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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao%20Zhiwei

Zhao Zhiwei

Zhao Zhiwei (, born August 8, 1994), also known as Eden Zhao, is a Chinese actor, singer and dancer. He was a member of the Taiwanese boyband SpeXial from 2016 to 2017. Biography Zhao was born in Lanzhou, Gansu on August 8, 1994. He attended and graduated from Shanghai Theater Academy and performed as a dancer for ten years. Throughout the years, he participated in many national and international dance competitions, and has also acted as choreographer. Before graduating, the academy wanted Zhao to stay and serve as a teacher, but he was diagnosed with a serious knee injury that forced him to quit dancing. After that, he decided to become an actor and starred in his first television series, KO One Re-member, in 2016 and officially entered the entertainment industry. On July 14 of the same year, Zhao became a member of the Taiwanese boyband SpeXial and participated in the recording of their 4th album, Boyz on Fire. Along with several of his bandmates, he participated in the costume drama series Men with Sword. On March 20, 2017, Zhao announced that he was going to leave SpeXial for unspecified reasons. His departure took place three days later, on March 23, less than a year after joining the group. He was also the second member to leave SpeXial after his bandmate Simon, who left the group on February 2, 2017. Zhao signed with Huace Media following his departure to embark on his acting activities. In 2019, Zhao starred in the romance web series Le Coup de Foudre, and Walk Into Your Memory.

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Light of My Life (film)

Light of My Life is an American drama film written and directed by Casey Affleck. It stars Affleck, Anna Pniowsky, Tom Bower, and Elisabeth Moss and follows a man who must protect his daughter by disguising her as his son after a plague wiped out most of the female population. It had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 8, 2019. It was released on August 9, 2019, by Saban Films. Plot Almost a decade after a mysterious pandemic wiped out most of the female population, Dad and his daughter Rag journey through British Columbia. Rag is one of the very few females of the human species left on Earth. Dad must protect her by disguising her as his son from male bandits who are looking for any female human. In a flashback, before Mom dies, Dad promises to her that he will tell their daughter everything about Mom. After leaving the woods where they first camped, the two take shelter in an abandoned house. After staying for a few days, the two narrowly escape from four men breaking in looking for them. The father hitches a ride and steals the car from the owner to get themselves to his grandparents' home. Arriving there, they find that the house is now occupied by Tom and his two friends, Calvin and Lemmy. Tom is a religious man and has a friendly approach to Dad and Rag. At night, the two sneak out their belongings into a nearby cabin in case of a "red alert", a term the father uses when dangerous men are approaching. The next morning, Tom teaches Rag how to use a shotgun for self-defense. Tom eventually suspects that the "son" is a daughter and he questions Dad with concern, not wanting Rag to be in the possession of a random male with evil intentions. He tells Dad that he lost nine female relatives in a matter of weeks, eight to the virus and one to "a pack of monsters". Moved by the story, Dad admits that Rag is, indeed, his daughter; he proves it with a photo of the family, explaining that Rag is short for Raggedy Ann, as her name is Anna Elizabeth. Later, three men arrive, barge into the house and kill Tom and Lemmy (Calvin apparently tipped off the intruders). Rag and Dad hide in the attic and he manages to drop her out of the window. He then proceeds to fight and kill the first and then second bandits; however, the last attacker almost strangles him to death. Rag appears and shoots the bandit, killing him but also hitting Dad's side. They go to the cabin, where Rag removes the shot pellet from his wound. While Dad rests, a flashback shows him promising Mom that he will look after Rag. After Rag has treated his wound, he says they will go to the safe place with friendly people that Tom mentioned earlier. As Dad breaks down in tears, Rag comforts him, in the same way Mom did in flashbacks, when Rag was a baby. Cast Anna Pniowsky as Rag Casey Affleck as Dad Tom Bower as Tom Elisabeth Moss as Mom Hrothgar Mathews as Calvin Timothy Webber as Lemmy Production In September 2016, it was announced Casey Affleck would write, direct, and star in the film, while Teddy Schwarzman would produce under his Black Bear Pictures banner. In February 2017, it was announced Anna Pniowsky would star in the film, and Sierra/Affinity would produce the film and handle international sales. In August 2018, it was revealed Elisabeth Moss had joined the cast of the film. Principal photography began in February 2017 in British Columbia's Okanagan. Daniel Hart composed the film score. The soundtrack was released at Varese Sarabande Records on August 16, 2019. Release It had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 8, 2019. Shortly after, Saban Films acquired distribution rights to the film. It was released on August 9, 2019. Home Entertainment On October 11, 2019 Paramount Pictures released Light of My Life on Blu-Ray and DVD. Response Box office Light of My Life grossed $20,056 in the United States and Canada and $527,105 in other territories. Critical reception On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average of . The website's critical consensus reads, "Its deliberate pace may test the patience, but viewers attuned to Light of My Lifes sober wavelength will be rewarded with a thought-provoking chiller." On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 67 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

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Centre for Investigative Journalism Award

The Centre for Investigative Journalism Award (1986-1990) was given for excellence in investigative journalism by Canadian journalists. It was administered by the Canadian Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ). History Founded in 1978, CIJ began giving the awards in 1986. The inaugural awards had just two categories: print and broadcast. The categories were refined in 1987 to be newspaper, magazine, television, and radio. The 1990 awards split the newspaper category into open newspaper and small newspaper, and the radio and television categories were each split into network and regional. They were the final awards given under the organization's name before it was changed to the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) the day after the awards ceremony. The CAJ continued giving awards from 1991 onward under its new name. 1986 Awardees Broadcast Eric Malling, The Fifth Estate He was honored for an investigation into the federal government's decision to allow StarKist to ship cans of tainted tuna from its Saint Andrews, New Brunswick. Fisheries minister John Fraser resigned as a consequence of the report, and millions of cans of tuna were recalled. Video: "Product of Canada", September 17, 1985 Honorable Mention: Pierre Leduc, CFCF-TV He was honored for a story about a vendetta against a lawyer in Quebec City, Quebec, by other lawyers. Print Kevin Cavanagh, Michael Clarkson, Doug Herod, and Kevin McMahon, St. Catharines Standard They were honored for a series of articles on the mass arrest of 32 men who were charged with committing sex offenses in a washroom at a shopping mall in St. Catharines, Ontario. The St. Catharines police department changed its procedures for handling such offenses as a result of the series. Honorable Mention: Brian Power and Nicole Parton, The Vancouver Sun They were honored for a story about a yougurt-like milk culture sold as a cancer and cosmetic treatment. Story: "U.S. pyramid fleece hits city", July 26, 1985 Honorable Mention: Linda Diebel, Montreal Gazette She was honored for a story on Canadian banks involved in money laundering in the Bahamas. Story: "Bahamians ask probe of Canada's banks and drugs", October 22, 1985 Honorable Mention: Elaine Dewar, Canadian Business She was honored for her series on Unicorp's takeover of Union Enterprises. Honorable Mention: Kate Dunn, Calgary Herald She was honored for a story on a scam arising from federal scientific research tax credits. Story: "At one time, Albion boss 'was on the street'", June 22, 1985 Horoable Mention: Jock Furguson, The Globe and Mail He was honored for a series on pollution in Sarnia, Ontario. 1987-1989 Awardees Magazine 1987: Carolyn Walton, Harrowsmith She was honored for her story on the dangers of a fungus found in many older Canadian homes. Article: "Bucolic Plague", March-April 1986 1988: Paul McKay, Harrowsmith He was honored for a report on Canadian and U.S. wildlife officers pursuing a fictitious falcon smuggling ring in the Yukon. Article: "Operation Falcon", November-December 1987 1988 Honorable Mention: Michael Webster, Harrowsmith He was honored for an article on lawsuits related to odor problems on farms. Article: "Law and Odour", January-February 1987 1988 Honorable Mention: Andrew Nikiforuk, Saturday Night He was honored for a report on labor unrest in Edmonton during the Gainer's strike. 1988 Honorable Mention: Stephen Kimber and Kelly Shiers, Cities Magazine (Halifax, Nova Scotia) They were honored for a story about a botched search in Nova Scotia for a little boy lost in the woods. 1989: Andrew Nikiforuk, Report on Business He was honored for an article on the decline of the prairie wheat economy. Newspaper 1987: David Prosser and Ian Hamilton, The Kingston Whig-Standard They were honored for their stories about five Soviet Red Army deserters they interviewed in Afghanistan who were being held captive by rebel Afghan forces, the soldier's petition for asylum in Canada, and the aborted mission to rescue them. The reporters worked with the Department of External Affairs and International Trade to liberate the soldiers and bring them to Canada, and delayed publication of their stories until the soldiers were safe. Stories in Series: "How bid to save six Soviet POWs in Afghanistan turned into fiasco", printed in The Leader Post on April 21, 1986 "Why bid to save Soviet PoWs failed", printed in The Leader-Post on April 22, 1986 1987 Honorable Mention: Andrew McIntosh, The Globe and Mail He was honored for a five-part series descriing the politics and costs of picking a federal prison site in Prime Minister Brian Mulrooney's riding. 1987 Honorable Mention: Andre Noel, La Presse He was honored for a report comparing the academic performance of students in Quebec and their counterparts in Europe. 1987 Honorable Mention: Reporting staff of the Star-Phoenix, including Verne Clemence, Earl Fowler, Deanna Herman, Kim Humphries, Gerry Klein, Daryl Oshanek, Bill Peterson, Sheila Robertson, Lorraine Stewart, Gary Taljit, Clarence Trotchie, Kathryn Warden, Peter Wilson, and Dave Yanko They were honored for their stories on the poor living conditions of the native population in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Special Report: "Natives in Saskatoon: A People Apart", October 7, 1986 1988: Jock Ferguson and Paul Taylor, The Globe and Mail They were honored for a report alleging secret financial transactions between Toronto municipal politicians, lawyers, and developers. 1988 Honorable Mention: Peter Moon, The Globe and Mail He was honored for a report on Canadian lawbreakers on St. Kitts. 1988 Honorable Mention: Neil Macdonald, The Ottawa Citizen He was honored for a report on problems within the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Story: "CSIS: Making a cop into a spy just doesn't fly", July 4, 1987 1988 Honorable Mention: Stevie Cameron, The Globe and Mail She was honored for a story on the amounts the PC Canada fund paid for decorating the prime minister's residence. 1988 Honorable Mention: Claude Arpin, The Gazette He was honored for his account of real estate flipping that greatly increased the price of an Oerlikon Aerospace land purchase. The day after the story was published, Prime Minister Brian Mulrooney fired Andre Bissonnette, the minister of small business, and ordered the RCMP to open an investigation because of the suspicious timing of the transactions relative to Oerlikon being awarded a government contract. Story: "How real-estate 'flip' forced up firm's cost for land", January 17, 1987 1989: Jock Furguson and Dawn King, The Globe and Mail They were honored for an eight-part series examining the links between municipal politicians and developers in a Toronto suburb. Series: "Behind the Boom - the Story of York Region" 1989 Honorable Mention: Bob Sarti, Chris Rose, and Kim Pemberton, The Vancouver Sun They were honored for a story about a three month investigation into links between Vancouver barber Gilbert Paul Jordan and the alcohol-relate deaths of at least nine native women he got drunk for sexual gratification. Jordan was convicted of manslaughter the day before the series was published, and later sentenced to 15 years. Series: "Death by Alcohol", October 22, 1988 Stories in Series: "Race bias charged in Jordan case" "A life of empty bottles" "A life on the wrong side of the law" "Crimes and Punishment" "5 years of violence in Prince George" "He's the scariest man I've ever met, prosecutor says" "Bodies in the barbershop" "Drinking party leads to suspect" "Alcohol as a lethal weapon: a legal first in Canada?" "She's just the cleaning lady" "Down the hatch, honey" "The better side of a bad man" Radio 1987: Larry Powell, CBC Radio He was honored for a story about a government and industry coverup of uranium spills at Wollaston Lake in northern Saskatchewan. 1988: Martha Honey, Sunday Morning She was honored for her report on the "drugs for guns" scandal in the Iran-Contra affair. 1988 Honorable Mention: Stephen Wadhams, Sunday Morning He was honored for a story on Canadian servicemen held in North Africa and French prisoners of war who were never recognized by the Canadian government. 1988 Honorable Mention: Susan Cardinal, Sunday Morning She was honored for a vivid chronicle of an AIDS patient's final six months of life. Television 1987: Pierre Leduc, CFCF-TV He was honored for a story on industrial accidents in Quebec resulting from poor labor safety standards enforcement.' 1988: Brian Stewart, The Journal He was honored for his ground breaking report on the Air India Flight 182 crash. 1988 Honorable Mention: Pierre Leduc, CFCF-TV He was honored for a story on Barney Senez's 21-year solo fight against corruption. 1988 Honorable Mention: 24-hour investigative team at CBC Winnipeg They were honored for a story showing that the government's new penalties for drunk driving were not working. 1990 Awardees Magazine Andrew Nikiforuk and Ed Struzik, Report on Business Story: "The Great Forest Sell-Off" Network Radio Penny Clark, Jay Ingram, Anita Gordon, Quirks and Quarks Story: "The Race Science of Philippe Rushton" Open Newspaper Linda McQuaig, The Globe and Mail She was honored for stories about the Patti Starr affair. Regional Radio Bill Smith and Peter Puxley, CBC Manitoba Story: "A Room with No Doors" Small Newspaper Philip Lee, Michael Harris, and the Staff of The Sunday Express They were awarded for investigating sexual abuse at Mount Cashel Orphanage. Story: "Unheard Cries: The Burial of Sexual Abuse at Mt. Cashel Orphanage" Network Television Eric Malling, Sarah Spinks, and Cathy Forrest, The Fifth Estate They were honored for a report on Saskatchewan's Bosco Homes for troubeled children.

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Kenneth K. Lee

Kenneth Kiyul Lee (; born August 30, 1975) is a South Korean-born American lawyer and jurist who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Early life and education Lee was born in 1975 in Seoul, South Korea. Lee's family immigrated to the United States when he was four years old, following the 1979 military coup in South Korea. Lee grew up in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. His father operated a spray paint equipment repair shop, and his mother was a pharmacist and acupuncturist; neither spoke English, so they insisted that he understand the language and did not allow him to attend a Korean church. After high school, Lee studied government at Cornell University, where he wrote for the conservative and libertarian campus newspaper The Cornell Review. He graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude and membership in Phi Beta Kappa. Lee then attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 2000 with a Juris Doctor magna cum laude. Early legal career After graduating from law school, Lee served as a law clerk to Judge Emilio M. Garza of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 2000 to 2001. Lee then worked as an associate at New York City law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz from 2001 to 2006. At Wachtell, following the September 11 attacks, Lee served as second chair, deposed witnesses, and wrote briefs as part of the legal team representing real estate mogul Larry Silverstein, whose 99-year lease of the World Trade Center provided a $3.5 billion insurance policy for an act of terrorism. The court ruled that the separate plane crashes in the World Trade Center represented 1.4 occurrences of terrorism. In 2005, Lee served as a special counsel on the United States Senate Judiciary Committee. From 2006 to 2009, Lee was Associate Counsel and Special Assistant to President George W. Bush. After Bush left office in 2009, Lee joined the Los Angeles office of the law firm Jenner & Block as a partner. From 2010 to 2011, Lee served as an adjunct faculty member at Pepperdine University School of Law. Lee has litigated consumer class action lawsuits across the U.S. in the food, technology, and health care sectors. He has argued appeals before a number of federal circuit courts. In his pro bono practice, Lee has represented a number of indigent and incarcerated individuals. He is a member of the Food Law Committee of the Litigation Section of the State Bar of California. In 2018, Lee was named one of the "Most Influential Minority Attorneys" by the Los Angeles Business Journal. Federal judicial service On October 10, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Lee to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Both California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris announced their opposition to his nomination. On November 13, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Lee to the seat vacated by Judge Stephen Reinhardt, who died on March 29, 2018. On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. On January 30, 2019, President Trump indicated that he would renominate Lee to a Ninth Circuit vacancy. On February 6, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. On March 13, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. During the hearing, he was questioned about college writings covering AIDS, political correctness, and feminism. He apologized for some of the writings, saying he regretted them and was embarrassed by them. The Wall Street Journal editorial board responded to the questioning about Lee's college writings: "...what Mr. Lee wrote in college is of no relevance to how he'd behave as a jurist. ... What liberals really don't like is that Mr. Lee dissented from progressive doctrines on racial preferences, among other issues." On April 4, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12-10 vote. On May 14, 2019, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 50-45 vote. On May 15, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a 52-45 vote. He received his judicial commission on June 12, 2019. Lee is the nation's first Article III judge who was born in the Republic of Korea and the second Korean American to serve on the Ninth Circuit. In August 2020, Lee was part of a three-judge panel who held that California's "large capacity magazine ban" was unconstitutional. Memberships Lee is listed as an expert for the Federalist Society and has been a speaker and panelist on the topics of Food & Drug Law, Class Action lawsuits, and the Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitya%20Krishinda%20Maheswari

Nitya Krishinda Maheswari

Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Korwa (born 16 December 1988) is an Indonesian former badminton player affiliated with Jaya Raya Jakarta, specializing in doubles event. She won the women's doubles gold medals at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games and at the 2014 Asian Games. Career Maheswari participated at the 2009 World Championships, where she reached rank 9 in the women's doubles together with Greysia Polii. In 2011, she won the gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games with Anneke Feinya Agustin. She also won the women's doubles gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games with Polii. She won her first Superseries title paired with Greysia Polii at 2015 Korea Open. In 2016, she and her partner Greysia Polii were qualified for the BWF Superseries Finals. However, they withdrew from the tournament due to Maheswari's scheduled knee surgery, and their position was replaced by Vivian Hoo and Woon Khe Wei. Personal life Maheswari was born to a Papuan father and a Javanese mother. Her father Panus Korwa is a former national footballer who has notably played for Arema Malang. Her cousin Lisa Rumbewas was a famous weightlifter and two-time Olympic silver medalist. Her uncle Levi, Lisa's father, was a bodybuilder. Achievements BWF World Championships Women's doubles Asian Games Women's doubles Asian Championships Women's doubles Southeast Asian Games Women's doubles World Junior Championships Girls' doubles Asian Junior Championships Girls' doubles BWF Superseries (2 titles, 3 runners-up) The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year. Women's doubles BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 2 runners-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek%20Oramus

Marek Oramus

Marek Oramus (born 23 March 1952 in Siepraw) is a Polish science fiction writer and journalist. He graduated from the Silesian University of Technology in 1975. Most of his books and stories belong to the social science fiction genre and were written in the 1990s. Since then most of his writing have been journalistic, humorous, satirical essays, most of them published in the science fiction magazines Fenix and Fantastyka in his Piate Piwo (Fifth Beer) column. Since 2010 he writes essays for Rzeczpospolita, concerning topics such as rare Earth hypothesis and futurology.

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

Molkenmarkt

Molkenmarkt (literally: "whey market") is the oldest square in Berlin. It is located in the Alt-Berlin quarter of the Mitte district, in the historic centre of the city. With approximately in size, it is today a major traffic junction, dominated by the large Altes Stadthaus administrative building on its southeastern side. History During the initial settlement around the Muhlendamm causeway across the Spree river about 1200 AD, the site developed as the central trading place. In the late 13th century, however, the venue became too small and a new marketplace beneath St. Mary's Church arose, which soon became more popular. The former site was thereafter known as Olde Markt or Alter Markt (Old Market) until 1685, when it was renamed to Mulkenmarkt, later to change to Molkenmarkt, possibly named after dairy products sold here or after nearby watermills on the Spree river. In the late 17th century, the trading place was finally closed by order of Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg. The area around the square was densely populated until World War II, when much of Berlin's city centre was destroyed by strategic bombing. In addition, the Nazi authorities had cleared many buildings in preparation of their Welthauptstadt Germania plans, with the intention of creating an administrative Gauforum around the Altes Stadthaus, which was originally separated from the square by several residential buildings along Judenstrasse. In 1959, under the East German rule, the broad Grunerstrasse was relocated, running through the square to Alexanderplatz. Recent urban plans developed by the Senate of Berlin envisage a complete redesign of the location according to its historic condition, including narrower streets and new built-up areas on the available spaces.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huron%20City%20Historic%20District

Huron City Historic District

The Huron City Historic District is a historic district encompassing the village of Huron City, Michigan, with structures located primarily along Pioneer Drive. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. History The area around Huron City was first settled as part of the area's lumber boom, with a sawmill constructed at this location in the 1830s or 1840s. By 1852, P. F. Brakeman & Co. was operating a water-powered sawmill. Brakeman sold out to Dowling & Forbes of Port Huron, who sold to R. B. Hubbard & Co., a lumbering firm owned by Bloomfield, Connecticut brothers Langdon and Watson Hubbard and their cousin Rollin Barnard Hubbard; the company itself was based in Sandusky, Ohio. R. B. Hubbard & Co. managed a mill in Lexington, Michigan, and began developing their Huron City operation in the mid-late 1850s. By 1867, both Rollin and Watson Hubbard were working in Sandusky, leaving Langdon Hubbard in charge of the Huron City operations. By 1871, the Hubbard sawmill was reportedly producing 40,000 board feet of lumber per day, and a settlement had grown up around it. However, the Great Michigan Fire of 1871 completely destroyed the town. Hubbard rebuilt, and by 1875 the sawmill was rebuilt, and the village has a store, hotel, school, and houses. After the fire, Langdon Hubbard began obtaining rights to parcels in the village from the other Hubbard & Co. partners, and by 1881 effectively controlled the entire settlement. However, the 1881 Thumb Fire again entirely destroyed the village of Huron City, with Langdon Hubbard's losses reported at $50,000. Hubbard again rebuilt, constructing a grist mill, saw mill, boardinghouse, hotel, school, stores, and a number of houses. The sawmill was still in business, but local timber was scarce, and there was an influx of newcomers seeking farmland in the area, allowing Hubbard to sell what had previously been timberland. Langdon Hubbard died in 1892, and William H. Bennett took over the mill. However, without Hubbard, Huron City began to slowly wither. The hotel closed in 1901, the mill in 1903, and by 1907 there was only a single business in town. However, Hubbard's daughter Annabel had married William Lyon Phelps in 1892, and the couple summered in Huron City nearly every year until Annabel's death in 1938. The Phelpses owned nearly all of Huron City, and the village transformed from a declining mill town to a small rural hamlet, maintaining the former hotel as a community gathering place and re-landscaping portions of the village. After Annabel's death in 1938, Phelps turned over control of the town to his niece Carolyn Hubbard Parcells, who with her husband Charles began the project of preserving Huron City. In 1946 they established the William Lyon Phelps Foundation, which constructed a museum, and restored the general store and hotel. Description The Huron City Historic District includes a number of structures, nearly all of which date to the mid-1880s rebuilding of the village after the Thumb Fire. The LaGassa Log House - a relocated structure - is also located within the Historic District. From 1964 to 2017, the site also served as the home for some relocated portions of the Pointe aux Barques United States Life-Saving Service (LSS) Station. The structures are generally located along Pioneer Drive and Huron City Road. Significant structures and locations, from west to east along Pioneer Drive, include: Cemetery: The cemetery covers a half acre of ground, and includes 12 marked graves, the earliest of which is of Langdon Hubbard. Allen House: A 1-1/2 story, T-plan front-gable building with a one-story, side-gable wing to either side. The house is clad with clapboard and has paired front windows. It likely was constructed in the 1880s. Hubbard Grist Mill site: A grist mill was constructed in this location in 1883, but there are no visible remnants. Hubbard Saw Mill site: At least two sawmills, one built after the 1871 fire and the second built in 1883 occupied this site. Earlier mills may have been located at the same site. There are no visible remnants. Langdon Hubbard General Store: The general store is a large, two-story, front-gable building, standing on a fieldstone foundation and covered with clapboard. A full-width one-story veranda runs across the front. The store sold a mixture of groceries/soft goods and hardware. Pottenger House: This two-story, front-gable, clapboarded house was built in the 1880s. It was the home of William Pottenger, general manager of the town for the Phelpses. Langdon Hubbard House: The Hubbard House is a T-shaped, two-story, cross-gable-roof structure with Gothic windows and bargeboards. A front veranda extends across the building. It was built in two sections, in 1881 and in 1886. LaGassa Log House: This is a one-story, rectangular, gable-roof log cabin made of square-hewn, half-saddle-notched logs. It was constructed in the late 1830s or early 1840s by Mitchell and Delia LaGassa at a location along M-25 about two miles west of the present location. It was moved in 1922 to become a granary, and again in 1930 by Annabel Hubbard Phelps to her property to use as a tea house. It was moved again, to its present site, in 1958/60. Hubbard Memorial Church: The church is a cross-gable-roof, clapboarded building with a symmetrical facade. It was originally constructed in 1883, and had substantial additions in the 1920s. Lakeview House: The Lakeview House hotel, built in 1883-84. It is a two-story, front-gable building covered in clapboard, with a one-story veranda in front and a hip-roof, one-story, rear ell. It now serves as a museum. Point aux Barques United States Life-Saving Service Station (former): This station opened in 1876 on the shore of Lake Huron, about two miles east of Huron City (near the present-day boat launch and campground at Lighthouse County Park). Two historic station buildings were saved from demolition when they were relocated to Huron City in 1964. The buildings that were saved consist of a 1-1/2-story, gable-roof building which housed the life-saving apparatus and a 1-1/2-story dwelling with office for the station's captain. The two structures were originally connected by an enclosed breezeway. In October-November 2017, the Life-Saving Service structures that were moved to Huron City were moved back to near their original location and set on new foundations. The two buildings now sit about 100 feet from the Pointe aux Barques Lighthouse, and about 1,000 feet north-by-northwest of their original historic location, in Lighthouse County Park.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Vainuku

Tony Vainuku

Tony F. Vainuku is an American documentary film director and cinematographer. He is best known for directing the Netflix documentary Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist and the PBS Independent Lens documentary In Football We Trust. Life and career Tony was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and his parents were both immigrants: his father was from Tonga, and his mother from Holland. He graduated from Westminster College in Utah. In 2015, he directed his debut feature documentary In Football We Trust, along with Erika Cohn, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2022, he directed the Netflix documentary Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist. Recently he signed with the production company M88.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismar%20Hairlahovi%C4%87

Ismar Hairlahović

Ismar Hairlahovic (born 4 March 1996) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder. Club career Born in Cazin, he joined the youth ranks of the local FK Krajina Cazin, aged 7. Moving up the ranks, he started training with the Bubamara academy from Sarajevo, run by the former Yugoslav international Predrag Pasic, his talent receiving recognition early when he was selected in Bosnia and Herzegovina's selection for his age in 2009. While he was supposed to move to Sarajevo after finishing elementary school, he was scouted by HNK Hajduk Split and moved to Croatia, following in the footsteps of his idol Senijad Ibricic A regular in the Hajduk youth teams and Bosnia and Herzegovina youth selections, in May 2013 he impressed the new Hajduk first team coach, the former Croatia international Igor Tudor so much he invited him, along with Tonci Mujan to train with the first team squad, not long after his 17th birthday. He would have to wait, however, one more year for his first team debut, coming in the last minutes of the 11.05.2014 4-2 home win against NK Osijek for Chelsea F.C.-bound Mario Pasalic, who was playing his last game in front of Hajduk's home crowd before moving to England. He later played for FK Zvijezda 09 in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps%20camponoti-melanotici

Ophiocordyceps camponoti-melanotici

Ophiocordyceps camponoti-melanotici is a species of fungus that parasitizes insect hosts, in particular members of the order Hymenoptera. It was first isolated from Vicosa, Minas Gerais, on Camponotus melanoticus. Description This species' mycelium is a dark brown colour, and is quite sparse. Its stromatal morphology is similar to O. Camponoti-rufipedis. Its fertile area is also a dark brown colour, measuring up to 1.0mm. Its ascomata are semi-erumpent and flask-shaped, with a prominent neck. Its asci possesses 8 spores, the apical cap measuring up to . The ascospores are hyaline and thin-walled. References Further reading Evans, Harry C., Simon L. Elliot, and David P. Hughes. "Ophiocordyceps unilateralis: A keystone species for unraveling ecosystem functioning and biodiversity of fungi in tropical forests?." Communicative & integrative biology4.5 (2011): 598-602.

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Cape Charles Historic District

Cape Charles Historic District is a national historic district located at Cape Charles, Northampton County, Virginia. The Town was surveyed by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources in 1989, and a National Register Historic District was created and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Pennsylvania politician, businessman and horse aficionado William Lawrence Scott caused Pocomoke City, Maryland, engineer Robert Bauman to lay out a town at the southern terminus of his New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad, which was constructed in the 1880s and allowed agricultural produce and goods from the Delmarva Peninsula to be shipped across the Chesapeake Bay much more economically than previously. The town grew as the railroad brought passengers and freight, but stagnated after World War II and especially after passenger rail service ended in 1958. Ferry service also ended about three decades ago. The district encompasses 526 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures in the town of Cape Charles. The buildings relate to the town's development as a harbor and railroad town in the late-19th and early-20th century. Notable buildings include the Seafood Headquarters (c. 1886), McCrory's Store annex (c. 1900), Mitchell House (1884), Jack Moore House (c. 1910), A. L. Detwiler House (1919), Kellogg House (1924), Mumford Bank (c. 1895), Parsons Building, Watson's Hardware, Mack Building, Palace Theatre, Municipal Building, St. Stephen's African Methodist Episcopal Church (1885, 1912), St. Charles Roman Catholic Church (1889), Trinity United Methodist Church (1893), the former Presbyterian church (1902, Cape Charles Memorial Library), First Presbyterian Church (1926), and U.S. Post Office (1932). The oldest house now in Cape Charles is a dwelling just east of the Municipal building on Mason Avenue, built late in the fall of 1883. It was built on the railroad property, but later moved across the street to its present site at 515 Mason Ave. (1883) It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

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Operation Niagara

Operation Niagara was a U.S. Seventh Air Force close air support campaign carried out from January through March 1968, during the Vietnam War. Its purpose was to serve as an aerial umbrella for the defense of the U.S. Marine Corps Khe Sanh Combat Base on the Khe Sanh Plateau, in western Quang Tri Province of the Republic of Vietnam. The base was under siege by an estimated three-divisional force of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). Niagara I During the last four months of 1967 a series of fierce border battles erupted in South Vietnam that cast a shadow on what had been a positive year for U.S. forces in Southeast Asia. Beginning in mid-September, PAVN began the continuous shelling of a Marine outpost located at Con Thien, near the Demilitarized Zone in northern Quang Tri Province. After an aerial onslaught dubbed Operation Neutralize, PAVN pressure abated at the end of October. At the beginning of November, PAVN was discovered operating in force near the Special Forces outpost at Dak To, in the Central Highlands. After one month of intense fighting, the PAVN forces had faded back across the border. In January 1968, the recently installed electronic sensors of Operation Igloo White, which were undergoing their test and evaluation phase in southeastern Laos, were alerted to a flurry of PAVN activity along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos opposite the northwestern corner of South Vietnam. It was due to the extensive nature of these activities that Operation Niagara I - an intelligence collection effort by CIA roadwatch teams, the recon teams of the highly secret Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group, and aerial photo reconnaissance aircraft, was launched. Intelligence confirmed that PAVN forces were indeed in the process of building up for an offensive, but the target of any planned offensive was unknown. Later in the month Marine patrols from the Khe Sanh Combat Base tripped off a series of actions that confirmed that three PAVN divisions: the 304th, 320th, 325C and a regiment of the 324th were already near, or advancing toward, Khe Sanh. It was at this point that the U.S. commander in Vietnam, General William C. Westmoreland, decided to reinforce the Marine position (Khe Sanh was a key border surveillance outpost and was also considered a prime jump-off point for any future incursion into Laos. This was a risky proposition, considering that the North Vietnamese were expected to isolate the base by cutting off Route 9, the only roadway into the area. Aerial resupply would have to make up the difference, but the ongoing northwest monsoon, which was bound to shroud the area in rain, mist, and fog, would make this attempt problematic. He believed that American air power would prevent a repeat of the French defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, which rapidly became the point of comparison, both among military officers and the media. Inter-service rivalry Westmoreland and his deputy commander for air operations, General William W. Momyer (who was also commander of the Seventh Air Force) had been awaiting exactly such an opportunity. PAVN forces would be massing in a single geographic area in divisional strength in a remote unpopulated region where there would be no restrictions on bombing missions. Westmoreland gave Momyer the responsibility of coordinating all air assets during the operation to support Khe Sanh. This caused problems for the Marines, however, who possessed their own aviation squadrons and operated under their own close air support doctrine. They were reluctant to relinquish authority to an Air Force general. General Westmoreland commanded forces only in geographical South Vietnam and in its air space (through the Seventh Air Force). The bombing campaign against North Vietnam was controlled by CINCPAC in Honolulu, while responsibility for the aerial interdiction campaigns in Laos were split between the Seventh and Seventh/Thirteenth Air Forces. This arrangement went against the grain of Air Force doctrine, which was predicated on the single air manager concept. One headquarters would allocate and coordinate air assets, distributing them wherever they were considered most necessary, and then transfer them as the situation changed. The Marines, whose aircraft and doctrine were integral to their operations, were under no such centralized control. On January 19, Westmoreland passed his request for Air Force control up to the chain of command to CINCPAC, Admiral U.S. Grant Sharp, Jr., in Honolulu. Meanwhile, heated debate ensued among Westmoreland, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Marine Corps Commandant Leonard F. Chapman Jr., Army Chief of Staff Harold K. Johnson backed the Marine position due to his concern over protecting the Army's air assets from Air Force co-option. The perennial interservice rivalry over missions and assets (which had plagued the services since the creation of the National Security Act of 1947) raged anew. Westmoreland went so far as to threaten to resign if his wishes were not obeyed. As a result, for the first time during the Vietnam War, air operations were placed, if only temporarily, under the control of a single manager. Niagara II On 21 January the PAVN opened a continuous artillery barrage directed at Khe Sanh. It was also the launch day for Operation Niagara II. The Marine Direct Air Support Center (DASC), located at the Combat Base, was responsible for the coordination of air strikes with artillery fire. An airborne battlefield command and control center (ABCCC), in the form of a C-130 Hercules, directed strike aircraft to targets called in by ground troops and marked by forward air control (FAC) aircraft. When weather conditions prevented FAC-directed strikes, the strike bombers were directed to their targets by either a Marine TPQ-10 radar installation located at the combat base or by Air Force Combat Skyspot MSQ-77 radar stations. This Ground Directed Bombing (GDB) radar system could direct aircraft to their targets in inclement weather and in absolute darkness. Thus began what many considered the most concentrated application of aerial firepower in the history of warfare. On an average day 350 tactical fighter- bombers, 60 B-52 Stratofortress, and 30 observation aircraft operated near the base. Westmoreland ordered Operation Igloo White to assist in the defense of Khe Sanh even though the system was only then undergoing its test and evaluation phase in Laos. On 20 January the first sensor drops took place by Observation Squadron Sixty-Seven (VO-67) and by the end of the month 316 acoustic and seismic sensors had been dropped in 44 strings. The Marines credited 40 percent of intelligence available to their fire support coordination center at the base to the sensors. B-52 strikes supporting the Marines were originally restricted by the Marine commander, Colonel David E. Lownds, to bombing no closer than two miles from his front lines. The PAVN utilized this gap to move forward and "grab the enemy by the belt" and avoid the bombing. Momyer demonstrated the effectiveness of the Stratofortress as a tactical platform by bringing the B-52 strikes safely to within three-quarters of a mile of the base and the restriction was lifted. One PAVN prisoner reported that three-quarters of his entire regiment was lost to one B-52 raid alone. Even though Westmoreland was concentrating an unprecedented amount of firepower against PAVN forces in the vicinity of Khe Sanh, he feared that it might not be enough. For the first time, the American commander seriously considered the use of a tactical nuclear weapon. In 1976, he revealed that "Although I established a small secret group to study the subject, Washington so feared that some word of it might manage to reach the press that I was told to desist." During January, PAVN and the Marines contested the outlying hills for control of the high ground and carried out daily artillery and mortar duels. On 7 February, however, North Vietnamese infantry, backed by Soviet-built PT-76 tanks, overran the Special Forces border camp at Lang Vei, only seven miles west of Khe Sanh Combat Base. This was the first instance of the use of armor by PAVN during the conflict. Although the North Vietnamese continued to probe the American's defenses, the attack on Lang Vei was the last major effort by PAVN. Canberra bombers operated by No. 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force also flew close air support missions as part of Operation Niagara. Riddle of Khe Sanh During the campaign, the USAF had flown 9,691 sorties and dropped 14,223 tons of bombs. The Marine Corps's aviation wing flew 7,098 sorties and carried 17,015 tons of mixed munitions. Naval aviation (even though concurrently conducting the bulk of Operation Rolling Thunder missions over the DRV) contributed 5,337 sorties and 7,941 tons of bombs. By the end of March the PAVN had begun to withdraw from the area. General Westmoreland, accepting Air Force estimates that claimed 9,800-13,000 PAVN troops killed or wounded, considered American air superiority to be an important contributor to the battle. References Sources Littauer, Raphael and Norman Uphoff, eds, The Air War in Indochina. Morocco, John, Rain of Fire: Air War, 1969-1975. Boston: Boston Publishing Company, 1985.

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Louise Pitre

Louise Pitre (born January 1, 1957) is a Canadian actress in musical theatre. She performs on Broadway and in Canada. She is best known for her role as Donna Sheridan in the ABBA-themed musical Mamma Mia!, which earned her a 2002 Tony Award nomination. Early life Pitre was born in Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario; her family moved to Montreal and then to Welland during her childhood. Her first language is French. At age seven, she began to play piano, eventually taking professional lessons. She attended the University of Western Ontario and graduated with a bachelor's degree in music education. After performing in a college musical, however, she began combining music with acting on stage. Career Pitre moved to Toronto to pursue a musical theatre career. Her performance as Fantine in the musical adaptation of Les Miserables earned her acclaim in Toronto, Montreal, and Paris. In 1992 she portrayed French singer Edith Piaf in three productions of Piaf. Other musicals she was involved with include Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, The World Goes 'Round, Blood Brothers, Tartuffe, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd, Applause, and Rock 'n' Roll. Pitre auditioned in New York City for the musical Napoleon being produced in London, but was turned down for the role of Josephine. The director, Francesca Zambello, told her she was perfect for a show she was also casting in Toronto entitled "Mamma Mia!" Pitre auditioned for the role of Donna Sheridan. Although initially hesitant about the part, she accepted after seeing the show. She performed the role in Toronto and in its United States national tour, and after 18 months, was asked to play the role on Broadway. Reviews were positive; Variety Magazine, although unenthusiastic about the musical, called her "a terrific Donna", The New York Times called her performance "delightful" and praised her "terrific pop belter's voice", and the San Francisco Chronicle praised her for making the show "a dramatic showstopper". For her performance, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, and won the National Broadway Touring Award and an award from the San Francisco Theatre Critics Circle. Pitre left the show in October 2003. Pitre performed as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd with Calgary Opera in 2003. and as Annie in Annie Get Your Gun in 2005. Pitre has released several CDs including, All My Life Has Led To This, featuring songs in English and French, Shattered, La vie en rouge (all French) and Songs My Mother Taught Me. She can also be heard on the cast recordings of Could You Wait?, a show she co-wrote with W.J. Matheson and Diane Leah, Kristina playing the role of Ulrika and Les Miserables (role of Fantine) in the Paris cast recording. She starred as Mayor Babs Belgoody and Ma Ferd in the Toronto production of The Toxic Avenger at the Danforth Music Hall from October 2009 through January 2010 with Dancap Productions. She was on stage in summer 2010 in Love, Loss and What I Wore and finished the year to positive reviews of her performance as Toad in A Year With Frog and Toad at Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People. She garnered her sixth Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for this performance and captured Best Actress in a Musical with an inaugural Toronto Theatre Critics' Award. Pitre is a founding artist of Theatre 20, a musical theatre company in Toronto formed by artists in 2009, and headlined their first project, a workshop of the first English translation of the French musical Les Belles Soeurs. She also performed in Theatre 20's 2011 Concert Series at the Panasonic Theatre. On June 1, 2011, she performed a solo, self-produced, one-night, sold-out concert La Vie en Rouge at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts' Jane Mallett Theatre. The French album, of the same name, was recorded live, off the floor, at Number 9 Audio Group in Toronto and released in conjunction with the concert. This theatrical event was documented to video and some highlights are shared on Louise Pitre's YouTube channel. In July 2011, Toronto Life magazine named "Louise Pitre's musical theatre renaissance" as #12 in their "50 Reasons to Love Toronto" feature article. In 2011 she was the host of Star Portraits on Bravo! and performing solo concerts across North America. Pitre wrote and performed in a show about her life, On the Rocks, in 2013. During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, Louise sought an opportunity to stream a filmed version of On the Rocks in May 2021 through Stream Stage Productions. In 2014 she once more performed with Theatre 20, in the musical Company; the show received an unfavourable review from the Toronto Star, although Pitre's performance was praised. In 2016 Pitre performed in London, Ontario with Brendan Wall and Emm Gryner in The Grand Theatre production of Joni Mitchell: River. Later that year, she performed with Kenneth Welsh in the show A Coal Mine Christmas at Toronto's Coal Mine Theatre. Other musical theatre performances include Pitre's META's (Montreal English Theatre Awards) nominated role of Edith Piaf in the 2018 North American premiere of The Angel & The Sparrow presented at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts in Montreal under the direction of Gordon Greenberg. In the spring of 2019, she played Adult Marie van Goethem in Marie, Dancing Still; music by Stephen Flaherty and book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. This premiere production, directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman was presented by the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, Washington. Also in the spring of 2019, Louise Pitre broke gender boundaries by playing the role of Doctor Madden (Doctor Fine) in the Toronto, Off-Mirvish production by The Musical Stage Company of Next To Normal at the CAA Theatre. In the fall of 2019, The Angel & The Sparrow was brought to Toronto by Mirvish Productions again under the direction of Gordon Greenberg and retitled Piaf/Dietrich, A Legendary Affair at which time Louise reprised her role as Edith Piaf opposite Jayne Lewis as Marlene Dietrich.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Rodgers%20%28politician%29

Jim Rodgers (politician)

Jim Rodgers OBE is a politician from Northern Ireland who was previously the High Sheriff of Belfast, (succeeded by Incumbent Alderman Thomas Haire 16 January 2017) the judicial representative of the sovereign in Belfast. He is an elected Ulster Unionist Party Councillor and appointed Alderman at Belfast City Council. Work In 1973, he stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party in the election to the Northern Ireland Assembly. In 1996, he was elected to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum for East Belfast. Rodgers stood in the 1998, 2003 and 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly elections for East Belfast but was unsuccessful on each occasion. He is a councillor for Ormiston DEA on Belfast City Council and was elected as Lord Mayor of Belfast in 2001. Rodgers was again elected Lord Mayor in 2007, he had the backing of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) group on the council and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). Currently Rodgers is Chairman of Belfast Education and Library Board, Ex-Chairman of Belfast District Policing Partnership. He is also a member of the Sports Council and Northern Ireland Events Company. He is also a former director of Glentoran FC but resigned from his position a few days before a winding up order from HMRC was due to be heard by the High Court in January 2011. At a DPP meeting in Short Strand Community centre on 15 June 2009, he claimed he had been attacked with eggs and stones by members of the IRSP. In 2010, a council worker received a PS24,000 payment for a back injury after Rogers tried to leapfrog over her during a council garden party. In the run up to the 2019 Local Government Election, a leaflet for Mr Rodgers and fellow UUP councillor Peter Johnston alleged that the Alliance Party was "closely aligned" with the "IRA's political wing". The leaflet was widely condemned, with the UUP stating it was not sanctioned by the party. Rodgers had the party whip removed and was referred to the party's disciplinary committee.

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Sékou Camara (footballer, born 1985)

Abdoulaye Sekou Camara (17 November 1985 - 27 July 2013), better known as Sekou Camara, was a Malian footballer. Nicknamed "McCarthy", Camara primarily played as a striker and as a centre forward. At the time of his death, he was a striker for Pelita Bandung Raya. Death Sekou Camara died of a sudden heart attack while training with his teammates on 27 July 2013 at the Siliwangi Stadium in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, at the age of 27. See also List of association football players who died during their careers References External links 1985 births 2013 deaths Malian men's footballers Malian expatriate men's footballers Malian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Liga 1 (Indonesia) players PSAP Sigli players Persiwa Wamena players Madura United F.C. (South Africa) players Jomo Cosmos F.C.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaela%20Laki

Michaela Laki

Michaela Laki (Greek:Mikhaela Lake; born 24 March 2005) is a Greek professional tennis player. Laki has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Her career-high singles ranking of world No. 555 as of 10 June 2023, she reached on 3 October 2022. Playing for Greece Fed Cup team, Laki has a win-loss record of 1-2.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River%20Hull%20tidal%20surge%20barrier

River Hull tidal surge barrier

The River Hull tidal surge barrier is a flood control gate located on the River Hull in the city of Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The barrier impounds the river in times of tidal surges, preventing water moving upstream of the river from the Humber Estuary, and flooding the areas of the city which are near to the river, or susceptible to flooding. It is held horizontal when not in use, and turns 90 degrees before being lowered to the riverbed in the event of a tidal surge. It is the second largest flood barrier in the United Kingdom after the Thames Barrier in London. The barrier was opened in 1980, and since then, has closed over 30 times as a preventative measure during tidal surges. A proposed lagoon to control tidal flooding in the Humber Estuary would render the River Hull non-tidal. The barrier was grade II listed in 2017, with David Neave describing it as a prominent Hull landmark. History The need for the barrier arose after severe flooding of the city from a tidal surge in 1969. In 1971, the Yorkshire Rivers Authority engaged Mcdonald & Partners as engineers on the project, with the Shankland Cox Partnership as architects. Initially costed in 1971, the work on the barrier came to PS3.8 million, but with ancillary processes and detailed studies, the final cost was PS4.3 million. The location chosen for the barrier is quite close to where the river empties into the Humber Estuary on the site of the old Ha'penny Bridge. Wind testing of the structure via uses of models was undertaken at the Building Research Establishment in Garston, and hydrological testing was carried out at the hydraulics laboratory of the Department of Engineering, Cambridge University. The two towers were rooted below the water level and the steel supports running from the bottom to the top were rolled to a length of , which was the longest that the British Steel Corporation had rolled steel to, at that time. Construction on the barrier was started in January 1977, with projected opening date of August 1979, however, difficulties in the building phase led to schedule slipping. The barrier was opened on 15 April 1980 by Dennis Matthews, chairman of the Yorkshire Water Authority. The gap between the two towers is wide and high to allow shipping to access the river beyond the barrier. The large barrier is stationed in a horizontal position when not in use, but rotates 90 degrees and is lowered when a tidal surge is forecast. The barrier then interlocks into a sill built into the riverbed. When not in use, the barrier's position elevated above the river between the two towers has been described as looking like an "..up and over garage door". The River Hull tidal surge barrier is the second largest flood barrier in the United Kingdom; only the barrier on the River Thames is larger. The height of the two towers is , and the movable barrier that spans the two towers weighs . The barrier can be deployed within 30 minutes of a flood warning. Whilst there are motors that power the barrier into action, if any of them fail, the barrier can be hand-cranked into position within 30 minutes. In 2010, the barrier was refurbished during a 40-day work period with maintenance being carried out some in the air. The PS10 million work was completed in October 2010. Writing in The Buildings of England; Yorkshire : York and the East Riding, David Neave said that it was; "..an elegant arch..." and "at night when the glazed staircases to each tower are illuminated, it is a prominent landmark." As part of the 2017 City of Culture celebrations, additional lights and texts were displayed on the barrier. The barrier was grade II listed in 2017, with the citation stating that; "the barrier successfully combines functional engineering with aesthetic quality in a slender and dramatically sculptural arch of angular planes". Flooding history Since the barrier was installed in 1980, it has been closed on average once a month every year. 1657, a tidal surge left the city under of water September 1966, tide 29 September 1969, January 2005, tide November 2011, tide December 2013, Storm Xaver produced a tide of Lagoon Hull proposal In 2019, a proposal to build a lagoon in the Humber Estuary was unveiled. This would involve making the River Hull non-tidal, but no mention was made in the proposal about the River Hull Barrier.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camperdown%20Dairy%20International

Camperdown Dairy International

Camperdown Dairy International (CDI) was an Australian infant formula company which was founded in 2014 and went into administration in 2017. As well as serving in Australia, it also held licences to sell products in China and Vietnam. It was from 2016 to 2017 one of the two co-major sponsors of the Brisbane Lions. History The Camperdown Cheese & Butter Factory began operations in 1891, and CDI purchased the factory in 2014. CDI ran a fully integrated model, being one of the only producers in the world which owned its own farms, processing, and blending and packaging facilities. It was, at one point, one of only eight companies in Australia with a CNCA licence to export infant formula to China. In 2015, CDI secured a 15-year deal, worth $9 billion AUD overall, to sell infant formula to China with Hong Kong Food and beverage company Great Wall Capital Trading. In 2016, CDI announced their co-major sponsorship (with Vero Insurance) with the Brisbane Lions on a three-year contract, starting that season. In June 2017, Bellamy's Organic announced that it had purchased Camperdown Powder, a subsidiary of CDI, which included its CNCA licence and blending and packaging facilities in Victoria. Bellamy's chief executive Andrew Cohen explained that it would allow his company to now produce its own products and protect its sales channel into China. In July 2017, CDI was placed into administration after an $83 million collapse. It was announced that CDI would not sponsor the Lions for the third year of their contract, and the company was replaced as co-sponsor by Oaks Hotels & Resorts for the 2018 season.

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Two-Mile Borris

Two-Mile Borris (also written Twomileborris or Two Mile Borris; and locally Borris or TMB) is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. The village is located on the L4202 road at the junction with the Ballyduff Road, close to the N75 and from Thurles town centre. It is also situated 1 mile from junction 5 of the M8 motorway. Its population was 572 as of the 2016 census, up from 502 in 2006. It is situated in the townland of Borris which is part of the civil parish of Twomileborris in the ancient barony of Eliogarty. History In the 1830s, the village was the property of Hugh Nugent O'Reilly. History of the placename The name Borris is generally believed to have come from the Norman word for a borough, district or stronghold. The Irish name Buirios Leith was historically anglicised as Borrisleigh or Borris Leigh. The use of Leigh in the placename would seem to be related to the monastic settlement of Liathmore-Mochoemog in Leigh, about a mile and a half to the north-east of the village. Those who prefer the Irish name of Buirgheas Dha Mhile say that the name refers to King Mile, ancestor of Niall of the Nine Hostages and numerous Irish Kings and heroes. Amenities and facilities It has a primary school, Catholic church, two pubs and two shops. There are a number of housing estates. The village is located right at the edge of the Golden Vale and the Bog of Allen and so the quality of the land varies around the area, with most of the best farming land located to the west of the village. Parts of the land to the east are too boggy to be used, even for extracting turf. The village proper is bounded on the west by the Black River, a tributary of River Drish, which goes on to join River Suir. The approach to the village is dominated by a Norman tower-house. In June 2011, a planning application was approved by An Bord Pleanala for a casino, hotel and racetrack, proposed to be known as the Tipperary Venue. In September 2011, then Minister for Justice Alan Shatter confirmed that the proposed casino was not compatible with Ireland's gambling legislation and "ruled out" based on a cabinet decision.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-oxoaldehyde%20dehydrogenase%20%28NADP%2B%29

2-oxoaldehyde dehydrogenase (NADP+)

In enzymology, a 2-oxoaldehyde dehydrogenase (NADP+) () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction a 2-oxoaldehyde + NADP+ + H2O a 2-oxo acid + NADPH + H+ The 3 substrates of this enzyme are 2-oxoaldehyde, NADP+, and H2O, whereas its 3 products are 2-oxo acid, NADPH, and H+. This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on the aldehyde or oxo group of donor with NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor. The systematic name of this enzyme class is 2-oxoaldehyde:NADP+ 2-oxidoreductase. Other names in common use include alpha-ketoaldehyde dehydrogenase, methylglyoxal dehydrogenase, NADP+-linked alpha-ketoaldehyde dehydrogenase, 2-ketoaldehyde dehydrogenase, NADP+-dependent alpha-ketoaldehyde dehydrogenase, and 2-oxoaldehyde dehydrogenase (NADP+). This enzyme participates in pyruvate metabolism.

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Randy Barlow

Randy Barlow (March 29, 1943 - July 30, 2020) was an American country music recording artist. Between 1976 and 1983, he released four albums, including three for Republic Records. In the same time span, he charted twenty singles on the Billboard U.S. country charts, including a string of four songs in a row which all reached No. Early life Randy Barlow was born on March 29, 1943, in Detroit, Michigan to Hugh and Dessie Moore. Barlow began playing guitar at 6 years of age after receiving a toy guitar as a Christmas gift from his father. Later, the family relocated to the western Detroit suburb of Garden City, and Barlow's father Hugh went to work at General Motors' Willow Run Transmission plant, an experience Barlow would later immortalize in a charting single. In high school, Barlow played guitar in a local rock and roll band called The Royal Lancers. After high school, Barlow attended Western Kentucky University, where he and fellow students formed a band called E.A. It was during this period that he developed his musical style, and changed his last name to Barlow. Career 1964-1975: Early career In 1964, Barlow was offered a job as an emcee and road manager for Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars tour. One of his duties on this tour was driver and road manager for first-wave British invasion band Herman's Hermits. This experience gave Barlow his first taste of the touring life of a professional musician, and left him with a resolve to make a career for himself in music. In 1966, Barlow moved to California to seriously pursue a career as a recording artist. He spent the next few years playing clubs in southern California, and released his second single in 1968, "Color Blind", on the Mercury label, which did not chart. His first released single had been in 1967 on Jimmy Velvet's Velvet Tone label, "Listen To The Green Grass Grow". 1976-1983: Recording career In 1974, Barlow released a single on the Capitol label, "Throw Away the Pages", which made it into the Top 100 for country, followed by three more Top 100 songs in 1976. Barlow's big break came later in 1976, with a move to Nashville and the opportunity to record his second single, the Burt Bacharach/Hal David tune "24 Hours from Tulsa", which charted in the top 20 in 1977. This was followed by four top 10 country singles from 1977 to 1979: "Slow and Easy", "No Sleep Tonight", "Fall in Love with Me Tonight", and "Sweet Melinda", with Barlow garnering songwriting credits on the last 3 songs. The year 1979 brought a nomination for Best New Male Artist from the Academy of Country Music, and a television appearance on "Hee Haw" alongside Gene Autry and the Statler Brothers, during which Barlow sang "Sweet Melinda". Barlow toured nationally while releasing eight more singles and four albums in the period from 1976 to 1983, on the Republic label and later the Paid label. In 1981 his single, "Willow Run" reached #46 in the country music top 100. 1984-2020: Later career and death Barlow remained based in Nashville, where he continued to write songs and perform. In 2015, Barlow was inducted into the Traditional Country Music Hall of Fame. On August 20, 2016, Randy Barlow was inducted into the Michigan Country Music Hall of Fame in West Branch, Michigan. Barlow died of cancer on July 30, 2020, at the age of 77. Awards 1979 Country Music Association Award (CMA) nominee for Best New Male Vocalist; Cash Box Magazine Country Album Award Winner, New Male Vocalist; Inductee, National Traditional Country Music Association Hall of Fame 2015. Randy Barlow was inducted into the Michigan Country Music Hall of Fame in West Branch, Michigan on August 20, 2016.

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Sons of the Desert (band)

Sons of the Desert was an American country music band founded in 1989 in Waco, Texas. Its most famous lineup consisted of brothers Drew Womack (lead vocals) and Tim Womack (lead guitar, background vocals), along with Scott Saunders (keyboards), Doug Virden (bass guitar, background vocals), and Brian Westrum (drums). The band released Whatever Comes First for Epic Records Nashville in 1997, and recorded a second album for Epic which was not released. Counting two singles from the unreleased album, Sons of the Desert charted eight times on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the top ten hit "Whatever Comes First"; they were also guest vocalists on Lee Ann Womack's 2000 hit "I Hope You Dance" and Ty Herndon's "It Must Be Love", both of which reached No. Following the band's disestablishment, Drew Womack became a solo artist; he would join Lonestar in 2021. Biography The band, deriving its name from the 1933 Laurel and Hardy film Sons of the Desert, was founded in 1989 by a group of students attending McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas. The original members included Doug Virden, Jim Beavers, Troy Von Haefen, Kyle Mathis, and Curtis Beck. By 1994, the lineup had consisted of Doug Virden, Scott Saunders, Drew Womack, Brian Westrum, and guitarist Mark Matejka. First album In 1997, Sons of the Desert signed to Epic Records' Nashville division. By this point, Drew's brother Tim had replaced Matejka as well. The band's debut album, Whatever Comes First, was released that year. Its title track served as the lead-off single, reaching a peak of No. 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. The album's second and third singles, "Hand of Fate" and "Leaving October" (which Drew Womack wrote about his third-grade teacher), also reached top 40 on the same chart. Drew Womack and Virden also appeared as studio backing vocalists for other Epic Records artists, including Ty Herndon's 1996 album Living in a Moment and 1998 album Big Hopes, as well as Joe Diffie's 1997 album Twice Upon a Time. Drew Womack also wrote Kenny Chesney's 1997 single "She's Got It All". "Goodbye Earl" Following the release of its first album, Sons of the Desert discovered a song called "Goodbye Earl", which they began to perform in concert. Written by Dennis Linde, "Goodbye Earl" told of a domestic abuse victim who enlisted a friend's help to kill her abusive husband. The group then recorded the song for a planned second album on Epic. Shortly after the Dixie Chicks (who were signed to Monument Records, which like Epic, was a division of Sony Music Entertainment), recorded the song, and they were planning to include it on their next album as well. Although both bands had planned to release their versions as singles, the Dixie Chicks claimed the song as their own. Their version was recorded on their 1999 album Fly, and released as a single in 2000. Sons of the Desert then entered a dispute with Sony over "Goodbye Earl", resulting in the band's departure from the label. Their second album for Epic was not released, and Sony acquired the rights to all of that album's songs (including the single "What About You", which had been released and peaked at number 45 on the country charts). Also included on this unreleased album was a recording of "Bless the Broken Road", a song which was previously a number 42 country single in 1997 for Melodie Crittenden, and would later become a No. 1 country hit when the group Rascal Flatts recorded it for their 2004 album Feels Like Today. "Albuquerque" was issued as the unreleased album's second single, peaking at No. The band was also featured on Ty Herndon's 1998 hit "It Must Be Love". Switch to MCA Nashville, breakup, and solo projects Sons of the Desert signed to MCA Nashville Records in October 1999. The band's first album for MCA, titled Change, was released a year later. The label also shifted the band's focus to just the Womack brothers and Virden. Saunders and Westrum still performed with the band, but were no longer considered official members; further, Westrum did not perform on Change, with session drummer Steve Brewster contributing in his place. The album also featured Keith Urban playing banjo on the track "Ride". The title track served as the first single from Change, followed by "Everybody's Gotta Grow Up Sometime." These songs peaked outside the country top 40. Following "Everybody's Gotta Grow Up Sometime," Sons of the Desert appeared as guest vocalists on Lee Ann Womack's 2000 single "I Hope You Dance", which went to No. 1 on the country charts (Lee Ann is not related to the Womack brothers). The band's final chart single, "What I Did Right", was released after "I Hope You Dance," and it reached a peak of No. 22 on the country charts in 2001. At the end of the year, Virden left the group, reducing Sons of the Desert to a duo with the Womack brothers in the lineup. Sons of the Desert exited the label and broke up. Drew Womack recorded a solo album for Smith Music Group in 2003 which featured several contributions from the band's other members, and a re-recording of "Leaving October". In 2012, Womack released his first solo album in nearly a decade, Sunshine to Rain, following surgery to rebuild a vertebra in his spine. The album is a significant musical departure from his previous work. In March 2021, Womack succeeded Richie McDonald as the lead vocalist of Lonestar. This was due in part to McDonald joining The Frontmen, which also consists of Tim Rushlow and Larry Stewart, the former and current lead vocalists of Little Texas and Restless Heart, respectively. Discography Studio albums Singles Guest singles ADid not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 16 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.

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28th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 28th Infantry Brigade was a British Army formation which served during the First World War, the Second World War, The Malayan Emergency and Indonesian Confrontation. History 28th Brigade First World War The 28th Brigade was part of 9th (Scottish) Division during the early stages of the First World War, from civilians volunteering for Lord Kitchener's New Armies. It was initially composed of the 6th (Service) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, 9th (Service) Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), and the 10th and 11th (Service) battalions of the Highland Light Infantry. The brigade trained, with the rest of the division, from August 1914 until May 1915 and arrived on the Western Front and were to remain there until being disbanded in May 1916, being replaced in the division by 1st South African Brigade. The brigade was, however, briefly reformed in September 1918, during the Hundred Days Offensive in the final stages of the war. The 28th Brigade was composed as follows during the war: 6th (Service) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers (left 6 May 1916) 9th (Service) Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 10th (Service) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry 11th (Service) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry 28th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (formed 3 January 1916) Upon being reformed in September 1918: 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 28th Trench Mortar Battery Second World War Reformed in the Territorial Army in September 1939, the brigade was a 2nd Line Territorial Army formation and a duplicate of the 154 Infantry Brigade. Initially the 28th Brigade belonged to the 9th (Highland) Infantry Division from its creation in 1939 until August 1940. After the destruction of the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division during the Battle of France in May-June 1940, the 9th Division was redesignated the 51st (Highland) Division and the 28th Brigade HQ was absorbed by the HQ 154th Infantry Brigade. The 28th Brigade came into being again when the 2nd Gibraltar Brigade was redesignated as the 28th Brigade at Gibraltar on 1 December 1943. The brigade was initially composed entirely of Regular Army battalions, the 2nd King's and 2nd Somersets had been in Gibraltar many years before the war. It served with the 4th Infantry Division in the Italian Campaign and later were involved in the Civil War in Greece, remaining there for the rest of the war. The 28th Infantry Brigade was constituted as follows during the war: 7th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) 10th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders From December 1943 the 28th Infantry Brigade was constituted as follows: 2nd Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (from 5 December 1944) 2/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (from 24 March 1944) Post War Mid 1949 Order of Battle 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry 28 Commonwealth Brigade The Brigade arrived in Hong Kong from the United Kingdom in 1949, to join the 40th Infantry Division. It arrived in April 1951 in Korea, took the title '28th Commonwealth Brigade' and joined the 1st Commonwealth Division, and served right through the Korean War, until leaving in 1954. It comprised two British and two Australian infantry battalions and 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery. 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade Group The Brigade was reformed on 16 September 1955 in Malaya, formed from a combination of forces from Australia, New Zealand and Britain. The formation was now air-portable and named the 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade Group. Its main elements were three infantry battalions from Australia, Britain and New Zealand and a British field artillery regiment with an Australian battery. The Brigade's operational role was as the 'Immediate Reaction Force' for the South East Asia Treaty Organisation. Originally stationed at Taiping, it was then stationed in a new purpose built camp at Terandak, near Malacca in Malaysia. On 31 October 1971 the Brigade ceased to exist. However, its demise was painless and involved a mere change of name and location. 28 ANZUK Infantry Brigade On 1 November 1971 the Brigade became '28 ANZUK Infantry Brigade' and was located on the northern side of Singapore Island. The brigade consisted of the Royal Highland Fusiliers, 6 Royal Australian Regiment and 1 RNZIR together with supporting Artillery, Signals, Engineer and Logistic units. HQ ANZUK Force HQ was located in the old RN Naval based at what was HMS Terror. After a short period as 28 (UK) Infantry Brigade was disbanded in 1974. 28 (UK) Infantry Brigade After the demise of ANZUK Force in 1974, the remaining British units in Singapore regrouped as 28 (UK) Infantry Brigade, and with the withdrawal of the final British forces from Singapore, was finally disbanded in 1976.

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HealthSherpa

HealthSherpa is a California-based technology company focused on connecting individuals with health coverage. The site was initially developed as an alternative to research plans from Healthcare.gov. History HealthSherpa was founded by Ning Liang and George Kalogeropoulos, who participated together in the Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y-Combinator. Catherine Perez was named a late co-founder and Chief Product Officer (CPO) in 2015. In addition to Y-Combinator, the company is backed by Innovation Endeavors, Kapor Capital, and Group 11. Services In 2020, the company had 3 core business units: Consumer. Shopping, quoting, enrollment and application & coverage management directly available to consumers to enroll in Affordable Care Act / "Obamacare" plans. Unique among for-profit enrollment sites, HealthSherpa.com shows all plans available from all insurers on equal footing without consideration of commission payments, and only offers ACA-compliant on-exchange coverage. HealthSherpa also partners with employers to help their non-benefits eligible employees find health coverage. Enhanced Direct Enrollment platform leveraged by insurance issuers. As of 2019, 10 of 11 issuers approved for EDE used HealthSherpa's platform. A free enrollment pathway with integrated quoting, enrollment and servicing. More than 36,000 agents and 4,800 agencies have adopted HealthSherpa's free agency and broker platform. As of October 2021, over 6 million people have been enrolled in individual health coverage through HealthSherpa. Integration with Healthcare.gov On December 4, 2018, HealthSherpa announced that it was the first company approved to utilize the Department of Health and Human Services' innovative new Enhanced Direct Enrollment (EDE) technology, which permits private companies to carry out all enrollment and related activities for on-exchange health coverage.

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Elmer Ellsworth Mitchell

Elmer Ellsworth Mitchell (27 January 1863 - 17 March 1924) was an American politician. Mitchell was born near New Sharon, Iowa, on 27 January 1863 and attended the public schools of Mahaska County until the age of seventeen, when he enrolled at Oskaloosa College. He attended the college for two years, then became a schoolteacher for the next six years. In 1890, Mitchell began working for the predecessor agency of the United States Census Bureau. In 1892, he transferred to the Government Printing Office. While employed by the federal government of the United States, Mitchell earned a master's degree in law from the University of Washington School of Law. He later took postgraduate courses at Columbia University Law School, and received his license to practice law. When Mitchell's father died, he returned to Mahaska County and ran the family farm, Mitchell Meadows. He served a single term in the Iowa Senate from 1917 to 1921, representing District 14 as a Republican. Mitchell died on 17 March 1924, on his farm near New Sharon.

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Premonition (2004 film)

is a 2004 Japanese horror film directed by Tsuruta Norio. Yogen is based on the manga Kyoufu Shinbun ("Newspaper of Terror") by Jiro Tsunoda, serialized in Shonen Champion in 1973. The film is about a man who discovers a newspaper that predicts the future. The film was released as a double feature with Infection as part of Takashige Ichise's J-Horror Theater. The film received mixed reviews from The Japan Times and Video Watchdog. Plot High school teacher Hideki Satomi (Hiroshi Mikami); his wife, Ayaka (Noriko Sakai) who works as a psychology teacher; and their five-year-old daughter, Nana (Hana Inoue) are driving home to Tokyo after a vacation. While on a country road, Hideki stops to upload a file in a phone booth. Inside, he sees a newspaper scrap showing his daughter being involved in a car crash, dated just a minute later at 8:00 PM. As Ayaka steps outside to get Hideki's help on Nana's jammed seatbelt, a truck smashes through their car, killing Nana. A distraught Hideki tries to find the newspaper scrap in front of reporters while Ayaka tearfully tries to stop him. Three years later, Ayaka, having divorced Hideki, interviews a psychic, Satoko Mikoshiba (Kazuko Yoshiyuki) to learn more about the "Newspaper of Terror". After showing fear and reluctance, Mikoshiba tells Ayaka that a lawyer had once contacted her about the newspaper, but he disappeared soon after. At home, Ayaka receives a mysterious phone call from Mikoshiba and decides to visit her again. Inside, Ayaka finds several journals that archived newspapers that foreshadowed future accidents. She finds Mikoshiba lying dead and surrounded by polaroid photos. Grabbing a photo from Mikoshiba's hand, she quickly calls Hideki about the Newspaper of Terror, but he frantically cuts her off as he believes she still thinks he is insane. Meanwhile, Hideki is haunted by premonitions and is restless whenever he sees any newspapers. A student of his, Sayuri Wakakubo (Maki Horikita) who talks about something that could not be prevented, catches his attention. One night, Hideki sees a newspaper foreshadowing Wakakubo's death. He rushes to Wakakubo's home, but is too late to stop her from being stabbed to death by a lunatic. Meeting Ayaka, Hideki tells her about his student's death as well as his premonitions; they agree to team up to solve the case. The two visit the house of Rei Kigata, a man who is reported having researched about the Newspaper of Terror. His house is deserted and covered with dirt. Finding a set of videotapes, they watch the first video dated thirteen years previously, in which Kigata (Kei Yamamoto) explains that after receiving premonitions, he worked to prevent it, which, while saving people, caused his hand to mysteriously darken as a side effect. The 32nd video shows him covered in ashes and waving at the camera. Hideki and Ayaka eventually find what is left of his remains: a lump of ashes with a vague shape of a human body. Hideki is uncertain whether he should let people die or save them at the cost of his own life, though Ayaka begs him not to. The two reaffirm their relationship and make love. The next day, Ayaka goes to work by train when her car breaks down, unknowingly leaving her phone inside. In Ayaka's apartment, Hideki sees a newspaper showing a train accident with more than 100 casualties, including Ayaka. He quickly follows Ayaka and manages to save her, but is unable to save everyone else, including Ayaka's friend, Misato (Mayumi Ono). Ayaka notices that Hideki's hand darkens as a side effect. Planning to move in together with Ayaka, Hideki packs his belongings, but is confronted by visions of the victims of the accidents, including Misato, Wakakubo, Kigata, and Mikoshiba. Knowing that he cannot save both his wife and daughter as long as he is alive, Hideki flashes to the car accident and chooses to remain at his car which explodes shortly after he saved both Ayaka and Nana. A distraught Ayaka screams, while Nana sees the Newspaper of Terror dropping on her, revealing Hideki as the casualty of the car accident. Cast Hiroshi Mikami as Hideki Satomi Noriko Sakai as Ayaka Satomi Hana Inoue as Nana Satomi Maki Horikita as Sayuri Wakakubo Mayumi Ono as Misato Miyamoto Kei Yamamoto as Rei Kigata Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Satoko Mikoshiba Production The film was part of Taka Ichise's announcement from May 14, 2004 where he stated his help in the creation of Entertainment FARM, which was the first Japanese company to provide financial backing for films. The company operated like an investment firm, focusing exclusively on films. Among their first productions, was Takashige Ichise's J-Horror Theater series, which Premonition was part of. The series was a list of free-standing horror films directed by Masayuki Ochiai, Norio Tsuruta, Takashi Shimizu, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Hideo Nakata and Hiroshi Takahashi. Premonition is based on Jiro Tsunoda's manga The Newspaper of Terror. Producer Takashige Ichise adapted the basic concept from the manga but developed a new plot for the film. Over the span of two years, Ichise, Tsuruta and Noboru Takagi rewrote and revised the script. Tsunoda initially disliked the script, opining that the film did not represent his manga, but reportedly softened on this view after seeing a completed product. Release Premonition was released theatrically in Japan on October 2, 2004 where it was distributed by Toho. The film was released as a double feature with Infection in Japan. Reception Mark Schilling (The Japan Times) compared the film to Ring and One Missed Call, but stated that the premise behind Premonition "arguably came first" and was "certainly the most fantastic." The review noted that the film "makes sense only if you accept that time and space are mental constructs and that life and death are two sides of the same existential coin." Schilling noted Mikami's performance in the film stating that it "approaches the over-ripe in the film's early scenes" but "seems right for its later ones" David Kalat of Video Watchdog stated that the film worked best when it "shrugs off the ghosts of past horror flicks and settles into its own groove." noting that the "final reel is a real standout Kalat concluded that the film was a "flawed but endearing work of second-tier J-horror".

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Hasan Rebac

Hasan Rebac (1894 - 4 August 1953) was a Yugoslav politician. Rebac married Serbian writer Anica Savic in April 1921. They remained married until his death 32 years later. In the autumn of 1930, Rebac moved with his wife to Skopje in Macedonia. They remained there until the invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941, when they escaped back to Belgrade as war refugees. Death and aftermath The same night that Rebac died after a serious illness, Anica attempted suicide by slitting her wrists. Two months later, the grief-stricken Anica committed suicide by shooting her heart with a revolver.

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Plastique Valentine

Plastique Valentine is the fourth studio album by punk rock band the Humpers, released in 1997. Critical reception CMJ New Music Monthly thought that the album "displays a band eye-ball deep in punk tradition that's so thoroughly absorbed its influences that comparisons and parallels are moot." Miami New Times determined that the new songs "swagger with more assurance and confidence than the frantic older stuff." The Bradenton Herald called the album "hot trailer trash punk flavored with searing '50s roadhouse piano." AllMusic wrote that "though the songwriting is a bit limited--it's hard to find a hook anywhere on the record--its gut-wrenching, visceral rush is harder and more punk than most of the Humpers punk-revivalist contemporaries."

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Raymond V. Darby

Raymond V. Darby (December 11, 1896 - March 5, 1953) was an American politician that served on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1944 until his death. He was the Mayor of Inglewood, California for fourteen years. Biography Raymond Vern Darby was born in Washington, Kansas on December 11, 1896. In 1944, he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and re-elected in 1946, 1948, 1950 and again in 1952. On March 5, 1953, he was struck in the Board of Supervisors hearing room by an irate property owner and died later that day from a brain hemorrhage. Prior to serving on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He can be heard as a contestant on the 20th June 1951 edition of You Bet Your Life.

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2016–17 Turkish Handball Super League

The 2016-17 Turkish Handball Super League is the 39th season of the Turkish Handball Super League, Turkish's top-tier handball league. A total of fourteen teams contest this season's league, which began on 17 September 2016 and is scheduled to conclude in April 2017. Besiktas J.K. are the defending champions, having beaten BB Ankara Spor 3-0 in the previous season's playoff finals. Format The competition format for the 2016-17 season consists of a home-and-away round-robin system. Teams The following 14 clubs compete in the Turkish Handball Super League during the 2016-17 season. Marmara Gucu SK, Trabzon and Ankara Il Ozel Idare were relegated from the previous season and Beykoz Belediyesi GSK, Selcuklu Belediyespor, Aziziye Belediyesi Termal Spor and Yozgat Bozok Spor were promoted from 2015-16 Turkish 1.lig.

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Gonars

Gonars () is a town and (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northeastern Italy. It is located near Palmanova. History World War II On 23 February 1942, the fascist regime established a concentration camp in the town, mostly for prisoners from present-day Slovenia and Croatia. The first transport of 5343 internees (1643 of whom were children) arrived two days later from the Province of Ljubljana and from the Rab camp and the camp in Monigo near Treviso. The camp was disbanded on 8 September 1943, immediately after Italian capitulation. Every effort was made to erase any evidence of this black spot of Italian history. The camp's buildings were destroyed, the materials were used to build a nearby kindergarten and the site was turned into a meadow. Only in 1973 a sacrarium was created by sculptor Miodrag Zivkovic at the town's cemetery. Remains of 453 Slovenian and Croatian victims were transferred into its two underground crypts. It is believed that at least 50 additional persons died in the camp due to starvation and torture. Apart from the sacrarium, no other evidence of the camp remains and even many locals are unaware of it. Among the people interned in the camp were scientist Ales Strojnik, writer Vitomil Zupan, poets Alojz Gradnik and France Balantic, historians Bogo Grafenauer and Vasilij Melik, sculptor Jakob Savinsek, playwright and essayist Bojan Stih, journalist Ernest Petrin, and politicians Anton Vratusa, Boris Kraigher and France Bucar. Twin cities Vrhnika, Slovenia Further reading Alessandra Kersevan, Un campo di concentramento fascista.

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Bertil Nordahl

Karl Bertil Emanuel Nordahl (26 July 1917 - 1 December 1998) was a Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder. He was also a football manager. Playing career He played for Degerfors IF and Atalanta B.C. He won the gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics, along with his brothers Knut and Gunnar Nordahl. After the Olympics, he and Gunnar transferred to Italy and, due to being in a professional football league while the Swedish football was all amateur, they were not called to the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He was capped 15 times for the Sweden national football team. Managerial career After his playing career, he coached Orebro SK and IK Brage.

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Ponemah, Minnesota

Ponemah (Ojibwe language Obaashiing) is a census-designated place (CDP) within the Lower Red Lake unorganized territory in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 724 at the 2010 census. History Though its name in the Ojibwe language is "Obaashiing" meaning "At the narrows", "Ponemah" is derived from another Ojibwe word baanimaa, meaning "later (on), after(wards)", as used in The Song of Hiawatha. Ponemah contained a government school for Ojibwe children. A post office called Ponemah has been in operation since 1901. Geography According to the U.S. Census, the CDP has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 874 people, 209 households, and 174 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 215 housing units at an average density of 11.0/sq mi (4.2/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 0.34% White, 99.20% Native American, 0.23% from other races, and 0.23% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.83% of the population. It is the most Native American census designated location in the United States by Percent. There were 209 households, out of which 51.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 21.1% were married couples living together, 44.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.7% were non-families. 13.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.18 and the average family size was 4.37. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 49.5% under the age of 18, 13.3% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 11.6% from 45 to 64, and 2.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 18 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.0 males. The median income for a household is $13,571, and the median income for a family was $13,527. Males had a median income of $21,250 versus $16,719 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $4,000. About 57.3% of families and 52.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 52.7% of those under age 18 and 58.3% of those age 65 or over. Politics Education It is in the Red Lake School District, which operates Ponemah Elementary School (K-8), and Red Lake Secondary Complex (formerly Red Lake High School).

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Video games in Belgium

This article is about the video game market and culture in Belgium. Consumer availability Distribution Distribution in Belgium is usually done by publishers that cover the entire Benelux, although some of the publishers' offices are located in Belgium. Since not every publisher has a separate office for the Benelux, certain publishers take care of multiple labels, including those of other publishers. Rating Belgium supports the PEGI rating system but there is no legislative basis. PEGI was developed and is owned by the Interactive Software Federation of Europe which is based in Brussels. Sales In 2011, the Belgian consumer bought 6.54 million games. More than 84% of those games were console games. The sales generated a revenue of 220 million euro, which means they stayed stable compared to 2010. Belgium's appearance in video games Belgium as a setting Belgium is not often used as an originally created setting for video games, although it does appear in some types of simulation games. World War II games The famous Battle of the Bulge is featured in the following video games: Battle of the Bulge, various wargames simulating the battle. Call of Duty: United Offensive, the American campaign is set during the Battle of the Bulge. Medal of Honor: European Assault, the final campaign is set at the start of the Battle. Bulge '44 (HPS Simulations) An operational level strategy wargame, covering many scenarios, both historic and alternative. Call of Duty: WWII, Battle of the Bulge, Ardennes map in multiplayer Racing games Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is a popular racing circuit. It's the host of the Belgian Grand Prix and has been featured in many Formula One games and other racing games like Need for Speed: Shift, Race Driver: Grid, Forza Motorsport 5 and Gran Turismo. Belgian video game characters Anna from the game Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a nurse who was born in Ypres In most of the international sports games, such as the FIFA football games and olympic video games, teams or players from Belgium are featured. Phillipe Loren, one of Saints Row The Third's villains is of Belgian origin. Sens from the game Rainbow 6 Siege Video games based on Belgian works Many video games are based on Belgian comic books: XIII Video games based on The Adventures of Tintin Video games based on The Smurfs Largo Winch: Empire Under Threat Spirou Video games based on Lucky Luke Video game development Representation The Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA) is the organization that represents the interests of the music, video and video game industries in Belgium. The Flemish Games Association (FLEGA) represents the Flemish video game industry, The Brussels-Capital Region Games Association (games.brussels) represents the Brussels video game industry, the Walloon Games Association (WALGA) represents the Walloon video game industry. Game developers from Belgium There are 64 game developers registered with the Flemish Games Association. Some of the game development studios in Belgium include: Defunct game developers Games developed in Belgium Adventure Rock Ary and the Secret of Seasons Baldur's Gate III Beyond Divinity Divine Divinity Divinity II: Ego Draconis Divinity II: Flames of Vengeance Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga Divinity: Dragon Commander Divinity: Original Sin Divinity: Original Sin II Hyperball Racing Sunset The Endless Forest The Graveyard The Path Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries Outcast Game publishers from Belgium Education University college Other Syntra LIMBURG offers multiple video game courses.

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Stephen Edgar

Stephen Edgar (born 1951) is an Australian poet, editor and indexer. Background and education Edgar was born in Sydney, where he attended Sydney Technical High School. After time spent living in London, he later returned to Australia, going on to study classics and librarianship at the University of Tasmania. Poetry His first published poetry appeared in 1979 in the Tasmanian literary quarterly Island (originally The Tasmanian Review). From 1986 to the present he has been subeditor of Island and was poetry editor between 1989 and 1994. He is the author of seven books of poetry. As well as extensive publication of his verse in print media, Stephen Edgar has published poetry in online poetry magazines such as Snorkel, The Poetry Foundation, The Chimaera, and The Flea. As poet Kevin Hart observed, Edgar "is distinctive for a firm commitment to closed forms and for showing considerable panache in handling them". Other critical material on Stephen Edgar includes a close reading by Clive James of Edgar's "Man on the Moon" in the Poetry Foundation'''s online magazine. Edgar's Eldershaw (2013) was shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards (2013) and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards (2014). Awards 1984 -- Harri Jones Memorial Prize for Poetry 2003 -- Grace Leven Prize for Poetry and William Baylebridge Memorial Prize (for Lost in the Foreground) 2005 -- Australian Book Review Poetry Prize (for his poem "Man on the Moon") 2006 -- Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal for an outstanding contribution to Australian literature, at the Mildura Writers' Festival.

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M.L. Kulkarni

Muralidhar Laxmanrao Kulkarni is an Indian pediatrician and genetician who currently heads the Pediatric division of dharwad medical college, dharwad. Medical College in 1975 as lecturer in pediatrics and was chosen to head the department in 1993. He is the youngest recipient of the prestigious Dr. B. C. Roy Award of Medical Council of India as an eminent medical teacher in 1994. He was also the founder president of Karnataka hemophilia society. Biography Kulkarni was born in Dharwad, India on September 8, 1947. He did his early schooling in Dharwad, then studied at Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, where he got his MBBS in 1971 and in 1975 his MD in pediatrics.

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Denmark–Norway relations

Denmark and Norway have a very long history together: they were both part of the Kalmar Union between 1397 and 1523, and Norway was in a Union with Denmark between 1524 and 1814. The two countries established diplomatic relations in 1905, after Norway ended its union with Sweden. Denmark has an embassy in Oslo and Norway has an embassy in Copenhagen. Both countries are full members of the Nordic Council, Council of the Baltic Sea States, NATO, OECD, OSCE, Arctic Council, Council of Europe and the World Trade Organization. There are around 15,000 Norwegians living in Denmark and around 20,000 Danes living in Norway. Early history Relations date back to the Middle Ages, when both countries were first established in the 8th-9th century. Denmark took part in the Battle of Svolder against Norway in 999 or 1000, and in the following partition of Norway. Kalmar Union The Kalmar Union is a historiographical term meaning a series of personal unions that united the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway (with Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Shetland, and Orkney), and Sweden (including Finland) under a single monarch, though intermittently and with a population less than 3,000,000. The countries had not technically given up their sovereignty, nor their independence, but in practical terms, they were not autonomous, the common monarch holding the sovereignty and, particularly, leading foreign policy; diverging interests (especially the Swedish nobility's dissatisfaction over the dominant role played by Denmark and Holstein) gave rise to a conflict that would hamper the union in several intervals from the 1430s until the union's breakup in 1523 when Gustav Vasa became king of Sweden. Norway and its overseas dependencies, however, continued to remain a part of the realm of Denmark-Norway under the Oldenburg dynasty for several centuries until its dissolution in 1814. Denmark-Norway Denmark-Norway is the historiographical name for a former political entity consisting of the kingdoms of Denmark and Norway, including the originally Norwegian dependencies of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Following the strife surrounding the break-up of its predecessor, the Kalmar Union, the two kingdoms entered into another personal union in 1524 which lasted until 1814. The corresponding adjective and demonym is Dano-Norwegian. The term Kingdom of Denmark is sometimes used to include both countries in the period 1536-1660, since the political and economic power emanated from Copenhagen, Denmark. The term covers the "royal part" of the Oldenburgs as it was in 1460, excluding the "ducal part" of Schleswig and Holstein. The administration used two official languages, Danish and German, and for several centuries both a Danish and German Chancery existed. Separation Denmark and Norway parted when the union was dissolved in 1814. Iceland, which legally became a Danish colony in 1814, became an independent country in 1918 in a personal union, which would end in 1944. Denmark is one of the original signatories of the Svalbard Treaty from 1920, which recognizes the sovereignty of Norway over the archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean, and grants signatories equal rights to engage in commercial activities and scientific research on the archipelago. In the early 1930s Norway occupied portions of the Danish territory of Greenland. In 1933, the Permanent Court of International Justice ruled against Norwegian claims, and the occupation ended. World War II Both Denmark and Norway were invaded by Germany in 1940, and the mainland territories of both countries were afterwards under German occupation with relatively light military casualties. Out of a population of 2100, over 770 Norwegian Jews were deported and killed during the occupation. Modern relations Denmark and Norway are important trading partners. In 2019, the two countries were each other's fifth largest sources of imports, whereas Norway was the third largest export destination for Denmark, and Denmark was the sixth largest export destination for Norway. The Baltic Pipe, connecting Norway with Denmark and Poland, is scheduled to be completed in October 2022. Its purpose is to ensure natural gas supplies from Norway to Denmark and Poland.

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Conyers Surtees

Brigadier-General Sir Herbert Conyers Surtees (13 January 1858 - 18 April 1933) was a British military leader, politician and historical author. Early life He was born in London on 13 January 1858. He was the only son of Col. Charles Freville Surtees DL JP (1823-1906) of the 10th Hussars and his wife, Bertha Chauncey. He was christened in St James' Church in Paddington. He was descended from Robert Surtees of Mainsforth. His father was MP for South Durham 1865 to 1868. He was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, before entering the British Army in 1876, joining the 49th Regiment of Foot. In October 1877, he transferred to the Coldstream Guards and remained with them for the rest of his career. Career He worked initially as a "musket instructor". From 1884 to 1887 he was posted in Egypt. He was promoted to Captain in 1887 and Major in 1895. He mainly served with the Coldstream Guards he rose to the rank of Brigadier General. He saw action as a Lt. Colonel in from 1899 to 1900 South Africa (during the Boer War). In 1899, he saw action at the Siege of Kimberley, Belmont, Enslin, the Modder River, Magersfontein, and the Orange Free State. In 1900 he saw action at Driefontein, the Vet River, the Zand River and Belfast. For these numerous actions he received the Queen's South African Medal with six clasps (indicating seven awards). He also received the DSO. In 1904, he was promoted to Brevet Colonel and served as a military attache in Constantinople and Athens. He retired in 1912, but came out of retirement due to the First World War commanding the 52nd Infantry Brigade in France and Belgium. Political career From 1918 to 1922 he was the Member of Parliament for as a . He lived at Mainsforth Hall (inherited from his father) near Ferry Hill in County Durham. A notable freemason he was created Provincial Grand Master for Durham in October 1932 and Provisional Prior of the Knights Templar in November 1932. Personal life In 1887 he married Madeline Augusta Crabbe (d. 1957), daughter of Edward Crabbe and his wife Ruth Herbert, a stage actress and the artist's model to Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Together, Madeline and Herbert had two daughters: Dorothy Cynthia Surtees (1890-1957), who married Christopher Cecil Tower. After his death, she married Sir Patrick Ramsay, the second son of John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie and a brother-in-law of Princess Patricia of Connaught (through her husband Sir Alexander Ramsay). Etelka Bertha Surtees (1891-1974), who married the American diplomat Edward J. Bell (1882-1924), nephew of the publisher James Gordon Bennett Jr., in 1914. After his death in Peking (while acting Minister to China when Minister Jacob Gould Schurman was in Washington) in 1924, she remarried to Sir James Leishman Dodds (1891-1972), a son of Under-Secretary of State for Scotland Sir James Miller Dodds, in Paris in 1927. During World War II, Dodds was the British Minister to Bolivia. He died in London on 18 April 1933 after an operation. His widow, a recipient of Turkish Order of the Chefaket, died in 1957. After Lady Surtees' death, their granddaughter Virginia inherited Mainsforth Hall and changed her name to Surtees in 1962. Descendants Through his daughter Dorothy, he was a grandfather of David Patrick Maule Ramsay (1919-1978), who married (and divorced) Helene Arvanitidi, and James Surtees Maule Ramsay (1923-1944), a Lt. in the Scots Guards who died in the Netherlands at the Western Front during World War II. From his daughter Etelka's first marriage, he was a grandfather of noted society hostess and writer Evangeline Bell (1914-1995), who married David K. E. Bruce (a son of U.S. Senator William Cabell Bruce, he served as the U.S. Ambassador to France, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the United Kingdom), and Virginia Bell (1917-2017), who married (and later divorced) Sir Henry Ashley Clarke, the British Ambassador to Italy. From his Etelka's second marriage, he was a grandfather of Josephine Leishman Dodds (b. 1928), who married Squadron Leader Hugh Glyn Laurence Arthur Brooking (1914-2000) in 1949. Brooking, the King's Messenger, a younger son of Hugh Cyril Arthur Brooking. Legacy and honours He was knighted by King George V in 1932. After his death, a memorial plaque was erected in the cloister of Durham Cathedral to his memory. His portrait is held by Darlington Library.

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Coil waste

Coil waste is a type of U.S. stamp made from damaged or unusable printing stock intended for use as coil stamps and is a term applied to several stamp issues of the late 1910s and early 20s. Sometimes in the printing of coils on rotary presses, several stamps from the run were deemed unusable for coil production. Instead of discarding these, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing processed them through the flat-plate perforating machine to finish them as fully perforated stamps. These finished products are known as coil waste. While seemingly identical to normal fully perforated issues (which were printed on flat plate presses), coil waste stamps are distinguishable by their size: their designs are slightly wider or longer than normal because rotary press printing slightly stretches an image. The stamps removed from coil production in the late teens and early twenties were "discarded as unfit," according to a report from a director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing "on account of narrow margins, too close perforations, and other reasons." A notable example is a 1919 1C/ Washington stamp (Scott Catalogue #538). This, according to Max Johl, had "received the regulation one way [vertical] coil perforation while forming part of the long rolls of stamps printed on the rotary press. The coil perforating machines...fitted for perforating rolls of stamps could not be used to perforate sheets, so these [stamps] had to be perforated the other way (horizontally) on the regulation eleven gauge flat plate perforating machines." The rarest coil waste issue from the Washington-Franklin series is another 1C/ Washington stamp produced in 1921 (Scott #544). Other Washington-Franklin examples include Scott #539-541. In 1923, during the production of the U. S. Fourth Bureau definitive series, four coil waste issues were made from short ends left over after the long printed rotary rolls had been cut into proper coil lengths (such as 500 or 1000 stamps). The excess production occurred in the coil versions of the 1C/ Franklin and 2C/ Washington stamps (Scott #597 and 599). One batch of each issue had been perforated 10 vertically, and those stamps were then perforated 11 horizontally to produce Scott #578 and 579; the remaining, smaller group of short ends had not been perforated, and these were finished with gauge 11 perforations on all sides (Scott #594 and 595). The rarest of the four is #594: a 1C/ Franklin stamp. Several extremely rare stamps from this period sometimes misidentified as coil waste were produced from the waste printing of sheet stamps. These include another 1C/ Franklin issue (Scott #596) and the perforated 11 rotary press Harding Memorial stamp (Scott #613).

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Valga Keskstaadion

Valga Keskstaadion (Central stadium of Valga) is a multi-use stadium in the town of Valga, Estonia. It is currently used mostly for athletics and football matches. The stadium holds 452 people and was opened in 1956. Estonia national team matches Valga has hosted two Estonia national football team matches, once in 1998 and once in 2003. Athletics records Updated in 2018.

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2016–17 Duleep Trophy

The 2016-17 Duleep Trophy was the 55th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament in India. In June 2016, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that the tournament will feature day/night matches and pink ball will be used. The tournament was contested by three teams. In August 2016 the BCCI confirmed that three teams, India Red, India Blue and India Green would play in a round-robin league stage. Each of these matches will last for four days, with the final scheduled to last five days, starting on 10 September. India Blue won the trophy, beating India Red by 355 runs in the final.

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Helmut Kahlhöfer

Helmut Kahlhofer (25 July 1914 - 12 April 1988) was a German church musician and academic teacher. He was the founder and for decades the conductor of the choir Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke. Life and career Born in Barmen (now part of Wuppertal), Kahlhofer studied Protestant church music at the Musikhochschule Koln, organ with Heinrich Boell and Michael Schneider, piano with Karl Hermann Pillnay, and choral conducting with . Kahlhofer graduated in 1937 with the A-Examen and the concert exam for organ. He worked as a church musician (Kantor) in Cologne from 1937 to the beginning of World War II. He then continued his studies at the Salzburg Mozarteum, conducting with Clemens Krauss and piano with Walter Lampe. Kahlhofer worked in Wuppertal from 1945. In 1946 he became Kantor of the Reformed Immanuelskirche in Barmen-Gemarke and founded there in 1946 the choir Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke which he conducted to 1986. He worked also from 1950 to 1960 as a lecturer for organ at the Landeskirchenmusikschule in Dusseldorf, and as a professor for choral conducting at the Folkwang-Hochschule in Essen from 1965 to 1978. He conducted the Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke to 1986. He led the choir in liturgical music but also concerts of music from the Renaissance to the 20th century. In 1966 he conducted a recording of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Jesu meine Freude" (Motette zu funf Stimmen BWV 227) and Johannes Brahms's "Fest- und Gedenkspruche" (opus 109, Motette fur achtstimmigen Doppelchor) and Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Muhseligen? 1, motet for six-part choir). In 1973 he conducted a recording of Max Reger's three motets Geistliche Gesange, Op. 110. dedicated in 1965 his cantata Jerusalem to him and the choir: "Fur Helmut Kahlhofer und die Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke". In 1980 he conducted Paul Hindemith's Apparebit repentina dies, and in 1982 Stravinsky's Mass and Symphony of Psalms. Bach was the focus of the choir's repertory. They recorded Bach's motets in 1963 with the Collegium Aureum, and several of his cantatas including Schauet doch und sehet, ob irgend ein Schmerz sei, BWV 46, in 1960 and Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61, in 1966, with the ensemble Deutsche Bachsolisten. Kahlhofer conducted Bach's St Matthew Passion, St John Passion and Mass in B minor in the years 1983 to 1985, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Bach's birth in 1985. The Mass was also recorded that year with soloists Mitsuko Shirai, Hildegard Laurich, and Andreas Schmidt. Kahlhofer was awarded the title Kirchenmusikdirektor (director of church music) in 1954. From 1961 to 1986, he also directed the Schonhausen-Chor in Krefeld.

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Apisit Aonrak

Apisit Aonrak (, born March 16, 1976) is a Thai former football referee who has been a full international referee for FIFA. He was also a 4th official at the 2010 AFC Champions League. He was preselected as a 4th official for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. On November 21, 2010, Aonrak will be the referee for the Final match of the 2010 Toyota League Cup, Buriram PEA vs. Thai Port at the National Stadium in Bangkok. On December 19, 2010, Aonrak will be the 4th official for the Semi-Final match of the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup, Indonesia vs. Philippines at the Bung Karno Stadium in Central Jakarta. He served as a referee for 2014 World Cup qualifying, officiating the opening-round match between Bangladesh and Lebanon.

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Buddy Peterson

Carl Francis "Buddy" Peterson (April 23, 1925 - September 19, 2006) was an American professional baseball player and manager who spent all but 13 games of his career at the minor league level. The native of Portland, Oregon, primarily a shortstop in his playing days, threw and batted right-handed, and stood tall and weighed . Peterson's playing career extended from through and included two brief Major League trials -- with the Chicago White Sox in September and the Baltimore Orioles in September . Peterson recorded 38 at bats and made nine hits, including three doubles, for a batting average of .237, with two runs batted in. Peterson was a fixture in the Pacific Coast League during the 1950s, as the regular shortstop for three teams: the San Diego Padres, Vancouver Mounties and Sacramento Solons. He batted .280 in 2,005 minor league games, with 93 home runs. Peterson also played three seasons (1961-1963) in Nippon Professional Baseball, appearing in 357 games for the Nankai Hawks of the Pacific League, and batting .272 with 344 hits. After his playing career, Peterson managed in the farm systems of the New York Mets, Kansas City Royals and Oakland Athletics, with his final season as a skipper coming in . He died at age 81 in Sacramento, California.

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Katyn Commission

The Katyn Commission or the International Katyn Commission was a committee formed in April 1943 under request by Germany to investigate the Katyn massacre of some 22,000 Polish nationals during the Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland, mostly prisoners of war from the September Campaign including Polish Army officers, intelligentsia, civil servants, priests, police officers and numerous other professionals. Their bodies were discovered in a series of large mass graves in the forest near Smolensk in Russia following Operation Barbarossa. An international commission of experts in anatomy and forensic pathology were brought in from 11 countries in Europe, predominantly from Nazi Germany's allied or occupied states. The Commission concluded that the Soviet Union had been responsible for the massacre. Consequently, the German government made extensive reference to the massacre in its own propaganda in an attempt to drive a political wedge between the Allies of World War II alliance. The severing of relations between the Polish government-in-exile and the Soviet Union was a direct result of Polish support for the investigation. The Soviets denied their responsibility for the crime immediately, and their Extraordinary State Commission was tasked with falsifying documents and forensic science in order to reverse the blame and charged Germany with the crime. Members , Romanian doctor of medicine Herman Maximilien de Burlet, Dutch anatomist, embryologist, physiologist and pathologist , Czech professor of forensic medicine , Bulgarian professor of forensic medicine Eduard Miloslavic, Croatian professor of pathology Professor Francois Naville from University of Geneva Dr. from the University of Budapest , Italian professor of forensic medicine, University of Naples , Finnish pathologist, professor of the Helsinki University Professor of the Ghent University in Belgium , Danish expert in forensic medicine Andrej Zarnov (Frantisek Subik), Slovak professor of pathological anatomy Russian admission of the Soviet crime The Soviet documents pertaining to the massacre started being declassified only in 1990. They proved conclusively that 21,857 Polish internees and prisoners of war were executed by the Soviet Union after 3 April 1940 including 14,552 prisoners from three largest Soviet POW camps at this time. Of the total number of victims, 4,421 officers were executed by shooting at the Kozelsk Optina Monastery, 3,820 at the Starobelsk POW camp, and 6,311 at the Ostashkov facility, in addition to 7,305 Poles who were secretly executed in Byelorussian SSR and Ukrainian SSR prisons. Among the victims were 14 Polish generals including Leon Billewicz, Bronislaw Bohatyrewicz, Xawery Czernicki (admiral), Stanislaw Haller, Aleksander Kowalewski, Henryk Minkiewicz, Kazimierz Orlik-Lukoski, Konstanty Plisowski, Rudolf Prich (murdered in Lviv), Franciszek Sikorski, Leonard Skierski, Piotr Skuratowicz, Mieczyslaw Smorawinski and Alojzy Wir-Konas (promoted posthumously). In November 2010, the Russian State Duma admitted in an official declaration that Joseph Stalin and Soviet officials ordered the Soviet NKVD secret police under Lavrentiy Beria to commit the massacres.

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List of missions to the Moon

As part of human exploration of the Moon, numerous space missions have been undertaken to study Earth's natural satellite. Of the Moon landings, Luna 2 of the Soviet Union was the first spacecraft to reach its surface successfully, intentionally impacting the Moon on 13 September 1959. In 1966, Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to achieve a controlled soft landing, while Luna 10 became the first mission to enter orbit, and in 1968 Zond 5 became the first mission to carry lifeforms (tortoises) to close proximity of the Moon. Between 1968 and 1972, crewed missions to the Moon were conducted by the United States as part of the Apollo program. Apollo 8 was the first crewed mission to enter orbit in December 1968, and it was followed by Apollo 10 in May 1969. Six missions landed humans on the Moon, beginning with Apollo 11 in July 1969, during which Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon. Apollo 13 was intended to land; however, it was restricted to a flyby due to a malfunction aboard the spacecraft. All nine crewed missions returned safely to the Earth. While the United States focused on the crewed Apollo program, the Soviet Union conducted uncrewed missions that deployed rovers and returned samples to the Earth. Three rover missions were launched, of which two were successful, and eleven sample return flights were attempted with three successes. Missions to the Moon have been conducted by the following nations and organisations (in chronological order): the Soviet Union, the United States, Japan, the European Space Agency, China, India, Luxembourg, Israel, Italy, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, and Russia. The Moon has also been visited by five spacecraft not dedicated to studying it; four spacecraft have flown past it to gain gravity assistance, and a radio telescope, Explorer 49, was placed into selenocentric orbit in order to use the Moon to block interference from terrestrial radio sources. Statistics Launches by decade This is a list of 146 launches (including failed ones) to the Moon. It includes Flybys, Impact probes, orbiters, landers, rovers and crewed missions. Mission milestone by country Legend Missions by organization/company Missions by date Future missions There are several future lunar missions planned or proposed by various nations and organisations. Funded and are under development Robotic Crewed Proposed but full funding still unclear Robotic The following robotic space probe missions have been proposed but their full funding is unclear or not yet been requested: Unrealized concepts 2010s Resource Prospector - concept by NASA of a rover that would have performed a survey expedition on a polar region of the Moon. It was canceled in April 2018.

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Point Cloates

Point Cloates (), formerly known as Cloate's Island, is a peninsula approximately 100 kilometres south south-west of North West Cape, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It features Point Cloates Lighthouse and the ruins of a previous lighthouse (built in 1910); both buildings are on Cloates Hill, which rises 41 metres (134.5 feet) above sea level. During the 17th and 18th centuries, the first European mariners to see Point Cloates believed the area between the point and North West Cape to be a small island, which became known to them as "Cloat's Island" (see above). The "island" was often confused with other geographical features; these errors led to it being mismapped, as well as suggestions that its existence was doubtful, or that it was a phantom island. The first Europeans to report seeing the point, in 1618, were Captain Lenaert Jacobszoon and supercargo Willem Janszoon, in the Dutch East India Company ship Mauritius. On 1 May 1622, John Brooke, captain of Tryall claimed to have sighted an island in the area, while en route from England to Batavia (Jakarta), in the Dutch East Indies. The name "Cloate's" or "Cloat's Island" originated with a European mariner named Nash, who in 1719 named it after one of the owners of his vessel, a Flemish "baron". Nash is believed to have been English, and the spelling may be an anglicisation of the Flemish surname Cloot. Nash was commanding a "Flemish" (probably Austrian Netherlands) ship, House of Austria, en route from Ostend to a port in China. Nash estimated that the island was "32 leagues" (approximately 180 kilometres) in length. Guthrie's world map of 1785 shows the island at 97deg east longitude, due south of Keeling Island, which is 16 degrees west and more than 1,600 kilometres east of Point Cloates. Such errors led some cartographers to classify Cloats Island as a "doubtful" or "phantom island". For instance, James Horsburgh wrote in The India Directory, first published in 1809, that: "Cloates Island very probably has no real existence." Uncertainty regarding the location and nature of the "island" may have contributed to the loss of the Portuguese Navy aviso Correio da Azia, bound for Macau in 1816. After running aground on Ningaloo Reef, Correio was abandoned and later sank. In 1827, Phillip Parker King suggested that the island was a peninsula. Nevertheless, "Cloates Island" remained on some later marine charts and world maps. In 1887 the ship SS Perth (formerly SS Penola), was wrecked near the cape. The ruins of the first Point Cloates Lighthouse, built in 1910, are listed in the Western Australian register of heritage places (2005). In 1912, the Western Australian government granted a whaling licence to a Norwegian company to operate whaling stations at Frenchman's Bay near Albany and Norwegian Bay (near Point Cloates).

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Slow Burn (2005 film)

Slow Burn is a 2005 American drama thriller film directed by Wayne Beach and starring Ray Liotta, Jolene Blalock and LL Cool J. It is notable for the extended period between production and eventual release. A crime drama, the film was produced in 2003, was finally given a showing at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, and finally got a proper theatrical release in 2007. Plot Nora Timmer, a biracial (African and European descent) woman, is being questioned by Ford Cole, the District Attorney. Nora, who is the Assistant District Attorney, claims she was being raped by Isaac Duparde when she shot him in the head. Journalist Ty Trippin interviews Ford; Ford surprises Ty by anticipating his first two questions. Nora explains to Ford that she had first met Isaac a week earlier at a music store, where he came on to her, asking to give her a ride on the rainy night. Nora politely rebuffed his advances, but was forced to accept his offer when she found herself stranded in the rain with no cab to respond to her calls. Issac locked the door to his car when Nora tried to exit upon reaching her home, only to give her a music cassette as a compliment. Nora tells Ford that Issac waited for her in her house one night, grabbed her from behind, and raped her. Luther Pinks, claiming to be an associate of Isaac, shows up to meet Ford and relates his version of the story, stating that Isaac's death was not self-defence, but murder. He states that Nora had seduced Isaac into falling in love and ultimately becoming obsessed with her. He tells Ford about an 'African violet' tattoo on Nora's backside to support his claims. Ford tends to believe him, as he himself had seen it when he and Nora had sex. Isaac's home is set ablaze and Ford receives an odd voicemail from the deceased suggesting a conspiracy involving Nora. Later, Luther tells Ford of a deal Nora supposedly offered Isaac for his cousin who was recently booked on drug charges; if his aunt were to agree to sell her home to an interested party, his cousin would walk. Luther also reveals Nora's dirty little secret--that she isn't biracial but is using being a minority to benefit her career and to satisfy some strange obsession with being black. Cast Ray Liotta as Ford Cole Jolene Blalock as Nora Timmer LL Cool J as Luther Pinks Mekhi Phifer as Isaac Duperde Taye Diggs as Jeffrey Sykes Bruce McGill as Godfrey Chiwetel Ejiofor as Ty Trippin / Danny Guy Torry as Chet Price Release It was released in American theaters on April 13, 2007, but performed poorly. It had an opening weekend of $778,123 in ticket sales and closed in just 2 weeks with a domestic total of $1,237,615 and $559,641 from foreign markets for a worldwide total of $1,797,256. It ranks among the top ten widely released films for having the biggest second weekend drop at the box office, dropping 84.7% from $676,048 to $91,748. The DVD was released in North America on July 24, 2007, and sold 44,720 units in the opening weekend, translating to revenue of $893,953. This does not include Blu-ray/DVD sales rentals and sales tracking does not extend beyond the first week.<ref>Movie Slow Burn - DVD Sales. Retrieved 2010-10-31.</ref> The film has themes of inter-racial dating, "passing" or pretending to be a member of another race, stereotypes included, and using a rape defense to the accusation of murder. ReceptionSlow Burn received negative reviews from critics. , the film holds a 12% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 34 reviews with an average rating of 3.63/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "With wooden acting and hammy, overheated dialogue, Slow Burn'' isn't so much a noir as it is a mediocre parody of one." Novel The screenplay is based on a short story by Wayne Beach and Anthony Walton. Wayne Beach converted the story to screenplay and directed the film.

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Chainfire

Chainfire is the ninth book in Terry Goodkind's epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth, and the first in a trilogy. It was nominated for the Prometheus Award. Plot introduction During a raid on his camp, Richard is seriously wounded and now Nicci must use Subtractive Magic in order to save him. Richard awakens to find his wife Kahlan missing and discovers that he is the only person alive who remembers her. As he begins to search for her, he learns that he is also hunted by a beast created by Jagang's Sisters of the Dark. Plot summary Richard Rahl is the ruler of the D'Haran Empire, a collection of nations previously made up of D'Hara and the Midlands. Richard Rahl and the D'Haran Empire are currently locked in an epic struggle with the Imperial Order, an Empire from the Old World, led by Emperor Jagang. Chainfire continues the story of Richard in his attempt to teach the people that their lives are theirs alone, and that they can be free of the Imperial Order. Richard is gravely injured from an enemy's arrow. He is brought to Nicci, a sorceress and former Sister of the Dark, who heals him using Subtractive Magic; this causes unforeseen events to spiral out of control. When Richard awakens, he discovers that his wife, Kahlan Amnell, the Mother Confessor, is missing. Furthermore, no one around him seems to remember her. Nicci and Cara both attribute Richard's memory of Kahlan to dreams and delusions brought on by his injury and possibly an unintended effect of the Subtractive Magic used in healing Richard. Despite Richard's attempts to explain the events of the last several years could not have happened without Kahlan, the paradoxes are explained away as Richard remembering things inaccurately. Fearing for Kahlan's life, Richard desperately tries to find some trace of her and at the same time convince the others that she exists. His search leads him to the witch woman, Shota, who reveals "that which you seek is long buried with the bones". In return for more information, Shota demands the Sword of Truth, which Richard relinquishes to her pet, Samuel, the previous bearer of the sword. Shota then utters the words "Chainfire" and "The Deep Nothing" and tells Richard to "beware the four-headed viper". She also warns Richard of a "blood beast" conjured by several wizards and Sisters of the Dark, under the orders of Jagang. The beast is meant to kill Richard and is as unstoppable as it is unpredictable. Further, the beast is able to track Richard when he uses his gift because of the way Nicci healed his arrow wound. In the meantime, Ann and Nathan together have discovered many blank pages in books of ancient prophecy. They seem to remember that the pages should not be blank but cannot remember what was originally written there. Zedd makes the same discovery independently. Leaving Agaden Reach, Richard makes his way to the Wizard's Keep to find Zedd, but he also has no memory of Kahlan. To prove Kahlan's existence, Richard exhumes her grave and is shocked to find a corpse in the buried casket with a nametag attached to her dress. He is devastated and falls into a deep depression. Meanwhile, Ann, Nathan, and Frederich also arrive at the Keep. Desperate to get their "Richard" back so that he will "fulfill prophecy" and lead the D'Haran army against the forces of Emperor Jagang. Zedd, Nathan, and Ann attempt to coerce Nicci into secretly using Subtractive Magic to delete Richard's "delusions"; Nicci instead begs Richard to persevere in his beliefs. Together with Cara, they head to the Sliph to travel to the People's Palace. Richard learns that the Sliph knows of a place called the Deep Nothing. The Sliph takes them to some ruins called "Caska" in the Deep Nothing. Upon arriving, they find themselves in the midst of a group of Imperial Order advanced scouts who have captured a girl named Jillian, part of a people called the "Dream Casters". While Nicci eliminates the rest of the Imperial Troops scouts, Richard and Jillian look for answers in the catacombs. Together, they find a hidden passage that leads to a protected library. In the library, Jillian discovers a book titled Chainfire. At the same time, the reader learns that Kahlan indeed exists, and has been kidnapped by the four remaining Sisters of the Dark who escaped the Dream Walker in Blood of the Fold. The Sisters have cast a spell called Chainfire, using Subtractive Magic to erase people's memories of Kahlan and Kahlan's memories of herself. The Sisters then use Kahlan to steal the boxes of Orden from the Garden of Life in the People's Palace. Kahlan leaves Spirit behind, the statue Richard carved for her. Richard, Nicci, and Cara then travel to the People's Palace and learn that the boxes are missing and that they have been put into play. Richard finds the statue Kahlan left and figures out that the Sisters have stolen his wife and the boxes. With the proof in the Garden of Life, Nicci and Cara finally believe in the existence of Kahlan, despite not remembering her. While there, they learn that an older woman has been found fatally stabbed near the D'haran army; Nicci and Richard determine that it is Sister Tovi. Nicci uses deception to interrogate Tovi, discovering that it was Samuel who stabbed Tovi and took the Box of Orden she was carrying. She also learns about the Chainfire spell, about how it was used to obliterate everyone's memory about Kahlan, and that the Boxes of Orden were created in opposition to it. Later, Richard realizes that the Sword of Truth protected him from the Chainfire spell, which is why he was still able to remember Kahlan. Richard, Nicci and Cara return to the Wizard's Keep and, with the information gathered from Tovi and the book "Chainfire", they finally manage to convince Zedd, Nathan, and Ann of the truth. While no one but Richard remembers Kahlan, they now believe that she exists. Characters Chainfire magic The spell is explained as a complicated memory-altering magic. But it is not as simple as erasing the memory of everyone directly, as this is merely Subtractive Magic. Also, simply attempting to erase the memory because it uses Subtractive Magic, has a strong probability of destroying portions of the mind, thus killing the subject. A death spell, can for instance, make it seem like a person is dead, but everyone still remembers the person existed. Also, if you tried to erase the knowledge of even a simple person like a woodcutter, the nature of reality would be such that all too obvious gaps in memory would be noticed, such as how the woodcutter's wife got her food and wood if she were crippled. For this reason, some wizards came up with a workaround, using some energy to warp reality itself or at least human perception of it. False memories are automatically created to fill the gaps in reality, almost as if someone went back in time and changed them. Wizard's Ninth Rule The Wizard's Ninth Rule, revealed in Chainfire, is: It is explained in the novel as follows: "To believe in a contradiction is to abdicate your belief in the existence of the world around you and the nature of the things in it, to instead embrace any random impulse that strikes your fancy - to imagine something is real simply because you wish it were. A thing is what it is, it is itself. There can be no contradictions. In reality, contradictions cannot exist. To believe in them you must abandon the most important thing you possess: your rational mind. The wager for such a bargain is your life. In such an exchange, you always lose what you have at stake."

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The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap

The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap is a 2014 non-fiction book by journalist Matt Taibbi about wealth inequality in the United States and its impact on the American conception of justice and the legal system. Overview Published by Spiegel & Grau, the book illustrates the "divide" by looking at the relationship between growing income inequality and the criminalization of poverty, as poor people are increasingly harassed, arrested and imprisoned for minor crimes in the U.S., sometimes for no actual crime at all, even as crime rates continue to plummet, resulting in a prison population that "is now the biggest in the history of human civilization." At the same time, Taibbi writes, white-collar criminals who continue to defraud the financial system avoid punishment, allowing them to accumulate even more wealth without fear of future prosecution. Taibbi argues that as a result of this divide, money has now redefined the meaning of justice, distorting the very notion of American citizenship and challenging the founding ideals of its nation. The Los Angeles Times called the book "advocacy journalism at its finest, an attempt to stir us up." See also Causes of the Great Recession Government policies and the subprime mortgage crisis Incarceration in the United States References Further reading Doctorow, Cory (June 2, 2014). Matt Taibbi's The Divide: incandescent indictment of the American justice-gap. In Book's Trial of U.S. Justice System, Wealth Gap is Exhibit A. Emily Tess Katz (April 16, 2014). Matt Taibbi: America Has A 'Profound Hatred Of The Weak And The Poor'. "It's total moral surrender": Matt Taibbi unloads on Wall Street, inequality and our broken justice system.

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Pontus Wernbloom

Pontus Anders Mikael Wernbloom (; born 25 June 1986) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Beginning his professional career with IFK Goteborg in 2005, he went on to represent AZ, CSKA Moscow, and PAOK before retiring at IFK Goteborg in 2021. A full international between 2007 and 2016, he won 51 caps for the Sweden national team and was a squad player at UEFA Euro 2012 and 2016. Club career IFK Goteborg After playing for local club IK Kongahalla, he joined the youth team of IFK Goteborg in 2004, before being promoted to the senior team in 2005. He quickly made a name for himself with his hard tackles, fighting spirit and generally fearless playing style. When Hakan Mild retired after the 2005 season, Wernbloom secured a place in the starting line-up. However, during the following season he struggled to retain his place as the club changed its playing style under new management. When striker Marcus Berg left to play for FC Groningen in the summer of 2007, Wernbloom switched to forward and was able to be a starter once again. AZ In April 2009, he signed a contract with Dutch club AZ. He made his Eredivisie debut against Heracles Almelo on 2 August 2009 and scored his first goal in a 3-3 draw away to VVV on 20 February 2010. Wernbloom scored a goal in both play-off round legs against Kazakh side FC Aktobe, helping his team to qualify for the group stage of the 2010-11 UEFA Europa League. CSKA Moscow In January 2012, Wernbloom left AZ for signing a long-term contract with the Russian top club CSKA Moscow. Plagued by injuries, Wernbloom was plunged into the deep end against a highly favored Real Madrid side in the knockout stages of the Champions League. In the game against his alleged favorite club, he scored a dramatic half-volley in the dying minutes to equalize 1-1. After the final game of the 2017-18 season, CSKA Moscow announced that Wernbloom would be leaving the club at the end of his contract for family reasons. Wernbloom left CSKA Moscow after a successful six-year spell with the Russian team. PAOK On 16 August 2018, Wernbloom arrived in Thessaloniki to agree on personal terms with Greek club PAOK FC. Eventually he signed a three-year contract worth EUR1.1 million per year. On 17 December 2018, Wernbloom was unlucky in the away game against Levadiakos, as he suffered a ruptured achilles tendon and would stay out of the action for several months, meaning PAOK will be without a key player as they look to win their first league title since 1985. On 20 August 2020 his contract with PAOK was terminated. Return to IFK Goteborg and retirement On 21 August 2020, Wernbloom signed a contract with IFK Goteborg until the end of the 2021 Allsvenskan season. He announced his immediate retirement from professional football on 14 July 2021, citing injury problems. International career He debuted for the Sweden under-21 side in 2006, scoring a goal in the 12th minute of the match. On 7 January 2007, he was picked for the Swedish national team's January Tour in South America, and he made his debut on 18 January against Ecuador. He won his 50th cap for Sweden on 29 March 2016, a 1-1 draw with the Czech Republic. Pontus Wernbloom retired from international duty following UEFA Euro 2016. Wernbloom won 51 caps for Sweden, representing his country at UEFA Euro 2012 and 2016. Personal life Wernbloom married girlfriend Nina in 2010 who gave birth to their son Mille the following year. He openly took a stance against Sweden Democrats prior to the 2010 Swedish general election, and stated his support for social democracy in Aftonbladet. Career statistics Club 1Includes Svenska Cupen, KNVB Cup and Russian Cup. 2Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. 3Includes Svenska Supercupen, Johan Cruijff Shield and Russian Super Cup. International Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wernbloom goal.

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Channel 3 (Rosario, Argentina)

Eltres TV (call sign LT 83 TV) is an Argentine private, over-the-air television station broadcasting from Rosario, province of Santa Fe. Channel 3 is operated by Grupo Television Litoral alongside two radio stations, Plus FM on 93.1 MHz FM and Radio 2 on 1230 kHz AM. History LT 83 TV received its federal license in August 1964 and signed on June 20, 1965, some years after shareholders explored the foundation of a television station. It moved its studios several times in the 1960s and early 1970s to cope with a growing demand for television in the region. Channel 3 started broadcasting in color on May 1, 1980, using the PAL-N system as with every other TV station in the country. Full color programming began with a military parade on June 20 of that year. The station also produced such important local programming as the matches held in Rosario during the 1978 FIFA World Cup and Pope John Paul II's visit to the city in 1987. In 2007, LT 83 suffered the second tower collapse in its history, causing damage to the station's studios. In 2011, it rebranded as El Tres. In 2015, after the death of owner Alberto Casiano Gollan, a 55% share in Television Litoral, the license holder, was sold to local businessmen associated with the Fundacion Libertad group, for around US$13 million. Currently, the station operates with a 30 kW transmitter, using four translators to reach all the province. Programming Channel 3 holds an affiliation with Artear's El Trece and primarily airs its national programs. However, it also is involved in the production of local news and other programs. The local news on El Tres tends to focus specifically on the Rosario metropolitan area, with little if any coverage of southern Santa Fe province or the cities where repeaters are located. Local programs include Antes de salir, a morning show, De 12 a 14 at midday and a local version of Telenoche aired at night. See also Telefe Rosario, Channel 3's only competitor.

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Cyanea fulva

Cyanea fulva, the Atlantic lion's mane jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish found along the Mid-Atlantic coastal region of the United States. C. fulva are commonly noted as being about two inches in diameter and smaller than C. capillata, however, larger than C. versicolor, a co-occurring close species. One distinctive feature present in mature C. fulva populations is their four mouth-part tentacles, containing a cinnamon color with the center of the main cavity being darker. At a young age, these jellyfish can have three appendages but often gain a fourth at more developed life cycle stages. C. fulva are also known for having less folds compared to C. arctica but more folds compared to C. versicolor. These folds are described as being remarkably thin and deciduous. Their distribution is commonly associated with regions south of Cape Cod and in the Long Island Sound. C. fulva demonstrate a peak in their population during the middle of summer and populations are typically found in shallower water. Likewise, cyanea polyps have a decreased chance of survival in ocean temperatures over 25degC. Their sting is generally considered only moderately painful to humans. The free amino acid composition (FAA) of C. fulva is also known to have a more uniform distribution throughout the spectrum of its composition compared to Aurelia aurita and Chrysaora quinquecirrha scyphozoan polyps. One study found that Cyanea populations have the greatest variety of nematocyst types such as a-isorhizas, A-isorhizas, -isorhizas, heterotrichous anisorhizas, and heterotrichous microbasic euryteles. The euryteles were found to have a larger average length compared to Aurelia aurita, Chrysaora quinquecirrha, and Rhopilema verrilli populations. Their representation is often classified as a variety of C. capillata. Although its distribution is more local, the general appearance and habits of C. fulva is very similarly aligned with C. capillata. In fact, this species may soon be called the "little brown brother" of the more widely known C. capillata var. Description Cyanea fulva are known as measuring over two inches in diameter. They are often larger than C. versicolor populations but have a smaller maximum size than C. capillata populations. Their genital pouches are stretched in the same plane as the lower floor. At a young age, the four corners of the mouth become prolonged as independent, distinct, arm-like appendages. In young C. fulva populations, there are only three tentacles to each bunch. These tentacles first appear in clefts between lappets and the margins grow outward. However, mature C. fulva populations have four tentacles projecting from broad clusters in each bunch, hung beyond the actinostome. These tentacles have a general tinge of cinnamon color, are darker in the center of the main cavity, and are much lighter along the margin of the disk. The lobes of the margin are more rounded and deeper than other Cyanea populations. Cyanea disks are also larger than Aurelia disks. The stomach-cavity is represented by a pale-yellow colored ephyra. Cyanea fulva are known for having less folds compared to C. arctica populations, but more folds compared to C. versicolor populations. These folds are remarkably thin and deciduous. The areas of the concentric folds are comparatively broadest, and the radiating folds are the shortest compared to other Cyanea species. These jellyfish also have exumbrellar papillae unlike C. capillata. The larvae are retained on the parent in the cysts and the characteristics of the family include development through the sessile scyphostoma which strobilates and gives off ephryrae, eventually developing into medusae. Distribution Their distribution differs with latitude but C. fulva populations are particularly common south of Cape Cod and in the Long Island Sound. L. Agassiz (1862) also determined that these populations are found in the same region: the western Atlantic along the mid-Atlantic states. C. fulva demonstrate their population peak in midsummer. In Hempstead Harbor, they regularly appear in the middle of May each year. C. fulva populations are also typically found in shallower water. Ecology One study tested the responses of aquatic invertebrates such as the jellyfish C. fulva to declining oxygen conditions. Their population were acclimated to several different temperatures: 5, 10, and 15 degC. Another study concluded that Cyanea polyps struggle to survive above 25 degC. Their sting is generally considered moderately painful to humans. C. fulva free amino acid composition (FAA) was shown to have a more uniform distribution throughout the spectrum of composition as compared to Aurelia aurita and Chrysaora quinquecirrha scyphozoan polyps. In a separate study, Cyanea was found to have the greatest variety of nematocyst types such as a-isorhizas, A-isorhizas, -isorhizas, heterotrichous anisorhizas, and heterotrichous microbasic euryteles. The study concluded that there were marked differences in the relative abundance of -isorhizas from one ephyra of Cyanea to another. The -isorhizas were found to be concentrated in the oral region of the scyphistoma and did not become equally distributed among the ephyrae produced by the given strobila. The euryteles were found to have a larger average length of 10.1-12.7mm compared to Aurelia aurita, Chrysaora quinquecirrha, and Rhopilema verrilli populations. A difference in size and distribution between morphologically identical nematocysts of Cyanea capillata and Cyanea lamarckii was also observed. Classification Their representation is often classified as a variety of C. capillata. Originally, Stiasny (1919) believed that species such as C. fulva served as color variants of C. capillata for nearly a century. Later, Stiasny & van der Maaden (1943) concluded that C. fulva populations should be considered incertae sedis. Kramp (1961) later synonomized Cyanea fulva to Cyanea capillata.

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Lutheran Social Services of Illinois

Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) is the social service arm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)'s three Illinois synods. It is headquartered in Des Plaines IL. LSSI started in 1867 as an orphanage for children who lost their parents in the cholera epidemic. LSSI Services include foster care, mental health services, alcohol and drug treatment, affordable senior housing, residential programs for people with developmental disabilities, and services that help families who have been impacted by incarceration. LSSI serves over 50,000 Illinois residents each year. LSSI is Accredited, Licensed, Certified, and Approved by several Local/State/Federal Government agencies as well as several business groups. It is the largest non governmental statewide social service provider in Illinois.

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Gary Radnich

Gary Kelley Radunich (born February 2, 1950), known as Gary Radnich, is a retired radio and television host in the San Francisco bay area. He hosted The Gary Radnich Show which ran weekday mornings on KNBR radio, and was the lead sports anchor on KRON television. Biography Early life Radnich was born and raised in San Jose, California to Bill and Evelyn Radunich. He was an All-American Basketball player at Del Mar High School and Branham High. His college career began at Brigham Young University on a basketball scholarship, and he transferred to UNLV after two years. While in Las Vegas he received notoriety for his purple El Dorado Cadillac, known as ("Raddy's Caddy"). Broadcasting career Radnich started his broadcast career at KVVU in Henderson, Nevada. From there, he had stints at KTXL in Sacramento, California and KMPH-TV in Fresno, California. From 1982 to 1985, Radnich served as the sports director at WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio, where he also called Ohio State Buckeyes football games. Radnich was the sports director at KRON-TV from 1985 to 2018. He was also a talk show host at KNBR radio from 1992 to 2019, hosting a three-hour show each weekday. In 2010 Radnich was inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame. He has been honored three times by Associated Press, for the Best Television Sports cast in California. Ann Killion of the San Jose Mercury News called him "the biggest name in Bay Area Broadcasting." In 2006 and 2007, the SF Weekly named Radnich "Best Sportscaster", noting that his broadcasts are "spontaneous" and that he "knows sports". In September 2018, Radnich retired from KRON TV, and on June 22, 2019, at age 69, he retired from KNBR radio. Personal life Radnich lives in San Francisco with his wife, former KRON producer Alicia Radnich. Together they hosted a Friday night "Letters to the Editor" segment at KRON. They have three children, Jolie, Isabella and Spencer. Radnich also has three grown children, Kelly, Douglas and Stephanie. His mother, Evelyn, was featured on ABC's Nightline, in a show about retirement communities.

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John Bleifer

John Melvin Bleifer (July 26, 1901 - January 24, 1992) was an American actor whose career began at the end of the silent film era, and lasted through the mid-1980s. He appeared in feature films and film serials, and in a number of television series and miniseries. Bleifer also acted on stage, and appeared in several Broadway productions. Life and career Over the course of his career, he would appear in well over 100 films, serials, television shows and Broadway plays. His European accent allowed him to play several different nationalities, while using essentially the same accent. Bleifer did not make many silent films, but his career took off in 1933, after the advent of sound pictures. The 1940s saw Bleifer's career continue on the same path he had taken in the prior decade. He had numerous small roles, many nameless and un-credited, as in: Archie Mayo's 1940 version of Four Sons, starring Don Ameche; the war film Paris Calling (1942), starring Basil Rathbone, Randolph Scott, and Elisabeth Bergner; the comedy They Got Me Covered (1943), starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour; Mr. Lucky, starring Cary Grant and Laraine Day; the classic For Whom the Bell Tolls, starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman; and the 1946 comedy Without Reservations, starring John Wayne and Claudette Colbert. He also had several featured roles, such as: Pedro in the classic 1940 swashbuckler, The Mark of Zorro, starring Tyrone Power; as Oscar Zimmerman in the spy drama Waterfront, starring J. Carrol Naish and John Carradine; and as Franz Leiber in The Bowery Boys comedy, Smugglers' Cove (1948). During this decade Bleifer appeared in several film serials, including Perils of Nyoka (1942), and Secret Service in Darkest Africa (1943), During the 1950s Bleifer's film career slowed down, as he became more involved with the new medium of television. He only had a few featured roles in film, such as in: Lew Landers' State Penitentiary (1950), starring Warner Baxter, where Bleifer had the role of Jailbreak Jimmy; and in the role of Jake Haberman in the 1957 police drama, Chain of Evidence. He continued to appear in smaller roles in a number of features, including: the 1951 Humphrey Bogart film noir, Sirocco; 1953's The Juggler, starring Kirk Douglas and directed by Edward Dmytryk; the 1955 musical Kismet, starring Howard Keel and Ann Blyth; the 1955 Bowery Boys comedy, Spy Chasers; the 1957 musical Silk Stockings, starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse; and Edward Dmytryk's 1959 remake of The Blue Angel. In the 1950s Bleifer appeared in numerous television shows, such as Dangerous Assignment (1952), Navy Log (1956), I Love Lucy (1956), The Count of Monte Cristo (1956), The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956), Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958), Perry Mason (1958), Peter Gunn (1959), and Rawhide (1959). Bleifer continued working through the 1960s, 1970s, and into the 1980s. He made numerous television appearances on shows such as Death Valley Days (1960), The Lawless Years (1961), The Untouchables (1961), Dr. Kildare (1962-3), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1969), Adam-12 (1971), Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974), S.W.A.T. (1975), Police Woman (1976), Little House on the Prairie (1979), The White Shadow (1979), and Highway to Heaven (1984). Bleifer also appeared in the television miniseries QB VII, in the role of Ben-Dan. While his activity in films decreased, he did continue in the medium, with roles in such films as: the tobacconist in the 1962 comedy If a Man Answers, starring Bobby Darrin and Sandra Dee; the Steward in The Hook, starring Kirk Douglas; a small role in W.C. Fields and Me (1976), starring Rod Steiger and Valerie Perrine; as Mishka in F.I.S.T. (1978), starring Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, and Peter Boyle; and as one of the Rabbis in the Robert Aldrich comedy, The Frisco Kid, starring Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford. Bleifer's final performance was in the featured role of Hyman in 1986's Inside Out, starring Elliott Gould. Bleifer died on January 24, 1992, in Los Angeles County, California, and was interred in the Hillside Memorial Park, in Culver City, California, next to his wife, Grace, who had died three years previously, in 1989. Filmography (Per AFI database) We Americans (1928) (as Jake Bleifer) Blood Money (1933) Captured! (1933) The Bowery (1933) Clear All Wires! (1933) (as John Melvin Bleifer) Manhattan Melodrama (1934) (as John M. Bleifer) Hell in the Heavens (1934) (as John M. Bleifer) Night Alarm (1934) The Line-Up (1934) (as John M. Bleifer) Black Fury (1935) (as John M. Bleifer) Les Miserables (1935) The Black Room (1935) (as John M. Bleifer) The Crimson Trail (1935) Sutter's Gold (1936) 15 Maiden Lane (1936) The Road to Glory (1936) Ladies in Love (1936) 36 Hours to Kill (1936) Slave Ship (1937) Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937) Thin Ice (1937) Seventh Heaven (1937) Love Under Fire (1937) Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1938) Ride a Crooked Mile (1938) The Baroness and the Butler (1938) Sharpshooters (1938) Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939) Full Confession (1939) Pacific Liner (1939) Pack Up Your Troubles (1939) Frontier Marshal (1939) Boy Friend (1939) Everything Happens at Night (1939) Girl from God's Country (1940) The Mark of Zorro (1940) as Pedro Four Sons (1940) Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941) The Monster and the Girl (1941) Berlin Correspondent (1942) Blue, White and Perfect (1942) Eagle Squadron (1942) Lure of the Islands (1942) Paris Calling (1942) For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) Headin' for God's Country (1943) Mr. Lucky (1943) The Moon Is Down (1943) Night Plane from Chungking (1943) They Got Me Covered (1943) Background to Danger (1943) In Our Time (1944) Dragon Seed (1944) The Conspirators (1944) The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) Waterfront (1944) Tonight and Every Night (1945) Rendezvous 24 (1946) The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946) Without Reservations (1946) Fall Guy (1947) High Conquest (1947) Northwest Outpost (1947) The Enchanted Valley (1948) French Leave (1948) 16 Fathoms Deep (1948) Smugglers' Cove (1948) Call Northside 777 (1948) Bride of Vengeance (1949) Come to the Stable (1949) The Jackpot (1950) The Killer That Stalked New York (1950) The Petty Girl (1950) State Penitentiary (1950) Bowery Battalion (1951) Sirocco (1951) Aladdin and His Lamp (1952) Red Snow (1952) The Juggler (1953) White Lightning (1953) Spy Chasers (1955) Kismet (1955) Crashing Las Vegas (1956) Fighting Trouble (1956) World Without End (1956) The 27th Day (1957) Silk Stockings (1957) Chain of Evidence (1957) Footsteps in the Night (1957) The Blue Angel (1959) The Gene Krupa Story (1960) Ice Palace (1960) The George Raft Story (1961) If a Man Answers (1962) The Hook (1963) The Loved One (1965) Torn Curtain (1966) as Danish Waiter at Hotel D'Angleterre (uncredited) Heavy Traffic (1973) W.C. Fields and Me (1976) F.I.S.T.

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George Pickering (poet)

George Pickering (1758-1826) was an 18th-century poet and songwriter, born in Simonburn. His most famous work is probably Donocht Head. Early life George Pickering was born in Simonburn, Northumberland in January 1758. His baptism register shows he was baptised on 11 January 1758. <br/ > He was the eldest son of George Pickering, described as "A Gentleman", who was employed as Land Steward to Sir Lancelot Allgood, of Nunwick, and later Sir William Middleton of Belsay Castle, Northumberland, in whose employ he died. George received his basic education from Mr Joseph Atkinson, a local schoolmaster, continuing c1770 (or 1771) to learn languages, under Reverend Joseph Harrison of Haydon Bridge Grammar School. He was a first class scholar, eager and willing to learn. In December 1776 George Pickering became a clerk in Mr Davidson's Solicitors office, managing the stamp-office for Northumberland, Newcastle, and Berwick, a position of considerable trust. It was here that he met Thomas Bedingfeld and discovered that they both held a great interest in classic, elegant literature. Later life Sometime after the death of Thomas Bedingfeld in November 1789, it appears that Mr Pickering went abroad. However, according to Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs William Brockie stated that he had a very sad ending, dying insane at the house of his sister in Kibblesworth, on 28 July 1826.<br/ >He was buried in St Andrews, Lamesley Churchyard, where a tombstone to his memory was erected by his sister. It was said by William Brockie about George Pickering that "he was of an unsteady, erratic temperament". Works When this book was published in 1815 it states that it "contains the whole of the works that the editor has been able to collect" At one time, Donocht Head had been attributed to Robert Burns, but James Currie, in his book on the works of Burns states, that - Burns wrote to a friend "Donocht-head is not mine. I would give ten pounds it were" These include :- Donocht Head<br/ > Epitaph on his father<br/ > To sleep<br/ > Epistle to T D, Esq. Confined to his chamber by the rheumatism in his knee<br/ > Chester Well<br/ > Hunting Song, sung by a member of the Forest Hunt, Newcastle on conclusion of the Hunting Season in 1786 and several succeeding years and also sung at the Theatre Royal by Mr Marshall<br/ > To Hope - (supposed to be to Mrs. Calmady, a young widow, sometime resident in Newcastle) <br/ > To Orlando<br/ > The moaning clock and hollow wind<br/ > Sonnet - (Chill o'er the heath the blast tempestuous roars) <br/ > Sweet Anna - (A Song) <br/ > The Inn<br/ > Ode, on the thirty-first of December<br/ > To Hope. - (Friend of the wretch whose bosom bleeds) <br/ > On the Slave Trade. - Written in consequence of the majority in the House of Commons in favour of William Wilberforce's motion for the abolition of the Slave Trade<br/ > On gold<br/ > Winter<br/ > Epistle - Thomas Paine<br/ > Penitentiary Epistle - Tom Paine's portfolio - The morning after his execution at Lincoln, and handed to the world by his executor, the respectable and renowned Mr John Ketch<br/ > The Crow-Nest<br/ > Lapponian Poetry, by Mr Pickering and Mr Bedingfeld<br/ > The Origin of Britain - (A Fragment. by Mr Pickering) See also Geordie dialect words Notes Some of the above information is taken from the book of collected materials by James Ellis and titled :- <br/ > Poetry, Fugitive and Original; by the late Thomas Bedingfeld, Esquire, and Mr. George Pickering.

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Metal carbon dioxide complex

Metal carbon dioxide complexes are coordination complexes that contain carbon dioxide ligands. Aside from the fundamental interest in the coordination chemistry of simple molecules, studies in this field are motivated by the possibility that transition metals might catalyze useful transformations of CO2. This research is relevant both to organic synthesis and to the production of "solar fuels" that would avoid the use of petroleum-based fuels. Structural trends Carbon dioxide binds to metals in only a few ways. The bonding mode depends on the electrophilicity and basicity of the metal centre. Most common is the e2-CO2 coordination mode as illustrated by Aresta's complex, Ni(CO2)(PCy3)2, which was the first reported complex of CO2. This square-planar compound is a derivative of Ni(II) with a reduced CO2 ligand. In rare cases, CO2 binds to metals as a Lewis base through its oxygen centres, but such adducts are weak and mainly of theoretical interest. A variety of multinuclear complexes are also known often involving Lewis basic and Lewis acidic metals, e.g. In multinuclear cases (compounds containing more than one metal), more complicated and more varied coordination geometries are observed. One example is the unsymmetrical compound containing four rhenium centres, [(CO)5ReCO2Re(CO)4]2. Carbon dioxide can also bind to ligands on a metal complex (vs just the metal), e.g. by converting hydroxy ligands to carbonato ligands. Reactions Transition metal carbon dioxide complexes undergo a variety of reactions. Metallacarboxylic acids protonate at oxygen and eventually convert to metal carbonyl complexes: [LnMCO2]- + 2 H+ - [LnMCO]+ + H2O This reaction is relevant to the potential catalytic conversion of CO2 to fuels. Carbonation of metal-carbon bonds Insertion into Cu-C bonds N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) supported CuI complexes catalyze carboxylation of organoboronic esters. The catalyst forms in situ from CuCl, an NHC ligand, and KOtBu. Copper tert-butoxide can transmetallate with the organoboronic ester to generate the CuI-C bond, which intermediate can insert into CO2 smoothly to get the respective carboxylate. Salt metathesis with KOtBu releases product and regenerates catalyst (Scheme 2). Apart from transmetallation, there are other approaches forming Cu-C bond. C-H functionalization is a straightforward and atom economic method. Base can help deprotonate acidic C-H protons and form Cu-C bond. [(Phenanthroline)Cu(PR3)] catalyst effect C-H carboxylation on terminal alkynes together with Cs2CO3. NHC-Cu-H species to deprotonate acidic proton to effect carboxylation of terminal alkynes. Cu-H species were generated from Cu-F and organosilanes. The carboxylate product was trapped by silyl fluoride to get silyl ether. For non-acidic C-H bonds, directed metalation with iBu3Al(TMP)Li is adopted followed by transmetallation with copper to get Cu-C bond. Allylic C-H bonds and phenyl C-H bonds got carboxylated with this approach by Hou and co-workers: Carbometallation to alkynes and allenes using organozinc and organoaluminum reagents followed by transmetallation to copper is also a strategy to initiate carboxylation. Trimethylaluminium is able to insert into unbiased aliphatic internal alkynes with syn fashion directed by ether directing group. Vinyl copper complexes are formed by transmetallation and carboxylation is realized with a similar pathway giving tetrasubstituted aliphatic vinyl carboxylic acids. In this case, regioslectivity is controlled by the favor of six-membered aluminum ring formation. Furthermore, carboxylation can be achieved on ynamides and allenamides using less reactive dimethyl zinc via similar approach. Insertion in Pd-C bonds In the presence of palladium acetate under 1-30 bar of CO2, simple aromatic compounds convert to aromatic carboxylic acids. A PSiP-pincer ligand (5) promotes carboxylation of allene without using pre-functionalized substrates. Catalyst regeneration, Et3Al was added to do transmetallation with palladium. Catalyst is regenerated by the following b-H elimination. Apart from terminal allenes, some of internal allenes are also tolerated in this reaction, generating allyl carboxylic acid with the yield between 54% and 95%. This system was also applied to 1,3-diene, generating carboxylic acid in 1,2 addition fashion. In 2015, Iwasawa et al. reported the germanium analogue (6) and combined CO2 source together with hydride source to formate salts. Palladium has shown huge power to catalyze C-H functionalization. If the Pd-C intermediate in carboxylation reaction comes from C-H activation, such methodology must promote metal catalyzed carboxylation to a much higher level in utility. Iwasawa and co-workers reported direct carboxylation by styrenyl C-H activation generating coumarin derivatives. Benzene rings with different electronic properties and some heteroaromatic rings are tolerated in this reaction with yield from 50% to 90%. C-H activation was demonstrated by crystallography study. Insertion by Rh-C bonds Similar to Cu(I) chemistry mentioned above, Rh(I) complexes can also transmetallate with arylboronic esters to get aryl rhodium intermediates, to which CO2 is inserted giving carboxylic acids. Rh(I) undergoes oxidative addition to aryl C-H bond followed by transmetallation with alkyl aluminum species. Ar-Rh(I) regenerates by reductive elimination releasing methane. Ar-Rh(I) attacks CO2 then transmetallates with aryl boronic acid to release the boronic acid of product, giving final carboxylic acid by hydrolysis. Directed and non-directed versions are both achieved. Iwasawa and co-workers developed Rh(I) catalyzed carbonation reaction initiated by Rh-H insertion to vinylarenes. In order to regenerate reactive Rh-H after nucleophilic addition to CO2, photocatalytic proton-coupled electron transfer approach was adopted. In this system, excess amount of diethylpropylethylamine works as sacrificial electron donor (Scheme 5). Insertion by Ni-C bond Carboxylation of benzyl halides has been reported. The reaction mechanism is proposed to involve oxidative addition of benzyl chloride to Ni(0). The Ni(II) benzyl complex is reduced to Ni(I), e.g., by zinc, which inserts CO2 delivering the nickel carboxylate. Reduction of the Ni(I) carboxylate to Ni(0) releases the zinc carboxylate (Scheme 6). Similarly, such carboxylation has been achieved on aryl and benzyl pivalate, alkyl halides, and allyl esters.

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Ngor, Dakar

Ngor ( in Wolof) is a commune d'arrondissement of the city of Dakar, Senegal. As of 2013 it had a population of 17,383. The westernmost point of the country and the mainland African continent is located in Ngor. Ngor is one of the four original Lebou villages of the Cap-Vert Peninsula, along with Yoff, Hann, and Ouakam. It includes the small . Ngor's recorded history dates back to 1550, when migrants from the interior of Senegal including the Walo, Cayor, Jolof (also as Djolof or Wolof) and Baol came into the Cap-Vert peninsula. Sports club The most notable football club is Olympique de Ngor. The club once played at the First Division of Senegal and later Ligue 1 (Premier League) and was relegated in 2016 to Ligue 2 where they currently play. Another club named Almadies who once played in the First Division up to around the 1970s was also based in Ngor. Notable people Diogal Sakho, musician References Further reading C. T. Mbengue, "An introduction to the traditional villages of Yoff, Ngor and Ouakam ", R. Register and B. Peeks (under the direction of), Village wisdom, future cities, 1996, Third Ecoville-Ecovillage (Ecoville-Ecovillage) International Conference at Yoff, Senegal, Ecocity Builders, Oakland, California, p. 82-85.

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Rowley Burn (Northumberland)

Rowley Burn (also known as Rowley Brook and Ham Burn, NY 9358) is a stream in Northumberland, running around three miles south of Hexham before joining the Devil's Water, which flows into the River Tyne. Etymology Allen Mawer's Place-Names of Northumberland and Durham implies that the name of the stream may have the same etymology as places called Roughley, from Old English ruh (rough') and leah ('open land in woodland'). Geology The formation of the Rowley Burn valley has been discussed by J. History Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, completed around 731, recounts a story of the Battle of Heavenfield, which Bede says took place 'in loco, qui lingua Anglorum Denisesburna, id est Riuus Denisi, uocatur' ('in a place which in the language of the English is called Denisesburna, that is the stream of Denisus' around 634. William Greenwell found evidence in a charter issued for the Archbishop of York by Thomas de Whittington in 1233 that Denisesburna was identical with Rowley Burn, and the identification has been accepted since. Despite Bede's interpretation of the Old English word Denisesburna as meaning 'Denisus's stream', more recent scholarship has judged that the first element more likely comes from the Brittonic languages.

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Luke Russe

Luke Cameron Russe is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bath City. Career Bristol Rovers Russe began his career in the youth academy at Bristol Rovers at Under-10 level. In July 2017, he joined the first team during a pre-season camp in Portugal. On 29 August 2017, he made his professional debut replacing Byron Moore in the 71st minute of a 5-1 EFL Trophy victory against Wycombe Wanderers. On 31 October, he played the full 90 minutes in a 3-1 defeat to West Ham United Under-23s in the same competition. He made his league debut for the club when on 3 March 2018, he started in a 1-0 away victory to MK Dons before being replaced by Ryan Sweeney in the 75th minute of the game. He went on to make two more league appearances that season, coming off the bench against Fleetwood Town and Southend United. Russe appeared in all 3 of the EFL Trophy group matches coming off the bench against West Ham Under-23s and Yeovil Town before playing the full 90 minutes against Exeter City. Gloucester City (loan) On 25 January 2019, Russe joined Gloucester City on a one-month loan deal. Russe made his debut the following day in a 0-0 home draw to Bath City where he played the full match. On 21 February, Russe extended his loan deal until the end of the season. Chippenham Town (loan) In January 2020 he joined Chippenham Town on loan. Chippenham Town On 3 August 2020, Russe joined Chippenham Town on a permanent deal. He made his debut on 3 October 2020 as Chippenham beat Poole Town on penalties after drawing 2-2 in the FA Cup, a game that saw Russe score his penalty in the shootout. Russe was awarded the National League South Goal of the Season award for his impressive strike in a 1-0 victory over Weymouth. Bath City On 7 June 2023, Russe signed for Bath City. Career statistics References 1999 births Living people Footballers from Bristol English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Bristol Rovers F.C.

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Carra Castle, Antrim

Carra Castle or Castle Carra () is a ruined castle, just north of Cushendun, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It dates to around the early 14th century. The castle lies in a field near the coast and the harbour of Cushendun. The site had once been used during medieval times as a children's cemetery. Etymology Carra may be a corruption of "Carey". It may have been known as Goban Saer's Castle. History The castle was once occupied by Irish king Shane O'Neill, and Sorley Boy McDonnell was held as a prisoner here in 1565. In 1567, two years after being defeated by O'Neill, the McDonnells entertained him in Castle Carra during two days of hunting and feasting. However, on the third day, 2 June, during a quarrel, they stabbed O'Neill to death to avenge their earlier defeat and sent his head to the English representatives of Queen Elizabeth in Dublin Castle. In 1585, Donnell Gorm MacDonnell was besieged by the English,; his father, Sorley Boy landed near the castle and drove off the besiegers. Around 1730, it was known to have been occupied by the Lynch family. Today the castle is in ruins and overgrown with ivy. Architecture and fittings The house has the characteristics of a hall house, but its outside dimensions are that of a tower house. What remains are the ruins of a 16th-century square tower house built over a Mesolithic flint working site.

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Way Back Home (2013 film)

Way Back Home () is a 2013 South Korean drama film starring Jeon Do-yeon and Go Soo, and directed by Bang Eun-jin. It is based on the true story of an ordinary Korean housewife who was imprisoned in Martinique for two years after being wrongfully accused of drug smuggling at a Paris airport. This is the first time a Korean film was shot in the Caribbean, as well as the first to feature actual guards and prisoners as supporting characters. Filming took place over three weeks at a women's prison in Martinique. Plot Jeong-yeon (Jeon Do-yeon) and Jong-bae (Go Soo) are a happily married couple with a young daughter; they pour their savings into an auto repair shop only to have the rug pulled out from underneath them when a friend of Jong-bae's commits suicide after he is unable to pay his loans. Since Jong-bae acted as his friend's guarantor, the debt now falls onto them. With Jong-bae gradually growing despondent following their financial turmoil, Jeong-yeon makes the hard decision to do a job for a seedy acquaintance. She agrees to deliver diamonds from Paris to Seoul, which she thought would be legal. Jeong-yeon arrives in France, but as soon as she sets foot in Orly Airport she is arrested and police discover more than 30 kilograms (66 pounds) of cocaine in her bag. Being thrown in a French jail is only the beginning of her troubles as legal wranglings and an indifferent Korean embassy in France soon see her shipped off to a penitentiary on the far-flung island of Martinique, a French territory in the Caribbean, where she is jailed for two years without being tried in court. Back in Korea, her husband does his best to get through to the diplomats and secure her passage home. Cast Jeon Do-yeon as Song Jeong-yeon Go Soo as Kim Jong-bae Ryu Tae-ho as Consul Bang Bae Sung-woo as Section chief Chu Dae-yoon Kang Ji-woo as Hye-rin Joanna Kulig as Yalka Corinne Masiero as "Hellboy" Lee Dong-hwi as Gwang-sik Choi Min-chul as Seo Moon-do Heo Joon-seok as Soo-jae Park Hyung-soo as Seoul District Prosecutors' Office detective Park Yoon-hee as KBC TV reporter Shin Cheol-ho Park Ji-il as Police officer Lee Soo Lee Do-kyeong as Department head Joo Jean-Michel Martial as Martinique judge Antoine Blanquefort as Martinique prosecutor Hugues Martel as New defense lawyer Olivier Becourt Catherine Baugue as original Martinique defense lawyer Park Ji-hwan as Ha Tae-gwang Seo Jin-won as Sang-cheol Oh Yeon-ah as Lee Soo-ji Chae Yoo-hee as Ji-hye Dong Hyo-hee as Jong-bae's older sister Marie-Philomene Nga as "250 years old" Feline Quezada Figueroa as "Gangster #1" Gastner Legerme as Ducos driving prison officer Seo Byeong-cheol as Interrogating detective Choi Jo Kim Mi-kyung as landlady Son Young-joo as YTN newsreader Kim Seon-ju as French interpreter Pascal Vallet as French plainclothes policeman Kim Su-hyeon as Bang's wife Lee Sa-bi as KBC TV writer Kang Myeong-chan as KBC TV cameraman Jang Gwang as Korean ambassador to France (cameo) Kim Hae-gon as Deputy driving car owner (cameo) Background On 30 October 2004, Jang Mi-jeong was arrested at Orly Airport in France for smuggling a suitcase filled with 17 kilograms (or 37 pounds) of cocaine. Jang said she had no idea what it contained; she had been given a bag by her husband's friend, whom she had known for more than 10 years, and was told it was filled with unpolished gemstones. Jang had agreed to carry the suitcase from Guyana to the Netherlands via France in return for (). After getting caught at Orly, Jang was jailed near Paris for three months awaiting trial. Then, after being found guilty, she was sent to a prison in French-administered Martinique in the Caribbean. She finally returned to Korea two years later on 18 November 2006. Her friend was eventually arrested as well and sentenced to serve 10 years in jail. Jang's story was later featured on In Depth 60 Minutes, a KBS investigative-documentary show, in 2006. In 2013, Jang published the book Lost Days, recounting her ordeal and her life after returning from prison, particularly her difficult re-adjustment to Korean society and the ostracism she and her two daughters faced. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been criticized by Jang and the filmmakers for its handling of the incident, citing their "diplomatic negligence" and calling them irresponsible when it comes to protecting Koreans abroad. Foreign Ministry officials have insisted that the story in the movie is not the whole truth. Box office Way Back Home was released in theaters on 11 December 2013. The film recorded 610,000 admissions on its opening weekend, placing second in box-office sales. It ended up selling a total of 1,854,702 tickets, with a gross of .

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1940 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1940. Journalism awards Public Service: Waterbury Republican-American for its campaign exposing municipal graft. Honorable mention to the San Francisco Chronicle for "its part in settling the water front and warehouse strike in San Francisco, June 22 to Dec. 1, 1939". Reporting: S. Burton Heath of the New York World-Telegram for his expose of the frauds perpetrated by Federal judge Martin T. Manton, who resigned and was tried and imprisoned. Correspondence: Otto D. Tolischus of The New York Times for his dispatches from Berlin. Honorable mention to Lloyd Lehrbas of the Associated Press for his dispatches from Warsaw, Bucharest, and Ankara. Editorial Writing: Bart Howard of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his distinguished editorial writing during the year. Editorial Cartooning: Edmund Duffy of The Baltimore Sun for "The 'Outstretched Hand'". Letters and Novel Awards Novel: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Viking). Drama: The Time of Your Life by William Saroyan (Harcourt). History: Abraham Lincoln: The War Years by Carl Sandburg (Harcourt). Biography or Autobiography: Woodrow Wilson, Life and Letters. VII and VIII by Ray Stannard Baker (Doubleday). Poetry: Collected Poems by Mark Van Doren (Holt).

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Manzai

is a traditional style of comedy in Japanese culture comparable to double act comedy or stand-up comedy. usually involves two performers ()--a straight man () and a funny man ()--trading jokes at great speed. Most of the jokes revolve around mutual misunderstandings, double-talk, puns and other verbal gags. In recent times, has often been associated with the Osaka region, and comedians often speak in the Kansai dialect during their acts. In 1933, Yoshimoto Kogyo, a large entertainment conglomerate based in Osaka, introduced Osaka-style to Tokyo audiences, and coined the term "" (one of several ways of writing the word in Japanese; see below). In 2015, Matayoshi Naoki's manzai novel, , won the Akutagawa Prize. A mini-series adaptation was released on Netflix in 2016. History Originally based around a festival to welcome the New Year, traces its origins back to the Heian period. The two performers came with messages from the gods and this was worked into a standup routine, with one performer showing some sort of opposition to the word of the other. This pattern still exists in the roles of the and the . Continuing into the Edo period, the style focused increasingly on the humor aspects of stand-up, and various regions of Japan developed their own unique styles of , such as , , and . With the arrival of the Meiji period, began to implement changes that would see it surpass in popularity the styles of the former period, although at the time was still considered the more popular form of entertainment. With the end of the Taisho period, Yoshimoto Kogyo--which itself was founded at the beginning of the era, in 1912--introduced a new style of lacking much of the celebration that had accompanied it in the past. This new style proved successful and spread all over Japan, including Tokyo. Riding on the waves of new communication technology, quickly spread through the mediums of stage, radio, and eventually, television, and video games. Etymology The kanji for have been written in various ways throughout the ages. It was originally written as , using rather than the alternative form of the character, , and the simpler form for (which also can be used to write a word meaning "talent, ability"). The arrival of brought another character change, this time changing the first character to . and Similar in execution to the concepts of "funny man" and "straight man" in double act comedy (e.g. Abbott and Costello), these roles are a very important characteristic of . comes from the verb which carries the meaning of "senility" or "air headed-ness" and is reflected in the 's tendency for misinterpretation and forgetfulness. The word refers to the role the second comedian plays in "butting in" and correcting the 's errors. In performances it is common for the to berate the and hit them on the head with a swift smack; one traditional prop often used for this purpose is a pleated paper fan called a . Another traditional prop is a small drum, usually carried (and used) by the . A Japanese bamboo and paper umbrella is another common prop. These props are usually used only during non-serious routines as traditional requires there to be no props in terms of routine and in competitions. The use of props would put the comedy act closer to a conte rather than manzai. The tradition of and is often used in other Japanese comedy, although it may not be as obviously portrayed as it usually is in . Notable acts Downtown Cocorico Takeshi Kitano; Japanese film director, television host, and former performer in the group "Two Beat". is mentioned and referenced in a number of his other works. Literary associations Kikaku wrote with affectionate mockery a haiku on the dancers: "The New Year Dancers / Never miss a single gate - / Millet for the crane". Buson more positively wrote: "Yes, New Year's dancers - / Pounding good and properly, / The dirt in Kyoto". See also References External links What is Manzai 2015 archive "Commodified Comedians and Mediatized Manzai: Osakan Comic Duos and Their Audience" by Xavier Benjamin Bensky. A study in the cultural effects of manzai.

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Ernst Thomke

Ernst Thomke (born 21 April 1939) is a Swiss physician and watchmaker. Training first as a mechanic, he later acquired the Swiss federal maturity degree and pursued academic studies whilst in employment. Early life and education Thomke was born in Biel/Bienne in the Canton of Berne, on the Franco-German linguistic border. He completed an apprenticeship as a mechanic at the factory of ETA SA in Grenchen, Canton of Solothurn. Between 1961 and 1967, he studied natural sciences, mainly chemistry at the University of Bern and University of Lausanne. He then pursued medical studies in Berne while working full-time. He was promoted to doctor in 1975. He completed his education with management studies and marketing at the INSEAD, Fontainebleau. He worked in research from 1970 to 1977 for the British pharmaceutical group Beecham, mainly at their Swiss laboratories, but also at the pharmacological institute of Gothenburg, Sweden. He was appointed head of marketing and regional marketing director in the group's Europe division. Business career In 1978, at the peak of the Swiss watch industry crisis, facing competition from Japanese watches, mainly those with Quartz, Thomke became head of ETA SA. He argued that consolidating small companies could save the Swiss watch industry, by ending internal competition between Swiss Ebauches manufacturers. 1978, ETA SA merged with its former rival A. Schild SA. The new ETA, with 2,200 employees, gradually introduced more advanced technology in the manufacturing of quartz movements and full automation throughout its production. Thomke integrated the administrative and production areas of the other factories previously owned by Ebauches SA. In 1982 he became CEO of Ebauches SA and was appointed to the Board of Directors of ASUAG, the holding company of ETA SA. On the advice of freelance consultant Nicolas G. Hayek, watch groups ASUAG and SSIH merged between 1983 and 1984 into the Societe de Microelectronique et d'Horlogerie (SMH), since renamed Swatch Group. Thomke was the new company's first CEO, from 1984 to 1991. In this period, the company integrated all of the Ebauches factories into ETA SA, and regained the brands Omega, Longines and Tissot. The Micromechanique acquired the necessary technology for the manufacture of integrated circuits and chips. In 1989, the consolidated turnover of SMH was CHF 2.1 billion. Later career Between 1992 and 1995, Thomke was CEO of Motor-Columbus AG, refocusing its activity on the primary energy sector under the new name of ATEL, with a mandate from the majority shareholder, the Union Bank of Switzerland (now known as UBS). In addition he worked until 1997 for the Oerlikon-Buhrle Holding Company (OBH), as Chairman and CEO between 1991 and 1997 of both Pilatus AG-Flugzeugwerke and Bally International AG. However, after an effective restructuring and streamlining of the latter company, plans to bring it to the Stock Exchange were rejected by the holding company. This decision led Thomke to withdraw from any activities within either company. In 1995, Thomke became Chairman of the Board at Saurer AG in Arbon. He led Saurer AG until 1996, then became Chairman of the Board until 1999. He also became an investor in medical technology company BB Biotech, as well as the main shareholder in watchmakers Metaux Precieux SA Metalor and British Masters SA. He has been Chairman of the Board at BB Biotech AG since 1993, Metaux Precieux SA Metalor since 1998, BB Medtech AG since 2000, Nobel Biocare since 2001, and Stiftungsrat, Institut fur experimentelle Krebsforschung since 1995. Sources and references The Outsiders who saved the Swiss Watch Industry: Ernest Thomke: "Father of Swatch" "Um Ernst Thomke und Elmar Mock legt Hayek eine grosse Wolke": Macht und Sensibilitat: Nicolas G. Hayek Thomke: Swatch a Successful Strategy Managers and leaders: Are they different? to Ernst Thomke & Nicolas Hayek "Ernst Thomke created the organisation that led to the emergence of the innovative Swatch; subsequent CEO Nicolas Hayek took the invention and relentlessly managed the organisation into a long streak of dominance and profitability". Thomke, Ernst, Short Biography Ernst Thomke: Chairman BB MEDTECH AG, etc. Thomke, Ernst: Nobel Biocare Holding AG, etc.

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Thionville

Thionville (; ; ) is a city in the northeastern French department of Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz. History Thionville was settled as early as the time of the Merovingians. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the region was inhabited by the Germanic Alamanni. It was known in the Latin of that era as Theudonevilla or Totonisvilla. King Pepin the Short had a royal palace constructed here. The Synod of Thionville was held here beginning on February 2, 835. It reinstated Emperor Louis the Pious and reversed his former conviction on crimes -- none of which he actually committed -- and deposed the Archbishop of Rheims, Ebbo. The Synod was composed of 43 bishops. On February 28, 835, in Mainz, Ebbo admitted that Louis had not committed the crimes of which he had been indicted and for which he had been deposed as Holy Roman Emperor. From the 10th century onward, the area was part of the Holy Roman Empire. It was in possession of the House of Luxembourg until 1462 and then, until 1477, of the Duke of Burgundy. From 1477 to 1643, it was Habsburg territory. upon his return from his 1153 pilgrimage to Rome. The Siege of Thionville in June 1639 occurred as part of the Thirty Years' War. In 1659 Diedenhofen was annexed by France. Fortifications were constructed under the direction of Sebastien de Vauban. In 1792, Thionville was besieged by the Duke of Brunswick, who unsuccessfully sought to defeat the French Revolution and restore Louis XVI to the royal throne. The writer Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand was left for dead during Conde's military emigre expedition against Thionville in 1792. After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the area of Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by the newly created German Empire in 1871 by the Treaty of Frankfurt and became a Reichsland. Thionville once again became Diedenhofen and became a prosperous city. Some large neo-Romanesque buildings typical of the German Empire were constructed in the city. The German Army decided to build a fortress line from Mulhausen to Luxembourg to protect the new Reichsland. The centerpiece of this line was the great Moselstellung, a fortress system protecting Metz and Diedenhofen. The fortifications around Diedenhofen centred on three main forts: the Fort de Guentrange on the northwest side, Fort de Koenigsmacker to the northeast, and the Fort d'Illange to the south. Each position was surrounded by several ditches, with shelters and observation cupolas. A large barbed wire belt defended by machine guns completed the defensive system. Following the armistice with Germany ending the First World War, the French army entered Diedenhofen in November 1918 and the city was transferred to France by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, after it again became Thionville. During the Second World War, Lorraine was placed under a German civilian administration and was thus once again officially part of the German Reich (though unrecognized by the Western Allies), and the city became Diedenhofen once more. In 1944, US troops entered Diedenhofen, which has belonged to France as Thionville since then. In the winter of 1944-45, the Displaced Persons Camp No. In the following years it was home to the thousands of former concentration camp prisoners and POWs. After experiencing, along with all of France, an economic upswing during the postwar decades (trente glorieuses), the heavy industry of Thionville suffered setbacks beginning in the 1970s. The city and the entire region have faced hardships and structural unemployment since then. Jean-Marie Demange, who had served as the town's mayor for thirteen years, committed suicide in 2008 after killing his mistress with two gunshots in the head. Economy The area around Thionville has relied on heavy industry, most notably since the end of the 19th century, due to the presence of iron ore in the area. The first large steel mill in Thionville was opened in 1898. Since the steel crisis of the 1970s, several steel mills have been closed, and only a few have remained active. A growing number of residents of Thionville commute to nearby Luxembourg (Thionville is 15 kilometres from the border). Transport The Gare de Thionville railway station offers connections with Luxembourg, Metz, Nancy, Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels, Zurich, and several regional destinations. The A31 motorway connects Thionville with Luxembourg and Metz. Twin towns Gao, Mali Varallo Pombia, Italy Urbana, Illinois, United States Administration Incorporations: Veymerange, in 1967 Volkrange, in 1970 Garche (exclave of the commune), Koeking and OEutrange in 1970 Guentrange Elange Metzange Beuvange-sous-Saint-Michel Since the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, Thionville is divided over the cantons of Thionville and Yutz. Neighboring communes Algrange Basse-Ham (by Garche) Entrange Escherange Cattenom (by Garche) Hayange Hettange-Grande Florange Illange Manom Nilvange Terville Yutz Demographics The population of Thionville increased mainly in the first half of the 20th century due to industrial development of the Upper Moselle basin. The economic slowdown and steel crisis of the 1970s affected the town and surrounding area, causing a population stagnation. The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Thionville proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Thionville absorbed the former commune of Veymerange in 1966, Volkrange in 1969, and Garche, Koeking, and OEutrange in 1970. Sport Thionville FC is the local football club.

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Lovers Rock Tour

The Lovers Rock Tour was the fifth concert tour by English band Sade. Predominately visiting amphitheaters in North America, the tour supported the band's fifth studio album, Lovers Rock. Taking place in 2001, it was deemed by many critics as a comeback tour because it marks the band's first performances since 1994. Although many believed the trek would expand to other countries, this did not come to fruition. With over 40 shows, it became the 13th biggest tour in North America, earning over 26 million. Background The tour was announced via Sade's website in April 2001. The announcement stated the tour would begin in the summer of 2001 with 30 shows. Initial dates were rescheduled due to extended rehearsal time. The shows sold well, with many stops adding additional shows. In August 2001, the tour was extended by eight weeks, due to ticket demand. The tour was produced by SFX Entertainment and was the band's first tour in seven years, following the Love Deluxe World Tour. The tour also marks the band's final performances until 2011's tour, Sade Live. Opening acts India Arie (select dates) Youssou N'Dour (Los Angeles--22 July) Phuz (select dates) Setlist "Cherish the Day" "Your Love Is King" "Somebody Already Broke My Heart" (includes excerpt of "Never as Good as the First Time") "Cherry Pie" "Pearls" "Every Word" "Smooth Operator" "Redeye" "Jezebel" "Kiss of Life" "Slave Song" "The Sweetest Gift" "The Sweetest Taboo" "Lovers Rock" "Immigrant" "Paradise" "King of Sorrow" "No Ordinary Love" "By Your Side" Encore "Flow" "Is It a Crime" "It's Only Love That Gets You Through" Source: Tour dates Cancellations and rescheduled shows Box office box score Broadcasts and recordings The concerts in Anaheim and Inglewood were chronicled for the band's first live CD/DVD recording respectively titled, Lovers Live. The live recordings were released in February 2002 and topped the charts in the United States, Belgium and Italy. The album sold over 500,000 copies in the U.S., adding a gold record to the band's repertoire. Critical reception The tour received high praise from music critics in the U.S. and Canada. Steve Baltin (Rolling Stone) found Adu's vocal performance effortless, during the show at the KeyArena. He says, "Musically, some of the other peak moments were a stunning 'No Ordinary Love'; a moving 'By Your Side'; a buoyant 'Paradise,' and 'King of Sorrow'. After closing with 'By Your Side,' Sade and her band left to a deafening ovation. The three-song encore was highlighted by a vocally powerful 'Is It a Crime,' in which Sade let loose with great success". Jason Reynolds (NME) writes the band left the crowd at the Hollywood Bowl "beaming". He continues, "As Sade steps out on to the stage, she instantly captures the hearts of the crowd. Still looking stunning, she exudes a magnetism that draws them into her spell. It's very simple - no choreographed dance routines, no pyrotechnics - just Sade herself. For the concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Selma; Rauol Hernandez stated despite the heatwave in the CenTex area, Sade was the "storm" the area needed. He further states, "The thunder and lightning video was especially apropos. Sade's quiet storm really is 'The Sweetest Taboo'". Adu's vocals were deemed smooth as silk for the concert in Rosemont. Corey Moss (MTV News) writes, "Unlike Madonna and Janet Jackson, the other pop divas on tour this summer, Sade doesn't overly decorate her tunes with costumes and choreography". Jane Stevenson (Toronto Sun) gave the performance at the Air Canada Centre 4 out of 5 stars. She explains, "What else would you expect from a singer who was the epitome of cool way back in 1984 with the release of her debut album and has barely changed her trademark laid-back, jazz-inflected R&B grooves or classic ponytail and hoop earrings look since then"? Issac Guzman (New York Daily News) mentioned the band displayed a passion for music and their fans. He says, "When she sang the title song of last year's 'Lovers Rock' album, she was referring not so much to rock music, but to a solid foundation on which one might build a relationship. This relationship, of course, is best constructed in a vaguely exotic milieu where people rendezvous in small cafes on the French Riviera or dance on the veranda of a private villa stocked with Champagne". Jon Pareles (The New York Times) writes the band displayed various emotions throughout the show at the famous Madison Square Garden. He continues, "Sade still sang with the pauses and hesitations she learned from [Billie] Holiday, but every so often when she reached a confession of great pain or joy, she dispelled the smoke in her voice to reveal a pure, indelible ache. Even when she sang more demurely, it was clear that her composure was anything but nonchalant".

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Satoyama Kōsaku

Satoyama Kosaku (born May 31, 1981) is a retired professional sumo wrestler from Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. A former amateur sumo champion at Nihon University, he entered professional sumo in 2004 and first reached the top makuuchi division in 2007. His highest rank was maegashira 12. He spent much of his career in the juryo and makushita divisions, and won a yusho or tournament championship in each. He won promotion back to the top division in 2014 after a seven-year and 37-tournament absence, the longest ever. He was a member of Onoe stable. He retired in November 2018 and is an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name of Chiganoura. Career A former amateur sumo champion at Nihon University, Satoyama made his professional debut in March 2004, joining Mihogaseki stable alongside his team-mate at Nichidai Sumo Club, Shiraishi. He was attracted to the stable because of his admiration for Onoe Oyakata, (ex komusubi Hamanoshima), himself a former amateur champion. Initially he was somewhat overshadowed by Shiraishi and Baruto, who made their juryo division debuts together in September 2005. However, Satoyama was still highly regarded, despite his short height and relatively light weight. He made his way quickly up the ranks, recording only one make-koshi along the way to sekitori status, which he achieved in January 2006 upon promotion to the juryo division. In September 2006 Satoyama, Shiraishi, Baruto and a number of other wrestlers scouted by Onoe Oyakata joined his newly created Onoe stable. In March 2007 Satoyama won the juryo division championship or yusho with a 12-3 record and he entered the top makuuchi division for the first time in May 2007 at maegashira 12, where he scored seven wins against eight losses. After a poor 2-13 record in July he was demoted back to juryo. Restricted by a neck injury, he had two more losing scores in September and November 2007, pushing him towards the bottom of the second division. In January 2008 he won only two bouts in the first 11 days, and although he won his last four matches to finish on a 6-9 score, it was not enough to prevent demotion to the third makushita division. Satoyama produced a 2-5 score in March 2008, and 3-4 in May, meaning he had chalked up seven consecutive losing scores. In July 2008 he returned to form and won the makushita championship with a 6-1 score after an eight-way playoff, defeating his 232 kg stablemate Yamamotoyama Ryuta in the final. It was his first kachi-koshi or winning score since his juryo division championship in March 2007. However he could manage only two wins in each of his next two tournaments. Remaining firmly stuck in the makushita ranks, he became a tsukebito, or personal attendant, to Baruto. However, in the July 2011 basho he scored 5-2 at makushita 6 which returned him to juryo for the first time in 21 tournaments. His score of 7-8 in September was enough to keep him in the second division, but not the 6-9 that followed in November. However he achieved his majority of wins against losses in the January 2012 basho, coming from 0-3 down to score 4-3, and this was enough to return him immediately to juryo. In the January 2014 tournament Satoyama returned to the top division for the first time since July 2007. The 37 tournament gap between appearances in makuuchi is the most in sumo history, breaking the record of 28 tournaments held by Wakanoyama. However, he only lasted two tournaments before being demoted. He was promoted to the top division in July 2015 and again in March 2016, but a kachi-koshi or majority of wins in a makuuchi tournament continued to elude him. Nevertheless, he maintained his sekitori status until September 2017, when he was demoted to makushita for the first time since 2012. For the next year he recorded solid results in the third division but was unable to gain promotion and he announced his retirement after a 4-3 result in November 2018. Retirement from sumo Satoyama retired after the November 2018 tournament. He has stayed with the Japan Sumo Association as a coach at his stable initially under the borrowed elder name of Sanoyama Oyakata (owned by Chiyootori). His danpatsu-shiki, or official retirement ceremony, was held on 29 September 2019 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan, on the same day as Kisenosato's. In April 2021 he acquired the Chiganoura name. Fighting style At and Satoyama was one of the smallest sekitori and had to rely on technical skill to defeat his heavier opponents. According to his Japan Sumo Association profile Satoyama favoured yotsu-sumo, fighting on the mawashi or belt. His preferred grip was listed as hidari-yotsu, with his right hand outside and left hand inside his opponent's arms. He is known for his underarm throw, or shitatenage. However, his most common winning kimarite was actually oshi-dashi, or push out. Personal life Satoyama was married in September 2012 and the wedding reception was held the following February, with Kitanoumi and Hakuho among the 500 guests. His wife also has an amateur sumo background, and is a former winner of the Women's Asian Championships.

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Farshid Guilak

Farshid Guilak is an American engineer and orthopedic researcher. He is the Mildred B. Simon Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis and director of research at Shriners Hospitals for Children. He is also on the faculty of the departments of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, and Developmental Biology at Washington University. He is considered one of the top-ranked scientists in the world, ranked #1 in the field of orthopaedics & traumatology, #12 in the field of Biomedical Engineering, and regularly listed as one of highly-cited scientists with h-index over 100. Early life and education Guilak completed his Bachelor of Science and Master's degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his PhD at Columbia University. Career Duke Following his PhD, Guilak joined the faculty at Duke University as an assistant professor and shortly thereafter became the director of research for the Division of Orthopedic Surgery. Shortly after joining the faculty, Guilak was honored with the Kappa Delta Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons for his study of cartilage cells and discovery of how they responded to stress on the joint. In 2000, Guilak received the Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award to investigate the effects of biomechanical forces on articular cartilage. During his early tenure at Duke, Guilak was recognized by the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering for his "pioneering work in chondrocyte and mechanobiology, and functional tissue engineering of articular cartilage." Following this, Guilak led a team of researchers in developing a three-dimensional fabric scaffold into which stem cells could be seeded and successfully develop into articular cartilage tissue. Based on this research, Guilak found a way to create artificial replacement tissue with durable hydrogels that mimics both the strength and flexibility of native cartilage. More recently, he and his collaborators showed proof-of-concept that 3D weaving could be used to create large, anatomically-shaped cartilage replacements in the shape of a human hip. He also collaborated with Wolfgang Liedtke to develop a prototype of TRPV4 blockers. Guilak later received the 2010 Borelli Award from the American Society of Biomechanics for his work in the biomechanics of health, degeneration, and repair of the synovial joint. While working as the Laszlo Ormandy Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Guilak was the recipient of the 2012 Dean's Award for his "intelligence, patience, and compassion." In this role, Guilak's laboratory used mice to demonstrate the ability to produce an unlimited number of stem cells that could turn into cartilage. As a result of his research, he was named the inaugural winner of the Biomedical Engineering Society's Innovator Award for Cell and Molecular Bioengineering in 2014. The following year, Guilak earned his second Kappa Delta award for his study of post-traumatic arthritis and the development of therapeutic approaches that target inflammation following injury. WUSTL In 2016, Guilak left Duke to join the faculty at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) as co-director of the new Center of Regenerative Medicine and director of research at Shriners Hospitals for Children. In this role, he used stem cells from fat to grow into cartilage cells. At WUSTL, Guilak was also appointed to the rank of professor of orthopedic surgery in the School of Medicine. During his first year teaching at the institution, Guilak continued to focus on the biomechanical factors that contribute to the onset and progression of osteoarthritis. As such, he received the 2016 Basic Science Research Award from the Osteoarthritis Research Society International. Later, Guilak was recognized by the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society for his "significant contributions to the tissue engineering and regenerative medicine field." Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Guilak's laboratory was forced to pause their experiments on the causes of arthritis and potential treatments. Despite this, Guilak received his third Kappa Delta Award for his research in functional cartilage engineering for total joint resurfacing. The Kappa Delta Award, often termed the "Nobel Prize of Orthopaedics", is considered the highest research award in the field of orthopedics. Guilak is the only person to have received this award 3 times. In February 2022, Guilak was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering "for contributions to regenerative medicine and mechanobiology and their application to the development of clinical therapies." Guilak also received his 5th mentoring award, the 2022 Outstanding Achievement in Mentoring Award from the Orthopaedic Research Society. In October 2022, Guilak was also elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine "for contributions to the understanding of musculoskeletal diseases such as arthritis, and the development of new disease therapies through the creation of multiple novel fields of biomedical engineering, including functional tissue engineering, mechanogenetics, and synthetic chronogenetics." In December 2022, Guilak was elected a member of the National Academy of Inventors for his contributions to entrepreneurship and inventions on the development of new drug, cell, and gene therapies for arthritis. Arts In 2008, Guilak's 3D weaving system was exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) as part of a display on "Design and the Elastic Mind", an arts exhibit by Paola Antonelli, seeking to "highlight examples of successful translation of disruptive innovation, examples based on ongoing research, as well as reflections on the future responsibilities of design. Of particular interest will be the exploration of the relationship between design and science and the approach to scale." Guilak is currently part of a scientific team working with artist Diemut Strebe on the project "Sugababe", a living replica of Vincent van Gogh's ear involving as main technologies tissue engineering, genetic engineering and cell reprogramming. Sports Guilak is an accomplished racquetball player and has played on the professional circuit in the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) for several years, reaching the top 60 in the world in 2016. He was sponsored as a player and coach by Prince Sports-Ektelon racquet sports for decades. He served as the coach of the Duke University racquetball team from 2008-2016. In 2023, he won the national doubles championship title (40+) at the National Masters Racquetball Association tournament.

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1969 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The 1969 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Bourg St.-Maurice, France under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 11th edition. The mixed C2 team event returned for the third and final time after not being held at the previous championships. East Germany, having one medals at every occasion since 1951, didn't take part because of political reasons. Note Only two teams completed the course in the women's K1 team event.

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Tahōtō

A is a form of Japanese pagoda found primarily at Esoteric Shingon and Tendai school Buddhist temples. It is unique among pagodas because it has an even number of stories (two). Its name alludes to Taho Nyorai, who appears seated in a many-jewelled pagoda in the eleventh chapter of the Lotus Sutra. With square lower and cylindrical upper parts, a mokoshi 'skirt roof', a pyramidal roof, and a finial, the tahoto or the larger daito was one of the seven halls of a Shingon temple. After the Heian period, the construction of pagodas in general declined, and new tahoto became rare. Six examples, of which that at Ishiyama-dera (1194) is the earliest, have been designated National Treasures. There are no examples in China, whether architectural or pictorial, of anything that resembles the tahoto, although there is a Song dynasty textual reference to a 'tahoto with an encircling chamber'. Hoto The or treasure pagoda is the ancestor of the tahoto and dates to the introduction to Japan of Shingon and Tendai Buddhism in the ninth century. No wooden hoto has survived, albeit modern copies do exist, and stone, bronze, or iron, and specimens are always miniatures comprising a foundation stone, barrel-shaped body, pyramid roof, and a finial. Daito While the tahoto is 3x3 ken (bays), a larger 5x5 ken version exists, known as or 'large pagoda'. This is the only type of tahoto to retain the original structure with a row of pillars or a wall separating the corridor (hisashi) from the core of the structure, abolished in smaller pagodas. Daito used to be common but, of all those ever built, only a few are still extant. One is at Wakayama prefecture's Negoro-ji, another at Kongobu-ji, again in Wakayama, another at Kirihata-dera, Tokushima prefecture, another at Narita-san in Chiba. Kukai himself, founder of the Shingon school, built the celebrated daito for Kongobu-ji on Koyasan; almost fifty metres high, chronicles relate that 'the mightiness of its single storey outdoes that of multi-storeyed pagodas'. The specimen found at Negoro-ji (see photo above) is 30.85 meters tall and a National Treasure. Structure Single-storey Japanese pagodas have an odd number of stories. While the tahoto may appear to be twin-storied, complete with balustrade, the upper part is inaccessible with no usable space. The lower roof, known as a mokoshi, provides shelter and the appearance of an additional storey. Floor plan Raised over the , the ground floor has a square plan, 3x3 ken across, with a circular core. Inside, a room is marked out by the , a reference to the Four Heavenly Kings. The main objects of worship are often enshrined within. Upper part Above is a second 'tortoise mound', in a residual reference to the stupa. Since exposed plaster weathers rapidly, a natural solution was to provide it with a roof, the mokoshi. Above again is a short, cylindrical section and a pyramidal roof, supported on four-stepped brackets. Finial Like all Japanese pagodas, the tahoto is topped by a vertical shaft known as the . This comprises the base or 'dew basin'; an inverted bowl with attached lotus petals; nine rings; 'water flame'; and jewel. The finial's division in sections has a symbolic meaning and its structure as a whole itself represents a pagoda. Miniature versions A number of smaller versions of the tahoto are known, of stone, bronze, iron, or wood, and similar to the hoto. Meaning A number of mandala show the Iron Stupa in southern India, where the patriarch Nagarjuna received the Esoteric scriptures, as a single-storey pagoda with a cylindrical body, a pyramidal roof, and a spire. The forms used in the tahoto, namely the square, circle, triangle, semi-circle, and circle, may represent the Five Elements or the Five Virtues. The egg-shaped stupa mound or anda may represent Mount Sumeru, with the finial as the axis of the world; or, by a folk interpretation, the square base may represents a folded robe, the dome an overturned begging bowl, and the spire a walking staff. The tahoto served not as a reliquary tower but often as an icon hall.

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2003 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV

The Group IV tournament was held June 18-21, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on outdoor clay courts. Format The eight teams were split into two groups and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the promotion pool, from which the two top teams were promoted to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2004. Pool A Results of Individual Ties Pool B Results of Individual Ties Promotion pool The top two teams from each of Pools A and B advanced to the Promotion pool. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward. Results of Individual Ties Oman and Vietnam promoted to Group III for 2004. The remaining matches were not played, since they could not have changed the outcome.

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Zach Woods

Zach Woods is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his roles as a series regular for three seasons as Gabe Lewis on the NBC sitcom The Office, as Jared Dunn on the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley, as Zach Harper on the USA Network sitcom Playing House, and as Matt Spencer on the HBO comedy show Avenue 5. He also recurred on the HBO series Veep as Ed Webster, and starred as Silicon Valley billionaire Edgar D. Minnows in the Apple TV+ murder mystery series The Afterparty. Early life Woods was born in Trenton, New Jersey. His father is a psychiatrist who specializes in clinical therapy, and his mother is a nurse practitioner. Woods is a middle child; he has an older brother and younger sister. In 1997 and 1998, he attended summer camp at Interlochen Center for the Arts. He grew up in Yardley, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Pennsbury High School in 2003. He is a graduate of New York University. Career Woods started performing improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre at age 16 and was a part of the improvisational sketch troupe "The Stepfathers", whose members included Bobby Moynihan and Chris Gethard. He has taught improv at Columbia University, Duke University and Lincoln Center. He has appeared in such films as In the Loop and The Other Guys, and appeared in the CollegeHumor skits "Adam and Eve in the Friend Zone" and "The Infinisphere". He is known for starring as Awkward Boy, the protagonist in the YouTube video series The Most Awkward Boy in the World. In 2010, he appeared as a zombie in a Starburst candy commercial. Starting in 2010, he portrayed Gabe Lewis on the NBC sitcom The Office. He was promoted to series regular beginning in season 7. From 2014 to 2019, he co-starred as Jared on HBO's Silicon Valley. He also appeared on HBO's Veep as Ed Webster. Beginning in January 2020, he had a role as Matt Spencer, Head of Customer Relations for Avenue 5, a science-fiction comedy TV series created by Armando Iannucci that premiered on HBO in the United States. Woods had a role in the action comedy Spy (2015), directed by Paul Feig, and appeared in Feig's film Ghostbusters in 2016.

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Franco Loi

Franco Loi (21 January 1930 - 4 January 2021) was an Italian poet, writer, and essayist. He was born in Genoa, and died in Milan, aged 90. He made his debut in 1973 as a poet using dialect and had a good success with the work I cart, and the following year, 1974, with Poems of love. In 1975 the poet proves to have reached complete maturity of expression with the poem Strolegh, published by Einaudi with a preface by Franco Fortini. In 1978 Einaudi published the collection Teater and in 1981 the work L'Angel followed by Edizioni San Marco dei Giustiniani. Also in 1981, thanks to the collection L'aria, he won the "Lanciano" national prize for dialectal poetry. In 2005 he published L'aria de la memoria for Einaudi, in which he collected all the poems written between 1973 and 2002. He has been Honorary President of the Contemporary Arts Centre of Cilento and Milan founded in 2019 by Menotti Lerro, and, starting from 2020, member of the Empathic School Movement / Empathism. In 2019 he won the Cilento Poetry Prize conferred to him at Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. Works I cart, Milano, Edizioni Trentadue, 1973. Poesie d'amore, incisioni di Ernesto Treccani, San Giovanni Valdarno (Firenze), Edizioni Il Ponte, 1974. Strolegh, introduzione Franco Fortini, Torino, Einaudi, 1975. L'angel, Genova, Edizioni San Marco dei Giustiniani, 1981. Lunn, Firenze, Il Ponte, 1982. Memoria, Mondovi (CN), Boetti & C., 1991. Poesie, Roma, Fondazione Piazzola, 1992. Umber, Lecce, Piero Manni, 1992. Poesie, Roma, Fondazione Marino Piazzolla, 1992. L'angel, in 4 parti, Milano, Mondadori, 1994. Arbur, Bergamo, Moretti & Vitali, 1994. Album di famiglia, Falloppio (CO), Lietocolle, 1998. Amur del temp, Milano, Crocetti Editore, 1999. Aquabella, Novara, Interlinea edizioni, 2004. El bunsai, Milano, Il ragazzo innocuo, 2005 La lus del ver, Milano, Quaderni di Orfeo, 2006. Sculta, Milano, Il ragazzo innocuo, 2006 I niul, Novara, Interlinea edizioni, 2012. Nel scur, Milano, Quaderni di Orfeo, 2013. La torre, Edizioni San Marco dei Giustiniani, Genova, 2020. L'angel, Mondadori, Milano, 2022, collana Lo Specchio.

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Giorgio Prodi

Giorgio Prodi (August 12, 1928, Scandiano, Italy - December 4, 1987, Bologna, Italy) was an Italian medical scientist, oncologist and semiotician. He studied medicine and chemistry at the University of Bologna. From 1958, he taught general pathology and experimental oncology in the same university. He held Italy's first Chair of Oncology. In 1973 he founded the Institute of Cancerology at Bologna, of which he became the first director. He published a series of books on the philosophy of medicine and biology. Together with Thomas Sebeok and Thure von Uexkull, he developed a semiotic approach in biology (biosemiotics) in his works of the 1970s and 1980s. Umberto Eco appreciated Prodi's approach in semiotics. He was also a writer of fiction. His semi-autobiographical novel Lazzaro (a fictionalised biography of his fellow Scandianese and fellow scientist Lazzaro Spallanzani) was awarded the Premio Grinzane Cavour in 1986. The Institute of Cancerology in the University of Bologna was renamed the "Giorgio Prodi" Centre of Cancer Research in his honour. The Giorgio Prodi Lecture Hall in the former monastery of San Giovanni in Monte is also named after him. Personal life He was the brother of mathematician Giovanni Prodi, physicist and politician Vittorio Prodi, and economist Romano Prodi, former Prime Minister of Italy and President of the European Commission. The Material Basis of Meaning. Tartu: University of Tartu Press.

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Syracuse Municipal Airport

Syracuse Municipal Airport was an airport located in Camillus, NY. Origins The first plane landed at the site of the airport in 1912 and was flown by Harry Atwood, establishing a long-distance flight record from Chicago, Il to Camillus. The airport expanded over the next few years and by 1925 became known as the Amboy Airport. Municipal Airport By 1926, Syracuse Mayor Charles Hanna felt that the city needed an airport to enhance its economic future. The city scouted a number of small airports in the area, including Bethka Field (near the intersection of Thompson Rd. and James St. in the city proper) and Nedrow Field in nearby Nedrow, NY. The city finally decided upon the Amboy Airport and purchased it from Camillus for $50,000. After its official opening in 1927, Mayor Hanna put the airfield under the direction of the City Parks Department. After being purchased by the city, the airport gained popularity. The first airmail was delivered in 1929. In the following years before World War II, the airport featured appearances by many world-famous pilots including Charles Lindbergh and his Spirit of St. Louis airplane in 1927, Will Rogers and Wiley Post in 1931, General Jimmy Doolittle in 1932, Amelia Earhart in 1936, Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan in 1938; as well as celebrities Kate Smith and Lowell Thomas. World War II After the war broke out, local flight instructors were pressed into military service and the airport turned into a flight training center. Shortly thereafter, the demands of the military quickly outgrew the capabilities of the current airport and the Office of the Chief of the Army Air Force allocated funds and authorized the construction of Hancock Field. However, the Municipal Airport still played a vital role in the war effort, serving as a training facility for civilians moving supplies and equipment and pilots patrolling the east coast for German ships and U-boats. Closure After the war, the city took over operations of Hancock Field, converting it to a commercial airfield in 1948. The smaller Municipal Airport couldn't compete with the larger and more centrally located Syracuse Hancock International Airport and closed in 1949. After its closure, most of the land the airport was located on was acquired by Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation and transformed into chemical waste beds by 1951.

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Parole (United States immigration)

Parole, in the immigration laws of the United States, generally refers to official permission to enter and remain temporarily in the United States, under the supervision of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), without formal admission, and while remaining an applicant for admission. Categories Among the categories of parole are port-of-entry parole, humanitarian parole, parole-in-place, removal-related parole, and advance parole (typically requested by persons inside the United States who need to travel outside the U.S. without abandoning status, such as applicants for LPR status, holders of and applicants for TPS, and individuals with other forms of parole). Parole has also been used systematically by some presidential administrations to bring into the United States targeted groups of foreign nationals, many instances of which can be classed as refugee-related parole programs, family reunification parole programs, and Cuban parole programs. The use of broad parole authority has been controversial and subject to limitations and modification over time. Humanitarian Humanitarian parole is granted only in exceptional circumstances and on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the DHS. Family reunification Cuba and Haiti Under the Cuban Family Reunification Parole and the Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program, certain eligible U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents are eligible to apply for parole for their family members in Cuba or Haiti. If the family member is granted parole, the family member would then be allowed to enter the U.S. before their immigrant visas were available. After entering the U.S. under parole, the family member would need to wait for their immigration visa priority date to arrive before applying for lawful permanent resident status, although the family member would have the option of applying for discretionary work authorization in the meantime. El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras In 2014, President Barack Obama established the Central American Minors (CAM) Refugee and Parole Program to provide certain children, youth, and family members escaping violence, persecution, or other humanitarian situations in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras with an opportunity to enter the United States as refugees or parolees. In its current form, the CAM Program allows parents or legal guardians 18 years of age or older who are in the United States as lawful permanent residents, or with Temporary Protected Status, parole for more than one year, deferred action for more than one year, deferred enforced departure, withholding of removal, or with a pending asylum application or U visa petition filed prior to May 15, 2021, to apply for their children and other eligible family members to come to the United States as refugees or parolees. In order for any household member to be eligible, the "qualifying child" must be under the age of 21 at the time of application, unmarried, and a national of El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras and physically located in the country of origin or another of the three countries. Other eligible family members include parents of the qualifying child living in El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras and their other children and spouse in certain cases; primary caregivers and siblings of a qualifying child; and the unmarried child of a qualifying child under the age of 21. After a qualifying parent or legal guardian files an application (an Affidavit of Relationship) with the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration through a U.S. Resettlement Agency, the children and eligible family members undergo a pre-screening interview with the International Organization for Migration in the country where they are located, complete a DNA test (where applicable), and go through a refugee interview with USCIS. Applicants may not have counsel present during interviews. All applicants are initially considered for refugee status. Individuals determined to be ineligible for refugee status are automatically considered for parole on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or for significant public benefit. Refugee status denials cannot be appealed, but a Request for Review is available for individuals denied refugee claims and denied parole status in some instances and must be filed within 90 days of being notified of the negative decision. Individuals granted refugee and parole status must complete a medical exam and clear security vetting prior to traveling to the United States. Refugees must apply for legal permanent residence after one year of being in refugee status and may apply for citizenship after holding legal permanent residence status for approximately five years. If a person is approved for parole, they may lawfully enter and live temporarily in the U.S. without accruing unlawful presence for the parole period. CAM parolees are eligible to apply for work authorization and may apply for another form of immigration relief to secure a permanent status. At this time, CAM parole is issued for a three-year period and is renewable. The CAM Program has been operational in various iterations. During the initial CAM Program, operating from 2014 to 2017, more than 12,000 individuals applied, with about 3,000 entering the United States before the Trump administration terminated it through a series of actions in 2017 and 2018. Advocates sued the Trump administration for terminating the CAM Program unlawfully in a case called S.A. v. Trump. The litigation resulted in a settlement agreement that continues to be enforced as of January 2023. Through this litigation, since 2019, over 1,600 individuals have been paroled into the United States. The Biden administration restarted the CAM Program in two stages. Since March 2021, when it reopened the CAM Program only for some applications filed originally between 2014 and 2017 (those that had not received an interview before their case was closed), approximately several hundred CAM beneficiaries have reached the United States. Since September 2021, when the Biden administration reopened the CAM Program for new applications, an estimated several hundred new applications were filed. In the first year of accepting new applications, no case was completed and resulted in a beneficiary traveling to the United States. Since restarting the Program, it has operated at a fraction of the capacity that it did in its first years. Under Phase One, USCIS began to process new applications and reopened some cases terminated in 2018. Phase Two was announced on June 15, 2021 and the Program began accepting applications on September 14, 2021. Various obstacles have prevented many qualified individuals from applying and processing bottlenecks have constrained prompt adjudication of cases and kept most others from resettlement. In January 2022, fifteen states, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, filed a lawsuit seeking to end the program and to block eligible children fleeing violence from obtaining a safe and legal path for protection in the United States. In May 2022, two parents actively seeking CAM protection for their children intervened in the lawsuit as defendants to present evidence of the program's impact. Filipino World War II Veterans Parole Program Under the Filipino World War II Veterans Parole Program, Filipino World War II veterans and their spouses who are U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents were eligible to apply for parole for certain family members. Following President Donald Trump's Executive Order 13767, which instructed the Secretary of Homeland Security to exercise its parole authority "only when an individual demonstrates urgent humanitarian reasons or a significant public benefit derived from such parole", the Filipino World War II Veterans Parole Program was ended. No new applications under the program are being accepted, although individuals already in parole status continue to maintain that status until its expiration date, they may request re-parole, and they may apply to adjust status when eligible to do so. Start-up entrepreneurs In 2017, DHS published a new rule, effective July 17, 2017, adding new provisions regarding the use of parole on a case-by-case basis with respect to entrepreneurs of start-up entities who demonstrate that they will provide a significant public benefit to the United States. In May 2018, DHS published a proposed rule to remove those IEP regulations. As of February 10, 2020, USCIS had received a total of 28 IEP applications, of which 1 was approved, 22 were denied, 3 were withdrawn, and 2 were pending. Build Back Better A proposed provision in Joe Biden's Build Back Better proposed legislation would grant immigration parole to about eight million formerly undocumented immigrants living in the country since 2011 or earlier. The parole, which would allow immigrants to work and to freely come and go from the country, would be granted for five years and renewable for another five years up to a maximum of ten years. Advance parole Advance parole is permission for a non-U.S. national, who does not have a valid immigrant visa, to request re-entry to the United States after traveling abroad, and to temporarily leave the U.S. without abandoning an ongoing immigration status. Such persons include those who have applied to adjust their status to that of permanent resident or to change their non-immigrant status. Advance parole must be approved before the applicant leaves the United States, or any residency application be denied unless exceptional circumstances are demonstrated by the alien. It is granted when immigration document Form I-512 is issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which enables an alien to be paroled into the United States. It is not a U.S. visa or a re-entry permit; it is only issued to people without permanent residency. To obtain an advance parole, an applicant must file Form I-131 ("Application for Travel Document"), with supporting documentation, photos, and fee, at a local USCIS office or the service center having jurisdiction over their place of residence. Eligibility Aliens in the United States need an advance parole if they have: an application for adjustment of status pending. been admitted as a refugee or have been granted asylum. been granted benefits under the Family Unity Program. been granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS). an emergent personal or bona fide reason to travel temporarily abroad. Aliens holding valid K-3 or K-4 visas, as well as H-1 (temporary worker in a specialty occupation) or L-1 (intra-company transferee) visas and their dependents in H-4 or L-2 status who have filed for adjustment of status do not have to file for advance parole as long as they maintain their non-immigrant status: . Aliens in the United States are not eligible for an advance parole if they are: in the United States without a valid immigration status. an exchange alien subject to the foreign residence requirement. the beneficiary of a private bill. Authorization card Advance parole can come on a letter-sized piece of paper titled "Authorization for Parole of an Alien Into the United States". For applicants who apply for advance parole together with an employment authorization document (EAD), USCIS issues a "combo card", a variant of the EAD card which contains the words "SERVES AS I-512 ADVANCE PAROLE". Re-entry into the United States Advance parole does not guarantee re-entry into the United States. Aliens who have obtained advance parole are still subject to the inspection process of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the port of entry. However, aliens who would otherwise be automatically inadmissible due to a period of unlawful presence, will not be inadmissible if they have advance parole. Path to lawful permanent residence Originally, the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act did not contain provisions for a parolee to apply for adjustment of status, which is ordinarily the standard process of obtaining lawful permanent residence (green card holder) status while in the United States. in 1960, INA section 245(a) was amended to allow for the adjustment of status of an alien who had been inspected and admitted, or paroled, into the United States, subject to a number of requirements and restrictions. Among the requirements, an individual must be eligible to receive an immigrant visa, and the individual must have an immigrant visa immediately available in order to adjust status.

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Claus Bjørn

Claus Ebbe Bjorn (7 October 1944 - 18 April 2005) was a Danish author, historian, and television and radio broadcaster, who was Associate Professor of Agricultural History at the University of Copenhagen, Chairman of the Danish Agricultural History Society and Member of the Royal Danish Society of the History of the Fatherland. Life Bjorn was born in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1944. in History from the University of Copenhagen in 1970 and was employed as a part-time teacher at Rodovre State School (1965-71). On 1 September 1971, he was employed as an amanuensis, and later as Associate professor of Agricultural History in the Department of History at the University of Copenhagen. From 1983 to 1995, he was Chairman of the Danish Agricultural History Society (Landbohistorisk Selskab). He edited the magazine :da:Fortid og Nutid (Past and Present) (1975-85) and the multi-volume work, The History of Danish Agriculture (Det Danske landbrugs historie), I-IV (1988-89), where he himself treated the period from 1810 to 1860. Bjorn was Treasurer of the Danish Agricultural History Society (Landbohistorisk Selskab), (1973-77), vice-chairman (1977-83), and chairman (1983-95). He was also a Member of the Board of the Danish Joint Historical Council (Dansk Historisk Faellesforening) from 1974 to 1987, and deputy chairman of the Agricultural Historical Support Circle (Landbohistorisk Stottekreds) from 1983 to 1995. He was elected a Member of Member of the Royal Danish Society of the History of the Fatherland (Det kongelige danske Selskab for Faedrelandets Historie) in 1989. His most important research was in the field of agricultural history in relation to Denmark's political history in the 19th century. He also published a number of biographies, including those of the social democratic Prime Minister, H. C. Hansen, the Chief Justice Christian Colbjornsen, and the statesman Christian D. F. Reventlow. In his later years, he became more widely known to the public for commentating on television and radio including for royal events such as the funeral of Queen Ingrid of Denmark in 2000 and the Wedding of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark in 2004. He died in Horsholm, Denmark, in 2005.

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Phasor (sound synthesizer)

Phasor is a stereo music, sound and speech synthesizer created by Applied Engineering for the Apple II family of computers. Consisting of a sound card and a set of related software, the Phasor system was designed to be compatible with most software written for other contemporary Apple II cards, including the Sweet Micro Systems Mockingboard, ALF's Apple Music Synthesizer, Echo+ and Applied Engineering's earlier card Super Music Synthesizer. References Notes Phasor Manual External links Applied Engineering 1986 Summer/Fall Catalog. Phasor appears on page 12 Applied Engineering 1987 Summer/Fall Catalog. Phasor appears on page 17 Applied Engineering 1988 Spring/Summer Catalog. Phasor appears on page 23 Applied Engineering 1989 Winter/Spring Catalog.

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Helena Vaz da Silva

Helena Vaz da Silva (19392002) was one of the first and most influential cultural journalists in Portugal. She was a member of the European Parliament between 1994 and 1999. Early life Helena Maria da Costa de Sousa de Macedo Gentil was born in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon on 3 July 1939. She was the only daughter of Francisco Mascarenhas Gentil, a lawyer, who died when she was 9, and Isabel Maria da Ascencao Barjona de Freitas da Costa de Sousa de Macedo. Her paternal grandfather, the surgeon and professor of medicine Francisco Gentil, was the founder and director of the Portuguese Institute of Oncology and director of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon. Silva attended Catholic schools in Lisbon. At the age of 17 she began her professional life at an advertising agency, carrying out functions similar to those of the poet and writer Fernando Pessoa who had worked earlier for the same company. In 1959, she married Alberto de Mira Mendes Vaz da Silva at the Jeronimos Monastery in Belem, near Lisbon. Journalistic activities Vaz da Silva and her husband became part of an influential cultural circle in Lisbon that was part of the progressive Catholic movement. In 1963 she was one of the founders of a new magazine, called O Tempo e O Modo, which opposed the prevailing Estado Novo regime, aiming to open up new political, cultural, literary and artistic horizons in Portugal. Contributors included Mario Soares, who subsequently served as both prime minister and president of the country; the politician and lawyer, Salgado Zenha; another lawyer and future president, Jorge Sampaio, the poet and writer Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen; the poet, writer and critic, Jorge de Sena; and the writer, Agustina Bessa-Luis. In 1965, she assumed responsibility for the Portuguese edition of Concilium a journal of Roman Catholic theology. Later, Vaz da Silva returned to studying journalism and sociology at the University of Vincennes in Paris, where she witnessed the workers' and students' protests of May 68. After her return to Lisbon she briefly worked for a tourism company in the Algarve before joining the Expresso newspaper and also directing political and social programs of the national broadcaster, RTP. In 1977 she joined ANOP (Agencia Noticiosa Portuguesa) to head its work on culture. In 1978, she became editor and owner of the magazine Raiz e Utopia. Her published work includes a lengthy interview with the Portuguese artist, Julio Pomar. National Culture Centre In 1979, Vaz da Silva became president of the Centro Nacional de Cultura (National Culture Centre - CNC), a position she occupied until her death. There she initiated activities to promote the dissemination, study and preservation of the Portuguese language and culture. She launched "Sunday tours", which were cultural itineraries to help people learn both about the country's heritage and contemporary artistic work. In 1980 she became vice-president of the Instituto Portugues de Cinema (Portuguese Cinema Institute - IPC), through which she met Marguerite Yourcenar, the first woman elected to the Academie francaise. They became friends and Vaz da Silva translated some of Yourcenar's works. From 1989 to 1994 she was president of the Portuguese National Commission of UNESCO. European Parliament In 1994 she was elected as a member of the European Parliament as a representative of the centre-right Social Democratic Party (PSD) as an independent. In 1996 she was a member of the Commission for the Future of Television in Portugal and in 2002 she took office as Chairman of the Working Group on Public Television Service. However, soon after that appointment, on 12 August 2002, she died from cancer. Awards and honours Vaz da Silva was awarded the Ordre national du Merite of France in 1982. She was made a Grand Officer of the Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique (Order of Prince Henry) in 2000. Streets are named after her in Mem Martins in Sintra, in Charneca de Caparica, and in Lisbon. There are also two squares bearing her name, in Amadora and Valongo. A Photographic Biography of Helena Vaz da Silva was published in 2003. Helena Vaz da Silva Prize Awarded for the first time in 2013, the Helena Vaz da Silva Prize for the dissemination of cultural heritage is an award instituted by Europa Nostra, the CNC and the Portuguese Press Club. It aims to recognize the fundamental role played by media professionals in promoting Europe's cultural heritage. Recipients have been Claudio Magris, Orhan Pamuk, Jordi Savall, Eduardo Lourenco, Wim Wenders, Bettany Hughes, Fabiola Gianotti and Jose Tolentino Mendonca.

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Richard Baron (physician)

Richard J. Baron, MD, MACP (born June 3, 1953) is the president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and ABIM Foundation. Baron was chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine's board of directors in 2008-09, a trustee of the ABIM Foundation 2008-13 and a Master of the American College of Physicians. Background Before becoming CEO at ABIM, Baron served as group director of seamless care models at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center, where he led efforts related to Accountable Care Organizations and advanced models of primary care. Prior to his CMS appointment, Baron, board certified in internal medicine and geriatrics, practiced general internal medicine and geriatrics for almost 30 years in the community in which he lived at Greenhouse Internists, P.C., located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Greenhouse has been a pioneer in the comprehensive adoption of electronic health records in the small-practice environment. Baron also served on the board of the National Quality Forum and their Health Information Technology Advisory Committee, as well as the Standards Committee of the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Baron served as chief medical officer of Health Partners, a not-for-profit Medicaid HMO set up by four teaching hospitals in Philadelphia, from 1988 to 1996. He was the architect of the Best Clinical and Administrative Practices program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Center for Health Care Strategies, working with medical leadership of Medicaid health plans around the country in learning collaboratives to improve the quality of care for their members. This program reached plans serving more than half of the Medicaid managed care population in the United States. Per tax filings, he earned over $700,000 from the ABIM in 2019. (6) Articles and presentations Baron has authored a number of journal articles on medical phenomenology, electronic health records, primary care and meaningful use. He is also a frequently requested speaker on these and other topics, most notably the patient-centered medical home. Education Baron received an English degree from Harvard and his medical degree from Yale University. He completed house staff training at New York University-Bellevue Medical Center and served a three-year obligation in the National Health Service Corps in rural Tennessee.

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Estadio Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez

Estadio Ciudad de Lanus - Nestor Diaz Perez, also known as La Fortaleza (The Fortress), is a football stadium in Lanus, Argentina, and home ground of Club Atletico Lanus. The stadium holds 47,027 people and was built in 1929. In September 2010, the club started construction on a roof for the local stand, which has since been completed. Several other works were completed in 2014, these additions consisting in a new changing rooms, a press conference room, an official club shop, a highly competitive gym, a cafe for club members and a secondary school behind the stadium. The stadium is named after Nestor Diaz Perez, former president of the club under whose mandate the stadium was built. History Club Lanus' first stadium was located on Wield and Deheza streets, north side from the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway tracks. The team was promoted to Primera Division in 1919, debuting in 1920 v Sportivo Almagro in the old venue. In 1929, the club built a new stadium on Inocencio Arias (nowadays, Hector Guidi) and General Acha streets, 650 mts from the former venue. The stadium was inaugurated on February 24, 1929. One year after, the club expanded the capacity of the venue, building new grandstands, to 30,000 spectators. In early 1960s the club built the first concrete grandstand at the stadium, with a sector for the press, while the rest of the venue still was made of wood. In 1993, Lanus started works to refurbish the stadium with the purpose of replacing all the wood grandstands by concrete structures and other improvements, nevertheless works were delayed and they were not completed until 2003. Lanus stadium hosted its first international club matches in the 2008 Copa Libertadores, where Lanus debuted, defeating the Uruguayan side Danubio 3-1. Lanus' international games at its own stadium also included matches of Copa Sudamericana.

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Areg Elibekyan

Areg Elibekyan (; born June 29, 1970) is an Armenian painter. Biography Areg Elibekyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia, the son of Robert Elibekyan. From 1987 to 1992, he studied at the Yerevan Arts and Theatre Institute, but has lived in Montreal since 1992. His work has been exhibited in Armenia, France, Lebanon, Canada, and the United States and displayed at the Modern Art Museum of Yerevan, Alex & Marie Manoogian Museum of Detroit, and the Arame Art Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia. Since 2009, Elibekyan has been an art instructor at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Public Collections Modern Art Museum (Yerevan, Armenia) Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum (Southfield, Michigan, United States) City of Le Vesin (France) City of Lethbridge (Alberta, Canada) Musee des maitres et artisans du Quebec (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Arrondissement de St-Laurent (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Personal Exhibitions 2016 Arame Art Gallery, Yerevan 2016 Stewart Hall, Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada 2014 Espace Laoun, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2013 Galeria Cervantes Cabrera, Havana, Cuba 2011 Centre National de l'Esthetique, Erevan, Armenie 2011 Galerie Exib Art, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2010 Centre National de l'Esthetique, Erevan, Armenie 2010 Festival Internacional de l'Art, Holguin, Cuba 2008 Galerie Arte Bella, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2007 Gallery Z., Providence, R. I., USA 2005 Association Hamazkain culturel de Montreal, QC 2004 Galerie Klimantiris, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2002 Galerie Klimantiris, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2001 Karen Mitchell Frank Gallery, Dallas, USA 2000 Galerie Soleil, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1999 Noah's Ark Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon 1999 Centre de Loisir de Saint-LAurent, QC 1998 Galerie Hai Cie, Paris, France 1998 Galerie 22, Antwerpen, Belgium 1997 Galerie L'Oeil, Brussels, Belgium 1993 Municipal Library, Ville Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada Group exhibitions 2013 "Sensual Revelations", Beirut, Lebanon 2013 "X eme Salon yonnals des Artistes Armenien", Lyon, France 2013 Exposition de la famille Elibekian, Gallery Z., Peovidence R. I. 2012 "Arts & Jazz Sspring Fest", Philadelphia, PA 2006, 2009, 2011 Gallery Z, Providence, USA 2008 Musee des Maitres et Artisans du Quebec 2005 Alex and Marie Manougian Museum, Michigan Souhfield, MI 2005 Tekeian Cultural Association Pasadena, USA 2005 Daniel Besseiche Gallery, Paris, France 2004 Gallery Jacqueline Lemoine, Paris, France 1997 Armenian Library and Museum of America, Boston, USA 1997 Native Gallery, Providence, USA 1994 Exposition "Petit Format", Galerie Michelange, Montreal, QC 1993 Galerie Soldarco, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1992 Centre International des Arts, Beirut, Lebanon Family Elibekyan is the grandson of Vagharshak Elibekyan, an Honored Artist of Georgia, and the son of Robert Elibekyan, an Honored Art Worker and People's Artist of Armenia. See also List of Armenian artists List of Armenians Culture of Armenia Books Areg Elibekian, Studio Elibekian, Quebec, 2005. Areg Elibekian, Celine Le Merlus, Tigran Mets, Yerevan, 2016.

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Rubbestadneset

Rubbestadneset is a village in Bomlo municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on a peninsula on the eastern side of the island of Bomlo, about east of the municipal centre of Svortland. The Stokksundet strait lies to the east and the Innvaerfjorden lies to the south and west. The village has a population (2019) of 1,264 and a population density of . Wichmann Diesel motors originate from Rubbestadneset. Rubbestadnes Upper Secondary School is located in the village.

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Abdossamad Kambakhsh

Abdolsamad Kambakhsh (, birth name Abdolsamad Adle Qajar; 1902 or 1903 - 1971) son of Prince Kamran Mirza Adle Qajar, also known by his aliases as Abdolsamad Qanbari or the Red Prince, was an Iranian communist political activist. In early 1925, he married feminist activist Dr. Akhtar Kianouri (). Noureddin Kianouri, the younger brother of Dr. Akhtar Kianouri, grew up in their house. Early years He grew up in his birthplace, and went to study in Soviet Union in 1915. There he got inspired by the Russian Revolution. When he returned to Iran, he joined the Socialist and Communist parties. He then resided in Tehran and became a factory manager. Despite his political leanings, the Persian government granted him a scholarship in 1927 and he was sent to Russia for university. At Moscow University, he studied aeronautics between 1928 and 1932. He was the first and only Iranian member of Communist International (Comintern). He represented Tudeh in the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. According to the CIA, Abdossamad Kambakhsh was the founder of Tudeh Party and Azerbaijan Movement. For Russia, he was the Iranian represent in Communist International (Comintern) and therefore an ally. That made him the "Voice of Russia" for Iranians. Political life Kambakhshwas an influential member of the Tudeh Party of Iran and belonged to the party's hardline faction. He was a hardliner and would become a prominent Tudeh party leader later. He was also one of the few "group of fifty-three" with experience in the youth section of the Communist party, where he helped organizing the local educational society. At the time of his arrest in 1937, Kabakhsh was an instructor in engineering at the military academy and the manager of the army mechanics school outside Tehran. The contacts he made in these years, proved highly useful later when the Tudeh decided to form cells within the military. In the introduction of Kambakhsh's book the Workers' and Communist Movement in Iran, Ehsan Tabari named him the only Iranian who was trusted by Joseph Stalin and the Soviets. Kambakhsh was known for his close connections to the Soviet intelligence agencies, including the OGPU, the NKVD and the KGB. Scholar Maziar Behrooz argues that "Kambakhsh was not a theorist but a party functionary with strong personal connections to the Soviets". According to written statements of Khosro Rouzbeh in military court, Kambakhsh initiated the activities of Tudeh Military Network in early 1944. In the first congress of Tudeh held in August 1944, Kambakhsh was elected to the central committee. After the 1946 Azerbaijan revolt, he was prosecuted with a warrant and as a result he fled the country. The military tribunal sentenced him to death in absentia, forcing him into exile until his death. Bibliography A Review of the Workers 'and Communist Movement in Iran: A Collection of Articles by Kambakhsh, Abdolsamad, 1350-1282. (Nazari Beh Jonbeshi Kargari va Komunist-i dar Iran) in two cover, first cover in 290 Pages. The first volume of the books is about the only organized resistance against the pro-Hitler coalition and regime during the Reza Shah era.

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Odagiri effect

The Odagiri effect is a television phenomenon in which a program attracts a larger than expected number of female viewers because the program stars attractive male actors or characters. It is named after the Japanese actor Joe Odagiri, who starred in the 2000 show Kamen Rider Kuuga. The effect is now deployed deliberately in some shows, and is most commonly used in sports-themed and idol-themed anime. Origin The term "Odagiri effect" originated in Kamen Rider Kuuga, a tokusatsu television series aimed at children and early teens. However, the producers discovered that the show was attracting two large audience groups: children between the ages of 4 and 12, at whom the show was originally aimed; and women around the age of 30. The show was attracting the mothers of children who found lead actor Joe Odagiri attractive. Following this, Odagiri went on to a more high-profile career, while the follow-up series, Kamen Rider Agito attempted to re-create the effect by casting three attractive male actors in the lead. Again, the show attracted large numbers of female viewers, although long-term viewers, mostly men, disapproved. Use in anime The Odagiri effect is widely used in sports-themed and idol anime series. Among the shows where the effect has been claimed to have been identified include Kuroko's Basketball, Free!, Yowamushi Pedal, Days, The Prince of Tennis, Prince of Stride, All Out! !, Yuri on Ice, Hetalia: Axis Powers and Cute High Earth Defense Club Love!. Many of these shows attract fujoshi, yaoi fans, and to a lesser extent gay men. Use in western media Ian Wolf from Anime UK News has argued that the Odagiri effect is evident in TV shows and other media found in the west. Examples include the 2015 BBC production of Poldark which attracted large audiences due to depictions of lead actor Aidan Turner shirtless; the 2016 BBC production of The Night Manager which features a scene in which Tom Hiddleston's naked buttocks are on-screen; and the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey. He has also argued Benedict Cumberbatch starring in the TV series Sherlock has caused the Odagiri effect to occur in other series he has appeared in such as the radio series Cabin Pressure. Paralleling the original example, the CBeebies show Mr Bloom's Nursery, a UK TV programme featuring Ben Faulks in the title role, became popular with a mature female audience. Positives and negatives of the effect The effect is said to have both a positive and negative effect. While such shows attract wider audiences, some critics claim that they "play it safe" and that: "Negative arcs about injury or lack of sportsmanship are resolved quickly and neatly, and while friendship abounds, romantic subplots are nowhere in sight. There's no incentive to risk alienating any of the target audiences, so the show stays away from tackling complicated themes." Another positive effect of the Odagiri effect for anime producers is that female fans increase spending power, thus meaning they are more likely to buy merchandise relating to the series in question. There are also claims that the effect shows that there is sexism in program making. Reasons given include that a similar observable effect in which men were attracted to TV shows featuring attractive female actresses and characters would be commented on differently. It is also argued that the effect shows that there is evidence that not enough programmes are being made that target women.

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Ayra Guliso

Ayra Guliso was one of the 180 Aanaas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It was separated for Ayra and Guliso woredas in November 1999. Part of the West Welega Zone, Ayra Guliso was bordered on the south by Dale Lalo, on the west by Gawo Dale, on the north by Jarso, on the northeast by Boji, and on the east by Lalo Asabi. The administrative center of this woreda was Guliso; other towns in Ayra Guliso included Ayra and Cheliya Yeka. Overview Rivers in this woreda include the Bekel. A survey of the land in Ayra Guliso shows that 60.19% is cultivated or arable, 8% pasture, 14.37% forest, and 17.46% infrastructure or other uses. Coffee is an important cash crop for Ayra Guliso; over 50 square kilometers is planted with this crop. There are 40 primary schools in this woreda and 4 secondary education schools. Health services are provided by one hospital, one health center, four clinics, and eight health posts; most of these facilities are located in urban areas. Demographics Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 114,120, of whom 58,012 are men and 56,108 are women; 16,178 or 14.18% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 10.9%. With an estimated area of 989.38 square kilometers, Ayra Guliso has an estimated population density of 115.3 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 91.7. The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 80,321 in 12,410 households, of whom 39,542 were men and 40,779 were women; 9,043 or 11.26% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Ayra Guliso was the Oromo (97.95%). Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 98.09%, and 1.69% spoke Amharic; the remaining 0.22% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants were Protestant, with 78.81% reporting that as their religion, while 16.07% were Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 3.9% Muslim.

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Ali Sarmini

"I have represented their crimes on the weapon they used to commit them" -- Ali Sarmini Dr. Ali Sarmini ( ), is a Syrian painter, best known for his work Quneitra on Remains painted on parts of an Israeli Air Force F-4 Phantom shot down over Syrian territories, in about 1972. Biography Born in 1943, in Aleppo, Syria, he studied Fine Arts in University of Damascus, graduating in 1972, and where, two years later, he began lecturing in Fine Arts. Sarmini later achieved a doctorate in Fine Arts from the Berlin-Weissensee Academy of Arts in Germany. From 1981 to 1991 he was Vice-Dean, from 1993 to 2001, Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, at the University of Damascus. He attained a professorship degree in 1993. Sarmini has exhibited internationally, including in Germany and Russia. "Quneitra on Remains" Sarmini's three art work pieces (from different parts of an F-4 Phantom) were created in 1974, and were presented the same year to Syrian president Hafez Assad. It is believed that the Syrian president subsequently gifted one part to the USSRs ambassador to Syria, Nuratdin Muhitdinov, and another to US diplomat Henry Kissinger. The fate of the third piece was unknown until recently, when it was reported that it had been rediscovered in Moscow, and put up for auction. It was presented on 18 July 2007 to the Moscow House of Nationalities, by author and Syrian ambassador to Russia, Hasan Rische.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Franklin%20%28philosopher%29

James Franklin (philosopher)

James Franklin (born 1953 in Sydney) is an Australian philosopher, mathematician and historian of ideas. Life and career Franklin was educated at St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, New South Wales. His undergraduate work was at the University of Sydney (1971-74), where he attended St John's College and he was influenced by philosophers David Stove and David Armstrong. He completed his PhD in 1981 at the University of Warwick, on algebraic groups. Since 1981 he has taught in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of New South Wales. His research areas include the philosophy of mathematics and the 'formal sciences', the history of probability, Australian Catholic history, the parallel between ethics and mathematics, restraint, the quantification of rights in applied ethics, and the analysis of extreme risk. Franklin is the literary executor of David Stove. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales. History of ideas His 2001 book, The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability Before Pascal, covered the development of thinking about uncertain evidence over many centuries up to 1650. Its central theme was ancient and medieval work on the law of evidence, which developed concepts like half-proof, similar to modern proof beyond reasonable doubt, as well as analyses of aleatory contracts like insurance and gambling. The book was praised by N.N. His polemical history of Australian philosophy, Corrupting the Youth (2003), praised the Australian realist tradition in philosophy and attacked postmodernist and relativist trends. Philosophy of mathematics In the philosophy of mathematics, Franklin defends an Aristotelian realist theory, according to which mathematics is about certain real features of the world, namely the quantitative and structural features (such as ratios and symmetry). The theory is developed in his 2014 book An Aristotelian Realist Philosophy of Mathematics: Mathematics as the Science of Quantity and Structure. The theory stands in opposition to both Platonism and nominalism, and emphasises applied mathematics and mathematical modelling as the most philosophically central parts of mathematics. He is the founder of the Sydney School in the philosophy of mathematics. Over the years, the School has hosted emerging Australasian researchers and philosophers such as Anne Newstead, Lisa Dive, and Jeremiah Joven Joaquin. Paul Thagard writes that "the current philosophy of mathematics that fits best with what is known about minds and science is James Franklin's Aristotelian realism." In the philosophy of probability, he argues for an objective Bayesian view according to which the relation of evidence to conclusion is strictly a matter of logic. An example is evidence for and against conjectures in pure mathematics. His book What Science Knows: And How It Knows It develops the philosophy of science from an objective Bayesian viewpoint. Ethics His work on the parallel between ethics and mathematics received the 2005 Eureka Prize for Research in Ethics. In 1998 he set up and taught for ten years a course on Professional Issues and Ethics in Mathematics at UNSW. He conducted the "Restraint Project", a study of the virtue of temperance or self-control in Australia. In 2008 he set up the Australian Database of Indigenous Violence. His book, The Worth of Persons: The Foundation of Ethics, appeared in 2022. Philosophy of religion Franklin has defended Pascal's Wager and Leibniz's Best of all possible worlds theory, and has discussed emergentism as an alternative to materialist atheism and theism. Australian Catholic history He is the editor of the Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society. His books on Australian Catholic history are Catholic Values and Australian Values (2006),The Real Archbishop Mannix (2015, with G.O.Nolan and M. Gilchrist) and Catholic Thought and Catholic Action: Scenes from Australian Catholic Life (2023). He has written also on the Catholic sexual abuse crisis, Magdalen laundries, missions to Aboriginal Australians, and the virtuous life of Catholic rural communities. Publications Franklin has written several books and articles: 1996 and 2011, Proof in Mathematics: An Introduction , originally published as Introduction to Proofs in Mathematics, in 1988. 2015, The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability Before Pascal, ; 2003, Corrupting the Youth: A History of Philosophy in Australia, ; 2006, Catholic Values and Australian Realities, ; 2007, Life to the Full: Rights and Social Justice in Australia, (edited) 2009, What Science Knows: And How It Knows It 2014, An Aristotelian Realist Philosophy of Mathematics, 2015, The Real Archbishop Mannix: From the Sources, 2022, The Worth of Persons: The Foundation of Ethics, 2023, Catholic Thought and Catholic Action: Scenes from Australian Catholic Life, Articles (a selection): 1982, The Renaissance Myth, Quadrant 26 (11):51-60. 1994, The formal sciences discover the philosophers'stone, in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Volume 25, No. 4, 513-533, Elsevier Science Ltd. 2000, , in: The New Criterion, Volume 18, No. 2000, Diagrammatic reasoning and modelling in the imagination: the secret weapons of the Scientific Revolution, in: 1543 and All That: Image and Word, Change and Continuity in the Proto-Scientific Revolution, ed. G. Freeland & A. Corones, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 53-115. 2003, "The representation of context: ideas from artificial intelligence" in: Law, Probability and Risk 2, 191-199. 2006, Chapter on 'Artifice and the natural world: Mathematics, logic, technology', in: Cambridge History of Eighteenth Century Philosophy, ed. K. Haakonssen, Cambridge, 2006, 817-853. 2010, The postmodern calculus, New Criterion 29 (1) (Sept 2010), 75-80. 2022, Mathematics, a Core Part of Classical Education, Australian Classical Education Society, (2 July 2022). 2022, The Global/Local Distinction Vindicates Leibniz's Theodicy, Theology and Science, Vol.20, No.4, (October 2022), pp.445-462.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Try%20Whistling%20This

Try Whistling This

Try Whistling This is the debut solo album released in 1998 by New Zealand singer/songwriter Neil Finn. The Japanese version of the album has a bonus track called "Tokyo", which also appears on the UK release of the single "Sinner". Special editions of the Australian CD contained a bonus CD with six extra tracks which were used as the B-sides for the singles released from the album. The album topped the charts in Australia and New Zealand, and also reached the top five of the UK Albums Chart. Awards In 1999, Try Whistling This won the New Zealand Music Award for Best Cover Art. The cover was drawn by Neil's young son, Elroy. Track listing All songs were written by Neil Finn, except where noted.

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Leucopogon cucullatus

Leucopogon cucullatus is a flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of . The leaves are crowded, egg-shaped to more or less round, and long. The flowers are arranged in small groups in short, dense spikes on the ends of branches or in upper leaf axils, with leaf-like bracts and bracteoles about long at the base. The sepals are long and the petals almost long, the lobes longer than the petal tube. Flowering occurs from July to January. Leucopogon cucullatus was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae. The specific epithet (cucullatus) means "hooded", referring to the leaves. This leucopogon grows on sandy and gravelly soils in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20O.%20Clifton

Donald O. Clifton

Donald O. Clifton (February 5, 1924 - September 14, 2003) was an American psychologist, educator, author, researcher, and entrepreneur. He founded Selection Research, Inc., which later acquired Gallup Inc., where he became chairman, and developed CliftonStrengths, Gallup's online psychological assessment. Clifton was recognized with a presidential commendation from the American Psychological Association as "the father of strengths-based psychology and the grandfather of positive psychology". Early life and education Clifton was born in Butte, Nebraska, in 1924. He attended University of Nebraska-Lincoln, earning a degree in mathematics and two in educational psychology. Later in life, Clifton received honorary doctorates in humane letters (1990) and laws (2001) from University of Nebraska and Azusa Pacific University, respectively. Clifton joined the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, where he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross. Career Clifton taught and researched educational psychology at University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 1950 to 1969. During this time, Clifton researched university tutors to study talent and what distinguished talented people from others. According to Clifton, psychologists typically studied what was wrong with people, not why they excelled. He also identified that successful people had certain personal attributes that benefited them in their work. When Clifton left the university, he founded Selection Research Inc. (SRI) in Lincoln, Nebraska, helping private and public entities with employee selection. Clifton's firm SRI acquired Gallup in 1988 and Clifton became chairman. Under Clifton, Gallup expanded beyond public opinion polls, entering the management consulting business. Gallup consulted with companies on ways to improve their businesses by homing in on their employees' strengths. In 1999, Clifton created the online assessment tool Clifton StrengthsFinder that focuses on 34 themes that make up the user's personality. He co-authored the 2001 book Now, Discover Your Strengths with Marcus Buckingham, offering advice on determining employees' strengths and using those qualities for success at work. In 2007, the book was updated by Tom Rath and called StrengthsFinder 2.0, which is among Amazon's 20 bestselling books of all-time. Gallup's books helped grow the company's consulting division's revenue from $2 million in 1998 to $50 million in 2001. In 2002, the American Psychological Association honored Clifton with a lifetime achievement award as "the father of strengths-based psychology and the grandfather of positive psychology". After retiring as chairman of Gallup, Clifton was chairman of Gallup's International Research and Education Center and senior archivist of its World Leader Study. Following his death, Gallup and the Clifton Foundation donated $30 million to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to create the Don Clifton Strengths Institute, focusing on early identification and development of future entrepreneurs. Published works Soar with Your Strengths with Paula Nelson, . Now, Discover Your Strengths with Marcus Buckingham, . How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life with Tom Rath .

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottsville%20Downtown%20Historic%20District

Pottsville Downtown Historic District

The Pottsville Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Bordered roughly by Laurel Boulevard and Railroad, Morris and 4th streets, it encompasses 336 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of the city of Pottsville. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. History Preservation consultant Thomas E. Jones prepared the nomination form for this historic district's proposed placement on the National Register of Historic Places. Prior to Jones' involvement, the importance of historic structures and properties in this section of Pottsville were documented in the Historic Pottsville Survey, which was conducted between October 1979 and April 1980. According to Jones, the records of this prior survey were maintained by the Schuylkill County Council for the Arts at the time of his NRHP application preparation. This district was subsequently added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Notable buildings The Pottsville Downtown Historic District encompasses 336 contributing buildings in the city of Pottsville's central business district, as well as surrounding residential areas of the city, which were built in mid-19th Century Revival, late 19th and 20th Century Revival, and late Victorian architectural styles. Among the structures included in this district are the: Reading Freight Station: Built circa 1851; and Sovereign Majestic Theater: A 224-seat theater located on North Centre Street, which is a contributing structure within the Pottsville Downtown Historic District, according to the National Registers of Historic Places References External links Capitol Theatre, 218-220 North Centre Street, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA: 6 photos, 4 data pages, and 1 photo caption page, at Historic American Buildings Survey Sovereign Majestic Theater, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, retrieved online August 20, 2019.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized%20country%20code%20top-level%20domain

Internationalized country code top-level domain

An internationalized country code top-level domain is a top-level domain in the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet. IDN ccTLDs are specially encoded domain names that are displayed in an end user application, such as a web browser, in their language-native script or alphabet, such as the Arabic alphabet, or a non-alphabetic writing system, such as Chinese characters. IDN ccTLDs are an application of the internationalized domain name system to top-level Internet domains assigned to countries, or independent geographic regions. Although the domain class uses the term code, some of these ccTLDs are not codes but full words. For example, ls`wdy@ (as-Su`udiyya) is not an abbreviation of "Saudi Arabia", but the commonwealth short-form name of the country in Arabic. Countries with internationalized ccTLDs also retain their traditional ASCII-based ccTLDs. As of August 2018 there are 59 approved internationalized country code top-level domains, of them at least 47 used. The most used are .rf (the Russian Federation) with over 900,000 domains names, .Tai Wan (Taiwan) with around 500,000 and .Zhong Guo (China) with over 200,000 domains. Still as of 2018 around 20 countries using non-Latin script do not have an internationalized country code top-level domain, including Japan. History The ICANN board approved the establishment of an internationalized top-level domain name working group within the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) in December 2006. They resolved in June 2007 inter alia to proceed and asked the IDNC Working Group to prepare a proposal, which the group delivered in June 2008, "to recommend mechanisms to introduce a limited number of non-contentious IDN ccTLDs, associated with the ISO 3166-1 two-letter codes in a short time frame to meet near term demand." The group proposed a methodology using ICANN's Fast Track Process based on the ICANN charter to work with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Identify technical basis of the TLD strings and country code specific processes, select IDN ccTLD personnel and authorities, and prepare documentation; Perform ICANN due diligence process for technical proposal and publish method; Enter delegation process within established IANA procedures. In October 2009, ICANN resolved to start accepting applications for top-level internationalized domain names from representatives of countries and territories in November. Starting 16 November 2009, nations and territories could apply for IDN ccTLDs. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the Russian Federation were among the first countries to apply for the new internationalized domain name country code top-level domains. In January 2010 ICANN announced that these countries' IDN ccTLDs were the first four new IDN ccTLDs to have passed the Fast Track String Evaluation within the domain application process. In May 2010, twenty-one different countries representing eleven languages, including Chinese, Russian, Tamil, and Thai, had requested new IDN country codes. On 5 May 2010, the first implementations, all in the Arabic alphabet, were activated. Egypt was assigned the mSr. country code, Saudi Arabia ls`wdy@., and the United Arab Emirates mrt., (all reading right to left as is customary in Arabic). ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom described the launch as "historic" and "a seismic shift that will forever change the online landscape." "This is the beginning of a transition that will make the Internet more accessible and user friendly to millions around the globe, regardless of where they live or what language they speak," he added. Senior director for internationalised domain names Tina Dam said it was "the most significant day" since the launch of the Internet. According to ICANN, Arabic was chosen for the initial roll out because it is one of the most widely used non-Latin languages on the Internet. There are problems entering a mixed left-to-right and right-to-left text string on a keyboard, making fully Arabic web addresses extra useful. Additional IDN ccTLDs had been implemented by the end of June 2010: one using Cyrillic, .rf (for Russia), and five using Chinese characters (the first using a non-alphabetical writing system) approved by the ICANN board on 25 June 2010: .Zhong Guo (encoded as ".xn--fiqs8s") and .Zhong Guo (encoded as ".xn--fiqz9s"; ".zhongguo"), delegated to China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), the registrar for ccTLD .cn; .Xiang Gang (encoded as ".xn--j6w193g"; ".hongkong"), delegated to Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation (HKIRC), the registrar for ccTLD .hk; .Tai Wan (encoded as ".xn--kpry57d") and .Tai Wan (encoded as ".xn--kprw13d"; ".taiwan"), delegated to Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC), the registrar for ccTLD .tw. The dual domains delegated to each of CNNIC and TWNIC are synonymous, being purely orthographical variations differing only in using simplified forms (Guo and Wan ), as preferred in mainland China, versus traditional forms of the same characters (Guo and Wan ), as used in Taiwan. The new country codes were available for immediate use, although ICANN admit they may not work properly for all users initially. According to Egypt's communication and information technology minister, three Egyptian companies were the first to receive domain licenses on the new "masr" [mSr transliterated] country code. Egypt's Ministry of Communications was possibly the first functional website with an entirely Arabic address. The ccTLD .rf for Russia launched on 13 May. Bulgaria's .bg was rejected by the ICANN due to its visual similarity with .br. .bg was eventually approved in 2014. The Ukrainian string .ukr was approved by the ICANN Board on 28 February 2013. The zone was added to the root servers on March 19, 2013. The Bulgarian string .bg was rejected a second time in March 2011 but was approved by the ICANN Board in 2014, and the Greek .el string in 2015, both after controversies about possibilities of confusion with existing Latin strings. India has applied for top-level domains in each of its local scripts, at first seven, later eight more. The first one, .bhaart, was approved 2011 and became active in 2014. The general flow of applications has ceased after 2016. was approved by the ICANN BOARD on 7 January 2011 to represent Pakistan in Arabic script. On 4 February 2017, IDN ccTLD pkhstn. was delegated to the National Telecommunication Corporation and the zone was added to the root servers on February 15, 2017. The European Union applied in 2016 for the Cyrillic domain .eiu and the Greek domain .eu. eiu was approved and put into operation, but eu was rejected as being too similar to .eu also belonging to the European Union. In 2019 eu was approved on the condition that the same registry organisation EURid own both, and makes sure two equal or equally looking second-level domains are not registered in both ccTLD.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20Twinks

French Twinks

French Twinks is a France-based gay pornographic studio founded by director and producer Antoine Lebel in 2013. Overview French Twinks is a Swiss Owned company, operating under the parent company VivaLead SA. Since its launch in 2013 it has grown to the largest French based Twink porn studios, focusing on young sporty guys in France. The studios have been nominated for and won multiple awards for both its porn scenes and more recently its direction and production. When describing his studios, Antoine Lebel; creator, says "French Twinks Studios is a Euro twink niche gay porn site dedicated to producing exclusive quality gay porn productions." History French Twinks was founded in 2013 by Antoine Lebel. It has grown to become one of the largest gay porn film studios in France. In 2013 the site launched with an explicit web series called "Apprentice Porn-stars", following the lives of real gay porn stars in training, shot in a "reality TV show" style. It was in 2013 during "Apprentice Porn-stars" that a young model Theo Ford was found and trained by French Twinks, Theo went on to become one of the word leading male hunk porn stars and has won many awards as well as giving many interviews in his career, always citing French Twinks as here he started off his career. Anthony Cruz is another model who after starting at French Twinks went on to start his own porn studios as well as w being a porn star for many other studios. in 2015 French Twinks crew take porn star Camille Kenzo to the United States of America for a planned trip "US Tour" where French Twinks collaborated with other gay pornographic studio's Dominic Ford & Helix Studios, producing a range of scenes released by both companies. In April 2016 French Twinks Shot its first Virtual Reality scenes using an external company to manage the scenes sales In 2016 French Twinks starts live streaming its behind the scenes footage of its porn shoots on online sex cam site Cam4. In 2016 French Twinks uses the anti-piracy company Porn Guardian. On 26 May 2016 Antoine Lebel Appeared on TV program Canal+ to discuss the success of FrenchTwinks in France. In March 2016 La Voix Dux Porno Magazine visited French Twinks Studios behind the scenes to write an article on the studios. They visited during a shoot with a guest model and noted international Porn Star Angel Cruz. From the Period 2013-Present, French Twinks has held many fan meets with its models and held many live events in local bars in France. On 30 November 2016 French Twinks Launches new sub-website GaySexChallenge.com produced by BoyMove productions a new branch of the company. Baptiste Garcia: Disappearance and Death On 3 October 2016 Maxent Houillon, an exclusive model who performed for the studio under the stage name "Baptiste Garcia", was reported missing to police following, not keeping an appointment with friends in "Place Francois Arago, and then not showing up for a new job he was due to start in a bar in Elne. It was reported by his boyfriend also an exclusive model at French Twinks, Chris Loan, he was last seen by his best friend and unofficial adoptive sister at 13:00 on 03/10/2016 at bus stop in "Roussillonnais". Days went by with no information; news agencies in France, Gay Porn sites all around the world, and social media took an interest spreading word as quickly as possible to as many as they could, to aid with Baptiste's discovery. It was not until 15 October 2016 nearly 2 weeks after his disappearance that Maxent was found, and although details were never officially released a close friend of French Twinks studios posted to her blog to inform fans that he had been found safe and well. On 12 May 2019, French Twinks announced the death of Houillon. No cause of death was given, though fellow porn star Jordan Fox tweeted "...how many young gays have to die before we react against drugs..." in his tribute to Houillon.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous%20babbler

Rufous babbler

The rufous babbler (Argya subrufa) is an endemic species of bird found in the Western Ghats of southern India of the family Leiothrichidae It is dark brown and long tailed, and is usually seen foraging in noisy groups along open hillsides with a mixture of grass, bracken and forest. Taxonomy The rufous babbler was formerly placed in the genus Turdoides but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Argya. Description This babbler is large and dark olive brown above with a grey forehead. The wing feathers have a rufous tinge. The feathers of the forehead have black shafts. The iris is pale white to yellow and the lores are dark. The underside is bright rufous, paler on the center of the throat and belly. The nominate form (type location: Mananthawadi) is found in the Western Ghats north of the Palghat Gap while hyperythra found to the south is said to be more richly coloured. They are 25-26 cm long with a wing of 8.7-9.0 cm. The tail is about 11-11.5 cm long. Distribution and habitat This species is found in the Western Ghats south of Mahabaleshwar south to the Palni hills and east into the Shevaroy hills. They are found mainly close to the ground where they feed on insects and berries but will also make use of trees. The usual habitat is open forest, scrub or grassy hillsides. Behaviour and ecology The breeding season is mainly from February to November and the nest is a small cup in the fork of a tree. The eggs, ranging from two to four but usually three are dark glossy blue. They have a loud ringing call.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Georgia

Operation Georgia

Operation Georgia was a U.S. Marine Corps security operation around the An Hoa Industrial Complex in western Quang Nam province, lasting from 21 April to 10 May 1966. Prelude In mid-April, the 9th Marine Regiment began planning for an operation to provide security for the An Hoa Industrial Complex in western Quang Nam province. Operational orders were completed on 14 April and the mission was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines. On 20 April the 3/9 Marines established a forward headquarters at An Hoa airstrip deploying Company L and Battery F, 12th Marine Regiment there. Operation The operation commenced on 21 April with the continued build up for forces at An Hoa airstrip with 2 companies arriving on LVTHs of Company B, 1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion and Company I, 3/9 Marines and Battery B, 12th Marines arriving by air. The Marines divided up the area of operations into 20 company-sized areas and began systematic sweeps with the local South Vietnamese Popular Force, meeting minimal opposition apart from occasional mines and mortar fire. A platoon from the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion operating in the southwestern part of the operational area called in air and artillery strikes on Viet Cong (VC) forces killing at least 30. On 3 May as Company M was crossing the Thu Bon River on LVTHs to search the hamlet of Phu Long (1) they were fired on by VC, later identified as coming from the R-20 Battalion. A 4-hour firefight followed before Company M, reinforced by 2 other companies and with air and artillery support secured the hamlet, finding 15 VC dead for the loss of 5 Marines. Aftermath Operation Georgia concluded on 10 May, the Marines had lost 9 killed and the U.S. claimed the Vietcong were alleged to have had 103 killed. While the operation officially concluded, the Marines established a permanent presence in the area, developing the airstrip into An Hoa Combat Base.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteocephalus%20castaneicola

Osteocephalus castaneicola

Osteocephalus castaneicola is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in lowland Amazonia of northern Bolivia, adjacent southeastern Peru, and western Brazil (Acre, south-central Amazonas, and Rondonia). It breeds in water-filled fruit capsules of the Brazil nut, a characteristic also alluded to in its specific name castaneicola derived from the Latin castanea (horse chestnut, Aesculus), the root of the vernacular name castana for the Brazil nut, together with the Latin colo meaning "to inhabit". Description Adult males measure and adult females in snout-vent length. The snout is rounded in dorsal view and rounded, slightly inclined posteroventrally in lateral profile. The canthus rostralis is distinct. The tympanum is large, oval to round in shape. The supratympanic fold is conspicuous and covers the upper edge of the tympanum. The fingers have basal webbing whereas the toes are three quarters webbed. The dorsum is tan to pale brown to purple brown. and has some narrow irregular, dark brown markings. The upper lip has a narrow pale supralabial line that expands into a subocular spot. The flanks are uniformly pale. The throat and belly are creamy white. The thighs are ventrally fleshy pink. The iris is bicoloured: golden above, bronze below, and with a dark horizontal stripe and reticulate or radiating lines. Vocal sac in males is indistinct. The largest tadpoles are in total length. Reproduction Reproduction takes place in water-filled Brazil nut fruit capsules, or seldom, in water-filled palm bracts lying on the forest floor. A single capsule can contain tens of tadpoles. These capsules are opened and left on the forest floor by agoutis or by local people. Osteocephalus castaneicola is the first hylid frog known to use this reproductive strategy, but similar behavior has been reported for two dendrobatids, Adelphobates castaneoticus and Adelphobates quinquevittatus, and for one bufonid, Rhinella castaneotica. The tadpoles are oophagous, i.e., they may consume conspecific eggs. Habitat and conservation Osteocephalus castaneicola occurs in both terra firme (unflooded) and floodplain rainforests at elevations of above sea level. Individuals have typically been observed sitting on vegetation above the ground. This species is locally threatened by habitat loss caused by agricultural activities (including habitat conversion for cattle ranching) and by illegal gold mining. It occurs in the Manu National Park and Los Amigos Conservation Concession in Peru, and in the Cunia Ecological Station and Jamari National Forest in Brazil.