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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Golden%20Gizmo

The Golden Gizmo

The Golden Gizmo is a 1954 novel by the thriller writer Jim Thompson. Plot Toddy Kent, a former con-artist with a rap sheet in a dozen cities is now working as a door to door gold-buyer in Los Angeles for Milt Vonderheim's jewelry shop. Despite his disreputable line of work, he is able to keep a low profile in fear of the police digging into his criminal past. He lives in a hotel with his wife Elaine. Elaine spends most of Toddy's money on booze, and is a regular in the drunk tank. Their relationship is toxic but Toddy can't bring himself to leave Elaine, despite his friends urging him to. Milt has been a fatherly figure and a good friend to Toddy and Elaine. Toddy conceptualizes he has carried a "gizmo," a G.I. term for an unidentifiable, most of his life that time and again brings him the big break most men would kill for, only for it to slip through his fingers. At the outset of the story, Toddy is working and despite wanting to quit for the day, he calls on the last house in the neighborhood. A man named Alvarado, whom Toddy will refer to as "Chinless," answers the door with his massive dobermann which seems to be able to speak English. Toddy has a bad feeling about the man, who invites him in, and although he wants to excuse himself he steps inside. In the living room Toddy spots a heavy gold watch on the table, and is introduced to Alvarado's beautiful companion Dolores Chavez. Paralyzed by fear of the dobermann, Toddy nervously attempts to explain the meaning of his visit. He opens the box he carries to show Alvarado his haul for the day. To demonstrate that he buys gold he picks the watch up off the table, discovering that it weighs ten times what it looks like it should. Inexplicably Alvarado tries to kick Toddy, but hits the dobermann instead. While the doberman is pouncing on Alvarado, Toddy unconsciously drops the gold watch into his box and escapes. Toddy heads back to Milt's shop, and Milt informs him that Elaine is in jail again. Toddy bails her out and takes her back to their hotel. The two argue and Elaine locks herself in the bathroom. While she is showering Toddy opens his box and discovers Alvarado's golden watch. Upon examination, he realizes its casing is made of a pound of twenty-four karat, pure gold. He hides the watch in his drawer and goes to Milt's shop. He asks Milt about selling large quantities of gold but Milt, knowing the risks, is not interested. Toddy heads back home and finds his room ransacked and Elaine strangled to death with a stocking. He looks out the window and sees a man on the fire escape with his leg caught. The man is Donald, an enforcer for a small-time protection racket run by a man named Shake. Toddy forces Donald back to Shake's hideout and interrogates the two men. Donald claims to know nothing of Elaine's murder or the gold watch, he merely came upon the scene having gone to the hotel to extort Toddy. Toddy wrestles with feelings of guilt and relief at Elaine's death, and ponders leaving town, as he will be the prime suspect in her murder. Out o the street Toddy spots Dolores in a parked convertible with the dobermann in the back seat. The dobermann chases Toddy down and brings him back to the car. Dolores takes Toddy to Alvarado's house. Alvarado demands Toddy return the gold watch but Toddy tells him it is gone and his wife has been murdered. Alvarado denies involvement, and Dolores corroborates this by saying she checked out the hotel room and there was no dead body. Alvarado reveals he is an agent of a foreign government-operated gold-smuggling ring. He tells Toddy his gold supplier wants out of the operation and probably murdered Elaine to frame Alvarado thus blowing the ring's cover. He tells Toddy to wait for him in Tijuana. Milt takes a phone call from Alvarado revealing that he is the gold-supplier to Alvarado's group of South American gold-smugglers and he murdered Elaine to get Toddy out of the picture. Meanwhile, a bale bondsman named Airedale Aahrens is hired to bring Elaine into court for her misdemeanor drunk and disorderly. He goes to Toddy's hotel room but finds nothing except a wisp of hair in the clamp of the incinerator stack. He suspects Elaine is dead and her body was burned. Toddy meets Dolores in Tijuana and she takes him to San Diego to see Alvarado. Later Alvarado reveals he intends to silence them all to conceal his operation and shows Toddy two coffins containing his dobermann and Dolores, both drugged with chloroform. A struggle ensues, shots are fired, and the dobermann wakes up and kills Alvarado. Toddy revives Dolores from the chloroform and they share an intimate moment just as the police arrive. Toddy is arrested and Dolores is released because she has a student visa and no criminal record. In police custody Toddy has concluded that Milt is Alvarado's gold supplier and convinces treasury agent McKinley to release him to track Milt down. Toddy goes to Milt's shop and accuses him of the whole plot. Dolores arrives, as she had been lured there by Milt. Elaine, who faked her own death, emerges with a gun from behind a curtain. Milt wanted to steal Elaine from Toddy, and brought her into the plot with the promise of living rich. Milt and Elaine take Toddy and Dolores in a car to the beach to kill them and dispose of their bodies in the ocean. Elaine double-crosses Milt and shoots him. Just as she is about to shoot Toddy, federal agents who had been tailing them arrive and gun her down. Toddy reflects that his golden gizmo is finally gone for good. References External links Goodreads 1954 American novels Novels by Jim Thompson Novels about smugglers Novels set in New York (state) English-language novels American crime novels

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Summerbee

Mike Summerbee

Michael George Summerbee (born 15 December 1942) is an English former footballer, who played in the successful Manchester City side of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Club career Summerbee was born in Preston, Lancashire, and raised in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He attended Naunton Park Secondary Modern School where he was influenced by sports teacher, Arnold Wills, with whom he was publicly reunited 50 years later when Summerbee was Guest of Honour at the 150th anniversary celebrations of Cheltenham YMCA, to which both had belonged in their youth. Summerbee made his league debut playing for Swindon Town in 1959 at the age of 16. He made more than 200 appearances for the Wiltshire club, scoring 38 goals. In 1965 Manchester City manager Joe Mercer signed Summerbee for a fee of £35,000. In his first Manchester City season, Summerbee started every match, the only Manchester City player to do so that season. Playing on the right wing, Summerbee was one of the most influential players in the Manchester City side which won four trophies in three seasons from 1968 to 1970. Something of a practical joker, Summerbee (or "Buzzer" as teammates nicknamed him) was also known for a fiery temperament, a trait described by teammate Francis Lee as "retaliating first". Summerbee left Manchester City in June 1975, moving to Burnley, for a £25,000 fee, after making more than 400 appearances for City. Summerbee signed for Blackpool on Christmas Eve 1976. The transfer had been the Blackpool chairman's idea, not that of manager Allan Brown. Summerbee later admitted that he should not have joined the club. He made just three League appearances for the Seasiders. Summerbee ended his footballing career at Stockport County, where he was player-manager in the 1978–79 season. In 1980, he returned to the game for a single match, playing for non-League Mossley in their single goal FA Cup defeat of Crewe Alexandra. International career Over a five-year period, which encompassed the 1970 World Cup Summerbee played for England eight times. He made his international debut against Scotland in front of 134,000 spectators at Hampden Park on 24 February 1968, and helped to secure a 1–1 draw to clinch qualification to UEFA Euro 1968. Later life Off the pitch, Summerbee has been involved with a number of business ventures with varying degrees of success, including a period where he co-owned a menswear business with George Best. Summerbee is now the Club Ambassador for Manchester City. Summerbee also starred in the cult film Escape to Victory alongside Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine and Pelé. Summerbee's son, Nicky, was also a professional footballer, who followed in his father's footsteps by playing for both Swindon Town and Manchester City before joining Sunderland. His father, George, and uncle, Gordon, were both lower-division players whose careers were affected by the outbreak of war. Career statistics Club International Managerial statistics Source: Honours Awards Swindon Town F.C. Player of the Season: 1964–65 Swindon Town Top Scorer: 1964–65 Manchester City F.C. Player of the Year: 1972, 1973 Manchester City F.C. Hall of Fame: 2004 (inducted) English Football Hall of Fame: 2013 (inducted) UEFA European Championship third place: 1968 Order of the British Empire Manchester City Second Division champions: 1965–66 First Division champions: 1967–68 FA Cup winners: 1969 League Cup winners: 1970 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winners: 1970 FA Charity Shield winners: 1968, 1972 Summerbee was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to association football and charity. References Specific General James, Gary – Manchester – The Greatest City 1942 births Living people Footballers from Preston, Lancashire Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards English men's footballers England men's under-23 international footballers England men's international footballers English Football League representative players Swindon Town F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players Burnley F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players Mossley A.F.C. players English Football League players UEFA Euro 1968 players English football managers Stockport County F.C. managers English Football League managers English Football Hall of Fame inductees English businesspeople English autobiographers Officers of the Order of the British Empire

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural%20criminology

Cultural criminology

Cultural criminology is a subfield in the study of crime that focuses on the ways in which the "dynamics of meaning underpin every process in criminal justice, including the definition of crime itself." In other words, cultural criminology seeks to understand crime through the context of culture and cultural processes. Rather than representing a conclusive paradigm per se, this particular form of criminological analysis interweaves a broad range of perspectives that share a sensitivity to “image, meaning, and representation” to evaluate the convergence of cultural and criminal processes. As opposed to other theories, cultural criminology views crime in the context of an offenders culture as a motive to commit crime. The theory gives motives to a crime, whereas other theories, such as rational choice theory, explain what was gained. Background Sociologist Jack Katz is recognized by many as being a foundational figure to this approach through his seminal work, Seductions of Crime, written in 1988. Cultural criminology as a substantive approach, however, did not begin to form until the mid-1990s, where increasing interest arose from the desire to incorporate cultural studies into contemporary criminology. Developed in both the United States and the United Kingdom, the approach has had transnational impacts. Recent theories within cultural criminology take into account the role of space (such as urban space) in the construction of crime, positing, for example, that where an action takes place is as important as the effect of the action in determining criminality. The roles of excitement and control in cultural criminology has laid the foundation for the sociological concept of "edgework". Edgework's focus on prototypically masculine, high-risk pursuits has been criticised by a number of feminist criminologists. More recent works, however, suggest that edgework can be applied to either gender. Purpose In Katz (1988) and other works, the goal is to find the overlap between the emotions associated with everyday life and those associated with crime. As such, one of the main tenets of cultural criminology is the role of affect in crime. Jeff Ferrell, cited by many scholars as a forerunner of the subfield as it is known today, describes the purpose of cultural criminology as being to investigate “the stylized frameworks and experiential dynamics of illicit subcultures; the symbolic criminalization of popular culture forms; and the mediated construction of crime and crime control issues.” Moreover, the approach has often been used to demonstrate the ways in which power affects the construction of crime, such as the creation and breaking of law, as well as the interplay of moral entrepreneurship, moral innovation, and transgression. Influences Since the approach itself consists of a mélange of various perspectives linked together by dynamics of meaning, deliberations in this domain often invoke an assortment of theoretical elements. Cultural criminological analysis unambiguously roots itself in interactionist and constructionist tradition. More specifically, such approach concedes Howard Becker’s (1963) labelling theory, while augmenting it with a phenomenological dimension that considers the “webs of meaning and perception in which all parties are entangled.” Along with interactionist and constructionist theories, as well as ideas posed by Katz and Becker, cultural criminological work tends to explicitly cite, or be reminiscent of, the following theories and/or theorists among others: Jean Baudrillard and his theory of “simulacra” Max Weber Clifford Geertz and the "webs of significance" Mike Presdee and his theory of the “carnival of crime” Jeff Ferrell Keith Hayward Ethnography Textual Analysis Media Analysis Visual Criminology Semiology Phenomenology Mimesis, Social ontology General strain theory Criminal psychology Methods Originally, cultural criminologists utilized one of two main research methods: either ethnographic and fieldwork techniques, or the main qualitative research techniques associated with the scholarly readings. Cultural criminologists today also employ research methods such as participatory action research or "narrative criminology". They remain constant, however, in their rejection of abstract empiricism, positivism and administrative criminology; these rejections and criticisms were influenced by C. Wright Mills in his seminal work The Sociological Imagination and then further developed in The Criminological Imagination by Jock Young. Criticism A key criticism of cultural criminology states that the perspective romanticizes the criminal which downplays the severity of criminal action. However, theorists such as Jock Young remind critics that the aims of cultural criminology is to place deviancy within a context of culture, regardless of how the criminal comes across. Notes Further reading Ferrell, Jeff, and Keith Hayward (eds.). Cultural Criminology: Theories of Crime, Theoretical Criminology 6. Surrey, UK: Ashgate Publishing. . Ferrell, Jeff, Keith Hayward, Wayne Morrison, and Mike Presdee (eds.). 2004. Cultural Criminology Unleashed. London: GlassHouse. . Frederick, B.J. & Larruscahim, P. (2015). Cultural criminology. In Jennings, W.G. (ed) The Encyclopedia of Crime & Punishment. 1st ed. John Wiley & Sons. Geertz, Clifford. 1977. The Interpretation Of Cultures. Basic Books Classics. . Hayward, Keith. 2004. City Limits: Crime, Consumer Culture and the Urban Experience. London: Glasshouse Press. . Hayward, Keith, and Mike Presdee (eds.). 2010. Framing Crime: Cultural Criminology and the Image. London: Routledge. . Hayward, Keith, and Jock Young (eds.). "Special issue: Edition on cultural criminology." Theoretical Criminology 8(3). Jewkes, Yvonne. 2010. Crime and the Media and Crime: New Approaches to Criminology (2nd ed.). Los Angeles: SAGE. . O’Neill, Maggie, and Lizzie Seal. 2012. Transgressive Imaginations: Crime, Deviance and Culture. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Young, Jock. 2007. The Vertigo of Late Modernity (1st ed.). London: SAGE. . Mindhunter (TV series). A Netflix series that centers on concepts similar to that of cultural criminology. Criminology Cultural studies Semiotics Sociological theories

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Ebner

Alexander Ebner

Alexander Ebner (born 19 October 1967) is a German social scientist and Professor of Social Economics, esp. Economic Sociology and Political Economy at the Goethe University Frankfurt. His main research fields are Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Governance and Public Policy, Regional Development, and the History of Economics. Background Alexander Ebner received his diploma degrees in political sciences and economics from Goethe University Frankfurt. His first appointment was as a research assistant at the Institute of Economic and Social Geography at Goethe University. From 1998 to 2001, he was research and teaching assistant at the Professorship of Economics, esp. Economic Theory (Chair: Prof. Dr. Bertram Schefold) at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the Goethe University. He awarded a doctorate in economics with a dissertation thesis on the theory of entrepreneurship and innovation (Dr. rer. pol., summa cum laude) by the same institution in 2002. Subsequently, he was an assistant professor (C1) at the Krupp-Chair of Public Finance and Fiscal Sociology at the University of Erfurt. His habilitation in 2008 was based on the interdisciplinary habilitation thesis „Governance and Public Policy“. International teaching experiences include the EuroFaculty at the Latvian University in Riga and the European Business School in Wiesbaden, among others. International research affiliations include the Berkeley Center on Law, Business and the Economy at the University of California, Berkeley as well as at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. Between 2006 and 2009, he held the position of an Affiliate Professor at Grenoble Ecole de Management. From 2008 to 2009, Alexander Ebner was an Associate Professor of Political Economy at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Jacobs University Bremen. Since July 2009 he has held the Professorship of Social Economics, esp. Economic Sociology and Political Economy at Goethe University Frankfurt. In addition, he is the Founding Director of the Schumpeter Center for Cluster, Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Goethe University. Research and teaching The emphasis in research and teaching is core areas of political economy and economic sociology. His theoretical position refers to the new institutionalism in the social sciences with a focus on the matter of entrepreneurship, innovation, governance and development. Current research projects address subjects such as institutional transformations in the relationship between states and markets, regional cluster strategies, transnational entrepreneurship, and cultural aspects of socio-economic change. Since August 2010, Alexander Ebner is Director of the Schumpeter Center for Cluster, Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Goethe University Frankfurt. The mission of this research center is applied research on industrial and regional development. Alexander Ebner is a member of the following professional associations: Verein für Socialpolitik/German Economic Association (committee for evolutionary economics and committee for the history of economics, elected member), German Sociological Association (section on economic sociology), Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (German Association for Political Sciences) (section on political economy). At the international level he is a member in the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) and the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society, among others. In 2012, he co-founded the European Network on Knowledge, Innovation and Development (Eur-KInD). Bibliography (selection) “Embedded Entrepreneurship: The Institutional Dynamics of Innovation”, London und New York: Routledge, 2012 (forthcoming). “Innovationsstrategien und Regionalentwicklung: Theorie und Empirie regionaler Innovationsprozesse”, Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2012 (forthcoming). (ed.) “Innovationssysteme: Technologie, Institutionen und die Dynamik der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit”, Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2009 (with B. Blättel-Mink). http://www.springer-vs.de/Buch/978-3-531-14937-0/Innovationssysteme.html (ed.) “The Institutions of the Market: Organisations, Social Systems, and Governance”, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2008 (with N. Beck). http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199231423.do?keyword=The+Institutions+of+the+Market%3A+Organisations%2C+Social+Systems%2C+and+Gov&sortby=bestMatches (ed.) “Innovation zwischen Markt und Staat: Die institutionelle Dynamik des wirtschaftlichen Wandels”, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2007 (with K. Heine und J. Schnellenbach). http://www.nomos-shop.de/Ebner-Heine-Schnellenbach-Innovation-zwischen-Markt-Staat/productview.aspx?product=9378 (ed.) “Institutioneller Wandel, Marktprozesse und dynamische Wirtschaftspolitik”, Marburg: Metropolis, 2004 (with D. Fornahl und M. Lehmann-Waffenschmidt). http://www.metropolis-verlag.de/Institutioneller-Wandel%2C-Marktprozesse-und-dynamische-Wirtschaftspolitik/468/book.do (ed.) “Werner Sombart: Nationalökonomie als Kapitalismustheorie. Ausgewählte Schriften”, Marburg: Metropolis, 2002 (with H. Peukert). http://www.metropolis-verlag.de/Nationaloekonomie-als-Kapitalismustheorie/407/book.do External links Website https://web.archive.org/web/20120126172111/http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/fb/fb03/institut_1/aebner/index.html 1967 births German sociologists German political philosophers German philosophers German political scientists Scientists from Frankfurt Goethe University Frankfurt alumni Living people German male writers Academic staff of Goethe University Frankfurt

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962%20College%20Football%20All-America%20Team

1962 College Football All-America Team

The 1962 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1962. The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1962 season are (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (4) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (5) the Sporting News, and (6) the United Press International (UPI). Consensus All-Americans For the year 1962, the NCAA recognizes six published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received. All-American selections for 1962 Ends Pat Richter, Wisconsin (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-3, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Hal Bedsole, Southern California (AFCA-1, AP-3, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, WC) Dave Robinson, Penn State (AFCA-2, AP-1, NEA-1, FWAA, SN-2, Time) Conrad Hitchler, Missouri (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2) Hugh Campbell, Washington State (AFCA-2, AP-2, NEA-3, SN-2) Tom Hutchinson, Kentucky (AFCA-3, AP-2, SN-3) Vern Burke, Oregon State (AFCA-3, NEA-2) Woody Dabbs, Ole Miss (SN-3) Tackles Bobby Bell, Minnesota (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Jim Dunaway, Mississippi (AFCA-2, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Don Brumm, Purdue (AFCA-3 [guard], AP-1, FWAA, NEA-2) Steve Barnett, Oregon (AFCA-1, FWAA, NEA-3, SN-3) Fred Miller, LSU (AFCA-3, AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2, SN-2) Art Gregory, Duke (AP-2) Ray Schoenke, SMU (AP-2) Bob Vogel, Ohio State (AFCA-2, SN-2) Scott Appleton, Texas (AFCA-3) Tom Nomina, Miami (Ohio) (AP-3) Charles Sieminsky, Penn State (NEA-3, SN-3) Guards Johnny Treadwell, Texas (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, WC) Jack Cvercko, Northwestern (AFCA-2, AP-3, NEA-2, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Rufus Guthrie, Georgia Tech (AFCA-1, AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2) Jean Berry, Duke (FWAA) Leon Cross, Oklahoma (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-3, SN-3) Damon Bame, USC (AP-1) Ed Budde, Michigan State (Time) Tom Hertz, Missouri (AFCA-3, NEA-3, SN-2) Dave Watson, Georgia Tech (SN-2) Gene McDowell, Florida State (AP-3) Steve Underwood, Wisconsin (SN-3) Centers Lee Roy Jordan, Alabama (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Donald McKinnon, Dartmouth (AFCA-3, AP-2, NEA-1 [guard], FWAA, SN-3) Dave Behrman, Michigan State (AFCA-2, SN-2) Ray Mansfield, Washington (AFCA-2 [guard], AP-3) Wayne Lee, Oklahoma (NEA-2) Billie Joe Armstrong, Ohio State (NEA-3) Quarterbacks Terry Baker, Oregon State (AP-1, NEA-1, UPI, WC, AFCA-1, FWAA, SN-1, Time) George Mira, Miami (Fla) (AFCA-2, AP-1, FWAA, SN-2) Glynn Griffing, Mississippi (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, SN-3) Tom Myers, Northwestern (AFCA-3) Daryle Lamonica, Notre Dame (AP-3) Bill King, Dartmouth (NEA-3) Halfbacks Jerry Stovall, LSU (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Mel Renfro, Oregon (AFCA-2, AP-2, NEA-2, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Billy Moore, Arkansas (AP-2, NEA-1, FWAA) Dave Hoppman, Iowa State (AP-3, FWAA) Roger Kochman, Penn State (AFCA-1, SN-2) Joe Don Looney, Oklahoma (SN-2) Kermit Alexander, UCLA (AFCA-2) Jim Pilot, New Mexico State (NEA-2) Billy Gambrell, South Carolina (AFCA-3) Jerry Yost, West Virginia (AP-3) Bobby Santiago, New Mexico (AP-3) Paul Flatley, Northwestern (SN-3) Johnny Roland, Missouri (SN-3) Pete Pedro, West Texas State (NEA-3) Gary Wood, Cornell (NEA-3) Mike McNames, Georgia Tech (NEA-3) Fullbacks George Saimes, Michigan State (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-2, SN-1, UPI, WC) Eldon Fortie, BYU (AFCA-3 [halfback], AP-2 [quarterback], NEA-1) Tom Myers, Syracuse (FWAA) Ray Poage, Texas (SN-2, Time) Bill Thornton, Nebraska (AFCA-2, SN-3) Ed Cummings, Stanford (AFCA-3) Key Official selectors Other selectors See also 1962 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team 1962 All-Big Eight Conference football team 1962 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1962 All-Pacific Coast football team 1962 All-SEC football team 1962 All-Southwest Conference football team References All-America Team College Football All-America Teams

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20schools%20in%20the%20London%20Borough%20of%20Hackney

List of schools in the London Borough of Hackney

This is a list of schools in the London Borough of Hackney, England. In 2002, the borough entered into a ten-year contract with the Learning Trust, an independent collaborative body that organises education for Hackney's 27,000 pupils in over 70 schools, nurseries and play centres. The trust was set up in response to an OFSTED report that identified failings in the then existing system. State-funded schools Primary schools Baden-Powell Primary School Benthal Primary School Berger Primary School Betty Layward Primary School Burbage Primary School Colvestone Primary School Daubeney Primary School De Beauvoir Primary School Gainsborough Primary School Gayhurst Community School Grasmere Primary School Grazebrook Primary School Hackney New Primary School Halley House School Harrington Hill Primary School Holmleigh Primary School Holy Trinity CE Primary School Hoxton Garden Primary School Jubilee Primary School Kingsmead Primary School Lauriston School London Fields Primary School Lubavitch Girls Primary School Lubavitch Junior Boys Mandeville Primary School Millfields Community School Morningside Primary School Mossbourne Parkside Academy Mossbourne Riverside Academy Nightingale Primary School Northwold Primary School The Olive School Hackney Orchard Primary School Our Lady and St Joseph's RC Primary School Parkwood Primary School Princess May Primary School Queensbridge Primary School Randal Cremer Primary School Rushmore Primary School St Dominic's RC Primary School St John and St James CE Primary School St John of Jerusalem CE Primary School St John the Baptist CE Primary School St Mary's CE Primary School St Matthias CE Primary School St Monica's RC Primary School St Paul's with St Michael's CE Primary School St Scholastica's RC Primary School Sebright School Shacklewell Primary School Shoreditch Park Primary School Simon Marks Jewish Primary School Sir Thomas Abney School Southwold Primary School Springfield Community Primary School Thomas Fairchild Community School Tyssen Primary School Shoreditch Park Primary School (former Whitmore Primary School) William Patten Primary School Woodberry Down Community Primary School Sources Secondary schools The Bridge Academy Cardinal Pole RC School City Academy, Hackney City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park Clapton Girls' Academy Haggerston School Lubavitch Senior Girls' School Mossbourne Community Academy Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy Our Lady's RC High School Petchey Academy Skinners' Academy Stoke Newington School The Urswick School Waterside Academy Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School Sources Special and alternative schools The Boxing Academy AP Free School The Garden School Ickburgh School New Regent's College Stormont House School Sources Further education BSix Sixth Form College Hackney College Sources Independent schools Primary and preparatory schools Al-Falah Primary School Beis Aharon School Beis Ruchel D'Satmar London Beis Yaakov Girls School Bnei Zion Community School Bobov Primary Boys School The Lyceum Ohr Emes Rosemary Works School Talmud Torah Chaim Meirim Wiznitz School Talmud Torah London Talmud Torah Yetev Lev TTD Gur School TTTYY School Vishnitz Girls School Wiznitz Cheder School Yesodey Hatorah Girls School Senior and all-through schools Beis Chinuch Lebonos Girls School Beis Malka Girls' School Beis Rochel d'Satmar Girls' School Beis Trana Girls' School Bnois Jerusalem Girls School Bnos Zion of Bobov Talmud Torah Machzikei Hadass School Tawhid Boys School Tayyibah Girls' School Yesodey Hatorah School Special and alternative schools Hackney City Farm Leaways School Side By Side School References External links Learning Trust Hackney Borough Education Hackney

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederiksholms%20Kanal%2016%E2%80%9318

Frederiksholms Kanal 16–18

Frederiksholms Kanal 16–18 are two almost identical listed properties overlooking Frederiksholm Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The Victorian Home, a 15-room, late 19th-century bourgeois home now operated as a historic house museum by the National Museum of Denmark, is located on the second floor of No. 18. The Attorney general (Rigsadvokaten) is based at No. 16. Both buildings were listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places by the Danish Heritage Agency on 6 April 1969. History Plessen's Mansion The property on the site was listed in the Copenhagen's first cadastre of 1689 as No. 285 in the city's West Quarter, owned by customs inspector (toldforvalter) Laurids Eskildsen. The property was shortly thereafter sold to Christian Siegfred von Plessen (1646-1723)- In the 1690s, he constructed a large tpwn mansion with a Baroque garden on the rear. The property was after his death passed on to his son Ludvig von Plessen. His property was listed in the new cadastre of 1756 asNo. 325 in the West Quarter. It was a two-storey building, with a long main wing along the canal and two secondary wings extending from its rear side along each their side of a central courtyard. It had a large garden, which occupied the entire central part of the block. Knuth of Lyche The property was later owned by the Knuth family. It was known as the Knuthske Hotel (The Knuth Hotel), indicating that the apartments were let out (probably to foreign diplomats etx). In 1779, Knith's Mansion was acquired by supercargo in the Danish Asiatic Company Søren Lyche. He was later elected as one of the directors of the Danish Asiatic Company. He had previously owned the Cort Adeler House in Xhristianshavn. 18001850 The property was at some point acquired by the businessman Caspar Peter Bügel. His property was listed in the new cadastre of 1806 as No. 243. He had also purchased the country house Bon Esperence in Charlottenlund. In 1809, he also acquired Ringsted Abbey for 330,000 Danish rigsdaler. The next owner, Jens Lund, another merchant, constructed a couple of warehouses around the corner in Ny Vestergade. A free mason's lodge, Zorobabel af Nordstjernen, was based in the building in the 1790s. In the middle of the 19th century it had fallen into despair The property was later acquired by Det Forenede Borgerlige Selskab (founded in 1821), a merger of Dreyer's Club and a number of other clubs. Jean Baptist Oluf Gamél (1812-1886), a chef who acted as club host, resided on the first floor of the building at the time of the 1840 census. He lived there with his with his wife Andrine Cassine Gamel (née Stockfleth), their two children (aged one and two), two male servants and three maids. Cassabadan and the new buildings The neglected building was acquired by Alphonse Cassabadan. He had recently retired from his position as head chef for king Christian VIII. In 1851, No. 242 was divided into No. 242A (now Frederiksholms Kanal 16), No. 242B (Frederiksholms Kanal 18). Cassabadan charged the architect Harald Conrad Stilling with transforming it into two separate apartment buildings in 1851–1852. Stilling added two extra floors. Cassabadan opened a bar in the basement of No. 242B. The theologian N.F.S. Grundtvig and ballet master August Bournonville were both anong the residents of the buildings in the building from 1852 to 1855. Count H. A. Reventlow-Criminil (1798-1869) was a resident in No. 242A in 1853. The two buildings were listed as Frederiksholms Kanal 16 and Frederiksholms Kanal 18 when in 1859 house numberuing (by street) was introduced as a supplement to the old cadastral numbers (by district). Frederiksholms Kanal 16, 1859present The businessman (grosserer) J. Bernburg resided in one of the apartments in the 1890s. Frederiksholms Kanal 18, 1859present George Quaade, who had been appointed to Minister of Education on 1 July 1864, lived at No. 18 in 1865. The publisher and Venstre politician Christen Berg (1829-1891), lived in the ground floor of No. 18 in 1885–1886. The writer and educator Johan Krohn (1841-1925) from 1875 to 1879. Nr. 18 was acquired by the grocer Rudolph Christensen (1849-1925) in 1886 . He was the joint owner of the ribbon factory Christensen og Hansen. The company had a shop on Østergade. Christensen undertook a major renovation of the building. The Christensen family's own home, a 15-room apartment, was located on the second floor. The two daughters Gerda and Ellen Christensen lived in the apartment until 1963 and left it with all its furnishings to the National Museum of Denmark. Architecture Rach building consists of four storeys over a high cellar and a Mansard roof. They are six bays wide. Both buildings have a balcony at each of the outer bays on the first floor and No. 16 has an additional balcony in front of the two central bays on the top floor. The interior of the two gateways are decorated with a copy of Bertel Thorvaldsen's Alexander frieze. The 35-metre-long and one-metre-tall relief frieze was originally commissioned for the popal Palazzo del Quirinale in 1912 in connection with Napoleon's planned visit to the city. It was completed in just three months. The walls of the staircase at No. 18 are richly decorated with murals created for Rudolph Christensen in the 1890s by C.W. Juulmann & Søn in Nørregade. The decorations include imitated marble panels and sandstone pilasters and painted ornaments. The landings feature murals of landscapes and houses. One of them is of the Christensens family's first country house at Jægersborg Allé. Today The Attorney general (Rigsadvokaten) is based at No. 16. The Christensen family's 15-room apartment, now known as the Victorian Home (Daish: Klunkehjemmet), can only be visited on guided tours. Guided tours in English are available on Saturdays at 14:00 from June through September. Gallery See also Listed buildings in Copenhagen Municipality References External links The Victorian Home Source National Museum of Denmark Listed residential buildings in Copenhagen Residential buildings completed in 1852 Historic house museums in Copenhagen

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Peter Lupus

Peter Nash Lupus Jr. (born June 17, 1932) is an American bodybuilder and actor. He is best known for his role as Willy Armitage on the television series Mission: Impossible (1966–1973). Personal life Lupus was one of three siblings born in Indianapolis, Indiana to Mary Irene ( Lambert; 1910-2003) and Peter Nash Lupus (1898-1981). His father was of Syrian and Lebanese descent. Lupus attended the Jordan College of Fine Arts at Butler University, where he also played football and basketball, graduating in 1954. He and his wife, Sharon, have a son, Peter Nash Lupus III, who is also an actor. Career Bodybuilder Standing with a developed physique, Lupus began his career by earning the titles of Mr. Indianapolis, Mr. Indiana, Mr. Hercules and Mr. International Health Physique. Lupus was one of many bodybuilders who followed Steve Reeves into the "sword and sandal" films of the 1960s, occasionally credited as Rock Stevens for such films as Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964), Challenge of the Gladiator (1965) and Muscle Beach Party (1964) where he starred as "Mr. Galaxy" Flex Martian. During the early 1970s, Lupus promoted European Health Spa, traveling the country to make appearances and sign autographs at several of the gyms' grand openings. Actor Lupus played Willy Armitage in the original Mission: Impossible television series in the 1960s. Armitage was the Impossible Missions Force's muscle man, and featured in nearly all episodes of the series. The character of Willy Armitage was the strong, silent type, usually with very little dialogue. Late in the show's run, during season five, the producers decided that his character was superfluous and he was dropped to recurring status, appearing in a little over half of that season's episodes. Outcry from fans and lack of success in finding a replacement for his character — originally replaced by Sam Elliott — resulted in his return to regular status the following season and to his getting a greater role in the stories, often assuming disguises as a convict or a thug. Only Bob Johnson and Greg Morris sustained regular roles through the show's entire run. Lupus' other television work included a guest spot as Tarzan on Jack Benny's television show, a boxer with a glass jaw on The Joey Bishop Show, a caveman on an episode of Fantasy Island, and the recurring role of Detective Norberg on the short-lived sitcom Police Squad! Playgirl pinup Lupus was one of the first well-known male actors to pose with full frontal nudity for Playgirl magazine, in April 1974. Photographs of Lupus appeared in a number of issues. Before this, he was hired by the United States Air Force to appear in a series of commercials playing the role of Superman (with the permission of what is now DC Comics). He appeared for many months until the Playgirl pictorial was published. Present day On July 19, 2007, at age 75, Lupus set a world weightlifting endurance record by lifting over the course of 24 minutes, 50 seconds at the Spectrum Club in El Segundo, California. This topped the record Lupus set five years earlier in celebration of his 70th birthday of in 27 minutes. Lupus was a member of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's volunteer posse in Maricopa County, Arizona. Filmography List of acting credit references: Film Television References Further reading Patrick J. White, The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier. New York: Avon Books, 1991. External links 1932 births 20th-century American male actors American bodybuilders American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors Butler Bulldogs football players Sportspeople from Indianapolis People associated with physical culture Playgirl Men of the Month American people of Lebanese descent American people of Greek descent Male actors from Indianapolis Living people

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Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert

Joseph Jean de Goislard de Monsabert (Libourne 30 September 1887 – Dax, 13 June 1981), was a French general who served during the Second World War. Monsabert graduated from Saint-Cyr military academy and was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1911. He initially served with the 44th Infantry Regiment and then was moved to the 3rd Moroccan Rifle Regiment, with which he first saw combat in 1912. Assigned to the 1st Mixed Rifle and Zouaves Regiment and then the 9th Zouaves March Regiment in the First World War, he finished the war at the head of a battalion and as a holder of the Legion of Honor. Promoted to colonel in 1937, he was made a brigadier in August 1941. This promotion was followed by promotion to major general in March 1943. He was promoted again to lieutenant general in August 1944, and then to general in September 1946. Monsabert commanded first the Corps Francs d'Afrique and then the reserve elements of the XIX Corps (France) during the campaign for Tunisia. Subsequently, he commanded the 3rd Algerian Infantry Division with the French Expeditionary Corps in the Italian campaign. On 3 July 1944 his forces liberated Siena. To an artillery officer who was complaining about the sheer number of valuable monuments that were cluttering the maps, he issued the instruction "tirez où vous voulez, mais si vous tirez en-deçà du XVIIIeme siècle, on vous fera fusiller!" (Fire where you wish, but if you fire on anything before the 18th century we'll get you shot!). On 31 August 1944, Monsabert took command of the French II Corps of General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny's Army B, later renamed the French First Army. Monsabert led the II Corps with distinction for the remainder of the war in Europe. Monsabert, with about 130000 soldiers took Toulon and Marseille and played an active part in Alsace with a corps numbering nearly 150000 soldiers at that time. He then fought in Germany. In July 1945, he was made the commander of French forces in Germany. In 1946, he retired from active military service. From 1951 until 1955, Monsabert served as a deputy in the Rassemblement du Peuple Français political party in the National Assembly of France, representing the region Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Decorations Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur Companion of the Liberation (20 November 1944) Médaille militaire Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (7 citations) Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (5 citations) Croix de guerre des Théatres d'Opérations Exterieures (5 citations) Médaille coloniale with "Maroc" bar Military Cross (UK) Bronze Star Medal (US) Officer of the Legion of Merit (US) Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold (Belgium) Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (Belgium) Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (Luxembourg) Ordre du Mérite Militaire Chérifien (Morocco) External links Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert, biography on the website of the Ordre de la Libération Page at generals.dk 1887 births 1981 deaths People from Libourne Politicians from Nouvelle-Aquitaine Rally of the French People politicians Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic French generals French military personnel of World War I French military personnel of World War II Companions of the Liberation Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) Recipients of the Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures Recipients of the Military Cross Officers of the Legion of Merit Recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium)

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Carruthers Creek (Canada)

The Carruthers Creek is a stream in the Durham Region of Ontario, Canada. Its watershed lies within the boundaries of Pickering and Ajax. Etymology The stream is named after Richard Carruthers (1819-1887), an English immigrant from Cumberland, whose family owned 202 acres along the banks of the Creek. Carruthers, a farmer, purchased Lots 4 and 5 on Concession Road 1 in January 1856 and September 1862, and the land remained in his family until at least the 1940s. It is remarkable that the stream is named after him, because his family was not the earliest, the wealthiest or the most prominent landowner in the region. History The Carruthers Creek watershed includes 32 archaeological sites, 24 of which are identified with indigenous peoples, 7 with European settlers, and 1 of uncertain origin. Of the indigenous sites, 5 belong to Archaic period, 2 belong to Woodland period, and 17 are of undetermined date. The five Archaic period sites, dated 7000-1000 BCE, are all located inland, and are marked by discovery of chert (flint) tools and flakes. The discoveries do not provide much information other than suggesting that the indigenous people hunted and camped in the Carruthers Creek watershed. It was common for indigenous groups to engage in seasonal activities such as fishing at the mouth of various streams and rivers on the Lake Ontario shore. However, if any site providing evidence of such activities near the mouth of Carruthers Creek existed, it would now be under water, as the Creek's mouth met Lake Ontario at a location 10-20 m below the present surface level at the end of the Last Glacial Period. The watershed contains two sites from the early and middle Woodland period, dated to 1000 BCE-700 CE. Not much research has been done on these sites, but they appear to be short-term campsites. In the mid-17th century, the Iroquois people displaced the Petun and the Wendat (Huron) from what is now southern Ontario. The Iroquois Seneca people established river-side villages in nearby areas, such as Ganatsekwyagon on Rouge and Teiaiagon on Humber. However, the Carruthers Creek watershed does not show evidence of any settlement similar in size or importance. Nevertheless, it is likely that the indigenous people used the mouth of the creek for hunting and fishing. The Sulpician missionaries who settled in neighbouring areas were aware of the stream's existence in the late 17th century, although early French maps (such as Louis Jolliet's 1673 map) do not show the Carruthers Creek. By the end of the 18th century, much of the land in the Carruthers Creek watershed was owned by Smith family through land patents, or was held as Crown and Clergy reserves. The Smiths were absentee landlords: Major John Smith (d. 1795) of 5th Regiment of Foot served at Detroit, while his son David W. Smith (1764-1837) served at Detroit and Niagara. The Smith family held 20,000 acres of land in Upper Canada, including 7,800 acres in the Pickering Township that included the Carruthers Creek. The earliest permanent settlers in the area included the family of James Powell, who migrated from New Brunswick to Pickering Township in 1808. A prominent early settler was George Washington Post, who purchased a lot in May 1812, and built the Post Tavern there in 1814. The Tavern was located at the intersection of Carruthers Creek and Kingston Road (near 367 Kingston Rd East). It was a major stopover during long journeys on Kingston Road until 1856, when the Grand Trunk Railway rendered it obsolete. Throughout the 19th century, several persons of European origin (not necessary settlers) leased, purchased, and re-sold land in the Carruthers Creek area. In the 1820s, the reserved lands in the vicinity of Carruthers Creek were patented to the King's College (1828) and the Canada Company (1829). These two institutions sold much of the land during 1831-1838. By the mid-19th century, several farms and small orchards existed in the area. Compared to the Duffins Creek area, a small number of mills were established along the Carruthers Creek. This was probably because the water supply in the Carruthers Creek was not consistent. The largest mill along the Carruthers Creek was located on the 3rd Concession Line, near the Audley village. By the 1850s, three small communities existed in the Carruthers Creek watershed: Audley (Brown's Corners) in present-day Ajax, centered on the intersection of present-day Audley Road and Taunton Rd Kinsale, in present-day Pickering, centered on the intersection of Kinsale Road and Highway 7 Salem (Hyfield or Salem's Corners), in present-day Pickering, centered on the intersection of Salem Road and Highway 7 These small villages did not grow as much as other settlements in the present-day Durham region, because the smaller size of the Carruthers Creek did not facilitate establishment of major mills, and because the Grand Trunk Railway did not pass through these villages. In 2022, the government designated 0.62 sq. km. of wetland in the Carruthers Creek watershed in Ajax as protected area, to be managed by Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) and the town of Ajax. The city of Pickering has planned a community called Veraine, to be developed by Dorsay Development Corporation, near the headwaters of the Carruthers Creek. The town of Ajax has opposed this development, because of the concerns that it may cause flooding at the south end of the Creek. The flood-prone area is Ajax's Lakeside neighbourhood, where the stream passes on its way to the Carruthers Creek Marsh, before meeting Lake Ontario. Course Carruthers Creek originates near Concession Road 7, near the former community of Mount Zion, in the city of Pickering. It then flows south and enters Ajax, passing through the Deer Creek Golf Course, and finally meeting Lake Ontario at Richardson Point. The size of its watershed is smaller than that of Duffins Creek in the west and Lynde Creek in the east. It is the smallest watershed within the jurisdiction of TRCA. The stream is approximately 20 km long, and 3 km at its widest point. References Bibliography External links Carruthers Creek Reports and Resources, TRCA Rivers of the Regional Municipality of Durham Tributaries of Lake Ontario Ajax, Ontario Pickering, Ontario

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Daniel E. Bandmann

Daniel Edward Bandmann (November 1, 1837 – November 23, 1905) was an internationally known German-born American Shakespearean actor who after retiring from the stage became a noted Montana rancher and pomologist. In 1885, Bandmann published An Actor's Tour: or, Seventy Thousand Miles with Shakespeare, chronicling his repertoire company's near four-year tour of the Asia-Pacific region over the early 1880s. Bandmann was later credited for introducing McIntosh red apples for cultivation in western Montana. Early life The son of Solomon and Rebecca, Daniel Edward Bandmann was born in Cassel (now Kassel), a city in the Grand Duchy of Hesse. He first came to the United States in 1852 where at some point he became involved with German amateur theatre productions at New York's Stadt Theatre. During this time, he reportedly attended the Cooper Institute where he studied English under Alexander Graham Bell. This is questionable, since Bell was nearly ten years younger than Bandmann and did not come to America until much later. As an American citizen, Bandmann returned to Germany in 1858 and shortly thereafter made his professional stage debut at the Court Theatre in Neustrelitz. Later, with the sponsorship of the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg, Bandmann embarked on a successful series of mostly Shakespearean productions staged in Germany, Prussia and Austria. Theatrical career In November 1861 Bandmann returned to New York where on January 15, 1863, he was well received in his English-language debut at Niblo's Garden as Shylock. Soon his Hamlet gained considerable attention from critics for his introduction of a number of innovations from German theatre, such as bringing his Ghost up from beneath the stage with leaves twitching to and fro matching Hamlet's anxiety. On September 1, 1863, Bandmann appeared at Niblo's in the first performance in New York of John Guido Methua's adaptation from the German of Emil Brachvogel, entitled Narcisse: or, The Last of the Pompadours. Soon afterwards Bandmann began a five-year tour of North America principally in the roles of Hamlet, Shylock, Othello, logo, Gloucester, Macbeth, Benedict and Narcisse. Bandmann made his first appearance in Britain at London's Lyceum Theatre on February 17, 1868, in Narcisse. Over the follow decade Bandmann would embark on tours visiting a number of the principal cities in Australia, New Zealand, the Hawaiian Islands, North America and Great Britain. During this period he performed in front of King Kamehameha V, Brigham Young and Queen Victoria. Bandmann's most ambitious tour sailed from San Francisco late in 1879 and did not return until January 1884, after staging nearly 700 performances in Tasmania, New Zealand, Australia, the Malay Peninsula, China, India and Hawaii. Bandmann first married Anne Herschel, a native of Davenport, Iowa, on June 22, 1865. His second marriage, in February 1869, was to the British actress Millicent or Melicent Farmer, daughter of Nehemiah Frederick Farmer and Elizabeth Hodgson. Millicent, stage name Milly Palmer (1845–1926), starred in his London production of Narcisse, and is mentioned in James Joyce's Ulysses for her "impersonation" of Prince Hamlet. This union ended a few years later after their Pacific and North American tours and the birth of a daughter and son. Bandmann then had a long relationship with the young Canadian actress Louise Beaudet, a member of his 1879 Asia-Pacific tour. Though it's unclear whether the two ever married, after his marriage to actress Mary Therese Kelly in the early 1890s, Bandmann was obligated to compensate Beaudet to avoid a messy court entanglement. With Mary Kelly, Bandmann had four children born between 1892 and 1905. Later life In 1887 Bandmann purchased two ranches near the abandoned settlement of Hell Gate, not far from Missoula, Montana. Though new to ranching, Bandmann would co-found the Montana Board of Horticulture and introduce to the area McIntosh red apples, Percheron horses, Holstein cattle and exotic breeds of chickens and pigs. Today the site of his property is called Bandmann Flats and hosts a golf club. Death Bandmann died suddenly at his Montana ranch on November 23, 1905, aged 68, just a few months after the birth of his last child, and was laid to rest at the Missoula Cemetery. Maurice Edward Bandmann (1872–1922), Daniel's son by Millicent Farmer, whom he had wed on February 9, 1869, later became a theatrical impresario credited with building a number of theatres throughout the Far East. Maurice died in Gibraltar around age 50. References External links 1837 births 1905 deaths American male Shakespearean actors Hessian emigrants to the United States German male stage actors American male stage actors People from Missoula County, Montana 19th-century American male actors

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Boom FM

Boom FM is a branding of classic hits radio stations broadcasting in Canada. The trademark is owned by Bell Media, although only two stations using the branding are owned by that company. The name "Boom" is a reference to baby boomers, who are the main target of the network. History "Boom" was first launched on May 1, 2003 as a network of French-language oldies stations, and originally included CFEI-FM and CHRD-FM. CFVM-FM and CFZZ-FM joined the network in 2005 after these stations were acquired by Astral Media from Corus Entertainment. All four stations previously had an adult contemporary format. Since Astral Media already has two FM stations in each of Quebec's larger markets, it is impossible for them under current Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) regulations to launch Boom FM stations in these markets without dumping either the Énergie or the Rouge FM format, both of which are very successful according to Bureau of Broadcast Measurement (BBM) ratings. On December 26, 2009, "Boom" added its first English-language affiliate, CHBM-FM in Toronto, Ontario, which flipped from its longtime adult contemporary EZ Rock format (as CJEZ-FM) to adult hits under the Boom 97.3 name. It was the only Boom FM station not using the classic hits format, though its logo uses the same lettering and 45 RPM plastic insert device as its Quebec counterparts. Owner Stingray Radio, however, currently markets the station's format as classic hits. On June 30, 2011, "Boom" added its second English-language affiliate, CJOT-FM in Ottawa which flipped from the very same adult contemporary of the former CJEZ-FM Toronto as EZ Rock to the classic hits format as Boom 99.7. Following Bell Media's approval in 2013 to acquire Astral Media, a condition was placed in which that it must divest itself of several television services and radio stations, including CHBM and CJOT, which were placed in a blind trust pending its eventual sales. CJOT would be sold Corus Radio in March 2013, while CHBM was sold to Stingray Radio in August 2013. Corus' acquisition of CJOT-FM was approved on January 31, 2014, while Stingray's acquisition of CHBM-FM was approved on March 19, 2014. Despite differing ownership, both stations continue to use the Boom FM name and logo. On August 25, 2014, Corus' CJSS-FM in Cornwall became the newest station in Ontario to be affiliated with the network. In 2017, Stingray Radio gained permission from Bell Media to begin using the Boom brand and its content in Alberta. In July 2017, several of Stingray's rural Alberta stations took on the Boom format. In May 2018, Boom 104.1 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Boom 106.5 Saint-Hyacinthe has changed to an adult contemporary format. Stations Former stations Amqui, Quebec - CFVM-FM (switched to RockDétente in 2008; now Rouge FM) Drummondville, Quebec - CHRD-FM (switched to RockDétente in 2009; now Rouge FM) Unrealised station CKSM AM 1220 of Shawinigan, Quebec was originally announced in April 2007 to have been a new affiliate of Boom, with plans to relocate the station to the FM band. However, the plans never materialised, and the station, which at the time was owned by Astral but rebroadcast then-Corus owned CHLN 550 AM of Trois-Rivières, closed down on June 30, 2007. Other Stingray's CHNO-FM in Sudbury, Ontario, and CIJK-FM in Kentville, Nova Scotia, are branded as Rewind instead of Boom, but otherwise resemble Boom FM stations with a similar logo design, a similar classic hits format and some shared programming. References Bell Media Radio formats French-language radio in Canada Canadian radio networks

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Socorro mockingbird

The Socorro mockingbird (Mimus graysoni) is an endangered mockingbird endemic to Socorro Island in Mexico's Revillagigedo Islands. The specific epithet commemorates the American ornithologist Andrew Jackson Grayson. Mimus graysoni shows its close relationship to the northern and tropical mockingbirds rather subtly. It is a much stouter bird, resembling some thrashers in habitus. It also has a distinct juvenile plumage, more rufous above and has a heavy pattern, especially below. This uncannily resembles, e.g., the gray thrasher (Toxostoma cinereum) from Baja California, but is apparently a case of convergent evolution. Systematics and taxonomy This is a rather distinct Mimus mockingbird and was for some time placed into a distinct genus, Mimodes. This was revealed to be incorrect based on analysis of mtDNA NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 sequences. Rather, the present species is closely related to the northern and tropical mockingbirds. Its distinctiveness is the result of the strong selective pressure on its island home, which enforced the evolution of conspicuous adaptational autapomorphies. The juvenile plumage might also have been the result of genetic drift enforced maybe by resource partitioning in this aggressive bird. The standard model of molecular clocks cannot be applied for mimids as their rates of mutation seem to vary much over time. While it is the most phenotypically distinctive bird on Socorro, it also has the strongest ecological change from its ancestors; therefore its distinctiveness is not informative except supporting the theory that it is one of the older Socorro endemics. Thus, and because the adaptation to the peculiar conditions on Socorro may even have accelerated not only morphological but also molecular evolution – see also founder effect -, it cannot be said with any certainty whether or not among Mimus, the Socorro species is a quite recent island offshoot of either of the mainland species. In any case, the three taxa are very close relatives. This serves to show that evolution does not move on at a constant speed; certainly not on a morphological level, and often neither on a molecular level either. Rather, the rate of evolutionary change varies, sometimes considerably, depending on the circumstances and the strength with which natural selection acts upon a founding population. Ecology and status The Socorro mockingbird today lives mainly in unmodified low forest above 600 m (2000 ft), where it prefers groves of Oreopanax xalapensis and the endemic Guettarda insularis, with an understorey dominated by Triumfetta socorrensis and the endemic Eupatorium pacificum. As late as March 1953 it was still "common" at lower elevations, foraging in arid open areas of the Croton masonii-prickly pear shrubland. In November of the same year, the birds had retired to the more humid forest in the uplands and were busy singing and defending territories. Today, they mainly remain in Ficus cotinifolia stands when visiting the lower elevations. The breeding season is extended, with nests in attendance between November and July, with the peak laying occurring in March and April. Three eggs are laid, which take no more 15 days to hatch. The birds are generally reluctant to fly and as late as the mid-20th century were still fatally unwary; if pressed they will rather hop away than fly and if they take wing, it is usually for a few meters only. This may be an adaptation to the fact that Socorro has no native terrestrial predators, but red-tailed hawks and great frigatebirds that not infrequently prey on mockingbird-sized birds. This species feeds on small invertebrates, the remains of land crabs (Gecarcinus planatus) and fruit, namely of the endemic shrubs Ilex socorrensis and Sideroxylon socorrense, the latter of which has also become rare. Flies are pecked up but do not seem to be snatched out of the air. Like many Mimidae, the Socorro mockingbird is an aggressive, solitary species living alone or with its partner. When they come together at a plentiful food source – e.g. blowflies on a carcass – there is a marked social hierarchy between birds and rarely are more than two or three actively feeding; the less dominant birds hang around nearby, waiting for their turn. The call is two medium followed by one lower whistle. Less often, a full song is given, consisting of a variable warbling tune, repeated several times as in many mockingbirds. It is not clear whether this species imitates other birds like its relatives do; in any case only the Socorro tropical parula, Socorro towhee and Socorro wren would seem to possess songs that might serve as models for the mockingbirds, and except the parula these are not often found in the mockingbird's core habitat. Status and conservation This species numbers fewer than 400 individuals altogether and is considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN. Mimus graysoni is mostly threatened by habitat loss caused by feral sheep and the locust Schistocerca piceifrons, and predation by feral cats which became established after 1953, probably in the early 1970s. It is not believed that the northern mockingbird which has colonized Socorro in the late 20th century is limiting the recovery of its relative; the two Mimus do not occupy the same habitat and even if they did, the native bird is larger and more powerful and would probably simply outcompete its mainland relative in native vegetation at least. The extermination of the sheep is underway in the hope of restoring the island ecosystem. On one hand, it seems that the Socorro mockingbird is a prolific species and would be able to increase in numbers quickly if habitat improves. On the other hand, its terrestrial habits make it vulnerable to cat predation and this may limit its recovery even if sheep are contained; it is not known for example in how far foraging in the lowlands – now cat-ridden – was important for robust breeding success. In addition, it can be expected that predation on this species by both the native red-tailed hawk as well as the feral cats has increased since the Socorro dove – formerly a preferred prey item – has become extinct in the wild. Cerro Evermann, Socorro's main volcano, is still active and erupts on a limited scale every few decades; as the mockingbirds seem to depend on upland forest habitat, a major eruption could place the species in jeopardy (see also San Benedicto rock wren). This threat is not considered significant compared to the problem of introduced species however. Notes References External links BirdLife Species Factsheet. Mimus Mockingbird, Socorro Natural history of the Revillagigedo Islands Critically endangered biota of Mexico Critically endangered fauna of North America Birds described in 1871 Taxa named by George Newbold Lawrence

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Sheikh Eid bin Mohammad Al Thani Charitable Association

Sheikh Eid Bin Mohammad Al Thani Charitable Association is a Qatari charitable organizations established in 1995 in Doha, Qatar. The organization was named after Sheikh Eid Ibn Mohammad ibn Thani ibn Jasim ibn Mohammad Al Thani (1922-1994). The U.S. Department of Treasury has characterized the organization's founder as "terrorist financier and facilitator who has provided money and material support and conveyed communications to al-Qa'ida and its affiliates in Syria, Iraq, Somalia and Yemen for more than a decade. ” The Eid Charity Foundation has been described as a Government Organized Non-Governmental Organization (GONGO) with close ties to government institutions. Relief and Humanitarian Efforts Eid Charity provides a wide range of services to people in need in Qatar and elsewhere in the Middle East from food collection and distribution to the poor to supporting drug awareness and rehabilitation programs. It has also supported relief efforts in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, the Palestinian territories, and other countries. In August 2016, Eid Charity announced that the organization has obtained contracts to build 335 mosques in 17 countries around the world. According to reports, some of the 335 mosques have been built while others will be built throughout 2016. The construction of the mosques will cost about QR 21 million. Nawaf Alhamadi is the Director General of Sheikh Eid bin Mohammad Al Thani Charitable Association. Ali bin Khaled al Hajri is the Executive Director of Foreign Projects at Eid Charity. Hashim bin Mohammad al-Awadhy is the adviser to the Director General of Eid Charity. Al-Awadhy is a Qatari businessman and the owner of Rabea TV, a TV network broadcast from Istanbul in support of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Hashim al-Awadhy’s son, Mohammed bin Hashim al-Awadhy, led an Islamic charitable organization and was reportedly killed while fighting with ISIS. Terrorism Controversy Abd Al-Rahman al-Nuaimi, is a founder of the Sheikh Eid bin Mohammad Al Thani Charitable Association in addition to previously serving as a President of the Qatar Football Association, and a history professor at Qatar University, In 2013, the U.S. Department of Treasury added al-Nuaimi to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT) and described al-Nuaimi as “a Qatar-based terrorist financier and facilitator who has provided money and material support and conveyed communications to al-Qa'ida and its affiliates in Syria, Iraq, Somalia and Yemen for more than a decade.” The announcement also claimed that al-Nuaimi had provided financial support to a charity headed by Al-Qaeda financier and SDGT Abd al-Wahhab Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Humayqani. On February 5, 2023, a report by Counter extremism project revealed that the United States and Qatar maintain close military ties. Qatar also maintains close ties with the United States in global counterterrorism operations. Also, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NATC) in the Ministry of Interior determines Qatar’s counterterrorism policy and manages interagency cooperation within the government to ensure effective counterterrorism efforts. The government of Qatar entirely restructured the NATC in 2014 to include representatives from more than 10 government agencies as a measure “to secure the nation’s critical infrastructure, as well as to prevent the country from becoming a hub for traveling foreign fighters,” according to the Doha News Agency. The U.S. Department of State credits Qatar’s strict immigration laws and government monitoring of violent extremists for the country’s low rate of domestic terrorism as well claimed the report. Similar designations from the UN Security Council, EU, UK, and Turkey followed. Al-Nuaimi is also the Secretary General of the Global Anti-Aggression Campaign, an NGO that has repeatedly hosted Hamas leaders, and a founding member and former president of Alkarama, a Geneva-based human rights NGO that works with the UN to advocate for civil rights in the Arab World. In 2013, the Washington Post claimed that Alkarama “lobbies on behalf of Islamist detainees around the world”, including Islamist militias active in Syria, and accuses Western and Arab governments of undermining groups that promote Islamic rule. Humayqani is also an Alkarama founding member. The association has been accused by Israel of funneling funds to Hamas through its charitable endeavors in the Gaza Strip. Most notably, Israel banned the association and 35 other member organizations of the “Union of Good,” which the Israeli government considers “a roof organization for foundations operated by Hamas around the world, especially in Europe and the Persian Gulf countries.” The Chairman of the Union of Good is Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a Qatari-based cleric who is the “spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood.” In article by LSE (London School Of Economics), Qatar has notified US officials that they do not support Hamas but has called for engagement between Hamas and Fatah. On 27 March 2022, the Fourth High-Level Strategic Dialogue between the State of Qatar & the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) discussed strategic priorities and collaboration for effective United Nations support to Member States on counter-terrorism. Qatar is the second largest contributor to the United Nations Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism out of a total 35 other donors. The country also removed Muslim brotherhood members during December 2021 as reported by The Economist. In 2013, one of the founders of the association, Abd Al-Rahman al-Nouami, was named a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the United States Government for his alleged role in facilitating financing and communications for Al-Qaeda affiliates in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Somalia. He was similarly sanctioned by the United Nations, European Union, United Kingdom, and Turkey in 2014, resulting in a freeze of his assets. While he has denied the allegations, subsequent media reports noted his connection to the government-backed charity and other humanitarian organizations. Furthermore, Sheikh Eid bin Mohammad Al Thani Charitable Association was removed from the terrorist list with other entities and Qatari nationals, which was announced by blockading countries during the Gulf crisis of June 2017. References Charities based in Qatar Organizations established in 1995 1995 establishments in Qatar Organizations designated as terrorist by Bahrain

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Koos Andriessen

Jacobus Eije "Koos" Andriessen (25 July 1928 – 22 January 2019) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) party and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman. Andriessen worked as a researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam from March 1951 until September 1955. Andriessen worked as civil servant for the Ministry of Economic Affairs from September 1955 until November 1959 as Director-General of the department for Political Policy from September 1955 until May 1956 and Director-General of the department for General Economic Policy from May 1956 until September 1959. Andriessen worked as professor of Political economy at the University of Amsterdam from 15 September 1959 until 24 July 1963. Andriessen also worked as a financial adviser for the Ministry of Finance from 15 September 1959 until 24 July 1963. After the election of 1963 Andriessen was appointed as Minister of Economic Affairs in the Cabinet Marijnen, taking office on 24 July 1963. The Cabinet Marijnen fell on 27 February 1965 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the Cabinet Cals on 14 April 1965. Andriessen retired from active politics and became active in the private sector and public sector. He worked as a corporate director for the packaging and labeling company Van Leer from 1 October 1965 until 15 September 1987 and as CFO from 15 April 1970 until 1 January 1980 and as CEO and Chairman of the board of directors, taking office on from 1 January 1980. In September 1987 Andriessen was nominated as a Chairman of the Christian Employers' association (NCW). He resigned as CEO and Chairman of the board of directors of Van Leer on 15 September 1987 and was installed as Chairman of the Christian Employers' association on 1 January 1988. After the election of 1989 Andriessen was again appointed as Minister of Economic Affairs in the Cabinet Lubbers III, taking office on 7 November 1989. Andriessen served as acting Minister of Transport and Water Management from 16 July 1994 until 22 August 1994 following the resignation Hanja Maij-Weggen. In November 1993 Andriessen announced his retirement from national politics and that he would not stand for the election of 1994. The Cabinet Lubbers III was replaced by the Cabinet Kok I on 22 August 1994. After his retirement Andriessen returned to the private sector and public sector and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director (ING Group, Hunter Douglas, Ballast Nedam, Elsevier, Diergaarde Blijdorp, Mittal Steel Company, Society for Statistics and Operations Research and the Internet Society) and serves on several state commissions on behalf of the government. Biography Early life Andriessen joined the Social Economic Council in 1959, giving up that position when he was appointed Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs in 1963. Politics Andriessen held this position until 1965, when he joined the board of the Van Leer Group of Companies. He rose to become the chairman of Van Leer, before leaving in 1987 to become chairman of the Dutch Christian Employers Association. Then in 1989 he returned to the role of Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, a position he held until 1994. Andriessen has played an important role on the Supervisory Boards of such companies as Ballast Nedam, Elsevier, Randstad, ING Group, Hunter Douglas and Novograaf. Publications Theorie van de Economische Politiek (Stenfert Kroese, Leiden 1962), a sound textbook on economic policy featuring contributions from Dutch and Belgian experts: among others J.E. Andriessen (ed.), Marcel van Meerhaeghe (ed.), Pieter Hennipman and H.W. Lambers. Decorations References External links Official Dr. J.E. (Koos) Andriessen Parlement & Politiek 1928 births 2019 deaths Businesspeople from Rotterdam Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Christian Historical Union politicians Commanders of the Order of Orange-Nassau Commanders of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Dutch business writers Dutch chief executives in the manufacturing industry Dutch corporate directors Dutch financial writers Dutch members of the Dutch Reformed Church Dutch nonprofit directors Dutch nonprofit executives Dutch lobbyists Dutch trade association executives Erasmus University Rotterdam alumni Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Grand Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Members of the Social and Economic Council Ministers of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands Ministers of Transport and Water Management of the Netherlands Politicians from Rotterdam People from Wassenaar Political economists Protestant Church Christians from the Netherlands Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni Academic staff of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 20th-century Dutch businesspeople 20th-century Dutch civil servants 20th-century Dutch economists 20th-century Dutch educators 20th-century Dutch male writers 20th-century Dutch politicians 21st-century Dutch businesspeople 21st-century Dutch economists 21st-century Dutch male writers

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George Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere

George Augustus Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere (12 October 1738 – 13 May 1814) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. Early years George Augustus Rochfort was born on 12 October 1738, son of Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere and Hon. Mary Molesworth. The Rochfort family, originally called De Rupe Forti, had settled in Ireland in 1243. Sir Maurice de Rochfort was Lord Justice of Ireland in 1302. Gerald Rochfort was summoned to Parliament as a baron in 1339. George's great-grandfather was the prominent lawyer Robert Rochfort, Attorney General of Ireland and Speaker of the House of Commons in 1695, and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1707. The family estate of Gaulstown lay on the shore of Lough Ennell in County Westmeath. George's father, Robert Rochfort, was a favourite courtier of King George II of Great Britain. He was made an Irish peer as Baron of Bellfield in 1737, and then Earl of Belvedere in 1756. He was estranged from his mother during his childhood, after his father locked her away after an alleged affair with George's uncle, Arthur. Politician From 1756 to 1774 George Rochfort was styled Viscount Belfield. He was Member of Parliament for Philipstown from 1758 to 1761, and Member of Parliament for Westmeath from 1761 to 1774. The 1761 Irish general election followed the death of George II. George Rochfort, the Right Honorable Lord Belfield, won the election. He was supported by The Honorable Captain Richard Rochfort, Esq. and opposed by Mr. George Rochfort and Gustavus Lambert. The election thus seems to have been very much a family affair. Mr. George Rochfort supported the "Patriots", who demanded that parliaments last only seven years before being dissolved, rather than for the lifetime of the king, as was the custom. In 1762 George Rochfort was Sheriff of County Westmeath, and from 1772 to 1814 Governor of County Westmeath. An anonymous writer named "Dymoke" published a Review of the House of Commons in the Freeman's Journal in 1774. The purpose was to "rouse the electors of Ireland to a due exertion of their lawful powers, and stimulate them to fix on proper men to maintain their rights and privileges in parliament." He noted that Belfield, who was muster-master-general of Ireland and a Governor of the County of Westmeath, had voted for the stamp act. Dykmore declared that "The present members [Lord Belfield; Anthony Malone] for the County of WESTMEATH will never represent it again if the Electors have either sense, honour, or remembrance". Irish peer On 13 November 1774 Rochfort succeeded to the titles of Baron Belfield, Viscount Belfield and Earl of Belvedere after his father's death. He released his mother. She was prematurely aged, spoke in little more than a whisper but in a harsh, agitated and uneven manner, and was dressed in the style of thirty years earlier. From 1775 to 1776 Rochfort was Grand Master of the Freemasons Grand Lodge of Ireland. On 20 August 1775 he married Dorothea Bloomfield, daughter of John Bloomfield and Jane Jocelyn. George Rochfort took his mother with him when he and his new wife visited the continent, but she found the travel too difficult. They left her to recuperate in a convent in France while they visited Italy for a few months, spending the winter in Florence. The next year the couple returned to London, where George's mother stayed with a friend in Kensington Palace for a year. She then returned to Ireland and lived first with George in Dublin and then with his sister, now Countess of Lanesborough, and her young family. She died a few years after her husband. Rochfort had Belvedere House built on Great Denmark Street, Dublin, at the great sum of £24,000. The site had been owned by Nicholas Archdall. The building had been started by the first Earl, with Robert West as the architect. Rochfort and his wife apparently did not plan to complete the work, and in 1777 offered it for sale. Later they decided to complete the house for their own use, and gave the job to Michael Stapleton. It was finally completed and occupied in 1786, and probably stood alone at first, since in 1787 Rochfort was recorded as living in North Great George's Street. George's mother is thought to have died there. During the struggle over the Acts of Union 1800, Rochfort's position on the union of the crowns of Britain and Ireland was uncertain. A letter of 25 January 1800 from Lord Altamont to the Earl of Lucan said "Ld Belvedere has touched Government cash & possibly may not exert all his influence to give value in return for it". Rochfort's first wife died on 6 April 1803, and on 10 November 1803, he married Jane Mackay, daughter of Reverend James Mackay. They had one son, who died in infancy. George Augustus Rochfort died in Great Denmark Street, Dublin on 13 May 1814 at the age of 75. He is buried in St Sinian, Clonfad Parish Church, of the Church of Ireland. His tomb is adorned with a full-scale neoclassical sculptural group by John Bacon the younger. It represents the earl on his death bed, with his young wife weeping at the end. He is supported by Faith and an angelic figure is beckoning him to heaven. Rochfort had no surviving children, and his three peerages became extinct. On his death, his sister Jane inherited the whole settled part of his great estate, since his brothers had died without children. He left his entire unsettled estate to his wife. This consisted of at least 2,500 Irish acres, bringing in a large income. The fortune was passed down to his wife's children by her second marriage to Abraham Boyd. The eldest son and heir was George Augustus Boyd-Rochfort, and he assumed the arms and surname of Rochfort. References Notes Citations Sources 1738 births 1814 deaths Earls in the Peerage of Ireland 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for King's County constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Westmeath constituencies Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 George

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Alfred F. Johnson

Alfred Forbes Johnson, MC (November 1884 – 27 March 1972) was an English academic librarian, bibliographer, curator, and expert in typography. He was Deputy Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum. He is author of many bibliographical reference works, and the standard Encyclopaedia of Typefaces. Biography Johnson was born in Nottingham in 1884, to John and Ellen Angeline Johnson, née Beilby. He was educated at Nottingham Grammar School and read Classics at the University of Manchester, where he took a first-class degree, played for the university football team, and met his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Jackson. He began working at the British Museum in 1906, joining the Department of Printed Books, which eventually became the British Library, where he was a pioneer in sixteenth-century French and Italian bibliography and printers' type faces. In World War I he joined the Artists Rifles and was commissioned from there as a lieutenant in the artillery. He saw action in France, where he was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. After the war he returned to the British Museum, where he became Deputy Keeper of Printed Books while producing many books and monographs on typographical subjects. In 1956 he was awarded the Bibliographical Society's gold medal for distinguished services to bibliography, and he was president of the society from 1956 to 1958. Johnson made a major contribution towards the dating and attribution of early printed books from their typography which led him to a wider interest in typefaces and design. This culminated in the publication of The Encyclopaedia of Typefaces, produced in collaboration with W Turner Berry and W P Jaspert in 1953. The Encyclopaedia has been through 11 editions and has become "the leading guide to typefaces". Bibliography Il Giorno 1. Il Mattino. Il Mezzogiorno. Giuseppe Parini, 1729–1799, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1921 Francisci Petrarchae Epistolae Selectae Edidit A F Johnson, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1923 The First Century of Printing at Basle, Ernest Benn, London,1926 The Italian Sixteenth Century, Ernest Benn, London, 1926 French Sixteenth Century Printing, Ernest Benn, London, 1928 One Hundred Title-Pages, 1500–1800, John Lane, London, 1928 German Renaissance Title-Borders, Oxford University Press (for the Bibliographical Society), Oxford, 1929 Decorative Initial Letters. Collected and arranged with an introduction, Cresset Press, London, 1931 A Catalogue of Engraved and Etched English Title-Pages Down to the Death of William Faithorne, 1691, Oxford University Press (for the Bibliographical Society), Oxford, 1934 Catalogue of Specimens of Printing Types by English and Scottish Printers and Founders, 1665–1830, with W Berry and S Morison, Oxford University Press, London, 1935 A Catalogue of Italian Engraved Title-Pages in the Sixteenth Century, Oxford University Press (for Bibliographical Society), Oxford, 1936 The Italic Types of Robert Granjon, Great Britain, 1941 A List of Type Specimens, with: Harry Carter, Ellic Howe, Stanley Morison, Graham Pollard, 1942 Luminario. Or, the Third Chapter of the Liber Elementorum Litterarum on the Construction of Roman Capitals, with S Morison, Verini, London, 1947 A Catalogue of Italian Writing-Books of the Sixteenth Century [With facsimiles], 1950 A History of the Old English Letter Foundries, Faber & Faber, London, 1952 Three Classics of Italian Calligraphy. An unabridged Reissue of the Writing Books of Arrighi, Tagliente and Palatino, Dover Publications, New York, 1953 Short-title Catalogue of Books Printed in Italy and of Italian Books Printed in Other Countries from 1465 to 1600 now in the British Museum, British Museum Department of Printed Books, London, 1958 Type Designs: Their History and Development, Grafton, 1959 Practical Cataloguing, Association of Assistant Librarians, London, 1962 Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in the German-Speaking Countries and German Books Printed in Other Countries from 1455 to 1600 now in the British Museum, British Museum Department of Printed Books, London, 1962 Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in the Netherlands and Belgium and of Dutch and Flemish Books Printed in Other Countries from 1470 to 1600 now in the British Museum, British Museum. Department of Printed Books, London, 1965 A Programmed Course in Cataloguing and Classification, Deutsch, London, 1968 References External links The British Museum The British Library The Bibliographical Society Bibliography 1884 births 1972 deaths People from Nottingham People educated at Nottingham High School Alumni of the University of Manchester Recipients of the Military Cross Academic librarians Artists' Rifles soldiers Military personnel from Nottingham British Army personnel of World War I Royal Field Artillery officers

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Josh Clarke (footballer, born 2004)

Josh Clarke (born 28 July 2004) is a professional footballer currently playing as a goalkeeper for Celtic. Born in England, he is a former youth international for Sweden and the Republic of Ireland, before opting to play for Northern Ireland in 2021. Early life Clarke was born in London to a Swedish mother, and would visit his maternal grandparents in Skåne County as a child. He attended the St John's School in Leatherhead. As well as playing football, Clarke was enrolled in the elite academy of professional rugby club Harlequins, and represented Surrey County in cricket. Club career Early career Having grown up living near Premier League side Chelsea's Cobham Training Centre, Clarke joined the academy of The Blues in 2011. During his time in the academy, he won a Goalkeeper of the Tournament award at the Kevin de Bruyne Cup in 2019, as Chelsea went on to win the youth competition. After leaving Chelsea ahead of the 2020–21 season, Clarke trained with Portuguese side Porto, and was reportedly scouted by Turkish side Beşiktaş. He had been in touch with Bournemouth since January 2020, and he joined the club following the expiration of his contract with Chelsea. In December of the same year, he played the first sixty minutes in a friendly against the under-18 side of Millwall, before being replaced by under-16 goalkeeper Ollie Camis. However, just fifteen minutes later, Bournemouth went down to ten men due to injuries, and Clarke was substituted back on to play as a makeshift striker - going on to score a stunning equaliser in the eventual 1–1 draw. He trained with the first team during his time at the club, and was the backup goalkeeper for an FA Cup fixture against Oldham Athletic in January 2021. Glenavon On 8 April 2022, Northern Irish club Glenavon announced the signing of Clarke. He had been brought in on a short-term, emergency deal, following the departure of Declan Brown and the suspension of James Taylor. He made his debut a day after signing, in a NIFL Premiership game against Ballymena United on 9 April, and after Glenavon defender Danny Wallace was sent off for a foul inside the penalty area, Clarke saved the resulting penalty from Leroy Millar as Glenavon went on to win 3–1. He went on to make five further appearances, including Glenavon's 2–0 away loss to Glentoran in the UEFA Europa Conference League play-offs, in which he made a number of saves, before his contract with the club expired. Clarke received the supporters' Player of the Month Award (April 2022). Celtic Following the expiration of his contract with Glenavon, Clarke moved to Scotland to join Celtic, signing a two-year deal in August 2022 and being assigned to the club's B Team. He notably saved four penalties in Celtic B's penalty shoot-out win against Rangers B in the final of the Glasgow Cup, garnering national coverage for his performance. Loan to Airdrieonians On 5 August 2023, Clarke was sent on a one-game emergency loan to Scottish Championship side Airdrieonians, following the absences of first-choice goalkeeper Josh Rae and player-goalkeeper coach David Hutton. He made his debut the same day, as Airdrieonians lost 2–1 to Dunfermline Athletic, before returning to Celtic. International career Clarke is eligible to represent England, Sweden, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland at international level. In 2019, he played for Sweden's under-16 team in two friendly matches against Norway and Finland. In late 2020, Clarke was called up for an England youth training camp at St George's Park. In March of the following year, he featured in a hybrid friendly for the England under-17 team, coming on as a first-half substitute for James Beadle in a 2–1 win over the under-23 side of Watford. In August 2021, he featured in a 2–0 friendly win over Hungary for the Republic of Ireland under-18 side. In September 2021, he was selected to represent Northern Ireland at under-19 level in two 1–0 friendly wins against the Faroe Islands. He received his second call-up for Northern Ireland in their 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification campaign, featuring in all three games as they failed to achieve qualification. He was called up again in March 2023, ahead of Northern Ireland's games in the elite round of 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification. In March 2022, Clarke was called up to the senior Northern Irish team for the first time at the age of seventeen, but remained on the bench as Northern Ireland beat Luxembourg 3–1 in a friendly. He was called up again in May of the same year, ahead of UEFA Nations League fixtures the following month against Greece, Cyprus and Kosovo, but again did not feature. Career statistics . Notes References External links 2004 births Living people Footballers from Greater London Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland Swedish men's footballers Republic of Ireland men's association footballers English men's footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Northern Ireland men's youth international footballers Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers NIFL Premiership players Lowland Football League players Scottish Professional Football League players Chelsea F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Glenavon F.C. players Celtic F.C. players Airdrieonians F.C. players People from Northern Ireland of Swedish descent Irish people of Swedish descent Swedish people of Northern Ireland descent Swedish people of Irish descent English people of Swedish descent English people of Northern Ireland descent English people of Irish descent

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Łysa Góra

Łysa Góra (Bald Mountain; also known as Łysiec or Święty Krzyż) is a well-known hill in Świętokrzyskie Mountains, Poland. With a height of 595 metres (1,952 ft), it is the second highest point in that range (after Łysica at 612 meters or 2,008 ft). On its slopes and atop its summit are several hiking trails, the ruins of a pagan wall from 9th century, the Benedictine monastery Święty Krzyż from the 11th century (destroyed during the Second World War, now partially restored), and a Święty Krzyż TV Tower. The mountain also features prominently in a local legend about witches' sabbaths. Location Łysa Góra, composed primarily of quartzite and Cambrian slates, lies in the eastern part of the Łysogóry range, and is the second largest peak of the larger Świętokrzyskie Mountains (after Łysica). A notable summit within the Świętokrzyski National Park, it is a vital point in many sightseeing trails of the region. The blue path to Pętkowice begins here, and the red path from Gołoszyce to Kuźniaki passes through here. Notable landmarks During the times of prehistory of Poland, Łysa Góra was likely a sacred mountain and a site of a pagan temple of three gods, mentioned in the Annals of Jan Długosz. There are remains of a quartzite U-shaped wall surrounding the higher part of the hill, with length of about 1.5 km and height of 2m from 8th-10th centuries. The temple was abandoned after the baptism of Poland. The legend about witches' sabbaths is likely related to the old cult. On the site of the pagan temple the Benedictine monastery of Holy Cross (Święty Krzyż) was founded (according to a legend, in 1006, by king of Poland, Bolesław I the Brave, but most sources give the 11th century). The monastery was named after a fragment from Christ' Cross which was supposedly enshrined there, and was a site of frequent pilgrimages. The monastery was destroyed and rebuilt several times throughout its history, with the most significant destruction taking place in the 19th and 20th centuries. After the Partitions of Poland, the Russian Empire took over the building in 1819 and converted it into a prison. It was partially restored during the interwar period after Poland regained independence. During World War II, the German occupiers murdered the abbot of the monastery during a massacre of Poles committed on 12 June 1940 in Kielce (see: Nazi persecution of the Catholic Church in Poland). and the monastery was taken over by the Nazi Germany and used as a prison and execution site of Soviet prisoners of war (about 6,000 perished here). After the war, the Polish communist government transferred the building to the Świętokrzyski National Park, which renovated parts of them. Currently the National Park has a museum in some of the former buildings, while a part has been taken over by another religious institute (Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate). Due to its cultural and historical importance, the abbey complex is listed as a Historic Monument of Poland. The abbey, although now past its Golden Age, has given its names to the Świętokrzyskie Mountains range as well as the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship itself. The abbey also holds some mummified bodies; one of them is rumored (but not confirmed) to belong to Prince Jeremi Wiśniowiecki. Another notable building found on the hill is the Święty Krzyż TV Tower; the tallest free-standing TV tower in Poland. Built in 1966, it is a 157 metre tall concrete tower. The Soviet prisoners executed by the Nazis are buried in a mass grave near the peak. At the bottom of the hill, there is a monument to Poles who died in the Katyn massacre. Gallery See also Brocken Lysa Hora References Łysa Góra, entry in PWN Encyklopedia Notes External links Święty Krzyż - Sanktuarium Relikwii Drzewa Krzyża Świętego Mountains of Poland Landforms of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

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Radical chic

Radical chic is the fashionable practice of upper-class people associating with politically radical people and causes. Coined in the 1970 article "Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny's" by journalist Tom Wolfe, the term has become widely used in languages such as American English, French, and Italian. Unlike dedicated activists, revolutionaries, or dissenters, those who engage in "radical chic" remain frivolous political agitators—ideologically invested in their cause of choice only so far as it advances their social standing. The concept has been described as "an exercise in double-tracking one's public image: on the one hand, defining oneself through committed allegiance to a radical cause, but on the other, vitally, demonstrating this allegiance because it is the fashionable, au courant way to be seen in moneyed, name-conscious Society." "Terrorist chic" is a modern expression with similar connotations. This derivative, however, de-emphasizes the class satire of Wolfe's original term, instead accentuating concerns over the semiotics of radicalism (such as the aestheticization of violence). Origin and meaning The phrase "radical chic" originated in a 1970 New York article by Tom Wolfe, titled "Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny's", which was later reprinted in his books Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers and The Purple Decades. In the essay, Wolfe used the term to satirize composer Leonard Bernstein and his friends for their absurdity in hosting a fundraising party for the Black Panthers—an organization whose members, activities, and goals were clearly incongruous with those of Bernstein's elite circle. Wolfe's concept of radical chic was intended to lampoon individuals (particularly social elites like the jet set) who endorsed leftist radicalism merely to affect worldliness, assuage white guilt, or garner prestige, rather than to affirm genuine political convictions. Background The concept of "fashionable" espousal of radical causes by members of wealthy society in this case had been argued against by Bernstein's wife, Felicia Montealegre, prior to the publication of "Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny's", a fact Wolfe details in it. The essay appeared in the June 8, 1970 issue of New York, 20 weeks after the actual fund raiser at the Bernstein residence was held on January 14. The first report of the event--which raised money in support of the Panther 21--appeared the following day in a piece by The New York Times style reporter Charlotte Curtis, who was in attendance. Curtis wrote in part: "Leonard Bernstein and a Black Panther leader argued the merits of the Black Panther party's philosophy before nearly 90 guests last night in the Bernsteins' elegant Park Avenue duplex." According to Wolfe, the release of the story worldwide was followed by strong criticism of the event: "The English, particularly, milked the story for all it was worth and seemed to derive one of the great cackles of the year from it." The negative reaction prompted publication of an op-ed in the Times on January 16 entitled "False Note on Black Panthers" that was severely critical of the Black Panther Party and Bernstein: Felicia Montealegre wrote and personally delivered a response to this op-ed to the Times offices. In her response she wrote: Related terms Terrorist chic (also known as "terror chic" or "militant chic") is a more recent and specific variation of the term. It refers to the appropriation of symbols, objects, and aesthetics related to radical militants, usually in the context of pop culture or fashion. When such imagery is deployed subversively, the process exemplifies aestheticization of propaganda. Regardless, because terrorist chic derives its iconography from groups and individuals often associated with violent conflict or terrorism, the term carries a greater pejorative tone than "radical chic." Instances of terrorist chic have variously been interpreted as morally irresponsible, earnestly counter-cultural, ironically hip, or benignly apolitical. According to Henry K. Miller of the New Statesman, the most well-known example is the ubiquitous appearance of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara in popular culture. Other cases that have been labeled terrorist chic include: the Prada-Meinhof fashion line (a pun on Prada and the Baader-Meinhof Gang) and the fashion of combining keffiyehs and military-style clothing such as camo prints and heavy boots, outside the Arab World. Shortly after the October 17, 1997 burial with military honors in Santa Clara, Cuba, of Guevara's disinterred and identified remains, found in the Bolivian jungle by forensic anthropologists, New York Times columnist Richard Bernstein argued that the third-world revolution that Che embodied was no longer even a "drawing-room, radical-chic hope". Concurrent with his re-burial, three major Guevara biographies were published in 1997. Noting the sustained interest in Che, Bernstein suggested that "the end of the cold war and the failure of the third-world revolution" allowed for the "scrutiny of Guevara, [as] a symbol of both the idealism and the moral blindness of the decade of protest" to take place in a context "free of ideological partisanship and rancor." Ted Balaker, editor-in-chief of Reason TV, an American libertarian website, wrote and produced Killer Chic in 2008, a libertarian, anti-Communist documentary, in which he deconstructed the use of images of Che Guevara and Mao Zedong in popular culture. In his blog entry on 11 December 2008, Reason journalist Nick Gillespie used the term "killer chic" in his review of Steven Soderbergh's film Che. See also References Further reading . . External links Lists of examples Darling, it's so radical chic Radical sheep The revolution will not be accessorised 'Radical Chic' Loses Luster by Joshua Goodman, Sun Journal, November 26, 2007 TERROr.chic – the artist Essays and editorials Come the revolution, we'll all be in combats Analysis: Radical Chic M.I.A. - Terrorist Chic Cultural trends Fashion aesthetics Mass media issues Neologisms Pejorative terms for women Political activism Political terminology Semiotics Social class subcultures Terrorism Tom Wolfe Upper class culture Political pejoratives for people

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William Elliott (American politician)

William Elliott (September 3, 1838 – December 7, 1907) was an American attorney and politician, serving as U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Biography Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, Elliott attended Beaufort College and Harvard University. He studied law at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, and was admitted to the bar in Charleston in 1861. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War he entered the Confederate States Army as a lieutenant. He served throughout the war, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. At the close of the war, he returned to Beaufort, where he developed a law practice. Elliott became involved in politics, serving as a member of the State house of representatives in 1866. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1876. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress. Elliott was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889) from South Carolina's 7th congressional district, but the election was contested by Thomas E. Miller. An African-American Republican candidate, Miller alleged electoral fraud, which was prevalent in these years as Democrats struggled to retain control of government. Elliott presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fifty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1889, until September 23, 1890. Congress determined fraud had taken place, and declared the election won by Thomas E. Miller, who took his seat in late 1890. Elliott was elected to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893). He was not a candidate in 1892. Due to redistricting by the state legislature, Elliott ran in 1894 from South Carolina's 1st congressional district, a black-majority district. He won, but the election was contested by the Republican candidate George W. Murray, an African-American attorney who alleged widespread cases of fraud in the precincts. Elliott presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1895, until June 4, 1896. Murray presented extensive documentation to Congress of his complaint, and it determined the contested election in Murray's favor; he was seated at the end of the first session. Over the objections of its black voters and politicians, in 1896 South Carolina ratified a new constitution that effectively disfranchised nearly all black citizens as voters. The Republican Party ceased to be competitive in the state. From 1890 to 1908 all states of the former Confederacy passed similar constitutions to disfranchise blacks and many poor whites; the Democrats ruled a one-party region and gained great power in the US Congress by controlling all the region's apportionment although many of its citizens had been excluded from politics. The one-party state was dominated for decades by Democrats, so the important contests took place in the primaries. Elliott was elected to the Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1902. He ran unsuccessfully that year to gain legislative election to the United States Senate. In 1906 Elliott was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt as commissioner of the United States to identify and mark the graves of Confederate dead in the North. He directed the operations of this group until his death in Beaufort, South Carolina, on December 7, 1907. He was interred in St. Helena Churchyard. Sources 1838 births 1907 deaths University of South Carolina Beaufort alumni Harvard University alumni University of Virginia School of Law alumni Confederate States Army officers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina 19th-century American politicians People from Beaufort, South Carolina People of South Carolina in the American Civil War

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Hannes Helmke

Hannes Helmke (born 10 May 1967 in Heidelberg) is a German sculptor creating bronze sculptures. Life After an education in wood sculpture, Helmke attended postgraduate studies in free art at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences in Alfter which he completed in the summer of 1998. Since then Helmke has lived and worked as a freelance sculptor in Cologne. He spends the summer months on the North Sea island of Spiekeroog. All designs are created on Spiekeroog and implemented in bronze in Cologne. Work Helmke's artistic theme is the individual and his position in the world. Helmke's original inspiration was the long-drawn evening shadows of the human form. In recent years, Helmke's figures have changed. At first the feet were very big and the limbs were extremely long. Later the bodies became more realistic. For Helmke feet and legs represent the physical human being, whilst the upper body parts stand for the intellectual part. The vivid ears symbolize a connection with the world, the perceiving, as well as the physical big hands. With the absence of faces Helmke's desire for the greatest possible association of the viewer becomes clear. Helmke's "De Utkieker" (height 3.50 m) has stood on a dune on the island of Spiekeroog since 2007, looking over the sea. It is a symbol for presenting the island as a natural jewel. Since 2013 visitors of the Maison des Arts in Lingolsheim in Alsace, France have been welcomed by the huge bronze sculpture "Le rêveur sur une grande chaise." Works in public space "De Utkieker" Spiekeroog, Germany, 2007 "Figur die auf Eimern balanciert" Wipperfürth, Germany, 2009 "Le rêveur sur une grande chaise" Maison des Arts in Lingolsheim, France, 2013 "Ein Dalbensitzer" Bingen am Rhein, Germany, 2015 "Balancier und Sitzender auf großem Stuhl" Spiekeroog, Germany, 2020 "Der Griff nach den Sternen" Birkenau, Germany, 2020 "Freunde / Artisten" Fürth, Germany, 2021 Exhibitions (selection) Art Karlsruhe, Germany · annually since 2005 Positions Berlin, Germany · annually since 2016 Art Fair Cologne, Germany · 2011 – 2016 Art Bodensee, Austria · 2003, 2006 and 2008 Sculpture Triennial Bingen · 2017 "Black & White" Galeria K, Spain · 2017 "Silhouette" Galleria H. 恆畫廊, Taiwan · 2015 "Sculptour 2011" Gallery Beukenhof, Belgium · 2011 Art Fair Tokyo, Japan · 2010 "Helmke" Gallery Jones, Canada · 2009 Fine Art Köln, Germany · 2007 "Skulpturen" Max Planck Society, Germany · 2005 "Menschenbilder" Forum Paul-Gerhardt-Church Cologne · 2002 "Neue Skulpturen" Galerie ON · 2000 "Kunstflut" Diploma Exhibition, Germany · 1998 Literature Hannes Helmke, Bronzen 2005 bis 2008 · Cologne 2009 (online: Hannes Helmke | Publications) Hannes Helmke, Bronzeplastiken · Cologne 2011 (online: Hannes Helmke | Publications) Hannes Helmke, Bronzeplastiken · Cologne 2012 (online: Hannes Helmke | Publications) Hannes Helmke, Bronzeplastiken · Cologne 2015 (online: Hannes Helmke | Publications) References External links Hannes Helmke | Official Website Hannes Helmke - Bronzeskulpturen für den Garten in der Kunsthandlung Osper in Köln (Gartenskulpturen, Außenskulpturen) - Osper Kunsthandlung BRONZE gestalten – Menschenbilder für die EwigkeitAusgabe 4/2012 http://www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/ratgeber/wunderschoen/sendungen/nordseeinseln110.html Living people 1967 births 21st-century German sculptors German male sculptors 20th-century German sculptors 20th-century German male artists Artists from Heidelberg

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List of GMA Network original drama series

This is the list of Philippine television drama series that originally aired or are set to air on GMA Network. Titles are sorted in the decade and the year of release, with the official international title included in parentheses. 1980s 1990s 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 {| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" ! style="width:60%;" | Title ! style="width:20%;" | Premiere ! style="width:20%;" | Finale |- | Wish I May | January 18, 2016 | May 20, 2016 |- | That's My Amboy | January 25, 2016 | April 29, 2016 |- | Hanggang Makita Kang Muli | March 7, 2016 | July 15, 2016 |- | The Millionaire's Wife | March 14, 2016 | June 24, 2016 |- | Poor Señorita | March 28, 2016 | July 15, 2016 |- | Naku, Boss Ko! | April 25, 2016 | May 5, 2016 |- | Once Again | May 2, 2016 | July 22, 2016 |- | Juan Happy Love Story | May 16, 2016 | September 2, 2016 |- | Magkaibang Mundo | May 23, 2016 | September 16, 2016 |- | Calle Siete | June 13, 2016 | October 21, 2016 |- | Sa Piling ni Nanay | June 27, 2016 | January 27, 2017 |- | Sinungaling Mong Puso | rowspan="2" | July 18, 2016 | October 28, 2016 |- | Encantadia| May 19, 2017 |- | Someone to Watch Over Me| September 5, 2016 | January 6, 2017 |- | Oh, My Mama!| rowspan="2" | September 19, 2016 | December 2, 2016 |- | Alyas Robin Hood | November 24, 2017 |- | Trops| October 24, 2016 | September 22, 2017 |- | Hahamakin ang Lahat | October 31, 2016 | February 17, 2017 |- | Ika-6 na Utos | December 5, 2016 | March 17, 2018 |} 2017 2018 2019 2020s 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Unaired Boys Over Flowers Captain Barbell Meets Darna Familia de Honor Haram L.U.V. Pow Mrs. Snow White Rosang Agimat Sanggang Dikit Sine Novela's Ang Pinakamagandang Hayop sa Balat ng Lupa Sine Novela's Bakit Kay Tagal ng Sandali? Sine Novela's Muling Buksan ang Puso'' See also List of Philippine drama series References GMA Network original drama series GMA Network Original drama series of GMA Network

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Jacques Glowinski

Jacques Glowinski (30 August 1936 – 5 November 2020) was a French pharmacist and biology researcher specializing in neurobiology and neuropharmacology for which he is considered one of the founding fathers in France. Glowinski was a professor at the Collège de France and was also its administrator. He was a member of the French Academy of sciences. Biography Glowinski was born in Paris. A student of Professor Denise Albe Fessard, Glowinski took his first steps in research in 1960 at the Marey Institute (Collège de France) and the Radioactive Isotopes Laboratory of the Pasteur Institute (Directors Gérard Milhaud and J.P Aubert). After synthesizing radioactive dopamine, he conducted the first studies on the cerebral metabolism of dopamine and norepinephrine, which were marked. From 1963 to 1966, he was invited to continue his work at the National Institute of Health (Bethesda, United States) as part of Julius Axelrod's team (Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1972) in the prestigious Clinical Sciences Laboratory directed by S. Kety, pioneer with L. Sokolof in brain circulation studies. During this internship, Jacques Glowinski also collaborated with L. Iversen and S. Snyder and published, among his hundreds of publications, about twenty articles on the brain metabolism of catecholamines and demonstrated in particular the mechanism of action of tricyclic antidepressants. On his return, Jacques Glowinski was appointed Inserm researcher. He created a small research group at the Collège de France in the Chair of Neurophysiology under Professor Alfred Fessard and quickly established a fruitful collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry. This group quickly became an Inserm Research Unit and has continued to develop, particularly after Jacques Glowinski's appointment as Chair of Neuropharmacology at the Collège de France (1981). This laboratory has trained a large number of researchers, many of whom have founded their own laboratories in France and abroad. Glowinski died from complications of COVID-19 in Paris, on 5 November 2020, at the age of 84. Scientific contribution Neurotransmission, neuropeptides (including tachykinins), metabolic and functional properties of monoaminergic and cholinergic regulatory systems, neural circuits of the basal ganglia, relationships between the prefrontal cortex and the basal ganglia, development of dopaminergic systems, properties of astrocytes and astrocyto-neuronal relationships, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, drug addiction, neurotoxicity, these were the main research areas of this laboratory, which has developed various research avenues. His interest in science policy, his organizational skills and his taste for architecture and urban planning have also led him to participate in other projects. Thus, shortly after his appointment as Vice-President of the Assembly of Professors of the Collège de France (1991), Jacques Glowinski was appointed by his colleagues to be responsible for the Institution's renovation project as part of the President of the Republic's Major Works, a task that continued during his tenure as Director (2000-2006) and which ended in 2013. After having been a member of the Campus Plan Commission (2008), Jacques Glowinski was appointed by Mrs Valérie Pécresse, Minister of Higher Education and Research, to carry out a scientific and urban planning coordination mission for the Plateau de Saclay campus plan (2009-2010). Distinctions Jacques Glowinski and his collaborators have been awarded several prizes: the Richard Lounsbery Prize for Biology and Medicine (1986), the Grand Prize of the Foundation for Medical Research (2002), the Inserm Honorary Prize (2005) and the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Life time Award (2008). Jacques Glowinski has been a member of several national commissions and the Inserm Governing Council (CODIS, 1982-1991), President of the Society of Neurosciences (1995-1999), co-founder and President of the Scientific Council of the Brain Research Federation (BRC) and, more recently, in charge of preparing a national plan for the brain and nervous system diseases (2007).    He became a full member of the French Academy of sciences in 1992.    2002: Grand Prize of the Foundation for Medical Research    2005: Inserm Honorary Prize    Appointed Doctor Honoris causa of HEC    Appointed member of the editorial committee of the magazine Le Grand Paris 2011    Appointed President of the Scientific Council of the Val de Seine School of Architecture ( 2011)    In 2016, Jacques Glowinski published a book on his career path, written with François Cardinali, "Le Cerveau Architecte", the Collège de France in the 21st century. Fondation Hugot du Collège de France, Collège de France and Éditions Michel de Maule    Commandeur of the Légion d'Honneur and Commandeur of the Ordre National du Mérite. References 1936 births 2020 deaths Academic staff of the Collège de France French pharmacists French pharmacologists Members of the French Academy of Sciences Richard-Lounsbery Award laureates Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in France

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Richardson Square Mall

Richardson Square Mall (1977-2006) was an enclosed single-level shopping center located in Richardson, Texas on Plano Road, stretching between the intersections of Belt Line Road and Spring Valley Road. The three adjacent corners of Belt Line and Plano Road were also occupied by shopping centers. The mall attached to an existing Sears, which served as an anchor store and remained in business after Richardson Square Mall was demolished in June 2007. Now located in its place is an outdoor retail center that goes by the name Richardson Square. History The 139,000 square foot Sears building opened on March 6, 1974, before the mall existed, and operated as a standalone store. Richardson Square Mall opened in 1977 along Plano Road with Sears being one of the four anchors in addition to Montgomery Ward, Dillard's, and Titche-Goettinger (which became Joske's in 1979). While the mall, Sears, and Montgomery Ward, were single-level, the other two anchor locations were each two stories. During its peak in the 1980s, the mall included the Richardson Square I-II-III movie theater (owned by General Cinema), a video game arcade across from it, two bookstores (Waldenbooks and B. Dalton), and two music stores (Musicland and Camelot Music). Food vendors were grouped in the entrance corridors at each end of the mall–by Sears (Hot Sam Pretzels, Bresler's Ice Cream, Karmelkorn) and Montgomery Ward (Chick-fil-A, Orange Julius). The mall was closed on Sundays until September 1, 1985, when the Texas blue law was repealed. In 1981, the much larger Collin Creek Mall opened in nearby Plano, but Richardson Square continued to be popular and fully occupied throughout the remainder of the 1980s. An L-shaped, free-standing strip of stores was built in 1984–85 on the outer corner of the property closest to Lloyd V. Berkner High School. In 1987, the Joske's chain was purchased by Dillard's, and the Joske's location in the mall became a second Dillard's. Dillard's maintained both two-level stores until it closed the latter in 1995. Decline Stores began rapidly closing in the early 1990s. By 1993, the property was at about 60% occupancy. A new tenant during this phase was French bakery Cafe Partier. In 1998, the mall was remodeled, with many new tenants and a food court added, as well as a Barnes & Noble bookstore which occupied the space of multiple stores. The entrance corridor near Sears, formerly occupied by a movie theater, arcade, and several food vendors, became a Stein Mart. Shortly thereafter Montgomery Ward filed for bankruptcy and closed its stores. The former Ward's pad was demolished and converted into a Super Target in 2002. Stein Mart, Oshman's, and several other small stores soon closed as well. The mall continued to operate until Garland's Firewheel Town Center opened in 2005. Dillard's, Old Navy, and Barnes & Noble all relocated to Firewheel. In 2006, it was announced that the mall would be demolished and Simon Properties would be renovating the site. Richardson Square Mall was demolished in mid 2007, except for Sears, which remained in operation as part of the subsequent Richardson Square retail center. Richardson Square The Richardson Square retail center includes Super Target with an internal Starbucks, Ross Dress for Less, Shoe Carnival, and a Lowe's home improvement store. Pad sites sites include Panda Express, Chick-fil-A, Whataburger, Sonic Drive-In, and Bank of America. On December 28, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 80 stores nationwide. The store closed on March 10, 2019. New additions to the current Richardson Square include El Pollo Loco, Chipotle Mexican Grill, and Jason's Deli. Additionally, there are two triplexes. One includes Spectrum, Blaze Pizza, and one unoccupied space. The other includes Starbucks, Jersey Mike's, and Aspen Dental. References External links Photos of Richardson Square Mall just prior to and during demolition. Demolished shopping malls in the United States Shopping malls established in 1977 Shopping malls in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex Richardson, Texas 1977 establishments in Texas 2007 disestablishments in Texas Buildings and structures demolished in 2007 Demolished buildings and structures in Texas

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BC Budivelnyk

BC Budivelnyk Kyiv (in Ukrainian: Будівельник Київ) is a Ukrainian professional basketball club based in Kyiv. The club plays in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. In June 2018, it was forced to withdraw from the Superleague due to open debts. Two years later, the club returned its activities. The club holds a record eleven Ukrainian championships and three Ukrainian Cups, as well as a Soviet championship (1989). Budivelnyk is owned and operated by the banking and investing company PrivatBank. History Founded in the club's current form in 1962, the club was one of the leading clubs in Soviet League basketball. It was formed out of another team from Kyiv, SKIF, that was originally established in 1945. The team was established as a team of the Republican Trade Union Volunteer Sport Society Avanhard, under sponsorship of the local municipal building company Kyivmiskbud-4 (Kyiv-City-Construction-4). In Soviet times, the team played at the 7,000 seat Kyiv Sports Palace. The team won the Soviet League in 1989, and the Ukrainian League six times. Following the team's long period of success, a period of time in which the team declined ensued, and it was relegated to the lower Ukrainian division, due to financial problems. However, in 2006, the team was rescued by a group of businessmen who invested considerable resources into it, thus allowing it to return to the top league of Ukrainian basketball. Within two years, the team once again became one of the strongest teams in Ukraine, finishing second in the Ukrainian National League. In March 2010, the management of Budivelnyk held a joint press conference with the CEO and President of Euroleague Basketball Company, Jordi Bertomeu, announcing that they might join the EuroLeague in the next few years. Eventually, a wildcard was conceded to the team for the 2013–14 EuroLeague season. On 21 June 2018, the FBU announced Budivelnyk was not allowed to participate in the Ukrainian Superleague due to debts with their players. In the 2020 offseason, the Budivelnyk club restarted its activities and signed up for the 2020–21 SuperLeague season. Its transfer ban by the FIBA, which was enforced in 2018, was lifted. Name The original team played under the name of SKIF, from 1945 to 1962. The current team plays under the current name since 1962. The team's name means "Builder" in Ukrainian. The team is nicknamed as, "Konstruktor" (Constructor) and "Stroitel" (Russian for "Builder"). Arena BC Budivelnyk played their home games at Kyiv Sport Palace. It was built in 1960 and it has capacity of 7,000 seats. Current players Current roster Honors Soviet Union League (1): Gold – 1989 Silver - 1965, 1966, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982 Bronze – 1962, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1983, 1984, 1990 Soviet Union Cup (0): Runner Up - 1969, 1972 Ukrainian SuperLeague (11): Gold - 1992 - 1997, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2023 Silver - 1998, 2010 Bronze - 1999 Ukrainian Cup (3): Winner – 2012, 2014, 2015 Season by season Notable players Notable players Volodymyr Tkachenko Oleksandr Bilostinny Sasha Volkov Anatoliy Polyvoda Serhiy Kovalenko Vitaly Potapenko Anatolij Kovtun Luis Flores Andrew Betts Tomas Delininkaitis Dainius Šalenga Darjuš Lavrinovič Suad Šehović Cat Barber Maceo Baston Malcolm Delaney Khalid El-Amin Archie Goodwin Brice Johnson Leo Lyons Jack McClinton Derrick Zimmerman Steve Burtt Jr. References External links Eurobasket.com BC Budivelnyk Page Basketball clubs in Kyiv Basketball teams in the Soviet Union Privat Group Avanhard (sports society) Basketball teams established in 1945 1945 establishments in Ukraine

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Black Lightning (2009 film)

Black Lightning (; translit. Chernaya Molniya) is a 2009 Russian superhero film directed by Alexandr Voitinsky and Dmitriy Kiselev, and produced by Timur Bekmambetov. Plot Dmitry "Dima" Maykov (Grigoriy Dobrygin) is a student at Moscow State University. For his birthday, his father (Sergei Garmash), gives him a black '66 Volga. In the glove compartment, Dima finds an old photo of three scientists and an old audio record, but he gives them no mind. Dima is in love with his classmate Nastya Svetlova (Yekaterina Vilkova). Dima believes that the only way to her heart lies through money and status, which in turn are only attainable through ambitiousness and egoism. This belief is strengthened when Dima sees the success of Nastya's friend, Max (Ivan Zhidkov), who also happens to have a Mercedes. Dima begins working as a flower delivery boy. During one of the runs, he gets into trouble with Kuptsov's men, and while being chased by them, accidentally engages the car's flight system. Losing control of the flying car, Dima crash lands into an abandoned building. With Max's help, Dima is able to play the record from the glove box which helps him track down two of the scientists in the photo, Pavel Perepelkin and Olga Romantseva, who turn out to be husband and wife. Dima, pretending to be a newspaper reporter, asks them about the car. The Volga is revealed to be a product of a Soviet black project, equipped with multiple rocket engines allowing supermaneuverable flight, as well as a device called "nano-catalyzer" which transmutes ordinary gasoline into high-yield nanofuel to power them. Romantsova gives Dima the car's manual, which the third scientist, Mikhail Yelizarov, wrote. At first, Dima enjoys the flights and makes decent money delivering flowers while avoiding the infamous Moscow traffic jams. But his egotism leads Dima to leave a stabbed man on the street instead of helping him, and that man later turns out to be his own father. The death of his father changes Dima's outlook on life. He decides to use his car to help people in need. He rapidly gains many fans among the city dwellers, and newspapers grant him the nickname "Black Lightning." Meanwhile, Kuptsov starts a hunt for the nano-catalyzer, which can produce fuel needed to power his tectonic drill concealed within one of the Moscow City skyscrapers. The drill will allow Kuptsov to reach a layer of diamonds located beneath the tectonic plate, but will likely destroy the city in the process. Kuptsov finds the scientists who worked on the flying Volga and forces them to build the same kind of flight system for his Mercedes, as well as outfit it with weaponry and armor shielding. Kuptsov lures Dima out by letting Perepelkin, one of the scientists, escape to the roof of the skyscraper. Kuptsov then ambushes "Black Lightning" with rocket fire from his Mercedes, stealing the nano-catalyzer and sending the Volga falling down, crashing into the ice and sinking to the bottom of the Moscow River. A call from his girlfriend, Nastya, that says that she really loves him, brings the hero back to his senses. Dima remembers the emergency backup tank with 30 minutes' worth of nanofuel, bursts out from under the ice, and rushes into Kuptsov's lair, freeing the scientists and recapturing the nano-catalyzer. He then flies to pick up Nastya, but Kuptsov beats him to her, taking her as a hostage and offering to trade her for the nano-catalyzer. Dima and Kuptsov confront each other over the Red Square. Dima flashes his headlights and honks the horn in a special signal that Nastya knows about. Nastya jumps out of Kuptsov's car and Dima grabs her in midair, safely landing her to the earth below. The final battle between the flying cars in the sky above Moscow ends with Dima luring Kuptsov's car to the outer reaches of the atmosphere, where the Mercedes runs out of nanofuel. Kuptsov floats in the Earth's orbit, left for dead. Dima and Nastya meet on the ground and celebrate the New Year together. Cast Grigoriy Dobrygin as Dimitri (Dima) Maykov/Black Lightning Ekaterina Vilkova as Nastya Svetlova Viktor Verzhbitsky as Prof. Viktor Kuptsov Sergei Garmash as Pavel Maykov (Dmitry's father) Yelena Valyushkina as Nastasia Maykova (Dmitry's mother) Ekaterina Starshova as Tanya Maykova (Dmitry's sister) Ivan Zhidkov as Maxim Igor Savochkin as Boria Ivanovich Valeri Zolotukhin as Pavel Perepelkin Yekaterina Vasilyeva as Olga Romantseva Juozas Budraitis as Mikhail Yelizarov Dato Bakhtadze as Bahram Makhamedovich Mikhail Yefremov as the Drunk guy Reception Black Lightning was met with mixed to slightly positive reviews in Russian media, according to review aggregator Kritikanstvo. Box office According to KinoPoisk, the movie grossed $19,680,848 in Russia to a total of $21,500,000 worldwide, against a budget of $8,000,000 and a marketing budget of $7,000,000. Facts about the car "Black Lightning" "played" 10 Volga GAZ-21 cars. Additionally, 100 computer prototypes were made. The number of "Black Lightning" "19-91 DEE" comes from the famous meme "Leprozoria" - DEE1991GR. In the course of the film, there are other references to "Leprozoria", for example, when the car flies into an abandoned building, it says on the wall: "Leprechaun" and "Hello Leprosy!" According to the film, the flying car "Black Lightning" weighs four tons, accelerates to 300 km/h and can hang in the air. Video game Based on the film, two video games were created. Black Lightning repeated the plot of the film, while Black Lightning: Nastya's Adventures was a spin-off about Nastya Svetlova. Remake On June 30, 2010, in Variety, it was reported that Timur Bekmambetov was conducting talks with Universal Pictures about setting up an English remake of this film. However, at the time of 2019, no new news about the remake had been received. References Интервью с Тимуром Бекмамбетовым для Интерфакса //interfax.ru Интервью с Александром Войтинским и Дмитрием Киселевым //Lenta.ru External links Films directed by Dmitriy Kiselev 2009 films 2000s superhero films 2009 science fiction action films Russian superhero films Russian science fiction action films American superhero films American science fiction action films GAZ Russian superheroes Universal Pictures films Focus Features films Films about automobiles Films set in Moscow Films set in 2009 Flying cars in fiction Bazelevs Company films 2000s Russian-language films Films directed by Aleksandr Voytinskiy 2000s American films

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Insaniyat (1994 film)

Insaniyat (English: Humanity) is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Ramanjit Juneja. The film features an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Sunny Deol, Jaya Prada, Raveena Tandon, Chunky Panday, Anupam Kher, Prem Chopra, Alok Nath, Vinod Mehra & Nutan (in her final film role). The film had started production in 1989 and was originally set for release in 1991. It was delayed and eventually released in 1994. Vinod Mehra and Nutan both died before the film's release. The film emerged as the 10th highest-grossing film of the year. Plot SSP Amar Nath Singh breaks in to the fortress of criminal Goga, bashes him up and arrests him. Incidentally Goga was the one responsible for Amar's separation from his parents Hardayal and Shanti Devi. He takes him to the police headquarters where he commits suicide. But he comes to know that Goga has a son Brijbhan who is now a high-profile criminal with whom several police officers and Indian army officers are working to spread terrorism in India. Also, Brijbhan has kept Amar's childhood sweetheart Shalu in his captivity as his mistress. To stop them, Amar decides to unite two warring gangsters Karim and Harihan who are constantly at loggerheads with each other due to their different religious backgrounds. Both of them regard Amar as their elder brother. They are also involved in their respective romances with Salma and Radha. A reporter gets hold of some evidence which proves the collusion of some army officers with Brijbhan. In response Brijbhan sends his goons to kill him. The murder is witnessed by Nandu. Incidentally, Nandu is the other son of Shanti Devi, Amar's long-lost mother. Unaware of this, Amar meets him at his house and manages to convince him to testify. He also avails the required police protection for Nandu. However, despite all this, Nandu is killed by Brijbhan's men on the way to court. Shanti Devi admonishes Amar for his failure to protect him. Angered by this and the constant taunts of the criminals, Amar shoots them dead in full public view. He surrenders and is put on trial. In court, he confesses his crime and is sentenced to death by hanging. This event manages to bring Karim and Hari together. They forget all their differences and resolve to continue the battle between patriots and terrorists. They get hold of corrupt police officer Lotaram who is on Brijbhan's payroll, and extract a lot of information regarding Brijbhan's plans to spread terrorism. Concurrently, Shanti Devi finds out that Amar is actually her long-lost son, and goes to meet him in prison. Also, at the same time, Shalu manages to escape Brijbhan's captivity. She meets Amar in jail, and the two long-lost lovers have an emotional reunion. However Brijbhan, in a disguise, manages to capture Shalu again. At the time when Amar was being taken to the gallows to be hanged, Shalu, having lost all hope of being with Amar, consumes poison. Having somehow anticipated this, Amar makes a dramatic escape from the gallows and goes into hiding. On the way, he runs into his little sister Munni, who, owing to the recent events, had lost her mental balance and had become insane. Karim and Hari invade Brijbhan's fortress and begin decimating it. Salma users herself as a bait to trap a high-ranking army officer, who is killed by Karim. The poison's effect begins to show as Shalu collapses while dancing for Brijbhan. Shanti Devi begins to madly beat a drum to satisfy Brijbhan. At the same time, Amar arrives with Munni, and a full-fledged fight ensues. Many of the terrorists are killed. Seeing this, an enraged Brijbhan fires at Shanti Devi, but Amar comes in between and is shot. Brijbhan kidnaps Munni and escapes. Amar givens chase, in the course of which he gets shot a few more times. He manages to catch up though, and rescues Munni. He brings Brijbhan back to his fortress and leaves him to be killed by Karim and Hari. Brijbhan meets his end at the hands of the duo. Amar collapses due to his wounds. Shanti Devi begs him not to die, as she had already lost a son once. He assures her that Karim and Hari will take care of her. Amar then moves towards a dying Shalu, and both the lovers breath their last in each other's arms, as the end credits roll. Cast Amitabh Bachchan as SSP Amar Nath Singh Sunny Deol as Karim Lala Jaya Prada as Shalu a.k.a. Champabai Raveena Tandon as Salma Chunky Panday as Hariharan Vinod Mehra as Nandu Nutan as Shanti Devi Anupam Kher as Brijbhan Sonam as Radha Prem Chopra as Police Inspector Lotaram Alok Nath as Hardayal (Amar's Father) Aftab Shivdasani as young Amar Shafi Inamdar as Police Commissioner Shafi Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Deshpande Pallavi Joshi as Munni (Nandu's/Amar's Sister) Goga Kapoor as Goga Rakesh Bedi as Dead Body Soundtrack The film score was composed by Louis Banks. Rajesh Roshan composed the songs for the album and a huge assembly of singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Sadhana Sargam, Mohammed Aziz, Shabbir Kumar, Anwar, Anuradha Paudwal, Sapna Mukherjee, Sudesh Bhosle, Vipin Sachdev, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Mangal Singh and Padmini Roy. Track listing References External links 1990s Hindi-language films 1994 films Films scored by Rajesh Roshan

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Luise Dornemann

Luise Dornemann (born Luise Fremy: 23 February 1901 - 17 January 1992) was a women's rights activist-politician and, in her later years, a writer. Life Luise Fremy was born in Aurich, a midsized town in East Frisia, in the northwestern corner of Germany. Her father was a legal official. She completed her schooling locally in 1917, but by 1920 had moved away to Aachen where, in 1920, she undertook a university entrance exam at the higher grammar school ("Oberlyzeum"), and where just a year later she emerged, qualified, from the city's teachers' training college. After a period of unpaid volunteer work as an assistant with the "Aachener Post" (newspaper) during 1921/22, she embarked on her teaching career in the Ruhr region. That lasted only till 1924, however, at which point she took charge of a Sex Advice Clinic in Düsseldorf, which she would continue to head up till 1933. The postwar decade was a time of social and political unrest underpinned by austerity and acute economic hardship. Luise Dornemann became increasingly radicalized, and in 1928 became a member of the Communist Party ("Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands" / KPD). Two years later, in 1930, she started to work at the national head office of the "National Association of proletarian free thinkers" (" Zentral-Verband der Proletarischen Freidenker Deutschlands"), an organisation for which her husband served in a leadership capacity as "secretary". In 1932 she was a co-founder, in Düsseldorf, of the "United Association for Proletarian Sexual Reform and Mothers' Protection" ("Einheitsverbandes für proletarische Sexualreform und Mutterschutz"). After several years of intensifying political polarisation, everything changed at the start of 1933 when the Nazis took power and lost no time in transforming Germany into a one-party dictatorship. Luise's husband, Hans Dornemann, was murdered in Düsseldorf by Nazi paramilitaries in March 1933. The Nazi government quickly put an end to the sexual reform movement which she had championed, with abortion laws becoming more restrictive than before. Fairly soon after her husband's murder Luise Dornemann moved to Berlin where she lived "underground" (i.e. failing to register her domicile with the town hall), supporting herself with sewing and household work. She was also undertaking "illegal political work", in contact with the resistance activist Rudolf Scheffel among others. During the middle 1930s the authorities became increasingly adept at locating political opponents. Those with a documented Communist past were at particular risk of arrest, detention, torture and worse. In 1936 Dornemann succeeded in leaving Berlin and finding her way to London. Relatively little is known of her activities during the decade that followed. She was a leading member of a refugee organisation founded in 1939, the "Free German League of Culture" ("Freier Deutscher Kulturbund"), associated with that organisation's "Social Advisory Centre". She later also served as political secretary to the British Council for German Democracy. She was able to return to Berlin only in 1947, settling in the eastern part of the city, which since May 1945 had been administered as part of the Soviet occupation zone. Very soon she joined the Socialist Unity Party ("Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands," / SED), which had been formed in April of the previous year through a contentious merger (for most purposes effective only in the Soviet zone) between the former communist party and the Social Democratic Party. The party merger had been intended to ensure that a right wing populist party would never again come to power because of divisions on the political left, but by the later 1940s the SED itself was well on the way to becoming the ruling party in a new kind of one-party dictatorship. Along with the SED she also joined the Democratic Women's League ("Demokratischer Frauenbund Deutschlands" / DFD), a state backed mass organisation which now provided a base for Luise Dornemann's political career progression. Between 1948 and 1951 she served in the secretariat of the national executive of the DFD, in a senior post which according to one source made her the organisation's de facto chief executive. She held specific responsibility for schools, the arts, training and education. Later she took responsibility within the DFD for international relations and became the DFD representative with the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF). Founded in 1945, the WIDF was originally headquartered in Paris, but it was increasingly seen as a Soviet front organisation: after it was expelled from Paris in 1951 it moved its headquarters to East Berlin. Dornemann retired from her positions with the DFD and the WIDF in 1953. She nevertheless remained a member of the DFD national executive till 1989. She was still only 52 when she withdrew from her high-profile political positions, and for the next ten years, till 1963, she worked at the Party Central Committee's Institute for Marxism–Leninism. In addition, between 1960 and 1962 she served on the politburo Women's Commission. After 1963 she supported herself as a fee-lance author. Her years at the institute were not unproductive. Dornemann's most notable works were two biographies, both of politically important women. Her biography of Jenny Marx was first published in 1953 and had reached its tenth edition by 1984. It was translated into the languages of all the principal socialist states. In addition, a Japanese language version appeared in 1956. Her biography of Clara Zetkin first appeared in 1957 and had reached nine editions by 1989. She was also involved in putting together various compilations. From an Anglo-American perspective her published contributions are "ideologically orthodox", which no doubt accounts for their commercial success before 1989. Personal Luise Fremy married Hans Dornemann (1898-1933) in 1923. Awards and honours 1956 Clara Zetkin Medal 1958 Medal for antifascist resistance ("Medaille für Kämpfer der Widerstandsbewegung 1933-1945") 1959 Patriotic Order of Merit in silver 1961 East German medal for merit ("Verdienstmedaille der DDR") 1968 DFD literature prize 1976 Patriotic Order of Merit in gold 1981 Patriotic Order of Merit gold clasp 1986 Order of Karl Marx References People from Aurich People from East Frisia German women's rights activists Communist Party of Germany politicians Emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom Socialist Unity Party of Germany politicians Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit 1901 births 1992 deaths 20th-century German women

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Iban Salvador

Iván Salvador Edú (born 11 December 1995), known in Spain as Iban Salvador and in Africa as Iban Edú, is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Polish I liga club Miedź Legnica, on loan from Primera Federación side AD Ceuta FC. Born and raised in Spain to a Spanish father and a Spanish-Equatoguinean mother, he caps for the Equatorial Guinea national team. Salvador began his career at Hospitalet, and after his first season was signed by Valencia. A full international for Equatorial Guinea since 2015, he was part of their squad which came fourth at that year's Africa Cup of Nations. Club career Born in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Salvador joined hometown club CE L'Hospitalet's youth setup in 2002, aged six. He made his senior debut on 27 October 2013, coming on as a second-half substitute for Enrique Carreño in a 3–2 home win against Villarreal CF B in the Segunda División B championship. Salvador scored his first goal on 10 November, netting the last in a 5–0 away routing over AE Prat. He finished the campaign with 26 appearances and five goals, as his side missed out on promotion in the play-offs. On 4 August 2014 Salvador joined Valencia CF, being assigned to the reserves also in the third level. On 20 July 2016, he signed a three-year contract with Segunda División side Real Valladolid, with Valencia retaining a buy-back clause. Salvador made his professional debut on 21 August 2016, starting in a 1–0 Segunda División home win against Real Oviedo. He scored his first goal in the category on 2 October, netting his team's second in a 2–3 away loss against Levante UD. On 25 January 2017, Salvador was loaned to fellow second-tier club UCAM Murcia CF until the end of the season. On 10 July 2018, after a six-month loan deal at Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, he moved to Celta de Vigo B in the third division after agreeing to a three-year contract. On 5 July 2019, Salvador signed a two-year deal with CF Fuenlabrada, newly promoted to the second division. After leaving Fuenlabrada in mid-2023, he signed with AD Ceuta FC on 10 July 2023. He failed to make an appearance however, and on 12 September that year Salvador moved abroad to join Polish I liga side Miedź Legnica on a one-year deal with an option for another season. International career Ibán's maternal grandfather was born in the then Spanish Guinea and arrived in Catalonia in the 1960s along with his Galician wife,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lesportiudecatalunya.cat/nel9/article/8-esports/51-futbol-internacional/813242-de-bellvitge-a-llnzalang.html|title=De Bellvitge a lnzalang'|trans-title=From Bellvitge to the 'Nzalang´|publisher=L'Esportiu|language=ca|date=16 January 2015|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> making him eligible to both Equatorial Guinea and Spain. On 7 January 2015, Ibán made his full international debut for Equatorial Guinea, starting in a 1–1 friendly draw against Cape Verde. A day later, he was included in Esteban Becker's 23-man list for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations held in the country, and made his debut in the competition on the 17th, starting in a 1–1 draw against Congo. Ibán scored his first goal for Equatorial Guinea in a 2–0 defeat of Gabon, which put the nation into the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations for the second time in its history, eventually finishing in fourth place. Career statistics International International goalsScore and Result shows Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first'' References External links 1995 births Living people 21st-century Catalan people 21st-century Equatoguinean people Citizens of Equatorial Guinea through descent Equatoguinean sportspeople of Spanish descent Equatoguinean people of Catalan descent People of Galician descent Equatoguinean men's footballers Men's association football forwards Spanish men's footballers Equatorial Guinea men's international footballers Footballers from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spanish sportspeople of Equatoguinean descent Spanish people of Galician descent Segunda División players Segunda División B players CE L'Hospitalet players Valencia CF Mestalla footballers Real Valladolid players UCAM Murcia CF players Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players RC Celta Fortuna players CF Fuenlabrada footballers AD Ceuta FC players Miedź Legnica players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Equatoguinean expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland

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SoftServe

SoftServe, Inc., founded in 1993 in Lviv, Ukraine, is a technology company specializing in consultancy services and software development. SoftServe provides services in the fields of big data, Internet of things, cloud computing, DevOps, e-commerce, computer security, experience design, and health care. With its United States headquarters in Austin, Texas and European headquarters in Lviv, Ukraine, the company employes more than 12,000 people in 58 offices in 14 countries. It is one of the largest employers for software developers in Eastern Europe, and the largest outsourcing and outstaffing IT company in Ukraine. History Early years SoftServe was founded in 1993 in Lviv, Ukraine. Started by two post-graduate students of Lviv Polytechnic, it began as a software development company with headquarters in Lviv. The company was initially supported by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Incubator Center and its first known client was General Electric. The company opened its first office in the United States in 2000. SoftServe was instrumental in building Microsoft Bird's Eye service in 2004. It used the same concept that was later used by Google for its Google Street View. For its work on the project, SoftServe was invited to speak at Microsoft's annual conference where it was used as an example of business applications that could be built by technology corporations. Expansion and educational initiatives In 2006, SoftServe founded SoftServe University. It became the company's corporate training program for improving developers and retraining specialists. Based in Ukraine, it also offers international IT Professional certificates to employees who complete the program. With the launch of SoftServe University, the company became the first to establish a corporate university in Ukraine. In 2008, SoftServe also founded Lviv Business School at Ukrainian Catholic University. Growth and acquisitions SoftServe opened its United States headquarters in Fort Myers, Florida in 2008 and began holding an annual conference. By 2012, SoftServe was one of the largest IT outsourcing companies in Ukraine with 2,189 employees, third only to EPAM Systems and Luxoft. In 2014 SoftServe moved its United States headquarters from Florida to One Congress Plaza, in Austin, Texas (The company had previously operated an office out of Austin since 2013 and officially moved its headquarters to One Congress Plaza in 2014.) The same year SoftServe opened offices in London, Amsterdam, Sofia, Wroclaw, and Stockholm. The same year its employee base climbed to 3,900 employees Also in 2014, the company acquired Amsterdam-based tech services firm Initium Consulting Group BV. (Founded in 2012 and served mainly healthcare and private equity industries.) SoftServe also acquired European IT company UGE UkrGermanEnterprise GmbH. In 2015 SoftServe opened a new European headquarters in Lviv, Ukraine. It also organized an event in San Francisco, California along with IT professionals from Ukraine and members of the Ukraine consulate to address concerns about the country's operations in light of the geo-political situation in Ukraine. The same year the company named Chris Baker as the new CEO, taking over the role from Co Founder Taras Kytsmey. In January 2017, SoftServe acquired Wroclaw-based Coders Center, for between $1.5 million and $3 million. Recent events In September 2020, the company was targeted by a ransomware attack, in response SoftServe shut down many of their internal systems to try and stop the spread of the virus. SoftServe says there is no evidence that the virus spread to customers' systems, and most of SoftServes internal systems were back online in a few hours to a few days. The hack resulted in bits of unfinished customer source code, and other information being shared on the internet. The individual who claims to be behind the hack, 'Freedomf0x', also published fragmented personal information of about 200 individuals, but whether this information is linked to SoftServe employees is unclear. The attack targeted the company by exploiting the Windows tool Rainmeter. In response to the breach SoftServe partnered with multiple cyber and data security firms, and instituted new security policies. Growth Around 2013 the company began large-scale growth. It opened new offices in the United States, Poland, London, Amsterdam, Sofia, and, Stockholm and began a still running (as of 2020) greater-than 20% per year growth streak. About the same time it reached $100 million in yearly revenue. In the following years SoftServe also purchased Initium Consulting Group BV and UGE UkrGermanEnterprise GmbH. Chris Baker was named the company's new CEO as growth continued as the company opened more offices in the United States and Europe. In In 2018 the company revenue was estimated to have surpassed the $250 million mark. By the end of 2020, despite the global pandemic, the company grew by at least 20%, reaching an estimated $450 million in revenue. The company is targeting a yearly revenue of $1 billion by 2025. Products, services and partnerships SoftServe is a software application development company as well as consulting firm. Its services include software optimization, software as a service, cloud computing, mobile, UI/UX, analytics, and security. It provides its services mainly in the healthcare, retail, and technology. One of the "SoftServe Business System" divisions also releases its own products, which are specially designed for Ukraine in order to find new technological solutions in IT. SoftServe has continuing partnerships with: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Salesforce, Apigee, and other organizations. Awards and recognition Since 2004, SoftServe has been a member of the Microsoft Partner Ecosystem and was a finalist for the global Microsoft Partner of the Year in both 2006 and 2007. The company was recognized for the same award in 2008 and 2009 in Eastern Europe. SoftServe has continued to receive recognition from Microsoft, including by Microsoft Ukraine in 2012 for Partner of the Year, for Innovation in Business Analytics. The company has won additional awards throughout the industries, including being named to the Global Outsourcing 100 list in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015. In 2010 SoftServe was named as Ukraine's Best Employer by Hewitt Associates and in 2011 named as Best Employer in Eastern Europe. In 2019, SoftServe ranked seventh out of more than 130 Western European companies in the Clutch software development category. See also Ciklum DataArt Eleks EPAM Infopulse Ukraine References External links Software companies of Ukraine Outsourcing companies Software companies established in 1993 Economy of Lviv Economy of Austin, Texas Companies based in Lviv

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Utica, Nebraska

Utica is a village in Seward County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 861 at the 2010 census. History Utica was established when the Burlington & Missouri Valley Railroad was extended to that point. It was named after Utica, New York. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 861 people, 336 households, and 233 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 364 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 98.0% White, 0.2% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 0.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.4% of the population. There were 336 households, of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.9% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.7% were non-families. 28.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.00. The median age in the village was 39.7 years. 27.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.2% were from 25 to 44; 25.7% were from 45 to 64; and 17.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 49.5% male and 50.5% female. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 844 people, 326 households, and 222 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 350 housing units at an average density of . The so-called racial makeup of the village is 99.29% White, 0.24% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.12% from other races, and 0.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.24% of the population. There were 326 households, out of which 35.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.6% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.6% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.07. In the village, the population was spread out, with 28.3% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.1 males. As of 2000 the median income for a household in the village was $40,139, and the median income for a family was $46,250. Males had a median income of $28,182 versus $19,605 for females. The per capita income for the village was $15,951. About 3.2% of families and 8.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.1% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over. Education Centennial Public School is the local K-12 school. Notable people Doug Bereuter - U.S. Representative from Nebraska F. F. Bosworth - Faith healer born on a nearby farm. Quentin Neujahr - Offensive lineman at Kansas State University and NFL player. Mysterious Walker - coach See also List of municipalities in Nebraska References External links Villages in Seward County, Nebraska Villages in Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska metropolitan area

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Mason City High School (Iowa)

Mason City High School is a public high school in the Mason City Community School District. It is within the city of Mason City, Iowa. It is located in Cerro Gordo County. The school colors are black and red. Until recently, the mascot was a Mohawk (Indian Tribe figure). The current mascot is Riverhawk. History Mason City High School was established in 1890. A new building was erected at 22 N. Georgia Ave. in 1917. The current high school building at 1700 4th St. SE was constructed in 1966 after the 1917 building became over crowded due to the rapidly growing student population during the 1946-1964 Baby Boom. Later, the 1917 building was renovated into a public services office building, and is called Mohawk Square. The current building shares its campus with John Adams Middle School (7-8 grade), which was built in the early 1960s as a junior high school. Demographics The demographic breakdown of the 1008 students enrolled in 2013-2014 was: Male - 49.6% Female - 50.4% Native American/Alaskan - 0.4% Asian/Pacific islanders - 1.4% Black - 3.6% Hispanic - 7.8% White - 84.5% Multiracial - 2.3% 40.4% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch. Athletics MCHS's programs include football, volleyball, cross country, football cheerleading, girls’ basketball, boys’ basketball, wrestling, dance team, basketball cheerleading, girls’ track, boys’ track, girls’ golf, boys’ golf, baseball, boys' tennis, girls' tennis, boys' swimming, girls' swimming, boys' hockey, girls' hockey, boys' soccer, girls' soccer, softball, and a recent addition of mountain biking. All which compete as the Mohawks. MCHS is a member of in the Central Iowa Metropolitan League's Iowa Division. The conference is made up of three six-team divisions. The other two divisions are called the Metro and the Central. With 810 students in four grades as of the 2018–2019 school year, MCHS is among the smaller schools in the league. In early 2020, there was some talk of switching to the seven-member Northeast Iowa Conference, where Mason City would be far and away the largest school. State championships Cheerleading (6-time State Campions - 1996, 1997, 2005, 2018, 2020, 2021) Dance (17-time State Champions - 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) Baseball (7-time State Champions - 1935, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1956, 1972 (Spring), 1972 (Summer)) Boys' Basketball (5-time State Champions - 1935, 1940, 1943, 1996, 1997) Girls' Basketball (2016 State Champions) Boys' Cross Country (2-time State Champions - 1972, 1973) Football (1978 State Champions) Boys' Swimming (3-time State Champions - 1975, 1979, 1991) Girls' Swimming (3-time State Champions - 1988, 1989, 2009) Boys' Track and Field (3-time State Champions - 1918, 1929, 1930) Volleyball (1973 State Champions) Wrestling (3-time State Champions - 1922, 1949, 1950) Notable alumni Robert Meredith Willson, American playwright, composer, and flutist Eddie Anderson, former NFL player and coach Jeff Horner, college and professional basketball player Joe Lillard, former NFL player Stephen H. Locher. lawyer Dean Oliver, college and professional basketball player Tom Randall, former NFL player Dennis Remmert, former NFL player Tanna Frederick, actress Chad Wicks, former WWE professional wrestler See also List of high schools in Iowa References External links School district website Public high schools in Iowa Schools in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa Buildings and structures in Mason City, Iowa Iowa High School Athletic Association 1890 establishments in Iowa

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Root, Switzerland

Root is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Geography Root has an area of . Of this area, 50.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 17% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 27.86% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 47.51% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.58% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 6.71% is covered with buildings, 4.97% is industrial, 0.81% is classed as special developments, 1.27% is parks or greenbelts and 2.89% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 3.7% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.69% is other unproductive land. Demographics Root has a population () of 5,125, of which 26.5% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 14.5%. Most of the population () speaks German (85.6%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 4.2%) and Albanian being third ( 3.8%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (33.5%), the FDP (14%) and the SPS (9.1%). The age distribution in Root is; 1,058 people or 25.1% of the population is 0–19 years old. 1,281 people or 30.4% are 20–39 years old, and 1,386 people or 32.9% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 355 people or 8.4% are 65–79 years old, 115 or 2.7% are 80–89 years old and 16 people or 0.4% of the population are 90+ years old. In Root about 66% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). there are 1,432 households, of which 427 households (or about 29.8%) contain only a single individual. 138 or about 9.6% are large households, with at least five members. there were 504 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 381 were built only as housing, and 123 were mixed use buildings. There were 211 single family homes, 34 double family homes, and 136 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (147) or three (150) story structures. There were only 3 single story buildings and 81 four or more story buildings. Root has an unemployment rate of 2.36%. , there were 91 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 31 businesses involved in this sector. 1250 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 66 businesses in this sector. 973 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 141 businesses in this sector. 53.8% of the population of the municipality were employed in some capacity. At the same time, females made up 41.6% of the workforce. the religious membership of Root was; 2,435 (67.2%) were Roman Catholic, and 335 (9.2%) were Protestant, with an additional 85 (2.34%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 450 individuals (12.41% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 22 (0.61%) individuals who belong to another religion, 190 (5.24%) who do not belong to any organized religion, 108 (2.98%) who did not answer the question. References Municipalities of the canton of Lucerne

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

Ekangi

Ekangi is a 2002 Indian Kannada-language film written, directed by and starring Ravichandran. He also wrote film's screenplay and composed the music. The film stars Ramya Krishna and Prakash Raj, with Vanitha Vasu, Sridhar, Ramesh Bhat and Sadhu Kokila in supporting roles. With the film, Ravichandran's reputation as an experimenter grew, having erected a house of 80 lakh exclusively for the film and spending heavily in filming song sequences, an unusual trend in Kannada cinema during the time. It was also the first in Kannada and second Indian film to employ SFX sound system. The film received warm reviews from film critics and won five awards at the 2001–02 Karnataka State Film Awards including the award for Second Best Film and Best Actor (Ravichandran). It was an ambitious project, but failed to succeed at the box-office, even though following the audience's hostile response after its theatrical release, almost 20 scenes were re-shot and re-edited before re-releasing it with censor acceptance. Ravichandran was said to have suffered a loss of 2 crore owing to the film's commercial failure. Plot Raja(V Ravichandran) leaves happy life with his father's principles. Once he visit bar and meets Shilpa (Ramya Krishna) and falls love with her. His life gets trouble when he invite her to his house. Cast Production For the film, a multi-storeyed glass house was built just for the film at a cost of 80 lakh by art director Ashok, it was an unusual experiment by the director and producer Ravichandran at the time, considering that a similar house was erected even for Ravichandran's previous film O Nanna Nalle. The set which consists of "huge hall, a bar, a table tennis room, two bedrooms and others" was built at Kanteerava Studios by 100 workers within 40 days. Close to 80% of the film's scenes were filmed in the house. EFX sound system was employed in the film for the first time in Kannada cinema and second overall. Soundtrack Ravichandran composed the film's background score, soundtracks and also wrote the lyrics for the tracks. The album consists of nine soundtracks. The album was released in late 2001, in Davangere, at an event. Critical reception The album was received well by critics upon release. But, for the lyrics, the album received appreciation. Amritamati S. of The Music Magazine reviewed the album and called it, "Symphonic grandeur on dumb lyrics". She added writing credits to the solo violin, guitar bits and the piano play among other highlights of the album. She concluded writing, "The quality of recording is excellent. Full marks to the string ensemble, and to the other instrumentalists. But you will be disappointed if you look for poetry, or even the street-smart variety of verse that Hamsalekha specialises in." Awards Karnataka State Film Awards 2001-02 Best Film - V. Ravichandran Best Actor – V. Ravichandran Best Music Director – V. Ravichandran Best Sound Recording – L. Sathish Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Rajesh Krishnan for "Nee Madid Thappa" Release Following the film's first theatrical release and a hostile response from the audience, close to 20 scenes of the film were re-shot and re-edit before giving it a re-release, a first of its kind in Kannada cinema. Sify wrote "The problem with Yekangi is its wafer thin storyline and the film turns out to be dragging". Impact Having suffered from huge losses after the film failed commercially, Ravichandran took the blame for the film's failure. In an interview with Deccan Herald in December 2004, speaking of the film's failure, he said "it shattered him mentally and physically." The failure of the film influenced him hugely and his style of filmmaking. References 2000s Kannada-language films 2000 films Films directed by Ravichandran (Kannada actor) Films scored by V. Ravichandran

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The Basin, Victoria

The Basin is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Knox local government area. The Basin recorded a population of 4,497 at the 2021 census. History Traditional custodians Prior to European settlement, The Basin and surrounding suburbs were often visited by the Bunurong and Yarra Yarra people—hunting in the summer months in the Dandenong Ranges and its foothills. The Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation are the acknowledged traditional custodians of the land on which The Basin and all of City of Knox is located (source: City of Knox publication). Origin of the name The Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller named the area The Basin about 1860 during a visit to the Dandenong Ranges because it is located in a "basin" surrounded by hills. (source: Knox Historical Society) "The Basin" is shown on an 1868 survey plan, when settlers had taken licences or made freehold purchases of the land. Early European settlers William Peverill Watson is recorded as being the first official occupier of land in the area now known as The Basin in 1867. David Dobson arrived in Melbourne in 1854 and settled at The Basin as early as 1870 on land that extended from what is now Wicks Reserve through to Pavitt Lane bordered by Sheffield Road, Mountain Highway and Liverpool Road. David Dobson was instrumental in the establishment of The Basin Primary School. The Dobson family still occupies 60 acres of that original land. Other significant early European settlers included the Chandler family. William Chandler was a market gardener who arrived in Victoria in 1854 and eventually settled in The Basin in 1873. He was the first in the area to crossbreed seeds and produce exceptional flowers and vegetables. William and Kate Chandler planted an acorn soon after they settled in The Basin—the English Oak still stands (source—historical marker). Two of William Chandler's sons established plant nurseries in the area and his grandson, Sir Gilbert Chandler was a horticulturalist and Fern Tree Gully Shire President (1938–39) who later went on to be a member of State Parliament. Notable settlers included J.J. Miller, book-maker and publisher of Miller's Racing Guide. In 1872, Miller acquired land at The Basin in 1872 and invested considerable time and money building up a stud farm for racing horses, at one stage owning over in The Basin. To encourage summer tourists to visit and see the stables, training facilities and horses, Miller ran a private coach service from Forest Road in The Basin to Bayswater Railway Station. He also helped publicise the district with a gigantic fireworks display each Christmas. Miller was prominent in local affairs and was the first President of the new Shire of Fern Tree Gully. In 1888, Miller was the first in the area to secure a wine licence at his home. Miller faced financial ruin in the 1890s when the sweepstakes were declared illegal and he had to give up his property at The Basin. The home remains as a significant local historical building. The Basin Post Office opened around 1902. Government Residents are represented in the Victorian Parliament (Legislative Assembly) by the member for the electorate of Bayswater and in the Federal Parliament (House of Representatives) by the member for the electorate of Aston. Media The Boronia and The Basin Community Newspaper (BBCN) is produced and distributed each month by local volunteers. It focuses on local stories and history, including feature articles on immigrants' stories and local businesses. Parks and gardens The Basin forms one of Melbourne's "green wedges" and is nestled into the forest covered foothills of Mount Dandenong and the Dandenong Ranges National Park, including Doongalla Forest. This was formerly part of the Doongalla Estate, purchased by Sir Matthew Davies in 1891. The residential development of the suburb includes bushy parks such as Wicks Reserve and some farmland. A significant natural resource is an operating farm that is owned and operated by the Salvation Army and includes a community church. The farm was purchased by the Salvation Army from David Dobson and others in 1897. In the same year a boys' home was established on the purchased land, in response to a government request for church groups to support boys who commit criminal offences. The home was originally named "The Eden". At its height, it provided for 110 boys (source: historical marker). The Salvation Army's site on Basin Olinda Road, The Basin is used for school camps, conferences and functions. Important buildings include the Progress Hall and Elderly Citizens Hall. Both are located within "The Basin Triangle", which also includes a Scouts hall, The Basin Fire Brigade (CFA) facility, a children's playground and open space. Transport Mountain Highway runs through The Basin to Sassafras. It is a challenging and popular cycling route for people in Melbourne. The Basin-Olinda Road is a mostly unsealed road that leads to the mountain town of Olinda. Bus route 755 runs from The Basin to local train stations at Bayswater, Boronia and Ferntree Gully. Education The suburb has three primary schools: The Basin Primary School. The original school building is used today to house the administration offices of the school. St Bernadette's Catholic Primary school. The school opened on Wednesday 2 February 1983. The land had been purchased many years earlier in anticipation of the need for a Catholic School. There are two pre-schools—The Basin Pre-school (Forest Road) and Goodwin Estate pre-school (Rome Beauty Avenue) Retail There are various shops and restaurants fronting two sides of The Basin Triangle, amidst a village atmosphere. Retail outlets include a gym, a licensed post office, two pubs, cafés, liquor store, greengrocer, jeweller, butcher, financial advisor, wine bar/restaurant, bookstore, dog training gear, nursery/gift shop, hairdressing salons, fish and chips and tattoo shop/gallery. Culture and community The Basin Theatre Group is a local amateur theatre group that has operated since the first gathering of friends by Edna Chandler in 1954. Early productions were first conducted in the Basin Progress Hall. In 1962 the group constructed an A-frame barn that became known as The Hut. Later in 1973, the group constructed a larger theatre on land donated by Edna and Fergus Chandler. The group conducts four productions per year that include a range of performances in all theatrical styles. The Basin Theatre Group's mission is to provide a variety of theatrical productions that are high quality and affordable, and at times, extraordinary and inspiring. Details of productions and booking information can be found on The Basin Theatre Website. Local groups include the Country Fire Authority and The 1st Basin Scout Group. The inaugural The Basin Music Festival was held in March 2005 and is held annually every March. Details of musicians and tickets can be found at The Basin Music Festival website. Places of Worship in The Basin include the Romanian Seventh-day Adventist Church, St Bernadette's Catholic Mass Centre (part of the primary school) and Vinayagar Hindu Temple. The Knox library has operated a mobile library service for The Basin since 1985. The mobile library stops outside the Basin Shops twice a week. Its collection includes a selection of audio, large print, children's and young adult books. Sport The town has two tennis clubs; Miller Park Tennis Club and Batterham Park Tennis Club, and Australian Rules football team, The Basin Bears, competing in the Eastern Football League. References External links History of the Basin—Updated Internet version of the book "The Basin 1868-1992: Fire on the Hill Flowers in the Valley" edited by Rick Coxhill. Australian Places—The Basin Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of the City of Knox

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Robert Cervero

Robert Cervero is an author, consultant, and educator in sustainable transportation policy and planning. During his years as a faculty member in city and regional planning at the University of California, Berkeley, he gained recognition for his work in the sphere of urban transportation and land-use planning. His research has spanned the topics of induced demand, transit-oriented development (TOD), transit villages, paratransit, car sharing, and suburban growth. Academic and professional life Currently professor emeritus of City and Regional Planning, Cervero twice chaired Berkeley's urban planning department and also served as director of two research units: the University of California Transportation Center (UCTC, 2009-2017) and the Institute of Urban and Regional Development (IURD, 2009-2014). He held Berkeley planning department's first distinguished chair appointment, the Carmel P. Friesen Chair in Urban Studies from 2011 to 2016. Among his books are Beyond Mobility (2017), Transforming Cities with Transit (2013), Informal Transport in the Developing World (2001), The Transit Metropolis (1998), Transit Villages in the 21st Century (1997), Paratransit in America (1997), America's Suburban Centers (1989) and Suburban Gridlock (1986). His research earned him the first-ever Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban Planning Research and the Hsue-shen Tsien Gold Medal award for the translated version of The Transit Metropolis. In 2013, UMB's Future Cities ranked him among the top 100 City Innovators Worldwide. Cervero twice received the Article of the Year Award from the Journal of the American Planning Association . The work of Robert Cervero and others researching the link between transportation and urban form has not been without controversy. Most contentious has been the debate over whether built environments meaningfully influence travel behavior. Findings from a study led by Cervero on the influence of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system on the San Francisco Bay Area's urban development patterns were challenged on the grounds that BART provided few accessibility gains and built environments are largely unmalleable. Charging motorists more to reflect the environmental and congestion costs they imposed, it was countered, would significantly increase the land-use impacts of metro-rail investments like BART. Cervero has been credited with "pioneering the use of the now-ubiquitous 'D' variables—density, diversity, and design—in explaining travel behavior." Research showing compact, mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly developments — e.g., neo-traditional and transit-oriented communities — are associated with automobile travel has been tempered by studies showing this is partly explained by self-selection (i.e., the predisposition of some residents moving into walkable, transit-oriented neighborhoods to drive less for lifestyle reasons). Disagreement exists over the relative importance of self-selection vis-à-vis built environments in explaining travel behavior. Methodological challenges in linking compact development to driving has further muddied the waters. Transit-oriented development is yet another domain where scholars disagree about its transportation impacts. A 2016 issue of Planning magazine referred to Robert Cervero as "the world's top expert on transit-oriented development". Research by him and others has linked TOD to reduced car ownership and usage, and correspondingly high ridership levels among those living and working near transit. Paul Mees, among others, has argued that the quality of transit services is more important in drawing people out of cars and into trains and buses than the location or density of development. Such debates aside, others point to other reasons for advancing TOD including increasing housing choices, physical activity, and social interaction. While UC Berkeley was home for much of his academic life, Cervero has had visiting academic and research appointments at a number of other universities and institutions, including: University of Cambridge (Churchill College, Overseas Fellow); Nanyang Technological University (SMRT Visiting Professor); NYU-Abu Dhabi (Visiting Professor); University College London (Visiting Professor); University of Pennsylvania (Faculty Fellow); King Saud University (Academic Expert); Tongji University; University of Melbourne; Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro; Institute of Technology Bandung; Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements; Harvard Institute for International Development; Dortmund University; and Urban Land Institute (Fellow). He has also chaired the International Association of Urban Environments, served on the Advisory Board of the World Economic Forum's Future of Urban Development and was a contributing author to the IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change) Fifth Assessment (2014) and UN-Habitat's Global Report on Sustainable Urban Mobility (2013). Personal life Cervero is married to Sophia Cervero and they have three children: Kristen, Christopher, and Alexandria. A guitarist and mellotronist, Cervero has chronicled the music of the prog-rock band King Crimson as a collector of rare live recordings, anniversary parties, and listening parties of unreleased music (posted on Elephant Talk), and a tribute to mellotrons. In the early 2000s, Cervero got involved with the Active Living movement, serving as chair of the National Advisory Committee of the Active Living Research (ALR) program for more than decade. This affiliation with active-living research prompted him to become more physically active himself. In his fifties to mid-sixties, he averaged a marathon or ultramarathon a month, run mostly on trails. Running and active living extended into his transportation research as well, including involvement in several National Academy projects and research on "Running to Work". Books Beyond Mobility: Planning Cities for People and Places. Washington, D.C., Island Press, 2017; with E. Guerra and S. Als. Suburban Gridlock II. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 2013 (re-release with a new introduction) Transforming Cities with Transit. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2013; with H. Suzuki and K. Iuchi; http://www.scribd.com/doc/119380943/Transforming-Cities-with-Transit Developing Around Transit: Strategies and Solutions That Work. Washington, D.C.: Urban Land Institute, 2004; with R. Dunphy, F. Dock, M. McAvery, D. Porter, and C. Swenson. Informal Transport in the Developing World, Nairobi, Kenya: UN Habitat, 2000. The Transit Metropolis: A Global Inquiry, Washington, DC: Island Press, 1998; translated into Chinese, China Architecture and Building Press, 2007. Paratransit in America: Redefining Mass Transportation. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997. Transit Villages in the 21st Century. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997; with M. Bernick. America's Suburban Centers: The Land Use-Transportation Link. Boston: Unwin-Hyman, 1989. Suburban Gridlock. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University Press, 1986. References External links Faculty web page Personal web page Living people 1951 births Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change contributing authors UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design faculty American urban planners

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German Progress Party

The German Progress Party (, DFP) was the first modern political party in Germany, founded by liberal members of the Prussian House of Representatives () in 1861 in opposition to Minister President Otto von Bismarck. History Upon the failed Revolutions of 1848, several deputies in the Landtag diet of Prussia maintained the idea of constitutionalism as it had been developed in the Vormärz era. In the 1850s, these Old Liberals gathered in a parliamentary group around Georg von Vincke, an originally conservative Prussian official and landowner (Junker). Vincke, former member of the Frankfurt Parliament, a polished orator and firebrand, had fallen out with Prime Minister Otto Theodor von Manteuffel over his reactionary policies and in 1852 even fought a duel with Bismarck after a heated verbal exchange in parliament (both men missed). When under the regency of William I of Prussia from 1858 the Prussian policies of the new era turned towards a more centrist stance, a left-wing group under Max von Forckenbeck seceded and allied with members of the German National Association to form the German Progress Party. The founders were Rudolf Virchow, Theodor Mommsen, Werner von Siemens, Benedict Waldeck, Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, Hans Victor von Unruh, Wilhelm Loewe and Johann Jacoby. In its program, the party responded to the German Question by the postulation of the unification of the German states with the central power in Prussia (Kleindeutsche Lösung). It demanded representative democracy—though not universal suffrage in view of the Prussian three-class franchise system—implementation of the rule of law and larger responsibility for the local government. Before the rise of the Social Democrats, it was the main left-wing party in Germany and it was also the first German party with its candidates and deputies acting on a common party platform. Supported by the rising bourgeois middle class, the Progressives had the largest group in the Prussian Lower House between 1861 and 1865. In 1862, their refusal to furthermore pass the government budget for a re-organisation of the Prussian Army instigated by War Minister Albrecht von Roon led to the resignation of the centrist Prime Minister Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern. On the verge of his abdication, King William was persuaded by Roon to appoint the young conservative Otto von Bismarck Prussian Minister President. Bismarck ignored the parliament's blockade by proclaiming his Lückentheorie ("gap theory"), whereafter in a deadlock situation between the king and the assembly, for want of provision by the Prussian Constitution, the decision of the monarch had to tip the balance. Bismarck was able to keep the public indignation covered, accompanied by his famous "Blood and Iron" speech in the Prussian Abgeordnetenhaus. He continued to rule against the parliamentary majority while the parliament members of the Progressive Party found themselves unable to overthrow his government. Upon the Prussian victory at the Battle of Königgrätz ending the Austro-Prussian War in 1866, Bismarck initiated a law confirming the parliament's power of the purse, but also granting an amnesty for the arbitrary conduct of his government. Meant as an attempt for reconciliation, a vast majority of the parliament approved it, but the liberals were at strife among themselves and the Progressive Party finally split apart—the right-wing which supported Bismarck's policy seceded to form the National Liberal Party in 1867 while a democratic-republican wing in Southern Germany seceded to form German People's Party in 1868. The remaining Progressive parliament members under Benedict Waldeck principally supported Bismarck's formation of the North German Confederation, directed at the establishment of a Prussian-led German nation state, though they rejected the Imperial Constitution of 1871 as undemocratic. In the first federal election of 1871, the party gained 8.8% of the votes cast and 46 seats in the Reichstag parliament, largely outnumbered by its National Liberal rivals. Later on, the Progressives approached towards the policy of the new Chancellor. To characterize Bismarck's politics toward the Catholic Church, the pathologist and parliament member Rudolf Virchow used the term Kulturkampf the first time on 17 January 1873 in the Prussian House of Representatives. In the later years of Bismarck's incumbency, the Progressives again kept their distance to his government. Under the new board of Eugen Richter, Ludwig Loewe, Albert Hänel and Albert Traeger, the party developed to a pan-German liberal democratic party, rejecting Bismarck's Anti-Socialist Laws as well as his free trade restrictions. In the federal election of 1881, the Progress Party reached its best results ever with 12.7% of the votes cast and 56 seats in the Reichstag, becoming the second strongest faction after the Catholic Centre Party. To unite the left-wing liberal forces, the party finally merged on 5 March 1884 with the Liberal Union (a split-off of the National Liberals) into the German Free-minded Party. See also Contributions to liberal theory Liberal democracy Liberalism Liberalism in Germany Liberalism worldwide List of liberal parties References Liberal parties in Germany Germany 1861 Defunct political parties in Germany Political parties established in 1861 Political parties disestablished in 1884 Political parties of the German Empire 1861 establishments in Prussia Otto von Bismarck Radical parties

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Frederick II, Elector Palatine

Frederick II, Count Palatine of the Rhine (9 December 1482 – 26 February 1556), also Frederick the Wise, a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was Prince-elector of the Palatinate from 1544 to 1556, and pretender to the Norwegian Throne from 1535 to 1556. The Kurfürst-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Heidelberg is named after him. Early life Frederick was born at Winzingen Castle near Neustadt an der Weinstraße as the fourth son of Philip, Elector Palatine and his wife, Margarete of Bavaria-Landshut. He was the Duke Count Palatine and served as counselor and general for Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, commanding expeditions against the Turks in 1529 and 1532, and assisting the Emperor at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530. In 1535, he married in Heidelberg to Dorothea of Denmark. In 1517, he had declared his love suit to the Habsburg Princess Eleanor of Austria, but this was discovered by her brother Charles V, then duke of Burgundy and king of Spain, resulting in Count Frederick being temporarily banished from court until he returned after announcing to Charles his Imperial election in 1519. He was custodian of the young dukes of Palatinate-Neuburg Otto Henry and Philip and then served as general for the Habsburg Ferdinand I. Pretender to the Norwegian throne Frederick was for a time involved in coup plans in Denmark-Norway. His wife Dorothea was eldest daughter of Christian II of Denmark, the former King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden who was deposed after a Danish noble rebellion in 1523. The exiled Christian II was contacted by Olav Engelbrektsson, Catholic Archbishop of Norway and head of the Council of the Realm, in 1529, about retaking the throne of Norway from the Protestant friendly King Frederick I. Christian II was a Protestant, but was also the brother-in-law of Emperor Charles V and therefore vowed to help the Catholic cause in Norway. Christian II tried to retake Norway in 1531, but he was defeated in 1532. He was then imprisoned and was kept a prisoner for the next 27 years in Denmark. After Frederick's marriage to Dorothea in 1535, Frederick soon sent a letter to Olav Engelbrektsson (via emissaries in Brussels) telling him that he would claim the throne and he also promised military support from himself and Charles V. In the winter of 1536, Olav Engelbrektsson sent squads of supporters to villages in Eastern Norway; among other things the squads read the letter out to people, signalling that a new ruler could be on his way. However, few peasants joined the would-be rebellion, but other sources say that many farmers and bourgeoisie in Eastern Norway rose up in rebellion for the Archbishop, but it soon failed as no actual support from Frederick or Charles came. In the winter of 1537, then, Frederick did send two ships from the Habsburg Netherlands. However, this was to no avail as the King of Denmark mounted a naval offensive to secure Norway around the same time. Olav Engelbrektsson fled the country in April, bishops Hoskuld Hoskuldsson and Mogens Lauritssøn were arrested, in June, other supporters were punished and the Catholic Church in Norway and the Council of the Realm were abolished. Frederick and his wife Dorothea never gave up on his claim to the throne of Norway (and also Denmark), and worked actively to have the Emperor Charles V to support it. In 1539, they visited the Emperor in Spain to press the matter, but without success. In 1544, Frederick became Elector Palatine. The Emperor officially acknowledged Christian III as king of Denmark and Norway the same year, in the Treaty of Speyer, but Frederick continued to press his claim until his death. Prince-elector of the Electoral Palatinate In March 1544, Frederick succeeded his brother Louis V as Prince-elector of the Palatinate. At Christmas of 1546 Frederick and his wife Dorothea took communion in the Protestant way in Heidelberg, which provoked Emperor Charles V displeasure. For a while, Frederick took the side of the Protestant opposition. However, he soon rejoined the Emperor's Catholic cause. After this, Frederick prevented the introduction of Protestant Reformation in the Palatinate. Frederick II died in February 1556 in Alzey, he was succeeded by his former ward Otto Henry. Ancestors References External links Wittelsbach, Frederick II, Count Palatine of the Rhine Wittelsbach, Frederick II, Count Palatine of the Rhine House of Wittelsbach Prince-electors of the Palatinate Pretenders to the Norwegian throne People from Neustadt an der Weinstraße Burials at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg

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Unleashed (Skillet album)

Unleashed is the ninth studio album by American Christian rock band Skillet, released on August 5, 2016. The album was announced on May 20, 2016, and a lyric video was released for the track "Feel Invincible" at the same time on the band's YouTube channel. Six days later, the band released a lyric video for the track "Stars" on their YouTube channel. The album was certified gold on December 4, 2018, selling 500,000 copies. Recording On February 16, 2015, Skillet announced they were writing material for a new album with recording to begin in June with a potential release in the late half of 2015 or early 2016, however it got pushed back to a later-2016 release date on August 5, 2016. The band worked with Brian Howes, who previously produced their 2006 album, Comatose, along with producers Kevin Churko, Neal Avron and Seth Mosley. Cooper stated he felt "'really inspired'" before going into the studio to record the music. Even though he said "'the songs are very aggressive, very in-your-face'", he said the new material is genuine to the Skillet sound they have crafted. On April 8, Skillet released a preview of a new song, later revealed to be called "Out of Hell", on their social media pages. On May 20, 2016, the album's title, Unleashed, was announced and is to be released on August 5, 2016, on Atlantic Records. A lyric video, "Feel Invincible", was also made available. On May 26, the lyric video and digital single "Stars" was released, along with a preview for another song titled "Back from the Dead". On July 8, the full version of "Back from the Dead" was made available for purchase online, followed by "I Want to Live" on July 29. Music and lyrics John Cooper noted that Unleashed is made up of songs ranging from metal to pop. Cooper also mentioned that he wanted the songs from Unleashed to be connected both in their lyrics and music. Singles The music video for Skillet's first single, "Feel Invincible", was released on June 29, 2016. The single charted at No. 3 on the US Christian Rock charts and No. 17 at the US Rock charts. WWE announced on July 7 that it had chosen "Feel Invincible" as an official theme for the 2016 Battleground pay-per-view event. The song has also been chosen as the theme for TBS' ELeague, an eight-week live video-gaming competition that will be broadcast in more than 80 countries. John Cooper says the track "represents the album in one facet really well: [Unleashed] is full of crowd-chanting anthems. The album is very exciting to listen to. Driving beats and melodic choruses, whether it's hard rock or leaning toward pop." He also notes that Unleashed is "quite diverse—there are more extreme songs on both sides of the spectrum, meaning harder rock and even metal, but also pop and atmospheric tunes/sounds." Awards and accolades On August 9, 2017, it was announced that Unleashed would be nominated for a GMA Dove Award in the Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year category at the 48th Annual GMA Dove Awards. In 2018, the album was certified gold in the United States. Track listing The track listing for Unleashed was released along with the album announcement. Personnel Skillet John Cooper – vocals, bass guitar Korey Cooper – keyboards (1, 2, 4, 10, 11, 12), programming (1, 2, 4, 9–12), guitars, additional keyboards (3, 5–8), string arrangements (4) Seth Morrison – guitars Jen Ledger – drums, vocals Additional musicians Seth Mosley – keyboards (1, 3, 6, 7, 12), programming (1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 12), additional guitars (3, 6, 7) Jason Van Poederooyen – keyboards (1, 10, 12), programming (1, 2, 9, 10, 12), additional keyboards (2), additional programming (4, 11) Kevin Churko – keyboards (5, 8), programming (5, 8), backing vocals (5), additional backing vocals (8) Brian Howes – additional guitars (1, 4, 9–12), backing vocals (1, 4, 6, 9–12) Mike "X" O'Connor – additional guitars (3, 7) Kane Churko – additional guitars (5, 8), backing vocals (5), additional backing vocals (8) Shawn McGee – additional guitars (5, 8) Dave Eggar – cello (4), string session leader (4), additional string arrangements (4) Antoine Silverman – violin (4) Chuck Palmer – additional arrangements (4) Jericho Scroggins – additional backing vocals (7) Asa Wiggins – additional backing vocals (7) Lacey Sturm – vocals on "Breaking Free" Production Zachary Kelm – executive producer, management Brian Howes – producer (1, 2, 4, 9–12) Seth Mosley – producer (1, 3, 6, 7) Mike "X" O'Connor – producer (3, 6, 7), engineer (3, 6, 7) Kevin Churko – producer (5, 8), recording (5, 8), mixing (5, 8) Kane Churko – co-producer (5, 8), additional engineer (5, 8) Jason Van Poederooyen – engineer (1, 2, 4, 9–12), editing (1, 2, 4, 9–12) Jericho Scroggins – engineer (3, 6, 7), production assistant (3, 6, 7) Johnny "Too" Nice – recording (4), editing (4) Neal Avron – mixing (1-4, 6, 7, 9–12) Scott Skrzynski – mix assistant (1-4, 6, 7, 9–12) Misha Rajartnam – editing (1, 2, 4, 9–12) Michael Sanders – editing (3, 7) Shawn McGee – additional editing (5, 8) Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) Khloe Churko – studio manager (5, 8) Andy Kemp – A&R Anne Declemente – A&R Artist Haven, LLC – A&R Rob Gold – art direction Mark Obriski – art direction, design Alex Kirzhner – layout Joseph Cultice – photography Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications References Skillet (band) albums 2016 albums

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2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in Nanning, China at the Guangxi Gymnasium from 3–12 October 2014. The competition was the fourth time a World Artistic Gymnastics Championships has been held in the continent of Asia. Competition schedule All times are CST (UTC+8). Venues Main Arena The main arena where the competition was held was the Guangxi Gymnasium, which opened in 2012. Training Gymnasium The training facility for the competition was held at the Li Ning Sports Park. As per any International Gymnastics Federation competition format, there was a podium training session where the gymnast trains on the podium in the arena to get a feel for the competition equipment on a raised surface. Mascots In April 2013, the mascots Nannan (male) and Ningning (female) were unveiled as the official mascots of the event. Medalists Medal table Men Women Men's results Team competition Individual all-around In the men's all-around final, only two gymnasts per country can compete. Ryohei Kato and Shogo Nonomura of Japan, Lin Chaopan of China, Max Whitlock and Daniel Keatings of Great Britain, and Nikita Ignatyev of Russia were among those who had earned scores in the qualification round high enough to qualify for the individual all-around final, but could not compete due to the two-per-country rule. On October 8, Nile Wilson withdrew from the all-around final due to a wrist injury, and his teammate, Max Whitlock, competed in his place. On that day, it was also announced that Alexander Shatilov of Israel had pulled out of the competition and would be replaced by reserve athlete Ferhat Arıcan of Turkey. Kōhei Uchimura of Japan once again made history by winning his fifth consecutive World all-around title. Floor 2011 World champion and 2013 bronze medalist on floor Kohei Uchimura qualified in 5th, but did not progress to the final because his Japanese teammates Kenzo Shirai and Ryohei Kato qualified ahead of him. Pommel Horse After failing to make the finals in Antwerp in 2013, 2011 World and 2012 Olympic champion Krisztián Berki reclaimed his title on his specialty. Rings Reigning Olympic and defending World champion Arthur Zanetti was edged out by newcomer Liu Yang by 0.200. Vault Reigning Olympic and 2-time World champion Yang Hak-Seon failed to defend his title or even make the podium because he fell on both of his vaults. The 2007 World bronze medalist Ri Se-Gwang grabbed his first world title. Only Yang Hak-Seon and Ri Se-Gwang attempted two top 6.4 difficulty vaults with the former failing at both the Yang Hak Seon on vault and Tsukahara 3½, and latter succeeding in the Ri Se Gwang and Ri Se Gwang 2 on vault. Yang was trying to successfully complete the Tsukahara 3½ to become his second eponymous skill on men's vault, but since he fell on landing, his attempt was only credited for its difficulty score and not his name. Yang was the top qualifier, despite using two 6.0-difficulty vaults in qualifying before increasing them to two 6.4s in the final. Gwang used own 6.4s in all rounds. Shirai's lower difficulty of 5.6 of his second vault, which was also the only vault performed in the finals with a difficulty less than 6.0, was a contributor significant enough to miss him a spot on the podium here as he only trailed American Jacob Dalton in an average combined score by just 0.137, a deduction on landing equivalent to a small step. Parallel bars Reigning World champion Lin Chaopan of China failed to qualify for the final, placing 17th in qualifications. Former World champion Kōhei Uchimura failed to qualify due to the two-per-country rule, with his teammates Ryohei Kato and Yusuke Tanaka qualifying ahead of him. Horizontal bar Reigning Olympic and defending World champion Epke Zonderland successfully took home the gold on horizontal bar. 2013 World silver medalist Fabian Hambüchen failed to qualify. He finished in 22nd place with a score of 14.366. Women's results Team competition Individual all-around Only two athletes per country are allowed to compete in this event. The following athletes scored enough to qualify for the individual all-around final but did not compete due to the two-per-country rule: Mykayla Skinner of the United States (6th), Madison Kocian of the United States (14th), and Ekaterina Kramarenko of Russia (15th). Simone Biles successfully defended her title. Larisa Iordache gave Romania its first medal of the 2014 Worlds with a silver. 2013 World all-around silver medalist Kyla Ross took the bronze. Russia's Aliya Mustafina placed fourth, not making the podium for only the second time in her senior career after falling on floor. Vault Reigning 2011 and 2013 World champion McKayla Maroney missed the competition to recover from a knee injury. She was the only 2013 World champion not to compete in Nanning. 2008 Olympic champion and 2013 World bronze medalist Hong Un-jong claimed her first world title on vault, the first North Korean World champion since Kim Gwang-Suk in 1991. Simone Biles claimed silver again as she did in 2013, and Mykayla Skinner grabbed her first individual medal, a bronze. Uneven bars Due to the two-per-country rule, Tan Jiaxin of China and Ekaterina Kramarenko of Russia were not able to compete in the final due to other members of their national team qualifying ahead of them. 2013 World champion Huang Huidan settled for the silver by 0.067 to her compatriot Yao Jinnan, who claimed her first World championship gold medal. 2014 European bronze medalist Daria Spiridonova grabbed another bronze at her first World Championships, edging out Ashton Locklear by 0.017. Balance beam Due to the two-per-country rule, Shang Chunsong and Huang Huidan of China were not able to compete in the final as they qualified behind teammates Yao Jinnan and Bai Yawen. 2013 World champion Aliya Mustafina of Russia had a hiccup in her routine and did not complete a required acrobatic series, and despite a 0.5 deduction, claimed the bronze over Asuka Teramoto of Japan by 0.066. 2013 World bronze medalist Simone Biles claimed her third gold medal of the competition on beam, 0.067 over silver medalist Bai Yawen of China. Floor Simone Biles successfully defended her title from 2013, her fourth gold medal in Nanning and ninth overall. 2013 World bronze medalist Larisa Iordache grabbed the silver, and 2012 Olympic Floor bronze medalist Aliya Mustafina edged out Mykayla Skinner by 0.033 to claim the bronze, her 11th medal overall. References External links 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships World Artistic Gymnastics Championships World Artistic Gymnastics Championships International gymnastics competitions hosted by China Sport in Guangxi

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Pakistanis in Japan

form the country's third-largest community of immigrants from a Muslim-majority country, trailing only the Indonesian community and Bangladeshi community. As of June 2023, official statistics showed 23,417 registered foreigners of Pakistani origin living in the country. There were a further estimated 3,414 illegal immigrants from Pakistan in Japan as of 2000. The average increase in the Pakistani population is about 2-3 persons per day. Migration history As early as 1950, only three years after the independence of Pakistan in 1947 which created the Pakistani state, there were recorded to be four Pakistanis living in Japan. However, Pakistani migration to Japan would not grow to a large scale until the 1980s. The later Pakistani migrants in Japan largely come from a muhajir background; their family history of migration made them consider working overseas as a "natural choice" when they found opportunities at home to be too limited. While Pakistanis saw North America as a good destination to settle down and start a business, Japanese employment agencies commonly advertised in Karachi newspapers in the 1980s, when Japan offered some of the highest wages in the world for unskilled labour; it came to be preferred as a destination by single male migrants, who came without their families. The wages they earned could reach as high as twenty times what they made in Pakistan. Pakistani citizens once enjoyed the privilege of short-term visa-free entry to Japan, but when controversy arose in Japanese society over illegal foreign workers, the Japanese government revoked this privilege. With little chance of acquiring a work visa or even permission to enter the country, Pakistanis paid as much as ¥300,000 to people smugglers in the late 1980s and early 1990s to enter the country. According to Japanese government statistics, the number of Pakistanis illegally residing in Japan peaked in 1992 at 8,056 individuals and declined after that. However, Pakistani sources suggest that as late as 1999, the total population of Pakistanis was 25,000 and still included a significant amount of illegal immigrants. Some Pakistanis were able to obtain legal resident status by finding Japanese spouses. Demographics According to 2008 Japanese government figures, 19.9% of registered Pakistanis lived in Saitama, 17.8% in Tokyo, 12.3% in Kanagawa, 10.4% in Aichi, 8.98% in Chiba, 7.59% in Gunma, 6.02% in Ibaraki, 4.44% in Tochigi, 4.21% in Toyama, 3.27% in Shizuoka and the remaining 4.98% in other prefectures of Japan. Only an estimated 200 Pakistanis hold Japanese citizenship. Business and employment Many Pakistanis in Japan run used car export businesses. This trend was believed to have begun in the late 1970s, when one Pakistani working in Japan sent a car back to his homeland. The potential for doing business in used cars also attracted more Pakistanis to come to Japan in the 1990s. Though many migrants come from a middle-class family background in Pakistan, because they often work at so-called Dirty, Dangerous and Demeaning (3D/3K) jobs and because of their portrayal in the Japanese media, even their co-workers tended to misperceive their background and level of education. Religion Many Japanese wives of Pakistani migrants have converted to Islam and in fact form the largest group of native Japanese converts to Islam. They often send their children to mosques so that they can learn about their ancestral religion and study the Arabic language. Media Japan has some Urdu language media aimed at Pakistanis, such as the freely distributed Pak Shimbun, as well as other Japanese-language publications targeted towards Muslims at large. Notable people Hussain Shah, professional boxer, represented Pakistan in 1988 Seoul Olympics & won a Bronze medal, moved to Japan to become a boxing coach afterwards. Shah Hussain Shah, son of Hussain Shah, judoka, represented Pakistan at Rio Olympics in 2016 Farrukh Amil, PhD in Law & Diplomacy, Ambassador of Pakistan in Japan since 2012 References Notes Sources () Further reading Kudo, Masako. "Constructing "Home" across National Boundaries: A Case of Pakistani-Japanese Marriage" (Part II: International Migration and Marriage: Chapter 7). In: Zhang, Jijiao and Howard Duncan. Migration in China and Asia: Experience and Policy (Volume 10 of International Perspectives on Migration). Springer Science & Business Media, April 8, 2014. , 9789401787598. Start p. 103. A draft research paper in English by the same author covering similar material was also presented the previous year: () External links Pakistan Association Japan Pakistan Student Association Japan Pakistan Japan News Pakistan Japan TV Monbukagakusho Alumni Association of Pakistan Ethnic groups in Japan Japan

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David Steinhart

David Steinhart is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for the bands Pop Art, Smart Brown Handbag, and the Furious Seasons. He has been active in the Los Angeles pop scene since the 1980s. Career Steinhart has been a staple of the Los Angeles indie pop scene since the 1980s. His career spans 30 years and over 20 releases. He founded the band Pop Art in 1984 with his brothers, Jeff and Richard, and bassist Tony Ortega. Other players such as keyboardist Lyn Norton, drummers Steven Weisburd and his cousin, Steve LePatner, contributed to the band's albums over the years. Pop Art was active for 6 years and released 5 records. After Pop Art disbanded, Steinhart released two solo albums before starting Smart Brown Handbag in 1993. Smart Brown Handbag included Norton, Cindy Albon, Steinhart's brother Jeff on bass, and John ‘Slim’ Glogovac on drums and percussion. SBH was active until 2006 and released 10 full-length albums. Steinhart has been active in the Furious Seasons since 2008. Band members have included Jeff Steinhart (bass), Paul Nelson (guitar/vocals), Bob Gannon (drums/percussion), Eric Marin (keyboards), Nate Steinhart (guitars) and Ray Chang (violin/guitar/vocals). In late 2015, after the release of My Love is Strong, the band changed their focus to modern folk music. The band became an acoustic trio consisting of Steinhart and Nelson on acoustic guitar and vocals, and Jeff Steinhart on standup bass. The trio perform in the Los Angeles area, and has played shows with John Hiatt and David Lindley. Look West, the band's fifth album, was released in September 2016. It was Steinhart's first entirely acoustic studio album. The Furious Seasons have released 5 full-length albums and are still active and continue to record. In May 2017, the Furious Seasons released the single "We All Belong", a folk style protest song. Steinhart's music has also been used in television and films. Musical style and reception Music magazine the Big Takeover describes Steinhart's musical style as “soft, finely crafted, windswept pop,” commenting that Steinhart sings and writes, “warm, literate, sober, preoccupied folk pop, always well-crafted, and full of small, conspicuous, workmanlike extras (pacific strings, mellotron, piano, guitar tweets, a southern blues harmonica), [with an] aptitude for unpretentious, poppy hooks.” Steinhart's music is often understated and driven by his distinct vocals, which critics have called a “privilege of craftsmanship”. His voice is noted for its range and has been called “soaring... redemptive... at once world-weary and angelic”, “cynical and charming at the same time.” The Arizona Daily Star labeled Steinhart's vocals in Pop Art, “clear, crisp, and angst-driven.” Steinhart composes songs about relationships and heartbreak, earning him a reputation as “especially adept at chronicling complicated reunions with faded flames.” LA Weekly wrote that, “For anyone who needs a little reassurance about that thing called love (or has had it with whiny dirges on the radio), Smart Brown Handbag's ouch-that-hurts anti-luv songs, harmonies, bouncy bass lines, and-peppy rock-style riffing are just what the therapist ordered,” praising Steinhart's honesty in his lyrics. Rolling Stone commended Smart Brown Handbag's The Big Sigh, writing that "Smart Brown Handbags catchy guitar pop has been rumored to be on the edge of greatness for a long time and we believe the hype." The Orange County Register defined SBH's sound as, “early R.E.M jangle-pop with Johnny Marr guitars and slightly, off-kilter Paul Weller-influenced vocals.” Discography Solo Pop Art Smart Brown Handbag Furious Seasons References American male singer-songwriters American record producers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)

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Ina Caro

Ina Caro is an American author, medieval historian and travel writer. She is the author of The Road from the Past: Traveling Through History in France and Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train. She is married to Robert Caro, and has been his sole research assistant for his books. Biography Caro was born Ina Joan Sloshberg. She married Robert Caro in 1957, while she was a student at Connecticut College. She graduated from the Columbia University School of General Studies in 1962. While she and her husband worked on The Power Broker (1974), she worked as a substitute teacher and she sold their house so there would be enough money to support them while the book was being completed. They moved to the Bronx and she continued to support his research for his books, serving as his sole research assistant. In the late 1970s, they moved to Texas for three years to research President Johnson for The Years of Lyndon Johnson. She is the author of The Road from the Past: Traveling Through History in France, a personal driving-tour history of France first published in 1994. In 2011, she released the sequel Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train, which also combines history and travel writing, covering 700 years of French history charted through the author's train journeys. Critical reception The Road From the Past Katherine Knorr of the International Herald Tribune describes The Road From the Past as a "charming book" that "takes the reader time-traveling," and writes, "She begins in the ruins at Orange and Nîmes, and then ushers us through blood and fire, religious wars, feudal rivalries and monarchical madness, into the light of the Renaissance, up to Louis XIV's punishment of his superintendent of finance, Nicolas Fouquet, for the in-the- king's-face magnificence of Vaux-le-Vicomte. And thus we visit Provence, the Languedoc, the Dordogne, the Loire Valley and the Ile-de-France." Publishers Weekly writes, "Her delightful blend of travel, history and pithy observations on French culture unfolds chronologically with historic tales of love, murder, political intrigue, treachery and selflessness." Kirkus Reviews writes, "While researched satisfactorily, her approach to site-specific history tends to the parochial, and without an authority's ability to synthesize place and past, even the most notable locales cannot convey the complexities of the Wars of Religion or the Albigensian Crusade." Paris to the Past In 2011, Kirkus Reviews describes Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train as "a lovely, fresh take on why we keep going back to France’s gorgeous, well-preserved treasures," and "A nicely organized, reliable companion for touring by train from Paris." Charles Solomon of the Los Angeles Times describes Caro as "an unabashedly enthusiastic guide," but "Caro’s accounts of French history sometimes feel spotty," and "Caro tends to repeat points, sometimes nearly verbatim," which "make the book read like a series of collected magazine articles, rather than a unified narrative." Publishers Weekly writes, "Almost despite itself, the book is a seductive evocation of the ancien régime: aristocrats were rapacious brutes, Caro allows, but she can’t resist their castles, tastes, and sexual intrigues." Jonathan Yardley writes for The Washington Post "Yes, the author’s presence is inevitable in travel writing and in the right author’s hand can be invaluable. That is not the case in "Paris to the Past," which not merely natters and babbles but also sees the French past—all too much of which is violent, bloody and autocratic—through rose-tinted glasses." Personal life Ina Caro lives with her husband in New York. They have one son and three grandchildren. Books The Road from the Past: Traveling Through History in France (Doubleday, 1994) The Road from the Past: Traveling Through History in France (Mariner Books, 1996) Paris to the Past: Traveling Through French History by Train (W.W. Norton, 2011) References External links Ina Caro on exploring French history by train (MPR News, May 20, 2012) American travel writers Connecticut College alumni Columbia University School of General Studies alumni Living people 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers Year of birth missing (living people) American women travel writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers

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Volin, South Dakota

Volin (pronounced VAH'-lin) is a town in Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 158 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. History A post office called Volin has been in operation since 1887. The town was named for Henry P. Volin, a local landowner. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 161 people, 61 households, and 41 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 76 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 99.4% White and 0.6% from two or more races. There were 61 households, of which 39.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.8% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 32.8% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.10. The median age in the town was 33.8 years. 29.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.8% were from 25 to 44; 26.1% were from 45 to 64; and 9.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 52.8% male and 47.2% female. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 207 people, 74 households, and 54 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 81 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 94.20% White, 3.86% Native American, and 1.93% from two or more races. There were 74 households, out of which 45.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.7% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.35. In the town, the population was spread out, with 33.8% under the age of 18, 13.5% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.6 males. The median income for a household in the town was $30,938, and the median income for a family was $39,375. Males had a median income of $29,583 versus $17,000 for females. The per capita income for the town was $12,123. About 22.0% of families and 23.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.4% of those under the age of eighteen and 50.0% of those 65 or over. References Towns in Yankton County, South Dakota Towns in South Dakota Populated places established in 1901 1901 establishments in South Dakota

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Tremacyllus

Tremacyllus is an extinct genus of hegetotheriids. It lived from the Late Miocene to the Late Pleistocene (~7-0.012 Ma) and its fossilized remains were discovered in South America. Description This animal was approximately the size of a hare, and both animals, while unrelated, must have been quite similar in appearance. Its skull had large orbits and strong lower incisors, similar to modern lagomorphs. It was probably a fast animal, with long legs, although proportionally shorter than other similar animals such as Pachyrukhos or extant lagomorphs. Compared to its relative Paedotherium, Tremacyllus was slightly smaller and possessed several distinctive characteristics in its dentition: its diastema was longer, the third upper molar was shorter or had the same size than the second molar, and the lower premolars were more overlapping and less molar-like. Furthermore, the symphysis of the mandible was shorter than in Paedotherium. Classification The genus Tremacyllus was described in 1891 by Florentino Ameghino for the species Pachyrukhos impressus, described by Ameghino himself a few years earlier. He named the type species Tremacyllus impressus, from the Pliocene and the Early Pleistocene, and several other species were later described by Ameghino himself, such as T. chapalmalensis, T. diminutus and T. novus, and by Gaetano Rovereto, such as T. intermedius and T. incipiens, the latter of which lived during the Late Miocene. A 2017 study led by Renatta Sostillo, Esperanza Cerdeño and Claudia I. Montalvo however determined that the presumed differences between all the species of Tremacyllus could be explained by intraspecific variations, and therefore that the only valid species was the type, T. impressus. However, a 2022 study by Armella, Ercolli, Bonini and Garcia-Lopez found sufficient proof to recognize T. incipiens as a valid species. Tremacyllus was a specialized member of the Hegetotheriidae, a group of small-sized lagomorph-like notoungulates. Particularly, Tremacyllus was close from the genera Pachyrukhos and Paedotherium, and was one of the last hegetotheres known, as well as one of the last notoungulates. Paleobiology One of the exceptional characteristics of Tremacyllus, as well as its relatives within Pachyrukhinae, such as Paedotherium, is the presence of a real sciuromorph condition in its chewing apparatus, defined by an anterior portion of the masseter muscle coming from a large zygomatic plate reaching the rostrum ; a characteristic traceable within Hegetotheriidae since the Oligocene. Hence, those animals are the first case of a non-rodent mammal developing a sciuromorph condition. This morphology would have permitted them to explore ecological niches unavailable to the histrichomorph rodents that coexisted with them. This innovative acquisition seems to have appeared at the same time in sciuromorph rodents and pachyrukhins, and could be linked with the consumption of hard food. It is therefore supposed that the expansion of nut trees and cone trees caused by major environmental changes during the Eocene-Oligocene transition may have been the potential trigger for this convergent evolution. References F. Ameghino. 1891. Mamiferos y aves fosiles argentinas. --Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones. Revista Argentina Historia Natural 1(4):240-259 E. Cerdeno and M. Bond. 1998. Taxonomic Revision and Phylogeny of Paedotherium and Tremacyllus (Pachyrukhinae, Hegetotheriidae, Notoungulata) from the Late Miocene to the Pleistocene of Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(4):799-811 F. D. Seoane, S. R. Juñent, and E. Cerdeño. 2017. Phylogeny and paleobiogeography of Hegetotheriidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(1):e1278547:1-13 Marcos D. Ercoli; Alicia Álvarez; S. Rocío Moyano; Dionisios Youlatos; Adriana M. Candela (2020). "Tracing the Paleobiology of Paedotherium and Tremacyllus (Pachyrukhinae, Notoungulata), the Latest Sciuromorph South American Native Ungulates – Part I: Snout and Masticatory Apparatus". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. in press. . Marcos D. Ercoli; Alicia Álvarez; Dionisios Youlatos; S. Rocío Moyano; Adriana M. Candela (2020). "Tracing the Paleobiology of Paedotherium and Tremacyllus (Pachyrukhinae, Notoungulata), the Latest Sciuromorph South American Native Ungulates – Part II: Orbital, Auditory, and Occipito-Cervical Regions". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. in press. Typotheres Pleistocene mammals of South America Pliocene mammals of South America Miocene mammals of South America Chasicoan Huayquerian Montehermosan Chapadmalalan Uquian Neogene Argentina Fossils of Argentina Fossil taxa described in 1891 Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino Prehistoric placental genera

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Lindale, Georgia

Lindale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Floyd County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Rome, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,191 at the 2010 census. History A post office called Lindale has been in operation since 1883. The name Lindale might have been selected from a novel a resident had read. Throughout the 20th century, the community formed around the Lindale Textile Mill located in the center of the community. Since the early part of the 21st century, the building is abandoned. The Mill was owned by the West Point-Pepperell for the majority of its existence, leading to the Lindale community to be commonly referred to as "Pepperell". The local schools, which are part of the Floyd County School System, are named after the mill and use the West Point-Pepperell (currently WestPoint Home) Griffin as the mascot, under the name "Pepperell Dragons". Geography Lindale is located in southeastern Floyd County at (34.193495, -85.173713). It is bordered to the north by the city of Rome, the county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Lindale CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.20%, is water. Lindale's borders follow local and state roads, including Booze Mountain Road (for the southern border) and Georgia State Route 101 (for the easternmost city limits). Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,283 people, 1,680 households, and 1,227 families residing in the CDP. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 4,088 people, 1,682 households, and 1,165 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,796 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.01% White, 1.79% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 1.32% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 2.74% of the population. There were 1,682 households, out of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.5% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.91. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 23.8% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.8 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $28,486, and the median income for a family was $31,563. Males had a median income of $26,657 versus $21,910 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,844. About 10.8% of families and 16.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.0% of those under age 18 and 11.2% of those age 65 or over. Education It is part of the Floyd County School District. Pepperell Middle School and Pepperell High School serve the Lindale area. Notable people Eric L. Haney, former soldier and writer Randy Johnson, football player Willard Nixon, former pitcher for Boston Red Sox Media recognition In 2015, the science fiction film The Divergent Series: Allegiant, the third installment of the Divergent (film) series, was filmed in Lindale, at the Lindale Mill. Lindale is credited in the movie's final credits. References Census-designated places in Floyd County, Georgia Census-designated places in Georgia (U.S. state) Unincorporated communities in Floyd County, Georgia Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)

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French submarine Z

The French submarine Z was an experimental submarine built for the French Navy () in the first decade of the 20th century. Designed by Gabriel Maugas, it was the first French submarine to be completed with a diesel engine and the only one with four sets of diving planes. It was commissioned for its sea trials in 1904, although its propulsion machinery was unreliable and it was never fit for service with the fleet. It may have been completed in 1905. An extensive refit for Z was planned in 1907, but this was cancelled as too expensive. Disposal of the submarine was first proposed the following year, although it was not stricken from the navy list until 1910. Z was sold for scrap in 1911. Background and description Z was a single-hull design by Gabriel Maugas based on the hull of the all-electric that was modified to use a diesel engine on the surface and to recharge its batteries. He estimated a maximum speed on the surface of and submerged, but the boat was considerably slower on the surface than he anticipated. The submarine had a surfaced displacement of and a submerged displacement of . It had an overall length of , with a beam of and a draught of . Like the Farfadets, most of its ballast tanks were inside the hull and it was fitted with a pair of side-thrusting propellers () on the stern to help steering that were geared to the propeller shaft. Z had two rudders, one each above and below the stern and was the only French submarine to be fitted with four sets of diving planes. Unlike the Farfadets, the boat was fitted with a free-flooding forward ballast tank above the hull and had a lengthy walking deck above the hull that extended from forward of its conning tower to the telescoping funnel. A lower walking deck was installed aft of the funnel after 1905. Its crew consisted of 2 officers and 14 ratings. Its armament comprised two torpedo tubes side-by-side in the bow. Z was equipped with a single variable-pitch propeller that was driven on the surface by a diesel engine built by ; ordered on 8 May 1901, it was one of the earliest diesels built in France. Based on the experimental engine installed on the canal barge Petit Pierre, it had two vertical cylinder with the flywheel located between them. Although rated at , it only produced during its initial testing, because of "excessive torsional vibration in the shaft connecting the two separate cylinder assemblies". It was later replaced by a more powerful model. An electric motor was used underwater. During the boat's comparative trials against the submarine in early 1905, Z reached a speed of from on the surface and from while submerged. The submarine had a designed surfaced range of at and a submerged range of at . Construction and career Z was ordered with the budget number Q36 from the on 10 June 1901 and was laid down on 16 August 1902. When its propellers were delivered, their blades were judged defective, but the navy decided to accept them on 4 January 1904 when the manufacturer offered to lower their price. The boat was launched on 28 March and it was authorized to be commissioned for comparative trials on 3 June 1904, although it is uncertain if it was ever fully in commission. Z cost F779,300. The submarine was ordered on the following day to prepare for trials with Aigrette at the and arrived there on 19 July. The initial series of trials were prolonged when Z collided with the protected cruiser on 13 October while conducting speed trials. The submarine's repairs were completed on 12 December. Gaston Thomson, the Navy Minister, ordered that the testing be repeated and four days of intensive trials were held on 10–15 March 1905, although they were not fully completed until 2 May. They revealed that Aigrette outperformed Z in every way; it was faster on the surface and underwater, more manoeuverable, dived faster and handled bad weather better. Z sheared her propeller shaft on 24 May. It remained unrepaired while a study was ordered to reconfigure her propulsion system on 7 July. The diesel engine broke on 1 June 1906 and its removal was requested on 23 June. Preparations for the installation of a new propulsion system began on 20 September. The navy decided to thoroughly refit the submarine on 26 April 1907; this involved repairing the propeller shaft and propellers while replacing the diesel engine with a pair of kerosene-fuelled motor-generators converted by Sautter-Harlé from diesels intended for the cancelled s. Other issues that needed to be addressed were that Z had the same thin walls in its internal ballast tanks as the Farfadet-class submarines and these had to be reinforced to prevent their rupture if an intake valve jammed in the open position, as had caused the loss of the submarine in 1906 and that its batteries needed to be replaced. Reinforcing the ballast tanks was estimated to cost approximately half the value of the submarine and replacing the battery would cost more than that. The refit was suspended and the boat was nominated for condemnation on 26 February 1908. Z was decommissioned on 1 March 1909 and was struck from the navy list on 9 March 1910. The hulk was sold for scrap on 8 November 1911. See also List of submarines of France References Bibliography 1904 ships Experimental submarines

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Lisa on Ice

"Lisa on Ice" is the eighth episode of the sixth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It was the first broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on November 13, 1994. In the episode, Lisa discovers that she possesses a skill for ice hockey. A rivalry between her and Bart ensues. The episode was written by Mike Scully and directed by Bob Anderson. Anderson's passion for hockey is what inspired the plot. It features cultural references to films such as Rollerball and The Pope of Greenwich Village. The episode was well-received by critics and acquired a Nielsen rating of 11.6. Plot Principal Skinner gathers Springfield Elementary School students at an assembly to announce which subjects they are failing. To her horror, straight-A student Lisa discovers she is failing gym class. When she appeals to her gym teacher, they reach a compromise: Lisa will get a passing grade if she joins a sports program outside of school. She attempts to join several, but fails, which devastates her self-esteem. Later, the family watches Bart play hockey for his team, the Mighty Pigs, coached by Chief Wiggum. After the game, Bart ridicules his sister for being poor at sports and uses his hockey stick to pelt her with litter. After watching Lisa deflect the litter and catch hockey pucks, Apu, the coach of the Kwik-E-Mart Gougers, thinks she would be a natural and makes her his team's goalie. Lisa excels as goalie and leads her team to its best season ever. Encouraged by Homer playing favorites, a sibling rivalry develops between Bart and Lisa. It peaks when the town learns that the Gougers will face the Mighty Pigs at their next match. The game is viciously fought, with Bart and Lisa playing their best. With four seconds left, Bart is tripped by Jimbo, giving him a penalty shot against Lisa that will decide the game. As they face off, Bart and Lisa remember the good times they had together when they were younger. After they throw aside their equipment and hug, the match ends in a tie — much to Marge's pride and Homer's distress. Dissatisfied with the outcome, the residents of Springfield riot and trash the arena. Production The idea for the episode came from The Simpsons writer Mike Scully, who wanted to do an episode involving ice hockey because of his passion for the sport. Bob Anderson, who also had a small interest in hockey, directed the episode. To better familiarize himself with the sport, Anderson ordered a batch of VHS highlight tapes, watched the NHL playoffs for the first time, and made several trips to scout youth games, taking notes on how players looked stickhandling and shooting. In his original draft of the episode, Scully had written cameos for Bobby Orr and Wayne Gretzky but, he explained, "they wound up falling out of the story, because we had such a good story with the family." Gretzky eventually ended up appearing in the Season 28 episode "The Nightmare After Krustmas", becoming the first hockey player to guest on the show. The episode starts out with Lisa tricking Bart into believing it is a snow day by throwing a snowball at him which she made out of the ice in the fridge. The scene was inspired by Scully, who as a child loved to sit and listen by the radio waiting to see if there was going to be a school snow day. Scully thought, because of his experience as a child, that there was nothing more disappointing than to wake up expecting a snow day, only to find out there was no snow. The academic alerts the Springfield Elementary School students receive were based on those Scully received in junior high. The scene where Milhouse was bound by his hands and legs to the net was inspired by stories Scully had heard about Springfield Indians owner Eddie Shore tying his players to the posts "trying to teach his goalies to stay in the crease." Lisa's line, "Hack the bone! Hack the bone!" was inspired by ex–Springfield Kings backstop Billy Smith. Although there was an emphasis on detail for the show, one mistake Scully regrets is having the game clock running (and eventually expiring) on Bart’s penalty shot. The clock would be paused in a normal hockey game until the shot was taken. Cultural references Kent Brockman's line about a Garry Trudeau musical revue about Ronald Reagan is a reference to Rap Master Ronnie, an off-Broadway play about the Reagan administration that ran throughout the 1980s. When Moe visits Bart and Lisa at the Simpson house to see if they have any injuries that may affect the odds of the upcoming game, Marge sends him away as he pleads, "They're gonna take my thumbs". This is a reference to Eric Roberts' line, "Charlie, they took my thumb", from the 1984 film The Pope of Greenwich Village. The episode features several references to the 1975 film Rollerball. At the academic alerts assembly, bully Kearney has Dolph taken a memo on an Apple Newton, a personal digital assistant. When Dolph writes "Beat up Martin" on the screen, the handwriting recognition turns it into "Eat up Martha", and Kearney throws the Newton at Martin instead, referencing the MessagePad's poor handwriting recognition. Coincidentally?, about a year before the episode aired, Garry Trudeau drew a comic strip also making fun of Newton's handwriting recognition. Reception Critical reception Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, called it "a fabulous episode for Lisa and Bart, although with a special mention for a few seconds of tremendous Edna Krabappel wickedness". DVD Verdict's Ryan Keefer said the episode "is one of the few episodes centered on Lisa that I enjoy watching", and gave it a B+ grade. DVD Talk's Aaron Beierle said, "there are definitely some funny moments in this episode, the sweet-natured way that the episode ends never sat right with me". ESPN.com named the episode the fifth best sports moment in the history of the show. The Orlando Sentinels Gregory Hardy listed it as the seventh-best episode of the show with a sports theme. TV Squad's Adam Finley gave the episode a positive review, commenting that it is "a skewering of parents who become too involved in their children's sports and turn what should be a lesson in teamwork, trying your hardest, and losing gracefully into a kind of Roman Coliseum where grown adults live out violent fantasies and their own failed ambitions through their children". He added, "Homer is an absolute jerk in this episode, taunting his children when they lose and praising them when they win and humiliate their sibling" and "it's not just Homer. Marge, characteristically so, tries to remain diplomatic, but even she starts screaming for blood when Bart is tripped by an opposing player." Ratings In its original broadcast, "Lisa on Ice" finished 34th in the ratings for the week of November 7 to November 13, 1994, with a Nielsen rating of 11.6. It was the second-highest-rated show on the Fox network that week. References External links The Simpsons (season 6) episodes 1994 American television episodes Ice hockey mass media Physical fitness in popular culture fi:Simpsonit (6. tuotantokausi)#Lisan liukkaat (Lisa on Ice)

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Sharon Green

Sharon Green (6 July 1942 – 17 February 2022) was an American science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and romance author. Biography Green was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1942 to Morris Green and Esther (née Bender) Green. She attended high school in Brooklyn and graduated with a B.A. degree from New York University in 1963. Green married in 1963 and had three sons. In 1976, Green divorced her husband and raised her three sons, Andy, Brian and Curtis, as a single mother in Highland Park, New Jersey. Green moved to Tennessee in 1993 and then to Florida in 2006. She moved to Old Bridge, New Jersey in 2020. Green died at the Roosevelt Care Center on Thursday, February 17, 2022. Career Green began writing in high school. She styled her early writings after her favorite writer, Robert A. Heinlein. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked in several industries including as an AT&T shareowner correspondent, a construction assistant, then a bar steel assistant sales manager at an import firm. Green began her full time writing career in 1984. Her early works were marketed as similar to John Norman's Gor series, but were actually intended as a rebuttal to Gor. Green said that she set out first to lampoon Norman's Gor books by creating three-dimensional female characters and powerful female characters in similar fantasy settings. Throughout her career she focused on writing strong female characters. Published works This is a selected list of Green's published works. Her website reissued some of her older out-of-print books and released several new unissued eBooks series. The Blending series Convergence: Book One of The Blending, Avon, November 1996 Competitions: Book Two of The Blending, Avon, March 1997 Challenges: Book Three of The Blending, Avon, May 1998 Betrayals: Book Four of The Blending, Avon, February 1999 Prophecy: Book Five of The Blending, Avon, July 1999 The Blending Enthroned series Intrigues: Book One of The Blending Enthroned, Eos, October 3, 2000 Deceptions: Book Two of The Blending Enthroned, April 3, 2001 Destiny: Book Three of The Blending Enthroned, Eos, April 2, 2002 Diana Santee, Spaceways Agent series Science fiction series with later sequels released directly on Green's website. Mind Guest, DAW Books, 1984 (re-released online) Gateway to Xanadu, DAW Books, 1985 (re-released online with newly restored scenes) Online Sequels Tanderon Tristesse Book One Tristesse Book Two Esmonia Xanthia Aysanne Tildor, CF Publications, 2008 Restin, CF Publications, 2008 Absar, CF Publications, 2008 Gralling Durell Far Side of Forever series Fantasy series The Far Side of Forever, DAW Books, 1987 Hellhound Magic, DAW Books, 1989 Hidden Realms series Fantasy series The Hidden Realms, Avon, 1993 Game's End, Avon, April, 1996 Also part of Silver Princess, Golden Knight series: Dark Mirror, Dark Dreams, Avon, 1994 Jalav: Amazon Warrior series Science fiction series The Crystals of Mida, DAW Books, 1982 An Oath to Mida, DAW Books, 1983 Chosen of Mida, DAW Books, 1984 The Will of the Gods, DAW Books, 1985 To Battle the Gods, DAW Books, 1986 Lady Blade, Lord Fighter series Fantasy series released as a collection in 2001. Lady Blade, Lord Fighter (or The Silver Bracers), DAW Books, 1987 (online out-of-print reissue) The Argent Swords, Bereshith Publishing, 2001 (online out-of-print reissue) Lady Blade, Lord Fighter, Bereshith Publishing, 2001 (hardbound collector's edition) Lawman series Direct-to-eBook releases through Green's website. Lawman Lawman2 Mind Warriors series Terrilian series sequels (direct-to-eBook releases through Green's website) Arrival Enemies Battles Tactics War Peace Serenity Onward Silver Princess, Golden Knight series Fantasy series Silver Princess, Golden Knight, Avon, 1993 (out-of-print novel reissued online) Wind Whispers, Shadow Shouts, Avon, July 1995 Also part of Hidden Realms series: Dark Mirror, Dark Dreams, Avon, 1994 Taz/Bell series Direct-to-eBook releases through Green's website. Dead Heat Dark Horse Down and Dirty Down and Dirty Part 2 Double Trouble Terrilian series Science fiction series The Warrior Within, DAW Books, 1982 (out-of-print novel reissued online) The Warrior Enchained, DAW Books, 1983 (out-of-print novel reissued online) The Warrior Rearmed, DAW Books, 1984 (out-of-print novel reissued online) The Warrior Challenged, DAW Books, 1986 (out-of-print novel reissued online) The Warrior Victorious, DAW Books, 1987 (out-of-print novel reissued online) The Thief and the Warrior series Science fiction series Mists of the Ages, DAW Books, 1988 Standalone novels Short stories References External links Author website (2012 archive) eBooks Order Site 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American science fiction writers American women short story writers American women novelists 1942 births Living people Women science fiction and fantasy writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American short story writers

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Manuchar Kvirkvelia

Manuchar Kvirkvelia (Georgian: მანუჩარ კვირკველია; born on October 12, 1978) is a retired Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler and politician, an Olympic champion and a member of the Parliament of Georgia since 2008. Early life and family Manuchar Kvirkvelia was born on October 12, 1978, in Ozurgeti, Guria, a town in then-Soviet Georgia. He graduated in 2007 from the Vita Training University of Tbilisi, receiving a degree in finance. He is married to Inga Shanava and has six children, including three sons and three daughters. Sports career Wrestling champion Manuchar Kvirkvelia started wrestling first in his hometown of Ozurgeti and after being discovered, moved to Tbilisi, where he started practicing Greco-Roman wrestling. During his student years, he earned his living with wrestling and competed in the Turkish Wrestling Federation. He first appeared on the international mat at the age of 24 at the European Championship in the lightweight category in Seinäjoki, Finland, where he won the Silver Medal, finishing second to Turkey's Şeref Eroğlu. That same year, he finished third with the Bronze Medal at the World Wrestling Championship held in Moscow. In 2003, he participated in the European Championship held in Belgrade, where he took 5th place and lost once again to Şeref Eroğlu. However, he won the Gold Medal after winning the World Championship in Créteil, France, defeating his old rival Eroğlu and 1996 Polish Olympic champion Ryszard Wolny. He took part in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, where he would be disqualified after starting a brawl with Şeref Eroğlu, to whom he lost with a crushing score of 1–11. Manuchar Kvirkvelia moved to the 74 kg category of men's Greco-Roman wrestling in 2004. In that category, he won the Bronze Medal at the World Championship in Guangzhou in 2006 and at that same year's European Championship in Moscow. He won the European Championship held in Sofia in 2007, winning his second international title, although he would perform poorly at the World Championship in Baku later that year, finishing 20th. Kvirkvelia qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he defeated China's Chang Yongxiang to become an Olympic champion and winning the Gold Medal in the 74 km competition, becoming the first Georgian gold medal at that year's Olympic competitions. The games coincided with the Russo-Georgian War and Kvirkvelia said after his victory: Manuchar Kvirkvelia has been awarded the Medal of Honor by President Eduard Shevardnadze (2003), the Order of Excellence by President Mikheil Saakashvili (2008), and the Order of Honor by President Giorgi Margvelashvili (2018). He is also a Knight of Sports since 2003. President of GWF Manuchar Kvirkvelia was elected as President of the Georgian Wrestling Federation on December 26, 2014, defeating Valery Gelashvili, a member of Parliament endorsed by the governing Georgian Dream party, with 59 to 43 votes. His two-year term ended on December 17, 2016 when he was defeated for reelection by Gega Gegeshidze, a former wrestler and controversial figure who had received the support of Georgian Dream, only receiving 24 votes to Gegeshidze's 46. He remained active in the sports management world after 2016. During the 2020 Georgian Olympic Committee President election, he was one of several former athletes to boycott the election, alleging that the Olympic Committee's bylaws had been rewritten to benefit incumbent Leri Khabelov's reelection. A businessman, his wealth has estimated him to be a millionaire. Political career Manuchar Kvirkvelia joined the Progress and Freedom party (P&F), a right-wing party created by businessmen Kakhaber Okriashvili and Tsezar Chocheli ahead of the 2020 parliamentary election. When the party merged with the Strength Is in Unity electoral bloc led by the United National Movement, he was nominated by the coalition as candidate for the Guria Majoritarian District. He ran against 13 candidates, including incumbent MP Khatuna Gogorishvili (European Georgia) and GD's Vasil Chigogidze. Kvirkvelia was defeated in the first round, ending second with 22.9%. He won a seat in the Parliament of Georgia nonetheless through the bloc's electoral list, but was one of 49 MPs to refuse to recognize the results and boycotted their seats after allegations of massive voter fraud surfaced. Kvirkvelia joined Parliament in May 2021 after a short-lived EU-facilitated agreement between Georgian Dream and the opposition. Since then, he has served as Deputy Chairman of the Sports and Youth Committee. One of the least active MPs, he's only participated in less than 1% of votes on the floor. He is one of the largest donors of the Strength is in Unity bloc. References 1978 births Living people People from Guria Mingrelians Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country) Olympic gold medalists for Georgia (country) Olympic wrestlers for Georgia (country) Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists Recipients of the Presidential Order of Excellence

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List of Sida species

The following species in the flowering plant genus Sida, the fanpetals or sidas, are accepted by Plants of the World Online. Sida has historically been a wastebasket taxon, including many plants that simply did not fit into other genera of the Malvaceae. Species have been continually reclassified. Species Sida abutifolia Sida acuta Sida adscendens Sida aggregata Sida alamosana Sida alba Sida albiflora Sida alii Sida ammophila Sida andersonii Sida angustifolia Sida angustissima Sida anodifolia Sida anomala Sida antillensis Sida aprica Sida arboae Sida arenicola Sida argentea Sida argentina Sida argillacea Sida arsiniata Sida asterocalyx Sida atherophora Sida aurantiaca Sida bakeriana Sida barclayi Sida beckii Sida bipartita Sida blepharoprion Sida boliviana Sida bordasiana Sida brachypoda Sida brachystemon Sida brittonii Sida brownii Sida cabraliana Sida cabreriana Sida calchaquiensis Sida calliantha Sida calva Sida calyxhymenia Sida cambuiensis Sida cardiophylla Sida carrascoana Sida castanocarpa Sida caudata Sida cavernicola Sida centuriata Sida cerradoensis Sida chapadensis Sida charpinii Sida chinensis Sida chiquitana Sida chrysantha Sida ciliaris Sida cleisocalyx Sida clementii Sida confusa Sida coradinii Sida cordata Sida cordifolia Sida cordifolioides Sida corrugata Sida coutinhoi Sida cristobaliana Sida cuneifolia Sida cuspidata Sida decandra Sida dubia Sida dureana Sida echinocarpa Sida ectogama Sida elliottii Sida elongata Sida emilei Sida esperanzae Sida everistiana Sida fallax Sida fastuosa Sida ferrucciana Sida fibulifera Sida floccosa Sida galheirensis Sida gertiana Sida glabra Sida glaziovii Sida glocimarii Sida glomerata Sida glutinosa Sida goniocarpa Sida goyazensis Sida gracilipes Sida gracillima Sida graniticola Sida grazielae Sida hackettiana Sida haenkeana Sida harleyi Sida hassleri Sida hatschbachii Sida hederifolia Sida hemitropousa Sida hibisciformis Sida hirsutissima Sida hoepfneri Sida honoriana Sida hookeriana Sida hyalina Sida hyssopifolia Sida intricata Sida itaparicana Sida jamaicensis Sida japiana Sida jatrophoides Sida javensis Sida jussiaeana Sida kingii Sida laciniata Sida lancifolia Sida leitaofilhoi Sida libenii Sida lilianae Sida limensis Sida lindheimeri Sida linearifolia Sida linearis Sida linifolia Sida littoralis Sida lonchitis Sida longipedicellata Sida longipes Sida luschnathiana Sida macaibae Sida macropetala Sida magnifica Sida marabaensis Sida martiana Sida massaica Sida meloana Sida meridiana Sida michoacana Sida monteiroi Sida monticola Sida multicrena Sida mysorensis Sida nemorensis Sida neomexicana Sida nesogena Sida nummularia Sida oblonga Sida ogadensis Sida oligandra Sida orientalis Sida ovalis Sida ovata Sida palmata Sida paradoxa Sida parva Sida paucifolia Sida pedersenii Sida pedunculata Sida pernambucensis Sida petrophila Sida petropolitana Sida phaeotricha Sida picklesiana Sida pindapoyensis Sida pires-blackii Sida planicaulis Sida platycalyx Sida pleiantha Sida poeppigiana Sida potentilloides Sida potosina Sida pradeepiana Sida pritzeliana Sida prolifica Sida pseudocordifolia Sida pseudocymbalaria Sida pseudopotentilloides Sida pseudorubifolia Sida pueblensis Sida pusilla Sida quettensis Sida quinquevalvacea Sida ravii Sida regnellii Sida reitzii Sida repens Sida rhizomatosa Sida rhombifolia Sida riedelii Sida rigida Sida rivulicola Sida rodrigoi Sida rohlenae Sida rubifolia Sida rubromarginata Sida rufescens Sida ruizii Sida rupicola Sida rzedowskii Sida salviifolia Sida samoensis Sida sampaiana Sida sangana Sida santaremensis Sida schimperiana Sida schininii Sida schumanniana Sida serrata Sida setosa Sida shinyangensis Sida simpsonii Sida sivarajanii Sida spenceriana Sida spinosa Sida subcordata Sida subcuneata Sida sucupirana Sida surumuensis Sida szechuensis Sida tanaensis Sida tenuicarpa Sida teresinensis Sida ternata Sida teysmannii Sida tiagii Sida tobatiensis Sida tragiifolia Sida tressensiae Sida trichopoda Sida tuberculata Sida turneroides Sida uchoae Sida ulei Sida ulmifolia Sida uniaristata Sida urens Sida vagans Sida vallsii Sida variegata Sida vespertina Sida viarum Sida waltoniana Sida weberbaueri Sida wingfieldii Sida xanti Sida yungasensis Sida yunnanensis Sida zahlbruckneri References Sida

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Antonia Ford

Antonia Ford Willard (July 23, 1838 – February 14, 1871) was a volunteer civilian spy for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Early life Antonia Ford was born at Fairfax Court House, Virginia. She was a daughter of a prominent local merchant and ardent secessionist named Edward R. Ford. Before going to the Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute in Buckingham, Virginia, she attended nearby Coombe Cottage, a private finishing school for girls. American Civil War As Union forces occupied the Fairfax region in mid-1861, Ford circulated among the officers and garnered valuable intelligence about troop strengths and planned movements, which she passed along to Brigadier General J.E.B. Stuart, in whose artillery her brother, Charles, served. Ford also spied for John S. Mosby, a noted partisan ranger. Stuart, grateful for her service and appreciative of the information he had received, designated Ford as an honorary aide-de-camp on October 7, 1861. In early 1863, Ford was betrayed by a Union counterspy named Frankie Abel, whom she had befriended and shown the document bearing Stuart's signature. Ford was subsequently arrested on March 13 and incarcerated in Washington, D.C., at the Old Capitol Prison. She was accused of playing a prominent role in the capture of Union general Edwin H. Stoughton, but Colonel Mosby and others later denied her complicity, and no evidence of her guilt could be found. She was released and exchanged seven days later. However, she was arrested in Fairfax by Major Joseph Clapp Willard (1820–1897) and sent back to Old Capitol Prison. She took the Oath of Allegiance, he resigned his position in the Union Army, and they subsequently married on March 10, 1864, in Washington, D.C. The couple had three children, only one surviving infancy. Antonia Ford Willard died in Washington, D.C. in 1871 as an indirect result of health issues stemming from her captivity. Her husband never remarried. Their son Joseph Edward Willard later became Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and the father-in-law of Kermit Roosevelt . Ford was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Film The 2007 made-for-television docudrama, Now & Forever Yours: Letters to an Old Soldier, artistically recounts the courtship of Antonia Ford and Major Joseph Clapp Willard. It was written and directed by Steven Fischer. In the film, Ford and Willard recount from an ethereal netherworld the events of their two-year affair. This narrative is dramatically illustrated with scenes of the courtship filmed in and around Fairfax, Virginia, where the actual romance took place. Now & Forever Yours: Letters to an Old Soldier was a critical success, winning, among others, an Emmy Award nomination for cinematography. The dialogue between the lovers was taken directly from the couple's surviving letters. The movie starred Katie Tschida and Winston Shearin. In 2009, BLM Productions released a feature-length docudrama, Spies in Crinoline, which recounts the intersecting lives of spies Antonia Ford and Laura Ratcliffe. The screenplay, adapted from Karla Vernon's The Spy in Crinoline and numerous primary sources, intersperses dramatic sequences shot on-location in Fairfax County, Virginia, with period images, narration, and interviews with historians. Directed by Bert Morgan, it stars Emily Lapisardi as Antonia Ford, Gregory Labenz as Joseph Willard, Becci Varga as Laura Ratcliffe, and Joe Cain as General J.E.B. Stuart. References Stuart-Mosby Historical Society Willard Family Papers, Library of Congress External links Antonia Ford in Encyclopedia Virginia Library of Congress Biography of Ford 1838 births 1871 deaths American Civil War spies Women in the American Civil War People of Virginia in the American Civil War People from Fairfax, Virginia Burials at Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) Women spies

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California Speaks

California Speaks was a statewide deliberative forum on health care reform that took place on August 11, 2007 in eight counties in California: Humboldt, Sacramento, Alameda (Oakland), Fresno, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Diego. Nearly 3,500 people representing all segments of the population were randomly recruited to participate in this day-long discussion of health care reform proposals that are before the California legislature. Background Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California proposed comprehensive health insurance reform for California on January 9, 2007 that would lead to nearly universal health insurance coverage in the state. The plan involved a complex set of requirements that employers provide health insurance or pay into a state insurance pool, that health care providers and insurers pay a new fee, and that all individuals be legally required to carry health insurance. The state would use the new fees to expand free or low-cost health insurance to those with low incomes, would allow higher income individuals to purchase “catastrophic” insurance, and would require insurance companies to sell insurance to any applicant (called guaranteed issue) By mid-year, two different Democratic proposals that overlapped the Governor’s proposal had merged into Assembly Bill 8 (AB8) and were seen as the most likely health insurance expansion bill to be passed and signed by California’s governor in 2007. Another bill with substantial support in the legislature proposed a single payer system, SB840. It was similar to a bill that had passed the legislature in a previous session and been vetoed by the Governor. Much of the organizational ideas and effort were provided by AmericaSpeaks, a group which promotes deliberation as a community method in a variety of communities, regions and topics. The forum California Speaks was designed as a non-partisan discussion about the major health insurance reforms in the state. Using neutral, accessible materials, a cross section of Californians learned about the different options and voted during the forum about what the state should do. The options focused on issues concerning AB8 and, to a lesser degree, SB840. The product of the discussions will be presented to the Governor and legislative leadership to inform state legislation that is currently being negotiated in Sacramento. The actual format of the discussions was that participants were divided into groups of 10–12 people, with a facilitator to make sure everyone got a chance to be heard. A discussion guide was provided which explained the background of the issues. Each table reported its ideas using wireless computers and participants voted on the proposals, using a polling keypad. The entire group responded to the strongest themes generated from table discussions and voted on final recommendations to decision makers. Also, various local sessions across the state were in contact via interactive television simultaneously. Results from the discussion were compiled into a report at the end of the meeting, and were given to participants, decision-makers and the media as the meeting concluded. As a participant in the San Diego group, I don't understand the exclusion of every group throughout the state preferring a single party payee system to any of the choices offered for discussion. Those running the forum said that this choice had already been rejected by the state and we would not even be allowed to discuss or consider this as an option. The forum almost ended at that point as this is what the citizenry wanted. The groups from Oakland and Humboldt counties were prepared to walk out if some version of a single party system wasn't included in the discussion. Our table was politically diverse in its make up, yet upon a straw vote ten of our twelve preferred some form of Medicare coverage for all. Upon threat of there not being any discussion at all, we were allowed to consider how such a program would differ from the choices on the table, but nothing beyond that would be accepted. I was a little stunned to hear groups of polar political differences in other issues be unified in their support of a health care system similar to the rest of the world's. Without my notes I can't report accurately on the remainder of the meeting, only that the participants had been muzzled and nobody had a chance to even discuss their opinions. The results Participants identified four key values to guide health care reform at the start of the forum: Health care should be affordable by all, everyone should have access, greed (profit) should not be part of the system, and wellness/prevention should be a priority. There was general support for the AB8/Governor’s range of proposals, with a number of conditions. Employer mandates were supported but most participants also wanted to assure that part-time and other employees were covered. Individual mandates were supported as long as there was an adequate standard for quality of care and other guarantees. Over 80% of this cross-section of Californians expressed a willingness to “share the responsibility” for paying for expanded health insurance. The impact The results and interpretation were presented to representatives of the California Legislature and Governor on August 23, 2007. The intent of the process is that the opinions of this large (3,500 person) group of average Californians from around the state, who spent a full day discussing the issues, would inform the California health care reform debate. See also AmericaSpeaks Medicare for All Act Universal health care References External links http://www.californiaspeaks.org/ https://archive.today/20130414143111/http://www.calhealthreform.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20071009130315/http://www.cahealthreformnow.org/ California OneCareNow Campaign Health Care for All—California Video Archive of CaliforniaSpeaks (in chapters) https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103347/http://www.fc-tv.com/clients/americaspeaks/webcast/ Video Highlights (8-min) https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103253/http://www.fc-tv.com/FCVideo/CaliforniaSpeaks/caSpeaks5minlowres.wmv Government of California Citizens' assemblies Healthcare reform in California

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Jingoism

Jingoism is nationalism in the form of aggressive and proactive foreign policy, such as a country's advocacy for the use of threats or actual force, as opposed to peaceful relations, in efforts to safeguard what it perceives as its national interests. Colloquially, jingoism is excessive bias in judging one's own country as superior to others – an extreme type of nationalism (cf. chauvinism and ultranationalism). Etymology The chorus of a song by the songwriter G. W. Hunt, popularized by the singer G. H. MacDermott – which was commonly sung in British pubs and music halls around the time of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 – gave birth to the term. The lyrics included this chorus: The capture of Constantinople was a long-standing Russian strategic aim, since it would have given the Russian Navy, based in the Black Sea, unfettered access to the Mediterranean Sea through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (known as the "Turkish Straits"); conversely, the British were determined to block the Russians, in order to protect their own access to India. At the time when the above song was composed and sung, the Russians were nearing their goal, through the Treaty of San Stefano; eventually, the British were able to push the Russians back by means of diplomatic pressure and the threat of war. The phrase "by Jingo" was a minced oath, scarcely documented in writing, used in place of "by Jesus". Use of the specific term "jingoism" stems from its coinage by prominent British radical George Holyoake, as a political label, in a letter to the Daily News on 13 March 1878. Examples In the 1880s, Henry Hyndman, leader of the Social Democratic Federation, turned against internationalism, and promoted a version of Socialism mixed with nationalism and antisemitism, even to the point of attacking fellow Socialist Eleanor Marx in antisemitic terms, noting that she had "inherited in her nose and mouth the Jewish type from Karl Marx himself". When taking part in the breakaway group which founded the Socialist League, Eleanor Marx wrote polemics in which she characterized Hyndman and his followers as "The Jingo Party". British artillery major-general Thomas Bland Strange, one of the founders of the Canadian Army and one of the divisional commanders during the 1885 North-West Rebellion, was an eccentric and temperamental soldier who gained the nickname "Jingo Strange" and titled his 1893 autobiography Gunner Jingo's Jubilee. Probably the first uses of the term in the U.S. press occurred in connection with the proposed annexation of Hawaii in 1893, after a coup led by foreign residents, mostly Americans, and assisted by the U.S. minister in Hawaii, overthrew the constitutional monarchy and declared a republic. Republican president Benjamin Harrison and Republicans in the U.S. Senate were frequently accused of jingoism in the Democratic press for supporting annexation. Theodore Roosevelt was frequently accused of jingoism. In an article on 23 October 1895 in The New York Times, Roosevelt stated, "There is much talk about 'jingoism'. If by 'jingoism' they mean a policy in pursuance of which Americans will with resolution and common sense insist upon our rights being respected by foreign powers, then we are 'jingoes'." In Homage to Catalonia, George Orwell decries the tactics of political journalists and wishes for introduction of aeroplanes into war in order to finally see "a jingo with a bullet hole in him." The policy of appeasement toward Hitler led to satirical references to the disappearance of such jingoistic attitudes when facing German aggression. A cartoon by E. H. Shepard titled "The Old-Fashioned Customer" appeared on 28 March 1938 issue of Punch. Set in a record shop, John Bull asks the record seller (Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain): "I wonder if you've got a song I remember about not wanting to fight, but if we do... something, something, something ... we've got the money too?". On the wall is a portrait of Lord Salisbury. The rhetoric of North Korea has been described as jingoist. See also War hawk Militarism Foreign policy Diplomacy References External links MacDermott song MacDermott song lyrics The song, We Didn't Want To Fight - Sung by Stanley Kirkby Nationalism Chauvinism Patriotism

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Nello Petrucci

Aniello Petrucci, known professionally as Nello Petrucci (born 26 January 1981) is an Italian artist and film director. He specializes in painting, street art, and sculpture, and works in both collage and halftone. Petrucci lives and works in Pompei and New York City. Biography Petrucci was born on January 26, 1981 in Castellammare di Stabia, a comune within the Naples metropolitan area. In the early 2000s, he studied cinema in Rome. He attained a degree in scenography from the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples in 2010. Career Petrucci often includes social and environmental issues in his works. An example of this is his installation Plastic River, which depicts a whale made of recycled plastic. Plastic River was exhibited in Pompei in 2019 to highlight the environmental impacts of excessive plastic use. In 2019, Petrucci also participated in the third rendition of Subscatti "Il Golfo di Plastica", an exhibition highlighting the impact of ocean plastic pollution. His contribution was exhibited at the Archaeological Museum of Herculaneum. Petrucci is the artistic director of the Pompei Street Festival and Stabiae Street, inviting about 40 international street artists to Pompei, including C215, M-City, Francisco Bosoletti, Ledania, Gianpiero, Mr.Kas, Maxi Bagnasco and others. Collections and sculptures Petrucci has exhibited numerous works at institutional venues, including L'arte come il film della vita at Palazzo Orsini di Gravina in Naples in 2010, La Grande Illusione at the Central Archives of the State in Rome in 2012, Convergenze Parallele at the Ex Polverificio Bourbon in Scafati in 2013, Kairos in 2017 at the Agora Gallery in New York, curated by Marcello Francolini. Pompei e i misteri dell’eterna bellezza at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii in 2019,  Over the Sky at the Embassy of United States in Rome in 2019, which was reviewed by art critics Lara Caccia, Maria Letizia Paiato, Mary Angela Schroth and Mario Sesti, Il Canto di Circe in the San Domenico Maggiore in Naples in 2020, and in several galleries in New York and Shanghai. In 2018, Petrucci exhibited the largest collage installation at the 3 World Trade Center in New York for the Silverstein Foundation Project, commissioned by Larry Silverstein. The installation involved international street artists such as Ron English, WhlsBe, Lauren YS, Layercake, and Chris RWK. His piece, The Essence of Lightness, is on permanent display in the building. Petrucci has created several sculptures, mainly using iron and weathering steel. Margine, built in 2020, was installed at the Punta Campanella Lighthouse on the Gulf of Naples. Trame, which was built in 2021, is on permanent exhibition at the Venetian Arsenal, a museum which includes works from artists such as Michelangelo Pitoletto, Jean Fabre, Beverly Pepper, and others. On 8 February 2023, he inaugurated a sculpture dedicated to Chico Forti, on the occasion of his 64th birthday, created in marble and presented in Trento, in the presence of the authorities, and in connection with the tenor Andrea Bocelli. Street art Petrucci has produced numerous pieces of street art, including Sweet Home, which was created in Pompei in 2020, La Mano de Dios, which was painted inside the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, and Red Zone, which was created in Pompei in 2021. In 2021, Petrucci painted Restiamo Umani in remembrance of Vittorio Arrigoni, who died in 2011. In 2021, Imago, a mural on display in Castellammare di Stabia, was vandalized three days after it was unveiled. While repairing the piece, Petrucci inserted the vandals into the artwork. Petrucci also painted Maschere in Castellammare di Stabia in 2021, which was dedicated to local poet and artist Raffaele Viviani. This mural inspired the art initiative Stabiae Street, which Petrucci is the art director of. In the United States, Petrucci unveiled Attesa in Miami in 2022. The mural is dedicated to Chico Forti, who is detained in the United States and awaiting extradition back to Italy. Forti received the mural well, saying on his website, "if a photograph is worth a hundred words, a mural is worth a million". Cinema Petrucci has made various independent film projects, such as La Grande Illusione in 2013, Lost Love in 2017, and L’ultimo whisky con il cappellaio matto in 2020, for which he won the Silver Award for Best Fantasy Short Film at the Independent Short Awards, and was nominated for Best Short Film at the 2021 Globo d'oro Awards. References External links Official Website Official IMDB 1981 births Living people Italian directors

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasian%20robin

Australasian robin

The bird family Petroicidae includes 51 species in 19 genera. All are endemic to Australasia: New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and numerous Pacific Islands as far east as Samoa. For want of an accurate common name, the family is often called the Australasian robins. Within the family species are known variously as robins, scrub-robins and flyrobins. They are only distantly related to the European robin of Europe, north Africa and western Asia, a member of family Muscicapidae. Characteristics Most species have a compact build with a large, rounded head, a short, straight bill, and rounded wingtips. They occupy a wide range of wooded habitats, from subalpine to tropical rainforest, and mangrove swamps to semi-arid scrubland. All are primarily insectivorous, although a few supplement their diet with seeds. Hunting is mostly by perch and pounce, a favoured tactic being to cling sideways onto a treetrunk and scan the ground below without moving. Social organisation is usually centered on long-term pair-bonds and small family groups. Most members of the subfamily Eopsaltrinae practice cooperative breeding, with all family members helping defend a territory and feed nestlings. Nests are cup-shaped, usually constructed by the female, and often placed in a vertical fork of a tree or shrub. Many species are expert at adding moss, bark or lichen to the outside of the nest as camouflage, making it very difficult to spot, even when it is in a seemingly prominent location. Systematics Although named after true robins, the Australian robins, along with many other insect-eating birds, were originally classified as flycatchers in a huge family Muscicapidae. They were also classified for a time in the whistler family Pachycephalidae, before being placed in their own family Petroicidae, or Eopsaltridae. The family Petroicidae is a member of the infraorder Passerides which also includes the parvorders Sylviida, Muscicapida and Passerida. It is most closely related to the families Eupetidae (Rail-babbler), Chaetopidae (Rockjumper) and Picathartidae (Rockfowl). Classification A comprehensive review, including an analysis of the osteological characters, by Schodde and Mason in 1999 illustrated three groupings, classified as subfamilies below: Testing of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA revealed some changes, and proposed sinking of Tregellasia into Eopsaltria as the white-breasted robin's closest relatives appear to be the two taxa of Tregellasia. The family contains 51 species divided into 19 genera and 6 subfamilies: Eopsaltriinae Tregellasia (2 species) Quoyornis (monotypic) – white-breasted robin Eopsaltria (2 species) Gennaeodryas (monotypic) – banded yellow robin Melanodryas (2 species) Peneothello (5 species) Poecilodryas (4 species) Plesiodryas (monotypic) – black-throated robin Heteromyias (3 species) Drymodinae Drymodes (3 species) Microecinae Microeca (3 species) Monachella (monotypic) – torrent flyrobin Cryptomicroeca (monotypic) – yellow-bellied flyrobin Kempiella (2 species) Devioeca (monotypic) – canary flyrobin Petroicinae Eugerygone (monotypic) – garnet robin Petroica (14 species) Pachycephalopsinae Pachycephalopsis (2 species) Amalocichlinae Amalocichla (2 species) References Sources Further reading Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. Mathews, G. M. (1920): The Birds of Australia Vol. VIII, No. 4. External links Petroicidae videos on the Internet Bird Collection Meliphagoidea – Highlighting relationships of Maluridae on Tree Of Life Web Project

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Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona

Ramon Berenguer IV (; c. 1114 – 6 August 1162, Anglicized Raymond Berengar IV), sometimes called the Saint, was the count of Barcelona who brought about the union of the County of Barcelona with the Kingdom of Aragon to form the Crown of Aragon. Early reign Ramon Berenguer was born 1114, the son of Count Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Countess Douce I of Provence. He inherited the county of Barcelona from his father Ramon Berenguer III on 19 August 1131. On 11 August 1137, at the age of about 24, he was betrothed to the infant Petronilla of Aragon, aged one at the time. Petronilla's father, King Ramiro II of Aragon, who sought Barcelona's aid against King Alfonso VII of Leon, withdrew from public life on 13 November 1137, leaving his kingdom to Petronilla and Ramon Berenguer, the latter in effect becoming ruler of Aragon, although he was never king himself, instead commonly using the titles "Count of the Barcelonans and Prince of the Aragonians" (Comes Barcinonensis et Princeps Aragonensis), and occasionally those of "Marquis of Lleida and Tortosa" (after conquering these cities). The treaty between Ramon Berenguer and his father-in-law, Ramiro II, stipulated that their descendants would rule jointly over both realms, and that even if Petronilla died before the marriage could be consummated, Ramon Berenguer's heirs would still inherit the Kingdom of Aragon. Both realms would preserve their laws, institutions and autonomy, remaining legally distinct but federated in a dynastic union under one ruling house. Historians consider this arrangement the political masterstroke of the Hispanic Middle Ages. Both realms gained greater strength and security and Aragon got its much needed outlet to the sea. On the other hand, formation of a new political entity in the north-east at the time when Portugal seceded from León in the west gave more balance to the Christian kingdoms of the peninsula. Ramon Berenguer successfully pulled Aragon out of its pledged submission to Castile, aided no doubt by his sister Berengaria, wife of Alfonso VII, who was well known in her time for her beauty and charm. Crusades and wars In the middle years of his rule, Ramon Berenguer turned his attention to campaigns against the Moors. In October 1147, as part of the Second Crusade, he helped Castile to conquer Almería. He then invaded the lands of the Almoravid taifa kingdoms of Valencia and Murcia. In December 1148, he captured Tortosa after a six-month siege with the help of Southern French, Anglo-Norman and Genoese crusaders. When Moors later tried to recapture Tortosa, the women put up such a spirited defense that Ramon Berenger created for them the Order of the Hatchet. The next year, Fraga, Lleida and Mequinenza in the confluence of the Segre and Ebro rivers fell to his army. Ramon Berenguer also campaigned in Provence, helping his brother Berenguer Ramon and his infant nephew Ramon Berenguer II against the counts of Toulouse. During the minority of Ramon Berenguer II, the count of Barcelona also acted as the regent of Provence (between 1144 and 1157). In 1151, Ramon signed the Treaty of Tudilén with Alfonso VII of León and Castile. The treaty defined the zones of conquest in Andalusia as an attempt to prevent the two rulers from coming into conflict. Also in 1151, Ramon Berenguer founded and endowed the royal monastery of Poblet. In 1154, he accepted the regency of Gaston V of Béarn in return for the Bearnese nobles rendering him homage at Canfranc, thus uniting that small principality with the growing Aragonese state. Marriage and children Ramon and Petronilla had: Infante Peter Alfonso II of Aragon Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Provence Dulce, Queen of Portugal Sancho, Count of Provence Death Ramon Berenguer IV died on 6 August 1162 in Borgo San Dalmazzo, Piedmont, Italy. He was succeeded by Petronilla and then by his eldest surviving son, Ramon Berenguer, who also inherited the Kingdom of Aragon upon Petronilla's abdication in 1164. He changed his name to Alfonso as a nod to his Aragonese lineage, and became Alfonso II of Aragon. Ramon Berenguer IV's younger son Pere (Peter) inherited the county of Cerdanya and lands north of the Pyrenees, and changed his name to Ramon Berenguer. Appearance and character The Chronicle of San Juan de la Peña said he was, "[a] man of particularly great nobility, prudence, and probity, of lively temperament, high counsel, great bravery, and steady intellect, who displayed great temperance in all his actions. He was handsome in appearance, with a large body and very well-proportioned limbs." References Bibliography Villegas-Aristizabal, Lucas (2009), "Anglo-Norman involvement in the conquest of Tortosa and Settlement of Tortosa, 1148-1180", Crusades 8, pp. 63–129. 1110s births 1162 deaths Counts of Barcelona Spanish princes Christians of the Second Crusade Burials at Santa Maria de Ripoll Ramon 4 12th-century people from the County of Barcelona

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav%20Classens

Gustav Classens

Gustav Classens (12 October 189418 June 1977) was a German conductor who shaped musical life in Bonn. He was municipal music director and conductor of the Beethoven Orchester Bonn from 1933 to 1949, continuing concerts during World War II and reviving them after the war. He was then for decades conductor of the choir Chor der Bonner Bach-Gemeinschaft that he founded. Career Gustav Xavier Maria August Classens was born in Aachen, the son of the photographer August Classens (1849–after 1902) and his wife Maria Classens, née Jessen. He studied music at the Cologne Conservatory from 1913, piano with Otto Klauwell (1851–1917), music theory with Franz Bölsche (1867–1933) and Konrad Ramrath (1880–1972), and score playing with Ewald Strässer (1869–1935). His studies were interrupted by World War I. He served as Gefreiter and was severely injured in 1915. When he returned to his studies in 1919, he took conducting classes with Hermann Abendroth. He graduated in 1923 in piano and conducting. Classens gave concerts as a pianist and assisted Abendroth with his concerts at the in Cologne. In 1923, he conducted the first concert of the Kölner Kammerorchester (Cologne Chamber Orchestra) which Abendroth had founded. His first leading position was music director of the Kurverwaltung-Konzertgesellschaft in Bad Godesberg from 1924, including conducting the Kurorchesters. In 1925, he also became municipal music director (Städtischer Musikdirektor) in Witten. He had a first contact to Bonn in 1927, when he prepared choirs for the Beethovenfest for the centenary of the composer's death. During the following years, he often stepped in for Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) Max Anton (1877–1939) who had to retire early due to ill health. After three more years, in 1933, Classens was appointed GMD in Bonn. From 1936, he was also responsible for the Bonn Opera, after Heinrich Sauer (1870–1955) had retired in 1931. Classen's intention was to make Bonn a Beethoven city, as Salzburg was a Mozart city. He had to compromise with the Nazi regime, such as conducting in 1934 the premiere of Deutsches Heldenrequiem, dedicated to Hitler by its composer Gottfried Müller (1914–1993). However, he held a high level of quality, performing in his first season in 1933/34 the oratorio Elisabeth by Joseph Haas, followed by Bach's St John Passion, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Choral Fantasy, Hans Pfitzner's Violin Concerto and Ein Heldenleben by Richard Strauss. The following season, he conducted Bach's St Matthew Passion, Handel's Samson, Haydn's Die Jahreszeiten, Beethoven's Missa solemnis and Ninth Symphony, Bruckner's Ninth Symphony, and an evening dedicated to Max Reger with two Bonn premieres. He managed to continue concerts under difficult conditions during World War II and revived the orchestra after the war. He held the position of GMD until 1949. In 1949, Classens founded a choir which he named Chor der Bonner Bach-Gemeinschaft (Choir of the Bonn Bach Society). which became the Bach-Chor Bonn in 2012. He was director until 1971. In the almost forty years that he led the Bach-Chor, numerous concerts for choir and orchestra took place in Bonn, making it an integral part of Bonn's musical life. They toured in the wider Bonn area as well as to Belgium and Luxembourg. Founded to cultivate Bach's works, the choir's repertoire was soon expanded. In 1951, Haydn's Die Schöpfung was performed. In 1952, Classens conducted the Bonn premiere of Bach's Easter Oratorio, and three years later the first performance there of the Magnificat by Bach's son Carl Philipp Emanuel. The performance of the Bach's St Matthew Passion unabridged in March 1959 became a special event for Bach lovers. Classens conducted Handel's oratorios Judas Maccabäus and Messiah, Haydn's Die Jahreszeiten, and Ein deutsches Requiem by Brahms. He also performed Dvořák's Stabat mater and Requiem, Hermann Suter's Le Laudi which was almost forgotten, and Kodály's Psalmus Hungaricus. From 1952 to 1966, he was also music teacher at the . Classens died in Bonn at the age of 82. References Further reading External links German conductors (music) Music directors Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1894 births 1977 deaths Musicians from Aachen

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21st Airship Group

The 21st Airship Group was a unit of the United States Army Air Corps. It was last assigned to the 3d Wing at Scott Field, Illinois. It was originally activated under a different name in 1921, and disbanded on 27 May 1939. A predecessor of the group served on the Western Front in France during World War I. For most of the period between the two World Wars, the group was the only active lighter-than-air headquarters in the United States Army Air Service and, later, the United States Army Air Corps. History The 2d Balloon Squadron, a predecessor of the group was activated during World War I and deployed to Western Front in France. The squadron was credited with participating in the Meuse-Argonne offensive (8–17 October 1918). The unit was demobilized as the I Corps Balloon Group in December 1918. The 1st Balloon Group was organized in the fall of 1921 to support the Air Service Balloon and Airship School at Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas. However, a series of mishaps in operating the hydrogen-filled craft led to the transfer of the school from Brooks to Scott Field, Illinois, on 26 June 1922. Lighter-than-air ships were used at Scott Field to research the capabilities of aerial photography, meteorology and conduct altitude experiments. In the late 1920s, the emphasis shifted from airships to balloons. Airplanes began to dominate activities at Scott Field, and in the late 1930s, the lighter-than-air activities there came to an end. Lineage I Corps Balloon Group Organized as the 2d Balloon Squadron on 25 September 1917 Redesignated Company A, Balloon Wing, First Army on 19 June 1918 Redesignated I Corps Balloon Group on 8 October 1918 Demobilized in December 1918. Reconstituted on 20 November 1936 and consolidated with the 21st Airship Group as the 21st Airship Group 21st Balloon Group Constituted in the Regular Army as the 1st Balloon Group on 13 September 1921 Redesignated 1st Airship Group on 3 January 1922. Redesignated 21st Airship Group on 1 January 1923 Consolidated on 20 November 1936 with the I Corps Balloon Group Redesignated as 21st Balloon Group on 1 June 1937. Disbanded on 27 May 1939 Assignments Undetermined, 15 September 1917 1st Air Depot, AEF, 3 January 1918 Balloon Wing, First Army, 19 June 1918 I Corps, 8 October-8 December 1918 Zone of the Interior, 13 September 1921 Air Service Balloon and Airship School (later Air Corps Balloon and Airship School). 3 January 1922 General Headquarters Reserve, 8 May 1929 General Headquarters Air Force, 1 October 1933 Sixth Corps Area, 12 August 1936 3d Wing, 19 February – 1 June 1939 Components 8th Airship Company 1921–1933 9th Airship Company 1921–1933 9th Airship Squadron 1933–1937 12th Airship Company 1921–1933 16th Airship Company 1921–1933 19th Airship Squadron 1933–1937 1st Balloon Company, 1918 2d Balloon Company, 1918 3d Balloon Company, 1918 1st Balloon Squadron 1937–1939 2d Balloon Squadron 1937–1939 3d Balloon Squadron 1937–1939 24th Airship Service Company 1921–1933 24th Airship Service Squadron 1933–1937 24th Service Squadron 1937–1939 21st Photo Section 1922-1937 Stations Fort Omaha, Nebraska, 25 September 1917 Garden City, Long Island New York, September 1917 Camp de Souge, Orléanaise, France, 3 January 1918 – 5 April 1918 Brouville, Lorraine, France, 15 April 1918 La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Lorraine, France, 19 June 1918 through August 1918 Toul, Lorraine, France, by September 1918 Saizerais, Lorraine, France, 19 September 1918 Colombey-les-Belles Airdrome, Meuse-Argonne Sector, France, c 8 October–December 1918 Brooks Field, Texas, 13 September 1921 Scott Field, Illinois, 1 July 1922 – 1 June 1939 References Bibliography Military units and formations of the United States Army Air Corps Military units and formations established in 1917

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Systems

T-Systems

T-Systems International GmbH (T-Systems) is an internationally operating service provider for information technologies and digital transformation. The company is part of Deutsche Telekom AG and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. As of 2012, T-Systems was the largest German and one of the largest European IT services companies, serving customers such as WestLB, Old Mutual, Daimler, Volkswagen, Royal Dutch Shell, Sanlam, Murray & Roberts, BP, TUI AG, De Agostini, Philips, MAN SE, Airbus, E.ON. and British American Tobacco. The company operates in more than 20 countries and in 2015 employed 45,990 people, in 2003 were approximately 50,000 people worldwide, among them around 27,000 in Germany and 23,000 outside. Beginning in December 2007 Reinhard Clemens was the CEO. Before that, he had been president of EDS (now HP Enterprise Services) Germany since 2003. Since January 2018 Adel Al-Saleh has been the CEO of T-Systems. In June 2018, T-Systems announced it will cut 10,000 jobs in 3 years, including 6,000 in Germany, with the hope of returning the company to profitability. History T-Systems was founded in 2000, when Deutsche Telekom acquired a 50.1% stake of debis Systemhaus, one of the largest IT services companies in Germany at the time. Most of Deutsche Telekom's existing service and IT businesses were then merged and incorporated under the control of one single company, the newly founded T-Systems. In 2001 T-System's headquarters were moved from Bonn to Frankfurt. In 2002 the remaining 49.9% share of debis Systemhaus was acquired and fully incorporated into T-Systems. However, the company underwent a leadership crisis during the first years after its creation, due to different agendas of the former debis management and the leadership of the former Telekom subsidiaries. Since then, T-Systems made a number of acquisitions, most notably the purchase of gedas, the IT subsidiary of Volkswagen Group in December 2005. From 2007 to 2018, Reinhard Clemens was T-Systems' CEO. T-Systems also supported the creation of Silicon Saxony, a major IT cluster in Germany. In 2008 T-Systems and the Cognizant global IT services provider entered into a global alliance. T-Systems' India operations were taken over by Cognizant following this alliance in late March 2008. T-Systems is also working for the German government and a market leader in Germany. In 2009, T-Systems came with another wing in India (T-Systems ICT India Pvt. Ltd.) to support its global partners. T-Systems ICT India has its head office in Pune with another 'Point of Production' in Bangaluru established in April 2016 and a 'Cloud and Digital Centre' at Nagpur established in 2022 in partnership with Tech Mahindra. Since January 2022, Anant Padmanabhan is the managing director of T-Systems ICT India. In 2020, T-Systems employed more than 28,000 people in 20 countries and generated annual sales of EUR 4.2 billion. International subsidiaries T-Systems has different International Subsidiaries such as: T-Systems Austria GmbH (Austria) T-Systems Belgium NV (Belgium) T-Systems do Brasil Ltda (Brasil) TSI Finnland (Finland) T-Systems France SAS (France) T-Systems Information and Communication Technology E.P.E. (Greece) Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Hungary (Hungary) T-Systems Spring Italia srl (Italy) T-Systems Luxembourg S.A. (Luxembourg) T-Systems MMS (Germany: Software Division) T-Systems Sdn. Bhd (Malaysia) T-Systems México S.A. de C.V. (Mexico) T-Systems Nederland B.V. (Netherlands) T-Systems Nordic TC A/S (Nordics) T-Systems North America, Inc (USA and Canada) T-Systems Polska Sp.z o.o. (Poland) T-Systems ICT Romania S.R.L. (Romania) T-Systems CIS (Russia) T-Systems Singapore Pte Ltd (Singapore) Deutsche Telekom Systems Solutions Slovakia s.r.o. (Slovakia) T-Systems South Africa (Pty) Ltd. (South Africa) T-Systems ITC Iberia, S.A (Spain and Portugal) T-Systems Schweiz AG (Switzerland) T-Systems Telekomünikasyon Limited Sirketi (Turkey) T-Systems ICT India Pvt. Ltd. (India) References External links T-Systems home page Deutsche Telekom ICT service providers Information technology consulting firms of Germany International information technology consulting firms Cloud computing providers Companies based in Frankfurt Companies established in 2000

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2021 Peach Bowl (January)

The 2021 Peach Bowl was a college football bowl game between the Georgia Bulldogs and Cincinnati Bearcats that was played on January 1, 2021, with kickoff scheduled for 12:30 p.m. EST on ESPN. It was the 53rd edition of the Peach Bowl, and was one of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. Sponsored by restaurant chain Chick-fil-A, the game was officially known as the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. The game averaged 8.72 million viewers, becoming the most viewed non-semifinal Peach Bowl. Georgia represented the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Cincinnati represented the American Athletic Conference (AAC).The game was the final game of the 2020 football season for each team and resulted in a 24–21 Georgia victory. Teams As one of the New Year's Six bowl games, the participants of the game were determined by the College Football Playoff selection committee. The committee matched No. 8 Cincinnati of the American Athletic Conference (The American) against No. 9 Georgia of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Georgia had won both of the teams' prior two meetings, in 1942 and 1976. Georgia Bulldogs Georgia entered the bowl with a 7–2 record, all in SEC contests. Georgia played five ranked teams, losing to Alabama and Florida while defeating Auburn, Tennessee, and Missouri. The Bulldogs had a 3–2 record in prior Peach Bowls, most recently appearing in, and winning, the 2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl when it was known by that name. Cincinnati Bearcats Cincinnati entered the bowl with a 9–0 record. After going 6–0 in conference play, the Bearcats defeated Tulsa in the AAC Championship Game. Cincinnati defeated three ranked teams during the season: Tulsa, Army, and SMU. This was the first appearance by the Bearcats in a Peach Bowl. Game summary Cincinnati lead 21-10 going into the fourth quarter with Georgia having not scored a touchdown since the first quarter. Georgia's comeback win marked Kirby Smart's biggest comeback win at his tenure with Georgia. First quarter Georgia got the ball first and was forced to punt on the first drive. One Cincinnati's first drive they were also forced to punt. On the ensuing Georgia drive punter Jake Camarda's shanked 4 yard punt put Cincinnati in UGA territory. Desmond Ridder capped off the Bearcats drive with a 14 yard touchdown pass to Alec Pierce. After a JT Daniels interception and Cincinnati punt, Georgia got on the board on a 16 yard George Pickens touchdown to end the first quarter with a 7-7 tie. Second quarter The two teams traded possessions before Cincinnati missed a field goal. Georgia responded with a 38 yard Jack Podlesney field goal to give Georgia their first lead of the game. The Bearcats would answer back with an 11 yard touchdown to give them a 14-10 lead at half time. Third quarter Cincinnati scored on a 79 yard touchdown run by Jerome Ford on the second play of the half. On the next drive, Georgia drove down to the Bearcats 18 yard line before a JT Daniels fumble gave the ball back to Cincinnati. The two teams traded turns with the ball with neither team scoring. Fourth quarter The fourth quarter started with Cincinnati having the ball. Georgia linebacker Azeez Ojulari sacked Desmond Ridder forcing a fumble. Adam Anderson would pick it up for Georgia giving them the ball in Bearcat territory. The Bulldogs would score on a Zamir White touchdown run on the following possession. Cincinnati would punt and a Georgia 32 yard field goal shortened the Bearcat's 21-19 lead. The teams then traded punts. The Bulldogs started burning timeouts and Cincinnati was a first down away from winning. It was third down and two. Ridder threw an incomplete pass giving Georgia one last chance to win. JT Daniels lead Georgia to the Bearcat 36 yard line. Jack Podlesney would then make a 53-yard field goal, tying the Peach Bowl record for longest field goal, to give Georgia a 22-21 lead with two seconds remaining. On the last play of the game Azeez Ojulari would sack Ridder in the end zone for a safety to seal a 24-21 Georgia victory. Scoring summary Statistics 2021 season The following season both Georgia and Cincinnati made the College Football Playoff. Despite not winning, the Peach Bowl was seen as a statement game for Cincinnati and The Group of 5. Georgia finished the year with a perfect 12-0 record before losing to Alabama in the 2021 SEC Championship. Cincinnati finished undefeated at 13-0. Georgia played Michigan in the 2021 Orange Bowl, winning 34-11. Cincinnati played Alabama in the 2021 Cotton Bowl, losing 27-6. Georgia re-matched Alabama in the 2022 National Championship Game winning 33-18 to claim their first Championship since 1980. Notes References External links Game statistics at statbroadcast.com Peach Bowl Peach Bowl Peach Bowl Peach Bowl Peach Bowl Georgia Bulldogs football bowl games Cincinnati Bearcats football bowl games

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F1000 (publisher)

F1000 (formerly "Faculty of 1000") is an open research publisher for scientists, scholars, and clinical researchers. F1000 offers a different research evaluation service from standard academic journals by offering peer-review after, rather than before, publishing a research article. Initially, F1000 was named after the 1,000 faculty members that performed peer-reviews, but over time F1000 expanded to more than 8,000 members. When F1000 was acquired by Taylor & Francis Group in January 2020, it kept the publishing services. F1000Prime (AKA Faculty Opinions) and F1000 Workspace (AKA Sciwheel) were acquired by different brands. History Faculty of 1000 was founded in 2000 by publishing entrepreneur Vitek Tracz in London. Initially, it was named after the 1,000 experts it had reviewing academic works, but over time F1000 expanded to more than 8,000 members. In 2002, it introduced F1000Prime (later known as Faculty Opinions), which recommended scientific articles selected by its experts. At first, F1000 was focused on biology, but later expanded to additional scientific fields over time, including a focus on medicine beginning in 2006. The company was part of the Science Navigation Group until its acquisition by Taylor & Francis in January 2020. As part of the deal, founder Vitek Tracz remained the owner of Prime and Workspace, leaving the new F1000 (and F1000Research) owned by Taylor & Francis. Faculty Opinions (F1000Prime) was later acquired by a tech company called H1 in February 2022. F1000 now only provides publishing and related services. Services F1000 is an open research publisher for academic works. Its model focuses on publishing findings quickly using a post-publication peer-review system. Authors submit an article and all of its underlying data. F1000 does a prepublication check and publishes the article, usually within a couple weeks. After the article is published, an expert is assigned to conduct a peer-review of the work. The peer-review is done publicly, online, and on an ongoing basis. The expert conducting the peer review discloses their name and any vested interests, abandoning the double-blind, anonymous peer-review system that is typical in academic publishing. Additionally, other organizations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (platform Gates Open Research) and the European Commission (platform Open Research Europe) contract out the development and support of their own open-access publishing systems to F1000. It publishes articles and "collections" of other research content such as presentations. Users can filter articles to see only those that have passed peer review. In January 2020, the publisher Taylor & Francis bought F1000Research. Previous services F1000 used to operate Faculty Opinions', formerly known as F1000Prime'', until F1000 was acquired by Taylor & Francis in 2020. The founder of F1000 remained the owner of Prime, which he subsequently sold to tech company H1 in February 2022. Faculty Opinions draws attention to scientific works that are well-rated by F1000's experts. The Faculty Opinions ranking system further provides an alternative article highlighting system from the use of article impact metrics like total citation count. Faculty Opinions experts nominate primary research papers they felt were important or interesting, write a description of the work's significance, then link to where the work was originally published. Sciwheel, formerly F1000Workspace, was a citation manager platform previously operated by F1000. SciWheel also offered article recommendations based on a user's existing reference library. After the acquisition, it was owned by F1000 founder Vitek Tracz, before being acquired by SAGE Publishing in 2022. See also Open peer review Taylor & Francis Open access References External links Science websites Review websites Open access publishers Academic journal online publishing platforms

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts%20Jackson

Roberts Jackson

Roberts Jackson Solicitors was a law firm headquartered in Wilmslow, Cheshire in the United Kingdom. The firm was founded in 2009. It specialised in industrial disease and workplace illness, prosecuting cases across conditions such as mesothelioma, dermatitis and occupational asthma. History Three years after being founded, the firm moved from its original premises at the Blackbox Business Centre in Wilmslow to Orbit Developments' Sandfield House, investing £200,000 in the relocation and taking a 9,231 sq ft, 10-year lease in a deal that, according to the developers, represented Wilmslow's biggest office letting for five years. In August 2013, the Manchester Evening News reported that the firms fee income had doubled, increasing from £3.5m turnover in 2012 to £7m in the same period of 2013. Further to this, the Legal Futures website also reported that the industrial disease firm were eyeing up the option of an "Alternative Business Structure". In 2014 the firm secured £15m investment from NorthEdge Capital. Grant Berry, managing partner at NorthEdge Capital, director Jon Pickering, and investment manager Phil Frame led the deal. Berry and Pickering have joined the Roberts Jackson board as non-executive directors while Frame has joined as an observer. In 2014 The Sunday Times listed the firm 27th in their annual Top 100 Virgin Fast Track category which evaluates the UK's most successful private companies and places them accordingly. In early 2018 the firm appointed a new CEO, Rachael Charmbury to replace Karen Jackson. Charmbury, a practising lawyer from 1991 to 2003 with international law firm Squire Patton Boggs, joined Roberts Jackson with 20 years of experience in the legal sector having acted for both Claimants and Defendant insurers in personal injury cases. On 28 September 2018 Roberts Jackson merged with AWH Solicitors, based in Manchester. At the time, AWH Solicitors said it would continue offering the services of Roberts Jackson in addition to their other legal services, but by 2021 the company was no longer listed as a separate entity within AWH. Charity and fundraising The firm regularly took part in charity events and spends at least 10% of business hours coordinating and running events to raise money for various organisations. In 2014 the firm took part in a charity event organised by Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which saw members of staff play a football tournament on Manchester United F.C ground - Old Trafford to raise money for new facilities at The Christie hospital. The event managed to raise more than £30,000 which will go towards rehabilitation of teenage cancer patients at the specialist cancer centre through The Christie's partnership with Manchester United. Awards In 2013, Leila Bridgett, who is head of the firm's Musculoskeletal Department, overseeing 12 fee earners, won the Trainee Solicitor of the Year award at the Manchester Legal Awards, organised by the Manchester Law Society. The firm has also been shortlisted for the 'Excellence in Learning and Development' award at the Law Society Excellence Awards in 2012, Regional Law Firm of the Year at the British Legal Awards 2012 and Legal Services Team of the Year for firms of 1-10 partners at the Claims Innovation Awards 2013. In 2013, associate director Gladys Swaim-Rutter was nominated in one of two Grand Prix categories at the Lawyer Management Awards, the Law Firm Management Individual of the Year. In January 2014, one of the firms associates Jennifer Dougal was short listed for "Associate of the Year" at the Manchester Legal Awards. This was Roberts Jackson's 4th consecutive year of nominations at the awards hosted by the Manchester Law Society. On 5 May 2014 the firm announced it had been short listed for another award, this time in the category of "Boutique Law Firm of the Year" at The Lawyer Awards 2014 In May 2014 the Firm won Legal Services Team of the Year (1-10 partners) at the Claims Innovation Awards, an award the firm has been short listed for in previous years. In early 2015 the firm added to their previous awards after being named "PI/Clinical Negligence Team of the Year" by the Manchester Law Society at the Manchester Legal Awards 2015 2016 was another hugely successful year for Roberts Jackson as they were named Boutique Law Firm of the Year by The Lawyer Magazine and then Business of the Year (Turnover Over £5 Million) at the North East Cheshire Business Awards. Three more major awards were won by the firm in 2017 to mark yet another successful year of recognition for Roberts Jackson. They won Law Firm of the Year (medium) at the Manchester Legal Awards, Claimant Law Firm of the Year at the Claims Innovation Awards and Client Care Initiative of the Year at the Modern Law Awards The firm has also been listed in The Legal 500. References Law firms of England Companies based in Cheshire Law firms established in 2009 2009 establishments in England Law firms disestablished in 2018 2018 disestablishments in England 2018 mergers and acquisitions Defunct law firms of the United Kingdom

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientia%20potentia%20est

Scientia potentia est

The phrase "" (or "" or also "") is a Latin aphorism meaning "knowledge is power", commonly attributed to Sir Francis Bacon. The expression "" ('knowledge itself is power') occurs in Bacon's Meditationes Sacrae (1597). The exact phrase "" (knowledge is power) was written for the first time in the 1668 version of Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, who was a secretary to Bacon as a young man. The related phrase "" is often translated as "wisdom is power". History Origins and parallels A proverb in practically the same wording is found in Hebrew, in the Biblical Book of Proverbs (24:5): . This was translated in the Latin Vulgata as "" and in the King James Version as "A wise man is strong, a man of knowledge increaseth strength". Thomas Hobbes The first known reference of the exact phrase appeared in the Latin edition of Leviathan (1668; the English version had been published in 1651). This passage from Part 1 ("De Homine"), Chapter X ("De Potentia, Dignitate et Honore") occurs in a list of various attributes of man which constitute power; in this list, "sciences" or "the sciences" are given a minor position: In the English version this passage reads as thus: On a later work, De Corpore (1655), also written in Latin, Hobbes expanded the same idea: In Hobbes and the social contract tradition (1988), Jean Hampton indicates that this quote is 'after Bacon' and in a footnote, that 'Hobbes was Bacon's secretary as a young man and had philosophical discussions with him' (Aubrey 1898, 331). Francis Bacon The closest expression in Bacon's works is, perhaps, the expression "", found in his Meditationes Sacrae (1597), which is translated as "knowledge itself is power": One of many differing English translations of this section includes the following: Interpretation of the notion of power meant by Bacon must therefore take into account his distinction between the power of knowing and the power of working and acting, the opposite of what is assumed when the maxim is taken out of context. Indeed, the quotation has become a cliche. In another place, Bacon wrote, "Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced. Nature to be commanded must be obeyed; and that which in contemplation is as the cause is in operation as the rule." Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in his essay Old Age, included in the collection Society and Solitude (1870): Wissen ist Macht in Germany After the 1871 unification of Germany, "" (Knowledge is power, geographical knowledge is world power) was often used in German geography and the public discussion to support efforts for a German colonial empire after 1880. Julius Perthes e.g., used the motto for his publishing house. However, this installation of geographical research followed popular requests and was not imposed by the government. Especially Count Bismarck was not much interested in German colonial adventures; his envoy Gustav Nachtigal started with the first protective areas, but was more interested in ethnological aspects. After World War I, German geography tried to contribute to efforts to regain a world power. Scholars like Karl Haushofer, a former general, and his son Albrecht Haushofer (both in close contact with Rudolf Hess) got worldwide attention with their concept of geopolitics. Associations of German geographers and school teachers welcomed the Machtergreifung and hoped to get further influence in the new regime. The postwar geography was much more cautious; concepts of political geography and projection of power had not been widespread scholarly topics until 1989 in Germany. Geographical knowledge is however still of importance in Germany. Germans tend to mock US politicians' and celebrities' comparable lack of interest in the topic. A Sponti (Außerparlamentarische Opposition) version of the slogan is "Wissen ist Macht, nichts wissen, macht auch nichts", a pun about the previous motto along the line "Knowledge is power, but being ignorant doesn't bother anyway". Joschka Fischer and Daniel Cohn-Bendit belong to those Spontis that nevertheless held powerful positions, in Fischer's case with no more formal education than a taxi driver's licence. The German Bundeswehr Bataillon Elektronische Kampfführung 932, an electronic warfare unit based in Frankenberg (Eder), still uses the Latin version as its motto. See also Information warfare Intelligence (information gathering) List of Latin phrases Power-knowledge Rationality and power References Bibliography Thomas Hobbes, Opera philosophica, quae latine scripsit, omnia in unum corpus nunc primum collecta studio et labore Gulielmi Molesworth, Bart. (London: Bohn, 1839–45). Thomas Hobbes, The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury; Now First Collected and Edited by Sir William Molesworth, Bart. (London: Bohn, 1839–45). 11 vols. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Society and Solitude. Twelve Chapters, Boston, The Riverside Press, 1892. Further reading Haas, Ernst B. When Knowledge is Power: Three Models of Change in International Organizations. University of California, 1990. . Higdon, Lee. "Knowledge is power." University Business, September 2005. Higdon argues that because the U.S. economy is a knowledge economy the decline in enrollment of non-U.S. students in U.S. universities "has serious long-term implications for the United States." "Knowledge is power (But only if you know how to acquire it)." The Economist, May 8, 2003. A report on corporate knowledge management. Peterson, Ryan. "Michel Foucault: Power/Knowledge." Colorado State University Resource Centre for Communications Studies. An exploration of what Peterson terms Foucault's "new model of the relations of power and knowledge" that contradicts Bacon. Powers, Rod. "Knowledge is power in the military." U.S. Military: The Orderly Room. External links Scientiaestex Aphorisms Knowledge Latin words and phrases Quotations from science Quotations from literature 16th-century neologisms 17th-century neologisms Power (social and political) concepts Francis Bacon

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazo%20Marsh-North%20East%20Comox%20Wildlife%20Management%20Area

Lazo Marsh-North East Comox Wildlife Management Area

Lazo Marsh-North East Comox Wildlife Management Area is a wildlife management area on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It was established by the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development (FLNRORD) on 6 April 2001 to preserve local species. The marshlands is owned jointly by the K'omoxs First Nation, the towns' municipality, and the Comox Valley Regional District, and lays within both the traditional territories of the K'omoks people and the Pacific Temperate Rain Forest. The Marsh is home to many species of fish, birds, flora and fauna; some endemic, some native to the area (both residential and migratory), and others invasive. The marsh has a long history of mixed uses and protections that have culminated into its present form and use. Geography Located within the traditional territory of the K'omoks people, the Lazo Marsh-NE Management Area sits approximately 1.86 miles (3km) East of the town of Comox and sits on a peninsula overlooking the Strait of Georgia. The marsh area varies in elevation from 2-12 meters above sea level. It is 159 hectares in size and is connected to the Comox North East Woods. The marsh and greater Comox area are described as having a Marine West Coast, Warm Summer Climate (Cfb), having cool summers, mild winters and high humidity, with a relatively narrow temperature range. The conservation lands on which the marsh sits are also under the District of Campbell River, as per the Natural Resource Regions and Districts of British Columbia. Environment Ecosystems The Lazo Marsh-North East Comox Conservation Area, is a part of a large conversation area which includes the neighboring Lazo Marsh, Comox North East Woods, and a sanctuary. The area(s) are connected through a series of trail networks for people to hike, bike, and enjoy. The Marsh and surrounding (greater) area lay within the Coastal Western Hemlock Very Dry Maritime zone (CWHxm1) just North of the Coastal Douglas Fir Moist Maritime zone (CDFmm). These zones in turn as both part of the greater Pacific Temperate Rainforest. The surrounding area is made up of several rare ecosystems including wetland and riparian, as well as woodland and coastal bluffs. The wetland ecosystem of which the conservation area is a part of has seen a roughly 30% reduction since 1992. Today the marsh land undergoes periodic (man-made) scarification by bulldozer(s) in order to aid in creating more open water for birds and other lifeforms. Wildlife The marsh has been a well established year-round home for a large variety of birds for some time, as well as home to several fish species, including coho salmon fry and several trout species. Some rare birds have been found at this site, such as the Red-flanked bluetail, which has only ever been spotted in Canada one other time as of 2016. One species of raptor that can be found in the marsh area is the Northern Pygmy Owl or Vancouver Island Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium Gnoma Swarthi), which is endemic to the area. The marsh area is plagued by an invasion of yellow flag iris', which has proven resistant to mitigation efforts. The Iris pseudacorus is able to rapidly spread out and colonize new areas, in part thanks to the buoyancy of its seeds. This coupled, with the vast interconnected root systems that individual plants share, make it particularly difficult to exterminate and put server pressures on native species. Early detection and eradication is a key component to minimizing environmental damages and disturbances. History The area surrounding the marsh and greater Comox valley has been inhabited since the last ice age, with European contact occurring in the 1700's. The marsh was briefly known as the Radford's Swamp, and today, the K'omoks First Nation engages in various ecological protect and restoration projects, including the sharing of land and caring for the Lazo Marsh. Much of the area was home to a vast amount of both resident and migratory bird species, however during the 1930's and 1940's the area was drained to make room for potato farming, until beaver damning interfered. The area was also briefly used by the neighbouring municipality as a dumping ground, and then later bought and established as a bird sanctuary. In 1994 a public hearing was held in response to development proposals, where locals opposed the idea and the area as a whole as designated as Crown Forest. Eventually, in 2001 the Lazo March- North East Comox Wildlife Management Area was established.The view on this now-protected land wasn't always that of appreciation. Old scrap metal and car parts littered among the forest and marsh lands shows the view that this land was once thought of as a dump. Nowadays the trails and natural beauty of the landscape is a source of enjoyment and recreation for residents and visitors to the area. In 2022, the Friends of Comox-Lazo Forest Reserve society dissolved. A group originally formed in 1996 to advise and oversee protection of the marsh. References Protected areas of British Columbia 2001 establishments in British Columbia Protected areas established in 2001

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Amsterdam, Missouri

Amsterdam is a city in western Bates County, Missouri, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States. The population was 242 at the 2010 census. History Amsterdam was platted in 1891. The city was named after Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands. Arthur Stilwell, an early-20th-century railroad executive, chose it because the Dutch capital was where the firm of an important railway financier, Jan de Goeijen, was located. A post office has been in operation at Amsterdam since 1892. Geography Amsterdam is located on Missouri Route Y three miles south of Merwin, six miles north of Amoret and 14 miles northwest of Butler. The Missouri-Kansas border is about one mile to the west. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 242 people, 95 households, and 62 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 106 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 96.3% White, 0.4% African American, 1.7% Native American, and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.2% of the population. There were 95 households, of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.4% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.7% were non-families. 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.06. The median age in the city was 38 years. 26.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.6% were from 25 to 44; 28% were from 45 to 64; and 12.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.6% male and 50.4% female. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 281 people, 102 households, and 69 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 109 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.22% White, 0.71% Native American, and 1.07% from two or more races. There were 102 households, out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.9% were married couples living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.4% were non-families. 23.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.30. In the city the population was spread out, with 29.9% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.2 males. The median income for a household in the city was $29,821, and the median income for a family was $34,545. Males had a median income of $23,333 versus $21,625 for females. The per capita income for the city was $11,670. About 15.0% of families and 16.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.0% of those under the age of eighteen and 5.0% of those over the age of sixty five. References Cities in Bates County, Missouri Cities in Missouri

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel%20Poignant

Axel Poignant

Axel Poignant (12 December 1906 – 5 February 1986) was an Australian photographer. Personal life Poignant was born on 12 December 1906 in Leeds, England, to a Swedish father and an English mother. He had a younger sister. He was educated at Grosvenor House School in Harrogate, Yorkshire, and then moved to Sweden at the end of 1918 where he finished the rest of his education. He returned to England in 1925, then emigrated to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in July 1926 under the Dreadnought Scheme. He travelled from place to place looking for work throughout Sydney and New South Wales. Poignant married Sandra St Lucien Eliot Chase on 21 April 1930 and they moved to Perth, Western Australia, where he specialised in portrait photography, personal events as well as aerial photography for Western Mining. Poignant and Sandra divorced in 1941. Poignant became a citizen of Australia on 8 July 1942 in Perth, and married Ruth Marjorie Pettersen the same month. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force the following year; he was discharged in 1945. His second wife died in 1953, and on 24 October 1953 Poignant married Roslyn Betty Izatt, a film technician, in Sydney. He had known her since 1950 and they were both life and photographic partners. In 1956, they moved to England, where Poignant died on 5 February 1986 at his home in Lewisham, London. He had no children. Photography After moving to Perth with his first wife in 1930 Poignant gained an interest in photography as a personal career when he invested in a Leica camera in 1933 and specialised in portrait photography through Muriel Chase. Not long afterwards, Poignant and Stuart Gore decided to open a studio together in London where they worked on an aerial photographic survey of the Western Australian goldfields. Photographs of karri logging at Pemberton in 1935, Kalgoorlie mines in 1936, the aerial views of the Duke of Gloucester's arrival in Perth in 1934 and the Anzac Day dawn service in Perth 1939 - all of these images were a fresh view to the public's eye due to Poignant's style and technique, for example his choice of angles. In 1935 Poignant broadened his choice of work from dancing and theatre as he had come in contact with Linley Wilson, a principal of a dance studio as well as a colleague and former student Alison Lee. Once his studio was finally set up, Poignant showcased his photographs and caught the attention of more clients as well as many of the former debutantes of the dance studio. He then moved onto natural history as he became fascinated with the idea of photo-essay and documenting. He had exhibited in Perth in 1941 with Hal Missingham. The following year he took a trip along Canning stock route where he took photographs to review 'marking a change in the portrayal of aborigines'. Poignant's photographs relate to the traditions of Australian and indigenous identity. A lot of his work captures the flora and fauna of The Outback. He became fascinated with the idea of 'adding real humanity to the medium'. Throughout his travels he fostered strong relationships with Aborigines, continuing to capture portraits of these people and their lifestyles. Poignant used angles as a way of creating his images, for example, shooting from a low point of view and close up to 'appear more natural' than sharp and defined like the earlier ethnographic photography. Books Piccaninny Walkabout, published in 1957 won the 1958 Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book Children's Book of the Year Award. It is the story of two Australian Aboriginal children, Nullagundi and Rikili, who go on a walkabout. Kaleku 1972 with Roslyn Poignant Children of Oropiro 1976 with Roslyn Poignant Encounter at Nagalarramba published in 1996 and a joint work with Roslyn Poignant. Exhibitions In 1986 Poignant's work was shown in Aspects of Post Modernism 1929-1942, which was held at the University of Western Australia in 1986. In September 1941 Poignant and Hal Missingham held an exhibition of fifty photographs each. They gave conversational lectures at the Perth Newspaper House. Poignant's Retrospective series 1982 were exhibited in different states displaying photographs he had taken throughout the years 1922 to 1980. The Art Gallery of New South Wales organised his exhibitions. 1982 exhibition was held at NSW Art Gallery: This exhibition was taken to different states. 107 photographs were displayed from the years 1922 to 1980. 1982 Exhibition held at Art Gallery of Western Australia: AGNSW touring exhibition. Poignant's series of photographs displayed Kalgoorlie, the Canning Stock Route and Central Australia. 1983 Exhibition held at National Gallery of Victoria: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Arts, UTAS. Photographs, 1922-1980. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1982. 1983 Exhibition held at Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: This exhibition for Poignant was organised by the NSW Art Gallery (AGNSW). "A major survey of this well known Australian photographer whose reputation was established as a chronicler of Australian life and especially of the Australian Aborigine." After Poignant's death, the National Library of Australia, Canberra, and the art galleries of Western Australia and New South Wales held collections of his work. In 2007 the Art Gallery of New South Wales held an exhibition of his work on Indigenous Connections. The Australian National Portrait Gallery also has a number of his works in its collection. References External links The swimmers, Milingimbi, Arnhem Land held by Art Gallery of New South Wales Photographers from Western Australia 1906 births 1986 deaths Australian children's writers Australian children's book illustrators Artists from Leeds English emigrants to Australia English people of Swedish descent Australian people of Swedish descent

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Buzzword

A buzzword is a word or phrase, new or already existing, that becomes popular for a period of time. Buzzwords often derive from technical terms yet often have much of the original technical meaning removed through fashionable use, being simply used to impress others. Some buzzwords retain their true technical meaning when used in the correct contexts, for example artificial intelligence. Buzzwords often originate in jargon, acronyms, or neologisms. Examples of overworked business buzzwords include synergy, vertical, dynamic, cyber and strategy. It has been stated that businesses could not operate without buzzwords, as they are the shorthands or internal shortcuts that make perfect sense to people informed of the context. However, a useful buzzword can become co-opted into general popular speech and lose its usefulness. According to management professor Robert Kreitner, "Buzzwords are the literary equivalent of Gresham's law. They will drive out good ideas." Buzzwords, or buzz-phrases such as "all on the same page", can also be seen in business as a way to make people feel like there is a mutual understanding. As most workplaces use a specialized jargon, which could be argued is another form of buzzwords, it allows quicker communication. Indeed, many new hires feel more like "part of the team" the quicker they learn the buzzwords of their new workplace. Buzzwords permeate people's working lives so much that many don't realize that they are using them. The vice president of CSC Index, Rich DeVane, notes that buzzwords describe not only a trend, but also what can be considered a "ticket of entry" with regards to being considered as a successful organization – "What people find tiresome is each consulting firm's attempt to put a different spin on it. That's what gives bad information." Buzzwords also feature prominently in politics, where they can result in a process which "privileges rhetoric over reality, producing policies that are 'operationalized' first and only 'conceptualized' at a later date". The resulting political speech is known for "eschewing reasoned debate (as characterized by the use of evidence and structured argument), instead employing language exclusively for the purposes of control and manipulation". Definition The Concise Oxford English Dictionary defines a buzzword (hyphenating the term as buzz-word) as a slogan, or as a fashionable piece of jargon: a chic, fashionable, voguish, trendy word a la mode. It has been asserted that buzzwords do not simply appear, they are created by a group of people working within a business as a means to generate hype. Buzzwords are most closely associated with management and have become the vocabulary that is known as "management speak": Using a pompous or magisterial term, of or relating to a particular subject employed to impress those outside of the field of expertise. It could also be called buzz phrase or loaded word. What this means is that when a manager uses a said buzzword, most other people do not hear the meaning, and instead just see it as a buzzword. However it has been said that buzzwords are almost a "necessary evil" of management, as a way to inspire their team, but also stroke their own egos. With that being said, a buzzword is not necessarily a bad thing, as many disciplines thrive with the introduction of new terms which can be called buzzwords. These can also cross over into pop culture and indeed even into everyday life. With media channels now operating through many media, such as television, radio, print and increasingly digital (especially with the rise of social media), a "buzzword" can catch on and rapidly be adapted through the world. Origin The origin of buzzwords can be seen in as coming from business students studying at Harvard University as a way to help them gain better results from their studies. Such language terms were collated and then became what is known today as "buzzwords". During the early years of buzzwords, buzzwords were used by students as a means to enable them to quickly recall items of importance. As an example, "If his analysis does not highlight the most important problems he has 'poor focus', and if he fails to emphasize important recommendations he will be accused of 'tinkering'. If the sequence for the 'implementation' of the recommendations is not good it is a matter of 'poor timing'. To succeed, the student must 'get on top of the problem'. He must 'hit the problem' and not 'shadow box' it. If he cannot do these things he might just as well 'turn in his suit'". Students have used many different buzzwords to describe the situation that they are in, and how this might affect a moment in their everyday life. From studying these business students, noticed that business students could speak with apparent authority. It also seemed as if using the right buzzword was more important than what the student came up with as an answer. Buzzwords have a strong influence on business culture and are commonly used in business speak. In popular culture Jon Keegan of the Wall Street Journal has published a Business Buzzwords Generator, which allows readers to use a randomizer to assemble "meaningless business phrases using overused business buzzwords" – for example, "This product will incentivize big data and demonstrate innovative performance in the playing field." Forbes hosts an annual "Jargon Madness" game, in which 32 of "corporate America's most insufferable expressions" are played off against each other in a bracketed, basketball-style tournament to determine the buzzword of the year. LinkedIn publishes an annual list of buzzwords to avoid in creating résumés (British English: CVs) – "trite, empty words that may sound good to your ear but say almost nothing". The 2014 list: motivated, passionate, creative, driven, extensive experience, responsible, strategic, track record, organizational, and expert. When people are approaching a meeting where they expect the presenters to use many buzzwords, they may prepare a game of buzzword bingo, where players score points each time a particular buzzword is used. Patch Products has published a board game called Buzz Word. The "Weird Al" Yankovic album Mandatory Fun contains the song "Mission Statement", which is a long list of essentially meaningless buzzwords. Examples General conversation Education Business, sales and marketing Science and technology Politics and current affairs See also References Sources Further reading External links Propaganda techniques using words Figures of speech

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Margaret Just Butcher

Margaret Just Butcher (April 28, 1913 - February 7, 2000) was an American educator and civil rights activist. Butcher worked as an English professor at Howard University and Federal City College. She also taught for years overseas. She was a fellow of the Julius Rosenwald Foundation. In the 1950s, she was a Fulbright Visiting Professor at two universities in France. In the early 1960s she taught in two cities in Morocco, and then served as a cultural affairs attache in Paris, returning to Washington, D.C., in 1968. She taught in its public schools for a time. Beginning in 1953, Butcher served on the city's Board of Education. She also worked with the NAACP on their suit for desegregation of public schools. Following the Brown v. Board of Education (1954) ruling by the US Supreme Court, she pressed city officials to proceed with desegregating the schools. Butcher is also known for her collaborative work with philosopher and cultural leader Alain Locke, who had been a mentor at Howard University. They became friends and she helped care for him in his last illness. From his notes and their discussions, she edited and completed The Negro in American Culture, which was published in 1956 after his death. Early life and education Margaret Just was born in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 1913, to educated parents. Her father was biologist Ernest Everett Just, and her mother, Ethel Highwarden, was an educator. She was provided the best schooling in the area and studied in Italy with her father in 1927. She earned her Ph.D. in 1947 from Boston University. Career Educator Just worked as a professor of English at Virginia Union during the 1935-1936 school year. She taught public school in Washington, D.C., from 1937 to 1941, when teachers were federal employees. In 1941, she was selected as a Rosenwald Fellow. Starting in 1942, she taught at Howard University, where she became a colleague of professor Alain Locke. In 1950 Butcher (who had married the previous year) went to Europe as a Fulbright Visiting Professor. She was the first woman to serve as a visiting professor in the Fulbright program. In Europe, she taught at the University of Grenoble and the University of Lyon in France. She also worked to interview other Fulbright candidates in France. After her return to Washington, she taught at Howard until 1955. From 1960 to 1965, Butcher taught overseas again. She taught English and American culture in Rabat and was the director of the English Language Training Institute in Casablanca, Morocco. She also worked as the "cultural affairs attache to Paris" in the 1960s, returning to Washington in 1968. After her return to the capital, she taught at Federal City College from 1971 to 1982. Civil rights work Butcher was a passionate advocate for civil rights. In 1953 she was named as a member of the Washington, D.C., Board of Education, replacing Velma G. Williams. The Pittsburgh Courier praised her "militant" approach to fighting segregation in public schools. Butcher found discrepancies between the schools for white and black students and called out the inequity in the classrooms. From 1954 to 1955, she worked with Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund as a special education consultant for their suit about segregation in schools. After the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, Butcher warned that there were additional fights against discrimination facing black people in America. The superintendent of the Washington, D.C., schools, Hobart M. Corning, favored a gradual approach to integrating the schools, which Butcher disagreed with. A white nationalist group, the NAAWP, called for her to resign from the board and called her a "'tool' of the NAACP", unable to be objective on school integration. Butcher was open about her work for the NAACP and publicly criticized Corning's plan to delay integration in Washington schools. She discussed the plans to integrate the schools on behalf of the NAACP at the annual meeting of the Newport News branch in 1954. In 1955, Butcher continued to speak out against gradual integration, saying that the Washington schools were still largely segregated and that waiting would not accomplish their goals. The New York Age called her a "constant thorn in the side of the Washington, D.C., school board." She remained on the board until 1956. During this period, Virginia and other Southern states conducted massive resistance; in some instances, school districts closed rather than achieve any integration. Because private schools were not covered by the Supreme Court's ruling, numerous private religious schools were opened across the South, known as "segregation academies". The Lambda Kappa Mu sorority honored Butcher for her fight against segregation in 1954. Politics Butcher was appointed in 1952 to the National Civil Defense Advisory Council. She succeeded Mary McLeod Bethune, who retired due to health issues. In 1956 and 1960, Butcher served as a delegate from the District of Columbia to the Democratic National Convention. The Negro in American Culture Butcher wrote The Negro in American Culture, based on the notes of her mentor and friend, Alain Locke and furthering his work. When Locke became sick, Butcher helped care for him, visiting him at home daily, preparing meals for him, and taking him to the hospital. After Locke died, Butcher used notes that Locke left for her and finished his work. The book was published in 1956, revised and reprinted in 1971, and translated into 11 different languages. Personal life Butcher was briefly married to Stanton Wormley. They had a daughter, Sheryl Everett Wormley, before they divorced. Around 1949, Just Wormley married James W. Butcher, Jr., a Howard drama professor. In 1959 she sought a divorce from her husband, and kept his name. Her daughter, Everett Wormley, eventually held a "high science post." Butcher died on February 7, 2000. References External links Find a Grave 1913 births 2000 deaths American women academics African-American women academics Activists from Washington, D.C. 20th-century American writers 20th-century African-American writers 20th-century African-American women writers Howard University faculty Boston University alumni University of the District of Columbia faculty Activists for African-American civil rights Women civil rights activists NAACP activists 20th-century African-American academics 20th-century American academics

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Nizam-e-Islam Party

The Nizam-e-Islam Party or simply Nizam-e-Islam (), is a political party in Bangladesh and Pakistan. The party was founded in the city of Kishoreganj in 1952, by the Islamic scholars of erstwhile East Bengal, Pakistan as an offshoot of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam. It was one of the four political parties belonging to the United Front alliance which defeated the Muslim League in the 1954 elections. History Establishment The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, founded in 1919, was a political body of Islamic scholars predominantly belonging to the Deobandi movement that opposed the partition of India. In 1945, a breakaway faction was formed under the leadership of Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, who was one of the founders of the original party. The new faction, known as the All-India Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, supported the creation of Pakistan and sided with the pro-partition Muslim League party. The organisation took the name Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam after the partition in 1947, and had representatives in both the western and eastern wings of the new Dominion of Pakistan. As a result of broken promises relating to Islamic governance, the Jamiat broke its ties with the Muslim League in 1952. Its political wing, the Nizam-e-Islam Party, was subsequently formed at a three-day conference ending on 20 March in Haybatnagar, Kishoreganj. Athar Ali Bengali was appointed as the party's inaugural president, with Syed Muslehuddin as secretary-general and Ashraf Ali Dharmanduli as assistant secretary. Dominion of Pakistan (1947–1956) The party swiftly gained prominence in Muslim-majority Bengal, in comparison to the modernist-capitalist Muslim League, because its members were composed of popular Islamic scholars. In the lead-up to the 1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly election, the party eventually joined the United Front coalition which challenged the Muslim League. In the introduction of the United Front's 21 Point Programme manifesto was the statement "No law shall be enacted against the Qur'an and sunnah". The coalition was successful, with the Nizam-e-Islam Party winning 19 of the United Front's 223 seats, in comparison to the Muslim League which won only 9 seats. By virtue of also attaining seats in the ministry, the party gained important roles in policy-making. Farid Ahmad became East Bengal's Minister of Labour, Abdul Wahab Khan became the Speaker of the Assembly, and the ministries of Law, Land and Education were also under the Nizam-e-Islam party. The former Prime Minister of Pakistan Chaudhry Muhammad Ali later joined the party, and was appointed its president. Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1956–1971) The Nizam-e-Islam Party protested against the central government's discriminatory treatment of Bengalis. It played a role in the struggle for East Pakistan's demands. For example, they demanded that Pakistan's capital be changed from Rawalpindi to Dhaka and that the headquarters of the Pakistan Navy to be in Chittagong, rather than Karachi. In 1966, the Nizam-e-Islam party asked its ministers to resign from the government. The party split from the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam in the following year. In 1969, a central election was held within the party, with Muhammad Shafi Deobandi as chief advisor, Zafar Ahmad Usmani as president, Athar Ali as executive president, Abdul Wahab Khan and Mustafa al-Madani as vice-presidents, Ehtisham ul Haq Thanvi as qaid (chief leader) and Siddiq Ahmad as secretary-general. In the lead-up to the 1970 East Pakistan Provincial Assembly election, the Party entered into an agreement with the Jamaat-e-Islami that the Jamaat will not nominate a candidate in a constituency where the Nizam-e-Islam nominates their candidate, and that the Nizam-e-Islam will not nominate a candidate where the Jamaat has nominated a candidate. Regardless, the Awami League under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman won all the seats in East Pakistan except twelve (one belonging to Nizam-e-Islam), rightfully making him the next Prime Minister of Pakistan. A lengthy delay in the transfer of power to the Awami League in Bengal by the central government in West Pakistan, eventually led to the outbreak of the Bangladesh Liberation War. The party was against Bangladesh being an independent country. Its leaders like Farid Ahmad supported the Pakistan army and their paramilitary forces. The party was in the Peace Committees of East Pakistan, and provided intelligence to Pakistan Army. Ahmad was killed after the war by members of the Mujib Bahini. Bangladesh period (1971–present) The government of Bangladesh banned all religion-based parties, including Nizam-e-Islam, after its independence. In 1978, this ban was lifted under president Ziaur Rahman. The Nizam-e-Islam Party was reorganised in 1981, with Siddiq Ahmad as its new president, Manzurul Ahsan as secretary, Ashraf Ali as assistant secretary and Sarwar Kamal Azizi as publicity and public welfare secretary. A central election was held three years later, with Abdul Malek Halim becoming president, Siddiq Ahmad as adviser, Ataur Rahman and Sarwar Kamal Azizi as vice presidents, Ashraf Ali as general secretary and Nurul Haque Arman as organising secretary. It became part of the Islami Okiya Jote alliance composed of six parties. See also List of Deobandi organisations References Politics of East Pakistan 1954 establishments in East Pakistan Islamic political parties in Bangladesh Political parties established in 1954 Political parties in Bangladesh Political parties in Pakistan Far-right politics in Bangladesh Deobandi organisations Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam

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Square One Shopping Centre

Square One Shopping Centre, or simply Square One, is a shopping mall located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest shopping centre in Ontario and the second largest shopping centre in Canada, after the West Edmonton Mall. It has over of retail space, with more than 360 stores and services. On average, the mall serves over 24 million customers each year. The shopping centre also has many condominiums near it. Square One is located in downtown Mississauga adjacent to the interchange of Highway 403 and Hurontario Street, near the Mississauga Civic Centre, the Mississauga Living Arts Centre and the Mississauga Central Library. Located within the mall grounds is the main terminal of MiWay (formerly Mississauga Transit) bus network, which opened in 1997, and a Peel Regional Police station, which opened in 2002. History Excavation of the Square One site began in 1969. Construction was finished in 1973, where the mall was first opened to the public. The four original anchors included Woolco, Sears at the time Simpson-Sears, The Bay, and Dominion. Some stores such as Ashbrook's and Mark & Spencer's were closed in the late 1990s order to make way for the Cityside expansion, which was completed in the early 2000s. In 1999, Eaton's filed for bankruptcy, closing their location at Square One. Zellers took over the space in 2000. During January 2011, Target acquired the leases of most Zellers stores, including their location at Square One. Zellers closed in June 2012 and the store was renovated into a Target, which opened to the public on March 30, 2013. In January 2013, Square One started a major renovation on the main corridor from the Target store to the centre court/food court. Burger King and Bowring were forced to close down due to the expansion of the food court across from the existing food court. The scenic elevator, along with the fountain, were removed and replaced with two escalators. This renovation was completed in Fall 2013. Square One also expanded by adding its concept, Grand Centre Court, which added at least () square feet extra. Sears Canada announced on June 14, 2013 that it would be closing its store at Square One and Yorkdale as of March 9, 2014. On June 27, Empire Theatres announced that they would be selling their theatre at Square One to Landmark Cinemas, which closed one year later. It was announced on December 6, 2013 that La Maison Simons would take over most of the space occupied by Sears, with a flagship store which opened in Spring 2016. In January 2015, Target Canada announced that it would close all their stores, including their location at Square One. Target's location at Square One closed in April 2015. The South Expansion was completed on March 1, 2016 adding numerous retailers and a Holt Renfrew anchor store, along with removing the Dollarama and Home Outfitters stores. In June 2018, Square One announced the West Expansion, which took place in the former Target location that closed in 2015. The expansion opened between Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 and added several brands like Uniqlo and The Rec Room, as well as a 34,000 sq. ft. local food emporium, The Food District. The Uniqlo at Square One opened on November 2, 2018. Chapters closed in January 2019 and reopened as Indigo in the West Expansion in February 2019. Square One has had many anchor stores throughout its history: Current Holt Renfrew (2016-present) Hudson's Bay (1973-present) Simons (2016-present, formerly Sears) Sport Chek (2016-present, formerly Sears) Uniqlo (2018-present, formerly Eaton's/Zellers/Target) Walmart (1994-present, formerly Woolco) Former Ashbrook's - closed around the late 1990s; currently part of Cityside Expansion. Dominion (1973–1986) - original anchor; closed and demolished during the 1980s. Now mall space. Eaton's (1988–1999) closed 1999; replaced with Zellers the following year. HMV Marks & Spencer - closed late 1990s. Sears () - 1973 as Simpsons Sears – March 9, 2014; replaced with Simons and SportChek. Target (2013–2015) () - replaced Zellers; closed April 2015. A portion of this space is now used by Indigo, The Rec Room, and Food District (Western Expansion). Woolco (1973–1994) - Woolco was acquired by Walmart, which replaces it. Zellers (Store 279) (2000–2012) - took over Eaton's; replaced with Target the following year after its closure. Future Hurontario LRT Connection The Hurontario LRT will run along the Hurontario corridor, starting from Brampton and running along 18 stops to Mississauga. The LRT will have an intermediate stop at City Centre and connect to the MiWay City Centre Bus Terminal, as well as the Square One GO Bus Terminal. References Square One Condos located in Mississauga City Centre External links Official website Square One Mississauga Shopping malls in the Regional Municipality of Peel Buildings and structures in Mississauga Shopping malls established in 1973 Oxford Properties Tourist attractions in Mississauga 1973 establishments in Ontario

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Mascouche line

The Mascouche line (also designated line 15, known during planning as Repentigny–Mascouche) is a commuter railway line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by Exo, the organization that operates public transport services across this region. Opened on December 1, 2014, by Exo's predecessor agency, the Agence Métropolitaine de transport (AMT), the Montreal region's sixth commuter train line required the construction of 10 new train stations, several civil engineering structures and 13 km of new railway track. This includes some track in the median of the A 640 between Repentigny and Mascouche. Beginning on May 11, 2020, the Mascouche line was rerouted around the Mount Royal Tunnel, bypassing and stations due to the construction of the Réseau express métropolitain (REM). In 2024, will open as the Mascouche line's new southern terminus, replacing . Riders wishing to reach Central Station must transfer to the REM at Côte-de-Liesse. Overview The line was announced as the Repentigny-Mascouche line in a press conference on March 17, 2006, and follows a major campaign by the residents of eastern Montréal and the north-eastern suburbs to restore commuter rail service. The line used the Mount Royal Tunnel and Canadian National track from Montreal's Central Station to Repentigny. New track was built from Repentigny to Terrebonne along the Autoroute 640, before turning towards the Trois-Rivières Subdivision of the Chemins de fer Québec-Gatineau at Mascouche. Most of the route, in particular the section after Mont-Royal to Repentigny, follows a similar path to the never-built Line 6 of the Montreal Metro, which was planned as a steel-wheeled "regional metro" line using a somewhat similar alignment. The journey time between Mascouche and downtown Montreal (using the pre-2020 alignment before the closure of Mount Royal Tunnel) was 61 minutes. Originally estimated at $300 million and expected to open in 2008, the line costed $670 million and opened in 2014. It has 13 stops (10 new, 3 existing) and offers eight departures in each direction per weekday, mainly during rush-hour. Locomotives On May 14, 2007, the former Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) and New Jersey Transit put out a joint call for tenders to purchase dual-powered locomotives. In Montreal, the locomotives switch to electric power at Mont-Royal (this was originally planned for Ahuntsic) to enter Mount Royal Tunnel to Central Station. This international project is the first of its kind in North America. Twenty locomotives of type ALP-45DP were delivered to the AMT from Bombardier Transportation. They now haul the RTM's 3000-series Bombardier MultiLevel coaches, in groups of 5 or 6 cars. History Two former commuter train lines ran along part of the route of the line. CN Montreal North commuter line CN operated a commuter service from Central Station to Montreal North from 1946 until November 8, 1968. An electric locomotive and several coaches ran one round trip a day in each direction, in rush hours only. Stations going east along the CN St Laurent Subdivision from Eastern Junction where it meets the Deux-Montagnes line were: Boulevard, at boulevard St. Laurent, which divides Montreal into East and West Ahuntsic, site of current Via Rail station Sault-au-Récollet, near rue d'Iberville St. Vital, at boulevard St. Michel Pie-IX, at boulevard Pie-IX Ste. Gertrude, at boulevard Ste. Gertrude Montreal North, at boulevard Lacordaire Ridership was never very high. Near the end, most remaining passengers preferred to switch to the Sauve Metro station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro which opened October 14, 1966. Congestion on that part of the line was one of the reasons the Mascouche line was inaugurated. Métropolitrain A temporary service dubbed the "Métropolitrain" was organized by the STCUM from May 15 to October 12, 1990, while Autoroute 40, the boulevard Métropolitain, was being rebuilt. It ran on then-Canadian National track from near the Du Collège metro station to Repentigny with an intermediate station near the Sauvé Metro station. Two trips ran each way in each weekday rush hour. There was no direct service to central Montreal. As there was no existing regional transit coordinator at the time, the line was never very successful. Stations: Ste-Croix and St-Louis (Du College Metro) Ahuntsic railway station (Sauvé Metro) Saint-Leonard, at boulevard Lacordaire Rivière des Prairies Pointe-aux-Trembles (Bout-de-l'Île) Repentigny Exo service The Agence Métropolitaine de transport (AMT) began service on this line on December 1, 2014, after completing construction of 10 new train stations, several civil engineering structures and 13 km of new railway track. On June 1, 2017, the AMT was dissolved and replaced by two new governing bodies, the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) and the Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM). The RTM took over all former AMT services, including this line. In May 2018, the RTM rebranded itself as Exo, and rebranded each line with a number and updated colour. The Mascouche line became Exo 5, and its line colour was updated to a lighter pastel shade of purple. Since May 11, 2020, the Mascouche line has temporarily terminated at Ahuntsic station (with some trains continuing to Central Station via an alternate route partially using the CN Taschereau intermodal yard to access Central Station) due to the ongoing conversion of the Deux-Montagnes line into the mainline of the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) light rail system. Once the downtown section of the REM is completed sometime in 2024, a new station called will open, expressly designed to ensure smooth transfer of users between the Mascouche line and the REM, and replacing Ahuntsic station as the line's new terminus. In 2023, the service was renumbered to line 15 in order to be unique within the Montreal rail network. List of stations There are 11 current stations on the Mascouche line: Criticism of route Most observers agree that the proposed route from Montreal to Repentigny makes sense for several reasons, including the use of existing infrastructure. The route from Repentigny to Mascouche has been criticized for several reasons, including: The need to build (some say unnecessarily) 12 km of track from Repentigny to Mascouche. In the Le Gardeur sector of Repentigny, the new track passes very close to a large General Dynamics munitions plant, where explosives are stored and processed. Both GD and Natural Resources Canada, which regulates explosives in Canada, have raised safety and security issues. Exo has built a large canopied shelter wall and berm between tracks and plant. The route does not serve cities east of Repentigny, particularly L'Assomption and Joliette. Those cities have bus service to Repentigny. Some say that the RTM could serve Mascouche more cheaply, easily, and quickly by using the CP line that leaves the Saint-Jérôme line at St. Martin Junction in Laval, also serving the eastern part of that city. See also ALP-45DP List of Montreal bus routes Réseau express métropolitain References External links RTM - Mascouche line (official website) Communiqué from the city of Repentigny (In French) All Aboard for Montreal Nord Mascouche Line Project Details Exo commuter rail lines Transport in Lanaudière Railway lines opened in 2014 2014 establishments in Quebec

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Pakistan–Poland relations

Pakistan–Poland relations refers to bilateral relations between Poland and Pakistan, which date back to the 1940s. After the Independence of Pakistan on August 14, 1947, Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime minister of Pakistan, made the first diplomatic approaches to the People's Republic of Poland and finally, on December 17, 1962, Pakistan became one of the first Muslim countries to establish relations with then-communist government of Poland. Poland opened an embassy in Karachi in 1962, but moved it to Islamabad Capital Venue in 1965. The Pakistani Government opened its embassy in Warsaw in 1969. Currently, Poland also maintains a cultural Consulate-General in Karachi as well as an honorary Consulate-General in Lahore. History Polish ties with Pakistan date back to World War II. In September 1939 the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin had annexed Eastern Poland in cooperation with Nazi Germany, displacing many Poles, and triggering the outbreak of the Second World War with the Allies, including the British Empire. Once Nazi Germany attacked the USSR in June 1941, the British Empire and USSR established friendly relations and efforts were made to improve conditions for displaced Poles. Between August 24, 1942 and December 31, 1944 Polish refugees were evacuated from the USSR via the "Persian Corridor" in Iran and over thirty thousand of them were housed in refugee camps and were settled in Karachi (then part of British India), which was the nearest major port. Some remained in Karachi, becoming citizens of the newly established State of Pakistan in 1947. During World War II, the city of Karachi, the chief port in the territory that would become Pakistan, hosted around 30,000 Polish refugees. Some Polish academics joined the faculty of Karachi University, teaching courses ranging from physical sciences to social sciences. After the independence of Pakistan, Władysław Turowicz, along with thirty Polish officers and technicians, contributed to and assisted in the establishment of the Pakistan Air Force. On 14 August 2006, a memorial was erected in the Pakistan Air Force Museum in Karachi to acknowledge the services of the Polish airmen led by Air Commodore Turowicz. On the 1st of November 1970 the Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Zygfryd Wolniak was killed at Karachi airport during a welcome ceremonies by a Pakistan International Airlines employee and anti-communist Islamic fundamentalist named Mohammed Feroze Abdullah who was trying to kill the entire delegation but aiming for Polish President Marian Spychalski in particular. Driving a PIA cargo lorry at high speed he mowed down the delegation, narrowly missing his intended target. The other three victims were Pakistani; the deputy director of the Intelligence Bureau, Chaudhri Mohammed Nazir, and two government photographers. His stated motivation to interrogators was his desire to kill socialists, believing that socialists and socialism were against Islam and Muslims. This occurred on the eve of Pakistan's first general elections in which right-wing Islamic parties such as the Jamaati Islami (whose main stronghold at the time was Karachi) were employing highly incendiary rhetoric against socialists as part of their elections campaigns. Feroze was sentenced to death by a special military court on May 10, 1971, but permitted to appeal for clemency. The relationship between the two countries grew under the administration (1999-2008) of President Musharraf. However, these close relations underwent tension when Pakistani Taliban members captured and brutally murdered a Polish engineer, Piotr Stanczak, in September 2008. He was beheaded by militants in February after talks with the government for the release of captured Taliban members failed. Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency launched an inquiry into the crime. The FIA arrested former parliamentarian Maulana Abdul Aziz along with other perpetrators. Aziz and Attaullah, another suspect in the engineer's murder, was brought to Anti-Terrorism Court II in an armored personnel carrier under the protection of Islamabad and Attock police. The judge granted remand to the police of the former member of the National Assembly, who was elected on the ticket of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal in 2002. The Bosal police also obtained two days’ physical remand of Attaullah. Defence ties In 1948, Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan sanctioned a three-year agreement with exiled members and officers of the Polish Air Force to build the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). Among them was General Władysław Turowicz, who became Deputy Chief of Air Staff in the PAF. The Polish officers and General Turowicz set up technical institutes, notably the Air Force Institute of Aviation Technology in Karachi. As the chief scientist of the Pakistan Air Force Academy he taught at and revitalized the school. He initially supervised technical training at the airbase and some of the Polish specialists in the technical section in Karachi. The Polish officers played an active part in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, leading and commanding air war operations against the Indian Air Force. The Polish officers helped defend Lahore and West Pakistan. The Pakistan Government bestowed the Sitara-e-Pakistan on General Turowicz, Major Anotnii Zbigniew Jedryszek and others; Turowicz and some of the pilots also received honorary Pakistani citizenship. General Turowicz and his family remained vital figures in Pakistan. In 1972 Turowicz and other Polish scientists participated in Pakistan's secret atomic bomb project. Polish scientists also helped the country to launch its space programme, with General Turowicz becoming the program's technical director in 1967. Cooperation Poland was one of the chief aid contributors to Pakistan after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. Poland sent military engineers, geological scientists, and rescue dogs. Poland helped Pakistan to rebuild the earthquake-affected cities. Economic Cooperation As of 2010, bilateral trade between the two countries reached $210 million. Poland helped a number of Pakistani companies to open offices in Poland in order to cater to the regional European market. Poland is considered to have large shale gas deposits and prominent Polish geological surveying and exploration companies have business and investment relations with Pakistan. The trading relationship between Pakistan and Poland developed during the Government of Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Poland and Pakistan signed a trade agreement on avoidance of double taxation on September 25, 1974. Pakistan and Poland signed another agreement on maritime trade on January 25, 1975. An agreement on civil aviation was signed on September 30, 1977. Trade relations improved when President Pervez Musharraf paid a three-day official visit to Poland in April 2007. This was the first ever visit by a head of state of Pakistan to Poland. During his visit, President Musharraf had many engagements in the Polish capital, which included official talks with his Polish counterpart, Lech Kaczyński, and the Polish Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński. Five bilateral agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) covering mutually beneficial co-operation in the fields of defense, small and medium size enterprises, education, science, culture, economic co-operation, were signed with the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry. See also Foreign relations of Pakistan Foreign relations of Poland Pakistan–European Union relations References External links http://poland.visahq.com/embassy/Pakistan/ Consulate Office of Karachi Fusion music: Polish, Pakistani musicians fiddle away the night Poland Bilateral relations of Poland

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Joan Thirsk

Irene Joan Thirsk, (née Watkins; 19 June 1922 – 3 October 2013) was a British economic and social historian, specialising in the history of agriculture. She was the leading British early modern agrarian historian of her era, as well as an important social and economic historian. Her work highlighted the regional differences in agricultural practices in England. She also had an interest in food history and local English history, in particular of Hadlow, Kent. Life Joan Watkins was born on 19 June 1922 in St Pancras, London. Her father was the steward of a club in central London, and her mother had worked as a dressmaker. She studied at Primrose Hill Primary and Camden School, and pursued a university degree in German and French in 1941 at Westfield College. In 1942, she enrolled in the ATS, attached to the Intelligence Corps. She was posted to Bletchley Park as an intelligence analyst, providing information that assisted Hut 6 in the breaking of the Enigma ciphers. The German messages they decripted helped Allied forces reconstruct the location and strength of the German army throughout Europe. Her future husband Jimmy (30 May 1914 – 2 June 2018) worked alongside her in the Sixta traffic analysis group. Jimmy and Joan married in September 1945 and moved to London, where Jimmy returned to his job as a librarian and Joan resumed her studies. Upon resuming, she changed her course at Westfield College from languages to history. When Jimmy retired in 1974, they moved first to Oxford, and then, on her retirement, to Hadlow in Kent. Her academic career began with assistant lectureship in sociology at the London School of Economics. She was later senior research fellow at the University of Leicester from 1951 to 1965, and reader in economic history at Oxford University between 1965 and 1983. She was the editor of The Agrarian History of England and Wales (for volumes 4–6) from 1964 to 1972 and in 1974 was appointed general editor of the series. She sat on the editorial board of Past & Present from 1956 to 1992, being the only woman until Olwen Hufton and Judith Herrin joined in 1978. She was appointed a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 1974, elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1982, and made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1993. In 2017, she was featured in a conference, London's Women Historians, held at the Institute of Historical Research, to celebrate the contribution of women historians who had worked at the University of London and its colleges. Contribution to history Early in her career, Thirsk focused her research on farming in Kesteven, in the south-western division of Lincolnshire. She noticed that each part of the district had its own agricultural dynamic, depending on whether its inhabitants farmed on clay, limestone, or the edge of the fen. This led her to approach agricultural history through the lens of geography, instead of relying on macroeconomic theories. This approach was consistent with a broad movement in which regional studies were increasingly welcomed in the field of history. In 1952, she joined with H. P. R. Finberg in helping to found the Agricultural History Society, where she welcomed the contributions of folklorists, geographers and farmers. In 1964, she became the editor of the Agricultural History Review. For her work in The Agrarian History of England and Wales, she used samples of probate inventories to map the local farming system in different regions of England, assisted by two researchers for two years (Alan Everitt and Margaret Midgley). She also noticed how cloth-making and hand-knitting in proto-industrialisation were more prevalent in regions where pastoralism played an important part (North Wiltshire, South Suffolk or West Yorkshire). In her Ford Lectures in 1975, published in 1978, she studied the history of important household objects which had been overlooked by her male peers, such as starch, needles, pins, cooking pots, kettles, frying pans, lace, soap, vinegar and stockings. She set out to understand how these products were manufactured and marketed, what this revealed about economic innovation, how it impacted employment and productivity, and its subsequent influence on family and national incomes. In 1978, she delivered an influential Stenton lecture on the role of horses in pre-industrial English society, which was cited by Daniel Roche as an important source for his work on the same subject in French history. Towards the end of her life, she expanded on the inequalities that women historians face in a male-dominated field, by noting that they are more likely to be assigned to tedious and scholarly tasks which benefit other researchers, but rarely their own career. She also noted that women historians have been prominent in new academic endeavours, but that once these ventures were established, men inevitably came to control these fields. Maxine Berg also noted this trend in economic history. Food history Although best known for her agrarian history, Thirsk also had a strong interest in food history, especially in her later years. In 1995 she gave a paper on preserving food to the Leeds Symposium on the History of Food which was subsequently published. She advised on the curation of an exhibition: Fooles and Fricasees: Food in Shakespeare's England at the Folger Shakespeare Library in 1999, contributing an essay: Food in Shakespeare's England to the catalogue. Her book Alternative Agriculture explores how overlooked cultures like flax, hemp, rapeseed, and woad were cultivated in Early Modern England. Her last major work Food in Early Modern England Phases, Fads, Fashions 1500–1760. surveys the history of English food chronologically, trying to explore differences in social classes. The author tries to dispel the idea that food of that era was dull and monotonous, as there was a wide range of herbs, plants, and animals eaten at that are no longer available today. The gathering and making of food was discussed and appreciated in all levels of society. Her own experience making and tasting barley bread (a staple food of in sixteenth-century Southern England), showed her how difficult it was to make and hard to eat. Works (editor) Alternative Agriculture: A History (1997) Oxford University Press The Agrarian History of England and Wales, volume V: 1640–1750 (1985, as editor) (co-editor) The Agrarian History of England and Wales, Volume IV: 1500–1640 (1967, as editor) See also Past & Present Richard Henry Tawney References Sources Biographical memoir by the British Academy Christine S. Hallas, at Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing (edited by Kelly Boyd), pp. 1184–85. London: Fizroy Dearborn, 1999. Blackwell Dictionary of Historians, edited by John Cannon et al. New York: Blackwell Reference, 1988. External links 1922 births 2013 deaths Bletchley Park people Commanders of the Order of the British Empire British women academics British women historians Social historians Historians of agriculture Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of the Royal Historical Society Fellows of St Hilda's College, Oxford People from Hadlow People educated at Camden School for Girls Alumni of the University of Oxford Academics of the University of Oxford Academics of the London School of Economics Academics of the University of Leicester Bletchley Park women Members of the American Philosophical Society

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Peachtree Creek

Peachtree Creek is a major stream in Atlanta. It flows for almost due west into the Chattahoochee River just south of Vinings. Peachtree Creek is an important part of the area history. Fort Peachtree was built near the creek and the Chattahoochee River to guard against the Cherokee, who were in the Cherokee County territory northwest of the river. During the American Civil War, the Battle of Peachtree Creek was a major battle of the Atlanta Campaign. Pace's Ferry was built across the river near the creek, and Paces Ferry Road still runs roughly parallel to the creek. Another street, Peachtree Battle Avenue, runs in a similar fashion. Because it is usually called just Peachtree Battle (even by GDOT on its overpass of Interstate 75), that part of Buckhead is often called the same, which in turn gave rise to a local play called Peachtree Battle. Its two major tributaries are the North Fork Peachtree Creek and the South Fork Peachtree Creek. The northern fork begins at the edge of Gwinnett County and flows southwest, almost perfectly parallel to Interstate 85 through DeKalb County. It ends at its confluence with the southern fork, next to where the highway meets Georgia 400. The southern fork, long, begins in Tucker and flows south then west, passing through Clarkston, then crossing under part of the Stone Mountain Freeway and quickly back again, west (inside) of the Perimeter. It then flows twice through the northern part of the campus of Emory University and its Wesley Woods section. The southern edge of its basin borders the Eastern Continental Divide, including Peavine Creek (which ends next to WAGA-TV) and its tributary Lullwater Creek, which originates in the Lake Claire neighborhood of Atlanta and drains Fernbank Forest and the Druid Hills Golf Club north of Ponce de Leon Avenue. Other major nearby creeks in Atlanta include Nancy Creek (which flows into Peachtree Creek just before the Chattahoochee River), and Proctor Creek (which flows directly into the Chattahoochee). Streamflow and flooding Since 1912, the stream gauge on Peachtree Creek (AANG1) has been located where it crosses Northside Drive just east of Interstate 75, just northwest of the Brookwood Split (where Interstate 85 leaves 75). It is located at , at above mean sea level. A rainfall puts approximately 1.5 billion gallons or almost 6 billion liters into the watershed, by USGS calculations. That watershed (above the gauge only) is . There is also water quality monitoring equipment there, all transmitted to GOES weather satellites and back down to the USGS in real time. Prior to this current system, daily flow and water quality sampling were done as far back as 1958 and 1959, respectively. Records for this site are maintained by the USGS Georgia Water Science Center. Flood stage is depth, and due to the heavy urbanization in the area, it often reaches above this mark during heavy storms. Peachtree Creek suffered massive flooding after Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Ivan in September 2004. Late on September 16, 2004, it reached a stage of , a flow of 14,200 cubic feet (106,223 gallons) or 402 cubic meters (402,100 liters) per second, and a width of , its highest official flood record ever, which actually washed away its gauge. The creek was about ten times its normal width, three times its normal speed, and 300 times its normal flow. The worst flood ever occurred in 1919, when on January 29 (1/29) or December 9 (12/9) it reached a flow of about 21,000 cubic feet (160,000 gallons) or 600 cubic meters (600,000 liters) per second, and a stage of . Another flood occurred in 1912 just above the 2004 event, and another in 1915 just below it. (Prior to the 1940s, there are no records for depth.) Base flow for the stream is about per second, and a depth of about . The 2009 Atlanta floods set new records for most streams in the area, and Peachtree Creek at Northside Drive came a close second place, reaching a height of on September 21, 2009, at 9:15 pm, and causing water to flow over the bridge. The North Fork reached a record of at 7:15pm, topping the previous record of in September 2004. The South Fork reached its third-highest ever at 5:45pm, the record being a flood that brought it to on March 16, 1976. The other stream gauges are SPJG1 on the South Fork "near Atlanta" at Johnson Road since April 2003, and NPBG1 also "near Atlanta" on the North Fork at Buford Highway since May 2003, with another (NFPG1) on the North Fork further up "near Doraville" at Graves Road since June 2001. Peachtree Creek Greenway In October 2017, future plans were released for the Peachtree Creek Greenway that will run along Peachtree Creek. Construction on the first section of the Greenway began in late 2018 in Brookhaven. The goal of the greenway is to provide residents with close-to-home and close-to-work access to bicycle and pedestrian trails, serve transportation and recreation needs, and help encourage quality of life and sustainable economic growth. The trail will connect the cities of Atlanta, Brookhaven, Chamblee and Doraville. References External links Fishing in Nancy Creek USGS site for Peachtree Creek Peachtree Creek, stream gauge at Northside Drive South Fork Peachtree Creek, stream gauge at Johnson Road North Fork Peachtree Creek, stream gauge at Buford Highway North Fork Peachtree Creek, stream gauge at Graves Road Peachtree Creek: A Natural and Unnatural History of Atlanta's Watershed by David R. Kaufman Peachtree Battle Alliance 2Peachtree Chattahoochee River Rivers of DeKalb County, Georgia Rivers of Fulton County, Georgia Rivers of Georgia (U.S. state)

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2014 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 2014 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks competed as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) as part of its East Division. The team was led by head coach Steve Spurrier, in his tenth year, and played its home games at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. They finished the season 7–6, 3–5 in SEC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division. They were invited to the Independence Bowl where they defeated Miami (FL). Before the season 2014 recruiting class National award watch lists Camp - Mike Davis Groza - Elliot Fry Hornung - Pharoh Cooper Lombardi - A.J. Cann Mackey - Rory Anderson Maxwell - Mike Davis Outland - A.J. Cann Outland - Corey Robinson Outland - Brandon Shell Rimington - Cody Waldrop Walker - Mike Davis Preseason All-America OL A.J. Cann Phil Steele (1st team) RB Mike Davis Phil Steele (3rd team) Preseason All-SEC OL A.J. Cann SEC Media (2nd team) Phil Steele (1st team) Athlon Magazine (1st team) RB Mike Davis SEC Media (2nd team) Phil Steele (2nd team) Athlon Magazine (2nd team) K Elliot Fry Athlon Magazine (3rd team) LB Skai Moore Athlon Magazine (3rd team) OL Corey Robinson SEC Media (2nd team) Athlon Magazine (3rd team) WR Shaq Roland Athlon Magazine (3rd team) DB Brison Williams SEC Media (2nd team) Schedule Source: Roster Source: Depth chart For: 8/28/14 (Texas A&M) Game summaries Texas A&M The Gamecocks open the 2014 season with a Thursday night matchup against conference foe Texas A&M. It will be the first meeting between the two schools. With kickoff set for 6:00 PM EDT, this game was scheduled to be the first live football game broadcast on the SEC Network. As the first game of the Gamecocks-Aggies cross-division rivalry, the winner of this game will be awarded the new Bonham Trophy, named after Alamo war hero and South Carolina alumnus James Butler Bonham. East Carolina South Carolina hosts East Carolina for Week 2 of the college football season. The Gamecocks hold a 12-5 all-time series record against the Pirates. South Carolina won the most recent matchup in 2012 by a score of 48–10. It was the first career start for then-backup QB Dylan Thompson, who threw for 330 yards with 3 touchdowns and no interceptions in the victory. Georgia The SEC East rival Georgia Bulldogs visit South Carolina on September 13, 2014, to conclude the Gamecocks three-game homestand. Georgia leads the all-time series 48-17-2; however, the Gamecocks have won three of the last four matchups, including a dominating 35–7 victory in the last meeting at Williams-Brice Stadium. The Bulldogs won last year's matchup 41–30 in Athens, Georgia behind a 4 touchdown performance by Aaron Murray. Vanderbilt South Carolina travels to Vanderbilt for the first road game of the 2014 season. South Carolina holds a 19-4 all-time series record against the Commodores, and has won the last five meetings. Missouri The Gamecocks host the defending SEC East division champion Missouri Tigers for the 2014 Battle of Columbia. The all-time series record is tied at two wins apiece. South Carolina, however, has won both meetings since Missouri joined the SEC in 2012. Last year's meeting saw Gamecocks QB Connor Shaw lead a 17-point, fourth quarter comeback in Columbia, Missouri to send the game into overtime. The Gamecocks would go on to win in double overtime, becoming the only team to defeat the Tigers in the regular season. The winner of this game receives the Mayors’ Cup Trophy. Kentucky South Carolina's second road test of the season takes place in Lexington, Kentucky against SEC East foe Kentucky. South Carolina leads the all-time series 17-7-1. The Gamecocks have won the last three meetings, including last year's 35–28 win at home. Furman In-state FCS team Furman comes to Columbia in Week 8 with the Gamecocks coming off of a bye week. Auburn South Carolina visits the defending SEC champion Auburn Tigers on October 25, 2014. Auburn leads the all-time series 9-1-1. Auburn has won all seven matchups since South Carolina joined the SEC in 1992, including the 2010 SEC Championship Game. Tennessee The Gamecocks host SEC East rival Tennessee for the ninth game of the 2014 season. Tennessee leads the all-time series 23-7-2, but South Carolina has won three of the last four meetings. South Carolina will look to avenge last year's matchup in Knoxville, Tennessee when the Volunteers handed the Gamecocks their second and final loss of the 2013 season, made possible by a one-handed catch by WR Marquez North to set up a game-winning field goal. The loss eventually cost South Carolina the SEC Eastern Division title and a trip to the SEC Championship game. Florida South Carolina comes off their second bye week with a trip to Gainesville, Florida to take on the Florida Gators in the final SEC game of the season. The Gators lead the all-time series 24-7-3; however, the Gamecocks have won three of the last four meetings. Four of the Gamecocks’ seven wins against Florida have come since Gator legend Steve Spurrier took over as head coach in 2005. South Carolina's last win in Gainesville took place in 2010 in a game that clinched the Gamecocks’ first SEC East division title. South Alabama South Carolina hosts its final home game of the 2014 season against the South Alabama Jaguars. It will be the first meeting between the two schools. Clemson South Carolina travels to Clemson, South Carolina for the 112th Battle of the Palmetto State. Clemson leads the all-time series 65-42-4; however, South Carolina has controlled the heated rivalry series as of late, winning the last five meetings by an average margin of 16.8 points. The Gamecocks’ five game winning streak is Carolina's longest winning streak in the series. Steve Spurrier is 6–3 against the Tigers since taking over as head coach in 2005. Gamecock QB Dylan Thompson made his second career start in the last matchup at Memorial Stadium, replacing injured QB Connor Shaw. Thompson threw for 249 yards with 1 touchdown in the 35–17 loss to the Tigers. Rankings References South Carolina South Carolina Gamecocks football seasons Independence Bowl champion seasons South Carolina Gamecocks football

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Umma

Umma ( ; in modern Dhi Qar Province in Iraq, formerly also called Gishban) was an ancient city in Sumer. There is some scholarly debate about the Sumerian and Akkadian names for this site. Traditionally, Umma was identified with Tell Jokha. More recently it has been suggested that it was located at Umm al-Aqarib, less than to its northwest or was even the name of both cities. One or both were the leading city of the Early Dynastic kingdom of Gišša, with the most recent excavators putting forth that Umm al-Aqarib was prominent in EDIII but Jokha rose to preeminence later. History In the early Sumerian text Inanna's descent to the netherworld, Inanna dissuades demons from the netherworld from taking Shara, patron of Umma, who was living in squalor. They eventually take Dumuzid king of Uruk instead, who lived in palatial opulence. Best known for its long frontier conflict with Lagash, as reported by Entemena, the city reached its zenith , under the rule of Lugal-Zage-Si who also controlled Ur and Uruk. Under the Ur III dynasty, Umma became an important provincial center. Most of the over 30,000 tablets recovered from the site are administrative and economic texts from that time. They permit an excellent insight into affairs in Umma. The Umma calendar of Shulgi () is the immediate predecessor of the later Babylonian calendar, and indirectly of the post-exilic Hebrew calendar. Umma appears to have been abandoned after the Middle Bronze Age. Archaeology The site of Tell Jokha was visited by William Loftus in 1854 and John Punnett Peters of the University of Pennsylvania in 1885. In the early 1900s, many illegally excavated Umma tablets from the Third Dynasty of Ur began to appear on the antiquities market. From 1999 to 2002 Jokha was worked by an Iraqi team, recovering a number of tablets and bullae from the Early Dynastic, Sargonic, Ur III, and Old Babylonian periods. In 2017, the Slovak Archaeological and Historical Institute began excavations at Tell Jokha. The site of Umm al-Aqarib (located at 45.80°E longitude and 31.60°N latitude) covers about 5 square kilometers and is made up of 21 mounds the largest of which is 20 meters above the level of the plain. The location was first visited by John Punnett Peters in the 1800s. It was excavated for a total of 7 seasons in 1999–2002 and 2008–2010 by Iraqi archaeologists under difficult conditions. At Umm al-Aqarib, archaeologists uncovered levels from the Early Dynastic Period (c. 2900–2300 BC), including several monumental buildings, one of them variously identified as a temple or palace. The site of Tell Shmet also lies nearby, around 10 kilometers to the northwest of Umma and within visual distance of Zabala. It was part of the Umma province. The site measures 990 by 720 meters (712,800 square meters). The main Sargonic and Ur III remains of the site were destroyed by a Ministry of Agriculture program to plant trees so as to prevent sand dunes. In response to looting which began in 1994 the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage conducted salvage excavations in 2001 and 2002 under Mohammad Sabri Abdulraheem. All of the paper records of the excavation were lost in looting of residential areas after the 2003 war. Plano-convex bricks and a residential area of the Early Dynastic III and Akkadian periods were uncovered. Finds included 67 clay cuneiform tablets, dozens of cylinder seals, and a number of stone and metal objects. The tablets mostly date ED III with the latest being Ur III. The tablets support the proposal that the ancient name of the site was Ki.anki. They mention the names of the gods Ninazu and Dumuzi-Maru. Only some of the tablets have been published. Looting During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, after Coalition bombing began, looters descended upon the site which is now pockmarked with hundreds of ditches and pits. The prospects for future official excavation and research were seriously compromised in the process. In 2011, Global Heritage Network, which monitors threats to cultural heritage sites in developing nations, released aerial images comparing Umma in 2003 and 2010, showing a landscape devastated by looters' trenches during that time—approximately 1.12 square km in total. Additional images relevant to the situation at Umm al-Aqarib are included in Tucker's article on the destruction of Iraq's archaeological heritage. Rulers of Umma Aga of Kish (26th century BC), king of Kish, probably took over Umma, and consequently Zabala, which was dependant of it in the Early Dynastic Period. First Dynasty of Umma Second Dynasty of Umma See also Cities of the Ancient Near East References Further reading B. Alster, Geštinanna as Singer and the Chorus of Uruk and Zabalam: UET 6/1 22, JCS, vol. 37, pp. 219–28, 1985 Tonia M. Sharlach, Provincial taxation and the Ur III State, Brill, 2003, Trevor Bryce, The Routledge Handbook of The Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia: The Near East from the Early Bronze Age to the fall of the Persian Empire, Routledge, 2009 B. R. Foster, Umma in the Sargonic Period, Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 20, Hamden, 1982 Georges Contenau, Umma sous la Dynastie d'Ur, Librarie Paul Geuthner, 1916 Jacob L. Dahl, The Ruling Family of Ur III Umma: A Prosopographical Analysis of an Elite Family in Southern Iraq 4000 Years ago, Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten/Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO), 2007, Shin T. Kang, Sumerian economic texts from the Umma archive, University of Illinois Press, 1973, Rost, Stephanie, and Angelo Di Michele, "Systematic Versus Random Sampling in Approaches to Landscape Archaeology: The Umma Survey Project in Southern Mesopotamia", Journal of Field Archaeology 47.5, pp. 285-304, 2022 Diana Tucker, "Brutal Destruction of Iraq's Archaeological Sites Continues", online article from September 21, 2009 posted on www.uruknet.info, http://www.uruknet.info/?p=58169 van Driel, G. "The Size of Institutional Umma." Archiv Für Orientforschung, vol. 46/47, 1999, pp. 80–91 External links Photograph of site looting - Oriental Institute The Province of Umma - CDLI Brutal Destruction of Iraq's Archaeological Sites Continues Archaeological sites in Iraq Populated places in Dhi Qar Province Former populated places in Iraq Sumerian cities Former kingdoms

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Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree

Andrew Simon Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree, (born 25 February 1966) is a British barrister, businessman and Conservative fundraiser and politician. The Financial Times described Feldman as "David Cameron's oldest political friend" since their days together at Brasenose College, Oxford. Feldman was responsible for fundraising David Cameron's successful Tory leadership campaign in 2005. He was created a life peer by David Cameron in 2010, and then Chairman of the Conservative Party, first as co-chairman alongside Sayeeda Warsi and then Grant Shapps between 2010 and 2015, then on his own as sole chairman from May 2015. His tenure ended after David Cameron's administration ended in July 2016. Early life and family He was born into a Jewish family in London, the eldest son of Malcolm R Feldman (b. 1939) and his wife Marcia J, née Summers (b. 1944). His paternal grandmother was of Austrian descent. He married Gabrielle Gourgey in 1999; they have two sons and one daughter. They live in a townhouse in Holland Park, just round the corner from David Cameron's pre-Downing Street family home in Notting Hill. Feldman was educated at The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, an independent school in Elstree in Hertfordshire, followed by Brasenose College at the University of Oxford, where he was awarded a first-class degree in jurisprudence. He went on to the Inns of Court School of Law. Whilst at Oxford, he played for the Brasenose College tennis team, where he became friends with Cameron and Guy Spier. Feldman and Cameron together helped organise the college's May Ball in their second year. Feldman was chairman of the Ball committee, while Cameron booked the entertainment. Feldman has since remained a close confidant of Cameron, who gave him his own office in Downing Street. Business career Feldman worked as a management consultant at Bain & Co before being called to the bar in 1991 and working as a commercial barrister at One Essex Court until 1995. He subsequently worked for the family fashion firm, Jayroma (London) Ltd, serving as Managing Director and later Chief Executive. He has donated to the Conservative Party through his company Jayroma the following amounts: £8,500 in 2008, £30,000 in 2009, £17,200 in 2010, £13,000 in 2011, £8,690 in 2012. David Cameron leadership campaign With the encouragement and financial backing from Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham, Feldman ran the operations and fundraising for David Cameron's 2005 leadership bid for the Conservative party. Feldman himself gave £10,000 to Cameron's campaign from his family clothing company Jayroma and secured tens of thousands more from other business backers. Chief Executive of the Conservative Party In July 2008 David Cameron promoted Feldman to Chief Executive of the Conservative Campaign Headquarters, a key role in preparing the Tories for the 2010 general election. In October 2008, Feldman was embroiled in the "Yachtgate" scandal with George Osborne. Both he and Shadow Chancellor Osborne were guests on billionaire Oleg Deripaska's yacht off Corfu when Osborne was accused of soliciting a £50,000 donation to the party, which would have been a violation of the law against political donations by foreign citizens. This was when Feldman was Cameron's chief fundraiser. Both denied they had discussed soliciting donations from Deripaska, contrary to the claim made at the time by Nathaniel Philip Rothschild who organised the party event. In March 2016, Feldman was questioned by journalist Michael Crick about election expenses that may have broken the law. Chairman of the Conservative Party After the Conservatives entered government with the Liberal Democrats on 11 May 2010, Cameron appointed Feldman as the co-chairman of the party, with Sayeeda Warsi. His being given an office in Downing Street is a privilege never bestowed before on a party chairman. One of his jobs was to strengthen the voluntary party and increase membership. On 17 December 2010, Feldman was created a life peer as Baron Feldman of Elstree, of Elstree in the County of Hertfordshire; he was introduced in the House of Lords, where he sits as a Conservative, on 20 December 2010. In 2012, Feldman helped Cameron prepare for the Leveson Inquiry by roleplaying the lead counsel of the inquiry Robert Jay QC. Feldman was severely criticised by one of his Conservative councillors, Catherine Faulks, for failing to vote for her in the 2011 by-election for the Norland ward in Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council. Feldman claimed at the time that he was prohibited from voting as a member of the House of Lords, although this was a misunderstanding. In May 2013, Feldman was widely attributed with making a claim that Conservative parliamentary rebellions on both a referendum on European Union membership and same sex marriage were due to Conservative Associations being "all mad, swivel-eyed loons", a claim that he has denied. The alleged words were claimed to have been said on the evening of Wednesday 15 May during a Conservative Friends of Pakistan event held in St James's, central London. References External links Lord Feldman of Elstree—biography, www.parliament.uk 1966 births Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Chairmen of the Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) life peers Conservative Party (UK) officials English Jews Jewish British politicians Living people People educated at Haberdashers' Boys' School People from Elstree Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Life peers created by Elizabeth II

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Saka guru

Saka guru, or soko guru in Javanese, is the set of four main posts which support certain Javanese buildings, e.g. the pendopo, the house proper and the mosque. The saka guru is the most fundamental element in Javanese architecture because it supports the entire roof of the building. Because of its importance, the saka guru is imbued with symbolism and treated with certain rituals. Structure and construction The saka guru construction is employed in buildings that are constructed with a joglo-type or tajug-type (pyramidal) roofs. The joglo type roof is reserved for the houses of the nobility, while the tajug-type roof is used to support sacred buildings such as mosques or temples. In Javanese architecture, walls are merely boundaries of rooms and the exterior with no structural purposes. The main structural columns/posts of a Javanese house (the saka guru) supports directly the roof and not the wall. Each of these four main posts sits on top of an umpak, three-dimensional trapezoidal stone which acts as a transition between the post and foundation. Umpak size varies from 20 x 20 cm2 to more than a square meter, depending on the dimension of the posts, which commonly ranges between 12 x 12 cm2 to 40 x 40 cm2. Umpak prevents the wooden post from the infiltration of groundwater, and reduces the horizontal forces caused by earthquakes. During the construction of the saka guru, the northeast umpak is the first stone to be placed on site. This umpak is designed to look like the padma flower, imbuing it with the quality of strength. The next umpak to be placed is the southeast umpak, followed by northwest, and finally the southwest. The wooden posts are always placed according to the direction of tree growth. After the saka guru is completely erected, in the evening an offering ceremony is held. Each wooden post of the saka guru has pens at both ends; the bottom pen fixes the post into the umpak; the top pen (purus pathok (the pile pen)) plugs into the hole of the two main beams. The first beam to be set is the pengeret (literally "cross beam"), then the second beam blandar (literally "beam") is set on top of the pengeret. The two beams lock together, receiving compression forces of the saka guru structure. Each wooden post of the saka guru also contains a hole at the upper portion, to be filled by the pen of secondary beams. The first beam is known as sunduk ("skewer") which also contains a pen known as purus wedokan ("female pen"). The pen purus wedokan contains a hole which will be locked by a pen of a second beam after it is inserted into the saka guru. The second beam is known as kili ("anchor"), while its pen is known as purus lanang ("male pen"). The structural element of kili and sunduk stabilizes the saka guru structure. The Javanese term for pen is purus meaning the male sex organ. Upon the completion of all the plug-in procedure, the saka guru is stable and can support the roof on top of it. Two or three parallel beams join the post at its top. The posts may directly support roof trusses or roof beams. In the case of joglo, the main posts are usually topped by two sets of inward stepped wooden piles, tumpang sari, and outward stepped piles, elar. The number of steps in a tumpang sari reveals the status of the owner. The usur-duduk is hip rafter running from an external corner to the ridge that is called traditionally as molo. Symbolism Saka guru consists of the word saka and guru. According to the Javanese text of Kawruh Kalang, the guru or "teacher" is a title given to the four wooden beams, while saka or "post" is for the four main posts. Thus the whole configuration is known as sakaguru, or more correctly sakaning guru or saka ingkang nyanggi guru (Javanese "the saka which supports the guru). In Indonesian language, the term saka guru is used to signifies a fundamental principle. For example, "the Indonesian Cooperative is the saka guru of the National Economy". Other rituals The space beneath the saka guru was considered a very important sacred space. In modern day, the area has no specific usage, but traditionally, this area was where incense was burnt once a week to honor the rice Goddess, Dewi Sri. The space below the tumpang sari is also the place where the bride and bridegroom are seated during their marriage ceremony. See also Javanese culture Javanese traditional house Kejawèn Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Pendopo References Cited works Rumah adat Javanese culture Roofs Construction in Indonesia

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The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo

The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo is an animated television series based on Victor Hugo's 1831 novel Notre Dame de Paris. The show was produced by Ares Films, CinéGroupe, Télé-Images, and Astral Media. It aired in 1996. The series takes place in Paris, 1483. The three main characters are Quasimodo, Esmeralda, and François. They fight villains, stop sinister plots, and escape from traps. They often come face to face with their greatest enemy, Frollo. In 2006, BCI, with Hearst Entertainment, released 2 episodes on DVD within their “Advantage Cartoon Mega Pack”. In 2009, Mill Creek Entertainment released a complete set containing all 26 episodes of the series. Characters Main cast Quasimodo (Jacques de Bernasack): A 16-year-old hunchback, the title character of the series. Esmeralda: A beautiful young Romani dancer. François: Esmeralda's brother, the poet. Djali: Esmeralda's pet goat. Arabelle: a horse. Claude Frollo: The main villain of the series, and Quasimodo's former master. A demonic magician in his own right, he plots to become the King of France. Azarof: Frollo's loyal dog. Dennis: The alchemist, a friend of Quasimodo and the King. Angelica: Esmeralda and François' adopted grandmother. Secondary and episodic characters King Louis XI: The elderly ruler of France. Charles and Vivianne de Bernasack: powerful alchemists and Quasimodo's parents. Maria Villon: Quasimodo's former nanny. Leonardo da Vinci: A young genius, engineer, and artist. Mildred: Leonardo's carrier pigeon. Manolo: A Romani baron, Angelica's old friend. Vernier: The constable. Margarita: the orphanage teacher. Fox: a highwayman, “the man of a thousand faces”. Bobo, Alfons, and Loran: Rasperin's errand boys. Ferdinand: Angelica's brother and Esmeralda's godfather. Carlos: Ferdinand's son. Roger: An architect. Andrews: A sculptor and former thief. Gaspar: a one-eyed friend of Angelica. Gustavo: a boatman. Lucile and Robert la Fleur: Children of late Mark and Mirelle la Fleur, who were good friends of Quasimodo's parents. Isabelle: The High Priestess of the Council of Magicians. The Abomination (Robert la Fete): the lizard man and magician, Frollo's ex-assistant. Guy: A highlander, former bell ringer, and Quasimodo's grandfather. Clopen's thieves: A group of young children, who work for Clopin and steal random stuff for him. Sylvia the Wise: A Romani alchemist. Maurice: Dennis' cousin, a country doctor. Pierre: Young architect and Quasimodo's childhood friend. Henri: Pierre's father, an elderly architect. Red haired street girl: A young girl who lives in the Court of Miracles who got hypnotized by Clopin to dance for him. It's unknown if she is one of Clopen's thieves. Villains Raoul Fortin: A criminal, hired by Frollo to assassinate the King. Jester: A buffoon and thief. Oracle: A seer, and Frollo's former partner. Camille Eon: A powerful shape-shifter, Frollo's old acquaintance. Armand, Pierre, Jean-Luke and Marcel: thieves from the Court of Miracles. Biddle: Maria's former employer. Larus: The cruel tax collector. Rasperin: A corrupt owner of the Half-Moon Inn. Baron Guillaume: A tyrannical owner of the Valley of the Auvergne. Gilbere: Guillaume's right-hand man. Lorlof: Frollo's alter-ego. Tiffan: The brutal warrior-chief of the Mercenaries. Clopin: The leader of a gang of thieves, a mentor of training children thieves, wandering gossip, and Frollo's old acquaintance. Casimir: The evil cousin of Romani king, who wants to take his place. Episodes Cast The actors and actresses, who did the voices for the show, are: Sonja Ball – Various Daniel Brochu – Quasimodo Mark Camacho – Various Richard Dumont – Various Susan Glover – Various A. J. Henderson – Dennis Harry Hill – Various Arthur Holden – Various Rick Jones Pauline Little – Various Bronwen Mantel Anik Matern Eleanor Noble – Esmeralda Michael O'Reilly – Casimir Terrence Scammell – François/Azarof Vlasta Vrána – Frollo External links The magical adventures of Quasimodo at WorldCat 1990s Canadian animated television series 1996 Canadian television series debuts 1996 Canadian television series endings 1990s French animated television series 1996 French television series debuts 1996 French television series endings Canadian children's animated action television series Canadian children's animated adventure television series Canadian children's animated fantasy television series CBC Television original programming Family Channel (Canadian TV network) original programming French children's animated action television series French children's animated adventure television series French children's animated fantasy television series Seven Network original programming BBC children's television shows TVNZ 2 original programming RTÉ original programming SABC 1 original programming

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Coleshill, Warwickshire

Coleshill ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England, taking its name from the River Cole, on which it stands. It had a population of 6,897 in the 2021 Census, and is situated east-northeast of Birmingham, southeast of Sutton Coldfield, south of Tamworth, northwest of Coventry by road and 13 miles (21km) west of Nuneaton. Geography Coleshill is located on a ridge between the rivers Cole and Blythe which converge to the north with the River Tame. It is adjacent to the border with West Midlands county, and is just outside Birmingham. History Coleshill began life in the Iron Age, before the Roman conquest of 43AD at the Grimstock Hill Romano-British settlement, north of the River Cole. Evidence of hut circles were found by archaeologists at the end of the 1970s. These excavations showed that throughout the Roman period there was a Romano-Celtic temple on Grimstock Hill. It had developed over the earlier Iron Age huts and had gone through at least three phases of development. The area was at the junction of two powerful Celtic Tribes – the Coritanii to the east from Leicester, and to the west the Cornovii from Viroconium Cornoviorum. In the post Roman or Arthurian period (The Dark Ages), the nucleus of Coleshill moved about a kilometre to the south, to the top of the hill. Here the present church is set and the medieval town developed around it. By 1066 the town was a Royal Manor held by King Edward the Confessor and is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as land held by William the Conqueror and the site of the court for the ancient hundred of Coleshill. In 1284/5 John de Clinton, elder, was granted Coleshill Manor by King Henry II, and claimed by prescription within the lordship of Coleshill, Assize of bread and ale, gallows, pillory, tumbrell and court leet, infangthef and utfangthef, a market, fair, and free warren. He died in 1316. His heir was his 12-year-old grandson, John, who subsequently married a daughter of Sir Roger Hilary, and died in 1353 or 1354 leaving one daughter Joan. She had as her first husband Sir John of Montfort, illegitimate son of Sir Peter de Montfort of Beaudesert. Coleshill Manor then passed to this branch of Sir Simon de Montford who moated the manor houses at Coleshill and Kingshurst. King Henry VII granted Coleshill Manor and its lands to Simon Digby in 1496 following the execution and forfeiture of Sir Simon de Montford for supporting the rebellion of Perkin Warbeck. The (Wingfield-Digby) family descendants still hold the titles. Coleshill village was granted a market charter by King John in 1207, alongside Liverpool, Leek and Great Yarmouth. During the era of stagecoach and the turnpike trusts, Coleshill became important as a major staging post on the coaching roads from London to Chester, Liverpool and Holyhead. At one point there were over twenty inns in the town. The Coleshill to Lichfield Turnpike dates from 1743. Notable buildings Many former coaching inns remain in Coleshill, mostly along the High Street and Coventry Road. One of the most notable buildings in the town is the parish's Church of St Peter and St Paul at the top of the Market Square. It has a 52-metre (170 ft) high steeple, one of the finest in Warwickshire, dating from the 13th century. Inside there is a 12th-century font of Norman origin, which is one of the finest examples in the country. There are also medieval table tombs with effigies of knights, including John de Clinton. Just outside the south door are the preserved remains of a medieval cross. Church Street is the location of the town's pillory and whipping post, which were last used in 1863. A bronze sculpture by Peter Walker in the High Street shows three themes of the town's origins: a stagecoach wheel, a visiting circus elephant and the creation of the Typhoo Tea brand by John Sumner. Transport The town is close to the M6, M6 Toll and M42 motorways. It is on Junction 4 of the M6, with Birmingham City Centre at Junction 6, Sutton Coldfield J5, Nuneaton, Bedworth and Coventry North at J3 and Coventry East at Junction 2. The town is connected to East Birmingham by the B4114 Road which subsequently creates a road connection into Birmingham City Centre. There is also a route to Coventry via the A446, which becomes the A452 just before the A45 road junction at Stonebridge. Upon reaching the Western edge of Coventry, it is necessary to follow the A4114 road which now takes you to the city centre ring road A4053 after the A45 was diverted to run south of Coventry acting as a bypass. Two regular bus routes serve the town, including one to Birmingham, the Number X13 Route which terminates in Chelmsley Wood operated by National Express West Midlands. The new railway station had an interchange serving a direct Sutton Coldfield – Coleshill - Birmingham Airport bus connection, but this was discontinued in 2022. The town is served by Coleshill Parkway railway station, which reopened in 2007, on the site of the previous Coleshill station, which had closed in 1968. It is on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line and is served half hourly by CrossCountry as part of their service between Birmingham, Nuneaton, Leicester, Peterborough, Cambridge and Stansted Airport. Historically the town was also served by Maxstoke on the Stonebridge Railway which closed in 1917 and Coleshill railway station, originally named Forge Mills, which closed in 1968. As a result until 2007, the town's nearest railway station was at Water Orton, some to the north-west. Twin Town Coleshill has been twinned with Chassieu near Lyons in France since 1983. Education The Coleshill School Coleshill Church of England Primary School St Edwards Roman Catholic Primary School High Meadow Community School Primary School Woodland Special School Notable people from Coleshill Reverend George Lloyd (1820–1885), a curate and archaeologist Baron Plumb, farmer and politician John Wynne (1819–1893), cricketer References External links Coleshill Town Council Coleshill Community Coleshill at British History Online Coleshill archives at Our Warwickshire Market towns in Warwickshire Towns in Warwickshire Burial sites of the FitzGerald dynasty

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American Greed

American Greed (also known as American Greed: Scams, Scoundrels and Scandals and as American Greed: Scams, Schemes and Broken Dreams) is an American documentary television series on CNBC. The series focuses on cases of Ponzi schemes, embezzlement and other white collar crimes and features interviews with police investigators, fraud victims and sometimes fraudsters. It was initially created by Mark Hoffman, the President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Directors of CNBC, and it is produced by Bill Kurtis' Kurtis Productions. The program is narrated by Stacy Keach Jr., who was recruited because Kurtis himself was unavailable for that purpose. It premiered on June 21, 2007. Subjects The business-reality program focuses on the stories behind high-profile corporate and white-collar crimes, betrayals, and scams in American history, including the financial scandals involving WorldCom, HealthSouth, Tyco International, and CyberNET. Besides these high-profile cases, stories have featured lower-profile financial crimes that have affected individual investors and smaller companies, including various Ponzi schemes, real estate and other investment frauds, bank robbery, identity theft, medical fraud, embezzlement, insurance fraud, murder-for-hire, art theft, credit card fraud, money laundering, and political corruption. In addition, there have been three American Greed special presentations: American Greed Special: Bernie Madoff Behind Bars; American Greed: Special Presentation: 9/11 Fraud – "A Contractor Capitalizes on Disaster"; and Mob Money: An American Greed Special Presentation. In April 2022, American Greed and CNBC partnered with AMC to deliver a special episode detailing the life and crimes of fictional lawyer Jimmy McGill in promotion for the 6th season of Better Call Saul. Episodes Companion series American Greed has had at least three companion programs, all of which have also been narrated by Stacy Keach Jr. In August 2012, CNBC aired the series American Greed: The Fugitives, which focused on active cases of alleged white-collar crime. The show documented stories of suspects who were still at large and had continued to evade authorities. It lasted 2 seasons, covering 13 cases of financial crimes. After the November 14, 2013, airing of American Greed: The Fugitives #12, viewer tips led to the successful November 26, 2013, arrest of FBI Most Wanted fugitive David Kaup, who had been a fugitive since December 17, 2012, when he failed to appear for sentencing in Los Angeles. In early 2019, CNBC aired another companion series, American Greed: Deadly Rich, which focused on high-profile murder cases involving the wealthy. On July 15, 2020, it was announced that another companion series titled American Greed: Biggest Cons would premiere on July 20, 2020. When American Greed: Biggest Cons did so premiere, it updated some of the stories the main program had previously featured, such as its profiles of Madoff and Martin Shkreli and its study of William "Rick" Singer's college-admission scheme. A few weeks before the Better Call Saul season 6 premiere on April Fools' Day 2022, the CNBC Prime YouTube account uploaded American Greed: James McGill. The ten-minute short is a faux documentary done in the same style as the popular series with the same name, and recaps the events of both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Narrated by Stacey Keach, the mockumentary features in-character interviews from several recurring cast members from Better Call Saul, including DA Suzanne Ericsen (Julie Pearl), Deputy DA Bill Oakley (Peter Diseth) and Kim Wexler's former boss Rich Schweikart (Dennis Boutsikaris), as they recounted their memories of Jimmy McGill and Kim Wexler. Also making their reappearances are Craig and Betsy Kettleman (Jeremy Shamos and Julie Ann Emery, respectively), who had not appeared on the series since the first season, but made their last canonical appearance in the short film No Picnic, which was released after the third season. References Other sources 1. Fed.R. Civ. Pro 9. 2. Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009). External links CNBC original programming 2007 American television series debuts 2000s American documentary television series 2010s American documentary television series Wealth in the United States

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Niihama

is a city located in the eastern part of Ehime Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 115,824 in 57781 households and a population density of 490 persons per km². The total area of the city is . It has the third largest population in Ehime, behind the prefectural capital of Matsuyama and the recently expanded city of Imabari. It is famous for its Besshi copper mine as well as the annual Niihama Taiko Festival (also known as "The Man Festival", otokomatsuri 男祭り) that is the center of annual drunken and boisterous activity and draws tourists from around the country. Geography Niihama is positioned in the north-center area of the island of Shikoku, in the eastern part of Ehime Prefecture. Niihama is enveloped by mountains to the south and east, hills to the west, and the Seto Inland Sea to the north. The Kokuryo River flows from the mountains to the Seto Inland Sea and divides the city into an areas east of the river (kawahigashi) and west of the river (kawanishi). Being surrounded by mountains, Niihama feels geographically isolated from its closest neighbors, Saijō to the west and Shikokuchūō to the east. The border with Kōchi Prefecture lies in the mountains far south of the center of town. The island of Ōshima, northeast of the main part of the city, also is part of Niihama. The largely mountainous village of Besshi joined the city of Niihama in 2003 greatly increasing the size of the city. Neighbouring municipalities Ehime Prefecture Saijō Shikokuchūō Kōchi Prefecture Ino Ōkawa Climate Niihama has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light snowfall. The average annual temperature in Niihama is 13.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1839 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in January, at around 24.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.0 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Niihama has been decreased sightly since the 1980s. History Niihama is located in ancient Iyo Province and has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Under the Edo Period Tokugawa shogunate, it was largely administered as part of Saijō Domain or Komatsu Domain. The Besshi Copper Mine was opened in 1744. The village of Niihama was established with the post-Meiji restoration creation of the modern municipalities system on December 15, 1889. It was raised to town status on January 1, 1908. On November 3, 1937 Niihama merged with the villages of Kaneko and Takatsu to form the city of Niihama. . Government Niihama has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 26 members. Niihama contributes four members to the Ehime Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Ehime 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan. Economy The Besshi copper mine (once considered to be one of the most productive in the world) jump-started the Sumitomo zaibatsu. Even though the mine has since closed (its legacy is now preserved in a small museum and onsen attraction, Minetopia Besshi), Sumitomo remains a large presence in town. The economy of Niihama is supported largely by factories as well as activities at its ports. Education Niihama has 17 public elementary schools and 12 public middle schools operated by the city government. The city has five public high schools operated by the Ehime Prefectural Board of Education. The Niihama National College of Technology is a technology college in Niihama. Transportation Railways Shikoku Railway Company - Yosan Line - - Highways Matsuyama Expressway Ports Port of Niihama Sister city relations - Dezhou, Shandong, China, friendship city since November 1997. Festivals and celebrations Taiko Festival The Niihama Taiko Festival is a harvest festival held over 16–18 October each year. Each of 50 neighborhoods in Niihama has its own Taiko float, which consists of an ornately decorated wooden center frame, covered in panels made of gold thread (three to a side). The column is covered with a fabric top (usually red and white), which symbolically represents the sun; it is surrounded by long black cushions folded into a figure of 8 with hanging tassels, representing the clouds and rain. The design is intended to show gratitude for a good harvest. Gold dragons adorn the top panels of the float while the lower panels show traditional buildings, animals or legends. Inside the float, a drummer beats a deep booming taiko drum, providing the rhythm that guides 150 men below, who carry the float by four long wooden beams at the float's base. Four crew members stand on the beams and control the rest of the crew with flags, whistles and chants while four more are perched precariously on the top some 5.4 m above ground. The floats weigh over two and a half tons and can cost over $100,000US to build (collected by donations within the local area). Men and boys as young as 16 begin the festival before sunrise on its first day by carrying the floats to their local shrine for a blessing by shinto priests. The most spectacular of these happens at Utsunomiya Jinja near Yamane Ground where several floats are carried up many steps at about 4am to a small shrine on the top of a hill. For three days straight (October 16–18), 12 to 14 hours per day, they carry the floats in parades all over the city and park them for display, drinking copious amounts of sake. Sake bottlers even release commemorative bottles with labels featuring pictures of various float-carrying teams. The main events include a display of the Taiko floats in Yamane Park, Takihama Station, Kasenjiki Park, Shinto shrines across the city and at several Supermarket and shopping complexes (Jusco, Fuji Grand, M2, Co-op). On alternate years there is the spectacle of eight taikodai (floats) being loaded onto barges to travel to another location by sea. The Taiko-carrying teams are known to start fights, in which two teams ram their floats into each other until one or both floats are destroyed. Local attractions Zuiō-ji Temple Zuiō-ji is a Sōtō Zen temple at the edge of the mountains in south Niihama. It welcomes foreign visitors to participate in a Sunday morning zazen meditation session, or even to stay overnight. It is the largest Buddhist temple in Niihama. Waterfalls The mountainous area between Niihama and the village of Besshi includes two major waterfalls: Chōshi no Taki and Mato no Taki (Waterfall at the Demon's Door). Otedama Niihama is home to the national headquarters of the Otedama no Kai (お手玉の会, Traditional Japanese Juggling Association). Planetarium Niihama was home to the world's largest planetarium until the renovation of the Nagoya City Science Museum in March 2011. Notable people form Niihama Nana Mizuki, Japanese voice actress and singer References External links Niihama concierge (tourism) Niihama Taiko Festival NHK(video) Cities in Ehime Prefecture Port settlements in Japan Populated coastal places in Japan

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Mohamed Chalali

Mohamed Chalali (born 4 April 1989) is an Algerian footballer. He plays for FC Versailles 78 in the Championnat National 3. Personal Chalali was born in Montreuil-sous-Bois, Paris, to Algerian parents. His family is originally from the village of Ighil Ouantar, in the Seddouk District of Béjaïa. Club career France Chalali began his career with CA Romainville before he was scouted in summer 2003 from Le Havre AC. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 2 November 2007, coming on as a substitute against EA Guingamp. On 15 July 2009 he agreed a contract with LB Châteauroux. Greece On 23 August 2010, Chalali signed a three-year contract with Greek club Panionios, joining them on a free transfer from Châteauroux. He made 12 league appearances for the club, 5 of which were as substitute. Scotland The 2011 Greek riots motivated Chalali to seek a move abroad, and former Rangers defender and fellow Algerian Majid Bougherra recommended that he consider playing in Scotland. On 23 August 2011, Chalali signed for Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen. He had been recommended to Aberdeen manager Craig Brown by former Super League Greece colleague Youl Mawene, and had impressed during a trial earlier in the same month. Brown said Chalali had been the most impressive of all the trialists at the club in the 2011 summer transfer window, including Icelandic international Kari Arnason and former Dutch under-21 Maceo Rigters. On the same day, despite having gone without sleep the previous evening to return to Greece to retrieve transfer-related paperwork, Chalali made his debut for Aberdeen as a second-half substitute in a 2011–12 Scottish League Cup win against Dundee. He was assigned squad number 18 for the 2011–12 Scottish Premier League season, and made his league debut, also as a substitute, in a 2–0 defeat away to Rangers on 28 August 2011. He made his first start for the club in an Aberdeenshire Cup semi-final fixture against Deveronvale the following day. He scored his first goals for the club on 13 September 2011 in a testimonial match against Highland League side Keith, where he got a double and created another in a 6–0 victory. His first league start came in a 2–2 draw against Kilmarnock on 17 September 2011. He scored his first league goal for Aberdeen at Tannadice against Dundee United, scoring the equaliser to make it 1–1, in a game which Aberdeen went on to win 2–1. In the same week he scored his second competitive goal for Aberdeen, in a 4–0 win in the Scottish Cup against Forfar. Near the end of the 2011–12 season, Chalali was advised that his contract with Aberdeen would not be extended. Algeria On 10 August 2012, Chalali signed a two-year contract with Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club ES Sétif. International career Chalali has three caps with the Algerian Under 20 National Team. On 12 October 2010, Chalali made his debut for the Algerian Under-23 National Team in a 1–0 friendly win over Qatar. He went on to become captain of the U-23 side. In August 2011, he informed Aberdeen that he was likely to feature in the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship, a tournament that also serves as the qualification process for the 2012 Olympics, and that he had ambitions to represent the full national side in the qualifiers for the 2012 African Cup of Nations. On 16 November 2011, he was selected as part of Algeria's squad for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship in Morocco. References External links Mohamed Chalali profile at Aberdeen F. C. LFP Profile Algerian men's footballers Algeria men's under-23 international footballers Le Havre AC players 1989 births French people of Kabyle descent Ligue 2 players Living people Panionios F.C. players Aberdeen F.C. players Super League Greece players Scottish Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland ES Sétif players Ligue 1 players Kabyle people Algeria men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards LB Châteauroux players AC Boulogne-Billancourt players FC Versailles 78 players Algeria men's international footballers Algerian expatriates in Greece Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players JS Kabylie players JSM Béjaïa players US Lusitanos Saint-Maur players

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Răzvan Sabău

Răzvan Sabău (born 18 June 1977) is a Romanian retired professional tennis player. He reached the semifinals of Bucharest in 2003 and Gstaad in 2005, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 74 in September 2005. He is the coach of Patricia Maria Țig. Tennis career Juniors Born in Bucharest, Romania, Sabău trained at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in his junior years. As a junior, Sabău was a prodigious player who won several youth tournaments. In 1990, he reached the final of the U14 European Junior Championships at the age of 13, which he narrowly lost to Maxime Boyé. In the following year, Sabău dominated the U14 circuit in the newly-created Tennis Europe Junior Tour, collecting the two most prestigious trophies of the year at Petits As and the U14 European Junior Championships, beating Juan Antonio Saiz in both finals. Two years later, in 1993, he won the Wimbledon junior singles title, beating Jimy Szymanski in the final (6–1, 6–3), finishing the year as the No. 2 junior in the world. He was ranked as the junior world No. 1 for four months that year. After winning the final with Jan Szymanski in 2003, Sabau sold his properties in Romania (houses and land) and moved permanently to Cyprus. Pro tour Sabău turned pro in 1993, at age 16, and the next year he reached the doubles semifinals of the Bucharest Open, paired with Andrei Pavel. Sabău made his Davis Cup debut in 1994, when he posted his first two wins, against Jeremy Bates and Mark Petchey of Great Britain. When he made his first appearance at a Grand Slam tournament, at Roland Garros in 1999, he lost in the first round. After a series of injuries between 2000 and 2002, he had to start from the bottom of the ATP rankings, and played mostly in Challenger Series tournaments. Sabău won three Challenger titles in his career: Homestead in 2004, Košice and Budapest in 2005. His biggest achievements in the ATP Tour are reaching the semifinals twice, at the Bucharest Open in 2003, where he lost to Nicolás Massú and at Gstaad in 2005, where he lost to Stanislas Wawrinka. Sabău got his best ATP Singles Ranking in September 2005, reaching World No. 74. Later that year, he played for the first time at the US Open, but lost in the first round to Andre Agassi. In 2006, he made his first appearance at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and his second at the French Open but failed to advance past the first round in any of the three. 2007, by contrast, was a poor year for Sabău. Playing the ATP Challenger Series, he did not advance beyond the second round in singles in any events, losing in the first round fourteen out of eighteen times. In seven tournaments in doubles, he only advanced beyond the first round once. His poor results the previous year meant Sabău was relegated to the ITF Men's Circuit for 2008. He captured one title, Romania F1 Futures tournament, and reached two other finals. His ranking rose from World No. 630 at the end of 2007 to No. 460 by the end of 2008. Sabău played far fewer events in 2009 – twenty compared with thirty-one in 2008. He reached two Futures finals but failed to win a single main draw match at Challenger level, in four events played. (The previous year he won just one Challenger main draw match in ten tournaments entered.) Sabău finished 2009 ranked World No. 627 in singles. For the second year in a row he competed in just two tour doubles events, both Futures, reaching the semi-finals in one. Sabău competed in sixteen events in 2010, all in Romania, Italy, and France, and all but three ITF Futures. He reached one final and four semi-finals, and won a Challenger main draw match for the first time in two seasons. His ranking climbed a hundred spots, to finish the year World No. 527. Sabău was busier in 2011, competing by early June in more events than he had in all the previous year. All but one were Futures tournaments. He won one title, Bulgaria F3, and lost in the first round just once. His singles ranking climbed to be in the middle 400s. Sabău then retired in late 2011 despite a few successes. In a nearly two-decades-long career, he just won around $700k as prize money. Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 title) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 25 (9–16) Doubles: 2 (0–2) Performance timelines Singles Coaching career and personal life Sabău started his coaching career in 2010, and he met his trainee Patricia Maria Țig when she began coming to his academy for training around 2015. However, as time passed, the two began liking each other and eventually started dating. Born in 1994, Tig is 17 years younger than Sabău. Under his guidance, Tig made tremendous progress despite recurring injuries, which forced her out of the court once for nearly two years in the late 2010s. Tig achieved a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 56 on 26 October 2020. They had a daughter named Sofia in November 2018. Sabău and Tig were not married at the time of their daughter’s birth, but they eventually did. The couple ended their relationship in 2021. Although Sabău had initially taken Sofia with him, Tig later won custody of her daughter. Sabău left coaching tennis following this separation from Tig and began living in Cyprus, where he began to play professional poker, in which he was at one point the 96th Romanian in the computerized hierarchy of poker earnings with an income of 142,886 dollars. Owner of a house in the north-eastern part of Cyprus, Sabău earned a living, as does fellow former No. 1 Evgheny Kafelnikov from poker in luxury casinos open in Limassol, Ayia Napa, Karavas, or Kyrenia. Endorsments Sabău was the first Romanian after Ilie Năstase to sign a contract with Nike, in a transaction that was brokered by International Management Group, the largest sports management and marketing company in the world. References External links 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Bradenton, Florida Tennis players from Bucharest Romanian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Romanian male tennis players Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles

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How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?

"How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" is a song by Prince. It is a ballad of romantic longing with some gospel elements. On his original recording of the song, which was released as the non-album B-side to his 1982 single "1999", Prince performs most of the song in his falsetto range, with his own bluesy piano playing providing the only instrumental accompaniment. The song's first album appearance was on his 1993 compilation The Hits/The B-Sides. It was later included on the soundtrack to the 1996 film Girl 6. Prince also performs the song on his 2002 live album One Nite Alone... Live!. Artists who have covered the song include Stephanie Mills (1983), Joshua Redman (1998), and Alicia Keys (2001). Bilal recorded the song which appears on his 2001 single "Fast Lane". Roger Cicero recorded the song with Soulounge for the 2004 album Home; a live version by Cicero is included on his 2008 single "Alle Möbel verrückt". American Idol season 11 finalist Jessica Sanchez performed the song on the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2012. Alicia Keys version Recording and production Alicia Keys recorded a cover of the song—retitled "How Come You Don't Call Me"—for her debut studio album Songs in A Minor (2001). She later told Billboard: "I had never heard [the original] before. They gave me a copy of the song on tape. I played it every day for three weeks. It is so raw and so truthful – I was just feeling it. It really came out well." Keys' cover of "How Come You Don't Call Me" was inspired by a long-term relationship with a partner, and was produced by Keys alongside Kerry Brothers, Jr. An official remix of the song, produced by the Neptunes, was included on the Remixed & Unplugged in A Minor reissue of Songs in A Minor in 2002. It features vocals from Justin Timberlake towards the end of the track. Music video The accompanying music video for "How Come You Don't Call Me" was directed by Little X. It contains references to Japanese popular culture, such as San-X's Buru Buru Dog and Cardcaptor Sakuras Kero-chan, besides Korean character Mashimaro. The video starts with Keys waking up in the morning, and following her daily routine throughout the video, ending with a performance on stage. The video ends with a phone call from her supposed "boyfriend" (portrayed by Mike Epps) making an excuse about why he hasn't called her, and she hangs up on him, laughing. Critical reception Mark Anthony Neal of PopMatters felt that the song was credible, but fell short from the original or Stephanie Mills' 1983 cover. Keys has said that Prince told her he loved her cover of the song. Track listings and formats UK and Irish CD single and European promotional CD single "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Original Radio Version) – 3:31 "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Neptunes Remix) – 4:23 UK and Irish maxi CD single "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Original Radio Version) – 3:31 "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Neptunes Remix) – 4:23 "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Live Version) – 5:18 "Butterflyz" (Roger's Release Mix) – 9:11 "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Video) European maxi CD single "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Original Radio Version) – 3:31 "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Neptunes Remix) – 4:23 "Butterflyz" (Roger's Release Mix) – 9:11 "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Video) Australian and New Zealand maxi CD single "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Neptunes Remix) – 4:23 "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Original Radio Version) – 3:31 "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Album Version) – 3:57 "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Video) Spanish promotional CD single "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Remix) – 4:23 "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Radio Edit) – 3:31 US promotional CD single "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Radio Edit) – 3:31 "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Instrumental) – 3:59 "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Call Out Hook) – 0:10 US promotional CD single (Neptunes Remix) "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Radio Edit) – 4:23 "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Instrumental) – 4:33 "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Call Out Hook) – 0:10 US 12-inch vinyl A. "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Neptunes Remix – Main) – 4:21 B. "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Neptunes Remix – Instrumental) – 4:21 UK 12-inch vinyl A1. "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Original Album Version) – 3:57 A2. "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Neptunes Remix) – 4:23 B1. "Butterflyz" (Roger's Release Mix) – 9:11 UK promotional 12-inch vinyl A1. "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Neptunes Remix) – 4:23 A2. "Troubles" (Jay-J & Chris Lum Moulton Mix) – 8:59 B1. "Butterflyz" (Roger Sanchez Club Mix) – 9:11 B2. "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Live Version) – 3:10 Credits and personnel Alicia Keys – lead vocals, backing vocals, production, all other instruments Kerry "Krucial" Brothers – production, drum programming Russ Elevado – mixing Charts Release history References External links How Come You Don't Call Me at Discogs 1980s ballads 1982 songs 2002 singles Alicia Keys songs Music videos directed by Director X Prince (musician) songs Rhythm and blues ballads Song recordings produced by Prince (musician) Songs written by Prince (musician) Stephanie Mills songs Soul ballads J Records singles

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Icelandic Children's Book Prize

The Icelandic Children's Book Prize (Íslensku barnabókaverðlaunin) is a literary prize which is awarded annually (when sufficiently good entries present themselves) by the Verðlaunasjóði íslenskra barnabóka, established by the author Ármann Kr. Einarsson in conjunction with the publisher Vaka-Helgafell in 1985. The prize is awarded for an unpublished manuscript of a story for children and young people or for an illustrated children's book, published in the preceding year. The winning book is then published by Vaka-Helgafell (now part of Forlagið) during the autumn. On two occasions (1995 and 2006), two books have won the award. Winners 2017 - Elísa Jóhannsdóttir with Er ekki allt í lagi með þig? (What‘s Wrong With You?) 2016 - Inga M. Beck with Skóladraugurinn (The School Ghost) 2015 - Ragnheiður Eyjólfsdóttir with Skuggasaga – Arftakinn (A Story of Shadows – The Successor) 2014 - Guðni Líndal Benediktsson with Leitin að Blóðey (The Search for Blood-Isle) 2013 - No prize awarded because no entry was strong enough. 2012 - Kjartan Yngvi Björnsson og Snæbjörn Brynjarsson, Hrafnsauga 2011 - Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir, Flugan sem stöðvaði stríðið 2010 - Þorgrímur Þráinsson, Ertu Guð, afi? 2009 - Guðmundur Brynjólfsson, Þvílík vika 2008 - Gunnar Theodór Eggertsson, Steindýrin 2007 - Hrund Þórsdóttir, Loforðið 2006 - Margrét Tryggvadóttir og Halldór Baldursson, Sagan af undurfögru prinsessunni og hugrakka prinsinum hennar 2006 - Héðinn Svarfdal Björnsson, Háski og hundakjöt 2005 - No prize awarded because no entry was strong enough. 2004 - Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir, Leyndardómur ljónsins 2003 - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Biobörn 2002 - Harpa Jónsdóttir, Ferðin til Samiraka 2001 - Gunnhildur Hrólfsdóttir, Sjáumst aftur... 2000 - Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir, Leikur á borði 1999 - No prize awarded because no entry was strong enough. 1998 - Guðmundur Ólafsson, Heljarstökk afturábak 1997 - Þorgrímur Þráinsson, Margt býr í myrkrinu 1996 - Ingibjörg Möller, Grillaðir bananar 1995 - Herdís Egilsdóttir, Veislan í barnavagninum 1995 - Þórey Friðbjörnsdóttir, Eplasneplar 1994 - Guðrún Hafdís Eiríksdóttir, Röndóttir spóar 1993 - Elías Snæland Jónsson, Brak og brestir 1992 - Friðrik Erlingsson, Benjamín dúfa 1991 - Iðunn Steinsdóttir, Gegnum þyrnigerðið 1990 - Karl Helgason, Í pokahorninu 1989 - Heiður Baldursdóttir, Álagadalurinn 1988 - Kristín Loftsdóttir, Fugl í búri 1987 - Kristín Steinsdóttir, Franskbrauð með sultu 1986 - Guðmundur Ólafsson, Emil og Skundi See also Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize Icelandic literary awards Awards established in 1989 Fiction awards Non-fiction literary awards

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Pindarics

Pindarics (alternatively Pindariques or Pindaricks) was a term for a class of loose and irregular odes greatly in fashion in England during the close of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century. Abraham Cowley, who published fifteen Pindarique Odes in 1656, was the poet most identified with the form though many others had composed irregular verses before him. The term is derived from the name of a Greek archaic poet, Pindar, but is based on a misconception since Pindar's odes were in fact very formal, obeying a triadic structure, in which the form of the first stanza (strophe) was repeated in the second stanza (antistrophe), followed by a third stanza (epode) that introduced variations but whose form was repeated by other epodes in subsequent triads. Cowley's Resurrection, which was considered in the 17th century to be a model of the 'pindaric' style, is a formless poem of sixty-four lines, arbitrarily divided, not into triads, but into four stanzas of unequal volume and structure; the lines which form these stanzas are of lengths varying from three feet to seven feet, with rhymes repeated in no order. It was the looseness of these 'pindarics' that appealed to many poets at the close of the 17th century, including John Dryden, Aphra Behn, and Alexander Pope, and many lesser poets, such as John Oldham, Thomas Otway, Thomas Sprat, John Hughes and Thomas Flatman. John Milton employed 'pindarics' for the chorus of his lyrical tragedy, Samson Agonistes, published in 1670/71 (and probably composed in the 1660s) but he was a classical scholar and he termed them more appropriately: "The measure of verse used in the chorus is of all sorts, called by the Greeks 'monostrophic', or rather 'apolelymenon', without regard had to strophe, antistrophe or epode, which were a kind of stanzas framed only for the music, then used with the chorus that sung; not essential to the poem and therefore not material; or, being divided into stanzas or pauses, they may be called 'alloeostropha'." In antiquity, this looser form of choral song was associated with the tragic poet Euripides and other musical innovators of the late fifth-century bce, in contrast to the highly structured odes of the earlier tragedian Aeschylus. Nevertheless, Milton's nephew, Edward Phillips, mistakenly connected this style to Aeschylus: "...that which we call the pindaric hath a nearer affinity with the monostrophic or apolelymenon used in the chorus's of Aeschylus's tragedies." Phillips was one of his uncle's pupils and his views may have been shaped by Milton's theories as early as the 1640s yet he also reproduced some of the great poet's later views and his reactions to the literary fashions of the Restoration. Thus he contrasts 'pindarics' with rhyming couplets as a verse form suited to tragedy: "...that way of versifying which bears the name of Pindaric and which hath no necessity of being divided into strophs or stanzas would be much more suitable for tragedy than the continued rhapsody of rhyming couplets, which whoever shall mark it well will find it appear too stiff and of too much constraint for the liberty of conversation and the interlocution of several persons." In Discourse on the Pindarique Ode, 1706, the dramatist William Congreve reviled pindarics as "bundles of rambling incoherent thoughts" and "uncertain and perplexed verses and rhymes". Joseph Addison dismissed them in 1711 in the journal The Spectator as monstrous Compositions. Richard Steele in an entry in the Spectator the following year underscored the difference between English pindarics and the verse of Pindar by imagining the Greek poet in Cowley's companybut not for long: "I saw Pindar walking all alone, no one daring to accost him till Cowley joyn'd himself to him, but, growing weary of one who almost walk'd him out of Breath, he left him for Horace and Anacreon, with whom he seemed infinitely delighted." The pindaric came to be commonly used for complimentary poems on births, weddings and funerals. Although the vogue of these forms hardly survived the age of Queen Anne, something of the tradition still remained, and even in the odes of Wordsworth, Shelley and Coleridge the broken versification of Cowley's pindarics occasionally survives. Tennyson's Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington'' (1852) may be considered another specimen of a pindaric in English literature, as seen for example in the opening and closing lines: Bury the Great Duke With an empire's lamentation, Let us bury the Great Duke To the noise of the mourning of a mighty nation, Mourning when their leaders fall, Warriors carry the warrior's pall, And sorrow darkens hamlet and hall... Ashes to ashes, dust to dust; He is gone who seem'd so great. Gone; but nothing can bereave him Of the force he made his own Being here, and we believe him Something far advanced in State, And that he wears a truer crown Than any wreath that man can weave him. Speak no more of his renown, Lay your earthly fancies down, And in the vast cathedral leave him, God accept him, Christ receive him. Notes References Literature of England

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Michael Lynagh

Michael Patrick Thomas Lynagh, (born 25 October 1963) is an Australian former rugby union player who played mainly as a fly-half. Lynagh represented Australia from 1984 to 1995, playing at both inside centre and fly half. Lynagh was capped 72 times for Australia, and was captain from 1993 to 1995. He was the world points scoring record holder when he retired, with 911 points. Lynagh was a member of the 1984 Grand Slam-winning team and was vice-captain when Australia won the 1991 World Cup. Until Marty Roebuck took over the kicking duties, he scored in every test he played in, including a try against Wales in 1984 when he was temporarily relieved of kicking responsibilities. He retired from international rugby after Australia's loss to England in the quarter-final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Early years Lynagh attended St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace in Brisbane and played fly-half in the school's first XV from Year 10 to Year 12 (1979–1981). Terrace won the GPS premiership five years straight from 1977 to 1981 with Lynagh playing in the final 3 years and was captain in his last year. Lynagh also played First XI Cricket from Year 9 to Year 12 and was captain in his final year. During his studies at Queensland University, Lynagh worked as a boarding master at Nudgee College Brisbane together with another union player Michael O'Connor who at that time made the decision to opt for the League game. Personal life Lynagh's son Louis is also a professional rugby player, having signed with Harlequins in 2019 and made his premiership debut in October 2020. In November 2020, Lynagh's youngest son Tom signed with his home club Queensland from 2021 to 2023. Career After school he played first grade for University of Queensland and represented Queensland from 1982 to 1995. Lynagh was a member of Queensland's Super 6 and Super 10-winning sides. On 9 June 1984, at the age of 20, Lynagh made his debut for Australia against Fiji in Suva. Early in his career he played at inside centre as Mark Ella was the fly-half; when Ella retired after the 1984 Grand Slam, Lynagh took over as fly-half. In 1991, he joined Italian club Benetton Treviso. He played for five years with the club and won the Italian championship at 1991–92 season. In 1996, Lynagh joined Saracens of England at the advent of professionalism, after retiring from a glittering 12-year international career with Australia as the world record points scorer with 911 and a World Cup winner (1991). Lynagh's arrival at the club was the first major signing after Nigel Wray took control of the club and he acted as a beacon to attract other players and fans alike. Lynagh helped Saracens to have their most successful season to date. In the 1997/98 season Saracens battled it out with Newcastle Falcons for almost the whole season for top spot in the league and when the two sides met in front of a crowd of nearly 20,000 Lynagh slotted a match winning drop goal in the dying minutes to send Vicarage Road into raptures. A month later he was on hand to steer Saracens to their famous Tetley's Bitter Cup 48–18 victory over Wasps at Twickenham, bringing the curtain down on a season to remember. Retirement Lynagh is now managing director, Dow Jones Corporate EMEA. He is also a TV rugby analyst for Sky Sports UK. On 18 April 2012 Lynagh was admitted to the Royal Brisbane Hospital after experiencing sudden onset of headache, dizziness and visual disturbance after a coughing fit. There it was diagnosed that he had suffered a life-threatening stroke due to vertebral artery dissection. Lynagh was released from hospital on 2 May 2012, having largely recovered apart from a left hemianopsia (loss of the left half of the vision in both eyes). Lynagh was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1996, inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1999, and received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000. He was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Wallaby Hall of Fame in 2013. Accolades Bob Dwyer, former Australian rugby coach, in his first autobiography The Winning Way, claimed Michael Lynagh to be one of the five most accomplished Australian rugby union players he had ever seen. Dwyer ranked Lynagh number one "for his range of point-scoring skills..." In 2007 Will Carling, former captain of England, listed Lynagh as one of the 50 greatest rugby union players of all-time. Carling ranked Lynagh at number 41 writing that he was a "Great tactician, great kicker, very underrated runner, [and] pivot of 1991 World Cup-winning side." In 2003, News Limited Newspapers the Daily Telegraph in Sydney and the Courier-Mail in Brisbane ranked the top 100 Australian rugby players of all-time. Michael Lynagh was ranked among the top 10 greatest Australian rugby union players of all-time. References External links Sporting Heroes profile Talk Rugby Union profile 1963 births Living people Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Australian rugby union captains Barbarian F.C. players Australian people of Irish descent Rugby union fly-halves Saracens F.C. players Members of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal World Rugby Hall of Fame inductees Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees Rugby union players from Brisbane 1987 Rugby World Cup players 1991 Rugby World Cup players 1995 Rugby World Cup players

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Cognac, France

Cognac (; Saintongese: Cougnat; ) is a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France. Administratively, the commune of Cognac is a subprefecture of the Charente department. Name The name is believed to be formed from individual masculine name -Connius, Gallic name, and the suffix -acum, which would correspond to the "domain of Connius". History The town of Cognac was unknown before the ninth century, when it was fortified. During the Hundred Years' War, the town continually changed sides, according to the tides of war. In 1526, it lent its name to the War of the League of Cognac, the military alliance established by King Francis I of France to fight against the House of Habsburg. As a benefit of the War League of Cognac, King Francis I granted to the town of Cognac the commercial right to participate in the salt trade conducted along the river, from which regional Cognac developed into a centre for the production of wine and brandy. In November 1651, Cognac was besieged by rebels led by Prince de Condé during the 1648-1653 civil war, the "Fronde"; and the town was relieved in December by a force under Comte d'Harcourt; afterwards, King Louis XIV granted Cognac additional commercial rights. Cognac was part of the historic French province of Angoumois. In 1790, following the French Revolution that began the year before, the provinces were abolished and Angoumois became part of the newly created department of Charente. Geography Cognac is situated on the river Charente between the towns of Angoulême and Saintes. The majority of the town has been built on the river's left bank, with the smaller right bank area known as the Saint Jacques district. The town is situated on one of the pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela and is home to the French Air Force training base 709. Cognac is southwest of Paris. Cognac brandy The town gives its name to one of the world's best-known types of brandy or eau de vie. Drinks must be made in certain areas around the town of Cognac and must be made according to strictly defined regulations to be granted the name Cognac. Cognac is a unique spirit in that it is double-distilled. This process can be viewed in one of the many "Grande Marque" Cognac houses which all have visitor centres. Most central in the town are Hennessy, Martell, Otard, Camus and Remy Martin. About east of Cognac is Jarnac, home to Courvoisier. There are six vineyard areas around the Cognac area, all of which are within the Appellation Controlee for Cognac, but which are considered to vary in quality from the best growth area of "Grande Champagne" (nothing to do with the Champagne wine region in NE France), through "Petite Champagne" then "Borderies", "Fins Bois", "Bon Bois" and finally "Bois Ordinaire". All Cognac is produced by blending a variety of eau de vie which can be made from grapes from different locations, and from different vintages. It is the cellar master's skill that ensures that a brand's Cognac is recognizable regardless of when it is produced, since he can blend multiple eaux de vie to achieve the right taste for his house. Different qualities of Cognac are produced by all brands, and include VS ("Very Special"); VSOP ("Very Superior [or, more commonly, "Special", though the Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac specifies "Superior"] Old Pale") and XO ("eXtra Old"). (English terms are still used, since in the early days of Cognac production it was the British who were the main consumers and also became some of the main producers of Cognac, using techniques acquired from the distillation of whisky, etc.) These are controlled by the length of time the Cognac is allowed to mature in oak barrels, a minimum time being required at each grade level. The longer the Cognac matures in the barrel the smoother it will generally become. Once it is bottled no further development takes place. Most houses still have barrels of Cognac dating back to the 19th century sitting in their cellars waiting for fine blending by the Cellar Master. Climate Population The inhabitants of the town are known in French as Cognaçais. Landmarks The Old Town. The town's medieval quarter "Vieux Cognac" runs from the Tours Saint-Jacques, alongside the river, up to the Saint-Léger church. The area contains many unusual buildings, built between the 15th and 18th centuries, situated on narrow cobbled streets. Many contain sculptures of the salamander, the symbol of King François I, as well as gargoyles and richly decorated façades. The Château des Valois, an important medieval trading post. The Saint-Léger church. Church Exterior The musée d'Art et d'Histoire (art and history museum) The musée des arts du Cognac (art museum) The Saint-Gobain glassworks and barrelworks Cognac Public Garden Notable people The botanist Pierre Boiteau (1911–1980) was born in Cognac The glassmaker Claude Boucher, inventor of the glass-blowing machine in around 1880, lived and worked in Cognac The car manufacturer Louis Delâge was born in Cognac in 1874 Francis I (king of France between 1515 and 1547) was born in the town's castle in 1494. The town's main square is named after him and a statue of the king, on horseback over his enemies, stands at the centre. Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, born in Cognac in 1838, discovered the elements Gallium in 1875 and Samarium in 1878 Jean Monnet, one of the founding fathers of the European Union, was born in Cognac in 1888 and ran the Monnet Cognac family-controlled enterprise in the 1920s The French adult film star and model François Sagat was born in Cognac. The French poet Octavien de Saint-Gelais was born in Cognac in 1468 Sport US Cognac is the city's rugby union team. Cognac was the start of Stage 19 in the 2007 Tour de France. Twin towns—sister cities Cognac is twinned with: Boala, Burkina Faso Bozhou, China Denison, United States Königswinter, Germany Michalovce, Slovakia Perth, Scotland Pisco, Peru Tovuz, Azerbaijan Valdepeñas, Spain Vyškov, Czech Republic Gallery See also The Coniacian Age of the Cretaceous Period of geological time is named for the city of Cognac Communes of the Charente department References External links Communes of Charente Subprefectures in France Angoumois Charente communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia

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John Megaw

Sir John Megaw, (16 September 1909 – 27 December 1997) was a British judge who eventually rose to Lord Justice of Appeal and Irish international rugby union player. Early life and career Born in Dublin, Megaw was the son of Irish (later Northern Irish) politician and judge Robert Megaw and the brother of the crystallographer Helen Megaw. After the creation of the Irish Free State, his father, a strong Protestant, relocated the family to Belfast. He was educated at the Royal Academical Institution in Belfast, before being elected to an open scholarship in Classics at St John's College, Cambridge. After gaining a first in Part I of the classical tripos, he switched to Law, gaining a first in Part II of the law tripos and in the LLB (which, at the time was a postgraduate law degree). He then attended Harvard Law School on a Choate fellowship. He also played rugby union internationally for Ireland, delaying his call to the bar for a term to take part in a match. Megaw was called to the bar by Gray's Inn in 1934, having gained a certificate of honour in the bar finals. He became a pupil of Henry Willink at 3 Essex Court, and became a tenant there. Through devilling for Willink, Megaw became known to the India Office, and was regularly retained by the Indian government to appear in front of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. His practice was mainly in commercial law, in which he distinguished himself. Megaw married in 1938. The same year, disapproving of the Munich Agreement, he joined the Territorial Army. Called up as a gunner in 1939, he saw active service in London during the Blitz, before being posted to a staff position in Washington DC. He was demobilized with the rank of colonel and was awarded the US Legion of Merit. Returning to the bar after the war, Megaw took silk in 1953, and was made silk in Northern Ireland, even though he did not practice there. He was appointed Recorder of Middlesbrough in 1957 and elected a bencher of Gray's Inn in 1958, serving as treasurer in 1976. During his career at the bar he acted as pupil master to Michael Kerr (also later a Lord Justice of Appeal) and was a chambers contemporary of John Donaldson (later Master of the Rolls). Judicial career In 1961, on the recommendation of Lord Kilmuir, he was appointed to the High Court, receiving the customary knighthood. Assigned to the Queen's Bench Division, he also became President of the Restrictive Practices Court, but resigned from the latter in 1968, in protest against the government's use of legislation to overrule the court. In December 1964, he sentenced Ronald Cooper to death for murder, becoming the last judge to pronounce a death sentence at the Old Bailey. He was promoted a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1969, and was sworn of the Privy Council. Having become dissatisfied with judicial work and aware that he would not be promoted to the House of Lords, he retired during the Long Vacation with little fanfare. After his retirement, he occasionally sat on the Privy Council and as an arbitrator. In 1981–82, he chaired the Committee of Inquiry into Civil Service Pay (Megaw Committee), formed in the aftermath of a Civil Service strike. Honours In addition to the customary knighthood and appointment to the Privy Council, Megaw received the American Legion of Merit in 1946, the Territorial Decoration in 1951, and was appointed CBE in 1956 for service as a member of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council. He was an honorary fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, and received an honorary LLD from Queen's University Belfast. Family Megaw married Eleanor Grace Chapman in 1938; they had one son and two daughters. Notable cases Notable judicial decisions of Lord Justice Megaw included: Ward v Tesco Stores Ltd Re Baden's Deed Trusts (No 2) Nettleship v Weston Maredelanto Compania Naviera SA v Bergbau-Handel GmbH Tenax Steamship Co v Owners of the Motor Vessel Brimnes Lawrence v Metropolitan Police Comr (in the Court of Appeal) Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd Bunge Corp v Tradax Export SA (in the Court of Appeal) Aluminium Industrie Vaassen BV v Romalpa Aluminium Ltd Rugby Union John Megaw was also capped twice as an international rugby union player for Ireland in the 1930s, once 1934 against Wales and again in 1938 against England, both times playing at Number Eight. Ireland lost both tests. References Lawyers from Belfast 20th-century English judges Lords Justices of Appeal Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Ireland international rugby union players 1909 births 1997 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Knights Bachelor 20th-century King's Counsel Northern Ireland King's Counsel Members of Gray's Inn Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council British Army personnel of World War II Royal Artillery soldiers Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Queen's Bench Division judges Harvard Law School alumni Recipients of the Legion of Merit Royal Artillery officers Rugby union players from Dublin (city) Rugby union players from Belfast Rugby union number eights Lawyers from Dublin (city)

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Tracy G

Tracy Grijalva (born January 3, 1959), known as Tracy G, is an American heavy metal guitarist best known for his time with Dio from 1993 to 1999. Early life Tracy's first band experience was in band called the Grijalva Brothers with his father as member. Growing up he had a few guitar instructors, one of them told him that he would have a hard time playing because "his fingers were too small". Grijalva, being the determined musician that he was, would practice until his fingers hurt. Influences Tracy gives credit to Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen) and Donny Simmons (Yankee Rose, Stormer) for influencing his playing, especially referring to Simmons as 'his idol'. Career He would later play in a variety of bands, including with future member of Great White, Jack Russell. He also put together the bands Love/Hate with singer Jizzy Pearl, and Swift Kick with whom he released an EP "Long Live Rock" in 1984. He would play at almost any club he could find to get his publicity out. He also played with vocalist Rudy Torres and drummer Audie Desbrow (Great White) in Riff Raff, a very popular band around southern California in the early days of hard rock and heavy metal. Tracy then joined Dio. In his six years with the band, Tracy G was featured on two studio albums, (Strange Highways and Angry Machines), and one live album (Inferno: Last in Live). He left the band in 1999 when he was asked to play rhythm guitar while Craig Goldy took lead. Dio decided to bring back Goldy, who had played with him on the Dream Evil album. Tracy G formed The Tracy G Group, which included Jeremy Masana on bass guitar, Donnie Rodriguez on drums and, respectively, Tracy G on guitar. Further, Tracy G is in the band Goad-ed. They have released two album,s and Tracy has released numerous solo albums as well. Tracy is working with members of Barren Cross in a new project called Gale Force. The album is called subhuman and was released in 2021. Discography Dio Strange Highways (1993) Angry Machines (1996) Inferno: Last in Live (1998) Live in London, Hammersmith Apollo 1993 Swift Kick Long Live Rock (1984) Rags Tear 'Em Up (1988; re-released in 2003) WWIII WWIII (1990) Eightball Cholos Satan's Whore (1996) Tracy G The G Factory (1997) Compilation Volume I (1999) Baron Von Troglenstein (1999) A Spooky G X-Mas (2001) Katt Gutt (2001) Deviating From the Set List (2002) Grijalva (2007) A Frosty G Christmas (2009) Tracy G & The B.M.B. Watch Out for The Cucui (1999) Tracy G & Michael Beatty Me, Myself, and The Rain (1999) Tracy G & The Starr Track Vatos Stripper Bootleg Live (2002) The Tracy G Group The Tracy G Group (2003) Erector Pili (2006) Controlled Chaos (2011) Tramp (2017) Curly Fester and The Blues Quartet ...Live Sessions (2003) Driven Work in Progress (1999) Citizen X (1999) Driven (2000) Self Inflicted (2001) The Mark Bramlett Band Fast Women and Slow Horses (2000) Goad-ed Goad-ed (2005) To Die is Gain (2008) Epic Metaphor (2006) Vessyl Freakz Unite (2007) Ranfa Little hard blues (2007) Special guest in the song "I learned my lesson well" Robot Lords of Tokyo Virtue & Vice (2012) Pain Savior Dead Weight on a Dying Planet (2013) Barking Spider Warrior by Night (single) (2014) References External links Official site Living people 1959 births American heavy metal guitarists Musicians from Whittier, California Dio (band) members People from the San Gabriel Valley Guitarists from California 20th-century American guitarists

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Socket preservation

Socket preservation or alveolar ridge preservation is a procedure to reduce bone loss after tooth extraction. After tooth extraction, the jaw bone has a natural tendency to become narrow, and lose its original shape because the bone quickly resorbs, resulting in 30–60% loss in bone volume in the first six months. Bone loss, can compromise the ability to place a dental implant (to replace the tooth), or its aesthetics and functional ability. Socket preservation attempts to prevent bone loss by bone grafting the socket immediately after extraction. With the procedure, the gum is retracted, the tooth is removed, material (usually a bone substitute) is placed in the tooth socket, it is covered with a barrier membrane, and sutured closed. Roughly 30 days after socket preservation, the barrier membrane is either removed, or it resorbs, and the callous of bone covers with new gingiva. While there is good evidence that socket preservation prevents bone loss, there is no definitive proof that this leads to higher implants success or long-term health. Medical Uses After tooth extraction, the alveolar ridge has a mean loss of width of 3.8mm, and a height loss of 1.24mm within six months. This loss of bone volume, can cause a denture to be loose, or an inadequate amount of bone width to place an implant. Historically, alveolar preservation was used to provide a base to retain conventional dentures. Advances in osseointegration have expanded the need of the procedure to maintain ridge width and height for dental implant placement. In some cases, where a tooth requires removal when other teeth still need to erupt, socket preservation may be used to maintain bone for the formative tooth to erupt into. Risks and complications While there are no absolute contraindications to socket preservation, many of the same cautions that apply to surgery on the jaws still apply to this procedure. Significant caution is required in an area previously exposed to radiation treatment, or in an area that has previously had osteomyelitis. Other considerations to bone healing include the concurrent use of bisphosphonate, and denosumab, smoking, diabetes, immunocompromise, and infection. Another consideration is the risk of bone and soft tissue loss on the subsequent implant in the long-term. Socket preservation has been associated with a greater risk of marginal bone loss Technique Socket preservation is completed at the time of extraction. After removal of the tooth, the gum is elevated away from the bone, the socket is thoroughly cleansed, and antibiotic powder may be used. A barrier membrane is then fastened to the gum, the socket is packed with bone grafting material and the wound closed over the barrier membrane. Where the barrier membrane does not dissolve, it is removed approximately 30 days after placement, and the graft becomes incorporated into the healing bone between 3–9 months later. Material types Bone grafting materials can be divided into several categories. Autograft (bone harvested from patient’s own body) is considered the gold standard, and all other materials are generally compared to it. Other types of grafting material include xenograft (bone grafts or collagen from bovine or porcine origin), allograft (block bone graft from a cadaver), and alloplast (synthetic biomaterials such as fibrin scaffolds, PLGA, synthetic biodegradable polymer, hydroxyapatite, tricalcium phosphate, bioglass). Barrier membranes can be either resorbable, or non-resorbable. The standard non-resorbable membrane is expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) which was first used in 1984, when it was found to be biocompatible. There are a variety of resorbable membranes, including collagen, and synthetic resorbable (lactic acid or glycolic acid). Benefits Socket preservation procedure prevents immediate bone resorption after extraction thus keeping the contour and integrity of the socket with a successful and natural-looking appearance for tooth restorative procedures. All dental prosthesis requires good jaw bone support for it to be successful in the long run. Without socket preservation, residual bones could lose volume resulting in loss of facial vertical and horizontal dimension and changes in facial soft tissues aesthetics. Socket preservation does indeed improve the height and width, compared to extraction without socket preservation, but there is insufficient data to conclude that it decreases implant failures, improves aesthetics, or that one grafting material is any better than another. See also Guided bone and tissue regeneration Tooth regeneration References External links Bone augmentation and ridge preservation Dentistry

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Ruben Karapetyan

Ruben Karapetyan (1963, Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR) is an Armenian diplomat, historian, author, Ambassador, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor. Biography Ruben Karapetyan was born in 1963 in Yerevan. He graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Yerevan State University and was awarded a Master's degree in the field of Arabic Language and Literature in 1986. In 1993 he took part in the specially designed Intensive Political Science Course at Haigazian University in Beirut (Lebanon). In 1994, he received the Certificate for successfully completing the Diplomats Course at the Universities of Leeds, Edinburgh and Oxford (United Kingdom). Ruben Karapetyan started his professional career at Yerevan State University, first as a Senior Inspector at the Foreign Relations Department and then as a Head of Section at the same Department (1986–1992). He entered diplomatic service at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia in 1994: 1994–1995 Attaché, 1st European Department, MFA of the RA. 1995–1996 Third Secretary, 2nd European Department, MFA of the RA. 1996 - Second Secretary, Embassy of the RA in Bulgaria. 1996–1997 Second Secretary, Consul, Embassy of the RA in Greece. 1997–1999 First Secretary, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the RA in Greece. 1999–2000 Chief of Staff, MFA of the RA. 2000–2004 Director of the Asia-Pacific and Africa Department, MFA of the RA. 2004–2009 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the RA to the Arab Republic of Egypt. 2005–2009 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the RA to South Africa, Morocco, Libya, Sudan, Ethiopia (with residence in Cairo), 2008–2009 First Plenipotentiary Representative of the RA to the League of Arab States. 2008–2009 First Permanent Observer of the RA to the African Union. 2009–2013 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the RA to the Italian Republic. 2010–2013 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the RA to the Republics of Portugal, Slovenia, Croatia and Malta (with residence in Rome). Since February 2013 Founder & Chairman of the Board, “Dadivank” Armenian-Italian Foundation. 2016–2019 Leading Scientist, Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences․ 2019–2020 Advisor to the Foreign Minister․ 2020-2022 Diplomatic Advisor to the President. Holds Diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He is fluent in Russian, English, Arabic and Italian. Married, has a daughter and a grandson. Teaching, scientific activities, memberships & affiliations In 1999 Ruben Karapetyan received a PhD in History from the Institute of Oriental Studies, Armenian National Academy of Sciences. Topic of dissertation was "US-Syrian relations (1967–1996)". In 2008 he was awarded the highest scientific degree of Doctor of Historical Sciences by the Supreme Certifying Committee of Armenia for the thesis, "The Place and Role of Syria in the Arab-Israeli conflict (1946–2000)". Since 2000 - Assistant Professor, Courses on “Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century”, “Problems of Religious and Ethnic Minorities in the Middle East”, Chair of Arabic Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Yerevan State University. Since 2015 - Professor, Courses on “Geopolitics of the South Caucasus” and “International Relations of the Middle East”, Chair of the World Politics and International Relations, Institute of Law and Politics, Russian-Armenian University. 2003–2004 Founding Head of South and South-East Asian Countries Division, Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. 1999–2004 Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Yerevan State University. 2002–2004 Member of the Advisory Committee of Eurasia Foundation, Armenia. Since 2014 - Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Law and Politics, Russian-Armenian University. Since 2008 - Member of the Editorial Board of the “Journal of Arabic Studies" published by the Chair of Arab Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Yerevan State University. Since 2010 - Member of the Editorial Board of the “Bulletin of Social Sciences" journal published by National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. Since 2012 - Member of the International Scientific Committee of the Institute of Geopolitical Studies and Auxiliary Sciences, (Istituto di Alti Studi in Geopolitica e Scienze Ausiliare, IsAG), (Rome, Italy). Since 2016 - Member of the Editorial Board of the “Journal of Oriental Studies" (scholarly periodical journal) published by the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Yerevan State University. 2019 - Honorary Professor of Russian-Armenian University. 2019–2020 Member of the Board of Trustees of Yerevan State University. Author of seven books and more than 30 articles on international relations and geopolitics of the Middle East and South Caucasus, as well as the textbook "New and Modern History of Arab Countries" for university students. (link to the book: "New and Modern History of Arab Countries" ( arm. "Արաբական երկրների նոր և նորագույն պատմություն" Yerevan, YSU Publishing House). References 1963 births Living people Diplomats from Yerevan Yerevan State University alumni Academic staff of Yerevan State University 20th-century Armenian historians 21st-century Armenian historians 21st-century Armenian male writers Ambassadors of Armenia to Egypt Ambassadors of Armenia to Morocco Ambassadors of Armenia to Libya Ambassadors of Armenia to Sudan Ambassadors of Armenia to Ethiopia Writers from Yerevan Academic staff of Russian-Armenian University

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Brecht Abbey

Brecht Abbey, also known as the Abbey of Our Lady of Nazareth, is an abbey of Trappistine nuns located in Brecht, in the Campine region of the province of Antwerp (Flanders, Belgium). Life in the abbey is characterized by prayer, reading and manual work, the three basic elements of Trappist life. Early history In 1235, Bartholomeus van Tienen and his son Wicbert moved to Lier to establish a third Cistercian nunnery after Bloemendaal (around 1210) and Maagdendaal (1221). In May 1236 his daughters Christina, Sybilla and Beatrijs followed, who had also initially entered Bloemendaal. Blessed Beatrice (1200–1268) was its first prioress. In 1245, the sisters asked the General Chapter for permission to move the convent. Two years later this is also a fact and the sisters move into a new convent north of the town of Lier on the location known as 'Nazareth'. For five centuries the abbey flourished, until 1797, when it was closed in the aftermath of the French Revolution, when the French Revolutionary Army occupied the Austrian Netherlands. The abbey did not recover from the closure even after the Belgian Revolution in 1830, when Belgium gained independence from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Modern history In the early 20th century several attempts were made to re-establish the abbey at different locations. During World War II in 1943, Henri van Ostayen was in favor of locating the new abbey in Brecht, of which he was burgomaster, but was killed in Antwerp by a V-1 flying bomb before the end of the war. His proposal was however taken up by Dom Robertus (Edward Jozef Modest) Eyckmans, Abbot of the nearby Trappist Westmalle Abbey. He was able to obtain the agreement of Soleilmont Abbey to provide the 12 nuns necessary to settle a new foundation. On 12 October 1945 the organization for founding a new abbey was established, and in 1946 about 16 hectares of land were acquired in Brecht for the new building, as the old site in Lier was no longer available. The monks of Westmalle Abbey prepared the site of the nuns' monastery, which was ready by the end of 1949. Thirteen Trappistine nuns left Soleilmont and headed for Brecht on 23 June 1950: Abbess Agnes Swevers with Sisters Lucia Delaere, Heleen Steylaers, Humbelina Roelandts, Idesbalda van Soest, Lutgard Smeets, Maria Marlier, Petra Belet, Juliana Rutten, Harlindis Gerits, Roberta Koeken, Alberica Hauchecorne, and novice Roza van den Bosch. The monastery was formally opened on 25 June 1950, and on 3 February 1951 it was raised to the status of an independent abbey. The church was dedicated on 22 October 1954. Brecht Abbey went on to found Our Lady of the Redwoods Abbey in 1962 in Whitethorn, California, the United States, then in 1970 the Priory of Our Lady of Klaarland in Bocholt, Belgium. Products The nuns in the abbey produce several products under the International Trappist Association seal. Starting in 1964, they began to market dishwashing detergent, and subsequently expanded to other cleaning products, cosmetics, and liturgical objects, as well as hand-crafted banners and flags. Our Lady of Nazareth is one of five Trappist monasteries connected by a cycling route ("Sample the 5 Trappists!") through Flanders and Brabant. References Sources Van Remoortere, J., 1990: Ippa's Abdijengids voor Belgie (pp. 72–75). Lannoo Cassianus, J., 1985: Brecht, Abdij Nazareth External links Abbey of Our Lady of Nazareth Christian monasteries in Antwerp Province Christian monasteries established in the 13th century 20th-century Christian monasteries Cistercian nunneries in Belgium Trappistine monasteries in Belgium Brecht, Belgium

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Mohammed Rafi (footballer)

Mohammed Rafi (born 24 May 1982, Trikaripur, Kasaragod) is an Indian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Mohammed Rafi came through the ranks of SBT which had distinction of fielding not only all-Indian but also all-Malayali squad. SBT was promoted to first division of National Football League in 2004 and in that season he scored 4 goals and came into limelight. Unfortunately, SBT got relegated but he was roped in by Mahindra United for the next season. In 09-10 I-league, he finished the season with record 14 goals, which is best ever for an Indian striker, he was also adjudged Mahindra United's player of the year. Rafi's example was followed by his younger brothers Mohammad Shafi, who played for Viva Kerala FC and Mohammad Razi, with KSEB. Mumbai On 24 November 2013 it was announced that Rafi has signed for Mumbai on loan from IMG Reliance with three other players Khelemba Singh, N.P. Pradeep and Peter Costa. He made his debut on 2 December 2013 against East Bengal F.C. at the Balewadi Sports Complex in which he played the whole match as Mumbai won the match 3-2. DSK Shivajians After having a good season with Kerala Blasters in the 2015 Indian Super League season, Rafi joined DSK Shivajians, which gained a place in the league through bidding a direct entry slot, for the 2015-16 I-League season. Indian Super League Rafi played for Atletico de Kolkata in the inaugural season. The team owned by Sourav Ganguly and Atletico de Madrid in Indian Super League (ISL). Rafi was signed by Kerala Blasters FC for the second season of Indian Super League. He scored on his debut, the second goal of the match against North East United and also set up Sanchez Watt's goal. He won ISL Emerging Player of the Match award against NorthEast United FC in 2015 Indian Super League. He was again signed by Kerala Blasters FC for the Third Season of Indian Super League (ISL), which is expected to kick start on 1 October 2016. Mohammed Rafi became the third Indian to score a goal in the ISL final 2016, following Mohammed Rafique for Atletico de Kolkata in 2014, and Thongkhosiem Haokip for FC Goa in 2015. In ISL 2017 rafi is playing for Chennaiyin FC(ISL 2015 champions). He scored goal in his first match against North East united on 23 November 2017. In the 2018-19 season, he played 8 games for Chennaiyin without scoring a league goal. He also played 6 games and scored 3 goals in the AFC Cup. In the 2019-20 season, he rejoined Kerala Blasters. On 4 October 2020, the club officially announced the departure of the veteran from the club. International career Rafi also represented India number of times and scored a goal against Kuwait but India lost that match 1-9. International goals Honours Club Atlético de Kolkata Indian Super League winner: 2014 Kerala Blasters Indian Super League runner-up: 2016 Chennaiyin FC Indian Super League winner: 2017-18 Individual 2009–10 I-League Player of The Year. References External links Mohammed Rafi at Goal.com Indian Super League profile 1982 births Living people Indian men's footballers Footballers from Kerala Malayali people Mappilas Indian Muslims Churchill Brothers FC Goa players 2011 AFC Asian Cup players I-League players Mumbai Tigers FC players Mumbai FC players Indian Super League players India men's international footballers ATK (football club) players Kerala Blasters FC players Men's association football forwards People from Kasaragod district

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Piasecki VZ-8 Airgeep

The Piasecki VZ-8 Airgeep (company designation PA-59) was a prototype vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft developed by Piasecki Aircraft. The Airgeep was developed to fulfill a U.S. Army Transportation Research Command contract for a flying jeep in 1957. The flying jeep was envisioned to be smaller and easier to fly than a helicopter. Design and development To meet the US Army's requirement, Piasecki's design featured two tandem, three-blade ducted rotors, with the crew of two seated between the two rotors. Power was by two Lycoming O-360-A2A piston engines, driving the rotors by a central gearbox. The first of two aircraft ordered by the Army, initially designated the Model 59K Skycar (and later renamed Airgeep) by Piasecki and designated VZ-8P by the Army, flew on 22 September 1958. It was re-engined with a single Turbomeca Artouste IIB turboshaft replacing the two piston engines, flying in this form in June 1959. After being loaned to the U.S. Navy for evaluation as the Model 59N where it was fitted with floats, it was returned to the Army and its engine replaced by a lighter and more powerful Garrett AiResearch TPE331-6 engine. The second prototype was completed to a modified design, designated Model 59H AirGeep II by Piasecki and VZ-8P (B) by the Army. It was powered by two Artouste engines, with ejection seats for the pilot and co-pilot/gunner and a further three seats for passengers. It was also fitted with a powered tricycle undercarriage to increase mobility on land. The AirGeep II's first flight occurred on 15 February 1962, piloted by "Tommy" Atkins. While the Airgeep would normally operate close to the ground, it was capable of flying to several thousand feet, proving to be stable in flight. Flying low allowed it to evade detection by radar. Despite these qualities, and its superiority over the other two types evaluated by the US Army to meet the same requirement (the Chrysler VZ-6 and the Curtiss-Wright VZ-7), the Army decided that the "Flying Jeep concept [was] unsuitable for the modern battlefield", and concentrated on the development of conventional helicopters instead. Variants Model 59K Skycar Company designation for the first aircraft powered by two ) Lycoming O-360-A2A piston engines, given the military designation VZ-8P Airgeep. Later, the piston engines were replaced by a single ) Turbomeca Artouste IIB turboshaft engine. Model 59N SeaGeep I The first aircraft, (after the piston engines were replaced by a single Artouste), whilst on loan to the United States Navy, fitted with floats. PA-59H AirGeep II The second aircraft, military designation VZ-8P (B), completed with two ) Turbomeca Artouste IIC turboshaft engines and seats for up to five, including the crew. VZ-8P Airgeep I The military designation of the first aircraft as delivered VZ-8P-1 Airgeep IThe first aircraft after the piston engines were replaced by a single Turbomeca Artouste IIB. VZ-8P-2 Airgeep I The first aircraft after the Artouste engine was replaced by a lighter and more powerful ) Garrett AiResearch TPE331-6 engine. VZ-8P (B) Airgeep IIThe military designation of the second aircraft. Specifications (VZ-8P (B)) See also References Notes Bibliography Harding, Stephen. "Flying Jeeps: The US Army's Search for the Ultimate 'Vehicle'". Air Enthusiast, No. 73, January/February 1998. Stamford, Lincs, UK:Key Publishing. . pp. 10–12. Piasecki Tests Twin-Turbine and Seagoing VTOLs. // Aviation Week & Space Technology, May 7, 1962, v. 76, no. 19, p. 83. External links Piasecki Aircraft Corporation VZ-8 1950s United States military utility aircraft Cancelled military aircraft projects of the United States Lift fan Ducted fan-powered aircraft Twin-turbine helicopters Aircraft first flown in 1962

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Creek Town

Creek Town also known as Obio Oko is a town located in the present-day Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River state of Nigeria. Creek Town is known for its historical and cultural significance in the region. It is situated about Northeast from Duke Town. Creek Town was one of the city-states that made up the Old Calabar region prior to the August 1, 1904 declaration which annulled the use of the name "Old Calabar" and changed the regional name to simply "Calabar". History The town has a rich history dating back to the pre-colonial era when it served as a major trading post during the transatlantic trade. Creek Town was an important center for trade and commerce due to its strategic location along the river. The town played a significant role in the economic and cultural exchanges between local communities and foreign traders. Early History It is uncertain the year Creek Town was founded. Chief Efiong Ukpong Aye estimates the period in which Creek Town was founded as early as the 14th century. A.J.H. Latham estimates that Creek Town was founded about the end of the sixteenth century. Talbot estimates the Occupation of Creek Town to the first half of the 17th century. The indigenes of Creek Town are the Efik and the Efut. A number of accounts regarding the founding of Creek Town were narrated at the 1964 Hart's enquiry. One account states that the Efut community which form part of the Bantu stock arrived the lower Cross River in droves with the Adadia community first settling at Creek Town. The Adadia community were later driven away on the arrival of one group of the Efik who exited the island of Ndodoghi due to multiple deaths on the island. The families that made up the Efik group were the Efiom Ekpos' and the Atais'. Another account by Muri Hogan Efiong asserts that the Efuts were the earliest settlers followed by the Efik. Triangular trade to 1841 Creek Town like many other coastal communities in West Africa was a major slave trading port during the period of the Triangular slave trade. The principal slave traders were the Efik as there is no evidence to suggest that the Efut Abua community partook in the exportation of slaves. 1841 to 1884 The year 1841 marked a political change in the history of Creek Town and Old Calabar in general. Eyo Honesty II was the reigning king of Creek town and one of the most important men in old Calabar. Although the slave trade was abolished in the international community in 1812, exportation of slaves from Old Calabar was still on-going until Commander Raymond arrived with documents insisting the kings and chiefs stop the exportation of slaves from Old Calabar. These documents were signed by King Eyo Honesty II and King Eyamba V. Realising the need to transition into new economic ventures, Honesty II and Eyamba V sent numerous letters to the captains of liverpool and other supercargo captains requesting that they send teachers and missionaries to Old Calabar to teach them commerce and religion. The request of the kings and chiefs of Old Calabar was heard and missionaries were sent to Old Calabar. The earliest missionaries of the United church of scotland mission arrived in 1846. On their arrival, a school was set up at Creek Town. The missionaries made efforts to change several religious practices which took place at Old Calabar. Religious reforms occurred at a faster pace in Creek Town than other Old Calabar communities due to liberal attitude of Honesty II. Under the reign of Honesty II, the symbol of the Ekpenyong deity was banished from the community. 1885 to 1960 With the inception of the Colonial government, the towns of Old Calabar were reorganised and two separate divisions i.e Creek Town and Old Calabar were formed. The Creek Town division consisted of Creek Town, Mbiabo, Adiabo and Ibonda while the Old Calabar division consisted of Duke Town, Henshaw Town, Cobham Town and Aqua town. Culture Creek Town has preserved its cultural heritage through generations. The town's festivals, traditional music, and dance forms are celebrated and practiced by the local community. The annual Creek Festival showcases a vibrant display of traditional dances, colorful costumes, and local cuisine. Demographics References Notes Bibliography . External links Populated places in Cross River State 14th century in Africa

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Burleson County, Texas

Burleson County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,642. Its county seat is Caldwell. The county is named for Edward Burleson, a general and statesman of the Texas Revolution. Burleson County is part of the College Station-Bryan Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (2.6%) is water. Major highways State Highway 21 State Highway 36 Adjacent counties Robertson County (north) Brazos County (northeast) Washington County (southeast) Lee County (southwest) Milam County (northwest) Demographics Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race. As of the 2000 census, there were 16,470 people, 6,363 households, and 4,574 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 8,197 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 74.07% white, 15.06% black or African American, 0.50% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 8.25% from other races, and 1.92% from two or more races. 14.64% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 18.8% were of German, 11.3% American, 10.7% Czech and 6.2% Irish ancestry according to Census 2000. There were 6,363 households, out of which 31.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.40% were married couples living together, 11.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.10% were non-families. 24.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.08. In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.90% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 25.80% from 25 to 44, 23.20% from 45 to 64, and 16.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.50 males. The median income for a household in the county was $33,026, and the median income for a family was $39,385. Males had a median income of $28,795 versus $20,146 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,616. About 13.20% of families and 17.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.90% of those under age 18 and 14.30% of those age 65 or over. Communities Cities Caldwell (county seat) Snook Somerville Census-designated places Beaver Creek Cade Lakes Clay Deanville Lyons Tunis Other unincorporated communities Chriesman Cooks Point Frenstat Hix Rita Wilcox Ghost towns Birch Chances Store Goodwill Merle\ Scofield Politics Education School districts: Caldwell Independent School District Snook Independent School District Somerville Independent School District Blinn College is the designated community college for all of the county. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Burleson County, Texas Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Burleson County References External links Burleson County official website Burleson County in Handbook of Texas Online at the University of Texas. History of Texas, together with a biographical history of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson counties, hosted by the Portal to Texas History 1846 establishments in Texas Populated places established in 1846 Bryan–College Station