Samantha912/NLP_A2_WTH huggingface dataset:
Lowepro is a brand of carrying bags for cameras, laptops, imaging accessories and portable consumer electronics with corporate headquarters in Petaluma, California. It is part of Videndum plc.

History of the company
Lowepro camera bags began as an offshoot of Lowe Alpine Systems, an outdoor equipment manufacturer founded by Mike, Greg and Jeff Lowe in suburban Denver (Colorado) in 1967. In the 1960s, the Lowe brothers were known in outdoor circles for their climbing, skiing and photography. In 1967, Greg Lowe invented the world’s first close-fitting internal-frame backpack. He used the same design principles to create the Lowepro line of protective camera bags as he often carried photographic equipment on hikes and climbs in the backcountry of the Western United States. The first bag marketed for cameras was manufactured in 1972.

In 1981, Uwe Mummenhoff and DayMen Photo Marketing Inc. gained exclusive rights to produce Lowepro products under license in Canada. In 1989, Lowepro U.S.A. became a wholly owned subsidiary of DayMen Photo Marketing and was established as a corporation; the Lowepro registered trademark was bought in 2002. Brockway Moran & Partners invested in DayMen in partnership with management in October 2010. On September 22, 2017 the company was acquired by The Vitec Group plc for $10.3 million.  Vitec Group changed its name to Videndum in 2022.

Products

The Slingshot range is aimed at professional news and sports photographers, providing easy access to cameras for rapid shooting; CNet found the SlingShot 300 AW Camera Bag offered good protection and easy access.  The FastPack is a rucksack-style range, which CNet found less refined.

Other products include bags for drones and laptops. Lowepro brand products are manufactured in China.

References

External links 
 Lowepro's website

Photography equipment
Companies based in California
Manufacturing companies established in 1967
1967 establishments in California
Peter Magowan (March 22, 1762 – June 19, 1810) was a lawyer and political figure in Prince Edward Island. He represented Kings County in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1790 to 1810. His surname also appears as McGowan or Macgowan.

Born in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, (the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online states that he may have been a native of Ireland) Magowan was educated in England and was admitted to practice as an attorney of the King's Bench in 1782. In 1788, he married Ann Stainforth. He immigrated to St. John's Island (later Prince Edward Island) in 1789 from London. He was first elected to the colony's assembly in 1790. For some time, he and Attorney General Joseph Aplin were the only practicing lawyers on the island. Magowan was deputy to Thomas Desbrisay, secretary and registrar, from 1795 to 1800. He was named acting attorney general in 1798 when Aplin was relieved of his duties and became attorney general in 1800, serving in that post until his death in Charlottetown in 1810. Magowan was reelected to the assembly in 1803 and 1806.

His grandson Alexander Henry Boswall MacGowan later served in the British Columbia assembly.

References 

1810 deaths
Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Prince Edward Island
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Year of birth uncertain
1762 births
Attorneys General of the Colony of Prince Edward Island
Barry Stevens (born 1952) is a Toronto-based writer and filmmaker.

In 1997 he co-wrote (with Steven Silver) the International Emmy Award-winning documentary Gerrie & Louise, about the South African Truth Commission. Since this time he has devoted himself almost exclusively to documentary work, writing and directing several critically acclaimed documentaries including Offspring (2001) which won the Donald Brittain Award, the IDFA Audience Award, and was nominated for an Emmy and a Grierson, The Bomber's Dream (2006), Bio-Dad (2009) and Prosecutor (2010).

Through the making of Offspring and Bio-Dad, which chronicled the search for his own sperm-donor father, Stevens discovered he was one of 1000 potential offspring of Dr. Bertold P. Wiesner, who ran a London-based fertility clinic between 1943 and 1962.

Awards and nominations

For Diary of Evelyn Lau

 1995: Gemini Award for "Best writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series"

For Gerrie and Louise

 1998: (with Steven Silver) Gemini Award for "Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series"
 1998: (with Steven Silver) Writers Guild of Canada Award

For Offspring

 2001: Amsterdam International Film Festival Audience Award
 2001: Nominated for Chicago International Film Festival Gold Hugo Award for "Best Documentary"
 2002: Writers Guild of Canada Award

For The Bombers Dream

 2007: Writers Guild of Canada Award for "Best Writing in a Documentary"

For War Story 

 2014: 2nd Canadian Screen Awards for "Best Direction in a Documentary Series" ("Ortona: The War Inside")
 2017: 5th Canadian Screen Awards for "Best Direction in a Documentary Series" ("The Long Way Home")

References

External links
 
 

1952 births
Canadian documentary film directors
Canadian people of Austrian-Jewish descent
Canadian male screenwriters
Living people
Canadian Screen Award winners
Donor conceived people
20th-century Canadian screenwriters
20th-century Canadian male writers
21st-century Canadian screenwriters
21st-century Canadian male writers
The Drougoubitai, also Drogobitai or Dragobitai (), variously anglicized as Drugubites, Drogubites, Druguvites, Draguvites etc., were a South Slavic group (Sclaveni) who settled in the Balkans in the 7th century. Two distinct branches are mentioned in the sources, one living in medieval Macedonia to the north and east of Thessalonica and around Veroia (in modern Greece).

History

The 7th-century Miracles of Saint Demetrius, which chronicle the Slavic invasions and settlement in the Balkans, list the first branch of the Drougoubitai along with four other Sclaveni tribes living in the vicinity of Thessalonica. According to the Miracles, they were led by kings, and were tributary allies to the Byzantines. The Miracles also record their participation in two unsuccessful attacks by Sclaveni coalitions on Thessalonica, in 617/618 and 677. 

By 879, a bishopric of Drougoubiteia (Δρουγουβιτεία), suffragan to the Metropolis of Thessalonica, had been established. Nicolas Oikonomides has suggested that at about the same time, the tribe was placed under a Byzantine military governor with the title of strategos. In the late 10th and 11th centuries, Drougoubiteia is attested as being united with the themes of Thessalonica and Strymon into a single province. In the early 10th century, John Kaminiates speaks of the Drougoubitai as living around Veroia, while in the 13th century, Demetrios Chomatenos mentions them as "ruling" all the land from Veroia up to Skopje.

See also
List of Medieval Slavic tribes

References

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Byzantine Greece
Medieval Macedonia
Slavic tribes in Macedonia
Slavic tribes in Thrace and Moesia
Sclaveni
Joseph Charles Léonard Yvon Beaulne (1919–1999) was a Canadian diplomat. He was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Brazil. He then became the Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and shortly thereafter to UNESCO and then to the papal Holy See.

He was awarded The Order of Canada in 1992 for his contribution "to the promotion of human rights and freedoms, particularly through the creation of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa and his considerable work with the United Nations Human Rights Commission."

References

External links 
 Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Complete List of Posts 

1919 births
1999 deaths
Permanent Representatives of Canada to the United Nations
Permanent Delegates of Canada to UNESCO
Ambassadors of Canada to the Holy See
Ambassadors of Canada to Venezuela
Ambassadors of Canada to the Dominican Republic
Ambassadors of Canada to Brazil
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Canadian expatriates in the United States
Galium sparsiflorum is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name Sequoia bedstraw. It is endemic to California, where it grows in shaded habitat in certain mountain ranges, including the Sierra Nevada.

Galium sparsiflorum is a perennial herb forming tufts of erect stems 30 to 50 centimeters tall with woody bases. The stems are ringed with whorls of four rounded to oval leaves each up to 2.5 centimeters long. The plant is dioecious, with male plants bearing clusters of flowers and female plants with usually solitary flowers in leaf axils.

Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized (May 2014):

Galium sparsiflorum subsp. glabrius Dempster & Stebbins - northwestern California
Galium sparsiflorum subsp. sparsiflorum - central California

References

External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
USDA Plants Profile
Photo gallery
Photo of herbarium specimen at New York Botanical Garden, type of Galium sparsiflorum 
Gardening Europe

sparsiflorum
Flora of Northern America
Plants described in 1900
Endemic flora of California
Dioecious plants
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
An Cosnmhaidh Ua Dubhda (died 1162) was the king of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe.

His wife, Dubh Essa Bean Uí Dubhda, died in 1190.

Annalistic reference

 1162. Cosnamhaigh Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Amhalghadha, was slain by his own tribe.

External links
 http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005B/

References

 The History of Mayo, Hubert T. Knox, p. 379, 1908.
 Araile do fhlathaibh Ua nDubhda/Some of the princes of Ui Dhubhda, pp. 676–681, Leabhar na nGenealach:The Great Book of Irish Genealogies, Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (died 1671), eag. Nollaig Ó Muraíle, 2004–05, De Burca, Dublin.

People from County Sligo
Monarchs from County Mayo
12th-century Irish monarchs
1162 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Twenties may refer to:

20s
1920s
2020s
 being in your twenties, the third decade of life, see young adult.
Twenties (TV series), an American comedy series broadcast from 2020
Than Myint Aung (; born ) is a Burmese philanthropist and writer, known for her novels and short stories on societal issues.

In 2001, she co-founded the Free Funeral Service Society, a nonprofit that offers free funeral services for poor families. In 2005, she established the Thuka Yeikmyon orphanage for children with HIV in Yangon. In 2010, she established Twilight Villa, a retirement home for impoverished elderly in Yangon's East Dagon Township. In 2013, she opened a second orphanage for children with HIV in Mandalay. In June 2014, she was awarded the Citizen of Burma award for her philanthropic work.

In June 2016, she was appointed to the Yangon City Development Committee.

In the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, she was arrested by the military regime. On the 4th of January 2023, which happened to be the Independence Day of Myanmar, she was granted her release.

References 

Burmese philanthropists
Women philanthropists
Burmese novelists
Burmese women novelists
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20th-century philanthropists
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21st-century Burmese women writers
21st-century philanthropists
1950s births
Living people
20th-century novelists
21st-century novelists
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The Cheshire Oaks is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run over a distance of 1 mile, 3 furlongs and 75 yards () at Chester in May.

History
The event was established in 1950, and it was originally contested over 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 53 yards. The inaugural running was won by Requete.

The Cheshire Oaks was extended by several yards in 1970. It held Group 3 status from 1971 to 1985. It was relegated to Listed level in 1986.

The race was scheduled to be run over 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 65 yards in 1988, but it was abandoned due to waterlogging. It was cut by about a furlong in 1989.

The current trophy is named in memory of Robert Sangster (1936–2004), a successful owner-breeder of racehorses. The Robert Sangster Memorial Cup was first presented in 2005.

The Cheshire Oaks can serve as a trial for the Epsom Oaks. The last horse to win both races was Enable in 2017. The last participant to win the Oaks was Forever Together, the 2018 runner-up.

Records

Leading jockey since 1960 (6 wins):
 Pat Eddery – One Over Parr (1975), African Dancer (1976), Braiswick (1989), Peplum (1991), Bolas (1994), Valentine Girl (1999)
 Ryan Moore -  Wonder of Wonders (2011), Diamondsandrubies (2015), Somehow (2016), Magic Wand (2018), Thoughts Of June (2022), Savethelastdance (2023) 

Leading trainer since 1960 (8 wins):
 Aidan O'Brien - Sail (2008), Perfect Truth (2009), Wonder Of Wonders (2011), Diamondsandrubies (2015), Somehow (2016), Magic Wand (2018), Thoughts Of June (2022), Savethelastdance (2023)

Winners since 1980

Earlier winners

 1950: Requete
 1951: Queen of Sheba
 1952: Good Earth
 1953: Brolly
 1954: Amora
 1955: Lark
 1956: Fairy Grove
 1957: Mulberry Harbour
 1958: Scryer
 1959: Cantelo
 1960: Courtesan
 1961: Bernie
 1962: Tropic Star
 1963: Elite Royale
 1964: Paddy's Song
 1965: Bell Top
 1966: Lucaya
 1967: Pink Gem
 1968: Hardiesse
 1969: no race
 1970: Lupe
 1971: Yelda
 1972: Coral Beach
 1973: Milly Moss
 1974: Dibidale
 1975: One Over Parr
 1976: African Dancer
 1977: Brightly
 1978: Princess Eboli
 1979: L'Ile du Reve

See also
 Horse racing in Great Britain
 List of British flat horse races

References

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 galopp-sieger.de – Cheshire Oaks.
 [http:/`/www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=1027 pedigreequery.com] – Cheshire Oaks – Chester.

Flat horse races for three-year-old fillies
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This is a list of The Rat Patrol episodes from MGM.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (1966–67)

Season 2 (1967–68)

External links

Rat Patrol
The Victor or The Victors may refer to:

Comics, film and TV
The Victors (1918 film), German silent drama, original title Die Sieger
The Victor (1923 film), American silent comedy film directed by Edward Laemmle
The Victor (1932 film), German musical comedy, original title Der Sieger
The Victor (comics), British weekly comic magazine published from 1961 to 1992
The Victors (1963 film), British-American all-star World War II drama by Carl Foreman
"The Victor", March 8, 1989 episode on List of Dragon Ball episodes

Constructions
The Victor, 1909 American condominiums in New Jersey for RCA Victor (Nipper Building)
The Victor, 1928 Serbian monument in Belgrade, original name Pobednik

Songs
"The Victors", 1898 American fight song at University of Michigan
"The Victor", 1975 American Christian song by Jamie Owens-Collins

See also

Victor (disambiguation)
The Victoria (disambiguation)
The British Rayon Research Association was a research institute formed in 1946 by the British Rayon Federation and others. It was funded by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and by voluntary funds from industry to investigate the chemical and physical properties of rayon and rayon fabrics, using a wide range of laboratory and theoretical methods. John Wilson, who was its Director from 1948 to 1958 was appointed a CBE for his work at the BRRA. It was located near Ringway Airport in Manchester, initially, and then at Heald Green near Manchester after 1955.

Work from the Association included academic publication, that included papers by Leslie Treloar in the journal Polymer. The BRRA sponsored Andrew Donald Booth's early research into computing at Birkbeck and was home to the first of his All Purpose Electronic Computers built in 1952

Under Wilson's leadership, the staff of BRRA grew to nearly 300 and gained an international reputation in textiles research. The BRRA also offered annual Technological Scholarships in the Departments of Textiles at the University of Manchester and the University of Leeds.

The Duke of Edinburgh opened the new BRRA laboratory at Heald Green on 11 May 1955. It cost £500,000. British Pathé filmed footage of research, at BRRA, on the strength of fabrics.

John Wilson was succeeded by Leonard Albert Wiseman in 1958.

Merger with Cotton Research Association
By at least 1955 it was apparent that there was potential for overlap in research with the work of the British Cotton Industry Research Association. In 1957 an official agreement was made to avoid duplication.

Wilson retired from the BRRA in 1958, and Len Wiseman became Director.

Consensus emerged that a merger between the BCIRA and BRRA was needed. BRRA's life ended with its merger with the BCRA to form the Cotton, Silk, and Man-Made Fibres Research Association in 1961, better known as the Shirley Institute. Len Wiseman was appointed its Deputy Director.

Notable employees
 LRG Treloar, author of texts and papers on polymer science
 George Porter later Baron Porter of Luddenham, Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, and Nobel Laureate,
 John Wilson
 Derek Saunders, later Pro-Vice Chancellor of Cranfield Institute of Technology
 Robin Bullough
 Arthur S. Lodge, rheologist, later at University of Wisconsin
 Leonard Albert Wiseman

Publications and articles by the BRRA and staff
 Application of high-speed photography to textile problems, G. A. J. Orchard, R. A. Barker, British Rayon Research Association
 The physics of rubber elasticity, L. R. G. Treloar Clarendon Press, 1958

References

Textile industry of the United Kingdom
Research institutes in the United Kingdom
British research associations
Organisations based in Stockport
1946 establishments in the United Kingdom
Scientific organizations established in 1946
Western Bay of Plenty District Council is the territorial authority for the Western Bay of Plenty District of New Zealand.

The council is led by the mayor of Western Bay of Plenty, who is currently . There are also 11 ward councillors.

References

External links

 Official website

Western Bay of Plenty District
Politics of the Bay of Plenty Region
Territorial authorities of New Zealand
The KR women's football team is the women's football division of Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík Football Club), commonly known as KR. It is based in the capital of Iceland, Reykjavík.

Recent History

Club honours
Icelandic Championships: 6
1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003
Icelandic Cups: 4
1999, 2002, 2007, 2008
Icelandic League Cups: 4
1999, 2000, 2002, 2008
Icelandic Super Cup: 3
1994, 1995, 1997
1. deild kvenna:
2014

Current squad
 As of 4 July 2022

Managers
 Edda Garðarsdóttir (2016-2017)
 Bojana Kristín Besic (2017-2019)
 Ragna Lóa Stefánsdóttir (2019)
 Jóhannes Karl Sigursteinsson (2019-present)

References

KR
Capital Region (Iceland)
Besta deild kvenna clubs
Gerd vom Bruch (born 19 August 1941) is a German former football player and coach. He later worked as a player agent.

References

1941 births
Living people
German men's footballers
Sportfreunde Siegen players
German football managers
Borussia Mönchengladbach managers
Bundesliga managers
Men's association football midfielders
Big Time Rush (also known as BTR), is an American television sitcom created by Scott Fellows about the Hollywood misadventures of four hockey players from Minnesota—Kendall, James, Carlos, and Logan, after they are selected to form a boy band. The series premiered with an hour-long pilot episode, "Big Time Audition", on Nickelodeon, on November 28, 2009. Its official debut episode premiered on January 18, 2010, earning 6.8 million viewers, making it Nickelodeon's highest-rated live-action series debut ever. The final episode aired on July 25, 2013, after four seasons comprising a total of 74 episodes.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2009–10) 
 This season was filmed from mid-late 2009 to January 2010.
 Season 1 consisted of 20 episodes.
 Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr., Logan Henderson, and Stephen Kramer Glickman were present for all episodes.
 Nicole Scherzinger, Jordin Sparks, Fabio Lanzoni, and Ed Begley, Jr. all made guest appearances during the season.

Season 2 (2010–12) 
 This season was filmed from July 2010 to May 2011.
 This season has 29 episodes.
 This is the longest season in the entire show. 
Tanya Chisholm joins the main cast in this season as Kelly Wainwright.
 Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr., Logan Henderson, and Ciara Bravo were present for all episodes.
 Tanya Chisholm and Stephen Kramer Glickman were absent for one episode.
 Miranda Cosgrove, Snoop Dogg, Fabio Lanzoni, Ed Begley, Jr., Tom Kenny, Russell Brand, Gage Golightly, Malese Jow, Elizabeth Gillies, Cymphonique Miller, Forrest Burnham, Jeanine Mason, and Cedric Yarbrough all made guest appearances during the season.

Film (2012)

Season 3 (2012) 
On May 24, 2011, Nickelodeon renewed Big Time Rush for a third season.
Malese Jow joins the show Recurring as Lucy Stone. Filming for this season began on April 3, 2012.

Rachel Crow, Alfonso Ribeiro, Fabio Lanzoni, and Chris Paul all made guest appearances during the season.

Season 4 (2013) 
On August 6, 2012, Nickelodeon renewed Big Time Rush for a 13-episode fourth season. Cher Lloyd, Nick Cannon, Austin Mahone, Victoria Justice, and more guest-starred in this season.
 This is the final season of Big Time Rush. This season was filmed from January 2013 to May 2013.

References

External links 
 
 Big Time Rush on Nick.com

Lists of American sitcom episodes
Lists of Nickelodeon television series episodes
Big Time Rush episodes
Steven McCarthy is a Canadian actor and filmmaker from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He is most noted for his three-time guest role as Morgan in the television series Mary Kills People, for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance in a Guest Role in a Drama Series at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018.

He attended the National Theatre School of Canada on two separate occasions, studying acting in the 1990s and directing in the 2000s. His first major directing project was a production of Olivier Choinière's play Bliss for Buddies in Bad Times in 2012.

His other roles have included the films Eye of the Beholder, An Insignificant Harvey, Citizen Gangster, Picture Day, and O Negative, and episodes of the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation, Good Dog, Good God, Defiance, Copper, The Strain, Crawford, The Expanse, and Barkskins.

He was the co-writer of We Forgot to Break Up, and the writer and director of O Negative.

He and Amanda Brugel received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Host in a Web Program or Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, for their cohosting of the 2021 Canadian Alliance of Film and Television Costume Arts and Design awards.

Filmography

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21st-century Canadian male actors
21st-century Canadian screenwriters
21st-century Canadian male writers
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male screenwriters
Canadian male stage actors
Canadian male television actors
Canadian theatre directors
Canadian Screen Award winning actors
Male actors from Ontario
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National Theatre School of Canada alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)