point was acquired by Telelogic on April 13, 2005. IBM Rational acquired Telelogic in April 2008., Focal Point was acquired by UNICOM Global on 1 January 2015. Features Focal Point includes support for: Scaled agile framework (SAFe) Methods Kanban boards Capture and prioritization of Corporate Ideas Integration with EA, DevOps, Change Management, Testing and other tooling via Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration Harvesting Information Web-based portal for form-based input from internal employees and/or customers Excel import/export Microsoft Word import Email import Analysis Techniques Pairwise comparison—Focal Point automatically selects the best pair of elements to compare based on internal algorithms; the end user can rank how much they prefer one choice over the other. Investment Analysis Financial Planning Using Time Grid Attribute Dashboard Charts Roadmaps and Gantt charts—frequently used in project management as illustration of a project schedule that is used to plan, coordinate, and track specific tasks in a project against time. Also used for plotting other organizational resources against a timeline—applications (starting with their field date to their retirement date), technology, etc. Gantt Chart Histogram—additional insight to an issue can be formed by laying a histogram of resources, costs, etc. underneath and along a timeline of a roadmap tracking a project, application, and so forth Roadmap Dependency Lines Bubble chart (also known as XY chart) Stacked XY charts Bar chart—A bar chart displays the priorities for a selected view and criterion Stacked bar chart Ranking schemes—In stacked bar charts, the total score for each element is displayed. There are two options to calculate the total score: a) Positive - Negative, wherein the score is calculated as the sum of the priorities of the Maximize criteria minus the sum of the priorities of the Minimize criteria, and b) Positive / Negative, wherein the score is calculated as the sum of the priorities of the Maximize criteria divided by the sum of the priorities of the Minimize criteria. Pie chart Radar chart Waterfall chart References External links UNICOM Focal Point product page Videos on UNICOM Focal Point Application Portfolio Management with UNICOM Focal Point See also Project portfolio management Requirement prioritization Decision analysis Divested IBM products

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco%20Casambre

Marco Casambre

Marco Alessandro Punzal Casambre (born December 18, 1998) is a Filipino professional footballer who plays for Philippines Football League club Kaya–Iloilo and the Philippines national team. Education Casambre studied at Claret School of Quezon City where he graduated with first honorable mention. He entered the University of the Philippines to take up a course on Sports Science. Collegiate career Casambre played for the UP Fighting Maroons collegiate football team. He was part of the squad that won the 2016 University Games in Dumaguete. Club career Youth He once played for the Kaya Elite youth team. Ceres Casambre previously played for Ceres F.C. of the then-existing United Football League before moving to Global F.C. Global Cebu He made his starting player debut in an international club competition with Global at the 2016 Singapore Cup in a match against Cambodian club Nagaworld FC on May 28, 2016. He played for Global, which renamed itself as Global Cebu when it joined the Philippines Football League (PFL). Davao Aguilas In July 2018, he moved to Davao Aguilas. His club would later decide to dissolve its first team in December 2018, leaving him without a club. Chainat Hornbill In January 2019, Casambre signed with the Chainat Hornbill of the Thai League 1. Kaya–Iloilo In 2020, Casambre returned to the Philippines and joined Kaya–Iloilo. Loan to Sukhothai In January 2022, Casambre was sent out on loan to Thai League 2 club Sukhothai until June 2022. International career Philippines youth In 2011, Casambre was part of the Philippine national under-13 team that participated in the AFC U13 Festival of Football in Malaysia. In 2012, Casambre played for the Philippine national under-14 team which participated at the six-nation Japan-East Asean Football Exchange Programme U-14 Youth Football Festival hosted in Osaka. The youth team finished third in said tournament. Philippines U19 He later became part of the under-19 team and was part of the squad that participated at the 2015 AFF U-19 Youth Championship. He made his debut for Philippines U19 in a 1−2 win against Brunei U19. Philippines U22 Casambre was part of the Philippines U22 squad that competed in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines. Philippines In March 2016, he was among the 35 players called up by the Philippine Football Federation to participate in a training camp with the senior national team, which was preparing for two then upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. Casambre impressed Philippine head coach Thomas Dooley during training. Dooley described the footballer as "awake" and "there", complimented his play using his left foot, noted his minimal mistakes when passing out of the back, and remarked that he was "good in the air". This led to the Philippine mentor to select him as one of the starting players in the Philippines match against Thailand on November 25, 2016, the team's final group stage match at the 2016 AFF Championship. He was later subbed out in his international debut match for Kevin Ingreso in the 79th minute. Honors Kaya–Iloilo Philippines Football League: 2022–23 References 1998 births Living people Filipino men's footballers Global F.C. players United City F.C. players Davao Aguilas F.C. players Marco Casambre Kaya F.C.–Iloilo players Marco Casambre Philippines Football League players Marco Casambre Filipino expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Filipino expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Philippines men's international footballers Men's association football central defenders Sportspeople from Quezon City University Athletic Association of the Philippines men's footballers University of the Philippines alumni Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games SEA Games competitors for the Philippines

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Fairey S.9/30

The Fairey S.9/30 was a two-seat, single-engined biplane built to meet an Air Ministry specification for a fleet reconnaissance aircraft. It flew during 1934–36 in both land- and seaplane configurations. Although only one was built, it was the progenitor of the Fairey Swordfish. Development The design evolution that led to the Fairey Swordfish began with Fairey's submission to Air Ministry specification S.9/30 for a two-seat fleet spotter-reconnaissance aircraft. The company were awarded funds for a prototype in August 1931. The resulting aircraft, which did not fly until 22 February 1934 was known only by its specification number. The Fairey S.9/30 was constructed throughout with stainless steel strip and tube, fabric covered. It was a single bay biplane with wings of slight stagger and sweep. The lower wing was a little smaller both in span and chord; because of these differences the interplane struts converged noticeably towards the lower wing and the outer pairs leaned slightly outwards. Ailerons were only fitted to the upper wing, which also had leading edge slots. The wings could fold for on-ship storage. The most obvious difference between the S.9/30 and its descendants was the powerplant, the former having a liquid cooled V-12 Rolls-Royce Kestrel, rather than the radial engine of the Swordfish. This engine was steam cooled, with condensers on the underside of the upper wing centre section. The upper wing was above the top of the fuselage and the pilot's open cockpit was just behind the trailing edge of the narrow chord centre section, his view enhanced by the resulting cut-outs in both wings. Immediately behind him there was a long cockpit for the gunner. The empennage was conventional, with a braced tailplane and balanced control surfaces. The S.9/30 was flown from land and later as a seaplane. Its wheeled undercarriage was divided, the main legs meeting the forward spar under the centre section interplane struts and with forward bracing to the fuselage at the rear of the engine bay. The main wheels had low pressure tyres and were fitted with wheel brakes; there was a small tailwheel. As a seaplane, it had a single central float, braced by two forward struts to the rear of the engine and a pair of aft struts joining the float to the rear wing spar. This float, almost as long as the aircraft and projecting well forward of the nose, had a single step and a water rudder. A pair of stabilizing floats were mounted outboard, braced to the wings spars under the outer interplane struts. Tests in the landplane configuration continued through 1934, when the floats were fitted. It first flew as a seaplane on 15 January 1935 at Fairey's Hamble base. It went for Naval tests at Felixstowe in 1936, where its clean behaviour on the water was praised. In the air, the controls were found to be "heavy but positive". Towards the Swordfish At the same time as they were rather slowly building the S.9/30, Fairey were also working on a very similar aircraft that would combine the spotter reconnaissance role with that of a torpedo bomber. Originally intended for the Greek Air Force, it only differed in having a 625 hp (466 kW) radial Armstrong Siddeley Panther VI engine. This aircraft became known as the TSR I and flew for the first time on 21 March 1933, well before the S.9/30. Apart from the engine, the TSR I differed from the S.9/30 only in having strut-interlinked ailerons on both wings and, initially, a spatted undercarriage. In June the engine was changed to a 635 hp (474 kW) Bristol Pegasus IIM, another radial enclosed, like the previous powerplant, in a narrow chord Townend ring. At about the same time it lost its spats and arrestor hook. The sole aircraft was lost after a flat spin on 11th September 1933. Despite its loss, the performance was good enough to call for the production of another aircraft to the specification S.15/33, an amalgamation of the earlier specifications S.9/30 and M.1/30 for a torpedo bomber. The resulting machine was the TSR II; compared to the TSR I it was lengthened and the altered centre of gravity accommodated by increased wing sweep. It had a broader chord rudder and a wide chord cowled Pegasus engine. This was the Swordfish prototype. Specifications (seaplane) See also References Notes Bibliography 1930s British military reconnaissance aircraft S.9 30 Floatplanes Biplanes Single-engined tractor aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1934

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Poison ivy

Poison ivy is a type of allergenic plant in the genus Toxicodendron native to Asia and North America. Formerly considered a single species, Toxicodendron radicans, poison ivies are now generally treated as a complex of three separate species: Toxicodendron radicans, Toxicodendron rydbergii, and Toxicodendron orientale. They are well known for causing urushiol-induced contact dermatitis, an itchy, irritating, and sometimes painful rash, in most people who touch them. The rash is caused by urushiol, a clear liquid compound in the plant's sap. They are variable in appearance and habit, and despite its common name, it is not a "true" ivy (Hedera), but rather a member of the cashew and pistachio family (Anacardiaceae). T. radicans is commonly eaten by many animals, and the seeds are consumed by birds, but poison ivy is most often thought of as an unwelcome weed. Species Three species of poison ivy are generally recognised; they are sometimes considered subspecies of Toxicodendron radicans: Toxicodendron orientale: found in East Asia. Toxicodendron radicans: found throughout eastern Canada and the United States, Mexico and Central America, Bermuda and the Bahamas. Toxicodendron rydbergii: found throughout Canada and much of the United States except the southeast. Description Poison ivies can grow as small plants, shrubs, or climbing vines. They are commonly characterized by clusters of leaves, each containing three leaflets, hence the common expression "leaves of three, let it be". These leaves can vary between an elliptic to egg shape and will have either smooth, lobed, or toothed margins. Additionally, the leaf clusters are alternate on the stem. Clusters of small, greenish flowers bloom from May to July and produce white berries in the fall a few millimeters in diameter. Health effects Urushiol-induced contact dermatitis is the allergic reaction caused by poison ivy. In extreme cases, a reaction can progress to anaphylaxis. Around 15 to 25 percent of people have no allergic reaction to urushiol, but most people have a greater reaction with repeated or more concentrated exposure. Over 350,000 people are affected by urushiol annually in the United States. The oozing fluids released by scratching blisters do not spread the poison. The fluid in the blisters is produced by the body and it is not urushiol itself. The appearance of a spreading rash indicates that some areas received more of the poison and reacted sooner than other areas or that contamination is still occurring from contact with objects to which the original poison was spread. Those affected can unknowingly spread the urushiol inside the house, on phones, door knobs, couches, counters, desks, and so on, thus in fact repeatedly coming into contact with poison ivy and extending the length of time of the rash. If this has happened, wipe down the surfaces with bleach or a commercial urushiol removal agent. The blisters and oozing result from blood vessels that develop gaps and leak fluid through the skin; if the skin is cooled, the vessels constrict and leak less. If plant material with urushiol is burned and the smoke then inhaled, this rash will appear on the lining of the lungs, causing extreme pain and possibly fatal respiratory difficulty. If poison ivy is eaten, the mucus lining of the mouth and digestive tract can be damaged. Urushiol oil can remain active for several years, so handling dead leaves or vines can cause a reaction. In addition, oil transferred from the plant to other objects (such as pet fur) can cause the rash if it comes into contact with the skin. Clothing, tools, and other objects that have been exposed to oil should be washed to prevent further reactions. Treatment Immediate washing with soap and cold water or rubbing alcohol may help prevent a reaction. During a reaction, calamine lotion or diphenhydramine may help mitigate symptoms. Corticosteroids, either applied to the skin or taken by mouth, may be appropriate in extreme cases. An astringent containing aluminum acetate (such as Burow's solution) may also provide relief and soothe the uncomfortable symptoms of the rash. Urushiol binds to the skin on contact where it causes severe itching that develops into reddish inflammation or uncoloured bumps, and then blistering. These lesions may be treated with calamine lotion, Burow's solution compresses, dedicated commercial poison ivy itch creams, or baths to relieve discomfort, though recent studies have shown some traditional medicines to be ineffective. Over-the-counter products to ease itching—or simply oatmeal baths and baking soda—are now recommended by dermatologists for the treatment of poison ivy. A plant-based remedy cited to counter urushiol-induced contact dermatitis is jewelweed, though jewelweed extracts had no positive effect in clinical studies. Others argue that prevention of lesions is easy if one practices effective washing, using plain soap, scrubbing with a washcloth, and rinsing three times within 2–8 hours of exposure. The pentadecyl catechols of the oleoresin within the sap of poison ivy and related plants causes the allergic reaction; the plants produce a mixture of pentadecylcatechols, which collectively is called urushiol. After injury, the sap leaks to the surface of the plant where the urushiol becomes a blackish lacquer after contact with oxygen. Prognosis Typically, the rash from the urushiol oil lasts about five to twelve days, but in extreme cases it can last a month or more. A urushiol rash usually develops within a week of exposure and can last 1–4 weeks, depending on severity and treatment. In rare cases, urushiol reactions may require hospitalization. Related species People who are sensitive to urushiol can also experience a similar rash from mangoes. Mangoes are in the same family (Anacardiaceae) as poison ivy; the sap of the mango tree and skin of mangoes has a chemical compound similar to urushiol. A related allergenic compound is present in the raw shells of cashews. Similar reactions have been reported occasionally from contact with the related fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica) and Japanese lacquer tree. These other plants are also in the family Anacardiaceae. Similar allergenic plants Gluta spp (rengas tree) Lithraea molleoides (aruera – South America) Smodingium argutum (African poison ivy) Toxicodendron pubescens (poison oak – eastern) Toxicodendron diversilobum (poison oak – western) Toxicodendron vernix (poison sumac) Toxicodendron vernicifluum (Japanese lacquer tree) References External links Site with extensive photo images of plants and skin rashes Plant common names Toxicodendron

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Gan (Laamu Atoll)

Gan (Dhivehi: ގަން) is one of the inhabited islands of Haddhunmathi Atoll, administrative code Laamu and the proposed capital for the Mathi-Dhekunu Province of the Maldives. History Archaeology Gan Island has large ruins from the historical Maldivian Buddhist era. A ruin called “Gamu Haiytheli” is situated on Mudhin Hinna in the Mukurimagu ward of the island. It is in circumference and in height. Local tradition says that this was the last Buddhist temple of the Maldives. Ruins called “Munbaru” in an area called Kuruhinna. These were investigated by H. C. P. Bell in 1923 and a report with photographs was published in his monograph of 1940. The ruins in Gan were the best preserved ruins from the Buddhist past in the Maldives when H. C. P. Bell excavated some of the island's Buddhist remains, especially one of the stupas and a vihara at Kuruhinna. Recently, however, much vandalism has taken place at those unprotected sites and only scattered stones and mounds of coral rubble remain. Geography The island is south of the country's capital, Malé. Gan, combined with the adjoining island of Maandhoo, is the largest geographical island of the Maldives. It is divided in wards, the northernmost of which is called Thundi, in middle is Mathimaradhu and at the south is Mukurimagu. Gan is connected with Maandhoo, the island at its south. Maandhoo is linked with the regional domestic airport at Kadhdhoo by a short causeway. Kadhdhoo adjoins at its south with Fonadhoo, the capital of the atoll. The causeway, which links between Kadhdhoo and Fonadhoo, is almost one kilometre in length. The four islands of Gan, Maandhoo, Kadhdhoo and Fonadhoo, which is linked with causeways, stretches up to about in length, making up the longest length of dry land in the Maldives. This island should not be confused with other Maldive islands called 'Gan' in Addu Atoll and Huvadhu Atoll. Demography Economy Development Gan is the most developed island in the Laamu Atoll. After the 2004 tsunami the French Red Cross and other foreign governments built new buildings, including a new school, a multi-purpose building, a new hospital, bank, primary and secondary schools, water plant, police station and power houses. Tourism has started growing and is going ahead successfully. Tourism Gan is the largest island in the atoll and in the Maldives. The island is on the eastern fringes where most islands in the atoll are located. The island Gan is nestled with astounding beaches. The island also has impressive mounds from a pre-historic Buddhist time. The mounds known as “Hawitta” is a pyramid like structure built in pre-Islamic times and have a history of over 600 years. The Reveries Diving Village developed by Bison Maldives Pvt Ltd was officially opened by President Mohamed Nasheed 1 February 2011. As it is the first of its kind in the country due to it being developed on an inhabited island. Reveries with 23 guest rooms, restaurant, internet café, swimming pool, Roof Top Café, Conference facilities, Spa, Padi Certified Dive School and Water Sport facilities will offer a new kind of tourism. Health Facility Gan Regional Hospital provides preventive and curative Health services to all the people residing in the South Central Province and also to all the people who request its services. The hospital had a humble beginning as an Atoll Health Centre on 7 November 1993. The demand for services increased and it expanded to an Atoll Hospital on 11 June 2001. Further upgrades took place in the form of facilities and staff. On 1 August 2002, it achieved Regional Hospital status. Gan Regional Hospital serves as the highest referral centre for South Central Province. See also History of Maldives References HCP Bell, The Maldive islands. Monograph on the History, Archaeology and Epigraphy. Reprint 1940 edn. Malé 1986. Hand book 2000 Uninhabited islands of the Maldives Populated places in the Maldives

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The Big Guns

"The Big Guns" is the twelfth episode of the sixth season of the American sitcom Modern Family, and the series' 132nd episode overall. It originally aired on January 14, 2015. The episode was written by Vali Chandrasekaran and directed by Jeffrey Walker . Plot Ronnie (Steve Zahn) and Amber (Andrea Anders) get a boat and they park it on their front lawn, something that makes Claire (Julie Bowen) and Phil (Ty Burrell) furious. Phil tries to tell them politely to remove the boat but when he sees that being polite leads nowhere, he decides to call his father Frank (Fred Willard) and all his retiree friends to come and camp in front of their houses with their trailers. At first everything seems to go well for Phil and Claire but Ronnie gets along with the older men and they all hang out together. That leads Claire to call the police. In the meantime, Luke (Nolan Gould) tries to flirt with Tammy (Brooke Sorenson) who lies on the boat in her swimsuit. Tammy turns him down every time he talks to her. At the end, Luke passes next to Tammy without even looking at her and pretending that he no longer cares about her, something that makes her mad. It turns out that Alex (Ariel Winter) advised him to act like that to make Tammy notice him. Jay (Ed O'Neill) tries to potty train Joe (Pierce Wallace) despite Gloria's (Sofía Vergara) warnings that Joe has to be ready on his own and Jay has to not put stress on him. The real reason Jay wants to train Joe is because every time he goes to the store to buy diapers, people think that he asks diapers for himself. After a long time and the moment Jay is ready to give up, Joe manages to use the potty. Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) takes Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) to a clown school without telling Mitch (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) because he knows that Mitch will disapprove of it. When Mitch finds out, he is furious but Cameron asks him to let Lily prove to him that "she is a natural". When Mitchell is unimpressed by their initial performance, Lily changes her act and instead starts hitting Cameron in comedic ways. While this succeeds in making Mitchell laugh, it is also very painful for Cameron. Cameron asks Mitch to not laugh because that encourages Lily and asks him to talk to her. Lily admits to Mitch that she hates being a clown, and the reason she is acting like that is to make Cameron ask on his own for her to give up, so as to not hurt his feelings. Mitch tells her that she has to be honest, but Lily can't bring herself to hurt his feelings and instead tells him she feels she can't live up to Cameron's clown legacy. Reception Ratings In its original American broadcast, "The Big Guns" was watched by 9.44; up by 0.15 from the previous episode. Reviews "The Big Guns" received mixed reviews. Lisa Fernandes from Next Projection rated the episode with 8.4/10 stating that despite the uncomfortable and marginally funny main plot, the secondary plots save the whole episode. Leigh Raines of TV Fanatic rated the episode with 4/5. "It's not always easy to put up with your neighbors, especially when it's pot dealers with a huge boat." Joshua Alston from The A.V. Club gave the episode a B− rating stating that it is nearly impossible not to make Dunphy-centric episodes due to the large number of family members and that might lead to some problematic episodes sometimes. ""The Big Guns" never kicks into full gear because so much of its time is spent setting up a standoff between the families that peters out without ever reaching anything resembling a climax. Because the episode is structured so oddly, it seems to end abruptly because it never totally feels like it has started. The entire episode feels like a well-constructed first act, at least for the Dunphys and Pritchett-Delgados, and then it goes off." References External links "The Big Guns" at ABC.com 2015 American television episodes Modern Family (season 6) episodes

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Scotty Cameron

Scotty Cameron is an American sports equipment brand established by Don T. "Scotty" Cameron (born 8 November 1962), a golf club manufacturer primarily known for making putters. Scotty Cameron is part of the Acushnet Company brand portfolio since 2011, when the corporation acquired it from Fortune Brands. Personal life Cameron was born in Glendale, California. He later moved to Fountain Valley, where he grew up, attending high school in nearby Huntington Beach Edison High School. He now lives in Carlsbad, California with his wife and two daughters. Career and company Cameron learned how to make putters with his father in the family's garage at an early age. During the mid-1990s, a number of CNC milling facilities around the country, including X-Cel Technologies in Chicago, provided milling services for Scotty Cameron. In 1991, Cameron designed and manufactured putters and worked directly with select golf equipment manufacturers, including Maxfli, Ray Cook Golf Company and Cleveland Golf. During this year, he manufactured his first retail production putter, nicknamed the Fry's Pity Putter. Later that year, Cameron began producing putters exclusively for Mizuno. In late 1992, Cameron and his wife, Kathy, set up Cameron Golf International and began selling the Scotty Cameron Classic line of putters. At the 1993 Masters Tournament, Bernhard Langer won using a Cameron prototype putter. The win helped to jumpstart the Camerons' new company. In August 1994, Titleist fought off competition from five other companies to contract Cameron to make putters exclusively for the Acushnet Company. Since then, the Scotty Cameron brand has grown to be one of the leading names in golf. In 1996, the first Scotty Cameron Putter Studio was established in San Diego's North County, where the top players in the world came to analyze and understand their putting strokes and have custom putters created by Cameron. In 2004, the Acushnet Company expanded the Putter Studio's square footage and capabilities. Cameron and his team moved to a new research and development facility built from the ground up. The Putter Studio also houses the Custom Shop, where anyone can prepare an order online and send a Scotty Cameron putter for restoration and/or customization. In 2007, the Scotty Cameron Museum & Gallery was opened in Japan, near Tokyo. It houses many one-of-a-kind Scotty Cameron products, putters and prototypes, including many personal artifacts. On May 20, 2011, Fortune Brands, Inc. announced an agreement for the sale of its Acushnet Company golf business, including the Scotty Cameron brand, to a group led by Fila Korea Ltd., for $1.225 billion in cash. According to Gene Yoon, chairman of Fila Korea, the acquisition provides them with well-known brands to sell in emerging markets in Asia. Golf galleries The Scotty Cameron Golf Gallery, a place for golfers to experience the Art of Putting, the same methodology and technology used by Scotty Cameron in fitting the best players in the world, opened its doors on July 9, 2014, just north of San Diego. The gallery, located off Highway 101 in the quaint Southern California beach town of Encinitas, is described as "part retail space, part high-end product gallery, 100-percent putter fitting facility." It is an extension of the Scotty Cameron Putter Studio, which Tour players from around the world visit regularly. At the gallery, golfers gain the knowledge provided by Cameron's proprietary high-speed video putting stroke analysis tools, as well as the expertise of his highly trained fitters. The gallery also features a rotating array of rare Scotty Cameron Tour putters and one-off creations. Luxury apparel personally selected by Cameron is also available. In May 2016, Cameron opened the doors to the Scotty Cameron Golf Gallery Tokyo in the chic shopping district of Aoyama. Located on the third floor of the Jewels of Aoyama building, visitors are presented with an elegant boutique experience that mirrors the essence of Cameron's brand. Similar to the California Gallery, the Tokyo Gallery houses limited and unique Cameron creations, apparel and never-seen-before Tour putters crafted for discerning players and connoisseurs. A fitting studio opened in the summer of 2016 presents players with the same Tour-quality putter fitting experience offered in the California Putter Studio and Gallery. Tiger Woods Tiger Woods used one specific Scotty Cameron putter for the majority of his career and during 14 of his 15 major championships (he used a different Scotty Cameron putter in his 1997 Masters victory). It is made of 303 German Stainless Steel. It has a single sight dot and a red "cherry dot" on both the face and in the back cavity. The putter has a blank sole and has "Tiger" on the left bumper and "Woods" on the right bumper. Woods uses a Ping grip on his putter. He had used a Scotty Cameron putter for all of his professional golf victories up to December 2011. His most used Scotty Cameron putter was first put into play May 1999 at the GTE Byron Nelson Classic-Where he shot 61 in his first round with the putter. This historic putter possibly was originally milled by Robert Bettinardi, as were most Scotty Cameron putters from 1992 to 1998/9 In 2010, Woods switched from the putter he had been using since 1999 to a Nike Method 001 putter. This change was not without controversy, and Woods spent almost a year experimenting with different Nike models before settling on a configuration he liked. In 2016, at the Hero World Challenge, Woods went back to his Scotty Cameron putter after not playing a tournament in 16 months. He said the putter went back into his bag the day after Nike announced their exit from the golf equipment business. It is the same putter that he used to win 14 of his 15 majors. In 2019 Tiger Woods used this putter to capture his 15th Major. References External links Fortune Brands brands Golf equipment manufacturers American companies established in 1991 1991 introductions

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F major

F major (or the key of F) is a major scale based on F, with the pitches F, G, A, B, C, D, and E. Its key signature has one flat. Its relative minor is D minor and its parallel minor is F minor. The F major scale is: F major is the home key of the English horn, the basset horn, the horn in F, the trumpet in F and the bass Wagner tuba. Thus, music in F major for these transposing instruments is written in C major. Most of these sound a perfect fifth lower than written, with the exception of the trumpet in F which sounds a fourth higher. (The basset horn also often sounds an octave and a fifth lower.) The scale-degree chords of F major are: Tonic – F major Supertonic – G minor Mediant – A minor Subdominant – B-flat major Dominant – C major Submediant – D minor Leading-tone – E diminished Notable compositions in F major Antonio Vivaldi Trio sonata Op. 1/5 for two violins and basso continuo, RV 69 Violin sonata Op. 2/4, RV 20 Violin sonata Op. 5/1, RV 18 Violin concerto Op. 3/7 from L'estro armonico, for four violins and orchestra, RV 567 Violin concerto Op. 4/9 from La Stravaganza, RV 284 Violin concerto Op. 7/10, Il Ritiro, RV 294 Violin concerto Op. 8/3, Autumn from The four seasons, RV 293 Flute concerto Op. 10/1, RV 433, La tempesta di mare Flute concerto Op. 10/5, RV 434 Johann Sebastian Bach English Suite No. 4, BWV 809 Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, BWV 1046–1047 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459 Piano Sonata No. 12, K. 332/300k String Quartet No. 23, K. 590 Violin Sonata No. 24, K. 376 Violin Sonata No. 36, K. 547 Oboe Quartet, K. 370/368b Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 ("Pastoral") Symphony No. 8, Op. 93 Romance No. 2 for violin and orchestra, Op. 50 String Quartet No. 1, Op. 18/1 String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59/1 String Quartet No. 16, Op. 135 Violin Sonata No. 5, Op. 24 (Frühling) Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 10/2 Piano Sonata No. 22, Op. 54 Horn Sonata, Op. 17 Carl Maria von Weber Bassoon Concerto Franz Schubert Octet, D. 803 Mass No. 1, D. 105 Deutsche Messe (German Mass), D 872 Adagio and Rondo Concertante for piano quartet, D. 487 Felix Mendelssohn Violin Sonata No. 1 Violin Sonata No. 3 Franz Liszt Transcendental Étude No. 3 "Paysage" Frédéric Chopin Ballade No. 2 Étude Op. 10, No. 8 "Sunshine/Encore" Nocturne Op. 15, No. 1 Étude Op. 25, No. 3 "The Horseman" Prelude Op. 28, No. 23 "Pleasure Boat" Waltz Op. 34, No. 3 Charles-Valentin Alkan Prelude Op. 31, No. 11 "Un petit rien" Johannes Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 String Quintet No. 1, Op. 88 Symphony No. 3, Op. 90 Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 99 Anton Bruckner String Quintet Maurice Ravel String Quartet George Gershwin Concerto in F Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3, Op. 73 Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 102 Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 5, Op. 76 String Quartet No. 12 (American Quartet), Op. 96 See also Key (music) Major and minor Chord (music) Chord notation External links Musical keys Major scales

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Outer Barrier

The Outer Barrier, also known as the Long Island and New York City barrier islands, refers to the string of barrier islands that divide the lagoons south of Long Island, New York from the Atlantic Ocean. These islands include Long Beach Barrier Island, Barnum Island, Jones Beach Island, Fire Island and Westhampton Island. The outer barrier extends along the South Shore of Long Island, from the Rockaway Peninsula in New York City to the east end of Shinnecock Bay in Suffolk County. The lagoons enclosed by the barrier islands are Jamaica Bay, Brosewere Bay, Hewlett Bay, Reynolds Channel, Middle Bay, East Bay, South Oyster Bay, Great South Bay, and arms of the Great South Bay that have their own geographic names: Great Cove, Nicoll Bay, Patchogue Bay, Bellport Bay, Narrow Bay, Moriches Bay, Quantuck Bay, Tiana Bay, and Shinnecock Bay. East Rockaway Inlet, Jones Inlet, Fire Island Inlet, Old Inlet, Moriches Inlet, and Shinnecock Inlet pierce the barrier, forming the individual sandy islands. The resort communities of Atlantic Beach, Long Beach, and Westhampton Beach; the Fire Island National Seashore, Robert Moses State Park, Jones Beach State Park, and other recreational areas are found there. The low-lying islands are subject to wave erosion, and, during storms, they are sometimes inundated and cut through. The islands New York City islands Coney Island, Plumb Beach, Barren Island, several smaller islands in Jamaica Bay, and parts of what is now the Rockaway peninsula formerly comprised the westernmost Outer Barrier islands. Of these, Coney Island was the westernmost island. Most of these islands were either connected to mainland Long Island or combined with each other in the early 20th century. Long Beach Barrier Island Long Beach Barrier Island lies off the south shore of Long Island. The island is shared by the hamlet of Atlantic Beach to the west, the city of Long Beach and the hamlet of Lido Beach in the central part of the island, and the hamlet of Point Lookout at the eastern end of the island. (The three hamlets — Atlantic Beach, Lido Beach, and Point Lookout — are part of the town of Hempstead, New York.) Within its section of the barrier island, the city of Long Beach spans the entire north-south width of the island, fronting on both Reynolds Channel to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. A drawbridge, the Long Beach Bridge, connects it to Island Park, a small island which lies between Long Beach and the mainland of Long Island. To the west, the Atlantic Beach Bridge connects the island to Lawrence on Long Island. The Loop Parkway, located to the east where Lido Beach and Point Lookout border one another, connects the island to Jones Beach. Jones Beach Island Jones Beach Island is a barrier island off the southern coast of Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. It is named for the father of historian Thomas Jones. It is sometimes referred to as Oak Beach Island, and the former home of the infamous Oak Beach Inn. It is separated from Long Island by Great South Bay. The island straddles the county line between Nassau and Suffolk counties and includes the census-designated places of Gilgo, Oak Beach, and Captree. The southern side of the island is known for its beaches that face the open Atlantic Ocean. Jones Beach State Park, on the western tip of the island is a summer recreational destination for the New York City area. It is accessible from Long Island on its western end by the Meadowbrook Parkway to Merrick, New York, the Loop Parkway to Long Beach, New York and the Wantagh Parkway to Wantagh, New York. Its eastern end is linked to Babylon, New York as well as to Fire Island, New York by the Robert Moses Causeway via the Great South Bay Bridge and the State Boat Channel Bridge. The Ocean Parkway connects all three causeways and runs the length of the island, while The Fire Island Inlet Bridge continues on the Robert Moses Causeway finding its way to the New York's Fire Island on the Atlantic Ocean. Fire Island Fire Island is a barrier island, approximately 31 miles (50 km) long and varying between approximately 0.1 mile (160 m) to 0.25 mile (400 m) wide. Fire Island passes through southern Suffolk County, New York, and is southeast of Long Island separated from the main land by the Great South Bay in the U.S. state of New York, running approximately SW to NE. The land area is 8.687 sq. mi. (22.5 km2), and a permanent population of 491 people was reported as of the 2000 census. (There are hundreds of thousands of summertime residents, groupers and daytrippers.) The island is composed of three communities, as defined by the Census Bureau. The largest of these is Fire Island (CDP), which is unincorporated and stretches through the southern portion of the towns of Babylon, Islip, and Brookhaven. There are several ocean front communities such as, Davis Park and Watch Hill that are on the eastern side of the Great south bay. Fire Island has a variety of ocean front communities that can be reached by private boat, or seasonal ferry service from Long Island's mainland. Fire Island has a 2000 census population of 310 inhabitants. There are also two villages in the Islip section of the island, Saltaire (pop. 43) and Ocean Beach (pop. 138). In addition, a part of Fire Island CDP is not even on the island, but on a separate island adjacent to West Hampton Dunes. Fire Island Inlet is an inlet on the south shore of Long Island, New York. It connects the Great South Bay with the Atlantic Ocean, passing between Robert Moses State Park (the western end of Fire Island) on the south and Oak Beach and Captree State Park (the eastern end of Jones Island) on the north. The stated land area and population figures result when this section is subtracted out. The inlet is directly south of West Islip, the nearest town on the main part of Long Island. The inlet has evolved over the years due to natural processes, especially longshore drift. Jones Island and Fire Island at one time were connected. The Fire Island Light was at the mouth of the inlet when built in 1858, but is now six miles east of the inlet. Westhampton Island Westhampton Island is the easternmost outer barrier island in the Town of Southampton. The barrier island was part of Fire Island until a nor'easter in 1931 created Moriches Inlet and made Fire Island a proper island. In 1938, Shinnecock Inlet created this fourth barrier island. Cupsogue Beach County Park is located on the western end of the island. Moriches Inlet is an inlet connecting Moriches Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The inlet created a geographic oddity whereby the Town of Brookhaven actually has jurisdiction on land immediately west of the village of West Hampton Dunes although Brookhaven land access to it involves a nearly 20 mile drive through Southampton. Shinnecock Inlet is the easternmost of five major inlets connecting bays to the Atlantic Ocean through the narrow 100-mile-long barrier islands that stretch from New York City to Southampton, New York on the south shore of Long Island. The inlet was formed by the Great Hurricane of 1938 which killed several people when it permanently broke through the island in Hampton Bays, New York. The inlet is almost directly lined up with the Shinnecock Canal between Shinnecock Bay and the Peconic Bay and saves miles for boaters going to the open Atlantic. Consequently, management has been geared to keep the inlet dredged and open. However, maintenance of the inlet has been controversial on grounds that it causes beach erosion on Fire Island. See also Ocean Parkway (Long Island) Robert Moses Causeway Robert Moses State Park (Long Island) Rockaway Inlet References External links Captree State Park Jones Beach State Park New York State Parks: Robert Moses State Park - Long Island Ocean Parkway article from Greater New York Roads Website Ocean Parkway article from NYCROADS Website Islands of Nassau County, New York Barrier islands of New York (state) Beaches of Nassau County, New York Fire Island, New York Robert Moses projects State parks of New York (state)

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Rajdhani Express

The Rajdhani Express is a series of passenger train services in India operated by Indian Railways connecting the national capital New Delhi with the capitals or the largest cities of various states. The word Rajdhani has been derived from the Sanskrit language, which means Capital in English. This series of trains regularly gets the highest priority in the Indian Railways and is considered as its most premium train. The cost of a Rajdhani Express is around Rs. 75 crore. History In the Railway Budget of 1969–70, an introduction of a new superfast train was done which would connect Delhi to Kolkata in less than 18 hours. Until then, the fastest trains between these two cities usually took more than 20 hours. Thus, on 1 March 1969, the first Rajdhani Express left from New Delhi to Howrah at 1730 hrs and arrived at its destination at 1050 hrs on the next day, completing 1450 km in a record time of 17 hours 20 minutes. The return Rajdhani Express left Howrah Junction at 1700 hrs and arrived at New Delhi on its next day at 1020 hrs. The initial maximum speed of the Howrah Rajdhani Express was 120 km/h. It was the only Rajdhani Express in India until 1972, when Indian Railways introduced another, the Bombay Rajdhani, now Mumbai Rajdhani Express, between Mumbai Central and New Delhi. Later on, with subsequent development of the tracks, other Rajdhani Expresses were introduced gradually, the latest Rajdhani Express as of now being the Mumbai CSMT–Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express. However, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Uttrakhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Punjab still do not have a Rajdhani Express terminating/originating from any of their major cities. About Rajdhani express gets the highest priority on the Indian railway network. They are fully air-conditioned. Passengers are served optional meals (food price included in the train fare) during the journey. Depending on the duration and timings of the journey, these could include morning tea, breakfast, lunch, high tea and dinner. All Rajdhani Express trains offer three classes of accommodation: AC First Class (1A) with 2-berth and 4-berth coupès (with locking facility for privacy), AC 2-tier (2T) with open bays (4 berths/bay + 2 berths on the other side of the aisle of each bay), provided with curtains for privacy, and AC 3-tier (3T) with open bays (6 berths/bay + 2 berths on the other side of the aisle of each bay) without curtains. Currently there are 25 pairs of trains, connecting New Delhi to important cities across the country. These trains have fewer stops than other express trains and halt only at prominent stations. Recently Dynamic pricing has been introduced on all Rajdhani express trains. Routes There are currently 24 operational pairs of Rajdhani Express: Tejas-Rajdhani Express . Indian Railways started to upgrade Rajdhani Coaches to Tejas coaches. These trains are called the Tejas-Rajdhani Express This replaced its traditional LHB Rajdhani coaches. Soon all Rajdhani express will get brand new LHB Tejas Rakes. Accidents On 9 September 2002, At least 130 people were killed in an accident when the Howrah New Delhi Rajdhani derailed near Rafiganj, which was due to sabotage by a local Maoist terrorist group, the Naxalites. This is first Rajdhani train accident and one of the worst accident in Indian Railway. 27 October 2009, Bhubaneswar Rajdhani was hijacked by hundreds of armed activists of the Maoist-backed People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) who clambered on to the rail track waving red flags and forcing the train to stop at Banshtala halt near Jhargram in West Midnapore district. They didn't harm the passengers and demanded the immediate release of their leader Chhatradhar Mahato. Almost five hours of drama came to an end with the Maoist-backed activists who had stalled the train, fleeing on the arrival of the CRPF. On 18 April 2011, three coaches of Mumbai Rajdhani caught fire, including the pantry car. The accident happened at 2:20 am near the Thuriya station between Aalot and Vikramgarh near Ratlam. There were no casualties among the 900 passengers. On 25 June 2014, at least four passengers were killed and eight injured when the New Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express derailed at Goldin Ganj station near Chapra in suspected sabotage by Maoists. The train was heading towards Dibrugarh. On the morning of 7 September 2017, at around 6.00 a.m. IST, a coach of the New Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express derailed at the New Delhi station. According to railway spokesperson, no one was injured in the incident. A week later after Ranchi Rajdhani accident, On 14 September 2017, another Rajdhani derailed. It was reported that a coach of Jammu Tawi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express derailed on Thursday at the New Delhi Railway Station. But no one was injured in the incident. The incident took place around 6.00am when the train was entering the platform. On 18 October 2018, 2 coaches of Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani derailed at the staffed level crossing near Ratlam when a speeding Truck collided with train due to brake failure. There were no injuries to train passengers but the truck driver was killed due to the collision. The Train continued journey after delay of 7 hours towards New Delhi. On 3 April 2019, Two Coaches of Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Uncoupled on the Kathjodi river bridge which is 2.5 km away from Cuttack. Immediately the loco pilot stopped the train, No one was hurt when the bogies separated. Senior officers from the Bhubaneswar coach maintenance depot thoroughly checked the bogies at Cuttack railway station. The affected bogies, B/3 and B/4, were joined and the train resumed its onward journey towards New Delhi having an hour delay but reached right on time. On 11 May 2019, A Fire Broke out at Generator Car of Bhubaneswar Rajdhani nearby Balasore, immediately railway staffs kept fire in under control, no casualties reported. The train continued journey having two hours delay. In popular culture Being one of the most popular train of India, the train saw its name featured as a title of a Bollywood movie, named as Rajdhani Express. See also References External links Transport in Delhi Railway services introduced in 1969

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Eurovision Song Contest 1977

The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 was the 22nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in London, United Kingdom, following the country's victory at the with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me" by Brotherhood of Man. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the contest was held at the Wembley Conference Centre on 7 May 1977, marking the first time the event took place in the month of May since the first contest in . The contest was directed by Stewart Morris and hosted by English journalist Angela Rippon. Eighteen countries participated in the contest; returned after its absence from the previous edition, while decided not to enter. The winner was with the song "", performed by Marie Myriam, written by Joe Gracy, and composed by Jean-Paul Cara. The , , and rounded out the top five. Greece's fifth place finish was their best result up to that point. France' fifth win was also a record at the time, and one that France held onto for six years, until being equalled by Luxembourg in . Location Wembley Conference Centre was chosen to host the contest. The venue was the first purpose-built conference centre in the United Kingdom, and opened on 31 January 1977—making it a newly built venue at the time. It was demolished in 2006. At the night of the contest, 2,000 spectators were present in the audience. Participating countries was set to participate in the contest and had been drawn to participate in fourth place, but later withdrew. decided not to enter this contest and would not return to the contest until 1981 (they did however still broadcast the show), while Sweden returned to the competition, having missed out the year before. This made for eighteen participating nations. The language rule was brought back in this contest, four years after it had been dropped in . However and were allowed to sing in English, because they had already chosen the songs they were going to perform before the rule was reintroduced. Returning artists Format The contest was originally planned to be held on 2 April 1977, but because of a strike of the BBC cameramen and its technicians, it got postponed for a month. As a result, this was the first Eurovision Song Contest to be staged in May since the inaugural edition. Due to strikes by the BBC camera staff, and lack of time to organise the contest, there were no postcards for the viewers in between the songs. However, various shots of the contest's audience were shown, with the various countries' commentators informing the viewers of the upcoming songs. The intended postcards had been devised using footage of the artists in London during a party hosted by the BBC at a London nightclub. When the postcards were seen for the first time by the participant heads of delegation at the Friday dress rehearsal the day before the final, the Norwegian delegation objected to the way their artist was portrayed. However, as it was not possible for the BBC to edit or revise footage, all the postcards had to be dropped from the broadcast. Footage from the party still formed the interval act broadcast prior to the voting sequence. Contest overview The following tables reflect the final official scores, verified after the contest transmission. During the voting sequence of the live show, several errors were made in the announcement of the scores, which were then adjusted after the broadcast. Both Greece and France duplicated scores, awarding the same points to multiple countries. From the Greek scores, The UK, Netherlands, Austria and Finland all had 1 point deducted after the contest and from the French scores, Austria, Germany, Israel, Italy and Belgium all had 1 point deducted. None of the adjustments affected the placing of any of the songs. Spokespersons Each country nominated a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1977 contest are listed below. Sven Lindahl Colin Berry Detailed voting results 12 points Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final: Broadcasts Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers. In addition to the participating countries, the contest was also reportedly broadcast in Algeria, Denmark, Iceland, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey and Yugoslavia, in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union via Intervision, and in Hong Kong. Estimates for the global viewership ranged from 300 to 500 million viewers. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below. See also OTI Festival 1977 Notes References External links 1977 Music festivals in the United Kingdom 1977 in British music 1977 in London May 1977 events in Europe Events in London

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Syed Mushtaq Ali

Syed Mushtaq Ali (; 17 December 1914 – 18 June 2005) was an Indian cricketer, a right-handed opening batsman who holds the distinction of scoring the first overseas Test century by an Indian player when he scored 112 against England at Old Trafford in 1936. He batted right-handed but was a slow left arm orthodox spin bowler. He bowled frequently enough in domestic matches to be classified as an all-rounder but only occasionally in test matches. Mushtaq Ali was noted for his graceful batting style and a flair which often cost him his wicket by being over-adventurous too soon in an innings. He received the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995, the highest honour bestowed by BCCI on a former player. Career Mushtaq Ali was the discovery of C. K. Nayudu who observed him at Indore at the age of 13 and helped to develop his cricketing skills. A Wisden Special Award winner, he scored four first-class hundreds in the 1936 tour. He was an opening or middle order right-hand batsman but hardly played international cricket mainly due to World War II. In total, he played in 11 tests. He made his debut in the test against England at Calcutta, 5–8 Jan 1934, and played his last test against England at Madras, 6–10 Feb 1952, at the age of 38. Domestic cricket He was educated in Indore and at Aligarh Muslim University. He played extensively for regional teams and private clubs when cricket was a young sport in India. In first-class cricket, he represented Holkar, Central India, Muslims, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Bharat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and India between 1930 and 1964. He was not only a sporting legend, but a popular superstar of his time, and an icon for the younger generation of Indian youth. Combining with another legend, the cautious yet skilled Vijay Merchant, Mushtaq Ali's aggression and powerful stroke play formed a dynamic and legendary opening partnership for the team for years. He played for Holkar in the National Championship for the Ranji Trophy along with other stalwarts like C. K. Nayudu. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1964 and made a life member of the Marylebone Cricket Club for his contribution to the game. He published his autobiography, Cricket Delightful in 1967. He died in his sleep, at the age of 90 in 2005. The Indian domestic T20 series is named after him. Mushtaq Ali's son, Gulrez Ali, and his grandson, Abbas Ali, both played first-class cricket. Awards Padma Shri – awarded in 1964 C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award - awarded in 1995 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy – This is a Twenty20 cricket domestic championship in India, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, among the teams from the Ranji Trophy. The 2008–09 season was the inaugural season for this trophy. References Smith, Martin (editor). The Promise of Endless Summer (Cricket Lives from the Daily Telegraph). Aurum (2013). External links Obituary from Rediff.com "He played five-day cricket like one-day cricket": video feature from Cricinfo 1914 births 2005 deaths Aligarh Muslim University alumni Central India cricketers Central Zone cricketers Cricketers from Indore East Zone cricketers Gujarat cricketers Holkar cricketers India Test cricketers Indian Muslims Indian cricketers Madhya Bharat cricketers Madhya Pradesh cricketers Maharashtra cricketers Muslims cricketers Rajasthan cricketers Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports Uttar Pradesh cricketers

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Olrig

Olrig is a parish in Caithness, Scotland. The main settlement in the parish is Castletown. Prior to the 19th century, the parish was sub-divided into ten townlands or "fermlands". Townland boundaries were mostly disregarded and lost during the agricultural improvements in the 19th century, but many townland names remain identifiable with farmstead names ending with Mains. Early history The name Olrig (or Olrick) is thought to signify “the son of Erick,” from one of the Norwegian chieftains prominent in the locale following the invasion of Caithness by the King of Norway at the beginning of the ninth century. The Danes invaded Olrig at a distant period, landing at the bay of Murkle but were defeated by the inhabitants in a conflict on a height called, from the slain, Morthill, which is the origin of the name Murkle. There are numerous Pictish houses in the parish, and a nunnery is said to have been located on the lands of Murkle, its site perhaps being marked by a small burn called Closters, a corruption of the word cloisters. At the top of the hill of Olrick are the remains of an ancient watchtower, and it is believed that a church called St. Coomb's Kirk once stood near the eastern boundary of the parish. Its name is derived from its probable dedication to St. Columba. This church is supposed to have been the church of the united parishes of Olrig and Dunnet. There is a tradition that the kirk and the adjoining manse disappeared overnight when they were suddenly overwhelmed by a sandstorm, but “there is no trace of any structure in an area of consolidated sand dunes.” Sinclairs of Olrig Members of Clan Sinclair became associated with Olrig in the mid-seventeenth century. They were as follows: George Sinclair, the fifth son of Sir James Sinclair of Canisbay. Alexander Sinclair, the son of George. He was killed in a duel in 1710 by William Innes of Sandside. Donald Sinclair of Olrig and Bilbster, son of Alexander. Charles Sinclair, the son of Donald. Donald Sinclair, the son of Charles. He died without issue on 9 March 1722. Fenella Sinclair, the sister of Donald, who married Archibald Cullen. She sold the lands of Olrig and Bilbster. Myths and legends Various legends and folk tales are associated with the parish. Versions of these two tales appear in James Traill Calder's History of Caithness 1887 (pages 55 to 61, as republished 1973 by Stansfield, Fortrose). The hillock and well of Sysa figure in both. According to Calder, the well dried up as a result of 19th century agricultural improvements. The hillock is still there, on the south side of Olrig Hill (). The words of Dorrad, in the first tale, are re-quoted from The Raven Banner (page 19) by Ian Cassells, Thurso, circa 1995. See also the Stone Lud Dorrad's vision at Sysa, 1014 At the time of Clontarf, the 1014 battle near Dublin, Caithness was ruled as a part of the Norwegian earldom of Orkney. At Clontarf Earl Sigurd the Stout of Orkney made a bid to become High King of Ireland, in battle with Brian Boru, the established High King. Both Brian and Sigurd died in the battle. Sigurd's bid had been invited by Sigtrygg Silkbeard, the Norse King of Dublin. Sigtrygg survived and prospered. The battle was fought on Good Friday and, in legend, on the same Good Friday, a Norse poet called Daraddus or Dorrad had a vision, an apparition of the Valkyries, twelve in all, on horseback at Sysa. They seemed to ride into the hillock. Daraddus himself approached the hillock and found an opening in its side. When he peered inside he saw the Valkyries were weaving a cloth and singing. Daraddus recorded what he heard and saw: Blood rains from cloudy web on the broad loom of slaughter. The web of man, grey as armor, is now woven. The Valkyries will cross it with a crimson weft The warp is made of human entrails. Human heads are used as weights. The heddle rods are blood-wet spears. The shafts are iron-bound, and arrows are the shuttles. With swords we shall weave this web of battle. The Valkyries go weaving with drawn swords, Hild and Hjorthrimul, Sangrid and Svipul. Spears will shatter. Shields will splinter. Swords will gnaw like wolves through armour. Let us now wind the web of war which the young King once waged. Let us advance and wade through the ranks, where friends of ours are exchanging blows. Let us now wind the web of war and then follow the king to battle. Gunn and Gondul can see there the blood-splattered shields that guarded the King. Let us now wind the web of war where the warrior’s banners are forging forward. Let his life not be taken. Only the Valkyries can choose the slain. Lands will be ruled by new people who once inhabited outlying headlands. We pronounce a great King destined to die. Now an Earl is felled by spears. The men of Ireland will suffer a grief that will never grow old in the minds of men. The web is now woven and the battlefield reddened. The news of disaster will spread through lands. It is horrible now to look around, as blood-red cloud darkens the sky. The heavens are stained with the blood of men, as the Valkyries sing their song. We sang well victory songs for the young king. Hail to our singing! Let him who listens to our Valkyrie song learn it well and tell it to others. Let us ride our horses hard on bare backs, away from here, with swords unsheathed. When the bloody cloth was woven the Valkyries tore it into twelve pieces. Each took a piece and remounted her horse. Then the twelve rode furiously away, six to the north and six to the south. The Piper of Windy Ha Again at Sysa, one sunny tranquil day in the leafy month of June, a cowboy called Peter Water stopped to drink and linger at the well, while on his way home to Windy Ha. He rested and slept till near sunset, when he was awakened by a touch on his shoulder. A young lady was beside him, dressed in green, her eyes blue and her hair in golden ringlets. Peter was bashful and felt himself blushing. "I have come to make a man of you" the lady said. Peter mistook her meaning and demurred. She laughed and continued with her offer: "I will put you in the way of rising in the world and making your fortune" she said, and she asked Peter to choose between a book and a pipe. Both were magical. In the book Peter saw the status and fortunes of a popular preacher. In the pipe he saw those of a popular musician. He was attracted by both but, though he had never fingered a pipe before, the pipe is what he chose. He found he could play the pipe immediately, and play it well. One condition was attached to the lady's gift: that he swear by the well to return in moonlight on the same evening seven years hence. Peter promised that if alive he would do so. Peter was soon a popular and prosperous musician, growing in fame and fortune throughout the next seven years. He was true to his word and returned to the well of Sysa in the moonlight on the same evening, seven years hence. Peter has never been seen since, but still his pipe is sometimes heard in Olrig. (The skeptics, however, attribute the sound to the wind playing though the radio masts on top of the hill.) References Caithness Civil parishes of Scotland Parishes in Caithness

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Nancy Cantor

Nancy Ellen Cantor (born February 4, 1952) is an American academic administrator and the chancellor of Rutgers University-Newark, in Newark, New Jersey. A social psychologist, Cantor is recognized for her scholarly contributions to the understanding of how individuals perceive and think about their social worlds, pursue personal goals, and how they regulate their behavior to adapt to life's most challenging social environments. Previously, Cantor was the first woman chancellor at Syracuse University. Prior to that she was the first woman chancellor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Earlier, she had been provost at the University of Michigan. Early life and education Cantor was born in New York City. She received her A.B. in 1974 from Sarah Lawrence College and her Ph.D. in psychology in 1978 from Stanford University. At Stanford, Cantor initiated a program of research on person prototypes with Walter Mischel inspired by the categorization research of Eleanor Rosch and Carolyn Mervis. Career Cantor has been recognized for establishing a new understanding of the role of universities in society that re-emphasizes their public mission. Conversely, Cantor’s terms as chancellor have been criticized for placing too much emphasis on city development and admission status. Early career Early in her career, Cantor held teaching positions at the University of Michigan and Princeton University. As an academic administrator, she served as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan and then chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Syracuse University In 2004, Cantor was selected chancellor of Syracuse University. The university's board of trustees judged her initial five years to be very successful, pointing to her work with students, faculty and staff that leveraged the university's historic strengths, fostered innovation and creativity, and connected the institution in ways with the community, all of which has increased the university's quality and national visibility. Cantor received criticism for an overall deterioration in the university's academic standing as a research center resulting in a decline in admissions standards, with its acceptance rate climbing from mid-50 to more than 60 percent. Certain faculty members took issue with what was seen as "authoritarian rule". Syracuse history professor said, “My fear is that the university is moving away from selective to inclusive." Upon her departure from Syracuse nine years, later, Cantor was credited by the chair of the university's board of trustees with having been a superlative leader and making unprecedented advancements. Board of Trustees Chairman Richard L. Thompson said of Cantor, "The Rutgers-Newark campus and community are gaining one of the nation’s outstanding academic leaders and the Rutgers board is gaining a deeply thoughtful, energetic and committed partner. Nancy has been a superlative leader, seeing our University to wonderful success and helping us to build on our distinctive greatness and achieve new heights." Cantor's premature resignation 2 years prior to the ending of her contract raised questions from those at the university as to whether or not she was "pressured" to leave. Cantor was among the early university leaders nationally to initiate the role of popular press rankings of colleges and universities. The University received criticism for withdrawing from the Association of American Universities membership for "not meeting AAU criteria for producing research". Cantor headed a major fundraising campaign at Syracuse and was responsible for the development of the university’s Scholarship in Action initiative, which emphasized the role of the university as a public good. It was noted that Scholarship in Action was both popular and divisive at the same time. The Connective Corridor was the physical part of Scholarship in Action that aimed to bridge gaps between a wealthy university and a surrounding struggling city. In 2006, following segments of racially discriminatory content that aired at the student-run TV station HillTV, Cantor halted production so that a university panel could review the content in keeping with the university's conduct code. “With free expression comes responsibilities for being a part of a campus community,” Cantor said in an interview. "We have codes of conduct. I don’t think it is beyond question to ask people who are in a diverse campus community to abide by those codes." Certain university faculty expressed concern that a divide had been created between free speech advocates and the chancellor supporters. ”There’s a tension,” said journalism professor Charlotte Grimes. ”I think people are increasingly cautious about what they say publicly, particularly if they don’t have tenure. There is a sense that if you speak out you might very well get a phone call from the powers that be.” Over 60 professors and staff signed an open letter protesting the move and Cantor's decision. Ultimately, a university panel allowed the station to re-open. In 2014, Cantor left Syracuse and took a position as chancellor of Rutgers University–Newark. Rutgers police incident On March 4, 2019, Cantor was video-taped confronting campus police during a minor traffic accident investigation involving her driver's car and a Rutgers University campus police car. The confrontation was widely reported in the national news media. The police video of the incident also went viral online when outbursts of Cantor shouting: "I’m the chancellor!" caught public attention. Three months later, in June 2019, Cantor issued an apology for her behavior, after an open records request brought the video to light. Awards Cantor is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. She was the 1985 recipient of the American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions in the area of personality psychology. Her award citation emphasized her contributions to the study of social categorization, specifically, how concepts are structured in terms of probabilities as fuzzy sets. Other awards include the Woman of Achievement Award from the Anti-Defamation League, the Making a Difference for Women Award from the National Council for Research on Women, the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from the American Council on Education, and the Frank W. Hale, Jr. Diversity Leadership Award from the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education. Cantor was granted the 2008 Carnegie Corporation Academic Leadership Award. Personal life Cantor is married to sociology professor Steven R. Brechin, who teaches at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. References External links Syracuse University - About Chancellor Cantor American social psychologists American women psychologists Sarah Lawrence College alumni Stanford University alumni Presidents of Syracuse University Leaders of the University of Illinois Rutgers University–Newark faculty University of Michigan staff Living people 1952 births Women heads of universities and colleges 21st-century American women Members of the National Academy of Medicine

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Neil Barofsky

Neil M. Barofsky (born 1970), a partner in the Litigation Department of national law firm Jenner & Block LLP, focuses his practice on white collar investigations, complex commercial litigation, monitorships and examinerships. Immediately before joining Jenner & Block, Mr. Barofsky was Senior Fellow at New York University School of Law’s Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, an adjunct professor at the law school and affiliated with the Mitchell Jacobson Leadership Program on Law and Business. He was SIGTARP, the Special United States Treasury Department Inspector General overseeing the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), from late 2008 until his resignation at the end of March 2011, previous to which he was Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2000 to 2008. Education Barofsky went to Spanish River High School in Boca Raton, Florida and completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania, earning a bachelor's degree in economics from Wharton School of Business. He graduated with honors from New York University School of Law in 1995. Troubled Asset Relief Program and Special Inspector Generalship Barofsky was nominated for the job of overseeing the TARP by President George W. Bush on November 14, 2008 and was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 8, 2008, after confirmation was delayed by Senator Jim Bunning. Until he was confirmed, the role was handled internally by the Treasury Department's inspector general, Eric Thorson, who had expressed concerns about the difficulty of properly overseeing the complex program in addition to his regular responsibilities. As Inspector General, Barofsky, "[a] life-long Democrat who donated money to the Obama campaign," was viewed as "one of the most impressive and courageous political officials in Washington" for his willingness to "stand up to some of the most powerful people and institutions in Washington or on Wall Street." He "vigilantly fought for his independence as TARP watchdog and has been relentless in his criticism of Treasury officials and especially Tim Geithner." The TARP program money was used to invest in, and in some cases rescue, a number of banks, the automakers GM and Chrysler, the insurance company AIG as well as a number of real estate companies. The role of the chief watchdog of the government's $700 billion TARP program was to root out and prosecute waste, fraud and abuse. Under Barofsky, the office published 9 quarterly results and 13 audits. On February 14, 2011, Barofsky sent a letter to President Obama stating that he would resign his post on March 30, 2011, to spend more time with his family. At the time of his resignation, his office had more than 140 investigations underway. By then, his office charged a few dozen people with civil or criminal fraud, resulting in 14 convictions, more than $550 million in fraud losses avoided, and $150 million in fraudulent earnings recovered for taxpayers. "[O]ne Treasury official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was quoted as saying '[H]e's been consistently wrong about a lot of big things." Commentator Glenn Greenwald noted the unnamed official had made the assertion about Barofsky "without identifying a single alleged error," and attacked the "utter cowardice and lack of professionalism needed to produce this passage" on the part of both the newspaper and the official. Barofsky currently works as a tax compliance watchdog at Credit Suisse Credit Suisse Monitor Neil Barofsky Does Job With Gusto Schwarzgeld-Jäger Zulauf verlässt CS über Nacht Books Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street (2012). References External links C-SPAN Q&A interview with Barofsky, September 23, 2012 Robert Wenzel interviews Barofsky, September 2, 2012 1970 births Living people New York University School of Law alumni People associated with Jenner & Block Troubled Asset Relief Program Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni

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The Devil's Whore

The Devil's Whore (released as The Devil's Mistress in North America) is a four-part television series set during the English Civil War, produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4 in 2008. It is about the adventures of the fictional Angelica Fanshawe and the historical Leveller soldier Edward Sexby and spans the years 1636 to 1660. It was written by Peter Flannery, who began working on the script in 1997. It was followed by a sequel series, New Worlds, in 2014. Production The series was filmed in South Africa. This caused some negative comment from reviewers but the producers maintained that they had been unable to find suitably "old English" locations in England. Cast John Simm as Edward Sexby Dominic West as Oliver Cromwell Andrea Riseborough as Angelica Fanshawe Michael Fassbender as Thomas Rainsborough Peter Capaldi as King Charles I Jeremy Crutchley as Toop Tom Goodman-Hill as John Lilburne Maxine Peake as Elizabeth Lilburne, John's wife Tim McInnerny as Joliffe Robyn Olivia as Angelica's mother Robert Coleman as Angelica's father Ben Aldridge as Harry Fanshawe Harry Lloyd as Prince Rupert Melodie Abad as Queen Henrietta Maria Ian Redford as Earl of Manchester Angelica Jopling as the young Angelica Gabriel Rybko as young Harry Robert van Vuuren as The Devil Episodes North American release The series was released on DVD in North America in 2011. Retitled The Devil's Mistress, it presents the series as two two-hour episodes. Reception Critical reception was positive, though there was some criticism of the omission of some figures and events (such as John Pym, the Earl of Bedford, Sir Thomas Fairfax, Sir Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, Colonel Sir John Hutchinson, Henry Ireton and the Bishops' Wars) and the fictionalisation of others (such as the suggestion that Cromwell orchestrated Rainsborough's death, of Rainsborough not Sexby being a close friend of Cromwell's, Sexby's going to Ireland and the losing of his arm and Sexby's assassination attempt on Cromwell). Critical reception of the first episode was positive, with Nancy Banks-Smith of The Guardian praising Capaldi's performance and calling the drama "rollicking", "well written and acted" and marked by "a quite serious attempt to explain the underlying issues". The Telegraph also praised Capaldi, along with the lack of anachronisms and the treatment of the era's sexual politics. The Independent called it "bodice-rippingly melodramatic" and showing a tension between Flannery's "desire to get as much real political fact in as he can and the ... requirement that a primetime series should liven up the party with sexual tension and historical glamour". The Times called it "a curious beast – mannered and theatrical, with modern-looking faces speaking period dialogue in an historical dreamscape" and "If not entirely successful, ... the best sort of failure – unusual, brave and fascinating". Another Times critic criticised it for "slightly too much reading history backwards here, almost making Angelica look like a modern woman travelled back in time" and its "frankly unnecessary bedroom scenes ... slipped in, presumably to demonstrate her liberated nature", whilst overall praising the episode as "gripping", "cutting" and "lively" and in particular noting that Simm played Sexby "strikingly". The Radio Times also noted it as "an intelligent, richly textured labour of love". John Adamson, a non-stipendiary by-fellow in History at Peterhouse, Cambridge, criticized the series as "a cartoon-strip version of the Civil War". Awards and nominations The series won in the Best Drama Series category at the 35th Broadcasting Press Guild Television and Radio Awards (2009) and Riseborough won in the Best Actress Category. Michele Clapton won at the BAFTA Awards, in the category of Best Costume Design. At the 2009 Royal Television Society Programme Awards, the series won three awards, Drama Serial, Actor: Female for Risenborough and Writing: Drama for Peter Flannery. The same year, at the Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards, Julian Court won Lighting, Photography & Camera – Photography – Drama and Nadine Prigge was nominated for Make Up Design – Drama. References External links Review, Leicester Mercury 2000s British television miniseries Television series set in the 17th century Channel 4 original programming 2008 British television series debuts 2008 British television series endings 2000s British drama television series English Civil War films Channel 4 television dramas Television series by All3Media English-language television shows Cultural depictions of Charles I of England

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Victor Munden

Victor Stanislaus Munden (2 January 1928 – 25 September 2016) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire between 1946 and 1957. He was a left-handed middle-order batsman and a left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He was born at Leicester. Munden's younger brothers, Donald and Paul Munden, also played first-class cricket for Leicestershire and his son, David, played for the county's second eleven. Cricket career Munden made his first-class cricket debut in a few matches in the 1946 season, batting low in the Leicestershire order and not bowling a lot: as a left-arm spin bowler, his opportunities in an attack dominated by another left-arm spinner, Jack Walsh, were limited. Towards the end of the 1948 season he played fairly regularly for the first team and in a match against Derbyshire, bowling in tandem with Walsh, he took five wickets for 48 runs. Even so, he took only 12 wickets in 10 matches, and in the following season, when he played 19 first-team games and his batting developed a little, there were only eight wickets in the whole season. He played very little in the 1950 season. Walsh was injured and out of form for much of the 1951 season and with vacancies too in the batting line-up Munden was finally able to establish himself as a regular player in the Leicestershire side, contributing 890 runs mainly from the lower middle order and 51 wickets. His best game was an unexpectedly easy two-day victory over Surrey in which he made his highest score of the season, 73, and had his best bowling return with five wickets for 30 runs. After this initial season of success Munden was an ever-present in the Leicestershire team for the next five years and in 1952 he had his best season with the bat, making 1259 runs at an average of 29.97, the only time that he exceeded 1000 runs in a season in his cricket career. The batting success included the only two centuries that he made in first-class cricket. Against Kent in mid-July he scored 103 with two sixes and 15 fours. A week later, he followed that with 100 in the game against Lancashire, the first time Leicestershire had beaten Lancashire since 1926. Munden did not sustain this batting form, however, and his highest score after 1952 was just 64, although he still on occasion contributed useful runs from the lower order. Instead, his bowling became more important. In a match in 1953 on the pitch at Bath where Bertie Buse's benefit match had ended in a single day just a week earlier he achieved both the best innings and match figures of his career, taking six for 33 in the second Somerset innings to follow four wickets for nine runs in the first innings: the figures of 10 for 42 were the only time he took 10 wickets in a match. By 1955, when he took 87 wickets in the season, he had supplanted the ageing Walsh as Leicestershire's main left-arm spin bowler. In this season, he was picked for end-of-season representative matches in the Scarborough cricket festival, including an appearance in the Players team where he was successful as a batsman. In 1956, however, Munden's bowling form "fell away badly" and he was replaced as the left-arm spinner in a few matches by Ray Smith. He finished with just 29 wickets in the season from 26 matches, though there was a second Gentlemen v Players appearance at Scarborough. His form did not recover in the following year and at the end of the 1957 season he was not re-engaged by Leicestershire. He did not play in first-class cricket again, although he made occasional appearances in second eleven cricket for Leicestershire through to the mid 1960s. He died at the age of 88 in 2016. References 1928 births 2016 deaths English cricketers Leicestershire cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Players cricketers Cricketers from Leicester

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ARM Guadaloupe

The Mexican Navy paddle frigate Guadalupe was the flagship of the Mexican Navy from 1842 to 1847. She participated in the Naval Battle of Campeche in 1843. She was one of the first iron-hulled (hull that was made of wood lined with an iron sheet) warships ever built and one of the first to see action in a naval battle. Background of the Mexican Navy The Mexican Navy has its origins in the creation of the Ministry of War in 1821. From that year until 1939 it existed jointly with the Mexican Army in the organic ministry. Since its declaration of independence from Spain in September 1810, through the mid decades of the 19th century, Mexico found itself in a constant state of war, mostly against Spain which had not recognized its independence. Therefore, its priority was to purchase its first fleet from the U.S. in order to displace the last remaining Spanish forces from its coasts. Construction of the Guadalupe The Guadalupe, probably named after the city of Guadalupe, was built in the Liverpool shipyard of Jonathan Laird of Birkenhead, England in 1842. Guadalupe was referred to as a steam paddle frigate and had a full brig rig. Guadalupe was 183 feet in length with a displacement of 878 tons. She was the biggest iron warship in the world when built. Due to diplomatic action by the Republic of Texas she was delivered unarmed as a merchant ship with her guns in her hold. "In May 1842, William Kennedy, Republic of Texas consul general in London, and Ashbel Smith, minister to England, protested the building of the vessels for Mexican use against Texas and urged the English government to detain them. Lord Aberdeen of the British Foreign Office decided that arms might be placed on the vessels so long as they were not mounted in English ports, and the Guadaloupe sailed in June despite Republic of Texas protests. Aberdeen insisted that the English would maintain strict neutrality in the struggle between Texas and Mexico and that no English commissioned officer would be allowed to serve in the Mexican nation against Texas." When she arrived in Mexico she was equipped with two 68-pounder Paixhans guns which fired explosive shells, two 32-pounder guns and two 24-pounder long guns. A feature that was unusual for the period was her construction with watertight compartmentation throughout her hull, a feature that impressed famous French naval architect Henri Dupuy de Lôme. She carried a crew that included many British nationals, led by her captain Edward Phillip Charlwood, Commander RN, who started while she was building in 1841 and who remained her captain until 1843. Career Naval Battle of Campeche 30 April 1843 and 16 May 1843 The Mexican fleet now possessed the paddle steam frigates Guadalupe and Montezuma. About 40 of the crew of the Guadalupe were sick with yellow fever. The Texas Navy commander Moore hoped to encounter the Guadalupe separate from her escort Montezuma. Austin and Wharton made for the Yucatán coast and encountered the Mexican squadron on 30 April 1843 between Lerma and Campeche. Montezuma and Guadalupe, along with four smaller vessels, comprised the Mexican fleet. The Texans were augmented by two Yucatecan ships and five small gunboats, but were clearly the smaller fleet. The Mexican shooting at first fell short and then went over the Texas ships. During the two-hour running battle the Austin was struck once in the fighting and lost some of her mizzen rigging and the Guadalupe had 7 dead and the Montezuma 13 dead. After a few hours, the Mexican sailing ships departed and only the two steamers remained. The result was that the Mexican blockade of the port of Campeche was lifted and the Texan ships put into the port for repairs. This first attack was a draw and the fleets separated. The next event on 16 May 1843 was orchestrated by Commodore Moore and his "Texians" who lured the Mexican Forces into a narrow roadstead, and hounded the Mexican ships away from the harbour firing most of Austin's ammunition as Wharton was not able to engage. The battle toll came out as; "Austin" 3 dead, "Wharton" 2 dead, "Montezuma" 40 dead including her captain and "Guadalupe" 47 dead. The Mexican Fleet was effectively incapacitated. This battle would represent the only time that steam-driven warships would be defeated by sail powered ships. There were numerous falsehoods circulated about Moore's battle with Guadalupe. These seem to be largely the confections of the press, egged on by politicians, and are not to be taken seriously. They include claims to have sunk her. Her Captain Commander Edward P Charlwood RN had his own description of the action. He noted that compared to a wooden ship her damage from shot was much less in part to the action being in warm waters. During the 4 to 5 weeks of the Yucatán campaign she was hit a total of 6 times by 18 or 24-pounder solid shot. He described Guadalupe as a good gun platform and felt that they had hit the Texan sloop-of-war Austin about 12 times with 68-pounder shells causing her to withdraw from the action of 16 May 1843. After Campeche Guadalupe remained in the Armada de Mexico until 1847, by which time the fate of Yucatán had been decided, when she and Montezuma were sold to raise money for the continuing land hostilities with the United States. Her new owners are described by the Armada de Mexico as 'The Spaniards in Havana'. The Spanish Navy Wikipedia entry states that "The first new steam-driven vessels were purchased from Mexico in 1846. These included two frigates, the Guadalupe and the Moctezuma, acquired from the UK in 1842, and a third vessel delivered in 1843. They were sold to Spanish authorities in Cuba by General Antonio López de Santa Anna, in order to raise funds for Mexico's defense from the U.S. invasion in 1846-1848. The Spanish christened the vessels Castilla for Montezuma and León for Guadelupe" Referenced the Wikipedia entry Spanish ship Castilla. In 1849 the Castilla and León were used with two other Spanish steam ships to intervene in Italy along with French forces during the suppressing of the Roman Republic (1849). The steam ships transported 9,000 troops to Italy and provided logistical support for them for months. The resulting recognition from the Pope, Sardinia, Prussia and Austria strengthened the Spanish government versus its rival Carlist faction. References Further reading Naval ships of Mexico Ships of the Mexican Navy Frigates 1842 ships

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Cyril Walsh

Sir Cyril Ambrose Walsh KBE (15 June 1909 – 29 November 1973) was an Australian judge who served on the High Court of Australia from 1969 until his death in 1973. Early life Walsh was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of Michael and Mary Walsh. He grew up in the western suburb of Werrington, where his father owned a dairy farm. He was educated at St Joseph's Convent School and later at Parramatta High School in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. In 1926, he won the T E Rofe Prize, worth £6, for the best history essay in the state, writing on the Mutiny on the Bounty. Walsh commenced studies at the University of Sydney in 1927, living at St John's College. Walsh graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1930 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1934, both with honours. He also won the University Medals in English, Philosophy and Law, and first-class honours in English, Philosophy and Latin, was awarded the James Coutts Scholarship for English and was the joint winner of the John George Dalley Prize. His cumulative undergraduate record is regarded as the finest record before or since for any law student at the university. On 28 November 1942, Walsh married his wife Mary at the St Joseph's Catholic Church in Burwood Heights, they would later have three sons together. The family lived mainly in the inner western Sydney suburb of Summer Hill. Legal career On 26 May 1934, Walsh was admitted to the New South Wales Bar, where he began to practise as a barrister. His office was located in the Chalfont Chambers building in central Sydney, where his neighbours included future Chief Justice of Australia and High Court colleague Garfield Barwick. Walsh's main work was in equity. He argued many equity cases in the Supreme Court of New South Wales in the 1940s and 1950s, and argued at least ten cases before the High Court in that time. In January 1954, Walsh was made a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, an appointment which was widely accepted as well-deserved, although Walsh was relatively young at the age of 44. On 3 May 1955, Walsh was appointed to the Council of St John's College as a Fellow, and was later deputy chairman of the council from 1969 to 1972. In 1958 he was appointed as the head Judge of the newly established Commercial Causes List in the Supreme Court. The most notable case he was involved in at this time was the famous Wagon Mound (No 2) case, which was ultimately appealed to the Privy Council, which relied significantly on Walsh's findings of fact, almost all of which were not challenged. In 1962, Walsh was selected by Barwick (then the Foreign Minister of Australia) as Australia's representative to the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East. On 1 January 1966, he was elevated to the newly established Court of Appeal of New South Wales (a branch of the Supreme Court), the first specialist appellate court in Australia. High Court Walsh was appointed to the High Court on 3 October 1969. Also that year he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and on 1 January 1971 was appointed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Walsh was only on the High Court for a short period of time, but participated in several important cases including the Concrete Pipes case and the Payroll Tax case. Walsh remained on the bench of the High Court until his death from multiple myeloma on 29 November 1973. The High Court sat on 30 November in a special sitting to commemorate Walsh. Barwick, then the Chief Justice, delivered the eulogy in which he said: "The Court has lost a Justice from whom increasingly distinguished service was confidently expected." References 1909 births 1973 deaths Justices of the High Court of Australia Judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales Australian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Deaths from multiple myeloma Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom

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Eden Maine

Eden Maine were an English metalcore/avant garde metal band from St Albans, Hertfordshire, formed in 1999. As of September 2005, they are on an indefinite hiatus. Biography Eden Maine was formed in 1999 by vocalist Adam Symonds and bassist Nick Brown. After going through several lineup changes, drummer Kieran Iles was recruited, and the band started to develop their own sound, drawing elements from metal, and hardcore. At this time, the guitarists in the band were Faeryn Lee and Neil Green. Faeryn soon left the band to move back to the US, and was replaced by Simon Davis. With Simon in the line up, they completed the writing for their debut EP; The Treachery Pact, and prepared to enter the studio. However, it was around this time, after months of growing tension, that Neil Green decided to move on from the band. The remaining members chose to enter the studio as a four piece. They enlisted the services of Kurt Ballou to handle production duties and entered Southern Studios in January 2002, while advertising for a new guitarist. It was not long before they found interest from Phil Buch, who completed the band's lineup, joining them in the studio to finish the recording. The Treachery Pact The Treachery Pact EP was released in early 2002 through UK label Ignition Records. Gaining many positive reviews from UK and international press, the band started to grow in stature. They embarked on a heavy touring schedule, sharing the stage with many well established bands, including Sepultura, Lostprophets, Converge, The Dillinger Escape Plan and more. The band's touring took them around much of the UK and Europe. During this time they were also courted by several labels, and came very close to signing to Visible Noise, before pulling out of the deal late in the day, feeling that their music might be compromised by the schedule that would be expected of them from the label. They then worked closely with Belgian-based Fuel Records, but never entered into a full agreement with the label. With the band choosing to move away from Ignition (now renamed Engineer) records, they opted to carry on as an unsigned band, until they were presented with an offer completely meeting their satisfaction. To You the First Star In mid 2004, the band entered Foel Studio in Wales as an unsigned band, with producer Andrew Schneider to record their debut album To You the First Star. The band's sound had evolved, moving away from metalcore towards a more epic sound incorporating elements of noisecore, post-metal and post rock. Following the recording, UK label Undergroove Records showed an interest in working with the band on the release. An agreement was reached and the album was released in early 2005. The new album split opinions amongst Eden Maine's existing fanbase. Many found the direction shift challenging, exciting and original, while others missed the full-throttled attack of the earlier release. The press, however, were mostly unified in their praise of the album, tipping the band to go on to bigger and better things. Indefinite hiatus Following the release of To You the First Star, the band embarked upon their most intensive touring schedule to date. This time they toured mainly as a headline act, taking bands such as Reflux and Lack along with them. They reached more countries and cities than ever before, subsequently attaining a strong following in mainland Europe. After three months of non-stop touring, the band took a break to regroup. At this time, a North American label approached them with a view to giving To You the First Star a release. This would be coupled with extensive touring of the US and Canada. This unfortunately led to inner turmoil for the band, due to the financial restraints among some of the members, and the risks involved. The group went through their most difficult period, and were unsure of the next best step to take. Conversely, at this time they were enjoying a spree of creativity, once again embarking upon a different direction, involving many more of their individual influences. The band were unable to work through the conflict caused by the financial problems and inability to tour as they would have liked. Members felt that they had different priorities, and different directions in mind. Rather than break up entirely, they took the decision to take an 'indefinite hiatus' to pursue other musical projects. They took the decision that if and when they were to regroup, they would move on completely from their previous material. And so in early 2006 they played their 'final show', performing material from both their EP and album, with the knowledge that this would be the last time these songs were performed. The band has remained inactive since, with various members going on to be involved in other projects including: The Rifle Volunteer (Adam Symonds and Nick Brown) *shels (Simon Davis and Phil Buch) Mia Hope - now defunct (Phil Buch) Astrohenge (Kieran Iles) So This Is Paris - now defunct (Phil Buch) Reservations at Dorcia - now defunct (Phil Buch) Talons (Simon Davis) Latitudes - (Adam Symonds provides vocals on 'Agonist') Discography The Treachery Pact (EP) (2002) To You the First Star (2005) References External links Eden Maine at MySpace Musical groups established in 1997 Post-metal musical groups English metalcore musical groups Musical groups from St Albans

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The Gondwana Shrine

The Gondwana Shrine is the eighteenth Blake and Mortimer comic book in the series. The book was published in France and Belgium on March 28, 2008. Plot In Tanganyika, Professor Heidegang discovers in the lake of the Ngorongoro crater a secret entrance leading to a sort of sanctuary. He seizes a ring as proof of his discovery but menacing men appear and he flees, wounded in the thigh. In London, professor Philip Mortimer, fatigued and suffering from memory problems since his experience in the sarcophagi of Açoka, is recommended by his doctor to rest. Nastasia Wardynska, of the CSIR, brings the results of the analysis of the rock he brought back from Antarctica: it is a 350 million year old gold and diamond rock on which is engraved enigmatic signs that would prove the existence of a civilization at that time. At the Centaur Club, Mortimer shares his discoveries with his friend Captain Francis Blake, who had to go to France to meet Professor Labrousse, their French meteorologist friend, about his invention, Subglacior II. Mortimer goes to the Daily Mail archives where Mr Stone shows him an article on Dr. Heidegang that says paleontologists Mr and Mrs Leaky had been found delusional and clasping in their hands a ring engraved with the same enigmatic signs. On his return home, Mortimer immerses himself in reading his memories and discovers that the writer and amateur archaeologist Sarah Summertown, with whom he had an adventure in his youth, is a friend of the Leakys. In the archives of the Daily Mail, a mysterious man manages to consult the article on Prof. Heidegang by posing as Mortimer's assistant to Mr Stone. The next day, Mortimer goes to Sarah Summertown for the first time in many years. After having told each other their lives, Sarah agrees to help Mortimer on the condition that she accompany him on her adventure, and later Nastasia imposes her presence on him too. At the London airport, Mortimer, Sarah and Nastasia board for Nairobi under the surveillance of the mysterious man. In the plane, Sarah talks to them of artifacts engraved with the same enigmatic signs found in the four corners of the world, which could indicate the existence of a civilization at the time of the unique continent of Gondwana. In London, the mysterious man enters Blake's house during the night and threatens the captain with a pistol. He just asks him to listen to what he has to say and gives him his gun as a pledge of good faith. The next day, Blake takes the plane and goes to Antarctica with Professor Labrousse to take a delivery of a mysterious cargo. Meanwhile, the mysterious man is handed a passport, a plane ticket to Nairobi and cash by David Honeychurch, who has received these instructions from his superior Blake. Arriving at his destination, he settles in the same hotel as Mortimer and his two friends, and turns out to be Colonel Olrik in disguise. Meanwhile, Mortimer, Sarah and Nastasia are in the hospital to visit the delirious Dr. Heidegang. Mortimer manages to make contact with Heidegang by speaking German and learns that the guardians of Gondwana demand that the ring be returned to them. The three friends fly to Arusha, accompanied by Olrik in disguise who has managed to be invited by Nastasia. They find their guide Bombo, with whom they leave the next day in an all-terrain car for the crater of the Ngorongoro. Meanwhile, Olrik helps Uru, a young Maasai at the market, which causes him to fall into a trap. He is recognized by Razul the Bezendjas, his former henchman, who convinces him to team up to share the riches of the lost civilization of Gondwana. With the airship of Youssef, another former accomplice of Olrik, the three criminals can follow without being seen from the car carrying Motimer, Sarah, Nastasia, Bombo and Uru. When crossing a river, Nastasia falls into the water and is carried by the current to a bank downstream where she finds herself facing a lion. Uru, who has followed, fights the lion and eventually kills it before succumbing to his wounds. The young woman now faces a pack of African wild dogs and is saved by shots fired from an airship where she recognizes Olrik without believing it. Mortimer, Sarah and Bombo finally arrive at Nastasia after escaping the charge of a herd of elephants and the overthrow of their car. That evening, they attend the funeral of Uru in his village. The next day, Mortimer, Sarah, Nastasia and Bombo arrive at the Ngorongoro crater and plunge into the lake to find the secret entrance, not knowing that Olrik and Razul are right behind them. The four adventurers enter the sanctuary where they are quickly encircled by threatening guards, only protected by the ring. A translucent disc called Life tells them that they are in the Sanctuary of Life and then invites them to come forward to discover it. They find themselves in a huge room with an extraordinary machine and Life explains to them: more than 300 million years ago, a civilization developed like theirs, but before the tensions engendered by growing injustices, scientists created an incubator to spawn new individuals if humanity were to disappear, which eventually happened. Olrik and Razul appear and threaten Mortimer, Sarah, Nastasia and Bombo with their weapons. Olrik makes an astonishing revelation: since their experience of the Açoka sarcophagi, Mortimer's body is controlled by the spirit of Olrik while the spirit of Mortimer is stuck in the body of the criminal. The proof is Mortimer's signature, which is related to the mind and not the body. This revelation leads to confusion among the protagonists who no longer know whom to believe and threaten each other. Faced with this distressing spectacle, Life decides to send them back to the outside world, having erased their memory of the place in order to protect the incubator. On the shore of the lake, Olrik (in the body of Mortimer) is arrested by Captain Blake whom Mortimer (in Olrik's body) had convinced of his good faith in London. All of them board the seaplane of Lord Archibald Mac Auchentoshan, a billionaire protector of nature, which carries the Açoka sarcophagi found by Professor Labrousse in the ruins of the Indian Antarctic base. Mortimer thus regains his own body and proves it thanks to his writing. The sarcophagi are then thrown into the sea, never to be found again. English publication The first publication in English was by Cinebook Ltd in September 2011. Blake and Mortimer 2008 in comics 2008 novels Africa in fiction Fiction set in 1958

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Special Book Award of China

The Special Book Award of China (中华图书特殊贡献奖) is an annual award established by the State Press and Publication Administration of the People's Republic of China to recognize foreign translators, writers and publishers who have made significant contributions to introducing China, translating and publishing Chinese books, and promoting cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. The awards have been made annually since 2005, and are announced around the time of the Beijing International Book Fair. "The awards are China's top publication prize that honors foreigners for making great contributions to the introduction and promotion of China, Chinese culture and Chinese publications to the world." Recipients 2015 At the 9th annual event, the recipients were: Colin Patrick Mackerras, Australian Sinologist and writer. John Makeham, Australian translator and professor of Sinology. Lisa Carducci, Canadian writer. Francois Cheng, Chinese French translator and writer. Joël Bellassen, French Sinologist. Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer, German Sinologist. Wilt Idema, Dutch translator and Sinologist. Keo Mackaphonh, Laotian writer. Menerel Chimedtseye, Mongolian translator and professor. Adam Marszalek, Polish publisher. Leonard Perelomov, Russian Sinologist and translator. Marina Čarnogurská, Slovakian translator. Angel Fernandez, Spanish publisher. Robert Baensch, American publisher. Guy Salvatore Alitto, American Sinologist. Youth Awards were presented to: Ahmed Sayyid, Egyptian publisher. Guang Min, Chinese-Burmese translator. Zombory Klara, Hungarian translator. Samir Ahmed, Jordanian writer and translator. Eric Abrahamsen, American translator. 2016 2017 At the 11th annual event, there were 20 awards including 4 for Young Scholars. Recipients included: Mohamad Elkhatib, Lebanese publisher. Richard Charkin, British publisher. Iljaz Spahiu, Albanian translator. Alicia Relinque, Spanish translator. Paul White, English translator. Petko Hinov, Bulgarian sinologist, translator of Dream of the Red Chamber into Bulgarian. Harold Weldon, Australian Publisher 2018 At the 12th annual event, there were 15 awards. Recipients included: Andrzej Kacperski, Polish publisher. Staburova Jelena, Latvian researcher of Chinese language and literature. The Nepali translator of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, vol. 1. The Uzbek translator of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, vol. 1. Kalmar Eva, Hungarian literary translator of Journey to the West and other works. Olivia Milburn, British translator of spy novelist Mai Jia's works Decoded and In the Dark. Balan Luminita Rodica, Romanian translator. 2019 At the 13th annual event, the recipients were: Bonnie Suzanne McDougall, Australian translator and academic. Daniel Bell, Canadian academic, author of The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy. Yuri Tavrovskiy, Russian historian, author of Xi Jinping: Governance Thought in Shape, the first book published in Russia about paramount leader Xi Jinping. Ioan Budura, Romanian translator, translator of two volumes of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China. Fabian Lebenglik, Argentinian publisher, president of Adriana Hidalgo Editora. Sotiris Chalikias, Greek translator of Chinese philosophy. András Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian publisher, including The Hungary Chinese and Chinese Hungary Dictionary. Abbas Kdaimy, Iraqi translator and editor, translator of Xi Jinping: Governance of China vol. 1 into Arabic. Yuri Pines, Israeli academic, author of Envisioning Eternal Empire: Chinese Political Thought Of The Warring States Era. Seken Aday, Kazakh academic and translator, especially of Chinese social scientists. Hong Jungsun, Korean academic and publisher, including Chinese Modern Literature and Modernisation. Leopold Moravcik. Slovak writer, including China on the Long March. Youth awards were presented to: Yara El Masri, Egypt. Stefan Christ, German translator of contemporary Chinese theatre. Kiran Gautam, Nepali. 2020 At the 14th annual event, the recipients were: Gustavo Alejandro Girado Hamar Imre, Hungary Grzegorz Kolodko, Poland Kobzev Artem Igorevich, Russia Do Tien Sam, Vietnam Nama Didier Dieudonne, Cameroon Giorgio Casacchia, Italy Baktygul Rysbaevna Kalambekova, Kyrgyzstan Lennart Lundberg, Sweden Nicky Harman, UK William H. Nienhauser, Jr., USA Niels Peter Thomas, Germany Pierre Herzel Lavi, Israel Bassam Chebaro, Lebanon Duretic Jagos, Syria 2021 At the 15th annual event, the recipients were: Jerusha Hull McCormack, Ireland Maxime Vias, French David Ferguson, UK Laurence Brahm, USA Terry Robinson, UK Michael Lackner, Germany Boldbaatar Dorgsuren, Mongolia Syed Hasan Javed, Pakistan Veronica Bonilla, Ecuador Lee Hee Ok, Korea Long Anzhi, USA Lang Yu, Germany Hishinuma Yoshiaki, Japan Igor Radev, North Macedonia Burov Vladilen, Russia Mesfer Falah Alsubaly, Saudi Arabia Phua Kok Khoo, Singapore References Chinese awards Translation awards

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Atherton%20%28soldier%29

William Atherton (soldier)

William Atherton (January 10, 1793 – September 11, 1863) was an American soldier, rifleman and veteran of the War of 1812 from Shelbyville, Kentucky. He was a private in Captain John Simpson's company of the 1st Rifle Regiment. He served under William Henry Harrison. Atherton wrote a journal that detailed his war service within the Kentucky militia, including their defeat and subsequent massacre at River Raisin by opposing forces, and his subsequent capture and imprisonment. Battle of Frenchtown Atherton was one of the 25,010 Kentuckians who served in war fighting against both the British and their Native Americans allies. This represented about five out of every six men then of military age. Mustered at the age of seventeen, he was an eighteen year old soldier during the Battle of Frenchtown, which took place in Michigan during January 1813. He described in his own postwar narrative the methods of fighting used by the enemy forces (retreat and fire on advancing on American forces), which ultimately gave the opposing forces superiority on the battlefield. His subsequent experiences being held captive by the Potawatomi, a Native American tribe, followed by internment in Quebec, is taught today at schools in the United States. His journal includes his personal observations of many Native American customs. When describing his months of captivity, he found the British officers much more savage than their native allies. In contrast to John O'Fallon, who less than three months after Frenchtown was at Fort Meigs, as Harrison's acting assistant adjutant general, Atherton was held prisoner until June 1814, when he was released in a prisoner exchange. His narrative provides a rare common soldier's perspective of the War of 1812, and as such his account, considered to be a critical source for studying the conflict. It also gives a gruesome testimony to how adept the opposing forces were at bush fighting. Atherton stated: Personal Atherton was born in what had been one year prior to his birth known as Kentucky County, Virginia. His parents being early settlers. He described himself as being born in Virginia. He returned to Shelby County, Kentucky after the war of 1812 and became a farmer. He married Mary "Polly" Lyons and moved to Greencastle, Indiana prior to 1850. Atherton eventually became an ordained minister and was known as Reverend William Atherton, a Methodist minister. In 1842, he reluctantly published his account of the suffering & defeat of the North-Western Army, under General James Winchester, the massacre of the U.S. prisoners and his own sixteen months imprisonment, with the following goal: In 1890, historians described accurate how Atherton described the hardships that both he and others endured. Death and legacy Atherton died on September 11, 1863 . He is buried at Greencastle City Cemetery in Greencastle, Indiana. Atherton's account has frequently been referenced in secondary histories of the war, notably in Pierre Berton's popular histories "The Invasion of Canada and Flames Across the Border". Atherton's story has commonly been featured in museum exhibits and in documentaries on the War of 1812, including PBS's "The War of 1812" (2011). The American public broadcaster PBS, reviewed Atherton's narrative as follows: An audio recording of his historical narrative has been produced, Read by James E. Carson. Biography Narrative of the suffering & defeat of the north-western army, under General Winchester: massacre of the prisoners: sixteen months imprisonment of the writer and others with the Indians and British by William Atherton. Printed for the author by A. G. Hodges, of Frankfort, KY in 1842. "The Men Were Sick of the Place" : Soldier Illness and Environment in the War of 1812. Miller, Joseph R.University of Maine. Herrera, R. (2013). TOWARD AN AMERICAN ARMY: U.S. SOLDIERS, THE WAR OF 1812, AND NATIONAL IDENTITY. Army History, (88), 42–57. Retrieved October 5, 2020, See also Battle of Frenchtown Shadrack Byfield, a British foot soldier's own account of the Battle of Frenchtown. External links Find a grave record for William Atherton Official battlefield site Description of the battle at the city of Monroe website References 1793 births 1863 deaths American Revolutionary War prisoners of war held by Great Britain United States Army personnel of the War of 1812 People from Kentucky in the War of 1812 War of 1812 prisoners of war held by the United Kingdom People from Shelbyville, Kentucky People from Greencastle, Indiana 19th-century American male writers 19th-century Methodist ministers

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Database abstraction layer

A database abstraction layer (DBAL or DAL) is an application programming interface which unifies the communication between a computer application and databases such as SQL Server, IBM Db2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle or SQLite. Traditionally, all database vendors provide their own interface that is tailored to their products. It is up to the application programmer to implement code for the database interfaces that will be supported by the application. Database abstraction layers reduce the amount of work by providing a consistent API to the developer and hide the database specifics behind this interface as much as possible. There exist many abstraction layers with different interfaces in numerous programming languages. If an application has such a layer built in, it is called database-agnostic. Database levels of abstraction Physical level (lowest level) The lowest level connects to the database and performs the actual operations required by the users. At this level the conceptual instruction has been translated into multiple instructions that the database understands. Executing the instructions in the correct order allows the DAL to perform the conceptual instruction. Implementation of the physical layer may use database-specific APIs or use the underlying language standard database access technology and the database's version SQL. Implementation of data types and operations are the most database-specific at this level. Conceptual or logical level (middle or next highest level) The conceptual level consolidates external concepts and instructions into an intermediate data structure that can be devolved into physical instructions. This layer is the most complex as it spans the external and physical levels. Additionally it needs to span all the supported databases and their quirks, APIs, and problems. This level is aware of the differences between the databases and able to construct an execution path of operations in all cases. However the conceptual layer defers to the physical layer for the actual implementation of each individual operation. External or view level The external level is exposed to users and developers and supplies a consistent pattern for performing database operations. Database operations are represented only loosely as SQL or even database access at this level. Every database should be treated equally at this level with no apparent difference despite varying physical data types and operations. Database abstraction in the API Libraries unify access to databases by providing a single low-level programming interface to the application developer. Their advantages are most often speed and flexibility because they are not tied to a specific query language (subset) and only have to implement a thin layer to reach their goal. As all SQL dialects are similar to one another, application developers can use all the language features, possibly providing configurable elements for database-specific cases, such as typically user-IDs and credentials. A thin-layer allows the same queries and statements to run on a variety of database products with negligible overhead. Popular use for database abstraction layers are among object-oriented programming languages, which are similar to API-level abstraction layers. In an object-oriented language like C++ or Java, a database can be represented through an object, whose methods and members (or the equivalent thereof in other programming languages) represent various functionalities of the database. They also share advantages and disadvantages with API-level interfaces. Language-level abstraction An example of a database abstraction layer on the language level would be ODBC that is a platform-independent implementation of a database abstraction layer. The user installs specific driver software, through which ODBC can communicate with a database or set of databases. The user then has the ability to have programs communicate with ODBC, which then relays the results back and forth between the user programs and the database. The downside of this abstraction level is the increased overhead to transform statements into constructs understood by the target database. Alternatively, there are thin wrappers, often described as lightweight abstraction layers, such as OpenDBX and libzdb. Finally, large projects may develop their own libraries, such as, for example, libgda for GNOME. Arguments In favor Development period: software developers only have to know the database abstraction layer's API instead of all APIs of the databases their application should support. The more databases should be supported the bigger is the time saving. Wider potential install-base: using a database abstraction layer means that there is no requirement for new installations to utilise a specific database, i.e. new users who are unwilling or unable to switch databases can deploy on their existing infrastructure. Future-proofing: as new database technologies emerge, software developers won't have to adapt to new interfaces. Developer testing: a production database may be replaced with a desktop-level implementation of the data for developer-level unit tests. Added Database Features: depending on the database and the DAL, it may be possible for the DAL to add features to the database. A DAL may use database programming facilities or other methods to create standard but unsupported functionality or completely new functionality. For instance, the DBvolution DAL implements the standard deviation function for several databases that do not support it. Against it Speed: any abstraction layer will reduce the overall speed more or less depending on the amount of additional code that has to be executed. The more a database layer abstracts from the native database interface and tries to emulate features not present on all database backends, the slower the overall performance. This is especially true for database abstraction layers that try to unify the query language as well like ODBC. Dependency: a database abstraction layer provides yet another functional dependency for a software system, i.e. a given database abstraction layer, like anything else, may eventually become obsolete, outmoded or unsupported. Masked operations: database abstraction layers may limit the number of available database operations to a subset of those supported by the supported database backends. In particular, database abstraction layers may not fully support database backend-specific optimizations or debugging features. These problems magnify significantly with database size, scale, and complexity. See also Object–relational mapping References

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Duripan

A duripan is a diagnostic soil horizon of the USDA soil taxonomy that is cemented by illuvial silica into a subsurface hardpan. Similar to a fragipan, Petrocalcic Horizon and petrogypsic horizon, it is firmly cemented and restricts soil management. In soil descriptions, they are most often denoted by the symbol Bqm. The closest equivalent in the Canadian system of soil classification is called a duric horizon, although it does not mean exactly the same thing as a duripan in the United States. They form almost exclusively in arid or Mediterranean climates, and can be as hard as concrete, which makes plowing very difficult or impossible. Soils that include duripans are generally used for grazing or wildlife habitat, and are seldom cultivated. Characteristics The required characteristics for a duripan, according to the "Keys to USDA soil taxonomy, Tenth Edition, 2006" are: The pan is cemented or indurated in more than 50 percent of the volume of some horizon; and The pan shows evidence of accumulation of opal or other forms of silica, such as laminar caps, coatings, lenses, partly filled interstices, bridges between sand-sized grains, or coatings on rock or pararock fragments; and Less than fifty percent of the volume of air-dry fragments slakes in 1 N HCl even during prolonged soaking, but more than 50 percent slakes in concentrated KOH or NaOH or in alternating acid and alkali; and Because of lateral continuity, roots can penetrate the pan only along vertical fractures with a horizontal spacing of 10 cm or more. What this means in plain English is: More than half the horizon is made up of cemented materials. There is evidence that the horizon was actually formed by movement of silica into the subsoil. The purpose of the water, HCl, and KOH tests is to separate a duripan from a Petrocalcic Horizon or fragipan. These tests are seldom conducted in a field environment and usually are performed in a lab with prepared field samples. The main purpose of describing a duripan is to denote limitations for land management. If plant roots are able to penetrate the duripan then there is no significant limitation and there would be little point in describing a duripan. Genesis Duripans occur mostly in arid or semiarid climates, where the soil is usually dry or seasonally dry. Soils with duripans are often geographically associated with areas of volcanic activity, and show evidence of ash or volcanic glass deposition. Volcanic glass weathers rapidly, providing an ample supply of soluble silica to cement the underlying soil. Other common sources of the silica cementing agent are iron-magnesium minerals and feldspars. The parent material of duripan soils usually does not contain a large amount of calcium carbonate, and if there is an abundance of calcium, a Petrocalcic Horizon can form in conjunction with the duripan. The weathered silica is mostly transported by water into the subsoil, where it precipitates and forms microaggregates that gradually grow into a full-fledged duripan. It cannot be considered a duripan until the cracks and gaps that allow roots to penetrate are 10 cm or more apart. A duripan can sometimes be broken up by earthquakes or periods of alternate wetting and drying that cause small volume changes. See also USDA soil taxonomy Petrocalcic Horizon Fragipan Petrogypsic horizon Canadian system of soil classification Hardpan More information on soils in specific areas of the United States can be found on Web Soil Survey at: http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/ References https://web.archive.org/web/20070610013420/https://www.soils.org/sssagloss/?check - Soil Science Society of America Soil Terms Glossary Soil Survey staff. 1999. Soil Taxonomy: A Basic System of Soil Classification for Making and Interpreting Soil Surveys. 2nd Edition. USDA-NRCS. Washington D.C. Soil Survey staff. 2006. Keys to Soil Taxonomy, Tenth Edition. USDA-NRCS. Washington, DC. Available online at: http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/tax_keys/ Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture. 1977. Soils of Canada, First Edition. Ministry of supply and services. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Pedology

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Johannes Hoffmann (CVP politician)

Johann Viktor (23 December 1890 – 21 September 1967), known professionally as Johannes "Joho" Hoffmann, was a German politician. A founding member and chairman of the Christian People's Party (Christliche Volkspartei or CVP), Hoffman served as Minister-President of the French Saar Protectorate from 1947 to 1955. Biography Hoffmann was born in 1890 in Landsweiler-Reden. He came from a humble background. After graduation, he studied theology in Trier with the aim of becoming a priest. Soon, however, he changed his mind, moved to the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, and studied journalism. After the start of World War I he volunteered, fought in Ottoman Empire among others, and was awarded the Iron Crescent. After the First World War, Johannes Hoffmann worked as a journalist at the central organ of the German Center Party in Berlin. On 1 October 1929 he became chief editor of the Saarbrücker Landeszeitung, the largest Catholic newspaper in the Saar. After the rise of Hitler, he took a stand against the Nazis in the Saar press, which was at this time still free. In 1934 he was therefore dismissed as editor-in-chief in an act of anticipatory obedience. He then founded the New Saar Post and struggled in his articles against the National Socialist regime and against the connection of the Saarland into the German Reich. After the Saar status referendum on 13 January 1935, he emigrated first to France, then to Luxembourg. In 1936 his German citizenship was revoked. The Luxembourg government refused him admission as a journalist, so he was only able to publish a few articles in the Luxemburger Wort. To feed his family, he leased a farm. He was active in the Popular Front movement Lutetia Circle. In 1939 he received a position at the German-language program of French radio in Paris. In his broadcasts, he reported on crimes committed by the Nazi regime. In 1940, at the beginning of the Western campaign, he was interned by the French in Audierne, in the Finistère department (Brittany). After the Fall of France, Hoffmann fled to the unoccupied zone. By 1941, he was hiding in a monastery in Provence. In 1941, using a fake passport, he managed to escape to Portugal via Spain. He traveled from Portugal to Brazil. In Rio de Janeiro, he was welcomed into the home of the Canadian ambassador. He was co-founder and head of the Free-Germany Movement in Brazil. Postwar career Hoffmann returned to the Saarland in 1945, was a founding member of the Christian People's Party and was its chairman. He was elected almost unanimously due to his personal integrity. At the same time, he became editor of the Saarland Volkszeitung (organ of the CVP) and co-editor of new Saarbrücker Zeitung. In 1947, he was President of the Constitutional Commission and of the Legislative Assembly of the Saarland, which adopted the Constitution of Saarland. From 1947 to 1955, he was Prime Minister of Saarland. In 1950, he reached an end of the French occupation regulations for Saarland. Due to its policy, the Saarland was from 1953 a de facto independent state. His aim was "to find a solution for the Saar that would contribute to the relaxation of Franco-German relations and to promote the necessary European unity" (Hoffmann). He pursued a separatist policy, aiming to separate the Saarland from Germany not only economically, but also politically. After the 1955 referendum vote, wherein the majority of the population rejected the Saar statute negotiated between Germany and France and therefore the Europeanisation of the Saar, he stepped down as Prime Minister. One of the slogans directed against him before the vote by the home parties was: "The fat man must go." Hoffmann and the CVP policy were characterized by a close economic and political tie to France, coupled with an active social policy and authoritarian domestic politics. In 1956 he retired permanently from politics. In 1963 he published the book Das Ziel war Europa (The Goal was Europe), in which he outlined his policy goals and gave an account of his tenure. Hoffmann died in Völklingen in 1967 and was buried in the New World Cemetery in Saarlouis — his grave is located right next to his opponent and future successor Hubert Ney. References External links 1890 births 1967 deaths Ministers-President of Saarland Saar politicians

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Lotus corniculatus

Lotus corniculatus is a flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae, native to grasslands in temperate Eurasia and North Africa. Common names include common bird's-foot trefoil, eggs and bacon, birdsfoot deervetch, and just bird's-foot trefoil, though the latter name is often also applied to other members of the genus. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, similar in appearance to some clovers. The name 'bird's foot' refers to the appearance of the seed pods on their stalk. Five leaflets are present, but with the central three held conspicuously above the others, hence the use of the name 'trefoil'. It is often used as forage and is widely used as food for livestock due to its nonbloating properties. Description The height of the plant is variable, from , occasionally more where supported by other plants; the stems can reach up to long. It is typically sprawling at the height of the surrounding grassland. It can survive fairly close grazing, trampling, and mowing. It is most often found in sandy soils. It flowers from June to September. The flowers develop into small pea-like pods or legumes. The plant had many common English names in Britain, which are now mostly out of use. These names were often connected with the yellow and orange colour of the flowers, e.g. 'butter and eggs'. One name that is still used is eggs and bacon (or bacon and eggs). Subtaxa The following subspecies are accepted: Lotus corniculatus subsp. afghanicus Lotus corniculatus subsp. corniculatus Lotus corniculatus subsp. delortii Lotus corniculatus subsp. fruticosus Lotus corniculatus subsp. preslii Distribution and habitat Lotus corniculatus has a broad distribution worldwide. It is common everywhere in Britain and Ireland. Habitats include old fields, grassy places, and roadsides. Uses It is used in agriculture as a forage plant, grown for pasture, hay, and silage. It is a high quality forage that does not cause bloat in ruminants. Taller-growing cultivars have been developed for this. It may be used as an alternative to alfalfa in poor soils. A double-flowered variety is grown as an ornamental plant. It is regularly included as a component of wildflower mixes in Europe. It can also prevent soil erosion and provide a good habitat for wildlife. Fresh bird's-foot trefoil contains cyanogenic glycosides, which release small amounts of hydrogen cyanide when macerated. This is not normally poisonous to humans, though, as the dose is very low, and the metabolization of cyanide is relatively quick. Condensed tannins are also present in L. corniculatus. In the traditional medicine of the Sannio regio of Italy, the diluted infusions were used for anxiety, insomnia, and exhaustion. Ecology The flowers are mostly visited by bumblebees. In the Chicago Region, mostly non-native bees have been observed visiting the flowers, including Andrena wilkella, Anthidium oblongatum, Apis mellifera and Megachile rotundata. The native bees Bombus impatiens and Megachile relativa have also been observed visiting birdsfoot trefoil flowers, though the latter only rarely. The plant is an important nectar source for many insects and is also used as a larval food plant by many species of Lepidoptera such as six-spot burnet and the silver-studded blue. It is a host plant for the wood white butterfly, Leptidea sinapis. Invasive species Birdsfoot trefoil is an invasive species in many parts of North America and Australia. It has been commonly planted along roadsides for erosion control or pastures for forage and then spreads into natural areas. Once it has established in an area, it can outcompete native species. The use of prescribed fire is not an effective management tool against Lotus corniculatus and herbicide is recommended instead to control it. Gallery References External links Jones, D.A. and Turkington, R., 1986. Biological flora of the British Isles: Lotus corniculatus. Journal of Ecology 74, pp.1185-1212. Jepson manual Treatment Photo gallery corniculatus Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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Jan Rubeš

Jan Ladislav Rubeš CM (6 June 1920 – 29 June 2009) was a Czech-Canadian bass opera singer and actor. Life and career Rubeš was born in Volyně, Czechoslovakia, to Ružena (née Kellnerová) and Jan Rubeš. Not long after World War II, he graduated from the Prague Conservatoire and joined the Prague Opera House as a bass singer. In 1948, he won first prize at the Geneva International Music Festival and emigrated to Canada at the end of the year to pursue a career in a wider sphere. Beginning as a singer with the Canadian Opera Company, he subsequently directed and became director of touring, before switching to radio and television, where he became well known as an actor and presenter in Canada. He is noted for his portrayal of Amish patriarch Eli Lapp in Peter Weir's major-market film Witness and Jan in D2: The Mighty Ducks. Family On 22 September 1950, Rubeš married actress Susan Douglas. The couple had three sons: Christopher (died 1996), Jonathan, and Anthony. They remained married until his death in 2009. He is the great uncle of Czech YouTuber Janek Rubeš. Death On 29 June 2009, Rubeš died following a stroke at Toronto General Hospital. Awards and recognition 1989: nominee, 10th Genie Awards, Best Actor, Something About Love 1990: winner, Earle Grey Award 1995: appointed Member, Order of Canada Filmography Motion pictures 1950: Forbidden Journey - Jan Bartik 1963: The Incredible Journey - Carl Nurmi 1975: Lions for Breakfast - Ivan 1980: Mr. Patman - Vrakettas 1981: The Amateur - Kaplan 1981: Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid - Psychiatrist 1983: Utilities - Mort 1985: Witness - Eli Lapp 1985: One Magic Christmas - Santa Claus 1987: Dead of Winter - Dr. Joseph Lewis 1988: Blood Relations - Andreas 1988: The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick - Augustus Glick 1988: This Kiss - Gordon Tobin 1988: Something About Love - Stan Olynyk 1989: The Experts - Illyich 1989: Cold Front - Zoubov 1989: Blind Fear - Lasky 1990: Divided Loyalties 1990: Courage Mountain - Grandfather 1990: The Amityville Curse - Priest 1991: Class Action - Pavel 1991: Deceived - Tomasz 1991: On My Own - The Colonel 1992: Don Gio - Journalist No. 2 1994: Boozecan - Pops 1994: D2: The Mighty Ducks - Jan 1994: Mesmer - Prof. Stoerk 1995: Roommates - Bolek Krupa 1996: Never Too Late - Joseph 1997: Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande - Dr. Kassovitz 1998: Music from Another Room - Louis Klammer 1998: The White Raven - Markus Strand 1999: Snow Falling on Cedars - Ole Jurgensen 1999: Nightmare Man - Evan Hannibal 2000: Believe - Jason Stiles 2001: Anthrax - Arthur Kowalski 2002: The Burial Society - Marvin Telekunsky 2003: The Republic of Love - Strom 2004: Daniel and the Superdogs - The Colonel Television movies 1975: Deadly Harvest 1977: The Day My Granddad Died 1978: Catsplay 1985: Charlie Grant's War - Jacob 1985: Murder by Reason of Insanity - Giorgi Denerenko 1986: The Marriage Bed - Max Ehrlich 1988: No Blame - Dr. Bloomer 1988: Two Men - Michael Barna 1990: Descending Angel - Bishop Dancu 1992: Devlin - Vittorio Di Fabrizi 1994: The Birds II: Land's End - Karl 1994: Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio - Phantom 1995: Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story - Far 1997: Flood: A River's Rampage 1999: What Katy Did - Dr. Reinhart 2000: The Christmas Secret - Andree 2005: Our Fathers - Pope John Paul Television series 1963: The Forest Rangers - Jaworski / Gregor Kowalski 1970: Castle Zaremba - Col. Kazimir Zaremba 1983: Vandenberg - Lewis Vanderberg 1975-1983: Guess What (host) 1985: Kane & Abel (miniseries) - The Polish Consul 1985: Murder in Space - Gregory Denarenko 1986: Kay O'Brien - Dr. Josef Wallach 1986: Crossings (miniseries) - Isaac Zimmerman 1988: Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show (as a special guest) - Jan Rubes 1989: War of the Worlds - (Episode, "Choirs of Angels") - Dr. Erik von Deer 1990: Street Legal (season 4, Episode 4X13 "Leon's Story") - Arthur Robinovitch 1990: Max Glick - Augustus Glick 1992-1993: By Way of the Stars (miniseries) - Hausierer Nathan 1996: The X-Files (Episodes Tunguska [uncredited] and Terma) - Vassily Peskow 1996-1998: Due South - Dr. Mort Gustafson 1997: The Third Twin (miniseries) 1999: The Outer Limits (Episode, "Tribunal") - Robert Greene / Older Karl Rademacher 2000: Stargate SG-1 (season 3, Episode 21 "Crystal Skull") - Nicholas Ballard References External links 1920 births 2009 deaths People from Volyně Czech male film actors Czechoslovak male opera singers Czech male stage actors Czech male television actors Czechoslovak emigrants to Canada Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Members of the Order of Canada Academic staff of University of Windsor Academic staff of Wilfrid Laurier University Czech emigrants to Canada Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Canadian Screen Award winners

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Mike MacRae

Mike MacRae (born July 29, 1977) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, producer, director and writer. Early life and career A native of St. Louis, Missouri, MacRae moved to Houston, Texas, in 1995 where he graduated from Rice University in 1999 and started performing in The Laff Stop. He appeared on television for the first time in 2001 with Comedy Central's Premium Blend and is a regular on The Bob & Tom Show. In 2007, he released his first comedy album Hovercraft. As an actor, he has appeared in feature films and television series including Balls Out, Bird-Scorpion, I Love You, Will Smith, Keith & Heath, Punching the Clown, Rooster Teeth Shorts, Taste in Powder, The Man Who Never Cried and 2009: Lost Memories. He has done voice work for ADV Films and dubbed characters in many English language versions of anime. In addition, he has also voiced the Disney/Pixar character Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story video games. MacRae made his first appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman on May 2, 2007. He was a cast member on Frank TV, and in 2009 was part of the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, Quebec. MacRae also contributes voice impersonations to The Jimmy Dore Show on KPFK in Los Angeles. In the fall of 2012, he began appearing on The Howard Stern Show on Sirius XM, doing his impersonation of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Since 2015, he has taken his multi-voice talent to the Jimmy Dore Show where he is a regular, impersonating dozens of political figures. Filmography Film Balls Out - Doctor Bird-Scorpion - Cop I Love You, Will Smith - Randal Keith & Heath - Unseen Narrator (voice) Punching the Clown - Car Heckler Taste in Powder - Cochise The Man Who Never Cried - Narrator (voice) Washingtonia - Unknown role (voice) 2009: Lost Memories - JBI 2nd-in-Command (voice) Television Colorful - Anchorman Frank TV - Various Late Show with David Letterman - Himself/Guest Let's Be Real - Charlie Rose (voice) Premium Blend - Himself/Guest Sketchy - Unknown role Knight Rider / Trust Doesn't Rust S1E9 - Tony Anime Appleseed Ex Machina - Manuel Aeacus Cromartie High School - Pootan Diamond Daydreams - Takeda Excel Saga - That Man Full Metal Panic! - Gauron Kaleido Star: New Wings - Leon Oswald Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - Taro Hayashi, Taro Imamiya Martian Successor Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness - Hokushin Mezzo - Omabari Neo Ranga - Haseoka Pani Poni Dash! - Alien Captain (Ep. 1-14) Papuwa - Harlem Peacemaker Kurogane - Toshizo Hijikata Saint Seiya - Phoenix Ikki, Black Phoenix Saiyuki - Dokugakuji (Episode 21-50, after Jason Miesse) Samurai Gun - Rekkai Steel Angel Kurumi - Dr. Ayanokouji Super GALS! - Gunjo The Super Milk-chan Show - The President Yumeria - Kurofuku Animation Mike Tyson Mysteries - Charlie Rose Our Cartoon President - Mitt Romney, Joe Manchin Viva Piñata - Prewitt Profitamole Video games Disney Infinity - Buzz Lightyear Disney Infinity 2.0 - Buzz Lightyear Disney Infinity 3.0 - Buzz Lightyear Kinect Disneyland Adventures - Buzz Lightyear Kinect Rush: A Disney–Pixar Adventure - Buzz Lightyear Toy Story 3: The Video Game - Buzz Lightyear Kingdom Hearts III - Buzz Lightyear Where the Water Tastes Like Wine - August Wizard101 - Old One/Dasein Wizard101 - Bartleby Web Rooster Teeth Shorts - Mr. Sprinklestein Radio The Bob & Tom Show - Himself/Guest The Howard Stern Show - Himself Crew work Mitt Romney's Brain Gets Hacked - Director, producer, writer Taste in Powder - Director, producer, writer The Jimmy Dore Show (YouTube series) - Writer Impressions on Frank TV Bill O'Reilly Dan Aykroyd Dirk Nowitzki Edward Asner (as Lou Grant from The Mary Tyler Moore Show) Alec Guinness (as Obi-Wan Kenobi) Harrison Ford (as himself and as Indiana Jones) Ian McKellen Mel Gibson Peter O'Toole Rip Torn Russell Crowe Tom Brokaw Ozzy Osbourne Vince Vaughn Discography Hovercraft (2007) References External links Official website 1977 births Living people American impressionists (entertainers) American male comedians American male film actors American male television actors American male video game actors American male voice actors American male writers Comedians from Missouri Male actors from St. Louis Rice University alumni 21st-century American comedians

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Stefán Einarsson

Stefán Einarsson (9 June 1897 – 9 April 1972) was an Icelandic linguist and literary historian, who was a professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in the United States. Life and career Stefán was born and raised on the farm of Höskuldsstaðir in Breiðdalur. His parents were Einar Gunnlaugsson and his wife Margrét Jónsdóttir. After attending school in Akureyri and graduating in 1917 from the Menntaskólinn in Reykjavík, he attended the University of Iceland and completed a master's degree in Icelandic in 1923–24; while a student, he assisted Sigfús Blöndal and Jón Ófeigsson on the Icelandic dictionary for four years. He then studied phonetics at the University of Helsinki in 1924–25 and at the University of Cambridge and completed his PhD at the University of Oslo with a dissertation on the phonetics of Icelandic. He became a faculty member at Johns Hopkins the same year, 1927, at the invitation of Kemp Malone, for whom he had recorded a study text in Icelandic, and worked there until his retirement in 1962. He taught primarily in the English department, in the fields of Old Norse and Old English, and beginning in 1945, Scandinavian literature. He became Professor of Scandinavian Philology in 1945. He remained loyal to Iceland, accepting all invitations to contribute articles about Iceland to reference works and becoming one of the founding officers of the Icelandic Patriotic Society, for whose journal he wrote at least one article a year. He edited Heimskringla, the Icelandic newspaper published in Winnipeg. In 1942 he was appointed Icelandic vice-consul in Baltimore; from 1952 to 1962, when he retired from Johns Hopkins, he served as consul. After retirement he moved back to Iceland and lived in Reykjavík until his death (in Hrafnista nursing home); he was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship for 1962–63. He played violin and piano and drew and painted well; several of his works include illustrations by him. He was married twice. His first wife, Margarethe Schwarzenberg (26 May 1892 – 7 January 1953), was an Estonian historian. They had no children. Her ashes are buried with his at the family farm. His second wife, whom he married in December 1954, was Ingibjörg Árnadóttir (1896–1980), from Njarðvík, a relative of Halldór Hermannsson, the librarian of the Fiske Icelandic collection at Cornell University. She had four children from a previous marriage. Publications Stefán Einarsson published prolifically, over 500 books and articles in all. In addition to books and articles on linguistic and literary topics, in English he published a grammar of the Icelandic language (which grew out of a wartime Armed Forces course and contains a valuable glossary of Modern Icelandic words) and two histories of Icelandic literature, one of the first treatments of modern Icelandic literature and the other the first survey spanning the entire national literature from the settlement to the contemporary period, including émigré literature. He was the first Icelander to take a structuralist approach to Icelandic phonetics, and an early explorer of the idea of a link between skaldic and Latin meter. In Icelandic, in addition to two further books on Icelandic literature, one of them an expansion of his general survey published in English, he also co-edited and wrote a large part of a book on the history of his native Breiðdalur and was responsible for two of the annuals of the Ferðafélag Íslands, covering Eastern Region. His publications show three areas of emphasis: Icelandic language and culture as revealed in literature; the East Fjords; and great living Icelanders, particularly Sigurður Nordal, with whom he studied, Þórbergur Þórðarson, and Halldór Laxness. Early in his career, at Sigurður's urging, he wrote a biography of Eiríkr Magnússon, who was his maternal great uncle. However, he ranged extremely widely in his reviews, "from Medieval Latin to Strindberg and Icelandic telephone directories." He was also on the editorial boards of the Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Modern Language Notes, and Scandinavian Studies (and Notes). Honors Stefán was an honorary member of numerous learned societies, including the American Philosophical Society, to which he was only the second Icelander to be elected. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Falcon, Iceland's highest honour, in 1939, and in 1962 received an honorary doctorate from the University of Iceland. There is a room dedicated to his work at the Breiðdalur Institute in Breiðdalsvík. Selected works In English Icelandic: Grammar, Texts, Glossary. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1945. . 2nd ed. repr. 2000. History of Icelandic Prose Writers, 1800–1940. Islandica 32–33. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University, 1948. A History of Icelandic Literature. The American-Scandinavian Foundation. New York: Johns Hopkins, 1957. 3rd printing 1969. In Icelandic Skáldaþing. Reykjavík: G. Ó. Guðjonsson, 1948. Islensk bókmenntasaga, 874–1960. Reykjavík: S. Jónsson, [1961]. with Jón Helgason, ed. and contributor. Breiðdæla: drög til sögu Breiðdals. Reykjavik, 1948. Austfirðir sunnan Gerpis. Árbók Ferðafélags Islands. [Reykjavík]: Ferðafélag Íslands, 1955. with Tómas Tryggvason. Austfirðir norðan Gerpis. Árbók Ferðafélags Islands. [Reykjavík]: Ferðafélag Íslands, 1957. Austfirzk skáld og rithöfundar. Austurland safn austfirzkra fræða 6. [Reykjavík]: Bókaforlag Odds Björnssonar, 1964. References External links Chronological list of Stefán Einarsson's publications Breiðdalssetur Sagan Research and Heritage Center:Biography - Symposium and exhibition opening in honour to Dr. Stefán Einarsson, June 11th 2011 Stefán Einarsson 1897 births 1972 deaths Johns Hopkins University faculty Stefán Einarsson Stefán Einarsson Old Norse studies scholars Stefán Einarsson University of Helsinki alumni Alumni of the University of Cambridge University of Oslo alumni 20th-century linguists 20th-century philologists

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List of reptiles of Qatar

Qatar is a nation situated eastwards of the Arabian peninsula of which it is considered a part of. Upwards of 30 reptile species have been recorded as living in the country. Most of the country is arid, with a presence of dunes in the far south, close to neighbouring Saudi Arabia. Qatar possesses three forms of environment in which reptiles can be observed - Arid, urban, and marine. The country is relatively even in height and low, as its highest natural point is only 103 metres above sea level. There are several species that are considered dangerous, thus an exclamation mark (!) will be used to highlight a species that may cause harm to humans, and a skull () if the animal is responsible for at least one human fatality Sea turtles Order: TestudinesFamily: Cheloniidae Cheloniidae is a family of sea turtles with cosmopolitan distribution. The family contains seven species in five genera. Two of these species have been recorded in Qatar. Leatherback turtle Order: TestudinesFamily: Dermochelyidae Dermochelyidae is a family of turtles which historically had 7 species. Currently, only one species still exists - the leatherback turtle. It is the largest member of its order, and the third-largest reptile in terms of average mass. . Though uncommon, it has been reported in the country. Geckos Order: SquamataFamily: Gekkonidae Gekkonidae is a large family of cosmopolitan lizards. It is a remarkably diverse family with upwards of a thousand species. Bearing specially-designed pads on their toes, geckos are granted effective adhesion to several surfaces. Vernacularly known as “بريعصي ", there are at least 10 species in Qatar. Agamids Order: SquamataFamily: Agamidae Agamidae is a large family of Old World lizards distributed across a multitude of habitats. Globally, the family contains approximately 350 species Skinks Order: SquamataFamily: Scincidae Scincidae is a family of lizards, commonly known as skinks. It is one of the biggest families in the entire order, bearing well over 1,500 species . They are primarily terrestrial and insectivorous Monitors Order: SquamataFamily: Varanidae Varanidae is a family of highly predatory and venomous lizards in the old world. There are about 45 species, one of which is found in Qatar. True Lizards Order: SquamataFamily: Lacertidae Lacertidae is a family diverse family of lizards, of which the entire suborder derived its name Palaearctic worm-lizard Order: SquamataFamily: Trogonophidae Trogonophidae is a family of amphisbaenians. They do not possess any limbs and engage in a primarily underground lifestyle. Colubrids Order: SquamataFamily: Colubridae Colubridae is the largest family of snakes, with over 230 species. They are primarily constrictors, however there are some species that possess venom. Sea snakes Order: SquamataFamily: Hydrophiinae Hydrophiinae is a family of snakes, most of which are highly venomous. They inhabit coastal environments and are specially adapted for an aquatic lifestyle Vipers Order: SquamataFamily: Viperidae Viperidae is a family of highly venomous snakes found throughout the majority of the mainland continents. It is a relatively diverse family with more than 200 species. Boas Order: SquamataFamily: Boidae Boidae is a family of nonvenomous constricting snakes that inhabit tropical and semi-tropical regions. There are over 40 species in the family Elapids Order: SquamataFamily: Elapidae Elapidae is a family of highly venomous snakes with non-retractable fangs. It includes the well-known cobras. There are over 300 species in the family References Qatar Qatar Reptiles

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Axel Sjöberg

Axel Sjöberg (; born 8 March 1991) is a Swedish former footballer. Career Early career Sjöberg began his career with Helenelunds IK in his hometown at age four before moving to the academy of Djurgårdens IF, long-time member of the Allsvenskan, the top tier of the Swedish football league system at age 6 in 1997. Sjöberg stayed with the club until 2009, when he signed with Sollentuna United FF of Division 2 for 2010. Sjöberg scored three goals during the season and helped the club finish second in the league, seven points behind IK Frej. Sjöberg was selected for the club's Player of the Year award following the season. The club's second-place finish was enough to earn a berth in the 2011 Svenska Cupen. Sjöberg did not appear in the cup matches as Sollentuna advanced out of the preliminary round with a shootout victory over Nyköpings BIS before being knocked out in the next round with a 0–4 defeat to Vasalunds IF. College and semi-professional In 2011, Sjöberg committed to play college soccer with the Marquette Golden Eagles of Marquette University. In his four years with the team before graduating, Sjöberg appeared in (and started) 63 matches and tallied eleven goals and 9 assists. Beginning with his second year with the team, Sjöberg played every minute of every match. For his performances, he was the recipient of numerous awards including multiple Big East Player of the Week awards and being named one of the 10 best defenders in college soccer by TopDrawerSoccer.com. For the 2012 and 2013 seasons, Sjöberg also played semi-professional soccer for the Thunder Bay Chill of the Premier Development League, the fourth tier of the United States soccer league system. He and two other Marquette teammates were invited to the club after the Chill played a friendly match with Marquette in Milwaukee. In 2012, he appeared in 15 matches and tallied two goals and an assist. The following season, he appeared in 14 matches and scored four goals for the Canadian club. In 2012, he helped the Chill win the Heartland Division championship. In 2013 the Chill were crowned regular seasons champions of the PDL and advanced to the final match in which they lost to the Austin Aztex. Sjöberg was named the club's Defender of the Year for both seasons. Professional Early career In July 2014, Sjöberg went on trial with GAIS of the Swedish Superettan. During the trial, he appeared in one friendly match, a 3–0 victory over Lärje-Angered IF on 16 July. Also in 2014, Sjöberg trialed with SK Sigma Olomouc of the Czech Synot Liga. After scoring two goals in three matches with the reserve team, he was offered a contract. Colorado Rapids In January 2015, Sjöberg was invited to the 2015 MLS Combine and was projected by some MLS analysts to be a potential first round draft pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. On the night before the draft, Major League Soccer analyst Jonathan Yardley described Sjöberg as the most MLS-ready defender available. Sjöberg went on to be drafted 14th overall by the Colorado Rapids after they swapped picks with the Columbus Crew SC to take him. Sjöberg made his professional debut on 7 March 2015 in Colorado's opening match of the 2015 season. He started the eventual 0–0 draw with the Philadelphia Union and was credited with keeping the defense organized after the Rapids went down a man in the 68th minute. About Sjöberg being a starter, Rapids head coach Pablo Mastroeni said, "It wasn't a part of the plan but that's why we do preseason. These two guys (Sjöberg and fellow rookie Dominique Badji) have proven that they're fully capable and ready to contribute to the team right now." Sjöberg scored his first professional goal for the Rapids on 21 May 2016 in a 1–0 victory over the Seattle Sounders FC. The game-winning goal secured ensured that Colorado moved back atop the overall Major League Soccer standings after being displaced momentarily by FC Dallas who were victorious earlier in the matchday. During his first 11 starts of the 2016 Major League Soccer season, the Colorado Rapids conceded only seven goals which, among other qualities, made him an early contender for the MLS Defender of the Year award and for a spot on the 2016 MLS All-Star Game roster according to one MLS columnist. Although he was not named to the all-star squad, another MLS columnist named Sjöberg one of the top five most surprising omissions from the roster as the player was a consistent contributor to the best defense in the league to that point of the season. In 2017, Sjöberg started the Rapids' home and away openers before picking up a hamstring injury in the away opener. Sjöberg returned to the lineup on 21 May 2017. At the conclusion of the 2019 season Sjöberg was placed on waivers by Colorado, ending his tenure with the club. Columbus Crew SC On 4 December 2019, Sjöberg was selected off waivers by Columbus Crew SC. On 6 March 2020, Sjöberg joined USL Championship club San Antonio FC on loan for the 2020 season. D.C. United On 14 August 2020, D.C. United acquired Sjöberg from Columbus Crew in exchange for Emmanuel Boateng. Sjöberg made his debut for United on 29 August 2020, in a 1–4 loss against the Philadelphia Union. He was released by D.C. United on 30 November 2020. San Antonio FC On 21 January 2021, Sjöberg re-joined San Antonio FC. Retirement On April 24 2022, Sjöberg announced on his Instagram page that he had decided to retire from professional football. Career statistics Honours Individual MLS Best XI: 2016 References External links Living people 1991 births Swedish men's footballers Footballers from Stockholm Men's association football central defenders Marquette Golden Eagles men's soccer players Sollentuna FK players Thunder Bay Chill players Colorado Rapids draft picks Colorado Rapids players Columbus Crew players D.C. United players San Antonio FC players Division 2 (Swedish football) players USL League Two players Major League Soccer players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Canada

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Lele Pons

Eleonora "Lele" Pons Maronese (born 25 June 1996) is a Venezuelan-born American YouTuber, actress and singer. Pons came to prominence on Vine before the platform was shut down in 2016 where she was the most followed woman and the third most followed viner with 11.5 million followers. She then expanded into creating comedy sketches for YouTube, where she has over 18 million subscribers as of August 2023. She has since acted in film, television, and music videos; released her own music; and co-authored a novel. She currently stars in The Secret Life of Lele Pons, a YouTube Original docuseries providing a look at her personal life, and hosts a podcast on Spotify called Best Kept Secrets with Lele Pons. Early life Eleonora Pons Maronese was born in Caracas, the daughter of pediatrician Anna Maronese Pivetta and architect Luis Guillermo Pons Mendoza. When she was a child, her parents separated after her father realized that he was gay. She is of Spanish and Italian descent, and is the niece of Puerto Rican singer Chayanne. She moved to the U.S. at the age of five and was raised in Miami. She graduated from Miami Country Day School in 2015 and moved to Los Angeles. She has said that she had trouble making friends in high school and would thus "get hurt to make them laugh". She has also described being bullied in high school: "I'm not like the cool girls—I'm the other girl. The one that's basically a nerd, but proud of that." Career Pons began her career on the video platform Vine. She has said she used Vine to showcase the creative things she was already doing. Speaking to Teen Vogue, Pons said, "I started with my friends, and I started becoming bad. At first it was just being really creative - it wasn't even funny stuff." Her follower base continued to grow and Pons has said that it "got to the point where a lot of people depended on me to make them... just so they could get a laugh." She became the first "Viner" to reach one billion loops. Writing in The Cut, Allie Jones described Pons' comedy as "universal, physical, and complete with a twist ending". Pons' comedic style has also been criticised. For instance, former Viner, Cody Ko, critically viewed one her sketches, saying, "This was written by a four-year-old." Pons cites, among her inspirations, several Latin American female stars such as Sofía Vergara, Gaby Espino, and Shakira. In 2016, she was signed with entertainment company Shots Studios. Pons has used her success in Internet comedy to launch a number of enterprises. In 2015, she launched a jewelry collection called UNO Magnetic. In 2016, Pons co-authored a novel based on her own high school experiences, Surviving High School, co-authored with Melissa de la Cruz. Pons starred as Callie in the 2016 romantic comedy We Love You, released on YouTube Red. In the movie, characters played by Yousef Erakat and Justin Dobies both fall for Pons, who is "cool enough" to date both of them at the same time. The movie was produced by YouTube and AwesomenessTV. Pons appeared in the first episode of MTV's horror TV series, Scream, in which she was the season's first victim of Ghostface. She has starred in a number of music videos, including "Havana" by Camila Cabello, and "Downtown" by Anitta and J Balvin. In May 2018, Pons released her debut single, a Spanish-language duet with Matt Hunter titled "Dicen". The YouTube music video amassed 10 million views in just four days. Pons has also had success in modelling. In February 2017, she became a brand ambassador for CoverGirl. The same month, Pons walked in a Dolce & Gabbana show in Milan. Babe criticised the move as seeming "a bit hackneyed and past-it". In August, Pons released her first single and music video for her song "Celoso", which was directed by fellow creator Rudy Mancuso. The song was certified 10× Diamond and earned a nomination for the Premios Lo Nuestro nomination for the video. On March 29, 2019, Lele released her English-language debut, and her first country song with the Jake Owen duet "Señorita" from his album Greetings from... Jake. Pons took over hosting of La Voz... México on October 14, 2018. She presented the 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards with Aitana. On December 6, 2019, Pons released her new single and music video "Vete Pa La". The music video was self-directed and edited by Pons and produced by Shots Studios. In December 2019, Pons was a co-host on the red carpet alongside Chelsea Briggs for the 2019 Billboard Women in Music. Pons was a guest speaker at the 2020 CES conference held in Las Vegas. As a digital media mogul and global entertainer, Pons was asked to be a speaker on the Spotify panel alongside Spotify's Chief Content Officer Dawn Ostroff. She talked about how Spotify revolutionized music and impacted her career and how she plans on using that same model for her upcoming podcast with Spotify. On August 19, 2020, Pons released the first episode of Best Kept Secrets with Lele Pons, a podcast on Spotify in which anonymous callers share "eyebrow raising experiences they don't dare share with friends and family". Pons received the Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization's Influencer Pioneer Award at the United Nations in 2022, celebrating her as a trailblazer and innovator in her field. The prestigious award, also recognized by the US Congress, highlights women entrepreneurs and the meaningful impact they are having on the world. Also in 2022, Pons competed in season four of ¿Quién es la máscara? as "Pulpo" (which is Spanish for "Octopus"). She was the first to be eliminated. In 2023, Pons competed in season nine of The Masked Singer as "Jackalope". She was eliminated on "Sesame Street Night" alongside Malin Akerman as "Squirrel". Later in 2023, Pons was announced as a contestant on the 32nd season of Dancing with the Stars, partnered with professional dancer Brandon Armstrong. Personal life Although Pons was raised in Miami from the age of five, she remained solely a Venezuelan citizen until acquiring US citizenship at the age of 23. Pons began dating Puerto Rican rapper Guaynaa in December 2020, they got engaged in July 2022 and married on March 4, 2023. Pons has Tourette syndrome and severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. Filmography Films Television Music videos Discography Albums Collaborative studio albums Singles As lead artist As featured artist Guest appearances Awards and nominations Notes References External links Lele Pons on Spotify Lele Pons hosts Venezuela Aid Live – YouTube from La Nación Living people 21st-century American women singers American actresses American YouTubers Comedy YouTubers Hispanic and Latino American actresses Miami Country Day School alumni Music YouTubers People from Caracas Mass media people from Miami People with obsessive–compulsive disorder People with Tourette syndrome Prank YouTubers Spanish-language singers of the United States Venezuelan emigrants to the United States Venezuelan people of Catalan descent Venezuelan people of Italian descent Venezuelan people of Spanish descent Venezuelan YouTubers American Vine (service) celebrities Venezuelan people with disabilities 1996 births

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Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium

Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium (VRG) is a group of four gymnasium (upper secondary schools) in Stockholm, Sweden named after the famous Swedish author Viktor Rydberg. The four upper secondary schools are VRG Djursholm, VRG Odenplan, VRG Jarlaplan and VRG Sundbyberg, run by the Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. The foundation also runs three secondary schools, Viktor Rydbergs samskola Djursholm, Viktor Rydbergs skola Vasastan, and Viktor Rydbergs skola Sundbyberg. Members of its board of directors are currently Louise Ankarcrona, Louise Westerberg, Fredrik Palmstierna, Stefan Persson, Fanny Falkenberg, Nils Andersson, Thomas Hvid and Sofia Bendz. All four upper secondary schools are bilingual and about one fourth of the tuition is given in English by native speakers. This also means that course materials are both in Swedish and English. The schools have students attending from all over the greater Stockholm region, making admission highly competitive. VRG Odenplan has some of the highest minimum admission requirements in the country. Admission to its natural sciences program with natural sciences orientation is especially competitive; in 2009 all students had perfect grades, and since 2016 all students has had a score of at least 330.0 (with a national average of 228.7; out of maximum possible 340.0) translated from their grades from Swedish primary school, due to high application rates. History The first Viktor Rydberg gymnasium was established in 1994, soon after the 1992 "Free School Reform". The reform enabled private actors to run publicly funded schools, in a way similar to charter schools. Such a free school was started by the two parents Louise Westerberg and Louise Andersson in the halls of Djursholm samskola's eastern wing. After three years the number of applicants had risen so drastically that a new school was started at Odenplan in central Stockholm. In its first year, a large number of students and 580 teachers applied to the school. In 2003, a new school was started at Jarlaplan in order to provide an option for students who wanted to pursue artistic activities more fully. VRG Djursholm The school was established in 1994 and is located in Djursholm, Danderyd north of Stockholm. It has 534 students from 18 different municipalities, and the student body VRG Djursholms elevkår. Study programs Natural Science program with orientation in natural science, social science and special variants in arts and music Economic program with orientation in business and special variants in arts and music Social Science program with orientation in behavioral science. This is also an advanced placement program in English () in cooperation with Stockholm University, with all tuition in English. VRG Odenplan The school was established in 1998 and is since 2015 located in the newly renovated southern pavilion of Norrtulls sjukhus, Vasastan in central Stockholm. It has 594 students from 30 different municipalities, and an active and award-winning student body Viktor Rydberg Odenplans elevkår. Study programs Natural Science program () with orientation in natural science, social science and special variants in arts and music Social Science program () with orientation in behavioral science Economics program () with orientation in business VRG Jarlaplan The school was established in 2003 and is located at Jarlaplan, Östermalm in central Stockholm. It has 522 students from 32 different municipalities, and the student body VRG Jarlaplans elevkår. Study programs Social Science program with orientation in social science Economic program with orientation in business Arts program () with orientation in arts, dance, music and drama VRG Sundbyberg The school was established in 2019 and is located at Landsvägen, Sundbyberg a close suburb to Stockholm. It has 160 students in year one and will by the school year of 2021/2022 have around 600 students. Study programs Natural Science program () with orientation in natural science or social science. Economic program with orientation in business or law Arts program () with orientation in estetics and media, music - singer/songwriter or music production. Projects The schools have several projects, such as European Youth Parliament, Model European Parliament, Model United Nations and the yearly VRG-musical. Notable alumni Daniel Adams-Ray Oskar Linnros See also Djursholms samskola Education in Sweden Enskilda Gymnasiet Kungsholmens Gymnasium Norra Real Östra Real Södra Latin References External links Schools in Sweden International schools in Sweden Gymnasiums (school) in Sweden Education in Stockholm Schools in Stockholm Educational institutions established in 1994 1994 establishments in Sweden

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John DeLuca

John DeLuca is an American actor and singer who is known for his role as Butchy in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Teen Beach Movie, as well as its sequel Teen Beach 2, and as Anthony in coming-of-age comedy Staten Island Summer. He also guest starred with Maia Mitchell on an episode of Disney Channel's show, Jessie, along with a guest appearance on Wizards of Waverly Place. Early life DeLuca was born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, the eldest of 3 boys. He is of Italian, Spanish and Irish origin. Growing up, DeLuca was an athlete. In his senior year of high school, DeLuca decided to try out for high school production of The Wizard of Oz, where he auditioned for the role of Scarecrow. After he got the part, he decided to pursue acting. He graduated from Longmeadow High School. DeLuca is a graduate of Fordham University in New York where he was a Theatre major. Career In 2009, DeLuca had his acting and TV debut, when he guest starred in shows Ugly Betty and 30 Rock. In 2011, he guest starred in TV shows Lights Out and Wizards of Waverly Place. That same year he also starred as Bucky Buchanan in Disney Channel unsold pilot Zombies and Cheerleaders. In early 2012, DeLuca guest starred in an episode of The Secret Life of the American Teenager. In 2012, DeLuca had a film debut in We Made This Movie, where he played the role of Jeff. Later, he guest-starred in an episode of Sketchy. In December 2012, he had a role as Colin Hemingway in the indie drama movie Hemingway. In early 2013, DeLuca guest starred with Maia Mitchell on Disney show Jessie. In 2013, he landed the role of Butchy in a hit Disney Channel Original Movie, Teen Beach Movie. The movie was directed by Jeffrey Hornaday and earned 13.5 million total viewers on Disney Channel. He played the role of Butchy, the leader of the biker gang in the movie within the movie. Also in 2013, DeLuca had a recurring role in the TV series Twisted, as Cole Farell. He had a role in short film It Remains. In 2014, he guest starred on an episode of Instant Mom. In 2015, DeLuca reprised his role as Butchy, leader of the biker gang, in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Teen Beach 2 sequel to the hit movie Teen Beach Movie. The film was directed by Jeffrey Hornaday and premiered to 7.5 million total viewers on Disney Channel. He had a main role in coming-of-age comedy Staten Island Summer as Anthony DiBuono, Italian lifeguard who dreams of joining the Navy. The film was directed by Rhys Thomas and written by Colin Jost and had a limited release in theater before premiering worldwide on Netflix on July 30, 2015. On April 4, 2016, it was announced that DeLuca had joined the cast of ABC's soap opera, General Hospital. His character, Aaron Roland, started recurring on April 27, 2016. DeLuca guest starred in multiple season 4 episodes as Jeremy in Hulu's drama East Los High. He played the role of Brett in web released short films Free Period. The short films were released on Disney Channel's YouTube page. He starred as Chet in the family friendly gymnastic movie Chalk It Up alongside Maddy Curley and Nikki SooHoo. The movie was released on September 13, 2016 on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play. He also starred as Wade in the family friendly movie All Halloes' Eve co-starring Lexi Giovagnoli and Ashley Argota. The movie was released on digital hd on September 27, 2016. On October 6, 2016 DeLuca guest starred in an episode of How to Get Away with Murder. He also guest starred in an episode of Comrade Detective, where he voiced the character Young Nikita. In 2017, he starred as Maverick in the short film Lara Croft Is My Girlfriend alongside his then girlfriend Lidia Rivera. Later that year, he also appeared as Bobby in the Go90's romantic comedy series Relationship Status. DeLuca guest starred as Billy in the horror web series Welcome To Daisyland. He also guest starred as Rod in an episode of FX's American Horror Story: 1984. DeLuca had a supporting role as Davey Wallace in Hallmark Channel Original Movie A Merry Christmas Match opposite Lindsey Gort. He guest starred as Vinny Linguini (voice) in Disney's Muppet Babies. In 2020, DeLuca played the supporting role of Mario in the independent thriller Spree, which had its world premiere on January 24, 2020 at Sundance Film Festival. He starred as Josh Grant in the Lifetime original movie Killer Dream Home alongside Maiara Walsh. In 2021, he played the role of Bobby in the comedy film Donny's Bar Mitzvah. Filmography Film Television Video games Awards and nominations Discography Soundtrack albums References External links Living people American male film actors American male television actors People from Longmeadow, Massachusetts Fordham University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)

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April Lady

April Lady is a Regency romance by Georgette Heyer, published in 1957 by Heinemann in the UK and by Putnam in the US. Previously serialised in the Woman's Journal as “My Lady Cardross”, the new novel was Heyer’s forty-fourth book and her fifteenth Regency novel. Plot The story is set in 1813. Helen (Nell) Irvine, daughter of the late Viscount Pevensey, has recently been married at the age of 18 to the significantly older Giles Merrion, Earl of Cardross, and has thus rescued her family from the impoverishment brought about by her father's gambling debts and then her brother’s irregular lifestyle. It had really been a love match on both sides, but owing to the stupidity of her mother's advice, Nell has hidden her feelings from him. An added complication is that Cardross has formerly had Lady Orsett as a mistress, a matter which neither feels able to discuss with the other. Both have incorrigible siblings who complicate their relations. Nell's brother Dysart is a drunken gambler whose wild behaviour places him on the shady side of the law. Nell has secretly lent him more money than was wise and now has difficulty in meeting her own exorbitant expenditure. Also in her household is her husband's half-sister Letitia (Letty), an undisciplined brat utterly spoilt by an over-indulgent upbringing. She has fallen in love with the upright Jeremy Allandale, an aspiring diplomat who is soon to take up a position at the exiled Portuguese court in Brazil. The match has been forbidden by Cardross until Letty is older. She makes Nell her confidant and her extravagant emotions and plans to elope make family life highly uncomfortable. Relations between husband and wife are further strained by misunderstanding. Nell believes that Cardross has only married her to satisfy convention, while Cardross suspects that Nell accepted him only for his money. This is especially so when bills continue to pile up despite her generous quarterly allowance. Cardross agrees to make a final settlement, but unfortunately Nell discovers another bill that has been overlooked and dare not admit it. Instead she asks Dysart to repay her loan, which he is unable to do. Instead he and his companion Corny Fancot engage in hare-brained schemes to raise the money by other means. Eventually a jewelled necklace, a family heirloom, disappears and Nell falls under suspicion. In fact it was Letty's doing in an effort to raise funds for an elopement with Allandale. Cardross retrieves the necklace and, when Allandale brings the furious Letty back to Grosvenor Square, gives the couple permission to marry. At the same time Cardross is brought to understand Nell's true affection and he assures her of his. A world of language Heyer began writing her novel in 1956, naming it The Necklace in reference to the novel's climax, but she eventually changed this to April Lady owing to her publisher's neutral reception of the proposed title. Jennifer Kloester conjectured in her biography that a Shakespearean reference is intended to the "men are April when they woo" speech in As You Like It. But by Victorian times the phrase "April's lady" had emerged as a metaphor for the feminine half of a romantic pair, as in Algernon Charles Swinburne's lines "If you were April’s lady /and I were lord of May" from his much reprinted poem "A Match". Later in the century the phrase figured as the title of a romantic novel by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford in 1890 and in the form "The April Lady" in a lyric by Helen Taylor (1876 - 1943), set by Helena M. Bland in 1917. Heyer's own estimate of her novel's story line was delivered in a letter to her friend Patricia Wallace: "This one is going to touch an All Time Low. No, really, it STINKS!" For her it is only saved by its ending, which "incorporates every last one of the characters which are my stock-in-trade, and ends with the sort of absurd scene which (I hope) raises my novels slightly above the Utterly Bloody Standard". Later writers have tended to agree with the author's own doubts. For A. S. Byatt, the situations and characters in April Lady are only "a rehash of the earlier The Convenient Marriage" . And for another commentator, Mari Ness, the sheer volume of carefully researched Regency slang used in the novel has "created a thoroughly artificial world, a world that is not really Regency England, but very much a place of Heyer's imagination". References Bibliography Kloester, Jennifer. Georgette Heyer, William Heinemann, 2011. 1957 British novels Novels by Georgette Heyer Historical novels Fiction set in 1813 Heinemann (publisher) books Regency romance novels British romance novels

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Prince Andrew Romanoff

Prince Andrew Romanoff (born Andrew Andreievich Romanoff; January 21, 1923 – November 28, 2021) was a Russian American artist and author. He was a grand-nephew of Russia's last Tsar, Nicholas II. He was a great-great-grandson in the male line of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and since the death of Prince Dimitri Romanov in 2016 was claimant to the headship of the House of Romanov until his own death in 2021. Childhood and education Andrew Andreievich was born on January 21, 1923, in St Pancras, London, England, into the family of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia (1897–1981) and his first wife Princess Elizabeth Fabricievna, née Duchess of Sasso-Ruffo and Princess of San-Antimo. His godfather was the future King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom. The third child and youngest son in the family, Andrew Andreievich spent his childhood with his sister, Princess Xenia Andreievna, and his brother, Prince Michael Andreievich, in the guest house of Windsor Castle – granted to his family by King George V. Until age 12, he studied at home and received a private traditional education, characteristic for the House of Romanov. He was subsequently educated at Haileybury. Life in the United States Following his discharge from the Royal Navy at the end of World War II, Andrew Andreievich became an intern on an English farm in Kent, learning to become an agronomist. He also worked in a special garden near London. Finding no further prospects in Europe, after the invitation in 1949 of his uncle Prince Vasily Alexandrovich, along with his cousin Prince Nikita Nikitich, and having only 800 dollars in his pocket, he immigrated to the United States on a cargo ship carrying racehorses, pigeons, and eight passengers. After settling in California, he started working in a store, then worked with his uncle at California Packing, where he grew tomatoes using hydroponics and worked on the introduction of new varieties of vegetables. He studied sociology and criminology at the University of California at Berkeley. Then he worked as a broker in a shipping company and spent three years in Japan and Korea. After his return to San Francisco, Andrew Andreievich became a real estate agent. He also worked as a simple employee behind the chair factory and became a designer. He became a naturalised U.S. citizen on December 20, 1954. Following the death of his second wife, he moved to the city of Inverness, Marin County, California, where he worked as a carpenter and joiner, and later was engaged in a jewellery business. He began to draw as a primitive artist, without formal art education, drawing pictures by intuition and relying on imagination. Andrew Andreievich also engaged in artistic photography. After retirement, he devoted himself entirely to art. On his preferred medium of Shrinky Dinks (plastic sheets that shrink by two-thirds when cooked in an oven), he drew and painted, shrinking the scenes, then mounted them on painted panels. Andrew's artwork was firmly rooted in the traditions of American folk art. His work typically depicted personal memories, impressions of American news, culture, and scenes of domestic life. Andrew Andreievich lived with his wife, the American painter Inez Storer, in Inverness, California. In 2007, he released an autobiography called The Boy Who Would Be Tsar, illustrated with his artwork. His work has been exhibited worldwide, including recent exhibitions at Gallery 16 in San Francisco. He died on November 28, 2021, at an assisted living facility in San Anselmo, California. Marriages and children Prince Andrew married three times. He was married firstly in San Francisco on September 9, 1951, to Elena Konstantinovna Durnova (1927, Tokyo, Japan – 1992, Oakland, California). She was the only daughter of Russian nobleman Konstantin Afanasievich Durnovo (1896–1970) and wife Felixa Stanislavovna Zapalska (1903–2002). They had one son before divorcing in 1959: Prince Alexis Andreievich Romanov (born 1953, San Francisco). He graduated from St. Mary's High School in San Francisco, and then studied at the University of California, Berkeley. Currently, he owns a company which provides accounting and fiduciary services to individuals. He married on September 19, 1987, in Oakland, California, to Zoetta "Zoe" Leisy (born 1956, Memphis, Tennessee), daughter of Robert Leisy and wife Ellen Telfer. No issue. He was married secondly to Kathleen Norris (1935, San Francisco – 1967, San Francisco) in San Francisco on March 21, 1961. She was a paternal granddaughter of American authors Charles Gilman Norris and wife Kathleen Norris. She died after pneumonia at age 32. They had two children: Prince Peter Andreievich Romanoff (born 1961, San Francisco). He worked as an auto mechanic. His current job is also related to cars. He married on May 2, 2009, in Marin County, California, Barbara Anne Jurgens (born 1968). No issue. He is first in the line of succession to the title of the head of the Romanov Family. Prince Andrew Andreievich Romanoff (born 1963, San Francisco). He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and works as a Project Manager. He married on July 12, 1986, in Point Reyes Station, California, to Elizabeth Flores (born April 25, 1964, San Francisco). She is daughter of Armando Flores and wife Cecil Sherrod. He is second in the line of succession to the title of the head of the Romanov Family. They have one daughter. He was married thirdly on December 17, 1987, in Reno, Nevada, to the American artist Inez Storer (née Bachelin; born 1933, Santa Monica, California). She is daughter of Franz Bachelin and wife Anita Hirschfeld. Title and style Members of the House of Romanov born after the Russian revolution, such as Andrew, tended to use the title Prince, appropriate style and the surname Romanov. As the younger son of a great grandson of a Russian Emperor, formally Andrew was titled His Serene Highness Prince of the Imperial Blood Andrew Andreievich. On account of his parents' marriage Andrew’s claim to this princely title was never recognised by Grand Duke Kirill, Grand Duke Vladimir or Grand Duchess Maria. In 1951 Grand Duke Vladimir recognised the title Prince Romanovsky for Andrew and his siblings. However they rejected this title. Ancestry References External links The Boy Who Would Be Tsar: The Art Of Prince Andrew Romanoff Romanov Family Association NPR Interview, January 2007 with Andrew Romanoff: "The Boy Who Would Be Tsar" 1923 births 2021 deaths People from London American people of Russian descent British emigrants to the United States People educated at the Imperial Services College English people of Russian descent House of Romanov in exile Pretenders to the Russian throne People from Inverness, California Naturalized citizens of the United States Exiled royalty

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José Borregales

José Borregales (born December 15, 1997) is a Venezuelan American football placekicker for the Orlando Guardians of the XFL. He played college football at Florida International and the University of Miami. High school career Borregales attended Booker T. Washington Senior High School and was named a Florida Class 4A first-team selection. He also was named a First-team All Dade selection and a 2015 Kohl's All-American honorable mention. During his high school career, Borregales converted 13 of 14 field goals and 48 of 51 extra points. He committed to Florida International University to play college football. College career 2016–2019 Borregales redshirted his first year at Florida International University. In 2017, he served as the team's starting kicker. During the 2017 season he connected on 15 of 18 field goals and went 40 for 40 on extra points. In 2018, he finished the season making 14 of 18 field goals and 54 of 55 extra points. Also in 2018, he was finalist for the Lou Groza Award as the nation's best college kicker. However, he fell short to Andre Szmyt in voting. In his final season at FIU, he finished with 21 of 29 field goals and converted all 40 extra point attempts. 2020 After graduating from FIU with a bachelor's degree in 2020, Borregales continued his football kicking career at the University of Miami, as a graduate student. At Miami, he went for 18 of 20 on field goal attempts and went for a perfect 35–35 on extra points. During a game with UAB, he kicked a field goal from 25 yards out. He was named ACC Specialist of the week after he went for 4 of 4 on field goals after win against the top 20 ranked Louisville Cardinals. During games against Florida State and Clemson he hit field goals from 30 and 42 yards out. In a game against Pittsburgh, he made a field goal from 37 yards out. Next week against Virginia he made both field goals from 32 and 20 yards. He drilled 3 field goals in a come from behind win against NC State and made 2 field goals which were from 40 and 42 yards in a win against Virginia. He hit field goals from 52 and 32 yards during a game against Duke. He also hit a 47-yard field goal in his lone attempt against North Carolina. He was named a finalist for the Lou Groza award on December 22, 2020. Borregales was also invited to the 2021 Senior Bowl. On December 23, 2020, Borregales announced he will declare for the 2021 NFL Draft and would still be able to play in his team's bowl game. On May 1, after going undrafted in the 2021 NFL Draft, Borregales signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Statistics Professional career Tampa Bay Buccaneers Borregales signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent on May 13, 2021. He was waived on September 6, 2021, and re-signed to the practice squad. After the Buccaneers were eliminated in the Divisional Round of the 2021 playoffs, Borregales signed a reserve/future contract on January 24, 2022. He was waived on August 30, 2022. Orlando Guardians On November 18, 2022, Borregales was drafted by the Orlando Guardians of the XFL. Personal life Borregales was born in Caracas, Venezuela and immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of six. He is the third Venezuelan born player to make it to the NFL. His brother Andres “El Borrego 2.0”, succeeded him as Miami's kicker after his departure to the NFL. References External links FIU Panthers bio Miami Hurricanes bio Living people American football placekickers FIU Panthers football players Miami Hurricanes football players Orlando Guardians players Players of American football from Miami Tampa Bay Buccaneers players Venezuelan emigrants to the United States Venezuelan players of American football 1997 births

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Jan Kromkamp

Jan Kromkamp (born 17 August 1980) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He currently manages CSV Apeldoorn. Kromkamp played a total of 201 games in the Eredivisie and scored eight goals in nine seasons, playing for both AZ and PSV. He also played in England and Spain, and started and finished his career at Go Ahead Eagles. Kromkamp was included in the Netherlands squad for the 2006 World Cup. Club career Early years; AZ Born in Makkinga, Friesland, Kromkamp made his professional debut for Go Ahead Eagles in Eerste Divisie, his first appearance in the competition being on 12 September 1998 in a 3–0 home win against FC Top Oss. He went on to play two full seasons with the team, scoring four goals in 33 games in his second. Kromkamp moved to the Eredivisie with AZ for the 2000–01 campaign, being a regular first-team starter right away. In his fourth year he appeared in 34 league matches as the Alkmaar side finished fourth, thus qualifying for the UEFA Cup and going on to reach the semifinals in the continental competition. Villarreal; Liverpool At the start of the 2005–06 season, Kromkamp signed with Villarreal of Spain. On 29 December 2005, however, the La Liga club agreed on an exchange deal with Liverpool, with Josemi going in the opposite direction. Kromkamp made his debut for the Reds on 7 January 2006, in a 5–3 win over Luton Town in the third round of the FA Cup. During his stint at Anfield, however, he was unable to dislodge Irish international Steve Finnan from the starting lineup, but did make a number of appearances from the bench, most notably in the domestic cup final; he was described as being a fair crosser of the ball with a lack of pace, who had difficulty in stopping opposition wingers getting crosses in. PSV; Late career Kromkamp played one league game for Liverpool in the 2006–07 season. On 31 August 2006, he was sold to PSV Eindhoven, taking over the number 2 jersey from André Ooijer who left for Blackburn Rovers. He appeared in 54 league games in his first two seasons combined, both ending in League championship wins, and also faced former club Liverpool in two UEFA Champions League matches, managing only one draw in four games. From 2008 to 2010, Kromkamp featured rarely for the Eindhoven side due to injuries. On 22 February 2011 he rejoined his first professional team, Go Ahead Eagles – effective as of July – again in the second division. On 23 June 2013, aged 33, Kromkamp announced his retirement from professional football due to chronic knee problems. International career Kromkamp was first called up by the Dutch national team under coach Marco van Basten, alongside the likes of Dirk Kuyt, Khalid Boulahrouz, Romeo Castelen, Barry Opdam, Hedwiges Maduro and Joris Mathijsen. He won his first cap on 18 August 2004 in a 2–2 draw in a friendly against Sweden and in the following year he established himself as the first-choice right-back. Shortly after Kromkamp's move to Liverpool, however, van Basten admitted that he would rather see the player appear more regularly for his club – labelling the transfer as a bad move. Kromkamp hit back at this criticism by saying that he was very pleased to have joined Liverpool and that he would work hard to make it into van Basten's 2006 FIFA World Cup squad; in May 2006 the manager announced his final list of 23, which included Kromkamp, although he was not used during the tournament itself. Career statistics Club Sources: International Source: Honours Liverpool FA Cup: 2005–06 PSV Eredivisie: 2006–07, 2007–08 References External links Stats at Voetbal International Liverpool historic profile 1980 births Living people People from Ooststellingwerf Footballers from Friesland Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Go Ahead Eagles players AZ Alkmaar players PSV Eindhoven players Villarreal CF players Liverpool F.C. players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players La Liga players Premier League players 2006 FIFA World Cup players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain

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Powers Hapgood

Powers Hapgood (1899–1949) was an American trade union organizer and Socialist Party leader known for his involvement with the United Mine Workers in the 1920s. Biography Early years Powers Hapgood was born on December 28, 1899, the son of William Powers Hapgood, a Progressive canning factory owner in Indianapolis, and his wife, the former Eleanor Page. Hapgood graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1917 and enrolled in Harvard University, from which he earned his bachelor's degree in 1921. Even prior to graduation, Hapgood had spent time experiencing the life of the working class first hand. During the fall and early winter of 1920, he spent nearly four months working his way across the western United States. Hapgood worked as a miner at Hibbing, Minnesota, on the Northern Pacific Railroad and in a Montana sugar beet factory. Upon graduation, Hapgood decided to dedicate his life to mobilizing the working-class. Hapgood went to work as an organizer for the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) in 1922. Hapgood was instrumental in organizing non-union coal mines in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, during the Somerset Coal Strike of 1922–23, especially mines at Jerome, Boswell and Gray. Hapgood later aided John Brophy in his challenge to John L. Lewis for the leadership of the UMWA, a failed attempt which ultimately led to the ouster of both Hapgood and Brophy from the Union. Following his ouster, Hapgood subsequently went abroad and worked himself as a miner in South Wales, France, Germany, and Soviet Russia. He finally returned to Pennsylvania again and became active in the UMWA. Hapgood was elected to the August 1927 annual convention of the UMWA as a delegate of the union's local from Cresson, Pennsylvania. Hapgood's presence at the scene of the convention was greeted by the UMWA officialdom with physical force, in which a false telephone message lured Hapgood into a hotel room where he was met by three toughs. A brawl ensued, which was interrupted by the hotel manager, who called the police. Hapgood refused to be bullied into retreating from the UMWA convention, but with union leader Lewis firmly ensconced in his position of power by that gathering, in the aftermath Hapgood decided to depart the Pennsylvania mine fields. Instead, Hapgood went to work as a longshoreman to support himself. In his free time, Hapgood spoke on behalf of the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee in an effort to rally support in defense of two Italian-American anarchists accused of murder committed in the act of robbing a New England shoe factory. On December 28, 1927, Hapgood married Mary Donovan (d. Aug. 1973), the Secretary of the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee. The couple had a daughter, Barta Donovan, in 1929 and adopted a son in 1930. Political career Powers Hapgood joined the Socialist Party of America in 1926. In 1928, he campaigned for his wife in her race for Governor of Massachusetts, heading the state Socialist Party ticket. Hapgood ran for Governor of Indiana on the Socialist Party ticket in 1932, losing to Paul V. McNutt. In the early 1930s, Hapgood was an organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union. Hapgood was the New England secretary for the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) during the middle 1930s, a position which landed him in jail for two months in 1937 for contempt of court for his role in continuing a strike of shoe-workers in Lewiston and Auburn in the wake of an injunction forbidding strike activity. Hapgood worked as an organizer for the CIO throughout the rest of the 1930s. From 1941 to 1947, Hapgood was named the CIO's regional director for Indiana. In 1948, he became an assistant to Allen Haywood, a vice president of the CIO and head of its national organization efforts. Death and legacy Powers Hapgood died February 4, 1949. Robert Bussel, in his biography of Hapgood, wrote that Hapgood died from a heart attack while driving his car on Feb. 4, 1949. German-American author (and fellow Indiana native) Kurt Vonnegut pays homage to Hapgood in his novel Jailbird. Powers Hapgood's papers are housed at the Lilly Library at the Indiana University in Bloomington. Footnotes Works Books and pamphlets In Non-Union Mines: The Diary of a Coal Digger in Central Pennsylvania, August–September, 1921. New York: Bureau of Industrial Research, 1922. Radio Address on "A crisis with Coal Miners." Taylorville, IL: Daily Courier Co., 1930. Private Ownership of Coal Mines Brings Chaos, Tyranny and Hunger. Pittsburgh: Socialist Party of Pennsylvania, 1932. — leaflet Slavery in the Coal Fields: What Shall We Do About It? Chicago: Socialist Party of America, n.d. [c. 1932]. The Columbia Conserve Company, Indianapolis, Indiana: An Experiment in Workers' Management and Ownership. Indianapolis: Columbia Conserve Co., 1934. Report and Recommendations of Industry Committee Number 6 for the Establishment of Minimum Wage Rates in the Shoe Manufacturing and Allied Industries. Washington, DC: The Committee, 1939. Articles "Workmen's Compensation — Discussion." Contributor. The American Economic Review, vol. 12, no. 1 (March 1922), pp. 153–167. "Hapgood Makes Hot Reply to John L. Lewis," The Daily Worker, vol. 3, no. 245 (October 29, 1926), pp. 1, 5. American trade union leaders 1899 births 1949 deaths Harvard University alumni United Mine Workers of America people Socialist Party of America politicians from Indiana Politicians from Indianapolis 20th-century American politicians Phillips Academy alumni Trade unionists from Indiana Congress of Industrial Organizations people

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Robert Bridgeman, 2nd Viscount Bridgeman

Major-General Robert Clive Bridgeman, 2nd Viscount Bridgeman (1 April 1896 – 17 November 1982), styled The Honourable Robert Bridgeman between 1929 and 1935, was a British Army officer and peer. Background Born in London and baptised at St Paul's Cathedral, he was the son of William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman, and his wife Caroline Beatrix Parker, daughter of Honourable Cecil Thomas Parker. His youngest brother was Maurice Bridgeman. He was educated at Eton College and in 1935, he succeeded his father as viscount. Military career First World War Bridgeman became 2nd lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) in 1914 and served during the First World War. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1916, and received the Military Cross in the next year. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, in so skilfully training and-leading his company in an attack as to inflict heavy casualties upon the enemy with hardly any personal losses. He afterwards displayed great resource in keeping his headquarters informed of the situation, in spite of heavy hostile barrage, during which he was wounded, but remained at his post, showing a fine example to all ranks. After the war, he was private secretary to his father in 1918 and became captain in 1921. He attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1927 to 1928. His fellow students included Oliver Leese, Philip Christison, Eric Hayes, Evelyn Barker, Eric Dorman-Smith, John Whiteley, Ronald Penney, Clement West, Wilfred Lloyd, Stanley Kirby and John Hawkesworth. He was then transferred as a brevet-major to the 7th Infantry Brigade in 1932. Bridgeman held this command until 1934 and became brevet lieutenant-colonel in the following year, having been simultaneously appointed to the War Office as a general staff officer. Second World War Bridgeman retired on half-pay in 1937, however was reactivated to the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) with the outbreak of the Second World War. He was decorated with the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in July 1940 after the Dunkirk evacuation and commanded the 145th Infantry Brigade, part of the 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division, a Territorial Army (TA) formation, recently returned from Dunkirk. He became first deputy director, then director-general, of the Home Guard as well as the TA in the next year. In 1942, Bridgeman was promoted to colonel and temporary major-general. He was nominated deputy adjutant-general to the War Office in 1944, a post he held until the end of the war. In 1951, Bridgeman retired, having been granted the rank of honorary major-general. Later years Bridgeman was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the New Year's Honours 1944, and became honorary colonel of the 4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry in 1949. Bridgeman served as treasurer of the Royal Salop Infirmary at Shrewsbury in 1946, and 1948 when the hospital was taken over by the National Health Service. Having been before already Deputy Lieutenant, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire in 1951. Representing the county also as Justice of the Peace, he held the Lord lieutenancy until 1970. He was awarded a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1954, and was invested a Knight of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem one year later. Bridgeman was president of the West Midland Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve Association in 1968 and the next year. Family On 12 June 1930, he married Mary Kathleen Lane Fox, second daughter of George Lane-Fox, 1st Baron Bingley, and had by her three daughters. He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his nephew Robin Bridgeman, the son of his younger brother Geoffrey. Lady Bridgeman died in 1981. He died on 17 November 1982 aged eighty-six, and was buried in the churchyard at Hope near Minsterley, Shropshire. His youngest daughter, Mary Selina Bayliss, went on to serve as both High Sheriff of Berkshire and Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire. References Bibliography External links Generals of World War II 1896 births 1982 deaths Robert British Army generals of World War II British Army personnel of World War I Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Companions of the Order of the Bath Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley Lord-Lieutenants of Shropshire Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Knights of the Order of St John Recipients of the Military Cross Rifle Brigade officers Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom British Army major generals War Office personnel in World War II Military personnel from London

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Polesden Lacey

Polesden Lacey is an Edwardian house and estate, located on the North Downs at Great Bookham, near Dorking, Surrey, England. It is owned and run by the National Trust and is one of the Trust's most popular properties. This Regency house was expanded from an earlier building, and extensively remodelled in 1906 by Margaret Greville, a well-known Edwardian hostess. Her collection of fine paintings, furniture, porcelain and silver is displayed in the reception rooms and galleries, as it was at the time of her celebrated house parties. The future George VI and Queen Elizabeth spent part of their honeymoon there in 1923. The estate includes a walled rose garden, lawns, ancient woodland and landscape walks. History The name 'Polesden' is thought to be Old English. The first house was built here by 1336. Anthony Rous bought the estate in 1630 and rebuilt the medieval house. The house was owned by the Rous family until 1723, when the estate was purchased by the economist and politician Arthur Moore. An octoagonal pavilion was added to the south front at this time. In 1747 Sir Francis Geary purchased the estate, and subsequently spent his retirement there. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the poet and playwright, came to live at there in 1797 and began work to improve the building. However this effort was counter-productive and in 1818 Joseph Bonsor, a stationer and bookseller, bought the estate. He commissioned Thomas Cubitt to build an entirely new house in 1821-23, creating the core of the house seen today. Bonsor died in 1835, and the house passed to his son who, in 1853, sold the estate to Sir Walter Rockcliff Farquhar, who held it until his death in 1902. Early 20th-century The Polesden Lacey estate was purchased in 1902 by Sir Clinton Edward Dawkins, a civil servant who worked in the Colonial Office. He commissioned Ambrose Poynter, architect son of Sir Edward Poynter P.R.A., to significantly extend Cubitt's work to create the present-day house. Sir Clinton, however died in 1905, shortly after its completion. The estate was then bought in 1906 by William McEwan, for his daughter, Margaret Greville. Architects Charles Mewès and Arthur Davis, who were responsible for the Ritz Hotel in London, remodelled the house for the Grevilles. The couple filled the house with collections of fine furniture, porcelain, silver and art. Ronald Greville died in 1908 only two years after they had moved to Polesden Lacey. He was aged 46. Margaret continued to entertain lavishly at the house. She also owned a home in London in which she held expensive parties. Over the next 30 years her reputation as an Edwardian society hostess became established. Royal honeymoon at Polesden Lacey in 1923 In 1923 Margaret invited the Duke and Duchess of York to spend their honeymoon at Polesden Lacey and the royal couple subsequently spent two weeks there. Shortly before their arrival, the Illustrated London News took photographs of the house and published a large feature article about the proposed honeymoon venue. National Trust ownership (1942 – present) Polesden Lacey was left to the National Trust by Mrs Greville in 1942 in memory of her father, the brewer William McEwan. (She was his illegitimate daughter and sole heir.) The bequest included approximately of land along with paintings and items of furniture, which she hoped would form the basis of a future art gallery. Her jewellery collection was bequeathed to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. The house was first opened to the public by the Trust in 1948. In August 1960, a fire destroyed around half of the roof of the property. Several ground floor ceilings were damaged by water during attempts to extinguish the blaze, however the collection of art and furniture was rescued by estate workers. The cost of repairs, some £65,000, was covered by insurance and the house reopened to the public on 9 June 1962. In 1995 the National Trust embarked on a programme of restoration and renovation. In 2008/9 the visitor facilities were re-furbished, with a new car park, cafe, shop and farm shop. However, not all of the house is open to the public, including many bedrooms and servants' areas. From the 1970s to 2015, some of these closed off spaces are used as offices; there is hope that more will be restored and opened for visitors in the future. This process began in March 2011, with the opening of Mrs Greville's private apartment. Polesden Lacey received over 287,000 visitors in 2020/21, placing it in the Trust's top ten most-visited properties. Estate There are a number of walks around the Polesden Lacey estate, especially in the valley that the main house overlooks. The estate includes a Youth Hostel, called Tanners Hatch. Polesden Lacey also has open-air performing facilities, which are used during the summer to host various musical and theatrical events. In 2009 there was the Polesden Lacey Festival. In 2016 a campsite was opened on the estate. In popular culture Polesden Lacey has been used as a filming location including; Close My Eyes, Shooting Fish, and Antiques Roadshow. References External links Polesden Lacey information at the National Trust Tanners Hatch Youth Hostel Polesden Lacey garden design history Gardens in Surrey Country houses in Surrey Historic house museums in Surrey National Trust properties in Surrey Grade II* listed buildings in Surrey

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Zella Luria

Zella Luria (; February 18, 1924, – June 10, 2018) was an American psychologist and feminist known for her work on the development of gender identity and sexuality across the life course. Her work helped to shift the field towards a cognitive approach that emphasized the social construction of gender and the active role of children in such construction. Luria taught at Tufts University from 1959-2002. She co-authored the textbook Psychology of Human Sexuality (1979), later reissued as Human Sexuality (2nd ed. 1987) and was an associate editor of the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior. Luria was a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society. Family life and education Zella Hurwitz was born on February 18, 1924 in New York City, to Hyman and Dora (Garbarsky) Hurwitz. Her parents were Jewish immigrants from Belarus. Her mother was a factory seamstress who did not read English, and her father was a house painter and a member in a union. Zella entered university at age 16 and received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Brooklyn College in 1944. Hurwitz then attended Indiana University as a graduate student in psychology. There she met microbiologist Salvador Luria, a faculty member. They married in 1945, and Zella spent 1945–1946 on leave with her husband at Cold Spring Harbor. In 1951, she received her PhD in experimental psychology with a minor in genetics from Indiana University. Career Zella Luria became a postdoctoral fellow and worked as an assistant professor at the University of Illinois, where she studied with Hobart Mowrer, Charles E. Osgood, and J. McVicker Hunt. As a clinician, she helped to carry out a blind analysis of the multiple personality case on which the film The Three Faces of Eve was later based. Osgood and Luria were the first to use the semantic differential (SD) measurement technique in clinical personality research, comparing the semantic structures used by Eves' three personalities. Because rules at the University of Illinois prevented more than one family member from holding professorships, Zella was unable to become a professor there. Salva Luria accepted a position at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1958, and Zella Luria joined Tufts University as an assistant professor of psychology. During her career, she also held visiting professorships at the University of Florida at Gainesville, the University of Michigan, and UCLA. In the course of her 40 year career at Tufts, Luria studied the formation of gender identities and sexuality in children, using methods from anthropology to document how parents treated and spoke about their children, how gender and sexuality were presented in media, and how children interacted with other children. She reported differences in how parents viewed their children, based on their identified gender, as early as the first twenty-four hours after birth. In other studies she examined patterns of development in children, observing that groups of boys and girls showed different patterns of interaction, which changed over time, with oppositional gender strategies of "girls against the boys" appearing in young children. She also reported that girls were focusing on and critiquing themselves and others in terms of appearance, prettiness and ugliness as early as the fourth or fifth grade. Her work included interviews with people who did not conform to gender and sexual norms, including tomboys, transgender individuals, and sex workers. Guest speakers in her classes included victims of domestic violence and members of the Association of Boston Prostitutes. Luria studied the changing attitudes of Jackson College students in the late 1960s and early 1970s on education, work, marriage, and motherhood. Luria published over 40 refereed journal articles and co-authored the textbook Psychology of Human Sexuality (1979), later reissued as Human Sexuality (2nd ed. 1987). She was an associate editor of the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior Luria was an active feminist and critic of social inequity, She worked to improve gender balance on the Tufts faculty, and advocated for equal pay and provisions for maternity leave and day care. She worked to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights and to oppose sexual harassment and violence. She was a founding member of the Women's Studies program and a supporter of the Women's Center on campus. She opposed the Vietnam War and voted to ban the ROTC from the Tuft's campus in 1969. She worked with Planned Parenthood and advocated for sex education in schools. She also worked with Physicians for Human Rights and the Center for Constitutional Rights, clinically assessing asylum seekers. Luria was a member of the American Psychological Association for more than 60 years and an elected Fellow in the APA's Division 35, the Society for the Psychology of Women. She was a charter Fellow of the American Psychological Society (now the Association for Psychological Science), which was founded in 1988. She was the chapter president for the American Association of University Professors, and served as president of the New England Psychological Association in 1971–1972. Luria was awarded the Jackson College Teaching Award by Tufts University in 1969, and the Seymour Simches Award on Teaching and Advising in 1995. Selected publications Books Papers Referencias External links Zella Luria: Leading the Charge, Tufts University digital exhibition on Luria's work 1924 births 2018 deaths American women psychologists 20th-century American psychologists 21st-century American women Gender studies academics Brooklyn College alumni University of Illinois alumni Tufts University faculty Feminists

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Air Vegas

Air Vegas was an airline with its headquarters on the grounds of the North Las Vegas Air Terminal in North Las Vegas, Nevada. It operated sightseeing flights from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon. Prior to moving to the North Las Vegas Airport its main bases were McCarran International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas and Henderson Executive Airport (HND), Las Vegas. Rankings published in 1991 and 1994 placed the airline in the top 50 regional/commuter airlines in the United States by passenger enplanements. History The airline was established and started operations in 1971. It provided aerial tours of the Grand Canyon and charter service out of Las Vegas. The company's main competitors were Scenic Airlines and Lang Air, which eventually became Vision Airlines. Air Vegas' principal base of operations was originally at McCarran International Airport (LAS). It then moved to Sky Harbor Airport, later name changed to Henderson Executive Airport (NV). The original fleet consisted of 2 Cessna 207s a Cessna 337 Skymaster and a Beechcraft A-36 Bonanza. By 1975, the fleet numbered five, two twin-engine and three single-engine planes. By 1997, the fleet had grown to twenty planes. The airline was founded by Sid Petty and his original pilots were Mike Cowan, Clive Bolinger and Mitch LaFortune. In the 1980s the airline in flew tours along the old tour route using Cessna 402's and while the owner, Sid Petty, flew a Beech Baron 58 from the (LAS) commuter passenger terminal. This small building was north of the old Hughes Air terminals, on the west side of McCarran. The early- to mid-1980s were the boom years for the Grand Canyon tour business. In 1986, the Grand Canyon tour business was forever changed by an unfortunate mid-air collision between a Grand Canyon Airlines Twin Otter (DHC-6) and a Bell Ranger tour helicopter. After the 1986, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began research on how it might reduce any future mid-air collisions over the Grand Canyon. The result was the SFAR 50 regulatory environment that now governs Grand Canyon flight operations. Air Vegas, and all of the tour operators eventually formed a "Tour Operators Alliance" to flight excessive regulation of the Grand Canyon tour business by the federal government. In the 1990s the company made the decision to start using the faster Beechcraft C99 Airliners. Originally, Air Vegas operated under CFR 14, Part 135 as an air taxi operator; eventually, the FAA required the company to change to the more restrictive CFR 14, Part 121 airline rules. This was done to add an additional measure of safety to flight operations. In 1993, the airline flew about 55,000 tourists on their Grand Canyon sight-seeing route, 99% of whom were foreign visitors. In the early 2000s, the company left its Henderson base and moved to the North Las Vegas Airport. The company continued to use the Beech 99 aircraft, until airline operations ceased on September 30, 2004, about sixteen months after the death of its founder and owner. Fleet The Air Vegas fleet: Cessna 206 (Cessna 207 Stationair) operated two Cessna 337 Skymaster operated one Beech A-36 Bonanza operated one Cessna Model 402 (Cessna 402 Businessliner) Beechcraft C99 (Beech 99) with a total of nine aircraft by September 2004. See also List of defunct airlines of the United States References External links Defunct airlines of the United States Companies based in the Las Vegas Valley Airlines established in 1971 Airlines disestablished in 2004 Defunct companies based in Nevada American companies established in 1971 1971 establishments in Nevada Airlines based in Nevada

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Mamintal Adiong Jr.

Datu Mamintal "Bombit" Alonto Adiong Jr. (born March 17, 1965) is a Filipino politician who currently serve as the governor of the province of Lanao del Sur from 2007 to 2016, and from 2019 up to present. Family He was born to a powerful political family and raised in local Lanao del Sur politics. Mamintal Jr. is the eldest son of the late Mamintal Adiong Sr., and Bae Soraya Alonto–Adiong, both served as governor of Lanao del Sur. His father was largely credited for the landslide victory of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her slate in the 2004 elections. His younger brother, Ansaruddin, was the acting governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and the representative of the province's 1st legislative district prior to being the incumbent mayor in their hometown in Ditsaan-Ramain. Another brother, Zia, was the deputy speaker at the last ARMM legislative assembly and member of the first interim Parliament of the Bangsamoro and is currently the district representative, succeeding Ansaruddin. Married to Raifa Sani Raki-in, he is the father of Mamintal III (Sangguniang Kabataan provincial president, 2007–10), Mohammad Khalid or Mujam (SK provincial president, 2010–13) who is the incumbent provincial vice governor, Soraya Harifa, and Abdul Malic. Personal life He is a civil engineer by profession. Political career Adiong started his career in politics in 1996 as an appointed board member, and was elected to the same position in 1998. In 2001, he went on to become the province's sports officer and concurrently appointed as the Provincial Administrator of by his father, then-Governor Mamintal Adiong Sr. In 2003, he assumed the OIC provincial engineer position. He also worked in the private sector—as CEO of MMA Construction and Development Corporation and was involved in the ARMM Social Fund Project. In 2006, Adiong was appointed as member of the newly-established ARMM Social Fund Project, representing the business community. Adiong, ran under Lakas–CMD, was elected as provincial governor in 2007, along with his running mate, former Department of the Interior and Local Government-ARMM Regional Secretary Datu RPK Arsad Marohombsar, as vice governor, against the tandem of incumbent Marawi city mayor Omar Ali and Assemblyman Jamil Lucman; 2nd District representative Benasing Macarambon Jr. and re-electionist vice governor Monera Dimakuta-Macabangon; and re-electionist governor Aleem Bashier Manalao of Ompia Party. He was re-elected in 2010, defeating Ali again, and in 2013. Prior to 2013 elections, on July 25, 2012, Adiong, along with 163 other ARMM officials, took oath as member of the Liberal Party (LP). In 2014, a group, claiming that Adiong had debts prior to his governorship, filed plunder and graft complaints against him before the Ombudsman for alleged unexplained increase in his net worth. In 2016, he was elected as provincial vice-governor, with his mother, Soraya Alonto Adiong, succeeding him as governor. Both ran under LP. Adiong, returned to Lakas, was elected again as provincial governor in 2019 and in 2022. Attacks against Adiong In 2007, unidentified gunmen attacked Adiong's house in Marawi; none was hurt. On February 17, 2023, he, along with a civilian aide, was injured by unidentified gunmen in an ambush on his convoy. Four of his companions were killed during the attack. In connection with the incident, three of the suspects, including an alleged mastermind, a gang leader, were killed in police operations; five others were arrested. Three individuals, said to have links with local terrorist group Dawlah Islamiya, were charged with murder, frustrated murder and attempted murder before the Marawi Regional Trial Court; one of them remains at large. References Living people Governors of Lanao del Sur People from Marawi Filipino Muslims 1965 births

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Eclosion assay

Eclosion assays are experimental procedures used to study the process of eclosion in insects, particularly in the model organism drosophila (fruit flies). Eclosion is the process in which an adult insect emerges from its pupal case, or a larval insect hatches from its egg. In holometabolous insects, the circadian clock regulates the timing of adult emergence. The daily rhythm of adult emergence in these insects was among the first circadian rhythms to be investigated. The circadian clock in these insects enforces a daily pattern of emergence by permitting or triggering eclosion during specific time frames and preventing emergence during other periods. The purpose of an eclosion assay is to count the number of flies that emerge over time from a developing population, which provides information on the circadian clock in the experimentally manipulated drosophila. For example, with an eclosion monitor, scientists can study how knocking out a certain gene changes the behavioral expression of a drosophila's biological clock. Additionally, the circadian rhythm of adult insect emergence was among the earliest chronobiological phenomena to be examined, significantly impacting the field of chronobiology through its contributions to understanding temperature compensation, phase response curves, and reactions to skeleton photoperiods. The eclosion assay serves as a vital tool for researchers delving into chronobiology studies. Bang box The bang box is the first experimental assay developed to measure eclosion in fruit flies. The first model of the bang box was developed at a Princeton University laboratory, mainly accredited to Colin Pittendrigh, to measure the time that adult drosophilids emerged from pupae populations in a controlled light and temperature environment. This original model works by securing pupae on plastic boxes that can be temperature controlled. The pupae are harvested and attached to a brass holding plate. The holding plate is then secured to face a brass mounting plate that can be temperature-controlled and then covered with an acrylic glass cover that has a tapered mouth. The tapered mouth is aligned above a vial containing detergent solution. The mounting plate is then placed atop a solenoid activated every 30 minutes. The vials of detergent are placed in a circular tray that is rotated at a rate of one vial per hour. The activation allows the mounting plate to be lifted and dropped against a rubber stopper that shakes out all of the emerging flies from the last 30 minutes into the vial of detergent. Researchers counted the number of flies in each vial to determine the times of day where eclosion activity was highest. Pittendrigh used this model to demonstrate that the circadian clock in drosophila is temperature-compensated (meaning its period is stable over a broad range of temperatures) and to design an early theoretical model for phase response curves. The bang box was the primary means of investigation in chronobiology in the 1960s and 1970s. The application of this technique includes, but is not limited to: determining the impact of external stimuli on flies' internal biological clock, measuring the circadian rhythm of eclosion, and defining how gene alleles such as period genes contribute to the presence or shifts in the Drosophila circadian rhythm. The bang box allows for visualization of what happens to circadian rhythms when a gene gets knocked out. Using this method, the researchers were able to collect a large data sample on the number of eclosed individuals every fixed time period. Furthermore, the bang box was used by Pittendrigh earlier to conclude that the oscillation phase assay is affected by the phase response curve. Later research builds on this relationship in order to use eclosion assays to study circadian rhythms. For example, the bang box was used to measure eclosion activity in order to determine Clock mutants on the X chromosome of Drosophila that drastically change the period of the traditional 24-hour circadian rhythm. Modern systems Some modern eclosion monitors employ infrared counting electronics. In these systems, the pupae are glued to an elevated disk just as in the original bang box, and emerging flies fall into one tube due to gravity. The flies fall through infrared lasers in the base, which contain electronics to record the timing of eclosion. This technique has been used as recently as 2021 to evaluate how the central circadian clock regulates eclosion by coupling to an endocrine pacemaker in the prothoracic gland. Some scientists have argued that this model, while more advanced than the former bang box construct, fails to account for changes in temperature and light exposure present in most flies’ natural environments. To address these issues, scientists at the University of Würzburg designed an open eclosion monitor where pupae and flies are exposed to abiotic factors in the environment. Cameras above the eclosion plate record images of the flies when they emerge from their pupae. This monitor can also track eclosion by recording the increase in light intensity when the dark pupae is split open during eclosion, which allows light from below the plate to reach the camera. Similar imaging systems have been used to measure eclosion as well other Drosophila life events, such as pupariation and death. Methods in other organisms Measurements of eclosion in non-Drosorganisms have been used in various studies to study chronobiology and circadian rhythms. While Drosophila is the species that has traditionally been studied in chronobiology experiments, there have been similar experiments conducted with other organisms. The eclosion of the Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella has been studied with tools similar to the bang box in order to examine the effects of temperature on circadian rhythms. Nondiapausing larvae of the Indian meal moth have been used to study eclosion rhythms by counting the number of adults emerging from the food within a few minutes at one-hour intervals. In a 2012 study conducted by researchers at the University of Toyama, the number of emerging adults was pooled together in daily recordings in order to analyze the eclosion rhythms of the moths. The number of insects that emerged at different time points was recorded when the larvae were exposed to various temperatures, and thus, this method was used to conclude that eclosion rhythms of the Indian meal moths are temperature-compensated. Moths were also used in experiments studying the effects of eclosion hormones on chronobiology. These experiments indirectly studied eclosion by looking at the plasticization of the wing cuticles of tobacco hornworm moths, Manduca sexta. Because the plasticization of the cuticles makes the wings of the moths inextensible until three to four hours before emergence, scientists are able to study the cuticles in order to ultimately study eclosion. In these studies, wing extensibility is measured by observing the increase of two marks on the wing, and eclosion hormone activity is measured through bioassays. Thus, the combination of these two measurements allows for conclusions regarding how an eclosion hormone is related to eclosion, along with the plasticization of wing cuticle. References Circadian rhythm Insect behavior Chronobiology Animal testing

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Mark Schenning

Mark Schenning (born 18 October 1970) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He spent his entire career in the Netherlands, playing for clubs such as Go Ahead Eagles, Willem II, Den Bosch and NAC Breda. After retirement, Schenning enrolled into management. He first took change of the Willem II's women team for one season, before moving on to the primary outfit in a caretaker role. Some months later, Schenning descended into the lower divisions, first being appointed of Hoofdklasse B amateur club RKSV Schijndel for two years. Schenning is at present in charge of Hoofdklasse club OJC Rosmalen, a position he has held since 2019. Club career Early career Schenning started his career at Robur et Velocitas, before transferring to Go Ahead Eagles, where he was promoted to the senior side in 1987. He played in nine seasons for the club, before leaving in 1996. Willem II In July 1996, Schenning joined Willem II for a fee of ƒ1 million, signing a three-year contract. He made his league debut on 21 August 1996 in a 0–0 away draw against Groningen. Schenning scored his first goal in the 1997–98 season on 26 April 1998 against RKC Waalwijk, a match Willem won 4–1. During the 1999–2000 season, he participated in their UEFA Champions League season, where he scored once against Sparta Prague in the first group stage on 20 October 1999, which Willem lost 4–3. Den Bosch In February 2000, Schenning completed a move to Den Bosch, joining Christopher Wreh. Schenning made his first appearance against PSV Eindhoven on 6 February 2000 in a 6–2 home loss at De Vliert. During the club's 2000–01 season, which saw them compete in the Eerste Divisie, following their relegation from the top flight, he netted his first league goal on 4 September 2000 in a 2–0 win played at 's-Hertogenbosch over TOP Oss, in which he was also ejected after a foul. It proved to be his only goal, as Schenning was dismissed by the side along with ten other players due to their economic difficulties. NAC Breda On 31 October 2000, it was announced that Schenning had been purchased by NAC Breda on a two-and a half-year deal. Managerial career Schenning managed the women's team of Willem II from 2009 to 2010. The same year, he served as an assistant manager to Edwin Hermans for the Willem II reserves a short period of time. Schenning was unveiled as the interim manager of the main club on 19 February 2010, taking over after Alfons Groenendijk. A few months later, on 2 November 2010, Schenning was given the managerial post of RKSV Schijndel, staying there until 2012. He penned a contract in December 2012 with VV UNA, making him the new head coach of the club. After four-and-a-half years in charge of UNA, Schenning was appointed manager of VVSB in the summer of 2017. In November of the same year, however, he was dismissed with the board citing disagreements between him and the team as well as disappointing results. In January 2019, Schenning became the new manager of OJC Rosmalen. Personal life Schenning resides in Hilvarenbeek. He has two children, Eline and Bas. Career statistics Managerial statistics References External links Mark Schenning at NAC Breda 1970 births Living people Footballers from Apeldoorn Dutch men's footballers Dutch football managers Men's association football defenders Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Go Ahead Eagles players Willem II (football club) players FC Den Bosch players NAC Breda players Eredivisie managers Willem II (football club) managers VV UNA managers Willem II (football club) non-playing staff VVSB managers

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Abdul Ahad Momand

Abdul Ahad Momand (; born 1959) is an Afghan-German and former Afghan Air Force aviator who became the first, and currently only, Afghan citizen to journey to outer space. When he spoke to his mother on the phone from space, Pashto became the fourth language to be officially spoken in space. He became one of Soyuz TM-6 crew members and spent nine days aboard the Mir space station in 1988 as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut. He holds many records as an Afghan Astronaut. During this mission, Abdul Ahad Momand was the first cosmonaut to speak the Pashto language after he made a telephone call to Afghanistan, making it the fourth language to be officially spoken in space. He became the first Afghan citizen and the fourth Muslim to visit outer space, after Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, Muhammed Faris, and Musa Manarov. Biography Momand was born sometime in 1959 in Sardeh Band, Andar District, within the Ghazni Province of Afghanistan. He belongs to the Momand tribe of the Pashtun ethnic group. After completing his initial schooling, he entered the Kabul Polytechnic University in 1976 at the age of 17, and graduated a year later before being drafted into the military in 1978. He was then sent to the Soviet Union for pilot training. There, he studied at the Krasnodar Higher Air Force School and the Kiev Higher Air Force Engineering School before returning to Afghanistan in 1981, where he rose through the ranks, becoming a chief navigator. He returned to the USSR in 1984 to train at the Gagarin Air Force Academy. Not long after graduating in 1987, he was selected as a cosmonaut candidate for the Intercosmos project. The other cosmonaut candidate sent for training was Mohammad Dawran, a Tajik MiG-21 pilot with the rank of Colonel. While Dawran had more political connections than Momand and held a higher military rank (since Momand was a captain at the time), Dawran's appendicitis was the deciding factor in Momand being chosen for the primary crew. Dawran then became part of the backup crew for Momand's mission. Along with Commander Vladimir Lyakhov and Flight Engineer Valery Polyakov, Momand was part of the Soyuz TM-6 three-man crew, which launched at 04:23 GMT 29 August 1988. Momand's inclusion in the mission was a significant symbol during the Soviet–Afghan War. During his nine days stay on the Mir space station, Momand took photographs of his country, participated in astrophysical, medical and biological experiments. He also spoke to President Mohammed Najibullah, and brewed Afghan tea for the crew. Momand was also recorded reciting the Quran in space at the request of the Afghan Government while his legs were held by another crew member outside of the shot to prevent him from floating away. Lyakhov and Momand returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TM-5. The 6 September planned landing of Soyuz TM-5 was delayed because of mechanical complications on the Mir. Radio Moscow reassured listeners that Lyakhov and Momand were fine and in touch with Mission Control. However, their sanitation facilities were on board the jettisoned orbital module and consequently they soiled themselves during the delay. A recording, colloquially called the der’mo tape, was played of them laughing about this. A day later, the retro-fire was successful, and at 00:50 GMT Soyuz TM-5 landed near Dzhezkazgan. During touchdown, there was no live radio coverage, but only live television pictures of Mission Control. Momand was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on the 7th of September, 1988 as well as the Hero of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and the Order of Lenin. During his flight to space, his mother was extremely distraught over the safety of her son. President Najibullah called Momand's mother into the President's office and arranged an audio/video conference between Momand and her. By this event, Pashto became the fourth language spoken in space.On his return, he was made deputy minister of civil aviation. Momand was in India sorting out a complaint regarding Ariana Airlines during the collapse of Najibullah's government in 1992. Momand decided to emigrate to Germany, and applied for asylum there, becoming a German citizen via naturalisation in 2003. He worked in the printing service and is now an accountant residing in Ostfildern near Stuttgart. He received the Russian Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" in 2010. He returned to Afghanistan in 2013, at the request of former president Hamid Karzai, for the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his space mission. Personal life Ahad is married to Zulfara Ahad and has 2 daughters and a son. Ahad is fluent in 3 languages, Pashto, Russian and German. See also Pashto report and interview with Abdul Ahad Momand the first Afghan who sent to space Timeline of astronauts by nationality List of Muslim astronauts Afghan Air force Footnotes References Bibliography External links Article of Dr. Yasin Iqbal Yousafzai- Abdul Ahad Mohmand Biographies of International Astronauts – Abdul Ahad Mohmand First Afghan in Space – Abdul Ahad Momand Abdul Ahad Mohmand – The First Afghan in Space (29 August to 6 September 1988) Abdul Ahad Mohmand The first and Only Afghan Who went to space Nils Fischer “Islamic religious practice in outer space.” ISIM review (2008) 22: 39. Afghan cosmonauts Afghan emigrants to Germany Recipients of the Order of Lenin Foreign Heroes of the Soviet Union Naturalized citizens of Germany Pashtun people 1959 births Living people Afghan military personnel Afghan government officials Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni People from Ghazni Province Mir crew members

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Georgie Prespakis

Georgie Prepasakis (born 13 March 2003) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Early life Prespakis is the daughter of Damien and Jody. Her mother is an Indigenous Australian from the Djadjawurrung tribe. Prespakis has three siblings: twins Annalea and Madison, and Jimmy. Older sister Madison currently plays for Essendon. She played junior football with the boys in Romsey, crossing to Sunbury to play in the under-18 girls' competition. Picked up by the Calder Cannons development program, she took out the competition's best and fairest in 2019. Prespakis won her second best and fairest award in 2021, scoring seven best-on-ground votes in just nine appearances for the Cannons. Prespakis finished the 2021 season playing with in the VFL Women's competition, playing five matches (including three finals), her last game coming against at Windy Hill. AFL Women's career recruited Prespakis with their first selection and second overall in the 2021 AFL Women's draft. She made her AFL Women's debut in the opening round of the 2022 season against at Arden Street Oval, a game in which she was nominated for the 2022 AFL Women's Rising Star award. In March, Prespakis was included in the 40-player squad for the AFL Players Association 22under22 team, and was named on the wing in the final 22under22 team. In round 1 of AFL Women's season seven, Prespakis kicked Geelong's only two goals, including one in the last minute to score a 15–11 victory over at GMHBA Stadium. At the AFL Women's awards following the conclusion of AFL Women's season seven, Prespakis was again named to the wing in the AFL Players Association 22 Under 22 team, as well as receiving her first AFL Women's All-Australian team selection. Prespakis was also a top-10 finisher in the AFL Women's season seven best and fairest, but she would have been ineligible to win the award after being suspended by the AFL Tribunal during the home-and-away season. At the Geelong Cats Best and Fairest Awards for Season 7, Georgie finished runner up behind 3x winner Amy McDonald, only 4 points behind in her second season. She was voted the Cats Fans MVP and won a new award named the Grit award, where "Cats players voted each week on who they believed showed the most 'grit' during games, throughout acts such as tackles, smothers, intercepts, gut running and pressure acts." In the first game of the 2023 season, Georgie kicked a goal that was wrongly adjudged by the goal umpire as a behind. Statistics Statistics are correct to the end of AFL Women's season seven. |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2022 | style="text-align:center;"| | 41 || 10 || 0 || 2 || 70 || 63 || 133 || 6 || 68 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 7.0 || 6.3 || 13.3 || 0.6 || 6.8 || 1 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | S7 (2022) | style="text-align:center;"| | 41 || 9 || 2 || 2 || 105 || 91 || 196 || 17 || 65 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 11.7 || 10.1 || 21.8 || 1.9 || 7.2 || 15 |- |- class=sortbottom ! colspan=3 | Career ! 19 !! 2 !! 4 !! 175 !! 154 !! 329 !! 23 !! 133 !! 0.1 !! 0.2 !! 9.2 !! 8.1 !! 17.3 !! 1.2 !! 7.0 !! 16 |} References External links 2003 births Living people Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Calder Cannons players Geelong Football Club (AFLW) players Calder Cannons players (NAB League Girls) Australian people of Greek descent

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Ovaloolithus

Ovaloolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg. Eggs of the genus have been found in China, Mongolia and Utah. Species Oospecies attributed to this genus include: O. chinkangkouensis - Cenomanian-Santonian Bayan Shireh Formation, Mongolia, Campanian Jingangkou Formation (Wangshi Group), China O. dinornithoides - Maastrichtian Nemegt Formation, Mongolia O. laminadermus - Campanian Jingangkou Formation (Wangshi Group), China O. tenuisus - Maastrichtian (Lancian) North Horn Formation, Utah O. turpanensis - Campanian-Maastrichtian Subashi Formation, China O. utahensis - Maastrichtian (Lancian) North Horn Formation, Utah Ovaloolithus sp. - Coniacian-Santonian Zhaoying Formation, Cenomanian-Turonian Chichengshan Formation (Tiantai Group) and Turonian Majiacun Formation, China O. huangtulingensis O. mixistriatus O. monostriatus O. sangpingensis O. tristriatus O. weiqiaoensis See also List of dinosaur oogenera References Further reading J.-L. Zhang, Q. Wang, S.-X. Jiang, X. Cheng, N. Li, R. Qiu, X.-J. Zhang and Z.-L. Wang. 2017. Review of historical and current research on the Late Cretaceous dinosaurs and dinosaur eggs from Laiyang, Shandong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 55(2):187-200 Z. Zhao, S. Zhang, Q. Wang and X. Wang. 2013. Dinosaur diversity during the transition between the middle and late parts of the Late Cretaceous in eastern Shandong Province, China: Evidence from dinosaur eggshells. Chinese Science Bulletin 58(36):4663-4669 X.-l. Wang, Q. Wang, S.-x. Jiang, X. Cheng, J.-l. Zhang, Z.-k. Zhao, and Y.-g. Jiang. 2012. Dinosaur egg faunas of the Upper Cretaceous terrestrial red beds of China and their stratigraphical significance. Journal of Stratigraphy 36(2):400-416 S.-K. Zhang and Q. Wang. 2010. [A new species of ovaloolithids from Turpan Basin in Xinjiang, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(1):71-75 X. Liang, S. Wen, D. Yang, S. Zhou, and S. Wu. 2009. Dinosaur eggs and dinosaur egg-bearing deposits (Upper Cretaceous) of Henan Province, China: Occurrences, palaeoenvironments, taphonomy and preservation. Progress in Natural Science 19(11):1587-1601 K. E. Mikhailov. 2000. Eggs and eggshells of dinosaurs and birds from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, & E N. Kurichkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 560-572 Carpenter, K. 1999. Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana X. Yu. 1998. [Characteristics of dinosaur fossils from southern Anhui and their significance for stratigraphic position]. Regional Geology of China 17(3):278-284 Y. Li, Y. Liu, X. Chen and G. Zhao. 1996. Dinosaurian Embryo II: Young Dinosaur-bones in Ovaloolithus. Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences 21(6):608-610 Z. Zhao. 1979. [Advances in the study of fossil dinosaur eggs in our country]. Mesozoic and Cenozoic red beds of South China; selected papers from the field conference on the South China Cretaceous-Early Tertiary red beds. Science Press, Beijing 330-340 T.-k. Chao and T.-k. Chiang. 1974. Microscopic studies on the dinosaurian egg-shells from Laiyang, Shanting province. Scientia Sinica 17(1):73-90 C.-C. Young. 1965. [Fossil eggs from Nanshiung, Kwangtung and Kanchou, Kiangsi]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 9(2):141-170 C.-C. Young. 1954. Fossil reptilian eggs from Laiyang, Shantung, China. Scientia Sinica 3(4):505-522 Dinosaur reproduction Cretaceous China Fossils of China Cretaceous Mongolia Fossils of Mongolia Cretaceous Utah Paleontology in Utah Fossil parataxa described in 1979

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Apaosha

Apaosha (, ) is the Avestan language name of Zoroastrianism's demon of drought. He is the epitomized antithesis of Tishtrya, divinity of the star Sirius and guardian of rainfall. In Zoroastrian tradition, Apaosha appears as Aposh or Apaush. For many decades, the Avestan common noun "drought" was thought to derive from either * "burning away" or * "stemming the waters." In the late 1960s, it was proposed that was the antonym of an unattested derivative of * "thriving". This explanation, which is also supported by Old Indic with the same meaning, is today well accepted. Avestan thus originally meant "not thriving". In scripture In the mythology of Yasht 8.21-29, Tishtrya, as a mighty white horse with golden ears and golden tail, rushes towards the cosmic sea Vourukhasha. On his way, he is confronted by Apaosha as a horrible black horse with black ears and black tail. They battle for three days and nights until Apaosha drives Tishtrya away. Tishtrya then complains to Ahura Mazda that he was weakened because humankind did not give him his due of proper prayers and sacrifices. Ahura Mazda then himself offers sacrifice to Tishtrya, who now strengthened reengages Apaosha in battle at noon and conquers the demon of drought. Tishtrya then causes the rains to fall freely upon the earth and all is well again. This legend has been interpreted to be a mythological conflation of a seasonal and astronomical event: The heliacal rising of Sirius (with which Tishtrya is associated) occurred in July, just before the hottest and driest time of the year. For the next few days, Sirius is visible at dawn as a glimmering star (doing battle with Apaosha). In the torrid summer months, as Sirius becomes more directly visible, the light of the star appears to grow stronger (Tishtrya gathering strength) until it is steadily visible in the firmament (Apaosha vanquished). With the defeat of Apaosha, the rainy season begins (in late autumn). A mythological explanation of the heliacal setting of Sirius is only alluded to in the Avesta: In Yasht 18.5-6, Apaosha is contrasted with the bringers of prosperity, that is, Tishtrya and his assistants Vata and Khwarrah. In these verses, the demon of drought is described as the "numbing frost." In tradition The description of the battle between Apaosha and Tishtrya is reproduced in the 9th-12th century texts of Zoroastrian tradition, where Apaosha now appears as Middle Persian Aposh (apōš), and Tishtrya is now Tishtar or Tishter. In the Bundahishn, a cosmological fable completed in the 12th century, the opposition is established during the creation: the second phase of the war between creation (with its guardians) and Angra Mainyu (MP→ Ahriman) is over control of the waters and of the rains. In this war (Bundahishn 7.8-10, and Zadspram 6.9-11), Apaosha is assisted by Spenjagr, who is however defeated by a bolt of lightning. On the opposing front, Tishtrya is supported by Verethragna (→ Vahman), Haoma (→ Hom), Apam Napat (→ Burz), the hordes of the fravashis and by the Vayu (→ Weh). In the Bundahishn, Apaosha is identified with the planet Mercury, the astrological opposition to Sirius being a product of the contact with Chaldea, and which may be a lingering trace of the Zurvanite doctrine that places stars in opposition to planets. Dadistan i denig 93 reiterates Apaosha's attempt to prevent rain. Upon being defeated by Tishtrya, Apaosha then attempts to make the rains cause damage (93.12). Dadistan i denig 93 provides a folk etymology of Aposh as Middle Persian ab osh "(having) the destruction of water." Notes The heliacal rising of Sirius presently occurs in early August. But 2500 years ago, it occurred about two weeks earlier. See precession of the equinoxes. Footnotes References Daevas Sky and weather gods Ancient Iranian gods Horses in mythology

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Iara (mythology)

Iara, also spelled Uiara, Yara or Hiara (, , , , ) or Mãe das Águas (, "mother of the waters"), is a figure from Brazilian mythology based on the ancient Tupi and Guaraní mythology. The word derives from Old Tupi yîara = y ("water") + îara ("lord; lady") = "lady of the lake" (water queen). Depending on the oral tradition and the context of the story, she can be seen either as a water nymph, a siren, or a beautiful mermaid that lives in the Amazon River. Overview According to the oral tale, Iara is a beautiful young woman, sometimes described as having green hair, light brown or copper-colored skin (as that of an Indigenous Amerindian from Brazil, or of a ) and brown eyes, with a tail similar as a freshwater river dolphin, manatee or fish body (the Tupi word y did not have a distinct meaning, being used in general for any riverine or freshwater lacustrine place) who would sit on a rock by the river combing her hair or dozing under the sun. When she felt a man around she would start to sing gently to lure him. Once under the spell of the Iara a man would leave anything to live with her underwater forever, due to the fact that she was pretty and would cater for all the needs of her lover for the rest of his life. Other versions indicate that she slew the men and drowned them. According to the oral tradition of Brazilian folklore, Iara was a beautiful young indigenous woman in a tribe of patriarchal customs, who developed a talent for warfare and gaining admiration from all of her tribe and respect from her father, the chief of the tribe, but stirred up the envy of her brothers, who decided to sabotage her by murdering her during the night. The legend says Iara knew how to defend herself from the attacks of her brothers and accidentally killed them. Discovered by her father, she took refuge in the woods but was captured and punished for the murders of her brothers by being drowned in the river (some versions orals claim they killed her and dumped her body in the river, blaming the night goddess, Jaci, for her disappearance). Turned into a mermaid upon being saved by the nearby fish on the night of a full moon or by Jaci in some versions, she decided to take revenge on all men by seducing them and drowning them in the river. According to some folkloric accounts, those who survive end up going crazy, or survive with teeth marks on their neck.Aspects of the legend It is often claimed that, until the 18th century, the Iara legend did not pertain to the image of a seducing, docile river mermaid. Instead, it was originally about an aggressive and monstrous river merman known as Ipupiara ("freshwater monster"), which would readily devour fishers. Iara is immortal (like the nymphs of Greek mythology), but many of her lovers do age or die. It means that the Iara is condemned to live most of eternity alone. The legend of the Iara was one of the usual explanations for the disappearance of those who ventured alone in the jungle. In Latin American mythology The Iara is similar in nature to several other female figures of folklore from other regions such as La Llorona from Mexico and the Southwestern United States, the Colombian creatures La Patasola and the Tunda and the Deer Woman of North America. All are females who at times function as sirens leading men to their death. This physical deformity marking an otherwise perfect woman is a common theme among siren figures in the Americas but it is usually one of the feet. Deer Woman has hooves for feet, La Patasola and the Tunda have deformed feet and La Llorona is often said to have no feet by those who see her. Adaptations Andrew Lang wrote an adaptation of the legend of Yara in The Brown Fairy Book. American naturalist Herbert Huntingdon Smith recorded a version of the legend of Yara, which he titled Oiará, The Water-Maidens. Legacy and influence Iara (or Yara) is a very popular female name in Brazil. In modern media In the film version of the novel Macunaíma (1969), the eponymous protagonist meets his death at the hands of an Iara. He embraces her eagerly and sees too late the blow hole in the back of her neck that gives her away as the creature she is and not the beautiful woman he mistook her for. In 2021 Brazilian supernatural TV series, Invisible City, the protagonist meets an Iara but survives her drowning attempts. She tells him that she became an Iara after her lover killed and drowned her in a river, but she was resurrected. In the 2021 DC Comics' Wonder Girl comic book starring the future Brazilian Wonder Woman, Yara Flor, Iara was a great Brazilian warrior who was later transformed into a mermaid-like divine being as the protector of the sacred waters. It was she who bestowed on Yara Flor her characteristic weapon of power, the Golden Boleadoras. Iara appears in AdventureQuest Worlds. It was mentioned that Iara was knocked off the cliff into the river during a family scuffle and was turned into a mermaid by nature itself. In Love, Death & Robots season 3 (2022), episode 9 "Jibaro", a deaf warrior meets an Iara who lures his comrades with her screams, causing them to enter a dancing frenzy, rushing to her to ultimately drown in the lake. Iara is a minor antagonist in the TV series adaptation of Beastmaster, presenting as a siren who appears as a beautiful woman but it’s only an illusion as she is really a water snake. She always kills the warriors she loves and she spends her story arcs trying to make Dar her latest love/victim. See also La Llorona'': similar supernatural creature from Native Mexican folklore Siren Mermaid Undine Nixie Tupi people Notes Further reading http://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/fronteiras/article/view/fem.2015.172.10 Sá, Lúcia, Maria Ignez França, and Lemos, Rafaella. "Macunaíma (1928)." In Literatura Da Floresta: Textos Amazônicos E Cultura Latino-americana, 79-120. Rio De Janeiro: SciELO – EDUERJ, 2004. Mermaids Brazilian legendary creatures Tupí legendary creatures Guaraní legendary creatures Brazilian folklore Supernatural legends Water spirits Women warriors

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Anita Ratnam

Anita Ratnam (born 21 May 1954) is an Indian classical and contemporary dancer and choreographer. Classically trained in Bharat Natyam, she has also received formal training in Kathakali, Mohiniattam, and T'ai chi and Kalarippayattu, thus creating a dance style which she has coined "Neo Bharatam". She is the founder-director of Arangham Trust, set up in 1992 in Chennai. She also founded Arangham Dance Theatre, a performance company in 1993 and in 2000 she created Narthaki.com, an Indian dance portal. Over the years, she has received numerous awards and recognition for her work in the performing arts in India and abroad as a choreographer, scholar and cultural activist. Narthaki.com is a dance web portal founded by Dr. Anita R. Ratnam. In 1992 (with a second printed edition in 1997), it started as a phone book with 2000 addresses, when no such data base existed, not even the government had one. It was launched on the internet in April 2000. It has been described as India's first dance portal, and also its largest, and a forum for performing artists and connoisseurs of the arts. The portal publishes Reviews, Previews, Interviews, Profiles, Articles, research articles, special columns by noted scholars, health column, snippets of dance information that is used by researchers, details of programmes, contacts of performers, dance institutions, dance musicians, dance festivals, dance spaces etc, quotes, flash news, obits and a much awaited monthly newsletter. Education and training Anitha Rathnam had her initial dance training under Bharatanatyam guru, Adyar K. Lakshman and later went to Rukmini Devi Arundale's 'Kalakshetra' for advanced training and earned a Post graduate diploma in Dance. She trained in Bharatanatyam as well as Kathakali and Mohiniattam, the classical dances of Kerala. Career She did her MA in Theatre and Television from the University of New Orleans, and spent the next ten years as a Television Producer/commentator in the United States with productions including a weekly series on art, travel and culture in India. She set up Arangham Trust, set up in 1992 in Chennai, followed by Arangham Dance Theatre, a performance company in 1993. A modernist, passionately convinced about creating from her immediate environment, Ratnam has explored various streams of movement and ritual traditions connected with her initial training in classical Bharatanatyam. Quoting about her inspiration and her works, she says: "I am in dance because this is my own way of connecting with myself and the world. I consider myself a contemporary classicist. All my ideas are from traditional sources, but they can also be from readings and from nature: a lotus flower floating in a small brass vessel, a child blowing soap bubbles, even a piece of paper flying in the wind gives me inspiration. The whole world of ideas and a host of people and their mannerisms can all be suggested by a flicker of an eyelid, a flourish of the hand and the attitude of the body. The ideas come from many sources but I use them and put them together in my own style of dance, movement and theatre techniques. When people see my work, they can tell that it is Indian in spirit but very contemporary in approach. Folk dancers and drummers who dance every evening after a hard day's work in the fields, traditional temple performers whose lives depend upon serving GOD during important festivals, actors who fuse movement with voice culture, young performers and students all over the world who want to learn new movement and the dynamics of cultural memories embedded into our South Asian bloodstream – these are the artistes who are the focus of my work. I call myself a cultural activist because I believe in my culture. My culture doesn't mean just the performing arts. To me it stands for finding out about my roots and knowing who I am. And the classical arts are a very vital part of our culture.". In 2007, she performed her solo operatic performance "7 Graces" at Joyce SoHo, New York in collaboration with Hari Krishnan, a Canada-based dancer-choreographer. She has also appeared in some Tamil movies over the years, such as Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) and Boys (2003). Choreographies A Map to the Next World (1997), With Native American poet Joy Harjo Inner World (1998), ; with Pangea World Theatre in Minneapolis Daughters of the Ocean (1999), ; with writer Shobita Punja Dust (2002), with Mark Taylor of Dance Alloy, Pittsburgh, USA. Hyphenated (2002), for Toronto's Lata Pada. Seven Graces (2005), with Canada-based Hari Krishnan Vortext (2006), with Canadian dance artist Peter Chin MA3KA (2009). Awards Anita Ratnam has received several awards and recognition for her work in the performing arts in India and abroad. Some of them are: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2016) by Sangeet Natak Akademi for contemporary dance Nritya Choodamani(1996) by Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai Kalaimamani (1998) for Dance Research by Govt. of Tamil NaduMedia Achievement award (1991) by National Organisation of women in New YorkMahatma Gandhi Award for Cultural Harmony (1986) US Lalithakalaratna (2003) by Sri Lalithakala Academy Foundation Trust (Inc.),Mysore, 2003Natya Ratna (2003) by Sri Shanmukhananda Sangeeta Sabha, New Delhi Vishwa Kala Ratna (2017) by National Indian Arts Awards (Milapfest), United Kingdom References External links Arangham Trust, website Artists from Madurai 1954 births Living people Indian female classical dancers University of New Orleans alumni Indian women choreographers Indian choreographers Artists from Chennai Performers of Indian classical dance Kalakshetra Foundation alumni 20th-century Indian dancers 20th-century Indian women artists Dancers from Tamil Nadu Women artists from Tamil Nadu 21st-century Indian dancers 21st-century Indian women artists Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

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Florian Magnus Maier

Florian Magnus Maier (born 1973), also known as Morean, is a German classical composer, guitarist, producer and vocalist of the bands Alkaloid, Dark Fortress, and Noneuclid. Although born in Munich, he has resided in the Netherlands for over 20 years, his primary occupation being a composer and guitar player within both the contemporary classical and heavy metal communities. Although mostly recognized within the metal community for his vocalist duties with black metal band Dark Fortress, Maier is also a vocalist and guitarist for progressive metal outfits Alkaloid and Noneuclid. Being a classical composer, Maier has also collaborated with Devin Townsend and Paradise Lost on orchestrations. In 2014, the Dutch Public Broadcasting channel released a documentary about the life and work of Maier, highlighting his most famous classical piece, Schattenspiel. After the departure of Erick Rutan from Morbid Angel, Maier auditioned for the lead guitarist role, and was one of the 3 runners-up to take the position, eventually delegated to Destructhor of Zyklon. Personal life Maier was born in Munich, and cultivated an interest in extreme metal music since he was 13. His first band was a thrash metal group called Messenger, where he handled guitar and vocal duties. Having played for several years with his own thrash metal bands in his parents basement, at 17 he became obsessed with flamenco guitar styles and at 21 this prompted him to move to the Netherlands to study flamenco guitar with Paco Peña, and eventually classical composition with Klaas de Vries at the conservatory of Rotterdam. He credits Klaas de Vries, with his development in music. He earned his BA cum laude in composition in 2001, and has mainly worked as a composer and guitarist with orchestras and metal musicians. Maier played flamenco guitar for 12 years, however, he was diagnosed with hypermobility in all of his joints, preventing him from using his thumb and consequentially, dropping flamenco altogether. Currently, he uses 7 and 8 string B.C Rich and Ibanez guitars within both his own ensemble orchestrations and heavy metal bands. Maier is known within the metal community as Morean. He is married to Sanja Maier-Hasagic. Music Dark Fortress Maier joined the German Black Metal band Dark Fortress in 2007, and has since released 4 full records with the band. Despite his primary occupation as a composer and guitarist, he handled vocal and lyrical duties exclusively for all their records hitherto, while occasionally playing guitars as well. In particular, Maier has been influential in utilizing lyrics and imagery based on philosophical and sometimes occultist viewpoints. When speaking about the black metal scene and adoption of corsepaint for atmospheric purposes, Maier states: As for the image: we like to think of ourselves as sophisticated and thinking individuals that live their beliefs in everything, not just on stage, and we would feel like a bunch of morons if we lowered ourselves to the level of idiocy of the usual black metal clichés. Contrary to other bands, we actually try to say something, even though we know some people only get happy if you mention Satan or bathe in your own (or someone else's) vomit. We are not schizophrenic in that sense; we don't pretend to be some random, under-researched lord of hell with a clown face on stage and go back to being a complaining, miserable cog in the machine who hates his life after the show. Alkaloid Progressive metal supergroup Alkaloid was formed in 2014, initially set up as a collaboration between Hannes Grossmann, Christian Münzner, Danny Tunker and Linus Klausenitzer. Grossmann invited Maier to join on guitar and vocalist duties. Maier said "it was just impossible to say no (and not join the band)". The band stated that their first record, 'The Malkuth Grimoire', did not receive support from any labels because it was too diverse and hence unmarketable. Consequently, they crowdfunded the album, receiving more than $21,000 dollars in donations from fans across the world. Grossmann stated that a central reason for his departure from death metal band Obscura was to collaborate with Maier. Concerning Maier's ability, Grossmann said "he is the best composer I have ever worked with". Speaking of Maier's abilities, guitarist Christian Münzner said that "The guy is probably the most amazing guitar player I ever met." Documentary In 2014, the Netherlands Public Broadcasting network NPO released a 50-minute documentary about Maier's life and his composition of a double-guitar concerto, featuring Izhar Elias, entitled "Schattenspiel" ("Shadowplay") for the Zaterdagmatinee, whose performance took place at the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In this documentary, Maier speaks about his childhood, heavy metal during his formative years, familial support and transition to flamenco and classical style guitar playing and composition. Hypermobility Maier played flamenco guitar with Paco Peña until 2006, at which he was diagnosed with hypermobility, and reverted to electric and acoustic guitars. He is unable to use his thumb for traditional flamenco picking, so incorporates flamenco influences in his electric guitar based music. Discography Classical Florian Magnus Maier - Afterglow (2000) - Composer Florian Magnus Maier - Transcarnation (2001) - Composer Florian Magnus Maier - Plutonic (2003) - Composer Florian Magnus Maier - Luciferase (2006) - Composer Metal Noneuclid - The Crawling Chaos (2006) - Guitars Dark Fortress - Eidolon (2008) - Vocals Dark Fortress - Ylem (2010) - Vocals Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction (2011) - Orchestration Obscura - Omnivium (2011) - Guest solo on 'Velocity' Devin Townsend Project - Z² (2014) - Orchestration Hannes Grossmann - The Radial Covenant (2014) - Vocals Noneuclid - Metatheosis (2014) - Vocals & Guitars Dark Fortress - Venereal Dawn (2014) - Vocals & acoustic guitars Alkaloid - The Malkuth Grimoire (2015) - Vocals & Guitars Hannes Grossmann II - The Crypts of Sleep (2016) - Vocals Alkaloid - Liquid Anatomy (2018) - Vocals & Guitars Hannes Grossmann - Apophenia (2019) Dark Fortress - Spectres from the Old World (2020) - Vocals Alkaloid - Numen (2023) - Vocals & Guitars Awards Paul Jacobs Memorial Award (2001, 2002) Matthijs Vermeulen Prize (2002) Composition Prize of the Codarts Rotterdam Conservatory (2001) References 1973 births Living people German male classical composers German male guitarists 21st-century German male singers Musicians from Munich 21st-century German guitarists

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WIXOSS

WIXOSS is a Japanese multimedia franchise produced as a collaboration between Takara Tomy, J.C.Staff, and Warner Bros. Entertainment Japan. The franchise revolves around the eponymous trading card game and follows girls known as Selectors who battle against each other in order to have their wishes granted. The trading card game by Takara Tomy launched in Japan in April 2014 and will begin release in English by Tomy International in November 2021. An anime television series by J.C.Staff, titled selector infected WIXOSS, aired in Japan between April and June 2014, with a second season, selector spread WIXOSS, airing between October and December 2014. A compilation film, titled selector destructed WIXOSS, was released on February 13, 2016. A sequel anime television series, titled Lostorage incited WIXOSS, aired from October to December 2016, with its second season, Lostorage conflated WIXOSS, airing from April to June 2018. Another anime television series, titled WIXOSS Diva(A)Live, aired from January to March 2021. Several manga spin-offs, a novelisation, and a smartphone app have also been produced. Premise WIXOSS is a trading card game in which players battle against each other with fighters known as , using cards to support them. Certain LRIGs are able to communicate with their owners, and the girls chosen to wield them are known as . Selectors are given the chance to have any wish granted by winning battles against other Selectors, but should they lose three times, their wish will be reversed into a curse instead. The main selector anime series follows a girl named Ruko Kominato, who becomes a Selector after receiving an LRIG that she names Tama. As she and various other Selectors battle it out for the sake of their wish, Ruko finds herself drawn into the dark, sinister world of WIXOSS, discovering that, win or lose, there is always a price to pay. In the Lostorage, set following the events of selector, Suzuko Homura, a girl who had just returned to her hometown, finds herself drawn into new kind of Selector battle alongside her LRIG Riru. In these battles, which now include male Selectors, players must wager coins representing their memories, and should they lose them all, they will lose all of their memories and effectively disappear. In WIXOSS Diva(A)Live, which is set in a different universe from the previous two series, WIXOSS battles take place in a virtual world, in which players become Divas and battle in teams of three against other Divas. Hirana Asu forms the team No Limit alongside Rei Sakigake and Akino Onko and aspires to rise to the ranks of Top Diva. Media Anime selector infected WIXOSS, produced by J.C.Staff, is directed by Takuya Satō and written by Mari Okada, with character designs by Kyuta Sakai and music by Maiko Iuchi of I've Sound. The first season aired on MBS between April 3 and June 19, 2014, and was simulcast by Funimation in North America and Crunchyroll in other territories outside Japan. The opening theme is "killy killy JOKER" by Kanon Wakeshima and the ending theme is by Cyua. A second season, title selector spread WIXOSS aired between in October 4 and December 20, 2014. The opening theme is "world's end, girl's rondo" by Wakeshima, whilst the ending theme is by Cyua. An animated film, selector destructed WIXOSS, was released in Japanese theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures on February 13, 2016. A new anime project featuring new characters, titled Lostorage incited WIXOSS, aired from October 7 to December 23, 2016, and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. Katsushi Sakurabi is directing the new anime, with Michihiro Tsuchiya writing the scripts, Takamitsu Satou designing the characters, Maiko Iuchi composing the music, and J.C.Staff returning to produce the animation. The opening theme is "Lostorage" by Yuka Iguchi while the ending theme is "undeletable" by Cyua. Another season, Lostorage conflated WIXOSS aired from April 6 to June 22, 2018. The first episode was released as an original video animation bundled with the SP-32 Selector Collection trading card set on December 14, 2017. The opening theme is "Unlock" by Iguchi while the ending theme is "I" by Cyua. A new television series was announced on March 26, 2020, which was originally set to premiere in 2020. Titled WIXOSS Diva(A)Live, it aired from January 9 to March 27, 2021. Masato Matsune is directing the new anime, with Gō Tamai writing the scripts, Ui Shigure designing the characters, Maiko Iuchi composing the music, and J.C.Staff returning to produce the animation. Crunchyroll licensed the series. Manga Four manga spin-off series, written by Okada, are being produced. selector infected WIXOSS -peeping analyze-, illustrated by Manatsu Suzuki, was serialized in Shueisha's Ultra Jump magazine between July 19, 2014, and May 19, 2015. , illustrated by Nini, began serialization in Ultra Jump from August 2014. selector infected WIXOSS -Re/Verse-, illustrated by Meki Meki, was serialized in Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan magazine between August 25, 2014 and October 24, 2015. selector stirred WIXOSS, illustrated by Monaco Sena, began publication in Hobby Japan's WIXOSS Magazine from April 25, 2015. Trading Card Game A card game titled "WIXOSS" by Takara Tomy has started on April 26, 2014. On July 13, 2021, Tomy International announced that an English version of the game would begin release from November 2021, beginning with the Interlude Diva set based on the WIXOSS Diva(A)Live anime series. Interlude Diva set Released November 6, 2021. Diva Debut Decks and Glowing Diva set released December 17, 2021. Changing Diva set WxDi P02 releases March 18, 2022. Other media A novel written by Madoka Madoka and illustrated by Meiji, titled WIXOSS: Twin Wing, was released in Japan on September 30, 2015. A smartphone game, selector battle with WIXOSS, was released in Japan for Android and iOS on March 31, 2015, and June 8, 2015, respectively. A HTML5 game, titled WIXOSS Multiverse, was launched on the G123 game platform in 2022. Notes References External links Anime official website Lostorage incited WIXOSS anime official website WIXOSS Diva(A)Live anime official website Trading card game official website How to Play Wixoss Trading Card Game in English at The Anime Blog 2014 manga 2021 anime television series debuts Anime with original screenplays Card games in anime and manga Crunchyroll anime Dark fantasy anime and manga Fiction about body swapping Films with screenplays by Mari Okada Gangan Comics manga Hobby Japan manga J.C.Staff Magical girl anime and manga Mainichi Broadcasting System original programming Psychological thriller anime and manga Science fiction anime and manga Seinen manga Shueisha manga Television shows written by Mari Okada Tokyo MX original programming Warner Entertainment Japan franchises 2016 films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.%20L.%20Erlanger

A. L. Erlanger

Abraham Lincoln Erlanger (May 4, 1859 – March 7, 1930) was an American theatrical producer, director, designer, theater owner, and a leading figure of the Theatrical Syndicate. Biography Erlanger was born to a Jewish family in Buffalo, New York. Erlanger and his partner, Kentucky lawyer Marc Klaw, started out as a theatrical booking agency in New York City in 1888. Immensely successful, together they built a large chain of theatres and vaudeville playhouses. In 1896, they joined with theatre operators Al Hayman, Charles Frohman, Samuel F. Nixon, and Fred Zimmerman to form the Theatrical Syndicate. Florenz Ziegfeld joined the Syndicate in 1906 but had produced plays for them before he joined. Their organization, known as "Klaw & Erlanger", established systemized booking networks throughout the United States and created a monopoly that controlled every aspect of contracts and bookings until the late 1910s when the Shubert brothers broke their hold on the industry. The operations of Klaw & Erlanger produced dozens of Broadway shows during the first three decades of the 20th century, including Dracula, Ben-Hur, and The Jazz Singer. They produced the first Ziegfeld Follies in 1907 at the rooftop "Jardin de Paris" in New York City. They also built several of Broadway's most outstanding theaters such as the art nouveau New Amsterdam Theatre in 1903 and in 1927 Erlanger's Theatre (renamed the St. James) plus the new Erlanger Theatre in Philadelphia. Also in 1927, he leased a newly built theatre in Buffalo, New York and applied the Erlanger name to it. In addition to playhouses, he and his partner owned the "Klaw & Erlanger Opera Company" and "Klaw and Erlanger's Costume Company." Erlanger's cold disdain and ruthless tactics helped bring about his own downfall. He made a bitter enemy of the Shubert brothers after Sam Shubert died in a train wreck in 1905, when he is said to have refused to abide by any legal agreements "with a dead man." The enraged Shubert brothers Lee and Jacob began an all out campaign to wrestle power in the industry away from the Theatrical Syndicate. In 1910, he drew the ire of New York mayor William Jay Gaynor when one of his theaters hosted The Girl with the Whooping Cough, a risque farce that the mayor condemned as indecent. In 1919, after he dismissed out of hand the demands of the Actors' Equity Association, the labor union launched a strike that eventually shut down all the theatres in New York City, Chicago, and Boston. In the end, Erlanger suffered large financial losses and had no choice but to accede to union demands. The strike spelled the demise of his once powerful organization and the partnership of Klaw & Erlanger produced their last Broadway show in 1919 (The Velvet Lady). Erlanger continued to produce on Broadway. He died on March 7, 1930. He is interred at Beth El Cemetery in Ridgewood, New York. Erlanger's brother was lawyer and New York Supreme Court Justice Mitchell L. Erlanger, who served as counsel for his brother's company and took it over upon Abraham's death. Former theatres Theaters controlled by Erlanger included: Broadway Erlanger Theatre Fulton Theatre Gaiety Theatre George M. Cohan's Theatre Knickerbocker Theatre Liberty Theatre Henry Miller's Theatre New Amsterdam Theatre New Amsterdam Roof Regional Erlanger Theatre (Atlanta) Colonial Theatre (Boston) Hollis Street Theatre (Boston) Tremont Theatre (Boston) Erlanger Theatre (Buffalo) Blackstone Theatre (Chicago) Erlanger Theatre (Chicago) Illinois Theatre (Chicago) Grand Opera House (Cincinnati) Biltmore Theatre (Los Angeles) Mason Theatre (Los Angeles) Crescent Theatre (New Orleans) Tulane Theatre (New Orleans) Erlanger Theatre (Philadelphia) Nixon Theatre (Pittsburgh) Metropolitan Theatre (Seattle) American Theatre (St. Louis) References American theatre managers and producers Artists from Buffalo, New York American Jews 1859 births 1930 deaths

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanfare

Fanfare

A fanfare (or fanfarade or flourish) is a short musical flourish which is typically played by trumpets (including fanfare trumpets), French horns or other brass instruments, often accompanied by percussion. It is a "brief improvised introduction to an instrumental performance". A fanfare has also been defined in The Golden Encyclopedia of Music as "a musical announcement played on brass instruments before the arrival of an important person", such as heralding the entrance of a monarch (the term honors music for such announcements does not have the specific connotations of instrument or style that fanfare does). Historically, fanfares were usually played by trumpet players, as the trumpet was associated with royalty. Bugles are also mentioned. The melody notes of a fanfare are often based around the major triad, often using "[h]eroic dotted rhythms". By extension, the term may also designate a short, prominent passage for brass instruments in an orchestral composition. Fanfares are widely used in opera orchestral parts, notably in Richard Wagner's and Lohengrin and in Beethoven's Fidelio. In Fidelio, the dramatic use of the fanfare is heightened by having the trumpet player perform offstage, which creates a muted effect. Etymology The word has been traced to a 15th-century Spanish root, ("vaunting"). Though the word may be onomatopoeic, it is also possible that it is derived from the Arabic word ("trumpets"). The word is first found in 1546 in French, and in English in 1605, but it was not until the 19th century that it acquired its present meaning of a brief ceremonial flourish for brass. Indeed, an alternative term for the fanfare is "flourish", as in the ruffles and flourishes played by military bands in the US to announce the arrival of the president, a general, or other high-ranking dignitary. "In the England of Shakespeare's time", fanfares "were often known as flourishes and sometimes as 'tuckets' " (a word related to toccata). History In French usage, also may refer to a hunting signal (given either on "starting" a stag, or after the kill when the hounds are given their share of the animal). In both France and Italy, fanfare was the name given in the 19th century to a military or civilian brass band. In French, this usage continues to the present, and distinguishes the all-brass band from bands of mixed brass and woodwind, which is called Harmonie. Fanfares have been imitated in art music as early as the 14th century. Examples in opera include a fanfare for the governor's arrival in Beethoven's Fidelio, act 2. In the 20th century, well-known composed fanfares include Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man (1942), for brass and percussion, and Igor Stravinsky's Fanfare for a New Theatre (1964), for two trumpets. Copland's Fanfare is one of a series of 18 commissioned by Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conductor Eugene Goossens in 1942–43, each to open a concert. Each was to salute an aspect of the war effort; the U.S. had entered World War II the previous year. The only one of these fanfares to become well known is Copland's; the others are rarely if ever performed or recorded. The set, with the date of the concert at which each was performed, is: 1. A Fanfare for Airmen, Bernard Wagenaar, Oct. 9, 1942 2. A Fanfare for Russia, Deems Taylor, Oct. 16, 1942. 3. A Fanfare for the Fighting French, Walter Piston, Oct. 23, 1942. 4. A Fanfare to the Forces of our Latin-American Allies, Henry Cowell, Oct. 30, 1942. (Recorded.) 5. A Fanfare for Friends, Daniel Gregory Mason, Nov. 6, 1942. 6. A Fanfare for Paratroopers, Paul Creston, Nov. 27, 1942. 7. Fanfare de la Liberté, Darius Milhaud, Dec. 11, 1942. 8. A Fanfare for American Heroes, William Grant Still, Dec. 18, 1942. 9. Fanfare for France, Virgil Thomson, Jan. 15, 1943. 10. Fanfare for Freedom, Morton Gould, Jan. 22, 1943. (Recorded.) 11. Fanfare for Airmen, Leo Sowerby, Jan. 29, 1943. (Recorded.) 12. Fanfare for Poland, Harl McDonald, Feb. 5, 1943. 13. Fanfare for the Medical Corps, Anis Fuleihan, Feb. 26, 1943. 14. Fanfare for the American Soldier, Felix Borowski, March 5, 1943. 15. Fanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland, March 12, 1943. (Many recordings. Incorporated into Copland's Symphony No. 3.) 16. Fanfare for the Signal Corps, Howard Hanson, April 2, 1943. 17. Fanfare for the Merchant Marine, Eugene Goossens, April 16, 1943. 18. Fanfare for Commandos, Bernard Rogers, Feb. 20, 1943. Sources Works cited Musical terminology Hunting

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Daxter (video game)

Daxter is a 2006 platform video game developed by Ready at Dawn and published by Sony Computer Entertainment on the PlayStation Portable on March 14, 2006. A spin-off of the Jak and Daxter series, Daxter takes place during the 2-year timeskip occurring during the opening cutscene of Jak II; unlike the other installments of the franchise focusing primarily on Jak, the game focuses on the adventures of his sidekick Daxter while Jak is imprisoned. As of September 3, 2019, the game has sold 4.2 million copies, and received generally positive reviews from critics. Gameplay Players assume the role of Daxter in his role as a bug exterminator, while he is searching for his friend Jak throughout the game's story. Daxter can perform double jumping and ledge grabbing, can crouch to squeeze through narrow gaps, make use of trampolines to reach higher ledges and ride on ziplines, and make use of vehicles to move around the game world's map. Portals and gateways are encountered within the main environment which lead to locations containing missions that players must complete in order to advance the story. Combat in the game focuses mainly on melee attacks using an electronic blue eco powered bug-swatter, with players able to perform combo attacks on multiple enemies. After the initial missions, the player gains access to an extermination tank which sprays green eco-based bug spray to stun enemies, with it later able to be upgraded with several new functions, including a jet pack to allow Daxter to fly, a flamethrower modification which can improve the effectiveness of the jet pack, and an ultrasonic attachment that shoots blue eco-based high radial damage projectiles. Damage taken from enemies and certain environmental hazards can be recovered by collecting green eco health packs, while the spray tank's supply can be regenerated by absorbing green eco clusters. Two forms of collectibles can be found during the game, including Golden Bug-Gems, similar to the Metalhead Gems from the second and third installment of the Jak and Daxter series, along with the traditional Precursor Orbs, the latter of which can be used to unlock special features. In addition, players can unlock unique items by breaking picture frames found hidden throughout the game, and with a Jak X game connected to Daxter, can alter the character's goggles and, if the connected save file is 100% complete, a modified Hover Scooter paint scheme. Plot The game takes place in the final months of the 2-year gap presented in the opening of Jak II (and the aftermath of The Precursor Legacy), between the moment when Jak is taken prisoner by the Krimzon Guard and the time in which Daxter finally rescues him from the Krimzon Guard Fortress. The introduction shows Jak being captured, while Daxter manages to escape. Almost two years later (having no luck with rescuing Jak), Daxter has forgotten all about finding his friend. An old man named Osmo, whom Daxter meets, hires Daxter as an exterminator working in various parts of Haven City, and occasionally its environs, to exterminate bug-like Metal Heads referred to in-game as 'Metal Bugs'. During his adventures, Daxter meets a mysterious woman named Taryn who, despite being less than impressed by Daxter's interest in her, occasionally helps him. After completing a number of missions for Osmo, Daxter sees Jak in a Prison Zoomer and attempts to chase after it. After being cornered by some Krimzon Guards (who had noticed Daxter's pursuit), Daxter is rescued by Osmo's son Ximon, who assists him with several more missions including one to Baron Praxis' palace where Daxter steals a map of the Fortress, the prison where Jak is being held. After returning to the extermination shop, an arthropod sidekick that Daxter acquired earlier is killed by Kaeden, a bitter man who seemingly wants to steal Osmo's shop, but, in actuality, is working for Kor, the Metal Head leader. When Daxter tries to stop Kaeden from escaping the shop, Kaeden suddenly blows up the shop with a bomb he placed in the shop earlier. Daxter and Osmo survive, and Daxter promises to stop Kaeden, but only after he rescues Jak. Daxter infiltrates the Fortress and finds Kaeden, who reveals himself to be a giant Metal Bug. Daxter manages to defeat Kaeden, who tries to warn him that Kor is waiting outside for them, and then uses a hover platform to begin searching for Jak within the Fortress, leading into the opening cutscene from Jak II. After this, the game cuts to a point later in the timeline at Daxter's Naughty Ottsel Bar, where he is recounting the story to Jak, Keira, Samos, Tess, and Taryn. Reception and sales Daxter received "generally positive reviews", according to review aggregator Metacritic. As of September 3, 2019, the game has sold 4.23 million copies. Daxter is regarded as one of the PSP's best titles by a number of websites. GamesRadar+ ranked Daxter the 4th best PSP game ever made, calling it “an absolute must-play for the PSP enthusiast.” Kotaku cited it as one of the 12 best PSP games, claiming it's “as funny as it is well-tuned.” Additionally, Digital Trends and TechRadar each listed Daxter among the 10 best PSP games, with the former specifying that “Daxter’s vibrant colors and subtle details inject the game with a ton of flair.” References External links 2006 video games 3D platform games Interquel video games Video games developed in the United States Jak and Daxter PlayStation Portable games PlayStation Portable-only games Video game prequels Video games about insects Video games set in prison Video games set on fictional planets Video game spin-offs Multiplayer and single-player video games Mercenary Technology games Ready at Dawn games

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20VII%2C%20Count%20of%20Waldeck-Wildungen

Philip VII, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

Count Philip VII of Waldeck-Wildungen (25 November 1613 – 24 February 1645), , official titles: Graf zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, Herr zu Tonna, was since 1638 Count of . Biography Philip was born at Eisenberg Castle on 25 November 1613 as the second son of Count Christian of Waldeck-Wildungen and his wife Countess Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen. As the eldest surviving son Philip succeeded his father early 1638, while his younger brother John II became Count of . The County of , like the entire County of Waldeck, was heavily in debt. The financial difficulties of the county did not change when the counts of Waldeck acquired the in 1640. The lordship was sold to Duke Frederick I of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg in 1677. An important and, as it turned out, fatal event during Philip's reign was the time when Swedish troops were encamped in Wildungen. The commander-in-chief, Johan Banér, had marched to the city in August 1640 with about 70,000 men, while not far from there the imperial troops under Archduke Leopold William and Ottavio Piccolomini were encamped in Fritzlar. No battle took place. But the soldiers used the city's supplies and destroyed the villages in the surrounding countryside. On 15 September Banér marched away again. Annoyed beyond measure by the damage the Swedes had inflicted on his county, Philip changed sides and took the side of Emperor Ferdinand III in 1643. The Emperor appointed him a colonel and put him in charge of a cavalry regiment called 'Waldeck'. On 24 February 1645, at the Battle of Jankov in Bohemia, where the Bavarian and imperial troops were defeated by the Swedish general Lennart Torstenson, the 31-year-old Philip was taken prisoner and – against the law of war – executed. Philip was succeeded by his eldest son Christian Louis, who was under the regency of his mother until 1660. Marriage and issue Philip married in Frankfurt on 26 October 1634 to Countess Anne Catherine of Sayn-Wittgenstein (Simmern, 27 July 1610 – , December 1690), daughter of Count and Countess Elisabeth Juliane of Solms-Braunfels. From this marriage the following children worn born: Count Christian Louis (Waldeck, 29 July 1635 – , 12 December 1706), succeeded his father as Count of Waldeck-Wildungen in 1645. Married: on 2 July 1658 to Countess Anne Elisabeth of Rappoltstein (Rappoltstein, 7 March 1644 – Landau, 6 December 1678). in Idstein on 6 June 1680Jul. to Countess Johannette of Nassau-Idstein (Idstein, 14 September 1657 – Landau, 14 March 1733). Count Josias II (Wildungen, 31 July 1636Jul. – Kandia, 8 August 1669Greg.), obtained the Wildungen district as an appanage in 1660. He married at Arolsen Castle on 26 January 1660 to Countess Wilhelmine Christine of Nassau-Siegen (1629 – Hildburghausen, 22 January 1700). (1 August 1637 – , 20 May 1707), married at Arolsen Castle on 27 January 1660 to Count Henry Wolrad of Waldeck-Eisenberg (Culemborg, 28 March 1642 – Graz, 15 July 1664). Anne Sophie (Waldeck, 1 January 1639 – 3 October 1646). Joanne (Waldeck, 30 September 1639 – Waldeck, 2 October 1639). Philippine (19 November 1643 – 3 August 1644). Ancestors Notes References Sources 1613 births 1645 deaths Philip 07, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen German military officers German military personnel of the Thirty Years' War Military personnel from Hesse 17th-century German people

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Stone%20Angel%20%28film%29

The Stone Angel (film)

The Stone Angel is a 2007 Canadian drama film written and directed by Kari Skogland. The screenplay is based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Margaret Laurence. Plot The film spans several decades in the unconventional life of feisty nonagenarian Hagar Shipley, who sets off on a journey to reconcile herself with her past when she discovers her son Marvin and daughter-in-law Doris are moving her into a nursing home. In a crumbling house she had lived in when she was first married, Hagar recalls her estrangement from her father, a wealthy Manitoba shopkeeper who disowned her when she married farmer Bram Shipley. Despite her defiance, she considered herself superior to her husband, and treated him callously as their relationship disintegrated and he became an alcoholic. Her younger son John, her favorite, eventually broke her heart by becoming involved with Arlene, a wild girl of whom she disapproved. Now in hiding, Hagar meets Leo, who enables her to confront the one secret she feels she must take to her grave, namely the role she played in John's death. No longer able to repress her emotions, she realizes the bad decisions and misjudgments she made throughout her life were a result of her resolute stubbornness, and eventually she is able to find closure with Marvin. Cast Ellen Burstyn as Hagar Currie Shipley Christine Horne as Young Hagar Currie Shipley Samantha Weinstein as Child Hagar Currie Dylan Baker as Marvin Shipley Devon Bostick as Young Marvin Sheila McCarthy as Doris Shipley Doreen Brownstone as Silver Elms Bridge Player Kevin Zegers as John Shipley Elliot Page as Arlene Simmons Josette Halpert as Young Arlene Simmons Wings Hauser as Older Bram Shipley Cole Hauser as Young Bram Shipley Aaron Ashmore as Matt Currie Connor Price as Young Matt Currie Luke Kirby as Leo Production The film was shot on location throughout Manitoba, including Winnipeg, Hartney, Landmark, and Lake Winnipeg. The film premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival and was shown at Cinefest Sudbury, the Calgary Film Festival, the Edmonton International Film Festival, the Tokyo International Film Festival, the Possible Worlds Film Festival, the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the Female Eye Film Festival, and the Method Fest Independent Film Festival before going into theatrical release in Canada on May 9, 2008 and in the United States on July 11, 2008. Critical reception Philip Marchand of the Toronto Star rated the film 2½ out of four stars and commented, "Does every Canadian movie based on a Canadian novel have to be scored with mournful violins and weeping cellos?" Stephen Holden of The New York Times thought it was "a film of tightly assembled bits and pieces that don’t fit comfortably together despite clever dashes of magical realism connecting past and present" and felt although "this multigenerational family history has enough gripping moments to hold your attention . . . ultimately it leaves you frustrated by its failure to braid subplots and characters into a gripping narrative." He added, "Ms. Burstyn’s scenery-chewing performance, utterly devoid of vanity, makes her a spiritual cousin of Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment." Eddie Cockrell of Variety called the film "tastefully reverent" and "fundamentally sincere" but felt it suffered from "generational cross-cutting that's both rushed and cluttered" and "would have have(sic) been better served as a more leisurely miniseries." Awards and nominations Ellen Burstyn won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role and John McCarthy won the Genie Award for Best Music Score. The Writers Guild of Canada nominated Kari Skogland for the Canadian Screenwriting Award for Best Feature Film. References External links 2007 films Canadian drama films Films set in Manitoba Films shot in Manitoba Films based on Canadian novels Films based on works by Margaret Laurence 2007 drama films Films directed by Kari Skogland English-language Canadian films 2000s English-language films 2000s Canadian films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Ignacio%20Church%20%28Manila%29

San Ignacio Church (Manila)

San Ignacio Church (; ) in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines, was designed for the Jesuits by architect Félix Roxas Sr., and completed in 1899. It was known as their "Golden Dream" but was destroyed during World War II. Its interiors, embellished with carvings, had been designed by Isabelo Tampinco. The church building is currently being reconstructed, along with its adjoining Casa Misión Convent, as the Museo de Intramuros. History The Jesuits built two churches in honor of St. Ignatius of Loyola at two different sites. The first site was located along Calle Real del Palacio, at the present site of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (former site of Colegio de Manila). The second site was located along Calle Arzobispo, beside the guesthouse of the Archdiocese of Manila and the archdiocesan chancery and archives – formerly the Arzobispado or the Episcopal Palace, the residence and office of the archbishop of Manila. First church There were three churches built at the site of the former Colegio de Manila (currently Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila) between 1587 and 1879. The first church, designed by Italian Jesuit priest-architect Gianantonio Campioni, was constructed in 1587 and dedicated to St. Ignatius of Loyola. The funds for the construction came from oidor Don Gabriel de Ribera. It was made of wood with a tile roof and was completed in 1632. The second church, made of stone, was constructed from 1590 to 1596 following the plans of Antonio Sedeño and was dedicated to Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary. It was damaged by an earthquake in 1600. In 1626, the third church was constructed and dedicated again to St. Ignatius of Loyola. The church was completed in 1632. Due to the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Philippines, the church slowly deteriorated from 1768 to 1784. The Seminario de San Carlos managed the church and the adjacent Colegio de Manila in 1784. On 6 September 1852, an earthquake caused major damage to the façade of the church. The flanking bell towers and the lower floor of the nave were the only structures left standing. The site later became a military barracks known as Cuartel de España, which served as the headquarters of the 31st American Infantry Regiment. Second church The plans of the church and its adjacent school were kept at the Jesuit Archives in Manila. However, the plans did not reflect the construction as it was actually built at the former Jesuit compound. In 1879, the Jesuits were authorized to use the stones of the 17th century San Ignacio Church as foundation for the construction of the new church on Calle Arzobispo. Gustave Eiffel designed and supplied the metal framework for the church. Thus confirming the contribution of Eiffel in Philippine church architecture, just not in San Sebastián Church as many believed. The second church, or the fourth attempt of the Jesuits, built for St. Ignatius of Loyola was designed by the architect Félix Roxas Sr., the first recorded Filipino architect in classical and renaissance style. The wooden interior and statuary were designed and executed by Isabelo Tampinco. His atelier and Agustín Sáez were charged with the altars and pulpit. Sáez was the director of the art academy in Manila and art teacher at the Ateneo Municipál. In 1889, construction of the church was completed. Unfortunately, the church was destroyed during the Battle of Manila. It continuously burned for four days because of the heavy use of good local hardwood. Museo de Intramuros After it was destroyed in 1945, the property was acquired by the City of Manila. The Jesuits has kept the plans for the church; however, they did not rebuild in Intramuros and transferred to Loyola Heights, Quezon City and erected the Church of the Gesù there. The City of Manila rented out the property to different companies, which converted its ruins as an office space and a warehouse due to its proximity near the Manila South Harbor. Its ruins were altered by the private developers, such as putting additional circular window holes on the building envelope. Later on, the ruins of the church was turned into a basketball court. Excavation and plans to restore the church began when the Intramuros Administration was created in 1979 through Presidential Decree 1616. The Intramuros Administration is currently rebuilding the church as a part of Museo de Intramuros, which is planned to be an ecclesiastical museum that will house a thousand artifacts that the Intramuros Administration had collected over time. Architectural features For over 300 years, a mixture of architectural styles were implemented to establish a church in honor of St. Ignatius of Loyola: the Italianate Baroque style of architect Gianantonio Campioni, evolving into Neoclassical style of architect Félix Roxas, Sr and Renaissance style through its interiors by Isabelo Tampinco. The interiors of the first church or the 17th century San Ignacio Church were painted in 1700 by Jesuit brother Manuel Rodríguez, assisted by Tagalog apprentices. The exterior façade of the second church reflected neoclassical proportions. However, its interiors are in the Renaissance Style with features such as arcaded and elevated galleries along the nave, a dark hardwood interior finish, an artesonado or coffered ceiling, fusion of bricks and piedra de Visayas or coral and limestone at the façade of the church, and pillars and outlines of portals and windows made up of white Carrara marble. The church was spared from a fire that occurred on 13 August 1932, which started on a store on Calle Real. Gutted were most of the Jesuit compound (mostly comprising the Ateneo de Manila), the Augustinian Provincial House (Casa Procuración, also Casa Nueva; subsequently reconstructed as the ECJ Building), and Colegio de Santa Isabel. Besides the church, the headquarters of the Philippine Jesuit Mission (Casa Misión) was also spared, though partially damaged. When the Ateneo de Manila subsequently transferred to the newly built, Jesuit-owned San José Seminary on Padre Faura Street, Ermita, the church became a parish. See also San Francisco Church of Intramuros List of Jesuit sites References Former buildings and structures in Manila Buildings and structures in Intramuros Church ruins in the Philippines Jesuit churches in the Philippines Buildings and structures under construction in Metro Manila

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward%20Operating%20Base%20Sharana

Forward Operating Base Sharana

Forward Operating Base (FOB) Sharana was a large forward operating base with many amenities, including a United Service Organizations installation. It is located in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. FOB Sharana was initially established as Camp Kearney on 21 November 2004. This was followed by the construction of an airstrip and helicopter landing zone. It was completed in 2005 and the name officially changed to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Sharana. The perimeter of the FOB grew steadily through 2007. It was a hub to many NGO construction projects and vocational training programs that went on in Paktika Province as well as hosting ISAF units from other nations such as South Korea, Poland and Czech Republic. The FOB was constructed on a prominent rise overlooking Route Audi. Additionally OP Mest near the village of Yahya Kheyl at the entrance of the valley was built. This observation post maintained a full-time garrison to provide additional security and overwatch for the FOB. Opening on 1 March 2011, The SPC Jordan Byrd Trauma Center provided combat medical services for the region. The center was named in honor of Specialist Jordan Byrd, a Task Force Red Currahee medic from Company A, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, who had died at OP Mest the previous October while saving another soldier. In May 2013 Security Force (SECFOR) 240B, consisting of Jordanian military volunteers, assumed security duties for the FOB as American forces began to draw down. The FOB was dismantled and returned to the Afghan Government on 1 October 2013. The site is now the location of Sharana public airfield. Units May 2004 to May 2005 - B Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division in support of Combined/Joint Task Force 168 March 2006 to March 2007 - 37th Engineer Battalion (Combat)(Airborne) in support of Combined/Joint Task Force 76, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) and formed Task Force Eagle Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 36th Engineer Brigade (TF Rugged) March 2007 to June 2008 ISAF Provincial Reconstruction Team 4 (PRT SHARANA) (United States Army/Navy Joint Task Force CJTF82/TF Pacemaker) March 2007 to April 2008 ISAF SECFOR - A Company 158th Infantry Regiment 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (CJTF82/Task Force Pacemaker) March 2007 to April 2008 62nd Engineer Battalion (H), 36th Engineer Brigade (Task Force Hammer) April 2008 to July 2009 166th Engineer Company, 877th Engineer Battalion, Alabama Army National Guard May 2009 to June 2010 226th Engineer Company, 891st Engineer Battalion, Kansas Army National Guard, January–December 2010 1092nd Engineer Battalion, 372nd Engineer Brigade WV ARNG, May 2010 to May 2011 506th Infantry Regiment(Currahee) 101st Airborne Division Aug 2010 to Aug 2011 172nd Infantry Brigade (United States Army) July 2011 to June 2012 887th Engineer Support Company, 326th Engineer Battalion October 2011 to October 2012 842nd Engineer Company, 109th Engineer Battalion, Nov 2011 to September 2012 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (United States) May 2012 to February 2013 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (United States) January 2013 to October 2013 Aviation 655 Air Expeditionary Squadron, May 2009 to December 2010, Commander Lt. Col. Melinda Grafton, USAF 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, May 2011 to May 2012 See also List of ISAF installations in Afghanistan Bowe Bergdahl: US Army soldier who deserted from OP Mest and attempted to reach FOB Sharana References Military installations of the United States in Afghanistan Military bases of Poland in Afghanistan

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E. M. Almedingen

E. M. Almedingen (born Marta Aleksandrovna Almedingen, also known as Martha Edith Almedingen or von Almedingen; 21 July 1898 – 5 March 1971) was a British novelist, biographer, children's author, and member of the Royal Society of Literature. Family On her mother's side, she was descended from the aristocratic Poltoratsky family; her maternal grandfather was Serge Poltoratzky, the literary scholar and bibliophile who ended his days in exile, shuttling between France and England. His second wife, Ellen Sarah Southee, the daughter of an English gentleman farmer, grew up in Kent, and was related to poet Robert Southey. Their children had English governesses and grew up speaking English. Their daughter and the novelist's mother, Olga Sergeevna, grew up in Kent— but, fascinated by her father's native Russian, moved to Russia in 1800s. There, she married Alexander Almedingen, who had turned his back on his family's military traditions to become a scientist. Early life After her father abandoned his family in 1900, they increasingly lived in impoverishment. Despite this, the author was able to attend the Kseniinsky Institute in 1913 and eke out a living in the increasingly desperate times of the Russian revolution and civil war. She received the highest honors in history and literature at Kseniinsky. She transferred from Kseniinsky to Petrograd University in 1916, where she attended until she earned her first doctorate in 1920. Career From 1920, Almedingen taught English history and literature at Petrograd University. She then emigrated to England in 1923, where she began work as a journalist. She settled in Shropshire, living initially at Worfield, and later at Church Stretton by time of the Second World War. In parallel, she dabbled in fiction writing with works such as “An Examination in Diplomacy”, before ultimately going on to publish upwards of 60 books over the next several decades. Despite her wide range of work from biography to poetry, she became well-known for her children's novels in particular. Almedingen wrote two historical novels: The Lion of the North (1938), about Charles XII of Sweden, and Fair Haven (1956), about Peter the Great. In 1951, she became a lecturer in Russian literature at Oxford University. In 1941 she won the $5,000 Atlantic Monthly nonfiction prize for one of her autobiographical works, Tomorrow Will Come. Five years later she moved to Frogmore, a house near Upton Magna in Shropshire, where she remained until her death. Bibliography Fiction “An Examination in Diplomacy” (1929) Young Catherine (1938) The Lion of the North: Charles XII, King of Sweden (1938) She Married Pushkin (1939) Frossia (1943) Dasha (1944) The Golden Sequence (1949; Published in England as The Inmost Heart) Flame on the Water (1952) Stand Fast, Beloved City (1954) Life of Many Colours: The Story of Grandmother Ellen; US edition: A Very Far Country (1958) Fair Haven (1956) Stephen's Light (1956) The Scarlet Goose (1957) The Little Stairway; US edition: Winter in the Heart (1960) Dark Splendour (1961) One Little Tree: A Christmas Card of a Finnish Landscape (1963) The Knights of the Golden Table (1963) The Treasure of Siegfried (1964) The Ladies at St. Hedwig's (1965) Little Katia (1966) The Story of Gudrun; based on the Third Part of the Epic of Gudrun (1967) Young Mark: The Story of a Venture (1967) Candle at Dusk (1969) Too Early Lilac (1970) Ellen (1970) The Crimson Oak (1983) Non-fiction Pilgrimage of a Soul (1934) Through Many Windows Opened by the Book of Common Prayer (1935) From Rome to Canterbury (1937) Tomorrow Will Come (1941, 1961, 1964) Dom Benard Clements: A Portrait (1945) The Almond Tree (1947) Within the Harbour (1950) Late Arrival (1952) So Dark a Stream: A Study of the Emperor Paul I of Russia, 1754-1801 (1959) The Young Pavlova (1960) Catherine: Empress of Russia (1961) The Empress Alexandra, 1872-1918: A Study (1961) The Emperor Alexander II: A Study (1962) Catherine the Great: A Portrait (1963) The Young Leonardo da Vinci (1963) The Emperor Alexander I (1964) A Picture History of Russia (1964) An Unbroken Unity: A Memoir of Grand Duchess Serge of Russia, 1864-1918 (1964) The Young Catherine the Great (1965) Retreat from Moscow (1966) The Romanovs: Three Centuries of an Ill-Fated Dynasty (1966) St. Francis of Assisi (1967) Charlemagne: A Study (1968) I Remember St. Petersburg (1969) Rus into Muscovy: The History of Early Russia (1971); US edition: Land of Muscovy: The History of Early Russia (1972) Anna (1972) Poetry Poloniae Testamentum (1942) Out of Seir (1943) The Unnamed Stream and Other Poems (1965) Plays Storm at Westminster: A Play in Twelve Scenes (1952) Compilations Russian Fairy Tales (1958) Russian Folk and Fairy Tales (1963) Fanny (Frances Hermione de Poltoratzky, 1850-1916) (1970) Translations The Lord's Passion (1940) References Further reading Biography, bibliography, tomb at the site "Necropolis of the Russian Academic Diaspora" 1898 births 1971 deaths English women novelists English children's writers British historical novelists Writers of historical fiction set in the early modern period Women historical novelists Russian refugees English people of Russian descent 20th-century English novelists 20th-century English women writers Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom Almedingen

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Skyliner

The is an airport limited express train service between Tokyo and Narita Airport in Japan. It is operated by Keisei Electric Railway and runs on the Narita Sky Access route. This article also covers the and services. Service The Skyliner limited express service operates between Keisei Ueno Station and Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station, with stops at Nippori Station and Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station. Certain trains also stop at and stations. The one-way ride between Nippori and Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 takes about 36 minutes and costs ¥2,520 in 2019, making it the fastest and cheapest limited express train option between the airport and downtown Tokyo. The main competitor for the Skyliner is JR East's Narita Express. Station stops Legend ● : All trains stop △ : Some trains stop History 1972-2010 The Skyliner'''s predecessor was the Kaiungō express service, which began operation non-stop from Keisei Ueno to Keisei Narita on May 1, 1952, 26 years before the opening of Narita Airport. Seat reservations were mandatory. The Kaiungō Express service was operated by 1600 series trains from 1953 to 1967. Although the first trains were small, with only two cars, they had reclining seats and televisions, making them luxurious trains for their time. The trains were lengthened to three cars in 1957 (although only one of those cars was an actual Type 1600 car). In 1967, the 1600 series trains were replaced by 3150 and 3200 series trains, fitted with semi-transverse seating in order to comply with subway specifications. In 1972, new AE series trains began operation as the Skyliner, while the Kaiungō became the main train running during afternoons and holidays. The Kaiungō service was taken over by AE series trains on December 30, 1973, and the Skyliner became a nonstop Ueno-Narita service. Although the Skyliner's name was chosen, it wasn't announced soon enough and thus the first trains were shipped with the inscription "Express". In the final months preceding Narita Airport's opening, there were a number of violent protests at the airport. One arson attack caused an AE series train in a yard to be put out of service on May 5, 1978. Finally, on May 21, 1978, upon the opening of New Tokyo International Airport, the Skyliner began nonstop runs from Keisei Ueno to Narita Airport Station. At the time, Narita Airport Station was located far from the passenger terminal (at the present-day location of Higashi-Narita Station), and passengers on the Skyliner had to get off and take a bus from the station to the airport. This inconvenience caused many passengers to use direct city-to-terminal limousine buses rather than the Skyliner. Starting on September 1, 1979, the Skyliner began stopping at Keisei Narita Station once a day during the afternoon. This commuter-oriented service was expanded to become the Evening Liner service on December 1, 1984, and the Morning Liner was added on October 19, 1985. Nippori was added as a stop on the new commuter services, and in 1988, all Skyliner services began making stops at Nippori Station. Growing criticism of Narita ground transportation in the late 1980s led the Ministry of Transport to open up underground platforms and track initially intended for the Narita Shinkansen (a high-speed rail link between the city and the airport that was never built) for service by regular local and express trains. On March 19, 1991, the new Narita Airport Station opened directly underneath Terminal 1. Both the Skyliner and its new competitor, JR East's Narita Express, began service to the new station. On December 3, 1992, services began to Airport Terminal 2. Eight-car AE100 series trains were introduced in 1990. These trains were designed with emergency exits at each end, under the assumption that the trains would eventually be used for limited express service between Narita Airport and Haneda Airport: the Toei Asakusa Line has no emergency walkways along its sides, so it was necessary to allow evacuation from the ends of the train. Following the introduction of the AE100s, the seven six-car AE series trains were rearranged to form five eight-car trains. In June 1993, the older AE series trains were withdrawn from service. From December 10, 2006, most Skyliner services began stopping at Keisei Funabashi Station. 2010: Narita Sky Access opening From July 17, 2010, the Skyliner services were transferred from the Keisei Main Line to the Narita Sky Access route, with the introduction of new AE series EMUs. New Cityliner services using the older AE100 series trains replaced the former Skyliner on the Keisei Main Line. The new Skyliner service allows a transfer from Central Tokyo to Narita Airport in 36 minutes, 15 minutes faster than the old route via the Keisei Main Line, making it the fastest and cheapest limited express train option connecting Narita Airport with Central Tokyo. March 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami Some Sky Liner services were suspended following the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami of 11 March 2011 and subsequent energy restrictions implemented in the Tokyo area. Full service was however restored from 10 September 2011, following the lifting of energy restrictions. 2020: Aoto stop added On 6 April 2020, Keisei announced that certain Skyliner trains would begin serving Aoto Station in order to facilitate easier connections to and from trains serving the Keisei Oshiage Line, Toei Asakusa Line and Keikyu Main Line. The new service began on 11 April 2020. As of September 2022, Narita-bound Skyliner services stop at Aoto once per hour between 7:35 and 16:33. Ueno-bound trains stop at Aoto once per hour between 10:50 and 18:50, followed by all trains after 21:00. 2022: Shin-Kamagaya stop added In October 2022, Keisei announced that certain Skyliner trains would begin serving Shin-Kamagaya Station with the intent of improving access to Kashiwa and Matsudo in Chiba Prefecture. The planned implementation date is scheduled for 26 November 2022. All trains that stop at Aoto also stop at Shin-Kamagaya. Morningliner/Eveningliner The and are limited-express train services for commuters on the Keisei Main Line operated by Keisei Electric Railway. Morningliner operates toward Tokyo in the morning, and Eveningliner operates away from Tokyo in the evening. All seats are reserved with a supplement of 420 yen. A single trip from Narita Airport to Nippori Station costs ¥1,462. The Morning Pass is a monthly reserved pass priced at ¥8,150 a month. Route Abbreviation M: Morningliner E: Eveningliner'' Legend △, ▽ : alighting ▲, ▼ : boarding References External links Keisei Narita Airport Access website Keisei Narita Airport Access website （- July 16, 2010） Keisei Electric Railway Airport rail links in Japan Named passenger trains of Japan Rail transport in Chiba Prefecture Railway services introduced in 1972 Narita International Airport 1972 establishments in Japan

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragons%20of%20Flame%20%28module%29

Dragons of Flame (module)

Dragons of Flame is the second module in the first major story arc in the Dungeons & Dragons Dragonlance series of game modules. It is one of the 14 Dragonlance adventures published by TSR between 1984 and 1986. Its cover features a painting by Jeff Easley depicting Tasslehoff Burrfoot peering at a red dragon and Verminaard of the Dragonarmies of Ansalon. Kapak Draconians make their debut in this module; Aghar and Baaz Draconians from Dragons of Despair return as featured creatures. The locations featured in this module are Qualinost and the Sla-Mori, a secret passage between Qualinesti and Pax Tharkas. The same player characters (PCs) from Dragons of Despair are available again, with their character sheets reflecting that they have each increased a level from the previous adventure. Tika becomes a playable character at the end of chapter six, and Gilthanas, a new character, becomes playable at the end of chapter eight. Laurana, who becomes a playable character in DL6 Dragons of Ice, makes her debut in this module. Plot synopsis Continuing from the previous module, Dragons of Despair, players reenact the Dragonlance story using the pre-generated players. The player characters return to their hometown and find it overrun by evil; the elves of Qualinost hire them to free captives that the Draconians have imprisoned in the fortress of Pax Tharkas. In Dragons of Flame, the brave Innfellows are suffering thanks to the Draconians, and require aid in the beleaguered North Lands before setting off to rescue an enslaved population. When the adventure starts, Solace has been captured by Kapak Draconians. The dragon armies control the plains, but Qualinesti is not conquered. Plainsmen are being taken by caravan to Pax Tharkas to be slaves. Chapter 5 – Que Kiri and the Plains A short set of encounters on the plains and the ruins of Que Kiri show the effects of the dragon armies as the PCs travel back to Solace from Xak Tsaroth, where they finished Dragons of Despair. There is also an encounter to ensure the PCs are captured and taken to Solace if they head in another direction. Chapter 6 – Solace The PCs see the devastation at Solace, and are arrested in the Inn of the Last Home along with Tika and Gilthanas. Chapter 7 – The Slave Caravan As slaves being transported to Pax Tharsis, the PCs meet Gilthanas, and are rescued by elves. Chapter 8 – Elvenhome The elves, polite but aloof, update the players on the start of the war and suggest that they and Gilthanas should free the slaves and hostages in Pax Tharsis. Laurana is introduced, and soon after is kidnapped by Fewmaster Toede. Chapter 9 – To the Walls of Pax Tharkas The heroes and Gilthanas, who becomes a PC, travel overland for a day, then enter and traverse Sla-Mori, the secret passages that lead into the fortress of Pax Tharkas. Chapter 10 – The Tharkadan Towers In a section of Pax Tharkas, the heroes must find and rescue all the children, women, and men who are being held prisoner in different locations. Besides all the draconian or hobgoblin guards, they must avoid two ancient red dragons and dragon highlord Verminaard. Publication history DL2 Dragons of Flame was designed by Douglas Niles, et al., features art by Jeff Easley, and was published by TSR in 1984 as a thirty-two page booklet with an outer cover. Reception Rick Swan reviewed the adventure in The Space Gamer No. 73. He praised the module for its vivid and non-stereotypical characterizations, challenging and engaging encounters, and well-crafted storyline. He did note that: "The story is so tightly scripted that occasionally players may feel more like observers rather than participants", and cautions that Dungeon Masters (DMs) will need to stay alert to keep players on track. However, he concludes by stating that: "If you've given up on Dungeons & Dragons, Dragons of Flame is a great way to get reacquainted." Steve Hampshire reviewed the module for Imagine magazine, giving it a positive review. He noted that DL2 retains many of DL1's strengths of detail, clarity and layout. However, Hampshire had a few reservations about DL2, notably that: "the players have to go along with the plot to make any sense of it at all." He felt that, given the lack of real freedom for players, keeping up interest might be a problem. He also thought DL2 to be fairly short and that it would make little sense outside of the DL series. However, he concluded his review by noting that: "as one of the series [...] it has 'Dallas' appeal." In a review by Graham Staplehurst in the July 1985 issue of White Dwarf, the module was given a rating of 7 out of 10 overall. The review contains suggestions for the DM on how to handle various rule changes and run this style of adventure, where the game is more restrictive than normal, to keep the players within the story. Staplehurst said: "anyone thinking of running the whole of the DragonLance saga should bear in mind the potentially confining feeling that is part and parcel of this series"; and "[I]t's debatable how close this is to the original concept of role-playing". He felt that while: "The players will have to adapt to fit the characters rather than the other way round ... the authors have tried to develop the characters in a realistic manner". Staplehurst said the modules provide plenty of thrills once players settle into their roles, and opined that there are two ways of looking at these adventures: "They may be used by inexperienced players to get involved and experienced in the game (despite the fact that it is somewhat non-standard AD&D), or they represent a detailed world for players of long-standing to immerse themselves in." He felt that with around twenty-four pages of text, an area map, three detailed location maps, and plenty of good art, purchasers would get their money's worth, although he could not imagine anyone wanting to use certain repeated information and extras, such as a song and poem. Staplehurst concluded the review by noting that: [T]he players are treated as idiots if they do anything but the stated actions and though this may be a useful trick for less experienced players, it is extremely frustrating when DMing and players come up with a potentially intelligent suggestion or plan only to have to shoot it down because it 'doesn't fit the story'. He felt that players should have been allowed more options from which to choose. Adaptations Dragons of Flame was adapted into a video game of the same name that was released in 1989. The game is a sequel to Heroes of the Lance and like it, is arcade oriented, with few role-playing video game elements. This module has also been converted into a Neverwinter Nights adventure, requiring both the Hordes of the Underdark expansion pack and the original game. References External links DragonLance Series at Acaeum.com Dragonlance adventures Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1984

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%20Swiss%20Open%20%28badminton%29

2021 Swiss Open (badminton)

The 2021 Swiss Open (officially known as the Yonex Swiss Open 2021, after its sponsor) was a badminton tournament in St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, from 2 to 7 March 2021. It had a purse of $140,000. Tournament The 2021 Swiss Open was the first tournament of the 2021 BWF World Tour and also part of the Swiss Open championships which had been held since 1955. This tournament was organized by the Swiss Badminton and sanctioned by the BWF. Venue This international tournament was held at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland. Point distribution Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 300 event. Prize money The total prize money for this tournament was US$140,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations. Men's singles Seeds Viktor Axelsen (champion) Lee Zii Jia (semi-finals) Rasmus Gemke (second round) Srikanth Kidambi (semi-finals) B. Sai Praneeth (quarter-finals) Kantaphon Wangcharoen (quarter-finals) Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (quarter-finals) Kunlavut Vitidsarn (final) Wild card Swiss Badminton awarded a wild card entry to Christian Kirchmayr of Switzerland. Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 Women's singles Seeds Carolina Marín (champion) P. V. Sindhu (final) Pornpawee Chochuwong (semi-finals) Mia Blichfeldt (semi-finals) Busanan Ongbamrungphan (quarter-finals) Sung Ji-hyun (second round) Zhang Beiwen (quarter-finals) Kim Ga-eun (first round) Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 Men's doubles Seeds Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (semi-finals) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (semi-finals) Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong (second round) Marcus Ellis / Chris Langridge (second round) Ong Yew Sin / Teo Ee Yi (quarter-finals) Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (champions) Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov (second round) Ben Lane / Sean Vendy (second round) Wild card Swiss Badminton awarded a wildcard entry to Yann Orteu / Minh Quang Pham of Switzerland. Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 Women's doubles Seeds Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai (semi-finals) Chow Mei Kuan / Lee Meng Yean (semi-finals) Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva (final) Chloe Birch / Lauren Smith (first round) Maiken Fruergaard / Sara Thygesen (quarter-finals) Émilie Lefel / Anne Tran (first round) Rachel Honderich / Kristen Tsai (quarter-finals) Selena Piek / Cheryl Seinen (quarter-finals) Wild card Swiss Badminton awarded a wildcard entry to Jenjira Stadelmann / Caroline Racloz of Switzerland. Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 Mixed doubles Seeds Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying (quarter-finals) Hafiz Faizal / Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (first round) Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith (semi-finals) Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai (quarter-finals) Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing (semi-finals) Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue (champions) Mark Lamsfuß / Isabel Herttrich (quarter-finals) Robin Tabeling / Selena Piek (first round) Wild card Swiss Badminton awarded a wildcard entry to Yann Orteu / Aline Müller of Switzerland. Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References External links Tournament Link Swiss Open (badminton) Swiss Open Swiss Open Swiss Open (badminton)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapides%20Parish%20Coliseum

Rapides Parish Coliseum

The Rapides Parish Coliseum (often called the Rapides Coliseum, as noted on the sign out front) is a multi-purpose arena located on Louisiana Highway 28 West in Alexandria, Louisiana. The coliseum can seat up to 10,000 people in the building. Additional space is in the smaller Exhibition Hall, also on the property. Built in 1965 by Buddy Tudor's family-owned construction company in Pineville with foreman Pete Honeycutt along with the senior Tudor directing the construction. The dome-topped coliseum has hosted thousands of events, including music concerts, "monster" truck shows, professional wrestling, trade shows and sporting events. Additional facilities on the grounds include a Exhibition Hall often used for trade shows. Arena information The arena was first constructed in 1964 and completed in 1965. The venue features 4 meeting rooms with over of space, 2 multi-purpose rooms with over of space, a catering kitchen, 4 locker rooms, 10 luxury suites, office space, ticket booths, and a merchandise store. The coliseum property contains a 2,500 lot parking space. Anthony S. "Tony" D'Angelo (1917-2012), an Alexandria native, was named in the spring of 1969 as the manager of the Coliseum. After thirty years as an officer in the United States Navy, in which he reached the rank of lieutenant commander, D'Angelo returned home to take over management of the facility and served in that capacity through most of the 1970s. He was then named the Alexandria municipal public works director under then Mayor Carroll E. Lanier, upon the retirement for health reasons of the previous director, Malcolm Hebert. Beginning September 1, 2017, a private firm called SMG will assume management of the Coliseum; the company was actually in place a month earlier in preparation for the transition. SMG has a five-year contract to run the facility. With the Rapides Parish Jury's decision to allow SMG to take over operations for the Coliseum, the officials held a special meeting on August 11, 2017, and voted to dissolve the Coliseum Authority. Rapides Parish officials contend that SMG can offer better incentives to promoters so that a smaller market like Alexandria can land quality entertainment. The company manages eleven facilities in Louisiana, including the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans and the CenturyLink Center in Bossier City. 2017 Renovations In October 2008, a report was produced for the Rapides Parish Police Jury that estimates the total cost of repairs and needed updates to be $10 million. On November 6, 2012, Rapides Parish voters approved a $23 million bond issue back by a $2.5 million property tax for the coliseum. Also approved was a $1 million tax to pay for the coliseum maintenance and operations for a period of 20 years. The $23 million taxes would pay for renovation projects that included an expanded seating capacity, a new 3-story lobby, sky boxes and exhibition hall, improved electrical systems and roofing, new rest rooms, stages, dressing rooms, and a basketball floor, and a rebuilt parking space. The coliseum also features a new center-hung video display. The renovation was designed to give the coliseum a modern appeal and attract larger events for the Rapides Parish area. Start of construction for the project was delayed due to the Rapides Parish Police Jury's difficulty of obtaining a permit to begin the renovations because of dispute between them and the city of Alexandria over the Rapides Parish Coliseum parking lot issue which was eventually settled. The project officially began in April 2015. Renovation was completed and the coliseum held their grand opening on February 10, 2017. Seating capacity The arena as a concert venue can seat 8,000 for end-stage shows and 10,000 for a center-stage shows. For open floor shows, the arena can seat 7,000. For basketball games, the venue can seat 8,900. The maximum seating capacity history for the venue has gone as follows: 6,512 (1965–2017) 10,000 (2017–present) Events Sports The LSUA Generals Men's and Women's basketball teams played their first ever home game in the coliseum on February 16, 2017, against the St. Thomas Celts. Peak attendance was reached the Men's game with 2,722 fans. This was the coliseum's first event held there since its closure for renovations. The Men's team defeated St. Thomas 80-75 and the Women's team won 80-50. Future Sports The coliseum will host the men's and women's Red River Athletic Conference basketball tournament on March 2–4, 2017. This will be the first time the RRAC's tournament since going to a single site format in 2001 is played outside the state of Texas. Former sports Past sports teams based at the Rapides Coliseum include the Louisiana Rangers, a member of the IPFL, and the Alexandria Warthogs, a member of the WPHL. The coliseum also has hosted the Louisiana High School Athletic Association basketball state championships. Other events The coliseum was home to the annual Rapides Parish Fair every October from 1960 to 2013. In 2014, the fair moved to the LSUA Ag center on U.S. Route 71 just south of Alexandria. Some of the site's more famous visitors include Lipizzan stallions (1973), Elvis Presley (1977), Holiday on Ice, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (1966), Ronald Reagan (1975), George Wallace Jr. (1976). In 2005, the facility was used as a shelter by the American Red Cross after Hurricane Katrina and during Hurricane Rita. It was during Rita that it lost power and water for a short period of time. Recent events staged at the site include the Barnum and Bailey Circus on Dec. 2, 2008, World Wrestling Entertainment in January 2009, and the Gaither Homecoming Tour on March 7, 2009. Gallery See also List of convention centers in the United States List of music venues References Basketball venues in Louisiana Convention centers in Louisiana Indoor arenas in Louisiana Indoor ice hockey venues in Louisiana Music venues in Louisiana Buildings and structures in Alexandria, Louisiana Sports in Alexandria, Louisiana Sports venues in Louisiana Sports venues completed in 1965 1965 establishments in Louisiana

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Fort Gaines, Georgia

Fort Gaines is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Georgia, United States. It has a population of 1,107 as of the 2010 census. History The present town of Fort Gaines was founded in 1816 as protection against the indigenous Creeks and prospered due to riverboat trade. Though it was named for General Edmund Pendleton Gaines, he did not arrive there with the 4th Infantry of the United States Army until 1816. A fort of the same name had been built in 1814 nearby on the Chattachoochee River. In 1854, Fort Gaines was designated seat of the newly formed Clay County. According to The Floridian newspaper of 1840, in Fort Gaines were the Chattahoochee Female College and the Independent College for Young Men, boarding schools (not colleges, as that word is traditionally used today). "The writer esteems that the society and location of Fort Gaines for literary purposes, so far as the education of youths is concerned, equal to that of Sparta [Georgia]." Geography Fort Gaines is located along the western edge of Clay County at (31.614226, -85.048317). Its western boundary is the Chattahoochee River, which is also the state line with Alabama. Walter F. George Lock and Dam crosses the river between the northern side of Fort Gaines and Alabama, forming Walter F. George Lake, also known as Lake Eufaula. Georgia State Routes 37, 39, and 266 all run through the city. GA-37 runs east-west just south of the downtown area, leading east to Edison and west to Abbeville, Alabama (as Alabama State Route 10). GA-39 runs north-south through the center of town as Hancock Street, leading north to Georgetown and southeast to Blakely. GA-266 begins just north of the city and leads northeast to Cuthbert. According to the United States Census Bureau, Fort Gaines has a total area of , of which is land and , or 37.99%, is water. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 995 people, 336 households, and 212 families residing in the city. 2000 census At the 2000 census, there were 1,110 people, 429 households and 287 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 519 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 67.93% African American, 31.08% White, 0.18% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, and 0.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.44% of the population. There were 429 households, of which 28.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.2% were married couples living together, 31.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.1% were non-families. 31.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.07. Age distribution was 28.7% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 21.0% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 22.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 72.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 65.8 males. The median household income was $18,30, and the median family income was $20,909. Males had a median income of $20,417 versus $14,875 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,481. About 34.7% of families and 40.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 53.2% of those under age 18 and 26.7% of those age 65 or over. Education Clay County School District The Clay County School District holds pre-school to grade nine, and consists of one elementary school, one middle school, and one ninth-grade education building. The district has 27 full-time teachers and over 358 students. High school aged students attend 10-12th grade in adjoining Randolph County, Georgia. Clay County Elementary School Clay County Middle School Ninth-Grade Academy Notable people Frances Sage Bradley, rural physician Mackey Sasser, baseball player See also References External links Founding of Fort Gaines historical marker from the Digital Library of Georgia Fort Gaines historical marker In the Confederacy historical marker Queen City of the Chattahoochee historical marker Site of Fort Gaines Female College historical marker Mt. Gilead Baptist Church historical marker Gaines Cities in Georgia (U.S. state) Cities in Clay County, Georgia County seats in Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia populated places on the Chattahoochee River Gaines 1816 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)

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Hatha Yoga Pradipika

The Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā ( or Light on Hatha Yoga) is a classic fifteenth-century Sanskrit manual on haṭha yoga, written by Svātmārāma, who connects the teaching's lineage to Matsyendranath of the Nathas. It is among the most influential surviving texts on haṭha yoga, being one of the three classic texts alongside the Gheranda Samhita and the Shiva Samhita. More recently, eight works of early hatha yoga that may have contributed to the Hatha Yoga Pradipika have been identified. Title and composition Different manuscripts offer different titles for the text, including Haṭhayogapradīpikā, Haṭhapradīpikā, Haṭhapradī, and Hath-Pradipika. It was composed by Svātmārāma in the 15th century as a compilation of the earlier haṭha yoga texts. Svātmārāma incorporates older Sanskrit concepts into his synthesis. He introduces his system as a preparatory stage for physical purification before higher meditation or Raja Yoga. Summary The Hatha Yoga Pradīpikā lists thirty-five earlier Haṭha Yoga masters (siddhas), including Ādi Nātha, Matsyendranāth and Gorakṣanāth. The work consists of 389 shlokas (verses) in four chapters that describe topics including purification (Sanskrit: ṣaṭkarma), posture (āsana), breath control (prāṇāyāma), spiritual centres in the body (chakra), kuṇḍalinī, energetic locks (bandha), energy (prāṇa), channels of the subtle body (nāḍī), and energetic seals (mudrā). Chapter 1 deals with setting the proper environment for yoga, the ethical duties of a yogi, and the asanas. Chapter 2 deals with pranayama and the satkarmas. Chapter 3 discusses the mudras and their benefits. Chapter 4 deals with meditation and samadhi as a journey of personal spiritual growth. It runs in the line of Hindu yoga (as opposed to the Buddhist and Jain traditions) and is dedicated to The First Lord (Ādi Nātha), one of the names of Lord Śiva (the Hindu god of destruction and renewal). He is described in several Nāth texts as having imparted the secret of haṭha yoga to his divine consort Pārvatī. Mechanisms The Hatha Yoga Pradipika presents two contradictory models of how Hatha Yoga may lead to immortality (moksha), both culled from other texts, without attempting to harmonise them. The earlier model involves the manipulation of Bindu; it drips continually from the moon centre in the head, falling to its destruction either in the digestive fire of the belly (the sun centre), or to be ejaculated as semen, with which it was identified. The loss of Bindu causes progressive weakening and ultimately death. In this model, Bindu is to be conserved, and the various mudras act to block its passage down the Sushumna nadi, the central channel of the subtle body. The later model involves the stimulation of Kundalini, visualised as a small serpent coiled around the base of the Sushumna nadi. In this model, the mudras serve to unblock the channel, allowing Kundalini to rise. When Kundalini finally reaches the top at the Sahasrara chakra, the thousand-petalled lotus, the store of Amrita, the nectar of immortality stored in the head, is released. The Amrita then floods down through the body, rendering it immortal. Modern research The Hatha Yoga Pradipika is the hatha yoga text that has historically been studied within yoga teacher training programmes, alongside texts on classical yoga such as Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. In the twenty-first century, research on the history of yoga has led to a more developed understanding of hatha yoga's origins. James Mallinson has studied the origins of hatha yoga in classic yoga texts such as the Khecarīvidyā. He has identified eight works of early hatha yoga that may have contributed to its official formation in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. This has stimulated further research into understanding the formation of hatha yoga. Jason Birch has investigated the role of the Hatha Yoga Pradīpikā in popularizing an interpretation of the Sanskrit word haṭha. The text drew from classic texts on different systems of yoga, and Svātmārāma grouped what he had found under the generic term "haṭha yoga". Examining Buddhist tantric commentaries and earlier medieval yoga texts, Birch found that the adverbial uses of the word suggested that it meant "force", rather than "the metaphysical explanation proposed in the 14th century Yogabīja of uniting the sun (ha) and moon (ṭha)". References Sources External links Iyangar et al 1972 Translation with Jyotsnā commentary Sanskrit text and translation of Pancham Sinh edition at sacred-texts.com Hatha Yoga Pradipika Pancham Sinh edition from LibriPass Sample of new translation by Brian Akers 2003 translation with Jyotsnā commentary Light on Haṭha Yoga project: a critical edition and translation, 2021 Hindu texts Sanskrit texts 15th-century Indian books Hatha yoga texts

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Château de la Paluelle

The Château de la Paluelle is a large estate manor located in the town of Saint-James, Normandy. Built as early as the 11th century during the reign of William the Conqueror, the chateau is a listed historical monument of the French Republic. The Château de la Paluelle is privately owned and closed to the public. Its grounds are the site of the annual competitive-level horse jumping competition. History While the date of the construction of the chateau has not been authenticated, it was in existence by 1389 and known as Le Manoir de Granges. Around 1530, it came into the possession of the La Paluelle family through a dowry, and the chateau has carried the family's moniker ever since. During the latter half of the Hundred Years' War the immediate area saw heavy military activity between the opposing English and French forces. The siege of Saint-James took place between February 27 and March 6, 1426, resulting in English victory and during the chaotic retreat, hundreds of French soldiers drowned trying to cross the flooded Bouvron river valley below the chateau. In 1638, the Chateau de la Paluelle was elevated to barony through the royal letters patent to Jean de La Paluelle. During the French Revolution the area was the site of heavy clashes between the Republican forces and the Chouan rebels. The chateau's 17th-century chapel was destroyed during this period, and today only the foundation wall of the chapel remains. Mathilde de Carbonnel-Canisy Marie-François-Renée (known as Mathilde) de Carbonnel-Canisy was orphaned at an early age, and was raised by her paternal grandmother Charlotte de La Paluelle. Upon Charlotte's death in 1735, Mathilde inherited the Château de La Paluelle. By 1742, through her husband's strong connections to Versailles, Mathilde entered the court of King Louis XV and maintained a short but well-documented affair with the king. She left the court in 1774, following a year in the service as the lady-in-waiting to Princess Maria Theresa of Savoy, wife of the future Charles X of France. During the French Revolution, Mathilde was detained between April and October of 1794, but survived and died two years later at the age of seventy-one. Mathilde de Carbonnel-Canisy is famously depicted in a 1738 oil on canvas portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier, the official French court painter. The portrait is permanently exhibited at the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris. World War II Following the Allied landing on D-Day, Saint-James was liberated on August 1, 1944. By August 4, General George S. Patton established the Third Army's field headquarters at the Chateau de la Paluelle. On August 6, the meeting of the Chiefs of Staff was held at the chateau. It was during this time that the strategy to repel the German counter-attack at Mortain was developed. General Phillipe Leclerc's 2nd Armored Division was attached to General Patton’s Third Army, and set up the encampment on the chateau grounds as well. Description The oldest part of the chateau, called the or , features the original round tower, windows and overhanging machicolations dating from the Louis XI era. The main building, flanked by the stables and service buildings, was completed in its current form between 1615 and 1635, and the mansard roofs were added sometime after 1650. Interestingly, the structure retains a fully preserved and functional 17th-century kitchen. The front courtyard is enclosed by granite balustrade with pilasters locally known as "abbot's calves". Behind the chateau, a park features a large fountain and the double spiral staircase covering a 16th-century grotto. The facades and roofs of the chateau and its outbuildings, the main courtyard terrace, and its park (ie A 1232 to 1234) are listed as historical monuments of the French Republic by the decree of January 30, 1967. References Châteaux in Normandy Buildings and structures completed in the 11th century Historic sites in France

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Sudanese cuisine

Sudanese cuisine is greatly affected by the historical cross-cultural influences of Arab, Nubian, Egyptian, Turkish, and Levantine cuisine in Sudan. Many Sudanese foods have been around for thousands of years. The most common meats eaten are lamb and chicken, in accordance with the Muslim halal laws. Most meals are communal and often shared with family, neighbors, and guests, as part of Sudanese hospitality. Breads such as (or ) and (or )—a thin pancake-like bread similar to a crêpe—are eaten with savory stews (), cheese (), fava beans, and falafel (). There is also (or ), a fermented bread similar to Ethiopian injera, but thinner and smaller. Influences Egyptian cuisine has greatly influenced Sudanese cuisine. Both share dishes such as falafel (), which is made with chickpeas in Sudan instead of fava beans as in Egypt; , the national dish of both Sudan and Egypt; , a thick soup made from boiled leaves; , a meat liver stew eaten in Sudan, Egypt and Tunisia; and desserts such as and . , a soft white cheese, is also eaten. Turkish cuisine has also influenced Sudanese cuisine, giving it a distinct flavor. Turkish foods found in Sudanese cuisine include kebabs, kofta, and shawarma, as well as sweets such as baklava. Levantine and Egyptian sweets also entered Sudanese cuisine and are known as oriental (or Levantine) sweets. Appetizers Meals include and , which are dishes made from sheep's offal (including the lungs, liver, and stomach), onions, peanut butter, and salt. They are eaten raw. A peanut salad called is also eaten. Soups and stews A popular Sudanese (savory stew) is , a red mincemeat sauce that is eaten with , a dish consisting of boiled wheat flour molded into a ball. is eaten across North Africa. Other will sometimes use , special sauce made from crushed okra and , a spice mix that gives some a sticky yet flavorful texture. Dried is sometimes used as a seasoning in the . Most Sudanese will have either meat or other vegetables or legumes. Sometimes seasoned meats are used such as in —made of dried meats, onions and dried okra (crushed )—is added to most types of . In rural Western Sudan, fermented foods like kawal serve as substitutes for meat in mullahs. Powdered kawal is also used as a condiment similar to black pepper in urban Sudan. Several stews, including , , and , use (a Sudanese spice mix) and dried okra. is a stew made from sheep's fat, onions, and dried okra. is made from dried meat, while is made from dried fish. In Equatoria (now in South Sudan), soups include , made from cattle or sheep hooves with vegetables, and , made from liver, flour, dates, and spices. Beverages The most popular drink is tap or bottled water, traditionally offered free of charge for anyone in large claypots in the streets. Strong coffee, sometimes served in Sudanese coffee pots called , and black tea, often with milk, are also popular. These are sold in the streets by "tea ladies". Especially on hot days, traditional cold hibiscus tea, called , is made in homes. Alcoholic beverages Historically, Sudan was one of the few predominantly Muslim countries that allowed traditional and Western alcoholic drinks. Men drank millet wine, (an alcoholic drink from fermented dates), and . In the 20th century, some Sudanese were influenced by Europeans and began drinking whiskey and beer. In September 1983, former Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiry enacted Sharia, marking the occasion by dumping alcohol into the Nile river. Since then, the purveying, consumption, and purchasing of alcohol has been banned in Sudan. Being lashed 40 times is the penalty for breaking the prohibition on alcohol. Nevertheless, , an alcoholic gin made from dates, continued to be illegally brewed in defiance of Sharia. In 2019, the Transitional Government passed a new law, allowing alcoholic beverages for non-Muslims. Gallery See also List of African cuisines References Further reading Susannah Wright. Sudan (Ebiz Guides). Madrid: MTH Multimedia S.L., 2005. , ; pp. 203–205. External links Sudan Cookbook Food of Sudan from the Sudan Embassy in Washington DC Sudanese recipes from a missionary trip North African cuisine Arab cuisine

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Alex Brunner

Alex Brunner (born 8 December 1973) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently works as a goalkeeping coach. Football career Early career Brunner started his career at hometown club Triestina. After the club were relegated to Serie C1 in the summer of 1991, Brunner gained his place in first team, making five appearances for the club in two Serie C1 seasons. In the summer of 1993, he moved to Formia of Serie C2, where he first became a regular starter. Foggia & Bologna Brunner joined Foggia of Serie A in 1994, starting his career as a backup keeper for several Serie A clubs. In his first season with the team, he just made two appearances, as second-choice goalkeeper behind Francesco Mancini; after the club suffered relegation, he became a regular starter once again. In summer 1996, Brunner joined newly promoted Serie A team Bologna. He spent three seasons at the club, and made six appearances in Serie A, as second-choice goalkeeper behind Francesco Antonioli. Como He transferred to Como in June 1999, where he spent four seasons. In his first season with the club, Como just finished tenth in Serie C1, but in the second and third seasons, he helped the team to obtain consecutive promotions to Serie B and subsequently Serie A, which was also aided by the signing of new club president Enrico Preziosi. In the 2002–03 Serie A season, he competed with experienced Fabrizio Ferron for a starting spot, but still made 21 appearances for Como. Return to Series B After Como finished bottom of the table and suffered relegation to Serie B, Brunner transferred to Ternana, replacing Sergio Marcon and Gianmatteo Mareggini, who had recently been released the club. Brunner played ahead of Tommaso Berni as the club's first choice keeper, and Ternana finished seventh that season. Brunner left for Salernitana in July 2004, where he competed for a starting spot with former first-choice keeper Domenico Botticella. In January 2005, he left for Cagliari of Serie A, as the club's second-choice keeper (replacing the recently departed Fanis Katergiannakis), behind Gennaro Iezzo and ahead of Luca Tomasig (who replaced the recently departed Davide Capello). Return to Lega Pro After the bankruptcy of Salernitana, Brunner returned to Serie C1 side Lucchese in 2005, on a free transfer,. He was the club's first choice keeper ahead of Mathieu Moreau, Michele Tambellini and Paolo Castelli. In June 2007, he joined Sorrento of Serie C1. In the next season, he left for Juve Stabia of Lega Pro Prima Divisione on a two-year contract, where he was the first choice, until he was released in March and replaced by Salvatore Soviero. In October 2009, he left for Itala San Marco of Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. Brunner, along with Marcon, served as the backup of young keeper Omar Tusini. Coaching career After Itala San Marco were expelled from professional league, Brunner returned to Como in the 2009–10 season as an assistant goalkeeping coach (), under Ottavio Strano, who was both the club's main goalkeeping coach (), and the team's head coach, along with Oscar Brevi. On 18 June, his contract was renewed for another year. Brunner spent seven years as goalkeeper coach at Udinese, before joining Watford in 2022. Honours Como Serie B: 2001–02 References External links Profile at Football.it Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players US Triestina Calcio 1918 players Calcio Foggia 1920 players Bologna FC 1909 players Como 1907 players Ternana Calcio players US Salernitana 1919 players Cagliari Calcio players Lucchese 1905 players SS Juve Stabia players ASD Itala San Marco Gradisca players SS Formia Calcio players Watford F.C. non-playing staff Men's association football goalkeepers Italian people of Austrian descent Footballers from Trieste 1973 births Living people

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WZTU

WZTU (94.9 FM) is a radio station in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale radio market. Owned and operated by iHeartMedia, its studios are located in Pembroke Pines and the transmitter site is in Miami Gardens. The station plays a Spanish top-40 format, mixed with some English top 40 songs. WZTU is licensed by the FCC to broadcast in the HD Radio (hybrid) format. History WQAM-FM signed on the air in 1947, owned by the Miami Herald. It was a full-time simulcast with WQAM. In 1957, when Storz Broadcasting purchased WQAM, the FM signal was taken off the air, and the license returned to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as Storz was not interested in FM at that time. A new station went on the air in 1962, with 81,000 watts under the WAEZ calls. It was the first station in Miami to broadcast continuously in stereo. It played easy listening music "from the beautiful Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach." The station was owned by Arthur E. Zucker, hence the "AEZ" in the station's calls. In 1969 it changed its calls to WOCN-FM to reflect its sister station WOCN, which it was now partially simulcasting. It continued to play its format, and even began an attempt at Spanish language romance music. For a brief moment during the mid-1970s, they were known as "Stereo 94". In 1975, it became WINZ-FM under Guy Gannett Broadcasting, and went to a progressive rock format, with the moniker "Zeta-4" until early 1981, when it flipped to CHR/Pop station "I-95", retaining the WINZ-FM calls. "I-95" is Miami's dominant affiliate for Dan Ingram's Top 40 Satellite Survey. "I-95" provided for a highly competitive rating battle against Top 40 powerhouse WHYI during its few years of existence, becoming #1 in the Miami ARB. In early 1986, WINZ-FM transformed from Top-40 to a short-lived classic rock and adult hits hybrid as "Rockin' With Class....95-INZ". This lasted for about a year until early 1987 when the station flipped to classic rock as Zeta, this time with the WZTA call letters. This is where the station would begin a long term commitment as a rocker. In the early 1990s, the station was purchased by Paxson Communications and then swallowed up by Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) in the mid 1990s. Under Paxson, the station evolved to an active rock format, still retaining the WZTA calls. In the early new millennium, Zeta attempted an alternative rock format, but switched back to the active rock format in 2004. With ratings continuing to slump, and Lex and Terry underperforming, Zeta finally came to an end on February 10, 2005 after 19 years as a rock station. Mega 94.9 was born, with the new calls WMGE. The station was part of Clear Channel's effort to expand its Hispanic radio efforts, as they were flipping several more stations to Spanish formats the same year under the leadership of Alfredo Alonso. Coincidentally, with no more active rock stations in the market, Cox Radio flipped their CHR-dance station Party 93.1 to active rocker 93Rock, with new calls WHDR, on February 14, 2005. Like other Hispanic urban formatted stations, Mega was a hybrid of both English and Spanish language. The new Mega 94.9 continued to lose a listening base and failed to improve beyond its old rock format after two years on the air, and the station was adjusted to a Hispanic top 40 format in 2007. On September 9, 2016, WMGE rebranded as "Tú 94.9." The station changed its call sign to the current WZTU on September 16, 2016. References External links WZTU website ZTU Latin rhythmic radio stations IHeartMedia radio stations Radio stations established in 1962 Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States 1962 establishments in Florida

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Sparks, Maryland

Sparks is an unincorporated community that is located in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is situated approximately north of Baltimore and is considered to be a suburb of the City of Baltimore. The Gunpowder River runs through Sparks. The popular North Central Railroad ("NCR") Hike-Bike Trail runs through Sparks along the basin of the Gunpowder Falls (a.k.a. the Gunpowder River). The town's ZIP Code is 21152 and it is frequently accessed at Exit 24, Belfast Road, along Interstate 83, a Highway that runs from Baltimore to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Although Sparks is unincorporated and has no official town limits, the area that is usually considered to constitute Sparks runs from several miles west of I-83 to Carroll Road to the east, and from north of Hunt Valley/Cockeysville along York Road and I-83 to Hereford. According to the 2010 US Census, 5,094 people live in the Sparks area. Glencoe is a smaller community that is largely surrounded by Sparks and the area is sometimes collectively known as "Sparks Glencoe, Maryland". History 1800s In 1835, the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad constructed a track through Baltimore County which included a siding and switch near a large tract of land owned by the Sparks family. Railroad officials gave the name Sparks to the switch, and soon area residents began to refer to the location as "Sparks' Switch." Abraham Lincoln's body was carried through Sparks on the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad from Washington, D.C., on its way to burial in Illinois following his assassination in 1865. For a number of years a creamery was operated for farmers who brought their milk in daily to be separated. (The stone structure which once housed the creamery can be seen today.) The cream was shipped to Baltimore while the skim milk was used by the farmers on their farms. With the passage of time, Sparks' Switch came to be known simply as "Sparks." In 1888, the area had grown to a point where "a substantial foot bridge 6 feet in width" had to be built across the Gunpowder River. Beginning in 1889, a combination passenger and freight station was operated by the Northern Central Railway (NCR) along the right-of-way and line that had previously been known as the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad. A passenger and freight stop along the North Central Railroad was named Sparks Station. Railroad operations through Sparks ceased in 1972, as a direct result of major damage to the tracks and rail bed that occurred during flooding that followed Hurricane Agnes. The section along York Road that is today known as Sparks was previously named Philopolis. (The name "Philopolis" is from the Greek and means "Love Town." Today, a subdivision of Sparks is named "Loveton Farms."). The original town of Sparks, as distinguished from Philopolis was merely a cluster of homes and farms one mile to the east along the NCR tracks and Sparks Road. Philopolis was the site of the Milton Academy, a well known private day and boarding school for boys. Of note is the fact that one of the school's students was John Wilkes Booth. The Milton Academy stands today along York Road in Sparks and serves as one of the region's finest restaurants, the Milton Inn. Wallace Warfield Simpson, better known as the Duchess of Windsor, and the Princess of Jordan, graduated from the nearby Oldfields School, a private boarding school for young women. Also located in the area that was originally known as Sparks (along Sparks Road) was a blacksmith and a wheelwright shop, an undertaker, a milliner, and a general store. In time, the entire area came to be known as Sparks and the village of Philopolis disappeared from county maps. 1900s In 1909, six small rural schools were consolidated into what is known today as the once-historic Sparks Elementary School building on Sparks Road. Sparks Elementary School was completely gutted by an electrical fire on the evening of January 8, 1995. Local television station crews (including Baltimore's WJZ-13 affiliate) were at the scene as the event unfolded. However, fire & rescue crews did not arrive until well after the electrical fire had completely destroyed the school's interior. Although remnants of the stone foundation and outer face of the building still remain, the once-historic stone building was clearly unsuitable to be used again for its original purpose. Returning students who were slated to continue classes at Sparks Elementary School from winter-spring of 1995 were instead transferred to a makeshift Elementary School wing set up within Cockeysville Middle School in Cockeysville, Maryland. Incoming students who were slated to begin kindergarten classes at Sparks Elementary School in the fall of 1995 were instead transferred to a makeshift kindergarten wing of Bosley Church in Sparks, on Thornton Mill Road, Maryland. In 1998, Sparks Elementary School was rebuilt on Belfast Road, approximately one mile west of its original location on Sparks Road. This new incarnation of Sparks Elementary School opened on November 23, 1998. In 1913, a general store and warehouse was built and the post office was moved from York Road to Sparks Road. Sparks State Bank was built in 1916 next to the store along the NCR tracks. Both the bank and the post office have since been moved back to York Road, which now serves as the main area of local business. The bank moved in 1954 due to a decrease in train activity as well as repeated flooding from the Gunpowder River; some of the bank's safe deposit boxes were said to have contained water from past floods. The original Sparks Bank building still stands and is now operated as a Nature Center for young children by volunteers of Gunpowder Falls State Park in conjunction with the NCR Hike and Bike Trail, which follows the old railroad path through northern Baltimore County. Economy Sparks, and in particular the Loveton business area, is the home of a growing economic presence. From 1995 until 2011, it was the headquarters of sportwear manufacturer FILA USA. KELLY, an employee benefits and payroll services provider with 500 employees moved to the former Fila headquarters in Sparks in June, 2015. Acclaimed video game development studio Firaxis Games also moved to the town in 2009. McCormick & Company, a Fortune 1000 company that manufactures spices, herbs, and flavorings for retail, commercial, and industrial markets, was headquartered in Sparks until late 2018. US Lacrosse moved its headquarters to Sparks in 2016. Apex Tool Group is based in Sparks. References Unincorporated communities in Maryland Unincorporated communities in Baltimore County, Maryland

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Gert Haucke

Gert Haucke (1929–2008) was a German film and television actor. Partial filmography Rumpelstilzchen (1960) as Haushofmeister Das Glück läuft hinterher (1963) as Bedeutender Mann (1965, TV film), as Rüttig, Concentration Camp Commandant (1966), as Arthur (1968, TV miniseries), as William Brother Death in the Red Jaguar (1968), as Kit Davis Eine große Familie (1970, TV film), as Weinmüller Der Kommissar: Lisa Bassenges Mörder (1971, TV series episode), as Herr Fechtner Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King (1972), as Baron Freyschlag The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (1972), as Zuhälter Karl Concon (1973, TV miniseries), as Emil Manzow Tatort: Kressin und die zwei Damen aus Jade (1973, TV series episode), as Göbel (1974), as Oberverwalter Engelweich (1974), as Schlachter-Karl Der kleine Doktor: Ein Holländer in Paris (1974, TV series episode), as Kees van der Donck Krankensaal 6 (1974), as Sergejytsch Assassination in Davos (1974), as Wilhelm Gustloff Tadellöser & Wolff (1975, TV miniseries), as Dr. Fink (1975), as Schöffe Vater Derrick: Alarm auf Revier 12 (1975, TV series episode), as Ross By Hook or by Crook (1975) A Lost Life (1976), as Kommissar Weber The Old Fox: Die Dienstreise (1977, TV series episode), as Rudi Stallmann (1978, TV series), as Dienstmann Kiesow Der Geist der Mirabelle (1978, TV film), as Kallesen (1980, TV film), as Standartenführer (1981, TV film), as Jean Quirin de Forcade Wir (1982, TV film) (based on We, the 1921 Russian novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin), as S-4710 Bananen-Paul (1982), as Oppositionsführer The Old Fox: Teufelsküche (1982, TV series episode), as Werner Prott (1983, TV film), as Prof. Mühlheim Die Supernasen (1983), as Direktor Heinrich Sasse (1984), as Herr Hillermann (1985), as Hauswirt Seitenstechen (1985), as Mr. Böhm (1986), as Grueter Der Landarzt (1987–2004, TV series, 110 episodes), as Bruno Hanusch (final appearance) (1988), as Professor Alois Schönberg (1988), as Vater Kranich Adrian und die Römer (1989), as Heinz Schikaneder Derrick: Wie kriegen wir Bodetzki? (1989, TV series episode), as Bodetzki Ein Fall für zwei: Zyankali (1989, TV series episode), as Fackelmann The Man Inside (1990), as Heinz Herbert Schultz (1991, TV film), as Alfons Lappas Ein Fall für zwei: Tod frei Haus (1991, TV series episode), as Dr. Hanstädter Der König von Dulsberg (1994, TV film), as Berger : Inkasso (1994, TV series episode), as Gustav Schweiger Tatort: : Tödliche Freundschaft (1995, TV series episode), as Nowak Blutige Spur (1995, TV film), as Kommissar Watzke Ein Fall für zwei: Miese Tricks (1996, TV series episode), as Wolfgang Preute (1995), as Brüderle Diebinnen (1996) Rosa Roth: Nirgendwohin (1996, TV series episode), as Kasunke Großstadtrevier: Brennende Probleme (1997, TV series episode), as Jakob Meier Der Ermittler (2001–2002, TV series, 2 episodes), as Dr. Tschupka References External links 1929 births 2008 deaths Male actors from Berlin German male film actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor people

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Post-transcriptional modification

Transcriptional modification or co-transcriptional modification is a set of biological processes common to most eukaryotic cells by which an RNA primary transcript is chemically altered following transcription from a gene to produce a mature, functional RNA molecule that can then leave the nucleus and perform any of a variety of different functions in the cell. There are many types of post-transcriptional modifications achieved through a diverse class of molecular mechanisms. One example is the conversion of precursor messenger RNA transcripts into mature messenger RNA that is subsequently capable of being translated into protein. This process includes three major steps that significantly modify the chemical structure of the RNA molecule: the addition of a 5' cap, the addition of a 3' polyadenylated tail, and RNA splicing. Such processing is vital for the correct translation of eukaryotic genomes because the initial precursor mRNA produced by transcription often contains both exons (coding sequences) and introns (non-coding sequences); splicing removes the introns and links the exons directly, while the cap and tail facilitate the transport of the mRNA to a ribosome and protect it from molecular degradation. Post-transcriptional modifications may also occur during the processing of other transcripts which ultimately become transfer RNA, ribosomal RNA, or any of the other types of RNA used by the cell. mRNA processing 5' processing Capping Capping of the pre-mRNA involves the addition of 7-methylguanosine (m7G) to the 5' end. To achieve this, the terminal 5' phosphate requires removal, which is done with the aid of enzyme RNA triphosphatase. The enzyme guanosyl transferase then catalyses the reaction, which produces the diphosphate 5' end. The diphosphate 5' end then attacks the alpha phosphorus atom of a GTP molecule in order to add the guanine residue in a 5'5' triphosphate link. The enzyme (guanine-N7-)-methyltransferase ("cap MTase") transfers a methyl group from S-adenosyl methionine to the guanine ring. This type of cap, with just the (m7G) in position is called a cap 0 structure. The ribose of the adjacent nucleotide may also be methylated to give a cap 1. Methylation of nucleotides downstream of the RNA molecule produce cap 2, cap 3 structures and so on. In these cases the methyl groups are added to the 2' OH groups of the ribose sugar. The cap protects the 5' end of the primary RNA transcript from attack by ribonucleases that have specificity to the 3'5' phosphodiester bonds. 3' processing Cleavage and polyadenylation The pre-mRNA processing at the 3' end of the RNA molecule involves cleavage of its 3' end and then the addition of about 250 adenine residues to form a poly(A) tail. The cleavage and adenylation reactions occur primarily if a polyadenylation signal sequence (5'- AAUAAA-3') is located near the 3' end of the pre-mRNA molecule, which is followed by another sequence, which is usually (5'-CA-3') and is the site of cleavage. A GU-rich sequence is also usually present further downstream on the pre-mRNA molecule. More recently, it has been demonstrated that alternate signal sequences such as UGUA upstream off the cleavage site can also direct cleavage and polyadenylation in the absence of the AAUAAA signal. It is important to understand that these two signals are not mutually independent and often coexist. After the synthesis of the sequence elements, several multi-subunit proteins are transferred to the RNA molecule. The transfer of these sequence specific binding proteins cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor (CPSF), Cleavage Factor I (CF I) and cleavage stimulation factor (CStF) occurs from RNA Polymerase II. The three factors bind to the sequence elements. The AAUAAA signal is directly bound by CPSF. For UGUA dependent processing sites, binding of the multi protein complex is done by Cleavage Factor I (CF I). The resultant protein complex formed contains additional cleavage factors and the enzyme Polyadenylate Polymerase (PAP). This complex cleaves the RNA between the polyadenylation sequence and the GU-rich sequence at the cleavage site marked by the (5'-CA-3') sequences. Poly(A) polymerase then adds about 200 adenine units to the new 3' end of the RNA molecule using ATP as a precursor. As the poly(A) tail is synthesized, it binds multiple copies of poly(A)-binding protein, which protects the 3'end from ribonuclease digestion by enzymes including the CCR4-Not complex. Introns Splicing RNA splicing is the process by which introns, regions of RNA that do not code for proteins, are removed from the pre-mRNA and the remaining exons connected to re-form a single continuous molecule. Exons are sections of mRNA which become "expressed" or translated into a protein. They are the coding portions of a mRNA molecule. Although most RNA splicing occurs after the complete synthesis and end-capping of the pre-mRNA, transcripts with many exons can be spliced co-transcriptionally. The splicing reaction is catalyzed by a large protein complex called the spliceosome assembled from proteins and small nuclear RNA molecules that recognize splice sites in the pre-mRNA sequence. Many pre-mRNAs, including those encoding antibodies, can be spliced in multiple ways to produce different mature mRNAs that encode different protein sequences. This process is known as alternative splicing, and allows production of a large variety of proteins from a limited amount of DNA. Histone mRNA processing Histones H2A, H2B, H3 and H4 form the core of a nucleosome and thus are called core histones. Processing of core histones is done differently because typical histone mRNA lacks several features of other eukaryotic mRNAs, such as poly(A) tail and introns. Thus, such mRNAs do not undergo splicing and their 3' processing is done independent of most cleavage and polyadenylation factors. Core histone mRNAs have a special stem-loop structure at 3-prime end that is recognized by a stem–loop binding protein and a downstream sequence, called histone downstream element (HDE) that recruits U7 snRNA. Cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor 73 cuts mRNA between stem-loop and HDE Histone variants, such as H2A.Z or H3.3, however, have introns and are processed as normal mRNAs including splicing and polyadenylation. See also Post-translational modification RNA editing RNA-Seq References Further reading Cell biology Molecular biology Gene expression RNA

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Alessandro Benetton

Alessandro Benetton (born 2 March 1964) is an Italian businessman. He served as Chairman of the Benetton Group from April 2012 to May 2014. Early life Alessandro Benetton is the son of Luciano Benetton and Maria Teresa Maestri. He attended university in the United States where he graduated from Boston University in 1987 with a degree in Business Administration and in 1991 received his Master of Business Administration from Harvard. Career In 1992, Alessandro Benetton created 21 Investimenti S.p.A. (the company changed its name in 21 invest in November 2018). Today the European Group has offices in Treviso, Milan, Paris and Warsaw. He is one of the pioneers of private equity in Italy. Some of the companies that have been successfully relaunched are Pittarosso and The Space Cinema. Benetton served as Chairman of the Benetton Formula from 1988 to 1998. His chairmanship years were marked by Formula One victories (26 out of the team's total 27), including two world titles won with Michael Schumacher in 1994 and 1995, a manufacturing victory in 1995, and a collaboration with Nelson Piquet, Jean Alesi, Riccardo Patrese, Alessandro Nannini. From 1988 to 1989, he worked in the Global Finance department at Goldman Sachs International in London as an analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Equity Offering sectors. In 2012, Luciano Benetton handed over the chairmanship of the Benetton Group to his eldest son Alessandro. He later chaired the company for two years, from 2012 to 2014. Also in 2016, Alessandro Benetton stepped down from Benetton Group Board of directors, due to differences with the company's new strategies. In May 2022, he published "La Traiettoria", an autobiography about his professional career and the choices he made during his life. In January 2023 he was appointed Vice Chairman of Atlantia. Other positions held He was a member of the Advisory Committee of Robert Bosch International Beteiligungen AG in Zurich, the consultancy unit of the Swiss holding for the foreign activities of the Bosch Group. Following an agreement between Edizione and Dufry, in 2022 he became Honorary Chairman of Autogrill S.p.A. He was President of Cortina Foundation 2021, the entity responsible for the organization of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championship scheduled in Cortina d’Ampezzo (BL) for January 2021. In January 2022, Alessandro Benetton took on the role of Chairman of Edizione, which became an S.p.A. company. In November 2022, he joined the Parthenope University of Naples' Board of Directors. Personal life He has been married for 13 years to former Olympic and Alpine World Ski champion Deborah Compagnoni, with whom he has three children: Agnese, Tobias and Luce. He is involved in a variety of sports at a competitive level, particularly Alpine skiing - where he is a coach for the Italian Winter Sports Federation - and kite surfing. He is a collector of modern art. Honors In 2010, he was appointed Cavaliere del Lavoro by the President of the Italian Republic at the time, Giorgio Napolitano. In 2016, he received the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation. Awards In 2012, he sponsored United Colors of Benetton's UnHate communication campaign, winner of the Press Grand Prix at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. In 2011, he was named Entrepreneur of the Year by EY. Publications External links Deborah Compagnoni Benetton Group Luciano Benetton Gilberto Benetton References Italian businesspeople 1964 births Living people Boston University School of Management alumni Harvard Business School alumni Alessandro Goldman Sachs people Formula One team owners Italian expatriates in the United States Italian motorsport people Benetton Formula

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Bernard Siegan

Bernard H. Siegan (July 28, 1924 – March 27, 2006) was a longtime law professor at the University of San Diego School of Law, libertarian legal theorist and a former federal judicial nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The New York Times called Siegan's nomination "one of the most bitterly disputed judicial nominations of the Reagan Era." Early life and education Born in Chicago, Siegan attended Marshall High School in Chicago, and served in the United States Army during World War II. Siegan earned a J.D. degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1949. Professional and academic career Siegan practiced law in Chicago from 1949 until 1973. In 1973, he became Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law, where he taught for more than thirty years, becoming Distinguished Professor of Law. There, he taught constitutional law, and on the interaction of economics and the law, hosting guest lectures from such figures as former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Warren Burger, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese, and Nobel laureate James M. Buchanan. A participant in numerous academic and professional conferences, in 1983, for example, he spoke at The Thomas Jefferson School, a conference of intellectuals discussing Objectivism organized by economist George Reisman. Siegan served on the National Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution (along with figures such as Senator Ted Kennedy), as a member of President Ronald Reagan's Commission on Housing, and as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Justice, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Federal Trade Commission. After withdrawing his name from nomination to the federal judiciary, he led the U.S. Advisory Team on Bulgarian Growth and Transition, authoring its recommendations for a proposed Bulgarian Constitution following the fall of the Iron Curtain. Siegan's work has been favorably cited by legal scholars such as Richard Epstein. Nomination to the Ninth Circuit On February 2, 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Siegan, who was a close friend of then-Attorney General Edwin Meese, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to fill the seat vacated by Judge Warren J. Ferguson, who had taken senior status. Almost immediately, Siegan's nomination ran into opposition from liberals and even some conservatives because of his libertarian views on economic matters, and on property rights in particular. Siegan also had held the position that the U.S. Supreme Court had erred in major civil rights rulings. The nomination was followed by one of the longest delays by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in addressing any judicial nomination in U.S. history up to that point. One of the loudest opponents to Siegan's nomination was Harvard Law School Professor Laurence Tribe, whose view toward Siegan softened years later. Siegan had confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 5, 1987, and again on February 25, 1988, but his senatorial opponents were not satisfied by the answers that he gave. Although Reagan administration officials had told Siegan in early 1988 that he had no chance of being confirmed, Siegan refused to withdraw, preferring instead to proceed with a vote from the Senate Judiciary Committee. On July 14, 1988, his nomination was defeated by the Senate Judiciary Committee, which voted 8–6 not to report his nomination favorably (an almost unheard-of action), and deadlocked 7–7 on whether to forward the nomination to the full Senate without a recommendation. Siegan himself formally withdrew his nomination on September 16, 1988. Reagan later nominated Ferdinand Francis Fernandez to the seat, although he did so after the traditional start date of the Thurmond Rule in a presidential election year, and Fernandez's nomination was not acted upon by senators before the 100th Congress adjourned. President George H. W. Bush opted not to renominate Siegan to the seat either, instead renominating Ferdinand Francis Fernandez to the seat in 1989. Fernandez was confirmed that same year. Death Siegan suffered a stroke in 2005 and died on March 27, 2006, in Encinitas, California, of complications from that stroke. Selected works Land Use Without Zoning (1972) () Regulation, Economics and the Law (1976) Other People's Property (1976) () Economic Liberties and the Constitution (1981) () "The Rise and Fall of Economic Due Process: When the Supreme Court Championed and then Curtailed Economic Freedom" (1983, original paper, International Institute for Economic Research) The Supreme Court's Constitution: An Inquiry Into Judicial Review And Its Impact On Society (1987) () Drafting a Constitution for a Nation or Republic Emerging into Freedom (1994) (based on his work as a consultant to the Bulgarian government on the creation of a new constitution) () Property and Freedom: The Constitution, the Courts, and Land-Use Regulation (Studies in Social Philosophy and Policy) (1997) () Property Rights: From Magna Carta to the 14th Amendment (2001) () See also Classical liberalism Constitutional economics Constitutional law Economic freedom Law and economics Libertarian theories of law Libertarianism Ronald Reagan judicial appointment controversies Zoning References External links 1924 births 2006 deaths American libertarians 20th-century American lawyers University of Chicago Law School alumni University of San Diego faculty

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Under the Feet of Jesus (novel)

Under the Feet of Jesus is a 1995 book by Helena Maria Viramontes and her first published novel. It was released in the United States by Plume and follows the lives of a Mexican-American migrant family working in the California grape fields. Plot The book follows Estrella and her family as they arrive in Central Valley and must deal with several challenges. The family works in the grape fields, where they are paid very little for what is grueling labor. Estrella soon meets Alejo and the pair fall in love. Tragedy strikes when Alejo is sprayed with pesticide and falls gravely ill. Estrella's mother, Petra, also discovers that she is pregnant, which complicates matters. As Alejo grows increasingly more ill, Estrella and her family take Alejo to see a nurse at the nearest clinic, who charges them $10 for an office visit, in which the nurse only confirms to them that Alejo is sick. Unable to pay the fee completely, Petra's companion Perfecto offers to fix the clinic's plumbing in lieu of payment, but she declines. The nurse tells the family to take Alejo to the hospital, which is 20 miles away. As the nurse has what little money they had, a desperate Estrella smashes the desk at the clinic with a crowbar until the nurse returns the money, which they use on gas to reach the hospital. Once at the hospital, Estrella and her family must leave Alejo there alone, out of fear of law enforcement searching for them due to the clinic visit, since they knew that the hospital couldn't refuse him aid. Alejo is taken into the hospital, where there is a risk that she may never see him again. Petra, looking under the feet of a Jesus statue, sees the birth certificates of her five children, and the marriage certificate from when she married her husband in Santa Ana. She views these documents as proof against immigration if anyone tries to wrongly deport her children. Petra is contemplative about her life, her struggles, her daughter's affection for someone like her first husband, and the growing life in her belly. Perfecto, too, worries about how he can afford to bring another life into the world when they are struggling to survive. He feels old, too tired to be starting another family, and homesick for the home of his youth. Estrella gets up in the night, puts on her overalls, and goes alone to the barn mentioned several times in the book. She climbs a chain to the roof and there finds new strength and a conviction that her heart is powerful enough to "summon home all those who strayed." Characters Petra – Mother and leader of the family. Estrella – Estrella, sometimes referred to as Star, a nickname given to her by her father, is the thirteen-year-old daughter of Petra, and eldest of children. She often helps her mother take care of her younger siblings. Alejo – Fifteen-year old cousin to Gumecindo. He lives and works with his cousin after his mother passes away. His grandma lives in Edinburg, Texas and he sends money back to help her. He works in the same grape fields as Estrella and the two meet and fall in love. Perfecto Flores – Petra's companion after her first husband walks out on the family, leaving her alone with young children to raise. Twin girls Perla and Cookie - Perla and Cookie are the young twin girls of the family. Ricky - Younger brother of Estrella. Arnulfo - Estrella's other younger brother. Gumecindo - The only family member Alejo has in California. Both Gumicindo and Alejo work in the grape fields. Maxine Devridge - Blond haired and blue-eyed, Maxine is Estrella's childhood friend back home before the family moves. Themes According to scholars such as Sharla Hutchison, the book comments on many themes and elements such as Chicano culture and bilingualism, migrant working conditions, and American mainstream culture and consumerism. Jeehyun Lim noted in a 2010 article for Women's Studies Quarterly that Viramontes's combined use of English and Spanish could be seen as a possible form of conflicted identity for the character of Estrella, who is also at the cusp of womanhood and deciding how she will live her life in the future. Writing for Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, C. Grewe-Volpp writes on the topic of migrant working conditions and environmental injustice seen in the book, citing the character Alejo's story of the La Brea Tar Pits, in which he tells Estrella they found human bones under the ground as well as his exposure to sprayed fertilizer. In an article for The Journal of Popular Culture, Sharla Hutchison notes the commentary on consumerism through the products used by the family, as Estrella learns how to read from household brand products advertisements and the character's own commentary on the artwork featured on a box of Sun-Maid raisins, as Estrella opines that the mascot will never know the pain and exploitation of the migrant labor needed to gather grapes. Reception Under the Feet of Jesus has received reviews from outlets such as The Radical Teacher, Chasqui, and Los Angeles Times, the latter of which compared Viramontes to John Steinbeck and wrote that "Viramontes' prose is thick and lush, like the grape fields where migrant workers labor under the hot sun. There is passion here, but the author avoids easy sentimentality." Awards Helena Maria Viramontes was awarded the John Dos Passos award for Literature in 1995. This book was a finalist for the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award. References Further reading 1995 graphic novels Literature about race and ethnicity Mexican-American literature Literature by Hispanic and Latino American women

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Masatada Yamasaki

was a gynecologist and president of Kumamoto Medical College (1925–1932). He wrote The history of medical education in Higo (Kumamoto) and Yokoi Shōnan. After retirement, he travelled in Okinawa. {{Infobox person |name = Masatada Yamasaki |image = Masatada Yamasaki.jpg |image_size = |caption = Masatada Yamasaki |birth_date = June 16, 1872 |birth_place = Kōchi Prefecture |death_date = May 29, 1950 |known_for = First President of Kumamoto Medical College,(1925-1932), The books History of Medical Education in Kumamoto and Yokoi Shōnan |occupation = Physician (Gynecologist) |nationality = Japanese }} Life He was born in Sagawa town, Takaoka gun, Kōchi Prefecture on 11 May 1872. After graduation from Tokyo Imperial University in 1900, he became professor at private Kumamoto Medical School in 1901. In 1909 and 1910, he studied in München and Bonn universities. He was appointed the president of Aichi Medical School in 1916. In 1925, he was appointed the president of Kumamoto Medical College and director of the Hospital. In 1929, he wrote The history of medical education in Higo (Kumamoto). In 1932, he retired from the Kumamoto Medical College. In 1932 and 1933, he travelled in Okinawa and on 29 May 1950 he died in his house. Okinawa Originally interested in history and travelling, he retired at age 60 from the university and travelled to Okinawa in 1932 and 1933. In 1932, a cameraman accompanied him and in 1933 he was accompanied by his wife, son, a cameraman and an artist. Many physicians who studied in his universities helped him (he used the Governor's car). Fortunately, photographs of various scenes taken during his journey in Okinawa in 1932 and 1933, mostly in historical spots, were discovered and published in 2000. Since Okinawa was hit badly by the last war, these photographs were considered of inestimable value. The inclusion of himself in photographs served as a measure of various buildings. Medical education in Higo (Kumamoto) His famous book, Medical education in Higo dates back to 1758 when Saishunkan was established. This book has more than 800 pages. Yokoi Shōnan He studied Yokoi Shōnan and his book got a renewed interest. 2009 marked the 200th year after the birth of Yokoi Shōnan. This book has more than 1300 pages. Yokoi Shōnan, the Foremost World-Pacifist in Japan (1949), Dr. M. Yamasaki, Kumamoto Education BoardA Moemorial Lecture by Dr. M. Yamasaki (Beginning) Motoda Toya (1801-1880), Yokoi Shōnan's devoted disciple and friend, exalted him as an unrivalled master of moral philosophy and a scholar suitable to be an Emperor's instructor, and adds, "I have made friends with many persons of repute in my life, but really can I remamber none with so broad a view and so highspirited as Yokoi, my instructor. His clear judgement and keen observation can hardly be attained by others". Nagaoka Moriyoshi(1842-1906), one of his bosom friends, wrote a sonnet in praise of Yokoi in which he says, "Who on earth would dare to compete with him for gift and talent ?"Katsu Kaishu(1823-1899), known to have had a very high opinion of his own wit and discernment, had to confess that Yokoi was surprisingly broadminded and towered above his contemporaries. He says, "During the eventful years of my life, I have come across two really formidable persons to deal with, namely, Saigo Nanshu(1827-1877) and Yokoi Shonan. Well, Yokoi's knowledge of the world affairs was by no means rich, so I had been very often his teacher in that respect. On the other hand, his hightoned thinking and imagination was far beyond my reach."Memorials The Yamasaki Memorial House is inside the campus of the Medical Department, Kumamoto University. It houses a bronze statue of Dr. Yamasaki. His tomb is in Komine Memorial Park, Kurokami, Kumamoto. Footnotes Photo album, "Beloved Okinawa. Scenes in early Showa period when Masatada Yamasaki walked"'' (2000), Takao Nonomura, Ryukyushinpo, Naha. References 1872 births 1950 deaths Japanese gynaecologists 20th-century Japanese historians People from Kumamoto Prefecture People from Kōchi Prefecture University of Tokyo alumni

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Elmira Heights, New York

Elmira Heights is a village in Chemung County, New York, United States. The population was 4,097 at the 2010 census. The village is primarily within the town of Horseheads, but part of the village is in the town of Elmira. The village is a northern suburb of the city of Elmira. It is part of the Elmira, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The Elmira Heights Village Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Geography Elmira Heights is located at (42.127298, -76.824214). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Newtown Creek, a tributary of the Chemung River, flows along the east side of the village, outside the village limits. The Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86 and New York State Route 17) passes east of the village on the far side of the Newtown Creek valley. The closest expressway access is from Horseheads to the north or Elmira to the south. New York State Route 14 (College Avenue) and County Road 66 (Grand Central Avenue) are north-south streets through the village. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 4,170 people, 1,874 households, and 1,053 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 2,010 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.03% White, 1.03% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.50% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.19% from other races, and 1.03% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.79% of the population. There were 1,874 households, out of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.0% were married couples living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.8% were non-families. 37.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.96. In the village, the population was spread out, with 24.6% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.5 males. The median income for a household in the village was $29,015, and the median income for a family was $36,250. Males had a median income of $32,135 versus $21,788 for females. The per capita income for the village was $16,334. About 7.1% of families and 9.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over. Fire protection Fire department history The Elmira Heights Volunteer Fire Department was founded in 1896. When it began it was composed of two companies, the Chemical and Hose Company and the Independent Hook and Ladder Company. These later combined into one department. The first fire chief was William Monroe, and the first fire bell was purchased from Grace Church in Elmira. The original fire station was across the street from its present location on the northeast corner of Scottwood and Fourteenth Street. It was merely a shed in which to store equipment. Throughout the Heights three hose carts were placed. In case of a fire, this was the procedure used: Someone ran to ring the fire bell while everyone else near the fire ran to the hose cart to fasten the hose to the nearest hydrant. When the fire bell rang, firemen from every part of the village raced to the fire station. The hook and ladder truck was hand-drawn. The hose carts and chemical engine were horse-drawn. Anyone with a team of horses made a bee-line for the station. The first team that appeared to pull the apparatus received three dollars for his services and the second team received two dollars for the use of his team. The race to see what man would get his team to the fire station first was almost as exciting as the fire itself. At the fire, the hose was connected to the hose already connect to the hydrant and the real fire fighting began. The fire department had its social side as well. The two companies were as separate as it was possible to be. You either belonged to one or the other, but never both. You might walk to the door of the building with your friend of the other company, but once inside the door friendship ceased until you came back out. Benefit dances, card parties, and social gatherings were held and things went fine until it was time to divide the money. This rivalry and animosity continued until one night a new fire chief, tired of the bickering, ordered the door to be opened between the parlors of the two companies. Fire department today Today the Elmira Heights Fire Department is located next door to the Elmira Heights Village Hall. Although the roster remains all-volunteer, the Village funds a 24/365 "Paid First Responder" program. There is a qualified duty responder within the station at all times, ready to respond to alarms. The department continues to offer Fire, Rescue and EMS services to the village of Elmira Heights and the towns of Elmira and Horseheads. Elmira Heights Fire Company #1 The membership of the Elmira Heights Fire Department is made up of the Elmira Heights Fire Company. This is a private, not for profit social entity that supports the department from within the all-volunteer roster. They are housed within the department and operate as volunteer employees of the department during alarms. The department is responsible for day-to-day operations, apparatus maintenance, training & education, alarm response, etc. Whereas the company manages all fund raising efforts and social engagements. The Elmira Heights Fire Company solely funds the department EMS program. Can and bottle drive In 2011, the Elmira Heights Fire Company began a program encouraging the local public to donate their empty deposit cans and bottles. With the assistance of a local recycling company and a few dedicated members, the company has been able to collaborate with the village board to rehab their heavy rescue apparatus. They have since also donated two more apparatus to the village. One being a quick response EMS apparatus and also a wild land "brush" suppression vehicle. Due to an overwhelming response from the public, this program continues to fund EMS and other operations that may otherwise not continue without an additional tax levy on the residents. Former fire apparatus manufacturer Elmira Heights was once the location of the Ward LaFrance Truck Corporation's manufacturing facility. Police services The Elmira Heights Police Department is a small full-service agency consisting of a force of eleven men which offers 24/7 police protection to the village of Elmira Heights. The department investigates all offenses that take place within the boundaries of the village. The Police Department shares their operations facility with the Elmira Heights Fire Department. References External links Village of Elmira Heights official website Information about Elmira Heights Elmira Heights Fire Department Elmira Heights Central School District Villages in New York (state) Villages in Chemung County, New York