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Alan Robert Jackson

Alan Robert Jackson,AO (30 March 1936 - 4 August 2018) was an Australian businessman in the late 20th century who was the Chief Executive Officer of BTR plc between 1991 and 1996.find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. (n.d.). Alan Robert JACKSON personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK. [online] Available at: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/AwGhAaVX9a21Fso8wsCb5zXcwq0/appointments [Accessed 16 Sep. 2022].
Jackson grew up in Western Gippsland in Drouin, Victoria during the Great Depression. His father was James Jackson and his mother was Doris Lane. Jackson had two siblings, his brother, Wallace Jackson and his sister, Elizabeth Jackson. Alan Jackson is also related to Margaret Jackson, his niece. 
He married Esme Giles in 1962 and had four children together in chronological order; Dianne, Judith, Elaine and Shirley. 
They were married for 56 years until his death in 2018. 
In 2002, Jackson was diagnosed with dementia in which he suffered from for 16 years. He was 82 when he passed away.https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fbusiness%2Fnews%2Faustralian-business-great-alan-jackson-dead-at-82%2Fnews-story%2Fba28fe0903cef110979c200b969e768b&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=dynamic-groupa-control-noscore&V21spcbehaviour=append
== Career (1955 - 1997) ==
Jackson began his career as an office boy but soon climbed the ranks and became the managing director of Mather & Platt as an accountant between 1955 - 1977. 
He then became managing director of BTR Nylex during the period of 1977 - 1990. From there, he became the managing director and the Chief Executive Officer of BTR plc, headed in London between 1991 - 1996, before retiring soon afterwards in 1997.Prabook . 2021. Alan Robert Jackson. Accessed November 5, 2022. https://prabook.com/web/alan_robert.jackson/47731. 
Jackson was feared by established business throughout his time at BTR and was often referred to as “knuckles”.Crikey (2001). Alan Jackson’s ill-fated industrial conglomerate. [online] Crikey. Available at: https://www.crikey.com.au/2001/12/02/alan-jacksons-ill-fated-industrial-conglomerate/ [Accessed 16 Sep. 2022]. During his tenure, Jackson managed to turn the profits of the company from $16.4 million to $764 million. Moreover, sales grew from $115 million to $4.8 billion by 1995.
In his retirement, Jackson returned to Australia and founded Cartagen Corporation by buying a large plot of land in Drouin in which he developed it through his company. The Jackson’s View Estate was completed in 2020 through the support of his family.www.jvoc.net.au. (n.d.). Welcome to the Jackson’s View Residents Website. [online] Available at: http://www.jvoc.net.au/index.html [Accessed 16 Sep. 2022].
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Category:2018 deaths
Category:Australian businesspeople
Alan Spitzer

Alan Spitzer is an American businessperson and activist from Cleveland, Ohio.
==Early life and education==
Spitzer was born into a family that has been involved in the automobile industry for three generations. He studied at the Baldwin Wallace University and Case Western Reserve University.
==Career==
Spitzer partnered with attorney Dennis M. O'Toole to establish a marina at Lorain, Ohio|Lorain Harbor. Developed on public land, the marina is mandated to maintain significant public accessibility. In this public-private collaboration, Spitzer and O'Toole agreed to compensate the Port Authority for bond issuance, as only public entities can issue such bonds.
Spitzer is also recognised for his efforts to introduce casino gambling to Ohio. In 1989, he presented a plan for a casino to the Ohio House of Representatives, but the Senate rejected it. In 1990, an attempt to modify the Constitution failed, and in 1994, Spitzer was unable to collect sufficient signatures to place a proposed amendment on the ballot.
Throughout 2009, the Committee to Restore Dealer Rights, spearheaded by Tammy Darvish, Jack Fitzgerald, and Alan Spitzer, lobbied for legislation to offer arbitration for dealers who lost franchises and dealerships amid Chrysler and General Motors' bankruptcies. 
Spitzer co-authored Grand Theft Auto which give an inside look at the committee's efforts in lobbying for the legislation that ultimately granted rejected dealers the right to arbitration. It includes an excerpt detailing the committee's attempts to sway the opinions of Ron Bloom and Brian Deese, the duo appointed by the administration to assist in GM and Chrysler's revamping.
Spitzer is the current chief executive officer (CEO) of Spitzer Management.
==Recognition==
* 2022 Ohio 500
Category:American people
Category:American businesspeople
Category:American activists
Alan Winfield

Alan Winfield (born 1956) is a British engineer and educator. He is Professor of Robot Ethics at UWE Bristol, Honorary Professor at the University of York, and Associate Fellow in the Cambridge Centre for the Future of Intelligence. His work is focused on two areas: cognitive robotics and robot ethics|robot/AI ethics.
==Early life and education==
Winfield was born in Burton on Trent where he attended Burton Grammar School. He studied electronic engineering for both BSc and PhD, majoring in telecommunications, at the University of Hull from 1974 to 1984. Following his first degree he won an SERC scholarship to study for PhD in the field of information theory and error-correcting codes under the supervision of Rodney Goodman.
==Career==
Winfield's first faculty appointment was as lecturer in the department of electronic engineering at the University of Hull, from 1981 to 1984. During this period he published his first book, a guide to the programming language Forth, The Complete Forth (1983). Winfield also invented an architecture for executing native Forth at machine level. 
In 1984 Winfield resigned his lectureship and founded, with Rod Goodman, Metaforth Computer Systems Ltd, with the aim of commercializing the Forth machine.
In 1992 Winfield was appointed Hewlett-Packard Professor of Electronic Engineering and Associate Dean (Research) at UWE, Bristol, where he co-founded the Bristol Robotics Laboratory. From 2009 to 2016 he was director of UWE's Science Communication Unit.
==Public Engagement==
From 2006 to 2009, with Noel Sharkey, Owen Holland and Frank Burnet, Winfield led public engagement project Walking with Robots. The project was designed to encourage children into science and technology careers, and to involve the public in discussions about robotics research issues. In 2010 Walking with Robots was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering Rooke Medal for public promotion of engineering.
In 2009 Winfield was awarded an EPSRC Senior Media Fellowship, to support and develop his engagement with the press and media. During the fellowship Winfield also wrote Robotics: A Very Short Introduction. 
Winfield's media appearances include BBC Radio 4 The Life Scientific, and BBC TV HARDtalk.
==Robot Ethics==
In 2016 Winfield joined the IEEE Global Initiative on ethics of Intelligence and Autonomous Systems. As chair of the General Principles group he helped to draft Ethically Aligned Design. He is a member of the initiative's executive committee, and chaired the working group that drafted IEEE Standard 7001-2021 on Transparency of Autonomous Systems.
Category:English people
Category:English engineers
Category:1956 births
Alana McLaughlin

Alana McLaughlin (born in 1983) is a former member of the United States Army Special Forces|U.S. Army Special Forces and current Mixed martial arts|MMA fighter. She has a professional record of 1-0-0, having made her debut fight in Miami at Combate Global on September 10, 2021. She is the second openly trans women ever to have fought professionally in MMA.
== Early Life ==
McLaughlin grew up in West Columbia, South Carolina in a conservative family that frequently tried to make her more Masculinity|masculine and sent her to conversion therapy. McLaughlin was not allowed to play sports until her junior year of high school, at which point she joined the Cross country running|cross-country team. In her final two years of high school, McLaughlin performed well enough to receive a scholarship to Newbury College (United States)|Newbury College, where she ran for two years before transferring to Winthrop University. While attending Winthrop, McLaughlin had her final conversation with her mother, who made clear she would rather her daughter die at war than live as her daughter. 
McLaughlin finished her degree in fine arts in 2015 at University of North Carolina at Asheville|UNC-Asheville.
== Special Forces ==
McLaughlin joined the United States Army Special Forces|U.S. Army Special Forces in 2003 at the age of 20. By 2007, she was a medical sergeant deployed to Afghanistan as part of a 12-person unit. After six years of service, McLaughlin chose not to re-enlist.
McLaughlin earned eight distinguished service medals throughout her career.
== MMA Career ==
McLaughlin had her professional debut on September 10, 2021 at Combate Global against Celine Provost. McLaughlin won the fight by Rear naked choke|rear-naked choke in the second round, giving her a professional record of 1-0-0. McLaughlin trained with MMA Masters, a gym in Hialeah, Florida, prior to the bout.
McLaughlin is the second openly transgender woman to fight professionally in Mixed martial arts, the first being Fallon Fox who last fought in 2014.
Category:1983 births
Alandal

Alandal is a webtoon and webnovel platform that was launched in July 1st 2023. The platform is found on the web at Alandal.com and can be accessed for free. It produces webtoon adaptations in-house and serves them on the platform, and works with its in-house team to localize webnovels from Korean and other languages to English.
==History==
According to their official LinkedIn, Alandal is based in the United Arab Emirates, and was founded by Faadi Thabit, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Alandal. The platform was launched in July 2023 and entered the top 2,000 websites globally within its first month.
==Content==
Alandal offers webtoons and webnovels licensed from Korean and other Asian publishers in English. The platform also produces webtoon adaptations for some of the licensed webnovels on the platform.
Most of Alandal's content are focused on the Action fantasy genre, with titles including The Iron-Blooded Necromancer Has Returned, Lord of Mana, and Everyone Regressed Except Me. It also offers content in other genres including Psychological in series such as Popular Psychopath.
Category:Webtoons
Category:Web novels
Category:2023 software
Alao Abiodun

Alao Abiodun (born April 2) is a Nigerian journalist and writer. He hails from Ibadan, Oyo state.Abiodun attended Bishop Howells Memorial Grammer School, Bariga for his secondary school education. He studied at the University of Ibadan (B.Ed - Educational Management and Economics), St. Augustine's College of Education (NCE - Economics Education) and Nigerian Institute of Journalism (PGD - Print Journalism)He is a 2023 alumnus, Radio Netherland Training Centre (RNTC)
==Career==
Abiodun's journalism career spans across reporting various beats both locally and internationally.
Equipped with years of prolific writing experience and certification, he has been reporting for The Nation – one of Nigeria’s foremost Newspaper since 2019.
Abiodun emeged as 2022 and 2023 fellow for United Nations Reham al-Farra Memorial Journalism Fellowship (UNRAF). 
He was among the accredited Nigerian journalists selected by the United Nations (UN) to cover the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, referred to as 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference|COP26 in Glasgow, United Kingdom; and 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, referred to as COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
Abiodun also covered the 77th and 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters, Manhattan, respectively. 
He received his professional journalism training from the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) formerly Premium Times Center for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) and has participated in many media-related fellowships, trainings and workshops locally and internationally including 2020 Dubawa Fact-checking fellowship, 2018 Nigeria Hate Speech Hackathon, others. 
He emerged as runner-up for the 2021 Anti-corruption star award by Step Up Nigeria. 
During his undergraduate sojourn at UI, he was an award-winning student journalist where he bagged many awards. He was a member of Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ibadan, and held many positions. He was also the Editor-in-Chief of Nigerian Universities Education Students' Association (NUESA) Press Organisation. 
Some of Abiodun's awards include; Nominee, five outstanding personalities in Journalism (2017 FOPA Awards); News Reporter of the year - 2018 Campus Journalism Award Abuja; Nominee, 2018 Alfred Opubor prize for campus journalism among others.
In 2019 and 2021, he was selected as a journalist from Nigeria to cover the Dakar Forum, held in Dakar, Senegal alongside other African Journalists. He has written on diverse societal and contemporary issues that got many readers engaged and also earned him widespread recognition.
Category:Nigerian people
Category:Nigerian writers
Category:Nigerian journalists
Alaric Bond

Alaric Bond (born 1957) is an English novelist and author of The Fighting Sail series of nautical fiction books. He also worked as a writer for many years beforehand, working on periodicals, children’s stories, stage and television, including comedy (with a project commissioned to BBC Light Entertainment for three years).
== Books ==
=== Fighting Sail series ===
* The Jackass Frigate (Pen Press, 2008) ISBN 978-1906206581 – sometimes listed as the second book in the series
* His Majesty's Ship (Fireship Press, 2009) ISBN 978-1934757703 – sometimes listed as the first book in the series
* True Colours (Fireship, 2010) ISBN 978-1935585305
* Cut and Run (Fireship, 2011) ISBN 978-1611791693 
* The Patriot's Fate (Fireship, 2012) ISBN 978-1611792386 
* The Torrid Zone (Old Salt Press, 2014) ISBN 978-0988236097
* The Scent of Corruption (Old Salt, 2015) ISBN 978-1943404025
* HMS Prometheus (Old Salt, 2015) ISBN 978-1943404063
* The Blackstrap Station (Old Salt, 2016) ISBN 978-1943404117
* Honour Bound (Old Salt, 2017) ISBN 978-1943404155
* Sealed Orders (Old Salt, 2018) ISBN 978-1943404223
* Sea Trials (Bowker, 2019) ISBN 978-1943404254
=== The Coastal Forces series ===
* Hellfire Corrner (Old Salt Press, 2020) ISBN 978-1943404285
=== Standalone novels ===
* Turn a Blind Eye (Old Salt Press, 2013) ISBN 978-0988236035
* The Guinea Boat (Old Salt, 2015) ISBN 978-0994115294
Category:English writers
Category:English novelists
Alasan (Jalor)

Alasan is a small village of 1837 hectares in Jalor Tehsil in Jalor district, also known as Granite City in the State of Rajasthan, India. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is elected representative of the village by the local elections. Alasan depends on JALOR, the nearest town for all major economic activities. The village has government-provided water facilities that include One tap, One Well supply, which is 297.00% of the total supply, Two tanks, Two tubewells, and One handpump. The villagers also acquire water from some of the natural water sources - Two rivers, Two canals and Two springs. Alasan is also surrounded by Two lakes. The population of the village depends on the source of drinking water during summer on Handpump. Alasan's pin code is 343001, and village code is 02292700. The area of Alasan is segregated as 436 hectares irrigated area, 452 hectares unirrigated, the 867.74 hectare area under culturable waste (including gauchar and groves), and remaining 81 hectare area not available for cultivation.
Alasan has One post office (Alasan B.O) and Twelve public telephones. The village is connected with a single bus service. Alasan has One bank, One credit society and One agricultural credit society for the regulation of economic activity. The village is also equipped with Two recreational centers.
The village has an uninterrupted 24 hours electric supply from a power grid.
== Demographics ==
Alasan is a census village in the district of Jalor, Rajasthan. The village has a total population of 3779 and has total administration over 706 houses which are connected to supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage.
* Alasan has 625 children, 315 boys and 310 girls.
* Scheduled caste counts for 1273 (33.69%) males constitute 659 (17.44%) of the population and females 614 (16.25%).
* Scheduled tribe counts for 312 (8.26%) males constitute 167 (4.42%) of the population and females 145 (3.84%).
== Medical facility ==
* Alasan has 3 hospitals in nearby town.
* Alasan has 1 ayurvedic dispensary.
==Educational institutions==
As per the census 2011 report, 1755 people are literate in Alasan out of which 1057 are males and 698 are females.
Alasan has the following educational facilities:
* 1 Education facility
* 2 Primary schools
* 1 Upper primary school
* 3 Colleges in the nearby range
== Employment ==
According to a census 2011 report, 1616 people of the total population are employed. The workforce is 920 male, 696 female with 1246 (77.1%) of all workers being employed full-time, this includes 826 males and 420 females. 294 males and 36 females are considered as the main cultivators with the help of 132 males and 288 female agricultural labor. 370 people are reported to work for a marginal period of time in the year.
They depend on the agricultural markets (Mandi) of the nearby towns of Jalor to sell agricultural produce and make their living.
== References ==
== External link ==
* Official website
Category:Villages in Jalor Tehsil
Category:Villages in Jalor District
Category:Villages in Rajasthan
Category:Villages in India
Alasdair Braxton Bell

Alasdair Braxton Bell (born 11 August 1997)
better known as 'Alasdair Braxton' is a British videographer, actor and youtuber. 
Alasdair was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme (Staffordshire) on the 11th of August 1997. He was raised in Scotland from a young age and attended Largs Academy.
In 2018, Bell directed the music video Start Over by Ellis & Laura Brehm. His work featured in the John Byrne (playwright) awards in 2019 for exploring personal and social value for creatives in Scotland. Bell joined the cast of Falling for Figaro in the feature film directed by Ben Lewin. The film was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in september of 2020 to buyers. IFC Films will release Falling for Figaro in 2021. 
His photography work has been showcased in articles and magazines including: Medium (website), Delfi (web portal), Popbela.com, Crossroads Initiative and IDN Times
Bell uploads his photography work on Pexels which is partnered with Canva and has surpassed 4 million viewers.
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2017	Monday & Thursday, The Best Days of the Week STV (TV channel)	Dancer 	Commercial
2017	The 12th Man (film) 	Extra (acting) 	Feature Film
2018	Ellis & Laura Brehm: Start Over 	Film Director 	Music Video
2018	The A List 	Supporting Actor	Television Series
2020	Show You 	Director 	Short Film
2020	Falling for Figaro 	Actor 	Feature Film
==In the media==
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Category:British video artists
Category:British actors
Category:British YouTubers
Alastair Owens

Alastair John Owens (born 10th of September 1971), is a British Geographical Historian, President of the Geographical Association, and Professor at Queen Mary University of London where he has worked since 2001, located in Mile End and former Head of the university's Geography Department.
Alastair Owens studied BA History and Geography at King's College London, graduating in 1993, then followed directly onto completing a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), at Queen Mary University of London.
Category:1971 births
Category:British historians
Category:Professors
Alastair Stewart Lightbody

Alastair Stewart Lightbody was born in Kingston, London on April 27th 2012. He grew up in Esher, Surrey and still lives there now. His parents are Craig Stewart Lightbody and Tanya Lightbody (Maiden name Tanya Barger). Alastair is well known for making frequent appearances at his local cricket and rugby club. He has been described before as a talented sportsperson. Alastair currently goes to Milbourne Lodge School and will join King's College School Wimbledon in September 2025. King's is ranked one of the top 10 schools in Britain.
Category:2012 births
Category:People from London
Category:English people
Alawa (Pachpahar, Jhalawar)

Alawa is a small village of 559 hectares in Pachpahar Tehsil in Jhalawar district in the State of Rajasthan, India. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is elected representative of the village by the local elections. Alawa depends on Bhawani Mandi, the nearest town for all major economic activities. The village has government-provided water facilities that include Two taps, One Well supply, which is 152.50% of the total supply, Two tanks, Two tubewells, and One handpump. The villagers also acquire water from some of the natural water sources - Two rivers, Two canals and Two springs. Alawa is also surrounded by Two lakes. The population of the village depends on the source of drinking water during summer on Handpump. Alawa's pin code is 326502, and village code is 04083600. The area of Alawa is segregated as 305 hectares irrigated area, 134 hectares unirrigated, the 73 hectare area under culturable waste (including gauchar and groves), and remaining 47.2 hectare area not available for cultivation.
Alawa has Two banks and Two credit societies for the regulation of economic activity. The village is also equipped with Two recreational centers.
The village has an uninterrupted 24 hours electric supply from a power grid.
== Demographics ==
Alawa is a census village in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The village has a total population of 953 and has total administration over 170 houses which are connected to supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage.
* Alawa has 143 children, 82 boys and 61 girls.
* Scheduled caste counts for 98 (10.28%) males constitute 48 (5.04%) of the population and females 50 (5.25%).
* Scheduled tribe counts for 232 (24.34%) males constitute 123 (12.91%) of the population and females 109 (11.44%).
== Medical facility ==
* Alawa has 3 hospitals in nearby town.
==Educational institutions==
As per the census 2011 report, 510 people are literate in Alawa out of which 333 are males and 177 are females.
Alawa has the following educational facilities:
* 1 Education facility
* 1 Primary school
* 1 Upper primary school
* 3 Colleges in the nearby range
== Employment ==
According to a census 2011 report, 539 people of the total population are employed. The workforce is 272 male, 267 female with 308 (57.14%) of all workers being employed full-time, this includes 210 males and 98 females. 154 males and 85 females are considered as the main cultivators with the help of 22 male and 7 female agricultural labor. 231 people are reported to work for a marginal period of time in the year.
They depend on the agricultural markets (Mandi) of the nearby towns of Bhawani Mandi and Jhalawar to sell ghee and make their living.
== References ==
== External link ==
* Official website
Category:Villages in Pachpahar Tehsil
Category:Villages in Jhalawar District
Category:Villages in Rajasthan
Category:Villages in India