Jeraldyne Blunden

Jeraldyne Blunden (1940–1999) was the founder and artistic director of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.
Jeraldyne Blunden left a permanent mark on the field of contemporary dance by founding the oldest modern dance company in Ohio and inspiring a generation of choreographers and dancers. Her company, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, has grown to be one of the largest companies of its kind between Chicago and New York City, and proudly holds the largest repertoire of classic works by African-American choreographers in the world.
Biography.
Born Jeraldyne Kilborn in Dayton, Ohio on December 10, 1940, Blunden began her dance training at the age of six at the Linden Center, a recreation center in the African-American community of West Dayton. In 1948, a number of African-American mothers approached the Schwarz School of Dance, later to become The Dayton Ballet School, about providing opportunities for their children to enroll in the school.
However, segregation was common in Dayton during the 1940s and The Schwarz School of Dance had not admitted black children due to the possible ramifications to the school. Yet, despite social pressures, the founders of the school, Josephine and Hermene Schwarz, decided to break social boundaries and brought their school to African-American students through the Linden Center.
Throughout Blunden's dance career, the Schwarz sisters served as her role model and mentor. The sisters helped her gain access to summer scholarships to the American Dance Festival in Connecticut where she studied with dance icons such as Martha Graham, José Limón, George Balanchine, and James Truitte. These teachers later became her colleagues and friends as she followed the pioneering path of the Schwarz sisters, excelling as dancer and director.
At age nineteen, Blunden became the director of dance classes at the Linden Center. Blunden made sure her students were able to gain a broad range of experiences, including summer opportunities and scholarships to attend schools such as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and the American Dance Festival. Under her leadership, the student population soon outgrew the Linden Center's capacity and the Schwartz School of Dance had to move to the basement of St. Margaret's church on McCall and Home Avenues in Dayton.
As the school flourished, Blunden experienced some major life changes. She married Charles Blunden in 1959 and a year later gave birth to her daughter, Debbie Blunden-Diggs. In 1963, Blunden chartered her own dance school named Jeraldyne's School of Dance, beginning a new era of opportunity.
Jeraldyne's School of Dance was founded on the premise that students should have a place to learn, train, and perform before moving on to bigger city stages. To provide high caliber dance training in Dayton, Blunden continued to train and perform across the country, bringing back knowledge and experience to the Midwest. Her experiences included performances and classes at American Dance Festival, Antioch Summer Theatre, Connecticut Dance Theatre Workshop, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and The Alvin Ailey Dance Center.
In 1968, Blunden founded her own dance company, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, to create more opportunity for her students to perform. While Blunden saw the obstacle of adding a second dance company in a city as small as Dayton, she tenaciously pursued her dream and began to handpick dancers from her dance school for the company. By 1972, the dance company had twelve female company members, including Blunden's daughter, Debbie Blunden-Diggs.
Blunden's new company provided the opportunity for her to cultivate her choreographic talent through the creation of new works for her company. The performance of her ballet Flite in 1973 earned her company the honor of being the first African-American group to gain membership to the Northeast Regional Ballet Association Festival.
The year 1976 marked the company's first large scale performance and the first time the dancers were paid for a performance. They performed Black Snow, a collaboration with acclaimed composer Roy Meriwether at Memorial Hall in front of a sold-out audience.
Over the years, Blunden shaped the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company as a repertory company, inviting many renowned guest artists to create pieces for her dancers. Blunden possessed powerful foresight and wisely acquired works by young, budding choreographers such as Ulysses Dove.
This powerful foresight also led her to the cultivation of young talent such as Dwight Rhoden, who founded his own company and became one of the country's most well-known dance artists. Seeing promise in both Kevin Ward, one of her dancers, and Debbie Blunden-Diggs, Blunden primed them to be her successors and created a space for Kevin Ward as director of the company's apprenticeship dance corps, DCDC2, established as the pre-professional wing of her rising touring company. Blunden fell ill in 1990, naming Kevin Ward the Associate Artistic Director of the company and Debbie Blunden-Diggs the new Director of DCDC2.
Blunden died on November 22, 1999 at age 58. She left behind a legacy of an innovative dance company already receiving national and international recognition. Jennifer Dunning from the New York Times described Blunden's legacy as a beloved leader in the dance world, stating, "That no-nonsense approach to life was mixed with steely determination, a great personal warmth and humor and an unsentimental humanity that made her a much-loved figure on the national dance scene." Her legacy is still carried on today by her daughter Debbie Blunden-Diggs and granddaughters Alexis Diggs and Lyndsey Diggs. DCDC is now run by Debbie, her daughter, and DCDC2 is run by Shonna Hickman-Matlock. Her granddaughter Alexis is taking classes at Jeraldyne's School of Dance hopefully to take over DCDC or her older sister Lyndsey Diggs
Blunden's achievement has been recognized both in Dayton and throughout the nation. She received honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Dayton and Wright State University, as well as prestigious awards including the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship Award, the Dance/USA 2000 Honors Award, the Katherine Dunham Award, the Dance Magazine Award, The National Black Arts Festival's Lifetime Achievement Award, Dance Women Living Legend Honors, and the Regional Dance America Northeast Award.


Carl Shapiro

Carl Shapiro (born 20 March 1955) is the Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the co-author, along with Hal Varian, of "Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy", published by the Harvard Business School Press. On February 23, 2011, "The Wall Street Journal" reported that President Barack Obama intended to nominate Shapiro to his Council of Economic Advisers.
Shapiro served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (1995–1996). He is a Senior Consultant with Charles River Associates and has consulted extensively for a wide range of private clients as well as for the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission.
Shapiro was again the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics of the Antitrust division of the Justice Department from 2009-2011.
Shapiro holds a BS in mathematics and a BS in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MA in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He also coined the term essential patent to cover a patent that was required to practice a given industry standard.


Luigi Gaetano Marini

Luigi Gaetano Marini (18 December 1742 – 7 May 1815) was an Italian natural philosopher, jurist, historian, archaeologist and epigraphist.
Biography.
Marini was born in Sant'Arcangelo (pagus Acerbotanus). Having received a comprehensive preparatory education at the College of San Marino and at the seminary at Rimini, he passed through the legal and philological studies at Bologna University brilliantly and graduated at Ravenna "in utroque jure" (in both branches of law). He went to Rome in December 1764, where he gained the friendship of Cardinal Alessandro Albani and Giuseppe Garampi. He entered into relations with the most distinguished scholars of his day and maintained an extensive correspondence with them. In 1772 he was appointed coadjutor to Marino Zampini, prefect of the archives and the Roman Republic gave him the position of prefect of the archives at the Vatican and the Castel Sant'Angelo, as well as that of president of the Vatican Museum and the Vatican Library. On 18 August 1800, Pius VII made him "primus custos" of the Vatican Library and also prefect of the archives. In January, 1805, he was made a cameriere d'onore to the pope.
When the archives of the Roman Curia were seized and transferred to Paris by Napoleon, he accompanied them, reaching Paris on 11 April 1810. After Napoleon's fall, the Count of Artois, vice-regent and brother of the king, issued a decree on 9 April 1814 directing the restitution of the archives, of all documents and Manuscripts, and of several other collections to the Holy See. On 28 April the papal commissioners, de Gregorio, Gaetano Marini, and his nephew Marino Marini, took charge of the whole of this property, but before they reached Rome Gaetano Marini, who had long been an invalid, died in Paris on 7 May 1815.
He was master of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, possessed great legal knowledge, and took up questions of natural philosophy. His great work on papyrus records is a standard work on the investigation of papyri. His book on the Arval Brethren of ancient Rome brought to light so much that was new, and its appearance created a stir. His classification of five thousand inscriptions, both Christian and heathen, in the Galleria Lapidaria at the Vatican, earned for him the honorary title of "Restorer" of Latin epigraphics. Marini was a cleric, but not a priest. He often prayed for hours before the Blessed Sacrament, and went to communion three times a week. During his residence in Paris and living as an invalid, he gave away alms to the extent of 3000 scudi (dollars), a significant valuation at the time and for his situation.
Works.
Principal works:


Rationale for gifted programs

When children are young, schools begin to analyze the youngsters’ abilities and sort them into clusters based on their predicted success. The system labels the cream of the crop as gifted. Clark (2002) defines giftedness as “only a label that society gives to those who have actualized their ability to an unusually high degree or give evidence that such achievement is imminent”. The American government defines giftedness as “students, children or youth who give evidence of high performance capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who require services or activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop such capabilities” (Clark, 2002). Gifted students learn in a different manner and at an accelerated rate compared to their peers in the classroom and therefore require gifted programs to develop and apply their talents.
Gifted children need outside instruction and development opportunities to expand their minds and become most useful to society and themselves. In a list of reasons compiled in "Fostering Academic Excellence", McLeod and Cropley (1989) describe the specific advantages to placing gifted children in adequate programs:
Not only is it important to give the gifted the extra push which is beneficial to society, those students’ minds also operate in a unique way and require a different style of teaching. “The intellectually adept think and learn differently from others…it is important to teach them appropriately” (Freeman et al., 1999). As Merenheimo is quoted in the Journal of Biological Education, “gifted pupils have an analytic strategy of perceiving information. The less gifted use either atomistic or serialistic strategies” (Freeman et al., 1999). Gifted children were also found to be more ambitious—both in the difficulty and effort put into the task—in their schoolwork than others their age. (Freeman et al., 1999).
Schools should bear some responsibility to nurture the talents of the gifted students in their charge. “It is clear from the evidence that excellence does not emerge without appropriate help…. To reach an exceptionally high standard in any area, potentially gifted children need the means to learn; this includes the material to work with and focused, challenging tuition, sometimes including tutoring or mentoring that is not provided in normal schools” (Freeman et al., 1999). Two methods mentioned by Freeman that schools use in the teaching of gifted children are: 1. Accelerating the learning of children, either by moving them up to an older age-group or compacting the material they have to learn, and 2. Enrichment, rounding out, and deepening the material to be learned (Freeman et al., 1999).
Classroom guidelines for teaching the gifted.
Gifted students may not reach their full potential with the standards of regular classwork, which can appear to progress at a slowed rate. They may become isolated from their peers on a social level, since intellectual pursuit for the sake of itself is their primary motivation. These students may receive the desired enrichment when put among other high achievers via accelerated coursework and by allowing them to develop their own ideas and viewpoints. Programs tailored for gifted students can cultivate an environment conducive to their success.
Difficulties with socialization.
A common myth concerning gifted youth in regular classrooms is that the gifted are a great asset to other students and, through their brilliance, help those of normal intelligence to become better students. According to the National Association for Gifted Children, the self-confidence of normal students is not heightened by the presence of a brilliant young mind. Conversely, historical examples of jealousy and spite toward gifted students have been noted by writers. Leonard Mlodinow recounts of Isaac Newton's school years that "being different and clearly intellectually superior brought Newton the same reaction then as it would today—the other kids hated him."
An additional concern is that gifted children who are pulled form their traditional grade level classroom for enrichment education will fail to strive in their social relationships. It has been shown, however, that students who participate in either in-class or pull-out programs that are at least mostly meeting the academic needs of the student, will tend to form strong relationships with their peers, be well-rounded students, and act an age that is appropriate for their own wellness. In fact, studies have shown that gifted students, whether lowly gifted, moderately gifted, or highly gifted “were, on a whole, socially well adjusted, and there seemed to be no relation between increased intelligence and social adjustment”. Students who are allowed to meet their academic needs, at any level, tend to be more secure and confident in their social needs and in turn form more significant relationships with their age peers. While many link a child's social growth with their academic growth and assume that one must suffer in order for the other to prosper, this has been statistically shown to not be the case.
Assessment.
So now that the necessity of these gifted programs have been established, how then do schools and talent search programs identify who meet the criteria for being gifted? National Excellence: A Case for Developing America's Talent suggests that the following guidelines be used (Clark, 2002):
There are six areas of ability which are often evaluated in order to determine whether or not a child is gifted: generic, cognitive, academic, creative, leadership, and visual and performing arts. They are measured in combinations of standardized tests, peer and teacher evaluations and nominations, and observations of the particular child. As for the legitimacy of these methods, Olszewski-Kubilius assures us that “the available research evidence suggests that these practices are valid” (Olszewski-Kubilius et al., 1998).


For a Good Time, Call...

For a Good Time, Call... is a 2012 American comedy film directed by Jamie Travis. It stars Ari Graynor, Lauren Miller Rogen, Justin Long, Sugar Lyn Beard, Mimi Rogers, Nia Vardalos, Mark Webber, and James Wolk. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, 2012 where it secured a worldwide distribution deal with Focus Features. It was released theatrically in the United States on August 31, 2012.
Plot.
After Lauren is dumped by her boyfriend, she can't afford a place of her own. Her friend Jesse tells her of a beautiful apartment by Gramercy Park, not including the fact that his friend Katie lives there. The women had a bad experience together back in college. Despite their clear disdain for each other, they move in together for lack of better options.
One night, Lauren hears strange noises from Katie's room. Believing she is being attacked, she opens the door to see Katie is saying sexually explicit things on the phone. Katie explains she works as a phone sex operator, as her writing does not earn her enough money to live in New York. Lauren is disgusted, but makes some suggestions how to make more money.
Several weeks go by, and Lauren loses her publishing job when her boss retires. Encouraging Katie to get a land line, 1-900-mmmhmmm, Lauren becomes her business manager as they go into business for themselves, which is much more lucrative. In a few weeks they make $12,000, of which Lauren gets , which increases when she becomes a phone operator herself. In the process, they become close friends.
Throughout the film, Katie speaks with a repeat customer named Sean and the calls become less about phone sex and more about getting to know one another. They agree to meet, but accompanied by Lauren and Jesse who are concerned he may be a rapist. However, they discover they are very well suited and begin a relationship. This leaves Katie feeling distressed as it is revealed that she is a virgin and has been lying for many years to cover up her insecurities.
Lauren gets an interview at a prestigious publishing company which previously rejected her, and Katie convinces her to do the interview to blow them off. She tells them she has been running a phone sex line all summer, and they offer her the job as they feel she has business savvy. Concerned about long-term prospects, Lauren accepts the job which angers Katie to the point where she reveals their business to Lauren's conservative parents. Lauren moves out and they stop speaking.
Lauren's ex-boyfriend Charlie returns from Italy and declares that he made a mistake in breaking up with her. He reveals that he had a passionate love affair with a fiery Italian woman, but if he is to succeed in his business he needs someone boring, predictable and simple - the same reasons he dumped her. She stands up for herself and leaves Charlie for good. Meanwhile, Katie and Sean decide to have sex and in order to calm their nerves they talk on the phone while lying next to each other in bed. When they are finished Katie feels sad that she can't share this news with Lauren, whom she loves. Sean encourages her to call her, and they declare that they 'think' they love each other.
Lauren and Katie call each other at the same time, engaging in a phone conversation full of unintentional innuendo before they meet each other on the street and hug.
Production.
Lauren Miller Rogen and Katie Anne Naylon based the script on their real-life experiences as college roommates.
The role of Katie was written specifically for Ari Graynor. Miller used her performance in "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" as the inspiration for writing the character, and wrote Graynor a letter asking her to be involved in the production. The letter made Graynor cry. "I got this letter where they talked about what fans they were of my work and how they felt like I was one of the only people out there who could be both sexy and vulnerable and funny all at the same time," she stated.
Filming took place over 16 days in Los Angeles and New York City with a budget of $1.3 million. Miller and Naylon secured financing for the film independently. Focus Features picked up the film at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for $2 million. James Schamus, chief executive at Focus, cited the film's 'emotionally generous' appeal and word-of-mouth potential as primary reasons for the acquisition.
Reception.
"For a Good Time, Call..." has received generally mixed reviews. It currently stands at a 55% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. "Brisk, funny, and sweetly raunchy, "For a Good Time, Call..." adds to the recent string of R-rated female comedies while serving as an overdue coming out party for the charming Ari Graynor," the consensus reads. "Entertainment Weekly" claimed, "It's Ari Graynor's movie—she's like Kate Hudson possessed by the spirit of Bette Midler. And all the better off for it."
Home media.
"For a Good Time, Call..." was released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 22, 2013. The DVD features an audio commentary by director Jamie Travis, writer Katie Anne Naylon, and stars/producers Miller and Graynor, five deleted scenes, and a "look inside" featurette.
Soundtrack.
The soundtrack for the film was released by Lakeshore Records on 28 August 2012.


Franz Ernst Heinrich Spitzner

Franz Ernst Heinrich Spitzner (October 31, 1787 – July 2, 1841) was a German educator and philologist who specialized in Homeric studies. He was born in Trebitz, Saxony-Anhalt.
He studied theology and philology at the University of Wittenberg, where he was student of Christian Lobeck (1781–1860). In 1811 he became conrector at the Lyceum at Wittenberg, where two years later he was appointed rector. In 1820 he relocated to the Gymnasium at Erfurt, and in 1824 returned to his former position at the Wittenberg Lyceum.
Published works.
Spitzner's work on Greek prosody was translated into English and published in 1831 as "Elements of Greek Prosody". He was an editor of Köppen's "Erklärende Anmerkungen zu Homers Ilias" (Explanatory notes on Homer's Iliad). Other noted works by Spitzner are:


Reflexive pronoun

In general linguistics, a reflexive pronoun, sometimes simply called a reflexive, is an anaphoric pronoun that must be coreferential with another nominal (its antecedent) within the same clause.
In the English language specifically, a reflexive pronoun will end in "‑self" or "‑selves", and refer to a previously named noun or pronoun ("myself", "yourself", "ourselves", "themselves", etc.). English intensive pronouns, used for emphasis, take the same form.
In generative grammar, a reflexive pronoun is an anaphor that must be bound by its antecedent (see binding). In a general sense, it is a noun phrase that obligatorily gets its meaning from another noun phrase in the sentence. Different languages have different binding domains for reflexive pronouns, according to their structure.
Origins and usage.
In Indo-European languages, has its origins in Proto-Indo-European. In some languages, some distinction exists between normal object and reflexive pronouns, mainly in the third person: whether one says "I like me" or "I like myself", there is no question that the object is the same person as the subject; but, in "They like them(selves)", there can be uncertainty about the identity of the object unless a distinction exists between the reflexive and the nonreflexive. In some languages, this distinction includes genitive forms: see, for instance, the Danish examples below. In languages with a distinct reflexive pronoun form, it is often gender-neutral.
A reflexive pronoun is normally used when the object of a sentence is the same as the subject. Each personal pronoun (such as "I", "you", "he" and "she") has its own reflexive form:
These pronouns can also be used "intensively", to emphasize the identity of whoever or whatever is being talked about:
Intensive pronouns usually appear near and/or before the subject of the sentence.
Usually after prepositions of locality it is preferred to use a personal object pronoun rather than a reflexive pronoun:
Compare:
 * She's very pleased "with herself." (NOT ... "with her.")
Certain verbs have reflexive pronouns in some languages but not in English:
The list of such verbs:
Non-reflexive usage in English.
Non-reflexive use of reflexive pronouns is rather common in English. Most of the time, reflexive pronouns function as emphatic pronouns that highlight or emphasize the individuality or particularity of the noun. Grammatically, the position of reflexive pronouns in this usage is either right after the noun the pronouns are emphasizing or, if the noun is subject, after-verb-or-object position is also possible. For example, "Why don't you "yourself" do the job?", "Why don't you do the job "yourself"?", or "I want to fix my phone "itself"; I will not fix your watch as well."
Some speakers use reflexive pronouns without local linguistic antecedents to refer to discourse participants or people already referenced in a discourse: for example, "Please, forward the information to "myself", Anything else for "yourself" today?". Within the linguistics literature, reflexives with discourse antecedents are often referred to as logophors. Standard English allows use of logophors in some contexts: for example, "John was angry. Embarrassing pictures of himself were on display." However, within Standard English, this logophoric use of reflexives is generally limited to positions where the reflexive does not have a coargument. The newer non-standard usage does not respect this limitation. In some cases, reflexives without local antecedents may be better analyzed as emphatic pronouns without any true reflexive sense.
It is common in some dialects of English to use standard object pronouns to express reflexive relations, especially in the first and sometimes second persons, and especially for a recipient: for example, "I want to get me some supper." While this was seemingly standard in Old English through the Early Modern Period (with "self" constructs primarily used for emphatic purposes), it is held to be dialectal or nonstandard in Modern English.
It is also common in informal speech to use "myself" in a conjunctive phrase when the pronoun 'me' would be more economical and grammatical as with "She stood by Jane and myself." Leaving Jane out of it, "She stood by myself" would probably sound better as "She stood by me." Hence, "She stood by Jane and me" can be seen as more grammatically correct.
In languages other than English.
Chinese.
In Mandarin Chinese, the reflexive pronoun is "zìjǐ" (自己), meaning "self". The antecedent it refers to can be inferred by context, which is generally the subject of the sentence:
The antecedent can be reiterated before the reflexive pronoun; this can be used to refer to an antecedent that's not the subject:
Like English, the reflexive can also be used to emphasize the antecedent:
The reflexive can also be the subject of an embedded clause.
Also unlike English, the reflexive can refer to antecedents outside of the embedded clause. Because of this, it may be ambiguous whether the antecedent refers to the subject of the main clause or the embedded clause, in which case it may be necessary to reiterate the antecedent:
The reflexive pronoun in Cantonese Chinese, "jihgéi", cognate to Mandarin "zìjǐ" (and thus also written as 自己), also follows the same rules. This was also the case in Classical Chinese, which simply used 己 (Old Chinese: *"kəʔ").
Danish.
Danish uses the separate reflexive pronoun "sig" for third person pronouns, and 'selv' to mark intensive.
In Danish, there is also a difference between normal and reflexive genitives, the latter being used only in the singular:
In the latter case, sin is a case of a "reflexive possessive pronoun", i.e. it reflects that the subject in the phrase (Anna) owns the object (the book).
Esperanto.
The Esperanto third-person reflexive pronoun is "si", or "sia" for the possessive (to which can be added "-j" for plural agreement and "-n" for direct object).
French.
In French, the main reflexive pronoun is 'se', with its indefinite form "soi".
There are also intensifying reflexive pronouns, such as "moi-même", "toi-même", "lui-même/elle-même/soi-même", "nous-mêmes", "vous-mêmes" and "eux-mêmes/elles-mêmes", similar in meaning (but not often used) to myself, yourself, etc.
French also uses reflexive verbs to express actions that somebody is doing to themselves. Many of these are related to daily routine. For example,
German.
In German, the reflexive case is not distinguishable from the accusative and dative cases except in the third person reflexive. As discussed above, the reflexive case is most useful when handling third person because it is not always clear that pronouns refer to the same person, whereas in the first and second persons, it is clear: "he hit him" and "he hit himself" have different meanings, but "I hit me" and "I hit myself" mean the same thing although the former is nonstandard English.
Because the accusative and dative cases are different, the speaker must know whether the verb is reflexive accusative or reflexive dative. There are very few reflexive dative verbs, which must be memorised to ensure that the correct grammar is used. The most notable one is "(sich) weh tun" (to hurt oneself): "Ich tue mir weh." (I hurt myself.) See also German pronouns.
Hindi.
In Hindi, there are two primary reflexive pronouns, the reflexive pronoun खुद ("khud") [from PIE "*swé"] meaning "self" and pronoun अपना (apnā) [from PII "*HáHtmā" "self"] which is the possessive reflexive pronoun and both these pronouns are used with all the three, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, persons. There's also the pronoun आपस ("āpas)" which is used with either the inessive case-marker में ("mẽ)" forming the reflexive pronoun आपस में ("āpas mẽ)" meaning "among oneselves" or the genitive postpostion का (kā) forming the reflexing pronoun आपस का ("āpas kā") meaning "of ourselves". The genitive reflexive pronoun can also be used to emphasise when used with the personal genitive pronouns, so e.g. मेरा ("merā") "mine" becomes मेरा अपना ("merā apnā") "my very own". Alternatively, using the genitive postposition का ("kā") with खुद ("khud)" gives मेरे खुदका "(mere khudkā)" meaning the same as मेरा अपना "(merā apnā)".
These reflexive pronouns can be used with case-marking postpositions as shown below in the table to the right.
Icelandic.
There is only one reflexive pronoun in Icelandic and that is the word "sig". It does not differ between genders nor number.
The reflexive pronouns are as such:
Examples.
The reflexive pronoun refers to the third person:
Italian.
The reflexive pronouns in Italian are:
Reflexive pronouns are usually employed when the direct object in a sentence is also its subject, thus reflecting the action as expressed in the verb on the subject itself.
This pronoun allows the building of three kinds of reflexive verbal forms: proper, non-proper (or ostensible), and reciprocal.
Notice that the sentence "I wash myself" could also be translated in Italian as "io lavo "me stesso"", stressing the reflexiveness much more than English.
The complete list of intensifying reflexive pronouns is:
Japanese.
In the Japanese language, "jibun" (自分) and "jibunjishin" (自分自身) are reflexive pronouns that correspond roughly to 'oneself'. They differ from English in some ways; for example, "jibun" and "jibunjishin" do not have to agree in gender or number where English reflexives do. "Jibun" can further be bound locally or long distance where English reflexives must always occur locally. Although both English and Japanese pronouns must be c-commanded by their antecedents, because of the syntactic structure of Japanese, long distance binding is allowed.
Korean.
In Korean, jagi 자기(自己) and jasin 자신(自身) are used as reflexive pronouns that refer to 'myself', 'himself', 'herself', and 'ourselves'. Jagijasin 자기자신(自己自身) is also a reflexive pronoun but it usually corresponds only to the first person (myself).
Latin.
In the first and second persons, Latin uses the ordinary oblique forms of the personal pronouns as reflexive pronouns. In the third person, Latin uses the special reflexive pronoun "se", which is the same for all genders and numbers, and declined in all cases except the nominative and the vocative.
Macedonian.
An alternative full form, "себеси", is used for emphasis.
Polish.
Oblique.
In Polish the oblique reflexive pronouns is "się" and it declines as above. It is used with 1st, 2nd and 3rd person:
It has been grammaticalized to a high degree, becoming also a marker of medial and/or anticausative voice:
Similarly, the dative "sobie" gained an additional, volitional/liberative meaning, usually used in informal speech:
Moreover, the phrase "iść sobie" has been lexicalized and means "to leave" (cf. French "s'en aller"):
Possessive.
Polish also has a possessive reflexive pronoun "swój" ("swoja", "swoje"). It assumes the gender of the possessed object, not that of the possessor.
Not using a reflexive pronoun might indicate the other party's possession of the object:
Intensive.
The intensive meaning is done by the pronoun "sam" (inflecting for case, gender and number):
Usually inflected "się" is added in obliques:
Emphatically the accusative can be replaced with dative:
Portuguese.
There are two ways to make a reflexive sentence in Portuguese. The first way is by attaching the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos - also vos) to the verb. The second way is by also attaching the words "mesmo/a(s)" or "próprio/a(s)", masc/fem. (plural) (="self"), immediately after the verb to add stress/intensity :
Russian.
The pronoun "себя" "sebya" universally means "oneself"/"myself"/"himself", etc. It is inflected depending on the case.
When used to indicate that the person is the direct object of the verb, one uses the accusative form, "sebya". (It does not have a nominative form.)
Emphasized forms are "sam sebya" - masculine, "sama sebya" - feminine, "sami sebya" - plural. However, the word "sam" usually comes after the noun it is emphasizing.
This sentence underlines that the subject inflicted the wounds while in the previous example, "sebya" merely indicates that the subject was wounded.
In addition, the reflexive pronoun "sebya" gave rise the reflexive affix "-sya" (-ся) used to generate reflexive verbs, but in this context the affix indicates that the action happened accidentally:
There are certain stylistic differences between the three usages, despite being rendered in the same way in English.
When the person is not a direct object of the verb, other cases are used:
Compare:
Russian has a reflexive possessive as well.
Because of the existence of reflexive forms, the use of a non-reflexive pronoun indicates a subject that is different from the object. If it is impossible, the sentence is invalid or at least irregular:
Serbo-Croatian.
Serbo-Croatian uses the reflexive pronoun "sebe/se", which is the same for all persons, numbers and genders, and declined as follows:

The words that modify the reflexive pronoun do show gender and number:
The enclitic form of the reflexive pronoun, "se", has been grammaticalized to a high degree:
Spanish.
In Spanish, the reflexive pronouns are: "me"/"nos" (first person singular/plural), "te"/"os" (second person) or "se" (third person). In Latin America, ""os" is not used, being replaced by "se" for the pronoun "ustedes". For clarity, there are optional intensifying adjuncts for reflexive pronouns, accompanied by "mismo/a"" (masculine and feminine forms for "self"). They are not strictly adjuncts: ""sí mismo/a" (instead of "se"), "ti mismo/a" (in the Río de la Plata region, it is replaced by "vos mismo/a") but "mi mismo"": they usually postpend the genitive.
Examples with "wash oneself":
Note that the indirect object "le"/"les" do "not" override "se" in the reflexive.
Uzbek.
In Uzbek, the pronoun "o'zi", with the pronunciation of [ɜzɪ], refers to "oneself" and, to create a person specific forms, it requires certain affixes:
"myself" - "o'zi" + "-mni" => "o'zimni" [ɜzɪmnɪ]; to "myself" - "o'zi" + "-mga" => "o'zimga" [ɜzɪmgʌ]; from "myself" - "o'zi" + "-mdan" => "o'zimdan" [ɜzɪmdʌn];
"yourself" - "o'zi" + "-ngni" => "o'zingni" [ɜzɪngnɪ]; to "yourself" - "o'zi" + "-ngga" => "o'zingga" [ɜzɪngʌ]; from "yourself" - "o'zi" + "-ngdan" => "o'zingdan" [ɜzɪngdʌn];
"himself"/ "herself"/ "itself" - "o'zi" + "-ni" => "o'zini" [ɜzɪnɪ]; to "himself"/ "herself"/ "itself"- "o'zi" + "-ga" => "o'ziga" [ɜzɪgʌ]; from "himself"/ "herself"/ "itself"- "o'zi" + "-dan" => "o'zidan" [ɜzɪdʌn];
"ourselves" - "o'zi" + "-mizni" => "o'zimizni" [ɜzɪmɪznɪ]; to "ourselves"- "o'zi" + "-mizga" => "o'zimizga" [ɜzɪmɪzgʌ]; from "ourselves" - "o'zi" + "-mizdan" => "o'zimizdan" [ɜzɪmɪzdʌn];
"yourselves" - "o'zi" + "-ngizni" => "o'zingizni" [ɜzɪngɪznɪ]; to "yourselves" - "o'zi" + "-ngizga" => "o'zingizga" [ɜzɪngɪzgʌ]; from "yourselves" - "o'zi" + "-ngizdan" => "o'zingizdan" [ɜzɪngɪzdʌn];
"themselves" - "o'z" + "-larini" => "o'zlarini" [ɜzlʌrɪnɪ]; to "themselves"- "o'z" + "-lariga" => "o'zlariga" [ɜzɪlʌrɪgʌ]; from "themselves"- "o'z" + "-laridan" => "o'zilaridan" [ɜzɪlʌrɪdʌn];
Emphatic-pronoun use:
"myself" - "o'zi" + "-m" => "o'zim" [ɜzɪm]
"yourself" - "o'zi" + "-ng" => "o'zing" [ɜzɪng]
"himself"/ "herself"/ "itself" - "o'zi" + "-" => "o'zi" [ɜzɪ]
"ourselves" - "o'zi" + "-miz" => "o'zimiz" [ɜzɪmɪz]
"yourselves" - "o'zi" + "-ngiz" => "o'zingiz" [ɜzɪngɪz]
"themselves" - "o'z" + "-lari" => "o'zlari" [ɜzlʌrɪ]
Basically, the suffixes change based on the preposition used:
Vietnamese.
In Vietnamese, the reflexive pronoun is "mình" whose meaning can be "myself", "herself", "himself", "themselves" etc. depending on the number/gender of its antecedent.
Australian Languages.
Guugu Yimithirr.
A Pama–Nyungan language, Guugu Yimithirr uses the suffix "/-gu/" on pronouns--much like "-self" in English, to emphasize that the action of the verb is performed by the subject and not someone else. Take for example, the following exchange.
A:
B:


Comparison of Danish, Norwegian and Swedish

Danish, Norwegian (including Bokmål, the most common standard form of written Norwegian, and Nynorsk) and Swedish are all descended from Old Norse, the common ancestor of all North Germanic languages spoken today. Thus, they are closely related, and largely mutually intelligible. The largest differences are found in pronunciation and language-specific vocabulary, which may severely hinder mutual intelligibility in some dialects. All dialects of Danish, Norwegian and Swedish form a dialect continuum within a wider North Germanic dialect continuum.
Mutual intelligibility.
Generally, speakers of the three largest Scandinavian languages (Danish, Norwegian and Swedish) can read and speak each other's languages without great difficulty. This is especially true of Danish and Norwegian. The primary obstacles to mutual comprehension are differences in pronunciation. Because Norway’s largest cities have received TV signals from Sweden’s two national TV channels since the early 1980s, Norwegians generally have a better grasp of Swedish than Swedes do of the Norwegian language because Sweden did not get Norwegian TV until decades later.
Danish speakers generally do not understand Norwegian as well as the extremely similar written norms would lead one to expect. Many Norwegians – especially in northern and western Norway – also have problems understanding Danish. According to a scientific study, of the three groups, Norwegians generally understand the other languages better than any other group, while Swedes understand the least.
In general, Danish and Norwegian speakers will be able to understand the other's language after only a little instruction or exposure.
History.
In the Kingdom of Denmark–Norway (1536–1814), the official language was Danish. The urban Norwegian upper class spoke Dano-Norwegian, a form of Danish with Norwegian pronunciation and other minor local differences. After the two countries separated, Danish remained the official language of Norway, and remained largely unchanged until language reforms in the early 20th century led to the standardization of forms more similar to the Norwegian urban and rural vernaculars. Since 1929, this written standard has been known as Bokmål. Later attempts to bring it closer to and eventually merge it with the other Norwegian written standard, Nynorsk, constructed on the basis of Norwegian dialects, have failed due to widespread resistance. Instead, the most recent reforms of Bokmål (2005) have included certain Danish-like constructions that had previously been banned.
Writing system.
Generally, Norwegian orthography is more simplified and regularized and closer to actual pronunciation than Danish. As a rule, the graphic differences between the two languages do not reflect actual differences in pronunciation; while there are significant phonetic and phonological differences, they are rarely expressed in writing. The few exceptions are noted below.
Note, however, Norwegian "John, som hadde sett mannen, visste hvordan han så ut" (John, who had seen the man, knew what he looked like), where the dependent clause is parenthetic.
Pronunciation and sound system.
The difference in pronunciation between Norwegian and Danish is much more striking than the difference between Norwegian and Swedish. Although written Norwegian is very similar to Danish, spoken Norwegian more closely resembles Swedish.
Danish pronunciation is typically described as 'softer', which in this case refers mostly to the frequent approximants corresponding to Norwegian and historical plosives in some positions in the word (especially the pronunciation of the letters "b", "d", and "g"), as well as the German-like realisation of r as a uvular or even pharyngeal approximant in Danish as opposed to the Norwegian alveolar trills or uvular trills/fricatives.
Note that in the following comparison of Danish and Norwegian pronunciation, the East Norwegian pronunciation of Oslo is taken as the norm. In practice, most Norwegians will speak a local dialect in most contexts; furthermore, Bokmål itself is not a spoken standard, and is likely to be pronounced with clearly regional features. The most obvious instances are the uvular (rather than alveolar) pronunciation of and the lack of retroflexes in much of Western Norway, and the pronunciation, in some cases, of a retroflex flap instead of in much of Eastern Norway, including the less "refined" forms of the Oslo dialect. All of this is ignored in the following exposition.
Vowels.
Arguably the most acoustically striking differences in vowels are that:
As a whole, Norwegian still preserves the old pairs of short and long vowels, as suggested by the writing system, pretty close to each other, even though the long ones are usually closer. Thus, the grapheme "e" corresponds to long ("sene" , late [plural]) and short ("sende" , to send), while the grapheme "i" corresponds to long ("sine" , his/her/its/their own) and short ("sinne" , anger). In Danish, the tendency of differentiation has led to a qualitative overlapping: also here, "e" can stand for long ("sene" , late [plural]) and for short ("sende" , to send), but "i", besides signifying long ("sine" , his/her/its/their own), has come to correspond to short ("[nogen]sinde" , ever) and, to complicate things further, a short pronunciation is maintained in some cases ("sidste" , last). Most Danish vowels have also many segmentally conditioned allophones, especially more open ones when preceded or followed by .
The following is a table that compares the most common Danish and the Norwegian pronunciations of a letter (without taking into account the grouping of sounds into phonemes, as well as many sub-rules, exceptions and subtleties). Note that in many cases, even when the same IPA transcription is used, the sounds may still be somewhat different in the two languages.
! rowspan=2 | Grapheme
! rowspan=2 | Quantity
! colspan=3 |
! rowspan=2 |
! rowspan=2 |
! /V/
! /rV/
! /Vr/
! rowspan="2" | "a"
! long
! short
! rowspan="3" |"e"
! long
! short
! unstressed
! rowspan="2" |"i"
! long
! short
! rowspan="2" |"o"
! long
! short
! rowspan="2" |"u"
! long
! short
! rowspan="2" |"y"
! long
! short
! rowspan="2" |"æ / ä"
! long
! short


Howard-Yana Shapiro

Howard-Yana Shapiro is Chief Agricultural Officer of Mars, Incorporated.
Biography.
Shapiro was born in America in 1947 to Lithuanian and Russia parents. In 1989 he and his wife, Nancy, set up "Seeds of Change", an organic seed producer and supplier. The company was sold to Mars Inc. in 1997, and Shapiro took on the role of Senior Scientist in plant science and agroforestry/agroecology for M&M, Mars. He went on to become Research Manager for plant science in 2000 and Global Director of Plant Science and External Research in 2005.
He is Adjunct Professor in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Davis, and leads the Multi-Disciplinary Research Unit, a collaborative effort between Mars, UC Davis and The University of Nottingham. He also serves on the external advisory board of UC Davis' Agricultural Sustainability Institute.
He has been a university professor, Fulbright Scholar, Ford Foundation Fellow, and has won the National Endowment for the Humanities Award.
In 2007 he was awarded the Organic Leadership Award by the Organic Trade Association, and in 2009 he was honored with UC Davis' College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Award of Distinction.
Recently he has been working with Google X and other groups on a project to end human stunting through better nutrition worldwide, starting in Africa.
Bibliography.
He is the author of four books:


Helena Deneke

Helena Clara Deneke, known to friends as Lena Deneke (1878–1973) was a British Germanist at Oxford University. She was an enthusiast for women's suffrage and for the Women's Institutes. She was "something of a legend in the Oxford of her day".
Life.
Helena Deneke was born in London on 19 May 1878, the oldest child of Philip Maurice Deneke (1842–1925), a German-born London merchant banker, and Clara Sophia Overweg (1847–1933), of a landed Westphalian family. She was educated privately and at St Hugh's Hall, Oxford, where she befriended Grace Hadow, a fellow English student at Somerville College. Deneke gained a first in English in 1903. She became librarian of St Hugh's in 1904, initially teaching English, though switching to become tutor in German in 1909.
Deneke was active within the Oxford Women Students' Society for Women's Suffrage (OWSSWS), established in 1911 with Hadow as President. Deneke and Hadow joined the 1913 Great Pilgrimage for women's suffrage, and Deneke served as OWSSWS Secretary in 1914-15.
In 1913 she moved to Lady Margaret Hall as bursar and German tutor. She and her sister, the pianist Margaret Deneke, lived in a house, Gunfield, next to the college. The pair held highly regarded musical soirees at Gunfield, attended by guests including Albert Einstein and Albert Schweitzer.
Deneke was Treasurer of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies until 1919, after which she threw her energies into establishing an Oxford Federation of Women's Institutes. In 1926 she was elected a Lady Margaret Hall fellow. Retiring from the college in 1938, she continued as lecturer to St Anne's College until 1942.
As a result of her WI activity, Deneke and Betty Norris of the Townswomen's Guild were invited to play a political role in reconstructing women's organizations in post-war Germany. Deneke visited Germany seven times as a Visiting Expert in women's affairs, "making contact with nearly all German women of importance in German life". Their report, published in 1947, emphasised Deneke's hopes for "Landfrauenvereine" analogous to English WIs, and German women's immediate need for practical material aid rather than 'preaching' of democracy.
Helena Deneke died in Oxfordshire on 26 September 1973. Her manuscript memoirs and personal papers are held at Lady Margaret Hall.


Bena language (Adamawa)

Bena (Bəna, Binna, Buna, Ebina, Ebuna, Gbinna, "Lala", Purra, Yangeru, Yongor, Yungur) is an Adamawa language of Nigeria.
Bena-Yungur has a 3-tone system.
Location-the Yungur people are majorly located in Song, local government of Adamawa state, constituting 75% of the total population of the Local area


The Ad Libs

The Ad Libs were an American vocal group from Bayonne, New Jersey, United States, primarily active during the early 1960s. Featuring their characteristic female lead vocals with male "doo-wop" backing, their 1964 single "The Boy from New York City", written by George Davis and John T. Taylor, which in 1965 was their only major "Billboard" Hot 100 hit.
Known originally as The Creators, the group formed in 1964 in Bayonne with Hugh Harris, Danny Austin, Dave Watt, Norman Donegan and Mary Ann Thomas. "The Boy from New York City" was released in December 1964 and, by March 1965, had peaked at number 8 on the US Hot 100. The group next recorded "He Ain't No Angel" which reached number 100 in 1965. The next two singles failed to chart, and The Ad Libs' contract was not renewed by Red Bird Records company. In 1969, they had a last R&B chart hit with the song "Giving Up", which peaked at number 34 on the US "Billboard" R&B chart. They continued to record into the early 1980s, but never repeated the success of "The Boy from New York City".
"The Boy from New York City" charted again in the UK for Darts in 1978 and in the US for The Manhattan Transfer in 1981. The song has been used in a commercial for "Everybody Hates Chris" on the Paramount Comedy channel in the UK.
Dave Watt died on December 5, 2008.


Martie Cook

Martie Cook is an American television screenwriter, producer and teacher. She developed and teaches the screenwriting program at Emerson College.
Background.
Cook worked as a writer and producer of television and film for ABC, NBC, CBS, and PBS as well as for Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, and Universal Studios. She has written for series such as "Full House", "Charles in Charge", "Joe's Life" and Rysher Entertainment's "One West Waikiki". Cook has also served as a writer & producer for "Entertainment Tonight", "America's Most Wanted", "NBC Nightly News", "The Today Show", "Better Homes and Gardens", and the PBS Emmy-award winning "Zoom".
Cook is author of the screenwriting guide, "Write To TV: Out of Your Head and Onto the Screen", which covers an extensive range of television writing styles and techniques. It's derived from her teaching experiences at Emerson. She also teaches on Series Mania Writers' Campus, with fellow television writer Sarah Treem, a week-long intensive on television drama.


Alison R. H. Narayan

Alison Rae Hardin Narayan (born 1984) is an American chemist and the William R. Roush assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Additionally, she is a research assistant professor at University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute.
Early life and education.
Narayan grew up in Cheboygan, Michigan graduating from high school in Frankenmuth. She completed her B.S. in Chemistry at the University of Michigan. During her bachelor's degree, she carried out research under the supervision of John P. Wolfe synthesizing substituted THF rings. Narayan completed her Ph.D. in organic chemistry with Richmond Sarpong at the University of California, Berkeley, the title of her thesis is "New Reactions and Synthetic Strategies toward Indolizidine Alkaloids and Pallavicinia Diterpenes". In 2011, Narayan returned to the University of Michigan as a postdoctoral fellow in David Sherman's lab. During her postdoc, she engineered cytochrome P450 enzymes to perform C-H functionalization in not native substrates. In 2015, Narayan joined the Department of Chemistry and the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan as an assistant professor.
Research.
The Narayan lab focuses on identifying and characterizing enzymes from various microorganisms that can catalyze chemical reactions that are challenging to reproduce synthetically. These biocatalysts can be employed to create various chemicals for pharmaceutical or other purposes.
Awards and honors.
Narayan has received numerous awards and honors including:
Key publications.
Mentored Key Publications


Major Jackson

Major Jackson (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American poet and professor. He is the author of five collections of poetry: The Absurd Man (W.W. Norton, 2020), Roll Deep (W.W. Norton, 2015), Holding Company (W.W. Norton, 2010) and Hoops (W.W. Norton, 2006), finalist for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature-Poetry, and Leaving Saturn (University of Georgia, 2002), winner of the 2000 Cave Canem Poetry Prize and finalist for a National Book Critics Award Circle.
Life.
He earned degrees from Temple University and the University of Oregon. He is a professor of English at the University of Vermont and a graduate faculty member of the New York University Creative Writing Program. He serves as the Poetry Editor of the "Harvard Review."
His poems have been published in literary journals and magazines including "The New Yorker", "The American Poetry Review", "Callaloo", "Poetry", and "Tin House." His poetry has received critical attention in "The Boston Globe", "Christian Science Monitor", "Parnassus", "Philadelphia Inquirer," and on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered". His work has been included in anthologies such as "The Best American Poetry 2004" (Scribner, 2004), "The Pushcart Prize XXIX: Best of the Small Presses", (W.W. Norton & Company, 2004) "Schwerkraft", "From the Fishouse" (Persea Books, 2009), and "The Word Exchange: Anglo-Saxon Poems in Translation" (W.W. Norton & Company, 2010). In 2013 he edited "Countee Cullen: Collected Poems", published by Library of America.
Honors and awards.
His honors include a 2003 Whiting Award, a 1995 Pew Fellowship in the Arts, and a 2003 Witter Bynner Fellowship. He was poet in residence at The Frost Place in 2004, and has served as a creative arts fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, the Jack Kerouac Writer-in-Residence at the University of Massachusetts Lowell., and the Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence at Baruch College.


Phoolan Prasad

Phoolan Prasad (born 1 January 1944) is an Indian mathematician who specialised in Partial differential equations, fluid mechanics. He was awarded in 1983 the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, the highest science award in India, in the mathematical sciences category. He is also a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA).
Early life and education.
Prasad studied in Nalhati HP High School, Krishnath College Berhampore, received his B.Sc. from the Presidency College, Calcutta University and M.Sc. from Rajabazar Science College campus of Calcutta University followed by a Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore in 1968.
Career.
Prasad started his career as a lecturer in the Department of Applied Mathematics in 1967 at Indian Institute of Science, thereafter he became a Professor in 1977. Meanwhile, he also remained a Postdoctoral Fellow at Leeds University (1970–72) and Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (1980-81).
Prasad has done some significant work in the area on non-linear hyperbolic equations. He succeeded in assessing the basic properties of the equations of various physical phenomena, generalized these mathematical properties and then used his theory to explain new results in the field of non-linear waves. He gave a proof of the existence of a new type of wave on the interface of a clear liquid and a mixture in a sedimentation process.
He is a Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences and continues to be a faculty member at the Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science.


Dawoud Bey

Dawoud Bey (born David Edward Smikle; 1953) is an American photographer and educator known for his large-scale art photography and street photography portraits, including American adolescents in relation to their community, and other often marginalized subjects. In 2017, Bey was named a fellow and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and is regarded as one of the "most innovative and influential photographers of his generation".
Bey is a professor and Distinguished Artist at Columbia College Chicago. According to "The New York Times", "in the seemingly simple gesture of photographing Black subjects in everyday life, [Bey, an African-American,] helped to introduce Blackness in the context of fine art long before it was trendy, or even accepted"
Life and career.
Born David Edward Smikle in New York City's Jamaica, Queens neighborhood, he changed his name to Dawoud Bey in the early 1970s. Bey graduated from Benjamin N. Cardozo High School. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York from 1977 to 1978, and spent the next two years as part of the CETA-funded Cultural Council Foundation Artists Project. In 1990, he graduated with a BFA in Photography from Empire State College, and received his MFA from Yale University School of Art in 1993.
Bey didn't receive his first camera until he was 15, and has stated until that point he wanted to become a musician. Early musical inspirations included John Coltrane and early photography inspirations were James Van Der Zee and Roy Decarava. In his youth, Bey joined the Black Panthers Party and sold their newspaper on street corners.
He does not consider his work to be traditional documentary. He'll pose subjects, remind them of gestures and sometimes give them accessories.
Over the course of his career, Bey has participated in more than 20 artist residencies, which have allowed him to work directly with the adolescent subjects of his most recent work.
A product of the 1960s, Bey said both he and his work are products of the attitude, "if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem." This philosophy significantly influenced his artistic practice and resulted in a way of working that is both community-focused and collaborative in nature. Bey's earliest photographs, in the style of street photography, evolved into a seminal five-year project documenting the everyday life and people of Harlem in "Harlem USA" (1975–1979) that was exhibited at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1979. In 2012, the Art Institute of Chicago mounted the first complete showing of the "Harlem, USA" photographs since that original exhibition, adding several never before printed photographs to the original group of twenty-five vintage prints. The complete group of photographs were acquired at that time by the AIC.
During the 1980s, Bey collaborated with the artist David Hammons, documenting the latter's performance pieces - "Bliz-aard Ball Sale" and "Pissed Off".
Over time Bey proves that he develops a bond with his subjects with being more political. The article "Exhibits Challenge Us Not to Look Away Photographers Focus on Pain, Reality in the City" by Carolyn Cohen from the "Boston Globe", identifies Bey's work as having a "definite political edge" to it according to Roy DeCarava. He writes more about the aesthetics of Beys work and how it is associated with documentary photography and how his work shows empathy for his subjects. This article also mentions Bey exhibiting his work at the Walker Art Center, where Kelly Jones identifies the strength of his work and his relationship with his subjects once again.
Of his work with teenagers Bey has said, "My interest in young people has to do with the fact that they are the arbiters of style in the community; their appearance speaks most strongly of how a community of people defines themselves at a particular historical moment." During a residency at the Addison Gallery of American Art in 1992, Bey began photographing students from a variety of high schools both public and private, in an effort to “reach across lines of presumed differences” among the students and communities. This new direction in his work guided Bey for the next fifteen years, including two additional residencies at the Addison, an ample number of similar projects across the country, and culminated in a major 2007 exhibition and publication of portraits of teenagers organized by Aperture and entitled "Class Pictures". Alongside each of the photographs in "Class Pictures", is a personal statement written by each subject. "[Bey] manages to capture all the complicated feelings of being young — the angst, the weight of enormous expectations, the hope for the future — with a single look."
Bey's "The Birmingham Project" was inspired, in part, by a 1960s Civil Rights era photograph by Frank Dandridge of 16th Street Baptist Church bombing victim, Sarah Jean Collins. The Project includes a series of diptychs of an older person, alive when the bombing occurred, paired with a child the age of the victims, portraying "an almost unbearable sense of absence and loss." In 2018, his project "Night Coming Tenderly, Black", consists of a series of photographs evoking the imagined experience of escaped slaves moving northward along the Underground Railroad. This work involves not portraits but landscapes, portrayed at night through the means a little used silver-gelatin process. The work seeks to evoke both terror and hope in a "land of fugitives".
Bey has lived in Chicago, Illinois since 1998. He is a professor of art and Distinguished College Artist at Columbia College Chicago.
Exhibitions.
He has exhibited in a number of solo and group shows including "Dawoud Bey: Portraits 1975-1995" at the Walker Art Center in 1995, "Dawoud Bey" at the Queens Museum of Art in 1998, "Dawoud Bey: The Chicago Project" at the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art in 2003, "Dawoud Bey: Detroit Portraits" at the Detroit Institute of Arts in 2004, and "Class Pictures", organized by Aperture Foundation and on view initially at the Addison Gallery of American Art in 2007, and then touring to museums throughout the country for four years, including the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and the Milwaukee Art Museum among others.
His work "The Birmingham Project" commemorates the six young African Americans killed in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963. The exhibition opened at the Birmingham Museum of Art in September 2013, fifty years after the event. The exhibition opened at George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film in 2016.
In early 2019, the Art Institute of Chicago hosted an exhibition titled "Dawoud Bey: Night Coming Tenderly, Black", consisting of twenty-five black and white photographs that were captured along the Underground Railroad in Cleveland and Hudson, Ohio.
A retrospective exhibition, titled "An American Project" was curated by the Whitney Museum and SFMOMA in 2019-2021, traveling to San Francisco, the High Museum in Atlanta, and New York City.


Senari languages

The Senari languages form a central dialect cluster of the Senufo languages. They are spoken in northern Ivory Coast, southern Mali and southwest Burkina Faso by more than a million Senufo. Three varieties can be distinguished,
all with several dialects. With 860,000 speakers, Cebaara (Tyembara) is the largest of the four; it is also the central variety, spoken around the traditional Senufo center Korhogo. Senara (190,000 native speakers) of the Laraba Province of Burkina Faso is a geographic outlier; intelligibility testing with Cebaara yields ratings between 42 and 74 per cent (SIL). Nyarafolo is spoken by 50,000 in northeast Ivory Coast around Ferkessédougou; "Ethnologue" reports a classification as Tagwana-Djimini rather than Senari. Within Senufo as a whole, the Senari languages are thought to be most closely related to the Karaboro languages.


EPLDT Ventus

ePLDT Ventus, Inc., now rebranded as SPi CRM, is a subsidiary of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), a telecommunications solutions provider in the Philippines. ePLDT Ventus operates eight customer contact centers across the Philippines.
Corporate Overview<br>
Founded in 2001, The company provides a variety of customer interaction services to Fortune 500 customers in the U.S., Canada, the U.K and the Philippines and employs more than 7,000 staff and personnel. Recently, it signed a contract with the Philippine Airlines (PAL) to handle its contact center services.


A. Brooks Harris

Arthur Brooks Harris, called Brooks Harris, (born 25 March 1935) is an American physicist.
Biography.
Harris was born in Boston, Massachusetts and studied at Harvard University with bachelor's degree in 1956, master's degree in 1959, and PhD in experimental solid state physics from Horst Meyer in 1962. Harris was in 1961/62 at Duke University to complete his doctoral thesis with Meyer and then was an instructor there from 1962 to 1964. During 1961–1964 at Duke University Harris retrained himself as a theorist in condensed matter physics and then spent the academic year 1964/65 as a researcher working with John Hubbard in the UK at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell Laboratory) near Harwell, Oxfordshire. At the University of Pennsylvania, Harris became in 1965 an assistant professor and in 1977 a full professor, continuing there until his retirement as professor emeritus.
He was a visiting professor at University of British Columbia in 1976, at the University of Oxford in 1973, 1986, and 1994, at Tel Aviv University in 1987 and 1995, and at McMaster University in 2005. He was visiting scientist at Sandia National Laboratories in 1974 and at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2002.
In 2007 he received the Lars Onsager Prize for his contributions to the statistical physics of disordered systems, especially for the development of the Harris criterion. From 1967 to 1969 he was Sloan Fellow and in 1972/73 a Guggenheim Fellow. In 1989 he was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Harris has been married to Peggy since 1958 and has three children, eight grandchildren, and one great grandson, Jimmy.
Research.
Upon receiving the Lars Onsager Prize, Harris wrote in 2007:
He has also collaborated in theoretical condensed matter physics with R. J. Birgeneau (MIT), J. Yeomans (Oxford), R. D. Kamien (Penn), C. Broholm (Johns Hopkins), and A. Ramirez (Bell Labs).
In 1973 he developed at Oxford the Harris criterion, which indicates the extent to which the critical exponents of a phase transition are modified by a small amount of randomness ("e.g.", defects, dislocations, or impurities). Such impurities "smear" the phase transition and lead to local variations in the transition temperature. Let formula_1 denote the spatial dimension of the system and let formula_2 denote the critical exponent of correlation length. The Harris criterion states that if
the impurities do not affect the critical behavior (so that the critical behavior is then stable against the random interference). For example, in the classical three-dimensional Heisenberg model formula_4 and thus the Harris criterion is satisfied, while the three-dimensional Ising model has formula_5 and thus does not satisfy the criterion (formula_6).


Hermann Schneider (philologist)

Hermann Schneider (12 August 1886 – 9 April 1961) was a German philologist who specialized in Germanic studies.
Biography.
Hermann Schneider was born in Zweibrücken, Germany on 12 August 1886. He studied at the in Munich from 1895 to 1904. From 1904 to 1905, Schneider studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich under Friedrich von der Leyen, Franz Muncker and Hermann Paul. From 1906 to 1910 he studied German and Romance philology at the University of Berlin under Andreas Heusler, , Erich Schmidt and .
Schneider received his Ph.D. at Berlin in 1910 under the supervision of Schmidt. Completing his habilitation in 1912, Schneider became a lecturer at the University of Bonn, where he in 1914 was appointed an associate professor. Since 1915 he was an associate professor at the University of Berlin. Since 1921, Schneider was Professor of German Language and Literature at the University of Tübingen. Since 1945 he was Rector at the University.
Schneider was a member of many learned societies, including the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Modern Language Association and the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg. He retired from the University in 1951. Schneider died in Tübingen on 9 April 1961.


Independent College, Homerton

Independent College, later Homerton Academy, was a dissenting academy in Homerton just outside London, England, in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Background.
In 1695 the Congregational Fund was set up in London to provide for the education of Calvinist ministers, and to provide an alternative to the education offered by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, which was barred by law to English Dissenters. Around 35 of these so-called dissenting academies arose during the 18th century, offering education without the requirement of conformity to the Church of England. They promoted a more modern curriculum of science, philosophy and modern history than the ancient universities who took a more traditionalist approach to learning. One of these was the Independent College, Homerton, which appointed Dr John Conder as President in 1754. It was supported by the King's Head Society.
In 1850 the union of the Homerton establishment with Daventry Academy and Highbury College resulted in the creation of New College London.
Foundation.
Homerton College was known as King's Head Academy when it moved in 1768/69 from Plaisterers' Hall, London, to a large house on the north side of the high street of Homerton, in the parish of Hackney, close to London, in which they sought to base all their teaching. The trustees were appointed by the King's Head Society and were strict Calvinists. From 1817 the trustees were appointed by the Homerton Academy Society instead of by the King's Head Society. The name was changed to Homerton College in 1823.
Teachers and students.
Dr John Conder was the theological tutor at Plaisterer's Hall Academy in 1754; and residential tutor and theological tutor at Mile End Academy (1754 to 1769) then the theological tutor at Homerton Academy (1769 to 1781). Dr. Daniel Fisher was the resident tutor at Homerton Academy (1771 to 1781); then the theology tutor (1781 to 1803). From 1800 John Pye-Smith one of the best known non-conformist theologians of his day, was residential tutor and in effect principal at Homerton from 1805 to 1850. The College boasted several members of distinction: one of its tutors, Henry Mayo, was described by James Boswell as Samuel Johnson’s "literary anvil"; another was offered a Doctorate of Divinity by Yale College.
The College only ever had between 12 and 20 students at any time. In 1819 the society supported 12 of the 18 students with the remain 6 by the Congregational Fund Board. This allowed the College to train ministers who came from the poorer non-conformist communities, such as Ezekiel Blomfield, who led congregations in Wymondham, Harleston and Wortwell in Norfolk. Ministers trained at the College also chose to become missionaries, such as William Ellis (missionary) and Edward Stallybrass, who became a Congregational missionary with the London Missionary Society to the Buryat people of Siberia.
Evolution into Homerton College, Cambridge.
In 1824, the building itself was added to and partially rebuilt. Not long afterwards, following the liberalisation of access to English universities, the work of the dissenting academies could become mainstream. University College London became the first English university to admit students without a need for conformity to the Established Church. In 1850, the College was re-founded by the Congregational Board of Education, to concentrate on the study of education itself. It did so by transferring its theological courses to New College London, of which the Rev. John Harris DD was Congregationalist Principal. The Congregational Board purchased the buildings at Hackney, and the students and staff moved into the vacant college buildings at Cambridge in 1894. Initially taking the name of Homerton New College at Cavendish College, it shortly became just Homerton College, Cambridge, with John Charles Horobin as the first Principal.


Vampiro

Ian Richard Hodgkinson (born May 31, 1967), better known by his ring name Vampiro, is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler who is the current Director of Talent for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). He also worked for Lucha Underground as a color commentator. Hodgkinson is also member of the citizen crime patrol organization Guardian Angels, acting as head of the group's chapter in Mexico City.
Hodgkinson has wrestled for various wrestling promotions. In the United States, he is best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling, where he held the WCW World Tag Team Championship with The Great Muta. However, his greatest success was achieved in Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre during the 1990s. In his professional wrestling career, Hodgkinson is a four-time World Champion having won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship once, the UWA World Heavyweight Championship once and the JCW Heavyweight Championship twice.
Early life.
Hodgkinson used to be a bodyguard for the pop group Milli Vanilli. Prior to wrestling, Hodgkinson was an ice hockey goaltending prospect who was drafted by the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League.
Professional wrestling career.
Early career (1984–1991).
Hodgkinson got his start in the business working for International Wrestling out of Montreal, Quebec. He often set up the ring before events and would train with the wrestlers before their matches. He made his debut as a jobber in 1984 at the age of 16 with little training, although he has credited Abdullah the Butcher as his trainer. He wrestled under the names Ian Richards and Gene Anderson during this time.
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (1991–1998).
After a few years in Montreal, in 1991, Hodgkinson headed down to Mexico City, looking for work in one of Mexico's premier wrestling promotions, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. He met with Paco Alonso and Antonio Peña, who took him as a joke because of his unique look (he had long dreadlocked blue hair and several tattoos). They decided to throw him in the ring as Vampiro Canadiense (Canadian Vampire) because he told them he liked vampires. To their surprise, with his very limited moveset that only consisted of punches, kicks, and headbutts, he became an overnight sensation, as his rock star appearance and natural good looks caught on with the young Mexican women in the audience.
In 1992, Vampiro would be part of multiple hair vs hair matches. The first of which would be on March 21 defeating Bestia Negra II. Throughout the months Vampiro would beat Rick Patterson, Pirata Morgan, Aaron Grundy and Sangre Chicana in hair vs hair matches. In late 1992, Vampiro participated in the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship tournament and reached the semi-final before being defeated by Black Magic. In early 1993, Vampiro would team up with Pierroth Jr. to take part in the CMLL World Tag Team Championship tournament and progressed to the final where the two would take on Dr. Wagner Jr. and El Canek in a best two out of three falls match. Going into the last match between the two teams where drawing with one win each, Dr. Wagner Jr. and El Canek would win the last match and therefore the vacant CMLL World Tag Team Championship. In the first round of the Gran Prix 1994 he lost to Yamato in the first round. In mid to late 1994, Vampiro would begin to team up with Pegasus Kid, in the final of the Trios Tournament along with El Rayo de Jalisco Jr. the pair would lose to El Dandy, El Texano and Silver King. Vampiro and Pegasus Kid would lose to El Texano and Silver King in the quarterfinals of the CMLL World Tag Team Championship number one contendership tournament. Vampiro would go on to team up with Apolo Dantés and lost to Dr. Wagner Jr. & Pierroth Jr. in the semi-final of the CMLL World Tag Team Championship number two contendership tournament. In July 1995, Vampiro reached the final of the Gran Prix 1995 before losing to Headhunter A. In what was perhaps the biggest matches of his career to this point, he took on Apolo Dantes in a best out of three falls match for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship. In 1996, Vampiro would leave CMLL to join other top Mexican promotions such as International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) and "Promo Azteca" (AZTECAS). However, in 1998 he would return to CMLL, he would take part in the CMLL World Trios Championship tournament and Gran Prix 1998 and would lose both. His last match for CMLL for many years would take place on December 11, 1998.
Real life feud with Konnan.
While working in Mexico, Vampiro began a real-life feud with fellow CMLL headliner Konnan. Konnan had been the top star in the promotion prior to Vampiro's arrival and did not take well to his superstardom. The feud stems from Vampiro being offered a part in a Mexican soap opera, but then the producers changing their mind at the last minute when they learned that his command of the Spanish language was poor, and went with Konnan, a fluent Spanish speaker, instead. Vampiro considered that Konnan had sabotaged his chance to parlay his ring success into mainstream stardom, as Konnan did become a mainstream star in Mexico as a result of the role. The rivalry lasted for several years until the two resolved their differences whilst working in WCW, where they became business associates.
Universal Wrestling Association (1991–1993).
On October 19, 1991, Vampiro would team up with Villano III to defeat Dos Caras and El Canek in a CMLL and UWA joint promotion event. In 1991 he would continue to take part in CMLL and UWA joint promotion events and in 1992 he debuted for Universal Wrestling Association in a single promotion setting. On January 31, 1993, Vampiro defeated El Canek in a two out of three falls match to become the UWA World Heavyweight Champion. He would defend his Championship over the course of 1993 in both single promotion and joint promotion events. He would lose the championship to El Canek on December 19, 1993, holding the championship for almost a year, this would also be his last match for UWA.
Early tours of Japan (1993–1994, 1996).
On October 3, 1993, Vampiro would debut for Wrestle Association R defeating Top Gun. In June 1994, Vampiro would start on a two-month tour of Japan where he won almost all his matches and also took part in a tag team tournament where he teamed up with Lionheart and The Warlord and would be knocked out in the first round. On his second tour of Japan, between the months September and October, Vampiro would once again win the majority of his matches. He would also team up with Bob Backlund and Dos Caras to take on Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado for the WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship, which Vampiro's team lost. Vampiro would also sporadically take part in WAR events and his last match came on December 4.
World Championship Wrestling (1998–2001).
In 1998, after spending nearly his entire career to that point in Mexico, Vampiro was signed by WCW. His first match was on the June 29, 1998, episode of "WCW Monday Nitro", defeating Brad Armstrong. He would not return to WCW until the March 18, 1999 episode of "WCW Thunder", when he defeated Prince Iaukea.
Later that year, he formed a stable with the Insane Clown Posse (ICP) and Raven called 'The Dead Pool' (initially called 'The Necro-Ward'). Even though the stable was short-lived, they gained popularity and had a heated feud with Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio Jr., and rival Konnan.
Vampiro then feuded with Berlyn. The feud began when Vampiro beat Berlyn in the WCW World Title tournament on Nitro. To exact revenge later in the night, Berlyn cost Vampiro his match against Buff Bagwell and, as a result, Vampiro was eliminated from the tournament. This feud led to the 1999 Mayhem event, where the two fought in a Dog Collar match and Vampiro made Berlyn submit to the Camel Clutch.
Vampiro later brought The Misfits into WCW, and began a feud with Oklahoma and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams. Vampiro and Dr. Death then faced off at Starrcade, with the stipulation that if Vampiro won, he would get five minutes in the ring against Oklahoma. After Williams was disqualified, Vampiro had his match with Oklahoma. Surprisingly, Oklahoma was able to mount a bit of offense, until Vampiro took Oklahoma's cowboy hat and then pinned him following the Nail In The Coffin.
In early 2000, he formed an alliance with Sting, as the "Brothers in Paint," after he helped Sting to defeat Lex Luger in a lumberjack match. This did not last long, with Vampiro turning on Sting when he pulled Sting underneath the ring at Spring Stampede 2000. They feuded throughout the spring, with Sting getting the upper hand on Vampiro in nearly all their encounters. This set up the Human Torch match, in which Vampiro won by setting Sting on fire. Vampiro then focused on The Demon due to his defection from the ICP formed stable, "The Dark Carnival." He kidnapped his fiancée, Asya, in a skit resembling the 1988 film "Spoorloos". Afterward, he challenged him to a Graveyard Match, which sparked the return of Sting.
Vampiro entered the vacant WCW United States Title tournament, with his first-round opponent being The Great Muta, who Vampiro lost to. Vampiro later joined up with Muta to attack Ernest 'The Cat' Miller. Vampiro won his first and only title in WCW with The Great Muta, by defeating KroniK in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on August 13, 2000. This reign was very short lived, however, as they lost the Tag Team Championship the very next night to Rey Mysterio Jr. and Juventud Guerrera in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Vampiro later turned his back on Muta, setting up a 3 Way match at Fall Brawl with himself, Sting and Muta, which was won by Sting. Vampiro then took time away from the sport as his wife had a baby.
He returned a month later, where he defeated Crowbar in a Hardcore Match. Vampiro then challenged Mike Awesome at Halloween Havoc, losing via pinfall after a top rope Awesome Bomb. He was put out with an injury and did not recover before WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation. Thus, his final WCW appearance was on the November 1, 2000, episode of "WCW Thunder" when he teamed up with Jeff Jarrett to take on Sting and Mike Awesome, which led to a loss for Jarrett and Vampiro after Awesome performed a running powerbomb on Vampiro and pinned him.
Hodgkinson has claimed that he was hospitalized during the purchase of World Championship Wrestling by Vince McMahon. Hodgkinson was informed that WWF creative team had no plans for him and would not pick up his contract post-merger. He had also claimed that he planned on leaving WCW before he broke his neck.
Return to CMLL (2001–2005, 2007).
With WCW out of business Vampiro headed back to CMLL and returned to action in June, 2001. In 2002, Vampiro would appear on several Pay-per-views and mostly teamed up with top CMLL name Shocker. On September 13, at CMLL 69. Aniversario, Vampiro and Shocker took on Los Guerreros del Infierno for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship and lost. Vampiro's last match for CMLL for two years came on April 3, 2005, where Shocker would defeat him. In 2007, Vampiro would return to CMLL for a second time where he competed for only a few months.
World Wrestling Council (WWC) (2002).
In 2002 Vampiro Toured in Puerto Rico for Puerto Rican Promotion World Wrestling Council (WWC) Where he won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship once.
All Japan Pro Wrestling (2001, 2006–2007).
On August 26, 2001, he would start his first tour of All Japan Pro Wrestling lasting only a month where he would participate in mostly opening card matches and very few TV tapings. Vampiro would return in October, 2006 to participate in World's Strongest Tag Determination League 2001 and would team up with George Hines, the team would only win one match and draw another leaving them with three points and not enough to win progress to the semi final. Vampiro would go on two more tours of AJPW one in September 2006 and the second April 2007. In his last match for the promotion, Vampiro teamed up with The Great Muta to take on Taiyo Kea and Toshiaki Kawada for the World Tag Team Championship and lost.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2003).
September 17, 2003, Vampiro made his TNA debut costing Raven a Hair vs Hair" match against Shane Douglas. On September 19, Vampiro defeated CM Punk in an “Open Challenge” match. Then on October 1, Vampiro teamed with Sinn and Slash to face 3Live Kru (Konnan, Ron Killings, BG James) with the match ending in a DQ. The next week, Vampiro attacked Raven and tried to hang him but Raven was saved by the Gathering. The following week, Vampiro and Slash defeated CM Punk & Julio Dinero. On October 29, Vampiro faced Raven in a “Blood Gallows of Retribution” match where he lost. This was Vampiro's final match with TNA.
Xtreme Pro Wrestling (2001–2002, 2008).
Hodgkinson had a short stint in the American hardcore promotion Xtreme Pro Wrestling. Hodgkinson had a notably stiff match with Kaos during XPW's Cold Day in Hell.
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2005–2013, 2015–2020).
In 2005, he jumped from CMLL to their rival promotion AAA with Shocker and various other CMLL talents. While at AAA, both he and Konnan held booking positions. During that time, he stated that he had no plans to return to TNA or work for WWE. He stated in interviews with the UK's "Power Slam Magazine" that he had no objection to joining TNA - although he suspected it would not happen due to the presence of Sting on their roster. On April 3, 2005, Vampiro returned to the AAA ring in a six-man tag match. Vampiro would team up with Shocker to help him deal with Abismo Negro and Cibernético after Cibernético attacked Shocker's father. In his two years with AAA, Vampiro would mainly appear on TV show tapings and rarely competed at house shows.
In April 2008, Vampiro made his return to AAA by challenging El Mesias to a match at TripleMania XVI. The match took place on June 13, 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico. The two fought each other in a Hardcore match which ended in a draw. Vampiro defeated Konnan at Rey de Reyes (2009) with the help of Marco Corleone. At Triplemania XVII Vampiro represented Team AAA in a match where they defeated Konnan's La Legión Extranjera to regain control over AAA and force Konnan out of the company. On April 17, 2010, Vampiro turned "rudo" and aligned himself with El Zorro of "La Legión Extranjera". On August 15, 2010, at "Verano de Escandalo" Vampiro unsuccessfully challenged Dr. Wagner Jr. for the AAA Mega Championship in a three–way match, which also included Silver King. After not appearing for the promotion again for four months, Hodgkinson gave his notice and quit AAA on December 20, 2010.
In January 2011, Vampiro was a guest at "WrestleReunion 5" in Los Angeles, California.
Vampiro returned to AAA on December 16, 2011, at Guerra de Titanes, saving El Mesías from "La Sociedad" and pledging his loyalty to the promotion. Vampiro then started feuding with "La Sociedad" member Chessman. On October 7 at "Héroes Inmortales", Vampiro and Joe Líder defeated Abyss and Chessman to win the AAA World Tag Team Championship. On December 2 at "Guerra de Titanes", Vampiro lost his hair to Chessman in a six-way steel cage "Lucha de Apuestas", which also included Cibernético, Dr. Wagner Jr., L.A. Park and El Hijo del Perro Aguayo. On May 22, 2013, Vampiro and Líder were stripped of the AAA World Tag Team Championship.
On May 24, 2015, Vampiro, along with Matt Striker, served as one half of the English language commentators for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide's Lucha Libre World Cup internet pay-per-view.
On February 17, 2017, Vampiro was named AAA's Director of Talent.
In the summer of 2017, Taya was stripped of her AAA Reina de Reinas Championship for an unknown reason. She later posted a comment on Twitter saying she was "backstabbed by AAA" and announced that she was no longer a part of the AAA Roster. At a TV taping, Sexy Star returned and defeated Big Mami, Lady Shani, Faby Apache, Goya Kong and La Hiedra for the title. Taya later stated she had lost all respect for Sexy Star which started a shoot feud between Johnny Mundo (Taya's husband) and Taya and Kevin Kross. With Mundo and Vampiro having heated conversations backstage, Vampiro chose Texano Jr. to face Mundo for AAA Mega Championship, with Mundo coming out victorious. At a Triplemanía XXV press conference, Vampiro announced that Mundo would face El Hijo del Fantasma and Texano in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match for the AAA Latin American, World Cruiserweight and Mega Championships.
On May 2020, he announced he would leave AAA.
Wrestling Society X (2007).
On January 26, 2007, he was featured in a pilot for a new wrestling show produced for MTV called Wrestling Society X. He competed in a 10-man Battle Royal Death match, eventually securing one of two contracts earning him a shot at the inaugural Wrestling Society X Championship against 6-Pac (Sean Waltman). He won the WSX Championship, on the February 6th episode, after sending Waltman into an exploding coffin with a Tombstone piledriver.
Vampiro was involved in a what MTV claimed was a controversial angle which led to MTV canceling the fourth WSX show, due to air on Tuesday, February 20. In the (pre-taped) show, he was the recipient of a fireball to the face thrown by Ricky Banderas which resulted in Vampiro's head momentarily catching fire. The footage has since been leaked onto the internet. Later in his debut WSX match, Ricky Banderas defeated Vampiro to claim the WSX Championship.
In addition to appearing as an on-screen talent, Vampiro held a backstage position as the main booker.
Juggalo Championship Wrestling (2011–2013).
On February 23, 2011, Vampiro officially came out of retirement and returned to Juggalo Championship Wrestling as both a wrestler and a company consultant. He raised hopes of developing talent, taking the company international, and, more specifically, bringing it to Latin America. At "Monster's Island", he was placed in a rivalry with giant wrestler Kongo Kong. Raven interfered in the match and attacked Vampiro, resulting in him losing by pinfall. Vampiro lost his rematch with Kong at Juggalo Championship Wrestling's first internet pay-per-view Hatchet Attacks. On August 14, Vampiro took on Corporal Robinson for the JCW Heavyweight Championship at Bloodymania V which Vampiro lost. Vampiro returned August 12, 2012, defeating Colt Cabana at Bloodymania 6. On August 11, 2013, Vampiro made his return at Bloodymania 7 teaming with 2 Tuff Tony defeating The Boogeyman and Kongo Kong.
Lucha Underground (2014–2018).
On September 5, 2014, it was announced Vampiro signed with "Lucha Underground" as the color commentator for the English and Spanish-language airings. He made his in-ring debut for the promotion at the "Ultima Lucha" tapings on April 19, 2015, where he was defeated by Pentagón Jr. It was revealed after the match that he is the master of Pentagon Jr. In a podcast interview with Stone Cold Steve Austin, Vampiro revealed that he wasn't supposed to be Pentagon Jr's opponent at Ultima Lucha but after Pentagon Jr's original opponent backed out of the match, Vampiro went up to creative and requested to work the match with Pentagon Jr. and put him over because of how over Pentagon Jr. is with the fans despite being portrayed as a villain.
The following season Vampiro would mentor Pentagon until Ultima Lucha Dos where Pentagon (now renamed Pentagon Dark) turned on Vampiro saying that "he was the master now".
During season 3 of Lucha Underground, Vampiro started mentoring Prince Puma.
During Ultima Lucha Tres Vampiro turned on brand new champion Prince Puma during his match against Pentagon Dark. Thus costing Puma his belt and his Lucha Underground career, as well as pairing him back up with Pentagon Dark.
Personal life.
Hodgkinson grew up in a single parent home with his mother and two younger sisters. Hodgkinson is divorced from Kitsu with a daughter named Dasha, whose godfather is Norman Smiley.
The documentary film "" was produced by Odessa Filmworks and Zed Jamaica and screened in Canada on November 12, 2008.
He was involved in a relationship with Mexican actress Stephanie Salas and Mexican/US rock singer and Songwriter Ana Sidel co-star of the movie "The Dead Sleep Easy". He has a tattoo on his left arm that reads "Mexico City", where he had many of his matches. He is fluent in Spanish.
During the height of his wrestling career in Mexico, Hodgkinson starred in an action film entitled "Guerrero De La Noche", which was similar to the "El Santo" films of the 1960s and 1970s. He has also made a cameo appearance on Vanilla Ice's "Bi-Polar" as well as recording an intro to Psychopathic Records Twiztid's "Maniac Killa".
In July 2009 Hodgkinson reportedly had a break-in at his house; he got startled and jumped 15 feet to the ground from his bedroom window, which broke his back. In a letter posted on the JCW website in 2012, Hodgkinson admitted to having a brain tumor and stomach cancer.
Hodgkinson has stated his interest in world religions, particularly occult religions such as voodoo and vampirism. Hodgkinson also claims that two spirits from Guatemala are presently following him as the result of an unfinished ritual. Vampiro has since revealed that he eventually had an exorcism performed on him to have the spirits removed.
On July 5, 2017, Hodgkinson revealed via Facebook he has been a victim of identity theft and cyber hacking for 8 years. On April 12, 2019, Hodgkinson was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Other media.
Vampiro was featured in the video game WCW Backstage Assault, and .
As of 2011, Hodgkinson makes occasional appearances on the Mexican show "Extranormal", which deals with paranormal activities in the world. He made his acting debut in "La Mujer de Judas", 2012 telenovela produced by TV Azteca. Hodgkinson also appeared on Fuse's "ICP Theater" as a heckler to the Insane Clown Posse.
Music.
Vampiro made his debut on the album "FREEKSHOW" by the band Twiztid on the track "Maniac Killa" where he recorded the introduction of the song.<br>
On the Insane Clown Posse album "Forgotten Freshness 3" the spitball recording for that intro on the Twiztid album was released as one of the gag tracks on the cd. <br>
In 2006, Hodgkinson formed the industrial metal band Droch Fhoula. In January 2007 Carpatos Records released the band's debut maxi-single "Alter Deus". A year later in June 2008, the band released its first 6-track EP under the same title of the single.
Championships and accomplishments.
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Milton M. Klein

Milton Martin Klein (15 August 1917 – 10 June 2004) was an American historian.
He was born in New York City on 15 August 1917 to Margaret and Edward Klein. Milton Klein earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the City College of New York. While studying for his master's in education, Klein taught high school history. His career as a schoolteacher was broken up by World War II, during which he served with the United States Army Air Forces from 1942 to 1946. After the war, Klein remained a member of the Air Force Reserve, retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1977. Klein continued teaching at the high school level as he worked toward a doctorate from Columbia University. He earned the degree in 1954, and remained in secondary education until 1957. He served as lecturer at Colombia between 1954 and 1958, when he joined the faculty of Long Island University. Klein was subsequently named dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Long Island in 1962. Klein left for a deanship of graduate studies and research at Fredonia College in 1966, then moved to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1969. He was named Alumni Distinguished Service Professor in 1977, and the first Lindsay Young Professor of History in 1980. After retirement from the faculty in 1985, Klein became university historian in 1988. The University of Tennessee holds an annual lecture series named for Klein.
Klein married Margaret Gordon on 25 August 1963, with whom he had two children, Edward and Peter. Klein died of cancer at St. Mary's Residential Hospice in Halls, Tennessee, on 10 June 2004.


Sabine Bahn

Sabine Bahn is a professor of Neurotechnology, Professor & Director of the Bahn Laboratory at The University of Cambridge, a Professor of Translational Neuropsychiatry at Erasmus Medical Centre
Bahn's research in The Bahn laboratory at Cambridge is focused on researching the molecular basis of neuropsychiatric diseases; using molecular profiling methods to investigate abnormalities in tissues, blood and fluids; as well as developing new methods for diagnosing and treating psychiatric disorders, in particular focussing on schizophrenia and mood disorders. The Bahn laboratory is supported by laboratory facilities at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Cambridge and has received funding through the Stanley Medical Research Institute (SMRI), in addition to being partnered with the Stanley Program for Epidemiology, Prevention and Treatment of Schizophrenia (SPECTS).
Work.
Sabine Bahn is a practising psychiatrist and honorary consultant in psychiatry at the Peterborough and Cambridge NHS trust
Psynova.
Bahn founded Psynova Neureotech in 2005, which is a company specialising in the commercial applications of biomarkers for mental illnesses. In 2011, Psynova Neurotech was bought by Myriad Genetics, a NASDAQ listed diagnostics company.
Psyomics.
Bahn co-founded Psyomics with Dan Cowell, who is the CEO, in March 2015. The company aims to improve the identification and diagnosis processes of mental health issues, through the use of digital tools, biological tests and scientific research. This could help the patient access and understand treatment options available. Currently, the team is working on developing tools for early detection in the workplace, as well as concentrating on diagnosing depression and bipolar disorder in a clinical context.
Achievements.
Professor Bahn has published over 180 articles in well-known scientific journals and has co-founded 2 spin-out companies, (Pysnova and Psyomics). In 2015 Bahn was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology. She is a fellow of Lucy Cavendish College in the University of Cambridge.