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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen%20Schulz

Jürgen Schulz

Jürgen Schulz (born 6 October 1952) is a retired German footballer. Schulz played a record 244 games (67 of which in the Fußball-Bundesliga) for Tennis Borussia Berlin between 1973 and 1981, scoring 16 goals. References 1952 births Living people German footballers Association football midfielders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Tennis Borussia Berlin players

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20equipment%20of%20the%20Algerian%20People%27s%20National%20Army

List of equipment of the Algerian People's National Army

This is a list of the equipment currently used by the Algerian People's National Army. Vehicles Artillery Small arms Command and control References Algerian People's National Army Military of Algeria Military equipment of Algeria Algeria

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

Pseudonesohedyotis

Pseudonesohedyotis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. Its native range is Tanzania. Species: Pseudonesohedyotis bremekampii Tennant References Rubiaceae Rubiaceae genera

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

Naimat

Naimat (Mada capital) is a Pakistani Drama Serial directed by Abdullah Badini and written by Naila Ansari. The drama aired on ARY Digital. Zahid Ahmed and Sunita Marshall play the lead roles of Babar and Sara respectively. Plot Naimat is a story of Sara (Sunita Marshall) and Babar (Zahid Ahmed), who were a happily married couple, but the surprises of life brings a reason for them to get distant. The trouble in their happy life begins, when they learn that their 5-year-old son Bilal is suffering from a serious heart disease; and since then taking care of Bilal becomes the ultimate reason of Sara's life. Her full attention towards Bilal eventually develops into the reason of her ignorance toward Babar Cast Zahid Ahmed as Babar Sunita Marshall as Sara Samina Ahmed as Babar's Mother Kiran Haq as Zara Seemi Pasha as Zara's Aunty Shahood Alvi as Doctor Ayesha Khan as Doctor's Mother Badar Khalil as Babar's Mother References External links ARY Digital programs ARY Digital 2016 Pakistani television series debuts Pakistani drama television series 2016 Pakistani television series endings Urdu-language television shows ARY Digital original programming

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumtaz%20Begum%20%28actress%29

Mumtaz Begum (actress)

Mumtaz Begum is an Indian actress of Bollywood. She acted as a character actor in movies like the Madhubala-starrer Barsaat Ki Raat (1960), Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960) and Mere Mehboob (1963). Filmography Dahej (1950) Deewana (1952) Jagriti (1954) Yasmin (1955) Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955) New Delhi (1956) Lajwanti (1958) Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan (1959) CHAMBE DI KALI (1960) punjabi movie Kala Bazar (1960) Ek Phool Char Kaante (1960) Barsaat Ki Raat (1960) Parakh (1960) Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960) Opera House (1961) Aas Ka Panchhi (1961) Dr. Vidya (1962) Dil Tera Diwana (1962) Anpadh (1962) Mere Mehboob (1963) Ayee Milan Ki Bela (1964) Aap Ki Parchhaiyan (1964) Sunghursh (1968) Neel Kamal (1968) Yamla Jatt (1976) Punjabi movie Nanak Dukhiya Sub Sansar (1970) punjabi movie Mehboob Ki Mehndi (1971) Gambler (1971) Aap Aye Bahaar Ayee (1971) Apna Desh (1972) Dil Diwana (1974) Apradhi (1974) Rafoo Chakkar (1975) Takkra (1976) punjabi movie Aadmi Sadak Ka (1977) Bhola Bhala (1978) Aakhri Kasam (1979) Aatish'' (1979) References External links Mumtaz Begum Profile at Upperstall.com Possibly living people Actresses in Hindi cinema Indian film actresses

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio%20Branco%20Football%20Club

Rio Branco Football Club

Rio Branco Football Club, commonly referred to as Rio Branco, is a Brazilian professional club based in Rio Branco, Acre. They play in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Acreano, the top flight of the Acre state football league. It is the most successful club in Acre, having won a record 47 state titles, 31 of those being won in the amateur era. Rio Branco also took part in the national league in 21 seasons, the most of any club from the state. It is also the first Northern Brazil and the only club from Acre to play in a continental cup, featuring in the 1997 Copa CONMEBOL after winning the Copa Norte in the same year. Rio Branco's highest national league finish was achieved in 1989, when they finished 16th in the Brazilian Série B. The club's home colours are red and white and the team mascot is the Altaneira star, a symbol from the Acre state flag. History On June 8, 1919, the club was founded by the lawyer Luiz Mestrinho Filho, a relative of Governor Gilberto Mestrinho. In 1947, the club won the first state championship organized by the Acre State Football Federation. From 1955 to 1957, Rio Branco won three state championships in a row. Rio Branco won the first edition of Copa Norte in 1997, beating Remo of Pará state, in the final. Rio Branco gained the right to compete in that year's Copa CONMEBOL. The club was eliminated in the first round of Copa CONMEBOL, by Deportes Tolima, of Colombia, after losing in the penalty shootout. From 2002 to 2005, Rio Branco won four state championships in a row. Season records Current squad First Team Stadium Rio Branco currently plays in their home stadium, the Estádio José de Melo, which has a maximum capacity of 8,000 people. The club also plays at Arena da Floresta, which has a maximum capacity of 20,000 people. Colors Rio Branco's official colors are red and white. Rio Branco's home kit is composed of a red shirt, red shorts and red socks. Honours Copa Norte Winners (1): 1997 Campeonato Acreano Winners (48): 1919, 1921, 1928, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2021 Torneio de Integração da Amazônia Winners (3): 1976, 1979, 1984 References External links Official website Arquivo de Clubes Association football clubs established in 1919 Football clubs in Acre (state) 1919 establishments in Brazil Rio Branco, Acre Copa Norte winners

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude%20Barrison

Gertrude Barrison

Gertrude Barrison, birth name Gertrud Bareisen, (1880–1946) was a Danish-born singer, dancer and risqué cabaret performer who emigrated to the United States with her family as a child. In the late 1890s, she gained considerable success performing with her four older sisters Lona, Sophia, Inger and Olga, initially in the United States, but later in European cities including Paris, Berlin and Budapest. Together they were known as the Five Sisters Barrison. After they separated, Gertrude continued her career as a dancer and dance teacher based in Vienna. She married the Austrian singer and artist Carl Hollitzer with whom she performed at the city's Nachtlicht and Fledermaus cabarets. They divorced without children in 1910. Barrison continued teaching and presenting solo performances in Europe, eventually moving to Copenhagen in later life. Biography Born on 5 February 1880 in the Valby district of Copenhagen, Gertrud Bareisen was the daughter of Erika Vilhelmine Petrea Bareisen née Corvinius (1851–1905) and Niels Adolph Hansenius Bareisen (born 1849). In 1886, she emigrated with her parents and sisters to the United States where she was raised in New York. While still a child, she appeared with her sisters on the stage, in particular dancing a gavotte at the German-language Amberg Theatre, a performance which received wide acclaim. When she was nine, she played Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Daly's Theatre. She first appeared as one of "The Five Sisters Barrison" in Chicago in connection with the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Over the next four years, she appeared with her sisters in the cabarets and music halls of Europe and North America, including the Casino de Paris and the Folies Bergère. They also toured the French provinces and appeared in Brussels at the Palais d'Éte immediately before the fire of 11 June 1894. Their next destination was Berlin where they entertained full houses at the Wintergarten for the next eight months. After performing in Lübeck, they appeared in London and again in Paris and Berlin as well as in Budapest before returning to New York. The group finally broke up in 1997. For a time, she then appeared together with her sister Inger, performing for the first time in Moscow. When the two decided to go their own ways, Gertrude settled in Dresden where she studied painting at the art academy. Two years later, she moved to Vienna where she once again returned to the stage, this time as "Miss Gertrude" at the Nachtlicht night club as a solo dancer. Her dances included the gavotte she had learnt as a child at the Amberg in New York. In the Nachtlicht, she met the Swedish singer Anna Norrie (1860–1957) who invited her to join her in performances at the Odd Fellows Mansion in Copenhagen. She had hoped to appear incognito but was recognized by a journalist as a former member of the Five Sisters Barrison. As a result, she then appeared simply as Gertrude Barrison. Now dancing Mozart minuets or Strauss's Kathinka polka, she toured Germany's major variety theatres in Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Hanover. Thereafter she established a dance school in Vienna. She continued to teach and contribute to modern dance in Vienna until the 1920s. Gertrude Barrison died in Copenhagen in 1946. She was the last of the Barrison sisters to die. References 1880 births 1946 deaths Actresses from Copenhagen Danish emigrants to the United States Danish stage actresses Danish female dancers Modern dancers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Caverhill

John Caverhill

John Caverhill (died 1 September 1781) was a Scottish physician and writer. Caverhill was admitted a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians in 1767. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1760 and obtained his M.D. from Marischal College. In 1769, Caverhill authored Treatise on the Cause and Cure of Gout an early work on gout, which he put forward the theory that the matter of nerves was earthy, and descended through the nerves to form the bones, and that the friction of this earthy substance, in its way to the bones, gave rise to animal heat. A year later, he followed this by Experiments on the Cause of Heat in Living Animals in which he attempted to prove his theory by a large number of barbarous experiments on rabbits, destroying various nerves or portions of the spinal cord, and awaiting the death of the animals. Caverhill's experiments on animals were criticized as cruel and immoral in the Monthly Review. Caverhill died at Melrose, Roxburghshire. Selected publications Treatise on the Cause and Cure of Gout (1769) Experiments on the Cause of Heat in Living Animals (1770) A Dissertation on Nervous Ganglions and Nervous Plexus (1772) Explanation of the Seventy Weeks of Daniel (1777) References 1781 deaths 18th-century Scottish medical doctors Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Fellows of the Royal Society Gout researchers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil%20Brush

Basil Brush

Basil Brush is a fictional red fox, best known for his appearances on daytime British children's television. He is primarily portrayed by a glove puppet, but has also been depicted in animated cartoon shorts and comic strips. The character has featured on children's television from the 1960s to the present day. He has also appeared in pantomimes across the UK. A mischievous character and a raconteur, Basil Brush is best known for his catchphrase "Ha Ha Ha! Boom! Boom!", used after something he finds funny, and also for speaking in a "posh" accent and manner, referring to himself as a "fella". The character claims to dislike puppets, and says his most prized possession is his brush, this being the traditional name for a fox's tail. The character of Basil Brush publicly supports Leicester City Football Club, which he refers to as “the foxes”. 1962 to 1968 The original Basil Brush glove puppet was designed by Peter Firmin in 1963 for an ITV television series, and was voiced and performed by Ivan Owen until his death in October 2000. Ivan Owen took great care to ensure that he, personally, never received any publicity. Professionally, only Basil had a public persona, with Owen himself remaining entirely unknown. This helped give the character believability, making Basil appear to be real, since—unlike Harry Corbett and Sooty, for example—the audience never saw the puppeteer. Owen modelled Basil's voice on the actor Terry-Thomas, giving the puppet a touch of well-cultivated class. Basil first appeared on television in 1962, in a series called The Three Scampies, a story of an out-of-work circus act. The human was Howard Williams, Ivan Owen animated and voiced Basil and Wally Whyton animated and voiced Spike McPike, a very aggressive Scottish hedgehog also made by Peter Firmin. In the mid-1960s Basil became a supporting act for the magician David Nixon, upstaging Nixon on the latter's BBC1 show Nixon at Nine-Five in 1967 and The Nixon Line (1967–68), to such good effect that Basil was offered his own show. The Basil Brush Show from 1968 to 1980 The Basil Brush Show ran for 12 years from 1968 until 1980, in which he was supported by various famous stooges: first, in 1968, by the actor Rodney Bewes, known on the show as "Mr Rodney"; next, from 1969 to 1973, by the actor Derek Fowlds (known as "Mr Derek"); then until 1976 by actor and singer Roy North ("Mr Roy"); then by "Mr Howard" Howard Williams, who was in the original "Three Scampies"; and finally by "Mr Billy" (Billy Boyle). By the mid-1970s the show was aimed at a family audience, so was usually broadcast on BBC1 in an early evening timeslot on Saturdays. This, plus a degree of sophistication in the humour (which often included topical political jokes) helped give Basil a broad appeal. In the 1970s he became a mainstream act, attracting a family audience. The show was recorded with a studio audience, and usually ran about 25 minutes. The format typically featured an opening introduction by Basil and his stooge (Mr Rodney, Mr Derek, etc.), in which they would do a few jokes; this was followed by a comedy sketch, featuring topical jokes about a then-current subject (for instance, a sketch set on board an aeroplane flying them to a holiday in Spain, loosely based around the hit pop song Eviva España); then a musical item, featuring a guest singer or group (these included some of the best known singers of the day, top stars such as Demis Roussos in 1973, Petula Clark in 1979, and Cilla Black — big stars vied to get on the show, which had a large audience); sometimes the guest singer would do a song, straight, but then also do a comic duet with Basil. Finally, the show would conclude with 'storytime', in which the straight man would read aloud from a serial story about the adventures of some fictitious historical relative of Basil's – for instance 'Bulldog' Basil, or Blast-Off Basil and his journey to the stars (a Star Trek spoof), or Basil de Farmer, the knight in shining armour (a Robin Hood spoof); or at least he would attempt to, whilst being continually interrupted by a string of jokes and humorous remarks (often concerning "Dirty Gertie from Number Thirty") from Basil. Often at this point, in the mid-1970s, Basil would get out Little Ticker, his clockwork wind-up dog, and have it do humorous tricks at the side, almost off-camera, in order to distract the audience and thereby take the rise out of Mr Roy. Each week's story ended on a cliffhanger and the catchphrase "and that's all we've got time for this week, Basil", followed by protestations from Basil which would lead into a final song, based upon that week's serial story, whilst the closing credits rolled. 1980s A dispute in 1980 led to the show's cancellation. Ivan Owen aspired to a mid-evening timeslot, to which the BBC were unwilling to agree. In 1982, the puppet reappeared on television in Let's Read With Basil Brush, an infant schools programme on ITV produced by Granada Television. Basil eventually returned to the BBC, as co-host of the long-running children's television series Crackerjack, broadcast at 4:55pm on Fridays, during the 1983–84 season. Basil Brush also performed in the theatre, regularly appearing live in Pantomime at Christmas; usually co-starring at the top of the bill with a well-known singer or comedian. His pantomime co-stars during the 1960s included the singer Cilla Black. After the television show's cancellation in 1980, Basil ended his partnership with Mr Billy and teamed up once again with Howard Williams ("Mr Howard"); they toured in a live stage show, capitalising on Basil's celebrity and continuing popularity as a result of thirteen years on TV. During this period Basil also featured in his own cartoon strip in the children's publication TV Comic, published weekly in Britain by Polystyle Publications. The Basil Brush Show from 2002 to 2007 In 2002, after Ivan Owen had died, Basil made a comeback (performed by Michael Winsor) in a children's BBC sitcom, again named The Basil Brush Show, in which his new comic foil, Mr Stephen, is played by Christopher Pizzey. It was produced by The Foundation, part of the RDF Media Group. Child actors Georgina Leonidas and Michael Hayes also appeared on the show. Basil Brush now had a family, which included his destructive, hyperactive but cute nephew Bingo, and his criminal cousin Mortimer. Other friends were introduced as well, such as the moneymaking child Dave and the more sensible Molly, as well as Madison, who lived upstairs, Northern Irish sidekick Liam (played by Michael Byers), and Anil, a crazy café owner and inept cook. Several personalities made cameo appearances on the show. These included Eamonn Holmes and Ainsley Harriott. The original shows were recorded before a studio audience, composed mainly of children, but the new programme used a post-production laughter track instead of an audience. Interspersed with the main programme, there were animated shorts in which Basil and/or another character is seen making jokes. The more recent puppet looks different from the original 1960s/1970s puppet in a number of aspects and, apart from being well-spoken, the voice of Basil is very different from the original Ivan Owen version. Basil Brush often breaks the fourth wall by having shots of the set and making references to how long the show is, and abusing the obvious way of walking across to other scenes. Preservation The British Film Institute in November 2016 announced The Basil Brush Show would be digitised as part of the BFI's five-year strategy for 2017–2022 to preserve programmes from the 1970s and 80s. Many of the tapes at the BFI's Conservation Centre in Hertfordshire were reportedly deteriorating and at risk of becoming unplayable. Other appearances Basil's Cartoon Story Book Basil's Cartoon Story Book is a collection of 24 animated children's stories from around the world and presented by Basil Brush. Released on VHS in 1994, it was sold and distributed in the United Kingdom by PolyGram Video Ltd under The Pocket Money Video brand. The Goodies Basil appears in two episodes of The Goodies. In A Kick in the Arts, he cameos in a fox hunting scene. In The Goodies Rule – O.K.?, he is a member of the "Puppet Government". Stick It Out Basil appears on the 1993 Comic Relief song "Stick It Out" with Right Said Fred and other celebrity friends. Fantasy Football League Also in 1993, Basil appeared alongside Roy Hattersley on the BBC comedy series Fantasy Football League with Frank Skinner and David Baddiel, it was his first television appearance in a decade. His fantasy football team for the series included Norwich City midfielder Ruel Fox. Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game Basil made a surprise guest appearance at the end of an act featured on the BBC game show The Generation Game in about 1973, where the game between the players was to identify six celebrities hidden behind disguises who sang a song about a dastardly plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Both teams of contestants identified Basil as one of the masked celebrities. Blue Peter Basil briefly appeared as a presenter for several Friday episodes of the popular British children's TV programme Blue Peter in 2003, in which he had his own joke segment. On 16 November 2010 Basil made a further guest appearance for one episode. French and Saunders Basil played Dobby the house elf in the French & Saunders sketch "Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan" for Comic Relief Red Nose Day 2003. 500 miles Basil has a cameo among the group of celebs observing Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin for the Comic Relief single "I would roll 500 miles". The Weakest Link On 10 December 2005 Basil appeared on The Weakest Link and won the show, receiving £10,900 for his chosen charity, the Blue Peter 2005 charity appeal, "Treasure Trail" (in aid of Childline). This makes him the first puppet to win The Weakest Link (Roland Rat had previously appeared as a puppet contestant, but did not win). Basil returned to The Weakest Link as one of the contestants on the show's 1000th UK edition, recorded on 1 November 2006 and aired on BBC Two on 18 December 2006. Although he made it to the final round, this time he failed to win. However, the winner (Miss Evans) still decided to share half of her winnings with Basil's chosen charity. Although Basil is a puppet, he did not appear in the puppet special that aired the following year. Cinderella Basil Brush starred in the Christmas pantomime Cinderella in 2007, including St Albans, where he would appear from a large box on wheels for various hilarious off-plot moments, and encouraged children in the audience to shout 'Boom Boom Basil!' after each use of his catchphrase. In December 2010 Basil Brush appeared in the Croydon Fairfield Halls pantomime production of Cinderella. Basil's Swap Shop On 20 December 2007 the BBC announced that Basil would be co-presenting a new version of Swap Shop with Barney Harwood on BBC Two. The new series is titled Basil's Swap Shop. Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation In February 2010 Basil Brush appeared on the Australian game show Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation in episode one of season two as the show's first international guest. He appeared in the Baby Boomer team. Mongrels In July 2010 a Holocaust denier Fox referred to as "Basil" appeared on the "adult puppet show" Mongrels in a throwaway gag scene (Never meet your idols). Rolf Harris at The Royal Albert Hall Basil appeared with Rolf Harris at his 50th anniversary concert for The Prince's Trust. Basil criticised Rolf about wanting to tie a kangaroo down, leading to a montage of clips from Animal Hospital, then they performed a duet of the song 'In The Court of King Caractacus' together. Celebrity Juice Basil was the Newerer Magazine headline in the Celebrity Juice Series 6 Christmas special. ITV News On 21 December 2012, Basil appeared on the show ITV News as part of the "Text Santa" charity event. Let's Dance for Comic Relief On 2 March 2013, Basil appeared in the third episode of the 2013 series. Beauty and the Beast Between 3 December 2014 and 11 January 2015, Basil starred in Beauty and the Beast at the Theatre Royal in Windsor. Good Morning Britain On 2 March 2015, Basil appeared on Good Morning Britain talking about his tour around the United Kingdom. On 5 April 2018 Basil became the Guest Entertainment Editor. Pointless Celebrities On 12 September 2015 and 29 May 2016, Basil appeared on Pointless Celebrities in an episodes featuring children's TV presenters. The Last Leg On 11 November 2016, Basil appeared on The Last Leg to considerable public adulation. On 23 December 2016, by popular demand, Basil appeared on the Christmas special. He also appeared via a Zoom call on 26 February 2021 under the pretext to discuss giving secret messages in his programmes in the 60's and 70's. On January 28th 2022, he re-appeared for a short cameo as a temporary host in reference to Russia perhaps invading Ukraine and appointing a "puppet" leader. The Chase: Celebrity Special On 10 December 2017, Basil appeared on The Chase (UK game show). He earned £8,000 in his Cash Builder, which he banked for the team by winning his head-to-head Chase with Jenny “The Vixen” Ryan. In the Final Chase, he teamed up with Sam Quek and Charlie Higson to defeat the Vixen and win £7,666.66 (1/3 of £23,000) for charity. The Generation Game It was revealed that Basil starred in the revamped version of The Generation Game alongside Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins when it returned in Spring 2018 on BBC 1. Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two On 16 November 2018, Basil appeared on Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two alongside Alexandra Burke, Jamie Cullum and Rob Deering as a part of the Friday Panel. He revealed that his favourite dance is the Foxtrot. Dick Whittington Basil appeared in Dick Whittington at the Theatre Royal in Windsor which ran from 23 November 2018 to 6 January 2019. Cinderella In 2020 Basil appeared in Cinderella at the Theatre Royal in Windsor which ran from 3 December 2020 to 10 January 2021 Hypothetical In 2021, Basil appeared on the first episode of the third season of Hypothetical as one of the celebrities in the 'Wall of Celebrities' segment. See also Entertainment Rights CBBC Channel CBBC List of BBC children's television programmes References External links Official Basil Brush website BBC website on Basil Brush British Film Institute Screen Online Ivan Owen Obituary – The Guardian Television characters introduced in 1963 Television series about foxes Children's comedy television series British television shows featuring puppetry British comedy puppets Fictional foxes es:El Show de Basil Brush pt:The Basil Brush Show

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

Preachership

A preachership was the title originally given to the Catholic congregations of men with superior education endowed (by laity or clergy) to give about a hundred sermons to the public as a result of local dissatisfaction with poor-quality sermons of the medieval church. These sermons were considered more important than the Eucharist. Preacherships were found in Stuttgart, Reutlingen, Eisenach, and Jena. Many preachers in the towns as Stuttgart, Reutlingen, Eisenach, and Jena after 1517, became Protestant leaders, as they were attracted by Martin Luther's ideas during the Protestant Reformation. References Homiletics

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius%20Caroon

Cornelius Caroon

Cornelius Caroon was the Governor of New Courland, on Tobago from 1643 to 1650. In 1642, Captain Caroon arrived on the north coast of Tobago with 300 Couronian colonists. This was not Courland's first attempt to colonize Tobago, but all previous efforts had been cut short by the Spanish. In 1650, Caroon and the colonists abandoned New Courland and evacuated to Tortuga, and later Jamaica due to an outbreak of disease on Tobago that drastically reduced the number of men able to defend from the Caribs. See also Couronian colonization of the Americas History of Tobago References European colonization of the Caribbean Tobago History of Trinidad and Tobago

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplify%20%28distributor%29

Amplify (distributor)

Amplify is an American independent film distributor founded in 2014. The company is the result of a merger between distributors GoDigital and Variance Films. Amplify releases seven to ten films per year across major platforms. Variance Films and GoDigital will continue to operate as divisions of Amplify, merging digital rights and distribution automation processing under GoDigital's corporate sister, ContentBridge. In 2015, GoDigital acquired the self-distribution platform Distribber. Selected films References American companies established in 2014 Film distributors of the United States Video on demand services 2014 establishments in New York City

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

DCC

DCC may refer to: Biology Deleted in Colorectal Cancer gene, and the receptor product of the same name Dosage compensation complex, a protein complex involved in genetic dosage compensation Business DC Comics Day Chocolate Company Day Count Convention, financial term DCC Plc, formerly Development Capital Corporation Limited, an Irish investments holding company DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car, cable car company Digital Cybercherries Ltd., a British game development studio Dynamic currency conversion Chemistry Dynamic combinatorial chemistry, a method to the generation of new molecules formed by the reversible reaction of relatively simple components under thermodynamic control [[N,N'-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide|N,N'''-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide]], a peptide coupling chemical reagent used in organic synthesis Computing and electronics Data Communications Channel, part of the overhead in Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET) Data Country Code, numeric 3-digit country codes as defined in X.121 Digital Command Control, a system for controlling model trains Digital Compact Cassette, Philips system with digital audio on compact cassette Digital Computer Controls, Inc., a 1960s-1970s era company that made computer system clones Digital content creation, a category of tools used for creation of electronic media Direct cable connection, for networking two computers together Direct Client-to-Client, a protocol for file transfer and direct chat on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Directed Channel Change, part of the digital video broadcast ATSC transport stream Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse, a hash-sharing system for detecting e-mail spam Delta Color Compression, a lossless color compression technique implemented in the graphics core next (GCN) GPU architecture from AMD Education Dallas Christian College, a four-year undergraduate college located in Farmers Branch, Texas Danville Community College, a junior college in Danville, Virginia Delgado Community College, a junior college in New Orleans, Louisiana Detroit Catholic Central High School, Novi, Michigan Dhaka City College, a private college of Bangladesh Dutchess Community College, a junior college in Poughkeepsie, New York Government Arkansas Department of Community Correction Dallas City Council - see Law and government of Dallas Devon County Council in the United Kingdom Dhaka City Corporation in Bangladesh Dorset County Council in the United Kingdom Dublin City Council in Ireland Dunedin City Council in New Zealand Department of Climate Change, a now defunct government department in Australia Mathematics Descending Chain Condition, in the field of order theory in mathematics Organizations DCC Alliance, a now-defunct Debian-based industry consortium Dennistoun Community Council, a community council in Glasgow, Scotland Digital Copyright Canada, a group advocating against excessive intellectual property laws in Canada Downcounty Consortium, A consortium of five high schools in the Montgomery County, Maryland, public school system Politics District Coordination Committee, a district level authority found in Nepal Other uses Dallas Convention Center Dallas Country Club Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Death Crew Council, a wrestling stable in TNA Defence Construction Canada Denver Comic Con, a 3-day multigenre convention held annually in Denver, Colorado Deputy Chief Constable, a British police rank Digital Curation Centre, a United Kingdom Centre of Leadership for digital longevityDungeon Crawl Classics'', a fantasy role playing game Dynamic currency conversion The Roman number for 700 Document kind classification code, according to IEC 61355 See also DC (disambiguation) DCCC (disambiguation)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ongwediva%20Constituency

Ongwediva Constituency

Ongwediva Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 27,396 inhabitants and 22,061 registered voters . Its district capital is the town of Ongwediva. Politics In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Vinia Abisai won the constituency with 7,565 votes. He defeated challengers Nelson Katenda of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 686 votes) and Lukas Naingungo of the Congress of Democrats (CoD, 70 votes). The 2015 regional elections were won by Andreas Uutoni (SWAPO) with 6,249 votes, far ahead of Peter Mandeinge (RDP) with 418 votes. Councillor Uutoni (SWAPO) was reelected in the 2020 regional election, albeit by a much smaller margin. He beat Michael Mwashindange of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, by 4,914 votes to 2,025. References Constituencies of Oshana Region Ongwediva States and territories established in 1992 1992 establishments in Namibia

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Iceland–Ireland relations

Iceland–Ireland relations refers to the diplomatic relations between the Republic of Iceland and the Republic of Ireland. Both nations are members of the European Economic Area, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the United Nations. History Connections between Iceland and Ireland began circa 700s or 800s when Irish monks first explored Iceland as mentioned in the books by Irish monk and geographer Dicuil. When Norse explorers arrived to Iceland, many encountered the Irish monks on the island who they called "Papar" (father) for the religious books they would leave behind on the island. When Norse settlers arrived, many of the Irish monks left Iceland because they would not inhabit a country of "pagans". During the following centuries, more Norse explorers would come to Iceland and bring with them Irish women and slaves to Iceland producing Iceland's current genetic make-up among its population. During World War II both Iceland (under the Kingdom of Denmark) and Ireland remained neutral. Iceland obtained its independence in June 1944. On 11 March 1948, both Iceland and Ireland established diplomatic relations. In 1960, Iceland joined the European Free Trade Association while Ireland joined the European Union in 1973. In 2003, both nations signed a double taxation agreement. After the 2008 banking crisis that affected heavily the two nations, Iceland began the formal application process to join the EU; however, Ireland raised concerns over Iceland's over fishing of the mackerel which Ireland stated that Iceland fished more than its share of the fish. In 2013, Iceland pulled its application for joining the EU, wishing instead to remain outside the union. Both nations are served with direct flights provided by Aer Lingus, Icelandair and WOW air. State visits Presidential and Prime Ministerial visits from Iceland to Ireland President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1991) Prime Minister Geir Haarde (2007) Presidential and Prime Ministerial (Taoiseach) visits from Ireland to Iceland President Mary Robinson (1991, 1996) Taoiseach Bertie Ahern (2001) Trade Both Iceland and Ireland trade under the European Single Market with Iceland belonging to the European Free Trade Association and Ireland being a full member of the European Union. In 2015, total trade between Iceland the European Union (which includes Ireland) totaled €5.7 billion. Diplomatic missions Iceland is accredited to Ireland from its embassy in London, United Kingdom. Ireland is accredited to Iceland from it embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark. See also Brendan Iceland–EU relations References Bilateral relations of Iceland Bilateral relations of Ireland

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Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada () is the longest-serving and oldest active federal political party in Canada. The party has dominated federal politics of Canada for much of its history, holding power for almost 70 years of the 20th century. As a result, it has sometimes been referred to as Canada's "natural governing party". The party espouses the principles of liberalism, and generally sits at the centre to centre-left of the Canadian political spectrum, with their rival, the Conservative Party, positioned to their right and the New Democratic Party, who at times aligned itself with the Liberals during minority governments, positioned to their left. The party is described as "big tent", practising "brokerage politics", attracting support from a broad spectrum of voters. In the late 1970s, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau stated that his Liberal Party adhered to the "radical centre". From 1896 to 1911, the Liberal Party governed under Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, who offered a compromise between English and French Canada. From the early 1920s until the mid-1950s, the party under Prime Ministers William Lyon Mackenzie King and Louis St. Laurent gradually built a Canadian welfare state. The Liberals' signature policies and legislative decisions include universal health care, the Canada Pension Plan, Canada Student Loans, the establishment of the Royal Canadian Navy, multilateralism, official bilingualism, official multiculturalism, gun control, the patriation of the Constitution of Canada and the establishment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Clarity Act, legalizing same-sex marriage, euthanasia, and cannabis, national carbon pricing, and expanded access to abortion. In the 2015 federal election, the Liberal Party under Justin Trudeau had its best result since the 2000 federal election, winning 39.5 percent of the popular vote and 184 seats, gaining a majority of seats in the House of Commons. In the federal elections of 2019 and 2021, the party won a minority government and narrowly lost the popular vote both times. History 19th century Origins The Liberals are descended from the mid-19th century Reformers who advocated for responsible government throughout British North America. These included George Brown, Alexander Mackenzie, Robert Baldwin, William Lyon Mackenzie and the Clear Grits in Upper Canada, Joseph Howe in Nova Scotia, and the Patriotes and Rouges in Lower Canada led by figures such as Louis-Joseph Papineau. The Clear Grits and Parti rouge sometimes functioned as a united bloc in the legislature of the Province of Canada beginning in 1854, and a united Liberal Party combining both English and French Canadian members was formed in 1861. Confederation At the time of Confederation of the former British colonies of Canada (now Ontario and Quebec), New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, the radical Liberals were marginalized by the more pragmatic Conservative coalition assembled under Sir John A. Macdonald. In the 29 years after Confederation, the Liberals were consigned to opposition, with the exception of one stint in government. Alexander Mackenzie was the de facto leader of the Official Opposition after Confederation and finally agreed to become the first official leader of the Liberal Party in 1873. He was able to lead the party to power for the first time in 1873, after the Macdonald government resigned over the Pacific Scandal. Mackenzie subsequently won the 1874 election and served as Prime Minister for an additional four years. During the five years the Liberal government brought in many reforms, including the replacement of open voting by secret ballot, confining elections to one day and the creation of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Royal Military College of Canada, and the Office of the Auditor General; however, the party was only able to build a solid support base in Ontario and in 1878 lost the government to Macdonald. The Liberals would spend the next 18 years in opposition. Wilfrid Laurier In their early history, the Liberals were the party of continentalism and opposition to imperialism. The Liberals also became identified with the aspirations of Quebecers as a result of the growing hostility of French Canadians to the Conservatives. The Conservatives lost the support of French Canadians because of the role of Conservative governments in the execution of Louis Riel and their role in the Conscription Crisis of 1917, and especially their opposition to French schools in provinces besides Quebec. It was not until Wilfrid Laurier became leader that the Liberal Party emerged as a modern party. Laurier was able to capitalize on the Tories' alienation of French Canada by offering the Liberals as a credible alternative. Laurier was able to overcome the party's reputation for anti-clericalism that offended the still-powerful Quebec Roman Catholic Church. In English-speaking Canada, the Liberal Party's support for reciprocity made it popular among farmers, and helped cement the party's hold in the growing prairie provinces. Laurier led the Liberals to power in the 1896 election (in which he became the first Francophone Prime Minister) and oversaw a government that increased immigration to settle Western Canada. Laurier's government created the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta out of the North-West Territories and promoted the development of Canadian industry. 20th century Organization Until the early part of the century, the Liberal Party was a loose coalition of local, provincial, and regional bodies with a strong national party leader and caucus, but with an informal and regionalized extra-parliamentary organizational structure. There was no national membership of the party. An individual became a member by joining a provincial Liberal party. Laurier called the party's first national convention in 1893 to unite Liberal supporters behind a programme and build the campaign that successfully brought the party to power in 1896, but no efforts were made to create a formal national organization outside Parliament. As a result of the party's defeats in the 1911 and 1917 federal elections, Laurier attempted to organize the party on a national level by creating three bodies: the Central Liberal Information Office, the National Liberal Advisory Committee, and the National Liberal Organization Committee. However, the advisory committee became dominated by members of parliament and all three bodies were underfunded and competed with both local and provincial Liberal associations and the national caucus for authority. The party did organize the national party's second convention in 1919 to elect William Lyon Mackenzie King as Laurier's successor (Canada's first ever leadership convention), yet following the party's return to power in the 1921 federal election the nascent national party organizations were eclipsed by powerful ministers and local party organizations largely driven by patronage. As a result of both the party's defeat in the 1930 federal election and the Beauharnois scandal, which highlighted the need for distance between the Liberal Party's political wing and campaign fundraising, a central coordinating organization, the National Liberal Federation, was created in 1932 with Vincent Massey as its first president. The new organization allowed individuals to directly join the national Liberal Party for the first time. With the Liberals return to power the national organization languished except for occasional national committee meetings, such as in 1943 when Mackenzie King called a meeting of the federation (consisting of the national caucus and up to seven voting delegates per province) to approve a new platform for the party in anticipation of the end of World War II and prepare for a post-war election. No national convention was held, however, until 1948; the Liberal Party held only three national conventions prior to the 1950s – in 1893, 1919 and 1948. The National Liberal Federation remained largely dependent on provincial Liberal parties and was often ignored and bypassed the parliamentary party in the organization of election campaigns and the development of policy. With the defeat of the Liberals in the 1957 federal election and in particular 1958, reformers argued for the strengthening of the national party organization so it would not be dependent on provincial Liberal parties and patronage. A national executive and Council of presidents, consisting of the presidents of each Liberal riding association, were developed to give the party more co-ordination and national party conventions were regularly held in biennially where previously they had been held infrequently. Over time, provincial Liberal parties in most provinces were separated from provincial wings of the federal party and in a number of cases disaffiliated. By the 1980s, the National Liberal Federation was officially known as the Liberal Party of Canada. Canadian sovereignty Under Laurier, and his successor William Lyon Mackenzie King, the Liberals promoted Canadian sovereignty and greater independence within the British Commonwealth. In Imperial Conferences held throughout the 1920s, Canadian Liberal governments often took the lead in arguing that the United Kingdom and the dominions should have equal status, and against proposals for an 'imperial parliament' that would have subsumed Canadian independence. After the King–Byng Affair of 1926, the Liberals argued that the Governor General of Canada should no longer be appointed on the recommendation of the British government. The decisions of the Imperial Conferences were formalized in the Statute of Westminster, which was actually passed in 1931, the year after the Liberals lost power. The Liberals also promoted the idea of Canada being responsible for its own foreign and defence policy. Initially, it was Britain which determined external affairs for the dominion. In 1905, Laurier created the Department of External Affairs, and in 1909 he advised Governor General Earl Grey to appoint the first Secretary of State for External Affairs to Cabinet. It was also Laurier who first proposed the creation of a Canadian Navy in 1910. Mackenzie King recommended the appointment by Governor General Lord Byng of Vincent Massey as the first Canadian ambassador to Washington in 1926, marking the Liberal government's insistence on having direct relations with the United States, rather than having Britain act on Canada's behalf. Social safety net In the period just before and after the Second World War, the party became a champion of 'progressive social policy'. As Prime Minister for most of the time between 1921 and 1948, King introduced several measures that led to the creation of Canada's social safety net. Bowing to popular pressure, he introduced the mother's allowance, a monthly payment to all mothers with young children. He also reluctantly introduced old age pensions when J. S. Woodsworth required it in exchange for his Co-operative Commonwealth Federation party's support of King's minority government. Louis St. Laurent succeeded King as Liberal leader and Prime Minister on November 15, 1948. In the 1949 and 1953 federal elections, St. Laurent led the Liberal Party to two large majority governments. As Prime Minister he oversaw the joining of Newfoundland in Confederation as Canada's tenth province, he established equalization payments to the provinces, and continued with social reform with improvements in pensions and health insurance. In 1956, Canada played an important role in resolving the Suez Crisis, and contributed to the United Nations force in the Korean War. Canada enjoyed economic prosperity during St. Laurent's premiership and wartime debts were paid off. The Pipeline Debate proved the Liberal Party's undoing. Their attempt to pass legislation to build a natural gas pipeline from Alberta to central Canada was met with fierce disagreement in the House of Commons. In 1957, John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservatives won a minority government and St. Laurent resigned as Prime Minister and Liberal leader. Lester B. Pearson was easily elected Liberal leader at the party's 1958 leadership convention. However, only months after becoming Liberal leader, Pearson led the party into the 1958 federal election that saw Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservatives win the largest majority government, by percentage of seats, in Canadian history. The Progressive Conservatives won 206 of the 265 seats in the House of Commons, while the Liberals were reduced to just 48 seats. Pearson remained Liberal leader during this time and in the 1962 election managed to reduce Diefenbaker to a minority government. In the 1963 election Pearson led the Liberal Party back to victory, forming a minority government. Pearson served as Prime Minister for five years, winning a second election in 1965. While Pearson's leadership was considered poor and the Liberal Party never held a majority of the seats in parliament during his premiership, he left office in 1968 with an impressive legacy. Pearson's government introduced Medicare, a new immigration act, the Canada Pension Plan, Canada Student Loans, the Canada Assistance Plan, and adopted the Maple Leaf as Canada's national flag. Pierre Trudeau Under Pierre Trudeau, the mission of a progressive social policy evolved into the goal of creating a "just society". The Liberal Party under Trudeau promoted official bilingualism and passed the Official Languages Act, which gave French and English languages equal status in Canada. Trudeau hoped that the promotion of bilingualism would cement Quebec's place in Confederation, and counter growing calls for an independent Quebec. The party hoped the policy would transform Canada into a country where English and French Canadians could live together, and allow Canadians to move to any part of the country without having to lose their language. Although this vision has yet to fully materialize, official bilingualism has helped to halt the decline of the French language outside of Quebec, and to ensure that all federal government services (including radio and television services provided by the government-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio-Canada) are available in both languages throughout the country. The Trudeau Liberals are also credited with support for state multiculturalism as a means of integrating immigrants into Canadian society without forcing them to shed their culture, leading the party to build a base of support among recent immigrants and their children. This marked the culmination of a decades-long shift in Liberal immigration policy, a reversal of pre-war racial attitudes that spurred discriminatory policies such as the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923 and the MS St. Louis incident. The most lasting effect of the Trudeau years has been the patriation of the Constitution of Canada and the creation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Trudeau's Liberals supported the concept of a strong, central government, and fought Quebec separatism, other forms of Quebec nationalism, and the granting of "distinct society" status to Quebec; however, such actions served as rallying cries for sovereigntists, and alienated many Francophone Quebeckers. The other primary legacy of the Trudeau years has been financial. Net federal debt in fiscal 1968, just before Trudeau became Prime Minister, was about $18 billion CAD, or 26 percent of gross domestic product; by his final year in office, it had ballooned to over 200 billion—at 46 percent of GDP, nearly twice as large relative to the economy. As the opposition After Trudeau's retirement in 1984, many Liberals, such as Jean Chrétien and Clyde Wells, continued to adhere to Trudeau's concept of federalism. Others, such as John Turner, supported the failed Meech Lake and Charlottetown Constitutional Accords, which would have recognized Quebec as a "distinct society" and would have increased the powers of the provinces to the detriment of the federal government. Trudeau stepped down as Prime Minister and party leader in 1984, as the Liberals were slipping in polls. At that year's leadership convention, Turner defeated Chrétien on the second ballot to become Prime Minister. Immediately, upon taking office, Turner called a snap election, citing favourable internal polls. However, the party was hurt by numerous patronage appointments, many of which Turner had made supposedly in return for Trudeau retiring early. Also, they were unpopular in their traditional stronghold of Quebec because of the constitution repatriation which excluded that province. The Liberals lost power in the 1984 election, and were reduced to only 40 seats in the House of Commons. The Progressive Conservatives won a majority of the seats in every province, including Quebec. The 95-seat loss was the worst defeat in the party's history, and the worst defeat at the time for a governing party at the federal level. What was more, the New Democratic Party, successor to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, won only ten fewer seats than the Liberals, and some thought that the NDP under Ed Broadbent would push the Liberals to third-party status. The party began a long process of reconstruction. A small group of young Liberal MPs, known as the Rat Pack, gained fame by criticizing the Tory government of Brian Mulroney at every turn. Also, despite public and backroom attempts to remove Turner as leader, he managed to consolidate his leadership at the 1986 review. The 1988 election was notable for Turner's strong opposition to the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement negotiated by Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Although most Canadians voted for parties opposed to free trade, the Tories were returned with a majority government, and implemented the deal. The Liberals recovered from their near-meltdown of 1984, however, winning 83 seats and ending much of the talk of being eclipsed by the NDP, who won 43 seats. Jean Chrétien Turner announced that he would resign as leader of the Liberal Party on May 3, 1989. The Liberal Party set a leadership convention for June 23, 1990, in Calgary. Five candidates contested the leadership of the party and former Deputy Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, who had served in every Liberal cabinet since 1965, won on the first ballot. Chrétien's Liberals campaigned in the 1993 election on the promise of renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and eliminating the Goods and Services Tax (GST). Just after the writ was dropped for the election, they issued the Red Book, an integrated and coherent approach to economic, social, environmental and foreign policy. This was unprecedented for a Canadian party. Taking full advantage of the inability of Mulroney's successor, Kim Campbell, to overcome a large amount of antipathy toward Mulroney, they won a strong majority government with 177 seats—the third-best performance in party history, and their best since 1949. The Progressive Conservatives were cut down to only two seats, suffering a defeat even more severe than the one they had handed the Liberals nine years earlier. The Liberals were re-elected with a considerably reduced majority in 1997, but nearly tied their 1993 total in 2000. For the next decade, the Liberals dominated Canadian politics in a fashion not seen since the early years of Confederation. This was because of the destruction of the "grand coalition" of Western socially conservative populists, Quebec nationalists, and fiscal conservatives from Ontario that had supported the Progressive Conservatives in 1984 and 1988. The Progressive Conservatives' Western support, for all practical purposes, transferred en masse to the Western-based Reform Party, which replaced the PCs as the major right-wing party in Canada. However, the new party's agenda was seen as too conservative for most Canadians. It only won one seat east of Manitoba in an election (but gained another in a floor-crossing). Even when Reform restructured into the Canadian Alliance, the party was virtually non-existent east of Manitoba, winning only 66 seats in 2000. Reform/Alliance was the official opposition from 1997 to 2003, but was never able to overcome wide perceptions that it was merely a Western protest party. The Quebec nationalists who had once supported the Tories largely switched their support to the sovereigntist Bloc Québécois, while the Tories' Ontario support largely moved to the Liberals. The PCs would never be a major force in Canadian politics again; while they rebounded to 20 seats in the next election, they won only two seats west of Quebec in the next decade. Ontario and Quebec combine for a majority of seats in the House of Commons by virtue of Ontario's current population and Quebec's historic population (59 percent of the seats ). As a result, it is very difficult to form even a minority government without substantial support in Ontario and/or Quebec. No party has ever formed a majority government without winning the most seats in either Ontario or Quebec. It is mathematically possible to form a minority government without a strong base in either province, but such an undertaking is politically difficult. The Liberals were the only party with a strong base in both provinces, thus making them the only party capable of forming a government. There was some disappointment as Liberals were not able to recover their traditional dominant position in Quebec, despite being led by a Quebecer from a strongly nationalist region of Quebec. The Bloc capitalized on discontent with the failure of the 1990 Meech Lake Accord and Chrétien's uncompromising stance on federalism (see below) to win the most seats in Quebec in every election from 1993, onward, even serving as the official opposition from 1993 to 1997. Chrétien's reputation in his home province never recovered after the 1990 leadership convention when rival Paul Martin forced him to declare his opposition to the Meech Lake Accord. However, the Liberals did increase their support in the next two elections because of infighting within the Bloc. In the 1997 election, although the Liberals finished with a thin majority, it was their gains in Quebec which were credited with offsetting their losses in the Maritime provinces. In particular, the 2000 election was a breakthrough for the Liberals after the PQ government's unpopular initiatives regarding consolidation of several Quebec urban areas into "megacities". Many federal Liberals also took credit for Charest's provincial election victory over the PQ in spring 2003. A series of by-elections allowed the Liberals to gain a majority of Quebec ridings for the first time since 1984. The Chrétien Liberals more than made up for their shortfall in Quebec by building a strong base in Ontario. They reaped a substantial windfall from the votes of fiscally conservative and socially liberal voters who had previously voted Tory, as well as rapid growth in the Greater Toronto Area. They were also able to take advantage of massive vote splitting between the Tories and Reform/Alliance in rural areas of the province that had traditionally formed the backbone of provincial Tory governments. Combined with their historic dominance of Metro Toronto and northern Ontario, the Liberals dominated the province's federal politics even as the Tories won landslide majorities at the provincial level. In 1993, for example, the Liberals won all but one seat in Ontario, and came within 123 votes in Simcoe Centre of pulling off the first clean sweep of Canada's most populated province. They were able to retain their position as the largest party in the House by winning all but two seats in Ontario in the 1997 election. The Liberals were assured of at least a minority government once the Ontario results came in, but it was not clear until later in the night that they would retain their majority. In 2000, the Liberals won all but three seats in Ontario. While the Chrétien Liberals campaigned from the left, their time in power is most marked by the cuts made to many social programs, including health transfers, in order to balance the federal budget. Chrétien had supported the Charlottetown Accord while in opposition, but in power opposed major concessions to Quebec and other provincialist factions. In contrast to their promises during the 1993 campaign, they implemented only minor changes to NAFTA, embraced the free trade concept and—with the exception of the replacement of the GST with the Harmonized Sales Tax in some Atlantic provinces—broke their promise to replace the GST. After a proposal for Quebec independence was narrowly defeated in the 1995 Quebec referendum, the Liberals passed the "Clarity Act", which outlines the federal government's preconditions for negotiating provincial independence. In Chrétien's final days, he supported same-sex marriage and decriminalizing the possession of small quantities of marijuana. Chrétien displeased the United States government when he pledged on March 17, 2003, that Canada would not support the 2003 invasion of Iraq. A poll released shortly after showed widespread approval of Chrétien's decision by the Canadian public. The poll, which was conducted by EKOS for the Toronto Star and La Presse, found 71 percent of those questioned approved of the government's decision to not enter the United States-led invasion, with 27 percent expressing disapproval. 21st century Several trends started in 2003 which suggested the end of the Liberal Party's political dominance. Notably, there would be a high turnover of permanent party leaders, in contrast to their predecessors who usually served over two or more elections, particularly Trudeau and Chrétien who each led for over a decade. The Liberals were also hampered by their inability to raise campaign money competitively after Chrétien passed a bill in 2003 which banned corporate donations, even though the Liberals had enjoyed by far the lion's share of this funding because of the then-divided opposition parties. It has been suggested that Chrétien, who had done nothing about election financing for his 10 years in office, could be seen as the idealist as he retired, while his rival and successor Paul Martin would have the burden of having to fight an election under the strict new rules. Simon Fraser University professor Doug McArthur has noted that Martin's leadership campaign used aggressive tactics for the 2003 leadership convention, in attempting to end the contest before it could start by giving the impression that his bid was too strong for any other candidate to beat. McArthur blamed Martin's tactics for the ongoing sag in Liberal fortunes, as it discouraged activists who were not on side. Paul Martin Paul Martin succeeded Chrétien as party leader and prime minister in 2003. Despite the personal rivalry between the two, Martin was the architect of the Liberals' economic policies as Minister of Finance during the 1990s. Chrétien left office with a high approval rating and Martin was expected to make inroads into Quebec and Western Canada, two regions of Canada where the Liberals had not attracted much support since the 1980s and 1990s, respectively. While his cabinet choices provoked some controversy over excluding many Chrétien supporters, it at first did little to hurt his popularity. The political situation changed with the revelation of the sponsorship scandal, in which advertising agencies supporting the Liberal Party received grossly inflated commissions for their services. Having faced a divided conservative opposition for the past three elections, Liberals were seriously challenged by competition from the newly united Conservative Party led by Stephen Harper. The infighting between Martin and Chrétien's supporters also dogged the party. Nonetheless, by criticizing the Conservatives' social policies, the Liberals were able to draw progressive votes from the NDP which made the difference in several close races. On June 28, 2004 federal election, the Martin Liberals retained enough support to continue as the government, though they were reduced to a minority. In the ensuing months, testimony from the Gomery Commission caused public opinion to turn sharply against the Liberals for the first time in over a decade. Despite the devastating revelations, only two Liberal MPs—David Kilgour (who had crossed the floor from the PC Party in 1990) and Pat O'Brien—left the party for reasons other than the scandal. Belinda Stronach, who crossed the floor from the Conservatives to the Liberals, gave Martin the number of votes needed, although barely, to hold onto power when an NDP-sponsored amendment to his budget was passed only by the Speaker's tiebreaking vote on May 19, 2005. In November, the Liberals dropped in polls following the release of the first Gomery Report. Nonetheless, Martin turned down the NDP's conditions for continued support, as well as rejected an opposition proposal which would schedule a February 2006 election in return for passing several pieces of legislation. The Liberals thus lost the no-confidence vote on November 28; Martin thus became only the fifth prime minister to lose the confidence of the House, but the first to lose on a straight no-confidence motion. Because of the Christmas holiday, Martin advised Governor General Michaëlle Jean to dissolve Parliament and call an election for January 2006. The Liberal campaign was dogged from start to finish by the sponsorship scandal, which was brought up by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) criminal investigation into the leak of the income trust announcement. Numerous gaffes, contrasting with a smoothly run Conservative campaign, put Liberals as many as ten points behind the Conservatives in opinion polling. They managed to recover some of their momentum by election night, but not enough to retain power. They won 103 seats, a net loss of 30 from when the writs were dropped, losing a similar number of seats in Ontario and Quebec to the Tories. However, the Liberals managed to capture the most seats in Ontario for the fifth straight election (54 to the Tories' 40), holding the Conservatives to a minority government. While the Conservatives captured many of Ontario's rural ridings, the Liberals retained most of the population-rich Greater Toronto Area. Many of these ridings, particularly the 905 region, had historically been bellwethers (the Liberals were nearly shut out of this region in 1979 and 1984), but demographic changes have resulted in high Liberal returns in recent years. Martin resigned as parliamentary leader after the election and stepped down as Liberal leader on March 18, having previously promised to step down if he did not win a plurality. On May 11, 2006, La Presse reported that the Government of Canada would file a lawsuit against the Liberal Party to recover all the money missing in the sponsorship program. Scott Brison told reporters that same day that the Liberals has already paid back the $1.14 million into the public purse; however, the Conservatives believed that there was as much as $40 million unaccounted for in the sponsorship program. Stéphane Dion After their election defeat Martin chose not to take on the office of Leader of the Opposition. He stepped down as parliamentary leader of his party on February 1, and the Liberal caucus appointed Bill Graham, MP for Toronto Centre and outgoing Defence Minister, as his interim successor. Martin officially resigned as leader in March, with Graham taking over on an interim basis. The leadership election was set for December 2, 2006, in Montreal; however, a number of prominent members such as John Manley, Frank McKenna, Brian Tobin, and Allan Rock had already announced they would not enter the race to succeed Martin. Throughout the campaign 12 candidates came forward to lead the party, but by the time of the leadership convention only eight people remained in the race; Martha Hall Findlay, Stéphane Dion, Michael Ignatieff, Gerard Kennedy, Bob Rae, Scott Brison, Ken Dryden, Joe Volpe. Throughout the campaign Ignatieff, Rae, Dion and Kennedy were considered to be the only candidates with enough support to be able to win the leadership, with Ignatieff and Rae being considered the two front-runners. However polling showed Ignatieff had little room to grow his support, while Dion was the second and third choice among a plurality of delegates. At the leadership convention Ignatieff came out on top on the first ballot with 29.3 percent, With Kennedy's support Dion was able to leapfrog both Rae and Ignatieff on the third ballot, eliminating Rae. On the fourth and final ballot Dion defeated Ignatieff to become leader of the Liberal Party. Following the leadership race the Liberal Party saw a bounce in support and surpassed the Conservative Party as the most popular party in Canada. However, in the months and years to come the party's support gradually fell. Dion's own popularity lagged considerably behind that of Prime Minister Harper's, and he often trailed NDP leader Jack Layton in opinion polls when Canadians were asked who would make the best Prime Minister. Dion campaigned on environmental sustainability during the leadership race, and created the "Green Shift" plan following his election as leader. The Green Shift proposed creating a carbon tax that would be coupled with reductions to income tax rates. The proposal was to tax greenhouse gas emissions, starting at $10 per tonne of CO2 and reaching $40 per tonne within four years. The plan was a key policy for the party in the 2008 federal election, but it was not well received and was continuously attacked by both the Conservatives and NDP. On election night the Liberal Party won 26.26 percent of the popular vote and 77 of the 308 seats in the House of Commons. At that time their popular support was the lowest in the party's history, and weeks later Dion announced he would step down as Liberal leader once his successor was chosen. Leadership campaign and coalition New Brunswick Member of Parliament Dominic LeBlanc was the first candidate to announce he would seek the leadership of the Liberal Party on October 27, 2008. Days later Bob Rae, who had finished third in 2006, announced he would also be a candidate for the leadership. The party executive met in early November and chose May 2, 2009, as the date to elect the next leader. On November 13 Michael Ignatieff, who finished second in 2006, announced he would also be a candidate. On November 27, 2008, Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty provided the House of Commons with a fiscal update, within which were plans to cut government spending, suspend the ability of civil servants to strike until 2011, sell off some Crown assets to raise capital, and eliminate the existing $1.95 per vote subsidy parties garner in an election. The opposition parties criticized the fiscal update, and announced they would not support it because it contained no stimulus money to spur Canada's economy and protect workers during the economic crisis. With the Conservative Party only holding a minority of the seats in the House of Commons the government would be defeated if the opposition parties voted against the fiscal update. With the Conservatives unwilling to budge on the proposals outlined in the fiscal update the Liberals and NDP signed an agreement to form a coalition government, with a written pledge of support from the Bloc Québécois. Under the terms of the agreement Dion would be sworn in as Prime Minister, however he would only serve in the position until the next Liberal leader was chosen. Dion contacted Governor General Michaëlle Jean and advised her that he had the confidence of the House of Commons if Prime Minister Harper's government was to fall. However, before the fiscal update could be voted on in the House of Commons Prime Minister Harper requested the Governor General to prorogue parliament till January 26, 2009, which she accepted. While polls showed Canadians were split on the idea of having either a coalition government or having the Conservatives continue to govern, it was clear that because of Dion's personal popularity they were not comfortable with him becoming Prime Minister. Members of the Liberal Party therefore called on Dion to resign as leader immediately and for an interim leader to be chosen, this person would become the Prime Minister in case the Conservatives were defeated when parliament resumed in January. With an estimated 70 percent of the Liberal caucus wanting Ignatieff to be named interim leader, Dion resigned the post on December 8, 2008 (effective December 10, upon Ignatieff's becoming interim leader). LeBlanc announced on the same day that he was abandoning the Liberal leadership race and endorsing Ignatieff as the next leader. The following day Rae announced he was also dropping out of the race and was placing his "full and unqualified" support to Ignatieff. Michael Ignatieff With Ignatieff named interim leader of the party (on December 10), the Liberal's poll numbers saw significant gains, after they plummeted with the signing of the coalition agreement. When parliament resumed on January 28, 2009, the Ignatieff Liberals agreed to support the budget as long as it included regular accountability reports, which the Conservatives accepted. This ended the possibility of the coalition government with the New Democrats. Throughout the Winter of 2008–09, opinion polls showed that while the Ignatieff led Liberals still trailed the Conservatives their support had stabilized in the low 30 percent range. However, by the time Ignatieff was confirmed as party leader on May 2, 2009, the Liberal Party had a comfortable lead over the governing Conservatives. After a summer where he was accused of being missing in action, Ignatieff announced on August 31, 2009, that the Liberals would not support the minority Conservative government. After this announcement the Liberal Party's poll numbers, which had already declined over the summer, started to fall further behind the Conservatives. On October 1, 2009, the Liberals put forth a non-confidence motion with the hope of defeating the government. However, the NDP abstained from voting and the Conservatives survived the confidence motion. The Liberal Party's attempt to force an election, just a year after the previous one, was reported as a miscalculation, as polls showed that most Canadians did not want another election. Even after the government survived the confidence motion popularity for Ignatieff and his party continued to fall. Over the next year and a half, with the exception of a brief period in early 2010, support for the Liberals remained below 30 percent, and behind the Conservatives. While his predecessor Dion was criticized by the Conservatives as a "weak leader", Ignatieff was attacked as a "political opportunist". On March 25, 2011, Ignatieff introduced a motion of non-confidence against the Harper government to attempt to force a federal election after the government was found to be in Contempt of Parliament, the first such occurrence in Commonwealth history. The House of Commons passed the motion by 156–145. The Liberals had considerable momentum when the writ was dropped, and Ignatieff successfully squeezed NDP leader Jack Layton out of media attention, by issuing challenges to Harper for one-on-one debates. In the first couple weeks of the campaign, Ignatieff kept his party in second place in the polls, and his personal ratings exceeded that of Layton for the first time. However, opponents frequently criticized Ignatieff's perceived political opportunism, particularly during the leaders debates when Layton criticized Ignatieff for having a poor attendance record for Commons votes saying "You know, most Canadians, if they don't show up for work, they don't get a promotion". Ignatieff failed to defend himself against these charges, and the debates were said to be a turning point for his party's campaign. Near the end of the campaign, a late surge in support for Layton and the NDP relegated Ignatieff and the Liberals to third in opinion polls. The Liberals took their biggest loss ever on the May 2, 2011, federal election. The result was a third-place finish, with only 19 percent of the vote and returning 34 seats in the House of Commons. Notably, their support in Toronto and Montreal, their power bases for the last two decades, all but vanished. All told, the Liberals won only 11 seats in Ontario (seven of which were in Toronto) and seven in Quebec (all in Montreal)—their fewest totals in either province. Newfoundland and Labrador was the only province with majority Liberal seats at 4 out of 7. They also won only four seats west of Ontario. The Conservatives won 40 percent of the vote and formed a majority government, while the NDP formed the Official Opposition winning 31 percent of the vote. This election marked the first time the Liberals were unable to form either government or the official opposition. Ignatieff was defeated in his own riding, and announced his resignation as Liberal leader shortly after. Bob Rae was chosen as the interim leader on May 25, 2011. Justin Trudeau On April 14, 2013 Justin Trudeau, son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, was elected leader of the Liberal Party on the first ballot, winning 80% of the vote. Following his win, support for the Liberal Party increased considerably, and the party moved into first place in public opinion polls. An initial surge in support in the polls following Trudeau's election wore off in the following year, in the face of Conservative ad campaign after Trudeau's win attempting to "[paint] him as a silly dilettante unfit for public office." In 2014, Trudeau removed all Liberal senators from the Liberal Party caucus. In announcing this, Trudeau said the purpose of the unelected upper chamber is to act as a check on the power of the prime minister, but the party structure interferes with that purpose. Following this move, Liberal senators chose to keep the designation "Liberal" and sit together as a caucus, albeit not one supported by the Liberal Party of Canada. This independent group continued to refer to itself in publications as the Senate Liberal Caucus until 2019. By the time the 2015 federal election was called, the Liberals had been knocked back into third place. Trudeau and his advisors planned to mount a campaign based on economic stimulus in the hopes of regaining the mantle of being the party that best represented change from the New Democrats. Justin Trudeau's Liberals would win the 2015 election in dramatic fashion: becoming the first party to win a parliamentary majority after being reduced to third party status in a previous general election, besting Brian Mulroney's record for the largest seat increase by a party in a single election (111 in 1984), and winning the most seats in Quebec for the first time since 1980. Chantal Hébert deemed the result "a Liberal comeback that is headed straight for the history books", while Bloomberg's Josh Wingrove and Theophilos Argitis similarly described it as "capping the biggest political comeback in the country’s history." Systems and realignment model Scholars and political experts have recently used a political realignment model to explain what was considered a collapse of a dominant party, and put its condition in long-term perspective. According to recent scholarship, there have been four party systems in Canada at the federal level since Confederation, each with its own distinctive pattern of social support, patronage relationships, leadership styles, and electoral strategies. Steve Patten identifies four party systems in Canada's political history: The first party system emerged from pre-Confederation colonial politics, had its "heyday" from 1896 to 1911 and lasted until the Conscription Crisis of 1917, and was characterized by local patronage administered by the two largest parties, the Liberals and the Conservatives. The second system emerged following the First World War, and had its heyday from 1935 and 1957, was characterized by regionalism and saw the emergence of several protest parties, such as the Progressives, the Social Credit Party, and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. The third system emerged in 1963 and had its heyday from 1968 to 1983 and began to unravel thereafter. The two largest parties were challenged by a strong third party, the New Democratic Party (successor to the CCF). Campaigns during this era became more national in scope because of electronic media, and involved a greater focus on leadership. The dominant policy of the era was Keynesian economics. The fourth party system has involved the rise of the Reform Party, the Bloc Québécois, and the merger of the Canadian Alliance with the Progressive Conservatives. Most parties moved to one-member-one-vote leadership contests, and campaign finance laws were reformed in 2004. The fourth party system has been characterized by market-oriented policies that generally abandoned Keynesian policies, but maintained the welfare state. Stephen Clarkson (2005) shows how the Liberal Party has dominated all the party systems, using different approaches. It began with a "clientelistic approach" under Laurier, which evolved into a "brokerage" system of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s under Mackenzie King. The 1950s saw the emergence of a "pan-Canadian system", which lasted until the 1990s. The 1993 election – categorized by Clarkson as an electoral "earthquake" which "fragmented" the party system, saw the emergence of regional politics within a four party-system, whereby various groups championed regional issues and concerns. Clarkson concludes that the inherent bias built into the first-past-the-post system, has chiefly benefited the Liberals. Pundits in the wake of the 2011 election widely believed in a theme of major realignment. Lawrence Martin, commentator for The Globe and Mail, claimed that "Harper has completed a remarkable reconstruction of a Canadian political landscape that endured for more than a century. The realignment sees both old parties of the moderate middle, the Progressive Conservatives and the Liberals, either eliminated or marginalized." Maclean's said that the election marked "an unprecedented realignment of Canadian politics" as "the Conservatives are now in a position to replace the Liberals as the natural governing party in Canada"; Andrew Coyne proclaimed "The West is in and Ontario has joined it," noting that the Conservatives accomplished the rare feat of putting together a majority by winning in both Ontario and the western provinces (difficult because of traditionally conflicting interests), while having little representation in Quebec. Books such as The Big Shift by John Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker, and Peter C. Newman's When the Gods Changed: The Death of Liberal Canada, provocatively asserted that the Liberals had become an "endangered species" and that an NDP-led opposition would mean that "fortune favours the Harper government" in subsequent campaigns. The Liberal victory in 2015, leaving Alberta and Saskatchewan as the only provinces represented by a majority of Conservative MPs, has now challenged that narrative. Principles and policies The principles of the party are based on liberalism as defined by various liberal theorists and include individual freedom for present and future generations, responsibility, human dignity, a just society, political freedom, religious freedom, national unity, equality of opportunity, cultural diversity, bilingualism, and multilateralism. In the present times, the Liberal party has favoured a variety of "big tent" policies from both right and left of the political spectrum. When it formed the government from 1993 to 2006, it championed balanced budgets, and eliminated the budget deficit completely from the federal budget in 1995 by reducing spending on social programs or delegating them to the provinces, and promised to replace the Goods and Services Tax in the party's famous Red Book. It also legalized same-sex marriage. 2015 party platform During the 2015 federal election, the Liberal party's proposed policies included: Ensure that future elections are not carried out under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral system. Setting national targets to lower greenhouse gas emissions through cooperation with provinces, support Keystone XL with a stricter environmental review process, spend $20 billion over 10 years on "greener infrastructure" Running three years of deficits that will not exceed $10 billion to finance infrastructure projects and balance the budget in 2019 Spending $60 billion in new infrastructure spending, including $20 billion in transit infrastructure and quadrupling federal funding for public transit, all over three years Investing $300 million annually to fund a Youth Employment Strategy Reducing employment insurance (EI) premiums from $1.88 per $100 to $1.65 per $100 Replacing the Universal Child Care Benefit with a Canada Child Benefit that provides $2,500 more to an average family of four Supporting training efforts in Ukraine and sanctions against Russia; end the bombing mission against ISIS but increase humanitarian aid and training of local ground troops Taking in 25,000 Syrian refugees and spending $100 million for refugee processing and settlement Negotiating a new health accord with the provinces to guarantee long-term funding, including a national plan for lower prescription drug prices Investing $3 billion over four years to improve home care Setting up an all-party committee to pass legislation implementation of physician assisted death Legalizing marijuana to be managed under provincial and federal authority Implementing a non-partisan appointment process for the Senate modelled on that of the Order of Canada, after having removed Liberal senators from the party caucus in 2014 Cutting the middle class tax bracket ($45,000–$90,000) from 22% to 20.5% and create a new tax bracket for income above $200,000 taxed at 33% Provincial parties Each province and one territory in Canada has its own Liberal Party; however, only those in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island are politically and organizationally affiliated with the federal Liberal Party. While other provincial Liberal parties may align ideologically with the federal party, they operate as completely separate entities. Those provincial parties have separate policies, finances, memberships, constituency associations, executives, conventions and offices. Electoral performance Party leadership To date, only seven Liberal leaders never served as Prime Minister, three of whom were interim leaders. Leaders Presidents Vincent Massey 1932–1935 Norman Platt Lambert 1936–1941 vacant 1941–1943 Norman Alexander McLarty 1943 (acting) Wishart McLea Robertson 1943–1945 James Gordon Fogo 1946–1952 Duncan Kenneth MacTavish 1952–1958 Bruce Matthews 1958–1961 John Joseph Connolly 1961–1964 John Lang Nichol 1964–1968 Richard Stanbury 1968–1973 Gildas Molgat 1973–1976 Alasdair Graham 1976–1980 Norman MacLeod 1980–1982 Iona Campagnolo 1982–1986 J. J. Michel Robert 1986–1990 Don Johnston 1990–1994 Dan Hays 1994–1998 Stephen LeDrew 1998–2003 Michael Eizenga 2003–2006 Marie Poulin 2006–2008 Doug Ferguson 2008–2009 Alfred Apps 2009–2012 Mike Crawley 2012–2014 Anna Gainey 2014–2018 Suzanne Cowan 2018–present See also Liberal Party of Canada leadership elections Liberalism in Canada List of political parties in Canada Senate Liberal Caucus Trudeauism Notes References Further reading Bickerton, James, and Alain G. Gagnon. Canadian Politics (5th ed. 2009), 415pp; university textbook Bliss, Michael. Right Honourable Men: The Descent of Canadian Politics from Macdonald to Mulroney (1994), essays on Prime Ministers Carty, R. Kenneth. Big Tent Politics: The Liberal Party’s Long Mastery of Canada’s Public Life (2015) Clarkson, Stephen. The Big Red Machine: How the Liberal Party Dominates Canadian Politics (2005) Cohen, Andrew, and J. L. Granatstein, eds. Trudeau's Shadow: the life and legacy of Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1999). Gagnon, Alain G., and Brian Tanguay. Canadian Parties in Transition (3rd ed. 2007), 574pp; university textbook Granatstein, J.L. Mackenzie King: His Life and World (1977). Hillmer, Norman, and Steven Azzi. "Canada's Best Prime Ministers", Maclean's June 20, 2011 online Jeffrey, Brooke. Divided Loyalties: The Liberal Party of Canada, 1984–2008 (2010) excerpt and text search Jeffrey, Brooke. Road to Redemption: The Liberal Party of Canada, 2006-2019 (2020) Koop, Royce. "Professionalism, Sociability and the Liberal Party in the Constituencies." Canadian Journal of Political Science (2010) 43#04 pp: 893–913. McCall, Christina. Grits: an intimate portrait of the Liberal Party (Macmillan of Canada, 1982) Neatby, H. Blair. Laurier and a Liberal Quebec: A Study in Political Management (1973) Whitaker, Reginald. The Government Party: Organizing and Financing the Liberal Party of Canada, 1930–1958 (1977) Wearing, Joseph. The L-Shaped Party: The Liberal Party of Canada, 1958–1980 (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1981) External links Liberal Party of Canada - Canadian Political Parties and Political Interest Groups - Web Archive created by the University of Toronto Libraries The Liberal Party of Canada Constitution Canadian Encyclopedia entry on the Liberal Party Liberal Party of Canada fonds at Library and Archives Canada 1867 establishments in Canada Federal political parties in Canada Liberal International Liberal parties in Canada Political parties established in 1867 Centrist parties in Canada Centre-left parties Social liberal parties Abortion-rights organizations in Canada

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Butterfield station

Butterfield is a side platformed Sacramento RT light rail station in La Riviera, California, United States. The station was opened on September 5, 1987, and is operated by the Sacramento Regional Transit District. It is served by the Gold Line. The station is located at the intersection of Folsom Boulevard and Butterfield Way just northeast of Highway 50. From its opening through the opening of the Mather Field/Mills station September 6, 1998, this served as the eastern terminus of the original RT light rail alignment (the Watt/I-80–Downtown–Butterfield line). Platforms and tracks External links Station profile References Sacramento Regional Transit light rail stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1987

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

Sheely

Sheely may refer to: Earl Sheely (1893 - 1952), first baseman for the Chicago White Sox Sheelytown (Omaha), ethnic Irish neighborhood in South Omaha, Nebraska See also Sheeley (disambiguation)

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

Syllophopsis

Syllophopsis is a genus of ants belonging to the family Formicidae. The species of this genus are found in Southern Hemisphere (except Southern America). Species Species: Syllophopsis adiastolon Syllophopsis australica Syllophopsis ferodens Syllophopsis fisheri Syllophopsis gongromos Syllophopsis hildebrandti Syllophopsis infusca Syllophopsis modesta Syllophopsis saudiensis References Ants Ant genera

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Copeland

Alan Copeland

Alan Robert Copeland (born October 6, 1926), also known as Weaver Copeland, is an American singer, songwriter, composer, and conductor. He was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. Music career Copeland was a member of The Modernaires, first from 1948 to 1956 and then from 1959 to the mid-1960s. He also worked as a songwriter in Los Angeles in the 1950s. He co-wrote the song "Make Love to Me", "Back Where I Belong", "Darling, Darling, Darling", "High Society", "Into the Shadows", "This Must Be the Place", "Too Young to Know", and "While the Vesper Bells Were Ringing". He also worked as a composer for television and did arrangement work for musicians such as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Bing Crosby. He led studio ensembles that released several albums in the 1960s. In 1968, he issued the single, "Mission: Impossible:Norwegian Wood", which was a medley interpolating the Theme from Mission: Impossible and the Beatles song "Norwegian Wood". It peaked at number 120 on the Billboard Bubbling Under chart and won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Performance by a Chorus. He released his autobiography, "Jukebox Saturday Nights", in November 2007. Discography No Sad Songs for Me (Coral, 1957) Cool Country (ABC, 1966) Basie Swingin' Voices Singin', with Count Basie (ABC-Paramount, 1966) A Bubble Called You (ABC, 1967) If Love Comes With It (A&M, 1969) Enchanting Woodwinds (Reader's Digest, year unknown) References 1926 births Living people Songwriters from California American conductors (music) American male conductors (music) American male composers Glenn Miller Orchestra members American male songwriters

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejgil%20Clemmensen

Ejgil Clemmensen

Ejgil Becker Clemmensen (21 June 1890 – 24 October 1932) was a Danish rowing coxswain who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was the coxswain of the Danish boat which won the bronze medal in the coxed four. References External links profile 1890 births 1932 deaths Danish male rowers Rowers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of Denmark Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Coxswains (rowing) Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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H. B. Bailey

Herring Burl "H. B." Bailey (November 15, 1936 – April 17, 2003) was a NASCAR driver. He raced his No. 36 Pontiac part-time as an independent driver in the Grand National/Winston Cup series from 1962 to 1993, making 85 races over his career. Although he never ran a full schedule, he still had his share of fans. He had the distinction of being the first driver to take a qualifying lap for the inaugural Brickyard 400 in 1994. Bailey said he began racing at Playland Park, near Houston, in 1954. He won the track championship there in 1959. Darlington Raceway was one of the driver's favorite venues, and he was a three-time member of the UNOCAL/Darlington Record Club at the famed South Carolina oval. Bailey made his final start in the 1993 Southern 500 at Darlington. In the 1972 NASCAR Grand American division, Bailey won the pole for the opener at Daytona International Speedway, won at Nashville and finished second in the national championship standings to Wayne Andrews. He died of heart failure on April 17, 2003. When he died, Richard Petty, who raced alongside Bailey for virtually his entire career, said "Our sport was built by people like H.B. Bailey", adding "H.B. was a racer through and through, and the sport is better off because he was a part of it. We will miss him." Bailey's son and mechanic on his cars, Joe Dan, later worked as an engineer for various NASCAR teams, including Bob Whitcomb's 1990 Daytona 500-winning team and the Richard Childress Racing 1993 and 1994 NASCAR Cup Series championship teams. Motorsports career results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Grand National Series Winston Cup Series Daytona 500 Winston West Series ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) References External links 1936 births 2003 deaths Lamar High School (Houston, Texas) alumni NASCAR drivers NASCAR team owners Racing drivers from Houston ARCA Menards Series drivers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justus%20Dartt

Justus Dartt

Justus Dartt (February 17, 1836 – July 1, 1912) was a Vermont farmer, educator, and politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate and state Commissioner of Education. Biography Justus Dartt was born in Weathersfield, Vermont on February 17, 1836. He was educated at Springfield Wesleyan Seminary and Newbury Seminary, afterward becoming a teacher and farmer in Wethersfield. Dartt enlisted for the Civil War. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in Company D, 9th Vermont Infantry and served with the regiment during its entire term of service. After the war Dartt resumed farming, teaching, and school administration in Wethersfield and served in several local offices. A Republican, Dartt served in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1874, 1878 and 1880. In 1880 Dartt was appointed state Commissioner of Education, and he held the post until 1888. In 1882 he was elected to one term in the Vermont Senate, and he served as Senate President. Dartt became a resident of Springfield in 1883. In 1902 Dartt was returned to the Vermont House of Representatives, serving two terms. In 1904 Dartt introduced a bill allowing women's suffrage, which nearly passed the House. Dartt was again elected to the Vermont House in 1910. Justus Dartt died in Springfield on July 1, 1912, and is buried in Springfield's Summer Hill Cemetery. References 1836 births 1912 deaths People from Weathersfield, Vermont Vermont Republicans Members of the Vermont House of Representatives Vermont state senators Presidents pro tempore of the Vermont Senate People of Vermont in the American Civil War Burials in Vermont People from Springfield, Vermont 19th-century American politicians

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

Imidogen

Imidogen is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula NH. Like other simple radicals, it is highly reactive and consequently short-lived except as a dilute gas. Its behavior depends on its spin multiplicity, i.e. the triplet versus singlet ground state. Production and properties Imidogen can be generated by electrical discharge in an atmosphere of ammonia. Imidogen has a large rotational splitting and a weak spin-spin interaction, therefore it will be less likely to undergo collision-induced Zeeman transitions. Ground-state imidogen can be magnetically trapped using buffer-gas loading from a molecular beam. The first excited state (a1Δ) has a long lifetime as its relaxation to ground state (X3Σ−) is spin-forbidden. Imidogen undergoes collision-induced intersystem crossing. Reactivity Ignoring hydrogen atoms, imidogen is isoelectronic with carbene (CH2) and oxygen (O) atoms, and it exhibits comparable reactivity. The first excited state can be detected by laser-induced fluorescence (LIF). LIF methods allow for detection of depletion, production, and chemical products of NH. It reacts with nitric oxide (NO): NH + NO → N2 + OH NH + NO → N2O + H The former reaction is more favorable with a ΔH0 of compared to a ΔH0 of for the latter reaction. Nomenclature The trivial name nitrene is the preferred IUPAC name. The systematic names, λ1-azane and hydridonitrogen, valid IUPAC names, are constructed according to the substitutive and additive nomenclatures, respectively. In appropriate contexts, imidogen can be viewed as ammonia with two hydrogen atoms removed, and as such, azylidene may be used as a context-specific systematic name, according to substitutive nomenclature. By default, this name pays no regard to the radicality of the imidogen molecule. Although, in even more specific context, it can also name the non-radical state, whereas the diradical state is named azanediyl. Astrochemistry Interstellar NH was identified in the diffuse clouds toward ζ Persei and HD 27778 from high-resolution high-signal-to-noise spectra of the NH A3Π→X3Σ (0,0) absorption band near 3358 Å. A temperature of about favored an efficient production of CN from NH within the diffuse cloud. Reactions relevant to astrochemistry {| class="wikitable" border="1" |+ Chemical reactions |- ! Reaction ! Rate constant ! Rate/[H2]2 |- | N + H− → NH + e− | | |- | NH2 + O → NH + OH | | |- | + e− → NH + H | | |- | + e− → NH + H + H | | |- | NH + N → N2 + H | | |- | NH + O → OH + N | | |- | NH + C+ → CN+ + H | | |- | NH + H3+ → + H2 | | |- | NH + H+ → NH+ + H | | |} Within diffuse clouds H− + N → NH + e− is a major formation mechanism. Near chemical equilibrium important NH formation mechanisms are recombinations of and ions with electrons. Depending on the radiation field in the diffuse cloud, NH2 can also contribute. NH is destroyed in diffuse clouds by photodissociation and photoionization. In dense clouds NH is destroyed by reactions with atomic oxygen and nitrogen. O+ and N+ form OH and NH in diffuse clouds. NH is involved in creating N2, OH, H, CN+, CH, N, , NH+ for the interstellar medium. NH has been reported in the diffuse interstellar medium but not in dense molecular clouds. The purpose of detecting NH is often to get a better estimate of the rotational constants and vibrational levels of NH. It is also needed in order to confirm theoretical data which predicts N and NH abundances in stars which produce N and NH and other stars with leftover trace amounts of N and NH. Using current values for rotational constants and vibrations of NH as well as those of OH and CH permit studying the carbon, nitrogen and oxygen abundances without resorting to a full spectrum synthesis with a 3D model atmosphere. See also Diimide (dimer) References External links Interstellar media Nitrogen hydrides Free radicals

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

Kobersdorf

Kobersdorf (, ) is an Austrian market town in Oberpullendorf, Burgenland. Geography Kobersdorf is located in Middle Burgenland and is divided into the districts of Kobersdorf, Lindgraben, and Oberpetersdorf. The municipality lies at the foot of the Pauliberg, the last extinct volcano in Austria in the middle of the Naturpark Landseer Berge. History Like the rest of Burgenland, Kobersdorf belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary until 1920–21. After the end of the First World War, the western border area of Hungary was awarded to Austria by the Treaties of St. Germain and Trianon. Since 1921, the town has belonged to the newly founded State of Burgenland. Kobersdorf was one of the Jewish Siebengemeinden of Burgenland. Its synagogue, built in 1860, is the only one in the seven communities that still stands. Since its restoration, it has been used for memorial services. Kobersdorf has been a market town since 1973 (through a recently reissued VO 5). Politics Kobersdorf's mayor is Klaus Schütz of the SPÖ. Vice-Mayor Johann Binder is a member of the ÖVP. The Chief Officer is Hans Helmut Tremmel. The mandate assignments in the Municipal Council (21 seats) are SPÖ 11, ÖVP 7, FPÖ 0, Grüne 0, and other lists 3. Culture and landmarks Kobersdorf Palace ( Schloss Kobersdorf) is famous for the plays that take place there every July. Since 2004, they have been led by Wolfgang Böck, and before that the director was Rudolf Buczolich. In the 2006 season, the production was The Threepenny Opera. Wolfgang Böck played the role of Mackie Messer. Business and Infrastructure The most important employers are: the mineral water producer Waldquelle the Basalt Quarry on the Pauliberg the Hobby Versand Company the Reitter Bau Company Notable residents Yosef Chaim Zonnenfeld Sister cities Waldbrun in Baden-Württemberg, Germany References The information in this article is based on a translation of its German equivalent. Cities and towns in Oberpullendorf District Siebengemeinden

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan%20Welfare%20Office

Tibetan Welfare Office

The Tibetan Settlement Office (T.S.O.) (formerly "Tibetan Welfare Office") is acting within the Tibetan Ministry of the Interior and is part of the central Tibetan administration in Dharmshala, India. The T.S.O. organizes projects in the social, cultural and economical sectors. Furthermore, they focus on issues of environment and enduring development. Waste Management In 1994 the "Clean Upper Dharmshala“-project was launched by the T.S.O. The aim was to solve the waste management in Upper Dharmshala which needed strong efforts due to the increase of nonbiodegradable waste in that region. In the beginning the project had installed three „Green Workers“, who collected recyclable material from companies and households in McLeod Ganj. A great positive impact on the environmental situation could also be achieved by installing five dustbins which were frequently emptied by a dust cart. Furthermore, public toilets were built, which are frequently being maintained. The drainage system in the area of McLeod Ganj and the Dal Lake was displaced to prevent water pollution. Recycling Recyclable material is being collected door by door by the "Green Workers" or emitted by the households. The following materials are being recycled: soft plastics (i.e. plastic bags) hard plastics (cassettes, ballpoint pens, packages,...) glass bottles, cullet carton clothes and shoes tin and other metals The collected material is either sold in Dharmshala or transported to Pathankot (distance: 80 kilometres). The transportation itself is not cost-effective. Paper Factory The T.S.O. opened a little paper factory in Upper Dharmshala where handmade products are made by recycling paper. The Green Shop In 1994 "The Green Shop“ was opened and is an environmentally oriented shop selling various products and acts as a collection point for hazardous materials, such as used batteries and expired medicines. Furthermore, the following products are sold: clean water paper products from the paper factory bags ecological shampoos and conditioners soaps and crèmes Tibetan tea Social Commitment The Tibetan Settlement Office is concerned about the needs of the society. It tries to find various solutions by questioning youth, education, and old-age provision. The T.S.O. is also giving legal advice in cases of conflicts in the society. One of its main goals is to obtain a social, religious and political harmony within the society. The T.S.O. also established the „Gaddi Women's Self-Help Society“. Since 2003, the Tibetan Settlement Office is a partner of Austrian Service Abroad, with one Austrian Social Servant (usually) per year working here for ten months. References External links T.S.O. on the website of the Central Tibetan Relief Committee Website of the Clean Upper Dharamsala Programme (CUDP) T.S.O. on facebook CUDP on facebook Central Tibetan Administration Sustainability organizations Welfare agencies

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuczno%2C%20Greater%20Poland%20Voivodeship

Tuczno, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Tuczno () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pobiedziska, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Pobiedziska and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. In 2004 the village had a population of 130. It lies on the southern edge of the Puszcza Zielonka forest and landscape park. It is close to a series of lakes, and contains a large complex of vacation properties. References Tuczno

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry%20Creek

Perry Creek

Perry Creek may refer to: Perry Creek (British Columbia), a stream in Canada Perry Creek (Conasauga River tributary), a stream in Georgia Perry Creek (Missouri River), a stream in Iowa See also Perry Run, a stream in Ohio

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dec%C3%ADdete

Decídete

Decídete is the third album released by Mexican singer Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri. It was released in 1983. There are two versions of this song. The original version was deemed too explicit as it contained suggestive lyrics referring to a teenage couple's first sexual encounter, so it was replaced with more tender lyrics about teenage romance. Track listing Charts References 1983 albums Luis Miguel albums EMI Records albums Spanish-language albums

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ober

Šober

Šober () is a dispersed settlement in the hills northwest of Maribor in northeastern Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Maribor. The local church, built on a hill above the settlement, is a landmark visible from afar. It is dedicated to Saint Urban and was built in the 16th century. Between 1784 and 1855 it was abandoned, and was then restored in 1860. References External links Šober on Geopedia Populated places in the City Municipality of Maribor

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pra%C4%8Da%20%28Pale-Pra%C4%8Da%29

Prača (Pale-Prača)

Prača () is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the municipality of Pale-Prača. In the 1991 census it had a population of 1,873. References Populated places in Pale-Prača

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9%20van%20Rijswijk

René van Rijswijk

René van Rijswijk (born 3 January 1971) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a forward for RKC Waalwijk, SC Cambuur and NEC. References 1971 births Living people Footballers from Rotterdam Dutch footballers Association football forwards RKC Waalwijk players SC Cambuur players NEC Nijmegen players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatanpur%2C%20Pratapgarh

Fatanpur, Pratapgarh

Fatanpur is a small village situated in the Gaura block, Raniganj tehsil, Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Location It is 30 km east from Pratapgarh by road and 45 km north-east from Allahabad by air distance. It is at 25° 44' 02.89" N, 82° 07'27.51"E. Fatanpur is located on the Lacknow-Varansi 36 nu. Highway. Facilities Fatanpur has a government primary school and government middle school. Economy Most people of the village depend on farming. Temples Budiya Mayi is famous temple of the village. Villages in Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelhamid%20Temmar

Abdelhamid Temmar

Abdelhamid Temmar (born October 24, 1938) is an Algerian politician. He was former minister of Investment in the government of Abdelaziz Belkhadem. Since June 2008, he has been Minister of Industry and Investment Promotion under the government of Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia. References Elwatan.com Government ministers of Algeria Living people 1938 births Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Algerian people

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batteries%20%26%20Supercaps

Batteries & Supercaps

Batteries & Supercaps is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering electrochemical energy storage and its applications. It is published by Wiley-VCH on behalf of Chemistry Europe. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 7.093. References External links Chemistry Europe academic journals Chemistry journals English-language journals Wiley-VCH academic journals

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghetto%20Love%20%28Da%20Brat%20song%29

Ghetto Love (Da Brat song)

"Ghetto Love" is the second single released from Da Brat's second studio album, Anuthatantrum. Background Released in early 1997, "Ghetto Love" was Da Brat's second and final single from Anuthatantrum after the gold-selling "Sittin' on Top of the World". The song became Da Brat's second biggest hit, peaking at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, only her first single "Funkdafied", which peaked at 6, charted higher. Like the album's previous single, "Ghetto Love" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, reaching the feat on April 2, 1997. The song was produced by Jermaine Dupri and Carl So-Lowe, featured a chorus sung by TLC member T-Boz and used a sample of DeBarge's 1983 hit All This Love". Single track listing "Ghetto Love" (Radio Remix)- 3:24 "Ghetto Love" (Remix)- 3:24 "Ghetto Love" (Remix Instrumental)- 3:24 "Ghetto Love" (Radio Edit)- 3:24 "Ghetto Love" (LP Version)- 3:24 "Ghetto Love" (LP Instrumental)- 3:24 Charts Certifications Sources 1997 singles Da Brat songs Tionne Watkins songs Song recordings produced by Jermaine Dupri Songs written by Jermaine Dupri Songs written by Da Brat 1997 songs Songs written by El DeBarge

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

The Glenkens

The Glenkens (Scottish Gaelic: An Gleann Cain) is located midway along the western section of the Southern Upland way in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Galloway, Scotland. The Glenkens is made up of the parishes of Carsphairn, Dalry, Kells, Parton and Balmaclellan. The name comes from the River Ken which runs through the valley before flowing into the River Dee and then down to the sea. References Geography of Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway articles missing geocoordinate data

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel%20K%C3%A4ufeler

Marcel Käufeler

Marcel Käufeler (born 19 January 1994 in Wettingen, Switzerland) is a Swiss curler. Teams Personal life He started curling in 2005 when he was 11 years old. References External links Curling World Cup profile Living people 1994 births People from Baden District, Aargau Swiss male curlers Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304%20Toto%20Cup%20Al

2003–04 Toto Cup Al

The 2003–04 Toto Cup Al was the 20th season of the third most important football tournament in Israel since its introduction. This was the 5th and final edition to be played with clubs of both Israeli Permier League and Liga Leumit clubs. The competition began on 8 August 2003 and ended on 20 May 2003, with Maccabi Petah Tikva beating Maccabi Haifa 3–0 in the final. Format change The 24 Israeli Permier League and Liga Leumit clubs were divided into six groups, each with four clubs, with the six group winners, along with the two best runners-up, advancing to the quarter-finals. Group stage The matches were played from 8 August 2003 to 29 October 2003. Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Knockout Rounds Quarter-finals Semifinals Final See also 2003–04 Toto Cup Artzit References External links Israel Cups 2003/04 RSSSF Toto Cup 03-04 One.co.il Al Toto Cup Al Toto Cup Al

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg%20Wilks

Reg Wilks

Reginald Clarke Wilks (2 April 1897 – 25 September 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in the summer of 1901. He was married to Gertrude Martha Wilks. He later worked as the hotel keeper at the Brittania Hotel in South Melbourne. In early 1916, he was enlisted as an ANZAC where he was assigned to the 16th Regiment, 21st Battalion. However he was discharged later that year for being medically unfit due to rheumatism. His medical records specify his condition first began in 1901, likely the cause of his brief football career. References External links 1897 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) St Kilda Football Club players Australian military personnel of World War I 1953 deaths

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosepha%20Alomang

Yosepha Alomang

Yosepha Alomang (Mama Yosepha) is from the Indonesian province of Papua, one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2001, for her efforts on organizing her community to resist the mining company Freeport-McMoRan's mining practices over three decades that have destroyed rainforests, polluted rivers, and displaced communities. References Indonesian environmentalists Living people People from Mimika Regency Year of birth missing (living people) Goldman Environmental Prize awardees

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundoo%20Island%2C%20South%20Australia

Mundoo Island, South Australia

Mundoo Island is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Mundoo Island and some adjoining water at the southern end of Lake Alexandrina about south-east of the state capital of Adelaide. Its boundaries were created on 31 August 2000 for the ‘long established name’ which is derived from the island and ultimately from an Aboriginal word 'mundo' which means ‘mud’ or ‘filth.' In 2014, a portion of land was ‘excluded’ from the locality and “added to Hindmarsh Island to ensure the whole of Hindmarsh Island is within the rural locality of Hindmarsh Island.” The locality consists of Mundoo Island and a portion of the following waterways adjoining the island - the channel known as the Lower Murray (or the Goolwa) in the north, Boundary Creek to the east and the south-east, the Coorong Channel in the south, the Mundoo Channel in the south-west and Holmes Creek to the west and the north-west. The land within the locality is occupied by the privately owned Mundoo Island Station which has been operation since 1843. Access to the locality from the mainland is a road that crosses from Goolwa to the Hindmarsh Island via the Hindmarsh Island Bridge and then onto Mundoo Island via the Mundoo Barrage. While the sole land use zoning within the locality is conservation, the land has been used for grazing since 1843 and the South Australian Government recognizes that “farming activities are the predominant uses in the zone and will continue.” Mundoo Island is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Finniss and the local government area of the Alexandrina Council. References Further reading Towns in South Australia Murray River

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20President%27s%20Mystery

The President's Mystery

The President's Mystery is a 1936 American film directed by Phil Rosen. The film is also known as One for All in the United Kingdom. Plot summary The film deals with a "problem Mr. Roosevelt submitted . . . whether it was possible for a man, weary of faithless friends and a wasted life, to convert a $5,000,000 estate into cash, disappear and start anew in some worth-while activity." (cited from The New York Times – Monday, April 16, 2012) Disillusioned attorney James Blake is engaged by his friend George Sartos to lobby on behalf of the National Cannery against a bill that would've empowered smaller businesses. After James is successful, he encounters Charlotte Brown, who runs a cannery that is the main livelihood of the small town of Springvale; the cannery has been forced to close because of the bill. James listens to the townsfolk and is inspired to help them. James liquidates his assets, closes his bank accounts, and stages a failed business venture to make it seem that he's gone bankrupt. Once ready, he leaves his estranged wife, Ilka, to fake his death in a car accident. Ilka tries to inform George, who is also her lover, about James's strange behavior but is accidentally killed by George's manservant, Andrew. James learns about Ilka's death through the radio, and how James is blamed for it but the case is considered closed since his "body" was found by the police. Some months later James, using his new name James Carter, is in a relationship with Charlotte and has turned her cannery into a success. They are visited by George, who wants to buy out their business. George recognizes James and tries to blackmail him into compliance. When James refuses, George informs the police and James is arrested for Ilka's murder. While James is held in the town jail, George plants agents provocateurs to cause a riot to destroy the cannery. James learns of this and, due to his good relationship with the people of Springvale, is allowed out of the town jail to talk the rioters down and bring proof of his intentions to keep the cannery going. Meanwhile, James's former manservant Roger, acting on his own initiative, finds out from Andrew that Ilka's death was an accident. George is arrested for causing the riot, and James is released, freeing him to marry Charlotte. Cast Henry Wilcoxon as James Blake Betty Furness as Charlotte Brown Sidney Blackmer as George Sartos Evelyn Brent as Ilka Blake Barnett Parker as Roger Mel Ruick as Andrew Wade Boteler as Sheriff John Wray as Shane Guy Usher as Police Lieutenant Robert Homans as Sergeant Si Jenks as Earl Arthur Aylesworth as Joe Reed External links 1936 films American films American mystery films English-language films American black-and-white films Republic Pictures films Franklin D. Roosevelt Films produced by Nat Levine 1936 mystery films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied%20Linguistics%20%28journal%29

Applied Linguistics (journal)

Applied Linguistics is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of applied linguistics established in 1980 and published by Oxford University Press. It appears six times a year. Current editors in chief are Christina Higgins (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) and Anna Mauranen (University of Helsinki). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2016 impact factor of 3.593, ranking it 1st out of 182 journals in the category "Linguistics". Aims and scope The journal publishes both research papers and conceptual articles in all aspects of applied linguistics, such as lexicography, corpus linguistics, multilingualism, discourse analysis, and language education, aiming at promoting discussion among researchers in different fields. It features a "Forum" section, introduced in 2001, intended for short contributions, such as responses to articles and notices about current research. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed by: See also List of applied linguistics journals References External links English-language journals Linguistics journals Oxford University Press academic journals Quarterly journals Publications established in 1980

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

ADLS

ADLS can refer to: Activities of daily living, a term used in healthcare about daily self-care activities Association of Dunkirk Little Ships, an association of owners of the Little Ships of Dunkirk Auckland District Law Society, a professional body in New Zealand Azure Data Lake Storage, a file system in Microsoft Azure See also ADL (disambiguation)

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.mo

.mo can also refer to the file extension of binary files that have been compiled from .po files using GNU gettext. .mo is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Macau, China. The registry for this domain name is operated by the Macao Network Information Centre (MONIC). Operated by the University of Macau since 1992, MONIC administers the registration of the country-code domain names ccTLD. To further promote the development of services, the Government of Macau changed the operation entity of MONIC. Effective from 12 March 2011, HNET Asia Limited appointed by the Macau government, is responsible for operating MONIC. HNET aims at optimising and developing the Macau domain name. It will be contributing to the development of the internet industry in Macau, as well as deploying Chinese domain names (including at the Top-Level, .澳門), DNSSEC and other capabilities for the registry. At present, domain names are open to local businesses and organisations and cannot be registered by the general public. Domain name registration Second-level Domain name registrations: .mo, .澳門 - commercial entities in Macau Third-level Domain name registrations: .com.mo, .公司.mo, .公司.澳門 - commercial entities .edu.mo, .教育.mo, .教育.澳門 - educational institutions .gov.mo, .政府.mo, .政府.澳門 - government departments .net.mo, .網絡.mo, .網絡.澳門 - network service providers .org.mo, .組織.mo, .組織.澳門 - non-profit organizations Internationalised top level domain In early 2015 two new top level domains were reserved for Macau. They are .澳门 (in simplified Chinese) and .澳門 (in traditional Chinese). MONIC has requested these domains. See also .hk (Hong Kong) .cn (Mainland China) References External links IANA .mo whois information Country code top-level domains Communications in Macau sv:Toppdomän#M

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrodipsas%20mortoni

Acrodipsas mortoni

Acrodipsas mortoni, the brown ant-blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in inland New South Wales and southern Queensland in Australia. External links Image Australian Biological Resources Study Acrodipsas Butterflies of Australia Butterflies described in 1997

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Brieske

Jim Brieske

James F. Brieske (May 4, 1923 – November 29, 1968) was an American football placekicker. He played college football for the University of Michigan in 1942, 1946 and 1947. He set Michigan, Rose Bowl, Big Ten Conference, and national collegiate placekicking records and was the second leading scorer on Michigan's undefeated 1947 Michigan Wolverines football team. For more than two decades, he held the Michigan records for most successful point after touchdown ("PAT") conversions in a career (107), season (52), and game (9). Brieske's college football career was interrupted by service in the United States Navy during the 1944 and 1945 football seasons. His kicking foot was amputated in 1967 due to cancer. He died the following year at age 45 following surgery to remove growths from his lungs. Early years Brieske was born in May 1923 at either Saginaw, or Port Huron, Michigan. His family moved to Harbor Beach in the Thumb of Michigan in the late 1920s. His father, Frank Brieske, was a Michigan native of German descent who, at the time of the 1930 United States Census, was working as an oil agent at Harbor Beach. His mother, Sadie Brieske, was a Michigan native of Polish descent. Brieske had an older sister Lorraine (born c. 1921), a younger sister Helen (born c. 1927), and a younger brother Kenneth (born c. 1929). Brieske was a backfield star for the Harbor Beach High School football team and graduated from the school in 1941. University of Michigan Brieske enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1941. He played on the all-freshman football team that year. He played three years of varsity football for the Michigan Wolverines football team under head coach Fritz Crisler. Brieske graduated in 1947 with a B.S. in science and mathematics. After graduating in 1947, Brieske enrolled as a graduate student in Michigan's Business Administration School. 1942 season As a sophomore, Brieske played for the 1942 Michigan Wolverines football team that was ranked No.8 in the final AP Poll. He tried out for the center position, but that position was filled by All-American (and future College Football Hall of Fame inductee) Merv Pregulman. Brieske won a spot on the team as a placekicker. He converted 26 of 31 point after touchdown ("PAT") attempts in 1942. Brieske's talent as a kicker won him acclaim, and in November 1942, stories about Brieske were published in newspapers across the country. Michigan had lost or tied several close games in Fritz Crisler's first four years at Michigan as a result of missed PAT attempts (including 7–6 losses to Minnesota in 1938 and 1940 and a 20–20 tie with Ohio State in 1941). One newspaper story noted that Brieske had earned the nickname "Old Monotony" because his reliability in converting PATs had turned Michigan's kicking game from excitement to routine. At the time, Brieske told the reporter he wasn't satisfied with having a limited role as a placekicker: "Sure, this kicking is alright, but I'd like to take a crack at the real stuff." He was also known by the nicknames "automatic Jim," and the "mechanical toe." Teammate Bob Chappuis later recounted a story from the 1942 season when he and Brieske were both sophomores. In the first game of the 1942 season, Brieske kicked a field goal to secure a 9–0 victory over the Great Lakes Naval Station team. The next week, Brieske brought his hometown newspaper into the locker room. The headline read, "Jim Brieske, the Pride of Harbor Beach." Brieske showed it to his teammates and then took it into the coaches' locker room and showed it to them. Chappuis recalled that was "a bad mistake!" Head coach Fritz Crisler had Brieske play linebacker during practice that day, where he was "on his back all day." Eventually, Crisler walked over to Brieske who was lying on his back and said, "Brieske, you're not the pride of Harbor Beach, you're a jackass." Military service An injury kept Brieske from playing during the 1943 season, and he also missed the 1944 and 1945 seasons while serving in the United States Navy. 1946 season Brieske returned to the University of Michigan in time for summer football training in August 1946. He played for the 1946 Michigan Wolverines football team that finished the season ranked No.6 in the final Associated Press poll. Brieske completed 29 of 32 PATs in 1946 and also kicked a field goal. With 32 points, he was the Wolverines' leading scorer in 1946. 1947 season Brieske graduated with his B.S. degree in 1947, and the Baltimore Colts offered him a contract to play professional football. Instead, he returned to Michigan in the fall of 1947 as a graduate student in the Business Administration School. He was the place-kicker for the 1947 Michigan Wolverines football team that finished undefeated and untied with a 10–0 record. In an October 1947 article on the growth of specialization in football, The Sporting News wrote:"Brieske is one of the greatest kickers college football has ever had. He led the Wolverines in scoring, entirely with his foot, last season and in three games, this fall, converted on 23 of 25 attempts. Brieske converted 52 of 57 PAT attempts and was the team's second leading scorer during the 1947 regular season. Only two of the five PATs Brieske failed to convert in 1947 were "misses" resulting from his own inaccuracy. Three of the misses resulted from balls that were fumbled or snapped poorly from the center. Brieske had converted 31 of 34 PAT attempts in the first five games of the 1947 season and was the leading scorer in the Big Ten Conference at the end of October. He converted 7 of 7 attempts against both Northwestern and Stanford and 9 of 10 against Pitt. The fact that an extra point specialist led the conference in scoring drew national media attention. Sports writer Bob French wrote a column about Brieske titled, "Specialist Comes Into His Own." He called Brieske "one of the specialists who make this football era picturesque" and noted the irony that Brieske was the conference's leading scorer even though he had not been involved in an official play: "Brieske makes his points without using up any time at all. The watch is stopped when he goes into action after touchdowns. You might say he doesn't play; he just scores." The Los Angeles Times also noted the unusual nature of Brieske's contributions:"Brieske has an enviable distinction. He has scored his 100 points in NO TIME AT ALL. No sir. It didn't take him one single minute to score all those points. Football rules call for the clock to be stopped on the try for extra point. That means Brieske, a third-string center, has booted all those tallies without ever officially being in a single football game." Brieske explained the secret to his success: "You've got to believe you're going to kick that point and let nothing disturb your poise once you're set. I 'wish' it over every time." Although ranked second in the Associated Press poll at the end of the regular season, the Wolverines defeated the USC Trojans by a score of 49–0 in the 1948 Rose Bowl game, and were selected as the nation's number-one team by a 226–119 margin over Notre Dame in an unprecedented post-bowl Associated Press poll. The 1947 team has been selected as the best team in the history of Michigan football. After the 1947 season, Brieske was selected to play in the College All-Star Game against the NFL champion Chicago Cardinals. He was one of 10 players from the 1947 Michigan team invited to play in the game. Placekicking records With 52 successful PAT conversions in 1947, Brieseke surpassed the national collegiate record of 47 conversions in a season set by Dick Walterhouse of Army and George Jernigan of Georgia. The official records dated back to 1937 when the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau began compiling statistics. Michigan's Tom Hammond kicked 65 extra points for the 1903 "Point-a-Minute" team. His total of 107 successful PAT conversions in three years set the Michigan career record. His career record was broken in 1974 by Mike Lantry who converted 113 PATs. He set Michigan's season record for successful PAT conversions by completing 52 of 57 attempts in 1947. His season record was broken in 1971 by Dana Coin who converted 55 PATs. He set Michigan's single-game record for successful PAT conversions by converting 9 of 10 attempts against Pitt on October 11, 1947. His single-game record was broken on November 7, 1981 by Ali Haji-Sheikh with 10 PATs. (James E. Lawrence kicked 19 successful PAT conversions against Michigan Agricultural in 1902, but the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau began compiling "official" statistics until 1937.) He set the record for successful PAT conversions in conference play by converting 22 of 23 attempts in 1946. He tied his own record by converting 22 of 24 attempts in conference play in 1947. He set a Rose Bowl record with seven PATs in the 1948 Rose Bowl. He tied the Rose Bowl record set in 1931 with three PAT in one quarter during the 1948 Rose Bowl. Later years and family In January 1948, Brieske was selected by the New York Giants as the 97th pick in the 1948 NFL Draft. In April 1948, Giants President John V. Mara announced that the club had signed Brieske. Brieske played in several pre-season games for the Giants, but opted to return to Ann Arbor in September 1948 to complete his master's degree. Brieske and his wife Ann had two children, James Brieske, Jr., and Karen Brieske. During the 1960s, Brieske was the director of student activities at Stevenson High School in Livonia, Michigan. In January 1967, Brieske was sick with cancer and had his right leg amputated from approximately eight inches below the knee. When the cancer returned, Brieske was hospitalized again in late October 1968. In late November 1968, he underwent surgery at the University of Michigan Hospital to remove lung growths. He suffered a stroke after the operation and remained in a coma until he died the following day. His funeral was held at St. Aidan's Roman Catholic Church in Livonia, and he was buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Southfield, Michigan. References 1923 births 1968 deaths Michigan Wolverines football players People from Harbor Beach, Michigan People from Livonia, Michigan Ross School of Business alumni People from Saginaw, Michigan United States Navy personnel of World War II

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MFK%20Skalica

MFK Skalica

MFK Skalica is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Skalica. The club was founded in 1920. The club plays in the 2. Liga, second football league in the Slovakia, and hosts home games at the Mestský štadión Skalica. History 1920–1945 Founded as ŠK Skalica 1945–1953 Renamed Sokol Tekla Skalica 1953–1963 Renamed DŠO Tatran Skalica 1963–1990 Renamed TJ ZVL Skalica 1990–2006 Renamed Športový klub ŠK Skalica 2006–present Renamed MFK Skalica Promotion to Fortuna Liga MFK Skalica reached Fortuna Liga despite defeat 0:2 by MFK Zemplín Michalovce in closing match of DOXXbet liga on 13 June 2015 and they surprised everyone by securing the 2nd spot in the league and securing the first historical promotion to the highest football tier in Slovakia as well as MFK Zemplín Michalovce. Honours Domestic Slovak Second Division Runners-up (2): 2014–15 (Promoted), 2017–18 Slovak Cup (1961–present) Runners-Up (1): 2016–17 Sponsorship Current squad As of 27 August 2021 Out on loan For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers winter 2021–22. Notable players Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Skalica. Martin Dobrotka Ľuboš Hajdúch Ikenna Hilary Pavol Majerník Juraj Piroska Blažej Vaščák Management Staff Source: mfkskalica.sk Managers Štefan Horný (2012–30 June 2015) Aleš Křeček (3 July 2015 – 28 October 2015) Štefan Horný (28 October 2015 – 31 May 2016) Jozef Kostelník (31 May 2016–July 2018) Jozef Dojčan (July 2018-July 2019) Jozef Kostelník (July 2019-) References External links Official website Football clubs in Slovakia Association football clubs established in 1920 MFK Skalica

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Mughal

Grand Mughal

Grand Mughal or Mogul, also Great Mughal (), is a title coined by Europeans for the ruler of the Mughal Empire of India. The Mughals themselves used the title Padishah. The title is especially associated with the third in the line, Akbar the Great (1542–1605). It is said that the Portuguese called Akbar the Grand Mughal and sent Jesuit missionaries to convert him to Catholicism. The Mughal empire was romanticized in Europe, particularly from the sixteenth century onward. The empire's court at Agra, for instance, was often described in glowing terms. An account stated that it is not uncommon for Britons living in India to adopt the Mughal culture. The Mughal rule persisted until the mid-nineteenth century, ending in 1857 after the of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled by the British to Myanmar where he spent the rest of his life in prison. In the same way the Ottoman sultan was known as the "Grand Turk". References Heads of state Royal titles Mughal emperors

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Whitehead

Walter Whitehead

Walter Whitehead, , (12 October 1840 – 19 August 1913) was a surgeon at various hospitals in Manchester, England, and held the chair of Clinical Surgery at the Victoria University of Manchester. He was president of the British Medical Association in 1902. He once claimed that knowledge of anatomy was an impediment to being a good surgeon but was himself a bold, innovative practitioner of international repute. His procedure for excision of the tongue using scissors and his formulation of a related ointment became a standard treatment, as did a procedure he developed for the treatment of haemorrhoids. Whitehead was born to a family with a long-standing interest in textile manufacture in Bury, Lancashire. His interest in medicine was piqued when he attended lectures intended to improve his knowledge of the chemical processes of bleaching cloth. He enrolled at the Manchester Royal School of Medicine without telling his parents and thus embarked on his medical career. He began as a general practitioner and gained experience caring for workhouse inmates, including while working for a time in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. In 1867 he returned to Manchester to begin his career as a surgeon. Several Mancunian hospitals appointed Whitehead to various surgical positions during his career, sometimes concurrently. Of those, it was the Manchester Royal Infirmary, which he joined in 1873, with which he was associated for the longest time. His association with the university in Manchester began in 1884 and eventually included governing roles as well as his professorial chair. His career also included acting as an expert witness in court cases, as a co-publisher of a medical magazine and as a member of various committees and a hospital reform organisation. He also held various posts as an officer of the Royal Army Medical Corps and related military units. A clock tower commemorating Whitehead was erected in Bury after his death in 1913. Early life and training Walter Whitehead was born on 12 October 1840 at Haslam Hey, between Lowercroft and Walshaw in Bury, Lancashire. He was a son of John Whitehead and Eliza Ellen (née Allanson). According to some sources, his family had been textile bleachers in the Lowercroft area for well over 200 years prior to his birth, while others say that his father came from Penwortham Priory, near Preston. His father was a bleacher and perhaps also a dyer and printer of textiles. Among his relations were the inventors John Kay (flying shuttle), Robert Kay (drop box for weaving looms) and Robert Whitehead (torpedo). Whitehead, who extracted the teeth of his younger siblings while a child, described himself as being a wilful character. This trait caused him to be sent at the age of eight to an academy on the Isle of Man that promised to improve his character, apparently through coercion. It failed in its purpose and after three years there he was sent for six months to a school in Altrincham. Thereafter, he attended Making Place, a boarding school in Soyland, near to Ripponden. These latter two schools were much more relaxed in their treatment of pupils and he thrived in that environment; he became head boy at Making Place, where the headmaster believed in placing trust in his pupils to act on their honour. Whitehead began work in his father's business when he was sixteen. He earned 2s. 6d. a week, never progressed beyond being an ordinary workman of the lowest grade, and according to an obituary in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), enjoyed what he did. A similar tribute in The Manchester Guardian noted otherwise, saying that he was not particularly enamoured with his work. Both agree that he met with medical students in Manchester while attending chemistry lectures intended to give him more knowledge of the workings of the family business; later, he also met with them while attending the market in Manchester on behalf of the business. In 1859, Whitehead enrolled at the Manchester Royal School of Medicine, also known as the Chatham Street Medical School. He did so without telling his parents and by borrowing money from a cousin for the purpose. Concurrent with the early years of his training, and as was usual at the time, he was apprenticed for 18 months to the general practice of Drs. Harris and Bennett in Bury. These two men also acted as medical officers appointed by the Board of Guardians of the Bury Poor Law Union; Bennett alone was attending an average of 860 cases per annum for the Union around this time and Whitehead was thus exposed to work specifically relating to the conditions of the poor as well as general dispensing. The experience gained during this initial period subsequently enabled him to act as a locum tenens at the Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI), where he mingled with qualified physicians and surgical staff, watched operations and witnessed the administrative workings of a hospital. So much of his time was spent at the hospital that it became his primary residence; he also spent six months working in the infirmary at Withington workhouse. Whitehead was awarded a Certificate of Merit at the end of his first year in training, when his address was given as 16 Union Square, Bury. In 1864, he was awarded a licentiate by the Society of Apothecaries in London and from institutions in Edinburgh (LM) and Glasgow (LFPS). Hospital career Whitehead moved to Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, on completion of his training. There he bought a general practice and in 1866 established an eight-bed cottage hospital. The business of the practice itself was not great but he also held the post of medical officer to the local Poor Law Union. The Union provided him with plenty of work and a gross income of 30 guineas a year, out of which he had to fund his own horse for transport and supply all medicines and surgical equipment. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1866. A year later, he sold his practice and returned to Manchester, where he was appointed Honorary Surgeon at St Mary's Hospital for Women and Children in 1868. He remained there until he moved to the MRI to be Honorary Assistant Surgeon in 1873. In 1876 he was a signatory to the almost-unanimous request from MRI medical staff for the hospital to be rebuilt, either on its current site or elsewhere, due to its inadequacies both in size and design. He was promoted to Honorary Surgeon in 1879 and in the early 1880s he abandoned his remaining involvement in general practice to concentrate entirely on surgical work. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 7 February 1881. As was customary, he was appointed an Honorary Consulting Surgeon at the MRI when he reached his 60th birthday in 1900, at which point regulations demanded he resign his position as the senior Honorary Surgeon. This last appointment at the MRI coincided with the 30th anniversary of his association with the hospital and was marked with a dinner attended by surgical colleagues such as F. A. Southam and Bilton Pollard; it was described by the BMJ as "probably the first of its kind" in the city. Whitehead played a significant role in the establishment of the Manchester and Salford Hospital for Diseases of the Skin in 1888, which was done by dividing the specialisms of the Manchester and Salford Lock and Skin Hospital. He had been appointed a Surgeon at the Lock Hospital in 1881, became the senior Surgeon at the Christie Cancer Pavilion, when it was established in 1892, and also held an active post at the new Skin Hospital. Although retired from the MRI, Whitehead remained a Surgeon at the Lock Hospital until July 1904, when he resigned and was appointed Consulting Surgeon. He was a Consulting Surgeon at the Skin Hospital by 1902 and at that time was still the senior Surgeon at the Cancer Pavilion, where he also eventually held an appointment as Consulting Surgeon. Other appointments Education Although Whitehead did not teach very often, he was respected by those whom he did educate and his ward classes attracted good attendances. He was appointed Lecturer in Surgery in 1884 and then, between 1892 and 1900, he was the first holder of the Chair of Clinical Surgery at the Victoria University of Manchester. He resigned the Chair at the time of his retirement from the MRI, believing that to be in the best interests of the university's medical college. It was announced in January 1905 that he had been elected to the Court of Governors of the university and, later in the year, also became a member of its Council. He remained a Governor after resigning from the Council in 1909. Medical Between 1870 and 1871, Whitehead was a joint-editor, with Samuel Messenger Bradley (1841–1880), of the Manchester Medical and Surgical Reports journal. The exercise was short-lived, being superseded by the Liverpool and Manchester Medical and Surgical Reports in 1873. He was Secretary of the Manchester Medical Society between 1874 and 1878, and President in 1884. In 1899–1900 he served as President of the Manchester Ethical Society and in 1902 he was President of the British Medical Association, when its annual conference was held in Manchester. Military Whitehead had joined the 8th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps in 1859 and was gazetted as an Ensign in August 1860. He left the force in September 1862 when he moved from the town. He took an interest in the Royal Army Medical Corps from the time of its formation in 1898. He was appointed Honorary Surgeon-Colonel in 1900 when he became Honorary Commandant in the Manchester Companies section of the Volunteer Medical Staff Corps (VMSC). Within a month he was heading a public fund-raising appeal for at least £12,000 to give the Corps, which numbered around 700 men, a suitable new drill hall. Other In addition to his institutional appointments, Whitehead was sometimes called upon to be an expert witness in court cases relating to medicine, examples of which include an action in 1896 against a known quack who claimed specialism in the treatment of hernias, and Thomas vs. Barker (an action for damages against Herbert Atkinson Barker, the bonesetter, in 1911). In 1911, Whitehead referred again to this latter case in an article published in The English Review. In this he appealed for an investigation by the medical profession into the potential for adoption of some of the methods used by bonesetters. He said that these people had traditionally been viewed by the profession, including himself, as "anathema" and "technically unqualified" but that Barker's case had demonstrated that there was good cause to investigate their methods and successes rather than be "blinded by professional prejudices". Whitehead was involved with the Hospital Reform Association for some time. He also favoured an expansion in the number of village hospitals, believing that they would relieve pressure on hospitals such as the MRI, reduce the amount of travel for patients and provide a safer environment than private houses given the development of increasingly complex operations. Another cause saw him play a significant role in the introduction of a bill intended to protect infant life, reflecting his involvement in various charities whose purpose shared a similar goal. He had opened the first day nursery in Manchester and because of this he gave evidence to a House of Commons Select Committee in 1871. Whitehead both worked and played hard. Away from medical matters, his primary interest was sailing. He built, maintained and raced yachts on Windermere and was Commodore of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club in 1899. In 1910 he donated a cup to be used as an annual club prize. Contributions to medicine and surgery Both Whitehead's training and the earlier part of his career pre-dated the introduction of anaesthetic and antiseptic techniques in surgery. It was essential to operate quickly and there was little scope for finesse. His colleague, William Thorburn, said: Widely respected for his simple, bold and direct operating technique, Whitehead said that "the greatest drawback under which a surgeon can suffer is knowledge of anatomy – it makes him timid". His methods did not use antiseptic but instead relied on soap and water, as was common at the time. Unlike many surgeons of his generation, he was open to learning and using new techniques, such as those of Joseph Lister. He was described as "one of the most go-ahead surgeons of his day" by Arthur Burgess, in his 1929 Presidential Address to the BMA. Burgess also noted that Whitehead's preference for aseptic surgery was demonstrated at the MRI in 1895 with an unorthodox mastectomy that omitted the use of antiseptic on the wound and thus aroused both interest and misgivings. The success of the operation was instrumental in causing a shift of practice within the hospital towards aseptic surgical methods. Whitehead was particularly noted for the invention of two surgical procedures, both of which bear his name. The first related to the surgical removal of haemorrhoids and was described in the BMJ in 1882, with a further study of 300 patients being published in 1887. The technique is rarely used now because it usually left a deformity, which also bore his name, but this is because those performing the operation misunderstood his description of it. The second procedure, which was a form of glossectomy and earned him international repute, is also not much used today. It concerned removal of carcinoma from the mobile tongue and was described by him in an 1891 paper titled A Hundred Cases Of Entire Excision Of The Tongue. There is a story that this latter procedure was devised when he was irritable due to a hangover and declined the choice of surgical instruments offered to him with the words "for God's sake give me a pair of scissors". Twenty of the patients described in the 1891 paper died post-operatively; he said that he believed all 300 patients documented his 1887 paper had been "completely and permanently cured". In addition to his surgical innovations, which also included a new technique for tracheostomy, Whitehead created the eponymous Whitehead's Varnish, which is now sometimes called Whitehead's ointment. This strong-smelling substance is still used, although the chemical composition has been somewhat modified. Devised by him around 1881, it was described in his 1891 BMJ paper. In its original version, it was a solution of iodoform, turpentine and the solids of Friar's Balsam, that hardened as a dressing to give anaesthetic and antiseptic benefits for wounds that were situated in potentially contaminated areas of the body. In its application during his tongue excision procedure, he noted that it enabled the patient "to take food in the ordinary manner almost immediately after the operation"; nowadays, it is used for such things as packing jaw and nasal cavities, and on areas of the body where skin has been removed for grafting. Among Whitehead's patients were Joseph Nuttall, a renowned professional swimmer of the time, and the footballers Di Jones and Charlie Burgess. Last years Whitehead and his wife were listed as supporters of the Primrose League in 1901, and in 1891 Whitehead had supported Viscount Emlyn's attempt to unseat Henry Enfield Roscoe as MP for South Manchester. Some time in the late 1890s, Whitehead bought of land at Flagstaff Hill in Colwyn Bay, North Wales. This became known as The Flagstaff and there he engaged the services of the landscape gardener Thomas Hayton Mawson and the architect Dan Gibson, with whom Mawson was for some time in partnership. In 1907, he said that he had "practically resided in Colwyn Bay for the last nine years". By 1902 he was president of the town's golf club. He retired to his new residence in 1903, where he indulged in his pastimes of entertaining friends, gardening and yachting. He became president of the Colwyn Bay Chess Club and he praised both the people and the environment, as well as defending the town against charges of unsanitary conditions that were raised in the House of Commons in 1907. He also allowed the Gorsedd circle for the 1910 National Eisteddfod of Wales to be built in the grounds at The Flagstaff. Whitehead bought at least four other residential properties in Colwyn Bay but the grand mansion house that he had planned at The Flagstaff was never constructed and he lived instead in the estate's gatehouse. He died at Colwyn Bay of a stroke on 19 August 1913, and was survived by his second wife and his daughter. He had suffered a stroke at least once previously and had been in poor health since that time. His funeral took place at Manchester Crematorium on 23 August 1913 and his ashes were interred at The Flagstaff. He left a net estate valued at £176,892. Memorials Whitehead is commemorated in Bury with a clock tower and surrounding gardens near to the Town Hall. Both were donated by his brother, Henry, who had been High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1903 and who, like his father, was a prominent local industrialist. It was designed by Maxwell and Tuke in a late Tudor style and is constructed of Portland stone and granite, with a copper canopy, a bronze effigy of Time and bronze plaques. The stonework was carved by John Jarvis Millson; the effigy was the work of Moreau, although which of the many sculptors who bore that name is uncertain. The dial clocks that are present on each side were constructed by J. B. Joyce & Co. Despite appearances, the tower contains no bells. The tower was formally dedicated on 27 June 1914 by Sir Frederick Treves, who described Whitehead as a "Lancastrian among surgeons". It was designated a Grade II listed building in January 1985. Henry Whitehead gave £1000 for the endowment of a cot in the new MRI surgical ward that had been named after his brother. In 1937, a Robert Whitehead gave £1000 to the MRI for the endowment of a bed in his memory. Publications Whitehead's publications include: (with Bilton Pollard) (with Bilton Pollard) (with Bilton Pollard) (with Bilton Pollard) References Notes Citations Bibliography External links 1840 births 1913 deaths Academics of the Victoria University of Manchester English surgeons Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire People from Bury, Greater Manchester Presidents of the British Medical Association Walter

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The Sun Rises

The Sun Rises (Romanian: Răsare soarele) is a 1954 Romanian drama film directed by Dinu Negreanu. It was made at the recently opened Buftea Studios in Bucharest. The film is a sequel to Negreanu's 1953 film The Bugler's Grandsons, and covers the Second World War and post-war years. Cast Marga Barbu Constantin Codrescu Iurie Darie Fory Etterle Constantin Ramadan Marieta Sadova Ion Talianu George Vraca as Dobre Racoviceanu References Bibliography Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1977. External links 1954 films 1954 drama films Romanian drama films Romanian films Romanian-language films Films directed by Dinu Negreanu

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Electoral Commission of Kenya

Electoral Commission of Kenya refers to the now defunct commission that was disbanded by the 10th Parliament in 2008 and replaced with the Interim Independent Electoral Commission of Kenya. Samuel Kivuitu the last Chairman of the Commission and the commissioners at the time of disbanding, in November, 2008, moved to court to contest the disbanding of the Commission. They claim that the disbanding was unconstitutional as a tribunal should have been set up to investigate the wrongdoing on their part in the 2007 Presidential election. The next hearing for the suit will on February 3, 2010 at the Constitutional Court. See also Constitution of Kenya 10th Kenyan Parliament Kenyan presidential election, 2007 Kriegler Commission References External links (through archive.org) Politics of Kenya Kenyan law Kenya

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruard%20Acronius

Ruard Acronius

Ruard Acronius (1546 in Friesland – November 1612 in Schiedam) was a Reformed theologian of the late 16th century. Some sources refer to Ruard Acronius as the brother of Johannes Acronius while others mention that he has been a Catholic priest at first. In 1572 he appears as Reformed preacher in Franeker. In the following, he worked for several years in Alkmaar and Bolsward. In 1599, he became preacher in Schiedam where he died late in 1612. He was described as an educated, but intolerant and vigorous man. For instance he challenged the Mennonites for a public debate, which indeed took place in 1596 between him and Pieter van Ceulen. After 56 long sessions both parties declared their own victory. He took an important part in the quarrels between the Arminians and the Calvinists under Franciscus Gomarus. He helped Gomarus himself during an encounter in 1609 in The Hague. He tried to hinder the appearance of Jan Uytenbogaert in Bleiswijk. Uytenbogaert defending the right of the worldly leaders to decide upon ecclesiastic matters, published in 1610 a tract Tractaet van 't ambt ende Authoriteyt eener hoogher Christelicker Overheyt - countered by Acronius with the writing Noodwendig Vertoog. In 1610 the Remonstrants (Arminians) filed a presentation of their views at the States of Holland, the Remonstrance that gave them their name. Acronius' name is the first appearing on a counter-remonstrance filed by six delegates of the Calvinist belief. Publications Onderregtinge over 't onderholt der dienaren der waren ghemeynten Christi, Franeker, 1590 Enarrationes Catecheticae, Sciedam, 1606 Onderwyzinge over de Christ. catechism., Sciedam, 1608 Noodwendig Vertoog, 1610 Sources Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie - online version 1546 births 1612 deaths Dutch Calvinist and Reformed theologians 16th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians People from Friesland

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cami%20Dalton

Cami Dalton

Cami Dalton is an American author of contemporary romance novels. Dalton's debut novel, Her Private Dancer, was published by Harlequin's Temptation line of category romances in April 2004. In a review of the novel, Romantic Times remarked on the "sizzling sensuality and strong writing" of Dalton's novel, while The Road to Romance described the book as having "an exciting storyline, endearing and charming characters, laugh out loud scenarios and pure romance from the heart." Dalton was a finalist for the 2004 Reviewers International Organization Award for Debut Romance and was nominated by Romantic Times BookReviews for Best First Series Romance. Cami's second book, published by Harlequiin's Blaze line, is called Pleasure to the Max! and is set to be released on August 1, 2008. In early 2008, Cami signed a three-book deal with Harlequiin to follow up her first two books. References External links Official website American romantic fiction writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)

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Hugh Arthur

Hugh Anthony Victor Arthur, OBE (born Bridgetown, Barbados 1945) was High Commissioner of Barbados in London from 2008 until 2013. Arthur was educated at Trent University and the University of Surrey. Arthur spent many years with the Barbados Tourist Board. He was also a lecturer in Tourism at the University of the West Indies. References 1945 births People from Bridgetown Living people Officers of the Order of the British Empire High Commissioners of Barbados to the United Kingdom Alumni of the University of Surrey University of the West Indies academics Trent University alumni

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Hélène Bellosta

Hélène Bellosta-Baylet (1946 – 19 August 2011) was a French historian of mathematics specializing in mathematics in medieval Islam. Education and career Bellosta was a student at the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles, and taught mathematics in the lycées for many years. She became a student of historian of mathematics Roshdi Rashed, earned a doctorate in epistemology and the history of science at Paris Diderot University, and, after four years of work at the French Institute of Arab Studies in Damascus (IFEAD), became a director of research for the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), associated with the Center for the History of Arab and Medieval Sciences and Philosophies at Paris Diderot University. Books With Rashed, Bellosta edited and translated the works of Apollonius of Perga in the book Apollonius de Perge, La section des droites selon des rapports, Commentaire historique et mathématique, édition et traduction du texte arabe (de Gruyter, 2010). They were also the coauthors of a book on Ibrahim ibn Sinan, Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān: Logique et géométrie au Xe siècle (Brill, 2000). Recognition Bellosta became a corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science in 2005. References External links Bibliography of Bellosta's works, SPHERE, Paris Diderot University 1946 births 2011 deaths French historians French women historians French mathematicians French women mathematicians Historians of mathematics Paris Diderot University alumni

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat%20Chrysler%20Australia

Fiat Chrysler Australia

Fiat Chrysler Australia, officially FCA Australia, is the official Stellantis subsidiary in that country, operating as distributor of Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Abarth, Alfa Romeo and Fiat vehicles. However, there had previously been a "Chrysler Australia Ltd" which had operated as a vehicle manufacturer in Australia from 1951 until 1980, and was subsequently taken over by Mitsubishi Motors Australia. Establishment Chrysler Australia Ltd was established in June 1951 when the Chrysler Corporation acquired Chrysler Dodge Distributors (Holdings) Pty Ltd, a company which had been formed in 1935 by 18 independent distributors. During the 1950s and 1960s, Chrysler made a substantial investment in Australian manufacturing facilities. It consolidated assembly from other state capitals to its expanding operations in Adelaide. Vehicle production for Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales was in Adelaide from 1953 and Perth and Brisbane assembly ceased in 1954. The company had several facilities at Finsbury in Adelaide's northwest. The trim shop (car seats and interiors) and steel pressings (chassis components) produced components which were sent to Keswick for assembly. Chrysler also had an aircraft division which manufactured components for Canberra bombers, Jindivik drones and Winjeel trainers. Chrysler recruited both local men and young single men from interstate to staff the growth. Initially, Chrysler Australia assembled North American Chrysler passenger cars and trucks. Its most popular car in the 1950s was the US sourced badge engineered trio: Plymouth Cranbrook, Dodge Kingsway and De Soto Diplomat, each based on the 1954 US Plymouth. A coupe utility variant was also developed by Chrysler Australia and this was marketed in nine different versions; the Plymouth Cranbrook, Savoy & Belvedere, the Dodge Kingsway Custom, Kingsway Crusader & Kingsway Coronet and the De Soto Diplomat Custom, Diplomat Regent & Diplomat Plaza. The Plymouth sedan was a popular choice for taxicab usage however the rise in popularity of the Holden during this decade led to the decline of this range of cars. In 1957, Chrysler Australia consolidated each of the badge-engineered marques in one car—the Chrysler Royal. This was a facelifted version of the 1954 Plymouth that continued in production until 1963. The Royal was an automotive curiosity. Starting life as a side-valve 6-cylinder manual, with 3-speed manual column gearchange, it was progressively modified, with the addition of US sourced engineering features such as power steering, the push button "Powerflite" automatic transmission and an OHV V8. On the styling front US "Forward Look" style tailfins were grafted on the rear of the car, while the front end gained dual (vertically stacked) headlights. These changes failed to arrest the slide in sales, as General Motors-Holden came to dominate the Australian market, and the Royal was viewed as being outmoded and expensive. Production ceased in 1963. The saving grace for Chrysler at this time was the French Simca Aronde—a popular 4-cylinder compact car which Chrysler Australia assembled from CKD kits at their Forestville factory. Local engineers developed an Aronde station wagon unique to Australia, with a then-novel wind-down rear window and tailgate. (Chrysler USA had acquired an interest in Simca in 1958, the basis for sourcing of this car). The assembly and marketing of Simca Aronde and Vedette models by Chrysler Australia was announced on 1 July 1959. In both 1958 and 1959 Chrysler Australia released Plymouth Belvedere, Dodge Custom Royal and DeSoto Firesweep models which were imported from the US in CKD form and assembled at Chrysler's Adelaide facilities. The Plymouth was fitted with a 318-cubic-inch V8 engine and the Dodge and de Soto models featured a 361-cubic-inch V8. Assembly of the three models was discontinued in 1960 and they were replaced by a single model, the Dodge Phoenix, which was produced by Chrysler Australia through to 1973. In 1964 Chrysler opened its Tonsley Park assembly plant located in the Adelaide suburb of Clovelly Park. An engine manufacturing plant was opened at Lonsdale in November 1967. These new factories replaced facilities at Keswick, Mile End and Finsbury. During this time, Chrysler Australia established its position as the third of the "Big 3" Australian motor manufacturers behind General Motors-Holden and Ford Australia. Valiant years 1960s Beginning in 1962, Chrysler Australia assembled the American Plymouth Valiant, marketed as the Valiant by Chrysler. By 1963, they had developed a local version, the AP5 Valiant, with distinctive styling giving the car a separate identity from the US Plymouth and Dodge variants. The reason for developing different styling was concern that the local manufacturer could not afford to make substantial styling changes as quickly as in the US. Hence, a modified appearance would minimise the risk of accusations that Australia was selling "last year's model". Through the 1960s, Chrysler expanded the Valiant range, with 2-door hardtop, long wheelbase (VIP) and sporty (Pacer) variants. Also, in 1966, with the Chrysler USA acquisition of the British Rootes Group, Chrysler Australia took over the Rootes Australia as well as the operation of their Port Melbourne factory. The principal Rootes model sold in Australia was the Hillman Hunter and this car became a steady seller for Chrysler until 1973. 1970s In 1970, they introduced the unique-to-Australia "Hemi" 6-cylinder engine—launched with an endorsement from Stirling Moss. Billed as being "Right—for all the right reasons", this engine went on to become the most powerful 6-cylinder engine produced in Australia (equipped with triple Weber carburettors). Though this engine was based on a US engine design for trucks, it was never produced in North America. The Valiant was a good seller, but never quite gained the level of market acceptance as its major competitors—the Holden and the Falcon. In 1971, Chrysler Australia released the Valiant VH model (still based on the US A-Body platform), it was significantly wider than earlier Valiants, with the lineup including the memorable Valiant Charger. This was a short-wheelbase (105-inch) two-door hardtop version of the standard Valiant. The car had distinctive sporty styling, including an integrated rear spoiler. The base model Charger was A$2750, and the range extended upwards with high-performance and luxury models. Charger won the "Wheels" magazine Car of the Year award in 1971. It was also a winner in the sales stakes, capturing the imagination of the Australian public in the same way as the Ford Mustang did in the US and the Ford Capri did in the UK. By the mid-1970s, sales of the Valiant range stalled, as a combination of factors worked against Chrysler Australia: The Oil Crisis led to the rise of smaller economical 4-cylinder cars; Japanese competitors made significant inroads into the Australian marketplace, and 4-cylinder cars were their forte; Valiant was increasingly perceived as being outmoded—notwithstanding a major facelift in 1971 (billed as an "all-new" model) with a new body surrounding the existing mechanicals—the styling rapidly dated compared with other new cars, and the body was only lightly facelifted in 1973 and 1975. A significant facelift in 1976 arrested the slide in sales, and the Valiant continued to sell steadily until 1981. In 1975, Chrysler introduced the Centura with a choice of a 2-litre (4-cylinder) and 3.5-litre or 4-litre (6-cylinder) engines, and two equipment levels, XL and GL. This was a medium-sized competitor for the Holden Torana and the Ford Cortina. The 'KB' Centura was based on the European Chrysler 180 (which had been introduced in Europe in 1970), with facelifted front and rear styling (reputedly based on the intended design for a Sunbeam version of this car, which never reached production). The launch of the Centura was delayed by several years as a result of embargoes placed on French imports, due to France conducting Pacific nuclear bomb tests, which impeded the supply of parts. By the time the car arrived in Australia, its appearance was dated and, as a result, the Centura did not generate significant market interest. A mild 'KC' Centura update in GL and GLX variants combined with a simplified choice of two versions of the 4-litre engine arrived in 1977, but the car then quietly disappeared from the market by the end of 1978. Relationship with Mitsubishi Motors Australia Chrysler Australia's parent company began working closely with Mitsubishi Motors Corporation after they acquired a 15 percent interest in the company in 1971, with the result that Chrysler Australia began building the Mitsubishi-designed Chrysler Valiant Galant. The association with Mitsubishi also gave Chrysler Australia another winner—the 1977 Chrysler Sigma. With a range of 4-cylinder "Silent Shaft" engines, competitive pricing, "Japanese" style and the availability of a luxurious "SE" version, with optional leather trim (an innovative sales approach in its era), the Sigma marked Chrysler's sales comeback. Sigma soon became market leader in its class. In 1979 Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation each acquired a one sixth equity in Chrysler Australia and in April 1980 the two companies purchased the remaining shares in the company from the US Chrysler Corporation, which was in bailout negotiations with the US government. The company name was changed to Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited on 1 October 1980. Mitsubishi continued to build the Valiant models with Chrysler badging until August 1981 and production of the Sigma range continued under the Mitsubishi name until 1987. Colt, Magna, Verada and 380 models were subsequently produced before production of passenger vehicles was discontinued in March 2008. The company continues to operate today as one of Australia's major importers of road vehicles. Chrysler return to Australian market Chrysler returned to Australia in 1994, initially imported the Jeep Cherokee, then expanding the range to include the Chrysler Neon (discontinued in 2002) Grand Cherokee, Jeep Commander, PT Cruiser, Crossfire, 300C, Voyager and Dodge Caliber. Initially, the attraction of the Jeep range was "value for money" although the first cars became known for poor quality of construction. In the 2000s, a range of vehicles was imported from the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Austria. The Chrysler 300C found a successful niche as an alternative to Australian prestige cars—generally extended-wheelbase versions of traditional Australian family cars—the Holden Statesman/Caprice and Ford Fairlane/LTD. In 2012, Chrysler Australia took over the distribution responsibilities for Alfa Romeo, Fiat and Fiat Commercial. The Chrysler marque was withdrawn from the Australian market on 19 November 2021 as its only model, the Chrysler 300 has been discontinued. References Further reading David Brimble; "Chryslers Before The Chrysler Royal, A look at Dodge Plymouth De Soto manufactured in Australia between 1953 and 1957", Restored Cars magazine, No 87, July/August 1991, pp. 14–15 External links DaimlerChrysler Australia Pacific Historic images of Chrysler Australia's facilities at Finsbury, Mile End, Forestville, Lonsdale & Tonsley Park Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Car manufacturers of Australia Economy of South Australia Australian subsidiaries of foreign companies

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RecRec Music

RecRec Music was a Swiss independent record label created in 1983 by Daniel Waldner. The label was modeled on, and affiliated to, the British independent record label Recommended Records, but remained financially independent. The label went bankrupt in 1997 after the death of Waldner in 1995. History In 1979 Veit Stauffer and Daniel Waldner founded RecRec Zürich in Switzerland, after suggestions from Chris Cutler that they establish a record distribution company similar to the British independent record label Recommended Records that Cutler had created the previous year. RecRec Music, RecRec's record label, was created by Waldner in 1983, and built up a roster of over 30 bands and musicians. On 3 September 1995, Waldner and his son, Valentin died in an accident in the Swiss Alps. RecRec Music continued to operate, but began making losses and was declared bankrupt in May 1997. The label was split into two companies, RecRec-Shop, the record shop, and RecRec Medien AG, the distributor, with two new labels, Make-Up and Make-Up Your World. The companies continue to operate today, although with a different musical emphasis to that of RecRec Music. RecRec Music roster RecRec Music released music by over 30 bands and groups, including: After Dinner Bob Ostertag Camberwell Now Etron Fou Leloublan Ferdinand Richard Fred Frith Goz of Kermeur Massacre Negativland Nimal Pale Nudes Skeleton Crew Tenko The Ex The Hat Shoes See also Recommended Records Fred Records List of record labels External links RecRec Store. RecRec history. Discogs. RecRec Music. Squidco. RecRec discography. Swiss independent record labels Record labels established in 1983 Record labels disestablished in 1997 1983 establishments in Switzerland Alternative rock record labels Experimental music record labels

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Ken France

Kenneth France (22 February 1941 – 30 August 2019) was an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level. France made his full All Whites debut as a substitute in a 3–1 win over Singapore on 8 November 1967 and ended his international playing career with five A-international caps to his credit, his final cap an appearance in a 0–0 draw with Iran on 12 August 1973. References 1941 births 2019 deaths New Zealand association footballers New Zealand international footballers Association footballers not categorized by position

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Greene

Charles Greene

Charles Greene may refer to: Charles Ezra Greene (1842–1903), American civil engineer Charles Gordon Greene (1804–1886), American journalist Charles Greene (athlete) (born 1945), former American athlete Charles Sumner Greene (1868–1957), American architect Charles Warren Greene (1840–1920), American journalist and author Charles Wilson Greene (1866–1947), American professor of physiology and pharmacology See also Charles Green (disambiguation) Charlie Greene (disambiguation)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman%20Kavala

Osman Kavala

Osman Kavala (born 2 October 1957) is a Turkish businessperson, activist and philanthropist who has supported numerous civil society organizations in Turkey since the early 1990s. Kavala is the founder and chair of the board of Anadolu Kültür, an Istanbul-based nonprofit arts and culture organization. In 2019, he received the European Archaeological Heritage Prize from the European Association of Archaeologists for his efforts to protect and preserve significant examples of cultural heritage in danger in Turkey and the Ayşenur Zarakolu Freedom of Thought and Expression Award by Human Rights Association's Istanbul branch. His arrests in Turkey caused the European Court of Human Rights and ambassadors from ten Western countries to demand his release. These demands were rejected by the Turkish courts and president Erdoğan. Early life and education Kavala comes from a family of tobacco traders. His family moved from Northern Greece to Turkey in the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey. Kavala was born in Paris in 1957 He attended Robert College in Istanbul. Kavala studied management at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara and economics at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, subsequently enrolling in PhD program at The New School for Social Research in New York but returning to Istanbul upon his father's death in 1982. After his father's death, he took over the family-owned enterprise Kavala Companies. Publishing activities Starting with the early 1980s, Kavala has contributed to the establishment of several publishing companies in Turkey. Following the coup d'état in 1980, in 1983, he co-founded the publishing house İletişim Yayınları. In 1985, he co-founded Ana Publishing with Nazar Büyüm ve Selahattin Beyazıt, which published AnaBritannica (the Turkish version of Encyclopædia Britannica), Britannica Compton’s, and Temel Britannica. Kavala is currently a member of the board of directors at Aras Publishing. In the acknowledgements of his 2018 book Talaat Pasha: Father of Modern Turkey, Architect of Genocide, historian Hans-Lukas Kieser states that Kavala's assistance was "critical to my successfully starting the research". Civil society activities Since the 1990s, Kavala has contributed to numerous civil society organizations in Turkey. In 1984, he co-founded BILSAK (Science Art Culture Services Society), which promoted discussions around gender and ecology. He contributed to the establishment of several NGOs that started in the 1990s. These include TEMA (Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion for Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats), Helsinki Citizens' Assembly, and Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe. He has been part of the board of directors of Turkish Foundation of Cinema and Audio-visual Culture (TÜRSAK), Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV), Association for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (KMKD), Truth Justice Memory Center, and History Foundation of Turkey. Kavala is also known to be a sponsor of Amnesty International. He actively participated in the development of Spaces of Culture, a project set out to promote and support cultural activities Izmir, Diyarbakır and Gaziantep. The project is initiated by Goethe-Institut, the Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul, the Embassy of the Netherlands and the Institut francais de Turquie, in cooperation with Anadolu Kültür and Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV). Since 2002, he has spent much time working for the charitable foundation Anadolu Kültür, of which he is the founder and current chair. Anadolu Kültür runs cultural centers in underdeveloped regions of Turkey and fosters cultural cooperation with countries in the Caucasus and Balkan regions as well as those in the European Union. The organization supports local, regional, and international collaborations in arts and culture, and promotes for the protection and preservation of cultural heritage. Its vision is to contribute to a pluralist and democratic society. Its initiatives include Diyarbakir Arts Center (2002–ongoing), Kars Arts Center (2005–2009), and Depo in Istanbul—hosting exhibitions, talks, screenings, and workshops. Kavala was a founding member of the Open Society Foundations in Turkey, an international grantmaking network created by the American-Hungarian billionaire George Soros. In 2018, the Foundation ceased all its activities in Turkey. In a conversation with journalist Şirin Payzın, Kavala said that he "respected Soros" and that "our views overlap on issues such as the proper functioning of legal institutions, the protection and extension of civil rights, the support of civil society organizations and rights defenders, and immigration policies." He added that his "views on egalitarian policies in the social and economic fields are different" and that he has been critical of some of the activities of the Foundation in some countries. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan singled Kavala out for criticism, saying “The connections of the person they call the ‘red Soros of Turkey’ are coming to light”, and accused Kavala of being responsible for the Gezi Park protests of 2013, and of the "transfer of significant funds to certain places". In an op-ed published in The New York Times, Kavala states: "It seems I was cast in this narrative because I was a board member of the Open Society Foundation in Turkey and because of my open—though not financial—support of the campaign to protect Gezi Park. Arrest and court case On 18 October 2017 Osman Kavala was detained at the Istanbul Atatürk Airport after his visit to Gaziantep for a joint project with Goethe Institute. On 25 October 2017, the newspaper Daily Sabah, close to the Erdoğan government, accused him of being a "business tycoon with a shady background" and having contacts with the "Gülenist Terror Group" (FETÖ). On 1 November 2017, he was arrested on both Article 309 and Article 312 of the Turkish Penal Code. Article 309 (“attempts to abolish, replace or prevent the implementation of, through force and violence, the constitutional order of the republic of Turkey”) was related to an investigation on the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, and Article 312 (“the use of force and violence, to abolish the government of the Republic of Turkey or to prevent it, in part or in full, from fulfilling its duties”) was related to an investigation on Gezi Park protests. Related to Article 312 or the Gezi Park Trial as it is referred to in the press, a criminal indictment seeking life imprisonment for Kavala and 15 other people, including journalist Can Dündar and actor Memet Ali Alabora, was accepted on 4 March 2019 by the Istanbul 30th Heavy Penal Court. The indictment accuses the defendants of forming the mastermind behind the scenes of the Gezi Park protests, which is characterized as an "attempt to overthrow the government through violence" in this document. The indictment also alleges that philanthropist George Soros was behind the conspiracy. The trial was to begin on the 24 June 2019. The verdict in the so-called Gezi Trial was only delivered on the 18 February 2020, when Kavala was acquitted. On 18 February 2020, hours after his acquittal on Article 312, the chief prosecutor of Istanbul demanded the continued detention of Kavala due to Article 309, although Istanbul prosecutor's office had ordered him released on a pre-trial release judgment on Article 309 on 11 October 2019. On 19 February 2020, he was arrested once again for Article 309. He was acquitted from Article 309 on 20 March 2020. On 9 March 2020, Kavala was arrested on Article 328 (“securing information that, due to its nature, must be kept confidential for reasons relating to the security or domestic or foreign political interests of the State, for the purpose of political or military espionage”). This arrest happened only one day before the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights about Kavala's pretrial detention demanding his release became final on 10 March. Osman Kavala has been in Silivri Prison since 1 November 2017. After the court ruling on 20 March he has been arrested 3 times, and acquitted 2 times from the same crime related to Article 309. International reaction German politician Daniel Cohn-Bendit, in a public letter to Osman Kavala on 29 March 2018, wrote, "I try to understand the reason behind your arrest, but I cannot apprehend it. (...) It is difficult to conceive the reason behind it. (...) I am convinced that democracy will triumph, and we will soon be able to toast to our common future by the Bosporus. I am waiting for you in Frankfurt". European Court of Human Rights about Kavala's pretrial detention became final on 10 March. This ruling stated that there was no sufficient evidence to support the accusations against Kavala and that “the prosecution’s attitude could be considered such as to confirm the applicant’s assertion that the measures taken against him pursued an ulterior purpose, namely to reduce him to silence as an NGO activist and human-rights defender, to dissuade other persons from engaging in such activities and to paralyse civil society in the country.” It also requested that the Turkish Government “take every measure to put an end to the applicant’s detention and to secure his immediate release.” Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth stated that "The immediate re-arrest of Osman Kavala in another bogus investigation after his acquittal on trumped-up charges for the Gezi Park protests shows how Turkey’s criminal justice system is politically manipulated, with detention and prosecutions pursued at the political whim of the president." After the decision released by the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ on 3 September 2020, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Human Rights Watch, and the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project demanded that Turkish authorities release Kavala immediately. In September 2021, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe gave Turkey until December 2021 to release Kavala before beginning infringement proceedings against Turkey. On December 3, 2021 Council of Europe (COE) says it will notify Turkey of its intention to launch "infringement proceedings" against the country over its failure to release philanthropist Osman Kavala. On 23 October 2021, the demand for Kavala's release was supported by ten embassies (United States, Germany, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and Sweden), whose ambassadors were subsequently declared "persona non grata" in a statement by president Erdogan. On 25 October, Erdogan backtracked on his initial threats to expel the ten ambassadors, stating that the diplomats had fulfilled their commitment to Article 41 of the Vienna Convention and that they would "be more careful in their statements." Personal life Kavala married Ayşe Buğra in 1988. Buğra is professor of political economy at the Ataturk Institute of Modern Turkish History of Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. See also History of the Republic of Turkey#AKP government (2002–present) References External links osmankavala.org (English) nytimes.com, 3 November 2017 / Dani Rodrik: A Good Citizen Jailed in Turkey (Opinion piece) openDemocracy.org, 3 November 2017 / Anthony Barnett: Osman Kavala, Turkish democracy on the anvil FAZ.net, 19 October 2017 / Karen Krüger: „Osman Kavala. Türkei verhaftet prominenten Kulturmäzen“ Frankfurter Rundschau, 20 October 2017 / Frank Nordhausen: „Osman Kavala. Der ‚rote Soros‘“ Statement by Osman Kavala at the 6th hearing of Gezi Trial, 18 February 2020 Statement by Osman Kavala at the 5th hearing of the Gezi Trial, 28 January 2020 Video interview with the Defense Counsel of Osman Kavala, Attorney Ilkan Koyuncu: The Acquittal Verdict and its Aftermath (with English subtitles) 1957 births Living people Businesspeople from Istanbul Patrons of the arts Robert College alumni Alumni of the University of Manchester Prisoners and detainees of Turkey Inmates of Silivri Prison Political prisoners Turkish philanthropists

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National Security Bureau (Poland)

National Security Bureau (, BBN) is a Polish government agency executing the tasks given by the President of the Republic of Poland regarding national security. The Bureau serves as the organizational support to the National Security Council. The Chief of the National Security Bureau () answers to the President. Shortly after the creation of NSB (1991) it was a part of Office of the President of the Republic of Poland in place of the Ministry of State for the National Security, which it succeeded. Heads of the National Security Bureau Jerzy Milewski – from 8 February 1991 until 13 June 1994 Henryk Goryszewski – from 14 June 1994 until 22 December 1995 Jerzy Milewski – from 3 January 1996 until 10 February 1997 Marek Siwiec – from 19 February 1997 until 17 June 2004 Major General Tadeusz Bałachowicz – from 18 June 2004 until 28 February 2005 (in charge of the Bureau as the Deputy Head of the Bureau) Jerzy Bahr – from 1 March 2005 until 22 December 2005 Fleet Admiral Ryszard Łukasik – from 23 December 2005 until 12 January 2006 (in charge of the Bureau as the Deputy Head of the Bureau) Andrzej Urbański – from 13 January 2006 until 24 August 2006 (acting head of the Bureau) Władysław Stasiak – from 24 August 2006 until 8 August 2007 Major General Roman Polko – from 9 August 2007 until 15 November 2007 (in charge of the Bureau as the Deputy Head of the Bureau) Władysław Stasiak - from 16 November 2007 until 15 January 2009 Aleksander Szczygło - from 15 January 2009 until 10 April 2010 Stanisław Koziej - from 10 April 2010 until 6 August 2015 Paweł Soloch - from 7 August 2015 External links Government agencies of Poland National security institutions

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Amum

AMUM might refer to: `Amum, a village in eastern Yemen AMUM, abbreviation for the Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Tennessee

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Lifeguard (automobile safety)

Lifeguard was the name of a 1956 safety package marketed by the Ford Motor Company. Spurred by Robert McNamara, the Cornell University crash research program and the first year of Ford's own crash testing (1955) the Lifeguard package included: Three standard features: A safety "deep-center" steering wheel with spokes that would flex. Safety "double-grip" door latches to prevent occupant ejection in case of a crash. Safety rearview mirror to reduce broken glass if shattered. Two optional features: Front and rear lap only seat belts (first offered by Ford in 1955). Padded dashboard and sun visors (the padding was advertised as being more absorbent than foam rubber.) The instruments were recessed to minimize injury potential. According to some, the buying public was unresponsive to the Lifeguard package, prompting Henry Ford II to say: McNamara is selling safety, but Chevrolet is selling cars. though Ralph Nader and Joan Claybrook dispute this claiming that the package was extremely popular. 1957 update In 1957, Ford updated the Lifeguard safety package with a new frame that bowed out to completely enclose the passengers, rear child-proof door locks, a front hinged hood to protect against the hood flying up in the wind, and recessed knobs. Notes Sources 1956 Crown Victoria The Outsider. How Robert McNamara changed the automobile industry Lifeguard Design, original publicity shots Automotive safety Ford Motor Company

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Chip Martel

Charles U. "Chip" Martel (born 1953) is an American computer scientist and bridge player. Martel was Inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2014. He is married to Jan Martel, also in the ACBL Hall of Fame. Academic life Martel received a B.S. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1975, and a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 1980. He helped establish the computer science department at UC Davis, received tenure there in 1985–86, and retired in 2013. At UC Davis he is Charles U. Martel, Professor Emeritus. His academic interests involved designing and analyzing algorithms. Bridge accomplishments Awards and Honors Herman Trophy (1) 1981 Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1994 Fishbein Trophy (1) 2000 ACBL Hall of Fame, 2014 Wins Bermuda Bowl (4) 1985, 1987, 2001, 2017 World Open Pairs Championship (1) 1982 Rosenblum Cup (1) 1994 World Senior Teams (1) 2016 North American Bridge Championships (34) von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 2007 Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 2012 North American Pairs (1) 1988 Grand National Teams (9) 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1993, 1996, 2003, 2009, 2017 Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1994 Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2010 Vanderbilt (7) 1984, 1987, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2011, 2018 Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (5) 1995, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2018 Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2001 Reisinger (4) 1981, 1985, 1986, 1996 Spingold (3) 1990, 2000, 2016 Runners-up Bermuda Bowl (1) 1989 Rosenblum Cup (1) 1982 North American Bridge Championships Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1981 North American Pairs (1) 1981 Grand National Teams (5) 2000, 2001, 2006, 2014, 2016 Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (2) 2000, 2014 Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2013 Vanderbilt (3) 1992, 2006, 2010 Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2008 Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2004 Reisinger (3) 1983, 2006, 2007 Spingold (4) 1992, 1993, 1995, 2003 References External links 1953 births American contract bridge players Bermuda Bowl players University of California, Berkeley alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni University of California, Davis faculty People from Davis, California Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people)

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List of senators of Sarthe

Following is a list of senators of Sarthe, people who have represented the department of Sarthe in the Senate of France. Third Republic Senators for Sarthe under the French Third Republic were: Eugène Caillaux (1876–1882) Auguste de Talhouët-Roy (1876–1882) Michel Vétillart (1876–1882) Louis Cordelet (1882–1923) Pierre Le Monnier (1882–1895) Anselme Rubillard (1882–1891) Alphonse Le Porché (1891–1902) Prosper Legludic (1895–1904) Georges Le Chevalier (1903–1909) Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant (1904–1924) André Lebert (1909–1942) Pierre Ajam (1924–1927) Édouard Gigon (1924–1925) Joseph Caillaux (1925–1944) Almire Breteau (1927–1930) René Buquin (1930–1936) Albert Thibault (1936–1940) Fourth Republic Senators for Sarthe under the French Fourth Republic were: Max Boyer (1946–1948) Jean de Montgascon (1946–1948) Jean-Yves Chapalain (1948–1958) Raymond Dronne (1948–1951) Philippe d'Argenlieu (1951–1959) Rally of the French People (RPF) Fifth Republic Senators for Sarthe under the French Fifth Republic: References Sources Lists of members of the Senate (France) by department

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Old Harbour High School

Old Harbour High School is a high school in Old Harbour in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica. The principal is Lynton Weir. References External links High schools in Jamaica

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Denys Granier-Deferre

Denys Granier-Deferre (born 27 December 1949, Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French film director. Biography Denys Granier-Deferre is the son of Pierre Granier-Deferre with whom he started cinema as his assistant, notably on his father's movie Le Chat (1971). He then worked with different French directors before writing and filming his first movie, Que les gros salaires lèvent le doigt!, in 1982. Filmography As director and writer 1982 : Que les gros salaires lèvent le doigt! 1984 : Réveillon chez Bob 2010 : Pièce montée References External links French film directors 1949 births Living people

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Fatiha Mejjati

Fatiha Mejjat is a citizen of Morocco. She is the widow of Karim Mejjat, suspected of a planning role in attacks Casablanca, in 2003, and in Madrid in 2004. Biography France 24 reported that Mejjat has acknowledged that, in her youth, she liked to wear short skirts, and smoke cigarettes with her female friends. Mejjati became radicalized in 1990, during the Gulf War, and subsequently married Karim Mejjat. The pair had two sons. According to the Morocco World News, Karim Mejjat was the founder of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group, which it said owed allegiance to Osama bin Laden. It reports that they moved to Afghanistan, when it was ruled by the Taliban. Foreign Policy reports they moved to Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002. Her husband Karim is reported to have gone to Saudi Arabia, in 2003, where he served as an Al-Qaeda agent. However, he is also alleged to have planned the 2003 Casablanca bombings, in May 2003. Fatiha and one of her sons were detained by Morocco for several months in Morocco in 2003. Her husband Karim was also reported to have played a planning role in the 2004 Madrid train bombings. In 2005 he was living in Saudi Arabia again, with one of the pair's sons, when they were killed during a gunfight with Saudi security forces in April, 2005. France 24 interviewed Fatiha, and published a profile of her, after she published a warning to France that it should be concerned it would be attacked by jihadists. In that interview she denied that she had any ties with al Qaeda, and clarified she did not know of any specific plans to attack France, rather, her warning was based on the perception that, since France sat out the invasion of Iraq in 2003, it had been turning against the Muslim world. Her surviving son, Ilyas Mejjat, went to work for ISIL's media arm. After moving to the territory controlled by ISIL she came to lead the Al-Khansaa Brigade, an all-woman unit charged with enforcing the ISIL interpretation of female modesty, proper female attire. Jeune Afrique reported that she married a senior ISIL leader, in 2014. References 1961 births Living people Moroccan Islamists Moroccan expatriates in Afghanistan Moroccan al-Qaeda members Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant members

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Sound Tribe Sector 9

Sound Tribe Sector 9 (STS9) is an instrumental band whose sound is based heavily on instrumental rock and electronic music, funk, jazz, drum and bass, psychedelia, and hip hop, originating in Georgia, United States. Self-described as "post-rock dance music," the band mixes standard live rock instrumentation with electronics, favoring group rhythm over individual solos. STS9 has released 11 albums, two remixed albums (Artifact: Perspectives and Peaceblaster: Make it Right Remixes), and multiple live DVDs (Live as Time Changes, Axe The Cables, and various live performances) on their own label, 1320 Records. STS9 has toured the US nationally and internationally, ranking among Pollstar Magazines list of top-grossing touring acts, with a heavy presence in the music festival circuit. Some of their recent past accomplishments include headlining stages at some of the country's major music festivals (including Bonnaroo, Wakarusa, Electric Forest, and Suwanee Hulaween), playing for sold-out concert venues around the country (playing as both an acoustic set-up in opera houses and as an electronic act in amphitheaters), performing with the likes of Jay-Z in Denver of 2010, running an independent record label, and using their voice as a platform for change, along with raising significant amounts of money towards activism efforts. STS9 is also known for pushing musical boundaries, mixing different music influences and sounds by using both acoustic and electronic means. History STS9 was formed in Snellville, Georgia (just outside Atlanta), in 1998. The band has headlined stages at festivals such as Summer Camp, Wakarusa, Moogfest, Bonnaroo, Outside Lands Festival, Regeneration, Lollapalooza, Camp Bisco and Electric Forest Festival. The group has raised significant amounts of money towards activism efforts, including $150,000 to the Make it Right Foundation, paving the way to rebuild a house in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans. In the band's last studio album The Universe Inside, which is the twelfth in their full discography, STS9 continues to grow by incorporating dance and disco styles into their music. STS9's self-owned record label, 1320 Records, currently boasts over 300,000 unique downloads and over 1,000 releases by over 100 artists including Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, Big Gigantic, ESKMO, and the Glitch Mob. On January 14, 2014, it was announced that founding member and bassist David Murphy was leaving the band. Alana Rocklin was recruited as his replacement. Rocklin performed a whole set with the band for the first time on March 28, 2014 at McDowell Mountain Music Festival in Phoenix, Arizona, having previously made a guest appearance performing "Gobnugget" on December 29, 2013 at the Tabernacle in Atlanta. Rocklin was a fan of the group before joining them and has previously played as part of Jim James' band. Social work STS9 has partnered with a variety of non-profit organizations throughout their career. Over the last decade, they have partnered with Conscious Alliance to bring food drives to various concerts and festivals on their tour. In exchange for fan participation in these events, STS9 and Conscious Alliance thank patrons with limited edition artwork posters, often created by the same artists who accompany the band on stage. In 2005, STS9 put on a benefit concert where they raised over $20,000 for Hurricane Katrina victims. Beginning in the fall of 2006, as part of their Live as Time Changes tour, STS9 traveled across the country in a carbon neutral tour bus and powered their live concerts using renewable energy. The band hoped to offset 100%, or about 138,000 pounds, of their carbon dioxide emissions from their tour by donations of Renewable Energy Credits from their partnership with environment-friendly companies. STS9's remix album, Peaceblaster : The New Orleans Make It Right Remixes, features 30 remixes of material from their 2008 album, Peaceblaster. All proceeds from this album went to the Make it Right Foundation, in an effort to build a home in New Orleans, which has since been completed and taken up by a family displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The home has many eco-friendly features, including solar panels, high efficiency HVAC system, wire-free lighting panels, tankless water heater, dual flush toilets, low emissivity windows and doors, a rainwater collection system, and water-absorbing native landscaping. For protection against future storms, the home has walls that can withstand 130 mph winds, Kevlar hurricane shields for the windows, and a roof hatch in case an escape is necessary. Notable concert performances STS9 has gained acclaim, as well as a distinctly loyal fan base over the past decade. Their 2005 album Artifact reached #12 on Billboards Top Electronic Albums. They have moved from playing and opening in small clubs and bars to headlining major music venues and festivals. In 2003, the band reached new heights by opening for The String Cheese Incident in their first amphitheater performance, at majestic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. A concert scheduled for the previous night at the Fox Theater in Boulder, Colorado sold out in less than fifteen minutes. The band has now sold out numerous headlining Red Rocks shows, along with many other venues across the country. In the San Francisco Bay Area, the band has built a following with frequent performances at The Fillmore, Warfield Theatre, and the historic Regency Center. They have performed at the Fillmore on ten occasions, including three two-night stands, a three-night stand for Halloween in 2004, and a four-night stand in early 2009. They have performed at the Warfield Theatre on five occasions, including a two-night stand. The band performed at the Regency Center on five occasions, including two consecutive New Year's Eve shows in 2002 and 2003. The band has also put on performances at the Independent, Great American Music Hall, Golden Gate Park, and the Stern Grove Festival. The band also performed at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colorado, for a five-night stand in March 2007. Santa Cruz, California has been home to various members of the band since moving to California. The band has performed at the Catalyst on nine occasions since 2002, including two two-night stands. The band frequently played a club called Palookaville, until it closed in 2002. In 2003, the band headlined the Santa Cruz Civic Center. In their home state of Georgia, the band continues to ride their popularity. On October 3, 2006, the band marked the ninth anniversary of their first ever show with a celebration at the historic Georgia Theatre in Athens. The band has performed many multiple-night stands at the Georgia Theatre since 2002. For many years they have performed at the Tabernacle in Atlanta on New Year's Eve as part of multiple-night stands. The band has also built their own fan base in Chicago, Illinois, after performing multiple times at North Coast Festival and Lollapalooza with late night performances at the House of Blues Chicago. Also making frequent trips to the Aragon Ballroom and the Congress, STS9 has made Chicago a go-to city for performances. The band chose Denver as the host for their three 2009 New Year's Eve concerts. December 29 marked the band's first acoustic show ever, called "Axe the Cables." The band performed two sets at the University of Denver's Gates Hall. The remaining two nights were standard "electric" shows played at the Wells Fargo Theater. STS9 returned to Denver for New Year's Eve 2010, playing three shows at the Fillmore Auditorium. The December 29, 2010 show opened and closed with a cover of the Grateful Dead's "Shakedown Street". For New Year's 2011, STS9 returned to the Tabernacle in Atlanta. They performed a five-night run starting on December 27. STS9 has continued to perform in Atlanta and Denver for New Year's since 2011. In August 2012, STS9 played another "Axe the Cables" acoustic show at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA. In the summer of 2013, the band co-headlined a 14-city tour with Umphrey's McGee, alternating the closing slot each night. To end the year of 2013, STS9 played a five-night run at the Tabernacle in Atlanta that culminated on New Year's Eve. December 31, 2013 was the last show the original 5 founding members played together as the. Band would announce the departure of bassist, David Murphy, in the early weeks of 2014. On March 28, 2014 the band returned for their first concert following their split with David Murphy. This show was held in Phoenix, Arizona during the McDowell Mountain Music Festival, and was the first time the band played with new bassist Alana Rocklin. In September 2014, STS9 returned to Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado to play two nights to a sold-out crowd. This run included two Axe The Cables sets with new bassist Alana Rocklin. STS9 ended 2014 with a four-night stand at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver. The band turned New Year's Day into a benefit for Conscious Alliance, inviting 600 fans to a sit-down dinner and a full improv set. This performance was later released through BitTorrent with the full 2014 catalog. Returning to Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado in September 2015, the group once again sold out both nights. Festival appearances STS9 has a steady presence in the music festival circuit, headlining several festivals across the country each season. In 2007, the band announced they would return to Deerfields for a new festival titled Re:Generation. The two-day festival included additional performances from the Join and Telefon Tel Aviv. According to the band's website, this event promised to be "a unique celebration of music, nature, family, mind, body, and spirit." In 2011, STS9 re-created the Re:Generation festival in its second incarnation held at Horning's Hideout in North Plains, Oregon, with a lineup that included Bassnectar, Glitch Mob, Beats Antique, and Tycho. In May 2008, the band performed at the Summer Camp Music Festival in Chillicothe, Illinois. On Saturday June 7, 2008, the band headlined the Sun Down Stage at the Wakarusa Music Festival at Clinton State Park, Lawrence, Kansas. At Rothbury 2008, the band performed a three and a half hour show, which packed a capacity crowd. In June 2011, the band performed at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee. Their show began at 2:30am and played until sunrise. In 2012, the band performed at the Hangout Music Festival, Electric Forest, High Sierra Music Festival, and North Coast Festival. From 2013, STS9 has performed at festivals including High Sierra Music Festival, Moonrise Festival, Suwannee Hulaween, Pemberton Music Festival, All Good Music Festival, Bonnaroo, Wakarusa, Summer Camp Music and Camping Festival, BUKU, The Voodoo Music + Arts Experience, Hangout Music Festival, Beale Street Music Festival, Counterpoint, Summer Set Music Festival and McDowell Mountain Festival. In 2018, STS9 organized and headlined the first annual Wave Spell Festival in Belden Town, CA. During this festival they played 9 sets of music, 3 of which were entirely improvised. A variety of musical performers joined STS9 at Wave Spell, including: Sunsquabi, eDIT and Ooah of the Glitch Mob, Manic Focus, Michael Menert, Charlesthefirst, Antennae, Yak Attack and others. In addition to these guests, David Phipps and Zach Velmer of STS9 performed solo sets. The band has announced the second year of Wave Spell, which will occur in August 2019. Sound Tribe Sector 9 has performed live at the following events: 10,000 Lakes Festival (Detroit Lakes, Minnesota) – 2005 Adirondak Mountain Music Fest. (Moose River Campground, Lyonsdale, New York) – 2003 All Good Music Festival (Masontown, West Virginia / Legend Valley, Ohio) – 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 Anon Salon's Sea of Dreams (San Francisco, California) – 2002, 2003 Area 51 Soundtest (Indian Springs, Nevada) – 2004 Austin City Limits (Austin, Texas) – 2002, 2007, 2009 Backwoods at Mulberry Mountain (Ozark, Arkansas) – 2018 Berkfest (Great Barrington, Massachusetts) – 2001–2003 Big Wu Family Reunion (Black River Falls, Wisconsin) – 2001 Bonnaroo Music Festival Late Nite Show (Manchester, Tennessee) – 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2018 Buku Music Festival (New Orleans, Louisiana) – 2013, 2015 Camp Bisco (various locations) – 1999, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Indio, California) – 2002 CounterPoint Music Festival (Kingston Downs, Georgia) – 2014 Creekside Jamboree (Almost Heaven Campground, Forksville, Pennsylvania) – 2003 Dancin' in the District (Riverfront Park, Nashville, Tennessee) – 2005 Earthdance Festival (Ya-Ka-Ama Native American Reservation, Santa Rosa, California) – 2001 Earthdance Festival (Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California) – 2002 Earthdance Festival (Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville, California) – 2003, 2005, 2009 Electric Forest Festival (Double JJ Ranch, Rothbury, Michigan) – 2012, 2014, 2016 (2 sets including Axe The Cables) Euphoria Music Festival (Carson Creek Ranch, Austin, Texas) – 2015, 2016 Fairfax World Music Festival (Fairfax, California) – 2002 Family Affair Festival (Port Orford, Oregon) – 2001 Fourth of July Festival (Nelsons Ledges, Garrettsville, Ohio) – 2005 Fuji Rock Festival (Japan) Gathering of the Vibes (Seaside Park, Bridgeport, Connecticut) – 2000, 2012 Harmonic Convergence Fest – STS9 Presents (Deerfields Amphitheater, Horse Shoe, North Carolina) – 2002, 2003 Harmony Fest (Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, California) – 2006, 2007 High Sierra Music Festival (Plumas County Fairgrounds, Quincy, California) – 1999–2004 Horning's Hideout SCI Festival (North Plains, Oregon) – 2004 Hangout Music Festival (Gulf Shores, Alabama) – 2011, 2012, 2014 The Hudson Music Project (Saugerties, New York) – 2014 Jam In The Dam (Melkweg, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) – 2006 Jam On The River (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) – 2007 Jamcruise – 2005, 2010 Kanrocksas – 2011 Langerado (Sunrise, Florida) – 2004, 2007, 2008 Live OFF The Levee (Soldier Memorial Plaza, St. Louis, Missouri) – 2008 Lollapalooza (Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois) – 2005, 2007, 2009 Lunatic Picnic Outdoor Festival (Hakonomori Play Park, Shiobara Onsen, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan) – 2002 Memphis in May Festival/Beale Street Music Festival (Memphis, Tennessee) – 2004, 2014 Music Midtown Festival (Atlanta, Georgia) – 2003 Moonrise Festival (Baltimore, Maryland) – 2014, 2016 Mountain Music Festival (Willow Creek, California) – 2003 Musicians For Medical Marijuana (Oakland, California) – 2001 Nateva Music & Camping Festival (Oxford, Maine) – 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Late Nite Show (New Orleans, Louisiana) – 2001, 2004, 2007 Nocturnal Music Festival Texas (Apache Pass, Texas) – 2012 North Coast Music Festival (Chicago, Illinois) – 2011, 2012, 2014 Oregon Eclipse Music Festival (Big Summit Prairie, Oregon) – 2017 Oulipo Ballroom (Lexington, Kentucky) – 2009 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival (San Francisco, California) – 2011 PhilFest (Patten Gymnasium, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois) – 2002 Red Rocks the Vote (Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado) – 2004 Re:Generation – STS9 Presents (Deerfields Amphitheater, Horse Shoe, North Carolina) – 2007 Re:Generation – STS9 (hornings hideout, North Plains, Oregon) – 2011 Rothbury Music Festival (Rothbury, Michigan) – 2008, 2009 Snowball Music Festival (Winter Park, Colorado) – 2013 Sonic Bloom – 2007, 2015 Sno-Core Icicle Ball – 2002 Stern Grove Festival (SG Park, San Francisco, California) – 2003 Street Scene (San Diego, California) – 2008 Summercamp Festival (Chillicothe, Illinois) – 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018 SummerFest (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) – 2009, 2010 Summer Set Music Festival (Somerset, Wisconsin) – 2013, 2016 Suwannee Hulaween (Live Oak, Florida) – 2013, 2015, 2018 Tamarack Music Festival (Bear Valley, California) – 2001 Van Hoy Farms Family Campground (Union Grove, North Carolina) – 2001 Vegoose Music Festival (Las Vegas, Nevada) – 2007 Vegoose Late Night Show (Las Vegas, Nevada) – 2005, 2006,2007 The Verizon Amphitheater (Alpharetta, Georgia) – 2016 The Voodoo Music + Arts Experience (New Orleans, Louisiana) – 2016 Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival (Clinton State Park, Lawrence, Kansas) – 2004, 2006, 2008 (Mulberry Mountain, Ozark, Arkansas) – 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 The Werk Out Music and Arts Festival (Legend Valley, Thornville, Ohio) – 2016 Resonance Music and Arts Festival (Legend Valley, Thornville, Ohio) – 2017, 2018 Discography 1998: Interplanetary Escape Vehicle – Landslide Records Moon Socket (10:05) Hubble (7:10) Wika Chikana (12:56) H. B. Walks to School (6:00) Four Year Puma (6:39) Tap-In (2:45) Quests (5:36) Evasive Maneuvers (5:50) 1999: Sector 9 – The Brown Album (Live Release) – Landslide Records Tap-In T. W. E. L. V. E. Kamuy Frequencies Peace 1 Frequencies Peace 2 Frequencies Peace 3 Surreality Lub Duh Earf 2000: Offered Schematics Suggesting Peace – Landslide Records Foreword (0:22) Squares and Cubes (6:10) Otherwise Formless (6:13) Kamuy (5:34) Water Song (3:40) Common Objects Strangely Placed (2:19) ...And Some Are Angels (6:16) Turtle (3:16) Mischief of a Sleepwalker (5:37) Inspire Strikes Back (8:05) EB (10:33) 2002: Seasons 01 (Live Release, Double CD) – 1320 Records A Gift for Gaia (12:13) Jebez (15:28) Ramone & Emiglio (19:18) Satori (10:51) Good for Everyday (8:34) Equinox (8:41) Kaya (12:17) Eclipse (5:13) Thread (15:40) Breach (2:57) 2003: Live at Home – 1320 Records Intro (0:48) Kotamo (2:47) Manatee (5:33) L1nQs (2:02) Since 7th (1:48) Luma Sunrise (5:30) Believe (2:07) Haiku (2:14) Oceans Ride (3:40) N'terlude (0:23) Havona Ascent (2:09) Midwest (6:11) Midwest Sky (1:31) Egil (5:57) Like That ? (1:14) Purity Too (3:50) Linguistics (4:41) Care Too (2:44) Power Is The People (2:29) Tact (4:00) Summit (7:08) Drone Slowly (a Walk Through Philly) (3:35) Slight Shift (Firetrucks Outro) (1:19) 2005: Artifact – 1320 Records -- <small>#12 on Billboard'''s Top Electronic Albums chart</small> musical story, yes (0:28) Better Day (4:49) By the Morning Sun (3:35) Tokyo (7:03) ARTiFACT (2:12) Native End (4:31) ReEmergence (5:01) Peoples (4:19) GLOgli (5:20) Today (4:21) Tonight the Ocean Swallowed the Moon (2:51) Forest Hu (0:50) Somesing (6:49) Trinocular (4:44) Vibyl (3:00) 8 & Extra (1:28) Possibilities (3:45) Peoples part II (4:02) first mist over Clear Lake (0:56) Music, Us (3:11) Bonus track: Tokyo (radio edit) (4:04) 2005: Artifact: Remixes Vol.1 (iTunes exclusive, 4-tracks) – 1320 Records 2005: Artifact: Perspectives (Remix album) – 1320 Records Better Day Remix (Sub-id) (4:05) Tokyo Remix (Machinedrum) (5:01) Possibilities Remix (Collective Efforts) (3:47) Tokyo/Better Day Remix (Ming+FS) (5:07) By the Morning Sun Remix (Slicker) (5:31) Somesing (Eustachian 24hr. White Knuckle Mix) (3:45) Possibilities Remix (Eliot Lipp & Leo 123) (4:17) Better Day/Trinocular STSDevine Remix (Richard Devine) (6:03) By the Morning Sun Remix (Metrognome) (5:04) Possibilities Remix (Mr. Lif) (3:38) Tokyo Shinjuku Flashback Mix (Bill Laswell) (9:12) Somesing Remix (Bassnectar) (2:38) ReEmergence, Beat the Science Remix (Karsh Kale) (6:43) Peoples, Cause & FX Remix (Lowpro Lounge: Audio Angel & ill45) (5:49) Better Day Remix (Genetic) (4:19) 2007: Here...Catch Essential Live Recordings (Live Compilation, distributed only in Japan) 2008: Peaceblaster – 1320 Records 2009: Peaceblaster: The New Orleans Make it Right Remixes – 1320 Records 2009: Ad Explorata – 1320 Records fall '09 Rohto V exclusive 2010: Axe The Cables – 1320 Records live acoustic set 2011: When The Dust Settles 1320 Records 2016: The Universe Inside – 1320 Records 2020: Visions Tapes - 1320 Records Video and DVD 2003: STS9 Live in Santa Cruz – GrooveTV #201 (VideoCD, MPEG download); GrooveTV.net DVD 2006: Live As Time Changes (DVD) – 1320 Records; recorded Live December 29–31, 2005 2009: Axe the Cables (on-demand streaming) – 2007–2010: STS9 Live (free streaming, on-demand streaming) Side projects Tzolkin On several occasions, STS9 has billed themselves under the name "Tzolkin". A promotional flyer put out by the band advertising the 2001 performance reads: "A New Sound Expression from Tzolkin". Tzolkin consists of all five members of STS9. These very experimental concerts have been used to debut brand new material in a live setting without having the audience expectation of hearing existing STS9 material. "Tzolkin" means "sequence of days" and refers to a 260-day harmonic module calendar cycle. Tzolkin performed live on: July 3, 2001 – The Justice League, San Francisco, California October 12, 2002 – Speedway Meadows, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California (Earthdance Festival) June 10, 2004 – Tasty World, Athens, Georgia Landscape and Breath Landscape and Breath consists of STS9 members David Phipps (keyboards/laptop) and Hunter Brown (guitar/keyboards/programming). The group's sound is very similar to that of STS9. Steeped in ambience and without drums and bass, the sound is softer and lighter. This side project has been known to work through raw material and ideas that eventually become STS9 compositions. Landscape and Breath is credited with producing four songs on the STS9 2005 release Artifact. The duo also contributed four different songs to the Low Pro Lounge 2004 release, The Most Hi-Fi. Other Landscape and Breath compositions can be found on the STS9 2004 release Live At Home, although the songs are credited individually to Phipps and Hunter. Landscape and Breath performed live on: July 15, 2001 – Club Sugar, Santa Monica, California March 19, 2003 – Olive, San Francisco, California (J. Garcia art opening) April 20, 2003 – Rawhide, San Francisco, California (Low Pro Lounge event) July 31, 2004 – Brookdale Lodge, Brookdale, California (Blue Moon Benefit) Santa Cruz Hemp All-Stars Santa Cruz Hemp All-Stars (S.C.H.A.S.) is a side project that includes the STS9 rhythm section of Jeffree Lerner (percussion/effects) and Zach Velmer (drums). STS9 member David Murphy (bass) has also appeared with the band on four occasions. S.C.H.A.S. performed live on: May 13, 2001 – Palookaville, Santa Cruz, California August 19, 2001 – Palookaville, Santa Cruz, California December 16, 2001 – The Justice League, San Francisco, California January 25, 2002 – Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, California (opening for Maceo Parker) June 14. 2002 – Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California November 16, 2002 – Studio Z, San Francisco, California L.I.F.E. L.I.F.E. (Love In Full Effect) was a short-lived side project that included STS9 member Zach Velmer (drums) plus Max Malone (drums, bass) from The Free Energy Project. According to the band, "The intention of L.I.F.E. is to perform music as an uplifting experience of transformation to a higher vibration of love. Through selected tones and rhythms, the music is performed as a cycle of life recognizing our journey from birth to death, spring to winter, as circle, vibrating higher after each revolution to experience Love In its Fullest Effect." L.I.F.E. performed live on: January 12, 2002 – Studio Z, San Francisco, California (Digital-Be-In Media Festival) February 1, 2002 – Vet's Hall, Santa Cruz, California Root Science Root Science was a short-lived side project that included STS9 members Zach Velmer (drums) and David Murphy (bass). The band also included DJ James Christopher, lyricists Lost and XQR, and female vocalist Syrene. A promotional flyer put out by the band advertising the event read: "Root Science is a classic drum and bass tracks interpreted live in an improvisational atmosphere. As a group, the performers will recreate and simultaneously reinvent the sounds at the roots of the modern jungle." Root Science performed live on: February 2, 2002 – The Justice League, San Francisco, California Members Hunter Brown - guitars, keyboards (1998-present) Zach Velmer - drums, electronic percussion, programming (1998-present) Jeffree Lerner - percussion, keyboards, programming (1998-present) David Phipps - keyboards, synthesizers, programming (1998-present) Alana Rocklin - bass guitar (2013, 2014-present) Former members David Murphy - bass guitar, keyboards, programming (1998-2013) References http://www.relix.com/articles/detail/back_to_the_future_an_oral_history_of_livetronica http://www.ew.com/article/2005/02/21/sixty-second-lesson-livetronica http://www.jambase.com/article/sts9-coming-full-circle http://digital.1320records.com/search/?artist=STS9 http://www.jambase.com/article/sts9-returns-with-alana-rocklin-on-bass-new-material http://goodtimes.sc/uncategorized/it-takes-a-tribe-sts9/ External links STS9.com - Official site STS9music.com - Official music downloads, live shows and albums STS9 @ Myspace.com Sound Tribe Sector 9 collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive GrooveTV #201 VideoCD @ Archive.org Soundtribe.us - Data about STS9 shows and songs American instrumental musical groups Livetronica music groups Rock music groups from Georgia (U.S. state) Electronic music groups from Georgia (U.S. state) Musical groups established in 1998 Jam bands Ableton Live users

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Kai Ephron

Kai Ephron is an American and British film director. He is best known for his work on the feature film Benjamin Troubles. Career Kai started his career as a lead actor in Flesh Suitcase (1995) and worked as a location manager in Eagle Eye, Inception, Super 8 and many more. His debut feature film Benjamin Troubles had been screened in Santa Fe Film Festival and Sedona Film Festival. Filmography References External links Living people American film directors 1965 births

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Vivaldi (surname)

Vivaldi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Angel Vivaldi (born 1985), American musician Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), Italian composer Juan Manuel Vivaldi (born 1979), Argentine field hockey player María Teresa Martín-Vivaldi (born 1955), Spanish painter Ugolino Vivaldi (fl. 1291), Genovese explorer Ugolino Vivaldi Pasqua (1885–1910), Italian aviator Vandino Vivaldi (fl. 1291), Genovese explorer See also Vivaldi (disambiguation) Italian-language surnames

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USS Arkansas

USS Arkansas may refer to one of these ships of the United States Navy named in honor of the 25th state. , a screw steamer originally named the Tonawanda that served in the American Civil War. After that war she was renamed Tonowanda and lost off Key Largo in 1866. , an with a single gun turret. She was one of the last monitors of the U.S. Navy, commissioned in 1902, but having her name changed to the USS Ozark in 1906. Scrapped in 1922. , one of two s, commissioned in 1912. One of the oldest ships of World War II, and expended and wrecked in an atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll in July 1946. That is where her wreckage still lies. , one of four nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers, commissioned in 1980 and decommissioned in 1998. , a future nuclear-powered attack submarine, announced in June 2016. See also United States Navy ship names United States Navy Arkansas-related ships

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2007 UC Davis Aggies football team

The 2007 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They competed in the Great West Football Conference (GWFC). The 2007 Aggies were led by head coach Bob Biggs in his fifteenth year and played their home games at newly opened Aggie Stadium. UC Davis finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 1–3 GWFC). This was the first losing season after 37 consecutive winning years. The Aggies were outscored by their opponents 306–349 for the season. Schedule UC Davis players in the NFL No UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft. The following finished their UC Davis career in 2007, were not drafted, but played in the NFL: Notes References UC Davis UC Davis Aggies football seasons UC Davis Aggies football

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Foxleigh coal mine

The Foxleigh Coal Mine is a coal mine in Mackenzie River, Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia. It is within the Bowen Basin coal reserves of Central Queensland. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 102 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 3 million tonnes of coal. Coal extracted from the mine has a very low ash content which is rare in Australia and valued by steelmakers. The mine is owned by Middlemount South, POSCO and Nippon Steel. Exports leave the country via the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal at Hay Point. History A worker at the mine was killed on 18 December 2010, when a truck tyre exploded. Anglo American acquired a 70% stake in Foxleigh in 2007. Nippon Steel bought a 10% stake in the mine from Itochu in 2010. In 2016, Anglo American sold their 70% share of the Foxleigh coal mine to Middlemount South, a subsidiary of Taurus Funds Management. See also Coal in Australia List of mines in Australia References Coal mines in Queensland Mines in Central Queensland Surface mines in Australia Isaac Region Itochu

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Solar Tuki

A solar tuki is a rechargeable solar lighting system that is being implemented in Nepal to replace kerosene lamps commonly used by villagers. It includes two lamps that have white LED lights powered by an individual solar panel. In 2004, Engineers Anil Chitrakar and Babu Raj Shrestha collaborated with their respective organizations, Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness and Centre for Renewable Energy, to produce, distribute, and further the development of the solar tuki in Nepal. Their organizations sell the solar tuki systems, including solar panel, for $28 U.S. dollars, and the individual lamp is sold for $11. Components The typical solar tuki unit includes a 3 watt solar panel that charges a battery(NiMH or Li-ion) connected to two 0.4 watt white LED lamps. In addition to being used as a lamp the solar tuki also has the capability to power a radio, and charge a mobile phone. An added feature that can be utilized is a chlorinator, which is used to treat water. The charging time of the lamps vary by how long the solar panel is kept in the sun, and the strength of the sunlight on a given day. Anil Chitrakar, co founder and developer of solar tukis, claims that the lamp can work for up to ten hours when charged in the sun all day long. Development The research and development of the Solar Tuki was supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and help from the Asian Institute of Technology. It was developed from May 1999 until the final model of the Solar Tuki was completed in December 2003. The organizations that advocated the growth of the solar tuki in Nepal are the Centre for Renewable Energy (CRE) and Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA). These two organizations have worked together since the establishment of the solar tuki program in 2004. The advancement of ECCA's and CRE's efforts in Nepal were funded primarily by the multiple awards and competitions that have been endowed by several environmentally aware agencies. These endowments have been allocated by the Global Environment Facility, who donated $50,00, and the World Bank Development Marketplace Award, which granted ECCA another $92,00. ECCA's involvement Environmental Camps for Conservation has been the leader in influencing the availability of the solar tuki in Nepal. They have influenced other organizations, like CRE, to work together to provide the cheapest solar tuki to distribute to poor Nepalis. Since the solar tuki project's formation, there have been over 130,000 solar tuki lamps distributed throughout Nepal. Marketing ECCA created a micro financing system in order to reach even the poorest individuals. The system allows people to pay $2.30 per month for two years. This pricing includes a 5-year warranty and services to repair the lantern if damaged. They have set up the market to encourage outside entrepreneurs to compete in the distribution of solar tuki's. ECCA did this purposefully to make cheaper solar tuki units available from competitors, while lowering their sales in Nepal. ECCA has service centers in Kathmandu and Eastern Nepal to help local entrepreneurs learn how to build solar tukis and give advice on business aspects of starting an energy enterprise, such as natural resource management. Over 13 local manufacturers take part in constructing and selling the solar tuki in different areas of Nepal. Community centers To further help the poorer villages, ECCA has set up community charging stations. These charging centers allow the community members to charge their lamp units from one large 36-50 watt photovoltaic solar panel. One 50 watt solar panel can charge up to 40 lamps at once. The idea behind these community charging stations is that villagers will only have to pay the $11 for the lamp, instead of $28 for the lamp and solar panel. They have also set up buildings called service centers. Service centers serve as a place where villagers can go to have maintenance and replacements done to their tukis. ECCA trains individuals on repairing the solar lamps so that help can always be available at the service centers. Manufacturers provide the service centers with spare parts for repairs. Impact The solar tuki was created to be used as a tool to improve the quality of life for the Nepali people. Its various functions has helped the people in many aspects of their lives. Criticisms of the solar tuki have been on the cost of the technology. Even with maximum efforts to reduce costs, the price is still considered high for poverty stricken villages. Some villagers do not see it necessary to invest in the solar tuki if they already own a source of light (kerosene lamp). Health and economic benefits With the solar tuki replacing the traditional kerosene lamps, the health of individuals has improved due to the lack of smoke produced. Previously, soot from the kerosene lamps had caused eye irritation and coughing. Fire safety has also improved due to the lack of a flame inside households. With the absence of kerosene in the solar tuki, villagers save considerable amounts of time which they would spend acquiring fuel. Monthly expenses which would be spent on fuel are also saved, allowing villagers to allocate their earnings toward other necessities. The introduction of the solar tuki market has strengthened the economy of rural Nepal. Employment opportunities became available as businesses began manufacturing and distributing tuki's. Educational benefits The brightness of the LED bulbs illuminates small areas better than the kerosene lamp, which helps people with tasks such as cooking and studying at night. Some schools in Nepal give students a solar tuki lamp unit in order for them to study at night. This requires the students to come back to school in order to charge their tukis, which has increased student attendance. The ability to power a small radio from the solar panel provides unlimited use, without worrying about electricity costs. Therefore, villagers can have access to important information and be updated about current events. References Solar-powered devices

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Hans Tetzner

Johannes Cornelis "Hans" Tetzner (9 June 1898 – 17 February 1987) was a Dutch association football defender and medical doctor. He was part of the Dutch team that finished fourth at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Between 1915 and 1926 he played for Be Quick 1887, winning nine Northern Dutch titles and one national title in 1920. Hans Tetzner had an elder brother Max; they competed alongside both in football and speed skating. Hans also played tennis, once reaching the semifinals of the Dutch national doubles championships. He later became a prominent surgeon and served as a doctor for the football club AFC Ajax and for the 1936 Dutch Olympic cycling team. In the 1960s he was a regular guest at the television show Wie van de Drie? References 1898 births 1987 deaths Dutch footballers Olympic footballers of the Netherlands Association football forwards Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Footballers from Groningen (city) Netherlands international footballers

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Mama Lover (song)

"Mama Lover" (Russian: Mama Luba) is a song by Russian group Serebro, which has been released as the lead single from their second studio album of the same name. The song was written by member Olga Seryabkina and co-written and produced by Maxim Fadeev. It was released on September 15, 2011 by Monolit Records and Ego. "Mama Lover" received positive reviews from music critics, praising the catchiness and fun vibe towards the song. Commercially, the song is one of the group's most successful charting singles, peaking in countries including Russia, Italy, Belgium, Latvia, Czech Republic and Spain. The music video was released on September 15, 2011 as an exclusive of Ello.com. The music video received critical acclaim from many critics, noting the simplicity of the video and the girls for being edgy and provocative. "Mama Lover" is considered Serebro's most popular song, since it has been featured in a lot of press releases. Background "Mama Lover" is Serebro's eighth single. The single was originally released on August 8, 2011. However, when it was announced that a music video was going to be released, a Russian release was also announced. There are two official versions; the English version and the Russian version. Both versions were released as a digital download. Reception Recognition "Mama Lover" is Serebro's most popular single to date, having been featured in different press releases around the world. Diana Guglielmini said about the single, "And their single Mama Lover is the new summer hit: a song first released in August 2011 but that only just arrived in Italy. The video is currently a huge hit all over the Internet because the three girls, scantily clad and showing quite the erotic attitude are really easy on the eyes. That's why the younger generation- although not exclusively- is having way more fun watching the video than listening to this new hit." She then continued saying, "[The] Serebro are extremely close to capturing markets outside of Russia as well." An Italian magazine wrote that the single reached 20 million views on YouTube and there are already more than 250 parodies of the single being performed. The song is also the group's first single to be released on iTunes. Critical Many critics have labelled the song as the group's signature song. Corriere.it, Corriere della Sera's website compared the group and the song to Russian group t.A.T.u. and their single "All The Things She Said". Excitenews.es described the song as "catchy and danceable" and finished saying, "A song that you can already hear on dance floors and that will surely be the soundtrack of way more than a simple road-trip this summer." A Spanish magazine The Vanguardia described the song as a "fun, sensual and spicy". The song has been labelled one of the best summer songs of 2012. Commercial response "Mama Lover" debuted at number 206 on the Russian Singles Chart. It later rose to number 24 after four weeks and then peaked at number 8. The success off "Мама Люба" was the same, debuting at number 206, then peaking at number 8 in Russia. "Mama Lover" became the group's first single to chart outside of the Russian Federation since Song #1. The song debuted at number 45 on the Spanish Singles Chart. It rose to number 34, but later peaked at number 25. The song is currently placed at number 60 on the Czech Republic Singles Chart. The song peaked at number 7 on the Italian Singles Chart, later being certified platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry for digital sales exceeding 30,000 units in Italy. It also debuted at number 22 on the Belgium Singles Chart (Flanders), and at number 6 on the Belgium Dance Charts. The song was released in the United States and Canada not long after its original release. The song entered the US Dance/Electronic Songs chart at number thirty-eight and lasted for as sole week. The group became the first Russian act to chart on the Billboard chart since fellow Russian duo t.A.T.u's single "All About Us". Music video A music video was released on YouTube on 15 September 2011. However, the Russian version of the song was released instead of the English version, although the latter was the official single release. The music video features Elena, Anastasia and Olga driving through Russian streets, through a live-camera-shot based film. It received some censorship, as it features Olga swearing and Elena showing her underwear, even if it is pixilated in the first place. It is currently Russia's most viewed music video to date, having over 20 million views on YouTube. The video has at times been criticized because of the girls' actions and the presence of condoms, swearing and Olga's careless driving. The English version of "Mama Lover" was released on YouTube. Track listing Digital download (Released on 15 September 2011) "Mama Lover" - 4:04 "Мама Люба (Mama Lyuba)" - 4:05 iTunes Remixes Single "Mama Lover" (Мама Люба) - 4:02 "Mama Lover (English Version)" - 4:02 "Mama Lover (Matrick Remix)" - 5:46 "Mama Lover (Slava Inside Remix)" - 5:42 "Mama Lover (DJ V1t & DJ Johnny Clash Remix)" - 6:11 "Mama Lover (DJ Amor Remix)" - 3:54 "Mama Lover (DJ Prado Remix)" - 7:15 "Mama Lover (Digital Nova Remix)" - 3:37 "Mama Lover (DJ Chixer Remix)" - 3:36 "Mama Lover (DJ La Remix)" - 4:04 New Zealand Remix Single "Mama Lover" (Dab & Sissa Radio Edit) - 2:55 "Mama Lover" (Dab & Sissa Remix) - 5:51 "Mama Lover" (The Cube Guys Remix) - 7:04 Italian Remix EP "Mama Lover" (Radio Edit) - 3:29 "Mama Lover" (Extended Edit) - 5:32 "Mama Lover" (Gary Caos Remix) - 6:57 "Mama Lover" (Gary Caos Dub Mix) - 6:19 "Mama Lover" - 4:02 UK Remixes EP "Mama Lover" (Wawa Remix Edit) - 3:29 "Mama Lover" (Wawa Remix) - 5:32 "Mama Lover" (Wawa Dub Mix) - 6:57 "Mama Lover" (Lockout's Club Remix) - 6:19 "Mama Lover" (Jorg Schmid Remix) - 4:02 Charts Release history Personnel Anastasia Karpova – vocals Elena Temnikova – vocals Olga Seryabkina – vocals, lyrics Maxim Fadeev – songwriter, producer References External links Official Website 2011 singles Serebro songs Songs written by Maxim Fadeev 2011 songs Songs written by Olga Seryabkina Universal Music Group singles Music video controversies

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Blaenau Gwent (Senedd constituency)

Blaenau Gwent is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole. Boundaries The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Blaenau Gwent Westminster constituency. The other seven constituencies of the South Wales East electoral region are Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport East, Newport West and Torfaen. History This seat has had large changes in percentages and swing. Labour have had large majorities but following the By-election in 2006 Blaenau Gwent People's Voice gained the seat, with the previous incumbent Peter Law's wife Trish Law taking the seat and holding it in the 2007 National Assembly for Wales election. The party did not stand in the 2011 election and Labour regained the seat with a very large majority. However, in the 2016 election this was slashed with Plaid Cymru increasing their vote from 5.4% to 36.6%. Blaenau Gwent People's Voice won the seat in the 2006 by-election and the 2007 election. Voting In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation. Assembly members and Members of the Senedd Elections Elections in the 2020s Regional Ballot void votes: 165. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (50), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (0), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (115) Elections in the 2010s Regional ballots rejected at the count: 171 Elections in the 2000s 2003 Electorate: 52,927 Regional ballots rejected: 300 Elections in the 1990s References Senedd constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region 1999 establishments in Wales Constituencies established in 1999

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur%20Jackson

Wilbur Jackson

Wilbur Jackson (born November 19, 1951) is a former American football running back for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the first round of the 1974 NFL Draft out of University of Alabama by the 49ers. He played five seasons for San Francisco, and then three years with the Washington Redskins. Jackson was the first black player to be offered a football scholarship at the University of Alabama and was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. He owns the Alabama school record for yards per carry (7.2) for his career (1,529 yards on 212 attempts) from 1971–73. Against Virginia Tech in 1973 he rushed for 138 yards on 5 carries, an average of 27.6 yards per carry. During the Super Bowl XVII highlight film, Jackson can be seen pulling up lame with a hamstring injury after attempting to stop Fulton Walker of the Miami Dolphins from returning a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown, the first such score in Super Bowl history. References 1951 births Living people Alabama Crimson Tide football players American football running backs People from Ozark, Alabama San Francisco 49ers players Washington Redskins players

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess%20Elisabeth%20of%20Thurn%20and%20Taxis%20%28disambiguation%29

Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (disambiguation)

Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis may refer to: Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (1860–1881), daughter of Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, wife of Miguel, Duke of Braganza Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (1901–1950), daughter of William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, wife of Prince Ludwig Philipp of Thurn and Taxis Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis (1903–1976), daughter of Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, wife of Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen Princess Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis (b. 1982), daughter of Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and Countess Gloria of Schönburg in Glauchau and Waldenburg

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caerleon%20Tramroad

Caerleon Tramroad

Caerleon Tramroad was an early horse-drawn tramway built in 1794 or 1795 by Nicholas Blannin to link the forge he rented in Caerleon with the Monmouthshire Canal at Clomendy, which is now part of Cwmbran. Background The Canal Act which authorised the Monmouthshire Canal in 1792 included a provision that allowed the building of tramroads and stone wagon roads to ironworks, quarries and coalmines within of the canal. The act further allowed anyone who owned an ironworks, quarry or coalmine to request that a tramroad or wagon road be built to link their business to the canal. If the canal company did not agree to such a request in three months then the applicant could build a route at their own expense and without the consent of the owners of the lands or rivers that the route crossed. The tramroad has sometimes been dated to as early as 1770, although this is disputed. Construction Nicholas Blannin requested such a route and when it was refused he built a tramroad at his own cost, and sold a half share of it in 1795. He also continued the tramroad down to river Usk at Caerleon where he built a wharf and quay. Closure In 1874 the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway opened and had powers to acquire the tramroad. The new standard gauge railway obliterated much of the tramroad although it did continue to operate for some years after south of the works at Ponthir. Remains Very little remains of the tramroad although parts of the route are now paths. A milepost from the tramroad was recovered from the Afon Llwyd. It was presented to Caerleon Town Council and erected next to the Endowed School, Caerleon in 1977. References External links Horse-drawn railways Tram transport in Wales

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Ghost%20of%20Frankenstein

The Ghost of Frankenstein

The Ghost of Frankenstein is a 1942 American horror film directed by Erle C. Kenton. It is the fourth film in the Frankenstein series by Universal Pictures, and the follow-up to Son of Frankenstein. The film's plot follows the previous film's: Frankenstein's Monster (Lon Chaney Jr.) and his companion Ygor (Bela Lugosi) are chased out of town. They go to another small town to encourage the younger son of Dr. Frankenstein (portrayed by Cedric Hardwicke) to continue his father's experiments, so that Ygor can have revenge against his enemies and his brain transplanted into the Monster's skull. The film was the first in the series with Chaney portraying the monster and was cast one day after the film was announced by Universal. It began production in December 1941 and finished in January 1942. On its release it received praise as being as strong as the previous films from The Hollywood Reporter and The Motion Picture Herald while it received negative reviews from New York Daily News and The New York Times. Plot The residents of the village of Frankenstein feel they are under a curse and blame all their troubles on Frankenstein's monster. The Mayor allows them to destroy Frankenstein's castle. Ygor finds the monster released from his sulfuric tomb by the explosions. The exposure to the sulfur weakened yet preserved the monster. Ygor and the monster flee the castle, and the monster is struck by a bolt of lightning. Ygor decides to find Ludwig, the second son of Henry Frankenstein, to help the monster regain his strength. Ludwig Frankenstein is a doctor who, along with his assistants Dr. Kettering and Dr. Theodore Bohmer, has a successful practice in Visaria. Bohmer was formerly Ludwig's teacher but is now his envious assistant. Ygor and the monster arrive in Visaria, where the monster befriends a young girl, Cloestine Hussman. The monster carries her onto a roof to retrieve her ball, killing two villagers who attempt to intervene. After Cloestine asks the monster to bring her back down, the monster returns the girl to her father Herr Hussman and is immediately captured by police. The town prosecutor, Erik Ernst, comes to Ludwig and asks him to examine the giant they have captured. Ygor then visits Ludwig and informs him that the giant is the monster. Ygor implores Ludwig to heal the monster's body and brain. Ludwig refuses, but Ygor threatens to reveal Ludwig's ancestry to the villagers. At the police station, the monster is restrained with chains as a hearing is conducted to investigate the murder of the villagers. When Ludwig denies recognizing the monster, it breaks free in a fit of rage, and is led away by Ygor. Elsa, Ludwig's daughter, finds the Frankenstein journals and learns the story of the monster. She sees Ygor and the monster in the window, and after breaking into Ludwig's laboratory, the monster kills Dr. Kettering. The monster grabs Elsa, but Ludwig is able to subdue him with knockout gas. Ludwig is examining the monster when it awakens and tries to kill him. Ludwig tranquilizes the monster and then tries to enlist Bohmer's aid in dissecting him. Bohmer refuses, claiming it would be murder. While studying his family's journals, Ludwig is visited by the ghost of his father Henry Frankenstein. The spirit implores him to supply the monster with a good brain. Ludwig calls in Bohmer and Ygor and tells them that he plans to put Dr. Kettering's brain into the monster's skull. Ygor protests and asks Ludwig to use his brain, but Ludwig refuses because of Ygor's sinister nature. Elsa begs Ludwig to stop his experiments, but he chooses to operate on the monster as soon as possible. Ygor tells Bohmer that he should not be subordinate to Ludwig. Ygor promises to help the disgraced doctor if he agrees to put Ygor's brain into the monster. The police soon arrive at Ludwig's house, searching for the monster. They find the secret room, but Ygor and the monster have fled. The monster abducts Cloestine from her home and returns with her in his arms to Ludwig's chateau. The monster conveys his desire for her brain to be placed in his head. Cloestine does not want to lose her brain, and the monster reluctantly gives her to Elsa. Ludwig then performs the surgery, not knowing that Bohmer has replaced Kettering's brain with Ygor's. In the village, Herr Hussman rouses his neighbors by telling them his daughter has been captured by the monster and that Ludwig is harboring it. Ludwig shows the monster to Erik, but when the monster rises, Ludwig is shocked to hear that it has Ygor's voice. The villagers storm the chateau and the Ygor-Monster decides to have Bohmer fill the house with gas to kill them. Ludwig tries to stop him, but the Ygor-Monster repels the attack and mortally wounds Ludwig. The Ygor-Monster suddenly goes blind. The wounded Ludwig explains that the blindness is a result of the incompatibility between the blood types of Ygor and the monster. Feeling betrayed, the Ygor-Monster then throws Bohmer onto the apparatus, electrocuting him, and inadvertently sets fire to the chateau. The Ygor-Monster becomes trapped in the burning chateau while Erik and Elsa escape, walking out into the sunrise. Cast Cast is sourced from the book Universal Horrors. Production The Ghost of Frankenstein was announced from Universal Pictures on November 13, 1941 announcing they had been searching for a new lead to play the title role of the monster. Originally Boris Karloff had been planned to reprise his role as Frankenstein's Monster but had scheduling conflicts with Arsenic and Old Lace. The next day, producer George Waggner was instructed to order the same type of make-up that Karloff wore for the new actor portraying the monster with instructions that changing the appearance may "kill the interest of Frankenstein follower." Lon Chaney, Jr. was chosen for the role of the Monster. The film, which follows the storyline set up in Son of Frankenstein, was the fourth part of Universal's Frankenstein series and was the last film in the series where Frankenstein's Monster was the sole monster. Early versions of the script were written by Eric Taylor, and included elements not used in the film, such as the return of Basil Rathbone's character from Son of Frankenstein. Parts that existed in Taylor's original script included the Monster's bond with children, villagers storming a castle, a brain transplant sequence, and a fiery demise of the monster. Universal submitted its script to the Production Code Association under the title There's Always Tomorrow. The censors there warned against excessive violence and reminded the studio that scenes set in Frankenstein's operating room and insanity ward would be deleted in England. The film went into production on December 14, 1941. Chaney suffered a severe allergic reaction to the monster makeup used by Jack Pierce and missed several days of shooting.Janet Ann Gallow, who played Cloestine Hussman in the film, spoke about working with Chaney in 2005, stating that she spent a lot of time with Chaney, "riding his legs, his knees, sitting on his lap. He was nice, gentle with me and easy to work with - better than anyone else!" She found working with Chaney was like working with a "favourite uncle". When Gallow's mother died in 1946, Chaney offered to adopt her and her brother, which Gallow's father did not consent to. Filming completed production in early January 1942. Release The Ghost of Frankenstien was distributed by the Universal Pictures Company on March 13, 1942. The film was banned in Denmark when Universal tried to release it there in 1948. The Ghost of Frankenstein was released on DVD as part of The Monster Legacy Collection and Frankenstein: The Legacy Collection on April 27, 2004. It was released again as a double feature with Son of Frankenstien on July 24, 2007. Reception From contemporary reviews, an anonymous reviewer The Hollywood Reporter found the film "stand on an imaginative par with all of its interest-gripping, quasi-scientific predecessors" and that Erle C. Kenton's direction "makes magnificent use of every element of suspense". Another anonymous reviewer in The Motion Picture Herald opined that the film "maintains a standard of performance, effectiveness and quality exceeding the average for horror films by a considerable margin." Wanda Hale of The New York Daily News described the film as "horrid, not horrendous and horribly boring even though a lot of good players [...] do the best they can with the dreadful material." Bosley Crowther of The New York Times declared that the thought of Frankenstein's Monster returning in another film following The Ghost of Frankenstein "fills us with mortal terror. That is the most fearful prospect which the picture manages to convey." From retrospective reviews, the authors of Universal Horrors noted that like The Mummy's Hand, the film showed Universal was "less interested in producing horror films than it was in churning out mere "monster movies" finding that horror films "at their best, offer a wide palette of interesting possibilities (nuance of character, hints of subtext, echoes of the folklore or literature that inspired it)" while "monster movies" removed "subtlety to serve hard-sell horror in the form of grotesque makeup, swooning heroines and/or rip-roaring action." and that The Ghost of Frankenstein offers "monster movie making at its classy best" noting that Son of Frankenstein was "a better film by any standard" was not as embraced by fans as much as "any criticism directed against [Ghost of Frankenstein] is deflected by the fact that it's so much fun to watch." Craig Butler of AllMovie noted that the film was "a significant decline" for the series but "it's still passable entertainment (something that is not necessarily true of some later entries in the series)." Butler specifically noted Chaney as the monster was "not exactly bad (and certainly better than others who have played the part), but he lacks the special magic that Karloff brought to the role; too often, he seems to be doing a Karloff imitation" and that "the rest of the cast is quite good, especially Bela Lugosi, turning in a delightful performance as Ygor, and an enjoyable Lionel Atwill. There's not much that anyone can do, however, with a script that is cobbled together with bits and pieces taken from here and there, or with direction that is efficient but bland." In 2005, the American Film Institute nominated Hans J. Salter's score for The Ghost of Frankenstein to be on their list of AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores. References Footnotes Sources See also List of films featuring Frankenstein's monster Frankenstein in popular culture External links 1942 films 1942 horror films 1940s science fiction horror films American black-and-white films American films American science fiction horror films American sequel films Brain transplantation in fiction English-language films Films directed by Erle C. Kenton Frankenstein films Universal Classic Monsters films Universal Pictures films Films scored by Hans J. Salter Films set in Europe

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qu%E1%BB%91c%20Oai

Quốc Oai

Quốc Oai may refer to several places in Vietnam, including: Quốc Oai District, a rural district of Hanoi. Quốc Oai, Hanoi, a township and capital of Quốc Oai District. Quốc Oai, Lâm Đồng, a rural commune of Lâm Hà District.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebularia%20kamehameha

Nebularia kamehameha

Nebularia kamehameha is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. References kamehameha Gastropods described in 1921

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%20Southwestern%20Louisiana%20Ragin%27%20Cajuns%20football%20team

1981 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team

The 1981 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Southland Conference during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Sam Robertson, the team compiled a 1–9–1 record. Schedule References Southwestern Louisiana Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football seasons Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant%27Angela%20Merici

Sant'Angela Merici

The St. Angela Merici Church is a church in Rome, in the quartiere Nomentano, in Via Bartolomeo Marliano. History Made in 1955 by Eng. Ernesto Vichi, it was erected as a parish on 25 September 1963 by decree of the Cardinal Vicar Clemente Micara, and entrusted in 1958 to the Oblates of the Virgin Mary. The church was consecrated in 1967 and was visited by Pope John Paul II on 27 May 2001. In 2014, it is home to the cardinal's title of "St. Angela Merici". Fernando Sebastián Aguilar was the first cardinal-protector. Description The church is a tall octagonal red brick building and ribbed concrete. On top of the church there is a lantern, while below the cornice runs a long glass. The main entrance is preceded by a short flight of steps, and is surmounted by the coat of arms of Pope Paul VI and the dedicatory inscription: D.O.M. in hon. S. Angelae Merici A.D. MCMLXVII. The interior of the church is in simple shapes, with one side chapel, where there are a ceramic crucifix and two paintings depicting a Deposition and a Eucharist. Cardinal-Protector Pope Francis established it as titular church of "Sant'Angela Merici". Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, CMF (22 February 2014 – 24 January 2019) Sigitas Tamkevičius (5 October 2019 – present) References External links Sant'Angela Merici Pope Francis established it as titular church Titular churches Rome Q. V Nomentano Roman Catholic churches completed in 1967 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20E.%20Malone

Michael E. Malone

Michael E. Malone (on November 14, 1967, in Steubenville, Ohio) is an American politcian. He is a Republican who previously served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing district 33 (Anne Arundel County) from March 2015 to October 2021. Malone resigned from the House of Delegates on October 1, 2021 after being appointed to serve as an associate judge for the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court by Governor Larry Hogan. Career In 2002, Malone was defeated in his run for the Anne Arundel County Council in 2002, but was elected to the Anne Arundel County Republican Central Committee, where he worked until 2006. In 2004, he was an at-large delegate at the Republican Party National Convention. In 2011, he was appointed to the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections and served until 2015. Maryland Legislature Malone was appointed to the House of Delegates following the resignation of Cathy Vitale, who stepped down after Governor Hogan appointed her to serve as an Associate Judge on the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court. In February 2017, Malone introduced House Bill 881, which would re-instate the death penalty in Maryland in limited circumstances. The bill would die in the House Judiciary Committee after receiving an unfavorable report. In June 2018, Maryland Matters listed Malone as one of the ten most vulnerable House incumbents in the June 2018 General Assembly primaries. Malone would survive his primary with 20.2% of the vote, and would be re-elected with 18.1% of the vote in the general election. In January 2019, following the 2018–2019 partial government shutdown, Malone joined a group of 54 bipartisan Maryland lawmakers in signing a letter requesting the state send some money back to nonprofits that supported unpaid federal workers and contractors. Prior to joining the House of Delegates, Malone was an anti-gerrymandering activist. In February 2019, Malone introduced House Bill 463, which would have placed a referendum on ballots in the 2020 United States elections that, if approved, would add an amendment to the Maryland Constitution requiring future legislatures to adhere to the same standards when drawing congressional districts that the Maryland Constitution requires of state legislative districts. His bill had 64 cosponsors and would die in the House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee. In March 2020, Malone reintroduced the bill with 64 cosponsors; his bill would once again die in the House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee after receiving an unfavorable report. In April 2021, Malone was appointed to serve as the Minority Parliamentarian in the House Republican Caucus. Personal life Malone was born in Steubenville, Ohio on November 14, 1967. He has been a resident of Anne Arundel County since his father, a chaplain in the Army, was stationed at Fort Meade. At a young age, he became an Eagle Scout by completing a project to raise funds for the Arc of Anne Arundel County. He attended West Virginia University, earning an B.S. degree in accounting in 1988 and a M.S. in industrial and labor relations in 1989. He also attended the University of Baltimore School of Law, earning a J.D. in 1992. Malone has been a member of the Maryland Bar since 1992. He has been active in the legal field since college, interning for federal judge Herbert Murry and the Maryland Attorney General’s Office. He also completed a clerkship for Anne Arundel Circuit Court judge Marvin Kamenetz. Malone runs his own law firm that specializes in family law and general litigation. He also worked as an associate for the Law Office of Robert J. Fuoco from 1993 to 2007. Malone is married, and has four children. Electoral history References Members of the Maryland House of Delegates Living people Maryland Republicans 1967 births Politicians from Steubenville, Ohio 21st-century American politicians

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

Polycon

In geometry, a polycon is a kind of a developable roller. It is made of identical pieces of a cone whose apex angle equals the angle of an even sided regular polygon. In principle, there are infinitely many polycons, as many as there are even sided regular polygons. Most members of the family have elongated spindle like shapes. The polycon family generalizes the sphericon. It was discovered by the Israeli inventor David Hirsch in 2017 Construction Two adjacent edges of an even sided regular polygon are extended till they reach the polygon's axis of symmetry that is furthest from the edges' common vertex. By rotating the two resulting line segments around the polygon's axis of symmetry that passes through the common vertex, a right circular cone is created. Two planes are passed such that each one of them contains the normal to the polygon at its center point and one of the two distanced vertices of the two edges. The cone part that lies between the two planes is replicated times, where is the number of the polygon's edges. All parts are joined at their planer surfaces to create a spindle shaped object. It has curved edges which pass through alternating vertices of the polygon. The obtained object is cut in half at its plane of symmetry (the polygon's plane). The two identical halves are reunited after being rotated at an offset angle of Edges and vertices A polycon based on a regular polygon with edges has vertices, of which coincide with the polygon's vertices, with the remaining two lying at the extreme ends of the solid. It has edges, each one being half of the conic section created where the cone's surface intersects one of the two cutting planes. On each side of the polygonal cross-section, edges of the polycon run (from every second vertex of the polygon) to one of the solid's extreme ends. The edges on one side are offset by an angle of from those on the other side. The edges of the sphericon () are circular. The edges of the hexacon () are parabolic. All other polycons' edges are hyperbolic. The sphericon as a polycon The sphericon is the first member of the polycon family. It is also a member of the poly-sphericon and the convex hull of the two disc roller (TDR convex hull) families. In each of the families, it is constructed differently. As a poly-sphericon, it is constructed by cutting a bicone with an apex angle of at its plane of symmetry and reuniting the two obtained parts after rotating them at an offset angel of . As a TDR convex hull it is the convex hull of two perpendicular 180° circular sectors joined at their centers. As a polycon, the starting point is a cone created by rotating two adjacent edges of a square around its axis of symmetry that passes through their common vertex. In this specific case there is no need to extend the edges because their ends reach the square's other axis of symmetry. Since, in this specific case, the two cutting planes coincide with the plane of the cone's base, nothing is discarded and the cone remains intact. By creating another identical cone and joining the two cones together using their flat surfaces, a bicone is created. From here the construction continues in the same way described for the construction of the sphericon as a poly-sphericon. The only difference between the sphericon as a poly-sphericon and sphericon as a polycon is that as a poly- sphericon it has four vertices and as a polycon it is considered to have six. The additional vertices are not noticeable because they are located in the middle of the circular edges, and merge with them completely. Rolling properties The surface of each polycon is a single developable face. Thus the entire family has rolling properties that are related to the meander motion of the sphericon, as do some members of the poly-sphericon family. Because the polysphericons' surfaces consist of conical surfaces and various kinds of frustum surfaces (conical and/or cylindrical), their rolling properties change whenever each of the surfaces touches the rolling plane. This is not the case with the polycons. Because each one of them is made of only one kind of conical surface the rolling properties remain uniform throughout the entire rolling motion. The instantaneous motion of the polycon is identical to a cone rolling motion around one of its central vertices. The motion, as a whole, is a combination of these motions with each of the vertices serving in turn as an instant center of rotation around which the solid rotates during of the rotation cycle. Once another vertex comes into contact with the rolling surface it becomes the new temporary center of rotation, and the rotation vector flips to the opposite direction. The resulting overall motion is a meander that is linear on average. Each of the two extreme vertices touches the rolling plane, instantaneously, times in one rotation cycle. The instantaneous line of contact between the polycon and the surface it is rolling on is a segment of one of the generatinglines of a cone, and everywhere along this line the tangent plane to the polycon is the same. When is an odd number this tangent plane is a constant distance from the tangent plane to the generating line on the polycon surface which is instantaneously uppermost. Thus the polycons, for odd, are constant height rollers (as is a right circular bicone, a cylinder or a prism with Reuleaux triangle cross-section). Polycons, for even, don't possess this feature. History The sphericon was first introduced by David Hirsch in 1980 in a patent he named 'A Device for Generating a Meander Motion'. The principle, according to which it was constructed, as described in the patent, is consistent with the principle according to which poly-sphericons are constructed. Only more than 25 years later, following Ian Stewart's article about the sphericon in the Scientific American Journal, it was realized both by members of the woodturning [17, 26] and mathematical [16, 20] communities that the same construction method could be generalized to a series of axial-symmetric objects that have regular polygon cross sections other than the square. The surfaces of the bodies obtained by this method (not including the sphericon itself) consist of one kind of conic surface, and one, or more, cylindrical or conical frustum surfaces. In 2017 Hirsch began exploring a different method of generalizing the sphericon, one that is based on a single surface without the use of frustum surfaces. The result of this research was the discovery of the polycon family. The new family was first introduced at the 2019 Bridges Conference in Linz, Austria, both at the art works gallery and at the film festival References Geometric shapes Euclidean solid geometry

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

Kaliua

Kaliua is a town in Tabora Region in western Tanzania. Transport It lies on the Central Railway of Tanzania, at the junction of a branch line opened in 1949 to Mpanda. References External links Populated places in Tabora Region

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge%20Dredd%20vs.%20Aliens

Judge Dredd vs. Aliens

Judge Dredd vs. Aliens is an intercompany crossover, featuring Judge Dredd and the Alien from the Alien franchise. It was published in 2003, weekly in 2000 AD and as a monthly miniseries by Dark Horse Comics. Plot A shoot out in a traffic jam, an all too common occurrence in the teeming and turbulent Mega-City One, inevitably draws the attention of the judges. Carlos Lenning a.k.a. Jeremiah, the anti-judicial activist, is in hot pursuit of Jimson James "Jimmy" Godber, a small-time crook, headed for Eisenhower Hospital. But Godber only arrives inside in time for a chestburster to erupt from his chest. Judge Dredd gets on the case and summons the Verminator team in order to follow up the various leads on the criminal associates of the late Godber. The Verminators seal off the hospital and begin their search. Meanwhile, the judges learn that Godber had planned to exploit the Aliens for illegal pit fighting and wagering, leading them in turn to Godber's warehouse hideout and a deadly clutch of Alien eggs. They also find Godber's dead neighbor, murdered in revenge for noise pollution, and the dead husks of face huggers. Suddenly Judge Brubaker is ambushed by a live facehugger suddenly hatching from an egg. Leaping to his defense, the Verminators discover that Aliens bleed deadly acid. The Judges have underestimated the danger and are losing control, as the Alien attacks. As the body count rises steeply, the judges rush back to the hospital where things are just as bad. Evacuating the hospital they eventually eliminate a second alien, but then reassessing the trace evidence leads to the conclusion that there may already be many more Aliens on the loose. Jeremiah's driver, Futsie, is still at large. Futsie has descended into the Undercity where he meets with Mr Bones, the architect of the entire evil plan. Walking with Futsie ever deeper into his lair, Bones outlines his plan for the 'Incubus' as he calls the Aliens. Bones discovered them during his days as a space pirate and brought some back to serve his scheme for revenge upon Mega-City One. It rapidly becomes clear that there is already a vast hive beneath the city ready to be unleashed. Throwing Futsie to the monsters, Bones prepares the final stages of his dastardly plan. The Alien hive has been cultivated directly beneath the Grand Hall of Justice and Bones deploys a shaped charge to blow an entry for hordes of killer aliens into the Grand Hall. Things look grim for the judges, even backed by assault squads and the Verminators. Judge Giant, with the command codes, is able to fight his way to the sub-armory to activate the four Mechanismo robo-judges, finally turning the tide and repelling the Aliens back underground. But in the struggle, the raw recruit Judge Sanchez is taken by the enemy, and Dredd goes in alone to bring her back. They both become infected in the rescue. Dredd and Sanchez must find the way to destroy the Aliens and save themselves. Bones wears a special device to prevent the Aliens from turning upon him. As they escape, Dredd and Sanchez destroy Bones device, leaving Bones to be torn apart by the Aliens. Then upon discovery of the Alien Queen, the source of all the eggs, Dredd and Sanchez open fire upon a nearby geothermal heating tower to Mega-City One above, in hopes of releasing the magma to destroy her. But the geothermal heating tower proves too solidly constructed until Packer, leader of the Verminators, soaring in to the fray, fires upon the geothermal heating tower with her own heavier weaponry. The ensuing magma flow finally wipes out the deadly Alien hordes. Dredd and Sanchez escape and doctors remove the chestbursters just in time before they can erupt. The doctors are eager to study the extracted Alien chestbursters, but thinking better of that idea, Judge Dredd summarily executes the deadly creatures. "I'm just not the motherly type" quips Dredd, sardonically. Characters Judges include: Judge Dredd Judge Giant Judge Sanchez, only a month out of the Academy Judge Hershey Mechanismo Brubaker, the first Judge to become infected by the creatures Judge Gomer Judge Bevan A team of pest controllers (Verminators) also took a prominent role: Packer, the leader of the team Millar Marinello Fisk, Marinello's fiancé Wilson Maier Butterman Orson Shook Villains include: Jimson James "Jimmy" Godber, a small-time crook Carlos Lenning (a.k.a. Jeremiah), an anti-judicial activist Frank Rimm (a.k.a. Futsie), another activist Mr Bones Collections Incubus has been collected in three volumes: Rebellion Developments, paperback, 104 pages, 2003, Dark Horse, paperback, 104 pages, 2004, Rebellion Developments, hardcover, 112 pages, 2007, See also Predator vs. Judge Dredd References 2000 AD profile External links Review of the hardback trade Judge Dredd storylines Alien (franchise) comics Crossover comics Intercompany crossovers Dark Horse Comics limited series

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Matrusri Nagar, Miyapur, Hyderabad

Matrusri Nagar (() (() is a residential area near Miyapur cross Road. It is located 20.9 kilometres (12.9 mi) northwest of Hyderabad, is part of Greater Hyderabad and administered by GHMC and developed by HMDA. Transportation is managed by UMTA. Telugu is the local language. Transportation Hafeezpet railway station and Chandanagar railway station are the nearby railway stations to Matrusri Nagar. Hyderabad Deccan railway station is the major railway station which is about 16 km near to Matrusri Nagar. Hafeezpet Bus Station, Miyapur Bus Station, Miyapur cross Roads Bus Station, Kondapur Bus Station, and Deepthisree Bus Station are the nearby bus stations. Buses run to a number of places. Miyapur Metro station is also located beside Matrusri nagar bus stand, providing even better and faster connectivity to various areas in the city. Administration Matrusri Nagar is a part of Serilingampally Mandal. It was formerly part of Manchal Mandal. Matrusri Nagar is a part of Serilingampally (52) Assembly constituency. Matrusri Nagar is a part of Chevella Lok Sabha constituency. Society Matrusri Nagar Residents Welfare Association takes care of this area.(MRWA) See also Telangana Legislative Assembly Ranga Reddy district Miyapur Hafeezpet References Geography of Hyderabad, India

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemicrepidius%20koenigi

Hemicrepidius koenigi

Hemicrepidius koenigi is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae. References Beetles described in 1897 koenigi

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor%20Lazlo

Viktor Lazlo

Viktor Lazlo (real name: Sonia Dronier, born 7 October 1960 in Lorient, France) is a French-Belgian singer of Grenadian and Martiniquan descent. She studied in Belgium, where she is primarily known. Her biggest hit was "Breathless" in 1987. That year she also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 held in Brussels. Dronier took her stage name from Paul Henreid's character Victor Laszlo in the 1942 film Casablanca. She sings in French, English, Spanish and German. In October 2016, Lazlo announced the release of her new single "Promised Land". In February 2017, she released her new single "Lola & Jim" followed by new studio album Woman in October 2017. Biography Lazlo was born in France to parents who are originally from Martinique and Grenada. She grew up in Belgium, studied art history and also worked as a model. Discography Albums Most of her albums were released in an English/international and a French version. The discography lists both albums (naming the international version first). Also, numerous compilation albums have been released. The discography only lists those albums released by record companies to which she was signed at that point. In 1987, a vocal clip of Lazlo announcing ‘Germany, twelve points!’ at the Eurovision Song Contest was sampled in ‘Okay!’ by Okay!, a dance record that reached #1 in Austria and #2 in Germany. 1985 She / Canoë Rose 1987 Viktor Lazlo 1989 Hot & Soul / Club Desert 1990 Sweet, Soft N' Lazy (The Exclusive Collection) (official compilation album, incl. several new songs) 1991 My Delicious Poisons / Mes poisons délicieux 1993 Sweet, Soft & Lazy: The Very Best Of (the first official "best of"-album) 1996 Back to Front / Verso 2002 Loin de Paname (album of French chansons) 2002 Amour(s) 2004 Saga 2007 Begin The Biguine 2012 My Name is Billie Holiday 2017 Woman Singles Single releases differed from country to country. The brackets indicate where the single was released. Int = international. 1984 "Backdoor Man" (int) 1985 "Canoë Rose" (France) 1985 "Last Call for an Angel" (Belgium) 1985 "Slow Motion" (int) 1986 "Pleurer des rivières" (France) 1986 "Sweet Soft & Lazy" (int) 1987 "Breathless" (int) 1987 "Take Me" (Germany) 1988 "You Are My Man" (int) 1988 "Amour Puissance Six" (int) 1989 "City Never Sleeps" (int) 1989 "In The Midnight Sky" (Germany) 1990 "Das Erste Mal Tat's Noch Weh" (duet with Stefan Waggershausen) (Germany) 1990 "Jesse" (duet with Stefan Waggershausen) (Germany) 1990 "Ansiedad" (int) 1991 "Baiser sacré" (duet with Xavier Deluc) (France) 1991 "Teach Me To Dance" (int) 1991 "Love Insane" (int) 1991 "Balade De Lisa" (France) 1993 "The Dream Is in Our Hands" (int) 1993 "Vattene amore" (duet with Amedeo Minghi) (Italy) 1994 "Engel Wie Du" (duet with Juliane Werding / Maggie Reilly) (Germany) 1996 "My Love" (int) 1996 "Turn It All Around" (int) 1998 "Besame Mucho" (duet with Raul Paz) (int) 1999 "Le message est pour toi" (duet with Biagio Antonacci) (int) 2002 "The Sound Of Expectation" (promo single from "Amour(s)") 2004 "Love To Love You Baby" (int) 2004 "Total Disguise" (duet with Serhat) (English) 2007 "J'attends" (promo single from "Begin The Biguine") 2016 "Promised Land" 2017 "Lola & Jim" 2017 "Debout" Charts Albums Singles See also List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters The film Casablanca – Victor Laszlo is an escaped concentration camp prisoner, who is trying to procure a visa so he can travel to America with his wife. References External links Official MySpace page (with sound files from her album Begin The Biguine); Official fan blog page Viktor Lazlo – The Belgian Pop & Rock Archives 1960 births Living people People from Lorient French women singers Alumni of the European Schools Belgian women singers French emigrants to Belgium English-language singers from Belgium French people of Martiniquais descent French people of Grenadian descent French-language singers of Belgium German-language singers Spanish-language singers of France Belgian people of Martiniquais descent Belgian people of Grenadian descent Polydor Records artists

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The Tour Championship (Sunshine Tour)

The Tour Championship is a season-ending golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour played at Serengeti Estates in Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa. It was first played in March 2018 with prize money of R 1,500,000. Darren Fichardt won the inaugural event by one stroke from Oliver Bekker. Jean-Paul Strydom won the following year finishing a stroke ahead of the field. Winners References External links Coverage at the Sunshine Tour's official website Sunshine Tour events Golf tournaments in South Africa

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Shokranlu, Howmeh

Shokranlu (, also Romanized as Shokrānlū; also known as Tūlkī) is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Shirvan County, North Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 41, in 16 families. References Populated places in Shirvan County

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Horace Dimick

Horace E. Dimick was a gunsmith and firearms dealer active in St. Louis, Missouri from 1849 through the early 1870s. Dimick expanded from a small custom gun store, to a larger emporium selling a variety of firearms and even manufacturing cannons. Dimick was respected for the quality of his firearms, but especially well known for his percussion rifles, especially his highly accurate plains rifles. During the Civil War, Dimick became nationally famous for providing the rifles for the elite sharpshooters of the 66th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Early years Horace E. Dimick was born in Vermont around 1809. By 1839 he had moved to Lexington, Kentucky where he initially owned an upholstering company. Sometime afterwards he entered the gunsmithing trade, becoming well known locally and even nationally. In a December 15, 1846 letter from the Army Ordnance Officer in Washington, Dimick is praised for his "...great skill...and his success in the applying of new principles to firearms...his plan for rifles is now acknowledged to be the best extant." Around 1849, Dimick moved to St. Louis, which was then the center of frontier firearms manufacturing. Dimick opened his first establishment at 39 North Main St. and found himself in competition with some of the world's finest gunsmiths, including the famed Hawken Brothers. Dimick expanded beyond gunsmithing, providing a variety of frontier goods at his "Western Emporium". Civil booster J. N. Taylor describes H. E. Dimick and Company's wide selection in his 1858 Sketch book of St. Louis: "The position held by this house is second to none in the world, and has been achieved by the exertions of Mr. Horace E. Dimick, whose name is familiar wherever the rifles is used. This firm established themselves in St. Louis in 1849, and at once attracted a large share of public attention on account of the splendid assortment of fire-arms that compose their stock. Mr. Dimick has passed twenty years in handling and manufacturing arms, and we only state a well known fact that he has not his superior in the world....The stock on hand of these gentlemen consists of every thing embraced in the paraphernalia of the sportsman- Guns, Pistols, Colt's Revolvers, Rifles, Bowie Knives, Dirks, Revolvers of different patterns, Fishing Tackle in the greatest abundance, Game Bags, etc H.E. Dimick & Co., besides engaging extensively in the manufacture of weapons, import largely from the manufacturies in Europe. In selecting their stock, the practical knowledge of the members of the firm renders them valuable assistance, as they are thereby enabled to obtain the very best, and refuse all that does not fully answer their requirements.... We would urge upon those who intend to purchase anything in their line to give Messrs. Dimick & Co. a call as we are certain they will fill all orders as favorable terms as any other in the world." By 1860, Dimick had 27 gunsmiths working for him, building a variety of firearms, including derringer pistols, shotguns and hunting rifles. Dimick personally competed in sharpshooting contests to publicize his shops products, and entered the shop's weapons in regional competitions and fairs with great success. At the 1858 Third Annual Fair of the St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association, H.E. Dimick and Company won the Grand Silver Medal in all categories the company competed in: Target Pistols; Shotguns; and Rifles. Dimick's rifles, cost $5 more than standard-issued Springfields ($25 to 20), were used as a sharpshooter weapon with the Col. Bérge's regiment during the Civil War. Dimick died in St. Louis in August, 1874. External links Springfield Armory Museum: Dimick rifle .55 Dimick derringer .44 References Gunsmiths 1800s births 1874 deaths

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C5%A1ka%20Gora%2C%20Novo%20Mesto

Trška Gora, Novo Mesto

Trška Gora () is a settlement in the hills north of Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. The local church, built on top of a hill in the northern part of the settlement, is dedicated to the Nativity of Mary and belongs to the Parish of Šentpeter–Otočec. It was built in 1621 on the site of an earlier church. Two of the paintings in the church are the work of Josip Egartner. Shortly after the church was built, four linden trees were planted beside it. The largest one's trunk measures in circumference, making it the linden tree with the largest girth in Lower Carniola. The linden trees are nearly 400 years old. References External links Trška Gora on Geopedia Trška Gora, Facebook page Populated places in the City Municipality of Novo Mesto

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%20Michigan%20Wolverines%20football%20team

2003 Michigan Wolverines football team

The 2003 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Lloyd Carr. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium. The team won the first of its back to back Big Ten Championships. The team lost to the USC Trojans in 2004 Rose Bowl. Coaching staff Head coach: Lloyd Carr Assistant coaches: Erik Campbell (assistant head coach), Mike DeBord, Ron English, Jim Herrmann, Fred Jackson, Scot Loeffler, Terry Malone, Andy Moeller, Bill Sheridan Trainer: Paul Schmidt Managers: Davon Wilson (senior manager), Bob Belke, Tom Bellen, Tom Burpee, Jeff Clancy, Brandon Greer, Brad Hoffman, Jeff Levine, Atif Lodhi, Chris Mancuso, Darin Ottaviani, Blake Postma, Brad Rosenwasser Schedule Game summaries Central Michigan Houston For the third time in 12 seasons* Houston travelled to Ann Arbor for a game against Michigan. The Cougars had what was considered to be a unique offense that some analysts felt could possibly give the Michigan defense some problems. After a competitive 1st quarter, however, the Wolverines dominated the Cougars the rest of the way, winning the game in an epic beat-down, 50-3. * The other 2 games were played in Ann Arbor in 1992, and 1993. Michigan won both of them easily, 61-7, and 42-21 respectively (when you combine the scores of all 3 games, Michigan has outscored Houston, 143-31). Notre Dame Source: Oregon Indiana Iowa Minnesota Source: Illinois Purdue Michigan State Source: Northwestern Ohio State 100th meeting Rose Bowl Roster Statistical achievements Chris Perry was the Big Ten rushing individual statistical champion (126.8 yards per conference games and 128.8 yards per game). Perry set numerous current school records during the season including single-game attempts (51, November 1, 2003) surpassing Ron Johnson's 1967 record of 42, and single-season attempts (338) surpassing Anthony Thomas' 2000 record of 319. The team led the Big Ten in passing offense for all games (270.8 yards per game), although Michigan State won the title for conference games. They were also the Big Ten scoring statistical champions for conference games (35.8 points per game), although Minnesota was the champion for all games. They also ranked first in passing efficiency defense for both conference games (96.6) and all games (102.2). The team led the conference in total defense for conference games (286.1) and all games (316.4). The November 22 Michigan - Ohio State football rivalry game set the current conference single-game attendance record of 112,118. Braylon Edwards posted four consecutive 100-yard reception games, surpassing Desmond Howard, Carter and Marcus Knight who all had three in various seasons. Edwards would tie this record the following season, but Mario Manningham posted six in 2007 to establish the current record. John Navarre set numerous career records: pass attempts (1366) extending his own record established the prior season; completions (765), surpassing Elvis Grbac's 1992 record of 522; passing yards (9254), surpassing Grbac's 6460. Chad Henne broke each of these records during his career ending in 2007. Navarre also broke his own single-season records for pass attempts (456), completions (270) and yards (3331) set the prior season. Navarre broke Tom Brady's single-game passing yards record of 375 with a 389-yard performance on October 4 against Iowa. These single-game and single-season records still stand. The final touchdown pass of his career gave him 72, one more than Grbac for another record to be broken by Henne. Navarre established the current records for single-season yards per game (256.2), surpassing his own record of the prior year, and career yards per game (215.2), surpassing Jim Harbaugh's 175.8. He broke his own single-season 200-yard game record with 10 bringing his record setting career total to 28. Awards and honors The individuals in the sections below earned recognition for meritorious performances. National All-Americans: Chris Perry Doak Walker Award: Perry Jim Brown Trophy: Perry Conference Big Ten Football MVP: Chris Perry All-Conference: John Navarre, Chris Perry, Braylon Edwards, Tony Pape Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year: Perry Big Ten Freshman of the Year: Steve Breaston (coaches) Team Co-captains: Grant Bowman, Carl Diggs, John Navarre Most Valuable Player: Chris Perry Meyer Morton Award: Braylon Edwards John Maulbetsch Award: Jake Long Frederick Matthei Award: Jason Avant Dick Katcher Award: Grant Bowman, Norman Heuer, Larry Stevens Arthur Robinson Scholarship Award: Andy Mingery Hugh Rader Jr. Award: David Baas, Tony Pape Robert P. Ufer Award: John Navarre Roger Zatkoff Award: Lawrence Reid Dick Katcher Award: Grant Bowman, Norman Heuer, Larry Stevens References External links 2003 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History 2003 Michigan at NCAA.org Michigan Michigan Wolverines football seasons Big Ten Conference football champion seasons Michigan Wolverines football