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Waldo Lonsbury Semon (September 10, 1898 – May 26, 1999) was an American inventor born in Demopolis, Alabama.  He is credited with inventing methods for making polyvinyl chloride useful.

Biography
He was born on September 10, 1898.

Semon is best known for plasticizing vinyl, the world's third most used plastic. He is also credited for being the first to commercialise 
plasticizers for vinyl, which greatly increased their utility, starting with dibutyl phthalate. He found the formula for vinyl by mixing a few synthetic polymers, and the result was a substance that was elastic, but wasn't adhesive. Semon worked on methods of improving rubber, and eventually developed a synthetic substitute. On December 11, 1935, he created Koroseal from salt, coke and limestone, a polymer that could be made in any consistency.  Semon made more than 5,000 other synthetic rubber compounds, achieving success with Ameripol (AMERican POLymer) in 1940 for the B.F. Goodrich company.  In all, Semon held 116 patents, and was inducted into the Invention Hall of Fame in 1995 at the age of 97.

While at B.F. Goodrich, Semon reported to Harry L. Fisher and later supervised Benjamin S. Garvey, both of whom also received the Charles Goodyear Medal. He hired Charles S. Schollenberger who received the Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award.

Semon is sometimes credited with inventing bubble gum, but this is inaccurate. He did invent an indigestible synthetic rubber substance that could be used as a bubble gum (and produced exceptionally large bubbles), but the product remained a curiosity and was never sold. Semon graduated from the University of Washington earning a BS in chemistry and a PhD in chemical engineering.

He was awarded the Charles Goodyear Medal in 1944, the Elliott Cresson Medal in 1964, and the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1965. After retiring from B.F. Goodrich, he served as a research professor at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. He died in Hudson, Ohio, on May 26, 1999, at the age of 100.

Legacy
Waldo Semon Woods Conservation Area, is named in honor of the inventor, for his donation of land to Metro Parks, serving Summit County, Ohio. It is over 100 acres, with a pond where herons, turtles and amphibians are often seen.

References

External links
 Audio interview with Waldo Semon.
 Map of Waldo Semon woods.

External links
UW Alumni Magazine Profile
Metro Parks, Serving Summit County
Biography at Bouncing-Balls.com

1898 births
1999 deaths
American centenarians
Men centenarians
20th-century American chemists
American chemical engineers
People from Demopolis, Alabama
Polymer scientists and engineers
University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni
University of Washington College of Engineering alumni
20th-century American engineers
20th-century American inventors
James Douglas, 3rd Lord Mordington (born 1651), succeeded his father William Douglas, 2nd Lord Mordington,

It is recorded in The Great Seal of Scotland (charter number 294) confirmed at Edinburgh on 2 August 1662, that James Douglas, Master of Mordington, eldest son of William Douglas, 2nd Lord Mordington, acquired the estates of Nether Mordington, as well as Edrington and its castle, which occupied the lower half of the parish. In the National Archives of Scotland (GD206/6/20) are Legal papers relative to the 20 merklands of Over and Nether Mordington in parish of Mordington, regality of Dalkeith and sheriffdom of Berwickshire, dated 1671 – 1710.

In his journals, Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall relates how he went with his father to Iddingtoun in Berwickshire in September 1670, and mentions that the superior of the nearby town of Chirnside was "My Lord Mordington" who was also patron of the Kirk there. He also said that he "saw Paxtoun and Edringtone, a part of [Lauder of] Basses lands, and given away to a brother, now belongs to my Lord Mordington. Saw (Over) Mordington and Nether Mordington (today Edrington House); saw the bounds road with my Lord's park. My Lord Mordington (also) had all of Magdalene field (by the River Tweed), but he could not get it peaceably possessed for thesse of Berwick, so he sold it to Watsone."

An Inventory of the Writs in the National Archives (GD206/6/153) produced for Walter Harper in process of reduction and improbation pursued by Robert Rochead of Masterton are against the creditors of [Lord] Mordington with the Writs (legal papers), dated 1706. It is presumed these referred to either the estate of William Douglas, 2nd Lord Mordington, who appeared to be in debt, or the 3rd Lord, James. (They have not been examined).

James Douglas, 3rd Lord Mordington, married Anne (b.1651) daughter of Alexander Seton, 1st Viscount of Kingston by his first wife, Jean (d. August 1651), daughter of Sir George Fletcher, of the Innerpeffer family. Their son and heir was George Douglas, 4th Lord Mordington.

References
 The Peerage of Scotland, published by Peter Brown, Edinburgh, 1834, p. 176.
 Journals of Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall 1665 – 1676, edited by Donald Crawford, Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1900.
 The Scots Peerage by Sir James Balfour Paul, under 'Seton, Viscount of Kingston', p. 196.

1651 births
Year of death missing
Lords of Parliament (pre-1707)
Dalhousie is a small town in south-western Quebec near the border of Ontario, in the municipality of Saint-Télesphore, which is located within Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec (Canada). It is named for George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, who served as Governor General of Canada from 1825 to 1828.

Geographical location

It lies 70 km to the west of Montreal, in a predominantly rural environment.

There is also an extension of the settlement — known as Dalhousie Mills —  which lies outside Quebec in South Glengarry Township, within Ontario's United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. This also illustrates the historically close links which formerly existed between the border regions of Upper and Lower Canada.

Historical link with the Canadian Pacific Railway

It is sometimes referred to as Dalhousie Station because of its location as a settlement at a former station of the Canadian Pacific Railway / Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique, which dated from 1884.

A former station water tower area, which was re-landscaped in 2006, remains a significant local landmark: the tower itself is distinguished by its conspicuous profile in the local area and by the solidity of its stonework and Syrian (Romanesque) arching.

Notable local activities

Given the local area's rural location, agriculture is a significant local activity.

In winter months, a snowmobiling club based at Dalhousie Station, "Le Club Étoile Dorée de Dalhousie", founded in 1971, is active among local trails.

Historically coincidental link with distinguished botanist

By coincidence, as perhaps befits a rural community significantly characterized by agricultural activity, the area's local name at least indirectly refers to the title held in marriage by Christian Ramsay, Countess of Dalhousie (1786-1839), in her day a distinguished botanist whose Canadian collections were catalogued and held by various Canadian institutions of learning.

See also

 Canadian Pacific Railway#History
 South Glengarry, Ontario#Communities
 Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality#Subdivisions

External links
 "Water Tower, Dalhousie" http://www.eureka4you.com/wtower-qc-d/Dalhousie.htm
 Dalhousie, from Municipal website https://saint-telesphore.com/portfolio-items/dahlousie/?portfolioCats=41

 Regional Municipal website https://mrcvs.ca/
 "Le Club Étoile Dorée de Dalhousie" https://www.clubetoiledoree.com/

References

 Official Transport Quebec Road Map

Communities in Montérégie
Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality
Populated places in Montérégie
Kotturu Tadepalli (Kothuru) is located in North Western part of Vijayawada in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a village falls under Vijayawada Rural mandal in Vijayawada revenue division of NTR district. There is a proposal to merge this village into Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) to form a Greater Vijayawada Municipal Corporation.

See also 
Vijayawada (rural) mandal

References 

Villages in NTR district
Neighbourhoods in Vijayawada
Park Hyatt Chennai is a five-star luxury hotel located at Guindy, Chennai, India that opened in 2012. It is the 30th hotel in the Park Hyatt portfolio.

History
The hotel was built by entrepreneur Vijay Mahtaney, owner of textile business Ambattur Clothing, upon diversifying into the business of building hotels, IT parks and residential projects through Ambattur Developers. Owned by Mahtaney and managed by Hyatt, the hotel was inaugurated on 1 October 2012.

The hotel
The 11-story hotel has 201 rooms (ranging from 43 to 180 sq m), including 20 suites, spread across seven floors. An 8,072 sq ft (747 sq m) banquet space is divisible into six rooms. A swimming pool overlooks the Guindy National Park.
The hotel was designed by New York architects, George Wong Designs. The hotel is decorated with Indian textiles. designed by Venu Juneja from Goa. The 'weaving theme' features silk on one wall and canvas on the other. The signature restaurant, 'The Flying Elephant', is set on three levels, with six open show kitchens.

The hotel is built on the land where Concorde Motors stood until 2007. According to the city's Historian S. Muthiah, the hotel's interiors are "a vision in modern design and minimalism."

Awards
In 2013, in the debut year of its opening, Park Hyatt Chennai was awarded 'The Best New Hotel of the Year' at the HICSA Hotels of the Year Awards–2013.

See also

 List of hotels in Chennai

References

External links
 Park Hyatt Chennai

Hotels in Chennai
Hotels established in 2011
Hyatt Hotels and Resorts
Hotel buildings completed in 2011
Skyscraper hotels in Chennai
The Filthy Thieving Bastards is an American folk/punk rock group formed in 2000 in San Francisco, California. The band was originally a side project put together by Johnny Bonnel and Darius Koski of the Swingin' Utters. Spike Slawson (also from Swingin' Utters) later joined the band, along with recording engineer Randy Burk. Greg Lisher from Camper Van Beethoven guested on guitar for several songs on their second release. Their music is influenced by folk rock, Celtic rock, country music, 60's pop, and punk rock, with an acknowledged and oft-noted debt to the music of The Pogues.

The project's first (short) album, Our Fathers Sent Us, was released by TKO Records in 2000. In 2001, the band released A Melody of Retreads and Broken Quills on BYO Records.

The next album My Pappy Was a Pistol was released in 2005. In March 2007 Filthy Thieving Bastards released their next album ... and I'm A Son of a Gun on BYO Records, featuring an appearance by Spider Stacey of the Pogues.  The naming of the last two albums was a nod to American Singer/Songwriter Roger Miller.

The song "Drug Lords of the Avenues" is featured on the in-game soundtrack for Skate.

Discography
Our Fathers Sent Us (E.P.) - 2000
A Melody of Retreads and Broken Quills - 2001
My Pappy Was a Pistol - 2005
I'm A Son of a Gun - 2007

Reviews
 "My Pappy Was A Pistol" CD Review by Chris Andrade for kMNR...Music News Weekly

External links
[ Allmusic]
Filthy Thieving Bastards (Myspace)

Punk rock groups from California
Folk punk groups
BYO Records artists
The African Center for Community Empowerment (ACCE) is a nonprofit, community-based organization serving youth and adults in Southeastern Queens, New York, USA The ACCE was founded in Far Rockaway, Queens in 2000 to help solve the poverty-related problems of inner-city youth and their families, and is currently in operation as an after-school program and community center in St. Albans, Queens.

The organization is the recipient of the 2005 Union Square Awards.

References

External links
Webpage

Organizations based in New York City
Community empowerment
Queens, New York
The Worshipful Company of Brewers is a livery company of the City of London, ranked 14th in the companies' order of precedence. Its origins can be traced back with certainty to 1292, although it probably existed in some form up to a century earlier as the Guild of Our Lady and St Thomas Becket. Its successor, the Mistery of Free Brewers, were granted the right by the Mayor and Aldermen of London to appoint Masters and Wardens in 1406. Henry VI granted the first of a series of Royal Charters to the company in 1437–38. Until the last century, the company admitted non-brewers so that they could be represented by a livery company. From the mid-16th century, masters were elected annually; all of those whose names are known are listed below.

List of masters 
A continuous list of masters is available from the early 18th century. The list is mostly complete from 1563, although several gaps are present.

References 

 
Brewing in London
Manhunt, sometimes just called hunt, refers to a number of variations of the game of tag. The goal is to avoid being tagged by anyone designated as "it" or (for those already "it") to tag anyone who has not been tagged. It is played in the dark. Some variations include teams and point scoring. In some variants flashlights are used. Other variants on manhunt include Takedown manhunt and Buildup Manhunt. In the Takedown manhunt version the player tagged "IT" will need to bring the player down to the ground often with force in order for it to be counted as a tag. In the Build up variant, the game starts as any normal game, but instead of players who have been captured waiting out the game they will join the hunter and also become "it" themselves.

See also
 Ringolevio
 Wide Game

References

External links
 Manhunt Edmonton
 Manhunt Halifax
 Manhunt Ljubljana
 Manhunt Toronto
 Manhunt Warsaw
 Manhunt Vancouver
 Manhunt Victoria

Street games
Pervasive games
Tag variants
UASC may refer to:

Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the United Kingdom
Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago
United Arab Shipping Company, merged with Hapag-Lloyd in April 2016.
Universal Avionics Systems Corporation aka Universal Avionics.
Ukrainian American Sports Club — a number of Ukrainian diaspora sport clubs (e.g. Ukrainian Lions).
Mirjam Luise Schmidt (born 26 February 1977 in Kulmbach) is a German politician (Alliance 90/The Greens) and since 2019 member of the Landtag of Hesse.

Life 
Mirjam Schmidt studied art history, history and pedagogy in Munich (1998-2004) and Frankfurt am Main (2004-2007) and graduated with a master's degree. After working as assistant and gallery director at the Voges Gallery in Frankfurt am Main, she joined Meixner Schlüter Wendt Architekten in 2010 as a management assistant, where she was also responsible for press and public relations. From 2013 to 2018, Mirjam Schmidt was personal assistant to Christoph Mäckler and head of communications at the German Institute of Urban Design in Frankfurt am Main. Most recently, she worked as a consultant for the City of Frankfurt am Main, where she is responsible in Department III Human Resources and Health.

She is a member of Alliance 90/The Greens since 2016. In the 2018 Hessian state election, she became a members of the Hesse state parliament. She ran in the electoral district Frankfurt am Main IV and achieved a result of 10,647 votes (25.7%) there. She entered the state parliament via her party's state list.

Publications 
 Mirjam Luise Schmidt: Liturgische Elfenbeinkämme von 800-1200. Eine Analyse von Stil, Form, Darstellungsinhalt und historischer Überlieferung. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, Saarbrücken 2010, ISBN 978-3-639-27710-4 (Magisterarbeit).

References

External links 
 Seite beim Hessischen Landtag
 Biografische Kurznotiz, S. 8.
 Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt: Statistische Berichte. Die Landtagswahl in Hessen am 28. Oktober 2018. Vorläufige Ergebnisse, S. 20.

1977 births
Living people
Alliance 90/The Greens politicians
Members of the Landtag of Hesse
21st-century German politicians
21st-century German women politicians
John McNichols may refer to:
 John P. McNichols, president of University of Detroit 
 John J. McNichols, member of the Illinois House of Representatives
The Brockville Police Service provides policing services for Brockville, the community of the Thousand Islands region on the St. Lawrence River in Eastern Ontario, Canada. Known as the "City of the 1000 Islands", Brockville (population 21,854 in 2016) is located directly opposite Morristown, New York on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, about half-way between Cornwall in the east and Kingston in the west and a little over an hour from the nation's capital, Ottawa.

It is the oldest police service in the province of Ontario, having been formed in 1832.

Currently, the Brockville Police Service consists of over 100 members, including nine female officers and 19 civilian support members providing constant emergency response. The Brockville police have 22 vehicles, including two K9 patrols. In September 2013 the Brockville Police Service received 13 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) which were placed in each of the departments' marked patrol cruisers. This additional equipment allows the Brockville police officers to respond to sudden cardiac arrests (SCAs) and provide potentially life saving assistance. The chief of police is the highest-ranking officer of the Brockville service. The position currently belongs to Scott Fraser, who was appointed December 18, 2013.

References

External links
Brockville Police Service

Brockville
Law enforcement agencies of Ontario
Eli Caven (born 11 November 1996) is an English rugby union player, now playing with Cambridge. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors in the United Rugby Championship, and Ayrshire Bulls in the Super 6. He plays on the wing.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

While in the Bristol Bears academy he was dual-registered with Clifton, and played mainly for the amateur club.

He was offered the chance to go to New Zealand in the summer of 2016, when he played for Sumner in the Canterbury area.

Professional career

He joined the Bristol Bears academy in 2016. He played for Bristol in the Premiership Sevens. 

He played for Hartpury University while getting his degree in Strength and Conditioning, first of all on a loan deal, then from 2017 in the English Championship.

In 2020, he signed for Ayrshire Bulls in the Super 6.

He was training with Glasgow Warriors in 2022. Head Coach Franco Smith said: "We brought Eli in after the end of the Super6 Championship in late October and he’s trained really well with us. He played for our A team in a training match against Scotland under-20s last month, scoring three tries, and it’s an area of the team that we want to broaden the number of players available to us."

He made his competitive debut for Glasgow Warriors on 25 February 2023, in the match against the Lions in the United Rugby Championship, scoring a try in the match. Caven earned the Glasgow Warrior No. 351.

He moved to play for Cambridge for the 2023-24 season.

Coaching career

He has a Bachelor of Science in Strength and Conditioning. He is also a BWL Olympic Weightlifting Coach. He was a Strength and Conditioning Coach for Ayrshire Bulls till moving in 2023.

References

1996 births
English rugby union players
Living people
Rugby union wings
Glasgow Warriors players
Rugby union strength and conditioning coaches
Bristol Bears players
Hartpury University R.F.C. players
Clifton RFC players
Ayr RFC players
Cambridge R.U.F.C. players
Arnaud Labbe (born 3 November 1976 in Creil, Oise) is a French racing cyclist who rides for the CC Périgueux Dordogne team. He had started the 2010 season riding for an amateur team, GSC Blagnac, having failed to earn a renewal of his contract with  at the end of the previous season, but  were left short of riders due to injuries and illness, and needed to expand their squad. Labbe competes in road and cyclo-cross events.

For the 2014 season, Labbe returned to the amateur ranks with CC Périgueux Dordogne.

Palmares

Cyclo-cross

2002–2003
3rd National Championships
2003–2004
2nd National Championships
2004–2005
3rd National Championships
2005–2006
3rd National Championships

Road

2001
9th Manx International
2002
7th Manx International
2003
1st Prix des Flandres Françaises
4th Manx International
2005
2nd Overall Tour de la Manche
1st Stage 2
3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
5th Flèche Hesbigonne
6th Overall Tour de la Somme
8th La Poly Normande
9th Overall Tour de Normandie
10th Bordeaux-Saintes

References

External links

1976 births
Living people
People from Creil
Cyclo-cross cyclists
French male cyclists
Sportspeople from Oise
Cyclists from Hauts-de-France
Märta Eleonora Tikkanen (born 3 April 1935) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer.

Biography 
Born in Helsinki, she has worked as a reporter for Hufvudstadsbladet from 1956 to 1961. She graduated from the University of Helsinki, Master of Arts in 1958 and received a Master of Philosophy in 1961. Tikkanen was married to writer Henrik Tikkanen. A film based on her book Manrape (Män kan inte våldtas, "Men Can't Be Raped"), directed by Jörn Donner, was released in 1978.

Bibliography
nu imorron (1970)
Ingenmansland (1972)
Vem bryr sig om Doris Mihailov (1974)
Män kan inte våldtas (1975)
Århundradets kärlekssaga (1978)
Mörkret som ger glädjen djup (1981)
Sofias egen bok (1982)
Rödluvan (1986)
Storfångaren (1989)
Arnaía kastad i havet (1992)
Bryta mot lagen (1992)
Personliga angelägenheter (1996)
Sofia vuxen med sitt MBD (1998)
Två (2004)
Emma & Uno - visst var det kärlek (2010)

Prizes
Nordic Women's Alternative Literature Prize (1979)
Finnish Bookseller's Thank You For the Book Prize (1979)
Finland's State Prize for the Dissemination of Knowledge (1983)
Swedish literary De Nios Grand Prize (1999)
Swedish Academy's Finland Prize (2002)
Finland's State Literary Prize (2011)

References 
 Biography at Rowohlt publishers 

Finnish writers
Finnish writers in Swedish
Writers from Helsinki
Finnish women writers
1935 births
Living people
Swedish women writers