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Keith Jack "<mask>" <mask> (born 14 August 1942 in Chadwell Heath, Essex) is a British former Formula One driver and team-owner from England. He became known as the founder of the Arrows team as well as a racing driver, although during his driving career he won both the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and the Can-Am championship. Driving career

<mask>ze in a Marcos GT. In 1964 He raced in a Lotus Elan driving for D.R. Fabrications team and entered GT racing, scoring some excellent results, and then having a difficult time in Formula Three, where his natural speed was blighted by mechanical failures. Nevertheless, for 1967 he was drafted into the Team Lotus Formula Two team, which also saw him making his Grand Prix debut in the F2 class at the German Grand Prix, where he came fifth overall and won the F2 class.In 1968, he was called up by Colin Chapman to take over the works Formula One seat for Team Lotus after the death of Jim Clark. His contract did not include an F2 drive. In discussions with Tony Rudlin, a failed racing driver, at that time responsible for running the Herts and Essex Aero Club for ex-world motor cycling champion, Roger Frogley, a deal was struck to run in the club's colours. Lotus supplied and ran the car, supplied the mechanics and generally acted as competition managers while Rudlin was team manager. The F2 team was reasonably successful although not running full Team Lotus spec. At the end of the year the team was invited to compete in the four races making up the Argentine Temporada. The Herts and Essex Team finished third overall in the series.The F1 season would turn out to be difficult, with <mask> struggling for finishes. He led the British Grand Prix until an engine failure, and would only finish twice, his best result being third place at the season-closing Mexican Grand Prix. With Jochen Rindt signing for Lotus for 1969, <mask> switched to BRM. He was to suffer disappointing two years at the Bourne team, which would effectively kill off his Grand Prix career. In two years, he would muster just four

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 team for three seasons, and even briefly returned to F1, finishing fifth in the 1977 Race of Champions, and taking 9th in the Swedish Grand Prix.He also competed in 8 NASCAR Cup Series races between 1971 and 1972, the majority of them for Donlavey Racing. He attempted the 1972 Daytona 500 but failed to qualify. Arrows
At the end of 1977 he left Shadow along with financer Franco Ambrosio, designers Tony Southgate and Alan Rees, engineer Dave Wass and driver Riccardo Patrese to form the Arrows Grand Prix team. Arrows would become famous for competing in a record 382 Grands Prix without achieving a single victory. However, the team would always have well-presented cars which would usually be competitive, if not front-runners, and would often give breaks to talented drivers - besides Patrese, Thierry Boutsen, Gerhard Berger, Marc Surer and Martin Donnelly would all drive for the team early in their career. <mask> sold much of his stake to the Japanese Footwork Corporation in 1990, remaining as director, but the team failed to move forward and the company pulled out at the end of 1993 due to financial trouble. <mask> had his team back, but money was tight, and in 1996 he again sold most of his shares to Tom Walkinshaw's TWR group.<mask> remained on the board until 1999, when he sold his remaining shares. Complete Formula One World Championship results
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<mask> (; born 1 April 1961, Beijing, China) is a Chinese painter, poet, and photographer. <mask> was under effective house arrest in China as her husband, <mask>, had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010. She remained under house arrest until 10 July 2018, when she was allowed to travel to Germany for medical treatment. Biography
<mask> was formerly a civil servant in the Beijing tax bureau, and met her husband <mask> while part of the Beijing literary scene in the 1980s. She married <mask> while he was imprisoned in China in a labor re-education camp in 1996. <mask> prefers to lead the solitary life of an intellectual. However, being the wife of an oft-imprisoned activist, she has been forced to act as his proxy in the public arena.She has been described as her husband's "most important link to the outside world." Because she is the wife of one of China's most prominent human rights advocates, she also personally experiences pressures from Chinese authorities for publicly voicing opinions. Since his arrest, she has lived under constant surveillance. From the time of their marriage, during his several terms in prison, she has continued to speak out, although somewhat reluctantly, on issues of human rights both on her own and on his behalf. Despite the pressures, she attempts to retain a life of normality. <mask>'s last sentence, of 11 years, was imposed after he helped write the 2008 political manifesto called Charter 08. <mask>a begged her husband to not participate in drafting the document.After initially heeding her pleas, he went forward anyway, immersing himself for three years drafting and re-drafting the document, which he later persuaded more than 300 prominent workers, Chinese Communist Party members, and intellectuals to sign. The document was later "signed" by 10,000 users on the Internet. After it was announced that her husband had won the Nobel Peace

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 "extraordinary" because the action could refocus the world's attention on China's human rights record. According to her attorney, Mo Shaoping, <mask> visited her husband in Jinzhou Prison in Liaoning and had gained his approval before filing this motion. In December 2013, a friend of hers, Hu, told BBC that three years of house arrest had thrown <mask> into deep depression and a health professional had been prescribing anti-depressant medication for her. The Silent Strength of <mask>a is a collection of 25 black-and-white photographs <mask>a produced between 1996 and 1999 while her husband served his second stint in a labor re-education camp. It is the only exhibition of <mask>'s photographic work in the United States. French scholar Guy Sorman, a longtime friend of <mask> and her husband, transported the prints out of China and curated the exhibition at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University.In 2015, a bilingual collection of <mask>'s poetry, Empty Chairs, was published by Graywolf Press. The poems in the collection span from 1983 to 2013. After her husband's death on 13 July 2017, no one knew her whereabouts for six months, although the Chinese government openly stated that she was "free". On 2 September 2017, she was reported to have returned to her Beijing home. Frank Lu Siqing, the founder of the Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, successfully spoke to <mask> on the phone for half an hour after calling her at her home in Beijing, South China Morning Post reports. House arrest after death of <mask>
Although <mask> is not generally seen as a social activist in her own right, unlike her late husband, and has never been accused or convicted of any crime, she has endured house arrest without charges and subject to 24-hour surveillance since 2010, in contravention of Article 39 of the 1982 Constitution of China,

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 which states that "the freedom of movement of any law-abiding Chinese citizen shall not be infringed", as well as Article 252 of the Criminal Prosecution Ordinance, which states that "any act of violating the freedom of communication of any law-abiding Chinese citizen is strictly prohibited". She is denied access to a phone or a computer.Since <mask>'s sea burial, neither <mask> nor her brother has been seen amidst reports that she had been forced to go on vacation in the southern province of Yunnan, so that she would not attend a memorial for her husband on the seventh day following his death, which had been held by various people abroad. <mask>'s friends in mainland China were reportedly subjected to house arrest as they prepared for a memorial – some were detained after staging ceremonies at the seaside at Dalian. Media have reported that the area in which <mask>'s residence is situated is under heavy guard by plainclothes officials, who threaten and manhandle journalists. Although NGOs, a number of foreign leaders, notably Angela Merkel, as well as
British foreign secretary Boris Johnson have spoken out for <mask> and her husband, urging the lifting of all restrictions on <mask> after her husband's death. On the other hand, Chinese officials state that <mask>a is in fact free, contrary to reports by Western media and <mask>'s claim. Jerome Cohen, a professor at New York University and an expert in Chinese law and human rights, said he believed the rulers of one-party China would be reluctant to release <mask>a in case she became a figurehead of resistance. Cohen also argued that "not only should foreign governments condemn China for its violations of human rights that led to <mask>'s imprisonment and death, but they should also press the Chinese government to give <mask>, who has been put under severe illegal house arrest for the past seven years, the option to

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 leave China.If she chooses to remain in China, the Chinese government should, in accordance with its international human rights obligations, immediately lift all the oppressive conditions that she has suffered". UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein announced at the United Nations headquarters on 20 July 2017 that he would meet with Chinese officials to push for assurances that <mask>a would be allowed to leave China, countering Chinese claims that raising human rights concerns amounted to interference in domestic affairs. On 25 July 2017, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio penned an open letter to <mask>a, "Current U.S. law gives the President of the United States the authority to impose visa bans and to freeze the assets of any foreign citizens who suppress basic human rights; surely the Chinese government's treatment of you and your husband meets this standard." As chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Rubio also requested U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad to meet with <mask> either at the U.S. embassy or her place of residence to understand her current situation and long-term wishes. Photo gallery

Move to Germany

After <mask>'s ocean burial, <mask>a, — as said her friend Liao Yiwu, Chinese poet and dissident living in exile in Germany, — had lived a while in Dali City in Yunnan province together with her younger brother <mask>, and when <mask>'s friends and family had said that she returned to Beijing on 4 August 2017, German and US diplomats tried to visit her flat but were stopped by guards.German embassy diplomats said they would try to push the Chinese government to grant freedom of movement for <mask>, although Chinese officials said that <mask>a was free and could move according to the Chinese law. In May 2018, Liao Yiwu reported with <mask>'s permission that she was suffering debilitating clinical depression, after the

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 Beijing government had broken multiple promises that she would 'soon' be free to travel, including, in early April 2018, an arrangement made by Heiko Maas, the German Foreign Minister, to facilitate her travel to Germany. Liao Yiwu spoke with <mask> on telephone on 8 April 2018 and they agreed that she would try to write an application at the German Embassy, but she cried, bursting into tears, that she had neither a computer nor smartphone to do it. At the same time, Liao Yiwu promised her that he would try to pressure German politicians with the help of Nobel laureate Herta Müller and other artists and writers in Berlin. Liao Yiwu again called <mask> on 30 April 2018 and asked for permission to publish their 8 April 2018 telephone record with her desperate cries to pressure politicians and society to help her leave China. <mask>a left China and flew to Germany for medical treatment on 10 July 2018. The same day, her younger brother, <mask>, remaining in China, wrote in social media WeChat, that <mask>a flew to Europe to start her new life there, and that he was grateful to all who were helping <mask>a these past years.<mask> was sentenced to 11 years in prison on fraud charges in 2013, but released in 2015 on bail with stringent conditions. Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia said that <mask>, by remaining in China, was used as a hostage. <mask> has long insisted that her younger brother should leave China with her, due to fears that <mask> would be used in China to limit her freedom of speech abroad. References

External links
Nick Frisch, "<mask>a Rebuilds Her Career as an Artist" The New Yorker (30 04 2019). Introduce <mask>'s poems and artworks, including 11 photographs. 1961 births
Living people
Chinese dissidents
20th-century Chinese poets
21st-century Chinese poets
Republic of China poets
Poets from Beijing
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<mask> (born 10 May 1986) is an Indian chess player. He became the youngest grandmaster from India on 11 September 2001, a record now held by Gukesh D. He was Commonwealth Champion in 2001, World Junior Champion in 2004 and Asian Individual Champion in 2011. Harikrishna won the Tata Steel Group B in 2012 and the Biel MTO Masters Tournament Open event in 2013. He represented India at seven Chess Olympiads from 2000 to 2012 and won team Bronze at the World Team Chess Championships in 2010. At the Asian Team Championships, <mask> won team gold once, team silver twice and individual bronze once. In February 2013, Harikrishna's FIDE rating passed 2700 for the first time. He broke into the top ten players in the world in November 2016 with a FIDE rating of 2768.Early life
<mask> <mask> was born in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. He learned chess at the age of 4 from his grandfather Ranga Rao, who was also his first chess coach. Chess career

<mask> was a highly successful junior player winning the Indian Under-08 (1993), Under-10 (1995), Under-14 (1999), Under-15 (1998) and Under-18 (1998) titles. He won the Under 18 prize at the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 1999. He won the World Under-10 Championship in 1996. His progress was such that, at the age of 14 years 5 months, he joined the Indian team for the 2000 Chess Olympiad, scoring 6.5 out of 11 rounds and earning his first Grandmaster norm. The second and third

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 norms came soon after with a solid 6.5/13 result  placing fifth in Corus Group B and sharing seventh place at the Asian Individual Championship with 7/11.This last norm both qualified him for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002 (knocked in the first round to Alexander Beliavsky) and secured his Grandmaster title, having reached the required FIDE rating of 2500 in the July 2000 rating list. 2001-2004
Immediately after that he won on tiebreak the Commonwealth Championship, held in London, then claimed first on tiebreak with Alexei Barsov and Krishnan Sasikiran at Hastings Chess Congress at the start of 2002. Finishing half a point behind Sasikiran in the 2002 National "A" Championship. Despite a series of weaker results costing him 29 rating points between July 2002 and January 2003, <mask> regained nearly all of them the next rating period with third place at Hastings and second place at the National "A" Championship in Mumbai. He shared second place with Vasilios Kotronias and Paul Motwani in the 2003 British Championships then shared first with Vasily Yemelin, Smbat Lputian and Pavel Kotsur in Abu Dhabi. <mask>'s form continued with shared second at the Sharjah Open half a point behind Kotsur, shared seventh at the Parsvanth Open, shared fifth at the Tata Open and second at the Asian Zonal 3.1b tournament held in Dhaka, a point behind Surya Shekhar Ganguly and shared third at GibTelecom Masters, a point behind

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 Nigel Short. A few months later he came sixth on tiebreaks (a dozen players tied half a point behind Shakriyar Mamedyarov at the strong Dubai Open.Between the January 2003 and October 2005 rating lists, <mask> experienced a steady increase from 2539 to 2673, reaching 2600 in July 2004. <mask> was eliminated out of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, held in Tripoli in the second round after rapid tiebreaks 3-1 against Vasily Ivanchuk but bounced back with fourth place on tiebreaks at the Abu Dhabi Open, half a point behind Dmitry Bocharov. He came third in the Pune Super GM event, a point behind winner Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu but winning their individual game and was solid for India at the Chess Olympiad. This string of performances culminated in winning the World Junior Chess Championship held in Kochi, India in November 2004, scoring 10/13 with Tigran L Petrosian and Zhao Jun half a point behind. 2005-2009
Such success saw invitations to stronger events, such as Bermuda in early 2005 where despite losing to Boris Gelfand in the eighth round, victory in the two last rounds enabled him to catch up with him to tie for first, followed by an even score at Dos Hermanas and fifth on tiebreak at HB Global Challenge. <mask> joined up with former Viswanathan Anand coach Elizbar Ubilava, looking to improve his game. He then won the Sanjin Hotel Cup, a point clear of the field with 8.5/11.He tied for second at the Mainz

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texts: Ordiz Open. An even result at the Lausanne Masters was followed up by winning the Essent Crown Group in October 2005, scoring 4/6. December's Chess World Cup 2005 saw Pentala defeat Yu Shaoteng 3-1 and Giovanni Vescovi 4-2 before being knocked out in the third round against Alexei Dreev 2.5-1.5, then tied for second at Pamplona, half a point behind Ruslan Ponomariov. In March 2006, <mask> tied for first (fifth on tiebreak) with winner Gabriel Sargissian, Ahmed Adly, Mamedyarov, and Igor-Alexander Nataf at the Reykjavik Open with 7/9. After competing in the 37th Chess Olympiad, he performed badly a month later with shared last place at Aerosvit, though he bounced back with victory at Marx Gyorgy Memorial then won the Chess960 Junior Chess Championship winning the last four games against Arkadij Naiditsch with the final score 4½–3½. 2007 started on a bad note with 3.5/9 at the Aeroflot Open  but he recovered to come third at the Montreal International, losing in the final round to tournament winner Ivanchuk. <mask> tied for first (second on wins tiebreak) at Marx Gyorgy then finished 20th at the Mainz FiNet Rapid Open.At the end of 2007, he lost 3-1 in the final of the Carlos Torre Memorial to Ivanchuk and came fourth on tiebreak at the Reggio Emilia. Pentala played tournaments less frequently after 2007 but finished fourth at the 2008 Corus Group B with 7.5/13, followed by several team events and winning on tiebreak


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 in September 2008 at the Spice Cup in Lubbock, United States. He was seeded to the knockout stages of the XXI Carlos Tore Memorial but was eliminated 3-2 by Jan Ehlvest in the quarter finals. A last round loss to Peter Svidler saw Pentala slip from co-leader to shared seventh at the January 2009 Gibraltar Chess Congress, but won the Nancy Rapid event the next month, a point ahead of Georg Meier. He lost three consecutive games at the 39th Bosna Tournament to finish fifth out of six and scoring 4/10, also struggling at Zurich's 200th Anniversary event, finishing shared 27th with 6/9. At the Chigorin Memorial he came fifteenth after tiebreaks in the Open section and won the blitz section. He finished the year helping India win the Asian Team Championships.2010-2013
<mask> came tied sixth at Corus Chess Group B with 6.5/13 in January 2010 before a poor performance at the Asian Individual Championship, finishing 23rd after tiebreaks and losing 17 rating points Some consolation came with shared first with Ehlvest at the New York International. He shared second place scoring 7/9 at the World Open, half a point behind Viktor Láznička, but lost his rating gains at the Canadian Open with 6/9 sharing 23rd place. His strong performance in the Asian Games and Spanish league (including a win over Maxime Vachier-Lagrave) along with a solid performance in the Chess Olympiad helped recover his rating back to 2667 after a steady


texts: fall between April 2009 (2686) and July 2010 (2645). In January 2011, he came ninth on tiebreak scoring 7/10 at Gibraltar then sixth on tiebreak with 6.5/9 at Cappelle-la-Grande. May 2011 he won the Asian Chess Championship after tying with Yu Yangyi and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 6.5/9, shared second place on 7/9 with Robert Hess and Alejandro Ramirez at the Chicago Open half a point behind Timur Gareev. <mask>'s form dipped at the New York International scoring only 4.5/9 for shared 25th place, but shared third at the World Open scoring 6.5/9. He struggled at the World Team Championships competing against almost exclusively 2700 rated players, scoring 3.5/9 and was eliminated from the Chess World Cup in the second round 1.5-0.5 by Dmitry Jakovenko.<mask> started 2012 in style winning the Group B of Tata Steel, scoring 9/13, half a point ahead of Alexander Motylev and Lazaro Bruzon, earning himself a place in the 2013 Group A followed up with victory at the Cappelle-la-Grande Open on tiebreaks with 7/9. In July, he was third on tiebreaks at the Benasque Open scoring 8/10 and fifth on tiebreaks at the Biel Master event with 7.5/11. <mask> rounded off the year with the 40th Chess Olympiad and league games, ending the year at his highest rating so far with 2698. Making his first appearance in the Tata Steel A group in January 2013, Pentala finished in seventh place with 6.5/13 and breaking 2700 for the first time. Despite


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 a collapse of form at the Capablanca Memorial in which Pentala scored 3/10, losing four games and failing to win and pushing him back under 2700, his form returned in July with a strong performance in the Greek league, winning at the Biel Masters with 8½/11 and tied fifth place at the HZ Open with an unbeaten 7/9. 2014-2016
In January 2014, <mask> finished seventh in the rejigged Tata Steel Masters with 5.5/11 after a last round loss against Boris Gelfand and came 12th on tiebreak scoring 7/10 at Gibraltar soon after. After claiming silver at the Asian Blitz Championship, he played only league games until July when he finished third on tiebreak at Biel.Despite playing for the Indian team at the previous seven Chess Olympiads, he did not participate in the 2014 edition, taking part in the Turkish league instead. At the inaugural Qatar Masters he scored 5.5/9 to tie for 25th place. <mask> started 2015 by scoring 7.5/10 for ninth place by tiebreak at Gibraltar, with several team events following including the World Team Championships in which he scored 5/9. In June, he won the 10th Edmonton International scoring 7.5/9, including a 5/5 start. An early second round exit from the World Cup against Sethuraman allowed <mask> to enter and tied for first from Gabriel Sargissian and Laurent Fressinet at the Isle of Man International on tiebreak, scoring 7/9. He rounded off the year by scoring an unbeaten 6/9 at the Qatar


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 Masters Open for eleventh place on tiebreak. In February–March 2016, he participated in IMSA Elite Mind Games held in China.He finished the event placed seventh in the rapid and third in blitz events gaining a staggering 113 points in live ratings to reach the career best rating of 2774 in blitz. 2020
In July 2020, he won with 5.5 points out of 7 games the Chess960 event, that was part of the chess tournament in Biel. Because of COVID-19, the players were separated from each other by plexiglass. He also represented India in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020 where India won the gold medal along with Russia. Team results

<mask> has represented India at seven Chess Olympiads, making his debut at the age of 14 years 5 months during the 34th Chess Olympiad held in Istanbul with results as follows:

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|Bled 2002 || 3.5/10 (102nd) || 29th
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|Calvia 2004 || 5.5/11 (62nd) || 6th
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|Turin 2006 || 8/12 (14th) || 30th
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|Dresden 2008 || 6/10 (13th) || 16th
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|Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 || 6/10 (19th) || 18th
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|Istanbul 2012 || 5.5/10 (12th) || 35th
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Pentala also took part in World Team Chess Championships, Asian Team Chess Championships and Asian Games events with results as follows:

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|15th Asian Games 2006, Doha Qatar || 6.5/9 (Silver) || Gold
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|3rd Asian Indoor Games 2009, Hanoi Vietnam || 4.5/8 || Bronze
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|16th Asian TCC 2009, Kolkata India || 4/6 (Bronze) || Gold
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|7th World TCC 2010, Bursa Turkey || 4/8 (6th) || Bronze
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|16h Asian Games 2010, Guangzhou China || 6/9 || Bronze
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|8th World TCC 2011, Ningbo China|| 3.5/9 (7th) || 8th
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|17th Asian TCC 2012, Zaozhuang China || 6/9 (4th) || Silver
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|10th World TCC 2015, Tsakhkadzor Armenia || 5/9 (4th) || 9th
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Other team results

Pentala has played for a variety of teams in league events. He played for Baden Baden in three of their title wins from 2007 to 2009. Silver medal with chess club Baden-Baden 2008 in European Chess Club Cup, Kallithea, Greece. Greek league Champion 2008 and Bronze medal 2013 with chess club Kavala.Bronze in Russian league 2008 with chess club Elara. Spanish Team Chess Championship, 2005, Spain, Team Gold (first board player). Silver in Spanish league 2006 with chess club Cuna de Dragones. Four Nations Chess League (4NCL), 2006, England, Team Silver. Champion of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2009. Champion of China Chess League 2008/09 with chess club Shangai. Spanish Team Chess Championship, November 2012, León, Spain, as a member of C.A.Solvay scored 4½/7 points on the first board; team finished second and qualified for European Club Cup. Bronze with


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Champion of Turkish Super League 2014 with chess club Istanbul Technical University
Silver medal with Czech club G-Team Novy Bor and individual gold medal on the 3rd board at the European Chess Club Cup 2014 in Bilbao, Spain

From 2012 to 2014, <mask> played first board for chess club Eppingen in Chess Bundesliga, and he is a member of Spanish chess club Solvay since 2007 (first board). <mask> is also the first board for BPCL A team, which has won PSPB Inter Unit Chess Tournaments in 2010 and 2011. In the Professional Rapid Online Chess League 2020, he plays for the India Yogis. Personal life
He married Serbian Nadezda Stojanovic in 2018. Since early 2021 they are parents to their daughter Maya. Since 2018, he has lived in Prague.He plays for the chess club Nový Bor. References

External links

 Official website (archived)

 <mask> Harikrishna at Chesslive.com (archived)

1986 births
Living people
People from Guntur
Chess grandmasters
Chess Olympiad competitors
Indian chess players
World Youth Chess Champions
Telugu people
World Junior Chess Champions
Recipients of the Arjuna Award
Asian Games medalists in chess
Chess players at the 2006 Asian Games
Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games
Sport in Guntur
Asian Games gold medalists for India
Asian Games bronze medalists for India
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Medalists

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texts: <mask> (born August 3, 1979) is a professional gridiron football quarterback who is currently a free agent. After a standout prep career at Eaton High School where he played football, basketball and baseball, <mask> continued his football career at Indiana University. After taking a red-shirt his freshman year, <mask> split first team practice reps with Antwaan Randle El. Head Coach Cam Cameron ultimately decided on Randle-El, and <mask> appeared in just 3 games as a red-shirt freshman. During his sophomore season, there was once again training camp talk of <mask> starting over Randle-El, and once again <mask> was named the backup, playing 6 games. His junior season, he was named the starting quarterback and Randle-El moved to wide receiver. <mask> completed 18 of 31 passes and had one touchdown, but was benched the following week as the offense didn't take off as well had Cameron had hoped.<mask> was then injured during week 4 and didn't play in a game the rest of the season. During his senior season, the Hoosiers were under new head coach Gerry DiNardo, and <mask> was named the starter out of fall camp. <mask> started the first 7 games of the season, throwing for 879 yards with 9 touchdowns and 7 interceptions. He was then benched in favor of Gibran Hamdan. After going undrafted in the 2003 NFL Draft, <mask> was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals and participated in mini-camp and training camp before being released. He then signed with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League, where he started 6 games, throwing for 1,168 yards with 7 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. Following his release from the Stampeders, <mask> turned to the Arena Football League, catching on with the Nashville Kats and the Columbus Destroyers, but never seeing the

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 field for either team.<mask> then turned his attention to indoor football, signing with the Odessa Roughnecks of the Intense Football League. <mask> shined in his first season of indoor football, throwing 100 touchdown passes and leading the Roughnecks to a 97-56 victory in Intense Bowl II. The following year, <mask> signed with the Mississippi MudCats of the American Indoor Football Association. <mask> again threw over 100 touchdowns, while also being named to the All-Star team. In 2009, <mask> signed with the El Paso Generals, throwing for 66 touchdowns and 3,158 yards. In 2010, <mask> returned to the Roughnecks, as they were now member of the Indoor Football League. In 2011, <mask> signed with the Saginaw Sting, where he would lead the Sting to an Ultimate Bowl Championship, while winning Offensive Player of the Year honors as well as Ultimate Bowl I MVP.<mask> re-signed with the Sting in 2012, as they transitioned into the Continental Indoor Football League. The Sting went undefeated, winning the 2012 CIFL Championship Game over the Dayton Silverbacks. <mask> won the CIFL MVP and Offensive Player of the Year Awards. In, 2013 <mask> signed with the expansion Dayton Sharks, where he was named their starting quarterback and offensive coordinator. Early life
Born the son of Tom and <mask>, <mask> attended Eaton High School, in Eaton, Ohio, where he was a member of the baseball, basketball and football teams. As a football player he passed for 1,185 yards and 19 touchdowns as a sophomore, 1,022 yards and 14 touchdowns as a junior and completed 88 of 174 passes for 1,532 yards and 18 touchdowns and rushed 67 times for 586 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior. He was 25-5 as a starter during this career, going 9-1 his season year in 1997.After his senior

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1998 season
After his graduation, <mask> chose to continue his football career at Indiana University on scholarship, playing for Cam Cameron. He was a General Studies major. He sat out the 1998 season as he redshirted. 1999 season
In 1999, <mask> saw some first team reps in spring practice with, the 1998 Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year in 1998, Antwaan Randle El taking reps at wide receiver.When questioned about if he would actually play <mask> at quarterback Cameron stated, "Get the best players on the field. If that means <mask> and Randle El, so be it." <mask> played in just three games, and completed 4 of 9 passes for 77 yards, including a 47-yard completion at Wisconsin. His season ended when he chipped a bone and sustained ligament damage to his right index finger during warm-ups prior to the North Carolina game. 2000 season
In 2000, <mask> was once again talked about as replacing Randle-El at quarterback, but when the season came, <mask> was once again in a reserve role. <mask> saw action as a back-up to Randle-El, and completed 6 of 16 pass for 57 yards and one interception. His best game of the season came at Northwestern, when he completed both passes he threw for 43 yards, including a 27-yard completion.He attempted five passes against both Cincinnati and Wisconsin. He also saw action against NC State, Michigan and Penn State. 2001

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During his junior season in 2001, in what was one of the worst coaching decision in the history of Indiana football, Head Coach Cam Cameron decided to move Randle-El to wide receiver, and let <mask> become the starting quarterback. He opened the season as the starting quarterback against NC State, completing 18 of 31 passes for 163 yards and one touchdown. He also saw action on the kickoff return team. He did not play after week four of the season as he was sidelined with tendonitis in his throwing shoulder. 2002 season
For his senior season in 2002, under new head coach Gerry DiNardo, he completed 75 of 152 passes for 879 yards and nine touchdowns in seven games before being replaced by Gibran Hamdan.Statistics
Through the end of the 2002 season, <mask>'s college statistics are as follows:

Professional career

Cincinnati Bengals
He was signed on May 12, 2003 as an undrafted free agent, and participated in Bengals mini-camp & training camp, but was later released on August 25, 2003 due to reduction to 65-man roster. Calgary Stampeders
After sitting out the 2003 season, he was signed on May 18, 2004 by the Calgary Stampeders. He appeared in eight games, starting six and threw for 1,237 yards, seven touchdowns and completed 52% of his passes. <mask> was later invited to private workouts with both the Seattle Seahawks and the Buffalo Bills following the end of the CFL regular season.->

Nashville Kats
<mask> joined the Nashville Kats of the Arena Football League in the winter of 2004, he attended training camp with the Kats, but failed to make the team. Columbus Destroyers
After the outdoor game had seemed to lose interest in him, he signed to play arena football for the Columbus Destroyers, but didn't appear in any games. Odessa

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<mask> was finally given a chance to start in every game by the Odessa Roughnecks during the 2006 season, and led the club to their only championship (Intense Football League) after going 12–2 during the regular season. <mask> led the offense by posting 100 touchdown passes during the season, and led the club to a recording-setting 97–56 win over Corpus Christi Hammerheads in Intense Bowl II.Mississippi MudCats
After his great indoor success, he then came to the Mississippi MudCats in 2007 as their starting quarterback, where he completed 63% of his passes, threw 102 touchdowns, setting a league record with the AIFA and he rushed for 12 touchdowns. <mask> was voted to the AIFA All Star Team in 2007 and was re-signed for a second season with the MudCats. El Paso Generals
<mask> led the El Paso Generals to a 12-2 regular season record in '09 including the Lone Star Division Championship. <mask> led the IFL with 3,158 passing yards in 2009 and finished second among all quarterbacks with 66 touchdown passes. <mask> became the only quarterback to eclipse the 3,000-yard passing mark in 2009 and he led the league with 225.6 passing yards averaged a game. <mask> posted 450 passing yards with nine touchdown passes in two games played during the 2009 IFL playoffs and he would lead the Generals to an appearance in the Intense Conference Championship Game against Billings. <mask> capped off the 2009 season by being named to the All-IFL Second Team.West Texas Roughnecks
<mask> signed with the Roughnecks for the 2010 season, this time the team had moved to the Indoor Football League after the Intense Football League folded. He played in 13 games passing for 2,487 yards and 42 touchdowns. The Roughnecks lost in the first round of the IFL playoffs. Saginaw

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For the 2011 season, <mask> signed with the Saginaw Sting of the newly formed Ultimate Indoor Football League. <mask> went on to lead the league in touchdowns (76) and pass efficiency rating (107.1). He guided the Sting to the first ever Ultimate Bowl championship, and the same night he was also honored as the league's Offensive Player of the Year. Once Saginaw's 86-69 victory over the Eastern Kentucky Drillers was complete, <mask> picked up another trophy, this one as the Ultimate Bowl's Most Valuable Player.The veteran quarterback went 25-of-36 for 346 yards and a UIFL record 10 touchdowns in Ultimate Bowl I. On January 18, 2012, it was announced that <mask> had re-signed with the Sting for their 2012 season, but the team had left the UIFL and re-joined the Continental Indoor Football League. <mask> went on to lead the Sting to a perfect 8-0 regular season record, setting the CIFL for points in a game (91) along the way. The team played in the CIFL Championship Game, where they defeated the Dayton Silverbacks 35-7. <mask> led the Sting's offense as he connected on 22 of his 35 passes for 233 yards and five touchdowns. Following the conclusion of the season, <mask> was named the CIFL's MVP as well as the league's Offensive Player of the Year. Dayton Sharks
<mask> signed with the Dayton Sharks for the  season.<mask> was named the team's starting quarterback, as well as the offensive coordinator. References

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Sir <mask> (27 November 1804 – 5 June 1885) was a German-born composer and conductor, resident in England for most of his career. Life and music

<mask> was born in Stuttgart, the son of a Jewish banker, and learnt composition from Johann Nepomuk Hummel at Weimar and Carl Maria von Weber at Dresden; it was Weber who introduced him in Vienna to Beethoven on 5 October 1823. In the same year, he was appointed Kapellmeister of the Kärnthnerthor theatre at Vienna, and two years later in 1825, he became Kapellmeister of the San Carlo theatre at Naples. It was here he gave piano lessons to the young prodigy Theodor Döhler. In Naples his first opera, Giacinta ed Ernesto, premiered in 1827, and another, written for his native city, I Portoghesi in Goa, was given there in 1830; neither of these was a great success, and in 1834 he went to Paris, leaving it in 1835 at the suggestion of Maria Malibran for London, where he spent the remainder of his life. In 1836 he was given the conductorship of an operatic enterprise at the Lyceum Theatre, and brought out a short opera, Un anno ed un giorno, previously given in Naples. In 1838 he became conductor of the English opera at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane during the period of Michael William Balfe's great popularity; his own operas produced there were The Gipsy's Warning (1838), The Brides of Venice (1844), and The Crusaders (1846).In 1848 he conducted Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah at Exeter Hall, for the first appearance of Jenny Lind in oratorio, and in 1850 he was the accompanist and

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texts: conductor on Lind's tour of America. On his return in 1852 he became musical conductor under James Henry Mapleson's management at Her Majesty's Theatre (and afterwards at Drury Lane), and in the same year conductor of the Harmonic Union. Amongst his minor works is an Andantino for Concertina and Fortepiano written in 1858. <mask> wrote recitatives for the production of an Italian-language version of Weber's Oberon in 1860 (it was then the tradition in England to perform German operas in Italian). In the same year his cantata Undine was produced at the Norwich Festival, in which Clara Novello appeared in public for the last time. His best-known opera, The Lily of Killarney, written on the subject of Dion Boucicault's play The Colleen Bawn to a libretto by John Oxenford, was produced at Covent Garden in 1862. His operetta The Bride of Song was brought out there in 1864.<mask> wrote a march for the wedding of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra of Denmark in 1863. St Cecilia, an oratorio, was performed at the Norwich Festival in 1868; St Peter at the Birmingham Festival of 1870; Graziella, a cantata, was given at the Birmingham Festival of 1882, and in August 1883 was produced in operatic form at the Crystal Palace. Here also a symphony by him was given in 1873. In the autumn of 1875, <mask> corresponded with W. S. Gilbert about collaborating on a comic opera with him, but Gilbert had too many projects and the idea was dropped. <mask> conducted every Norwich Festival from 1845 to 1878 inclusive, and the

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 Liverpool Philharmonic Society's concerts from late 1875 to 1880. He was the regular accompanist at the Monday Popular Concerts in London from their start, and with few exceptions acted as conductor of these concerts. He contributed an interesting life of Weber to the series of biographies of Great Musicians.In 1871 he was knighted, and in 1874 was made knight commander of the orders of Franz Joseph I of Austria and Frederick I of Württemberg. In 1884, friends set up a benefit fund to aid him financially. He died at his residence in London on 5 June 1885 and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. <mask> had three daughters (Adeline, Georgina and Alice) and two sons (Ernest and <mask>) with his first wife, Therese. Therese and his younger son <mask> died within a year of each other, between 1851 and 1852. At some point in his life, <mask> converted to Christianity; his children's education included Roman Catholic sacraments. A London County Council blue plaque commemorates <mask> at 2 Manchester Square, Marylebone, where he lived and died.Compositions (selective list)

Orchestral
 1827 – Concertino No.1, for piano and orchestra, Op.18 (fp. Teatro del Fondo, Naples, 26 May 1827) [later incorporated into Piano Concerto in A flat, 1867]
 1833 – Concertino No.2, for piano and orchestra, Op.19 (fp. King's Theatre, London, 1837) [later incorporated into Piano Concerto in E flat, 1867]
 c.1850 – Festival Overture, Op.42
 1850 – Konzertstück [Piano Concerto No.1] in C minor, for piano and orchestra, Op.45 (fp. Philharmonic

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 1862 – The Octoroon, overture
 c.1865 – Le ménestrel, overture. Op.76
 c.1865 – The Tempest, overture, Op.77
 1867 – Piano Concerto [No.2] in E flat, Op.89 (fp. Crystal Palace, London, 27 April 1867)
 1867 – Piano Concerto [No.3] in A flat, Op.90
 1868 – La selva incantata, overture (fp. Philharmonic Society, London, 6 July 1868)
 1872-73 – Symphony No.1 in G minor, Op.101 (andante and scherzo performed Norwich Festival, 1872; first complete performance Crystal Palace, London, 22 November 1873)
 1874 – Alfred and Marie, grand march [celebrating the marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh]
 1874-76 – Symphony No. 2 in C (scherzo performed British Orchestral Society, St James's Hall, London, 22 January 1874; three movements performed Crystal Palace, London, 17 April 1875)

Choral and vocal
 1822 – L'amor timido, cantata (fp. Stuttgart, August 1822)
 1860 – Undine, cantata (fp. Norwich Festival, 1860)
 1863 – Richard Coeur de Lion, cantata (fp. Norwich Festival, 17 September 1863)
 1866 – The Legend of St Cecilia, cantata (fp. Norwich Festival, 1 November 1866)
 1870 – St Peter, oratorio (fp. Birmingham Festival, 2 September 1870)
 1882 – Graziella, cantata (fp.Birmingham Festival, 29 August 1882)
 1883 – Mary Stuart's Farewell, scena for contralto and orchestra (fp. Philharmonic Society, London, 25 April 1883)

Operatic

 1827 – Giacinta ed Ernesto (fp. Teatro del Fondo, Naples, 31 March 1827)
 1830 – I portoghesi in Goa (fp. Stuttgart, 1830; Teatro San Carlo, Naples, 28 June 1830)
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 1838 – The Gypsy's Warning (fp. Drury Lane Theatre, London, 19 April 1838)
 1844 – The Brides of Venice (fp. Drury Lane Theatre, London, 22 April 1844)
 1845-46 – The Crusaders (fp.Drury Lane Theatre, London, 26 February 1846)
 1861-62 – The Lily of Killarney (fp. Covent Garden Theatre, London, 10 February 1862)
 1864 – The Bride of Song, operetta (fp. Covent Garden Theatre, London, 3 December 1864)

Incidental music
 1882 – Romeo and Juliet (fp. Royal Lyceum Theatre, London, May 1882)

Other music
 1858 – Andantino for Concertina and Fortepiano
 1876 – Andantino, arranged by the composer for four performers on two pianofortes
 1884 – Andantino, the 1876 arrangement arranged by Harry Drew for the organ. See also
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

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<mask> OBE (11 January 1935  – 27 January 2021) was an inventor, explosives engineer and a doctor of chemistry. Dr <mask> was the Chairman of Alford Technologies Limited, a world-leading provider of explosive engineering and explosive charge technology, that he founded in 1985. In 2015 he was awarded the OBE in Her Majesty the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to explosive ordnance disposal. <mask> is considered the pioneer in water projecting disruptors driven by high explosive. These are used in bomb disposal. He also developed the renowned Dioplex linear cutting charge, and Vulcan shaped charge. <mask>'s explosive charges are some of the most highly regarded in the industry and are said to have saved many lives.<mask>'s equipment is currently being used to support operations in Afghanistan in countering the threat from Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). Early life
<mask> was born in Ilford, a suburb of London, and was one of two children. During the early stages of the Second World War he moved with his family to Bournemouth on the south coast where "tip and run" German aircraft raids introduced him to machine gun fire and air-dropped bombs. Returning to Ilford (1942, aged 7) he experienced more aircraft bombs, usually dropped under cover of night, and he started a collection of fragments of bombs and of anti-aircraft shells. His searches rewarded him with the occasional magnalium incendiary bomb of which the bodies later provided a welcome source of metal for his earliest fireworks. <mask>'s interest in explosives and pyrotechnics was born. On one occasion <mask> found a complete flying bomb engine in Epping Forest.He had the opportunity to hear and observe the V-1 flying bomb ("Doodlebugs") and V2 rockets and was able to compare and contrast their effects. Fascination with the technology of warfare, its causes and its effects upon the cultures of the people involved, has remained with him. Career
His professional life began as a chemist and, in 1966, he was awarded a doctorate of the University of Paris

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texts: studied for an MSc in Environmental Pollution Science at Brunel University. In 1976	the Royal Armaments Research & Development Establishment (RARDE) at Fort Halstead (later to become DSTL) arranged for Wallop Industries (now Wallop Defence Systems) to provide facilities for him to develop one of his inventions, the water lined and water-filled shaped charge, initially made in his house and tested in his garden, in more orthodox surroundings.<mask>'s findings were ground-breaking at the time, and were some of the first demonstrations of using water-tamped charges for countering the emerging threat from IEDs. Other inventions were made in the course of this research but eventually <mask> received a letter, which he keeps with pride, effectively ordering him to stop having any more new ideas since he did not work for Fort Halstead. Undeterred, <mask> moved to Wiltshire in the south west of England and joined Leafield Engineering where he continued to develop novel explosive charges but realised that his future did not lie therein when he was told by the head of sales that his devices worked well enough but some of them, because of their novelty, did not look as if they would work. During this time – in June 1978 – <mask> was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Explosives Engineers (IExpE). He accepted an invitation to join Hotforge, a small company which provided explosives services to the petroleum industry, and was offered a directorship. He was thus able to devote himself to the development of explosive cutting charges. <mask> designed underwater steel-cutting charges which he used for chain cutting, plate perforating (using his new trepanning charges) and well-head severing operations in the North Sea for the petroleum industry.His first experiments using flexible linear fracturing charges which depended upon the collision of shock waves were demonstrated and patented. In mid-1981 he was approached by a retired army officer and his colleague and they formed a new company, Alflex, whose first operation was

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texts: participation in the record breaking expedition to the Barents Sea which recovered 93 per cent of the approximately five tonnes of gold ingots from the wreck of HMS Edinburgh. During the next three years he acquired a great deal of experience in demolition, felling numerous brick, concrete and steel chimneys. In 1985, <mask> started his own company, Sidney Alford Ltd with his wife, Itsuko as co-director. He carried out many explosive demolition operations on such steel and concrete structures as bridges, industrial buildings and, very sadly from a historical point of view, the blast furnaces at the Consett Iron Company which closed in 1980. The old manually operated iron penstock gates beneath the Royal Dockyard in Portsmouth and Gibraltar Harbour were gently blasted into removable fragments and replaced by modern hydraulic structures. Various other underwater operations were conducted for marine salvage companies.Subsequent operational work carried out by Alford included marine salvage during the "Tanker War" in the Persian Gulf (1984/8), including the sectioning of large oil tankers whose hulls had been blown open by Iran's Revolutionary Guards and air attacks; this work was carried out under the Iranian flag in the uncomfortably close company of the Revolutionary Guard's speedboats with their heavy machine guns and RPGs. That activity was swiftly followed by the clearance of mines and sub-munitions and aircraft bombs immediately after the repulsed invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in 1992. The former work involved the development of the user-filled linear cutting charge in kit form which became known as Dioplex. Kuwait provided a testing ground for the development of what became the Vulcan, using its water-filled cone and his recently invented magnesium projectile. The Vulcan shaped charge proved paramount in the clearance of large bombs in sea with the Royal Navy off the Scottish coast and of limpet mines and shells with the US Navy off Pearl Harbour in 2002–2003, made possible by the addition of a component which


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 permitted its reliable use under water. In 2002 <mask>'s son Roland, a graduate in mechanical engineering, became a director of the family owned company. When the "Vietnam" war finally stopped, the huge number of bombs which had been dropped on Indo-China became apparent, as did the very high proportion which had not exploded as they hit the trees and soft soil.It was at the invitation of the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) that <mask> was enabled, in February 2000, to return to Laos, which he had first visited during the war. Accompanied by his son Roland, they tested the usefulness of the precursor of the Vulcan at rendering safe the larger bombs without destroying for a second or third time the village which had been targeted during the war. This led to the production of the Vulcan itself and further verification and instructional visits to Laos followed and valuable data was gathered which contributed to the device going into use in many countries. In 1987, <mask>'s invention and ownership of water lined and water projecting shaped charge technology was reluctantly recognised by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). A settlement was reached with <mask>, enabling UK MOD to legitimately develop their own water-based charge technology which incorporated <mask>'s ideas. In 2002, <mask>'s son <mask> became managing director, with <mask> becoming the company's chairman. Early Inventions
1976 – Water Filled & Water Lined Shaped Charge

The use of guns using blank cartridges to eject water from the barrel at high velocity was well known as a means of disrupting relatively small and thin-skinned targets with a relatively low probability of causing detonation or ignition.They were, however, easily defeated by the use of more robust cases, such as those made from structural steel tubes. The replacement of the copper liner of conventional shaped charges first by gelled water, then by low melting point salts with high proportions of water of crystallisation and finally with thin-walled plastic containers of water, provided a simple

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 means of generating jets of water of much higher velocity and with correspondingly enhanced penetrating power and disruptive capability than was possible using gun barrel technology. Concomitant experiments demonstrated that, in contrast to metal-lined charges, shaped charges projecting liquids still functioned with their cavities filled rather than just lined with water. One of <mask>'s early experiments involved a cucumber which was carved into a prism with a longitudinal V-shaped groove with a strip of sheet explosive behind. This generated a crude linear liquid jet capable of cutting steel. From this charge was developed a family of thin-walled plastic containers in which explosive was sandwiched between a grooved, water-filled, projectile and a rear water-filled component which acted as a tamper and flash suppressor. The series of production models derived from this cucumber include the MiniMod, the MLVD (Modular Large Vehicle Disruptor) and the BootBanger.1987 – Dioplex User-Filled Linear Cutting Charge Kit

<mask>'s work during the "Tanker War" phase of the Gulf War inspired development of the user-filled linear cutting family of charges which became known as Dioplex. <mask> was invited to attempt the cutting operations of the deformed hulls which, by the time he got on the scene were either floating or were run up on the shore of Sirri Island. For this he designed linear cutting charges which consisted of strips of plywood, which were glued into elongate rectangular boxes, with a 90-degree steel liner inside. Each charge was closed with glued-on end pieces with holes for detonators or detonating cord and with a plywood lid. The primitive, user-filled charges proved themselves in cutting the substantial steel hull in air and under water and, not surprisingly, requirements for larger quantities for further wrecked tankers soon arrived and were flown out. Soon demand exceeded supply and so a quicker way of manufacturing was required. The early Dioplex used a flat-packed, foldable plastic body and it went at once


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 into service with the British army.The models which we know today are made of aluminum, extruded in square U configuration and with nominal widths of 20, 40 and 80mm. Subsequently, a 30mm model was introduced. These are now among the tools of choice for the explosive demolition of large steel-framed and reinforced buildings. The name Dioplex was an abbreviation of Do It Oneself (a bit more up-market than DIY), Pliable Explosive. Patent protected. 1987 – The Vulcan Point Focal Shaped Charge

The need for point-focal penetration led to the development of the Vulcan-shaped charge system. After initial experiments using the precursor of the Vulcan to inject liquids which reacted hypergolically with the explosive fill of steel cased munitions, <mask> realised that a magnesium cone, which was much more manageable than the liquids required for hypergolic reaction, formed a jet which ignited as it was formed.This was quickly shown to provide a simple and reliable means of bringing about relatively gentle deflagration of small and large steel cased munitions with only a low probability of causing detonation. Since then a range of projectiles has been developed for the Vulcan for various other applications. Patent protected. 2002 – The Vulcan Counter Limpet Mine System (VCLMS) Shaped Charge

Based on the Vulcan shaped charge, the VCLMS provides the means of deploying the Vulcan quickly for reliable use under water. VCLMS was developed to support Mine Countermining (MCM) activities and the safe disposal of such conventional munitions found on the sea bed as World War II bombs. Recent Inventions
2012 – Alford Strip
The Alford Strip is a high-efficiency tamped strip charge used by police breachers to split and blow open wooden doors and to cut laminated glass windows. Alford Strip is a lightweight low-fragmentation plastic strip filled with an inert water-based gel which acts as the tamping medium.Present models of the Alford Strip were designed by Dr <mask>'s son <mask>. Awards
In 2004 his Company, under its new name of Alford

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 Technologies, won a Queen's Awards for Enterprise: Innovation for the Vulcan shaped charge system. This was followed by a second Queen's Award for Outstanding Innovation in 2009 for the development of User-Filled High Explosive Charges for the Neutralisation of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). In July 2020, he was informed that he would be receiving the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award by the US Navy's Admiral Ver Hage. The receiving of the award has been put on hold due to COVID-19 restrictions. On Tuesday 26 January 2021, day before his death, <mask> was awarded the US Navy's Distinguished Public Service Award, the highest award available for a civilian. <mask> had been looking forward to the event for several months, and due to COVID the ceremony was hosted on teams where some of his oldest and dearest friends were able to see and speak to him.In many ways, as his health was failing, he had been holding on for the ceremony and it was a wonderful bookmark to a unique life. TV Programmes

Kaboom, Windfall Films (TV Documentary), 1995

D-Day: The Ultimate Conflict (TV documentary), 2004

The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding the Legend (TV), 2005

Weaponology (TV Documentary), 2007

•	Fire Weapons (TV Documentary), 2007

•	Frags, Pineapples, and RPGs (TV Documentary), 2007

•	Bomber (TV Documentary)

Future Weapons (TV Documentary), 2007

•	No Escape featuring GateCrasher – wall breaching charge

•	The Protectors featuring BootBanger – car boot opening charge

•	Mission Invisible featuring Krakatoa – shaped charge

Generals at War, 2009

Explosions: How We Shook the World (TV Documentary), 2010

The Passenger in Seat 19A (TV Episode), 2010

Bang Goes the Theory, 2011

Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb (TV Documentary), 2011

Bombing Hitler's Dams (TV Episode), 2012

Gallileo (TV Current Affairs), 2012

Kevin McCloud's Manmade Home, 2012

Kevin McCloud's Manmade Home, 2013

Bloody Tales: Napoleon Plot, 2013

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Sir <mask>  (11 June 1917 – 23 July 2007) was a Cook Islands statesman and medical researcher. He served as Prime Minister of the Cook Islands from 1978 to March 1983, and again from November 1983 to July 1987. He also worked as a medical officer, and as a medical researcher for the US Army and NASA. He was a founder of the Cook Islands Voyaging Society and constructed and voyaged in several replica vaka, including Tākitumu and Te Au o Tonga. Early life and education
<mask> was born on the island of Rarotonga and educated at King's College, Auckland. He was the first Cook Islands medical graduate in New Zealand, finishing his studies at the University of Otago in 1945. He applied for the position of Medical Officer in the Cook Islands, and after multiple rejections due to racism from colonial officials, was eventually appointed.As Medical Officer, he reorganised the country's health system, establishing a nursing school and taking measures to control tuberculosis. In 1948, after completing a post-graduate course in tropical medicine at the University of Sydney, he was appointed Chief Medical Officer. In 1952, he was invited to study at Harvard University in the United States. He made the journey with his wife and children in a yacht, via Peru and the Panama Canal. The journey was documented by his wife, <mask>, in a series of articles published in New Zealand newspapers. She reported that they were "welcomed at Boston like heroes". At Harvard <mask> completed a Master of Public Health, before joining the United States Department of Nutrition and worked for the US armed forces.In 1958 he was appointed Director of the Division of Environmental Medicine at the US Army's Fort Knox medical research laboratory.

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 He later joined NASA to work on the space programme before working for Arthur D. Little as a research physician. Political career
<mask> returned to the Cook Islands in 1971 to enter politics. He founded the Cook Islands Democratic Party in 1971, and was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 1972 election, becoming leader of the opposition. He was proposed as Vice-Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific in 1974, ultimately losing to James Maraj. He was re-elected in the 1974 election. He initially lost his seat in the 1978 election, but was reinstated after an election petition found that Prime Minister Albert Henry had corruptly used government money to fly in voters and secure a majority.<mask> was subsequently asked to form a government and was sworn in as Prime Minister. One of his first actions as Prime Minister was to ban Czech-born "cancer therapist" Milan Brych from Rarotonga hospital and bar him from returning to the Cook Islands. As Prime Minister he pursued economic independence, reduced the government deficit, and unsuccessfully explored joining the Lomé Convention to obtain aid from the European Economic Community. In 1979 he replaced the old flag of the Cook Islands of 15 yellow stars on a green background with the Cook Islands Ensign. In 1982, "Te Atua Mou E" was adopted as the national anthem of the Cook Islands, replacing "God Defend New Zealand". <mask> wrote the music to "Te Atua Mou E" and his wife wrote the lyrics. After being defeated in the March 1983 election, <mask> became leader of the opposition again.The defection of cabinet minister Tapui Henry from the government six months later forced a second election, which returned <mask> to power. In 1984 the defection

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 of Vincent Ingram forced him into an uncomfortable coalition with the Cook Islands Party under Geoffrey Henry. Henry subsequently left the coalition, but five MPs remained, providing <mask> with a majority. In 1985 at a South Pacific Forum meeting he announced, mostly to gain local electoral kudos and in "bone-headed stupidity", that the Cooks would reconsider the relationship with New Zealand. David Lange, who disliked <mask>, said if the Cooks wanted independence he would cut aid and remove New Zealand citizenship rights. Lange also said "We can probably throw in a second-hand Orion at a knock down rate so you can do your own maritime surveillance." Following the collapse of ANZUS over New Zealand's anti-nuclear policy, <mask> declared the Cook Islands' neutrality as New Zealand would be unable to defend it.<mask> subsequently opposed a New Zealand offer to hold military exercises in the Cook Islands to demonstrate its ability, but his opposition was overturned by Cabinet. On 3 August 1986 <mask> became the first head of government to formally consult with the Universal House of Justice, the supreme governing institution of the Baháʼí Faith. He was ousted as Prime Minister on 29 July 1987 after failing three times to pass a budget through Parliament. He resigned as Democratic Party leader after losing his seat in parliament at the 1994 election. After leaving politics <mask> advocated for a Polynesian Economic Community. In 2004 he was appointed the Cook Island's High Commissioner to New Zealand. Personal life

<mask> co-authored the autobiographical Doctor to the Islands (1955) and the novel Makutu (1960) with his first wife, New Zealander <mask>.After divorcing her in June 1978, he married Pa Tepaeru

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 Terito Ariki, the paramount chief of the Takitumu tribe in the Cook Islands, in 1979. She had nine children, three boys and six girls, from a previous marriage to George Ani Rima Peyroux. Pa Terito had become a Baháʼí in the 1950s; sometime after 1986, <mask> joined the Baháʼí Faith. In 2000, <mask> married for a third time, to American Carla Cassata, but they separated ten months before his death. <mask> was a keen sailor since childhood and was interested in Polynesian navigation. In 1992 he built a replica of the vaka Tākitumu for the 6th Festival of Pacific Arts. he later sailed it to Tahiti.He was a founder of the Cook Islands Voyaging Society and in 1994 led the design and construction of the vaka Te Au o Tonga, which he then sailed to Samoa. In 1998 he sailed aboard Nokia in the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. <mask> died in 2007 in Rarotonga, aged 90. Honours and awards
In 1977, <mask> was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to medicine and the people of the Cook Islands, in the 1981 New Year Honours. The University of Otago awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 2005. References

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<mask>, née Douglas (4 January 1839 – 14 November 1896) was a Scottish writer and populariser of science. She was married to a famous maritime novelist <mask>, and after his death moved to be with her sisters in New Zealand, where she died in 1896. She wrote around fifty books in total, mostly intended for children, under the name Mrs <mask>. Early life
<mask> was born on 4 January 1839 at 34 Gilmore Place, Edinburgh, the second daughter and third of seven children of Archibald Douglas of Morton, and his wife, Caroline Montague Douglas, née Scott. On 18 May 1858, <mask>, aged 19, married <mask>, a respected literary figure and breeder of Scotch deerhounds, aged 36. In 1859, her father died at the age of 55, and her widowed mother continued as planned to New Zealand, where she established a small school at Pelichet Bay, near Dunedin. <mask> remained in Scotland, along with a brother, who later travelled to New Zealand.Writing
Mrs <mask>' first book to be published appears to be Unexpected Pleasures or, Left Alone in the Holidays, published by W.P. Nimmo, Edinburgh in 1868. This book was published when <mask> was twenty-nine years old, ten years since the <mask> were married, and she may have realised that she was not going to have children. She may have been looking for a productive means of filling in her time by writing for other people's children.

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 1869 saw the publication of her full‑length novel for boys, Norrie Seton or, Driven to Sea, again published by W. P. Nimmo, Edinburgh. Nimmos brought out a new edition in 1896. This book appears to have been inspired by her husband's unhappy teenage years on a sailing ship on the trade route between Britain and India.She is also the author of Bill Marlin's Tales of the Sea (1867) or (1860), Tappy's chicks and other links between nature and human nature (1872), The children's voyage, or a trip in the Water Fairey (1873), Fables: illustrated stories from real life (2 series, 1874-5) and about 45 other books. From 1869 onwards, twenty six of her books were published by T. Nelson & Sons of London, including Alice Leighton; or, A Good Name is rather to be chosen than riches, Carryś Rose or, The Magic of Kindness and Hugh Wellwoodś Success or, Where Thereś a Will Thereś a Way. Correspondence with Charles Darwin

In a letter dated 28 Nov 1870, <mask> <mask> wrote to Charles Darwin to seek his help in securing a government pension for her husband. Darwin later corresponded with her about her observations of emotions in dogs, and urged the Royal Literary Fund to support her and her husband. Social work
<mask> founded a school erected by public subscription, for the training of orphan girls and boys from Glasgow, situated on Duchray Water, Aberfoyle. She was

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 also a member of the committee of the Edinburgh YWCA. Later life
On 17 October 1891, <mask> died aged 69, and three years later Mrs <mask> decided to join her sisters in New Zealand.She sailed from Plymouth in RMS Gothic for Port Chalmers, arriving there on 14 November 1894. She spent the next four years living with her unmarried sisters, Margaret and Caroline Douglas who lived at Mosgiel, near Dunedin. <mask> published George's life's findings on dogs in a lavish illustrated book of over three hundred pages called Scotch Deer hounds and their Masters. George and <mask> are buried together in Dalry Cemetery in south-west Edinburgh. Works

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 Unexpected Pleasures; or, Left alone in the holidays. 1868. Edinburgh : William P. Nimmo.203pp. Hugh Wellwood's Success; or, Where there's a will there's a way. 1869. London : T. Nelson & Sons. 48pp. Norrie Seton; or, Driven to sea. 1869.Edinburgh : William P. Nimmo. x+326pp+illustrations. Carry's Rose; or, the Magic of kindness. 1869. London : T. Nelson & Sons. 48pp. The Woodfords : an emigrant story.And other tales. 1869. Edinburgh: Johnstone, Hunter & Co. vii+312pp. Published in parts, Apr.-Sept. 1869. Childs Hour Series. Alice Leighton; or, a Good name is rather to be chosen than riches . 1870.London : T. Nelson & Sons. 48pp. The story of Miss Dollikins : the letters she receives while keeping house

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 for Miss Laura. 1870 London : T. Nelson and Sons. 30pp. The Story of our Doll. 1870.London : T. Nelson & Sons. 160pp. Bill Marlin's Tales of the Sea. 1870. Edinburgh : Johnstone, Hunter & Co.
 Grandpapa's Presents; or, Take heed will surely speed. 1871. London : T. Nelson & Sons.165pp. Vea and her cousins, or, Kind words to awaken kind echoes. A tale for the young. 1872. London : T. Nelson and Sons. 72pp
 Tappy's chicks and other links between nature and human nature. 1872.London. London : Strahan & Co. 321pp+15 illustrations. 8vo. Fanny Silvester, or, A merry heart doeth good like a medicine. A tale for the young. 1872. London : T. Nelson and Sons.72pp
 Bluff Crag, or, A good word costs nothing. A tale for the young. 1872. London : T. Nelson and Sons. 72pp + frontispiece. 8vo. The Adventures of Mark Willis.1872. London : T. Nelson and Sons. 168pp. 12mo. Bertha Marchmont, or, All is not gold that glitters. A tale for the young. 1872. . London : T. Nelson and Sons.72pp. The Children's Voyage; or, a Trip in the Water Fairy. 1873. London : Marcus Ward & Co. 126pp. Katty Lester. A book for girls. 1873.London : Marcus Ward & Co. 118p. Tim Leeson's First Shilling; or, Try again. 1874. London : T. Nelson and Sons. 64pp. Uncle Dick's Story; or, What can't be cured must be endured. 1874.London : T. Nelson and Sons. 64pp. Shadows on the Screen; or, an


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 Evening with the children. 1874. London : T. Nelson and Sons. 120pp. Walks and Talks with Grandpapa.1874. London : T. Nelson and Sons. 120pp. A Kind Action never thrown away; or, the Gipsy's gratitude. 1874. London : T. Nelson and Sons. 64pp.Fables illustrated by stories from real life. 1874 London : T. Nelson and Sons. Edmond Darley; or, One good turn deserves another. 1874. London : T. Nelson and Sons. 64pp. Young bright-eye, or, Charlie Harvey's first voyage.1875. Edinburgh, London : Gall & Inglis. 4 full page illustrations. The lost rabbit, or, Look at everything and touch nothing. 1875. London: T. Nelson & Sons. 64pp.Grandpapa's presents, or, Take heed will surely speed. 1875. London : T. Nelson and Sons. 175pp. Mamma's stories about domestic pets. 1876. London : T. Nelson & Sons.167pp. Talks with Uncle Richard, about wild animals. 1876. London : T. Nelson & Sons. 167pp. Terrapin Island; or, Adventures with the "Gleam". 1876.Edinburgh, London : Gall & Inglis. 288pp+8 woodcuts. Hard to win; or, a Yoke broken. 1878. Hamilton : Edinburgh. Alice Leighton; or, A good name is rather to be chosen than riches. A tale for the young.1879. London : T. Nelson & Sons. 72pp. Walks and talks with grandpapa. 1881. London: T. Nelson and Sons. viii+(9-120)pp
 The Cockatoo's Story.1881. London : T. Nelson & Sons. 98pp+12 illustrations. The Little Captain. [1885].


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 London, Edinburgh : Gall & Inglis. 128pp+ illustrations.The Old Dolphin. [1885]. London, Edinburgh : Gall & Inglis. 128pp+ illustrations. The Redfords: an emigrant story. [1887]. London : Blackie & Son.127pp. Hazelwood Farm. A country story. [1887]. London, Edinburgh : Gall & Inglis. 96pp+ illustrations. Aboard the Mersey: or, Our youngest passenger.[1887]. London : Blackie & Son. 96pp. Alf Jetsam, or, Found afloat. [1887]. London : Blackie & Son. 127pp.Our Sailmaker's Yarn. By Mrs. G. <mask>; and other stories of the sea, by popular authors. 1889. Edinburgh : W. P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell. 128pp. Miscellaneous Works

 The stocking-knitter's manual. A handy book for the work-table.1868. Edinburgh : Johnstone, Hunter and Co. 32pp. A Knitting-Book of Counterpanes: toilet-covers, pin-cushions, and other articles of fancy work. 1871. Edinburgh : Johnstone, Hunter & Co. 32pp. The Poetical Remains of William. Glen.With a memoir by the Rev Charles Rogers, and an account of the Aberfoyle Orphanage conducted by the poet's widow and daughter by Mrs. <mask> 1874 Edinburgh : William Paterson, 150pp+frontispiece portrait. The hidden talent, or, Use in everything. 1875. London : T. Nelson and Sons. 64pp. A Book about House Work. A convenient manual for mistresses and maids.1877. London: : Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. 96pp. Edenside, or, The lights and shadows of our

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 Memoir of Mrs. Valentine, Jeypore. With a sketch of her father, Judge Fraser of Lucknow  1882. London : James Nisbet & Co 257pp
 Our parlour panorama 1882.London: T. Nelson and Sons. x+(11-92)pp. References

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<mask> (née Çurçija; 23 September 1920 – 19 June 1988) was an Albanian film and stage actress. She started her career as a singer in Radio Tirana (1945), before making her breakthrough appearance as an actress in the film The Great Warrior Skanderbeg (1953). With all the successful performances made in film, she remained a great actress of the Albanian cinema and icon of the Albanian National Theater. For her contributions she has received honorary titles People's Artist of Albania (1975) and Honor of Nation Order (2015). Early life
<mask> was born in Shkodër, Albania. Her father, Palok Çurçija, was a craftsman and her mother, Roza, was a housewife. Logoreci was very early introduced to home financial difficulties and to social dramas of the time also reflected in her family as well.She was enrolled at Stigmatine Sisters School of Shkodër, a girls school. Later on, Logoreci joined the gymnasium. She was gifted at drawing and singing. During her singing she started to accompany herself a mandolin and a guitar. She did not like math and religious classes. From her childhood only 20 drawings have survived; they are witness of a mild and delicate spirit by showing a fine capture of the object, an observant eye, and a harmony in colors and precision. She also learned Italian and Montenegrin as a child.What mostly traced her soul were the popular narrations, legends and epic songs of the Northern Albania that she heard around her family. Her knowledge of the Albanian folklore and ethnography was soon to be her new passion. When she was 17 she moved permanently to Tirana. She married Kolë <mask>, an economist who had just come back from his studies in Vienna. As a hobby Kolë also was a member of Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, for almost five years getting lessons on violin. Kolë had an excellent career as the Chief of State Budget Department. He was also a recipient of the high title Order of Skanderbeg.Kolë was

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 the son of Mati Logoreci himself a very distinguished teacher and linguist, a man of social reputation at his time. He was a descendant of Logoreci family, whose name dates from the years 1300 with the name Logoreseos. Artistic life

Singer at Radio Tirana
Logoreci's artistic life began as a singer for Radio Tirana in 1945 where she sang solo. She sang folk songs of Shkodër and Middle Albania in live radio broadcast. Meanwhile, she attended a one-year study of canto at Tirana artistic lyceum under the guidance of soprano Jorgjia Filçe-Truja (People's Artist of Albania). Logoreci also made her appearance in various concerts in Albania and Bulgaria. She has sung around 100 different songs in Radio Tirana during the 1945–1947 years.Stage acting
In 1947 she was a leading singer with the National Chorus giving tour concerts in Albania and abroad. That same year she was offered to play dramas as a lead actress in the National Theater of Albania. As a stage actress she's filled a vast gallery of unforgettable characters as in the way she acted them out masterfully, the way she expressed and manifested them. The range of her leading roles is wide enough to comprise characters of quite opponent with one another in mould and psychology. Her professional performing reached emotional borders swinging from bright sides of human psyche to the darkest features of it. She will be unforgettable in the following works:

 As Alisa Lengton, the whimsical conservative and racist bourgeois lady in the play Deep Roots. As Gertrude, the suicidal queen in Hamlet.As Fatime, the woman experienced in court intrigues, servile and arrogant, in Halili and Hajria. As Bernarda Alba, the dark cold lady of The House of Bernarda Alba drama from Federico García Lorca. Logoreci has performed in 40 stage dramas. All her performances of Shakespeare's, of Molière's, of Lorca's, or Gorky's dramas, as well as them of the Albanian authors—Kole Jakova,


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 Ndreke Luca etc.—demonstrated her particular artistic abilities, and all outlined her portrait as an artist of individuality, and reflects harmony between her acting and her external plastics. She had managed to have a clear knowledge of the acoustics; she'd achieved such a virtuosity in her actions bridging the distance between her and the audience. Her dynamics and her temperament had marked her voice with a high key of intonation which was suggestive in her stage performances. Logoreci's long career as an actress brought her the interest to try directing.As a stage director she has also made an important contribution. Film acting
Logoreci was one of the pioneers of the Albanian movies. She had a role in the very first Albanian movie, a short feature of about 12 minutes long, produced by the Albanian Film Studio and Albanian Television. Logoreci's roles in films manifest their particularity and have their value in the history of the Albanian cinematography. The first important film she acted in was The Great Warrior Skanderbeg. The most unforgettable role played by her in a movie is that of "Loke" in "Toka Jone" (Our Land). Her art
Logoreci shaped her art by observing life carefully.She accumulated enough experience so she could input it later in her performances. In front of the spectators she created in stage the human soul, pain, protest, revolt, hate, cynicism, hypocrisy, and cunning; she offered them the magic of the play, what the real art can invoke. Her artistic lingo was expressive; her stage gestures demanded and were applied with masterly affection, and Logoreci gave life to all those performances signing up her individuality and personal stature in art. Logoreci survived in art lovers' memories as a candid, simple and sincere human being, a woman of a great knowledge and art mastery. At the same time she is remembered by many young artists as someone extremely pleasant to talk to with or to get


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<mask> (born August 31, 1992) is an American football linebacker for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Iowa and was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft. High school career
<mask> attended Hazelwood East High School in Hazelwood, Missouri, where he played on the football team and was coached by Mike Jones. He was first team all-conference as a senior after earning honorable mention recognition as a junior. He recorded 163 tackles as a senior, with nine tackles for loss, three sacks, two interceptions, returning one for a touchdown. He helped his team win the state championship in his junior season and returned to playoffs the following year. In addition to football, <mask> participated in track & field at Hazelwood East, where he competed in relays and jumping events, helping his team win the state championship as a junior.He placed ninth in the triple jump at the 2009 MSHSAA State T&F Championships, with a leap of 44 ft 1 in. At the 2010 Suburban North Conference Championship, he placed fourth in the long jump (20 ft 12 in) and took bronze in the triple jump (45 ft 6 in). <mask> was considered a three-star recruit by the Rivals.com recruiting network. College career
<mask> enrolled at the University of Iowa, where he was a member of the Iowa Hawkeyes football team from 2010 to 2013. As a true freshman in 2010, he played in 10 games, primarily on special teams, recording six total tackles. In 2011, he started all 13 games for the Hawkeyes, recording 62 tackles, five tackles for loss, one sack, one interception, three pass break-ups and two forced fumbles. As a junior in 2012, he was named a team captain.He started all 12 games, recording 95 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and two QB sacks. He also returned two interceptions for touchdowns (one 68 yards vs. Minnesota and one 18

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 yards against Indiana), had four recovered fumbles, two pass break-ups and one forced fumble. In 2013, as a senior and team captain, he started all 13 games at outside linebacker, finishing third on team with 104 tackles. He also had five tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks, two recovered fumbles and two forced fumbles, one interception and one pass break-up. He earned honorable mention All-Big Ten following the season. Professional career
On December 30, 2013, it was announced that <mask> had accepted his invitation to appear in the 2014 Senior Bowl. Throughout the week, leading up to the game, <mask> impressed scouts and team representatives during practice by displaying his athleticism, explosiveness, and ability to finish plays.On January 25, 2014, he participated at the Senior Bowl and recorded six combined tackles with 1.5 tackles for a loss during the North's 20–10 loss to the South. He had an impressive performance playing for former Atlanta Falcons' head coach Mike Smith's North team. He was one of 35 collegiate linebackers to receive an invitation to attend the NFL combine in Indianapolis, Indiana. <mask> attended the NFL combine, but opted to forgo the majority of combine drills and only perform the vertical jump, broad jump, and bench press. His 16 reps tied for 23rd out of the 25 linebackers who participated and he finished 21st out of 30 linebackers in the vertical. <mask>'s best performance at the combine was in the broad jump where he tied for fifth out of 30 players in his position. On March 24, 2014, <mask> participated at Iowa's pro day, along with C. J. Fiedorowicz, Anthony Hitchens, James Morris, and nine other prospects.Representatives and scouts from 28 NFL teams attended as he performed all of the combine and positional drills and was able to increase his vertical by four inches (36"). <mask>'s unofficial time in the 40-yard dash would've

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 garnered him third among his position group at the combine. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, <mask> was projected to be a fourth or fifth round pick by the majority of NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked as the 13th best outside linebacker prospect in the draft by NFLDraftScout.com. Cleveland Browns

2014
The Cleveland Browns selected <mask> in the third round (71st overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft. He was the ninth linebacker selected in 2014. On June 5, 2014, the Cleveland Browns signed <mask> to a four-year, $3.04 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $662,500.Throughout training camp, <mask> competed against Craig Robertson for the job as the starting right inside linebacker. Head coach Mike Pettine named him the backup right inside linebacker to Craig Robertson to begin the regular season. He made his professional regular season debut in the Cleveland Browns' season-opener at the Pittsburgh Steelers and recorded one solo tackle and made his first career sack on Ben Roethlisberger during their 30–27 loss. The following week, he earned the first start of his career against the New Orleans Saints, after starting right outside linebacker Barkevious Mingo was unable to play due to a shoulder injury. He went on to finish the game with four combined tackles as the Browns won 26–24. On October 19, 2014, <mask> recorded a season-high nine combined tackles as the Browns lost 24–6 at the Jacksonville Jaguars. <mask> started over Craig Robertson during a Week 11 matchup against the Houston Texans and tied his season-high of nine combined tackles in Cleveland's 23–7 loss.He started from Weeks 12–15 after Karlos Dansby suffered a knee injury during the loss to Houston. He finished his rookie season with 81 combined tackles (47 solo), two sacks, two pass deflections, and a forced fumble in eight starts, 16 games, and 343 defensive snaps.


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<mask> continued to compete for the starting inside linebacker role against Robertson throughout training camp. He started the regular season as the backup inside linebacker behind Craig Robertson. On October 4, 2015, <mask> earned his first start of the season after Craig Robertson suffered an ankle injury. He went on to collect five combined tackles and sacked San Diego Chargers' quarterback Philip Rivers, in Cleveland's 30–27 loss at San Diego. He started the next four games at inside linebacker (Weeks 4–7) in place of Robertson.In Week 6, he recorded a season-high nine combined tackles as the Browns lost 26–23 to the Denver Broncos. On November 15, 2015, <mask> collected a combined four tackles and sacked Steelers' quarterback Ben Roethlisberger during a 30–9 loss at the Pittsburgh Steelers. He finished the  season with 63 combined tackles (40 solo), 3.5 sacks, and a pass deflection in 16 games and five starts. 2016
<mask> was slated to be the starting inside linebacker after Craig Robertson departed during free agency to the New Orleans Saints. New head coach Hue Jackson named <mask> the starting right inside linebacker, alongside Demario Davis, to start the  season. He started the Cleveland Browns' season-opener at the Philadelphia Eagles and recorded six combined tackles and sacked Carson Wentz during 29–10 loss. On October 9, 2016, <mask> collected a season-high 16 combined tackles in the Browns' 33–13 loss to the New England Patriots.During a Week 10 contest at the Baltimore Ravens, he made 13 combined tackles and deflected a pass as the Ravens routed the Browns 28–7. In Week 17, <mask> recorded 12 combined tackles and sacked Ben Roethlisberger, for his third time in his career, during a 27–24 loss at the Pittsburgh Steelers. <mask> had an impressive season in 2016 and led the Browns with 148 combined tackles (96 solo), 2.5 sacks, and three pass

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