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The 2003 Arab Unified Club Championship preliminary stage decided the teams which played into two zones, Africa and Asia. Zone 1: (Gulf Area) Zone 2: (Red Sea) 1 The two matches have been played in Saudi Arabia in 23 and 25 May 2003. Zone 3: (North Africa) Zone 4: (East Region)

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{"document_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.J.K._Mass_Communication_Research_Centre"}

College of mass communication in Delhi, India A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre (AJK MCRC) is a mass communication research centre located in New Delhi, India and a constituent institute of the Jamia Millia Islamia. The full form for AJK MCRC is Anwar Jamal Kidwai Mass Communication Research Centre named after its founder Anwar Jamal Kidwai in 1982. A.J. Kidwai established the MCRC in collaboration with York University, Toronto and the Canadian International Development Agency. The CIDA provided the MCRC with a range of sophisticated production equipment while York University sent the first generation of teachers. The team from York was led by distinguished documentary filmmaker James Beveridge, a close associate of documentary pioneer John Grierson, founder of the National Film Board of Canada. Academics The centre offers courses including Master of Arts(M.A.) courses in Mass Communication, Convergent Journalism, Development Communication, Visual Effect and Animation as well as postgraduate diplomas in, Still Photography and Visual Communication, Acting and Broadcast Technology. Facilities Production facilities The AJK MCRC has analogue and digital systems for programme production. There are three television studios for multi-camera productions and DV and HDV cameras (PD-150, PD-170, HVR Z-1, DSR 570 and Panasonic DVX 100) with accessories for single camera shoots. Other production equipment includes final cut pro non-linear editing machines of the G5 series, with dual processors for film & video, Avid Adrenaline Media Composers, Arriflex 16 SR III film cameras, Steinbeck film editing machines, digital audio work stations, sound studio, multimedia lab with software for print journalism, and still photography units. Recent additions to the production equipment include the Magnum Dolly system and the PICCOLO crane. BBC programmes Hard Talk India and Face To Face which were presented by Karan Thapar were shot inside the television studio at AJK MCRC. Programmes were produced with the assistance of AJK MCRC's staff and featured some of the biggest names in Indian public life. Media library The media library has books, journals, films, video cassettes, audio cassettes, stock shots, and press clippings for the use of students. Students can use the Zakir Hussian Library of the university. Community radio The AJK MCRC as a part of its social commitment and responsibility towards the community within which it is situated, runs a community radio station on 90.4 FM. Addressing itself to the residents of the Jamia area, RADIO JAMIA broadcasts educational, enrichment and a wide range of rich socio-cultural programmes. These programmes can be heard around a radius of 10 kilometres on the Jamia campus. Currently, the radio programmes are produced by the students and the faculty of the AJK MCRC in collaboration with different groups and organisation in Delhi. As per The Hindu, "Radio Jamia, which started in 2005, broadcasts shows from 2-5 p.m. and replays the previous day’s broadcast from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The programme broadcast include an hour-long ghazal segment and a 20-minute dedicated show for regional songs covering diverse linguistic communities residing in its service area, apart from shows on education, health, sports and social issues." Media Resource Center The Media Resource Centre at the AJK MCRC is an archive and theory centre devoted to documentary, film and contemporary media practices. It has been set up through a grant from Sir Ratan Tata Trust. Student achievements Under the guidance of Professor Farhat Basir Khan, MCRC students Neal Kartik and Pranab Kumar Aich won the prestigious 'Student Focus Competition' at Sony World Photography Awards 2009, Cannes. Jamia's team achieved the feat by defeating 60 of the world's best universities across continents and bagged a cash prize of 50,000 Euros. Nishtha Jain, Shirley Abraham and Amit Mahadesiya are three Jamia Millia Islamia (AJK MCRC) alumni who got invited to judge Oscars by Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, USA in 2020. Ranking In 2021, it was ranked as India's 2nd best Mass Communication College by India Today's. AJK MCRC was ranked #1 in Outlook India's "Top Mass Comm Colleges In 2017". It has been consistently rated as amongst the top mass-communication colleges in Asia. Affiliations Notable alumni

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Species of tree Canarium pseudosumatranum is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Proposed rocketry facility in Australia Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex is a proposed rocket-launching facility operated by Southern Launch at Whalers Way, in the locality of Sleaford near Port Lincoln on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. History of the project Southern Launch established its headquarters in Adelaide in 2018, before the city was announced as home for the Australian Space Agency. Its offices are located in Pirie Street, Adelaide. The launchpad at Whalers Way was publicly announced in December 2018, with Southern Launch leading the project. The project was declared a major development by the state of South Australia on 22 August 2019, and on 23 October 2019 Southern Launch made a joint announcement with Perigee Aerospace of South Korea about the launch of the "Blue Whale 1" rocket from the Whalers Way facility. The facility was officially approved by the Australian Space Agency on 14 July 2021, intended for use to launch commercial satellites. Southern Launch planned to build two launch pads for orbital launches to polar and sun-synchronous orbits. Pad 1 was expected to host up to three test launches by the end of 2021. Launches When fully operational, it is anticipated that around 25 launches a year will take place at Whalers Way. Perigee Aerospace became the first customer with a planned launch of its rocket "Blue Whale 1" in July 2020. However, this had not been launched by late August. On 16 September 2021, 06:39 UTC the Taiwanese TiSPACE-company's Hapith I rocket (flight VS01) launched from Whalers Way Pad 1 on a suborbital test flight, after two aborted launches. This was the maiden flight of Hapith I and first of three test launches from Pad 1 at Whalers Way. The flight suffered a launch failure at ignition, causing the rocket to catch fire. The intended apogee of the flight was 250 km (160 mi), and as payload the rocket carried an Ionosphere Scintillation Package for the Taiwanese National Space Organization, for the purpose of Ionospheric scintillation research.[citation needed] Two more test launches of the vehicle, conducted by ATSpace under the Kestrel I name, are scheduled for late 2022. Environmental concerns Concerns have been raised by environmentalists from the Nature Conservation Society of South Australia (NCSSA) and traditional owners the Nauo people [citation needed], as threatened species such as the southern emu wren and white-bellied whipbird inhabit the area [citation needed], which could be affected by the noise, and there are places of cultural significance to the Nauo people. Environmental impact assessments were being undertaken as of May 2021, with plans to modify the site and implement mitigation strategies should problems be found. Southern Launch has committed to protecting nature and managing tourism activities to ensure that the environment will be preserved. Protests took place at the site ahead of the first scheduled launch on 9 September 2021, after whales were reported swimming in Fishery Bay, east of the maritime exclusion zone, and police attended. Whales were later confirmed 30km away in Boston Bay, and none observed in Fishery Bay. Local residents and conservationists, including the Nature Conservation Society, Wilderness Society, Conservation Council of South Australia, the National Trust of Australia (SA), Birds SA and Trees for Life have been calling for an independent review. An ecologist from the University of Adelaide and the NCSSA are concerned that the extensive clearing (23.76 ha (58.7 acres) of vegetation) and construction work involved in expanding the facility could cause the southern emu wren to become extinct. Southern Launch CEO Lloyd Damp said he was aware of the issues, and they were in the process of working out a better location for launch site A. The expansion plans are under review by the Government of South Australia's PlanSA, as well as the Commonwealth Government for compliance with the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). Public consultation that closed in September showed strong support from the surrounding communities of Port Lincoln and Tulka, the results of which are yet to be released as of 27 September 2021[update]. In early October, a rare square-tailed kite was photographed at the site, but it is thought likely that it was a chick from a nest a long distance away. The last time one was spotted on the Eyre Peninsula was in 2004.

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Former electorate in West Coast, New Zealand Westland was a parliamentary electorate in the West Coast of New Zealand from 1866 to 1868 and 1890 to 1972. In 1972 the Tasman and West Coast electorates replaced the former Buller and Westland electorates. Population centres In the 1865 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives focussed its review of electorates to South Island electorates only, as the Central Otago Gold Rush had caused significant population growth, and a redistribution of the existing population. Fifteen additional South Island electorates were created, including Westland, and the number of Members of Parliament was increased by 13 to 70. In December 1887, the House of Representatives voted to reduce its membership from general electorates from 91 to 70. The 1890 electoral redistribution used the same 1886 census data used for the 1887 electoral redistribution. In addition, three-member electorates were introduced in the four main centres. This resulted in a major restructuring of electorates, and Westland was one of eight electorates to be re-created for the 1890 election. History The electorate was formed for the 1866 election. William Sefton Moorhouse stood in the electorate and was returned 16 March 1866 in favour of William Shaw. The general election was held on 22 February 1866 in the Mount Herbert electorate, in which Moorhouse was returned unopposed. Having been elected in two electorates, Moorhouse chose to represent Westland. Moorhouse resigned on 20 February 1868. Joseph Grimmond, who had since 1887 represented the Hokitika electorate, contested the Westland electorate in the 1890 general election against Richard Seddon, with Seddon being successful. In the 1893 election, Seddon was returned unopposed. In the 1896 election, Seddon was again opposed by Grimmond but remained successful. Seddon held the electorate until his death in 1906. He was succeeded by his son Tom, who in turn represented the electorate until his defeat in the 1925 election by Labour's James O'Brien. Members of Parliament The electorate was represented by seven Members of Parliament: Key Independent     Liberal     Labour Election results 1969 election 1966 election 1963 election 1960 election 1957 election 1954 election 1951 election 1949 election 1947 by-election 1946 election 1931 election 1928 election 1925 election 1922 election 1919 election 1906 by-election 1905 election 1902 election 1899 election 1896 election 1893 election 1890 election 1866 election

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City in Chaco, Argentina General José de San Martín is a city in the north-east of the province of Chaco, Argentina. It is named after José de San Martín, the Argentine general who played a major role in South America's fight for independence from Spain (see Argentine War of Independence). History The town was founded under the name of El Zapallar on 25 April 1907, although the measurement and division of the terrain was not properly finished until 2 July 1913. Its progress was slow due to the lack of communications, which began only in 1917 when Juan Godoy opened a precarious bus line that linked El Zapallar with the provincial capital Resistencia, 120 km away. By 1924 El Zapallar had 5,000 inhabitants and was the head town of the Toba Department. It had a police station, a court, a civil registration, a social club, and mail and telegraph services. That year the El Zapallar Agricultural Cattleman Association was established. The Quijano railroad line also contributed to the growth of the town, by connecting it to Lapachito. A Development Commission was created by decree of Hipólito Yrigoyen in 1928. In 1934 the town was turned into a municipality, which was renamed General José de San Martín in 1955. Communications The area is crossed southwest to northwest by National Route 90, asphalted, which links it to Resistencia, and also by the Provincial Routes 3 and 7, which cross it respectively from east to west and from east to southwest. The city has an airstrip of limited capacity.

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Fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away Soap opera character Ailsa Stewart (also Hogan) is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Home and Away, played by Judy Nunn. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 17 January 1988. Ailsa was married to Alf Stewart and had a son Duncan. When Nunn decided to leave to devote more time with her novels, she was one of only four original cast members. The role of Ailsa was briefly played by theatre star Nancye Hayes whilst Nunn was taking leave due to illness in 2000. Creation and casting Bevan Lee, a screenwriter for the show named the character "Ailsa" after his friend the Australian actress, writer and director Ailsa Piper. When Nunn fell ill, the producers temporarily cast well-known theatre performer Nancye Hayes. Development Ailsa was paired with Alf Stewart (Ray Meagher) and they couple became engaged. During their engagement party, Alf's daughter Roo Stewart (Justine Clarke) announced that Ailsa had been imprisoned for manslaughter. Of the storyline, Nunn commented "Just when I thought I'd been playing this rather nice woman, I had to take a different approach when Ailsa's dark past was revealed." Author Andrew Mercado noted that long-hidden secrets like Ailsa's were a recurrent theme in Home and Away's early years. After Ailsa's grocery store is burnt down, leading to the creation of The Diner when she went into business with Bobby Simpson (Nicolle Dickson). Ailsa later gave birth to a son, Duncan Stewart (Alanna Ellis), which led to the writers exploring the effects of post-natal depression. The storyline saw Ailsa almost smother Duncan with a pillow. Storylines Ailsa owns the local general store and befriends the Fletcher family when they arrive in Summer Bay. She has heart of gold and has caring nature and sees the good in Bobby Simpson (Nicolle Dickson). Alf Stewart (Ray Meagher) takes an interest in Ailsa and they soon become engaged. Alf's daughter Roo (Justine Clarke) takes a dislike to Ailsa and feels she is trying to replace her late mother, Martha (Alison Mulvaney) and has her aunt Morag Bellingham (Cornelia Frances), a lawyer, do a background check on Ailsa. Roo learns that Ailsa served time for murdering her abusive father but most of the bay side with Ailsa. Ailsa and Alf marry in a low-key ceremony and they later foster Bobby together. Alf is upset when he thinks that the only reason she married him was to give Bobby a home. After selling her store to Alf's sister Celia (Fiona Spence), she goes into partnership with Bobby in the Bayside Diner. Ailsa later discovers she is pregnant and gives birth to a son, Duncan (Alanna Ellis) in 1989. She suffers from post-natal depression shortly after Duncan's birth and attempts to smother him at one point. However, when Duncan is hospitalized due to an allergic reaction to an old christening gown, Ailsa finally bonds with the child. Ailsa's niece Emma Jackson (Dannii Minogue) arrives in Summer Bay after attacking her stepfather for trying to sexually molest her. Ailsa and Alf clash over Emma staying and her constant mood swings. Emma's mother, Bridget (Paula Duncan) tries to get her to return home with her and Ailsa battles her but loses. However, Emma returns a fortnight later after realising her mother has not changed at all. Just before Emma leaves, Ailsa takes in her former cellmate Margot Dean's two teenage children; Blake (Les Hill) and Karen (Belinda Jarret) much to Alf's chagrin. However, Alf begins to form a bond with them. They also begin fostering Simon Fitzgerald (Richard Norton), Sarah Thompson (Laura Vasquez) and Curtis Reed (Shane Ammann) in the years that follow. Ailsa is devastated when Bobby dies. Following a hold-up at the diner, Ailsa suffers a bout of depression and begins suffering hallucinations; in which she sees Bobby's ghost coming out of the fridge door. These visions are a result of expired anti-depressants from her post-natal period. Ailsa is later confronted by her brother, Tony O'Rourke (Daniel Roberts), who still harbours a grudge against her for killing their father. They eventually make their peace. Ailsa is later involved in a car accident with Duncan and ends up comatose as a result. The doctors consider switching off the machine but Duncan witnesses movements. Ailsa wakes up, but due to the brain damage she has suffered, her personality becomes cold and distant and she is resentful toward Alf for thinking of turning the machine off. Irene Roberts (Lynne McGranger) helps Ailsa get back to her old self. Shauna Bradley (Kylie Watson) arrives in Summer Bay and learns that Ailsa is her biological mother. It is revealed that Ailsa was raped by a prison guard while incarcerated for her father's murder, resulting in Shauna's conception and her being subsequently adopted by the Bradley family. After a shaky start, Ailsa and Shauna soon bonded and developed a close mother-daughter relationship. When the diner burns down due to carelessness from Colleen Smart (Lyn Collingwood), Ailsa is saddened as it is her last link to Bobby. She and Alf then purchase a building for a new restaurant called The Beachside Diner. While moving boxes one day, Ailsa suffers a massive heart attack. Alf and Duncan try to help her but she dies, Ailsa is later cremated and her ashes are scattered by Alf into the ocean. Alf blames himself and Duncan becomes withdrawn. Ailsa reappears as a vision to Alf while he is suffering from a brain tumour. Morag and Donald Fisher are concerned and try to confront Alf about it but due to visions of Ailsa egging him on, Alf injures them both on separate occasions. Following Alf's diagnosis, he refuses to have the tumour removed as he does not want to stop seeing visions of Ailsa. After he collapses on the beach, Ailsa shows Alf what Summer Bay would be like if he dies. Alf eventually has the tumour removed and the visions stop. Reception Robin Oliver of The Sydney Morning Herald said Alf and Ailsa had an "enduring partnership" and were "the best backbone providers in the business". The character has been described as a "much-loved maternal disciplinarian" by Samela Harris of The Sunday Times. The episode dealing with the aftermath of Ailsa's breakdown following a robbery at the diner won the Australian Film Institute Award for "Best Television Episode" in 1995 and was given to Executive Producer John Holmes and Series Producer Russell Webb. In 2018, writers for TV Week included Ailsa in their feature on the "Top 20 Home and Away characters of all time". They wrote, "Practical, caring and down-to-earth, Ailsa was always on hand to listen to other people's problems. On the surface, she appeared a model citizen, but Ailsa had a secret – she'd been jailed for murdering her abusive father. After surviving everything from a mudslide to an armed hold-up during her years in the Bay, Ailsa died of a heart attack."

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The Black Canyon Wilderness Study Area is a Bureau of Land Management wilderness study area in Gooding County, Idaho between the towns of Gooding and Fairfield. It covers 10,371 acres (4,197 ha) and has a state inholding that covers 640 acres (260 ha). The WSA is located on the Bennett Hills and features a small collection of rock features called hoodoos. The Black Canyon WSA is contiguous (but divided by dirt roads) with three other WSAs in the Bennett Hills: Little City of Rocks, Gooding City of Rocks East, and Gooding City of Rocks West. Portions of the WSA's borders are formed by dirt roads, which also separates it from the Little City of Rocks and Gooding City of Rocks East WSAs. The majority of the WSA is flat prairie divided by canyons, but the northern section of the WSA is composed of rolling hills. Willows can be found along some of the intermittent drainages. Elevations in the WSA range from 4,360 ft (1,330 m) to 5,484 ft (1,672 m). Wildlife that can be found in the WSA include elk, mule deer, coyote, and various birds of prey and upland game. Burnt Willow Canyon runs approximately north to south through the WSA. The WSA was not recommended to be included as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System because greater wilderness values can be found in the Gooding City of Rocks East and West WSAs. But the area will remain a WSA until it is released or designated a wilderness area.

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2020 film Berlin Alexanderplatz is a 2020 drama film directed by Burhan Qurbani. The third adaptation of Alfred Döblin's influential 1929 novel of the same name, following one in 1931 and a 1980 fourteen-part miniseries, this iteration transposes the story to the modern day with an undocumented immigrant from West Africa in the central role. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast Reception Jessica Kiang for Variety detects some flaws in this update of Alfred Döblin's classic novel of masculine criminal crisis: ″Although promising a deep-cut dash of contemporary topicality by reimagining the main character as an undocumented African immigrant, there is the sense that the unimpeachable craft and performances — especially from rivetingly charismatic lead Welket Bungué — ultimately add up to just too slick a package. (...) For a film that is supposed to be a contemporary update, it can feel — especially in its ill-fated female characters, who are almost all either sex workers or one-night stands of Reinhold's — weirdly out of date. “Men like me have gone out of fashion,” says Pums at one point, and it will take more than a snazzy new set of clothes to complete the overhaul that Qurbani bravely, handsomely, but a little foolhardily attempts."

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Species of fish Oreonectes luochengensis is a species of cyprinid of the genus Oreonectes. It was described in 2011 and inhabits China. It is considered harmless to humans and has not been classified on the IUCN Red List.

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Puig Cerverís is a mountain of Catalonia, Spain. Located in the Pyrenees, it has an elevation of 2,208 metres above sea level.

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The Cornwall League 2 2007–08 was a full season of rugby union within Cornwall League 2. Team Changes There was no promotion or relegation for the following season, 2008–09, and the number of teams in Cornwall League 2 fell from eight teams to six as Illogan Park and Callington withdrew from the league Table Points are awarded as follows:

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Dixie Whatley is an American television personality, an early co-host of the syndicated gossip and entertainment round-up program Entertainment Tonight during 1981–1982. After Mary Hart took over as co-anchor in 1982, Whatley continued as an ET correspondent for about four more years. She also co-hosted a movie review program, At the Movies, with Rex Reed. She has been a host, anchor, and correspondent for various other entertainment and movie review programs over the years. Whatley is also a photographic artist and stone sculptor. Her mother and sister have also worked in the entertainment industry. Prior to Entertainment Tonight, Whatley was a contestant on Break the Bank on April 22, 1976.

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Scottish merchant, slave owner and landowner George Rainy (6 June 1790—9 June 1863) was a Scottish merchant, slave owner and land owner. In the early 1800s, Rainy became involved in sugar plantations in the Caribbean which were worked by African slaves in Demerara in Guiana. Due to extensive family connections he eventually became a full partner in Sandbach, Tinne & Company, a Scottish-run company which dealt in trade in the same field and was prominent in British Guiana, to the extent that the men who ran it were called the "Rothschilds of Demerara" on account of their wealth and influence. After the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade in the British Empire in the 1830s, Rainy became involved in the Highland Clearances. Using monies from the payout to former slave-owners following the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, he purchased the islands of Raasay, Rona and Fladda from Clan MacLeod in 1846: he removed from the land twelve townships of ninety-four Gaelic Highlander families to make way for sheep farming, causing mass depopulation and displacement on the islands. Biography Background George Rainy was born to Rev. George Rainy (1734—1810), a Presbyterian Church of Scotland minister in Creich, Sutherland, Scotland and his wife Ann Robertson. His grandfather had been John Rennie, a farmer in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Among George's siblings were Margaret Rainy (1774—1844), who married to Charles Parker (1771–1828), from a Scottish family in the Colony of Virginia and a major player in Sandbach, Tinne & Company, which ran sugarcane plantations in Demerara, Guiana. In addition to this, there was a brother Gilbert Rainy (1782—1808) who had gone to Berbice, Guiana to engage in the same trade. Harry Rainy, the noted pathologist and Professor of Forensic Medicine at the University of Glasgow was another brother, making George Rainy the uncle of Robert Rainy a Scottish Presbyterian divine for whom Rainy Hall in New College, Edinburgh is named. Plantations in Guiana George Rainy followed his brother, Gilbert Rainy, into the sugar trade in Guiana. He became associated with the Scottish-dominated, Liverpool-based company Sandbach, Tinne & Company. This company had been founded in 1790 when his uncle George Robertson, who had been trading in Grenada and his future brother-in-law Charles Parker joined with Samuel Sandbach and the Demerara merchant James McInroy (1759–1825) to create what was originally known as McInroy, Sandbach & Company. This business had been described as the "Rothschilds of Demerara" in the 1820s. It would become one of the most successful trading companies in the Caribbean, dealing with sugar plantations in the Caribbean which were worked by African slaves. These families created strong connections to each other through marriage. By the time that George Rainy joined the company as a partner in Liverpool it had become Sandbach, Tinne & Company. According to the journal of J.C. Cheveley, who visited in 1821, the estates in Demerara containing the slave-worked sugar plantations, were heavily mortgaged to Sandbach, Tinne & Company. He stated that many estates which were mortgaged out had to rely on the company for shipping out sugar on ships own by them, through their agents in Guiana and Britain. According to the Legacies of British Slave-Ownership at the University College London, Rainy was awarded a payment as a slave trader in the aftermath of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 with the Slave Compensation Act 1837. The British Government took out a £15 million loan (worth £1.51 billion in 2022) with interest from Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Moses Montefiore which was subsequently paid off by the British taxpayers (ending in 2015). Rainy had a large number of primary and secondary claims, thirty in total. Rainy owned 2793 slaves in Guiana and received a £146,295 payment at the time (worth £14.8 million in 2022). Some Scottish newspapers such as The Sunday Post have claimed that Rainy received the largest payout of all the slave owners. The largest plantations which Rainy owned in Guiana were Leonora, Zeelandia, La Jalousie & Fellowship, among others. Highland Clearances As the Atlantic slave trade and the triangular trade associated with it was brought to an end, Rainy returned to Britain. In 1846, George Rainy bought the islands of Raasay, Rona and Fladda, a group of islands in the Gàidhealtachd, between the Isle of Skye and the mainland of Scotland. The island had been ruled by Clan Macleod of Raasay for several centuries but had declined in the aftermath of their clan rallying to the standard of Charles Edward Stuart in the Jacobite rising of 1745. The last laird, John Macleod, was deep in debt and chose to emigrate to Tasmania having sold Raasay for 35,000 guineas to Rainy. During this period, with the decline of traditional culture in the Scottish Highlands, many land speculators and landlords moved in to "improve" the estate; the main purpose of this was to clear the native Highland Gaels from the lands, either to urban centres in Great Britain or abroad to North America and Australasia, to make way for sheep farming. This was known as the Highland Clearances. When Rainy came to control Raasay, he set about implementing this process on the island and has been described as "a cruel landlord who epitomised the horror of the Clearances." There had been a steady drip of emigration from the island in the previous two decades, but when Rainy came to control the islands, this went into overdrive. Donald MacLeod (born 1805), a crofter from Torran, Raasay provided testimony to the Napier Commission on 22 May 1883 in regards to abuses under Rainy's tenure at Raasay. He stated that when Rainy came to control the island he enacted a rule that nobody should marry on the island, so that the local natives could not reproduce their population. This has been described as "a measure of control reminiscent of the slave plantations". MacLeod described an incident where a man by the name of John MacLeod decided to marry, contrary to Rainy's ruling and to make an example of him, he was removed from his father's house, then fled to stay in a sheep cot, but that was set on fire as well and none of his friends or anybody else would dare to give him shelter for the night. Rainy cleared twelve townships of their inhabitants in total to set up sheep farming, with ninety-four Highland Scots families forced from the island, causing mass depopulation and displacement. The Scottish poet and Raasay-native Sorley MacLean authored the Scottish Gaelic poem Hallaig about the Rainy years on Raasay. Personal life George Rainy was married three times; firstly to Margaret Jessie Louisa Darroch, the daughter of Lieutenant General Duncan Darroch, 2nd Baron of Gourock from the Glengarry Fencibles. She died without issue in 1840. After this, Rainy took Elizabeth Haygarth as his second wife, she was the daughter of Rev. George Haygarth, she died in 1856. The couple did have a child together, Rainy's one and only son; George Haygarth Rainy (1845—1872), he died in his 20s without issue. Thirdly, Rainy married Isabella Rudlin, the widow of the Rev. George Hingston. No issue came from this marriage. After the death of George Haygarth Rainy the trustees of his estate disposed the Rainy controlled lands in the Inner Hebrides in favour of George Grant MacKay of Rosehall and Oban. George Rainy had two daughters who were born in Demerara. They returned with him to England in 1837 and later the sisters emigrated to Australia.

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Dragon-like creature from Mesopotamian mythology The mušḫuššu (𒈲𒍽; formerly also read as sirrušu or sirrush) or mushkhushshu (pronounced [muʃxuʃʃu] or [musxussu]), is a creature from ancient Mesopotamian mythology. A mythological hybrid, it is a scaly animal with hind legs resembling the talons of an eagle, lion-like forelimbs, a long neck and tail, a horned head, a snake-like tongue, and a crest. The mušḫuššu most famously appears on the reconstructed Ishtar Gate of the city of Babylon, dating to the sixth century BCE. The form mušḫuššu is the Akkadian nominative of Sumerian: 𒈲𒍽 MUŠ.ḪUŠ, 'reddish snake', sometimes also translated as 'fierce snake'. One author, possibly following others, translates it as 'splendor serpent' (𒈲 MUŠ is the Sumerian term for 'serpent'). The reading sir-ruššu is due to a mistransliteration of the cuneiform in early Assyriology. History Mušḫuššu already appears in Sumerian religion and art, as in the "Libation vase of Gudea", dedicated to Ningishzida by the Sumerian ruler Gudea (21st century BCE short chronology). The mušḫuššu was the sacred animal of Marduk and his son Nabu during the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The dragon Mušḫuššu, whom Marduk once vanquished, became his symbolic animal and servant. It was taken over by Marduk from Tishpak, the local god of Eshnunna. The constellation Hydra was known in Babylonian astronomical texts as Bašmu, 'the Serpent' (𒀯𒈲, MUL.dMUŠ). It was depicted as having the torso of a fish, the tail of a snake, the forepaws of a lion, the hind legs of an eagle, wings, and a head comparable to the mušḫuššu. Popular culture It is possible that Mushu, a fictional Chinese dragon character in Disney's 1998 animated film Mulan, could have had its name and overall characterization partially inspired from this mythological creature.

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Hong Kong civil servant and government official Brian Charles Keith Hawkins (22 August 1900 – 1962), CMG, OBE was a Hong Kong civil servant and government official. He was the Labour Officer and the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. Hawkins joined the Hong Kong cadets and joined the Hong Kong civil service. In 1940, he was appointed Labour Officer. During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, Hawkins was interned at the Stanley Camp. After the war, Hawkins joined the British Military Administration as Secretary for Chinese Affairs and Labour Officer, with J. C. McDouall as his assistant. During his services as Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Hawkins managed such issues as tenancy, domestic disputes, issuing of alcohol license, and publication. In 1946, he was awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for the services in connection with the rehabilitation of the colony. He continued his position as Labour Officer, in which the title was changed to Commissioner for Labour in 1947. In August 1947, the Chinese Engineers' Institute launched a strike where the Kowloon-Canton Railway and docks stopped running, the Hong Kong and China Gas Company closed and Dairy Farm stopped producing milk, which caused an immediate jump in food prices, after the engineers' demand of wage increase from $2 to $5 a day was rejected. Hawkins announced all disputes were settled and that basic wages would rise by 50 per cent after negotiations went on for more than a month. In 1948, the rickshaw pullers demanded for rent reduction of rickshaws, in which Hawkins mediated between the pullers and the owners and finally reached a settlement. In 1952, Hawkins was made Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG). In 1955, he was appointed again as Secretary for Chinese Affairs. He worked in the government until he retired around 1959.

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Nigerian politician Chief Michael Botmang (1938 – 18 January 2014) was a Nigerian politician. On 9 September 2001, there were riots in Jos between Christians and Muslims. As acting governor, Chief Michael Botmang drafted both the police and the army to help return the state capital to order. Botmang, then a former Plateau state deputy governor, was sworn in as governor of Plateau State following the impeachment of Chief Joshua Dariye on 13 November 2006. He held that position until 27 April 2007, when the Supreme Court ordered the reinstatement of Dariye with immediate effect. In July 2008 the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned Botmang on a 31-count charge of fraud, alleging he had pocketed N1.5 billion during his tenure as Plateau State governor. He was released on bail a month later and his travel documents were returned so he could travel to the United Kingdom for medical treatment. The fraud charges were later dropped by the EFCC on 12 June 2013 stating that there is evidence that the money borrowed from Intercontinental Bank when Botmang was governor was used to pay workers’ salaries and other government activities. Botmang died on 18 January 2014, of kidney disease. He was 76.

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1969 Canadian film My Friend Pierrette (French: Mon amie Pierrette) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre and released in 1969. The film stars Yves Marchand and Francine Mathieu as Yves and Pierrette, a young couple who are spending their first vacation together at a family cottage when they meet Raoul (Raôul Duguay), an artist who comes between them. The film opened theatrically in Quebec in July 1969, and was later screened in the Directors Fortnight program at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. The film was included in Jean Pierre Lefebvre: Vidéaste, a retrospective program of Lefebvre's films at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival.

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Memorial in Victoria, British Columbia 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Navy is an outdoor memorial in Victoria, British Columbia. It was constructed to commemorate the founding of the Royal Canadian Navy and opened on the date of the navy's centenary. Its central feature is a bronze statue, sculpted by local artist Nathan Scott, entitled The Homecoming that depicts a Canadian sailor reuniting with his daughter upon his return from deployment. The monument also features memorials to individual Canadian vessels and sailors. History The monument was erected on 4 May 2010 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Royal Canadian Navy via the Naval Service Act of 1910. It is intended as a marker of the nation's gratitude to the tens of thousands of sailors who have served with the force on more than 850 Canadian vessels since then. Local philanthropist and Honorary Navy Captain Cedric Steele was the driving force behind the project. His inspiration came from a statue in Halifax, Nova Scotia that commemorates the Navy's 75th anniversary. The site for the monument was donated by Greater Victoria Harbour Authority chairman Bill Wellburn. The patron of the monument was Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Steven Point who was supported by retired Vice-Admiral Nigel Brodeur and then-Commander of Maritime Forces Pacific Rear Admiral Tyrone Pile. It was funded through a CA$150,000 fundraising campaign which included the sale of pewter small-scale copies of the statue and commemorative paving stones which surround the completed monument. The monument's unveiling was attended by the coastal defence vessel Brandon and navy veterans. Description The monument is located on Wharf Street in Victoria, British Columbia. It comprises the bronze Homecoming statue set that depicts a sailor reuniting with his daughter (and dog) after returning from deployment; a stone marker describing the history of the Canadian Navy and the date of the monument's unveiling; and a second stone marker depicting the insignia of Navy veteran's associations, the names of individual supporters and the English translation of the Navy motto "Parati vero parati" ("Ready aye ready"). The central statue The Homecoming was sculpted by Nathan Scott, a local artist with a studio and foundry in Victoria. The rear of both stone markers (on the side closest to The Homecoming) depicts the fouled anchor insignia of the Royal Canadian Navy in bronze. The dark marble plinth of Homecoming has the name of the statue in gold lettering on one side and plaques mounted in memory of individual Canadian vessels on the other three, the plinth is surmounted by light-grey granite capping stones. The paved area surrounding the monument contains the commemorative stones engraved in memory of service men that were sold as part of its fundraising campaign. The stones continue to be sold and installed at the site to raise funds for the Esquimalt Military Family Resource Centre.

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Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens Nucleolar phosphoprotein p130 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NOLC1 gene. Interactions Nucleolar phosphoprotein p130 has been shown to interact with coilin and CEBPB.

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Japanese traditional stirrup Abumi (鐙), Japanese stirrups, were used in Japan as early as the 5th century, and were a necessary component along with the Japanese saddle (kura) for the use of horses in warfare. Abumi became the type of stirrup used by the samurai class of feudal Japan. History Early abumi were flat-bottomed rings of metal-covered wood, similar to European stirrups. The earliest known examples were excavated from tombs. Cup-shaped stirrups (tsubo abumi) that enclosed the front half of the rider's foot eventually replaced the earlier design. During the Nara period, the base of the stirrup which supported the rider's sole was elongated past the toe cup. This half-tongued style of stirrup (hanshita abumi) remained in use until the late Heian period (794 to 1185) when a new stirrup was developed. The fukuro abumi or musashi abumi had a base that extended the full length of the rider's foot and the right and left sides of the toe cup were removed. The open sides were designed to prevent the rider from catching a foot in the stirrup and being dragged. The military version of this open-sided stirrup, called the shitanaga abumi, was in use by the middle Heian period. It was thinner, had a deeper toe pocket and an even longer and flatter foot shelf. It is not known why the Japanese developed this unique style of stirrup, but this stirrup stayed in use until European style-stirrups were introduced in the late 19th century. The abumi had a distinctive swan-like shape, curved up and backward at the front so as to bring the loop for the leather strap over the instep and achieve a correct balance. Most of the surviving specimens from this period are made entirely of iron, inlaid with designs of silver or other materials, and covered with lacquer. In some cases, there is an iron rod from the loop to the footplate near the heel to prevent the foot from slipping out. The footplates are occasionally perforated to let out water when crossing rivers, and these types are called suiba abumi. There are also abumi with holes in the front forming sockets for a lance or banner. Gallery

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Austrian actress Maria Emo is an Austrian stage, film and television actor. She is the daughter of the actress Anita Dorris and the director E. W. Emo. While she has mostly concentrated on the theatre her notable film roles include playing Eva Braun in the 1962 film Hitler. Selected filmography

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Irish writer, poet, linguist, and academic (1922–2021) Máire Mhac an tSaoi (4 April 1922 – 16 October 2021) was an Irish civil service official, writer of Modernist poetry in the Corca Dhuibhne dialect of Munster Irish, a writer, and highly important figure within Modern literature in Irish. Along with Seán Ó Ríordáin and Máirtín Ó Direáin, Máire Mhac an tSaoi was, in the words of Louis de Paor, "one of a trinity of poets who revolutionised Irish language poetry in the 1940s and 50s." Early life Mhac an tSaoi was born as Máire MacEntee in Dublin in 1922. Her father, Seán MacEntee, was born in Belfast and was a veteran of the Irish Volunteers during the Easter Rising of 1916 and the subsequent Irish War of Independence, and of the Anti-Treaty IRA during the Irish Civil War. MacEntee was also a founding member of Fianna Fáil, a long-serving TD and Tánaiste in the Dáil. Her mother, County Tipperary-born Margaret Browne (or de Brún), a teacher at Alexandra College, was also an Irish republican. Her uncle Monsignor Pádraig de Brún was a scholar of the Irish language. Her other uncle was the Traditionalist Catholic Cardinal Michael Browne, who was Master of the Dominican Order and, in his later life, a friend and ally of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. As Máire's mother was a teacher of Irish, she grew up immersed in the surviving Bardic poetry and in "the medieval aristocratic tradition of courtly love poems in Irish." She was also, according to Louis De Paor, heavily influenced by her stays with her uncle, Monsignor De Brún, whom, in addition to his priestly duties, was studying the Corca Dhuibhne dialect of Munster Irish in the parish of Dún Chaoin. As Louis de Paor writes, Mhac an tSaoi discovered while visiting her uncle in Dún Chaoin, "a living tradition and a community conscious of its literary and linguistic inheritance, a world in which verbal artistry by accomplished speakers capable of responding to the impulse of the momentum sophisticated extemporary compositions. The extent to which the Gaeltacht of her early life was an imagined as well as an actual place has been acknowledged by the poet herself, but her relationship to 'the miraculous parish,' of Dún Chaoin is both the cornerstone of both her poetry and her poetics." Máire studied Modern Languages and Celtic Studies at University College Dublin, before going to further research at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and at the Sorbonne. Literary career According to Louis De Paor, "Máire Mhac an tSaoi spent two years studying in post-war Paris (1945–47) before joining the Irish diplomatic service, and was working at the Irish embassy in Madrid, during Franco's regime, when she committed herself to writing poetry in Irish following her discovery of the works of Federico Garcia Lorca. The tension between religious beliefs, contemporary social mores, and the more transgressive elements of female desire is central to the best of her work from the 1940s and early 1950s. Both her deference to traditional patterns of language and verse and her refusal of traditional morality might be read as a reaction to the social, moral, and cultural upheaval of a world at war." She remained a prolific poet and was credited, along with Seán Ó Ríordáin and Máirtín Ó Direáin, with reintroducing literary modernism into Irish literature in the Irish-language, where it had been dormant since the 1916 execution of Patrick Pearse, in the years and decades following World War II. According to De Paor, "Máire Mhac an Tsaoi's poetry draws on the vernacular spoken by the native Irish speakers of the Munster Gaeltacht of West Kerry during the first half of the twentieth century. Formally, she draws on the song metres of the oral tradition and on older models from the earlier literary tradition, including the syllabic metres of the early modern period. The combination of spoken dialect enhanced by references and usages drawn from the older literature, and regular metrical forms contribute to a poetic voice that seems to resonate with the accumulated authority of an unbroken tradition. In the later work, she explores looser verse forms but continues to draw on the remembered dialect of Dún Chaoin and on a scholarly knowledge of the older literature." She was elected to Aosdána in 1996, but resigned in 1997 after Francis Stuart was elevated to the position of Saoi. Mhac an tSaoi had voted against Stuart because of his role as an Abwehr spy and in radio propaganda broadcasts from Nazi Germany aimed at neutral Ireland during World War II. Mhac an tSaoi had a lifelong passion for the Irish language, and was one of the leading authorities on Munster Irish. In 2001, Mhac an tSaoi published an award-winning novel A Bhean Óg Ón... about the relationship between the 17th-century County Kerry poet and Irish clan chief, and folk hero Piaras Feiritéar and Meg Russell, the woman for whom he wrote his greatest works of love poetry in the Irish language. Her poem "Jack" and An Bhean Óg Ón both have featured on the Leaving Certificate Irish course, at both Higher and Ordinary Levels, from 2006 to 2010. Personal life In 1962, she married Irish politician, writer, and historian Conor Cruise O'Brien (1917–2008) in a Roman Catholic Wedding Mass in Dublin. This made Máire the stepmother to O'Brien's children from his 1939 civil marriage. She travelled with him to the Republic of the Congo when he was chosen by Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld as the United Nations representative there during the Katanga Crisis. Máire then lived with her husband in New York City, where he worked as a Humanities professor at NYU after the Katanga Crisis ended O'Brien's diplomatic career. She later returned with him to live in Dublin. The O'Briens later adopted two children, Patrick and Margaret. List of works Mhac an tSaoi wrote: Mhac an tSaoi and O'Brien together wrote: Mhac an tSaoi translated Rainer Maria Rilke:

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City in Missouri, United States Seneca is a city in western Newton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,336 at the 2010 census. Located on the southwest border of the state, the city is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Seneca was platted by European Americans in 1869, following the American Civil War. The city was named for the Seneca Nation, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League, or Haudenosaunee. "This tribe was moved to the Indian Territory not many miles west of town. The word is a corruption of the Dutch word "Sinnekaas," a term applied to them." A post office called Seneca has been in operation since 1869. Several houses in the rural northern Seneca area were destroyed by a tornado on May 10, 2008 in the Mid-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence in which an EF4 tornado hit the county, killing 13 people. The Early Show broadcast their national weather report from the city on the following Monday morning. On the one year anniversary, Bill Lant, owner of Lant's Feed and Country Store, unveiled a memorial for the people who died from the tornado. He had donated the plot of land and memorial, and had the memorial built next to his store. Geography Seneca is located on Lost Creek, approximately one-quarter mile from the Missouri-Oklahoma state line. Missouri Route 43 passes through the town and U.S. Route 60 passes just south of the location. Neosho is about ten miles east, along Route 60. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.56 square miles (6.63 km2), all land. Seneca is located in Lost Creek Valley, five miles upstream from the Grand Lake of the Cherokees and five miles downstream from the quaint Old Settlers town of Racine. The Frisco Railroad (now Burlington-Northern) runs through this valley. Prior to 1959, highway traffic to and from Oklahoma largely followed US 60 through Seneca. US 60 joins the more famous U.S. Route 66, approximately 15 miles west of Seneca. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 2,336 people, 877 households, and 612 families living in the city. The population density was 912.5 inhabitants per square mile (352.3/km2). There were 962 housing units at an average density of 375.8 per square mile (145.1/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 85.3% White, 0.3% African American, 8.0% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.4% from other races, and 5.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.2% of the population. There were 877 households, of which 40.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.2% were married couples living together, 16.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.2% were non-families. 26.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.13. The median age in the city was 35.3 years. 28.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24% were from 25 to 44; 21.5% were from 45 to 64; and 17.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.9% male and 52.1% female. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 2,135 people, 820 households, and 575 families living in the city. The population density was 1,231.2 people per square mile (476.5/km2). There were 876 housing units at an average density of 505.2 per square mile (195.5/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 88.99% White, 0.09% African American, 6.56% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.33% from other races, and 3.70% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.12% of the population. There were 820 households, out of which 35.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.6% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.8% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.00. In the city the population was spread out, with 26.9% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 20.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.4 males. The median income for a household in the city was $29,441, and the median income for a family was $37,566. Males had a median income of $28,264 versus $19,662 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,525. About 8.8% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.4% of those under age 18 and 15.8% of those age 65 or over. Education Public education in Seneca is administered by Seneca R-VII School District. Seneca has a public library, the Seneca Branch Library. Notable people Photo gallery

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1981 studio album by The Byron Band On the Rocks is an album by the Byron Band, taking its name from their singer, British rock vocalist David Byron. Despite featuring Byron and lauded guitarist Robin George the album didn't achieve commercial success. The original UK vinyl release, on Creole Records, came with a poster of the sleeve's artwork. It was first issued on CD in 1996, by the German specialist label Repertoire (Repertoire REP 431). This now-deleted edition had bonus tracks, as detailed below. For completists, the CD inlay-tray was cream in colour. The album was re-released on CD in 2010, by Angel Air Records. Track listing All tracks composed by David Byron and Robin George; except where noted. 1993 CD release bonus tracks: Personnel Technical

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The Gadhiya are a Hindu community found in the states of Gujarat in India. Origin and present circumstances The Gadhiya are a well known community found in Gujarat. They speak both the Gujarati dialect and standard Hindi. The Gadhiya are from Leuva Patidar community. The Gadhiya were traditionally a Kathiyawad community. They are now a community of Business people, and their settlements are found at the end of villages throughout Gujarat.[citation needed]

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Tennis tournament The 2013 Claro Open Colombia was a men's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2013 ATP World Tour. It took place in Bogotá, Colombia at Centro de Alto Rendimiento, between 15 and 21 July 2013. The Croatian Ivo Karlović was crowned first winner of the Claro Open Colombia after beating the Colombian Alejandro Falla in the final by 6-3 7-6(4) in a game that lasted one hour and 18 minutes. Karlovic was the surprise package of the 2013 edition, in a tournament that boasted the likes of the Serbian Janko Tipsarević and the South African Kevin Anderson. In the doubles, the Indian couple formed by Purav Raja and Divij Sharan were crowned winners after defeating the Dutch Igor Sijsling and the French Édouard Roger-Vasselin by 7-6(4) and 7-6(3) in an hour and 30 minutes. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Withdrawals Before the tournament Retirements Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: The following pair received entry as alternates: Withdrawals Before the tournament Finals Singles Doubles

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Canadian archer Wanda Marie Allan-Parsons (born 24 January 1955) is a Canadian archer. Career She finished fourth in the women's team at the 1975 World Archery Championships. Allan competed in the women's individual event at the 1976 Summer Olympics finishing sixteenth and also in the women's individual event at the 1984 Summer Olympics where she came 36th. She was inducted into the Victoria Sports Hall of Fame in 2017 while working as a quilter.

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2017 Indian film Alamara is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Midhun Manuel Thomas and written by John Manthrickal. The film stars Sunny Wayne, Aditi Ravi, Aju Varghese, Saiju Kurup, Ranji Panicker and Sonu Anna Jacob in main roles. The film has two songs composed by Sooraj S. Kurup, written by Manu Manjith and sung by Vijay Yesudas and Anju Joseph. Plot The story is narrated by the titular wardrobe and explains how it became a metaphor for the issues caused by parents' interference in the life of a newly married couple. Arun is unable to find a girl to marry due to issues in his horoscope. After his betrothed elopes with her lover, he decides to take a break from the arranged marriage scene and concentrates on his work in Bangalore. His sister requests him to find an accommodation for her friend, Swati, as she is transferred to Bangalore. However, upon meeting her, he is smitten and asks her hand in marriage which she accepts. Meanwhile, a gang of goons loyal to Shetty demands that Arun sell his plot of land to them. Though his parents are not happy with Swati's proposal, he convinces them to meet her parents to fix the wedding. However, they put forth a condition that Arun's sister's wedding should also happen along with his but she refuses to get married until she gets a bank job. As the fixed date approaches, tensions between the families rise as there is a lack of enthusiasm from Arun's family's side. During a heated argument, Arun's mother calls off the wedding. However, due to Arun's and Swati's persistence, they marry while the families hide their displeasure. Swati's family gifts the new couple a wooden wardrobe as per the tradition and Arun's mother starts to complain that it is taking up too much space. After moving to Bangalore, Swati nags at Arun to bring the wardrobe to their new house and he reluctantly agrees. Both the families begin to interfere in their lives which lead to petty problems and issues between them. Arun's lawyer requests him to submit the documents related to the disputed plot of land but he realises that it is in the wardrobe which is locked by Swati who is in Mumbai for training. Without any other option, he and friends contact a thief to break the wardrobe's lock and retrieve it. After they are submitted at the police station, the police officer sides with Shetty and argues that the documents are fake. Shetty and his gang encroach the plot but is assaulted and scared off by Arun and friends, with the help of some goons arranged by his uncle. When Swati returns, she notices that the wardrobe lock is broken and her necklace is stolen. She confronts Arun which leads to a huge fight between them. In addition, Shetty threatens to kill them if he doesn't let go of the plot and leave Bangalore which scares Swati. Swati leaves him and moves back to Kerala. They attend a marriage counselling session which doesn't become successful as their parents don't co-operate. As a result, they get divorced. Some time later, they both see other potential partners. Afraid of committing to another woman and meeting the same fate as before, he decides to reconcile with Swati. They restart their married life with their parents' approval but by keeping them at a distance. Cast

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An operating system program that maintains time synchronization timed (time daemon) is an operating system program that maintains the system time in synchronization with time servers using the Time Synchronization Protocol (TSP) developed by Riccardo Gusella and Stefano Zatti. Gusella and Zatti had done earlier related work on their TEMPO algorithm. The Time Synchronization Protocol specification refers an election algorithm and a synchronization mechanism specified in other technical reports listed as "to appear". With the release of macOS High Sierra in 2017, timed in macOS has subsumed all time synchronization responsibilities including those of the former ntpd and timed.

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The women's single sculls (W1x) rowing competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Casitas in Ventura County, California, United States. It was held from 30 July to 4 August. Background Like all other rowing events at the 1984 Summer Olympics, the result was influenced by the absence of strong competitors due to the Eastern Bloc boycott. The last two world champions from the Soviet Union and East Germany were absent; Irina Fetisova of the Soviet Union had won the 1982 World Rowing Championships in Switzerland, and East German Jutta Behrendt had become world champion in 1983. Sanda Toma, the winner of the 1980 Olympic event and 1981 world champion, had since retired. World championship medallists competing in this event were Beryl Mitchell from Great Britain, who had come second in 1981, and Valeria Răcilă of Romania and Stephanie Foster of New Zealand, who had won silver and bronze in 1982, respectively. Of all those, the Romanian was regarded as the favourite. Another competitor to be regarded as one of the favourites was María Fernanda de la Fuente of Mexico, who had come second in the 1983 Pan American Games. Previous W1x competitions Results Heats The winner of each heat advanced to the semi-finals. All others went to the repechage. The heats were raced on 30 July. Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Repechage The first three of each heat advanced to the semi-final. The remaining rowers were eliminated from the competition. The repechages were raced on 1 August. The Italian rower, Antonella Corazza, did not compete in the repechage, but replaced Paola Grizzetti in the quadruple sculls team instead (in both the repechage on 1 August, and the final on 4 August). Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Semi-finals The top three from each heat advanced to the A final. The others advanced to the B final. The semi-finals were raced on 2 August. Heat 1 Heat 2 Finals B final The B final was raced on 3 August. A final The A final was raced on 4 August.

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2011 video game Take On Helicopters is a 2011 flight simulation video game developed by Bohemia Interactive. It was released on 27 October 2011 for Microsoft Windows, with its first official downloadable content, Take On Helicopters: Hinds being released on 15 March 2012. The DLC features three different versions of the Mi-24 Hind (Mil Mi-24 V, Mi-24 P and SuperHind Mk.III). It is the first game in the Take On video game series, followed by Take On Mars. The campaign takes place primarily in the then-future of 2013, on a 3,800 square kilometer section of Seattle, Washington and its surrounding metropolitan area. In the campaign mode, the player takes on the role of a civilian helicopter pilot, Tom Larkin, whose civil aviation business is struggling through hard times. The campaign involves different types of contracts which the player earns money, which can be used to buy, repair, and upgrade helicopters. The campaign also features flashback missions, where the player takes on the role of Larkin's older brother, Joe Larkin, during his military service as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot during a 2012 war in Takistan, the fictional country that was the setting of Bohemia Interactive's 2010 video game, ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead. Plot In the summer of 2013, former U.S. Army helicopter pilot and war veteran, Joe Larkin, and his younger brother, Tom Larkin, take over their Seattle-based family business, civil aviation provider, Larkin Aviation, after the death of their father, who was also the owner. Only mere weeks away from closure, the Larkin brothers face an uncertain future in a struggling economy. Trying to save what their father has built, they decide to take on contracts, and competitors. Gameplay Take On Helicopters is primarily a civil aviation video game focused on rotary-wing aircraft, featuring three different classes of helicopters: light, medium, and heavy. In addition to the career, the game includes challenges, time trials, training, a mission editor, free flight, and multiplayer. Take On Helicopters is set in two large open world terrains (North American and South Asia) based upon real-world terrain-data. The former features 60 km x 60 km terrain of detailed Seattle city, suburban, industrial, water and woodland bodies while the latter - South Asia - includes 120 km x 120 km of deserts, rivers and simple villages. The game also features a powerful mission editor and supports modding. Sample missions and sample helicopter models have been released to support mission editors and mod-makers. The flight model in Take On Helicopters is based on helicopter dynamics middleware by RTDynamics. Development On 24 June 2011 a community preview version of Take On Helicopters was released to the public. This version was available to anyone who owned ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead. 4 October 2011 a beta version of the game was released for those who had pre-ordered the game. Bohemia Interactive regularly releases public beta patches for their games before they are officially released. Downloadable content Take On Helicopters: Hinds is the first downloadable content. Shifting focus to a more combat-oriented experience, Hinds puts players in the seat of Mil Mi-24, also known as the Hind. Reception Take On Helicopters received mostly positive reviews, being praised for its gameplay and scenery, but receiving criticism for its storyline.

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Species of flowering plant Prostanthera mulliganensis, commonly known as Mount Mulligan prostanthera, is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to Mount Mulligan in Queensland. It is a small shrub with hairy branchlets, oblong to egg-shaped leaves and mauve flowers with purple to dark mauve markings. Description Prostanthera mulliganensis is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) with hairy branches. The leaves are dull green, oblong to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide on a petiole 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long. The flowers are arranged in groups of two to four near the ends of branchlets, each flower on a stalk 3–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in) long. The sepals are green, densely hairy and form a tube 2.5–3 mm (0.098–0.118 in) long with two lobes, the upper lobe 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long and the lower lobe 2.5–3 mm (0.098–0.118 in) long. The petals are mauve with purple to dark mauve markings and 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) long, forming a tube 8.5–10 mm (0.33–0.39 in) long with two lips. The central lower lobe is 6–7.5 mm (0.24–0.30 in) long and the side lobes are about 4.5 mm (0.18 in) long. The upper lip is broadly oblong, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and 4.5–6 mm (0.18–0.24 in) wide with a small central notch. Taxonomy Prostanthera mulliganensis was first formally described in 2015 by Barry Conn and Trevor Wilson in the journal Telopea, based on plant material collected on the summit of Mount Mulligan. Distribution and habitat Mount Mulligan prostanthera is only known from Mount Mulligan where it grows in soil derived from sandstone and on sheer cliff faces. Conservation status This mintbush is classified as "critically endangered" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.

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Village in Fars, Iran Morzian (Persian: مرزيان, also Romanized as Morzīān; also known as Mowrzeyān and Mūrzīān) is a village in Komehr Rural District, in the Central District of Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 132, in 32 families.

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Zoo in Bulgaria Zoo Centre Dobrich, also known as the Nature and Animal Conservation Centre, is the first licensed zoo in Bulgaria. It is located in Dobrich, Bulgaria. It houses over 350 animals from 70 species.The Centre was under a Bulgarian-Swiss project in 2003. It has a land area of 16 hectares, 50-year-old vegetation consisted of 35 tree species. The zoo is open from 9:00 to 19:00 (from April to September) and from 10:00 to 16:00 (October to March). The zoo is closed on Mondays. History and Animals In 1996, Reuters published a photo of a little kangaroo and his mother in their cage in the now closed Dobrich zoo. The publication described the miserable conditions animals were living in. Barbara Gehring, a Swiss ecologist saw the photo and decided to help. She organized charity events and this led to the formation of a Bulgarian-Swiss project which created a new Dobrich zoo in 2003. There are 40 different species of animals living in the zoo, including roe deer, red deer, red-necked wallabies, raccoons, llamas, alpacas, mouflon, european bison, Przewalski's horse, and two brown bears named Berna and Kostadin. There are also many species of birds, including eurasian eagle-owls, golden pheasants, peacocks, mute swans, rosy pelicans, white stork, and many fowl species. The zoo has several ponds, which house red-eared slider turtles. There is also a bug hotel (insect hotel).

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Ari Lahti (born 1963) is a Finnish businessman, owner of KuPS of the Veikkausliiga and President of Football Association of Finland. He is the founder, owner, and chairman of Helsinki-based Ice Capital. He was formerly employed at the Bank of Finland, and was born in Leppävirta.

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Sir Peter Edward Lionel Russell (24 October 1913 – 22 June 2006) was a British historian whose main area of study was Spain and Portugal in the medieval period. Early life and military Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 24 October 1913, Russell moved to the UK at the age of 12 with his mother and brothers, he received his schooling at Cheltenham College and studied French, Spanish and Portuguese as an undergraduate at Queen's College, Oxford, graduating with a First in 1935. His doctoral research focused on the Plantagenet involvement in the Iberian Peninsula and was guided by Maurice Powicke and V. H. Galbraith but was incomplete by the outbreak of war in 1939. During the Spanish Civil War he undertook assignments in Spain for British Intelligence, this resulted in his arrest and expulsion in 1938. He served in the Intelligence Corps of the British Army during the Second World War serving in the Caribbean, West Africa and the Far East and reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Academic career His first appointments were as college lecturer at St John's College, Oxford in 1937 and Queen's College Oxford in 1938. After resuming his academic work post war he was made a fellow of Queen's. In 1953 he became King Alfonso XIII Professor of Spanish Studies, a position he held until his retirement, and Director of Portuguese Studies. He retired in 1981 and was made Doctor of Letters (DLitt) by Oxford University. He received honours from the Spanish, Portuguese and British governments being made commander of the order of Isabel la Católica in 1989, commander of the order of the Infante Dom Henrique in 1993 and being knighted in 1995. Four festschrifts have been published in his honour. He is depicted in several novels by Javier Marías as the character Sir Peter Wheeler Selected publications

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American painter George Danhires, from Kent, Ohio, has been a sculptor since the 1980s. He has received commissions from private and public organizations. He has made sculptures honoring veterans in several states. Education, humanity, and freedom are other themes of his work. He is also an oil-based paint artist. Danhires was on the faculty of the Myers School of Art at the University of Akron, Kent State University, and East Carolina University. Education Danhires attended graduate school at Ohio University in the 1970s. Military Danhires joined the United States Marine Corps (USMC) in 1959 and served for four years, without seeing combat. His brothers served during the Vietnam War and Korean conflict. He believes in the importance of public monuments to recognize veterans. Career Artist In 1987, he completed the bronze Vietnam Memorial sculpture for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Danhires was the architect on the project and Ron Bennett was the artist. Other states have memorials to soldiers made by Danhires. The Ohio Statehouse has his works in its collection, including representations of the school of yesterday and the school of today in the Map Room. A statue of James Bradley, a former slave, was erected in 1988 by Danhires, who was commissioned by the Greater Cincinnati Bicentennial Commission. The statue shows Bradley sitting on a riverfront bench, facing north across the Ohio River to Cincinnati, while reading a book. Located in Covington, Kentucky, it represents the journey of slaves along the Underground Railroad. Bradley was a slave and free man who taught himself to read. The statue was restored in 2016. He created the Journey to Learning sculpture in Franklin County, Ohio, in 2000. It depicts children and two teachers. One of the children sits on a sculpture of alphabet letters and numbers. He created Claudia in Striped Dress. In 2010, he worked with fellow Ohio University alumni Robert Peppers and Tyrone Geter to create the Transitions: The Culture from Within exhibit for the school's Multicultural Center. The exhibit included their mixed media works, sculptures, paintings, and assemblages with spirituality and humanity as the theme. He installed relief sculptures on Franklin Avenue in Kent, Ohio, for its bicentennial. Danhires was commissioned to create a 7 feet (2.1 m)-tall sculpture with three panels at the Veterans' Memorial at the Kent Central Gateway transit center, for a Veterans Day installation on November 11, 2013. He was hired by the Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority. The sculpture, created using the lost-wax casting method, is intended to honor all former soldiers, whether they died during war or are veterans. Each panel has the phrase "To honor all the men and women who serve" at the top of the work. Cutouts in the panels represent soldiers who have died. It is also a relief sculpture of veterans, one of which has a woman stepping forward to represent the increasing role of women in the military. A man in a wheelchair represents disabled veterans. Also in Kent, Ohio, is Danhire's Firefighter Memorial #4 sculpture. Educator He was on the faculty of the University of Akron's Myers School of Art. In 2017, his works and those of 12 others were shown in an exhibition of emeritus faculty of the Myers School of Art entitled "Continuity: Recent Works by Emeritus Faculty." He has also taught art at Kent State University and East Carolina University.

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Rebecca Clarke or Rebecca Clark may refer to:

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Edina Altara (1898–1983) was an Italian illustrator, decorator and fashion designer from Sassari. In the thirties she was devoted to ceramics, fashion and decoration. A versatile artist, skilled designer, sensitive and imaginative illustrator and fashion designer, after the amicable separation from her husband in 1934, she opened her own studio in Milan which attracted a sophisticated clientele. From 1941 to 1943 she worked with the magazine Grazia. She illustrated over 30 children's books, including Storie di una Bambina et una Bambola (1952). Her work was likely included in the 1950-53 exhibition Italy at Work: Her Renaissance in Design Today (from the Brooklyn Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago). This work was in a 'Special Interior' designed by architect Gio Ponti. Altara and Ponti collaborated on a number of projects. A painted chest of drawers (ca. 1951) was recently sold for £250,000. Bibliography

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City of Peterborough Hockey Club is a field hockey club that is based at The City of Peterborough Sports Club, Bretton Gate, Westwood, Peterborough. The club is a relatively new club only being formed in 1996. However this was as a result of a merger between the Peterborough Town Hockey Club (founded in the 1930s) and the Peterborough Athletic Hockey Club. Despite only being formed in recent times the club has experienced significant success in recent seasons with the men's team reaching the Men's England Hockey League Division One North. The club runs eight men's teams and four women's teams, with the women's first XI playing in the Women's East Region Premier Division.

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C. 1531 painting by Titian Saint Jerome in Penitence or Penitent Saint Jerome is a c.1531 oil on canvas painting by Titian, now in the Louvre in Paris. History The painting was first mentioned in the collections of Louis XIV and may have come from the Gonzaga collection, perhaps making it the Saint Jerome mentioned in Federico Gonzaga's correspondence, which can be dated to 1531.[citation needed] A second theory argues that the work was intended for Federico's mother Isabella d'Este, who wanted a nocturnal scene.[citation needed] Sources

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Bulgarian political party The National Democratic Party (Bulgarian: Българското национално-демократическа партия, romanized: Balgarskoto natsionalno-demokraticheska partiya) is a Bulgarian political party founded on March 25, 2012 from a split of Ataka. The party has been led by Dimitar Stoyanov since June 2012. Electoral results Until June 2014, it had an MEP, Dimitar Stoyanov, and is a member of the Alliance of European National Movements.

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2008 compilation album by Juan & Ana Gabriel Los Gabriel: Para ti (English The Gabriel: For you) is a compilation album by Mexican singers Ana Gabriel and Juan Gabriel. After the success of the romantic album Los Gabriel… Simplemente Amigos, edited in 2007, and Los Gabriel: Cantan a México regional genre cd, edited in 2008, Sony BMG Latin presents a package of this two collections. Track listing CD 1 CD 2 Album Charts

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1917 American film Beloved Jim is a lost 1917 American silent drama film produced and released by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. It was directed by Stuart Paton and starred Priscilla Dean. Cast Reception Like many American films of the time, Beloved Jim was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors cut the four intertitles "My aunt surely picked a good wife", "And then Jim need never know", "You beast, I love Jim" etc., and "He was not man enough to admit defeat, but boasted of his conquest".

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Body of water in California, US Body of water Oxford Basin (also known as Oxford Lagoon or Marina Sanctuary) is a 10.7-acre (43,000 m2) constructed wetland and wildlife conservation area in the northwest corner of Marina Del Rey, California, located between Washington Boulevard and Admiralty Way. The basin is a remnant of the historic Ballona Valley ecosystem and one of the last remaining intertidal mud flat habitats in Los Angeles County. Oxford Basin collects urban runoff from a 600-acre (2.4 km2) watershed and remediates it in part through the use of bioswales, low-flow storm drain diversions, native landscaping and a circulation berm. Other inputs to the lagoon are groundwater and tidal inflows from Marina del Rey Harbor. Oxford Basin is ringed by a 0.7 mi (1.1 km) nature walk loop that runs parallel to the Coastal Bike Trail on the Oxford Avenue side. Observation decks offer opportunities for wildlife viewing; the lagoon is host to between 50 and 100 species of birds. The Basin is “currently favored” for wading bird roosting and nesting because it “does not have significant human-bird conflicts.” Renewal The Oxford Basin enhancement project, under the combined auspices of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Los Angeles County Flood Control District, and Los Angeles County Department of Beaches & Harbors, was completed in 2016. Improvements included “flooding and runoff improvements…new fencing and signage, observation areas, lighting and a walking path.” Some 3,000 cubic yards of polluted sediment was removed from the site. New floodgates were installed in improve water circulation. Some 650 existing plants and trees were removed, including non-native eucalyptus used seasonally by nesting birds and resting monarch butterflies. The old vegetation was replaced with 730 native trees and 45,000 native plants, including 200 new milkweed plants (the only food plant consumed by the monarch butterfly caterpillar). The California Native Plant Society assisted in the establishment of site-appropriate plant communities, including coastal sage scrub, coastal salt marsh and willow scrub. “Native vegetation increased from 4.3 acres (17,000 m2) to 5.28 acres (21,400 m2), a 23 percent gain.” The project cost $14.7 million and the improvements have allowed “the utilitarian basin to function more like a public park.” History The location where the basin now sits was originally part of the Ballona Wetlands and after settlement had a stint as farmland. Oxford Basin as we know it today was built in 1959 during the creation of the Marina Del Rey small-boat harbor “on the site of an old municipal dump, to prevent flooding in nearby communities.” (“Several of the streets and properties in the area surrounding Oxford Basin are near or below the high-tide level in the marina.”) In 1963 it was named the Marina Del Rey County Bird Conservation Area thanks in part to advocacy by the Audubon Society. It was hoped that the refuge would attract species like the wood ibis, elegant tern, least tern, and tree duck, and be “ideal for the birds due to its tidal action. The rhythm of the tides tells the birds when to eat and otherwise adjust their lives.” Over the years it developed into “a little habitat with an odd assortment of birds and other animals and non-native plants and trees.” A population of abandoned livestock (primarily rabbits, chickens and domestic ducks) lived at so-called “Duck Pond” until the 1980s; “visitors could see a guinea hen sunning itself outside a rabbit warren, a black swan staying cool in the shade and three ducks padding around a watering hole.” These introduced species were removed to other county parks in 1989 due to complains about noise and odor. Prior to the restoration some considered the basin a “muddy puddle” or a “foul-smelling eyesore.” A 2010 survey of invertebrates at the muddy puddle found “85 terrestrial and marine taxa (two mollusks, eight spiders, 67 insects, and eight other arthropods).” Access Limited street parking is available on Washington Blvd. and at nearby park and beach lots. Transit access includes bus stops serviced by Culver CityBus Line 1 and Big Blue Bus Line 18, as well as Playa Vista’s summer beach shuttle service. Marina Del Rey also offers a seasonal WaterBus ferry service that stops nearby. L.A. County's coastal bike trail (Marvin Braude Bike Trail) passes by the basin, just west of Yvonne B. Burke Park.

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American lacrosse player John "Jack" Thomas was an All-American lacrosse player at Johns Hopkins University from 1972 to 1974. Lacrosse career Thomas was the Baltimore Sun 1970 Athlete of the Year at Towson High School where he played Varsity Lacrosse for his father, William Thomas Sr.–considered the dean of Maryland high school coaches–as well as playing Varsity Football (Quarterback) and Basketball (Point Guard). With the Blue Jays, Thomas led the team to a national title in 1974. He is ranked fourth all-time in Hopkin's career scoring with 224 points. Thomas earned first-team All America honors all three years while in college, as well as being named the Jack Turnbull Award winner in 1973 and 1974. Thomas also led Hopkins to championship finals in 1972 and 1973, getting upset by Virginia 13-12 and losing in double overtime 10-9 to Maryland. During his career at Hopkins, Thomas led the team to an overall 34 and 6 record. Thomas was elected to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1989, and is considered one of the top lacrosse players of all time, having been named to the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Silver Anniversary team. He is tenth all-time in NCAA career points-per-game, and fourth all-time in career points at Hopkins. Thomas also played quarterback on the Johns Hopkins' football team, ranking 10th in total yardage in NCAA Division III in 1974. Thomas led the US Men's National Lacrosse Team in winning the 1974 IFL World Lacrosse Championship hosted at Olympic Park Stadium in Melbourne, Australia and was awarded the Ray Kinderman Trophy for "Best and Fairest Player" of the tournament. Post-lacrosse After teaching World History and having coaching tenures of Boys Varsity lacrosse and both the Boys and Girls Soccer teams at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, Maryland, Thomas taught World History at Centennial High School in Ellicott City, Maryland/. During his tenure at Centennial, he was instrumental in winning 3 more Maryland state titles. After the 2014-2015 school year, Thomas retired from teaching. He's a magician. Statistics Johns Hopkins University [a] 10th in NCAA career points-per-game Accomplishments Awards

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List of events The following lists events that happened during 1982 in Sri Lanka. Incumbents Events

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2021 studio album by Jimmy Barnes Flesh and Blood is the nineteenth studio album by Scottish Australian musician Jimmy Barnes, released on 2 July 2021 through Bloodlines. The album was announced on 25 March and features production from Barnes' long-time collaborator Kevin Shirley. Barnes wrote most of the record while in the peak of the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in 2020. The album debuted atop of the ARIA Chart; becoming Barnes' 13th number 1 album and extending his record as the artist with the most number 1 albums. At the AIR Awards of 2022, the album was nominated for Best Independent Rock Album or EP. Singles The title track was released on 25 March 2021 as the album's lead single. Barnes premiered the song at Michael Gudinski's state funeral on 24 March, at the request of Gudinski's son Matt. Barnes said "It's about the unbreakable bonds that bind us to our families through all of life's ups and the downs. Without Jane, my kids and grandkids I wouldn't be here today. The song has taken on an extra meaning for our family since Michael's passing. When I say he was a brother to me, I mean that in every sense. We could drive each other nuts sometimes but there was always a deep and loving connection there. I was so excited when I played the single to Michael. He was really pumped about it and we were both really looking forward to sharing this new record together." "Til the Next Time" was released digitally on 2 June 2021, as the second single. On 24 June 2021, "Gateway to Your Heart" was released as the album's third single. Barnes said "This one's about the truth being the most important thing in relationships and also might be the gateway to heart." The album's fourth single, "Around in Circles" was released on 2 July 2021. Barnes said it is "about trying to make sense of all the bad things that you've done." Reception The Australian said "Flesh and Blood is warm, assured and sounds like Barnes is spending his 65th year in a state of grace." Jeff Jenkins from Stack Magazine said "'This Is The Truth' – the centrepiece of this record – puts the focus on his undeniable vocal, filled with heart and emotion, and the Jimmy Webb-like 'Til the Next Time' shows he's a fine storyteller as well. Commercial performance On 9 July 2021, Barnes made history by achieving his 13th ARIA number 1 album and extending his lead over Madonna and U2 as the artist with the most ARIA number 1 albums, both of whom have 11 chart-toppers. The debut also means Barnes has achieved an ARIA number 1 across five decades (1980s to 2020s). In a statement, Barnes said: "I don't take any of this for granted. Firstly, I'd like to thank all the people who are still willing to listen to my new music after all these years. I hope they get as much pleasure from listening to it as I get from making it. I'm also deeply grateful to Warren and the whole staff at Bloodlines and the Mushroom Group. Michael loved to call them 'the A Team' and they've certainly shown that yet again with all their hard work promoting Flesh and Blood. I also want to thank my brother-in-law Mark Lizotte for writing most of the songs on the album with me and, lastly, I'd like to thank my Jane and our beautiful family for continuing to inspire me, and for being such a huge part of this record". Track listing Standard tracks Deluxe edition bonus DVD The bonus DVD features 10 home performance videos by Jimmy and Jane Barnes, along with their family and friends, filmed throughout the pandemic. Charts Release history

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River in Bern, Switzerland The Urtene, also called the Urtenenbach is a river in the Swiss Canton of Bern. It is an 18 km (11 mi) long tributary of the river Emme. It drains a portion of the central Bernese Midland and belongs to the catchment area of the Rhine. The Drainage basin of Urtene is about 96 km2 (37 sq mi). The yearly average flow at the mouth of the river is 2.03 m3/s (72 cu ft/s).

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Radio station in Ottawa, Illinois WRKX (95.3 FM, "Jack FM") is a radio station broadcasting a variety hits format. Licensed to Ottawa, Illinois, the station covers Northern Illinois, including LaSalle, and Ottawa. It is owned by NRG Media. History The station began broadcasting on August 15, 1964, as WOLI, and broadcast at 98.3 MHz. WOLI aired a MOR format. By 1975, the station had begun airing a rock/top 40 format. In 1975, the station's frequency was changed to 95.3 MHz, and in September 1976, its call sign was changed to WRKX. By 1977, the station had begun airing a country music format. The station continued airing a country music format into the 1980s. By 1985, the station had begun airing an adult contemporary format. In August 1991, the station's format was changed to classic rock. In early 1993, the station's format was changed to hot AC. The station was branded "K95.3", "The River". By 2010, the station's format had changed to adult hits, as "95.3 SAM FM", carrying Westwood One's S.A.M.: Simply About Music programming until the discontinuation of the network in August 2015, at which point the station became "95.3 Jack FM".

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Chinese physicist Du Qinghua (simplified Chinese: 杜庆华; traditional Chinese: 杜慶華; pinyin: Dù Qìnghuá; April 14, 1919 – 2006), also known as Q.H. DU, was a Chinese physicist. He was a pioneer of aeronautic and astronautic material engineering in China. and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Life On April 14, 1919, Du was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. in the 1930s, Du studied in Hangzhou Middle School. In 1936, he graduated from Hangzhou High School. In 1937, Du studied at Zhejiang University. In 1940, he graduated from the Department of Mechanics, National Chiao Tung University (now Shanghai Jiao Tong University). In 1947, Du went to study in the United States. He entered Stanford University and majored in solid state physics. In June 1948, Du obtained a master's degree of aeronautic engineering from Stanford. In September 1948, Du turned to Harvard University and studied hydrodynamics under the academic advice of Richard von Mises. In June 1949, Du earned another master of aeronautics from Harvard. In September 1949, Du went back to Stanford and did research on aeronautic light structure with Stephen Timoshenko and Goodier. He received his doctorate in April 1951. In June 1951, Du went back to China and taught at Peking University. In 1952, Du was transferred to Tsinghua University and became a teaching and research leader of mechanics. In 1958, Du was one of the founders of the Department of Engineering Mechanics of Tsinghua University. From 1983 to 1987, Du was also a part-time professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Xi'an Jiao Tong University, and Zhejiang University, and he was an honorary professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Du was a founder of Chinese modern aeronautic and astronautic material engineering. He was also a founder of the teaching and research of mechanics and material engineering at Tsinghua University. In 1997, Du was elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). Works Du wrote more than 130 papers and also several popular textbooks and handbooks, including: Family Du's daughter Du Xian is a former news anchor of China Central Television and the wife of actor Chen Daoming.

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Office sharing is a concept that allows companies who own or manage an office, that have redundant office space to share or rent the workstations or self-contained units to smaller companies looking for flexible workspace. This creates revenue for the company that runs the office, and provides a cheap, flexible alternative for companies looking for an office outside of their home. The main benefit of sharing an office is that it provides a more dynamic environment for both companies involved and access to new markets. However, sharing office space does come with some problems of its own: The arrangement can be particularly sensitive in the case of attorneys and MDs - in such cases, a legally-binding Office Sharing Agreement should be carefully considered and redacted. Office Sharing is similar to Coworking, though coworking spaces tend to include more tenants, a broader range of amenities and a stronger emphasis on community and networking.

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Singaporean Indian business executive (born 1963) Mohamed Ismail Gafoor (born 1963) is a Singaporean Indian business executive. Ismail rose from delivering newspapers as a boy to become the CEO of Singapore's largest real estate company, PropNex. Career Personal life

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Odd Mom Out is an American comedy television series that premiered on June 8, 2015, on Bravo. Based on the novel Momzillas, Odd Mom Out was created by and stars Jill Kargman as a fictionalized version of herself named Jill Weber, who is forced to navigate the wealthy mommy clique that resides in New York’s prestigious Upper East Side neighborhood. Andy Buckley, KK Glick, Sean Kleier, Joanna Cassidy, and Abby Elliott also co-star in the series. On September 22, 2016, the network renewed Odd Mom Out for a 10-episode third season shortly after the second season concluded. As of September 13, 2017[update], a total of 30 episodes of Odd Mom Out have aired. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2015) Season 2 (2016) Notes Season 3 (2017)

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Single seat German glider 1980 The Rolladen-Schneider LS4 is a Standard Class single seat glider manufactured by Rolladen-Schneider Flugzeugbau GmbH between 1980 and 2003. Development The LS4, successor to the LS1 in the Standard Class, made its first flight in 1980. It is the fifth most produced non-military glider (after the Grunau Baby, Blaník, Schleicher K 8 trainers and Grob G102 Astir.) A total of 1,048 were built until Rolladen-Schneider entered receivership in 2003. Its long production run is comparable only to that of the Grob G102 Astir and the Schempp-Hirth Discus.[citation needed] The LS4 won the first two places in the Standard Class at the 1981 World Championships in Paderborn, West Germany, and the first six places (and twenty-one out of the first twenty-five) at the 1983 World Championships in Hobbs, New Mexico. It is still a favourite in handicapped competitions and as a club and recreational aircraft. This type consolidated Rolladen-Schneider's reputation for well-rounded sailplanes that are both easy to fly and top performers. It is docile enough for beginners and its performance is only slightly below the latest standard-class sailplanes. Given the continued interest in the type, the LS4 may be put back in production by the Slovenian manufacturer AMS-Flight. The LS4 was succeeded by the LS7. Design The design of the LS4 was influenced mainly by the experience Rolladen-Schneider had gained with the LS2 and LS3 flapped gliders. Wolf Lemke returned to a double-tapered wing planform, giving it a larger area comparatively to the LS1 and LS2, and enlarged all control surfaces: the ailerons were elongated and brought further inboard and the tailplane span was increased. The fuselage and vertical stabilizer were taken from the LS3 moulds. Other notable features of the design were the retractable landing gear, the centre of gravity tow release that retracts with landing gear, the heel-operated wheel brakes, the upper wing surface air brakes and the water ballast system with internal bags. Structure The structure is entirely glass-reinforced plastic mostly with synthetic foam cores. The exterior coating, as with most composite gliders, is gelcoat, which protects the load-bearing composite from humidity and UV-radiation, and is thick enough to allow wing profiling, which is done by hand during the finishing stages of manufacturing to achieve the smoothness required for extensive laminar flow. Variants LS4 The initial production version LS4-a featured larger water ballast bags allowing for an additional 15 L (3.96 US gal; 3.30 imp gal) of water to be carried in each wing. The landing gear system is strengthened by the addition of one extra set of shock absorption bumpers in order to handle the increased gross weight with a full water ballast load. LS4-b fin height increased by 0.11 m (4.3 in) to 1.43 m (4 ft 8 in). The -b fuselage is 0.13 m (5.1 in) shorter at 6.66 m (21.9 ft). The wing shells are made in carbon, control connections are automatic, the instrument panel tilts up with the canopy and it has an optional tail fin water ballast system. Specifications (LS4) Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1988-89 General characteristics Performance 180 km/h (97 kn; 110 mph) in rough air 180 km/h (97 kn; 110 mph) on aero-tow 130 km/h (70 kn; 81 mph) on winch launch

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Dutch actor Albert Mol (3 January 1917 – 9 March 2004) was a Dutch author, actor and television personality. Life and career Mol was born in Amsterdam, and was one of the first openly gay actors in the Netherlands. He married Lucy Bor in 1948. The couple had a child the following year, actress Kika Mol, but divorced in 1955.[citation needed] On 16 March 1998, Mol registered his relationship with his partner Guerdon Bill. Their relationship lasted until Guerdon's death on 17 August 2003. Mol died in Laren on 9 March 2004 from an aneurysm, aged 87. Books Books on Albert Mol

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Indian politician Jaisingrao Rane is an Indian politician and member of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. Rane was a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly in 1967 from the Thivim constituency in North Goa. He was elected from Pernem in 1972.

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HighQ Solutions Ltd. is a privately owned software as a service (SaaS) company providing cloud-based secure file sharing, team collaboration and social networking software. HighQ was founded in London in 2001 by university friends Ajay Patel and Veenay Shah. The company has offices in the UK (London), Australia (Sydney), the Netherlands (Amsterdam), Germany (Frankfurt), USA (New York) and an R&D operation in India (Ahmedabad). It has customers in the legal, banking and corporate sectors as well as government and life sciences. In January 2016, HighQ raised its first investment round of $50M from Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and One Peak Partners, to expand into the US market. This was one of top 10 biggest funding rounds in Europe for the first quarter of 2016. Thomson Reuters acquired HighQ in 2019. Industry recognition HighQ was awarded the "Legal Technology Company of the Year" award at the FT Intelligent Business Awards, 2019. HighQ was awarded the "Supplier of the Year" award at The British Legal Technology Awards, 2019. HighQ was included as "One to Watch" in the 2013 Sunday Times Tech Track 100 league table and was ranked 74th in the 2014 Tech Track 100 league table and ranked 32nd among UK's top 100 SMEs in the Sunday Times Heathrow SME Export Track 100 2016. HighQ was ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2011 and 2013 and ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 UK 2013. Clients HighQ's major clients include Barclays, Linklaters, Lex Mundi, Clifford Chance, Osborne Clarke, Clyde & Co and Allen & Overy. HighQ's clients include 21 of the top 25 UK law firms, including all of the UK Magic Circle law firms, and 80% of the top 100 UK law firms. Products HighQ offers file sharing, extranet, collaboration, project management, virtual data room, enterprise social networking, knowledge sharing and publishing solutions. It has three products which each cover different aspects of these use cases: HighQ Collaborate, HighQ Publisher and HighQ Dataroom. The primary product, HighQ Collaborate, provides secure document exchange, enterprise social collaboration, client extranets and knowledge portals for organizations. In summer 2013, HighQ released a new mobile version of Collaborate which saw a redesign of its existing modules and added features including a responsive design, microblogging, private messaging, centralized notifications and enhanced people profiles. HighQ Publisher is a digital marketing and publishing platform that supports various publishing formats and channels including publications, videos, events, micro-sites and email campaigns. HighQ Dataroom is a virtual data room product aimed primarily at law firms, banks and corporations to help users exchange transactional information with clients and partners outside of their company.

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The Mayor of Sangli  is the elected chief of the Sangali-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation . Digvijay Suryawanshi of the NCP  political party is the current Mayor of Sangli Current mayor The current mayor is Digvijay Suryawanshi  and Deputy Mayor is Umesh Patil. Mayors of Sangli

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Hajji Ameer Lali امیر لالی was elected to represent Kandahar Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005. A report on Kandahar prepared at the Navy Postgraduate School stated he was a member of the Pashtun ethnic group, from the same Popolzai tribe as President Hamid Karzai. They stated he was a "demobilized local commander". He sits on the Armed Services Committee.

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Traralgon Showground is a cricket ground in Traralgon, Victoria, Australia. The first recorded match held on the ground came when WSC Australia played WSC Cavaliers in the 1978 World Series Cricket. A List A match was held there in the 2007–08 Ford Ranger Cup between Victoria and South Australia, which Victoria won by 4 wickets.

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Village in Fars, Iran Mazayjan (Persian: مزايجان, also Romanized as Mazāyjān and Mazāyejān) is a village in Izadkhvast-e Sharqi Rural District, Izadkhvast District, Zarrin Dasht County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,116, in 454 families.

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Dog breed The Chinook is a breed of sled dog, developed in the state of New Hampshire during the early 20th century. The Chinook is New Hampshire's official state dog. Description Appearance Standing 21 to 27 inches (53 to 69 cm) in height at the withers and weighing 45 to 90 pounds (20 to 41 kg), the Chinook is balanced and muscular. The United Kennel Club (UKC) breed standard states, "The ideal coloration runs from light honey color to reddish-gold. Black markings on the inside corners of the eyes are preferred. Dark tawny to black markings on the ears and muzzle are preferred. Guard hairs on the tail may be black. No white markings are allowed. Buff markings on the cheeks, muzzle, throat, chest, breeches, toes and underside are acceptable." The UKC standard faults any color other than tawny and disqualifies albinism. Other proposed standards state that the medium-length double coat is "tawny" in color, with darker shadings on muzzle and ears; white dogs are not allowed, nor are other colors. Eyes are brown to amber in color. Ear carriage is variable, but dropped is preferred and the head more strongly rectangular than other sleddog breeds. The tail is a well-furred saber and not the usual brush or plume of Arctic breeds. Temperament The Chinook is an affectionate and playful family companion with a special devotion toward children. It is a willing worker who is eager to please and enthusiastic to learn. The Chinook is highly trainable, adaptable, and versatile in his abilities. Gregarious with other dogs, the Chinook works well in teams and within family packs. The Chinook is a dignified dog; some may be reserved with strangers but should never appear shy or aggressive. Health Health issues include normal hereditary problems such as epilepsy, hip dysplasia, and atopy. Also common is cryptorchidism, which occurs in about 10% of all male dogs. History The Chinook owes its existence to one man: Arthur Treadwell Walden of Wonalancet, New Hampshire. The breed derives principally from one male ancestor born in 1917, named "Chinook", who was Walden's lead dog and stud. "Chinook" derived from a crossbreeding of a female Greenland Dog from the Peary North Pole expedition with a large, tawny male Mastiff/St. Bernard mix. Photos of "Chinook" show a drop-eared dog with a broad Mastiff head and muzzle. Walden's leader was bred to Belgian Sheepdogs, German Shepherd Dogs, Canadian Eskimo Dogs, and perhaps other breeds; the progeny were bred back to him to set the desired type and was apparently a strong reproducer of his own traits. Arthur Walden was an experienced dog driver with years of experience in the Yukon; he was the lead driver and trainer on Byrd's 1929 Antarctic expedition. He is credited with bringing sled dog sports to New England and founding the New England Sled Dog Club in 1924. The 12-year-old "Chinook" was lost on the Byrd expedition. Control of the core breeding stock passed from Walden to Julia Lombard and from her to Perry Greene in the late 1940s. Greene, a noted outdoorsman, bred Chinooks in Waldoboro, Maine, for many years until his death in 1963. Rare and closely held by Greene, who was for many years the only breeder of Chinooks, the population dwindled rapidly after his death. By 1981 only eleven breedable Chinooks survived. Breeders in Maine, Ohio and California divided the remaining stock and managed to save the type from extinction. The Chinook obtained registered status with the UKC in 1991; the current number of registered animals is around 800. Only about 100 puppies are born annually worldwide. The registry has a cross-breeding program under which Chinooks are bred to individuals of other breeds thought to have contributed to Chinook development; fourth-generation backcross descendants of such crosses may be accepted as UKC purebred Chinooks if they meet the Chinook Owner Association's Cross Breeding Program requirements. Chinooks joined the American Kennel Club (AKC) Foundation Stock Service in 2001 and were later added to the AKC's Miscellaneous Class in 2010. Finally, in January 2013 the Chinook became the AKC's 176th breed and joined the working group. Chinooks are still working for recognition from other major kennel clubs. Working life Although still used for recreational dog sledding by some owners, Chinooks today appear to be used largely as family pets. Individuals are also used for dog-packing, search and rescue, skijoring, and obedience and dog agility trials.

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The Piazza di Porta Ravegnana (originally Porta Ravennate) is a city square in the central of Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The Piazza, located some four blocks east of the Piazza Maggiore and Cathedral of Bologna, is the site of the Two Towers of Bologna. History The square was named for the presence nearby of the ancient city gate that led to the strada San Vitale leading to Ravenna. During the Middle Ages, an important city market took place in this square. Description A number of major arteries converge in this square, including the Strada Maggiore, the Strada di Castiglione, via Zamboni (formerly Strada San Donato), and via de' Giudei. In addition to the towers, the square houses a 17th-century statue of St Petronius of Bologna, the patron saint of the town. Alongside the Piazza stands the church of Sants Bartolomeo and Gaetano and the Palazzo Strazzaroli, the palace of the Arte dei Drappieri, i.e. the guild of the fabric merchants.

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Letter of the Cyrillic script Cyrillic letter The soft sign (Ь, ь, italics Ь, ь) also known as the front yer, front jer, or er malak (lit. "small er") is a letter of the Cyrillic script. In Old Church Slavonic, it represented a short (or "reduced") front vowel. As with its companion, the back yer ⟨ъ⟩, the vowel phoneme that it designated was later partly dropped and partly merged with other vowels. In the modern Slavic Cyrillic writing systems in which it appears (all East Slavic languages and Bulgarian and Church Slavic), it does not represent an individual sound but indicates palatalization of the preceding consonant. Uses and meanings Palatalization sign The soft sign is normally written after a consonant and indicates its softening (palatalization) (for example Ukrainian батько 'father'). Less commonly, the soft sign just has a grammatically determined usage with no phonetic meaning (like Russian: туш 'fanfare' and тушь 'India ink', both pronounced /tuʂ/ but different in grammatical gender and declension). In East Slavic languages and some other Slavic languages (such as Bulgarian), there are some consonants that do not have phonetically different palatalized forms but corresponding letters still admit the affixing soft sign. The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet has had no soft sign as a distinct letter since the mid-19th century: palatalization is represented by special consonant letters instead of the sign (some of these letters, such as ⟨Њ⟩ or ⟨Љ⟩, were designed as ligatures with the grapheme of the soft sign). The modern Macedonian alphabet, based on the Serbian Cyrillic variant, has had no soft sign since its creation, in 1944. Before a vowel in East Slavic languages Between a consonant and a vowel, the soft sign bears also a function of "iotation sign": in Russian, vowels after the soft sign are iotated (compare Russian льют /lʲjut/ '(they) pour/cast' and лют /lʲut/ '(he is) fierce'). The feature, quite consistent with Russian orthography, promulgated a confusion between palatalization and iotation, especially because ⟨ь⟩ usually precedes so-called soft vowels. Combinations ⟨ья⟩ (ya), ⟨ье⟩ (ye), ⟨ьё⟩ (yo) and ⟨ью⟩ (yu) give iotated vowels, like corresponding vowel letters in isolation (and word-initially), and unlike its use immediately after a consonant letter in which palatalization can occur but not iotation. In those cases, ⟨ь⟩ may be considered as a sign indicating that a vowel after it is pronounced separately from the previous consonant, but that is the case neither for ⟨ьи⟩ (yi) nor for ⟨ьо⟩ (yo), because these vowels are not iotated in isolation. The latter case, though, is rarely used in Russian (only in loanwords such as ⟨бульон⟩) and can be seen as a replacement of phonetically identical ⟨ьё⟩, which gets rid of an "inconvenient" letter ⟨ё⟩. In Ukrainian and Bulgarian, the spelling ⟨ьо⟩ indicates palatalization, not iotation. ⟨ъ⟩, an "unpalatalization sign", also denotes iotation, as in the case of ⟨ъя⟩, ⟨ъе⟩, ⟨ъё⟩ and ⟨ъю⟩ in Russian. Similarly, the soft sign may denote iotation in Belarusian and Ukrainian, but it is not used so extensively as in Russian. Ukrainian uses a quite different repertoire of vowel letters from those of Russian and Belarusian, and iotation is usually expressed by an apostrophe in Ukrainian. Still the soft sign is used in Ukrainian if the sound preceded by an iotated vowel is palatalized. In Bulgarian Among Slavic languages using the Cyrillic script, the soft sign has the most limited use in Bulgarian: since 1945, the only possible position is one between consonants and ⟨о⟩ (such as in names Жельо, Кръстьо, and Гьончо). As a vowel in Slavic studies In Slavistic transcription, Ь and Ъ are used to denote Proto-Slavic extra-short sounds /ĭ/ and /ŭ/ respectively (slověnьskъ adj. 'Slavonic'), like Old Slavonic orthography. Digraphs Аь The soft sign does not occur after vowels in Slavic languages, but the ⟨аь⟩ digraph for /æ/ or /a/ was introduced to some non-Slavic Cyrillic-based alphabets such as Chechen, Ingush and various Dagestanian languages such as Tabasaran. Similarly, the ⟨оь⟩ digraph was introduced for /œ/ or /ø/, and ⟨уь⟩ for /y/, plus iotated forms such as ⟨юь⟩ and ⟨яь⟩ as required. This use of ь is similar to a trailing e as used in, for example, German, when umlauts are unavailable (cf. Goethe). There were proposals to use the same for Turkic languages, as a replacement to Cyrillic Schwa (Ә) for ə or /æ/. Unlike Schwa, which is not represented in many Cyrillic character repertoires such as Windows-1251, both ⟨а⟩ and ⟨ь⟩ are readily available as letters of the basic modern Russian alphabet. Consonants Like the hard sign and the palochka, many languages use the soft sign forms digraphs to represent sounds which are phonetically similar, yet distinct phonemes from the bare letter. For example, while г represents /g/, гь represents /ɣ/ in Crimean Tatar, /ɦ/ in Archi, and /h/ in Avar and Tabasaran. Representations Under normal orthographic rules, it has no uppercase form, as no word begins with the letter. However, Cyrillic type fonts normally provide an uppercase form for setting type in all caps or for using it as an element of various serial numbers (like series of Soviet banknotes) and indices (for example, there was once a model of old Russian steam locomotives marked "Ь" – ru:Паровоз Ь). In the romanization of Cyrillic, the soft sign is typically transliterated with U+02B9 ʹ MODIFIER LETTER PRIME. Sometimes U+02BC ʼ MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE is used, or the soft sign may be ignored if it is in a position that it does not denote iotation, for example: Тверь=Tver, Обь=Ob. It can also be transcribed "y" or "i" if preceding a vowel. In Belarusian it is romanized as a combining acute, e.g., зь ⟨ź⟩, ць ⟨ć⟩, нь ⟨ń⟩, ль ⟨ĺ⟩. Name of letter Related letters and other similar characters Computing codes

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This is a list of Portuguese words that come from Germanic languages. Many of these words entered the language during the late antiquity, either as words introduced into Vulgar Latin elsewhere, or as words brought along by the Suebi who settled in Gallaecia (Northern Portugal and Galicia) in the 5th century, and also by the Visigoths who annexed the Suebic Kingdom in 585. Other words were incorporated to Portuguese during the Middle Ages, mostly proceeding from French and Occitan languages, as both cultures had a massive impact in Portuguese during the 12th and 13th centuries. More recently other words with Germanic origin have been incorporated, either directly from English or other Germanic languages, or indirectly through French. Many of these words are shared with the Galician language, with minor spelling or phonetic differences. It is divided into words that come from English, Frankish, Langobardic, Middle Dutch, Middle High German, Middle Low German, Old English, Old High German, Old Norse, Old Swedish, and Visigothic and finally, words which come from Germanic with the specific source unknown. Projections indicate over 600 Germanic words in Portuguese, with a tendency to increase due to English, German and other modern influences. Some of these words existed in Latin as loanwords from other languages. Some of these words have alternate etymologies and may also appear on a list of Galician words from a different language. Some words contain non-Germanic elements. Any form with an asterisk (*) is unattested and therefore hypothetical. Dutch English Frankish German Latin words in Portuguese of Germanic origin Langobardic Middle Dutch Derivatives: amarra 'mooring', amarração 'binding, strong emotional bond, emotional relationship, mooring', amarrado 'determined, obstinate, bound, moored', amarradura 'mooring place, knot or tool' Middle High German Middle Low German Old English Old High German Old Norse Old Swedish Visigothic Germanic Derivatives: facalhão 'eustace', faqueiro 'cutlery or cutlery cabinet', facada 'stabbing', colloquial facada nas costas 'to stab (someone) behind the back' Derivatives: gaiteiro '(bag)piper', gaita 'penis, or swearword akin to "cock"'(colloquial), gaita-de-foles, gaita-de beiços, 'different types or names for bagpipes, gaitar 'to sob or to fail an exam' (colloquail). Derivatives: agrupar 'to group, to organise into a section', agrupado 'part of a group', agrupamento 'act of grouping, a team'. Derivatives: enrocar[v], rocar[v], 'to spindle', enrocamento 'riprap' Names Forenames Ancient Roman-derived names are the most numerous in Portugal and Portuguese-speaking countries. Together with Germanic-derived names they constitute the majority of those (and similarly to most European/Western countries inherited also a number of ancient Greek and Hebrew names) today: Surnames List A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Z

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Nossegem is a town located near Brussels, the capital of Belgium. It is part of Zaventem municipality, in the Flemish Brabant province. In 2005, the Nossegem Curve was opened, which connects Brussels Airport with the railway in the direction of Leuven.

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In basketball, a rebound is the act of gaining possession of the ball after a missed field goal or free throw. The Dutch Basketball League's (DBL) rebounding title is awarded to the player with the highest rebounds per game average in a given regular season. The rebounding title was first recognized in the 1985–1986 season when statistics on rebounds were first compiled. Leaders

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1974 single by The Goodies "The Inbetweenies" is a song by Bill Oddie and recorded by The Goodies. It was released as a single in October 1974 with "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" on the B-side. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 7 December 1974 at #41. It remained in the chart for 9 weeks, peaking at #7. In November 1974, the sides were reversed for the Christmas season with "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" released as a single with "The Inbetweenies" on the B-side. This technically made it a double A-side. The song peaked at number 87 in Australia in 1975.

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The 2006 Pakistan landmine blast occurred on 10 March 2006, in the Pakistani city of Dera Bugti in Balochistan province. 26 people were killed and seven were injured when their car, on the way to a wedding, hit at least one anti-tank landmine. Raziq Bugti, a spokesman for the Baluchistan provincial government, said the mine was planted by rebels working for the tribal chief Nawab Akbar Bugti and that most of the victims were "women and children. Seven people were injured... there could have been more than one land mine but we have not confirmed that at this stage".

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Native American band in Minnesota, USA The White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, also called the White Earth Nation (Ojibwe: Gaa-waabaabiganikaag Anishinaabeg, lit. "People from where there is an abundance of white clay"), is a federally recognized Native American band located in northwestern Minnesota. The band's land base is the White Earth Indian Reservation. With 19,291 members in 2007, the White Earth Band is the largest of the six component bands of the federally recognized Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, formed after the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act. It is also the largest band in the state of Minnesota. The five other member tribe of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe are the Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake), Fond du Lac Band, Grand Portage Band, Leech Lake Band, and Mille Lacs Band. History On March 19, 1867, the US Congress established the White Earth Indian Reservation for the Mississippi Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, following the ratification of a treaty between them and the United States. Congress had several session agreements regarding the White Earth Band of Ojibwe. After hearing many complaints about the Pillagers, who were then landless, Congress authorized the relocation of the western Pillagers to the White Earth Indian Reservation. They had not been included in the 1855 Treaty of Washington (10 Stat. 1165), which was made with the eastern Pillagers at the Mississippi River headwaters. Eventually, the Otter Tail Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians and Wild Rice River Pembina Band of Chippewa Indians also came to settle alongside the Mississippi Chippewa at White Earth Reservation and effectively became part of the White Earth Band. Historically, the tribe was formed from the unification of Ojibwe bands from the northern part of Minnesota who were displaced by European settlement. These historic bands were: Up until the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, the six historical component bands located on the White Earth Indian Reservation acted independently of each other. Following the Reorganization Act, the six wrote a constitution to form the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. They divided Minnesota into six Band districts, and unified those scattered Ojibwe bands that were not associated with the Red Lake Band of Chippewa, which did not join the tribe. The component bands located on the White Earth Indian Reservation were unified into the single White Earth Band of Ojibwe of today. The six Minnesota Chippewa Tribe bands continue to enroll members separately, but also combine their numbers for the entire tribe. According to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, the White Earth Band had 19,291 enrolled members in July 2007. It is the largest of the six bands in the Tribe, and the largest of any band in the state. The tribe was involved in a case about how much compensation the descendants of the Pembina Chippewa should receive from the taking of land by the U.S. government during the early 1800s. The third and final settlement payment in 2022 of $59 million was split among the tribe, the Little Shell Chippewa, the Chippewa Cree, and the Turtle Mountain Tribe of North Dakota along with the 39,000 individual beneficiaries. Previous settlements in the case were in 1964 and 1980. Notable citizens

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Sporting event delegation French Polynesia competed at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, from 27 September–6 October 2019. Result Key Men Track and road events

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Census-designated place in South Carolina, United States Islandton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Colleton County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 70. South Carolina Highway 63 passes through the community, leading east 17 miles (27 km) to Walterboro, the county seat, and southwest 10 miles (16 km) to Varnville. Islandton has a post office with ZIP code 29929. Demographics

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Subdistrict in Beijing, China Zhongguancun Subdistrict (Chinese: 中关村街道; pinyin: Zhōngguāncūn Jiēdào) is a subdistrict on the southeast of Haidian District, Beijing, China. It shares border with Qinghuayuan Subdistrict and Dongsheng Town in the north, Xueyuan Road, Huayuan Road and Beitaipingzhuang Subdistricts in the east, Beixiaguan Subdistrict in the south, Haidian and Yanyuan Subdistricts in the west. It had 130,672 inhabitants in 2020. During the Ming dynasty, this area was used as a burial ground for eunuchs, thus was given the name Zhongguanfen (Chinese: 中官坟; lit. 'Eunuch Tomb'). Later settlements in this region also use the name Zhongguan, which was changed to Zhongguancun (Chinese: 中关村) in 1949. History Administrative Divisions As of 2020, Zhongguancun Subdistrict had direct jurisdiction over 30 communities:

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Sir Edward Walter Hamilton, GCB, KCVO, ISO, PC (7 July 1847 – 2 September 1908), also known as Eddy Hamilton, was a British political diarist and Joint Permanent Secretary to the Treasury. Biography Hamilton was the eldest son of Walter Kerr Hamilton (1808–1869), Bishop of Salisbury, and was educated at Eton from 1860 to 1865. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 20 January 1866, where he took a Class III in Classical Moderations (Greek and Latin), and received a B.Mus. in 1867. He entered the Treasury in 1870, and was private secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Robert Lowe, 1872-73. In that year he was appointed private secretary to William Ewart Gladstone who was Prime Minister until 1874, and also served as such 1880-85 when Gladstone was Prime Minister for the second time. Following Gladstone's defeat in 1885 he was appointed by the new Prime Minister, the Tory Lord Salisbury to a position in the Treasury where he became a pillar of the Victorian establishment during various appointments through the years. On his arrival in 1885 he was appointed principal clerk in the Finance Division, and in 1892 he became Assistant Financial Secretary. Two years later he advanced to Assistant Secretary to the Treasury for financial business. In October 1902 he was appointed a Joint Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, and continued as such until his death. Hamilton was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1885, was knighted and promoted a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1894, and received the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in 1906. He also received the Imperial Service Order (ISO) in 1904. For his services to the monarchy, King Edward VII appointed him a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in July 1901. While Hamilton always retained strong links to Gladstone and his family, politically he was closer to Gladstone's successor Lord Rosebery to whom he was a close friend and Eton contemporary. Hamilton published a book on Gladstone, and volume dealing with the National Debt. He also published a diary of political gossip under the pseudonym "Nemo" (Latin for "no man" or "no one"). He was an amateur musician and published several of his compositions. Hamilton died unmarried on 3 September 1908, and was buried in Brighton cemetery. Works

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Historic church in Arkansas, United States United States historic place St. Agnes Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 203 Eighth Street in Mena, Arkansas. The parish, established not long after Mena's founding in 1896, meets in a stone Spanish Mission Revival built in 1921–22 to a design by Rev. A. P. Gallagher, who oversaw the parish for more than 50 years. It is one of Polk County's most significant architectural statements, merging the common use of local fieldstone with more sophistical Mission style elements. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

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Ruda Śląska District in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Godula (German: Godullahütte) is a district in the north-east of Ruda Śląska, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has an area of 1.8 km2 and in 2006 it was inhabited by 12,151 people. History Originally the area belonged to Orzegów, whose landed property was bought by Karl Godulla, after whom the settlement was named. The zinc smelter Godullahütte was built after his death, 1854–55, and operated until 1919. Adjacent to the establishment developed a working class settlement later called Godula, the first 21 buildings were built in years 1858–61. The church of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist was under construction since 1867. Trams communication was opened in the 1890s. After World War I in the Upper Silesia plebiscite 2,178 out of 3,516 voters in Gutshof Orzegow, encompassing Godula, voted in favour of joining Poland, against 1,332 opting for staying in Germany. Afterwards it became a part of Silesian Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic. Officially the municipality Godula was established in 1924 and had this year around 9,000 inhabitants. It was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Poland. Godula constituted a gmina (municipality) that was merged into Ruda in 1951, and as part of Ruda was amalgamated with Nowy Bytom to form Ruda Śląska on December 31, 1958.

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Species of true bug Clastoptera arizonana, the Arizona spittlebug, is a species of spittlebug in the family Clastopteridae. It is found in North America.

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This is a list of the Mayors of New Haven, Connecticut. Before 1826, the city's mayors did not have a fixed term of office; once elected, they held office indefinitely, at the pleasure of the Connecticut General Assembly. Beginning in 1826 the mayor and members of the Common Council were elected an annual town meeting and held office until the following year's town meeting. Since the 1870s, New Haven's mayors have been elected to two-year terms. As of January 2015, the Mayor of New Haven earns an annual salary of $131,000.

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The list of shipwrecks in March 1944 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1944. 1 March 2 March 3 March 4 March 5 March 6 March 7 March 8 March 9 March 10 March 11 March 12 March 13 March 14 March 15 March 16 March 17 March 18 March 19 March 20 March 21 March 22 March 23 March 24 March 25 March 26 March 27 March 28 March 29 March 30 March 31 March Unknown date

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U.S. Route 33 (US 33) in the U.S. state of West Virginia extends 248 miles (399 km) from the Ohio River at Ravenswood to the Virginia state line atop Shenandoah Mountain west of Harrisonburg, Virginia. Route description Shortly after entering West Virginia and crossing the Ohio River, US 33 turns south, then east in Ravenswood. It then joins SR 2's freeway, turning northeast, then east again to Silverton. The two routes then split, and US 33 joins Interstate 77 to Ripley. The route then turns east from I-77, joining US 119 at Spencer, then passing through extremely rural areas of Roane, Calhoun, Gilmer, and Lewis counties. US 33 Intersects Interstate 79 at Weston, West Virginia. From Interstate 79 east, US 33 is a four-lane highway, part of Corridor H of the Appalachian Development Highway System. The four-lane segment continues on through rural areas of Upshur, and Randolph counties, to just a couple miles past Elkins. At Harding, US 250 joins US 33 for several miles after Elkins, where US 33 joins SR 55 and returns to a two-lane road, except for a seven-mile (11 km) section of four-lane across Kelly Mountain between Canfield and Bowden. Passing through the Monongahela National Forest, US 33 crosses the Eastern Continental Divide between Harman and Onego at about 3,240 feet (990 m) elevation, entering Pendleton County, then descends the Allegheny Front along Seneca Creek, skirting the north end of Spruce Mountain, at 4,861 feet (1,482 m) the highest point of the Allegheny Mountains. US 33 then joins SR 28 at Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, and continues south in the Potomac River headwaters through scenic forest and farmland landscapes. Turning eastward from SR 28 at Judy Gap, US 33 crosses North Fork Mountain at about 3,600 feet (1,100 m), with a turnout on the western slope offering a scenic view of the Germany Valley below and the more distant Allegheny Front from Spruce Knob to Dolly Sods. US 220 joins US 33 for about half a mile in Franklin. After Franklin, US 33 continues eastward through rural areas, then climbs steeply to cross Shenandoah Mountain at Dry River Gap at about 3,450 feet (1,050 m) into Rockingham County, Virginia. Major intersections

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Unincorporated community in Louisiana, United States Wildsville is an unincorporated community in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located on U.S. Route 84, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Jonesville. Wildsville had a post office until May 13, 1995; it still has its own ZIP code, 71377.

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Genus of flies Discomyza is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae. Species

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Puerto Rican former boxer Luis Ortiz Flores (born November 5, 1965 in Humacao) is a Puerto Rican former boxer. Amateur career Ortiz had an award-winning amateur career, which led him to represent Puerto Rico in the 1984 Los Angeles summer Olympics. Ortiz at first wasn't very well known in Puerto Rico. Within days after he started competing in the Olympics, that changed, as he began to win bouts. When he secured a bronze medal at the games, he became a nationally known figure, because Puerto Rico had only had two other medalists in their Olympic history, Juan Evangelista Venegas (1948, bronze, boxing) and Orlando Maldonado (1976, bronze, boxing). Ortiz made history, however, when he secured the silver medal a few days before the end of the games. According to him, he weighed himself on the morning of the day before the gold medal fight in his Olympic village room, and he outweighed his division's weight limit (135 pounds) by one and a half pounds. As a consequence of that, since that moment and until the gold medal fight, he was placed in a strict, liquids-only diet by his training team. Ortiz made the weight for the fight and was allowed to fight for the gold medal. However, he lost the fight by a knockout in round two to future multiple-time professional world champion Pernell Whitaker. Ortiz and Arístides González also made history another way during these games: when Gonzalez won a bronze medal in boxing at the Middleweight division, these games became the first Olympic games in which Puerto Rico earned two medals in the same games. While José Torres, a Puerto Rican, won a silver medal in boxing at the 1956 Olympics, he did so representing the United States, as he was required to because he had resided there more than six months. Ortiz's silver medal is historically recognized by Puerto Rican sports historians as the first silver medal won by Puerto Rico. Nevertheless, Ortiz was the object of a hero's welcome by about 300 fans at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan when he returned home. His hometown officially welcomed him by placing many banners on street lights and thank you messages. Olympic results Pro career Ortiz tried professional boxing between 1985 and 1986. He did not enjoy much success in the professional rankings, winning 2 bouts and losing 1. All his three professional fights were won or lost by decision. Ortiz retired soon after his third bout, and now holds an office job in his native town. Retirement (1986–present) In 2016, Ortiz made a bid to become a delegate of the Puerto Rico Boxing Federation.

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Australian palaeontologist John Albert Long (born 1957) is an Australian paleontologist who is currently Strategic Professor in Palaeontology at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia. He was previously the Vice President of Research and Collections at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. He is also an author of popular science books. His main area of research is on the fossil fish of the Late Devonian Gogo Formation from northern Western Australia. It has yielded many important insights into fish evolution, such as Gogonasus and Materpiscis, the later specimen being crucial to our understanding of the origins of vertebrate reproduction. His love of fossil collecting began at age 7 and he graduated with PhD from Monash University in 1984, specialising in Palaeozoic fish evolution. He held postdoctoral positions at the Australian National University (1984–85, Rothmans Fellow), The University of Western Australia (1986–87, Queen Elizabeth II Award) and The University of Tasmania (1988–89, ARC Fellow) before taking up a position as Curator in Vertebrate Palaeontology at the Western Australian Museum (1989–2004), and then as Head of Sciences at Museum Victoria (2004–2009). Paleontological research Long's paleontological research has involved field work collecting and studying Palaeozoic fishes throughout Australia, Antarctica, South Africa, Iran, Vietnam, Thailand and China. Long's early research led to the refinement of a new biostratigraphic scheme for dating Palaeozoic sequences in Victoria, Australia. Most of his later research has focussed on collecting and describing the well-preserved 3-dimensional Devonian fishes from the Gogo Formation, Western Australia. His major discoveries from his field expeditions to the Gogo fossil sites (1986–2008) included the first complete skull of an osteolepiform fish, Gogonasus, and a new specimen showing that Gogonasus had large spiracles opening on top of its head. Other discoveries include several new types of dipnoans and arthrodires, and the discovery of the first Devonian fishes showing embryos inside them. This later discovery, published in the journal Nature (May 2008) was the first time that reproduction by internal fertilisation was demonstrated in the extinct Class Placodermi, and the oldest evidence for vertebrate viviparity yet discovered. One of the specimens, named Materpiscis, was also the only known fossil to show a mineralised umbilical structure linked to the unborn embryo. Nature magazine made a short documentary video about this discovery.[citation needed] Other Gogo fish fossils have been found showing remarkable preservation of 3-D muscle tissues, nerve cells and microcapillaries, making this one of the world's most extraordinary sites for exceptional preservation of fossils of this age. One of Long's discoveries, the placoderm Mcnamaraspis, made history by becoming Australia's first official state fossil emblem when it was declared by the Governor as the Western Australian fossil emblem on 5 December 1995. Science communication In addition to his work as a palaeontologist John Long has been prominent as a key science communicator in Australia, mainly through his many popular science books, written for both adults and children, which include works of fiction as well as non-fiction. His book The Rise of Fishes −500 Million Years of Evolution is widely used as a standard reference on fish evolution, and his books dealing with Australian dinosaurs and Mesozoic faunas, and on Australian and New Guinean prehistoric mammals were the first tomes to comprehensively cover these topics. His work collecting fossils in Antarctica was published as a book Mountains of Madness – A Scientist's Odyssey Through Antarctica that gave the first detailed account of a modern scientific expedition to Antarctica as told from the scientist's viewpoint. His work on the international fossil trade, which highlighted problems of fossil smuggling and ignorance of legislation, was made into a 2-part documentary series entitled The Dinosaur Dealers, and published as a book of the same name. He has been active in Australia since the late 1990s dealing with issues of fossil repatriation, legislation and heritage. His books for children include two novels based on cutting-edge research that paint vivid pictures of travelling back in time to experience the varied landscapes of prehistoric Australia (Mystery of Devils Roost, Journey to the Dawn of Time) as well as non-fiction works dealing mainly with dinosaurs and prehistory, but also with the environment and climate change and the development of human civilizations. Since 2013 John Long has written or been involved in producing some 30 article for The Conversation website which has had over 1.45 million hits. His work has been selected for the 2015 and 2017 Anthology of Best Australian Science Writing. Professional service John Long became the first Australian to hold the position of President of the Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology (SVP), an office between 2016 and 2018. As a member of the executive committee of the SVP between 2012 and 2018, he was involved in litigation against US President Donald Trump for reducing the area of National Monuments like Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah holding significant paleontological resources. In 2016 he became President of the Royal Society of South Australia. John Long has also been an active participant in protecting Australian fossil heritage. He has actively participated in the campaign to update the Heritage status of the Beaumaris fossil site in Melbourne to protect it from future development. Awards Long's awards include the 2001 Eureka Prize for the Promotion of Science, the 2003 Riversleigh Society Medal for promoting the understanding of Australian prehistory, and the 2008 Australasian Science Prize, a prize awarded across all disciplines of science and medicine each year by Australasian Science magazine for excellence in peer-reviewed research. The 2008 Prize was awarded for the discovery of the world's oldest vertebrate embryos. Long's literary awards include the 2006 Best Primary Reference book by the Australian Publishers Association for The Big Picture Book- Life on Earth Unfolding Through Time, which also picked up the 2006 Environmental Award for Children's Literature (non-fiction) and was short-listed for the best information book (Eve Pownall Award of the Children's Book Council) and shortlisted for best children's book in the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards 2006. In 2007 his book Swimming in Stone-The Amazing Gogo Fossils of the Kimberley was shortlisted for the Science writing prize of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. In 2011 Long and colleagues Kate Trinajstic, Gavin Young & Tim Senden were short-listed for the Eureka Prize for Scientific Research. In December 2011 Long received the 2011 Research Medal of the Royal Society of Victoria (Category Earth Sciences). In 2014 he was awarded the Verco Medal for research from the Royal Society of South Australia. In 2016 he was part of Prof Ross Large's team TEPO (Trace Elements in Past Oceans) which won the 2016 Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research. In 2019, he won the Jim Bettison and Helen James Award at the Adelaide Film Festival. Books

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Cycling race The 1945 Dwars door België was the inaugural edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 30 and 31 August 1945. The first section of the race began in Brussels and ended in Sint-Truiden; while the second section began in Sint-Truiden and ended in Waregem. The race was won by Rik Van Steenbergen. General classification

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English genealogist John Ives FRS and FSA (14 July 1751 – 9 January 1776) was an antiquarian and officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He was born in Great Yarmouth, the son of another John Ives, a wealthy merchant. He was baptized at a Congregationalist church and it was from a Congregationalist minister that he received his earliest educational instruction. He was planning to attend Gonville and Caius College but went to work in his father's counting-house in 1767. Due to his father's wealth, Ives did not need to take a job, and his growing interest in British antiquities made it undesirable. Ives was elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 13 June 1771. Shortly thereafter, Ives began to assemble material for a history of Lothingland, the north-easternmost part of Suffolk. This was never published, but a manuscript version of it, entitled Collectanea Lothinglandia or The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Lothingland can be found in the British Library. Ives was also able to spend time as a collector, thanks to his father's resources. He was also able to acquire a private press around the beginning of 1772. With this, he produced a printed copy of the baptismal and burial registers of Great Yarmouth for the preceding nine years in dated 5 September 1772. Ives was made a fellow of the Royal Society on 25 March 1773. That summer, he eloped with Sarah Kett at Lambeth on 16 July 1773. In October 1774 Ives was appointed Suffolk Herald of Arms Extraordinary at the College of Arms. As an officer extraordinary, he did not receive automatic access to the College's records. However, he was corresponding with John Charles Brooke, then Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary, which indicates that Ives was friendly with the officers in ordinary. He died of consumption at Great Yarmouth on 9 January 1776. He was buried with his family in Belton church. In accordance with his will, his collections were auctioned in the spring of 1777 in London, the proceeds going to Sarah, his widow.

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Palatinate-Neuburg (German: Herzogtum Pfalz-Neuburg) was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire, founded in 1505 by a branch of the House of Wittelsbach. Its capital was Neuburg an der Donau. Its area was about 2,750 km², with a population of some 100,000. History The Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was created in 1505 as the result of the Landshut War of Succession and existed until 1799 or 1808. After the so-called Kölner Spruch (Verdict of Cologne) the duchy was created from the territories north of the Danube for Otto Henry and Philipp, the sons of Ruprecht of the Palatinate. While they were minors, their grandfather Philip, Elector Palatine, ruled the duchy until his death in 1508, followed by Elector Frederick II. In 1541 elector Otto Henry converted to Lutheranism and his palace chapel at Neuburg Castle was the first newly built Protestant church of all, consecrated on 25 April 1543 by the reformed theologian Andreas Osiander. In 1557 Otto Henry became the Elector and ceded his duchy (the so-called Young Palatinate) to Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. The eldest son of Wolfgang, Philipp Louis, founded in 1569 the elder line of Palatine Zweibrücken-Neuburg, from which the Palatine Sulzbach lineage was separated in 1614. Palatinate-Neuburg joined the Protestant Union in 1608. In 1800, the duchy was invaded by the France and on June 26, 1800, the Habsburg, Württemberg and Bavarian armies fought a battle there. After fighting for most of a day, the Coalition armies withdrew. Neuburg was occupied by the French, and General Ney established his headquarters in the castle there. The Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was abolished in 1808. In the partition of Bavaria in 1837 Palatinate-Neuburg was joined with Swabia but became a part of Upper Bavaria in the 1970s. Dukes of Palatinate-Neuburg House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Neuburg With the death of Elector Charles Philip in 1742 all his territories including the state of Palatinate-Neuburg passed to the Palatinate-Sulzbach line of the Wittelsbach dynasty. Charles Theodor of the Sulzbach line was a descendant of Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, a brother of Wolfgang Wilhelm. House of Palatinate-Sulzbach House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

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List of cultural references to Grand Central Terminal describes the many appearances of this photogenic New York City landmark in pop culture as one of the classic Manhattan experiences. The terminal is seen in films such as North by Northwest, Chronos, Men in Black, Carlito's Way, Extreme Measures, K-PAX, Madagascar, and is prominently featured in two 1940s MGM films, The Clock and Grand Central Murder. In Terry Gilliam's 1991 The Fisher King, Grand Central commuters burst into a spontaneous waltz. The front of the terminal is seen in the opening scenes of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. In fiction, atomic pioneer Leo Szilard (one of the senior researchers on the Manhattan Project) wrote a short story entitled "Grand Central Station", about alien scientists who explore Grand Central Station as part of their mission to learn how life on Earth became extinct. A highly-regarded novel, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, was written by Elizabeth Smart, in 1945. Several short stories, such as "The Third Level" by Jack Finney, describe abandoned sections of Grand Central that lead the protagonists into adventure. A dramatic radio program called "Grand Central Station" was broadcast from 1937 through 1995, beginning on the NBC Radio Blue Network, and opening with the words, "As a bullet seeks its target, shining rails in every part of our great country are aimed at Grand Central Station, heart of the nation's greatest city." Although the Terminal's place in culture may be shifting, it has nevertheless had an imprint of everything from television to pillows. Other cultural references Television Literature Motion pictures Music Games Pillows

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Suburb of Castleford, West Yorkshire, England Ferry Fryston is a suburb of the town of Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield. The appropriate ward is called Airedale and Ferry Fryston. In the 18th century Ferry Fryston was a township and civil parish in the district of Pontefract. Water-Frystone, Wheldale, and Ferrybridge were hamlets within the parish. Coal mines existed within the boundaries of the former parish in New Fryston, locally known as Fryston Pit, and in Wheldale. The former closed in 1985. The area where the mine once stood has now been re-developed. Wakefield Metropolitan District Council approved plans in November 2007 for 150 new dwellings, parkland and public open space. The dwellings have still yet to be built. Wheldale colliery closed in 1987. Its buildings above ground have been demolished. The areas of both collieries have been subject to land remediation work. Most homes in the area were homes of local miners. Local authority housing was transferred in 2005 to a charitable community benefit organisation, Wakefield District Housing. Coordinates: 53°43′34″N 1°18′40″W / 53.726°N 1.311°W / 53.726; -1.311

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Australian rugby league footballer Roy Francis Beiber (1901-1955) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s. Playing career Former teenage Sydney boxer, Roy Beiber (or Bieber) was a South Sydney junior who came to the St. George club for one season in 1922. He re-joined South Sydney in 1924 and stayed for three seasons before retiring. Roy Beiber won a Reserve Grade premiership with the South Sydney Rabbitohs on 18 Sep 1926. Death Beiber died on 21 May 1955.

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Greek Greco-Roman wrestler Georgios Koutsioumpas (Greek: Γεώργιος Κουτσιούμπας; born May 18, 1981 in Trikala) is an amateur Greek Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's heavyweight category. Koutsioumpas represented his home nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and later picked up a silver medal in the 96-kg division at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain. Throughout his sporting career, Koutsioumpas, along with his older brother Xenofon, trained as a member of the Greco-Roman wrestling team for Olympiacos F.C. in Piraeus, and since 2012 they have been training at Atlas Mytilenes under their head coach Sotirios Petrakis. Koutsioumpas qualified as a member of the Greek squad in the men's 96 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by receiving an allocated place and an automatic spot for the host nation from the International Federation of Associated Wrestling (French: Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées, FILA). By the delight of the boisterous home crowd inside the Ano Liossa Olympic Hall, Koutsioumpas opened his match by edging Kazakhstan's Asset Mambetov out of the mat with an effortless throw, but suffered a tedious 6–11 blowout from Egypt's Karam Gaber on his second bout. Despite a single loss, Koutsioumpas continued to grapple powerfully against Poland's Marek Sitnik and paid off by a 3–2 sudden death decision. Finishing third in the prelim pool, Koutsioumpas' performance fell short to put him through into the quarterfinals, as he left his home crowd in agony. When Iran's Masoud Hashemzadeh was disqualified for an illegal protest during the bronze medal match, Koutsioumpas' position was eventually upgraded to seventh.

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Lalu may refer to: People Others Topics referred to by the same term

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Railway line in India The Kanpur–Delhi section is a railway line connecting Kanpur Central and Delhi. This section includes Agra Chord and Etah link. The main line is part of Howrah–Delhi main line and Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line. The Agra–Delhi chord is part of Delhi–Mumbai line and Delhi–Chennai line. History The East Indian Railway Company initiated efforts to develop a railway line from Howrah to Delhi in the mid nineteenth century. Even when the line to Mughalsarai was being constructed and only the lines near Howrah were put in operation, the first train ran from Allahabad to Kanpur in 1859 and the Kanpur–Etawah section was opened to traffic in the 1860s. For the first through train from Howrah to Delhi in 1864, coaches were ferried on boats across the Yamuna at Allahabad. With the completion of the Old Naini Bridge across the Yamuna through trains started running in 1865–66. The 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-wide metre-gauge Delhi–Bandikui and Bandikui–Agra lines of Rajputana State Railway were opened in 1874. The lines were converted to broad gauge in early 2000s. The Hathras Road–Mathura Cantt broad-gauge line was opened in 1875 and the Agra–Gwalior broad-gauge line was opened in 1881. The broad-gauge Agra–Delhi chord was opened in 1904. Some parts of it were relaid during the construction of New Delhi (inaugurated in 1927–28). The 61.80 km (38 mi) long 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge Barhan–Etah line was constructed in 1959. The 54.3 km (34 mi) long 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge Ghaziabad–Tughlakabad line, including bridge across Yamuna, was completed in 1966. Electrification The Kanpur–Panki sector was electrified in 1968–69, Panki–Tundla in 1971–72, Tundla–Aligarh–Ghaziabad in 1975–76, Ghaziabad–Nizamuddin–New Delhi–Delhi in 1976–77, Tilak Bridge-Fairdabad in 1982–83, Raja ki Mandi-Agra–Dhoulpur in 1984–85, Tundla–Yamuna Bridge in 1998–99 and Yamuna Bridge-Agra in 1990–91. Loco sheds Kanpur Central electric loco shed accommodates WAP-4 and WAG-7 electric locos. Agra diesel loco shed houses WDS-4 locomotives. The shed serves the requirement of shunting locos at different stations and Jhansi Workshop. Ghaziabad electric loco shed serves the Delhi area. It housed 47 WAP-1 locos in 2008. It also has WAM-4, WAP-4, WAP-5, WAP-7 and WAG-5HA locos. Speed limits The entire Howrah–Delhi line, via Howrah–Bardhaman chord and Grand Chord is classified as a "Group A" line which can take speeds up to 160 km/h (99 mph). Passenger movement Kanpur Central and Delhi on the main line, and Agra Cantonment and Mathura Junction on the Agra–Delhi chord are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway. Major railway stations Some of the important railway stations that lie in this section are-

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Sámi activist art group Suohpanterror is a Finland-based Sámi art and activist group. It includes a group of anonymous artists from Finland, Norway, and Sweden, producing memes and other visual arts distributed largely via social media, posters, and performance art. Suohpanterror describes its work as "artivism" with a focus on resisting "colonization and environmental injustice in Sápmi." History The group began its work in 2012, using Facebook as a distribution platform. Beyond social media, Suohpanterror's art has been exhibited at Littfest [sv] in Umeå, Sweden; the Siida Sámi Museum in Inari, Finland; the Helsinki City Library's Library 10 facility; the World Village Festival in Helsinki; the XXII Triennale di Milano in Italy; Saw/Gallery Nordic Lab in Ottawa; and the 2020 Biennale of Sydney in Australia. Suohpanterror was included in the SAAMELAISTA nykytaidetta = Dálá SÁMI dáidda = SÁMI Contemporary travelling exhibition of contemporary Sámi art that visited Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Germany in 2014–2015. "Suohpangiehta," the group's version of Rosie the Riveter, was used as the cover of the exhibition catalogue. The group's artists remain anonymous in an effort to keep the focus on their message, but Jokkmokk, Sweden-based artist Jenni Laiti acts as the group's spokesperson. The group's name, "Suohpanterror," comes from suohpan, the Northern Sámi language word for the lasso used to catch reindeer, plus the English word terror to mean "fear of the lasso." It refers in an ironic way to hostility towards Sámi asserting their identity and rights, including their sometimes being labeled terrorists. Suohpanterror is known for its propaganda posters that draw from pop art, advertising, and popular culture. The group's primary medium is digital art, employing détournement techniques, culture jamming, and political satire. This often means taking common images and giving them a Sámi context, such remaking the Barack Obama "Hope" poster as a portrait of former Sámi Parliament president Klemetti Näkkäläjärvi [fi]. "Suohpangiehta" One of Suohpanterror's most widely reproduced images is "Suohpangiehta," its 2013 reenvisioning of J. Howard Miller's "We Can Do It!" poster, replacing Rosie the Riveter's factory garb with a gátki, liidni, and gahpir (traditional Sámi clothing). Above her is the phrase "suohpangiehta," which translates literally from Northern Sámi as 'lasso hand' and refers to someone particularly skilled in using a lasso. The image has been described as speaking to Sámi feminism, as well as appropriating notions of American power and military might. Suohpanterror spokesperson Jenni Laiti describes the image as saying to Sámi "This is who we are and we can do it." Message In line with the Sámi ČSV movement, Suohpanterror seeks to draw attention to the rights of the Sámi people and the grievances they have experienced with its "artivism," including discrimination and racism, exploitation of Sápmi's natural resources, and Finland's failure to ratify International Labour Organization Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples. Some of Suohpanterror's works are intended for internal discussion among Sámi, while others are for the majority Nordic population. The group also comments on the problems of indigenous peoples and minorities living elsewhere in the world. Suohpanterror says it encourages civil disobedience, but does not condone violence. In 2014, the group mounted a public display of anti-mining posters in Utsjoki, Finland, to support opposition to plans for a diamond mine in the area. In 2015, Suohpanterror worked with Greenpeace and Niillas Holmberg [fi] when Holmberg scaled the equestrian statue of Marshal Mannerheim in Helsinki to unfurl banners and the Sámi flag in protest of Finland's policies towards Sámi and the Arctic. In 2016, the group designed a May Day logo for the Finnish Communist Party (SKP) with a raised Sámi fist and the Finnish–Sámi bilingual slogan "Alas porvarihallitus! — Borgárráđđehus vulos!" ('Down with the bourgeois government!'). The same year, the group send postcards depicting hanged Sámi to the Parliament of Finland to protest the Teno Fisheries Agreement. In 2018, Suohpanterror partnered with Greenpeace and Sámi youth organization Suoma Sámi Nuorat [se] to protest plans for the Arctic Ocean Railway. Awards Suohpanterror was awarded the 2016 Finnish Critics Association [fi] Kritiikin Kannukset [fi] Award. According to the jury, Suohpanterror was recognized for "using the language of art in a striking and artistic way," as well as for combining icons from art history and popular culture with documentary themes. Suohpanterror is the first group of anonymous artists to receive a Kritiikin Kannukset Award. Exhibitions A partial list of solo and group exhibitions featuring Suohpanterror

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Conservative Baptists adhering to a degree of Calvinist beliefs Primitive Baptists – also known as Hard Shell Baptists, Foot Washing Baptists or Old School Baptists – are conservative Baptists adhering to a degree of Calvinist beliefs who coalesced out of the controversy among Baptists in the early 19th century over the appropriateness of mission boards, tract societies, and temperance societies. The adjective "primitive" in the name is used in the sense of "original". History The controversy over whether churches or their members should participate in mission boards, Bible tract societies, and temperance societies led the Primitive Baptists to separate from other general Baptist groups that supported such organizations, and to make declarations of opposition to such organizations in articles like the Kehukee Association Declaration of 1827. The Kehukee Primitive Baptist Church released a proclamation that they rejected formal service institutions outside of the church. The declaration proposed that Upon examination, it was found that most of the churches had given their opinions; and after an interchange of sentiments among the members of this body, it was agreed that we discard all Missionary Societies, Bible Societies and Theological Seminaries, and the practices heretofore resorted to for their support, in begging money from the public; and if any persons should be among us, as agents of any of said societies, we hereafter discountenance them in those practices; and if under a character of a minister of the gospel, we will not invite them into our pulpits; believing these societies and institutions to be the inventions of men, and not warranted from the word of God. We further do unanimously agree that should any of the members of our churches join the fraternity of Masons, or, being members, continue to visit the lodges and parades, we will not invite them to preach in our pulpits, believing them to be guilty of such practices; and we declare non-fellowship with them and such practices altogether. The official split between "Old School" and "New School" Baptists occurred during a meeting at the Black Rock Church on September 28, 1832 in Butler, MD. This became known as the Black Rock Address. Primitive Baptist churches arose in the mountainous regions of the American South, where they are found in their greatest numbers. African-American Primitive Baptist groups have been considered a unique category of Primitive Baptist. Approximately 50,000 African Americans are affiliated with African-American Primitive Baptist churches as of 2005. Approximately 64,000 people were affiliated (as of 1995) with Primitive Baptist churches in the various other emergences of Primitive Baptists. Since arising in the 19th century, the influence of Primitive Baptists has waned as "Missionary Baptists became the mainstream". Theological views Primitive Baptists reject some elements of Calvin's theology, such as infant baptism, and avoid the term "Calvinist". They are still Calvinist in the sense of holding strongly to the Five Points of Calvinism and they explicitly reject Arminianism. They are also characterized by "intense conservatism". One branch, the Primitive Baptist Universalist church of central Appalachia, developed their own unique Trinitarian Universalist theology as an extension of the irresistible grace doctrine of Calvinist theology. They were encouraged in this direction by 19th century itinerant Christian universalist preachers of similar theological bent to Hosea Ballou and John Murray. Distinct practices Primitive Baptist practices that are distinguishable from those of other Baptists include a cappella singing, family integrated worship, and foot washing. A cappella singing Primitive Baptists generally do not play musical instruments as part of their worship services. They believe that all church music should be a cappella because there is no New Testament command to play instruments, but only to sing. Further, they connect musical instruments in the Old Testament with "many forms and customs, many types and shadows, many priests with priestly robes, many sacrifices, festivals, tithings" that they see as having been abolished; "had they been needed in the church Christ would have brought them over". African-American Primitive Baptists may not share the general Primitive Baptist opposition to musical instruments, however. Family integrated worship Primitive Baptists reject the idea of Sunday School, viewing it as unscriptural and interfering with the right of parents to give religious instruction to their children. Instead, children sit with their parents and participate in the church service just like the rest of the congregation. Informal training of preachers Primitive Baptists consider theological seminaries to have "no warrant or sanction from the New Testament, nor in the example of Christ and the apostles". Foot washing Most Primitive Baptists perform foot washing as a symbol of humility and service among the membership. The sexes are separated during the ritual where one person washes the feet of another. The practice is credited with increasing equality, as opposed to hierarchy, within Primitive Baptist churches. Notable churches

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The 2011–12 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship was the ninth staging of the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the 2003–04 season. The All-Ireland final was played on 12 February 2012 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Milltown/Castlemaine and Davitts. Milltown/Castlemaine won the match by 1-13 to 1-06 to claim their first ever championship title.

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