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very much surprised to see such a distinguished scholar and such a great contributor to Irish literature as Deputy Mrs. Concannon voting for the disfranchisement of the University that she has so well and so ably represented. "-Mr. J.M. Burke Concannon stays silent through the duration of this debate causing one TD to voice how he has yet to hear her speak "About Deputy Mrs. Concannon I can say less, because I have not had the pleasure of hearing her speak." He then goes on to accuse her of party politics" I
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. Is not that the whole sum and substance of it?" Concannon spoke on behalf of Irish women in the Dáil in 1936. She spoke on how Irish women a fundamental role in Ireland's agricultural economy and so more money should be put towards educating these women. Concannon didn't object to Bunreacht na hEireann the constitution put forward by her party man De Valera, although many women at the time did. She did not contest the Dáil election of 1937 Helena Concannon was elected in the 1938 general election to the Seanad
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inspector, and she authored several books as "Mrs Thomas Concannon". Helena Concannon was an excellent student being educated by the Loreto nuns in Coleraine. In 1897, Helena Concannon studied modern languages at the Royal University of Ireland on a three-year scholarship. She studied abroad during these years as in 1899, she travelled to Germany and studied German in Berlin University accompanied by her friend, Mary Macken. Concannon then travelled to France to study French in Sorbonne. In 1900, Concannon graduated Bachelor of Arts with first class
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Eireann for the National University of Ireland constituency. She was a popular figure and was re-elected by voters each election in the Seanad until she died in 1952. Concannon was one of the minority voices against the part appointed to women De Valera's constitution. Helena was a member of the Seaned for 8 years. Helena's very first year in the Seanad was in 1938. She was a member for a year and then was re-elected by popular vote in the next general election. She spent the next five
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Helena Concannon


TDs representing in the same Dáil, Mr Conor Alexander Maguire, a fellow Fianna Fail member and Mr. Patrick McGilligan who was part of the Fine Gael party. Her session of the Dáil had 153 seats. Concannon, in 1933, voted 'Yes' along with 81 others for Eamonn De Valera to the President of the Executive Council. In 1935, she voted for 'The Control of Imports Orders' Quota 2 and Quota 3 along with 65 other TDs in the first and 60 others in the latter. She voted yes
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Helena Concannon


. In 1909, Concannon was offered a lectureship at University of College Dublin, in Italian, but the offer was then drawn before she could accept, so she decided to pursue the writing career. In 1909 she was offered a lecturer position at University College Dublin and after the offer was withdrawn she began her writing career. She produced over twenty books and published a number of works on religion, history of Ireland and Irish women's history. Her works were highly impacted by her political and nationalist views. Helena's '
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would they comply with the request? They know they would not. Because this Bill affects, in the main, the hardworking agriculturists, Deputy Kelly, Deputy Mrs. Concannon and other City Deputies can view it with equanimity."-Bennet Concannon went on to vote that the Dail should disagree with the Seanad propose bill with 71 others Though, she was a TD in the Dail as a University representative, she voted to annexe University representation in the Dail, in following with her parties views. Leading to one TD saying " I am
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Helena Concannon


have noticed, however, that she votes with commendable—I do not know whether I should say commendable—but at any rate with complete regularity in the Lobby of her particular Party, and that she never strays into the other Lobby by chance or accident. It seems to me that even if a University representative is a member of a Party he should have that extra little amount of detachment that would guide him sometimes into the opposite Lobby from his Party, because no Party can be always right." Mr. MacDermot She
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Helena Concannon


and all the living ones who have given their loved ones. This book emerged on the ideologies of Catholicism and patriotism "praising the devotion of Irish nationalist women while emphasising the centrality of women's spiritual and domestic role in the home to the well-being of the nation" As this work was written during the time of War of Independence, Helena Concannon stressed the importance of women help during the rebellion as "they acted as messengers and intelligence officers", and in some cases, they fought as any men. Helena
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honours and went on to study Master of Arts in 1902 at the Royal University of Ireland. Concannon was fortunate to being one of the first generation of educated women. In 1906, Concannon married Thomas Concannon who she met in 1900, when he arrived home from America. They settled down in Co.Galway where they shared the same love for the Irish Language and wrote many Irish texts. In Galway, Concannon was a professor at the University of Galway where she taught history, which mainly involved the history of Irish Women
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Helena Concannon


Concannon started her political career in the Dáil, she was in the Dáil from 8 February 1933, after the 1933 general election, until 14 June 1937. She was as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the National University of Ireland constituency. She was a part of the 8th Dáil, in which Fianna Fail leader Eamonn DeValera took the presidency of the executive council from W.T Cosgrave, making him the second President of the Executive Council of Ireland. Her constituency 'National University of Ireland' also had two other
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Helena Concannon


Helena Concannon (; 28 October 1878 – 27 February 1952) was an Irish historian, writer, language scholar and Fianna Fáil politician. Born in Maghera, County Londonderry, she attended secondary school in Dublin in Loreto North Great Georges Street and Loreto Stephen's Green. She attended university at the Royal University of Ireland in Belfast and then the National University of Ireland. She also studied abroad at the Sorbonne University Paris, Berlin University and in Rome. She was Professor of History at University College Galway. In her youth Helena,
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Saint Helena Progressive Party


The Saint Helena Progressive Party was a political party on the island of Saint Helena (a British crown colony). The party favoured retaining economic links with the United Kingdom. The Saint Helena Progressive Party was founded in 1973. Its founders included eleven out of twelve members of the Legislative Council of Saint Helena elected in 1972. The emergence of political parties on Saint Helena followed an increase in political awareness of the population on the island, after economic stringency measures had been adopted as a consequence of increased international inflation. The Saint
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years of her life (1938-1943) in the 3rd Seanad with the party Fianna Fáil. In 1944 she was voted back in again until 1948, and so on until her death in February 1952. Helena Cocannon was not the only senator elected for the National University of Ireland. She was elected alongside Dr. Henry Leo Barniville and Professor Micheal Tierney. Helena wanted Senator Sean Goulding to by the cathaoirlech of the Seanad. She was the first person to talk about nominating Senator Sean Goulding and after she did he won a
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Don Concannon


John Dennis Concannon (16 May 1930 – 14 December 2003), known as Don Concannon, was a British Labour Party politician. Born in Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, Concannon was educated at Rossington Secondary School and through the Extra-Mural Department of the University of Nottingham. He worked as a miner and as a National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) official. He was a councillor on Mansfield Borough Council from 1963. Concannon was elected as the Member of Parliament for Mansfield at the 1966 election. Under Harold Wilson
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Don O. Concannon


Don O. Concannon (October 28, 1927 – March 9, 2013) was an American attorney and unsuccessful political candidate. Concannon was born on a farm near Garden City, Kansas. He enlisted in the United States Navy on May 1, 1945 and served in the South Pacific. After World War II, he studied at Garden City Junior College and Washburn University. He moved to Hugoton, Kansas, and was elected Stevens County Attorney. Concannon served as Chair of the Kansas Republican Party from 1968 to 1970, and was
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Politics of Saint Helena


an aspect of representative democracy. Saint Helena, along with both Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, does not have any active political parties, but no law forbids the formation of political parties; hence, the territory is a de facto non-partisan democracy. The Saint Helena Labour Party and Saint Helena Progressive Party have existed until 1976. In the most recent general election, the twelve elected members are: The territory has four courts of its own: The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in London, is the
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Helena Concannon


Cosgrave responded that Concannon had been forced to ask the question "The Minister wants to introduce legislation to deal with this, but he has not got the legislation yet. He hopes that, by the time the legislation is introduced, this thing will be all right. The Minister knows well that this is a nice mess that he has got us into. He had to get Deputy Mrs. Concannon, a University representative, to ask a question about it so as to try and make the case that he knows something about it
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Helena Concannon


needs of our agricultural industry.'—(Patrick Hogan, Richard Curran.)on the issue of Exporting cattle to England, with the majority. Concerning the 'Land Purchase (Guarantee Fund) Bill, 1935' which according to Mr. Bennet would have negatively impacted the rural middle class of which he was a representative, Bennet accuses Concannon and her fellow Dublin men of not caring about the people of the country "If Deputy Kelly, Deputy Donnelly or Deputy Mrs. Concannon were asked to apply a retrospective liability of this character to the citizens of Dublin,
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Helena Concannon


won. Although the Chair of the Dail said after the vote had been won by Concannon's side "I am certifying the Constitution (Amendment No. 23) Bill, 1934, under Article 38A of the Constitution, as containing only such modification as is necessary owing to the time which has elapsed since that Bill was first sent by the Dáil to the Seanad." Later on when the amendment seemed not to be taking place Concannon placed a question asking about whether moves have been made to begin the process to which W.T.
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American Left


parties. The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a political party that formed after a 1995 ideological rupture with Workers World Party over the issue of their support of the Fidel Castro government in Cuba, The SEP are composed of Trotskyists and are affiliated with the World Socialist Web Site. With fewer than one thousand members in 1996, the Socialist Worker's Party (SWP) was the second largest Marxist–Leninist party in the United States. Formed by supporters of Leon Trotsky, they believed that the Soviet Union and other Communist
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Helena Concannon


did not respond that day, but the next day when discussions on the subject began again, she opened the talks. Sticking with her party's view that University constituents shouldn't be separated from other constituents giving the figure that out of 2000 student voters who voted for her only one wrote in to say university representation should continue and that she read that to her party but as it was only one who wanted this, she was representing her university constituents by voting the university TDs should be abolished. She voted this way and
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Naresh Balyan


Naresh Balyan () is an Indian politician and a member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi in India. He represents the Uttam Nagar constituency of New Delhi and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party political party. Naresh Balyan was born in Delhi. He attended the Haryana Shakti Senior Secondary School and attained ninth grade degree. Naresh Balyan has been a MLA for one term. He represented the Uttam Nagar constituency and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party political party. On 21 Sep 2015, Balyan complained to police
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Helena Concannon


, and "Irish nuns in penal days" (1931). She was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) at the 1933 general election for the National University of Ireland constituency. At the 1938 general election, she was elected to Seanad Éireann for the National University of Ireland constituency. She was re-elected at each successive election and served in the Seanad until her death in 1952. Her husband was the Irish scholar Tomás Bán Ó Conceanainn (Thomas Concannon), a national health
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Helena Concannon


analyses of Irish history was based on Catholicism and patriotism'. She was also an advocate of Irish language restoration. Her first writings were love poems to her husband Thomas Concannon. These poems were 'simple, sensuous and passionate'. She also produced a number of imaginative historical text for children. She used her married name for her publications and her first book was published in 1914 titled as A Garden of girls, or the famous schoolgirls of former days, it was about 'school life and education of real little girls
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Socialist Equality Party (Australia)


The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a Trotskyist political party in Australia. The SEP was established in 2010 as the successor party to the Socialist Labour League, which was founded in 1972 as the Australian section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). According to its 2019 election statement, the party opposes identity politics and the Me Too movement. The party also criticises contemporary trade unions, having adopted the position that "They are no longer workers’ organisations." Inspired by the British Socialist Labour League
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Helena Concannon


as well as her husband, was a member of "The Irish Fireside Club", which in the 1880s was the largest children's association in Ireland where children took responsibility upon themselves to teach others and themselves to make Ireland a better place. Many of her writings were on the subject of Irish women, including "Canon Sheehan's Woman Characters" (1910), "Women of Ninety Eight" (1919), "Daughters of Banba" (1922), "The Poor Clares in Ireland" (1929)
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Paddy Concannon


Patrick "Paddy" Concannon (1918 – 26 February 2012) was an Irish local politician. He was born near Castlerea, County Roscommon in 1918. Towards the end of his life he served as president of the Irish Turf Cutters and Contractors Association. He served as a county councillor for County Roscommon for a total of 46 years starting in 1945. When first elected he was a member of the agrarian party Clann na Talmhan, which was wound up in the 1960s. He was an unsuccessful Clann na Talmhan candidate at the
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Heloísa Helena (politician)


the strongest critics of the new government's alignment with centrist politics. After voting against the party recommendation in the Senate, she was expelled from PT in December 2003 for allegedly breaking party discipline. She kept her seat in the Senate as an Independent politician. Following her expulsion, Helena and other dissident members of PT founded a new party, the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL) in late 2004. She was the president of PSOL from 2004 to 2010, in addition to leading the Freedom and Revolution faction of the party
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Heloísa Helena (politician)


Heloísa Helena Lima de Moraes Carvalho (; born 6 June 1962 in Pão de Açúcar, Alagoas) is a Brazilian nurse, schoolteacher, and politician, member of the political party Rede Sustentabilidade. She is the Brazilian woman to have received the third highest voting in a presidential race, ranking behind Marina Silva and Dilma Rousseff in 2010. In 1998, she was elected Senator for Alagoas, having attained the highest vote count in that election. Then a member of the Workers' Party, she disagreed with certain policies that she deemed
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Socialist Equality Party (United States)


The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a Trotskyist political party in the United States, one of several Socialist Equality parties around the world affiliated with the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). The ICFI publishes daily news articles, perspectives and commentaries on the World Socialist Web Site and maintains Mehring Books as publishing house. The SEP was formed in 1995 by the Workers League, the US supporters of the ICFI. The Workers League had been founded in 1966 by the American Committee for the Fourth International (ACFI)
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David North (socialist)


David North (born 1950) is an American Marxist theoretician. He is the national chairman of the Socialist Equality Party in the United States (SEP), formerly the Workers League. He served as the national secretary of the SEP until the party's congress in 2008. North was the principal political and theoretical leader of the International Committee of the Fourth International during the organization's split with the Workers Revolutionary Party in Britain. North is also the chairman of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site, the voice
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Saint Helena Labour Party


. In December 1975 the British governor Sir Thomas Oates decided to deport Thornton from Saint Helena. The expulsion caused an uproar amongst the inhabitants of the island. The political life of Saint Helena was divided into pro- and anti-Thornton camps, with demonstrations, petitions, public meetings and court cases. After his expulsion, Thornton continued to try to rally support for the Saint Helena Labour Party. The party contested the 1976 election to the Legislative Council of Saint Helena. The party failed to win any seats, though. The
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Non-partisan democracy


Nauru, for example, has no political parties; its Parliament consists entirely of independent members of parliament or MPs, who form governing coalitions and opposition blocs through alliances of individuals. The same is true in Tuvalu. No political parties exist; "MPs have very close links with their island constituencies and effort is directed towards balancing island representation in Cabinet" Other nonpartisan island nations are Pitcairn, Micronesia, Saint Helena, and Palau. Some are de facto nonpartisan because no law forbids the formation of political parties, and the populations
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Saint Helena Labour Party


The Saint Helena Labour Party was a political party on the island of Saint Helena (a British crown colony). Despite the shared name with many leftist parties across the world, it followed right-wing libertarian policies. The party was founded in 1974. The party opposed dependence on British economic aid, whilst advocating private enterprise as opposed to a supposedly government-dominated economy. The party supported closer links with South Africa. The founding of the party had been preceded by a controversy regarding the purchase of the Solomon & Co.
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Montana Republican Party


The Montana Republican Party (MTGOP) is the affiliate of the Republican Party in Montana. The state party is led by Chair, Debra Lamm (Livingston) and Vice Chair, Terry Nelson. The National Committeeman is Errol Galt (Martinsdale) and the National Committeewoman is Betti Hill (Helena). The headquarters of the Montana GOP is located in Helena, Montana. The party is a private corporation organized of political organizations including political action, advocacy, and interest groups. Bowen Greenwood was hired as Executive Director in 2010.
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Freedom and Revolution


Freedom and Revolution (in Portuguese: "Liberdade e Revolução") is a Marxist political grouping in Brazil, consisting mainly of members of the Socialist Democracy, and some former members of the Articulation of the Left, who have left or been expelled from the Workers' Party (PT) and joined the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL). Members include: senator Heloísa Helena, PSOL's chair; presidential candidate in 2006 election, the economist João Machado; the journalist Gilberto Maringoni. Members of Freedom and Revolution publish the
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Prostitution in Sweden


]], and in an editorial in Linberg's own constituency. This was then followed by a joint manifesto from parliamentary candidates of five political parties, including [[Helena von Schantz]] (Liberal) and [[Hanna Wagenius]] ([[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre]]), attacking the evaluation process and report as "immoral". The [[Pirate Party (Sweden)|Pirate Party]] had no official position on the law, but stands for basic freedoms, and party members have unofficially opposed it
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Brian Concannon (hurler)


played for Galway as a member of the minor hurling team on 26 July 2015. He made his first appearance in a 1-14 to 0-13 All-Ireland quarter-final defeat of Limerick. On 6 September 2015, Concannon scored a goal from right wing-forward in Galway's 4-13 to 1-16 defeat of Tipperary in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. On 20 August 2016, Concannon made his first appearance for the Galway under-21 team in a 0-21 to 0-
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2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan


Fred Johnson, Libertarian Dan Johnson (campaign website) and U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate Ronald Graeser. The district is centered on Michigan's West Shoreline and includes the cities of Muskegon and Holland. CQ Politics rating: Safe Republican. Incumbent Vern Ehlers was re-elected. The district trends Republican and is centered on Grand Rapids. Ehlers was challenged by Democrat Henry Sanchez and Libertarian Erwin Haas. CQ Politics rating: Safe Republican. Republican David Lee Camp was reelected. He was by challenged by Democrat Andrew Concannon, Libertarian Allitta Hren
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Helena Concannon


with the majority on every issue posed on 13 February 1935 She voted 'No' to for the Dáil to condemn the Executive Council for 'its neglect to secure a quota for the export of cattle to Great Britain adequate to the needs of our agricultural industry.'—(Patrick Hogan, Richard Curran.)on the issue of Exporting cattle to England, with the majority. She voted 'No' to for the Dáil to condemn the Executive Council for 'its neglect to secure a quota for the export of cattle to Great Britain adequate to the
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2011 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election


to the UK Conservative Party. This prompts mixed reactions from senior party figures. 4 Sep – Ruth Davidson formally announces that she will stand in the contest. 5 Sep – Murdo Fraser launches his campaign in Edinburgh. 8 Sep – Ruth Davidson launches her campaign in Edinburgh. 11 Sep – Lord Forsyth, at one point a suggested leadership candidate, declares his backing for Ruth Davidson. 23 Sep – Nominations for leadership close. Margaret Mitchell confirms she will stand in the election. 2 Oct – David Mundell MP declares his backing
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Concannon Vineyard


Concannon Vineyard is the second-largest winery in the Livermore Valley of California, producing around 30,000 cases annually. It is well known for its Petite Sirah and Concannon was the first winery to bottle this grape as a varietal wine in 1961. Prior to 1961, the petite sirah grape was produced worldwide as a blend wine. It also produces several other varieties of wine, including Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvingnon. Concannon is owned by The Wine Group. Concannon was founded in 1883 by an Irish immigrant, James Concannon of Inishmaan,
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Helena Sanders


Helena Sanders née Charles (16 April 1911 – 14 June 1997) was a Cornish humanitarian, cultural activist, politician and poet. Sanders was the founder of the political party, Mebyon Kernow, in 1951. She was also well known for her feline welfare efforts in Venice. Sanders was born in Kolkata and her mother died when she was three. In the 1920s she worked in the slums of Bermondsey. During the Second World War, she joined the London Ambulance Service. She organised assistance for displaced members of the population
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Mamadou Kamara Dékamo


Director-General of SEP Development from 1984 to 1992. He became a member of the Political Bureau of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT) in 1992, and he was elected to the National Assembly as a PCT candidate from the Poto-Poto section of Brazzaville in the 1992 parliamentary election. On 25 December 1992, he was appointed as Minister of Communication, Posts, and Telecommunications, as well as Government Spokesman, in the power-sharing government of Prime Minister Claude Antoine Dacosta, which was to serve until a new
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Jerry White (socialist)


Jerome "Jerry" White (born 1959) is an American politician and journalist, and is the Labor Editor reporting for the World Socialist Web Site. He is a member of the Socialist Equality Party of the United States, and was a member of its predecessor the Workers League, joining the movement in 1979. White ran as the SEP candidate for United States President in 1996 and 2008, and again in 2012 with running mate Phyllis Scherrer. White was again the SEP presidential nominee in the 2016 election. Jarome White was
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Tomás Bán Ó Conceanainn


Ireland in 1898 on holiday he became involved with the Gaelic League, so much so that he remained in the country as one of its organisers. On a 1905 journey to the USA with Douglas Hyde, they collected twenty thousand dollars. However, they returned it for the relief of San Francisco in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake. He remained an organiser until 1911. His wife was Helena Concannon, with whom he collaborated on a number of books. He retired in 1938, and was awarded an honorary LL.D. by University
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'. Her next well known piece was the Life of st. Columban in 1915, which was a study about the Irish ancient monastic life and a biography of a sixth-century. Two of her books, Daughters of Banba (1922) and St. Patrick (1932), received the Tailteann Medal for Literature, and The Poor Clares in Ireland (1929) won the National University Prize a DLitt higher doctorate degree for historical research. Her most common publication the Women of Ninety Eight was dedicated to all the dead women
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Paddy Concannon


1957 general election for the Roscommon constituency. He was later elected as a member of Fine Gael and as an independent. Concannon was a founder member of the Turf Cutters Association in 1998. This followed the emergence of a threat to turf-cutting when the European Union's Habitats Directive was transposed into Irish law in 1997, and gave protection to raised bogs. The Irish government declared a ten-year derogation, which delayed the full protection of Irish raised bogs. (The derogation was granted to help domestic turf-cutters
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Politics of Saint Helena


independent of the executive and the legislature. Military defence is the responsibility of the United Kingdom. Saint Helena had until 2009 two dependencies: Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha. These territories have their own political structures with Administrators under the Governor of Saint Helena. They are now equal parts of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha along with St Helena itself. The Executive Council consists of the Governor, three "ex officio" officers (one, the Attorney General, having no vote), and five elected members of
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Brian Concannon


represented former Prime Minister and political prisoner Yvon Neptune in the first Haiti case ever decided by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. In January 2016, Concannon taught a class on human rights at Whitman College. He was also an integral part of the IJDH that sued the United Nations for their responsibility in bringing cholera to Haiti. The case was dismissed both by the UN and in the NY Federal Court on the basis of UN immunity. In December 2016, the then UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon finally
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Mary Bonaventure Browne


1636 by Brother Mícheál Ó Cléirigh. Mac Fhirbhisigh translated and transcribed the remaining sections (some two-thirds of the total) from English into Irish and "designed it to be a continuation of the manuscript executed by Ó Cléirigh". It was completed on 8 December 1657, and is now Royal Irish Academy MS D i 2. Helena Concannon remarks that "It is additional proof of Mother Bonaventure's keen interest in Irish to find that she had brought this MS with her from Bethleham". The fact that she commissioned
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Máire Ní Chinnéide


Máire Ní Chinnéide (English "Mary" or "Molly O'Kennedy") (17 January 1879 – 25 May 1967) was an Irish language activist, playwright, first President of the Camogie Association and first woman president of Oireachtas na Gaeilge. She was born in Rathmines in 1879 and attended Muckross Park College and Royal University (later the NUI) where she was a classmate of Agnes O'Farrelly, Helena Concannon, and Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington. She learned Irish on holiday in Ballyvourney and earned the first scholarship in Irish from the
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Brian Concannon (hurler)


Brian Concannon (born 1997) is an Irish hurler who plays as a right corner-forward for club side Killimordaly and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a right corner-forward. As a student at NUI Galway, Concannon has been a regular player on the university's senior hurling team in the Fitzgibbon Cup. Concannon joined the Killimordaly club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels before joining the club's senior team. Concannon first
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Workers' Party (Brazil)


refused to embrace the new political positions of the party. These struggles have fueled public debates, the worst of which had its climax in December 2003, when four dissident legislators were expelled from the party for voting against Social Insurance Reform. Among these members were congressman João Batista Oliveira de Araujo (known as Babá) and senator Heloísa Helena, who formed the Socialism and Liberty Party ("Partido Socialismo e Liberdade" − PSOL) in June 2004 and ran for President in 2006, becoming at the time the woman who had
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Warley (1796 ship)


a baronetcy but was subsequently knighted. 28 Aug Madras – 18 Sep Penang – 22 Oct Malacca – 1 January 1806 Whampoa – Second Bar 28 Feb – 16 Mar Malacca – 28 Mar Penang – 2 Jul St Helena – 3 Sep Downs. Captain Henry Wilson sailed from Portsmouth on 24 April 1805, bound for Madras and China. "Warley" reached Madras on 28 August, Penang on 18 September, and Malacca only on 22 October. She arrived at Whampoa on 1 January 1806. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second
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1994 Helena state by-election


The 1994 Helena state by-election was a by-election for the seat of Helena in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia held on 10 September 1994. It was triggered by the resignation of Gordon Hill (the sitting Labor member) on 4 August 1994. The election was won by the Liberal Party, with their candidate, Rhonda Parker, recording 52.1 percent of the two-party-preferred vote. Parker became the first woman from the Liberal Party to win a by-election in Western Australia, and the fifth
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Scottish Democratic Alliance


The Scottish Democratic Alliance (SDA) is a political organisation formed in 2009 as the successor to the Scottish Enterprise Party (SEP). It supports Scottish independence and withdrawal from the European Union. Although it evolved from a political party, the SDA spent some time operating as a think tank on current affairs in Scotland. It stood its first candidate for election in the 2013 Aberdeen Donside by-election, coming last with 35 votes (0.1%). The SDA favours a low-tax Scotland independent of both the EU
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Heloísa Helena (politician)


excessively conservative. Thus, in 2003 she voted against the overhaul of public servants' pensions carried out in the first term of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and, as a result, was expelled from the party. The following year, she was one of the founding members of the Socialism and Liberty Party. In 2013, she helped found the Rede Sustentabilidade Party, and has been a member thereof since then. A trained nurse, Helena helped found the Center of Health at the Federal University of Alagoas. She
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Abraham Iyambo


Abraham Iyambo (2 February 1961 – 2 February 2013) was a Namibian politician. Iyambo was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 1995, serving as Minister of Fisheries from 1997 to 2010 and as Minister of Education from 2010 to 2013. Iyambo was a member of both the Central Committee and Political Bureau of the SWAPO Party and the chairperson of its Think Tank. Iyambo was born at Oniimwandi in the Oshana Region of northern Namibia, as the fourth of ten children of Helena Gabriel and Agapitus Iyambo. He attended
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Nizlopi


have since been playing live shows sporadically. The band members split again in 2015. Parker is now working as a session double-bassist. Concannon is travelling and writing. The duo are not currently working on an album or planning to tour. Concannon has since released new music as a solo artist, in 2017. On 14 October 2008, Nizlopi played an intimate version of "Answers" on a balcony overlooking Camden Lock for the music viral show BalconyTV. The band played at Solfest in 2008. The duo also appeared
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Concannon Vineyard


code names between 1970 and 1974. According to UC Davis, Its success in producing and selling sacramental or altar wine for the Roman Catholic Church helped it to survive national Prohibition. Grape cuttings from this vineyard were introduced to Mexico between 1889 and 1904 for the improvement of its commercial viticulture. As such, the vineyard has been designated a California Historical Landmark (#641). Concannon Vineyard was bought by Tesla Vineyards, an investment group that also owned the Wente Vineyards in 1992. The investment group included members of the Tesla
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Brian Concannon


Brian Concannon, Jr. (born November 18, 1963) is a human rights lawyer who directs the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH). Brian also serves as a member of the Editorial Board of "Health and Human Rights: An International Journal" at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is an alumnus of Boston College High School'81, as well as an Ignatius Award winner. He holds an undergraduate degree from Middlebury College and JD from Georgetown Law. He is the recipient of the Wasserstein Public Interest
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Winchelsea (1803 EIC ship)


Bar on 4 January 1805, reached Penang on 20 January and St Helena 28 March. She left St Helena on 11 July, and arrived at The Downs on 10 September. Captain William Moffat acquired a letter of marque on 19 December 1805. He sailed from Portsmouth on 4 March 1806, bound for Bombay and China. "Winchelsea" arrived at Bombay on 20 June and left on 12 August. She reached Penang on 4 Sep Penang and arrived at Whampoa on 30 October. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar
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Paddy Concannon


under the Wildlife Acts. The ban would eventually apply to a total of 139 raised bogs which have been designated for protection in 53 Raised Bog Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) under the Habitats Directive and 75 Natural Heritage Areas (NHAs) under the Wildlife (Amendment) Act, 2000. In 2008, the Turf Cutters Association amalgamated with the Contractors Association to form the Turf Cutters and Contractors Association of which Concannon was president. Concannon led opposition to the ban on non-commercial turf cutting of raised bogs. Concannon stated
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The Hills Run Red (2009 film)


Babyface is called away by Wilson and returns to the barn, leaving Serena alone. She breaks free from her binds and successfully escapes the room. Alexa stabs Lalo in the chest, killing him. Concannon tells his daughter he's the only director of the family and shoots her. Babyface, angered by Alexa's apparent death, turns on Concannon and fights him. Concannon screams out that he is Babyface's father. Tyler takes a camera and encourages Babyface to kill Concannon – which he does. Babyface then turns on Tyler
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Ewa Björling


Ewa Helena Björling (born 3 May 1961) is a Swedish politician and a member of the Moderate Party. She served as Minister for Trade from 2007 to 2014 and as Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2010 to 2014 in the Swedish Government. She was a member of the Swedish Riksdag for Stockholm County from 2002 to 2014. On 16 October 2014, she submitted her resignation from the Riksdag and announced that she will retire from politics. Ewa Björling is a dentist, Doctor of Medicine and a docent in virology. Prior to
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Scottish Democratic Alliance


Norway to promote tourism. The Scottish Enterprise Party was a centre-right political party in Scotland which supported Scottish independence and withdrawal from the European Union. It was formed in July 2004 to provide an alternative to the largely social democratic Scottish National Party for centre-right voters who support independence. The party opposed Scottish membership of the European Union and any prospective membership of the euro; it supported the principle of a constitutional monarchy and elections conducted through the Single Transferable Vote. The SEP backed the constitutional view that parliamentary sovereignty does
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Helena Bouveng


Kerstin "Helena" Bouveng (born 9 August 1962) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has been Member of the Riksdag since the 2006 general election, representing her home constituency Jönköping County. In the Riksdag, Bouveng is currently a deputy member of The Swedish Delegation to the Nordic Council, a deputy member of The Riksdag Appeals Board, a deputy member of the Nominations Committee, a deputy member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs and a regular member of the Committee on Taxation. Bouveng is the daughter of
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Helena Stetkevich


Helena Stetkiewicz or Olena Vyhovska (; died 1664), was a second wife of Ivan Vyhovsky, Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (year 1657-1659) in Cossack Hetmanate. She was an influential figure among the Ukrainian Cossacks. She is known to have participated in politics as the adviser and collaborator of her spouse during his reign, but she was not popular among the Cossacks because she banned the drinking parties which had been so popular among the cossacks. Helena Stetkiewicz was a daughter of Bohdan Stetkiewicz, Litvin castellan of Nowogródek (Navahrudak
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2011 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election


MSP and Liz Smith MSP endorse Murdo Fraser. 30 Aug – Liz Smith is declared as Murdo Fraser's campaign manager. 1 Sep – Gavin Brown, formerly speculated as standing in the election, states that he will not run and lends his backing to Murdo Fraser. 2 Sep – Jackson Carlaw officially launches his leadership campaign in Glasgow. 4 Sep – Murdo Fraser makes the high-profile announcement that if elected leader, he would disband the Scottish Conservatives and seek to create a new centre-right party, autonomous but allied
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Society of Experimental Psychologists


conduct plenary sessions in which members can present papers. It holds meetings every spring, scheduled by a member at the host university who serves as the chair of the SEP for that year. The meetings are open to all members and to students and faculty from the host university who are invited by the chair. Membership in the SEP is by invitation only and is considered to be a great honor because it represents significant accomplishment in the field of experimental psychology. The SEP currently admits at least 6 new members annually from among the
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Politics of Saint Helena


2013 it was proposed that the Executive Council would be led by a "Chief Councillor" who would be elected by the members of the Legislative Council and would nominate the other members of the Executive Council. These proposals were put to a referendum on 23 March 2013 where they were defeated by 158 votes to 42 on a 10% turnout. The Legislative Council has 15 members, 12 members elected for a four-year term by popular vote and 3 members "ex officio". This arrangement gives the governing of Saint Helena
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James Camp Tappan


's Missouri Raid. After the war, Tappan returned to Helena, Arkansas, and resumed his law practice, where he established himself as the dean of the Arkansas bar. Tappan also engaged in politics after the Reconstruction period and served again in the Arkansas legislature. Tappan was nominated by the Democratic party for Governor of Arkansas on two occasions but declined to run. James Camp Tappan died in Helena. He is buried at Maple Hill Cemetery in Helena near the graves of fellow Confederate generals Thomas C. Hindman and Patrick Cleburne. James
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Feminist Initiative (Sweden)


regions or local groups). The agenda included three major decisions: the establishing of a political party, formulation of a party agenda and organisational matters (notably a decision on chairperson). On 9 September 2005 the decision was taken to organise as a political party and stand for the parliamentary general election 2006. The party's first Executive Committee included Ann-Marie Tung, Anna Jutterdal, Cecilia Chrapkowska, Gudrun Schyman, Helena Brandt, Lotten Sunna, Maria Jansson, Monica Brun, Monica Amante, Sandra Andersson, Sandra Dahlén
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Fathers' rights movement by country


"Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting)" is currently registered as a political party with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). Fathers' rights groups in Australia have condemned the actions of a militant men's group that engaged in criminal activities, including stalking and harassment. Since Sep 2006 the Belgian federal law on "co-parenté" came into effect. It introduced a presumption of dual location or shared residency which by law should be taken into serious consideration and thorough investigation with priority in each individual case by
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Eóin Concannon


Eóin Concannon, died 1954, King of the Claddagh. Concannon was the last of the old-type Kings. The Claddagh village had changed greatly during and after World War I, with many of its men joining the British forces, their ships lying idle. By 1941, only eighteen Galway Hookers sailed from the Claddagh. His death signaled the end of the Old Claddagh, and, as the need for a new King did not arise, one was not elected. Only in August 1971, in conjunction with the Claddagh
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Brian Concannon (hurler)


19 All-Ireland semi-final defeat of Dublin. In the subsequent All-Ireland final on 10 September 2016, he was an unused substitute in the 5-15 to 0-14 defeat by Waterford. Concannon won a Leinster Championship medal on 4 July 2018 after a 4-21 to 2-26 extra-time defeat of Wexford in the final. In Concannon's last game in the grade on 8 August 2018, he was red-carded in the 33rd minute for an off-the-ball strike
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John Concannon


John Concannon is an Irish businessman, philanthropist, and star of RTÉ's "The Secret Millionaire". A native of Kilconly, Tuam, Concannon is the founder of JFC Manufacturing. He left St. Jarlath's school, Tuam, at 13 to work on the family farm. In 1987, he invented the Triple Bucket, a product for feeding calves, which was publicised by Gay Byrne on RTÉ's "The Late Late Show" that December. The Triple Bucket helped him establish JFC Manufacturing, which over the next twenty
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Natasha Lako


Natasha Lako (born 13 May 1948) is an Albanian poet and novelist. She belongs to the country's first generation of women writers. Lako studied political science at Tirana University, specializing in journalism. She has also worked at the New Albania Film Studios in Tirana. Together with Diana Çuli and Helena Kadare, she was one of the few women writers during the Albanian communist regime. From 1991 to 1993, she was elected as a member of the Democratic Party in the coalition government. In 1997, she became the
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Jack Concannon


John Joseph "Jack" Concannon, Jr. (February 25, 1943 – November 28, 2005) was an American football player. He played professionally as a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, and Detroit Lions. He played halfback and quarterback for Boston College and was the first selection of the 1964 American Football League draft, picked by the Boston Patriots on November 30, 1963. Concannon was the 16th overall selection in the 1964 NFL
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Jack Concannon


, but Cook County Criminal Court Judge Earl Strayhorn admonished Concannon: "Seldom have I been confronted with a situation where a man has displayed such woeful lack of good judgment, particularly when that person has been in the limelight . . . has been supposedly a leader of men." During his NFL career, Concannon became a partner in a restaurant. He also dabbled in acting, with a cameo appearance in the original theatrical film "MASH" (1970), and as himself in the critically acclaimed TV movie "Brian
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Brian Concannon


(which has been documented in depth), and BAI was also involved in the investigation into the murder of famed Haitian radio journalist Jean Dominique. In 2004, Concannon left Haiti and returned to the United States to found the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) after the February 2004 coup d'état that overthrew Haiti's president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. IJDH was founded specifically as the sister group of BAI. IJDH and BAI work collaboratively on all their projects. IJDH is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Concannon successfully
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Vundavalli Aruna Kumar


be heard. Vexed with the political scenario in the Indian Parliament, 2014, during the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh State in which his party Indian National Congress did not listen to his concern about the future of the state and moreover the absence of Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (died in Sep, 2009) in his life let him to step down from election politics forever. After the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh state the government at central was charges with BJP and at state it was taken over by TDP. Both TDP and BJP
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Giles Dilnot


the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), accused Dilnot of issuing "politically slanderous" commentary during a live interview claiming his comment "crossed accepted journalistic boundaries", a complaint that was later rejected. While interviewing Marsden for BBC 2’s "Daily Politics" on 21 May 2014 during the campaign for the European election, Dilnot, referring to Marsden's claim that existing news media would be removed in a revolution, said "Please tell me I am not first up against the wall when it comes." According to Marsden
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Parvesh Verma


Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma (born 7 November 1977) is an Indian politician and a Member of parliament from West Delhi Lok Sabha Constituency. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In May, 2014 he was elected to 16th Lok Sabha, and he was reelected in 2019. Since 1 Sep, 2014 onwards he is Member of the Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament and Member of the Standing Committee on Urban Development. He is a son of senior BJP politician and former Chief
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Brian Concannon (hurler)


. Concannon was one of eight new players drafted onto the Galway senior hurling panel prior to the start of the 2018 National League. He made his senior debut, scoring 1-01 from play at right corner-forward, in a 1-19 to 1-16 National Hurling League defeat of Antrim on 28 January 2018. Later that season Concannon made his first appearance in the Leinster Championship, scoring 2-01 from play, in a 5-18 to 2-15 defeat of Offaly. On 8 July 2018
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James Concannon


James Matthew Concannon (10 November 1890 – 8 August 1973) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney to Irish migrant Bartholomew Concannon and Margaret Gilmore. He attended Marist Brothers' College in Darlinghurst and from 1907 to 1927 was a clerk with the Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board. In June 1915 he married Arline Clarke, with whom he had three daughters; he would later marry Mary Murielle McBryde on 30 June 1962. In 1925 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1925, and was
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The Hills Run Red (2009 film)


store blood and changes clothes. However, when she leaves the smoke house, Babyface jumps down at her from the roof. Tyler wakes and finds himself tied to a wheelchair. On the shelves behind him are many film reels, all titled "The Hills Run Red". Tyler is shocked when Concannon, the missing director of the film, appears. Concannon tells him the secret behind the scares in his film, and plays a video of twenty years before, when the film was in shooting. Concannon is dissatisfied with
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Concannon Vineyard


County Galway. James imported a group of cuttings from Chateau Margaux in 1893. James planted a large area of his Livermore vineyard solely with the imported vines. In the 1960s, most of the California vintners were confronted with an attack of phylloxera Closer inspection revealed that the vines descended from the 1893 cuttings looked healthy, while those that were at least partly derived from other grapes appeared to have been preferentially attacked by the virus. In 1965, Jim Concannon, who was then in charge of Concannon's research and development, contacted
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Brian Concannon


Fellowship from Harvard Law School the Brandeis International Fellowship in Human Rights, Intervention, and International Law and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Canisius College. After working for the United Nations as a Human Rights Officer for 2 years (1995–1996), Concannon co-managed the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI), Haiti's only public interest law office with Mario Joseph between 1996 and 2004. During his time at BAI, Concannon played an essential role in preparing the prosecution of the landmark Raboteau Massacre trial in 2000. As
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Brian Concannon


many as 50 people were killed in the Raboteau in 1994. Six years after the slaughter, Concannon and BAI were able to convict 16 defendants guilty for their role in the massacre. The Court also issued a civil damages judgment against the defendants for 1 billion gourdes (roughly $43 million). A documentary was made about the trial which features extensive interviews with Concannon. BAI was tasked with various other cases during this time period, geared primarily toward seeking justice for the victims of ex-military and paramilitary violence in Haiti
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Helena Hill


Helena Hill (August 15, 1875 – April 20, 1958) was an American suffragist, and a member of the National Women's Party. Hill was the daughter of Connecticut congressman Ebenezer Hill. Her married name was Helena Hill Weed. She was among the American suffragists who picketed the White House. On July 4, 1917, she became one of the first women to be arrested for doing such, while carrying a banner stating, "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed." She served
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Bob Carr


for his political career. He also spent a period working as an education officer for the Labor Council of New South Wales (1972–78). In 1972, Carr met a Malaysian economics student, Helena John on a holiday in Tahiti, and they married on 24 February 1973. Helena Carr became a successful businesswoman, while she largely remained out of the political spotlight during her husband's career. Carr entered the New South Wales Legislative Assembly at a by-election in October 1983 as the member for Maroubra, representing the Australian
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Rafael Paula Barbosa


the first President, Luís Cabral. He was later temporarily freed by "Nino" Vieira following Vieira's coup d'état on 14 November 1981. Not until the democratisation of Guinea-Bissau in the 1990s was he finally released. He then went on to found his own political party, the Social Democratic Front (Portuguese: "Frente Democratica Social", FDS), of which former President Kumba Ialá was once a member. He died in a Dakar hospital in Senegal following intensive medical treatment. His daughter Helena Paula Barbosa became
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Gleisi Hoffmann


Gleisi Helena Hoffmann (; born 6 September 1965) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. She was the Chief of Staff of Brazil from 8 June 2011 to 2 February 2014, during the presidency of Dilma Rousseff. Following her tenure as Chief of Staff, she became a Senator for Paraná and in 2017 became national president of the Workers' Party. Gleisi Hoffmann began her involvement in politics in the student movement during her youth, becoming a Partido dos Trabalhadores' member in 1989. Graduated in law in the Centro Universitário Curitiba (
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Helena Jaczek


January 17, 2018. On February 26, 2018, she was appointed Minister of Health and Long-Term Care after the resignation of the preceding Health Minister, Eric Hoskins. In June 2019 there was speculation that Jaczek might enter federal politics and run as a Liberal Party of Canada candidate in Markham—Stouffville in the 2019 Canadian federal election, against the incumbent Independent MP Jane Philpott. Philpott had previously been elected as the Liberal member but had been removed as a candidate following her expulsion from the Liberal caucus in the wake
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Helena Wolińska-Brus


married in 1942, thinking that her first husband was dead. However, she met Brus again in 1944 and they eventually remarried in 1956, after she had separated from Jóźwiak, now a deputy minister of the Stalinist Secret Police (1945–1949) and a member of the Politburo of the governing communist Polish United Workers' Party (until 1968). She was dismissed from her job as prosecutor during the Polish October of 1956. Wolińska-Brus and her first husband left Poland in 1971, after the 1968 Polish political crisis and
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Thomas C. Hindman


to Helena, Arkansas on March 18, 1854. Hindman threw himself into the political and social scenes in his new home state. In June 1854, he formed a law partnership with John Palmer, a young Kentucky native who was known as a "distinguished member" of the Helena bar. Hindman became active in civic affairs and plans for Helena's economic development. At an Independence Day festival in 1854, he gave a speech about the importance of railroad development in Arkansas. Hindman catapulted himself into the fray by taking a
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Concannon Vineyard


Dr. Harold Olmo at UC Davis about establishing a program to clone some of the 1893 vines at Concannon's Livermore Vineyard. Dr. Olmo, Professor Curt Alley and Jim Concannon prepared a test bed where they could closely monitor specimens of the grapes descended from these wines. The three collaborators then took three cuttings from a single vine The vine specimens were heat treated to remove any trace of viral disease, then propagated under close observation at the Oakville Campus of UC Davis. UC Davis formally registered the wines to the wine industry under their
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