Early life.

Andrea Berloff was born to a Jewish family in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1974. She attended Framingham South High School until she graduated in 1991. Upon graduating high school, Berloff attended Cornell University to study drama which she then graduated from in 1995.

Career.

Acting.

Berloff's brief acting career began shortly after she graduated from college. In 1997, she played the role of the nameless sister in the Tisch School of the Arts produced film "Growth," directed by Joel Hopkins.  In 2001, Berloff was cast in a minor role as a popular high school girl for the short film "Eyeball Eddie", directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum. The film starred Martin Starr and depicted the story of a boy named Eddie with a prosthetic glass eye, who discovers the benefits of using his glass eye as a diversion tactic in his wrestling competitions.  In 2005, Berloff acted as the executive producer and played the role of Dr. Schwartz in the independent film "Raw Footage," directed by Drew Filus"." The film acted as Berloff's producing debut in the film industry. "Raw footage" depicts a family reunion at the renewal of a family member's marriage vows in California. "Raw Footage" went on to win the Audience Award for Best Feature at the "Washington DC Independent Film Festival."

Writing.

In 2002, Berloff along with Drew Filus, co-wrote the short film "Domestic," in which Filus also acted as director"." The film depicted the story of a man trying to find a model who recently left him.  In 2006, Berloff wrote the screenplay for the film "World Trade Center", directed by Oliver Stone. The film marked her screenwriting debut for feature-length films. The film starred Nicolas Cage and Michael Peña as two policeman who were trapped in the rubble after the attacks on the World Trade Center during 9/11. "The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles" reported that when writing the script, Berloff described that she did not want to create another disaster movie or epic film about American patriotism. Instead she set out to write the film as "a tribute to the survivors and the people who aided in saving them during 9/11." The idea was for her to keep the film "non-political." They also reported that Berloff conducted much research for writing the script. She interviewed many survivors from the traumatic event including the two policeman the film is based on, John McLoughlin and Will Jimeno. The film took several months to write due to her extensive amount of research along with the stress of her responsibility to convey the story properly. Before production of the film, director Oliver Stone, assured Berloff that he would remain faithful to the script she wrote. Berloff`s work on the script was seen as a success and even earned her a spot on "Variety`s" list of 10 screenwriters to watch"." In 2006, Berloff also made her debut in playwriting with her work on "Girl Scouts of America", a play depicting the activities of four girls, two of them being counselors, earning their Girl Scout badges at camp. She co-wrote the play alongside of Mona Monsieur, where they presented it at the "New York International Fringe Festival."  In 2006, "Empire" reported that she had been hired to write the screenplay for Ridley Scott's upcoming biopic on the Italian fashion designer Aldo Gucci. The film is still in development and has faced many concerns, specifically from some of the Gucci family members, regarding the portrayal of their family. The film has yet to begin production in light of all these concerns.  In 2013, "Deadline Hollywood" reported that Berloff was tasked with writing the screenplay for Universal Studios’ "Legend of Conan". The film will serve as a sequel to the 1982 film "Conan The Barbarian" but will ignore the 1984 sequel "Conan The Destroyer" and the 2011 reboot starring Jason Momoa. The film will see the return of Arnold Schwarzenegger, taking on the role of Conan once again after more than three decades from the initial film’s release. The film is still in development and has no set date for production or release just yet.  In 2015, Berloff co-wrote the screenplay for the biographical drama "Straight Outta Compton," directed by F. Gary Gray, which depicted the rise and fall of the popular rap group N.W.A. Berloff adapted the screenplay alongside of Jonathan Herman, from the story which was written by S. Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus. In an interview with "Awards Daily", Berloff stated that she was hired to write the script in 2010 and upon being hired, began working closely with former N.W.A member Ice Cube and Tomica Woods-Wright, widow to deceased member Eazy-E. Berloff also described that once she was hired, her job was to "truly transform a script that mostly encompassed Eazy-E into something that represented the entire N.W.A. group." She decided to approach the film as not just a film about a rap group but to incorporate all the societal issues in America at the time of the group's prominence. Berloff described that one of the challenges she had to face was the issue of getting different accounts of the same story from multiple people. Despite this, Berloff managed to find common ground with each person and was able to tell the story in a beneficial way for everyone involved. "Straight Outta Compton" received positive reviews from critics and gained numerous award nominations for its screenplay. Berloff along with Jonathan Herman, S. Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus were all nominated for their work on the film`s screenplay at the Satellite Awards, the Writers Guild of America Awards and at the 88th Academy Awards.  In 2015, "Empire" reported that Berloff, along with story writer Nicolas Saada, was hired to write the screenplay for the film "Sleepless," directed by Baran bo Odar. The film serves as a remake to the 2011 French thriller film "Nuit Blanche. Sleepless Night" is set to release in 2016 and will starr Jamie Foxx as a cop whose family comes in danger after he betrays his connections in the criminal underworld.  In 2016, Berloff co-wrote the screenplay for the film "Blood Father," directed by Jean-François Richet. The film stars Mel Gibson as a former convict who reunites with his daughter in order to save her from impending drug dealers. Berloff co-wrote the script alongside of Peter Craig, which was adapted from his novel of the same name.

Personal life.

Berloff is married with two children. The family currently resides in Los Angeles.

Awards and nominations.

In 2016, Berloff was nominated for several awards for her work on "Straight Outta Compton":  Along with Jonathan Herman, she was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Satellite Awards.  She was also nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay along with Herman, S. Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus.  Lastly, she was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 88th Academy Awards alongside Herman, Savidge and Wenkus.

Andrea Berloff (born 1974) is an American screenwriter, actress, director, and producer. Berloff is best known for writing the 2006 disaster drama film "World Trade Center", and co-writing the 2015 biographical drama "Straight Outta Compton" for which she earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.


History.

The school was founded in 2003. It was originally intended to open in September 2004, but it opened on 29 March 2004 as prospective families were already in Beijing.  Originally both Nord Anglia campuses in Beijing, Shunyi and Sanlitun, were operated as a single school, The British School of Beijing (北京英国国际学校). In 2013 they were administratively made into separate institutions.

Curriculum.

The school offers an enhanced British National Curriculum. The curriculum is taught by UK qualified teachers and supported by teaching assistants. The school prepares students for the IGCSE, and IB Diploma Programme.  Students in the primary levels study Mandarin Chinese and may choose to take a second foreign language. Secondary students must study Mandarin and another foreign language.  The school offers a German Primary Programme for German-speaking primary school students in Klasse 1 to 4 to study core subjects in German, following the Thuringia Curriculum, while integrating into the British National Curriculum with non-core subjects and a variety of whole school activities.

Operations.

Jonathan Stefonek of the "China Daily" stated that "The British School operates more formally than the larger international schools in Shunyi". Warwick Mansell of "The Telegraph" wrote that the school "presents itself as stressing old-fashioned courtesy and not tolerating poor behaviour."  BSB, as of 2013, sends teachers to rural China to help area Chinese students, and teachers from rural China go to BSB to get assistance. The Chinese central government had selected BSB for this role.

Student body.

As of 2011 the whole BSB school had 1,150 students from 50 countries. Many of the parents work for embassies and/or multinational corporations. The British made up the largest group of students at BSB, about 25% of the total. The Mainland European nationalities together totaled 30%, and the third-largest grouping originated from North America.  As of 2016, BSB Shunyi's maximum capacity is 1500 students and students came from over 60 nationalities including British, German, American, South Korean and Hong Kong etc.

Location.

The British School of Beijing has two campuses. The Sanlitun campus comprises two buildings in downtown Beijing in the Embassy district. One building caters for Pre-Nursery and Nursery students (age 2 – 4), the other is from Reception to Year 6 (age 5 – 11). The other larger campus is situated in the rural area of Shunyi, approximately 45 minutes out of central Beijing. This campus caters for students from Pre-Nursery to Sixth Form College (18 months – 18 years).

Facilities.

Both Nord Anglia schools host a wide range of facilities including a library, a gymnasium, a football pitch, tennis and basketball courts, and indoor sports dome. There is a theatre in each school, and a 230-seat amphitheatre in the Shunyi school. The Shunyi school also hosts tennis courts, an indoor swimming pool, fitness suite, dance studio, dedicated music rooms plus numerous private practice rooms, computer music suites, a recording studio, ICT suites, a Lego robotics lab, science laboratories and art studios. The Sanlitun school uses an Astroturf play area, and it has a football (soccer) pitch on the roof.  Mansell wrote that the Sanlitun campus "is said by the school to have a “cosy” family feel".  As of 2014 one of the BSB schools has an inflatable dome for athletics events in order to shield students from Beijing pollution.

School governance.

The schools are part of the Nord Anglia Education group, a British organisation founded in 1972 specialising in education.

Notable Events.

BSB is the Guinness World RecordsTM Holder for “The Largest Mathematical Jigsaw Puzzle”.

The British School of Beijing, Shunyi (BSB) is the official Guinness World RecordsTM Holder for "The Largest Mathematical Jigsaw Puzzle" in the world with a new record of 3,348 completed pieces achieved on 31 October 2015. The puzzle, containing 5200 pieces and more than 9000 equations, was created by (now Head of Mathematics Department) Simon Alles and required the participation of students of all ages within the school to complete. The attempt was carried out over a 24-hour period and raised almost 23000 RMB for a local charity.

Juilliard-Nord Anglia Performing Arts Program.

On 3 December 2015, The British School of Beijing, Sanlitun and The British School of Beijing, Shunyi announced that they will become two of the first schools in the world to benefit from a new collaboration between Nord Anglia Education and The Juilliard School in New York. From September 2016, students at the schools will benefit from an enhanced embedded arts curriculum developed by specialists from Juilliard, along with continued support from, and engagement with, Juilliard alumni and affiliated artists.  On 21 March 2016, Andrea Lee, Music Curriculum Specialist and professional musician from The Juilliard School, attended and performed at the Press Conference held at the British School of Beijing, Shunyi to introduce the new collaboration.

UK National Space Academy at The British School of Beijing, Shunyi.

On 14 March 2016, UK and China launched an innovative teacher training programme using space science to inspire secondary students, piloting at the British School of Beijing, (BSB) Shunyi. The UK’s National Space Academy Director, Anu Ojha and his team of UK’s top space scientists and science teachers delivered a set of masterclasses for BSB teachers and students, and selected Chinese schools' teachers and students held at BSB. Honourable guests who attended the opening ceremony at BSB included Colin Crooks, Prosperity Minister Counselor of the British Embassy, Professor Yu Junsheng from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, representatives from Chaoyang Education Authority, Anu Ojha, Director of UK’s National Space Academy and the leadership team of BSB.

Athletics.

The British School of Beijing competes against other top international schools from across Asia and is involved in a variety of leagues including; ACAMIS (Association of Chinese & Mongolian International Schools), ISAC (International School's Athletic Conference Beijing/Tianjin), JISAC (Junior International Schools Athletic Conference) and FOBISIA( Federation of British International Schools in Asia). The British School of Beijing has hosted the Primary FOBISSEA Games in 2011 and 2012, the FOBISSEA Music Festival in 2012 and the FOBISSEA Primary Performing Arts Carnival in 2013.

Professional affiliations.

• FOBISIA (Federation of British International Schools in Asia) • JISAC (Junior International Schools Athletic Conference)  • ISAC (Beijing and Tianjin International Schools Athletic Conference)  • ACAMIS (Association of China and Mongolia International Schools) • BSB is an ABRSM (Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music) exam centre.  • BSB is registered at the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau and teaches the English National Curriculum to foreign students as approved by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, and managed by Beijing Education Commission.  • BSB is part of the Nord Anglia Education schools groups and is inspected by Nord Anglia's team of UK government trained OFSTED inspectors (Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills). • BSB is inspected successfully by the ISI (Independent Schools Inspectorate), an inspectorate approved by the UK Government Department for Education, and BSB is an officially accredited British Schools Overseas.  • BSB is granted Accredited Member Status with COBIS (Council of British International Schools).  • BSB is an approved Cambridge International Examinations Testing Centre and Edexcel Testing Centre, which authorise BSB for the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE).  • BSB is an authorized College Board SAT Testing Centre for those students heading to American Universities.  • For students studying Mandarin Chinese, BSB is an approved examination centre for the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi HSK, translated as the Chinese Proficiency Test.  • BSB is an IB World School approved for the IB Diploma Programme

The British School of Beijing, Shunyi () is an international school in Shunyi District, Beijing, China. Nord Anglia Education operates this school, situated in the residential area of Shunyi and taking pupils from 18 months through to 18 years of age (Pre-Nursery students through to Sixth form college), along with its sister school, The British School of Beijing, Sanlitun (), based in the central Embassy district of Sanlitun and catering to students from the ages of 2 to 11.


High school career.

Holmes attended Antonian College Prep in San Antonio, Texas. As a junior in 2009–10, he averaged 24.2 points, 9.8 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game while leading Antonian to the TAPPS 5A state semifinals. As a senior in 2010–11, he averaged 23.4 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game while helping Antonian to a 16–13 mark.

College career.

Holmes played four seasons of college basketball for the University of Texas, averaging 9.2 points and 5.9 rebounds in 23.1 minutes over 127 career games. He was named All-Big 12 Second Team and team MVP as a junior after averaging 12.8 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.3 blocks on 50.5% shooting, and was an All-Big 12 Honorable mention as a senior with averages of 10.3 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game.

Professional career.

After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Holmes joined the Boston Celtics for the 2015 NBA Summer League. In eight games (seven starts) for the Celtics, he averaged 10 points and five rebounds in 20 minutes per game. On August 13, 2015, he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers. However, he was later waived by the Lakers on October 23, 2015 after appearing in two preseason games. During his second preseason game, he tore his right labrum and was ruled out for six months.  In July 2016, Holmes joined the Memphis Grizzlies for the 2016 NBA Summer League. In five games for the Grizzlies, he averaged 6.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 23.2 minutes per game. On September 26, 2016, he signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers. However, he was later waived by the Cavaliers on October 20 after appearing in six preseason games. On November 1, he was acquired by the Canton Charge of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the Cavaliers, and three days later, he left Canton to sign a two-month contract with FC Barcelona Lassa. Following the expiration of his contract, he parted ways with Barcelona on January 7, 2017. In 10 games, he averaged 7.7 points and 3.7 rebounds in 18.1 minutes per game.  On January 11, 2017, Holmes was reacquired by the Canton Charge and the next day, he made his debut for the Charge in a 109–105 loss to the Santa Cruz Warriors, recording two rebounds in eight minutes off the bench. He was traded by the Charge to the Maine Red Claws on September 25, 2017.  On August 6, 2018, Holmes signed with the Israeli team Hapoel Tel Aviv for the 2018–19 season. However, on November 10, 2018, Holmes parted ways with Hapoel after appearing in six games.  For the 2019–20 season, Holmes joined the Austin Spurs of the G League for training camp, but did not make the final roster.

International career.

Holmes was a member of the senior United States national team at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup, where he won a gold medal.

Personal life.

Holmes is the son of Daryl and Angela Holmes. His father, Daryl, played football at the University of Nebraska (lettered in 1980 as a defensive end). Holmes' older sister, Amber, played basketball for four years at Southeast Missouri State (2009–12), while his younger brother, Sterling, attended Richland College in Dallas, then transferred to Texas Lutheran University in Seguin.

Jonathan Alexander Holmes (born December 9, 1992) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns.


Parties.

The plaintiffs in the suit, who opposed the "balanced treatment" statute, were led by the Reverend William McLean, a United Methodist minister.  The other plaintiffs were:  The defendants were the Arkansas Board of Education and its members, in their official capacity, the director of the Department of Education, in his official capacity, and the State Textbooks and Instructional materials Selecting Committee. The Pulaski County Special School District and its directors and superintendent were named in the original complaint but were voluntarily dismissed by plaintiffs at the pre-trial conference on October 1, 1981.

Background.

Various state laws prohibiting teaching of evolution had been introduced in the 1920s. They were challenged in 1968 at "Epperson v. Arkansas" which ruled that "The law's effort was confined to an attempt to blot out a particular theory because of its supposed conflict with the Biblical account, literally read. Plainly, the law is contrary to the mandate of the First, and in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution." The creationist movement turned to promoting teaching creationism in school science classes as equal to evolutionary theory.

Arkansas Act 590.

Arkansas Act 590 of 1981, entitled the "Balanced Treatment for Creation Science and Evolution Science Act," mandated that "creation science" be given equal time in public schools with evolution.  Creation science was defined as follows: "Creation science means the scientific evidences for creation and inferences from those evidences. Creation science includes the scientific evidences and related inferences that indicate:  Evolution science was defined as follows: "Evolution-science" means the scientific evidences for evolution and inferences from those scientific evidences. Evolution-science includes the scientific evidences and related inferences that indicate:  The Act was signed into law by Governor Frank D. White on March 19, 1981.

"McLean v. Arkansas" ruling.

Judge William Overton's ruling handed down on January 5, 1982, concluded that "creation-science" as defined in Arkansas Act 590 "is simply not science". The judgment defined the essential characteristics of science as being:  Overton found that "creation science" failed to meet these essential characteristics for these reasons:  The creationists' methods do not take data, weigh it against the opposing scientific data, and thereafter reach the conclusions stated in [the Act] Instead, they take the literal wording of the Book of Genesis and attempt to find scientific support for it. The Act took a two-model approach to teaching identical to the approach put forward by the Institute for Creation Research, which assumes only two explanations for the origins of life and existence of man, plants and animals: it was either the work of a creator or it was not. Creationists take this to mean that all scientific evidence which fails to support the theory of evolution is necessarily scientific evidence in support of creationism. The judgment found this to be simply a contrived dualism which has no scientific factual basis or legitimate educational purpose.  The judge concluded that "the Act was passed with the specific purpose by the General Assembly of advancing religion," and that it violated the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.  The test that Overton developed on the basis of Michael Ruse's testimony was later criticized by the philosopher of science Larry Laudan who argued that rather than call Creation Science "non-science" it would have been more cogent to show that it was "bad science". Chandra Wickramasinghe was the single scientist testifying for the defense of creationism. He hypothesized on panspermia and on "the possibility of high intelligence in the Universe and of many increasing levels of intelligence converging toward a God as an ideal limit."

McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education, 529 F. Supp. 1255 (E.D. Ark. 1982), was a 1981 legal case in the US state of Arkansas.


History.

Located in the South Pacific, midway between Hawaii and New Zealand, the site was chosen in 1872 by Commander Richard Worsam Meade, who negotiated facilities for a coaling station for the United States Navy from the Samoan high chief Mauga Manuma.  Initially used by Pacific and Asiatic Squadrons, by 1940 Tutuila was a minor naval station. However, with the looming threat of a Pacific War, plans were drawn up for the development of its capabilities. In November 1940 expansion of the naval station began. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 naval activity at Tutuila increased. Ship arrivals jumped from three in December 1941 to 56 in December 1942. Shipping activity was intensive throughout 1943. In March 1943, 121 vessels passed through Pago Pago harbor. However, as the war moved north and west, Tutuila became a strategic backwater. Shipping arrivals declined after February 1944, from fifty per month to less than twenty.  On January 11, 1942, a Japanese submarine surfaced off the coast of Tutuila and fired fifteen shells from its deck gun at the Naval Station in about ten minutes. Most landed harmlessly in the bay, but Commander Edwin Robinson was wounded in the knee by shrapnel and a member of the Fita Fita Guard (Samoan Marine Reserve) received minor injuries. Ironically, the only building damaged by the submarine's shell fire was a store owned by a Japanese expatriate, Frank Shimasaki. The fire was not returned in the only Japanese attack on Samoa during World War II.  Post-war Tutuila's military importance continued to decline, and in 1951, control of American Samoa was transferred from the Navy to the Department of the Interior. Naval Station Tutuila was closed, and the last scheduled naval transport, the, sailed on 25 June 1951. The harbor has since returned to commercial use.

U.S. Naval Station Historic District.

The Naval Station had over a hundred buildings at the height of its activity. Today, visitors may walk a 2-mile tour of the villages of Fagatogo and Utulei to visit some of the station's remaining structures. This trail goes by The Fono, the Old Bake Shop, Old Samoan Jail, Commissary Store (now Jean P. Haydon Museum), the Governor's House, and the Fagatogo Malae.  Sixteen buildings in the former Naval Station are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, one of which—Government House—is a National Historic Landmark.

United States Naval Station Tutuila was a naval station in Pago Pago Harbor on the island of Tutuila, part of American Samoa, built in 1899 and in operation until 1951. During the United States Navy rule of American Samoa, from 1900 to 1951, it was customary for the commandant of the station to also serve as Military Governor of the territory. Benjamin Franklin Tilley was the first commandant and the first officer responsible for the naval station's construction.


Appearances.

Comic book series.

Aaron is introduced as a recruiter for the Alexandria Safe-Zone Community who came into contact with Rick's group shortly after they exterminated the Hunters. He and his fellow recruiter and lover Eric watched over the group from afar for several days until they found them suitable for the community. Although the survivors were initially suspicious of Aaron's motives, they went along with him to DC and eventually joined the Alexandria Safe-Zone. The leader of Alexandria, Douglas Monroe, is hesitant about the prospect of the group staying, however Aaron continually defends them, knowing the genuinely good people they are. He remains fiercely loyal of Rick and company from then on out.  He gets a false scare days after the group's arrival when Eric is stabbed by a random woman on the outskirts of DC whom they had been trying to recruit. Eric is taken back by a panic-stricken Aaron and is quickly healed by the town's surgeon Denise Cloyd. In the wake of this traumatic event, the couple mutually decides to stop recruiting for the foreseeable future and focus on maintaining things within the safety of their walls.  After the herd invasion that puts the community in disarray and culminates in Rick becoming leader in the wake of Douglas's death, Aaron and Eric are both assigned inventory together where they keep track of the community's rations, as well as supplies to ensure that things continue to be run properly. They also both further indulge in training with Rick and the rest of the group, in order to defend themselves better against the undead. The two soon begin to grow more comfortable venturing outside the walls again, assisting other members in supply runs (while occasionally stealing items like bottles of wine for themselves).  Aaron and Eric are both shaken by Abraham's sudden and unexpected death at the hands of the Saviors, with the two of them attending his memorial service. They later participate in the war with the Saviors (being led by a man named Negan) and form The Militia, an army consisting of many members from Alexandria, The Hilltop Colony, and The Kingdom. It is during this war that Eric is killed, leaving Aaron devastated and in a state of extreme depression. His sadness quickly turns into fury however, as he vows to kill every remaining member of the Saviors in order to avenge Eric's death.  Following the two year time-jump, he appears to have moved on from Eric's death and continues to be a productive member of the community. He is attacked by the Whisperers and is taken to the Hilltop to recover. During this period he flirts with Jesus. When the Whisperers invade and burn down the Hilltop, despite his injuries, Aaron manages to rescue the unconscious Carl before he burns to death in the blaze. After the war he starts a relationship with Jesus. When out on the road they are ambushed by Whisperer leader Beta and the last few remaining whisperers. In the ensuing fight he shoots and kills Beta.

Television series.

Prior to the events of the series Aaron became a recruiter for the Alexandria Safe-Zone, along with his boyfriend Eric. At some point Aaron recruited a group of three led by Davidson, who Aaron believed would be a good addition to the community. However Davidson's violent nature led to Deanna exiling him and Aaron, Aiden and Nicholas were forced to escort Davidson's group out, taking all their weapons and leaving them only a few days worth of supplies.

Season 5.

In the episode "Them", Aaron (Ross Marquand) reveals himself, first, to Maggie and Sasha, stating his name and that he wishes to speak to the leader, which he already knows is Rick. Then he notes that he has good news for the group. In the next episode, "The Distance", Sasha and Maggie take him as a prisoner and bring him to Rick. Aaron tells them that he has been following them for quite some time and wants to invite them to live in a safe community nearby. Rick does not believe him and orders everyone to check if the things he said are true. They come to the conclusion that Aaron is telling the truth and decide to go along with him to the community. The car Rick, Glenn, Michonne and Aaron are in is attacked by walkers, but they manage to reunite with the rest of the group and Aaron's partner and boyfriend, Eric (Jordan Woods-Robinson). Together they enter the community, which lies in Alexandria, Virginia. In the episode, "Remember", Aaron leads the group in Alexandria while carrying Eric inside. After letting Eric go off to the infirmary, he stays at the gate with Nicholas as the group enters. Aaron asks that group comply with Nicholas' orders to turn over their weapons, and that they will need to speak to the leader, Deanna. After she spoke with Rick, Aaron guided Rick and Carl to the two vacant houses in the Safe-Zone, and that he and Eric will be four houses down if Rick or anyone else needs anything.  In the episode "Forget", Aaron followed Daryl out of the safe-zone, under the guise of hunting rabbits. When Daryl spotted Aaron, he questioned Daryl if he could really tell the difference between a walker and a living person. Aaron then joins Daryl on the hunt. During which, they come across Buttons, a wild horse Aaron and Eric have been trying to wrangle for months. When Daryl attempts to get Buttons, they are attacked by Walkers and flee the area. Aaron reveals that he knows how Daryl feels, like an outsider. Aaron went on to explain how before and even now back at the safe-zone, he and Eric are seen as outsiders because they are gay. Aaron goes on to mention that people fear what they do not understand and that Daryl should join the safe-zone's welcoming party. Soon after, Aaron is attacked and Daryl rescues him. They come to find Buttons being devoured by walkers, so both Aaron and Daryl kill the walkers, with Aaron shooting Buttons to put him out of his misery. Aaron went back to the safe-zone but did not attend the party so that he could help mend Eric's broken ankle. When Daryl arrives to the Monroe house but declines to go inside, Aaron invites Daryl over for spaghetti. Aaron and Eric then surprise Daryl with a motorcycle they were building and reveal that Eric is retiring as a recruiter and Daryl is to take his place. Daryl is grateful and forms a friendship with Aaron and Eric. In the episode "Spend", Daryl and Aaron head out to find other recruits for Alexandria. In the episode "Try", Daryl spots a light some miles away but when he and Aaron investigate they find limbs of walkers missing their torsos and heads and find a recently dead woman tied to a tree and eaten by walkers, but with a "w" carved into her forehead.  In the season finale "Conquer", Daryl and Aaron find evidence of other people moving around the forest and begin to track them. Aaron tells Daryl about a group of survivors he recruited led by a man named Davidson who were ultimately exiled from Alexandria, and he personally had to escort them out without their weapons. They then see a lone survivor wearing a red poncho in the middle of a field and follow him. They lose track of the survivor and decide to scavenge supplies from some abandoned food trucks. However, they set off a trap that unleashes a horde of walkers on them and they are forced to take shelter inside a car. Daryl offers to risk his own life to help Aaron escape, but Aaron is adamant that they both escape together. At that moment, Morgan arrives and, with his help, Daryl and Aaron are able to escape. They ask Morgan why he helped, and he replies that all life is precious. Aaron offers to bring him to Alexandria, but Morgan politely refuses, saying that he needs to get to Washington, D.C., and shows them the map he picked up in the church, which Daryl recognizes. Daryl, Aaron, and Morgan arrive back at Alexandria in time to witness Rick executing Pete. The Wolves find Aaron's dropped pack, containing evidence of Alexandria's existence.

Season 6.

During the finale of season 6 entitled "Last Day on Earth", Aaron and several others volunteered to help Rick go in an RV with a frail and pregnant Maggie, who needed urgent medical attention. En route to Hilltop, the group discovered all the roads were being blocked by a hostile group calling themselves the Saviors, who work for a man called Negan who was previously thought to be a hostile person Rick killed during a prior encounter. The group came to the conclusion they were being lured into a trap due to the careful planning involved, and Aaron pointed out that one of the many walkers left by the Saviors as a diversion on a road had strands of Michonne's hair stuck to it. At one point, while the Saviors were psychologically taunting the group, a man they caught was being hung over a bridge with a chain tightly wrapped around his neck. Aaron wanted to help him, but Rick told him they needed to save their bullets, thus he died. Eventually, Eugene devised a plan to take the RV alone at night to lure the Saviors away from the others. However, while taken Maggie through the woods on a stretcher, the group were captured and disarmed by dozens of Saviors. Aaron, Rick, Sasha, Abraham, Carl, Eugene and Maggie were not able to negotiate. They were then reunited with Daryl, Glenn, Michonne and Rosita, who were already held captive. After the group was lined-up on their knees, the real Negan introduced himself, and after telling them his plans for the group, he selected one of them to be beaten to death with a baseball bat wrapped in barbwire he calls "Lucille" as a punishment for killing his people, while the others could not intervene. The death of the selected character after the Eeny, meeny, miny, moe chant was shown from the point-of-view of whoever Negan said was "it."

Season 7.

In the season premiere "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be", the person who was murdered was revealed to be Abraham at the start of season 7. In a twist, Glenn was killed by Negan too after Daryl tried to attack him. Aaron was forced to witness all of this, then Sasha left with Maggie to get her to the doctor. In the episode "Service", while the Saviors sacked Alexandria, Aaron and Eric watched the commotion from their front porch while the Saviors pulled a mattress out of their house, later, Anna is among the townspeople present in the church, where she is anxious when Rick informs them that she is no longer in charge and that all the weapons must be delivered to the Saviors so that Olivia will be freed from her captivity, Eric whispers to Aaron and wants to ask Rick what he will do about Negan, but Aaron tries unsuccessfully to stop Eric, telling him that it was not the right time to start that discussion. In "Go Getters" Aaron is at Rick's house preparing for a race to collect supplies for his weekly offering to the saviors, he goes to the stairs to let Rick have a private moment with Michonne before leaving to race.34 In the episode "Sing Me to Song" Aaron and Rick leave a box truck and They stop there to rest at night, "We did not see that last night," Aaron says, looking at something along the way, Aaron and Rick approach a door with a sign: "Go on, the only thing here is that you have problems," feeling the pressure of just having a day to find supplies, they jump the door, soon they come across another warning sign; this time, the writer threatens to shoot anyone who comes for their food, supplies or ammunition, they move beyond the signal and arrive at a pond full of walkers. they see a dilapidated houseboat floating in the center of the pond. In the final mid season episode "Hearts Still Beating," Aaron and Rick risk their lives to get crucial supplies, per the request of Negan. However, the Saviors beat him up when they return to the Alexandria Safe-Zone, after they inaccurately believe a note they find was intended to insult them.

Season 8.

In season 8, Aaron joins the Militia to fight the Saviors alongside Eric. During a battle in "The Damned", Eric is hit by a bullet and seriously wounded. In "Monsters", Eric urges Aaron to leave him and rejoin the fight. When Aaron returns, he is devastated to discover that Eric has died and reanimated as a walker. When Aaron is on his way to Oceanside with Enid, they are attacked, and Enid has to shoot Natania which upsets the other women. For the rest of the season, Aaron stays in the Oceanside area alone, attempting to convince the women to help. As a result, he becomes emaciated and weak. After killing a group of walkers and passing out, Aaron makes a speech to the women that rallies them to the Militia's aid. In the season finale, Aaron returns to the Hilltop with the women of Oceanside in time to ambush a group of attacking Saviors, killing them all with firebombs. After the war, Aaron adopts the baby Gracie who lost her Savior father in the same attack that killed Eric.

Season 9.

18 months after the end of the war the communities live in peace, albeit a fragile one due to tensions between the Saviors and the other communities. After the time jump Aaron is part of the crew working on a bridge. When a herd approaches the workers' camp due to a Savior neglecting his duty, Aaron's left arm is crushed under a pile of logs. Daryl frees him, but Enid is forced to amputate the arm. Six years after Rick's departure Aaron has become a member of the council of the Alexandria Safe-Zone and he is wearing a metal prosthetic arm. When Judith saves a group of people led by a woman named Magna, he leads Magna's group back to Alexandria.

Casting.

Robert Kirkman briefly alluded during the "Talking Dead" episode for "The Walking Dead" episode "Coda" in November 2014 that the second half of the season would introduce a prominent gay character, before Ross Marquand received the role of Aaron, he auditioned for the role of Gareth, but because of his comedic roots, the casting director thought Ross would be better suited for Aaron because of the character's humorous personality and had him return shortly after auditioning for Gareth to audition for Aaron. The casting call for Aaron used the codename Logan.

Reception.

Several critics compared his introduction to that of an Other from the ABC television series, "Lost".

Aaron is a fictional character from the comic book series "The Walking Dead" and television series of the same name. He is portrayed by Ross Marquand in the television series.


Brief taxonomic history.

This family was originally an order thought to be included with the aquatic Phycomycetes and included members of Oomycota. It was Helen Berdan who determined that "Ancylistes" belongs to order Entomophthorales. Later, the oomycetes were removed as were several zygomycete genera.

Morphology.

The mycelium is coenocytic or irregularly septate. The nuclei are small. During interphase, condense chromatin is absent, but a central nucleolus can be observed. The mycelium can become disjointed. In "Ancylistes", parasites of desmids, the hyphae grow toward the ends of the host. As the hyphae grow, branches that follow the groves between plates in the chloroplast are produced. Upon reaching the end, the hyphae grow toward the other end to completely encircle the chloroplast. Septa are produced progressively with segments containing many nuclei. Conidia are produced singly on unbranched sporophores. Like other members of Entomophthorales, conidia are forcibly discharged, which occurs through papillar eversion. Zygospores are formed along the axis of conjugation and can be angular in shape.

Sexual Reproduction.

Sexual reproduction results in the formation of a zygospore that functions as a resting spore. The zygospore is formed by the fusion of gametangial cells or the scalariform fusion of hyphae. Little is known about the zygospores.

Ecology.

The genus "Ancylistes" are parasites of desmids, a group of green algae. "Macrobiotophthora" are parasites of tardigrades and nematodes. The genus "Conidiobolus" are common saprobes and occasional parasites of vertebrates. The most well known member is "Conidiobolus coronatus", which is typically found in soils and parasitizing termites and aphids but has been known to infect mammals.

The Ancylistaceae are a family of fungi in the order Entomophthorales. The family currently contains 3 genera: "Ancylistes", "Macrobiotophthora", "Conidiobolus".


Branches.

The Boro–Garo languages are:  Old Hajong may have been a Bodo–Garo language.  Barman is a recently discovered Bodo–Garo language.  Boro is an associate official language of the state of Assam. Kokborok (Tripuri) is one of the official languages of the state of Tripura. Garo is an associate official language of Meghalaya. Megam has been strongly influenced by Khasic languages, while Deori-Chutia by the Idu Mishmi language.  Languages of the family feature verb-final word order. There is some flexibility in the order of the arguments, but a nominative–accusative distinction is marked with post-nominal clitics. The languages also prefix classifiers to numerals modifying nouns. tense, aspect and mood are indicated using verbal suffixes.

Origins.

The linkage of the Boro–Garo languages with Konyak and Jingphaw languages suggest that proto-Boro-Garo entered Assam from somewhere to the northeast. It has been proposed that the "proto"-Boro-Garo language was a "lingua franca" of different linguistic communities, not all of who were native speakers, and that it began as a creolized lingua franca.

Classification.

Joseph & Burling (2006).

Joseph & Burling (2006:1-2) classify the Boro–Garo languages into four major groups. Wood (2008:6) also follows this classification.

Jacquesson (2017).

Jacquesson (2017:112) classifies the Bodo-Garo languages as follows, and recognizes three major branches (Western, Central, and Eastern). The Koch languages and Garo are grouped together as Western Bodo-Garo.  Jacquesson (2017) believes that the Boro–Garo languages had arrived in their present location from the southeast, and notes similarities shared with Zeme languages and Kuki-Chin languages.

Reconstruction.

has been reconstructed by Joseph and Burling (2006) and by Wood (2008).

The Boro–Garo languages are a branch of Sino-Tibetan languages, spoken primarily in Northeast India and parts of Bangladesh. The Boro–Garo languages form four groups: Boro, Garo, Koch and Deori. Boro–Garo languages were historically very widespread throughout the Brahmaputra Valley and in what are now the northern parts of Bangladesh, and it is speculated that the proto-Boro-Garo language was the lingua franca of the Brahmaputra valley before it was replaced by Assamese language, to which it has made major contributions.


Early life and education.

Nanda Bahadur Pun was born to farmers Ramsur Pun and Mansara Pun in Rangsi - 9, Rolpa. He was the third of six children.  He started school at the age of 8 years. He completed his primary education at Jakhar Primary School and his lower secondary education at Rangsi Lower Secondary School. While he was in the seventh grade at Rangsi Lower Secondary School he was the chairman of a unit of the All Nepal National Independent Students Union (Sixth). He was a representative of his school to the 2nd district convention of the All Nepal National Independent Students Union (Sixth). He had to hide in a cave all night after the police disrupted the event.  Pun enrolled in Bal Kalyan Secondary School in Libang for his secondary education. In Libang he was influenced by his teacher, Krishna Bahadur Mahara to study about communism. In 1983 he was a representative for Rolpa at the 1st Sub Central Convention of the ANNSFU. Lila Mani Pokharel was elected chairman of ANNSFU during this convention. There he was accused of being involved in a student union and was kept under arrest for a few days. After being forced to choose between his education and politics he enrolled in Thabang Secondary School in 1983. While in Thabang he was jailed for three days for his association with student unions. He passed his School Leaving Certificate exams there in 1986.  He enrolled in Mahendra Bahumukhi Campus in Dang in 1989 to pursue his higher secondary education. He completed his graduate education in Political Science. While in Dang he was the chairman of the Mashal Samuha.

Personal life.

While studying in the ninth grade he married Hastamali Pun at the age of 17.

Nanda Bahadur Pun (; born 23 October 1966), is a Nepalese politician and also known as Nanda Kishor Pun, is the second and the current Vice-President of Nepal, in office since 2015. He served as the chief commander of the People's Liberation Army in Nepal. He was also a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre).


Synopsis.

Taking place in Jellystone Town, the show features Yogi Bear and other popular Hanna-Barbera characters including his friends Boo-Boo Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, and Yogi's girlfriend Cindy Bear depicted as 14-year-old crime fighters. The gang hang out at Jellystone Mall owned by "Diamond" Doggie Daddy with Augie Doggie as his heir to the mall business. Yogi and the gang work at an agency called L.A.F. (short for Lost and Found) where they act as detectives trying to solve mysteries under the supervision of the mall's security guard Officer Smith. Dickie Dastardly and his sidekick Muttley would cause trouble for Yogi and his gang. The show also introduced teenage bear named Roxey Bear who was Cindy's rival and Yogi's competitor as well as news reporter Chuck Toupée. The characters were never seen at home or school.  Some of Yogi's other pals like Secret Squirrel, Morocco Mole, Top Cat, Hardy Har Har, Squiddly Diddly and Wally Gator were also featured as young children.  Other Hanna-Barbera characters are still in adult form: Hokey Wolf is the Mayor of Jellystone Town and Ding-A-Ling Wolf briefly appeared as his photographer, Loopy De Loop works at the Jellystone Mall's Picnic Basket Food Court, Atom Ant served as Jellystone Town's superhero, Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey were wild west-themed entertainers, Pixie and Dixie lived in the cheese cottage within a cheese store owned by Mr. Jinks, Lippy the Lion owns a jewelry store, Peter Potamus and So-So ran a plant shop called "Peter Potamus' Plant Palace," Snooper is a crime-solving celebrity while Blabber ran the "Crooks 'n' Books" store, and Magilla Gorilla appeared as a teen idol in "Jellystone Jam" as Magilla Ice (a takeoff of Vanilla Ice). Also, Granny Sweet made an appearance in the episode "Super Duper Snag."

Production.

"Yo Yogi!" featured episodes, or parts of episodes, in 3D, with Kellogg's Rice Krispies offering 3D glasses. Generally, the 3D scenes were chase scenes of the variety made famous by Hanna-Barbera in the "Scooby-Doo" series. At the beginning of these 3D sequences, Yogi would spin his hat atop his head, as a cue to viewers to don their 3D glasses.  On March 6, 1992, in response to the success of its Saturday morning live-action teen sitcom "Saved by the Bell", NBC announced that it had cancelled its entire Saturday morning block of cartoons (including "Yo Yogi!") and would be replacing the cartoons with a new block of live-action shows targeting teenagers in addition to a Saturday edition of "The Today Show". "Yo Yogi!" last aired in syndication as part of "The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera".  Modern voice actors played the voices of certain characters not only because some of them are teenagers, but due to the deaths of Daws Butler, Mel Blanc, and Paul Frees before this series began.

Points of interest.

There are various locations in the Jellystone Town:

Home media.

In the early '90s, a VHS release of the show came with 3D glasses. As of 2018, there are no plans for a complete series set release from either Warner Home Video or Warner Archive. However, it is available on iTunes as part of the "Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection".

Yo Yogi! is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It first aired from September 14 to December 7, 1991 on NBC for 12 episodes. "Yo Yogi!" was the last television series to feature (or star) Yogi Bear for nearly three decades, until the announcement of "Jellystone!" in 2019.


Interim leadership.

Conservative Party president John Walsh's letter to caucus stated that only Members of Parliament (MPs) would vote for the interim leader, but Conservative Senators pointed out that the party constitution states that the entire parliamentary caucus votes. The caucus allowed Senators to vote, declining to adopt the provisions of the Reform Act that would have only allowed MPs to vote.  The caucus chose Rona Ambrose, MP for Sturgeon River—Parkland, Alberta and former Minister of Health, as interim leader at its first meeting on November 5, 2015, in a vote by preferential ballot. Ambrose, as the interim leader, also served as Leader of the Official Opposition in the Parliament of Canada until a permanent leader was chosen. She defeated Candice Bergen, Diane Finley, Mike Lake, Rob Nicholson, Erin O'Toole, and the joint ticket of Denis Lebel and Michelle Rempel in the caucus vote.  Under the party's constitution, Ambrose, as the interim leader, could not run for the permanent position.

Leadership election timing.

Following Harper's resignation, debate emerged within the Conservative Party regarding the timing of the leadership election. Some members of the party's national council called for a leadership convention as early as May 2016 according to "Maclean's" magazine. However, interim leader Rona Ambrose has said there is a consensus among the party's caucus that the leadership election shouldn't be rushed and should be held sometime in 2017. In a December 2015 interview, Ambrose said the party would take its time allowing all members, including those not already involved in politics, to build a strong candidacy. "If we take a little extra time, that will mean we'll have a better leadership race."  The Conservative Party's Leadership Election Organizing Committee (LEOC) met at Toronto's Albany Club January 15–17, 2016 to discuss the process for the Party to elect its next leader. Among its decisions, LEOC selected May 27, 2017, for Conservative Party members to elect their next leader.

Rules and voting system.

Only party members in good standing at 5pm Eastern Time on March 28, 2017, were allowed to vote. The fee for a party membership was raised from $15 to $25, an increase that was reversed on April 23, 2016, after criticisms that the move was "elitist". Membership fees could only be paid via personal cheque or credit card. Cash payments were not permitted. This new requirement was intended to prevent the election being dominated by new members, and to prevent anyone other than the individual member, such as a candidate's campaign, from signing up scores of members and paying the membership fees in cash out of campaign funds. Despite this, the Conservative Party confirmed irregularities with 1,351 memberships connected to prepaid credit cards that it subsequently struck from its membership roll.  Voting was on a one member one vote basis using a ranked ballot; however votes were calculated so that each electoral district had equal weight with each electoral district allocated 100 points. Candidates were assigned a point total based on his or her percentage of the vote in each electoral district. To win, a candidate must receive at least 16,901 points which would be a majority.  To register, candidates must: A party committee reviewed the candidate's nomination form and may disqualify a potential candidate. Candidates are allowed to spend a maximum of $5 million on their campaigns.

Registered candidates.

Candidates who have paid their entrance fee and compliance deposit and filed their nomination papers:  Chris Alexander,, is the former Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (2013–2015), Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of National Defence (2011– 2013) and the former MP for Ajax—Pickering, Ontario (2011–2015). Prior to entering politics, he served as a member of Canada's foreign diplomatic service, most notably in the Canadian Embassy in Moscow and as the Canadian Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2003 to 2005. From 2005 to 2009 he held the post of Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Afghanistan. In addition to English, he is fluent in both French and Russian languages.

Chris Alexander.

Chris Alexander has 40 detailed published policies that fall into three main categories: New Economy, New Country and New Role. These policies include how Canada should approach: employment, taxation, innovation, families, education, competitiveness, energy self-reliance, cities, agriculture, poverty, homelessness, First Nations peoples, the Métis, refugees, the Monarchy, justice, health care, protecting wilderness, forestry, mining, international diplomacy, terrorism, democratic reform, cyber-security, Canadian culture, northern development, and national defence.  He believes that immigration is the key to "economic growth." Is proposing to increase immigration to 400,000 a year including 40,000 refugees and calling for doubling defence spending and "for an accelerated push to settle all outstanding land claims and to sign treaties with First Nations communities that would empower them to govern themselves". Was prominent in the Conservative government's handling of the Syrian refugee crisis and in the government's promise during the 2015 election to create a telephone tip line to report so-called "barbaric cultural practices." As minister, he was criticized over delays in meeting the government's commitment to resettle Syrian refugees.  Maxime Bernier,, was the MP for Beauce, Quebec (2006–2019) and was the Shadow Minister of Innovation (2015—2016). He served in the Harper government as Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism (2011–2015), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007–2008), and Minister of Industry (2006–2007), Bernier is considered an advocate of limited government and has been compared to a Libertarian. He has been nicknamed "Mad Max", the "Bloc-buster", or the "Albertan from Quebec" by his Ottawa colleagues. Prior to entering federal politics in 2006, Bernier, a lawyer by training, was vice-president of the Standard Life of Canada Insurance company, MEI, and manager of corporate and international relations at the Commission des valeurs mobilières du Québec.  Steven Blaney,, was the Shadow Minister of Public Works and Government Services (2015–2016) for the Conservative Opposition, and is the former Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (2013–2015), Minister of Veterans Affairs (2011–2013). He is the MP for Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, Quebec (2015–present) and Lévis—Bellechasse, Quebec (2006–2015).  Michael Chong,, is the MP for Wellington—Halton Hills, Ontario (2004–present) and was the Deputy Shadow Minister of the Environment (2015–2016). He was Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth (2006) and Minister of Sport (2006). Chong resigned from the Harper cabinet in 2006 to protest the government's recognition of the Québécois as a nation within Canada. As a backbench MP he advocated democratic reforms in Parliament to limit the power of the Prime Minister's Office and party leaders over their caucuses and individual MPs and introduced the Reform Act to give caucuses the option of the power to remove party leaders, elect caucus chairs, and expel or readmit MPs, and elect interim leaders. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party at the time of the merger.  Kellie Leitch,, is the MP for Simcoe—Grey, Ontario (2011–present), and was the Shadow Minister of Health (2015–2016). In the Harper cabinet she was Minister of Labour and the Status of Women (2013–2015). She is an orthopaedic pediatric surgeon at SickKids Hospital and an associate professor at the University of Toronto.  Pierre Lemieux,, is the former MP for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, Ontario (2006–2015). In the Harper government he was the Parliamentary Secretary for Official Languages (2007–2008), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture (2008–2015), and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs (2015).  Deepak Obhrai,, was the MP for Calgary Forest Lawn, Alberta (2015–2019), and represented Calgary East, Alberta (1997–2015), was Shadow Minister of International Development (2015–2016), and was the Dean of the Conservative Caucus. In the Harper government he was the Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs (2006–2015). Obhrai was a member of the Canadian Alliance at the time of the merger.  Erin O'Toole,, is the MP for Durham, Ontario (2012–present) and was Shadow Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (2015–2016) for the Conservative Party in Opposition. Previously, he served as Minister of Veterans Affairs (2015). O'Toole policies wants to give tax credits for youth underemployment and student debt. He wants to restructure temporary foreign worker and provincial nominee programs.  Rick Peterson, 61, is a venture capitalist, party fundraiser, the principal of Peterson Capital, and a former candidate for leadership of the British Columbia Conservative Party. He was a member of the Progressive Conservatives at the time of the merger.  Lisa Raitt,, was the MP for Milton, Ontario (2015–2019), previously Halton, Ontario (2008–2015) and the former Shadow Minister of Finance (2015–2016), Minister of Transport (2013–2015), Minister of Labour (2010–2013), Minister of Natural Resources (2008–2010), President and CEO of the Toronto Port Authority (2002–2008). Stepped down from shadow cabinet on October 14, 2016, to prepare for leadership bid.  Andrew Saxton,, is the former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance (2013–2015), Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board and for Western Economic Diversification (2011–2013), MP for North Vancouver (2008–2015), former chief executive officer of King George Financial Corporation. Saxton's campaign is an economic platform. He plans on lowering taxes and balancing the budget.  Andrew Scheer,, Opposition House Leader (2015–2016), MP for Regina—Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan (2004–present), Speaker of the House of Commons (2011–2015). Scheer was a member of the Canadian Alliance at the time of the merger. Running as an "unapologetic" Conservative who can unite all wings of the party. He is "committed" to lower taxes, fiscal responsibility, and "compassion". Scheer believes that there should be a "more robust screening process." Scheer is pro-life, but doesn't intend to bring any legislation on the topic. Scheer advocates for immigration based process, economic indicators, and "what our society needs."  Brad Trost,, MP for Saskatoon—University, Saskatchewan (2015–present), had represented Saskatoon—Humboldt, Saskatchewan (2004–2015), and was appointed Official Opposition Critic for Canada-U.S. Relations (2015–2016) following the 2015 election. Prior to election, Trost worked as an exploration geophysicist (prospector) in natural resources extraction in the north. He was also an active participant in his family's mixed grain, oilseeds and beef cattle farm operation. In his first Parliament, he founded the Conservative Party Energy Caucus and pushed for the re-creation of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources. He has served on the Standing Committees on International Trade and on Industry, and was elected vice-chair of the Canada-U.S. Parliamentary Association.  Tony Clement,, is the MP for Parry Sound—Muskoka, Ontario (2006–present) and has been Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs (2015–2016), President of the Treasury Board (2011–2015), Minister of Industry (2008–2011), Minister of Health (2006–2008), and a 2004 leadership candidate, placing third. He was an MPP in the Ontario legislature (1995–2003) and a provincial cabinet minister (1997–2003) under Premiers Mike Harris and Ernie Eves. Clement also ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in 2002, placing third.  Daniel Lindsay, 60, president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba, radiologist, has done five tours as a civilian medical specialist with the Canadian Armed Forces, including in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Withdrawn candidates.

Kevin O'Leary.

Kevin O'Leary,, is a businessman, investor, journalist, writer, financial commentator and Emmy award-winning television personality. O'Leary supported using a "big stick" federally in order to bring provincial governments in-line with federal policies, cutting waste in military spending, supports a peacekeeping role for the military, cutting carbon emissions through criminal sanctions rather than a carbon tax, supports current immigration policy but also wishes to "fast-track" the citizenship applications of skilled immigrants, asserted he would support LGBTQI people, legalize marijuana and defend reproductive rights.  Adrienne Snow, 49, Toronto-based communications consultant, former director of policy for National Foundation for Family Research and Education. Former executive director of Centre for the Study of Civic Renewal. Announced on August 23, 2016, that she intended to be a candidate but failed to register and announced in January that she was ending her campaign.

Opinion polling.

Some of the polls below were conducted before nominations for the leadership closed and therefore include potential candidates for the leadership race. Rona Ambrose, as interim leader, is ineligible to run for the permanent leadership unless there is a change to the party's constitution.

The 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election was held on May 27, 2017. Party members chose Andrew Scheer as leader, replacing Stephen Harper, who led the Conservative Party of Canada as its leader from 2004 following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties. Harper led the party through five federal elections: the party increased its seat count in the House of Commons in 2004, formed two minority governments in 2006, and 2008, and then a majority government in 2011. Following the defeat of the party in the 2015 federal election on October 19, Harper tendered his resignation as party leader. In a statement, Conservative Party President John Walsh said he had spoken to Harper, "and he has instructed me to reach out to the newly elected parliamentary caucus to appoint an interim Leader and to implement the leadership selection process."


Synopsis.

Anaander Mianaai, the Lord of the Radch – or the part of her personality that opposes further militant expansion of the empire – adopts Breq into her house, appoints her Fleet Captain, puts her in command of the warship "Mercy of Kalr", and charges her to protect the remote Athoek system. Breq's crew includes her old comrade Seivarden and the young Lieutenant Tisarwat, who is revealed to be an ancillary copy of Anaander herself. After Breq recognizes Tisarwat as an ancillary of Anaander, she has her ancillary implants removed, allowing Tisarwat to develop an independent personality.  At Athoek Station, Breq seeks out Basnaaid, the sister of Awn, an officer Breq, as the ship "Justice of Toren", once loved and, on Anaander's orders, killed. She meets Dlique, translator for the alien Presger, who is killed in a scuffle with ancillaries of "Sword of Atagaris" – the other warship on station, commanded by Captain Hetnys, Breq's nominal subordinate. To hopefully placate the powerful aliens, Breq and Hetnys enter formal mourning on the estate of Fosyf, a prominent tea planter who holds her workers, transportees from other Radch-conquered worlds, in conditions akin to serfdom.  After Breq survives an attempt on her life by Raughd, Fosyf's abusive heir, she suspects that somebody abducts suspended transportees, possibly an ancient warship seeking to replenish its ancillary crew. Hetnys and her ship move against Breq, apparently serving the other half of Anaander Mianaai, but they are subdued after Breq holds Hetnys hostage.

Reception.

Critical reception.

Liz Bourke of "Tor.com" characterized "Ancillary Sword" as surpassing Leckie's debut novel, being more of a character-focused "extended meditation on power, and identity, and morality" than its thriller / space opera predecessor, and exhibiting Leckie's broad and deep worldbuilding. But she considered that it fell "prey to a certain amount of Middle Book Problem", with a narrative that felt slower because it lacked the parallel past and present plotlines of the prequel. In "io9", Annalee Newitz appreciated the novel as "a gripping read, with top-notch worldbuilding and a set of rich subtexts about human rights, colonialism – and (yes) hive mind sex", but noted the lack of a strong narrative thread, as well as Breq's "holier-than-thou facade" reducing the impression of ambivalence that characterizes a realistic character.  "Kirkus Reviews" called the novel "something of a retread but still interesting". The reviewer appreciated the characterization of Breq as a former AI who feels "lonely and limited" in her human body rather than wanting to become human (a more common trope in science fiction), but noted the "groaningly obvious moral" in Leckie's portrayal of a highly stratified society. In "The New York Times", N. K. Jemisin similarly focused on the "quintessentially inhuman" Breq's difficulty to understand other people as the novel's most powerful element, and as a challenge to sci-fi's tropes of "disabled people being made whole by technology, and (...) nonhumans inexplicably yearning for humanity".  NPR notes that ""Ancillary Sword" is, quite contentedly, a different beast" in comparison to its predecessor and says ""Sword" is more directly political than "Justice"." A reviewer for Canada's National Post called the all-female pronoun usage an "almost alienating trick" referring to the first book but yields to the usage by saying it "has become imperceptible by the end of "Ancillary Sword"." "The Portsmouth Review" appreciated the fusion of emotion with AI and said the series "dominates in the genre of artificial intelligence by fusing it with the perfect amount of human emotion".

Awards.

"Ancillary Sword" received the 2014 BSFA Award for Best Novel and the 2015 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. It was also nominated for the 2014 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

Ancillary Sword is a science fiction novel by the American writer Ann Leckie, published in October 2014. It is the second novel in Leckie's "Imperial Radch" space opera trilogy, which began with "Ancillary Justice" (2013) and ended with "Ancillary Mercy" (2015). The novel was generally well received by critics, received the BSFA Award for Best Novel and the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, and was nominated for the Nebula and Hugo awards.


Career.

From 1901 to 1909 Tilbergs studied under Dmitry Kardovsky in the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, then the capital of the Russian Empire.  Tilbergs graduated the Riga School of Art studying with Dimitriyev Kaukazska, then went on to complete his Master's degree at the St. Petersburg Art Academy in 1909, studying there with D. Kardovska, submitting as his masterwork "Pietà".  His artwork appeared in publication already in 1904 in the journal "Austrums" where he illustrated A. Niedra's story "Bads un Mīlestība" (Hunger and Love), and he went on to illustrate a number of other books. He was the graphic designer for the satirical journal "Svari", published in St. Petersburg and Riga; as well, he illustrated for the Russian journals "Serij Volk" and "Novaja Rusj".  Tilbergs helped organize and exhibited at the first Latvian art exhibition of 1910. Over his career, he exhibited at various international venues (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France, England, et al.) as an ambassador of Latvian art and in one man shows in Riga (1934, 1960) and Tallinn (1961). Following the 1917 Russian Revolution Tilbergs took part in Lenin's monumental propaganda program that called for the creation of the "Revolutionary monumental art", construction of the monuments to the revolutionaries and the "progressive artists of all times and nations". Tilbergs' plaster monument to Taras Shevchenko (pictured), the greatest Ukrainian poet, artist and humanist, was dedicated on 1 December 1918. This first ever Shevchenko monument was not later replaced by the bronze version, as was originally planned, and was dismantled in eight years as the plaster deteriorated in open air.  Tilbergs became a professor in the Latvian Academy of Arts in Riga where he taught a Figural Painting Master class in 1921–1932. He authored several designs of the coins minted in the interwar Latvia. The Latvian lats coins struck in 1924–1926 carried the palm branch design by Tilbergs, a motive popular in Europe at the time. In academia Tilbergs was considered a master of the salon portrait and his portraits of Rainis (Janis Plieksans), a great Latvian writer, and Eduards Smiļģis, a famous Latvian theatrical producer, are exhibited in the Latvian National Museum of Art. In Academy Tilbergs insisted on his students staying strictly within the academic canons of realism and was even considered despotic while his school was criticized for being too academic and lacking improvisation. In 1932 Tilbergs' class in Academia was taken over by Gederts Eliass.  In 1936 he painted a new altar for the historic Sigulda church.  Tilbergs return to the Academia in the post-World War II Soviet Latvia and remained a professor there from 1947 to 1957.

Recognition.

Tilbergs was widely renowned in Soviet Latvia where he was accorded the title of the People's Artist of the Latvian SSR and decorated with the Soviet Order of the Red Banner of Labour.  In modern Latvia he is recognised as one of the greatest national masters of the century. In 2005 the Latvian Post issued an item of postal stationery dedicated to Tilbergs' 125th birthday.

Jānis Tilbergs, also known as Tillbergs or Tilberg (,, ); ( – 7 November 1972) was a Latvian artist, painter and sculptor. He is most renowned as a highly accomplished portraitist.


Prior criminal history.

James had amassed a very extensive juvenile and criminal record by the time he was tried for the murder of Silver. The post-sentence investigation report prepared for the sentencing court listed 37 juvenile incidents. James was ordered confined to the Louisiana Training Institute at age 14. In 1973, he was convicted of attempted armed robbery and sentenced to serve three years at the state penitentiary. During this period of confinement, he was convicted of attempted simple escape. He was released in 1975. In 1978, he was charged with aggravated rape, but the charge was later refused by the prosecution. James was convicted of the January 23, 1979 first degree murder of Alvin Adams on and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was convicted of the January 26, 1979 armed robbery of Robert Hooten and was sentenced to 99 years for this offense, the maximum under Louisiana law.

Murder of Henry Silver.

On January 1, 1979, James approached 70-year-old Henry Silver as the latter was getting out of his car in his neighborhood in New Orleans. James placed a gun to Silver's head and demanded his money. When Silver shouted for help, James placed the gun under Silver's right ear, cocked the hammer, and fired a shot into Silver's head. James then rifled through Silver's pockets and removed his wallet containing $35. He drove away in a nearby waiting car. Silver died a few hours later at Charity Hospital. James was arrested on January 26, 1979 when he bungled another armed robbery attempt and was shot with his own gun. He was indicted for first degree murder. Through James's testimony, he was not alone during either of these two robberies, and had not held onto the gun. He claimed that the other two men fired the shots on these men while he just stood there.

Trial.

He was indicted for first degree murder by an Orleans Parish Grand Jury. In December 1981, a jury found him guilty as charged at a trial where the principal witness against James was his accomplice, Levon Price. After deliberation, the same jury unanimously recommended that the defendant be sentenced to death.

Execution.

On March 1, 1996, James was executed by lethal injection at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at the age of 42. The execution team had difficulty locating a vein to insert the catheter into his arm in order to commence the execution. Warden Burl Cain requested that James make a fist in order to assist the process. James complied in this request.  James declined to give a final statement. However, Warden Cain later said that James stated "Bless you", as he was strapped to the execution gurney. His last meal was fried oysters and crab gumbo.  James' execution was the subject of an ABC News documentary on "Prime Time Live". In the UK the BBC broadcast a 40-minute piece on 18 April 1996 on Radio 4 about this case, with particular reference to the role of the British lawyer Clive Stafford Smith in providing adequate defence for such cases.

Antonio G. James (c. 1954 – March 1, 1996) was an American murderer. He was tried and executed in Louisiana for the murder of Henry Silver. Antonio James claims to have not been the murderer in the event and held that conviction to his death. This case is notable not for any unusual or intrinsic aspect, but for being one of the few such cases that ever comes to the attention of the general public.


History.

Formerly established on December 12, 1976 as a rebroadcaster of Matane's CBGA, CBSI-FM was launched as a separate station in 1982. The station now has several rebroadcasters of its own throughout Quebec's Côte-Nord and in parts of Labrador.

Programming.

The station's current local programs are "Bonjour la côte", in the mornings from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., and "Boréale 138" in the afternoons, 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. CBSI-FM also co-produces "D'Est en est", a pan-regional program produced in turn with CBGA-FM and CJBR-FM Rimouski, and heard afternoons during the summer months. On public holidays, its local programs are replaced with local shows airing provincewide produced by different outlets in turn (except Montreal and Quebec City). Its Saturday morning program, "Samedi et rien d'autre", originates from CBF-FM Montreal.

Transmitters.

In 1986, the CBC received CRTC approval to switch frequencies on a number of CBSI low-power AM rebroadcasters in Quebec.  CBSI-FM-2 previously broadcast as CFKL, a local station owned by Hollinger-Ungava Transport Ltd. that operated at 1230 kHz. It is not known when the station began broadcasting, nor when it became a rebroadcaster of Radio-Canada, which acquired the station in 1965. By 1986, it was known as CBSI-2 (it would become CBSI-FM-2 upon conversion to 91.1 FM on July 15, 1994).  On September 1, 2017, the CBC applied to convert CBSI-5 1100 kHz to 99.9 MHz. On February 7, 2018, the CBC received approval from the CRTC to move CBSI-5 to 99.9 FM.  On April 19, 2018, the CBC applied to convert CBSI-8 to 99.9 MHz. This was approved on September 6, 2018.

CBSI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Sept-Îles, Quebec. Owned and operated by Société Radio-Canada, it broadcasts on 98.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 96,700 watts (class C) using an omnidirectional antenna.


Ice hockey.

Ice hockey is the most popular sport in Latvia. Its professional league is the Latvian Hockey Higher League, held since 1931. In Latvia there are also several amateur hockey leagues. Ice hockey has been played in Latvia since the 1920s. Latvia is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), its national team has participated in several World Championships and the 1936 Winter Olympic Games. After Latvia was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, its membership in the IIHF was interrupted. Latvians had a significant role in establishing ice hockey in the Soviet Union. Latvia's Dinamo Rīga team was one of eleven teams which played in the first Soviet championship tournament in the winter of 1946/1947. The Latvian Harijs Mellups was the goaltender for the Soviet Union National team in its first international game in 1948.  Latvian hockey experienced a decline in the 1960s, with Dinamo Rīga being relegated from the Soviet High League ("vysshaya liga") to the first league and then even to the second league. It began a comeback in the 1970s, under the coach Viktor Tikhonov who would later go on to coach CSKA Moscow and the Soviet national team. In the 1973/1974 season, Dinamo Rīga returned to the Elite League where it stayed until the end of Soviet Union in 1991.  In 1975, Viktor Hatulev of Dinamo Rīga became the first ice hockey player from the Soviet Union drafted by the National Hockey League (NHL) but never had a chance to play, as Soviet players were not allowed to play for foreign teams. Helmuts Balderis was the brightest Latvian hockey star of the 1970s and 1980s, and achieved all-time scoring records (scoring 333 goals in Soviet championships) for Latvian forwards. He was the leading scorer in the Soviet Elite League twice (1977 and 1983) and the Player of the Year once (1977). Balderis also played for the Soviet National team, being on the losing side of the Miracle on Ice game in 1980 but winning the World Championships on other occasions (1978, 1979 and 1983). Balderis was named the best forward of the 1977 Ice Hockey World Championship. Despite his continuing high scoring results, he was not selected for the Soviet National team for the 1984 Winter Olympics, possibly because of political or national reasons (in those years the Soviet team consisted of sportsmen only from Moscow ice hockey teams, any other Soviet cities or Soviet republics were not represented). Thus Balderis became the all-time top scorer among those Soviet ice hockey forwards who played for the national team but had never been awarded the Olympic gold medal. Goaltenders Vitālijs Samoilovs and Artūrs Irbe also starred for the Soviet team in the 1980s, Irbe was the best goaltender of the 1990 Ice Hockey World Championship. Samoilovs was the backup goaltender on the gold-medal winning Soviet team at the 1988 Winter Olympic Games.  The best season for Dinamo Rīga came in 1987/1988, the first season when the Soviet Elite League instituted an NHL-style playoff system. Dinamo Rīga finished third in the regular season and upset Dynamo Moscow in the semi-finals, before losing to CSKA Moscow, the perennial Soviet champions of the 1980s, in the finals.  After Latvia regained independence in 1991, Latvia restored its membership in the IIHF and the Latvian national team returned to international competitions. As a new team, they were initially placed in the C Pool (third division) of the World Championships and had to qualify for the higher level competitions. They debuted in the B Pool in 1994 and the top-level A Pool in 1997. Latvia has played in the A Pool championship since then. The best result was 7th place in 1997, 2004 and 2009. While not a medal contender, the Latvian team has produced some upsets over the top teams in World Championships, defeating the USA twice (in 1998 and 2001) and arch-rival Russia twice (in 2000 and 2003). Latvia competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics, the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics. , twenty four Latvian ice hockey players have played in NHL. The first of them was Helmuts Balderis, who came to play in Minnesota North Stars team at the age of 36 in the 1989–90 season.Sandis Ozoliņš, Artūrs Irbe, Sergejs Žoltoks and Kārlis Skrastiņš have been the most successful ones. Ozoliņš is the only Latvian to win the Stanley Cup, in the 1995–96 season with the Colorado Avalanche. Ozoliņš and Irbe have played in NHL All-Star Games. The other Latvian players who have played in NHL are: Aleksandrs Kerčs, Grigorijs Panteļejevs, Pēteris Skudra, Viktors Ignatjevs, Herberts Vasiļjevs, Kaspars Astašenko, Raitis Ivanāns, Jānis Sprukts, Harijs Vītoliņš, Mārtiņš Karsums, Oskars Bārtulis, Artūrs Kulda, Kaspars Daugaviņš, Zemgus Girgensons, Kristers Gudļevskis, Ronalds Ķēniņš, Rūdolfs Balcers, Teodors Bļugers, Elvis Merzļikins.  The 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was held in Latvia.

Basketball.

In Latvia, basketball is the second most popular sport after Ice Hockey. Latvia has a long basketballing tradition. Latvia won the first European championship in 1935 and hosted the second championship in 1937.  In the Soviet period, the Latvian men's basketball team, Rīgas ASK was dominant in the Soviet League in the 1950s and early 1960s, winning several Soviet league championships and three European Champion's Cups, in 1958, 1959 and 1960. In the 1960 Summer Olympics, four Latvians, Jānis Krūmiņš, Valdis Muižnieks, Cēzars Ozers and Maigonis Valdmanis were a part of the silver-medal winning Soviet team. The Soviet Olympic teams in 1956 and 1964 Summer Olympics had three Latvian players each. The Soviet team in 1952 Summer Olympics had one Latvian.  The women's team, TTT Riga was very successful in the 1970s and 1980s, winning the European Champion's Cup 18 times, more than any other team in any team sport. 2.12 m (7 ft) tall Uljana Semjonova was the women's key player in this period. She was also very dominant with the Soviet team in international games, never losing a game in international competitions and winning 2 Olympic and 3 World Championships.  For men's basketball, the guard Valdis Valters was the most highly acclaimed player of the 1980s. He won a European Championship with the Soviet team in 1981 and was recognized as the most valuable player of the tournament, but did not get a chance to play in Olympics, because of the Soviet boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles which coincided with Valter's best playing years. Another Latvian, Igors Miglinieks won gold with the Soviet team four years later, in the 1988 Summer Olympics.  Latvia returned to international competition as an independent country in 1992. The qualifiers of the 1992 Summer Olympics were the first tournament for Latvia's team. A major controversy was caused by two Latvian players, Igors Miglinieks and Gundars Vētra. They had a choice of either playing for the Unified Team which was certain to qualify for the Olympics or the Latvian national team which had a chance but was not certain to qualify. The two players chose to play for the Unified Team. The Latvian team, playing without them, failed to qualify for Olympics. This caused a great deal of resentment in Latvia and the two players never played for Latvia in an international game.  After the country regained independence, the most successful tournament for Latvia was the 2001 European Championships when the Latvian team finished in 8th place. The centre/power forward Kaspars Kambala was Latvia's best player in this tournament. Latvia's national championship, "Latvijas Basketbola Līga", was dominated by "Brocēni" team in 1990s and "Ventspils" team in the 2000s. In 2006, Ventspils team won its seventh consecutive championship.  Gundars Vētra became the first Latvian in the NBA when he briefly played for Minnesota Timberwolves for 13 games in 1993. Andris Biedriņš was drafted in the 2004 NBA draft with the 11th pick by the Golden State Warriors and had already played three seasons, becoming the second Latvian to play in the NBA. He was the youngest player in the 2004-05 NBA season. In the 2015 NBA draft, the New York Knicks selected Kristaps Porziņģis, at the time playing for Spanish club Baloncesto Sevilla, with the fourth selection.  In EuroBasket Women 2007, the national women's basketball team reached the semi-finals, the best results of the first national basketball team since gaining independence from The Soviet Union, and faced Russia. Struggling with injuries, most notably key players Gunta Baško and Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota, Latvia eventually lost and reached 4th place, losing to Belarus. Latvia will co-host the Women's EuroBasket 2019 alongside Serbia.

Athletics.

Latvian athletes have achieved medals in Olympics and European/World championships. Most recently Ainārs Kovals with a silver medal in the men's Javelin throw at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Staņislavs Olijars won a silver medal in 2002, and a gold medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in the 110 m hurdles. Jeļena Prokopčuka has won New York City marathon in 2005 and 2006.  In the Soviet, period there were many great Latvian javelin throwers. Javelin thrower Inese Jaunzeme became first Latvian who won Olympic Games she did it in 1956 Olympics. In 1960 Summer Olympics gold medal won another javelin thrower Elvīra Ozoliņa. Latvian javelin thrower Jānis Lūsis won 1968 Summer Olympics also he is 4 time European champion. Lūsis set two world records in javelin throw, 91.68 m in 1968 and of 93.80 m in 1972. In 1987, IAAF nominated him as the all-time greatest javelin thrower in the world. Another javelin thrower won gold medal in 1980 Olympics it was Dainis Kūla.

Tennis.

Since 2006, tennis has become a popular sport in Latvia because of Ernests Gulbis's achievements. He reached 4th round of 2007 U.S. Open wherein the 3rd round he beat world No. 8 Tommy Robredo. In 2008 he lost in the quarter-finals in French Open, where his opponent was the world No. 3 Novak Djokovic. Gulbis reached No.10 in June 2014.  Another successful tennis player was Ukrainian-born Larisa Neiland, one of the top female doubles players from the late 1980s until the early 1990s. Partnering Natasha Zvereva, she has won two Grand Slam doubles tournaments (1989 French Open and 1991 Wimbledon). In singles her highest achievements are quarterfinals at the 1994 Wimbledon and the 1988 U.S. Open. Her best position in WTA singles ranking was 58th, which she reached in 1996, while in beginning of 1992 she was 1st in doubles ranking.  The Latvian team has been participating in Davis Cup since 1993 when it won rights to get promoted to Group II of Europe/Africa zone. In 2000 Latvia was relegated to Group III. Next year Latvia returned to Group II, but was relegated again in 2002. Latvia returned to Group II already in next year and since then is playing there. In 2007 Latvians met Monaco team. Latvia won and were promoted to Group I for 2008, where Latvia was defeated by Republic of Macedonia. Besides Gulbis, in team were also playing Andis Juška, Deniss Pavlovs and Karlis Lejnieks.  In 2017, Jeļena Ostapenko became the first Latvian to win a Grand Slam title when she won the Women's Singles Title at the 2017 French Open. In March 2018 she reached a career high singles ranking of no. 5 and she has a career high doubles ranking of no. 32 in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).  Another WTA Player is Anastasija Sevastova who reached a career high ranking of no. 15 in 2017 and has reached three US Open quarterfinals, including one semifinal, and has won three WTA titles.  In the Fed Cup, the Latvian team reached World Group II status in 2018, defeating Russia en route.

Association football.

Association football was the most popular sport in Latvia during the first period of independence (1918–1940).  The Latvian national team participated in the final stage of the 2004 European Football Championship. The leading scorer for the Latvian national football team is Māris Verpakovskis. A sports marketing study conducted by international company Mediacom has concluded that football is Latvia’s most popular sport – a title it has now held for three consecutive years. The annual study takes into consideration 65 sports activities in Latvia, calculating their popularity by taking into account the amount of active and passive participants in each sport at both a social and competitive level, as well as tracking the amount of coverage each sport receives in the media and attendance at events.

Cycling.

Also Latvian cyclists are famous in the world arena, lately in BMX. First time in Europe cycling history one country Latvian BMX Elite Riders (Artūrs Matisons, Ivo Lakučs, Māris Štrombergs Artis Zentiņš) triumphed on European Championships 2006. Māris Štrombergs was the 2008 and 2010 UCI BMX World champion and a double gold medalist at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics and London 2012.  Latvian rider Romāns Vainšteins won the elite men's road race at the 2000 UCI Road World Championships.

Motorsport.

Rally is considered to be the second most popular sport in Latvia. The Rally Liepāja–Ventspils is a round of the European Rally Championship since 2013.  The Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia is a round of the Speedway Grand Prix since 2006.  In rallycross Reinis Nitišs was European Rallycross Champion in the Super 1600 class in 2013 and went on to become the youngest winner of a round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship when he took the 2014 World RX of Norway at the age of 18. Nitišs would later become the first driver from the Baltic states to become European Champion in the highest division of rallycross. Subsequently, Jānis Baumanis has followed in his footsteps by winning the European Super 1600 championship in 2015 and also races in the top-flight.  Latvia has also had two open-wheel drivers - Haralds Šlēgelmilhs who competed in Formula Two in 2012, and Karlīne Štāla who competed in German Formula Three in 2008.

Other sports.

Many other sports and recreational activities are also popular in Latvia.

Gallery.

Gallery of famous Latvian sportspeople

Sport in Latvia includes basketball, football, ice hockey, athletics, rugby, tennis, cycling, and others. Ice hockey is historically the most popular of the Latvian sports and is closely followed by basketball. Some of Latvia’s most notable athletes include hockey player Sandis Ozoliņš, football player Māris Verpakovskis, olympic javelin thrower Jānis Lūsis, two-time Olympic BMX champion Maris Strombergs, and basketball player Kristaps Porziņģis. National sport of Latvia is pisogu.


Personal.

Wayne is a graduate of Boston University.

Career.

He played recurring character Marty on ten episodes of "Gilmore Girls" over the fourth, fifth, and seventh seasons after being discovered by "Gilmore Girls" co-creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino while working as a waiter at Mercer Kitchen in SoHo.  Wilcox has also appeared in the Goodman Theater production of Elizabeth Spencer's novella "The Light in the Piazza" as Fabrizio alongside Celia Keenan-Bolger as Clara, and in the off-Broadway production of "The Great American Trailer Park Musical" in 2005 as Leo/Duke. In 2006, he was performing in the Roundabout Theatre Companies off-Broadway adaption of "Suddenly Last Summer", a Tennessee Williams play, as George Holly; Carla Gugino and Blythe Danner also acted in the project.  He has a small role in the movie "Interview" with Steve Buscemi and Sienna Miller, which had its U.S. premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Wayne also played Adult Alexander Ashbrook in "Coram" "Boy", a Broadway version of the successful 2006 National Theater of London production, which opened May 2007.  In 2011, he was in "The Normal Heart".  Before moving to Broadway, film, and television, he was a part of Tim Hanes' Kids Unlimited in Knoxville, TN.  He was Sydney Chaplin in "Chaplin: the Musical" in 2012.  From April-June 2015, he was in the premier of Paul Gordon's "Sense and Sensibility" at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, originating the role of Edward Ferrars.  In 2018, he played the character of Ray in a web series, "Only Children", for which he was nominated for Best Lead Actor- Drama at the 2019 Indie Series Awards.

Wayne Alan Wilcox (born December 11, 1978) is an American actor/singer who is best known for his role of Marty on the TV show "Gilmore Girls" and his appearance in the film version of the musical "Rent" as Gordon, a member of Angel and Tom's AIDS support group. He played the character and sung vocals for the songs "Will I" and "Life Support" on disc I of the soundtrack for the film.