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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-Sync

Out-of-Sync

Out-of-Sync is a 1995 American crime drama film featuring LL Cool J in his first starring role. The film was directed by Debbie Allen and co-starred Victoria Dillard, Tim Reid and Howard Hesseman. Plot Jason St. Julian (LL Cool J), a talented yet troubled DJ with a gambling problem. As St. Julian is sleeping, Crash (Gene Anthony Ray) and Nut (Mark Venturini) break into his apartment to collect a debt, since St. Julian doesn't have the money, he gets a week to repay it. One night while DJing an underground party, St. Julian runs into Danny Simon (Ramy Zada) and his girlfriend Monica (Victoria Dillard), Simon tries to convince St. Julian to DJ at his club, but he refuses to do so because of Simon was responsible for sending St. Julian to jail. Moments later, the party is broken up by the police and St. Julian is arrested for his part. While being interrogated, St. Julian meets Marcus Caldwell (Howard Hesseman), a crooked cop, who blackmails him into DJing for Simon. While at Simon's club, St. Julian begins to flirt with Monica, Simon sees this, he threatens Jason harm if he so much as breathes on her. St. Julian and Monica, now a couple devise a plan by stealing $400,000 from Simon by making it look like a robbery, While holding onto the money, St. Julian meets Monica at a motel, they celebrate by drinking champagne and throwing the money in the air and making love. As St. Julian is sleeping, Monica takes the money and flies off to Cancun. Caldwell goes to St. Julian's room and berates him for letting Monica take the money as she went to the police and told what actually happened. Caldwell tells Jason to get the money back or else. As St. Julian tries to find Monica, Simon kills Monica's sister and while St. Julian goes to his apartment, Simon's goons follow him there, while getting info about Monica, Jason's friend Frank (Aries Spears) offers to go to Jason's apartment to get the "stash". While in the apartment, Simon's goons returns there and finds Frank hiding. Frank is asked where St. Julian is but Frank refuses to say and he gets severely beaten and ends up in the hospital. St. Julian finds Monica in Cancun, he follows her to her hotel room and proceeds to take back the money while she's taking a shower. When she gets out, St. Julian stands before her holding the money, Monica pulls out her gun in an attempt to kill St. Julian, but he's taken the bullets out. Left with no other options, Monica throws herself at Julian but this does not work. St. Julian prepares to leave and he lets Monica know that Simon killed her sister. As Simon and his associate Shorty proceed to head back to his office, They find St. Julian in there and demand why he's there. Shorty pulls out his gun but Jason reminds him that if he's killed, then he'll never know where his money is. While this discussion is going on, Caldwell comes in and he feels entitled to the money, apparently Caldwell has been paid a percentage of all the drugs that goes into the club but he wants a bigger cut. Later, a shootout takes place with Simon and Shorty being killed, Caldwell, wounded, forces Jason to walk back to the club at gunpoint. Being in the club, a video is played showing Caldwell killing Simon and Shorty and is promptly arrested. During the last scene, Jason has paid off his debt and Crash and Nut tell him that the only reason they done what they did to him was "just business", Nut tells Jason that "playoffs are starting" but Jason declines the offer and Crash tells him to be careful as others are going to wonder where he got so much money. Nut and Jason have an exchange where Jason exacts revenge for all the pain Nut has caused him. While talking to Quincy (Yaphet Kotto), Jason tells him that he's going back to New York, Quincy tells him to be careful and wishes him well in the future. Jason drives to New York and that ends the movie. Cast LL Cool J as Jason St. Julian Victoria Dillard as Monica Simmons Tim Reid as Detective Wilson Howard Hesseman as Detective Caldwell Yaphet Kotto as Quincy Luis Antonio Ramos as Ramon Aries Spears as Frank Don Yesso as Shorty Carlo Imperato as Pauley Gene Anthony Ray as Crash Ramy Zada as Danny Simon Debbie Allen as Manicurist Mark Venturini as Nut Reception Keith Bailey of Radio Times awarded the film one star out of five. TV Guide gave the film a negative review: “OUT OF SYNC is by no means an exceptionally good movie, but it does not lay claims to being one either. Shot in under a month for about $1.5 million by a novice director with a cast of no ‘major talent,’ it probably should have been as disappointing as most direct-to-video films are, and no one would have needed to apologize.” References External links 1995 films 1995 crime drama films 1995 crime thriller films Hood films Films directed by Debbie Allen Films scored by Guy Moon American crime drama films Artisan Entertainment films 1995 directorial debut films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films English-language crime drama films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry%20Prong%2C%20Louisiana

Dry Prong, Louisiana

Dry Prong is a village in central Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Alexandria, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 436 at the 2010 census. History Dry Prong was incorporated as a village in 1945. According to tradition, the village received its name when a family moved to the region in the 1870s to build a sawmill. To power the mill, they built a water wheel, only to discover that the creek over which they had built it went dry every summer: the creek was a "dry prong". The mill was soon rebuilt over a nearby creek which flowed all year, but the name stuck. The creek is now outside the city limits, on Highway 123. Shane Davis is the current mayor of the village. Geography Dry Prong is located at the center of Grant Parish at (31.578819, -92.529487). U.S. Route 167 passes through the village, leading north to Winnfield and south to Alexandria. The village is within Kisatchie National Forest. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which , or 0.65%, is water. Major highways U.S. Route 167 Louisiana Highway 122 Louisiana Highway 123 Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 421 people, 176 households, and 124 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 195 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 95.25% White, 0.95% African American, 0.24% Native American, 1.66% from other races, and 1.90% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.61% of the population. There were 176 households, out of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.7% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.91. In the village, the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.4 males. The median income for a household in the village was $32,917, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $36,944 versus $18,864 for females. The per capita income for the village was $13,978. About 12.9% of families and 19.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.0% of those under age 18 and 13.5% of those age 65 or over. Education Dry Prong residents are zoned to Grant Parish School Board schools. Notable people W. K. Brown, state representative from 1960 to 1972, was reared in Dry Prong. Billy Chandler, state representative from Grant, La Salle, and Winn parishes, 2006 to 2012 Leonard R. "Pop" Hataway, sheriff of Grant Parish, 1976 to 2008; a member of the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Paroles; inductee of the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame References Villages in Grant Parish, Louisiana Villages in Louisiana Alexandria metropolitan area, Louisiana Populated places established in 1945

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%20with%20a%20Gun

Heaven with a Gun

Heaven with a Gun is a 1969 American Western film starring Glenn Ford and directed by Lee H. Katzin. Plot Jim Killian arrives at the town of Vinegaroon, which is divided between cattlemen and sheepherders, and purchases a vacant barn. Cattle rancher Asa Beck, his son Coke, and his cowhands constantly harass the sheepherders, sometimes with lethal results, and the sheepherders are on the verge of retaliating in kind. Both parties quickly learn that Killian is a capable gunfighter and offer to hire him, but Killian invites them all to the town for a meeting. There, Killian reveals he has become a preacher and converted his barn into a church. He vows to the townspeople that he will protect everyone who lives in the vicinity, and warns that no one else is permitted to kill except him; when two of Beck's cowhands draw their guns to attack Killian, Killian shoots them both to prove his point. The following Sunday, everyone in Vinegaroon and its surroundings attends Killian's church service. Killian demonstrates that, contrary to Beck's beliefs, cattle and sheep can be kept together and share the local water sources without detriment to either animal, and argues that this is no different than how people of all kinds can live together in harmony. However, Beck pegged Killian as a threat before the service and hired an outsider called Mace. When the service ends, Mace publicly exposes Killian as a former criminal associate and a convicted murderer. Beck and his allies call for Killian's expulsion from the town, but others come to the preacher's defense, asserting he had already paid his debt to society in prison and he has earned a second chance. Bart Paterson, a cattleman, and Abraham Murdock, a sheepherder, decide to follow Killian's advice and make peace with each other. Meanwhile, Killian has taken under his protection a half-Native American girl named Leloopa, whose father had been lynched by Coke Beck. Coke develops a fascination with the girl. While Killian is discussing the Becks' recent razing of sheepherder Scotty Andrews' homestead with Madge McCloud, the madam of the local saloon and brothel, Coke corners Leloopa in the town stables and rapes her. When Killian realizes what happened, he gives Coke a severe beating in full view of the town. In response, Asa Beck begins moving his cattle herd to the contested watering hole with intent to occupy the area and permanently shut out the sheepherders. In the night, Scotty Andrews sneaks into their camp and manages to stab Coke to death through the neck with his wool shears before being gunned down by Mace. A grieving Beck declares war against anyone in Vinegaroon who does not follow him. He orders Mace to burn down Killian's church and kill the preacher, then prepares to ambush the sheepherders, who are driving their herds to the watering hole alongside Murdock and Paterson to defy Beck's blockade. Mace holds Killian at gunpoint in the saloon while other cowhands set fire to the church, but Killian manages to outgun Mace and chase away his cohorts. The townspeople work together to douse the burning church, but to no avail. An enraged Killian gears up to take revenge against Beck, but Madge intervenes and insists that he choose between being a preacher or a gunman once and for all, as his attempt to straddle the line between the two opposing roles has only undermined his efforts to bring about peace. Abashed, Killian discards his guns in the ashes of his church and then asks the people of Vinegaroon to help him protect the sheepherders from Beck. Although they have no weapons, the townspeople speed to the watering hole on every horse and cart available, and succeed in getting between Beck's men and the sheepherders just in time. Seeing their friends and families advance toward them unarmed, the cowhands falter and desert Beck. At last, Beck gives up and agrees to share a drink with Madge. Killian and Leloopa watch, satisfied, as the cattlemen and sheepherders walk among each other and shake hands. Cast Glenn Ford as Jim Killian Carolyn Jones as Madge McCloud Barbara Hershey as Leloopa John Anderson as Asa Beck David Carradine as Coke Beck J. D. Cannon as Mace Noah Beery, Jr. as Garvey William Bryant as Bart Paterson James Griffith as Abraham Murdock Ed Bakey as Scotty Andrews Barbara Babcock as Mrs. Andrews Angelique Pettyjohn as Emily the saloon girl Reception Critical response The New York Times film critic, Howard Thompson, gave the film a mixed review, writing, "The typical dour restraint of Glenn Ford, as an exconvict turned pistol-packing parson, is the most steadying ingredient of Heaven With a Gun, a plodding, vest-pocket Western that opened yesterday at neighborhood theaters. As a veteran of many a cattlemen-versus-sheepmen exercise, Mr. Ford plays it cool and, of course, leathery." Leonard Maltin also had mixed feelings, awarding the film two and a half stars out of four and calling it "uneven." Critic Dennis Schwartz gave the film a negative review, writing, "...[director] and writer Richard Carr load the genre pic with cliches and violent sequences. The unpleasant Western features a lynching, torture with shears, a rape, arson, a street brawl and your usual saloon gun fights. The numerous cliches include a world-weary gunfighter wanting to reform and to save the world, your typical western fight between cattlemen and sheepherders, an aging saloon keeper and whorehouse madam with a heart of gold (Carolyn Jones) longing for her unavailable old gunfighter friend and a pretty half-caste Indian (Barbara Hershey) finding it difficult to understand the white world. It preaches an awkward social conscience message that peace can be found without guns. The trouble is the pic is clumsily executed and is leaden, so everything seems absurd and hardly believable." See also List of American films of 1969 References External links Heaven with a Gun informational site at Films in Review 1969 films 1969 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films 1960s English-language films Films scored by Johnny Mandel Films directed by Lee H. Katzin Films shot in Arizona Films shot in California Films shot in New Mexico Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films 1969 directorial debut films 1960s American films

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Monique Breteler

Monique Maria Bernadette Breteler (born 26 January 1961, Nijmegen) is a Dutch neuroepidemiologist. She is Director of Population Health Sciences at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Professor of Population Health Sciences at the University of Bonn, and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts. She has been a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2015. Academic career Breteler received her medical degree from the University of Nijmegen (1987) and her PhD degree in epidemiology from the Erasmus University Rotterdam (1993). She joined the Department of Epidemiology at Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1989 to develop the neurologic component in the Rotterdam Study, a large cohort study on chronic diseases in the elderly. From 1995 to 2011 she was head of the neuroepidemiology section of the department, where she was the primary investigator for neurological diseases of the Rotterdam Study and initiated the Rotterdam Scan Study. Her work in the Rotterdam Scan Study led to important insights about Alzheimer's disease, in particular the role of lifestyle factors, metabolic disorders, inflammation, and vascular mechanisms. Since 2011 she is Director of Population Health Sciences at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and Professor of Population Health Sciences at the University of Bonn. She also holds an appointment in the Department of Epidemiology of the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, since 2002, where she is adjunct professor of epidemiology. Research Breteler's research interest is in the etiology and preclinical detection of age-related neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular disorders, including dementia (in particular Alzheimer's disease), Parkinson's disease and stroke. For more than 20 years, Breteler worked on the Rotterdam Study, a prospective population-based study of frequency and causes of age-related disorders that includes 15,000 persons and has been ongoing since 1990, she also initiated the Rotterdam Scan Study, a prospective population-based neuroimaging study that includes more than 5000 people. With her research in the Rotterdam study, Breteler identified a link between life-style factors, vascular and brain diseases, and has been highly successful at identifying links between epidemiological data and brain scan information. At the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Breteler is establishing the Rhineland Study, a prospective cohort study of 30,000 individuals that aims to identify causes and preclinical multimodal biomarker profiles of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases and to investigate normal and pathological brain structure and function over the adult life course. Honours and awards In 1998 Breteler received a fellowship of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences for her work on vascular factors in Alzheimer's disease, and in 2003 a prestigious VICI grant of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research for her prospective population-based neuro-imaging studies. In July 2012 Breteler received the "2012 Bengt Winblad Lifetime Achievement Award", which is presented annually by the US-American Alzheimer's Association at the "Alzheimer’s Association International Conference" to honor researchers who have made extraordinary contributions to Alzheimer's disease research. In 2012 Breteler spoke at the Falling Walls conference in Berlin, according to the official Falling Walls organization to "focus attention on a new age of health research aimed at optimizing brain function and quality of life throughout the entire life span". She has also taken up various roles to advice on public health policy, e.g. as speaker at the 2014 "The future of Europe is science" conference organized by the European Commission and opened by José Manuel Barroso. In 2015 Breteler became a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2019 she became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. References 1961 births Living people Dutch epidemiologists Dutch women academics Academic staff of Erasmus University Rotterdam Academic staff of the University of Bonn Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Erasmus University Rotterdam alumni Radboud University Nijmegen alumni People from Nijmegen Members of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Women epidemiologists

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

Vicini

The Vicini family is the wealthiest family in the Dominican Republic and is best known for their vast holdings in the sugar industry. The family business was started by Juan Bautista Vicini Canepa, who migrated to the Dominican Republic from Italy in 1860. Juan Bautista Vicini Juan Bautista Vicini Canepa, was born on February 25, 1847, in Zoagli, a coastal village near Genoa to Angelo Vicini and Anna Canepa. Vicini left Italy and went to the Dominican Republic in 1860 at the age of 21 . He was invited to travel to the Dominican Republic as an apprentice to join his countryman Nicole Genevaro who was an exporter of coffee and sugar. After a few years, he purchased the operations belonging to Mr. Genevaro. Juan Bautista, better known as "Baciccia", was very successful in business. Thanks in part to his hard work and his savings, he managed to acquire land for the cultivation of sugar cane. His family residence is located on the Avenida Isabel la Católica No. 158, in the city of Santo Domingo, marked with a placard reading J.B. Vicini. This designation is still preserved on the facades of the building belonging to the family. This residence was his place of work. Locals gave it the name Casa Vicini. Eleven children were born of his marriage to Mercedes Laura Perdomo Santamaría. Seven of them went to live with her to Genoa, Italy. While being married, he had an affair with María Burgos Brito and begat 3 children, among them, President Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos. Vicini Canepa, patriarch of the Vicini family, returned only once to Italy and died in 1900 at the age of 53. Felipe and Juan Vicini Perdomo Upon his death, Juan and Felipe Vicini Perdomo, suspended their professional studies in Italy to take over the family business in the Dominican Republic. Felipe and Juan Vicini Perdomo increased investment to modernize the factory and field work in the sugar, in real estate both in urban and rural areas of the country. The political and economic pressure of the Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo by appropriating all the national wealth, forced the family Vicini Cabral to transfer their residence abroad. Third generation The third generation of the Vicinis was constituted by José María, Juan Bautista (Gianni), Felipe and Laura Vicini Cabral, under the leadership of Gianni; this generation participated actively in the process of overthrowing the dictatorship, the country's economic consolidation and democratic process of the nation. The beginning of democracy with the death of Dominican dictator Trujillo in 1961, he found a country where almost all economic areas had been dominated by the dictator and his closest relatives and collaborators. The active participation as well as the capital of the Vicini family was instrumental in creating private banks, universities, associations, businesses and nonprofit foundations, all promoters of the country's development and new business that channeled the nation towards development. The family Vicini Cabral participated in those efforts, both as advocates, with financial resources and with the participation and personal presence. Laura and Felipe Vicini Cabral died childless. Fourth generation The 4th generation of the Vicini entrepreneurial dynasty is comprised by the siblings Amelia Stella, Felipe, and Juan Bautista Vicini Lluberes and their first cousins José Leopoldo and Marco Vicini Pérez. Family tree The Price of Sugar The Vicini Family was depicted in the defamatory documentary The Price of Sugar, a 2007 documentary by Bill Haney about exploitation of Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic involved with production of sugar. The documentary shows the poor working conditions in the sugar cane plantations, and describes the actions taken by the Vicini family to stifle efforts to change the situation. Subjects of the film, Felipe and Juan Bautista Vicini Lluberes, filed a defamation suit on August 31, 2007, against Uncommon Productions and producer Bill Haney, alleging 53 factual inaccuracies. According to Read McCaffrey, a partner in the law firm Patton Boggs representing the Vicinis, 'The misrepresentation are very egregious and as deceptive as I have seen in a very long time.'" However, according to the First Circuit Court of Appeals, the Vicini family "later winnowed the number of allegedly defamatory statements down to seven". The Appeals Court upheld a judgment from a lower court that the Vicini brothers were "public figures under the circumstances". The brothers thus must prove that the filmmakers made false depictions and knew about it. If they had been private figures, as the plaintiffs had unsuccessfully tried to prove, the filmmakers could have been liable for publishing information without verifying its truth. The appeals court sent the case back to the lower court to decide if the filmmakers have to hand over a report that they prepared to obtain insurance coverage for the film. After that, the lower court can determine whether information shown in the film was false and, if it was the case, if the filmmakers knew about it. References Ferran, Fernando. The legacy of Jose Maria Vicini Cabral, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2007. See also Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos Italian families Dominican Republic families Dominican Republic people of Italian descent People of Ligurian descent White Dominicans

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafsir%20Ibn%20Atiyya

Tafsir Ibn Atiyya

Al-Muharrar al-Wajiz fi Tafsir al-Kitāb al-'Aziz () or shortly named al-Muharrar al-Wajiz (), better known as Tafsir Ibn 'Atiyya (), is a classical Sunni tafsir of the Qur'an, authored by the Maliki-Ash'ari scholar Ibn 'Atiyya (d. 541/1147). It can be identified as the exegesis that amalgamates Tafsir bi al-Ma'thur (tradition-based interpretation) with Tafsir bi al-Ra'y (reason-based interpretation). But, generally, it is considered as Tafsir bi al-Ma'thur (interpretation based on traditions or reports). Methodology Ibn 'Atiyya explains his methodology stating: “I move in this commentary according to the word order of every verse, explaining its ruling, grammatical position, linguistic function, meaning and pronunciation in different methods of recitation.” In the opening pages Ibn 'Atiyya sets forth his purpose in coming out with a new commentary: to produce a comprehensive, yet concise work, dedicated to God, which would affirm the statements made by earlier scholars, as well as those made by al-Salaf al-Salih, and which would serve as a defense against the mulhidin (atheists, agnostics, heretics, the disbelievers in God), those who reject the Islamic message, and the adherents of esoteric doctrines (ahl al-'ilm al-batin). The introduction to his Qur'an commentary was published by Arthur Jeffery (1954). Background Ibn 'Atiyya relied on several earlier sources for his interpretation, including the following: Jami' al-Bayan fi Ta'wil al-Qur'an by Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (d. 310/923). Shifa' al-Sudur by Abu Bakr Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Naqqash (d. 351/962 ). Al-Hidaya ila Bulugh al-Nihaya by Makki b. Abi Talib al-Qaysi (d. 437/1045). Al-Tahsil li-Fawa'id al-Tafsil by Abu al-'Abbas Ahmad b. 'Ammar al-Mahdawi (d. 430/1038). Reception Ibn 'Atiyya's commentary was very influential on Qur'anic commentators in later generations. His influence is clearly evident in the works of al-Qurtubi (d. 671/1272–3), Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati (d. 745/1344), and 'Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi (d. 875/1470). Al-Muharrar al-Wajiz was highly acclaimed both in and outside of Spain. The book has been highly praised by Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati (d. 745/1344) and Ibn Khaldun (d. 808/1406). Ibn Khaldun describes Ibn 'Atiyya's effort as: “He summed up all Qur'anic commentaries and endeavored to include only the most accurate.” Recent historians writing in the Arabic language, especially those from the Maghreb, have often chosen Ibn Atiyya's exegesis as representative of what may be called the “typical” Andalusian tafsir, and regard its somewhat contradictory title as a useful illustration of the major contribution made by its genre to the field of 'ilm al-Qur'an (Knowledge of the Qur'an with its meanings). According to this view each major Andalusian exegesis can be said to be muharrar, in that the approach used in discussing Qur'anic verses is comprehensive and not exclusively tied to a single method. Claude Gilliot characterizes al-Muharrar as an abridgement of previous works. About the author Ibn 'Atiyya was the major Qur'an commentator of the generation of al-Wahidi al-Nisaburi (d. 468/1075) and his tafsir work was a turning point in the history of the genre in Andalusia and North Africa. He was a scholar of tafsir and fiqh from Granada, Al-Andalus (present-day Spain). He studied also Hadith, language and literature. He was appointed as the Qadi (judge) of Almeria during the reign of the Almoravid empire. See also List of tafsir works List of Sunni books References External links Tafsir Ibn 'Atiyya - Altafsir.com Tafsir Ibn 'Atiyya - Moroccan Minister of Religious Endowments and Islamic Affairs TAFSIR IBN ‘ATHIYYAH: Al Muharrar Al Wajiiz fii Tafsiir Al Kitaab Al ‘Aziiz Ibn Atiyya

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American International Yellow Jackets

The American International Yellow Jackets is composed of 22 teams representing American International College in intercollegiate athletics, including men’s and women's basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, track and field, and volleyball. Men's sports include baseball, football, ice hockey, and wrestling. Women's sports include field hockey, rugby, softball, and tennis. The Yellow Jackets compete in NCAA Division II and are members of the Northeast-10 Conference for all sports except ice hockey, which competes in NCAA Division I; men's volleyball, which competes as a de facto Division I member in the East Coast Conference; men's wrestling, which is an NCAA Division II Independent; and women's triathlon, which competes as a de facto Division I independent. The men's ice hockey team is a member of Atlantic Hockey Division I. History The Yellow Jackets started competing in the 1933–1934 academic season in football, men's basketball and baseball. Men's soccer was added just one year later. The athletic department grew to five teams in the winter of 1948 when the Yellow Jackets started their ice hockey team. Twenty years later, AIC introduced its first women's sport, softball. Judy Groff was introduced as the first softball coach, a position she held for 42 seasons. Volleyball, which was invented down the road in Holyoke, Massachusetts, started in the fall of 1974 with Groff also taking the reins. In the 1977–1978 school year, AIC began competing in women's basketball and men's golf. It would be seven years before the athletic department grew again when they added women's soccer for the 1985 school year. With the emergence of lacrosse in the Northeast, the Yellow Jackets added men's lacrosse in the spring of 1992. In 1996-97, field hockey and women's lacrosse were added to the department to bring the women's teams total to six. Ten years later, the Yellow Jackets added six teams to their already extensive department in men's and women's cross country, men's and women's indoor track, and men's and women's outdoor track. In 2018, the department added women's golf. With the backing of USA Triathlon, American International College became the 24th team in the nation to introduce a women's varsity triathlon program to its athletic department, Director of Athletics Matthew Johnson announced on Tuesday, May 29 AIC expected competition to begin in the fall of 2019. During the fall of 2020, the department announced the addition of men's volleyball as the 26th sport sponsored by the department. The team started play in January 2022. Varsity sports NCAA appearances Ice Hockey: 2019, 2021, 2022 Baseball: 1991 Men's Basketball: 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1994, 2000, 2010, 2015 Elite Eight: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1985 Men's Cross Country: 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 Football: 2008, 2013 Men's Golf: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 Women's Basketball: 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2016 Elite Eight: 2002, 2006 National Finalist: 2006 Field Hockey: 2010, 2011 Women's Soccer: 1998, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016 Final Four: 2013 Softball: 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 World Series: 1996, 1997 Volleyball: 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018 Elite Eight: 2016, 2018 Club sports AIC also has a college rugby program that was founded in 2009 and began play in 2010. The rugby program is part of the school's athletic department, has varsity status, with rugby scholarships available for students. AIC plays in Division I in the D1A Conference. Notable alumni Romina Bell, Austrian football defender , playing for FC Neunkirch in the Swiss Nationalliga A. Jim Calhoun , Hall of Fame basketball coach Asnage Castelly, Olympic Games 1st Haitian wrestler in Summer Olympics in the 74 kg freestyle competition also the flag bearer of the Haitian delegation for the Olympics opening. Mario Elie, NBA guard Dave Forbes, NHL hockey player John Gibbons, First African American U.S. Marshall for the District Jānis Jaks, Professional Hockey player Brennan Kapcheck, Professional Hockey player Bruce Laird, NFL safety for the Baltimore Colts Tom Rychlec, NFL and AFL tight end for several teams Gashi, rapper Facilities References External links

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

Investiture

Investiture (from the Latin preposition in and verb vestire, "dress" from vestis "robe") is a formal installation or ceremony that a person undergoes, often related to membership in Christian religious institutes as well as Christian knighthoods or damehoods, in addition to government offices. In an investiture, a person may receive an outward sign of their membership, such as their religious habit, an ecclesiastical decoration (as with chivalric orders) or a scapular (as with confraternities); they may be given the authority and regalia of a high office. Investiture can include formal dress and adornment such as robes of state or headdress, or other regalia such as a throne or seat of office. An investiture is also often part of a coronation rite or enthronement. Christianity Religious institutes Investiture indicates in religious orders the usually ceremonial handing over of the religious habit to a new novice. The investiture usually takes place upon admission to the novitiate (rarely only upon profession). The investiture which takes place either as part of a liturgical celebration in the choir of the church or in the community's chapter house. In some places, a slightly shorter or even a white habit is lent to dress up, which is then exchanged for one in the way that the other professed people wear at the first profession. In some religious orders for women, the white veil of the novice is exchanged for a black veil when taking temporary vows (simple profession), while others only give the black veil for solemn profession. Confraternities Joining a confraternity (such as the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception) occurs through an investiture, in which one is given a scapular as an outward mark of their membership. A Christian is made a knight or dame through an investiture, as with the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg), a chivalric order. Government Investiture is the installation of individuals in institutions that usually have been extant from feudal times. For example, the installation of heads of state and various other state functions with ceremonial roles are invested with office. Usually, the investiture involves ceremonial transfer of the symbol of the particular office. Judges in many countries, including justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, are invested with their office. American justices typically take two oaths: one to uphold the Constitution of the United States, and the other to apply justice equally. Likewise, university presidents, rectors and chancellors are invested with office. Other uses In the United Kingdom, around 2,600 people are invested personally by King Charles III or another member of the royal family each year. A list of those to be honoured is published twice a year, in either the New Year Honours or the Birthday Honours. Approximately 25 investitures are held annually, most in the Ballroom at Buckingham Palace, although the Waterloo Chamber in Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, are also used. In 2014 The then-Prince of Wales held an investiture at Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland. Investitures are also held in other Commonwealth realms, when the governor-general acts on behalf of the King. The poem "The Investiture" by English poet, writer, and soldier Siegfried Sassoon is about a young man who was killed in battle during World War I. The term is used in the Scouting movement when enrolling a new youth member or an existing member is moving to a different section such as from Cubs to Scouts, and for the ceremony in which a new member declares their commitment to Scouting traditions. In Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere fictional universe, investiture is an underlying mechanic of magic. See also Consecration of a bishop or of a church Coronation and anointing, equivalent terms for the assumption of royal office Enthronement, an equivalent term used for royal and episcopal office Investiture controversy of Middle Ages Ordination References External links Queen Elizabeth investiture (knighting) ceremony at Buckingham Palace. on YouTube Governor-General of New Zealand, Investiture ceremonies. Ceremonies Investiture Controversy State ritual and ceremonies

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John Figueroa

John Joseph Maria Figueroa (4 August 1920 – 5 March 1999) was a Jamaican poet and educator. He played a significant role in the development of Anglophone Caribbean literature both as a poet and an anthologist. He contributed to the development of the University College of the West Indies as an early member of staff, and had a parallel career as a broadcaster, working for various media organizations including the BBC. He also taught in Jamaica, Britain, the United States, Nigeria and Puerto Rico. Biography Figueroa was born in Jamaica, the eldest of the 13 children (10 of whom survived infancy) of Blanche Maria Palomino and Rupert Aston Figueroa. He was educated at St George's College, and won a scholarship to attend Holy Cross College, Massachusetts, graduating in 1942. He then taught at St George's College and at Wolmer's School in Jamaica. Blue Mountain Peak, his first collection of poetry, appeared in 1944. In 1946 he went on a British Council fellowship to the University of London to study for a teaching diploma and a master's degree in education. He subsequently taught in some London schools, and spent six years as an English and philosophy lecturer at the Institute of Education. He also contributed criticism, stories and poetry to the BBC's Caribbean Voices radio programme produced by Henry Swanzy. In Jamaica Figueroa became the first West Indian to be appointed to a chair at the University College of the West Indies, and the first Dean of the Faculty of Education. Between 1964 and 1966 he was a visiting professor first at Rhode Island University and then Indiana University. In the early 1970s he became Professor of Humanities leading the Department of Education of the Centro Caribeno de Estudios Postgraduados, Puerto Rico. From 1976 to 1980 he was Professor of Education at the University of Jos in Nigeria. In the 1980s he moved to the UK, where he worked for the Open University, was a Fellow at the Centre for Caribbean Studies, University of Warwick, and an adviser in multicultural education in Manchester. He edited the pioneering two-volume anthology Caribbean Voices (vol. 1: Dreams and Visions and vol. 2: The Blue Horizons, 1966 and 1970 respectively), comprehensive landmark collections of West Indian poetry. He was also the first general editor of the Heinemann Caribbean Writers Series. He also played an important role in the development of Caribbean studies as a founder member of the Caribbean Studies Association and the Society for Caribbean Studies. His own poetry "reflects his origins as a Jamaican of [Hispanic] descent and a Catholic who, whilst deeply committed to the Caribbean, was concerned to maintain [the diversity of its] heritage without apology. He insisted that drums were not the only Caribbean musical instrument (no doubt a dig at Kamau Brathwaite) and championed Derek Walcott's relationship to the classical and European literary tradition. Ironically, one of Figueroa's most effective poems is in Nation language." In the words of Andrew Salkey, "The phrase 'cosmopolitan poet' does not really adequately describe him or the impact that he has had on Anglophone Caribbean poetry, but it certainly goes some way in defining a part of his concern in not being tagged as regional or provincial. This is so because he is absolutely free from national limitations." The influence of classical poets like Horace, Virgil and Sappho is balanced by his linguistic attention to Jamaican speech and Trinidadian calypso music. Archives Figueroa's papers were donated by his daughter to the University of the West Indies at Mona and are housed in two collections: one at the UWI Archive, the other at the West Indies Collection at the Library. Works Blue Mountain Peak: Poetry & Prose (privately published, Jamaica, 1944). Love Leaps Here (privately published, UK, 1962). Ignoring Hurts (Three Continents Press, Washington, 1976) The Chase: A Collection of Poems 1941–1989 (Peepal Tree Press, 1991) As editor: Caribbean Voices, vol. 1: Dreams and Visions (1966) and vol. 2, The Blue Horizons. Further reading Daryl Cumber Dance (ed.), Fifty Caribbean Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986, pp. 178–84. See also Caribbean poetry Caribbean literature References External links List of notable reviews of Figueroa's work. Pamela Beshoff, "Obituary: John Figueroa", The Independent, 11 March 1999. Erika J. Waters, "Interview with John J. M. Figueroa", The Caribbean Writer. 20th-century Jamaican poets Jamaican male poets Latin Americanists Academic staff of the University of the West Indies 1920 births 1999 deaths Alumni of the University of London Academic staff of the University of Jos Jamaican expatriates in Nigeria People from Kingston, Jamaica Recipients of the Musgrave Medal 20th-century male writers Jamaican expatriates in the United Kingdom Jamaican expatriates in the United States

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Brigus South

Brigus South is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador on the Avalon Peninsula. History An ancient fishing settlement situated between Witless Bay and Cape Broyle in a small cove. The earliest record (1636) on a map naming it Abra de Brigas, which translates as the harbour or harbour of turmoil and tides. The name stems from the French word brega of South west France because both Brigus and Brigus South are located in areas of French interest which contain other French names. In the 1960s the name was changed to Hillsdale to distinguish it from Brigus, Conception Bay. Locals refused to acknowledge the new name and it was officially changed back 6 or 7 years later. As the names and dates of various early maps suggest, Brigus South was known by French and Portuguese mariners in the 16th and 17th centuries. The first census of Brigus, then called Bercekus was taken in 1677, listing Richard Koane, John Kent and Nicholas Koane as residents. These families lodged in 3 separate dwellings, had 6 servants lodging with them as well as 43 fishing servants who were employed in the settlement. Bercekus had five stages, seven boats, 4 store houses and the largest number of horses (4) of any settlement from Renooze (Renews) to St. John's and constituted fully one third of all the horses in Newfoundland at the time. It has been conjectured that the earliest settlers of the Community came to Brigus via the earlier settlements of Ferryland and Cape Broyle (1628–1630) and that there was a permanent settlement in 1700. In 1697 the Abbe Baudior listed 15 soldiers and 3 inhabitants (Richard Coome, John Kent and Nicholas Coome) and in 1705 the Community had 6 families. A cemetery was established and the first person buried there is a child of Jacob Doyle in 1798. A ship called the Hammer, by locals, but officially named The John and Maria, went ashore in Timber Cove in 1857 with the loss of 18 men. All are buried in Brigus Cemetery. The Population reached an all-time high in 1894 with 140 residents. A prominent man from Brigus, Thomas Battcock sat in the Newfoundland House of Assembly, from 1870 to 1873 having been elected as part of Charles Fox Bennett's anti-confederation government. The first School was established in Brigus in 1848 but closed in 1884 due to the state of the building. The salary for the teacher was used to improve the quality of the lodgings. In 1885, the school reopened in a house rented by the School Board, it was purchased in 1859. A Miss Doyle was the teacher at that time. In 1870, a Miss Grace, tutor for the Cashin family of Cape Broyle taught school there. She was retired in 1904 due to her advancing years and given a pension. Mary Battcock taught from 1911 -1916 when Margaret Gregory took over to teach the sixteen students of all grades. The last teacher was Mrs. Annie Hayes 1937 -1967 when the school closed and the children were bussed to school in Cape Broyle. A Chapel was erected in the Community under the direction of Father Michael Kennedy (date unknown). Geography Brigus South is in Newfoundland within Subdivision U of Division No. 1. Demographics As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Brigus South recorded a population of 83 living in 35 of its 72 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 86. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. Economy The economy was based on small boat inshore fishery and reported a catch of 480 quintals of fish that year. On a census report dated 1697 it was reported that the settlement had "No sheep, garden or pasture lands" making it likely that it was first used as a fishing station between 1675 and 1677. The first dwellings were built on the East side of the harbour which could not be seen from the ocean. It was a good hideaway from the French and Spanish men of war and Pirate ships. Government Brigus South is a local service district (LSD) that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. The chair of the LSD committee is Noreen Power. See also List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador References Populated coastal places in Canada Designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador Local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador

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Explorer 26

Explorer 26 was a NASA satellite launched on 21 December 1964, as part of NASA's Explorer program. Its primary mission was to study the Earth's magnetic field. Spacecraft Explorer 26 was a spin-stabilized, solar-cell-powered spacecraft instrumented to measure trapped particles and the geomagnetic field and weighing . Experiments It carried five experiments: Solid-State Electron Detector, Omnidirectional and Unidirectional Electron and Proton Fluxes, Fluxgate Magnetometers, Proton-Electron Scintillation Detector, and Solar Cell Damage. The Solar Cell Damage experiment was intended to quantify the degradation of solar cell performance due to radiation, and evaluate the effectiveness of glass shields at preventing this degradation. A 16-channel PFM/PM time-division multiplexed telemeter was used. The time required to sample the 16 channels (one frame period) was 0.29 seconds. Half of the channels were used to convey eight-level digital information. The other channels were used for analog information. During ground processing, the analog information was digitized with an accuracy of 1/800th of full scale. One analog channel was subcommutated in a 16-frame-long pattern and used to telemeter spacecraft temperatures, power system voltages, currents, etc. A digital solar aspect sensor measured the spin period and phase, digitized to 0.036 seconds, and the angle between the spin axis and Sun direction to about 3° intervals. Fluxgate Magnetometers The purpose of this experiment was to measure the magnitude and direction of the Earth's magnetic field over the spacecraft orbit. Three orthogonal components were measured by a boom-mounted biaxial magnetometer during each spacecraft revolution. Each axis had a range of plus and minus 2000 nT and an accuracy of 5 nT. The sampling rate was 3.13 Hz. The experiment provided useful data from launch until 30 June 1965, after which spacecraft tumble rendered field direction determination impractical. Omnidirectional and Unidirectional Electron and Proton Fluxes Omnidirectional fluxes of 40- to 110-MeV protons and of electrons greater than about 4 MeV were separably measured by a plastic scintillator. A second plastic scintillator with an 8° half-angle aperture and a look direction perpendicular to the spacecraft spin axis separably measured protons above 5.2 MeV and electrons above 0.5 MeV. The ability to distinguish between the particle types was due to the presence of two discrimination levels associated with each detector. High-quality data transmission from this experiment was essentially continuous from launch until about the middle of 1966, and then intermittent. Proton-Electron Scintillation Detector This experiment was designed to measure the directional fluxes and spectra of low-energy trapped and auroral protons and electrons. It employed a 5-mg-thick powder phosphor scintillator with a 1000-A aluminum coating. Additional absorbers were inserted in the detector aperture by a 16-position stepped wheel. The aperture was pointed at 45° to the spin axis. Due to the thinness and type of phosphor, the detector in the pulse mode would respond only to low-energy ions, and, therefore, essentially measured the flux of protons that penetrated the absorbers and stopped in the phosphor. Both the pulse counting rate and the phototube current were telemetered once each frame period. Sixteen readings were telemetered in each wheel position, and thus one complete set of data was obtained every 256 frames (one wheel revolution = 80 s). Protons in seven energy ranges were measured. The high-energy limit was about 10 MeV for all ranges, and the low-energy cutoffs were 97, 125, 168, 295, 495, 970, and 1700 keV. The energy fluxes of electrons in three ranges were measured separately using scatter geometry, absorbers, and the phototube current. The low-energy cutoffs were 17, 33, and 75 keV, and the high-energy cutoff was about 100 keV for all three ranges. Solid-State Electron Detector Trapped electrons and protons in the earth's Van Allen belts were measured using a combination of six omnidirectional and directional solid-state particle detectors (silicon p-n junctions). Electrons were analyzed in the energy ranges E>1 MeV, E>3.5 MeV, and E>2.5 MeV with the three omnidirectional detectors (E1, E2, E3), and in the ranges E>0.3 MeV, E>0.45 MeV, and E>1.7 MeV with the three directional detectors (E5, E6, E7). Protons were analyzed in the energy ranges E>10 MeV, E>27 MeV, and E>21 MeV with the omnidirectional detectors, and in the ranges E>1.5 MeV, E>5.0 MeV, and E>16 MeV with the directional detectors. Species discrimination was not always possible. Omnidirectional data were accumulated and telemetered every 1.43 s. Directional data were accumulated for 0.145 s and telemetered every 0.29 s. The spacecraft spin period increased from 0.03 min to 0.5 min during the spacecraft life. Proton data were primarily useful in identifying proton contamination of electron counting rates. The instrument behaved well throughout the spacecraft life. Launch Explorer 26 was launched from Cape Canaveral (CCAFS) at Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17 (LC-17A) on a Thor-Delta C launch vehicle on 21 December 1964 at 09:00:03 GMT. Mission The spacecraft systems functioned well, except for some undervoltage turnoffs, until 26 May 1967, when the telemeter failed. The initial spin rate was 33 rpm, and the spin axis direction was right ascension 272.8° and declination 21.5°. The spin rate decreased with time to 2 rpm on 9 September 1965. For the balance of its life, the spacecraft was coning or tumbling at a rate of about 1 rpm. Re-entry Some sources erroneously record Explorer 26 as having decayed from orbit in 1978, a conclusion reached by early decay rate projections. Based on continued satellite tracking data, Explorer 26 was confirmed to have decayed from orbit on 23 August 2021 after over 56 years in orbit. NASA's S-3C scientific satellite, the Energetic Particles Explorer-D, named Explorer 26 after launch was launched on 21 December 1964 into an elliptical 310 x 26200 km x 20.1° orbit and operated for 2.4 years. SATCAT number 00963, it reentered on 23 August 2021 after 56.7 years in space. See also Explorer program Explorer 15 References Explorers Program Spacecraft launched in 1964 Spacecraft which reentered in 2021

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Vladimir Dybo

Vladimir Antonovich Dybo (; 30 April 1931 – 7 May 2023) was a Soviet and Russian linguist, Doctor Nauk in Philological Sciences (1979), Professor (1992), Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2011). A specialist in comparative historical linguistics and accentology, he was well-known as one of the founders of the Moscow School of Comparative Linguistics. Biography Dybo graduated from the Department of Russian language and Literature of the Faculty of History and Philology of State University of Gorky (1954) and undertook postgraduate studies at the department of common and comparative linguistics of the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University. From 1958, he worked at the Institute for Slavic Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences (RAS): senior scientific and technical research fellow, junior research fellow, senior research fellow, leading research fellow. In addition, he was the chief researcher at the Department of Slavic Linguistics. In 1962, he received his candidate degree at the Institute of Slavic Studies on The problem of correlation of two Balto-Slavic series of accentual correspondences in a verb. In 1979, he received his doctoral degree on Experience in the reconstruction of the system of Proto-Slavic accent paradigms. On 26 May 2000, he was elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Department of Literature and Language (Linguistics). Since 22 December 2011, he was a full member (academician) of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Department of Historical and Philological Sciences. His wife, Valeria Churganova (1931–1998), and daughter, Anna Dybo (born 1959), are also well-known linguists. Dybo died on 7 May 2023, at the age of 92. Positions Dybo was director of the Center for Comparative Studies, Institute of Oriental Cultures and Antiquities, Russian State University for the Humanities; gave lectures in Comparative grammar of Slavic languages (Proto-Slavic reconstruction); Slavic comparative historical accentology; Baltic comparative historical accentology; Typology and Genesis of paradigmatic accent systems. He directed postgraduates and doctoral students; under his leadership, 7 candidate dissertations and 2 doctoral dissertations were successfully defended. Dybo was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Language Relationship, and a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Topics in the study of language. He was also a member of the Academic Council of the Russian State University for the Humanities and the Dissertation Council in the specialties comparative historical and typological linguistics and languages of Asia, Africa, the natives of Australia and America in the same place. Additionally, Dybo was a full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (1992). Dybo was also the Chairman of the Moscow Linguistic Society, organizer of the Vladislav Illich-Svitych Nostratic Seminar. Dybo was awarded the medal In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow. Scientific research The author of about 200 scientific publications, including 7 monographs. His main works are devoted to the comparative-historical grammar of Slavic, Baltic, Iranian, Indo-European and Nostratic languages, comparative historical accentology and historical typology of accent systems, accentology of Northwest Caucasian languages and Central Saharan languages, and Japanese. He made a significant contribution (along with Vladislav Illich-Svitych, Sergei Nikolaev, Andrey Zaliznyak) to the reconstruction of the ancient Balto-Slavic accent system. Dybo developed the theory of distant kinship of languages and reconstruction of paleo culture based on language data. He was one of the most authoritative specialists in these fields in Russia and in the world. In particular, he built for the first time a coherent concept of Slavic comparative historical accentology, as well as a typology of paradigmatic accent systems. Dybo managed a number of projects under grants from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and Russian Humanitarian Science Foundation, and coordinated the work on the collective work Fundamentals of Slavic accentology under the program of fundamental research of the Department of Historical and Philological Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences. See also Dybo's law Further reading Dybo, V.A. (2002) "Balto-Slavic accentology and Winter's Law" Yakubovich, I. (1998) Nostratic studies in Russia References Notes Bibliography 1931 births 2023 deaths Linguists from Russia Linguists from the Soviet Union 20th-century linguists Slavists Balticists Iranologists Indo-Europeanists Paleolinguists Historical linguists Linguists of Nostratic languages Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Long-range comparative linguists Moscow School of Comparative Linguistics Academic staff of the Russian State University for the Humanities People from Sumy Oblast

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Henry Hildebrandt

Heinrich (Henry) Hildebrandt (born 1963) is a Mexican-Canadian religious leader, activist, and alleged conspiracy theorist. In 1991, Hildebrandt became pastor of a fundamentalist Church of God (Restoration) congregation in Aylmer, Ontario, a group described by former members as "controlling" and "cult-like". Hildebrandt also has the title of Apostle in the global presbytery of the Church of God (Restoration). In, what some suggest, is an effort to fulfill church prophesy and attract new members, Hildebrandt became an outspoken critic of COVID-19 restrictions and led his congregation in defying restrictions on gatherings since April 2020, which he alleges is a government conspiracy to destroy the true Christian church. Early life Hildebrandt is a former Mennonite who was born in 1963 to a Plautdiesch-speaking family, near Cuauahtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico. At a young age, Hildebrandt left the Mennonite church to join the German Church of God. Hildebrandt immigrated to Canada in 1985 and became a Canadian citizen in 1989. Soon thereafter he joined the Church of God (Restoration) sect and quickly became a leader. Child abuse controversy In 2001, Hildebrandt and his congregation were thrust into the national limelight due to a clash between a family in the congregation and the local Children's Aid Society over the physical discipline of children. Several children were seized from a home among Hildebrandt's congregation, as they were disciplining their children using straps and sticks. Also of concern for child welfare authorities was the fact the church prohibited families from taking sick children to medical doctors. Hildebrandt defended the family, claiming their discipline methods were advocated by his church, were based on their "biblically-held convictions", and did not constitute abuse. Following the incident, more than 100 members of his congregation fled to the United States and Mexico over fears the government would "restrict their freedoms" to hit their children using straps and sticks. Hildebrandt was criminally charged after he "publicly identified a child who is part of a child welfare proceeding," which is illegal in Ontario. Anti-COVID-19 restrictions activism In April 2020 during the COVI9-19 pandemic, Hildebrandt held drive-in services at his church despite strict gathering limits mandated by the province of Ontario. No charges were laid and after several weeks the Ontario government relented and modified the regulations to allow for such gatherings. After holding multiple indoor church services in defiance of Ontario government mandates in January and February 2021, Hildebrandt and his congregation were ordered by the Superior Court of Justice to abide by all COVID-19 restrictions mandated by the government of Ontario. On 14 May 2021, he and the congregation were found in contempt of court and Justice Bruce Thomas ordered the doors of the church be locked and fines of $117,000 were issued. In response, Hildebrandt's church and the Trinity Bible Chapel based in the Waterloo region, brought a constitutional challenge arguing that Covid public health measures interfered with their religious freedom. In March 2022, Ontario Superior Court Justice Renee Pomerance ruled against Hildebrandt, finding that public health measures were “reasonably and demonstrably justified” given the unprecedented public health crisis. Hildebrandt appealed this judgement but The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the lower court. Hildebrandt again appealed the Court of Appeal's ruling. In August 2023, the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear Hildebrandt's appeal. As a result the outstanding charges faced by Hildebrandt and his churge have been re-activated. In February 2022, Hildebrandt became an outspoken supporter of the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa. He led bilingual worship services in front of the Parliament Buildings along with a pastor from Montreal during the convoy's presence in Ottawa and confronted police with his religious message. In August 2022, Hildebrandt's son Herbert Hildebrandt was found guilty of assaulting an 82-year-old man during a pandemic-related confrontation outside the church in 2021. In August 2023, Hildebrandt pled guilty to one count of violation of pandemic restrictions, as part of a plea deal. All other Covid-related charges against him were dropped, and he agreed to pay a fine of $52,000. References External links Pastor Henry Hildebrandt The Church of God (Restoration) Official Home Page 1963 births Mexican emigrants to Canada Mexican evangelicals Canadian evangelists Canadian Mennonites Mexican Mennonites Living people Christian conspiracy theorists Cult leaders

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Thomas DeMarco

Thomas DeMarco (born January 16, 1989) is a former professional Canadian football quarterback. He played for the BC Lions, Ottawa Redblacks and the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). College career College of the Desert DeMarco started his collegiate career at College of the Desert in Palm Desert. While there, he passed for 1,792 yards and 14 touchdowns during the 2008 season. He also rushed for 8 touchdowns. Old Dominion In 2009, DeMarco transferred to Old Dominion University. DeMarco dressed for 35 games over three seasons at Old Dominion and started 27 times. He passed for 5,732 yards with a 57.7 completion percentage and racked up 51 touchdowns. DeMarco also ran for 1,456 yards and 30 TDs. As a junior in 2010, DeMarco ranked seventh nationally in total offence at 289 yards per game. He was named as an Honorable Mention All-American in 2010 by Consensus Draft Services. During a game against University of Massachusetts in 2011, a defensive end rolled over his ankle. True freshman Taylor Heinicke would play the rest of the game, later becoming the Monarchs' starting quarterback. Professional career BC Lions While DeMarco did not get drafted by a National Football League team, he signed a two-year deal with the BC Lions on May 14, 2012. He started the season as the Lions' third-string quarterback, behind Travis Lulay and Mike Reilly. On October 6, 2012, DeMarco made his pro debut against the Calgary Stampeders, completing 3 of 6 passes for 35 yards; his first completion was a five-yard pass to Geroy Simon. During the 2012 offseason, Reilly was traded to the Edmonton Eskimos, making DeMarco the backup to Lulay. Despite his small size for a quarterback, DeMarco found a niche as the Lions' short-yardage quarterback. On September 15, 2013, DeMarco (while in relief of an injured Lulay) threw his first career touchdown, a 14-yard pass to Marco Iannuzzi against the Montreal Alouettes. The following week, DeMarco would get the start (due to Lulay's shoulder injury) against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He led the team on a late drive down the field, which set up a 42-yard Paul McCallum field goal to win the game 24-22. He finished the game going 18 for 33, with 208 yards and 2 touchdowns. DeMarco would struggle the following weeks, eventually getting replaced by Buck Pierce during the October 19 game against Edmonton. Lulay returned as starter for the playoffs, but the Lions were eliminated by the eventual Grey Cup Champions, Saskatchewan. DeMarco finished the year with 1,325 yards passing, 10 touchdowns and 8 interceptions. Ottawa Redblacks On December 16, 2013, Ottawa selected quarterbacks DeMarco and Kevin Glenn (from Calgary) in the first round of the 2013 CFL Expansion Draft (the first round being designated for Imports). On February 4, 2014, after being released by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, quarterback and veteran CFLer Henry Burris signed a three-year contract with the Redblacks, thus creating a quarterback controversy between Burris, Glenn, and DeMarco. On May 13, 2014, Glenn was traded to the BC Lions during the 2014 CFL Draft in exchange for the fifth overall pick in that draft. DeMarco began the season as the 2nd string QB behind veteran Henry Burris. DeMarco only appeared in 4 games in the 2014 CFL season before suffering a season-ending ACL tear in his left knee. He has the unusual distinction of punting for the first Redblacks touchdown at TD Place Stadium when his onside punt was recovered for a touchdown by Dobson Collins on August 2, 2014. DeMarco dressed for all 18 regular season games and three post-season games in 2015, but played sparingly due to the health and strong play by league MOP, Henry Burris. He became a free agent on February 9, 2016. Edmonton Eskimos DeMarco signed as a free agent with the Edmonton Eskimos on April 16, 2016. He was released July 10, 2016. The Eskimos' starting quarterback Mike Reilly got banged up in the first round of the playoffs, which prompted the Eskimos to sign DeMarco back to their roster ahead of the Eastern Final. DeMarco was released by the Eskimos on December 13, 2016. Personal DeMarco has a major from Old Dominion in Business Management. He is currently working towards his Master of Business Administration. References External links Ottawa RedBlacks bio 1989 births Living people American football quarterbacks American players of Canadian football BC Lions players Canadian football quarterbacks Edmonton Elks players Old Dominion Monarchs football players Ottawa Redblacks players People from Palm Desert, California Players of American football from Riverside County, California Palm Desert High School alumni College of the Desert Roadrunners football players

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Toe loop jump

The toe loop jump is the simplest jump in the sport of figure skating. It was invented in the 1920s by American professional figure skater Bruce Mapes. The toe loop is accomplished with a forward approach on the inside edge of the blade; the skater then switches to a backward-facing position before their takeoff, which is accomplished from the skater's right back outside edge and left toepick. The jump is exited from the back outside edge of the same foot. It is often added to more difficult jumps during combinations and is the most common second jump performed in combinations. It is also the most commonly attempted jump. History The toe loop jump is the simplest of the six jumps in the sport of figure skating. It was invented in the 1920s by American professional figure skater Bruce Mapes, who might have also invented the flip jump. In competitions, the base value of a single toe loop is 0.40; the base value of a double toe loop is 1.30; the base value of a triple toe loop is 4.20; and the base value of a quadruple toe loop is 9.50. Firsts Technique The toe loop is considered the simplest jump because not only do skaters use their toe-picks to execute it, their hips are already facing the direction in which they will rotate. The toe loop is the easier jump to add multiple rotations to because the toe-assisted takeoff adds power to the jump and because a skater can turn their body toward the assisting foot at takeoff, which slightly reduces the rotation needed in the air. It is often added to more difficult jumps during combinations and is the most common second jump performed in combinations. It is also the most commonly attempted jump, as well as "the most commonly cheated on take off jump", or a jump in which the first rotation starts on the ice rather than in the air. Adding a toe loop to combination jumps does not increase the difficulty of skaters' short or free skating programs. According to figure skating researcher Deborah King and her colleagues, the toe loop jump can be divided into four key events and three phases. The key events are: the toe-pick, or the moment the skater places his or her toepick into the ice; the take-off, or the last contact the skater makes with the ice; the jump's maximum height; and the landing, or the moment the skater returns to the ice. The three phases are: the approach, which begins when the skater initiates the three turn entering into the jump and ends when they initiate the toe-pick; propulsion, which begins at the toe-pick and ends at take-off; and flight, which begins at take-off and ends at landing. A skater initiates the toe loop with a forward approach on the inside edge of the blade, then switches to a backward-facing position before its takeoff, which is accomplished from the skater's right back outside edge and left toepick. The jump is exited from the back outside edge of the same foot. The skater approaches the right back outside edge of his or her skate from the landing of a previous jump when done in combination, from the right back outside edge from a right forward inside-to-right back outside three turn, or from a left forward outside-left back inside three turn followed by a change of foot. After completing the three turn, the skater reaches their free leg behind them and slightly outside the direction they are traveling, much like a pole-vaulter. Then they place the left toepick in the ice with the opposite foot they will use to make the landing, and jump while pulling the right leg back and around the left and reaching forward and around with the right arm and shoulder, thus achieving the rotation. They draw their arms into the body for the desired number of rotations. They should face forward, with their free leg approximately parallel to their take-off foot and with their arms as close to their body as possible, which results in keeping their arms and legs close to their bodies and remain in tight rotating positions at the moment of take-off, helping them attain faster rotational velocities in the air. King and her colleagues, when they studied quadruple toe loop jumps at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, counted 71 attempted quadruple toe loop jumps or quadruple toe-loop combination jumps. Of those, there were 33 quadruple toe loops performed not in combination with other jumps, 13 of which were landed cleanly, without a fall, without the skater touching a hand down on the ice, or without stepping out of the landing onto the other foot. They also found that "the most significant aspect" for completing toe loop jumps was the ability to increase rotational velocity while in the air. King also found that skaters who performed quadruple toe loops began to rotate their shoulders earlier than in triples, so that by the time they completed their toe-pick, their hips and shoulders were more aligned about their longitudinal axes. As a result, their hips and shoulders turned more uniformly during the propulsion phase of the jump. Vertical take-off velocity, however, was higher for both quadruple and triple toe loops, resulting in "higher jumps and more time in the air to complete the extra revolution for the quadruple toe-loop". Footnotes References Works cited Kestnbaum, Ellyn (2003). Culture on Ice: Figure Skating and Cultural Meaning. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. King, Deborah; Smith, Sarah; Higginson, Brian; Muncasy, Barry; Scheirman, Gary (2004). "Characteristics of Triple and Quadruple Toe-Loops Performed during The Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics" (PDF). Sports Biomechanics. 3 (1). Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2022. Figure skating elements Jumping sports Sports biomechanics

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Karl-Heinz Priester

Karl-Heinz Priester (20 March 1912 – 16 April 1960) was a German far-right political activist. While he played only a minor role in Nazi Germany, Priester became a leading figure on the extreme right in Europe after the Second World War. Under the Nazis A native of Hesse-Nassau, Priester joined the regiment of the Hitler Youth that covered the south of the territory in 1932. He would go on to serve as head of propaganda for the Hitler Youth. He also acted as executive director of Kraft durch Freude from 1935 to 1939. Following the outbreak of the Second World War Priester applied to join the Schutzstaffel but was rejected and instead enlisted in the Luftwaffe as a war correspondent. Subsequently switching to the army as a lieutenant, he ended the war as a liaison officer for the Waffen SS. During the course of his war service he was seriously injured. Post-war Priester was interned by the American occupation forces from 1946 to 1948. When released he joined the National Democratic Party, a rightist party led by Heinrich Leuchtgens and mainly active in Wiesbaden (and distinct from the later National Democratic Party of Germany). Act as the group's propagandist, he helped to ensure that the group secured local representation. However Priester's neo-Nazi tendencies put him at odds with the more conservative leadership and in December 1949 his wing broke away. This group, largely based in Hesse, linked up with the Fatherland Union of Karl Freitenhansl to form a new party, the Nationaldemokratische Reichs-Partei (NDRP). The new group co-operated with the Socialist Reich Party for a time but merger discussions floundered as Priester became isolated from his colleagues due to his heavy-handed style of leadership. Eventually Priester was expelled from the NDRP in December 1950, establishing his own Deutsch-Soziale Bewegung in March of the following year. Priester was keen to develop supranational co-operation between extreme right groups and to this end he was central to the organisation of a conference in Rome from 22–25 October 1950 at which representatives of several such movements were in attendance. He was also in attendance at the 1951 conference in Malmö that saw the foundation of the European Social Movement (ESM). Priester initially had problems attending after his visa was refused (and according to Philip Rees he did not actually attend the event because of this) but ultimately he was appointed to the four man council of leadership alongside chairman Per Engdahl, Maurice Bardèche and Augusto De Marsanich. Priester was an enthusiastic supporter of the idea of a united Europe although his co-operation with another leading light of that position, Oswald Mosley, was hamstrung by the stormy nature of their personal relations. A strong opponent of democracy, he would later move to have the Italian Social Movement expelled from the ESM due to their willingness to co-operate with more mainstream right-wing parties in Italy. Priester was a featured essayist for Nation Europa from the journal's foundation in 1951 and was a close ally of its founder Arthur Ehrhardt. Working closely with Otto Skorzeny, Priester attempted to utilise the magazine as a rallying point for his dream of European unity and travelled widely promoting this aim, including meetings in London with his rival Mosley. The two even worked together on their shared aim of exporting the idea to South Africa, where Mosley had already secured an alliance with former cabinet minister Oswald Pirow. He was also a close collaborator of René Binet, helping him to develop his journal La Sentinelle. Priester's involvement in domestic politics waned as he came to concentrate his efforts on publishing and the development of the international movement. The Deutsche Gemeinschaft of August Haussleiter absorbed his Deutsch-Soziale Bewegung in 1952, with both becoming part of the Nationale Sammlung the following year. He would subsequently chair a meeting at Weisbaden where he made a final attempt to unite the various competing far right groups in Germany but this was unsuccessful. Publishing He controlled his own publishing house, the Verlag Karl-Heinz Priester, which produced the works of a number of authors including Paul Rassinier. The Verlag also published Advance to Barbarism, an attack on the validity of the Nuremberg Trials by British Union of Fascists and Union Movement activist F.J.P. Veale, with an introduction written by another prominent critic of the trials Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey. References 1912 births 1960 deaths German neo-Nazis German publishers (people) Hitler Youth members Pan-European nationalism SS officers German nationalists Luftwaffe personnel of World War II German Army officers of World War II Waffen-SS personnel German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States

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Lispenard Stewart

Lispenard Stewart Jr. (June 19, 1855  – October 15, 1927) was an American lawyer who served as New York State Senator. Early life Stewart was born on June 19, 1855, in Hudson, New York. He was the son of Lispenard Stewart (1809–1867) and his wife Mary Rogers Rhinelander (1821–1893, a member of the New York prominent Rhinelander family and first cousin of Frederic W. Rhinelander). He was the brother of Sarah Lispenard Stewart (1837–1920), William Rhinelander Stewart (1852–1929), and Mary Rhinelander Stewart (1859–1949), who married iron magnate Frank S. Witherbee. Through his brother William, he was the uncle of Anita Rhinelander Stewart (1886–1977) who married Prince Miguel, Duke of Viseu, grandson of King Miguel I of Portugal. His paternal grandparents were Alexander Stewart (nephew of Continental Congressman Lt.-Col. Charles Stewart) and Sarah Stewart (née Lispenard, a granddaughter of Col. Leonard Lispenard). He was the maternal grandson of William Christopher Rhinelander (1790–1878), Lieutenant in Colonel Stevens' Regiment in the War of 1812. He graduated from Yale in 1876, the same year he entered Columbia Law School, graduating in 1878. During his second year in the law school studied also in law office of Platt & Gerard. Career While still in law school, he was admitted to the office of the estate of his great-grandfather, William Rhinelander. He was admitted to the bar May 27, 1879, and then became created a firm with his brother, known as "William R. Stewart & Lispenard Stewart, Attorneys" which they ran until 1900. He devoted most of his time to the administration of estates, charitable, philanthropic, and educational work. In January, 1877, he was granted power of attorney for his mother and two aunts. After his grandfather's death in June 1878, he was named one of three executors and trustees, by his grandfather, in November 1878. The estate of William Rhinelander, who was a prominent merchant, was valued conservatively at $60,000,000 upon his death. By the time of his mother's death in 1893, the estate was said to be worth $75,000,000 with annual income in excess of $3,000,000. He was elected a director of the Rhinelander Real Estate Company in 1903, becoming its first treasurer. He served until November 1921 when poor health forced him to resign. He was then elected vice-president of the company, serving in that role until his death in 1927. Political career Stewart was the New York County representative to the Republican State Committee, serving as its treasurer. He was also a delegate to the National Republican Conventions in 1896 and 1900 and a presidential elector in 1888 where he acted as Secretary of the Electoral College. From January 1, 1890, succeeding Cornelius Van Cott who became Postmaster of New York City, he served in the 112th and 113th New York State Legislatures as a New York State Senator representing the 8th District (16th and part of the 9th, 15th, 18th, 20th and 21st Ward of New York City). He ended his service on December 31, 1891, and was succeeded by Martin T. McMahon. Boards and clubs From its inception in 1890, he was a director and a stockholder of the Real Estate Trust Company (later known as the Fulton Trust Company in 1906). He was also a trustee of Grant Monument Association, president of New York State Prison Commission from 1895 to 1903, director of New York Prison Reform Association, of New York Eye and Ear Infirmary (which he served as vice-president of the board from 1905 to 1908 and president from 1908 to 1919), of Protestant Episcopal Church Missionary Society for Seamen of the City and Port of New York from 1883 until 1901, and of the Roosevelt Hospital from 1909 until 1919. Stewart was also a manager of New York Zoological Society, a member of the committee which erected the Washington Square Arch (led by his brother William), president of Newport Golf Club from 1907 to 1910, a governor of the Newport Casino from 1911 to 1921, of the Newport Reading Room from 1902 to 1923, of the Spouting Rock Fishing Club from 1900 to 1922, and of the Clambake Club of Newport. Personal life He was a member of Grace Church in New York City and Trinity Church in Newport. He was a close friend of A. Lanfear Norrie, with whom he threw a 100-person dinner and evening of vaudeville before the two traveled to Mexico on vacation. He was also a friend of society fellow Harry Lehr. He also owned a "cottage" called "White Lodge" on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, where he entertained regularly. In 1897, he entertained Jennie Tuttle Hobart and Garret Hobart, the then Vice President of the United States at his home in Newport. Other guests included Gov. Elisha Dyer, Sen. Chauncey Depew, Mrs. Astor, Anthony Joseph Drexel, Jr., and Marion Graves Anthon Fish, among others. Stewart, who did not marry, died at his home, 6 Fifth Avenue, on October 15, 1927. He had been an invalid for several years. His funeral was held at Grace Church and he was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. He left the bulk of his estate to his brother and sister and their descendants. References External links 1855 births 1927 deaths New York (state) state senators Yale University alumni Columbia Law School alumni Politicians from New York City Gilded Age Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery Lawyers from New York City

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Paul Perez

Paul Lusi Perez (born 26 July 1986) is a Samoan rugby union player. Career Sevens In 2005 and 2006, Perez was part of the Samoa sevens side. He was also a member of the Samoan side that played at the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament in Hong Kong. Taranaki He then joined the 15-man version of the sport, moving to New Zealand, where he represented between 2006 and 2009. He was also their leading try-scorer in the 2008 Air New Zealand Cup. However, in May 2010, he was deported back to Samoa after being convicted on two counts of domestic assault on his pregnant partner. Eastern Province Kings (2010) He looked set to join RC Toulon in the French Top 14 competition for the 2010–11 season, but visa problems prevented him from making the move to France. Instead, he joined South African provincial side for their 2010 Currie Cup First Division season, scoring six tries in nine appearances to help the Kings win the First Division, but failing to win promotion to the Premier Division. A knee injury then ruled him out of the entire 2011 season. Sevens and international rugby In January 2012, it was announced that he signed a six-month deal as a medical joker for Top 14 team Castres Olympique, but visa problems again prevented him from joining up with them. Instead, he was called up by the Samoa Sevens team for several legs of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. His good performance in this series lead to a call-up to Samoa national team for the 2012 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, where he made his debut against Tonga on 5 June 2012. Eastern Province Kings (2012) He returned to the for the 2012 Currie Cup First Division season. He scored five tries in eleven appearances and once more helped the Kings to win the First Division title, but once more missing out on promotion to the Premier Division. He also won two prizes at the Kings' end-of-season awards ceremony, winning the "Media Player of the Year" and "Try of the Year" awards. Eastern Province Kings (2014) After more appearances with the Samoa sevens side, Perez once again suffered a knee injury which ruled him out of action for the rest of 2013. He signed a contract to join Top 14 team Biarritz on a three-year prior to the 2013–14 Top 14 season, but for a third time, his rugby career in France was thwarted by visa problems and he failed to arrive at the club. Instead, he returned to the EP Kings. In March 2014, South African media sources reported that he was set for a move back to the prior to the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division campaign. He subsequently arrived in Port Elizabeth in April, with his move to the side pending a full recovery from a pre-existing knee injury. He spent the entire Currie Cup season undergoing rehabilitation for the knee injury and wasn't involved in any first team action. He was named in the EP Kings' training squad for the 2015 season, but his contract was terminated in November 2014 due to absenteeism. Sharks (2015–) Shortly after his dismissal from the Kings, Durban-based side the announced that Perez joined them on a trial basis. He was included in their squad for the 2015 Super Rugby season. He failed to make any appearances in the competition, however, instead playing in two matches for the in the 2015 Vodacom Cup competition, scoring a try on his debut against and making his first start for the Sharks in their match against Perez's former side, the . Toulouse (2015) French Top 14 side signed Perez during the 2015–16 as a medical joker to replace the injured Yoann Huget, with Perez joining the side after 's elimination from the pool stage of the 2015 Rugby World Cup. References Samoan rugby union players Eastern Province Elephants players Taranaki rugby union players Living people 1986 births People educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School Samoan emigrants to New Zealand People deported from New Zealand Samoan expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in South Africa Samoan expatriate sportspeople in South Africa People educated at Whanganui City College Samoa international rugby union players Rugby union wings Sharks (Currie Cup) players Stade Toulousain players Sharks (rugby union) players Biarritz Olympique players 2015 Rugby World Cup players

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Supermodelo 2007

Supermodelo 2007 was the second season of Supermodelo. Due to the success of the previous season the number of contestants was increased from 13 to 20 girls. The show took place live once every week, where a public vote decided which one of two nominated contestants would be eliminated from the competition, and the judges would nominate a new set of contestants for elimination. The period in between was pre-recorded, and tracked the progress of all the girls as they received lessons on various aspects of modeling, took part in photo shoot sessions and other fashion related challenges. The goal of the show was to find Spain's next representative in the Elite Model Look contest. The winner of the competition was 21-year-old Noelia López from Seville. Episodes Castings Originally aired: 13–17 August 2007 Prior to the beginning of the main competition, a short series of 22-minute segments following the castings aired twice a day from Monday through friday beginning on 13 August. Gala 1 Originally aired: 27 August 2007 Lisa, Janire, Gracia and Dabryna were eliminated from the competition, leaving sixteen girls standing. The remaining girls had a casting for Custo Barcelona, where Isabel and Marta V. were selected to attend one of his shows in New York City. At the end of the week, Magdalena and Irene were nominated for elimination. Eliminated: Lisa Charlotte, Janire Alejos, Gracia de Torres & Dabryna Sedeno Nominated for elimination: Irene Valerón & Magdalena Pérez Gala 2 Originally aired: 3 September 2007 Irene was chosen by the public as the first contestant to be eliminated from the competition. The remaining models had to face a second round of nominations, but only after taking part in a summer-themed runway show. The final test was a bridal runway show where the girls had to wear designs by Rosa Clará. Sandra and Paola were nominated for elimination. Eliminated: Irene Valerón Nominated for elimination: Paola Ditano & Sandra Girón Gala 3 Originally aired: 10 September 2007 Eliminated: Paola Ditano Nominated for elimination: Marta Abarrategui & Raquel Hernández Gala 4 Originally aired: 17 September 2007 Eliminated: Raquel Hernández Nominated for elimination: Marta Abarrategui & Sandra Girón Gala 5 Originally aired: 24 September 2007 Eliminated: Marta Abbarategui Nominated for elimination: Magdalena Pérez & Sandra Girón Gala 6 Originally aired: 1 October 2007 Eliminated: Sandra Girón Nominated for elimination: Jessica Ruíz & Marta Vicente Gala 7 Originally aired: 8 October 2007 Eliminated: Jessica Ruíz Nominated for elimination: Marta Vicente & Paloma Bloyd Gala 8 Originally aired: 15 October 2007 Quit: Marta Vicente Nominated for elimination: Silvia Salleras & Zaida Rodríguez Gala 9 Originally aired: 22 October 2007 Eliminated: Silvia Salleras Nominated for elimination: Paula Hidalgo & Zaida Rodríguez Gala 10 Originally aired: 29 October 2007 Eliminated: Paula Hidalgo Nominated for elimination: Magdalena Pérez & Paula Bernaldez Gala 11 Originally aired: 5 November 2007 Eliminated: Paula Bernaldez Nominated for elimination: Paloma Bloyd & Zaida Rodríguez Gala 12 Originally aired: 12 November 2007 Quit: Zaida Rodríguez Finalist: Noelia López Nominated for the final: Alba Carrillo & Isabel Cañete Nominated for elimination: Magdalena Pérez & Paloma Bloyd Semifinal Originally aired: 19 November 2007 Immune: Noelia López Finalist: Isabel Cañete Eligible for elimination: Alba Carrillo, Magdalena Pérez & Paloma Bloyd Eliminated: Paloma Bloyd Final Originally aired: 26 November 2007 4th place: Alba Carrillo 3rd place: Isabel Cañete Runner-up: Magdalena Pérez Supermodelo 2007: Noelia López Contestants (ages stated are at start of contest) Results  ELIM  The contestant was eliminated  SAFE  The contestant was a candidate for nomination but was saved  NOM  The contestant was nominated for elimination  QUIT  The contestant quit the competition  FINAL  The contestant advanced to the finale  NOM  The contestant was nominated for a place in the final  IMMUNE  The contestant was exempt from elimination  WINNER  The contestant won the competition In gala 1, Lisa, Janire, Gracia and Dabryna were eliminated by the judging panel before nominating Irene and Magdalena for elimination by the public. In gala 8, Marta V. quit the competition, automatically saving Paloma from elimination. In gala 12, Zaida quit the competition, automatically saving Paloma from elimination. It was later revealed that Zaida would have been eliminated regardless of her decision to quit. Noelia was selected by the contestants to advance to the final. Alba and Isabel were nominated by the judges for one of the three remaining spots in the final. This left Magdalena and Paloma in danger of elimination. In gala 13, Isabel was selected to advance to the final by the public, which left Alba in danger of elimination along with Magdalena and Paloma. The contestant with the fewest votes was Paloma, and she was eliminated as a result. Judges and mentors Judit Mascó - host Daniel El Kum - stylist & judge Manuel Batista - stylist & judge Vicky Martín Berrocal - designer & judge Cristina Rodríguez - stylist Emmanuel Rouzic - photographer Javier Martínez - nutritionist Jimmy Roca - fitness coach Marta Romero - acting coach Rubén Nsue - dancing instructor Valerio Pino- runway coach Viewing figures References External links Official website (archive at the Wayback Machine) 2000s Spanish television series

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Xenoa

Xenoa is a 2007 sci-fi action-fantasy Filipino film, directed by Sean Lim. The film was released to Philippine theaters on August 22, 2007. It stars Isabel Granada, Paolo Ballesteros and Rafael Nanquil. The film gives a glimpse of the power struggle for the planet Xenoa. When the ruler of the triple-star system, Queen La’ian (Clem Poblete) gives birth to the heirs of the Xenoan throne, she decides to protect them from the scheming General Norak (Ronnie Martinez) by sending the triplets – Eli, Zeus and Drix (played by Granada, Ballesteros and Nanquil respectively) – to faraway Earth. The film was released under the tagline "Three siblings. Two worlds. One empire." Plot The ruler of Xenoa, Queen La'ian, gives birth to the heirs of her throne: Eli, Zeus, and Drix. She decides to protect her triplets from the scheming leader of rival world Zephyr, General Norak, by sending her children to faraway Earth. Two decades later, the lives of the three estranged siblings intersect in the most unexpected way. Everything they know and love is suddenly threatened when General Norak zeroes in on them from light years away. The spiteful alien wants unconditional, uncontested power over Xenoa, but he is unable to achieve this as long as the true heirs to the throne are still alive. He is so hellbent on ruling Xenoa that he does not think twice about turning sibling against sibling in his quest for power. Cast Isabel Granada as Eli Paolo Ballesteros as Zeus Rafael Nanquil as Drix Geryk Genasky Aguas as Dennis Clementine Poblete as La'ian / Lilia Ronnie Felipe Martinez as Norak Lesley Leveriza as Amanda Marq Dollentes as Alien actor Richard Turner as Bartender Sophia Castañeda as Bar customer Michael Poblete as Chevrolet driver Apollo Abraham as Drix's foster father Hiyasmin Neri as Jane Katsuji Kikuchi as John Yan Monette Rosello as Land lady Alan Marasigan as Mr. Legazpi Lily Chu as Martha Daniel Magisa as Mayor Villaruel P.J. Lanot as Mike Production Development Sean Lim, director and writer of the film, admitted that Xenoa is his first film, although he has co-directed a Big Foot production shot in Hong Kong. He tells that the film is about hybrid human beings from another planet called "Xenoa". Lim admits to having a longtime crush on Isabel Granada. According to him, he specifically cast Isabel for the role because of her almond-shaped eyes, making her perfect for the role of a hybrid human named Eli. Her character is described as a naïve yet undeniably gorgeous woman. She is trusting and generous to a fault. Eli grows up in an orphanage house managed by nuns. Granada was supposed to play as the Queen. When director Lim saw her, he re-cast her as one of the triplets since she was too young to play the queen. Xenoa is considered to be Granada's comeback film, since her last movie was still in 2001 which was Halik ng Sirena. Release Xenoa’s world premiere happened on August 14, 2007, at 7 p.m. at SM Megamall Cinema 1, Ortigas Center. Regular showing dates were from August 22 up to 28, 2007 at all SM Cinemas nationwide. Soundtrack "Collide" is the official soundtrack single for Xenoa. It was the only song used for the promotion of the film. The song was performed and recorded by Filipino singer Nina. In October 2007, the song was included on her re-issued album Nina Featuring the Hits of Barry Manilow. It was also nominated for Best Song Written for Movie/TV/Stage Play on the 2008 Awit Awards. On October 22, 2007, the song was made available on digital download through iTunes. Music video The music video for "Collide" was also directed by the film's director, Sean Lim. The video starts with Nina, shown lying on a beatle car. She is then seen singing to the song in close-up, with black background and night lights. Later, she is seen in a bedroom terrace and scenes from the movie start to appear. The scene goes back to the beatle car, where a bright light suddenly struck her face. By the last chorus, Nina is seen wearing a black gown, while floating in the air (with the use of special effects). References External links 2000 films 2000 action films Philippine independent films Philippine science fiction action films Philippine science fantasy films 2000s Tagalog-language films

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Daryl Fordyce

Daryl Thomas Fordyce (born 2 January 1987) is a Northern Irish retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Early career Fordyce played for St Andrews and Lisburn Youth in Northern Ireland, winning major trophies with both teams when he was younger. He later joined Portsmouth. Working his way up through the club's youth ranks, Fordyce spent the second half of the 2005–06 season on loan at AFC Bournemouth before going back to Portsmouth. Glentoran In July 2007, he signed for Glentoran in Northern Ireland. At the beginning of the Irish League 2010/11 season he scored five goals against Lisburn Distillery in the first game of the season in a 6-1 win. Fordyce agreed a deal with Linfield just after the end of 2010/11 season, although he was in contract re-negotiations with Glentoran. Linfield In 2012, Fordyce won the league title with Linfield after defeating Portadown 2–1 on 7 April. The team also won the Irish Cup for a record 42nd time, defeating Crusaders 4–1 in the final. Though Fordyce did not score in the final, he did score in Linfield's 5-1 defeat over Carrick Rangers. FC Edmonton On 18 January 2013, it was announced that Fordyce, along with his teammate Albert Watson, would not return to Linfield in the following season, instead seeking new playing opportunities in Canada. On 25 February 2013, it was reported that both would join FC Edmonton. After four seasons in Edmonton, Fordyce left the club as its all-time leading scorer, a title which he still holds to this day. FC Cincinnati The United Soccer League club FC Cincinnati announced that it had signed Fordyce on 16 January 2017. After little playing time with FC Cincinnati, Fordyce was released by the club in June 2017. Return to Edmonton Shortly after, Fordyce re-signed with FC Edmonton. After the 2017 season, with the future of FC Edmonton and the NASL in doubt, Fordyce was released from FC Edmonton. Sligo Rovers On 8 February 2019, Fordyce signed a one-year contract with the League of Ireland Premier Division side Sligo Rovers. That season, he made 29 league appearances, scoring two goals, while making two appearances in the FAI Cup and one in the League of Ireland Cup. Valour FC On 10 January 2020, Fordyce signed with the Canadian Premier League side Valour FC. He made his debut for Valour in their season opener on August 16 against Cavalry FC. He scored his first goal for Valour against his former club FC Edmonton on August 29, helping his team to a 2–1 victory. Fordyce retired from professional football in January 2023. International career Fordyce has represented Northern Ireland at Under-19 level, scoring both goals in the 2–1 European U19 Championship victory over Moldova in October 2005. He also scored four goals for Northern Ireland U-19 against Serbia & Montenegro. He has made five appearances for the Northern Ireland national under-21 football team, scoring against Germany in November 2006. Career statistics References External links BBC profile NIFG profile 1987 births Living people Men's association football forwards Association footballers from Belfast Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland Expatriate men's association footballers from Northern Ireland Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in the United States Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland Portsmouth F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Glentoran F.C. players Linfield F.C. players FC Edmonton players FC Cincinnati players Sligo Rovers F.C. players Valour FC players English Football League players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players USL Championship players League of Ireland players Canadian Premier League players Northern Ireland men's under-21 international footballers

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Laser medicine

Laser medicine is the use of lasers in medical diagnosis, treatments, or therapies, such as laser photodynamic therapy, photorejuvenation, and laser surgery. The word laser stands for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation". History The laser was invented in 1960 by Theodore Maiman, and its potential uses in medicine were subsequently explored. Lasers benefit from three interesting characteristics: directivity (multiple directional functions), impulse (possibility of operating in very short pulses), and monochromaticity. Several medical applications were found for this new instrument. In 1961, just one year after the laser's invention, Dr. Charles J. Campbell successfully used a ruby laser to destroy an angiomatous retinal tumor with a single pulse. In 1963, Dr. Leon Goldman used the ruby laser to treat pigmented skin cells and reported on his findings. The argon-ionized laser (wavelength: 488–514 nm) has since become the preferred laser for the treatment of retinal detachment. The carbon dioxide laser was developed by Kumar Patel and others in the early 1960s and is now a common and versatile tool not only for medicinal purposes but also for welding and drilling, among other uses. The possibility of using optical fiber (over a short distance in the operating room) since 1970 has opened many laser applications, in particular endocavitary, thanks to the possibility of introducing the fiber into the channel of an endoscope. During this time, the argon laser began to be used in gastroenterology and pneumology. Dr. Peter Kiefhaber was the first to "successfully perform endoscopic argon laser photocoagulation for gastrointestinal bleeding in humans". Kiefhaber is also considered a pioneer in using the Nd:YAG laser in medicine, also using it to control gastrointestinal bleeding. In 1976, Dr. Hofstetter employed lasers for the first time in urology. The late 1970s saw the rise of photodynamic therapy, thanks to laser dye. (Dougherty, 1972) Since the early 1980s, applications have particularly developed, and lasers have become indispensable tools in ophthalmology, gastroenterology, and facial and aesthetic surgery. In 1981, Goldman and Dr. Ellet Drake, along with others, founded the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery to mark the specialization of certain branches of medicine thanks to the laser. In the same year, the Francophone Society of Medical Lasers (in French, Société Francophone des Lasers Médicaux) was founded for the same purpose and was first led by Maurice Bruhat. After the end of the 20th century, a number of centers dedicated to laser medicine opened, first in the OCDE, and then more generally since the beginning of the 21st century. The Lindbergh Operation was a historic surgical operation between surgeons in New York (United States) and doctors and a patient in Strasbourg (France) in 2001. Among other things, they utilized lasers. Advantages The laser presents multiple unique advantages that make it very popular among various practitioners. Due to its directional precision, a laser precisely cuts and cauterizes tissues without damaging neighboring cells. It's the safest technique and most precise cutting and cauterizing ever practiced in medicine. Laboratories use lasers extensively, especially for spectroscopy analysis and more generally for the analysis of biochemical samples. It makes it possible to literally "see" and more quickly determine the composition of a cell or sample on a microscopic scale. The electrical intensity of a laser is easily controllable in a safe way for the patient but also variable at will, which gives it a very wide and still partially explored range of uses (in 2021). Disadvantages The principal disadvantage is not medical but rather economic: its cost. Although its price has dropped significantly in developed countries since its inception, it remains more expensive than most other common technical means due to materials, the technicality of the equipment necessary for the operation of any laser therapy, and the fact that it requires only certain specific training. For example, in France (as in other countries with a social security system), dental, endodontal or periodontal laser treatment is classified outside the nomenclature and not reimbursed by social security. Lasers Lasers used in medicine include, in principle, any type of laser, but especially the following: CO2 lasers, used to cut, vaporize, ablate, and photocoagulate soft tissue. diode lasers dye lasers excimer lasers fiber lasers gas lasers free electron lasers semiconductor diode lasers Applications in medicine Examples of procedures, practices, devices, and specialties where lasers are utilized include the following: angioplasty cancer diagnosis cancer treatment dentistry cosmetic dermatology such as scar revision, skin resurfacing, laser hair removal, and tattoo removal dermatology, to treat melanoma frenectomy lithotripsy laser mammography medical imaging microscopy ophthalmology (includes Lasik and laser photocoagulation) optical coherence tomography optogenetics prostatectomy plastic surgery, in laser liposuction, in the treatment of skin lesions (congenital and acquired), and in scar management (burns and surgical scars) surgery, to cut, ablate, and cauterize tissue See also Dental laser Endovenous laser therapy Laser-assisted new attachment procedure Laser surgery Light therapy Low level laser therapy Photodynamic therapy Photomedicine References External links Laser applications Medical physics

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Mistshenkoana

Mistshenkoana is a genus of crickets in the subfamily Podoscirtinae and tribe Aphonoidini. Species can be found in tropical southeast Asia through to Australia and western Pacific islands. Species Mistshenkoana includes the following species: Mistshenkoana abbreviata Gorochov, 2007 Mistshenkoana anatom Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana angustifrons Chopard, 1930 Mistshenkoana anisyutkini Gorochov, 2007 Mistshenkoana aperta Gorochov, 2007 Mistshenkoana asymmetrica Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana baduri Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana belokobylskiji Gorochov, 1992 Mistshenkoana beybienkoi Gorochov, 1990 Mistshenkoana borneo Gorochov, 2007 Mistshenkoana buonluoi Gorochov, 2007 Mistshenkoana caudatus Bey-Bienko, 1966 Mistshenkoana chopardi Bey-Bienko, 1966 Mistshenkoana decora Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana designata Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana discreta Gorochov, 2007 Mistshenkoana erromango Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana fijiensis Gorochov, 1990 Mistshenkoana gracilis Chopard, 1925 Mistshenkoana hulu Gorochov, 2007 Mistshenkoana kisarani Gorochov, 2007 Mistshenkoana kolobagara Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana kongtumensis Gorochov, 1990 - type species Mistshenkoana kukum Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana lata Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana longa Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana malakula Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana nhachangi Gorochov, 2007 Mistshenkoana nigrifrons Gorochov, 2007 Mistshenkoana ornata Gorochov, 2007 Mistshenkoana ounua Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana ouveus Otte, 1987 Mistshenkoana padangi Gorochov, 2007 Mistshenkoana pangrango Gorochov, 2007 Mistshenkoana pileata Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana polyphemus Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana propria Gorochov, 2007 Mistshenkoana proxima Gorochov, 2007 Mistshenkoana ralum Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana rennell Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana reticulata Gorochov, 2007 Mistshenkoana rufa Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana sharovi Gorochov, 1990 Mistshenkoana solomonica Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana sumbawae Gorochov, 2007 Mistshenkoana surda Chopard, 1929 Mistshenkoana symmetrica Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana tembelingi Gorochov, 2007 Mistshenkoana uniformis Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana vanuatu Gorochov, 2008 Mistshenkoana vitiensis Saussure, 1878 Mistshenkoana weta Otte & Alexander, 1983 References External links Ensifera genera Podoscirtinae Orthoptera of Asia

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Cassinga

Cassinga or Kassinga is a town and commune in the municipality of Jamba, province of Huíla, Angola. It is situated on an old and important two-track road from Jamba to Huambo. Established as an ore mine and during the Civil War allegedly used as Namibian guerrilla training site and refugee camp, the place was the scene of the Battle of Cassinga, an airborne raid by the South African Defence Force against the People's Liberation Army of Namibia on 4 May 1978 that killed several hundred SWAPO fighters, Cuban soldiers and Namibian refugees. The settlement is a place of reverence and pilgrimage by both belligerents of the battle. Namibians celebrate Cassinga Day as a national holiday. SWAPO and the MPLA claimed the battle was a massacre of a refugee camp. The battle is thus regarded the turning point in the fight for Namibian independence, which then started drawing support from a wider segment of the population. Some South Africans, mostly those who fought in the battle, and their families, celebrate a "jewel of military craftmanship". These people pay respect to those who died in the battle, by visiting the town. No major commemorations or celebrations are held by the general South African public, of all races. History Before Independence One of the exploratory travels of the Dorsland Trek crossed Cassinga in 1874. There is still a monument remembering those trekboere that died during that trip. Located near the site is an old iron mine constructed by Krupp engineers working in concert with the colonial administration. Between 1966 and 1967, a second terminal for extracting the ore was completed at Saco, a bay just 12 kilometres north of Moçâmedes by Compania Mineira do Lobito, the Lobito Mining Company. Cassinga's product would eventually be channeled to Saco under direction of Portuguese authorities. Development of the installation was trusted to Krupp and SETH, a Portuguese subsidiary of Denmark's Højgaard & Schultz. Moçâmedes housed expatriate workers, the foreign engineers, and their families for two years until the first 250,000 tons of ore were shipped out in 1967. At that time Cassinga had about twenty buildings serving as warehouses, accommodation and offices. During the Civil War Cassinga continued to thrive until Angola's independence from Portugal in 1975. Abandoned by its European supervisors, the mine and the settlement quickly fell into neglect during the ensuing Angolan Civil War. It is located about halfway from Huambo to the South-West African border where the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), the military wing of the South West African People's Organization (SWAPO), launched guerrilla attacks. After using the ghost town as a stopover point for a few weeks, a PLAN squad led by Dimo Hamaambo occupied the place. Not long after the establishment of the PLAN camp at Cassinga, it began to function also as a transit camp for Namibian exiles. The Angolan government allocated the abandoned village to SWAPO in 1976 to cope with the influx of thousands of refugees from South-West Africa, estimated in May 1978 to total 3,000 to 4,000 people. UNICEF reported of a "well-run and well-organized" camp but "ill-equipped" to cope with the rapid refugee increase in early 1978. The Cubans, who set up a base at nearby Techamutete when they intervened in the war in 1975, provided logistical support to the SWAPO administration at Cassinga. According to SADF intelligence, "Logistic planning and the provision of supplies, weapons and ammunition to insurgents operating in central and eastern Ovamboland were undertaken from Cassinga. Medical treatment of the seriously wounded as well as the repair of equipment and the assembly of newly trained insurgents on their way to bases in the East and West Cunene Provinces all took place in Cassinga." By 1978, PLAN's presence had attracted the attention of the South African Defence Force. Executing a massive external raid (dubbed Operation Reindeer) involving paratroops of the 44 Parachute Regiment supported by bomber and strike aircraft, South Africa briefly occupied Cassinga on 4 May 1978. The assault, which left sixty Cuban military advisers and over five hundred South West African exiles dead, is now called Battle of Cassinga has been subject to international controversy. Angolan officials subsequently flew in a team of international journalists who photographed mass graves on site, verifying several bodies as women and children in civilian dress. Indignant at claims that its personnel had committed a war crime, the SADF continued to maintain that the defenders were uniformed PLAN combatants. The Angolan government counted 624 dead and 611 injured civilians as well as combatants. Among the dead were 167 women and 298 teenagers and children. Since many of the combatants were female or teenagers, and many combatants did not wear uniforms, the exact number of civilians among the dead could not be established. A secret report to the SWAPO Central Committee listed 582 dead and 400 wounded. The Namibians abandoned the camp after the attacks and moved their headquarters to Lubango. the site of the battle is still partly mined, and the mass graves have fallen into disrepair. Cassinga was the site of more fighting during Operation Askari, in late 1983. After driving back several Angolan units with air support and mechanised infantry, the SADF finally occupied the area for the second time on 22 December. Railway Japanese interests wish to reopen the iron ore mine and link it by rail to the Namibian port of Walvis Bay, this being the most efficient port in the region. This railway would go via Oshikango on Namibia's northern border. See also Cassinga Day, a national holiday in Namibia honouring those killed during the Battle of Cassinga. Railway stations in Angola Transport in Angola Iron ore in Africa References Explanations Notes Literature External links MBendi – Angola - Mining: Iron Ore Mining Saco Map Battle of Cassinga Populated places in Huíla Province Communes in Huíla Province Mining communities in Africa Mining in Angola

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Mansur Hoda

Mansur Hoda (1930–2001) was born in a middle-class Muslim family in the Indian city of Chhapra, Bihar. Mansur Hoda as a student, had worked as a research volunteer for the Intermediate Technology Group. After working for Indian Railways for ten years, he joined Bihar government as Inspector of Factories. Mansur Hoda was greatly influenced by E. F. Schumacher of Small Is Beautiful fame. Mansur Hoda was absolutely convinced by the Schumacher's concept of intermediate technology or appropriate technology – something between the sickle and the combine harvester, the hoe and the tractor – as the only feasible solution to the problems of massive unemployment that haunted India and other developing countries. In an article published in The Observer, E. F. Schumacher had strongly advocated for the "intermediate technologies" focusing on the need and skills possessed by the people of developing countries. He rejected the conventional aid policies which were based on transfer of modern large-scale technologies to poor countries lacking technical skills and mass market for them. This article aroused much interest and encouraged a few enthusiasts like George McRobie, Alfred Latham-Koenig and Mansur Hoda along with E. F Schumacher to create an advisory centre to promote the use of labour-intensive technologies. In 1966, the Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) – now known as Practical Action – was born. In 1968, along with his brother Surur Hoda, and helped by Schumacher, he formed the India Development Group UK, which runs rural development programmes in India with the help of the Indian business community in Britain. In 1972, he left his higher studies MSc in Nuclear Science, Surrey University and a lucrative career to establish and run the Appropriate Technology unit at the Gandhian Institute in Varanasi, India on request of Jayaprakash Narayan, the leading Gandhian in India. During his visit to India Development Group, UK, Jayaprakash Narayan met Mansur Hoda and persuaded him to return to India and carry out the work, which could help millions of poor Indians. Schumacher travelled with him to deliver a series of lectures. 1976, encourage with responses, an enlarged unit was established in Lucknow and named Appropriate Technology Development Association,(ATDA) with Mansur Hoda as its first director. It worked on improving and inventing number of rural and green technologies, including cotton spinning, renewable energy (solar cooker and biogas) and cycle rickshaw transport. Development of improved mini sugar factories, and an efficient 20-ton-a-day cement plant, using local raw material and making high-quality Portland cement brought international fame. Mansur Hoda was a strong advocate of "Production by masses instead of Mass Production". In his address to the International Conference on the Indian Government's document, Approach to the Five Year Plan 1974–79, held at the Imperial College, London, Mansur Hoda pointed out, "Development does not only mean increased production of goods- but also the development of people – the stimulation of their innate abilities, giving them a feeling of self-determination, self-respect, self-reliance and enthusiasm. Unless people are involved in the process of development and are given a chance to do something worthwhile, to grasp new ideas, acquire new skills and develop a sense of their own worth, no society can move out of misery and poverty" "Indeed, development is almost a meaningless word when a large percentage of the population can neither contribute to the nation's progress nor benefit from it". In 1983, Mansur Hoda help set up the Gandhi Foundation in London. He returned to India to set up the Schumacher Institute of Appropriate Technology (SIAT) in Lucknow. This institute trained young villagers in micro enterprises and rural skills. It included repairing of farm equipment, pumps, and scooters. It also contributed to health sector by training for primary healthcare. Under Mansur, SIAT also pioneered in the education and development of entrepreneurial skills of specially women and girls to make them financially independent. This work continues to be supported by British and European Union aid. Books Problems of Unemployment in India India Development Group References External links Obituary The Guardian salaam.co.uk Practical Action Appropriate technology advocates Gandhians 1930 births 2001 deaths Alumni of the University of Surrey

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Arckanum

Arckanum was a Swedish black metal solo band formed in 1993 by Johan "Shamaatae" Lahger, who was the only constant member. Arckanum ranks among the most influential and popular in the Swedish black metal scene. Shamaatae is also an author of occult literature and writes under the names Vexior/Ekortu. His first published work, titled Panparadox, was released 13 July 2009 by Ixaxaar. His second book, , was released in December 2010 by Fall of Man. His third book was published on December, 21st 2014 called , it is said to be a "book series" with each book dedicated to the Thursatru tradition. As of 2018, he has published multiple books and has many more to come. He put the band to rest in favour of being a writer. History Shamaatae joined his first band, Conquest, aged eleven, the band later evolving into Grotesque. On leaving Grotesque, Shamaatae formed a technical death metal band called Disinterment, who recorded one demo and played a few gigs before splitting up. At the end of 1992, Shamaatae decided to return to black metal and Arckanum was started. Initially a full band, it became a solo project after six months. After several releases, by 1998 Shamaatae had discontinued working with Necropolis Records because they went under, and turned his attention to writing books on the subjects of Pan, Old Norse traditions, runic witchcraft and anti-cosmic Satanism/chaos-gnosticism. He was still involved in music during this time still working with Arckanum and playing drums with The Hearsemen. Arckanum's album ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ was released on 1 June 2009. Antikosmos and ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ featured the guest appearance of Set Teitan of the bands Dissection and Watain. Shamaatae released 3 more full lengths and several EPs and splits before deciding to record Arckanum's final album which was released on 29 September 2017 through Folter Records, who are currently re-releasing the band's entire catalogue. Arckanum was split up in 2018 in order for Shamaatae to focus solely on his authorship and spiritual ventures. On 26 April 2019, Folter Records released , an EP which contains the remixed and remastered recordings that were supposed to be the 1994 demo ; Shamaatae was unhappy with the original recordings and kept the material unreleased until after he disbanded Arckanum. Lyrics Arckanum's lyrics deal mainly with the worship of Chaos, as well as anti-cosmic Satanism. He is noted for writing lyrics resembling Old Swedish, and he has stated that he tries to write his lyrics as grammatically correct as he can. In his latest three albums however, the language is clearly meant to resemble Old East Norse. Discography Albums Fran marder (15 May 1995) Necropolis Kostogher (20 February 1997) Necropolis Kampen (1998) Necropolis Antikosmos (21 June 2008) Debemur Morti/Moribund ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ (29 May 2009) Debemur Morti Sviga læ (18 October 2010) Regain Records Helvítismyrkr (16 September 2011) Season of Mist Fenris Kindir (10 May 2013) Season of Mist Den förstfödde (29 September 2017) Folter Records Demos Demo '93 (1993) Trulen (1994) EPs Boka vm Kaos (Feb. 2002) Kosmos wardhin dræpas om sin / Emptiness Enthralls (Feb. 2003) (split release with Contamino) Kaos svarta mar / Skinning the Lambs (14 June 2004) Carnal (split release with Svartsyn) Grimalkinz skaldi (13 June 2008) Antikosmos (11 April 2008) Hadelik (7 September 2008) (split release with Sataros Grief) Þyrmir (30 October 2009) Första trulen (26 April 2019) Compilations Arckanum – The 11 Year Anniversary Album (2004) References External links Official website (archive) Swedish black metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1993 1993 establishments in Sweden One-man bands Season of Mist artists

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Gilbert Academy

Gilbert Academy was a premier preparatory school for African American high school students in New Orleans, Louisiana. Begun in 1863 in New Orleans as a home for colored children orphaned by the American Civil War, the home moved to Baldwin, Louisiana in 1867. The Orphans Home evolved into a school and, over the next 80 years, became Gilbert Academy, a college preparatory school for African Americans. Gilbert Academy returned to New Orleans, achieved accreditation by the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges, and graduated many notable students until it closed in 1949. History Civil War origins The Union Army captured New Orleans April 25th, 1862, one year into the American Civil War, and the United States Department of War set up the Department of the Gulf as part of the United States Army. Nathaniel P. Banks, the Gulf Department's second commander, appropriated the vacant mansion of Confederate exile Pierre Soulé on Esplanade Avenue to house the Colored Orphans Home in 1863. Banks appointed fellow Bostonian Louise De Mortie to run the Home (Some sources name De Mortie herself as the founder). The Orphans Home remained in the Soulé mansion under De Mortie's care until 1866. She fundraised tirelessly, holding concerts and fairs at the Soulé mansion itself and touring the country to raise money until her death from yellow fever in New Orleans in 1867. Banks himself assisted in raising money for the orphanage, as evidenced by his name appearing on the imprint of cartes de visit sold on behalf of the institution. When the Civil War ended, New Orleans residents returned to reclaim their homes, Pierre Soulé among them. This necessitated finding the Colored Orphans Home new quarters. The Freedmans Bureau, a government agency created in 1865, transferred the children in 1866 to a Marine Hospital being built to replace one destroyed by explosion in 1861. Due to cost overruns and construction problems the hospital was never finished, requiring the children be moved yet again with a year. A combination of private donations and public funds enabled supporters to purchase a former sugar plantation 104 miles west of New Orleans. The orphans were moved there in 1867, to the area that eventually became today's town of Baldwin, Louisiana. The hope was that the Colored Orphans Home could become self-sufficient in its new location. However, promised public funds were withdrawn and a series of setbacks at the plantation made this impossible. Most of the orphans were placed with families by the end of 1874. From orphanage To academy As early as 1865 the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) began funding free schools across the Southern United States. Overwhelmed by the need the MEC formed the Freedman's Aid Society in 1866. Its primary mission was to support free public schools and train Negro teachers. Under the auspices of the MEC, the former orphanage in Baldwin opened in 1875 as La Teche Seminary. When William L. Gilbert, the owner of Gilbert Clock Factory in Winsted, Connecticut donated $10,000, plus a further $40,000 as an endowment to La Teche, the school's name was changed to Gilbert Seminary in recognition of his gift. (Other sources report Gilbert's initial contribution as $50,000). Over the next few decades, Gilbert Seminary became known variously as Gilbert Academy and Agricultural College, Gilbert Academy and Industrial College, Gilbert Normal and Industrial College and Gilbert Normal Academy. Six years before La Teche Seminary began, Rev. John P. Newman, again with the help of the MEC, opened the Union Normal School on Camp and Race Streets in New Orleans. In 1873, Rev. Joseph C. Hartzell purchased property on St. Charles Avenue. At the same time he obtained a charter to begin New Orleans University. Newman's Normal School moved to Hartzell's property on St. Charles and New Orleans University began operations. Although Gilbert Academy remained in Baldwin, it became an auxiliary school to New Orleans University. The two schools formed an administrative merger in 1919, with the two institutions remaining in their respective locations. When New Orleans University and Straight College combined to form Dillard University at a new campus in Gentilly in 1935, Gilbert Academy moved into the buildings vacated by New Orleans University. Back To New Orleans Already known for high academic standards while in Baldwin, Gilbert Academy became the premier private, independent college preparatory school for African American students in New Orleans, the first in the nation accredited by the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. Well before Gilbert Academy moved to its new home in Uptown New Orleans, as the area became known, the city was undergoing a transformation. Originally rural, improvements to the St. Charles Streetcar Line made the Uptown neighborhood more accessible and one of the most desirable places to live in the city. By the beginning of the 20th century, Uptown became more residential, segregated and expensive. In the 1910s, two African American universities in the Uptown area left or closed, their land purchased to build homes for the white population wanting to live there. Issues on a more state-wide basis also beset private academies like Gilbert. Research published on Negro education in 1939 reported: "At least four factors influenced the rapid decline of the schools, namely; (a) inadequacy of support;(b) consolidation with each other, and with public school systems; (c) perpetuation of a feud between publicly and privately supported education which hampered reconciliation, mentioned in b; and (d) the momentum given State-supported education with the reorganization of the State college and the inauguration of the Parish (County) Training School movement, which took place in Louisiana." Closure During its long and distinguished history Gilbert Academy educated students who went on to become important national figures. Margaret Davis Bowen became the Academy's principal about 1935; Marjorie Lee Brown was a mathematics teacher there for a short time; Joseph Henry Reason a language instructor. The school remained at 5318 St. Charles Ave until 1949, graduating its last class in June of that year. A historical plaque stands on the property, placed there by alumni of Gilbert Academy in 1993. It reads: Athletics Championships Football championships (1) State Championship: 1945 Notable alumni Taken from Gilbert Made Lofty Contribution unless otherwise noted. Harold Battiste Yvonne Busch Robert Frederick Collins, United States District Judge Thomas Dent (writer) Lolis Edward Elie Ellis Marsalis Jr Audrey "Mickey" Patterson Margaret Walker John Louis Wilson Jr. Andrew Young References 1873 establishments in Louisiana 1949 disestablishments in Louisiana Defunct high schools in New Orleans Educational institutions established in 1873 Preparatory schools in Louisiana

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Latvijas Radio

Latvijas Radio (shortened LR; literally "Latvia's Radio") is Latvia's national public-service radio broadcasting network. It began broadcasting on 1 November 1925, and has its headquarters in the Latvian capital, Riga. Latvijas Radio broadcasts six different channels in the FM band as well as via the internet: Latvijas Radio 1, Latvijas Radio 2, Latvijas Radio 3 – Klasika, Latvijas Radio 4 – Doma laukums, Latvijas Radio 5 – Pieci.lv, and Latvijas Radio 6 – Radio NABA. History Latvijas Radio is a national cultural institution, fostering radio drama, and organizing a radio choir as well as children's vocal groups. The organization's phonographic archives contain approximately 200,000 sound recordings. Latvijas Radio became a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) on 1 January 1993. From the restoration of Latvia's independence in 1991 to 31 December 1992, it was a member of the International Radio and Television Organisation (OIRT). Since 2013, it has collaborated with Latvijas Televīzija (Latvian Television) as part of the Public Broadcasting of Latvia news platform and online streaming service. The broadcaster has been fully funded by the state budget since 1 January 2021, when, after years of debate, it and television broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija exited the advertising market. Latvijas Radio (as Radio Riga) also broadcast programming in Swedish from 1960 to 1995. Radio stations Latvijas Radio 1 (LR1) LR1 is Latvia's main national radio station, presenting news, talk, current affairs programmes and analysis of economics, Latvian politics and culture, as well as programmes for children. The station's first broadcast was made on 1 November 1925. Slogan: Latvijas radio 1 – vienmēr pirmais ("Always first"). Latvijas Radio 2 (LR2) LR2, originally conceived as a youth station, today specializes in the broadcasting of Latvian-language pop and country music. Slogan: Dziesmas dzimtajā valodā ("Songs in our native language"). Latvijas Radio 3 – Klasika (LR3) LR3 is the only station in Latvia broadcasting classical music and jazz. Latvijas Radio's membership of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) means that the station's output includes relays of international concerts and other live broadcasts. Slogan: Mode mainās – klasika paliek ("Fashions change – the classics remain"). Latvijas Radio 4 – Doma laukums (LR4) LR4 broadcasts in minority languages, chiefly in Russian language, with programmes serving Latvia's Russian-speaking community. Slogan: Jūsu telpa, jūsu laiks, Ваше пространство и ваше время ("Your space, your time"). Latvijas Radio 5 – Pieci.lv (LR5) LR5 is Latvijas Radio's newest station, playing youth-oriented music from Latvia and other countries. “Pieci” in Latvian means “Five” and “Pieci.lv” could be translated as “Five.lv” Latvijas Radio 6 – Radio NABA (LR6) Free-format radio produced in association with the University of Latvia. At first, Radio NABA was a radio station produced by University of Latvia with help from Latvijas Radio (until March 2014. - the fifth channel on Latvijas Radio). When Pieci.lv formed in 2014, some programmes from Radio NABA continued to broadcast on Pieci.lv, but from February 2015 Radio NABA continued as a full-time radio station as Latvijas Radio sixth channel. Station logos See also Eastern Bloc information dissemination References External links Radio in Latvia Publicly funded broadcasters European Broadcasting Union members Eastern Bloc mass media Multilingual broadcasters 1925 establishments in Latvia Radio stations established in 1925 State media

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The Man with the Iron Heart

The Man with the Iron Heart is an alternate history novel by Harry Turtledove. Published in 2008, it takes as its premise the survival by Reinhard Heydrich of his 1942 assassination in Czechoslovakia and his subsequent leadership of the postwar Werwolf insurgency in occupied Germany, which Turtledove depicts as growing into a far more formidable force than was the case historically. This novel follows the typical format of Turtledove novels, following events from multiple points of view. These include the historical figure of Heydrich, a Soviet counter-intelligence NKVD officer, and several Americans: another counter-intelligence officer, a soldier, a Congressman, a newspaper reporter, and a housewife who leads a movement to withdraw American forces from Germany. Much of the inspiration for the developments of the novel are drawn from the American occupation in Iraq and the reaction to it back in the United States. Plot summary The point of divergence occurs in June, 1942, where Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich barely survives an assassination attempt in Prague. Historically, Heydrich was killed; this is the breakpoint which provides the basis for the rest of the novel. In February, 1943, shortly after the German defeat at Stalingrad, Heydrich meets with Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS. Foreseeing Germany's probable defeat, Heydrich convinces his superior to begin preparations for a possible partisan campaign should German forces lose the war. Two years later, Allied forces have conquered Germany, and Hitler and Himmler are both dead by their own hands. With the Nazi government having surrendered, insurgents under Heydrich's command immediately begin a series of guerrilla attacks against the occupying forces, using car bombs, improvised explosive devices, anti-tank rockets, and suicide bombers. The insurgents assassinate Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev and American General George S. Patton. Though occupation officials quickly become aware of the campaign, they are unable to find any quick solutions to it. The American and British military attempt to tighten security in their sectors, while the Soviet NKVD spearheads a ruthless suppression of German civilians, including deportations and reprisal killings. The French also conduct similar repressive measures in their occupation zone. As the casualties mount, Americans at home begin to question the effort. An Indiana housewife, who is informed that her son died on occupation duty, turns against American policy and forms an organization agitating to bring American soldiers home. Her Congressman, a Republican, uses the issue to launch attacks against the Truman administration and is soon joined by other members of his party. In Germany, a truck bomb destroys the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, killing several officials and forcing a postponement of the trials of Nazi war criminals. In Berlin, dozens of Soviet officers are killed at a New Year's Eve party when the insurgency succeeds in poisoning their drinks using wood alcohol. Though the demonstrations in America grow, the Soviets respond by tightening their crackdown further. Undeterred, Heydrich, concealed in an underground command post in the Bavarian Alps, continues to lead the guerrilla campaign. The American attempt to establish democratic institutions is thwarted when a mortar attack at a rally kills Konrad Adenauer, while the recapture of German nuclear physicists (during which Werner Karl Heisenberg is killed) leads Heydrich to a supply of radium that he uses in a dirty bomb which contaminates the American residential compound in Frankfurt. The Americans and the Soviets enjoy small successes against the insurgency, but the spectacular destruction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris and Westminster Cathedral and St. Paul's Cathedral in London by truck bombs further erodes the Western Allies' resolve to remain in Germany. In the United States, the Republicans win the midterm Congressional elections of 1946. Now in control of Congress, they increase pressure on President Truman to withdraw American forces, refusing to fund their further presence. Though American officers appreciate the need to remain, discontent grows with the enlisted ranks, as many draftees begin staging protests demanding to be returned home. Another attempt to convene war-crimes trials against the Nazi leadership in the Soviet sector is frustrated when a Douglas C-47 Skytrain loaded with explosives crashes into the courthouse, killing the judges and staff inside. American troops are now being withdrawn in increasing numbers. The Americans organize German civilian police in their zone, but this force's loyalty to democracy and ability to combat the re-emerging Nazis is doubtful. The C-47 attack finally brings about a degree of cooperation between the Soviet and American counterintelligence services. At a meeting, the Soviets turn over a Holocaust survivor who worked as a slave laborer constructing the bunker system Heydrich is using. He leads American forces to the bunker where the insurgent leader is hiding. When the U.S. Army begins to dig into the bunker, Heydrich and a group of his men attempt to escape, but come under fire by U.S. soldiers which results in Heydrich being killed. This success does not end the insurgency, however; Heydrich's deputy Joachim Peiper takes over as Reichsprotektor and orders the hijacking of three civilian airliners. While the Soviets remain committed to the occupation and to crushing the resistance, the Americans and British complete their withdrawal, leaving the Nazis ready to reemerge in western Germany. However, the French and Soviets tighten their grip on their occupation zones, leaving the ultimate fate of Germany in question as tensions continue to rise among the three remaining factions. References External links Washington Times Review National Review Online audio interview with Harry Turtledove about The Man with the Iron Heart 2008 American novels American alternate history novels Novels by Harry Turtledove Novels about World War II alternate histories Del Rey books Novels set in Germany Novels set in Berlin Novels set in Indiana Cultural depictions of Harry S. Truman Cultural depictions of Heinrich Himmler Fiction set in 1942 Fiction set in 1943 Fiction set in 1945 Fiction set in 1946 Fiction set in 1947 Reinhard Heydrich Novels about terrorism

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Pocahontas Fuel Company

Pocahontas Fuel Company operated mines in the state of Virginia in Boissevain and Amonate, and in West Virginia at Jenkinjones, Bishop, and Itmann. Pocahontas Fuel Company founded the Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company in 1907. In 1956 Pocahontas was acquired by the Consolidation Coal Company. Consolidation Coal Company became Consol Energy in 1991. Consol Energy mines coal at Amonate. Pocahontas Fuel Company used the Norfolk & Western Railway bring the coal to ports for shipment. Pocahontas Coalfield Pocahontas Coalfield is a large high quality coal deposit in Mercer County/McDowell County, West Virginia and Tazewell County, Virginia. The deposit mining started in 1883 in Pocahontas, Virginia at Pocahontas Mine No. 1, now on the National Register of Historic Places. The coal seams—Pocahontas No. 3, No. 4, No. 6, and No. 11—are some of the finest coal in the world, and are rated at 15,000 Btu/lb (35 MJ/kg). Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine is a U.S. National Register of Historic Places, as it is the first sub-bituminous coal mine in the Pocahontas Coalfield. In 1938 it was opned to the public, thus becoming the first exhibition coal mine in the United States. Pocahontas Fuel Company Store Pocahontas Fuel Company Store and Office Buildings is a historic company store and an office building located at Jenkinjones, McDowell County, West Virginia. Both buildings were designed by architect Alex B. Mahood and built in 1917. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. Pocahontas Steamship Company Pocahontas Steamship Company was a steamship shipping company that was founded in 1915 in New York City. Pocahontas Steamship Company mainly operated coal ships, called Collier ship. The coal ships loaded at Norfolk, Virginia and delivered the coal to New England ports. Pocahontas Steamship Company supported the World War II efforts. Pocahontas Steamship Company closed in 1961. World War II Pocahontas Steamship Company fleet of ships were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II Pocahontas Steamship Company operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II Pocahontas Steamship Company was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. Pocahontas Steamship Company operated ships for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its Pocahontas Steamship Company crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio. Ships Some ships owned: Isaac T. Mann, coal ship, named after banker Isaac T. Man, he was on the company's board. Freeman Joe Nancy Oakley L. Alexander (I), bow sank March 3, 1947 one mile southeast of Dyer Point, in very heavy seas. Oakley L. Alexander II, a Victory ship, SS Laconia Victory Lynchburg Victory built in 1945,acquired in 1952 renamed Pocahontas Fuel, converted to 7,828 gtons collier. Consolidation Coal, a Type T2 tanker ship, was the Redstone, built in 1945, acquired in 1958 SS William H. Machen sank on July 7, 1942, off New Hampshire in collision with ship Maid of Stirling a Stirling Shipping Company ship. SS Bylayl built in 1916 See also Pocahontas Historic District Pocahontas Fuel Company Store (Maybeury, West Virginia) Pocahontas Fuel Company Store (Switchback, West Virginia) World War II United States Merchant Navy References American companies established in 1882 Pocahontas Fuel Company Coal mining in Appalachia Mining in West Virginia Mining in Virginia

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Gilena

Gilena is a city located in the province of Seville, Spain. According to the 2005 census (INE), the city has a population of 3898 inhabitants. Historic events in Gilena In 1931, Gilena had over four thousand inhabitants and almost all of them worked in the agriculture. The work conditions were very hard; therefore the life standards were very difficult. The workers did not earn much money; they were unemployed most of the days. The poverty and even the famine were present in most of the Gilena families. On 12 April 1931 the local elections were celebrated in Spain. It was the first time for nearly sixty years that a free election had been allowed in Spain. The republican parties and left-wing parties won the elections in the cities. The Alfonso XIII's, monarchy and Primo de Rivera's dictatorship –before- were both a failure. Spanish people wanted a change in the government which could sort out their problems. On 14 April the Second Spanish Republic was announced; most Spaniards thought that their life would improve. The historians have always said that the change was required in the cities; the rural areas did not have freedom to choose their representatives because the “caciques” (or local political bosses) controlled the whole system. For example, in Gilena there was not any election; the law of 1907 allowed that the election was not needed if the number the vacancies were equal to the number of candidates. But the news told us that in Gilena, before the election, the socialists already were well organized; however, the system did not allow them to take part in the aforementioned election. On the other hand, on 14 April all of them went out to the streets to demonstrate their support to the Republic. During the Republic, in Spain, there were a lot of parties, however in Gilena there were only two: PSOE, the left-wing party, and IR, the centre party. Actually, this party, IR, was led by a landowner, a farmer “cacique”. The workers could choose either of them, but if you chose the Socialist Party, you did not work. The two parties had union headquarters in the same street. This location caused many tensions. On 9 October a committee, composed by public authorities, went to Seville to ask the civil governor for help. The same day, the socialist workers summoned a general strike to push in the meeting. In the dawn, the pickets went out to the fields to verify that anybody was working. The most complicated situation was given in the farmhouse called “Marqués”, the most important finca in the whole area, only 3 kilometres away from Gilena; its lands are included between Gilena and Aguadulce. Some pickets tried to convince the workers that they gave up their works, but they did not stop and they began to insult each other. The pickets returned to the union headquarters to ask for help. Meanwhile, from the farmhouse Marqués, they called the Aguadulce civil guards. When a hundred of workers returned, they found the civil guards aimed their guns at them. They were registered and led back to Gilena, to the civil guard's barracks. In the search, they did not find firearms. On the contrary, sticks, stones and other objects were found. The civil guard corporal, who did not know Gilena, led the prisoners' row to the town centre, which was a mistake. Along the way, others civil guards, who were patrolling the streets, joined up to a total of 10. When they came to the village, many people were gathering. The tension was growing. When the prisoners' chains passed in front of the socialist headquarters, the shouts grew. Then, several workers surrounded the corporal, took his gun off and put it into their headquarters. At that moment, when the other civil guards saw the corporal fallen on the floor, they began to shoot. Everybody run and hid everywhere. Many people hid away in the union headquarters; inside, some of them climbed up the courtyards wall to the next houses. Some hours later, the reinforcements of civil guards came from Osuna and Estepa. The corporal Pablo Garcia Albano and five workers died, one of them in the hospital in Seville. Many people were injured, sixty were arrested and many people remained inside their houses. The politics and military authorities visited the village; the journalists wrote about the events in their newspapers. For most of the papers, the victim was the corporal. Years later, the judgment was celebrated. The murderer was not identified and only three workers were found guilty by insults to the authorities. The legend told that a worker stuck a needle in the corporal's stomach, but the reality was that his head was shattered and the gun, stolen by the workers, was not ever shot. References External links Gilena - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía Municipalities of the Province of Seville

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Terence Francis MacCarthy

Terence Francis MacCarthy (born 21 January 1957), formerly self-styled Tadhg V, The MacCarthy Mór, Prince of Desmond and Lord of Kerslawny, is a genealogist, historian, and writer, best known for being a pretender to the Irish chiefly title of MacCarthy Mór. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he is a resident of Morocco. His last name is sometimes published as McCarthy. In 1992, having presented falsified documentation regarding his ancestry for official perusal, MacCarthy gained Chief of the Name recognition as the MacCarthy Mór. He worked to organise an affiliation of clan associations in Ireland and North America, building on heritage tourism. He also became active in the International Commission on Orders of Chivalry (ICOC), in which position he promoted an order known as the Niadh Nask. His claims were challenged in 1999 by The Sunday Times, which had conducted an investigation of his ancestry and found that his father was an ordinary working man in Belfast. Later that year, recognition of MacCarthy was withdrawn and he resigned the title; in 2003 the government discontinued the practice of granting courtesy honours to claimed chiefs of the name of Irish families. MacCarthy Mór On 28 January 1992, the Irish Genealogical Office conferred courtesy chief of the name recognition to Terence MacCarthy as the MacCarthy Mór, the title of the chief of the MacCarthy sept or clan. The title literally means "the great MacCarthy". The MacCarthys had been princes of Desmond, and earlier, through the Eoghanacht of Cashel, the kings of Munster. MacCarthy claimed the title based on tanistry rather than primogeniture, and said that his father renounced the title in his favour in 1980. He led an affiliation of MacCarthy clan associations in Ireland, Canada, and the United States, which appealed to heritage tourism trends of the time. MacCarthy instituted a quasi-chivalric order, the Niadh Nask, and conferred titles of nobility on his supporters. In the early 1990s, MacCarthy joined the International Commission on Orders of Chivalry (ICOC), an organisation whose stated purpose is to examine orders of chivalry to determine their legitimacy. By 1996, he was vice-president under the ICOC's founder and president, Robert Gayre. Gayre and MacCarthy used the ICOC's influence to promote the claimed legitimacy of the Niadh Nask, and MacCarthy's fraudulent nobiliary claims. At the same time, Gayre served as MacCarthy's "constable" in the Niadh Nask. The other eight members of the Board of the ICOC in 1996 included Patrick O'Kelly, who claimed to be "Baron O'Kelly de Conejera"; and six others who were members of the Niadh Nask. The ICOC's register listed its vice-president matter-of-factly as "The MacCarthy Mór, Prince of Desmond". In 1996, Robert Gayre died and Terence MacCarthy assumed his position as president of the ICOC. For the next three years, he continued to use its offices, influence, and publications to lend credence to his nobiliary claims. Controversy On 20 June 1999, The Sunday Times in Dublin published an article questioning both the facts of MacCarthy's particular application of tanistry, and his claim of descent from former chiefs of the MacCarthy clan. Various public statements on both sides were released over the next few months. His critics, pointing to his falsified ancestry, alleged that he was an impostor who misused his genealogical skills to fraudulently claim the title, then exploited it for personal financial gain and aggrandisement. His supporters argued that a culturally inappropriate and impossibly stringent standard was applied to MacCarthy's pedigree. They also claimed that MacCarthy was being singled out because of "jealousy of his success". Investigation of the case was rendered more difficult due to the refusal of the Genealogical Office to release all documents relating to the 1992 courtesy recognition. The Irish Freedom of Information Act of 1997 does not apply retrospectively, but documents relating to the case from April 1998 onwards were released. Sean J. Murphy, a County Wicklow genealogist, has published online accounts of the MacCarthy Mór case and also a full-length book. Media reported on research showing that MacCarthy's claim to be the MacCarthy Mór was based on fabricated documentation; rather than being aristocrats of Munster origin, his ancestors were ordinary Belfast working people. The surname of MacCarthy's paternal grandfather Thomas is listed on his birth certificate as "MacCartney", rather than the expected "MacCarthy". On a practical level, the issue was settled by two events. In August 1999, the Irish Genealogical Office nullified its previous recognition of Terence MacCarthy as the MacCarthy Mór. A group of twelve principal supporters met in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on 4 September 1999. The notes of this meeting and key concerns voiced were transmitted to Terence MacCarthy in Tangier on 8 September. Following a report to the group by historian Peter Berresford Ellis, who was given access to the files at the Genealogical Office in Dublin and who was “devastated” by the inadequacy of the pedigree evidence therein contained, an ultimatum demanding he produce the evidence lacking for his claim to the chiefship was transmitted to MacCarthy in Tangier by the "Atlanta Group" on 2 October. On 9 October 1999, after making no substantive answer to the "Atlanta Group", and thus losing the support of the Niadh Nask, MacCarthy abdicated the title. Barry Trant-McCarthy, a resident of England, applied for recognition under the title, but the Genealogical Office never made a decision on the matter. In 2003, the government discontinued the practice of granting courtesy recognition to chiefs of the name. See also Sliocht Cormaic of Dunguile, sept of the MacCarthy dynasty into whose pedigree Terence MacCarthy inserted himself References Sources McCarthy, Pete (2004) The Road to McCarthy: Around the World in Search of Ireland. London; New York: Fourth Estate; . Murphy, Sean J. (2004) Twilight of the Chiefs: The Mac Carthy Mór Hoax. Bethesda, Maryland: Academica Press; . External links Clan MacCarthy Society's MacCarthy Mór page The MacCarthy Mór Hoax Response of Peter Berresford Ellis to Sean J. Murphy’s article on the MacCarthy Mór issue in History Ireland 1957 births Living people Heraldists Writers from Belfast Impostor pretenders 21st-century writers from Northern Ireland

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Ishmael Bernal

Ishmael Bernal (September 30, 1938 – June 2, 1996) was a Filipino filmmaker, stage and television director, actor and screenwriter. Noted for his melodramas, particularly with feminist and moral issues, he directed many landmark Filipino films such as Nunal sa Tubig (1976), City After Dark (1980), Relasyon (1982), Himala (1982), and Hinugot sa Langit (1985). He was declared a National Artist of the Philippines in 2001. Biography Born in Manila on September 30, 1938, Bernal was the son of Elena Bernal and Pacifico Ledesma. He studied at Burgos Elementary School, Mapa High School and at the University of the Philippines where he finished his Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1959. After graduation he worked with Lamberto Avellana's documentary outfit before proceeding to France where he earned his Licentiate in French Literature and Philosophy at the University of Aix-en-Provence. He received his Diploma in Film Directing in 1970 at the Film Institute of India in Poona under the Colombo plan scholarship. An active participant in the struggle for artists' rights and welfare, Bernal was also a board member of the Concerned Artists of the Philippines and the Directors Guild of the Philippines, Inc. Until his demise, he remained part of DGPI. This organization studies the role of film as an instrument of entertainment, education, and development. As an artist Bernal participated in the U.P. Dramatic Club while finishing a college degree and was fan of classical music including opera. During the 1960s, Bernal put up When It's a Grey November in Your Soul, in Malate and Kasalo in Quezon City three decades later, which became the hang-out of students, journalists, poets, bands, theater and film artists. As a film director Bernal directed and wrote his first film, Pagdating sa Dulo (At the Top), in 1971. In this film we catch a glimpse into what Ishmael Bernal's ouvre would prefigure for the industry: it is a scene showing an aspiring actress (played by Rita Gomez) pondering on dreams blooming in deserts of desolation and dying out in a mirage that painfully conjures images of squatter colonies and sordid lives. The bold star stares out into the landscape and scans it, with the camera acting as her surrogate, but finally framing her against the embarrassingly majestic Cultural Center of the Philippines. The scene captures it all: the decadence of the Martial Law regime, along with its perverse aspirations to art, has doomed the destinies of Filipinos. From that time on, Bernal was established as an innovative and intelligent filmmaker who would not be content with conventional formulas of local film making. Under his name is a broad range of film genres and themes: historical dramas like El Vibora (The Viper), and the Bonifacio episode in the unreleased Lahing Pilipino (The Filipino Race); sophisticated comedies like Tisoy (Mestizo), Pabling (Playboy), Working Girls I and Working Girls II; experimental films like Nunal sa Tubig (Speck in the Water) and Himala (Miracle); and contemporary dramas exploring human psyches and social relationships, such as Ligaw Na Bulaklak (Wildflower), Mister Mo, Lover Boy Ko (Your Husband, My Lover), Ikaw Ay Akin (You Are Mine), Relasyon (The Affair), Aliw (Pleasure) and the film classic Manila by Night (or City After Dark). His sturdy filmography is mainly clustered around the themes and problems that inevitably encrust the "social" as the core of personal malaise. Bernal considered himself a feminist director and admitted that it was part of his interest to tackle issues affecting women. A significant part of his work is stories about and for women. For example, Relasyon, Hinugot sa Langit (1985), and Working Girls. Before Bernal died in Quezon City on June 2, 1996, he was scheduled to direct a film about the life story of Lola Rosa Henson, the comfort woman during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. In Philippine television Aside from film, Bernal also directed television shows like the long-time drama series Ang Makulay Na Daigdig ni Nora (The Colorful World of Nora) for which he was named Outstanding Director in a Drama Series by the Patas Awards in 1979; Metro Magazine, Isip Pinoy, Dear Teacher and episodes for PETABISYON and Lorna. As an actor, he played lead roles in stage plays like Kamatayan Sa Isang Anyo Ng Rosas (Death in the Form of a Rose) in 1991 and Bacchae in 1992. Activism Bernal had been an activist since university, when he was a member of the Student Cultural Association of the University of the Philippines. After graduation, he became involved in Kabataang Makabayan youth organization. He protested film censorship and was part of the Free the Artist movement and the Concerned Artists of the Philippines. His films, including those he directed during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, were also known for bearing feminist and social realist themes. Achievements He won the Urian for best director four times for Dalawang Pugad, Isang Ibon (Two Nests, One Bird), 1977; Broken Marriage, 1983; Hinugot sa Langit (Wrenched From Heaven), 1985; and Pahiram Ng Isang Umaga (Lend Me One Morning), 1989; and the best screenplay for City After Dark, 1980. His film Pagdating sa Dulo, won for him the FAMAS for best screenplay award while Himala (Miracle), 1982, garnered nine major awards in the Metro Manila Film Festival. In that same year, Bernal was chosen by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino as the Most Outstanding Filmmaker of the Decade 1971-1980. Among the 10 best films chosen by the critics, five were his. These include Pagdating sa Dulo, Nunal sa Tubig, Manila By Night, Himala and Hinugot sa Langit. He was also hailed as Director of the Decade by the Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA). Bernal also won the CMMA Best Director Award (1983), the Bronze Hugo Award in the Chicago International Film Festival (1983) for the movie Himala. The Cultural Center of the Philippines presented him the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining for film in 1990. In 1993, he received the ASEAN Cultural Award in Communication Arts in Brunei Darrussalam. In New York City His Nunal sa Tubig (A Speck in the Water), Aliw (Pleasure) and Relasyon (The Affair) was among the 25 Filipino films shown in New York from July 31 to August 1999, organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, in partnership with the Philippine Centennial Commission, the Cultural Center of the Philippines, IFFCOM, the Philippine Information Agency, the Consulate General of the Philippines in New York and the Philippine Centennial Coordinating Council - Northeast USA. This series of Filipino films were presented at the Walter Reade Theater of the Lincoln Center, in celebration of the 100th year of Philippine Independence. Death He died on June 2, 1996, in Quezon City, Philippines of a heart attack. Filmography As director and writer Television Accolades See also Brocka-Bernal: Alaala ng mga Artista ng Bayan, December 1996 References External links 1938 births 1996 deaths Filipino feminists Filipino film directors Filipino television directors Male feminists National Artists of the Philippines Mass media people from Manila University of the Philippines Diliman alumni

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Edge-matching puzzle

An edge-matching puzzle is a type of tiling puzzle involving tiling an area with (typically regular) polygons whose edges are distinguished with colours or patterns, in such a way that the edges of adjacent tiles match. Edge-matching puzzles are known to be NP-complete, and capable of conversion to and from equivalent jigsaw puzzles and polyomino packing puzzle. The first edge-matching puzzles were patented in the U.S. by E. L. Thurston in 1892. Current examples of commercial edge-matching puzzles include the Eternity II puzzle, Tantrix, Kadon Enterprises' range of edge-matching puzzles, and the Edge Match Puzzles iPhone app. Notable variations MacMahon Squares MacMahon Squares is the name given to a recreational math puzzle suggested by British mathematician Percy MacMahon, who published a treatise on edge-colouring of a variety of shapes in 1921. This particular puzzle uses 24 tiles consisting of all permutations of 3 colors for the edges of a square. The tiles must be arranged into a 6×4 rectangular area such that all edges match and, furthermore, only one color is used for the outside edge of the rectangle. This puzzle can be extended to tiles with permutations of 4 colors, arranged in 10×7. In either case, the squares are a subset of the Wang tiles, reducing tiles that are similar under rotation. Solutions number well into the thousands. MacMahon Squares, along with variations on the idea, was commercialized as Multimatch. TetraVex TetraVex is a computer game that presents the player with a square grid and a collection of tiles, by default nine square tiles for a 3×3 grid. Each tile has four single-digit numbers, one on each edge. The objective of the game is to place the tiles into the grid in the proper position, completing this puzzle as quickly as possible. The tiles cannot be rotated, and two can be placed next to each other only if the numbers on adjacent edges match. TetraVex was inspired by "the problem of tiling the plane" as described by Donald Knuth on page 382 of Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms, the first book in his series The Art of Computer Programming. It was named by Scott Ferguson, the development lead and an architect of the first version of Visual Basic, who wrote it for Windows Entertainment Pack 3. TetraVex is also available as an open source game in the GNOME Games collection. The possible number of TetraVex can be counted. On a board there are horizontal and vertical pairs that must match and numbers along the edges that can be chosen arbitrarily. Hence there are choices of 10 digits, i.e. possible boards. Deciding if a TetraVex puzzle has a solution is in general NP-complete. Its computational approach involves the Douglas-Rachford algorithm. Hexagons Serpentiles are the hexagonal tiles used in various abstract strategy games such as Psyche-Paths, Kaliko, and Tantrix. Within each serpentile, the edges are paired, thus restricting the set of tiles in such a way that no edge color occurs an odd number of times within the hexagon. Three dimensions Mathematically, edge-matching puzzles are two-dimensional. A 3D edge-matching puzzle is such a puzzle that is not flat in Euclidean space, so involves tiling a three-dimensional area such as the surface of a regular polyhedron. As before, polygonal pieces have distinguished edges to require that the edges of adjacent pieces match. 3D edge-matching puzzles are not currently under direct U.S. patent protection, since the 1892 patent by E. L. Thurston has expired. Current examples of commercial puzzles include the Dodek Duo, The Enigma, Mental Misery, and Kadon Enterprises' range of three-dimensional edge-matching puzzles. Incorporation of edge matching The Carcassonne board game employs edge matching to constrain where its square tiles may be placed. The original game has three types of edges: fields, roads and cities. See also Domino tiling Wang dominoes References External links Erich's Matching Puzzles Collection Color- and Edge-Matching Polygons by Peter Esser Rob's puzzle page by Rob Stegmann Edge matching squares Tiling puzzles

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Hideo Kanaya

was a Japanese professional motorcycle racer and motorcycle racing team manager. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world championships from 1967 to 1975. He dominated Japanese road racing in the early 1970s and was the first Japanese rider to win a world championship 500cc Grand Prix race. Although Kanaya was a competitive racer, he was never allowed to compete in a full season in the world championships as, his main responsibility was as a test rider in Japan. Motorcycle racing career Born in Kobe, Japan, Kanaya first rose to prominence as a Kawasaki rider when, he finished in third place behind Bill Ivy and Stuart Graham at the 1967 125cc Japanese Grand Prix. In 1969 he won the 250cc class of the All Japan Road Race Championship riding a Kawasaki. Kanaya became a member of the Yamaha factory racing team in 1970 and, in 1971 he won the 90cc class as well as the open class of the All Japan Road Race Championship. In 1972 Yamaha sent Kanaya to Europe to compete in the 250cc and 350cc classes of the Grand Prix road racing world championships. At the season-opening 250cc German Grand Prix held at the challenging, long Nürburgring race track, Kanaya surprised his opposition by winning his first 250cc Grand Prix race on a standard Yamaha 250 TD3. He scored three more podium results in 1972 to finish the season ranked 11th in the 250cc class and 8th in the 350cc class. In his sole 500cc class appearance of 1972, he scored a 4th place result at the Belgian Grand Prix. For the 1973 season, Yamaha promoted Kanaya alongside 1972 250cc world champion Jarno Saarinen to compete on the newly developed four-cylinder, two-stroke YZR500 0W20 in the premier 500cc class. They would also compete in the 250cc class on a water cooled YZR250 0W17. Kanaya began the season with three consecutive second place results behind his teammate Saarinen in the 250cc class and, second and third place finishes in the 500cc class however, after Saarinen was tragically killed while competing in the fourth round of the championship at the Monza Circuit, Yamaha made the decision to withdraw its team for the remainder of the 1973 season and, Kanaya was sent back to Japan to resume his duties as a test rider. He was due to return to the world championships for the 1974 season as a teammate for multi-time world champion Giacomo Agostini however, Kanaya suffered serious injuries while competing in the pre-season Daytona 200 motorcycle race and, he was forced to miss the 1974 world championships as he recovered from his injuries. In his first race back after recovering from his injuries at the season opening 1975 500cc French Grand Prix, Kanaya finished in an impressive second place, just 0.5 seconds behind his teammate Agostini. At the third round of the world championship held at the fast Salzburgring circuit, he scored an impressive double victory by winning the 350cc and 500cc classes of the Austrian Grand Prix, becoming the first Japanese rider to win either class. After a third place finish at the fifth race of the season in Italy, Yamaha ordered Kanaya to return to Japan to continue his test riding duties. Despite only scoring points in four races, he still finished the 1975 season ranked third in the 500cc world championship final standings behind Giacomo Agostini and MV Agusta's Phil Read He also won the Macau Grand Prix in 1975. At the Suzuka round of the 1975 All Japan Championship, Kanaya shattered the existing lap record of 2 minutes, 20 seconds when he accomplished a lap time of 2:16.2. In 1976, Kanaya returned to compete in the Daytona 200 where, he qualified on the front row as the third fastest rider behind Kenny Roberts and Steve Baker. He finished the race in 7th place after his motorcycle developed tire wear problems which, forced him to make a pit stop for a tire change. Kanaya retired from racing in 1982 after competing in the TBC Big Road Race. In Japan, Kanaya continued to perform development work on Yamaha Grand Prix and production class race bikes. He died on December 19, 2013, at the age of 68. Grand Prix motorcycle racing results Points system from 1950 to 1968: Points system from 1969 onwards: (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) References Japanese motorcycle racers Sportspeople from Kobe 125cc World Championship riders 250cc World Championship riders 350cc World Championship riders 500cc World Championship riders 1945 births 2013 deaths

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Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov

Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov (; ) was a Russian nobleman and field-marshal, renowned for his success in the Napoleonic Wars and most famous for his participation in the Caucasian War from 1844 to 1853. Early life Vorontsov was born on 30 May 1782, in Saint Petersburg in the Russian Empire. He was the only son of Ekaterina Alekseevna Seniavina and Count Semyon Vorontsov. Mikail and his sister, Catherine (who later became the wife of George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke), spent their childhood and youth with his father in London, where his father was the Russian Ambassador to Great Britain. He was the nephew of Imperial Chancellor Alexander Vorontsov, Elizaveta Vorontsova and Princess Dashkova, a friend of Catherine the Great and a conspirator in the coup d'état that deposed Tsar Peter III and put his wife on the throne. Career From 1803 to 1804, he served in the Caucasus under Pavel Tsitsianov and Gulyakov. From 1805 to 1807, he served in the Napoleonic Wars, and was present at the battles of Pułtusk and Friedland. From 1809 to 1811 he participated in the Russo-Turkish War. He commanded the composite grenadiers division in Prince Petr Bagration's Second Western Army during Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812. At the Battle of Borodino, his division was in the front line and was attacked by three French divisions under Marshal Davout. Of the 4,000 men in his division, only 300 survived the battle. Vorontsov was wounded but recovered to rejoin the army in 1813. He commanded a new grenadiers division and fought at the Battle of Dennewitz and the Battle of Leipzig. He was the commander of the corps of occupation in France from 1815 to 1818. On 7 May 1823 he was appointed governor-general of New Russia, as the southern provinces of the empire were then called, and namestnik of Bessarabia. In the year of the start of the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829, Vorontsov succeeded the wounded Menshikov as commander of the forces besieging Varna, which he captured on 28 September 1828. It was through his energetic efforts that the plague, which had broken out in the Ottoman Empire, did not penetrate into Russia. In 1844, Vorontsov was appointed commander-in-chief and viceroy of the Caucasus (for military details see Murid War). At the Battle of Dargo (1845), he was nearly defeated and barely fought his way out of the Chechen forest. By 1848 he had captured two-thirds of Dagestan, and the situation of the Russians in the Caucasus, so long almost desperate, was steadily improving. For his campaign against Shamil, and for his difficult march through the dangerous forests of Ichkeria, he was raised to the dignity of prince, with the title of Serene Highness. In the beginning of 1853, Vorontsov was allowed to retire because of his increasing infirmities. He was made a field-marshal in 1856, and died the same year at Odessa. His archives were published, in 40 volumes, by Pyotr Bartenev between 1870 and 1897. Personal life Vorontsov was married to Polish Countess Elżbieta "Elisabeth" Branicka, a daughter of Count Franciszek Ksawery Branicki and Aleksandra von Engelhardt (a member of the powerful Engelhardt family). Her brother was Count Władysław Grzegorz Branicki who married Countess Róża Potocka (daughter of Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki). His wife reportedly had a liaison with Alexander Pushkin during her stay in Odessa, which resulted in some of the finest poems in the Russian language. Together, Mikhail and Elisabeth were the parents of: Prince Semyon Mikhailovich Vorontsov (1823–1882), who began construction of Massandra Palace upon his return from the Russo-Turkish War but died before completion; he married, against his parents' wishes, Madame Stolypina, née Princess Trubetskay, in Alupka in 1851. Princess Sofya Mikhailovna Vorontsova (1825–1879), who married Count Andrey Pavlovich Shuvalov in 1844. Prince Vorontsov died on 18 November 1856 in Odessa. Descendants As his son died without issue, his grandson through his daughter Sofya, Count Mikhail Andreyevich Shuvalov (1850–1903), inherited the title of Prince Vorontsov. Upon his death, without issue in 1903, the Vorontsov fortune passed to his elder sister, Countess Elizabeth Andreevna Shuvalova (1845–1924), who had married Count Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov. Legacy Between 1828 and 1848, Vorontsov built Vorontsov Palace as a summer residence at a cost of 9 million roubles. The palace is located at the foot of the Crimean Mountains near the town of Alupka in Crimea. Today, it is one of the oldest and largest palaces in Crimea and one of the most popular tourist attractions on Crimea's southern coast. It was designed in a loose interpretation of the English Renaissance revival style by English architect Edward Blore and his assistant William Hunt. The building is a hybrid of several architectural styles, but faithful to none. Among those styles are elements of Scottish Baronial, Indo-Saracenic Revival Architecture, and Gothic Revival architecture. The house stayed in the family until four years after the October Revolution, when it was nationalised in 1921 and converted into a museum. A statue of Prince Vorontsov was unveiled in Odessa in 1863. In front of the monument stands the Transfiguration Cathedral with the marble tombs of Prince Vorontsov and his wife. After the Soviets demolished the cathedral in 1936, Vorontsov's remains were secretly reburied in a local cemetery. The cathedral was rebuilt in the early 2000s. The remains of Vorontsov and his wife were solemnly transferred to the church in 2005. Notes References Gammer, Moshe. Muslim Resistance to the Tsar: Shamil and the Conquest of Chechnia and Daghestan. Frank Cass & Co., London, 1994. . External links Online museum of the Vorontsov Family Mikeshin, Mikhail. "Mikhail Vorontsov: A Metaphysical Portrait in the Landscape". Field marshals of Russia Governors-General of Novorossiya Viceroys in Moldova 1782 births 1856 deaths Russian military personnel of the Caucasian War Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917) 1840s in Georgia (country) Russian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars Members of the State Council (Russian Empire) Military personnel from Saint Petersburg Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Second Degree Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Third Degree Mikhail Semyonovich People of the Caucasian War

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Arrondissement of Narbonne

The arrondissement of Narbonne is an arrondissement of France in the Aude department in the Occitanie région. Its INSEE code is 113 and its capital city is Narbonne. It has 109 communes. Its population is 165,940 (2016), and its area is . It is the easternmost of the arrondissements of the department. The main cities, with more than 5,000 inhabitants in 2012, in the arrondissement are Narbonne (51,869 inhabitants), Lézignan-Corbières (10,883 inhabitants), Coursan (6,056 inhabitants), Port-la-Nouvelle (5,653 inhabitants) and Sigean (5,476 inhabitants). Geography The arrondissement of Narbonne is bordered to the north by the Hérault department, to the east by the Mediterranean Sea, to the south by the Pyrénées-Orientales department, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Limoux and to the northwest by the arrondissement of Carcassonne. Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Narbonne, and their INSEE codes, are: Albas (11006) Albières (11007) Argeliers (11012) Argens-Minervois (11013) Armissan (11014) Auriac (11020) Bages (11024) Bizanet (11040) Bize-Minervois (11041) Bouisse (11044) Boutenac (11048) Camplong-d'Aude (11064) Canet (11067) Cascastel-des-Corbières (11071) Castelnau-d'Aude (11077) Caves (11086) Conilhac-Corbières (11098) Coursan (11106) Coustouge (11110) Cruscades (11111) Cucugnan (11113) Cuxac-d'Aude (11116) Davejean (11117) Dernacueillette (11118) Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse (11123) Durban-Corbières (11124) Embres-et-Castelmaure (11125) Escales (11126) Fabrezan (11132) Félines-Termenès (11137) Ferrals-les-Corbières (11140) Feuilla (11143) Fitou (11144) Fleury (11145) Fontcouverte (11148) Fontjoncouse (11152) Fraissé-des-Corbières (11157) Ginestas (11164) Gruissan (11170) Homps (11172) Jonquières (11176) Lagrasse (11185) Lairière (11186) Lanet (11187) Laroque-de-Fa (11191) Leucate (11202) Lézignan-Corbières (11203) Luc-sur-Orbieu (11210) Mailhac (11212) Maisons (11213) Marcorignan (11217) Massac (11224) Mirepeisset (11233) Montbrun-des-Corbières (11241) Montgaillard (11245) Montjoi (11250) Montredon-des-Corbières (11255) Montséret (11256) Moussan (11258) Mouthoumet (11260) Moux (11261) Narbonne (11262) Névian (11264) Ornaisons (11267) Ouveillan (11269) Padern (11270) Palairac (11271) La Palme (11188) Paraza (11273) Paziols (11276) Peyriac-de-Mer (11285) Portel-des-Corbières (11295) Port-la-Nouvelle (11266) Pouzols-Minervois (11296) Quintillan (11305) Raissac-d'Aude (11307) Ribaute (11311) Roquecourbe-Minervois (11318) Roquefort-des-Corbières (11322) Roubia (11324) Rouffiac-des-Corbières (11326) Saint-André-de-Roquelongue (11332) Saint-Couat-d'Aude (11337) Sainte-Valière (11366) Saint-Jean-de-Barrou (11345) Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse (11351) Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude (11353) Saint-Martin-des-Puits (11354) Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude (11360) Saint-Pierre-des-Champs (11363) Sallèles-d'Aude (11369) Salles-d'Aude (11370) Salza (11374) Sigean (11379) Soulatgé (11384) Talairan (11386) Termes (11388) Thézan-des-Corbières (11390) Tournissan (11392) Tourouzelle (11393) Treilles (11398) Tuchan (11401) Ventenac-en-Minervois (11405) Vignevieille (11409) Villedaigne (11421) Villeneuve-les-Corbières (11431) Villerouge-Termenès (11435) Villesèque-des-Corbières (11436) Vinassan (11441) History The arrondissement of Narbonne was created in 1800. At the January 2017 reorganization of the arrondissements of Aude, it gained 27 communes from the arrondissement of Carcassonne. As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Narbonne were, as of January 2015: Coursan Durban-Corbières Ginestas Lézignan-Corbières Narbonne-Est Narbonne-Ouest Narbonne-Sud Sigean Tuchan References Narbonne Narbonne

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Eliane Coelho

Eliane Coelho (born in 1951 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian soprano singer. She was a soprano in the Frankfurt Opera and performed dozens of roles at the Vienna Staatsoper. Biography Coelho began studying architecture at a college in Rio de Janeiro, but she soon decided she would develop her singing career in Europe. She was a pupil of Solange Petit-Renaux, a former star of the Paris Opéra. In 1971, she moved to Germany and studied at the Musikhochschule, in Hanover. In 1974, she was already singing roles like Nannetta, Gretel, Zdenka, Violetta, Liù and Konstanze. In 1976, she concentrated her performances at the Stadttheater, in Bremen, where she stayed for six years and added roles like Fiorilla in Il turco in Italia, Norina in Don Pasquale, Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow and Lulu in Berg's Lulu. After starting her career as a lyric coloratura soprano, her voice gradually gained heft and a darker color, tending to the lyric and lyric spinto repertoire. In 1984, she became a regular soprano in the Frankfurt Opera. She also appeared as a guest artist in several opera houses, as in the Teatro Regio di Torino, where she sang in Lulu, and also in Aachen and in the Vienna Volksoper. In 1988, she sang the roles of Giulietta, in The Tales of Hoffmann, at the Festival of Bregenz, and of Donna Elvira at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro. In the late 80's, she had already sung in many countries. However, her definitive breakthrough would happen some years later. In 1990, she sang Tosca in Heidelberg and, in 1991, Donna Anna in Rio de Janeiro. In that same year, she was hired by the Vienna Staatsoper, where she debuted with a major success as Salome, which would become her most acclaimed role. From 1991 to 2003, she sang the Straussian role about 140 times. At that house, she performed dozens of roles, including: Maria in Maria Stuarda, Giulietta in The Tales of Hoffmann, Elettra in Idomeneo, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Salomé in Hérodiade, Hélène in Verdi's Jérusalem, Elena in I Vespri Siciliani, Abigaille in Nabucco, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Liù in Turandot, Lady Macbeth, Lina in Stiffelio, Maddalena in Andrea Chénier and many other roles. She also performed as a guest artist at the Vienna Volksoper as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin and as Abigaille, in 1992; at the Bavarian State Opera and at the Berlin Staatsoper as Salome, in 1995; at La Scala, in Milan, as Madama Butterfly, in 1996; at the Opéra Bastille, in Paris, as Salome, in 1996; and in other important opera houses all around the world, from Manaus, in Brazil, to Tokyo. In 2003 she was Tosca in Luciano Pavarotti's Berlin farewell performance. Also in 2003, she sang her first Turandot in St. Gallen and Berlin and received much applause. In 1998, Eliane Coelho received the title of Kammersängerin in Vienna. In 2005, Eliane Coelho came back from several months of rest and fight against cancer. She started her career again with a new role: Bellini's Norma. Other recent engagements include a return to Brazil where she sang La Gioconda at the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, and in São Paulo where she also sang Lady Macbeth from Mzensk for the first time in 2007. Coelho has interpreted operas by Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Strauss (besides Salome, she has sung Arabella and often presents in her concerts Strauss's Four Last Songs) and Verismo composers. In 2008 she sang her first Manon Lescaut in Bucharest and her first Elektra in Budapest. She debuted as Amelia in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera and as Anna Bolena in Donizetti's opera of the same name. She also performed as Amelia in Simon Boccanegra, performed Verdi's Requiem in Bucharest and gave a song recital in Moscow. She has also sung Brünnhilde in both Walküre and Götterdämmerung in Brazil in 2012 and 2013. References MusicWeb review of Coelho in Salome in Oxford 15 March 2002, accessed 21 January 2010 External links Audio and video clips on Eliane Coelho's Management's website 1951 births Living people Brazilian operatic sopranos Österreichischer Kammersänger 21st-century Brazilian singers 20th-century Brazilian women opera singers 21st-century Brazilian women opera singers

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SA Fillies Classic

The SA Fillies Classic is a South Australian Jockey Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for fillies aged three years old, over a distance of 2500 metres at Morphettville Racecourse in Adelaide, Australia during the SAJC Autumn Carnival. History After the introduction of the Australasian Oaks into the SAJC Racing Calendar the distance of the race was extended to 2400 metres. Prior to 1985 the race was held in the Spring. In 1979 the race was run at Cheltenham Park Racecourse and in 1980 the race was held at Victoria Park Racecourse. Name 1951–2008 - South Australian Oaks 2009 onwards - SA Fillies Classic Distance 1951–1972 - miles (~2000 metres) 1973–1978 – 2000 metres 1979 – 1850 metres 1980–1985 – 2000 metres 1986–1994 – 2400 metres 1995–2009 – 2500 metres 2010–2011 – 2400 metres 2012 onwards - 2500 metres Grade 1951–1979 - Principal Race 1980–2004 - Group 1 2005–2006 - Group 2 2007 onwards - Group 3 Winners 2023 - Let'sbefrankbaby 2022 - The Amazonian 2021 - Mimi's Award 2020 - Realm Of Flowers 2019 - Moor Gait 2018 - Pleasuring 2017 - Ana Royale 2016 - Chabaud 2015 - Okahu Bay 2014 - Rezoned 2013 - Wowee 2012 - Red Typhoon 2011 - Precious Lorriane 2010 - Danaupair Starlet 2009 - Zapurple 2008 - Queen Of Queens 2007 - Watches 2006 - Dream The Dream 2005 - Irish Darling 2004 - Dowry 2003 - Larrocha 2002 - She’s Archie 2001 - Asia 2000 - Voile D’Or 1999 - Episode 1998 - Zacheline 1997 - Derobe 1996 - Miss Margaret 1995 - Cherontessa 1994 - Pindi 1993 - Our Tristalight 1992 - Ramyah 1991 - Lee’s Bid 1990 - Gamine 1989 - Heavenly Body 1988 - Lady Liberty 1987 - Marmalitre 1986 - Cimarra 1985 - †race not held 1984 - Neliska 1983 - Casey Belle 1982 - Irish Heiress 1981 - Cache 1980 - Brunisse 1979 - Argent Wonder 1978 - Runaway Bride 1977 - Deesse 1976 - In Pursuit 1975 - Ace Queen 1974 - Fondness 1973 - Ready Or Not 1972 - Little Papoose 1971 - Persian Bronze 1970 - Rain Amore 1969 - Goliette 1968 - Valide 1967 - My Lady Fair 1966 - Lady Twilight 1965 - Te Parae 1964 - Bluepak 1963 - Raindear 1962 - Lady Fontaine 1961 - Queen Dassie 1960 - Kind Mount 1959 - Rose Of Summer 1958 - Demeter 1957 - Gentle Touch 1956 - Sleep Tight 1955 - Wine Lover 1954 - Genteel Star 1953 - Never Rest 1952 - Sadiya 1951 - Gay Comedy † Race not held in that year due to switch of race date in the racing calendar. The SAJC moved the race to the autumn for the 1985–86 racing season. See also List of Australian Group races Group races References Horse races in Australia Flat horse races for three-year-old fillies Sport in Adelaide

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Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar (2018)

The August 15, 2018, Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar were two airstrikes on İsmail Özden, a leading member of the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ). Four others were killed in the airstrike. Background In the 21st century, Iraqi Peshmerga, ISIS, YBŞ-PKK, Iraqi Army, and militias have battled for control over the Sinjar area. In August 2014, an offensive by ISIS upon Yazidi-held towns and the surprise withdrawal of Peshmerga forces based there left the local communities severely out-powered by ISIS militants. Mass executions of men and enslavement of Yazidi women and children took place, now referred as the Sinjar massacres and Yazidis genocide by ISIL. As locals took refuge in the hard-to-reach Sinjar mountains, ISIS set siege of the mountain range. On 9–11 August, a joint offensive by Syrian-Kurds PKK-YPG and USAF broke Sinjar siege and secured an escape corridor from Sinjar mountains to Syria's autonomous Rojava area. Later, the December 2014 Sinjar offensive with PKK-affiliated and Peshmerga forces supported by USAF's air surveillance and military support took firm control of the area. YPG took control of Yazidi area and kept both ISIS and Peshmerga forces at bay, continuing the building of local, PKK-inspired Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ). These YBŞ were led by Sheikh Khairy Khedr (d. 2014) and Zaki Shingali (d. 2018), himself referring to Qandil's PKK leadership. The strikes On 15 August 2018, the Turkish Armed Forces (, TSK) in cooperation with the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey (, MİT) carried out a cross-border airstrike into Iraqi territory. The operation was named "Bedirhan Mustafa Karakaya" after a ten-month baby boy, who was killed along with his mother by an improvised explosive device of the PKK in their private car on the return way after their visit to the father serving as a gendarmerie sergeant stationed at Yüksekova, Hakkari, southeastern Turkey on 31 July 2018. The MİT was able to listen Özden's satellite phone, and to localize his whereabouts. His activity was observed for three days. Turkey's drones initially wanted to bomb Singal's camp but eventually targeted his convoy instead, due to local intelligence and drone surveillance. A Turkish intelligence unit reported that Özden arrived in Kocho village at around 12:00 hours local time on 15 August 2018 for a ceremony in commemoration of the victims of the Sinjar massacre, which was perpetrated by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on the resident Yazidis in early August 2014. He remained about three and half hours in the region. Due to the presence of a large number of civilians around him, no operation started. He left the meeting place at around 15:30 in an armored vehicle in a convoy of four cars, which was observed by air and land around 20 minutes long. The entire operation took two hours and 24 minutes after the secret information was gathered by the Turkish side. The US may have provided intelligence to their Turkey allies. A video of the strike has since been published, showing the Turkish army's drone tracking and firing on two cars. When Shingali's car stopped by the road's side, a drone targeted and hit the car. People rushed in, and are seen moving the wounded or dead to a second car. The second car, transporting Shingali, was targeted by the Turkish drone in turn, and destroyed. According to a spokesman of the Multi-National Force in Iraq, "Turkey alerted the Coalition of their intentions to strike in the Sinjar area, but did not give any further targeting information". Reactions Yazidis: Singali is considered a hero to many Yazidis, due to his 2014 leadership in breaking Mount Sinjar siege and leading its following emergency evacuation against ongoing ISIS, summary executions of men and enslavement of Yazidi women and children, since referred to as the 2014 Sinjar massacre. UN Nikki Haley commented: "Today Turkey carried several air strikes in different locations in Sinjar. Sinjar continues to be a war zone. How can Yazidis recover from this genocide, or go back home?". Iraq, Ahmed Mahjoob, spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry: "The Iraqi Foreign Ministry condemns the Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar within the civilian-populated areas". Turkey, Turkish army General staff: "İsmail Özden, a member of the PKK executive committee and the terrorist group's senior figure in Sinjar … was eliminated during an operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces and intelligence on August 15." Nadia Murad also criticized the Turkish airstrikes, alleging they were executed on the anniversary of the massacres committed by ISIL against the Yazidi in the village Kocho. References 2018 airstrikes 2018 in international relations 2018 in Iraqi Kurdistan 2018 in Turkey Battles in 2018 Airstrikes in Iraq Conflicts in 2018 Nineveh Governorate August 2018 events in Asia Yazidi history History of the Kurdistan Workers' Party Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present) Military operations involving Iraq Terrorist incidents in Asia in 2018 Terrorist incidents in Iraq August 2018 events in Iraq

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List of people from Montpelier, Vermont

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in the US city of Montpelier, Vermont. Artists and authors Frederick W. Adams, physician and author Michael Arnowitt, classical and jazz pianist Ruth Payne Burgess, painter Jessica Comolli, beauty queen Kathryn Davis, novelist Garrett Graff, editor and educator Rob Mermin, founder of Circus Smirkus Frank Miller, comic book writer and artist Anaïs Mitchell, singer-songwriter Angelia Thurston Newman, poet, author, lecturer Arthur E. Scott, photo-historian of US senate Daniel Pierce Thompson, author Samuel C. Upham, journalist and counterfeiter Thomas Waterman Wood, painter Eric Zencey, novelist and essayist Military John W. Clark, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor Dayton P. Clarke, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor Richard A. Cody, general, 31st Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army Robert J. Coffey, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor Hannibal Day, Union Army brigadier general George Dewey, US Navy admiral William Charles Fitzgerald, US Navy lieutenant William W. Noyes, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor James Stevens Peck, American Civil War officer who later served as Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard Francis V. Randall, Union Army officer in the American Civil War Stephen Thomas, Union Army brigadier general and recipient of the Medal of Honor Politicians James H. Agen, Wisconsin State Assemblyman George H. Amidon, Vermont State Treasurer Howard E. Armstrong, Secretary of State of Vermont George W. Barker, U.S. Marshal for Vermont, Judge of Maniwitoc County, Wisconsin Francis K. Brooks, majority leader of the Vermont House of Representatives and member of the Vermont Senate George W. Cate, U.S. congressman Augustine Clarke, Anti-Masonic Party leader and Vermont State Treasurer Jedd Philo Clark Cottrill, Wisconsin state senator Ann Cummings, Montpelier mayor and member of the Vermont Senate Madelyn Davidson, Vermont State Treasurer Luther C. Dodge, mayor of Burlington, Vermont Benjamin F. Fifield, lawyer who served as United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, 1869–1880 Charles E. Gibson Jr., Vermont Attorney General Mary Hooper, state representative and mayor of Montpelier George Howes, Vermont State Treasurer Vincent Illuzzi, state senator Elisha P. Jewett, Vermont State Treasurer Levi R. Kelley, Vermont State Treasurer Patrick Leahy, U.S. senator, President pro tempore of the United States Senate Farrand F. Merrill, Secretary of State of Vermont Timothy Merrill, Secretary of State of Vermont Lucas Miltiades Miller, U.S. congressman from Wisconsin William Paddock, Wisconsin State Assembly John A. Page, Vermont State Treasurer Asahel Peck, 35th governor of Vermont Lucius Benedict Peck, U.S. congressman Andrew Perchlik, member of the Vermont Senate Clarence H. Pitkin, U.S. Attorney for Vermont and Washington County State's Attorney Charles W. Porter, Secretary of State of Vermont Samuel Prentiss, U.S. senator Theodore Prentiss, Wisconsin state assemblyman John H. Senter, U.S. Attorney for Vermont, Mayor of Montpelier, Vermont Jeb Spaulding, member of the Vermont Senate, Vermont State Treasurer, Vermont Secretary of Administration, Chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges John Spaulding, Vermont State Treasurer John Mellen Thurston, U.S. senator William Upham, U.S. senator Eliakim Persons Walton, U.S. congressman Anne Watson, mayor of Montpelier Charles W. Willard, U.S. congressman David Wing Jr., Secretary of State of Vermont Law and judiciary Nicholas Baylies, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court Louis P. Peck, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court Marilyn Skoglund, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, notable for becoming an attorney and judge without attending law school Charles Tetzlaff, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont John H. Watson, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court Sports Jim Laird, running back for several NFL teams Dave Moody, NASCAR commentator Amanda Pelkey, Team USA hockey team member Bob Yates, professional football player References Montpelier, Vermont Montpelier

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Louth Island

Louth Island (Nauo: Jorunu or Yoruna) is a 135 ha island located in Louth Bay, Spencer Gulf, South Australia. The island is privately owned, and has previously been used for the grazing of sheep and mining of guano. The island has an old building with sleeping quarters, several beaches, inshore rocky reef and a boat anchorage. It is 17.5 km NNE of Port Lincoln and is easily accessible by boat. The indigenous name for the island is Yorunu. Ownership & development In January 1861, a sheep which had been grazing on Louth Island for three years demonstrated remarkable growth of wool. One sample showed a staple twelve inches long, and its fleece was said to have weighed 24 lbs. At the time, the island and its stock were in the custody of Captain Bishop of Port Lincoln. In the late 1800s, Louth Island was in the custody of Alexander Watherston. In the early 1900s, waters around Louth Island were dredged for oysters. On October 13, 1905, William Watherstone, lessee of the island, died in Port Lincoln. He was 49 years of age and suffered from Bright's disease and complications. He was one of the region's oldest residents, having arrived in 1859. In 1910, it took three shearers on Louth Island a fortnight to shear 800 sheep due to bad weather. In 1915, Louth Island was purchased at auction by W. B. White of Port Lincoln. The price paid was £4 8/6 per acre. In 1917, a lease was offered at auction to permit the removal of guano from the coastal reserve surrounding Louth Island. In 1938, a photograph of Louth Island was placed on display in the window of H. K. Williams' Snapshot Service in Port Lincoln as part of an exhibition of local 'Beauty Spots'. In 1972, the island was purchased by the Schoder family. When they placed it on the market in 2009, it was expected to sell for up to $3 million. Accidents & mysteries On October 18, 1910 W. E. Goode of White's River and his two young sons where caught in a squall when returning home from a fishing excursion in Louth Bay. Their boat was driven out to sea. They were sighted on Louth Island by a search party and were recovered the following morning in an exhausted state. In March 1921, Thomas Russell disappeared from Louth Island, where he had been the labourer in charge as employee of White. The island was searched for clues to his disappearance. The house was discovered in 'a desolate state' with 'poultry lying about dead' after a boat bringing provisions from the mainland discovered his absence. In 1935, two farmers claimed to have seen what they believed to be the wreck of the ketch Vivid between Louth Island and the mainland. The vessel was lost with all hands aboard some years prior. In 1947, Captain F. G. Sawford of the ketch Hawthorne lost his pet cocker-spaniel Queenie overboard some miles off Louth Island in rough seas after dark. The dog swam safely to land at the island, after which she was eventually returned to her owner. Little Penguin colony Louth Island has supported a large colony of little penguins. An account from 1874 from a man named Masters, described them breeding there "in millions" and noted that by November the young had already hatched. Masters said that his party had to "entrench themselves at night to prevent the penguins tumbling everything over in the tent." A pair of white-bellied sea eagles had built a nest near the penguin colony and was preying upon the penguins. Penguin skins were observed piled around the eagles' nest. Earlier records of little penguin presence exist from November 1865. In 2008, the presence of little penguins on Louth Island was inferred by the discovery of tracks. The same year, penguins were present and nesting on nearby Rabbit Island, to the south-east. As of 2015 the status of the little penguin colony is unknown. See also List of little penguin colonies References Islands of South Australia Spencer Gulf Penguin colonies Private islands of Australia

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Elevator operator

An elevator operator (North American English), liftman (in Commonwealth English, usually lift attendant), or lift girl (in British English), is a person specifically employed to operate a manually operated elevator. While largely considered an obsolete occupation, elevator operators continue to work in historic installations and fill modern-day niches. Historic description Being an effective elevator operator required many skills. Manual elevators were often controlled by a large lever. The elevator operator had to regulate the elevator's speed, which typically required a good sense of timing to consistently stop the elevator level with each floor. In addition to their training in operation and safety, department stores later combined the role of operator with greeter and tour guide, announcing product departments, floor by floor, and occasionally mentioning special offers. Remaining examples Buildings With the advent of user-operated elevators such as those utilizing push buttons to select the desired floor, few elevator operators remain. A few older buildings still maintain working manually operated elevators and thus elevator operators may be employed to run them. In Dayton, Ohio, the Mendelson Liquidation Outlet operates out of an old Delco building that has an old passenger elevator run by an operator. The Fine Arts Building in Chicago; the Young–Quinlan Building in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota; City Hall in Buffalo, New York; the Commodore Apartment Building in Louisville, Kentucky; City Hall in Asheville, North Carolina; and the Cyr Building in downtown Waterville, Maine are a few in the United States to employ elevator operators. In 2017, it was estimated that over 50 buildings in New York City used elevator operators, primarily in apartment buildings on the Upper East and West Sides of Manhattan, as well as some buildings in Brooklyn. The Stockholm Concert Hall, in Sweden, employs an elevator operator by necessity since there is an entrance to the elevator directly from street level, requiring an employee to be positioned in the elevator to inspect tickets. In more modern buildings, elevator operators are still occasionally encountered. For example, they are commonly seen in Japanese department stores such as Sogo and Mitsukoshi in Japan and Taiwan, as well as high speed elevators in skyscrapers, as seen in Taipei 101, and at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Some monuments, such as the Space Needle in Seattle, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the CN Tower in Toronto, employ elevator operators to operate specialized or high-speed elevators, discuss the monument (or the elevator technology) and help direct crowd traffic. New York City Subway stations There are a few elevator operators working in the New York City Subway system. They are located at five stations: 168th Street, 181st Street at St. Nicholas Avenue and at Fort Washington Avenue, 190th Street, and 191st Street in Washington Heights, upper Manhattan. In these stations, elevators serve as the sole or primary means of non-emergency access. The elevator attendants currently serve as a way to reassure passengers as the elevators are the only entrance to the platforms, and passengers often wait for the elevators with an attendant. The attendants at the five stations are primarily maintenance and cleaning workers who suffered injuries that made it hard for them to continue doing their original jobs. History The elevators were made automated during the 1970s, but the operators were retained, though they were reduced in quantity in 2003. In 2004, the number of elevator attendants at the stations was reduced to one per station as a result of budget cuts by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The agency had intended to remove all the attendants, but kept one in each station after many riders protested. The change saved $1.2 million a year. In November 2007, the MTA proposed to eliminate the operators' positions, but on December 7, 2007, the MTA announced that it would not remove the remaining elevator operators due to pushback from elected officials and residents from the area. In October 2018, the MTA again proposed removing the elevator operators at the five stations, but this decision was reversed after dissent from the Transport Workers' Union. San Francisco BART As of 2022, elevator operators are currently employed in Market Street stations of the San Francisco Bay Area's Bay Area Rapid Transit rapid transit system to provide for passenger safety and elevator cleanliness amidst regional problems with homelessness and substance dependence. Amusement parks Theme parks and amusement parks often have observation towers, which employ elevator operators. An example is the Sky Tower at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Santa Clarita, California. While these rides may have modern or button-operated elevators that a patron is capable of using, they often employ ride operators for safety and crowd control purposes. Because many jurisdictions have stringent injury liability laws for amusement park operators and the fact that vandalism can be a big problem, some parks do not allow patrons to ride these rides without an employee present. Additionally, if there is a museum at the top of such a ride, the operator will usually give an introduction to the purpose and contents of the museum and other promotional messages about the park. Construction sites Manual elevator operators can be employed in the construction of multi-storied buildings, either using temporary exterior hoists or traditional elevators that are still being installed. Elevator girls in Japan , shorted to erega, describes the occupation of women who operate elevators in Japan. When the role became common in the 1920s, additional terms such as shokoki garu ("up and down controller girl"), hakojo ("box girl"), and erebeta no onna untensyu ("woman elevator driver") were also used to describe this role. However, erebeta girl remains the popular term for this occupation, a staple sight of urban Japan. Sporting tailored uniforms and robotic smiles, elevator girls are trained extensively in polite speaking and posture. In contrast with the salaryman of Japan, the elevator girl has been symbolic of women's roles in society literally and physically moving up and down as women entered the Japanese workforce. Today, few elevator girls remain in department stores, although those which retain them consider the elevator girl an effective marketing strategy. Elevator girls are an example of feminized occupations in the workplace. History Prior to 1929, elevator operators were men. In 1929, the Ueno Branch of Matsuzakaya department store hired women to operate the elevators in its new facilities. In the same year, Yomiuri Shinbun ran an article calling elevator operation the new occupation of Japanese women, commenting on the experiences of the first elevator girls. Although women in the United States had performed the same duty previously, in Japan the shift to female elevator operators was remarkable. At first, female elevator operators had to perform the same functional tasks as male operators, operating levers and closing elevator doors. As elevators became automated, the role shifted to greeting customers, advertising sales to customers, and making announcements. Depiction Elevator girls appear in numerous works of literature and film. A key storytelling tool using the elevator girl has been to juxtapose the reserved, controlled role of the elevator girl at work with the unknown, potentially scandalous role that the woman plays in her personal life. A pornographic film featuring Shoji Miyuki, Going Up: I am an Elevator Girl, played off this contrast, telling the story of a demure elevator girl who is secretly a nymphomaniac engaging in sexual activities in the elevator. Popular anime series Crayon Shin Chan featured an elevator girl who became trapped in her elevator when the elevator broke. The 2009 film Elevator Nightmare was advertised by comedienne Torii Miyuki watching the film in an elevator with three professional elevator girls. Karl Greenfeld's 1995 expose of Japanese culture Speed Tribes: Days and Nights with Japan's Next Generation, featured a fictional story of an elevator girl who works the elevator by day and engages in drugs and risky sex by night. Courtney Barnett wrote a song called Elevator Operator. Notes References Operator Service occupations Obsolete occupations

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Texans for Truth

Texans for Truth (TfT) was a political advocacy organization, registered under Section 527 of the United States tax code, formed to oppose George W. Bush's re-election efforts in the 2004 presidential election. In September 2004, the group began airing advertisements in various swing states that questioned Bush's National Guard record, particularly as to whether or not he fulfilled his obligations to serve. Membership and organization On its website, the TfT stated that it was established by "the 20,000-member Texas online activist group, DriveDemocracy.org". DriveDemocracy.org is an organization started in April 2004 by MoveOn.org, a large advocacy group opposing Bush. Glenn W Smith of Austin, the founder and head of TfT, is a former political reporter for the Houston Chronicle and Houston Post. He has worked as a Democratic political consultant on several campaigns, including Democrat Tony Sanchez's campaign for governor of Texas in 2002. Smith said he started TfT in response to another 527 group, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, that challenged the legitimacy of how Senator John Kerry received his Vietnam War medals as well as his accounts about the Vietnam War. The Bush-Cheney campaign dismissed TfT as "a smear group launching baseless attacks on behalf of John Kerry's campaign that will be rejected by the American people" , and maintains that "the president served honorably in the National Guard, fulfilled his duties and was honorably discharged." Various questions about his National Guard record, including those based on information from military documents, have been raised against Bush since the 2000 presidential campaign and even before that, in 1994 and 1998 when he twice won election as the Governor of Texas. This article describes only the participation in this long-standing dispute by the Texans for Truth organization. For a comprehensive review of the allegations, responses, and evidence, see George W. Bush military service controversy. Media activities First television advertisement The first advertisement features testimony from Bob Mintz, a lieutenant colonel in the 187th Alabama Air National Guard unit in 1972, where Bush was assigned to serve that year. In the video, Mintz claims that he never saw Bush, and is quoted contending that "It would be impossible to be unseen in a unit of that size." The ad concludes by asking: "Was George W. Bush AWOL in Alabama?" Second television advertisement The second advertisement reiterates the charges against George W. Bush that he did not fulfill his military service requirements but also accuses George H. W. Bush of pulling strings in order for his son to get into the Texas Air National Guard. In addition, the advertisement quotes Bush's statement on Meet the Press (February 8, 2004) that he would authorize release of his records, and it criticizes him because he has not signed the actual form (Standard Form 180) to effect the release: "You pledged to release all of your military records, but you've not signed the papers to do so. Sign them now. Keep your word." FEC complaint On September 25, 2004 the Houston Chronicle reported that Democracy 21, the Campaign Legal Center and OpenSecrets had filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Texans for Truth, alleging violations of campaign finance laws. These watchdog organizations also previously complained to the FEC about Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and other pro-Republican groups. News articles about Texans for Truth "'Texans for Truth' ad challenges Bush on Guard service" USA Today, September 7, 2004 "Records Say Bush Balked at Order" - Washington Post, September 9, 2004 "TV writer gives $100G to Texans for Truth" ABC News - September 9, 2004 "Swift Boat Vets, Texans Battle for 'Truth' " Adweek.com - September 23, 2004 External links Texans for Truth at Sourcewatch 527 organizations Politics of Texas George W. Bush 2004 presidential campaign

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Donald Horne

Donald Richmond Horne (26 December 1921 – 8 September 2005) was an Australian journalist, writer, social critic, and academic who became one of Australia's best known public intellectuals, from the 1960s until his death. Horne was a prolific author who published four novels and more than twenty volumes of history, memoir and political and cultural analysis. He also edited The Bulletin, The Observer and Quadrant. His best known work was The Lucky Country (1964), an evaluation of Australian society that questioned many traditional attitudes: "Australia is a lucky country, run by second-rate people who share its luck." Background and early years Donald Horne's early life was recounted in the first volume of his memoirs The Education of Young Donald (1967). He was born in Kogarah, New South Wales and raised in Muswellbrook (where his father was a teacher at the local school) and Sydney. He enrolled in a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney in 1939, but his studies were interrupted by war service. He later attended Canberra University College at the Australian National University, to train as a diplomat. He moved back to Sydney in 1945 without completing his studies. Instead, he wrote for the Daily Telegraph and other Packer media. Despite never completing an undergraduate degree, in 1973 he was offered a research fellowship in Political Science with the Faculty of Arts by the University of New South Wales. He held several academic positions there for the next fifteen years. Career Horne began his career in journalism and worked for a number of Frank Packer's publications, first as a journalist for The Telegraph, then editor of the magazine Weekend, and later the fortnightly intellectual periodical The Observer (1958–61). As editor of the flagship magazine The Bulletin (1961–62 and 1967–72), he removed the magazine's long standing motto "Australia for the White Man". He was co-editor of Quadrant magazine (1964–66). Appointed as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales in 1973, Horne was promoted as a professor of political science in 1984, a member of the University Council between 1983–1986 and Chairman of the Faculty of Arts between 1982 and 1986, retiring as emeritus professor. Between 1992 and 1995, Horne served as Chancellor of the University of Canberra. He also worked on writing, arts and citizenship boards and was an executive member of the Australian Constitutional Commission. He was Chairman of the Australia Council from 1985-1990. Despite initial conservative views, he was unorthodox and independent-minded, without a consistent political allegiance. He was, however, known through much of his public career for his republicanism, a more independent national self-image, his advocacy for the importance of the arts, and a raising in standards of public debate. He was still giving media interviews up to the last year of his life, when he died as a result of pulmonary fibrosis after a long illness. His wife and editor, Myfanwy Horne (the daughter of journalist Ross Gollan), later completed his part-written manuscript, published as Dying: a memoir in 2007. Honours and legacy In 1982, Professor Horne was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for service to literature; and in 2001 was presented with the Centenary Medal for service to the Centenary of Federation celebrations in New South Wales. He was named as one of Australia's Living National Treasures in 1997, the year of the list's inauguration, by the National Trust. Horne was conferred with degrees honoris causa by a number of Australian academic institutions, including Griffith University (Doctor of the University), University of New South Wales (Doctor of Letters), University of Canberra (Doctor of the University), the Australian Academy of the Humanities (Fellow), and the University of Sydney (Honorary Doctorate: 2005). In 2002 he was the recipient of the Australian Humanist of the Year award for his strong advocacy of liberal democracy, multiculturalism, tolerance, republicanism and the recognition of indigenes as Australia’s first people. In 2008, the University of Canberra announced the establishment of the Donald Horne Institute for Cultural Heritage. In 2016, The Saturday Paper and Aēsop jointly announced the creation of the Horne Prize for essay writing. In 2017 La Trobe University Press published Donald Horne: Selected Writings, edited by his son Nick. Selected bibliography Social commentary Political history Autobiography Fiction Travel References Further reading 1921 births 2005 deaths 20th-century Australian historians 20th-century Australian journalists 20th-century Australian novelists 20th-century Australian economists 20th-century essayists 20th-century memoirists 21st-century Australian historians 21st-century Australian journalists 21st-century essayists 21st-century memoirists Australian activists Australian autobiographers Australian essayists Australian humanists Australian magazine editors Australian male non-fiction writers Australian male novelists Australian memoirists Australian political writers Australian republicans Australian travel writers Chancellors of the University of Canberra Deaths from pulmonary fibrosis Mass media theorists Media critics Academic staff of the University of New South Wales University of Sydney alumni Writers about activism and social change

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East Charity Shoal Light

East Charity Shoal Light is an offshore lighthouse located near the Saint Lawrence River's entrance in northeastern Lake Ontario, due south of the city of Kingston, Ontario and approximately southwest of Wolfe Island. It is on the southeast rim of a submerged circular depression known as Charity Shoal Crater that may be the remnants of a meteorite impact. The lighthouse is located in Jefferson County, New York, near the Canada–United States border. The tower originally served Vermilion Light Station in Ohio from 1877 to 1929, and was installed at its current New York location in 1935. The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in March 2008. East Charity Shoal Light has been privately owned since 2009, however easements are in place to maintain the light's function as a navigational aid. Description East Charity Shoal Light sits upon a reinforced concrete pier, long on each side, that rises approximately above Lake Ontario. The pier is built on a wooden crib foundation with protective riprap. The tower includes a single-story concrete deckhouse that is tall and in diameter. Above the deckhouse rises a three-story cast iron white tower, topped with a lantern and lantern gallery that is painted black. The light's interior includes a basement and five stories. The total height of the pier and tower is . The automated beacon is powered by a solar array, sits at a focal height of , and is visible for . East Charity Shoal Light is not open to the public, but it is visible from Tibbetts Point Light on a clear day. History The tower was constructed from recast obsolescent cannon after the Battle of Fort Sumter in the American Civil War. It originally served Vermilion Light Station in Ohio from 1877 to 1929, but was removed after it was damaged in an ice storm. A replica of the tower was installed at Vermilion in 1991. Prior to the installation of the East Charity Shoal Light, the shoal was the cause of at least one shipwreck, when the Rosedale grounded upon the rocks on December 5, 1897. The shoal was surveyed in 1900, and was found to be an area roughly long that was covered in water approximately deep. A buoy was installed on the eastern edge of the shoal, however groundings continued to occur, leading the United States Lighthouse Service to initiate the installation of a more permanent navigational aid. Construction of the concrete pier for East Charity Shoal Light began in 1934, and the tower was installed in 1935. The tower was originally lit with a fourth-order Fresnel lens and a 1,300 candlepower light fueled by acetylene. On July 23, 2008, the Secretary of the Interior identified East Charity Shoal Light as surplus under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000. As such, the property was offered by the federal government for no cost to eligible agencies, institutions or organizations, with the agreement that the property would be maintained and made available for educational, recreational, or historic preservation purposes. No organization eligible under the NHLHPA was found to take ownership of the lighthouse. In 2009, East Charity Shoal Light was put up for auction and was eventually purchased for $25,501 by Cyrena Nolan of Dallas, Texas on August 27, 2009. At the time of the purchase, Nolan intended to convert the lighthouse into a vacation home. Although the property was transferred to private ownership, the light remains operational and the Aid to Navigation (ATON) remains the property of the United States Coast Guard. An easement is in place to allow for access to maintain or modify the navigational light. The easement also disallows construction of any structure that would interfere with visibility of the light. References Further reading Oleszewski, Wes. Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) U.S. Coast Guard. Historically Famous Lighthouses (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1957) Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia. Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia (Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 2006) Lighthouses completed in 1877 Lighthouses in Jefferson County, New York Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, New York 1877 establishments in New York (state)

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Urban Splash

Urban Splash is a UK-based property development business. It was founded in 1993 by chairman Tom Bloxham and creative director Jonathan Falkingham. Headquartered in Castlefield, Manchester, it also has regional bases in Liverpool, Leeds, Bristol, Sheffield, Cambridgeshire and Plymouth. House by Urban Splash, a subsidiary founded in 2016 and spun-out in 2019, went into administration in 2022 with 160 staff made redundant and combined debts of over £19 million. History Urban Splash was founded by Tom Bloxham, a graduate of the University of Manchester, and Jonathan Falkingham, an architecture graduate from Liverpool University. Bloxham's initial business experience was selling pop posters in Affleck's Palace in Manchester. Bloxham branched out as a landlord opening the Northern Quarter Arcade adjacent to Affleck's Palace. He then expanded into Liverpool, opening a shopping arcade called the Liverpool Palace and then into licensed premises with the founding of the Baa Bar in Liverpool together with Falkingham. Established in 1993, Urban Splash has redeveloped disused buildings across the United Kingdom, with schemes including: New Islington in Manchester Chimney Pot Park in Salford Lister Mills in Bradford Saxton Parade in Leeds Park Hill in Sheffield The Vanilla and Tea Factories and The Matchworks in Liverpool The Rotunda and Fort Dunlop in Birmingham Lakeshore in Bristol - apartments in an old tobacco factory come complete with underfloor heating powered by a biomass boiler and a guide promoting sustainable living as part of the package. In February 2015, Urban Splash sold the freehold of the site to Adriatic Land 3 Limited. Royal William Yard in Plymouth In September 2008, Urban Splash announced it would be making significant redundancies due to the downturn in the UK property market. The downturn also led to delays on some projects. In March 2010, it was announced by Urban Splash that they would be drawing up plans for an £80 million project to renovate the Pleasureland Southport site and construct an outdoor heated swimming pool, while expanding the marine lake and constructing a winter garden, which will all be housed under a landmark atrium inspired by the Eden project. Plans were abandoned in 2012 after the viability of the project was hit by recession. In September 2012, the company reported pre-tax losses of £9.3 million and debts of £234.4 million for the previous year. In October 2013, Urban Splash sold one of their undeveloped acquisitions – the former Sunbeam motorcycle factory site, off the Penn Road island in Wolverhampton – which had been disused since 1999. Property developer and former rugby player Liam Wordley bought the site, traditionally known as Sunbeamland, with the intention to convert for residential use. In 2014, Urban Splash refinanced £135 million of debt in conjunction with entering into a joint venture with The Pears Group, and restructured itself. In the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, a number of buildings developed by Urban Splash were reported to have been constructed using unsafe cladding. In January 2018, Chips, Manchester failed a Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service risk assessment after the cladding on the building was found to have "non fire retardant" written on it. The cladding was then removed at the residents' expense. In November 2018, the BBC reported that the cladding on the redeveloped Saxton Parade building in Leeds was combustible and did not meet current or previous building standards. In 2020, Swansea Council announced that Urban Splash would be its preferred development partner for a number of key sites, including the Civic Centre, Swansea Central north and a plot of land running alongside the River Tawe in the St Thomas area of the city. In its annual results published in September 2021, Urban Splash announced a 22% increase in turnover – with £39.4 million of sales. The company also recorded an increase in the value of its tangible fixed assets which now exceed £100 million – a £5m growth on the prior year – as well as a retained profit of £0.9 million. In late 2022, the company acquired more land at New Islington in Manchester. House by Urban Splash Urban Splash's modular houses were launched in 2016 at New Islington in Manchester, consisting of 43 properties. The modular housing concept evolved further in March 2018 with the launch of 10 Fab Houses, two storey modular homes created in the factory and designed by architect George Clarke. In 2019, the modular operation was demerged from Urban Splash when Japan's biggest house builder Sekisui House and Homes England invested £55m in the business. In 2022, House by Urban Splash went into administration with 160 staff made redundant at its Derbyshire factory and at sites across the country. The collapsed business owed a combined £19.2 million to dozens of companies. Administrators said the business failure was due to "the under-performance of its modular facility, which has been loss-making for a prolonged period"; the underperformance was due to multiple factors including "design issues resulting in production defects and re-working the modular units, the costs of which could not be passed on" while the factory also suffered from "underutilisation and inability to absorb overhead costs." In October 2023, House by Urban Splash was successfully sued by eight former employees as they had been made redundant without a consultation process. An employment tribunal held in Liverpool ruled that at least 20 employees had been dismissed without consultation and so were entitled to compensation. Urban Splash commercial portfolio As well as residential developments, Urban Splash also works on commercial projects, including Ducie House in Manchester, The Matchworks and Ropewalks in Liverpool, Fort Dunlop in Birmingham and Royal William Yard in Plymouth. Notable past occupiers include 808 State, Simply Red, Cream, The Farm and The La's. In 2021, it announced it had completed of commercial deals during the year. In July 2022, Urban Splash completed a deal with Aviva Investors to secure £43.5m to invest in its commercial portfolio in Manchester and Liverpool. Urban Splash Residential Fund In 2017, the Urban Splash Residential Fund was formed to acquire design-led homes in urban regeneration areas across the UK - both through the Urban Splash pipeline and through opportunistic acquisitions. The fund owns and manages homes across Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Bradford and Bristol, with average occupancy of 97% and annual investor returns of 9.5%. In August 2022, the Fund's latest results showed it had tripled in value, with net asset value at £90.3m. It also posted a profit of £2.2m, a 70% rise on the £1.3m recorded in 2021. The fund also invested £30m in new acquisitions during the reporting period, taking the portfolio to 252 homes in six UK cities. In late 2022, the Fund acquired Derwent House in Birmingham. Publications In 2012, the company published a book documenting its relationship with architects and the schemes it had completed. Titled Transformation, the book was reviewed in The Times who said: "When it comes to rescuing the great industrial landmarks of the past, Urban Splash is in a class of its own”. In 2018, celebrating its 25th anniversary, the company published a second book titled It Will Never Work. References External links Official site Companies established in 1993 Companies based in Manchester Town and country planning in the United Kingdom Urban Regeneration Companies Urban society in the United Kingdom 1993 establishments in the United Kingdom

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Ehsan Hoque (academic)

Ehsan Hoque is an American computer scientist and academic. He is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Rochester in New York. Hoque is most known for his work in the field of artificial intelligence, particularly in utilizing AI methods to augment and enhance human capabilities. His work revolves around affective computing, speech processing, and computer vision. Education Hoque completed his Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Penn State University in 2004, and then obtained a master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Memphis in 2007. Later, he completed his Ph.D. in Media Arts and Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2013, where the MIT Museum highlighted his Ph.D. thesis as one of the most unconventional inventions of MIT. In 2017, he received Alumni Achievement Award from Penn State University. Career Hoque began his academic career in 2013 by joining the University of Rochester as an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department, becoming associate professor in 2020. Hoque served as the Interim Director of the Goergen Institute for Data Science at the University of Rochester between 2018 and 2019, and held the Assaro-Biggar family fellowship from 2016 to 2019. As of 2023, he serves as a board member of the National Academies Health Sciences Policy. Research Hoque holds a patent for the concept of utilizing a computer as a conversational mentor, which was introduced in 2012 and later integrated by Microsoft as "Speaker Coach" in PowerPoint. In 2019, along with colleagues, he helped establish the Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence in Parkinson's Disease Research by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes (NINDS) at the University of Rochester. He has authored numerous publications spanning the areas of Artificial Intelligence, human-centered computing, and medicine, including articles in peer-reviewed journals. Social skills training Hoque has worked in developing computational techniques to enable social skills training. In 2012, he developed an Automated Conversation Helper that utilized a 3D virtual character to act as an interviewer during a job interview. It offered immediate feedback on the participant's nonverbal behavior by employing advanced technology to detect facial expressions, analyze speech patterns and respond in real-time with synthesized speech and behavior. In related research, his work concluded that automated technologies, specifically those that analyze nonverbal communication and provide feedback, such as My Automated Conversation coacH (MACH), offer a personalized approach to enhancing human social interaction and have the potential to be utilized for both practical and therapeutic purposes. He and his students have expanded the research to develop Live Interactive Social Skills Assistant (LISSA) and Standardized Online Patient for Healthcare Interaction Education (SOPHIE). LISSA provides real-time feedback on smiling, eye contact, body movement and volume in real-time and has been validated to help individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. SOPHIE has been designed to train doctors to have more empathy and be explicit with information while dealing with final-stage cancer patients. Affective computing Hoque has worked on developing techniques, technologies, and theories, to improve the capacity to accurately recognize, interpret, and respond to human nonverbal cues. He demonstrated that those techniques have implications in health AI. He and his students have developed Parkinson's Analysis with Remote-Kinetic tasks (PARK)—a webcam-based system enabling neurological care to be available anytime, anywhere. The system allows remote participants to perform a set of UPDRS test using a webcam and a microphone and receive a screening for Parkinson's disease, and have the severity of their tremors being automatically measured. Awards and honors 2014, 2016, 2020 – Google Faculty Research Award 2016 – MIT Top 35 Innovators under 35 (TR 35) 2017 – Pennsylvania State University Alumni Achievement Award 2017 – 10 Scientists to Watch (the SN 10) by Science News 2018 – NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation 2019 – Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, Army Research Office 2020 – Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine by the National Academy of Medicine 2022 – ACM Distinguished Member Personal Hoque is a triathlete and finished an Ironman Triathlon in 2022 at Maryland. Selected articles Hoque, M. E., McDuff, D. J., & Picard, R. W. (2012). Exploring temporal patterns in classifying frustrated and delighted smiles. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 3(3), 323–334. Hoque, M., Courgeon, M., Martin, J. C., Mutlu, B., & Picard, R. W. (2013, September). Mach: My automated conversation coach. In Proceedings of the 2013 ACM international joint conference on Pervasive and ubiquitous computing (pp. 697–706). Langevin, R., Ali, M. R., Sen, T., Snyder, C., Myers, T., Dorsey, E. R., & Hoque, M. E. (2019). The PARK framework for automated analysis of Parkinson's disease characteristics. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 3(2), 1–22. Baten, R. A., Aslin, R. N., Ghoshal, G., & Hoque, E. (2022). Novel idea generation in social networks is optimized by exposure to a “Goldilocks” level of idea-variability. PNAS Nexus, 1(5), pgac255. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American scientists American computer scientists Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Pennsylvania State University alumni University of Rochester faculty University of Memphis alumni

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Albion Market

Albion Market is a British soap opera, set in a covered market in Salford, in the north-west of England. It was intended as a companion to fellow ITV soap Coronation Street, starting at 7:00 pm on Fridays and 7:15 pm on Sundays. Due to continued troubles and ratings competition from the BBC's Open All Hours, though, the series was only broadcast for one year, a Friday episode of Coronation Street was introduced in October 1989. History Albion Market launched in August 1985, four months before Coronation Street celebrated its 25th anniversary. As with Coronation Street, Granada Studios dubbed it a "continuing drama series", considering the term "soap opera" to be derogatory. The show ran twice weekly on Friday and Sunday nights, at the time, 7:00 pm on Fridays and 7:15 pm on Sundays were considered "graveyard slots", usually broadcasting game shows (although these were often very popular) or American imports. Very quickly, the Sunday episodes were moved back to around 6:00 pm, while LWT and TVS, which felt that ITV's network schedules had too much of a Northern bias, later dropped the Friday episode and instead broadcast a double bill of the series at 5:00 pm on Sundays. At the series' launch, the chairman of Granada Television claimed, "When Coronation Street celebrates its golden anniversary, Albion Market will be celebrating its silver anniversary". Despite this, the show lasted for only one year. The show received negative reviews from critics and did not do well in the ratings. Many noted that the actual storyline rarely strayed from the confines of the market itself. The long-suffering market superintendent, Derek Owen (David Hargeaves), was the primary focus; his day usually began with the difficult task of assigning the few unowned stalls to the large number of casual traders. Prominent among these were Lynn Harrison (Noreen Kershaw) and her ex-convict husband Roy (Jonathan Barlow); regular traders included the gossiping ceramics dealer, Morris Ransome (Bernard Spear), and handsome lothario and cake seller Tony Fraser (John Michie). The series struggled to attract a sizeable audience. Characters were bogged down by the business of running their stalls, and the sheer drabness of the set compounded the monotony. After this faltering start, compounded by Michael Grade's success with his newly rearranged schedules for the BBC, Granada attempted to change direction and bring in both glamour and familiar actors. Despite attempts to encourage viewing figures by bringing in Till Death Us Do Part actor Antony Booth and singer Helen Shapiro, the ratings did not improve and some ITV regions dropped the series from their peak-time schedules. The show was cancelled after just 100 episodes. For many years, the outdoor location with its distinctive arch-shaped "Albion Market" sign above the River Irwell remained intact. When the Granada Tours Experience was closed in 1999, the sign was removed and the building that was once Albion Market was sold. It now forms part of the Victoria and Albert Hotel. Cast David Hargreaves as Derek Owen, market superintendent Derek Hicks as Keith Naylor, superintendent's assistant Noreen Kershaw as Lynne Harrison, stallholder Jonathan Barlow as Roy Harrison, stallholder Sally Baxter as Lisa O'Shea, stallholder Bernard Spear as Morris Ransome, stallholder Carol Kaye as Miriam Ransome, stallholder Geoffrey Leesley as Geoff Travis, stallholder John Michie as Tony Fraser, stallholder Valerie Lilley as Brenda Rigg, stallholder Peter Benson as Larry Rigg, stallholder Alistair Walker as Duane Rigg, Brenda and Larry's son Paul Bhattacharjee as Jaz Sharma, stallholder Dev Sagoo as Raju Sharma, stallholder Pik-Sen Lim as Ly Nhu Chan, stallholder Philip Tan as Lam Quoc Hoa, stallholder Linda Polan as Maureen Nicholls, stallholder Liam Flannery as Billy Nicholls, stallholder Howard Lloyd-Lewis as Ralph Jessup, Maureen and Billy's uncle Barbara Wilshere as Carol Broadbent, cafe assistant Burt Caesar as Phil Smith, chef Paula Jacobs as Peggy Sagar, cafe manager Helen Shapiro as Viv Harker Jane Hazlegrove as Debbie Taylor Nimmy March as Collette Harrison Avis Bunnage as Annie Naylor Lill Roughley as Barbara Owen Kelly Lawrence as Louise Todd Arthur Kelly as Dermot Thornburgh Antony Booth as Ted Pilkington Simon Rouse as Alan Curtis Souad Faress as Anita Rai Seeta Indrani as Sita Sharma Jamila Massey as Susha Sharma Rebecca Lock as Jenny McMullen David Phelan as Sean Ellison Paul Beringer as Paul O'Donnell Marie Jelliman as Mary Houlihan Andy Rashleigh as Colin Arnold Henry Moxon as Simon Walker Duane Mills as Gregory Dickson Martin Oldfield as Howard Dickinson David Boyce as Ralph Friend Hetta Charnley as Janet Owen Rashid Karapiet as Narya Vyas Jane Karen as Carrie Mullen Episodes References External links 1980s British television soap operas 1985 British television series debuts 1985 British television series endings ITV soap operas Television series by ITV Studios Television shows set in Manchester English-language television shows Television shows produced by Granada Television

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James Loch

James Loch (7 May 1780 – 28 June 1855) was a Scottish advocate, barrister, estate commissioner and later a member of parliament. Biography Loch was born near Edinburgh on 7 May 1780. He was eldest son of George Loch of Drylaw, Edinburgh. His mother, Mary, was daughter of John Adam of Blair, Kinross-shire, and sister of Lord-commissioner Adam. After his father's death in 1788, he lived on the Blair Adam estate with his uncle. Loch's brother, William (1786-1824), was the great-great-grandfather of Tam Dalyell. In 1801, Loch was admitted an advocate in Scotland, and was called to the bar in England at Lincoln's Inn on 15 November 1806, but abandoned the law after a few years of conveyancing practice. He became interested in the management of estates, and was simultaneously auditor to the George, Marquis of Stafford (who married Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland, and became shortly before he died Duke of Sutherland), to Lord Francis Egerton, afterwards Earl of Ellesmere, to the Bridgewater trustees, to the Earl of Carlisle, and to the trust estates of the Earl of Dudley and of George, Viscount Keith. In this capacity he was responsible for much of the policy respecting the agricultural labourers and the improvement of agriculture pursued over tens of thousands of acres both in England and Scotland. The "Sutherlandshire clearances" of George, Marquis of Stafford, by which between 1811 and 1820 fifteen thousand tenants were removed from the inland to the seacoast districts, were carried out under his supervision. For much of his life, Loch worked to effect the clearances and "to so mould and control the lives of 'the ignorant and credulous people' that at one time the young among them had to go to his agents for permission to marry". According to Loch's writings, "In a few years the character of the whole of this population will be completely changed... The children of those who are removed from the hills will lose all recollection of the habits and customs of their fathers". The manner in which the evictions were carried out could be exceedingly harsh, particularly in the valley of Strathnaver. An eye witness, Angus Mackay, commented that "It would be a very hard heart but would mourn to see the circumstances of the people... you would have pitied them, tumbling on the ground and greeting, tearing the ground with their hands...". In June 1827 Loch entered parliament as member for St Germans in Cornwall for the Whigs, and having held that seat until 1830, he was then returned without opposition for the Wick Burghs, and was regularly re-elected until 1852, when he was defeated, by 119 votes to 80, by Samuel Laing. Loch published a pamphlet on the improvements on the Sutherland estates in 1820, and in 1834 printed privately a memoir of the first Duke of Sutherland. He was a fellow of the Geological, Statistical, and Zoological Societies, and a member of the committee of the Useful Knowledge Society. He died on 28 June 1855, at his house in Albemarle Street, London, and was buried in Brompton Cemetery. There is a monument to him, now hidden in the woods, near Uppat Farm marking a spot where he apparently liked to come and view his achievements on the estate. It is a tall marble porch, paid for by the Sutherland family. Family Loch married, first, in 1810, Ann, youngest daughter of Patrick Orr of Bridgeton, Kincardineshire, by whom, among several other children, he had sons, Granville Gower Loch and Henry Brougham Loch, who was a G.C.M.G. and G.C.B., governor of the Cape, and high commissioner for South Africa. Loch married, secondly, on 2 December 1847, Elizabeth Mary, widow of Major George Macartney Greville, 38th Foot, and eldest daughter of John Pearson of Tettenhall Wood, Staffordshire, who predeceased him on 29 December 1848. Notes References Attribution Endnotes: Gent. Mag. 1855, ii. 206; information from W. A. Loch, esq.; Lord Ronald Gower's Stafford House Letters; C. Knight's Passages from a Working Life, ii. 131; Quart. Rev. lxix. 419. External links 1780 births 1855 deaths Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall UK MPs 1826–1830 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Highland constituencies Whig (British political party) MPs for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 Burials at Brompton Cemetery 19th-century Scottish people Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Place of birth missing Highland Clearances Caithness Politics of Highland (council area) Politicians from Edinburgh Scottish economists Members of the Faculty of Advocates Members of Lincoln's Inn Committee members of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

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Dresano

Dresano ( ) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan. Dresano borders the following municipalities: Mediglia, Tribiano, Mulazzano, Colturano, Vizzolo Predabissi and Casalmaiocco. Etymology The name Dresano is due to the presence, in these swampy areas, of three inlets, three "sinuses", from which the name evolved over the centuries: Tresseno, then Tressano and Tresano, and finally Dresano. The three inlets appear in the coat of arms too, surmounted by three poplar trees, the poplar being one of the most typical local trees. History . The old village hosts the remains of one of its most ancient buildings: on the East side of Piazza Manzoni the wall of an establishment with a massive wooden double door is found, which was part of the convent of the benedictines, who performed the hard task of draining and cultivating the swampy territories around. In this area malaria (swamp fever) took its toll. Climate The climate in Dresano is characterised by sultry summers, and rainy, cold winters. Occasionally, heavy snowfall occurs; in 1995 a particularly heavy snowfall blocked the roads, paralysing traffic and forcing schools to close for several days. The end of August-early September is characterised by violent thunderstorms and heavy sleet which signal the end of summer. Topography The village is divided into four smaller areas: the old village (Dresano vecchio), Madonnina (built in the 1960s), Villaggio ambrosiano (erected in the 1970s) and Villaggio Helios (begun in the 1990s). The old village shows one of the oldest farms in the area, Cascina Belpensiero, which displays a centuries-old tree in the middle of the farmyard. This former dairy farm is already mentioned in written historical sources dating back to 1500, and it is still surrounded by fields, from the village. Every year, in May, the traditional "Quater Pass per un Vitel" (= "four steps for a calf" in the local dialect), an amatorial footrace, is organised by the local sports group Gruppo Sportivo Marciatori San Giorgio (San Giorgio being the local patron saint). The prize for such race used to be a live calf (hence the name), nowadays it is an award. There are three different options for the race: , , and . Government The following is a list of the local mayors from 1945 onward Sport Sport associations in Dresano include: Gruppo sportivo marciatori San Giorgio (walkers' group) Auser (providing assistance to the elderly and the disabled) Dresano Calcio (soccer team) Dresano Basket (basketball team) Events Carnevale dresanese (carnival): February Dresano fiorita (flower show): 2nd Sunday of April "Quater pass per un vitel": 1st Sunday of June (footrace) Marcia Serale del Belpensiero (footrace): June (non-competitive footrace by night) Festa dell'uva (grapevine fair): 2nd Sunday of September The gym and the municipal library, managed by volunteers, are located in the school complex of the Villaggio ambrosiano. Ecology Dresano owns a water purification plant. The water purifier can be found along the Addetta floodway, close to Balbiano. Fields in Dresano territory are intensely farmed. The most popular cultivations are: wheat barley fodder maize oilseed rape Biodiversity Dresano, a farmland tradition town, has shown in the last few years an increased level of biodiversity, thanks to various animal and plant species, that live mainly along waterways. Wildlife Local noticeable wild animal species, especially on the Addetta floodway banks, include: Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) Pheasant Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) Moorhen Little egret (Egretta garzetta) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Kingfisher Common blackbird (Turdus merula) Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) Common nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) European rabbit European hare Coypu (nutria) Bat European hedgehog Fox Bumble bee Dragonfly Glow-worm Mediterranean barbel Crucian carp European chub Pumpkinseed (common sunfish) Walking catfish European perch Common rudd Tench Western green lizard Frog Toad Swollen river mussel a black and red huge crayfish, not yet identified Flora Humulus lupulus, also called wild asparagus, but it is actually a species of the hop plant. It can be added to soups, omelettes, salads, rice, or boiled and dressed with olive oil and lemon. Evergreen hawthorn Roman chamomile Horsetail Fig (Ficus) Black mulberry Scarlet rose mallow White horse-chestnut tree Peppermint (Brandy mint) Walnut Hazel Onice, women's clogs were once made with this wood, since it doesn't warm the feet too much. Plane tree White poplar Black poplar Aspen Wild plum tree Black locust (False acacia) Blackberry bush (Blackberry bramble) Elder Grapevine References External links Official website Cities and towns in Lombardy

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babada%C4%9F%20%28mountain%2C%20Mu%C4%9Fla%29

Babadağ (mountain, Muğla)

Babadağ (ancient Mount Anticragus, ) is a mountain near Fethiye, in Muğla Province, southwest Turkey. The mountain has a principal summit at an elevation of and a second one called "Karatepe" at an elevation of . These two summits face each other and are separated by a flood valley, which led to the term "mountain range" to be used in some sources in association with Babadağ. The mass is composed mainly of limestone. It is noted for its rich flora, including the endemic Acer undulatum, and forests of Lebanon Cedar (Cedrus libani). It is also notable for the proximity of its summit to the sea (less than 5 km) which is one of the factors that make it particularly suitable and popular for paragliding. Babadağ, Mount Cragus and Anticragus In ancient times, Mount Cragus (also spelled Mount Cragos or Mount Kragus) was a principal mountain of ancient Lycia, although ancient names are sometimes difficult to match with the features observed today. Strabo (p. 665), whose description proceeds from west to east, after the promontory Telmissus, mentions "Anticragus", on which is Carmylessus, and then Cragus, which has eight "summits" (or he may have meant "capes"), and a city of the same name; Cragus (Lycia). Another city, Pinara, in the interior, was at the base of Cragus. There are coins of the town Cragus of the Roman imperial period, with the epigraph Λυκιων Κρ. or Κρα. or Κραγ. The range of Anticragus and Cragus is represented in the map in Spratt and Forbes as running south from the neighbourhood of Telmissus, and forming the western boundary of the lower basin of the river Xanthus. The southern part is Cragus. The direction of the range shows that it must abut on the sea in bold headlands. In Francis Beaufort's map of the coast of Karamania, the Anticragus is marked 6000 feet high. Beaufort's examination of this coast began at Yediburun, which means "the Seven Capes", a knot of high and rugged mountains that appear to have been the ancient Mount Cragus of Lycia. The ruins of Pinara are where Strabo describes them, on the east side of this range, about halfway between Telmissus and the termination of the range on the south coast. There is a pass leading between the summits of Cragus and Anticragus. Between the two chief peaks is a plain 4000 feet above the sea; and above it rises the highest peak of Cragus, more than 2500 feet above this elevated plain. The first half of the ascent from the plain is through a thick forest, and the remainder over bare rock. From the summit there is a view of the whole plain of Xanthus, and of the gorges of the Massicytus, which lies east of it. The side towards the sea is so steep, that from this lofty summit the waves are seen breaking white against the base of this precipitous mountain mass. It appears that Strabo is right when he describes a valley or depression as separating Anticragus and Cragus; and the highest part, which towers above the sea at the Seven Capes, seems to be the eight summits that Strabo speaks of. There was a promontory Cragus, according to Scylax and Pliny the Elder (v. 27), which must be the Seven Capes. The Hiera Acra of the Stadiasmus seems also to be the Seven Capes. The position of the Cragus between Xanthus and Telmissus is mentioned by Pomponius Mela (i. 15), and he also probably means the same striking part of the range. The rocks and forests of Cragus were embellished by poetic fictions as the occasional residence of Diana. Here, according to the authority quoted by Stephanus of Byzantium (s. v. ), were the so-called . Cycling Stage three of the 2023 Presidential Cycling Tour of Türkiye took a 104.1 kilometre route from Fethiye to the highest point on the road up Babadağ. It was described as "one of the hardest climbs ever featured in a professional bike race" The stage was won by Alexey Lutsenko, and the final 18.12 km of the route took 1:12:32. See also Mount Cragus Cragus (Lycia) Telmissus Pinara Patara (Lycia) List of Ultras of West Asia Butterfly Valley, Fethiye Paragliding References Other sources Hiking Babadağ: Index Geography of ancient Lycia Cragus Landforms of Muğla Province

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Hillsborough House

Hillsborough House, later called Hillsborough Hall, is a large, stone-built mansion constructed in the Adam style in the latter part of the 18th century. It stands miles north-west of the centre of Sheffield at grid reference in the suburb of Hillsborough within Hillsborough Park, a council-owned public recreational area. For 124 years the house was a private dwelling, but since 1906 it has housed the Hillsborough branch library. It is a Grade II listed building as are the coach house and stables which stand north-west of the main house. Private dwelling Hillsborough House was built in 1779 as a dwelling for Thomas Steade (1728–1793) and his wife Meliscent, who had been living 250 yards to the east in Burrowlee House. The Steades were a family of local landowners whose history went back to at least the 14th century. When built, the house stood in rural countryside well outside the Sheffield boundary. Steade named his new residence in honour of the Earl of Hillsborough, an eminent politician of the period and a patron of the Steades. Stead acquired more land and the grounds eventually had an area of . The grounds were much more extensive than the present Hillsborough Park, stretching north to the current junction of Leppings Lane and Penistone Road, and included the site on which Hillsborough Stadium now stands. They extended further south encompassing the site now occupied by the Hillsborough Arena. The grounds had areas given over to agriculture but there was also extensive parkland featuring a lake, two lodges, and a tree-lined avenue. There was also a walled garden, which still exists today, that provided fresh produce for the house’s kitchens. Broughton Steade inherited the house upon his father's death in 1793 but sold it in 1801 to John Rimington Wilson of the Broomhead Hall family. In 1838 it was sold again to John Rodgers, the owner of a well-known local cutlery firm. Rodgers renamed his residence Hillsborough Hall as he thought this better reflected the property's significance. Between 1852 and 1860 the Hall was occupied by the family of Edward Bury (1794–1858), the pioneer locomotive builder and part founder of the Sheffield steel firm of Bedford, Burys & Co. A plaque by the front door of the present-day building commemorates the Bury family's residency. In 1860 Ernest Benzon, a German-born financial advisor, bought the Hall. Five years later, Benzon sold the house to James Willis Dixon, son of the founder of the well-known Sheffield silver-and-metalsmiths firm, James Dixon & Sons. Dixon made considerable alterations and redecorated the property. Archives record that at that time there were six servants' bedrooms with a nursery on the second floor and five family bedrooms on the first floor. When Dixon died in 1876, his extensive library of over 1,000 books was sold. Dixon's art collection, which included works by Rembrandt, Rubens, and Watteau, was also auctioned. The death of J. W. Dixon junior in 1890 caused the hall and its grounds to be divided into 14 lots and auctioned off. Sheffield Corporation (now Sheffield City Council) bought Lot 1, which included the hall and the surrounding of land. A northern section of the estate on the far side of the River Don was sold to Sheffield Wednesday Football Club which needed a new home ground as the lease on their Olive Grove ground had expired. Lands on the western side of the estate were sold to build Hillsborough Trinity Methodist Church and to accommodate new housing as the city of Sheffield expanded. The streets that these new houses were built on were named Dixon, Wynyard, Willis, Lennox, and Shepperson, all names connected to the Dixon family. Coach house and stables These are also listed buildings which were constructed at the same time as the main house. After the Dixons sold the house in 1890, they were used for storage by the local council for many years. Recently they have fallen into a state of disrepair and have been unused and boarded up for many years. In 2012 Sheffield City Council put the coach house and stable block up for sale with a view to them being restored and renovated by the private sector and turned into a café and restaurant facility (and possible wedding venue). In April 2018, the charity Age UK put forward plans to revitalise the coach house by turning it into a café and community centre for elderly people. The charity received £14,000 for a feasibility study from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Architectural Heritage Fund. The final bill for the renovation was expected to be around £500,000 at that time if the plans were feasible. On 29 June 2020 The National Lottery Heritage Fund awarded local charity Age UK Sheffield £581,500 to restore the derelict Old Coach House building and turn it into a new community dementia friendly café. The nearby Potting Shed to be renovated as a creative Makers’ Shed. Restoration work began in the spring of 2021, with Corinna Pearce, Marketing Co-ordinator at Age UK Sheffield, saying: "The Coach House building was derelict, infested with pigeons, and unsafe. In 2018, it had to be propped up to stop it collapsing and there were problems with the rear wall. The process involved structural repairs to the original structure and we made sure to respect that because it is a listed building. It does have new flooring, a new roof and new internal fittings, as well as the conservatory which is brand new. We made sure to preserve the features, such as the beams above the first floor which have been repaired and restored". The building was officially opened on 14 March 2022. In total, the project cost around £1 million, with additional funding to the lottery money coming from Age UK Sheffield who contributed £100,000 and over £200,000 coming in partner funding. Additional local fundraising also contributed to the final cost. Hillsborough Library In 1906 the main house opened as Hillsborough library, although there were suggestions that it could be an art gallery and museum. The surrounding of land purchased by the council became Hillsborough Park. Hillsborough’s first librarian was Henry A. Valantine; his salary amounted to £111. In 1929 a single storey extension was added to accommodate a new junior library. In the 1940s and 1950s a maternity and child welfare clinic was located on the first floor. In 1978 the building was found to have dry and wet rot and was closed for repairs. The rooms on the library’s upper floors are used by local councillors and Members of Parliament for surgeries. Former politician Roy Hattersley, who was brought up in Hillsborough, had this to say in his autobiography A Yorkshire Boyhood: “The library remained our constant joy. It was part of our lives, a home from home housed in what had once been a mansion owned by a local worthy”. References Houses in Sheffield Hillsborough, South Yorkshire History of Sheffield Houses completed in 1779 Grade II listed buildings in Sheffield Country houses in South Yorkshire Public libraries in South Yorkshire

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Maple Flag

Exercise Maple Flag is an annual air combat exercise carried out from CFB Cold Lake over the co-located Cold Lake Air Weapons Range (CLAWR). It is among the largest such exercises in the world, lasting four weeks, split into two two-week "phases". The first Maple Flag was carried out in 1978, initially twice a year, but moved to an annual format in 1987. Maple Flag provides realistic training for pilots from the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), as well as select allied air forces from around the world. The number of personnel at CFB Cold Lake effectively doubles while the exercise is being conducted, with approximately 5,000 pilots and support crews participating. History Maple Flag can be considered a Canadian version of the United States Air Force's Red Flag, which is held several times a year at Nellis Air Force Base (using the Nellis Air Force Range). RED FLAG was conceived during the Vietnam War when the USAF found that 90 percent of combat aircraft losses were during a pilot's first 10 missions; the first RED FLAG occurred in 1975. Initially conceived as Exercise RED FLAG NORTH in 1977, it was renamed Exercise MAPLE FLAG in 1978. Maple Flag copied the Red Flag format in 1978 and until 1987, it was held twice a year, and reduced to once a year after 1987. Maple Flag has been cancelled three times between 1991 and 2011 all due to significant RCAF commitments, once in 1991, due to the Gulf War, and again in 1999 due to combat operations (Operation Allied Force) in Kosovo. In 2011, Maple Flag was cancelled due to NATO military commitments (Operation Mobile) in Libya. Maple Flag was again cancelled in 2015 due to Operation Impact (Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) mission to degrade and ultimately defeat Daesh in Iraq and Syria) and Operation Reassurance (Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) mission to Central and Eastern Europe to provide assurance and deterrence measures for NATO countries in the region). The RCAF decided to not conduct Maple Flag in 2019. The RCAF will use the opportunity to modernize the infrastructure used during the exercise and to re-focus its resources to update the exercise's mandate. To ensure that Maple Flag remains relevant now and into the future. Exercise format The mission of MAPLE FLAG is to provide training to the Canadian Forces and allied air forces, including fighter, bomber, aerial refuelling, transport, air defence, AWACS, SEAD, and electronic warfare crews. Participants join forces against a hostile aggressor (called "Redland"), using the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range (CLAWR) territory for all operations. CLAWR is 1.17 million hectares in size and is approximately 70 kilometers north of 4 Wing Cold Lake. Each 10-day phase involves a combination of air-to-ground, air-to-air and other missions twice a day, morning and afternoon. The Air Force Tactical Training Centre (AFTTC), located at 4 Wing CFB Cold Lake, plans, directs and hosts Exercise Maple Flag. Fighter aircraft carry Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) pods to simulate air-to-air and air-to-surface attacks. Aggressors Played by various aircraft including frequently F-16C's from United States Air Force's 64th Aggressor Squadron. On 31 October 2017 Discovery Air Defence had won the Contracted Airborne Training Services (CATS), a ten-year contract to provide "Aggressor" aircraft to play red hostile forces during Canadian military exercises. Discovery Air Defence use a fleet of modernized Alpha Jets to simulate red opposition forces. International Observer Program The International Observer Program provides potential future participants of Exercise MAPLE FLAG the opportunity to experience the exercise up close, without committing large amounts of resources. The aim of this program is to secure other nations' future participation in Exercise MAPLE FLAG. Participants have come from a variety of allied and partner nations, including: Australia, Chile, Germany, India, Israel, Philippines, Oman, Peru, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Republic of South Korea and Sweden. Exercise participants Most Canadian tactical combat aircrew have participated in MAPLE FLAG over the years, initially flying the CF-104 Starfighter, CF-101 Voodoo and CF-116 Freedom Fighter, followed by the CF-18 Hornet. Other supporting aircraft have included the CC-177, Canadair CT-133 T-bird, CT-114 Tutor, CC-130 Hercules, CP-140 Aurora, CH-146 Griffon, CT-155 Hawk, CT-156 Harvard II, CC-150 Polaris and the CC-137 Husky. Allied air forces from many NATO countries have been involved in years past, with numerous aircraft types. Examples include: German Luftwaffe: F-4F Phantom II, C-160D Transall, MiG-29G, Panavia Tornado Royal Air Force: Buccaneer, Harrier II, SEPECAT Jaguar, C-130, Panavia Tornado, Sentry AEW.1 USAF/USN/USMC – F-16C/D Fighting Falcon, F-15 Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle, A-10 Thunderbolt, EA-6B Prowler, B-1B Lancer, KC-135 Stratotanker, KC-10 Extender, C-5 Galaxy, C-141 Starlifter, C-17 Globemaster III, F/A-18E Super Hornet, F/A-18A/B/C/D Hornets, F-111 Aardvark, A-7D Corsair Royal Netherlands Air Force: F-16AMLU Fighting Falcon French Armée de l'Air: C-160R, Mirage 2000-N, Mirage 2000-D, Mirage 2000-5, Mirage F1CT, Boeing E-3 Sentry, A400M Royal Norwegian Air Force – F-16 Fighting Falcon Belgian Air Force – F-16MLU, C-130H Hercules Non-NATO nations include: Israeli Air Force: F-16C/D Royal Australian Air Force: F/A-18A/B Hornet, C-130H Hercules Royal New Zealand Air Force: C-130H Hercules Swedish Air Force – C-130H Hercules Republic of Singapore Air Force: KC-135R Stratotanker, F-16 Fighting Falcon Brazilian Air Force – C-130H Hercules Colombian Air Force – 6 A-29 Super Tucanos, 1 C-130H Hercules, and 1 KC-767MMTT. Many officers and personnel from other nations have been invited as guests of the Canadian Forces to observe MAPLE FLAG operations. Several private sector organizations have also participated in MAPLE FLAG, providing fictional opposition Redland forces. Gallery Notes External links 4Wing information Page On Maple Flag Pictures from Maple Flag Another picture source Information source Maple Flag 2009 Colombian Air Force On Maple Flag 2013 Royal Canadian Air Force Canadian military exercises Military aviation exercises

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Antoine de Crussol, 1st Duke of Uzès

Antoine de Crussol, 1st Duke of Uzès (1528-1573) was Protestant military commander and peer of France. Raised in a Protestant household, Crussol was an early convert among the elite of France. In 1558 upon his marriage, his barony was elevated to a county by king Henri II. In the troubles that spread through the south in the wake of the Conspiracy of Amboise he was appointed as 'lieutenant and commander' to help bring order back to Provence and Languedoc. In this role he favoured the Protestants, much to the irritation of the Catholic consuls. When the French Wars of Religion broke out, he entered rebellion, accepting the nomination of Governor of Languedoc from the estates of the region. He appointed his relatives to senior positions in his administration. With peace declared in the Edict of Amboise Crussol did not immediately relinquish power in Languedoc, and held on to his forces until August. Having finally returned to loyalty to the crown he accommodated the court during the grand tour of France in 1564–5, following them on their journey through the south. In 1565 the crown raised his lands to a duchy, making him the duc d'Uzès Over the following years he ensured Catholic worship was restored in Nîmes. IN 1571 his duchy was elevated into the peerage. During the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew he converted to Catholicism, and took part in the crowns campaign against La Rochelle the following year. During the course of the siege he became ill, and he died on 11 August 1573 without issue. Early life and family Crussol was born on 21 June 1528. His father was Jacques de Crussol and his mother was Jeanne de Genouilhac. Antoine and Jacques de Crussol were raised in a Protestant household directed by their mother. Crussol married Louise de Clermont on 10 April 1556, a confident of Catherine de' Medici who acted as an intermediary between the court and Protestant nobles.On the occasion of their marriage, king Henri II raised Crussol into a county from a barony. His brother d'Acier commanded Protestant forces in Languedoc during the first war of religion. He became renowned for his cruelties and was only spared reprisals by the intervention of his brother after he was captured in 1568. When Crussol died in 1573, d'Acier converted to Catholicism so that he might inherit the title of Uzès. Reign of Francis II With Navarre and Condé holding up in the south away from court after the Conspiracy of Amboise, the king, confident of their guilt sent Crussol to bring them up to court such that they might face charges. Reign of Charles IX New regime Upon the ascent of Charles IX, Crussol was elevated to the Order of Saint Michael and granted a place on the conseil privé. At the regional Languedoc estates that proceeded the estates general in March 1561, a Huguenot delegate called for the confiscation of all clerical property and using the proceeds from selling it to maintain a reformed clergy. Crussol was among those nobles who supported this proposal alongside much of the rest of the nobility of Languedoc. In August at Pontoise a modified version of this proposal was endorsed by the general second and third estates. Commissioner With word reaching the court of the violent disorder in Provence Crussol was dispatched as a commissioner to work with the governor Tende in suppressing the local civil war that was developing between Catholic militants under Carcès and Protestant under Montbrun. The municipal consuls of Aix protested Crussol's selection as commissioner, arguing his Protestantism made him too biased to conduct the role, in response to this the more militant Catholics were ejected from the consulate of Aix and several nearby towns on royal orders. However his preference for Protestant allies in the province would manifest in the following months. Reporting from the estates of Provence in April 1561 Crussol emphasised the great obedience and respect for the king his co-religionists held in Provence. In the same year Catherine oversaw his appointment as 'lieutenant and commander' of Languedoc. He quickly took advantage to assert his authority over the regions of the governorship where his estates were located in the east. Throughout the 1560s Crussol would outbid other buyers to snap up alienated church land when it became available in the diocese of Uzès, consolidating his holdings in the region. First civil war During the first civil war Crussol was tasked with pacifying Languedoc, however he seemed more interested in carving out a principality for himself. The Languedoc estates of November 1562 and March 1563 concerned themselves with building and financing a military defence system to be put under the command of Crussol. The estates of November met on Crussol's estates, arriving from Nîmes and after their deliberations he agreed to become the governor of Languedoc for the Protestant cause. He promised them he would tolerate no Catholics in his following and the estates gave him 400,000 livres. He proceeded to appoint subordinate governors to administer the province with the assistance of a small council. His brother Beaudiné was made lieutenant-general of Languedoc. Towns were compelled to sign oaths, on a similar line to the oaths Catholic Leagues extracted. With Condé captured on the field at the Battle of Dreux in December 1562, Catherine took the opportunity to chastise Crussol, urging him to 'remember his duties as the kings subject, and to get his fellow Protestants to disarm. Edict of Amboise In 1563 with peace declared in the Edict of Amboise, Provence successfully secured an exemption from the edicts terms. Marseille campaigned successfully against Crussol's provisions, arguing Protestantism had never been practiced in the city, so its introduction would be improper. Catherine protested the fact Crussol remained under arms, urging him to hand his troops over to Guillaume de Joyeuse. Crussol, who despised Joyeuse, abstained from handing over the territories under his control until August 1563. Crussol and his brother d'Acier protested as Damville the new governor of Languedoc began installing Catholic town councils in dozens of Protestant towns in the governorship. The central government sent two commissioners down to ensure elections for towns complied with the Edict of Amboise. Royal tour During the royal grand tour of 1564 the king, his mother and many notables spent time at Crussol's residence on their journey, before he accompanied them on in their journey to Nîmes. When the king reached Montpellier, he held council to discuss religious matters, among those sitting on the council was Crussol. In May 1565, while the king held a lit de justice in Toulouse, he elevated Crussol to the duc d'Uzes , though on the condition that if there was no male heir the duchy would pass to the crown. Loyalist Crussol rarely visited his holdings in the following years, consumed as he was in efforts at court, and with restoring Catholic worship in Nîmes. In 1566 he wrote to the king of his success in reinstalling the bishop of the city. In January 1571, the duchy of Uzès was further elevated into a peerage of the realm. With the shockwaves that rippled out from the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew he converted to Catholicism. In the wake of the massacre, La Rochelle entered rebellion against the crown. Crussol aided the crown in their efforts to subdue the city, however, in the poor conditions of the siege lines he developed an illness, and he died on 11 August 1573. Having no children, he was succeeded to his titles by his brother d'Acier. Sources References 1528 births 1573 deaths French people of the French Wars of Religion House of Crussol Dukes of France Dukes of Uzès Peers of France

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Chester Terrace

Chester Terrace is one of the neo-classical terraces in Regent's Park, London. The terrace has the longest unbroken facade in Regent's Park, of about . It takes its name from one of the titles of George IV before he became king, Earl of Chester. It now lies within the London Borough of Camden. As with Cornwall Terrace and York Terrace, the architectural plans were made by John Nash but subsequently altered almost beyond recognition by Decimus Burton, who was responsible for the existing design, built by his father James Burton in 1825. Nash was so dissatisfied with Decimus's design that he sought the demolition and complete rebuilding of the Terrace, but in vain. It is a Grade I listed building. Architecture All 42 houses are Grade I listed buildings. At each end there is a Corinthian arch bearing at the top the terrace's name in large lettering on a blue background, possibly the largest street signs in London. Five houses are semi-detached with one of these being Nash House (3 Chester Terrace, although the main entrance is in Chester Gate), having a bust of John Nash on its west side, appearing identical to the bust on All Souls Church, Langham Place. During the Second World War the Nash buildings around the park, including Chester Terrace, fell into what one newspaper called "a sad state of neglect … caused by bombing and the ravages of time". An official report commented "there is not a single terrace which does not give the impression of hopeless dereliction". Restoration work followed in the early 1950s. The terrace was mainly occupied by government departments during and after the war, but by 1957 the freeholder of the terrace, the Crown Estate, had adopted the policy of returning it, and the other Nash terraces, to private residential use, as recommended ten years earlier in the report of a government committee on the post-war future of the terraces. Former residents There are two blue plaques on the street: one at No. 13 for the architect Charles Robert Cockerell, and one at No. 27 for Air Marshal John Salmond. The politician John Profumo lived at the aforementioned Nash House, No. 3 Chester Terrace, from 1948 until 1965. His former mistress Christine Keeler later lived in the nearby Chester Close North. The composer Arnold Bax lived at No. 19 from 1911 to 1918. The actor Sir Ralph Richardson and his wife Meriel Forbes lived at No. 1 Chester Terrace until 1983. The Ooni of Ife, King Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II lived in No. 24. Other residents of Chester Terrace have included the artist Aubrey Beardsley, the Nigerian businessman MKO Abiola, the architect Charles Cockerell, the surgeon William Coulson, the Nigerian diplomat Philip Asiodu, the swindler Leopold Redpath, and the journalist Emma Tennant, who was born there. In popular culture This location was used for The Avengers episode "You'll Catch Your Death" (1968). It featured in the 1997 film version of George Orwell's Keep The Aspidistra Flying. It is a major location in the film The End of the Affair (1955). It also features in the film The Nanny (1965). It is shown in the 1968 Robert Wise musical film Star!, in a brief scene during which Gertrude Lawrence (played by Julie Andrews) receives a writ for unpaid bills. The location is also featured in the film Mrs Henderson Presents as the home of Laura Henderson (played by Judi Dench). Gallery See also List of eponymous roads in London References External links Chester Terrace in 1827. Painting by Thomas H. Shepherd Photograph about 1900 Streets in the London Borough of Camden Grade I listed buildings in the London Borough of Camden Grade I listed residential buildings Houses completed in 1825 John Nash buildings Decimus Burton buildings James Burton (property developer) buildings Regent's Park Regency architecture in London

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Padelford Riverboats

Padelford Riverboats, established in 1969, is the sole provider of river boat cruises within the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area in the Twin Cities of the U.S. State of Minnesota. Padelford boats cruise on the Mississippi River and celebrate the history of the region. The Padelford Riverboat Company is based at Harriet Island in downtown St. Paul. The company was founded in 1969 by William Bowell - a World War II decorated veteran - at a time when the Mississippi River was neglected and underused. The activities of Bowell and Padelford helped build relationships between the people and the river, and spurred positive changes on the riverfront. History Founder William Bowell grew up close to the river, helping his father's small business on Harriet Island. He served in World War II, then enrolled at Macalester College after the war. His lifelong dream was to pilot a boat on the Mississippi River. He was a curator for the Minnesota Historical Society and later a businessman, but returned to the river in 1969 to start the Padelford Riverboat business. His lifelong collection of books about the river, along with historic photographs, books, blueprints, original documents, and other reference materials are stored in the Captain William D. Bowell, Jr. River Library, housed in the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa. After initially purchasing the paddle steamer Jonathan Padelford, Bowell continued to expand the boat inventory. He also expanded the original boat itself - cutting it in half and adding a 20-foot section at midship. The eventual fleet included three coast-guard rated boats and 5 vessels total. In 2006, the three co-owners sold one of their boats, the Harriet Bishop, to buy a new overnight cruiser to replace the Viking Explorer, which had been sold in 1998. But before they could get their hands on one, the economy slipped into recession and that extra cash ended up providing the necessary resources for the company to remain in operation. Operations The company was founded by Captain William Bowell, who retired in 2002, passing leadership of the company to his family members Bill Bowell Jr, Beth Myers, Shelley Kosmo, Steve Bowell, and Jim Kosmo; and General Manager Gus Gaspardo. The Padelford operated out of Harriet Island originally, and continues to this day. For a period from 1988 until 2004, they also operated from Boom Island in Minneapolis. Their Minneapolis operations were within a contract with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, and ended when the two parties were unable to come to terms for a new contract. Starting in 1996, Padelford partnered with the National Park Service, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the Science Museum of Minnesota, the St. Paul chapter of the National Audubon Society, Hamline University's Center for Global Environmental Education, and other government agencies and nonprofit organizations to create a temporary floating classroom/field trip series. This field trip series on a Padelford riverboat includes curriculums involving environmental studies, ecology, aquatic life and watershed stewardship as well as cultural studies and regional history. The Padelford company partnered with the University of Minnesota to bring back their flagship vessel, the Minnesota Centennial Showboat, containing a 210-seat theater. The Showboat Players - theater students of the University - performed melodramas and olios in that venue. Originally operated by the University itself, the refurbished vessel arrived back at Harriet Island on April 17, 2002. The University decided to end the partnership due to declining interest in melodramas. Its final show - also featured during its first season - was Under the Gaslight in 2016. In 2004, the Padelford participated in the 2004 Grand Excursion, celebrating the 150-yr anniversary of the original grand excursion in 1854. As part of that event, the company provided public and private cruises from Diamond Bluff, Wisconsin for one week. The Padelford participated in other steamboat revival events throughout the region. The company was a founding member of the Passenger Vehicle Association and has been an active member in the association. Mississippi riverfront resurgence In the early part of the century, industrialization and farming activities caused the Mississippi to become very polluted. Not only was the MNRRA region named and identified, but regular recreational activity of all kinds increased starting in that period. When Bowell launched the Padelford, there were no cruise lines operating in that stretch of the River - the closest was in Iowa. The locks and dams had recently been built and the river was used mainly for industrial shipping. Bowell went against that grain and provided access to the river on a recreational basis, including also a dose of regional history in each excursion. Through to the current day, the company remains involved in a wide variety of activities focused on the River. Vessels The Jonathan Padelford is a nearly-authentic Mark Twain-era sternwheeler riverboat that was built in 1969 at Dubuque Boat and Boiler Co., Dubuque, IA. The boat replicates the paddle wheel mechanism, but operates on diesel fuel instead of the original steam technology. Two years after completion the Padelford was taken to a shipyard in Lemont, IL where it was cut in two and a 20-foot section was added at midship. The lengthening increased capacity and made the overall length 125 feet with a 24-foot beam. Capacity: 313. The name Jonathan Padelford is that of the founder's ancestor, a territorial pioneer who came to Minnesota in 1856. In 1988 the 300-passenger sidewheeler Anson Northrup was added. Built in 1988 in Jennings, LA the Northrup started in service with public excursions on Father’s Day, June 19, 1988. Length - 92 feet. In 1990 a car/truck ferry vessel named the Brandon Paul from Tiptonville, Kentucky was acquired, renamed the Betsey Northrup and converted to a two deck, 300-passenger party barge. The main deck was enclosed while the second deck was left open but was covered for maximum sightseeing. Length - 108 feet. Viking Explorer - formerly the Arkansas Explorer - Length - 110 feet; built in 1980; Capacity - 34 passengers. Mini cruise ship with 24 staterooms, provided cruises that ranged as far as Florida. Viking Explorer was sold in 1992. Harriet Bishop - Length - 98 Feet; Built 1987, Utica, Indiana; Capacity - Harbor Cruises: 350, Riverboat Race, Themed Harbor and Parade of Tall Stacks Cruises: 300, Lunch and Dinner Cruises: 264. Captain Frank M. Whiting - Showboat built in 2002 by John Nichols of Mississippi Marine for the University of Minnesota and Padelford. Owned by the University of Minnesota and operated by Padelford as the replacement of the original Minnesota Centennial Showboat until 2016. Capacity - 499. See also Minnesota Centennial Showboat Steamboats of the Mississippi References Further reading External links Come Aboard! Padelford Riverboats St. Paul, YouTube The Business End of the m/v JONATHAN PADELFORD, YouTube Culture of Saint Paul, Minnesota Tourist attractions in Saint Paul, Minnesota Steamboats of the Mississippi River Paddle steamers of the United States Passenger ships of the United States

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Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal

Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal () is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film directed by Kamal and written by Ranjith from a story by Kamal, it was produced by Castle Productions. The film stars Jayaram as Sivasankaran, who arrives in Peruvannapuram village to join as the new peon in a college, and Parvathy as Kunjulakshmi, a student and an arrogant girl from a wealthy aristocratic family who owns the college. Mohanlal has a cameo role as Achutha Kurup. The music was composed by Johnson. Plot Kunjulakshmi is the only daughter of the aristocratic Kavumpattu family in Peruvannapuram. She is pampered by her five brothers and is arrogant. The family owns the local college. Sivasankaran comes to the college as a peon to replace Keeleri Padmanabhan, who fails to give the promised donation to the Kavumpattu family in return for the job. Padmanabhan is despondent at the loss of his job. People in the village goad him to make life miserable for the new peon so that he would leave the job and go leaving the post vacant for Padmanabhan. Padmanabhan starts exhorting money from Sivasankaran. Sivasankaran, on the other hand, finds out that his job includes helping the Kavumpattu family in household chores. When he takes lunch for Kunju, she laughs at him and taunts him. In the meantime, Sivasankar stands up to Padmanabhan and refuses to give him any more of his money. Padmanabhan resorts to stealing coconuts from the Kavumpattu family estate to earn some money. Sivasankaran catches them and in the scuffle he is accused of being the thief. He is let off on the intervention of the grandmother of the family. In the meantime, a love note that was written for Kunjulakshmi by a classmate ends up in her book and she accuses Sivasankaran of writing her the letter. Kunjulakshmi gets into a fight with Sivasankaran. Her brothers join the fight and Sivasankaran declares that he will marry Kunju in 15 days. Although Kunjulakshmi hates Sivasankaran to that point, she realises that Sivasankaran is innocent. There is also a rumour that Sivasankaran is the son of Late Vamadevakurup and the erstwhile maid of Kavumpatt. All these melts the hatred that Kunjulakshmi had against Sivasankaran, which finally turns into sympathy and love. While everything were in their favour, things takes a turn with the appearance of Achutha Kurup / Achu, who is actually the son of the late Vamadeva Kurup of Kavumpattu and is a successful businessman in Singapore. Cast Jayaram as Sivashankaran Parvathi as Kunju Lakshmi Jagathy Sreekumar as Keeleri Padmanabhan/Pappan Philomina as Kunju Lakshmi's grandmother Innocent as Adiyodi P. C. George as Veerabhadra Kuruppu (Valiya Kuruppu) Shivaji as Kuruppu Siddique as Antappan Kalpana as Mohini Kuthiravattam Pappu as Pushpangadan Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Appunni Nair Mammukoya as P. C. Peruvannapuram V. K. Sreeraman as Kannappa Kuruppu Santhosh as Chandukkutty Kuruppu K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Madhavi Amma Sankaradi as College Principal Jagadish as Balan Kundara Johnny as Gopala Kuruppu Idavela Babu as Suresh Paravoor Bharathan as Kalari Gurukkal James Mohanlal as Achutha Kuruppu (Cameo appearance) * Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Devaki Amma Production Initially, Kamal had Mohanlal in mind for the lead role when the story was envisioned, but later realising Mohanlal had done a similar character in an earlier film, the story background was changed to cast Jayaram in the lead, and Mohanlal appeared in a cameo role as Achutha Kurup, a significant character whose name is mentioned throughout the film and appears at the end. Major part of the film was shot in Panjal, a village in the Thrissur district. The college known as Vamadevakurup memorial College is actually a school called TRKHSS situated in Vaniamkulam situated in Palakkad district. Soundtrack The film's soundtrack contains songs, all composed by Johnson and Lyrics by P.K. Gopi. Reception Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal was a major commercial success. Mohanlal's cameo role increased the film's box office performance. Jayaram told in an interview that filmmaker P. Vasu once revealed to him that his 1991 Tamil film Chinna Thambi was inspired from the film. References External links 1989 films 1980s Malayalam-language films 1989 romantic comedy films Indian romantic comedy films Films directed by Kamal (director) Indian family films Films shot in Thrissur Films shot in Palakkad Films shot in Ottapalam Films scored by Johnson Films with screenplays by Ranjith

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Ulladakkam

Ulladakkam () is 1991 Indian Malayalam-language psychological thriller film directed by Kamal and written by P. Balachandran from a story by Cheriyan Kalpakavadi. It stars Mohanlal, Shobana and Amala Akkineni. The film, produced by Suresh Balaje features a soundtrack composed by Ouseppachan. The plot follows a psychiatrist, Dr. Sunny (Mohanlal) and one of his patients, Reshma (Amala), who gets obsessed with him romantically, but Sunny is already engaged with Annie (Shobana). The film explores the phenomenon of transference. Upon release, it received critical acclaim. Ulladakkam is now regarded as one of the best films of Kamal. The film won three Kerala State Film Awards, including Best Actor (Mohanlal), Best Director (Kamal ), and Best Dubbing Artist (Bhagyalakshmi). Amala won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam. Plot Dr Sunny is a psychiatrist who is engaged to his girlfriend Annie. One day a girl named Reshma is admitted to Sunny's hospital by her brother Roy, who is a close friend of Sunny. Sunny is led to Reshma's room, where he catches a glimpse of the trashed-out room, with Reshma crouching in a corner, in a highly agitated state. She is later brought to the hospital, and we see her less agitated, but with a vacant expression, suggestive of a dissociation from her surroundings. While she is managed with tranquilizers, Sunny probes into her background. He discovers a few clues in her diary. There are traits of heightened emotionality in her writings – letters to her mother, who died when she was ten. Her brother adds that she had a transient psychotic episode when their mother had died. Sunny tries to explore the trigger for the current psychotic episode. From the placards he shows her, he gathers that there is a connection with the sea, for Reshma becomes highly agitated when she sees a placard depicting the sea. With further clues, he associates it to the mysterious disappearance of her boyfriend, Arun. He subjects Reshma to hypnosis and elicits the whole story of how a mafia group closes in on the duo at the beach, and kill Arun, whose body is washed into the sea, while Reshma watches helplessly. Reshma is made to narrate the event and she is also given a guarded exposure to the sea, which cures her of her sea phobia. And thus, we see Reshma gradually recovering from her dissociation. She focusses on her surroundings and develops a special bonding with one of the inmates (Sukumari), in whom she sees a mother figure. Her recovery is complicated by her fundamental emotional insecurity and dependent personality. When Sukumari is discharged from the asylum, Reshma's unconscious seeks a strong replacement for Arun and she clings to Sunny. Sunny's personality and his degree of involvement with Reshma makes it easy for her to transfer her emotions for Arun towards Sunny. With an unconscious that refuses to come to terms with Arun's permanent loss, and that refuses to acknowledge the loss of a relationship in which Reshma's involvement was overt (with dependence), Reshma's unconscious transfers the relationship to the receptive and reciprocative Sunny (the phenomenon of transference, described by Freud). And thus, her dependence shifts to Sunny. The movie takes a final turn when at Sunny's wedding party, Reshma finds herself disturbed by the sound of the drums and the sight of the drummer (Arun was a drummer). In a fit of psychosis, Reshma murders Sunny's wife, Annie. The majority of the movie is a flashback to 7 years ago. Sunny receives a call from Roy stating Reshma is now normal. She spent the last 7 years healing from the events that transpired. Roy brings Reshma to Sunny and asks his forgiveness. Roy tells Sunny that Reshma will be serving others under Mother Teresa for the rest her life for penance. Sunny forgives Reshma by telling her it was not her but her mental condition that was to blame, and they embrace. Cast Mohanlal as Dr. Sunny Joseph Shobana as Annie, Sunny's fiancé (Voiced by Anandavally) Amala Akkineni as Reshma, Sunny's patient (Voiced by Bhagyalakshmi and Sreeja Ravi) Murali as Roy Ashokan as Kishore M. G. Soman as Mathachan Sukumari as Mental Patient Innocent as Kunjachan Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Sunny's Mother Philomina as Hospital Attendant Jagathy Sreekumar as Burning Desire - Mental Patient Zainuddin as Chakrapani Krishnan Kutty Nair as Mental Patient Mavelikkara Ponnamma as Mental Patient Kunchan as Freddy T. P. Madhavan as Doctor Zeenath as Reena Other crew Art director: Roy P. Thomas Production controller: M. Salim Assistant director: Lal Jose, Dileep, Akbar Soundtrack Ouseppachan composed the soundtrack for the film, to which the lyrics were written by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri. The original soundtrack consisting four tracks was released by Ranjini Cassettes on 14 July 1991. Reception Upon release, it received critical acclaim. Ulladakkam is now regarded as one of the best films of Kamal. Awards Kerala State Film Awards Best Actor - Mohanlal Best Director - Kamal Best Dubbing Artist - Bhagyalakshmi Filmfare Awards South Best Actress (Malayalam) - Amala Kerala Film Critics Association Awards Best Actor - Mohanlal References External links 1990s Malayalam-language films 1991 films 1991 romantic drama films Films directed by Kamal (director) Films set in psychiatric hospitals Films scored by Ouseppachan Medical-themed films Indian romantic drama films

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Martin Kariya

Martin Tetsuya Kariya (born October 5, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He is the youngest brother of former NHL players Paul Kariya and Steve Kariya. Playing career Amateur Kariya had a standout NCAA college hockey career at the University of Maine from 1999 to 2003 while earning a degree in Mathematics. During his four years at the University of Maine, the team made 2 Frozen Four appearances. In Martin's junior college season the Black Bears reached the 2001–02 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship final game where they suffered a disappointing 4-3 OT loss to the University of Minnesota. Martin was the captain of the team in his senior year and was also the top scorer with 50 points in 39 games. Martin was awarded the Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award and named to Hockey East First All-Star Team. He finished his Black Bear career 11th in all-time scoring with 155 points and was subsequently named in Maine's All Decade Team. Professional Kariya's outstanding college hockey career caught the attention of the Portland Pirates of the AHL, who offered him a contract to join their team for the 2002–03 playoffs. On July 22, 2003, Martin then signed with the New York Islanders affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers for the 2003–04 season. The 2004 NHL Lockout was a bump in the road for Kariya. Rather than waiting for the NHL season to resume, Martin headed to Japan to play for the Nikko IceBucks in the Asian Hockey League where he was a favorite with Japanese hockey fans. Next he played in Fredrikstad Norway for Stjernen HC and recorded 52 points in 39 games. This caught the attention of hockey scouts from Europe's top leagues and led to Martin signing with the Espoo Blues of the Finnish SM-liiga for the 2006-2007 season. Martin's speed and skill helped him to dominate the Finnish league. He was the top scorer with 61 points in 51 games and was considered the best forward in the league that season. After his great success in Europe, Martin signed his first NHL contract with the St. Louis Blues on June 1, 2007, for the following 2007–08 season. On October 1, 2007, Kariya was among the final cuts as he was assigned to affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen. Kariya enjoyed his most successful season in the AHL recording 53 points in 71 games. For the 2008–09 season he returned to Europe to play in the lucrative Swiss League where he finished 5th in the league's scoring standings and was a key player for the SCL Tigers. On July 15, 2009, Kariya signed with the Dinamo Riga of the KHL. In the 2009–10 season, Martin established himself as an integral part of Riga's offense scoring 22 points in 38 games. Kariya was limited to 38 games after suffering a well publicized concussion in which the KHL was criticized over the immediate medical protocol to his condition. Upon his return, Kariya helped Riga past the first round in the playoffs, leading the KHL with 5 points in 4 games against SKA St. Petersburg after the first round. On May 3, 2010, Kariya returned to the NLA, signing a two-year contract with HC Ambri-Piotta. International play Kariya has had several opportunities to represent Canada in international ice hockey competition. These include the 2005 Loto Cup, the 2005 Spengler Cup, the 2006 Deutschland Cup, the 2008 Spengler Cup and the 2010 Spengler Cup. Awards and honors 2002–03 HE Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award 2006–07 SM-Liiga Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy Career statistics Personal Martin is the younger brother of Steve, Noriko, and Paul Kariya. He is of Japanese and Scottish descent. References External links 1981 births Living people Bridgeport Sound Tigers players Canadian ice hockey forwards Canadian people of Scottish descent Canadian sportspeople of Japanese descent Dinamo Riga players Espoo Blues players HC Ambrì-Piotta players Maine Black Bears men's ice hockey players Nikkō Ice Bucks players Peoria Rivermen (AHL) players Portland Pirates players Ice hockey people from Vancouver Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Latvia Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Finland Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland

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Phosphatidylethanolamine

Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) is a class of phospholipids found in biological membranes. They are synthesized by the addition of cytidine diphosphate-ethanolamine to diglycerides, releasing cytidine monophosphate. S-Adenosyl methionine can subsequently methylate the amine of phosphatidylethanolamines to yield phosphatidylcholines. Function In cells Phosphatidylethanolamines are found in all living cells, composing 25% of all phospholipids. In human physiology, they are found particularly in nervous tissue such as the white matter of brain, nerves, neural tissue, and in spinal cord, where they make up 45% of all phospholipids. Phosphatidylethanolamines play a role in membrane fusion and in disassembly of the contractile ring during cytokinesis in cell division. Additionally, it is thought that phosphatidylethanolamine regulates membrane curvature. Phosphatidylethanolamine is an important precursor, substrate, or donor in several biological pathways. As a polar head group, phosphatidylethanolamine creates a more viscous lipid membrane compared to phosphatidylcholine. For example, the melting temperature of di-oleoyl-phosphatidylethanolamine is -16 °C while the melting temperature of di-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine is -20 °C. If the lipids had two palmitoyl chains, phosphatidylethanolamine would melt at 63 °C while phosphatidylcholine would melt already at 41 °C. Lower melting temperatures correspond, in a simplistic view, to more fluid membranes. In humans In humans, metabolism of phosphatidylethanolamine is thought to be important in the heart. When blood flow to the heart is restricted, the asymmetrical distribution of phosphatidylethanolamine between membrane leaflets is disrupted, and as a result the membrane is disrupted. Additionally, phosphatidylethanolamine plays a role in the secretion of lipoproteins in the liver. This is because vesicles for secretion of very low-density lipoproteins coming off of the Golgi apparatus have a significantly higher phosphatidylethanolamine concentration when compared to other vesicles containing very low-density lipoproteins. Phosphatidylethanolamine has also shown to be able to propagate infectious prions without the assistance of any proteins or nucleic acids, which is a unique characteristic of it. Phosphatidylethanolamine is also thought to play a role in blood clotting, as it works with phosphatidylserine to increase the rate of thrombin formation by promoting binding to factor V and factor X, two proteins which catalyze the formation of thrombin from prothrombin. The synthesis of endocannabinoid anandamide is performed from the phosphatidylethanolamine by the successive action of 2 enzymes, the N-acetyltransferase and phospholipase-D. In bacteria Where phosphatidylcholine is the principal phospholipid in animals, phosphatidylethanolamine is the principal one in bacteria. One of the primary roles for phosphatidylethanolamine in bacterial membranes is to spread out the negative charge caused by anionic membrane phospholipids. In the bacterium E. coli, phosphatidylethanolamine play a role in supporting lactose permeases active transport of lactose into the cell, and may play a role in other transport systems as well. Phosphatidylethanolamine plays a role in the assembly of lactose permease and other membrane proteins. It acts as a 'chaperone' to help the membrane proteins correctly fold their tertiary structures so that they can function properly. When phosphatidylethanolamine is not present, the transport proteins have incorrect tertiary structures and do not function correctly. Phosphatidylethanolamine also enables bacterial multidrug transporters to function properly and allows the formation of intermediates that are needed for the transporters to properly open and close. Structure As a lecithin, phosphatidylethanolamine consists of a combination of glycerol esterified with two fatty acids and phosphoric acid. Whereas the phosphate group is combined with choline in phosphatidylcholine, it is combined with ethanolamine in phosphatidylethanolamine. The two fatty acids may be identical or different, and are usually found in positions 1,2 (less commonly in positions 1,3). Synthesis The phosphatidylserine decarboxylation pathway and the cytidine diphosphate-ethanolamine pathways are used to synthesize phosphatidylethanolamine. Phosphatidylserine decarboxylase is the enzyme that is used to decarboxylate phosphatidylserine in the first pathway. The phosphatidylserine decarboxylation pathway is the main source of synthesis for phosphatidylethanolamine in the membranes of the mitochondria. Phosphatidylethanolamine produced in the mitochondrial membrane is also transported throughout the cell to other membranes for use. In a process that mirrors phosphatidylcholine synthesis, phosphatidylethanolamine is also made via the cytidine diphosphate-ethanolamine pathway, using ethanolamine as the substrate. Through several steps taking place in both the cytosol and endoplasmic reticulum, the synthesis pathway yields the end product of phosphatidylethanolamine. Phosphatidylethanolamine is also found abundantly in soy or egg lecithin and is produced commercially using chromatographic separation. Regulation Synthesis of phosphatidylethanolamine through the phosphatidylserine decarboxylation pathway occurs rapidly in the inner mitochondrial membrane. However, phosphatidylserine is made in the endoplasmic reticulum. Because of this, the transport of phosphatidylserine from the endoplasmic reticulum to the mitochondrial membrane and then to the inner mitochondrial membrane limits the rate of synthesis via this pathway. The mechanism for this transport is currently unknown but may play a role in the regulation of the rate of synthesis in this pathway. Presence in food, health issues Phosphatidylethanolamines in food break down to form phosphatidylethanolamine-linked Amadori products as a part of the Maillard reaction. These products accelerate membrane lipid peroxidation, causing oxidative stress to cells that come in contact with them. Oxidative stress is known to cause food deterioration and several diseases. Significant levels of Amadori-phosphatidylethanolamine products have been found in a wide variety of foods such as chocolate, soybean milk, infant formula, and other processed foods. The levels of Amadori-phosphatidylethanolamine products are higher in foods with high lipid and sugar concentrations that have high temperatures in processing. Additional studies have found that Amadori-phosphatidylethanolamine may play a role in vascular disease, act as the mechanism by which diabetes can increase the incidence of cancer, and potentially play a role in other diseases as well. Amadori-phosphatidylethanolamine has a higher plasma concentration in diabetes patients than healthy people, indicating it may play a role in the development of the disease or be a product of the disease. See also N-Acylphosphatidylethanolamine Phosphatidyl ethanolamine methyltransferase References External links Phosphatidylethanolamine at the AOCS Lipid Library. Cholinergics Phospholipids Membrane biology Phosphatidylethanolamines

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Wingfield Manor

Wingfield Manor is a ruined manor house left deserted since the 1770s, near the village of South Wingfield and some west of the town of Alfreton in the English county of Derbyshire. There is a working farm that forms part of the old manor. It is now in the care of English Heritage, listed on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register, and is not open currently to the public. History Construction of the manor began in 1441 for Treasurer to Henry VI, Sir Ralph Cromwell, though the building was not completed until after his death when John Talbot, the second Earl of Shrewsbury, bought the property. His family maintained the manor within the property for nearly two hundred years. After which, Parliament decreed that the manor be dismantled and allowed to fall into ruin, and parts were taken for building materials, leaving behind the present ruins. It is also considered to house the first flushing toilet, built in 1596. Mary, Queen of Scots, at Wingfield The sixth Earl of Shrewsbury was entrusted with the care of Mary, Queen of Scots, when she was detained from 1569 onward, in his various houses around Derbyshire, Wingfield among them. In August 1569 the Earl was anxious to move Mary from Wingfield. He wanted to take her to Sheffield because Wingfield needed cleaning. There were over 240 people in residence and the manor "waxed unsavoury." At Sheffield, the Earl had two houses, Sheffield Castle and Sheffield Manor and could easily move the queen between them when cleaning was necessary. Mary was still at Wingfield at the time of the Rebellion of the North in November 1569. The Earl of Shrewsbury heard of a plot to release Mary at that time. The Earl of Northumberland and his wife had come to stay nearby at Wentworth House. The alleged escape plan involved the Countess of Northumberland pretending to be a nurse and coming to attend Christine Hogg, the pregnant wife of the embroiderer Bastian Pagez. The Countess was "something like the queen in personage" and would take Mary's place while she escaped. Queen Elizabeth wrote to the Earl of Shrewsbury on 14 March 1570 giving permission for him to move Mary back to Wingfield because the water supply at Tutbury Castle was inadequate. The Earl had hoped to take Mary to Chatsworth House and also made preparations there. Mary was back at Wingfield in 1584 and Ralph Sadler described in October how the "castle" was guarded by soldiers armed with pistols, muskets and halberds, and the difficult terrain nearby which would deter escape. He wrote about the unsatisfactory conditions in November, when she was to move to Tutbury Castle. Mary's bedchamber at Wingfield was too close to the kitchens and the "smoke and scent of meat" from below, despite being the best lodging in the house. It may have been at Wingfield that Mary met Anthony Babington, whose family lived at Dethick nearby, who organised the abortive Babington Plot, a Recusant Catholic plot against Elizabeth I. The walnut tree in the north courtyard is reputed to have grown from a seed left when Anthony Babington smeared walnut juice over his face to disguise himself and enter the castle to see Mary, Queen of Scots. However, the tree is not old enough for this story to be true. The Civil War At the time of the English Civil War (1642–48), the manor was in the hands of Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, a Parliament supporter. The manor was taken by the Royalists in 1643 and then, after a short siege (albeit interrupted by the Battle of Marston Moor), retaken by Parliament in August 1644, after several large siege engines had destroyed part of the western curtain wall. Wingfield Manor located in what was then a strategic position near a main north-south artery of the country and also a key east-west link at the southern end of the Pennines. It was partially demolished at the end of the Civil War on instructions from Parliament in order that it could never be used again for defensive purposes - not that it was built as a castle in the first place. Along the curtain walls and on the towers can still be seen the damage caused by cannonballs. One in particular on the north wall, shows by its shape, the direction of fire, indicating the direction of the cannons used in the 1644 siege, four 32 pounders, borrowed for the occasion. Initially these cannon were positioned on the hill to the east, the site of an old Roman fort, but the distance was too great and the only damage incurred was to a half moon battery outside the main gate, which is overgrown but still visible. The guns were moved to the west, to manor top, and it was from here that the southern part of the west curtain wall was demolished, after which the Royalists surrendered. After the war the manor was deliberately ruined so it would never again be used for defence. The Great Hall of the manor was renovated some years later for Immanuel Halton, an astronomer. In the 18th Century it was abandoned (apart from the farmhouse in the centre) and then further damaged when stone was taken for building Wingfield Hall, in the valley below. Current remains The remains include a usable tower, part of a greater tower that included, before the English Civil War, one of the earliest flushing systems in England. A cistern of water, positioned at the top of the tower, was emptied through the toilet area into the moat. The remains of the great hall, once one of the largest in the country, contains an oriel window, where light would once have shone through coloured glass and illuminated the high table. The undercroft below the great hall was used for the storage of wine, beer and food, and had stairs on each corner going up to the great hall. The kitchens were connected to the great hall by a passageway. The remains of two bread ovens can be seen, along with two large fireplaces. There is also a great stone barn, notable for the internal timbering; and the gate above the entrance to the north court contains a carved representation of moneybags, the symbol of the exchequer, Lord Cromwell. See also Grade I listed buildings in Derbyshire Listed buildings in South Wingfield References External links A brief history and numerous photographs Page at English Heritage Information for teachers: English Heritage The Architecture of Wingfield Manor by J. Alfred Gotch Country houses in Derbyshire English Heritage sites in Derbyshire Grade I listed buildings in Derbyshire Scheduled monuments in Derbyshire Ruins in Derbyshire

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Alexey Maslov

Alexey Fyodorovich Maslov (; 23 September 1953 – 25 December 2022) was a Russian General of the Army who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces. He was a graduate of the Tank Troops Military Academy and in the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. Biography Born on 23 September 1953 in Panskoye, Kursk region, Alexey Maslov was educated at the Kharkiv Higher Tank Command School. His first service tours were in the Carpathian Military District, where he served as tank platoon, company, and battalion commander. In 1984, he earned a degree at the Tank Academy and was appointed regiment commander (1986) and, later, deputy division commander within the Central Group of Forces in Czechoslovakia. From 1990 to 1994, General Maslov served as deputy division commander, Volga-Ural Military District and, in 1994, assumed command of 15th Guards 'Mozyr' Tank Division, at Chebarkul within the same district. In 1998, General Maslov graduated from the General Staff Academy and took up the post as deputy commander for training, within the then Transbaikal Military District. In 1999, he became Chief of Combat Training in the Siberian Military District. In March 2000, he was appointed chief of staff and first deputy army commander of 36th Combined Arms Army within the Siberian Military District. From June 2001 to 2003, General Maslov served as commander of 57th Army Corps in the Siberian Military District. On 22 March 2003 he was appointed chief of staff & First Deputy Commander, North Caucasus Military District. He later became First Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces. By a Presidential Decree of 5 November 2004 Alexey Maslov assumed the duties of Ground Forces Commander-in-Chief, succeeding General Nikolai Kormiltsev. As Commander-in-Chief, he started to increase the number of contract soldiers in the Russian Ground Forces. He was promoted to the rank of General of the Army on 15 December 2006. In August 2008, he stepped down from the position of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces, then moved to the Russian Military Representative to NATO. He was replaced by General of the Army Vladimir Boldyrev, former Commander of the Volga-Urals Military District. He retired from active duty in October 2011. Maslov died unexpectedly on 25 December 2022, at the age of 69. His death has been regarded as suspicious. See also 2022 Russian businessmen mystery deaths References Further reading Scott & Scott, Russian Military Directory 2004, p. 67 Biography at peoples.ru Генералы: харьковский биографический словарь / Авт.-сост., вступ.ст. А.В. Меляков, Е.В. Поступная ; Под ред. В.И. Голик, Сергій Іванович Посохов ; Редкол.: В.Г. Бульба, В.Г. Коршунов, Н.А. Олефир, др. . – Харьков : Издательство "Точка", 2013 . – 497 с. : портр. - Библиогр.: с.486-487 (40 назв.) . – На рус. яз. - ISBN 978-617-669-133-4. — С. 274. 1953 births 2022 deaths Generals of the army (Russia) Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia alumni Commanders-in-chief of the Russian Army Recipients of the Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class People from Sovetsky District, Kursk Oblast

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Can't Stop (board game)

Can't Stop is a board game designed by Sid Sackson originally published by Parker Brothers in 1980; however, that edition has been long out of print in the United States. It was reprinted by Face 2 Face Games in 2007. An iOS version was developed by Playdek and released in 2012. The goal of the game is to "claim" (get to the top of) three of the columns before any of the other players can. But the more that the player risks rolling the dice during a turn, the greater the risk of losing the advances made during that turn. Equipment The game equipment consists of four dice, a board, a set of eleven markers for each player, and three neutral-colored markers. The board consists of eleven columns of spaces, one column for each of the numbers 2 through 12. The columns (respectively) have 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 11, 9, 7, 5 and 3 spaces each. The number of spaces in each column roughly corresponds to the likelihood of rolling them on two dice. Rules On each turn, the player rolls the four dice, then divides them into two pairs, adding up each pair. (For example, a player rolling a 1, 2, 3, and 6 could group them as 5 and 7, 4 and 8, or 3 and 9.) If the neutral markers are off the board, they are brought onto the board on the columns corresponding to these totals. If the neutral markers are already on the board in one or both of these columns, they are advanced one space upward. If the neutral markers are on the board, but only in columns that cannot be made with any pair of the current four dice, the turn is over and the player gains nothing. This is generally called 'going bust.' After moving the markers, the player chooses whether or not to roll again. If the player stops, they put markers of their color in the location of the current neutral markers. If the player restarts this column on a later turn, they start building from the place where they previously placed their markers. If the player does not stop, they must be able to advance one of the neutral markers on their next roll, or lose any advancement made this turn. When a player reaches the top space of a column and claims it then this column is won, and no further play in that column is allowed. A player claims three columns to win the game. The official rules merely say "If you can place a marker, you must...", not stating if that applies before or after a player decides how to subdivide the four dice. This rule is potentially confusing for the following reason: Suppose the player has a neutral marker in the 7-column, with two un-played. The player now rolls 2-2-5-5. Of course, the player wants to declare two sevens. The player still has an unplayed neutral marker, so is the rule interpreted such that the player must place their remaining two neutral markers, playing on 4 and 10? The rule may have only been intended to apply to requiring that all die-pairs be played, if possible. For instance, if the player rolls 3-4-1-2, they may choose to make a 7 and a 3, advancing their 7 marker, and they must also place their 3 marker even though they would prefer to hold it in reserve. Variants Variants exist including Sid's own "Speed" variant, which results in players jumping over their opponents' markers. This variant leads to fast-paced gameplay and a shorter game. For a slower variant, try "Blocking", where players are not allowed to end their turn if one of their markers is on top of another player's marker. Note that this variant makes it very difficult to pass a player with an established position on the columns on the side of the board (like 2 and 12). Another game, Can't Stop Express, was published in 1989 by Hexagames. In Can't Stop Express, players roll dice to score points. A review for the Games International magazine commented that "Like most of Sid's games this is easy to learn yet offers considerable replay value." Reception The game was recommended by the Spiel des Jahres jury in 1982, with the jury stating that "[with] Can't Stop, author Sid Sackson proves that he also knows how to use dice". The reviewer Mikko Saari from Lautapeliopas considered the game to be "very simple" and praised the engagement due to the push-your-luck mechanism. Reviews 1980 Games 100 in Games Games #21 1981 Games 100 in Games 1982 Games 100 in Games Jeux & Stratégie #9 References External links Can't Stop in the Board Game Arena in English Board games introduced in 1980 Dice games Sid Sackson games Parker Brothers games

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Aluminium joining

Aluminium alloys are often used due to their high strength-to-weight ratio, corrosion resistance, low cost, high thermal and electrical conductivity. There are a variety of techniques to join aluminium including mechanical fasteners, welding, adhesive bonding, brazing, soldering and friction stir welding (FSW), etc. Various techniques are used based on the cost and strength required for the joint. In addition, process combinations can be performed to provide means for difficult-to-join assemblies and to reduce certain process limitations. Mechanical fasteners A simple and cheap method to join aluminium is using mechanical fasteners (i.e. bolts and nuts). Normally a hole is drilled into the base material and a fastener is placed inside. This type of joiner requires some type of overlapping material for a joint to be made. Aluminium rivets or bolts and nuts can be used; however, high-stress applications would require higher strength fastener material such as steel. This could lead to galvanic corrosion of different materials which have varying electrochemical potential. Significant corrosion would weaken the assembly over time and possibly lead to failure. In addition, different materials could result in thermal fatigue cracking from differing coefficients of thermal expansion. As the assembly is repeatedly heated stresses can build up and enlarge the mounting hole. A common place mechanical fasteners are used is riveting of aluminium panels on airplane exteriors. Adhesive bonding Aluminium can be joined with a variety of adhesives. Aluminium may require some level of surface preparation and passivation to remove any unwanted chemical from the surface. Passivation could be as simple as rubbing alcohol or ultrasonic cleaning. Before bonding, a dry fit can confirm proper fitting of the components. Adhesives may require heat, pressure, or both during curing. Surface preparation In order for a proper adhesive bond, some surface preparation is necessary. A surface cleaning to remove any impurities is made. The surface of the parts to be joined may be roughened with an abrasive such as sandpaper, providing interlocking surface asperities and increasing surface area for bonding. A chemical treatment may also be needed to increase the surface energy of the adherent and remove the oxide layer. Aluminium oxide is weakly bonded to the underlying aluminium metal; without oxide removal the adhesive joint is dramatically weakened. Oxide layers can separate from the metal substrate; a key principle for adhesive failure theory is Bikerman weak boundary layer. One way to strengthen the oxide layer and prevent oxide-to-substrate failure is to anodize the material, creating a strong hexagonal oxide layer with additional surface area for adhesive joining. Type of adhesives Adhesive selection can be dictated based on cost, strength and needed ductility. Hobbyists commonly use cyanoacrylate (super glue), epoxy, or JB Weld. Silicone may also be used in an application in which waterproofing is needed. Welding Most aluminium alloys can be joined by welding together; however, certain aircraft-grade aluminium and other special alloys are unweldable using conventional methods. Aluminium is commonly welded with gas metal arc welding (GMAW) and gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). Due to aluminium's oxide layer, a positive polarity is needed to break up the surface to ensure a proper weld. Alternating current (AC) is also used to allow the benefits of a negative polarity which provides penetration and enough positive polarity for a containment-free weld. More details on welding parameters structural aluminium welding codes can be found in AWS D1.2. Aluminium welding typically creates a softened region in the weld metal and heat-affected zone. Additional heat treatments may be needed to obtain a material acceptable for a specific application. Industrial welding is also commonly used in joining aluminium: friction stir welding, laser welding, and ultrasonic welding are some of the many processes used. Brazing and soldering Aluminium can be brazed or soldered to almost any material including concrete, ceramics, or wood. Brazing and soldering can be carried out manually or by an automated technique. Manual aluminium brazing can be difficult as there is no observable colour change before melting. As with other techniques, aluminium's strong oxide can prevent proper bonding. Strong acids and bases can be used to weaken the oxide, or aggressive fluxes may be used. Brazing alloys for aluminium must melt below aluminium's melting temperature of 660 °C. Aluminium alloys with high magnesium content can "poison" fluxes and depress the melting temperature, which can cause a weak joint. In some cases, the aluminium parts can be clad with a different material and brazed with a more common technique and filler material. Brazed joints require overlapping of parts; the amount of overlap can greatly affect the strength of the joint. Friction stir welding Friction stir welding (FSW) is a solid-state joining process that uses a non-consumable tool to join two facing workpieces without melting the workpiece material. Heat is generated by friction between the rotating tool and the workpiece material, which leads to a softened region near the FSW tool. While the tool is traversed along the joint line, it mechanically intermixes the two pieces of metal, and forges the hot and softened metal by the mechanical pressure, which is applied by the tool, much like joining clay or dough. It was primarily used on wrought or extruded aluminium, particularly for structures which need very high weld strength. References Joining Aluminium

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Dwight Lowery

Dwight Larte Lowery (born January 23, 1986) is a former American football safety. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at San Jose State. Early years Lowery attended Soquel High School in Soquel, California where he was an All Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League running back for the Knights during his senior year. Lowery broke the school's scoring record for a single season (25 touchdowns) and the County's single game scoring record (7 TD; 5 rushing, 1 receiving and a returned interception for the games final he earned All-League defensive back his junior and senior year having 20 interceptions in 20 games. Lowery also played basketball and was a 3-year starter on the varsity squad. He earned league MVP honors his junior year, and lead his team into the Central Coast Section Playoffs. College career Cabrillo College Lowery previously attended Cabrillo College in Aptos, California where he played Free Safety and special teams for the Seahawks. During Lowery's Freshman season at Cabrillo College, he received All State defensive back honors and lead California in INTs (9). His Sophomore season was cut short with a hand injury but he still managed four more interceptions in the games following the injury. He left Cabrillo with 13 picks in 15 games. He also led the state in return yards in 2004. San Jose State Lowery was a two-time All-America selection AFCA and FWAA All-America cornerback for San Jose State University. Lowery led the nation in 2006 with 9 interceptions. In his senior season at San Jose State University Lowery recorded 4 interceptions and was named to the all-WAC team in 2007. In the post-season 83rd East–West Shrine Game, Lowery had 2 interceptions. Lowery had applied for a draft grade from the NFL's advisory committee following the 2006 season but decided that he would return in 2007 for his Senior season at SJSU. Awards and honors Named to the 2007 Playboy All-American Team. Named to the 2006 and 2007 AFCA All-America Team Named to the 2007 Scout.com All-America Third-team Earned All-WAC first-team Honors in 2007 Became the first player in San Jose State University history to be named an All-American in back-to-back years. Named to 83rd East-West Shrine All-Star Game in 2008 Professional career New York Jets Impressed with Lowery's versatility and ball skills, the New York Jets drafted him in the fourth round (113th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft as a cornerback/safety. An injury to cornerback Justin Miller would see Lowery debut in his first NFL game against the Miami Dolphins; Lowery performed modestly with four tackles and three passes defensed. Lowery was named to the NFL's mid-season all-rookie team for his efforts on defense however in November, Lowery was benched in favor of veteran Ty Law. In spite of the benching, Lowery continued to improve and contribute as a backup cornerback earning the praise of his head coach Eric Mangini and his teammates. In 2009, Lowery continued to contribute as a backup and would finish the season with 24 tackles, 9 passes defensed and 3 interceptions. In 2010, Lowery would record his first career touchdown, intercepting Brett Favre on a play that would seal the Jets' victory over the Vikings. Jacksonville Jaguars Lowery was traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars for an undisclosed draft pick on September 3, 2011. In his first game with Jacksonville, Lowery intercepted a Matt Hasselbeck pass to seal a Jaguar victory. On March 13, 2012, Lowery agreed to a four-year extension with the Jaguars. He was placed on season-ending injured reserve on December 22, 2012. In week 2 of the 2012 season during the Jaguars home opener loss to the Houston Texans, Lowery tackled a fan who ran onto the field. Lowery's 2013 season ended when he was placed on injured reserve on October 8. He was released from injured reserve on November 4. Atlanta Falcons Lowery signed with the Atlanta Falcons on April 8, 2014. Lowery helped contribute to a struggling Atlanta Falcons defense in 2014. Lowery replaced old Atlanta Falcons Free Safety Thomas Decoud and did an outstanding job. Indianapolis Colts Lowery signed with the Indianapolis Colts on April 3, 2015. San Diego Chargers On March 9, 2016, Lowery signed a three-year contract with the San Diego Chargers. Lowery was signed to fill any empty void previously filled by All-Pro safety Eric Weddle. On September 2, 2017, Lowery was released by the Chargers. NFL statistics ''' Post-playing career In 2018, Lowery was named the head football coach at Soquel High School, his alma mater. Personal life Lowery was born to Tracy Rivers who raised him as single mother. Lowery has six other siblings, including a sister, Aujanae. Lowery is married to his wife, Ashley Lowery. References External links Los Angeles Chargers bio San José State Spartans bio 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Santa Cruz, California Players of American football from Santa Cruz County, California African-American players of American football American football cornerbacks American football safeties Cabrillo Seahawks football players San Jose State Spartans football players New York Jets players Jacksonville Jaguars players Atlanta Falcons players Indianapolis Colts players San Diego Chargers players Los Angeles Chargers players 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American people

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Friant-Kern Canal

The Friant-Kern Canal is a aqueduct managed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation in Central California to convey water to augment irrigation capacity in Fresno, Tulare, and Kern counties. A part of the Central Valley Project, canal construction began in 1949 and was completed in 1951 at a cost of $60.8 million. The Friant-Kern Canal begins at the Friant Dam of Millerton Lake, a reservoir on the San Joaquin River north of Fresno, and flows south along the eastern edge of the San Joaquin Valley, ending at the Kern River near Bakersfield. In a typical year, it diverts almost all the flow of the San Joaquin River, leaving the river dry for about downstream. The Central Valley Project Delta-Mendota Canal replenishes the San Joaquin River at the town of Mendota, and replaces the volume of water being delivered by the Friant-Kern Canal. Average annual throughput is , with a high of in 2005, and a low of in 2015. In the past few years canal flows have been reduced due to river restoration projects requiring a greater release of water from the Friant Dam into the San Joaquin. The Friant-Kern Canal capacity is , gradually decreasing to at its terminus. The canal is built in both concrete-lined and unlined earth sections. It is up to wide at the top and is wide at the bottom of concrete segments, and wide in earth segments. Water depths range from . Introduction Friant-Kern canal delivers water to numerous districts, cities, and up to 15,000 family farms. The canal stems from the Friant Dam located in the Sierra Nevada foothills, near the town of Friant. Built by the Bureau of Reclamation, the dam reaches a height of 319 feet and a length of 3,488 feet storing approximately 520,500 acre feet of water. In addition to storing water, the dam produces renewable energy through a 25 MW power plant operated by Friant Power Authority. Friant-Kern canal combats issues such as subsidence by providing water from the wetter northernmost part of the state to incentivize farmers to pump less groundwater. The Friant-Kern canal is part of a much larger project called the Central Valley Project or CVP. This water infrastructure system was created for many reasons, one being to ease the detrimental affects associated with excess ground water pumping, particularly by farmers, and to also support the necessary economic development to withstand the massive influx of people entering the state, especially between the years 1920–1950. Central Valley Project The Central Valley Project was an ambitious project built to address many different problems affecting the state. The CVP was intended to reduce the impacts of flooding, provide water for varying purposes within the valley, distribute water to different urban centers around the region, generate electricity, and to aid in conservation efforts. The entire project consisted of 20 dams and reservoirs which collectively store about 12 million acre feet of water. Subsidence Subsidence is caused by excess or unsustainable removal of groundwater, typically below an aquitard or confining layer. Up to 60% of the Friant-Kern canal water delivery capacity is negatively affected by land subsidence. This reduction in flow rates in the canal impacts both agricultural and groundwater basins within the service area. With current rates of subsidence, the canal will be operating at 30% capacity within three years. Decreased flow rates means more groundwater pumping by farmers and less groundwater recharge by state agencies. Both of these contribute to further subsidence and reductions in the ability to transport water during particularly wet years. By April 2017, the canal had subsided a total of twelve feet since its completion in 1949. The FWA estimates that current construction aimed towards fixing the subsidence problem will reduce the delivery of class 2 supplies by about 100,000 acre feet/year. Environmental Impacts Environmental impacts associated with the Friant-Kern Canal vary across the state. Salmon populations are impacted due to diversion of water from the natural stream flow. Along with depleted stream flows, the dam itself serves as a blockade against salmon traveling upstream in search of appropriate spawning grounds. Due to the diversion of water, dry reaches of riverbed are reported along some portions of the San Joaquin River. Along the river where the bed is dry, riparian habitats are suffering and native flora and fauna are impacted detrimentally. With dry riverbeds and salmon populations suffering, a lawsuit was filed which led to a settlement urging restoration of the river. The river is replenished by the Delta Mendota Canal, but not before negative impacts are observed. Construction Construction is needed to fix the canal where subsidence has impacted its functionality. Proposed construction consists of the excavation of 400,000 cubic yards of soil and 17,000 cubic yards of rock. Some other materials consist of 450,000 cubic yards of backfill is required along with 35,000 cubic yards of concrete lining material, 500,000 linear feet of aqualastic sealant and 85,000 cubic yards of riprap. To minimize any possible negative affects to biological resources, construction will occur when canal flows are low enough to avoid in-water work. Construction will also have an effect on air quality but only in the short term. The emission levels have been calculated to be under the federal and San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District levels. Fugitive dust suppression is required to reduce air pollution as much as possible. Noise levels will also increase during the time of construction, however, disturbance coordinators will be designated with their contact information provided and all machinery will be fine-tuned and equipped with necessary noise mufflers. Restoring the canal has been postulated to provide an increase of local jobs to an economically depressed region. Myriophyllum hippuroides Myriophyllum hippuroides, also known as western watermilfoil has been impacting the canal for quite some time now. These weeds root themselves and reproduce in the earthen areas which are areas lacking cement canal lining. Unfortunately, this weed can also attach itself to cracks in the concrete. So after sometime floating down the canal, the weed may find another home to reproduce and propagate from. Chemical treatment is required for the successful removal of the aquatic weed which can grow up to ten feet long. This weed has been reported to clog canals, water meters, and micro irrigation sprinklers. Farmers who are trying to cut back on water usage by using micro irrigation technology are especially susceptible to clogging by these weeds. See also Madera Canal Temperance Flat Dam Footnotes References Friant Division Project, US Bureau of Reclamation Friant Division History, US Bureau of Reclamation Friant-Kern Canal Water Data, US Geological Survey Agriculture in California Aqueducts in California Transportation buildings and structures in Fresno County, California Irrigation in the United States Transportation buildings and structures in Kern County, California Transportation buildings and structures in Tulare County, California San Joaquin River United States Bureau of Reclamation Central Valley Project Interbasin transfer

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George Twisleton

George Twisleton, 1618 to 12 May 1667, was a member of the landed gentry from Yorkshire and colonel in the Parliamentarian army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Under the Commonwealth of England, he sat as MP for Anglesey from 1654 to 1659. Although nominated to the High Court of Justice for the Trial of Charles I in January 1649, he did not participate and thus escaped prosecution after the 1660 Stuart Restoration. Thereafter he lived quietly at home in Lleuar Fawr, Carnarvonshire, where he died in 1667. Personal details George Twisleton was born in 1618, third son of John Twisleton, who owned lands near Drax and Barlow, North Yorkshire, and Margaret Constable (died 1626). His two elder brothers, John (1614–1682), and Philip ( 1616–1673), also supported Parliament during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Sometime before 1652, he married Mary Glynne (died 1676), a Welsh heiress; they had numerous children, including George (1652–1714), Margaret, Jane, Philip (died 1701), William (died 1719), Mary (died 1720?), Alice (died 1720?), and Elin (died 1727). First English Civil War When the First English Civil War began in 1642, his brother Philip joined the army of the Eastern Association in Lincolnshire. Twisleton's own movements are uncertain, although it seems likely he served with the Northern Association horse under Sir Thomas Fairfax. In April 1645, he is listed as Lieutenant Colonel of a cavalry regiment in the forces led by Sir William Brereton, Parliamentarian commander in the North Midlands. How Twisleton ended up here is unclear. Fairfax combined with Brereton on a number of occasions, including the Battle of Nantwich in January 1644, and Twisleton's unit may have remained in the area to support the Siege of Chester. The latter was a key supply point, linking Royalist recruiting areas in Wales and Ireland with their armies elsewhere in England. By summer 1645, Brereton's blockade meant only the crossing over the River Dee still connected Chester and North Wales. Based in Oswestry, Twisleton was deputy to Colonel John Carter, charged with driving the Royalists out of Montgomeryshire. The Battle of Naseby in June 1645 turned the war decisively in favour of Parliament, while the surrender of Montgomery Castle shortly afterwards cemented their control of the county. This allowed Parliamentarian forces from Oswestry under Thomas Mytton to push north into Denbighshire and Carnarvonshire. At Denbigh Green in November 1645, they repulsed a last ditch Royalist attempt to relieve Chester. Twisleton led an attack on Whitchurch, Shropshire in December, and was then sent to blockade Hawarden Castle, just before Chester capitulated in February 1646. Denbigh Castle itself held out until October 1646, when the garrison was ordered to surrender by Charles I. Twisleton became the new Governor, a position he retained until the Stuart Restoration in 1660. Second English Civil War However, victory resulted in bitter disputes over the post-war political settlement between the New Model Army and the majority of MPs in Parliament. In this internal struggle, Twisleton's own position is unclear, although Philip Twisleton sided with the army, and in August 1647 replaced Edward Rossiter as colonel of the regiment guarding Charles I at Holdenby House. Rossiter was viewed by the Army Council as unreliable due to his links with Parliamentary moderates, and dismissed. When the Second English Civil War began in April 1648, John Owen, former Royalist Governor of Conwy, raised a small force in Carnarvonshire. On 3 June, he laid siege to Caernarfon Castle; Twisleton marched to its relief, and two days later Owen intercepted him near Y Dalar Hir on the shore of the Menai Straits. In the ensuing battle, the Royalists initially had the upper hand but fled after Owen was captured. Combined with an earlier victory at St Fagans in May, this ended serious Royalist resistance in Wales, although Anglesey was not finally subdued until October. In January 1649, Twisleton was among the 135 commissioners appointed to the High Court of Justice for the Trial of Charles I, but he did not attend the proceedings. He focused instead on establishing his position in Denbigh, marrying Mary Glynne, an heiress whose father was Lord Chief Justice from 1655 to 1660, while her brother William was Member of Parliament for Caernarfon in 1659. Returned as MP for Anglesey in 1654, Twisleton was re-elected in both 1656 and 1659, serving on several Parliamentary committees. In the political infighting that took place in the last few months of the Commonwealth, Philip Twisleton supported George Monck, who considered his brother George reliable enough to confirm him as colonel of an infantry regiment in February 1660. Following the Stuart Restoration in May, the regiment was disbanded, while the Royalist Bulkeley family resumed their control of local politics. Twisleton resigned all his offices, and retired to live on his wife's estate at Lleuar Fawr. He died there on 12 May 1667, and was buried in St Beuno's Church, Clynnog Fawr. References Sources 1618 births 1667 deaths People from the West Riding of Yorkshire (before 1974) Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales People from Clynnog Fawr English MPs 1654–1655 English MPs 1656–1658 English MPs 1659 Parliamentarian military personnel of the English Civil War

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The Paranoid Style

The Paranoid Style is an American, Washington, D.C.-based garage rock band led by the husband-and-wife duo of Elizabeth Nelson and Timothy Bracy. Formed in 2012, the band is named after Richard J. Hofstadter's 1964 essay The Paranoid Style in American Politics. Their first two releases were the EPs The Power of Our Proven System and The Purposes of Music in General. Both EPs were released together in 2013 by Misra Records in a limited release. The band's first physical release was the 2015 EP Rock & Roll Just Can’t Recall, released by Battle Worldwide Recordings. Their full-length debut, Rolling Disclosure, was released on July 15, 2016 on Bar/None Records. It was preceded by the single "Giving Up Early (On Tomorrow)", which was released earlier that month. The band's 2016 video for "The Thrill is Back!" - a shot-for-shot remake of Journey's "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" was directed by Full Frontal With Samantha Bee producer Miles Kahn and featured comedians Jordan Klepper and Mary Houlihan. In 2017, the band released the EP Underworld U.S.A. via Bar/None and in 2018, they released a split single on Bar/None with Wussy. Bar/None also re-issued 2015's Rock and Roll Just Can't Recall in 2018 as an expanded release with three new songs. Critical reception Robert Christgau gave the Paranoid Style's 2013 EP The Power of Our Proven System an A− grade. In his review, Christgau wrote that "this band has yet to release a dull song" and that on the EP, the band "mine[s] a pop-rock vein that braces Nelson's cleanly uncrystalline articulation against Bracy's noisier guitar and a straight four that doesn't quit." He later gave Rock and Roll Just Can't Recall an A grade, Rolling Disclosure an A− grade, Underworld U.S.A. an A− grade, and A Goddamn Impossible Way of Life an A grade. Spins Dan Weiss reviewed Rock and Roll Just Can't Recall favorably, describing it as "some of the smartest rip-and-roar you’ll hear". The Vinyl District's Michael Little gave the 2015 EP an A grade, saying, "I love Nelson and her band, paranoid or not. I expect great things of The Paranoid Style, because they have it all. They’re a thinking person’s rock band that never fails to set Nelson’s ingenious and humorous musings to great melodies, and then to jack up the volume to remind you that what you’re hearing is good old-fashioned explosive hard rock, in the vein of Sleater-Kinney only with better lyrics." The following year, Spin premiered the single "Common Emergencies" (a collaboration between Nelson and Scott McCaughey from the Young Fresh Fellows). Of that track, Weiss wrote, "[it] is as good as any to introduce an unsuspecting indie-rock fan to Nelson’s confrontational melodies, referencing the novel As I Lay Dying and the Stones’ 'Beast of Burden' in between its addictive call-response refrains, along with the aforementioned 'I've Been Working on the Railroad' flip and an unfashionably ripping guitar solo." Also for Spin, Jason Gubbels gave Rolling Disclosure an 8 out of 10 rating, and described its songs as "doomsday anthems primed for a sock hop". Gubbels also wrote that on the album, "the drummer takes off, pianos crash, and a bemused all-male Greek chorus mugs along." Marcy Donelson of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, and concluded by describing it as "the type of record that will sell tickets to shows, and maybe even inspire a new Hofstadter fan or two." Jon M. Gilbertson reviewed the album favorably for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and praised Nelson's "tunefully dry delivery" that he said "gives a matter-of-fact wryness to the boisterous and dense indie-pop and indie-rock songs of the glorious first TPS album." In 2018, Robert Christgau gave the expanded re-issue of Rock and Roll Just Can't Recall an A grade, saying, "Beefed up to eight songs to mark its embrace by a venerable label of indie luminaries from They Might Be Giants to Ezra Furman, this digital-only reissue of a superb self-released 2015 EP is designed to make fresh converts as first responders download the three new ones." Christgau also gave the band's 2019 LP A Goddamn Impossible Way of Life an A, writing, "Squeezing 11 songs into half an hour, [Nelson's] voice relaxes enough to make them a pleasure. I don’t get all the jokes either—as a dual citizen, Nelson understands more about Irish history and politics than I ever will. But I do know a lot about Alan Greenspan and They Might Be Giants, whose songs establish that Nelson knows more. Every catchy number is marked by linguistic specifics, and the title tune is a rock-biz masterpiece. Subject: 11 dead at a Who concert in Cincinnati, 1979." Discography EPs The Power of Our Proven System and The Purposes of Music in General (released together by Misra Records; 2013) Rock & Roll Just Can’t Recall (Battle Worldwide Recordings; 2015) Underworld U.S.A. (Bar/None; 2017) Rock & Roll Just Can't Recall + 3 (Bar/None; 2018) Albums Rolling Disclosure (Bar/None; 2016) A Goddamn Impossible Way of Life (Bar/None; 2019) For Executive Meeting (Bar/None; 2022) Singles New American Standard/Absolute Cadavers (Split 7" with Wussy; Bar/None; 2018) References External links The Paranoid Style on Bar/None Records' website Bar/None Records artists American garage rock groups Musical groups established in 2012 Musical groups from Washington, D.C. 2012 establishments in Washington, D.C. Misra Records artists

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penstemon%20haydenii

Penstemon haydenii

Penstemon haydenii, the blowout penstemon or blowout beardtongue, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Penstemon and the family Plantaginaceae. The warm-season perennial is native to nine counties in the Nebraska Sand Hills and a single location in Carbon County, Wyoming. The plant has a milky blue color with a waxy cuticle, pale purple leaves, and an alternating leaf pattern with one central stalk. The flowers, while in the inflorescence stage, originate from the bases of the leaves of the plant. Blowout penstemon flowers from May until early June and drops its seeds from late August into September. P. haydenii grows on bare sand dunes. It is resistant to the abrasive forces of the blowing sands due to its incorporation of a protective thick waxy cuticle. Other plants are often cut down by the scouring sands as they sprout. Another adaptive feature for the blowout penstemon is the lifespan of the seeds. The seeds dropped in late summer can remain viable in a seedbank buried in the sandy soils for decades. Prolonged wet conditions and abrasion are required for breaking dormancy and for seed germination. The plant is primarily an out-crosser, although studies show that it is potentially self-fertile. Distribution and habitat Blowout penstemon was only known from the Sandhills of western Nebraska until the recent discovery of limited populations in Wyoming. It is found exclusively in sandy locations with little to no vegetation present, such as blowouts, hence its name. Due to the uncompetitive nature of the plant it is easily outcompeted by other plants in the succession scheme. The ever-shifting sandy soils of the Sandhills provide blowout penstemon with an ideal environment, since there is little to no competition for water, nutrients, and sunlight. The plant colonises such areas as a pioneer species and thus promotes ecological succession. Conservation Endangered status Blowout penstemon was declared an endangered species on September 1, 1987, due to its small numbers and habitat limitations. The direct cause of the reduced habitat is partly due to improvement of land management practices and control of fire in the Sandhills. Prior to the changes in management practices, land owners often unintentionally created blowout conditions with incorrect implementation of livestock grazing densities, essentially by overstocking. In addition, there was no consistent blowout control protocol. Current management practices often follow a more concise grazing scheme that promotes the improvement of range conditions and the reduction of habitat loss for blowout penstemon. Diminished wildfire regimes in the Sandhills have also had detrimental effects on habitat for blowout penstemon. Fire acts as a means for removing debris and litter from the soil surface, opening up the bare soil to wind erosion. This increase in wind erosion causes growing conditions for other plants to be more unfavorable, reducing competition from other species to the advantage of blowout penstemon. As artificial control of wildfires becomes more widespread, it promotes the development of the dunes to rangeland and thereby the elimination of blowout sites. Fire in the Sandhills has been more extensively controlled because of its detrimental effects. With the technology and resources available it is also easier to control and contain wildfires that may naturally occur. Major threats Blowout penstemon has four known threats that suppress numbers and available habitat. One of the first being human intervention, as is the major cause of many species to become endangered and extinct. Another is caused by the climatic conditions, unfavorable growing conditions. Plant competition and insect damage are also contributing factors in the endangerment of the blowout penstemon. The improvement of land management practices and control of fire is a direct human influence on the habitat conditions needed for the growth and development of blowout penstemon populations. In addition to these management plans, land managers may also reshape the blowouts with machinery to reduce the swirling action of winds. There are several common ways of leveling off the sharp edges of the blowouts. Mechanical means are often used to reshape the blowouts. Cattle are used to reshape the land and provide a layer of litter and debris. Climatic conditions have been thought to be a factor in the reduced numbers as well. Because the seeds require wet conditions to break dormancy, drought can be a factor. The lack of moisture discourages the development of the seeds and promotes prolonged dormant stage. Plant competition is another large contribution to the reduction in numbers of the blowout penstemon plants. The penstemon provides shelter for other plants, increasing plant growth and decreasing the amount of windblown sand. The new plants then compete with the penstemon. Blowout penstemon in a blowout is one of the first signs of blowout recovery; to a land manager this is a positive sign for increased range condition and increased productivity. Insect damage also accounts for a considerable negative influence on the plants survival ability. "The most serious insect problem is probably the larvae of the pyralid moth, which bores into the stem and root crowns of the blowout penstemon plant to pupate. This can cause a 75% mortality rate of the affected plants". Recovery plans Conservation activities include a form of regular surface disturbance that promotes the blowout environment and reduction of plant development. Oil and gas companies have been opened up into habitat known for blowout penstemon with strict regulations concerning surface disturbances. This intensive management is yet once again not a blanket policy; rather it is dealt with on a case by case level, depending on the year, climatic conditions, seasonal timing, and rehabilitation state of the stand. As a type of insurance for the existence of the blowout penstemon plant, seeds have been and are currently being collected and stored in seed banks to ensure the continuation of this species and to prevent extinction from occurring. These seeds may even be used at a later date to introduce them into a new environment. Other management practices include elimination of all-terrain vehicles. References Minta, S.C. and T.M. Campbell III. 1991. Recommendations for Wildlife and Habitat Protection, Teton County, Wyoming. Prepared for Teton County Board of County Commissioners. Biota Research and Consulting, Inc. 20pp. Nebraska Environmental Trust. 1992. Endangered Blowout Penstemon. Schultz, R.K. and W.C. Leininger. 1990. Differences in Riparian Vegetation Structure Between Grazed Areas and Exclosures. Journal of Range Management 43:295-299. U.S. Bureau of Land Management. 1990. Great Divide Resource Area Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan. Wright, H.A. and A.W. Bailey. 1980. Fire ecology and prescribed burning in the Great Plains – a research review. USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report INT-77. External links haydenii Flora of Nebraska Flora of Wyoming Endangered flora of the United States

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20glam%20metal%20bands%20and%20artists

List of glam metal bands and artists

The following list of glam metal bands and artists includes bands and artists that have been described as glam metal or its interchangeable terms, hair metal, hair band, pop metal and lite metal by professional journalists at some stage in their career. Glam metal is a subgenre of heavy metal and is influenced by 1970s glam rock. Glam metal groups wear "flashy clothing, heavy makeup, and large, teased hair". Glam metal bands and artists A Accept (Eat the Heat era) Aerosmith Alias Alice N' Chains Alien Autograph B Babylon A.D. Sebastian Bach Bad City Bad Company (1986–1990) Bad English Bad4Good Badlands Bangalore Choir Bang Camaro Bang Tango Barren Cross Baton Rouge Beggars & Thieves Nuno Bettencourt Bitch (as Betsy) Black 'n Blue Blackfoot (Siogo era) Black Veil Brides Blessed by a Broken Heart Blonz Bloodgood Blue Murder Bon Jovi Bonham Bonfire Brain Donor Bride Brides of Destruction Brighton Rock Britny Fox BulletBoys C Candy Harlots Celtic Frost (album Cold Lake) Child's Play Cinderella Circus of Power Contraband Alice Cooper (late '80s/early '90s work) David Coverdale Crashdïet Crazy Lixx Cry Wolf The Cult (Electric and Sonic Temple) Cycle Sluts from Hell D D.A.D. Damn Yankees Danger Danger Dangerous Toys The Darkness The Datsuns Def Leppard Diamond Nights Diemonds Dirty Looks Dirty Penny D'Molls Dokken E Easy Action Electric Boys Enuff Z'Nuff Europe Every Mother's Nightmare Extreme Ezo F Falling in Reverse Faster Pussycat Fastway Femme Fatale FireHouse Lita Ford Frehley's Comet G Giant Giuffria Gorky Park (early work) Gotthard Great White Guardian Guns N' Roses H Sammy Hagar Halloween Hanoi Rocks Hardcore Superstar Hardline Harem Scarem Heart (1985–1990) H.E.A.T Heaven's Edge Helix Hinder Hollywood Rose Holy Soldier Honeymoon Suite House of Lords Hurricane I Icon It's Alive J Jackyl Jetboy Johnny Crash Jon Bon Jovi John Norum Junkyard K Keel Kick Axe Kik Tracee Killer Dwarfs King Kobra Kingdom Come Kiss Kix Krokus (80s work) L L.A. Guns The Last Vegas Leviticus Lillian Axe Lion Little Caesar Living Colour (Vivid era) Lizzy Borden London Lord Tracy Loudness Love/Hate Lynam Lynch Mob M Madam X Magdallan Yngwie Malmsteen Manic Street Preachers (Generation Terrorists era) Michael Monroe Mötley Crüe Montrose (Mean era) Mr. Big Murderdolls N Nasty Idols Vince Neil Nelson Night Ranger Nitro Ted Nugent (Penetrator era) The Nymphs O Odin Orgy Osmi Putnik Ozzy Osbourne P Pantera (80s work) Poison The Poodles Pretty Boy Floyd Pretty Maids Phantom Blue Pandoras (late 80s work) Q Quiet Riot The Quireboys R Ratt Reckless Love Return Rock City Angels David Lee Roth Rough Cutt Roxx Gang S Sacred Warrior Saigon Kick Santa Cruz Satanicide Scorpions Sea Hags Seventh Key Shark Island Paul Shortino Shotgun Messiah Shout Sister Skid Row Slaughter Mark Slaughter Sleeze Beez Sleze Slik Toxik Smashed Gladys Sons of Angels SouthGang Spinal Tap Spread Eagle Stage Dolls Steeler Steelheart Steel Panther Stryken Stryper T Takara (Eternal Faith era) Tempest Tesla Thor Thunder Tigertailz TNT Tokyo Blade (Ain't Misbehavin' era) Tora Tora Towers of London Treat T-Ride Triumph (Thunder Seven era) Trixter T.S.O.L. Tuff Twisted Sister Tyketto Steven Tyler U Ugly Kid Joe Uriah Heep (Equator era) V Vain Van Halen Vanadium (late 80s work) Vandal Vandenberg (Alibi era) Vinnie Vincent Invasion Vixen W War Babies Warlock Warrant W.A.S.P. We Are Harlot Whitecross Whitesnake White Lion White Tiger Winger Kip Winger Winter Rose Wrathchild X X Japan X-Sinner XYZ Y Y&T (1984–1990) Z Zebra See also List of glam metal albums and songs List of glam rock artists Notes References Glam metal

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic%20Regional%20Spaceport%20Launch%20Pad%200

Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Launch Pad 0

Launch Pad 0 (LP-0), also known as Launch Complex 0 (LC-0), or Launch Area 0 (LA-0), is a launch complex at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island, Virginia, in the United States. MARS is located adjacent to NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), which ran the launch complex until 2003. WFF continues to provide various support services to MARS launches under contract with the Commonwealth of Virginia. The launch complex consists of three individual launch pads, LP-0A, LP-0B, and Launch Complex-2 (LC-2). Launch Pads Pad 0A LP-0A (located at ) was first built for the failed Conestoga rocket program. The original launch tower was subsequently demolished in September 2008. A new pad facility was built from 2009-2011 for Orbital Sciences Taurus II, now renamed Antares. Pad modifications for Antares included the construction of a Horizontal Integration Facility for launcher/payload mating and a wheeled transporter/erector that will roll out and erect the rocket on its launch pad about 24 hours prior to launch. The first launch of Antares occurred on April 21, 2013. The pad was reinforced with pilings and features a liquid fueling facility, flame trench, and deluge system for cooling and sound suppression. The pad is capable of supporting a gross liftoff weight of and can launch payloads of up to into low Earth orbit. On October 28, 2014, an Orbital Systems Antares rocket, flying as mission Cygnus CRS Orb-3, crashed 6 seconds after takeoff and appeared to have done significant damage to the launch pad itself. On October 29, 2014, teams of investigators began examining debris at the crash site. By May 2015, estimates had been revised down to around US$13 million. At that time, NASA had committed US$5 million, Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority committed US$3 million and Orbital ATK US$3 million. Repairs were underway and planned to be completed by September 2015, but repairs were only funded up to August with Virginia CSFA requesting that Orbital provide the remaining US$2 million. On September 30, 2015, the spaceport announced repairs on pad 0A had been completed. The launch pad resumed flight operations with the Cygnus CRS OA-5 mission on October 17, 2016. In March 2021, Rocket Lab announced that they would launch their upcoming medium-lift launch vehicle Neutron from LP-0A, with the initial launch planned for as early as 2024. However, Rocket Lab later opted to construct their own Neutron launch site south of Pad 0B. Antares will continue flights from Pad 0A indefinitely, as Northrop Grumman transitions from the 200-series to the 300-series of the rocket. Said transition will require moderate renovations to the pad and surrounding facilities in order to support the upgrade rocket's larger first stage. Gallery Launches Pad-0B LP-0B (located at ) became operational in 1999, and was subsequently upgraded in 2003 with the construction of a mobile service tower, which was completed in 2004. It is active, and is currently used by Northrop Grumman Minotaur rockets. The first launch from LP-0B was of a Minotaur I in December 2006, and was the first launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. Pad 0B hosted the Minotaur V launch of the LADEE lunar orbiter in 2013, becoming the first (and so far only) beyond-Earth mission to launch from Wallops. On October 19, 2017, Vector Launch announced plans to conduct three launches from near Pad 0B with its then-in-development Vector-R small satellite launch vehicle over the subsequent two years, with an option for five additional launches. However, following the company's bankruptcy and restructuring, plans for these launches are unlikely. Gallery Launches Launch Complex-2 (Pad 0C) In October 2018, Rocket Lab announced that it had selected Mid-Atlantic as its second launch site (the launch site in Mahia had at the time 2 pads, so this was Rocket Lab's third launch pad) called Rocket Lab Launch Complex-2 (LC-2) or Launch Pad 0C (located at ). The new launch pad is near Pad 0A (and shares some systems with Pad 0A). Rockets launched from LC-2 are integrated at Rocket Lab's integration facility, located just a few miles away from the pad. They are transported to the pad and integrated onto the strongback. In December 2019, construction was completed and Rocket Lab inaugurated Launch Complex 2 at Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. In April 2020, Rocket Lab performed a Wet Dress Rehearsal with an Electron rocket on the pad. The first launch from LC-2 successfully occurred on January 24, 2023. An Electron rocket carried three satellites to orbit in a mission named "Virginia is for Launch Lovers". Launches Launch statistics Chart excludes the only launch of Conestoga from pad 0A in 1995; the launch attempted to put a satellite into orbit but was unsuccessful. Chart also excludes the suborbital launch of ALV X-1 on 22 August 2008 from pad 0B. References Spaceports in the United States Buildings and structures in Accomack County, Virginia 1995 establishments in Virginia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural%20approach

Natural approach

The natural approach is a method of language teaching developed by Stephen Krashen and Tracy Terrell in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It aims to foster naturalistic language acquisition in a classroom setting, and to this end it emphasises communication, and places decreased importance on conscious grammar study and explicit correction of student errors. Efforts are also made to make the learning environment as stress-free as possible. In the natural approach, language output is not forced, but allowed to emerge spontaneously after students have attended to large amounts of comprehensible language input. The natural approach has become closely associated with Krashen's monitor model, and it is often seen as an application of the theory to language teaching. Despite this perception, there are some differences, particularly Terrell's view that some degree of conscious grammar study can be beneficial. The syllabus focuses on activities which Terrell sees as promoting subconscious language acquisition. He divides these activities into four main areas: content activities, such as learning a new subject in the target language; activities which focus on personalizing language, such as students sharing their favorite music; games; and problem-solving activities. Background The natural approach was originally created in 1977 by Terrell, a Spanish teacher in California, who wished to develop a style of teaching based on the findings of naturalistic studies of second-language acquisition. After the original formulation, Terrell worked with Krashen to further develop the theoretical aspects of the method. Terrell and Krashen published the results of their collaboration in the 1983 book The Natural Approach. The natural approach was strikingly different from the mainstream approach in the United States in the 1970s and early 1980s, the audio-lingual method. While the audio-lingual method prized drilling and error correction, these things disappeared almost entirely from the natural approach. Terrell and Krashen themselves characterized the natural approach as a "traditional" method and contrasted it with grammar-based approaches, which they characterized as new inventions that had "misled" teachers. The natural approach shares many features with the direct method (itself also known as the "natural method"), which was formulated around 1900 and was also a reaction to grammar-translation. Both the natural approach and the direct method are based on the idea of enabling naturalistic language acquisition in the language classroom; they differ in that the natural approach puts less emphasis on practice and more on exposure to language input and on reducing learners' anxiety. Outline The aim of the natural approach is to develop communicative skills, and it is primarily intended to be used with beginning learners. It is presented as a set of principles that can apply to a wide range of learners and teaching situations, and concrete objectives depend on the specific context in which it is used. Terrell outlines three basic principles of the approach: "Focus of instruction is on communication rather than its form." "Speech production comes slowly and is never forced." "Early speech goes through natural stages (yes or no response, one- word answers, lists of words, short phrases, complete sentences.)" These principles result in classrooms where the teacher emphasizes interesting, comprehensible input and low-anxiety situations. Lessons in the natural approach focus on understanding messages in the foreign language, and place little or no importance on error correction, drilling or on conscious learning of grammar rules. They also emphasize learning of a wide vocabulary base over learning new grammatical structures. In addition, teachers using the natural approach aim to create situations in the classroom that are intrinsically motivating for students. Terrell sees learners going through three stages in their acquisition of speech: comprehension, early speech, and speech emergence. In the comprehension stage Terrell focuses on students' vocabulary knowledge. His aim is to make the vocabulary stick in students' long term memory, a process which he calls binding. Terrell sees some techniques as more binding than others; for example, the use of gestures or actions, such as in total physical response, is seen to be more binding than the use of translation. According to Terrell, students' speech will only emerge after enough language has been bound through communicative input. When this occurs, the learners enter the early speech stage. In this stage, students answer simple questions, use single words and set phrases, and fill in simple charts in the foreign language. In the speech emergence stage, students take part in activities requiring more advanced language, such as role-plays and problem-solving activities. Theory Although Terrell originally created the natural approach without relying on a particular theoretical model, his subsequent collaboration with Krashen has meant that the method is often seen as an application to language teaching of Krashen's monitor model. Krashen outlined five hypotheses in his model: The acquisition-learning hypothesis. This states that there is a strict separation between conscious learning of language and subconscious acquisition of language, and that only acquisition can lead to fluent language use. The monitor hypothesis. This states that language knowledge that is consciously learned can only be used to monitor output, not to generate new language. Monitoring output requires learners to be focused on the rule and to have time to apply it. The input hypothesis. This states that language is acquired by exposure to comprehensible input at a level a little higher than that the learner can already understand. Krashen names this kind of input "i+1". The natural order hypothesis. This states that learners acquire the grammatical features of a language in a fixed order, and that this is not affected by instruction. The affective filter hypothesis. This states that learners must be relaxed and open to learning in order for language to be acquired. Learners who are nervous or distressed may not learn features in the input that more relaxed learners would pick up with little effort. Despite its basis in Krashen's theory, the natural approach does not adhere to the theory strictly. In particular, Terrell perceives a greater role for the conscious learning of grammar than Krashen. Krashen's monitor hypothesis contends that conscious learning has no effect on learners' ability to generate new language, whereas Terrell believes that some conscious learning of grammar rules can be beneficial. Syllabus Terrell outlines four categories of classroom activities that can facilitate language acquisition (as opposed to language learning): "Content (culture, subject matter, new information, reading, e.g. teacher tells interesting anecdote involving contrast between target and native culture.)" "Affective-humanistic (students' own ideas, opinions, experiences, e.g. students are asked to share personal preferences as to music, places to live, clothes, hair styles, etc.)" "Games [focus on using language to participate in the game, e.g. 20 questions: I, the teacher, am thinking of an object in this room. You, students, have twenty questions to guess the object. Typical questions: is it clothing? (yes) is it for a man or a woman? (woman) is it a skirt? (yes) is it brown? (yes) is it Ellen's skirt? (yes)]" "Problem solving (focus on using language to locate information, use information, etc., e.g. looking at this listing of films in the newspaper, and considering the different tastes and schedule needs in the group, which film would be appropriate for all of us to attend, and when?)" Reception The natural approach enjoyed much popularity with language teachers, particularly with Spanish teachers in the United States. Markee (1997) puts forward four reasons for the success of the method. First, he says that the method was simple to understand, despite the complex nature of the research involved. Second, it was also compatible with the knowledge about second-language acquisition at the time. Third, Krashen stressed that teachers should be free to try the method, and that it could go alongside their existing classroom practices. Finally, Krashen demonstrated the method to many teachers' groups, so that they could see how it would work in practice. References Bibliography Language-teaching methodology

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Droopy's Double Trouble

Droopy's Double Trouble is the 11th animated short featuring Droopy. It was the first short to introduce one of Droopy's relatives. Plot Droopy is presented here as a manservant working for an unseen master, who is going away for a few days with the head butler, Mr. Theeves. As they are packing the master's clothes, Mr. Theeves requests that Droopy acquire someone to help him around the house while they are away, and the first person to come to Droopy's mind is his identical twin brother, Drippy. Droopy contacts Drippy at O'Brien's Gymnasium and explains the situation to him. Drippy arrives later on and displays his superhuman strength by punching his way through the front door before greeting Droopy. Droopy introduces Drippy to Mr. Theeves, who is briefly astonished by Drippy's uncanny resemblance to Droopy, immediately started jumping up to the chandelier, thinking he was seeing double. However, Mr. Theeves is relieved enough to come down from the chandelier and is also on the receiving end of Drippy's immense strength while shaking his hand. Mr. Theeves then explains Drippy's duties to him and tells him that no matter what, no strangers are allowed on the premises. However, while Droopy loads the master's suitcase into his limousine, Spike the Irish Dog drops in and asks if Droopy can put him up for a little while since he has had little to no good luck recently. Droopy reluctantly agrees and has Spike go to the back door, but forgets to inform Drippy. As Spike snidely muses about taking advantage of Droopy, the back door opens, but what Spike is unaware of is that it is Drippy who has answered. Spike promptly demands, "Let me have it, pal," and Drippy responds by punching Spike across the terrace, musing "No strangers". Spike gets caught in a veranda which swings him back into the door as Drippy closes it. Droopy then appears and lets a bewildered Spike inside, but as Droopy fetches some food, Drippy comes back into the kitchen and hits Spike outside with the kitchen table. Droopy, unaware, take Spike's food outside, assuming Spike wanted to eat in the patio. As Droopy goes back for mustard, Drippy appears again and throws Spike down into the swimming pool, leaving him dazed. Droopy then rescues Spike, assuming he wanted to go for a swim, and takes him inside the house. Droopy puts some dry clothes on Spike, but while he goes for some shoes, Drippy appears again and knocks Spike out cold. Droopy, assuming Spike was sleepy, tucks him in bed. Spike wakes up and begins to enjoy the comfort, but when he tries to call Droopy, Drippy responds instead and punches Spike into the bathroom, where Droopy is shaving. Spike accuses Droopy of assaulting him, but Droopy responds by recommending a cold shower for Spike. Strangely, Drippy goes for a shower as well and hits Spike out, stark naked. Droopy offers to get Spike some clothes, but this time Spike demands that he accompany Droopy. As Droopy enters a closet to get some clothes, Drippy appears from inside another right beside it and hits Spike with a baseball bat (referred to by Spike as a "shillelagh"). Spike angrily demands that Droopy hand it over, but Droopy denies having one, confusing Spike. Each time Spike puts Droopy in the closet, Drippy appears from the other and hits him. Now assuming that Droopy is responsible for hurting him, Spike demands that he stop, but Droopy denies having touched Spike all day. Now believing that Droopy may be going crazy, Spike discreetly calls for an ambulance. When the ambulance arrives, Spike calls Droopy, but this time, both Droopy and Drippy answer. Shocked at the sight of two Droopys, Spike goes insane and gets taken away by the ambulance. Voice cast Bill Thompson as Droopy / Drippy / Spike Daws Butler as Mr. Theeves / Spike (one line) References External links 1951 animated films 1951 short films 1950s English-language films Droopy American animated short films Films directed by Tex Avery Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated short films 1950s American animated films 1950s animated short films Films produced by Fred Quimby Films scored by Scott Bradley Films about twin brothers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio short films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films Animated films about dogs

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Pagri (turban)

Pagri, sometimes also transliterated as pagari, is the term for turban used in the Indian subcontinent. It specifically refers to a headdress that is worn by men and women, which needs to be manually tied. Other names include sapho. Cloth A pagri is usually a long plain unstitched cloth. The length may vary according to the type. The cloth indicates the region and the community of the wearer. Specific styles khirki-dār-pagari Methods of binding the pagri are innumerable, and khirki-dar-pagri is one particular style of dressing the turban. Khirki-dar-pagri means the turban with a window. Brocade piece may decorate the turban. Paag The paag is a headdress in the Mithila region of Bihar and in Mithila, Nepal. Pheta Pheta is the Marathi name for the traditional turban worn in Maharashtra, India. In ceremonies such as weddings, festive and cultural and religious celebrations as well it is common to wear Pheta. In many parts it is customary to offer male dignitaries a traditional welcome by offering a Pheta to wear. A traditional Pheta is usually long cloth typically 3.5 to 6 metres long and 1 metre wide. The choice of colour may indicate the occasion for which it is being worn and also may be typical to the place it is being worn in. Typical colours include Saffron (to indicate valour) and White (to indicate peace). In the past, wearing a Pheta was considered a mandatory part of clothing. There are several styles of Pheta which are specific to regions, for example Kolhapuri and Puneri pheta Mawali pagadi (traditionally worn by Maratha warriors from the Mawal region of Maharashtra) Mahatma Phule pagadi famously worn by the Maharashtrian reformer, the activist from whom it gets the name. Peta The peta is a turban worn in Mysore and Kodagu, it is the traditional indigenous attire worn by the erstwhile Kings of Mysore, called the Wodeyars (1399 to 1947), of the Kingdom of Mysore. Wodeyars wore a richly bejeweled turban made of silk and jari (gold threaded lace) to match with colourful dresses as part of the royal dress. Administrators under the King, such as the Dewans' (Prime Minister appointed by the King) and other senior officials who swayed considerable power in matters of state administration also donned the Mysore peta. After India became independent in 1947 and the princely state merged with the Indian union, the traditional Mysore peta has been retained as a symbol of heritage and cultural antecedents and distinguished people are honoured by the award of a Mysore peta with a shawl in formal functions. Rajasthani pagari Turbans worn in Rajasthan are referred to as the pagari. They vary in style, colour and size. They also indicate a wearer's social class, caste, region and the occasion it being worn for. Its shape and size may also vary with the climatic conditions of the different regions. Turbans in the hot desert areas are large and loose. Farmers and shepherds, who need constant protection from the elements of nature, wear some of the biggest turbans. The Rajasthani turban also has many practical functions. Exhausted travellers use it as a pillow, a blanket or a towel. It can be used to strain muddy water. An unravelled turban can also be used as a rope to draw water from a well with a bucket. Prominent styles are pencha, sela and safa, although several local variants exist. A conventional pagari is usually 82 inches long and 8 inches wide. A Safa is shorter and broader. Ordinarily a turban of a single colour is worn. However, turbans of one of more colours may be worn by the elite or during special occasions such as festivals or weddings, etc. Rajasthani turbans are a prominent tourist attraction. Tourists are often encouraged to participate in turban-tying competitions. Vedic Kshatriya Pagri Vedic Kshatriyas used a large turban consisting of two cloths, one to tie the turban and one to cover the turban completely. The second cloth used to cover the turban is saffron. This sheath contains kshātra-shaktī (Energy of a Kshatriya) and dnyān-shaktī. The turban acts like a crown on the head. A protective sheath is created around the head because of the turban. Therefore, the individual does not imbibe negative vibrations from the environment. The turban reduces the extent of distressing covering around individual’s intellect, and creates a bhāv of renunciation in the individual. This tradition died out when the pure Kshatriya society was slowly drawn away from its culture and went into standing armies. Peshawari pagri Peshawari pagri has been traditionally worn in Peshawar. It includes a cap called kulla and the cloth wrapped around it called lungi. Association with figure of speech A pagri is a symbol of honour and respect in all the regions where it is a practice to wear one. Its association with honour also lends its use in a figure of speech in associated languages. The figure of speech pagri uchaalna in Hindi (literal translation: to toss the turban) implies causing the loss of honour. Recognition of communities Different communities in Rajasthan are recognized by the colours and patterns on their pagris. The Kevat community wears only red Bandhani turban at all occasions. Jat community in Narwa village wears a bright yellow turban. Pagri in Ancient India: from major museums See also Gandhi cap Puneri Pagadi Rasam Pagri Sehra (headdress) Turban References Turbans Pakistani headgear Indian headgear Bangladeshi clothing Chinese clothing Desi culture Rajasthani clothing

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Henry Winder

Henry Winder (15 May 1693 – 9 August 1752) was an English nonconformist minister and chronologist. Life The son of Henry Winder (d. 1733), farmer, by a daughter of Adam Bird of Penruddock, he was born at Hutton John, parish of Greystoke, Cumberland, on 15 May 1693. His grandfather, Henry Winder, a farmer, who lived to be over a hundred (he was living in 1714), was falsely charged with murdering his first-born son. Henry Winder, the grandson, after passing through the Penruddock grammar school under John Atkinson, entered (1708) the Whitehaven Academy under Thomas Dixon, where Caleb Rotheram and John Taylor were among his fellow students. For two years (1712–14) he studied at Dublin under Joseph Boyse In Dublin he was licensed to preach. In 1714 Winder succeeded Edward Rothwell as minister of the independent congregation at Tunley, Lancashire, and was ordained at St. Helen's on 11 September 1716, Christopher Bassnett preaching on the occasion. In 1718 (his first sacrament was 16 November) he was appointed minister of Castle Hey congregation, Liverpool. The first entry in the extant minutes of the Warrington classis (22 April 1719) records his admission to that body, ‘upon his making an acknowledgment of his breaking in upon the rules of it, in the way & manner of his coming to Liverpoole.’ A strong advocate of non-subscription in the controversy then active both in England and in Ireland, he brought round his congregation to that view. His ministry was successful; a new chapel was built for him in Benn's Garden, Red Cross Street, and opened in July 1727. From 1732 he corresponded with the London dissenters, with a view to the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. Winder married the widow of William Shawe of Liverpool, and educated her son William Shawe, afterwards of Preston. On taking him in 1740 to study at Glasgow, he received the diploma of D.D. In September 1746 Winder suffered a stroke of paralysis, and never again entered the pulpit, though he preached twice from the reading-desk in January 1747, and occasionally assisted at the sacrament in that year. John Henderson (d. 4 July 1779), who took Anglican orders in 1763, and was the first incumbent of St. Paul's, Liverpool, became his assistant and successor. Winder's faculties failed, and he died on Sunday 9 August 1752. He was buried on the south side of the churchyard of St. Peter's, Liverpool (now the cathedral); the memorial stone was earthed over when the churchyard was laid out as a garden. Henderson preached his funeral sermon. He outlived his wife, and left no issue. His library (a remarkable one, with a valuable collection of tracts) and manuscripts were bequeathed to his congregation. The library was transferred to Renshaw Street Unitarian Chapel, to which the congregation moved in 1811. A letter (now lost) giving an account (6 August 1723) of the non-subscription debates in the Belfast sub-synod, which Winder had attended as a visitor, was printed in the Christian Moderator, October 1827 (p. 274), from a copy by John Scott Porter, then minister at Toxteth Park chapel, Liverpool. Works For young Shawe's use, Winder drew up (about 1733), but did not publish, ‘a short general system of chronology’ on ‘the Newtonian plan.’ This was the germ of his bulky work, the result of twelve years' labour, A Critical and Chronological History of the Rise, Progress, Declension, and Revival of Knowledge, chiefly Religious. In two Periods. I. … Tradition, from Adam to Moses. II. … Letters, from Moses to Christ, 1745, 2 vols. (dedication to William Shawe). He prefers Moses to all secular historians, as earlier and more authentic. In vol. ii. chap. xxi. § 3, is a eulogy of British liberties, with evident reference to the events of 1745, during which Winder had helped to raise a regiment for the defence of Liverpool. The work did not sell, and was reissued as a second edition in 1756, with new title-page, and Memoirs of the author by George Benson. Notes Attributions 1693 births 1752 deaths English Presbyterian ministers Chronologists People from Greystoke, Cumbria 18th-century English Presbyterian ministers

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Trish Salah

Trish Salah is an Arab Canadian poet, activist, and academic. She is the author of the poetry collections, Wanting in Arabic, published in 2002 by TSAR Publications and Lyric Sexology Vol. 1, published by Roof Books in 2014. An expanded Canadian edition of Lyric Sexology, Vol. 1 was published by Metonymy Press in 2017. Biography Salah was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is of Lebanese and Irish Canadian heritage. She received her B.A. and M.A. in English and Creative Writing from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, and her Ph.D. in English Literature at York University in Toronto, Ontario. While a teaching assistant at York, Salah was politically active in the Canadian Union of Public Employees as the first transgender representative to their National Pink Triangle Committee. She is currently associate professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Queen's University, and prior to her appointment at Queen's, was faculty in Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg. Her creative and scholarly work addresses transgender and transsexual politics and experience, diasporic Arab identity and culture, anti-racism, queer politics and economic and social justice. Her poetry combines lyric and experimental forms. The 2013 reissue of Wanting in Arabic won the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction at the 26th Lambda Literary Awards in 2014. In 2018, she was named a finalist for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for Canadian LGBTQ writers. Selected works Books Lyric Sexology, Vol. I. New York: Roof Books, 2014. (Second edition: Montreal, Metonymy Press, 2017.) Wanting In Arabic: Poems. Toronto: Tsar Publications, 2002. (Second edition: Toronto, Mawenzi House, 2013.) Edited volumes Arc Poetry Magazine, "Polymorphous per Verse: Special Issue on Trans, Two Spirit and Non-Binary Writers." Co-edited with Ali Blythe. 94 (Winter 2021). TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. "Special Issue on Trans Cultural Production." Co-edited with Julian B. Carter and David J. Getsy. 1.4 (2014). Canadian Review of American Studies. "Special Issue on Anne Marie MacDonald's Fall on Your Knees." Co-edited with Sara Matthews and Dina Georgis. 35.2 (2005). Journal articles "What Does Tiresias Want?" TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. "Psychoanalysis and Trans Studies." 4.4 (Fall 2017): 632–638. "'Time Isn't After Us': Some Tiresian Durations." Special Issue on Trans Temporalities. Somatechnics 7.1 (March 2017): 16-33. "Backlash to the Future: Re/Inscribing Transsexuality as Fundamentalism." Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, 25 (Spring 2011): 212–222. "In Lieu of a Transgender Poetics." Contemporary Feminist Poetics in Canada. Ed. Kate Eichorn and Barbara Godard. Spec. Issue of Open Letter. 13.9 (Summer 2009): 34–6. "After Cissexual Poetry." Contemporary Queer Poetics. Ed. Julian Brolaski. Spec. Issue of Aufgabe: Journal of Poetry. 8 (Summer 2009): 282–298. Book chapters "Returning to Schreber: Trans Literature as Psychoanalysis." Current Critical Debates in the Field of Transsexual Studies. Oren Gozlan, ed. New York: Routledge, 2018: 169–180. "Reflections on Trans Organizing, Trade Unionism and Radical Communities." Trans Activism in Canada: A Reader. Dan Irving and Rupert Raj, eds. Toronto: Canadian Scholar's Press, 2014: 149–167. "From Fans to Activists: Popular Feminism enlists in 'The War on Terror'." Muslim Women, Transnational Feminism and the Ethics of Pedagogy: Contested Imaginaries in post-9/11 Cultural Practice. Lisa Taylor and Jasmin Zine, eds. Routledge, 2014: 152–71. "Working for Change: Sex Workers in the Union Struggle." with J. Clamen and K. Gillies. Selling Sex: Canadian Academics, Advocates and Sex Workers in Dialogue. Emily van der Meulen, Elya M. Durisin, and Victoria Love eds. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2013: 113–129. "Notes Towards Thinking Transsexual Institutional Poetics." Trans/acting Culture, Writing and Memory: Essays in Honour of Barbara Godard. Eva C. Karpinski, Jennifer Henderson, Ian Sowton, and Ray Ellenwood, eds. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier Press: 2013: 167–189. "An-Identity Poetics and Feminist Artist-Run Centers/La poétique de l'anidentité et les centres d'artistes féministes autogérés." Féminismes électriques. Leila Pourtavaf, ed. Montreal: Les Éditions du remue-ménage/ La Centrale Gallerie Powerhouse, 2012: 81–106. References External links Christy Davids interviews Trish Salah, February 10, 2017 Écriture au Trans-féminine: Trish Salah's Wanting in Arabic, in Canadian Literature Academic staff of Bishop's University Canadian feminists 21st-century Canadian poets Canadian women poets Canadian people of Irish descent Canadian people of Lebanese descent Transgender women writers Canadian transgender writers Transfeminists Writers from Nova Scotia Writers from Halifax, Nova Scotia Canadian Maronites Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Academic staff of Concordia University York University alumni Canadian LGBT poets Lambda Literary Award winners 21st-century Canadian women writers Transgender academics Transgender studies academics Transgender poets 21st-century Canadian LGBT people Canadian LGBT academics

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Greg Barns

Gregory Joseph Barns SC (born 9 April 1962) is an Australian barrister, author, political commentator, mining company director and former political candidate based in Hobart, Tasmania. He is an advisor to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks and was the national campaign director for the WikiLeaks Party. Early life and education Barns was educated at De La Salle College, Malvern and Monash University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1984 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1985. Legal career Barns was admitted to practice and called to the Victorian Bar in 1986, and to the Tasmanian Bar in 2003. He is also admitted to practice in New South Wales and Western Australia. He worked full-time as a barrister from 1986 to 1989, and from 2003. He took silk in Tasmania in May 2020. Barns represented Ezzit Raad in the 2008 trial of twelve men around Abdul Nacer Benbrika charged with terrorism-related offenses. SBS Television produced a one-hour documentary, The Trial, about the case, focussing on Barns' involvement. In 2013, he started working pro bono on the Julian Assange legal case for the Assange Campaign. Political career Barns was an adviser to New South Wales premier Nick Greiner (1989–90); Victorian opposition leader Alan Brown (1990–91); and Tasmanian premier Ray Groom (1993–96). He then served as Chief of Staff to Federal Finance Minister John Fahey from 1996 to 1999. Barns was the political campaign director of the Australian Republican Movement's 1999 referendum campaign and he succeeded Malcolm Turnbull as ARM chair in 2000. In 2002, Barns was disendorsed as the Liberal candidate for the Tasmanian seat of Denison, due to his criticism of the Howard government's asylum-seeker policies. Blaming John Howard, Barns said, "Dissent within the party is just not tolerated." Criticising the Liberal Party, Barns commented on, "The weakness of the liberal wing of the party and in particular supposedly liberal ministers like Robert Hill, for example, or (former attorney-general) Daryl Williams, a range of them who thought of themselves as being liberals who have been prepared to go along for the ride". He later joined the Australian Democrats for around two years. In 2013, Barns was the Wikileaks Party campaign adviser for the Australian federal election when claims were made about party lack of transparency and accountability by Leslie Cannold, resulting in her resignation from the party along with a number of National Council members and volunteers. Writing Barns is the author of What's Wrong with the Liberal Party? (2003) and Selling the Australian Government: Politics and Propaganda from Whitlam to Howard (2005). More frequent contributions appear in On Line Opinion, Crikey and the Hobart Mercury on issues pertaining to sport, law and politics (including the Australian federal election in 2007). Human rights In 2019, Barns told Australians to put aside their opinions of Julian Assange and consider his actions. He told the press: “At the end of the day we need to remember what is it he exposed, for which he’s been prosecuted. He revealed war crimes and he’s being punished for it.” In 2020, he called for Australians to support Assange during his extradition hearing in the UK. Barns said Assange was "facing an effective death penalty" for revealing "the war crimes of the US". Barns has made calls for Australia to adopt a Bill of Rights for the protection of its citizens and journalists. In a 2020 opinion piece published in the Mercury, he warned of the potential human rights violations that could follow public acceptance of the Australian government's COVIDSafe app. The app is intended to facilitate the contact-tracing of people who become infected with the disease, but he warns that data could be used for other purposes by other parties including police, immigration and intelligence agencies in Australia and the USA. Law reform In a 2012 article called "Australia's pointless and deadly drugs crackdown" he said "We are killing, injuring and hurting young Australians who use illicit drugs because of our irrational obsession with prohibition. It is time to stop and produce policies that actually work." Bibliography References Sources Greg Barns at onlineopinion.com.au Greg Barns at tasmanianbar.com.au "Libs push for more jail for rapists", ABC News (14 July 2008) External links Australian Prison Foundation , barristers Greg Barns and Rob Stary; from the documentary The Trial. 1962 births Living people Australian non-fiction writers 20th-century Australian lawyers Australian republicans Quarterly Essay people 21st-century Australian lawyers People associated with WikiLeaks WikiLeaks Party politicians

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Packwood, Washington

Packwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in easternmost Lewis County, Washington, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 319, while the town and surrounding Packwood community (east of Cora Bridge) had a total population of 1,277. Packwood was originally established as Sulphur Springs. Shortly thereafter, it was renamed to Lewis, in honor of Meriwether Lewis, but was finally renamed to Packwood, in honor of William Packwood due to the US Postal Service confusing the town with Fort Lewis. History The name "Packwood", used for the town, a mountain pass, and a lake, honors William Packwood, a Virginian pioneer and explorer of Oregon and Washington. Packwood and James Longmire were tasked by the Washington Territorial Legislature to chart a low pass over the Cascade Range, this necessitated by the deaths of several delegates in their journey to the first legislative session. As a mark of their successes in this venture, the charted pass - called the Packwood Saddle - is still unused by any road, trail, or other conveyance to pass between the east and west sides of the Cascades. Geography Packwood is located at (46.6040008, -121.6778664), at the intersection of US Highway 12 and Gifford Pinchot National Forest Road 52 (Skate Creek Road). It is located between Mount Rainier National Park to the north and Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument to the south. The Tatoosh Wilderness, Goat Rocks Wilderness, and William O. Douglas Wilderness are to the north, southeast, and northeast respectively, with the Gifford Pinchot National Forest as a buffer in all directions. Packwood is located in the upper Cowlitz River valley, just downstream of the confluence of the Muddy and Clear forks of the Cowlitz. The White Pass Ski Area and crest of the Cascade Range demark the eastern edge of the Packwood area, the town of Randle the west, and large expanses of forest, wilderness, and parkland the north and south. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Packwood CDP has an area of , all of it recorded as land. Surrounding lands, including the residential communities of High Valley and Timberline, contribute to an approximate population of 1,330 for the greater Packwood area. Climate According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Packwood has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. Economy The town of Packwood has historically relied on the forest products industry as an economic engine, supplemented by government employment (via the National Forest and Park Services) and seasonal tourism. In the late 1990s, the Forest Service began consolidation of many ranger stations, with the result that Forest Service jobs moved to the town of Randle and the new Cowlitz Valley Ranger Station. Shortly thereafter, several factors, including the Asian financial crisis, decreased logging on federal lands, and depression in lumber prices, brought the closing of the Packwood Lumber Mill. Due to the limited economic opportunity, the town's housing consists heavily of summer housing for snowbirds, retirement homes, and vacation cabins. The influx of retirees and determination of long-time locals has led to a recent civic revival in the town, however. Several local organizations seek to promote the tourism opportunities of the town, improve tourist and vacation infrastructure, and plan for the long-term economic revitalization of the town. The decades-old Annual Packwood Flea Market now attracts tens of thousands during the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends, and the recently expanded White Pass Ski Area provides a steady flow of visitors during the otherwise tourism-slow winter months. A new art gallery, along with a heritage museum housed in the old school building, are indicative of increasing diversity and economic revitalization in the area. Government and politics Politics Packwood and the surrounding Big Bottom voting district are recognized as being majority Republican and conservative, though less so in comparison to other rural areas within Lewis County. The 2020 election included votes for candidates of the Libertarian Party in both districts. Education Packwood is located in the White Pass School District, which, in addition to Packwood, covers the small towns of Randle and Glenoma and the vast forested expanse in extreme eastern Lewis County, terminating at the crest of the Cascades and the border with Yakima County. In 2004, the town's school-age population dropped to the point that the local K-6 elementary school was shuttered, although the building is still used as a county sheriff's substation, a local historical museum, and for hosting other community events. Infrastructure Packwood is accessible year-round by private vehicle on US 12, and seasonally by SR 123 and several forest service roads. The general aviation Packwood Airport is located three blocks west of highway 12 in downtown Packwood, and L.E.W.I.S. Mountain Highway Transit provides multiple weekday public transportation to Centralia-Chehalis, including connections to Amtrak and Greyhound. The community is among 8 locations that are part of an EV installation project on the White Pass Scenic Byway. The program will stretch from the White Pass Ski Area to Chehalis and is run in partnership with Lewis County PUD, Twin Transit, state government agencies, and local community efforts. The venture began in 2023 from two grants totaling over $1.8 million. References External links Washington Deputy Dies After Hitting Elk Unincorporated communities in Washington (state) Unincorporated communities in Lewis County, Washington Census-designated places in Washington (state) Census-designated places in Lewis County, Washington Gifford Pinchot National Forest

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Richard Schmidt (rower)

Richard Schmidt (born 23 May 1987) is a German former representative sweep-oar rower. He is a six time world champion, a four time Olympian, an Olympic gold & silver medallist and held a seat in the German senior men's eight — the Deutschlandachter — constantly from 2009 to 2021. He rowed at seven when the Deutschlandachter at the 2017 World Rowing Cup II set a world's best time of 5.18.68, which was still the standing world mark as of 2021. He was in the German crew when it won the gold medal in the men's eight competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he rowed in Germany's men's eight which won the silver medal and again he rowed in the German men's eight at Tokyo 2021 and won his second Olympic silver medal. Representative rowing career Schmidt's club rowing was from Ruderverein Treviris 1921 in Trier, Germany. His international representative debut was at the junior level, when he won consecutive medals in the German coxless four at the World Rowing Junior Championships in 2004 and 2005. In 2007, he raced at the World Rowing U23 Championships in Glasgow in a coxless four with Sebastian Schmidt, Fokke Beckmann and Kristof Wilke where they won a gold medal. In Autumn 2007, that crew finished in second place at the European Rowing Championships in Poznań after taking a long break from the sport. In 2008, Schmidt rowed with Beckmann at the World Cup opener in Munich in the coxless pair and at the end of the season was selected in the German eight for the U23 World Championships, where they placed fourth. During this time, the seating of the German men's eight was reorganised prior to the 2008 Olympic Games, Schmidt was selected as a travelling reserve for Beijing. He raced in the semi-finals with Marco Neumann, Gregor Hauffe, and Urs Käufer in the coxless four as Filip Adamski and Toni Seifert were ill. The newly composed team had surprisingly reached the final, however Neumann was then replaced with Jochen Urban. The boat finished in sixth place. In the new Olympiad, the coxless four formed the core of the re-built German eight, in which Schmidt then won his first World Championship title at the 2009 World Rowing Championships. In 2010 at the World Rowing Cup I he rowed in a coxless pair with Kristof Wilke but within a month he secured his seat in the German eight rowing in the European Championships in September and then at World Championships where they defended their World Championship title. With Schmidt solid in the five seat, the German crew won their third consecutive title at the 2011 World Championships. At the 2012 Olympics in London, the favoured German eight won the gold medal with a crew consisting of Filip Adamski, Andreas Kuffner, Eric Johannesen, Maximilian Reinelt, Richard Schmidt, Lukas Müller, Florian Mennigen, Kristof Wilke and coxswain Martin Sauer. After his first Olympic success, Richard Schmidt rowed on and remained constant in the German eight who since 2010 have been strong, permanent rivals against the British men's eight. From 2013 to 2015, the German team won gold each year at the European Rowing Championships but come the World Championship finals, the Great Britain pipped them each time by a margin of less than one second relegating the German eight to three consecutive silver medals. In the lead-up to Rio 2016 Germany again finished either first or second at each regatta in the international season. In Rio the German crew won their heat but in the final were again beaten by Great Britain with a 1.33 second margin. Schmidt now had his second Olympic medal – a silver. In 2017 Schmidt, Malte Jakschik, the stroke Hannes Ocik and coxswain Martin Sauer were the only members of the German Olympic eight who rowed on. The eight was rebuilt around the stern three of Ocik, Schmidt & Jakschik. He remained throughout their dominant season campaign, winning gold at the European Championships, two World Rowing Cups and ultimately at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida where the German eight were again crowned as world champions. In June 2017 at the World Rowing Cup II in Poznan they set a new world's best time for the eight, taking 0.67 seconds off a 2012 mark set by Canada. The German crew with every man holding the same seat, continued their European and world dominance throughout 2018 winning at three World Rowing Cups, the 2018 European Championships and then defending their world title at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv. There were a handful of changes to the German eight in 2019 but Schmidt remained at seven for another successful international season culminating in his sixth world championship title at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim. The German men's eight's 2019 performances qualified that boat for Tokyo 2020. By the time of the 2021 selections for those delayed Olympics, Schmidt was still in the crew and set to make his third Olympic rowing appearance. At that Tokyo 2021 Olympic regatta he rowed in his final international appearance for Germany to an Olympic silver medal. Personal Schmidt studied engineering and undertook his PhD in engineering. For his Olympic medal achievements he has twice been awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf by German Federal President Joachim Gauck. Since 2019 he has been an athlete representative on the World Anti-Doping Agency's Athlete Committee. Rowing palmares 2004: Bronze medal World Rowing Junior Championships – M4- 2005: Silver medal World Rowing Junior Championships – M4- 2007: Gold medal World Rowing U23 Championships – M4- 2007: Silver medal European Rowing Championships – M4- 2008: 4th place World Rowing U23 Championships – M8+ 2008: 4th place European Rowing Championships – M8+ 2008: 6th place Beijing Olympics – M4- 2009: Gold medal World Rowing Championships – M8+ 2010: Gold medal European and World Rowing Championships – M8+ 2011: Gold medal World Rowing Championships – M8+ 2012: Gold medal London Olympics – M8+ 2013: Gold medal European Rowing Championships – M8+ 2013: Silver medal World Rowing Championships – M8+ 2014: Gold medal European Rowing Championships – M8+ 2014: Silver medal World Rowing Championships – M8+ 2015: Gold medal European Rowing Championships – M8+ 2015: Silver medal World Rowing Championships – M8+ 2016: Silver medal Rio de Janeiro Olympics – M8+ 2017: Gold medal European and World Rowing Championships – M8+ 2018: Gold medal European and World Rowing Championships – M8+ 2019: Gold medal European and World Rowing Championships – M8+ References External links 1987 births Living people Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Germany Sportspeople from Trier Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics German male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Hilton of Cadboll Chapel

The Hilton of Cadboll Chapel is the remains of a medieval chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The chapel is located in Hilton of Cadboll, a village in the Highland council area. The site overlooks the Moray Firth and is about 5 meters above sea level. The chapel would have been a prominent landmark, as it would have been visible from both water and land. The site is bordered on the north and west by rising ground, which would have provided a position where it was possible to look down over the site. The chapel likely dates to some time in the 13th century and was used for worship and burial. There is also evidence of Pictish activity on the same site from sometime between 650 and 900 CE. An earlier chapel and burial ground may have been associated with this activity. Medieval pottery has been found on the site, which suggests that a settlement existed nearby during this period. It is possible that the chapel fell out of use during the Reformation. Eighteenth-century records indicate the chapel was in ruins by that time, and by 1856 it was being used as a shed. The chapel has been in the care of the state since 1978. Today all that remains of the chapel and the burial grounds are the foundation of the chapel and a series of low, turf-covered banks. The site also consists of the famous Hilton of Cadboll Stone, burial grounds near the chapel, and a well, known as "Oure Lady-Well." Construction The remains indicate that this was likely a simple chapel, rectangular in shape. The chapel walls are constructed with large sandstone blocks bound together with shell mortar and with a rubble core. The remains of the chapel measure about 12 by 6.5 meters and are oriented east–west. There is no evidence of where the entrance was located. The chapel is enclosed by multiple series of low, turf-covered banks, all about 3 meters wide. The different banks around the chapel indicate that they were built in multiple phases. The inner enclosure is oriented east-northeast to west-southwest and measures about 32 by 23 meters. At one point the walls of the inner enclosure had been extended to the northeast and southeast. This enclosure is likely the earliest of the enclosures, and may have been used to delineate the burial ground, though there is no sign of any headstones. One of the walls, which is likely part of this inner enclosure bank, could be dated to the earliest phase of activity at this site. This phase of construction began at some point between the 7th and 9th centuries CE and continued until the mid 12th century. This enclosure and the chapel within it are surrounded by a second enclosure that was added later, likely from between the 16th and 19th centuries. This outer enclosure measures approximately 45 by 34 meters. The outer enclosure consists of a drystone wall with an earthen bank. Burial Grounds Limited excavation has occurred within the enclosure wall to the west of the chapel, but human bone fragments dating from 650 to 900 CE have been found, which suggests that the early use for the site was used as a burial grounds. There is also evidence that the burial grounds continued to be used into the medieval period. Excavation of a small area to the west of the chapel has revealed the burials of four children/youths. Two of these burials were likely contemporary with the construction of the chapel, and the other two were likely buried at some point in the medieval or early post-medieval periods. This suggests there was some type of spatial zoning used within the burial grounds, and this practice may have continued from the building of the chapel to the late medieval period. Additionally, the site served as a burial ground for unbaptized infants until the end of the 19th century. Hilton of Cadboll Stone The Hilton of Cadboll Stone is a Pictish cross slab that was found near the Hilton of Cadboll Chapel. The stone was carved around 800 CE and stayed on site until it was removed in the 1860s. The Cadboll stone likely stood in a small, semicircular subject on the gable of the western side of the chapel until it was moved. About 0.3 meters to the west of the stone's original site is the site of another setting where the stone likely stayed from 1150 to 1674. In 2001, the broken-off lower portion of the stone was found and subsequently removed for conservation. The presence of a cross slab of this quality suggests that the chapel may have been a place of worship of significant importance. The original stone is currently on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh and a replica now stands at the former site, which is visible from the remains of the chapel. Oure Lady-Well A well known as "Oure Lady-Well" was associated with the chapel, though no trace remains today. To the north of the chapel are the remains of a broken font. External links Hilton Of Cadboll, 'Our Lady's Chapel' Images References Medieval churches Historic sites in Scotland

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Fury

Fury or FURY may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Comics Fury (1994 one-shot) Fury (2001 series) Fury (2023 one-shot) Fury (DC Comics), the name of three characters Fury (Marvel Comics), an android Fictional entities Fury, in Power Rangers Dino Charge and Power Rangers Dino Super Charge Films Fury (1923 film), an American silent film Fury (1936 film), an American drama Fury (1947 film), an Italian drama Fury (1948 film), an American film, also known as Thunderhoof and Wild Fury The Fury (film), a 1978 horror thriller by Brian De Palma Fury (2012 film), British title of The Samaritan Fury (2014 film), a 2014 war film by David Ayer Fury: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack The Fury (2016 film), a Dutch film based on a novel by A.F.Th. van der Heijden Gaming Fury (video game), an online role-playing game The Fury (video game), a racing game The Fury, a character from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Fury, a female only character profession in the game Shadowbane Literature Fury, a 1947 novel by Henry Kuttner The Fury (Timms novel), 1954 The Fury (Farris novel), 1976 Fury (Rushdie novel), 2001 Fury (Star Wars novel), 2007 Music Fury (Australian band), a thrash metal band Fury (American band), a hardcore punk band Fury Records, an American record label Fury UK, a British heavy metal band Fury (Sick Puppies album), 2016 Fury (Stefano Lentini album), 2018 Fury (Upon a Burning Body album), 2022 The Fury (album), a 1985 album by Gary Numan "Fury" (song), by Prince, 2006 "Fury", a bonus track by Muse from the album Absolution, 2003 "The Fury", song by Derek Sherinian from the album Black Utopia, 2003 Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media "Fury" (Star Trek: Voyager), an episode of the TV series "The Fury" (The Amazing World of Gumball), an episode of the TV series Fury (American TV series), a 1950s American western series Fury (Russian TV series), an upcoming Russian TV series People Fury (surname), including a list of people with the name Fury (DJ), Steve Blakley an American DJ Places Fury Island (Ottawa), an island of Ontario, Canada Hecla and Fury Islands, Nunavut, Canada Fury Island, Bárbara Channel, Chile Fury Island County Park, a park in Minnesota, U.S. Mount Fury, Washington, U.S. Sport Australia Kemblawarra Fury FC, a New South Wales football club Northern Fury FC, a Queensland soccer club Western Fury, a women's cricket team Canada Fury Stakes, a Thoroughbred horse race Toronto Ontario Fury, an indoor soccer team Ottawa Fury (2005–13), a soccer team Ottawa Fury FC, a soccer team 2014–2019 Prince George Fury, a soccer team 2009–2010 Whitby Fury, an ice hockey team Winnipeg Fury, a soccer team United States Corpus Christi Fury, an indoor football team Detroit Fury, an arena football team Fort Wayne Fury, a basketball team Long Island Fury, a women's soccer team Miami Fury, a women's American football team Muskegon Fury, later Muskegon Lumberjacks, an ice hockey team Philadelphia Fury (2011–2019), American soccer team in the National Independent Soccer Association Philadelphia Fury (1978–1980), American soccer team in the North American Soccer League Rockford Fury, a basketball team Elsewhere Monterrey Fury, a Mexican soccer team Transportation and military Aircraft Felixstowe Fury, a British triplane flying-boat Hawker Fury, a 1930s British biplane fighter Hawker Sea Fury, initially called Fury, a post-War British fighter aircraft North American FJ-1 Fury, a 1940s U.S. Navy straight-wing jet aircraft North American FJ-2/-3 Fury, 1950s U.S. Navy and Marine Corps swept-wing jet aircraft North American FJ-4 Fury, a 1950s/60s U.S. Navy and Marine Corps fighter-bomber LoPresti Fury, a 1980s American sports plane Motor vehicles BSA Fury, a British prototype motorcycle Honda Fury, a motorcycle Plymouth Fury, an American car Royal Enfield Fury, the name of several motorcycles Sylva Fury, a British kit car Rail LMS 6399 Fury, an experimental steam locomotive Ships HMS Fury, the name of several Royal Navy ships USS Fury, the name of two U.S. Navy ships Weaponry .277 Fury, a rifle cartridge introduced by SIG Sauer Other uses Fury (roller coaster), in Bobbejaanland, Belgium Fury 325, a roller coaster in Carowinds amusement park, U.S. Fellowship of United Reformed Youth (FURY), a church youth organization Furies or Erinyes, figures in Greek mythology Rage (emotion), or fury See also Furia (disambiguation) Furie (disambiguation) Furies (disambiguation) Furio (disambiguation) Furiosa (disambiguation) Furioso (disambiguation) Furious (disambiguation) Furry (disambiguation) Furey, a surname The Furys (disambiguation) Fury3, a 1996 video game

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Plug In America

Plug In America (PIA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization that promotes and advocates the use of plug-in cars, trucks and sports utility vehicles (SUVs) powered by domestic and renewable electricity which it claims will help reduce dependence on fossil fuels, improve the global environment and reduce greenhouse gases and climate change. PIA advocates the development of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, battery electric vehicles, and other vehicles which use electricity, from the power grid or from electricity-generating devices such as solar cells, as a substantial source of motive energy. History Plug In America was founded by a group of electric vehicle advocates that earlier formed DontCrush.com, a coalition organized to stop automobile manufacturers from destroying electric vehicles at the end of their lease. Because of DontCrush.com's previous success in preventing the destruction of Toyota and Ford electric car models, and exposing General Motors' decision to discontinue its plug-in hybrid, the group hoped to strengthen its cause for plug-in vehicles by forming PIA. The film Who Killed the Electric Car? documented the actions of Plug In America's founders and brought increased attention to the subject. Following this, Plug In America officially incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 2008. In 2009, supporters of Plug In America emailed more than 50,000 letters to members of Congress, resulting in the $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicle purchases being included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In 2011, Plug In America partnered with the Sierra Club and Electric Auto Association to create the first National Plug-In Day, which included events promoting electric vehicles across the United States. The annual event has since grown to National Drive Electric Week. After eight years of being primarily volunteer-run, in 2015, Plug In America hired its first executive director, Joel Levin. Since that time, the organization has grown to include eleven additional staff members as of April 2022. The organization's mission is to drive change to accelerate the shift to plug-in vehicles powered by clean, affordable, domestic electricity to reduce our nation's dependence on petroleum, improve air quality, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Programs Plug In America helps consumers, policy-makers, auto manufacturers and others to understand the benefits of driving electric vehicles. It provides practical, objective information to help consumers select the best plug-in vehicle for their lifestyles and needs. The organization orchestrates electric car test drives and ride-alongs in communities around the country. Plug In America partners with the Sierra Club and Electric Auto Association for National Drive Electric Week, held annually each September. The 2018 National Drive Electric Week included more than 185,000 attendees across 321 events in all 50 states, plus Canada and New Zealand. National Drive Electric Week events include ride-and-drives, car showcases, parades, press conferences, and speeches from elected officials. For 2019, in addition to the fall National Drive Electric Week, the group is launching an annual Drive Electric Earth Day (DEED) in April, which also incorporates Earth Day events in the U.S., Canada, and other countries. In 2017, Plug In America partnered with the Department of Energy to hold ride-and-drive events in the Northeast, Georgia, San Diego, and other communities across America. The group also conducts ride-and-drive events in the greater Los Angeles area through partnerships with Southern California Edison and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Plug In America advocates for policies that promote electric vehicles at the federal and state levels, including extending the federal EV tax credit, expanding California's zero-emission vehicles mandates to more states, increasing access to charging infrastructure, access to HOV lanes, and registration incentives. In 2017, Plug In America supporters sent letters and made calls to Congress to save the $7,500 federal EV tax credit. Also, in 2017, they promoted EV legislation in states including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington. They host an annual EV ride-and-drive for U.S. senators to give lawmakers the opportunity to experience electric vehicles. In June 2018, the group released the AchiEVe toolkit of policies promoting EV adoption for state and local governments. The organization developed PlugStar, a program that improves the EV purchase experience. Plug In America provides training for automotive dealers on various aspects of EV ownership, including government incentives for EVs, utility rates and programs, and emerging best practices in EV sales, to better assist consumers considering an electric vehicle. Pilot programs to train automotive dealers were launched in San Diego and Boston in 2017, followed by programs in Los Angeles and Sacramento. Additionally, the PlugStar online tools provide consumers with vehicle comparisons, information on charging equipment, tax credits and other incentives, and options to contact PlugStar-certified dealers. In 2018, the organization presented the first annual Drive Electric Awards to individuals and organizations that have contributed to the EV movement. In 2019, the organization launched an EV Support Program to provide current and potential EV drivers with one-on-one assistance. See also CalCars Government incentives for plug-in electric vehicles List of modern production plug-in electric vehicles Plug-in electric vehicles in the United States RechargeIT Who Killed the Electric Car? (documentary) References External links Plug In America Drive Electric Earth Day National Drive Electric Week PlugStar CalCars Electric Auto Association Plug-In Partners Plug-in Vehicle Tracker - electric vehicles available now, as "Cars & Trucks" or "2 & 3 Wheel Vehicles" listing "Make, Model & Type", "Features" (including price, speed, range), "Status" (including where available), plus pictures. Non-profit organizations based in California Electric vehicle organizations 501(c)(3) organizations

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Algis Uždavinys

Algis Uždavinys (1962–2010) was a Lithuanian philosopher and scholar. His work pioneered the hermeneutical comparative study of Egyptian and Greek religions, especially their esoteric relations to Semitic religions, and in particular the inner aspect of Islam (Sufism). His books have been published in Lithuanian, Russian, English and French, including translations of Plotinus, Frithjof Schuon and Ananda Coomaraswamy into Russian and Lithuanian. Early life Brought up in Druskininkai, by the Nemunas River in southern Lithuania, Uždavinys moved to Vilnius to pursue studies at the former State Art Institute of Lithuania, now Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts. Career Upon graduation he came in contact with the writings and authors of the Traditionalist or Perennialist school, and this influenced his comparative exegesis, notably his studies on Sufism, the Ancient Egyptian religion, and his assertion of the substantial continuity of Greek philosophical tradition from Pythagoras down to the latest Neoplatonic authors. In this last claim he was expressly indebted to Pierre Hadot. Uždavinys was an active member of the editorial board of the journal Acta Orientalia Vilnensia and head of the department of humanities at the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts, Kaunas Faculty; as an art critic, philosopher and intellectual he was a prominent figure in Lithuanian cultural life. In 2008 he spent time as a research fellow at La Trobe University in Bendigo, Australia. He was a member of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies and The Lithuanian Artists' Association, and a regular contributor to journals such as Sacred Web, Vancouver, and Sophia, Washington DC. Death Uždavinys died in his sleep of an apparent heart attack on 25 July 2010 in his native village of Kabeliai. Works Books The Golden Chain: An Anthology of Platonic and Pythagorean Philosophy (World Wisdom, 2004) . Introduction. Philosophy as a Rite of Rebirth: From Ancient Egypt to Neoplatonism (The Matheson Trust and Prometheus Trust, 2008) . A free sizeable excerpt. The Heart of Plotinus: The Essential Enneads (World Wisdom, 2009) . Philosophy and Theurgy in Late Antiquity (Sophia Perennis, 2010) . Ascent to Heaven in Islamic and Jewish Mysticism (The Matheson Trust, 2011) . excerpt Orpheus and the Roots of Platonism (The Matheson Trust, 2011) . excerpt Sufism and Ancient Wisdom (Archetype and The Matheson Trust, 2020) . Academic Monographs in Lithuanian Labyrinth of Sources. Hermeneutical Philosophy and Mystagogy of Proclus, Vilnius: Lithuanian State Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Eurigmas, 2002, . Hellenic Philosophy from Numenius to Syrianus, Vilnius: Lithuanian State Institute of Culture, Philosophy, and Arts, 2003, . The Egyptian Book of the Dead, Kaunas: Ramduva, 2008, . Hermes Trismegistus: The Way of Wisdom, Vilnius: Sophia, 2005, . Chapters "From Homer to the Glorious Qur’an: Hermeneutical Strategies in the Hellenistic and Islamic Traditions," Sacred Web, vol. 11, 2003. "The Egyptian Book of the Dead and Neoplatonic Philosophy," History of Platonism, Plato Redivivus, eds. Robert Berchman and John Finamore. New Orleans: University Press of the South, 2005. "Chaldean Divination and the Ascent to Heaven," in Seeing with Different Eyes: Essays in Astrology and Divination, eds. Patrick Curry and Angela Voss, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. Articles "Putting on the Form of the Gods: Sacramental Theurgy in Neoplatonism", Sacred Web vol. 5, 2000, pp.107-120. "Sufism in the Light of Orientalism", Research Institute of Culture, Philosophy, and Arts, 2007. "Voices of Fire: Understanding Theurgy", Eye of the Heart, Vol 1, 2008. "Metaphysical symbols and their function in theurgy" , Eye of the Heart, Vol 2, 2008. See also Perennial philosophy Frithjof Schuon Titus Burckhardt Martin Lings Seyyed Hossein Nasr Peter Kingsley References External links Kazimieras Seibutis, "In memoriam Algis Uždavinys", Acta Orientalia Vilnensia 9.2: 185–187. World Wisdom author bio La Trobe University staff information 1962 births 2010 deaths Classical philologists Comparative religion Academic staff of the Vilnius Academy of Arts 20th-century Lithuanian philosophers Traditionalist School Lithuanian scholars of ancient Greek philosophy 21st-century Lithuanian philosophers People from Druskininkai Vilnius Academy of Arts alumni

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The Heretics (2017 film)

The Heretics is a 2017 Canadian body horror film directed by Chad Archibald and produced by Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment. It is about a young woman who is kidnapped and transforms into a demon. Plot Gloria is kidnapped by a cult which, under a locust moon, performs an occult ritual while wearing grotesque masks before committing suicide. A locust moon is the appearance of the moon in late spring after the "Flower Moon" of May. Five years later, a traumatized Gloria is living with her mother, Ruth. Slowly recovering from her experience, Gloria attends a therapy group at her local church with her lover Joan. Joan tells Gloria she has something special planned for their anniversary tomorrow. But on the night before their anniversary, Gloria is kidnapped by Thomas, a man whose face is hideously scarred by fire, and taken to a remote cabin in the countryside. Joan launches an increasingly frenetic search for Gloria, and pulls a knife on a man who is indifferent to Gloria's kidnapping. When a police officer learns of Joan's violent behaviour, he suspects that she was involved in Gloria's kidnapping, which leads her to kill both him and the inconvenient witness Ruth. Thomas tells Gloria that he was one of the cultists who had kidnapped her five years ago, and that he was moved by her humanity, which caused him to abandon his beliefs on that night. He feigned suicide, and states that he kidnapped her to protect her from the remaining cultists, who intend to finish the ritual under the coming locust moon. The cultists believed that they had implanted the demon Abaddon, the "Taker of Souls", into Gloria's body and that it has been growing inside of her for the last five years. Under the light of the locust moon, Gloria becomes seriously ill and begs Thomas to take her to a hospital. Both Thomas and Gloria experience visions of Abaddon while various occurrences suggest a malevolent supernatural force is present in the cabin. As Gloria begins to grow wings, Thomas starts to believe she really is turning into Abaddon, and contemplates killing her before the transformation is complete. Joan is revealed to be the leader of the cult who kidnapped Gloria. Thomas tells Gloria that Joan is really his sadistic sister Gwendolyn who scarred him with fire. Gloria, whose appearance is increasingly inhuman as her metamorphosis processes, starts to lose herself mentally and begins to speak in the voice of Abaddon, saying she will kill him first and take his soul to hell.   Gwendolyn learns from a man who witnessed the second kidnapping that the kidnapper had a scarred face, which leads her to deduce that it was Thomas. Gwendolyn goes to the cabin (which belonged to their parents), knocks out Thomas, taunts Gloria over her physical degeneration, and begins to perform an occult ritual before a chained Gloria. Thomas breaks free, kills Gwen and takes a seemingly dead Gloria outside under a rising sun. Gloria revives and attacks him, saying in the voice of Abaddon that she will take his soul to hell. Cast Nina Kiri – Gloria Ry Barrett – Thomas Jorja Cadence – Gwendolyn Will King – Kent Nina Richmond – Ruth Austin Duffy – Abaddon Production The film was financed by Breakthrough Entertainment as the last in a two-year eight-picture deal with Black Fawn Films, signed in June 2014, at about $500,000 each. Chad Archibald directed the film, which was written by Jayme LaForest. The film was shot in Toronto, Erin and Guelph, Ontario. Distribution and release The Heretics premiered at the 11th edition of the Canadian Film Festival in Toronto, on 22 March 2017. Jason Anderson of the Toronto Star called it "a standout" among the new features. The eight-picture deal with Breakthrough had solidified Black Fawn's reputation, and their films were universally welcomed at horror film festivals. The Heretics was also screened at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival. Toronto-based distributor A71 obtained the Canadian rights to the film, which was released at 15 Landmark Cinemas theatres across the country on 1 November 2017 as a special event screening, followed by a week-long national release beginning 3 November. Breakthrough Entertainment distributed the film internationally. A71 partnered with Black Fawn to release the film on DVD and Blu-ray in early 2018. Reception In a review, critic Ricky Church praised the acting and felt that the direction and special effects made the best use of the film's modest budget. The website CultureCrypt in a review stated: "Overall, The Heretics is a satisfying, if ultimately adequate, horror movie featuring cults, crazies, and a cabin in the woods. Even though it isn't a standout in Black Fawn and Chad Archibald's complete catalog, it isn't a weak film on its own merit". Critic Andrew Mack called The Heretics Archibald's "...best work to date. With a familiar narrative he still manages a couple surprises to keep it interesting. His cast contains a reliable stalwart and lets us know that there are a couple of femme fatales emerging on the horizon." In a review, critic Josh Hancock called The Heretics a "stylish, well-made horror film" that told a "captivating story" with good performances from the cast. In a review on Horror Fuel website, the critic Dan XIII praised Kiri's performance, writing: "Kiri makes for a great lead who can go from vulnerable victim, to strong survivor, to off-kilter possessed with equal skill and aplomb, and make no mistake...this film is her showcase." Critic Luke Rodriguez felt that the film would have benefited from additional takes of key scenes to provide more even performances. Nevertheless, he declared that: "The Heretics is a modern marvel of independent genre cinema. When you consider the confines that Chad Archibald and team had to work within to make this happen, and the final product that they delivered, it's hard to fathom how the hell it's even possible." A review on the website Let the Movies Move Us stated: "The Heretics justifies the genre of horror, as some scenes, musical score and even the make-up do their job perfectly. The plot itself was a bit flat and uninspiring, which unfortunately was visible to the naked eye. The actors, however, do a decent job despite the screenplay, again, that was not that richly written. However, in spite of bumpy moments, The Heretics [...] is not a bad movie at all. And I am sure with good publicity it might reach a wider audience, who will appreciate it more than I did. It just happened that I was not the right one..." A review on the website Anatomy Of A Scream stated: "Where The Heretics lacks in character development, it makes up for in motivation. We never fully understand why Gloria has been chosen as the cult's vessel, but that's exactly what she is: a shiny vessel to deliver what they were promised. And that transformation is pretty impressive. The slimy black gunk of hell oozing out of Gloria is unsettling and disturbing while the mental gymnastics of what's really happening to her leaves you disoriented and creeped out." In the Winnipeg Free Press, critic Randall King compared the film to the bigger-budget Ontario-shot horror The Void, writing that The Heretics is "comparatively stripped of cast, and outré visual effects, aiming instead for dramatic potency to push its concept over the top." Awards Kiri was awarded the Best Actress prize at the Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival for her performance in The Heretics. References External links 2017 films 2017 horror films 2017 horror thriller films Canadian body horror films Canadian supernatural horror films Canadian independent films Canadian LGBT-related films English-language Canadian films Films about cults Films about kidnapping Lesbian-related films LGBT-related horror films LGBT-related thriller films 2017 LGBT-related films 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films

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Chipped-stone crescent

Chipped stone crescents are a class of artifact found mainly associated with surface components of archaeological sites located in the Great Basin, the Columbia Plateau, and throughout California. Although their distribution covers a large portion of the western United States, crescents are often found in similar contexts in close proximity to water sources including playas, lakes, rivers, and mainland and island coast lines. Crescents are generally thought to be diagnostic to the terminal Pleistocene and early Holocene (approx. 12,000-8,000 years before present [YBP]) and are representative of assemblages that include fluted and stemmed projectile points. The exact purpose of crescents is unknown, but scientists suggest they may have been hafted as a projectile point, or used as part of a throwing stick. Crescent morphology Crescents are a type of artifact or group of artifacts that are somewhat morphologically diverse, but typically consist of a chipped-stone tool that is bilaterally symmetrical, bifacially pressure flaked, may have winged edges, and typically have edge-grinding. Crescents are typically found as part of surface assemblages as opposed to well-dated subsurface contexts, and lack good chronology which would indicate if the degree of morphological variability represents changes over time, or if the differences represent regional expressions. Crescent morphology has been subdivided into three groups including lunate, winged, and eccentric crescents. Lunate crescents typically have a curved/convex proximal lateral edge with a generally straight to convex distal lateral edge. Winged crescents are characterized by convex proximal lateral edge and a concave distal lateral edge. Some eccentric crescents have been described as being shaped like animals such as bears, while others consist of serrated or barbed edges. The most common materials crescents are made of include chert, chalcedony, and jasper—all strong and durable lithic materials that are not as brittle as obsidian; however, although its rare, some crescents are made of obsidian. Temporal and spatial distribution Chipped-stone crescents are found within the western United States, primarily as part of surface assemblages throughout the Great Basin, the Columbia Plateau, and in California – primarily along the mainland and Channel Island coastlines, as well as the San Joaquin Valley and Mojave Desert. Crescents are associated with archaeological assemblages dating from the Terminal Pleistocene-to the Early Holocene (12,000-8,000 calibrated years before present [cal BP]) and tend to disappear from the archaeological record after 7,500 cal BP. Of the thousands of crescents documented to date in the western United States, approximately 94 percent of the sites in which they were discovered are within 10 kilometers of large existing or extinct bodies of water including wetlands, marches, rivers, and pluvial lakes. In the Great Basin, crescents are often found in artifact assemblages characterized as belonging to the Western Stemmed Tradition (WST), which is composed of artifact classes that would indicate an economy focused on big-game hunting. These WST assemblages represent a timeframe spanning from approximately 12,000-8,500 cal BP, which spanned the Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocenea period of cooler and wetter climate that supported hundreds of pluvial lakes throughout the Great Basin. Many WST assemblages are found on the remnant landforms of pluvial lakes; however, there are some that are found in caves far from known bodies of water. In California, the known distribution of crescents extend along the coast from Sonoma County in the north to northern Baja in the south, in addition to inland settings in the southern San Joaquin Valley where crescents have been recovered along shorelines of extinct lakes. Approximately one-third of the crescents recovered from coastal California sites come from Santa Rosa and San Miguel islands. Though many crescents found on the islands are associated with surface artifact scatters, there are those that have been recovered from stratified subsurface deposits from which diagnostic artifacts, such as the Channel Island Barbed projectile point, as well as with faunal assemblages comprising waterfowl, seabirds, marine mammals, and fish. Within the San Joaquin Valley, thousands of crescents have originated from sites located on the shoreline of Tulare Lake, which covered much of the southern portion of the valley. Similarly, crescent fragments have also been found in subsurface deposits dating to 7,600-8,200 cal BP associated with sites on the shoreline of extinct Buena Vista Lake, also located in the southern San Joaquin Valley. References Lithics Western Stemmed Tradition

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Siu mei

Siu mei () is the generic Cantonese name of meats roasted on spits over an open fire or a large wood-burning rotisserie oven. It creates a unique, deep barbecue flavor and the roast is usually coated with a flavorful sauce (a different sauce is used for each variety of meat) before roasting. Siu mei is very popular in Hong Kong and Macau, and overseas Chinatowns especially with Cantonese emigrants. In Hong Kong, the average person eats siu mei once every four days, with char siu being the most popular, followed by siu yuk (Roast pork or pork belly) in second, and roast goose being third. Some siu mei such as white cut chicken and Soy sauce chicken are not roasted at all but they are still considered siu mei nonetheless. siu mei is also known colloquially as siu laap (), as the latter term encompasses siu mei and laap mei, a type of preserved meat. They are usually prepared in the same kitchen during autumn and winter season in what are often known as siu laap establishments or Chinese BBQ shops. Siu laap is also often sold alongside lou mei, such as orange cuttlefish and Pig's ear. History After meetings held between the Food Hygiene Select Committee, the Markets and Abattoirs Select Committee and the Street Traders Select Committee on the topic of "Sale of Cooked Food, Siu Mei, and Lo Mei in Public Markets" in 1978, siu mei shops officially entered into Hong Kong public markets. The public market is a popular place for ordinary citizens to buy siu mei. Preparation As siu mei takes a great deal of resources to prepare, requiring large ovens and rotisserie-like utilities for cooking the meat, few homes in Hong Kong, mainland China, or overseas have the equipment for it. Usually meat of this type is prepared and sold from siu laap shops located in hawker centres (in Hong Kong), food courts (overseas Chinese malls such as Pacific Mall), ethnic supermarkets (for example, the T & T Supermarket chain in Canada) and restaurants, who tend to mass-produce the numerous siu mei varieties rather than preparing it at each customer's request. The advantage of siu mei and lou mei is that the resulting meat retains its flavor and texture for the whole day, in contrast to Peking duck or Crispy fried chicken which have to be served immediately after preparation and cooking (hence these are eaten in restaurants), making siu mei and lou mei popular for party platters and take-out. Take-out is quite common as customers order or prepare their own plain white rice to accompany the siu mei; a siu mei meal comprises meat atop plain white rice or noodles, and often with vegetables (napa cabbage, choy sum, or gai lan), usually served in a plastic foam take-out container or on a plate. In Chinese fine dining and banquet halls, the barbecue platter yu chu (roasted suckling pig) or siu yuk (roasted pig belly), often in combination with char siu, soy sauce chicken, and siu aap (roasted duck), and jellyfish), is an appetizer that comprises the first dish in the ten-course Chinese banquet meal, while varieties of siu laap can also be ordered as full dishes à la carte (usually a half or whole chicken/duck/goose). Varieties of siu mei and lou mei Char siu () - barbecued pork Siu ngo () - roasted goose Siu aap () - roasted duck White cut chicken () - marinated steamed chicken Soy sauce chicken () - chicken cooked with soy sauce Siu yuk () - roasted pig, with crisp skin Yu chu () - roasted suckling pig, with crisp skin Orange cuttlefish () - marinated cuttlefish Lou sui aap yik () - braised duck wings in master stock See also Asado Barbecue Rotisserie List of spit-roasted foods Lou mei References Hong Kong cuisine Cantonese cuisine Cantonese words and phrases Barbecue Spit-cooked foods American Chinese cuisine

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San Gaetano, Florence

San Gaetano, also known as Santi Michele e Gaetano, is a Baroque church in Florence, Italy, located on the Piazza Antinori, entrusted to the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest. History A Romanesque church, dedicated solely to Saint Michael the Archangel, had been located at the site for centuries prior to its Baroque reconstruction. Patronized by the Theatine order, the new church was dedicated to Saint Cajetan, one of the founders of the order, though the church could not formally be named after him until his canonisation in 1671. Funding for this reconstruction was obtained from the noble families in Florence, including the Medicis. Cardinal Carlo de' Medici was particularly concerned with the work, and his name is inscribed on the façade. Building took place between 1604 and 1648. The original designs were by Bernardo Buontalenti but a number of architects had a hand in building it, each of whom changed the design. The most important architects were Matteo Nigetti and Gherardo Silvani. In 2008, the church was entrusted to the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, a traditional institute of clerical life which exclusively offers Mass in Latin according to the pre-Vatican II Roman Rite, and has been the site of ordinations for the order since. Exterior The façade, with its sculptural decorations, is atypical for Florentine churches, which had a predilection for geometrically ornamented façades. It has three portals: the center portal has a triangular tympanum surmounted by reclining marble statues representing Faith and Charity, sculpted by the Flemish Baldassarre Delmosel. In the center above the door is the heraldic shield of the Theatine order; higher above is the shield of Cardinal Giovanni Carlo de Medici, a prominent patron. Above the side doors are a statue of St Cajetan (right, by the same Delmosel) and St Andrew Avellino (left, by Francesco Andreozzi). Interior The interior is richly decorated as is customary in Baroque churches. The counterfacade has an organ by Benedetto Tronci of Pistoia. The entrance marble holy water fonts were sculpted in the form of shells supported by angels by Domenico Pieratti. Along the cornice are 14 statues depicting apostles and evangelist, sculpted by Novelli, Caccini, Baratta, Foggini, Piamontini, Pettirossi, Fortini, and Cateni. With each of these statues is a bas-relief depicting an event in the life of each saints. The first chapel on the right houses a Martyrdom of St Andrew by Antonio Ruggeri; the ceiling was decorated by Ottavio Vannini, who painted in the spandrels aa Ecce Homo and the Calling of Peter. The second chapel on the right houses a St Michael frees the Souls in Purgatory by Vignali, who also painted the canvases on the wall depicting the life of St Peter. The ceiling was frescoed by Michele Colonna and Agostino Metello. The third chapel on the right has an altarpiece depicting St Cajetan and St Andrea Avellino with the Trinity and St Francis of Assisi by Matteo Rosselli. A bust of St Francis on the altar was sculpted by Malatesti. The walls have portraits of Cardinal Francesco Martelli and the archbishop Giuseppe Maria Martelli, painted by Roman artists. In a small corridor entering at the crossing are two mausoleums, one with the ashes of Agostino Coltellini, famous jurist and writer, depicted in a canvas. The other is dedicated to Lorenzo Lorenzini, a pupil of Vincenzio Viviani. On the right crossing is a canvas depicting the Adoration of the Magi by Ottaviano Vannini. Below is a mausoleum of the Bonsi family. In the ceiling is a fresco depicting the Theatine order by Filippo Galletti. The fourth chapel on the right is dedicated to the Virgin. The Nativity altarpiece was painted by Matteo Rosselli. The walls are painted by Fabbrizio Boschi, depicting the Annunciation and Visitation. Atop the altar is a bronze crucifix by Giovanni Francesco Susini. The fifth chapel houses the main altar with a silver ciborium made by Benedetto Petrucci, and donated by the Torrigiani family. Near the choir is a large stone tabernacle with a bronze crucifix by Francesco Susini, patronized by Prince Lorenzo de' Medici, son of Ferdinando I. The cupola is frescoed by Pietro Galletti. The sixth chapel houses an oil painting on canvas depicting the Invention of the Cross painted by Matteo Rosselli. Two other paintings and the frescoes are by Bilibert and by Vignali. At the end of the crossing is a canvas by Giovanni Bilibert, depicting the Exaltation of the Cross standing above the mausoleum of Cardinal Giovanni Bonsi. The seventh chapel houses a San Andrea Avellino stuck with apoplexy at the altar by Ignazio Hugsford. The wall frescoes depict the Presentation at the Temple by Francesco and Alfonso Boschi. The ceiling was decorated by Lorenzo Lippi. In the eighth chapel (second chapel on the left) is the Cappella Franceschi, the chapel of the Franceschi noble family of bankers and traders. The main altarpiece is a masterwork of Pietro da Cortona, depicting a Martyrdom of St Lawrence. The ceiling was decorated by Colonna and Metelli. The side canvases depict the Riches of the Church dispensed as Charity by St Lawrence by Matteo Rosselli and a St Francis by Jacopo da Empoli. The ninth chapel has a canvas depicting the Adoration of the Immaculate Conception by Giacinto Fabbroni. The ceiling was frescoed by P. Galletti. The chapel serves as the mausoleum for Francesco and Marcellino Albergotti, both depicted in bas-reliefs. Statues of Apostoles and Evangelists Left side (from the altar to the counterfacade) Lato destro (dall'altare alla controfacciata) References Gaetano Baroque architecture in Florence Churches completed in 1648 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy 1640s establishments in Italy Theatine churches Churches used by the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest

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Triple Alliance (Estonia)

Triple Alliance (Estonian: Kolmikliit) is a commonly used political term in Estonia to refer to the various coalition governments between the centre-left Social Democratic Party, centre-right Reform Party and conservative Isamaa or their predecessors. This coalition has formed four times in history - from 1999 to 2002, from 2007 to 2009, from 2015 to 2016 and from 2022 to 2023. None of the coalitions governments have lasted a full parliamentary term. All of the Triple Alliance cabinets have been the second ones of the respective Prime Minister. History Mart Laar's second cabinet In September 1997, the Reform Party, Pro Patria Union (predecessor of Isamaa) and Moderate People's Party (SDE) signed a cooperation agreement, with which the parliamentary group 'United Opposition' was created in order to oppose the perceived populism and left-leaning economics of the Coalition Party and Country Union-led and the Centre Party-backed coalition government. In January 1998, the Reform Party proposed to the Pro Patria Union and Moderates to come to an agreement to form a government in the event that the parties achieve a parliamentary majority in the upcoming 1999 election. At the end of 1998, the parties signed the agreement without agreeing on an eventual Prime Minister. Siim Kallas, chairman of the Reform Party, wanted the leader of the party with the most votes to become Prime Minister. Other political parties were initially against it due the support of the Reform Party being much higher than that of the other signatories to the agreement and Kallas' reputation being tarnished by the 10 million dollar scandal. However, eventually the parties settled on the chairman of the party with the most votes becoming the Prime Minister. Thus, the first coalition to bear the label was formed in 1999 between the Reform Party, Pro Patria Union and the Moderates. The government remained in office for over two and a half years. By late 2001, scandals related to the privatization of state-owned enterprises had made the government unpopular, and relations between the Pro Patria Union and the Reform Party deteriorated. In December 2001, the Reform Party entered a coalition with the Centre Party in Tallinn, as a result of which Edgar Savisaar became the mayor. This happened after Reform had left the same Triple Alliance governing coalition in Tallinn. Prime Minister Mart Laar decided to resign, as he felt that the national level Triple Alliance government had essentially collapsed Andrus Ansip's second cabinet The second Triple Alliance government took office after the 2007 election. The major issues that this government faced included the Bronze Night riots as well as the Great Recession. In the dire economic situation, the government was incapable of solving the problem of required budget cuts due to disagreements with the Social Democrats, who left from the coalition on 21 May 2009 together with its three ministers. Coalition talks with the People's Union of Estonia were derailed on 1 June 2009 by the party councils of the People's Union and of the Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica (IRL). Therefore, from 4 June 2009 the cabinet continued as a minority cabinet with 50 seats out of 101 in the Riigikogu without asking for a new mandate. Taavi Rõivas's second cabinet Following the 2015 election, Reform started coalition talks with the Social Democrats, Pro Patria and Res Publica Union (IRL) and the Free Party. After nearly three weeks of negotiations, the Free Party left the coalition talks, mainly due to disagreements on taxation and state funding of parties. Following that, Reform successfully negotiated a new Triple Alliance coalition with SDE and IRL, forming a second government headed by Rõivas in April. On 7 November 2016, SDE and IRL announced that they were asking Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas to resign and were planning on negotiating a new majority government. The announcement came soon after the opposition had submitted a motion to express lack of confidence in Rõivas' government. SDE and IRL proceeded to support the motion, leaving the Reform the only party to support Rõivas. Rõivas commented the situation by declining to resign and arguing that a democratically elected government should be only removed by a democratic vote. In the following vote of confidence on 9 November, the majority of Riigikogu voted in favor of removing the government from office. In the following coalition talks, the Centre Party, SDE and IRL formed a new coalition led by Centre Party's chairman Jüri Ratas. The new coalition was sworn in on 23 November, bringing about the first government to not feature Reform since 1999 due to the collapse of the cordon sanitaire around the Centre Party after it elected a new leader, ending the long-lasting leadership of Edgar Savisaar, who had been perceived as too Russophilic. Kaja Kallas' second cabinet On 3 June 2022, Kaja Kallas dismissed Centre Party ministers from her first cabinet after several weeks of disputes between the two parties and Centre party voting with opposition against a government supported bill. Continuing with a minority cabinet, the Reform Party called up the conservative Isamaa and the Social Democrats for talks on a possible new coalition. On July 8, the three parties announced that they agreed on forming a new coalition government. Although law allows ministerial changes without cabinet resignation, Kallas stepped back so that the new coalition got to vote for the Prime Minister's mandate in the parliament. The new coalition was given a mandate by the Riigikogu on July 15 with a 52–26 vote. The coalition lasted until the aftermath of the 2023 election, when a new government coalition was negotiated. Control of portfolios by party Moderates / SDE Reform Pro Patria Union / IRL / Isamaa Alternatives Municipal level Triple Alliance coalitions were formed in the town of Kuresaare both in 2009 and later in 2021 when the entire Saaremaa island was one municipality. Following the 2021 municipal elections, Reform, SDE and Isamaa formed a coalition in the town of Võru and city of Tartu. Alternatives In 2021, the Triple Alliance name was used to refer to a coalition in the Hiiumaa municipality but instead of Isamaa, it included a local electoral alliance as the third partner. Recently, the name has begun to be used more to refer to other coalitions consisting of three parties. After the 2023 parliamentary election, there was speculation of a "new Triple Alliance" consisting of Reform, liberal Estonia 200 and the Social Democrats or Isamaa, although the traditional Triple Alliance remained an option. References 1999 establishments in Estonia Political party alliances in Estonia Cabinets of Estonia Coalition governments

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Things I Never Told You

Things I Never Told You (also known as Cosas que nunca te dije) is a 1996 Spanish-American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Lili Taylor and Andrew McCarthy. Plot The film opens with a voice-over by Don, who states that in life and relationships, "anything can happen." Ann works at a camera shop in a small town in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. One day, she gets dumped by her boyfriend who is in Prague by phone. She makes a halfhearted suicide attempt by drinking a bottle of nail polish remover. After leaving the hospital, her psychiatrist gives her the number of a crisis help line. One evening, still distraught over being abandoned by her boyfriend, Ann calls the number and speaks with Don, who volunteers there because he finds it less depressing to talk with other depressed people about their problems than to stay at home and feel sorry for himself. They make an emotional connection, but she hangs up on him when Don admits that he doesn't really know what love is. Ann begins making a series of emotional videos addressing her ex-boyfriend about how desolate and lonely she is. She gives the tapes to a neighbor who works at a package delivery service to send to Prague, but he secretly opens the packages and watches the tapes, becoming infatuated with Ann. In an apparent coincidence sometime after they spoke on the phone, Don walks into the camera shop where Ann works and buys a camera for his work as a real estate agent. She makes a comment about happiness being "unfair", similar to something she said to him when she called the help line. He realizes who she is but does not say anything. Attracted to her, Don waits for her to finish work and approaches her. Ann invites him to help her do her wash at a local laundromat. They talk and she invites him to come to her house in a couple of days. When Don comes over, they have sex. Ann secretly tapes this encounter with the intention of sending the tape to her ex-boyfriend (but once again, the neighbor holds onto it and watches the tape). After their encounter, Ann ducks Don's calls. A couple of days later, he is asked by the police to persuade a man who he had been counseling to come out of a hotel room where he has a gun. He talks to him and prevents him from killing himself but is badly injured when the gun goes off, hurting both. When Ann hears what has happened, she rushes to the hospital, staying until Don is out of danger. Ann's ex calls to say he wants to get back together. She hastily packs and leaves town without leaving word to Don or her ex. Don goes home from the hospital and becomes a corporate real estate agent who must travel. The film ends with Don musing about what he would tell Ann if he saw her while sitting on a park bench. A woman walks by, looks at him, sits down, and smiles at him. He looks up, seeing it is Ann. Before the credits roll, we hear a voice-over of Don saying again, "Anything can happen." Cast Lili Taylor as Ann Andrew McCarthy as Don Henderson Peggy West as Woman With Camera Leslie Mann as Laurie Sherilyn Lawson as Ice Cream Woman Linda Ruth Goertz as Aurora Kathryn Hurd as Muriel Debi Mazar as Diane Chanda Watts as Ann's Nurse Kathleen Edwards as Dr. Lewis Alexis Arquette as Paul Seymour Cassel as Frank Karen Johnson Miller as Wife Production Principal photography took place in Portland, Oregon. Reception The film has won 8 awards: ADIRCAE Award for best director, Isabel Coixet CEC Award for Best Screenplay Original, Isabel Coixet Fotogramas de Plata for best film, Isabel Coixet Sant Jordi Award for Best Spanish film, Isabel Coixet Silver Alexander award for Isabel Coixet National Cinematography Prize, Isabel Coixet References External links Films set in Oregon Films shot in Portland, Oregon Films directed by Isabel Coixet Spanish romantic comedy-drama films English-language Spanish films American romantic comedy-drama films 1990s Spanish films 1990s American films

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All the Great Hits (Diana Ross album)

All The Great Hits is a compilation album by American singer Diana Ross, released in October 1981 by Motown Records. It was the second Motown compilation set to capitalize on the success of 1980's diana produced by Chic. Her duet "Endless Love" with Lionel Richie was from the film of the same name, Endless Love and, just like 1980's "It's My Turn", had already been released as a single and on a soundtrack album. The double-album detailing Ross' career at Motown was released in the weeks preceding her RCA debut Why Do Fools Fall in Love and became her third album that year to reach the top 40 in the U.S. The album was certified Gold in the US and Platinum in the UK. The European edition of the album (Motown STMA 8036) was a one-disc release with a different track list, replacing "Endless Love" and "The Supremes Medley" with "I'm Still Waiting", "All Of My Life" and "Surrender" as well as including edited versions of two of the four tracks from the diana album. When re-released on compact disc by Motown/Universal Music in 2000 All The Great Hits had a third, alternate set of tracks. Track listing US Edition Side A "Endless Love" (duet with Lionel Richie) (Richie) - 4:26 From 1981 original motion picture soundtrack Endless Love "It's My Turn" (Masser, Sager) - 3:58 From 1980 original motion picture soundtrack It's My Turn "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" (Goffin, Masser) - 3:21 From 1975 original motion picture soundtrack Mahogany and 1976 album Diana Ross "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 2:59 From 1970 album Diana Ross "Touch Me in the Morning" (Masser, Miller) - 3:52 From 1973 album Touch Me in the Morning Side B "Upside Down" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 4:03 From 1980 album diana "I'm Coming Out" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 5:23 From diana "Tenderness" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 3:49 From diana "My Old Piano" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 3:57 From diana Side C "The Boss" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 3:53 From 1979 album The Boss "It's My House" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 4:31 From 1979 album The Boss "Love Hangover" (Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer) - 3:47 From 1976 album Diana Ross "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 3:37 From 1970 album Diana Ross Side D "Medley" (With The Supremes) (Holland–Dozier–Holland, R. Dean Taylor, Frank Wilson, Pam Sawyer, Deke Richards, Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers, Harvey Fuqua) - 15:11 a) "You Keep Me Hangin' On" b) "My World Is Empty Without You" c) "You Can't Hurry Love" d) "Love Child" e) "Reflections" f) "I Hear a Symphony" g) "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" h) "Someday We'll Be Together" "Remember Me" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:16 From 1971 album Surrender European Edition Side A "It's My Turn" (Masser, Sager) - 3:57 "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" (Goffin, Masser) - 3:21 "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 2:59 "Touch Me in the Morning" (Masser, Miller) - 3:52 "I'm Still Waiting" (Richards) - 3:33 From 1970 album Everything Is Everything "All Of My Life" (Michael Randall) - 3:22 From 1973 album Touch Me in the Morning "Surrender" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 2:49 "Remember Me" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:16 From Surrender Side B "Upside Down" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 4:03 "I'm Coming Out" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 3:54 "Tenderness" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 3:49 "My Old Piano" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 3:57 "The Boss" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 3:53 "It's My House" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 4:31 "Love Hangover" (Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer) - 3:47 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 3:37 2000 CD "Endless Love" (duet with Lionel Richie) (Richie) - 4:28 "It's My Turn" (Masser, Sager) - 3:58 "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" (Goffin, Masser) - 3:24 "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:01 "Touch Me in the Morning" (Masser, Miller) - 3:52 "Good Morning Heartache" (Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher) - 2:22 "Last Time I Saw Him" (Michael Masser, Pam Sawyer) - 2:50 "Upside Down" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 4:03 "I'm Coming Out" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 5:23 "Tenderness" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 3:51 "My Old Piano" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 3:55 "The Boss" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 3:53 "It's My House" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 4:31 "Love Hangover" (Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer) - 7:54 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 6:20 "Remember Me" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:16 Charts Certifications References 1981 greatest hits albums Motown compilation albums Diana Ross compilation albums

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Virginia Bolten

Virginia Bolten (1870–1960) was an German Argentine journalist and anarchist feminist activist. An anarchist agitator from an early age, she became a leading figure among the working women of Rosario, organising for the Argentine Regional Workers' Federation (FORA) and leading the first women's strike in the country's history. After being recruited into the anarchist movement in Buenos Aires by the Italian anarchist Pietro Gori, she joined some of the country's first anarchist women's organisations and established one of the world's first anarchist feminist periodicals: La Voz de la Mujer. After years of agitation in Argentina, under the 1902 Law of Residence, she was deported to Uruguay. There she continued her feminist activism, establishing the periodical La Nueva Senda and the radical feminist association Emancipación. Following sustained conflict with socialist feminists, the anarchist feminist movement in Uruguay fell into obscurity. Bolten lived the rest of her life in Montevideo, occasionally speaking at demonstrations, until her death in 1960. Biography Virginia Bolten was born in 1870 in San Luis, Argentina, the daughter of a German liberal who had been exiled from Europe. After her parents divorced, while she was still a teenager, she moved out to the industrial city of Rosario and got a job as a shoemaker. She was later employed in the Argentine Sugar Refinery, but was arrested after being caught distributing anarchist propaganda to the women working there. In the Argentine anarchist movement Part of the second generation of anarchist feminists, Bolten quickly developed a reputation as a "great orator" and an "indefatigable organiser", capable of drawing in large crowds to see her speak. Together with Juana Rouco Buela and María Collazo, Bolten became one of the few leading women in the Argentine anarchist movement. As a member of the Argentine Regional Workers' Federation (FORA), she travelled throughout the country on speaking tours, encouraging women to become involved in anarchist politics. As an anarchist feminist, she was disinterested in the liberal and socialist feminists' calls for universal suffrage, advocating instead for the revolutionary abolition of the existing system rather than incremental reforms to it. In 1889, Bolten led Argentina's first women's strike, carried out by seamstresses in Rosario. The strike was successful, resulting in the workers winning a 20% salary increase. The following year, she led the city's International Workers' Day demonstrations with a black flag. Her activism drew the attention of the Italian anarchist Pietro Gori, who recruited Bolten into the anarchist movement in Buenos Aires. Inspired by the feminist writings of the Catalan anarchist Teresa Mañé, printed by Errico Malatesta's newspaper La Questione Sociale, by 1895, the first anarchist women's groups were being established in Argentina. These organisations produced a new generation of radical feminists, among whom Bolten became especially active. With Gori's help, Bolten founded one of the world's first anarchist feminist publications, La Voz de la Mujer (). With Bolten as one of its editors, the newspaper published nine issues from 8 January 1896 until 1 January 1897; with Bolten later reviving it in Rosario in 1901. Bolten and Gori also established an anarchist-socialist organisation which was dedicated to abolishing mores and traditions that they found authoritarian, including the institution of marriage. In order to suppress the rising anarchist movement, in 1902, the Argentine government passed the "Law of Residence", which allowed the deportation of immigrants involved in anarchist activism. Bolten was punished under this law on several occasions: in 1903, Bolten was arrested for distributing anarchist propaganda in Rosario; and in 1904, again for organising a women's strike committee in the Buenos Aires fruit market. In January 1905, after receiving news of the Bloody Sunday massacre in the Russian Empire's capital of Saint Petersburg, Bolten publicly denounced the Tsarist autocracy and directly compared its actions to those of the Argentine government. Life in Uruguay In 1907, after participating in a tenants' strike in the Argentine capital, Bolten was deported to Uruguay under the Law of Residence. She was joined there by her long-term partner, the anarchist union leader Manuel Manrique, along with her fellow deported anarchist feminist organisers: Juana Rouco Buela and María Collazo. Undeterred, Bolten and her colleagues continued their anarchist feminist activism in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo. In 1909, Bolten, Rouco Buela and Collazo established the anarchist feminist newspaper La Nueva Senda (), but it was met with a hostile reaction and ceased publication the following year. By this time, anarchist feminism was already being overtaken in South America by socialist and liberal forms of feminism. In May 1910, a Pan-American Federation was established in Buenos Aires by a Women's Congress, with the aim of working towards improving women's rights while also upholding traditional gender roles. But the Federation delayed in establishing a Uruguayan section, stalled by its hopes for reform from the new liberal President José Batlle y Ordóñez. In April 1911, radical feminists in Montevideo established the Asociación Femenina "Emancipación" (), which took a distinctly anti-clerical position on women's liberation. The Federation attempted to encourage the members of Emancipación to affiliate with it, but differences between the two organisations over the Federation's liberal platform were quickly pronounced by the anarchists Virginia Bolten and María Collazo. Bolten's radical speeches discouraged affiliation with the Federation, with the Association ultimately voting against it. Immediately after the vote, Emancipación agreed on anarchist-inspired statutes that upheld women's education and self-defense, while also advocating for integration with the progressive movement across gender lines. In contrast to the middle-class suffragism of the liberal feminists, Emancipación focused on organising working women such as seamstresses and telephone operators. By 1913, the Association was splintering into factions: the anarchists, led by Bolten; and the members of the newly-established Socialist Party of Uruguay, led by María Casal y Canda. In June of that year, the Socialist Party's newspaper published a hit piece against Bolten, which accused her of supporting the progressive Batlle government. By the following year, a sustained period of socialist attacks against the anarchists effectively suppressed their influence over the workers' and womens' movements, with Marxism becoming the dominant force in Uruguayan radical feminism and anarchist women's organisations falling into obscurity. In 1923, Bolten helped to establish the Centro Internacional de Estudios Sociales (). Later in her life, Bolten continued to speak at demonstrations on International Workers' Day and International Women's Day, before her death in 1960. Legacy Commemorations A park in Puerto Madero, a district of Buenos Aires, is named in her honor. In the city of Rosario, a plaque commemorating her was unveiled by the city's mayor Mónica Fein and the provincial governor Miguel Lifschitz to mark International Women's Day. On 7 March 2018, the Municipal Council of Santa Fe established the Premio Virginia Bolten a la labor periodística con perspectiva de género (). Film In 2007 the government of San Luis Province in Argentina decided to fund a film honoring Virginia Bolten. The film focuses mainly on Bolten's life, anarchist feminism and the social conditions, which led to the publication of La Voz de la Mujer. It is titled No god, No master, no husband () after one of the newspaper's mottos and Virginia Bolten is played by Julieta Díaz. The film, which was released in 2010, was directed by the Spanish director Laura Mañá. References Bibliography Further reading External links 1870 births 1960 deaths Anarcha-feminists Argentine anarchists Argentine people of German descent Argentine feminists Argentine expatriates in Uruguay Uruguayan anarchists

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Joan Huydecoper II

Joan Huydecoper van Maarsseveen II (21 February 1625, Amsterdam – 1 December 1704, Amsterdam) was the eldest son of burgomaster Joan Huydecoper van Maarsseveen I and the brother-in-law of the collector Jan J. Hinlopen and the sheriff Jacob Boreel. He was mayor of Amsterdam for 13 terms between 1673 and 1693. Unlike most mayors, he did not live at the Golden Bend, but on Lauriergracht in the Jordaan, where Govaert Flinck, Johannes Lingelbach, Jurriaen Ovens, who painted his portrait, the art-dealer Gerrit van Uylenburgh, and Melchior de Hondecoeter also lived. Life When Huydecoper left on the Grand Tour in 1648 his father wanted to keep a firm grip on his 23-year-old son. He required him to be more studious, more thrifty and demanded a complete list of names of the people with whom he associated. His father encouraged him to be thrifty and cut back on expenses. In 1655 he went with his father and Pieter de Graeff on a diplomatic mission to the prince-elector Frederick William of Brandenburg. Back home Johan married his first cousin, Sophia Coymans, which tied another knot to that wealthy banker family. In 1659 he refused to ever visit his mother-in-law again for dinner on Sundays. In 1660 he was invited twice by the Princess Royale for dinner; in September he went to Scheveningen to see her leaving. In 1660 Amalia of Solms-Braunfels and her daughters paid him a visit. For years Huydecoper kept a diary, writing about his life, mentioning smoking his pipe, visiting his favourite tavern, the visitors and the many presents, the upbringing of the children, but also intimate details of his prurience, the quarrels, and clashes with the family and in-laws. In 1666, he became an administrator of the Dutch East India Company. During the Year of Disaster in 1672, he was appointed as cashier at the Wisselbank and when the office of stadholder was reinstated by the 21-year-old William III of Orange, Johan Huydecoper had the political tides on his side. He was aligned by marriage with the politically influential Gillis Valckenier, who jumped on the Orangist bandwagon in the summer of 1672. Huydecoper had himself painted by Jurriaen Ovens; Jan van der Heyden painted several times his estate and the village. Already in 1675 he had an argument with the stadholder. In December 1676 he skated from Maarssen to Baambrugge and back. He did visit Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in Delft, and looked through his microscope at tiny creatures. Jacob Boreel, his brother-in-law and the ambassador in Paris, was visited by two of his children. Being an amateur botanist himself, he kept melons at his country house in Maarssen along the river Vecht. He received many plants, animals and birds from Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Madagascar, Ceylon, Ternate and Java, e.g. parakeets, parrots, flying lizards and chameleons. Some of the paintings obtained from his brother-in-law Jan J. Hinlopen were presented to various members of the VOC. One of these, an unfinished painting by Simon de Vlieger of a brawny fisherman was given to Simon van der Stel, last commander and first governor of the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa as a memento (herinnering). In 1681 he became a councillor in the Admiralty of Amsterdam. In 1682 Joan Huydecoper and Jan Commelin took the initiative in establishing a new Hortus Medicus in Amsterdam. It differed from the herb garden at the Binnengasthuis insofar as it also grew ornamental plants and would function as a Hortus Botanicus. In 1689, the year after the Invitation to William Huydecoper refused to send recommendations for new appointments in the vroedschap to the stadholder and in the meantime King of England. In 1690 he, Nicolaes Witsen and his brother-in-law Jacob Boreel were involved in a case with Romeyn de Hooghe, accused of espionage, incest, sodomy, and selling pornographic engravings. In 1693 he was appointed as one of the directors, and casher of the Wisselbank. On 16 January 1698 he and his nephew Jacob J. Hinlopen spent one evening with Peter the Great, who was more than 2.08 m tall. The czar was about to leave for England. When two huge glasses were filled, Huydecoper decided to leave but was caught and brought back to the table. Huydecoper feared for his life, sitting between the czar and Franz Lefort. Sources 1625 births 1704 deaths Mayors of Amsterdam Administrators of the Dutch East India Company

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Psilocybe caerulipes

Psilocybe caerulipes, commonly known as blue-foot, is a rare psilocybin mushroom of the family Hymenogastraceae, having psilocybin and psilocin as main active compounds. An older synonym is Agaricus caerulipes. It is in the section Semilanceatae, other members of the section include Psilocybe bohemica, Psilocybe callosa, Psilocybe carbonaria, Psilocybe cyanofibrillosa, Psilocybe fimetaria, Psilocybe indica, Psilocybe liniformans var. liniformans, Psilocybe liniformans var. americana, Psilocybe pelliculosa, Psilocybe semiinconspicua, Psilocybe semilanceata, Psilocybe serbica, Psilocybe silvatica, Psilocybe subfimetaria and Psilocybe venenata. Etymology From the Latin words (blue) and (foot). Description Psilocybe caerulipes has a farinaceous taste and a no to slightly farinaceous odor. The cap is 1 — 3.5 cm in diameter, obtusely conic to convex, and the margin is initially turned inwards, later becoming broadly convex to flattened or somewhat umbilicate while retaining a slight umbo, and at times quite irregular. The surface is viscid when moist from a gelatinous pellicle, but soon becomes dry and shiny, translucent-striate, and decorated with fine fibrillose veil remnants near the margin, often with greenish stains near the margin or a greenish tinge overall. It is cinnamon brown to dingy brown when fresh, hygrophanous, and soon fading to dingy ochraceous buff to cinnamon buff. The flesh is thin, pliant, bruising blue, sometimes slowly. The gills are close to crowded, narrow with adnate to sinuate to uncinate attachment. They are light brown at first, becoming rusty cinnamon as the spores mature; the edges are whitish and slightly fimbriate. The spores are dark purple brown, ellipsoid, 7—10 x 4—5 µm from 4-spored basidia, thick-walled, and with a broad germ pore. The spores from 2-spored basidia are larger. The stipe is 3–6 cm long, 1.5–3 mm thick, equal to enlarging downwards, tough, and is whitish to buff at first. The stipe is pallid to bluish when dried, becoming dingy brown towards the base with age, and bruises blue, sometimes slowly. The surface is powdered at the apex, and covered with whitish to grayish fibrils downwards. The flesh is stuffed with a pith and is solid at first but becomes hollow. It lacks an annulus but sometimes remnants of the thin cortinate partial veil form a soon disappearing fibrillose annular zone in the upper region of the stem. Microscopic features: The basidia are 2- and 4-spored. Pleurocystidia are absent. The cheilocystidia are 18—35 x 4.5—7.5 µm, langeniform (swollen at the base, narrowed at the top), and with a thin neck, sometimes forked, 1—2.5 µm broad at apices. Habitat Psilocybe caerulipes may be found growing solitary to cespitose, in deciduous forests on hardwood slash and debris, plant matter, on or about decaying hardwood logs, birch, beech and maple. Season Psilocybe caerulipes grows from late May through December. Distribution Psilocybe caerulipes grows in eastern North America, from Nova Scotia to North Carolina, and west to Michigan. It has also been found as far south as Mexico in the states of Hidalgo and Veracruz. In Mexico it is found in cloud forests on Fagus. It is often overlooked as just another little brown mushroom, and although widely distributed, it is not found often. It is sometimes confused with the larger Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata. References Further reading Guzmán, G. The Genus Psilocybe: A Systematic Revision of the Known Species Including the History, Distribution and Chemistry of the Hallucinogenic Species. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia Heft 74. J. Cramer, Vaduz, Germany (1983) [now out of print]. Entheogens Psychoactive fungi caerulipes Psychedelic tryptamine carriers Fungi of North America

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Exile on Main St. (Supernatural)

"Exile on Main St." is the first episode of the sixth season of paranormal drama television series Supernatural and the 105th overall. The episode was written by new showrunner Sera Gamble and directed by executive producer Phil Sgriccia. It was first broadcast on September 24, 2010, on The CW in its new timeslot on Friday nights. Plot One year after Sam (Jared Padalecki) entered Lucifer's Cage, Dean has been living a normal life with Lisa and Ben, no longer hunting demons. He hangs out with his neighbor, Sid (Russell Porter), but refuses to speak about his past as a hunter. He begins noticing strange occurrences in his neighborhood such as hearing screaming and seeing claw marks on doors. He is confronted by an hallucination of Azazel (Fredric Lehne) until Sam appears and sedates him. Having regained consciousness, Sam reveals he mysteriously was freed from Lucifer's Cage a year ago. Throughout that time, he hunted along with his resurrected grandfather Samuel Campbell (Mitch Pileggi) and their cousins, Gwen (Jessica Heafey), Christian (Corin Nemec) and Mark (David Paetkau). They've been hunting a Djinn that wants revenge after they killed one of them. The Djinn kills another Campbell member who was sent to watch Ben and Lisa. Sensing they're in danger, Dean places them with Bobby Singer (Jim Beaver) -- who also knew Sam was resurrected a year ago—until everything is safe They see the Djinn wreaking chaos and try to capture him. Dean is attacked and gets hallucinations of Mary's death reversing Ben and Lisa. Sam rescues Dean and kills other Djinns. When they leave, Samuel and the Campbells capture another Djinn. Sam tries to convince Dean to return to hunting but he refuses, although states that they will keep in touch. Reception Viewers The episode was watched by 2.90 million viewers with a 1.3/5 share among adults aged 18 to 49. This was a 2% increase in viewership from the fifth-season finale, which was watched by 2.84 million viewers but a 15% decrease from the previous season premiere, which was watched by 3.40 million viewers. This means that 1.3 percent of all households with televisions watched the episode, while 5 percent of all households watching television at that time watched it. Supernatural ranked as the second most watched program on The CW in the day, behind Smallville. Critical reviews "Exile on Main St." received positive reviews. Diana Steenbergen of IGN gave the episode a "great" 8.0 out of 10 and wrote, "Supernatural is back, and ready to tackle a new crop of things that go bump in the night. A lot has changed for the Winchester brothers, and for the show itself as creator Eric Kripke has stepped down from the show runner role, handing over the reins to longtime writer and producer Sera Gamble. In addition, the task that Supernaturals sixth season faces is not an easy one. The storylines of the last few years have been able to build on the previous season, escalating the mythology to the apocalyptic Season 5. After an apocalypse, it is understandably necessary to bring things down a notch, and this season finds our heroes back to the more fundamental job of hunting down monsters, the first being a Djinn." The A.V. Club's Zack Handlen gave the episode a "B+" grade and wrote, "Last season wasn't the end though, happy to say. It was the end for show creator Eric Kripke, who left after telling the story he'd wanted to tell, but Supernatural was renewed again (probably for the last time), and that meant the writers had to find some way to bring Sam back, and reunite the Winchesters. See, that's something else we know: whatever may have happened, this series is about the brothers fighting demons, and if you don't have both of them on board, you don't have a show. It doesn't matter that Sam gave his soul up to save world, and it doesn't matter that Dean found true love and the son he always wanted. We've seen this sort of thing before, and we know, sooner or later, the lights will flicker, and that's when the screaming starts. The question wasn't 'if.' The question was 'how,' and 'when.' The premiere episode of the season had to find to reunite everybody that didn't seem cheap, but also didn't take too long to start delivering on the goods." Clarissa of TV Overmind gave the episode a "B+" and wrote, "Overall, this was a decent start to a new season and, as Tamara said, I'm hopefully optimistic. Most of my fears have been put to rest and I want to know why the monsters are acting differently (chaos in hell because the world is off-balance after the failed apocalypse?) and especially what Mitch Pileggi is up to." Sean McKenna of TV Fanatic gave a 3.5 star rating out of 5, stating: "The episode stuck strictly to Dean’s transformation after a year and it was a solid look at that. With all types of creatures running amuck on Earth, I have no idea what's ahead for the boys and that makes me excited to watch for what happens next. When will Dean get back in the hunting game? Will we ever find out how Samuel Campbell and Sam Winchester were pulled from heaven and hell? Is there a bigger force out there waiting for the brothers down the road?" References External links Supernatural (season 6) episodes 2010 American television episodes Television episodes set in Indiana Television episodes set in South Dakota

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Harry Anselm Clinch

Harry Anselm Clinch (October 27, 1908 – March 8, 2003) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Monterey in California from 1967 to 1982. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno from 1956 to 1967. Biography Early life and education Harry Clinch was born on October 27, 1908, in San Anselmo, California, to Henry Joseph and Mary E. (née McLoughlin) Clinch. In 1915, he moved with his family to Fresno, where he attended John Muir Elementary School and Fresno High School (1924–1925). In 1925, Clinch was accepted by Bishop John MacGinley as a seminarian for the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno. He entered St. Benedict's Seminary in Atchison, Kansas, with a grant from the Students Endowment Fund established by the Catholic Church Extension Society. He attended St. Joseph's College in Mountain View from 1928 to 1930, and St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park from 1930 to 1936. Priesthood Clinch was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno by Bishop Philip Scher on June 6, 1936. He was diocesan director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith from 1936 to 1948. In 1937, he founded and became director of Santa Teresita Camp, the diocesan summer camp for children in Three Rivers, California. He also served as diocesan director of the Catholic Youth Organization (1939–1940), a chaplain at St. Agnes Hospital (1942–1946), and dean of Kern and Inyo Counties. From 1941 to 1948, Clinch was editor of the diocesan newspaper, Central California Register. He received his first assignment as a pastor in 1946 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Clovis, California, where he remained for two years. In 1948, Clinch became the founding pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Fresno, California. At Sacred Heart, he constructed a church and established a parochial school. Clinch was appointed pastor of St. Mary's Parish in Taft, California, in 1948. He was elevated by Pope Pius XII to the rank of domestic prelate in October 1952. In 1958, Clinch was assigned to the Carmel Mission Basilica in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Auxiliary Bishop of Monterey-Fresno On December 5, 1956, Clinch was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno and titular bishop of Badiae by Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on February 27, 1957, from Bishop Aloysius Willinger, with Bishops Timothy Manning and Merlin Guilfoyle serving as co-consecrators. He was the thirteenth native Californian to become a Catholic bishop. As an auxiliary bishop, he continued to serve at the Carmel Mission Basilica. Clinch attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council in Rome between 1962 and 1965. Bishop of Fresno Following the split of the Diocese of Monterey from the Diocese of Fresno, Clinch was named bishop of Monterey by Pope Paul VI on October 16, 1967. During his 14-year tenure, Clinch implemented the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, ordained 22 priests, and established five new parishes. In May 1969, he succeeded Cardinal John Wright as episcopal adviser to the National Catholic Laymen's Retreat Conference. Resignation and legacy On January 19, 1982, Pope John Paul II accepted Clinch's resignation as bishop of the Diocese Monterey. He sold his house in Pebble Beach, California, and used the proceeds to establish the Bishop Harry A. Clinch Endowment Fund. Harry Clinch moved to a retirement community in Santa Cruz, California, where he died on March 8, 2003, at age 94. At the time of his death, he was believed to be the last surviving American participant of the Second Vatican Council. See also References 1908 births 2003 deaths People from San Anselmo, California Saint Patrick's Seminary and University alumni People from Carmel-by-the-Sea, California Catholics from California 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States

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Dan Larhammar

Dan Larhammar (born April 1, 1956) is a Swedish academic professor in molecular cell biology at Uppsala University. His research concerns evolution, neurobiology, endocrinology and pharmacology. As of 2021 Larhammar leads a research team at Uppsala that studies receptors for brain neurotransmitters and uses zebrafish as a model species to investigate the localization and functions of memory proteins. Larhammar also serves as President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 2018 and is a skepticism activist. Education Larhammar received his pharmacist degree in 1980 and a PhD in medical science at Uppsala University in 1984. Career Since 1994 Larhammar has been a professor of molecular biology at Uppsala University where he has supervised 22 students to a PhD degree. His research focuses on three lines of research: clarifying the evolution of the mechanisms for long-term memory, resolving the evolution important gene families in vertebrates, and investigating G protein-coupled receptors which make them bind to and respond to, or reject, certain ligands. Using zebrafish, Larhammar explores the localization and functions of the memory proteins. His team works on discovering at what point new functions rose and how they have changed over the course of evolution, especially in gene families that include neuropeptides, G-protein-coupled receptors, ion channels, and genes involved in vision. In 2007, Larhammar was elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and serves as its president since 2018. He was the chairman of the Swedish Skeptics' Association 1998–2004. As a critic of pseudoscience, he has mostly examined alternative medicine and creationism. Activism Larhammar is a skeptic of pseudoscience, creationism and alternative medicine. In an issue of Skeptical Inquirer Larhammar addresses an article written by a creationist, Dmitrii A. Kuznetsov, attempting to disprove evolution by isolating mRNA from three species of voles. Each vole species was found to have a substance that blocked the production of protein from the other two species' mRNA production of protein, but did not block its own species' mRNA. The inhibiting substance however did not prevent protein synthesis of two distantly related mRNAs. Larhammar looked into the study and found that several sources and journals listed in the study did not exist. Larhammar also criticizes the lack of qualitative data of the experiments, relying only on quantitative results. In an interview with Linda Givetash, Larhammar criticizes the herbal remedies for COVID-19 pushed by China. Larhammar addresses studies from Chinese and Japanese journals that support herbal remedies do not have adequate sample sizes, use vague terms and nonpharmacological concepts, or to be testing too many combinations of herbs to parse out their specific effects. During another interview at the European Academics Science Advisory Council, Larhammar discusses the harm alternative medicine can have, especially during a pandemic. He states people may rely on non-working methods in lieu of seeking professional help with methods backed by evidence. Furthermore, these people will think they are protected, in turn causing them to take greater risks exposing themselves and others to the virus. This, Larhammar says, can lead those people into false beliefs that the disease is not as severe as it really is. Larhammar was during 2020-2021 the chairperson of a committee of experts appointed by ALLEA,the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities , that wrote a discussion paper with the title "Fact or Fake? Tackling Science Disinformation" . The report summarizes research on the spread of disinformation, especially the psychology behind it. Focusing on disinformation on climate change, vaccines and covid-19, the report describe strategies to limit the harm, especially careful checking of facts and sources, and recommends coordination of efforts to achieve this. Awards Larhammar has also appeared as a critic of religion, and in 2000 he was the first receiver of the Hedenius Award given by the Swedish Humanist Association with the motivation that he has "with sharpness and pathos defended scientific knowledge, rationalism and humanism". Larhammar together with Prof. Leif Andersson Leif Andersson (animal geneticist) was awarded the Linnaeus Prize in Zoology 2004 by the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund. In 2016 Larhammar received the Pharmacist of the Year award, given by Pharmacists of Sweden. The award is given to a pharmacist active in Sweden who, through his or her work within practical pharmacy, has contributed to strengthen, develop or consolidate the role of pharmacy within society. On January 28, 2022, Larhammar was awarded His Majesty the King's 12th size gold medal worn around the neck on the Order of the Seraphim ribbon "for meritorious contributions within the Swedish academic system." November 3rd 2022 the Government of Japan announced the foreign recipients of the 2022 Autumn Conferment of Japanese Decoration. Larhammar was awarded The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star for his "contribution to the promotion of academic exchanges and mutual understanding between Japan and Sweden." Gallery References External links Dan Larhammar's research Dan Larhammar's profile at Uphttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dan_Larhammar&action=submitpsala University Swedish skeptics Swedish atheists Uppsala University alumni Academic staff of Uppsala University 1956 births Living people

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Pyrrosia

Pyrrosia is a genus of about 100 fern species in the polypod family, Polypodiaceae. Like other species in Polypodiaceae, the species of Pyrrosia are generally epiphytic on trees or rocks, a few species are terrestrial. The Latin name of Pyrrosia comes from the Greek pyrrhos (red), which refers to its leaves that are red due to the sporangia. Species list Pyrrosia abbreviata (Zoll. & Mor.) Hovenkamp Pyrrosia adnascens (Sw.) Ching Pyrrosia angustata (Sw.) Ching Pyrrosia angustissima (Giesenh. ex Diels) Tagawa & K. Iwats. Pyrrosia assimilis (Baker) Ching Pyrrosia asterosora (Baker) Hovenkamp Pyrrosia blepharolepis (C. Chr.) Ching Pyrrosia boothii (Hook.) Ching Pyrrosia borneensis (Copel.) K.H. Shing Pyrrosia brassii (Copel.) Pic. Serm. Pyrrosia christii (Giesenh.) Ching Pyrrosia confluens (R. Br.) Ching Pyrrosia costata (Wall. ex C. Presl) Tagawa & K. Iwats. Pyrrosia dimorpha X.H. Guo & S.B. Zhou Pyrrosia dispar (H. Christ) K.H. Shing Pyrrosia distichocarpa (Mett.) K.H. Shing Pyrrosia drakeana (Franch.) Ching Pyrrosia eleagnifolia (Bory) Hovenkamp Pyrrosia fengiana Ching Pyrrosia flocculosa (D. Don) Ching Pyrrosia foveolata (Alston) C.V. Morton Pyrrosia fuohaiensis Ching & K.H. Shing Pyrrosia gardneri (Mett.) Sledge Pyrrosia hastata (Thunb.) Ching Pyrrosia heterophylla (L.) M.G. Price Pyrrosia intermedia (Goy) K.H. Shing Pyrrosia laevis (J. Sm. ex Bedd.) Ching Pyrrosia lanceolata (L.) Farw. Pyrrosia liebuschii (Hieron.) Schelpe Pyrrosia linearifolia (Hook.) Ching Pyrrosia lingua (Thunb.) Farw. Pyrrosia longifolia (Burm. f.) C.V. Morton Pyrrosia macrocarpa (Copel.) K.H. Shing Pyrrosia madagascariensis (C. Chr.) Schelpe Pyrrosia mannii (Giesenh.) Ching Pyrrosia matsudai (Hayata) Tagawa Pyrrosia mechowii Alston Pyrrosia micraster (Copel.) Tagawa Pyrrosia mollis (Kunze) Ching Pyrrosia novo-guineae (H. Christ) M.G. Price Pyrrosia nummulariifolia (Sw.) Ching Pyrrosia oblanceolata (C. Chr.) Tardieu Pyrrosia obovata (Blume) Ching Pyrrosia pannosa (Mett. ex Kuhn) Ching Pyrrosia petiolosa (H. Christ) Ching Pyrrosia piloselloides (L.) M.G. Price Pyrrosia polydactyla (Hance) Ching Pyrrosia porosa (C. Presl) Hovenkamp Pyrrosia princeps (Mett.) C.V. Morton Pyrrosia pseudodrakeana K.H. Shing Pyrrosia rasamalae (Racib.) K.H. Shing Pyrrosia rhodesiana (C. Chr.) Schelpe Pyrrosia rupestris Ching Pyrrosia samarensis (C. Presl) Ching Pyrrosia scolopendrina Ching Pyrrosia sheareri (Baker) Ching Pyrrosia shennongensis K.H. Shing Pyrrosia similis Ching Pyrrosia sphaerosticha (Mett.) Ching Pyrrosia stigmosa (Sw.) Ching Pyrrosia stolzii (Hieron.) Schelpe Pyrrosia subfurfuracea (Hook.) Ching Pyrrosia transmorrisonensis (Hayata) Ching Pyrrosia tricholepis (Carr. ex Seemann) Ching References Pyrrosia Epiphytes Fern genera

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Seghir Mostefai

Seghir Mostefai (1926 – 21 January 2016) was an Algerian lawyer, economist and high civil servant. He graduated with a master's degree in law and economics from Sorbonne University, Paris. Long time anti-colonial activist with responsibilities in the political independentist organization in Algeria and later in exile in Tunis, he participated to the negotiation of the Évian Accords leading to the independence of Algeria. He founded the Central Bank of Algeria, created the national currency and served as Governor of the Central Bank, representing Algeria at the board of the IMF for 20 years. Mostefai played a key role in the negotiations for the liberation of the American hostages in Tehran in 1981. He died on 21 January 2016, at the age of 89. The Evian Accords Missioned by the Gouvernement Provisoire de la République algérienne (Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic) known as GPRA, based in Tunis, Seghir Mostefai was a member of the Algerian delegation that negotiated the “Évian Accords” for the independence of Algeria signed on March 18, 1962. Confusion is often made with his uncle Dr Chawki Mostefai, one of the leaders of the anti-colonialist movement, member of the GPRA, known for being the designer of the Algerian flag which was displayed during the demonstrations of May 8, 1945. After secretly meeting with him in Morocco in 1962, Nelson Mandela referred to him as his first political mentor. Central Bank of Algeria Creation of BCA During the years preceding the independence of Algeria, Seghir Mostefai was based in Tunis and was hired by the Tunisian government as an expert for the Ministry of Finance and an adviser to Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia. Immediately after the independence was proclaimed he was in charge of representing the Algerian government at the board of Banque de l'Algérie, the French colonial monetary institution, to create within a few months the new independent Algerian central bank “Banque Centrale d’Algérie” (BCA) and to represent Algeria at the boards of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. Algerian Dinar and gold reserves In 1964, he created the national currency, the Algerian Dinar, and later set up the country's sovereign printing of banknotes, making Algeria the first country in the Arab world and in Africa to be able to print its money independently. The BCA assisted several African countries to create their central banks, their national currencies and to have their money printed in Algeria. In 1971, after the United States had decided to put an end to the international convertibility of the US Dollar to gold, he obtained from the Federal Reserve to make an exception for Algeria which enabled him to create the first gold reserves of the country. International organizations Very active to promote the interests of Third World nations in the International Monetary Fund he was one of the three founders of the Group of 24 (G-24) in 1971. He represented Algeria at the Arab Monetary Fund and collaborated as an expert with international organizations like UNCTAD and UNDP. Readmission of China (PRC) in the International Monetary Fund In 1980, the International Monetary Fund decided to recognize the People's Republic of China (PRC) rather than the Republic of China (ROC). Based on his experience and reputation after a very long period of time representing Algeria and the interests of emerging countries in general with the G-24 in the international financial institutions, he was asked by the government of the People's Republic of China to introduce the country's application for membership at the International Monetary Fund, to represent China during the membership process and thus to organize its come-back into the international monetary and financial community. Negotiations for the release of the American hostages in Iran On November 2, 1980, the Iranian parliament voted the decision to free the American citizens detained in Iran if the United States agree to release the Iranian assets frozen in U.S. banks, to return the wealth amassed by the Shah and to pledge not to interfere in the Iranian internal affairs in the future. Several personalities had proposed to act as go-between such as former U.S. attorney general Ramsey Clark sent by president Jimmy Carter, former Prime Minister of Sweden Olof Palme, UN General Secretary Kurt Waldheim with no result, because of the complexity of the financial litigation between the two countries’ public and private entities. The Algerian government composed a team comprising their ambassadors to each country. The two ambassadors started to shuttle between Tehran and Algiers where the American delegation had arrived. As diplomats with no experienced of complex negotiations and international financial arbitration their role was limited to forwarding messages and were referred in the American media as "the mailmen". The ambassadors arranged to meet with the hostages in Tehran and to check on their health. They collected letters from the hostages and organised a gathering at the Algerian embassy in Washington DC to deliver the letters to the hostages' families. But their contribution to the resolution of the crisis could not go further. The political aspect of the negotiation was rapidly solved, the United States confirming that "it is and from now on will be the policy of the United States not to intervene, directly or indirectly, politically or militarily, in Iran's internal affairs". After the negotiation stalled the Algerian minister of foreign affairs was unable to progress and called upon the help of the governor of the central bank He was very well known for a long time by the representatives of the Federal Reserve Bank as a member of the international financial community and by the governor of the central bank of Iran. He was also able to build good relations with the Iranian negotiation team known as the "Nabavi Committee". The difficulty of the negotiation was to determine which claims could be considered as legitimate by the two sides knowing that the Iranian government estimated frozen assets at $24 billion. He proposed a solution which consisted in the release of a significant portion of the Iranian frozen assets and the repayment to the United States of the Iranian sovereign debt through escrow accounts and at a later stage the creation of an arbitration tribunal to resolve pending disputes such as losses caused to American corporations and individuals by the revolution and Iranian claims in the United States was accepted by the two parties. He offered the guarantee of the Algerian Central Bank to receive unfrozen funds on an escrow account. The solution he designed was formalized by the "Algiers Accord" signed on January 19, 1980. When the Algerian Central Bank received Iranian assets transferred by the United States on its account at the Bank of England, the signal was given for the release of the American hostages on January 20, 1981. References 1926 births 2016 deaths Governors of the Bank of Algeria 20th-century Algerian lawyers Paris-Sorbonne University alumni Algerian political people 20th-century civil servants Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) International Monetary Fund people 20th-century economists Algerian economists

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Făt-Frumos

Făt-Frumos (from Romanian făt: son, infant; frumos: handsome) is a knight hero in Romanian folklore, usually present in fairy tales. Akin to Prince Charming, he possesses such essential attributes as courage, purity, justness, physical and spiritual strength, cleverness, passion, and unshakable love. Făt-Frumos also displays some minimal abilities in performing miracles, as well as total commitment to a task once his word is given and to the monarch he serves. In some tales, he is so precocious as to be able to weep before he is born. Făt-Frumos is usually the youngest son of a king. In the Romanian folk stories it is common that all the sons of a king try to defeat the Zmeu or the Balaur, the older sons failing before the younger one succeeds. Făt-Frumos has to go through tests and obstacles that surpass ordinary men's power. With dignity, he always brings these to a positive resolution. He fights demonic monsters and malevolent characters (zmeu, balaur, Muma Pădurii, etc.). He travels in both "this land" and "the other land" (tarâmul celălalt) on the Calul Năzdrăvan ("The Marvellous Horse"), who also serves as his counsellor. At the end of the fairy tale, Fat-Frumos is paired up with the heroine of the story, a fairy maiden: Ileana Cosânzeana, Zâna Zânelor (Fairy Queen) or Doamna Chiralina. In his journeys, Făt-Frumos often has to overcome a major dilemma related to the correct route he is to follow, and is bound to decide between two equally nonsensical choices. Asked about the right way, an old woman gives Făt-Frumos an obscure answer: "If you turn right, you will be in sorrow; if you turn left, you will be in sorrow as well". According to Victor Kernbach, this lose-lose situation evokes the historical condition of the Romanian people whose homeland had been constantly crossed and attacked by foreign powers, as the native population was always forced to decide between two equally unfortunate choices: ally with your enemies or fight them. Făt-Frumos is also a commonplace figure of the Romanian culture and literature. He appears as a character in stories and poems by famous writers, such as Mihai Eminescu, Tudor Arghezi, or Nichita Stănescu. As a symptom of the Romanian people's self-irony, Făt-Frumos can be encountered even in contemporary Romanian jokes, yet less frequently than Bulă or the political personalities of the moment. See also Culture of Romania Religion in Romania Ileana Cosânzeana Princess and dragon Dragonslayer References Selected bibliography Calinescu, Matei. "Between History and Paradise: Initiation Trials". In: The Journal of Religion 59, no. 2 (1979): 218–23. www.jstor.org/stable/1202705. Chelaru, Oana Valeria. "Sistemul actanţial al basmului" [Actantial System of the Folktale]. In: Anuarul Muzeului Etnografic al Moldovei [The Yearly Review of the Ethnographic Museum of Moldavia]. 11/2011. pp. 87-116. (In Romanian) Frîncu, Simina & Giurginca, Ioana. (2019). Făt-Frumos cu ceas rupt din Soare. Folclorul românesc și astronomia. In: Astronomia străbunilor. Arheoastronomie și etnoastronomie pe teritoriul României, Publisher: JATEPress Kiadó, pp. 345–362. Kernbach, Victor (1989). Dicționar de mitologie generală. Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, București, pp. 183–184. Fictional knights Romanian mythology Romanian folklore