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# Nancy Speir

Nancy Speir (born April 25, 1958) is an American sculptor, painter, and graphic artist. She is best known as an illustrator of children's books.

## Biography
### Early life

Nancy Speir was born on April 25, 1958, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her father, Charles Lucas Speir, was an electrician for American Airlines who died of brain cancer when Speir was three years old. Then she and her family moved to Kansas City, Missouri. Her mother, Elaine Le Blanc-Speir, née Palmier, "remarried a cruel and emotionally unstable" alcoholic. Speir often moved within Kansas City as a child, and she had few friends due to the transient lifestyle. She loved animals but had to give up her pets when she moved. She managed the trauma of her youth by drawing.
Speir attended Kansas City Art Institute; she later said she hated art school. Speir married Matthew Donald Rudie, a construction company operations manager, in 1983. She had met him on a Hallmark research trip.

### Career

Speir lives in Santa Rosa, California. She was an artist and supervisor at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, MO, and Palo Alto, California. She was a designer for Sanrio, Inc.
She has worked as a freelance artist since 1986. Her exhibitions have included Humor 2, Society of Illustrators, New York City in 1988 and Illustration Annual, Communication Arts Magazine in 1988.
Speir has illustrated several children's books for various authors, including two written by Alice B. McGinty and three written by Patricia Hubbell.
About her work in Eliza's Kindergarten Surprise (Amazon Children's Publishing, 2007), Kirkus Reviews said, "Speir’s acrylic paintings rely on bright, bold colors to capture the reader’s attention. The simplicity of her illustrations allows readers to connect with Eliza’s changing emotions". Publishers Weekly wrote, "a spare, cartoon quality evokes an easygoing, childlike feel".
Kirkus Reviews noted how in Teacher: Showing, Helping, Caring (Marshall Cavendish, 2009), "Speir’s bright acrylics depict a multiethnic classroom full of all the right impedimenta (computer, chalkboard, reading corner) and presided over by a white, bespectacled, pixie-cut woman" in a critical review that ended, "It’s too bad, though, that neither author nor illustrator chose to break the stereotype just a teensy bit".

## Selected works

* Henny Penny. Written by Wallace C. Wadsworth. Checkerboard Press, 1986.
* Mr. Boffin. Written by Laurence Schorsch. Checkerboard, 1993.
* The Animal Picnic. Written by Leslie D. Perkins. Scholastic, 1994.
* Eliza's Kindergarten Surprise. Written by Alice B. McGinty. Amazon Children's Publishing, 2007.
* My First Airplane Ride! Written by Patricia Hubbell. Marshall Cavendish, 2008.
* Teacher: Showing, Helping, Caring. Written by Patricia Hubbell. Marshall Cavendish, 2009.
* Check It Out! Written by Patricia Hubbell. Marshall Cavendish, 2011.
* Eliza's Kindergarten Pet. Written by Alice B. McGinty. Two Lions, 2012.
# Kip Averitt

Barry Kip Averitt (born October 31, 1954) is an American politician who served as a member of the Texas Senate from the 22nd District from 2002 to 2010.

## Early life and education

Averitt was born in West Texas in Crane in Crane County, near Odessa, Texas. Averitt is a graduate of Baylor University in Waco, where he now resides.

## Career

While in the senate, Averitt chaired the Senate Committee on Natural Resources where he authored Senate Bill 3 in 2007, which, following Senate Bill 1 in 1997 and Senate Bill 2 in 2001, is one of the most important bills in modern Texas history related to water. Senate Bill 3 provided a science and stakeholder-driven environmental flow planning process for the state, created the Water Conservation Advisory Council, and set the Edwards Aquifer Authority on the path of creating a habitat conservation plan to protect endangered species in San Marcos and Comal springs.
Averitt inserted language into HB 2649 outlawing the profession of theatrical or architectural lighting designer unless licensed as an engineer, electrician, architect, or interior designer.
Averitt stepped down from his seat on March 8, 2010, citing health problems.

## Election history

Senate election history of Averitt.

### Most recent election
#### 2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 22 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Kip Averitt (Incumbent) | 112,765 | 80.60 | +13.22 |
| | Libertarian | Phil Smart | 27,141 | 19.40 | +19.40 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 85,624 | 61.20 | +26.45 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 139,906 | | −11.38 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### Previous elections
#### 2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 22 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Kip Averitt | 106,371 | 67.38 | −32.62 |
| | Democratic | Richard "Richie" J. Renschler Jr. | 51,506 | 32.62 | +32.62 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 54,865 | 34.75 | −65.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 157,877 | | +88.10 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
Republican primary, 2002: Senate District 22 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| ✓ | Kip Averitt | 20,074 | 57.63 |
| | Ed Harrison | 14,758 | 42.37 |
| Majority | Majority | 5,316 | 15.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 34,832 | |
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# Nick Steitz

Nick Steitz (born August 18, 1982) is a former American football / Arena football guard. He has spent time with the Washington Redskins, the New England Patriots the San Francisco 49ers, and the Grand Rapids Rampage.
# Pat Kreitlow

Patrick J. Kreitlow (born July 3, 1964) is an American politician, former broadcaster, and communications consultant. A Democrat, Kreitlow was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Wisconsin's 23rd Senate district, from 2007 to 2011. In November 2008, Kreitlow was elected President pro tempore of the Wisconsin State Senate. He was defeated for reelection in 2010 by Terry Moulton. Kreitlow ran for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district seat in the 2012 election against incumbent Sean Duffy, who was reelected.

## Early life, education, and journalism career

Born in 1964 in Saint Paul, Minnesota to parents Joan and Jerry Kreitlow, Kreitlow graduated from Apple Valley High School in 1982, then attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where he graduated with a B.A. in Journalism in 1986. He and his wife, Sharry, have two daughters, Samantha and Chelsea.
Kreitlow is a former journalist, having worked at WAXX-FM/WAYY and other radio stations. He joined the news department of WEAU-TV in the mid-1990s, becoming the 6pm anchor and 10pm co-anchor in 1998. Kreitlow left WEAU-TV in May 2005. He also served as the president of the Western Wisconsin Press Club.

## Wisconsin Senate
### Elections
#### 2006

Kreitlow was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 2006, defeating 17-year incumbent Republican State Senator David Zien 51%-49%, a difference of just 1,096 votes.

#### 2010

In May 2010, numerous news sources mentioned Kreitlow as a possible candidate for the open United States House of Representatives seat from Wisconsin's 7th congressional district following the retirement of Congressman Dave Obey. He later declined to enter the race and endorsed Democratic State Senator Julie Lassa in her run for the seat.
On November 2, 2010, Terry Moulton, a former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, defeated Kreitlow 54%-46%.

### Tenure

Kreitlow delivered the 2010 Senate Democratic response to Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle's State of the State Address. In November 2009, along with Senators Julie Lassa and Jon Erpenbach, Kreitlow announced the Senate Democrats CORE business growth initiative.

### Committee assignments

During his tenure, he served on the Campaign Finance Reform, Rural Issues and Information Technology, Economic Development, Job Creation, Family Prosperity and Housing, Education; Ethics Reform and Government Operations; and Public Health, Senior Issues, Long Term Care and Privacy committees. Kreitlow served as chair of the committee on Rural Issues and Information Technology and the Special Committee on Domestic Bio-fuels.

## 2012 congressional election

Kreitlow ran for Wisconsin's 7th Congressional district seat in the November 2012 election. The incumbent representative, Sean Duffy, was reelected.

## 2018 gubernatorial election

Kreitlow served as the senior advisor to candidate for Governor of Wisconsin Dana Wachs.
# Das zweite Schraube-Fragment

Das zweite Schraube-Fragment is a 1985 Austrian short adventure film directed by Walter Andreas Christen. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.

## Cast

* Mathias Forberg - Günther Schraube
* Axel Klingenberg - Klingenberg
* Paola Loew - Putzfrau
* Jost Meyer - Pianist
* Justus Neumann - Prof. Neumann
* Ella Peneder - Sopranistin
* Jutta Schwarz - Jutta
* Bruno Thost - Dr. Grabl
* Freyja Wisböck - Hure
* Dieter Witting - Dieter
# Vinca herbacea

Vinca herbacea, with common name herbaceous periwinkle, is a flowering plant native to eastern Europe.

## Description

Vinca herbacea is a herbaceous perennial growing as a trailing vine, spreading along the ground and rooting along the stems to form clonal colonies, growing up to 10–20 centimetres (4–8 in) high.
The leaves are opposite, lanceolate, 1–5 cm (1⁄2–2 in) long and 0.2–3 cm (1⁄8–1+1⁄8 in) broad, glossy green with an entire margin, and nearly sessile with only a very short petiole.
The flowers are produced in late summer, blue-violet or occasionally white, 2.5–3.5 cm (1–1+1⁄2 in) diameter, with a five-lobed corolla.

## Distribution and habitat

The plant is native to eastern and southeastern Europe, from Austria south to Greece, and east to the Crimea, and also in northern Western Asia, in the Caucasus and Alborz mountains, mainly in steppe habitats.

## Cultivation

Vinca herbacea is occasionally grown as an ornamental plant in temperate climate gardens, as a rock garden plant.
# Raino Koskenkorva

Raino Koskenkorva (6 December 1926 – 24 December 2013) was a Finnish cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
# 1915 Massachusetts Aggies football team

The 1915 Massachusetts Aggies football team represented Massachusetts Agricultural College in the 1915 college football season. The team was coached by Arthur Brides and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. The 1915 season was Brides's last as head coach of the Aggies. Massachusetts finished the season with a record of 4–2–2.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
| September 25 | at Dartmouth | Alumni OvalHanover, NH | L 0–13 |
| October 2 | at Harvard | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA | L 0–7 |
| October 9 | Colby | Alumni FieldAmherst, MA | W 26–0 |
| October 16 | at Holy Cross | Fitton FieldWorcester, MA | T 7–7 |
| October 23 | at Worcester Tech | Alumni FieldWorcester, MA | W 27–0 |
| October 30 | at Tufts | Tufts OvalSomerville, MA | T 14–14 |
| November 6 | Middlebury | Alumni FieldAmherst, MA | W 25–0 |
| November 13 | at Springfield YMCA | Pratt FieldSpringfield, MA | W 14–13 |
# Renaud I, Count of Soissons

Renaud I, Count of Soissons (c. 985–1057) was Grand Master of the Hotel de France. He died at a siege of the tower of Soissons. His title passed to his daughter Adelaide.

## Biography

Renaud I was the son of Guy I, Count of Soissons, and his wife Adelaide. The Acta Sanctorum commentary of the life of Saint Simon de Valois (based on a manuscript of the abbey of Saint-Claude) identifies both Renaud and his father. Renaud was Grand Master of the Hotel de France.
Renaud died in the siege of the tower of Soissons, presumably the Soissons Cathedral, in 1057. It is unclear as to the circumstances of this siege. It is not clear when Renaud's son Guy became Count of Soissons, but it was apparently some time before 1057 when they both died in the siege of Soissons. Upon their death, Renaud's daughter Adelaide became the Countess of Soissons.

## Family

Renaud married Lessaline de Dammartin, the widow of Hilduin III, Count of Montdidier. They had two children:
* Guy II, Count of Soissons
* Adelaide, Countess of Soissons
Because of his marriage, Renaud was related to the House of Montdidier, the Counts of Brienne, the Counts of Perche, the Kings of Aragon, and the Counts of Chiny.
# Georges Pouilley

Georges Pouilley (23 July 1893 – 12 January 1958) was a French freestyle swimmer. He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 4 × 200 m, but failed to reach the finals. He later became an aviator.
# Reino Lindroos

Reino Lindroos (16 May 1918 – 6 February 1976) was a Finnish field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
# Shift Technologies (online marketplace)

Shift Technologies, Inc. was an American company that sold used vehicles online and also maintained a consignment-based online marketplace for buying and selling used cars. Founded in 2014, Shift was based in San Francisco's Mission District. As of October 2022, the company offered its services in the San Francisco Bay Area, Greater Los Angeles, and Portland, OR. On October 6, 2023, Shift Technologies announced its intentions to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As of that date, its final two locations in Oakland and Pomona, California, and its website are no longer in operation.

## History

Shift was founded in 2013 by: George Arison, Toby Russell, Minnie Ingersoll, Christian Ohler, Joel Washington and Morgan Knutson. The company was incorporated in 2014, and first launched in San Francisco in 2015.
The company initially served as an intermediary that bought and sold used cars on a consignment basis. The company then began acquiring cars outright and reselling them on its platform direct to buyers, removing the peer-to-peer consignment model.
As a private company, Shift received funding from Lithia Motors Inc., Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (GSIP), Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Highland Capital Partners, SV Angel, Great Oaks Venture Capital, DCM Ventures and others. As of 2019, Shift has raised approximately $300 million, a mix of debt and equity.
In June 2020, Shift announced that it would engage in a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called Insurance Acquisition Corp., then a public company listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol INSU. Following the completion of the merger with Insurance Acquisition Corp. in October 2020 it was listed under the ticker SFT with a valuation of $415.9 million.
In 2021, Shift posted $637 million in revenue, which represented over 3 times year-over year growth.
In 2022, Shift announced an agreement to acquire the dealer listing marketplace assets of Fair Technologies, which will enable dealers and independent sellers to list their cars alongside Shift's own inventory. The acquisition closed on May 12, 2022.
On August 9, 2022, Shift announced that it planned to merge with used-vehicle consignment company CarLotz. The merger was completed on December 9, 2022.
On October 6, 2023, Shift Technologies announced its intentions to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As of that date, its final two locations in Oakland and Pomona, California, and its website are no longer in operation.

### Business model

Shift bought and sold used cars directly to and from consumers through its ecommerce platform. It facilitated financing options, inspections, Department of Motor Vehicles interactions, detailing, pricing and merchandising. Once Shift acquired a car, it inspected and repaired it through its regional reconditioning centers. From there, the company listed cars on its website where consumers could purchase the car online. All cars sold through Shift received a 150-point inspection prior to being sold, and included a seven-day, 200-mile return policy.
# Ken Legler

Ken Legler (December 27, 1957 – June 1, 2012) was an American politician who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 2009 to 2012. He died of an apparent heart attack in June, 2012. His wife, Barbara Legler, succeeded him and served the remainder of his term.

## Personal life

Ken Legler attended San Jacinto College. Legler was the President & Owner of House Wire Works. He was also a member of the Bush Strike Force Team, Chamber of Commerce Board, National Federation of Independent Business Board, and Texas Association of Business Board. He was a Christian and attended Zion Lutheran Church, in Pasanda, Texas. He and his wife Barbara had 3 kids, Joseph, Krystina, Kathryn.
# Thai Flag Museum

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The Thai Flag Museum (Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์ธงชาติไทย) is a private museum located in Bangkok, Thailand. This museum is dedicated to the vexillology and history of the Thai flag. The museum promotes activities where people can learn more about the history and meaning of the country's symbols.

## History

The museum was founded in 2006, with the intention of preserving and further studying the history of flags. In 2010, for one of the exhibitions, the founder of the museum created the smallest flag of Thailand.
The museum is part of the Google Arts and Culture platform since 2019, in which part of its exhibits were digitized as well as a virtual tour was added with an adapted version of Google Street View.

## Collections

The museum contains collections of stamps, cigarette letters, hats, pins, books, postcards and documents on different historical flags of Thailand. Among them is a copy of the 1891 Siamese National Flag Standard Law. This museum is the only one in Thailand that is dedicated to the study of the history of the country's flag. The museum also offers additional information on the structure of the flag, such as the specific ratios that a particular flag should have and a collection of commemorative coins and medals.
# Joel Kitchens

Joel C. Kitchens (born September 20, 1957) is an American veterinarian and Republican politician from Door County, Wisconsin. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly representing the 1st Assembly district since 2015.

## Early life and career

Born in Washington, D.C., to Thomas W. Kitchens Jr. and Fleurette Kitchens, Kitchens moved around frequently as his father served in various positions with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Kitchens received his bachelor's degree and doctor of veterinary medicine degrees from Ohio State University. He moved to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, and began a veterinarian practice there in 1984.

## State Assembly

He was elected to the Sturgeon Bay School District Board of Education in 1999, eventually becoming its President . On November 4, 2014, Kitchens was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican.

### Remarks on abortion

In January 2024, Kitchens received worldwide attention after stating, during an Assembly debate on abortion, that as a veterinarian he was probably the most expert person in the room on female pregnancies. "The question is whether abortion is health care and if you believe that a fetus is a human life, then abortion is not health care," he said. "In my veterinary career, I did thousands of ultrasounds on animals... I think I know mammalian fetal development better than anyone here. And in my mind, there’s absolutely no question that’s a life."
# Lumen (dating app)

Lumen was a dating app launched in 2018 for individuals over 50, co-founded by Charly Lester. Her app attracted more than 1.5 million users in less than a year.
The app operated on a freemium model, allowing users to join for free while generating revenue through paid "premium" features. These features included advanced search filters, enabling users to refine potential matches based on criteria such as height, children, smoking habits, political views, and zodiac signs. Additionally, premium users could access features like viewing who had marked them as a "favorite."
To address the issue of scammers, the platform employed artificial intelligence software and implemented a "selfie" registration system. This system required users to take a live photograph during registration, which was then compared to their uploaded profile pictures to verify authenticity.
Lumen gained attention as part of MagicLab’s portfolio, which was acquired by Blackstone Inc. in a deal valuing the group at $3 billion. The app was closed down later by Blackstone in 2020.
# Thomas Wagoner

Thomas H. Wagoner (born September 19, 1942) is an American politician and businessman who served in the Alaska Senate from 2003 until 2013.

## Biography

Wagoner was born in 1942 in Pylesville, Maryland. He graduated with a BA in technical design from Eastern Washington University in 1966, and with a BA in education from there in 1969, later becoming a teacher in Kenai, Alaska. He later graduated with an MA from the University of Alaska Anchorage in 1980. Wagoner has owned Wagoner Enterprises since 1977, Wagoner Rental Properties since 1988, and Cook Inlet Stone Products since 1992. He formerly owned Wagoner's Seamless Flooring from 1967 until 1968; Wagoner's Flooring from 1971 until 1975; and the Peninsula Flooring Center from 1986 until 1993.
Wagoner served on the Kenai Harbor Committee from 1978 until 1980, on the Kenai City Council from 1980 until 1983, and as Mayor of Kenai from 1983 until 1986. He later served on the Alaska Post Secondary Committee from 1992 until 1994. Wagoner unsuccessfully ran for the Alaska House of Representatives in 1986, losing to incumbent Democrat Mike Navarre.

### Alaska Senate

In 2002, Wagoner, a former Republican, ran for the Alaska Senate from District Q as a member of the Republican Moderate Party. It was initially a four-way race between him, Democrat Pat Hawkins, Green Party candidate Thomas Stroman, and incumbent Republican Jerry Ward; however Hawkins dropped out shortly before the election and endorsed Wagoner in an effort to unseat Ward. Wagoner was also endorsed by state Senator John Torgerson. He won the election by a 1-point margin over Ward, but re-registered as a Republican the day after the election.
Wagoner was challenged by Ward in the 2004 Republican primary, but he won 47%–37%, with Scott D. Hamann taking 16%. He easily won the general election over independent candidate Robert E. Merchant, taking 77% of the vote. Wagoner won the 2008 Republican primary over Jim Kauffman, and the general election over Democrat Nels Anderson. In 2012, he was redistricted to District O and was defeated in the primary by Peter Micciche, 59%–41%.

## Personal life

Wagoner and his wife, Dorothy, have 2 children: Denise and Dawn.