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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mebane%20Commercial%20Historic%20District

Mebane Commercial Historic District

Mebane Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina. It encompasses 30 contributing buildings, and 1 contributing structure in the central business district of Mebane. The district includes one and two-part commercial blocks of one to three stories in height, executed in the Colonial Revival and Neo-Classical styles. The earliest buildings date to about 1905. Notable buildings include two former banks (c. 1910, c. 1919), the Five Star Building (c. 1910), Mebane Enterprise Building (c. 1940), and Jones Department Store Building (c. 1910). It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella%2C%20Sri%20Lanka

Ella, Sri Lanka

"water fall"; ) is a small town in the Badulla District of Uva Province, Sri Lanka governed by an Urban Council. It is approximately east of Colombo and is situated at an elevation of above sea level. The area has a rich bio-diversity, dense with numerous varieties of flora and fauna. Ella is surrounded by hills covered with cloud forests and tea plantations. The town has a cooler climate than surrounding lowlands, due to its elevation. The Ella Gap allows views across the southern plains of Sri Lanka. Transport Road Located on the Colombo-Badulla railway line, and the A16 highway (Beragala-Hali Ela) a part of the Colombo-Badulla road. Rail Ella railway station is the 75th station on the Main Line and is located from Colombo. The station has one platform and all trains running on the Main Line stop at the station. The station opened in July 1918. Facilities Notable government institutions are : Police station Railway station Main post office Attractions Dhowa temple, a 2,000-year-old rock temple, is located on the Badulla-Bandarawela Road. It contains a unfinished Buddha statue carved into the surrounding rock. Bambaragala Peak Ella Rock, a lookout point Little Adam's Peak, a pyramidal-shaped hill, located to the south-east of the town. Named after the larger Adam's Peak.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindow%20Moss

Lindow Moss

Lindow Moss, also known as Saltersley Common, is a raised mire peat bog on the edge of Wilmslow in Cheshire, England. It has been used as common land since the medieval period and is best known for the discovery of the preserved bog body of Lindow Man in 1984. The peat bog was formed in a collection of hollows left by melting ice at the end of the last ice age. It is believed to have been a site of religious significance to the ancient Celts. The first written record of Lindow Moss was in 1421 when the lord of Mobberley and Wilmslow allowed people to dig peat from the mossland for use as fuel. It originally covered over 600 hectares (1,500 acres), but has since shrunk to a tenth of its original size. The bog can be a dangerous place; an 18th-century writer recorded people drowning there. For centuries, peat from the bog was used as fuel. It continues to be extracted but now for mixing within compost products. The process is now mechanised with a mechanical digger. The site is known for its flora and fauna such as hare's-tail cottongrass, common cottongrass and green hairstreak butterfly. It also has been a habitat for water voles although their continued existence is threatened by sinking water levels. The Saltersley Common Preservation Society promotes the preservation of the moss. In November 2011, they teamed up with a local amateur filmmaker to produce a short video detailing the history of the bog and some of the threats it faces. See also Lindow Common - adjacent SSSI Notes References Further reading Norbury, W.H. Lindow Common as a Peat Bog: Its Age and its People. Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 2: 61-75.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spooks%20%281930%20film%29

Spooks (1930 film)

Spooks is a 1930 animated short subject produced by Walter Lantz, and stars Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Plot First glimpsed stalking through a cemetery, a phantom is seen, wearing a hat, mask and coat (who, being magical, will later be shown to be able to fly as well as pass through small openings. While travelling through the air, the phantom finds a studio where actors are making auditions while others are doing rehearsals. As he enters, he sees a female cat weeping. The phantom approaches her and asks why she is crying. Speaking unintelligibly, the cat tells him she desperately wants to sing at the audition and possibly make it to concerts. Unfortunately, her tongue is knotted, thus she can not say even a simple word. Feeling sorry for the cat and falling in love with her, the phantom decides to help out. To assist his love interest, the phantom places a phonograph in the cat's skirt so she may lip sync as a record plays a song. The cat sets foot on the audition stage and performs her act, although it isn't a smooth one. The record repeats a line many times and slows down. However, the studio staff watching don't seem to mind. When the record stops in the middle of the song, the phantom secretly comes to her aid and turns the phonograph's cluster. The song continues and the cat 'sings' again. She manages to do well on the final lines, to the delight of those attending. As the cat happily gets down from the stage, the overjoyed phantom decides to congratulate her with an embrace. Much to the phantom's surprise, however, the cat sidesteps him and walks to another guy standing behind. The other guy is none other than Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Feeling insulted, the phantom grabs the cat and takes her to a secret room within the studio. Upon reaching his secret place, the phantom decides to play the organ of the room. As he plays, he advises the cat not to take off his mask. Curious of why she should not, the cat opts to do so as she tiptoes towards the phantom. As she removes the mask of her captive, the cat is surprised to find out that the phantom's face has no skin or flesh, and is therefore a skeleton in garments. Oswald somehow manages to locate the secret room and knocks on the door loudly. Disturbed by the noise, the phantom leaves the cat inside and decides to confront the rabbit. Seeing the phantom fly toward him, Oswald runs away as quickly as he can. On his getaway, Oswald stumbles and falls into a hole. On landing upon the bottom floor, the rabbit is bumped by a few large lizards that pass by. Oswald then thinks his troubles are over, but more still await as the phantom follows him there. Instead of tormenting the rabbit, the phantom chooses to just ask a riddle. He asks "What does a chicken say when it lays a square egg?" Not sure of an answer, Oswald gives up and admits to not having any idea. The phantom then slaps Oswald in the face, causing the rabbit to say "Ouch!" The warlock also discloses to Oswald that "Ouch!" was the answer and he elatedly disappears. From then on, nobody sees the phantom again. Availability The short is available on The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection DVD box set.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%20UTEP%20Miners%20football%20team

2018 UTEP Miners football team

The 2018 UTEP Miners football team represented University of Texas at El Paso in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C-USA). They were led by first-year head coach Dana Dimel. They finished the season 1-11, 1-7 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the West Division. UTEP averaged 14,155 fans per game. Previous season The Miners in 2017 were led by fifth-year head coach Sean Kugler until his resignation on October 2 and then by interim head coach Mike Price, who had previously served at UTEP's head coach from 2004 to 2012. The Miners finished the season with a record , 0-8 in C-USA play to finish in last place in the West Division. They were winless for the first time since the 1973 season. Preseason Award watch lists Listed in the order that they were released Preseason media poll Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Miners predicted to finish in a tie for sixth place in the West Division. Spring Game The 2018 Spring Game took place in El Paso, on April 13, at 7 p.m.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelena%20McWilliams

Jelena McWilliams

Jelena McWilliams (; born July 29, 1973) is a Serbian-American business executive and a former Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. She was nominated to the position and to the FDIC Board of Directors by President Donald Trump, and the Senate confirmed her appointment on May 24, 2018. She was sworn in as Chairman on June 5, 2018. Previously, McWilliams was executive vice president and chief legal officer of Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati, Ohio. She resigned from her position as Chairman of the Board of the FDIC on February 4, 2022. Early life and education Born Jelena Obrenic () in Belgrade, Serbia, in the former Yugoslavia, McWilliams traveled to the United States at age 18 as part of a high-school exchange program. She attended the University of California at Berkeley for college. She funded her education by working a series of minimum-wage jobs. She wrote her thesis on the war in her native Yugoslavia. McWilliams graduated with highest honors with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and went on to earn her law degree from the UC Berkeley School of Law. Career McWilliams began practicing law working with tech firms at Morrison & Foerster LLP in Palo Alto, California and then moved to Hogan & Hartson LLP, now Hogan Lovells LLP, in Washington, D.C. From 2007 to 2010, McWilliams worked as a lawyer at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, where she focused on a proposal for rules meant to make it easier for consumers to dispute mistakes on their credit reports and to understand their mortgages. McWilliams worked in the United States Senate for six years, first as assistant chief counsel for the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee and then as chief counsel and deputy staff director for the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. At the banking committee, McWilliams worked with chairpersons Senator Richard Shelby (R, Alabama) and Senator Mike Crapo (R, Idaho) on, among other issues, the implementation of and efforts to rework or repeal the 2010 Dodd-Frank banking-regulation reform act. McWilliams served as executive vice president, chief legal officer, and corporate secretary for Fifth Third from January 2017 until May 2018. Chairman of the FDIC On November 30, 2017, the White House press secretary issued a release announcing the President's intention to nominate McWilliams to serve as chairperson of the FDIC. McWilliams had been under consideration for the appointment since July 2017, when James Clinger withdrew his nomination for the position. By year-end 2017, Fifth Third determined that if McWilliams were confirmed as FDIC head, it would not move to have her return the $300,000 signing bonus the bank had paid her when she joined its staff. Before McWilliams' confirmation, The Wall Street Journal previewed the proposed change in leadership at the FDIC, along with changes at the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, saying banks "can expect to see significant further relief" from postcrisis rules under the new leadership. In that context, the article referenced Dodd-Frank, The Volcker Rule, the Community Reinvestment Act, small-dollar loans ("Trump officials have said they want to encourage banks to offer loan products that compete" with payday lenders), new banks (from 237 new banks approved by the FDIC in 2005, two were approved in 2016 and seven in 2017; "McWilliams has said she wants to speed up new-bank approvals"), fintech, leveraged lending (loans to heavily in debted companies), cybersecurity ("McWilliams cited cybersecurity as one of her priorities during her Senate testimony"), and capital, liquidity and overall and supplementary leverage rules. In late December 2021, McWilliams announced her resignation, effective February 4, 2022. Following the election of President Joe Biden in 2020, Democrats had controlled all the seats on the FDIC except for the one she held. About two weeks before McWilliams resigned she had expressed her frustrations and intent in an essay published in the Wall Street Journal. In the piece she had described in detail what she called the erosion of agency norms and a "hostile takeover" attempt by the other directors. Parts of her opinion piece had stated, Of the 20 chairmen who preceded me at the FDIC, nine faced a majority of the board members from the opposing party, including Mr. Gruenberg as chairman under President Trump until I replaced him as chairman in 2018. Never before has a majority of the board attempted to circumvent the chairman to pursue their own agenda. I will continue to manage the agency pursuant to the oath I took. And my door is always open to those willing to engage in a manner that befits the venerated institution we are privileged to serve. In the piece, McWilliams had also cited the loss of her "family's meager savings [which] disappeared overnight when a local bank collapsed at the onset of Yugoslavia's civil war." The country didn't have deposit insurance and, at age 68, her father "went to work as a laborer earning $5 a day." She had followed the personal reminiscence with, "You don't need that kind of firsthand experience to understand why stability at the FDIC is paramount for our nation." Post-FDIC In June 2022, McWilliams was announced as joining the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore to help set up an office in Washington. She will lead the new office and be joined by Elad Roisman, former commissioner and acting chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Jennifer S. Leete, former associate director in the SEC's Division of Enforcement "as partners, Cravath said. It will be the firm's third office, joining existing ones in London and New York." Personal life McWilliams, who is a single mother, has one daughter. She moved her parents from Yugoslavia to the United States after saving enough money to do so.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Conchita%2C%20California

La Conchita, California

La Conchita (; Spanish for "The Little Shell") is a small unincorporated community in western Ventura County, California, on U.S. Route 101 just southeast of the Santa Barbara county line. The ZIP Code is 93001, and the community is inside area code 805. On January 10, 2005, a major landslide occurred in La Conchita. The 2005 landslide killed 10 people, and destroyed or damaged dozens of houses. The landslide recurred on part of a previous landslide in 1995. History "La Conchita", Spanish for little conch shell, was first used as the name of a spur on the Southern Pacific railroad line in the 1880s and it was a name generally used to describe a broader area than the present day village. commemorated the home town areas of the railroad workers who settled in the town while building the Southern Pacific line. The name change and designated area then known as La Conchita are crucially important to any understanding of the region today and its geologic history. Up through the 1930s as historically documented, the area from Bates Road down to Mussel Shoals (then known as Mussel Rock) was referred to as La Conchita. 1817-1912 Prior to the establishment of the village of Punta, the coastal area was named Punta Gorda. "Punta Gorda", Spanish for massive point, referred to the outstanding feature of this coastal area, a large rock promontory. A monk who stopped at the Mission San Buenaventura in 1817 first mentioned the site. The history of the hamlet of La Conchita is closely tied to developments in the Rincon Point area. The name "The Rincon" was also routinely used to designate the area from Carpinteria's Rincon Point to Ventura's Sea Cliff. From 1850 until 1873 when Ventura County was established, Punta Gorda was part of Santa Barbara County. What is now the community of La Conchita was originally part of the Mexican land grant Rancho El Rincon given by Governor Jose Figueroa to Teodoro Arrellanes in 1835. Arrellanes' daughter Maria married Dr. Matthew Biggs, and the property was transferred to Biggs in 1855. During the 1860s following a long period of drought, the record rainfall of 1868 produced major flooding throughout the county. It was during this time that major portions of the old ranchos were subdivided and sold off by heirs to an increasing number of arriving immigrants and settlers. The Homestead Act of 1862 had brought many newcomers to settle in California. Levi Gould Stanchfield, born in Leeds, Maine in 1841, established a ranch at Punta Gorda in 1875 where he raised sheep, grew lima beans and built a ranch house at Mussel Rock. Stanchfield was married to Luisa Arenas. Her father, Luis Arenas, held several land grants, and in 1838 was Mayor of Los Angeles. Her mother Josepfa Palomares was the sister of Ygnacio Palomares one of the first settlers of the San Gabriel Valley. Stanchfield sold the property to Charles. Ablett, born in England, was well known as a druggist in Santa Barbara and a key figure in the homesteading activity of the Punta Gorda area from the 1880s on. At this time, the La Conchita section of the Southern Pacific railroad coast route was almost completed and the village of Punta was established. Among the founding families of Punta were the Callis from Kentucky; the Mullins from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada; and the Gaynors from Ireland. Members of these families were prominent in local history for the next sixty years. From 1880-1916 a U.S. post office was sited in Punta, and Punta Gorda served as a stop for both the stagecoach and the railroad. Charles E. Ablett served as the first postmaster. In 1883 the Rincon School district was established and classes were first held in the home of Robert Callis with nine pupils in attendance. The 1883 census listed 17 children living in Punta. In 1890 the name was changed to the Punta Gorda School District, and the first school structure was built in the village. The Ventura County Register of 1890, as well as the Rincon district electoral records from 1900-1916, reflects a varied mix of ethnicities among the residents in Punta and the Rincon area. A right of way was granted to the Southern Pacific railroad in 1887 and narrow ledges were blasted for the tracks. Since there was no room for a wagon road after that, the idea of building a series of wooden causeway around the cliffs was first developed in 1910. The idea was taken from the European models that existed at the time in Monte Carlo. The "causeway," a timber pile trestle with a roadway, was built as part of the Rincon Sea Level Road, a cooperative project between Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. By 1912, Rincon Road became part of the state highway system. In 1926, it was replaced with cement concrete pavement. Farming remained the predominant occupation of the area through the First World War. It was a precarious way of life, since there was little fresh water available. During the severe drought of 1898, news accounts detailed the record number of livestock being driven north to pasture and to early market as well as the constant drilling efforts for sources of artesian water to ease the plight of the farmers. Oil leasing, which started in the area as early as the 1850s, became increasingly important. The Punta Gorda Land & Oil Company was established in 1900. The Rincon Oil Field, adjacent to the town on the south, was discovered in 1927. Bates was an English doctor drawn to the California gold rush. He later practiced medicine in Santa Barbara. His son, Robert W. Bates, returned from military service in Europe during World War I and worked the ranch along with his brother Edward. A parcel map of La Conchita was first recorded in the 1920s. At that time it was primarily occupied by workers in the nearby oil fields. Robert Bates and Andrew Bailard purchased land in La Conchita in hopes of finding oil in the area. (Andrew Bailard had purchased of land in Carpinteria in 1868). This enterprise was to fail financially. As noted in the memoirs of Edward Bates, from 1910 until the late 1920s the beach area of the Rincon was viewed as more of a liability than an asset. Unsuccessful drilling for water also began in earnest at this time. Edward C. Ramelli, bought land that had a resort hotel called the Mussel Rock Inn and property in La Conchita at the water's edge in 1923. His brother Milton was a civil engineer and surveyor. He laid out the first nineteen homes and called it La Conchita del Mar. The following May, Milton Ramelli laid out 327 more lots on a dozen streets on the uphill side of the railroad tracks. La Conchita del Mar was promoted as an affordable seaside paradise with lots available starting at $200, which included oil rights. It was called a "beach with a future." Milton Ramelli also subdivided the 66-lot community of Mussel Shoals in 1924 on land owned by the Hickey Brothers. Ten years later he also developed Solimar Beach on leased land. 1927-1959 On March 11, 1931, famed German film director F.W. Murnau suffered a severe head injury in a single-car accident on the highway near Rincon Beach. He was taken to a hospital in Santa Barbara where he died the next day. Successful oil drilling off of Mussel Rock began in 1927. Oil workers leased rental property in La Conchita. A mild interest in beach property began to grow in the early 1930s. However, despite oil fields producing in Sea Cliff and elsewhere on the Rincon, no oil was discovered in La Conchita. The fresh water promised to all lots never materialized either. For many years La Conchita remained a small and quiet community. Many people who had purchased property here initially built summer homes right on the beach, drawn to the serenity and the unspoiled beauty of the beach, ocean and the view. The La Conchita Story project used oral histories and memories of a residents of the community from 1928 on. Eleanor Gallardo Ramey was born in La Conchita in 1928 in the house built by her father Joseph Gallardo a year earlier. The Gallardo homestead still stands on Sunland Avenue, which was then known as Ventura Avenue. Joseph Gallardo, a native of Mexico, worked for the railroad as a watchman and Eleanor has vivid memories, as well as photographs, of all the years she attended the Punta Gorda (one room) Schoolhouse in La Conchita. Pete Richardson came to La Conchita in 1928 when he was two years old. His father Harry Richardson was an oil worker who dug the first oil well in Mussel Shoals (then known as Mussel Rock). At that time, Richardson remembers his family as having the only "real house in La Conchita", an adobe, whose foundation can still be found just south of town. Dick Talaugon's father Federico Talaugon leased a large house from the Gaynor family on the site of the current Phillips oil storage facility. The family moved there in the winter of 1932 and were part of a growing Pacific Islander community working the farms and ranches of the major landowners of the region. Here Talaugon farmed lima beans and barley. Both Pete Richardson and Dick Talaugon attended Punta Gorda School, the one-room schoolhouse in La Conchita. The school was moved in the mid-1950s to Santa Clara Street in Ventura and used as a kindergarten. Prior to demolition of the building, part was salvaged and moved to its present location in La Conchita at 6746 Ojai Street. Remnants of the concrete foundation can still be found just west of town near the avocado orchard across from Carpinteria Street. By 1930 there were a dozen or so families living in small cottages at the foot of the hill. Lima beans grew on either side of the community and the community sloped down to the shore broken only by the railroad tracks and the old Rincon Highway. For 25C/ per five-gallon jug, the Matilja Water Company delivered water to La Conchita residents. A reliable source of water came to the area with the construction of Casitas Dam that was completed in 1959. In 1931 Rudy Scheidman and Frank Regamey purchased the Mussel Rock Inn on the beach side of the railroad track at Mussel Shoals. It once had a glass-enclosed dance floor over the water, eventually lost to the winter surf and attracted such Hollywood celebrities as Marie Dressler, Warner Oland and opera singer Lotte Lehmann. When the highway was widened to three lanes in 1935, the restaurant had to be moved to the beach at La Conchita and was renamed as Frank and Rudy's. In 1949 the Highway was widened to four lanes with outer edges of the seawall protected by a riprap seawall of boulders weighing up to brought by rail from Riverside County. In the early 1950s the La Conchita cottages on the beach were either relocated or demolished when the highway was widened after the state acquired additional property. During the 1950s and 1960s La Conchita became a popular vacation destination for many families in the San Fernando Valley. Mobile homes and small beach cottages started popping up in the small lots, and as the town became more popular, larger custom homes. In 1956-7, Richland Oil Company constructed an artificial island, now known as Rincon Island, for oil drilling off Mussel Shoals. 1960-2005 1967- Phillips Petroleum Company proposed its processing plant on previously zoned for homes. 1971- Highway 101 completed 1975- La Conchita Ranch Co. started to farm the plateau, a marine terrace above the community, for citrus and avocado. 1985- Seaside Banana Gardens established in La Conchita Until its forced closure in 1998, after the financial impact of the 1995 mudslide led to it losing its lease, the Seaside Banana Gardens operated by Doug Richardson (and his partner Paul Turner) were a leading attraction in La Conchita. The Gardens were featured in both national and international publications. Although it was widely assumed that bananas could not be commercially grown in California, the garden cultivated over 50 exotic varieties in the unusual microclimate of the area. 1986- Internationally recognized Artist Roger Brown moves to La Conchita. Roger Brown (1941-1997) lived primarily in La Conchita from the late 1980s until his untimely death in 1997. The community and its environment inspired many of the artist's paintings during the last decade of his life. Brown was a member of the class-action lawsuit filed against La Conchita Ranch as a result of the 1995 mudslide, and some of his works depict the cataclysmic events of that day rendered in his signature style. His works are in major museums and private collections throughout the country. The artist's estate and collections are maintained at the Roger Brown Study Collection at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 1991- "A 1991 slide, far milder than the [March 1995 mudslide], prompted many homeowners to build safety precautions [such as retaining walls and mud-flow channels] against the mud." 1992- renowned Chicago architect Stanley Tigerman Architect, (b. 1930- ) completes the studio home of artist Roger Brown (1941-1997) on Ojai Street. The pink adobe home has become a significant landmark in La Conchita. Brown had fought for more than two years to get the design of this studio through the Ventura County Planning Commission and even commemorated his frustrations with the Commission in a now famous painting. 1995- first major mudslide affecting the village of La Conchita. 2004- Roger Brown residence purchased by ER Nurse Bill Harbison. 1.5 months later the 2005 landslide occurred, during which he was responsible for two live rescues, for which he was awarded the Medal of Valor by the Ventura County Fire Department and the State of California. 2005-present 2005- On January 10, 2005, the 2005 La Conchita Landslide took the lives of ten La Conchita residents. On Jan. 15, 2005 the residents formed the La Conchita Community Organization (LCCO). The LCCO has worked with Local, State and the Federal Government officials to resolve the landslide situation that has affected the community since 1995. In March 2006 Governor Schwarzenegger announced the allocation of $667,000 for a "comprehensive study to examine how to ensure the safety of the beachside community." The contract to the consulting firm was signed in April 2007 and a "draft" report was received at the beginning of 2009. In 2008 plaintiffs representing family members of those killed and residents who lost property in the 2005 La Conchita mudslide successfully settled a lawsuit filed against the La Conchita Ranch. The Ranch was found partly negligent and settled. The assets of the ranch plus a cash settlement were turned over to the plaintiffs. (See:"Firm to Settle Suit Over Deadly La Conchita Slide "Los Angeles Times, California Section, Sept.9, 2008) among other California papers. The ranch has since been purchased and La Conchita residents are working with the new owners to coordinate the efforts for the future safety of all residents. The plaintiffs also sued the County of Ventura for damages arising out on the 2005 landslide. Plaintiffs claimed that the wall that the County built at the base of the landslide caused or contributed to their damages. At trial, the County prevailed against the plaintiffs on all claims. Plaintiffs appealed, but the Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the County. It found that warnings the County gave of the dangers of living in La Conchita were "sufficient to advise any reasonable person to stay away from La Conchita..." As of 2015, La Conchita remains an active community of about 300 residents, despite warnings of a continuing risk of further slides. Proposals have been made to improve the safety of the area by grading the hill, at an estimated cost of $50 million, as well as an alternative proposal for the government to buy up and empty the town through eminent domain, but neither alternative has gone forward. Geography The entire town consists of two streets parallel to the shore, with ten short perpendicular streets, ending at the base of Rincon Mountain. La Conchita is at 119.448 degrees west longitude and 34.364 degrees north latitude, on a southwesterly-facing portion of the coast. The town is called "Punta" on USGS topographic maps. It is between Rincon Point to the northwest and Mussel Shoals to the southeast; Rincon Mountain rises sharply to the northeast. The nearest incorporated town is Carpinteria, about to the northwest. Landslides The village of La Conchita is along a portion of the coast prone to mudslides, and sits beneath a geologically unstable formation. In 1909, a devastating mudslide occurred approximately one-half mile north of the town, and in 2005 slides closed Highway 101 in both directions, trapping residents. Sandwiched between a steep, unstable hillside (with the La Conchita Ranch Company situated on the plateau directly over the community), and the Pacific Ocean, La Conchita has been the site of recent major mudslides: On March 4, 1995 at 2:03pm, a mudslide buried or damaged seven homes, injuring no one. After the main failure, the weather forecast predicted more rain for the following week. On March 10, 1995, a debris flow occurred in the canyon west of the March 4 slide, damaging four or five more residences and a banana plantation. On January 10, 2005 at 12:30pm, a massive mudslide buried four blocks of the town in over of earth. Ten people were killed by the slide and 14 were injured. Of the 166 homes in the community, fifteen were destroyed and sixteen more were tagged by the county as uninhabitable. La Conchita Ranch Co. was sued by those affected by the 2005 landslide. A settlement was reached, giving the plaintiffs the company's assets and $5 million.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take%20Me%20in%20Your%20Arms%20%28Eddy%20Arnold%20song%29

Take Me in Your Arms (Eddy Arnold song)

"Take Me in Your Arms" is a country music song written by Cindy Walker, sung by Eddy Arnold, and released on the RCA Victor label. In December 1949, it reached No. 1 on the country juke box chart. It spent 17 weeks on the charts and was the No. 7 juke box country record of 1950.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly%20J.%20Lee

Kimberly J. Lee

Kimberly J. Lee is an American facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon in Beverly Hills, California. Lee is best known for operating on Allena Hansen, a woman mauled by a bear in Bakersfield. Early life and education Born in Mountain View, California, Lee was raised in the Bay Area and graduated as valedictorian from Lynbrook High School in San Jose, California. She graduated from Stanford University, where she majored in biological sciences and won the prestigious Dinkelspiel Award for her "intellectual organizational and leadership skills." She then went on to graduate from Stanford University School of Medicine before moving to Los Angeles for her residency at UCLA, where she also served as chief resident in Head and Neck Surgery. Hansen surgery Allena Hansen was mauled by a bear in Bakersfield, drove herself to seek help, and was then airlifted to Ronald Reagan UCLA Hospital. Lee performed major surgical repair to Hansen's oral and facial wounds, described as the forehead hanging off to the side with a visible indentation of the bear's claw in the bone. Nail gun surgery Lee came to national media attention again when she operated on Victor Benavidez, a construction worker who sustained a nail gun injury in which a 3.25 inch nail penetrated the roof of his mouth, his nose, penetrating the back of his eye socket, and narrowly missing the brain by less than a millimeter. Lee skillfully performed the delicate operation leaving the patient without any complications. Media Lee has been quoted in several sources, including People Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and has been televised on The Doctors, CBS, ABC, NBC, Inside Edition, MSNBC, and the Bonnie Hunt Show.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker%20v.%20Ellis

Parker v. Ellis

Parker v. Ellis, 362 U.S. 574 (1960), was a United States Supreme Court decision (per curiam) in which the court granted certiorari to review dismissal of petitioner's application for a habeas corpus review. The petitioner claimed that his conviction in a state court had violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause. However, the petitioner was released from incarceration before his case could be heard. Decision The court held that the case was now moot; therefore the court had no jurisdiction to evaluate the merits of petitioner's claim. The writ of certiorari was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman

Grumman

The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a 20th century American producer of military and civilian aircraft. Founded on December 6, 1929, by Leroy Grumman and his business partners, it merged in 1994 with Northrop Corporation to form Northrop Grumman. History Leroy Grumman worked for the Loening Aircraft Engineering Corporation beginning in 1920. In 1929, Keystone Aircraft Corporation bought Loening Aircraft and moved its operations from New York City to Bristol, Pennsylvania. Grumman and three other ex-Loening Aircraft employees, (Edmund Ward Poor, William Schwendler, and Jake Swirbul) started their own company in an old Cox-Klemin Aircraft Co. factory in Baldwin on Long Island, New York. The company registered as a business on December 6, 1929, and officially opened on January 2, 1930. While maintaining the business by welding aluminum tubing for truck frames, the company eagerly pursued contracts with the US Navy. Grumman designed the first practical floats with a retractable landing gear for the Navy, and this launched Grumman into the aviation market. The first Grumman aircraft was also for the Navy, the Grumman FF-1, a biplane with retractable landing gear developed at Curtiss Field in 1931. This was followed by a number of other successful designs. During World War II, Grumman became known for its "Cats" (Navy fighter aircraft): the F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat, the Grumman F7F Tigercat and Grumman F8F Bearcat, and also for its torpedo bomber, the Grumman TBF Avenger. Grumman ranked 22nd among United States corporations in the value of wartime production contracts. Grumman's first jet aircraft was the F9F Panther; it was followed by the upgraded F9F/F-9 Cougar, and the F-11 Tiger in the 1950s. The company's big postwar successes came in the 1960s with the A-6 Intruder and E-2 Hawkeye and in the 1970s with the Grumman EA-6B Prowler and F-14 Tomcat. Grumman products were prominent in several feature movies including The Final Countdown in 1980, Top Gun in 1986, and Flight of the Intruder in 1990. The U.S. Navy still employs the Hawkeye as part of Carrier Air Wings on board aircraft carriers, while the U.S. Marine Corps, the last branch of service to fly the Prowler, retired it on March 8, 2019. Grumman was the chief contractor on the Apollo Lunar Module, the first spacecraft to land humans on the Moon. The firm received the contract on November 7, 1962, and built 13 lunar modules. Six of them successfully landed on the Moon, with one serving as a lifeboat on Apollo 13, after an explosion crippled the main Apollo spacecraft. LM-2, a test article which never flew in space, is displayed permanently in the Smithsonian Institution. As the Apollo program neared its end, Grumman was one of the main competitors for the contract to design and build the Space Shuttle, but lost to Rockwell International. In 1969, the company changed its name to Grumman Aerospace Corporation, and in 1978 it sold the Grumman-American Division to Gulfstream Aerospace. That same year, it acquired the bus manufacturer Flxible. The company built the Grumman LLV (Long Life Vehicle), a light transport mail truck designed for and used by the United States Postal Service. The LLV was produced from 1987 until 1994. Its intended service life was 24 years, but some of them were still in service in 2020. In 1983, Grumman sold Flxible for $40 million to General Automotive Corporation of Ann Arbor. In the 1950s, Grumman began production of Gulfstream business aircraft, starting with the Gulfstream I turboprop (Grumman model G-159) and the Gulfstream II jet (Grumman model G-1159). Gulfstream aircraft were operated by many companies, private individuals, and government agencies including various military entities and NASA. In addition, the Gulfstream I was operated by several regional airlines in scheduled passenger services. The Gulfstream I-C (Grumman model G-159C) version was "stretched" to carry 37 passengers. In the early 1970s, Grumman acquired majority interest in the American Aviation line of very light aircraft -- relabeling its planes as "Grumman-American" or "Grumman American" -- eventually joining it with their Gulfstream division before selling off that combined enterprise in 1978. In 1978, Grumman sold Gulfstream to American Jet Industries, which adopted the Gulfstream name. Since 1999, Gulfstream has been a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics. Long Island location For much of the Cold War period, Grumman was the largest corporate employer on Long Island. Grumman's products were considered so reliable and ruggedly built that the company was often referred to as the "Grumman Iron Works". As the company grew, it moved to Valley Stream, New York, then Farmingdale, New York, finally to Bethpage, New York, with the testing and final assembly at the Naval Weapons Station in Calverton, New York, all located on Long Island. At its peak in 1986 it employed 23,000 people on Long Island and occupied in structures on it leased from the U.S. Navy in Bethpage. The end of the Cold War at the beginning of the 1990s reduced defense spending and led to a wave of mergers as aerospace companies shrank in number; in 1994 Northrop bought Grumman for $2.1 billion to form Northrop Grumman, after Northrop topped a $1.9 billion offer from Martin Marietta. The new company closed almost all of its facilities on Long Island and converted the Bethpage plant to a residential and office complex, with its headquarters becoming the corporate headquarters for Cablevision and the Calverton plant being turned into a business/industrial complex. Former aircraft hangars have become Grumman Studios, a film and television production center. A portion of the airport property has been used for the Grumman Memorial Park. Products Aircraft Projects Grumman 674 Nutcracker tilting fuselage VTOL Grumman 698 VTOL Grumman G-3 project only Grumman G-4 project only Grumman G-17 project only Grumman G-25 project only Grumman G-27 project only Grumman G-29 project only Grumman G-30 project only Grumman G-35 project only Grumman G-48 project only Grumman G-49 project only Grumman G-57 project only Grumman G-62 project only Grumman G-68 project only Grumman G-71 project only Grumman G-76 project only Grumman G-77 swept-back wing research aircraft project Grumman G-78 towed target glider project Grumman G-84 project only Grumman G-85 project only Grumman G-86 project only Grumman G-91 project only Grumman G-92 project only Grumman G-97 project only Grumman G-107 project only Grumman G-108 project only Grumman G-110 project only Grumman G-113 project only Grumman G-114 Grumman G-115 Grumman G-116 project only Grumman G-118 project only Grumman G-119 project only Grumman G-122 project only Grumman G-124 jet trainer design Grumman G-127 Grumman G-132 Grumman XTB2F Grumman XTSF Spacecraft Space Apollo Lunar Module Grumman 619 Space Shuttle Other products Grumman manufactured fire engines under the name Firecat (not to be confused with the firefighting variant of the Grumman S-2 Tracker, which is sold under the same name) and aerial tower trucks under the Aerialcat name. The company entered the fire apparatus business in 1976 with its purchase of Howe Fire Apparatus. Grumman canoes were developed in 1944 as World War II was winding down. Company executive William Hoffman used the company's aircraft aluminum to replace the traditional wood design. The canoes had a reputation for being sturdier, lighter and stronger than their wood counterparts and had a considerable market share. Grumman moved its boat making division to Marathon, New York in 1952. Outboard Marine Corp. bought the division in 1990 and produced the last Grumman-brand canoe in 1996. Shortly thereafter former Grumman executives formed the Marathon Boat Group to produce the canoes. In 2000 the Group worked out an agreement with Northrop Grumman to sell the canoes using Grumman name and logo. Grumman sport boat Grumman-Flxible 870 transit buses (1978-1982) Ben Franklin (PX-15), a science submarine Grumman LLV postal vehicle widely used by the United States Postal Service and Canada Post In honor of Grumman's aviation and aerospace inventions, a Grumman Memorial Park was established in Calverton, New York. References Footnotes Notes Bibliography Ferguson, Robert G. "One Thousand Planes a Day: Ford, Grumman, General Motors and the Arsenal of Democracy." History and Technology, Volume 21, Issue 2, 2005. "Pioneers on the Runway: Raising Grumman." The Washington Post (Weekend), October 11, 1985. Air Classics, Volume 19, no. Skurla, George M. and William H. Gregory. Inside the Iron Works: How Grumman's Glory Days Faded. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2004. . Hellcat: The F6F in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2001. . New York: Praeger Publishers, Inc., 1976. . Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishers, 1990. . 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2019–20 SVGFF Premier Division

The 2019-20 SVGFF Premier Division was the eighth season of the SVGFF Premier Division, the top-tier football in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines under its current format, and it was also the 13th season of top flight football altogether. The season began on 24 November 2019, and was originally scheduled to end on 12 April 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on 12 March 2020, and play did not resume until 11 August 2020, where the final six rounds were played through 6 September 2020. Hope International won the league title, making it their fourth ever league title, and their first since 2015. Many games take place at the 3,500-capacity Victoria Park (Kingstown).

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Vundavalli Aruna Kumar

Vundavalli Arun Kumar (born 4 August 1954) is an Indian politician, lawyer, political analyst and a former Member of Parliament of India. He was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha and 15th Lok Sabha from Rajahmundry constituency of Andhra Pradesh. He was a member of the Indian National Congress party. Early life Vundavalli Arun Kumar was born in Rajahmundry, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. His father, Vundavalli Venkata Subba Rao had a timber business and was the founder-president of the Rajahmundry Chamber of Commerce in the year 1944. Vundavalli Lakshmi was the Founder-Secretary of the Guild of Service and Indian Red Cross Society, Rajahmundry Branch. from Government College, Rajahmundry, and also obtained a bachelor's degree in law (L.L.B) from C. R. Reddy Law College, Eluru. Career Jai Andhra Movement Arun Kumar participated in the 1972 Jai Andhra movement as a student. He runs a weekly publication, Eevaram Janavaarta, that covers contemporary political issues. Public Speaking and Translation Arun Kumar is well known for his translation expertise and is very good orator and can deliver the exact message to the public. He acted as a translator for Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi whenever they had to address the people of Andhra Pradesh. He was a member of the Congress Working Committee. Political career Arun Kumar was known for his public speaking abilities and in 1983 he was noticed by then President, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. With the encouragement and support from Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy in 2004 and 2009, he won the Lok Sabha elections from Rajahmundry. In 2009, he won against two prominent film actors, Telugu Desam Party candidate Murali Mohan the richest actor in Telugu Film Industry and Praja Rajyam [PRP] candidate U. V. Krishnam Raju the most popular actor in Andhra Pradesh and has great influence in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. He held various positions mentioned below. Protest Against Ramoji Rao and Margadarsi Group Arun Kumar has filed a case against Ramoji Rao and Margadarsi group stating that the group is performing illegal financial activities, the case is in the court and yet the result is to be heard. Retirement from Election Politics Vexed with the political scenario in the Indian Parliament, 2014, during the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh State in which his party Indian National Congress did not listen to his concern about the future of the state and moreover the absence of Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (died in Sep, 2009) in his life let him to step down from election politics forever. Protest to demand the implementation of AP Reorganisation Act, 2014 After the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh state the government at central was charges with BJP and at state it was taken over by TDP. Both TDP and BJP allied during elections and were of least concern in implementing the AP reorganisation act, 2014 and construction of Polavaram Project. Vexed with the group politics, Vundavalli Arun Kumar started writing letters to both the governments for explanation and has been demanding for open discussion regarding the same through various platforms and press meets. Books Arun Kumar has great concern about the newly formed state Andhra Pradesh and has written a book Vibhajana Katha criticizing both the parties Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party who ruthlessly divided the state of Andhra Pradesh without providing a proper solution for the newly born state without a capital city. He has been inviting the State Government which is ruled by Telugu Desam Party for discussion regarding the bifurcation act and strategies to be followed during the parliament sessions which the later people don't recognize. Arun Kumar was a very close associate of then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy and has been very loyal to him and was heart broken with demise of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. Arun Kumar wrote a book Y. S. R tho Undavalli Arun Kumar which was released by former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah in which he wrote his experiences with Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy and how Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy could become people's leader. Personal life He married Jyothi (his family friend) and has one daughter named Sravanthi. His mother-in-law asked him to find a pensionable job to which he agreed and has written bank examinations in which he was not successful as he was purely interested in politics only. His mother-in-law was satisfied and happy when he became the Member of the Indian Parliament in 2004.

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Abubaker Qecchin

Abubaker "the Slim" (Qecchin) also known simply as Qecchin or Katchthcen was a general in the Adal Sultanate under Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi. Abubaker's sobriquet "Qecchin" is derived from the Harari term for "thin". He was the Garad/emir of Hubat. He often accompanied the Malassay during the Ethiopian-Adal War. Qecchin was a victim to the early Abyssinian invasion of Adal in which his mother was briefly captured at the Battle of Hubat. Qecchin led the conquest of Wofla in modern Tigray region and Kanfat in southern Begemder, after which he was appointed governor of these respective regions by Adal.

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Bernard William Schmitt

Bernard William Schmitt (August 17, 1928 - August 16, 2011) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston in West Virginia from March 29, 1989, to December 9, 2004. Biography Early life Bernard Schmitt was born August 17, 1928, in Wheeling, West Virginia, the fourth of seven sons of Lawrence E. Schmitt and Eulalia R. Schiffer Schmitt. He attended Corpus Christi School and Central Catholic High School, both in Wheeling. Schmitt began his studies for the priesthood at St. Charles College in Catonsville, Maryland and continued at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland. Priesthood Schmitt was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Wheeling on May 28, 1955, by Bishop Thomas John McDonnell. Schmitt's first assignment after his ordination was as associate pastor of the cathedral, while also serving as master of ceremonies to Archbishop John Swint. In 1963, Schmitt was appointed director of vocations, director of the propagation of the faith, and director of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine for the diocese. In 1966, he was appointed rector of St. Joseph Preparatory Seminary in Parkersburg, West Virginia, where he served until being appointed to his first pastorate at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in St. Albans, West Virginia. There, he was actively involved in the education and the formation of the students and families at the parish school. Schmitt was appointed pastor of St. Michael Parish in Wheeling in 1982. Auxiliary Bishop and Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston On May 31, 1988, Pope John Paul II appointed Schmitt as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston and titular Bishop of Walla Walla. He was consecrated on August 1, 1988, by Bishop Francis Schulte. Schmitt remained pastor of St. Michael Parish. On March 30, 1989, John Paul II named Schmitt to succeed Bishop Schulte as bishop of Wheeling-Charleston. On May 17, 1989, Schmitt was installed as bishop . John Paul II accepted Schmitt's resignation as bishop of Wheeling-Charleston on December 9, 2004.Bernard Schmitt died on August 16, 2011, at Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling. He was one day shy of his 83rd birthday. The chief celebrant and homilist at the funeral was his successor, Bishop Michael Bransfield.

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Numb (Hayden James song)

"Numb" is a song by Australian singer Hayden James featuring Sydney-based vocalist Graace. It was released on 6 October 2017 as the lead single from James' debut studio album Between Us (2019). The song has peaked at number 48 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Critical reception Anmplify said: "'Numb' is a captivating arrangement of velvety vocals, punctuated by crafty synthesisers and an addictive bass line. The refined track begins slow with a buoyant melody, only to build into an infectious jam, dripping with emotion."

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Ganba Desai

Ganba Bhagdu Desai was an Indian politician from Goa. He was a former member of the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly, representing the Canacona Assembly constituency from 1963 to 1967 and 1972 to 1977. Career Desai had contested in the 1963 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election from the Canacona Assembly constituency on the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) ticket and emerged victorious, he served from 1962 to 1967. He then successfully contested in the 1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election from the same consistency on the MGP ticket and defeated United Goans (Sequiera Group) candidate, P. D. Shrirang Padmanaba by a margin of 2,433 votes. He served for five years from 1972 to 1977. This marked Desai's last election participation in his political career.

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1970 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

The 1970 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State University in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their 13th season under head coach Frank Kush, the Sun Devils compiled an 11-0 record (7-0 against WAC opponents), won the WAC championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 405 to 151. ASU was picked as the overall #1 team for the 1970 College Football season by Poling System. Poling was a mathematic system used to rank college football teams. It was considered a "National Champion Major Selector" by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team's statistical leaders included Joe Spagnola with 1,991 passing yards, Bobby Thomas with 900 rushing yards, and J. D. Hill with 908 receiving yards. Schedule Reference: Game summaries Arizona Roster 1970 team players in the NFL The following players were claimed in the 1971 NFL Draft.

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The Pall Bearer's Revue

The Pall Bearer's Revue is a 1992 sketch and stand-up comedy show written by Jerry Sadowitz and starring Sadowitz and Dreenagh Darrell. The show also featured appearances from Geoffrey McGivern, Ben Miller and Mark E. Smith. The series' title comes from an old magic magazine "The Pallbearer's Review". Each episode featured a mixture of sketches, comedy monologues from Sadowitz, as well as magic tricks including a special section dubbed "The Roy Walton Moment" in which Sadowitz would perform a magic trick invented by his mentor, famed magician Roy Walton. Although not as abundant with profanity or scatological humour as Sadowitz' live stand up, the show nevertheless made heavy use of tasteless and aggressive blue comedy and has been described as one of the most controversial comedy series ever broadcast in the United Kingdom. The final episode ended with the studio being invaded by the armies of all the countries Sadowitz had offended over the course of the series, who then gunned down Sadowitz and Darrell. As a result of the record number of viewer complaints sent to the BBC, The Pall Bearer's Revue was rescheduled to a late night slot, had negative continuity announcements air before the show, and has never been repeated or released on home video or DVD. The series is also frequently cited as the catalyst for the BBC blackballing Sadowitz from the organisation entirely and for his long-standing reputation of being "difficult to work with". However, in a 2013 interview with the British Comedy Guide, Sadowitz dismissed these claims, stating that Alan Yentob hated the show and saw it as a threat to his job, so Yentob did everything he could to conceal it and make sure as few people as possible saw it.

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Virtual Extensible LAN

Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) is a network virtualization technology that attempts to address the scalability problems associated with large cloud computing deployments. It uses a VLAN-like encapsulation technique to encapsulate OSI layer 2 Ethernet frames within layer 4 UDP datagrams, using 4789 as the default IANA-assigned destination UDP port number. VXLAN endpoints, which terminate VXLAN tunnels and may be either virtual or physical switch ports, are known as VXLAN tunnel endpoints (VTEPs). VXLAN is an evolution of efforts to standardize on an overlay encapsulation protocol. Compared to VLAN which provides limited number of layer-2 VLANs (typically using 12-bit VLAN ID), VXLAN increases scalability up to 16 million logical networks (with 24-bit VNID) and allows for layer-2 adjacency across IP networks. Multicast or unicast with head-end replication (HER) is used to flood Broadcast, unknown-unicast and multicast traffic. The VXLAN specification was originally created by VMware, Arista Networks and Cisco. Other backers of the VXLAN technology include Huawei, Broadcom, Citrix, Pica8, Big Switch Networks, Cumulus Networks, Dell EMC, Ericsson, Mellanox, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Red Hat, Joyent, and Juniper Networks. VXLAN is officially documented by the IETF in RFC 7348. VXLAN encapsulates a MAC frame in a UDP datagram for transport across an IP network, creating an overlay network or tunnel. Open vSwitch is an example of a software-based virtual network switch that supports VXLAN overlay networks. See also Distributed Overlay Virtual Ethernet (DOVE) Ethernet VPN (EVPN) GENEVE, an industry effort to unify both VXLAN and NVGRE technologies Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) IEEE 802.1ad, an Ethernet networking standard, also known as provider bridging, Stacked VLANs, or simply QinQ.

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Annelise Knudtzon

Annelise Caroline Knudtzon nee Kiaer (1914-2006) was a Norwegian textile artist. From 1946, she managed her own studio in Oslo where she and her employees produced brightly coloured hand-woven woolen fabrics, especially upholstery. In collaboration with the painter Knut Rumohr, she revived the old technique of using rye straw for weaving. Together they produced carpets with abstract designs based on nature. Knudtzon designed patterns for the Norwegian textile firm from 1958 to 1975. In 1984, she received the Jacob Prize, a Norwegian cultural award. Early life Born in Oslo on 25 October 1914, Anne-Lise Caroline Kiaer was the daughter of the industrialist Thorvald (Thorry) Meyer Kiaer (1888-1968) and his wife Ingrid nee Thaulow (1892-1983). She married Fritz Knudtzon (1910-1999). In the mid-1930s, she had gained experience working with the textile artist Maija Kansanen-Storseth in Helsinki. She attended the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1943 to 1944. Career in 1946, Knudtzon established her own studio in Oslo. Initially, despite post-war rationing, she tried as far a possible to use wool, producing brightly coloured fabrics. The firm went on to produce curtains, upholstery and carpets. In the 1950s and 1960s, she received a number of significant commissions for interior decoration, for example for the Stiftsgarden residence and the Archbishop's Palace in Trondheim. She has also produced fabrics for several hotels in Norway and for Norwegian embassies around the world. From 1953, she began collaborating with the painter Knut Rumohr, initially producing carpets with geometrical designs. The later revived the old technique using rye straw for weaving carpets, often with abstract designs from nature. Apart from Sigrun Berg, Knudtzon is the only designer in Norway to have used rye straw for high-quality products. Knudtzon designed patterns for the Norwegian textile firm from 1958 to 1975. Knudtzon's works can be seen in the , Trondheim, and in the Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology, Oslo. Annelise Knudtzon died in Olso on 4 September 2006. Awards Knudtzon received the Norwegian cultural award, the Jacob Prize, in 1984.

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Jupiter Ghosh

Jupiter Ghosh (born 22 July 1989) is a Bangladeshi first-class and List A cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium. Ghosh is an all-rounder and plays as a right-handed batsman. He currently is playing for Khulna Division.He was born in Bagerhat, Khulna. He has played for Sylhet Royals in the Bangladesh Premier League.

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Marcel Granet

Marcel Granet (29 February 1884 - 25 November 1940) was a French sociologist, ethnologist and sinologist. As a follower of Emile Durkheim and Edouard Chavannes, Granet was one of the first to bring sociological methods to the study of China. Granet was revered in his own time as a sociological sinologist, or sinological sociologist, and member of the Durkheimian school of sociology. Biography Granet was born in Luc-en-Diois (Drome), France. His father was an engineer, and his grandfather, a landowner. He attended lycee at Aix-en-Provence and then at the prestigious Lycee Louis-le-Grand in Paris, which traditionally attracted bright students striving to gain entrance to the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris. Granet passed the baccalaureat examination and entered the Ecole Normale in 1904, just as the tumultuous Dreyfus Affair was coming to a close and the French educational system was changing. The Ecole Normale was reunited with the University of Paris at the Sorbonne in 1903, and the former's students, called normaliens, took classes at the Sorbonne with University students. Emile Durkheim, the sociologist and founder of Annee Sociologique in 1898, who would greatly influence the life and work of Granet, began teaching a course on pedagogy at the Sorbonne--it was compulsory for all students from 1904 until 1913. Therefore, Granet first became introduced to Durkheim and his theories during his first year at the Ecole. At the Ecole Normale, Granet embraced philosophy, law, and history, along with sociology, though his work in any field would adopt a Durkheimian character. He became part of an elite group of students which included future medieval historian and founder of the Annales school of history Marc Bloch, the geographer Philippe Arbos, sociologist Georges Davy, Hellenist and future librarian of the Ecole Normale Paul Etard, mathematician Paul Levy, and more. In 1905, Granet joined a socialist study group whose membership included Durkheimian sociologist, anthropologist, major contributor to the Annee and nephew of Durkheim himself, Marcel Mauss; future ancient Greek specialist and editor of Annee Louis Gernet; and future Durkheimian sociologist, philosopher and contributor to Annee, Maurice Halbwachs. After earning his agregation in history in 1907, Granet was appointed to teach history at a lycee at Bastia, on the island of Corsica. In 1908, he received a grant through the Fondation Thiers to pursue research on feudalism. He apparently spoke to Lucien Herr--the librarian of the Ecole Normale from 1888 to 1926 who was associated with Durkheim and his students, and who was active in the socialist movement and the Dreyfus Affair--who advised Granet, when the latter thought of considering the Japanese case, to seek the advice of respected sinologist Edouard Chavannes, then apparently the nearest Granet could get in Paris to an expert on Japan. Chavannes in turn counseled Granet to begin with Chinese as the necessary first step towards Japanese studies, warning him that he would get entangled in Chinese, never to reach Japanese. Granet spent three years at Thiers, working alongside fellow pensioners Bloch and Louis Gernet, both former normaliens. Granet's own work on feudalism, often framed in Durkheimian sociological theory, apparently influenced and oriented the work of Bloch and Gernet, in particular Bloch's interest in rites and myths. In 1911, Granet published his first work, a socialist pamphlet titled "Contre l'alcoolisme, un programme socialiste," and that same year, left the Fondation Thiers upon receiving a grant from the French government to study classical Chinese texts in China. Interest in the country was high at the time. In Beijing (then known in anglophone countries as "Peking"), he met the Frenchman who possessed great knowledge of Chinese and Chinese scholars. In 1912 Granet sent Chavannes a paper, "Coutumes matrimoniales de la Chine antique" upon the latter's request, which Chavannes submitted for publication in the T'oung Pao, a major sinological journal. In March of that year, Granet was caught in the middle of the Chinese revolution, as the Republic of China was replacing the Qing dynasty. Granet wrote to friends at home, "We pack up: the twenty-four historians, in their frail cases, decorated with green characters, make a shaky structure. The Annee Sociologique is in my hand bag. (Freedman) Upon returning from China in 1913, Granet earned a teaching position in the history department at the Lycee de Marseille in March, and in October, at the Lycee de Montpellier. In December, he replaced Chavannes as Directeur d'Etudes pour les religions d'Extreme-Orient at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, after Chavannes resigned his post. Like most men of his era, and of his promotion, Granet served in World War I from 1914-1918, earning the Croix de Guerre. He stayed briefly in Beijing in 1918 while on a mission there. Throughout the war he continued his studies of China and worked on two doctoral theses. In 1919, Granet returned to France and in June, married Marie Terrien, after which he resumed his academic life. In January 1920, he was examined for his doctorate, the jury for which included the British anthropologist Sir James Frazer. In 1922, upon a request from Maurice Solovine to write a short book for the series "science et civilization," Granet composed La religion des Chinois (The Religion of the Chinese People) in six weeks while traveling back and forth between Paris and Tonnerre (Yonne), where his wife taught at a lycee and cared for their infant son. In December 1922, Granet replaced Mauss, when the latter scalded his foot, as a member of the committee for Georges Davy's thesis, "The Swearing of Faith," and subsequently published harsh criticism of it in the Journal de Psychologie Normale et Pathologie. Acknowledging the decline of Annee following Durkheim's death in 1917, several Durkheimians met in March 1923 in Paris to design a plan to resuscitate the journal. Also in attendance at the meeting were Henri Hubert, Henri and Lucien Levy-Bruhl, and Mauss. Granet was to work on the sections of religious sociology and legal sociology. In 1925, he was named professor of geography, history, and institutions of the Far East at the Ecole Nationale des Langues Orientales Vivantes, and in 1926, helped to establish the Institut des Hautes Etudes Chinoises. From then on, he acted there as administrator and professor of Chinese and Chinese civilization. Two years after his friend and colleague Mauss became president of the fifth section of religious science at l'Ecole Pratique, Britain declared war on Germany, and in 1940, Granet replaced his friend upon the latter's resignation. Mauss, of Jewish heritage, sought to "safeguard the interests" of the school. (Fournier) One month later, after the defeat of the French Republic, Granet died at Sceaux, outside Paris, at the age of 56. Mauss had considered Granet "one of [his] best and most beloved friends." (Fournier) As a teacher, Granet, "a bristling and cantankerous disputant, a rich mind powerfully stimulating those of others" (Gille) apparently instructed his students to "read slowly and always slowly." According to one student, Polish sinologist Witold Jablonski, Granet did "not care for popularity": "He is a scholar, he is a thinker, sometimes, perhaps, a wizard." (Jablonski) The sinologist shared his commitment to learning the language of the texts he studied, and analyzing all materials, whether primary or secondary, critically. He divided his teaching into the mythique and the juridique (the latter primarily consisting of rights and duties of kinship and marriage), though he did not necessarily succeed in eliciting in his students the same enthusiasm he possessed for both areas simultaneously. Among his students were also Korean-Japanese Itsuo Tsuda, who developed the ecole de la respiration and several future sinologists. Granet's work, meanwhile, brought Durkheimian sociology into the classical Chinese realm, from his analysis of the Book of Odes to a sociological study of Chinese numerology. Although he is remembered as a significant figure of both Durkheimian sociology and French sinology, his two roles are rarely recognized or thoroughly understood in tandem. Bibliography Essays "Contre l'alcoolisme, un programme socialiste," 1911 "Coutumes matrimoniales de la Chine antique", 1912 "La polygynie sororale et sororat dans la Chine feodale", 1920 "Quelques particularites de la langue et de la pensee chinoises", 1920 "La vie et la mort. La religion des Chinois, 1922 (The Religion of the Chinese People ) Danses et legendes de la Chine ancienne, 1926 (dedicated to Marcel Mauss) La civilisation chinoise, 1929 La pensee chinoise, 1934 La feodalite chinoise, 1952 References Marc Bloch, preface by Jacques le Goff, Les rois thaumaturges: etude sur le caractere surnaturel attribute a la puissance royale particulierement en France et en angleterre, 1924. Carole Fink, Marc Bloch: A Life in History, 1989. Michel Fournier, Marcel Mauss: a Biography, 2005. Maurice Freedman, ed., translator and author of the preface to Marcel Granet, The Religion of the Chinese People, 1977. Gille, The Spectator, March 15, 1946. Witold Jablonski, "Marcel Granet: His Work," Yenching Journal of Social Studies, Jan., 1939. Yang K'un, "Marcel Granet: An Appreciation," Yenching Journal of Social Studies, Jan. 1939. Steven Lukes, Emile Durkheim: His Life and Work. A Historical and Critical Study, 1972. "Marcel Granet (1884-1940)," The Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies 1, 253-274 DOI: https://doi.org/10.25365/jeacs.2020.1.253-274. "Itsuo Tsuda: une philosophie a vivre", Generation Tao no. Levy, Jr. "Granet, Marcel," International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 1968.

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Brussels Agreement, 1984

The Brussels Agreement, 1984, was an agreement between the governments of the United Kingdom and of Spain concerning the territorial dispute over Gibraltar. The agreement was criticised by Gibraltar politicians for limiting the participation of Gibraltarians in their self-determination. Background The Lisbon Agreement, 1980, did not provide an immediate solution to the problems resulting from the blockade of Gibraltar that had been imposed by Francisco Franco in 1969. The border did not reopen as planned, and London and Madrid continued to disagree over the interpretation of the agreement. Spain's admittance to NATO and the EEC provided the impetus that finally broke the deadlock in 1984. Terms The Brussels Agreement was concluded in November 1984 and implemented in February 1985. Spain's application to join the EEC proved to be the key factor since Britain linked Spain's membership with the opening of the frontier with Gibraltar and threatened to veto the application otherwise. The Brussels Agreement clarified and reactivated the earlier Lisbon Agreement, which had been subject to widely-differing interpretations, complicated Anglo-Spanish relations and delayed the full opening of the border. Under the agreement, the United Kingdom and Spain would hold talks over Gibraltar, and the British were prepared to negotiate on sovereignty. The agreement was signed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, and the Spanish Foreign Minister, Fernando Moran Lopez. These were key points of the Brussels agreement: Provision of equality and reciprocity of rights for Spaniards in Gibraltar and Gibraltarians in Spain. The establishment of the free movement of persons, vehicles and goods between Gibraltar and the neighbouring territory. The establishment of a negotiating process aimed at overcoming all the differences between Spain and the United Kingdom over Gibraltar. Criticism The agreement was vocally criticised in Gibraltar since the Gibraltar government was invited to participate, but only as part of the United Kingdom's delegation. Another major deficiency from Gibraltar's perspective was that it did not allow for the discussion of differences between Gibraltar and Spain. The agreement was also criticised by Gibraltar politicians as the Gibraltar delegation was expected to form part of Aftermath In the key 1988 elections, the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party called for self-determination, expressed its opposition to the negotiations over the sovereignty and future of Gibraltar between Spain and the United Kingdom and opposed any transfer of sovereignty to Spain. It also asked for the withdrawal of the negotiations on the Brussels Declaration and opposed the Airport Agreement. The GSLP got 8 seats and a 58.2% of the popular vote.

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Carl R. Fellers

Carl R. Fellers (1893-1960) was an American food scientist and microbiologist who was involved in the pasteurization of dried foods and canning Atlantic blue crab. Early life and career A native of Hastings, New York, Fellers worked in research for the United States Department of Agriculture, the National Canners Association (Food Products Association since 2005), and the University of Washington before joining the University of Massachusetts Amherst (known in 1925 as Massachusetts Agricultural College) department of horticulture manufacturing on December 1, 1925. Career at the University of Massachusetts From 1925 to 1941, Fellers, current department head Walter Chenoweth, and two other professors worked to develop the research and teaching areas of the department. Fellers' research during that time involved canning of blue crab, an article that was featured in a 1939 Time magazine article which greatly increased the quality and quantity of crab produced in the US for consumption. Following Chenoweth's retirement in 1941, Fellers became department chair in 1941 and would serve in that position until his retirement in July 1957. During his tenure as department chair, the department would change its name to food technology, a name it would keep until 1962. It is now the department of food science, a name it has had since 1988. 75 of the 140 students who would earn Ph.D.s at the University of Massachusetts (known as Massachusetts State College from 1931 to 1947) would come from the food technology department. Fellers as department chair also gave the go ahead to faculty member Gideon E. (Guy) Livingston to form an honor society for food science and technology which would be called Phi Tau Sigma (PhTS). Additionally, he also created a fisheries school and laboratory at the University of Massachusetts as well. Even during the 1950s, the food technology department did testing for Consumer Reports magazine, thanks to Fellers' negotiating with the Consumers Union, mainly focusing on their research to the nutritive values of frozen food and canned foods. Institute of Food Technologists Fellers was a charter member of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), serving in the role of Secretary-Treasurer from 1947 to 1949 before Charles S. Lawrence took over the Executive Secretary position and moved the secretary role from Amherst, Massachusetts to its current location in Chicago, Illinois. Fellers served as IFT President from 1949 to 1950. He also received the Babcock-Hart Award, then the Stephen M. Babcock Award in 1950. Other activities Fellers served as chairman of the American Chemical Society's Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division during the late 1930s and early 1940s. He also was a very competitive badminton player as noted by Roy E. Morse, a graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst would later be elected to IFT President in 1987 - 1988. Death and legacy Fellers died in 1960. In 1984, IFT presented the Phi Tau Sigma award in honor of a member of both the honor society and IFT who brought honor and recognition in food science through achievements in areas other than teaching, research, technology transfer, or development. The award changed to it current name, the Carl R. Fellers Award by 1987. References A history of food science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst 1918-93. - Accessed October 21, 2006. Fairlex biography on Fellers Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

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Richmond National Cemetery

Richmond National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery east of Richmond in Henrico County, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses , and had more than 11,000 interments. It is closed to new interments. Richmond National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. History The cemetery lies within what was once Richmond's wartime fortification lines built when the Confederate army defended Richmond during the American Civil War. The cemetery was established by the United States Congressional legislation in 1866 but the original plot of land was not formally purchased from local resident William Slater until 1867. Additional land purchases in 1868 and 1906 brought the cemetery to its current physical size. The original burials in the cemetery were re-interments from Oakwood Cemetery and Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. Those re-interments were primarily of Federal Union soldiers who perished from the effects of wounds while prisoners of war in the Richmond area military hospitals. Federal dead from the prisoner of war cemetery at Belle Island Prison Camp in the James River were also re-interred here. Some of the dead intended for the Seven Pines National Cemetery and Cold Harbor National Cemetery were transferred to Richmond when those smaller burial grounds quickly reached their initial capacities from post-war burials and reburials of the dead from the battle of Seven Pines (also known as Fair Oaks) and the battle of Cold Harbor. Also re-interred in the Richmond National Cemetery were the remains of more than 500 Union prisoners of war, who had been originally interred in the "Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground", the city of Richmond's second African Burying Ground. The "Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground" was Shockoe Hill Cemetery's segregated burying ground for free people of color, and the enslaved. Military veterans from later eras are also buried here at Richmond National Cemetery. Description The site is rectangular in shape and enclosed by a granite and sandstone wall, extending approximately , constructed c. 1890. The main entrance is at the center of the north side and is protected by ornamental wrought iron gates supported by ornamental cast iron posts. Graves are marked with upright marble headstones. The lodge was constructed in 1870 from a design by Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs and is Second Empire in style. It is an L-shaped brick and stone structure with a slate mansard and tin roof. The main portion is one-and-one-half stories with dormer windows projecting from the mansard roof. The first floor contains an entry porch, living room, dining room, kitchen and office. The upper story contains two bed-rooms and a bath. The lodge also contains a basement, which is divided into two rooms by a masonry wall. A single-story rear addition was constructed c. 1900. There is a total of of living space. The windows on the first story are one-over-one double-hung sash, while the upper-story windows are modern one-over-one sash replacements. The interior is finished with hardwood floors. The old porch was demolished in 1936 and a new larger porch constructed. A octagonal iron gazebo, Chinese Chippendale in style, was constructed c. 1890 in the north-east segment of the cemetery at the intersection of Sections 13-A, 14-A, 21-A, and 22-A. It was built to be used as a rostrum. The gazebo was removed in 1952, leaving only a concrete base and floor. In 1934, a combination brick and concrete utility building with comfort station, by , was constructed to the rear and south of the lodge. A brick and concrete gasoline storage building, by , with an asphalt roof, was constructed in 1936 between the utility building and the northwest perimeter wall. Capacity Richmond National Cemetery is closed to new interments. The only interments that are being accepted are subsequent interments for veterans or eligible family members in an existing gravesite. Periodically however, burial space may become available due to a canceled reservation or when a disinterment has been completed. When either of these two scenarios occurs, the gravesite is made available to another eligible veteran on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Trond Helleland

Trond Helleland (born 10 July 1962 in Kvam, Hordaland) is a Norwegian politician representing the Conservative Party. He is currently a representative of Buskerud in the Storting and was first elected in 1997. Storting committees 2005-2009 - member of the Transportation and Communication committee. 2005-2009 - reserve member of the Electoral committee. 2001-2005 - leader of the Law committee. 2001-2005 - member of the Electoral committee. 2001-2005 - reserve member of the Extended Foreign Affairs committee. 1997-2001 - member of the Family, Culture and Administration committee.

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Jean-Philippe Dayraut

Jean-Philippe Dayraut (born 14 April 1969 in Toulouse, France) is a French auto racing driver. He has won the Andros Trophy ice racing championship fours times between 2009 and 2013. Also, he developed the Mitjet silhouette racecars and is manager of the Circuit d'Albi. Racing career Andros Trophy Dayraut won his first Andros Trophy title in 2009 and went on to defend it successfully in 2010 and 2011 while driving a Skoda Fabia. He switched to the Mini Countryman for 2012 and went into the final round in contention for the title but lost out to former Formula One driver Alain Prost. He won his fourth title in 2013, following up with two more titles the following years. World Touring Car Championship Dayraut joined the ANOME team for the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season, driving a BMW 320 TC on a race-by-race basis starting with the season opening Race of Italy. He qualified in 23rd place and achieved a best finished of eleventh in race one.

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Victor Kord

Victor George Kord (born 1935) is an American painter and educator. He currently maintains a studio and exhibits in New York City. He previously served as art department chair for several major universities, and remains professor emeritus of painting at Cornell University Department of Art. Early life Kord was born Victor George Katz in Satu Mare, Romania. The family immigrated to Canada to avoid the threat of war in 1938. They moved to Ukiah, California in 1943 and the family name changed to Kord. They subsequently moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1945. Kord graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1957 where he studied with Louis Bosa, was friends with Julian Stanczak and was mentored by Richard Anuszkiewicz. He then studied at Yale School of Art with Joseph Albers and James Brooks, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Art in 1958 and a Master of Fine Art in 1960. Career Educator Kord taught painting at four different universities beginning as instructor at the Department of Art, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from 1960 to 1965, where he taught watercolor to architects and drawing and design to art students. From 1965 to 1981, he served as professor of painting at the Department of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, taking the position of chair between 1979 and 1981. He taught painting to undergraduate and graduates and introduced the course based on Alber's method of color interaction. He moved to Richmond, Virginia to become chair and professor at the Department of Painting and Printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University, from 1981 through 1987. His final professorship began in 1987 at Cornell University's Department of Art in Ithaca, New York. He continued as department chair until 1993 and retired Professor Emeritus in 2005. Rosy Keyser, a New York artist who studied with Kord at Cornell, said that "his work exemplified the freedom to attribute abstract ideas to firmly planted materials." He helped to sponsor many visiting artists to art departments. Richard Artschwager, an early collaborator and lifelong friend, included Kord in the catalogue of his Whitney Museum retrospective. In a conceptual work shown at William Wegman's 2015 Brooklyn Museum retrospective, Kord appeared in Five Figures at Six Feet, 1969. In 2019 Kord was invited to participate on the "Longevity to Legacy Panel" at the annual College Art Association conference. Painter In 1971 early in his career, Kord was included in the exhibition "Lyrical Abstraction" curated by Larry Aldrich at the Aldrich Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The exhibition was shown again at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City to note Lyrical Abstraction as a trend in abstraction away from minimal and hard-edge to a softer, more sensuous form of painting. Aldrich said about the American lyrical artists he discovered, "The artist's touch is always visible in this type of painting, even when the paintings are done with spray guns, sponges or other objects." Carter Ratcliffe considered the Lyrical Abstraction movement to be revisionist, or in his words, "The happy dazzle of their colors could looked pedantic. (however) a few tagged with this label - John Torreano, Victor Kord, Philip Wofford, John Seery - turned out to be good painters." Much of Kord's painting practice was during his academic appointments. In 1967 he received a faculty fellowship from the University of Wisconsin to work in Paris where he exhibited at Galerie Mathias-Fels. From 1970 to 1973 he took a leave of absence from the University of Wisconsin in order to live and work in New York City. In 1970 he had a solo exhibition in Koln, Germany, at Galerie Rolfe Ricke. The next year he was represented by French & Company Gallery and participated in a group exhibition at Andre Emmerich Gallery, both New York City galleries. It was at that point that he became associated with the Lyrical Abstraction group. Other group exhibitions included New American Abstract Paintings that in 1972 was presented by Vassar College Art Gallery in Poughkeepsie, NY. The exhibition catalogue's introduction mirrors the painterly approach of the Lyrical Abstract movement. .the emphasis placed by artists in this exhibition on textural values is contrasted with the hard, flat, seemingly de-physicalized surfaces which are characteristic of so much recent art." In 1977 Walker Art Center presented Invitation '77: Ten Painters which featured paintings, drawings, and collages from midwest region artists. It was curated by Lisa Lyons. As an active member of the artist group American Abstract Artists, Kord participated in many group shows. In 2011 Ivan Karp of OK Harris Gallery curated and presented better and lesser known artists of this group in an exceptionally spacious and well considered exhibition. Along with David Reed and Don Voisine, Barbara A. MacAdam said in ARTnews that "Voisine's thin, vertical Debutante Twist (2009) and Victor Kord's Avon IV (2009), hanging side by side, set off a thoughtful contrast between almost-edgy and almost-lyrical. Kord's painting expresses the interaction between the rational and the poetic, with a rhythmic cursive frieze playing against a soft pattern." The most definitive of the American Abstract Artist group exhibitions was The Onward of Art: Abstract Artist's 80th Anniversary which took place in 2016 to showcase the vigor and relevance of abstraction in twenty first century America. Its catalogue revisits the organization's extensive history of such well known abstractionists as Mondrian and Albers and places current members within the context, of an abstraction that communicates directly through the eye to reach our intellect and our emotions without words. Kord's solo exhibitions with the June Kelly Gallery in New York City began in 2008. They include Algorithm and Blues, 2008, with an accompanying essay by Eleanor Heartney, Hiding in Plain Sight, 2011, Cut-Out: New Paintings, 2014, Anonymous Collaborations, 2016, Making Ends Meet: New Works, 2019. A selection of his works is also viewable online at the Artist's Viewing Program of the Drawing Center. Kord was also active locally in university art communities where he often curated exhibitions of other artists. At the Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin he presented Recent Works on Paper by American Artists: Victor Kord and Joseph Wilfer, catalogue. Awards and collections In 1962 Victor Kord received the Guggenheim fellowship, one of the youngest at 26 to receive the award. He maintained a studio at the American Center in Paris, France where he met the critic Max Kozloff, and artists Irving Petlin, Leon Golub, Nancy Spero, Seymour Rosofsky and Pater Saul. Examples of Kord's art are held in the permanent collections of Ellen Noiol Art Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Whitney Museum of American Art, Chazen Museum of Art, and Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.

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Thomas Wall (politician)

Thomas Robert Wall (May 4, 1840 - April 13, 1896) was an American lumberman, banker, farmer and politician. Background Born in Lockport, New York May 4, 1840, Wall received a public school education. Wall moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1855 with his brother William, and worked for ten years as a clerk on the steamboat Berlin City which ran between Oshkosh and Green Bay. He was married to Sophronia Adams on November 30, 1864; the couple would have two sons. He became rich with successful investments in Northern timberlands, eventually owning the Wall-Spalding Lumber Company (a firm so large that it once owned its own railroad), Winneconne Lumber Company, and the Torrey Cedar Company; and served as a director of the Commercial Bank of Oshkosh. Public office A Democrat, Wall was elected an alderman of the City of Oshkosh in 1870, and re-elected in 1872. That year, he was first elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly's 1873 session for the 1st Winnebago County Assembly district (the Towns of Oshkosh and Vinland, and the 1st, 2d, 4th and 5th Wards of the City of Oshkosh), with l,221 votes, to 998 for Republican former Assemblyman Henry C. Jewell. He was assigned to the standing committees on ways and means, and on insurance, banks and banking. He was not a candidate for re-election in 1873, and was succeeded by fellow Democrat Gabriel Bouck. In 1875 he again won the 1st District, with 1,227 votes to 671 for Republican H. B. Jackson and 42 for Independent H. B. Knapp (Democratic incumbent Asa Rogers was not a candidate). He returned to the committee on insurance, banks and banking, and was also on the joint committee on apportionment. At this time, he listed his occupation as "farmer"; He was re-elected in 1876, with 1,606 votes to 1,211 for Republican J. N. Roby. He was not a candidate for re-election in 1877, and was succeeded by Republican James V. Jones. In 1882, he was elected to Wisconsin's 19th State Senate district (Winnebago County) with 3,833 votes to 2,772 for Republican Charles B. Clark, 779 for Prohibitionist Charles Vesey, former and 104 for former Republican-turned-Greenbacker Assemblyman David R. Bean. He was assigned to the committee on town and county organizations; and once again listed his occupation as "lumberman". He was not a candidate in 1884, and was succeeded by Republican George H. Buckstaff. Later years He died of a sudden stroke on April 13, 1896 while in Milwaukee on a business trip.

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Narutomaki

or is a type of kamaboko, or cured fish surimi produced in Japan. Each cloud-shaped slice of naruto has a pink or red spiral pattern, which is meant to resemble the Naruto whirlpools in the Naruto Strait between Awaji Island and Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku Island in Japan. The word is also used as a slang term for the at sign "@". Production The city of Yaizu, Shizuoka is known for production of naruto. Usage Naruto is a common topping on Japanese noodles such as Tokyo-style ramen. In some regions of Japan, it is also used as an ingredient of oden and nimono.

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Buzzinbees

Buzzinbees is a privately owned company that develops software and sells it to telecommunication equipment and software vendors. It is based in Seyssinet-Pariset near Grenoble in France. It was founded in 2009 by its current CEO Jean-Rene Bouvier. Buzzinbees's products are currently active in more than 135 countries worldwide. In December 2015, Gemalto acquired Buzzinbees for an undisclosed amount. Olivier Piou stated that the acquisition was motivated by Buzzinbees activation solution, especially for machine to machine. History Buzzinbees was created by Hewlett-Packard senior executives in October 2009. A strategic licensing agreement with the IT giant allows Buzzinbees to continue to develop and enhance products that have been deployed for more than 20 years by HP (it is acknowledged that HP started to provide telecommunication operators and equipment providers with carrier grade signaling as soon as 1988). HP has become one of Buzzinbees's customers, buying signaling platforms as well as other products to embed them into its telecommunication solutions. In February 2010, Buzzinbees announced its collaboration with PT on a messaging server: Bee-IRON. The Bee-IRON platform is a flagship product from Buzzinbees which can deliver and route 2,500 SMS per second in a single node. It complements PT's MicroTCA server. In May 2010, Buzzinbees focused its attention on automatic SIM activation, targeting fast growing markets such as African, Asian and Latin American operators. This effort became visible at the 2012 next generation telecom summit in Nairobi. Buzzinbees's name was inspired by the highly social communicating bees. Indeed, bees do communicate in order to recruit other worker bees to forage in the same area they found flowers. The Buzzinbees logo -- pictured left -- "sports a hexagonal cell" reminiscent of "honeycombs but also cellular networks" as well as 3 pairs of bee "antennas". In November 2015, Buzzinbees's CEO created another company, Facts Haven SAS with a new logo. Following the Gemalto acquisition, his LinkedIn profile indicates that he no longer works for Buzzinbees. However, the Buzzinbees company still exists as a legal entity. Products Buzzinbees's portfolio encompasses network nodes built atop a comprehensive suite of signaling products providing complete development platforms based on global telecommunication standards and protocols. These products work indeed with SS7 (signaling system #7), IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) and LTE (long term evolution) protocols. They augment networks with intelligent functions (intelligent network). Buzzinbees's distribution channel is very specific: it sells to independent software vendors and equipment providers, as opposed to selling directly to operators. Since 2011, Buzzinbees openly focused on automatic SIM activation and the nascent machine to machine market, pushing their Bee-SOON (SIM on-off node) product. Following the Gemalto acquisition, it introduced the concept of SIM reactivation whereby operators can let users reuse expired SIM cards instead of purchasing new ones when they wish to re-subscribe to that operator.

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Gavin Worboys

Gavin Anthony Worboys (born 14 July 1974) is an English former footballer who scored 12 goals from 65 appearances in the Football League playing as a forward for Doncaster Rovers, Exeter City, Darlington and Northampton Town. He was on the books of Notts County, without playing for them in the League, and went on to play non-league football for clubs including Bradford Park Avenue, Hatfield Main, Armthorpe Welfare, Eastwood Town and Hucknall Town. Career Professional Worboys was born in Doncaster, and began his football career with Doncaster Rovers. He made his debut on 8 February 1992 in a 2-1 home defeat to Cardiff City in the Fourth Division, and after seven appearances and two goals - in a 3-2 win against Scunthorpe United and a 2-0 victory over Rochdale - the 17-year-old Worboys signed for Notts County, about to be relegated from the First Division, for a fee of PS100,000. He never played first-team football for Notts County. He spent time on loan at Division Two club Exeter City before dropping down a division to sign for Darlington in late 1994. He appeared more regularly for Darlington, with 8 league goals from 41 matches over 14 months with the club, although towards the end of that time his appearances were more often from the substitutes' bench. Against Cardiff City in September 1995, he took over in goal after Mike Pollitt was sent off and Darlington had no goalkeeper on the bench; he could not stop the resulting penalty, but that was the only goal he did concede. His Football League career ended at Northampton Town, with whom he spent the last few months of the 1995-96 season, taking his totals to 12 goals from 65 matches. He was still only 21. Non-league He continued playing in non-league football with clubs including Gainsborough Trinity, Bradford Park Avenue, Hatfield Main, Armthorpe Welfare and Eastwood Town. In the 1997-98 season, he and strike partner Glenn Kirkwood produced 35 goals between them in the Northern Premier League First Division. In 1999-2000, he helped the club reach the first round proper of the FA Cup for the first time in their history, in which they faced his former club Exeter City, and scored 24 goals over the season. He also found himself in goal again, in September 1999, this time replacing an injured goalkeeper at half-time with his team 1-0 down to Accrington Stanley. He let in just one goal, from a free kick awarded when he handled the ball outside the penalty area, and his teammates scored twice to secure a draw. He joined South Yorkshire Police during the 2000 close season, and although his job did not prevent his continuing to play for Eastwood, it did impact on his availability. In August 2001, he signed for Hucknall Town. References 1974 births Living people Footballers from Doncaster English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C.

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Sound Museum: Hidden Man

Sound Museum: Hidden Man is an album by the American jazz composer and saxophonist Ornette Coleman recorded in 1996 and released on the Harmolodic/Verve label. It is dedicated to Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell. The album is the companion to Sound Museum: Three Women. Both albums feature the same thirteen instrumental pieces, performed by the same quartet, plus a song. Coleman wrote: "Sound Museum exists in two CD renditions of the same compositions played differently in each rendition. This concept was done to show music harmolodically. In the Harmolodic world the concept of space and time are not past or future but the present." Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2 1/2 stars, stating, "Ornette Coleman shows throughout that he had not mellowed with age, and his concise yet adventurous improvisations (which are full of pure melody) are quite intriguing". Steve Futterman of Entertainment Weekly commented "Both Sound Museum: Three Women and Sound Museum: Hidden Man mainly use the same compositions yet fairly burst with diversity. Whether his peers choose to follow him or not, Coleman still leads the jazz pack." In an article for The New York Times, Jon Pareles called the two albums "affable, concise and playfully brilliant," and noted that they are the first Coleman albums in 35 years to include a piano. He stated: "Sound Museum provides a chance to hear the music as it might come out at two separate sets. The distinctions are in details: bowed bass (on 'Hidden Man') or pizzicato in 'Sound Museum,' a distinctly bluesier version of 'Mob Job' on 'Three Women.' 'Home Grown' uses a repeating riff that might have come from a swing band; on 'Hidden Man,' Allen grabs the same syncopation, while on 'Three Women' she plays all around the beat, like someone tossing a handful of marbles into the path of a pursuer." Pareles concluded: "the music never settles on a single mood. Even within a composition, there's always room for another angle. The music isn't a revolution any more; it's just good, smart fun." Writing for Chicago Reader, Peter Margasak commented: "The acoustic group heard on Sound Museum... seems to understand that a silence can be as provocative as a piercing sax squeal... Coleman isn't introducing any radically new concepts or dabbling in new media here... rather, he's turned his energies back to innovations that largely had been absorbed into jazz's working vocabulary. What's most remarkable about Sound Museum is just how far Coleman can push those old concerns: they sound new all over again." Either set... will have you dancing in your head." Track listing All compositions by Ornette Coleman except as indicated "Sound Museum" - 6:16 "Monsieur Allard" - 2:56 "City Living" - 3:21 "What Reason" - 4:19 "Home Grown" - 3:08 "Stopwatch" - 2:25 "Women of the Veil" - 4:41 "P.P.

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Alex Bores

Alex Bores is an American politician serving as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 73rd district. Elected in November 2022, he assumed office on January 1, 2023. Early life and education Bores was born in New York City and attended Hunter College High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University and a Master of Science in computer science from Georgia Tech. Career From 2008 to 2009, Bores served as a constituent services representative for City Councilwoman Jessica Lappin. He worked as a consultant for Cornerstone Research from 2013 to 2014. Bores joined Palantir Technologies in 2014, working as a data scientist, project lead, enterprise lead, and U.S. government lead. From 2019 to 2020, he was the head of commercial and acting general manager of Merlon.ai. From 2020 to 2022, he worked as the head of customer success and president of the transportation practice at Promise Pay. Bores was elected to the New York State Assembly in November 2022.

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Lorentz Johannsen

Lorentz Johannsen (14 September 1769 - 27 April 1837) was a Norwegian merchant and member of the Norwegian Parliament. Lorentz Johannsen was born at Glucksburg in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg in Schleswig-Holstein (now in Germany). In 1801, he was married with Magdalena Boletta Knudtzon (1779-1803). In 1804, he married Sarah Marie Knudtzon 1782-1854), sister of his first wife. Both of his wives were daughters of Hans Carl Knudtzon (1751-1823) who was a successful merchant in Trondheim, Norway. Hans Carl Knudtzon had been born in Bredstedt, in the district of Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein. Knudtzon had moved to Trondheim where he founded Hans Knudtzon & Co. a wholesale trading company. Following his marriage, Lorentz Johannsen became a partner with his father-in-law at the trading firm. The company grew to become one of foremost trading firms in Trondheim. The firm operated its own fleet of ships and was engaged in the trade of commodities. Through his marriages, he was a brother-in-law of both Jorgen von Cappelen Knudtzon and Broder Knudtzon. Johannsen was vice-consul for the United Kingdom and the Netherlands from 1817 to 1829. Johannsen was member of the Norwegian Parliament from Trondheim in 1818, 1821 and 1822. From 1821, Johannsen was a member of the Supervisory Council of Norges Bank. In 1823, he was one of the founders of Trondhjems Savings Bank.

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Theodore James Courant

Theodore James "Ted" Courant is an American mathematician who has conducted research in the fields of differential geometry and classical mechanics. In particular, he made seminal contributions to the study of Dirac manifolds, which generalize both symplectic manifolds and Poisson manifolds, and are related to the Dirac theory of constraints in physics. Some mathematical objects in this field have since been named after him, including the Courant bracket and Courant algebroid. Education and career Courant received his B.A. degree from Reed College, and his Ph.D. from The University of California, Berkeley, where he was a student of Alan Weinstein. After teaching at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the University of Minnesota, Courant moved to secondary education at private schools in California including The Branson School and Wildwood School. Personal life Ted Courant is the grandson of Richard Courant.

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Madeline and the Gypsies

Madeline and the Gypsies is a children's picture book by Ludwig Bemelmans featuring Bemelman's popular character Madeline. It was first published in 1959 by Viking Press under the Viking Juvenile imprint. Plot Pepito, the son of the Spanish Ambassador, invites Madeline and her fellow students to a Gypsy carnival. However, in the chaos caused by a sudden rainstorm, Miss Clavel and the other girls lose sight of Madeline and Pepito, who are unintentionally left behind on the Ferris wheel. The two children find themselves guests of the gypsies, and soon wind up part of the carnival themselves. Adaptations According to a review in Publishers Weekly, an element from this book is rehashed in a different setting for the posthumously published Madeline book Madeline in America and Other Holiday Tales. A 1966 Czech-American animated film titled Alice of Wonderland in Paris briefly adapts the story, along with four other short stories. In 2008, it was adapted into a musical, with script by Barry Kornhauser and score by Michael Koerner, which premiered at The Children's Theater Company in Minneapolis, MN.

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Osvaldo Romo

Osvaldo Romo Mena ( - 4 July 2007) was an agent of the Chilean Direccion de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) from 1973 to 1990, during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Romo was involved in the forced disappearance of over one hundred people, including Christians for Socialism and MIR members Diana Aron Svigilsky, Manuel Cortez Joo and Ofelio Lazo. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, but several of the sentences were suspended by the Chilean Supreme Court. Life Osvaldo Romo became known in working-class neighborhoods before Pinochet's coup in 1973 as a leftist activist, member of the Popular Socialist Union (USOPO) and MIR sympathizer. Following the coup, he reappeared in these neighborhoods in a military uniform, arresting his friends and contacts. There are still debates in left-wing circles over whether Romo suddenly changed his political orientation or if he had always been a mole for the Chilean security services. Known as Guaton Romo ("Fatso Romo") or Comandante Raul, he was one of DINA's key torturers, operating in centers such as Villa Grimaldi. On April 11, 1995, in an interview televised by Univision, he commented in great detail, and evidently without remorse, on the techniques that had been used in the centers. These included the application of electricity to women's nipples and genitals, the use of dogs, and insertion of rats into women's vaginas. Life in Brazil and arrest In 1977, Romo was sent to Brazil by his superiors, and may have participated in death squads there, according to human rights NGOs. During Chile's transition to democracy, as one of the most important figures of the Pinochet regime, Romo was sought by prosecutors and found living in Sao Paulo with his wife and five children in June 1992. Arrested by the Brazilian police, he was extradited to Chile in November 1992. He was sentenced to ten years in prison for the kidnapping of MIR member Manuel Cortez Joo and five years and a day for the kidnapping of Ofelio Lazo, who was disappeared in July 1974. Romo, suffering from diabetes and heart failure, was moved to the hospital of Santiago Penitentiary on 3 July 2007, and died the following day. His funeral was held on 5 July at the Cementerio General de Santiago, with no one in attendance.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilehurst

Tilehurst

Tilehurst is a suburb of the town of Reading in the county of Berkshire, England. It lies to the west of the centre of Reading, and extends from the River Thames in the north to the A4 road in the south. The suburb is partly within the boundaries of the Borough of Reading and partly in the district of West Berkshire. The part within West Berkshire forms part of the civil parish of Tilehurst, which also includes the northern part of Calcot and a small rural area west of the suburb. The part within the Borough of Reading includes the Reading electoral ward of Tilehurst, together with parts of Kentwood and Norcot wards. History Tilehurst was first recorded in 1291, when it was listed as a hamlet of Reading in Pope Nicholas III's taxation. At this time, the settlement was under the ownership of Reading Abbey, where it stayed until the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Tilehurst became an extensive parish, which included the tything of Theale as well as the manors of Tilehurst, Kentwood, Pincents and Beansheaf. In 1545, Henry VIII granted the manor of Tilehurst to Francis Englefield, who held it until his attainder (and forfeiture of the manor) in 1586. The following year, Elizabeth I gave the manor to Henry Forster of Aldermaston and George Fitton. Forster and Fitton possessed the manor until the turn of the century, when Elizabeth sold it to Henry Best and Francis Jackson. Over the space of five years, the manor passed from Best and Jackson to the son of Sir Thomas Crompton, then on to Dutch merchant Peter Vanlore. Vanlore built a manor house on the estate--Calcot Park. Throughout the 17th century the manor passed through the Vanlore family to the Dickenson family, before being purchased in 1687 by the Wilder family of Nunhide (builders of Wilder's Folly) for PS1,075. Page and Ditchfield write that in the early 18th century the manor was also owned by the family of John Kendrick, albeit for a short period. The manor subsequently passed to Benjamin Child, who married Mary Kendrick, heir of the Kendrick family. After Kendrick's death, Childs sold the manor to descendants of John Blagrave in 1759. The Blagrave family built the present-day Calcot House, which--according to one story--was made necessary by Child's eviction. After Child sold the estate to the Blagraves, he was reluctant to leave the house. The Blagraves were forced to remove the building's roof to "flush" him out of the building, thereby requiring a new building to replace the uninhabitable original house. The manor was retained by the Blagrave family until the 1920s, after which it served as the clubhouse for the estate's golf course and was later converted into apartments. The manor of Kentwood was owned by Peter Vanlore, before passing through the Kentwood family (taking their name from the manor itself), the Swafield family, the Yate family, the Fettiplace family and the Dunch family. In 1719, the manor was divided between heirs. The manor of Pincents was named after the local Pincent family. Originally from Sulhamstead, the family owned the manor until the end of the 15th century. After this it was owned by the Sambourne family before they sold it to the Windsor family. In 1598 the manor was sold to the Blagrave family; its succession through the family is identical to that of Calcot Park. In the 1920s the manor was sold off and later became a wedding and conference venue. The manor of Beansheaf took its name from a 13th-century Tilehurst family. In 1316 John Beansheaf granted some of the manor's land to John Stonor. While it is not recorded how much was granted, it is likely that Stonor inherited the entire estate as the Beansheaf name did not appear in subsequent records. In 1390, Ralf Stonor gave the manor to William Sutton of Campden and John Frank. Frank later returned his share of the manor to Ralf Stonor, after which the manor was retained by the Stonor family until the end of the 15th century. The manor left the Stonor family when John Stonor died with no heirs. It passed through his sister, Anne, to her husband--Adrian Fortescue. Some of the manor was later reinherited by the Stonors, though the majority was retained by the Fortescues until passing through marriage to the Wentworth family. In 1562 the manor was bought by John Bolney and Ambrose Dormer, after which it was passed into the family of Tanfield Vachell. The manor was inherited by the Blagrave family some time after 1600. Throughout the 19th century, a number of changes came to Tilehurst. A national school was founded in 1819 to provide education to children not in private schooling. Theale became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1832, and a separate civil parish in 1894. The Great Western Main Line was built through Berkshire in 1841; railway station opened in 1882. By 1887, the boundaries of Reading included parts of Tilehurst. In 1889 a large part of the parish was transferred to Reading, and further areas were transferred to the borough of Reading in 1911. In the 1920s and 30s, many new houses--particularly semi-detached residences--were built in Tilehurst. This gave the need for improved utilities; electricity arrived in the 1920s (replacing the gas that fuelled the area from 1906) and Tilehurst Water Tower was built in 1932. After World War II, Tilehurst--like many other settlements--was in need of new housing; from 1950 many houses and estates were built in the area. In the mid-1960s a prominent Victorian character property, Westwood House with some 5 acres of open grounds was demolished as part of the ever pressing need for new housing. This site was positioned between Westwood Road and Pierce's Hill and had served well as a venue for occasional local social events. Toponymy The name Tilehurst comes from the Old English "tigel" meaning "tile" and "hurst" meaning "wooded hill". Alternative spellings have included Tygelhurst (13th century), Tyghelhurst (14th century), and Tylehurst (16th century). The present spelling became commonplace in the 18th century. Governance Tilehurst is divided between the civil parish of Tilehurst in the district of West Berkshire and the electoral wards of Tilehurst and Kentwood (where Tilehurst railway station is located) in the unitary authority of Reading. Education governance in Tilehurst is split between West Berkshire Council and Reading Borough Council as their boundaries run through the suburb. The parish is split between four churches--those of St Catherine, St George, St Mary Magdalen and St Michael. Geography Tilehurst is situated on a hill (approximately AMSL), to the west of Reading. The land is steep to the west and south of the village; the gradient is smoother north (towards the River Thames) and east (descending towards Reading). Much of Tilehurst was enclosed common land during the 18th and 19th centuries; as this land was developed with housing the commons were lost. Arthur Newbery Park is a surviving area of commonland. Similarly, Prospect Park was enclosed and established before major development of the area was undertaken. Tilehurst is bordered to the west by wood and farmland, to the north by other settlements (such as Purley on Thames and the river itself), to the east by Reading, and to the south by the Reading to Taunton line, the M4 motorway and the River Kennet. Tilehurst is centred around Tilehurst Triangle (known locally as "the village"), a pedestrianised area providing shopping, leisure and educational facilities. Other areas of Tilehurst include Kentwood near the railway station in the north, Norcot in the east, Churchend around St Michael's parish church in the south, and Little Heath in the west. Tilehurst has a Site of Special Scientific Interest just to the west of the village, called Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows. Tilehurst has four local nature reserves called Blundells Copse, Lousehill Copse, McIlroy Park & Round Copse. Demography For Tilehurst Ward in Reading, the 2011 census recorded 9,185 residents in the ward and an area of . In the 2001 census there were 14,683 residents in the parish of Tilehurst Without. Economy Until the late 19th century, the majority of working men in Tilehurst were employed in farming or similar agricultural work. The main industry associated with Tilehurst, however, was the manufacture of tiles. This industry was present in the district until recent times. The 1881 UK census listed a number of men as being employed as brickmen in kilns in the area. Written evidence of brickwork can be traced to the 1600s, but with the peak of production at around 1885. Kilns were established at Grovelands and Kentwood--both to the east of the settlement--with clay pits being dug on Norcot Hill in an area now known as The Potteries. An overhead cable was used to transport the clay-filled buckets between the pits and the kiln across Norcot Road; this was shown on a 1942 map of the area as an "aerial cable" running from the clay pit in Kentwood to Grovelands works approximately away. The cable was also included on the 1940s Ordnance Survey New Popular Edition maps, labelled as an "aerial ropeway". An 1883 Ordnance Survey map of Berkshire shows a number of kilns in the Grovelands area (on the present-day Colliers Way estate) and one in Norcot near the present-day Lawrence Road. The latter was more specifically named in the 1899 Pre-WWII 1:2,500 scale Berkshire map as "Norcot Kiln, Brick and Tile Works". By the 1920s, Tilehurst Potteries had been formally established at Kew Kiln on Kentwood Hill. By the 1960s, clay business had waned and the pits were closed in 1967. Architecture The architecture of Tilehurst ranges from 19th century thatched cottages to late 20th-century housing estates. Victorian and Edwardian terraces (built using bricks from the Tilehurst kilns) are common in the area; streets such as Blundells Road and Norcot Road display this type of architecture. As the area expanded, a huge number of semi-detached dwellings were built in the mid-20th century, in areas such as St Michael's Road (1930s) and on the Berkshire Drive estate (1950s). Examples of unique architecture in Tilehurst include two water towers: Tilehurst Water Tower--a 1932 concrete building, open octagonal in design with arcading supporting a cylindrical drum, and Norcot Water Tower - an 1890s brick building with tiered blind arcading. The Mansion House in Prospect Park (19th century) is a regency mansion built in Portland stone. The north and south faces feature Doric and Ionic order porticos respectively. Culture Tilehurst has a horticultural society which holds a produce show annually in August. The village has few establishments for performing arts, as most are provided in Reading. An amateur dramatics society, the Triangle Players, is based in the village. A branch of the Allenova School of Dancing is also situated in Tilehurst. Tilehurst Square Dance Club draws dancers from Reading and beyond and has been operating since 1989. Transport railway station is located at the northern edge of Tilehurst. It has regular Great Western Railway services between Reading and Oxford on the Great Western Main Line, and commuter services to London Paddington. Journey times are approximately five minutes to Reading and 35 minutes to Oxford. Connections to the south and south-west via the Reading to Taunton Line and the Reading to Basingstoke Line are made by services changing at Reading. Reading Buses services 15, 15a, 16, 17 and 33 serve Tilehurst, connecting the village to Reading, Purley and Theale. Tilehurst is bordered by two major roads--to the north by the A329 (connecting the village to Reading and Pangbourne), and to the south by the A4 (connecting the village to Reading and Theale). Non-arterial roads in Tilehurst saw a great improvement in the 1940s with the introduction of trolleybuses in Reading. Education Tilehurst is served by two comprehensive secondary schools - Denefield School and Little Heath School. The catchment areas of King's Academy Prospect and Theale Green Community School also cover parts of Tilehurst. Tilehurst is served by Brookfields School, a special school catering for students with moderate, severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties. Primary education in Tilehurst includes Birch Copse Primary School, Downsway Primary School, Long Lane Primary School, English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, Moorlands Primary School, Park Lane Primary School, Ranikhet Primary School, St Michael's Primary School, St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Springfield Primary School, Meadow Park Academy, Westwood Farm Infant School, and Westwood Farm Junior School. Places of worship Tilehurst has a number of religious buildings covering numerous denominations. The Church of St Michael, situated centrally in the parish, is a brick church with a square tower. Parts of the building date from the 13th century, replacing an earlier church thought to have been built in 1189. Sir Peter Vanlore is buried in the church's Lady chapel. The Anglican church of St Catherine of Siena was built in the Little Heath area of Tilehurst from 1962 to 1964. A Methodist church is near the village centre, and a Latter-day Saints church opened in Tilehurst in the 1970s. The Roman Catholic church of St Joseph was built in Park Lane from 1955 to 1956. Tilehurst also has a United Reformed Church (built on the site of an early 19th-century Congregational Chapel), a Bethel United Church, and Anglican churches dedicated to St George and St Mary Magdalen. Tilehurst does not have any synagogues, mosques or gurdwaras. The nearest are in West Reading, central Reading and East Reading respectively. Sport Tilehurst has been represented in numerous sports for over a century. Tilehurst Cricket Club existed from at least 1883. The club originally played on Church End Lane. While the exact location of the ground is unknown, it is likely that it was on a recreation ground behind the present-day Moorlands School. Victoria Recreation Ground was established in 1897, and the cricket club began using the new park as their ground at some point after this. The club joined the Reading and District Cricket League in 1900; the Reading Chronicle reported on the club's first game--a loss to nearby Grovelands CC--by saying "Tilehurst were but poorly represented, several of their best players not having signed the required fourteen days, and they had to play ten men only". Tilehurst joined the newly formed Hampshire League in 1973, proving successful in their first two seasons. Between 1991 and 1996, Tilehurst played in the Berkshire League. The following year, Tilehurst CC merged with Theale CC to form Theale and Tilehurst Cricket Club. The reason for the merger is attributed to Theale's lack of players but good facilities, and Tilehurst's surplus of players but lack of facilities. The club now play at Englefield Road, Theale, in the Thames Valley Cricket League. Tilehurst is represented by three football teams Barton Rovers, Tilehurst Panthers and Westwood Wanderers. Barton Rovers, established in 1982, are based at Turnham's Farm, Little Heath. Tilehurst Panthers, established in 2006, are a ladies team based at Denefield School and the Cotswold Sports Centre in Tilehurst. Westwood Wanderers were established in 1972 and are a men's team based at the Cotswold Sports Centre. The team play their home matches at Denefield School. Reading Racers were based at Reading Greyhound Stadium from 1968 until the stadium's demolition in 1975. The team then moved to Smallmead Stadium, south of Reading. Notable residents Bryan Adams, musician, lived in Tilehurst in the 1960s while his father was stationed in the United Kingdom Jacqueline Bisset, actress, grew up in Tilehurst in a 17th-century country cottage, where she now lives part of the year Kenneth Branagh, actor, attended Meadway School in the 1970s Tim Dinsdale, searcher for the Loch Ness Monster. Mike Oldfield, musician, grew up in Tilehurst Zac Purchase, Olympic gold medal winning rower, lived on the Dee Road estate Ayrton Senna, Formula 1 driver, lived on the Pottery Road estate in the 1980s Sir Peter Vanlore (1547-1627) bought Tilehurst Manor and lived there with his wife Lady Jacoba van Loor (daughter of Henri Thibault).

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McDonnell Douglas X-36

The McDonnell Douglas (later Boeing) X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft was an American stealthy subscale prototype jet designed to fly without the traditional empennage found on most aircraft. This configuration was designed to reduce weight, drag and radar cross section, and increase range, maneuverability and survivability. Design and development The X-36 was built to 28% scale of a possible fighter aircraft, and was controlled by a pilot in a ground-based virtual cockpit with a view provided by a video camera mounted in the canopy of the aircraft. For control, a canard forward of the wing was used as well as split ailerons and an advanced thrust vectoring nozzle for directional control. The X-36 was unstable in both pitch and yaw axes, so an advanced digital fly-by-wire control system was used to provide stability. First flown on 17 May 1997, it made 31 successful research flights. It handled very well, and the program is reported to have met or exceeded all project goals. McDonnell Douglas merged with Boeing in August 1997 while the test program was in progress; the aircraft is sometimes referred to as the Boeing X-36. The X-36 possessed high maneuverability that would be ideal for use as a fighter. Despite its potential suitability, and highly successful test program, there have been no reports regarding further development of the X-36 or any derived design as of 2017. Survivors The first X-36 is at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. It arrived on July 16, 2003, the same day as the Boeing Bird of Prey and is displayed in the Museum's Research & Development Gallery. The second X-36 is displayed outside the Air Force Test Flight Center Museum at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Specifications (X-36) See also References External links NASA fact sheet on the X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft "X-36 Proving Its Agility In Flight Testing".

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphreys%20%28Unigate%29

Humphreys (Unigate)

The British milk company Unigate produced a series of TV advertisements in the 1970s featuring characters called the Humphreys. The Humphreys were milk thieves whose only visible presence was a red-and-white striped straw with which to suck up the milk. TV personalities of the time, including Barbara Windsor, Arthur Mullard, Rod Hull and Spike Milligan, featured in the adverts; but the campaign is best known for the slogan: "Watch out, watch out--there's a Humphrey about!" written and sung by Mike Batt. A merchandising campaign accompanied the adverts; and the Humphrey-themed mugs, milk bottles, and straws are now collectors' items. The campaign was devised by John Webster of the Boase Massimi Pollitt advertising agency. Celebrities featuring in the Humphrey ads Muhammad Ali Benny Hill Rod Hull Sid James Henry McGee Spike Milligan Frank Muir Arthur Mullard Barbara Windsor Several campaign stickers were produced, including: "Watch Out, Watch Out, There's a Humphrey About", featuring two red-and-white striped straws projecting from a pocket "Watch Out for the Humphrey Patrol", featuring a row of the tops of thirteen red and white striped straws "Drink it Quick, Humphreys are Slick", featuring a red-and-white striped straw projecting from a partially drunk glass of milk. Three different full sticker sheets can be seen online. References External links UK TV Commercials page featuring the lyrics to the Humphrey song.

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Randy Robertson (politician)

Wiley Randall Robertson (born October 6, 1962) is an American politician from Cataula, Georgia. He is a Republican member of the Georgia State Senate representing District 29, elected in 2018. Robertson is a retired law enforcement officer and attended Command College at Columbus State University and the FBI National Academy. Robertson was a Law Enforcement Officer in the Muscogee County Sheriff's Office. In 2018, he was elected to the Georgia State Senate. He was reelected in the 2020 general elections. Early life and education Robertson was born in Hamilton, Georgia to Bobby Ray and Elizabeth Cobb Robertson. He attended Cataula Elementary School, Harris County Junior High School, and Harris County High School. Career Robertson was a Law Enforcement Officer before entering politics, and after over thirty years in law enforcement retired from the Muscogee County Sheriff's Office in 2015. In a 2000 internal investigation by the Muscogee County Sheriff's Office, then Lieutenant Robertson was found to have conducted himself in a way that was "unbecoming of an officer" and "immoral." The investigation stemmed from an extramarital affair with his sister in-law that found Robertson engaged in sexual activity. The investigation further found that Robertson was not on duty at the time the activities took place and nothing occurred within a department vehicle. Despite the internal affairs report, Robertson maintains that in his thirty years with the Muscogee County Sheriff's Office he has never been reprimanded as he was cleared of all accusations. Political career Robertson was elected to the Georgia State Senate in 2018 after the seat was vacated by Josh McKoon. In 2020, Robertson qualified for re-election and was not challenged in either the Primary or General election. "Safe Communities Act of 2021" On February 11, 2021, Robertson introduced Senate Bill 171, the "Safe Communities Act of 2021," which increases penalties for certain offenses committed during an "unlawful assembly." Robertson introduced the legislation in response to the George Floyd protests and the 2021 United States Capitol attack. The original bill failed to receive a committee vote before Georgia's crossover day. On March 18, Robertson reintroduced the legislation through a committee substitute of another bill from the state house. The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia said the bill "tramples on and makes a mockery of the First Amendment." Mazey Lynn Causey, a legislative advocate for the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, believes that it would allow immunity for motorists that run over a protester. Personal life Robertson is married to Theresa Garcia Robertson; they have four children and four grandchildren. The family goes to and worships with the First Baptist Church in Columbus.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipont%20Editions

Bipont Editions

Bipont Editions (also known as the Bipontine Editions), the name of a famous series of editions, in 50 volumes, of Greek and Latin classical authors, so called from Bipontium, the modern Latin name of Zweibrucken (also referred to as "Deux Ponts"; English, "two bridges") in the Rhineland-Palatinate where they were first issued by the Societas Bipontina (under the supervision of Friedrich Christian Exter and Georg Christian Crollius) in 1779. Their place of publication was afterwards transferred to Strasbourg (referred to on the title pages by the Latin name of "Argentoratum"). References Further reading Friedrich Butters, Ueber die Bipontiner und die Editiones Bipontinae. Georg Burkard: Bibliographie der Editiones Bipontinae. Johannes Schondorf: Zweibrucker Buchdruck zur Furstenzeit 1488-1794. Zweibrucken 1995, , S. 161-179.

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Strawberry Moon (song)

"Strawberry Moon" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by South Korean singer-songwriter IU. It was released on October 19, 2021, through EDAM Entertainment via Kakao M. "Strawberry Moon" was both written and composed by IU, with additional composition credits by Jonghoon Lee and Lee Chae-gyu. Background and composition IU's agency EDAM Entertainment unveiled the first teaser for "Strawberry Moon" on October 5, 2021, showing her in a dream-like setting sitting atop a giant ice cream scoop, with its release date set for October 19. She subsequently released a series of teasers, with a lyric teaser for its accompanying music video posted to YouTube on October 15. The song was made available for digital download and streaming at midnight local time four days later, and serves as a followup to her fifth studio-album Lilac, which was released seven months prior. The track was both written and composed by IU, with additional production credits by Jonghoon Lee and Lee Chae-gyu. "Strawberry Moon"s composition has been described as that reminiscent of a fairy tale, with its soft piano melody and IU's delicate voice. The lyrics of the song's chorus conveys the feelings of warm comfort in a romantic relationship, with its lyrics translating to: "Scoop of a large strawberry moon / I will entrust you to me eh-oh / The feeling of flying so cool / How is life more perfect ooh". Tamar Herman of South China Morning Post also described "Strawberry Moon" as a "breezy electropop-rock" track that talks about "a fated meeting" and equates it to a scoop of strawberry ice. Critical reception Tanu I. Raj of NME said the song is a depiction of "the kind of easy, mature love that is unaffected by the whimsies of the heart or life" and praised IU's lyricism. She noted how the "lightness of being" becomes a "visual, sonic and lyrical theme" throughout the track and how the instrumental emphasizes the lyrics: while IU sings "feeling like floating up/Through the tense darkness/We won't be afraid" the piano "segues into atmospheric beats on the pre-chorus, as if with every word, she defies gravity and reaches a little higher", scene perfectly portrayed in the music video, where IU and her partner drive up in the sky. Tamar Herman of South China Morning Post said the track is "the perfect sonic representation of who she is and where she is in her career" and she included it on her list of Best K-pop releases of October 2021. Junhwan Jang of IZM said the song is "a triumph of lyrics" with "unique metaphors" and praised IU's lyricism, saying it "fully showed off in a song" since "Love Poem". Music video The music video was posted to YouTube in conjunction with the release of the digital single. The visual was directed by Flipevil, who also worked with IU on the video for "Lilac" in March. Lee Jong-won appears as IU's opposite in the video. Accolades "Strawberry Moon" achieved a triple crown on the music program Inkigayo, in addition to a quintuple crown on Show!

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2023 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2023 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was held in Calgary, Canada, from February 27 to March 5, 2023. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. The competition determined the entry quotas for each federation at the 2024 World Junior Championships. On March 1, 2022, the ISU banned figure skaters and officials from Russia and Belarus from attending all international competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Qualification Age and minimum TES requirements Skaters were eligible for the 2023 World Junior Championships if they turned 13 years of age before July 1, 2022, and if they have not yet turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers). Additionally, skaters must meet the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepts scores if they were obtained at junior-level ISU-recognized international competitions during the ongoing or preceding season, no later than 21 days before the first official practice day. Number of entries per discipline Based on the results of the 2022 World Junior Championships, each ISU member nation could field one to three entries per discipline. China did not participate due to COVID-19 protocols, and may only field one entry. Entries Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2022. The International Skating Union published entries on February 7, 2023.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartonella

Bartonella

Bartonella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria. It is the only genus in the family Bartonellaceae. Facultative intracellular parasites, Bartonella species can infect healthy people, but are considered especially important as opportunistic pathogens. Bartonella species are transmitted by vectors such as ticks, fleas, sand flies, and mosquitoes. At least eight Bartonella species or subspecies are known to infect humans. Bartonella henselae is the organism responsible for cat scratch disease. History Bartonella species have been infecting humans for thousands of years, as demonstrated by Bartonella quintana DNA in a 4000-year-old tooth. The genus is named for Alberto Leonardo Barton Thompson (1871-October 26, 1950), a Peruvian scientist. Infection cycle The currently accepted model explaining the infection cycle holds that the transmitting vectors are blood-sucking arthropods and the reservoir hosts are mammals. Immediately after infection, the bacteria colonize a primary niche, the endothelial cells. Every five days, some of the Bartonella bacteria in the endothelial cells are released into the blood stream, where they infect erythrocytes. The bacteria then invade a phagosomal membrane inside the erythrocytes, where they multiply until they reach a critical population density. At this point, they simply wait until they are taken up with the erythrocytes by a blood-sucking arthropod. Though some studies have found "no definitive evidence of transmission by a tick to a vertebrate host," Bartonella species are well-known to be transmissible to both animals and humans through various other vectors, such as fleas, lice, and sand flies. Recent studies have shown a strong correlation between tick exposure and bartonellosis, including human bartonellosis. Bartonella bacteria are associated with cat-scratch disease, but a study in 2010 concluded, "Clinicians should be aware that . a history of an animal scratch or bite is not necessary for disease transmission." All current Bartonella species identified in canines are human pathogens. Pathophysiology Bartonella infections are remarkable in the wide range of symptoms they can produce. The course of the diseases (acute or chronic) and the underlying pathologies are highly variable. Treatment Treatment is dependent on which species or strain of Bartonella is found in a given patient. While Bartonella species are susceptible to a number of standard antibiotics in vitro--macrolides and tetracycline, for example--the efficacy of antibiotic treatment in immunocompetent individuals is uncertain. Immunocompromised patients should be treated with antibiotics because they are particularly susceptible to systemic disease and bacteremia. Drugs of particular effectiveness include trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, and rifampin; B. henselae is generally resistant to penicillin, amoxicillin, and nafcillin. Epidemiology Homeless intravenous drug users are at high risk for Bartonella infections, particularly B. elizabethae. B. elizabethae seropositivity rates in this population range from 12.5% in Los Angeles, to 33% in Baltimore, Maryland, 46% in New York City, and 39% in Sweden. Phylogeny The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). The phylogeny is based on whole-genome analysis. References External links August 30. People's Pharmacy Radio Podcast: Bartonella, website May 18, 2012 Bartonella spp. bacteremia and rheumatic symptoms in patients from Lyme disease-endemic region Medical publication, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

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Jack Warner (pitcher)

Jack Dyer Warner (born July 12, 1940) is an American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. The native of Brandywine, West Virginia, had a nine-season professional baseball career. He threw and batted right-handed and was listed as tall and . Warner was signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1958 after graduation from Alliance (Ohio) High School. He appeared in parts of four MLB seasons for the Cubs from 1962 to 1965. He pitched in a total of 33 games for Chicago, with a career record of 0-2, 54innings pitched, 23 strikeouts, 13 games finished, no saves, and an ERA of 5.10. Perhaps his best game was one in which he was the losing pitcher. This took place in the second game of a doubleheader at Forbes Field on July 21, 1963. Warner pitched scoreless ball in the bottom of the 11th, 12th, and 13th innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates, but gave up a run with two out in the bottom of the 14th for a 6-5 loss. Warner also achieved his only major league hit in this game, a single in the top of the 14th against eventual winning pitcher Don Cardwell. Trivia Warner held All-Stars Leo Cardenas, Tim McCarver, Denis Menke, and Bob Skinner to a .077 collective batting average.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6%20Maccabees

6 Maccabees

6 Maccabees, or the Sixth Book of Maccabees, is an anonymous Classical Syriac narrative poem about the martyrdom of Eleazar and the woman with seven sons under Antiochus IV as described in the prose Greek works 2 Maccabees and 4 Maccabees. 6 Maccabees is a conventional title based on the theory that it is an Old Testament pseudepigraphal work of Jewish origin. 6 Maccabees was originally written in Syriac and only a Syriac text is known, preserved in at least three manuscripts. The whereabouts of only one of these is currently known: Bodleian, Or. 134), an 18th- or 19th-century copy in Nestorian script from the Christian community of Malabar in India. The manuscript tradition and the final form of the text are certainly Christian. The work itself may be of a very late date. Sebastian Brock proposed the 12th or 13th century. Sigrid Peterson, on the other hand, argues that the earliest, unembellished form of the text must be earlier than 4 Maccabees (1st-2nd century). The text as we have it, however, makes reference to 4 Maccabees when it says that Josephus wrote the martyrs' history, since 4 Maccabees was commonly if erroneously attributed to Josephus. 6 Maccabees contains 678 lines of verse. Its use of rhyme is indicative of a medieval, as opposed to ancient, origin. Its dodecasyllabic metre is strongly associated with Jacob of Serugh (died 521). The genre of the piece, memre, is that of a homily in narrative verse, with characteristics of a dramatic dialogue and perhaps even of Jewish piyyutim. Much of it consists of the speeches given by the woman, Martha Shamoni (Marty Shmuni), before the execution of each of her sons. The names of the sons in 6 Maccabees are Gadday, Maqqbay, Tarsay, Hebron, Hebson, Bakkos and Yonadab, which are the names known in both the East and West Syriac traditions. The content of 6 Maccabees is a mix of Jewish and Christian. There is an emphasis on keeping the Jewish law, but also references to Jesus, Paul and Stephen, to the intercession of saints and to the construction of churches commemorating the Maccabean martyrs. Although forceful arguments have been made for a Jewish original in Syriac, there is no clear evidence of the use of that literary language among Jews. The Syriac text with an English translation was published by Robert Lubbock Bensly in 1895. A revised translation can be found in Peterson's dissertation.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcanoctopus%20hydrothermalis

Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis

Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis is a small benthic octopus endemic to hydrothermal vents. It is the only known species of the genus Vulcanoctopus. Habitat Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis lives along the East Pacific Rise, the border of the Pacific, Cocos, and Nazca Plates. It is often found near colonies of giant tube worms. Description The morphology of V. hydrothermalis shows some unusual traits for an octopus, due to adaptations selected for in the deep sea, such as the lack of an ink sac. Its dorsal arms are longer than the ventral arms. Overall, it has a mean total length of . Behavior The ratio of recovered individuals is skewed towards males, indicating fewer females or spatial segregation by sex. Its primary defense reaction is to freeze in place, then if needed, the secondary defense involves pushing away from the bottom then drifting back down. V. hydrothermalis uses its front arms (I dorsal and II dorsolateral) for feeling its way around and detecting and catching prey, while the back arms (III ventrolateral and IV ventral) support its weight and move the octopus forward. This species has not been observed to use jet propulsion. Prey Its confirmed prey consist of the amphipod Halice hesmonectes and crabs, which are thought to be one of their primary food sources.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygonalization

Polygonalization

In computational geometry, a polygonalization of a finite set of points in the Euclidean plane is a simple polygon with the given points as its vertices. A polygonalization may also be called a polygonization, simple polygonalization, Hamiltonian polygon, non-crossing Hamiltonian cycle, or crossing-free straight-edge spanning cycle. Every point set that does not lie on a single line has at least one polygonalization, which can be found in polynomial time. For points in convex position, there is only one, but for some other point sets there can be exponentially many. Finding an optimal polygonalization under several natural optimization criteria is a hard problem, including as a special case the travelling salesman problem. The complexity of counting all polygonalizations remains unknown. Definition A polygonalization is a simple polygon having a given set of points in the Euclidean plane as its set of vertices. A polygon may be described by a cyclic order on its vertices, which are connected in consecutive pairs by line segments, the edges of the polygon. A polygon, defined in this way, is "simple" if the only intersection points of these line segments are at shared endpoints. Some authors only consider polygonalizations for points that are in general position, meaning that no three are on a line. With this assumption, the angle between two consecutive segments of the polygon cannot be 180deg. However, when point sets with collinearities are considered, it is generally allowed for their polygonalizations to have 180deg angles at some points. When this happens, these points are still considered to be vertices, rather than being interior to edges. Existence observed that every finite point set with no three in a line forms the vertices of a simple polygon. However, requiring no three to be in a line is unnecessarily strong. Instead, all that is required for the existence of a polygonalization (allowing 180deg angles) is that the points do not all lie on one line. If they do not, then they have a polygonalization that can be constructed in polynomial time. One way of constructing a polygonalization is to choose any point in the convex hull of (not necessarily one of the given points). Then radially ordering the points around (breaking ties by distance from q) produces the cyclic ordering of a star-shaped polygon through all the given points, with in its kernel. The same idea of sorting points radially around a central point is used in some versions of the Graham scan convex hull algorithm, and can be performed in time. Polygonalizations that avoid 180deg angles do not always exist. For instance, for and square grids, all polygonalizations use 180deg angles. As well as star-shaped polygonalizations, every non-collinear set of points has a polygonalization that is a monotone polygon. This means that, with respect to some straight line (which may be taken as the -axis) every perpendicular line to the reference line intersects the polygon in a single interval, or not at all. A construction of begins by sorting the points by their -coordinates, and drawing a line through the two extreme points. Because the points are not all in a line, at least one of the two open halfplanes bounded by this line must be non-empty. Grunbaum forms two monotone polygonal chains connecting the extreme points through sorted subsequences of the points: one for the points in this non-empty open halfplane, and the other for the remaining points. Their union is the desired monotone polygon. After the sorting step, the rest of the construction may be performed in linear time. It is NP-complete to determine whether a set of points has a polygonalization using only axis-parallel edges. However, polygonalizations with the additional constraint that they make a right turn at every vertex, if they exist, are uniquely determined. Each axis-parallel line through a point must pass through an even number of points, and this polygonalization must connect alternating pairs of points on this line. The polygonalization may be found in time by grouping the points by equal coordinates and sorting each group by the other coordinate. For any point set, at most one rotation can have a polygonalization of this form, and this rotation can again be found in polynomial time. Optimization Problems of finding an optimal polygonalization (for various criteria of optimality) are often computationally infeasible. For instance, the solution to the travelling salesman problem, for the given points, does not have any crossings. Therefore, it is always a polygonalization, the polygonalization with the minimum perimeter. It is NP-hard to find. Similarly, finding the simple polygonalization with minimum or maximum area is known to be NP-hard, and has been the subject of some computational efforts. The maximum area is always more than half of the area of the convex hull, giving an approximation ratio of 2. The exact complexity of the simple polygonalization with maximum perimeter, and the existence of a constant approximation ratio for this problem, remain unknown. The polygonalization that minimizes the length of its longest edge is also NP-hard to find, and hard to approximate to an approximation ratio better than ; no constant-factor approximation is known. A non-optimal solution to the travelling salesman problem may have crossings, but it is possible to eliminate all crossings by local optimization steps that reduce the total length. Using steps that also eliminate crossings at each step, this can be done in polynomial time, but without this restriction there exist local optimization sequences that instead use an exponential number of steps. The shortest bitonic tour (the minimum-perimeter monotone polygon through the given points) is always a polygonalization, and can be found in polynomial time. Counting The problem of counting all polygonalizations of a given point set belongs to #P, the class of counting problems associated with decision problems in NP. However, it is unknown whether it is #P-complete or, if not, what its computational complexity might be. A set of points has exactly one polygonalization if and only if it is in convex position. There exist sets of points for which the number of polygonalizations is as large as , and every set of points has at most polygonalizations. Methods applying the planar separator theorem to labeled triangulations of the points can be used to count all polygonalizations of a set of points in subexponential time, . Dynamic programming can be used to count all monotone polygonalizations in polynomial time, and the results of this computation can then be used to generate a random monotone polygonalization. Generation It is unknown whether it is possible for the system of all polygonalizations to form a connected state space under local moves that change a bounded number of the edges of the polygonalizations. If this were possible, it could be used as part of an algorithm for generating all polygonalizations, by applying a graph traversal to the state space. For this problem, it is insufficient to consider flips that remove two edges of a polygonalization and replace them by two other edges, or VE-flips that remove three edges, two of which share a vertex, and replace them by three other edges. There exist polygonalizations for which no flip or VE-flip is possible, even though the same point set has other polygonalizations. The polygonal wraps, weakly simple polygons that use each given point one or more times as a vertex, include all polygonalizations and are connected by local moves. Another more general class of polygons, the surrounding polygons, are simple polygons that have some of the given points as vertices and enclose all of the points. They are again locally connected, and can be listed in polynomial time per polygon. The algorithm constructs a tree of polygons, with the convex hull as its root and with the parent of each other surrounding polygon obtained by removing one vertex (proven to be possible by applying the two ears theorem to the exterior of the polygon). It then applies a reverse-search algorithm to this tree to list the polygons. As a consequence of this method, all polygonalizations can be listed in exponential time ( for points) and polynomial space. Applications Classical connect the dots puzzles involve connecting points in sequence to form some unexpected shape, often without crossings. The travelling salesman problem and its variants have many applications. Polygonalization also has applications in the reconstruction of contour lines from scattered data points, and in boundary tracing in image analysis.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss%20mitigation

Loss mitigation

Loss mitigation is used to describe a third party helping a homeowner, a division within a bank that mitigates the loss of the bank, or a firm that handles the process of negotiation between a homeowner and the homeowner's lender. Loss mitigation works to negotiate mortgage terms for the homeowner that will prevent foreclosure. These new terms are typically obtained through loan modification, short sale negotiation, short refinance negotiation, deed in lieu of foreclosure, cash-for-keys negotiation, a partial claim loan, repayment plan, forbearance, or other loan work-out. All of the options serve the same purpose, to stabilize the risk of loss the lender (investor) is in danger of realizing. Kinds of loss mitigation Loan modification: This is a process whereby a homeowner's mortgage is modified and both lender and homeowner are bound by the new terms. The most common modifications are lowering the interest rate and extending the term to up to 40 years. Reduction in the principal balance, however, is so rare that the Federal Reserve wrote in a report that they could find no evidence that lenders were reducing principal balances on mortgages. Short sale: This is a process whereby a lender accepts a payoff that is less than the principal balance of a homeowner's mortgage, in order to permit the homeowner to sell the home for the actual market value of the home. This specifically applies to homeowners that owe more on their mortgage than the property is worth. Without such a principal reduction the homeowner would not be able to sell the home. Short refinance: This is a process whereby a lender reduces the principal balance of a homeowner's mortgage in order to permit the homeowner to refinance with a new lender. The reduction in principal is designed to meet the Loan-to-value guidelines of the new lender (which makes refinancing possible). Deed in lieu: A Deed in Lieu of foreclosure (DIL) is a disposition option in which a mortgagor voluntarily deeds collateral property in exchange for a release from all obligations under the mortgage. A DIL of foreclosure may not be accepted from mortgagors who can financially make their mortgage payments. Cash-for-keys negotiation: The lender will pay the homeowner or tenant to vacate the home in a timely fashion without destroying the property after foreclosure. The lender does this to avoid incurring the additional expenses involved in evicting such occupants. Special Forbearance - This is where you will make no monthly payment or a reduced monthly payment. Sometimes, the lender will ask you to be put on a repayment plan when the forbearance has been finished to pay back what you missed, while other times they just modify your loan. Partial Claim - Under the Partial Claim option, a mortgagee will advance funds on behalf of a mortgagor in an amount necessary to reinstate a delinquent loan (not to exceed the equivalent of 12 months PITI). The mortgagor will execute a promissory note and subordinate mortgage payable to United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Currently, these promissory or "Partial Claim" notes assess no interest and are not due and payable until the mortgagor either pays off the first mortgage or no longer owns the property. Benefits The most common benefit to the homeowner is the prevention of foreclosure because loss mitigation works to either relieve the homeowner of the debt or create a mortgage resolution that is financially sustainable for the homeowner. Lenders benefit by mitigating the losses they would incur through foreclosing on the homeowner. Immediate foreclosure creates a tremendous financial burden on the lender. History and causes Loss mitigation has been a tool used by lenders for decades, but experienced tremendous growth since late 2006. This rapid expansion was in response to the dramatic increase in foreclosures nationwide. Prior to late 2006, early 2007; Loss Mitigation was a tiny department within most lending institutions. In fact, the run up prior to the near collapse of the entire financial system shows Loss Mitigation was almost nonexistent. The ten-year period prior to 2007 spurred rapid year over year increases in home prices caused by low interest rates and low underwriting standards. Loss Mitigation was only needed for extreme cases due to the homeowners ability to repeatedly refinance and avoid defaulting. Beginning in 2007 the mortgage industry nearly collapsed. Large numbers of lenders went out of business and the rest were forced to eliminate all of the loan programs that were most prone to foreclosure. These foreclosures were mostly caused by the packaging and selling of subprime and other risky mortgages. The transfer of ownership from mortgage lender to third party investor proved to be disastrous. Lenders wrote risky loans and sold them without being directly affected by the borrowers inability to pay. This practice prompted mortgage lenders to lower the requirements of mortgage approval to the lowest levels in history. Lenders sold pools of these mortgage loans to investment firms who packaged and resold them in the market in the form of bond issues. The investment firms weren't naive to the quality of the mortgages, so they purchased credit default swaps (a type of insurance product without technically being insurance) for protection of inevitable default. In fact, credit default swaps were created during this time and didn't exist prior to the housing boom. This resulted in millions of unqualified people obtaining mortgages. Another major factor of "mortgage meltdown" was caused by the Bond Rating Agencies. The agencies rated subprime mortgage pools as "investment grade" which opened up an almost unlimited supply of large investors (mutual funds, pension funds and even countries)to purchase these bond issues (The investment grade rating duped money managers into thinking the bonds were less risky than they actually were). When homeowners began to default on their mortgage payments the bonds were proven to be too risky for investment. This led investment companies to cease purchasing newly originated mortgage pools. In addition, investment firms came to see that the credit default swaps weren't true protection and were essentially worthless. The lenders could no longer sell off the newly originated mortgages. This halted the regeneration of capital necessary for these mortgage banks to lend money. In fact, well over 200 mortgage banks were either forced to close or went bankrupt. This crisis was dubbed the "Credit Crunch" and the subprime mortgage crisis. The surviving lenders were faced with mounting losses from foreclosures. In addition, they had to depend solely on lending capital derived from deposits. This environment forced the drastic tightening of lending guidelines. This resulted in millions of people to be unqualified to refinance out of their risky subprime, adjustable rate and negative amortization loans. Many people suffered dramatic payment increases. At the same time, housing prices plummeted due to the "housing correction" That was fueled by record foreclosures. Based on RealtyTrac data, since December 2007 and through June 2010 there have been a total of 2.36 million U.S. properties repossessed by lenders through foreclosure (REO). In addition there have been 3.48 million default notices and 3.46 million scheduled foreclosure auctions. This major increase of properties on the market decreased home values creating a market with fewer qualified borrowers than homes for sale. When there is less demand the prices drop. Home values were at highly inflated levels prior to this due to historically low interest rates and the steady decline of credit requirements for the homeowner to qualify for a mortgage. Many homeowners found themselves with negative equity meaning the mortgage balance was considerably higher than the market value of the home also known as being "underwater". Many homeowners elected to default voluntarily on their mortgage. Being "underwater" means their home is no longer an asset to them. With all this stacked against them and very few options, the result for many was default and foreclosure or loss mitigation. Loss Mitigation can be negotiated directly by the homeowner or an attorney. Be careful of fraudulent claims by third parties, a 2008 study by Professor Alan M White found that of 4,342 modifications that he studied, only 62 received principal reductions. Still feeling the blow, this has led to a loss of equity (from inflated levels) for every homeowner in the country. With less equity homeowners are less likely to qualify for a loan that will refinance them out of a risky loan; with less equity less homeowners are able to qualify for home equity line of credits or a second mortgage in order to pay for financial emergencies.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain%20Schneider

Romain Schneider

Romain Schneider (; born 15 April 1962 in Wiltz) is a Luxembourgian politician for the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP). He is a member of the national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies, representing the Nord constituency since the 2004 election. He has been the mayor of the city of Wiltz from 1 January 2000 until the autumn of 2009 when he joined the government. Prior to that, he had been a councillor in Wiltz (1994-1999). Schneider is the former President of the football club FC Wiltz 71. He has been the Secretary-General of the LSAP since 25 October 2004, having first joined the party in 1981.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prateek%20Sharma%20%28gastroenterologist%29

Prateek Sharma (gastroenterologist)

Prateek Sharma FACG, FACP, FASGE is an Indian American gastroenterologist that specializes in esophageal diseases and endoscopic treatments. Early life and career Sharma was born in Chandigarh, India. He graduated with a MBBS from M.S. University of Baroda in 1991 and from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1992. He completed his residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee in 1995 and his Gastroenterology Fellowship at the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1997. He is a Professor of Medicine and Program Director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship Program at University of Kansas School of Medicine and the section chief of Gastroenterology at the Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Sharma is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Scientific work Sharma's focus lies in improving the diagnosis and management of GI diseases and cancer, specifically in esophageal diseases, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Barrett's esophagus, advanced imaging, and endoscopic treatments. Awards and honours 2014 - American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Crystal Award recipient for Distinguished Endoscopic Research Mentoring. Publications Sharma, P., Dent, J., Armstrong, D., Bergman, J. J., Gossner, L., Hoshihara, Y., ... & Vieth, M. (2006). The development and validation of an endoscopic grading system for Barrett's esophagus: the Prague C & M criteria. Gastroenterology, 131(5), 1392-1399 (241 citations). New England journal of medicine, 361(26), 2548-2556 (181 citations). Sharma, P., Falk, G. W., Weston, A. P., Reker, D., Johnston, M., & Sampliner, R. E. (2006). Dysplasia and cancer in a large multicenter cohort of patients with Barrett's esophagus. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 4(5), 566-572 (102 citations). Sharma, P., Bansal, A., Mathur, S., Wani, S., Cherian, R., McGregor, D., ... & Weston, A. The utility of a novel narrow band imaging endoscopy system in patients with Barrett's esophagus. Gastrointestinal endoscopy, 64(2), 167-175 (84 citations). Sharma, P., Weston, A. P., Topalovski, M., Cherian, R., Bhattacharyya, A., & Sampliner, R. E. (2003). Magnification chromoendoscopy for the detection of intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia in Barrett's oesophagus. Gut, 52(1), 24-27 (62 citations).

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20J.%20Sexton

Robert J. Sexton

Robert Joseph Sexton is an American director, producer, writer, and former musician, best known for his work on music videos and with virtual reality. He has won three Emmy awards for his work as a producer and has been recognized by critics worldwide for his work as a director. Early life Robert Joseph Sexton was born in St. Louis, Missouri. When Robert was a baby, Sexton's family moved to New Brunswick, New Jersey, as New Jersey was the home of Robert's maternal grandmother. His mother, uncle, and maternal grandmother and grandfather were Holocaust survivors from Lithuania who had been forced into a concentration camp by the Nazis. Sexton obtained a degree from Middlesex College, in business and marketing. Sexton then attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He also obtained a film and television production certificate from LACC. Career Music As a teenager, Sexton joined the band Genocide and played with them for seven years, under the stage name Rock 'n' Roll Bobb Sexton. The band was fronted by vocalist Bobby Ebz, noted for spending GG Allin's final day with him. The drummer for Genocide was Brian "Brain Damage" Keats, and Pete "Damien" Marshall joined Genocide and played second guitar shortly before the band broke up. During the years Sexton played with the band, they released the albums Reign of Terror and Guttercat. The band's breakthrough album was Submit to Genocide, which was engineered by Al Theurer, who also worked with Wendy O. Williams, Joan Jett, and Carly Simon. Sexton then founded the band One Bad Eye, who he played with for three years. One Bad Eye put out their self-titled debut album One Bad Eye in 1993. The album was engineered by Mark Pakucko, who also worked with Dinosaur Jr., Frank Black, Def Leppard, and Rage Against the Machine. It was produced by Mark Christian, who produced albums by Cher, The Supremes, and Steve Perry. Sexton also played with the bands Undesirables and Pound of Flesh, for three years and two years, respectively. Music videos Sexton started his career in Los Angeles as a film editor. Meeting director Brian Smith in an editing bay, he was offered a job as a production manager. Becoming a producer, he produced major music videos for country artists including Toby Keith, Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley, and Clint Black; rock artists including Marilyn Manson, OK Go, and John Fogerty; hip-hop artists like Busta Rhymes; and Christian artists including Skillet, KJ-52, and ZOEgirl. Sexton then moved largely into directing. One of his videos for Incite, which premiered on The Wall Street Journal, was the first ever narrative-driven heavy metal virtual reality video. In his career, he has directed many music videos for bands including Soulfly for Unleash, The Devil Wears Prada for Sailor's Prayer, and Cavalera Conspiracy for Killing Inside. Virtual reality Sexton's entrance into the world of virtual reality was with his creation of "cinematic virtual reality", the technique of blending together traditional film techniques with virtual reality. His most notable work in this realm is his short Psycho City, TX. Psycho City, TX was released on Sexton's app HollywoodAsylumVR and premiered at VRLA. Sexton described the medium as being good for horror for its realism. He told LA Weekly in May 2018, "Your brain thinks it's a real event that's happening and remembers it as something real. It's not like watching a TV screen or a movie screen. You're in there, you know, it's a hot environment; your brain is thinking this is real." Personal life Sexton lives and works in the Hollywood Dell neighborhood of Hollywood, California. He has been married to makeup artist Suzi Hale since June 5, 2010. The wedding of Suzi Hale and Robert Joseph Sexton was held at the Psycho House on the Universal Studios Backlot, the first and only wedding to ever be held there. The wedding needed to officially be approved by the Alfred Hitchcock Foundation. Director Brian Smith was the best man at Sexton's wedding, and the wedding was attended by friends including author Kim Gruenenfelder. Frequently referred to as Thee Good Reverend, Sexton was ordained as a minister of the Universal Life Church in 1994. Public service In 2018, Sexton was appointed Block Captain of the Hollywood Dell Neighborhood Watch. In 2021, Sexton joined the publicly-elected Hollywood United Neighborhood Council as a Business Representative, subsequently becoming a board member of their Social Services & Homelessness Committee. Politics Sexton was formerly registered as a member of the Democratic Party, but left the party over its perceived failures to tackle crises like homelessness and crime. Continuing to vote in the party's presidential primaries, Sexton supported Bernie Sanders in 2016 and Tulsi Gabbard in 2020. On July 31, 2019, Sexton announced an independent run for California State Assembly, in order to represent the 43rd District. Alongside the primary issue of homelessness, his challenge to incumbent Laura Friedman was largely focused on the issues of supporting rent stabilization and opposing the results of 2014 and 2016 California ballot measures Proposition 47 and Proposition 57. Sexton placed third in the primary on March 3, 2020. In a statement given to the Los Angeles Times on March 5, Sexton stated that he was disappointed by the results but hoped to have "started important conversations and changed the dialogue."

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Fear%20Inside%20%28film%29

The Fear Inside (film)

The Fear Inside is a 1992 thriller/drama television film starring Christine Lahti, Dylan McDermott and Jennifer Rubin, directed by Leon Ichaso. The film first aired on August 9, 1992, on the Showtime Cable Network. The film was nominated for two CableACE awards, one being "Actress in a Movie or Miniseries" (Christine Lahti), and the other being "Directing a Movie or Miniseries" (Leon Ichaso). Plot Agoraphobic children's book illustrator Meredith Cole is unable to leave her own home, and since her husband leaves, she decides to place an ad in the paper for someone to rent her guest bedroom. Jane Caswell rents the room, whilst her alleged brother Pete Caswell soon joins the household too, although it becomes clear that they are both not what they seem. Jane claims she's a vet and her brother claims he's a cop. Things go to extremes when Cole finds evidence of their criminal activity, leading the two young psychos-in-love to terrorize her. When Jane kidnaps and threatens to kill Cole's son, she has no choice but to overcome her paralyzing fears and attempt to leave her home to save him. Cast Christine Lahti as Meredith Cole Dylan McDermott as Pete Caswell Jennifer Rubin as Jane Caswell David Ackroyd as Brandon Cole Thomas Ian Nicholas as Sean Cole Paul Linke as Carl Landers Mike Barger as Carlos Salcido Gloria McCord as Carolyn Lancaster Reception Upon release, Los Angeles Times gave a favorable review and wrote: "...the production is a cut or two above most suspense stories because of the gripping performances and a script that takes the old premise of a victim trapped in her house and turns it into a crackling sexual/psychological shocker." People gave a C- grade and described the film as a "routine thriller". They commented: "Woman-in-peril movies show up on TV as often as Dan Quayle jokes. There are a few tense moments, thanks to Rubin's manic-performance and some noir-ish camera work. The excitement evaporates as the story becomes increasingly predictable. When the movie gels down to its big finish, it has become more silly than scary. The ending goes on forever, with Lahti continually breaking free from these wackos and then getting recaptured. Viewer interest is likely to wane long before Lahti gets around to tackling her fear of the outdoors." Entertainment Weekly wrote an unfavorable review, stating: "How a fine actress like Christine Lahti got involved in a miserable project like The Fear Inside is one of the mysteries of summer-doldrums TV." Describing the storyline as a "stretch", the reviewer added: "...still, there is unexpected humor: as Rubin's character becomes more and more criminally insane, her hair goes wild in a Phyllis Diller-ish way and her eyes bug out like Michael Keaton's in Beetlejuice. On the UK VHS release, the Los Angeles Times also quoted "gripping performances - coiled like a spring". On the same cover, New York Daily News wrote: "Not a film for the faint of heart". Both the TV Guide Network and Hal Erickson of AllMovie gave the film three out of five stars. Home media The film was released on VHS in America and the UK, with the American distribution being handled by Media Home Entertainment.

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George (band)

George (stylised as george) were an Australian rock band from Brisbane, Queensland. The band's first album, Polyserena, reached No. 1 on the Australian charts on 17 March 2002. Background For most of george's career, the band consisted of Katie Noonan on vocals and keyboards, her brother Tyrone Noonan on vocals, guitar and keyboards, Geoff Green on drums and percussion, Paulie Bromley on bass guitar and Nick Stewart on guitar. Geoff Hooton, a bass guitar player, left the band in early 2000 and was replaced by Bromley. The band was originally founded by the Noonans, Stewart and Stewart's twin brother James. The latter would leave the band early on, however, to pursue a career in acting. The Noonans formed the nucleus of the band, doing most of the songwriting and lead vocals. Stewart also contributed to many of the band's tunes. The Noonans grew up with a background in classical music; their mother, Maggie Noonan, is a well-known opera singer. Katie Noonan studied opera and jazz at the Queensland Conservatorium. Stewart grew up listening to and playing rock music. Bromley played in the underground Brisbane rock band Pangaea with Ben Ely of Regurgitator. Green studied music at the Queensland University of Technology. History The band were formed in 1996 to enter a university music competition. They released a series of independent EPs, namely George in 1998, You Can Take What's Mine in 1999 and Bastard Son/Holiday in 2000. Bastard Son/Holiday peaked at number 74 on the ARIA chart. The EPs did progressively better, earning good airplay on Triple J radio and community radio stations across Australia. George were also winning a strong live following throughout Australia. George signed with Festival Mushroom Records in mid-2001. "Special Ones" was the first single released on Festival Records, followed by "Run" in October 2001 and "Breathe in Now" in February 2002. From this time the band toured heavily. The band's first album, Polyserena, debuted at No. 1 on the national album charts in its first week; George became only the tenth Australian band to do this with a debut album. Polyserena was certified double platinum and spent 36 weeks in the top 50. In January 2003, the band joined the Sydney Symphony Orchestra over two nights (23 and 25) to perform Concerto for Group and Orchestra by Jon Lord. The band is the only rock group other than Deep Purple to perform the piece. It was typical of the band's eclectic approach combining classical, rock, funk, jazz and even electronic music. George released the album Unity in February 2004 and it debuted at No. 5 on the Australian album chart of 1 March 2004. Katie Noonan said on the band's website that the title reflected the band's approach on the album. "That family vibe brings a closeness and honesty that permeates what we do. Collectively and individually, we've been through a great period of change and growth. Knowing we can look to each other for strength brings comfort and solidarity. We have all been through the same thing and there's an incredible sense of union from that experience - that's what being in a band's about." George performed live in Brisbane on 22 December 2004. Following this, the band took a break while individual members attended to their own projects. While there were no immediate plans to regroup and perform, or to record new material, the band intended to make a comeback at some stage. The band reformed for a performance on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House on 27 January 2005. In 2016, the band was announced to perform at Victoria's Queenscliff Music Festival, the band's first performance in 11 years. The band also put on a 20th-anniversary celebration at the Concert Hall, QPAC, during the Brisbane Festival on 9 September 2016. Following their performance at Taronga Zoo in 2017, the group once again folded and returned to their individual careers. In 2021, the band announced a reunion to play a residency at the Brisbane Powerhouse to play Polyserena in its entirety. Discography Studio albums Compilation albums Extended plays Singles Awards and nomination ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards are annual awards, which recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. george have been nominated for 8 awards.

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William George (American football)

"Pop" George was an All-American football player at Princeton University. He was a four-year starter at Princeton from 1886 to 1889, during which time the 1886 and 1889 teams won national championships and compiled an overall record of 35-3-2. He was selected as the center on the first college football All-America team in 1889. He played college football for Princeton until age 28, while enrolled in graduate studies, and during an era when eligibility standards were not strictly enforced. In the 1889 Princeton-Yale game, George was sustained an injury to his knee cap and "had the tendon of his ankle broken." George was taken from the game to Murray Hill Hotel in an ambulance. In 1920, he was selected to the all-time Princeton football team by Herring of the Princeton Alumni Weekly.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario%20Watts

Mario Watts

Mario Watts (born May 21, 1975) is a retired professional sprinter and hurdler from Jamaica. He won a silver medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics by virtue of running for his team in the preliminary rounds. At those same championships he also competed in the 400 meter hurdles where he advanced to the semifinals but did not advance to the finals. As a junior he won silver at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics in the 4x400m, running in the final. He also won the 2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics in the 400m hurdles, running 49.31 in the final. As a youth he ran for Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. In 2003, he was named among the top ten athletes in Pennsylvania history.

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Seguenzia monocingulata

Seguenzia monocingulata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae. It resembles Seguenzia formosa and has been regarded as a synonym of that (extant) species. However the two species are distinct, based on shell morphology. Description The height of the shell attains 4 mm. The white, imperforate shell has a high conoid shape. The whorls have revolving ribs, of which the last has about four distant prominent ones, besides minor striae on the base. Distribution This species was originally described by Seguenza from Pliocene fossils found at Torrente Trapani, a locality of the city of Messina, Sicily. It is common in deep-sea deposits from southern Italy.

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TX4

The TX4 is a purpose-built taxicab (hackney carriage) manufactured by The London Taxi Company, a subsidiary of Geely Automobile of China. From 2007 until their liquidation in 2013 it was manufactured by LTI. It is the latest in a long line of purpose-built taxis produced by The London Taxi Company and various predecessor entities. The design has evolved via several mutations from the Austin FX3 of the 1950s. TX4's immediate predecessor is the TXII. Design The TX4 features a new front radiator grille, an updated interior design, updated front and rear bumpers, and a different rear vehicle registration number plate surround compared to the TXII. There are now internal headrests as a result of EU safety regulations. On the earlier models there were two headrests fitted to the central partition for the rear-facing tip-up seats, but on the later models these were removed as drivers complained and found them awkward for vision reasons. The only engine offered in the UK is a 2.5-litre VM Motori R 425 DOHC diesel engine (rated at a peak at 4,000 rpm and of torque at 1,800 rpm) mated to a Chrysler 545RFE five-speed automatic transmission. An Eaton FSO 2405 A five-speed manual transmission is also available. In markets outside the UK the TX4 is also available with a 2.4 Mitsubishi 4G69 four-cylinder petrol engine, rated at at 5,500 rpm and at 4,000 rpm. The only gearbox available with this engine is a Mitsubishi-built five-speed manual. As was the case with its predecessors the TX4 is built on a fully boxed hydroformed ladder frame with a separate body. The front suspension, as with its predecessors, is of the double wishbone type with coil springs and an anti-roll bar while the rear suspension uses a solid axle with coil springs and a Panhard rod. Anecdotally the reason for there being no TX3 and the marque number going straight to 4 is because the engine was Euro 4 compliant, and also for the vehicle to have a connection with the famous Austin FX4. The diesel engine was then later updated to be Euro 5 compliant. Currently the latest version of the TX4 is now euro 6 compliant and fitted with 2.8 litre VM Motori engine. This was the last version of the TX shape until the new shaped ZEC (zero emission capable) electric LEVC TX entered production from 2017. Hydrogen Fuel Cell London Taxis London's new fleet of five hydrogen fuel cell powered taxis provided by the HyTEC (Hydrogen Transport for European Cities) project have now driven in total, fuelled by the capital's second hydrogen fuelling station at Heathrow airport. The first phase of the HyTEC project saw the pioneering fleet of fuel cell electric London Taxis, which were developed by the UK power technology company Intelligent Energy and The London Taxi Company, transport 40 visiting dignitaries and the VIP guests of the Greater London Authority during the Olympic and Paralympic period. High-profile individuals included Arnold Schwarzenegger and Barbara Windsor, with some VIPs undertaking more than one journey in the fuel cell electric taxis. Members of the GLA including Mayor Boris Johnson and Deputy Mayors Kit Malthouse, Munira Mirza and Sir Edward Lister also had the opportunity to ride in the cabs. The current prototype (made with the help of Lotus Engineering) has a range of and top speed of over (it recently achieved at the Millbrook test track). The hydrogen tank can supposedly be refilled in five minutes. Currently PS5.5 million has been used to fund the project from the Technology Strategy Board. Chinese market In January 2007, an Extraordinary General Meeting of the LTI's shareholders approved a joint venture with Geely Automobile--called Shanghai LTI(SLTI)--to manufacture the TX4 in China. Production started in July 2008. In August 2010 Geely disclosed that Shanghai LTI began supplying SKD (semi-knocked-down) TX4 to the UK. Geely sells the TX4 cab under their "Englon" brand (phonetically similar to "England"), but have also developed a new version called the TXN. The TXN, planned to go on sale in the future, has a more bulbous shape meant to be more youthful. A concept version called the Englon SC7-RV has also been shown in 2011; this is intended to be used as a private family saloon. TX4 Worldwide The TX4 taxi can be seen in service in Belfast, Prishtina, Bahrain, Baku, Berlin, Cairo, Charleston (South Carolina), Hangzhou, Hudson (Massachusetts), Johannesburg, Las Vegas, Nanjing, Ottawa, Perth (Australia), Sydney (Australia), Riyadh, Singapore, Bangkok (Thailand) and Zhuhai Recalls, engine failures, faults and problems Fire issues In September 2008, approximately fifteen engine fires in a period of three months forced a partial recall of the TX4. A limited number of vehicles were affected and the Public Carriage Office--now renamed LTPH (London Taxis and Private Hire)--required all models with a '56' registration plate to undergo safety checks otherwise drivers would lose their carriage licence. The news of the fires hit the headlines after Big George, a presenter on BBC London 94.9, received photos of a taxi that burst into flames outside Stringfellows on Upper St. Martin's Lane on 12 September 2008. Steering boxes Manganese Bronze, the now troubled maker of London taxis was thrown into further turmoil after it announced plans to recall 400 black cabs and suspend sales, following discovery of a steering fault. Manganese reported the discovery of a defect with new steering boxes in its TX4 models, which had been introduced in February 2012 to vehicles produced at its Coventry factory. It warned that the recall and sales suspension would have a "material and detrimental" impact on its cashflow and said it was looking at options for the firm. The news came as the latest blow to the company, which had been hit by mounting losses and an accounting blunder that left it with a PS4 million hole in its accounts. Manganese, which suspended trading of its shares earlier in the day, said it was working with Chinese partner Geely (already a 20% shareholder in the business) to fix the steering fault. But they said: "Until such time that a technical solution is developed to rectify the fault, the financial position of the group remains unclear and trading in the company's shares will remain suspended." The company had not reported any profits since 2008. Administration and a new owner for the business On 30 October 2012 Manganese Bronze Holdings went into administration, and on 31 October 2012 PricewaterhouseCoopers, the administrators, shed 156 jobs at the Coventry head office and production line, and other jobs at various dealer outlets around the country including London. Production at the Coventry site resumed in September 2013, ownership of the assets formerly owned by Manganese Bronze Holdings having now passed to a new company, The London Taxi Corporation, a subsidiary of Geely of China. Private users In April 2009, Stephen Fry (who habitually drives a black cab) announced that he had acquired a TX4 for personal use.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgins%2C%20North%20Carolina

Higgins, North Carolina

Higgins is a populated place in Egypt township in Yancey County, North Carolina, United States. Already in decline in the 1920s, it was revived by a Presbyterian missionary who obtained support from the Markle Foundation in the 1930s, but has since been largely abandoned. Under the name of "Henry", it was a case study in Cities and the Wealth of Nations, by Jane Jacobs, who spent six months there in 1934. Location Higgins is on the Cane River and Highway 19 West. It is 12 miles from the county seat of Yancey County, Burnsville, and its elevation is 2411 or 2390 feet. History Higgins was founded in the early 18th century by three brothers named Higgins, and continued to be inhabited mainly by their descendants into the 1920s. It was named for John Higgins. In 1922 Martha Robison, a worker for the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church, arrived for a three-month stay to establish housing for a missionary and decided to live there permanently. In November 1929 she received a letter from her cousin, John Markle, a coal magnate, who offered her help. Markle and the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation provided funds for a building, completed in 1931, containing a community library, a meeting room, a clinic, and on the upper floor spaces for woodwork, weaving, and pottery. The local people sold crafts, honey, and molasses; Eleanor Roosevelt visited and made a purchase on July 3, 1934. The Markle Building also temporarily housed the local school. It formed part of a group of masonry buildings including the Holland Memorial Church and Kirksedge Cottage. The Markle Handicraft School was a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. The Markle Foundation was the major beneficiary of John Markle's will on his death in 1933, but later changed its focus and cut off funding to Higgins. Jane Jacobs Jane Jacobs, the urban activist and writer, was Robison's niece and lived with her in Higgins for six months in 1934. She later used Higgins, under the name "Henry", as an example in Cities and the Wealth of Nations, analyzing its decline as the result of its being cut off by bad roads from cities, so that the people had been reduced to subsistence and over generations had forgotten the skills they once had, and even that such skills existed; for example, that a church could be built of stone.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candyfloss%20%28novel%29

Candyfloss (novel)

Candyfloss is a novel by Jacqueline Wilson, first published in 2006 by Doubleday. Plot summary Flora "Floss" Barnes' mother Sally and father Charlie split up when she was little and she wishes they'd get back together because she doesn't like her stepfather, Steve, and her little half-brother Tiger. The book opens on Floss's birthday where Sally and Steve tell her that they are going to Australia for six months because of Steve's job. Floss wants to go with them, but she doesn't want to leave Charlie who's a cheerful and fun dad, who runs his own cafe which is quickly going out of business. Later that day, Floss goes with Sally, Steve and Tiger to TGI Friday's. Floss convinces Sally that she can live with Charlie, while they are in Australia. Floss has a tough time getting used to life without her mother since her father is not used to taking care of Floss seven days a week and she is not used to his home seven days a week, either. Floss's school uniforms get dirtier and disarrayed as Charlie is not used to washing and ironing them, but her teacher, Mrs. Horsefield, helps her out, as Floss is one of her personal favorite students. The father and daughter learn to cope and meet Rose, a very caring woman who works at a fair. After Rose leaves (traveling with the fair), they keep an eye out for her at the fair. Meanwhile, a regular customer at the cafe Billy the Chip puts money on a horse that Floss selects, and he wins money on the horse. Floss also has her best friend, Rhiannon, who isn't much of a friend - making fun of her and her father and starting cruel rumours about Floss's mother walking out on Floss. Rhiannon's posh and snobby mother assumes that Charlie is an unfit father and repeatedly tries to lecture him and pamper Floss believing she is living in an unclean dump. Floss ends her friendship with Rhiannon and finds a new friend, Susan, who is interested in all her favorite things. This causes Rhiannon to turn on her and befriends the class's other bullies Margot and Judy. She continually torments Floss by calling her "Smelly Chip". After Charlie loses the cafe and the flat, Billy the Chip mentions he is going to Australia to visit his son for one month and needs Floss and Charlie to live in his house while Charlie works in Billy's chip van. However, one day, a group of "yobbos" (as Charlie calls them) fight Rose's son Saul and when he attempts to stop the fistfight, the van catches on fire with Floss trapped inside. Charlie fights his way through the fire and rescues her, while in the process burning his hands. When the fair comes back in town, Rose and Charlie consider dating, and Floss finds out both are interested in each other and get along well, while Rose lets Floss help her in the candyfloss stall. Later, Susan, along with her parents, goes to stay in her holiday home in France and says farewell to Floss at the beginning of summer. The book closes with Floss thinking about dying her hair pink (like candy floss). Characters Flora "Floss" Barnes - A generally happy and bubbly girl who sometimes struggles to stand up for herself. She makes the life changing choice to remain with her father Charlie when her mother Sally, stepfather Steve, and half-brother Tiger (Tim) go to Australia. She falls out with her best friend Rhiannon but later becomes friends with Susan. She is small with masses of blonde curly hair which she dyes purple. She has a strong love for cats, and keeps a cat which she finds in her dad's back garden and calls it Lucky. Charlie Barnes - Floss's father, Sally's ex-husband. He runs a little local cafe but is massively in debt and loses it midway through the book. He ends up running a chip van until it gets burnt down. He is plump with dark hair. Despite being a little absent minded sometimes, he cares deeply for Floss and only wants what's best for her. He saves her life when the chip van gets burnt down. He ends up starting a romantic relationship with Rose from the funfair. Sally (Sal) Westwood - Floss and Tiger's mother, Charlie's ex-wife. She is a pretty woman who after divorcing Charlie, got remarried to Steve and had a son with him named Tim (who is known as Tiger). She tries to act posh. She still gets on with Charlie though she is always mocking his way of being. She announces to Floss on her birthday that the whole family is moving to Australia for Steve's new job and is heartbroken when Floss remains with Charlie. Floss gets defensive when anyone says Sally walked out on her. Although Floss stays with her father, she misses her mother terribly. Steve Westwood - Sally's husband, Tiger's father and Floss's stepfather. He gets a job offer in Australia in the beginning of the book, where him and the family get to stay there for 6 months while he works. Floss decides to stay with her father. It is implied that Charlie is jealous of Steve. Tim (Tiger) Westwood - Floss's half-brother, the son of Steve and Sally. His real name is Tim, but Floss calls him Tiger because of his tiger-like personality. Susan Potts - The new girl in Floss's class who is extremely clever. She was nicknamed 'Swotty Potty' by Judy and Margot. She wants to be Floss's friend but is scared of Rhiannon. Once Floss breaks friends with Rhiannon though, Susan and Floss become best friends. They both enjoy art, books and being creative. Susan has short brown hair, glasses and a massive obsession with numbers. Rhiannon - Floss's former best friend. She is very pretty with straight black hair and a slim figure. She is also rich and enjoys flaunting her wealth. She can be very rude along with Margot and Judy who bully Susan and Floss after the two fall out. She lies to people that Floss's mother has walked out on her when she hasn't. Margot - Rhiannon's best friend. Along with Judy and Rhiannon she bullies Floss and calls her smelly chip. Margot is described by having "such a flat tummy" according to Rhiannon and she likes to speak in a fake American accent. Judy - Margot's best friend at the start of the book before she becomes best friends with Rhiannon. Not much is said about Judy. She has black hair in pigtails. Judy also bullies Floss with Margot and Rhiannon. They eventually leave Judy out and Judy just trails along Mrs Horsefield - Floss and Susan's kindly teacher, who does her best to support Floss and her father throughout the book. She eventually admits that Floss and Susan are her favourite pupils. Rose - The woman who runs the candyfloss stall at the funfair that Floss and Charlie go to at the start. She is very compassionate and helps Floss and Charlie when they get in a fight. At the end of the book she returns to thank Charlie for saving her son Saul during the fight and fire at the chip van. She develops romantic feelings for Charlie as well at the end and is in favour of Charlie and Floss joining up with the fair in the summer. She is pretty with blonde hair and wears much red and pink clothing. She says she is much older than Charlie. He also has a girlfriend called Jenny. Charlie saved him from a fight outside of the chip van. Mrs Van Dyke - Deputy Head of Floss's school, the scariest strictest teacher in the whole school. Billy the Chip - A regular at Charlie's cafe. He has his own chip van, but says no one can beat Charlie's chip butties. He often bets on horses. Towards the end of the book, Charlie loses the cafe, and Billy lets Charlie and Floss move into his house and look after his cats while he is away visiting his son in Australia and also asks if Charlie could help at his chip van, which Charlie agrees to do. Billy's house is ancient, and contains very old items. Mr Potts - Susan's father. He is only mentioned once in the book, when he drops Susan round at Charlie's house for a playdate with Floss. Not much is said about him, but Floss remarks that he looks much older than her father. Rhiannon's mother - Rhiannon's mother. She raises concern about Floss and Charlie's living situation, and thinks Charlie is not looking after Floss properly. She often gives Charlie advice, and once made Rhiannon have a day out with Floss, meaning that Floss had to cancel her playdate with Susan. She and Rhiannon are very rich.

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William de Courcy (died 1171)

William de Courcy (sometimes William de Curci; died 1171) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and baron. William was the son of William de Courcy and Avice de Rumilly, the daughter of William Meschin. William can be considered the baron of Stogursey in Somerset, through his paternal grandmother, who was the heiress of William de Falaise. The "head" of the barony was at Stogursey, but it also held lands in Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Devonshire, Wiltshire, and Essex. The bulk of the lands, however, were in Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire. In 1166, William owed just over 29 knight's fees for his lands from his father, plus another 17 fees for lands he inherited from his mother. In later years, William owed scutage on 24.75 fees for Stogursey and 16.5 for his mother's lands. He was royal steward, or dapifer. William married Gundrada, the daughter of Reginald de Warenne. Gundrada was the widow of Peter de Valognes. His heir was a son, William de Courcy, who died in 1194. The elder William also had a daughter, Alice, who was his eventual heiress, after the death of her brother. Alice married Henry de Cornhill first and then after his death she married Warin fitzGerold.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karimpur

Karimpur

Karimpur is a census town, near the bank of river Jalangi, in Karimpur I CD block in the Tehatta subdivision of the Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Karimpur is located at . It has an average elevation of . It is from Kolkata and is located at the bank of the River Jalangi. Area overview Nadia district is made up of mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature. The Tehatta subdivision, presented in the map alongside, is topographically part of the Nadia Plain North. The Jalangi River forms the district/subdivision border in the north-western part and then flows through the subdivision. The other important rivers are Mathabhanga and Bhairab. The eastern portion forms the boundary with Bangladesh. The subdivision is overwhelmingly rural. 97.15% of the population lives in the rural areas and 2.85% lives in the urban areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale - the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision. Demographics According to the 2011 Census of India, Karimpur had a total population of 9,661, of which 4,930 (51%) were males and 4,731 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 775. The total number of literate persons in Karimpur was 7,616 (85.71% of the population over 6 years). Civic administration Police station Karimpur police station has jurisdiction over a portion of Karimpur I CD block. The total area covered by the police station is and the population covered is 117,879 (2001 census). of the Bangladesh-India border is within the PS area. Infrastructure According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia, Karimpur covered an area of . Its civic amenities include of road, the protected water supply involved overhead tank, tap water from untreated sources, and hand pumps. It has 4,000 domestic electric connections and 250 road lighting points. Among its medical facilities are four medicine shops. Among its educational facilities are seven primary schools, one middle school, one secondary school, and one senior secondary school. It has four recognised shorthand, typewriting and vocational training institutions. Three important commodities are PVC items, rexin bags, and muri. Two nationalised bank offices are located there, as well as two cooperative banks, one agricultural credit society and one non-agricultural credit society. Economy The local commerce is based on export of jute, banana, cucumber, brinjal, onion, with other vegetables, grain and beetel leaves. The town boasts nearly 3000 shops and 120 small industrial units (SIU). There are a number of the Marwari population who control the jute business. Apart from this, the transportation business is also on the roll. There is a regulated market near Karimpur Bajar. Education Karimpur has three high schools: Karimpur Jagannath High School, Karimpur Girls High School and Jamsherpur B.N High School. One undergraduate college named Karimpur Pannadevi College is there. colleges, primary teacher training institute and other study centres of open universities and management studies are located there, as well as many kindergarten schools of both Bengali and English medium and primary schools. Culture Like any other town of new settlers, people in general are more liberal than orthodox. Throughout the year, cultural and religious festivals are celebrated. Nou Byich (boat racing and sailing) on Vijaya Dashami (the last day of Durga Puja) was the most famous and unique celebration in Karimpur, which is no longer celebrated. More than four hundred river boats participate in this unique festival. Other festivals like Saraswati puja and Kali Puja are celebrated with great enthusiasm. One of the earliest scholarly studies of Karimpur social and cultural life was undertaken in the 1920s by William and Charlotte Wiser and published in 1930 by the University of California under the title Behind Mud Walls, which was then enlarged and revised in a second edition in 1963, and a third in 1971. The work provides fascinating anthropological detail and insight into the lives of Karimpur villagers of the early 20th century. Health Karimpur has one rural hospital and many dispensaries. Some specialist doctors visit on a specific day each week in different clinics. The emergency health facilities are limited: the district hospital is about away at the district headquarter, Krishnanagar. Communication The town is situated near the international border of India-Bangladesh ( from the main town). West Bengal state highway 11 crosses through it. The communication primarily depends on bus route from Krishnanagar to Karimpur. From the other end it can be accessed by Berhampore to Karimpur bus route.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forte%20Monte%20Mario%20%28Rome%29

Forte Monte Mario (Rome)

Forte Monte Mario is one of the 15 forts of Rome, built between 1877 and 1891. It is located in Rome (Italy), in the Quarter Q. XV Della Vittoria, within the Municipio I. History Construction was started in 1877 and was finished in 1882. Taking up an area of , it is situated at the 3rd km of Via Trionfale on Monte Mario, for which it is named. It is currently occupied by military units.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyers%20club

Buyers club

A buyers club or buying club is a club organized to pool members' collective buying power, enabling them to make purchases at lower prices than are generally available, or to purchase goods that might be difficult to obtain independently. Some key examples of buyers clubs include medical purchases of rare medications for treating HIV or hepatitis C sooner, at reduced cost for patients. Community bulk purchases In many parts of the United States, Canada, and Europe, families and individuals combine their purchasing power to buy items, typically bulk-type food, in a volume that generates a discounted price from the seller. The seller saves by having only one purchase order to manage and, possibly, less packaging and delivery to deal with. The buyers benefit from a lower per-unit cost and, incidentally, from an increased sense of community and sharing. Bulk-food sellers often provide tools so their customers can set up community buyers' clubs, for example:. The trend for buyers' clubs, or local coops, accelerated starting in the 1970s. However, these groups are organic in structure, locally governed, and can come into being and go out of existence without much publicity, so there is no precise figure for how many buyers' clubs of this sort exist or have existed. AIDS epidemic In the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, AIDS buyers clubs became important as a means of obtaining medications not yet approved by the FDA that members thought might be useful in treating HIV and opportunistic infections. The first and largest of these was the People With AIDS Health Group (PWA Health Group), founded in 1986 by Thomas Hannan, Joseph Sonnabend, and Michael Callen. AIDS buyers clubs distributed such unapproved drugs as ribavirin, dextran sulfate, and DCNB (dinitrochlorobenzene), as well as cheaper pirated versions of zidovudine (AZT), which was the first antiretroviral drug that was FDA-approved for the treatment of HIV and AIDS in 1987. AIDS buyers clubs also distributed information about the disease and drug developments, and became an important source of AIDS treatment education and advocacy. An example of an AIDS buyers club was drawn to wider prominence with the 2013 film release Dallas Buyers Club. Hepatitis C In response to the high price of modern direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatments for hepatitis C, the FixHepC buyers club was set up by James Freeman and his father John Freeman in Australia in 2015 in order to help individual patients obtain legal access to generic versions of sofosbuvir, daclatasvir, and ledipasvir. At EASL International Liver Congress, Dr. Freeman presented data showing how generic versions are as effective as branded products. Scams In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found that fraudulent or misleading buyers clubs were one of the top three types of consumer fraud in 2011, affecting about 0.6% of the US population every year. These memberships are typically sold in the course of selling another product, either with a free trial membership being a condition of making the purchase at the offered price or with a free trial membership being included as a "thank you" gift along with the initial purchase. The customer may not understand what was purchased or may believe that they have not authorized payment for the membership, and yet the credit card used for the initial purchase is billed for the buyer's club membership at the end of the free trial. According to Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, "Consumers often tell us they don't recall ever having spoken to the companies, and they don't understand how they can be charged when they have not given the company their credit card number." Sometimes, a wide variety of products are promised at a discount, and then once the fee is paid the products are unavailable or not as advertised. This is particularly true for travel-related buying clubs.

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Joan Carlile

Joan Carlile or Carlell or Carliell (c. 1606-1679), was an English portrait painter. She was one of the first British women known to practise painting professionally. Before Carlile, known professional female painters working in Britain were born elsewhere in Europe, principally the Low Countries. Biography Joan Carlile was born as Joan Palmer, the daughter of William Palmer, an official in the Royal Parks and his wife, Mary. Carlile copied the works of Italian masters and reproduced them in miniature. She was also an accomplished painter in her own right. In July 1626 she married Lodowick Carlell or Carlile, Gentleman of the Bows to Charles I and a poet and dramatist, who, as keeper/deputy ranger at Richmond Park during the Commonwealth period, had accommodation at Petersham Lodge, where they lived from 1637 to 1663. The couple moved to Covent Garden in 1654 but returned to Petersham two years later after the restoration of the monarchy, when Lodowick was given the post of "Keeper of the house or Lodge and the Walk at Petersham". They returned to London in 1665. Lodowick died in 1675 and was buried in the churchyard of Petersham Parish Church (which was then in Surrey and is now in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames). Joan, who was then living in the parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields, died in 1679, and was buried beside her husband on 27 February. They had three children, Penelope (who married John Fisher, a lawyer of the Middle Temple in 1657), James (who was married to Ellen; they had two sons, James and Lodowick) and Edmund. Works Carlile's portrait Lady Dorothy Browne and Sir Thomas Browne is held at London's National Portrait Gallery. The National Portrait Gallery's portrait of Sir Thomas Browne is also attributed to her. In 2016, the Tate acquired Carlile's Portrait of an Unknown Lady which she painted between 1650 and 1655. A painting from circa 1648 of Elizabeth Murray, Countess of Dysart with her husband and sister has been attributed to Carlile and is held by the National Trust. It is on display at Ham House. Another painting of the Countess of Dysart, attributed to Carlile, is held by the Thirlestane Castle Trust. The Carlile Family with Sir Justinian Isham in Richmond Park is held at Lamport Hall in Lamport, Northamptonshire. Also known as A Stag Hunt, The Stag Hunt, or Stag hunt in Richmond Park, it was exhibited at the Tate Gallery in 1972. This work by Carlile has assisted in attributing other artwork in similar styles to be hers. Her full-length portrait of a lady, believed be Lady Anne Wentworth, in a white dress and a purple mantle, is in a private collection. A miniature portrait, attributed to Carlile, described as A Lady, Wearing White Dress With Brooch At Her Corsage..., was auctioned by Sotheby's in London in 2005.

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Hoover Chair

The Hoover Chair (French: Chaire Hoover d'ethique economique et sociale), was established at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, by Pierre Macq in 1991. This was made possible by a generous donation from the Hoover Foundation for university development. Notable lecturers include Prof. Philippe Van Parijs, Axel Gosseries, Jean-Michel Chaumont, Herve Pourtois and Christian Arnsperger. Goal Stimulate research and teaching that make room for an explicit and rigorous discussion of ethical issues. Organize activities which contribute to a clear and well informed public debate about ethical issues.

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Naftiran Intertrade

Naftiran Intertrade Company limited (NICO) is a Swiss-based subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). NICO is a general contractor for the oil and gas industry. NIOC buys the vast majority of Iran's gasoline imports. NICO is a key player in Iran's energy sector. History Naftiran Trading Services (NTS) was established in the Jersey Channel Islands (United Kingdom) in 1991. The intention was to start trading crude oil and products, as well as to create a competitive opportunity for the investment in oil and gas projects, as well as to play an active role in world energy security. In June 2003, a decision was made by NICOs management to transfer the whole NTS activities to a newly established company named Naftiran Intertrade Co (Sarl), in Lausanne, Switzerland. Petro Suisse Intertrade Company (SA), Hong Kong Intertrade, Noor Energy (Malaysia) Ltd and Petro Energy Intertrade (Dubai), all alleged front companies for NIOC/NICO, have been sanctioned by the United States in 2012. Revenues From 2005 to 2008, NICO's revenue increased by 50%, from $14.7 billion to $21.9 billion, while its net income rose from $129 million to $134 million. Subsidiaries Petropars Petropars is a general contractor for the oil & gas industry. PetroIran Petroiran Development Company (aka PetroIran or PEDCO) is a general offshore contractor. PEDCO was initially formed to be the Iranian partner of foreign contractors with a 10% share in each buy-back contract. Iranian Oil Company (IOC) IOC is in charge of Rhum gasfield in the United Kingdom. Iran owns 50% of the offshore gas field of Rhum in the North Sea, which is Britain's largest untapped gas field. It is a joint-venture with BP worth $1 million a day at June 15, 2010 spot prices. Foreign participation Iran has 10% joint-venture participation with BP and other foreign oil companies in Azerbaijani Shah Deniz gas field, producing 8 billion cubic meters of gas per year, worth up to a reported $2.4 billion per year. As at 2010, NICO is a shareholder in BP, holding 24,683,858 shares of the company, worth approximately $775 million, and representing 0.8% of the company's common stock. NICO also holds a 25.77% stake in Indian public sector fertilizer company Madras Fertilizers.

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Valerie Pitman

Valerie Pitman is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera Doctors, portrayed by Sarah Moyle. Valerie was introduced as a temporary receptionist at the fictional Mill Health Centre on 15 October 2012. Valerie is depicted as a kind, nosy and humorous character who enjoys getting involved in other people's lives. Her backstory involves growing up as an only child with no friends who dresses differently to other people, so since she feels like an outsider, she is desperate to be part of a unit of loved ones. Moyle was originally contracted on the soap as a recurring character, but after a positive reaction from viewers, she was promoted to a regular cast member. One of the storylines that accredited to her popularity was an issue-led storyline that saw Valerie diagnosed with hodgkin lymphoma. Moyle felt honoured to be given the storyline and found it interesting to play the storyline from a comedic perspective. Valerie has had numerous love interests in her time on the soap, but after she concludes that she is the most important person in her life, she marries herself in a sologamy storyline. One of her love interests "comes back to haunt her" when Grant Hill (Jack Ryder) is murdered and she is accused of his murder, which results in her having to take a break from working at the surgery. Valerie was the feature of another issue-led storyline in 2022 after she is the victim of a home invasion and attack. Moyle felt out of her comfort zone filming the scenes since she had become accustomed to filming comedy scenes as Valerie, but again felt privileged to be given a serious storyline. In 2022, Moyle announced her decision to exit from the series. She had originally told producers that she was leaving in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she asked producers if she could reverse her decision. Her final appearance aired in December 2022 after Valerie is sacked from the Mill after forging a prescription in Al Haskey's (Ian Midlane) name. For her portrayal of Valerie, Moyle was nominated for numerous awards at the British Soap Awards and went on to win the Best Comedy Performance at the 2019 ceremony. She was also nominated for Best Acting Performance at the RTS Midlands Awards, as well as receiving a nomination in the Serial Drama Performance category at the 26th National Television Awards. Casting and characterisation Valerie was introduced to Doctors on 15 October 2012. Sarah Moyle's credits stated that her role on the series would be recurring, and after leaving the role in December 2012, she made brief returns in 2013 and 2014. She was later promoted to a regular cast member in 2016. Her on-screen return is written in by Karen being unable to work and the Mill requiring a permanent receptionist. Moyle was glad to rejoin the cast as a series regular and described her return as "coming back into a family". On her character, Moyle said: "She is a complex lady who is extremely self-centred, quite vain, quite annoying to the other characters [and] a bit eccentric". She remarked that Valerie's dress sense is also eccentric and noted her kind heart and funniness. Moyle revealed that during the filming process, she is allowed to tweak the scripts to add one-liners into scenes. She appreciated the writers for their scripts, but felt that the cast know their own characters better than anyone else, so thought it useful to be able to amend lines. In her backstory, spent years as an office coordinator, was popular with her colleagues, was eager to hear others' troubles and always made time for them. Valerie's BBC profile noted that "her desperation is too palpable", which is shown in scenes when she "invades people's personal space" and "lives vicariously through others". Despite not having a notably difficult life, she grew up as an only child and grew up "oddly dressed", which left her feeling "like she's always been on the outside, trying to get in". Valerie's desperation to be part of a unit is later shown when she is desperate to stay working at the Mill after her temporary contract ends. Her BBC profile also stated that Valerie often shows "a prurient interest in patients' problems" and creates drama and scandals due to her life feeling empty. It also noted her "crazy, wild and zany outlook on life" and how she lives vicariously through others. Development Cancer battle and love interests Shortly after being reintroduced as a staff member at the Mill, Valerie is diagnosed with hodgkin lymphoma. On her character's "roller coaster battle with cancer", Moyle felt honoured to be given an important issue-led storyline. She thought that it was a poignant decision to give a comedic relief character a cancer storyline. Moyle met with cancer patients and cancer survivors to prepare for the storyline and to garner their experiences so that she could portray Valerie's situation accurately. She also revealed that a friend of hers had experienced a cancer scare shortly prior to the storyline and drew on that too. Moyle liked that the writers kept the light-hearted comedy within her scenes despite the gravitas of her situation, with scenes including Valerie gate crashing randomers' funerals and using them as inspiration for her own. Moyle found it interesting to see Valerie's reaction to a life-threatening situation, since she dealt with it "mostly badly", and her reaction included planning her own funeral. When reflecting on her 10 years on Doctors in 2022, Moyle stated that the cancer storyline was a personal highlight for her throughout her tenure. When Valerie is going through her cancer storyline, she begins a relationship with Barry Biglow (David Perks), but jilts him at the altar when she learns that she is free of cancer. In June 2020, a viewer on an online interview asked if Valerie would get a love interest. Producer Peter Eryl Lloyd confirmed that Valerie would be set to have a relationship in upcoming scenes, and Moyle expressed her joy at the news, having not known about the romantic development prior to the livestream. Her love interest is later to be revealed as Aashiq Sawney (Raj Ghatak), who eventually gets with Emma Reid (Dido Miles) instead. False accusations and bucket list Valerie's "past comes back to haunt her" when she is accused of murdering Grant Hill (Jack Ryder). Love letters that she wrote to him during his marriage and prior to his murder are leaked to the police, which results in Valerie being falsely accused of his murder. She is billed as a scorned lover by the media and journalists soon arrive at the Mill to question Valerie. She is told by the surgery partners to leave work until the media attention has lessened, but as she is about to leave, Rob Hollins (Chris Walker) arrives to take her in for questioning at Letherbridge Police Station. It was hinted by What's on TV that due to her "incriminating love letters", she may not be able to prove her innocence, but she is later cleared. Valerie has a check-up appointment for her cancer and begins to worry that her cancer has returned. The consultant informs her that her blood sample will need further testing, which increases her worries. Despite being told she does not have cancer, Valerie begins completing a bucket list, which includes training to become a healthcare assistant and emptying the local rivers of pollution. In the river, she finds a photograph of Nathan Sallery (James Barriscale) as a child, and visits him to question him about the photo. The two begin dating, but when she mentions her plans of travelling, Nathan says that he wants to settle down. Valerie dumps him and decides to go travelling. She then becomes convinced that her time at the Mill needs to come to an end due to wanting more for herself. She arrives with goodbye presents for her colleagues, including a cat jumper for Zara. Her colleagues are "puzzled" by her behaviour since she does not inform them of her decision to leave. After her quitting scenes air, Moyle starred in a standalone episode titled "Wonderland" alongside Midlane and guest stars Ben Moor, Harriet Thorpe and Helen Lederer. The episode sees Valerie explore a "parallel universe away from Letherbridge" where she learns that she is meant to stay at the Mill. A day later, she makes "an unexpected return" and tells Jimmi about the experience and how she belongs at the Mill. Sologamy and home invasion In November 2021, it was confirmed that Valerie would be involved in a sologamy storyline that sees her marry herself. When she tells her co-workers, they give her a "lukewarm reaction", which leaves her feeling unsupported by her friends. Her colleagues are unsure about her decision and begin to tire of Valerie talking about the ceremony, and Valerie begins to doubt herself, especially when she cannot find the right wedding dress. The sologamy storyline sees Valerie realise that after her numerous failed relationships, she has become "super-independent" and wants to honour the most important person in her life, herself. After a "last-minute disaster" sees her wedding ceremony cancelled, the once-unsupportive staff of the Mill rally around Valerie to help her wedding ceremony happen. In May 2022, it was announced that Valerie's house would be burgled by Kris Marsh (Paddy Stafford) and that she would be attacked and held hostage. What to Watchs Simon Timblick described the storyline as a "terrifying turn" for the character, which would see her "trapped in a living nightmare". Moyle explained that since Valerie does not know what Kris could do to her, she is "genuinely threatened" by him. Kris forces entry into her house, defecates on her kitchen floor and bags numerous items before she hears him. She confronts him with an ornament as a weapon, but he attacks her, later tying her up and demanding her credit card details and phone password, before leaving. He then calls Valerie from her phone, threatening to come back. Al Haskey (Ian Midlane) arrives as support for Valerie, and in the scenes, Moyle said that despite sometimes not getting on, Al becomes "a wonderful friend in her darkest hour". Moyle felt out of her comfort zone filming the scenes, especially with tense scenes and having to cry, which she found "physically exhausting". She accredited this to Valerie's scenes typically being fun and silly. She found these scenes the hardest in her time on Doctors but felt lucky to have been given them. Moyle herself had a home invasion in her 20s and recalled on the feeling of being violated for the scenes. Metros Chris Hallam confirmed that the storyline would have a long-term effect on Valerie and that the aftermath of the attack would see her suffer from trauma. It "emerges that she is not coping well" from the incident when she continues to be unhappy days afterwards, as well as being unable to sleep. When left alone, a "haunted" Valerie sits awake with a hammer by her side, fearing that Kris will return. When asked how Valerie will be able to move on from the incident, Moyle hinted that her coping mechanism is unusual and is connected to the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She confirmed that there is "light at the end of the tunnel" for her character and noted that her colleagues would be instrumental in her recovery. Her coping mechanism was later revealed in scenes to be Valerie becoming the mascot for the Commonwealth Games. The idea to become the mascot, Leona the Lion, is "inspired by a recurring dream involving a lion". Departure On 6 August 2022, Moyle announced that she was departing from Doctors to experience new career opportunities and that her final appearance would air in 2022. She revealed on a radio interview that she originally made the decision to leave in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she asked producers if she could reverse her decision. Moyle had no job to go to after her exit from the series, but felt that it was time to leave the soap. She was asked how her character would exit, to which she declined to comment, but confirmed that she knew how Valerie would leave. Moyle noted that she would miss all of her cast members who she felt had become family, but especially Miles, who plays Emma, since the pair had shared a flat together during their time on the series. Moyle filmed her final episode on 9 September 2022. In November 2022, Valerie's exit storyline began, when herself and Scarlett Kiernan (Kia Pegg) meet Hailey Dodds (Caoimhe Farren) and her young daughter, Grace (Lacey Leigh Payne). Hailey wants the doctors to prescribe a special medication for Grace, who is severely asthmatic, as she believes it would help her. However, it is too expensive for the Mill, which outrages Valerie and Scarlett. Valerie goes back to visit them in private and affirms that she will help them. At work, she fakes a fire alarm, and once alone, she forges a prescription for the medication in Al's name. After getting the medication and giving it to Hailey, she "starts to realise the seriousness of what she has done". Al learns what she has done and is furious; Princess Buchanan (Laura White) overhears the pair and wanting revenge for being isolated by the staff, she ruins the Mill's Christmas party by exposing Valerie publicly. After the scenes aired on 16 December 2022, Moyle tweeted that she loved working with White on the series. She thanked the series for the memories over her tenure, as well as Doctors fans for the messages they had sent her following her final scenes. Reception Valerie has been well received by both critics and fans and is one of the popular characters in the series. Due to the positive response to Valerie's cancer storyline and her popularity amongst fans, the character became a regular from early 2016. In 2016, Moyle was nominated for Best Female Dramatic Performance and Best Comedy Performance at the British Soap Awards, but lost out to Lacey Turner and Patti Clare who play Stacey Fowler and Mary Taylor respectively. In 2019, Moyle won Best Comedy Performance at the British Soap Awards. Later that year, she was nominated for Best Female Acting Performance at the RTS Midlands Awards. In May 2021, an episode featuring Valerie being given a birthday surprise from Karen aired. A viewer wrote to Inside Soap to say that it was an "uplifting" episode, since they felt that Valerie is "such a kind and pleasant character". Later that month, she was longlisted for Serial Drama Performance at the 26th National Television Awards. In 2022, Moyle was once again nominated for Best Comedy Performance at the British Soap Awards, as well as the tea party scene from her "Wonderland" episode receiving a nomination for Scene of the Year. After Valerie's home invasion storyline had aired, another viewer wrote in to Inside Soap to say how bad they felt for Valerie. They stated: "Just when we think we have seen all sides to Valerie, this happens to her" and added that Moyle's acting abilities in the scenes proved that she is an "asset to the cast" of Doctors. The editor of the column agreed and wrote that the burglary scenes were "some of her best work". Also in 2022, Moyle received another Inside Soap Awards nomination for Best Daytime Star, as well as a nomination for Leading Acting Performance at the RTS Midlands Awards. After Moyle announced her exit, a viewer wrote into Inside Soap magazine to say that they would miss her presence on the soap. They said that Moyle brought "a spark and radiance to the show that will be sorely missed". Valerie's exit storyline was nominated for Best Storyline at the 2023 British Soap Awards.

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Emanuel Herrera

Emanuel Herrera (, born 13 April 1987) is an Argentine footballer that currently plays for Universitario de Deportes as a striker. Club career Career in Argentina Herrera was born in Rosario. Herrera began his football career at Chacarita Juniors. At 21, and without being able to impose in the first team, he left his first club Chacarita Juniors and was transferred to Sportivo Italiano in Buenos Aires but his stay in Buenos Aires where move to Patronato. His three seasons in Argentina are a failure with only 16 games in total without a goal. Club Deportes Concepcion Herrera move to Chile by joining Concepcion with the help of his agent. On 26 February 2011, Herrera made his debut for the club in a 2-0 win over Deportes Puerto Montt on the opening game of the season. On 5 March 2011, Herrera scored his first goal for the club against Lota Schwager. After 9 games without scoring, Herrera scored twice in a 4-1 win over Everton de Vina del Mar on 8 May 2011. 29 May 2011, Herrera scored twice in a 2-2 draw against C.S.D. Herrera began scoring for the three weeks with a double against Club de Deportes Copiapo, Deportes Naval and San Marcos de Arica. After scoring 11 goals in the first half of the season, Herrera was able to be joint-top scorer along with Claudio Latorre, Ariel Roberto Pereyra and Cristian Milla. Following the club lost in the final last year to Deportes Iquique, the club faced Club Universidad de Chile whether to take the third spot for the Copa Sudamericana. In the first leg in the playoffs for the third spot for the Copa Sudamericana in Club Deportes Concepcio stadium, Herrera scored a brace in a 2-2 draw against Club Universidad de Chile on 27 July 2011. In the second leg in the playoffs for the third spot for the Copa Sudamericana Club Universidad de Chile (host) won 2-0, eliminating Club Deportes Concepcion out of the Copa Sudamericana. Despite the club lose the spot in the Copa Sudamericana, Herrera played strong in the league scoring 11 goal, being the scorer of the tournament. Towards the end of the season, Herrera scored 16 goals, tallying up in total of 27. But the team failed to qualified for the playoffs for promotion and placed third in the league, just two points behind Deportes Naval. Union Espanola After the team failed to qualified for the playoffs for promotion, it confirmed the transfer on 13 December 2011 that Herrera will join Chilean Primera Division side Union Espanola, signing a five-year deal. On 25 January 2012, Herrera officially made his debut for the club in the Copa Libertadores First Stage of the first leg against Tigres and on 2 February 2012, he scored the first goal for the club in the match in the second leg which was 2-2, going through to the group stage. In the Copa Libertadores, Herrera would score 4 more against Junior de Barranquilla, Club Bolivar (scored again) and Club Deportivo Universidad Catolica (all four goals come in the group stage). Herrera then provided assists in the Copa Libertadores in both leg against Boca Juniors which in both games lost. In the Copa Libertadores, Herrera entered in the competition scoring 5 goals in 10 games. In the opening season of Chilean Primera Division, Herrera scored on his debut in a 2-0 win over Audax Italiano on 29 January 2012. After 3 games without scoring, Herrera scored a brace in a 2-2 draw against Club Deportivo Universidad Catolica on 26 February 2012 and scored in the next game on 3 March 2012 in a 3-1 win over C.D. Palestino which followed by the next game on 10 March 2012 in a 3-1 loss against CD Huachipato. On 24 March 2012, Herrera scored twice and setting up a goal for Fernando Cordero in a 5-2 win over Deportes La Serena. On 7 April 2012, Herrera scored and setting up a goal for Mauro Diaz in a 4-2 win over Colo-Colo. On 21 April 2012, Herrera scored in a 2-2 draw against Santiago Wanderers. On 28 April 2012, Herrera scored and setting up a goal for Braulio Leal in a 4-1 win over C.D. After scoring 10 goals in the regular season, Union Espanola won the qualification for the final round to be in fifth place. In the Play-Offs Primera Division Apertura Quarter Final first leg against Club Deportivo Universidad Catolica, Herrera scored and setting up a goal for Cordero in a 3-1 win which the second leg was 1-1 draw. At the end of Campeonato Apertura, Herrera was a joint-top scorer Sebastian Ubilla. During his time at Union Espanola, Herrera earned the nickname 'El Tanque' due to his physical, dribbler and rather fast, it has the characteristic mark of the essential goals of the right foot. His first season at Union Espanola led interests from French Champions Montpellier. Montpellier On 6 July 2012, Herrera officially signed for Montpellier for worth 3.5 million on a three-year deal. Herrera was presented in Montpellier's shirt and given number 11 shirt. His move was a replacement for Olivier Giroud who left for Arsenal in the summer. On his move, manager Rene Girard says Herrera drew comparison to Real Madrid and Argentinian striker Gonzalo Higuain. Herrera scored 4 goals for the last 5 games in the friendly matches. Herrera made his debut for the club in a competitive match at Trophee des Champions against Lyon on 28 July 2012 where he converted a penalty, scoring his first goal to make it 2-1. But Lyon managed to pull one back and the game played through until the penalty shootout and Montpellier lost 4-2. On 10 August 2012 in the opening game of Ligue 1 season, Herrera made his debut for the club in a 1-1 tie against Toulouse and he was replaced by John Utaka early in the second half He scored the following week against FC Lorient but Montpellier could not manage to get their first win of the season as the opposition scored two very late goals. He recently scored in a 3-2 away defeat to Marseille. Tigres UANL On 10 January 2014, Herrera arrived to Monterrey to sign a loan with Mexican outfit Tigres UANL. On 1 February 2014, Herrera made his official debut with Tigres playing the second half of the local derby against CF Monterrey in a game that finished in a 0-0 draw. On 4 February 2014, Herrera scored two goals in the Copa MX against Correcaminos UAT, at the Estadio Universitario. On 27 February 2014, Herrera scored a hat-trick against CF Puebla for a Copa MX game. On 25 March 2014, he scored a goal against Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz in the Copa MX semifinals. On 9 April 2014, Herrera played the finals of the 2014 Copa MX where Tigres beat Alebrijes de Oaxaca by 3-0 at the Estadio Universitario. In May 2014 his loan to Tigres UANL was finished. Emelec Coach Gustavo Quinteros brought the player in as a replacement for Denis Stracqualursi after his sale to Baniyas of the United Arab Emirates. He made his debut on July 19, 2014 on round 20 of the first stage of the 2014 Ecuadorian championship, in the 1-0 defeat against Deportivo Cuenca. Still looking for a starting position, his first two goals were scored on the fourth date of the second round, in a 5-0 win over El Nacional. He continued alternating between substitution and ownership and between August and December he did not score goals in the Ecuadorian Serie A. The only parenthesis to this was the score in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana against Goias. In the final stretch of the tournament the situation improved for Herrera, since he scored continuously: first two goals in a duel against LDU Loja, another one in the 2-1 victory against Manta and the discount in the 1-2 defeat against Deportivo Cuenca. Honours Club Tigres UANL Copa MX (1): Clausura 2014 Sporting Cristal Primera Division (2): 2018, 2020 References External links 1987 births Living people Men's association football forwards Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe Chacarita Juniors footballers Club Atletico Patronato footballers Deportes Concepcion (Chile) footballers Union Espanola footballers Montpellier HSC players Tigres UANL footballers C.S. Emelec footballers FBC Melgar footballers Lobos BUAP footballers Sporting Cristal footballers Argentinos Juniors footballers Celaya F.C.

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Safe Sex (film)

Safe Sex is a 1999 Greek comedy film written and directed by Michalis Reppas and Thanasis Papathanasiou. When the film was released in Greece, it was considered a blockbuster. Plot The film features an ensemble cast of Greek actors portraying various characters, each living his own story in modern Greece. Almost everyone of the protagonists is interrelated to each other, and all live their own parallel stories which often converge at several points. Several professional actors appear briefly or in non-speaking cameo roles. As a result, there is no central plot or prominent protagonist who may be singled out. The major theme of the movie is sex and each character's approach to it, portrayed in a comedic way.

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Rappin' Hood

Antonio Luiz Junior (born November 7, 1971), better known by his stage name Rappin' Hood, is a Brazilian rapper, record producer, activist and former television presenter. He is famous for being a pioneer of the "samba rap" in the mid- to late 1990s. Biography Antonio Luiz Junior was born on November 7, 1971 in the bairro of Heliopolis, Sao Paulo. Diagnosed with vitiligo early in his childhood, he began writing his first songs when he was circa 14 years old, also taking trumpet and cornet lessons. His career as a rapper officially began in 1989, after he won a rap battle, subsequently taking the stage name "Rappin' Hood" as a pun on legendary English outlaw Robin Hood. In 1992 he formed the group Posse Mente Zulu, or PMZ, recording with them one of the greatest hits of the early Brazilian hip hop scene, "Sou Negrao"; he left PMZ in 2001 to start a solo career with the release of Sujeito Homem through independent label Trama, which was lauded by critics owing to its inventive mix of hip hop and samba. A sequel, Sujeito Homem 2, came out in 2005 and counted with guest appearances of famous musicians such as Caetano Veloso, Jair Rodrigues, Arlindo Cruz, Zelia Duncan, Gilberto Gil and Dudu Nobre. A third installment came out in 2015. Also in 2001 he was a guest musician on Sabotage's debut (and ultimately only release), Rap E Compromisso!. In 2004 he recorded the songs "E Tudo no Meu Nome" and "Se Essa Rua" (the latter featuring Luciana Mello) for the soundtrack of the film Meu Tio Matou um Cara. In 2005 he was a guest musician on band Charlie Brown Jr.'s album Imunidade Musical, on the track "Cada Cabeca Falante Tem sua Tromba de Elefante". The same year, the music video for his song "Us Guerreiro" was nominated for the MTV Video Music Brazil award in the "Best Rap Video" category. From 2008 to 2009 he hosted the hip hop culture-oriented variety show Manos e Minas on TV Cultura. In 2016 he made his first performance at the sixth edition of Rock in Rio. In 2019 he partnered with Japanese singer MIC on her single "Try", released on April 4. The same year he announced he would be returning to college, to finish a Management course he began two decades prior, also stating he began work on a new album entitled Os Dez Mandamentos, described as a concept album inspired by the Ten Commandments. In June 2022 he was diagnosed with COVID-19.

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Ksudach

Ksudach () (also known as Vonyuchy Khrebet Volcano) is a stratovolcano in southern Kamchatka, Russia. The last eruption of Ksudach was in March 1907, on or around 28 March, which was one of the largest ever recorded in Kamchatka, with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 5 and a volume of ejected ash at . The 1907 eruption sent ash high into the atmosphere which was transported by the jet stream, leaving North America east of the Rocky Mountains unseasonably cold. The summit area comprises overlapping calderas. Two lakes, Bolshoe and Kraternoe, are located within calderas at the summit of Ksudach. These lakes, along with hot springs and the surrounding wilderness, make the Ksudach Volcano region a popular trekking destination. In the event of renewed volcanic activity, its remote location minimizes its potential hazard to humans.

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Aubin blanc

Aubin blanc (or simply Aubin) is a white wine grape from the upper reaches of the Moselle valley in eastern France. History DNA fingerprinting has shown that Aubin is the result of a cross between Gouais blanc and Savagnin. Gouais blanc was widely grown by the French peasantry in the Medieval age, and it is a parent of Chardonnay and Aubin vert among others. Savagnin is common in Jura wine (including Vin jaune) and is a variety in the Traminer family which also includes Gewurztraminer. Viticulture There's usually a reason why grapes like this are in decline. The Traminer family are notoriously difficult to grow, with poor disease resistance and low yields. Wine regions Aubin blanc is only found blended into wines from the Cotes de Toul appellation in Lorraine.

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Aglaophyton

Aglaophyton major (or more correctly Aglaophyton majus) was the sporophyte generation of a diplohaplontic, pre-vascular, axial, free-sporing land plant of the Lower Devonian (Pragian stage, around ). It had anatomical features intermediate between those of the bryophytes and vascular plants or tracheophytes. A. major was first described by Kidston and Lang in 1920 as the new species Rhynia major. The species is known only from the Rhynie chert in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where it grew in the vicinity of a silica-rich hot spring, together with a number of associated vascular plants such as a smaller species Rhynia gwynne-vaughanii which may be interpreted as a representative of the ancestors of modern vascular plants and Asteroxylon mackei, which was an ancestor of modern clubmosses (Lycopsida). Description The stems of Aglaophyton were round in cross-section, smooth, unornamented, and up to about 6mm in diameter. Kidston and Lang interpreted the plant as growing upright, to about 50 cm in height, but Edwards has re-interpreted it as having prostrate habit, with shorter aerial axes of about 15 cm height. The axes branched dichotomously, the aerial axes branching at a comparatively wide angle of up to 90deg, and were terminated with elliptical, thick-walled sporangia, which when mature, opened by spiral slits, so that the sporangia appear to be spiral in form. Sporangia contained many identical spores (isospores) bearing trilete marks. The spores may therefore be interpreted as meiospores, the product of meiotic divisions, and thus the plants described by Edwards and by Kidston and Lang were diploid, sporophytes. The plant was originally interpreted as a tracheophyte, because the stem has a simple central vascular cylinder or protostele, but more recent interpretations in the light of additional data indicated that Rhynia major had water-conducting tissue lacking the secondary thickening bars seen in the xylem of Rhynia gwynne-vaughanii, more like the water-conducting system (hydrome) of moss sporophytes. Edwards reinterpreted the species as non-vascular plant and renamed it Aglaophyton major. Aglaophyton is among the first plants known to have had a mycorrhizal relationship with fungi, which formed arbuscules in a well-defined zone in the cortex of its stems. Aglaophyton lacked roots, and like other rootless land plants of the Silurian and early Devonian may have relied on mycorrhizal fungi for acquisition of water and nutrients from the soil. The male gametophyte of the species has been formally described, which was assigned to a new form taxon Lyonophyton rhyniensis, but is now properly referred to as an Aglaophyton gametophyte. The Rhynie chert bears many examples of male and female gametophytes, which are loosely similar in their construction to the sporophyte phase, down to bearing rhizoids. Taxonomy Aglaophyton major was first described as Rhynia major by Kidston and Lang in 1920. Edwards re-examined fossil specimens and reported that they did not contain true vascular tissue, but rather conducting tissue more similar to that of bryophytes. As the diagnosis of Rhynia was that it was a vascular plant, he created a new genus, Aglaophyton, for this species. As Rhynia major the species had been placed in the rhyniophytes, but no alternative higher level classification was proposed for the new genus. Phylogeny In 2004, Crane et al. published a cladogram for the polysporangiophytes which places Aglaophyton as a sister of the vascular plants (tracheophytes), with the Horneophytopsida being sister to both. The basis of the cladogram is that Aglaophyton has more developed conducting tissue than the Horneophytopsida, but does not have true vascular tissue.

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Rivers State Roads Maintenance and Rehabilitation Agency

The Rivers State Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Agency is a government body responsible for the supervision and maintenance of road infrastructure in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is headquartered in Port Harcourt and has operational offices in all the state's senatorial districts. It has a nine-member board to manage its affairs. The agency was established pursuant to the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Agency Law No. Functions and powers Part II (Ss. 7 & 8) of the Law specifies that the agency shall: Ensure the efficient and effective maintenance and rehabilitation of all existing state roads and drainages or any other road or drainage as may be declared at any time, as a State road by the State Government. Set guidelines for the working of concession contracts; enter into road concession contracts for the purpose of executing relevant projects. Plan and manage the development and implementation of the road safety standards. Plan and develop strategies towards ensuring efficient and effective movement of traffic on state roads and ensure their implementation. Make policy recommendations to the Government on matters relating to the maintenance and rehabilitation of state roads. Chairman The Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Agency is headed by a Chairman who is appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Rivers State House of Assembly. The chairman, as Chief Executive Officer, has the responsibility of executing policy and handling the day-to-day operations of the agency.

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Croatian Bloc (coalition)

The Croatian Bloc () or the Croatian National Representation () was the name held by the wide coalition of Croatian political parties in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes from 1921 to 1929's 6th of January Dictatorship and within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1935 to 1941. The first Croatian Bloc was formed on January 14, 1922 when the Croatian Republican Peasant Party, the Croatian Community, and the Croatian Party of Rights went into alliance. The "Representation" was organized for the first time on June 26, 1921. On that day 63 Croatian representatives to the National Assembly of the new Kingdom were in attendance in Zagreb: 56 elected in Croatia and Slavonia (50 from the Croatian Republican Peasant Party, 4 from the , and 2 from the Croatian Party of Rights) as well as 7 elected in Bosnia and Herzegovina (all from the ). They adopted a resolution supporting federalism and a neutral peasant republic. They also voiced their disapproval towards a centralized constitution, which the National Assembly adopted without them (as well as without the communists and others) only two days later. The alliance existed until November 1922 when the Party of Rights was ejected from it. The parties did not participate in a joint list in the 1925 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election. In 1925, the Croatian Peasant Republican Union and the Croatian Party of Rights formed a formal alliance. In 1927, the Croatian Federalist Peasant Party joined this coalition. In the 1927 elections, the bloc participated with its own list. It had two of its candidates elected as national representatives: Ante Trumbic, the president of the Croatian Federalist Peasant Party that had won the greatest number of seats; and Ante Pavelic of the Croatian Party of Rights. After 1927, the Independent Democratic Party formed the with the Peasant Party, and thereby joined the Representation as well. The Representation often met outside of the National Assembly, either in Belgrade or Zagreb and reached their own resolutions. The Representation symbolically took the place of the banned Croatian Parliament and strengthened the authority of peasant leaders Stjepan Radic and Vladko Macek, who became the de facto leaders of the Croatian people.

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Brown-backed parrotlet

The brown-backed parrotlet (Touit melanonotus) also known as the black-backed parrotlet, the black-eared parrotlet, and Wied's parrotlet, is a small () green parrot found in south-eastern Brazil from Bahia to southern Sao Paulo. It has a dark brown mantle and back, brown ear coverts, and red outer tail with back tips. They frequent humid forest from (occasionally down to sea level), and are mostly found in small flocks of 3-20 birds. Ecology It is mostly known from lower montane evergreen forest at , but also up to in the Itatiaia National Park. In addition it is found in near sea-level in Bahia and Sao Paulo. Seasonal migration or dispersal is suspected, though this may amount to little more than short altitudinal movements. Food items are poorly studied but include large leguminous seeds, fruit of Rapanea acuminata, Clusia sp. Observed feeding on Clusia criuva where presumed adults pluck the fruit from the tree snipping the stalk with their bills and carry the fruit to a more secure location on a firmer branch where they open the fruitwith their bill wedging it against the branch prising the seeds out with their tongue; they do not use their feet at any time in the feeding process as some other psittacids do. Some individuals that were presumed to be young birds were seen to eat the fruits in situ and did not pluck them. Breeding is suspected to occur from September to October. Well grown young birds were observed being fed by adults in Ubatuba, Sao Paulo state, January 2010. Young birds can be differentiated by their paler orbital ring and their cere being flesh coloured as opposed to dark grey in adults. Range and population The brown-backed parrotlet is confined to south-eastern Brazil (Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo), but is a vagrant to Rio de Janeiro, and from Sao Paulo to south to Ilha do Cardoso. They were resighted in Bahia after a century long absence. They were never deemed common, but seen as rather rare, even in the 19th century. Their inconspicuous nature and naturally low densities may contribute to the paucity of records. A resurgence in sightings since the mid-1980s, and their discovery at Espirito Santo, was due to knowledge of their calls. References Juniper & Parr (1998) Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World; .

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Lucila Rada

Lucila Rada Vivanco (born 16 November 1981) is an Argentine-Uruguayan singer, songwriter, actress and television presenter. Early life Lucila Rada Vivanco was born in Buenos Aires in 1981, the daughter of Uruguayan musician Ruben Rada and Argentine Maria Fernanda Vivanco. She is by maternal line of Basque descent. She has two half-brothers, Matias and Julieta. She was raised in Barrio Norte, where she lived with her mother after her parents separated. Personal life In 2011 her son, Salvador, was born, whom she had with Santiago Stein.

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Abigail Mejia

Ana Emilia Abigail Mejia Soliere (April 15, 1895 - March 15, 1941) was a feminist activist, nationalist, literary critic and educator from the Dominican Republic. She completed her primary education at the Salome Urena de Henriquez School for Girls and Liceo Dominicano. In 1912, she became a teacher in Barcelona where she resided with her family. She returned to the Dominican Republic in 1925 and became a professor of Literature, Pedagogy and History at the Superior Normal School of Santo Domingo. She is one of the leading figures of feminism in the Dominican Republic, founding the Club Nosotras in 1927 and Accion Feminista. Early life Abigail Mejia was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on April 15, 1895. She was born into a family of intellectuals who influenced and nurtured her own future as an intellectual. Mejia completed primary school at the all-women's academy, Salome Urena de Henriquez, and at the Liceo Dominicano. While Mejia was still young, her family moved to Barcelona where she obtained a degree from normal school in 1919. She returned to Santo Domingo for a brief period of time that same year and then moved back to Barcelona in 1921. In 1925, Mejia permanently settled in Santo Domingo where she worked as a professor of Spanish language and literature at the Escuela Normal Superior de Santo Domingo. It was during this time that she began her work with the feminist movement in the Dominican Republic heavily influenced by her encounters with feminist thought in Europe, particularly in metropolitan cities like Barcelona and Paris. During her time in Barcelona, Mejia developed friendships with pioneers of the literary and feminist movements in Spain, including Concha Espina (Santander, 1869-Madrid, 1955), Blanca de los Rios (Sevilla, 1862-1956), and Emilia Pardo Bazan (La Coruna, 1852-Madrid, 1851-1921) and these relationships influenced her work in the Dominican Republic. Career Feminist activism Mejia is considered a pioneer of feminism and the feminist movement in the Dominican Republic. She and her contemporary, Delia Weber, co-founded Club Nosotras (initially a literary organization formed in 1927) as well as the "Nosotras y Accion Feministas" movements in 1927 aimed at the training and education of poor women in the country. Club Nosotras was reorganized in 1931 with more explicitly political goals under the name Accion Feminista Dominicana (AFD). Mejia served as director general and Weber as secretary-general of the AFD, which became the most important feminist group of the era uniting mostly intellectual, middle to upper-class women from provinces across the nation. Some of the AFD's members included school teachers and writers such as Minerva Bernardino, Celeste Wos y Gil, Carmita Landestoy, Consuelo Bernardino, and Carmen Lara Fernandez. The AFD mobilized to "fight for the vindication of women's rights," particularly women's suffrage, but they likewise focused on penal facility reform, alcoholism, prostitution, illegal drugs, and other social welfare concerns. It was around the time of the AFD's establishment that President Rafael Trujillo took office. Mejia and other members of the AFD led the group to closer ties with Trujillo in hope of attaining women's suffrage, which Trujillo suspected would popularize his regime. The AFD thus began to openly support Trujillo and Mejia even referred to him as "el presidente feminista" or "the feminist president" in a 1932 speech. Two years later, a "voto de ensayo," roughly translated to "trial vote," was held so women could vote to reform the Dominican constitution to include women's suffrage. The results revealed that most women who voted, including Mejia, wanted to reform the constitution but as Trujillo rose to power, the topic of women's suffrage was not recognized by the government until years later. Women's suffrage in the Dominican Republic was not achieved until ten years later in 1942. By this time, the AFD had been coopted as an organization in support of Trujillo and some members of the AFD became known "damas trujillistas" or female supporters of Trujillo. The AFD was employed as a tool to normalize women's submissive role in society by exalting socio-political passivity as synonymous with righteousness and good citizenship in accordance with the regime. Arts and culture In 1926, Mejia published the "Plan on the Establishment of a National Museum in Santo Domingo" in Francisco A. Palau's journal, Black and White, which included reflections on experiences and observations from visiting the Prado, the Louvre, and the Pinacoteca in the Vatican. Trujillo appointed Mejia director of the Museo Nacional in 1933 and she was responsible for starting and running the institution. Apart from her contributions to arts and culture via the Museo Nacional, Mejia is also known as the pioneer of a female gaze in photography in the Dominican Republic. She mainly recorded observations from her many trips using a Vest Pocket Kodak. Her photographs were published in a 1925 article for La Opinion, Revista Semanal Ilustrada (Year III, Vol. 15, 139 (3-IX-1925)) in Santo Domingo, marking the first time ever in Dominican history where a woman's' photographs were published in a printed source. Writings and speeches Throughout her life, Mejia published articles in various national and international newspapers/magazines on a range of topics including women, literature, travel, and the Dominican Republic. Mejia wrote her first and only novel, Suena Pilarin (1925), in Barcelona, a novel focused on the affective relationships between women as a vehicle to solidarity. Dominican author, Virgilio Diaz Grullon, writes of Suena Pilarin (translated from Spanish): It narrates with sweet and simple language, at times filled with humor, the story of a young girl from Dominican origins, but born and raised in Spain, who lives intense episodes in a tragedy-filled life that begins with her becoming an orphan, then suffering the pain of an adoption imposed on her, suffering the severity of living in a convent, battling an incestuous relationship and finally, finding love with a passionate, young Dominican man and ultimately finding the happiness life had cruelly denied her.Mejia presented various speeches and conferences. Her public entrance into the Dominican feminist movement was the presentation of her speech, "Feminismo," in Santo Domingo in 1926. She also wrote the first history of Dominican literature in 1937 which was later published in 1939. Death and legacy Mejia worked as a writer and director of the Museo Nacional until her death on March 15, 1941. She produced various texts and held different positions of power throughout her life, but did not live to see the legal reforms for full civil and political rights for women in the Dominican Republic.

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Abdul Faththaah

Abdul Faththaah Abdul Gayyoom (born 6 December 1971), commonly known as Abdul Faththaah is a Maldivian film director, producer, editor, screenwriter and choreographer. One of the most successful filmmakers in Maldivian Cinema, Faththaah is the recipient of a number of awards, including four Gaumee Film Awards, and two Maldives Film Awards. In 2004, Government of Maldives honoured him with the National Award of Recognition. He is known for his romantically stylish film-making. Realizing his potential, after a successful venture at inter-office teledrama competition, Faththaah made his directorial debut with a video single, "Dhan Dhan Dhanvaru". In 2000, he directed his first film Himeyn Dhuniye followed by Ranmuiy which was half-directed before he was roped into the project. He rose to prominence in Maldivian cinema with the commercially successful and acclaimed romantic drama Aan... Aharenves Loabivin (2002), and the horror film Eynaa (2004) -- for which he received the Best Editing award at Miadhu Crystal Awards. He followed it by directing a commercially unsuccessful film Hureemey Inthizaarugaa (2005) and the award winning film Vehey Vaarey Therein (2003) which earned him his only Gaumee Film Award for Best Director. After establishing his own production studio, Red Productions, Faththaah directed a television drama series, Hinithun Velaashey Kalaa and a romantic drama Vaaloabi Engeynama (2006). His most successful film was released in 2010, the romantic horror film Jinni (2010) for which he received a Maldives Film Awards Best Director nomination, followed by another romantic horror film 14 Vileyrey (2011). He received his second Gaumee Film Award nomination for Best Director with his romantic film Love Story (2012). His next release, family drama Aadheys (2014) received mixed reviews from critics while he announced his retirement with his commercially successful film Hahdhu (2017) Early life Abdul Faththaah was born on 6 December 1971 in Ha. His father used to play the harmonium. During his stay at Kelaa School, Faththaah participated in a stage narration of Maldivian classical romance novel, Dhon Hiyala and Ali Fulhu. At the age of nine, he relocated to Male' with his family. When he was studying at ninth grade, Mariyam Shauqee, a producer from Television Maldives offered him work in the inter-office teledrama competition. Apart from writing the story, Faththaah played the role of a father in the drama. Afterwards, he worked in several other teledramas; one of them featured actor Mohamed Manik alongside him. After completing tenth standard, Faththaah worked in a resort. Showing a lack of interest in the tourism industry, he moved back to Male'. After his father's dismissal, Faththaah started working at the first Maldivian fast-food restaurant where he witnessed the "lavishing life" film actors use to be living. "It was an era where film actors were highly recognised with their stylish and luxurious life. Dining at restaurants, travelling by cars, it was that moment I realized that I want to imitate their lifestyle". Subsequently, he resigned from the restaurant and joined Maldives National Defence Force where he was in their service for six years. In 1995, Faththaah wrote and directed Maldives National Defence Force's teledrama Veyn where he was bestowed with the Best Director award and he went on to win the award for a further two years. Realizing his successful venture in film-making, Faththaah resigned from MNDF and joined the Maldives film industry. He first directed a video single, "Dhan Dhan Dhanvaru" featuring Ravee Farooq and Niuma Mohamed. This was followed by "Aaberu Toh Toh" and several other songs. Career In 2000, Faththaah released his directorial debut, Himeyn Dhuniye which starred Mariyam Nisha and Ali Khalid as a couple having an extra-marital affair. This was followed by Ranmuiy which was "half-directed" before he was roped into the project. Directed alongside Abdulla Sujau, the film centers on the dispute between a daughter and her step-mother. In 2002, Faththaah directed a romantic film Aan... Aharenves Loabivin which starred Ali Seezan, Sheela Najeeb, Niuma Mohamed, Aminath Rasheedha and Neena Saleem which follows an only child of a family who had a bitter relationship with her lovers and an unfortunate incident leading her to suffer from amnesia. Upon release, the film opened to a positive response from critics and was a commercially successful project. His next directorial venture was the horror film Eynaa (2004), in which appeared Sheela Najeeb, Mohamed Manik, Ahmed Shah, Khadheeja Ibrahim Didi, Ibrahim Jihad and Nashidha Mohamed as six colleagues who go on a picnic to a haunted uninhabited island and their battle for survival. The film garnered critical appreciation especially for its technical department and was a commercial success. The film fetched him the Best Editor award at Miadhu Crystal Award ceremony. The following year, Faththaah released two films. His first film, a romantic disaster film, Hureemey Inthizaarugaa (2005) featured a cast including Ravee Farooq, Mariyam Zuhura, Waleedha Waleed, Ibrahim Jihad and Neena Saleem. The film, heavily relied on the effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on the Maldives, narrates the journey a couple separated due to husband's greed for wealth and their reconciliation following a traumatic event which destroyed their family. The film received favorable reviews from critics though it failed to perform financially. Faththaah considered the film to be his "only agreement that leads to a disappointment". His next release during the year, the critically praised romantic film Vehey Vaarey Therein (2003) was one of the most successful films he directed in his career. Featuring Yoosuf Shafeeu, Jamsheedha Ahmed, Khadheeja Ibrahim Didi, Mohamed Shavin, Amira Ismail and Aminath Rasheedha in main roles, the film narrates the story of unrequited love, and proved to be one of the highest-grossing Maldivian films of the year. At the 4th Gaumee Film Awards ceremony, Faththaah was bestowed with several awards including a Gaumee Film Award for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Art Direction and Best Makeup. In 2006, he established his own production company, Red Productions. Under the helm of the studio, Faththaah directed a 52-episode television drama series Hinithun Velaashey Kalaa starring Mariyam Afeefa, Khadheeja Ibrahim Didi and Mohamed Manik. Next, he produced the romantic film Vaaloabi Engeynama (2006) which was directed by Ahmed Nimal and was a critical and commercial success, considered to be the most successful Maldivian release of the year. The film follows a conflicted husband struggling to convey equal affection towards his two spouses. In 2010, Fatathaah released another horror film Jinni starring Ali Seezan and Mariyam Afeefa in lead roles. Based on true incidents that occurred in an island of Maldives, the film focuses on Javid who has been enthralled by a ghost. Prior to release, the film was marketed to be full of "suspense and uniqueness" compared to other Maldivian horror films. Upon release, the film received mixed reviews from critics; the majority of them complaining for having the "same old feeling" of prior horror films though the performances were noted to be satisfactory. Despite the mixed reviews, the film witnessed a positive response at the box office, declaring it as a Mega-Hit; financially the most successful film of Faththaah's. At the 1st Maldives Film Awards, Fatathaah received a nomination as Best Director and Editor while winning Best Choreographer award for the song "Thundimatheega". A series of horror films were continued with his next release, 14 Vileyrey (2011) featuring Ali Seezan, Aishath Rishmy and Mariyam Nisha. Written by Ibrahim Waheed, the project faced controversy when the team of Kuhveriakee Kaakuhey? accused Faththaah for "purloining the plot" of the latter. The film and his work received mixed to positive reviews from critics; "Faththaah has directed the film in a lavishly engaging manner until it reaches to a little inconvenient climax". The film did good business at the box office and was declared a "Hit". His collaboration with Ali Seezan and Aishath Rishmy was repeated in his next release, a romantic film Love Story (2012). The film and his direction received a negative response from critics. Displeased with the screenplay and performance of the actors, Ahmed Nadheem of Haveeru wrote: "None of the actors were given scope to build their characters and none was able to justify their character. Barring a charming poster and title, nothing works in the film; biggest letdown by Fathtaah in his career". Despite the negative reviews, Faththaah received several nominations including Gaumee Film Award nomination for Best Editing, Best Art Direction and three separate nominations for Best Choreography while winning in the same category at 3rd Maldives Film Awards. It was followed by a family drama film, Aadheys (2014) starring Niuma Mohamed, Hussain Sobah, Amira Ismail, Moosa Zakariyya, Fathimath Azifa and Ali Azim. Filming was completed in 2011, though it was released three years following the death of film producer Hassain Ali. It revolves around a sacrificing mother and her affection towards her child. Upon release, the film received mixed reviews from critics and failed to leave an impression commercially. Ismail Naail reviewing from Vaguthu wrote: "The film focuses on family issues, identity issues and includes romantic components and several other aspects making it a mixed bag of emotions. It has several issues in the technical department though its melodrama might leave an impact on audience". Faththaah announced his retirement after releasing his romantic drama Hahdhu (2017) which was his most expensive film produced. The film touched upon controversial issues in the Maldives including the depiction of flogging and also shines a light on mental health by featuring an attempted suicide. A reviewer from Avas wrote: "The film may not be a first class movie but it has integrated a benchmark in video quality. Camerawork, videography and direction deserves special mention". The film opened to mixed reviews from critics though it emerged as one of the highest grossing Maldivian films of the year. In 2019, first Maldivian anthology film was released which credited Faththaah as the director of the segment titled Dharifiri which focuses on the mother-son incest. The project was filmed in 2013 and digitally released six years later due to several delays in post-production, where the producer of the film criticizes Farooq for "failing" to complete his segment during the stipulated time period took over the post-production. Personal life Faththaah is married to Aminath Azza, a teacher working at Aminiya School School. On 23 December 2004, Azza gave birth to a son, Ali Ayyoob Abdul Fathah , while the couple were blessed with another child.

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Gabriel Cramer

Gabriel Cramer (; 31 July 1704 - 4 January 1752) was a Genevan mathematician. He was the son of physician Jean Cramer and Anne Mallet Cramer. Biography Cramer showed promise in mathematics from an early age. At 18 he received his doctorate and at 20 he was co-chair of mathematics at the University of Geneva. In 1728 he proposed a solution to the St. Petersburg Paradox that came very close to the concept of expected utility theory given ten years later by Daniel Bernoulli. He published his best-known work in his forties. This included his treatise on algebraic curves (1750). It contains the earliest demonstration that a curve of the n-th degree is determined by n(n + 3)/2 points on it, in general position. This led to the misconception that is Cramer's paradox, concerning the number of intersections of two curves compared to the number of points that determine a curve. He edited the works of the two elder Bernoullis, and wrote on the physical cause of the spheroidal shape of the planets and the motion of their apsides (1730), and on Newton's treatment of cubic curves (1746). In 1750 he published Cramer's rule, giving a general formula for the solution for any unknown in a linear equation system having a unique solution, in terms of determinants implied by the system. This rule is still standard. He did extensive travel throughout Europe in the late 1730s, which greatly influenced his works in mathematics. He died in 1752 at Bagnols-sur-Ceze while traveling in southern France to restore his health. Selected works Quelle est la cause de la figure elliptique des planetes et de la mobilite de leur aphelies?, Geneva, 1730 . Geneva: Freres Cramer & Cl.

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Agnes Huntington

Agnes Huntington (later, Agnes Huntington Cravath; ca. 1864 - March 10, 1953) was an American operatic singer. For several years, she received private tutoring in Europe for music, languages, and drawing. She had a notable career in concert and opera as a prima donna contralto. Early years and education Agnes Huntington was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in ca. She was the daughter of Charles E. and Fannie E. (Munsell) Huntington and was raised by them in New York City. She was educated at Mrs. Sylvanus Reed's School for Girls in New York City. In 1880, her family decided that she should follow a career of her own choosing. She hesitated to choose between music and art, for both were attractive to her, and she finally decided to become an operatic singer. Her rich contralto voice was inherited from her mother. Huntington went to Dresden in 1880, where she studied for four years with Giovanni Battista Lamperti. Said Huntington:-- Career Huntington made her first public appearance in concert in Dresden, in January, 1884, and a few weeks later, sang at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig with the regular orchestra under direction of Carl Reinecke. Later appearances were in Stuttgart with Joseph Joachim (Hungarian violinist), then with Pablo de Sarasate (Spanish violinist), and Klintworth and his orchestra at the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin. She next appeared in a concert given by Alexandre Guilmant and Edouard Colonne and his Concerts Colonne orchestra at the Trocadero in Paris. Later, she appeared in concerts in London in association with great musicians and conductors, including Sir Julius Benedict, Wilhelm Ganz, Alberto Randegger, Sir George Grove and others, which brought her much social attention. At this time, she received from the then Princess of Wales (later, the Dowager Queen Alexandra) a beautiful brooch of precious stones. She also sang in Paris. In 1885, she made her American debut with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Theodore Thomas, who engaged her for the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and other concerts, of which he was the conductor. She also sang with the Boston Symphony Orchestra with William Goricke, the Oratorio Society of New York with Walter Damrosch, and in many of the most important festivals under the greatest conductors in the U.S. and Canada. After making a tour of the principal cities, she joined the Boston Ideal Opera Company, and with that company, she sang successfully for several seasons. Next, she sang with the Bostonians, in which she visited the principal cities of the United States and Canada, appearing in the leading roles of the standard operas, for which her commanding presence and contralto voice eminently fitted her. With the Bostonians, she gained experience in acting, singing in Martha, Giralda, Fra Diavolo, Les Mousquetaires de la reine, The Bohemian Girl, Mignon, and others. In 1889 she went to London, under the management of the Carl Rosa Opera Company, having signed for a season of concert, oratorio, and light opera. There, she created the title role in Paul Jones by Robert Planquette, in which she made a great hit. Originally put on for a short run, Paul Jones remained on the boards during 346 nights in the Prince of Wales Theatre, and at every performance the house was crowded. A dispute with her managers led her to leave the company, and she returned to the U.S. When Huntington's year in London was finished, she determined to become a star and produce her own operas. Under the management of Marcus Mayer she began her career as a star in Paul Jones in New York, and she could have selected no better production. She asserted that her short experience convinced her that the public had grown tired of coarse fun and vulgarity and would patronize opera comique that was clean and pure, with a story to tell, a consistent plot to unfold, and ennobled with good music and well-concerted orchestration, and that her ventures were made upon this assumption. The ambition of Huntington as a caterer of operatic productions for the entertainment of the public led her to constant novelty and progressiveness, and as a result, she presented Planquette's work, Captain Therese. As Huntington personally superintended all of her own productions in every detail, the amount of labor which devolves upon her may be imagined, and her own description of her work in this respect was thus:-- In all her travels, Huntington was accompanied by her mother, who proved to be her best friend and adviser, and between the two there existed the utmost devotion. With her company, Huntington is deservedly popular. If she is a strict disciplinarian, she is also generous, and the slightest complaint of any wrong or oversight finds her always a willing listener and quick to rectify any error. On the occasion of the disbandment of her company in 1891, a list was presented to her of the fines inflicted upon several of the members during its continuance for tardiness and oversights. In some cases, these amounted to considerable sums. She generously remitted every fine, paid her company in full, and re-engaged its best members on the spot. Not the least drag upon her time was correspondence involved in answers to the many letters she received from girls about how to adopt the stage, asking her advice regarding the qualifications necessary and the best means of procuring engagements. These letters she felt it a duty to answer. She encouraged none with false hopes, but represented the trials and labors of stage life fully and clearly, so that the frivolous were deterred, while the truly ambitious were encouraged. Most careful and painstaking in every effort, she abhorred nothing so much as a sham, and would not tolerate meretricious advertising or any tricks of the trade, so often resorted to by actors for the sake of notoriety. She trusted entirely to the excellence of her productions, upon which she spared no expense in staging, and in which her entire fortune was invested, and to her own merit, for recognition and patronage. She had in her efforts shown English opera comique to be a high grade of entertaining amusement. Huntington was tall, fair and of commanding presence. Her voice was a pure, clear, strong and thoroughly cultivated contralto. In London, her social successes were as great as her professional ones. Among her intimate friends, there were the Baroness Burdett-Coutts, the Duchess of Westminster, and other prominent personages. She served as director of the New York Symphony Society, and the Institute of Musical Arts and others. Personal life On November 15, 1892, in Saint Thomas Church, Manhattan, she married attorney Paul Drennan Cravath, with whom she had one daughter, Vera Agnes Huntington Cravath (b. Following marriage, she became a director of several charities, and contributed to many charitable societies. She was an animal activist, and a member of the Colony Club. Huntington was Episcopalian, and opposed women's suffrage. As reported on page one of The New York Times, the couple became legally and permanently separated, in 1926, while remaining married. Their daughter, then separated from her first husband, moved in with her father, until her second marriage the following year. She resided at 105 E. Thirty-ninth Street, in New York City, with a country estate in Locust Valley, Long Island, New York. Huntington died in Manhattan, on March 10, 1953, and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx.

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City Opera House (Traverse City, Michigan)

The City Opera House is located at 106-112 Front Street in Traverse City, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. History In 1891, entrepreneurs Perry Hannah, Charles Wilhelm, Tony Bartok, and Frank Votruba owned the property where the opera house now stands. They hired architect E. R. Prall of Pontiac, Michigan to design this structure, and builder John Wilhelm to construct it. At the time of construction, it was the first building in Traverse City to use electric lights. The City Opera House provided a 1200-seat performance space for traveling artists as well as a perfect setting for formal balls, such as an Installation Ball held in 1892. In 1920, a local movie house leased the building and shuttered it to eliminate competition. it was leased through the 1940s, and remained closed until 1985. In 1978, work began to raise money for restoration. In 1980, the owners gave the structure to the city, and restoration work began in 1985. In 2005, the bulk of a 30-year and 8.5 million dollar restoration was completed. Description The City Opera House is a square, three-story, building constructed of red brick. It measures on each side. The ground floor houses commercial tenants; the opera house proper is located on the upper floors. Since completion of the restoration, the City Opera house has seating for 710 people, arches with trompe-l'oeil clouds and a dome ornamented with angelic putti, a two-story oriel window, an acoustic stage shell, modern theatre rigging and complete facilities for catered events.

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John Hurt (chaplain)

Reverend John Hurt (1752 - 1824) was an American Episcopal minister and army chaplain from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He was the first official United States Army Chaplain. Personal and family life Little is known about Hurt's early life. Many of the records of his birth, early education and marriages were destroyed by Union soldiers near the conclusion of the American Civil War. Some genealogical records place bid birth as early as 1738 (six years after George Washington's). However, most historical accounts and genealogical records put it in 1752 (three years before Alexander Hamilton's). This confusion is mostly from the Hurt family's reuse of given names over several generations. Some sources list James Hurt and Jane Bickley as parents, while others claim that Jane Bickley died prior to Hurt's birth and instead list Benjamin Hurt and Anne Newman as parents. What is known about Hurt's early life is that he came from a long line of devout anglicans. Two of his relatives (probably his uncles), Philemon and William Hurt, were also Anglican ministers before the American War of Independence. After the Continental Army's victory, Anglicans in the United States restructured the church. It was renamed the Episcopal church, due to broken ties with England and, by association, the Church of England. Hurt was ordained as a minister in Trinity Parish on December 21, 1774. After his extensive military service in the revolution as a chaplain, he married Nellie McTaggart of Virginia in 1785. The exact date is disputed. They had two daughters, Martha Patsy and Sarah Elizabeth Hurt. After his wife's death, he married Sallie Franklin. The date of the marriage is disputed, between 1788 and 1796. They had two sons, James and Samuel Jones Hurt. Much like the accounts of his early life, the historical and genealogical records often conflict on the dates and even years of his marriages and births of his children. Even the exact time of his death is unclear, but most sources agree he died sometime in 1824 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. In all historical accounts of his chaplaincy, it is made clear that little is known about and few records remain of his personal life, and that it is likely to remain a mystery. Military service He began his service in the continental army on October 1, 1776. His experience as a minister qualified him to serve as chaplain to the Virginia 6th Infantry Regiment. George Washington desired that every regiment of continental soldiers be assigned a chaplain, but the continental congress at the time due to financial concerns did not authorize the commission of more chaplains. As a result, John Hurt became chaplain to the 4th and 5th Virginia infantry regiments as well. These units were later consolidated on August 18, 1778, into a brigade commanded by General George Weedon. Hurt would become this brigades chaplain and remain so until the end of his service in 1783. As an episcopal minister, his method of preaching stood in contrast to ministers of other denominations. One source cites the difference this way, "While the sermons of presbyterians, congregational and baptist chaplains were clearly outlined giving an exegetical giving the context of the verse used, its theological ramifications, and finally, its immediate application in practicalities of the existential situation, sermons extant from Anglican chaplain border more on the style of highly refined homilies, but lacking contextual explanations." As a soldier he has been described as "the bravest of the brave". He served alongside his fellow Virginia soldiers in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine Creek, Germantown, the encampment at Valley Forge, the battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. During the Virginia campaign Hurt was used as an intelligence officer for General Baron Von Steuben. He was captured in January 1781 a few months before the battle of Blandford. Capture In 1780 General George Washington had agreed with British commander Sir Henry Clinton that all men of both sides that were designated as chaplains were not to be detained as prisoners of war, but were to be immediately released. Despite this, after Hurt's capture in Northern Virginia, he spent several months detained in a British prison barge off the Atlantic coast. The exact duration and location of his imprisonment are unknown. He was later paroled, as was custom, to the city of Norfolk and later the state of Virginia. However, he was still dissatisfied with the conditions of his parole. There is still extant a letter he wrote in September 1781 directly to George which requested Washington's help in canceling his parole, exchanging him for a British chaplain and returning him to active duty. A portion of the letter reads, "By endeavoring to gain intelligence for the Baron de Steuben last January, I was made a prisoner by a party of Simpcoe's Corps. After suffering the most ignominious treatment at different times onboard different prison Ships about a month ago I had my parole extended from the Town of Norfolk to the State of Virginia there to remain till exchanged or my parole altered. By the information I have had from Col. Tilman with respect to the British Chaplains, I humbly conceive that it is in your Excellency's power to have my parole of honor officially canceled which would add very much to my happiness I conclude also from the above information that I have been unjustly detained and improperly paroled." General Washington, unfortunately, was unable to help. Washington wrote a response that is housed in the Library of Congress explaining his inability to exchange him but expressed his confusion that he was not being released due to his status as a chaplain. Peacetime Despite his capture, Hurt witnessed some of the most iconic events of the American Revolution. After his seven years of service and the end of the fighting, Hurt returned to his parish in Virginia and ministered to the people there. Records of his peacetime sermons describe Hurt's orations to be particularly eloquent, "theologically sensitive and homiletically alert, he was a good pastor and able preacher. Several of his sermons were printed and circulated by some of his parishioners who were tremendously impressed by the content and structure of the discourse. Each manuscript contained the hallmark of an artisan." For his service in the revolution, he was awarded 5,000 acres of land in western Virginia in what is today Cumberland County, Kentucky. However, it is believed that he deeded most of this property to his younger relatives soon after acquiring it. US Army chaplain After the end of the Revolutionary War, the Continental Army was dissolved. Forming a peacetime government was the primary focus of American political leadership. Uprisings such as Shays' Rebellion and attacks on frontier outposts raised concerns among those of the new federal government in 1791. After a massive defeat given by the Miami Tribe congress was hard-pressed to increase the number of soldiers in its regular army. Accordingly, on March 3, 1791, an act of Congress permitted the formation of a new regiment of infantry in the regular army. The new regiment brought the total number of regiments in the regular US Army to two. The act called for a brigadier general, a quartermaster, and a chaplain to be commissioned. After receiving authorization from the Senate, George Washington sent a letter to Congress nominating Arthur St. Claire as Brigadier General, Samuel Hodgdon as quartermaster, and John Hurt as the chaplain. These men were instated into their respective positions on March 4, 1791. As Chaplain of the Army Hurt was to be paid $600 a year, above average for the time. Hurt was most likely ill and not present during the first major conflict that his men participated in. General St. Claire, who was also the acting Governor of the Northwest Territory, led the defense of the frontier. On September 4, 1791, St. Claire's forces encountered Native forces led by Blue Jacket and Little Turtle. The American force was devastated. Their casualties numbered 657 dead and 271 wounded. This defeat was the worst ever suffered at the hands of Native Americans, dwarfing the American casualties during "Custer's Last Stand". This defeat prompted congress to further enlarge the army to three regiments. Hurt, however, would remain the army's only chaplain. After the increase in the army's size a new commander was appointed, General Anthony "Mad Anthony" Wayne. John Hurt resigned from his post on September 20, 1794. He was succeeded by Pennsylvania Baptist minister David Jones, who would serve for another six years. It would be Jones, not Hurt that would serve during the army's next major engagement. "Mad Anthony" led a force that defeated Native forces in Fallen Timbers on August 20, 1794. Unfortunately, any records of John Hurt's service during the engagements prior to his resignation were most likely destroyed when the British invaded Washington D.C. during the War of 1812. This stands in contrast to Jones who, unlike hurt, was an avid diarist. Historical connections John Hurt has a few remaining historical connections to key American political figures during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Besides his letters to George Washington during the war, in peacetime, he wrote to both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison on personal matters. These matters, for the most part, involved horses. It is clear from his letter that horses were a passion of Hurt's. One of his letters to James Madison revolved mainly around the recommendation of a horse he thought Madison should buy. Legacy Hurt only served for three years as chaplain of the Army. He was succeeded by David Jones, a baptist from Pennsylvania. After the end of Jones' tenure as chaplain of the Army, the post was eliminated. Chaplaincy in the expanding United States Army would be organized in various forms over the rest of the 19th century. Finally, with the National Defense Act of 1920 the Army Chaplain Corp was formally organized into its current form. Although the structure is presently different from the time of John Hurt, his role as the first chaplain of the army has set a precedent of including clergy as an essential part of the United States military efforts. Notable sermons American leadership had always been supportive of the chaplains' roles in the army. The chaplain's duties went beyond the ecclesiastical. They included promoting ideas of democracy as essential to a happy society and discouraging sinful behavior while encouraging obedience to officers and loyalty to the army. John Hurt excelled at fulfilling these roles. Few examples of his work exist today, but below are two extant sermons Hurt gave during the revolution. Franco-American Alliance Sermon After the American victory against British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga, New York, American delegates to France were successful in securing an alliance between the two nations. The announcement of this alliance inspired American patriots to continue fighting and the occasion was marked by speeches and other celebrations. Chaplains were instrumental in giving speeches to celebrate the alliance. These speeches promoted patriotism and optimism about the righteousness of their rebellion. John Hurt gave one of the most impassioned speeches on the alliance. An excerpt from one of Hurts speeches is a follows: "By wisdom of our councils, and the magnanimous perseverance of our troops, during three campaigns, we have at length received the most manifest tokens of divine approbation; and now, by the alliance of a great and warlike European power, we stand in a situation that bids defiance to our enemies - a situation which affords the fairest prospect - the blessings of PEACE, LIBERTY, and SAFETY, the end of our warfare. For these ye fought, for these, ye bled -and not in vain! But through form the goodness of our cause the wisdom of our councils, the abilities of our generals, the courage of our troops, the strength of our armies, as well as our foreign alliances, we now have the most reasonable hope of establishing America freedom; yet it is a truth which reason and experience, as well as religion, teach us, that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; that the event of all things is in the hand of God, and more especially the fate of nations is weighed and determined by him. "And if in the common occurrences of life, it is our wisdom and interest, as well as our duty, to look up to heaven for a blessing on our labors, it certainly becomes a far more indispensable duty on so important an occasion. Presumptuous confidence in our own strength might mostly provoke God to give us up to the tyranny of our enemies; while pious trust in his mercy may be a powerful means to draw down his blessings in our favor. Let us then consider the present duty as a point on which the fate of nations is suspended; and let us, therefore, redouble our diligence, and endeavor to acquire the highest perfection in our several duties, whether religious, civil or military; for the more we do for ourselves the more reason have we to expect the smiles of providence. In the name then of all that is sacred, and in defense of all that is dear to us, let us exert ourselves from the highest to the lowest, to deserve the great and wonderful deliverance with providence hath manifested toward this infant land! ... You, my fellow soldiers, are the hope of our country; to your arms, she looks for defense, and for your health and success, her prayers are incessantly offered. Our God has heard them - the princes of the earth court our friendship - we have a name among nations - victory and triumph attend us; and unless our sins forbid, our warmest wishes shall be most amply completed. "Let us then join in one general acclamation to celebrate this important event; and while our vices proclaim our joy, let our hearts glow with gratitude to the God of nations, who is able to help us, and whose arm is mighty to save. Thus shall we see, and triumph in the fight, while malice frets, and fumes, and gnaws her chains, AMERICA shall blast her fiercest foes! Out-brave the dismal shocks of bloody war! And in unrivaled pomp resplendid rise, and shine sole empress of the western world! "(May 6, 1778, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania) The Love of Our Country The following excerpt is from one of Hurt's sermons entitled "For the Love of Our Country" and was given to soldiers fighting in the New Jersey Campaign in 1777: "The name of patriot implies, in its true sense, everything that is most great and godlike among men; it carries in it the idea of a public blessing; it implies a power of doing good, exerted and extended to whole communities, and resembles within its sphere, that universal Providence which protects and supports the world. The miseries of the state of nature are so evident, that there is no occasion to display them; every man is sensible that violence, rapine, and slaughter must be continually practiced where no restraints are provided to curb the inordinacy of self-affection. To society, then, we must owe our security from these miseries, and to a wisely-constructed and well-regulated government we must stand indebted for our protection against those who would encroach upon the equal share of liberty which belongs to all, or would molest individuals in the possession of what is fairly appropriated, or justly claimed. And what an unspeakable satisfaction it is to be free, and to be able to call anything one's own. Freedom and security diffuse a cheerfulness over the most uncomfortable regions, and give a value to the most inconsiderable possessions...to be unmindful of the public, is not only an argument of an ungrateful, it is a proof also of a dishonest temper of mind. "God has assigned each of us our station, and a part which we are obliged to discharge in carrying on the great work of social happiness. If then, I neglect the part appointed me, I am highly unjust; because I take a share of the benefits of society, and yet leave the burden to be borne by others. A greater injustice than this can scarcely be conceived...The public good is, as it were, a common bank, in which every individual has his respective share; and, consequently, whatever damage that sustains, the individuals unavoidably partake of the calamity. If liberty is destroyed, no particular member can escape the chains; if the credit of the associated body sink, his fortune sinks with it; if the sons of violence prevail, and plunder the public stock, his part cannot be rescued from the spoil...But still, the more noble motive to a generous soul is that which springs from a benevolent desire of diffusing the joys of life to all around him. There is nothing, he thinks, so desirable as to be the instrument of doing good; and the further it is extended, the greater is the delight, and the more glorious his character...The liberty we contend for is not the license of a few to tyrannize over multitudes, but equal freedom to all, so far as is consistent with the present circumstances of our country, good order, the constitution, and peace of government. "These are circumstances which give a sanction to patriotism and not only justify but demand our most active resolutions to promote the welfare of our country by all those methods which become a civilized and numerous people, born with an instinctive love of liberty...If the love of your country is indeed the governing principle of your soul, you will give up every inclination which is incompatible with it; nor will you cherish in your hearts any rivals of the favorite passion. All the train of darling vices must, therefore, be brought forth, and offered up as victims on the altars of liberty...National affection, therefore, if it be derived from a true principle, must necessarily inspire a moral conduct, must incline us to quit every baneful vice, to contract the circle even of what we call innocent amusements, and, instead of looking out for daily parties of pleasure, it will prompt us rather make a constant festival of human kindness, the most delicious of all entertainments to a generous mind. If we behave thus, then we are patriots indeed."

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Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan

Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan is a wildlife documentary series commissioned by Channel 5 and BBC America and presented by actor Dominic Monaghan, who also serves as an executive producer for the show. Each hour-long episode follows Monaghan, an avid outdoorsman, as he travels to a new exotic location in search of "some of the most dangerous and elusive creatures known to man." The show's eight-episode first series premiered in the UK on 9 November 2012 and in the U.S. on 22 January 2013, and was nominated for Best Reality Series at the 3rd Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards. In June 2013, Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan was renewed for a second series, which premiered in the U.S. on 25 March 2014 on BBC America. After Channel 5 elected not to acquire the second season, BBC Worldwide acquired the international rights to the show. In the U.S., the third season aired on the Travel Channel instead of BBC America. It originally aired in prime time on Wednesdays, but later moved to Saturday mornings. The show was nominated for the Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program at the 66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

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Antoine Bethea

Antoine Akeem Bethea (; born July 27, 1984) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Howard Bison and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Bethea also played for the San Francisco 49ers, Arizona Cardinals and New York Giants. He was selected for the Pro Bowl three times and won Super Bowl XLI as a member of the Colts, beating the Chicago Bears. College career Bethea attended Howard University, where he majored in administration of justice, and played for the Howard Bison football team. He started 31 of 37 games at safety. His freshman year, he saw action in five games as a backup in the secondary collecting 13 total tackles. He would have a career-best 109 total tackles his sophomore year while seeing action as a starter in 10 of 11 games that year. That year, he had three games where he tallied 13 tackles and another game against Bethune-Cookman where he made 14 tackles. He ended that year also adding one sack, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, six pass deflections and a blocked kick. He would record three interceptions his junior year, along with two sacks, four forced fumbles and eight pass deflections in 11 starts. Ending the year with 99 total tackles and two sacks, Bethea would earn All-Mid-Eastern Conference honors and selection to the American Urban Radio Network Sheridan Broadcasting Network Black College All-American Team joining the likes of NFL greats such as former Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans quarterback and NFL MVP Steve McNair and NFL tight end, Shannon Sharpe. He would earn these honors three years in a row. Bethea would continue his success in his senior season, collecting 88 tackles, six passes defensed and a career-high four interceptions in 10 games. This would mark the third straight year he would lead his team in tackles. His senior season performance would earn him 1st-Team All-America honors from the NFL Draft Report. As a three-year starter at Howard, Bethea made 309 stops that included 187 solo tackles and twelve for a loss, seven forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, 18 passes defensed and seven interceptions. He also returned two recoveries for a touchdown: one coming on a blocked kick and the other on a fumble recovery, both returned 26 yards. Professional career Bethea was projected to be a third or fourth round pick by the majority of NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked as the sixth best free safety prospect in the draft by DraftScout.com and was ranked the 17th best safety in the draft by ESPN Scouts Inc. Indianapolis Colts The Indianapolis Colts selected Bethea in the sixth round (207th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft. Bethea was the 21st safety drafted in 2006. 2006 On July 30, 2006, the Indianapolis Colts signed Bethea to a four-year, $1.67 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $79,420. Throughout training camp, Bethea competed to be the starting free safety against Mike Doss and Matt Giordano. Head coach Tony Dungy named Bethea the starting free safety to begin the regular season, alongside strong safety Bob Sanders. He made his professional regular season debut and first career start in the Indianapolis Colts' season-opener at the New York Giants and recorded six combined tackles and a pass deflection in their 26-21 victory. In Week 3, he collected a season-high 12 combined tackles (eight solo) and broke up a pass in the Colts' 21-14 win against the Jacksonville Jaguars. On November 5, 2006, Bethea recorded nine combined tackles, two pass deflections, and intercepted a pass by Tom Brady during a 27-20 victory at the New England Patriots in Week 9. He was inactive during the Colts' Week 13 loss at the Tennessee Titans due to an injury. The following week, he aggravated his shoulder injury and subsequently missed the Colts' Week 15 victory against the Cincinnati Bengals. The Indianapolis Colts' safeties sustained numerous injuries throughout the regular season, including strong safety Bob Sanders, who sustained a knee injury and was limited to four games. Veteran Mike Doss tore his ACL in Week 7 and missed the last nine games after being placed on injured reserve. Bethea started the first ten games and began developing a reputation for delivering big hits over the middle. His performance placed him in line as a possible rookie of the year candidate. He finished his rookie season with 90 combined tackles (66 solo), four pass deflections, and an interception in 14 games and 14 starts. The Indianapolis Colts finished first in the AFC South with a 12-4 record. On January 6, 2007, Bethea started in his first career playoff game and recorded three solo tackles, a pass deflection, and intercepted a pass by quarterback Trent Green in the Colts' 23-8 victory against the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Wildcard Game. The following week, he collected six combined tackles, broke up a pass, and intercepted a pass attempt by Steve McNair during a 15-6 win at the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Divisional Round. The Indianapolis Colts went on to defeat the New England Patriots 38-34 in the AFC Championship to reach Super Bowl XLI. On February 4, 2007, Bethea started in Super Bowl XLI and made four combined tackles as they defeated the Chicago Bears 29-17. 2007 Bethea entered training camp slated as the starting free safety. Defensive coordinator Ron Meeks retained Bethea and Bob Sanders as the starting safeties to begin the regular season. On September 30, 2007, Bethea collected seven solo tackles during a 38-20 victory against the Denver Broncos in Week 4. The following week, he collected a season-high seven combined tackles, a pass deflection, and an interception in the Colts' 33-14 victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 5. In Week 8, Bethea made a season-high three pass deflections, five combined tackles, and an interception during a 31-7 victory against the Carolina Panthers. Bethea missed the last three games of the regular season due to a knee injury (Weeks 15-17). He finished his second season with 65 combined tackles (43 solo), eight pass deflections, and four interceptions in 13 games and 13 starts. The Indianapolis Colts finished atop their division with a 12-4 record. On January 13, 2008, Bethea started in the AFC Divisional Round and recorded seven combined tackles during a 28-24 loss to the San Diego Chargers. On January 28, 2008, it was reported that Bethea would be playing in the 2008 Pro Bowl. He was originally chosen as a second alternate and was needed after injuries to safeties Troy Polamalu and Bob Sanders. 2008 Bethea and Sanders remained the starting safeties to begin the regular season. On November 2, 2008, Bethea recorded a season-high ten solo tackles during an 18-15 victory against the New England Patriots in Week 9. The following week, he collected a season-high 11 combined tackles (six solo) in the Colts' 24-20 win at the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 10. He finished the season with 101 combined tackles (74 solo), four pass deflections, and two interceptions in 16 games and 16 starts. 2009 On January 12, 2009, head coach Tony Dungy retired ending Bethea's three-year tenure under him. Assistant head coach Jim Caldwell retained Bethea as the starting strong safety, along with free safety Bob Sanders. On September 21, 2009, Bethea collected a season-high eight solo tackles, a pass deflection, and an intercepted a pass by Tarvaris Jackson during a 27-23 victory at the Miami Dolphins in Week 2. In Week 7, he tied his season-high of eight solo tackles as the Colts' routed the St. Louis Rams 42-6. On November 8, 2009, Bethea collected a season-high nine combined tackles (four solo) during a 20-17 win against the Houston Texans in Week 9. He finished the season with 95 combined tackles (70 solo), five pass deflections, and four interceptions in 16 games and 16 starts. On December 29, 2009, it was announced that Bethea was voted to the 2010 Pro Bowl, marking the second selection of his career. The Indianapolis Colts finished first in the AFC South with a 14-2 record, clinching a first round bye and home-field advantage. On January 16, 2010, Bethea recorded three combined tackles, two pass deflections, and intercepted a pass by Joe Flacco during a 20-3 victory against the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Divisional Round. The Colts went on to defeat the New York Jets 30-17 in the AFC Championship to reach Super Bowl XLIV. On February 7, 2010, Bethea started in Super Bowl XLIV and made four solo tackles during a 31-17 loss to the New Orleans Saints. 2010 On March 3, 2010, the Indianapolis Colts placed a first round, $2.51 million tender on Bethea. He held out of organized team activities and declined to sign their restricted free agent tender. On July 11, 2010, the Indianapolis Colts signed Bethea to a four-year, $27 million contract that includes an $8 million signing bonus. Defensive coordinator Larry Coyer retained Bethea and Sanders the starting safety duo to begin the 2010 regular season. Bethea started in the Indianapolis Colts season-opener at the Houston Texans and collected a 13 combined tackles (eight solo) and a pass deflection in their 34-24 loss. On November 28, 2010, Bethea made six combined tackles and was credited with half a sack on Philip Rivers in the Colts' 36-14 loss to the San Diego Chargers in Week 12. The following week, he recorded a season-high 15 combined tackles (11 solo) during a 38-35 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in Week 13. He finished with 107 combined tackles (77 solo), five pass deflections, an interception, a forced fumble, and half a sack in 16 games and 16 starts. 2011 Head coach Jim Caldwell named Bethea the starting free safety to begin the regular season, along with strong safety Melvin Bullitt. In Week 5, Bethea collected a season-high 12 combined tackles (six solo) in the Colts' 28-24 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. On November 6, 2011, Bethea recorded a season-high eight solo tackles and assisted on three more tackles during their 31-7 loss to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 9. He finished the season with a career-high 139 combined tackles (80 solo), seven pass deflections, two forced fumbles, and a fumble recovery in 16 games and 16 starts. 2012 On January 3, 2012, Indianapolis Colts' owner Jim Irsay fired general manager Chris Polian and vice chairman Bill Polian. On January 17, 2012, new general manager Ryan Grigson decided to fire head coach Jim Caldwell after the Colts finished with a 2-14 record. Head coach Chuck Pagano retained Bethea as the Colts' starting free safety to begin the regular season, along with strong safety Tom Zbikowski. He started in the Indianapolis Colts' season-opener at the Chicago Bears and recorded a season-high nine solo tackles and two pass deflections in their 41-21 loss. On November 8, 2012, he collected seven solo tackles and made his first career solo sack during a 27-10 victory at the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 10. He sacked quarterback Blaine Gabbert for a one-yard loss in the fourth quarter. On December 16, 2012, Bethea made five solo tackles and sacked quarterback Matt Schaub in the Colts' 29-17 loss at the Houston Texans in Week 15. He finished the season with 100 combined tackles (75 solo), seven passes defensed, and a career-high two sacks in 16 games and 16 starts. 2013 Bethea entered training camp slated as the de facto starter at strong safety. Defensive coordinator Greg Manusky officially named Bethea the starting strong safety to start the regular season, opposite free safety LaRon Landry. Bethea started in the Indianapolis Colts' season-opener against the Oakland Raiders and recorded 11 combined tackles (six solo), a pass deflection, and intercepted a pass by Terrelle Pryor in their 21-17 victory. This marked his first interception since 2010. On December 8, 2013, Bethea collected a career-high 17 combined tackles (ten solo) during a 42-28 loss at the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 14. Bethea finished his last season with the Indianapolis Colts with a total of 110 combined tackles (80 solo), six pass deflections, an interception, and a sack in 16 games and 16 starts. 2014 Bethea became an unrestricted free agent in 2014 and drew interest from multiple teams, including the Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers, and Kansas City Chiefs. San Francisco 49ers On March 12, 2014, the San Francisco 49ers signed Bethea to a four-year, $21 million contract with $15.02 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $5.25 million. 2014 Head coach Jim Harbaugh named Bethea the starting strong safety to start the 2014 season, alongside free safety Eric Reid. He started in the San Francisco 49ers' season-opener at the Dallas Cowboys and recorded six solo tackles and a pass deflection in their 28-17 victory. In Week 10, Bethea collected a season-high eight combined tackles, broke up a pass, and intercepted a pass by Drew Brees during a 27-24 overtime victory at the New Orleans Saints. On December 20, 2014, Bethea recorded a season-high tying eight combined tackles, two pass deflections, and returned an interception by Philip Rivers for a 49-yard touchdown during a 38-35 overtime loss to the San Diego Chargers in Week 16. His touchdown occurred in the second quarter and marked the first score of his career. On December 24, 2014, it was announced that Bethea was selected to be an alternate for the 2015 Pro Bowl. On December 28, 2014, it was announced that the San Francisco 49ers and head coach Jim Harbaugh decided to mutually part ways after the 2014 season. He finished his first season in San Francisco with 86 combined tackles (72 solo), ten pass deflections, four interceptions, a forced fumble, and a touchdown in 16 games and 16 starts. On January 19, 2015, Bethea was selected to replace Kam Chancellor in the 2015 Pro Bowl. Chancellor was unable to play due to this participation in the Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks. 2015 Bethea and Eric Reid entered training camp slated as the starting safeties by defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. The San Francisco 49ers' new head coach Jim Tomsula officially named Bethea and Reid the starters entering the regular season. In Week 5, Bethea collected a season-high ten combined tackles (six solo) and a pass deflection during a 30-27 loss at the New York Giants. On October 22, 2015, Bethea made five combined tackles before exiting a 20-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks in the third quarter with an injury. The following day, the San Francisco 49ers placed him on injured reserve with a torn pectoral muscle. Bethea finished the 2015 season with a total of 44 combined tackles (32 solo), two passes defensed, and an interception in seven games and seven starts. 2016 On January 4, 2016, the San Francisco 49ers fired head coach Jim Tomsula after they finished 2015 with a 5-11 record. The San Francisco 49ers hired former Philadelphia Eagles' head coach Chip Kelly as their head coach for the 2016 season. This became Bethea's fourth different coach in the last four seasons. Head coach Chip Kelly retained Bethea and Eric Reid as the starting safety tandem to start the regular season. On September 18, 2016, Bethea recorded nine combined tackles, a pass deflection, and intercepted a pass by quarterback Cam Newton in a 45-27 loss at the Carolina Panthers in Week 2. In Week 4, he collected a season-high 12 combined tackles (11 solo) and broke up a pass during a 24-17 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Bethea started all 16 games in 2016 recording 110 combined tackles (96 solo), three passes defensed, one forced fumble, and an interception in 16 games and 16 starts. Pro Football Focus gave Bethea an overall grade of 72.5 and ranked 66th among the 88 qualifying safeties in 2016. On January 1, 2017, the 49ers announced the firing of head coach Chip Kelly after the team finished with a 2-14 record. On March 7, 2017, the 49ers granted Bethea's request to be released. Arizona Cardinals 2017 On March 9, 2017, the Arizona Cardinals signed Bethea to a three-year, $12.75 million contract that includes $4 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $2 million. Throughout training camp, Bethea competed against Tyvon Branch to be the starting strong safety. Head coach Bruce Arians named him the backup free safety behind Tyvon Branch to start the regular season. On October 15, 2017, Bethea recorded five combined tackles, a pass deflection, and intercepted a pass by quarterback Jameis Winston during a 38-33 victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 6. The interception marked his third consecutive game with a pick. The following week, he collected a season-high 11 combined tackles (ten solo) and a pass deflection in the Cardinals' 33-0 loss at the Los Angeles Rams in Week 7. He was surpassed on the depth chart by rookie first round pick Budda Baker after Tyvon Branch was placed on injured reserve for the remainder of the season. Bethea remained the backup strong safety behind Baker for the remainder of the season. On December 24, 2017, Bethea made three solo tackles, two pass deflections, and intercepted two pass attempts by Eli Manning in a 23-0 win against the New York Giants in Week 16. On December 26, 2017, the Arizona Cardinals placed Bethea on injured reserve after he tore his pectoral a muscle in Week 16. He completed the 2017 season with 57 combined tackles (47 solo), nine pass deflections, a career-high five interceptions, and a sack in 15 games and six starts. Pro Football Focus gave Bethea an overall grade of 86.7, which was the 13th highest grade among all qualifying safeties in 2017. 2018 On January 2, 2018, head coach Bruce Arians announced his retirement and resigned as head coach of the Cardinals. The Arizona Cardinals hired Steve Wilks who became Bethea's sixth head coach in as many seasons. He was named the Cardinals starting free safety, starting in all 16 games. He finished the season with a team-leading 120 tackles, four pass deflections, and a career-high three sacks. On March 8, 2019, Bethea was released by the Cardinals. New York Giants On March 14, 2019, Bethea signed with the New York Giants. In week 8 against the Detroit Lions, Bethea forced a fumble on wide receiver Kenny Golladay and recovered the football in the 31-26 loss. In week 9 on Monday night football against the Dallas Cowboys, Bethea intercepted a pass from Dak Prescott on the first play of the game and recovered a fumble forced by teammate Jabrill Peppers on Randall Cobb in the 37-18 loss. On March 18, 2020, the Giants informed Bethea that they would not exercise his contract option, making him a free agent. On January 7, 2021, Bethea announced his retirement, after playing for 14 seasons in the NFL. NFL career statistics Personal life On July 30, 2013, Bethea's longtime college girlfriend, Samantha Romantini gave birth to a baby girl they named Siani. On June 28, 2014, Bethea married Romantini at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington D.C. The pair have since had two sons, born in 2016 and 2019. He attended Denbigh High School in Newport News, Virginia where he was a three-year letterman in football and also lettered in basketball, where he earned all-area and All-conference honors in his senior year. In December 2013, Bethea posed for PETA's anti-fur campaign.

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Whitney Hubbs

Whitney Hubbs (born 1977) is an American photographer, living in western New York. Her work is held in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and UCR/California Museum of Photography. Early life and education Hubbs was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She graduated with a degree in photography from California College of the Arts in 2005 and received an MFA from the University of Southern California in 2009. Life and work With the series Body Doubles, "she photographed women in various states of undress, their faces obscured by a variety of textured papers and fabrics in bold colors" "in poses that defy the conventional language of nude photography." "The series was her way of showering off the male gaze by looking at women through her own eyes." Her book Say So (2021) contains self-portraits that could, in the words of Chris Wiley writing in frieze, "be superficially described as sadomasochistic erotica, since they feature Hubbs in a variety of compromising positions (bound and gagged, piss-covered, breasts plastered with glistening blobs of pink chewing gum) and in various states of undress." However, "when we plumb their depths, these pictures reveal themselves as being less about titillation and more about universal, close-to-the-bone emotional struggles, and Hubbs's attempt to overcome them." Hubbs is a professor of photography at Alfred University in Western New York. Los Angeles: Hesse, 2017. . London: Self Publish, Be Happy, 2021. . With an essay by Chris Kraus.

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Amolita perstriata

Amolita perstriata is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1910. The species is found on the Bahamas. Its wingspan is about 22 mm. Description Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white; palpi pale rufous; fore and mid-legs and hind tarsi tinged with brown. Forewing ochreous white sparsely irrorated (sprinkled) with black; a faint brownish fascia in the cell; two minute black points on the upper part of the middle of the cell and two at the upper angle; the interspaces of costal area tinged with brown towards apex; a faint diffused brown fascia from termen below apex to submedian fold where it terminates in a black point; a terminal series of black points. Hindwing white faintly tinged with ochreous. Underside of forewing and costal area of hindwing tinged with ochreous, the costa and termen of both wings slightly irrorated with brown; both wings with terminal series of black points.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taita%20shrew

Taita shrew

The Taita shrew (Suncus aequatorius) is an extant species of white-toothed shrew from two localities in the Taita Hills mountain range in the Taita-Taveta District of southwestern Kenya. Given the continuing decline in the quality of this habitat, and the limitations in its range, the IUCN recognises the shrew as an endangered species. References Further reading Aggundey, I. R. and Schlitter, D. A. Annotated checklist of the mammals of Kenya. Annals of Carnegie Museum 55: 325-347. Heim de Balsac, H. and Meester, J. In: J. Meester and H. W. Setzer (eds), The Mammals of Africa: An Identification Manual, pp. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., USA. Oguge, N., Hutterer, R. Odhiambo, R. and Verheyen, W. (2004). Diversity and structure of shrew communities in montane forests of southeast Kenya.

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Battle Cry (film)

Battle Cry is a 1955 Warnercolor film, starring Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, James Whitmore, Tab Hunter, Nancy Olson, Anne Francis, Dorothy Malone, Raymond Massey, and Mona Freeman in CinemaScope. The film is based on the 1953 novel by former Marine Leon Uris, who also wrote the screenplay, and was produced and directed by Raoul Walsh. The film was shot at Camp Pendleton, California, and featured a large amount of cooperation from the United States Marine Corps. Plot In January 1942, as many young men respond to the call for Marine Corps recruits, All-American athlete Danny Forrester boards a train in Baltimore, Maryland, after saying goodbye to his family and girl friend Kathy. The train picks up other recruits en route to the Marine training camp near San Diego, including womanizing lumberjack Andy Hookans, bookish Marion Hodgkiss, Navajo Indian Shining Lighttower, troublemaking "Spanish" Joe Gomez, L.Q. Jones of Arkansas, Speedy of Texas, and the Philadelphian Ski, who is eager to escape the slums, but upset to leave his girl friend Susan. Several weeks later, after the arduous training of boot camp, the men are accepted into radio school and assigned to the battalion commanded by Maj. Sam "High Pockets" Huxley. The Marines continue their military training and receive rigorous communication instruction from Sgt. Mac, but on weekends they get passes to San Diego. In a sleazy bar there, Ski drowns his sorrows in alcohol and women to forget that Susan has married another man. Concerned about him, Mac and his fellow Marines go to the bar, believing they are coming to his rescue, and get in a brawl with others there. Danny is saved from excessive drinking by the married USO worker Elaine Yarborough, and begins a relationship with her, until Mac, noticing a change in his performance, arranges for him to call Kathy long-distance. Recognizing the young man's loneliness, Mac and Huxley grant him a furlough to Baltimore, during which Danny elopes with Kathy. Meanwhile, the meditative Marion, who hopes to write about his wartime experiences, meets the beautiful and mysterious Rae on the Coronado ferryboat. Although she meets him there frequently and seems to admire him greatly, she will not share with him details about her life. Marion learns why she has been evasive, when she shows up with other B-girls ordered by Joe, at a party celebrating the regiment's orders to ship out. The men are sent to Wellington, New Zealand, where they are warmly received. Andy, who respects no woman, tries to woo the married Pat Rogers by suggesting that he fill the void left by her husband, whom he believes is fighting in Africa. After the offended Pat tells him her husband died in action, Andy apologizes for the first time ever. Pat later invites the reformed Andy to visit her parents' farm, where, despite their attraction, they agree to remain friends only. After Christmas, the Sixth Regiment, now known as "Huxley's Harlots," is sent to Guadalcanal after the invasion to "mop up" a resistant band of Japanese soldiers. Afterward, the battle-weary men, minus Ski, who was killed by a sniper, return to New Zealand, where Pat nurses the malaria-stricken Andy and decides to risk a short-term romance with him. To restore the men's stamina, Huxley, newly promoted to lieutenant colonel, orders them to compete in a brutal 60-mile hike, and while other companies are trucked back to camp, Huxley has his men hike the whole way, blistered and near collapse, but in record-breaking time. Aware that his men are special, Huxley is frustrated when they are not ordered to Tarawa with the main invasion, but held back to clear out remaining Japanese resistance afterward. Pat is afraid of losing another love to the war and tells Andy that she wants to break up, but Andy refuses and asks her to marry him. Although frightened, she accepts and only then admits that she is pregnant. With Huxley's assistance in cutting through red tape, Andy and Pat marry, but two days later, when the men are to ship out, Andy considers deserting to stay with Pat. Instead of arresting him, Huxley asks Pat to convince Andy to return voluntarily. At Tarawa, Huxley's men fulfill their mission, but Marion and many others are killed. Afterward, while standing by on reserve on a Hawaiian island, Huxley receives word that other battalions are being moved out for combat. Sensing the restlessness of his men, Huxley risks court-martial to convince Gen. Snipes that the talents of his battalion are being wasted. Although at first offended by Huxley's "impudence," Snipes assigns the battalion to the invasion of Red Beach, the most dangerous mission in the Saipan campaign. The men are isolated from the rest of the division, and suffer heavy casualties from artillery fired from the hills above them. Huxley is killed, and Danny and Andy are seriously injured. However, the battalion holds out until a Navy destroyer pins down the Japanese, freeing the Marines to complete their mission. Later, at a rest camp, while recuperating from the loss of a leg, Andy becomes too demoralized to communicate with Pat or his concerned friends, but tough words from Mac make him realize that Pat still loves him. Andy returns to her and his baby son after completing rehabilitation. Danny is also given a medical discharge and returns by train to Baltimore, accompanied by Mac, who is visiting the families of men killed in action. In Baltimore, they say goodbye and Danny reunites with the waiting Kathy, as fresh recruits board the train. Cast Van Heflin as Major / Lieutenant Colonel Sam "High Pockets" Huxley, Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment Aldo Ray as Private First Class Andy Hookens Nancy Olson as Pat Rogers / Mrs. Pat Rogers James Whitmore as Master Technical Sergeant Mac Tab Hunter as Private First Class / Corporal Danny Forrester Mona Freeman as Kathy, Danny's Girl / Mrs. Danny Forrester Dorothy Malone as Mrs. Elaine Yarborough, USO Manager Raymond Massey as Major General Snipes Anne Francis as Rae, The Party Girl William Campbell as Private First Class "Ski" Wronski John Lupton as Private / Corporal Marion "Sister Mary" Hotchkiss Justus E. McQueen (later L. Q. Jones) as Private L. Q. Jones Perry Lopez as Private Joe "Spanish Joe" Gomez Fess Parker as Private "Speedy" Willis Bouchey as Mr. Forrester Jonas Applegarth as Private Lighttower, Navajo Phonetalker Felix Noriego as Private Crazy Horse, Navajo Phonetalker Carleton Young as Maj. Jim Wellman, Battalion Executive Officer Rhys Williams as Pat, Rogers's Father Allyn Ann McLerie as Ruby, Waitress In Diner Awards and reception Battle Cry received an Academy Award nomination for Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture by composer Max Steiner. The film also got critical reception from Bosley Crowther of The New York Times who criticized the film for being too focused on love rather than war, which was the opposite of what the Marines had experienced in the Pacific during World War II. Music The film featured the song "Honey-Babe" by Art Mooney which reached #6 on the U.S. pop chart in 1955.

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Arnold Vinick

Arnold Vinick is a fictional character from the television series The West Wing played by Alan Alda. The role earned Alda a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2006. Fictional biography Vinick is the senior Republican senator from California and a presidential nominee. He is a social moderate and fiscal conservative with a maverick streak and direct manner, whose policies are loosely based on those of real-life Arizona senators John McCain and Barry Goldwater. Vinick is (like Goldwater) moderately pro-choice in the sense that he is opposed to partial-birth abortion and in favor of parental consent laws. He is also in favor of immigration reform and is against gay marriage, but he is reluctant to use it as a campaign issue. Vinick (like Goldwater) opposes the Religious Right's influence in the Republican Party, and wants to return to more traditional, limited government conservatism. Vinick has also been described as a deficit hawk, supporting "two-for-one" tax and spending cuts, and he also favors free trade agreements, school vouchers, and tort reform, while opposing ethanol subsidies in the Midwest as corporate welfare. He is also conservative on law-and-order issues, such as gun rights, border security, and the death penalty. Vinick is mixed on foreign policy: he believes in a strong national defense and supports tough action against Iran, but was also described as an ally of Democratic President Josiah Bartlet on foreign policy issues and potentially an advocate of loosening the embargo on Cuba. It is stated that in his 2006 campaign, Vinick has strong support from corporate conservatives, neoconservatives, libertarians, Independents and "Bruno Gianelli" moderate Democrats, but that his support is weak among social and religious conservatives (7.06). In one episode, Vinick mentioned growing up in a "citrus-growing" community. In response to this, the town of Santa Paula, which is famous for citrus growing and is often referred to as the "Citrus Capital of the World," wrote to The West Wings production company, asking that Santa Paula be made Vinick's hometown. The production company promised to keep Santa Paula in mind for any campaign filming. In the meantime, the city council decided to organize a campaign for Vinick, including the opening of an Arnold Vinick presidential campaign headquarters. The town was eventually mentioned as Vinick's hometown in the episode "Two Weeks Out," broadcast on March 19, 2006. Personal life The son of Richard Vinick, a public school teacher in the New York City School District, and Patricia Vinick, a community activist, Vinick was born in New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn. Four years later, his younger brother was born, and the family relocated to the southern California town of Santa Paula to farm orange groves. In Santa Paula, Vinick volunteered at the public library. Vinick was married to Catherine Vinick for around 30 years before she died. According to the NBC website, she died in 2004, and according to dialogue in "In God We Trust" Vinick stopped attending church with her "five or six years" before he won the Republican nomination because she was too sick to attend with him. He has one brother, four children and nine grandchildren. After graduating from Yale and Stanford Law School, Vinick opened a law practice in Santa Paula. He was eventually elected to the city council in the town's first write-in victory. He served one term on the board before being elected to the California State Assembly. He then moved on the United States Senate where he won election with 6.9 million votes--the highest total for any Senate candidate at the time (Barbara Boxer in 2004 and Dianne Feinstein in 2012 are the only senators to have ever matched this number in the real world). Vinick has served in the Senate for 24 years as of the 2006 election (thereby, eliminating the terms of Pete Wilson, John F. Seymour, and Dianne Feinstein in the real world), meaning he won the election in 1982. Politics According to the NBC website, Vinick serves as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and served as Chairman on the Committee on Foreign Relations, while serving on the Environment and Public Works Committee. However, when he is first introduced, it is also mentioned that as freshman senator he sat on the Judiciary Committee and befriended then-committee staffer Eric Baker, who would later become the Governor of Pennsylvania and a Democratic presidential/vice presidential contender. In the same episode, it is also stated that Vinick is the chairman of a committee which has been continually investigating the Bartlet Administration (a role he does not like), implying that he may be the Chair on Judiciary and possibly contradicting the website account, as senators generally only chair one committee. Vinick was offered the post of Ambassador to the United Nations by President Josiah Bartlet's Deputy Chief of Staff, Josh Lyman, but declined as he intended to run for president. Lyman and former White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry were concerned that Vinick, as an articulate and appealing centrist who might carry California in the Electoral College, offered the Republicans a real chance to win back the White House after two terms of Bartlet, a Democrat. However, both questioned if he was conservative enough to win the Republican nomination. Vinick opposes federal funding for ethanol as an alcohol fuel, considering it a political boondoggle. He once told Josh Lyman, half-seriously, that he does not trust anyone who does not shine his own shoes. In the primaries, Vinick defeated the Reverend Don Butler and former Speaker of the House and Acting President Glen Allen Walken for the Republican nomination in the 2006 presidential election. Shortly after winning the nomination, Vinick met with Bartlet, with whom he shares a mutual respect, to discuss a deal to raise both the federal debt ceiling and the national minimum wage. After the Reverend Butler declined to be his running mate in the 2006 election, due to Butler's strong anti-abortion views, Vinick, who felt he needed a staunch conservative to balance the ticket, selected Governor Ray Sullivan of West Virginia. It is hinted in several episodes that Vinick is an atheist, agnostic, or other religious skeptic. Though this has been hinted at in his public statements, he has not made an explicit statement on the matter. Vinick may also be a book collector, having received a 17th-century King James Bible from his late wife. Her death and the harsh requirements of Old Testament Judaic law which he discovered when he read the Bible in depth made him question his own religious beliefs. Presidential campaign In the seventh season of the show, Vinick and Sullivan are running against Congressman Matt Santos of Texas, the Democratic nominee, and his running mate, former White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Labor Leo McGarry. Democratic political consultant Bruno Gianelli is a consultant on his campaign, initially with an ambitious plan to win all 50 states. Throughout the campaign, Vinick and Santos treat each other with mutual respect (in the episode "King Corn," it is revealed that two years before the election, Vinick and Santos co-sponsored an immigration reform bill that was defeated in committee on Capitol Hill). At the outset of the only Santos-Vinick debate, Vinick proposes they have "a real debate," without time limits on speaking (i.e., to ignore the rules to which their campaigns have agreed), to which Santos agrees. During the debate, Vinick tries to paint Santos as a typical liberal Democrat who would raise taxes to pay for intrusive big government programs while still leaving the federal budget unbalanced. The senator laid out a moderate agenda and reiterated his support for tax cuts, proposed tax-deductibility for health insurance costs, explained why he had voted for the Central American Free Trade Agreement, opposed a moratorium on the federal death penalty, promised to open part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration, and declared his strong support for nuclear power. He is heckled by a member of the audience for claiming that Head Start didn't work, but perhaps his most surprising comment and show of blunt honesty is his remark that he would not create any new jobs, saying that, in a free society, entrepreneurs, not the government, create jobs. In the middle of the campaign, as Vinick enjoys a massive lead over Santos, a nuclear reactor in Southern California comes close to meltdown, creating a panic for millions living in the vicinity. In the episode "Duck and Cover" it is revealed that Vinick, as a Senator from California, pushed for the plant's opening and speedy approval by regulators. The reactor does not melt down, although when the story breaks that Vinick was a significant supporter of the plant, his poll numbers drop dramatically, putting numerous states, including California (which, despite leaning Democratic in presidential elections in both reality and the show, was thought to be safe for Vinick, given that was his home state), into play and causing the election to become too close to call. After a staff shakeup prompted by the Republican National Committee, Vinick decides to go to California on the heels of the Santos campaign, and hold a press conference outside of the San Andreo plant in order to defuse the political fallout from the incident. His strategy seems to work, as he returns to his straight-talking style, exhausting reporters of their questions and commandeering live news coverage of his opponent's campaign. Despite this strategy's success (Vinick wins his home state of California), Vinick loses the presidential election to Santos by 272 electoral votes to 266. Vinick concedes the election after Nevada, the decisive state, is carried by Santos by about 30,000 votes. Though Vinick is urged by his staff to contest the election, he refuses to do so, saying "I will be a winner or a loser, but I will not be a sore loser." Secretary of State After the election, Vinick appears to be positioning himself to run again in four years against Santos, but his advisors try to convince him that there are other Republicans who should run and that his age would be a hindrance (it is stated that Vinick would be seventy by the next election). Impressed by his foreign policy acuity and feeling that no Democrat could do the job equally well, President-elect Santos asks Vinick, his first choice, to join his administration as Secretary of State with Santos saying to Vinick, "You are the best strategic thinker I know." Vinick initially turns him down, but his top aides persuade him that another run at the presidency would be futile and tell him he could go down in history as "the last honorable Senator and a great Secretary of State." Initially skeptical, Vinick accepts when Santos assures him that he can perform the job on his own terms, without the politics. The agreement is sealed when Santos turns to Vinick for advice on a situation involving China, Kazakhstan, and Russia. Vinick is last seen in the series finale attending the presidential inauguration, with the news reporting that he will be joining the Santos administration. Development Comparisons have been made between Vinick and Arizona Senator John McCain, who was the Republican presidential candidate in the 2008 Presidential Election. However, West Wing writer and producer Eli Attie insists that the character is not based on any real-life politician, but was simply a function of the casting of Alan Alda. Alda, a staunch Democrat in real life, described Vinick in moderately favorable terms, telling an interviewer "I think SOME of Vinick's ideas make sense." An April 10, 2006 article in The New York Times reported that, if not for the death of actor John Spencer (Leo McGarry), Vinick would have won the election. According to the article, the writers felt it would be too depressing for Santos to lose his running mate and the election in one day, so the plot was changed to have Vinick narrowly lose. Statements from executive producer John Wells, however, contradicted claims about a previously planned Vinick victory. The script showing Santos winning was written long before Spencer's death. In 2008, executive producer Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. stated to cameras, "We actually planned at the outset for Jimmy Smits to win, that was our .. just .. plan of how this was all going to work, but the Vinick character came on so strong in the show and was so effective, it became a real contest ... and it became a real contest in the West Wing writer's room."

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Edward S. Rogers Jr.

Edward Samuel "Ted" Rogers Jr., (May 27, 1933 - December 2, 2008) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist who served as the president and CEO of Rogers Communications. He was the fifth-richest person in Canada in terms of net worth. Life and career Rogers was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Velma Melissa (Taylor) and radio pioneer and inventor Edward S. Rogers Sr. He was educated at Upper Canada College. He subsequently attended Trinity College in the University of Toronto, graduating in 1956 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. When he was an undergraduate student, Rogers joined the Sigma Chi fraternity. In 1979, he was named a Significant Sig by the fraternity - the 21st Canadian to be inducted. In 1960, while still a student at Osgoode Hall Law School, he bought all the shares in local radio station CHFI, which pioneered the use of FM at a time when only 5% of the Toronto households had FM receivers. By 1965, he was in the cable TV business. Rogers Communications was established in 1967 and grew into one of Canada's largest media conglomerates. His father, Edward S. Rogers Sr., is regarded as the founder of the company, although the radio station that he established, CFRB, is now owned by another Canadian company and competitor, Bell Media. Rogers had been the owner of the Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball team since September 1, 2000, when Rogers Communications Inc. purchased 80% of the baseball club, with the Labatt Brewing Company maintaining a 20% interest and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce relinquishing its 10% share. He purchased the remaining 20% share from Labatt in 2003, and owned the team in full until his death. Moreover, the Blue Jays' home ballpark, SkyDome, was renamed Rogers Centre in 2005 after Rogers' firm purchased the stadium (including naming rights). Marriage and family On September 25, 1963, Rogers married Loretta Anne Robinson. Her father was Roland Robinson, 1st Baron Martonmere, who was a British politician and later served as Governor of Bermuda. Rogers and his wife had four children together: Lisa, Edward, Melinda and Martha. He was a direct descendant of Timothy Rogers (1756-1834), a Quaker leader who founded Newmarket and Pickering in what is now Ontario. Honours and awards On October 25, 1990, Rogers was appointed to the grade of Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1990, Rogers received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. In 2006, he was inducted into Canada's Telecommunications Hall of Fame, along with his father, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Philanthropy In 2000, Rogers and his wife Loretta gave to the University of Toronto. The landmark contribution was directed to the University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, which named the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in honour of his father. The Rogers' gift allowed the faculty to establish the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Graduate Scholarships, the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Undergraduate Scholarships, the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Chair in Engineering, the Velma M. Rogers Graham Chair in Engineering, the Rogers AT&T Wireless Communications Laboratories and the Rogers Scholarship Program. On May 29, 2007, Rogers and his wife made a gift of to Ryerson University. The donation was directed towards the Faculty of Business, which was renamed the Ted Rogers School of Management at the donors' request. The majority of the gift will be used to establish 52 new undergraduate and graduate student awards and scholarships. The gift also aims to establish a new research chair to seed academic initiatives in management research. On November 20, 2014, the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research was launched after a gift from Rogers' family in his memory. It was at the time the largest private gift in Canadian health-care history. This Centre united The Hospital for Sick Children, University Health Network and the University of Toronto in taking new approaches to how we diagnose, treat and prevent heart failure in adults and children. It is believed to be the world's first institute to bring together research, education and innovation in personalized medicine, stem cell research, bioengineering, regenerative medicine, digital health and advanced clinical care under one umbrella with a single focus. Death and commemoration Rogers suffered from congestive heart failure and died early on the morning of December 2, 2008, aged 75, at his home in Toronto. He was buried in the family plot at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. His autobiography, penned with communications consultant and former business journalist Robert Brehl, was titled Relentless: The True Story of the Man Behind Rogers Communications and was released just 10 weeks before Rogers' death. On December 2, 2009, the first anniversary of his death, a northern section of Jarvis Street in Toronto which runs beside the Rogers Building was renamed Ted Rogers Way in his honour. From March 4 to 6, 2010, the first annual Ted Rogers Memorial Conference (TRMC) hosted by Ryerson University, the Ted Rogers School of Management, and the Ryerson Commerce Society took place to honour Rogers, inviting Canadian university students to learn more about the values and skills that Rogers possessed. The theme of the conference revolved around the acronym TED: Take risks.

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Miracle Aligner

"Miracle Aligner" is a song by English baroque pop band The Last Shadow Puppets released on 28 March 2016, through Domino Recording Company. The song was included on their second studio album, Everything You've Come to Expect (2016). Written by frontman Alex Turner, singer-songwriter Alexandra Savior, and produced by James Ford, "Miracle Aligner" is a baroque pop, soul-pop, and sophisti-pop track. Savior described the song as being "obviously about a coke dealer." The accompanying music video was directed by Saam Farahmand, and shot at Hotel Cafe Royal in London. The video is the last part of a trilogy entitled, "The Italian Saga", and features Turner and Kane in an empty ornate room, dancing in a coreographed manner, while being observed by a film crew. It was released on 15 May 2016, and is the band's most popular video. The Last Shadow Puppets performed the song on television shows such as Le Grand Journal and The Late Late Show with James Corden. Background and release Turner had the idea for the song and a few chords, he shared them with Kane, who responded "positively." He said the beginnings of the song were "really old," and that the idea "had always been around" and "came back in the end." When writing for Alexandra Savior's debut record she and Turner completed the lyrics. They didn't feel it fit on her record, so Turner brought it back to Kane and "ended up being under the Shadow Puppets umbrella." On rejecting it, Savior said the song is "obviously about a coke dealer - it's a lifestyle that I didn't relate to myself." In another interview she added, "It always felt like it was more Alex's song though. He was totally in love with the song. [...] I'm just happy that the song saw the light of day. It's great to be involved in music that's so well received." The song was premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 Radio show, where Zane named it his "World Record" for March 28, 2016. The duo jokingly claimed the song was inspired by a "yoga teacher" and a "make-believe wrestler." Composition Musically, "Miracle Aligner" has been described as "honeyed soul-pop" and "sophisti-pop". On this song, it has been said the album is at its most "lush" and "seductive." The song has a "breezy melody." Instrumentally, it makes use of "tremolo-heavy guitars." The chorus has been said to be reminiscent of Turner's work with Arctic Monkeys. Music video The music video for "Miracle Aligner" is the last part of a trilogy entitled, "The Italian Saga", directed by Saam Farahmand. It has been described as "A tale of Italian organized crime, love and music in stunning Italian 60s cinemascope". It was shot at Hotel Cafe Royal in London, and first released onto YouTube on 17 May 2016. The video begins with Kane and Turner standing in a balcony while rose petals fall from the sky. A dialogue, dubbed in Italian, occurs between the two, where Kane asks "What's this? ", to which Turner responds "This...This is an attempt to extract truth...approximately." In the next shot, now inside an empty ornate room, Turner and Kane stand in front of each other, wearing cream coloured suits and looking extremely tanned, an allusion to the events shown in the Aviation and Everything You've Come to Expect music videos. Turner and Kane start dancing across the room. A circular dolly shot reveals they are being observed by a film crew. They keep dancing in a choreographed manner while looking into the camera. The video ends with the film crew leaving while Kane and Turner, now looking at each other, keep dancing. Turner kneels on the ground, Kane embraces him, and both collapse on top of each other.

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1892 in baseball

Champions National League (split season): First-half: Boston Beaneaters Second-half: Cleveland Spiders World Series: Boston Beaneaters over Cleveland Spiders (5-0; 1 tie) National League final standings The National League played a split season schedule, with the teams that had the best record in each half of the season meeting in a postseason best-of-nine series, known at the time as the "World's Championship Series". Statistical leaders Events March 4 - Following the collapse of the American Association, the National League holds its first meeting. They decide on a split season for 1892, with the winners from each half to meet in a championship series following the regular season. June 6 - Benjamin Harrison becomes the first U.S. president to attend a game while in office, when he watches the Cincinnati Reds defeat the Washington Senators, 7-4 in 11 innings. July 13 - The final games of the first half are played. July 15 - Play resumes for the second half of the season after a one-day break. July/August - After the Boston Beaneaters cut some players, they begin the second half slowly and the Cleveland Spiders take the lead. Some fans accuse the Boston club of purposely playing poorly "in order to force a playoff at the end of the season"--that is, to generate extra revenue. August 6 - Jack Stivetts throws a no-hitter for the Boston Beaneaters in an 11-0 victory over the Brooklyn Grooms. August 22 - Louisville Colonels pitcher Ben Sanders hurls a no-hitter in a 6-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. September 21 - Pitcher John Clarkson of the Cleveland Spiders records his 300th career win. October 15 - On the last day of the season, Bumpus Jones of the Cincinnati Reds makes his major league debut with a 7-1 no-hitter against Pittsburgh, becoming the second pitcher to hurl a no-hitter in his first start. October 17 - The first-half champion Boston Beaneaters and second-half champion Cleveland Spiders begin a best-of-nine "World's Championship Series" to determine an overall champion. The first game, pitched by Jack Stivetts for the Beaneaters and Cy Young for the Spiders, ends in a 0-0 tie after 11 innings. October 24 - The Beaneaters win their fifth consecutive game over the Spiders to capture the championship. November 1 - Statistics for the first 154-game season show that Dan Brouthers of the Brooklyn Grooms was the top hitter with a .335 batting average, and Cy Young of the Cleveland Spiders the best pitcher with a 36-11 record and a .766 winning percentage. November 17 - National League magnates conclude a four-day meeting in Chicago where they agree to shorten the 1893 schedule to 132 games and drop the split season schedule (the league's next split season would be ). They also pledge to continue to reduce player salaries and other team expenses. Births January January 2 - George Boehler January 2 - Jack Kibble January 2 - Merlin Kopp January 3 - Roland Howell January 4 - Charlie Miller January 5 - Chuck Wortman January 16 - Fred Bratschi January 17 - Roy Grover January 21 - Bernie Boland January 27 - Tatica Campos January 31 - Steamboat Williams February February 1 - Dixie McArthur February 1 - Tom McGuire February 4 - Eddie Ainsmith February 4 - Rollie Naylor February 6 - Goldie Rapp February 8 - Manuel Cueto February 12 - Tom Rogers February 15 - Al Braithwood February 16 - Ed Schorr February 17 - Fred Brainard February 17 - Nemo Leibold February 18 - John Gallagher February 19 - Weldon Wyckoff February 20 - John Donaldson February 22 - Doc Waldbauer February 24 - Wilbur Cooper February 26 - Harry Weaver February 29 - Ed Appleton March March 6 - Chick Davies March 6 - George Mohart March 10 - Emil Huhn March 12 - Bill James March 12 - George Maisel March 13 - Chippy Gaw March 13 - Patsy Gharrity March 21 - Bill Stumpf March 22 - Lew Wendell March 24 - Fred Trautman March 29 - Harry McCluskey April April 1 - Claude Cooper April 3 - Harry Kingman April 11 - Ray Gordinier April 11 - Red Smith April 13 - Pat Martin April 16 - Dutch Leonard April 17 - Morrie Schick April 18 - Jack Scott April 19 - Bugs Bennett April 19 - Dave Black April 19 - Chick Shorten April 22 - Ferd Eunick April 25 - Snipe Conley April 26 - Jesse Barnes May May 3 - Del Baker May 4 - Zip Collins May 4 - Jack Tobin May 4 - Ted Turner May 7 - Allan Travers May 9 - Mickey Devine May 14 - Bruce Hartford May 17 - Hal Carlson May 18 - Bill Batsch May 19 - Jim Hickman May 23 - Pop-Boy Smith May 23 - Luke Stuart May 24 - Oscar Harstad May 24 - Joe Oeschger May 25 - Doug Smith May 31 - George Smith June June 1 - Ty Tyson June 3 - Howard Lohr June 4 - Herb Kelly June 4 - Paul Maloy June 4 - George Twombly June 6 - Joe Pate June 10 - Frank Gilhooley June 11 - Clarence Woods June 11 - Archie Yelle June 16 - Jack Farrell June 19 - Harry Daubert June 22 - John Mercer June 24 - Howard Fahey June 24 - George Harper June 27 - George Ross July July 3 - Bunny Brief July 13 - Eusebio Gonzalez July 14 - Jack Farmer July 15 - Bubbles Hargrave July 26 - Sad Sam Jones July 31 - Erv Kantlehner July 31 - Art Nehf July 31 - Mutt Williams August August 1 - Roy Sanders August 5 - Fred Ostendorf August 10 - Elmer Jacobs August 12 - Ray Schalk August 16 - Bill Keen August 17 - Johnny Rawlings August 19 - Rags Faircloth August 20 - William Rohrer August 25 - Tony Boeckel August 25 - Johnny Jones August 26 - Jesse Barnes August 27 - Hal Janvrin August 28 - Braggo Roth August 29 - Roy Wood September September 5 - Cap Crowell September 7 - Ginger Shinault September 9 - Tiny Graham September 11 - Ernie Koob September 15 - Harry Lunte September 17 - Tommy Taylor September 21 - Elmer Smith October October 3 - Jack Richardson October 4 - Delos Brown October 7 - Adam DeBus October 8 - Harry Baumgartner October 9 - Arnie Stone October 10 - Rich Durning October 12 - Rupert Mills October 13 - Chauncey Burkam October 17 - Frank Madden October 17 - Ted Welch October 18 - Coonie Blank October 18 - Bill Johnson October 19 - Michael Driscoll October 22 - Norm McNeil October 24 - Dick Niehaus October 28 - Bill McCabe October 31 - Ray O'Brien November November 1 - Earl Blackburn November 1 - Lefty York November 5 - Flame Delhi November 5 - Roxy Walters November 5 - Yam Yaryan November 10 - Jim Park November 11 - Al Schacht November 17 - Don Flinn November 17 - Gene Steinbrenner November 18 - Pedro Dibut November 18 - Les Mann November 18 - Harry Trekell November 19 - Everett Scott November 20 - Harry O'Neill November 22 - Pi Schwert November 24 - Harry Wolfe November 27 - Bullet Joe Bush November 30 - Josh Billings December December 1 - George Dickerson December 1 - Dean Sturgis December 2 - Chick Smith December 4 - Johnny Meador December 8 - Ellis Johnson December 13 - Ivan Bigler December 14 - Rudy Kallio December 15 - Lou Kolls December 16 - Scrappy Moore December 19 - Fred Thomas December 20 - Deacon Jones December 25 - Walter Holke December 25 - Karl Kolseth December 26 - Lee King December 29 - Monroe Sweeney December 30 - Tom Connolly Deaths January 14 - Silver Flint, 36, catcher with the Chicago White Stockings for eleven seasons who batted .310 for 1881 champions February 10 - Ed Glenn, 31, outfielder for three major league seasons; 1884, 1886, 1888. March 11 - Cinders O'Brien, 24, pitcher for four seasons. Won 22 games for the 1889 Cleveland Spiders. March 18 - Phil Tomney, 28, shortstop for Louisville Colonels from 1888 to 1890. March 29 - Adam Rocap, 38?, outfielder for the 1875 Philadelphia Athletics. April 18 - Ned Bligh, 27, catcher for four seasons, died of Typhoid fever. May 21 - Hub Collins, 28, second baseman for the 1889-90 champion Brooklyn teams who led league in doubles and runs once each July 12 - Alexander Cartwright, 72, pioneer of the sport who formulated the first rules in 1845, developing a new sport for adults out of various existing playground games; established distance between bases at 90 feet, introduced concept of foul territory, set the number of players at nine per team, and fixed the number of outs at three per side and innings at nine; founded Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, the sport's first organized club, in New York City, and spread the sport across the nation into the 1850s. October 5 - Dickie Flowers, 42?, shortstop for two seasons in the National Association, 1871-72. November 3 - Edgar Smith, 30, played in four seasons with four teams from 1883 to 1885, and 1890. December 20 - John Fitzgerald, 26, pitcher for the 1890 Rochester Broncos.

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James Peckham

James Peckham (c. 1346 - 1400) was an English politician. Life Peckham was the eldest son of John and Ellen Peckham of Yaldham, near Wrotham, Kent. His first wife was named Margery. At some point by December 1376, he was married to the widow Lora Morant, the sole daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Morant, of Morant's Court, Chevening and widow of Sir Thomas Cawne. She brought him, among other estates, the manor of Barsted, near Borough Green, in Wrotham. He had two legitimate daughters and an acknowledged illegitimate son, John Wrotham. He is recorded as helpful to his stepchildren, Robert and Alice Couen, the children of his second wife Lora. Career In 1377, he was poll tax collector for Kent. Peckham was Member of Parliament for Kent 1372, October 1377, February 1383, February 1388, and September 1388. He was appointed Sheriff of Kent in 1380 and 1389.

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Oswaldo Álvarez Paz

Oswaldo Alvarez Paz (born February 10, 1943) is a Venezuelan politician. He was born in Maracaibo, Zulia and graduated in law from the University of Zulia. He was a Member of the Republic's Congress for over 20 years (periods from 1966 to 1993), president of the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies (1975 to 1979) and participated/directed the most important commissions of the Venezuelan Parliament. Career He was Rafael Caldera's campaign manager for the 1983 Venezuelan presidential election. In December 1989, he became the first governor of the State of Zulia to be elected by the people, being re-elected for a second period in December 1992. On April 25, 1993, his party, COPEI, held open primary elections to choose a presidential candidate for the 1993 Venezuelan presidential election; almost 20% of Venezuela's 9.8m voters participated in the primary. Alvarez Paz defeated COPEI party leader Eduardo Fernandez, resigning his position as governor in order to run. In the campaign Paz supported privatization and foreign investment, and said he aimed for Venezuela to join the North American Free Trade Agreement; he identified the contemporary political figure he admired most as Ronald Reagan. Oswaldo Alvarez Paz obtained 22.7% of the votes, in an election where the winner, Rafael Caldera, won with 30.5%. In May 2005 Alvarez Paz created a new party called "Alianza Popular" (Popular Alliance), organization that, as it states in its by-laws, defends and promotes freedom, democracy State of Law and human rights, as well as the promotion and protection of private property, the contribution to poverty eradication and the disappearing of corruption. On 22 March 2010, Oswaldo Alvarez Paz was arrested for remarks made during a broadcast of the Globovision talkshow Alo Ciudadano ("Hello Citizen"). Alvarez Paz had said "Venezuela has turned into a center of operations that facilitates the business of drug trafficking." He also accused "Chavez of being a subversive element and having direct links with FARC and ETA." He was charged with conspiracy, and with spreading false information and publicly inciting violation of the law, and was sentenced to serve two years in prison. He was released on bail in mid May 2010.

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Lorraine Fontana

Lorraine Fontana (born 1947) is an American lesbian activist and founder of the Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance. Early life Fontana was born in Queens, NY to an Italian American family. She was inspired to become involved with racial justice movements after seeing the civil rights movement on TV as a child. Career and activism In 1968, Fontana first came to Atlanta as a volunteer for VISTA under President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on poverty, where she helped organize food buying clubs in poor neighborhoods. Fontana was a writer for the Great Speckled Bird while she attended a psychology graduate program at Emory University. She dropped out of the program to pursue community organizing, where she met women involved with the Atlanta Women's Liberation, the Georgia Gay Liberation Front, and the Anti-Imperialist Coalition. During this time, Fontana lived in a collective household in the Little Five Points neighborhood. Feeling alienated from the lack of queer representation in Atlanta Women's Liberation and the male-dominated Gay Liberation Front, Fontana, along with Diana Kaye, Elizabeth Knowlton, and Vicki Gabriner, founded the Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance. She lived in ALFA's Mansfield Street house, also known as the ALFA House, which served as the organization's hub. Fontana was part of ALFA's political action committee, where she networked with the wider gay community to organize pride marches, anti KKK protests, anti-racist initiatives, and protests against the police. Additionally, Fontana helped establish the ALFA lending library and was an active contributor to the organization's newsletter. She pitched for ALFA's softball team, the Omegas. In 1976, Fontana left ALFA and moved to Los Angeles to attend the People's College of Law from 1976 to 1979. At the People's College of Law, Fontana became a member of the caucuses for women, gay, and working-class students. In 1979, Fontana returned to Atlanta and continued working with ALFA. She took on a role as an outreach communicator and organizer with other queer organizations in the city. She also served as the ALFA rep to the National Anti-Klan Network, which is now the Center for Democratic Renewal. In the mid-80s, Fontana worked with Black White Men Together to pass an antiracist, anti-discrimination ordinance in Atlanta's bars. After that, Fontana earned her J.D. from Atlanta Law School in 1981. From 1980 to 1983, she worked in the Atlanta office of the National Jury Project, which worked to support progressive trial lawyers. From 1999 to 2004, she worked as a paralegal for New York City's EEOC. In 2006, she worked as a legal assistant for Georgia's Lambda Legal Education & Defense Fund. Fontana remains active in Atlanta's LGBT+ community and in social justice organizing. She is currently supports the First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta's Social Justice Guild, the Georgia Peace & Justice Coalition, Charis Books, the Atlanta Grandmothers for Peace, SAGE Atlanta, and Southerners On New Ground. Additionally, Fontana has been a mainstay at many Atlanta pro-equality rallies and protests for decades. She is also involved with the Moral Monday movement, participating in civil disobedience initiatives to protest a wide range of issues related to discrimination, conservative government legislation, and unfair treatment. In 2023, Fontana was involved in the protests against Atlanta's Cop City, a police training facility. Channel 2 quoted her saying, "What we need is less cops, more people to help people in financial, health, mental health. We need that kind of health. We don't need more police." She was arrested on June 29, 2023, for criminal trespassing at a demonstration protesting Home Depot's financial support of the Atlanta Police Foundation. Personal life She came out as lesbian in 1971. Legacy Governor's State University offers a Lorraine Fontana Endowed Scholarship. Fontana was featured in a queer history exhibit at Georgia Tech. Exhibit curators gathered buttons from Fontana's and Maria Helena Dolan's personal collections, created replicas, and collected oral histories from the two women.