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Annual event The 2018 Teen Choice Awards ceremony was held on August 12, 2018, at the Forum in Inglewood, California. The awards celebrated the year's achievements in music, film, television, sports, fashion, comedy, and the internet, and are voted on by viewers aged 13 and over living in the United States through various social media sites. The biggest winner of the night was Riverdale, earning nine of its twelve nominations, including Choice Drama Series for the second year running, and only losing to itself in categories where it was nominated twice. The Greatest Showman also won big, earning five of its nine nods including Choice Drama Movie and Choice Movie Drama Actor, won by Zac Efron. Performers Winners and nominees The first wave of nominations were announced on June 13, 2018. The second wave was announced on June 22, 2018. Winners are listed first, in bold. Movies Television Movies and television Music Digital Fashion Sports Miscellaneous
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England international rugby union footballer Dominic Chapman (born (1976-03-07)7 March 1976) is an English former rugby union footballer who played as a back three player. He won his only England cap against Australia during the 1998 "Tour of Hell". He played for a rugby club team in Richmond, London.
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1982 single by Jo Jo Zep "Taxi Mary" is a pop song written by Jeff Burstin, Joe Camilleri and Tony Faehse and recorded by the Australian musicians Jo Jo Zep (pseudonym of Camilleri) and Jane Clifton (who is uncredited on the song). It was released in September 1982 as the lead single from Zep's seventh studio album, Cha (1982). Camilleri later said that the song came at a time when "we weren't looking too good on the charts. I needed a hair transplant, I needed some work on my teeth, I needed platform shoes and to put my kids through University". The song peaked at number 11 on the Kent Music Report in Australia. Track listing 7" (Mushroom – K-8818) Charts
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German gridiron football player (born 1980) American football player Ben Ishola (born June 8, 1980) is a German former professional gridiron football defensive end. He most recently played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Indiana. Ishola was born in Berlin, Germany; his father is Nigerian. Ishola was also a member of the Hamburg Sea Devils, Indianapolis Colts, Montreal Alouettes, and the Cincinnati Bengals.
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Mike-Mayer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Species of moth Crambus sebrus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1961. It is found in Malawi.
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Irish Gaelic footballer (1937–2022) Vincent Harvey (1937 – 1 November 2022) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and manager. He played with club side Éire Óg and at inter-county level with the Carlow senior football team. Harvey also served as manager of a range of club teams. Playing career Harvey was a founder-member of the Éire Óg club in Carlow in 1956. He enjoyed his first success at adult level when Éire Óg won the Carlow JFC title in 1958. The following decade saw Harvey win Carlow SFC titles with the club in 1960, 1962, 1965, 1967 and 1968. His performances at club level earned a call-up to the Carlow senior football team and he made a number of appearances for the team in the National League and Leinster Championship. Management career After his playing days, Harvey managed a number of club teams in Carlow, Wicklow, Kildare, Laois and Wexford. He brought various championship successes to Kiltegan, Ballymanus, Tinahely, Coolboy and Knockananna. Harvey was also manager of the Carlow under-21 team that reached the Leinster final in 1984. Personal life and death In his working life, Harvey started his working life as a telegram boy with Carlow Post Office, graduating to postman for the Carlow area. He later took up a position as rate and revenue collector with Carlow County Council. Harvey died on 1 November 2022, at the age of 85. Honours Player Éire Óg Management Kiltegan Ballymanus Tinahely Coolboy Knockananna
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{"document_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archipelago_International"}
Archipelago International, formerly known as Aston International, is a full-service hotel management chain in Southeast Asia, and notably, the largest in Indonesia. Archipelago International entered the Southeast Asian market in 1997 and has an underlying portfolio consisting of more than 200 properties including hotels, condotels, resorts, serviced apartments and boutique villa resorts, of which more than 150 are operational (consisting of more than 20,000 rooms), and 100 more hotels are under development. Properties of Hotels and Resorts Saudi Arabia Cuba Indonesia Banten ASTON, ASTON Inn & ASTON City favehotel Jakarta GRAND ASTON ASTON, ASTON Inn & ASTON City HARPER NEO+ & NEO favehotel West Java ASTON, ASTON Inn & ASTON City The Alana HARPER Quest NEO+ & NEO favehotel Central Java ASTON, ASTON Inn & ASTON City The Alana Quest Hotel NEO+ & NEO favehotel Yogyakarta GRAND ASTON collection by ASTON The Alana NEO+ & NEO HARPER favehotel East Java ASTON, ASTON Inn & ASTON City The Alana Quest Hotel NEO+ & NEO favehotel Bali ASTON HOTEL NEO HARPER KAMUELA VILLAS QUEST HOTEL favehotels West Nusa Tenggara ASTON favehotels East Nusa Tenggara ASTON HOTEL NEO Sumatera ASTON favehotels HARPER Kalimantan ASTON favehotels HOTEL NEO QUEST HOTEL Sulawesi ASTON favehotels HARPER Papua ASTON favehotels Malaysia Philippines (Hotels in the Philippines are under management of Chroma Hospitality, a subsidiary of Filinvest)
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Miss Vickie's is a Canadian brand of potato chips made by Frito-Lay in the United States and Canada. The chips are kettle cooked and come in a variety of flavours. They are sold in Canada, Europe, and the United States. Originating on a farm from a recipe her mother had given to her, Miss Vickie slightly altered her inherited recipe by adding peanut oil to the potato chips. History The recipe originated with Vickie and Bill Kerr, at their potato farm in New Lowell, Ontario. The chips saw their debut at the 14th annual Alliston Potato Festival in 1987, gained quick popularity amongst festival attendees and completely sold out. Over the next few years the chips were produced and marketed from Pointe-Claire, Quebec, and became popular throughout all of Canada, holding 1% of the national market. On February 1, 1993, Miss Vickie's was purchased by Hostess Frito-Lay.
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Kirika may refer to: Fictional characters Other uses Topics referred to by the same term
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Species of moth Ichneutica marmorata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand and can be found in the North Island at the Tongariro National Park and at Puketitiri near the Kaweka Range. In the South Island it is widespread. It prefers alpine to subalpine habitat but occurs down to sea level altitudes in more southern locations. Adults are on the wing from late October to February. Larvae of this species may use tussock grasses in the genus Chionochloa as their host and they have been reared on Festuca novae-zelandiae. Taxonomy This species was first described by George Hudson in 1924 using a single specimen collected by James Wishart Campbell at Arthur's Pass. Hudson originally named the species Persectania marmorata. The female holotype specimen is held at the Canterbury Museum. Later in 1924 Alfred Philpott also described this species and named it Ichneutica dives. In 1927 Philpott synonymised this name with I. marmorata. J. S. Dugdale discussed this species in his 1988 catalogue under the name I. marmorata. In 2019 Robert Hoare undertook a major review of New Zealand Noctuidae. During this review he confirmed that this species falls within the Ichneutica genus. Description Hudson describes the female adult of the species as follows: The expansion of the wings of the female is 1+1⁄2. The fore-wings are rather narrow with the termen moderately oblique, very slightly scalloped ; reddish grey ; the lines and stigmata outlined in black ; the stigmatic, basal and costal region (as far as the second line) heavily suffused with white ; the basal line is indicated by two short bars, one on the costa, the other below the subcostal vein ; first line interrupted, very strongly waved, from 1⁄4 of costa to 1⁄3 of dorsum ; claviform obscure ; orbicular small, very elongate, clearly outlined in black ; a conspicuous, almost elliptical black marking between orbicular and reniform ; reniform large, margined with black except towards costa and dorsum, white, with two small cloudy yellowish-brown marks within ; second line strongly dentate, from 2⁄3 of costa to near middle of dorsum, a very deep oblique sinuation between veins 1 and 2 ; subterminal line moderately dentate ; beyond subterminal line there is a conspicuous series of partly confluent ochreous spots; a terminal series of small blackish lunules ; the cilia are red-brown. The hind-wings are very pale ochreous-grey, with a series of very faint terminal lunules ; the cilia are almost white. The pupa has large raised and wrinkled ridges on its dorsal side and has a long forked cremaster. The male of the species has a wingspan of between 33 and 41 mm and the female has a wingspan of between 41 and 46 mm. The adults of I. marmorata are variable in appearance and may be confused with I. notata or I. chryserythra. I. marmorata can be distinguished from I. notata as the former has violet-reddish or grey coloured forewings where as I. notata has forewings that have a slight greenish shade. The male I. notata also has longer pectinations of the antenna. I. chryserythra can be distinguished from I. marmorata as it lacks the dark edging on the markings found on the forewing of I. marmorata specimens. Distribution This species is endemic to New Zealand. It has been observed in only two areas of the North Island, Tongariro National Park and at Puketitiri. In the South Island this species is widespread. Habitat It prefers alpine to sub alpine habitats in its central North Island and northern South Island range but moving southwards down the country this moth can occur at lower altitudes including for example at sea level in Fiordland. Behaviour Adults of this species are on the wing from late October to February, and are attracted to sugar traps. Life history and host species The information on the life history of this species is not definitive. A possible host of the larvae of this moth is tussock grass as the female of I. marmorata has been seen laying eggs on Chionochloa rubra subsp. cuprea. Larvae have been reared on Festuca novae-zelandiae.
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1998 Indian film Achaammakkuttiyude Achaayan is a 1998 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Rajan P. Dev and starring Rajan P. Dev and Srividya in the lead roles. Cast Awards
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International Christian youth organization The Girls' Brigade is an international, interdenominational Christian youth organisation. It was founded in 1893 in Dublin, Ireland. The modern organization was formed as the result of the amalgamation of three like-minded and similarly structured organizations in 1964: the Girls' Brigade of Ireland (1893), the Girls' Guildry of Scotland (1900), and the Girls' Life Brigade of England (1902). The international headquarters are currently based in Derbyshire, England. The organization operates in over 50 countries worldwide and is divided into five Fellowships: African, Asian, Caribbean and Americas, European, and Pacific. International conferences have been held every four years since 1998, when the conference was in Australia. It was in Thailand in 2002, Northern Ireland in 2006, Malaysia in 2010, Australia in 2014 and Zambia in 2018. The Queen Mother and Princess Alice were Girls' Brigade's patrons until their deaths in 2002 and 2004 respectively. There are, at the moment,[when?] no living patrons. From 1983 until her death in 2020, Olive Hilda Miller was Vice-Patron of Brigade International. Girls' Brigade Vision statement, principles, motto, and aim The international vision statement is "Girls' lives transformed, God's world enriched" The Girls' Brigade's principles are to acknowledge Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord and seek to fulfil his aim, witness to the standard set by Jesus Christ and give positive teaching on Christian values, and promote a just society where all people are equally valued. The motto of the Girls' Brigade is "Seek, serve and follow Christ" and its aim is "to help girls become followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, and through self control, reverence and a sense of responsibility to find true enrichment of life". Because of the youth development aspect of its work, the Girls' Brigade is a member of The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS) and has been since 1936, when it was one of NCVYS's founding organisations. Girls' Brigade programme The Girls' Brigade programme in many countries follows four themes: Spiritual, Physical, Educational and Social. These words spell SPES which is Latin for Hope. It was said that each girl in Girls' Brigade was a hope for the future. The four themes of the program are based on a Bible verse in Luke " And Jesus grew in body and wisdom, gaining favor with God and men " (Luke 2v52). Physical is in relation to Jesus growing in body, educational in relation to Jesus growing in wisdom, spiritual is in him growing closer to God and the social is the way that Jesus develops in his relationships with men. Also the girls are encouraged to participate in activities other than just badge work. These include leadership courses for 14- to 21-year-olds, and most companies or districts arrange camps or holidays, usually one per year. Moreover, the Girls' Brigade helps its members with the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme. Girls' Brigade projects The type of activities the Girls' Brigade provides ranges from weekly activity-packed programmes to social engagement projects. Summer camps, activity days, residential training events and mission trips are also common. Sections in Girls' Brigade In Ireland, the Girls' Brigade are divided into the following sections The Main leader is called the "Captain" and her next in charge is the "Lieutenant" In Scotland, the Girls Brigade is divided into the following sections: In England and Wales, the Girls' Brigade is divided into the following Sections: Girls cannot carry onto the next section of n:fluence 14–18 training without completing the previous section. They may however start at a slightly older age. If someone joins Girls' Brigade later in life and has not previously participated in Girls' Brigade they can complete n:fluence 18+ training in order to gain Leader status. As of 31 March 2005, there were 6,109 n:vestigate members, 7,534 n:gage members, 4,016 n:counta members, 1,913 n:spire, 405 young leaders, 124 helpers, 1,967 leaders in 707 Companies within England & Wales. In other countries, the names of the Sections (sometimes called Units) may vary, as may the ages of girls in those units. These age variations are usually based around the local schooling ages. Explorers may be called Cadets. Brigaders are sometimes called Pioneers. In some countries, there are 4 different Sections or Units. In Australia, the Units are: In New Zealand, the Girls Brigade companies are divided as follows: In Malaysia, the Girls Brigade companies are divided as so: Girls who have reached 15 years of age can become Young Leaders. A girl can become a Leader after they are 18 years old. Crest The crest is a registered trade mark of Girls' Brigade England & Wales. However, all Girls' Brigade companies around the world have the right to use it. In the centre is a Cross, the symbol of Christ and his Church. Below the cross is a Lamp, which represents the light of the Girls' Brigade shining upon the World. Above it is a Crown, of Christ as King. Behind it all, is a Torch, the flame of Christ's living spirit. The badge incorporates symbols from the three original organizations and is, therefore, in itself a symbol of union, as well as faith and allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ. The Girls Brigade which formed in Ireland in 1893, brought in the Cross. The Girls' Guildry which formed in 1900 in Scotland, brought in the Lamp. Lastly, the Girls' Life Brigade, which formed in 1902 in England, brought in the Crown. They amalgamated in 1965. A competition was held to design the crest for the amalgamated organisation, which was won by Constance Fasham.[citation needed] International The International President of the Girls' Brigade is Priscilla Penny (Africa). The International Treasurer is Joyce Evans of (England and Wales). The International Vice-Presidents are the Chairmen from each Fellowship. All figures next to country names are of the number of Girls' Brigade members within the country, they are accurate as of 2004: African Fellowship Bridget Leher (Zimbabwe) is the Fellowship Chairman. There are 14 African countries that have Girls' Brigade companies: Asian Fellowship Tay Poh Imm (Singapore) is the Fellowship Chairman. There are 12 Asian countries that have Girls' Brigade companies: Caribbean and Americas Fellowship Andrea Stevens (Cayman Islands) is the Fellowship Chairman. There are 21 countries in the Americas that have Girls' Brigade companies: Europe Fellowship Claire Rush (Northern Ireland) is the Fellowship Chairman. There are six (see below) countries within the Europe fellowship that have Girls' Brigade companies: Currently England & Wales run as one country for Girls' Brigade even though they are distinct countries. Pacific Fellowship Renelle Neale (Australia) is the International Vice President for the Pacific. There are 13 countries within the Pacific Fellowship that have Girls' Brigade companies:
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Prodigals is a play (2011) by Sean Minogue about a group of twenty-somethings in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario who spend their days drinking in a bar while awaiting the results of a friend's murder trial. Release The play premiered in May 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia as the first original production of the Twenty-Something Theatre company. Described as a "notable accomplishment" by one critic and "an impressive and polished first play" by another, the premiere was directed by Peter Boychuk, produced by Sabrina Evertt, stage manager Aliya Rozenberg and featured Tara Pratt as Jen, Timothy Johnston as Wesley, Jameson Parker as Greg, Brandyn Eddy as Nips, Aslam Husain as Eliot, and Kirsten Kilburn as Nina. A workshop production was previously produced in May 2010 at Vancouver's Havana restaurant and theatre, which also elicited positive reactions from critics. Feature film adaptation Minogue adapted his play into a feature screenplay and sold the option to Vancouver-based production company Whiskaye Films, the company behind the White Ninja web series. The film stars David Alpay and Sara Canning, both of whom previously appeared on The Vampire Diaries television series. Shot in Sault Ste. Marie and Vancouver, the film premiered on November 30, 2017 at the Whistler Film Festival in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Prodigals the film will be brought to theatres in spring 2018 by Toronto-based indie distributor LevelFilm.
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Australian bishop Richard Alexander Lewers (known as Rick Lewers) (born 1957–58) is an Australian bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia, who served as the Bishop of Armidale from 29 May 2012 to 30 January 2021. Early life and parish ministry Lewers grew up in the Sutherland Shire and originally worked in banking. He studied for ministry at Sydney Missionary and Bible College and Moore Theological College. After his ordination, he served a curacy in the late 1980s at Liverpool, and then moved to the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn for 11 years, eventually serving as Rector of St Matthew's, Wanniassa. While in Canberra, Lewers served as sports chaplain to the Canberra Cosmos FC and the ACT Brumbies. Lewers then returned to the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, working for the Diocese's Department of Evangelism and then serving as the rector of Engadine Anglican Church, a position which he held until his election as bishop. Episcopal ministry In November 2011, Lewers was appointed as the new Bishop of Armidale, succeeding Peter Brain who had served for the previous 11 years and who had retired in April that year. He consecrated bishop in St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney on 25 May 2012 by Archbishop of Sydney Peter Jensen, and installed as Bishop of Armidale in St Peter's Cathedral, Armidale on 29 May 2012. As Bishop, Lewers wrote a column in the local news, the Armidale Express, called "Faith Matters". Lewers announced his intention to resign as Bishop on 21 July 2020 to take up a Rector's position at Shoalhaven Heads, New South Wales, with the resignation to take effect from 30 January 2021. Personal life Lewers is married to Janene, and has 3 adult children.
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Shemira (Hebrew: שמירה, lit. "watching" or "guarding") refers to the Jewish religious ritual of watching over the body of a deceased person from the time of death until burial. A male guardian is called a shomer (שומר‎), and a female guardian is a shomeret (שומרת‎). Shomrim (plural, שומרים‎) are people who perform shemira. In Israel, shemira refers to all forms of guard duty, including military guard duty. An armed man or woman appointed to patrol a grounds or campus for security purposes would be called a shomer or shomeret. History Historically, shemira was a form of guard duty, to prevent the desecration of a body prior to burial. The body guards, "guardians of the dead," perform a thankless task—literally. In the Talmud, in b. Berachot 18a and Shabbat 151b, the purpose of shemira was to guard against rodents, as rodents fear the living and not the dead, an idea derived from Genesis 9:2 which puts the fear of man into other living creatures. Shemira is practiced out of respect for the dead, in that they should not be abandoned prior to their arrival in their new "home" in the ground. This serves as a comfort for the surviving loved ones as well. Burial is intended to take place in as short an interval of time after death as possible. Displaying of the body prior to burial does not take place. According to various midrashic tradition, while as Rabbi Mordechai Levine a student of HaRav HaGaon Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg zt"l points out, the burial will have taken place as soon as possible and generally within a day or two, the soul hovers over the body for either three days (Genesis Rabbah 100:7 and Leviticus Rabbah 18:1) or seven days - the period of shiva - mourning (Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer, chapter 34) after death. The human soul is somewhat lost and confused between death and before burial, and it stays in the general vicinity of the body, until the body is interred. The shomrim sit and read aloud comforting psalms during the time that they are watching the body. This serves as a comfort for both the spirit of the departed who is in transition, and the shomer or shomeret. Traditionally, shomrim read Psalms or the Book of Job. Shomrim are also encouraged to meditate, pray, and read spiritual texts, or texts about death. Shomrim are prohibited from eating, drinking, or smoking in the shemira room out of respect for the dead, who can no longer do these things. Performing shemira is considered a mitzvah. The Shulhan Aruch (Yoreh Deah 341:6) explains that one who is guarding the body is exempt from all other mitzvot. Shomrim are allowed to be paid, as this mitzvah is not benefiting from the dead, but helping to relieve the burden of the relatives whose duty it is to guard the body. In some communities individuals are paid to do this, while in others it is done on a volunteer basis, often by friends of the family of the deceased or members of a chevra kadisha, Jewish burial society. It is not necessary for the shomrim to be literally watching the body. The body may be covered or in a closed casket already, but there should be someone present in the room at all times. In some cases this may extend to the next room, provided that the door to the room of the deceased is open. Other traditions consider it acceptable as long as someone is present in the building.
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Samuli Pohjamo (born 4 April 1950) is a Finnish Centre Party politician and journalist, born in Oulu. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 to 2004, and again from 19 April 2007. In the spring of 1999, the Finnish MEP Sirkka-Liisa Anttila opted to resign three months before her term was up to accept a position in the Parliament of Finland. Pohjamo, having been second runner-up in the previous election (Olli Rehn, the first Centre Party runner-up, declined), became a member for the brief period until the next election, the following summer. In the 1999 European Parliament elections, Pohjamo was re-elected with a 25,000 votes, most of them coming from his home region in Oulu. During his five-year term he served as a member of the Committee on Regional Development. In the 2004 election, Pohjamo increased his tally of votes to 27,490, but his lack of nationwide support (only 3,000 of those votes came from outside the Oulu electoral district) caused him to fall short of the mark, becoming his party's first runner-up. When fellow Centre Party representative Paavo Väyrynen resigned his membership in the European Parliament to move into the position of Finland's Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Pohjamo was once again raised from the position of runner-up into a parliament member. Samuli Pohjamo has been an editor-in-chief in Suomenmaa.
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Bulgarian American psychiatrist Iliyan Stoyanov Ivanov is a Bulgarian American psychiatrist. Early life and education Iliyan Ivanov was born on 18 July 1963 in Burgas, Bulgaria. He graduated medicine at the Medical University of Varna with summa cum laude. While studying at the Geo Milev English Language High School, Ivanov received his fine arts training under the mentorship of internationally recognized Bulgarian painter George Yanakiev. In 1994 Ivanov emigrated to the United States, and until 1996 lived in Nashville, Tennessee and Anderson, Indiana. In 1996 Ivanov moved to New York City, where he lives with his wife and two children. Career Scientific Ivanov studied psychiatry and did medical residencies in clinical psychiatry at the Maimonides Medical Center and the Mount Sinai Hospital, where he also had a fellowship in child psychiatry. In 2011-2012 he was also a junior scholar at the Alcohol Medical Scholar Program. He is a professor of psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine in New York and a medical director of CARES and FuTuReS programs at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital. He is author of over 60 peer-reviewed publications featured in the American Journal of Psychiatry, JAMA Psychiatry and the Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. He has contributed over 10 chapters to different textbooks on psychiatric and addiction disorders. Artistic Ivanov and his wife are among the associate producers of the short drama film Feeling Through, nominated for the 2021 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, which won eight different awards in several festivals. Ivanov is also an artist, who started with a one-person show, “Tides of Time,” at the Ryden Galleries in Anderson. He has presented his art at different galleries in New York, among them Chashama and CURB Galleries, as well as the New York Collection at the Albright-Knox gallery in Buffalo, the d.u.m.b.o. International Art Festival, the Toronto Art Salon, the New York Emerging Artists Gala, Denise Bibro Fine Art and others. He had his first Internet show at the ImagineStation website in 2004, and had since presented at Neoimage, Energy gallery, and Projekt30. Ivanov, together with other colleagues of his, is a member of a music band, called The Shrinks. Professional affiliations and awards Ivanov is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (NYCCAP). He is also a member of the Adolescent Substance Abuse Committee at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and of the Program Committee of the Society of Biological Psychiatry. He has been recognized for his work as the 2015 Distinguished Fellow of the AACAP and the 2019 Hulse Award by the NYCCAP, among others. Ivanov and his wife, Dana Prodanova, are honorary citizens of Burgas.
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Tanya Helen Oxtoby (born 15 June 1982) is an Australian soccer coach and former player, who is an assistant coach for Women's Super League club Chelsea. A centre-back during her playing career, she signed for FA WSL club Doncaster Rovers Belles in February 2012, after four seasons playing for Perth Glory in the Australian W-League. In July 2012, she agreed to manage Nottingham Forest Ladies, in addition to her playing duties with Doncaster. After finishing her playing career with Everton, she worked full-time as a coach with Notts County Ladies, as their Development Team Manager. After returning home to Australia in 2015 to the club she captained, Oxtoby became the assistant coach for Perth Glory Women, helping guide the Glory to their only Premiers Plate, winning the league, as well as their first ever grand final appearance. During this period, she also set up Tanya Oxtoby Football Coaching, her own coaching and mentoring business for female footballers and coaches. She also spent 18 months working with the Australian under 20 team, as an assistant coach and video analyst. Following a successful stint back in Australia, Oxtoby was offered an exceptional role as Head Coach and Director of Development at Notts County Ladies in early 2016, a role coupled with first team assistant coach duties. Oxtoby became the Head of Women's Football and Futsal at the University of Nottingham, to oversee the entire development pathway for Notts County Ladies. In 2016, Oxtoby was recruited by Birmingham City Ladies to become an assistant coach with the first team in the Women's Super League. From 2018 to 2021, she was the manager of Bristol City, and has since had assistant roles with the Scotland women's national football team and Chelsea. Playing career Born in Wickham, Western Australia, Oxtoby began playing as an eight-year-old in the Pilbara town of Wickham, initially playing in a team coached by her father. Between 1995 and 1999, she attended the Soccer Excellence Program at John Curtin College of the Arts. In 1999, Oxtoby was selected for the Australian Under–19 Schoolgirls team but did not make the touring squad to England. In 2005, Oxtoby was appointed captain of the Western Waves in the Australian Women's National Soccer League. In 2008, she was appointed captain of Perth Glory's women's team in the W-League. She was one of only a few players of Indigenous descent to play in the W-League, and the first indigenous player to captain her side. In February 2009, she was named best player for the Glory, winning the Most Glorious Women's Player award. Oxtoby collected the same award for her performances in the 2011 season. Overall, she played 40 matches for the Glory between 2008 and 2012. Oxtoby, who has dual English–Australian citizenship, joined Glory teammate Katie Holtham at Doncaster Rovers Belles for the 2012 FA WSL season. Coaching career In 2007, Oxtoby was appointed assistant coach of the Football West National Training Centre. During 2008, she was appointed Western Australia women's Under-15 coach. In July 2012, Oxtoby was appointed manager and head coach of English FA Women's Premier League Northern Division club Nottingham Forest, a role she combined with playing for Doncaster in the FA WSL. In August 2013, Oxtoby accepted a coaching role with the reserve team of WSL club Notts County Ladies, before she returned to Australia. After returning home to Australia in 2014 to the club she captained, Oxtoby become the assistant coach for Perth Glory Women. She helped guide the Glory to the Premiers plate winning the league, and their first ever grand final appearance. During this period, she also set up Tanya Oxtoby Football Coaching, her own coaching and mentoring business for female footballers. She also spent 18 months working with the Australian under 20 team, as an assistant coach and video analyst. Following a successful stint with back in Australia, she then moved back to Notts County Ladies in early 2016 as their Director of Development and first team assistant coach, and become Head of Women's Football and Futsal at the University of Nottingham. In 2017, Oxtoby was recruited by Birmingham City Ladies to become an assistant coach with a focus on out of possession with the first team in the Women's Super League. Oxtoby was then recruited at the Talent Identification and Transition Manager for English Colleges Women's National Team, a position she held for two years. She also served as lifestyle advisor for Team GB Goal Ball, a Paralympic sport. In July 2018, Bristol City Women named Oxtoby its new manager. In her first season with Bristol City, she won two manager of the month awards and took them to a record breaking points tally finishing in 6th place in the Women's Super League, with the most notable results being draws against Chelsea and Manchester City. She managed to ensure Bristol's safety in the WSL in the following season, despite having the lowest budget of all the teams competing within the league, as well as a crippling injury list. She is renowned as an exceptional player developer, identifying young English talent and providing them the opportunity to excel within her provided environment and earn game time at the highest level. The likes of Ebony Salmon, Poppy Pattinson, Katie Robinson and Aimee Palmer are among some of the best young talent to come through under her supervision. In August 2021, she stepped down as manager following her maternity leave, and was succeeded by Lauren Smith. Following a short stint with the Scotland women's national football team as an assistant coach, Oxtoby joined Chelsea in the same role in September 2021. Personal life As well as being a UEFA A licence coach, Oxtoby also holds a Diploma in Football Management from the League Managers Association (LMA), and is a qualified sports psychologist. In November 2020, she tested positive for COVID-19 but recovered. In December 2020, she announced that she was pregnant with a son with her partner Alice Kempski who plays for Cheltenham Town Ladies. She announced that she would be taking maternity leave with Matt Beard taking over coaching duties at Bristol City until the end of the season.
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Henry Baigent (1844 – 31 August 1929) was a timber miller, and served as a Nelson city councillor and mayor. The Nelson firm of H Baigent and Sons Ltd was formed by him. His funeral was noted as one of the largest that had ever taken place in Nelson. Family Henry Baigent was the son of Edward and Mary Ann Baigent (née Hern). His parents had come out to Nelson from Windlesham, Surrey, England in 1842 on the Clifford. His brother Joseph was born three days after his parents' arrival in the colony and Joseph was only the seventh child to be born in Nelson. His father was a member of the Provincial Council throughout its existence, and afterwards in the House of Representatives. Baigent was married twice, firstly to Margaret Inglis Wallace in 1866, who died in 1880. He then married Phoebe Atmore in 1885, an older sister of Harry Atmore, who would later represent the Nelson electorate in Parliament for several decades. Phoebe had previously been married to William Wilkie. She died in March 1920 after a long period of illness. Baigent had at least eight children; Albert Henry Baigent and Edward Sydney James Baigent by his first wife Margaret and the remaining six by his second wife Phoebe. Baigent's eldest son Albert died suddenly in October 1905 of an illness. His son John was part of the 29th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company. He embarked for Glasgow on 15 August 1917 the New Zealand Shipping Company liner the SS Ruahine and then to France. He was killed in action on the Somme while part of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion on 29 March 1918. His son Cyril from his second marriage died in 1923 as a result of war disabilities. Origins of his timber business His father brought a small gristmill and also a saw-milling plant with him. In February 1843 he settled in Wakefield where he set up the gristmill, a small affair two feet in diameter driven by a water wheel. Then in 1845 he erected his sawmill. Owing to a meagre supply of iron his father was compelled to use such hard woods as manuka, akiaki, or black mairi for cog wheels. From this small a beginning did Baigent's timber merchants grow. A flour mill was worked in conjunction with the timber mill, complete machinery and proper stones in the meantime having been obtained. The same water power was used as for the sawmill, the latter working by day, and the flour mill by night, and eventually the flour mill was handed over to the charge of a brother of Henry Baigent, who worked it for some years later. In the 1860s his father installed a steam-powered mill on another site. Baigent was entrusted with the task of opening a branch in Nelson in the 1870s. He established a manufacturing plant and in 1882 his father gave him the Nelson business. The principal timber milled was white, red, and black pine, totara, rimu, and birch. The factory produced sashes, doors, blinds, and building timber for the Nelson district and employed, on an average, between forty and fifty men. Local politics In 1893 he was elected by a substantial majority to a seat in the Council having defeated, among others, John Graham who went on to represent Nelson in Parliament. Baigent remained a councillor until he became Mayor in 1901. He lost the 1904 election to Jesse Piper but regained it in April 1905. The voting was Baigent 728 and Piper 563. He did not stand in 1906 and Jesse Piper succeeded him. Community organisations Mr Baigent represented Golden Bay on the Charitable Aid Board. He has had an extended connection with the Masonic and Oddfellows Societies. He was President of the Nelson Cricket Association and the Wakatu Hockey Club; and Vice-President of the Waimea Agricultural and Pastoral Association as well as a number of other clubs and societies. Death Baigent died on Saturday, 31 August 1929, aged 84 years. His funeral was noted as one of the largest that had ever taken place in Nelson. Among the pall bearers was Harry Atmore, a noted local politician and his brother in law.
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Prince Eduard Franz of Liechtenstein (Eduard Franz Ludwig; 22 February 1809 – 27 June 1864) was a son of Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein (1760–1836) and wife Landgravine Josepha of Fürstenberg-Weitra, nephew of Aloys I, brother of Aloys II and uncle of Johann II and Franz I. Prince Eduard Franz was born in Vienna. Marriage and issue On 15 October 1839, in Chorostków, he married Honoria Hrabina Choloniowa-Choloniewska (Ochlopów, 1 August 1813 - Brünn, 1 September 1869), and had two children: He died in Karlsbad, aged 55. Honours Ancestry
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Historic district in Massachusetts, United States United States historic place The Nashawannuck Mills Historic District of Easthampton, Massachusetts encompasses a 19th-century industrial complex on Cottage Street in the heart of the town. Most of the connected series of brick buildings were built between about 1848 and 1870, although the facilities were used for industrial purposes until 1970. The oldest building erected was by Samuel Williston for a button factory. Powered by a dam that impounded Bound Brook, the facility expanded in both size and function, eventually becoming a major producer of elastic fabrics for goods such as suspenders and webbing. The industrial works were the major economic engine in Easthampton into the 20th century. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. Samuel Williston, a native of Easthampton, began the manufacture of buttons as a cottage industry in the town in 1826. In 1847, he and business partners opened a button-making factory on Union Street, damming Bound Brook to use its power. The dam was eventually paged over to make Cottage Street. He eventually sold that business, and in 1850 opened a business manufacturing suspenders that was at first called the Williston Elastic Suspender Company, but was later renamed the Nashawannuck Manufacturing Company. This company built Building 10, the oldest in the complex. The company was highly successful, and by 1865 was Easthampton's largest employer. Williston expanded his businesses to include the manufacture of elastic webbing, and rubber parts for shoes, capitalizing in part on patent rights to the Goodyear rubber vulcanizing process. In 1862, that business began construction on an adjacent complex. These two businesses were combined in 1912 into single entity, and their industrial complexes were interconnected. The facilities were damaged by flooding in 1955 caused by Hurricane Diane, with the dam requiring repairs, and one of the buildings reconstructed. The elastics business closed in 1970. Portions of the mill complex were used by other industrial concerns, while one side of the complex was given to Riverside Industries (RSI), a nonprofit providing work environment for disabled individuals. RSI continues to own part of the complex, leasing portions out to light industry and an artists cooperative.
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Gelsmoor is a hamlet within the parish of Worthington in the English county of Leicestershire. It is noted for having a 'petrifying spring' in a nineteenth-century gazetteer, and also a Wesleyan Chapel.
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Alina Treiger (born 1979) is the first female rabbi to be ordained in Germany since World War II. Biography Treiger was born in Poltava, Ukraine. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Treiger formed a Jewish youth club in Poltava and then traveled to Moscow to study at the Institute of Progressive Judaism. After finishing her studies, she founded Congregation Beit Am, a liberal congregation in her hometown. She emigrated to Germany in 2001. Among Treiger's inspirations was Regina Jonas, Germany's first female rabbi, who was ordained in 1935. She was ordained in November 2010 by the Abraham Geiger College. Her ordination was held at Berlin's Pestalozzistrasse Synagogue, and attended by Christian Wulff, then president of Germany, and Jewish leaders from around the world. Treiger moved to Germany because she felt stifled by the Orthodox Jewish community in Ukraine. Germany has needed more rabbis in order to handle the influx of Soviet Jews who have emigrated to Germany since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. She works primarily with the Russian-speaking Jewish immigrants in the city of Oldenburg and the nearby town of Delmenhorst.
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The Kedah State Executive Council is the executive branch of the State Government of Kedah, Malaysia. The Council is composed of the Menteri Besar, the Leader of the council, appointed by the Sultan on the basis that he/she commands the majority support in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly, (half of the number of the members of the assembly). The State Government of Kedah is also assisted by the State Secretary, the State Legal Adviser and the State Financial Officer. This Council is similar in structure and role to the Cabinet of Malaysia, while being smaller in size. As federal and state responsibilities differ, there are a number of portfolios that differ between the federal and state governments. Members of the Council are selected and nominated by the Menteri Besar, but appointed by the Sultan. The Council a number of committees; each committees will be chaired by the respective members, will take care of certain state affairs, activities and departments. Members of the Council are always the chair of a committee. Members Full members As of 10 November 2022, Members of the Council have been: Ex officio members
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Look up Mie or mie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mie may refer to: Places Other uses People Given name Surname
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No Connection were an English classic rock music group based in Reading, Berkshire. History No Connection were formed in May 1997 in Reading, Berkshire by Graham Young (lead vocals, guitar), Simon Whenlock (bass, backing vocals), and Jon Hill (drums, backing vocals). The group claims as their inspirations the likes of Aerosmith, AC/DC, Deep Purple, George Michael, Public Enemy, Queen, The Cult, Van Halen, and U2. No Connection released their first album, titled Justified, in January 2000. The album included ten songs, including "Victory Girl", which was featured in the teaser of an episode of First Wave titled "Ohio Players". Two more songs off the album—"Ain't Foolin'" and "Love for Free"—reached No. 1 on MP3.com's Classic Rock chart. The band released Deal With It, co-produced with John Mitchell, in 2001 through their indie record label No Connection Music. In October 2002, the group toured the United States, performing in Philadelphia, New Jersey, and New York City (including at the CBGB club). They also subsequently performed in the Czech Republic and Poland in 2005, and in Lithuania in 2006. In 2004, No Connection released Love To Hate To Love, followed in 2005 by Feed The Machine and in 2008 by Red Light Fever. No Connection's music has been featured in two games of the FlatOut video game series: three songs—"Burnin'", "Living American", and "Love to Hate to Love"—were included in the original game (see FlatOut (video game)) and two songs—"The Last Revolution" and "Feed the Machine"—were present in FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage. Discography
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Emirati professional footballer Ali Salem Ahmed Faraj Al-Amri (born 7 1989) is an Emirati professional footballer who plays as a defender . He former plays the United Arab Emirates national football team. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Honours United Arab Emirates
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Football league season Statistics of Úrvalsdeild in the 1950 season. Overview It was contested by 5 teams, and KR won the championship. Fram's Ríkharður Jónsson and Lárus Hallbjörnsson, as well as ÍA's Þórður Þórðarson, Valur's Halldór Halldórsson and Víkingur's Gunnlaugur Lárusson, were the joint top scorers with 3 goals. Teams League standings Source: icelandfootball.net and rsssf.com Results Source: [citation needed]
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Andrew Leon (circa 1841-1920) was a Chinese-born Australian businessman in northern Queensland, predominantly in the Cairns district. He established the Hap Wah plantation that pioneered the Cairns district sugarcane industry. He was the acknowledged leader of the Cairns Chinese community from the 1870s well into the 1890s. Early life Leon, the son of a Cantonese merchant, came from Zhongshan, China. As a young man he gained agricultural experience in Cuba where sugar production was a major industry. He migrated to the Colony of Queensland where he settled in 1866. The earliest known evidence of Leon was in Bowen, where he was baptised in 1868 at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church before his marriage to Irish-born Mary Piggott in that church in February 1869. While in Bowen, he became a naturalised British subject in September 1869 which enabled him to own land in Queensland. At that time he had been in Queensland for three and a half years. Over the next six years the Leon family moved from place to place following the discoveries of gold across North Queensland. Their four children were born in different towns: Elizabeth in Bowen, William in Townsville, Mary in Millchester, and Annie in Cooktown. In 1870 and 1871 he held miners rights on the Ravenswood goldfields  and in 1874 he was in Millchester where he interpreted in court. By 1875 he moved his family to Cooktown, the new port and service centre for the Palmer goldfields. There he signed the petition for Cooktown to become a municipality, was employed by Sun Tung Lee and Co., and managed the Sun Yee Lee and Co. stores. Cairns business activities Leon was an early arrival in Cairns in 1876 where he established one of the first Chinese businesses, Sun Chong Lee on Abbott Street, with Cooktown businessman Chuck Lum, and purchased its allotment. Two years later he commenced Hap Wah plantation (1878-1886) that pioneered the Cairns district sugarcane industry. In 1878 and 1879 Leon selected 1,250 acres (510 ha) of agricultural land near Cairns. A group of Chinese traders in Hong Kong joined with local businessmen to form the Hap Wah Company and invested £45,000 in the venture to establish tropical agriculture. This was the first large scale sugar cultivation in Far North Queensland. Leon was the manager and only spokesman for the enterprise. The “Pioneer” sugar mill on the Hap Wah plantation was the first in the Cairns district. Its opening in 1882 was a large event attracting many stakeholders and official guests. The trial crushing was undertaken by early April before full production commenced in June. By the end of December 110 tons of Hap Wah sugar had been exported with a total value of £3,060. The Hap Wah plantation and mill were located along Mulgrave Road (formerly Hap/Hop Wah Road). The plantation consisted of two parcels of land (known as Portions 52 and 75). Portion 52 was bounded to the north by Chinaman Creek with the following corner points: In terms of current suburbs, it included the eastern part of Earlville, the north-western corner of Woree, and the north-eastern edge of Bayview Heights. Portion 75 was bounded to the north by Portion 52 and extended south to Anderson Road with the following corner points: In terms of current suburbs, Portion 75 included the north-east part of Bayview Heights and the western part of Woree. The plantation was at its peak in 1884 with 200 Chinese workers employed when world sugar prices fell by a third, depressing the emerging industry. Although the Hap Wah plantation produced at least as well as others of the period, it left the severely depressed industry in 1886. Swallow & Derham’s Hambledon plantation had first crushed in 1883 and Loridan’s Pyramid plantation in 1885 but none of the three had made a profit by 1889. Pyramid closed around 1890 while Hambledon continued for more than a century but broken up into small allotments. When the Hap Wah enterprise closed, the plantation land was sold to Charters Towers businessman Thomas Mills and the final standing crop to a group of Cairns businessmen. The sugar mill was sold to Noakes Bros of Bundaberg, dismantled and shipped in December 1887 to Bundaberg where it was re-erected. Despite the short life of the Hap Wah enterprise, its entrepreneurial investment and production were significant in the establishment of the Far North Queensland sugar industry. Leon was an innovative agriculturalist and businessman. After the sale of Hap Wah plantation, he established orchards and sold timber from Maryvale Estate, his 1,280-acre (520 ha) property above the Barron River Valley. The growing agricultural industry in the Cairns region supported a large number of Chinese who were also involved in associated industries such as market gardening and shop keeping. In 1886 the Chinese population of the Cairns district accounted for 60% of all farmers and gardeners, and 90% of all farm labourers. By 1886 Chinese migrants were nearly a third of the non-indigenous population of the rapidly-growing Cairns district, while in town one in five residents were Chinese. Sachs Street near the town centre became the focus of Chinese commerce and community including shop keepers and merchant houses, two temples, and boarding and gaming houses. Leon and James Ah Ching were among other Chinese investors who contributed to its development. Leon's early acquisitions provided the premises for Sam Sing and Co., Sun Wo Tiy, and Lee Yan Bros., the three largest and longest lasting Chinese merchant firms from the 1880s into the 1920s. His other properties included the Leon family home at 67 McLeod Street as well as a number of properties along the planned route of the Cairns-to-Herberton railway line. His holdings extended as far as Aramac. His last property acquisitions occurred during the 1893 depression. In late 1886 Leon purchased his third allotment in Sachs Street (now Grafton Street). The first building constructed was the Lit Sung Goong temple that opened during Chinese New Year 1887. Several years later four shops were erected and, today, the only one remaining is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register as 99 Grafton Street. A trust arrangement initiated by Leon in 1890 ensured that the temple property remained with the Cairns Chinese community; Leon and Jan Bung Chong were named as trustees. This trust protected the community’s ownership. In 1966 economic pressures forced them to sell the temple land but the trust retained the contents of the temple. Consequently the significant Lit Sung Goong collection of temple artefacts remains with the Chinese community under the care of the Cairns & District Chinese Association Inc (CADCAI). Leon made similar trust arrangements that assisted other Chinese to own property, using his status as a naturalised British subject to undertake land transactions not possible for the many Chinese residents who were not naturalised. Court cases with Chinese participants required interpreters and Leon performed this role from at least 1874-1905 in Petty Sessions, Police Courts and, for perjury matters, the Northern Supreme Court in Townsville. His interpreting skills were also important to the Chinese community generally. For example, in the late 1890s the Cairns banana industry, dominated by Chinese growers and shippers, was plagued with fruit fly. Leon interpreted the many issues and concerns at a large meeting held at the Lit Sung Goong temple. Chinese migrants were an integral part of the early Cairns district economy and played an important role in its development. Leon provided an essential link between the Chinese and wider community. His experience in business management, agriculture and property investment as well as his fluency in the English language, Westernised dress and manners earned him a respected position of leadership in the Chinese and wider communities. Government dignitaries who visited Cairns were greeted by town officials, prominent citizens and, invariably, Chinese delegations. In 1881 Leon would have been the "Celestial" representative who presented the Queensland Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy with the Chinese address of welcome and expression of their loyalty. During Queensland Governor Sir Henry Wylie Norman’s visit in 1890, Leon presented the Chinese address that affirmed the Governor’s "uniform kindness" to the Chinese in the Colony of Queensland. It acknowledged that the Governor’s short visit would prevent him from seeing the "agricultural and other industries of our countrymen" but trusted he would credit their "tribute, though small, to the advancement of the district we have adopted as our home…". Later life As owner of Maryvale Estate in the Barron Division, Leon was involved with local government issues as well as with the property itself into the 1900s. In court, his reputation for reliability led to his selection as interpreter where major offences such as murder were involved. He remained a trustee of Lit Sung Goong temple until his death. During the years 1900-1906 the two Leon daughters who lived to adulthood married Irish-Catholic husbands in Cairns and each family had three children. One of the four Leon grandsons, Jack Cleary, became a well-known and respected musician in Innisfail and Cairns. In 1901 the former colonies were united as the Commonwealth of Australia. The new Commonwealth immediately enacted its White Australia policy through the Immigration Restriction Act No. 17 of 1901 designed to exclude all non-Europeans from migrating or returning to the country. It had an immediate and severe impact on Chinese and others considered to be "aliens". It proved devastating to the Leon family. William Andrew Leon, the only son, had been sent to China for education in 1878. His intended return in 1899 was delayed by illness until 1903 and by that time the Immigration Restriction Act was firmly enforced. William was a Townsville-born British subject but he was considered an alien. Therefore, on re-entering, he would be subject to a dictation test: to write a 50-word passage dictated in any European language an immigration officer chose. Knowing this, Leon sought advice from Robert Taylor Hartley, Sub-Collector of Customs in Townsville. Hartley wrote to the Brisbane Collector of Customs and included William’s Queensland birth certificate with his own 1899 endorsement that William be allowed to return. He also stated that he had known Andrew Leon for 25 years and was certain that he would not introduce any person other than William. A week later Atlee Hunt, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Australia, Department of External Affairs, replied that re-admittance was conditional on the dictation test. No evidence can be found that William ever returned to his family in Cairns. Although many Chinese immigrants returned to China to retire, Leon remained in Cairns. On 27 June 1920 he died at his home in McLeod Street, Cairns, from cancer at age 80. His funeral was held at St Monica's Roman Catholic Church (the predecessor of St Monica's Old Cathedral) in Cairns, then the cortege progressed to the Martyn Street cemetery where he was buried. Legacy A plaque commemorating the Hap Wah enterprise was unveiled on 24 January 2013 at the Stockland Cairns shopping centre in Earlville, which was built on part of the former Hap Wah plantation. The plaque records the contributions of the pioneering Hap Wah venture, its manager Andrew Leon, and the "Chinese inspiration, businesses and agricultural enterprise that were crucial to the development and economic viability of early Cairns". On 27 June 2020, the 100th anniversary of Leon’s death, a memorial headstone was placed on the previously unmarked gravesite of pioneers Leon and his wife Mary who died on 21 June 1922. Cairns Regional Council named Leon Close in Brinsmead after Andrew Leon. Cairns Historical Society holds two collections concerning Leon: The latter includes over 200 family photographs from about the 1920s, and miscellaneous memorabilia. Both collections may be viewed by the public at the Cairns Historical Society Research Centre within the Cairns Museum. Despite extensive research, Leon's Chinese name remains unconfirmed and, despite his widely acknowledged leadership, no photographs of him or his wife have been found.
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Diamond Ashberg Diamond is a diamond, which was once included in the Russian Crown Jewels. It weighs 102.48 carats (20.496 g). This is believed to have been mined in South Africa, because of its characteristics. In 1934 the Russian Trade Delegation sold the diamond to Mr. Ashberg, a leading Stockholm banker.
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2017 song by Depeche Mode "Cover Me" is a song by Depeche Mode, released on October 6, 2017, via Columbia label. It is the third single from their fourteenth studio album, Spirit. The released single consists of several remixes of songs "Cover Me" and "So Much Love". It is the fourth single in the band's catalog that is co-written by lead singer Dave Gahan. It is the last single to feature Andy Fletcher before his death in 2022. Background "Cover Me" was one of four songs Dave Gahan co-wrote. "Cover Me" also ended up being one of the most cinematic compositions on Spirit. According to an interview with keyboard programmer Matrixxman, working on "Cover Me" was initially difficult but Gahan inspired everyone to get very creative on that track. Gahan also stated in a video on their YouTube channel that he always envisioned the song as having two halves, a lyrical first half and a more spacious instrumental based second half. Depeche Mode uploaded a live version of "Cover Me" to their YouTube channel days before the official release of the LiVE SPiRiTS SOUNDTRACK on 22 June 2020. Track listing All tracks are written by Dave Gahan, Peter Gordeno and Christian Eigner, except where noted. Personnel Band Production Charts
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Species of moth Planctogystia senex is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar.
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Italian composer Giovanni Battista Volpe (c. 1620–1691) was a Venetian composer for operas during the Baroque period. He was also known as Rovetta and Rovettino. Volpe was an organist at St Mark's Basilica, and succeeded Giovanni Legrenzi as maestro di capella of the Cappella Marciana from 1690 until 1691. His uncle was Giovanni Rovetta, a composer and former maestro di capella. He collaborated with the librettist Aurelio Aureli on several projects. Volpe composed the music for the opera La costanza di Rosmonda, which premiered in Venice's Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo in 1659. He then composed the music for the opera Gl'amori d'Apollo e di Leucotoe, which premiered in the same theatre in 1663. He composed at least one more opera for the theatre. Volpe was the preferred choice of composers in absentia when changes had to be made to their work. Compositions
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English footballer Richard Cross Wynn (1892 – 9 August 1919) was an English professional footballer who appeared in the Football League for Middlesbrough as an outside left. He guested for Brentford during the First World War. Personal life Wynn served as a sergeant in the Yorkshire Regiment during the First World War and together with his brother Robert, he arrived on the Western Front in June 1916. In February 1919, three months after the armistice, he was transferred to the Labour Corps. Wynn died in August 1919, following an operation on injuries received in an accident. He was buried in Étaples Military Cemetery. Career statistics
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Genus of plants Senyumia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. Its native range is Malaysian Peninsula. Species Species:
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New Labour was the campaigning label for the British Labour Party under Tony Blair's leadership. New Labour may also refer to:
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Soviet footballer Vitaliy Sobolev (25 January 1930 – 1995) was an footballer from the former Soviet Union who played for FC Dynamo Kyiv. In 1956 Sobolev played a game for the Ukraine national team at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.
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Place in Upper Carniola, Slovenia Rožično (pronounced [ɾɔˈʒiːtʃnɔ]) is a small dispersed settlement in the Tuhinj Valley in the Municipality of Kamnik in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It lies along the side valley of Rožičnica Creek, a tributary of the Nevljica River.
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Bangladeshi television actress, director, and writer Rumana Rashid Ishita is a Bangladeshi television actress, director, and writer. She won the national talent competition, Notun Kuri, as a child artiste in 1988. Education Ishita completed her bachelor's in 2004 and later completed her MBA. She is a former student of Holy Cross Girl's School and College. Career In 2007, Ishita served as a marketing executive of the television channel Channel i and worked for 11 years. She is also a faculty member of a private university. Personal life Ishita is a restaurateur. Singer Firoza Begum was her aunt-in-law. Works Awards and nominations Meril-Prothom Alo Awards
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American college basketball season The 2014–15 Western Illinois Leathernecks men's basketball team represented Western Illinois University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Leathernecks, led by first year head coach Billy Wright, played their home games at Western Hall and were members of The Summit League. They finished the season 8–20, 3–13 in Summit League play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of The Summit League tournament to South Dakota State. Roster Schedule
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French writer and poet Jacques Clary Jean Normand (25 November 1848, in Paris – 28 May 1931, in Paris) was a French poet, playwright and writer. Plays In collaboration with Arthur Delavigne In collaboration with Guy de Maupassant
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2020 compilation album by Five Go Down to the Sea? Hiding from the Landlord is a twenty-four track compilation album by the Irish post-punk band Five Go Down to the Sea?. It was released in April 2020 on vinyl and CD by Allchival records, an imprint of AllCity Records. The album was accompanied by a twenty-page fanzine with contributions from Elvira Butler, Cathal Coughlan of Microdisney, Pete Astor of The Weather Prophets, Gavin Friday of the Virgin Prunes, and writers John Robb, Kevin Barry, Declan Lynch and Cónal Creedon. The track listing was compiled by documentary producer Paul McDermott and John Byrne, who also authored the fanzine. The release contains the first official release of "Knocknaheeny Shuffle", which was recorded live during the Knot A Fish sessions, but had only survived on cassette copies. Track listing All songs recorded as Five Go Down to the Sea? unless otherwise indicated. Personnel Footnotes Citations Sources
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{"document_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraceras_melis"}
Species of flea Paraceras melis, the badger flea, is an external parasite of the European badger (Meles meles). It has also been found on the fox (Vulpes vulpes), the dog (Canis familiaris), the cat (Felis catus), the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the mole (Talpa europaea) and the fallow deer (Dama dama). Description The badger flea, like other fleas, is a small, dark brown wingless insect with a tough, chitinous cuticle. Its body is flattened laterally and it has mouthparts designed for sucking the blood of a badger. Biology Like other fleas, the badger flea has a life cycle consisting of an egg, a larval, a pupal and an adult stage. A mature female flea has to have had a meal of blood before she starts to reproduce. After mating, the eggs are laid and often fall to the floor of the sett. The larvae that hatch out feed on organic debris and when fully developed, they weave cocoons and pupate. They remain in this state for several weeks, often being stimulated to emerge by warmth, vibrations or a raised level of carbon dioxide which indicates that a potential host is nearby. The newly hatched flea's primary aim is to find a host, have a meal of blood and reproduce. The badger flea is the vector of Trypanosoma pestanai, the causal agent of a protozoan disease of badgers that has been found in badgers living in Portugal, France, England, and Ireland. Behaviour Badgers spend much time grooming in an effort to dislodge parasites. Individuals concentrate on their undersides while social grooming occurs with one individual grooming another on its dorsal surface. Fleas try to avoid the scratching, retreating rapidly downwards and backwards with the lie of the fur. This is in contrast to fleas away from their host which run upwards and jump when disturbed. The grooming seems to disadvantage the fleas rather than merely having a social function. Researchers have found that when separated from their host, badger fleas jump repeatedly in an effort to reconnect. Many voided their gut contents which enabled them to leap significantly further. If they failed to find a suitable host they moved towards the light (the sett entrance) before becoming quiescent. This put them in a position to intercept a badger if one entered the sett. They were stimulated into further bouts of leaping by an increase in the level of carbon dioxide and jumped towards the source of the gas. In a research study they were found to respond to exhaled air by running and jumping in its direction. The most vigorous response was found to be made to a combination of a carbon dioxide source, a piece of dark-coloured card and movement in their vicinity. It was found that 50% of fleas were still alive after 35 days of separation from the host and, as badgers have a habit of moving between different setts, they would not avoid reinfestation by fleas if they returned to an empty sett within a few weeks.
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{"document_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grouvellina_edentata"}
Species of beetle Grouvellina edentata is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Rhysodinae. It was described by R.T. & J.R. Bell in 1979.
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1982 studio album by Karla Bonoff Wild Heart of the Young is the third album by singer/songwriter Karla Bonoff. The album includes Bonoff's only Top 40 hit, "Personally", which peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard singles chart. It is unusual in that it was not written by Bonoff. Track listing All songs written by Karla Bonoff, except where noted. Reception Rolling Stone's Stephen Holden notes that with this album Bonoff "has finally stopped playing the role of the passive loser…" and "strengthened her style to the point that she no longer sounds like an all-too-willing victim of love." He relates that "[i]n her finest performance, she turns Paul Kelly's "Personally,"… into a sly tour de force of sexual tease." And concludes of the album that "at its best it says goodbye to the smoggy, posh romanticism of Seventies L.A. with a confident kick of the heels." AllMusic's William Ruhlmann retrospectively describes "Personally" as "a coy and catchy pop song utterly uncharacteristic of Bonoff's other work." He opines that "Bonoff's original songs, which made up the bulk of the album, simply were not up to the standard set by her debut, and Wild Heart Of The Young was the weakest of her three Columbia Records albums." Charts Weekly charts Year End Charts Charting singles Sound track "Wild Heart of the Young" is the sound track in the season five episode of The Wonder Years "Broken Hearts and Burgers," even though the episode itself was set in the summer of 1972, exactly ten years before the song was released. It was also used in an episode of the mid-1980s soap opera Rituals. Personnel
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{"document_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solyd_the_Plug"}
Zimbabwean DJ and record producer Martin Chikomba (born August 19, 1983) who goes by the stage name Solyd The Plug, is a Zimbabwean-American businessman, record producer and Amapiano artist. He is the founder of Oak Media Group which is a record label. He is one of the co-founders of Mashroom Media. Solyd The Plug is well known for his single Bella Ciao which is a remix of the popular song off the Netflix series Money Heist. Early life Despite being born in Zimbabwe Solyd the Plug spent most of his childhood in South Africa. He is based in Canada, after moving from Texas in United States of America. Early career In 2006, Solyd the Plug who was an events manager at Brass Monkey Night Club in Bulawayo started DJaying. At the time, Brass Monkey was regarded as one of the premier and exclusive night spots in the city, which catered to huge audiences because of it was large. In 2007, he moved to South Africa where he doubled as a club DJ and music promoter. He also featured on Channel O, MTV, and TRACE events as well as at the Durban July. Solyd the Plug and his business partner Themba Davids founded music publishing company Oak Media Group in 2010. The company is based in South Africa and the United States. Oak Media Group has distributed over 800 music videos, to music channels such as Trace TV, Channel O and MTV. Mashroom Media In 2016, Solyd The Plug entered into a partnership with Zimbabwean musician ExQ and music producer DJ Tamuka and launched recording studio Mashroom Media. Mashroom Media signed a number of upcoming talented Zimbabwean artists who include Nutty O, Novi Keys, Shamisozw, Yoca and Spits Loui. In 2020, Mashroom Media underwent a transformation and was relaunched with a new recording studio. Following the disbanding of Jah Prayzah's Military Touch Movement , Jah Prayzah endorsed the studio saying that he was looking forward to recording his first song at Mashroom Media. Musical career His first single Bella Ciao was released in April 2020. It is a remix of the theme song of television series Money Heist. Solyd's remix is done in South Africa's Amapiano style. The song had over 2 million streams across different platforms. His second single Press Play was released in June 2020 and featured South African music producer Tboy Daflame, famous for producing Sho Madjozi's hit song John Cena. In July 2020, Solyd released his third single August. He followed this up with another single Surrender in August. On Surrender, Solyd the Plug worked with Tboy Daflame again. His fifth single, Pirates of Mzansi was released in August. Discography List of Albums List of singles Nomination For Best Song In February 2021, Solyd The Plug's song Bella Ciao was named as one of the five nominees for the Best Song By A Zimbabwean In The Diaspora award in the Star FM Listeners Choice Awards 2021. The full nominees were: Promoting Upcoming Artists On Debut Album Solyd The Plug featured a host of undiscovered talent on his debut album North Yanos. The album featured upcoming artists from Bulawayo, USA, UK and Nigeria. It was part of Solyd's efforts to give upcoming talented artists the platform to launch their careers. Solyd also partnered with a studio in the City of Kings (Bulawayo) which is run by Dj Prince Eskhosini, where they will be mentoring and assisting young artists. Below are the upcoming artists who featured on the album as well as the tracks they featured on. B4 You Crumble Music Business Series Solyd The Plug also ran a weekly series on how the music business works titled B4 You Crumble. The series was hosted by Star FM radio personality and Tamy Moyo's manager RK The Music Doctor
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{"document_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_Japan"}
Overview of the automotive industry of Japan The automotive industry in Japan is one of the most prominent and largest industries in the world. Japan has been in the top three of the countries with most cars manufactured since the 1960s, surpassing Germany. The automotive industry in Japan rapidly increased from the 1970s to the 1990s (when it was oriented both for domestic use and worldwide export) and in the 1980s and 1990s, overtook the U.S. as the production leader with up to 13 million cars per year manufactured and significant exports. After massive ramp-up by China in the 2000s and fluctuating U.S. output, Japan is currently the third largest automotive producer in the world with an annual production of 9.9 million automobiles in 2012. Japanese investments helped grow the auto industry in many countries throughout the last few decades.[citation needed] Japanese business conglomerates began building their first automobiles in the middle to late 1910s. The companies went about this by either designing their own trucks (the market for passenger vehicles in Japan at the time was small), or partnering with a European brand to produce and sell their cars in Japan under license. Such examples of this are Isuzu partnering with Wolseley Motors (UK), Nissan partnering with British automaker Austin, and the Mitsubishi Model A, which was based upon the Fiat Tipo 3. The demand for domestic trucks was greatly increased by the Japanese military buildup before World War II, causing many Japanese manufacturers to break out of their shells and design their own vehicles. In the 1970s Japan was the pioneer in the use of robotics in the manufacturing of vehicles. The country is home to a number of companies that produce cars, construction vehicles, motorcycles, ATVs, and engines. Japanese automotive manufacturers include Toyota, Honda, Daihatsu, Nissan, Suzuki, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Isuzu, Hino, Kawasaki, Yamaha, and Mitsuoka. Infiniti, Acura, and Lexus are luxury brands of Nissan, Honda and Toyota. Cars designed in Japan have won the European Car of the Year, International Car of the Year, and World Car of the Year awards many times. Japanese vehicles have had worldwide influence, and no longer have the stigma they had in the 1950s and 1960s when they first emerged internationally, due to a dedicated focus on continual product and process improvement led by Toyota as well as the use of the Five Whys technique and the early adoption of the Lean Six Sigma methodology. Japanese cars are also built in compliance with Japanese Government dimension regulations and engine displacement is further regulated by road tax bracket regulations, which also affects any imported cars sold in Japan. History Early years In 1904, Torao Yamaha produced the first domestically manufactured bus, which was powered by a steam engine. In 1907, Komanosuke Uchiyama produced the Takuri, the first entirely Japanese-made gasoline engine car. The Kunisue Automobile Works built the Kunisue in 1910, and the following year manufactured the Tokyo in cooperation with Tokyo Motor Vehicles Ltd. In 1911, Kaishinsha Motorcar Works was established and later began manufacturing a car called the DAT. In 1920, Jitsuyo Jidosha Seizo Co., founded by William R. Gorham, began building the Gorham and later the Lila. The company merged with Kaishinsha in 1926 to form the DAT Automobile Manufacturing Co. (later to evolve into Nissan Motors). From 1924 to 1927, Hakuyosha Ironworks Ltd. built the Otomo. Toyota, a textile manufacturer, began building cars in 1936. Most early vehicles, however, were trucks produced under military subsidy. Isuzu, Yanmar and Daihatsu initially focused on diesel engine development. Cars built in Japan before World War II tended to be based on European or American models. The 1917 Mitsubishi Model A was based on the Fiat A3-3 design. (This model was considered to be the first mass-produced car in Japan, with 22 units produced.) In the 1930s, Nissan Motors' cars were based on the Austin 7 and Graham-Paige designs, while the Toyota AA model was based on the Chrysler Airflow. Ohta built cars in the 1930s based on Ford models, while Chiyoda and Sumida, a predecessor of Isuzu, built cars resembling General Motors products 1935 Pontiac, and 1930s LaSalle. Automobile manufacture from Japanese companies was struggling, despite investment efforts by the Japanese Government. The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake devastated most of Japan's fledgling infrastructure and truck and construction equipment manufacturing benefited from recovery efforts. Yanase & Co., Ltd. (株式会社ヤナセ Yanase Kabushiki gaisha) was an importer of American-made cars to Japan and contributed to disaster recovery efforts by importing GMC trucks and construction equipment. By bringing in American products, Japanese manufacturers were able to examine the imported vehicles and develop their own products. Transportation and mobilization in the early 1900s was largely monopolized by the Japanese Government's Ministry of Railways, and private automobile companies emerged to further modernize the transportation infrastructure. From 1925 until the beginning of World War II, Ford and GM had factories in the country and they dominated the Japanese market. The Ford Motor Company of Japan was established in 1925 and a production plant was set up in Yokohama. General Motors established operations in Osaka in 1927. Chrysler also came to Japan and set up Kyoritsu Motors. Between 1925 and 1936, the United States Big Three automakers' Japanese subsidiaries produced a total of 208,967 vehicles, compared to the domestic producers total of 12,127 vehicles. In 1936, the Japanese government passed the Automobile Manufacturing Industry Law, which was intended to promote the domestic auto industry and reduce foreign competition; ironically, this stopped the groundbreaking of an integrated Ford plant in Yokohama, modeled on Dagenham in England and intended to serve the Asian market, that would have established Japan as a major exporter[citation needed]. Instead by 1939, the foreign manufacturers had been forced out of Japan. Under the direction of the Imperial Japanese Government, the fledgling vehicle production efforts were redirected to heavy duty truck production due to the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Isuzu TX was the result of three Japanese companies combining efforts to manufacture a standardized, military grade heavy duty truck. During World War II, Toyota, Nissan, Isuzu and Kurogane built trucks and motorcycles for the Imperial Japanese Army, with Kurogane introducing the world's first mass-produced four-wheel-drive car, called the Kurogane Type 95 in 1936. For the first decade after World War II, auto production was limited, and until 1966 most production consisted of trucks (including three-wheeled vehicles). Thereafter passenger cars dominated the market. Japanese car designs also continued to imitate or be derived from European and American designs. Exports were very limited in the 1950s, adding up to only 3.1% of the total passenger car production of the decade. 1960s to today In the 1960s Japanese manufacturers began to compete head-on in the domestic market, model for model. This was exemplified by the "CB-war" between the most popular compact sedans called the Toyota Corona and the Nissan Bluebird. While this initially led to benefits for consumers, before long R&D expenditures swelled and other companies offered competing compact sedans from Mazda, Subaru, Isuzu, Daihatsu and Mitsubishi. Towards the late 1980s and early 1990s Japanese automobile manufacturers had entered a stage of "Hyper-design" and "Hyper-equipment"; an arms race leading to less competitive products albeit produced in a highly efficient manner. During the 1960s, Japanese automakers launched a bevy of new kei cars in their domestic market; scooters and motorcycles remained dominant, with sales of 1.47 million in 1960 versus a mere 36,000 kei cars. These tiny automobiles usually featured very small engines (under 360cc, but were sometimes fitted with engines of up to 600cc for export) to keep taxes much lower than larger cars. The average person in Japan was now able to afford an automobile, which boosted sales dramatically and jumpstarted the auto industry toward becoming what it is today. The first of this new era, actually launched in 1958, was the Subaru 360. It was known as the "Lady Beetle", comparing its significance to the Volkswagen Beetle in Germany. Other significant models were the Suzuki Fronte, Daihatsu Fellow Max, Mitsubishi Minica, Mazda Carol, and the Honda N360. The keis were very minimalist motoring, however, much too small for most family car usage. The most popular economy car segment in the sixties was the 700-800 cc class, embodied by the Toyota Publica, Mitsubishi Colt 800, and the original Mazda Familia. By the end of the sixties, however, these (often two-stroke) cars were being replaced by full one-litre cars with four-stroke engines, a move which was spearheaded by Nissan's 1966 Sunny. All other manufacturers quickly followed suit, except for Toyota who equipped their Corolla with a 1.1-litre engine - the extra 100 cc were heavily touted in period advertising. These small family cars took a bigger and bigger share of an already expanding market. All vehicles sold in Japan were taxed yearly based on exterior dimensions and engine displacement. This was established by legislation passed in 1950 that established tax brackets on two classifications; dimension regulations and engine displacement. The taxes were a primary consideration as to which vehicles were selected by Japanese consumers, and guided manufacturers as to what type of vehicles the market would buy. Export expansion Exports of passenger cars increased nearly two hundred-fold in the sixties compared to the previous decade, and were now up to 17.0 percent of the total production. This though, was still only the beginning. Rapidly increasing domestic demand and the expansion of Japanese car companies into foreign markets in the 1970s further accelerated growth. Effects of the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo accelerated vehicle exports along with the exchange rate of the Japanese yen to the U.S. Dollar, UK Pound, and West German Deutsche Mark. Passenger car exports rose from 100,000 in 1965 to 1,827,000 in 1975. Automobile production in Japan continued to increase rapidly after the 1970s, as Mitsubishi (as Dodge vehicles) and Honda began selling their vehicles in the US. Even more brands came to America and abroad during the 1970s, and by the 1980s, the Japanese manufacturers were gaining a major foothold in the US and world markets. In the early 1970s, the Japanese electronics manufacturers began producing integrated circuits (ICs), microprocessors and microcontrollers for the automobile industry, including ICs and microcontrollers for in-car entertainment, automatic wipers, electronic locks, dashboard, and engine control. The Japanese automobile industry widely adopted ICs years before the American automobile industry. Japanese cars became popular with British buyers in the early 1970s, with Nissan's Datsun badged cars (the Nissan brand was not used on British registered models until 1983) proving especially popular and earning a reputation in Britain for their reliability and low running costs, although rust was a major problem. Exports were successful enough that Japanese cars were considered a severe threat to many national car industries, such as Italy, France, the United Kingdom, as well as the United States. Import quotas were imposed in several countries, limiting the sales of Japanese-made cars to 3 percent of the overall market in France and 1.5 percent in Italy. As for the United States, the Japanese government was pressured to agree to annual export quotas beginning in 1981. In other countries, such as the United Kingdom, Japanese importers made gentlemen's agreements to limit import in an effort to forestall stricter official quotas. As a result, Japanese manufacturers expanded local production of cars, establishing plants across North America and Europe while also taking advantage of plants already created in third countries not covered by the quotas. Thus, South African-built Daihatsu Charades were sold in Italy and a number of Australian-made Mitsubishis found their way to North America and Europe. World leader With Japanese manufacturers producing very affordable, reliable, and popular cars throughout the 1990s, Japan became the largest car producing nation in the world in 2000. However, its market share has decreased slightly in recent years, particularly due to old and new competition from South Korea, China and India. Nevertheless, Japan's car industry continues to flourish, its market share has risen again, and in the first quarter of 2008 Toyota surpassed American General Motors to become the world's largest car manufacturer. Today, Japan is the third largest automobile market(below the United States and China) and is the second largest car producer in the world with its branded cars being among the most used ones internationally. Automobile export remains one of the country's most profitable exports and is a cornerstone of recovery plan for the latest economic crisis. In 2019 Japan was the second largest car exporter in the world. Timeline Statistics Production volumes by manufacturer The following are vehicle production volumes for Japanese vehicle manufacturers, according to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA). Sales rank Regular cars Kei cars
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Japanese artist and poet Yashima Gakutei (Japanese: 八島岳亭; c. 1786 – 1868) was a Japanese artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Gakutei is best known for his kyōka poetry and surimono works. Biography Gakutei was born in Osaka around 1786, though his exact year of birth is somewhat unclear. He was the illegitimate son of the samurai known as Hirata who served under the Tokugawa shogunate. Gakutei's mother later married into the Yashima clan, explaining the artist's name. For some time, he worked in Osaka, focusing chiefly on privately commissioned woodblock prints called surimono in addition to book illustrations. Most of what is known about Gakutei has been surmised from the subjects and context of his work. Works Gakutei is noted for the quality in his wood printing works and for his general contributions to the body of ukiyo-e artwork. Specifically, critics have noted his technical prowess and precision, his skill in embossing, and that his specialization in surimono exceeded that of his teacher, Hokkei. Some of his work included a set of five woodblock prints featuring young women performing gagaku, a traditional kind of court music from the Heian period. Each woman plays an instrument: a reed called a shō, a woodwind called a ryūteki, a koto, a stringed instrument called a biwa, and a drum called a tsuri-daiko. Gakutei also illustrated an entire book called the Kyōka Suikoden (狂歌水滸伝) related to the translated Chinese novel Suikoden. Gakutei also created landscapes and seascapes for books, which are rare pieces amongst Hokusai's pupils. Gakutei is also known for his prolific writing; he wrote many humorous poems called kyōka and used them in his artwork and prints. Additionally, he was responsible for a Japanese translation of Journey to the West, for which he also completed illustrations. Gallery
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Montenegrin footballer Igor Radusinović (born 15 March 1984) is a Montenegrin retired footballer who played as a midfielder. In 2015, he appeared in two matches for PS Barito Putera in the Indonesia Super League. Club career He has played with several Montenegrin clubs, and with Serbian side FK Hajduk Kula. Radusinović was signed by Barito Putera on December 20, 2014.
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American television news anchor Michelle Tuzee is an American television news anchor. Tuzee co-anchored KABC's Eyewitness News at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. with Marc Brown. On December 17, 2020, she announced that health issues have forced her to step back from her anchor duties. Biography Tuzee graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern California where she majored in Journalism. Tuzee's first job in television news was at KJCT in Grand Junction, Colorado. She was a general assignment reporter and later a producer and anchor. These positions led to a market job with WBAY-TV, Green Bay, Wisconsin where she worked as a reporter. She would go on to work as an anchor/reporter at WFTX-TV in Fort Myers, Florida and WSVN in Miami, where she anchored the top-rated "Today in Florida" and "7 News at Noon." In 1997, Michelle joined KABC as an anchor. She received an Emmy award as part of the team win for Best Newscast, an Associated Press award for excellence in reporting, and a Telly Award for her work with Children's Hospital Los Angeles. On December 18, 2020, Tuzee stepped back from her duties as news anchor due to health concerns.
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American baseball player (born 1990) Baseball player Anthony James DeSclafani (born April 18, 1990), nicknamed Disco and T-Bone, is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Miami Marlins and Cincinnati Reds. He played college baseball for the University of Florida. The Toronto Blue Jays selected DeSclafani in the sixth round of the 2011 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2014. Amateur career DeSclafani grew up in Howell Township, New Jersey, and attended Colts Neck High School (class of 2008) in Colts Neck Township, New Jersey. The Boston Red Sox selected DeSclafani in the 22nd round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft. Rather than accept a signing bonus of about $200,000, he enrolled at the University of Florida, where he played college baseball for the Florida Gators baseball team. In 2010, he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. Professional career Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays selected DeSclafani in the sixth round of the 2011 MLB draft. He received a $250,000 signing bonus. In 2012, he pitched for the Lansing Lugnuts of the Class A Midwest League. He was 11–3 with a 3.37 ERA, and his 11 wins tied for 4th in the league as his 1.8 walks/9 innings tied for 9th. Miami Marlins (2012-14) After the 2012 season, the Blue Jays traded DeSclafani, Adeiny Hechavarria, Henderson Álvarez, Yunel Escobar, Jeff Mathis, Justin Nicolino, and Jake Marisnick to the Miami Marlins, receiving Mark Buehrle, Josh Johnson, José Reyes, John Buck, and Emilio Bonifacio in exchange. DeSclafani pitched for the Jupiter Hammerheads of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League and the Jacksonville Suns of the Class AA Southern League in 2013. He pitched to a 9–6 win–loss record and a 2.65 earned run average in 129 innings across both levels, averaging 1.6 walks/9 innings. He was named a Florida State League mid-season All Star. The Marlins named him their minor league pitcher of the year after the season, and he was named an MILB.com Miami Organization All Star. DeSclafani began the 2014 season with Jacksonville, after being ranked by Baseball America as the Marlins' fifth-best prospect. The Marlins promoted him to the major leagues to make his debut on May 14 with a win against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. DeSclafani struck out seven and also had two hits in the game. He was optioned back to the New Orleans Zephyrs of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League on August 16, with the return of Henderson Álvarez. During a game against the Milwaukee Brewers on September 11, DeSclafani was ejected for the first time in his MLB career after intentionally hitting Carlos Gómez with a pitch. The next day, DeSclafani was suspended three games and fined an undisclosed amount by MLB. In the majors in 2014 he made 5 starts and 8 relief appearances, and in the minors he was 6-7, 3.78 ERA in 19 starts and one relief appearance for Class AA Jacksonville and Class AAA New Orleans. After the season he pitched for Salt River in the Arizona Fall League and was 1-0 with a 2.67 ERA in 27 innings, and was second in the AFL in strikeouts. Cincinnati Reds (2015–2020) On December 11, 2014, the Marlins traded DeSclafani and Chad Wallach to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Mat Latos. DeSclafani earned his first win as a Reds pitcher and, subsequently, the first win for a starting pitcher for the Reds in 2015 with a 3–2 win over the Cubs on April 14, 2015. He pitched in 31 starts for the Reds, finishing with a record of 9–13 and a 4.05 ERA in 184.2 innings. He was named to the Baseball America Major League All-Rookie Team. In 2016, he had 20 starts after a few stints on the disabled list, and went 9–5 (which included a shutout) with a 3.28 ERA in 123.1 innings. In 2017, DeSclafani experienced pain in his right elbow at the beginning of spring training. He was diagnosed with tendinitis and was immediately shut down. He was later diagnosed with a sprained ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow (UCL), and began the season on the disabled list. The Reds sent him on a minor league rehab assignment at the end of July, but a reoccurrence of the tendinitis ended the rehab stint. His UCL had recovered. He went on the 60-day disabled list, which effectively ended his season without him appearing in an MLB game. After missing almost 2 years because of multiple injuries, DeSclafani was activated to start on June 5, 2018, against the Colorado Rockies. In a June 23 game against the Chicago Cubs, DeSclafani hit a grand slam off of Brian Duensing. The last Reds pitcher to hit a grand slam was Bob Purkey, also against the Cubs, in 1959. DeSclafani was the starting pitcher and earned the win as the Reds defeated the Cubs 11–2. He completed the remainder of the season, starting 21 games, posting a 7–8 record with a 4.93 ERA in 115 innings. His curveball spin rate was in the lowest 1% in baseball. In 2019, Desclafani played a full season, pitching third in the Reds' starting rotation behind Luis Castillo and Sonny Gray. He started 31 games, with a 9–9 record and a 3.89 ERA in 166.2 innings in which he struck out 167 batters while walking 49. On July 23, 2020, one day into the quarantine-shortened season, the Reds placed Desclafani on the 10-day injured list with a strained back muscle. He was activated August 2, making his first start of the season that afternoon. In the shortened 2020 season, in 33.2 innings he was 1–2 with a 7.22 ERA. His curveball spin rate was in the lowest 1% in baseball. San Francisco Giants (2021–present) On December 16, 2020, the San Francisco Giants signed DeSclafani to a one-year $6 million contract. On April 26, 2021, he threw a complete game shutout against the Colorado Rockies with 9 strikeouts, winning 12–0. In the 2021 regular season, he was 13–7 with 2 shutouts (tied for the National League lead) and a 3.17 ERA in 31 starts covering 167.2 innings. He was 10th in the NL in wins, as a batter he was 10th in sacrifice hits (7), and on defense he tied for the NL lead among pitchers with a perfect fielding percentage of 1.000. On November 22, 2021, DeSclafani re-signed with the Giants on a 3 year, $36 million contract. DeSclafani missed most of the 2022 after undergoing right ankle surgery, to set a subluxed peroneal tendon in his drive ankle, following a start of the season in which in six starts he was 0-2 and had a 6.63 ERA in 19 innings. Personal life DeSclafani and his wife, Lauren, married in January 2019. They had their first child, a son, in August 2020. They reside in Freehold, New Jersey.
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Village in Andhra Pradesh, India Appikatla is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Bapatla mandal of Tenali revenue division. Geography Appikatla is situated to the northwest of the mandal headquarters, Bapatla, at 15°58′N 80°30′E / 15.967°N 80.500°E / 15.967; 80.500. It is spread over an area of 791 ha (1,950 acres). Governance Appikatla Gram Panchayat is the local self-government of the village. There are 10 wards, each represented by an elected ward member. The present sarpanch is vacant, elected by the ward members. The village is administered by the Bapatla Mandal Parishad at the intermediate level of panchayat raj institutions. Education As per the school information report for the academic year 2018–19, the village has a total of 5 schools. These include one Government School, 2 Zilla/Mandal Parishad and 2 private schools. Transport Appikatla railway station, a Non-Suburban Grade-6 (NSG-6) station in the Vijayawada railway division of the South Coast Railway zone, provides rail connectivity to the village.
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Romanian association football manager and former player Răzvan Lucescu (Romanian pronunciation: [rəzˈvan luˈt͡ʃesku]; born 17 February 1969) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Greek Super League club PAOK. As a player, he operated as a goalkeeper and spent most years of his career at Sportul Studențesc during three stints. Lucescu also represented Național București, Brașov, Rapid București and FCM Bacău in his country, as well as Crema Calcio abroad. He won his only national title with Rapid in the 2002–03 campaign. He returned to Brașov in 2004 for his first role as a manager, before moving to Rapid where he guided the team to the Cupa României in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. Between 2009 and 2011, Lucescu was in charge of the Romania national team. His other managerial honours include six domestic trophies with El Jaish, PAOK and Al Hilal combined. With the latter side, he also won the AFC Champions League in 2019. Playing career Born in Bucharest, Lucescu made 240 appearances in the Divizia A for Sportul Studențesc, Național București, Brașov, Rapid București and FCM Bacău. Managerial career Brașov He began his coaching career with FC Brașov in the 2003–04 season spanning 15 matches in the first league. Rapid București In June 2004, he was named coach of Rapid București. In his first season, he qualified for the UEFA Cup, finishing third in the domestic league. In the 2005–06 season, he had a dramatic start of the season, being dismissed for one night, before the owner of the club, George Copos, decided to take him back. Lucescu and his side managed to defeat teams such as Feyenoord Rotterdam, Shakhtar Donetsk (his father's team), Hertha Berlin and Hamburger SV, reaching to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. Rapid was taken out by city rivals Steaua Bucharest after two draws. In the league, he finished as runners-up, after being sixth at the half of the season. The 2006–07 season was not as good. Rapid got eliminated from the UEFA Cup group stages after 4 draws, finishing fourth. However, in 2007 Lucescu decided not to continue with Rapid, after a fallout with some of the supporters and several disagreements with the club owner. He opted to return to Braşov. Răzvan won the Romanian Cup with Rapid in 2006 and 2007, both leading Rapid into the UEFA Cup. Return to Brașov Lucescu decided to start all over and, instead of accepting to manage bigger clubs from abroad, he decided to coach FC Brașov, who relegated two years before and finished 10th in the last season of the second division. He didn't disappoint and won promotion from the first place. Bringing Braşov back in the first league. Romania national team On 29 April 2009, he was appointed head coach and general manager of Romania, leaving Braşov after a ninth-place finish in the first division and replacing Victor Piţurcă in this position. After two years in control he gave up the national team, following the 3–0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina, leaving it with chances of qualifying to the UEFA Euro 2012. Return to Rapid București In June 2011, Lucescu returned to Rapid București for a second spell as coach. Lucescu's Rapid side defeated Polish champions Śląsk Wrocław 4–2 on aggregate in the play-off round to qualify for the UEFA Europa League group stage. The club finished fourth in Liga I and reached the finals of the 2011–12 Romanian Cup. El Jaish On 31 May 2012, he was appointed at the helm of Qatari side El Jaish on a two-year deal. In his first season in charge Lucescu won the 2012–13 Qatari Stars Cup and led his side into the knockout stages of the AFC Champions League. His contract with El Jaish was terminated in January 2014 and he was replaced by coach Nabil Maâloul who led the club to the runner-up spot in the Qatar Stars League. Petrolul Ploiești In March 2014, he was named the head coach of Liga I side Petrolul Ploiești replacing Cosmin Contra. He was sacked six months later, Petrolul finished third in the domestic league and were knocked out in the semi-finals by Astra Giurgiu in the Romanian Cup and also eliminated in the play-offs of the Europa League. Xanthi On 24 September 2014, Lucescu signed a one-year contract with Greek Super League club Skoda Xanthi. He guided them to their first Greek Cup final in their history. Lucescu went on to extend his contract with the Akrites for a further two seasons. PAOK On 11 August 2017, Lucescu would return to the benches of Superleague Greece as he signed a three-year contract with PAOK. His tenure at the club started against Ostersund for the play-off round of 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. PAOK went to win the first leg in Thessaloniki, 3–1, but a 0–2 defeat in Sweden in the second leg eliminated them from the competition, as they failed to reach the Europa League group stages for the first time in 5 years. At the home front, PAOK had a turbulent season, as they found themselves fighting for the league title with real chances. However, the derbies came to disastrous outcomes, with PAOK losing to Olympiacos due to an awarded 3–0 win, as the match was suspended for fan behavior. Against rivals AEK Athens, the president of the team, Ivan Savvidis, stormed onto the pitch with a pistol in his holster after a late PAOK goal was overturned after protests from AEK, causing the league to be suspended. PAOK was later punished with a reduction of 3 points and the awarding of the game to AEK by 0–3. The awarded derbies, as well as the court deduction, played a big role in PAOK losing the league title to AEK, as they finished the championship 2nd, 6 points behind their double-headed eagle rivals. Afterwards, PAOK won the Greek Cup after defeating AEK 2–0 in the Cup final in OAKA, Athens, which was viewed as a consolation prize for the lost championship. In the 2018–19 season, PAOK begin their European adventure in the Second Qualifying Round of the UEFA Champions League, eliminating Basel and Spartak Moscow, before losing in the play-offs against Benfica and dropping to the UEFA Europa League group stages. PAOK finished fourth in a group with Chelsea, BATE Borisov and Videoton, only winning 4–1 against BATE in Barysaw and losing all the other matches. Despite the early European exit, the team enjoyed a great domestic season. On 21 April 2019, PAOK won their third league title and their first in 34 years after beating Levadiakos at home with 5–0. Lucescu led his side to league triumph without a single defeat, a milestone last reached by Panathinaikos 65 years before, and finished the season with a record-breaking 80 points. Al-Hilal On 28 June 2019, Lucescu parted ways with PAOK after receiving an offer to manage Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal. The club reportedly paid PAOK the manager's €2M release clause. Răzvan had rejected the proposal from the specific team in May, however he changed his mind after a strong disagreement with the president of PAOK Ivan Savvidis and his son Giorgos Savvidis who had different plans for the team from them, that Lucescu had. As a result, he judged that he had no reason to stay in the team if his own plans for the team were not accepted, and so he left taking advantage of the fact that Al Hilal again proposed to him. He brought the club to its third AFC Champions League-era title and first continental title in 17 years, after a 3–0 win on aggregate over Urawa Red Diamonds in the 2019 AFC Champions League Final. He was dismissed after a 1–0 defeat against Damac in February 2021. Return to PAOK After two years in Saudi Arabia, Lucescu returned to PAOK for a second term, signing a three-year contract with a salary of €1.7 million without including the bonuses and became the highest paid coach in the history of PAOK. In the Super League, PAOK finished 2nd 19 points behind the champion Olympiacos, which, however, eliminated in the semifinals of the Greek Cup to find PAOK for the 5th time in 6 years in a cup final where it suffered a 1-0 defeat by Panathinaikos in the final in which there were many protests for refereeing against PAOK. In the Europa Conference League he managed to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament where he was eliminated by Marseille where there were also protests against refereeing against PAOK. Personal life Lucescu's father, Mircea, also coached the Romania national team and Rapid București, and is one of the most decorated managers of all time. Managerial statistics As of match played 13 February 2023 Honours Player Național București Rapid București Manager Rapid București Brașov El Jaish Xanthi PAOK Al-Hilal Individual
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Dune Forest Village was an "island" retreat of the Michigan newspaper publisher Swift Lathers. It was constructed between 1939 and 1957 for the purpose of having a place to go to for a simple life away from a cosmopolitan lifestyle. It was finally removed in the 1970s to make way for a state park. Description Dune Forest Village was an "island" retreat not surrounded by water, but by the sand dunes of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It consisted of a set of several small custom-made summer cabins and buildings at a homesteaded property in Michigan. The village consisted not only of summer resident dwellings, but also had a schoolhouse, church, general store, restaurant, and printing office. The little red schoolhouse had desks and books ready for class lessons; the church had an organ for music for the churchgoer worshipers, and the general store had 25 post office boxes. There was also a small restaurant boutique and a print shop office. The buildings were small but functional and used from time to time. One Sunday there were 32 people from Grand Rapids, Michigan that attended church services in the village chapel. Background Lathers had homesteaded a tract of land of some 60 acres (24 ha) on the shores of Lake Michigan in Western Michigan near Hart. Here he developed a small village as a retreat for himself and guests. The group of buildings constructed by Lathers was called Dunes Forest Village because there were trees in the area. The boards and construction material for his village were transported by Lathers by hand, as these was no public access to the remote area. He dragged the lumber and material for construction across the dunes. Lathers, considered a romanticist, envisioned his own island where he could go to for peace and quiet away from the hustle and bustle of the real world. He made his "island" in the sand dunes on the shores of Lake Michigan at the village of Mears near Hart. Lathers started construction of his small buildings in 1939. Lathers had a vision of a simple lifestyle and continued to work on building the village until 1957. Works related to the village Demise The village buildings of Dune Forest deteriorated over a twenty-year period of time and were vandalized. The dunes area became the Silver Lake State Park in the 1970s and state park management removed what was left of the buildings. Gallery
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USS Alpine (APA-92) was a Bayfield-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946.She was sold into commercial service in 1947 and was scrapped in 1971. History USS Alpine was laid down as Sea Arrow under a Maritime Commission contract on 12 April 1943 at Los Angeles, California, by the Western Pipe and Steel Company; launched on 10 July 1943 sponsored by Mrs. Helen Marsh, acquired by the Navy on 30 September 1943, renamed Alpine on 30 August 1943 and simultaneously designated APA-92; and commissioned on 30 September at San Francisco, California. That same day, the command of Alpine was transferred to Commander Roger E. Perry. Manned by a civilian crew, she got underway on 2 October and steamed to Portland, Oregon, where she arrived on 4 October. Four days later, she was decommissioned at the Commercial Iron Works for conversion to an attack transport. Pacific War Upon completion of the yard work, Alpine was recommissioned on 22 April 1944. She took ammunition, provisions, and supplies on board and left Portland on 7 May. While en route south, the ship held training exercises, and reached San Diego on 13 May, and continued shakedown in the San Diego area through 18 June. The next day, Alpine left San Diego and arrived at Pearl Harbor on the 25th. Soon thereafter, she began onloading the personnel and equipment of the 77th Army Division. On the 28th, Alpine was attached to Transport Division 38. With 1,417 troops embarked, Alpine sailed on 30 June to support the seizure of Guam. Her first stop was Eniwetok, which she reached on 9 July. A week of debarkation exercises was followed by a few more days of replenishment of supplies. The ship at last set off for the Marianas on 17 July and began offloadmg her assault troops and equipment off the west coast of Guam on 21 July. For six days, the transport remained in the area providing support to her landing party on the beach. At 1544 on 27 July she began her journey back via Eniwetok to Pearl Harbor. She reached Hawaii on 7 August and commenced voyage repairs. Alpine's next assignment was to carry troops to support the invasion and occupation of Leyte. On 27 August, with 1,416 soldiers on board, the transport left Pearl Harbor for one week of amphibious training exercises off the island of Maui. She returned briefly to Pearl Harbor but got underway again on 15 September. Alpine made a three-day stop at Eniwetok for supplies and then continued on to Manus in company with Task Group (TG) 33.1. She arrived there on 3 October and began unloading troops to several smaller landing craft. On 14 October, Alpine got underway with TG 79.1 to Leyte with 791 troops embarked. Early in the morning of 20 October, she arrived in Leyte Gulf and, at 0830, commenced the debarkation of her troops. Throughout the day, she unloaded supplies and received casualties. On the 21st, despite intermittent air attack warnings, she finished offloading her troops. The transport left Leyte at 2000 bound for Hollandia, New Guinea. Alpine stood into Humboldt Bay on 26 October and transferred casualties to a hospital at Hollandia. She took on board provisions and fuel and then got underway on 5 November for Biak in the Schouten Islands. There, the transport loaded the headquarters squadron of the 5th Army Air Force and, on 14 November began the return voyage to Leyte Gulf. At 0728 on 18 November Alpine commenced debarking troops. She soon spotted an enemy aircraft, and the transport's gunners opened fire from a range of 3,000 yards. The plane banked to the right and was observed splashing off the starboard quarter. Later, a second Japanese plane approached; and Alpine again opened fire. The plane was hit forward of the tail assembly, which exploded and left a trail of black smoke as the plane commenced a bank to the left and went into a full power dive toward Alpine's bridge. At an altitude of 1,200 feet, the aircraft burst into flames but still crashed into the attack transport's port side Two explosions produced a column of flame, and debris arose. Firefighting crews brought the flames under control in one-half-hour. Five crew members were killed and 12 injured. Alpine finished unloading her troops and cargo, left the area at 1810 and retired to Manus. The transport anchored in Seeadler Harbor on 24 November and underwent hull repairs necessitated by her battle damage. On 1 December, she shifted to Finschhafen, New Guinea, and embarked 1,512 Army troops and their equipment. Alpine then participated in tactical and antiaircraft gunnery exercises in Huon Gulf. She returned to Manus to replenish her supplies, then sailed on 31 December for the island of Luzon in company with TG 79.3. The transport reached Lingayen Gulf on 9 January 1945. After unloading her troops and cargo, she left the area on the 11th. The transport arrived at Leyte on 15 January, where she took on elements of the 38th Infantry Division. On 26 January, Alpine got underway back toward Luzon. Following two days of amphibious training exercises, the transport anchored off Luzon on 29 January and began lowering her boats at 0615. The next day, she finished this landing and retired to Leyte. Alpine spent the next month providing logistical support to smaller craft present in San Pedro Bay. She also underwent a period of tender availability. Alpine's next assignment was to support the invasion of Okinawa and Nansei Shoto. She loaded Army troops and got underway on 12 March to conduct a week of landing exercises off the southern coast of Samar. On 27 March, she sailed with TG 51.13 for Okinawa. On 1 April, Alpine began lowering her boats. At 1908, a Japanese plane approached Alpine from the port quarter. At 1910, she took a bomb hit on the starboard side of her main deck. The plane itself then hit the ship, causing fires in the number 2 and 3 holds. By 2200, the transport was listing seven degrees to port. Another ship came alongside and assisted Alpine's firefighting efforts, and, by 2300, the fires were under control. The crew then began their search for casualties and discovered that 16 men had been killed, and 19 were injured. On 2 April, USS Gear came alongside to assist the ship's force in making repairs. Alpine left Okinawa on the 6th, bound for the United States via Saipan and Pearl Harbor. She reached the naval station at Seattle, Washington, on 30 April and entered drydock on 1 May for overhaul and repairs. Her patching was completed by 29 June, and Alpine got underway on 5 July for three weeks of refresher training off the west coast. From 21 to 25 July, Alpine loaded supplies and personnel at Oakland, California, for shipment to Okinawa. En route, she stopped at Pearl Harbor on 31 July and Eniwetok on 9 August. While steaming to Ulithi on 15 August, Alpine received the announcement that hostilities had ended. She reached Ulithi on 18 August and remained there through 3 September awaiting orders. Alpine finally reported at Buckner Bay on 9 September. On 19 September, she was assigned to the 7th Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet. On that day she sailed for the Philippines, where she took on troops scheduled to help occupy Korea. The transport got underway from San Pedro Bav on 10 October with units of the 6th Infantry Division embarked. She anchored at Jinsen, Korea, on 16 October and debarked her passengers. Operation Magic Carpet Alpine again got underway on 24 October and headed for various ports in China to load American forces for passage home. After brief stops at Taku, Weihaiwei, and Tsingtao, China, Alpine set out for the long journey back to the West Coast. The transport reached San Diego on 19 November, then underwent a fortnight of voyage repairs. On 5 December, she returned to the western Pacific. Alpine steamed to Nagoya, Japan, arriving on 26 December. There, she embarked 1,915 Army troops, reversed her course, and steamed back to the United States. She arrived at Tacoma, Washington, on 14 January 1946 and, 12 days later, began a voyage, via the Panama Canal, to Norfolk, Virginia. She transited the canal on 13 February and arrived at Norfolk on 20 February. Alpine was decommissioned at Norfolk on 5 April 1946, transferred back to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 10 April, and her name struck from the Navy List on 1 May. Alpine was awarded five battle stars for World War II service. She was also awarded a Navy Unit Commendation for her actions at Okinawa in April 1945. Decommissioning and fate In 1947 the Maritime Commission sold Alpine to American Mail Lines, who registered the vessel in Portland, Oregon and renamed her India Mail. She continued in service with American Mail until 1965, when she was sold to Hudson Waterways Corporation, who re-registered her in New York and renamed her Transwestern. In 1969 the ship was sold again, this time to the Buckeye Steamship Company of Delaware who dubbed her Buckeye Pacific. In 1971 the ship changed hands yet again, this time becoming the property of the Empire Steamship Company of Panama. In 1971 the vessel changed hands for the last time, sold to Taiwanese interests for scrapping. Her final passage was to the scrapyard at Kaohsiung, where she arrived on 7 December of the same year.
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South Korean film director and screenwriter Yoon Sung-hyun (born August 3, 1982) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Yoon's directorial debut, a graduation project, Bleak Night received rave reviews and won several Best New Director awards at the 48th Grand Bell Awards, 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards and 12th Busan Film Critics Awards. Filmography Awards
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Village in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland Domacyny [dɔmaˈt͡sɨnɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Padew Narodowa, within Mielec County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Padew Narodowa, 21 km (13 mi) north of Mielec, and 61 km (38 mi) north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.
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South African cricketer Clifford Prinsloo (born 12 December 1984) is a South African cricketer. He played in three first-class and thirteen List A matches for Boland in 2005 and 2006.
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In April, 1821, prior to the first meeting of the 17th Congress, Representative-elect James Duncan (DR) from Pennsylvania's 5th district resigned. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 9, 1821. Election results Findlay took his seat December 12, 1821
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Russian slalom canoeist Pavel Kotov (born 22 March 1998) is a Russian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2015. He won a bronze medal in the C1 team event at the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell.
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2002 video game Medal of Honor: Frontline is a first-person shooter video game, in the Medal of Honor series, and was published by Electronic Arts. The player character is Lt. Jimmy Patterson, from the American Office of Strategic Services. Frontline takes place during the events of the first game and chronicles Patterson's journey as he fights his way across Europe into Nazi Germany during World War II. Frontline was released in North America for the PlayStation 2 on May 29, 2002 and for the GameCube and Xbox consoles on November 7, 2002. Developed by EA Los Angeles, the game was the first Medal of Honor by the studio after being purchased by Electronic Arts from DreamWorks SKG and Microsoft in February 2000. It is also the first game in the series without the involvement of Steven Spielberg, creator of the series. In 2010, an HD port of the game was included in the "Limited Edition" PlayStation 3 version of Medal of Honor. Gameplay Frontline is a first-person shooter where players take control of the protagonist player character in a first-person perspective where they fight through levels set during the Second World War against the Wehrmacht using historical weaponry of the era, performing a series of military operations. Briefings take place at the start of each mission, which advance the plot and introduce new characters. Each mission is structured through a number of linear levels, each with differing locations, levels of action and styles of gameplay. Initially the player character begins on the frontlines during D-Day backed up by other computer AI-controlled soldiers with an emphasis on fast action-orientated gun-based gameplay. As the story progress however, the player character is sent on a variety of other missions including a number of covert and undercover operations in locations such as military bases, German-occupied towns and manors, submarines and countryside settings. The player character is tasked with objectives during levels that range from infiltration, espionage, rescue and recon. Because of the variety between missions and locations, gameplay changes pace. While many missions involve Allied assaults on German targets others include elements of stealth and exploration. For example, one selections of missions has the player detach from an allied raid to infiltrate a German U-boat in order to get to a secret facility while another has them rendezvous and sneak into a German headquarters in disguise to rescue an operative. Many missions are performed solo but also sometimes include an AI companion for backup. Health is determined by a health bar that can be replenished using a selection of "medikits" found throughout levels with varying degrees of effect. During missions, players can earn medals at the end of each level by meeting requirements such as completions of objectives, eliminating a number of enemies and maintaining a percentage of health throughout, all represented by a bronze, silver or gold star. Plot Frontline starts with Lieutenant James Steven "Jimmy" Patterson storming Omaha Beach as a part of Operation Overlord, after which the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) sends him to disrupt German U-boat operations. Patterson stows away aboard the fictional U-Boat U-4902 and infiltrates the German U-boat base in Lorient, France, destroying 4902 and two more U-boats and crippling the port; during his infiltration, he crosses paths with an SS Hauptsturmführer named Rudolf Ulbricht von Sturmgeist conducting an inspection, but Sturmgeist, unaware of Patterson's presence, leaves shortly before the base is destroyed. Shortly after Patterson completes his mission in Lorient, the OSS discovers that the Germans are building a secret weapon, but their contact in the Dutch Resistance goes missing. Patterson is sent to drop with the 82nd Airborne during Operation Market Garden to find him, meeting up with the Resistance and learning the contact is being held in a Nazi-occupied manor. After infiltrating the manor, Patterson locates the contact and rescues him from German custody. The OSS learns from the contact that the secret weapon is a highly advanced jet fighter called HO-IX, which has the potential to change the tide of airpower over Europe if it reaches production. Patterson is sent to sabotage the aircraft's production, however en route he is instructed to cross the Nijmegen Bridge, disarm the explosives wired to the bridge, and send supplies to the besieged British 1st Airborne Division trapped in Arnhem. The OSS makes contact with Patterson again, informing him that they have tracked down Sturmgeist, and learned he is the officer in charge of the HO-IX project. Patterson is sent to Emmerich to track Sturmgeist, pursuing him aboard the SS Officer's personal armored train, but Patterson is unable to catch him before he escapes. Patterson abandons the train and proceeds to the secret aircraft facility outside Gotha on foot, destroying vital German supplies in a railroad depot before proceeding to the facility where the secret aircraft is being held. Once there, Patterson sabotages the facility and production lines, broadcasts the location of the facility to the Allies, and confronts Sturmgeist and his guards in the hangar of the HO-IX, killing him and using the HO-IX to escape the facility as it is destroyed by an Allied bombing raid. Development Soundtrack Medal of Honor: Frontline Original Soundtrack Recording is the soundtrack album for the game. The music was composed by Michael Giacchino in early 2001. The score was performed by the Northwest Sinfonia and recorded by Steve Smith at the Bastyr Chapel, between June 11 and June 15, 2001. Different from the score releases of Medal of Honor and Medal of Honor: Underground, the CD album for Frontline was only available through EA Games' online store. A digital release was followed in 2005. Parts of the soundtrack would also be re-used in several later games of the series, such as the Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Expansion Packs Spearhead and Breakthrough, Medal of Honor: Infiltrator, Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault, Medal of Honor: Vanguard and Medal of Honor: Airborne. Track listing All lyrics are written by Scott Langteau; all music is composed by Michael Giacchino. Reception Reception By July 2006, the PlayStation 2 version of Medal of Honor: Frontline had sold 2.5 million copies and earned $95 million in the United States alone. Next Generation ranked it as the eighth-highest-selling game launched for the PlayStation 2, Xbox or GameCube between January 2000 and July 2006 in that country. The PlayStation 2 version also received a "Double Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom; and a "Gold" certification from the Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland (VUD), for sales of at least 100,000 units across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The game received "generally favorable" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. GameSpot named Frontline the best video game of May 2002. It won GameSpot's annual "Best Sound on PlayStation 2" award and was a runner-up for "Best Music on PlayStation 2" and "Best Graphics (Technical) on PlayStation 2". It received further nominations in the "Best Shooter", "Best Music" and "Best Sound" categories among GameCube games, and "Best Music" and "Best Sound" among Xbox games. High-definition remaster At E3 2010, a high-definition version of Frontline was announced. The remastered version of Frontline was included in the PlayStation 3 version of Medal of Honor (2010) with updated gameplay options and also trophies support and remastered with high-definition graphics. The player has the option to play with the classic gameplay, such as dual stick turning/strafing controls and dual button weapon switching, or modern based gameplay with iron sights, single stick looking and strafing, and button press crouching controls. In August 2011, Frontline was released for PlayStation Network.
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Award ceremony The Taurus World Stunt Awards is a yearly award ceremony held midyear that honors stunt performers in movies. It is held each year in Los Angeles. The first awards were given out in 2001. The deciding committee has been around since the year 2000. The awards were created by Dietrich Mateschitz, the founder of Red Bull. The awards statue was sculpted by Austrian artist Jos Pirkner [de], and is a figure in the form of a winged bull. Taurus Lifetime Achievement Award 2001 Films in alphabetical order 2002 Films in alphabetical order 2003 Films in alphabetical order 2004 Films in alphabetical order 2005 Films in alphabetical order 2007 Films in alphabetical order 2008 Films in alphabetical order 2009 Films in alphabetical order 2010 Films in alphabetical order 2011 Films in alphabetical order 2012 Films in alphabetical order 2013 Films in alphabetical order 2014 Films in alphabetical order 2015 Films in alphabetical order 2016 Films in alphabetical order 2017 Films in alphabetical order 2018 Films in alphabetical order 2019 Films in alphabetical order 2020 Films in alphabetical order In pop culture In the 2007 videogame Stuntman: Ignition, a player can be nominated for the Taurus World Stunt Awards. TV airings The award ceremony is normally broadcast on American television channels such as Entertainment News (E!).[citation needed] The awards show has also aired on AMC. Other awards In 2008 the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) added an awards category for stunt performers, "Best Stunt Ensembles in features and TV." Stunt performers have lobbied for the creation of an Academy Award for stunt work, but little progress has been made.
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Defunct school district in Iowa, United States Greene Community School District was a school district headquartered in Greene, Iowa, USA. The district served sections of Butler and Floyd counties. It began whole grade-sharing with the Allison–Bristow Community School District in 2004, leading to the creation of North Butler High School in Greene and North Butler Middle School in Allison. Leaderships of the two districts promoted a merger that would occur by 2006 as they hoped to obtain property tax incentives and weighted enrollment funds totaling $600,000. This election was scheduled for Tuesday, October 11, 2005. The proposed merger failed as Aliston–Bristow voters defeated it on a 279–206 basis, with 57.53% rejecting the proposed merger. The Greene voters had approved it on a 352–62 basis (85.02%). The second vote on whether the districts would merge succeeded in 2010, with Greene voters approving it by 607–25 (96%) and Allison–Bristow voters approving it by 378–311 (54.86%). It merged with Allison–Bristow CSD to form North Butler Community School District on July 1, 2011.
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Pénélope is a French-language opera by the composer Niccolò Piccinni, first performed at Fontainebleau on 2 November 1785 in the presence of King Louis XVI and his queen Marie-Antoinette. It takes the form of a tragédie lyrique in three acts. The libretto, by Jean-François Marmontel, is based on the story of Odysseus (Ulysses) and Penelope in Homer's Odyssey. The opera transferred to the Académie Royale de Musique, Paris (the Paris Opera) on 6 December 1785, but it was not a success. Roles Sources
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French tennis player Gilles Bastié (born 9 February 1971) is a former professional tennis player from France. Biography Bastié competed on the professional tour in the 1990s. Most of his ATP Tour main draw appearances came in the doubles format and he made two semi-finals. This included the Bordeax Open of 1992, which he and Jordi Burillo opened with a win over Björn Borg, who was making a tour comeback, and his partner John Lloyd. On the singles tour he qualified twice for the main draw at Bordeax, in 1994 and 1995. At the 1996 French Open he featured in the men's doubles draw as a wildcard pairing with countryman Lionel Barthez. Challenger titles Doubles: (1)
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American television series American TV series or program Bobb'e Says is a live-action clip series hosted by Bobb'e J. Thompson that aired on Cartoon Network from August 19, 2009, to September 23, 2009. In the series Thompson provided commentary about video clips that aired as part of the episode. It was part of the CN Real block, and premiered the same day as another series, Dude, What Would Happen. Bobb'e Says is Cartoon Network's shortest lived live-action series along with BrainRush, both only running for six episodes. The entire series was available for purchase on the iTunes Store at one point, but has since been delisted and is currently lost media with exception towards episode one. Episodes Season 1 (2009)
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Swedish professional golfer (born 1993) Jenny Haglund (born 26 June 1993) is a Swedish professional golfer who has played on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the LPGA Tour. Career Haglund played college golf at Southern Methodist University before she graduated with a degree in Sports Management and Communications in 2016 and turned professional on June 2nd. She won the 2016 Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit and finished second in the 2016 LET Access Series Order of Merit rankings, earning promotion to the 2017 Ladies European Tour. In 2018, Haglund joined the Symetra Tour, where she found herself in the lead heading into the final round of her first tournament, the IOA Championship. In February 2018, Haglund won a new Hyundai Genesis G80 after a hole-in-one during the third round of the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open in Adelaide. In April 2018, Haglund claimed her first Ladies European Tour title at the 2018 Lalla Meryem Cup in Rabat, Morocco, following a playoff. Having shared a three-way tie for the 72-hole lead with overnight co-leader Sarah Kemp and the 2017 event champion Klára Spilková on three-under-par 285, Haglund took the spoils after blasting a 249-meter drive down the 18th fairway and converting a four-foot putt for birdie. Following the victory, Haglund rose from 276 to 204 in the Women's World Golf Rankings and topped the 2018 Ladies European Tours Order of Merit, five tournaments into the season. Haglund won the Symetra Classic and received one of the two sponsor invites for the 2018 Women's PGA Championship, but did not make the cut. She finished 12th on the 2018 Symetra Tour official money list, narrowly (by $2,027) missing out on the full exemption to the LPGA Tour awarded the top ten. She made 19 starts on the 2019 LPGA Tour and made four cuts. On the LET, she finished top-10 at the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open, Australian Ladies Classic and the Lalla Meryem Cup, ending the season 41st on the Order of Merit. Professional wins (6) Ladies European Tour wins (1) Symetra Tour wins (1) LET Access Series wins (2) ^Co-sanctioned with the Swedish Golf Tour Swedish Golf Tour wins (3) ^Co-sanctioned with the LET Access Series Team appearances Amateur
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Vietnamese footballer Trần Bửu Ngọc (born 26 February 1991) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Hoàng Anh Gia Lai. International career He made his international debut for Vietnam on 22 March 2013 in a match against Hong Kong. Honours Club Đông Á Thanh Hóa Third place : 2022
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American politician Jesse Thayer (1845–1910) was an American educator and legislator. Born in Janesville, Wisconsin, he served in the American Civil War. Afterwards, he graduated from Milton College. He was a superintendent of public schools and was a mathematics professor at Rivers Falls Normal School (now University of Wisconsin–River Falls). In 1885–1886, he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly. He also served as the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin 1887–1891.
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United Nations resolution adopted in 1990 United Nations Security Council resolution 655, adopted unanimously on 31 May 1990, after considering a report by the Secretary-General regarding the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, the Council noted its efforts to establish a durable and just peace in the Middle East. The resolution decided to call upon the parties concerned to immediately implement Resolution 338 (1973), it renewed the mandate of the Observer Force for another six months until 30 November 1990 and requested that the Secretary-General submit a report on the situation at the end of that period.
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{"document_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain_women%27s_national_futsal_team"}
The Spain women's national futsal team represents Spain in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. Tournament records World Tournament European Championship Current squad Squad for Euro 2019
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Village in Mazandaran, Iran Shahrak-e Shahid Nowruzian (Persian: شهرك شهيدنوروزيان, also Romanized as Shahrak-e Shahīd Nowrūzīān) is a village in Kolijan Rostaq-e Olya Rural District, Kolijan Rostaq District, Sari County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 817, in 248 families.
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Look up kaddish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kaddish is a Jewish prayer. Kaddish may also refer to: Places Literature Film and TV Music Classical compositions Albums
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Look up Keane in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Keane may refer to:
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Public school in Indiana, United States James Whitcomb Riley High School is a high school in South Bend, Indiana; serving most of the city's south side. The school is named in honor of the "Hoosier Poet", James Whitcomb Riley. The school is operated by South Bend Community School Corporation and governed by the SBSC's Board of School Trustees. Boys Swimming The Men's swim team at Riley, is the most successful athletic program in the South Bend Community School Corporation. Founded in 1952 it has had dozens of swimmers win individual state titles and be named All-Americans. . State Titles The Men's swim team at Riley, is the most successful athletic program in the South Bend Community School Corporation, with 7 State Titles ( 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58,1961–62,1977–78,1985–86,1994–95), and 7 State-Runner Titles ( 1960–61, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1982–83, 2001–02,2002–03). . Sectional Titles Along with their state titles the team has won 29 Sectional titles (1975–76, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999-00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2016–17, 2017–18) . Conference Titles They Riley High School Boys Swim team has also won an additional 31 Northern Indiana Conference Titles ( 1955–56, 1256–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961-1962, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999-00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06,2006–07, 2016,17). . City Titles Since the start of the S.B.C.S.C City Championship Riley has accumulated 32 City Tiles ( 1955–56, 1961–62, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999-00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019-20). Win–loss record Since the start of the 2001–02 and to the end of the 2019-2020 season the team has accumulated a win–loss record of 222-42-1. . Girls Basketball In the early 2000s, Riley experienced some success in girls basketball being the 4-A state runner-up in 2002 and semi state runner-up in 2003. Since then, they have accumulated a win loss record of 30-143 from the 2006-2014 seasons.. Good Morning America On September 30, 2020, the national morning news show Good Morning America came to Riley to bring awareness to schools and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. ABC News Correspondent Will Reeve along with GMA donated a $20,000 grant in partnership with Donor's Choose, and 1200 WiFi-Hotspots for five years in partnership with AT&T. . Notable alumni
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Dame Susan Myfanwy Tinson, DBE, FRTS (née Thomas; born 15 January 1943), best known as Sue Tinson, is a British business executive and former television executive at ITN. Personal life Born in Sussex to John and Kathleen (née Ayling) Thomas, she attended South Hampstead High School and Hull University, where she earned her B.A. She married Trevor James Tinson in 1968; the marriage was dissolved in 1979. Career Sue Tinson is currently Advisory Board Director, Pagefield Communications Ltd as well as being a consultant with ITN. She was formerly a non-executive Director of Chime Communications plc, ITV London, the Yorkshire Building Society, and St. Ives plc. She was a non-executive Director of both ASDA and Freeserve before they were taken over. Tinson has more than 40 years' experience in the media industry, much of it with ITN (Independent TV News) as Associate Editor and Editor of ITN and Editor of "News at Ten". She is a Fellow of the Royal Television Society. She is a former Commissioner of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (1999-2004) and a Committee member of the Heritage Lottery Fund. She was producer of The Queen's Christmas Broadcasts in 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2002. In 2012 she was a member of the committee for the Queen's Jubilee River Pageant.
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Look up petrolhead in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. 1996 studio album by Ian Moss Petrolhead is the third studio album by Australian musician Ian Moss. The album was a departure from Ian's previous albums with Moss saying “it was a conscious decision to get back to something I was always happy doing. The result is tough, ballsy blues meets rock...plenty of heart, alive and kicking.” Reception Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane declared it was "his best-ever album ... [by] a down'n'dirty blues-rock outfit ... with gritty, hard-edged tracks ... [and] finely honed guitar work". The Sydney Morning Herald said, "The irony of Petrolhead is while many of the songs seem forgettable on first listen, they are annoyingly difficult to forget. Just about everything is unoriginal, but is also done with enthusiasm and guitars turned up to 11." Track listing Personnel Charts
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2016 compilation album by Yo La Tengo Murder in the Second Degree is a 2016 album by the American musical group Yo La Tengo. The album consists of cover songs originally written by other musicians, all of which were played live in the studio by Yo La Tengo as fundraisers for independent radio station WFMU. It is a follow-up to their 2006 compilation album, Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics. The album cover was created by cartoonist Adrian Tomine, who did the cover of the previous compilation album as well. Track listing
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{"document_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Ombudsman"}
Ombudsman for the European Union The European Ombudsman is an inter-institutional body of the European Union that holds the institutions, bodies and agencies of the EU to account, and promotes good administration. The Ombudsman helps people, businesses and organisations facing problems with the EU administration by investigating complaints, as well as by proactively looking into broader systemic issues. The current Ombudsman is Emily O'Reilly. The European Ombudsman has offices in Strasbourg and Brussels. History The European Ombudsman was established by the Maastricht Treaty and the first, Jacob Söderman of Finland, was elected by Parliament in 1995. The current Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly of Ireland, took office on 1 October 2013. Appointment The European Ombudsman is elected by the European Parliament. The Ombudsman is elected for the term of 5 years and the term is renewable. At the request of Parliament, the Ombudsman may be removed by the Court of Justice if "(s)he no longer fulfils the conditions required for the performance of his duties or if (s)he is guilty of serious misconduct". (Article 228 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU) Remit and powers Any EU citizen or entity may appeal the Ombudsman to investigate an EU institution on the grounds of maladministration: administrative irregularities, unfairness, discrimination, abuse of power, failure to reply, refusal of information or unnecessary delay. The Ombudsman cannot investigate the European Court of Justice in its judicial capacity, the General Court, the Civil Service Tribunal, national and regional administrations (even where EU law is concerned), judiciaries, private individuals or corporations. The Ombudsman has no binding powers to compel compliance with their rulings, but the overall level of compliance is high. The Ombudsman primarily relies on the power of persuasion and publicity. In 2011, the overall rate of compliance by the EU institutions with their suggestions was 82%. The EU Agencies had a compliance rate of 100%. The compliance rate of the European Commission was the same as the overall figure of 82%, while the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) scored 69%. Cases It is a right of an EU citizen, according to the EU treaties, to take a case to the Ombudsman. One example of a case dealt with by the Ombudsman involved a late payment from the commission to a German science journalist. The Commission explained the delay, paid interest and accelerated future payments to experts. On another occasion, following a complaint from a Hungarian, EPSO agreed to clarify information in recruitment competition notices concerning eligibility and pre-selection tests. A third case was resolved when the Ombudsman compelled the council to release to the public documents it had previously not acknowledged the existence of. The ombudsman received 2,667 complaints in the year 2010 and opened 335 investigations into alleged maladministration. In 2011 2,510 complaints were received and 396 investigations were opened. The largest number of complaints in 2011 came from Spain (361), followed by Germany with 308. Relative to population, however, the greatest proportion of complaints came from Luxembourg and Cyprus. The United Kingdom, despite its eurosceptic reputation, was in 2009 responsible for the smallest number of cases lodged. In 2011 the UK was responsible for 141 complaints to the Ombudsman, still representing a relatively low ratio of complaints to population. According to the Ombudsman's own reports, 58% of complaints in 2011 were related to the European Commission. 11% related to the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) from dissatisfied applicants to the European Civil Service and 4% to the European Parliament. The Council of the European Union accounted for 3%. Main subjects of action The main mission guiding the European Ombudsman's work is the “right to good administration” that is recognized as a human right in the EU. The European Ombudsman helps citizens, companies and associations that face problems with EU administration. The main areas of inquiries of European Ombudsman relate to the transparency of EU institutions administration; transparency and accountability in EU decision-making; lobbying transparency; ethical issues; fundamental rights; EU competitions policy; and citizen participation in EU decision-making. Transparency in the right of accessing EU documents Complaints concerning lack of transparency are the most common category of complaints received by the Europeam Ombudsman, representing between 20% and 30% of complaints. They are mainly related to the refusal of EU institution(s) to grant documents upon a citizen's request. This right of citizens to access EU documents is granted by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. In case a citizen is prevented from accessing such requested documents, he or she can turn with a complaint to the European Ombudsman to try to achieve a resolution. For instance, in case 693/2011/RA, following European Medicines Agency (EMA)'s refusal to grant public access to clinical studies carried out on a multiple sclerosis drug, the Ombudsman made a friendly solution proposal on it with some detailed suggestions for the particular case, trying to achieve the transparency the complainant was requesting. EMA positively received this and fully accepted the friendly solution proposal by European Ombudsman. Lobbying transparency European Ombudsman works to ensure that the EU's democratic decision-making process is characterized by the highest transparency standards. For that, special attention is given to interest groups and their engagement and influence in EU institutions. Lobbying transparency is one of the main topics of action of the European Ombudsman, through various strategic initiatives, trying to mitigate potential conflicts of interest. The European Ombudsman was involved in the Transparency Register, which has enabled citizens to know who is trying to influence EU decision-makers. For instance, in 2014, the European Ombudsman published, after a formal inquiry, a final decision stating that the “Commission's refusal to publish online details of all meetings which its services and its staff have with the tobacco industry” constituted maladministration. Ethical issues Ethic issues related complaints to European Ombudsman can go from conflicts of interest to “revolving doors” situations, where someone working in the private sector moves to closely links jobs in the public jobs or vice versa. The European Ombudsman has defended that EU administration must comply with “gold standards when it comes to ethical behaviour”. For instance, one inquiry, concluded in 2020, investigated corporate sponsorship of the Presidency of the Council of the EU. Started from a complaint NGO who raised the concern of the Romanian EU Presidency receiving sponsorship by a major soft drinks company in the context of the Presidency. The Ombudsman considered that “as the Presidency is part of the Council, its activities are likely to be perceived by the wider European public as being linked to the Council of the EU as a whole” and might entail “reputational risks”. The Council ended up agreeing to the European Ombudsman consideration and drew guidance for Member States indicating that they would no longer accept sponsorship in the context of their presidencies. Fundamental rights A key part of European Ombudsman work is to ensure that EU institutions respect fundamental rights. For example, in 2015 the European Ombudsman conducted an investigation, in collaboration with 19 members of the European Network of Ombudsmen, into the compliance of fundamental rights by Frontex when forcing migrants to return to their home countries. It concluded that there was significant “room for improvement” as to how it was handling joint returns of illegal migrants and, in that scope, made detailed recommendations as to how Frontex could improve. Frontex responded positively to many of these recommendations. Citizen participation In its role as moderator and bridge between citizens and the EU institutions, the European Ombudsman also promotes citizens' participation and involvement in European politics, by, for example, demanding greater transparency so that citizens can follow the proceedings, or by promoting on his own initiative the implementation of more participatory decision-making processes. A large number of the complaints that the European Ombudsman receives in this context are related to problems in the functioning of the European Commission's public consultations, and the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI). In 2014, the European Ombudsman invited ECI organizers (such as civil society, organisations and interested bodies) to give feedback on the ECI. European Ombudsman's procedures The European Ombudsman, on one hand, a formal parliamentary body at a supranational level, “designed to strengthen the supervision and control of European Institutions and Administrations” and, on top of that, it works with a specific European concept of maladministration. The powers of the European Ombudsman, albeit limited, provide them the “opportunity to combine the instruments of parliamentary scrutiny and judicial control in an original way” European Ombudsman can conduct inquiries following a complaint received and conduct inquiries on its own initiative. As methods of action, it can require the institution concerned for information, it can inspect the institution's files and it can take testimonies from officials. The European Ombudsman complements the work of the courts, as it offers an alternative way for citizens to resolve disputes with the EU administration, without incurring in costs such as lawyers or fees. However, the European Ombudsman has no power to make legally binding decisions, so it can only act as a moderator in the dispute. Using the powers conferred by the Statute of the European Ombudsman, the European Ombudsman can require any institution whose maladministration is in question “to provide some information, inspect its files and take testimony from its staff members” and it can propose solutions for the case. Whenever it finds a situation of maladministration, the European Ombudsman can make proposals through problem-solving proposals, recommendations and suggestions. The main way in which the European Ombudsman tries to resolve the case is by proposing a solution, that is, a solution that both the complainant and the institution concerned would be willing to accept. This method may result in a quick constructive and good outcome for the complainant. However, this method is far from being effective to provoke systemic change in the public interest. If the institution rejects the proposed friendly solution, then the European Ombudsman can proceed to the powers of Article 4 of the Statute and draft recommendations for the institution concerned. Such recommendations are published in the Ombudsman's website, creating therefore some publicity and raising public attention to the maladministration identified. If no resolution is found neither from the proposed friendly solution, nor from the recommendation, then the European Ombudsman can publish suggestions for improvements, directed to the institution, to address the issue. These public suggestions can publicly identify systemic maladministration problems and suggest corrections that can cause systemic improvements for the public interest.  If, at the end of an investigation, an institution rejects its final findings or recommendations, the Ombudsman can criticize it publicly, raising importance on the issue, and can make a special report to the European Parliament. Many of the complaints sent to the European Ombudsman are outside its mandate. In 2020, the European Ombudsman processed 1,400 complaints outside its scope of competence. This number of out-of-scope complaints came mainly from Spain, Poland and Germany. This counts to justify the significant difference in percentage of opened inquiries compared to the number of complaints submitted. In any case, the European Ombudsman tries to reply to all complaints submitted, even the ones outside the mandate. In those cases, European Ombudsman helps complainants by explaining the Ombudsman's mandate, advising other bodies where to direct their complaint. If the complainant agrees, the European Ombudsman can also forward the complaint to members of the European Network of Ombudsmen (ENO). The institution receiving the greatest number of inquiries conducted by the European Ombudsman has been throughout the years the European Commission. In 2020 for example, 210 inquiries opened concerned the European Commission, compared to 30 concerning the European Personnel Selection Office, 14 the European External Action Service, 12 the European Anti-Fraud Office, 11 the European Parliament, 9 the European Central Bank, 9 the European Investment Bank, 34 for EU agencies and 41 to all other organisms. The major grand topic inquiries made by European Ombudsman in 2020 were: the functioning of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency's (Frontex) 'Complaints Mechanism' to deal with complaints related to fundamental rights; the transparency of the Council of the EU during the Covid-19 crisis; and the collection and processing of information by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control during the Covid-19 crisis. Advice, complaints, and inquiries throughout the years The high number of maladministration complaints made to European Ombudsman in parallel with the literature support, shows that “the ombudsman is an important platform protecting the rights of citizens and promoting democratic values at the EU level”. Effectiveness, Impact, and Achievements The European Ombudsman has, since its appearance in 1995, profiled itself as an institution with the “good governance” mission, promoting this cause and its own place within the EU institutional system. It is active towards serving the wider public interest and one of its goals is to achieve “tangible improvements for complainants and the public vis-a-vis the EU administration” On one hand, European Ombudsman is responsive towards complaints from individuals, companies and associations, replying to and resolving complaints related to administration problems in the EU institutions. On the other hand, the European Ombudsman also takes an autonomous and active approach in “helping the institutions to improve the quality of the service they provide” by making proposals through problem-solving proposals, recommendations, and suggestions. Accessing the European Ombudsman's effectiveness implies having into consideration quantitative data, such as the statistics of the responsiveness to complaints and statistics on own-initiative inquiries, but also qualitative data in order to try to better understand all kinds of achievements when contacting the institutions (that is, how EU institutions react to the European Ombudsman's proposals). For this purpose, complying with Article 4(5) of the Statute, the European Ombudsman submits a comprehensive report to the European Parliament at the end of each annual session, with information on the rate of EU institutions’ compliance with recommendations made by the European Ombudsman. One of the goals of the European Ombudsman is to achieve improvements in the EU administration and, according to its way of working, statistics can to partially measure their results, in terms of how the institutions responded to the Ombudsman's proposals. European Ombudsman's responsiveness to complaints Data from the 2020 Annual Report shows how responsive the European Ombudsman was in 2020 towards the complaints received by individuals, companies, and associations, including the complaints that were outside its mandate scope (which were more than 1400 in 2020). In 2020, 849 complainants (39.5% of all complaints dealt with during 2020) received advice or found their case transferred to another complaints body. Other 934, (representing 43,5%) received a response informing the complaint that all advice from European Ombudsman had already been provided. Finally, 365 complaints (17% of all complaints dealt with that year) resulted in the opening of formal inquiries for further analyses. Cooperation and acceptance by EU institutions European Ombudsman reports that in 2019, “the EU institutions responded positively to the Ombudsman's proposals (solutions, recommendations, and suggestions) in 79% of instances”. Out of 119 proposals from the Ombudsman related to corrections the EU institutions should do to improve their administrative practices, 95 were positively received and had an influence on the correction of the maladministration situations detected. In 2020, 10 out of the 17 institutions to which the Ombudsman made proposals, fully complied with all solutions, suggestions, and recommendations. Some examples of influence - Case 2168/2019/KR: Revolving doors. European Ombudsman opened an inquiry after the ex-executive director of the European Banking Authority moved to the position of CEO of the Association for Financial Markets in Europe. The European Ombudsman concluded that the EBA should have forbidden such move of job, given the high risks of conflict of interests. Therefore, a recommendation was made that, in the future, the EBA should forbid, with clear criteria, senior staff members moving to certain positions after their term of office and access to confidential information would stop once it was known that a member of staff was taking up another job. The EBA agreed to implement the Ombudsman's recommendations. - Case 860/2018/THH: positive cooperation following European Food Safety Authority's refusal to grant public access to declarations of interest of middle management staff. The EFSA ended up following the Ombudsman's request to make those declarations public and has a more transparent policy in this area. - Case 357/2019/FP: positive cooperation following the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)'s refusal to grant public access to documents relating to contacts with stakeholders. The European Ombudsman opened an inquiry following a complaint and verified that some internal notes of meetings should have been disclosed. In the context of cooperation with the European Ombudsman, the ESMA disclosed to the complainant parts of eight documents. - Joint cases 488/2018/KR and 514/2018/KR: positive cooperation in the context of an inquiry regarding the appointment of the Commission's Secretary-General (its highest civil servant). The Commission improved the appointment procedure as it had been suggested by the European Ombudsman, indicating a vacancy notice and a well-defined timeline in the procedure. Conclusion While the discourse on fundamental rights is relevant to the European Ombudsman, its profile and, to some extent, its mandate leave the conceptual field of human rights outside of its scope capacity to act. The mission and performance of the European Ombudsman is positively seen by the EU institutions, shown by the rates of positive cooperation and compliance with the European Ombudsman's recommendations. Most scholars note that the European Ombudsman has been effective in promoting good governance in the EU. However, a few author note that it has had less impact in the field of fundamental rights, subject EU citizens most complain about. Ombudsmen
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French tax officer and mathematician Étienne Pascal (French: [etjɛn paskal]; 2 May 1588 – 24 September 1651) was a French chief tax officer and the father of Blaise Pascal. Biography Pascal was born in Clermont to Martin Pascal, the treasurer of France, and Marguerite Pascal de Mons. He had three daughters, two of whom survived past childhood: Gilberte (1620–?) and Jacqueline (1625–1661). His wife Antoinette Begon died in 1626. He was a tax official, lawyer, and a wealthy member of the petite noblesse, who also had an interest in science and mathematics. He was trained in the law at Paris and received his law degree in 1610. That year, he returned to Clermont and purchased the post of counsellor for Bas-Auvergne, the area surrounding Clermont. In 1631, five years after his wife's death, Pascal moved with his children to Paris. They hired Louise Delfault, a maid who eventually became an instrumental member of the family. Pascal, who never remarried, decided to home-educate his children, who showed extraordinary intellectual ability, particularly his son Blaise. Pascal served on a scientific committee (whose members included Pierre Hérigone and Claude Mydorge) to determine whether Jean-Baptiste Morin's scheme for determining longitude from the Moon's motion was practical. The limaçon was first studied and named by Pascal, and so this mathematical curve is often called Pascal's limaçon. Pascal died in Paris.
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High Court of Northern Ireland case Derry City Council, Re Application for Judicial Review [2007] NIQB 5 is a 2007 High Court of Northern Ireland application for judicial review. It was brought by the Derry City Council requesting that the British government change the official name of the Northern Irish city of Londonderry to Derry in keeping with the council's policy. The request was declined after the judge ruled that as the city was named Londonderry via a Royal Charter, any change could only be made by the Monarch under the Royal Prerogative or by British legislation. Background The historic city of Derry in the Kingdom of Ireland was destroyed in 1608. It was rebuilt by members of The Honourable The Irish Society and the livery companies of the City of London. The rebuilt city was granted a Royal Charter by King James I of Ireland giving it the name of Londonderry in recognition of the City of London's part in the rebuilding. A further Royal Charter was issued in 1662 by King Charles II of Ireland affirming the change of name as it stated; "We will, ordain, constitute, confirm, and declare that the said city or town of Derry, for ever hereafter be, and shall be named and called the City of Londonderry." The city eventually grew to become the second largest city in Northern Ireland after Belfast. In 1984, the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) had gained control of the city council and changed the name of the council from Londonderry City Council to Derry City Council over opposition from unionist members. It was stated then that they needed to petition Queen Elizabeth II for the change to be official for the city name due to the charter. The nationalist-led council replied that they had no intention of "petitioning an English Queen to change the name of our Irish city". As such, the city's name officially remained as Londonderry. In 2005, the city's solicitor wrote to the Department of the Environment requesting official recognition of Derry being the name of the city, which was denied by the department. As a result, in 2006, the council applied for a judicial review in order to determine if it was legally possible to change the official name of the city, which was granted after the British government continued to call the city Londonderry. Case The case was heard at the High Court of Northern Ireland by Justice Weatherup. The council's argument was that they had legally changed the name of the city under the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 and by the Change of District Name (Londonderry) Order (Northern Ireland) 1984 made by the Department of the Environment. The government responded that the council lacked the legal authority to alter the charter as under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which partitioned Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland, it stated that the newly created Parliament of Northern Ireland had no authority over matters concerning The Crown, Royal Prerogative or any titles of honour granted by The Crown as these were "excepted matters". Justice Weatherup rejected the three arguments made that the council lacked the authority to attempt the change citing that the 1972 act made a clear separation of the authority of The Crown and the Royal Prerogative and that the name of the city was not a title of honour. The government then argued that as Derry City Council was the legal successor to the Londonderry Corporation which ran the city prior to 1972, then the council were obliged to maintain the original name. The court also rejected this assertion stating that there was no legal obligation to continue the name of the Londonderry Corporation. Justice Weatherup then considered if the council had officially changed the name of the city. He viewed that there was a separation between the city and the district and that the council could apply to substitute the name of the district under the 1972 act which was done in 1984; though it was noted that the city did not attempt to alter the name of County Londonderry. He found that the council had legally changed the name of the district but this had no effect on the legal name of the city. In summing up, Justice Weatherup affirmed the authority to change the name of the district was present in the 1972 act but it did not extend to changing the names of cities nor did he agree that any proposed change was "necessary or expedient". He stated that if the council wished to change the city name, then they needed to petition Privy Council of the United Kingdom and that it was the council's responsibility to pursue that option if they wished. As a result, the judgement of the court was to deny the application of the council confirming that due to the wording of the 1662 Royal Charter, the name of the city could only be changed by the Monarch using the Royal Prerogative or via legislation from the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Aftermath Following the ruling, Sinn Féin councillors stated they would continue to fight for the name change. Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) councillor Gregory Campbell said that the court ruling "should put the issue to rest". Sinn Féin members on the council often made motions to change the official name of the city from Londonderry to Derry over the following decade; all were defeated in council votes by DUP and SDLP votes. In 2015, a motion in favour of a rename was passed and an official request was made to the government. The request was denied in the House of Lords, with Lord Dunlop stating "At this time the Government does not intend to change the name of the City of Londonderry."
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Electoral ward St Teath and Tintagel is an electoral ward in Cornwall in England for the Cornwall Council. It was created for the 2021 Cornwall Council election combining parts of the former Tintagel district and all of St Teath and St Breward. Councillors Election results 2021
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2004 film Dead Birds is a 2004 American Western horror film directed by Alex Turner, and starring Henry Thomas, Nicki Aycox, Isaiah Washington, Patrick Fugit, and Michael Shannon. The film centers on a group of deserters turned bank robbers who come face-to-face with supernatural forces while holing up in an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank. The film was given a limited re-release on February 5, 2010, at the NuArt Theatre in Los Angeles; and received mixed reviews from critics. Plot William is the leader of a group of Confederate deserters during the American Civil War which includes his younger brother Sam, Clyde, and Joseph. With the help of Todd, an escaped slave, and Annabelle, an army nurse, they stage a robbery at a bank holding a cache of rebel gold. Needing a place to rest for the night, the criminals set up camp in a mansion overlooking an abandoned plantation. En route through the fields, they find a strange scarecrow, which they believe is actually a crucified man, and shoot a strange deformed creature. It soon becomes obvious that the old house is not as empty as they thought. The former owner was a gentleman farmer named Hollister with a wife and two children. When his wife died, he attempted to bring her back by sacrificing his children, slaves, and any other living creature, hoping that black magic acquired from his slaves' native rites would return her to life. However, this simply allowed evil spirits to take over his victims, and these remain in the house, attacking all who dare enter. When the locals found out about his demonic practice, the locals crucified the farmer in his fields so he would suffer by the very curse he unleashed (he is the scarecrow the group found when they first arrived). A storm is coming so Joseph leads the horse into the barn. When he goes to the well to get some water, he gets pulled in by one of the spirits. The others try to find him but fail to do so. The others also experience strange occurrences. While resting in the bedroom, Sam is haunted by the ghost of the farmer, who shows him what happened, while Todd witnesses the ghost of a slave being sacrificed in the basement. Clyde witnesses what appears to be Joseph stumbling about outside and goes to investigate. William and Annabelle, who are guarding the gold, wake up to find it gone and think Clyde took off with it. While William tries to track down Clyde, Sam is possessed by the farmer and shows Annabelle what happened. The ritual turned the farmer's family into demonic creatures similar to the one they killed when they first arrived. Sam dies soon afterwards and Annabelle tries to convince William to leave. Todd also reunites with the pair and is also determined to leave. When they reach the barn, they find the horses torn to pieces. Todd begins to hear and see things the other two cannot and he tries to leave. William refuses to leave without the gold and is accompanied by Annabelle back into the house to find Sam's body missing. In the field, a possessed Sam attacks Todd, throwing him into the air and he vanishes in mid-air. When William and Annabelle go into the fields as well, they find Clyde, now dead and possessed by one of the spirits, crucified like a scarecrow with his eyes and mouth sewn shut. As they try to flee, William accidentally shoots Annabelle, killing her instantly. The next morning, William finally leaves Annabelle's corpse behind. He is attacked by their dog and tries to run away. When William clears the fields, he is shot by a group of Confederate soldiers. It is then revealed that William has also transformed into a demonic creature and the soldiers mistook him for some deformed animal. Two of the soldiers discover gold coins which William dropped and go to investigate the house. As they walk through the fields, they discover the corpse of another demonic creature dead body, presumably that of Annabelle. Cast Release Dead Birds screened at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival. It was given a limited re-release on February 5, 2010, at the NuArt Theatre in Los Angeles. Home media The film was released on DVD by Columbia TriStar on March 15, 2005. Reception On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Dead Birds holds a score of 50%, based on 8 reviews, with an average score of 5.37/10. Jon Condit of Dread Central said of the film, "And wouldn't ya know it, this modestly budgeted period piece from newcomer Alex Turner dishes on the history (we're in the late-1800s for this one) as well as some heavy gore and otherworldly Lovecraftian heebie-jeebies for a mostly satisfying feast. That is, if you can withstand its unhurried storytelling pace these tales of America's yesteryear can't seem to shake (it ain't no Glory, I'll say that much)." Cam Lindsay of Exclaim! said, "The Wild Wild West isn't the norm for a horror film setting, but first-time director Turner and writer Simon Barrett have come up with a nice horror/western hybrid to make their little flick an extraordinary one." Daniel W. Kelly of DVD Talk said, "Of course, the film follows some conventions of horror. There's a cornfield. There are demons and scary creatures. A group of people in a desolate location get offed one by one. But that's what we love about horror. The only other real issue is that while the ending is good conceptually, it could be considered sort of anticlimactic visually. Still, this film is worth the goose bumps it delivers throughout due to stylish camera work and a visually frightening presentation." Brian McKay from eFilmCritic.com gave the film 4/5 stars, writing, "Dead Birds is the kind of horror film that straddles the line between mediocrity and quality, ultimately landing on the "quality" side thanks to several elements that help to elevate it above its standard horror trappings. When you're making a basic haunted house tale, it's important to have a good cast and some prime real estate to shoot it on, two elements that are abundantly present here." Arrow in the Head rated the film 6/10, commending the film's acting, atmosphere, direction, and soundtrack, while criticizing the film's occasional slow moments and weak CGI. Robert Koehler from Variety gave the film a negative review, criticizing the film's lack of scares, overly extended scenes, and repetitive visual effects, writing, "[the] Concept of transplanting horror genre tropes into the Civil War's bloody soil is about as inspired as the dull Dead Birds ever gets."
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Indian film actress and model Roshni Prakash is an Indian actress and model. She was a finalist in Femina Miss India South in 2016. After making her film debut in 2016 with the Telugu film Saptagiri Express, she appeared in the Kannada films Ajaramara and Kavaludaari and Tamil film Jada in 2019. Career Roshni Prakash graduated in engineering and applied for a masters degree in Australia. In the process, she was cast in the Kannada film Kavaludaari (2019). Filmography
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American film and television director Gail Mancuso (born July 14, 1958) is an American film and television director. Early life and career Mancuso grew up in Melrose Park, Illinois. She is married to Brian Downs, a doctor, and divides her time between her homes in Valencia, California and River Forest, Illinois. Mancuso began her career as an usher of the set of several television talk shows. Later, became a script supervisor for the Showtime comedy Brothers. In 1989, she began serving as associate director for Roseanne. After one of the show's directors left in 1991, she had the chance to become one of the main directors and continued until the show's eighth season. She went on to direct episodes of many television series like Friends, Dharma and Greg and Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place. In 2007, Mancuso began working on the CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement. She has also directed episodes of 30 Rock and Scrubs. In 2008, she won a Gracie Award for her work on 30 Rock. In 2011, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for her Modern Family episode "Slow Down Your Neighbors". In 2012, she directed Roseanne Barr and John Goodman in the pilot episode of Downwardly Mobile which was commissioned by NBC, but ultimately not picked up. In 2013, she won the Emmy Award for directing episode "Arrested" on Modern Family. In 2014, she won the Emmy Award for directing episode "Las Vegas" on Modern Family. In 2019, Mancuso made her feature film directorial debut with A Dog's Journey which was the sequel to 2017's A Dog's Purpose directed by Lasse Hallström. Filmography
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Village in Estonia Village in Tartu County, Estonia Perametsa is a village in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County in Estonia.
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Mexican-American painter Salomón Huerta is a painter based in Los Angeles, California who comes from Tijuana, Mexico , and grew up in the Boyle Heights Projects in East Los Angeles. Huerta received a full scholarship to attend the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and completed his MFA at UCLA in 1998. Huerta gained critical acclaim and commercial attention in the late 1990s for his minimalist portraits of the backs of people's heads and color-saturated depictions of domestic urban architecture. He was included in the 2000 Whitney Biennial and has been featured in numerous exhibitions around the US, Europe, and Latin America such as The Gagosian Gallery in London, England, and Studio La Città in Verona, Italy. Salomón Huerta is currently represented by Louise Alexander Gallery/There There in Los Angeles, California, and Porto Cervo, Italy. Let Everything Else Burn In 2012 Huerta published the artist book Let Everything Else Burn, a collection of short autobiographical texts paired with well-known artworks and archived images of his personal history and past. Unique to this artist's book is a selection of never before published images of his artwork since the 1990s. This limited editioned book was published by LM Projects, edited by Elizabeth Pulsinelli, and includes a foreword by David Pagel. Biography 1965 Born in La Colonia Libertad, Tijuana 1991 BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA 1998 MFA, UCLA Graduate School, Los Angeles, CA Solo Exhibitions 2019 Humanizing the Other: Art by Salomón Huerta, Kwan Fong Gallery, Thousand Oaks, CA 2018 Still Lifes, There There, Los Angeles, CA 2014 Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2008 Mask, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA 2005 Portrait of a Friend, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2003 Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2002 Studio La Citta, Italy 2001 Gagosian Gallery, London Salomon Huerta Paintings, Austin Museum of Art, Texas (catalogue) 2000 Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1999 Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1994 Julie Rico Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1993 Julie Rico Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Selected Group Exhibitions 2019 ¡Chicanismo!: The Sanchez Collection, AD&A Museum, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 2017 Home—So Different, So Appealing: Art from the Americas since 1957, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA 2011 So, Who Do You Think You Are?, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA 2010 A Group Painting Show, Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica, CA 2009 Superficiality and Superexcrescence, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA Here's Looking at You, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2008 My Generation, Spichernohe, Koln, Germany 2007 Strange New Worlds, Tijuana, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA Exquisite Crisis and Encounters, Asian/Pacific/American Institute, NYU, New York, NY 2006 Strange New Worlds, Tijuana, La Jolla Museum, La Jolla CA Transactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Diego, San Diego, CA Retratos, San Antonio Museum, San Antonio, TX, Traveling: National Portrait Gallery at the S. Dillion Ripley Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 2005 Group Show, Robert Miller, NY, NY Group Show, El Museo del Barrio, NY, NY Retratos, El Museo del Barrio, NY, NY High Drama, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA, Traveling to: McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pa New Watercolors, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2004 White on White, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2003 Intimates, Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA The Great Drawing Show, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2002 Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC Phoenix Triennial 2001, Contemporary Art: AZ CA MX NM TX, Phoenix Art Museum 2000 Studio la Città Verona The Next Wave: New Painting in Southern California, California Center for the Arts Escondido East of the River: Chicano Art Collectors Anonymous, Santa Monica Museum of Art Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY NY 1999 Five Countries and One City, Mexico City Museum Mexico City 1998 Patricia Faure Gallery Santa Monica 1997 LA Current, Armand Hammer Museum Gallery Westwood 1995 Vital Signs, Municipal Art Gallery Los Angeles 1994 El Expectio Chicano, Mt. San Antonio College Pomona Selected Public Collections Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS Worcester Museum of Art, Worcester, MA Colby College Museum, Waterville, ME CAA, Beverly Hills, CA Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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American Hockey League team in Allentown, Pennsylvania The Lehigh Valley Phantoms are a professional ice hockey team based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The team competes in the American Hockey League (AHL) and serves as the primary development team for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League. The Phantoms have been the top minor league affiliate for the Flyers since the 1996–97 season, playing in Philadelphia as the Philadelphia Phantoms from 1996 until 2009, then in Glens Falls, New York as the Adirondack Phantoms from 2010 until 2013, and in Allentown as the Lehigh Valley Phantoms since 2014. The Lehigh Valley Phantoms play their home games at PPL Center, an 8,500 capacity, $282 million indoor arena that opened in downtown Allentown on September 10, 2014. History In March 2011, plans were announced for a new arena, the PPL Center, in downtown Allentown, Pennsylvania. Demolition at the arena site began in January 2012. In February 2012, it was announced that the Adirondack Phantoms, a franchise that originated as the Philadelphia Phantoms, would relocate to the PPL Center in Allentown from Glens Falls, New York. The franchise originally intended to begin play in Allentown in 2013, but due to litigation over the construction of PPL Center, the team did not play until the 2014–15 AHL season. The purple color used since the team's inception was replaced by electric blue when the team relocated to the Lehigh Valley. The arena has been consistently full. During the 2015–16 season, the PPL Center was filled at a 97.9% capacity on average, and had 24 sellouts in the 38 Phantoms home games, including the last 13. The Phantoms finished seventh in the AHL attendance rankings with an average of 8,244 fans, surpassed only by teams with larger venues. Mascot On August 13, 2014, the Phantoms introduced their new mascot "meLVin". meLVin wears the number 55, which is LV in Roman numerals. The LV refers to Lehigh Valley. He became the Phantoms' third mascot after "Phlex" (Philadelphia Phantoms) and "Dax" (Adirondack Phantoms). Season-by-season results Records as of May 3, 2022. Current roster Updated February 18, 2023. Team captains Team records As of the 2020–21 season Single season Goals: Greg Carey, 31 (2017–18) Assists: Phil Varone, 47 (2017–18) Points: Phil Varone, 70 (2017–18) Penalty minutes: Jay Rosehill, 219 (2014–15) GAA: Jean-Francois Berube, 2.56 (2019–20) SV%: Rob Zepp, .917 (2014–15) Wins: Alex Lyon (2016–17), 27 Shutouts: Dustin Tokarski (2017–18), 5 Career Career goals: Greg Carey, 103 Career assists: Chris Conner, 128 Career points: Chris Conner, 199 Career penalty minutes: Tyrell Goulbourne, 313 Career goaltending wins: Alex Lyon, 75 Career shutouts: Alex Lyon, 6 Career games: Greg Carey, 277 Individual awards Les Cunningham Award (AHL Most Valuable Player) Phil Varone 2017–18 First All-Star Team T.J. Brennan 2016–17 Phil Varone: 2017–18 Second All-Star Team T.J. Brennan 2017–18 Head coaches
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Scottish musician Musical artist Billy Adamson (27 May 1944 – 11 November 2013) was a Scottish musician, best known as the longtime drummer and percussionist for the English pop rock band The Searchers. He joined them shortly after their most famous period in 1969 and remained with them until 1998. He also worked with Lulu, The Nashville Teens and Junior Campbell. Early life Born William Adamson on 27 May 1944 in Peebles, Scotland, and grew up in Glasgow. His band, the Bellrocks, had featured a talented young singer Marie Lawrie who was eventually to become a major star known by the name of Lulu. Adamson was even a member of Lulu & The Luvvers for some time. He also worked or recorded with Emile Ford & the Checkmates, Jet Harris, The Nashville Teens, P. P. Arnold, Screaming Lord Sutch, black American soul singer Sonny Child & the TNT, or The Clan (incl. Marmalade’s Junior Campbell or Cliff Bennett). "Billy was a brilliant, stylish drummer of the old school who could read drum parts," said Junior Campbell about him. The Searchers years In 1969 he replaced John Blunt in The Searchers and became the longest serving drummer in the group. "We set up an audition at my house in Harlington and ran through a few numbers with the bespectacled, afro-coiffeured drummer in the small living room,” Frank Allen wrote. "After a bit of humming and haahing we decided to offer him the job." Billy played on the last Searchers’ hit single "Desdemona" as well as the band's LP Second Take and some more singles sessions. In fact The Searchers were three partners at the time (Mike Pender, John McNally, Frank Allen) and Billy Adamson was an employee of the band. That means he played on all tours and shows, but in the seventies and the eighties he didn't record with the band, although Mike Pender and Frank Allen both admired his drumming skills and style in their autobiographies. That was also the reason for his leaving of the band, he felt his position within the set-up should be different. Nevertheless, he played with the band for thirty years. Later years and death Adamson made the decision to leave the Searchers in 1998, officially to spend more time with his family. He died on 11 November 2013 in France, aged 69. The cause of his death was not revealed.
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{"document_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedway_bombings"}
The Speedway bombings were a series of eight random bombings that occurred between September 1, 1978 and September 6, 1978, in Speedway, Indiana, United States. In four separate trials, political activist Brett Kimberlin was convicted of multiple charges related to the bombings. The bombings On September 1, 1978, three separate explosions from improvised explosive devices placed in trash bins rocked the town of Speedway, Indiana. The damage was minor and no one was injured. Speedway authorities called on explosive experts from the Indiana State Police, the Marion County Sheriff's Department, the 64th Ordnance from nearby Fort Benjamin Harrison and specialists from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). They formed a 100-strong task force to solve the case. The devices were simple homemade bombs constructed from soda cans packed with Tovex 200 and triggered with a rudimentary timing device. The following Saturday, two more blasts hit Speedway, with another the day after at the local bowling alley. The next day, a device exploded under the car of an off-duty Speedway police officer, who was on sick leave at the time and was not injured. The last bombing took place on September 6, when another explosive device concealed in a gym bag detonated in the parking lot of Speedway High School shortly after a freshman football game. Injuries sustained in the explosion forced the amputation of Vietnam War veteran Carl DeLong's right leg. DeLong had spotted the bag and proceeded to kick it before removing it, causing the bomb to explode. Aside from severing his right leg, the explosion also severely injured DeLong's left leg and right hand as well as severing an artery in his wife Sandra's leg. Investigation As no motive ever emerged for the bombings, law enforcement had no idea why they had stopped, but on September 20, 1978, federal agents arrested 27-year-old political activist Brett Kimberlin for attempting to illegally obtain United States Government credentials. The owner of a Westside printing shop became suspicious when Kimberlin, dressed in a Defense Department security uniform, asked him to reproduce military driver's licenses with Kimberlin's picture and called the police and the United States Army. Police arrested Kimberlin when he came back to the printing shop to pick up the documents. After obtaining a search warrant for Kimberlin's home and vehicle, investigators found wiring similar to those used on the explosive devices and "Mark Time" appliance timers in his 1970 Chevrolet Impala. A subsequent search of his home revealed more than 1,000 pounds (450 kg) of marijuana and two cases of Tovex 200, used in the IEDs, whose purchase had been traced by their lot number to Kimberlin in 1975. Pictures of Kimberlin were taken to the only local appliance store that sold the "Mark Times" and a store employee positively identified Kimberlin as the buyer of the timers. Additionally, an eyewitness came forward and identified Kimberlin as the man he saw place an explosive parcel in a trash can on September 1. The ATF positively matched both the timers and wire found in Kimberlin's car but did not press for an immediate indictment; instead, they continued to build on their case. Motives While no motive was established at trial, prosecutors and police believe Kimberlin went on the bombing spree to deflect attention away from an ongoing investigation of the murder of 65-year-old Julia Scyphers. Scyphers "violently disapproved" of her daughter Sandra Barton's relationship with Kimberlin as well as the "strange affection" Kimberlin paid to Barton's pre-teen daughter, who had accompanied Kimberlin on several long unsupervised out-of-state trips. On July 29, 1978, Scyphers was shot to death just outside her home. Her husband Fred Scyphers, who briefly saw the shooter, identified William Bowman as the gunman. Bowman was a close associate of Kimberlin in the drug trade but Fred, the prosecution's only witness, died shortly after the murder and Bowman was never charged. Scyphers' murder still remains unsolved. Trials and conviction In June 1981, Kimberlin was convicted of receipt of explosives by a convicted felon and sentenced to five years in federal prison and, in December 1981, of possession of an unregistered destructive device, unlawful manufacturing of a destructive device, malicious damage by means of explosives, and malicious damage by means of explosives involving personal injury. Kimberlin received a sentence of fifty years in federal prison. His sentences, including sentences for other crimes, were aggregated to a total of fifty-one years, six months and nineteen days. After his conviction, prosecutors released yellow legal pads they had confiscated from Kimberlin which they said detailed his plans to kill key eyewitnesses and prosecutors on the case as well as stage another series of bombings to provide him with an alibi. In 1983, the DeLong family filed a civil suit after Carl DeLong committed suicide after becoming depressed following the loss of his leg and subsequent chronic pain from the bombing. A jury ordered Kimberlin to pay the DeLong family US$1.25 million for Carl Delong's suicide and another US$360,000 to Sandra DeLong for her injuries. In 1993, an appeals court overturned the US$1.25 million for Carl Delong's suicide, but upheld the damages awarded to Mrs. Delong. In 1994 the Indiana Supreme Court overturned the appeals court ruling, restoring the original US$1.6 million judgment. Kimberlin was paroled in November 1993 after serving thirteen years. His parole was revoked and he was returned to prison in 1997 after not making court ordered payments to the DeLong family which resulted from their successful civil suit. He was re-released in 2001.
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English footballer Simon John Lowe (born 26 December 1962) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League. Career Born in Westminster, London Lowe made appearances for Football League clubs Barnsley, Halifax Town, Hartlepool United, Colchester United and Scarborough. He now lives in Wakefield.
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American politician Cindy Pugh (born May 1, 1957) is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, she represented District 33B in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area. Education Pugh attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, graduating with a B.S. in Consumer Science. She also received a FastTrac Certificate from the School of Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Thomas. Minnesota House of Representatives Pugh was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2012. Pugh, a Tea Party leader, followed "Republican Michele Bachmann’s call to politics." Democrat Kelly Morrison, a first-time candidate, defeated Pugh in the 2018 general election. Morrison's election represents the first time the bulk of the area composing today's District 33B have been represented by a member of the DFL party in nearly 4 decades. Personal life Pugh is married to her husband, Jack. They have two children and reside in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Political activities Pugh was a co-founder of the Southwest Metro Tea Party and follower of Michele Bachmann. Controversies Pugh and two other Republicans generated controversy in 2018 when they claimed to have knowledge of a "plot to 'mobilize Muslims to infiltrate our Republican caucuses'." The chairperson of the Minnesota Republican Party later rejected the post, stating that Muslims were welcome to caucus with Republicans and noting that "there is no religious test to participate in the Republican caucus." Pugh later renounced the post, but charges of Islamaphobia based on this event and others continued to follow her.
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