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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20Rian%20Ardianto

Muhammad Rian Ardianto

Muhammad Rian Ardianto (born 13 February 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player. Born in Bantul, Yogyakarta SR, Ardianto plays for the Jaya Raya Jakarta club at national events. He won the men's doubles silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games, the bronze medals at the 2019 World Championships and at the 2017 SEA Games. Ardianto was part of Indonesia winning team at the 2020 Thomas Cup. Career In the junior events, Ardianto has collected two silvers and a bronze at the World Junior Championships, and also a bronze medal at the Asian Junior Championships. Partnering Fajar Alfian in the men's doubles event, they have won some international tournaments including the Indonesia International in 2014, 2015, and 2016; the Austrian International in 2015; and at the BWF Grand Prix level, the 2016 Chinese Taipei Masters. Ardianto was a member of the Indonesia men's team that won gold medals at the 2017 and 2019 SEA Games. He also played with Alfian, and clinched the men's doubles bronze at that event in 2017. In 2018, Ardianto and Alfian competed on the BWF World Tour, and won titles at the Malaysia Masters and the Syed Modi International, and at the 2019 Swiss and Korea Opens. The duo were a silver medalists at the 2018 Asian Games, and bronze medalists at the 2019 BWF World Championships. In February 2020, Ardianto alongside Indonesia men's team won the Asia Team Championships held in Manila. In September-October 2021, Ardianto alongside Indonesia team competed at the 2021 Sudirman Cup in Vantaa, Finland. He and Alfian contribute a point in a tie against Canada. Indonesia team advanced to the knocked-out stage, but stopped in the quarter-finals to Malaysia. In the next tournament, he helped Indonesia team won the World Men's Team Championships, the 2020 Thomas Cup. In the first half of 2022, the Ardianto and Alfian partnership have won three titles of seven finals that they reached. The duo won the Swiss Open, Indonesia and Malaysia Masters, and finished runners-up at the Korea, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore Opens. They also won bronze medal at the Asian Championships. In October, they won their fourth title of the year at the Denmark Open. In the final week of 2022, they reach career high of world number 1. 2023 In January, the Ardianto and Alfian partnership won their first Super 1000 tournament at the Malaysia Open by defeating Chinese pair Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang. In the following week, as the last man stand, they were defeated in the semi-finals of India Open by 3rd seed Malaysian pair Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, and made Indonesia going home empty handed. They competed in the home tournament, Indonesia Masters, but unfortunately lost in the quarter-finals from 5th seed Chinese pair Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi. In February, Ardianto join the Indonesia national badminton team to compete at the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships, but unfortunately the teams lost in the quarter-finals from team Korea. With the Indonesian federation skipping the German Open, Ardianto and Alfian resumed competition at the All England in March. They won their first ever All England title in an all-Indonesian final against Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan. At the Spain Masters they lost in the quarter-finals from unseeded Chinese Taipei player Lee Fang-chih and Lee Fang-jen. In late April, Ardianto competed at the Asian Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, but had to lose in the quarter-finals from 8th seed Malaysian pair Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi. In May, Ardianto alongside the Indonesian team competed at the 2023 Sudirman Cup in Suzhou, China. He won a match in the group stage, against Supak Jomkoh and Kittinupong Kedren of Thailand. Indonesia advanced to the knockout stage but lost at the quarterfinals against China. In the following week, Ardianto competed in the second Asian Tour at the Malaysia Masters. Unfortunately, he lost in the first round from eventual winner Korean pair Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae. In June, Ardianto competed at the Singapore Open, but lost in the first round from English pair Ben Lane and Sean Vendy. In the next tour, they competed at the home tournament, Indonesia Open, but lost in the quarter finals from 7th seed and eventual champions Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in straight matches. In July, Ardianto competed at the Korea Open, but lost in the final against 3rd seed Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty for second times in a row. In the next tour, he competed at the Japan Open, but lost in the semi-finals against Chinese Taipei pair Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin. In early August, Ardianto competed at the Australian Open, but had to lose in the quarter-finals from 8th seed Korean pair Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae in rubber games. In late August, he competed at the World Championships, but lost in the second round from Taiwanese pair Lee Jhe-huei and Yang Po-hsuan in straight games. Awards and nominations Achievements BWF World Championships Men's doubles Asian Games Men's doubles Asian Championships Men's doubles SEA Games Men's doubles BWF World Junior Championships Boys' doubles Mixed doubles Asian Junior Championships Mixed doubles BWF World Tour (10 titles, 6 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. Men's doubles BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 2 runners-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. Men's doubles BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles) Men's doubles BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Junior International (1 runner-up) Boys' doubles BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament BWF Junior International Challenge tournament BWF Junior International Series tournament BWF Junior Future Series tournament Performance timeline National team Junior level Senior level Individual competitions Junior level Boys' doubles Mixed doubles Senior level Men's doubles Mixed doubles Record against selected opponents Men's doubles results with Fajar Alfian against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists, accurate as of 11 December 2022.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist%20collective

Artist collective

An artist collective is an initiative that is the result of a group of artists working together, usually under their own management, towards shared aims. The aims of an artist collective can include almost anything that is relevant to the needs of the artist; this can range from purchasing bulk materials, sharing equipment, space or materials, to following shared ideologies, aesthetic and political views or even living and working together as an extended family. Sharing of ownership, risk, benefits, and status is implied, as opposed to other, more common business structures with an explicit hierarchy of ownership such as an association or a company. Overview Artist collectives have occurred throughout history, often gathered around central resources, for instance the ancient sculpture workshops at the marble quarries on Milos in Greece and Carrara in Italy. During the French Revolution the Louvre in Paris was occupied as an artist collective. More traditional artist collectives tend to be smallish groups of two to eight artists who produce work, either collaboratively or as individuals toward exhibiting together in gallery shows or public spaces. Often an artist collective will maintain a collective space, for exhibiting or as workshop or studio facilities. Some newer, more experimental kinds of groups include intentional networks, anonymous, connector, hidden or nested groups, and groups with unconventional time-scales. Artist collectives may be formed: for economic reasons, to give members volume purchasing power and allow costs of publicity and shows to be shared, for political reasons, to increase local lobbying power for arts infrastructure, to gather behind a cause or belief, for professional reasons, to develop a higher group profile that benefits the individuals by association, to create a hub for curators and commissioners to more easily locate potential talent.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erika%20F.%20Augustine

Erika F. Augustine

Erika F. Augustine is an Associate Chief Science Officer and Director of the Clinical Trials Unit at Kennedy Krieger Institute. She was previously an Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York. Augustine co-directed the University of Rochester Batten Center, and was the associate director of both the Center for Health and Technology and the Udall Center of Excellence in Parkinson's Disease Research. Augustine's clinical research and medical practice specialize in pediatric movement disorders. She leads clinical trials for Batten diseases, a group of rare pediatric neurodegenerative disorders, and she has developed a novel telemedicine model to increase the efficacy of remote care for patients with rare diseases. Early life and education Augustine pursued her undergraduate education at Harvard University. She majored in Biological Anthropology and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1999. Following the completion of her undergraduate degree, she attended the University of Rochester for medical school. She obtained her MD in 2003, and then moved back to Boston to pursue her residency training at the Boston Children's Hospital. In 2008, she completed her residency training in Pediatrics and Child Neurology and then moved back to Rochester for her Fellowships. In 2009, she completed a fellowship in Experimental Therapeutics, and in 2010, she completed a fellowship in pediatric movement disorders. She then completed her Masters of Science in Translational Research at the University of Rochester in 2014. Career and research In 2012, Augustine was appointed to Assistant Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and the Center for Health and Technology at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). In 2013, she became the Assistant Program Director for the Experimental Therapeutics of Neurological Disorders Fellowship and in 2015 she became the associate director of the Center for Health and Technology at URMC. In 2017, she was promoted to Associate Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and the Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics. In 2018, URMC was selected by the National Institutes of Health to house the Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence in Parkinson's Disease Research and Augustine became a member of the executive committee, specifically the associate director of the center, where she serves as a principal investigator on FDA funded clinical trials. Outside of URMC, Augustine is a member of the National Institutes of Health Taskforce on Childhood Motor Disorders. She also bridges translational research with the clinic by working as a consultant to the Food and Drug Administration Neurological Devices Panel to expedite the use of informative wearable technologies in gathering data in patients with neurological diseases to track disease and recovery. She is also the Diversity Officer for the new NIH based Child Neurologist Career Development Program K12 (CNCD-K12) where she reviews applications of clinician-scientists to receive funding. She also organizes and oversees the Minority Research Scholars Program through the CNCDP-K12 which provides travels awards to individuals to attend the Neurobiology of Disease in Children Symposium and the Child Neurology Society Annual Meeting. In addition, Augustine is the Chair of the Scientific Program Committee for planning the Child Neurology Symposium. Augustine is also a member of NeuroNEXT, a network distributed across institutions and funded by the National Institutes of Neurological Disorders to focus on expediting the development of therapies for neurological disorders. Augustine has been featured on several media platforms such as WXXINews to discuss her research on rare neurological diseases and she has also been a panelist on Second Opinion TV. Novel treatments for rare neurological Diseases Since rare and orphan diseases are highly understudied and patients with these diseases face very few, if any, treatments or cures, Augustine has dedicated much of for clinical research to understanding these diseases and developing therapies to treat them. She focuses on neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) or Batten diseases, which are a group of rare pediatric neurodegenerative disorders showing symptoms similar to dementia and parkinsons, often with blindness, seizures, and motor impairment. Her work has helped to elucidate the distinct characteristics of juvenile NCLs, in that they do not show myoclonic seizures to the same extent as other subsets of NCLs. Augustine has also begun to pilot studies of remote assessment of disease symptoms and progression through audiovisual technological assessment of neuropsychological symptoms. This work is critical since patients often have to travel from far distances to seek specialized treatment for NCLs, so remote data and disease monitoring would greatly enhance the quality of care and treatment. After characterizing the disorder and exploring ways to track disease progress, Augustine has taken steps towards elucidating pharmacological compounds to better target disease causes and treat symptoms in NCL patients. Data shows that inflammation and autoimmunity are characteristic of NCLs, so Augustine tested mycophenolate on patients with NCL, an immunosuppressant, to first see how short term administration was tolerated. She found that immunosuppression through mycophenolate was well tolerated in patients and they are now moving on to long term clinical trials to test the efficacy in reducing NCL symptoms. Remote rare disease monitoring Since remote disease monitoring is critical to effectively treating patients with rare disorders, who often do not live close to specialized clinic where they seek treatment and health management, Augustine has been exploring novel ways to best provide remote care to these patients. She has explored how telemedicine performs as a means of administering the Unified Batten Disease Rating Scale (UBDRS) Physical Impairment subscale to assess disease severity. Using live video, patients are assessed by trained examiners, and they found that this method works well to diagnose disease severity in patients with Batten Diseases. Following up on this work, Augustine and her colleagues have developed a revised model for care for rare diseases, since the patient population and needs are different from common diseases where local care delivery is much more feasible. Her model includes the use of telehealth to remove geographic barriers to healthcare access while also enhancing for data collection and patient-provider-researcher communication. Sex differences in neurological disease Augustine's research has also explored sex differences in neurological diseases. Anecdotal evidence from parents had suggested that females experience increased severity of Batten Disease symptoms, so Augustine sought to explore this further. She found that Females, on average, had later disease onset and earlier death in addition to an earlier loss in functional capability. Augustine has also explored sex differences in Parkinson's Disease. She has found that, overall, men and women do not exhibit differences in clinical motor impairment in the early course of the disease. She did observe differences in non-motor symptoms such as cognition, depression, and sleep disturbances. Awards and honors 1999 Dean's Fellowship Merit Scholarship, University of Rochester School of Medicine 2003 Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Rochester School of Medicine 2007 American Neurological Association Residents' Program Scholarship 2013 Faculty Teaching Award from the Department of Neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center 2015 Early Career Reviewer Program National Institutes of Health 2017 A. B. Baker Teaching Recognition, American Academy of Neurology 2018 Robert J. Joynt Endowed Professorship in Experimental Therapeutics of Neurology Select publications Adams HR, Defendorf S, Vierhile A, Mink JW, Marshall FJ, Augustine EF. A novel, hybrid, single- and multi-site clinical trial design for CLN3 disease, an ultra-rare lysosomal storage disorder. 2019;16(5):555-560. doi:10.1177/1740774519855715 Augustine EF, Beck CA, Adams HR, et al. Short-Term Administration of Mycophenolate Is Well-Tolerated in CLN3 Disease (Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis). JIMD Rep. 2019;43:117-124. doi:10.1007/8904_2018_113 Augustine EF, Adams HR, Bitsko RH, et al. Design of a Multisite Study Assessing the Impact of Tic Disorders on Individuals, Families, and Communities. doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2016.10.017 Papandreou A, Schneider RB, Augustine EF, et al. Delineation of the movement disorders associated with FOXG1 mutations. 2016;86(19):1794-1800. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000002585 Augustine EF, Perez A, Dhall R, et al. Sex Differences in Clinical Features of Early, Treated Parkinson's Disease. Published 2015 Jul 14. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133002 Augustine EF, Adams HR, Beck CA, et al. Standardized assessment of seizures in patients with juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. 2015;57(4):366-371. doi:10.1111/dmcn.12634 Augustine EF, Adams HR, Mink JW. Clinical trials in rare disease: challenges and opportunities. 2013;28(9):1142-1150. doi:10.1177/0883073813495959 Statland JM, Griggs RC, Augustine EF. Emerging subspecialties in neurology: fellowship in experimental therapeutics of neurologic disease. doi:10.1212/WNL.0b013e31826c19b4 Cialone J, Adams H, Augustine EF, et al. Females experience a more severe disease course in Batten disease [published correction appears in J Inherit Metab Dis. 2012;35(3):549-555. doi:10.1007/s10545-011-9421-6 Cialone J, Augustine EF, Newhouse N, Vierhile A, Marshall FJ, Mink JW. Quantitative telemedicine ratings in Batten disease: implications for rare disease research.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS%20Thomas%20T.%20Tucker

SS Thomas T. Tucker

The SS Thomas T. Tucker (Hull Number 269) was a Liberty ship built by The Houston Shipbuilding Corporation for service as a troop and weapons carrier. Liberty ships were named after prominent (deceased) Americans, starting with Patrick Henry and the signers of the Declaration of Independence. She was named after Thomas Tudor Tucker, an American physician and politician from Charleston, South Carolina. He represented South Carolina in both the Continental Congress and the U.S. House. He later served as Treasurer of the United States. Career The ship was laid down on June 16, 1942, then launched on August 31, 1942. She was operated by Merchants & Miners Transportation Company under charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. She ran aground off Olifantsbos Point, near Cape Point, on November 27, 1942, during heavy fog while on her maiden voyage from New Orleans to Suez. She was sailing close to the coast - as she usually did when the sea was rough, due to the German U-boats actively patrolling the area - and the captain misjudged the ship's location because of the heavy fog. Assuming they were close to Robben Island, and therefore not far from Cape Town, the crew relaxed, and the ship ran aground. After an investigation, it was discovered that the ship's compass was out by 37deg, although no conclusive reason was found for the incident. Location The wreck is located on stretch of rocks on the shoreline of Olifantsbos Beach, within The Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve. It is split into three sections with a boiler higher up on the beach. See also List of shipwrecks of the Western Cape.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322%20Villanova%20Wildcats%20men%27s%20basketball%20team

2021–22 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team

The 2021-22 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 2021-22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Jay Wright in his 21st and final year of coaching, the Wildcats played their home games at the Finneran Pavilion on the school's campus in the Philadelphia suburb of Villanova, Pennsylvania and Wells Fargo Center as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 30-8, 16-4 in Big East play to finish in second place. They defeated St. John's, UConn, and Creighton to win the Big East tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 2 seed in the South region. They defeated Delaware, Ohio State, Michigan, and Houston to advance to the Final Four. There they lost to eventual national champion Kansas. On April 20, 2022, head coach Jay Wright announced he was retiring effective immediately. Former Wright assistant and Fordham head coach Kyle Neptune was named the new head coach. Previous season In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Wildcats finished the 2020-21 season 18-7 overall and 11-4 in Big East play to finish first place in the conference. 1 seed in the Big East tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals 72-71 to eventual conference tournament champions Georgetown. In the NCAA tournament, the Wildcats received the 5 seed in the South Regional. They defeated Winthrop and North Texas to reach the Sweet 16, where they fell to eventual tournament champions Baylor 62-51. Villanova finished #11 in the final Coaches Poll. Offseason Departures 2021 recruiting class Coaching changes Following the 2020-21 season, longtime assistant coach Kyle Neptune left the Wildcats to become the head coach at Fordham. Wright subsequently promoted George Halcovage to Associate Head Coach and Dwayne Anderson from Director of Basketball Operations to Assistant Coach. Mike Nardi remained in his Assistant Coach position. Roster Schedule and results |- !colspan=12 style=| Regular season |- !colspan=12 style=| Big East tournament |- !colspan=12 style=| NCAA tournament Source Rankings *Coaches did not release a week 1 poll.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulmus%20%C3%97%20hollandica%20%27Viscosa%27

Ulmus × hollandica 'Viscosa'

The hybrid elm Ulmus x hollandica 'Viscosa' is probably one of a number of cultivars arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm U. glabra with a variety of Field Elm U. minor. The tree was listed by Loddiges, (Hackney, London) in his catalogue of 1836 and two years later by Loudon in Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum 3: 1378, 1838, as U. viscosa. An early specimen in the Herbarium Dumortier named U. viscosa Audibert was later sunk by Melville as U. x hollandica. Description 'Viscosa' was distinguished by its large, deep-green leaves with anthocyanin pigment. Cultivation No specimens are known to survive in Europe. Synonymy Ulmus viscosa: Loddiges, and Loudon (see text).

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abba%20Gumel

Abba Gumel

Abba Gumel is a Professor & The Michael and Eugenia Brin Endowed E-Nnovate Chair in Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park. His research, which spans three main areas of applied mathematics (namely, mathematical biology, applied dynamical systems and computational mathematics), is focused on the use of mathematical modeling and rigorous approaches, together with statistical analysis, to gain insight into the dynamics of real-life phenomena arising in the natural and engineering sciences. The main emphasis of Gumel's work is on the mathematical theory of epidemics - specifically, he uses mathematical theories and methodologies to gain insights into the qualitative behavior of nonlinear dynamical systems arising from the mathematical modelling of phenomena in the natural and engineering sciences, with emphasis on the transmission dynamics and control of emerging and re-emerging human (and other animal) infectious diseases of public health and socio-economic interest. Biography Gumel was a Foundation Professor of Mathematics at the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, before becoming The Michael and Eugenia Brin Endowed E-Nnovate Chair in Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park in 2022. Professor Gumel is an elected Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), Fellow of Society for Industrial Applied Mathematics, African Academy of Sciences, Nigerian Academy of Science, African Scientific Institute and the ASU-Santa Fe Center of Biosocial Complex Systems. In 2021, Professor Gumel was chosen to give the AMS Einstein Public Lecture in Mathematics of the American Mathematical Society. He was named Extraordinary Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Pretoria (2015-2023) and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Canada. Gumel has written over 160 peer-reviewed research, numerous book chapters and edited three books. Mathematics of Continuous and Discrete Dynamical Systems. Contemporary Mathematics Series, American Mathematical Society. Volume 618 (310 Pages), 2014. Abba B. Gumel and Suzanne Lenhart (Eds.). Modeling Paradigms and Analysis of Disease Transmission Models. DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science. American Mathematical Society, 2010 (268 Pages). Abba B. Gumel (Chief Editor), Carlos-Castillo-Chavez (ed. Mathematical Studies on Human Disease Dynamics: Emerging Paradigms and Challenges. American Mathematical Society Contemporary Mathematics Series, Volume 410, 2006 (389 Pages). Promotion of biomedical sciences in Nigeria In 2014, Professor Gumel became one of eight US-based scientists who signed a memorandum of understanding with seven Nigerian universities aimed at helping them build world-class capacity in biomedical sciences research and pedagogy. Awards and recognition Named to the 2022 class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, ''For distinguished contributions to mathematical biology, particularly the modeling and analysis of epidemics and other global public health challenges, and to the advancement of mathematics on the African continent" Named to the 2023 class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, "for contributions to the mathematical theory of epidemics, applied dynamical systems, and promoting the use of mathematics to help solve global public health challenges". Named to the 2022 class of Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, "for stellar contributions to mathematical biology, particularly the modeling of epidemics, and applications to other public health problems". Winner of 2021 Bellman Prize (with former student, Dr. Kamaldeen Okuneye) Selected to give The AMS Einstein Public Lecture in Mathematics (American Mathematical Society, March 2021) Appointed Founding Fellow, ASU-Santa Fe Institute Center for Biosocial Complex Systems (January 2015) Appointed Extraordinary Professor, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Pretoria, South Africa (2015-2021) Merit Award for research excellence in 2011, given by the University of Manitoba and the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (given in May 2012).

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto%20%28crater%29

Miyamoto (crater)

Miyamoto is a crater within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars, west of the Plains of Meridiani. Its northeastern half is filled with rocks formed in the presence of water and include minerals of iron and sulfur, which likely settled on lake bottoms or in groundwater systems. In the southwestern half of the crater floor, erosion has stripped these materials away, revealing clays and other materials like those found in the most ancient Martian rocks. More than 3.5 billion years old, they date to the Noachian era at which time, liquid water was likely present at the surface and could have created an environment favorable to life. Miyamoto was considered as a possible landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory. Mars Science Laboratory Several sites in the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle have been proposed as areas to send NASA's next major Mars rover, the Mars Science Laboratory. Miyamoto Crater was in the top seven sites chosen. Among the top 33 landing sites was Iani Chaos. Holden Crater is believed to have once been a lake. Eberswalde Crater contains a delta. There is a great deal of evidence that Miyamoto Crater once contained rivers and lakes. Many minerals, such as clays, chlorides, sulfates, and iron oxides, have been discovered there. Miyamoto Crater displays Inverted relief in the form of inverted channels. The picture below shows an inverted channel in Miyamoto. Inverted channels formed from accumulated sediments that were cemented by minerals. These channels eroded into the surface, then the whole area was covered over with sediments. When the sediments were later eroded away, the place where the river channel existed remained because the hardened material were resistant to erosion. In an article published in January 2010, a large group of scientists endorsed the idea of searching for life in Miyamoto Crater because of inverted stream channels and minerals that indicated the past presence of water. The aim of the Mars Science Laboratory is to search for signs of ancient life. It is hoped that a later mission could then return samples from sites identified as probably containing remains of life. To safely bring the craft down, a 12 mile wide, smooth, flat circle is needed. Geologists hope to examine places where water once ponded. They would like to examine sediment layers.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miika%20Wiikman

Miika Wiikman

Miika Wiikman (born October 17, 1984) is a Swedish-born Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently a free agent having last played for Anglet Hormadi Elite of the Ligue Magnus. Playing career Wiikman started his junior career in Sweden with HV71 before moving to HPK in Finland, with whom he won the SM-liiga championship in 2006 and was a recipient of the Jari Kurri trophy as the Playoff MVP. He signed an AHL contract with the Hartford Wolf Pack on June 4, 2007. Miika started the 2007-08 season splitting playing time with Al Montoya. After the latter's trade to the Phoenix Coyotes organization, Wiikman became Hartford's primary goaltender, finishing the season with a 21-8-3 record, during which he was awarded Player of the Week on January 27, 2008. On April 24, 2008, he signed an NHL entry-level contract with the Rangers. He opened the 2009-10 season again with Hartford before he was reassigned to the Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL. On March 3, 2010, Wiikman was traded by the Rangers to the Phoenix Coyotes for Anders Eriksson. He was then assigned to AHL affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage for the remainder of the season. On April 26, 2010, Wiikman returned to the Finland's SM-liiga, signing a one-year contract with Lukko for the 2010-11 season. On the June 21, 2015, Wiikman continued his journeyman career in moving to England, to play for the Nottingham Panthers of the Elite ice hockey league. Wiikman departed Nottingham in April 2017, following two years with the team. In September 2017, Wiikman signed with EIHL new-boys Milton Keynes Lightning as short-term injury cover following an injury to their number one netminder in pre-season. In August 2018, Wiikman signed for fellow EIHL side Coventry Blaze after it was confirmed that incumbent netminder Kevin Nastiuk was not returning to the club. Wiikman, a dual citizen, has played on the Finnish national team and the Swedish national junior team. Career statistics Awards 2002-03 J20 SuperElit SM-silver Medal 2003-04 Finland2 (Mestis) Rookie of the Year 2005-06 Jari Kurri trophy - awarded to the best player in the Finnish SM-liiga playoffs.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315%20Primeira%20Liga

2014–15 Primeira Liga

The 2014-15 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) was the 81st season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It began on 15 August 2014 and concluded on 23 May 2015. On 17 May 2015, Benfica won their second consecutive and 34th overall title. Events The league was scaled up to 18 teams, after the Court's rule to nullify Boavista's relegation from the Primeira Liga in the 2007-08 season. Boavista has been invited back in the Primeira Liga, after the club won a legal battle that eventually deemed their forced relegation five years ago unlawful. The club therefore went straight from the third level to the top league. The league was named Liga ZON Sagres until 2013-14 after the sponsorship agreement between Sagres, ZON (now NOS) and the league ended. The league is named Liga NOS since 5 February 2015.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef%20Delen

Jef Delen

Jef Delen (born 29 June 1976 in Bonheiden) is a former Belgian professional football player. He usually plays as left winger. Delen had been captain of Westerlo since the 2006-07 season. He is generally nicknamed "the Flemish Ryan Giggs". Honours Westerlo Belgian Cup: 2000-01 References External links Jef Delen player info at Sporza.be Player info at the official VC Westerlo website 1976 births Living people Belgian men's footballers Men's association football wingers K.V.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo%20Vasconcelos

Eduardo Vasconcelos

Eduardo Vasconcelos (1896 in Oaxaca, Mexico - April 26, 1953) was Governor of Oaxaca from 1947 to 1950. As Governor of Oaxaca, he built schools, hospitals, and roads. He founded an art school that catered to indigenous arts (e.g. music, painting) and crafts (e.g. pottery, weaving, dying) to help assure the preservation of traditional culture. The Big Tree of Mexico by John Skeaping. In addition, he was also Secretary of Public Education in 1934 and Secretary of the Interior from 1932 to 1934. In 1872, his grandfather, Francisco Vasconcelos, was elected municipal president of the city of Oaxaca.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shire%20of%20Buloke

Shire of Buloke

The Shire of Buloke is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of and, in August 2021, had a population of 6,201. It includes the towns of Birchip, Charlton, Donald, Sea Lake and Wycheproof. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Wycheproof, Shire of Birchip, Shire of Charlton, Shire of Donald, and parts of the Shire of Kara Kara. The Shire is governed and administered by the Buloke Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the Council headquarters in Wycheproof, it also has service centres located in Birchip, Charlton, Donald and Sea Lake. The Shire is named after a major geographical feature in the region, Lake Buloke, which is located in the south of the LGA; the name also comes from the "buloke" or "bulloak" tree Allocasuarina luehmannii, which is common in the region. Within the Shire, agriculture, particularly grain production, is the predominant source of income and employment. Council Current composition The Council is composed of three wards and seven Councillors, with three Councillors elected to represent the Mount Jeffcott Ward and two Councillors per remaining ward elected to represent each of the other wards. Administration and governance The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Wycheproof Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its administrative centre in Wycheproof. Townships and localities The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 6,178 down from 6,201 in the 2016 census ^ - Territory divided with another LGA * - Not noted in 2016 Census # - Not noted in 2021 Census Traditional owners The traditional owners of this area are the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagalk and Dja Dja Wurrung.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji-Paran%C3%A1

Ji-Paraná

Ji-Parana is the second most populous municipality in the Brazilian state of Rondonia, with a population of 130,009, and the 16th most populous city of the Brazilian North Region, the 210th most populous city of Brazil, and the 113th of the Brazilian interior. It has an area of 6,897 km2. The city is divided by the Ji-Parana River. The city economy is industry and dairy production. The city was also the first of Rondonia State to invest in high technology of data transmission, when it connected, through a wireless network, the City Hall. The municipality name comes from tupi, meaning "great river of axes", through the junction of yi (axe) e parana (sea, great river). It is a reference to the great amount of rocks in the river looking like indigenous axes. The municipality is also known as the Heart of Rondonia, due to the central city location and the existence of a heart shaped island, located in the confluence of the Machado and Urupa River. Located in central Rondonia, the city attracted many settlers from the 1970s onward. As a result of corruption, lawlessness and a general lack of regulation, Ji-Parana has been at the centre of Rondonia's extreme deforestation, which today extends up to the border with Bolivia. The area between Ji-Parana and Porto Velho, the regional capital 373 km away, is now largely deforested. The deforestation expands along smaller illegally built roads stemming from the BR-364 highway. The city is served by Jose Coleto Airport. The municipality contains part of the Jaru Biological Reserve, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1984. Jesualdo Pires Ferreira Junior is the city's current mayor, his term expires in 2016.

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Touched By Evil

Touched By Evil is a 1997 television drama film directed by James A. Contner and starring Paula Abdul, Adrian Pasdar and Susan Ruttan. It aired on ABC, January 12, 1997 at 9/8c. The film marks the acting debut of American singer/choreographer Abdul. Plot Ellen Collier (Paula Abdul), a well-put-together businesswoman finds comfort and security in her relationship with her loving and supporting new boyfriend, auto detailer Jerry Braskin (Adrian Pasdar), after being savagely attacked by a serial rapist. But other rapes occur just when Ellen thought it was safe for her to slowly break free from her self-imposed shell, which eventually causes her to believe that Jerry is hiding a very dark secret. Eventually, Ellen is confronted with rock-solid evidence that her boyfriend Jerry is the very same man who raped her and she has to save herself before it's too late. Cast Paula Abdul as Ellen Collier Adrian Pasdar as Jerry Braskin Susan Ruttan as Madge Jaynes Charlayne Woodard as Det.

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The Age of Reform

The Age of Reform is a 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Richard Hofstadter. It is an American history, which traces events from the Populist Movement of the 1890s through the Progressive Era to the New Deal of the 1930s. The Age of Reform stands out from other historical material because Hofstadter's main purpose for writing is not to retell an extensive history of the three movements, but to analyze the common beliefs of the reform groups in our modern perspective to elucidate historical distortions, most notably between the New Deal and Progressivism. Contents Hofstadter organizes The Age Of Reform chronologically, beginning with Populism. The key concept he introduces is "the agrarian myth," the representation of the homage Americans have paid to the subsistence, innocent, and yeoman farmer of old. The myth became a stereotype since agriculture became more commercial and industrial. Populism's main cause for formation was the alleged loss of "free land." Many Populist leaders believed that industry and government had a vendetta to destroy the agricultural business. The last chapter on Populism explains the agricultural prosperity after the Populist revolt because city migration lessened competition that had caused farmers to organize for the first time. Hofstadter highlights the foibles in the Populist revolt. The first was its sectional appeal, rather than national. Also, he argues its leaders were incompetent and that there was a perennial lack of funds. However, the single most destructive weakness was lack of silver. By joining with the Democratic campaign of 1896 on silver, Populists lost political ground. Despite their dissolution, Populists were successful because they caused the passage of new laws, years later. The next major reform movement was Progressivism. The two groups of Populism and Progressivism shared many philosophies, but the latter was widely accepted because it was not seen by the majority as anarchically. The causes for Progressivism were the status revolution in the post-American Civil War era ("new money" supplanted "old money" prestige), the alienation of professionals, and the introduction of the Mugwump. The urban scene during the Progressive era, as argued by Hofstadter, provided little support for the Progressive movement because immigrants cared not for reforms but for democracy in general. Hofstadter provides evidence from numerous sources of the general nativism possessed by Progressives. As a corollary of the growing urban scene, aggressive newspaper reporters, named muckrakers, emerged. The Progressive journalists multiplied as new styles of magazines appeared. The last chapter focused on enemies of Progressives like trusts, unions, and political machines. Leaders expressed the need for entrepreneurship, individualism, and moral responsibility rather than organization. The final section stretches from Progressivism's end to the New Deal. Reformists have an interesting relationship with wars in that the aftermath of war is usually a time of conservatism, as was the case after World War I, which heralded the death of Progressivism. The New Deal was a culmination of both Populism and Progressivism; however, Hofstadter stresses that for the most part, the New Deal was a "new departure" and despite its continual association with Progressivism, it was quite dissimilar. The reason it was different is that the New Deal was born out of the Great Depression, not prosperity, as were Populism and Progressivism. The New Deal was concerned with not democratizing the economy but managing it to meet the problems of the people. The New Deal had no set plans of reform; it was a chaotic experiment. Old Progressive woes were ignored. Party bosses were left alone. The New Deal did not intercede between the public and big business because the public wanted economic restoration, not regulation. A major disparity between Progressivism and the New Deal was that the latter was not based on Protestant morality and responsibility but was more pragmatic. It did not use moral rhetoric to create changes but physically acted. Critics Some of Hofstadter's arguments have since been attacked by defenders of Populism. Historians, including Norman Pollack, C. Vann Woodward, and Lawrence Goodwyn. They argue that Hofstadter's misunderstandings include the fact that the Populists were not simply incipient capitalists trying to reform but instead forward-looking radicals, who sought a democratized industrial system and a transformation of social values in order to help the individual protect his humanity as his autonomy slipped away from him in a rapidly industrializing society. The Progressives, according to Robert H. Wiebe and others in the "modernization school" were made up not of status revolutionaries from the old guard or disaffected professionals but were in a new class of educated professionals who came of age in the new interconnected modernizing world. They not only understood how to navigate the new bureaucracy by creating symbiotic relationships between government, education, and business but also pressed through "reforms" that did away with the old "local" way of doing business by enacting civil service reforms replacing elected officials with appointed "experts." "Richard Hofstadter's The Age of Reform: A Reconsideration". Johnston, Robert D. "'The Age of Reform': A Defense of Richard Hofstadter Fifty Years On," Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 6#2 (2007), pp.

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Problems with economic models

Most economic models rest on a number of assumptions that are not entirely realistic. For example, agents are often assumed to have perfect information, and markets are often assumed to clear without friction. Or, the model may omit issues that are important to the question being considered, such as externalities. Any analysis of the results of an economic model must therefore consider the extent to which these results may be compromised by inaccuracies in these assumptions, and there is a growing literature debunking economics and economic models. Restrictive, unrealistic assumptions Probably unrealistic assumptions are pervasive in neoclassical economic theory (also called the "standard theory" or "neoclassical paradigm"), and those assumptions are inherited by simplified models for that theory. Joseph Stiglitz' 2001 Nobel Prize lecture reviews his work on information asymmetries, which contrasts with the assumption, in standard models, of "perfect information". Stiglitz surveys many aspects of these faulty standard models, and the faulty policy implications and recommendations that arise from their unrealistic assumptions. Economic models can be such powerful tools in understanding some economic relationships that it is easy to ignore their limitations. One tangible example where the limits of economic models allegedly collided with reality, but were nevertheless accepted as "evidence" in public policy debates, involved models to simulate the effects of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. James Stanford published his examination of 10 of these models. The fundamental issue is circular reasoning: embedding one's assumptions as foundational "input" axioms in a model, then proceeding to "prove" that, indeed, the model's "output" supports the validity of those assumptions. Such a model is consistent with similar models that have adopted those same assumptions. But is it consistent with reality? As with any scientific theory, empirical validation is needed, if we are to have any confidence in its predictive ability. If those assumptions are, in fact, fundamental aspects of empirical reality, then the model's output will correctly describe reality (if it is properly "tuned", and if it is not missing any crucial assumptions). But if those assumptions are not valid for the particular aspect of reality one attempts to simulate, then it becomes a case of "GIGO" - Garbage In, Garbage Out". James Stanford outlines this issue for the specific Computable General Equilibrium ("CGE") models that were introduced as evidence into the public policy debate, by advocates for NAFTA. Despite the prominence of Stiglitz' 2001 Nobel prize lecture, the use of arguably misleading neoclassical models persisted in 2007, according to these authors: The working paper, "Debunking the Myths of Computable General Equilibrium Models", provides both a history, and a readable theoretical analysis of what CGE models are, and are not. In particular, despite their name, CGE models use neither the Walrass general equilibrium, nor the Arrow-Debreus General Equilibrium frameworks. Thus, CGE models are highly distorted simplifications of theoretical frameworks--collectively called "the neoclassical economic paradigm"--which--themselves--were largely discredited by Joseph Stiglitz. In the "Concluding Remarks" (p. 524) of his 2001 Nobel Prize lecture, Stiglitz examined why the neoclassical paradigm--and models based on it--persists, despite his publication, over a decade earlier, of some of his seminal results showing that Information Asymmetries invalidated core Assumptions of that paradigm and its models: In the aftermath of the 2007-2009 global economic meltdown, the profession's alleged attachment to unrealistic models is increasingly being questioned and criticized. After a weeklong workshop, one group of economists released a paper highly critical of their own profession's allegedly unethical use of unrealistic models. Their Abstract offers an indictment of fundamental practices. Omitted details A great danger inherent in the simplification required to fit the entire economy into a model is omitting critical elements. Some economists believe that making the model as simple as possible is an art form, but the details left out are often contentious. For instance: Market models often exclude externalities such as pollution. Such models are the basis for many environmentalist attacks on mainstream economists. It is said that if the social costs of externalities were included in the models their conclusions would be very different, and models are often accused of leaving out these terms because of economist's pro-free market bias. In turn, environmental economics has been accused of omitting key financial considerations from its models. For example, the returns to solar power investments are sometimes modelled without a discount factor, so that the present utility of solar energy delivered in a century's time is precisely equal to gas-power station energy today. Financial models can be oversimplified by relying on historically unprecedented arbitrage-free markets, probably underestimating the chance of crises, and under-pricing or under-planning for risk. It is possible that any missing variable as well as errors in values of included variables can lead to erroneous results. Model risk: There is a significant amount of model risk inherent in the current mathematical modeling approaches to economics that one must take into account when using them. A good economic theory should be built on sound economic principles tested on many free markets, and proven to be valid. However, empirical facts have been alleged to indicate that the principles of economics hold only under very limited conditions that are rarely met in real life, and there is no scientific testing methodology available to validate hypotheses. Decisions based on economic theories that are not scientifically possible to test can give people a false sense of precision, and that could be misleading, leading to build up logical errors. Natural economics: Economics is concerned with both 'normal' and 'abnormal' economic conditions. In an objective scientific study one is not restricted by the normality assumption in describing actual economies, as much empirical evidence shows that some "anomalous" behavior can persist for a long time in real markets e.g., in market "bubbles" and market "herding".

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International Committee of the Fourth International

The International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) is the name of two Trotskyist internationals; one with sections named Socialist Equality Party which publishes the World Socialist Web Site, and another linked to the Workers Revolutionary Party in the UK. Foundation The International Committee originated as a public faction of the Fourth International. It was formed in 1953 by a number of national sections of the FI that disagreed with the course of the International Secretariat of the Fourth International led at that time by Michel Pablo (Raptis) and Ernest Mandel (Germain). The Committee was co-ordinated by the American section, the Socialist Workers Party, and included the British section led by Gerry Healy and Pierre Lambert's Internationalist Communist Party (PCI) in France. Trotskyist groups in various other countries, notably in Switzerland, China, Canada and Nahuel Moreno's group in Argentina, also joined. The grouping's founding statement was an open letter of the National Committee of the SWP which outlined the disputes it had with Pablo's faction within the International Secretariat of the Fourth International. It reiterated what it saw as the basic principles of Trotskyism and described the direction of the "Pabloite" faction as "revisionist", claiming that this threatened the survival of the Fourth International, the liquidation of the Trotskyist program and definite steps taken towards its organisational liquidation. As an example, the letter explained that Pablo expelled a majority of the French section of the International, because they disagreed with the International's policy of working within the Stalinist Communist Party of France. This policy was described as one of entrism sui generis, entryism of a special kind, in which the Trotskyists were to join the Stalinist or Socialist mass parties with a long term perspective of working within them. Some critics of the Open Letter counter that the SWP and their co-thinkers in The Club had failed to defend the French majority against Pablo, and that they had shared the 1951 perspectives of International on war-revolutions and the need for deep entryism in the Communist Parties. The Club's entryism into the Labour Party in Britain resembled entrism sui generis. However, Pablo aimed for the FI to implement entryism more deeply than the leaders of the ICFI felt wise: They were also concerned by Pablo preparedness to enforce entrism, if necessary by splitting sections or appointing new leadership teams. The Open Letter went on to explain that, in the SWP's view, what it described as Pabloite Revisionism was the result of a lack of confidence in the revolutionary capabilities of the working class and an impressionistic, overly positive, assessment of the strength and prospects of Stalinism. Pablo had, in 1951, argued that the transition between capitalism and socialism will probably take several centuries. The supporters of the Open Letter read this to suggest there would be "centuries of deformed workers states", and this phrase is often mistaken attributed to Pablo or to his formulation of what was called the war-revolution thesis. The ICFI saw this as an abandonment of the principles that Trotsky fought for since the rise of Hitler and the consequent establishment of the Fourth International. The founders of the ICFI wanted the International to maintain its organizational independence as the world party of the working-class, asserting that Pablo's policies would leave them an adjunct of the Stalinists. His faction's heavy-handed tactics of removing members who disagreed with his radical revisions made compromise appear impossible. An excerpt from the concluding part of the "Open Letter" reads: "To sum up: The lines of cleavage between Pablo's revisionism and orthodox Trotskyism are so deep that no compromise is possible either politically or organizationally. The Pablo faction has demonstrated that it will not permit democratic decisions truly reflecting majority opinion to be reached. They demand complete submission to their criminal policy. They are determined to drive all orthodox Trotskyists out of the Fourth International or to muzzle and handcuff them." "Their scheme has been to inject their Stalinist conciliationism piecemeal and likewise in piecemeal fashion, get rid of those who come to see what is happening and raise objections." Linked below is a history of the founding of the ICFI and the "Open Letter". 1953-1963 In the eyes of the ICFI, Pabloite entryism sui generis meant liquidationism or a permanent dissolution into the Communist Party in every country. After the ICFI withdrew from the FI in 1953, many sections of the ISFI entered communist parties. However, it later became clear that the sections of the ISFI did not dissolve, or enter permanently. Nevertheless, the ISFI's political trajectory led its sections to mistakes as well as, in one case, participation in bourgeois governments when the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) entered the government of Ceylon and was expelled from the International. The ICFI sees similar pressures at work now: describing as "Pabloites" those former Trotskysists who today are enforcing IMF dictates in Brazil as members of the Lula government. Some sections of the ICFI have practiced temporary entryist policies, but continually emphasized to their membership that this was a short-term move. They maintained, however, the principle that only the Fourth International, as a consciously Marxist organization of the working class can lead the world revolution. The SWP, partly because of McCarthyism and politically repressive laws, found it hard to cooperate on a world scale in a democratic centralist International. The first conference could not take place until 1958, and the SWP officially only acted as observers at the event, being prevented from affiliating to the ICFI by US law. As early as the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, the leadership of the American SWP was beginning to show signs of convergence with the developing political line of the organisations grouped in the ISFI. The disappearance of the Socialist Union of America, the American affiliate of the ISFI, removed one such barrier to a political reunion. Ever greater agreement with regard to the Algerian War of Independence, and the Cuban Revolution of 1959 also brought the SWP and the ISFI closer together. Meanwhile, inside the ISFI, Pablo had lost much of his political influence, removing yet another barrier to reunification. In 1962, the ICFI and ISFI formed a Parity Committee to organise a World Congress of the two factions. ISFI and the leadership of SWP revised the basic Trotskyist principle that only a conscious Marxist leadership can ensure a successful socialist revolution. Instead they argued that "unconscious Trotskyists" would come to power in colonized countries as well as within the Stalinist bureaucracies. It was no longer necessary to build a mass Trotskyist party. Anyone who opposed these conceptions was silenced or expelled, breaking with the basic Leninist principle of inner-party democracy. In 1963 the SWP and the smaller Swiss, Canadian, Chinese and Latin American sections of the ICFI agreed to reunite with the ISFI at the World Congress, to form the United Secretariat of the Fourth International. This was immediately opposed by the Revolutionary Tendency of the SWP, and by the SLL in Britain and the PCI in France, as well as many orthodox Trotskyists throughout the world. Those currents still valued the political lessons learned from the 1953 split. They saw the SWP's decision as an abandonment of the most basic principles of the Fourth International, and of Trotskyism, and as an attempt to ingratiate itself to the growing middle class protest movement in the United States. The RT, SLL and PCI argued that the anti-war movement in the US contained the same types of people the Pabloites had sought to attract during the mass exodus of people from the Stalinist Parties after the revelations of Stalin's atrocities in the 1950s. They called this "opportunism" because it represented what they saw as a revision of Marxism for the sake of attracting new members from the radicalizing middle class. 1963-1971 Within the SWP, as well as within the rest of the ICFI, an opposition to the reunification came together. Some of the Latin American sections of the ICFI also left the ICFI to join the USFI, allowing the SWP and its allies to claim that a majority of the sections of the ICFI had joined the USFI. In the eyes of the ICFI, the Latin American sections had adopted Pabloism and were dependent on their connections to the SWP. Within the SWP, some members who had studied the meaning of the 1953 split opposed the reunification. These were gathered around Tim Wohlforth and James Robertson in the Revolutionary Tendency. They echoed the SWPs Open Letter, arguing that the leaders' turn to Pabloism coincided with the introduction of Stalinist ideas, followed by an expulsion of those members who exposed the leadership's lack of principles. The SWP had supported the Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro. However, Robertson's followers embarrassed Wohlforth and the SLL by suggesting that the SWP could not be saved. With Wohlforth laying the evidentiary basis for claims of "party disloyalty" the RT leaders were expelled from the party, forming Spartacist. Wohlforth now led a Reorganized Minority Tendency until the tiny group of 9 people was also expelled from the SWP early in the fall of 1964. Wohlforth and his associates went on to found the American Committee for the Fourth International, the official organ of which was a bimonthly mimeographed publication, the Bulletin of International Socialism, launched on September 24, 1964. When the Fourth International had split in 1953 the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of Sri Lanka (LSSP) refused to take any side and maintained contacts with both the ISFI and ICFI while arguing for a joint congress. After the ISFI criticised the LSSP's parliamentary tactics in 1960, the LSSP was the notable absence from the ISFI's 1961 World Congress. In 1964, the LSSP joined the bourgeois government of Sri Lanka, which the ICFI and USFI condemned as betraying Trotskyist principles. The ICFI and USFI no longer considered the LSSP a Trotskyist party at that point, and encouraged Sri Lankan Trotskyists to leave that party. Some time later a new organization, the Revolutionary Communist League was formed out of the left wing which split from the LSSP to form the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary). In 1966, a "third world conference" of the ICFI occurred in England. Delegates were present from the SLL, Lambert's PCI and Loukas Karliaftis's Greek organisation, which had joined the IC in 1964. Michel Varga, a PCI member, represented the exile Hungarian League of Revolutionary Socialists, which he had founded in 1962. Two groups from the US sent delegates: that of Tim Wohlforth and that of James Robertson. Observers came from a group in French-speaking Africa, a small group in Germany later to form the Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter, and individuals who had left USFI sections in Ceylon and Denmark. Non-voting observers came from Voix Ouvriere and a state capitalist tendency in Japan. One result of this Congress was the expulsion of the Spartacist tendency after the failure of Robertson to attend a conference session. Robertson said this was due to exhaustion; the IC argued that Roberton's alleged refusal to apologise reflected a rejection of communist methods, and he was asked to leave. The Spartacists would go on to form the International Spartacist Tendency. The ICFI now claims that the Sparticists were never interested in an agreement, and desired to go off in their own direction. If the Sparticists did not desire to break off into their own organization, the ICFI now argues, a misunderstanding at the conference could have been solved. The ICFI also says the Sparticists are nationalist in their orientation, refusing to be controlled by an international organization, as well as supporting politically affirmative action, black nationalism, Stalinist regimes and denying the existence of globalization. In the wake of the 1966 congress, pressures started to build between the SLL and PCI. The Congress did not attempt to present the ICFI as 'the Fourth International', rather it positioned the IC as a force that defended what it saw as the political continuity of Trotskyism and called for the 'rebuilding and reconstruction of the Fourth International'. The PCI came to feel that the SLL was ultimatistic, because the SLL argued that the programme of the IC had to be the basis for further revolutionary organisation. The PCI's differences were reflected in its openness to the Algerian MNA and the Bolivian POR. Early in 1967 the PCI changed its name to Organisation Communiste Internationaliste (OCI), a move that also suggested the OCI's greater modesty. By May 1967, the OCI argued that the IC was not functioning well, and that key decisions of the 1966 conferences "remained dead letters". It argued: "The SLL has had its own international activity, so has the OCI. Germany and Eastern Europe have remained the 'private hunting-grounds' of the OCI...". By the late 1960s all far left tendencies were growing and the ICFI was no exception. Increased membership, cheaper airflights and phone contact also allowed contacts to become more regular overseas. In this way the ICFI was able to grow in Sri Lanka. New sections appeared in Germany, in 1971, and Ireland. 1971-1985 The OCI and its supporters around the ICFI left the ICFI in 1971. This reflected growing differences, primarily over the OCI's support for the Partido Obrero Revolucionario (POR) and the SLL's emphasis on Marxist philosophy in the training of its newer members. Both the SLL and OCI were at this point developing connection to Trotskyists in other countries, but in different ways. The OCI had sought to bring the Bolivian POR into the ICFI. In addition to these groups the OCI was cultivating the exiled Hungarian League of Revolutionary Socialists (LRSH) led by Michel Varga, a former leader of the students during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and of the German Socialist Workers League (BSA). Moreover, the Argentine Workers' Policy group led by Jorge Altamira was close to the OCI. In general, the OCI rejected the strident point of view of the SLL important to educate the newer members on the philosophical underpinnings of Marxism. The OCI advocated a more measured approach. More importantly, differences over the actual development of the revolution, especially in Latin America forced the break between the OCI and SLL. Almost all of the ICFI in Latin America went to the new pro-OCI international tendency leaving the SLL supporters there with only a handful of members, notably in Bolivia and Peru. The SLL took the majority of the ICFI in Greece which went on to build a very influential organization in that country under the Colonels. The SLL claims, on the other hand were looking to bring newer forces into the ICFI that shared its approach: in the shape of the League for a Workers Republic in Ireland and the Revolutionary Communist League of Ceylon, in addition to the Workers League in the USA. The SLL fought to make dialectical materialism the cornerstone of its political approach. The contest between the two political lines could not last and in 1971 the OCI and its allies would leave the ICFI to form their own international tendency, which later became known as the Organising Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International. In 1979 it fused with a grouping led by Nahuel Moreno. The ICFI later considered this a major tragedy, stemming from the relative inexperience of the majority of the members entering into revolutionary politics during a revolutionary upsurge of the international working class. The OCI and the OCRFI considered the ICFI to be an ossicifed political sect incapable of growing beyond their 'mother' section in the UK. The OCRFI in fact outpaced the ICFI in growth from then on. Some members of OCI continued to support the ICFI, however, which allowed the ICFI to regain a very small foothold in French politics. Some members of the SLL continued to support the OCI, later the PCI as it became known and set up the Socialist Labour Group in Britain, affiliated with the OCRFI and defending their positions. It was joined shortly afterward by the above-mentioned League for a Workers Republic in Ireland, further depleting the ICFI ranks. Delegates from eight countries attended the fourth world conference of the IC in April 1972. In conjunction with a massive growth in membership and preparations for what they believed would be "mass influence", the SLL renamed itself the Workers Revolutionary Party in 1974 and remained a part of the ICFI along with affiliated sections in Ireland, Greece, Germany, Spain, Australia, the USA, Ceylon and Peru. Security and the Fourth International In the middle of the 1970s, two leaders of the ICFI group in the United States, Workers' League, developed political differences with the majority: Tim Wohlforth and Nancy Fields, his partner. A number of political and organisational disputes unfolded, which the ICFI described as a series of disruptions and expulsions animated by Fields. It was brought to the attention of the Workers' League's Central Committee that Fields' uncle had worked for the CIA's computer division, and it criticized the fact that neither Fields nor Wohlforth had revealed that to the League. Fields and Wohlforth had denied that Fields had connections with state agencies. In August 1974, the League's central committee suspended Fields from membership and removed Wohlforth as national secretary pending a commission of inquiry, in a unanimous vote that included Wohlforth's. Both left the League and eventually joined the SWP for a few years. An investigation conducted by the Workers' League concluded that Fields did not have connections to the CIA and the two were requested to resume their membership. Wohlforth wrote an extended attack on the International Committee in Intercontinental Press. Intercontinental Press began a campaign denouncing the ICFI for the Wohlforth incident, with its editor Joseph Hansen writing that the concern over security indicated "paranoia" on the part of the IC's central leader, Gerry Healy. The ICFI thought this reaction was surprising, given the role that state infiltration had played in the Trotskyist movement, including in the assassination of Trotsky. In addition, this came only a few years after the revelations of the US government's Cointelpro program, in which the FBI illegally infiltrated many groups and political parties and conducted provocations against opponents of the war in Vietnam. From 1961 to 1976, fifty-five FBI informants held SWP offices or committee positions and fifty-one served on executive committees of the party. In May 1975, the sixth congress of the ICFI initiated a "Security and the Fourth International" investigation into "the circumstances surrounding the assassination of Leon Trotsky". By mid-1977, the Security campaign used publicly available government documents, and court testimony by Soviet agents tried in the United States, to allege that some leading figures of the American SWP, including a figure close to Leon Trotsky, were agents of the US or USSR governments. They noted that Joseph Hansen had met FBI agents numerous times over a number of months in 1940 to give them information about Stalinists in the US alleged to have participated in the assassination of Trotsky, and claimed that this was done without the knowledge of the Trotskyist movement. FBI documents describing these meetings were published by the Workers League. Hansen claimed that this contact had been agreed by the SWP's leadership. Felix Morrow, who had been an SWP leader in 1940, said in 1975 that he thought that the SWP would not have authorised Hansen's meetings. The ICFI concluded that the documents, along with FBI documents suggesting that Hansen had met with a recruiter for the Stalinist GPU two years before Trotsky's assassination, and his refusal to answer questions put, showed that Hansen was a government agent. The investigation intensified in 1978 after the decision by the SWP leadership to warn Alan Gelfand, a lawyer who had joined the SWP late in 1975, just after the start of the 'Security' Campaign. In 1977 and 1978 Gelfand asked questions concerning the Workers League's charges inside the SWP. In March 1978, Gelfand was warned by the local executive committee against publicly questioning the leadership of the SWP. Rather than attempt to answer Gelfand's concerns, the political committee considered the raising of these questions as a slander against Hansen, and warned Gelfand in April 1978 that he would be disciplined if he continued to seek answers. In December 1978, Gelfand took the US Government to court: his brief summarised the Workers League's charges and demanded that the US government name its informers in the SWP. The SWP expelled him the following month, leading Gelfand to take both the US Government and the SWP to court, arguing that since those expelling him were, in his opinion, agents of the US government, his civil liberties were being infringed upon by the US Government. The ICFI came to Gelfand's aid and, in the course of the trial, made many claims about US government infiltration into the SWP as part of CoIntelPro and earlier. The ICFI also wanted to investigate infiltration by the USSR, considering the resources that the Stalinists had devoted to infiltrating and physically destroying the Fourth International culminating in the murders of Erwin Wolfe in Spain, Lev Sedov in France, and Leon Trotsky in Mexico. It had been known that the murderer of Trotsky had been a boyfriend of one of his secretaries, who was introduced to her by a Stalinist agent in France. The investigation of the ICFI later revealed that Cannon's secretary, Sylvia Callen, had been a Stalinist informer working through the CPUSA, and had been formerly married to a KGB agent, a fact that was confirmed by Grand Jury testimony. The judge in the Gelfand case only released the grand jury testimony after the case had been closed. The ICFI's investigation into the SWP and defense of Alan Gelfand was opposed by almost all Trotskyist groups: no current outside the ICFI supported it. Most Trotskyist organisations joined forces to defend the SWP leadership, including the United Secretariat of the Fourth International, Pierre Lambert's OCI, Nahuel Moreno's PST, Robertson's Spartacist League, the Chinese RCP, Lutte Ouvriere, the Revolutionary Workers Party in Sri Lanka and the SWP united to brand it "a Shameless Frame-up". After the Workers' Revolutionary Party left the ICFI in 1985, WRP secretary Cliff Slaughter also repudiated the investigation. Both sides claimed that the other had no factual detail to support its charges: The ICFI argues that the defense of the SWP leadership, and the charge that the ICFI's campaign was a 'frame up,' are slanders against Workers' League without factual backing. Those who supported the SWP against the ICFI argued that it was a breach of socialist principals to bring the courts into the labour movement, (although the ICFI did not bring the courts in, a supporter of the ICFI who was in the SWP did) and that the ICFI's charge that the SWP was controlled by agents of the US and Soviet states to be groundless. 1985-present By the end of the 1970s, the revolutionary upsurge of the 1960s and 1970s had subsided. Membership of the ICFI fell, and the WRP leadership was not prepared. It entered into alliances with nationalist leaders in the under-developed countries. This aroused the consternation of some members throughout the ICFI. The WRP had gained members and prominence in Great Britain, but the leadership increasingly went its own way against the ICFI as a whole. This conflict erupted in the mid-1980s and ended with the disintegration of the WRP. The various currents of the WRP attempted to found their own ICFIs each claiming to be the official one, yet they did not break with their old policies systematically and won no new international support. They disintegrated, and , only two active ICFIs survives, one led by David North of what was then known as the Workers' League in the United States. North and his supporters gained the allegiance of half of the remaining national sections, with the Greek, Spanish and Peruvian sections splitting and the German, Australian, and Sri Lankan sections, as well as a fraternal grouping in Ecuador, supporting North. The other ICFI is based on the surviving group that still holds the name of WRP and refers to itself as the British section of an ICFI, with other sections in Russia/Ukraine, Sri Lanka and Greece. The Russian section is called the Workers Revolutionary League which is the Soviet section of the ICFI and has members in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. (Source 'Marxist Review' September 2008 Volume 23 Issue Number 8) Anticipating an outbreak of US militarism after the collapse of the USSR, the ICFI associated with the SEP prepared for a new radicalization of the working class. For this reason, its sections reorganised into Socialist Equality Parties throughout the world. After a year of internal discussion, in 1998 the ICFI launched the World Socialist Web Site. Current sections [SEP] Australia - Socialist Equality Party (Australia) Canada - Socialist Equality Party (Canada) France - Socialist Equality Party (France) Germany - Socialist Equality Party (Germany) Sri Lanka - Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) Turkey - Socialist Equality Group [Sosyalist Esitlik Grubu] (After its application to the ICFI was accepted, the group has announced in its statement it was officially forming as the Socialist Equality Party in Turkey) United Kingdom - Socialist Equality Party (UK) United States - Socialist Equality Party (United States) There are also groups working to build SEPs in other countries: Brazil - Socialist Equality Group Croatia - Socialist Equality Group India - ICFI / WSWS Supporters - India Ireland - Socialist Equality Group New Zealand - Socialist Equality Group Pakistan - Marxist Voice Romania - ICFI / WSWS Supporters - Romania Russia and Ukraine - Young Guard of the Bolshevik-Leninists in Russia Major publications "The Heritage We Defend", a review of the postwar history of the Fourth International, by David North. How the WRP Betrayed Trotskyism The ICFI Defends Trotskyism Trotskyism vs. Revisionism Volume 1: The Fight Against Pabloism In The Fourth International (1974) , this volume contains documents from the period leading up to the 1953 split in the Fourth International and includes James P Cannon's Open Letter. Trotskyism vs. Revisionism Volume 2: The Split In The Fourth International (1974) , this volume contains documents from the 1953 split in the Fourth International. Trotskyism vs. Revisionism Volume 3: The Socialist Workers Party's Road back to Pabloism (1974) , this volume contains documents from the struggle within the International Committee against the turn by the most of its sections towards reunification with the International Secretariat. Trotskyism vs. Revisionism Volume 4: The International Committee Against Liquidationism (1974) , this volume contains documents from the 1963 reunification of most of the ICFI with the United Secretariat. Trotskyism vs. Revisionism Volume 5: The Fight for the Continuity of the Fourth International (1975) , this volume contains documents from the 1966 World Congress of the ICFI. Trotskyism vs. Revisionism Volume 6: The Organisation Communiste Internationaliste Breaks with Trotskyism (1975) , this volume contains documents relating to the 1971 split by the French Organization Communiste Internationaliste (OCI) with the ICFI. Trotskyism vs. Revisionism Volume 7: The Fourth International and the Renegade Wohlforth (1984), this volume contains documents from the political struggle waged within the Workers League against Tim Wohlforth, who deserted his post as national secretary in 1973. Marxism, Opportunism and the Balkan Crisis: Statement of the International Committee of the Fourth International (1994) Globalization and the International Working Class: A Marxist Assessment (1998) , the ICFI analysis of the globalization of the world economy and its impact to the working class movement. See also Posadism References External links The 'Open Letter' to Trotskyists Throughout the World SWP resolution, 1953 For Early Reunification of the World Trotskyist Movement SWP resolution, 1963 David North, The Founding of the ICFI David North, About Cannon's Open Letter David North, The 1985 Split David North, The Workers' League becomes the Socialist Equality Party World Socialist Web Site Published by the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) "Gelfand's Open Letter to the SWP leadership" Gelfand Case: A Legal History of the Exposure of US Government Agents in the Leadership of the Socialist Workers Party by Alan Gelfand (1985), Vol. 2 FBI file on Jack Soble, GPU agent References to GPU assassin Zborowski begin on page 17 (also at top of page 41); references to "SOFIE" (a.k.a. Sylvia Franklin) who acted as Trotsky's secretary in Coyoacan, begin near the bottom of page 27 to page 28, also on pages 49 to 50.

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Roger Broders

Roger Broders (born Paris, France, 1883, died, Paris, 1953) was a French illustrator and artist. He was best known for his travel posters promoting tourism destinations in France, typically fashionable beaches of the Cote d'Azur and skiing resorts in the French Alps in the early 20th century. Broders' illustrations were distinctive for their simple lines and bold, flat areas of color, combined with noticeable graphical perspective showing the featured mountains and seascapes in the background. Broders' illustrations depicting people show active elongated figures wearing elegant, contemporary clothes. His posters were simply and boldly lettered identifying the destination, and were supplemented with a brief slogan. The Paris Lyon Mediteranee Company (PLM), a railway, commissioned Broders' poster art, sponsoring his travel so he could visit the subjects of his work. From 1922 to 1932, Broders fully dedicated himself to poster art, though overall he produced fewer than 100 posters. Lithographs of Broders' travel posters are still available commercially. See for instance Christie's London Ski Sale on 21 January 2010. Others are shown in the book about Railway Posters, published in Munich in 2011 and listed below. During the 1940s he illustrated four of the works of the German author Karl May which were published by Editions Mame at Tours in France in French language. Literature Thierry Favre: Eisenbahnplakate - Railway Posters. Weill, Alain; Perry, Israel, New York 2002, .

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12 Bloody Spies

12 Bloody Spies is the second compilation album by American rock band Chevelle. The album was released on October 26, 2018 by Epic Records. The album consists of B-sides, rarities, covers, and remixes recorded between 2003 and 2016. Background The single, "Sleep Walking Elite", a B-side from the Vena Sera sessions, was released on September 27, 2018. On September 28, the compilation album was announced. The album's second single, "In Debt to the Earth," was released on October 12. The song, "Until You're Reformed", a B-side from the Wonder What's Next sessions, was originally released in 2003 on Daredevil: The Album. "Fizgig," a B-side from the Sci-Fi Crimes sessions, was originally released on the band's greatest hits album Stray Arrows: A Collection of Favorites in 2012.

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Toufoula

Toufoula is a Lebanese voluntary health organization dedicated to improve the quality of life of children suffering from cancer and blood diseases by designing and creating a unique and colorful environments aimed at offering a safe haven throughout their treatment. Toufoula was co-founded in 2006 by a group of young volunteers in Beirut, Lebanon. The word is Arabic () for "Childhood" and the organization mission is to improve the quality of life of children suffering from cancer or blood diseases. Dream Room Project Toufoula's main project is the "Dream Rooms" and its aim is to design a "dream floor" ward in all hospitals where children receive therapy. Dream Rooms aim at derailing the children from the arduous treatment and journey while hospitalized. To that end, Toufoula co-founders started this initiative by upbringing of the idea that was then extrapolated via the collaborative work with other architects and designers. Toufoula had a number of designs submitted namely by Bernard Khoury, Celia Arbid, Nadim Karam, Simone Kosremelli, Raed Abi Lameh, Karim Chaya, Nada Debs, Erga group: Randa and Elie Gebrayel, Jean Louis Mainguy, Karen Chikerjian, Michele Maria Chaya, Lina Ghotmeh, JWT, Zuhair Murad, Rabih Keyrouz, Gina Succar, Michele Stanjovsky, Jalal Mahmoud, Sary El Khazen and IB2 who contributed a lot for Toufoula by advertising for the concept of the Dream Room project by a slogan " No Color, No life " noticing that IB2 is an expansion unit of Impact BBDO. This project is to be implemented in all the hospitals that have oncology hematology wards all around Lebanon. It has been implemented in three major hospitals already since the year 2008: Hotel Dieu de France (HDF): 18 rooms, a playroom and a corridor were executed, their total cost was $195,983 granted from an individual donor. The ward in HDF is in memory of Myrna Baz. Rafik Hariri University Hospital: 4 rooms were executed, their total cost was $20,471 by donors such as Kockache, Procter and Gamble. Al Makassed Hospital: 8 rooms, they cost a total of $53,970 from donors such as HSBC, Roche, Novartis and individual funds. Currently, Notre Dame des Secours funded by the Choueiri family in the memory of M.Antoine Choueiry. Toufoula has set a goal, that by 2012 all pediatric oncology hospital rooms in Lebanon will be changed into dream rooms. The hospitals that admit cancer kids in Lebanon are: Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Saint George Hospital - Beirut, Jeitawi, Hotel Dieu, Rizk, Makassed, Notre Dame Des Secours Nini Tripoli and Hammoud Saida. Objectives Toufoula's goals culminate in one main aim: to improve the quality of life of children suffering from cancer. Create public awareness about the needs of children with cancer. Provide financial assistance to these children and their families. Create the most appropriate treatment environment and facilities. Support all other organizations and individuals that share the same goal. Achievements Dream Room Project Copyright registered in the Lebanese Ministry. Best Costume Award by Beirut Marathon, 2007. Lebanese American University Recognition Award, 2008. A Certificate of Appreciation from the Rafik Hariri University Hospital, for Toufoula's participation in the world health day 2010 health fair entitled "My Country, My City, My Health". A certificate of appreciation from the Garden Show & Spring Festival to Toufoula for participating at the Garden Show & Spring Festival 2010. A certificate of appreciation from Prime Minister Mr. Ziad Baroud for Toufoula for implementing the dream rooms at Hotel Dieu de France Hospital, 2010. Beirut International Marathon Recognition Award for 2008. A certificate of appreciation from FIKR Conference 9 for Toufoula for coming up with a new bright idea the "Dream Rooms", 2010. Fundraising for patient treatment Toufoula most importantly raises money to help in the treatment of the sick children Events Toufoula depends on fundraising activities and sponsors for its event. To fulfill their objectives several events were done: BIEL: Toufoula organized a carnival which took place from April 28, 2006 until May 1, 2006 at BIEL. 11,000 visitors came over three days; 200 sick children from all over Lebanon, along with their siblings, attended the event; 500 volunteers from various schools and universities across Lebanon helped make this event possible. Marathon: Toufoula participated in the Beirut Marathon 2006 by wearing sewed butterfly wings (over 100) while running, winning Toufoula the Best costume for 2006's Marathon. Garden Show: During the opening of Garden Show, Toufoula did a parade with school kids, a juggler and a magic show. FIKR Conference: hosted by President Michel Sleiman was held at Phoenicia Hotel on December 8-9. Toufoula is selected as the only NGO from all Arab world to present their work at the conference. Mr. Maxime Chaya represented Toufoula, along with other Toufoula members, and patients who are directly supported by Toufoula's mission.

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Zeineba Yimer

Zeineba Yimer (born 17 June 1998) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She represented Ethiopia at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco and won the silver medal in the women's 10,000 metres event. Career In 2017, Zeineba Yimer won the Great Ethiopian Run held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She finished in fifth place at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Valencia, Spain. In the team event Yimer, Netsanet Gudeta and Meseret Belete won the gold medal with a combined time of 3:22:27. In 2020, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland. Yimer competed in the women's marathon at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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1912 Allan Cup

The 1912 Allan Cup was the Canadian senior ice hockey championship for the 1911-12 season. The final challenge was hosted by the Winnipeg Victorias and Winnipeg, Manitoba. The 1912 playoff marked the 5th time the Allan Cup had a champion. Claude C. Robinson was named a trustee for the Allan Cup in Western Canada to oversee challenges for the trophy. The Ottawa New Edinburghs announced that the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) agreed to return the Allan Cup to its trustees, and that the New Edinburghs would travel to Winnipeg to challenge for the cup. Robinson was surprised by the announcement, and had expected to arrange exhibition games between the Winnipeg Victorias and the New Edinburghs. No challenge from the New Edinburghs was approved for 1912. The Victorias won the 1911-12 Manitoba Hockey League regular season, then defended the Allan Cup in three challenges. The Victorias defeated the Calgary Athletic Club by 11-0 and 8-6 scores in a two-game series, defeated Toronto Eaton's by 8-4 and 16-1 scores in a two-game series, and the Regina Capitals by a 9-3 score in a one-game challenge. In 1942, Robinson described the victory versus Toronto Eaton's as redemption for winning the trophy by default from the OHA. First challenge The Winnipeg Victorias received a challenge from the Calgary Athletic Club, Alberta champions. Winnipeg Victorias (Allan Cup holder) Calgary Athletic Club (Challenger) Results Winnipeg Victorias 11 - Calgary Athletic Club 0 Winnipeg Victorias 8 - Calgary Athletic Club 6 Winnipeg Victorias carries the Allan Cup, winning the series 19-goals-to-6. Second challenge The Winnipeg Victorias received a challenge from the Toronto Eaton's, Ontario champions. Winnipeg Victorias (Allan Cup holder) Toronto Eaton's (Challenger) Results Winnipeg Victorias 8 - Toronto Eatons 4 Winnipeg Victorias 16 - Toronto Eatons 1 Winnipeg Victorias carries the Allan Cup, winning the series 24-goals-to-5. Third challenge The Winnipeg Victorias received a challenge from the Regina Capitals, Saskatchewan champions. Winnipeg Victorias (Allan Cup holder) Regina Capitals (Challenger) Results Winnipeg Victorias 9 - Regina Capitals 3 Winnipeg Victorias carries the Allan Cup. With no more challengers accepted in time to play, the Victorias win the 1912 Allan Cup.

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Ellwood Walter, No. 7

7 was a 19th-century Sandy Hook pilot boat built in 1853 by Edward F. Williams at Greenpoint, Brooklyn to replace the pilot boat Yankee, which was lost in December 1852. The schooner was used to pilot vessels to and from the Port of New York. She was replaced by the Edmund Driggs, No. Construction and service In January 1853, the pilot boat Ellwood Walter was built by Edward F. Williams at Greenpoint, Brooklyn. On May 16, 1853, The pilot boat Elwood Walter, No. 7, belonging to the Merchant Pilot Association, went down the bay with a large party of guests on board. She went out as far as the Sandy Hook light and returned to the city. The schooner was named after Ellwood Walter, the President of the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company. Walter had extensive experience and knowledge as an insurance underwriter. Her dimensions were 71.6 ft. in length on deck; 19.10 ft. breadth of beam; 7.6 ft. depth of hold; and 90-tons Tonnage. She was built to replace the pilot boat Yankee, which was lost in December 1852. She was owned by the following pilots: Captain John McRee, William J. Murphy, Augustus H. Murphy, Charles W. Hawthorne, Thomas Orr, and Joseph Henderson. Several Sandy Hook pilots received their pilot license sailing on the Elwood Walter. Captain Joseph Henderson received his license as a Branch Pilot on the Elwood Walter on September 13, 1853, from the Board of Commissioners of Pilots. He was a commander of the Elwood Walter throughout his training. On January 21, 1857, the Elwood Walter, No. 7 was reported "AT STATEN ISLAND IN THE ICE." The report describes the bad weather conditions a day after a major storm. It lists the owners of the Elwood Walter, and says "this boat is also hard and fast at Staten Island." On August 3, 1855, a pilot from the Elwood Walter, No. 7, boarded the steamship J. Jones, from Cardiff, Wales and was headed for New York. 7 was listed as one of only twenty-one New York and New Jersey pilot-boats in 1860. She was listed as one of these early American pilot boats. On March 15, 1860, the Ellwood Walter, No. 7, helped take the officers and crew off the ship Wabamo, in the New York harbor, when it caught fire while going down the bay outside Sandy Hook. The New York Daily Tribune ran a story that read: "BURNING OF THE SHIP WABAMO IN NEW YORK HARBOR - In New York, this day, the ship Wabamo, Captain Doty bound from New York for Antwerp caught fire about noon, while going down the bay, and burned to the water's edge. The flumes spread with such rapidity as to defy every effort to subdue them. The officers and crew were taken off by the pilot boat Elwood Walter, saving little more than the clothing on their backs. The ship was built in Wiscasset, Maine, in 1854, and owned by Messrs. Layton & Hurlbut Co., and was valued at $32,000. Her loss is covered by insurance. She had an assorted cargo of merchandise valued at $70,000 which was insured for $54,457." On October 10, 1860, New York Sandy Hook Pilot Augustus H. Murphy, of the pilot boat Ellwood Walter, No. 7, signed a statement along with other pilots, that they were satisfied with the representation they have received from the New York Board of Commissioners of Pilots. Other reports of the Ellwood Walter were reported from 1861 to 1863 by the New York Times. End of service New York pilot-boat Edmund Driggs, No. 7, was launched from the shipyard of E. F. Williams, at Greenpoint, Brooklyn on 27 February 1864, as a replacement for the Elwood Walter No.

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Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby is a British BBC documentary television series, presented by the journalist Giles Coren and the chef Monica Galetti, and started in 2017. Each programme in the series is based on a luxury hotel. The presenters take a hands-on approach, investigating the running of the hotel, hence the subtitle of the series. The programmes are shown on BBC Two. The fourth series ran in 2021. On 31 October 2022, the BBC announced that Rob Rinder will be the series' new co-presenter replacing Giles Coren who left after series four.

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1988 United States Senate election in Washington

The 1988 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 8, 1988. Senator Daniel J. Evans decided to retire instead of running for re-election to a full term, after being appointed to the seat in 1983, and won election to a partial term that same year. Senator Slade Gorton, who had just lost a re-election bid in 1986, won the open seat. As of , this is the last time Washington simultaneously voted for different parties for President and for Senate, as Michael Dukakis was simultaneously carrying the state against George H. W. Bush. Blanket primary Candidates Democratic Mike Lowry, U.S. Representative of the 7th congressional district (1979-1989) Don Bonker, U.S. Representative of the 3rd congressional district (1975-1989) Republican Slade Gorton, former U.S. Senator (1981-1987) Douglas J. Smith Third-party William C. Goodloe (Washington Taxpayer), judge and lawyer Daniel B. Fein (Socialist Workers Party) Results General election Candidates Mike Lowry (D), U.S. Congressman of the 7th congressional district (1979-1989) Slade Gorton (R), former U.S.

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Austreim

Austreim is a village in the municipality of Hoyanger in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the north shore of the Sognefjorden, about southwest of the municipal center of Hoyanger, about east of the village of Kyrkjebo, and about southeast of the village of Vadheim where there is access to the European route E39 highway. The village has a population (2019) of 376 and a population density of . The village of Austreim was the site of a medieval stave church that was first mentioned in historical records in 1308. The church was torn down in the 1600s and a new church was built about to the west in Kyrkjebo where the present Kyrkjebo Church is located. A memorial stone was erected in 1991 to mark the site of the historic church.

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Gustave Gingras

Gustave Gingras (January 18, 1918 - May 9, 1996) was a Canadian physician and founder of the Montreal Institute of Rehabilitation in 1949. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he studied medicine at the Universite de Montreal following the completion of his BA at College Bourget in Rigaud, Quebec. In 1942, he joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and served overseas during World War II. There, he studied neurosurgery as an intern at the Canadian Neurosurgical and Plastic Surgery Hospital in Basingstoke, England. Upon his return to Canada, he was inspired by Wilder Penfield, a neurosurgeon in Montreal, to focus on helping paraplegic and quadriplegic veterans of the war. As an expert in rehabilitation of the disabled, he served as a consultant to the World Health Organization, the United Nations, the Canadian Red Cross and the Canadian International Development Agency. He was president of the Canadian Medical Association from 1972 to 1973. He was Chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island from 1974 to 1982. Honours In 1967, he received an honorary doctorate from Sir George Williams University, which later became Concordia University. In 1967, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1972, he was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada. In 1998, he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. Knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John. Books Gustave Gingras: Combats pour la Survie. Paris: Robert Laffont / Opera mundi, 1975. Gustave Gingras: Feet Was I to the Lame.

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Fall Mountain Regional High School

Fall Mountain Regional High School is a small high school located in Langdon, New Hampshire, in the United States. The school, part of School Administrative Unit 60 in New Hampshire, serves the towns of Langdon, Acworth, Alstead, Charlestown, and Walpole. Formation and opening The Fall Mountain Regional School Board was created in 1964 with the goal of opening a cooperative high school from the local towns. In September 1964, the Board engaged the architectural firm of Haines, Leineck & Smith from Lowell, Massachusetts to design preliminary plans for the new high school. Bean Company of Keene, New Hampshire to build the new school for $1,075,887 was announced in August 1965. The school opened in September 1966.Milliken, Joe (20 April 2022). Fall Mountain Regional High School launches official Alumni Association, Vermont Journal The student body was created by combining the students of Walpole High School, North Walpole, Charlestown, and Alstead (the former Vilas High School). This creation of a consolidated high school was part of the nationwide trend of school consolidation in the United States at this time. For example, the last graduating class of Vilas High School in 1966, one of the schools which merged into Fall Mountain Regional, was only 20 students. JROTC The JROTC at the school which was founded in 1996 has competed at a national level, participating in the national championship competition in 2021. Dutch photographer Ellen Kok spent two years documenting the school's group activities after seeing them at a parade in 2010.Teicher, Jordan G. (9 October 2015). Everyday life as a JROTC cadet, The Washington PostRooney, Jack. Fall Mountain JROTC team to compete in national championship, The Keene SentinelMosley, John. JROTC in the North Country, Upstate NH, Retrieved 28 September 2022 She published a book called "Cadets" from her work.Olson, Nancy A. Brattleboro's Lilac Ridge Farm featured in new book, Brattleboro Reformer 2020 Referendum In 2020, Charlestown, which makes up 41 percent of the high school student body, considered withdrawing from the school. The fact that Charlestown pays a higher school tax rate fueled the issue. While a study committee had recommended withdrawal, the proposal would have increased costs in Charleston and the other towns. A voter referendum on the proposal was strongly rejected, including in Charlestown itself.

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Rose-painting

Rose-painting, , or is a Scandinavian decorative folk painting that flourished from the 1700s to the mid-1800s, particularly in Norway. In Sweden, rose-painting began to be called , c. 1901, for the region where it had been most popular and (kurbits), in the 1920s, for a characteristic trait, but in Norway the old name still predominates beside terms for local variants. Rose-painting was used to decorate church walls and ceilings. It then spread to wooden items commonly used in daily life, such as ale bowls, stools, chairs, cupboards, boxes, and trunks. Using stylized ornamentation made up of fantasy flowers, scrollwork, fine line work, flowing patterns and sometimes geometric elements give rose-painting its unique feel. Some paintings may include landscapes and architectural elements. Rose-painting also utilizes other decorative painting techniques such as glazing, spattering, marbleizing, manipulating the paint with the fingers or other objects. Regional styles of rose-painting developed, and some varied only slightly from others, while others may be noticeably distinct. Etymology and terminology The term derives from , applied decoration or embellishment, decorative, decorated [, , , ] and , to paint. The first element can also be interpreted as a reference to the rose flower, but the floral elements are often so stylized that no specific flower is identifiable, and are absent in some designs. In Sweden the style was traditionally called rosmalning, with cupboard decorations said to be utkrusat i rosmalning or krusmalning. In the 20th century the terms or and came into common use. Dalamalning refers to Dalarna, with which the style is particularly associated; the term appeared around 1901. Kurbits originally derived from the Latin Cucurbita, and refers to a long-bodied gourd. The poet Erik Axel Karlfeldt, who wrote about the painted wall hangings of Dalarna, popularized the term in the 1920s, particularly in his 1927 poem "Kurbitsmalning". History in Norway Rosemaling in Norway originated in the lowland and rural areas of eastern Norway, particularly in the Telemark, Valdres, Hallingdal, Numedal, Setesdal, Gudbrandsdalen, and in other valleys in Vest-Agder, Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane, and Rogaland. It came into existence in the early 1700s, when Baroque and Rococo artistic styles of the upper class were introduced into Norway's rural culture. Since no rose-paintings can be traced back before this time, there is an indication that folk traditions within Norway went through a period of change and evolution. Once developed, regional styles of rosemaling began to emerge. Some varied only slightly from others, while others were noticeably distinct. In the middle of the 18th century, more and more individuals became painters and carvers. Due to this, rosemaling styles boomed to included even more unique forms. Rose-painters also began to initial their work as a way to identify the pieces they created. Through this, historians have been more easily able to gauge how many pieces certain artists have done, and even identify dynasties of painters through family relation. Rosemaling's popularity, however, declined by the mid-19th century. Rosemaling designs use "C" and "S" shaped brushstrokes that feature scroll and flowing lines, floral designs, and both subtle and vibrant colors. Script lettering, scenes, animal and human figures may also be included. For instance, when Norway was still ruled by the Danes, some artists would create rose-paintings of the Danish King and Queen or of Danish warriors. Artists who specialized in rosemaling often came from poorer classes in the countryside. They would travel from county to county painting churches, homes and furnishings for a commission of either money or merely room and board. Thus rosemaling was carried over the mountains and toward Norway's western coast. Once farther away from the influence of the painters' guild, these artists tried new ideas and motifs. Rosemaling became widespread as amateur artists in rural areas often imitated this folk art. Soon, strong regional styles developed, and today the three main styles are Telemark, Hallingdal and Rogaland, named after the regions in which each originated. Rosemaling is, in a sense, the two-dimensional counterpart of acanthus carving, since it is clear that the C and S curves in rosemaling take their inspiration from the acanthus carvings of Baroque and Rococo art and the acanthus carvings in the rural churches (for example the altar reredoses and pulpits) and homes (for example cupboards) were painted in the same bright colors as used in rosemaling. While in the cities these acanthus carvings were generally gilded, the rural artisans did not have ready access to gold leaf as their urban counterparts and so painted their carvings in the bright colors whose popularity in rural communities is seen also in the traditional Norwegian rural dress, the bunad. Like rosemaling, acanthus carving has had a cultural revival in recent times as both a means of interior design (for example, on furniture, picture frames, and door and window frames) and as a personal hobby, although most modern acanthus carving is left unpainted and unvarnished. An anecdote about the Nazi occupation of Norway (1940-1945) is that at a time when the public display of the Norwegian flag or the State Coat of Arms could bring imprisonment or even death, the Norwegians discovered that they could display the 'H' overlapping the '7' of the Royal cypher of their exiled king, Haakon VII, at the center of a rosemaling design without the German occupation forces seeing anything but a colorful peasant design. Christmas cards with the Royal cypher at the center of a rosemaling design were especially popular; many have survived and their history documented. Currently, this specific type of folk art is becoming popularized in a more mobile way. Back in the 1700s when the first piece of rose-painting was done in Norway, it was only visible in remote locations such as inside homes and churches. Now, however, rose-painting is being executed on bowls, vases, plates, chests, jewelry boxes, and a multitude of furniture items. This expansion in rose-painting has not only allowed it to remain popular, but it has given it the ability to do more than just be seen in museums such as the Norwegian Folk Museum. Many shops in Norwegian tourist cities sell various unique rose-painted items from local at-home artists. They are a must see by not only tourists, but the overall citizens of the cities. At a shop, rose-painted items can be sold for quite an income due to the fact that these items are made the traditional way (hand-painted) rather than industrially processed. Each item is carefully crafted and unique. The process behind these items is quite extensive and can take time. For instance, wood items begin with first applying special oil-based paint or wood stain. This color normally tends to be a deeper blue or red, dusty pink, white, black, or even brown. When the rose-painting is complete, it will be sold based on its intricacy and size of design. Something as simple as a large bread tray can be sold for as much as 240 dollars. In terms of the design of current rose-paintings, it holds much similarities to past rose-paintings in Norway. Since rosemaling in Norway simply means "decorative painting," there are still many other designs besides floral or rose depictions. It can involve agricultural landscapes, scenes from historical events, life in the rural or countryside areas, and more. Some even are known for depicting scenes from children's stories or fairytales. One of the most commonly rose-painted children's story is "Little Red Riding Hood." Furthermore, more and more styles have since emerged after the most famous Telemark, Hallingdal, and Rogaland styles. While shops and museums will most likely contain rose-paintings from all areas of Norway, rose-painting is currently most prominent in the southern parts of Norway. In specific, the regions Telemark and Hallingdal are booming with this folk art. Regardless of being most popular in the southern region of Norway, however, the rose-paintings still do vary quite decently from city to city. This is why the styles have always been regionalized and regionally named. For instance, Telemark tends to produce rose-painting with a more exaggerated and ornate style. It follows an 18th-century French influence and inspiration. Hallingdal, on the other hand, produces its own style of work. These artists, unlike many others, tend to prefer selling their work privately rather than within shops. Overall, rose-painting in Norway is something that has become partially industrialized. Individuals can buy rose-painted items from commercial stores and industries for a cheaper price. Industrialized rose-painting started back when the interiors of homes began to become more modernized. Certain items, such as the invention of chimneys, made Norwegians feel the need to decorate more parts of their home. This led to the expansion of rose-paintings and an industrialized version that was more accessible and economically affordable for everyday citizens. However, that is also why individuals who buy rose-painted items from tourist shops and private artists must be willing to pay a higher price; they are buying a traditionally made item. These hand-crafted goods are just as important as the industrialized goods because they help to maintain the Norwegian culture of rosemaling and keep it from fully disappearing. Norwegians view rosemaling as a way to keep a shared identity and culture among their entire nation. This is why certain places to this day, such has the Nordic Museum and Chicago Public Library, display a multitude of rose-paintings. History in Sweden In Sweden, it is a style of painting featuring light brush strokes and depictions of gourds, leaves, and flowers, used especially in the decoration of furniture and wall hangings, and was adopted by both artists and artisans in rural Sweden, reaching its greatest popularity in the latter half of the 18th century. While rose painting was popular among the entire nation, lots of times the houses of more wealthy individuals had more rose paintings as they were able to afford more decorations. In addition, the major popularity of rose painting in Sweden occurred before the industrialization period. After industrialization, it did not disappear due to the fact that the art created during this period was recognized as a major part of Sweden's folk culture and heritage. The tradition of painted wall hangings in this style was fully developed around 1820. The paintings were done by itinerant painters, most from Dalarna, whose signatures can be found in many localities. The artists learned it as a trade or handicraft from one another, and copied each other's works; some pieces have been found copied more than 140 times. Artists also used stamps to create small details in patterns. Those from the Rattvik school of art were more likely to add spontaneous leaves and flowers, breaking up the symmetry of their pieces. Many of the paintings also included a zig-zag pattern at the bottom of the painting, called ullvibarden after the village of . Scenes were based on Bible illustrations, with people and buildings rendered in the then current styles. The gourds reference a Biblical legend about Jonah sitting beneath a gourd; the gourd symbolizes vegetal fertility. The most common themes of kurbit art are the wedding at Cana, Jonah preaching, the entry of the Queen of Sheba, the three wise men, Jesus riding into Jerusalem, the story of Joseph, the ten virgins, the crowning of Salomon, and the vineyard. The style is widely found in the regions of Dalarna and southern Norrland, and today kurbits can refer to the painting of furniture, tapestry, Dala horses, or Swedish folk painting as a general concept. On the Dala horse, a gourd is used to indicate the saddle. Kurbits artists include Winter Carl Hansson of Yttermo and Back Olof Andersson, who painted in 1790-1810. The kurbits style was used in the candidate city logo of the Stockholm-Are bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics, forming the year "2026". History in America Norwegian immigrants brought the art of rosemaling to the United States. Immigration from Norway to America first began in the 1830s. It is not surprising this specific form of folk art was brought to America by Norwegian immigrants since it was not just used for decoration and aesthetic purposes in Norway, but also for self-definition. Rosemaling was a way for Norwegian-Americans to keep a hold of some of their heritage. During this time period of immigration, immigrants did just that, and they maintained a strong ethnic identity both privately and publicly. They might have specific traditions within in their homes, participate in ethnic festivals, and more. Rose paintings were often displayed in theses festivals. In addition, lots of immigrants traveling from Norway to the Midwest regions of America would actually create rose paintings in churches on their travel to make some money. These rose paintings done by travelers helped expand the variation of styles among rose paintings. The art form experienced a revival in the 20th century as Norwegian-Americans became interested in the rosemaling-decorated possessions of their ancestors. Rosemaling artists whose work was recognized by newspapers and magazines allowed the art form to be further recognized and grow. One prominent rosemaling artist Per Lysne, who was born in Norway and emigrated to Wisconsin, was trained in the craft. Lysne is often considered the father of rosemaling in the U.S. As the revival continued on, it reached its peak in the 1960s to the 1980s. In the late 1960s, Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa began to exhibit rosemaling. The museum then began bringing Norwegian rosemalers to the U.S. to hold classes. The style's popularity boomed in the U.S., even among non-Norwegians. Other classes can be found throughout the country, especially in areas where Norwegians settled. The Swedish settlement of Lindsborg, Kansas is known for Dala horses among other celebrations of its heritage. Currently, rose painting is still most common in the Upper Midwest. This is due to the fact that when Norwegians most heavily migrated between the 1840s and 1910s, they ended up living in the Upper Midwest. In addition, the Norwegian-American Museum is still offering workshops on rosemaling. Besides workshops, rosemaling can also be taught through books, classes, and heritage centers. This is very valuable as it offers more ways for Norwegian-Americans (and other Americans) to pass on rosemaling skills and traditions to future generations. To this day, there is now a decent amount of Norwegian-Americans from the Upper Midwest who have taken on rose painting, causing some of their styles to be considered "Americanized." Rather than being seen as a piece of Norwegian heritage, it is seen as a piece of Upper Midwest communities. Some rosemaling styles have been "Americanized" beginning between 1930 and 1960. Compared to traditional styles, often they included brighter colors, special ornamental details, and more. Dane County, Wisconsin, which developed a style known as American Rogaland and American Telemark style found in Milan, Minnesota. Styles There are many different styles of rosemaling. Typically, each style is named after the region it is most commonly used in. To begin, the first style that has gained major popularity is the Telemark style. This style is extremely popular in Norway, and it is very impromptu. It normally involves a root center that has floral depictions or branches swirling out from it. Within the Telemark style, there are also two other styles. The transparent Telemark, which has light enough brush strokes to almost be seen through, and the American Telemark, which is a combination of both the regular Telemark style and the transparent Telemark style. Another popular style in Norway is Hallingdal. Hallingdal is different from Telemark in that the paint is often less translucent and more bold in color. In addition, it has much more symmetry and pattern to it. In addition to these, the Rogaland style also has some popularity. This style consists of more floral images than lines or scrolls. It often will have a darker background with a central flower surrounded by leaves and other decorations. While those three forms are popular, there still are other forms as well. For instance, another style is the Valdres style. The Valdres style is one that has some of the most realistic looking floral designs. Gallery References Further reading Nils Georg Brekke, "Dalmalningarna som rosmalning: Ikonologiske studier i eit jamforande perspektiv", in: Nils-Arvid Bringeus and Margareta Tellenbach, eds., Dalmalningar i jamforande perspektiv: forelasningar vid bildsymposiet i Falun och Leksand den 13-16 september 1992, Falun: Dalarnas Museum, 1995 Diane Edwards, Design Basics for Telemark Rosemaling, self-published, Alamosa, Colorado, 1994, Sybil Edwards, Decorative Folk Art: Exciting Techniques to Transform Everyday Objects, London: David & Charles, 1994, Margaret M. Miller and Sigmund Aarseth, Norwegian Rosemaling: Decorative Painting on Wood, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974, Gayle M. Oram, Rosemaling Styles and Study, Volume 2, Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, 2001 Harriet Romnes, Rosemaling: An Inspired Norwegian Folk Art, self-published, Madison, Wisconsin, 1951, repr.

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Krailling

Krailling is a municipality in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria, Germany. Notable residents The folk actor Gustl Bayrhammer (1922-1993) died in Krailling and was buried there. The sculptor Rudolf Belling (1886-1972) lived and died in Krailling. The architect Martin Dulfer (1859-1942) lived in Krailling. The baritone Hermann Prey (1929-1998) lived in Krailling, died here and was buried in the Kraillinger cemetery.

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Fernando Arbex

Jose Fernando Arbex Miro (28 May 1941 - 5 July 2003) was an influential Spanish musician and songwriter from Madrid, who enjoyed success both with his own groups and also with other artists. While still in his teens, he was the drummer in Los Estudiantes, and in 1965 he formed the very successful pop band Los Brincos (often seen as the "Spanish Beatles") in which he also played drums. After that group split in the late 1960s, Arbex formed the progressive rock trio Alacran with Inaki Egana and Oscar Lasprilla. When Lasprilla left the band and moved to England, Arbex and Egana founded the Latin disco and rock-orientated Barrabas, who went on to considerable European success throughout the 1970s. Their most successful hit single "Woman" found its way on to the charts in the United States. Alongside his career as a musician, Arbex acted as a producer and songwriter for many successful acts, including Jose Feliciano, Harry Belafonte, Nana Mouskouri, Emilio Aragon, Miguel Bose and Middle of the Road. He also recorded works outside the world of popular music. He composed the original music for the first Spanish Musical "La Maja de Goya", and music for cinema and ballet. In 2000, he reformed Los Brincos for an extremely successful special concert in A Coruna, and also recorded with a reformed Barrabas. Fernando Arbex died in 2003 after a long illness.

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Tom Sundby

Tom Sundby (born 15 December 1960) is a former Norwegian footballer. A midfielder who scored 6 goals in 39 caps for the national team, he participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics. His father Reidar Sundby was a football player. The elder brother Reidar Sundby jr also and once went to Twente with his friend Hallvar Thoresen. Career Youth and Lyn Raised in Stavern Sundby followed in the footsteps of his father, Reidar Sundby, began playing football, first at the youth side of the local club Stag, then in Larvik Turn. On 24 September 1977, 16-year-old Sundby played for the Youth Cup qualifying final, which ended 2-0 defeat, then very next day 25 September he made his debut in Larvik Turn's A-team jersey for which he scored twice and the team won the victory over Stromsgodset at the last matchday of the season. As LT relegated, he played together with his elder brother Reidar Sundby jr. for two years in 3. division. At the last matchday of the season 1980, he scored the opening goal, showed his talent and became the best player of the match though Larvik Turn defeated and slipped down to the third place. It was said that he could go to Netherlands to become a professional like his clubmate Hallvar Thoresen. In 1981, Sundby chose to go to 1. division club Lyn, where Reidar jr. once signed a contract in 1980 but never could appeared to the match due to the injury. He made his first appearance to the 1. division on 10 August 1981, for the match between Lyn and Moss which was 5-0 ended, he scored his first goal for Lyn at 65 minutes of the match. He played 9 matches and scored 3 goals in 1981, 24 complete 2. division as Lyn relegated and The Cup matches and 2 goals in 1982. Lillestrom and Iraklis Then he was brought to Lillestrom as a replacement for Tom Lund, whom they lost to retirement. He signed a 1-year-contract on 14 December 1982. He made his first appearance for Lillestrom at the away match against Kongsvinger on 24 April 1983, then scored his first league goal at the home match against Eik-Tonsberg which was 3-0 goal at 25 minutes of the match, on 1 May 1983. Having developed fully at the sparkling club matches during the spring season, on 15 June 1983 Sundby made his debut for Norway national A team at the Olympic qualifying match against Finland as the substitute for Oivind Tomteberget. It's 29 years since his father Reidar Sundby played his first and only match with the flag on his chest. "But it is still dad who is ahead in the international competition. He got a whole match in 1954, while I only let go for 13 minutes. But I have at least got a leg up in Roste Fossen's list of national team players - so it is only to be hoped that it does not stop with the meagre quarter", he said. Norway was invited to participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics in June as East Germany withdrew. On 11 July 1984, Sundby was selected for the Norwegian Olympic football squad, together with his clubmates Joar Vaadal and Andre Krogsaeter. Having been pressed for time, 24 July arrived in USA, 29 July played against Chile 0-0 draw, 31 July against France 1-2 defeat, 2 August against Qatar 2-0 win. His shirt number was 10. Sundby took part in the training match between Norway and Italy in raining foggy Lecche on 25 September 1985. Next to number 11 Hallvar Thoresen, he number 8 played in and dominated the left midfield against Bruno Conti and Salvatore Bagni. Norway beat The World Champion with 2-1, and jubilated in the dressing room. Sundby scored against Denmark on 16 October 1985 in Ullevaal, 1-0 43 minutes of the match. Hallvar Thoresen took a free kick at the right side, Sundby hit it with a header from the near side and the ball arced perfectly into the left side of the goal. Unfortunately it was a game of two halves, missing Svein Fjaelberg due to the injury was too big. Against France on 14 October 1987 in Parc des Princes, 1-1 80 minutes of the match. Kjetil Osvold took a free kick approx. 45 degrees diagonally, from a distance of 12,5m in front of the goal Sundby hit it with a header to the ground, and the ball bounced off and into the under left of the goal. With Lillestrom, 1985: Sundby finished the second place in the 1. division as LSK defeated by competing Rosenborg with 0-1 and slipped down from the top position after they had led for 12 rounds, at the last matchday on 12 October 1985. Then on 20 October 1985, he won the title 1985 Norwegian Football Cup beating Valerenga with 4-1 in the glorious Ullevaal, was given The King's Cup by Olav V of Norway. 1986: he won the league gold, which was brought by his only goal of the penultimate game of the season on 12 October 1986 against Strommen IF with 1-0. Then on 26 October 1986, he lost at the Finale of the 1986 Norwegian Football Cup to Tromso IL with 4-1. Sundby was named the Player of the Year 1985 from Aftenposten and 1986 from VG. On 13 September 1986 He signed a new 2-year-contract with Lillestrom. On 10 December 1986 he signed a contract with a Alpha Ethniki club Iraklis to become a professional, which had been a dream of his elder brother Reidar jr. and Tom. Since eight years ago when Reidar jr arranged training at Go Ahead for Tom, many foreign clubs - FC Brugge, Gent, Ajax, FC Metz, Mannheim, Darmstadt, Tennis Borussia and Koln - had been mentioned. On 21 December 1986 Sundby made his first official appearance for Iraklis, heading a long goal-scoring pass to Sakis Anastasiadis at the match against the city rival PAOK with 48000 spectators and pleased Reidar jr who sat in the honour lounge. He played there for two years. On 21 June 1987, the finale of the 45th Greek Cup was held between Iraklis and OFI, The Olympic Stadium of Athens "Spyros Louis" in front of 23578 fans. As 1-1 at the end of the normal duration of the match, the title was decided on the penalty-shootout. Sundby, being the first taker, missed out. Following 2 of 3 teammates were denied. On 11 September 1988 at the premiere match of the season, he scored 2 of the 3 Iraklis goals, then flew back to Norway. Injured and Comeback at Lyn On 14 September 1988, in the first minute of the match against Scotland, which was Norway's first qualifying match of the 1990 World Cup, Sundby got seriously injured by a tackle from Steve Nicol who was being a right-back surprisingly there in the centre midfield. At that very moment Sundby was moving to shield the ball elegantly. He left the pitch with a bandage around his right knee, fans kept calling his name. He was very close to a contract with Fiorentina or Nice but had to be sidelined for two years because of that injury, effectively ruining his professional career. Sundby made a comeback at 2 division Lyn in 1990. He, though playing with only one leg, and Lyn was promoted to 1. division, where he finished 4th in 1991 (Sundby 16 league matches 3 goals), 5th in 1992 (20 league matches 3 goals). He "gave up" as a footballer at the age of 32 in 1993 with 14 league matches 5 goals being one of the best players in Norway then. His retirement from top football was announced in February. Farewell match for Lyn was held at Ullevaal on 25 July 1993, with Spurs. "Of course it was fun to play at Ullevaal again" said Sundby there. "If there's a crisis in Lyn and need for me, I'll think about it (a comeback) once again. But I do not believe that we are going into such situation". Lyn was relegated that year. He worked for Asics Norway A/S as a general manager. He was a leader of Football Group in Snaroya Sportsklubb. Sundby works as marketing director of Norges Fotballforbund since 1 October 2007. Kjetil Osvold, a former teammate in Lillestrom and national team both, answered when he was asked who is the best footballer he has ever played with: "Tom Sundby. He had all, a complete football player - simply." References External links 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Larvik Footballers from Vestfold og Telemark Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's international footballers Larvik Turn players Lyn Fotball players Lillestrom SK players Iraklis F.C.

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Clarence Profit

Clarence Profit (June 26, 1912 - October 22, 1944) was a jazz pianist and composer associated with swing. Profit was born in New York, United States. He came from a musical family and began studying piano at the age of three, and he led a ten-piece band in New York City in his teens. A visit to his grandparents in Antigua resulted in his staying in the Caribbean for five years. He also led a group in Bermuda. He returned to the US and led his own trio, which was noted as "a format which best suited his powerful stride piano style". He co-composed "Lullaby In Rhythm" with Edgar Sampson. He was respected in his era, but after his early death fell into obscurity. He died in New York in October 1944, at the age of 32.

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Hamningberg

Hamningberg is an abandoned fishing village in Batsfjord Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies along the northern coast of the large Varanger Peninsula on the shores of the Barents Sea. Its only road connection is through Vardo Municipality which is a rather long drive from the rest of Batsfjord Municipality. Hamningberg Chapel is located in the village, although now it is only rarely used. Traditionally a fishing village, it is one of very few places in all of Finnmark county that was not burned down by the retreating Germans in the latter part of the Second World War. It was depopulated and abandoned in 1964, although some of the houses are still in use as summer cottages.

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Thabal chongba

Thabal chongba is a Manipuri folk dance traditionally performed during the festival of Yaoshang in India. In the dance, participants join hands in a circle, hop on one foot and swing their free legs across, slowly advancing. Description In earlier times, this dance was performed in the moonlight accompanied by folk songs. The music is rhythmic beating of drums accompanied by other instruments. It is performed in every locality on all the five days of the festival. As soon as the moon rises over the hills, the flute, drums and cymbals start. The boys and girls in a circle clutch each other's hands with rhythms of music slow and fast, high and low, up and down. If the number is great they may form two or three rows so that everybody and anybody can participate in the dance.

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Poa subcaerulea

Poa subcaerulea is a perennial grass occurring in North America and Europe. Its specific epithet "subcaerulea" means "bluish". Its diploid number varies between 54 and 109. Description Poa subcaerulea grows from stolons, with its culms arising from older, dried leaves among the curved stolons. Newer, basal tufts of culms occur on separate prolonged stolons. The culms are compressed at their base and grow tall. The leaves are flat or folded, with basal leaves wide. The ellipsoid or pyramidal panicle is high, with lower fascicles of two to five branches. Its spikelets have short pedicels and are borne on the lower half of the branches, growing long. Its ovate glumes are straight, with the second glume nearly reaching the lemma above it. The lemmas have glabrous or papillate nerves. Roots are produced from the end of February to early May, leaves are produced onwards after March, and the grass flowers from July to August. Poa subcaerulea can be distinguished from other species of Poa by its more bluish culms. It especially differs from Poa angustifolia by its production of single tillers on spreading rhizomes, and from variants of Poa pratensis by its short panicle, low number of spikelets, and a tendency towards two floral branches at the inflorescence's lowest node. Distribution and habitat Poa subcaerulea occurs near damp rocks, in sands, and in woodlands. In North America, the grass occurs from Labrador down to Minnesota and eastward to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. In Britain, the grass occurs in the hills of Scotland and Wales and in sand dunes along the British coast, occurring predominately in northerly moist areas. The plant can also be found in Fennoscandia, Denmark, and Iceland. The plant is most common between 50degN and the Arctic Circle.

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Wiener Library for the Study of the Nazi Era and the Holocaust

The Wiener Library is a research library at Tel Aviv University which focuses on the Nazi era and the Holocaust. In addition to research books, the Library also holds the Wiener Archival Collection, consisting of thousands of documents on the Nazi era and the fate of European Jewry. The Library operates as part of the Sourasky Central Library. History The Jewish Central Information Office (JCIO), which became known after the war as the Wiener Library, was founded in Amsterdam in 1933 by Dr. Alfred Wiener, an active member of the "Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith" (Centralverein) who left Germany when the Nazis rose to power, and Prof. David Cohen, an Ancient History professor at the University of Amsterdam and a prominent member of the local Jewish community. The establishment of the JCIO was based in an idea from the late 1920s of German Jewish activists to collect information about the Nazi party, as part of the struggle to prevent the strengthening of the party. In a similar manner, the Amsterdam center aimed to draw world attention towards the dangers of Nazi Anti-Semitism, and the worsening of anti-Jewish policies in 1930s Europe. In 1939 Dr. Wiener transferred the collection to London. Throughout the war years he and his assistants continued to collect information and documents regarding the German occupation policy, responses to it, and particularly on the fate of European Jewry. When the war ended, Holocaust survivors' testimonies as well as information regarding the fate of Jewish refugees were collected. Up until his death in 1964, Dr. Wiener and his team continued to focus on expanding the collection. In the late 1970s the Wiener Library in London and Tel Aviv University agreed to transfer the entire collection to the university. Following the transfer in 1980, the university's leading historians decided to establish the Wiener Library as a research library affiliated to the Sourasky Central Library. Copies of the original documents can be found on Microfilm at the Wiener Library in London. Today The Library's collection has expanded considerably over the past three decades. It now contains: archival material and online databases of primary sources; research books; pamphlets and periodicals; as well as literature of nationalist, anti-Semitic and national-socialist origins. It includes such items as: various editions of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion", German and European newspapers of the Nazi period, extreme-right pamphlets, anti-Semitic and fascist movements and Holocaust denial literature. The archive consists of thousands of documents from Europe in the Interwar period the Nazi era, concerning mostly the Holocaust, and the fate of Jewish communities and refugees in the post-war era. The archive includes such items as: documents from the Bern Trial, documentation of German Jewry in the 1930s, documentation of Nazi bureaucracy, survivors' and refugees' testimonies and documents from the Nuremberg trials. The Wiener Library closely collaborates with research institutes at Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Humanities. As a research library it organizes a wide range of academic activities in order to promote interest in and research of subjects relating to the Nazi era and the Holocaust, amongst which are: lecture series, academic conferences, research workshops and exhibitions.

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Leslie Rush

Leslie Rush (1905 - 1987) was an American surgeon who helped revolutionize the treatment of bone fractures. Biography Leslie Vaughn Rush was born in Meridian, Mississippi on February 16, 1905, the third and youngest child of Dr. Jesse Hackley Rush and his wife, the former Mary Hunnicutt. On February 15, 1915, the day before his tenth birthday, Leslie's father founded Rush's Infirmary, the first private hospital in Meridian. Leslie would eventually follow his father, his uncle James Calvin Rush and older brother H. Lowry Rush into the medical profession. Rush attended the Tulane University College of Medicine. At Tulane he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Phi Chi fraternities. He joined the staff of his father's hospital in 1927. In 1936, Leslie made medical history when he performed the first known bone pinning in the United States. This revolutionary treatment of bone fractures led to the development of the "Rush pin," which is still use today. Rush along with Catherine Hovious, and Dr. H.M. Ivey, superintendent of Meridian Public Schools, joined forces with Meridian Junior College and initiated the first junior college and hospital nursing program in the state of Mississippi. He died in February 1987.

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Poecilobothrus nobilitatus

Poecilobothrus nobilitatus or semaphore fly is a species of fly in the highly studied family Dolichopodidae. P. nobilitatus are popular study subjects because they are easy to recognize and are of large size. They mainly reside around ponds and wet lands, where most of their hunting and mating take place. Their mating ritual is highly studied due to their distinctive mate selection behaviors. Range P. nobilitatus have been found in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. Appearance Many flies in the Dolichopodidae family have metallic green reflections in their cornea due to the cornea's wavelength-selective spectral reflectance. Their cornea is built like a multi-layered mirror that reduces the transmission of green light to the cornea's light receptors. This results in distinctive green iridescent eyes that many of the flies have. Sexual dimorphism The P. nobilitatus species exhibits sexual dimorphism; females and males have distinctive wing markings. Males are usually 7mm long and are smoky black on the distal half of their wings and white on the tips. Their thorax and abdomen are a shiny golden green. Males tend to be bigger than the females and usually have a wing length of 5.7+- 0.4mm, whereas females have a wingspan of 5.2+- .03mm. The wing spread of males is about 1mm larger than that of similarly sized females. Reproducing males have a larger wingspan length of 6.0+-0.3mm compared to randomly caught males that have a wingspan length of 5.7+-0.4mm. In the Dolichopodidae family, there is a lot of diversity in the male signaling organs. The differences in the signaling organs can be found on the antennae, all legs, the wings, the cerci, and certain abdominal projections. Reproductive behaviors Courtship Poecilobothrus nobilitatus has one of the most complicated courtships studied by researchers. Courtship for males is focused on a single female, and the presence of other males can strongly affect a female's choice. This can cause courtship to be a mutual choice rather than a combination of successive choices. The length of the courtship display is determined by individual courtship phases, less repetition of the courtship phases, and possible interruption by male competition. For example, in the presence of many females and males, the courting males might delay courtship in favor of time-consuming, male-male interactions. If the female is feeding on prey, the male will court the female for a longer amount of time. During this courtship males perform an aerial display just for the female they are interested in. The courtship starts with the male doing short intervals of wing waving, and then he hovers in front of the female. This display is then followed by two types of aerial displays, one where the male will make a circle arc around one side of the area and in the second aerial display the male will fly over the females rotating 180 degrees. Females take no obvious part in the courtship, except to terminate it by flying away. Females prefer to mate with larger males. Stages of courtship The courtship has several stages. Mating is initiated when the walking male makes a quick turn to face the female. The male then extends and vibrates his wings. There can be up to 20 wing waving displays, punctuated by rests where the male might take a small side step if the female isn't moving. After wing waving the male will takeoff and he then hovers for a little in front of the female or starts to display flight. Male chasing Male chasing is a part of courtship for the Poecilobothrus nobilitatus species. Males pursue members of both sexes during courtship displays around the edges of ponds. Male Poecilobothrus nobilitatus participate in two types of male chasing. There are "flat out chases" with other males, in which males chase other males using rotation and fast forward flight. There are also less aggressive chasing methods that males do to females for courtship called "shadowing". They follow the females at a distance of a couple of centimeters doing rotational and lateral movements during flight. Reproduction Successful reproduction requires cooperation from the female that has been courted. She has to slightly spread her wings so that copulation can start. Similar to other flies in the Dolichopodidae family, the males' hypopygium is very prominent and movable by an intra-abdominal joint linked with a 180deg inversion and the bending of the abdomen to start copulation. Hunting P. nobilitatus are considered predators and hunt on the surface of ponds and wetlands. Both males and females settle on the surface of the water, and they do a series of short flights hovering about 3-6 inches over the water. They settle on the water after each flight. Males are more likely to detect possible prey before females, but females are more likely to start feeding on prey before males. In studies, the flies don't seem particularly interested in the food source and only tend to capture the larvae when they are close by. Food sources P. nobilitatus''' diet consists of small crustaceans, insects, potworms and Culex pipiens larvae. Most of their food sources are found in the water. Hunting strategy When the Culex larvae break the water's surface to get air, the P. nobilitatus will attack with its mouth. After a short struggle the larvae will be carried on the wing of the fly and put into the mud where the fly will eat it. Popular study subjects The Poecilobothrus nobilitatus is a popular fly for animal study because of its relatively large size, evident sexual dimorphism in wing markings, and its courtship and hunting displays on a 2-dimensional surface (water), allowing for more accurate and easy studying of the species. Most of the study surrounding Poecilobothrus nobilitatus'' is filmed and the size and the habitat of the fly makes it easier to study them on film.

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MECACAR

Operation MECACAR (currently known as MECACAR New Millennium) is a multi-national immunization program launched in 1995 by the World Health Organization to coordinate polio vaccination efforts (currently it is also used to coordinated measles and rubella vaccination efforts). The name of the operation was derived from the names of the regions participating in the operation: Eastern Mediterranean, Caucasus, Central Asian Republics and Russia. Currently, 18 countries are participating and more than 60 million children have been vaccinated. Concept The operation was launched to "maximize the geographic area covered and the number of children targeted simultaneously for mass vaccination with OPV". It introduced "National Immunization Days", held at the same dates in bordering member countries; and also coordinated the efforts of different laboratories. History MECACAR New Millennium After Europe was declared polio-free in 2002, MECACAR's objectives became maintaining polio-free status in the region and also achieve measles and rubella elimination. On May 17, 2007, the MECACAR New Millennium declaration was signed. The event took place in Geneva.

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Edward Griffin (MP)

Sir Edward Griffin (1587 - 5 May 1681) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1644. Griffin was a son of Sir Edward Griffin of Dingley and Gumley Ewing, Northamptonshire. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 16 October 1601, aged 14. He was a student of Middle Temple in 1604. He was knighted on 20 May 1625. King James and Anne of Denmark came from Kirby Hall and visited him at Braybrooke Castle on 12 August 1605. King James knighted him at Grafton on 19 August 1608. He gained the estates of his older brother, Sir Thomas Griffin, on his death in 1615. Thomas Griffin had married Catherine Morton, daughter of Sir John Morton, and secondly, Elizabeth Touchet, a daughter of George Touchet, Lord Audley, but had no male heir. His first wife was Lucy. He married secondly Frances Uvedale, a daughter of William Uvedale. His wife, or his brother's widow, Lady Griffin, attended the funeral of Anne of Denmark in 1619 as a lady of the Privy Chamber. In April 1640, Griffin was elected member of parliament for Downton in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Downton in the Long Parliament and sat until he was disabled on 5 February 1644. Following the Restoration, Griffin was Treasurer of the Chamber from 1660 to 1679. Griffin is said to have died in 1681 at an advanced age.

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Decapoint

Decapoint, or raphigraphy, was a tactile form of the Latin script invented by Louis Braille as a system that could be used by both the blind and sighted. It was published in 1839. Letters retained their linear form, and so were legible without training to the sighted, but the lines were composed of embossed dots like those used in braille. Each letter contained ten dots in the height and different dots in the width to produce the graphic form of print. The reason for the development of this writing was that relatives of the students could not read braille. These letters were not easy for the blind to write because of their height of ten dots despite grid. It therefore did not take long for the blind friend of Louis Braille, Pierre-Francois-Victor Foucault, to build in 1841 the first apparatus, the Raphigraph, which could push all the points of one column of characters at the same time into the paper. This font was now named Raphigraphy (Raphigrafie or Raphigraphie). When the first typewriters were invented, they quickly replaced the complicated Raphigraphy or decapoint, despite the impossibility for the blind to read the writing of typewriters.

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USGS DEM

The USGS DEM standard is a geospatial file format developed by the United States Geological Survey for storing a raster-based digital elevation model. It is an open standard, and is used throughout the world. It has been superseded by the USGS's own SDTS format but the format remains popular due to large numbers of legacy files, self-containment, relatively simple field structure and broad, mature software support. DEM Level A USGS DEM can be classified into one of four levels of quality. This is due to the multiple methods of data collection, and certainty in the data. Format Structure The USGS DEM format is a self-contained (single file) set of ASCII-encoded (text) 1024-byte (1024 ASCII chars) blocks that fall into three record categories called A, B, and C. There is no cross-platform ambiguity since line ending control codes are not used, and all data including numbers is represented in readable text form. There is no known binary analogue of the format, although it is common practice to compress the files with gzip. Floating-point numbers are encoded using Fortran scientific notation, so C/C++ programs need to swap the "D" exponent-indicating character with "E" when parsing (and vice versa when writing). A record fields hold the origin, type, summary statistics and the measurement systems used by the profiles. The A record appears once as the file's header, the C record also appears once as the trailer, and multiple B records (called profiles) comprise the elevation data. A and C records each fit within one block, but a single B record typically requires multiple blocks. When such block-spanning occurs, data are shifted to start cleanly on each block boundary. A records also come in "old" and "new" flavors, because the USGS added several fields to the A record. One of the key items is the quadrangle, which is a set of four terrestrial coordinates describing the four-sided polygon enclosing the area of interest. B records (profiles) are a variable-length longitudinal column of raster elevations that start at a specified location. They are some multiple of 1024 bytes long and contain a small header summarizing the profile. The elevations are contiguous; breaks or other discontinuities are expressed using "void" elevations of value -32767. Each elevation is described as a six-character readable integer occupying a fixed location in a block. The profile header only appears in the first block, so subsequent blocks hold more elevation values. When reading the DEM file from first byte to last, one reads the profiles as columns from west to east. The elevations within a profile run from south to north. The variable-location and variable-length nature of profiles stems mainly from the use of the UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) ground reference system. Since measurements within UTM employ fixed distances (e.g., 30 meters between elevation samples), the quadrangle must slightly distort to map such locations onto the spherical Earth. This distortion usually manifests as a rotated square, hence the elevation columns near the east and west edges start more northward and contain fewer samples. C records contain root-mean squared error (RMSE) quality control data, using ten six-character integer fields.

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Steven Mullaney

Steven John Mullaney (born 19 November 1986) is an English cricketer who played in the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. For the 2008-09 Australian season he played for South Caulfield in Melbourne's Victorian Turf Cricket Association competition as that club's visiting professional. At the end of the 2009 season, Mullaney, having spent most of the year playing for the second XI, turned down a new contract with Lancashire and instead signed with Nottinghamshire. Career Early career and youth internationals Born in Warrington, Cheshire, Mullaney joined Lancashire in 2003. Along with Karl Brown, Steven Croft, and Tom Smith he was part of the first intake of Lancashire's cricket academy. Between 2005 and 2006, Mullaney played two Youth Test matches. He debuted on 2 February 2005; playing for England U-19s for India U-19s, Mullaney bowled 8 overs for 42 runs in the match and scored 29 not out (29*) and 14, batting at number six in the first innings and number five in the second. England lost the match by an innings and 137 runs. His second and final Test was in July 2006 and also against India U-19s. He scored 0 and 31, both times batting at seven, and conceded 43 runs from 11 overs. He finished the tournament as England's leading wicket-taker, from 5 matches he took 9 wickets at an average of 15.11. Also between 2005 and 2006, Mullaney played 15 Youth One Day Internationals. In that time, he scored 169 runs at an average of 16.90, with a highest score of 40, and took 10 wickets at an average of 29.40 and best bowling figures of 3 wickets for 26 runs (3/26). During his time in the team, Mullaney took part in the 2006 U-19 World Cup. He had been dropped from the squad after a tour of Sri Lanka in December 2005, but was selected to play in the World Cup in February 2006 after England had a winless tour of Bangladesh. Early years with Lancashire Mullaney made his first-class, list A, and Twenty20 debuts for Lancashire in 2006. His first team cricket with Lancashire in 2006-2009 was limited, and in that time he played 4 first-class matches, 7 list A matches, and three Twenty20 matches. In April 2007, Mullaney scored his maiden first-class century. Playing against Durham University, his innings of 165 not out (165*) came at quicker than a run a ball and allowed Lancashire to win the match. His first hundred runs came off 92 balls and the next 65 from 26 and included 10 sixes. It beat his previous highest score of 44. In the 2007 cricket season, Mullaney played for Northern Cricket Club, in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition, averaging 70 with the bat and taking over 30 wickets. After he spent the winter of 2007/08 playing grade cricket for McKinnon in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association, Mullaney signed a professional contract with Atherton Cricket Club in the Bolton Association at the start of the 2008 season. Speaking of his move from Northern to Atherton, Mullaney said "Northern was the turning point in my career, and I have left on really good terms to try and better myself. The league [Atherton play in] will not be quite as good, and the wickets aren't quite as good, but it will be a new challenge" and that "I think getting into the pro-ing side of things is an added pressure - but it is a pressure I am really looking forward to". He set his sights on establishing himself in Lancashire's second team in the 2008 season and then force his way into the first team. In 2009, Mullaney was a regular in the top order of the Lancashire second team which progressed to the final of the Second XI Championship and the semi-final of the Second XI Trophy. Nottinghamshire At the end of the 2009 season he turned down a two-year contract with Lancashire and signed for Nottinghamshire. Mullaney won the Nottinghamshire player of the year award in 2013 having moved up to the opening slot in the county championship, scoring two centuries. He also made an average contribution with the ball, in the side's YB40 title-winning side and the t20 team's progression to the quarterfinals. He was appointed club captain on 14 November 2017, replacing the long-serving Chris Read. Franchise cricket In April 2022, he was bought by the Trent Rockets for the 2022 season of The Hundred.

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Zamarovce

Zamarovce ( ) is a village and municipality in Trencin District in the Trencin Region of north-western Slovakia. It is situated mostly on the right bank of the Vah river. The municipality lies at an altitude of 215 metres and covers an area of 3.928 km2. Etymology The name comes from Slovak Somarovce (somar - donkey). History In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1208 as Villa Samar. In that time, the area was property of the Zamarovsky family. In 1989, Zamarovce became an independent municipality after it was separated from Trencin. Population Zamarovce has a population of about 796 people. Most of the inhabitants are employed in factories in Trencin, a local cooperative, or a brickfield plant. Notable people are pedagogue and historian Pavel Hicoldt and the doctor, traveller, and Alaska gold-digger Alexander Liska. Sights A first half of the 19th century mansion can be found in Zamarovce. A sports center is on the left bank of the Vah.

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René Quitral

Angel Rene Quitral Encina (15 September 1924 - 26 November 1982) was a Chilean football goalkeeper who was part of the national soccer team Chile in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Badminton (1947-1948), Santiago Wanderers (1949-1954) and San Luis de Quillota (1955-1958). He also participated in 1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden Eliminatory process. He had two titles in his career: 1955 and 1958, second division Championship with San Luis de Quillota, being one of the biggest references until this time for this Club. Personal life Quitral was of Mapuche descent. Quitral died on 26 November 1982, at the age of 62. References External links FIFA profile Rene Quitral at PartidosdeLaRoja.com 1924 births 1982 deaths Chilean people of Mapuche descent Footballers from Santiago Chilean men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Badminton F.C.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Brown%20%28tackle%29

Tom Brown (tackle)

Thomas Hartwell Brown Jr. (July 2, 1890 - August 3, 1972) was a college football and basketball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He played next to his brother Charles on the line for the football team. Tom Brown was also a medical doctor. Early years Tom Brown was born on July 2, 1890, in Gallatin, Tennessee, to Thomas Hartwell Brown, Sr. and Annie Donelson Hunt. Vanderbilt Brown graduated from Vanderbilt University with an M. D in 1913. In his senior year he was awarded the title of 'Bachelor of Ugliness,' given to the most liked fellow on campus. Tom Brown was a prominent tackle on Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams, selected All-Southern. As a freshman, he took part in the scoreless tie of defending national champion Yale. Toledo Pro football In World War I he served in the Army Medical Corps as a lieutenant. While interning at St Vincent's Hospital in Toledo, he played with the Toledo Maroons. While with them, according to author Emil Klosinski, he played a part in the worst loss ever suffered by legendary coach Knute Rockne, a 40 to 0 win in 1917 over the "South Bend Jolly Fellows Club." Physician Brown was an avid member of the Rotary Club for more than 38 years. "He had no peers in his orthopedic ability and contributed greatly to Toledo medicine." He was a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons and President of the Lucas County Academy of Medicine.

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The Mersey Pirate

The Mersey Pirate is a British children's television programme that was shown in 1979. Based aboard a Mersey ferry, the , anchored at Liverpool Docks in the River Mersey, it was produced by Granada Television and was introduced to fill the Saturday morning summer break taken by Tiswas. The programme's presenters were Duggie Brown, Frank Carson, Bernard Wrigley and Billy Butler. Actors Andrew Schofield and Ray Kingsley, who would later work together on the television series Scully, played stowaways. Various guests appeared on the series including The Dooleys, Bad Manners, The Undertones, and Star Wars star David Prowse (who was equally known in the UK for his persona as The Green Cross Code Man at the time). Most ITV regions showed the programme, though several (including Tyne Tees, UTV and Channel Television) did not. The show had been due to run throughout the summer of 1979, but its run was cut short due to the ITV network strike that ran from August to October that year. The show was prerecorded and used fake newspaper headlines to give the appearance of being live. The following year another Granada production, Fun Factory, took the Summer Saturday morning slot.

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Albert Almoznino

Albert Almoznino (; March 3, 1923 - April 7, 2020) was an Israeli hand shadow artist. He gained international recognition in the years 1958-1975 when he performed his hand shadow skills in front of thousands of people at Radio City Music Hall New York, Paris Olympia, Reno Nevada, "The Ed Sullivan Show" and other places. Biography Albert Almoznino was born in Mogador (Essaouira), Morocco in 1923. He immigrated to Israel when he was 25 years old. In his early years as a new citizen he was earning his money by teaching art in elementary school. In 1953 he became a lab technician at Weizmann Institute of Science and worked there, excluding the time spent on his performances abroad, until his retirement. He performed only as an amateur until Ed Sullivan discovered him in a group of artists organized in Israel. Sullivan first featured him on his television program in 1958 together with Itzhak Perlman, Nechama Hendel and more talented young Israelis. At that tour he was guest artist in several more TV shows like "What's My Line?" and "To Tell the Truth". In 1965-1971 he went on tours at New York, Paris and Reno, Nevada to perform at the great music halls like Radio City Music Hall and Paris Olympia. In 1975 he was performing in South Africa together with Yehoram Gaon and Dudu Topaz. Since then he performed in many TV shows in Israel and in children's VCR tapes. In addition to his hand shadow art, Almoznino is a well known Israeli painter and stained glass maker. He displayed his works in several exhibitions in Rishon Lezion, his home town, Tel Aviv, and Ashdod. Almoznino died in April 2020 at the age of 97. Shadowgraphy The art of making hand shadows -- shadowgraphy -- was popular in the 19th century. Shadow portraits of people's profiles (silhouettes) were even cut from dark paper and framed. The darkest, sharpest shadows are made using candlelight. When the electric light came into use shadowgraphy began to decline. Almoznino in his performances revived this ancient art using only a small source light, a screen and his hands. With his two bare hands he created profiles of animals, plants, American cultural characters like cowboys, Native Americans, African Americans, and famous international politicians and celebrities. His show featured orchestra music and short stories enacted by the characters to entertain the audience and make them laugh. The Art of Hand Shadows The Art of Hand Shadows by Albert Almoznino explains and illustrates how to make the shadow characters that Almoznino created. The necessary equipment is only a source of light like a candle and a white wall or screen. The characters in the book Animals like: monkey, deer, elephant, wolf, birds, leopard, rabbit, camel, giraffe and many more. Plants like: cactus and flowers. Famous buildings like the Eiffel Tower and churches. Famous politicians like the US presidents from Abraham Lincoln to Richard Nixon. Other countries' leaders like David Ben-Gurion and Gamal Abdel Nasser.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20Kasp%C3%A9

Vladimir Kaspé

Vladimir Kaspe (3 May 1910 - 7 October 1996) was an ethnic Russian, Mexican national architect, teacher, and writer. He was the younger brother of Simon Kaspe. He was married to Masha Shapiro. He was born in Harbin, China on 3 May 1910. He moved to Paris in 1926 and studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts from 1929 to 1935. There, his teacher was Georges Gromort. In 1942 he moved to Mexico. In 1948 the Super Servicio Lomas Building, which he designed, opened. He designed the Albert Einstein Secondary School (Escuela Albert Einstein) in Mexico City, which was in development from 1944 to 1946, and opened in 1949. It was one of his first commissions. With J. Hanhausen, he designed the Facultad de Economia in the Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, which was completed in 1953. He also designed the Liceo Franco Mexicano in Mexico City, which opened in 1950. Jane Turner, the author of Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean art, wrote that his educational architecture was "notable for their formal austerity". He died in Mexico City on 7 October 1996. Legacy The Vladimir Kaspe Cultural Center was designed by Jorge Hernandez de la Garza. References Further reading Noelle, Louise. Vladimir Kaspe: reflexion y compromiso. Universidad La Salle, 1995. , 9789687651040. External links "Vladimir Kaspe" (Archive) Lycee Franco Mexicain. "La obra de Vladimir Kaspe en Polanco" (" (Archive). Discurso Visual, Centro Nacional de las Artes CENART (ES), Secretariat of Public Education.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential%20Workers%20Monument

Essential Workers Monument

The Essential Workers Monument is a planned memorial in New York City, United States, commemorating key workers for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. History In June 2021, Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York state, announced that the memorial would be located in Battery Park City. The monument's location faced opposition due to the process and location and will be installed in a different location. In July 2021, the Battery Park City Essential Workers Monument Advisory Committee was formed to help identify a new location. It comprises seventeen people representing various neighborhood constituencies as well as state officials and essential workers.

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Varang Nord

Varang Nord is a heavy metal band from Latvia formed in 2014. The band cites Turisas, Amon Amarth and Finntroll as their biggest influences. History In 2019 Varang Nord won the Wacken Metal Battle competition. Their fourth studio album Parkiuna uomurs ("Thunder's Hammer") was released on 23 February 2021, and is fully sung in Latgalian. The album's orchestral arrangements were done by composer Yuri Borin, while Sergey Karshev wrote the bass parts and Alyona Fomina plays the bagpipes and talharpa. In the end of 2020, Varang Nord announced a 2021 Heathen Heroes Tour in September with concerts in Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland, featuring Tyr, Arkona, Dalriada and Varmia. In 2021 their album "Parkiuna Uomurs" was nominated as 'Global Metal Release Of The Year', it finished joint 7th with the album "A Legacy Of Vengeance" by the Falkland Islands death metal band Bloodrust. The band themselves were nominated 'Breakthrough European Band' and finished 10th.

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AW Canum Venaticorum

AW Canum Venaticorum is a variable star in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is visible to the naked eye with a nominal apparent visual magnitude of 4.76. The distance to this star, as measured from its annual parallax shift of , is around 620 light years. It is moving closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of -44 km/s. At the age of 1.1 billion years, this is an evolved red giant star with a stellar classification of M3- IIIa. It is a slow irregular variable of type Lb, with a brightness that ranges between magnitudes 4.73 and 4.85. The star has 2.2 times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 117 times the Sun's radius.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale%20Rolfe

Dale Rolfe

Dale Roland Carl Rolfe (born April 30, 1940) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenseman. He played for four teams in the National Hockey League between 1960 and 1975. He spent his junior career with the Barrie Flyers through the 1956-57 and 1959-60 seasons. During the 1959-60 NHL season, Rolfe played three games with the Boston Bruins as well as two games with the Kingston Frontenacs of the EPHL. Professional career Rolfe then spent the 1960-61 and 1961-62 season with the Portland Buckaroos of the Western Hockey League. Rolfe then moved to the American Hockey League where he spent the next season with the Hershey Bears and the following four seasons with the Springfield Indians. In the 1967-68 season, he returned to the National Hockey League, playing for the Los Angeles Kings. He played for the Kings until he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings on February 20, 1970. Rolfe stayed with Detroit for the remainder of the 1969-70 season and the majority of the 1970-71 season before being traded to the New York Rangers for Jim Krulicki where he would spend the rest of his professional career, retiring after the 1974-75 NHL season. Rolfe played a total of 509 NHL regular season games with 25 goals, 125 assists and 556 penalty minutes. He was recognized by opponents to be a smart defender who used tremendous reach and strength to play the puck or take a man out of the play.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel%20%282001%20film%29

Jewel (2001 film)

Jewel is a 2001 television drama film directed by Paul Shapiro, based on the book of the same name by Bret Lott. Plot In 1945, Jewel Hilburn (Farrah Fawcett), 39, and her husband Leston (Patrick Bergin), 41, are living in poverty in rural Mississippi, and raising their four children: Raylene (Rachel Skarsten), Burton (Kyle Fairlie), Wilman (Max Morrow), and Annie (Alexis Vandermaelen). All four children were nannied by Jewel's friend and housekeeper, Cathedral (Cicely Tyson). Leston makes a living pulling out pine stumps for the war effort. Cathedral's husband, Nelson (Ardon Bess), and their sons, Sepulchur and Temple, all work for Leston. The Hilburns discover that Jewel is pregnant, and decide it will be their last child. Cathedral has a premonition and warns Jewel that the child will bring hardship and test her, but that it is God's way of smiling down on Jewel. The Hilburns name the baby girl Brenda Kay. In time it becomes obvious that Brenda Kay is developing much slower than other children. At six months old, she lies very still, when other children her age are able to roll over. The Hilburns consult their physician, Dr. Beaudry, who calls Dr. Basket, his former teacher and the best paediatrician in the South, to make a diagnosis. He tells Jewel and Leston that Brenda Kay has Down syndrome, and recommends placing her in an institution with other children with the condition, as she would be a huge burden on them and the rest of the family. He predicts that the baby is unlikely to survive past her second birthday. Outraged, Jewel refuses, insisting she will care for her daughter at home as part of the family. Beaudry tells Jewel that Brenda Kay should receive regular injections to strengthen her bones. The injections are expensive, but the Hilburns manage to pay for them, even when times get tougher after Leston loses his job. The kids sell the vegetables the family grows, Raylene quits school and gets a job, and Jewel takes on sewing work. Meanwhile, Jewel concentrates her attention on caring for Brenda Kay, who survives, but misses developmental milestones. Aged seven, Brenda Kay walks downstairs by herself for the first time. Brenda Kay's constant needs mean Jewel has less time and energy for her older children. Jewel reads of a "miracle school" in Los Angeles, California, that is reputed to help children like Brenda Kay, and proposes that the family moves there to find work while Brenda Kay attends the school. While Leston considers, Burton decides to go to California immediately to look for work. Brenda Kay, meanwhile, has a couple of near brushes with death. Jewel has secretly applied to the special school and Brenda Kay has been accepted. To raise money, Jewel secretly starts selling items from her home. Eventually Leston notices and confronts her. After an argument, he agrees to move to California, on condition that they return to Mississippi someday. Except Raylene, who gets married and stays in Mississippi, the Hilburns relocate to Los Angeles to reunite with Burton, now working at a garage. Leston finds work, and Brenda Kay enrolls in the school, run by director Nathan White. For the first time, Brenda Kay meets other children like herself, and Jewel is not solely responsible for her. In 1961, Brenda Kay is sixteen. The school has not raised Brenda Kay's attainment, but Leston has a better job, and Jewel works at the school as an assistant. White suggests to Jewel that she must let go of Brenda Kay, as her efforts are holding her daughter back. Keeping her promise to Leston, they return to Mississippi to search for a new house, but Leston realizes that his home is now in Los Angeles, and Mississippi is his past. They return to California and resume their lives. Gradually, Jewel accepts White's argument that Brenda Kay must be allowed to live her own life. White recommends a group home for adults with Down Syndrome, where Brenda Kay will learn to live independently from Jewel's over-protective care. The Hilburns leave Brenda Kay at the home with the new friends she has made. Jewel visits her often, but has finally realized the importance of letting her grow by herself. Cast Farrah Fawcett as Jewel Hilburn Patrick Bergin as Leston Hilburn Cicely Tyson as Cathedral Laura Mercer as Brenda Kay (ages 8-9) Ashley Wolfe as Brenda Kay (age 16) Rachel Skarsten as Raylene (age 14) Natalie Radford as Raylene (ages 22-30) Alexis Vandermaelen as Annie (age 3-4) Charlotte Arnold as Annie (ages 7-11) Kristin Booth as Annie (age 19) Max Morrow as Wilman (age 10-11) Robin Dunne as Wilman (ages 18-26) Kylie Fairlie as Burton (age 11) Kelly Harms as Burton ages (19-27) Dylan Harman as Dennis (age 9) Kenny Freeman as Dennis (age 16) Nola Augustson as Mrs. Hamby Sean Bell as Gower Cross Ardon Bess as Nelson Jayne Bickman as Rachel Geoffrey Bowes as Dr. Beaudry Lori Cooke as Sammy Peter Donaldson as Nathan White Isabella Fink as Elaine Cross Dallas Goyo as Matthew Cross Lynne Griffin as Nancy Tindle Maggie Huculak as Nancy Stacia Langdon as Olivia Shawn Lawrence as Larry Tindle Ron Payne as Dr.

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1779 Vermont Republic gubernatorial election

The 1779 Vermont Republic gubernatorial election took place throughout September, and resulted in the re-election of Thomas Chittenden to a one-year term. The Vermont General Assembly met in Manchester on October 14. The Vermont House of Representatives appointed a committee to examine the votes of the freemen of Vermont for governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, and governor's council members. Thomas Chittenden was re-elected governor. Benjamin Carpenter was elected lieutenant governor, and Ira Allen was re-elected as treasurer. The names of candidates and balloting totals were not recorded.

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Calmatic

Charles Kidd II (born September 25, 1987), known professionally as Calmatic, is an American filmmaker from Los Angeles known for music videos and commercials. Biography Calmatic was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, and is known for incorporating elements of Los Angeles into each video, as well as cartoonish humor and moments of comic relief. He has cited both Spike Lee and Spike Jonze as inspirations. He graduated from University High School in 2005. He gained widespread fame in 2019 for directing the video for "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, which won the 2019 MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Music Video. He has also worked with Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, Anderson .Paak, Pharrell Williams, and Jay-Z, among others. A frequent collaborator with Vince Staples, he directed the video to Staples' single "Fun!" as well as The Vince Staples Show on YouTube. Calmatic is also a commercial director, making ads for Target, Sprite, and other brands. His "All People Are Tax People" commercial for TurboTax premiered at the 2020 Super Bowl, and he received the Ad Age Director of the Year award the same year. He directed the 2023 remake of the 1990 film House Party, developed by LeBron James, which was his feature length debut. In 2021, Calmatic was set to direct a reboot of the 1992 sports comedy film White Men Can't Jump for 20th Century Studios.

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Gerardo Gordillo

Gerardo Arturo Gordillo Olivero (born 17 August 1994) is a Guatemalan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga Nacional club Comunicaciones and the Guatemala national team. Club career Born in Guatemala City, Gordillo began his career at Antigua before joining Cypriot side Enosis Neon Paralimni. He appeared in his first match on 29 September 2013 against AEK Larnaca as an unused substitute. After not seeing any playing time for the club, Gordillo returned to Guatemala and joined Deportivo Marquense. He made his debut for the club on 13 March 2014 against Comunicaciones, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute for Jonny Brown as the match ended in a 1-1 draw. After playing one season for the club, Gordillo moved abroad again, this time joining Battipagliese in Italy. After spending a season in Italy, Gordillo returned again to Guatemala and joined his former youth club Antigua. He made his debut for the club on 11 March 2015 against Deportivo Coatepeque in which he started during a 1-0 victory for the club. During his second season with the club, he helped Antigua become champions of the 2015-16 Apertura. He started for Antigua in the first leg of the finals against Guastatoya, earning a yellow card in the 57th minute as his side succumbed to a 2-1 defeat. He then came off the bench as a substitute in the second leg on 20 December 2015 as Antigua won 2-0 and 3-2 on aggregate. Comunicaciones On 10 June 2016, it was announced that Gordillo had signed with Comunicaciones. After starting a couple matches from the bench, Gordillo made his debut for the club on 5 February 2017 against his former club Deportivo Marquense. He started as the match ended in a 1-1 draw. The next season, on 27 August 2017, Gordillo would score his first professional goal against Suchitepequez. His 79th-minute goal was the second in a 2-0 victory. Two seasons later, on 2 August 2019, Gordillo made his international club debut in the CONCACAF League against the Honduran side Marathon. He started and scored a goal in the 47th minute as Comunicaciones won 2-1. He would go on to help Comunicaciones qualify for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League via finishing as the second best quarter-finalist side. In the process, Gordillo also earned a spot in the best eleven for the CONCACAF League. On 20 February 2020, Gordillo started in Comunicaciones opening match of the Champions League against Mexican side America. He scored the opening goal in the match in the 81st minute of the match to give his side the lead but America would go on to equalize in stoppage time as the match ended 1-1. After the match, Gordillo was named in CONCACAF's best eleven for the Round of 16 first leg matches. UTC On 8 January 2021, Gordillo joined Peruvian Liga 1 club UTC. He made his debut with the club on 12 March, in a 1-0 away league defeat against Cienciano. Five days later, on 17 March, Gordillo made his Copa Sudamericana debut in a 1-0 defeat against Sport Huancayo. Gordillo scored his first goal for UTC on 15 April, opening the scoring in a 3-1 victory over Melgar. His goal and his performance lead to Gordillo being included in the league's team of the week for that round. Coquimbo Unido In 6 July 2022, Gordillo moved to Chile and joined Primera Division side Coquimbo Unido. International career Gordillo made his international debut for Guatemala on 16 October 2019 against Bermuda in an international friendly. He started as the match ended in a 0-0 draw. Career statistics Club International International goals Scores and results list Guatemala's goal tally first. Honours Antigua Liga Nacional de Guatemala: Apertura 2015 References External links Profile at PlayMakerStats 1994 births Living people Footballers from Guatemala City Guatemalan men's footballers Guatemalan expatriate men's footballers Guatemala men's international footballers Guatemala men's youth international footballers Guatemala men's under-20 international footballers Men's association football defenders Antigua GFC players Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players Deportivo Marquense players Comunicaciones F.C.

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

Scowl (band)

Scowl is an American hardcore punk band from Santa Cruz, California. The band consists of singer Kat Moss, guitarist Malachi Greene, guitarist Mikey Bifolco, bassist Bailey Lupo, and drummer Cole Gilbert. History The band released their first collection of songs, a self-titled EP, in 2019. In 2021, the group released their debut full-length album, How Flowers Grow, through Flatspot Records. The group released their third EP in 2023 titled Psychic Dance Routine. Scowl has toured and shared the stage with bands like Circle Jerks and Negative Approach, System Of A Down, Korn, Turnstile and Deftones, Limp Bizkit, and toured Australia in May and June of 2023 with Sunami and Speed. The band also played the 2023 edition of the famed Coachella festival. In a 2022 interview with hardcore magazine In Effect singer Kat Moss said about touring: "We are focused heavily on touring as much as possible! We are trying to hit all the places in the US that we haven't played yet as well as across the pond!"

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brethren%2C%20Michigan

Brethren, Michigan

Brethren is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Dickson Township, Manistee County, and is in the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The community had a population of 331 at the 2020 census, down from 410 in 2010. The community is located in the Manistee National Forest, northeast of Manistee. Brethren has a post office with ZIP code 49619. History Brethren was founded in 1900 by Samuel S. Thorpe as a colony of the German Baptist Brethren Church. A post office was established in 1901 with Thorpe as the first postmaster. The Pere Marquette Railway established a station here in 1901. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of , of which are land and are water. Boswell Creek forms the northern edge of the community, flowing west to the Manistee River. Lake Eleanor and Center Lake are small water bodies on the east side of the community. Notable resident James Earl Jones, actor and original voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferndene%20State%20Reserve

Ferndene State Reserve

The Ferndene State Reserve is a protected area in the Dial Range of northwest Tasmania, Australia. It comprises and is managed by the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. It was established on 2 August 1939 and is described by the Parks and Wildlife Service as a "scenic fern glade". References Parks and Wildlife Service; Reserves under the Nature Conservation Act 2002; web publication; retrieved 8 April 2007. Dial Range Recreation Management Plan ; June 2000; Inspiring Place Consultants and Office of Sport and Recreation Tasmania.

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Chodová Planá

Chodova Plana () is a market town in the Tachov District in the Plzen Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Bonenov, Dolni Kramolin, Holubin, Hostickov, Michalovy Hory, Pistov and Vyskov are administrative parts of Chodova Plana. Geography Chodova Plana is located about northwest of Plzen. Most of the municipal territory lies in the Tepla Highlands, but the western part with the built-up area lies in the Upper Palatinate Forest Foothills. The highest point is at above sea level. There are several ponds in the vicinity of the market town. The largest of them is Regent, a pond used for sports and recreational purposes. The pond was founded in 1479. History The first written mention of Chodova Plana is from 1319, when it was a property of the knights Ctibor and Oldrich. It was then owned by various knights, and in 1391 and 1413 it was documented as the property of the Tepla Abbey. Its owners often changed until 1560, when Chodova Plana was bought by the Sirtingar (German: Schirnding) family. After the Battle of White Mountain in 1620, the properties of the Sirtingar family were confiscated, and Chodova Plana was acquired by the counts of Haimhausen. The estate remained in their possession until the abolition of serfdom in 1848. In 1733, a huge fire destroyed half of the market town, including the church. Until 1938, Chodova Plana had a Jewish community. Its presence is documented by two remaining Jewish cemeteries. Demographics Economy Chodova Plana is known for the oldest brewery in the west Bohemian region, which is named Chodovar. The first written reference of the brewery is from 1573, however, its much older history is evidenced by cellars from the 14th century, carved in granite rock, still used to brew beer. The brewery is best known today for its beer spa. Guests can soak in a dark lager/mineral water blend in copper tubs. The beer soak spa treatment is said to have medicinal benefits. Sport The town has a sports club, TJ Slavoj Chodova Plana. Sights The Church of Saint John the Baptist replaced the old one destroyed by the fire. It was built in the Baroque style in 1748-1754. The Old Castle in Chodova Plana from 1734 was rebuilt into the cultural house. The New Castle was built in 1906. It includes a spacious park. In the brewery, there is a small brewery museum.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Storms

Tim Storms

Tim Storms (born August 28, 1972) is an American singer and composer. He holds the Guinness World Record for both the "lowest note produced by a human" and the "widest vocal range". Musical career Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Storms was raised in Waterloo, Indiana. His musical affinity appeared at a young age. Four days after graduating from high school, he returned to Oklahoma to begin his career in Christian music. Since then, Storms has appeared with a number of singing groups, including Freedom, Vocal Union, AVB, Acappella, and Rescue. He also performed with the cast of Branson's "50s at the Hop", was voted Branson's Bass Singer of the Year for three years in a row, and is in the Branson's Entertainers Hall of Fame. Storms joined Pierce Arrow Theater in Branson at the beginning of the 2006 season. As well as his performances across the United States, Storms has also performed in Brazil, France, Switzerland, Jamaica, and Fiji. In 2012, after auditioning to record with the St. Petersburg Chamber Choir in Saint Petersburg, Storms was selected by composer Paul Mealor, producer Anna Barry and Decca Records to record four songs with the choir. Two of the four songs, "De Profundis" and "The Twelve Brigands", ended up on the Universal/Decca Records release, Tranquility Voices of Deep Calm. Guinness World Record Storms' Guinness World Record for the lowest note produced by a human was 0.189 Hz, set in 2012; he had a separate record for greatest vocal range, although most of this range is inaudible.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt%20F.%20B%C3%BChler

Curt F. Bühler

Curt Ferdinand Buhler (11 July 1905 - 2 August 1985) was an American librarian and expert of early books who published mainly on the art and history of books printed during the fifteenth century. He took degrees from Yale University (B.A., 1927) and Trinity College, Dublin (Ph.D., 1930). After post-doctoral studies in the University of Munich (1931-1933), he worked as a rare book curator at the Pierpont Morgan Library from 1934, was appointed Keeper of Printed Books in 1948, and remained with the Morgan Library until his formal retirement in 1973. His own collection of manuscripts and early printed books was bequeathed to the same library. Buhler served as president of both the Bibliographical Society of America (1952-1954) and the Renaissance Society of America (1961-1963), and was a member of many other organizations including the Grolier Club, the Century Association, the Modern Language Association, the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. Personal life In July 1971, Buhler married Lucy Jane Ford Schoettle.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervantes%20Theater

Cervantes Theater

The Cervantes Theater is located in the city of Guanajuato. The building is of stone in the colonial style, designed by Jose Martinez Cossi and inaugurated in 1979. It is a venue of the Festival Internacional Cervantino, but also holds other events during the rest of the year. Description The theater is a rectangular stone building in colonial style, and includes a large wooden double door on its facade. In front of the building is the Plaza Allende, which contains statues of Don Quijote and Sancho Panza on horseback. Inside, it has a capacity of 430 and a statue of writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. History The theater was designed by architect Jose Martinez Cossio and inaugurated on September 1, 1979. The first event held at the venue was a concert by pianist Guadalupe Parrondo. Previously, it was the site of the movie theater Cine Colonial, and the land once belonged to a hacienda dedicated to the smelting of metals. On the fortieth anniversary of the Festival Cervantino, a time capsule was interred at the base of the Quijote and Panza statues, which included a book documenting the first four decades of the event as well as photographs, letters and more. Function The venue is primarily for the Festival Internacional Cervantino, with less-regular events during the rest of the year. These include the Festival de Titerias (puppets) and Andar de Paella, organized by the Universidad Santa Fe as part of a week-long city gastronomy festival. The theatre has hosted plays, operas, concerts, dances, shows for children, festivals, film events, and state and local political events.

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Printer's Devilry

A Printer's Devilry is a form of cryptic crossword puzzle, first invented by Afrit (Alistair Ferguson Ritchie) in 1937. A Printer's Devilry puzzle does not follow the standard Ximenean rules of crossword setting, since the clues do not define the answers. Instead, each clue consists of a sentence from which a string of letters has been removed and, where necessary, the punctuation and word breaks in the clue rearranged to form a new more-or-less grammatical sentence. The challenge to the solver is to find the missing letters, which will spell out a word or phrase that should be entered into the grid. History Afrit's first Printer's Devilry puzzle appeared in The Listener on 2 June, 1937 in puzzle 377. Its original preamble, setting out the rules, read as follows: Other later crossword setters have picked up the form, including Ximenes and Azed, and it has also found use in mixed puzzles that combine several different clue types on a single grid. Ximenes noted that it was one of the most popular non-plain puzzle types and typically set a Printer's Devilry every eight months, while most other puzzle types only appeared annually. The name plays on the term printer's devil, an old term for a printer's apprentice. Examples Like a standard cryptic crossword clue, the surface reading of a Printer's Devilry clue has nothing to do with the answer. However, a cryptic crossword clue according to Ximenean rules comprises wordplay and a definition. Neither of these are present in a Printer's Devilry. For example, in the following clue: the correct answer is INSTATE, which can be slotted into the clue to form a new sentence: "Against a telling remark, an effective riposte is difficult". To produce this sentence, a space is deleted between "a" and "galling", two spaces are added into "instate" and the dash is replaced by a comma. In his analysis of Printer's Devilry clues, Ximenes noted that it was a popular type, arguably easier than the standard cryptic but with the potential to be made more difficult by concealing the position of the break. A difficult Printer's Devilry clue can therefore involve substantial changes to the structure of the sentence, not just the addition of the clue word, as in: which must be significantly adjusted to produce the sentence: "When he was dancing at the center, I could not see Jose Limon as ticket expenses there were too high." with the clue word MONASTIC. However, the letters of the clued word always appear in order, and they always appear consecutively - the sentence is only ever broken in a single place. In Printer's Devilry clues, the surface can be ungrammatical or nonsensical, but the complete sentence should always be logical and natural. A common mistake when setting Printer's Devilry clues is to do the reverse and contrive a sentence which reads naturally on its surface, but which when combined with the answer produces a sentence that is not idiomatic and therefore is impossible to guess. An example of this, criticized by Ximenes, is: The answer to this clue is MORALE, producing the sentence "Do all the lines of tram or a level crossing always lack supervision?" - a sentence Ximenes described as "so unnatural that the clue would be almost insoluble". It is also considered poor form for the break to appear at the beginning or end of a word.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper%20Griffin

Jasper Griffin

Jasper Griffin (29 May 1937 - 22 November 2019) was a British classicist and academic. He was Public Orator and Professor of Classical Literature in the University of Oxford from 1992 until 2004. Early life Griffin was born on 29 May 1937. He was educated on a scholarship at Christ's Hospital, a private school in Horsham, West Sussex. He read Classical Moderations and Greats at Balliol College, Oxford between 1956 and 1960. He graduated with a first class Bachelor of Arts degree. He was Jackson Fellow at Harvard University from 1960 to 1961 where he undertook research in early Latin poets. Academic career On his return to the University of Oxford, Griffin became Dyson Junior Research Fellow at Balliol College (1961-63), tutorial fellow in Classics (1963-2004), and senior fellow (2000-04). He is the originator of the word "agostic" used by the organometallic chemist Malcolm Green to describe C-H-M interactions. Personal life Griffin's wife of more than fifty years, Dr Miriam T. Griffin (nee Dressler), was also a noteworthy classicist. Their three daughters, Julia, Miranda and Tamara, survive them. Honours Griffin was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1986.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20Pathologist%27s%20Office

State Pathologist's Office

The State Pathologist's Office () is a branch of the Department of Justice in the Republic of Ireland. Its function is to provide independent expert advice on matters relating to forensic pathology and to perform post-mortem examinations in those cases where foul play is suspected (so-called 'state cases'). This function includes providing post-mortem reports to the relevant coroner in appropriate instances, as well as attendance at coroners' inquests and at any court proceedings arising out of the Garda investigation into a death. The office also provides advice to coroners on cases which are not the subject of a criminal investigation, but which nevertheless give rise to complex questions of forensic pathology. There is one full-time Chief State Pathologist, Dr. Linda Mulligan. She is assisted by two Locum Assistant State Pathologists, Dr. Heidi Okkers and Cork-based Dr. Margot Bolster Since 2015, the State Pathologist's Office and City Mortuary have been based in a former Garda station in Whitehall, Dublin. In 2010 work had begun on building a new premises at a site in nearby Marino but this was subsequently abandoned.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Paul%20Verboncoeur

John Paul Verboncoeur

John Paul Verboncoeur is a professor of Electrical Engineering at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. He was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2013 for contributions to computational plasma physics and plasma device applications. from the University of Florida in 1982, a MS and a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from UC Berkeley in 1987 and 1992 respectively. He was chair of the Computational Engineering Science Program at UC Berkeley from 2001-2010. Currently, he is president of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society. He is the author/coauthor of the MSU (formerly Berkeley) suite of particle-in-cell Monte Carlo codes, and is an Associate Editor for Physics of Plasmas.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman%20Aviation%20Nordic%20VII

Norman Aviation Nordic VII

The Norman Aviation Nordic VII is a Canadian advanced ultralight aircraft, that was designed by Jacques Norman and produced by Norman Aviation of Saint-Anselme, Quebec. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft. Production is complete and the Nordic VII is no longer available. Design and development The Nordic VII was designed to comply with the Canadian ultralight rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit with doors, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tubing, with its wings made from wood and all surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its span wing has an area of and mounts flaps. The wing is supported by V-struts and jury struts. The standard engines supplied were Subaru EA four-stroke powerplants. The cockpit width is , wider than the Nordic II. The Nordic VII also has a swept tail, which differentiates it from the Nordic VI. The wing has slightly greater span than the Nordic VI, but less area, giving the Nordic VII a higher stall speed and a lower rate of climb, but a faster cruise speed. Construction time from the factory supplied kit is estimated at 300 hours. Operational history In November 2016 there were two Nordic VIIs on the Transport Canada Civil Aviation Register.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren%20Lewis%20%28screenwriter%29

Warren Lewis (screenwriter)

Warren Lewis is an American film producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his screenwriting contributions on the films Black Rain (1989, directed by Ridley Scott) and The 13th Warrior (1999, directed by John McTiernan). He also worked as an assistant film director on numerous studio and independent films, including Boaz Davidson's Hospital Massacre (1982), Penelope Spheeris' The Boys Next Door (1985) and McTiernan's directorial debut film Nomads (1986). Lewis has an extensive background in film and video production. Lewis' original and developed screenplays, television pilots and adaptations include the adaptation of the novel Cold, Cold Heart; The Tale of the Bloodstone Riders, a western set against the background of post Civil War reconstruction Texas; and Dress Blues, a story set in the home front of the Vietnam War and the events of the 1968 Democratic National Convention. A World Away, The Point - A TV drama set in The United States Military Academy And an adaptation of S. Ansky's play The Dybbuk, is casting. Lewis is an active educator in screenwriting. He is a professor in the screenwriting program at the California State University at Fullerton and teaches beginning and advanced screenwriting at the UCLA Writer's program via UCLA Extension. He is a frequent guest lecturer at University film and writing programs. His academic research on the contributions of Vitagaph Studios (1897-1925) to U.S. film authorship is ongoing. Lewis is the 2014 recipient of the Person of Letters award from the La Jolla Writers Conference. The jury prize at the Wallachia ( Romania) international film festival and was awarded at the American Screenwriters Conference in 2021. Biography Lewis studied media at CUNY, cinema at The State University of New York at Binghamton (now Binghamton University) and is a graduate of New York University. He studied screenwriting at Columbia University with Samson Raphaelson. In 2000, Lewis married the author Constance Young.

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Menallen Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania

Menallen Township is a township that is located in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,515 at the time of the 2010 census. This American township is named after an older variant spelling of Moyallen, County Down, now in Northern Ireland. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.29%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 2,974 people, 1,077 households, and 818 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 1,229 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 93.38% White, 0.91% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.03% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 4.10% from other races, and 1.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.18% of the population. There were 1,077 households, out of which 34.5% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 64.3% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.0% were non-families. 18.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.12. Within the township, the population was spread out, with 26.2% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 8.1% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 30.2% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 23.9% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 11.5% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-seven years. For every one hundred females there were 104.8 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 103.5 males. The median income for a household in the township was $41,404, and the median income for a family was $43,615. Males had a median income of $30,786 compared with that of $23,523 for females. The per capita income for the township was $17,415. Approximately 7.3% of families and 8.4% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 8.7% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 15.8% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st%20Brigade%20Combat%20Team%2C%201st%20Infantry%20Division%20%28United%20States%29

1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (United States)

The 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (aka, "Devil Brigade") is a maneuver brigade combat team in the United States Army. It is the oldest permanent brigade in the Army and has some of the oldest units in the United States Army. Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1st Brigade served in World War I, Vietnam, Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Its most notable campaigns include the Aisne-Marne, Meuse-Argonne, Picardy, Tet Counteroffensive and the Liberation and Defense of Kuwait. Since Desert Storm, the "Devil Brigade" has deployed to Bosnia, Kuwait, and to Korea to participate in a 2nd Infantry Division exercise. History World War I Headquarters and Headquarters Company was constituted 24 May 1917 into the Regular Army as Headquarters, 1st Brigade, an element of the 1st Expeditionary Division (later redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division). 1st Infantry Brigade 16th Infantry Regiment 18th Infantry Regiment 2nd Machine Gun Battalion Commanders 1st Infantry Brigade 1917 9 June Colonel Omar Bundy 28 June Brigadier General Omar Bundy 25 August Colonel Ulysses G. McAlexander (ad interim) 30 August Brigadier General Omar Bundy 8 September Brigadier General George B. Duncan 1918 16 January Colonel John L. Hines (ad interim) 21 January Brigadier General George B. Duncan 5 May Brigadier General John L. Hines 27 August Brigadier General Frank Parker 18 October Colonel Hjalmar Erickson (ad interim) 21 November Brigadier General Frank Parker 20 December Colonel Charles A. Hunt (ad interim) 1919 5 January Brigadier General Frank Parker 12 January Colonel Charles A. Hunt (ad interim) 17 January Brigadier General Frank Parker 27 January Colonel William F. Harrell (ad interim) 29 January Brigadier General Frank Parker 16 February Colonel Charles A. Hunt (ad interim) 29 March Brigadier General Frank Parker 1 April Colonel Charles A. Hunt (ad interim) 11 April Brigadier General Frank Parker 25 April Colonel Charles A. Hunt (ad interim) 7 May Lieutenant Colonel Edward R. Coppock (ad interim) 9 May Lieutenant Colonel William F. Hoey (ad interim) 13 May Brigadier General Frank Parker 8 July Colonel William W. McCammon (ad Interim) 18 July Brigadier General Frank Parker 21 July Colonel William W. McCammon (ad interim) 24 July to 3 September Brigadier General Frank Parker World War II The 1st Infantry Brigade was stationed in New York City, as part of the 1st Infantry Division until 11 October 1939, when it was inactivated when the division was converted to a Triangular Table of Organization and Equipment. 1st Infantry Brigade, Fort Wadsworth 16th Infantry Regiment, Fort Jay 18th Infantry Regiment, Fort Hamilton After the army's conversion to the triangular division, only two separate brigades were formed during World War II, the 1st Airborne Infantry Brigade and the 2nd Airborne Infantry Brigade. The 1st Airborne Infantry Brigade was formed at Fort Benning, Georgia, on 20 July 1942 originally as the 1st Parachute Infantry Brigade. The unit changed its name from "parachute" to "airborne" after having the 88th Glider Infantry Regiment assigned to it. After having its units removed and sent to different theatres the brigade was disbanded seven months later. Cold War Under the United States Army's pentomic reorganisation, the 1st Infantry Brigade was recreated as an independent unit at Ft. Benning from 1958 to 1962. When the First Brigade rejoined the 1st Infantry Division the brigade was renamed the 197th Infantry Brigade. Operation Iraqi Freedom On 23 July 2003, US Army Forces Command alerted the 1st Brigade for deployment to the Iraq Theater of Operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The brigade deployed its main body starting on 2 September, closing in Kuwait by 11 September. Initially attached to the 82nd Airborne Division, the brigade occupied Area of Operations Topeka and conducted Transition of Authority with the 3rd Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, on 26 September. On 20 March 2004, CJTF-7 attached 1st Brigade to the 1st Marine Division to continue its offensive operations in AO Topeka. In the following twelve months, the brigade's offensive operations killed 541 insurgents, wounded 101 more, and detained over 2,081 enemy fighters, including the capture of 18 high-value targets and 20 foreign fighters. The brigade responded to hundreds of small arms and RPG engagements, as well as over 550 IED (improvised explosive device) attacks. In order to disrupt the enemy's ability to conduct operations, the brigade captured 41 heavy machine guns, 175 RPG launchers, 3,134 mortar and artillery rounds, 1,781 rockets, and 17 surface-to-air missiles. In addition to combat operations, the brigade formed and trained the 60th Iraqi National Guard Brigade, including the 500th, 501st, and 502nd ING Battalions. 1st Brigade also sponsored over $23.8 million in civil projects in the Al Anbar province. The BCT returned to Fort Riley in September 2004. In January 2005 the 1st Brigade was again called upon to prepare for deployment for OIF. The brigade spent the majority of 2005 refitting and training for deployment in fall 2005. This training culminated with the brigade's deployment to the Joint Readiness Training Center in August and September 2005. In January 2006 the 1st Brigade received a mission change and began restructuring in order to better train military transition teams for their deployment. Several security force companies, or SECFOR companies, began preparing to deploy to Iraq in the fall of 2006. On 23 September 2009, the brigade officially moved the military transition team mission to Fort Polk, Louisiana, and stood up as a deployable heavy brigade combat team. The last of the MiTTs trained by the brigade completed their mission in October 2010. 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On the 24th of February 2022, the same day as the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine started, President Joe Biden extended the 1st Brigade Combat Team's deployment to Europe where it would be used to bolster NATO deterrence in Europe.

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San Luis, Pampanga

San Luis, officially the Municipality of San Luis (; ), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 58,551 people. Geography Barangays San Luis is politically subdivided into 17 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios. San Agustin San Carlos San Isidro San Jose San Juan San Nicolas San Roque San Sebastian Santa Catalina Santa Cruz Pambilog Santa Cruz Poblacion Santa Lucia Santa Monica Santa Rita Santo Nino Santo Rosario Santo Tomas Climate Demographics In the 2020 census, the population of San Luis, Pampanga, was 58,551 people, with a density of . Like other municipalities and cities in Pampanga, its people are mostly Kapampangan. Religion Roman Catholicism remains the predominant faith of the townsfolk. Other Christian denominations, such as Iglesia ni Cristo, the United Methodist Church, Members Church of God International, Evangelicals, Ang Iglesia Metodista sa Pilipinas, Baptists, and Born Again Christianity can be found in the municipality. Economy Transportation, trade and commerce in San Luis is concentrated at the town center where the public market, cockpit, municipal hall, church, schools, hospital, clinics, and commercial spaces are situated. Government Local government The municipal government is divided into three branches: executive, legislative and judiciary. The judicial branch is administered solely by the Supreme Court of the Philippines. The executive branch is composed of the mayor and the barangay captains for the barangays. The legislative branch is composed of the Sangguniang Bayan (town assembly), Sangguniang Barangay (barangay council), and the Sangguniang Kabataan for the youth sector. The current mayor of San Luis, Dr. Jayson S. Sagum or also known as Dr. J, and the vice mayor is Mon A. Sagum Landmarks St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church Its facade can compare immeasurably with existing Spanish-style church edifices and architectural design. The church is located in a place that used to be called Cabagsac, referring to the proliferation of fruit bats. In fact, today, a fishnet is permanently installed high above the altar precisely to catch thousands of bats that are roosting inside the church. The interior is dark, has an ambience of antiquity and mystery and overpowering odor of bat urine. The main attraction is the three-tower facade, perhaps one of its kind in the country. Not to be missed is the ancient cemetery located in a hidden corner at the back of the church, with some tombstones dating back to the 1800s and bearing the names of the town's prominent families, including the Elizaldes, Ablazos, Francos, Tarucs, among others. Education There is a prime school in the town aside from public elementary and high schools. Notable personalities Luis Taruc (June 21, 1913 - May 4, 2005), founder and leader of Hukbalahap, was born of peasant folks in the farming town of San Luis, Pampanga.

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Lakeview School District (Mercer County, Pennsylvania)

The Lakeview School District is a small, rural public school district serving parts of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses multiple rural communities, including Fairview Township, New Vernon Township, New Lebanon, Mill Creek Township, Stoneboro, Lake Township, Sandy Lake, Sandy Lake Township, Jackson Township, Jackson Center, and Worth Township. Lakeview School District encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, Lakeview School District served a district population of 8,462. By 2010, the district's population increased to 8,604 people. In 2009, Lakeview School District residents' per capita income was $16,811, while the median family income was $40,063. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. Lakeview School District operates Oakview Elementary School, Lakeview Middle School, and Lakeview High School. The District provides a full-day kindergarten and preschool. Extracurriculars Lakeview School District offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports programs for middle school and high school students. The high school is a District 10 member of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA).

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2015 Canadian wildfires

2015 Canadian wildfires were a series of wildfires across Canada and Alaska in July 2015 which spread smoke across most of North America. Over two hundred fires were ablaze across British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Tens of thousand of people had been evacuated and more than of forest had burned. Fire-fighters from Mexico, Western Australia, and New Zealand were sent to assist. The Canadian military also fought the fires. Since the smoke was so dense, warnings had been given across central and Western Canada; additionally, parts of the western United States were also issued air advisories because of the amount of smoke. Wildfires have burned one million hectares (2.4 million acres) in Saskatchewan in the past year according to statistics posted on the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. The words people have used to describe this natural disaster is "extreme, unprecedented, and historic." A majority of the ecosystem where the fire had been burning consists of boreal forests. Circumstances for catastrophic fires were created as a result of the fuel buildup starting in the 1950s caused fire inhibition. This outcome created a change in the landscape-age mosaic. Initially, this fuel buildup was created for closed canopy ecosystems such as the Pinus ponderosa located in the western United States. Causes The major factors of the severe wildfire situation were weather conditions, dead grass, winds and lightning. Dead, dry grass were particularly flammable due to high temperatures and lack of rain. Meanwhile, fires spread very quick with forest fuels in windy situations. Moreover, lightning further deteriorated the situation. Wildfire progression The wildfire season in Alberta in 2015 was unprecedented and began earlier than before. It started on 1 March and ended on October 31. By May 21, the wildfire hazard in the High Level Wildfire Management Area (HLWMA) was EXTREME. A fire restriction started in effect. As for July 10, the wildfire hazard dropped because of rain. By October 31, HLWMA had 333 wildfires and totalled 1,773 wildfires recorded, which was such a large figure that only had been exceeded twice since 1990, with 491,802 hectares burned. Response Effort First Responders The 2015 fire season pushed the system to its limit in terms of engaging resources in a situation where other jurisdictions were also demanding resources. Fire suppression cost $198,561,059 in total, mobilising just short of 2000 personnel in the 2015 fire season. As a result, they contained 92.7% of wildfire in the first burning period, and 95.6% in the second burning period. The 2015 Fire season and wildfire management program review concluded that fire suppression was 'well-defined and well-executed'. However, more than 13,000 people were forced from their homes due to northern Saskatchewan blazes, according to Red Cross. The Canadian Red Cross, as of the 9th July 2015, had assisted more than 7,800 people in the province's northern region, with a total of 280 trained Red Cross personnel from across Canada on the ground with many others coordinating from a distance. The Saskatchewan government was forced to bring in a Sikorsky S-64 skycrane from Montana, and the deployment of an immediate response team of 500 members from the Canadian Armed Forces. Political Response The political response to the wildfires was mixed. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited a local crew near West Kelowna, B.C. Speaking to the media on the visit, Harper said "We know these are tough and are sometimes dangerous jobs and these efforts really are appreciated by everybody." Looking forward to the future, Harper told reporters that he had spoken with Premier Christy Clark and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall about improving methods of fire fighting. Impact Provincial All provinces in Canada were impacted by forest fires in the 2015 season but the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan experienced unprecedented numbers of wildfires and hectares burned. The province of Alberta had 306 wildfires early in the season, which was 100 wildfires above historic averages and was the first indicator of an early and above normal forest fire season. Higher than normal winter and early spring temperatures in Alberta, as well as low precipitation averages across all the Western Canadian provinces was noted. The province of Saskatchewan experienced 292 wildfires above the 10-year average for the province. Socioeconomic During the 2015 wildfires, almost 18,000 people were evacuated in approximately 80 evacuation events. The indigenous peoples make up a large portion of the total number of evacuees - they are disproportionately affected by the wildfires since they often live in remote forest areas. Forests are their main work and food source, and are also important from a cultural standpoint. The province with the highest number of evacuees for 2015 season was Saskatchewan, including communities of La Ronge, Air Ronge and the Lac La Ronge Indian band where fires forced 13,000 people to leave their homes - making it the largest evacuation in the Saskatchewan history. In British Columbia, 1,144 homes were evacuated (approximately 3,432 individuals), and over 50 structures were destroyed, the highest number since 2003, throughout the province, with major losses at Puntzi Lake and Rock Creek during 2015 wildfire season. Wildfires also resulted in road closures which negatively impacted the oilsands, conventional oil, and gas industry in Alberta. Moreover, the damage to the forests and the forestry industry culminated into a total cost of almost $20 million CAD for remedial reforestation and reclamation work funded by the Alberta province. Health Air quality advisories were issued in British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan due extensive amounts of smoke and particulates in the air. The air quality advisories encouraged the elderly, infants, and individuals living with chronic illness to remain indoors; healthy individuals were encouraged to avoid outdoor strenuous activities to reduce exposure to wildfire smoke. Two wildfire suppression related fatalities occurred during the 2015 Canadian wildfires. Environment Burned soil and tree roots needed a long time to recover with complexly different species. Ashes and deeply burned organic soils which had high heat might smoulder under snow, leading to more fires. Moreover, wildfires produced air pollutants, polluting a quite large area of Canada and the United States.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine%20Jones%20%28artist%29

Christine Jones (artist)

Christine Jones (born 1955) is a Welsh artist and ceramicist who won the Gold Medal for art and design at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 2000. Biography Jones was born in Ammanford in south Wales and studied at the West Surrey College of Art and Design from 1980 to 1983. Jones has combined work as a part-time tutor in continuing education for the University of Wales with her artistic career, in which she has created ceramics and pottery, often using a coiling method rather than the more traditional potters wheel. She won a Welsh Arts Council award in 1989 and awards from it successor organisation, the Arts Council of Wales, in both 1998 and 2006. In 2000 she won the Gold Medal for art and design at the National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Llanelli and her work has featured in a number of group exhibitions in Britain and abroad. These included the Clay into Art exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1999 plus shows at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in 2001 and at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The Ruthin Craft Centre in north Wales had solo exhibitions of her work during 2004, 2005 and 2007. Other solo exhibitions included Clay Circles at the Swansea Arts Centre, SAC, in 1985, Form: Coiled and Carved at the Wilson & Gough Gallery in London during 1991 and Still Horizons which was originally at the SAC in 1996 and then toured. Examples of ceramics by Jones are held by the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea, York City Art Gallery, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and at the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20Staff%20%28Sweden%29

Air Staff (Sweden)

Air Staff (, FS) is the staff of the Chief of the Swedish Air Force. It was officially established in 1936 as a result of the Defence Act of 1936 and would handle matters of a general nature. The Air Staff's duties included, among other things to assist the Chief of the Air Force with leadership of the Air Force's mobilization, training, tactics, organization, equipment and personnel to the extent that such activity was not directly related to operational activities, which was then handled by the Defence Staff. In 1994, the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters took over the Air Staff's duties. In 2019, the Air Force Staff was re-established, now located in Uppsala Garrison. History When the position of the Chief of the Air Force was created in 1925 it had a number of officers at its disposal. The Chief of the Air Force's staff was organized in 1933 in three departments: I (organization, air forces use), II (training and personnel matters) and III (intelligence about foreign air forces, etc.). The Air Staff was organized om 1 July 1936 with the following organizations: Office (1936-1964), Organization Department (1936-), Education Department (1936-), Operation Department (1936-), Operation Department (1936-1964), Aviation Department (1936-1938) and the Intelligence Department (from 1936 to 1937, when its duties were transferred to the Defence Staff). In 1937 a press officer was added, in 1942 a Press Section, in 1957 a Press Detail and the 1964 a Press Department. In 1942, a Flight Safety and Accident Department (1942-1964) was added, then transferred to the Inspector of Flight Security (Inspektoren for flygsakerhetstjansten), and a Signal and Weather Department (1942-1944). The latter was divided in 1944 into a Signal Department (1944-1957) and a Weather Department (1944-) for the Armed Forces a joint weather center. In 1945 a Human Resources Department (1945) was added, and in 1948 a Cash Department (1948-1957). The Signal Department was in 1957 renamed the Telecom Department (1957-1964). The same year a Planning Department (1957-) and an Intelligence Department was added. In July 1964 the Air Staff was reorganized and sections were introduced. Subordinate to the Chief was the Chief Head Office (1964-1975), the Planning Department and the Weather Department (in 1968 transferred to the Inspector of the Weather Service). Section 1 consisted of the Central Department, Signal Communications Department, Traffic Department and the Intelligence Department (from circa 1975 the Intelligence Department (from circa 1975 the Intelligence and Security Department). Section II consisted of the Organizational Department, Education Department, Personnel Department and the Press Department (from 1973 the Information Department) and from 1968 by an ADB (EDP) Department and from 1976 of the Land (Warfare) Inspection (1976-). The next major reorganization was in July 1981. The Air Staff was from now on called the Chief of the Air Force (Chefen for flygvapnet, CFV). After this reorganization the Air Staff consisted of the Chief, Planning Section FS1, System Section FS2, Human Resources Section FS3 and Education Section FS4, Organic Unit Inspection, Flight Safety Section, Weather Service Management and Administration Department. The Air Staff has also included other units: the Surgeon-in-Chief of the Swedish Air Force with predecessors (1931-1969), Inspector of the Flying Safety Service (flygsakerhetsinspektoren) (1949-), Inspection of Air Surveillance (1948-1964), Inspection for Technical Services (1948-1960), Land Warfare Inspection (1956-1964), the Inspection of Base Service (1960-1964), the Inspection of the Air Force's Volunteer Activities (1961-1964), the Air Force Personnel Delegation (1959-1964), the System Inspector (1964-1981), the Inspector of Weather Service (1968-1981) and the Organic Unit Inspection (1981-). In March 1976, the Air Staff had about 370 employees. Because of the reorganization in 1981, the Air Staff's workforce was decline from approximately 315 to 225. The last management meeting of the Air Staff occurred on 26 March 1993. The Air Staff was in connection with the Swedish Armed Forces restructuring on 1 July 1994 amalgamated into the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters as the Air Force Command. Location The main part of the Air Staff was from 1943 to 1981 located in the building Tre Vapen at Banergatan 62-64 and at six other places in the Stockholm area. In 1981, it moved to the building Bastionen at Lidingovagen 24 in Stockholm. The location of the new Air Staff was proposed by the Swedish Armed Forces to be established in Uppsala garrison. There the staff will move in to three larger white buildings in the southern part of the area, which were originally erected in the 1940s for the Royal Swedish Air Force College (Flygkadettskolan, F 20). There were two wings with cadet dwellings and between them a building with lecture halls and administrative premises. Upstairs there was a hall which was also used for parties. A few hundred meters north of the school house lay the cadet mess, a low white building. Heraldry The coat of arms of the Air Staff was used from 1937 and 1994. It was later used by the Air Force Command 1994-1997, Air Force Tactical Center 1997-1998, Air Force Center 1998-2000 and the Air Force Tactical Command 2000-2018. Blazon: "Azure, a winged two-bladed propeller or".

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromer%20High%20railway%20station

Cromer High railway station

Cromer High railway station was the first station opened in Cromer, Norfolk, in England. It is situated to the south on the outskirts of the town on a steep escarpment. Built initially by the short-lived East Norfolk Railway, the station (along with the line) was incorporated into the Great Eastern Railway, who had operated the services from the beginning. It served as the terminus of Great Eastern Railway services from London and Norwich. Initially named Cromer on opening, it was renamed Cromer High on 27 September 1948. The station opened on 26 March 1877. Because of steep gradients near the town, the station was built in open fields some distance from the town itself. The station resembled in design Chingford railway station, opened in 1878, another GER branch line terminus. Closure On 23 July 1906 a connection was opened between the line to Cromer High and the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line between Melton Constable and Cromer Beach stations, allowing through trains from Norwich to run to Cromer Beach. As Cromer Beach was far more conveniently sited in the centre of the town, passenger numbers using Cromer High dropped substantially, although it remained in heavy usage as a freight depot. On 20 September 1954 passenger services ceased at Cromer High, with all traffic diverted to Cromer Beach (renamed "Cromer" in 1969). The station remained open as a freight terminus until 7 March 1960, but was then closed completely and the station demolished. Despite the loss of passenger revenue, the bar attached to the station did not close until 1957. Part of the station site has been redeveloped for housing, but much remains undeveloped; although derelict and overgrown, the former station approach road is also still present. North Norfolk Council is considering converting the station into a site for the use of Travellers. Cromer High station was situated a short distance away from the Cromer Tunnel, Norfolk's only standard gauge railway tunnel, connecting the Sheringham and Mundesley lines. Although disused since services ceased in 1953, the tunnel remains intact.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Mnguni

Louis Mnguni

Lulu Louis Aaron Mnguni is a South African politician, diplomat, and former anti-apartheid activist. During the 1980s, he was the chairperson of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in the Northern Transvaal while lecturing in the philosophy department at the University of the North. He represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly during the first democratic Parliament before joining the diplomatic service in 1999. Career during apartheid In the 1980s, Mnguni was a philosophy lecturer at the University of the North. In 1985, he was elected as the inaugural vice-chairperson of the UDF's Northern Transvaal branch, deputising Peter Nchabeleng and serving alongside secretary Joyce Mabudafhasi. When Nchabeleng was detained (and later killed) by Lebowa police, Mnguni acted as UDF regional chairperson. Mnguni was also frequently detained for his anti-apartheid activism. During the 1986 state of emergency, which was accompanied by a wide-ranging police crackdown, Mnguni became one of the longest-serving detainees; he was detained without trial between June 1986 and February 1989, and was hospitalised twice during that time. Post-apartheid career In South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994, Mnguni was elected to represent the ANC in the National Assembly. After a single term in the seat, in 1999, he was appointed as the inaugural South African High Commissioner to Mauritius and the Seychelles, where he served from 1999 to 2003. He was appointed as inaugural Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau in 2008, and he later served as High Commissioner to Nigeria from 2013 to 2018.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek%20B%C3%A9dard

Alek Bédard

Alek Bedard (born December 12, 1996) is a Canadian curler from Lacolle, Quebec. Career Bedard won his first Quebec Junior Curling Championship in 2018, skipping his team of Louis Quevillon, Emile Asselin and Bradley Lequin. This qualified them for the 2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, held January 13-21 in Shawinigan, Quebec. At the championship, Bedard led his team to a 4-2 round robin record, which was enough to qualify them for the championship pool. They then lost three of their four games, finishing the tournament in seventh place with a 5-5 record. Team Bedard aged out of juniors the following season and began competing on the World Curling Tour. In their three events, they finished runner-up at the Finale du Circuit and reached the semifinals at both the Experience Curling Classic and the Vic Open Assurances Jean Gamache. At the 2019 WFG Tankard, they missed the championship round with a 3-3 record. During the 2019-20 season, Team Bedard competed in four tour events but only found success in one, the Challenge Casino de Charlevoix, where they reached the semifinals. At the 2020 Quebec Tankard, the team qualified for the championship round with a 5-1 record. They then went 2-1 in their next three games, good enough to earn them a spot in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game. They then defeated Martin Ferland 9-8 in the 3 vs. 4 game, upset Mike Fournier 9-8 in the semifinal and beat Vincent Roberge 7-2 to claim the championship title. Their win earned them a berth to the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ontario. There, they finished with a 1-6 record, only managing to beat Team Nunavut. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. Curling Quebec then decided to select Team Fournier to represent Quebec at the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier, meaning Team Bedard would not have the opportunity to repeat as back-to-back provincials champions. Team Bedard had a strong start to the 2021-22 season, reaching the final of the Moosehead Classic. They then won the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec, beating the Jean-Sebastien Roy rink in the final game. They had two more playoff appearances during the season at the Challenge Casino de Charlevoix and the Finale du Circuit where they reached the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively. The Quebec Tankard was once again cancelled due to the pandemic and the Fournier rink was appointed as the provinces representatives, ending Team Bedard's season. Personal life Bedard is currently a computer science student at the McGill University. He also works as a programmer-analyst for GIRO Inc.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20Langley

Church Langley

Church Langley is part of Harlow, Essex, England. Church Langley was built from 1992 and was originally named Brenthall Park, consisting of three developers in the Brenthall Park partnership who then sold on some parts to other developers. It was built over thirteen years by sixteen different home builders. The area prior to development was within the Epping district, an area cut off from Epping Forest District Council by the M11 and Harlow Common. The original marketing compared Church Langley to a village, and this is still referred to in news reports and in social media. Harlow Council granted permission for 3500 luxury homes to be built between the A414 and M11 north of Potter Street on the condition that the developers incorporate community facilities. Church Langley was named after two ancient footpaths. Church Langley was built on farmland owned by local farmers William and Jon Moen. They were unhappy with the result, having left the design to the relevant developers, calling it "retro-style architecture" with poor road planning. They resolved to exercise firmer control over the Newhall development, also built on their land using the money raised from the Church Langley development. A concrete water tower is situated to the east of Church Langley and can be clearly seen from the adjacent M11 motorway. This was built in 1993-1994. Community facilities in Church Langley include a Tesco store and petrol station (with shoe repair and hand car wash), pharmacy, doctor, dentist, children's development centre, community hall (Church Langley Community Centre), pub (the Potters Arms), ecumenical church (Church Langley Church - Church of England, Baptist, URC and Methodist), nursery (Kiddi Caru) and two primary schools (Church Langley Community Primary School and Henry Moore Primary School).

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Miraculous%20Draught%20of%20Fishes%20%28Jordaens%29

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (Jordaens)

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes is a circa 1618-1620 oil painting by the Flemish artist Jacob Jordaens depicting a New Testament episode. It is now in the Musee des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 618. The painting was long assumed to be by Peter Paul Rubens, who had treated similar subjects involving the fisherman Simon Peter. Wilhelm von Bode bought it as a Rubens (in London, in 1911), and the Rubens specialist Justus Muller-Hofstede confirmed that attribution in 1969. Only in 1977 did a consensus emerge among art historians that the painting is a work from the end of the early period of the long-lived Jacob Jordaens's career. This was established on compositional as well as chromatic grounds. The purpose of the painting has never been satisfactorily established. It is too large for an oil sketch, and too rough for an official commission. It may be a modello for a lost, larger and more polished painting, or for a tapestry. It could also have been destined for a predella.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Daily%20Outlook%20Afghanistan

The Daily Outlook Afghanistan

The Daily Outlook Afghanistan is the first independent English newspaper in Afghanistan. It covers national and international news with circulation of 10,000. It is published by Afghanistan Group of Newspapers, an independent media group which also publishes The Daily Afghanistan, the largest Dari and Pashto paper in Afghanistan. The final news releases on the website were on 14 and 15 August 2021, shortly before the fall of Kabul. Circulation Daily Outlook Afghanistan mostly goes to embassies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), United Nations agencies, public places, educational institutions and other organizations. Both papers go to 32 out of 34 provinces. A limited number of copies also go to Pakistan and Dubai. Free and independent media The Daily Outlook Afghanistan is the first English newspaper in Afghanistan. Due to its large national circulation, The Daily Outlook Afghanistan receives extensive business advertisements.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphony%20%28choir%29

Polyphony (choir)

Polyphony is a small English choir formed by Stephen Layton for one particular concert put on in King's College, Cambridge in 1986. They have released many critically acclaimed recordings, the most recent of which is Esenvalds - Passion & Resurrection. They record and perform a wide range of music mainly on Hyperion Records. Every year they perform Handel's Messiah and Bach's St John Passion in St John's Smith Square to sell-out audiences. Many of their recordings have been Gramophone editor's choice. Including many talented musicians such as Tom Williams (English counter tenor), Polyphony have performed many times in the BBC Proms and performed works by John Tavener on his 60th Birthday in the Barbican as part of its Great Performers series. They have also premiered and released prominent recordings of the music of Arvo Part. Stephen Layton The director of Polyphony, Stephen Layton founded the choir in 1986 and has directed it since. He is also the director of the choir of Trinity College, Cambridge.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehrlein%20Precursor

Gehrlein Precursor

The Gehrlein Precursor is an American, high-wing, single seat glider designed by Larry Gehrlein in 1965 and assembled from Schweizer Aircraft parts. Design and development There was just one Schweizer 1-23C built and it was owned and modified by Gehrlein. The aircraft was crashed and rebuilt with new 1-23D wings. The 1-23C's damaged wings were rebuilt and formed the basis for the Precursor. The fuselage for the Precursor started life as a 1963 model Schweizer 1-26A. The two components were reworked by Gehrlein and his two sons, Rod and Jay, in 1965. They took the 1-26A fuselage and mounted the wings from the Schweizer 1-23C, modifying the fuselage, which had mounted the original 1-26 wings in the mid position to accept the 1-23C wings in the high position. The resulting aircraft is registered with the Federal Aviation Administration in the Experimental - Racing - Amateur Built - Exhibition category. The Precursor is of all-metal construction and features a fixed monowheel landing gear, with a small tail caster. Only one Precursor was built. Operational history PIlot reports indicate that the Precursor climbs well in thermals and exhibits stable handling. Gehrlein eventually sold the one-of-a-kind design to Les Stoner of Houston, Texas and today it is owned by Gehrlein's son, Rod, and based in Erie, Pennsylvania.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplozoon%20paradoxum

Diplozoon paradoxum

Diplozoon paradoxum is a flatworm (platyhelminth) from the class Monogenea. It is found in freshwater fishes in Asia and Europe and known for its complete monogamy. This parasite is commonly found on the gills of European cyprinid fishes. It is usually around 0.7 centimeters long (approximately the size of a fingernail) and has bilateral symmetry. It has several hooks at its mouth which it uses to grab on to the gills of a fish. From there it feeds on the blood of the cyprinid. They exhibit strong seasonal variation in their reproductive activity. Unlike most parasites that produce gametes all year, D. paradoxum gametes are produced primarily during the spring, with the highest production from May to June and continuing through the rest of the summer. The eggs are laid in a freshwater fish's gills. There it hatches into a larval stage (oncomiracidium, diporpa). It remains in that stage unless two larvae come together. Then the two larvae undergo metamorphosis and become fused. Life cycle The life cycle of D. paradoxum is unique. A diporpa larva can live for several months, but it cannot develop further until encountering another diporpa; unless this happens, the diporpa usually dies. When one diporpa finds another, each attaches its sucker to the dorsal papilla of the other.The two worms fuse completely, with no trace of separating partitions. Gonads appear; the male genital duct of one terminates near the female genital duct of the other, permitting cross-fertilization. Two more pairs of clamps develop in the opisthaptor (the attachment organ) of each. Adults can apparently live in this state for several years. According to The New York Times: Diplozoon paradoxum [is] a flatworm that lives in gills of freshwater fish. "Males and females meet each other as adolescents, and their bodies literally fuse together, whereupon they remain faithful until death," Dr. Barash said. "That's the only species I know of in which there seems to be 100 percent monogamy." "Detailed Taxonomy of the Parasitic Helminths ."

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vachellia%20erioloba

Vachellia erioloba

Vachellia erioloba, the camel thorn, also known as the giraffe thorn, mokala tree, or Kameeldoring in Afrikaans, still more commonly known as Acacia erioloba, is a tree of southern Africa in the family Fabaceae. Its preferred habitat is the deep dry sandy soils in parts of South Africa, Botswana, the western areas of Zimbabwe and Namibia. It is also native to Angola, south-west Mozambique, Zambia and Eswatini. The tree was first described by Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer and Johann Franz Drege in 1836. The camel thorn is a protected tree in South Africa. The tree can grow up to 20 metres high. It is slow-growing, very hardy to drought and fairly frost-resistant. The light-grey colored thorns reflect sunlight, and the bipinnate leaves close when it is hot. The wood is dark reddish-brown in colour and extremely dense and strong. It is good for fires, which leads to widespread clearing of dead trees and the felling of healthy trees. It produces ear-shaped pods, favoured by many herbivores including cattle. The seeds can be roasted and used as a substitute for coffee beans. The name 'camel thorn' refers to the fact that giraffe (kameelperd in Afrikaans) commonly feed on the leaves with their specially-adapted tongue and lips that can avoid the thorns. The scientific name 'erioloba' means "wooly lobe", a reference to the ear-shaped pods. It is commonly associated with the long running PBS wildlife program Nature, as the tree is used in the title sequence and program logo.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti%20Samanta

Shakti Samanta

Shakti Samanta (13 January 1926 - 9 April 2009) was an Indian film director and producer, who founded Shakti Films in 1957, which is most known for films such as Anand Ashram (1977), Anusandhan /Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (1981), Anyay Abhichar (1985), Howrah Bridge (1958), Insan Jaag Utha (1959), China Town (1962), Kashmir Ki Kali (1964), An Evening in Paris (1967), Aradhana (1969), Kati Patang (1971), and Amar Prem (1972), Amanush. He received Filmfare Awards for Best Film for Aradhana (1969), Anuraag (1973) and Amanush, which was also made in Bengali, a language in which he made six films, including an Indo-Bangladesh joint production in 1984. Early life and education He was born in the village of Bokra (post office: Raina), in the district of Purba Bardhaman, in the Bengal Presidency of British India. He received his education at Dehradun, staying with his uncle. He graduated in 1944 from Calcutta University. Career After completing his education he wanted to become an actor in the Hindi film industry at Bombay, so moved closer to the city. He took a school teacher's job in Dapoli, about 200 kilometres from Mumbai. Shakti Samanta actually wanted to be a playback singer in the beginning. Around 1947, he went to S.D. After listening to him Burman told him that he could give him a role in a chorus song, but not in a solo song. So he shifted his energies elsewhere. He eventually joined the film industry in 1948 as an assistant director starting with Satish Nigam in Raj Kapoor starrer Sunhere Din, subsequently he worked with directors like Gyan Mukherjee, and Phani Majumdar at Bombay Talkies, in Tamasha, Baadbaan and Dhobi Doctor. Eventually he got his break as an independent director when Samanta directed his first feature film, Bahu in 1954, starring Karan Dewan, Usha Kiron, Shashikala and Pran and after the success for his next few films, Inspector (1956), Sheroo (1956), Detective (1957) and Hill Station (1957), he started his own production company, Shakti Films, in 1957, and the first release of his independent banner was the murder-mystery Howrah Bridge, with Ashok Kumar and Madhubala as the lead, with its crooning number 'Aaiye Meherbaan' with music by O. P. Nayyar, sung by Asha Bhosle in a notable Geeta Dutt style, and picturised on Madhubala became a rage, and the film a breakthrough hit; this was a turning point. With Insaan Jaag Utha (1959) starring Sunil Dutt and Madhubala, he wanted to shift to making films on social themes, but when it was unsuccessful, he shifted back to making entertainers for another decade, for returning to social themes, with Aradhana (1969). In all, Samanta directed 43 feature films, including 37 Hindi, and 6 Bengali films. His best known films include Howrah Bridge, China Town, Kashmir Ki Kali, Sawan Ki Ghata and An Evening in Paris. He is credited for starting the trend of making double version films in Hindi and Bengali with Amanush in 1974, and also made the first co-produced film between India and Bangladesh in 1984. Samanta was among the directors who worked with Shammi Kapoor in the late 1950s and up to the mid '60s, then with Sharmila Tagore, Rajesh Khanna, creating a number of classics such as Aradhana, , Anurodh and Amar Prem. However, his movies with Amitabh Bachchan were not major hits. On some of his films, his brother and wife were producers. He also produced some of the films that his son, Ashim Samanta, directed. In 1985, Shakti Films established 'Aradhana Sound Service', a digital audio post-production facility which works both for Bollywood as well as Hollywood films. Samanta died of cardiac arrest at his suburban Santa Cruz residence at approximately 5pm on 9 April 2009, while undergoing physiotherapy. He was recovering from a stroke he had suffered two months ago. Legacy Three of his classics, Howrah Bridge, Aradhana and Barsaat Ki Ek Raat, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Raakhee, are to be turned into animation films by 'Pritish Nandy Communications' Awards and recognition Samanta received Filmfare Awards for "Best Film" for Aradhana, Anuraag and Amanush. He has also received several Lifetime Achievement awards, including the Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2002 and several other awards from Zee and other Indian organisations. Some of his films have been shown at international festivals in Berlin, Tashkent, Moscow, Cairo and Beirut. Samanta was President of the Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association for 5 years, Chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for 7 years and was Chairman of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata for 2 years.

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Markelda Montenegro de Herrera

Markelda Montenegro de Herrera (born 1957) is a Panamanian social scientist working on human rights and gender inequality, and has served as Minister for Women. Early life and education She was born on 30 January 1957 in San Lorenzo, Chiriqui Province, Panama. She has a degree in law and political science (1987) and a master's degree in education (2013), both from the University of Panama. Career Montenegro's research has focused on human rights and gender inequality, including projects such as "Keys to success for quality education, gender inequality in access to elected office" and "Factors involved in femicide in Panama, in indigenous women Ngabe- Bugle and Afro-descendants ". She has taught at the University of Panama on topics involving law, gender and human rights, and has worked in other areas such as the country's community library program, the promotion of citizen participation, and gender training. She was a member of the commission which redrafted Panama's criminal code to recognise femicide. Montenegro was the first director general of the Panamanian Instituto Nacional de la Mujer (National Institute for Women), elected in 2009. She is the CEO of Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas de Ciencias Sociales (CENICS). She was elected a vice-president of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) for 2013-2015. In 2014 the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) declared her to be an "Outstanding Woman" in recognition of her work for the women's rights in the region.

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Laura Waller

Laura Ann Waller is a computer scientist and Ted Van Duzer Endowed Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. She was awarded a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Fellowship to develop microscopes to image deep structures within the brain in 2017 and won the 2018 SPIE Early Career Award. Early life and education Waller is from Kingston, Ontario. She studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She earned her bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science in 2004 and her Masters in 2005. During her undergraduate study she spent a year at the University of Cambridge as part of the Cambridge-MIT Institute. Her Masters thesis considered the design of feedback loops and experimental testing techniques for integrated optics. In 2010 she completed her doctoral studies under the supervision of George Barbastathis where her thesis investigated developed new techniques to image phase and amplitude. She was a Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) student. She played on the MIT Women's Varsity soccer team and was president of The Optical Society student chapter. Career and research Waller works on computational imaging. She joined Princeton University in 2010, where she worked as a research associate and lecturer. She joined University of California, Berkeley in 2012. Her research group focus on phase imaging, super-resolution microscopy and lensless imaging. She is a senior fellow of the Berkeley Institute for Data Science. Waller was named as one of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellow in 2014. That year she was also awarded a Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Data-Driven Discovery Investigator. She is a National Science Foundation CAREER Award holder, allowing her research group to build computational and experimental software for imaging 4D partially spatially coherent light. She has developed machine learning techniques for 3D microscopy. She was awarded tenure at University of California, Berkeley in 2016. In 2017 Waller was awarded an investigator award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Waller was awarded the SPIE Early Career Achievement Award in Academia in January 2018. Through the development of hardware for computational imaging, Waller has made several contributions to biomedical and industrial sciences. Her group develop open source software for imaging. She was one of the MIT EECS Rising Stars for 2018.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Human%20Rights%20Council%20%28Morocco%29

National Human Rights Council (Morocco)

The National Human Rights Council () is a national institution for the protection and promotion of human rights in Morocco. It was established in 1990 as an Advisory Council on Human Rights. Its founding law was amended in 2001 to be in conformity with the Paris Principles, and again in 2011, giving the institution more powers, more autonomy and broad prerogatives to protect and promote human rights in Morocco and also to promote the principles and values of democracy. A new founding law passed in 2018, giving the institution even more powers and a broader mandate (Law #15.76). The Council was thus designated as a national preventive mechanism against torture, as a national disability rights mechanism and a national child redress mechanism. During its first general assembly in September 2019, the Council unveiled a new Triple P strategy (for the prevention of violations, Protection of human rights, and Promotion of the culture of human rights). The National Human Rights Council of Morocco is accredited as an "A" status NHRI by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), i.e. in full compliance with the Paris Principles (the international standards adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1993 to frame the work of NHRIs and broadly accepted as the test of their legitimacy and credibility). It draws up annual reports on the situation of human rights and thematic or issue specific reports, monitors places of deprivation of liberty, handles complaints and investigates human rights violations, advises on the harmonization of national legislations with international human rights law, conducts surveys and issues advisory opinions and memoranda on human rights-related issues, etc. The Council has 12 regional human rights commissions, established with the aim to closely monitor the situation of human rights in the different regions of Morocco. These commissions can receive and handle complaints and investigate about human rights violations. They implement the programs and projects that the Council designs for the promotion of human rights, in cooperation with the local stakeholders. The National Human Rights Council is also mandated to promote the International Humanitarian Law. It contributes to training and raising awareness programs and develops cooperation partnerships with the International Committee of the Red Cross and all bodies concerned by the international humanitarian law. The National Human Rights Council of Morocco also monitors the implementation of the international conventions to which Morocco is a party and treaty bodies' recommendations.

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Emmet Park

Emmet Park, also known as The Strand, is an urban park in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Its most prominent section is located in the northeastern corner of the city's historic downtown area, in what was known as the Old Fort neighborhood, it continues in a dotted fashion for around west along Bay Street to its intersection with Jefferson Street. Monuments occupy several of the individual sections. History Formerly known as the Irish Green, established with the help of Wexford native William Kehoe, the park was named in 1902 for Irish orator Robert Emmet, in commemoration of the centennial of his death, although Emmet did not visit Savannah during his life. Two memorials stand in Emmet Park: an Irish Celtic Cross memorial, a Vietnam War veterans memorial, a Korean War memorial, a Chatham Artillery memorial and a memorial to Dr. Noble Wimberly Jones. Old Harbor Light also stands in the park, at its eastern extremity. It was erected in 1858. The park is a focal point for Savannah's Saint Patrick's Day celebration, one of the country's largest after Boston. Live oaks The live oak trees that line the sidewalk between The Strand and Bay Street were first planted in 1857. They replaced rows of Chinaberry trees that were planted in the late 18th century.

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Classified information in the United Kingdom

Classified information in the United Kingdom is a system used to protect information from intentional or inadvertent release to unauthorised readers. The system is organised by the Cabinet Office and is implemented throughout central and local government and critical national infrastructure. The system is also used by private sector bodies that provide services to the public sector. The current classification system, the Government Security Classifications Policy, replaced the old Government Protective Marking Scheme in 2014. Since classifications can last for 100 years many documents are still covered by the old scheme. Policy Policy is set by the Cabinet Office. The Security Policy Framework (SPF) superseded the Manual of Protective Security and contains the primary internal protective security policy and guidance on security and risk management for His Majesty's Government (HMG) Departments and associated bodies. It is the source on which all localised security policies are based. The classification system was formerly included in the Manual of Protective Security (MPS) which specified the impact of release and protection level required for each classification. Departments issued localised versions of the content of the MPS as appropriate to their operational needs. Government Security Classifications Policy The Cabinet Office issued the Government Security Classifications Policy (GSCP) in 2013; it came into effect in 2014. It replaced the old Government Protective Marking Scheme (GPMS). Classifications must be capitalised and centrally noted at top and bottom of each document page, save at OFFICIAL where the document marking is optional. All material produced by a public body in the UK must be presumed to be OFFICIAL unless it is otherwise marked. Like the GPMS, which it superseded, the GSCP classifications are applied only to the confidentiality of the data under classification. TOP SECRET Information marked as TOP SECRET is that whose release is liable to cause considerable loss of life, international diplomatic incidents, or severely impact ongoing intelligence operations. Disclosure of such information is assumed to be above the threshold for prosecution under the Official Secrets Act 1989. SECRET This marking is used for information which needs protection against serious threats, and which could cause serious harm if compromised--such as threats to life, compromising major crime investigations, or harming international relations. OFFICIAL All routine public sector business, operations and services is treated as OFFICIAL. Many departments and agencies operate exclusively at this level. It is often incorrectly assumed that the OFFICIAL classification replaces the GPMS markings of PROTECT, RESTRICTED and CONFIDENTIAL, however this is not the case, since the criteria on which GPMS markings were applied bear no relationship to the criteria used for GSCP classifications. It is quite possible, and not uncommon, for data within an OFFICIAL classification to have serious impacts including serious injury in the event of unauthorised disclosure. This is one of the characteristics of the GSCP which differs significantly from the Protective Marking Scheme which it replaced. At the OFFICIAL classification there is a general presumption that data may be shared across Government, however where a need to know principle is identified data may be marked as "OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE"; "OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE COMMERCIAL"; "OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE LOCSEN" or "OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE PERSONAL". All OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE data must be marked and contain handling instructions identifying why the data is deemed sensitive, how it must be held, processed and transferred. Government Protective Marking Scheme The older system used five levels of classification, supplemented with caveat keywords. The keyword was placed in all capital letters in the centre of the top and bottom of each page of a classified document and described the foreseeable consequence of an unauthorised release of the data (a 'breach of confidentiality'). In descending order of secrecy, these are: TOP SECRET Information marked as TOP SECRET is that whose release is liable to cause considerable loss of life, international diplomatic incidents, or severely impact ongoing intelligence operations. Prior to the Second World War, the highest level was "Most Secret"; it was renamed so that both the UK and U.S. operated to a consistent system. SECRET This marking is used for information whose side-effects may be life-threatening, disruptive to public order or detrimental to diplomatic relations with friendly nations. CONFIDENTIAL The effects of releasing information marked as CONFIDENTIAL include considerable infringement on personal liberties, material damage to diplomatic relations, or to seriously disrupt day-to-day life in the country. RESTRICTED Information marked as RESTRICTED is at a level where the release of the material will have effects such as significant distress to individuals, adversely affecting the effectiveness of military operations, or to compromise law enforcement. PROTECT Such information will cause distress to individuals; cause financial loss or improper gain; prejudice the investigation of, or facilitate the commission of, a crime; or disadvantage government in commercial or policy negotiations with others. PROTECT should always be used with a descript such as "Commercial", "Management", "Personal", or a similar term. UNCLASSIFIED The term "UNCLASSIFIED" or "NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED" may be used in UK Government documents to indicate positively that a protective marking is not needed. Documents classified under the Protective Marking Scheme still exist and need correct handling. After 100 years all the classifications will have run out but the procedures may still be of interest to historians. Handling Access to protectively marked material is defined according to a vetting level which the individual has achieved. Vetting is intended to assure the department that the individual has not been involved in espionage, terrorism, sabotage or actions intended to overthrow or undermine Parliamentary democracy by political, industrial or violent means. It also assures the department that the individual has not been a member of, or associated with, any organisation which has advocated such activities or has demonstrated a lack of reliability through dishonesty, lack of integrity or behaviour. Finally, the process assures the department that the individual will not be subject to pressure or improper influence through past behaviour or personal circumstances. Protectively marked material must be accounted for in a manner appropriate to its classification level and disposal must be in accordance with the SPF. The act of destruction or disposal is included in the accounting process. Descriptors Protectively marked material may also be marked with a descriptor, or privacy marking, which identifies sensitivities around distribution and handling. Examples of descriptors include, but are not restricted to: Budget Commercial Honours Management Medical Personal Policy Staff Visits (domestic or foreign royalty and ministers) Nationality caveat Protectively marked material may bear a nationality caveat, a descriptor defining to which nationality groups it may be released. By default, material in the UK is not caveated by nationality, the classification being sufficient protection. Examples of nationality caveats include, but are not limited to: UK EYES ONLY CANUKUS EYES ONLY: Canadian, UK or US citizens. AUSCANNZUKUS: Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UK and USA (the UKUSA Community, also known as the "Five-Eyes"). BURNING BUSH: Quadripartite discussions (between the US, UK, FRG and France). in particular the restricted format of "Heads of Government Representatives" initiated by Mr Brzezinski in January 1980. Codewords Dissemination of already protectively marked material may be further limited only to those with a legitimate need to know using compartmentalisation by use of codewords. Examples of compartmented material would include information about nuclear warheads, fusion, and naval nuclear propulsion. In some cases, the existence of a codeworded compartment is itself classified. Examples of codewords include, but are not limited to: LOCSEN: has local sensitivity, and may not be shown to local officials. DEDIP, DESDEN: may not be shown to certain named officials.

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

Kiiwetinoong

Kiiwetinoong () is a provincial electoral district (riding) in Ontario, Canada which elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. This riding was created prior to the 42nd Ontario general election from the northern portion of Kenora--Rainy River on the advice of the Far North Electoral Boundaries Commission in 2017. The Legislative Assembly of Ontario approved the new riding on October 24, 2017. Kiiwetinoong is 68 percent Indigenous, the only riding in Ontario with a majority Indigenous population. The riding name means "North" in Ojibwe. Unlike most Ontario provincial districts, Kiiwetinoong does not have the same boundaries as a federal district. As well, the riding, with a population of 32,987, is significantly smaller than the average Ontario district (with a population of 110,000) or the average Northern Ontario district (with a population of 76,000). Josh Dehaas, a National Post columnist, has criticized the new riding as violating the principle of representation by population.

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KURS

KURS (1040 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a Spanish-language Catholic radio format. The station is licensed to San Diego, California and is owned by El Sembrador Ministries. KURS is an affiliate of ESNE Radio. ESNE had been heard for five years in the San Diego area at its former home on KNSN 1240 AM from 2009 to September 29, 2014, when Donald Crawford's Crawford Broadcasting and its licensee Kiertron, Inc. purchased KNSN. Prior to becoming a ESNE Radio station, KURS had broadcast a Gospel Music format. 1040 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A WHO in Des Moines, Iowa, so KURS must restrict its power to 360 watts by day, and 61 watts at night.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy%20Duong

Wendy Duong

Wendy Nicole Duong, nee Duong Nhu Nguyen (also writing creatively under a pen name as Uyen Nicole Duong), is the first Vietnamese-American to hold judicial office in the United States. In 1992, she was appointed Associate Municipal Judge for the City of Houston and Magistrate for the State of Texas. She was then honored by the American Bar Association in New York City as among "Pioneer Women of Color in the Judiciary." After serving a three-year term, she resigned to become an international lawyer for Mobil Corporation - Asia-Pacific. In 2001, she joined the faculty of University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, as a corporate law and international business transactions professor. A Fulbright Core Program Legal Scholar to Asia and Fulbright Legal Specialist to Russia, Duong also combined her legal career with novel writing, and was scouted by the publishing division of Amazon, Inc., which published her historical fiction trilogy featuring Vietnam's decolonization, the fall of Saigon, immigrant life, and women's themes. The third novel, Mimi and Her Mirror, won the Multicultural Fiction International Book Award in 2012. She currently practices law in Houston and writes full-time. Life in exile Born in Hoi An, Vietnam to parents who were language professors, Duong and her family escaped the Communist siege of Saigon on a U.S. cargo plane three days before the collapse of the Republic of (South) Vietnam. Then a 16-year-old about to graduate from high school, she in March 1975 had just won South Vietnam's Presidential Honor Price in Literature, and was expected to be designated as National Valedictorian by the Ministry of Education for her perfect GPA and national ranking. Education and career In America, she continued to excel academically. She attended Southern Illinois University on scholarship, and graduated summa cum laude, majoring in journalism, with a minor in French and Vietnamese comparative literature. She became the first foreign-born news editor for the campus newspaper. Upon graduation, she worked for a Houston advertising firm (founded by Jack Valenti), and decided to pursue law. She then graduated from the University of Houston Law Center with a J.D, cum laude, receiving the Jurisprudence Award in constitutional law. Duong subsequently earned her LL.M. (with a straight-A transcript and published thesis on gender studies) from Harvard Law School. During law school at the University of Houston, Duong worked full time as Executive Director of Risk Management for the Houston Independent School District (HISD) and became the first Asian-American woman to serve the HISD in an executive position. She also became the first Vietnam-born lawyer to clerk for the federal court in Texas. Duong then left Texas to begin her law practice with the prestigious law firm of Wilmer Cutler & Pickering (now WilmerHale) in Washington D.C., during which time she also represented Vietnamese refugees pro bono, with Wilmer's full support. In 1991, she was selected as regional finalist representing Southwestern states for the White House Fellowship, but withdrew her application due to federal employment restriction. Prior to her judgeship appointment in Houston, Texas, Duong was a special trial attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission Office of General Counsel in Washington D.C., and was recognized by the agency with outstanding-lawyer performance awards. Later, as an international lawyer and corporate in-house counsel, she handled the multi-million-dollar "Blue Dragon" oil exploration contract offshore Vietnam for Mobil, and was the first Vietnam-born lawyer to join the multinational corporation's global Major Transaction Group. In private practice, she headed a team of lawyers examining Y2K liability exposure for all international assets of a Texas-based multinational energy company. Known in the Vietnamese American community for her multi-faceted career, in her younger days she was a singer/dancer, attended the American Academy for Dramatic Arts, and auditioned for the debut of the musical Miss Saigon in New York City and Los Angeles. A self-taught L'Art Brut visual artist, Duong also wrote and published essays on law and culture, law and art, law and technology, human rights, gender studies, corporate law, and international economic law. Among Vietnamese American literary artists, she is the only one who writes and publishes bilingually (Vietnamese/English, both poetry and novels). She combined artistic pursuits with the full-time practice of law for 4 decades, working in major cities of the U.S., Europe, and Southeast Asia. While serving as a professor of corporate and international economic law at the University of Denver, she used her paintings and essays to advocate against human trafficking, and successfully organized a diversity concert featuring classical, Broadway, and Vietnamese music at Hamilton Hall, Lamont School of Music, the first concert of its kind in Denver. Bibliography The Fragrance of Cinnamon Duong, Nhu Nguyen, Mui Huong Que (Van Nghe, CA 1999) Daughters of the River Huong: a Vietnamese royal concubine & her descendants, Duong, Uyen (Ravensyard Publishing, Vienna, VA 2005) Chin Chu Cua Nang (Her Nine Words) (Van Moi, CA 2005) Con Gai Cua Song Huong (translator: Linh-Chan Brown, Ravensyard 2005) BuuThiepCua Nam (translator: Doan Khoach Thanh Tam, Van Moi, CA 2010) Postcards from Nam Duong, Uyen Nicole (semifinalist, Multicultural Fiction International Book Award 2011) (AmazonEncore) Mimi and Her Mirror () (AmazonEncore/Lake Union) Scholarly publications Bankruptcy Law Comes Into Force in Vietnam, INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL LAW REVIEW 33 (April 1994). Vietnam's Move to the Market: New Business Bankruptcy Law, 16 EAST ASIAN EXECUTIVE REPORTS No. The Long Saga of the Spratly Islands: An Overview of the Territorial Disputes Among Vietnam, China, and Other ASEAN Nations in the South China Sea, 13 TEXAS TRANSNATIONAL LAW QUARTERLY 26 (November 1997). The Long Saga of the Spratly Islands "Elongated Sandbanks": Overview of the Territorial Disputes Among Vietnam, China, and other ASEAN Nations in the South China Sea, CURRENTS [SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW] 47 (Summer 1997). Gender Equality and Women's Issues in Vietnam -- The Vietnamese Woman: Warrior and Poet, 10 PACIFIC RIM LAW & POLICY JOURNAL 191 (2001) The Magic of Digital Signatures in the New Age of Global-E-Commerce, 15 TEXAS TRANSNATIONAL LAW QUARTERLY No. The Practice of Teaching Law: The Why is More Important Than the How, University of Denver College of Law Alumni Magazine 18 (2003). Partnership with Monarchs - Two Case Studies: Case One - Partnerships with Monarchs in the Search for Oil: Unveiling and Re-Examining the Patterns of "Third World" Economic Development in the Petroleum Sector, 25 U. PA. J. INT'L ECON. L. 1171 (2004) Law is Law and Art is Art and Shall the Two Ever Meet? Law and Literature: The Comparative Creative Processes, 15 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERDISCIPLINARY LAW JOURNAL, No. 1, 1 (2005) Partnership with Monarchs - Two Case Studies: Case Two - Partnerships with Monarchs in the Development of Energy Resources: Dissecting an Independent Power Project and Re-Evaluating the Role of Multilateral and Project Financing in the International Energy Sector, 26 U. PA. J. INT'L ECON. L. 69 (2005) Following the Path of Oil: The Law of the Sea or RealPolitik - What Good Does Law Do in the South China Sea Territorial Conflicts? 30 FORDHAM INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL, No. 4, 1098 (April 2007) Ghetto'ing Workers With Hi-Tech: Exploring Regulatory Solutions for the Effect of Artificial Intelligence on "Third World" Foreign Direct Investmen't, 21 TEMPLE INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE LAW JOURNAL, No. 20, 101 (2008) Effect of Artificial Intelligence on the Pattern of Foreign Direct Investment in the Third World: A Possible Reversal of Trend, DENVER JOURNAL OF INT'L LAW & POLICY (Summer 2008) (paper based on speech at International Law Symposium). The Southeast Asian Story and its Forgotten "Prisoners of Conscience": Some Proposed Legal Measures to Combat Human Trafficking, 9 Seattle Journal for Social Justice Issue 2. 679 (Spring/Summer 2011 Revisiting the Build-Operate-Transfer Structure for International Infrastructure Building: A Critique of International Economic Development in Lesser Developed Nations'', Duong, Wendy N. In International Business Law in the 21st Century: Challenges and Issues in East Asia, ed.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dak%20Khana

Dak Khana

Dak Khana () is a neighborhood in the Karachi Central district of Karachi, Pakistan. It was previously a part of Liaquatabad Town, which was disbanded in 2011. This neighbourhood is near the main post office in Liaquatabad Town. There are several ethnic groups in Dak Khana including Muhajirs, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras Ismailis, etc. Over 99% of the population is Muslim. Dak Khana is also an Indian word for Post Office. While not the official name it is the everyday conversational name for Post Office. Dakkhana.com was also a web based email service that was launched in the summer of 2000. Founded by Teju Srivastav an early Internet Entrepreneur (he had founded an ISP and a web hosting service in Central New Jersey in 1995). Dakkhana.com was one of the earliest web based email services that in addition to English, provided email services in multiple Indian languages such as Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Bengali among others. Dakkhana.com was also the first site to provide email in a person's own handwriting. The technology called H-fonts though unique failed to take off. At its peak before shutting down Dakkhana.com had more than 650,000 users from across the globe.

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Samuel Rodriguez

Samuel Rodriguez Jr. (born September 29, 1969) is an Evangelical American Christian leader born to Puerto Rican parents in the United States. He is a pastor, movie producer, author, civil rights activist and television personality. He is the president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. Ministry At age 16, Rodriguez delivered his first sermon. He quickly grew to be a leading and acclaimed evangelical preacher. In 1992, he became an ordained minister in the Assemblies of God, a Pentecostal denomination. In 2000, he founded the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC/CONEL), the largest Hispanic Evangelical Christian organization in the world. With over 40,000 Latino Evangelical churches as members, NHCLC/CONEL helps to cultivate a network of Latino leaders in the Christian community. Rodriguez became a member of the board of the National Association of Evangelicals in 2006. Books and films In June 2016, Rodriguez's book, Be Light, reached #1 on the Los Angeles Times Bestseller List. You Are Next, released in 2019, was a Publishers Weekly bestseller. Persevere with Power, Rodriguez's 2021 release, made both English and Spanish best-seller status on ECPA's Christian Bestsellers Lists, as well as reaching #20 on ECPA's January 2022 Christian New Releases. Rodriguez released his most recent book in April 2023, Your Mess, God's Miracle: The Process Is Temporary, the Promise Is Permanent, which reached #15 on ECPA's July 2023 Christian New Releases. Rodriguez was the executive producer for the 20th Century Fox motion picture Breakthrough, which received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song and received a GMA Dove Award for Inspirational Film of the Year. In 2019, Rodriguez was announced as the executive producer for the Fox Searchlight film Flamin Hot, a true story about the man behind Flamin' Hot Cheetos. The film was produced by DeVon Franklin of Franklin Entertainment and directed by Eva Longoria. The film broke streaming records within the first 3 days of release and Variety named Flamin' Hot one of its best films of 2023 so far. It is the first movie about a Hispanic person with a Hispanic producer, writer, director, and leading man and woman. It is also the first faith-family movie streaming on both Disney + and Hulu simultaneously. Political activity During the George W. Bush administration, Rodriguez advocated for bipartisan discussion on immigration reform. He was brought in as an advisor to President Bush and later also served in an advisory capacity for Presidents Obama and Trump. He participated in President Obama's 2009 inaugural prayer service at Saint Johns Episcopal Church, reading from the Gospel of Luke. As a spokesperson for Hispanic evangelicals, Rodriguez has been a featured speaker in White House and congressional meetings. He has served on the President's Advisory Council for the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships initiative with the Fatherhood and Healthy Families Task Force and also on the Abortion Reduction Task Force (both under President Obama). Rodriguez was invited to offer readings and deliver an invocation at the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2017. In his remarks, Rodriguez read from the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5. On Inauguration Day, Rodriguez was interviewed by CNN. Rodriguez met with Trump administration officials to discuss a comprehensive immigration reform measure that would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. In a letter acquired by Politico in January 2017, Rodriguez was one of several evangelical leaders that pressed President Trump to reconsider the suspension of the refugee resettlement program that temporarily prevented refugees from several countries from emigrating to the U.S. The letter argued that the program provided a lifeline to many oppressed individuals and an opportunity for churches to minister to them. On January 25, 2017, Rodriguez issued a statement indicating he agreed with President Trump that securing the U.S/Mexico border was vital for the safety of the U.S. He added that he opposed forcibly removing undocumented individuals and families already in the U.S. (with the exception of criminals and drug dealers). Also in 2017, Rodriguez was involved in a conversation at the White House with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump that led to the creation of the First Step Act, which helps to prevent individuals who have served time from returning to prison. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rev. Rodriguez joined the Heritage Foundation as a spokesperson for the National Coronavirus Recovery Commission. Rodriguez signed an amicus brief on behalf of the NHCLC along with the Frederick Douglas Foundation, Dr. Alveda King, Deacon Keith Fournier, Esq., and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tyler, which was cited in the historical Dobbs v. Jackson case that overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. Recognition In 2008, Newsweek called Rodriguez one of the "Top 12 People to Look For." In 2009, CNN featured Rodriguez in their "Latinos in America"broadcast special, identifying him as one of the most influential Evangelical leaders in the Latino community. Presented by the Congress of Racial Equality in 2011, Rodriguez was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. In 2013, Rodriguez received a nomination for Time Magazine's "Top 100 Most Influential People." Additionally, in 2013, TIME featured him in their cover story titled "The Latino Reformation." That same year, he became the first Latino keynote speaker at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Service. Rodriguez has been a part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Service four times (2010, 2011, 2013 and 2021); he is the only person to be features on this many occasions. In 2015, Latino Leaders Magazine included him on their "101 Most Influential Leaders" list as the first evangelical leader to make the list. The Wall St. Journal has called Rodriguez one of the top 12 latino leaders. Rodriguez was also included in Charisma Magazine's "40 People Who Radically Changed Our World" series. He has received honorary doctorates from William Jessup University, Northwest University and Baptist University of the Americas. Rodriguez regularly comments for publications and media outlets such as CNN, Fox News, PBS, Telemundo, NBC and others. In 2015, Rodriguez and his wife, Eva, received The Rosa Parks Courage Award for their civil rights work from the Southern Youth Leadership Development Institute (SYLDI) and the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA). The award was granted in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. In 2021, Rodriguez was named in 'Israel's Top 50 Christian Allies' by The Israel Allies Foundation. This exclusive list selects Christian leaders who remain steadfast in their love and support of Israel, which stems from their Christian faith. Deseret Magazine named Rodriguez one of their 20 "New Reformers," referring to faith leaders "challenging the conservative movement to change," citing his advocacy for granting immigrants immediate citizenship.