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# Lawrence Olson

Lawrence Olson (May 7, 1918 – March 17, 1992) was an American historian specializing in Japan who served as the professor of history at Wesleyan University. In 1987, the Government of Japan honored him with the Order of the Sacred Treasure, the highest honor available to a foreigner, in recognition of his efforts in raising awareness of Japan in the United States. He was a professor of history at Wesleyan University.

## Early years

Born on May 7, 1918, in Memphis, Tennessee, Olson grew up in Mississippi and received his undergraduate training at the University of Mississippi, graduating in 1938. He completed a Master of Arts at Harvard University in 1939 and following the interruption of the Second World War, earned his doctorate there in 1955. During World War II, Olson graduated from the United States Navy Japanese Language School in Boulder, Colorado. He served in naval intelligence as a lieutenant with the Pacific Fleet Radio Unit, Station HYPO, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This unit intercepted and attempted to decipher the Japanese military code messages.

## Academic career

After the end of the war, Olson worked at the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington DC between 1948 and 1950, and he served as cultural attaché at the American embassy in Manila, Philippines from 1951 to 1952, before finishing his PhD at Harvard. In 1955, he joined the American Universities Field Staff, an educational foundation dedicated towards providing in-depth studies of contemporary foreign society. He lived in Japan for the majority of the next twelve years, serving initially as a staff associate with the body. From 1962 to 1966 he was a senior staff associate. He and his family also retained a home in Manchester, Massachusetts, during that period. He returned to the United States to take up an academic post.
Olson was responsible for developing the program in Asian studies at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. He served on the faculty at the school from 1966 until his retirement in 1986. He continued his scholarly work after retirement, and his new book, Ambivalent Moderns: Portraits of Japanese Cultural Identity, was published in the month he died.
Olson wrote many pieces on the social, political, and economic issues that faced Japan in that era. His work was important reading for U.S. government officials and others concerned with making policy towards Japan. He also lectured extensively on Japan. In addition to his new book, he authored Dimensions of Japan (1963) and Japan in Postwar Asia (1970), as well as a poetry anthology, The Cranes on Dying River and Other Poems (1947). Olson knew the importance of language and history in the study of East Asia and drew upon these in his own writing and teaching about Japan.
He was decorated in 1987 by the Government of Japan with the Order of the Sacred Treasure in recognition of his role in spreading knowledge of Japan in the United States.
Olson died of cancer at his home in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 1992.
# Lawrence Omole

Dr. Lawrence Omole (born October 11, 1915 – November 14, 2008) was a prominent Nigerian entrepreneur, who over the years contributed a great deal of effort to the industrialization drive in the country. He was one of the most successful Cocoa merchants from western Nigeria. He was also a community leader, who had invested time and energy in creating various community development programs in Ilesha. During the 1960s, he founded the Ijesa Planning Council, an association that was interested in promoting industrial development in Ijesa land. In 1978, the effort of another collective, resulted in the establishment of the International Breweries, Ilesha. The brewery is seen as one of the successful benchmarks of a collective methodical plan and execution of an industrial project in the country.

## Life

Omole's father, Abdul-Raheem Omole worked in the railways and retired as a foreman and subsequently, became a farmer. From 1928 to 1935, Omole worked on his father's farm in Ilesha. Thereafter, he left farming and was employed as a produce clerk for some produce buyers. In 1945, he became a produce depot buyer with the United African Company. He made gains in 1947 when he stockpiled Cocoa against rising prices and then bought his first lorry, however, his interest in expanding was discouraged by UAC which did not want him to expand beyond certain limits. He subsequently left UAC and joined a regional produce syndicate. In 1951, he started a transport company that covered Ilesha-Ibadan-Lagos routes. Three years later he started an independent produce buying firm and merged both his transport firm and his produce firm to form Omole & sons Limited in 1957.
Lawrence Omole also ran multiple businesses including a car sales company, and a housing service.
Though born into poverty, Omole was able to convert his fortunes during his lifetime.
He died after observing his regular morning devotion.
# Thomas Strengberger

Thomas Strengberger (born 5 October 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Austria.

## Career

A doubles specialist, Strengberger had the best performance of his career at the 1997 Austrian Open, where he and partner Thomas Buchmayer were surprise finalists, having entered the tournament as wildcards. They upset the top seeded pairing of Luis Lobo and Andrei Olhovskiy in the semi-final, but were unable to defeat Wayne Arthurs and Richard Fromberg in the decider. The Austrian did well at his home event again in 2001, making the quarter-finals, this time with Wolfgang Schranz as his partner.
Strengberger appeared in two Davis Cup ties for Austria during his career. In 1998, he and Schranz won a doubles rubber over Kenneth Carlsen and Frederik Fetterlein. Two years later, with Austria now in the World Group, Strengberger teamed up with Julian Knowle for their doubles rubber against France. The French duo, Olivier Delaître and Nicolas Escudé, proved too strong.

## ATP career finals
### Doubles: 1 (0–1)

| Result | W–L | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | 1997 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Thomas Buchmayer | Wayne Arthurs Richard Fromberg | 4–6, 3–6 |

## Challenger titles
### Doubles: (8)

| No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| 1. | 1997 | Skopje, Macedonia | Clay | Thomas Buchmayer | Nebojsa Djordjevic Dušan Vemić | 6–4, 7–6 |
| 2. | 1998 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Clay | Thomas Buchmayer | Jeff Coetzee Jim Thomas | 6–4, 7–6 |
| 3. | 1998 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Gábor Köves | Leoš Friedl Radek Štěpánek | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 4. | 1999 | Vienna, Austria | Clay | Julian Knowle | Petr Kralert Michel Kratochvil | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 5. | 1999 | Manerbio, Italy | Clay | Massimo Valeri | Federico Browne Francisco Cabello | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 6. | 1999 | Freudenstadt, Germany | Clay | Juan Balcells | Michal Tabara Robin Vik | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 7. | 2000 | Linz, Austria | Clay | Julian Knowle | Petr Luxa David Škoch | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 8. | 2001 | Manerbio, Italy | Clay | Attila Sávolt | Alessandro Da Col Andrea Stoppini | 7–5, 7–5 |
# Talon

Talon or talons may refer to:

## Science and technology

* Talon (anatomy), the claw of a bird of prey
* TALON (database), a database maintained by the US Air Force
* Brodifacoum, a rodenticide, also known as the brand Talon
* an anti-vehicle-ramming spike strip-like net

## Entertainment and media

* Talon (cards), in some card games, the remainder of a deck of cards
* Talon (Smallville), a fictional coffee shop in the TV series
* Talon (roller coaster), an inverted roller coaster
* Talon, a 2014 novel by Julie Kagawa
* The Talon, the newspaper of Los Altos High School, US

### Fictional characters

* Talons, assassins of the Court of Owls in DC Comics
* Talon (DC Comics), a character from Teen Titans
* Talon, a character from Static Shock
* Talon (Transformers), an autobot from Transformers
* Talon, a character from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
* Talon Karrde, a character from Star Wars
* Talon Maza, a character from Gargoyles
* Talon Labarthe, a character from in Ratatouille
* Achille Talon, comic book series and character
* Darth Talon, a character from Star Wars: Legacy
* Talon of the Silver Hawk or Talwin Hawkins in Conclave of Shadows
* Talon, in the Dark-Hunter series
* X-23 or Talon, in Marvel Comics
* Talon, in the Prey video game
* Talon, in the video game Primal Rage
* Talon, a member of the Sackett family in various works by Louis L'Amour
* Talon, a dog in the film Snow Buddies
* Talon, in the TV series Inspector Gadget

### Other fictional entities

* Talon light fighter, in the Wing Commander franchise
* F/A-37 Talon, an aircraft in the 2005 film Stealth
* A terrorist group in the video game Overwatch

### Music

* Talon, a French term for the bow frog of a string instrument
* Talons (band), a British band
* Talons (EP), a 2009 EP by Josh Dies
* "Talons" (song), a song on the 2008 Bloc Party album Intimacy

## Transportation
### Ground

* Eagle Talon, an automobile produced by the Eagle division of Chrysler
* Foster-Miller TALON, a US military unmanned ground vehicle
* Talon MHS-II, a car built for the Can-Am series and used briefly in 1977

### Aviation

* Lockheed MC-130 Combat Talon, a variant of the C-130 aircraft operated by the U.S. Air Force
* Northrop T-38 Talon, a US-built supersonic jet trainer for military pilots
* RotorWay A600 Talon, an American helicopter design
* Wills Wing Talon, an American hang glider design

## Other uses

* Talon (actor) (born 1969), in the adult entertainment industry
* Talon (bearer bond), a document attached to a bearer bond which entitled the holder to a block of further coupons
* Talon (rural locality), in Russia
* Talon (surname)
* Talon, Nièvre, a commune in France
* Talon Esports, a professional esports organisation based in Hong Kong
** PSG Talon, a professional League of Legends team
* Talon Zipper, an American zipper company
* San Antonio Talons, San Antonio, Texas's arena football team, formerly the Tulsa Talons
* The mascot of the Major League Soccer team D.C. United
* Another name for ogee moulding in woodworking
# League tables (finance)

League tables are rankings of companies according to sets of criteria like revenue, earnings, deals, etc. The rankings can be used for investment research or promotionally.
# Marcel Geargoura

Marcel Geargoura is a male Egyptian former international table tennis player.
He won bronze at the 1939 World Table Tennis Championships in the mixed doubles with Hilde Bussmann.
# Marcel Gatsinzi

Marcel Gatsinzi (/mɑːrˈsɛl ɡɑːtˈsɪnzi/ mar-SEL gaht-SIN-zee; 9 January 1948 – 7 March 2023) was a Rwandan soldier and politician, who was Minister of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs from 2010 to 2013. Gatsinzi also served as Rwanda's Minister of Defence from 2002 to 2010. An ethnic Hutu from Butare, Gatsinzi was a member of the Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR), which was the national army prior to the takeover of Rwanda by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

## Biography

Gatsinzi was born in Kigali on 9 January 1948. He started his formal education at Collège Saint-André in Nyamirambo, Kigali, where he graduated with a diploma in 1968. His military career began at the Kigali Military Academy in the same year, and he was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 31 March 1970.
Gatsinzi pursued his military career courses in Belgium at Heverlee (Louvain) in the School of Logistics in 1971 and in Brussels at the Royal High Institute of Defence from 1974 to 1976.
Beside the military assignments in the Rwandan Army, Colonel Gatsinzi served in the OAU Neutral Military Observer Group set by the Organization of African Unity. That OAU NMOG was meant to monitor the cease fire during the period of the negotiations between the Government and the RPF during the Rwandan Civil War (1990–1994). He also participated in the negotiations process.
During the genocide, from 6 to 17 April 1994 he served as Army Chief of Staff of the FAR. Because he advocated a more moderate approach and opposed expansion of the genocide, Gatsinzi was removed from the post and was replaced by Augustin Bizimungu. Afterwards he was promoted to brigadier general and assigned to negotiate with the RPF and "other duties that did not involve direct command of troops".

### After the genocide

Because of his resistance to the genocide and willingness to negotiate with the RPF, he was integrated into the Rwandan Patriotic Army shortly after their taking power. He was appointed chief of staff of the gendarmerie in 1997.
Gatsinzi held various political and military appointments with the following as his main career highlights:
* Deputy Chief of Staff of Rwanda Patriotic Army from 1995–1997
* Chief of Staff of the National Gendarmerie from 1997–2000
* Secretary General of the National Security Service from 2000 to 2002
* Minister of Defence on 15 November 2002
* Re-appointed Minister of Defence on 19 October 2003 till 10 April 2010
* Minister of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs from 2010 to 2013
Gatsinzi held a series of honorific military medal awards.
Gatsinzi was appointed Minister of Defence on 15 November 2002, succeeding Brig.-Gen. Emmanuel Habyarimana.
Gatsinzi died on 7 March 2023, at the age of 75.
# Mansker's Station

Mansker's Station, also called Mansker's Fort was a station along Avery's Trace in Middle Tennessee. It was built by Kasper Mansker.
Kasper Mansker was a long hunter and explorer from the Virginia area. After his first expedition into the wilderness in 1769, Mansker explored and hunted widely in the area along the Cumberland River in Middle Tennessee and Kentucky.
Mansker's station was a log fort that protected travelers along the road from Indian attacks. Mansker first built the fort along Mansker Creek in 1780, near Goodlettsville, after Fort Nashborough was built at the current site of Nashville.
Because of the danger from the Indian wars, Mansker and the people living there abandoned the station and moved to Fort Nashborough in 1781. Two men who returned for possessions the next day were killed, and the original fort was burned down. However, Mansker returned to the area in 1783 and built a bigger fort about one mile from the original site where he lived with his wife Elizabeth. Because it was able to accommodate more men, the larger fort was easier to defend against attack.
A number of notable travelers boarded at the station from 1780 to the early 1790s. These included Captain William Bowen, General Daniel Smith, Isaac Bledsoe, Andrew Jackson, John Overton and French botanist André Michaux.
# Thomas Reid (humanist)

Thomas Reid (Read, Rhaedus) (died 1624) was a Scottish humanist and philosopher who became Latin secretary to King James VI and I.

## Life

He was second son of James Reid, minister of Banchory Ternan, Kincardineshire, a cadet of the Pitfoddels family. Alexander Reid (doctor) (1586?–1643) the surgeon, was a younger brother. Thomas was educated at the grammar school, Aberdeen, and at Marischal College and University, where he appears to have graduated M.A. about 1600. In 1602 he was appointed to a mastership in the grammar school, which he resigned in the following year on being chosen one of the regents in Marischal College.
After conducting a university class through the four years of their curriculum, he went to the continent, where he continued his studies, at first in France, and afterwards at the universities of Rostock and Leipzig. While at Rostock, where he was admitted a docent in December 1608, he taught philosophy and humanities for several years; and carried out a disputation on metaphysical subjects with Henningus Arnisæus, then professor of medicine in the University of Frankfurt. He matriculated at Leipzig in the summer of 1613.
Returning to England, he associated with Patrick Young in the translation into Latin of James I's English writings, and in 1618 was appointed Latin secretary to the king, an office which he retained until his death in 1624. In 1620 he was, with his brother Alexander, incorporated M.A. at Oxford.

## Works and legacy

Several of his poems appear in the Delitiæ Poetarum Scotorum (Amsterdam, 1637). Reid's major works are:
* De Accidente Proprio Theoremata Philosophica, Rostock, 1609.
* Pervigilium Lunæ de Objecto Metaphysicæ, Rostock, 1609.
* De Ente, Rostock, 1610.
* De Proprietatibus Entis, Rostock, 1610.
* De Veritate et Bonitate Entis, Rostock, 1610.
* De Diversitate Entis, Rostock, 1610.
* De Objecto Metaphysicæ Dissertatio Elenctica, Rostock, 1610.
* Pervigilia Metaphysica Desideratissima, Rostock, 1616.
* Dissertatio quod regibus et licitum et decorum sit scribere in Thomas Smith's Vitae quorundam eruditissimorum et illustrium virorum, London, 1707.
He was also the founder of the first public reference library in Scotland. By his will he bequeathed to the town and new college of Aberdeen his collection of books, and six thousand merks to endow a librarian who would keep the library open four days a week. Reid's collection, which included editions of the classics and manuscripts, now forms a part of the library of the University of Aberdeen; but his endowment was diminished under the management of the town council. From 1733 to 1737 the librarianship was held by Reid's kinsman and namesake, Thomas Reid (1710–1796), the philosopher.
# 1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24 and 27 August 1950.

## Medalists

| Gold | Wim Slijkhuis Netherlands |
| Silver | Patrick El Mabrouk France |
| Bronze | William Nankeville Great Britain |

## Results
### Final

27 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Wim Slijkhuis | Netherlands | 3:47.2 | CR |
| | Patrick El Mabrouk | France | 3:47.8 | |
| | Bill Nankeville | Great Britain | 3:48.0 | NR |
| 4 | Ilmari Taipale | Finland | 3:50.4 | |
| 5 | Len Eyre | Great Britain | 3:51.0 | |
| 6 | Václav Čevona | Czechoslovakia | 3:51.4 | |
| 7 | Ingvar Ericsson | Sweden | 3:52.4 | |
| 8 | Jean Vernier | France | 3:53.2 | |
| 9 | Andrija Otenhajmer | Yugoslavia | 3:53.4 | |
| 10 | Daniel Janssens | Belgium | 3:56.8 | |
| 11 | Frans Herman | Belgium | 4:05.2 | |
| | Lennart Strand | Sweden | DNF | |

### Heats

24 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Len Eyre | Great Britain | 3:53.0 | Q |
| 2 | Ilmari Taipale | Finland | 3:53.2 | Q |
| 3 | Frans Herman | Belgium | 3:54.6 | Q |
| 4 | Lennart Strand | Sweden | 3:58.2 | Q |
| 5 | Zdravko Ceraj | Yugoslavia | 4:01.8 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jean Vernier | France | 3:54.6 | Q |
| 2 | Ingvar Ericsson | Sweden | 3:54.7 | Q |
| 3 | Andrija Otenhajmer | Yugoslavia | 3:55.0 | Q |
| 4 | Bill Nankeville | Great Britain | 3:55.6 | Q |
| 5 | Hans Harting | Netherlands | 3:56.8 | |
| 6 | Alois Imfeld | Switzerland | 4:01.2 | |
| 7 | Angelo Tagliapietra | Italy | 4:01.8 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Patrick El Mabrouk | France | 4:01.8 | Q |
| 2 | Wim Slijkhuis | Netherlands | 4:02.6 | Q |
| 3 | Václav Čevona | Czechoslovakia | 4:02.8 | Q |
| 4 | Daniel Janssens | Belgium | 4:04.2 | Q |
| 5 | Bruno Schneider | Austria | 4:04.8 | |
| 6 | Loukas Adamopoulos | Greece | 4:06.6 | |
| 7 | Pétur Einarsson | Iceland | 4:08.8 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (2)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Greece (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Netherlands (3)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Great Britain (2)
* Yugoslavia (2)
# Louis de Pardaillan de Gondrin

Louis de Pardaillan de Gondrin may refer to:
* Louis de Pardaillan de Gondrin (1688–1712), French nobleman
* Louis de Pardaillan de Gondrin (1707–1743), French courtier and freemason
* Louis de Pardaillan de Gondrin (1727–1757), French nobleman
# Thiruppudaimarudur

Thiruppudaimarudhur is a temple situated near Veeravanallur in Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India.

## Description

Thiruppudaimarudur is unique because of its history. The Jyotirlinga in Srisailam, Andhra Pradesjh is considered as head of Shiva. The temple in Thiruvidaimarudur (idai in Tamil means middle) is considered as the body and Thiruppudaimarudur as the foot. If one could see the Shiva in Thiruppudaimarudur, one would get the benefit of visiting Srisailam and Thiruvidaimarudur. Only these three temples have the Marudhu tree as Sthala Vriksha. Also Brahmadhand can be seen inside the temple.

## History

There was a king called Surendra who killed another king in a battle. He was affected by the sin and wanted to get rid of it. He meditated Shiva. Shiva gave him a Brahmadhand and told that this will go to sea and get back to land, wherever it stops you build a temple. He built the temple. Also the Lord asked him to travel to Himalayas to search for a statue of Gomathi Maa. He did search and found which was completely made of Rudraksha. With that, he completed building the temple. He bathed in Thamirabharani river near the temple and got salvation. This is called "Surendara Moksha Theertham". It is believed that if one takes bath there, all sorts of sins are dissolved including "Brahmahathi dhosha".
During the Tamil month of Thai (15 January to 15 February) the Theerthavaari Festival is celebrated in Thaipoosam.

## Nearby places of interest

There is hospital called Mayopathy in the nearby city of Veeravanallur nearby, which treats diseases that cannot be cured by modern medicine.
Other places of interest include Navathiruppadhi and NavaKailasam.
There are dams - Manimuthar, Karaiyar - lower and upper dams.
Other natural features include falls, such as Agasthiyar, Kutralam, and Paanatheertham and hills- Papanasam, Maanjolai, Kodhaiyar, Agasthiyar hill.
Also Kalakkadu tiger reservoir is nearby. This village has a conservation reserve planned.
# Luggage scale

A luggage scale, also called a baggage scale or a suitcase scale, is used to weigh luggage to avoid luggage being overweight.
# Metioche (disambiguation)

Metioche is a daughter of Orion in Greek mythology.
Metioche may also refer to:
* Metioche (cricket), a genus of cricket
* Metioche, a Trojan captive who may or may not have been a child of Priam