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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcello%20Conversi

Marcello Conversi

Marcello Conversi (August 25, 1917 – September 22, 1988) was an Italian particle physicist. He is best known for his 1946 cosmic ray experiment where he showed that the "mesotron", now known as the muon, was not a strongly interacting particle. Conversi studied under Enrico Fermi at the University of Rome, and received his doctorate in 1940, doing his thesis under Bruno Ferretti. During World War II, Conversi remained in Italy, doing research and teaching at the University of Rome. Together with Oreste Piccioni and Ettore Pancini he conducted the experiment that Luis Walter Alvarez, Nobel Prize laureate of 1968, called the "start of modern particle physics" in his Nobel lecture. In 1946, they showed that the "mesotron", now known as the muon, which had been discovered in 1937 by Seth Neddermeyer and Carl David Anderson, was not the particle predicted by Hideki Yukawa as mediator of the strong force. If the "mesotron", a cosmic ray particle of negative charge, was indeed the meson postulated by Yukawa, it should be captured without decaying. Conversi, Piccioni and Pancini moved their experiment to a high school to avoid air raids. In their experimental setup negative and positive particles were separated by large pieces of iron on the roof of the high school. The negative particles were absorbed in matter. After switching from iron to graphene absorbers, the 1946 experiment dramatically showed that the negatively charged component of cosmic rays decayed radioactive rather than being captured by the graphite. From 1947 to 1946 Conversi held a position as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Chicago, before he returned to Italy as a Professor of Experimental Physics and Director of the Physics Institute at the University of Pisa. During his time in Pisa, he founded the Centro Studi Calcolatrici Elettroniche (CSCE), where the first Italian computer was built. For this work he received the gold medal of the President of Italy in 1961. He also developed a new track detector, known as the flash chamber — a precursor to the spark chamber — which went on to become the standard tool in particle and cosmic ray physics. In 1958 he returned to the University of Rome, as a Professor of Advanced Physics. He had two appointments as director of the institute, one from 1960 to 1962 and the second from 1964 to 1966. His influential school, from 1950 at Pisa and from 1958 at Rome, produced many famous Italian particle physicists, such as Marcello Creti, Carlo Rubbia and Luigi Di Lella. From 1962 to 1964, and again from 1975 to 1977, Conversi was affiliated CERN. At CERN, Conversi was a member of the Scientific Committee from 1969 to 1975, becoming its vice-president. From 1959, he participated in a series of quests at the Synchro-Cyclotron (CERN) for “forbidden” processes in weak interaction. When the new Super Proton Synchrotron began its operation in 1976 he played a prominent role in searches for short-lived particles using a stack of nuclear emulsion coupled to the BEBC bubble chamber. Conversi was vice president of Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics from 1967 to 1970. He was a fellow of the American Physical Society since 1950 and a member of the Italian science academy. References External links List of publications 1917 births 1988 deaths People associated with CERN Experimental physicists 20th-century Italian physicists Particle physicists University of Pisa alumni Sapienza University of Rome alumni People from Tivoli, Lazio

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hennie%20van%20Nee

Hennie van Nee

Hendrik van Nee (13 August 1939 — 25 January 1996) was a Dutch footballer who played as a forward from 1957 to 1971. Born in Zwolle, he played for Zwolsche Boys, Heracles Almelo (two spells), PEC Zwolle, GVAV, Kickers Offenbach, La Gantoise (now K.A.A. Gent), Cercle Brugge and Haarlem. Van Nee earned five caps and scored twice for the Netherlands at international level. He made his debut on 30 September 1964, in a 1–0 loss away to Belgium in the Low Countries derby. He scored in both games he played of the Dutch team's failed 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign: a 2–0 win away to Albania on 25 October 1964 and a 2–1 loss away to Northern Ireland the following 17 March. References 1939 births 1996 deaths Sportspeople from Zwolle Association football forwards Dutch footballers Netherlands international footballers Heracles Almelo players PEC Zwolle players GVAV players Kickers Offenbach players K.A.A. Gent players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players HFC Haarlem players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players Regionalliga players Belgian First Division A players Belgian First Division B players Dutch expatriate footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Germany German footballers needing infoboxes

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Department%20of%20Energy%20national%20laboratories

United States Department of Energy national laboratories

The United States Department of Energy National Laboratories and Technology Centers are a system of facilities and laboratories overseen by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) for scientific and technological research. Sixteen of the seventeen DOE national laboratories are federally funded research and development centers administered, managed, operated and staffed by private-sector organizations under management and operating (M&O) contract with DOE (with the National Energy Technology Laboratory being the exception). History The system of centralized national laboratories grew out of the massive scientific endeavors of World War II, in which new technologies such as radar, the computer, the proximity fuse, and the atomic bomb proved decisive for the Allied victory. Though the United States government had begun seriously investing in scientific research for national security in World War I, it was only in late 1930s and 1940s that monumental amounts of resources were committed or coordinated to wartime scientific problems, under the auspices first of the National Defense Research Committee, and later the Office of Scientific Research and Development, organized and administered by the MIT engineer Vannevar Bush. During the Second World War, centralized sites such as the Radiation Laboratory at MIT and Ernest O. Lawrence's laboratory at Berkeley and the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago allowed for a large number of expert scientists to collaborate towards defined goals as never before, and with virtually unlimited government resources at their disposal. In the course of the war, the Allied nuclear effort, the Manhattan Project, created several secret sites for the purpose of bomb research and material development, including a laboratory in the mountains of New Mexico directed by Robert Oppenheimer (Los Alamos), and sites at Hanford, Washington and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Hanford and Oak Ridge were administered by private companies, and Los Alamos was administered by a public university (the University of California). Additional success was had at the University of Chicago in reactor research, leading to the creation of Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago, and at other academic institutions spread across the country. After the war and its scientific successes, the newly created Atomic Energy Commission took over the future of the wartime laboratories, extending their lives indefinitely (they were originally thought of as temporary creations). Funding and infrastructure were secured to sponsor other "national laboratories" for both classified and basic research, especially in physics, with each national laboratory centered around one or many expensive machines (such as particle accelerators or nuclear reactors). Most national laboratories maintained staffs of local researchers as well as allowing for visiting researchers to use their equipment, though priority to local or visiting researchers often varied from lab to lab. With their centralization of resources (both monetary and intellectual), the national labs serve as an exemplar for Big Science. Elements of both competition and cooperation were encouraged in the laboratories. Often two laboratories with similar missions were created (such as Lawrence Livermore which was designed to compete with Los Alamos) with the hope that competition over funding would create a culture of high quality work. Laboratories which did not have overlapping missions would cooperate with each other (for example, Lawrence Livermore would cooperate with the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, which itself was often in competition with Brookhaven National Laboratory). The idea of regional laboratories to work with local universities for nuclear development originated with Arthur Compton and Charles Allen Thomas, though Leslie Groves later claimed the idea as his own. The national laboratory system, administered first by the Atomic Energy Commission, then the Energy Research and Development Administration, and currently the Department of Energy, is one of the largest (if not the largest) scientific research systems in the world. The DOE provides about a third of the total national funding for physics, chemistry, materials science, and other areas of the physical sciences. Many are locally managed by private companies, while others are managed by academic universities, and as a system they form one of the overarching and far-reaching components in what is known as the "iron triangle" of military, academia, and industry. The National Labs can work directly with private industry through Laboratory Directed Research & Development (LDRD) agreements. List National Laboratories The United States Department of Energy currently operates seventeen national laboratories which fall under six of the department's divisions: Technology Centers Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory* at West Mifflin (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania (1949) Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory* at Niskayuna, New York (1946) In addition Knolls operates the Kenneth A. Kesselring site at West Milton, New York New Brunswick Laboratory**, at Argonne National Laboratory Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education* at Oak Ridge, Tennessee Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory** Savannah River Ecology Laboratory* * GOCO (Government-owned, Contractor-operated) ** GOGO (Government-owned, Government-operated) List of scientific user facilities Accelerator Test Facility Advanced Light Source Advanced Photon Source Alcator C-Mod Argonne Leadership Computing Facility: IBM Mira Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System Atmospheric Radiation Measurement B-Factory Bates Linear Accelerator Center Booster Neutrino Center for Functional Nanomaterials Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies Center for Microanalysis of Materials Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Center for Nanoscale Materials Combustion Research Facility Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility DIII-D Tokamak Facility Electron Microscopy Center for Materials Research Energy Sciences Network Energy Systems Integration Facility Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory Final Focus Test Beam Free Air CO2 Experiment High Flux Isotope Reactor Center for Neutron Scattering Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility James R. Macdonald Laboratory Joint Genome Institute Linac Coherent Light Source Main Injector Laboratory for Laser Energetics Los Alamos Neutron Science Center Manuel Lujan Jr. Neutron Scattering Center Materials Preparation Center Molecular Foundry National Center for Electron Microscopy National High Magnetic Field Laboratory National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center National Ignition Facility National Spherical Torus Experiment National Synchrotron Light Source National Transportation Research Center Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator Neutrinos at the Main Injector Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory Pulse Radiolysis Facility Radiochemical Engineering Development Center Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider Shared Research Equipment Program Spallation Neutron Source Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory Structural Biology Center Synchrotron Radiation Center Tevatron collider Texas A&M Cyclotron Institute Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory University of Washington Tandem Van de Graaff Yale University Tandem Van de Graaff In popular culture In the Netflix web series Stranger Things, a fictional laboratory called Hawkins National Laboratory run by the DOE is located in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. The laboratory is later shut down after it is revealed that a portal to another dimension called the "Upside Down" is opened and inhumane experiments are performed on children to turn them into weapons against the USSR. In the AMC show Breaking Bad, Walter White works for Sandia National Laboratories prior to Season One. See also University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System References Further reading Westwick, Peter J. (2003). The National Labs: Science in an American System, 1947–1974. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. . External links Energy.gov: Department of Energy National Laboratories website Science.energy.gov: U.S. Department of Energy; Ten-Year Plans for the Office of Science's National Laboratories Energy.gov: DOE Budget Page, with link to National Laboratories budgets DOE national lab Energy research institutes Department of Energy laboratories Laboratories Department of Energy National Laboratories National Laboratories Department of Energy National Laboratories National Laboratories

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20Ark

Russian Ark

Russian Ark (, Russkij Kovcheg) is a 2002 experimental historical drama film directed by Alexander Sokurov. In Russian Ark, an unnamed narrator wanders through the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, and implies that he died in some horrible accident and is a ghost drifting through the palace. In each room, he encounters various real and fictional people from various periods in the city's 300-year history. He is accompanied by "the European", who represents the Marquis de Custine, a 19th-century French traveler. The film was recorded entirely in the Winter Palace of the Russian State Hermitage Museum on 23 December 2001 using a one-take single 96-minute Steadicam sequence shot. Russian Ark uses the fourth wall device extensively, but repeatedly broken and re-erected. At times the narrator and the companion interact with the other performers, whilst at other times they pass unnoticed. The film was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Plot On a winter's day, a small party of men and women arrive by horse-drawn carriage to a minor, side entrance of the Winter Palace, dressed in the style of the early 19th century to attend a ball hosted by the Emperor Alexander I. The narrator (whose point of view is always in first-person) meets another spectral but visible outsider, "the European", and follows him through numerous rooms of the palace. "The European", a 19th-century French diplomat who appears to be the Marquis de Custine, has nothing but contempt for Russians; he tells the narrator that they are unable to create or appreciate beauty as Europeans do, as demonstrated by the European treasures around him. Each room manifests a different period of Russian history, although the periods are not in chronological order. Featured are Peter the Great harassing and striking one of his generals; a spectacular presentation of operas and plays in the era of Catherine the Great; an imperial audience in which Tsar Nicholas I is offered a formal apology by the Shah of Iran for the death of ambassador Alexander Griboyedov in 1829; the idyllic family life of Tsar Nicholas II's children; the ceremonial changing of the various regiments of the Imperial Guard; people touring the palace in the present; the museum's director whispering the need to make repairs during the rule of Joseph Stalin; and a desperate Leningrader making his own coffin during the 900-day siege of the city during World War II. A grand ball follows, held in the Nicholas Hall, with many of the participants in spectacular period costume and a full orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev featuring music by Mikhail Glinka, then a long final exit with a crowd down the grand staircase. The European tells the narrator that he belongs here, in the world of 1913 where everything is still beautiful and elegant, and does not want to go any further. The narrator then walks backwards out the hallway and sees many people from different time periods exiting the building together. As he watches them, the narrator quietly departs the procession, leaves the building through a side door and looks out upon the River Neva. Cast Alexander Sokurov as Narrator Sergei Dontsov (Sergey Dreyden) as the European (Marquis de Custine) Mariya Kuznetsova as Catherine the Great Marksim Sergeyev as Peter the Great Anna Aleksakhina as Alexandra Feodorovna Vladimir Baranov as Nicholas II Production The film displays 33 rooms of the museum, which are filled with a cast of over 2,000 actors and three orchestras. Russian Ark was recorded in uncompressed high-definition video using a Sony HDW-F900 camera. The information was not recorded compressed to tape as usual, but uncompressed onto a hard disk which could hold 100 minutes which was carried behind the cameraman as he traveled from room to room, scene to scene. According to In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark, the documentary on the making of the film, four attempts were made. The first failed at the five-minute mark. After two more failed attempts, they were left with only enough battery power for one final take. The four hours of daylight available were also nearly gone. Fortunately, the final take was a success and the film was completed at 90 minutes. Tilman Büttner, the director of photography and Steadicam operator, executed the shot on 23 December 2001. In a 2002 interview, Büttner said that film sound was recorded separately. "Every time I did the take, or someone else made a mistake, I would curse, and that would have gotten in, so we did the sound later." Lighting directors of photography on the film were Bernd Fischer and Anatoli Radionov. The director later rejected Büttner's nomination for a European Film Academy award, believing that only the whole film should gain an award. Post-production In post-production the uncompressed HD 87-minute one-shot could be reworked in detail: besides many object removals (mainly cables and other film equipment), compositings (e.g. additional snow or fog), stabilisations, selective colour-corrections and digitally added focus changes, the whole film was continuously and dynamically reframed (resized) and for certain moments even time-warped (slowed down and sped up). This work took several weeks and was mainly executed by editor Patrick Wilfert under supervision of lead editor Sergei Ivanov on Discreet Logic's Inferno system. Avoiding any playouts and using framestore to framestore transfers only, the picture was left uncompressed, before being reprinted onto filmstock for theatrical distribution. Background The narrator's guide, "the European", is based on the book by the French aristocrat Marquis de Custine, who visited Russia in 1839 and wrote La Russie en 1839, in which he depicted Russia in extremely unflattering terms. A few biographical elements from Custine's life are shown in the film. Like the European, the Marquis' mother was friends with the Italian sculptor Canova and he himself was very religious. Custine's book mocks Russian civilization as a thin veneer of Europe on an Asiatic soul. For Custine, Europe was "civilization" while Asia was "barbarism", and his placing of Russia as a part of Asia rather than Europe was meant to deny that Russians had any sort of civilization worthy of the name. Echoing this sentiment, the film's European comments that Russia is a theater and that the people he meets are actors. The Marquis's family fortune came from a porcelain works, hence the European's interest in the Sèvres porcelain waiting for the diplomatic reception. At the end of the film, which depicts the last imperial ball in 1913, the European appears to accept Russia as a European nation. In One Breath, a documentary about the making of Russian Ark, written and directed by Knut Elstermann, gives more insight into the single long shot tracking techniques and formidable organization behind the making of the film. Reception Box office The film was not a huge commercial success, though as an arthouse film it performed strongly in many territories. These include the UK, Japan, Korea, Argentina, and especially the US, where the film remains one of the most successful of both German and Russian movies of recent decades. Russian Ark is a German-Russian co-production. The film grossed $3,048,997 in the United States and Canada, with $5,641,171 internationally, for a worldwide total of $8,690,168. Critical response Russian Ark received high critical acclaim. Roger Ebert wrote, "Apart from anything else, this is one of the best-sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen.... [T]he effect of the unbroken flow of images (experimented with in the past by directors like Hitchcock and Max Ophüls) is uncanny. If cinema is sometimes dreamlike, then every edit is an awakening. Russian Ark spins a daydream made of centuries." Rotten Tomatoes reported that 90% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 105 reviews, with an average rating of 7.88/10. The consensus review summary reads, "As successful as it is ambitious, Russian Ark condenses three centuries of Russian history into a single, uninterrupted, 87-minute take." On Metacritic, which uses an average of critics' reviews, the film has an 86/100 rating based on 32 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Slant Magazine ranked the film 84th in its list of the best films of the 2000s. In a critics' and readers' poll by Empire magazine, it was voted the 358th greatest film of all time. Awards Russian Ark received the Visions Award at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival, a Special Citation at the 2003 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards and the 2004 Silver Condor Award for Best Foreign Film from the Argentine Film Critics Association; it was also nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Hugo at the 2002 Chicago International Film Festival and the 2004 Nika Award for Best Film. In addition, Alexander Sokurov was named Best Director at Fancine in 2003 and was nominated for the 2002 European Film Award for Best Director. Cinematographer Tilman Büttner was also nominated for various awards for his work on the film, including a European Film Award and a German Camera Award. References External links 2000s avant-garde and experimental films 2000s fantasy films 2000s historical films 2002 films 2002 drama films 2000s ghost films Films set in 1829 Films set in 1913 Cultural depictions of Catherine the Great Cultural depictions of Nicholas II of Russia Cultural depictions of Peter the Great Cultural depictions of Nicholas I of Russia Films directed by Alexander Sokurov Films set in museums Films set in Saint Petersburg Films shot from the first-person perspective German films Historical fantasy films One-shot films Persian-language films Russian films Russian historical films Russian-language films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon%20Fodder

Canon Fodder

Canon Fodder is a 2000 AD series created by Mark Millar and Chris Weston. It features the adventures of the eponymous character Canon Fodder, the sole survivor of the Priest Patrol, a bizarre cross between the police and the church who patrol the streets of a future London after Judgment Day has caused the dead to rise, and society to breakdown. Publication history Canon Fodder first appeared in 1993, with a sequel written by Nigel Long (as "Kek-W") in 1995. A dispute between Fleetway and Mark Millar regarding ownership of the character prevented further development. Millar had stopped working for 2000 AD by the time the second series was created and objected to the series being continued in his absence. Artist Chris Weston has since said that he only agreed to illustrate the second series because he thought the character was the property of 2000 AD. 2000 AD 's editor, David Bishop, shelved plans to continue the series to avoid offending Millar. Cast Canon Fodder: The last surviving member of the Priest Patrol; the other members were Deacon Blue, Father O'Blivion, and Cardinal Syn. He was a judge at a beauty pageant the day his comrades were horribly killed. Canon usually tries to conduct himself in a calm authoritative manner but when annoyed can be quite sarcastic and impatient. Canon is firmly grounded in his belief in God; he is a skilled fighter and can be very insightful. Canon has no patience for sinners and issues harsh punishments to even those who confess voluntarily. Sadie: Canon's housekeeper. Although she has feelings of love for him (as does he for her), neither have ever told each other of their feelings. Plot Canon Fodder The story opens with a badly wounded Canon Fodder being confronted by Lucifer who then apparently finishes him off. It then cuts to a flashback with Dr. Watson discovering that Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty have killed themselves in a suicide pact, in order to go to heaven and kill God for not appearing on Judgement Day. Fodder and Watson recruit Mycroft Holmes (who is portrayed as a psychopath similar to Hannibal Lecter), to get them to heaven before Holmes and Moriarty. However, Holmes and Moriarty were themselves too late, and discover that Lucifer has overthrown and killed God. Fodder and his comrades arrive on the scene to be confronted by Lucifer, whose demons kill Watson and Mycroft and rip off Fodder's hand. As Lucifer is about to finish Fodder off, God unexpectedly returns. He kills Lucifer and asks why he shouldn't wipe out mankind, but Fodder points out that without mankind, God will never find the answer to who created him. The story ends with Dr Watson completing his entry in the Purgatory journals as the last adventure of Sherlock Holmes. Dark Matter After a failed attempt at stopping a hostage crisis in a church, Canon is locked up in Bedlam asylum, being treated by Sigmund Freud. He is freed by Deacon Blue, one of the vanished members of the Priest Patrol, who reveals that the Priest Patrol (apart from Fodder, who was judging the "Miss Purity 2000" pageant) were investigating the League of Anabolic Atheists when they were sucked into another dimension. Blue managed to escape and return to the real world, and now wants Fodder to return with him to rescue their colleagues. Freud, Fodder and Blue travel to the other dimension, which seems to be the collective unconscious, where Deacon Blue turns out to be a demon in disguise, and the rescue mission a trap. Fodder is rescued in the nick of time by a trans-dimensional airship captained by Jules Verne. Returning to the normal universe, he is briefed by Albert Einstein and Wilhelm Reich on the threat posed by the accelerating expansion of the dimension they have just come from, which it seems is composed of dark matter, and which is feeding on humanity's fears and dark desires. Reich has constructed an "Orgone Bomb" which can destroy the dark matter universe, and Fodder returns there to detonate it. After facing down his deepest fear he detonates the device expecting to die but is amazed to discover he has instead set free the Goddess who was imprisoned in the universe and who returns him to the normal universe. Collected editions "Canon Fodder" (with Mark Millar, in 2000 AD #861-867, 1993, collected in Judge Dredd Megazine Supplement 4, 2008) "Dark Matter" (with Nigel Long writing as "Kek-W", in 2000 AD #980-987, 1995, collected in Judge Dredd Megazine Supplement 17, 2009) Notes References Canon Fodder at 2000 AD online Comics characters introduced in 1993 Comics by Mark Millar 2000 AD comic strips 2000 AD characters The Devil in fiction

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

BetOnline

BetOnline is a privately held online gambling company offering sports betting, online casinos, and wagering on horse racing. The company's CEO is Eddie Robbins III. In 2006, according to Casino City Press, BetOnline.com was among the top 60 online sportsbook, racebook, and betting exchanges, by overall traffic received. The site has been in operation at least since 2001. Innovations BetOnline has publicized some of its more innovative approaches to online gaming. In 2009, the company set out to place and accept the first wager from the summit of Mount Everest. Hiring a veteran climber, Tim Rippel, the company promised to donate $20,000 to a popular charity (as chosen by voters on Facebook and Twitter) upon successfully summiting the peak and placing a bet. While the climbing team was unable to place a bet from the summit, a wager was placed on May 18, 2009 (local time) from “Base Camp 4” at 26,000 feet above sea level. The bet was a winner, wagering that the Los Angeles Lakers would cover the spread against the Houston Rockets in Game 7 of the NBA Western Conference Semifinals. BetOnline still donated the $20,000 across three top vote-getting charities. BetOnline becomes one of the first online poker rooms to use the cryptocurrency bitcoin. Domain Name BetOnline has switched to the Betonline.ag domain name. Their Betonline.com domain is still active but they told their partners that the Betonline.ag domain will be their primary address starting on April 4, 2012. Live Dealer Blackjack Controversy An online video of a blackjack hand surfaced which caused a lot of controversy. The video shows the dealer switching cards to change the hand, resulting in numerous players to lose. Due to the scandal, on February 18, 2017, BetOnline officially ended their relationship with 3rd party dealing vendor Global Gaming Labs and partnered up with Visionary iGaming for their "Live Dealer" services. References External links Online gambling companies of Panama Companies based in Panama City Internet properties established in 2004

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louhajang%20River

Louhajang River

Louhajang River ( ) is located in central Bangladesh. It branches out from the Jamuna near Gabsain at Bhuapur, Tangail District. Thereafter it splits into two parts before the parts meet up again. It flows past Tangail city, Karotia and Jamurki before joining the Bangshi. The Louhajang is linked with the Dhaleshwari. The average depth is and maximum depth is . References External links Includes a map of the river. Rivers of Bangladesh Rivers of Dhaka Division

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kati%20Kov%C3%A1cs

Kati Kovács

Kati Kovács (born Katalin Anna Sarolta Kovács 25 October 1944), is a Ferenc Liszt and Kossuth Award-winning Hungarian pop-rock singer, performer, lyricist and actress. She is one of the most famous singers of Hungary with dozens of recorded albums, awards and presentations in Hungary and abroad, and with international recognition and a very active career until today. Kovacs is known for her raspy and very strong mezzo-soprano singing voice which received wide praise from Hungarian music critics who have called her: "The Best Female Voice of Hungary". She can sing opera, rock, jazz, pop, dance, blues and rock and roll. Career She appeared first time on stage in 1962. She became the first famous nationally in 1965 when she won the seminal TV talent show in Hungary "Ki mit tud?". A year later, she achieved some even greater successes with her performance of the song I Won't Be Your Plaything (Nem leszek a játékszered) which won the TV Dance Song Festivals in Hungary in 1966. In 1968 she played the leading roles in some films, for example The Girl. The psychedelic spiritual Lord Send Us Rain (Add már, uram, az esőt!) won the Hungarian Dance Song Festival and the German Song Contest in 1972. She worked with the Hungarian rock band Locomotiv GT on three albums (Kovács Kati & Locomotiv GT, Közel a naphoz and Kati) and a compilation (Rock and Roller). In 1974 she won the Castlebar Song Contest in Ireland with the song Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue (Nálad lenni újra jó lenne). She appeared as a singer in the 1977 Hungarian film Ök ketten (Women), which was directed by Márta Mészáros. Since 1979 she sang the covers of several disco and hit songs in Hungary originally performed by Donna Summer, Barbra Streisand, Laura Branigan, Madonna, Tanita Tikaram, Sam Brown, Anastacia etc. Besides singing, Kati Kovács also writes lyrics. One of her best known works which she also performed is the lyrics to Vangelis’ composition 1492: The Conquest of Paradise. Since 23 October 2009 she works with the psychedelic soul-beat band The Qualitons. They had a very successful concert in Budapest with the singer's rare beat and funk songs. It is said to be Kati's big comeback. In 2010 they are on tour around the country. They were planning a new album together but their connection is lost. Christina Aguilera's 2010 single "Woohoo" contains a sample from the song Add már, uram, az esőt!. Awards Music Week Star of the Year Award (England) in 1974 Liszt Prize in 1986 Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Knight's Cross in 1994 Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Officer's Cross in 2011 Honorary Citizen of Budapest in 2011 Kossuth Prize in 2014 Albums See also Hungarian pop References External links 1944 births Living people Women rock singers 20th-century Hungarian women singers Hungarian pop singers 21st-century Hungarian women singers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Association%20of%20Epilepsy%20Centers

National Association of Epilepsy Centers

The National Association of Epilepsy Centers is an association of Comprehensive Epilepsy Centers - academic departments of epilepsy in the United States that meets certain criteria and has certain resources available for the care of the most complicated patients with epilepsy. It is based in Washington DC. Footnotes Epilepsy organizations Medical and health organizations based in Washington, D.C. Organizations based in Washington, D.C.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptychosalpinx%20globulus

Ptychosalpinx globulus

Ptychosalpinx globulus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. References Buccinidae Gastropods described in 1889

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescot%20Parish%20Church

Prescot Parish Church

Prescot Parish Church, also known as St Mary's Church, is in the town of Prescot, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is an active Anglican parish church. History The circular shape of the churchyard suggests that a church was on the site before the Norman Conquest, and parts of the existing fabric in the chancel and north vestry date possibly from the 15th century. The church was largely rebuilt in 1610. The tower was built in 1729 and the spire added in 1797. The tower and spire were designed by Henry Sephton, the spire being rebuilt after a lightning strike. An organ was gifted by Elizabeth, the widow of William Atherton. The aisles were widened between 1817 and 1819, a restoration took place in 1876, and the south vestry was added in 1900. In 1953 the aisles were rebuilt. Architecture The church is built in red sandstone. Its plan consists of a west tower, a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles and a chancel with north and south vestries. The tower has a west entrance with a three-light window above and an inscribed frieze. The bell stage has Doric flat pilasters and an entablature, 2-light louvred bell openings, and clock faces. The parapet has a balustrade and three finials to each angle, and the spire has three tiers of lucarnes. The aisles have cornices and embattled parapets. Internally are five-bayed arcades. Stone plaques on the walls carry the arms and sometimes the initials of the 1610 benefactors. The stalls, with poppyhead carving, are dated 1636. The reredos is of panelled timber, dated 1891 and designed by Kempe. There are two fonts, one Norman and simple on a modern base, the other, which was donated in 1755, was previously an Italian marble stoup. The chancel screen is dated 1921. The stained glass includes some in the south aisle by Morris & Co. There are a number of monuments, including one on the south side dated 1803 by Sir Richard Westmacott, to the memory of plantation owner William Atherton of Prescot, surmounted with a family crest, with the Latin motto “clarior e tenebris” (brighter after the darkness), and a 1836 brass to George Case, Liverpool mayor and slave trader, which was designed by A. W. N. Pugin. External features The churchyard contains the war graves of 24 service personnel, 22 of World War I and two of World War II. See also Grade I listed churches in Merseyside Listed buildings in Prescot References External links Prescot Parish Church (official website) Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley Church of England church buildings in Merseyside Grade I listed churches in Merseyside Anglican Diocese of Liverpool English Gothic architecture in Merseyside 1610 establishments in England Churches completed in 1610 17th-century Church of England church buildings

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Hatem Abdulrahman

Hatem Abdulrahman () (born 12 June 1995) is an Emirati footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder . Career Ajamn Hatem Abdulrahman started his career at Ajman and is a product of the Ajman's youth system. On 23 October 2014, Hatem Abdulrahman made his professional debut for Al-Ain against Al Wahda in the Pro League, replacing Boris Kabi. Masfout On Season 2016 signed with Masfout. References External links 1995 births Living people Emirati footballers Ajman Club players Masfout Club players UAE Pro League players UAE First Division League players Association football midfielders Place of birth missing (living people)

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Retta (disambiguation)

Retta (born 1970) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. Retta may also refer to: People Given name Retta Davidson (1921–1998), American animator Retta T. Matthews (1856–1899), American painter and sculptor Retta Scott (1916–1990), American animator and illustrator Retta Ward (1953–2016), American health advocate Retta Young (born 1949), American singer Surname Joe Retta, front man and vocalist of British glam rock band The Sweet Seifu Retta (born 1954), Ethiopian boxer Other uses Retta, Arkansas, a community in the United States Retta Dixon Home, an institution for Aboriginal children in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Retta language, spoken in parts of the Indonesian Archipelago Retta Nagala, a village in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India See also Rettah Chess, a variant of chess invented by V.R. Parton Reta (disambiguation)

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Kičevo-Poreče dialect

The Kičevo-Poreče dialect (, Kičevsko-porečki dijalekt) is a member of the central subgroup of the western group of dialects of Macedonian. The dialect is spoken in a vast area in North Macedonia and mainly in the cities Kičevo and Makedonski Brod. It is also native to the villages of the region Porečje, such as Samokov and those around Kičevo. Because of the migration of the population from Porečje, the dialect is spoken in the region of Polog and in the capital Skopje. The Kičevo-Poreče dialect is closely related to the Prilep-Bitola dialect, Gostivar dialect with which they share many common characteristics. This dialect can be found in many books and novels, and one of the more popular is the novel "Milion mačenici" by Risto Krle. The Kičevo-Poreče dialect has a significantly small number of Serbian and Turkish loan words than the Macedonian dialects. Phonological characteristics change of the nasal vowel /õ/ with /ɔ/; change of the vocal /lˌ/ and vocal /rˌ/; use of the consonant groups шт (št) and жд (žd); lose of the inter vocal /v/: глава (glava) > глаа (glaa; head). Morphological characteristics use of the dative case for personal names: му рече Стојану (mu reče Stojanu; he told to Stojan); use of the diminutive: дете (dete) > детуле (detule; kid); use of the suffix -t for third person singular: тој зборува (toj zboruva) > тој зборуват (toj zboruvat; he talks); use of the preposition "v" and "vo" (in); linking of the prepositions or clitics with the verb: јас ќ’ода (jas ḱ'oda) instead of јас ќе одам (jas ḱe odam; I will go); losing of the suffix "-m" for first person singular: јас зборувам (jas zboruvam) > ја зборува (ja zboruva; I talk); use of "ja" instead "jas" (I); use of "su" instead "sum" (am): јас сум (jas sum) > ја су (ja su; I am). Examples of the dialect Omarno žeško sonce is a song that is written on Kičevo-Poreče dialect. Омарно жешко сонце грејт и никој на земата не смејт очи да отворит, ура, ура. И никој на земјата не смејт очи да отворит, напред, напред. Ја народ црнејт, таму на брего и ноќта ангел јасно викаше: „О, Боже, до кога и до Бога?“ и ноќта ангел јасно викаше: „О, Боже, до кога и до Бога?“ Omarno žeško sonce grejt i nikoj na zemjata ne smejt oči da otvorit, ura, ura. I nikoj na zemjata ne smejt oči da otvorit, napred, napred. Ja narod crnejt, tamu na brego i noḱta angel jasno vikaše: „O Bože, do koga i do Boga?“ i noḱta angel jasno vikaše: „O Bože, do koga i do Boga?“ Poreče dialect A short story on Poreče dialect: Kičevo dialect A short story on Kičevo dialect: References See also Macedonian language Macedonian dialects Dialects of the Macedonian language Kičevo Municipality Makedonski Brod Municipality

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5I

5I or 5-I can refer to: IATA code for Air G, also called Transair Georgia Amos-5i, an AsiaSat 2 satellite SSH 5I (WA), see Washington State Route 510 See also I5 (disambiguation) C5I, a military acronym Five Eyes, an intelligence alliance

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Mohammed Ridaoui

Mohammed Ridaoui (born Abril 13, 1969) is a Moroccan retired professional tennis player who won two bronze medals at the Mediterranean Games partnering with Younes El Aynaoui. He played in twelve Davis Cup ties for Morocco from 1989 to 1993 and won fourteen of his 22 rubbers. References External links ATP Profile ITF Profile Davis Cup Profile Moroccan male tennis players Living people 1969 births Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Morocco Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis

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George County High School

George County High School is a public high school in Lucedale, Mississippi, United States. It is a part of the George County School District. Athletics The following sports are offered at George County: Band Baseball Basketball Color Guard Cheer Cross Country Dance Football Golf Powerlifting Soccer Softball Tennis Track Volleyball Demographics For the 2014–15 school year, 87% of the student body at George County identified as Caucasian, making up the majority. 11% identified as African American, 2% as Hispanic, 1% as Asian, 0.3% as mixed and 0.2% as Native American. The student body makeup is 52% female and 48% male. References External links Education in George County, Mississippi Public high schools in Mississippi

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Dick Jemison

Richard Stubbs Jemison (September 19, 1886 – January 9, 1965) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter in the South who was for eleven years the sporting editor of the Atlanta Constitution. He wrote extensively on baseball and football, picking many an All-Southern team. Supposedly, he was the first sports editor to include batting stats in his newspaper column. For two years he was president of the Georgia–Alabama League. Dick Jemison himself was an avid golfer, basketball player, and bowler. Early years Dick Jemison was born on September 19, 1886 in Macon, Georgia to Robert W. Jemison and Kate Boifeuillet. His uncle was Edwin Francis Jemison, a Confederate veteran who died at the Battle of Malvern Hill at just 17 years old. Dick's brother J. B. Jemison was later club president of the Thomasville Hornets in 1913. Atlanta On watching the flight of Charles K. Hamilton in 1910 he wrote, "The time is not far off when the automobile will be put in the discard for the flying machine, just like the horse was passed up for the automobile." Sports On Georgia's first All-American he wrote, "When you mention football to an Athens fan its definition is Bob McWhorter, and vice-versa;" and McWhorter's "value to the Red and Black team cannot be fully expressed in mere words, or even figures." In 1915, Jemison was first to report that Georgia captain-elect Charlie Thompson was ineligible. Ohio Jemison also contributed to Motor World. By 1917 he resigned to enter the automobile business as a salesman and publicity manager for Poole & McCullough Motor Company, which handled the Dort, Winton Six, and Locomobile in Atlanta. He was also once in charge of sales promotion at the Miller Rubber Company. In 1920, he was appointed advertising and sales promotion manager of the Oldfield Tire Co. in Akron, Ohio. He was then national advertising manager for the Ohio State Journal. Bibliography Notes References 1886 births 1965 deaths Writers from Macon, Georgia Sportswriters from Georgia (U.S. state) Sportswriters from Ohio

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Israel Aharoni

Israel Aharoni (1882 - 1946 ) was a zoologist in Ottoman and British Palestine widely known as the "first Hebrew zoologist." Aharoni discovered 30 previously unknown species of animals, insects and birds, and is credited with giving them Hebrew names. Aharoni is best known for collecting a litter of Syrian hamsters on an expedition to Aleppo, Syria. The hamsters were bred as laboratory animals in Jerusalem, but some escaped through a hole in the floor. The majority of hamsters in Israel today are thus said to be descended from this one litter. Biography Israel Aharoni was born in Vidzy, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire (in present-day Belarus). His father, Avraham Yossef Aharonovich, was the Rosh yeshiva of Vidzy and died before his son Israel was born. Israel lost his mother as well when he was two years old. Being an orphan, he lived with his grandmother and studied at a Cheder and later on at the Telshe yeshiva. At the age of 13, Israel ran away from his home to Prague, were he attended school and later on continued to learn zoology at Charles University. He immigrated to Palestine in 1901, which was then under Turkish rule. His early zoological expeditions took place under the protection of the local Sultan, for whom he obtained butterfly specimens. Many of his collected specimens can still be viewed at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Syrian hamsters In 1930, Aharoni set off to look for Syrian hamsters at the request of his colleague Saul Adler, a parasitologist who was looking for an easily breedable alternative to the Chinese hamster for research on the disease Leishmaniasis. Syrian hamsters had been discovered and named by George Robert Waterhouse in 1839 but had not been sighted since. Together with a Syrian guide named Georgius Khalil Tah'an, Aharoni managed to discover a nest containing a female and eleven young in the Aleppo region. However, cannibalism of one of the litter by the mother, and the subsequent death of the mother, meant that Aharoni had to hand-rear the pups during the journey back. The four that made it were bred successfully and used extensively in laboratories, before being introduced to the pet market in the 1940s. References 1882 births 1946 deaths People from Braslaw District People from Novoalexandrovsky Uyezd Belarusian Jews Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the Ottoman Empire Ashkenazi Jews in Ottoman Palestine Ashkenazi Jews in Mandatory Palestine 20th-century Israeli zoologists Taxonomists Charles University alumni Hebrew University of Jerusalem faculty Burials at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives

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Xinghualing District

Xinghualing District () is one of six districts of the prefecture-level city of Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, North China. It is located in the urban core of Taiyuan. References External links www.xzqh.org County-level divisions of Shanxi

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Ultra Hits

Ultra. Hits is a mixed dance music compilation album mixed by David Waxman from Ultra Records. The album contains a collection of the most popular songs of the previous year. Track listing "All Of The Above" - Maino feat. T-Pain "Echo (Remix)" - Gorilla Zoe feat. Diddy "Because Of You" - Ne-Yo "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" - Pitbull "Breakin' Dishes" - Rihanna "I'm The Ish" - DJ Class "Move (If You Wanna)" - Mims "My President" - Young Jeezy feat. Nas "Stanky Legg" - GS Boyz "Make tha Trap Say Aye" - OJ Da Juiceman feat. Gucci Mane "I Run" - Slim Thug feat. Yelawolf "Hot Music" - Remedy feat. Da Pounders "Boyfriend #2 (The Council Remix)" - Pleasure P "Took The Night" - Chelley "Beware Of The Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke) (Aaron LaCrate & Debonair Samir B-More Gutter Alternate Version)" - Panjabi MC "Whine" - Enur feat. Beenie Man & Natalie Storm "She Came Along" - Sharam feat. Kid Cudi References External links 2009 compilation albums Dance-pop compilation albums Ultra Records albums

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Live at Montmartre

Live at Montmartre may refer to the following albums recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre: Live at Montmartre (Jackie McLean album) (SteepleChase, 1972) Live at Montmartre (Stan Getz album) (SteepleChase, 1977) Live at Montmartre (George Adams and Don Pullen album) (Timeless, 1978)

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Daveys Bay

Daveys Bay is a small shallow bay of Port Phillip, located in Victoria, Australia. It is one of several small bays adjoining the town of Mount Eliza and is the closest region of the Shire of Mornington Peninsula to Melbourne. Daveys Bay is named after James Davey who built a jetty at the western end of the bay in the 1840s. Davey used the jetty to load his ketch with produce destined for the Melbourne markets. Davey's Bay Yacht Club, founded in 1909, is located at the jetty. The north-eastern shoreline of Daveys Bay features an exposure of the Manyung Fault, part of the main Selwyn Fault system. References External links Davey's Bay Yacht Club Geography of Melbourne Port Phillip

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Polne, Lubusz Voivodeship

Polne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Słońsk, within Sulęcin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. See also Territorial changes of Poland after World War II References Polne

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S. E. U. I. S.

S. E. U. I. S. is a 1982 video game published by Strategic Simulations. Gameplay S. E. U. I. S. is a game in which the player battles for control of the Ozgortian sector. Reception Chris Smith reviewed SSI's RapidFire Line in The Space Gamer No. 59, and commented that "My resulting disappointment lay in the fact that this game, unlike the others in the line, added nothing new to the computer game field. Combining strategic space games with arcade was a good idea, but there are still better arcade games of both kinds." Dick Richards reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "I can think of only one real negative to the game. . .its name. Whether you call it SEUIS, or Shoot 'Em Up In Space, it sounds dim. But, if every game I buy plays as well and offers as much flexibility, then I really don't care what it's called." References External links 1984 Software Encyclopedia from Electronic Games Review in Electronic Games 1982 video games Apple II-only games Shoot 'em ups Strategic Simulations games Turn-based strategy video games Video games developed in the United States Video games set in outer space

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Parachlamydia

Parachlamydia, is a genus of bacteriae belonging to the Chlamydiae. Species include P. acanthamoeba. References Chlamydiae Bacteria genera

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William Wolfe Capes

William Wolfe Capes (1834–1914) was a notable Hereford scholar. Capes attended St Paul's School, London, and the Queen's College, Oxford. Ordained in 1868, he was a cleric in the Diocese of Winchester, rector of Liphook, rector of Bramshott, and canon of Worcester. In addition, he served as Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford, as well as bursar, fellow, tutor and reader of the Queen's College, Oxford. A noted scholar, he dealt with records of the Hereford Cathedral Library, presenting his published work to the members of the Cantilupe Society. He was also a member of the Canterbury and York Society. He was elected an honorary fellow of Queen's College, Oxford in November 1902. He was the uncle of Charles Webster Leadbeater, an influential member of the Theosophical Society. The essayist Walter Pater was his student. Partial works The Roman Empire of the second century; or, The age of the Antonines. With ... maps (1876) University life in ancient Athens (1877) Livy: An account of his life and works (1879) The Roman Empire of the second century or The age of Antonines (1880) Stoicism (1880) The English church in the 14th and 15th centuries (1900) Scenes of rural life in Hampshire among the manors of Bramshott, (1901) Charters and Records of Hereford Cathedral. (840-1421) Transcribed and edited with an introduction by W. W. Capes. Lat. (1908) The Register of Richard de Swinfield, Bishop of Hereford (A.D. 1283-1317). Transcribed and edited by W. W. Capes. Lat. (1909) The Register of Thomas de Charlton, Bishop of Hereford (A.D. 1327-1344). Edited by William W. Capes. (1912) The Register of William de Courtenay, Bishop of Hereford, A.D. 1370-1375. Edited by William W. Capes. (1913) The Register of John Trefnant, Bishop of Hereford, A.D. 1389-1404. Edited by William W. Capes. (1914) The Register of Thomas Poltone, Bishop of Hereford, A.D. 1420-1422. Transcribed by the late William W. Capes ... To which is prefixed a memoir of Canon Capes by John Percival, Lord Bishop of Hereford. Lat. (1916) References 1834 births 1914 deaths 19th-century English Anglican priests People educated at St Paul's School, London Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford Fellows of The Queen's College, Oxford Fellows of Hertford College, Oxford English librarians Scholars of Roman history

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Cerro San Javier

San Javier Hill is a geographical feature, located in the province of Tucumán, Argentina. Geography It is about 24 km (15 miles) from the provincial capital, San Miguel de Tucumán. The road to the hill has more than 100 curves and at is bordered by tropical vegetation typical to the region. The mountain range occupies more than 19,000 hectares. The summit of Taficillo to the north has a maximum altitude of about 1876 meter (6155 feet). The dominant vegetation includes cloud forests, jungles, and mountain forests or yungas that host summer villages closest to the city: Villa Nougués, El Siambón, Raco, and San Javier. Amenities Sporting activities include paragliding, trekking, horseback riding, mountain biking, hiking, etc. It offers a beautiful view: towards the west, the capital and its surrounding plain, and on the other side, the green mesas that have the Calchaquíes summits as a background. The summer village of San Javier is on the ridge of the mountain range, near Yerba Buena, at an altitude of 1200 meters. El Cristo Bendicente, is a sculpture that stands 28 m (92 Feet) high and weighs 135.8 tons, made by the artist from Tucuman, Juan Carlos Iramain. It was inaugurated in 1942, the year of the founding of the Village. Due to its size, it can be seen from the city. Climate The temperature is pleasant throughout the year, especially in summer when the temperature is high in San Miguel de Tucumán. In winter, snow falls sporadically References San Javier Geography of Tucumán Province

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List of mayors of Calgary

This is a list of mayors of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. List of Mayors of Calgary See also List of Calgary municipal elections Calgary City Council Notes References Sources Biographies of Calgary's mayors from the City of Calgary web page Mayors Of Calgary Calgary

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Olympus SP-350

Olympus SP-350 is 8-megapixel compact digital camera. The model was announced by its maker on August 29, 2005. It has the following specifications: Sensor size: 1/1.8 " (7.18 x 5.32 mm) CCD Sensor with 8.1 million effective pixels (8.3 million photo detectors) Maximum resolution: 3264 x 2488 Optional resolutions: 2592 x 1944, 2288 x 1712, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480 Image ratio w:h: 4:3 or 3:2 Color filter array: RGB ISO settings : Auto, 50, 100, 200, 400 Zoom wide: 8mm (38 mm equivalent) Zoom telephoto: 24mm (114 mm equivalent ) (3 x) Aperture range: F2.8 - F4.9 5x Digital zoom Auto Focus (TTL) & Manual Focus Normal focus range: 20 cm Macro focus range: 5 cm White balance override: 5 positions Min shutter speed: 15 sec + Bulb Max shutter speed: 1/2000 sec Built-in Flash Flash guide no.: 3.8 m (12.4 ft) 8 m External flash with hot shoe Flash modes: Auto, Red-Eye, Forced, Off, Slow 1&2 Exposure compensation range: -2 to +2 EV in 1/3 EV steps Metering options: ESP multi-pattern, CW Avg, Spot Shooting modes: aperture priority, shutter priority, manual, scene modes, movie mode Optional adapter available (lens threads) Continuous Drive: 2.4/1.4 frame/s for 2/8 images Movie clips sizes: 640 x 480 (15 frames per second), 320 x 240 (30 frame/s) Self-timer Storage types: xD flash media & 32 MB internal / built-in Uncompressed format: RAW Compressed format: JPEG (Exif 2.2) Jpeg quality levels: standard quality (SQ), high quality (HQ) & super high quality (SHQ) Optical Viewfinder LCD screen size: 2.5 inches diagonally LCD resolution: 115,000 pixels Battery types: AA (2) batteries or CRV3 Weight including batteries: 245 g (8.6 oz) Dimensions: 100 x 65 x 35 mm (3.9 x 2.6 x 1.4 in) Olympus released a firmware update that was rumored to address battery life problems. However, battery life is still poor with alkaline batteries, below average with nickel metal halides batteries and good with lithium batteries (CRV3s). References SP-350

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Usage-centered design

Usage-centered design is an approach to user interface design based on a focus on user intentions and usage patterns. It analyzes users in terms of the roles they play in relation to systems and employs abstract (essential) use cases for task analysis. It derives visual and interaction design from abstract prototypes based on the understanding of user roles and task cases. Usage-centered design was introduced by Larry Constantine and Lucy Lockwood. The primary reference is their book. Usage-centered design methods Usage-centered design is largely based on formal, abstract models such as models of interaction between user roles, UML workflow models and task case and role profiles. Usage-centered design proponents argue for abstract modelling while many designers use realistic personas, scenarios and high-fidelity prototypes. The techniques have been applied with particular success in complex software projects, some of which have been reported in case studies. Usage-centered design and activity-centered design approach Usage-centered design share some common ideas with activity-centered design. It is concerned more with the activities of users but not the users per se. Constantine (2006) presents an integrated framework where the models of Usage-centered design are enriched with concepts from the Activity theory. References Citations Bibliography Constantine L. Activity Modeling: Toward a Pragmatic Integration of Activity Theory with Usage-Centered Design, 2006 Constantine L., and Lockwood, L. "Structure and Style in Use Cases for User Interfaces." In M. van Harmelan, Ed., Object Modeling and User Interface Design. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2001. Constantine L., and Lockwood, L. Software for Use: A Practical Guide to the Essential Models and Methods of Usage-Centered Design. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1999. (Russian translation 2004, Chinese translation 2004, Japanese translation 2005.) Constantine, L. “Usage-Centered Software Engineering: New Models, Methods, and Metrics.” In Purvis, M. (ed.) Software Engineering: Education & Practice. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press, 1996. Constantine, L. "Essential Modeling: Use Cases for User Interfaces.” ACM Interactions, 2 (2): 34-46, April 1995. Strope, J. (2003) “Designing for Breakthroughs in User Performance.” In L. Constantine, ed., Performance by Design: Proceedings of forUSE 2003, the Second International Conference on Usage-Centered Design. Rowley, MA: Ampersand Press. Windl, H. (2002) “Designing a Winner: Creating STEP 7 lite with Usage-Centered Design.” In L. Constantine, ed., forUSE 2002: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Usage-Centered Design. Rowley, MA: Ampersand Press. Further reading Usage-centered design FAQ User interfaces Usability Human–computer interaction

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Poplar Chapel AME Church

Poplar Chapel AME Church was a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in Rayville, Louisiana. Located on Louisiana Highway 135, it was built in 1903. It was added to the National Register in 1989. It was a four bay basilica style church with vaguely Queen Anne Revival and Romanesque Revival style influences. It was deemed notable "as a rare survivor of a vernacular archetype". However, the chapel has been destroyed. References Methodist churches in Louisiana Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana Churches completed in 1903 Buildings and structures in Richland Parish, Louisiana National Register of Historic Places in Richland Parish, Louisiana

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Yonne's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of the Yonne is a French legislative constituency in the Yonne département. Description Yonne's 3rd constituency covers the north west of the department around the small city of Sens. Politically the seat was a strong hold of the Gaullist UMP until 2017. Historic Representation Election results 2017 |- | colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| |- 2012 |- | colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| |- 2007 |- | colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| |- 2002 |- | colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| |- 1997 |- | colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| |- Sources Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French). 3

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Roundwood Halt railway station

Roundwood Halt railway station co-served the town of Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England from 1927 to 1949 on the Nickey Line. History The station opened on 8 August 1927 by the Midland Railway. It was situated south of the junction on Roundwood Road. It was planned to serve a housing development in Harpenden. This didn't last long, thus the station closed on 16 June 1947. References External links Disused railway stations in Hertfordshire Former London, Midland and Scottish Railway stations Railway stations opened in 1927 Railway stations closed in 1947 1927 establishments in England 1947 disestablishments in England

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

Luzianne

Luzianne (an adaptation of "Luzianna", a regional pronunciation for "Louisiana") is the brand name for a line of Southern beverages and packaged goods, of which Luzianne coffee and iced tea products are the best known. Although most Luzianne products are available throughout the country, the popularity of the brand rests mainly in the Southern United States. Products carrying the Luzianne brand name are manufactured by the Reily Foods Company, which has its headquarters in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 2017, Luzianne was the second largest seller of tea in the United States, with annual sales of over $200 million. History In the late 1890s, William B. Reily was operating a wholesale grocery company in Monroe, Louisiana. Noticing the high demand for coffee products, Reily decided to move south to New Orleans to start a business that would roast, grind, package, and distribute canned coffee. In December 1902, he started his coffee business, and the Luzianne brand was born. Although William Reily began selling tea products under the Luzianne name just one year after opening his coffee business, his focus remained squarely on the roasting and distribution of his coffee products. Over the next 30 years, the popularity of iced tea grew stronger, especially in the South, due in part to the continued proliferation of refrigerators and, consequently, the production of ice. In 1932, recognizing the popularity of iced tea, Reily began brewing a tea made specifically for iced tea called Luzianne Iced Tea. Although the Reily family has continued to roast and sell coffee under the Luzianne name, Luzianne Iced Tea has become the leading product under that brand, in large part due to the guidance of Reily's sons (William B. Reily, Jr. and James W. Reily) and later his grandson (William B. Reily III). Little has changed about the original flavor of Luzianne Iced Tea since 1932, but product extensions have been developed by the Reily Foods Company to meet consumer demand for flavored teas. Reily Foods first developed and distributed Peach Mango and Raspberry flavorings, which were liquid concentrations that were added to original Luzianne Iced Tea to give added fruit flavor. Most recently, Reily has begun selling a line of fruit-flavored teas (lemon, raspberry, peach) with the flavor already added to the bag. As a young actress in the 1950s, Betty White appeared in multiple television advertisements. Oscar-winning actor Burl Ives appeared in a number of frequently aired television commercials for Luzianne Tea during the 1970s and 1980s. Products Iced Tea Luzianne Iced Tea Luzianne Decaf Iced Tea Luzianne Green Iced Tea Luzianne Peach Iced Tea Luzianne Raspberry Iced Tea Luzianne Lemon Iced Tea Luzianne Iced Tea Flavoring – Peach Mango Luzianne Iced Tea Flavoring – Raspberry Coffee Luzianne White Label Dark Roast Coffee & Chicory Luzianne Red Label "For All Coffeemakers" Coffee & Chicory Luzianne Premium Blend Medium Roast Drip Grind Coffee & Chicory Cajun Seasoning and Meals Luzianne Cajun Chicken Coating Luzianne Cajun Seafood Coating Luzianne Cajun Seasoning Luzianne Cajun Creole Dinner – Dirty Rice Luzianne Cajun Creole Dinner – Creole Luzianne Cajun Creole Dinner – Etouffee Luzianne Cajun Creole Dinner – Gumbo Luzianne Cajun Creole Dinner – Jambalaya References External links Reily Foods web site Tea brands in the United States Iced tea brands Louisiana cuisine Drink companies of the United States Food and drink companies based in Louisiana

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Thomas v. Winchester

Thomas v. Winchester, 6 N.Y. 397 (1852), which established the "imminent danger to human life" doctrine, was at the head of the cases in assaulting the protective wall of privity in the tort field. Subsequent examples include: MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., Goldberg v. Kollsman Instrument Corp., and finally, Judge Jones's landmark holding in Codling v. Paglia, in which the Court demolished what was left of the privity barrier in tort cases by adopting the doctrine of strict products liability. In Thomas v. Winchester, the Court, departing from the old common law rule in Winterbottom v. Wright, held that a commercial packager of a poison falsely labeled as harmless medicine, who sold it to a druggist who, in turn, sold it to the plaintiff who then ingested it should be liable for her acute distress. The Court found a way around the lack of privity between the consumer and the packager by adopting the rule that a party who puts falsely labeled poison into the market and thus "puts human life in imminent danger" should respond in damages to the ultimate consumer. See also Privity of contract Loop v. Litchfield Losee v. Clute References New York (state) state case law Product liability case law United States tort case law Law articles needing an infobox

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Henderson Field (North Carolina)

Henderson Field is a public airport located one mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district (CBD) of Wallace, a town in Duplin County, North Carolina, USA. This general aviation airport covers and has one runway. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Henderson Field is assigned ACZ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned ACZ to Zabol, Iran). The airport's ICAO identifier is KACZ. References External links at North Carolina DOT airport guide Airports in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Duplin County, North Carolina Transportation in Duplin County, North Carolina

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dume%20River

Dume River

The Dume River is a river of northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It flows through Bondo Territory in Bas-Uele District. It is a left tributary of the Mbomou River- References Rivers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icy%20Peak

Icy Peak

Icy Peak is a Skagit Range mountain summit located in the North Cascades of Washington state. It is situated in North Cascades National Park at the head of Nooksack Cirque. High ridges connect it to Seahpo Peak and Mount Shuksan. An icefall occupies the northeast cirque, and small glaciers clad all sides of the peak. Precipitation runoff drains into the Nooksack and Baker Rivers. Climate Icy Peak is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America. Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel northeast toward the Cascade Mountains. As fronts approach the North Cascades, they are forced upward by the peaks of the Cascade Range, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the Cascades (Orographic lift). As a result, the west side of the North Cascades experiences high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall. During winter months, weather is usually cloudy, but, due to high pressure systems over the Pacific Ocean that intensify during summer months, there is often little or no cloud cover during the summer. Because of maritime influence, snow tends to be wet and heavy, resulting in high avalanche danger. The months July through September offer the most favorable weather for viewing or climbing this peak. Geology The North Cascades features some of the most rugged topography in the Cascade Range with craggy peaks, ridges, and deep glacial valleys. Geological events occurring many years ago created the diverse topography and drastic elevation changes over the Cascade Range leading to the various climate differences. These climate differences lead to vegetation variety defining the ecoregions in this area. The history of the formation of the Cascade Mountains dates back millions of years ago to the late Eocene Epoch. With the North American Plate overriding the Pacific Plate, episodes of volcanic igneous activity persisted. In addition, small fragments of the oceanic and continental lithosphere called terranes created the North Cascades about 50 million years ago. During the Pleistocene period dating back over two million years ago, glaciation advancing and retreating repeatedly scoured the landscape leaving deposits of rock debris. The "U"-shaped cross section of the river valleys are a result of recent glaciation. Uplift and faulting in combination with glaciation have been the dominant processes which have created the tall peaks and deep valleys of the North Cascades area. See also Geography of the North Cascades Geology of the Pacific Northwest References External links Weather forecast: Icy Peak North Cascades National Park National Park Service Mountains of Washington (state) Mountains of Whatcom County, Washington North Cascades North Cascades National Park Cascade Range North Cascades of Washington (state) North American 2000 m summits

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20Quade

Karl Quade

Karl Quade competed for West Germany in the men's standing volleyball event at the 1988 Summer Paralympics, where he won a gold medal. He also competed in athletics at the 1988 Summer Paralympics, placing 4th in the men's shot put event for the A6 / A8 / A9 / L6 classifications. Dr. Karl Quade started after retire as an athlete a career as a functionary. Since 1995 he is in the board of NPC Germany. In 1996 he startet his career as the Chef de Mission of the Germany Paralympic Team. In Beijing he will be the Chef de Mission of the German Paralympics for the fourteens time. He is also the Head of the Department "Para-Sport" in the Club TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen with famose athletes like Markus Rehm, Irmgard Bensusan and Johannes Floors. Dr. Karl Quade is a Scientist in Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics. In 1993 he got his PhD with the topic "Load and Function of lower extremities in volleyballspecific jumps". From 1989 he worked for 26 years in the Federal Institute of Sport Science in Germany (Cologne and Bonn) , at the end as the deputy Director and Head of the Department "Scientific Research". In 2015 he moved into the Federal Ministry of Interior (Berlin) and was until his retirement in 2021 responsible for the international Sport Relations. See also West Germany at the 1988 Summer Paralympics References External links Karl Quade at World ParaVolley Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) German men's volleyball players Paralympic gold medalists for West Germany Paralympic medalists in volleyball Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics German male shot putters

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland%20at%20the%202000%20Summer%20Paralympics

Poland at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Poland competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. 113 competitors from Poland won 53 medals, including 19 gold, 22 silver and 12 bronze to finish 8th in the medal table. Medal table Basketball ID After Spain's disqualification for cheating, Poland received the silver medal (previously bronze) while Russia received the gold medal (previously silver medal). See also Poland at the Paralympics Poland at the 2000 Summer Olympics References Nations at the 2000 Summer Paralympics 2000 Summer Paralympics

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auburndale%20Citrus%20Growers%20Association%20Packing%20House

Auburndale Citrus Growers Association Packing House

The Auburndale Citrus Growers Association Packing House (also known as the Exchange Packing House or Adams Packing Co. Cold Storage Facility) is a historic site in Auburndale, Florida. It is located at 214 Orange Street. On July 17, 1997, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. References External links Polk County listings at National Register of Historic Places Orange production National Register of Historic Places in Polk County, Florida Auburndale, Florida

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

Pseudosymmorphus

Pseudosymmorphus is a small Palearctic genus of potter wasps from North Africa and the Middle East, containing four species. References Vecht, J.v.d. & J.M. Carpenter. 1990. A Catalogue of the genera of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera). Zoologische Verhandelingen 260: 3 - 62. Biological pest control wasps Potter wasps

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vik%20Records

Vik Records

Vik Records was a subsidiary of RCA Victor Records established in April 1953. In the Billboard issue of the 11th of that month, it was announced that RCA was launching, namelessly, a new label that was the company's first to be distributed independently. Billboard opted to use the name Label "X" for the new company. The name was kept, as the label began to hire a series of staffers and decide on a direction. Label X was officially formed on April 20, 1953. Though wholly owned and operated by RCA, it had its own independent distribution. Joe Carlton was the head of the new company. RCA spent the rest of the year trying to establish an identity for "X", eventually settling on cover records of R&B hits and quasi-R&B sides by artists such as The Three Chuckles, Eddie Fontaine, and Louis Jordan. Other artists who released material on "X" included Betty Clooney, Terry Fell, Helen Grayco, Gordon Jenkins, Richard Maltby Sr., Norman Petty, and Andy Williams, whose first solo records were issued on this label. The label adopted the name Vik on January 1, 1956, reprinting the records that were in print on the label accordingly. Among the acts on Vik were Gisele MacKenzie, Pat Suzuki, Lee Denson and, more successfully, the R&B duo Mickey & Sylvia. Journalist and executive Bob Rolontz, who had been responsible for another RCA subsidiary, Groove Records, and was then put in charge of Vik, later said: "The Vik label was probably the worst collection of talent in the world... There was no way we could pull Vik out of that hole. And after about a year, the RCA people decided to discontinue Vik." The Vik label was closed on November 1, 1958. While some artists had their contracts transferred to the parent company, others, like Brook Benton and Teddy Randazzo, left to respectively join the Mercury and ABC-Paramount labels. See also List of record labels References Defunct record labels of the United States Record labels established in 1953 Record labels disestablished in 1958

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

Hydrozincite

Hydrozincite, also known as zinc bloom or marionite, is a white carbonate mineral consisting of Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6. It is usually found in massive rather than crystalline form. It occurs as an oxidation product of zinc ores and as post mine incrustations. It occurs associated with smithsonite, hemimorphite, willemite, cerussite, aurichalcite, calcite and limonite. It was first described in 1853 for an occurrence in Bad Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria and named for its chemical content. References Mineral galleries data Carbonate minerals Zinc minerals Monoclinic minerals Minerals in space group 12 Luminescent minerals

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

Camden

Camden may refer to: People Camden (surname), a surname of English origin Camden Joy (born 1964), American writer Camden Toy (born 1957), American actor Places Australia Camden, New South Wales Camden, Rosehill, a heritage residence, NSW Camden Airport (New South Wales) Camden Council (New South Wales) Electoral district of Camden Canada Camden, Nova Scotia Camden East, Ontario England London Borough of Camden Camden Town, an area in the borough Camden markets Camden School for Girls Ireland Camden Fort Meagher in Cork Harbour Camden Street, Dublin United States Camden, Alabama Camden, Arkansas Camden, California (disambiguation) Camden, Fresno County, California Camden, Delaware Camden, Illinois Camden, Indiana Camden, Maine, a town Camden (CDP), Maine, a census-designated place within the town Camden, Michigan Camden, Minneapolis, Minnesota, a community comprising several neighborhoods Camden, Mississippi Camden, Missouri Camden, New Jersey Port of Camden Camden (town), New York Camden (village), New York Camden, North Carolina Camden, Ohio, in Preble County Camden, South Carolina Battle of Camden, an engagement during the American Revolutionary War Camden (Amtrak station) Camden, Tennessee Camden, Texas Camden (Port Royal, Virginia), a historic house Fictional Camden House, in Arthur Conan Doyle's 1903 short story "The Adventure of the Empty House" The Camdens, a family in the TV drama 7th Heaven Camden County, in the TV series My Name Is Earl U.S. Navy vessels USS Camden (AS-6), a submarine tender, later a barracks ship USS Camden (AOE-2), combat support ship 1967-2005 Other uses Camden (album) See also Camden College (disambiguation) Camden County (disambiguation) Camden Football Club (disambiguation) Camden Power Station, Mpumalanga, South Africa Camden Station, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Camden Township (disambiguation) Oriole Park at Camden Yards Camden House Publishing, founded in 1979 Camden Property Trust Camden Society

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela%20and%20Luciana%20Giussani

Angela and Luciana Giussani

Angela (10 June 1922 – 12 February 1987) and Luciana Giussani (19 April 1928 – 31 March 2001) were two Italian sisters, famous for their comic book anti-hero series, Diabolik. The character, created in 1962, has sold more than 150 million copies since he made his first appearance. The comic book also inspired a 1968 and 2021 film, a radio show, an animated TV series and countless parodies and pastiches. Both sisters were born in Milan. Angela Giussani worked initially as a model and entered into the publishing world when she married Gino Sansoni, working for a series of her husband's publishing house. Later she founded the publishing company Astorina, which launched Diabolik on 1 November 1962. Luciana collaborated with her on the series' stories starting from issue 13. Luciana Giussani was educated at the German School of Milan. After Angela's death in 1987, Luciana carried on directing the publisher and writing many of Diabolik's episodes. She left Astorina in 1999 and died two years later. References External links Diabolik’s entry at International Catalogue of Superheroes Beastie Boys Body Movin' video featuring excerpts from Danger: Diabolik! Screenshots of the Diabolik: Original Sin video game Diabolik in India Pilot for Sky TV series Writers from Milan Female comics writers Sibling duos 20th-century Italian women writers Italian comics writers Comic book publishers (people) Italian publishers (people) Businesspeople from Milan

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20Rangers%20Lost%20Galaxy

Power Rangers Lost Galaxy

Power Rangers Lost Galaxy is an American tokusatsu television series and the seventh season of the Power Rangers franchise, based on the 22nd Super Sentai series Seijuu Sentai Gingaman. The series was the first to follow the Sentai tradition of a new cast with each new series. Kendrix Morgan (Valerie Vernon), the first Pink Galaxy Ranger for this series, was killed off two-thirds through the season, marking the first time that a Ranger was killed off in the series. Kendrix was written out of the show as Vernon had left for a while to be cured for leukemia. Her treatment was successful and she returned for the season finale. Synopsis Set after the events of In Space, four young adults (Corbett siblings Leo and Mike, Kai Chen and Kendrix Morgan) are leaving for the space colony Terra Venture seeking a new world like Earth. They later meet mechanic Damon Henderson, and on the Moon, a jungle girl named Maya who leads them to five mystical Quasar Saber swords on her home planet of Mirinoi. After pulling the Sabers out of a stone, Mike falls into a crevice, but not before passing his Sword onto Leo. With the Quasar Sabers, they morph into Galaxy Power Rangers and battle space villains from two different parts of the galaxy who include Scorpius, Trakeena, Deviot and Captain Mutiny. Along the way, they discover Galactabeasts (which eventually gain the power to morph whenever needed into Galactazords) and ally with the mysterious galactic warrior Magna Defender. Though he later dies, he manages to reveal that his host body is Mike and passes the Magna Defender powers to him. When Deviot revives the evil Psycho Rangers, the Rangers of Power Rangers in Space show up to aid the Galaxy Rangers in destroying them. During this saga, Kendrix Morgan, the Pink Ranger, sacrifices herself to protect the Pink Space Ranger and Terra Venture from Psycho Pink. Karone, sister of the Red Space Ranger Andros and former evil princess Astronema, is given the powers of the Pink Galaxy Ranger from Kendrix (who appears as a spirit), and joins the Rangers in the battle to protect Terra Venture. Deviot later reads secret words from the Galaxy Book; sending Terra Venture and himself into the "Lost Galaxy". Here the Rangers encounter Captain Mutiny and his Swabbies. These space traveling pirates live on the back of a massive space faring dragon inside a castle. Deviot reemerges and joins the Captain's fight against the Rangers and attempts to turn all of the citizens of Terra Venture into his slaves for the purposes of mining for "Booty".The colony escapes the galaxy after Mike sacrifices his powers to keep a portal open. After this, Deviot returns to Trakeena, but, by this time, she has learned of his treachery and tries to destroy him. She chases him through the ship and into the cocoon that Scorpius made, fusing them together and driving Trakeena insane. Using her army armed with bombs, she cripples Terra Venture and destroys the Stratoforce and Centaurus Megazords. This forces the colony's people to evacuate to a nearby planet. Trakeena gives chase but the Rangers destroy her ship by self-destructing the Astro Megaship, but the explosion leaves Leo stranded on the moon. Trakeena, who survives the blast also, albeit scarred and injured, finally reaches her breaking point and uses the cocoon to transform into an insectoid creature to enter Terra Venture's wreck and use her power to set it on a crash course to the planet below to destroy it and the people. Leo enters and soon followed by the other Rangers try to stop her, but are slowly outmatched by Trakeena's new power. She is only defeated after Leo, using his Battlizer, blasts her at point-blank range nearly destroying himself in the process. By this time the colony is nearly crashed but the Galaxy Megazord diverts its course and lands it on a large clearing in an explosion, the colonists, having feared the worse for the Rangers, are relieved and overjoyed when they come out of the explosion on the Galactabeasts. After this, the Zords reveal to the Rangers they had landed on Mirinoi and return the swords to the stone altar. This restores its petrified inhabits and, to the joy of the Rangers, restores Kendrix to life as well. After this the colonists settle on Mirinoi as the series ends. Cast and characters Galaxy Rangers Danny Slavin as Leo Corbett, Galaxy Red Archie Kao as Kai Chen, Galaxy Blue Reggie Rolle as Damon Henderson, Galaxy Green Cerina Vincent as Maya, Galaxy Yellow Valerie Vernon as Kendrix Morgan, the first Galaxy Pink Melody Perkins as Karone, the second Galaxy Pink Russell Lawrence as Mike Corbett, the second Magna Defender Allies Wendee Lee as the voice of Alpha 6 Donene Kistler as Alpha 6 (Episodes 10-11) Heide Karp as Alpha 6 (Episodes 14-15) Michelle Tillman as Alpha 6 (Episodes 29-44) Julie Maddalena as the voice of D.E.C.A. Tom Whyte as Commander Stanton Jack Betts as Councilor Brody Betty Hawkins as High Councilor Renier Kerrigan Mahan as the voice of the first Magna Defender Ryan James as Zika, the son of the first Magna Defender Paul Schrier as Farkus "Bulk" Bulkmeier Jack Banning as Professor Phenomenus Space Rangers The Space Rangers from In Space make a guest appearance in Lost Galaxy' 30th and 31st episodes ("To the Tenth Power" and "The Power of Pink") for a team-up story in each episode: Christopher Khayman Lee as Andros, the Red Space Ranger Roger Velasco as Carlos Vallerte, the Black Space Ranger Selwyn Ward as T.J. Johnson, the Blue Space Ranger Tracy Lynn Cruz as Ashley Hammond, the Yellow Space Ranger Patricia Ja Lee as Cassie Chan, the Pink Space Ranger Villains Amy Miller as Trakeena Kim Strauss as the voice of Scorpius Tom Wyner as the voice of Furio Derek Stephen Prince as the voice of Treacheron Bob Papenbrook as the voice of Deviot David Lodge as the voice of Villamax Richard Cansino as the voice of Kegler Mike Reynolds as the voice of Captain Mutiny Richard Epcar as the voice of Barbarax Rajia Baroudi as the voice of Hexuba Villains' allies Psycho Rangers The Psycho Rangers, the evil counterparts of the Space Rangers, are brought back by the villains of this series in episode 30 to assist them in a scheme to deal with the good Rangers - over the course of episodes 30 and 31, the Rangers are destroyed by the combined powers of the Space and Galaxy Rangers with Psycho Pink, the only Psycho Ranger to survive destruction after episode 30 with a second return (meaning she is the only member of her team to make more guest appearances in Lost Galaxy), being destroyed again and fully in episode 31, thus bringing an end to the guest appearance of the Psycho Rangers: Patrick David as the voice of Psycho Red Michael Maize as the voice of Psycho Black Wally Wingert as the voice of Psycho Blue Kamera Walton as the voice of Psycho Yellow Vicki Davis as the voice of Psycho Pink Episodes Home media In 2012, Shout Factory announced that it had reached an exclusive distribution deal with Saban for shows such as Power Rangers and Big Bad Beetleborgs. Lost Galaxy was released on DVD in August as part of a Time-Life exclusive boxed set containing seasons 1–7 of the franchise's Zordon (from Mighty Morphin until In Space) saga. The show later became available independently of the boxed set on March 10, 2015. References External links Official Power Rangers Website at Fox Kids Lost Galaxy 1999 American television series debuts 1999 American television series endings Fox Kids original programming Fox Broadcasting Company original programming Radio Philippines Network original programming Jetix original programming 1990s American science fiction television series American children's adventure television series Space adventure television series Science fantasy television series English-language television shows Television series about colonialism Television series about siblings Television series by Saban Entertainment Television series about size change Television shows filmed in Los Angeles Television shows filmed in Santa Clarita, California Television series set on fictional planets Television series about space American children's action television series American children's fantasy television series Television series created by Haim Saban

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton%20station%20%28disambiguation%29

Trenton station (disambiguation)

Trenton station could refer to: Trenton Transit Center, a train station in Trenton, New Jersey West Trenton station, another train station in Trenton, New Jersey Trenton station (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad), a disused train station in Trenton, Florida Trenton station (Reading Railroad), a disused train station in Trenton, New Jersey

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil%20MacKenzie

Neil MacKenzie

Neil David MacKenzie (born 15 April 1976) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder. He scored 38 goals in 479 league and cup appearances across a 19-year career. Starting his career at Stoke City in 1996, after three years he moved on to Cambridge United, following a short loan period. After this he spent a season with Kidderminster Harriers, then another season with Blackpool, before signing with Mansfield Town in 2002. After two years he transferred to Scunthorpe United, where he was loaned out to Hereford United, before signing with Notts County in 2007. County loaned him back to both former club Kidderminster and Port Vale in 2008, before he joined Tamworth in 2009 via another old club, Mansfield Town. In 2011, he switched to Evesham United via St Neots Town. He joined Halesowen Town in 2013, and helped the club to the Northern Premier League Division One South title in 2013–14, then moved on to Hinckley AFC in July 2015. Playing career Stoke City MacKenzie began his career at Stoke City, signing as a trainee in 1996. He made his senior debut in a First Division clash with Portsmouth on 26 October 1996, replacing Kevin Keen in stoppage time. He won his first senior start on 29 January 1997, playing in a 2–1 home defeat to Bolton Wanderers. Ten days later he scored his first competitive goal, bagging the opening goal of a 2–1 win over Oxford United at the Victoria Ground. In all he played 23 games in his maiden season for the club. He played fourteen games in the 1997–98 relegation season, including a heavy 7–0 defeat at home to Birmingham City on 10 January. He played just six Second Division games in 1998–99. Cambridge United Neil was loaned out in March of that year to Cambridge. Playing in four games and scoring one goal, he played a small part in the club's Third Division promotion campaign. He had impressed so much on his loan spell that Cambridge purchased him from the "Potters" for a £40,000 fee at the beginning of the 1999–2000 campaign. He went on to make 27 appearances for the "U's" that season. Kidderminster Harriers He was sacked by Cambridge due to "persistent misconduct" in November 2000; this followed an incident at the club's sporting dinner which left him facing a public order offence in court. Following this he dropped back into the basement division to sign for Kidderminster Harriers. He played 23 league games in what was the "Harriers" first season of the league football. Blackpool In summer 2001, he was snapped up by Blackpool. Playing back in the third tier, he made twenty appearances throughout the 2001–02 campaign. Mansfield Town In August 2002, he transferred to Mansfield Town, and made 27 appearances in 2002–03. The following season he hit 38 games, also scoring five goals. This included a hat-trick against Bishop's Stortford in the FA Cup on 8 November. In February 2004, he went underwent surgery on his knee to repair cartilage damage. He returned to action in time to be an extra-time substitute for Lee Williamson in the club's play-off final defeat to Huddersfield Town. Huddersfield were promoted following their 4–1 penalty shoot-out success, as MacKenzie was the only "Stags" player to score his penalty. He was offered a new one-year contract at the end of the season. Macclesfield Town Brian Horton brought MacKenzie to Macclesfield Town on loan in November 2004, before signing him for a nominal sum in January 2005. He played eighteen games for both Macclesfield and Macclesfield in 2004–05. Scunthorpe United In November 2005, MacKenzie signed for Brian Laws' Scunthorpe United, after impressing whilst on loan from Macclesfield. This came a month after being placed on the transfer-list at Macclesfield. Initially struggling to make his mark on the first team, he was then struck down with ankle ligament damage in April. During the 2006–07 campaign he found first-team opportunities limited, and was loaned to Hereford United in October. After impressing, he was due to stay with the "Bulls" until the New Year, but was recalled to Glanford Park in mid-December following an injury crisis at the club. Notts County He was released by Scunthorpe at the end of the club's League One winning season, and subsequently signed a two-year contract with League Two side Notts County in May 2007. He impressed manager Steve Thompson on his debut three months later. In November that year he was taken to Munich to have a hernia operation. His recovery enabled him to play 32 games in 2007–08. On 26 September 2008, he joined former club Kidderminster Harriers on a one-month loan. During his stay he scored one goal in four appearances. He joined Port Vale on a one-month loan on 27 November, hopeful of a permanent move later on. However, in January 2009 he was recalled by County, having played just two games with the "Valiants". Upon returning to County, MacKenzie slammed the Vale home support as 'negative', saying: "It's the worst atmosphere I've ever known at a club." His contract was terminated by County on 19 January, after he failed to hold down a first team spot. Non-league Facing a possible move to Burton Albion, he instead rejoined former club Mansfield Town on non-contract terms. He went on to play seven games before departing before the end of the season. In June 2009, he moved on to Conference National club Tamworth, where he established himself as one of the fittest players at the club, despite his age. He made 27 league appearances in 2009–10, helping the "Lambs" to secure their status in the top-flight of English non-league football. Playing 25 games of the 2010–11 campaign, he left Tamworth in March 2011, only to return to the club the following month, in order to help out caretaker-manager Dale Belford. He made an appearance for the club as a second-half substitute in a 4–2 defeat at Wrexham. Five days later he played a cameo role in the club's vital 2–1 win over Forest Green Rovers in the last game of the season. The match was a relegation dogfight and could have sent either club down, however the result meant that both club's survived, with Southport instead facing the drop (Southport were later reprieved following the expulsion of Rushden & Diamonds). In July 2011, he signed with St Neots Town of the Southern League's Division One Central. However, in December 2011, he decided to take a short break from football, before deciding on his future. He then joined Evesham United of the Southern League. The club suffered relegation out of the Premier Division in 2011–12. The "Robins" posted a 14th-place finish in the Division One South & West in the 2012–13 campaign. He joined Halesowen Town of the Northern Premier League Division One South in the 2013–14 season, and helped the "Yeltz" to win promotion as the divisional champions. He made 17 appearances in the 2014–15 season. In July 2015 Mackenzie signed for Hinckley AFC. Personal life Mackenzie made history by becoming the first professional footballer to be a contestant on the Channel 4 show Countdown. His debut was broadcast on 30 June 2008, which he won by 71–61 on a crucial Conundrum. He won four further matches, and appeared on course to become an 'Octochamp' (winning the maximum of eight heats) before losing on his sixth appearance. He appeared in the series quarter-finals on 8 December, but lost to eventual winner Junaid Mubeen, and was therefore eliminated. He won a crystal vase for his efforts. Tamworth teammate Bradley Pritchard described veteran MacKenzie as acting the "youngest out of all of us" and as being "by far the funniest person I've been out with". Statistics Honours Cambridge United Football League Third Division runners-up: 1998–99 Scunthorpe United League One champion: 2006–07 Halesowen Town Northern Premier League Division One South champion: 2013–14 References External links 1976 births Living people Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands English footballers Association football midfielders Stoke City F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Scunthorpe United F.C. players Hereford United F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players Tamworth F.C. players St Neots Town F.C. players Evesham United F.C. players Halesowen Town F.C. players Hinckley A.F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Southern Football League players

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Reimer

Jan Reimer

Janice Rhea Reimer (born May 23, 1952) is a Canadian politician and the first female mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, having served in that capacity from 1989 until 1995. Highlights of her time in office included the inception of a new waste management system (which included curbside pickup of recyclables) and repeated efforts by Peter Pocklington, owner of the Edmonton Oilers, to secure concessions from the city in exchange for his agreement not to move the team. Although she has never sought office at the provincial or federal levels, she is a lifelong New Democrat. Early life Reimer was born in Edmonton in 1952, the daughter of Neil Reimer, who would go on to lead the Alberta New Democratic Party. In 1973, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alberta. After graduation, she spent three years travelling in Southeast Asia, Australia, and India (serving as a welfare officer in Darwin and Brisbane, Australia from 1975 until 1977). In 1977, she returned to Edmonton, and became the citizens' coordinator of the Calder Action Committee, a neighbourhood advocacy association. Politics Alderman Reimer first sought office in the 1980 municipal election, in which she finished second of eight candidates for alderman in the city's Ward 1, behind incumbent Ron Hayter. As two candidates were elected per ward, this showing was good enough for her to be elected to the Edmonton City Council. She was re-elected in 1983 and 1986, finishing first in fields of six and four, respectively. (Hayter finished second each time and due to the two-seat ward, also was elected each time.) As an alderman, Reimer was an outspoken critic of many elements of the status quo. She argued that too many concessions were made to land development companies by the city, and also questioned why developers often failed to fulfill the conditions on which council made these concessions contingent. She was critical of council's habit of making important decisions in camera. When the city's solicitor resigned due to a sexual harassment scandal, and council negotiated a $160,000 settlement with him, Reimer expressed frustration that the city's law department was not under the jurisdiction of the city manager, where she felt that the settlement would have been better-handled. She also argued that Edmonton's 1979 annexation of surrounding semi-rural land had been a mistake, asserting that it "[hadn't] benefited Edmonton at all; we'll be paying years down the road for road maintenance and snow clearing in the new areas". As an alderman, Reimer supported changing aldermen's titles to "councillor", stating that while the title didn't offend her, it should be changed out of respect for others' sensibilities. Early in her third term, she and Hayter jointly called for reform of Edmonton's ward system – specifically, Reimer supported increasing the number of wards from six to twelve and halving the number of aldermen per ward to one. The proposal was defeated, in part because Mayor Laurence Decore said he thought the reform wasn't needed. (The change would finally be made in 2010.) Reimer also supported increases in aldermanic salaries, suggesting that they had to work harder than members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, since aldermen need to learn issues themselves and can't fall back on a party platform. 1989 election In 1988, mayor Laurence Decore resigned to lead the Alberta Liberal Party, and Terry Cavanagh was selected by council to complete his term. Reimer challenged Cavanagh's bid to keep the job in the 1989 election. The campaign was acrimonious: Cavanagh called Reimer's endorsement by the Canadian Union of Public Employees a "blatant attempt to muscle votes for an opponent," and suggested that Reimer harboured a "socialist hidden agenda" and that the city would become known as "Redmonton" if she was elected. Reimer won a solid victory although with barely more than half the votes cast. The cost of Reimer's campaign, just over $139,000, was one of the lowest of any successful mayoral candidate in recent times. Despite the lack of municipal campaign finance rules at the time, Reimer voluntarily refused to accept donations of more than $3,750, and disclosed all donations above $375. She chose $375, the requirement in provincial elections, rather than $100, the requirement in federal elections, in the hopes that it would be more likely to entice her opponents to follow suit; however, none did. Mayor Reimer entered office with an ambitious agenda, but she was unable to implement much of it due to a fractured city council. Notoriously, alderman Sheila McKay dumped a pitcher of water over the head of alderman Brian Mason during one heated dispute; McKay later blamed her actions in part on Reimer's failure to censure Mason (who later was a NDP MLA and provincial cabinet minister) for telling her to "shut up". Faced with a divided and at times hostile city council, Reimer attempted to advance much of her agenda in the council's Executive Committee, but was criticized for this by alderman and former ally Patricia MacKenzie, who alleged that Reimer was attempting to disempower council. Council further impeded her ability to implement her agenda by changing the rules such that the chairs standing committees were elected by standing committees rather than appointed by the mayor; Reimer considered using the mayor's ex-officio status as a member of every standing committee to show up and vote for her preferred candidate, but ultimately decided that "it was best they try to sort it out among themselves." Reimer tried to improve relations with both the Conservative provincial government, whose relations with Edmonton were strained after fifteen of the city's seventeen seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta had gone to opposition parties (NDP and Liberal) in the 1989 provincial election. She resumed the deprecated tradition of having the council meet periodically with the city's government caucus (though the caucus consisted only of Nancy Betkowski and Doug Main). She also tried to build bridges with rival Calgary, meeting early with its mayor Al Duerr and proclaiming after the meeting that competition between the cities, while inevitable, "should be healthy and based on cities' strengths instead of...running down the other city." As the city's first social democratic mayor since Ivor Dent left office in 1974, Reimer pursued a number of left wing initiatives, some of which earned her criticism. In a controversial move, she refused to wear the city's ceremonial chain of office, which was made from a beaver pelt. She instructed the city administration to develop a strategy to recruit more employees from traditionally disadvantaged groups, but stopped short of calling for hiring quotas; little change resulted. She criticized oil and gas development on lands claimed by the Lubicon Cree, for which she was criticized by an alderman (who had himself endorsed the oil and gas development) who urged her "to refrain from expressing views on matters that do not fall within [the city's] mandate." Major issues faced by Reimer during her term as mayor included waste management and the need to open a new landfill. The city administration had proposed a site calculated to minimize NIMBY-ism, but which was expensive and which would run the risk of polluting the North Saskatchewan River. Critics of the site included several communities in Saskatchewan downstream of Edmonton which drew their drinking water from the North Saskatchewan, provincial Environment Minister Ralph Klein, and several environmental experts. After the site was rejected by Edmonton's Board of Health, Reimer attempted to coordinate a regional solution with surrounding communities, but was rebuffed. After further proposals located within Edmonton were met with stringent opposition by community groups and by aldermen from the affected wards, the need for a new landfill was postponed by raising the level of the existing one by one meter. The city manager credited the recently implemented curbside recycling program for reducing the need for a new landfill. She was re-elected in 1992, getting more votes than she had received in 1989 to (defeat businessmen and former Edmonton Eskimos football player Bill Smith). Three years later she went down to a narrow defeat at Smith's hand in 1995, receiving just 1300 votes fewer than Smith. The winner capitalized on a perception that Reimer's administration was hostile to business interests. Post-political life After leaving office, Reimer worked as a consultant for the Alberta Council on Aging, and later became the Executive Director of the Alberta Council of Women's Shelters. She largely stayed out of municipal politics, but did criticize a suggestion from alderman Robert Noce that the city borrow from the fund created by the sale of the formerly municipally-owned Edmonton Telephones to cover operating shortfalls; Reimer took the position that city council should be less deferential towards engineers on spending decisions, and that it should consider cutting costs by reducing urban sprawl. In 2004 she was honoured as an Edmontonian of the Century, while in 2006 she was recognized by Governor-General Michaëlle Jean with the Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case for her contributions to women's equality. She is married to Dr. Hubert Kammerer, a physician at the Boyle McCauley Health Centre, and has two children. She gave birth to both of her children while in office, and remains the only alderman in Edmonton history to do so with two children. References 1952 births Living people Mayors of Edmonton University of Alberta alumni Women mayors of places in Alberta Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case winners 20th-century Canadian politicians 20th-century Canadian women politicians

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada%20State%20Route%20759

Nevada State Route 759

State Route 759 (SR 759) is a short state highway in Douglas County, Nevada serving the county's airport facility. Route description State Route 759 begins at U.S. Route 395, approximately north of the town limits of Minden in the Johnson Lane community. From there, the highway heads east along Airport Road past some farm fields and businesses. After traveling about , SR 759 ends at the intersection of Heybourne Road, in front of the main entrance to the Minden–Tahoe Airport. History SR 759 was designated during the 1976 renumbering of Nevada's state highway system on July 1, 1976. The change was first seen on state highway maps in 1991. Major intersections See also References 759 Transportation in Douglas County, Nevada

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidates%20of%20the%201952%20Victorian%20state%20election

Candidates of the 1952 Victorian state election

This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1952 Victorian state election. The election was held on 6 December 1952. Retiring Members None at this election. Legislative Assembly Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used. See also 1952 Victorian Legislative Council election References Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive Victoria Candidates for Victorian state elections

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T34%20Heavy%20Tank

T34 Heavy Tank

The T34 Heavy Tank was an American design for a heavy tank. It evolved from the T29 Heavy Tank and T30 Heavy Tank in 1945, sporting a modified 120 mm Gun M1 anti-aircraft gun. Extra armor plating was applied to the rear of the turret bustle as a counterweight for the heavier 120mm T53 main gun. The vehicle was deemed too heavy and no production orders were placed. Development In 1945, encounters with German heavy tanks and tank destroyers such as the Tiger II and Jagdtiger led to a new project to create a vehicle that could counter these new threats. It was built on the same chassis as the earlier T29 and T30, which was a lengthened version of the T26E3 chassis. Survivors There is at least one surviving example on display in the National Armor and Cavalry Museum, Fort Benning, Georgia. References Heavy tanks of the United States Abandoned military projects of the United States History of the tank

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20Avian%20Research%20Institute

Central Avian Research Institute

The Central Avian Research Institute of India (CARI) is a research institute located at Izzatnagar near Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh state, India. It studies poultry science, including avian genetics, breeding, nutrition and feed technology, and avian physiology and reproduction, for the betterment of the Indian poultry industry. The institute was established in 1979 under the administrative control of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, and offers also education, training, and consultancy services. Directors of institute Dr. B. Panda (2 Nov. 1979 to 31 March 1990) Dr. J.N.Panda (1 April 1990 to 25 March 1992) (Acting); 26 March 1992 to 31 Aug. 1992 Dr. P.K.Pani (Acting) (1 Sept. 1992 to 31 Jan. 1994) Dr. D.C.Johari (Acting) (1 Feb. 1994 to 24 Aug. 1994) (1 Dec. 1996 to 13 Oct. 1997) Dr. S.C. Mohapatra (25 Aug. 1994 to 30 Nov. 1996) Dr. Rajvir Singh (14 Oct. 1997 to 6 March 2003) (24 Oct. 2003 to 3 Oct. 2006) (10 Nov. 2006 to 3 Dec. 2006 Dr. T.S. Johri (Acting) (7 March 2003 to 23 Oct. 2003) Dr. A. K. Shrivastav (Acting) (4 Oct. 2006 to 9 Nov. 2006) (4 Dec. 2006 to 18 July 2007) (1 Feb. 2010 to 7 Feb. 2010) (19 March 2011 to 12 April 2011) Dr. B.P. Singh (19 July 2007 to 31 Jan. 2010) Dr. R.P.Singh (Current) References Indian Council of Agricultural Research Agricultural research institutes in Uttar Pradesh Research institutes established in 1979 Poultry research institutes Poultry industry in India Education in Bareilly Scientific organisations based in India Veterinary research institutes 1979 establishments in Uttar Pradesh Veterinary medicine in India

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Todd

Ian Todd

Ian Todd (born 26 June 1947) is a British former alpine skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics. References External links 1947 births Living people British male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Great Britain Alpine skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20Bough%20%28band%29

Golden Bough (band)

Golden Bough is a Celtic-music band formed in 1980 and based in California. The band performs at music festivals and has toured Europe several times. They are known for their acoustic musical performances of folk music and Celtic music and for their 22 albums. They are also known for their association with Lief Sørbye (a founding member) and with the band Tempest. Current members of the band include Margie Butler (lyric soprano) on vocals, Celtic harp, penny whistle, recorder, bodhran and guitar; Paul Espinoza (folk tenor) on vocals, guitar, accordion and octave-mandolin; Kathy Sierra (folk soprano) on vocals, violin and viola. Band origins The band came about after some friends attended a series of concerts at the Cannery at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. The founders were Margie Butler, Margot Duxler, Lief Sørbye, and Paul Espinoza. Simon Spaulding also performed with them in the first lineup. Other artists who have been members include Florie Brown (violinist), Richard Ferry (flutist), Alison Bailey (fiddler), and Sue Draheim (violinist). Music The band describes their music as "rooted in" the traditional music of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, The Isle of Man, French Brittany and Spanish Galicia. The group creates its own arrangements of the songs, giving them "a sound unique unto themselves." Along with traditional works they have mined such singers as Eric Bogle (Green Fields of France), Archie Fisher (Witch of the Westmorelands) and Jamie McMenemy's setting of The Blind Harper of Lochmaben. They also perform their own original compositions. Some examples of songs they sing include: Red is the Rose, The Sea Queen of Connemara, The Wizard, Shifty Morgan, The Tailor and the Mouse, Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair, The Rattlin' Bog, Green Grow the Rashes-O, Charlie is my Darling, My Little Boat, Black Jack Davy, The Song of the Swan Maiden, Muirsheen Durkin, Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears by Brendan Graham, and perhaps even the Turlough O'Carolan tune, Carolan's Draught. Song details Black Jack Davy is a takeoff of the traditional song Black Jack Davy. It was written by Paul Espinoza and released on the Golden Bough album, The Boatman's Daughter in 1983. In the traditional song, a man pursues his wife or lover, who has run off with the Gypsy man, Black Jack Davy. In Espinoza's version, Black Jack Davy is the pursuing lover, still looking for his lady after three years. He is presented as a ghost who cannot give up his search. Discography 1981 Golden Bough 1984 Flight of Fantasy 1988 Far from Home 1992 The Boatman's Daughter 1993 Kids at Heart: Celtic Songs for Children 1994 Winding Road 1994 Beyond the Shadows 1995 Festival of Irish Music 1996 Christmas in a Celtic Land 1998 Celtic Music from Ireland, Scotland & Brittany 1999 Song of the Celts 2001 Contemporary Songs: The Night Wind 2002 Songs of Scotland 2004 Songs of the Irish Immigrants 2006 Golden Bough Live 2007 Celtic Folk Songs 2008 Pirate Gold 2008 Jug of Punch: Popular Irish Pub Songs 2009 Celtic Love Songs 2010 Celtic Christmas Songs Songs From Scotland Winter's Dance References External links Golden Bough's web site. Bio of Golden Bough Lyrics to The Blind Harper of Lochmaben as sung by Golden Bough. Songs by Paul Espinoza of Golden Bough American folk musicians Songwriters from California Celtic music groups Irish music arrangers Musical groups from San Francisco

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Utair%20destinations

List of Utair destinations

Utair operates flights to the following scheduled year-round and seasonal destinations: Destinations References Utair

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20St.%20Mary%20of%20the%20Spring%20%28Istanbul%29

Church of St. Mary of the Spring (Istanbul)

The Monastery of the mother of God at the Spring (full name in , pr. Moni tis Theotóku tis Pigis; Turkish name: Balıklı Meryem Ana Rum Manastiri) or simply Zoödochos Pege (, "Life-giving Spring") is an Eastern Orthodox sanctuary in Istanbul, Turkey. The present church, built in 1835, bears the same dedication as the shrine erected in this place between the end of the fifth and the beginning of the sixth century. After several renovations, this building was destroyed in the first half of the fifteenth century by the Ottomans. The complex got its name from a nearby holy spring, reputed to have healing properties. For almost fifteen hundred years, this sanctuary has been one of the most important pilgrimage sites of Greek Orthodoxy. Location The church is located in Istanbul, in the district of Zeytinburnu, in the neighbourhood of Balıklı, along Balıklı Sivrikapı Sokak. It lies a few hundred meters outside the walled city, about five hundred meters from the Gate of Silivri (Turkish: Silivri Kapısı). The complex is protected by a high wall, and – being surrounded by Eastern Orthodox and Armenian cemeteries – lies in a green landscape. History Byzantine Age According to historians Procopius and Cedrenus, the church was originally erected by Emperor Justinian in the last years of his reign (559-560) near a fountain of water from a holy well (, hagiasma, whence ) situated outside the walls of Theodosius II in correspondence of today's Gate of Silivri. During hunting the Emperor noticed a small chapel surrounded by many women. Asking the meaning of the building, he was told that this was the “source of the miracles”. He at once ordered that a magnificent church be built there, with the material remaining after the erection of the Hagia Sophia. According to a later legend, the sanctuary was erected by Emperor Leo I the Thracian (r. 457–474) because of a miracle that occurred when he was still a soldier. Before entering the city, Leo met a blind man who asked him to give him water. A female voice ordered the future Emperor to wet the eyes of the blind man with water from a nearby swamp. The same voice added that she had chosen that very place to be worshiped and that he would one day receive the crown to the empire. Leo followed her order and at once the blind man recovered his eyesight. After his accession to the throne, the emperor erected a magnificent church on this place. This legend is possibly a later invention of the monks of the sanctuary. It is possible that, before the Justinian's building was erected, a small monastery had already existed there. The building underwent many repairs over the centuries. The largest were required because of earthquakes: in 790, under Empress Irene, and – after the great earthquake of 869 – under Basil I (r. 867–886). On 7 September 924 Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria burned the complex, which was at once restored by Romanos I Lekapenos (r. 920–944). Three years later the son of Simeon, Peter was married to Maria, the niece of Lekapenos. Due to its position outside the city, the monastery was often used as place of exile. In 1078 Georgios Monomachos was banished there. In 1084, Emperor Alexios I Komnenos confined the philosopher John Italus to the monastery, because of his neoplatonic theories. After the Latin invasion of 1204, the church was occupied by the Latin clergy and, according to Byzantine sources, this caused the end of the so-called "habitual miracle" (to synetés thauma). In 1328 Andronikos III Palaiologos used the monastery as base to attack Constantinople. Two years later, as he lay dying in the town of Didymoteicho, he drank water from the spring and recovered at once. During the Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1422, Sultan Murad II camped in the sanctuary. It is unknown whether the Byzantines restored the building before the conquest of the city in 1453 Russian pilgrims of the fifteenth century do not mention the church, only the spring. Ottoman and Turkish Ages The 16th-century French scholar Pierre Gilles writes that in 1547 the church did not exist anymore, but the sick continued to attend the spring. In 1727 Nikodemos, Metropolitan of Dercos and Neochorion, built a small chapel above the Hagiasma. An icon, discovered in the foundations of the old church, was venerated in the chapel. The Armenians tried to take possession of the spring, but several firmans secured the possession to the Greeks. The complex was controlled by Turkish guardians, who collected from the pilgrims a tax that used for the maintenance of the prisons. Later the complex came into the possession of the Patriarchate, until in 1821 the Janissaries destroyed the chapel and poisoned the spring. In 1833, a firman allowed Patriarch Constantius I to rebuild the church, which was inaugurated in 1835. During the Istanbul Pogrom on 6 September 1955 it was targeted by the state-sponsored fanatic Muslim mob. During this attack the sarcophaguses of the Ecumenical Patriarchs which are located outside the church were opened and their remains were scattered. Moreover, the church and the monastery were completely burned to the ground. Since then the damage has been restored. The sanctuary is directed by a titular bishop and is one of the most popular among the Orthodox of Istanbul, who visit it especially during the Friday after Easter and on September 14. On these two days, a great feast, both profane and religious takes place there. Funerals of people to be buried in the nearby cemetery are also celebrated in the church. In Byzantine times the sanctuary was one of the most important in Constantinople. On Ascension Day, the Emperor arrived by boat to the small harbor of the Golden Gate. He rode up to the sanctuary, where he was acclaimed by the factions, who offered him a cross and garlands. Later, he dressed in his ceremonial robes in his apartments and, after receiving the Patriarch, the two entered the church hand-in-hand. After the celebration, he invited the Patriarch for dinner. Each future Empress coming to Constantinople for her wedding was received by her future spouse in the Monastery of the Spring. The dedication feast of the church took place on July 9. Moreover, the Ascension, the Marriage at Cana (8 January) and the anniversary of the Miracle of Leo I on 16 August were celebrated here. The Life-giving spring gave origin to many churches and monasteries bearing the same name in the Greek world, but most of them were erected after the end of the Byzantine Empire. The icon that represents the Virgin of the Spring shows the Virgin blessing and embracing the Child. She is surrounded by two angels and usually is sitting on the more elevated of two basins which are sustained by a water jet coming from a larger marble basin adorned with a cross. Around this, stands the Emperor with his guard, while on the left there is the Patriarch with his bishops. On the background, is represented Leo I with the blind man together with the walls of the city. Under the basin a paralytic and a mad are healed with the spring's water. Description According to Nikephoros Kallistos (writing in fourteenth century) the church by that time had a rectangular shape of basilica type, with a 4:3 proportion between the sides, and was partly subterranean. It was surrounded by two exonartheces (on the E and W side) and two esonarteces (on the S and N sides). The light coming from outside was concentrated on the source, which could be reached descending two stairs having 25 steps. Each stair was delimited by a marble balustrade and surmounted by a marble arcade. The water fell into a marble basin, and a canalization distributed it in the church. The edifice was adorned with frescos and surmounted by a dome glittering with pure gold. Around the church there were three chapels, devoted respectively to Saint Eustratius, the Theotokos and Saint Anne. The present church is also rectangular in shape. It is roughly oriented in E - W direction, and has three naves divided by columns and preceded by an esonarthex. By the Northwest corner rises a metallic bell tower. The interior is richly adorned. On the right side near the middle of the nave there is a Pulpit, while at the end lies a rich iconostasis. Right of the iconostasis there is an icon which the tradition says painted by Saint Luke. The source lies in a subterranean crypt outside the church, and can be accessed descending a stair parallel the long sides of the church. A symmetric stair leads from the crypt to the church's yard. The crypt is adorned with paintings and icons, and is surmounted by a dome painted with Christ in a starry sky. The water flows into a marble basin, where fishes are swimming. These fishes, present in the basin since centuries, gave origin to the Turkish name of the complex (balikli in Turkish means "place where there are fishes"). According to a late legend, the day of the Conquest of Constantinople a monk was frying fishes in a pan near the source. When a colleague announced him the fall of the city, he replied that he would have believed him only if the fishes in the pan would have come back to life. After his words these jumped in the source and began swimming. The yard in front of a church is a cemetery with marble tombs – mostly of them dating to the nineteenth and twentieth century - belonging to wealthy Rûms of Istanbul. Also several Patriarchs are buried here. Characteristic of this cemetery are also several gravestones with Karamanli inscriptions, which constitute by far the largest surviving group in this language. The complex is also surrounded by two large cemeteries, respectively Armenian and Greek, each enclosed in high walls. About one kilometer south of the church is active an important Greek hospital, the Balikli Rum Hastanesi Vakif (“Balikli Greek Hospital Foundation”). Gallery References Sources 6th-century churches Roman Catholic churches completed in 1835 19th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings Mary of the Spring (Istanbul), Church of Saint Byzantine sacred architecture Christian pilgrimages Shrines to the Virgin Mary Holy springs of Turkey Zeytinburnu Greeks in Istanbul 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Turkey Istanbul pogrom

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The Horne Section

The Horne Section is a British musical comedy band, appearing regularly on radio, television, and stage. Led by frontman and comedian Alex Horne, the band mix music with comedy and specialise in comedy/spoof songs as well as performing a wide variety of genres including jazz. The band is made up of professional musicians, including two childhood friends of Horne, and first performed together in May 2010, with the current line-up finalised during 2012. The Horne Section have performed regularly at the Edinburgh Festival, as well as touring the UK. Celebrity guests at their shows have included Harry Hill, Simon Amstell, Jimmy Carr, Tim Minchin, Josie Long, Al Murray and John Oliver as well as musicians including Suggs and Neil Hannon. Their BBC Radio 4 series – Alex Horne presents The Horne Section – ran for three series from 2012 to 2014. The band have also released three albums of songs which are available via the group's Bandcamp page. The band featured in The Horne Section Christmas, a nine-minute Christmas-carol themed TV special, shown on Sky Arts in December 2015 as part of a festive season of comedy shows. In April 2018 they recorded a two-hour live show at the London Palladium entitled The Horne Section Television Programme featuring celebrity guests including Sue Perkins and Nadine Coyle. The programme was broadcast on UK TV channel Dave on 24 May 2018. The Horne Section Podcast has run regularly since 2018 and was in the top 10 most streamed podcasts from the Deezer platform in 2018. In April 2019 it was nominated in the ‘Best Comedy’ category of the British Podcast Awards. The podcast has featured a diverse range of guests including comedians (Greg Davies, Roisin Conaty, Sara Pascoe, Nish Kumar, Adam Buxton), presenters (Richard Osman, Susie Dent, Angellica Bell), sportspeople (Chris Hoy, Lizzy Yarnold), performance poets (Rob Auton, Tim Key, Scroobius Pip), and musicians (Jessie Ware, David Arnold, Robbie Williams). Each episode consists of light-hearted banter with the guest interspersed with comedic songs written and performed by the group. Horne and the band have often appeared on Channel 4's 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown as the dictionary corner guest, performing various songs and jokes, and chaired the BBC Two comedy/music quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks in November 2012. The band provide the theme music for Horne's Taskmaster TV show, as well as those for The Guardians cricket podcast The Spin. The Horne Section were the 'house band' for Channel 4's The Last Leg of the Year on New Year's Eve 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, where they contributed backing music as well as playing a number of their own songs. During 2020, they provided music for The Last Leg: Locked Down Under and Peter Crouch: Save Our Summer. The Horne Section joined Peter Crouch again in 2021 for Crouchy's Year-Late Euros: Live. Album discography These albums (and the single Grandaddy) are available to download at the group's Bandcamp page. The third album was released on 5 June 2020 featuring songs from the recent isolation podcasts. The band also have a Patreon page where listeners can commission short songs and shout-outs. Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section was a BBC Radio 4 show that ran from 2011 to 2014 and was broadcast in the 6.30pm weekday comedy slot. The programme followed a similar format to the live Edinburgh festival shows with Horne and the band performing songs and jokes in front of a live audience, with assistance from a special guest - usually from the world of comedy. During series 1 the pianist was former member Joe Stilgoe, and from series 2 onwards was Ed Sheldrake. Pilot (2011) Series 1 (2012) Edinburgh Special (2012) Series 2 (2013) New Year's Eve Special (2013) Series 3 (2014) Television appearances 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (2013-present) 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown is a panel show combining the longstanding Channel 4 game format of Countdown with the lively comedy style of 8 Out of 10 Cats. Each episode introduces a celebrity guest as an assistant to etymologist Susie Dent in 'dictionary corner'. Alex Horne was previously a guest on the main Countdown programme in 2008, and as the author of a book on 'Wordwatching' was a strong candidate for the role. More unusually, he brought his backing band, and The Horne Section contributed various comedy song (and dance) items to the show, as well as stylistic parodies of the 30-second Countdown music. The Horne Section have appeared in a number of episodes (with one appearance as Rachel Riley's assistants) over the course of the show, listed below with reference to the 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown episodes page. The saxophonist 'Pedro' (Pete Grogan) appeared where shown as a deputy for one of the wind players. The Horne Section Television Programme (2018) The Horne Section Television Programme was a two-hour special show recorded for UKTV in front of a live audience at the London Palladium on 18 April 2018. The show was subsequently broadcast on 24 May 2018 on the Dave channel. The show featured a number of guests performing with the band including Sara Pascoe, drag singer Le Gateau Chocolat, Nadine Coyle, Joe Wilkinson and Sue Perkins. The programme interspersed the live performance with supposed studio rehearsal footage in which Horne berates the band for their ability and refuses to allow certain songs to be part of the show. The Last Leg: Locked Down Under (2020) The band appeared in a regular guest slot to close each show of this special series of The Last Leg, originally shown on Fridays at 10pm on Channel 4 during May–June 2020. Though the show was broadcast live from the homes of the hosts in Britain and Australia and via livestream with the individual guests, each member of the band pre-recorded their musical and visual contributions which were combined into a music video. The songs chosen were variously new podcast material, parody, and reworked previous podcast material. Peter Crouch: Save Our Summer (2020) The eight-part BBC series Peter Crouch: Save Our Summer was planned during the time of Coronavirus isolation to "bring the biggest names from the worlds of sport, comedy and music back into our lives" for summer 2020. It features Peter Crouch, Maya Jama, and Alex Horne and The Horne Section, with a range of sporting and entertainment guests, and was aired on BBC1 on Saturday evenings during June–July 2020. The Horne Section contributed various programme jingles and parody songs, including a closing song of appreciation for some of the "unsung heroes" of the lockdown period. Crouchy's Year-Late Euros: Live (2021) Crouchy's Year-Late Euros: Live is a late-night entertainment chat show, aired during the UEFA Euro 2020 championships. It features Peter Crouch, Maya Jama, and Alex Horne and The Horne Section. The band provided music, including various football-related parody songs. The Horne Section Podcast The Horne Section Podcast is a regular musical comedy show featuring The Horne Section and hosted by Alex Horne. Each show features a 'one-person special guest audience' at the recording, typically someone from the world of comedy, music or television. Episodes feature comic songs from Horne and the band, including some about (and/or involving) the guest themselves, as well as music-themed games and comedy. Series 1 (2018) The first series of eight weekly episodes was broadcast in early 2018 and produced in association with the web-based streaming service Deezer. The podcast was listed in the top 10 most streamed podcasts from the Deezer platform in 2018 and named in The Week’s best new podcasts of 2018 list. ('Bonus content' was available in a separate Deezer track for each episode, and any musical bonus content has been listed below after a semicolon.) Series 2 (2018–19) The podcast returned for a double second season in October 2018, running on a fortnightly basis until June 2019. No longer with Deezer, the show was funded by listener donations through Patreon, often in exchange for a specially-written 'dingle' about the contributor (interspersed among the other podcast items) or shorter 'holler' in a regular song. Along with regular guest episodes, special episodes were released for pre-Christmas, Boxing Day, and Pancake Day. During December 2018, the podcast was named in The Guardian’s Top 15 Podcasts of 2018. (Bonus content at the end of episodes has been included.) Series 3 (2019) The third series returned on 11 September 2019, reverting to a weekly eight-episode series. The episodes were preceded by a series 3 trailer on 21 August 2019 featuring the song Summer Banger. In January 2020, the podcast was named Best Music Podcast in the inaugural Podbible Awards, which described the show as: "an absolute joy...manages to blend music with comedy amazingly". Series 4 (2020) Series 4, another eight-episode weekly series, was announced in a short trailer released on 22 January 2020, and ran from Wednesday 29 January until 18 March 2020. The fourth series was immediately followed by Series 5. The Isolation Specials (Series 5) (2020) The 'Isolation Specials' were announced in mid-March 2020 as a response to the Coronavirus concerns growing in the UK, and the consequent necessary postponement of the initial dates in the Horne Section's planned 2020 tour. Although a break in transmission had previously been announced, the first episode appeared only a week after the last of the scheduled episodes of series 4. Episodes were recorded with the band members connected by video link from their own homes, interspersed with clips from a prior telephone call to the guest and pre-recorded songs. Distinctive features of the series include songs put together by individual musicians, musical quizzes by the pianist, and a prominent use of incidental music to underscore conversations. Series 6 (2020) The next series of The Horne Section Podcast was announced by Alex Horne on Twitter on 30 September 2020. The numbering of the series was initially left ambiguous in the band's Patreon post of 1 Oct 2020, where it is referred to as "SERIES 5 (? OR 6?)", but has now been confirmed there to be Series 6 (retroactively making the Isolation Specials officially Series 5 of the podcast). A darker quality was discernible: new regular features included a cover version of any song chosen by the guest for their funeral, the setting of a surreal lyric composed by the guest saying words in alternation with Alex, and a segment that purported to rifle through the contents of celebrities' rubbish bins. Series 7 (2021) Recording of series 7 of The Horne Section Podcast was underway by 9 February 2021, as shown by a picture on the band's Instagram site. Some guests were recommended or invited over Twitter, including comedian/musician Rachel Parris. The series was recorded with the performers 'in isolation' (as with series 5–6), due to ongoing fluctuations in UK lockdown guidance. The series began on 14 March 2021 with a one-off 'mash-up' combining the podcast with Romesh Ranganathan's music podcast Hip Hop Saved My Life for Comic Relief. A special visual episode livestreamed through Dice followed on 2 April. The series ended without prior announcement at the sixth episode, a curtailed audio version of the Livestream special. Distinctive aspects of this series included songs by 'The Brothers Smooth', developments in the story of Alex's sighting of a UFO, and a continuing trend towards longer and more fully-developed 'dingles' for subscribers. External links The Horne Section Bandcamp page The Horne Section Patreon page References British comedy musical groups

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Gera is, with around 93,000 inhabitants, the third-largest city of Thuringia after Erfurt and Jena as well as the easternmost city of the Thüringer Städtekette, an almost straight string of cities consisting of the six largest Thuringian cities from Eisenach in the west, via Gotha, Erfurt, Weimar and Jena to Gera in the east. Gera is the largest city in the Vogtland, and one of its historical capitals along with Plauen, Greiz and Weida. The city lies in the East Thuringian Hill Country, in the wide valley of the White Elster, between Greiz (upstream) and Leipzig (downstream). Gera is located in the Central German Metropolitan Region, approximately south of Saxony's largest city of Leipzig, east of Thuringia's capital Erfurt, west of Saxony's capital Dresden and 90 km (56 miles) north of Bavaria's city of Hof (Saale). First mentioned in 995 and developing into a city during the 13th century, Gera has historical significance as being one of the main residences of the Ducal House of Reuss and subsequently the capital of the Principality of Reuss-Gera (1848-1918) and of the People's State of Reuss (1918-1920), one of the many microstates the Thuringian region consisted of, before they were unified to form Thuringia in 1920. Over the 19th century, Gera became a centre of the textile industry and saw a period of rapid growth. In 1952, the city also became an administrative centre in GDR as one of the capitals of Gera administrative district (Bezirk). In 1990, Gera became part of re-established Thuringia. The loss of its administrative functions as well as its industrial core (caused both by structural change among the European textile industry and the economic system change after the German reunification) precipitated the city's slide into an enduring economic crisis. Since 1990, many of Gera's buildings have been restored and big urban planning programmes like the Bundesgartenschau 2007 were implemented to stimulate Gera's economy. Sights include some retained buildings of the royal residence epoque and many public and private buildings from the economic heyday between 1870 and 1930. The famous painter Otto Dix was born in Gera in 1891. History Middle Ages The place name Gera originally referred to the area of the Elster river valley where the city stands now. The name most likely originated before the European Migration Period – the people who first settled the area during the 8th century adopted the name. The first known documentary mention of Gera dates from 995. In 999 Emperor Otto III assigned the "province" of Gera to the Quedlinburg Abbey. In turn, the church assigned the protectorship of this area in 1209 to the Vogts of Weida (in German: Vögte von Weida) who served as its administrators. The Vogts of Weida were the ancestors of the Reussians, who ruled Gera until 1918. Gera was first mentioned as a town in 1237, though it is unclear in which year Gera got the municipal law. The small town got circumvallated in the 13th century on an area of 350 x 350 m and the Vogts' city castle was built in the south-western corner at today's Burgstraße. A municipal seal was first used in 1350, the council was first named in 1360 and the town hall was mentioned in 1426. The abbess of Quedlinburg remained the formal sovereign of Gera until 1358, as the Wettins followed her up. The Vogt's couldn't emancipate theirselfs from Wettin rule. In 1450, Gera was almost totally destroyed during the Saxon Fratricidal War, but it could recuperate quick because the starting textile manufacture brought wealth to the town. Early modern period The Reformation was introduced in Gera in 1533 against the will of the Vogts by the Wettins. After the Schmalkaldic War in 1546, the Wettins lost Gera to the Bohemian Crown, who however had no influence on the city, so that the Vogts resp. the Reussians (which arose from the Vogts in the mid-16th century) as indeed rulers were strengthened. During the 16th century, some cloth-makers from the Spanish Netherlands migrated to Gera as religious refugees at Count Henry's invitation and raised the textile business in Gera. In the 18th century, there was a first peak in this industry (Putting-out system), which can be seen today at the large agents houses. In 1673, the Reussians were raised to Imperial Counts which granted them full sovereignty within the Holy Roman Empire; Gera became their royal residence. In 1686 and 1780, big town fires destroyed most buildings in Gera. The town was rebuilt relatively uniform during the 1780s in late-Baroque style, which marks the inner city until today. In 1806 Napoleon established his Imperial Headquarters at Gera during the War of the Fourth Coalition. From here, on October 12, 1806, the French Emperor purposely sent an arrogant and threatening letter to King Frederick William III of Prussia – a letter that enticed Prussia to war and a crushing defeat at the Battle of Jena a few days later. Since 1815 The Gera line of Reussians died out in 1802, so that it had no royal residence until the new one moved there from Schleiz in 1848. From 1848 to 1918 Gera served as the capital of the Principality of Reuss-Gera. With the industrial revolution in the mid-19th century, Gera grew rapidly, due largely to its textile industry, which saw the first Power loom installed in 1836. In 1859, Gera was first connected by railway to Halle via Zeitz and Weißenfels. During the following decades, rail lines in all directions made Gera to a transport hub, and the town kept growing. The second electric tram in Germany was installed in Gera in 1892. After World War I, during the German Revolution of 1918–19, the prince of Reuss was forced to abdicate and as the resultant "Republic of Reuss" joined the newly founded state of Thuringia in 1920. After the incorporation of some suburbs in the 1910s and 1920s Gera, with some 80,000 inhabitants, was the largest city in Thuringia, although the more centrally located Weimar became its capital. After the Nazi takeover of Germany, the Jewish community of Gera was destroyed, the synagogue burnt down in the Kristallnacht in 1938 and the city's Jews emigrated or were murdered in concentration camps. A month before the end of World War II, on 6 April 1945, U.S. bombing destroyed parts of the city and killed 514 residents. Some 300 buildings were hit, including the Osterstein castle and several historic buildings in city centre, many of which weren't rebuilt after the war. U.S. forces occupied Gera on 14 April 1945 but were replaced by the Soviets on 1 July 1945. Gera became part of the GDR in 1949 and was a flash point in the Uprising of 1953 in East Germany as thousands of workers – among them many employees of the Soviet-established Wismut uranium mining entity in the nearby Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge) – demanded higher wages and free elections. The demonstrations were put down by Soviet military forces, including armored units. With governmental reorganization in East Germany, the city became the capital of the newly created District of Gera in 1952. The population rose during the GDR period, and massive Plattenbau prefabricated apartment blocks, built throughout East Germany, were constructed in Gera. After German reunification in 1990, Gera became part of the restored state of Thuringia. However, Gera lost most of its administrative functions after reunification, and nearly all the city's factories were closed. This led to a continuing economic crisis with significant unemployment, and the city's population declined from 135,000 in 1990 to less than 100,000 a decade later. The city hosted the Bundesgartenschau (federal horticultural exhibition) in 2007. Geography and demographics Topography Gera is located in a smooth-hilly landscape in eastern Thuringia at the White Elster river (progression: ), between the Thuringian Highland approx. in the south-west, the Ore Mountains approx. in the south-east and the Leipzig Bay approx. in the north. The municipal territory is marked by the Elster valley, crossing it in south-northern direction. West of the valley, the landscape is more hilly and forested (with the Gera Municipal Forest), whereas the eastern parts are more flat and in agricultural use. The elevation is between 180 metres (the level of the White Elster river) and (when measured at Gera-Falka at the furthest southeastern point). Usually the height above sea level for the city appears as when measured at the market place. Small tributaries of the White Elster river within the borders of Gera are the Erlbach on the western side and the Wipsenbach, Gessenbach and Brahme on the eastern side. Climate Gera has a humid continental climate (Dfb) or an oceanic climate (Cfb) according to the Köppen climate classification system. Summers are warm and sometimes humid, winters are relatively cold. The city's topography creates a microclimate caused through the basin position with sometimes inversion in winter (quite cold nights under ) and heat and inadequate air circulation in summer. Annual precipitation is only with moderate rainfall throughout the year. Light snowfall mainly occurs from December through February, but snow cover does not usually remain for long. Administrative division Gera abuts the following municipalities: in the Burgenlandkreis district in the north: Wetterzeube and Gutenborn in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt in the Greiz district in the east: Pölzig, Hirschfeld, Brahmenau, Schwaara, Korbußen, Ronneburg, Kauern, Hilbersdorf and Linda; in the south: Endschütz, Wünschendorf, Zedlitz and Hundhaupten; in the west: Saara, Kraftsdorf, Hartmannsdorf and Bad Köstritz in the Saale-Holzland district: Silbitz in the north-west. Gera is divided in different ways. Historically, there are more than 60 villages in the densely settled Elster valley area belonging to Gera today. The actual division knows on the one hand statistical districts and on the other hand political districts. The 12 statistical districts are covering the whole city area and consist of (sometimes) several political districts, urban quarters and/or rural villages. The 16 political districts are covering only few parts of Gera, but not the central urban areas, instead usually rural districts got incorporated during the second half of the 20th century. Each political district can (but doesn't have to) consist of more than one village. Each political district elects an own district council and a district mayor, whereas the statistical districts don't have any political function. The main urban quarters are the city centre, Untermhaus (incorporated 1919) in the west, Langenberg (1950), Tinz (1919) and Bieblach (1905) in the north, Leumnitz (1919) in the east, Pforten (1919) and Zwötzen (1919) in the south-east as well as Debschwitz (1912) and Lusan (1919) in the south-west. Demographics During the centuries, Gera has been a quite small town of 2,000 inhabitants. As the textile business saw a first peak, the population rose to 7,000 in 1800 and further to 17,000 after the early stage of industrialisation in 1870. Gera's heyday between 1870 and 1930 led to a demographic boom with a population of 83,000 at the end of this phase in 1930. In 1950, Gera had 98,000 inhabitants and the all-time peak was reached in 1988 with a population of 135,000. After the German reunification in 1990, the city saw a significant decline in population, despite the large incorporations of 1994. The population shrunk to 113,000 in 2000 and 95,000 in 2012. The average decrease of population between 2009 and 2012 was approximately 0.55% p. a, whereas the population in bordering rural regions is shrinking with accelerating tendency. Suburbanization played only a small role in Gera. It occurred after the reunification for a short time in the 1990s, but most of the suburban areas were situated within the administrative city borders. During the 1990s and the 2000s, many inhabitants left Gera to search a better life in west Germany or other major east German cities like Jena or Leipzig. Since 2010, emigration is no big issue anymore. Now, the birth deficit, caused by the high average age of the population, is getting a bigger problem because the immigration isn't sufficient to compensate it yet. Despite urban planning activities to tear down unused flats, vacancy is still a problem with rates around 12% (according to 2011 EU census). A positive side effect for the inhabitants is that Gera has one of the lowest rent levels in Germany. The birth deficit was 715 in 2012, this is -7.5 per 1,000 inhabitants (Thuringian average: -4.5; national average: -2.4). The net migration rate was +3.6 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2012 (Thuringian average: -0.8; national average: +4.6). The most important regions of origin of Gera migrants are bordering rural areas of Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony as well as foreign countries like Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. Like other eastern German cities, Gera has only a small amount of foreign population: circa 1.6% are non-Germans by citizenship and overall 5.0% are migrants (according to 2011 EU census). Differing from the national average, the biggest groups of migrants in Gera are Russians, Vietnamese people and Ukrainians. During recent years, the economic situation of the city improved a bit: the unemployment rate declined from 22% in 2005 to 11% in 2013, which is still the highest one out of all Thuringian districts. Due to the official atheism in former GDR, most of the population is non-religious. 9.8% are members of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany and 2.6% are Catholics (according to 2011 EU census) making one of the world's lowest amounts of religious people. Culture, sights and cityscape Museums There are some museums in Gera: The Orangerie at Orangerieplatz hosts an exhibition of art from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period. The Otto-Dix-Haus at Mohrenplatz 4, birthplace and childhood home of the famous artist Otto Dix, has a collection of his drawings, prints, paintings and childhood sketch books, and an exhibition about his life. The Museum für Angewandte Kunst at Greizer Straße shows 20th century contemporary art (inside "Ferber House"). It displays collections of Bauhaus ceramics by the artists Otto Lindig und Theodor Bogler; architectural works of Thilo Schoder; and photographs by Aenne Biermann. The Museum für Naturkunde at Nicolaiberg hosts a natural history exhibition (inside the "Schreiber House", the oldest building in the city), with its adjacent botanical garden, the Botanischer Garten Gera The Stadtmuseum at Museumsplatz shows an exhibition of Gera's municipal history. The Haus Schulenburg at Straße des Friedens is a factory owner's mansion, built in 1913/14 by the famous architect Henry van de Velde. It hosts topical furniture and decoration and can be visited. Image gallery Cityscape Like its western neighbour-city Jena, Gera is a protracted city along a wide valley in south-northern direction. The historic city centre is quite small and located between Sorge in the north, Nicolaistraße in the east, Stadtgraben in the south and Reichsstraße in the west. It survived World War II, but during the 1960s and 1970s, the GDR government demolished larger inner-city areas to rebuild them with modern concrete architecture, which marks the view of Gera's centre, particularly in the north-west until today. Between 1870 and 1930, the city was largely extended in all directions. As distinct from other German cities, there is no citywide spatial separation between the worker's quarters and the upper-class mansion districts, instead, the mansions and the tenements are situated near to each other, spread over all the districts. The hilly areas and those next to the river and the parks are more upscale, whereas the areas next to the railway and the factories are more working-class styled. Nevertheless, the Gründerzeit architecture is quite diverse and interesting in Gera. Most buildings were extensively refurbished after 1990. Especially Gera's mansion architecture from the 1900s and 1910s is unique. The 1920s brought some modern-style Bauhaus buildings to the then rich city. During the GDR period, urban growth was handled by establishing big Plattenbau settlements on the city's periphery, like the Lusan district in south and the Bieblach district in north. Image gallery Sights and architectural heritage Churches The St. Saviour's Church at Nicolaiberg is the evangelical main church of Gera, built between 1717 and 1720 by David Schatz in Baroque style. The Trinity Church at Heinrichstraße is an evangelical parish church (since 1886), built between 1609 and 1611 as cemetery church. The St. John's Church at Clara-Zetkin-Straße is an evangelical parish church, built between 1881 and 1885 in neo-Gothic style. The St. Mary's Church at Untermhaus district is the evangelical parish church of the former village Untermhaus, built around 1450. The St. Elizabeth's Church at Kleiststraße is the catholic parish church of Gera, built in 2000 in modern style as one of only few bigger new churches in Thuringia after 1990. The St. Martin's Church at Zwötzen district is an evangelical parish church, built in 1895 in neo-Gothic style. The Fourteen Holy Helpers Church at Langenberg district is an evangelical parish church, was rebuilt during the 1750s. Image gallery Other sights The town hall at Marktplatz is one of the biggest Renaissance town halls in Germany with a nearly 60 m high tower, built between 1573 and 1576. The Marktplatz itself forms a good ensemble of 18th century patricians houses in late-Baroque style. The Stadttheater at Küchengartenallee is the former royal Reussian theatre, built in 1902 by Heinrich Seeling in neo-Baroque style. The Stadtapotheke (city pharmacy) is a Renaissance building at Marktplatz with a beautiful bay, established in 1592. The Küchengarten with the Orangerie is a park ensemble west of the city centre, established in 1732 by the Reussians. The Höhler is a cellar system under the city centre with a length of approx. , established in 17th and 18th century for storing beer. A part can be visited via an entrance at Nicolaiberg 3. The Schloss Tinz was the royal summer residence of the Reussians, built in 1748 in Baroque style with a surrounding park. The Schloss Osterstein was the main royal residence of the Reussians, built during the 16th century in Renaissance style. It was hit by bombs in 1945 and partially demolished in 1962. Only the tower remained. The city wall was demolished in the 19th century, only a small part at Stadtgraben remained. Image gallery Economy and infrastructure Agriculture, industry and services Agriculture has some importance in the rural districts of Gera, especially in the northern and eastern city parts. Approximately 57% of the municipal territory is in agricultural use: growing maize, rapeseed and crops as well as pasturing cattle. The city's economy features industrial machinery (Dagro Gera GmbH), communications (DTKS GmbH, Deutsche Telekom), security locks (Schloßsicherungen Gera GmbH), optics (POG Präzisionsoptik Gera GmbH), electrical equipment (Electronicon Kondensatoren GmbH), and margarine manufacturing (Othüna). Other companies include a compressor manufacturer (Kompressorenwerk Kaeser), a precision-tool maker (SMK-Präzisionsmechanik), and a subsidiary of the construction company Max Bögl. The e-commerce service-provider D+S Europe has a service centre in Gera with several hundred workers, and Rittal, a manufacturer of information-technology enclosures, moved from Bad Köstritz to Gera. Some industrial branches operating before 1990 no longer have major importance. Sectors either no longer existing or sharply reduced include those in toolmaking (VEB Wema Union), textiles (VEB Modedruck), textile machinery (VEB Textima), electronic equipment (VEB Elektronik Gera). Other industries that had a presence included VEB Carl Zeiss Jena and a brewery. One important industrial branch had been uranium-ore mining in nearby Ronneburg (Wismut), whereby the region became the Soviet Union's leading uranium supplier. In 2012 Gera had 41 companies with more than 20 workers in the industrial sector, employing 3,400 people and generating an overall turnover of €452 million. Gera is a supra-centre according to the Central Place Theory in German regional planning. This makes the city a regional centre for retailing, with three major shopping centres: Gera-Arcaden, Amthor-Passage and Elster-Forum. Health services are important, with one of the biggest hospitals in Thuringia, the SRH Waldklinikum. Nevertheless, Gera's economy is weak compared to equal-sized neighbouring cities like Jena or Zwickau. While Jena counts 51,000 and Zwickau 50,000 jobs liable to pay into the German social insurance, Gera had only 35,000 of those full-time jobs in 2012. The commuter balance was +14,000 in Jena and +16,000 in Zwickau, but only +2,000 in Gera, which is one of the lowest ratios among German supra-centres, highlighting the lack of ability of Gera to provide jobs for the region. The unemployment rate reached 11.2% in September 2013 - the highest among all Thuringian districts. Transport By rail Since the late 19th century, Gera has been a hub in the railway network. The first railway ran to the Thuringian Railway in Weißenfels (with connection to Halle) via Zeitz in 1859. Further main lines were opened to Gößnitz (with connection to Chemnitz) in 1865, to Saalfeld in 1871, to Leipzig (via Zeitz) in 1873, to Plauen in 1875, to Weimar (with connection to Erfurt) via Jena in 1876 and to Hof in 1883. The secondary railways to Werdau (opened in 1876) and Meuselwitz (opened via Pölzig in 1901 and via Lumpzig in 1887) are abandoned. Nevertheless, none of these lines are electrified or in use for long-distance trains. Today, there are regional express trains to Göttingen via Jena and Erfurt, to Leipzig via Zeitz, to Altenburg, Glauchau and Zwickau via the Gößnitz line, to Greiz, to Hof and to Saalfeld. Local trains provide connections to Weimar via Jena, Leipzig, Weischlitz (near Plauen), Hof and Saalfeld. The most lines run every two hours, so that there is hourly service (express and local trains in alternation) to most directions. The electrification of the west-eastern mainline Weimar – Jena – Gera – Gößnitz is in discussion for closing that gap in the network and enable Gera's connection to long-distance trains, which can be reached today either via Jena or via Leipzig. The most important stations in Gera are the Gera main station (former Prussian station), where all the trains stop, and the Gera southern station (former Saxonian station), where all the trains, except the local ones to Weimar, stop. More stations in Gera are Langenberg at the Leipzig line, Zwötzen at the Saalfeld and Hof line as well as Gera Ost and Liebschwitz at the Plauen line. Freight transport by rail is immaterial in Gera since the 1990s. By road The two Autobahnen crossing each other nearby at Hermsdorf junction are the Bundesautobahn 4 (Frankfurt–Dresden) and the Bundesautobahn 9 (Berlin–Munich), which were both built during the 1930s. Furthermore, there are three Bundesstraßen connecting Gera: the Bundesstraße 2 to Zeitz in the north and Hof in the south, the Bundesstraße 7 to Jena (via Eisenberg) in the west and to Altenburg in the east and the Bundesstraße 92 to Plauen (via Greiz) in the south. Important secondary roads run to Altenburg (via Lumpzig), to Werdau (via Linda), to Wünschendorf, to Stadtroda and to Hermsdorf. As part of the Bundesgartenschau 2007, a new bypass road was built in the east to improve the connection of southern city parts to the A 4 and to relieve the city centre from transit traffic. By aviation The closest regional airports are the Leipzig/Halle Airport, about north and the Erfurt-Weimar Airport, about west of Gera. Both serve mainly holiday flights. The nearest major airports are the Frankfurt Airport, the Munich Airport and the prospective Berlin Brandenburg Airport. In the eastern part of Gera lies the airfield Gera-Leumnitz meant for private aviation. By bike Cycling is becoming more popular since the construction of quality cycle tracks began in the 1990s. For tourists, there are the Weiße Elster track and the Thuringian city string track (Radweg Thüringer Städtekette). Both connect points of tourist interest, the first along the White Elster valley from the Elster Mountains at the Czech border to Saale river in Halle and second from Eisenach via Erfurt, Weimar, Jena and Gera to Altenburg. For inner city every-day traffic, some cycle lanes exist along several main streets. Trams and buses The Gera tram network was the second in Germany that launched electrical engines in 1892. Today, there are two long lines, one from Bieblach via city centre to Lusan (line 3) and another one – opened in 2006 – from Untermhaus via city centre to Zwötzen (line 1). The third short line is a connection between Lusan and the Zwötzen railway station (line 2). Another line is planned to connect Langenberg and the northern city parts. On line 3 is one course every 5 minutes, on line 1 every 10 minutes and on line 2 every 20 minutes. The bus network connects districts without trams as well as neighbouring municipalities that do not have a rail connection. Education Tertiary institutions are the private college SRH Fachhochschule für Gesundheit Gera (university of applied sciences for health) with 500 students and the Gera branch of the Duale Hochschule Gera-Eisenach (cooperative state college) with 850 students locally. Furthermore, there are four Gymnasiums, all of them are state-owned. The Goethe-Gymnasium/Rutheneum focuses on music education as an elite boarding school, in addition to the common curriculum. Politics The first freely elected mayor after German reunification was independent Ralf Rauch, who served from 1994 to 2006. He was succeeded by Norbert Vornehm of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served from 2006 to 2012. Viola Hahn was elected in 2012, but was defeated seeking re-election in 2018, failing to progress to the second round. Julian Vonarb was elected, and has since served as mayor. The most recent mayoral election was held on 15 April 2018, with a runoff held on 29 April, and the results were as follows: ! rowspan=2 colspan=2| Candidate ! rowspan=2| Party ! colspan=2| First round ! colspan=2| Second round |- ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Julian Vonarb | align=left| Independent | 9,182 | 23.5 | 24,777 | 69.8 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Dieter Lauenbach | align=left| Alternative for Germany | 8,305 | 21.3 | 10,741 | 30.2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Viola Hahn | align=left| Independent | 8,050 | 20.6 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Norbert Hein | align=left| Independent | 6,853 | 17.5 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Margit Jung | align=left| The Left | 5,201 | 13.3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Nils Fröhlich | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens | 1,487 | 3.8 |- ! colspan=3| Valid votes ! 39,078 ! 99.2 ! 35,518 ! 98.2 |- ! colspan=3| Invalid votes ! 299 ! 0.8 ! 653 ! 1.8 |- ! colspan=3| Total ! 39,377 ! 100.0 ! 36,171 ! 100.0 |- ! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout ! 79,724 ! 49.4 ! 79,671 ! 45.4 |- | colspan=7| Source: Wahlen in Thüringen |} The most recent city council election was held on 26 May 2019, and the results were as follows: ! colspan=2| Party ! Lead candidate ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | align=left| Harald Frank | 36,344 | 28.8 | New | 12 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| The Left (Die Linke) | align=left| Andreas Schubert | 23,155 | 18.3 | 13.2 | 8 | 5 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=left| Christian Klein | 16,280 | 12.9 | 11.7 | 6 | 4 |- | | align=left| Citizenry Gera (BSG) | align=left| Ulrich Porst | 9,656 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 3 | 3 |- | | align=left| For Gera (FG) | align=left| Sandra Graupner | 8,588 | 6.8 | New | 3 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=left| Nils Fröhlich | 8,483 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 3 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=left| Heiner Fritzsche | 8,091 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 3 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Voters (FW) | align=left| Norbert Hein | 4,129 | 3.3 | New | 1 | New |- | | align=left| Liberal Alliance (LA) | align=left| Anne Kathrin Hildebrand | 3,647 | 2.9 | New | 1 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=left| Falk Nerger | 3,440 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 1 | ±0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Die PARTEI (PARTEI) | align=left| Ingo Kaschta | 3,418 | 2.7 | New | 1 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| National Democratic Party (NPD) | align=left| Gordon Richter | 1,169 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 0 | 2 |- ! colspan=3| Valid votes ! 42,808 ! 96.8 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=3| Invalid votes ! 1,420 ! 3.2 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=3| Total ! 44,228 ! 100.0 ! ! 42 ! ±0 |- ! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout ! 78,537 ! 56.3 ! 12.7 ! ! |- | colspan=8| Source: Wahlen in Thüringen |} Twin towns – sister cities Gera is twinned with: Arnhem, Netherlands Fort Wayne, United States Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina Kuopio Finland Pskov, Russia Rostov-on-Don, Russia Saint-Denis, France Skierniewice, Poland Sliven, Bulgaria Timișoara, Romania Notable people Heinrich Reinhold (1788–1825), painter and engraver Heinrich Gustav Beck (1857–1933), Minister-president of Saxony 1914–1918 Otto Lummer (1860–1925), physicist Otto Dix (1891–1969), painter and printmaker Rudolf Paul (1893–1978), politician, President of Thuringia 1945–1947 Bernhard Wehner (1909–1995), SS-officer (Hauptsturmführer), criminal inspector and journalist Nahum Golan (1915–1991), Israeli Brigadier General, 1948-1950 commander of the Golani Brigade Dietrich Peltz (1914–2001), Luftwaffe general Karl Weschke (1925–2005), painter Georg Buschner (1925–2007), football player, head coach East Germany national football team Rainer Ortleb (born 1944), politician (FDP), 1990-1991 Federal Minister for Special Affairs and from 1991 to 1994 Federal Minister of Education and Science Max Frankel (born 1930), executive editor, New York Times 1986–1994 Klaus Kropfinger (1930–2016), musicologist Helga Königsdorf (born 1938), mathematician and author Thilo Sarrazin (born 1945), German politician (SPD), author Wolfgang Tiefensee (born 1955), politician (SPD) Marlies Göhr (born 1958), athlete Olaf Ludwig (born 1960), racing cyclist Heike Drechsler (born 1964), Olympic gold medallist long jumper Jens Heppner (born 1964), racing cyclist John Degenkolb (born 1989), racing cyclist Marcel Eckardt (born 1989), snooker referee Bianca Schmidt (born 1990), footballer Wilhelm Ernst Spaethe and Otto Paul Spaeth, of Spaethe Pianos, founded in 1858 by Wilhelm Spaethe senior, awarded an imperial and royal warrant of appointment, to the court of Austria-Hungary. References Notes External links Official website of Gera Principality of Reuss-Gera Bezirk Gera Holocaust locations in Germany

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac%20Le%20Fevre

Mac Le Fevre

Vernon Mackenzie "Mac" Le Fevre (15 February 1923 – 24 December 2004) was an Australian politician. He was born in Pyengana, Tasmania. In 1959 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Bass. He was defeated in 1969, but returned to the House in 1972. He served a period as Deputy Chair of Committees. In 1976 he retired from the House, and in 1978 ran successfully as an independent for the Tasmanian Legislative Council seat of Cornwall, serving until his retirement in 1984. He died in Launceston in 2004. References 1923 births 2004 deaths Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Tasmania 20th-century Australian politicians

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond-e%20Bari%20%281%29

Bond-e Bari (1)

Bond-e Bari (, also Romanized as Bond-e Barī) is a village in Sorkh Qaleh Rural District, in the Central District of Qaleh Ganj County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 619, in 128 families. References Populated places in Qaleh Ganj County

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Nugget

The Nugget

The Nugget is a 2002 Australian comedy film about three friends who find the world's largest nugget of gold. Storyline The story concerns a group of three road workers who stumble upon the world's biggest nugget of gold, and become instant millionaires — or so they think. The road workers are mates from way back, and each weekend they go out to an old goldmining site hoping to strike it rich. Each weekend they come back with nothing but a hangover. But then everything changes when they discover the world's biggest nugget — worth many millions of dollars. Cast Box office The Nugget grossed $1,920,993 at the box office in Australia. See also Cinema of Australia References External links The Nugget at Oz Movies The Nugget at the National Film and Sound Archive Australian films APRA Award winners 2002 films Australian buddy films Australian comedy films English-language films 2002 comedy films Films directed by Bill Bennett Films scored by Nigel Westlake Gold rushes

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992%20Mazda%20Tennis%20Classic

1992 Mazda Tennis Classic

The 1992 Mazda Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the La Costa Resort and Spa in San Diego, California in the United States that was part of Tier III of the 1992 WTA Tour. It was the 14th edition of the tournament and was held from August 24 through August 30, 1992. Second-seeded Jennifer Capriati won the singles title and earned $45,000 first-prize money. Finals Singles Jennifer Capriati defeated Conchita Martínez, 6–3, 6–2 Doubles Jana Novotná / Larisa Savchenko-Neiland defeated Conchita Martínez / Mercedes Paz, 6–1, 6–4 References External links ITF tournament edition details Tournament draws Mazda Classic Southern California Open Toshiba Classic 1992 in American tennis

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio%20Tonino%20Benelli

Stadio Tonino Benelli

Stadio Tonino Benelli is an arena in Pesaro, Italy. It is primarily used for football, and is the home to A.S.D. Vis Pesaro 1898 of Serie D. It opened in 1927 and holds 4,898 spectators. References Football venues in Italy

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven%20Murders%20for%20Scotland%20Yard

Seven Murders for Scotland Yard

Seven Murders for Scotland Yard (Spanish:Jack el destripador de Londres / Jack the Ripper of London) is a 1971 Italian-Spanish giallo film directed by José Luis Madrid and starring Paul Naschy, Patricia Loran and Renzo Marignano. It was based on the story of Jack the Ripper, here depicted as a cannibal. Cast Paul Naschy as Bruno Doriani Patricia Loran as Lulu Renzo Marignano as Inspector Henry Campbell Orchidea De Santis as Sandy Christian Andrés Resino as Winston Darby Christian Irene Mir as Belinda Franco Borelli as Detective Hawkins Víctor Iregua Teresita Castizio Carmen Roger as Violeta Palomba Moreno as Srta. Sanders Víctor Vilanova as McMurdo Maika as Prostituta Miguel Muniesa as Superintendente Chambers Isidro Novellas as Mile Alfonso Castizo as Robert Antonio Ramis Enrique Beltrán References Bibliography Antonio Lazaro-Reboll. Spanish Horror Film. Edinburgh University Press, 2012. External links 1971 films Italian films Italian horror films Italian crime films Spanish films Films about cannibalism Spanish horror films 1971 horror films Spanish crime films 1970s crime films Spanish-language films Films directed by José Luis Madrid Films set in London Films about Jack the Ripper Films scored by Piero Piccioni Giallo films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilario%20Cuen%C3%BA

Hilario Cuenú

Hilário Cuenú is a Colombian football manager and former defender. He is the manager of Cortuluá U20. References Living people Colombian footballers 1975 births Cortuluá footballers Independiente Santa Fe footballers Atlético Nacional footballers América de Cali footballers Deportes Tolima footballers Atlético Junior footballers Atlético Huila footballers Categoría Primera A players Atlético Bucaramanga footballers Association football defenders

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Algarrobal%20District

El Algarrobal District

El Algarrobal District is one of three districts of the province Ilo in Peru. References

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan%20Dupasquier

Ivan Dupasquier

Ivan Dupasquier (born 23 November 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland. Career Dupasquier made his Davis Cup debut in 1980, when he lost a dead rubber singles match to Italy's Gianni Ocleppo. His next match, which he won, was against Mexican Juan Hernández the following year. In 1982 he won a singles rubber over Mohammed Dlimi of Morocco, to finish with a 2-1 Davis Cup career record. The Swiss player was granted "special exempt status" by the organisers of the 1981 US Open. This was because he was busy playing a Davis Cup tie during qualifying and meant that he would go straight into the main draw. He lost to Mark Edmondson in the opening round. Also that year he reached the quarter-finals of the Taipei Grand Prix tournament and was a losing finalist in Manila. He completed in the men's doubles draw of a Grand Slam event on one occasion, which was at the 1982 French Open, where he partnered Christophe Roger-Vasselin. They didn't make it past the first round. Grand Prix career finals Singles: 1 (0–1) References 1961 births Living people Swiss male tennis players People from Neuchâtel

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Love%20Bone%20Earth%20Affair

The Love Bone Earth Affair

The Love Bone Earth Affair is a home video by the American rock band Mother Love Bone. It was released in 1993. Overview The home video features never-before-seen footage of Mother Love Bone live in concert combined with previously unreleased interviews with frontman Andrew Wood, bassist Jeff Ament, and guitarist Stone Gossard. The documentary covers the band's formation and its eventual disbandment due to the death of Wood. Additionally, the videos for "Stardog Champion" and "Holy Roller" are included. The Love Bone Earth Affair was first released on VHS, with an official DVD version released on 4 November 2016 as part of the boxed set Mother Love Bone: On Earth as it is - The Complete Works. Personnel Mother Love Bone Andrew Wood – lead vocals Bruce Fairweather – lead guitar Stone Gossard – rhythm guitar Jeff Ament – bass Greg Gilmore – drums Production James Bland, Lance Mercer – still photography Adolfo Doring – Videoprofile Troy Smith – direction Josh Taft – direction on "Stardog Champion" video, Videoprofile Tim Taylor – editor Chart positions References External links Mother Love Bone video albums Rockumentaries

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban%20Hin%20Taek

Ban Hin Taek

Ban Hin Taek or Baan Hin Taek (; , lit. "The Village of Broken Stone") now renamed Ban Therd Thai (; , lit. “Village to Honour Thailand”), is a village found in the Chiang Rai area in the northern part of Thailand. This village, composed mainly of Akha people, has had a very vivid history involving the drug leader known as Khun Sa. Despite being called Ban Therd Thai, the village will be referred to as Ban Hin Taek which is the name the villagers refer to when talking about their village. Origins and location Ban Hin Taek is located beyond Doi Mae Salong in Northern Thailand. It is just south of the Thai-Burma border located in the Golden Triangle. In order to reach Ban Hin Taek, one must take the road which starts at Bap Basang on Route 110 between Chiang Rai and Mae Sai. Route 1130 goes west into the mountains where its final destination is Doi Mae Salong. The road eventually becomes Route 1234, a surfaced road. If going further along this road, one will come across a dirt road going north towards the Burmese border. This is the road to Ban Hin Taek. Ban Hin Taek is a village in a valley which is “like a finger pointing” into the Shan State. It is surrounded by hills that have been scarred by slash-and-burn agriculture. From Ban Hin Taek it is possible to see the summit of Doi Tung, a mountain approximately 1322 metres high. Ban Hin Taek is not a small village. Its inhabitants have expanded the village along a road for more than 3 kilometres towards the Burmese border. Its prosperity is influenced by the agricultural trade, but also because of the drug trade that existed for some time in Ban Hin Taek. History It is believed that Ban Hin Taek was the first Akha village in Thailand. It was founded in 1903 when the Akha entered Thailand from the easternmost Shan states of Burma. From that point onward we know very little of the happenings in Ban Hin Taek. Once Khun Sa appeared in Ban Hin Taek, we have an inflow of articles concerning Ban Hin Taek and his involvement with it. “Ban Hin Taek's village headman Duangdee Khemmawongse recalls, ‘Khun Sa came to live at Ban Hin Taek in late 1964, when he was around 30 and left a year later. In 1976, he came back again with his wife and children.’” In 1974, Khun Sa was released from Burmese prison he set up his base 2 years later in Ban Hin Taek. As long as the Thai generals were getting some of the drug revenues, Khun Sa could keep operating in Ban Hin Taek. Khun Sa was also beneficial to the Thai because they hoped to topple the Kuomintang (KMT) and Rangoon’s hold on north-eastern Burma so that Thailand could become more influential in that area. At this point in time, Khun Sa appointed himself as liberator of the Shan people advocating for a separate Shan state within Burma. He also agreed to “suppress the Beijing-backed Burmese Communist and Thai Communist Parties” which at the time were very active in that area. Khun Sa ended up becoming a successful drug warlord in the years 1974-1982. Once the communists came to power in both Laos and South Vietnam in 1975, Khun Sa was able to get a much stronger hold over the drug trade as the KMT’s smuggling routes in the area were now disrupted. With all this newfound wealth came newfound power, and Khun Sa needed a way to secure and protect his power. Thus he set up the Shan United Army (SUA) which at its peak had 20,000 soldiers. Khun Sa’s drug empire continued to grow until the early 1980s when the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) estimated that “70% of heroin consumed in the USA came from his organization.” Thus, the DEA decided to take action. Before we look at the DEA’s involvement with Khun Sa, let us look at the benefits Ban Hin Taek got from Khun Sa. While he used the village as a base, it did not mean that he didn’t give back to the community. In fact, Khun Sa built health centers, schools and was the major benefactor of the Da Tong Chinese school which the KMT had set up. According to Apinan Apinanderthai, the kamnan of tambon Therd Thai, the villagers “called Khun Sa chao oo, or father.” However, Khun Sa’s generosity came to an end when the Thai government suddenly changed hands from General Kriangsak Chomanan to General Prem Tinsulanonda. The new general, along with pressure from the DEA who were trying to stop the flow of heroin into the United States (US), decided to kick Khun Sa out of Thailand. Thus, in January 1982, the Thai army, in conjunction with the Border Patrol Police, launched an offensive against Khun Sa’s base in Ban Hin Taek. Many days of violent fighting ensued and eventually the Thai forces used tanks and planes to get the SUA forces to retreat into Burma. Khun Sa managed to escape beforehand to the town of Hua Muang across the Burmese border. This signaled the end of Khun Sa’s drug regime in Ban Hin Taek. This was not the end of Ban Hin Taek’s involvement in drug trafficking. In recent years, the heroin trade has been replaced with methamphetamines. Ban Hin Taek recently has fallen prey to drug traffickers who operate from across the Burmese border. It has been reported that the traffickers bribed local authorities and that four local residents have been killed by the gangs – “Two were eliminated because they tried to turn their backs on the drug trade, and two others because they were being uncooperative.” Burma decided to take action against this new development and started shelling the border in February 2001. Soon after they also shelled the outskirts of Ban Hin Taek. This wasn’t the end of the new Burmese offensive. In March 2001 Burma prepared more troops and set up for further artillery strikes. As a result, Thai officials were ready to evacuate the villages along the Burmese border to Ban Therd Thai in order to secure their safety. However, there is no evidence that the Burmese military took any further action at this time. The latest news coming out of Ban Hin Taek since 2001 was, when on October 26, 2007, Khun Sa died. A funeral was arranged for Khun Sa in order to commemorate his death, but to also attract tourism to the village. From this point on, investors have approached the village trying to develop it and attract tourists to the area. Economy Ban Hin Taek has a long custom of an agriculture industry outside of the drug trade. This is the local’s main source of income unless they directly worked for Khun Sa. Produce such as tomatoes, maize, onions, garlic and potatoes are grown and then sold in other places in Chiang Rai. There is also a tea factory in the village. Ban Hin Taek also has a cross-border trade. Most of this trade is legal, but the villagers who dally in the drug trade always have to be careful of their illegal actions. As mentioned above, the drug trade allowed Khun Sa to build schools and other public facilities which helped the economic situation of the village. Since Khun Sa was expelled from Ban Hin Taek, the village slowly started building a tourist industry. The plan was to turn Khun Sa’s old house into a museum and create new jobs for the locals. “However, local authorities are still reluctant to agree to the idea, fearing the village’s history will be distorted by investors, who may focus only on their own benefits.” Nevertheless, the village now hosts a resort where people can go mountain biking in the mountains around Ban Hin Taek. The renovation of Khun Sa’s house was completed and has become a museum. In 2007 the village committee set up a development plan for the village. Resort hotels were to be built in order to accommodate tourists. The committee still fears that investors will abuse Ban Hin Taek, forgoing all of its cultural diversity and customs in favour of profits. Culture Ban Hin Taek population of approximately 3000 people is ethnically diverse consisting of Shan, Yunnanese, Akha, Lisu, Lahu, and other tribespeople. The Akha, who were the founders of Ban Hin Taek as stated earlier, are the predominant tribe. The Akha women wear much silver and often wear striped leggings in order to carry firewood and dry goods up to their homes. The houses in Ban Hin Taek are not built in an Akha style, but instead show signs of Yunnanese influence. They are built of wattle and mud on solid ground instead of the commonly found houses built on stilts. The abundant religions practiced by the villagers are probably the best example to highlight the cultural diversity of Ban Hin Taek. There is a Thai Buddhist wat on the north-eastern edge of the village, a mosque on the western front and a little ways out of Ban Hin Taek, a large Chinese temple resides. Thus, there are many religious places of worship to satisfy most of Ban Hin Taek’s villagers. Every year Ban Hin Taek celebrates the Songkran Festival. This is less of a cultural tradition than a national tradition, but a tradition nonetheless. References External links US DOJ Populated places in Chiang Rai province

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imam%20Hassan%20District

Imam Hassan District

Imam Hasan District () is a district (bakhsh) in Deylam County, Bushehr Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 4,383, in 959 families. The District has one city: Imam Hasan, Iran. The District has two rural districts (dehestan): Liravi-ye Jonubi Rural District and Liravi-ye Miyani Rural District. References Districts of Bushehr Province Deylam County

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chao%20Pak%20Kei

Chao Pak Kei

Chao Pak Kei Football Team, simply known as C.P.K. (), are a Macanese professional football club which currently competes in the Liga de Elite. History Chao Pak Kei Football Team was established in 2008 by Stephen Chow, Inacio Hui and Kenneth Kwok. In 2009, C.P.K. played the Junior Division (the current 4th Division), finished at the second position and was promoted to the 3rd Division. In 2010, C.P.K. got the third position at 3rd Division and was promoted to the 2nd Division. After finished at 4th in 2011, C.P.K won the title of the 2nd Division in 2012 and was promoted to the 1st Division, also known as the Liga de Elite. In their debut year, the team got the 8th place, and in 2014, CPK got the 6th place of the Liga de Elite. In 2015, CPK reached the 3rd place of the Liga de Elite. In the season 2016, CPK got the 5th place at the Liga de Elite and the first-runner up at the Taça de Macau. In 2017, CPK got the 3rd place at the Liga de Elite and the fourth place at the Taça de Macau. In 2018, CPK finished first runner-up of the Liga de Elite won the Taça de Macau. On 28 June 2019, clinched the 2019 Liga de Elite title with a 4–0 victory over Ka I, capturing the league title for the first time in club history. As a result, Chao Pak Kei will play in the 2020 AFC Cup. Due to the inabilities of North Korean clubs to obtain AFC club licenses, Chao Pak Kei will enter the group stage directly. Current squad Squad for the 2022 Liga de Elite Honours League Liga de Elite Champions (2): 2019, 2021 2ª Divisão de Macau Champions (1): 2012 Cup competitions Taça de Macau Champions (2): 2018, 2021 Runners-up (1): 2019 Continental Record References Football clubs in Macau

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark%20Green%2C%20Bright%20Red

Dark Green, Bright Red

Dark Green, Bright Red is a novel by Gore Vidal, concerning a revolution headed by a former military dictator in an unnamed Central American republic. The book was first published in 1950 in the United States by E. P. Dutton. It drew upon Vidal's experiences living in Guatemala during the Guatemalan Revolution. Vidal re-wrote a significantly shortened version of Dark Green, Bright Red in 1968. However, when the book was published in a new United Kingdom edition in 1995 by Andre Deutsch, the longer, original text was used. Plot summary With the backing of a U.S. fruit company, a court-martialled American army officer and a French advisor, General Alvarez, a deposed Central American dictator mounts an attempted coup d'etat to regain power. The first part of the book is set mainly in jungle, yet most of the military action takes place elsewhere. It was the first of Vidal's books to explore the idea that the United States was an imperialist country. Critical reception The novel received mixed to negative reviews. A review in The New York Times called it "a sad waste of real narrative gifts and wit", while Kirkus Reviews considered it "[w]ell-written, with authentic atmosphere, ... but not up to the mark of [Vidal's] earlier work." Saturday Review deemed it "an interesting failure." References 1950 American novels Novels by Gore Vidal Novels set in Central America Novels about revolutions E. P. Dutton books American political novels

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

Plebejus

Plebejus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms. Taxonomy As a result of studies of molecular phylogenetics, numerous species that were included in Plebejus by some authors at the beginning of the 21st century have now been moved to separate genera again. These species may be found in Afarsia, Alpherakya, Agriades, Aricia, Eumedonia, Icaricia, Kretania, Maurus, Pamiria, Patricius, Plebejidea, Plebulina, and Rueckbeilia. Species Species include: The ardis species-group: Plebejus eversmanni (Lang, 1884) Kopet-Dagh, Ghissar, Darvaz, Pamirs-Alai, Tian-Shan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan Plebejus baroghila (Tytler, 1926) Himalayas Plebejus firuskuhi (Forster, 1940) Afghanistan Plebejus kwaja (Evans, 1932) Baluchistan The argus species-group: Plebejus aegidion (Gerhard, 1851) Central Asia Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) – silver-studded blue The idas species-group (a.k.a. subgenus Lycaeides): Plebejus agnata (Rühl, 1895) Plebejus argyrognomon (Bergsträsser, [1779]) – Reverdin's blue Plebejus pseudaegon (Butler, [1882]) Ussuri, North China, North Korea, Japan Plebejus sinica (Forster, 1936) Sichuan Plebejus maracandica (Erschoff, 1874) Russia, Transbaikalia, Yakutia, Magadan. Mongolia, Kamchatka Plebejus caspica (Forster, 1936) South Urals Plebejus lepidus Zhdanko, 2000 Kazakhstan Plebejus uiguricus Zhdanko, 2000 ltai, Saur, Tarbagatai Mts., Dzhungarsky Alatau Plebejus mongolicus Rühl, [1893] Transbaikalia, Amur, Mongolia Plebejus baldur (Hemming, 1934) Kurdistan, Levant Plebejus bellieri (Oberthür, 1910) Corsica Plebejus argiva (Staudinger, 1886) Kazakhstan, Alai Plebejus christophi (Staudinger, 1874) – small jewel blue Plebejus anikini Yakovlev, 2012 Mongolia Plebejus germani Yakovlev, 2012 Mongolia Plebejus roxane (Grum-Grshimailo, 1887) Tajikistan, Afghanistan Plebejus idas (Linnaeus, 1761) – Idas blue or northern blue Plebejus ganssuensis (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) Kuku-Noor, China Plebejus nushibi Zhdanko, 2000 Kazakhstan Plebejus calliopis (Boisduval, 1832) Alps, boreal Europe and Transcaucasia to Russian Far East and Kamchatka Plebejus anna (Edwards, 1861) – Anna's blue Plebejus melissa (Edwards, 1873) – Melissa blue or orange-bordered blue Plebejus fridayi (Chermock, 1945) Oregon Plebejus nevadensis (Oberthür, 1910) Iberia Plebejus tomyris (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Amur Plebejus samudra (Moore, [1875]) Northwest India, Hindu Kush Plebejus rogneda (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Kashgar, Darvaz, Pamirs, Transalai Plebejus subsolanus (Eversmann, 1851) Transbaikalia, Amur, Ussuri, Mongolia, Korea, Japan. Plebejus iburiensis (Butler, [1882]) Japan Plebejus cleobis (Bremer, 1861) Siberia, Altai, Transbaikalia, Russian Far East, Amur, Ussuri, Japan Ungrouped: Plebejus sharga Churkin, 2004 Mongolia Plebejus shuroabadica (Shchetkin, 1963) Tajikistan Plebejus dzhizaki Zhdanko, 2000 Uzbekistan Plebejus bergi Kusnezov, 1908 Kazakhstan Plebejus noah (Herz, 1900) Turan Plebejus qinghaiensis (Murayama, 1992) Plebejus hishikawai (Yoshino, 2003) Tibet Plebejus callaghani Carbonell & Naderi, 2007 Iran Plebejus choltagi (Zhdanko & Churkin, 2001) Plebejus fyodor Hsu, Bálint & Johnson, 2000 Plebejus maidantagi Zhdanko & Churkin, 2001 Plebejus tillo Zhdanko & Churkin, 2001 Plebejus churkini Zhdanko, 2001 Tian-Shan Plebejus exterius Zhdanko, 2001 Tian-Shan Plebejus zhdankoi Churkin, 2002 Tian-Shan Plebejus mellarius Churkin & Zhdanko, 2008 Kyrgyzstan Plebejus arpa (Churkin & Pletnev, 2012) Kyrgyzstan Plebejus aleremiticus (Churkin & Pletnev, 2012) Tadjikistan References Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Jan Krzysztof Kluk

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South African Class DS

The South African Railways Class DS of 1939 was a diesel-electric locomotive. The first diesel-electric locomotive on the South African Railways was a single Class DS AEG diesel-electric shunting locomotive which was placed in service at the Congella yards near Durban in 1939. Diesel-steam comparison Around 1935, the question of purchasing diesel locomotives for the South African Railways (SAR) was seriously considered. Even though South Africa was a coal-rich country with, at the time, the lowest pit-head prices in the world and no oil wells, there were definite advantages in favour of the diesel-electric locomotive. It did not need to take water en route, could undertake very long runs without the need to refuel or change locomotives and had a much higher rate of availability. The first costs were much in favour of steam locomotives, for which it decreased in cost per unit of power as the size increased, an advantage that the diesel-electric did not seem to have. Large diesel-electric locomotives of more than were usually three to four times greater in first cost than steam locomotives of equal power. In addition, unless it was supercharged, a diesel lost 3% of its rated power output with every increase of in altitude. Manufacturer As a result of the problems experienced to obtain adequate water supplies of good quality in the arid regions of South Africa and South West Africa, particularly on the section from De Aar via Upington to Keetmanshoop, the SAR decided to experiment with diesel-powered traction and introduced its first two diesel-electric shunting locomotives in 1939. The first of these was a single twin-engined centre-cab locomotive with a wheel arrangement which was ordered from Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) in Berlin for use as a shunting engine. The locomotive was designated Class DS and was initially numbered D137, but it was soon renumbered to D513. Both numbers were in the electric locomotive number range, but with a "D" for diesel instead of an "E" for electric number prefix. Characteristics The locomotive was powered by two Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (MAN) eight-cylinder diesel engine prime movers, one on either side of the cab. An AEG main generator and an AEG auxiliary generator were mounted directly in line between each engine and the cab. Each engine was water-cooled with a fan which was belt-driven by its engine and which drew air through a conventional radiator. The bogies were very similar to those of the Class 1E electric locomotive, each with two DC traction motors arranged in series. Each bogie axle was driven by a force-ventitated axle-suspended DC traction motor, with the two motors on each bogie electrically arranged in series. The cab was equipped with mechanically interlocked dual controls to enable operation in either direction. Service The locomotive was placed in service at the Congella yards near Durban. Even though performance-wise the results were rather disappointing, it nevertheless remained in service for 28 years. The first diesel-electric locomotive on the SAR eventually found its way to Cape Town where it was scrapped at the Salt River Works in November 1966. Illustration References External links AEG locomotives Bo-Bo locomotives Cape gauge railway locomotives 3270 3270 Railway locomotives introduced in 1939 1939 in South Africa

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Tammiku, Vinni Parish

Tammiku is a village in Vinni Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. References Villages in Lääne-Viru County

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2010 Turkish Open darts

2010 Turkish Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Turkey on October 24, 2010. Results References 2010 in darts 2010 in Turkish sport Darts in Turkey

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difunta%20Correa

Difunta Correa

The Deceased Correa (in Spanish La Difunta Correa) is a semi-pagan legendary figure in folk-religion, for which a number of people in Argentina and Chile, especially among the popular classes, feel a great devotion. It has spread, in a limited way, to neighbouring countries such as Uruguay. Every year since its inception in 1840, miracles are said to have occurred at the shrine of La Difunta Correa, and thousands of people have visited there to pay their respects. The shrine is situated in the small town of Vallecito, 1160 km from Buenos Aires and 63 km from the city of San Juan. Birth of a popular saint According to popular legend, the husband of Deolinda Correa was forcibly recruited around the year 1840, during the Argentine civil wars. When he became sick, he was abandoned by the Montoneras [partisans]. In an attempt to reach her sick husband, Deolinda took her baby and followed the tracks of the Montoneras through the desert of San Juan Province. When her supplies ran out, she died. Her body was found days later by gauchos who were driving cattle through. They were astonished when they saw the dead woman's baby was still alive, feeding from her "miraculously" ever-full breast. The men buried her body in present-day Vallecito in the Caucete Department of San Juan, and took her baby with them. Sanctuary Once the folk tale became known, the inhabitants of the nearby areas started visiting Deolinda Correa's grave, building after time an oratory that slowly became a sanctuary. The cultus to the Difunta Correa is that of an unofficial popular saint, not recognised by the Catholic Church. Her devout followers believe her to perform miracles and intercede for the living. The survival of her child would have been her first miracle. Cattle keepers first, then truck drivers, disseminated the figure of the Difunta, creating wayside shrines in many roads throughout the country, with images and sculptures of the Deceased. They there leave bottles of water as votive offerings, "to calm her eternal thirst". Since the 1940s her sanctuary at Vallecito, at first merely a cross on the top of a hill, has been transformed into a small town in which there are several votive chapels (17 as of 2005), full of offerings. The chapels are donated by her followers, whose names are engraved on plates fixed to the doors. In the chapel located on the top of the hill there is a life-size statue depicting the Difunta lying face to the heavens, with her child at her breast. The sanctuaries are segregated by themes. For instance, one of the chapels is full of wedding dresses offered to the Difunta by women whose prayers to get married were fulfilled. Car registrations and scale-model houses can be found all around the hill to the main sanctuary. Visits to the Difunta Correa's Vallecito shrine take place during the whole year, but they are more numerous during Easter or at All-Souls' Day (2 November) and on dates special to truck drivers and gauchos, mostly in summer. On such occasions, crowds of 200,000 people have been claimed. See also Religion in Argentina#Popular cults Miguel Ángel Gaitán References "The Legend of Deolinda Correa Unofficial saint of the desert", Joe Kissell, Interesting Thing of the Day, 26 January 2005 External links Difunta Correa's official site (Spanish) Difunta Correa: Dictionary of Myths and Legends (Spanish) "Cultures of Devotion by Frank Graziano", academic website with images relating to Difunto Correa and other Spanish American folk saints. (English) Folk saints Religion in Argentina San Juan Province, Argentina Argentine legends

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie%20Britton

Connie Britton

Constance Elaine Britton (née Womack; born March 6, 1967) is an American actress, singer, and producer. Britton made her feature film debut in the independent comedy-drama film The Brothers McMullen (1995), and the following year, she was cast as Nikki Faber on the ABC sitcom Spin City. She later starred in the short-lived sitcoms The Fighting Fitzgeralds (2001) and Lost at Home (2003), and appeared in several films, most notably the sports drama film Friday Night Lights (2004) and the thriller film The Last Winter (2006). Britton starred as Tami Taylor on the NBC/DirecTV drama series Friday Night Lights from 2006 to 2011. For this role, she received positive reviews from critics and was nominated for two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. In 2011, she starred as Vivien Harmon in the first season of FX horror-drama series American Horror Story, for which she was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. She reprised her role for the eighth season of the show, Apocalypse. Britton starred as country singer Rayna Jaymes in the ABC/CMT musical drama series Nashville from 2012 to 2018, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. In 2016, Britton had a recurring role as socialite Faye Resnick in the first season of FX true crime anthology series American Crime Story. In 2018, she starred as Abby Clark in the Fox procedural drama series 9-1-1 as a main role in the first season and a guest in the third season, and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for her performance as Debra Newell in the Bravo true crime anthology series Dirty John. In 2021, Britton starred in the HBO satire comedy-drama series The White Lotus alongside Jennifer Coolidge and Steve Zahn. In feature films, Britton starred in the romantic comedy-drama Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012), the romantic comedy The To Do List (2013), the comedy-dramas This Is Where I Leave You (2014) and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), the action comedy American Ultra (2015), the period drama Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017), and the comedy-drama The Land of Steady Habits (2018). Early life and education Britton was born Constance Elaine Womack in Boston, Massachusetts, to Linda Jane (née Cochran) and Edgar Allen Womack, Jr., who was a physicist and an energy company executive. She spent her early years in Rockville, Maryland. When she was seven years old, she moved with her parents and her fraternal twin sister, Cynthia, to Lynchburg, Virginia, where she attended E. C. Glass High School and performed in plays in the E. C. Glass High School Theater; her photo is displayed in the E. C. Glass Alumni Theater. She majored in Asian studies with a concentration in Chinese at Dartmouth College, and studied at the Beijing Normal University in Beijing during her freshman summer with Kirsten Gillibrand, who was later elected to the United States Senate (D-NY). After graduating in 1989, Britton (then Womack) moved to New York City, where she spent two years at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre studying with Sanford Meisner. Career 1995–2005: Early work While studying at the Neighborhood Playhouse, Britton (then Womack) made her New York theatrical debut in Caroline Kava's The Early Girl at The Courtyard Playhouse. Britton played seasoned prostitute Laurel opposite Cooper Lawrence, who played Joan. Britton's performance, while well received, nearly got her ousted from the Neighborhood Playhouse program, which prohibited students from taking professional employment during their course of study. After graduating, Britton spent two more years working in off-Broadway theatre productions. In 1995, Britton made her feature film debut in Edward Burns' comedy-drama The Brothers McMullen. She moved to Los Angeles after the film's success. After The Brothers McMullen, Britton was cast as Heather in a recurring role in the ABC sitcom Ellen, and starred as Cammie Barbash in the unsold Fox pilot Pins and Needles. Britton was one of two finalists for the part of Dorothy Boyd opposite Tom Cruise in Cameron Crowe’s romantic comedy-drama Jerry Maguire (1996), but lost the role to Renée Zellweger. In 1996, she began co-starring as Nikki Faber in the ABC sitcom Spin City opposite Michael J. Fox. Her character was written out of the show when Charlie Sheen replaced Fox. She also appeared in the romantic comedy-drama No Looking Back (1998) and the mystery comedy-drama Looking for Kitty (2004), both directed by Edward Burns. In 2001, she co-starred opposite Chris Eigeman and Jamie Harris in the romantic comedy The Next Big Thing. She later co-starred in the independent films The Life Coach, Special Ed, The Lather Effect and The Last Winter. After leaving Spin City, Britton had a recurring role as Maggie Kimble Hume in the short-lived CBS crime drama The Fugitive. In 2001, she played Gertrude Temple, Shirley Temple's bad mother in the ABC television film Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story, based on Temple's 1988 autobiography. In the same year, she starred as Sophie Fitzgerald in the short-lived NBC sitcom The Fighting Fitzgeralds. In 2001, Britton also had a recurring role in the NBC political drama The West Wing in the third season, appearing in the two-part premiere titled "Manchester" and the sixth episode titled "Gone Quiet" as Connie Tate, a member of Bruno Gianelli's team. In 2002, she returned to ABC and starred as Rachel Davis in the short-lived sitcom Lost at Home. In 2006, she had a recurring role in the Fox espionage thriller 24 in the fifth season as Diane Huxley, a landlady and a brief girlfriend of Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland). 2006–2011: Further recognition Britton co-starred opposite Kyle Chandler in the NBC/DirecTV drama series Friday Night Lights as Tami Taylor, the wife of a head football coach Eric Taylor (Chandler), who becomes a high school guidance counselor. The show ran for five seasons from October 3, 2006, to February 9, 2011. During that time, Britton developed a devoted following for her performance – described by The New York Times as "something of an icon, a 40-something sex symbol and role model." She was first cast opposite Billy Bob Thornton in the film version of the series, Friday Night Lights (2004). For her role in the show, she was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2010 and 2011, for TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama in 2007 and 2008, and was awarded Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 2010. In 2009, Britton co-starred opposite Carla Gugino and her Friday Night Lights co-star Adrianne Palicki in the comedy Women in Trouble, and co-starred opposite Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner and Rooney Mara in the 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street as Dr. Gwendoline "Gwen" Holbrook. In 2011, she co-starred opposite Pamela Adlon in the romantic comedy Conception. She appeared on the WBEZ radio reading show This American Life 429th episode, "Will They Know Me at Home?", in which she performed monologues from David Finkel's nonfiction book The Good Soldiers. In 2011, Britton starred in the first season in the FX horror drama American Horror Story. She played Vivien Harmon, who relocates with her family to California after a series of tragic marital and family issues. Unfortunately for The Harmons, the new house they purchase quickly reveals itself to be haunted. For this role she was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie in 2012. Britton had stated when she wrapped American Horror Story she would be taking a couple of months off to be with her new adopted son, but that she would then begin to re-focus on developing her FX drama collaboration with David O. Russell, but the project went into "development hell". 2012–present: Continued success On March 6, 2012, Britton signed on to star in and produce the ABC/CMT musical drama series, Nashville created by Academy Award winner Callie Khouri. The series ran on ABC and CMT for six seasons from October 10, 2012, to July 26, 2018. She played Rayna Jaymes, a 40-year-old renowned country singer whose stardom is beginning to fade. Britton's performance received critical praise, and she was nominated for a fourth time for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for the first time for this role. Britton, for her part, said that the most nerve-wracking part of her role, at least in the beginning, was the singing the role requires of her. The show was cancelled in May 2016 by ABC. However, in June 2016, CMT picked up the series for a fifth season. In February 2017, Britton left Nashville during the fifth season, but returned for the series finale in July 2018 as a guest star. In 2012, Britton co-starred opposite Edward Burns in the comedy-drama The Fitzgerald Family Christmas. The film was met with positive reviews from critics. That same year, she had co-starred in the comedy-drama Seeking a Friend for the End of the World opposite Steve Carell and Keira Knightley. In 2013, Britton co-starred opposite Aubrey Plaza in the comedy The To Do List, where she played the mother of Plaza's character. Britton returned to Austin, Texas, where Friday Night Lights was filmed, to co-star opposite Harry Connick Jr. and fellow actors and musicians Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett and Kris Kristofferson in the Christmas family drama Angels Sing. In 2014, Britton co-starred opposite Adam Driver as a cougar therapist in the comedy-drama This Is Where I Leave You, based on Jonathan Tropper's 2009 best-selling novel. In 2015, she co-starred opposite Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler and Olivia Cooke in the comedy-drama Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, and based on Jesse Andrews'‍ 2012 novel of the same name, a wry coming-of-age story about Greg (Mann), a teenage oddball forced to befriend Rachel (Cooke), a classmate with leukemia. She played Greg's mother. That same year, she co-starred in the action comedy American Ultra opposite Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart; Sharon Stone had originally been cast in her part. In 2016, Britton reunited with American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy in his miniseries American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson as Faye Resnick. In 2017, guest starred as Ally in the Showtime comedy series SMILF. Also in 2017, Britton starred in the comedy-drama film Beatriz at Dinner and the biographical drama Professor Marston and the Wonder Women. In 2018, she co-starred in the comedy-drama film The Land of Steady Habits. Also in 2018, Britton starred as emergency dispatcher Abby Clark in the first season of the Fox procedural drama 9-1-1, her third collaboration with Ryan Murphy. The same year, she returned to American Horror Story for the eighth season, Apocalypse, reprising her role as Vivien Harmon. She also co-starred opposite Eric Bana as Debra Newell in the Bravo true crime anthology series Dirty John, for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. Personal life Britton uses her married name as her stage name. She met investment banker John Britton at Alpha Delta House at Dartmouth College. They moved to Manhattan together in 1989, married on October 5, 1991, and divorced in 1995. In 1993, Britton joined the New York Junior League and was a member of the 1993 provisional class of volunteers where she listed her occupation as "Actress". In November 2011, Britton adopted a son, Eyob "Yoby" Britton, from Ethiopia. While at Dartmouth in the late 1980s, Britton studied Chinese and lived for a summer in Beijing with future US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. She later endorsed Gillibrand in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and appeared with her at campaign events. In a 2012 interview on NPR, Britton said of the experience: "I always wanted to be an actor. But when I went to college, I had to fulfill a language requirement and so I thought it would be really cool to do it speaking Chinese. My Chinese these days is real, real shaky. Let's put it this way: these days, my singing is better than my Chinese." Britton moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2012 when she signed to star in the ABC/CMT musical drama Nashville. On April 2, 2014, Britton became the 10th Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Programme, the anti-poverty agency of the UN. She joins celebrities such as Antonio Banderas, Maria Sharapova, Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo in the role of UNDP Goodwill Ambassador. She focuses her advocacy efforts on eradicating extreme poverty, fighting exclusion and empowering women. In June 2016, the Human Rights Campaign released a video in tribute to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting; in the video, Britton and others told the stories of the people killed there. Filmography Film Television Discography Albums Singles ADid not enter the Hot 100 but charted on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles. Awards and nominations References External links Connie Britton at Emmys.com 1967 births 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Boston Actresses from Virginia American film actresses American television actresses American stage actresses Dartmouth College alumni Living people Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre alumni Musicians from Lynchburg, Virginia Actresses from New York City Twin people from the United States Television producers from New York City American women television producers Actresses from Maryland Musicians from Rockville, Maryland American voice actresses Television producers from Virginia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikaner%E2%80%93Delhi%20Sarai%20Rohilla%20Intercity%20Express

Bikaner–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Intercity Express

The 22471 / 22472 Bikaner–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Intercity Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways – North Western Railway zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 22471 from Bikaner Junction to Delhi Sarai Rohilla and as train number 22472 in the reverse direction, serving the states of Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi. Coaches 22471/22472 Bikaner–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Intercity Express has 1 AC 2 tier, 5 AC 3 tier, 8 Sleeper class, 6 General Unreserved & 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) coaches. It does not carry a pantry car. As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand. Service 22471 Bikaner–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Intercity Express covers the distance of in 8 hours 10 mins (56.08 km/hr) & in 8 hours 00 mins as 22472 Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Bikaner Intercity Express (57.25 km/hr). As the average speed of the train is above , as per Indian Railways rules, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge. Routeing 22471/22472 Bikaner–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Intercity Express runs from Bikaner Junction via , , , , , , , to Delhi Sarai Rohilla. Traction As large sections of the route are yet to be fully electrified, a Bhagat Ki Kothi-based WDP-4 / WDP-4B / WDP-4D locomotive powers the train for its entire journey. Rake sharing The train shares its rake with 12981/12982 Chetak Express. See also Delhi Sarai Rohilla railway station Bikaner Junction railway station Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Bikaner Express (via Sri Ganganagar) Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Bikaner Superfast Express References External links Transport in Bikaner Transport in Delhi Rail transport in Rajasthan Rail transport in Haryana Rail transport in Delhi Intercity Express (Indian Railways) trains Railway services introduced in 2011

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Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe on 30 and 31 August. Medalists Results Heats Semifinals Final References Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade 1985

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raise%20Your%20Spirit%20Higher

Raise Your Spirit Higher

Raise Your Spirit Higher is the name of two albums by Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Raise Your Spirit Higher (2003 album) Raise Your Spirit Higher (2004 album)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%20IAAF%20World%20U20%20Championships%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%205000%20metres

2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 14 July. Records Results References 5000 metres Long distance running at the World Athletics U20 Championships

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus%20Mahal

Lotus Mahal

Lotus Mahal or Chitrangini Mahal is an important secular structure in Hampi, India. The Lotus Mahal is an example of Vijayanagara style of architecture and is a two storied structure built in Rubble masonry and finely plastered. The structure was used as residue place for royal family of the Vijayanagara Empire. Architecture Lotus Mahal literally means " Palace of Lotus". This structure was made for the Royal family of the Vijayanagara Empire. The palace stands around a walled compound near the Royal centre. The structure is laid out symmetrically with equal projections on four sides. The dome gives an illustration of an open lotus bud. The curves of the palace are inspired by the Islamic architecture and protect the palace from harsh weather conditions. It has two storeys, both with arched openings in multiple planes surrounded by elaborate plaster designs. It has total of eight pyramidal towers over the corners and one big tower in the middle of the structure and is supported by 24 pillars. The pyramidal tower is influenced by Indian Architecture. The pillars are decorated with stone carved aquatic animals, plants etc. The palace is built by bricks and Mortar (masonry).The ground floor is raised on a high ornamental stone basement with doubled recessed angles. History The palace is built in the Zenana enclosure and was reserved for the royal women of the Vijayanagara Empire. according to historical accounts, the structure was built to serve the royal women of the empire. Also the king Krishnadevaraya used it as his council chamber for meeting with his ministers. The palace was also used as a relaxing place for the royal family. It is one of the few structures that did not suffer any major damage when Hampi was invaded. Owing to many invasions by Deccan sultanates and improper maintenance, the palace has ruined and has lost most of its carved decoration in the restoration work. Gallery Some images of the Lotus Mahal. References Architecture of India Hampi Archaeological sites in Karnataka Indo-Islamic architecture Vijayanagara Empire

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvadori%27s%20seedeater

Salvadori's seedeater

Salvadori's seedeater or Salvadori's serin (Crithagra xantholaema) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. Salvadori's seedeater was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including Salvadori's seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra. References Salvadori's seedeater Endemic birds of Ethiopia Salvadori's seedeater Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science%20in%20Action%20%28radio%20programme%29

Science in Action (radio programme)

Science in Action is a long-running weekly radio programme produced by the BBC World Service and currently hosted by British journalists Roland Pease and Marnie Chesterton, and scientist and broadcaster Professor Adam Hart. It is broadcast on Thursdays at 18.32 GMT and repeated twice the following day, at 01.32 and 08.32. A programme with the title Science in Action is believed to have begun life in 1964, when it replaced an earlier series, dating from the 1950s, called Science and Industry. From September 1965 a short-lived series called Science in Action ran on the Home Service; it was broadcast at 19.30 on Thursdays, later 21.30. In December 1965 it was moved to 14.30 on Fridays. The present weekly World Service series, also called Science in Action, began on Saturday 7 July 1979. References External links BBC World Service programmes Science podcasts Science in society 1979 radio programme debuts Science radio programmes Science education in the United Kingdom

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelatantheria%20woonchengii

Pelatantheria woonchengii

Pelatantheria woonchengii is a species of epiphytic or lithophytic orchid occurring in Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Malaysia. It may be easily misidentified as Pelatantheria ctenoglossum. Description The plants are creeping, epiphytic herbs with occasionally branched, slightly compressed, up to long stems bearing aerial roots. The distichously arranged, fleshy, unequally bi-lobed leaves are channeled along the midvein. One to two yellow flowers with red striations on the sepals and petals are produced on a short, axillary racemes, which do not exceed the length of the leaves. The spurred, immobile, three-lobed labellum bears a long apical appendage with tufted hairs. Glandular hairs arise from the base of the column, similar to Pelatantheria bicuspidata and Pelatantheria ctenoglossum. However, Pelatantheria woonchengii only bears one tuft of hairs on each side of the column. Also, the callus on the midlobe is large and yellow and the disk is thickened and cushion-like. Ecology Flowering occurs from mid October to late November. Conservation This species is protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES and thus is regarded as potentially endangered. Many wild populations were destroyed by overcollection. References woonchengii Orchids of Myanmar Orchids of Thailand Orchids of Vietnam Orchids of Malaysia Aeridinae

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Condé Nast Entertainment

Condé Nast Entertainment (also known as CNE) is a production and distribution studio with film, television, social and online video, and virtual reality content. CNE is headquartered at 1 World Trade Center. Background Previously, Condé Nast (CN) magazines were represented in Hollywood by agents and received production credit and fees for films made on their work. Brokeback Mountain, A Beautiful Mind, and Eat, Pray, Love, based on an Allure article, were all movies based on CN content. Also, the "Whale War" show on Animal Planet originated with a Condé Nast magazine article. On the other hand, Conde Nast's Vogue refused in 2003 to partner on Project Runway for fear of tarnishing its image. With print growth slowing, CN indicated that the company would seek other revenue in licensing, e-commerce, video, and higher circulation prices. History Conde Nast Entertainment was started by magazine publisher Condé Nast in October 2011 with the hiring of Dawn Ostroff. Online video channels for GQ and Glamour were launched in March 2013 with four original video series for each brand with Procter & Gamble, Microsoft and snack-food company Mondelēz International sponsoring those shows. Each series would have some episodes available at launch then additional episodes would be added weekly. The episodes would last from two to seven minutes and be featured on the magazines' websites and YouTube. On May 1, CNE announced at the 2nd annual Digital Content NewFronts event, an adverting selling event, two new channels for Vogue and Wired for its digital network and 30 new programs. Also, CNE agreed to syndicate their content with AOL, Yahoo, Twitter, Dailymotion, and Grab Media. Production firms Radical Media, Hud:sun Media and Magical Elves agreed to co-produce the programs. CNE's two existing channels were slated for three additional programs each. Additional channels were expected to be launched later in the year: Vanity Fair, Teen Vogue, Epicurious and Style.com. CNE's first scripted series, Codefellas, was launched on its Wired channel. The 12 episode short-form animated series is a comedy featuring National Security Agency agents as "literally cartoonish figures engaged in ludicrous acts of domestic spying." In July 2013, CNE made two deals: one with Discovery Communications for a Vanity Fair Confidential crime and mystery documentary series to air on Investigation Discovery channel, and the other with Ovation cable network for the Fashion Fund design contest show, a show already being shown online. The Vanity Fair channel launched four series with ad sponsors, who were American Express, luxury brand Salvatore Ferragamo and Acura. The channel was launched in July 2013 with four programs: Vanity Code, @VFHollywood with Krista Smith, The Snob's Dictionary, and Eminent Domains. In early April 2014, CNE launched another digital channel based on Allure. On April 29, the company announced the launch of "The Scene", a new online video platform for digital-first content, to be launched in July 2014 with content partners including ABC News, Buzzfeed, Major League Soccer, and the Weather Channel. CNE channels to be featured on The Scene would be those of The New Yorker, Lucky and Bon Appetit. CNE agreed to its initial first-look deal in June 2014 with 20th Century Fox Television (2CFT) for its scripted television projects while 2CFT's cable arm, Fox21, would work with them for cable projects. In November 2014, the company began its move to One World Trade Center from 4 Times Square. In January 2017, Vanity Fair'''s Hive business news and Condé Nast Entertainment partnered with Cheddar to create a live weekly series called VF Hive on Cheddar. Graydon Carter, a Vanity Fair'' editor, called the series a "representation of how people are consuming more voraciously than ever." At the company's fifth annual Digital Content NewFronts presentation in New York in May 2017, CNE announced the return of 65 original short-form digital series and the premiere of 40 new shows. In August 2017, CNE announced its participation in Facebook's new original video programing platform, Watch, by introducing "Virtually Dating," a show where blind dates take place in a virtual reality world. Ostroff identifies Facebook Watch as "a new opportunity, new type of content." In December 2017, CNE announced a new first-look deal that gives Paramount and Anonymous Content an opportunity to partner with CNE on production for scripted TV projects in advance of other potential collaborators. On February 22, 2018, Condé Nast announced the launch of Iris, a video and social-led brand for socially-conscious millennial women, that was developed from the original programming on The Scene. Programming on Iris will include the series “ Broken,” showcasing couples confronting each other about infidelity, and “Affirmations", featuring children receiving affirmations from their parents. In July 2018, Dawn Ostroff stepped down as President to join Spotify, and COO Sahar Elhabashi was appointed interim head. In November 2018, Oren Katzeff joined as President. Video series Television series Filmography Acquisitions Incubators CNE is a production and distribution partner of three incubators. "The Big Script" incubator was formed by "Hunger Games" star Josh Hutcherson and it produced five short films from young filmmakers via Black List submitted scripts. It is in partnership with Indigenous Media and The Scene houses the five "The Big Script" episodes. CNE and Indigenous Media also produced "Project: HER," a mentoring initiative for female writers and directors. The incubator officially launched on March 28, 2018 and showcased 6 films by diverse female filmmakers mentored by “Homeland” director Lesli Linka Glatter, “The Affair” showrunner Sarah Treem, “Eves Bayou” director Kasi Lemmons, “Private Parts” director Betty Thomas and Indigenous Media co-founder Rodrigo Garcia. The films are housed on CNE's The Scene and d the Project HER Facebook show page. "Creators in Residence" is a program designed to support millennial filmmakers. Awards CNE has won several awards. The company received an Academy Award® nomination for the short documentary "Joe's Violin," as well as nominations for a Critics' Choice Award and a Peabody Award in the Documentary category for the Netflix series "Last Chance U." In 2018, CNE also received 3 News & Documentary Emmy nominations for Glamour’s “Angelique” and The New Yorker’s “The Black Athlete in America” with The RetroReport and “We Are Witnesses” with The Marshall Project. Previously, CNE won a BAFTA for Live Action Short for "Boogaloo and Graham," an Emmy for Glamour's "Screw Cancer," and a Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Digital Series for Wired's "What's Inside." References External links Conde Nast Entertainment - CNE's digital platform 2011 establishments in New York City Condé Nast

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Parviscopa

Parviscopa is a genus of frondose forms characterized in 2008 based on specimens from Newfoundland, Canada. Parviscopa is a member of the Ediacaran biota (635-542 Ma), and is more specifically part of the Avalon type assemblage, which is from the older part of the Ediacaran (580–560 Ma) and is characterized by deep water deposits. Description Parviscopa Hofmann et al. 2008 is similar to other frondose forms. It has a stem and branches and can appear plant-like. Specimens are typically between 2-3 centimeters in length. Parviscopa is found at the Bonavista Peninsula in Newfoundland, Canada and has been assigned to the phylum Petalonamae Pflug 1972. It is similar to the genus Primocandelabrum, which is also found in the same region, but Parviscopa is smaller and has better defined branches and lacks a basal attachment disc. Diversity Parviscopa bonavistensis is the only known species within the genus. There are presently only a few known specimens of Parviscopa, of which the type specimen is NFM F-507. Parviscopa is differentiated from Primocandelabrum because of its lack of a basal attachment disc. Some researchers have suggested that it is possible that Parviscopa is a juvenile Primocandelabrum without a preserved disc. Discovery Parviscopa was described by Hofmann, O'Brien, and King in 2008. It was discovered at the Bonavista Peninsula in Newfoundland, Canada leading to the species name of bonavistensis. Parviscopa means little broom made of twigs which refers to the appearance of the specimens. The specimens appear to look like typical trace fossils, but researchers agree that they represent body fossils. Distribution The known distribution of Parviscopa is currently limited to the Avalon type assemblage in the Mistaken Point Formation of Newfoundland, Canada. Ecology Parviscopa lived in the deep sea with other similar organisms. They were sessile organisms that were attached to the sea floor and were likely suspension feeders. They may have fed through osmosis or filter feeding. The area they lived in was probably too deep for organisms to photosynthesize. Significance Parviscopa is unique because it does not have rangeomorph branching like many of the other Avalonian taxa. Although Parviscopa is a body fossil, it resembles many trace fossils. It has also not been resolved if Parviscopa actually belongs to Primocandelabrum or if it is its own separate genus (see Diversity). Primocandelabrum and Parviscopa do not resemble larger taxa, and they are both only a few centimeters in length. See also List of Ediacaran genera Mistaken Point, Newfoundland and Labrador Avalonia References Ediacaran life Ediacaran Newfoundland and Labrador Ediacaran Canada Fossils of Canada Paleozoic life of Newfoundland and Labrador Rangeomorpha

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atilla%20Sahin

Atilla Sahin

Atilla Sahin (born 24 October 1973) is a retired Swiss footballer who played as football defender. He was head-coach for SV Muttenz and is now the club's sport director, as well as a banker and financial advisor. Football career Sahin played his youth football with local club SV Muttenz and advanced to their first team in 1993. Sahin joined Basel's first team for their 1998–99 season, signing his first professional contract under head-coach Guy Mathez. Sahin played his domestic league debut for his new club in the first game of the season, a home game in the St. Jakob Stadium on 18 July 1998 as Basel played a 0–0 draw with Sion. He scored his first goal for his club one week later in the home game on 25 July as Basel won 2–1 against Zürich. In his first season with Basel Sahin played 28 domestic league matches, but in the first half of his next season he had his place on the substitute bench and so he was moved on during the winter break. In his one and a half seasons with the club, Sahin played a total of 52 games for Basel scoring a total of two goals. 31 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, one in the Swiss Cup, four in the UI Cup and 16 were friendly games. He scored one goal in the domestic league and the other was scored during the test games. Sahin joined Göztepespor in January 2000 They were looking for a strengthening, because they were fighting against relegation in the 1999–2000 1.Lig. At the end of the season, they suffered relegation and Sahin's contract came to an end. Sahin joined Winterthur, who at that time played in the Nationalliga B, the second tier of Swiss football. He played his first game for them on 15 July 2000 against Bellinzona. On 30 September he scored his first goal for them against SR Delémont. He scored two goals in that match as Winterthur won 6–0. Sahin stayed with Winterthur for just six months. Sahin then joined SR Delémont also in the Nationalliga B and played his first game for them on 24 February 2001. He scored his first goal for his new team in round 3 on 10 March as Delémont beat FC Wangen bei Olten 6–4. He scored his next goal for them on 21 October 2001 as Delémont beat local rivals Concordia Basel 4–0. At the end of the Nationalliga B qualification round, Delémont were fourth and thus qualified to play in the promotion/relegation round, a group of eight teams. They finished the 2001–02 Nationalliga promotion/relegation round in sixth position, which was not a promotion place. However, because the three clubs Lugano, Sion and Lausanne-Sport did not obtain a top level license for the following season, Delémont was able to fill one of these places in the 2002–03 Nationalliga A season. However, at the end of the 2002–03 season Sahin and Delémont suffered immediate relegation and a year later they suffered relegation to the third tier, therefore Sahin left the club. In the summer of 2004 Sahin returned to his club of origin, who in the 2004–05 season played in the fourth tier. At the end of the season Sahin achieved promotion with SV Muttenz. Soon after Sahin retired from active football. Between 2007 and 2013 he was head-coach for the Muttenz’s first team and has been the club's sport director since 2017. Private life Between the years 2006 and 2009 Sahin completed various trainer certificates with the Swiss Football Association and became football instructor. He became banker and worked nearly seven years for Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank (BLKB). He changed banks to Crédit Agricole in 2018 to become branch manager but returned to BLKB in 2020 and became a financial advisor. References Sources Atilla Sahin at Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. 1973 births Living people Swiss people of Turkish descent Swiss footballers SV Muttenz players FC Basel players Göztepe S.K. footballers FC Winterthur players SR Delémont players Association football defenders Swiss Super League players Süper Lig players

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good%20Side%2C%20Bad%20Side%20%28Master%20P%20album%29

Good Side, Bad Side (Master P album)

Good Side, Bad Side is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Master P released on March 23, 2004 on The New No Limit Records and Koch Records. The production was handled by Master P, who also collaborated with other executive producers, alongside Lil Jon , DJ Daryl, Donald XL Robertson and Myke Diesel. It marked Master P's return to his independent roots. Background After the New No Limit's deal with Universal Records expired a year earlier, P signed his company to a partnership with the independent Koch Records. Good Side, Bad Side was a moderate success. The double-disc album debuted at number 22 on the US Billboard 200 with nearly 42,135 copies sold in its first week in sales. Debuting on the charts in March 2004, it was Master P's highest position on the chart since his 1999 album Only God Can Judge Me debuted at number two. Track listing Personnel Main performers Master P Featured guest Lil Jon Silkk the Shocker Curren$y C-Murder Lil Romeo Liberty Vellqwan Afficial Theresa Esclovon Djuan Baham Souya Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts References Master P albums 2004 albums No Limit Records albums

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas%20Beeler

Dallas Beeler

Dallas James Beeler (born June 12, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs. Career Beeler attended Jenks High School in Jenks, Oklahoma. The Toronto Blue Jays selected Beeler in the 37th round of the 2008 MLB Draft, but he did not sign. Beeler then enrolled at Oral Roberts University, where he played college baseball for the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles. Chicago Cubs Beeler underwent Tommy John surgery while at Oral Roberts. The Chicago Cubs selected Beeler in the 41st round of the 2010 MLB Draft. He started the 2011 season with the Peoria Chiefs of the Class A Midwest League, and was promoted to the Tennessee Smokies of the Class AA Southern League in June. After the 2013 season, the Cubs assigned Beeler to the Arizona Fall League, and then added him to their 40-man roster. Beeler made his MLB debut on June 28, 2014 vs the Washington Nationals. He singled off Gio González in his first at bat. He was released on March 25, 2017. Kansas City T-Bones On April 20, 2017, Beeler signed with the Kansas City T-Bones of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. He was released on May 5, 2017. Sugar Land Skeeters Beeler signed with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball for the 2018 season. Kansas City Royals On July 9, 2018, Beeler signed a minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals. He was released on July 23, 2018. Second stint with Sugar Land On July 28, 2018, Beeler re-signed with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He re-signed for the 2019 season. Lincoln Saltdogs On January 24, 2020, Beeler signed with the Lincoln Saltdogs of the American Association. However, the Saltdogs were not selected to compete in the condensed 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Beeler wasn't chosen in the dispersal draft and became a free agent. On December 3, 2020, Beeler signed with the Saltdogs for the 2021 season, however, he was released on January 25, 2021. Personal Beeler is the brother of NFL center Chase Beeler. References External links 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Tulsa, Oklahoma Baseball players from Oklahoma Major League Baseball pitchers Chicago Cubs players Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball players Arizona League Cubs players Boise Hawks players Peoria Chiefs players Tennessee Smokies players Mesa Solar Sox players Iowa Cubs players Kansas City T-Bones players Sugar Land Skeeters players Tomateros de Culiacán players American expatriate baseball players in Mexico

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xia%20Shuwen

Xia Shuwen

Xia Shuwen (); Date of birth unknown, was a Chinese painter during the early Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). Little is known of Xia's life other than he lived during the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. Notes References Zhongguo gu dai shu hua jian ding zu (中国古代书画鑑定组). 2000. Zhongguo hui hua quan ji (中国绘画全集). Zhongguo mei shu fen lei quan ji. Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she. Volume 10. Yuan dynasty painters Ming dynasty painters Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Diego%20Jewish%20Men%27s%20Choir

San Diego Jewish Men's Choir

The San Diego Jewish Men's Choir is a community choral ensemble based in San Diego, California, founded in 1998 by Rhoda Gaylis and Dr. Basil Abramowitz. The choir performs a diverse repertoire including liturgical, pop, folk, gospel and musical theater, and sings in Hebrew, English, Yiddish, and Ladino. To date, the choir has released two albums under the direction of their current artistic director, Ruth Weber. History In 1994, South African-born Rhoda Gaylis, a concert pianist and opera singer, immigrated to San Diego, California. While in South Africa, Gaylis had founded and directed several choral groups, including the JNF Jewish Ladies Choir, which performed internationally and competed in the Zimrah Choral festival. In 1998, with the encouragement and support of Dr. Basil Abramowitz, Gaylis founded the San Diego Jewish Men's Choir. The original membership of the choir was made up mostly of South African Jews who had immigrated to America and wanted to continue singing the liturgical music they had enjoyed singing in the synagogues in South Africa. Under the direction of Rhoda Gaylis, the choir began performing at weddings, concerts and community functions. Ruth Hertz Weber (AKA Ruth Lopez-Yanez) became director of the choir in 2010. Weber, a graduate of San Diego State University and California State University, Northridge, came to the choir with extensive experience in liturgical and practical music, working previously as music director for Ner Tamid Synagogue in Rancho Bernardo, a San Diego suburb. She formed and directed the Ner Tamid Choir and the Klezmattack Ensemble, and organized and directed two JUMP festivals (Jews United in Music Performance) . In addition to her credentials as a choral director, Weber is a composer, receiving numerous songwriting awards including 1st place in the New York Pro/Am Songwriting Competition, the Jewish American Songwriting Competition, the Canadian Song Festival, a winner in the Music City Song Festival and one of the composer's whose songs were selected for performance at the Shashelet 6th International Festival of New Jewish Liturgical Music on December 4, 2016. Her songs have been recorded by artists in the U.S. and abroad and have appeared in short films, including the Emmy-nominated "Walking on Water". Under Weber's direction, the choir greatly broadened its repertoire and expanded their performance schedule to over 20 concerts a year, and released their first commercial recording, "Heritage". They have been featured on the Chabad Telethon, have performed annually in the Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Music Festival, in the JUMP Festival, with the San Diego Interfaith Orchestra and Chorus series in A Night at the Opera gala concert, and hosted the city-wide Chanukah JAM. On May 10, 2013, the choir launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to facilitate the release of their first album, "Heritage". The planned recording and the crowd funding campaign were a major step forward for the choir, both commercially and in terms of their mission: "The San Diego Jewish Men’s Choir’s CD will serve as a vehicle for disseminating this wonderful music to a larger audience. We hope to be able to reach both the senior community, who fondly remember this music of their youth, and younger generations who can, in turn, pass on the richness of the Judaic music culture to future generations." The campaign was a success, with total pledges exceeding the choir's goal. The finished album consisted of eleven tracks, and presented a wide range of Jewish music, from classical/liturgical (Louis Lewandowski), and Yiddish musicals, (Bei Mir Bist Du Shein), to Ladino favorites (Adio Querida), contemporary Jewish songs (Lo Teida Milchama) and wedding songs (Mi Adir). As a lead up to the album's official release, the choir performed a selection on the Chabad Telethon on August 25, 2013 and was a featured performers at the Chanukah JAM on November 24 of that year. The album was released on Amazon.com, iTunes and CDBaby on January 1, 2014. A portion of the proceeds from album sales went to provide free CD's to libraries, senior homes, and Jewish schools in order to preserve and promote Jewish choral music. In July, 2014, "Heritage" was awarded a Silver Medal from the Global Music Awards in the category of Jewish Historical Choral Music. The inspiration for the choir's second album, "Kochi", came about when a choir member told director Ruth Weber about a tour he had taken to India, hosted by the eminent scholar Rabbi Marvin Tokayer, a recognized expert on the history of Asian Jewry. The tour visited the ancient Indian city of Kochi (Cochin), an historic Jewish enclave on the southwest coast of India. Weber approached the Grammy-winning composer and producer Ricky Kej with her ideas for an album of Indian-Jewish choral music. Kej assembled a team of Indian musicians to provide instrumental tracks, including Vanil Veigas, (keyboards, santoor, sarangi), Varsha Kej, (sitar), Butto, (bansuri flute), Karthik K., (percussion). Danny Flam contributed the brass arrangements, and Ruth Weber most of the vocal arrangements. The finished album consisted of ten tracks, that included Ladino, Israeli and traditional Hebrew melodies paired with Kej's Indian-inflected orchestrations. The album was released on August 7, 2015 debuting at the No. 3 on the August 29, 2015 Billboard World Music Chart. The album would go on to win 2 Silver Medals in the July 2015 Global Music Awards, as well as placing at the #7 position on the August 29, 2015 Billboard Heatseeker Pacific Charts. A portion of the proceeds from sales of the album go to the Gabriel Project Mumbai, a non-profit service organization which provides nutrition, literacy, and basic hygiene needs to thousands of children in the slums of Mumbai, India The choir appeared on the documentary, "Forever Strong", a Tribute to the USS Indianapolis" (music composed by Stephen Melillo), and were featured performers on the Grammy-winning children's music artist Mister G’s (AKA Ben Gundersheimer) Parents' Choice Gold Award-winning album, "The Mitzvah Bus". On October 24, 2015, the choir performed as part of the [Havdalah] Unity Concert, concluding the 2015 Shabbat San Diego observances, to an audience of over 5,000 people, as part of the Shabbos Project, a global celebration of the Jewish Sabbath held in over 900 cities in 75 countries around the world. In January 2018, the choir traveled to Omaha, NE to perform alongside the Omaha Symphony under the direction of conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez. Discography "Heritage" (2014) "Forever Strong (A Tribute to the U.S.S. Indianapolis)" (2015) "The Mitzvah Bus" (2015) "Kochi" (2015) References External links San Diego Jewish Men's Choir Official Site San Diego Jewish Men's Choir on iTunes Ruth Weber's webpage Jewish musical groups Chamber choirs Musical groups established in 1998 1998 establishments in California Musical groups from San Diego

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J. Augustus Smith

J. Augustus Smith, also known as Gus Smith (born January 14, 1891), was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. In 1936 he was one of three theatre artists who succeeded John Houseman in leading the Negro Theatre Unit of the Federal Theatre Project in New York City. Biography Smith was born in Gainesville, Florida, in 1891. He made his stage debut during childhood, playing in minstrel shows. In 1911, Smith formed his own minstrel company, with which he toured the United States. He went on to have a career in acting and writing for theatre and film. Smith wrote and appeared in Drums O' Voodoo (1934). The film was based on his play Louisiana, which premiered in 1933 on Broadway, starring Smith. The stage production featured an all-Black cast, members of the New Negro Repertory Theater Group, founded by Smith. The cast members reprised their roles for the film. Smith co-wrote, co-directed, and co-starred in Turpentine, a play about conditions in turpentine camps in the American South, for the Federal Theatre Project. In 1936 he was one of a triumvirate of African-American theatre artists who succeeded John Houseman in leading the Negro Theatre Unit of the Federal Theatre Project. Smith also wrote Just Ten Days, a folk-comedy that played at parks in the Bronx. Smith and Oliver Foster had the lead roles in the theatrical production Walk Together Chillun. Theatre Louisiana (1933) Turpentine (1936) Walk Together Chillun (1936) Just Ten Days (1937) The Case of Philip Lawrence (1937), director On Whitman Avenue (1946) Filmography Actor Chloe Love is Calling You (1934) Drums O' Voodoo (1934) Murder on Lenox Avenue (1941) as Pa Wilkins Stolen Paradise (1941) Sunday Sinners (1941) Hi-De-Ho (1947 film) as Preacher Junction 88 as Chinka Lin Boarding House Blues (1948) as Norman Norman Killer Diller (1948 film) as Stage Hand Writer Drums O' Voodoo (1934) References External links 1891 births Year of death missing Actors from Gainesville, Florida Writers from Gainesville, Florida 20th-century African-American people African-American actors African-American writers American dramatists and playwrights Federal Theatre Project administrators

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Yudelson

Jerry Yudelson

Jerry Yudelson (born in Greenwich, Connecticut) is an environmentalist and author, best known for publishing 14 green building and sustainable design books since 2006. Yudelson’s work is focused on the long-term environmental impact that urban development has on climate change, resulting from greenhouse gas emissions caused by operating home and buildings. Academic achievements Yudelson has a B.S. in engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), an A.M. in water resources engineering from Harvard University, and a Master Of Business Administration from the University of Oregon. He was a Rotary Foundation Fellow for International Understanding for his graduate studies in West Germany at the Technical University in Aachen. He was a U.S. Public Health Service Trainee in environmental engineering science for Ph.D. studies at Caltech. Environmentalism Yudelson was a pioneer in organizing Earth Day activities in 1970 on the Caltech campus. He taught some of the first university courses in the U.S. in the new field of environmental studies, while at the University of California, Santa Cruz. In 1972, he organized community opposition to a proposed convention center on the Monterey Bay headlands at Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz, resulting in the cancellation of the project and eventually the creation of Lighthouse Field State Beach. Professional achievements In 1978, California Governor Jerry Brown appointed Yudelson as director of the SolarCal Office. In 1979, SolarCal produced the first state-level solar energy development plan in the U.S. In 2011, Wired magazine anointed Yudelson as the "Godfather of Green". In 2014 and 2015, Yudelson served as president of the Green Building Initiative, a national nonprofit and originator of the Green Globes green building rating system. Books References California Institute of Technology alumni University of Oregon alumni Harvard University alumni 1944 births Living people American environmentalists

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20SunTrust%20Indy%20Challenge

2009 SunTrust Indy Challenge

The 2009 SunTrust Indy Challenge was the eighth round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season and took place on June 27, 2009 at the Richmond International Raceway, in Henrico County, Virginia. Race Cautions Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Note: Only the top five positions are included for the standings. References SunTrust Indy Challenge SunTrust Indy Challenge SunTrust Indy Challenge SunTrust Indy Challenge

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GreenSpace

GreenSpace is a social network game created to promote environmentalism. The game was developed by RocketOwl, Inc. and launched December 1, 2011. The game is free with in-app purchases. Gameplay Humans have been sending their trash into the galaxy for the past 300 years, unintentionally littering surrounding planets in the process. SpaceJanitors of the trash-clearing GreenSpace Corps are sent into outer space clean up the planets and make them habitable again. Players select pieces of trash for their GreenSpace Corps avatar to clear. Energy is required to clear trash off the planet. Players receive rewards for cleaning in the form of experience points and credits immediately after each piece of trash is cleaned. Credits are used to build structures. Some structures can also produce credits, releasing the credits after an interval ranging from 15 minutes to one hour. RocketFuel, a special in-game credit, is earned by sharing the game with Facebook friends and by interacting with them in-game. Rocket fuel is used to perform actions en-masse, such as repairing all the buildings in a quadrant. Players level-up by collecting experience points. Large pieces of garbage require the player to reach higher level before they can be cleared. Players can also gain experience by completing missions. Once a quadrant of the island is clear of trash, the player can build structures to produce additional energy and credits. Monetization Players can purchase RockeFuel and in-game credits using real-world money to help them advance more quickly through missions and upgrade their world and Greenspace Corps avatar. GreenSpace participated in the now-defunct Facebook Credits program. Facebook credits could be put toward in-game purchases, such as additional RocketFuel. Development GreenSpace cost of US$800,000 to develop over the course of 2010 and 2011. The game began its open beta in August 2011 and soft launched in December 1, 2011. On August 2, 2012, GreenSpace received a major update. In September 2012, GreenSpace was released for iPad. Partnerships In August 2012, RocketOwl and reforestation organization WeForest.org announced the Play2Plant partnership. As players reach in-game milestones in GreenSpace, trees will be planted by WeForest to reflect their progress. In November 2012, as part of its partnership with weforest.org, RocketOwl announced that it would plant a tree for every new GreenSpace player until the end of 2012. This resulted in more than 10,000 trees planted. Reception In November 2012, GreenSpace hit a high of 80,000 monthly active users. Canadian Videogame Awards 2012 - Finalist for Best Social/Casual Game. Legacy A sequel called BlueSpace is in development and is expected to launch on all devices. References External links The GreenSpace Update: Adventures on iOS RocketOwl Unveils Massive Update for Facebook Title GreenSpace GreenSpace iPad App on iTunes Store 2011 video games Environmental education video games Facebook games Flash games IOS games Online games Video games about plants Video games developed in Canada