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# Jamie Barresi

Jamie Barresi is a Canadian football coach who was most recently the head coach of the University of Ottawa's football team, the Ottawa Gee-Gees. He was hired as the team's head coach on January 15, 2013 and coached the team for seven years with a 35-21 record. It was announced on March 20, 2020 that Barresi was leaving the program. He coached professionally in the Canadian Football League for nine years including his role as running backs coach for the BC Lions in 2006 where he won a Grey Cup championship. He played CIAU football as a quarterback for the Gee-Gees from 1976 to 1979.
# Erhard Fischer

Martin Erhard Fischer (10 November 1922 – 20 December 1996) was a German music and theater director.

## Career

Born in Radeberg, Fischer studied with Heinz Arnold [de] in Dresden. His directing debut took place in Radebeul with Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail. From 1950 to 1960, Fischer worked as an assistant and director at the Dresden State Opera. From 1960 to 1965 he worked under the opera director Joachim Herz as chief conductor and artistic director of the Kleiner Haus an der Oper Leipzig; here he set up productions of Fidelio, Aida, Tannhäuser and Nabucco.
In 1965 he changed as head director, from 1969 as "chief director" to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin. Here he was also director of rarities like The Golden Cockerel, The Nose, Katerina Ismaelova (Stalinist version of the Lady Macbeth von Mzensk), The Devils of Loudun, Les vêpres siciliennes and Hans Pfitzner's Palestrina (with Peter Schreier in the title role). Among the world premieres he staged were Alan Bush's Joe Hill, Günter Kochan's Karin Lenz [de] and Joachim Werzlau's Meister Röckle.
Fischer's appointment as chief director of the Staatsoper by its chief, the harpsichordist Hans Pischner, proved to be far-sighted, as Fischer represented a moderate opposite pole to the music theatre style of the Komische Oper Berlin, which was influenced by Walter Felsenstein, and yet, as a former comrade-in-arms of directors such as Joachim Herz, he brought both classics and world premieres to success with his skilful directing.
Fischer has also been invited as director in the Grand Theatre, Warsaw, the Bolshoi Theatre, Geneva and in various theatres in West Germany, Switzerland and Sweden.
He was also (successively) a lecturer and later head of department at the music colleges of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden and the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin.
Fischer died in Berlin on 20 December 1996 aged 74.

## Theatre

* 1960: Bertolt Brecht/Paul Dessau: The Trial of Lucullus – Directed by Ruth Berghaus (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
* 1966: Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
* 1967: Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
* 1968: Antonín Dvořák's Rusalka (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
* 1970: Alan Bush: Joe Hill (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
* 1971: Günter Kochan/Erik Neutsch: Karin Lenz (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
* 1973: Dmitri Shostakovich's Katarina Ismailowa (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
* 1973: Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)

## Awards

* Kunstpreis der DDR (1971)
* Nationalpreis der DDR (1973)
* Vaterländischer Verdienstorden in Silber (1976)
# End-of-the-day betting effect

The end-of-the-day betting effect is a cognitive bias reflected in the tendency for bettors to take gambles with higher risk and higher reward at the end of their betting session to try to make up for losses. William McGlothlin (1956) and Mukhtar Ali (1977) first discovered this effect after observing the shift in betting patterns at horserace tracks. Mcglothlin and Ali noticed that people are significantly more likely to prefer longshots to conservative bets on the last race of the day. They found that the movement towards longshots, and away from favorites, is so pronounced that some studies show that conservatively betting on the favorite to show (to finish first, second, or third) in the last race is a profitable bet despite the track’s take.

## Explanation

Expected utility hypothesis cannot explain the shift in risk preferences across the day if bettors integrate their wealth because the last race of the day is not fundamentally different from the first. Prospect theory can explain the shift by assuming people open a mental account at the beginning of the day, close it at the end, and hate closing an account in the red.
The end-of-the-day betting effect is consistent with the risk aversion/risk seeking behaviors associated with prospect theory, which state that people are more likely to be risk averse in the case of gains and risk seeking in the case of losses. Prospect theory claims that people begin with zero daily profit as a reference point and gamble in the domain of losses to break even. Because the racetrack takes a hefty bite out of each dollar, most people are down money when the last races near. Anything below this target is regarded as a loss and triggers risk-seeking behavior in an attempt to break even. Diminishing sensitivity to successive losses means that the cost of the last bet is relatively trivial compared to what has already been spent. Betters refrain from making bets that would not recoup their losses if successful.

## Example

John and Bob go to the casino to play roulette. After two hours of playing their wives tell them that they must leave after one more spin. John is up $200. Bob is down $320. The end-of-the-day betting effect says that John is more likely to make a low risk bet, such as betting on red or black (1:1 odds), while Bob is more likely to make a bet that can recoup his losses if he is successful, such as betting $10 on 3 single numbers (35:1 odds each).
# 1996 Memorial Cup

The 1996 Memorial Cup occurred May 11–19 at the Peterborough Memorial Centre in Peterborough, Ontario. It was the 78th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Participating teams were the host Peterborough Petes, who were also the champions of the Ontario Hockey League, as well as the OHL runner-up Guelph Storm, and the winners of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League, which were the Granby Prédateurs and the Brandon Wheat Kings. Granby won their first Memorial Cup, over Peterborough. It was the first time since 1971 that a team from the province of Quebec won the Cup.
Granby faced the Peterborough Petes for the cup — on Peterborough ice. Inside the old arena, it climbed to a stifling 27 C during play, and fog rising from the ice made it hard for players to see. Maintenance crews came often to remove pooling water. Granby still managed a 4–0 victory, which brought the cup back to Quebec for the first time since 1971.

## Round-robin standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | |
| 1 | Granby Prédateurs (QMJHL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | Advanced directly to the championship game |
| 2 | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | Advanced to the semifinal game |
| 3 | Peterborough Petes (OHL and host) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | Advanced to the semifinal game |
| 4 | Guelph Storm (OHL rep.) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |

## Scores

Round-robin
* May 11 Granby 8-0 Guelph
* May 12 Brandon 2-1 Guelph
* May 12 Peterborough 6-3 Granby
* May 14 Brandon 3-2 Peterborough (OT)
* May 15 Granby 3-1 Brandon
* May 16 Peterborough 2-1 Guelph
Semi-final
* May 18 Peterborough 4-3 Brandon
Final
* May 19 Granby 4-0 Peterborough

### Winning roster
## Award winners

* Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP): Cameron Mann, Peterborough
* George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship): Mike Williams, Peterborough
* Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Goaltender): Frederic Deschenes, Granby
* Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Top Scorer): Philippe Audet, Granby
All-star team
* Goal: Frederic Deschenes, Granby
* Defence: Wade Redden, Brandon; Jason Doig, Granby
* Centre: Xavier Delisle, Granby
* Left wing: Philippe Audet, Granby
* Right wing: Cameron Mann, Peterborough
# Schindler

Schindler is a German surname that is derived from the German word "schindel", which means "shingle". This suggests that the original bearers of the name were in the roofing business. Variations and alternate spellings of the name include: Shindler, Schindel, and Schindelle.
* Adam Schindler (born 1983), American mixed martial artist
* Alexander M. Schindler (1925–2000), American Reform rabbi
* Allen R. Schindler, Jr. (1969–1992), American navy petty officer, victim of a hate crime
* Alma Schindler (1879–1964), later known as Alma Mahler-Werfel, Austrian composer
* Ambrose Schindler (1917–2018), American football (American football) player
* Anton Felix Schindler (1795–1864), secretary and early biographer of Ludwig van Beethoven
* Anton Karl Schindler (1879–1964), German botanist
* Bill Schindler (1909–1952), American race car driver
* Christopher Schindler (born 1990), German footballer
* David Schindler (1940–2021), American-Canadian ecologist
* Denise Schindler (born 1985), German Paralympic cyclist
* Emil Jakob Schindler (1842–1892), Austrian landscape painter, father of Alma Mahler
* Emilie Schindler (1907–2001), German humanitarian, wife of Oskar Schindler
* Frederic Schindler (born 1980), French-Argentinean music supervisor and entrepreneur
* George Schindler (born 1929), American stage magician, magic consultant, comedian, actor, ventriloquist and writer
* Hans Schindler Bellamy (1901–1982), Austrian researcher and author
* Harold Schindler (1929–1998), American journalist and historian
* Kevin Schindler (born 1988), German footballer
* Kingsley Schindler (born 1993), German footballer
* Kurt Schindler (1882–1935), German composer and conductor
* Jan Schindler (born 1978), Czech rower
* Jochem Schindler (1944–1994), Austrian Indo-Europeanist
* Lisa Schindler (born 1929), Austrian sprint canoer
* Lynn Schindler (1944–2018), American politician and businesswoman
* Martin Schindler (born 1996), German darts player
* Marvin Schindler (1932–2003), American professor of German and Slavic studies
* Matthias Schindler (born 1982), German para-cyclist
* Oskar Schindler (1908–1974), German businessman who saved his Jewish workers from the Holocaust, subject of the film Schindler's List
* Osmar Schindler (1869–1927), German painter
* Otto Schindler (canoeist) (1925–2009), Austrian sprint canoer
* Otto Schindler (zoologist) (1906–1956), German zoologist
* Paul Schindler (born 1952), American computer journalist
* Peter Schindler (born 1960), German composer, musician and author
* Poul Christian Schindler (1648–1740), Danish composer
* Rudolf Schindler (doctor) (1888–1968), German physician and gastroenterologist
* Rudolph Schindler (architect) (1887–1953), Austrian-born American architect
* Solomon Schindler (1842–1915), American rabbi
* Steve Schindler (born 1954), American football (American football) player
* Szabolcs Schindler (born 1974), Hungarian football (soccer) player
* Valentin Schindler (died 1604), German Lutheran Hebraist and professor
* Walter Schindler (1897–1991), American navy officer
# Senator Stanley

Senator Stanley may refer to:
* Arthur Jehu Stanley Jr. (1901–2001), Kansas State Senate
* Augustus Owsley Stanley (1867–1958), Kentucky State Senate
* Bill Stanley (politician) (born 1967), Virginia State Senate
* Paul Stanley (legislator) (born 1962), Tennessee State Senate
* William Stillman Stanley Jr. (1838–?), Wisconsin State Senate
# Périers, Manche

Périers is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

## History

Périers was liberated by the 2nd Battalion, 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, of the United States Army, on 27 July 1944.

## Heraldry

| Arms of Périers | The arms of Périers are blazoned : Argent, a pear tree eradicated vert and in base a barrulet gules, overall on a bend azure between 2 lions sable, 3 mullets pierced (spur-rowels) Or. |
# 1993 Summer Universiade

The 1993 Summer Universiade, also known as XVII Summer Universiade or World University Games Buffalo '93, took place in Buffalo, New York, as the main site. For the first time in history the event was hosted by two countries, as some events were held in neighbouring cities in Canada.

## Sports

* Athletics (43)
* Baseball (1)
* Basketball (2)
* Diving (8)
* Fencing (10)
* Football (2)
* Gymnastics (12)
* Rowing (15)
* Swimming (34)
* Tennis (5)
* Volleyball (2)
* Water polo (1)

## Venues
### Buffalo, USA

* Athletics and Closing Ceremonies – University at Buffalo Stadium
* Baseball – Pilot Field, Sal Maglie Stadium and Dwyer Stadium
* Diving and Volleyball – Alumni Arena
* Football – Lewiston-Porter Central School District
* Gymnastics – Niagara Falls Convention and Civic Center
* Opening Ceremonies – Rich Stadium
* Swimming – Burt Flickinger Center
* Tennis – Ellicott Complex Tennis Center
* Volleyball – Alumni Arena
* Water Polo – Tonawanda Aquatic and Fitness Center

### Venues in Canada

* Rowing – Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course

## Medal table

* Host nation (United States)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA)* | 31 | 24 | 19 | 74 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 17 | 6 | 5 | 28 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 12 | 13 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Ukraine (UKR) | 11 | 6 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Cuba (CUB) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Romania (ROU) | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 6 | 9 | 13 | 28 |
| 8 | Japan (JPN) | 5 | 13 | 12 | 30 |
| 9 | Italy (ITA) | 5 | 9 | 11 | 25 |
| 10 | France (FRA) | 5 | 8 | 11 | 24 |
| 11 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 12 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 13 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 14 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 15 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 16 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 18 | Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 20 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Ghana (GHA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Morocco (MAR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | South Africa (SAF) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 29 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 30 | Independent Participants | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 37 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Madagascar (MAD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (43 entries) | Totals (43 entries) | 135 | 135 | 147 | 417 |
# Jamie Barnette

Jamie Barnette is a former American and Canadian football quarterback. He played for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at NC State. His first college start was against Alabama Crimson Tide football. He completed 14 out of his 25 pass attempts for a total of 260 yards. The game resulted in a close loss.
# Escena

Escena (foaled 1993 in Kentucky, died 2015) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. She had her best season as a five-year-old in 1998 when her wins included the Breeders' Cup Distaff. In that season she was voted American Champion Older Female Horse at the Eclipse Awards.

## Background

Bred and raced by Allen Paulson, she was out of the mare Claxton's Slew, a daughter of 1977 U.S. Triple Crown champion Seattle Slew. Her sire was the great international runner Strawberry Road, who was the 1983 Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year and the 1984 German Champion Older Male Horse. Strawberry Road also sired Allen Paulson's Champion filly and 1997 Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Ajina. Escena was trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee William I. Mott.

## Racing career

Escena raced from age two through age five. She won two of her three starts in her debut season at age two, then at age three earned her first Graded stakes race at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in the 1996 Fantasy Stakes. After finishing second in three Grade I races in 1996, the following year she got her first Grade I win in the Ramona Handicap at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. She went on to finish third in the 1997 Breeders' Cup Distaff behind winner and stablemate Ajina.
At age five, Escena blossomed into a racing star under jockey Jerry Bailey. She won the Grades 1 Vanity Invitational and Apple Blossom Handicaps plus at Churchill Downs, and the Grades II Louisville Breeders' Cup and Fleur de Lis Handicaps. She capped off her 1998 campaign with a win in the Breeders' Cup Distaff and was voted American Champion Older Female Horse honors.

## Retirement

Escena was retired at the end of her 1998 racing campaign and sold to Guy Snowden for $3.25 million at the January 1999 Horses of All Ages Sale at Keeneland. It was the highest price ever paid for a broodmare or broodmare prospect in Keeneland's history. She remained in service at Allen Paulson's Brookside Farm (now Diamond A Farm) near Versailles, Kentucky, where she was born and died of old age in 2015.
# 1996 Melbourne Cup

   Nothin' Leica Dane and Saintly at the 300 they reach the lead together from Count Chivas and then came Greg Shot and Sky Beau well back. It's Saintly at the 200, Saintly dashing two lengths in front, Cummings and Beadman, Cummings going for 10 and he's got it! Saintly well clear of Count Chivas, Nothin Leica Dane and Sky Beau but Saintly! Saintly wins it easily.
Commentator Greg Miles describes the climax of the race
The 1996 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 5 November 1996. The race was run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), at Flemington Racecourse.
The race was won by the 4 year old gelding, Saintly. Saintly at 8/1 defeated the New Zealand bred geldings: Count Chivas, Skybeau and Senator. The previous year's winner and runner-up, Doriemus and Nothin' Leica Dane were 6th and 5th respectively.
Saintly who had previously won the 1996 Australian Cup, Hill Stakes and Cox Plate was sired by Sky Chase (NZ) out of the Sir Tristram mare All Grace (NZ).
Saintly was ridden by Darren Beadman and trained by Bart Cummings. It was Darren's second win in the race after Kingston Rule in the 1990 Melbourne Cup. Saintly's victory was Bart's tenth training success in the race.
The top weighted horse in the race was Doriemus carrying 58kgs for 6th then Count Chivas on 57kg (2nd).

## Field

This is a list of horses which ran in the 1996 Melbourne Cup.
| Place | Horse | Weight | Trainer | Jockey |
| 1st | Saintly | 55.5 | Bart Cummings | Darren Beadman |
| 2nd | Count Chivas | 57 | Lee Freedman | Steven King |
| 3rd | Skybeau | 50 | L J Smith | Jason Holder |
| 4th | Senator | 53 | J L Tims | Lance O'Sullivan |
| 5th | Nothin' Leica Dane | 55 | Gai Waterhouse | Shane Dye |
| 6th | Doriemus | 58 | Lee Freedman | Damien Oliver |
| 7th | Grey Shot | 55 | I A Balding | Pat Eddery |
| 8th | Sapio | 54 | Sylvia Kay | John Walker |
| 9th | Alcove | 50 | Tom Hughes (Junior) | Brian York |
| 10th | Cheviot | 50.5 | Cliff Brown | Damien Browne |
| 11th | The Bandette | 51 | John Wheeler | Noel Harris |
| 12th | Arctic Scent | 51.5 | J W Mason | Brent Stanley |
| 13th | Istidaad | 53.5 | Peter C Hayes | Greg Hall |
| 14th | Circles Of Gold | 50.5 | Brian Smith | Brett Prebble |
| 15th | Oscar Schindler | 56.5 | K Prendergast | Michael Kinane |
| 16th | Centico | 48.5 | John Sadler | Andrew Payne |
| 17th | The Phantom Chance | 53.5 | John Wheeler | Patrick Payne |
| 18th | Super Slew | 51.5 | Clarry Connors | Mick Dittman |
| 19th | Few Are Chosen | 50.5 | Gai Waterhouse | Darren Gauci |
| 20th | Court Of Honour | 56.5 | P W Chapple-Hyam | Simon Marshall |
| 21st | My Kiwi Gold | 49.5 | Bart Cummings | John Marshall |
| 22nd | Beaux Art | 52 | D A Edwards | Jason Hustwitt |
# Equinox (Sérgio Mendes album)

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
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Equinox is the second album by Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66, released in April 1967, with vocalists Lani Hall and Janis Hansen.

## Track listing

* "Constant Rain (Chove Chuva)" (Jorge Ben, Norman Gimbel)
* "Cinnamon and Clove" (Johnny Mandel, Alan and Marilyn Bergman)
* "Watch What Happens" (Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy, Norman Gimbel)
* "For Me" (Arrastão) (Edu Lobo, Norman Gimbel)
* "Bim-Bom" (João Gilberto)
* "Night and Day" (Cole Porter)
* "Triste" (Antônio Carlos Jobim)
* "Gente" (Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle)
* "Wave" (Jobim)
* "Só Danço Samba (Jazz 'n' Samba)" (Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes)

## Personnel

Musicians
* Sérgio Mendes – piano, vocals
* John Pisano – guitar
* Bob Matthews (Tracks 2–10), William Plummer (Track 1) – bass, sitar, vocals
* José Soares – percussion, vocals
* João Palma – drums
* Lani Hall, Janis Hansen – vocals
Production
* Bruce Botnick, Larry Levine – recording engineers

## Charts

| Chart (1967) | position |
| US Billboard 200 | 24 |
| US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) | 3 |

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| United States (RIAA) | Gold | 500,000$^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||
# Senator Stebbins

Senator Stebbins may refer to:
* Charles Stebbins (1789–1873), New York State Senate
* De Wayne Stebbins (1835–1901), Wisconsin State Senate
# Qiwang (Go)

Qiwang (Chinese: 中国围棋棋王战; pinyin: Zhōngguó Wéiqí Qíwáng Zhàn) was a Go competition in China.
The tournament was discontinued in 2003.

## Past winners and runners-up

| Year | Winner | Runner-up |
| 1989 | Qian Yuping | Yu Bin |
| 1990 | Nie Weiping | Qian Yuping |
| 1991 | Ma Xiaochun | Nie Weiping |
| 1992 | Ma Xiaochun | Liang Weitang |
| 1993 | Ma Xiaochun | Cao Dayuan |
| 1994 | Ma Xiaochun | Zhang Wendong |
| 2000 | Yu Bin | Ma Xiaochun |
| 2001 | Yu Bin | Kong Jie |
# Othmar Commenda

Othmar Commenda (born 29 May 1954) is a retired General of the Austrian Armed Forces and former Chief of its General Staff.

## Career

After his basic military service in 1975, he graduated at the Theresian Military Academy. He was from 1979 Platoon leader and then as company commander at Panzerbataillon 14 in Wels in service.
Later Commenda graduated at the National Defense Academy in Vienna a general staff training, which he completed in 1988 with honors. from 1988 to 1991, Commenda was the chief instructor of tactics at the National Defense Academy.
From 1993 to 1995 he was chief of staff and deputy brigade commander of the 3rd Panzer-Grenadier-Brigade in Mautern.
As of 2001, Commenda was head of the staff department in the Cabinet of Defense, and since 2003 has been in charge of the Cabinet of the Federal Minister of Defense.
From May 2013 to the end of June 2018 he was chief of the general staff. Following this, he was promoted to the rank as general. As chief of the general staff, Robert Brieger followed in July 2018.