Valérie Grumelin-Halimi

Valérie Grumelin-Halimi (born 1961 at Lille) is a French therapist, and writer, living and practising in Paris. She writes on subjects that are part of her domain expertise as a psychologist/psychotherapist, but her works are intended for the general public. She believes that psychoanalytical theories should be simplified and be made accessible to the public at large so that they can derive practical use from them for resolution of their problems even without the intervention of a specialist. She has published three books to date and her second one Mon corps me dit (French version) published by Éditions Guy Trèdaniel has been a great success. The English version My body tells no lie will soon be available on her website.

Biography

Valérie Grumelin-Halimi has studied human and social psychology and special education. On her return to Paris after pursuing her studies in psychology at the University of Jerusalem, she joined CESI for a course as a professional coach. She has never stopped learning and has undertaken at various points in her career, courses in waking dream technique, fasciatherapy and EMDR, to continuously help her customize her treatment techniques to suit her patients.

She initially created an association called Naître ensemble which helped conduct group therapies for future mothers to deal with their anxieties and questions, an endeavor rather revolutionary for those times. She was also involved in the creation of the association Tiens bon à tes rêves along with Charlotte Rampling, which was approved by the National Education ministry under the framework of APAC classes. The association worked with more than 7000 children aged between 4 and 12, from more than 100 schools using art therapy to help them express themselves. This phase saw her writing her first book À tes rêves! T’es toi quand tu peins published by Les portes du monde. The work, a companion book and CD for children, helps them discover their own creativity.

As her practice grew, she became more convinced that psychotherapy was not only for those seriously ill but for everyone. She realized that every person has been through some trauma or the other which definitely has left its imprint on them. She was convinced that the body mirrors the state of mind of the person and that even seemingly normal people were definitely victims of some form of trauma or the other. This led her to write her first book Mon corps me dit, aimed at informing the general public in simple and easily understandable fashion on how to interpret bodily signals to decode the underlying psychological cause. The book published by Editeur Guy Trèdaniel in 2011 has been a grand success and following that her next work Je suis timide et je m'en sers, published by the same house, has just hit the bookstores in September 2013. She has a blog on Psychologies.com called "Les maux pour le dire".

Valérie has a deep interest in music, art and sports too and lives in Paris with her husband, a plastic surgeon and three children.

Therapy techniques

Valérie customizes her therapy to suit individual needs and does not follow a standard therapy protocol for her patients. Broadly however, she uses the following techniques:

Energy and fasciatherapy: Fascia are fine membranes which surround the conjunctive tissue of the body. Fascia therapy is a manual therapy which addresses a person in his totality – physically and psychically – and seeks the auto-regulation forces of the body. The therapists place their hands on the body of the subject and “listen” to the natural movement of the fascia – movement which is extremely subtle and can be compared to breathing. From the information gleaned from the superficial fascia, an evaluation of the vitality of the tissues can be made and blocks which are contained within can be determined. Given the network like structure of the fascia, its touch sensitive nature is trusted to detect trauma throughout the fascial system, to the zones where the fingers cannot reach.

Waking dream technique: A waking dream is a level of consciousness, an original imaginative creation and a method of analysis and psychotherapy – all at the same time. A waking dream starts as a day dream and very quickly develops into a real dream. Comfortably lying down on a couch, the patient narrates his/her dream to the therapist while the therapist sits nearby noting it down. Soon, with the therapist's expert guidance it becomes a real dream, for the patient is not in control of what is going to appear, he/she cannot change images, and the dream can't be stopped by exercising will.

Art therapy: Art therapy is a form of psychotherapy which uses artistic creation (drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, etc.) to establish contact with a person’s inner self, give expression to it and transform the person. Without being concerned about the quality or appearance of the final work, therapeutic approach consists of allowing internal images to be expressed progressively, which could be as much a reflection of the person’s past experiences, as it could be the dreams to which he aspires.

Rebirth: It is a therapy aimed at making the patient live through his/her birth a second time. The therapist takes the patient back to the intrauterine period allowing the patient to relive the gestation period either month by month or as whole, with the therapist's intervention and guidance. Any traumas that have been accumulated during this period are dealt with and the patient is reborn a second time but this time, the traumas have been explained and reoriented towards a positive direction.

EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing  is a psychotherapy technique developed by Francine Shapiro. It is a technique which designates disturbing memories as the cause of psychopathology  and alleviates symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder through the employment of ocular movements. EMDR is used for individuals who have experienced severe trauma which remains unresolved. This is done in an 8 step protocol that includes having clients recall distressing images while receiving one of several types of bilateral sensory input including side to side eye movements. The use of EMDR was originally developed to treat adults suffering from PTSD. However, it is also used to treat other conditions and children.

You can read more on the techniques here.

Bibliography

 À tes rêves! T'es toi quand tu peins, 2002
 Mon corps me dit, 2011
 Je suis timide et je m'en sers, 2013
 My body tells no lie, 2013

Sources
 Part 1, Programme Priorité Santé on 5 July 2011: Radio France International
 Part 2, Programme Priorité Santé on 5 July 2011: Radio France International


Gerard Mansfield

Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Gerard "Ged" Napier Mansfield  (13 July 1921 – 27 June 2006) was Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic. After leaving the Royal Navy became a fund-raiser for the Queen's Silver Jubilee Trust.

Early life
Edward Gerard Napier Mansfield was the son of Vice-Admiral Sir Jack Mansfield, KCB, DSO, DSC, and a descendant of the 19th-century Admiral Sir Charles "Black" Napier.

Education
He was educated at Durnford School an independent school near Swanage, Dorset, before going to Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1935.

War service in the Royal Navy
In May 1939 Midshipman Mansfield joined the destroyer  and then the heavy cruiser  at Alexandria. At the start of the war, Sussex joined Force H hunting for the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in the South Atlantic. He then escorted the first troop convoy from Australia and New Zealand across the Indian Ocean, and took part in the campaign against Italian Somaliland.

He spent a short period in the battlecruiser  followed by professional courses at Portsmouth during the Blitz - "not conducive to diligent study," he recalled. Promoted to sub-lieutenant, he first served in the J-class destroyer  in the North Sea and Mediterranean. On 26 March 1942 he was in  when she was hit by two torpedoes from the submarine U-652, catching fire and sinking quickly. Three officers and 190 ratings were lost, and Mansfield, though wounded in the head, was one of 53 men rescued. He telegraphed his mother: "March passed, with major wetting."

He joined combined operations, and was mentioned in dispatches for his work as a beachmaster during the landings in North Africa and Sicily. He then became first lieutenant of a submarine, but this proved to be a dead-end in his career as he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. He returned to good health and rose rapidly in his career. He became commanding officer of the frigate  in 1956 and went on to become commanding officer of the frigate HMS Yarmouth as well as captain of the 20th Frigate Squadron in 1963. He was appointed  Commodore, Amphibious Forces, Far East Fleet from July 1967 to November 1968. He was next appointed Flag Officer Sea Training from March 1971 to October 1972. Appointed Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic, based at Norfolk, Virginia in 1973. He retired in 1975.

Personal life
He married, in 1943, Joan Worship Byron, a descendant of Admiral Jack "Foul Weather" Byron; she survived him with their two daughters, one of whom is Didy Grahame, until recently Secretary of the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association.


Manchester, Green Lake County, Wisconsin

Manchester is a town in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 848 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Manchester is located in the town.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.4 square miles (91.6 km²), of which, 34.9 square miles (90.4 km²) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²) of it (1.38%) is water.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 848 people, 289 households, and 228 families residing in the town. The population density was 24.3 people per square mile (9.4/km²). There were 312 housing units at an average density of 8.9 per square mile (3.5/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 99.76% White, 0.12% from other races, and 0.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.47% of the population.

There were 289 households out of which 38.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.5% were married couples living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.1% were non-families. 18.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.37.

In the town, the population was spread out with 33.4% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $42,375, and the median income for a family was $49,688. Males had a median income of $32,368 versus $21,786 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,771. About 6.9% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.0% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.

Religion
St. Paul's Lutheran Church is a Christian church of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Manchester.

Notable people
Alex McDonald, Wisconsin State Representative and businessman, was born in the town.


The Long Trail (film)

The Long Trail is a 1917 American drama silent film directed by Howell Hansel and written by Eve Unsell. The film stars Lou Tellegen, Mary Fuller, Winifred Allen, Sidney Bracey, Franklin Woodruff and Ferdinand Tidmarsh. The film was released on July 23, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot
The plot description in the 11 August 1917 issue of Moving Picture World reads:

Cast
Lou Tellegen as Andre Dubois
Mary Fuller as Louise Graham
Winifred Allen as Michette Dubois
Sidney Bracey as Paul Graham
Franklin Woodruff as Const. Joyce
Ferdinand Tidmarsh
Frank Farrington


Heinrich Timm

Heinrich Timm (30 April 1910 in Bremen – 12 April 1974 in Axstedt) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
In 1944-45 Timm commanded the U-862, the only U-boat to conduct a patrol in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

Naval career
Timm joined the Kriegsmarine in October 1933. He first served as a junior officer aboard the minesweepers M-132 and M-110, before taking command of M-7 in July 1939. His first success came on 9 January 1940 when he attacked the Royal Navy's submarine  with depth charges in the Heligoland Bight, then forcing her to the surface and then being scuttled.

Timm won the Iron Cross during the Norwegian invasion in May 1940, and then he transferred into the U-boat fleet. After U-Boat commander's training at Pillau, in September 1941 Timm took command of the new Type VIIC U-boat . After training missions in the Baltic Sea, the U-251 was assigned to the 11th U-boat Flotilla, which was based at Bergen, Norway, in April 1942. Timm next commanded nine war patrols into the Arctic Sea, on the prowl against the arctic convoys of World War II to the northern seaports of the Soviet Union. There, the U-251 sank two merchant ships: The first one, on 3 May 1942, was the 6,135 ton British merchant ship SS Jutland of Convoy PQ-15, while the second, in July 1942, was the American cargo ship  from the ill-fated Convoy PQ 17. Timm also took part in "Operation Wunderland" in the Kara Sea, surfacing close to Uyedineniya Island and destroying a Soviet weather station with cannon fire from his deck gun.

When the U-251 was decommissioned to be overhauled in June 1943, Timm and his crew were sent to take over the new Type IXD2 U-boat , and after training missions in the Baltic Sea, they sailed her to the Indian Ocean during mid-1944 to join the Monsun Gruppe of U-boats prowling in the Indian Ocean and farther east, from Japanese-held naval bases.

The U-862 sank five merchantmen and also shot down a British Catalina flying boat of No. 265 Squadron RAF while en route. On 5 July, Timm received notification of his promotion to Korvettenkapitän.

Then, while patrolling off eastern Australia in late 1944 and early 1945, Timm sank two American Liberty ship merchantmen. In January 1945, the U-862 entered and departed from the Port of Napier, New Zealand, undetected. This later gave rise to the widely circulated post-war "tall tale" that Timm led members of his crew ashore near Napier in order to milk some cows to supplement their meagre rations.

After the surrender of Nazi Germany on May 7, 1945, all of the German U-boat crews in the Far East were interned by the Japanese Empire at Singapore and Batu Pahat, and their U-boats were confiscated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The U-862 was commissioned into the Japanese Navy as the I-502.

Korvettenkapitän Timm and his crewmen were still being held in Singapore when units of the Royal Navy arrived there on September 12, 1945. The German seamen were taken into custody by the British, and they were taken to Great Britain during July 1946, and then still held prisoner, even though Nazi Germany had surrendered over a year earlier.

Timm was finally released from British captivity in  April 1948.

Timm's Postwar Activities
Timm joined the new West German navy, the Bundesmarine, when it was established in 1956. Timm served in several positions, including that of the first commander of the West German frigate Scharnhorst. Timm finally retired from the Bundesmarine in 1966 with the rank of Fregattenkapitän.

Awards
Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (4 October 1937)
Memel Medal (26 October 1939)
Sudetenland Medal (1 October 1938)
Iron Cross (1939)
2nd Class (10 January 1940)
1st Class (16 May 1940)
German Cross in Gold on 12 February 1942 as Kapitänleutnant on U-251 in the 6th U-boat Flotilla
U-boat Front Clasp (29 September 1944)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 September 1944 as Korvettenkapitän and commander of U-862


Angus MacDonald (politician)

Angus MacDonald JP DL (born 11 Ocbober 1963) is a Scottish SNP politician, MSP for Falkirk East since 2011.

Early life
MacDonald was born on 11 Ocbober 1963 in Stornoway. He was educated at Grangemouth High School, Keil School, the College of Estate Management and the Centre for Industrial Studies. He was a member of Falkirk District Counci 1992–1996 and was also a Justice of the Peace during the same period.

Political career
He was elected a Scottish National Party Councillor to Falkirk Council for the Inchyra Ward in a by-election on 16 December 2004, with 56% of the vote. he served on various committees in his role as a councillor include Economic Strategy & Development, Education, Housing & Social Care, Investment, Planning, Grangemouth Common Good Fund and Grangemouth Area Forum until standing down to concentrate on his position as Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Falkirk East.  He was re-elected to Falkirk Council at the local elections held on 3 May 2007, which was run using the single transferable vote system for the first time in Scotland, gaining the most first preference votes of any Grangemouth candidate. He stood down from Falkirk Council on 2 May 2012 to concentrate on his work in the Scottish Parliament.

In 2011 He was elected to serve the Falkirk East constituency, gaining over 50% of the vote, ousting Labour's Cathy Peattie who had been the MSP since 1999. During the fourth Parliament he was a Member of the Economy, Energy & Tourism Committee, the Public Petitions Committee, the Scottish Commission for Public Audit and the Cross Party Group on Gaelic.

He was re-elected in 2016.

Other activities
He has served as a Governor of the Stirlingshire Educational Trust and Convener of An Comunn Gaidhealach (Falkirk Branch). In addition he was Chairman of the Mod 2008 Falkirk organising committee, co-ordinating plans for the Royal National Mòd which was held in Falkirk district in October 2008.


Kay Van Riper

Kay Van Riper (1908–1948) was an American screenwriter, actress, and radio personality active during the 1930s and 1940s. Often described as a "tiny blonde," Van Riper won many accolades over the course of her multifaceted career.

Biography

Beginnings
Kay—the only child of John Van Riper and Amelia Wright—was born in Winona, Minnesota, in 1908; the family would also live in Buffalo, Minnesota, while Van Riper was growing up. After graduating from the University of Minnesota with a degree in education in 1927, she moved to Hollywood in 1929 intending to become a teacher.

Radio career
Soon after arriving in Hollywood, Van Riper found employment as a secretary at a local radio station, where she met radio personality Tom Breneman. Breneman encouraged her to develop her own projects, and soon Van Riper was writing, producing, and starring in her own hit historical drama, English Coronets. She was also the program director and publicist for KFWB. In 1934, she moved to New York briefly to produce English Coronets for the American Broadcasting Service (which soon folded). She moved back to L.A. in 1935 and continued producing the show for KFWB.

Screenwriting career
In 1937, she began working for MGM as a scenarist, contributing to the Andy Hardy franchise as well as several of the studio's biggest musicals, from Babes in Arms to Strike Up the Band. She'd later explain that she drew on her memories of growing up in her small Minnesota town to flesh out the Hardy scripts. She also collaborated with Mary C. McCall Jr. on Kathleen, the film that would bring Shirley Temple out of her brief retirement. Eventually she was earning $1,500 a week as part of her contract.

Personal life
Van Riper rented Rudolph Valentino's former home in Whitley Heights in the 1930s and told a newspaper columnist she'd briefly thought it was haunted. While working as a screenwriter, she split her time between Los Angeles and New York.

In 1939, she married producer Russell Lewis, who worked in film and also collaborated with Van Riper on her one-act stage plays. The marriage ended in divorce in 1942. She was in the midst of divorcing her second husband, New York–based attorney Robert Wrubel, at the time of her death.

Declining health and eventual death
According to Van Riper's mother, Amelia, Van Riper had suffered from spinal pain that radiated into her legs for more than 20 years, and by early 1948, it had gotten so bad that Van Riper had to give up her career. She'd seen doctors all over the world, and to no avail.

Van Riper died on New Year's Eve of 1948 after overdosing on sleeping pills in her Glendale, California, home. Her mother, who was living with her at the time, found her body sitting next to her bed. No note was found, but the coroner classified the death as a suicide.

Selected filmography

 Kathleen (1941) (story)
 Lady Be Good (1941)
 Babes in Arms (1939)
 Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
 The Hardys Ride High (1939)
 Blondie Meets the Boss (1939) (story)
 Out West With the Hardys (1938)
 Judge Hardy's Children (1938)
 You're Only Young Once (1937)
 A Family Affair (1937)


1926 Air Union Blériot 155 crash

The 1926 Air Union Bleriot 155 crash may refer to the crash of either of two Air Union Blériot 155 aircraft, both of which crashed in 1926:

F-AIEB in the August 1926 Air Union Blériot 155 crash, on 18 August 1926 near Lympne Airport
F-AICQ in the October 1926 Air Union Blériot 155 crash, on 2 October 1926 near Penshurst Airfield


Vertical file

A vertical file (sometimes referred to as a clippings file or pamphlet file) is a collection of material such as news clippings, booklets, pictures, pamphlets and other grey literature, created and maintained by libraries and other organizations. The materials are typically loose, separate pieces organized in folders and arranged by subject. Vertical files are used as ready reference material to supplement other collections on topics not easily covered by conventional material such as books. The name comes from the fact that these collections are often stored in the vertical style of filing cabinets (as opposed to the lateral).

Vertical files have been created since at least the early 1900s, however, their use and maintenance have waned in recent years due to the availability of information on the web.

The vertical file is related to the picture file, which is a collection of similar nature except that the contents are primarily images.


Khenpo Sherab Sangpo

Khenpo Sherab Sangpo ()

Khenpo Sherab Sangpo is the Spiritual Director of Bodhicitta Sangha | Heart of Enlightenment Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was trained by Khenpo Petse Rinpoche and Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche, two of the greatest masters of the Nyingma tradition in recent history. He was invited to teach at Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche's Ka-Nying Shedrup Ling monastery, where he gave lectures to both Tibetan monks and Western students at the Centre for Buddhist Studies.

Biography
Khenpo (tib. literally "wise one" a title equivalent to a western Ph.D.)is the spiritual adviser of the Bodhicitta Sangha. He was first invited to Minnesota to teach under the auspices of the Rimé Foundation

“Khenpo Sherab Sangpo studied under the lord of refuge Khenchen Padma Tsewang Rinpoche…and with numerous masters of all traditions. He has taught the profound Dharma of sutra and mantra to students of numerous nationalities. This teacher should be treated with reverence and respect. Doing so will bring goodness in this life and the next and establish a profound connection with the Buddha’s teachings.”

- Katok Getsé Rinpoche

Khenpo Sherab Sangpo began his studies in Tibet with the famed master Petsé Rinpoche, with whom he studied for over twenty years. He became a monk at the age of seven at Gyalwa Phukhang Monastery, a branch of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s Sechen Monastery. Under Petsé Rinpoche's guidance, he first studied Tibetan Buddhist ritual, eventually becoming one of the monastery's ritual leaders and chant masters. Even at a young age, he was renowned for his ability to memorize the vast number of texts used at the monastery and his command of Tibetan Buddhist ritual.

Recognizing his great potential, Petsé Rinpoche enrolled his student in the monastery’s monastic college, Ngedon Shedrup Targye Ling, when he was only thirteen years old. For years, the only task his master gave him was to memorize the countless texts that form the core of the Buddhist education system. Only once he had memorized them all and could recite them from memory did he go on to receive teachings on their meaning. A tireless teacher, Petsé Rinpoche often taught day after day for months on end, without taking a single day off. He also taught the monks himself, which is extremely rare for such a high lama. Khenpo studied for years in this manner, receiving teachings on the entire range of Buddhist philosophy and practice.

Though he has mastered virtually every aspect of Buddhist philosophy and practice, Khenpo Sherab Sangpo is especially renowned for his knowledge of Madhyamaka philosophy, the writings of the great Rimé master Ju Mipham Rinpoche and Buddhist Tantra. Concerning the latter, his expertise comes not only from his knowledge of the Tantric scriptures, but also through his mastery of monastic ritual and the years he has spent meditating in retreat. He is continually requested to teach on these topics by high lamas, monastic colleges and by his growing number of Western students.

In addition, Petsé Rinpoche also gave him extensive teachings on the so-called “five sciences.” which include astrology, poetry, medicine and grammar. Khenpo Sherab Sangpo is renowned for his knowledge of these topics,  To this day, monks and practitioners seek him out not only to teach the subtleties of Buddhist thought and practice, but also to give astrology readings and consult him on other such topics. This range of mastery is extremely rare. To complete training in any one area takes years of dedicated study and practice. Thus, to have mastered these five sciences, in addition to Buddhist philosophy, ritual and meditative practice, is an incredible achievement.

In a further recognition of his talents and realization, [Petsé Rinpoche] appointed him as his personal teaching assistant when Khenpo was only 19. For years, he acted as his master’s “kyorpon,” a teaching assistant who leads review sessions that supplement the main class being taught. He accompanied his teacher as he traveled throughout Tibet, Nepal and India, often giving teachings in his stead at monasteries that had invited Petsé Rinpoche to teach.

In addition to the rigorous academic training in the monastic college, Petsé Rinpoche locked the doors of the monastery for three months every year and allowed no outsiders in. During this time, he led his monks in strict meditation retreat. This allowed the Khenpo to deepen his understanding of the Buddha’s teachings through meditation. The decades he spent with Petsé Rinpoche allowed him to complete years of meditation retreat. Unfortunately, this strict and demanding form of training has virtually died out, even in Tibet. Khenpos who have received such training hold a special place in the Tibetan monastic world.

After his decades of study with Petsé Rinpoche, Khenpo Sherab Sangpo traveled to Larung Gar Monastery in a remote area in North-Eastern Tibet to study under the great lama Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche. He spent six years with this master furthering his studies, at the end of which his abilities as a teacher were again recognized formally by the monastery and his teachers. He also received rare teachings, such as The Treasury of Precious Revelations (Rinchen Terdzöd), from great Rimé masters like Dilgo Khyentsé Rinpoche and Trulshik Rinpoche, both of whom are root gurus of His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the Dalai Lama. In this way, he trained under many of the most renowned lamas in the Buddhist tradition and has been recognized many times as a lama of the highest order.

Following his time in Larung Gar, he returned to his home monastery. Shortly thereafter, Petsé Rinpoche gave him a letter of introduction and sent him alone to receive teachings from the famed meditation hermit Adzom Druktrul Rinpoche. From this meditation master, he received the most secret and profound teachings of the Dzogchen tradition, instructions that are forbidden from being written down or transmitted to more than one student at a time. These teachings are known as Nyong-tri, which means “experiential instructions.” In this style of teaching, short, direct instructions are given one-on-one to a student, who then immediately puts them into practice in strict retreat. The next phase of instructions are only given once the student has encountered certain “signs” that show he or she has directly experienced the depth of the teachings.

Practicing in this manner, Khenpo Sherab Sangpo received the entire “hearing lineage” of the Dzogchen teachings from one of the greatest masters in Tibet. At the end of this period, Adzom Drukpa Rinpoche recognized that his student had truly mastered the teachings. He then commanded Khenpo to uphold all the Buddha’s teachings, formally empowering him to teach all aspects of sutra and tantra, give empowerments, and work for the benefit of others using whatever methods are appropriate. This great honor is a testament to the fact that the Khenpo has mastered not only the theory of Buddhist philosophy and practice, but has also had direct experiential realization of the teachings as well.

In the late 1990s, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche requested Petsé Rinpoche to send his most learned and accomplished khenpo to teach at his monastery in Kathmandu. Petsé Rinpoche responded by sending Khenpo Sherab Sangpo, who then spent four years teaching both Western students and Tibetan monks at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery, which is one of the largest monasteries outside Tibet. Though the khenpo is renowned for his ability to teach virtually any topic, he is especially known for his knowledge of the tantras and his mastery of the writings of the great 19th century Rimé master Ju Mipham. During this time, he gave numerous teachings at the Center for Buddhist Studies and Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery, including Mipham’s commentaries on Nagarjuna’s Fundamental Knowledge of the Middle Way, Chandrakirti’s Entrance to the Middle Way, Shantarakshita’s Ornament of the Middle Way, and Longchenpa’s Dispelling the Darkness of the Ten Directions, a Commentary on the Guhyagarbha Tantra.

In short, Khen Rinpoche Sherab Sangpo has received a wealth of teachings from some of the greatest Buddhist masters of the century. His innate abilities and intensive training allowed him to master these teachings, both in terms of theoretical knowledge and experiential realization. For this reason, his knowledge and realization have been recognized time and again by some of the most respected masters in the Tibetan tradition.


Zakaria Abdullai

Zakaria Abdullai (born 10 October 1989) is a  Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Abdullai began his professional career with Tudu Mighty Jets and was for the season 2009–10 loaned out to Sekondi Wise Fighters. On 20 March 2011, he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Swedish side Gefle IF.


Mathis Nitschke

Mathis Nitschke (born 4 June 1973 in Munich) is a German composer and sound designer, director and producer. He has specialized in sound in connection with theatre, media and new technologies and produces his own music theatre projects in addition to applied music for stage and film.

Life and works
After classical guitar he studied fine arts before he graduated in music composition from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, Netherlands, followed by a M.A. program in media and communication at the European Graduate School, Saas-Fee. He is particularly interested in intertwining text, image and sound, music theatre and film, the play with all senses.

Since creating his first opera, JETZT, in 2012 with writer Jonas Lüscher, Nitschke has engaged in staging "sung theatre" programs. His research into the interplay of opera and society is evident in works like his 2014 premiered operatic song-cycle with party HAPPY HAPPY. JETZT earned a nomination for 'premier of the year' in the Opernwelt yearbook 2013.

Next to his short opera in a pharmacy VIOLA, he developed several more concepts for projects in public spaces. With the aid of a project grant by the city hall of Munich he could realize his vision of an Opera as location-aware sound walk.

In October 2017, “MAYA” had its premiere: a Mixed-Reality-Techno-Opera in which central questions of post-humanity have been discussed. In the ruins of the heating plant Aubing Nitschke created a virtual cosmos parallel to the real world, on the basis of sound, music, augmented reality technology and digital art, in which the audience could move freely.

Close cooperations with artist personalities like Michel Houellebecq or Luk Perceval have shaped his artistic work. In 2008, he composed and produced a grand orchestral score for Houellebecq's debut as film director of The possibility of an island which Houellebecq adapted from his acclaimed novel.

As a sound director Nitschke sits at the mixing desk not only in theatres but also at contemporary music performances in concert halls, such as the Musica Viva series of the Bavarian Radio Symphony orchestra. On occasion, in solo and ensemble projects, he performs as an improvising sound artist.

Since 2014, Nitschke has been holding seminars and workshops at the Musikhochschule Trossingen, the Hochschule der populären Künste Berlin and the Fachhochschule St. Pölten.


Josephine Sophia White Griffing

Josephine Sophia White Griffing (December 18, 1814 – February 18, 1872) was an American reformer who campaigned against slavery and for women's rights. She was born in Hebron, Connecticut on December 18, 1814 but later settled in Litchfield, Ohio. There she worked as a lecturer for the Western Anti-Slavery Society and Ohio Women's Rights Association. At the end of the American Civil War she moved to Washington, D.C., to help work with the unemployed freedmen. Much of her work was done through the Freedmen's Bureau, where she worked as an assistant to the assistant commissioner and as an agent. Griffing was also active in several women's rights organizations. She died in Washington, D.C. on February 18, 1872.

Early life

Josephine White was born in Hebron, Connecticut on December 18, 1814 into a prominent New England family. Her father, Joseph White Jr., was a representative in Connecticut's state legislature, while her mother was the sister of portrait painter Samuel Lovett Waldo. Despite the relative fame of her family, little is known of her childhood in Connecticut. In 1835, at the age of twenty, Josephine married Charles Griffing, and in 1842 they moved to Litchfield, Ohio where they had five daughters. Three of them - Emma, Helen, and Josephine Cora - survived to adulthood.

Abolitionist work

While living in Litchfield, the Griffings became involved with some of the radical organizations that were thriving in Ohio's Western Reserve. By 1849, both Charles and Josephine were active members of the Western Anti-Slavery Society, and by 1851 they were traveling agents, preaching "no union with slaveholders."  Griffing also began going on lecture tours on abolitionism throughout the West, becoming one of the most prolific anti-slavery speakers in the region. She also wrote articles for The Anti-Slavery Bugle, a newspaper published out of Salem, Ohio. The Griffings opened up their home as a stop on the Underground Railroad. During the Civil War, Griffing acted as the western agent for the Women's Loyal National League, a feminist organization that worked to outlaw slavery in every state.

Aiding the freedpeople

During the Civil War, Griffing was struck by the plight of the recently freed slaves, especially those who were fleeing to Washington, D.C. Determined to help the freedpeople establish themselves, Griffing and her three daughters moved to Washington, D.C. in 1864, while her husband remained in Ohio. Why her husband remained behind is uncertain. Griffing became an agent for the National Freedmen's Relief Association of the District of Columbia, where she opened up two industrial schools for freedwomen in order to teach them marketable skills such as sewing. These schools were also designed to inculcate freedwomen with the values of the Northern white middle class. In Griffing's words, "the Industrial School furnishes an opportunity for instruction in social science, and domestic relations, as well as the higher forms of Industry, and a marked change is observable in personal tidiness, good manners, and in the control and government of young children - whom some of the mothers are obliged to bring with them to the Rooms."  While in Washington, Griffing also used her political influence to lobby Congressmen for more direct aid for the formerly enslaved people of Washington. Through her lobbying of Radical Republican members of Congress, such as Benjamin Wade and Charles Sumner, Griffing became instrumental in establishing the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, more commonly known as the Freedmen's Bureau. In June 1865, as reward for her work in helping to create the Freedmen's Bureau, Commissioner Oliver Otis Howard appointed Griffing the assistant to the assistant commissioner for Washington, D.C.

Despite Griffing's prominence in the Freedmen's Bureau, she and the male leaders of the organization often conflicted over how best to aid the freedpeople of Washington. Griffing argued that the freedpeople required direct aid, such as food, clothes, and fuel, and that the Bureau's main goals should be to provide material aid for those living in Washington. This aid, according to Griffing, was necessary for the freedpeople to become financially stable, and once that occurred they could obtain jobs and support themselves. However, men involved in freedpeople's aid organizations disagreed with Griffing's claims. They often supported the ideals of free labor; these men encouraged self-reliance and the signing of labor contracts so that freedpeople could survive financially without assistance as quickly as possible. Griffing openly spoke out about the lack of direct aid, claiming that 20,000 freedpeople in Washington, D.C. were suffering for lack of rations and supplies and that the Bureau men would not help them. The agents of the Bureau denied her statement, despite the evidence supporting her argument.  By November 1865, Commissioner Howard revoked Griffing's appointment due to these conflicts, stating that "this Bureau has not received any funds from Mrs. Griffing and does not assume responsibility of the collections she is making."

Even with this setback, Griffing continued to help better the lives of the freedpeople. She worked with her government contacts to help freedpeople find jobs in the north, and sometimes travelled with them to make sure they arrived safely. The Freedmen's Bureau worked with Griffing on this project, providing barracks in Rhode Island, offices in New York City, and fund for rent and other necessary expenses. By 1867, Griffing was working for the Freedmen's Bureau once more, this time as an agent for the Capitol Hill and Navy Yard districts. Throughout her tenure, Griffing fought for increased aid for the freedpeople, as well as continuing her efforts at finding employment for African Americans in the north. She also kept contact with her associates in the federal government and in private aid organizations in order to obtain as much aid as possible for the destitute of Washington, D.C. Griffing worked as an agent for the Freedmen's Bureau until it ran out of funding and was forced to stop providing aid in late 1869. She continued working to aid freedpeople through the National Freedmen's Aid Association of the District of Columbia until her death in 1872.

Work for women’s rights

In addition to her work for the freedpeople of Washington, D.C., Griffing was also a women's rights activist. In the 1850s, Griffing became involved with women's rights organizations, making contact with women like Susan B. Anthony who would inspire her to fight for the rights of women as well as African Americans. Throughout the 1850s, Griffing joined various feminist organizations, such as the Ohio Women's Rights Association, which she became the president of in 1853. Shortly after President Abraham Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, Griffing joined the Women's Loyal National League as a lecturing agent, where she helped collect thousands of signatures for a women's antislavery petition that was eventually presented to the United States Congress by Charles Sumner. Griffing was also active in the temperance movement that was popular amongst many feminist activists during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

While in Washington, D.C., Griffing maintained her dedication to women's rights and the cause of suffrage. In 1866 she helped found the American Equal Rights Association, whose purpose was to promote equality and suffrage for all people no matter their race or sex; she also served as its first vice-president. Griffing became the president of District of Columbia woman suffrage association in 1867, where she helped monitor guide suffrage activities in Washington, D.C. In 1869, along with Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and other prominent reformers, Griffing joined the National Woman Suffrage Association and acted as its corresponding secretary.

Josephine Griffing died in 1872, with her cause of death listed as "consumption." She was 57 at the time, and was survived by her husband and her three daughters.


Hawaii Technology Institute

Hawaii Technology Institute is a non-profit, vocational school located in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is licensed by the State of Hawaii Department of Education as a private trade, vocational, and technical school.

Conceived as a job-training center in Honolulu, it was formed in 1986 through a partnership between Alu Like, Inc. and IBM Corporation. Its present location is 1130 North Nimitz Highway, Suite A-226, Honolulu, Hawaii.


Game (2002 film)

Game is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by John Amritraj. The film features Karthik and Vinod Kumar in lead roles. The film, produced by Srimasani Amman Pictures, had musical score by S. P. Venkatesh and was released after several delays in 4 November 2002 to negative reviews.

Cast

Karthik as Raja
Vinod Kumar as Joseph IPS
Manoj K. Jayan as Lenin
Radha as Jaya
Urvashi as Janaki
Rajashree as Malar
John Amritraj as GK
R. Sundarrajan
Major Sundarrajan
Pandu
Kazan Khan
Vijay Krishnaraj (alias) R Krishnan
Rani
Divya Dutta
Manikraj
Kullamani
Vincent Roy
Thideer Kannaiah
Mahanadi Shankar
Manager Cheema

Production
John Amritraj had originally planned the film with Karthik in the late 1990s as Koottali which also had Divya Dutta in the cast, though delays meant that the film's budget and cast were subsequently affected. For the film, Karthik participated in a song sequence shot with 100 car lights, sung by Anuradha Sreeram and performed by Rani. The film went through production slowly and changed its name to Game, having a delayed release in 2002.

Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by S. P. Venkatesh.
Jimba - Mano, Swarnalatha
Dhak Dhak - Anuradha Sriram
Achacho - Swarnalatha
Dosthu - Suresh Peters, Krishna Sundar
Kuchipudi - Mano, Sujatha
Pesi Pesi - Anuradha Sriram, Adithyan


McSween

MacSween and McSween are surnames of Gaelic origin. People with those surnames include:

Alexander McSween (1843-1878), Canadian-American participant in the Lincoln County War of 1878
Donald McSween (born 1964), American ice hockey player
 Harold B. McSween (19262002), U.S. Representative from Louisiana.
 Harry McSween (born 1945), American geologist and planetologist
 John MacSween (), Scottish nobleman
 John MacSween (haggis entrepreneur) (19392006), Scottish butcher and entrepreneur
 MacSween, a Scottish company founded by John MacSween, known for making haggis
 Roderick MacSween (born 1935), Scottish pathologist
Susan McSween (18451931), American rancher
Pierre-Yves McSween, French Canadian economist


Facciolella castlei

Facciolella castlei is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin and Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1985. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Chile, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. The type specimen was retrieved from a depth of 230 metres.


Quincy Butler

Quincy Devone Butler (born November 25, 1981) is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Texas Christian University.

He has also been a member of the Calgary Stampeders and St. Louis Rams.

Entering his 2nd year coaching defensive backs at Texas Wesleyan University.

Early years
Butler graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 2001. He was named First-team All-District as a quarterback in both his junior and senior seasons.

College career

TCU
Butler he played college football at Texas Christian University, where he helped the TCU Horned Frogs win a conference championship in 2005 and was named First-team All-Mountain West Conference when he played in 11 games and made 74 tackles (56 solo) and intercepted two passes for 108 yards and one touchdown.  In 2004 made 56 tackles including 38 solo stops and picked off a pair of passes and broke up five others.

Tyler Junior College
Was a two-time selection on the Southwest Junior College Football Conference All-league team. He was selected to the 2003 NJCAA All-America team as a sophomore at Tyler Junior College. Butler picked off five passes in 2003, returning one for a touchdown and recorded 151 tackles and eight interceptions in his two seasons at Tyler.

Professional career

Before the draft
Butler did not work out at the NFL Combine. At his pro day workout, he measured , 190 pounds and ran a 4.40 40-yard time.

Dallas Cowboys
On May 2, 2006, Butler was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys. He was released in preseason and signed to the practice squad on September 4, 2006. He was released in preseason of 2007 and again, assigned to the Dallas Cowboys  practice squad. After the season, on January 11, 2008, he was released from the practice squad and re-signed five days later by the Cowboys. On August 25, 2008, Butler was released by the Dallas Cowboys during the preseason for the third consecutive season.

New Orleans Saints
On October 18, 2008, the New Orleans Saints signed him to their practice squad; he was released on December 5, 2008.

St. Louis Rams
Four days later he was signed as a free agent by the St. Louis Rams for the 2009 NFL season.

New Orleans Saints
Butler was signed by the New Orleans Saints on October 20, 2010, replacing Randall Gay, who was placed on injured reserve. Butler was cut by the Saints to make room for Darren Sharper.

St. Louis Rams
Butler was signed to Rams roster on October 26, 2010.

New Orleans Saints
On August 18, 2011, Butler re-signed with the Saints.

Calgary Stampeders
Butler signed by the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) on October 17, 2011. He made his CFL debut against the Montreal Alouettes on October 30, 2011. He left the team for the season in October 2014 after being declared ineligible to work in Canada. He had earlier pleaded guilty to assaulting a cab driver outside of a casino in May 2014.

Portland Thunder
On April 16, 2015, Butler was assigned to the Portland Thunder of the Arena Football League (AFL). On May 2, Butler threw his helmet into the stands at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia after being ejected from the game. The league has not yet decided a punishment for his actions. He was placed on reassignment on May 4, 2015.


Livin' in Hysteria

Livin' in Hysteria is the second album by Heavens Gate, released in April 2, 1991 by No Remorse Records and later reissued by SPV GmbH.

Track listing

Personnel
Band members
 Thomas Rettke – lead vocals, co-producer
 Sascha Paeth – guitar, co-producer
 Bonny Bilski  – guitar
 Manni Jordan – bass
 Thorsten Müller – drums

Additional musicians
Miro - piano on "The Best Days of my Life"

Production
Charlie Bauerfeind - producer, engineer, mixing
Richard Corben - cover art


Mount Victoria, Palawan

Mount Victoria (1726 or 1709 m ), or Victoria Peaks, is a mountain in central Palawan, Philippines, that lies within the administrative Municipality of Narra. The mountain, which includes the twin peaks known as "The Teeth", as well as the single prominence known as Sagpaw, form the largest contiguous land area and second highest portion of the Mount Beaufort Ultramafics geological region, a series of ultramafic outcrops of Eocene origin, that includes Palawan's highest peak, Mount Mantalingahan (2085 m).

Mount Victoria is not generally accessible to the public without special permission owing to the difficulty of ascent; there is no route to the summit, and as such, it is necessary to ascend the mountain by walking up river-beds prone to flash flooding. Attempts to reach the peak have resulted in a number of deaths.

A carnivorous pitcher plant, Nepenthes attenboroughii, is endemic to the summit region of Mount Victoria and its surrounding peaks.


Cedar Fort, Inc.

Cedar Fort, Inc. is a mid-sized publisher based in Utah. Founded in 1986 by Lyle Mortimer and Lee Nelson, Cedar Fort has evolved from a niche Latter-day Saints book publisher, to a national multimedia company, with offerings in film, audiobooks, art, and gifts alongside its book catalog. In 2015, Publishers Weekly named Cedar Fort one of its top ten fastest growing publishers.

Imprints

 Front Table Books - Cookbooks and outdoors. Notable titles include:
 Artisan Caramels
 A to Z Cookbook for Kids
 Bonneville Books - Latter-Day Saint themed fiction, including romance and YA fantasy. Notable titles include:
 Mile 21
 My Loving Vigil Keeping
 Sweetwater Books
 Mrs. Drew Plays Her Hand
 Hobble Creek Press - Outdoors, preparedness, and gardening.
 CFI - LDS doctrinal titles for youth and adults.
 Plain Sight Publishing - National nonfiction.
 Council Press - One of the oldest imprints of Cedar Fort. Primarily historical fiction, near death experiences, and the works of Lee Nelson.
 Pioneer Plus - Gifts and journals.
 Horizon Publishers - Titles from the acquisition of the former publishing house of the same name. Primarily LDS-themed imprint. Notable Titles:
 Prophecy: Key to the Future

History

Founding
Cedar Fort, Inc was founded in May 1986 and initially produced LDS Books for other publishers.  The company's first book, Beyond the Veil by Lee Nelson (author of the Storm Testament Series), was published in September 1987. Beyond the Veil became an instant bestseller leading to an extended series which has sold more than 250,000 books.

Merges/Acquisitions
Over the years, Cedar Fort has merged with companies and acquired others. Most notable of these are Lee Nelson's Council Press (1998), Horizon Publishers (2004), Pioneer Plus (2004), and Books & Things Catalog (2012).

Pioneer Plus
Pioneer Plus created and sold LDS products for over 30 years before becoming a part of Cedar Fort, Inc. Cedar Fort continues to produce over 150 Pioneer Plus products every year.

Current operations
Cedar Fort began publishing for a national audience in 1998. The company currently produces and sells around 165 books, various CDs, DVDs, and ebooks every year.

In recent years, they have increased distribution with distributors and national chains such as Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Books a Million, Anderson, Costco, Barnes & Noble, Sam's Club, and Brodart.

Film distribution

The Saratov Approach
In 2014, Cedar Fort launched their LDS DVD & Blu-ray distribution with the film The Saratov Approach. The movie grossed more than $2.1 million at the box office. The DVD and Blu-ray distribution began March 11, 2015.

Wayward
The only other film project that Cedar Fort has taken on was the film Wayward, which re-tells the Parable of the Prodigal Son from the Bible set in modern times.

The film was released in theatres on November 7, 2015 and is available on DVD.

Controversy

Gay author biography dispute
In August 2013, Cedar Fort was involved in a dispute over the content of the author biography for the book Woven, a young adult fantasy novel. Author Michael Jensen wanted his biography to include the fact that he lived "in Salt Lake City with his boyfriend"—just as his coauthor's biography included reference to the coauthor's wife.

Cedar Fort acquisitions editor Angie Workman sent Jensen an email citing concerns that including the reference would harm Cedar Fort's relationship with LDS-owned bookstores, an assertion that Seagull Book officials said was "speculation." Jensen offered to change "boyfriend" to the non-gender-specific "partner," but Cedar Fort declined. When Jensen persisted with his biography request, Cedar Fort founder and publisher Lyle Mortimer refused and, according to Jensen, became belligerent and offensive, allegedly accusing Jensen of trying to destroy families and telling him that "God gave you a penis for a reason." In a media interview about the controversy, Cedar Fort's then-president, Bryce Mortimer, did not address Jensen's allegations about Lyle Mortimer's behavior, but did say that Jensen was merely using "our company as a springboard for supporting [homosexuality]." There are always two sides to a controversy. The references mainly point to input from only one side. The fact that the publishers have printed other books by gay authors seems to support Bryce Mortimer's claims. Their latest book, "Is He Nuts" written by a gay author would testify to that.

The ensuing media furor eventually resulted in Cedar Fort returning publishing rights to Jensen and his coauthor, who, thanks to the international attention, sold Woven at auction to Scholastic Press. The controversy also triggered a petition from Utah authors (including Carla Kelly and Jeffrey Scott Savage), most of them LDS and many signed by Cedar Fort, criticizing Mortimer for his alleged actions. Further confusing the issue, Cedar Fort had just published The Reluctant Blogger, which includes a sympathetic gay supporting character, leading several of the authors to complain about Cedar Fort's inconsistent approach to homosexuality.

Religious book
In 2014 Cedar Fort published The Lost Teachings of Jesus on the Sacred Place of Women by  Brigham Young University Professor Alonzo L. Gaskill. The book is based on the findings of the late 19th century Russian scholar Nicholas Notovitch, which contain the purported "lost teachings of Jesus Christ" from an ancient manuscript housed at a Buddhist monastery in India. Both Notovitch's and Alonzo's works have been challenged over the veracity of the source material. "It's absolutely fraudulent," said University of Utah Professor Dr. David Bokovoy in his opinion as to the book's source or accuracy.


Strategic Command (disambiguation)

Strategic Command may refer to:

United Kingdom Strategic Command
United States Strategic Command
Strategic Command (film), a 1997 film starring Michael Dudikoff and Richard Norton
Strategic Command (video game series), a series of turn-based strategy video games


Gunnar Tjomlid

Gunnar Roland Tjomlid (born 3 August 1974) is a Norwegian skeptic, secular humanist blogger, and author.

Early life
Tjomlid was born to a Norwegian father and English mother in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, where he lived until he was two years old. He then mostly grew up in Tonstad in Sirdal municipality. In December 2009 he moved to Oslo.

He was a Christian and a believer in some pseudosciences before becoming a skeptic and an atheist.

Skeptical activism
He started his blog 'Unfiltered Perception' in 2006, which changed name to 'Saksynt' in 2013 after he started to cooperate with Nettavisen. He was one of the co-founders of the Norwegian skeptical podcast Saltklypa, and was on their panel from 2010 to 2012.

In 2013 he published the book Placebodefekten (The Placebo Defect) which is about alternative medicine and how easy it is to fool oneself.

Tjomlid has been a persistent critic of alternative medicine and opposition to vaccination. Persons within that community have threatened him with a lawsuit and tried to portray him as a defender of pedophilia. In January 2015, one of the most active participants in that campaign was convicted for defamation.

In December 2010 he received the award "Tordenbloggen" and in January 2014 he received the award "Årets sterke mening" in Vixen Blog Awards 2013, for the blog Saksynt.

Bibliography
 Placebodefekten – Hvorfor alternativ behandling virker som den virker, Humanist Forlag
 Håndbok i krisemaksimering


Shabazz Palaces discography

The discography of Shabazz Palaces, an American experimental hip hop group, consists of four studio albums, three EPs, and a live album.

Albums

Studio albums

Extended plays

Live albums

Guest appearances

Remixes


2005–06 Utah Jazz season

The 2005-06 Utah Jazz season was the team's 32nd in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 26-56 output from the previous season. They managed to improve by 15 games, finishing 41-41, but failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third straight season.

On March 23, 2006, the Jazz' retired Karl Malone's jersey number 32 on his rafters reunited with his former teammate John Stockton, Frank Layden, his son Scott Layden, Jeff Hornacek, Mark Eaton, Antoine Carr, and head coach Jerry Sloan.

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Player statistics

Awards and records
Andrei Kirilenko, NBA All-Defensive First Team
Deron Williams, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team


Chrysler 700C

The Chrysler 700C is a concept luxury minivan unveiled at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit by Chrysler.

It was presented to the public to gauge the public's thoughts on the design as an option to redesign or replace the Chrysler Town and Country minivan. The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivan took design cues from this concept car.


North Fork, Arizona

North Fork is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. The population was 1,417 at the 2010 census.

Geography
North Fork is located at  (33.996514, −109.959281). According to the United States Geological Survey, the CDP has a total area of ,  land and  water.

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, there were 1,417 people living in the CDP: 712 male and 705 female. 548 were 19 years old or younger, 289 were ages 20–34, 280 were between the ages of 35 and 49, 226 were between 50 and 64, and the remaining 74 were aged 65 and above. The median age was 27.2 years.

The racial makeup of the CDP was 93.6% American Indian, 5.3% White, 0.4% Asian, 0.1% Black or African American, 0.1% Other, and 0.6% two or more races.  2.1% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 364 households in the CDP, 310 family households (85.2%) and 54 non-family households (14.8%), with an average household size of 3.89. Of the family households, 179 were married couples living together, while there were 34 single fathers and 97 single mothers; the non-family households included 45 adults living alone: 17 male and 28 female.

The CDP contained 396 housing units, of which 364 were occupied and 32 were vacant.


Automatic toilet paper dispenser

An automatic toilet paper dispenser is a toilet roll holder that can be either button or sensor-activated to fold and cut the toilet paper automatically.

Advantages
The automatic toilet-paper dispenser can help aid disabled users, especially in large facilities.

Manufacturers

Camitool by Shikoku
The Camitool by the Japanese company Shikoku uses motion sensor to dispense the toilet paper, so users do not have to touch the machine. It also cuts paper into 60, 90, or 120 cm portions and can be used with almost any brand of toilet paper. The dispenser comes in plastic as well as wood versions which cost roughly $750 and $1,200 respectively. It was released in 2012 and is currently being used by hospitals, and in public buildings in Kagawa.

SCOTT Coreless Bathroom Tissue by Kimberly-Clark
The SCOTT by Kimberly-Clark is activated when the user waves his hand under a sensor on the machine or by pushing and turning a knob on the front of the dispenser. A given amount of toilet paper with a programmable sheet length — 16", 20" and 24" - is rolled out through the dispenser. K-C claims a 20% reduction in the amount of toilet paper by using the SCOTT. It was released in 2007.

TPer
The TPer is a prototype of an automatic toilet-paper dispenser. It works by spinning up an appropriate amount of folded paper before slicing it free. It was created in order to aid disabled and elderly users.

Eadan
The Eadan brand by Hangzhou Golden Key Science and Technology Co., Ltd includes the functions of infrared induction, automatic paper feeding and automatic cutting. It comes with LCD display screen for information on time, paper quantity regulation and working state. It can be operated by using either batteries or DC power input.

OriFuji
The OriFuji automatically cuts the toilet papers and folds them into a neat triangle shape. This makes it easier for the next person to pull and roll out the paper. A total of 10 companies in Japan put their combined energies into the creation of the new automated paper cutting and folding machine. The concept initially came about as a way to express the Japanese culture of omotenashi (hospitality), as to greet and welcome foreigners with heartwarming service in restrooms ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. It was first introduced in 2015.


Tayliah Zimmer

Tayliah Zimmer (born 24 May 1985 in Barham) is an Australian swimmer.


Hi-Life

Hi-Life is a 1998 American Christmas romantic comedy film written and directed by Roger Hedden and starring Katrin Cartlidge, Charles Durning, Daryl Hannah, Moira Kelly, Peter Riegert, Campbell Scott and Eric Stoltz.

Cast
Katrin Cartlidge as April
Charles Durning as Fatty
Daryl Hannah as Maggie
Moira Kelly as Susan
Peter Riegert as Minor
Campbell Scott as Ray
Eric Stoltz as Jimmy
Anne De Salvo as Sherry
Saundra Santiago as Elena
Bruce MacVittie as Cluck
Tegan West as Phil
Carlo Alban as Ricky

Reception
The film has an 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.


Dentukrom

Dentukrom is a town in the Western Region of Ghana. The town is north of Domunli on the Atlantic coast of Ghana. It is located  west of the regional capital, Takoradi, in the region of Western Region, and is in the Jomoro District.  Other towns that surround Dentokrom are Domunli, Domun, Ejan, Dentukrom and Agufo.


Shimia

Shimia is a genus of bacteria from the family of Rhodobacteraceae.


Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 26–27 July.

Results


Uzay Heparı

Rony Uzay Heparı (24 July 1969 – 31 May 1994) was a Turkish composer, music producer, songwriter and actor.

Biography
Uzay finished his education at Saint Benoit high school and proceeded to finish the Piano section of the Istanbul University. First, he played piano in Zuhal Olcay's album Küçük Bir Öykü Bu (This is a little story) and Akrep Nalan's album Dağ Çiçeği (Flower of the mountain). He later started working with Sezen Aksu on numerous musical projects including her album named Deli Kızın Türküsü (The ballad of the crazy girl).

His wife Zeynep Tunuslu (who had appeared on Survivor Turkey in 2011) was pregnant when Heparı died. Their son, Uzay Kanat Heparı, was born after his death.

Heparı died on 31 May 1994 as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.

Works
 Zuhal Olcay - Küçük Bir Öykü Bu (1989)
 Zuhal Olcay - İki Çift Laf (1990)
 Akrep Nalan - Dağ Çiçeği (1991)
 Erol Evgin - Erol Evgin İle Yeniden (1991)
 Aşkın Nur Yengi - Hesap Ver (1991)
 Sertab Erener - Sakin Ol! (1992)
 Sezen Aksu - Deli Kızın Türküsü (1993)
 Levent Yüksel - Med Cezir (1993)
 Aşkın Nur Yengi - Sıramı Bekliyorum (1993)
 Nükhet Duru - Nükhet Duru (1994)
 Sertab Erener - La'l (1994)
 Demet Sağıroğlu - Kınalı Bebek (1994)

Filmography
 Gece, Melek ve Bizim Çocuklar (1992)


Riedijk

Riedijk is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Michiel Riedijk (born 1964), Dutch architect
Yago Riedijk, Dutch member of ISIL

Other
 Neutelings Riedijk Architects, Dutch architecture firm


Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing

The Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing is an informal name for winning of four major races in one season. This term has been applied under at least two different configurations upon which it was accomplished. The first known completed grand slam, which pertains only to eligible three-year old thoroughbred horses, occurred in 1941 when Whirlaway won the four major races that season (Triple Crown races Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes, as well as the Travers Stakes). The other winner of a grand slam was American Pharoah, who won the Triple Crown and the Breeders' Cup Classic (which is not limited to three-year old thoroughbreds).

Background
The Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes constitute the American Triple Crown of horse racing, and since 1919, only 13 horses have accomplished the feat. The Travers Stakes, which follows the Triple Crown races, is the third-ranked race for American three-year-olds according to international classifications, behind only the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. These four races are the oldest for three-year olds in the United States, with the Travers (1864) being the oldest, followed by the Belmont (1867), Preakness (1873), and Kentucky Derby (1875). Four horses that have won the triple crown attempted to complete the grand slam. Whirlaway accomplished the feat in 1941, while Gallant Fox (1930), Affirmed (1978), and American Pharoah (2015) came up short in their attempts. Over the years, twenty-one three-year old thoroughbred horses have won three of the four legs of the grand slam, with only Whirlaway having accomplished the feat of winning all four.

The Breeders' Cup series of year-end championship races began in 1984, which was well after the racing career of Affirmed, who in 1978 had been the 11th horse to win the Triple Crown. The Breeders' Cup traditionally has the highest purse of any race in the U.S. and one of the highest purses of any race in the world. It differs from the Triple Crown, other than in its relative newness, in that it is not held at the same location each year.

The term "Grand Slam" to describe the four-race sequence was used on June 7, 2015, by Bob Ehalt of ESPN,  announcing, "The Grand Slam era has officially begun," following American Pharoah's win in the 2015 Belmont Stakes, when owner Ahmed Zayat committed the colt to racing for the remainder of the 2015 season rather than immediately retiring the horse to stud. Other sports writers quickly picked up the concept and made the term a part of the horse racing lexicon. However, the term was first used by race historian Edward Hotaling when Whirlaway won his historic grand slam in 1941 by winning the Travers Stakes following his Triple Crown achievement.

The Breeders' Cup Classic, in contrast to the races in the Triple Crown, is not restricted to any age group and has traditionally been contested by three-year and four-year-old horses. The preliminary use of the term has suggested that a horse would have to win all four races in the same year to claim a Grand Slam title. To do so means that after the Triple Crown, the horse would have to compete against, and defeat, older, more physically developed and more experienced horses to win the Breeders' Cup Classic.

American Pharoah is the only horse to attempt both grand slam configurations, having lost in his attempt in the Travers Stakes, but winning the Breeders' Cup Classic.

Triple Crown series plus Travers Stakes winners

Note: Every thoroughbred horse that won at least three of the four grand slam event races was declared American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse except Shut Out in 1942 who was overshadowed by Alsab (winner of the Preakness Stakes) for that honor.

Triple Crown series plus Breeders Cup Classic winners

An ongoing challenge for young horses who win races in the Triple Crown series is remaining sound and healthy for future races. In the case of their owners, it can also be difficult to resist the temptation to protect a valuable horse from future risk of injury and retire them early to stud following a major win.

Since the Breeders' Cup Classic was first run in 1984, 12 winners were three-year-olds, but only nine had contested any of the Triple Crown races in the same year, and only five had won one or more of the earlier races. Overall, fewer than half of the Breeders' Cup Classic winners of any age had entered any of the Triple Crown races when they were three-year-olds. Only eight Classic winners, including American Pharoah, had also won at least one of the Triple Crown series races.  Some did not win in the same three-year-old season, but did so as older horses.

The first horse to contest the Triple Crown series and then win the Classic, as well as the first horse to win the Classic as a three-year-old was Proud Truth, who had finished fifth in the 1985 Kentucky Derby and won the Classic the same year.  The first horse to win both a Triple Crown series race and the Classic was Ferdinand, who won the 1986 Kentucky Derby as a three-year-old and then the 1987 Classic as a four-year-old. Of the five horses to win at least one Triple Crown race and the Classic in the same three-year-old season, the first was Sunday Silence, who won the Derby and the Preakness, and was second in the Belmont.  He was the horse who came the closest to winning the Grand Slam prior to American Pharoah's success. The only other horse to win three of the four Grand Slam races was Alysheba, but that horse won the Classic as a four-year-old.  Three other horses won a Triple Crown series race and then the Classic in their three-year-old season: Unbridled, A. P. Indy, and Curlin.  Unbridled and Curlin contested the Classic again as four-year-olds, but did not win.

Triple Crown series race winners who also won the Breeders' Cup Classic in the same year were:
1989: Sunday Silence, winner of the 1989 Kentucky Derby and 1989 Preakness Stakes, second in the 1989 Belmont Stakes; the first winner of both a Triple Crown race and the Classic as a three-year-old.
1990: Unbridled, winner of the 1990 Kentucky Derby, winner of the Classic as a three-year-old, also third in the 1991 Classic as a four-year-old. Unbridled was also the great-grandsire of American Pharoah.
1992:  A. P. Indy, winner of the 1992 Belmont Stakes, winner of the Classic as a three-year-old.
 2007: Curlin, winner of the 2007 Preakness Stakes, winner of the Classic as a three-year-old, also fourth in the 2008 Classic as a four-year-old.
 2015:  American Pharoah, first winner of the Grand Slam.

Triple Crown series race winners who won the Breeders' Cup Classic in a later year were:
1987: Ferdinand, winner of the 1986 Kentucky Derby, winner of the Classic as a four-year-old.
1988: Alysheba, winner of the 1987 Kentucky Derby and 1987 Preakness Stakes, second to Ferdinand in the Classic as a three-year-old, winner of the Classic as a four-year-old.
 2011:  Drosselmeyer, winner of the 2010 Belmont Stakes, winner of the Classic as a four-year-old.
Three-year-old winners Unbridled and Curlin each returned to defend their Breeders' Cup Classic titles the following year, but without winning.

Other winners of the Breeders' Cup Classic who had entered, but not won, a Triple Crown series race included:
Skywalker, sixth in the 1985 Derby before winning the 1986 Classic as a four-year-old.
Concern three-year-old Classic winner in 1994, third in that same year's Preakness.
Skip Away 1997 Classic winner, contested all three Triple Crown races the year prior, finishing twelfth in the 1996 Derby, then second in both the Preakness and the Belmont.
Cat Thief, a three-year-old winner of the 1999 Classic, was third in the 1999 Kentucky Derby and seventh in the Preakness.
 Mucho Macho Man, five-year-old winner of the Classic in 2013, had contested all three legs of the Triple Crown in 2011, finishing third in the Derby, sixth in the Preakness and seventh in the Belmont.
Bayern three-year-old winner of the 2014 Classic finished second-to-last in the Preakness.

An interesting "Triple Crown" winner was Invasor, who won the 2006 Classic, and had been the 2005 winner of Uruguay's Triple Crown.  Invasor won his Triple Crown by November 2005 and won the Classic in the ensuing year (the Uruguay version races through the time period that the Classic is raced, so he swept the three races in 2005 and then finished it off in his first Classic opportunity at four years of age).  Other horses who won major races in other nations prior to a Breeders' Cup Classic win included 1998 winner Awesome Again, who had won the 1997 Queen's Plate, a Canadian Classic race.

Individual race winners

[Fy] denotes a filly.


Edith Selig

Édith Selig-Papée is a French classical soprano in concert, opera and Lied, known for singing music of Johann Sebastian Bach and French composers. She has been teaching at the École Normale de Musique de Paris.

Professional career
In 1958, she recorded Mahler's Symphony No. 2 with , the Choeurs et Orchestre national de la Radiodiffusion française conducted by Carl Schuricht.

She recorded Bach cantatas with Fritz Werner, the Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn and the Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra, including Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21, an early ambitious work in eleven movements, performed in Weimar in 1714 on the third Sunday after Trinity. She also recorded with the same ensemble Bach's Actus tragicus and Easter Oratorio. In the 1960s she recorded Bach's Magnificat and Missa in F Major, BWV 233, with Karl Ristenpart, Claudia Hellmann, Georg Jelden, Jakob Stämpfli and Maurice André (trumpet).

She has specialized in singing works of French composers. In 1960 she recorded in Paris Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, conducted by Charles Bruck, with Rita Gorr and Nadine Sautereau. In 1963 she recorded Rameau's Acte de ballet Pigmalion, conducted by Marcel Couraud. She recorded Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard's Te Deum, conducted by Louis Frémaux. In 1996 she recorded Charpentier's Te Deum with the Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Paul Kuentz.

She has been teaching at the École Normale de Musique de Paris.

Along with voice teachers such as Régine Crespin and Jakob Stämpfli, Edith Selig-Papée was a founding member of the European Voice Teachers Association (EVTA) in 1988. She has lectured internationally, such as on La Mélodie Francaise in Detmold and Philadelphia.

She has served on the jury of international competitions such as the 23" Concours international de chant de Paris in 2001


Ray Oldenburg

Ray Oldenburg (born 1932) is an American urban sociologist who is known for writing about the importance of informal public gathering places for a functioning civil society, democracy, and civic engagement. He coined the term "third place" and is the author of the books Celebrating The Third Place and The Great Good Place, which was a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice for 1989. He has two grandchildren, Blake and Drew Dorris.

Academic career
Oldenburg is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of West Florida in Pensacola. He received his B.S., Mankato State University, 1954; M.A., University of Minnesota, 1965; and Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1968.

Philosophy
Oldenburg suggests that beer gardens, main streets, pubs, cafes, coffeehouses, post offices, and other "third places" are the heart of a community's social vitality and the foundation of a functioning democracy. They promote social equality by leveling the status of guests, provide a setting for grassroots politics, create habits of public association, and offer psychological support to individuals and communities.

Oldenburg identifies that in modern suburban societies time is primarily spent in isolated first (home) and second (work) places. In contrast, third places offer a neutral public space for a community to connect and establish bonds. Third places "host the regular, voluntary, informal, and happily anticipated gatherings of individuals beyond the realms of home and work."

Bibliography


Judith Ingolfsson

Judith Ingolfsson (born in Reykjavík, Iceland) is a violinist.

Biography

The New York Times characterized her playing as producing “both fireworks and a singing tone,” the Washington Post praised the “finely honed bowing and stylistic finesse” of her playing, and Strings Magazine described her tone as “gorgeous, intense, and variable, flawlessly pure and beautiful in every register.”

At the latest since winning the first prize at the renowned International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, Iceland-native Judith Ingolfsson celebrated the final breakthrough as an internationally sought-after soloist and has performed in many of the world’s most famous venues, including, for example, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Tokyo City Opera, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and New York’s Carnegie Hall.

She has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Tokyo, the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jena Philharmonic, the Philharmonischen Staatsorchester Mainz, the Bollington Festival Orchestra (UK), and the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt (Oder). She had collaborated with conductors such as Wolfgang Sawallisch, Raymond Leppard, Gilbert Varga, Jesús López-Cobos, Rico Saccani, Gerard Schwarz, and Leonard Slatkin.

Her concerts have taken her through almost the entire USA and to many other countries, including Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, Japan, Hungary, Iceland, Puerto Rico, Panama, and Macau.
She began to play violin at the age of three, and gave her debut as a soloist with orchestra in Germany already at the age of eight. She moved to the USA and then in her early teens to Philadelphia in order to study with the legendary Jascha Brodsky at the Curtis Institute of Music. She subsequently studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music in the classes of David Cerone and Donald Weilerstein.
Not only did she win a gold medal at the Indianapolis Competition, but she was also a prizewinner at the Premio Paganini Competition in Genoa and at the Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York. In 1999 she was honored by National Public Radio as Debut Artist of the Year, and in 2001 received the Chamber Music America/WQXR Record Award for her debut CD with works by Bloch, Rorem, Bach, and Wieniawski.

Judith’s discography meanwhile includes four further CDs: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto (BPO LIVE, 2008), “Simon Laks en hommage” (EDA, 2010), the Six Solo Sonatas by Eugène Ysaÿe (GENUIN, 2011), and works by Stravinsky and Shostakovich with pianist Vladimir Stoupel (AUDITE, 2011).

Also a welcome guest at music festivals, Judith has accepted invitations to festivals in the USA, Poland, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, France, and the Netherlands. In 2010 she was artist-in-residence in Villa Esche in Chemnitz. In 2009, together with Vladimir Stoupel, she founded her own festival “Aigues-Vives en Musiques” in the south of France.

Judith Ingolfsson is also an avid chamber musician and has collaborated with the Vogler, Avalon, and Miami String Quartet, the Broyhill Chamber Ensemble, and the Ronen Chamber Ensemble. Judith Ingolfsson performs regularly with Russian pianist Vladimir Stoupel as The Ingolfsson-Stoupel Duo. The Duo devotes itself to unusual repertoire and dynamic duo programs that expand the form of the traditional violin-piano recital, and performs in the USA, Switzerland, Poland, Italy, France, and Germany, for example, at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival.

Judith has a special interest in less well-known twentieth-century composers such as Simon Laks and Haflidi Hallgrimsson, or the Swedish composers Amanda Maier and Laura Netzel. With the Jena Philharmonic and the Staatsorchester Mainz, she recently performed the Violin Concertos by Rautavaara and Roslawez. Baroque compositions, such as the works for solo violin by Telemann and Tartini, she plays on the modern violin while taking into consideration historical performance practice.

Judith’s intensive occupation with the texts of the compositions has repeatedly led to collaborations with music publishers. Thus she has also been active as an editor, for example, of the Trois Pieces de Concert by Simon Laks, which has appeared in her arrangement for violin and piano.

In the 2013/2014 season, Judith is looking forward to several appearances with the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt with whom she will interpret violin concertos by Khachaturian and Paganini. She will also be heard in violin recitals in the Konzerthaus Berlin as well as in Stuttgart, Chemnitz, and other German cities. In addition she is to give concerts in France and Croatia, and will tour the USA in March 2014.

Since 2008, Judith Ingolfsson has been Professor at the Stuttgart Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst. She plays a violin by Lorenzo Guadagnini from 1750.


Zoque (dish)

The "Zoque" is a variant of the very popular salmorejo in Málaga. It is a cold soup that has, as main ingredients, red vegetables, such as tomatoes, red pepper, carrot, etc. It differs from the gazpacho because this preparation, uses garlic and carrot, besides presenting a thicker texture. It is usually served cold with ham or shrimp.

Preparation and characteristics
One feature of this soup is its creamy texture. The word "Zoque" has its origins in the Arabic language, "suqat", meaning waste or worthless item, indicating the use made of stale bread as one of its ingredients. It is customary to serve with grapes.


Sultan Cem

Sultan Cem or Cem Sultan (December 22, 1459 – February 25, 1495) (; ; ), also referred to as Jem Sultan, or Zizim by the French, was a pretender to the Ottoman throne in the 15th century.

Cem was the third son of Sultan Mehmed II and younger half-brother of Sultan Bayezid II, and thus a half-uncle of Sultan Selim I of Ottoman Empire.

After being defeated by Bayezid, Cem went on exile in Egypt and Europe, under the protection of the Mamluks, the Knights Hospitaller of St. John on the island of Rhodes, and ultimately the Pope.

Early life
Cem was born on December 22, 1459 in Edirne. His mother was Çiçek Hatun. In accordance with the custom for an Ottoman prince (şehzade, şehzāde), Cem was appointed to a provincial governorship of Kastamonu in 1469. In December 1474, Cem replaced his deceased brother Mustafa as governor of Karaman in Konya.

Succession dispute
At the death of Mehmed the Conqueror, on May 3, 1481, Bayezid was the governor of Sivas, Tokat and Amasya, and Cem ruled the provinces of Karaman and Konya. With no designated heir after Mehmed, conflict over succession to the throne erupted between Cem and Bayezid.

Contrary to Islamic law, which prohibits any unnecessary delay in burial, Mehmed II's body was transported to Constantinople, where it lay three days. His grand vizier Karamanlı Mehmet Pasha – believing himself to be fulfilling the wishes of the recently deceased Sultan – attempted to arrange a situation whereby the younger son Cem, whose governing seat at Konya was closer than his brother Bayezid's seat at Amasya, would arrive in Constantinople prior to his older sibling and be able to claim the throne.

However, Bayezid had already established a political network of influential pashas (two of whom were his sons-in-law), the janissaries, and those opposed to the policies of Mehmed II and the grand vizier. In spite of Karamanlı Mehmet Pasha's attempts at secrecy, the Sultan's death and the grand vizier's plan were discovered by the Janissary corps, who supported Bayezid over Cem and had been kept out of the capital after the Sultan's death. As a result, the Janissary corps rebelled, entering the capital, and lynched the grand vizier.

After the death of Karamanlı Mehmet Pasha, there was widespread rioting among the janisseries in Constantinople as there was neither a sultan nor a grand vizier to control the developments.  Understanding the danger of the situation, former grand vizier Ishak Pasha took the initiative of beseeching Bayezid to arrive with all due haste. In the meantime, Ishak Pasha took the cautionary measure of proclaiming Bayezid's 11-year-old son, Sehzade (prince) Korkut, as regent until the arrival of his father.

Prince Bayezid arrived at Constantinople on May 21, 1481 and was declared Sultan Bayezid II. Only six days later, Cem captured the city of Inegöl with an army of 4,000. Sultan Bayezid sent his army under the command of vizier Ayas Pasha to kill his brother. On May 28, Cem had defeated Bayezid's army and declared himself Sultan of Anatolia, establishing his capital at Bursa. He proposed to divide the empire between him and his brother, leaving Bayezid the European side. Bayezid furiously rejected the proposal, declared that "between rulers there is no kinship," and marched on to Bursa. The decisive battle between the two contenders to the Ottoman throne took place on June 19, 1481, near the town of Yenişehir. Cem lost and fled with his family to the Mamluk Cairo.

In Cairo
The Mamlūk sultan Qāʾit Bāy (r. 1468–1496) received Cem with honour in Cairo, and Cem took the opportunity to go on pilgrimage to Mecca. (He is the only Ottoman prince to have made the pilgrimage.)

In Cairo, Cem received a letter from his brother, offering Cem one million akçes (the Ottoman currency) to stop competing for the throne. Cem rejected the offer, and in the following year he launched a campaign in Anatolia under the support of Kasım Bey (Qāsım Beğ), heir of the ruling house of Karaman, and the sanjek bey of Ankara. On May 27, 1482, Cem besieged Konya but was soon defeated and forced to withdraw to Ankara. He intended to give it all up and return to Cairo but all of the roads to Egypt were under Bayezid's control. Cem then tried to renegotiate with his brother. Bayezid offered him a stipend to live quietly in Jerusalem but refused to divide the empire, prompting Cem to flee to Rhodes on July 29, 1482.

Imprisonment

Knights Hospitaler

Upon arriving at Rhodes, Cem asked the protection of the French captain of Bodrum Castle. Pierre d'Aubusson, grand master of the Knights of St. John, the Latin Catholic order on the island. On July 29, Cem arrived at Rhodes and was received with honor. In return for the overthrow of the new sultan Bayezid, Prince Cem offered perpetual peace between the Ottoman Empire and Christendom if he regained the Ottoman throne. However, Pierre d'Aubusson realized that conflict with Bayezid would be imprudent, so he secretly approached Bayezid, concluded a peace treaty, and then reached a separate agreement on Cem's captivity in March 1483. D'Aubusson promised Bayezid to detain Cem in return for an annual payment of 40,000 ducats for his maintenance.

Therefore, the Knights took the money and betrayed Cem, who thereafter became a well-treated prisoner at Rhodes. Afterwards, Cem was sent to the castle of Pierre d'Aubusson in France.

France
Cem had reached Nice on 17 October 1482, en route to Hungary, but the Knights were playing for time. After the agreement about his confinement was finalised, he became a hostage, as well as a potential tool. Some hoped to use his name and person to foment turmoil in the Ottoman realm, including the Mamlūk sultan Qāʾit Bāy, the king of Hungary, Matthias Corvinus, and Pope Innocent VIII. Others, such as the Knights of Saint John, the Venetians, the king of Naples, and Popes Innocent VIII and Pope Alexander VI, viewed his presence in Europe as a deterrent to Ottoman aggression against Christendom and an opportunity for profit. For his part, Bayezid II dispatched ambassadors and spies to the West to assure that his rival was detained indefinitely, and he even attempted to eliminate him through assassination.

Cem spent a year in the Duchy of Savoy. After the death of King Louis XI of France (August 30, 1483), who had refused to accept a Muslim in his lands, the Knights of Saint John transferred him to Limousin (D'Aubusson's birthplace). Cem spent the next five years there, mostly at Bourganeuf. He was well treated, but essentially a captive (a fortified tower was constructed to house him). Bayezid II negotiated both with D'Aubusson, to have Cem returned to Rhodes, and with representatives of the new French monarch, Charles VIII, to have him kept in France. When the king of Hungary and Pope Innocent VIII sought custody of the prince, the Pope prevailed, and Cem arrived in Rome on 13 March 1489.

Rome
Innocent VIII rebuffed overtures from the Mamlūks and prepared to launch a crusade against the Ottomans, but it was postponed when Matthias Corvinus of Hungary died on April 6, 1490. These developments worried Bayezid, who contacted D'Aubusson and also sent Mustafa Bey (later a grand vizier) to Rome, to conclude a secret agreement, in December 1490. The sultan promised not to attack Rhodes, Rome, or Venice, as well as to pay Cem's allowance of 40,000 ducats to the Pope (10,000 of which were earmarked for the Knights of Saint John), in return for the prince's incarceration. Apparently, Cem found life in Rome more pleasant than in France, and he had lost hope of seizing the Ottoman throne, but he wanted to die in a Muslim land. His wish would not be realized.

Pope Innocent VIII unsuccessfully attempted to use Cem to begin a new crusade against the Ottomans. The Pope also tried to convert Cem to Christianity, without success. Cem's presence in Rome was useful nevertheless, because whenever Bayezid intended to launch a military campaign against Christian nations of the Balkans, the Pope would threaten to release his brother.

In exchange for maintaining the custody of Cem, Bayezid paid Innocent VIII 120,000 crowns (at the time, equal to all other annual sources of papal revenue combined), a relic of the Holy Lance (which allegedly had pierced the side of Christ), one hundred Moorish slaves, and an annual fee of 45,000 ducats. Much of the costs associated with the Sistine Chapel were paid with funds from the Ottoman ransoms.

Death
In 1494, Charles VIII invaded Italy, to take possession of the kingdom of Naples, and announced a crusade against the Turks. He compelled Pope Alexander VI to surrender Cem, who left Rome with the French army on January 28, 1495. The prince died in Naples on February 24. Some accounts attribute his death to poison, but he probably succumbed to pneumonia.

Cem died in Capua, while on a military expedition to conquer Naples under the command of King Charles VIII of France. Sultan Bayezid declared national mourning for three days. He also requested to have Cem's body for a Islamic funeral, but it was not until four years after Cem's death that his body was finally brought to the Ottoman lands because of attempts to receive more gold for Cem's corpse. He was buried in Bursa.

Family
Consort: Gülşirin Hatun
Sons: Cem had two sons:
Şehzade Oğuzhan (murdered by Bayezid II, Istanbul, 1482);
Şehzade Murad (murdered by Suleiman the Magnificent, Rhodes, December 1522), married and had two daughters;
Daughters: Cem had two daughters:
Gevhermülük Sultan, married firstly in 1496 to Damat Sultan An-Nasir Muhammad, son of Qaitbay, married secondly in 1503 to Damat Sinan Pasha Beylerbey of Anatolia;
Ayşe Sultan, married in 1503 to Damat Mehmed Bey, son of Sinan Pasha, Sanjak-bey of Ioannina

Treatments and references

In literature
In the 1490s, a book in Latin was written about Cem's life. It was illustrated by Guillaume Caoursin, vice-chancellor of the Knights Hospitaller. It was published in several European cities that possessed printing capability: Venice, Paris, Bruges, Salamanca, Ulm and London. The many illustrations in the book are the first accurately described representations in Western Europe of costumes and weapons of the Turkish people.

An account of Cem's captivity—and of the political machinations that kept him captive—forms the basis of the historical novel, Francesca: Les Jeux du Sort (1872), written by the Haitian writer and political exile, Demesvar Delorme.

Cem's life also served as inspiration for a character in the book The Damned Yard (1954) by Ivo Andrić.

Bulgarian Ottoman historian Vera Mutafchieva, inspired by Cem Sultan's importance in European politics of the 15th century, wrote a novel (The Cem Case) about him in 1967. The book strives for historical accuracy and was translated into Turkish, German, Rumanian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, French, Estonian, Greek and Croatian.

In television
 In the Showtime series The Borgias, Cem is played by British actor Elyes Gabel, and is depicted in Rome under the papacy of Innocent VIII's successor, Pope Alexander VI. He is also portrayed to have sought to convert to Christianity, and to have been assassinated by Alexander VI's son, Juan Borgia.
 In the Canal+ series Borgia, the character of Cem, played by Nicolás Belmonte, dies from fever when traveling with Cesare Borgia in Charles' campaign against Naples.


Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín

Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín, O. de M. (August 16, 1646 – 1700) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (1699–1700) and Bishop of Puerto Rico (1683–1699).

Biography
Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín was born in Lima, Peru and in 1666, was ordained a priest in the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy. On 22 May 1683, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed on November 15, 1683 by Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Puerto Rico. In 1684, he was consecrated Bishop by Savio Millini, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Orvieto. On June 1, 1699, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. He served as Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra until his death in 1700.


1958 Meistaradeildin

Statistics of Meistaradeildin in the 1958 season.

Overview
It was contested by 5 teams, and KÍ Klaksvík won the championship.

League table

Results


Rajagopal

Rajagopal or Raja Gopal is a common name in India. Notable persons with that name include:

Rajagopal (professor and researcher), Indian business and marketing expert
Rajagopal Muthukumaraswamy (born 1936), publisher, librarian, translator and scholar
Rajagopal P. V. (born 1948), Indian Gandhian activist
Rajagopal Sathish (born 1981), Indian cricketer
Rajagopal Seziyan (1923–2017), Indian writer
A. Rajagopal, Indian politician, social worker, and lawyer
Cadambathur Tiruvenkatacharlu Rajagopal (1903–1978), Indian mathematician
Dandamudi Rajagopal (1916–1981), Indian weightlifter, bodybuilder, actor, sports administrator, and coach
Heera Rajagopal (born 1971), Indian actress
Jijoy Rajagopal (born 1977), Indian actor
Lagadapati Rajagopal (born 1964), Indian politician
K. Rajagopal (born 1956), Malaysian football player and coach
Kuderu Rajagopal (born 1953), Indian educator
M. R. Rajagopal (born 1947), Indian  physician
Nisha Rajagopal (born 1980), Indian musician
O. Rajagopal (born 1929), Indian politician
P. Rajagopal (Ambur MLA), Indian politician
P. Rajagopal (businessman) (1947–2019), Indian businessman
Pakkiri Rajagopal, Indian-American politician
Rosalind Rajagopal (1903–1996), American educator
V. Rajagopal (born 1927), Indian cricket umpire
Vatsala Rajagopal (born 1933), Indian actress


Drimpton

Drimpton is a  village in the English county of Dorset, situated approximately  northwest of Beaminster and  southwest of Crewkerne in Somerset. It lies within the civil parish of Broadwindsor.

Drimpton is sited on a small tributary of the River Axe which was unnamed until 2005 when, after a vote by villagers, it was officially named the "Little Axe". Neighbouring settlements include Clapton, Seaborough, Blackdown, Kittwhistle, Broadwindsor, Burstock, Greenham and Netherhay, the latter two being small hamlets virtually contiguous with Drimpton. At Greenham there was once a flax mill, part of which still survives as a factory making pet products. Three books, chronicling life in the area, have recently been compiled; the project was called 'Village Voices'.

The village has two places of worship: the Anglican parish church of St Mary's and the Netherhay Methodist Chapel. St Mary's was built as a chapel of ease to the parish church of St John the Baptist in Broadwindsor and completed in 1867. The Methodist chapel was built in 1838. A school serving up to 100 mixed pupils was opened in 1874 and enlarged in 1886. It is now a private residence, the Old School House.