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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stein%20Aerts

Stein Aerts

Stein Aerts is a Belgian bio-engineer and computational biologist. He leads the Laboratory of Computational Biology at VIB and KU Leuven (University of Leuven), and has received several accolades for his research into the workings of the genomic regulatory code. Early life and education Aerts was born and raised in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, where he completed his secondary education at Heilig-Hart College. He obtained a Master's degree in Bioscience Engineering (Molecular Biology) from the University of Leuven, and subsequently combined a job as Assistant IT Project Leader at Janssen Pharmaceutica with advanced studies in Applied Computer Science at the University of Brussels. He obtained a PhD in Engineering (Bioinformatics), working at the Department of Electrical Engineering ESAT-SCD at the University of Leuven. Academic career Aerts completed his postdoc training working on the genomics of gene regulation in the fruit fly model Drosophila melanogaster in the lab of Bassem Hassan at VIB in Leuven, including a research visit at the Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille, Luminy (IBDML), in France, with Denis Thierry and Carl Herrmann. In 2009, Aerts was appointed assistant professor at the University of Leuven, where he is now full professor, and heads the Laboratory of Computational Biology at the KU Leuven Department of Human Genetics. Since 2016, he was also appointed VIB group leader. Aerts teaches several courses, including Introduction to Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics: Structural and Comparative Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology: Sequence, Structure & Evolution and Bioinformatics and Systems Biology: Expression, Regulation and Networks at the University of Leuven. His research focuses on deciphering the genomic regulatory code, using a combination of single-cell, machine-learning, and high-throughput experimental approaches. Research Aerts research interest in regulatory genomics and gene regulatory networks cover a wide range of experimental and computational approaches, applied in the context of neuronal development, neurodegeneration, as well as cancer. During his PhD research, Aerts invented one of the first bioinformatics algorithms for the prediction of genomic enhancers (ModuleSearcher) and developed several bioinformatics tools for the analysis of cis-regulatory sequences (TOUCAN) and for gene prioritisation (Endeavour). Other scientific contributions include new bioinformatics methods for the analysis of single-cell gene regulatory networks, namely iRegulon, SCENIC and cisTopic; a new experimental technique for massively parallel enhancer reporter assays (CHEQ-seq); and a deep learning implementation for enhancer modelling (DeepMEL and DeepFlyBrain). Aerts co-founded the Fly Cell Atlas consortium and generated a single-cell atlas of the ageing Drosophila brain. In 2022, the consortium announced the completion of a single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly, which they hope will serve as a valuable resource for the research community and as a reference for studies of gene function at single-cell resolution. The generation of cell and tissue atlases help research to study biological processes, not only in flies but also for modeling human diseases at a whole-organism level with cell-type resolution. Aerts is also part of a pan-European research consortium called LifeTime, which aims to track, understand and target human cells during the onset and progression of complex diseases, and to analyse their response to therapy at single-cell resolution. Outreach As an advocate for open science, Aerts deposits the data and methods developed by his team on open repositories, or makes them freely available as open source software and databases. MendelCraft, a MineCraft mod developed by the Aerts lab, is a video game designed to teach children about DNA, genetics, and the laws of Mendel, by allowing them to cross and clone different breeds of virtual chickens. Awards ERC Advanced Grant 2023 Elected EMBO member 2022 Francqui Chair at ULB 2022 ERC Consolidator Grant 2017 Prize for Bioinformatics and Computational Science from the Biotech Fund 2016 Astrazeneca Foundation Award Bioinformatics References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Biotechnologists Computational biologists KU Leuven alumni People from Heusden-Zolder Janssen Pharmaceutica people Vrije Universiteit Brussel alumni Academic staff of KU Leuven Belgian molecular biologists

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%20Warrandyte%20state%20by-election

2023 Warrandyte state by-election

The 2023 Warrandyte state by-election was held on 26 August 2023 to elect the next member for Warrandyte in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the resignation of Liberal MP Ryan Smith. Background The electoral district of Warrandyte was established in 1976 and has consistently been a safe seat for the Liberal Party except from 1982 to 1988 when it was held by Lou Hill of the Labor Party. According the 2021 Census, Warrandyte's median age is 43 with a weekly median household income of $2,134 while more than 37% of residents attaining a bachelor's degree or higher. The district is characterised by the southern banks of the Yarra River, rolling hills, lush greenery, and pockets of bushland. Resignation of Ryan Smith Ryan Smith was first elected at the 2006 Victorian state election, replacing long-serving member Phil Honeywood who had held the seat since the 1988 election. Smith would continue to keep Warrandyte as a safe Liberal seat barring the 2018 and 2022 elections where it became marginal following the successes of the Australian Labor Party. Smith retained the seat at the 2022 election with a two-party-preferred vote of 54.2%, a slight swing from the previous election where there was a swing of over 7 per cent against him. Following the election of John Pesutto as leader, he was dropped from the shadow cabinet, having been a shadow minister under Matthew Guy and Michael O'Brien. Smith announced his retirement in May 2023 after 16 years in parliament, with effect from 7 July. Smith did not tell leader John Pesutto of his resignation, with Pesutto instead learning about it through the media. He said that he had “become increasingly uncomfortable with the growing negative tone of politics, both internally and more broadly,” generally interpreted as Smith’s disquiet over Pesutto’s handling of the Moira Deeming-related leadership tensions that embroiled the Victorian Liberal Party in early and mid-2023. Candidates Candidates are listed in the order they will appear on the ballot. Nominated candidates Liberal The Liberal Party preselected Nicole Werner to run in the by-election. Werner stood as a candidate for Box Hill in 2022. Nicole is a former Pentecostal youth pastor and charity business developer. Eight other candidates also nominated for the Liberal Party preselection, including: Andrew Conlon, councillor for the City of Manningham Antonietta di Cosmo, electorate officer for Smith David Farrelly, candidate for Pakenham in 2022 Maxwell Gratton, candidate for Ivanhoe in 2006 Jason McClintock, candidate for Eltham in 2022 Sarah Overton, a director for professional services firm KPMG John Roskam, former executive director of the Institute of Public Affairs Jemma Townson, former electorate officer for Katie Allen and Matthew Guy Allison Troth, former electorate officer for John Howard There was also speculation that Tim Smith, the former MP for Kew would stand for preselection but no nominations were received on the cutoff date of 7 June 2023. Other speculated candidates for included 2022 candidates Lucas Moon (Richmond) and Cynthia Watson (Ringwood) as well as Caroline Inge, federal vice-president of the Liberal Party. Labor On 26 July 2023, it was reported that the Victorian Labor Party would not contest the by-election to instead focus their resources for the 2026 Victorian state election. In the 2022 state election, the Labor Party ran Naomi Oakley who received 33.16% of the primary vote. Greens Tomas Lightbody is running as the Greens' candidate in the by-election. Lightbody was elected to Manningham City Council at the age of 22 and has since been elected as Deputy Mayor of Manningham council. Other Maya Tesa stood as an independent. She has previously run in the Aston federal by-election where she received 7% of the primary vote and as a candidate for the LDP in Jagajaga and the North-Eastern Metropolitan Region in 2022. Victorian Socialists candidate Colleen Bolger is calling for a rent freeze. Greg Cheesman is running with the Freedom Party of Victoria. Family First Party candidate Richard Griffith-Jones has promised to introduce if elected legislation to ban drag queen storytime in public venues. Raymond Hoser, a Snake Catcher and Whistleblower, announced his intention to run as an independent candidate, however this did not materialise. Historical two-party-preferred vote Previous election results Results References 2023 elections in Australia Victorian state by-elections 2020s in Victoria (state)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Weaver

Christopher Weaver

Christopher S. Weaver is an American entrepreneur, software developer, scientist, author, and educator. He is known for founding Bethesda Softworks, where he was one of the creators of The Elder Scrolls role-playing series. Weaver and Bethesda are credited with developing the first real-time physics engine for sports simulation, used in Bethesda's Gridiron! video game. Weaver also developed game screen captioning for the deaf and made it available as open source software. Career At Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Weaver helped redesign the campus radio and television studios, and modified Link Trainers to better simulate situational spatial awareness. Because of this experience, he created AeroTechnology Enterprises, a company specializing in analog training simulators for aviation. Weaver moved to New York for post-graduate work at Columbia University and got a night job as an Assistant Director of News at NBC. He was then hired by the American Broadcasting Company, where he established the first office of Technology Forecasting for the network. He then became the Vice-President for Science and Technology at the National Cable Television Association (NCTA), followed by an appointment as Chief Engineer to the Congressional Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Weaver later started Videomagic Laboratories, a company working in vehicular simulators for military and entertainment purposes. He temporarily moved to Los Angeles to work on the Universal Studios lot in Burbank, working on new camera technology with Panavision for interactive media. During this time, Weaver contributed to early work in graphical interfaces, optical storage, and computer-assisted editing, including encoding spatial information for tracking camera shots. In the 1980s, Weaver was introduced to video games when he was asked by one of his engineers to look at a football game idea he was developing. Weaver felt it "was boring" and sought to create a more realistic gameplay by incorporating physics. This meant that players would perform based on their masses and accelerations, adding a layer of reality-based strategy to the game. They decided to produce the game, resulting in the formation of Bethesda Softworks. The game was released as Gridiron! for the Atari ST and Commodore 64/128, in 1986. Bethesda later found widespread success as a game developer with its Elder Scrolls series of games. In 1999, Weaver cofounded ZeniMax Media with Robert A. Altman, as a new parent company for Bethesda. Weaver contributed his stake in Bethesda to ZeniMax, and served as CTO until 2002, then was pushed out. He filed a lawsuit against ZeniMax, claiming he was ousted by his new business partners and was owed severance when ZeniMax didn't renew his employment contract. The lawsuit was ongoing as of 2007, and at that time Weaver was still a 33% stockholder. Microsoft acquired Bethesda and its parent company, ZeniMax Media, in September 2020. The deal gave Microsoft new game titles as it prepared to launch the next generation of Xbox consoles. Current As of 2016, Weaver has been pursuing a career in academia, in which he teaches computational media in the College of Integrative Sciences at Wesleyan University. He also teaches in the Comparative Media Studies and Engineering departments at MIT. He is a Fellow of the Futures of Entertainment Consortium; a Board Member of the Communications Technology Roadmap Group and a visiting scientist in the Microphotonics Center. Recently, he was asked to co-direct a new Center at MIT, which will use the science and epistemology of game tools to enhance STEM education for children of multiple age groups. Weaver continues to serve on committees for various national and international organizations. Some of his past and present appointments include: American Association for the Advancement of Science National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Engineering National Research Council International Game Developers Association Cable Telecommunications Research Institute Society of Cable Television Engineers Aspen Institute Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers In 2016, as part of the MIT educational contingent, he became Director of Interactive Simulation for the AIM Photonics Academy. He has acted as technical advisor to various governments and organizations, including the White House, Office of Technology Policy, Congressional Committee of House Administration and the Department of Homeland Security. Weaver has been a technical advisor to numerous films including Independence Day, where writer/producer Dean Devlin used Weaver as the basis for the film character David Levinson (played by Jeff Goldblum) and on the science fiction film, Geostorm. In 2005, Weaver was inducted into the Cosmos Club for excellence in Engineering. In 2016, Weaver was appointed a Distinguished Research Scholar by the Smithsonian Institution and installed as the first Project Director of the newly created Video Game Pioneers Archive within the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. Publications Weaver has been published in a number of science and technology journals and periodicals, including: the MIT Microphotonics Center, IEEE Spectrum, Techline, Edge Magazine, SCTE Journal, NCTA Bulletin, ITU Standards, Video Magazine, and Next Generation Magazine on subjects ranging from microprocessors to copyright law. He is also a co-writer/creator of the multi-volume science-fiction series The Tenth Planet published by Ballantine Books and was the technical editor and contributor for Fundamentals of Game Design. Personal life Weaver is a volunteer air ambulance pilot for AngelFlight and holds numerous FAA licenses and type certificates. He is married to Nanci Weaver. In 1994 he was married to Dr Constance Boston, chief of gynecology of Columbia Hospital for Women, and they had a son named Isaac. References American company founders American computer businesspeople American computer programmers Living people Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni American video game programmers American video game producers Bethesda Softworks employees Video game businesspeople Wesleyan University alumni Wesleyan University faculty ZeniMax Media Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American businesspeople 21st-century American businesspeople

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20Caballero%20%28company%29

Miguel Caballero (company)

Miguel Caballero S.A.S. is an international protective clothing company based in Bogotá, Colombia, operating branches in Mexico and Guatemala. The company specialises in fashionable armored clothing. Notable clients include King Felipe VI of Spain, Michael Bloomberg, former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe, former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, former U.S. President Barack Obama, and former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. History The company was founded in 1992 by Miguel Caballero as part of a graduation project at the University of Los Andes. He had the idea to produce fashionable clothes that incorporated protection from bullets. In 1993, Miguel Caballero conducted a test of one of his armoured garments by shooting a person wearing one, which led to the company slogan, "I was shot by Miguel Caballero." He developed the first ever de-mining suits in 1995 in collaboration with the Colombian National Army. Miguel Caballero is the first Latin American company to meet the NIJ 0101.04 standard (1996) and the NIJ 0101.06 standards (2001). In 2006, Caballero opened the first boutique specialising in armoured garments in Mexico City, and in 2009 the company opened its first production plant in Cota, Cundinamarca in Colombia. In 2013, the company obtained its first patent for an Armoured T-shirt product in Colombia. In addition to the boutique in Mexico, Miguel Caballero opened its second international corporate office in Guatemala City in 2014. In 2015, Miguel Caballero obtained the ISO 14001 certification, the MC4-G and S33 brands were launched, and the first patent in Mexico for the Armoured T-shirt product was acquired. Products Miguel Caballero clothes claim to protect the wearer against bullets, knives, fire, water, and air. Caballero describes the material from which he creates his apparel as "a hybrid between nylon and polyester," which is lighter and thinner than Kevlar, a textile often used in body armour. Miguel Caballero currently markets 5 brands: Black, MC4-G, S33, Turer and Gold. Black The Black line consists of fashionable and inconspicuous armoured clothing: bulletproof vests, armoured jackets and T-shirts. The armored collection has been worn by heads of state, businessmen and celebrities. The company began by making bulletproof leather and suede jackets and now includes raincoats, blazers and a women's line. MC4-G MC4-G covers a range of products aiming to help with private security, such as armoured augmentations for motorised vehicles, bulletproof suitcases and backpacks, fashionable vests. S33 S33 is aimed at military and armed forces, intelligence and investigative groups, administrative tactical and criminology units, as well as state protection organizations at the national and international level. It covers the needs of public servants and their movable and immovable property including ships and aircraft. Turer The Turer provides motorcycle clothing. Gold The Gold line includes belts, trauma plates and bulletproof backpacks for kids. Certifications 8 NIJ certifications ISO 9001 ISO 14001 BASC ICONTEC IQNET IDIC RENAR F.A.N TNO The clothing can withstand ammunition from weapons including the 9mm, .44 Magnum, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, .50 AE, 5.56, 7.62 mm NATO, 6.8mm SPC and a .50 caliber round. Recognition In 2006, Miguel Caballero was selected as one of the 31 best business ideas in the world by Business 2.0 magazine. The company has been featured in The New York Times, The Economist, The Financial Times, CNN, BBC, BusinessWeek, VICE, Wired magazine, El Tiempo, El Pais, El Heraldo, Vanguardia, RCN Radio, The History Channel and The Discovery Channel. World presence Americas Colombia United States El Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama Ecuador Peru Europe Russia Netherlands Germany Middle-East United Arab Emirates Asia Philippines Thailand See also Aramid Ballistic vest References External links BBC News: Bullet-proof fashion for S Africa 14 August 2008. New York Times: The Right Thing to Wear at the Wrong End of a Gun Bulletproof kimono: An interview with Miguel Caballero Bulletproof fashion for London's super rich – Telegraph Miguel Caballero, the Armani of armor – Telegraph Body armor Manufacturing companies of Colombia Companies based in Bogotá Clothing companies established in 1992 Colombian brands

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harp%20Lake%2C%20Ontario

Harp Lake, Ontario

Harp Lake is an oligotrophic, single basin lake in Ontario, Canada (45º23'N; 79º08'W). The lake covers over 710,000 m2 and has a depth of 37.5 m. Harp Lake does have dimitic stratification and is a temperate lake. Additionally, Harp Lake does not have anaerobic conditions in the water column because it is a relatively deep lake. The water in Harp Lake has a pH of 6.3 (slightly acidic). This pH is caused by the presence of acids and the lack of alkaline bases.[3] Slightly acidic lakes normally have a granite or siliceous bedrock and they are poorly buffered. Also, these lakes commonly have calcium-poor soils or thin soils. It is one of the "Dorset lakes" near Dorset, Ontario, a small community located on the boundary between the Algonquin Highlands Township in Haliburton County, Ontario and Lake of Bays Municipality in Muskoka District, Canada. Ecology Nutrient levels The forested watershed area around Harp Lake is around 4.7 km2 and comprises six streams and shoreline runoff. There has been evidence that the total discharge of these six streams has decreased by 24.9% from 1978-2006. Four different concentrations of cations (Ca, K, Mg and Na) were observed in Harp Lake from 1978-2006. There was found to be a negative trend with the nutrients Ca, K and Mg concentrations while Na was found to increase over time. These two trends were correlated with stream base cation concentration, stream discharge and shoreline load. With each cation stream concentration and discharge were a key player with the trends while shoreline load (road salt) played a key role in the increase of Na. Specifically, Na increased between 250% and 350% as a result of road salt contamination. Not only did Na concentrations increase because of road salt contamination but Cl concentrations also increased. Cl concentrations increased from 0.6 mg*L−1 to 2.7 mg*L−1. While the increased levels of Na and Cl concentrations have caused localized impacts to occur near stream crossing there is a large dilution factor which has caused there to be little impact on the lake ecosystem. The Na and Cl concentrations are predicted to have little to no effect on soft-water organisms even though their tolerance to salt is low. Oxygen levels From 1975 to 1995 research was conducted to measure summer hypolimnetic oxygen levels. The hypolimnetic oxygen levels stayed persistently over 4 mg L−1 . Additionally, in 2010, researchers measured total mercury, methyl mercury, total organic carbon, sediment bulk density, redox potential and percent fines on a sediment core. The sediment core was collected from littoral to profundal depths along transects. Total mercury, total organic carbon, and total mercury:methyl mercury ratio decrease with sediment depth. Geographic features Harp Lake has been studied by the Dorset Environmental Science Centre since the 1970's. The Dorset Environmental Science Centre includes tributary sampling and a meteorological station. The Dorset Environmental Science Centre have found that the drainage from Harp Lake flows into the Muskoka River and then straight into Lake Huron. There has been an increased thermal stability since 1970 that is caused by the high temperature extremities that occur during summer and fall rather than the length of time Harp Lake has no ice on the surface. During the summer and spring months Harp Lake is known to have significant chrysophyte algae levels that cause a decrease in the amount of light that can penetrate the water which then causes temperature levels to drop in the metalimnion. The forested watershed is composed of mixed deciduous-conifer forest and the soil is composed of weak developed Spodosols. The weak developed Spodosols are formed from glacial till deposits and the groundwater is located within these glacial till deposits. Within the watershed dissolved organic carbon (DOC) data has been collected since the 1970's. The total DOC within Harp Lake can be estimated from the annual rate of new organic carbon to liter and soil layers, steady state of carbon, and the fragment of decomposition that produces DOC. In the litter layers of Harp Lake the production rate of DOC is between 5 and 750 g C m−2 yr−1. The DOC found in the Harp Lake watershed has three outcomes of remineralization, sorption on mineral surfaces and transport out of the watershed through streams. Research that was completed in 1996 found that Harp Lake has a high gross settling of steady-state total phosphorus. The cause of the high levels may have been cause by thick glacial tills in the Harp catchment. Also, there have been high septic total phosphorus level that have reach the littoral zone in Harp Lake. It is predicted that septic total phosphorus export will increase if the sorption sites between the lakeshore and the septic fields are not saturated because the available site will become scarce. Ecosystems Invasive species In 1993 Harp Lake was found to have an invasion of Bythotrephes, a type of cladoceran crustacean. There was a high abundance of Bythotrephes in the months of July and August. The invasion of Bythotrephes was shown to decrease zooplankton species richness by 17%. Medium-size cladocerans specifically had a large decline with the presence of Bythotrephes. In contrast to the decrease in zooplankton species richness Bythotrephes have been known to increase the densities of rotifer populations specifically the Conochilus unicornis. Native species Harp Lake contains the species Coregonus artedi (cisco) which is a cold-water planktivorous fish. Planktivorous fish ability to hunt is impacted by light availability and the frequency of encounter. Coregonus artedi are normally located in the hypolimnion during the day because they are so dependent on light availability. Coregonus artedi is important when it comes to the regulation of the invasive species Bythotrephes because C. artedi highly prey on them. This relationship has a direct effect on the zooplankton species richness because as Bythotrephes decrease the zooplankton species richness will increase. However, there is evidence that was found in 2003 to refute this argument. Researchers found that in the spring the peak daytime refuge thickness was negative and did not show any correlation to the relationship between C. artedi and Bythotrephes death rates. However in the summer months Coregonus artedi is responsible for 50% of the Bythotrephes mortality. Perca flavescens (yellow perch) is a warm water planktivorous fish that is found in Harp Lake. Perca flavescens is found to be also responsible for 50% of the Bythotrephes mortality. References Lakes of Ontario

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real%20de%20Banjul%20FC

Real de Banjul FC

Real de Banjul Football Club is a Gambian professional association football club based in Banjul. The team compete in the GFA League First Division, the top flight of Gambian football league system. Real de Banjul is the most successful club in Gambian football history, having won a record 12 national titles History Real de Banjul was founded in the 1966–67 season after a group of secondary schoolboys international team returned from a trip to Thiès in Senegal and named it as Benson and Hedges FC. The name was eventually changed by the then Director of Youth and Sports to Real de Bathurst FC and upon its registration with the Gambia Football Federation, it headquartered at 81 Lancaster Street, Banjul. The team witnessed another name change in 1970 changing to its present name of Real de Banjul which led to the expansion of the team having basketball, volleyball and athletics teams. The team then consisted of the youngest talented players in comparison to other local teams and won its first league title in 1971–72. The first two cup titles were won in 1969 and 1970. Real de Banjul's cup final results in 1970 defeated White Phantoms 2–1, the club lost to Gambia Ports Authority in 1975 and later in 1980. Real lost to win their third title in 1993 after losing to Wallidan 2–1, they got their recent cup title in 1997 after defeating Hawks. The club lost to again to Wallidan in 2002 in their recent cup final appearance. As champion winner, the club competed in the 2012 Gambian Super Cup and won their only title. Their first continental appearance was in 1975 after winning their second title and withdrew from a match with Guinea's Hafia FC. Their first match was played a year later against Mali's Djoliba AC. After winning their fourth title, the club advanced in the second round and challenged Liberia's Saint Joseph Warriors where they scored their first goal and won their first match at the continentals for Real, later the club lost two legs to Ghana's Hearts of Oak. Real Banjul competed against the club from Guinea-Bissau further south Sporting Bissau and lost the second leg. The club competed in 1995 and defeated Cape Verde's CD Travadores, then the club faced Mbilnga from Gabon and the second match was abandoned at the 70th minute. Four years later in 1999, the club faced another Guinea's club AS Kaloum Star, the first leg won 0–2 while the second lost 4–1, in 2001, the club faced FC Derby from Mindelo, Cape Verde and defeated 1–0 in the second leg, then faced ASC Diaraf from Dakar in the neighboring Senegal up northwest and scored only a goal in the first match, as they scored nothing in the second match, they lost. As the 2007 national champion, Real Banjul withdrew in early December and did not participate in the 2008 CAF Champions League. Their next appearance was twelve years later in the 2013 season, the club challenged with FUS Rabat and won 2–1 and was out as the away team succeeded. Their recent appearance was the 2015 season and succeeded up to the first round. Uniform Its uniform color is red with a white right sash, sleeve and short edges for home games and the opposite being white with a red right sash, sleeve and short edges. Its uniform color for home games was white with blue lining near its edges. Achievements GFA League First Division: 13 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1983, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2023 Gambian Cup: 3 1969, 1970, 1997. Gambian Super Cup: 3 2000, 2012, 2014. League and cup history Performance in CAF competitions National level Statistics Best position: Second Round (continental) Best position at a cup competition: First Round (continental) Total matches played at the CAF Champions League: 22 Total matches played at home: 11 Total matches played away: 11 Total matches played at the continental cup competitions: 2 Managers Notes References Further reading External links Realdebanjul.gm (official website) Banjul Football clubs in the Gambia 1966 establishments in the Gambia Association football clubs established in 1966

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th%20Kentucky%20Infantry%20Regiment

26th Kentucky Infantry Regiment

The 26th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 26th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was organized at Owensboro, Kentucky July - November 1861 and mustered in at Nashville, Tennessee, for a three-year enlistment on March 5, 1862. The regiment was attached to 14th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, November 1861 to December 1861. 14th Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. 14th Brigade, 5th Division, II Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Left Wing, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, November 1862. District of Western Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to June 1863. Unattached, 2nd Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio, to August 1863. Unattached, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, to October 1863. District of Southwest Kentucky, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, to April 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, XXIII Corps, to December 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February 1865, and Department of North Carolina to July 1865. The 26th Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky, on July 10, 1865. Detailed service Action at Woodbury, Ky., October 29, 1861. Morgantown, Ky., October 31, 1861. Moved from Owensboro to Calhoun, Ky., November 1861, and duty there until February 1862. Action at Whippoorwill Creek, Ky., December 1, 1861. Moved to South Carrollton, thence to Calhoun, Owensboro and Nashville, Tenn., February 1862. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 17-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, April 7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Buell's Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee June to August. March to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1–22. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. Nelson's Cross Roads October 18. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7. Ordered to Bowling Green, Ky., November 22, and duty there until January 1863. Action at Woodbury, Ky., July 5, 1863. Regiment veteranized at Camp Nelson, Ky., January 1864, and on furlough until March. Duty at Bowling Green, Ky. Mounted and engaged in post duty and scouting from Bowling Green to the Ohio River, and from western part of Kentucky to Lexington until December 1864. Burbridge's Expedition into southwest Virginia September 20-October 17. Saltsville, Va., October 2. At Bowling Green until December. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., December 7. Battle of Nashville, December 15–16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17–28. At Clifton, Tenn., until January 15, 1865. Moved to Washington, D.C., thence to Fort Fisher, N.C., January 15-February 12. Fort Anderson February 18–19. Town Creek February 20. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6–21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21, Advance on Raleigh April 10–14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Saulsbury, N.C., until July. Ordered to Louisville, Ky. Casualties The regiment lost a total of 173 men during service; 2 officers and 27 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 142 enlisted men died of disease. Commanders Colonel Stephen G. Burbridge - promoted to Brigadier General on June 9, 1862 Colonel Cicero Maxwell - died on February 17, 1865, from wounds received at the Battle of Nashville Lieutenant Colonel T. B. Fairleigh See also List of Kentucky Civil War Units Kentucky in the Civil War References Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Attribution External links History of the regiment as written by a descendant Military units and formations established in 1861 Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Units and formations of the Union Army from Kentucky 1861 establishments in Kentucky

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City%20of%20Quartz

City of Quartz

City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles is a 1990 book by Mike Davis examining how contemporary Los Angeles has been shaped by different powerful forces in its history. The book opens with Davis visiting the ruins of the socialist community of Llano, organized in 1914 in what is now the Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles. The community moved in 1918, leaving behind the "ghost" of an alternative future for LA. Davis then explores intellectuals' competing ideas of Los Angeles, from the "sunshine" promoted by real estate boosters early in the 20th century, to the "debunkers," the muckraking journalists of the early century, to the "noir" writers of the 1930s and the exiles fleeing from fascism in Europe, and finally the "sorcerers," the scientists at Caltech. The rest of the book explores how different groups wielded power in different ways: the downtown Protestant elite, led by the Chandler family of the Los Angeles Times; the new elite of the Jewish Westside; the surprisingly powerful homeowner groups; the Los Angeles Police Department. He covers the Irish leadership of the Catholic Church and its friction with the numerically dominant Latino element. The book concludes at what Davis calls the "junkyard of dreams," the former steel town of Fontana, east of LA, a victim of de-industrialization and decay. The second edition of the book, published in 2006, contains a new preface detailing changes in Los Angeles since the work was written in the late 1980s. Critical reception The Los Angeles Times architecture critic, Christopher Hawthorne, criticized City of Quartz for its "dark generalization and knee-jerk far-leftism," but concluded that the book "is without question the most significant book on Los Angeles urbanism to appear since Reyner Banham's Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies was published in 1971." He ranked it "one of the three most important treatments of that subject ever written, joining Four Ecologies and Carey McWilliams' 1946 book Southern California: An Island on the Land". In the Boston Review, Mark Haefele called the book "a black hole of Southland noir," but also wrote, "What's brilliant about Davis's book is his perception of Los Angeles as incarceration, its new prisons a major industry... He's right that a broad landscape of the city is turning itself into Postmodern Piranesi. And to young black males in particular, the city has become a prisoner factory." The San Francisco Examiner concluded that "Few books shed as much light on their subjects as this opinionated and original excavation of Los Angeles from the mythical debris of its past and future", and Peter Ackroyd, writing in The Times of London, called the book "A history as fascinating as it is instructive." Reviews Blanchard, Marc. Cultural Anthropology, Vol. 7, No. 4 (November, 1992). Bray, Chris. Suck.com, Wall of Voodoo (December 15, 1998). Decker, Jeffrey Louis. American Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 1 (March, 1992). Erie. Steven P. Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 107., No. 1 (Spring, 1992). Ford, Richard T. Transition, No. 57 (1992). Horton, John. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 20, No. 6 (November, 1991). Kirkham, Pat. Journal of Design History, Vol. 5., No. 2 (1992). Knox, Paul. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 83, No. 1 (March 1993). Williams, Rosalind. Journal of American History, Vol. 79, No. 4 (March, 1993). See also Set the Night on Fire References 1990 non-fiction books History of Los Angeles Sociology books History books about the United States Books about urbanism Marxist books Verso Books books Books about Los Angeles

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Bloor GO Station

Bloor GO Station is a railway station on GO Transit's Kitchener line and Union Pearson Express rail services, located in Toronto, Ontario, on Bloor Street east of Dundas Street West. It is near Dundas West station on the TTC's Line 2 Bloor–Danforth, but is not directly connected to it. Overview The station is located north of Bloor Street West between Lansdowne Avenue and Dundas Street West. Bloor Street dips down here to cross under all the tracks, and the station is reached by stairs from its north sidewalk. Bloor station serves eastbound and westbound Kitchener line and UP Express trains on the Weston Subdivision, locally oriented northwest-southeast. Following the Georgetown South railway expansion in 2015, the Weston subdivision is designed to have four tracks with two island platforms, each with a high-level section for the UP Express and a low-level section for the Kitchener line. However, as of 2016, the line only has three tracks, making the easternmost platform effectively a side platform. Parallel to these tracks along their southwest side, is the Galt Subdivision which carries the Milton line. There is no platform for Milton line services, so those trains pass by the station without stopping. GO has considered adding the station to the Milton line, but it is not in current plans. Until 1996 there was an additional parallel track on the northeast side of the station which belonged to the Canadian Pacific Railway and was used for access to local industries. Its former right-of-way is now used for the West Toronto Railpath, providing a pedestrian and cyclist connection to the neighbourhoods to the north, east, and south. Covered bicycle parking is located at the station's entrances from the path. Bloor is one of the few GO stations which does not have any parking for cars. Prior to the introduction of Union Pearson Express, only 200 passengers used the station per day, a number which was expected to increase to 1,000 with the opening of the UP Express. Metrolinx is projecting 2,000 riders will use the station daily by 2031. UPX president Kathy Haley said 25 per cent of UPX riders are expected to use Bloor Station. Georgetown South Expansion Bloor station was substantially rebuilt as a part of the Georgetown South railway expansion project to allow for Union Pearson Express service. Construction began in June 2013. The formerly 2-track Weston Subdivision was expanded to 3 tracks, and the former side platforms became island platforms. High-level sections were added at the southeast end of each platform near Bloor street for use by the Union Pearson Express, and the low-level sections for the Kitchener line were correspondingly lengthened at the northwest end. Other improvements to the station include an indoor concourse at street level with a staffed ticket booth, elevators, heated shelters, bicycle storage and signage. In February 2016 a kiss-and-ride was opened at Dundas Street West and Edna Avenue, connecting to a new second entrance to the station. New entrances Dundas West subway station has only a single entrance, on Dundas Street, so passengers connecting to Bloor station must walk eastward for some along city streets. Since the subway platforms happen to extend eastward from the station entrance, a direct tunnel from the GO station to the east end of the subway station would be relatively short. In March 2011 when Metrolinx announced the station expansion plans associated with the Georgetown South Project, the second entrance to the station was to have a direct connection to the Dundas West subway platforms. In the fall of 2012 when construction began, work did not include an underground TTC connection, which was to be completed instead in 2017. However, in March 2016, Metrolinx officials said it will take five years to build a tunnel between the two stations because of the need to expropriate property. Metrolinx began proceedings to expropriate necessary properties in September 2017. By August 2023, the contract to construct a pedestrian connection between the two stations had been awarded to Kenaidan Contractors Ltd. Also, Metrolinx will construct a new entrance from Randolph Avenue which will have an entrance pavilion to access a pedestrian tunnel into the station. Construction started in July 2023. References External links GO Transit railway stations Railway stations in Toronto Year of establishment missing Railway stations in Canada opened in 1974

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Akil DeFreitas

Akil Rondel Dexter DeFreitas (born 7 November 1986) is a Trinidadian footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Iceland third division club KF. Club career Early career DeFreitas graduated from St. Anthony's College in 2006. He then went to the University of North Florida, scoring 7 goals and 3 assists in 17 games, tying for the team lead in goals in 2007. During that season, he was named to the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman Team and the Second Conference All-Star Team, as well as being named conference Freshman of the Year. In 2008, he played 18 games, scoring 6 goals and 2 assists for Florida and was named to the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Star Team. In 2009, he was transferred to North Carolina State University and played in 20 games, scoring 2 goals and being named Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week multiple times. Capital City On 12 May 2011, it was announced that DeFreitas had signed to his first professional contract with Canadian Soccer League side Capital City in their inaugural season. Akil quickly became a mainstay on the wing for the Ottawa club, and was an integral part of the club's excellent first season. Over the course of the season, he developed great chemistry with teammate and club scoring leader Sullivan Silva, and contributed 10 goals and 5 assists in 23 games. This stellar performance earned him the CSL Rookie of the Year award. Of particular note was a two-goal performance in a 4–0 drubbing of the Brantford Galaxy. FF Jaro On 10 March 2012, it was announced that DeFreitas had signed with FF Jaro of the Finnish top division. FK Dainava On 15 March 2013, it was announced that DeFreitas had signed with FK Dainava Alytus playing in the Lithuanian top division. After five matches, DeFreitas left the club in August 2013 because of a breach in his contract by the club of unpaid salaries to the player. International career DeFreitas has long been involved with the Trinidad and Tobago national youth teams. He was selected on the final squad for the under-17 National team. In addition, he was invited to train with the under-20, under-21 and under-23 teams but unfortunately did not secure a spot on any of the final team rosters. In 2006, he also trained with a large pool of hopeful Trinidadians at the Blackbaud Stadium, who were all vying for a spot on the Trinidad and Tobago senior national team before the 2006 World Cup. Honours Individual Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman Team: 2007 Atlantic Sun Conference Second All-Star Team: 2007 Atlantic Sun Conference Freshman of the Year: 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference All-Star Team: 2008 Canadian Soccer League Rookie of the Year: 2011 References 1986 births Living people Footballers from Port of Spain Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders Trinidad and Tobago men's footballers Trinidad and Tobago men's youth international footballers Trinidad and Tobago men's under-20 international footballers North Florida Ospreys men's soccer players NC State Wolfpack men's soccer players Orlando City U-23 players FF Jaro players FK Dainava Alytus players Central F.C. players Kingston FC players Kokkolan Palloveikot players FC Jazz players Kultsu FC players Ungmennafélagið Sindri players Vestri (football club) players Íþróttafélagið Völsungur players Reynir Sandgerði men's football players Knattspyrnufélag Fjallabyggðar players USL League Two players Veikkausliiga players TT Pro League players 2. deild karla players 3. deild karla players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Trinidad and Tobago expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in Iceland

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I'm Standing on a Million Lives

is a Japanese manga series written by Naoki Yamakawa and illustrated by Akinari Nao. It has been serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine since June 2016. The manga is licensed in North America by Kodansha USA. An anime television series adaptation produced by Maho Film aired from October to December 2020, and a second season aired from July to September 2021. Plot Yuusuke Yotsuya, Iu Shindo, and Kusue Hakozaki were transported by a mysterious half-faced creature to do his play, asking them quests to complete the game within the duration. As bonus, they are almost set as immortals, respawning after they die, if at least one of them survives until the time limit expires. The trio were joined by 3 people, Yuka Yukitate, Keita Torii and Glenda Carter. They are doing missions and after passing it, they return to real life, but after the next quest appears, they return to the world, with few years passed since. The mysterious creature, answers any questions they ask after every quest finished. And revealed that they were playing in countless alternate worlds and alternating sequences. Characters An unknown history has caused Yuusuke to be anti-social and selfish. Once in the world of quests, he excuses his actions for a pragmatic and selfish desire to survive. He hates humans, human society, and himself; however, he willingly deludes himself that his decision of who is of value will help better his chance of survival. He has emotions, but he would rather be a psychopath than to follow social norms. He is forced to do good as it is the optimal path to survival due to the way the Game Masters set the challenges to be death or find the right choice. One of the few people summoned by the GM. From a troubled background, being bullied and from a biker gang, she plays the game and tries to improve herself. Another summoned by the GM. She was sickly and lacked stamina in her life, so she dreams to be a doctor to find a cure to her situation. She plays the game to improve herself. Another summon by the GM. She was initially saved by Yuusuke from a bunch of her tormentors, but became skeptical of him due to his way of helping her. She loved magical girl anime series, inspired her to be a mage. She was a Knight from Cortanel and an NPC. She joined the group in their quest to deliver cargo. She fell in love with Yuusuke, and sad to see him go after finishing the quest. 15 years later, she had 2 children, lost her sword arm during a campaign against the enemy Deokk Empire, and settled on the city. She had a closure with Yuusuke, accepting the fact that she grew older than him. By the time of the 5th round, she dies of old age. Keita was one of the assaulters trying to kill a former drug dealer. Yuusuke prevented the murder, he escaped before the police arrived. With their family's debt settled, he was thankful to Yuusuke. He became a gamer after being summoned by the GM, joining Yuusuke's group. One of the island's NPCs. She and Ahyu are the island village's two ceremonial/ritual dance performers. One of the island's NPCs. She and Yana are the island village's two ceremonial/ritual dance performers. She fell in love with Yuusuke and later on confessed to him, wanting to retire and marry him. Mercenary leader. He survived the event. Became a sorcerer by the 6th round. Took Malita to his master. Died by the 7th Round. An island native, left the island to be a mercenary warrior. Fought against the Orcs and died after defending the ship where the villagers are from both the Queen and the lava. A foreigner who records her adventures with a camera. Became another player summoned by the GM. Habaki Futashige A salaryman trying to commit suicide. Became a player after the company went bankrupt and the employee's salaries were taken by the company owners. Malita An NPC member of Militia/Vigilate group who fights a shadow war with GuerreroJaguars and Revolucionarios. Lost her family, her best friend Ilana in a botched raid, and hated the fact her former enemies and her friends became allies. Turned into a berserker by the 7th round. Media Manga I'm Standing on a Million Lives is written by Naoki Yamakawa and illustrated by Akinari Nao. The series began in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine on June 9, 2016. The series entered its "final decisive battle" on June 9, 2023. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on October 7, 2016. As of August 8, 2023, seventeen volumes have been released. In North America, the series is licensed for English release by Kodansha USA, who releases both in digital (since July 3, 2018) and print (May 28, 2019) formats. Volume list Anime An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 3, 2020. It was produced by Maho Film and directed by Kumiko Habara, with Takao Yoshioka writing the scripts, Eri Kojima and Toshihide Masudate designing the characters, and Ken Ito composing the music. The series aired from October 2 to December 18, 2020, on Tokyo MX and other channels. Kanako Takatsuki performed the opening theme song "Anti world", while Liyuu performed the ending theme song "Carpe Diem." The series ran for 12 episodes. The anime is licensed by Crunchyroll for streaming outside of Asia. In Southeast Asia and South Asia, Medialink licensed the anime and streamed it on its Ani-One YouTube channel and iQIYI. On December 18, 2020, shortly after the first season's finale aired, a second season was announced and aired from July 10 to September 25, 2021. Nijisanji VTuber Kaede Higuchi performed the second season's opening theme song "Baddest", while Takatsuki performed the second season's ending theme song "Subversive". On May 18, 2021, it was announced Sentai Filmworks picked up the home video rights. Episode list Season 1 Season 2 Novel A novel adaptation written by Sawako Kobayashi and illustrated by Nao was published by Kodansha on July 9, 2021. See also My Home Hero — Another manga series written by Naoki Yamakawa. Trinity Seven — Another manga series illustrated by Akinari Nao. Notes References External links at Kodansha Comics Anime series based on manga Crunchyroll anime Dark fantasy anime and manga Isekai anime and manga Isekai novels and light novels Kodansha manga Maho Film Medialink Sentai Filmworks Shōnen manga Tokyo MX original programming

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Anna Żarnowska

Anna Maria Żarnowska (née Rozwadowska; 28 June 1931 – 9 June 2007, in Warsaw) was a Polish historian and researcher of the Polish labour movement and women's history at the University of Warsaw. She was invested with the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polish Revival in 2003. Life and work She obtained her master's degree at the University of Warsaw in 1954. She obtained her doctoral degree on 27 November 1962 on the basis of her dissertation entitled The formation of the leftist trend and the split in the PPS (1904–1906), written under the direction of Żanna Kormanowa. Her habilitation was earned in 1973. From 1985 she held the academic title of associate professor, and from 1995 on, she was a full professor and then professor-emeritus at the University of Warsaw. Career Żarnowska worked in the Department of Party History. From 1966, she was chairman of the Women's History Committee at the Polish Committee of Historical Sciences. From 1986, she headed the Group / Department of Social History of Poland in the 19th and 20th centuries on a comparative basis. From 1989, she was head of the research project "Socio-cultural history of women in Poland in the 19th and 20th centuries." One of her most important projects was done with Andrzej Szwarc. Żarnowska was the scientific editor for a series of volumes entitled, A woman and ... Other positions she held were: member of the Scientific Council of the International Conference of Labor and Social History (ITH) in Vienna since 1990 and council vice-president since 1997, and representative of the University of Warsaw at ITH since 1976. In 2003, she was decorated with the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. Personal life Her husband was also a professor of history, Janusz Żarnowski. She was buried on June 15 at the Bródno cemetery in Warsaw (section 20P-5-13). Students Her students included Irena Kępa, Jarosław Paskudzki, Andrzej Stawarz, Andrzej Tusiński, Adrian Zandberg. Selected publications The genesis of the split in the Polish Socialist Party (1904–1906) (1965) The Working Class of the Kingdom of Poland (1870–1914) (1974) Workers of Warsaw at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries (1985) Around the Tradition of Workers' Culture in Poland (before 1939) (1986, scientific editor and co-author) The series: Woman and ... volume I: Woman and society in the Polish lands in the nineteenth century (1990); volume II: Woman and Education in the Polish Territories in the 19th and 20th Centuries, parts 1-2 (1992); volume III: Woman and the world of politics, parts 1-2 [19th and 20th centuries] (1994–1996); volume IV: Woman and culture - among the creators of intellectual and artistic culture (19th-20th century) (1996); volume V: Woman and the culture of everyday life. 19th and 20th century (1997); volume VI: Woman and work in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (2000); volume VII: Woman and the culture of free time (19th and 20th centuries) (2001); volume VIII: Woman and marriage. 19th-20th century (2004). Religion and Politics: Polish Workers c. 1900, [in:] "Social History" 1991, pp. 299–316 Equal rights and unequal opportunities - women in interwar Poland (2000, scientific editor and co-author) Workers, Women and Social Change in Poland, 1870–1939, Ashgate 2004. Baldoncelli References 1931 births 2007 deaths 20th-century Polish historians University of Warsaw alumni Academic staff of the University of Warsaw Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta People from Warsaw Burials at Bródno Cemetery Historians of Poland

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Uroczysko Baran killing fields

The Uroczysko Baran killing fields (), often referred to in Poland as the "Little Katyn" or the "Second Katyn", was the location for secret executions of soldiers and officers of the Polish Underground State, Home Army, and Second Army of Ludowe Wojsko Polskie carried out by Communist forces on behalf of the NKVD, SMERSH, and PUBP in the later stages of World War II. The killing fields at the Uroczysko Baran, also known as the Baran Forest, are located on the outskirts of Kąkolewnica village in eastern Poland, near Radzyń Podlaski. It is estimated that up to 1,200 or 1,800 wartime members of the Home Army (AK), Freedom and Independence (WiN), the Peasant Battalions (BCh), as well as Polish defectors drafted to the Communist armies, and alleged enemies of the people, were murdered there, with hands tied behind their backs, over execution pits, from late autumn 1944 until February 1945, . The forensic examination of twelve exhumed bodies revealed multiple bone fractures: broken hands, limbs, hips, and cracked skulls indicating extreme beatings in detention, before execution. History The killing fields were known to the local people in Kąkolewnica from the beginning. In July 1944, the Soviet 1st Belorussian Front under Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky was stationed in Kąkolewnica, removing cattle and plundering food supplies, throwing people out of their homes to make way for military lodgings, and setting up SMERSH and NKVD interrogation dungeons in the basements. Soon, General Świerczewski with his LWP soldiers joined the fray. The Polish partisans from AK, WiN and BCh, captured in the vicinity – but also transported there from afar – like the soldiers of the 27th Home Army Infantry Division, were executed across the vast area of the forest spanning well over a dozen hectares. Mass graves were planted over with small pine trees by the killers. A symbolic cross was erected on site by some people in the summer of 1945. Removed by the Communist officials, it was often replaced by the locals under the cover of night. The number of people murdered at Uroczysko Baran is unknown. Even the number of mass graves has not been established to this day. After fifty years of Communist rule in Poland, the closely guarded site is now overgrown with mature trees. Partial documents found in the archives of the Polish Army prove only 43 official executions and 144 military court convictions, but the Soviet archives are either inaccessible or no longer exist. Soon after the end of totalitarianism in Poland, the Institute of National Remembrance interviewed 110 witnesses. There was only one forensic exhumation conducted at Uroczysko Baran. The human remains were reburied at a local cemetery in Kąkolewnica in 1990. The IPN branch in Lublin states that some 2,000 anti-communist resistance fighters were detained in local prisons by the Stalinist security forces between 1944 and 1956, including 450 of the most prominent so-called "cursed soldiers". Józef Franczak witnessed some of the killings. After Soviet troops entered the area, he was conscripted into the Polish Communist 2nd Army stationed in Kąkolewnica, where the military court was located. Franczak deserted in January 1945 and became a cursed soldier. He was shot dead in 1963. At Kąkolewnica, and at the Uroczysko Baran, hundreds of detainees died without a trial. According to witnesses, military trucks covered with tarpaulin travelled back and forth between the two locations until November 1945, day in and day out. Commemoration The killings are the subject of a monograph by Jan Kołkowicz published in 2007. In 1980 a symbolic grave was created at the uroczysko. In May 1993 it was replaced with a monument consisting of a cast iron cross and a huge stone with tablets. The monument was an initiative of Tadeusz Dzięga, the Kąkolewnica parish parson, and a resident of the village of Jurki, Zbigniew Puck. President of Poland Bronisław Komorowski came to Uroczysko Baran on June 20, 2013, for a solemn ceremony of laying flowers and wreaths at the monument. Notes References External links Photographs from the official ceremonies at the unmarked graves in 2017. 1944 in Poland July 1944 events Massacres in Poland NKVD War crimes in Poland

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Environmental issues in Florida

There are a number of environmental issues in Florida. A large portion of Florida is a biologically diverse ecosystem, with large wetlands in the Everglades. Management of environmental issues related to the everglades and the larger coastal waters and wetlands have been important to the history of Florida and the development of multiple parts of the economy of Florida, including the influential agricultural industry. This biodiversity leaves much of Florida's ecological ecosystem vulnerable to invasive species and human sources of industrial pollution and waste. Moreover, because of Florida's low geography, Florida has been described as "ground zero" in the United States for the impacts of climate change in the United States. Everglades The Everglades are tropical wetlands located in the southern portion of Florida that have been designated under the Ramsar Convention as one of only three wetland areas of global importance. A restoration of the Everglades is being carried out with a $7.8 billion, 30-year project aimed at its preservation and restoration. Biodiversity The Florida panther is an endangered population of the cougar (Puma concolor). There are about 230 individuals in the wild. The Center for Biological Diversity and others have called for a special protected area for the panther. Manatees are also dying at a rate much higher than their reproduction. In 1977, the federal government placed alligators on the endangered list. They were removed from the endangered list in 1987 and Florida permitted selective hunting in 1988. In 2013, the US Fish and Wildlife Service was examining a list of nine species to see if they should be added to the protected list. These included bridled darter, Panama City crayfish, Suwanee moccasin shell mussel, eastern hellbender salamander, Florida Keys mole skink, MacGillivray's seaside sparrow, boreal toad, Sierra Nevada red fox, and the Bicknell's thrush. Invasive species The state has more invasive amphibians and reptiles than anyplace else in the world. The pet industry was responsible for 84% of the 137 non-native species introduced from 1863 to 2010. 25% were traced to a single importer. Flora Approximately 1,300 of Florida's plant species (31 percent of the total) are non-natives which have become established; 10 percent of these are considered invasive. The three most ecologically damaging are Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius), which has taken over in south and central Florida, and forms single-species environments; melaleuca (Melaleuca quinquenervia), which has invaded - more than 12 percent of total land area in South Florida, and was spreading at an estimated per day; and Australian pine (Casuarina spp.) which covered , and whose fallen needles release a chemical into the soil which inhibits the growth of native plants. In 2013, five rare butterflies, indigenous to Florida, haven't been seen in over six years. These include the zestos skipper, rockland Meske's skipper, zarucco duskywing, nickerbean blue, and the Bahamian swallowtail. The US Fish and Wildlife Service is reluctant to declare them extinct because other butterfly species have been "rediscovered" after long periods of not being seen by man. Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) is the most significant invasive aquatic plant species in the state; aggressive biological, chemical and mechanical management has reduced the effects of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes). Fauna Due in part to its prevalence in the exotic pet trade, Florida has a large number of non-native species. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission tracks 31 species of mammals, 196 species of birds, 48 species of reptiles, 4 species of amphibians, and 55 species of fish that have been observed in the state. Many of the identified species are either non-breeding or stable populations, but several species, including the cane toad (Bufo marinus), Gambian pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus), Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus), and Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus), have created significant impact on the delicate ecosystems of the state, especially in the tropical southern third of the state. Florida's fresh waters are host to 34 confirmed breeding species of exotic (introduced) fish, a higher number than any other place on earth. Since their accidental importation from South America into North America in the 1930s, the red imported fire ant population has increased its territorial range to include most of the Southern United States, including Florida. They are more aggressive than most native ant species and have a painful sting. Fungus endangering some non-native palms Native fusarium wilt is endangering several types of palm trees including the non-native queen palms, and the Washingtonia palms. The fungus is apparently being spread by humans using unsanitized power tools. Waste in Florida Florida's 18 million residents (21 million as of 2020) and 80 million visitors generated over million of solid waste in 2010. Increasing landfill space has been an issue. In 2010 landfill space cost about $400,000 per . In 2010, the state had the goal of recycling 75% of its waste by 2020. Municipal experiments in "single-stream recycling" disposal seemed to indicate that this goal might be achievable. St. Lucie County is planning to experiment with burning trash through plasma arc gamification to generate energy and reduce landfill space. Pollution and waste In 2010 there were, in the state, 44 federal Superfund sites, 101 brownfields, 13,527 petroleum cleanups and more than 3,000 other sites with dry-cleaning fluids or other hazardous waste. Drinking water is at risk because the water table is so shallow. Phosphorus mining is also an important part of the local economy. Tailing ponds from the mines are vulnerable to breach and contamination of the local environment from the radioactive biproduct called phosphogypsum. In 2021, one of the dams breached at Piney Point phosphate plant into the Tampa Bay. Because of its marine origins, Florida soil is naturally high in phosphorus. Coupled with fertilizer, this often has resulted in excessive phosphorus in water runoff to nearby bodies of water. As a result, Florida has required certain municipalities to limit the application of fertilizer containing phosphorus. Climate change See also Environmental issues in Brevard County Environmental Impact of the Big Cypress Swamp Jetport ("Leopold Report" or the "Leopold-Marshall Report"), a report from the Department of the Interior released in 1969 Carl Hiaasen, an author who frequently weaves environmental issues in Florida into his novels References External links Environment Florida - a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization Sierra Club Florida - environmental issues Further reading

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Carroll W. McColpin

Major General Carroll W. McColpin (November 15, 1914 – November 28, 2003) was a United States Air Force officer who served during World War II and the Cold War. Prior to the United States entry into World War II, in November 1940, he volunteered for duty with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in November 1940 and was commissioned a pilot officer in the RAF before transferring to the United States Army Air Forces in the grade of major in September 1942. His decorations include the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Air Medal with six oak leaf clusters and the British Distinguished Flying Cross. McColpin was credited with 12 kills, 5 probable, and 12 damaged while with the Eagle Squadrons. In both services he could have claimed a minimum of ten more Luftwaffe aircraft of mixed types destroyed on the ground by attacking German airfields in France and Germany. McColpin scored another 8 confirmed kills while in the Army Air Force. Early years Carroll Warren McColpin was born in Buffalo, New York on November 15, 1914, and was raised and educated in Los Angeles, California. He participated in civilian flying activities in Los Angeles, and in 1936 obtained his pilot's certificate. As a young man, he had built his own airplane and taught himself the basics of stick flying and aerial acrobatics by the age of sixteen. RAF service Despite official United States government disapproval, McColpin travelled via Canada to England where he joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in November 1940. After serving initially with the RAF's No. 607 Squadron in May 1941, McColpin joined the second Eagle Squadron, No. 121 Squadron, as a pilot and then went to No. 71 Squadron, the 1st Eagle Squadron. In November 1941 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. The award was made personally by King George VI. In January 1942 he was posted as a flight commander in No. 133 Squadron. McColpin went back to the United States in June 1942 to participate for 10 weeks in a War Bond tour followed by 4 weeks home leave. On his return, being an American, a flying ace and having served in combat with all three Eagle Squadrons, McColpin was appointed to command 133 Squadron. McColpin was the only American to fly combat in all three RAF American Eagle Squadrons. He flew a total of over 300 missions in these squadrons, counting the ones he flew with No. 607 Squadron. He was a double ace before Pearl Harbor and was the first American to be decorated, in Buckingham Palace, by King George VI during World War II. USAAF service On the United States entry into the war, and the arrival of the United States' Eighth Air Force in Britain, the US Eagle Squadron personnel and equipment transferred to the United States Army Air Forces in September 1942 and McColpin was appointed to the rank of major and the command of the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group. Returning to the United States in 1943, he was assigned duty as assistant deputy for operations, III Fighter Command, Drew Field, Florida, and he subsequently assumed command of the 407th Fighter Bomber Group at Lakeland Field, Florida. in September of that year. In January 1944, McColpin was appointed commander of the 404th Fighter Bomber Group at Myrtle Beach Field, South Carolina, and moved that unit overseas to England where he remained in command through the English, French and Belgian campaigns. In December 1944, McColpin transferred to the XXIX Tactical Air Command as director of combat operations. He returned to the United States in March 1945 and served as deputy and later as commander of the III Fighter Command Gunnery School at Pinellas Field, Florida until February 1946, when he proceeded to Germany to command the 365th Fighter Group at AAF Station Schweinfurt. USAF career McColpin returned to the United States from Germany in October 1947, to command the 31st Fighter Group at Turner AFB, Albany, Georgia, until February 1950, when he entered the Armed Forces Staff College as a student. Upon his graduation in July 1950, McColpin was assigned to the Continental Air Command at Mitchel AFB, New York, and later to the Air Defense Command, at Ent AFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado, as director of operations and training. In June 1952, he was transferred to Eastern Air Defense Force Headquarters at Stewart AFB, New York as the deputy for operations, where he remained until entry into the Air War College in July 1954. After graduation from the Air War College in June 1955, McColpin assumed command of the 64th Air Division (Defense) at Pepperrell Air Force Base, St. Johns Newfoundland, Canada. He was transferred to Headquarters North American Air Defense Command, Colorado Springs, Colorado, on August 1, 1958, as director of operations and served in that capacity until July 1962. McColpin commanded the San Francisco Air Defense Sector at Beale AFB, California, from August 1962 to June 1963, before his assignment as commander, Portland Air Defense Sector, Adair Air Force Station, Oregon. In October 1964, McColpin was named vice commander, 28th Air Division (SAGE), headquartered at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. He later became commander, Fourth Air Force at Hamilton on 1 April 1966. He retired on September 1, 1968. Awards and decorations References External links 4th Fighter Group WWII Official WWII Association Website Referenced 4 March 2012 USAF Biography Page Colonel Carroll W McColpin Carroll McColpin, American Eagle Ace Carroll McColpin 1914 births 2003 deaths Military personnel from Buffalo, New York United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II American Royal Air Force pilots of World War II American World War II flying aces United States Air Force generals Recipients of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Recipients of the Air Medal Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) Recipients of the Legion of Merit Burials at Arlington National Cemetery United States Army Air Forces officers Royal Air Force officers Recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium) Aviators from New York (state) Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)

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North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District

The North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District is a regional, four-year public high school district, that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from twelve municipalities in northern Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. Students in the district are from Bethlehem Township, Califon Borough, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Glen Gardner Borough, Hampton Borough, High Bridge Borough, Lebanon Borough, Lebanon Township, Tewksbury Township and Union Township. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 2,275 students and 194.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1. The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J. History In a June 1947 referendum, 11 of the 13 municipalities voted in favor of the formation of a regional high school district, with Bloomsbury and High Bridge opting out, leading to a reduction to the size of the plans for the school building, which was scaled down from an original planned enrollment of 700, down to 600 students. A referendum the next month failed when 10 of the 11 municipalities voted in favor by a better than 5-1 margin, while Franklin Township voters rejected the proposal. All 11 of the districts voted to approve a February 1950 referendum for a building that would cost $700,000 (equivalent to $ in ). North Hunterdon Regional High School opened in September 1951 with 517 students in a 27-room facility constructed on a site. Voorhees High School, constructed at a cost of $7.5 million (equivalent to $ million in ), opened for the 1975-76 school year. The Clinton Township School District had undertaken a project to consider the possibility of withdrawing from the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District to form an independent K-12 school district. In February 2005, the Clinton Township Board of Education commissioned a study to consider the educational and financial effects of a proposed withdrawal scenario for Clinton Township, citing higher costs assessed to township residents under the funding formula then in place, through the district ultimately withdrew its withdrawal petition in December 2006. Awards and recognition For the 2001–02 school year, North Hunterdon High School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. In 2015, Voorhees High School was one of 15 schools in New Jersey, and one of nine public schools, recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in the exemplary high performing category. Schools Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are: North Hunterdon High School is located in Clinton Township (although the mailing address is Annandale). The school served 1,257 students from Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township. Dr. Gregory Cottrell, principal Voorhees High School is located in Lebanon Township (although the mailing address is Glen Gardner). The school served 991 students from Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township and Tewksbury Township. Ron Peterson, principal Administration Core members of the district's administration are: Jeffrey Bender, superintendent Katie Blew, business administrator and board secretary Board of education The district's board of education, comprised of 12 members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with four seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operation of the district. Seats on the board are allocated to the constituent municipalities and are assigned weighted votes based on population, with the total number of weighted votes equal to 12.1: Clinton Township and Lebanon Borough are allocated four seats between them, each with 0.9 weighted votes (a total of 3.6); High Bridge and Lebanon Township are allocated two seats between them, each with 1.2 votes (total of 2.4); Clinton Town, Franklin Township and Glen Gardner have two seats between them, each with 0.9 votes (total of 1.8); Califon and Tewksbury Township are allocated two seats between them, each with 0.8 weighted votes (total of 1.6); Union Township is assigned one seat with 1.4 weighted votes; and Bethlehem Township and Hampton are assigned one seat between them, with 1.3 weighted votes. References External links North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District website School Data for the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics 1950 establishments in New Jersey School districts established in 1950 Bethlehem Township, New Jersey Califon, New Jersey Clinton, New Jersey Clinton Township, New Jersey Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Glen Gardner, New Jersey Hampton, New Jersey High Bridge, New Jersey Lebanon, New Jersey Lebanon Township, New Jersey Tewksbury Township, New Jersey Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey New Jersey District Factor Group I School districts in Hunterdon County, New Jersey

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena%20Tsagrinou

Elena Tsagrinou

Elena Tsagrinou (; born November 16, 1994) is a Greek singer. Tsagrinou began her career as the lead singer of the Greek band OtherView, until beginning a solo career in 2018. She represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "El Diablo", finishing in 16th place. Life and career Tsagrinou was born on November 16, 1994 in Athens. From a young age, Tsagrinou was involved in music and attended a Music High School. In 2009, she participated in the Greek adaption of the Got Talent franchise from ANT1, Ellada Eheis Talento. Tsagrinou has a younger sister, Villy, born in 1998. 2013–2018: OtherView, Just the 2 of Us and The Voice of Greece In the summer of 2013, she was auditioned by the band OtherView (after Crystallia's withdrawal from the band) for the position of the lead singer and thus signed a contract with the record company Feelgood Records. On 8 January 2014, they released their first track entitled "What You Want", with lyrics and music by themselves and Gabriella Ellis. A few months later, they released their second track, entitled "O giros tou kosmou" (Around the World), which surpassed "What You Want" in views. The lyrics were written by Vassilis Koumentakos, as the music was composed by him, with the participation of Dimitris Isaris. At the same time, Tsagrinou participated in the music show of Mega Channel, Just the 2 of Us (the Greek adaption of the talent show Just the Two of Us) as coach of Ivan Svitailo. In 2015, the band released four new tracks. "Dikaiosi" with Arva, "Ola Afta Pou Niotho", "In The Club Bi**h" and "Se Thelo Tora". The music of the songs was written mainly by them while the lyrics were written by Vassilis Koumentakos. In 2016, the tracks "Xana" and "Emeis Mazi" were released. The second was in collaboration with Goin' Through and was the soundtrack of the movie "The Bachelor". In the same year they appeared on MADWalk together with Josephine and Maria Korinthiou. In the 2016–2017 season, Tsagrinou was the backstage presenter on SKAI's talent show, The Voice of Greece, while as a band they made live appearances at BOX Athens with Melisses and Josephine. In 2017, as a band, they announced their withdrawal from Feelgood Records and the collaboration with Panik Records. They even released two tracks with their own lyrics and music: "Asto Se Mena" and "Tora I Pote", while they appeared in two awards. At the MAD Video Music Awards, performing the song "Kane Me" in a remix with rapper Mike and the Cypriot Super Music Awards. They also participated in MADWalk - The Fashion Music Project and MTN MADWalk Cyprus. In the 2017–2018 season, they appeared at the Fantasia Live nightclub with Josephine and then made some appearances with Konstantinos Argyros at Club Vogue in Thessaloniki. In the same year, they participated in MADWalk - The Fashion Music Project, performing "Havana" by Camila Cabello together with Thomai Apergi. In the middle of the same year, Tsagrinou announced her withdrawal from OtherView, after completing five years of collaboration, in order to pursue a solo career. 2018–present: Solo career and Eurovision Song Contest After her withdrawal from OtherView, she started the preparations for her first personal album, while in June 2018, she appeared at the MAD Video Music Awards, performing a remix of Panos Kiamos' track "Thelo Na se Xanado" with Bo. At the same time, she started appearances at the Fantasia Live nightclub with Konstantinos Argyros and Nino. On 1 July 2018, she released her first solo track, entitled "Pame Ap' Tin Arhi", which a little later was released in English, as "Summer Romance". The lyrics were written by Nikos Moraitis while the music by Dimitris Kontopoulos. On 23 October of the same year, she released her second solo track, entitled "Paradeisos", with lyrics & music by ARCADE. On 6 December, the song "Ela tin protochronia" was released together with Elias Vrettos, Giorgos Kartelias, Elina Papila, Bo, REC, OGE and the radio station 104.8fm of Chalkida, with the aim of financially strengthening the voluntary, non-profit organization for special care and protection of mother and child, Ark of the World. In the winter season 2018-2019 she made live appearances at the Fantasia Live nightclub with Konstantinos Argyros, Demy, 719 The Band, Andromache and George Livanis. In April 2019, she participated in MADWalk - The Fashion Music Project, performing with Dakis the song "Tsai me Lemoni". In June of the same year, she appeared at the MAD Video Music Awards performing the song "San Lava" with OGE. On 2 November 2019, her third solo song was released, entitled "Logia" with lyrics and music by Leonidas Sozos. Also, in the same month, she started live appearances at BOX Athens with Melisses, Tamta & Matina Zara for the 2019–2020 season. In July 2020 she released her fourth solo song entitled "Amore" and a collaboration with Mike, entitled "Pare Me Agkalia". Also, in the summer of the same year, she performed at the nightclub Posidonio Music Hall with Panos Kiamos, Anastasios Rammos and Tania Karra. On 25 November 2020, it was announced that she will represent Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with the song "El Diablo". Personal life From to 2017 to 2022, Tsagrinou had been in an on-off relationship with Greek rapper Mike. In April 2022, Tsagrinou confirmed her relationship with DJ Stephan. Discography Compilation albums Singles Lead Promotional Videography Filmography Television Film References 1994 births 21st-century Greek women singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Cyprus Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2021 Greek pop singers Living people Singers from Athens Panik Records artists

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean%20Streets%20%28video%20game%29

Mean Streets (video game)

Mean Streets is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Access Software for MS-DOS in 1989 exclusively in North America. It was ported to the Commodore 64, Atari ST, and Amiga in 1989 and 1990 by The Code Monkeys. Atari ST and Amiga ports were only released in Europe. The game, set in a dystopian cyberpunk neo-noir world, is the first in the series of Tex Murphy mysteries; its immediate sequel is Martian Memorandum. In 1998, Mean Streets was remade as Tex Murphy: Overseer. Plot The player plays the role of Tex Murphy, a down-and-out private investigator living in post-apocalyptic San Francisco. Tex is hired by a beautiful young woman named Sylvia Linsky to investigate the death of her father, Dr. Carl Linsky, a professor at the University of San Francisco. Prior to his death, Carl would not talk to his daughter about the secret project he was working on, and days later, he was seen falling off the Golden Gate Bridge. Sylvia suspects murder, but the police say it was routine suicide. To help get him started, Tex is given $10,000 and a few leads. The player is referred to the game's manual for a list of their leads. Gameplay The game starts in Tex's speeder flying car, and the player can perform various functions, including moving the speeder backward and forward, raise or lower the altitude, switching between different views, and accessing the on-board computer. The player can also contact Tex's secretary and informant and receive faxes from them if they ask for information. His informant demands money for information, but there are subjects which his secretary has no information on and his informant does. Questioning people often results in them giving out information that further deepens the plot or produces new leads. To question people, the player must type in the full name of the person or thing Tex is to ask about. The player has the option of offering them money or threatening them when they appear uncooperative. In some instances, the player receives an address of the person whom they asked about. These addresses consist of a four-digit code which the player enters into the computer on-board their speeder. Once the code has been entered, the destination is marked by a flashing square, and the player must either guide their speeder to it or enable the autopilot. As a form of copy protection, the player is given no addresses to start with in-game, and must refer to the five addresses provided in the instruction manual. When arriving in a dangerous area, the game transitions to a side-scrolling shooter stage. The player must navigate Tex from the left side of the screen to the right while an endless supply of enemies emerges from the right side to shoot at Tex. Both Tex and enemies can crouch to hide behind the boxes and other debris which litter the streets, protecting them from gunfire but preventing them from hitting their targets as well. Tex can withstand several shots without dying, and his health is replenished upon completion of the stage. However, his ammunition is limited, and more ammunition can only be acquired by finding one of the caches hidden in buildings or by completing one of the game's bounty hunter sidequests. There are some situations where Tex has to search buildings to get further leads. The player moves Tex around the area, and can push a button to bring up a list of nearby objects. The player has the options of looking at, getting, opening, moving, turning on and off, and tasting each object, though not every option will yield useful results. Some actions may yield access to a new object (e.g. opening a drawer may reveal a note inside), which the player can apply the same set of actions to. The player's primary objective is to collect information about a scientist, Carl Linsky, and the conspiracy behind his apparent suicide. The game has seven bounty hunter sidequests which are accessed by landing on black landing strips. These landing strips do not have navigation codes, but the coordinates for them are given in the manual. Each sidequest consists of a side-scrolling shooter stage in the usual format, but with enemies which fire much more rapidly than those found on the main story path. Completing sidequests rewards the player with cash and ammunition. Development Following the release of their 3D flight game Echelon, Access wanted to develop another 3D flight game, this time based on the story of a homemade movie that the developers had made in their spare time about a film noir detective. Eventually, adventure elements eclipsed the flight sim aspects. Mean Streets incorporates Access Software's RealSound technology for the IBM PC version. Reception Computer Gaming Worlds Charles Ardai praised the game's "exhilarating" interactivity, stating that "Mean Streets offers a fully realized environment ... this license, this freedom, is refreshingly adult", with excellent graphics and "authentic hardboiled attitude and voice". He stated that "mechanical" gameplay, such as repetitive room searches and interrogations, prevented it from being a great game. In 1996, the magazine ranked it as the 139th best game of all time, saying that it set a new standard for 286 games and offered tribute to Raymond Chandler's novels. References External links Mean Streets at Atari Mania Mean Streets at Lemon Amiga 1989 video games Adventure games Amiga games Atari ST games Commodore 64 games DOS games Tex Murphy Video games set in the 2030s Video games with digitized sprites Games commercially released with DOSBox Detective video games Dystopian video games Cyberpunk video games Post-apocalyptic video games Single-player video games U.S. Gold games Video games developed in the United States Video games set in San Francisco The Code Monkeys games Access Software games

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy%20J.%20Snell

Roy J. Snell

Roy Judson Snell (November 20, 1878 – September 21, 1959) was an American writer of fiction mainly for young readers. Biography Snell was born in Laddonia, Missouri on November 12, 1878 to James and Sarah Knight-Snell. Snell wrote several juvenile fiction books. While he mostly concentrated on stories for boys there was at least one series of mysteries for girls. He also wrote under the pen names of David O'Hara, James Craig and Joseph Marino. Snell and his wife Lucile had three sons, Jud, John, and James. The latter, J. Laurie Snell, became a professor of mathematics at Dartmouth College. Jud and John found careers as a businessman and a United States Navy pilot respectively. In 1938, Snell appeared on Edgar Guest's radio show "It Can Be Done". In 1941 he wrote a series of war stories for boys at the request of his publisher. He retired from writing soon after the end of the World War II. He spent much of his retirement at a summer cottage on Isle Royale, Michigan. Lucille, a concert pianist who had attended the New England Conservatory of Music, suffered from asthma, so the family vacationed in the north, at Hessel, Michigan, and then at Isle Royale. Here the family acquired a life-lease on a property at Tobin Harbor in Isle Royale National Park. Snell would visit schools in Detroit and Des Moines, lecturing with colored slides showing life on Isle Royale. Snell died in 1959 at the age of 80. He is buried in Wheaton Cemetery in Wheaton, Illinois. Works Little White Fox And His Arctic Friends (1916) An Eskimo Robinson Crusoe (1917) Captain Kituk (1918) Skimmer And His Thrilling Adventures (1919) Skimmer, The Daring, In The Far North (1919) Soolook, Wild Boy (c. 1920) Triple Spies (1920) Lost In The Air (1920) Panther Eye (1921) The Crimson Flash (1922) White Fire (1922) The Blue Envelope (1922) Curlie Carson Listens In [also written as: James Craig] (1922) On The Yukon Trail [written as: James Craig] (1922) The Black Schooner (1923) The Desert Patrol [written as: James Craig] (1923) The Secret Mark (1923) The Seagoing Tank (1924) The Hidden Trail (1924) The Firebug (1925) The Flying Sub (1925) The Red Lure (1926) Dark Treasure (1926) The Silent Alarm (1926) Forbidden Cargoes (1927) Whispering Isles (1927) The Thirteenth Ring (1927) Johnny Longbow (1928) The Invisible Wall (1928) The Rope Of Gold (1929) The Gypsy Shawl (1929) The Arrow Of Fire (1930) The Gray Shadow (1931) The Riddle Of The Storm (1932) The Galloping Ghost (1933) The Phantom Violin (1934) Whispers At Dawn (1934) Mystery Wings (1935) Red Dynamite (1936) Seal Of Secrecy (1937) The Shadow Passes (1938) The Sign Of The Green Arrow (1939) Wings Over England (1941) Jane Withers And The Phantom Violin (1943) Jet Plane Mystery (1944) Destination Unknown (1944) Sources: References External links Obituary for Roy J. Snell from The Detroit News October 6, 1959, via Chance News 1878 births 1959 deaths People from Audrain County, Missouri Writers from Wheaton, Illinois 20th-century American novelists American male novelists American young adult novelists Novelists from Missouri 20th-century American male writers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vals%C3%B6rarna

Valsörarna

Valsörarna (in Swedish) or Valassaaret (in Finnish) is a small archipelago in Korsholm, Finland, located in the Kvarken region of the Gulf of Bothnia. The islands are the last you see when going by boat or ferry from Vaasa, Finland to Umeå, Sweden. The archipelago is detached from Korsholm's main Replot-Björkö archipelago. They are uninhabited and there is no road access. However, they are an important bird sanctuary, frequented by birdwatchers and ornithologists. They are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List along with the High Coast of Sweden and the archipelago of Kvarken, for exhibiting the effects of land rise due to post-glacial rebound. History The name The name Valsörarna is of Swedish origin. It is believed that the name was derived from the stone-clad shores and the moraine which resembles a whale. The Finnish name Valassaaret is believed to have been derived from the Swedish word. An old route between Finland and Sweden The Valsörarna is the shortest route to the Swedish island Holmsö only away. During winter, the waters of Kvarken are completely iced and it was possible to walk over to the neighbouring country that way. Today, this is not possible because of active ferry traffic and lanes that are kept open by icebreakers for commercial shipping. This fact was used during the Finnish War by Russian general Barclay de Tolly who used this route in November 1809 when marching over to Umeå. The march to Sweden with about 3700 soldiers was successful but failed on the return trip. The severe cold of the spring and the lack of food took their toll on the men and it is estimated that 400 died from the cold alone. The remains of these soldiers were still present around Valsörarna in the 1900s. In memory of the fallen men, there is now a memorial mound of stones raised on Äbbskär. A saying tells the tale that the inhabitants of Valsörarna grew tired upon always finding skeletons everywhere around the islands and collected them all in one place, which today is the mound of stones. The lighthouse is built There was a sailmark made out of a tree on the island in the 1850s, but that became inefficient for use in the dangerous waters of Kvarken as traffic increased. The long thought-of lighthouse became reality after five boats ran aground on the same night in 1879. The lighthouse was designed by Henry Lepaute who worked for Gustave Eiffels engineering company and built by the same company in France that manufactured the components for the Eiffel Tower. The lighthouse was initially intended to be placed on Äbbskär. However, after digging and ground analysis, it was concluded that Äbbskär had no suitable ground for the lighthouse and it was decided that it should be moved to Storskär. The hole that was dug on Äbbskär is still there today with a coast guard station as a neighbour. For the move over to Storskär, a bridge of stone was built between it and Äbbskär. The road also built in connection to the bridge got the name Kärleksstigen (" the love path"). The lighthouse was securely fastened on the mountain on Storskär in 1886, and still stands there today, fire-red, high and with 175 steps inside. The lighthouse amazed and even scared people with its fire-red color fuelling rumors. The best known rumor was that if you touched the lighthouse, you got seriously burned from it. This rumor was so widespread that it lived long until the 1950s. In 1963 the lighthouse was first automated and later, in the 1980s, electrified. The lens system was removed in conjunction with the electrification and is now on display in Vaasa Seamuseum. The lighthouse was closed from the public in 2013. It was found that it was impossible to repair or reconstruct the lighthouse to fulfill modern safety and accessibility standards without substantially modifying the architecture. Climate Valsörarna has a subarctic climate (Dfc) with strong moderation from the Kvarken. References Finnish islands in the Baltic Landforms of Ostrobothnia (region)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan%20School%20of%20Music

Manhattan School of Music

The Manhattan School of Music (MSM) is a private music conservatory in New York City. The school offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition, as well as a bachelor's in musical theatre. Founded in 1917, the school is located on Claremont Avenue in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City, adjacent to Broadway and West 122nd Street (Seminary Row). The MSM campus was originally the home to The Institute of Musical Art (which later became Juilliard) until Juilliard migrated to the Lincoln Center area of Midtown Manhattan. The property was originally owned by the Bloomingdale Insane Asylum until The Institute of Musical Art purchased it in 1910. The campus of Columbia University is close by, where it has been since 1895. Many of the students live in the school's residence hall, Andersen Hall. History Manhattan School of Music was founded between 1917 and 1918 by the pianist and philanthropist Janet D. Schenck. It was initially known as the "Neighborhood Music School". Initially located at the Union Settlement Association on East 104th St in Manhattan's East Harlem neighborhood, the school moved into a brownstone building at East 105th St. Pablo Casals and Harold Bauer were among the first of many distinguished artists who offered guidance to the school. Eventually, its name was changed to Manhattan School of Music. In 1943, the artistic and academic growth of the school resulted in a charter amendment to grant the bachelor of music degree. Two subsequent amendments authorized the offering in 1947 of the master of music degree and, in 1974, the degree of doctor of musical arts. In 1956, Dr. Schenck retired and Metropolitan Opera baritone John Brownlee was appointed director, a title later revised to president. President Brownlee initiated the idea of relocating the school to the Morningside Heights neighborhood; his death occurred only months before his efforts were realized. In 1969, George Schick, Metropolitan Opera conductor, accompanist, and opera coach, succeeded Brownlee as president and led the school's move to its present location. He created the opera program, while all other major school functions were managed by Senior Director Stanley Bednar. John O. Crosby, founder and general director of the Santa Fe Opera, was appointed president in 1976. He was followed by Gideon W. Waldrop, who was appointed in 1986, and Peter C. Simon in 1989. On July 1, 1992, Marta Casals Istomin was named president, a position which she held until October 2005 when she retired. Dr. Robert Sirota, former director of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, took over the presidency in 2005. He was succeeded by James Gandre, formerly of Roosevelt University, effective May 2013. Performance venues Manhattan School contains multiple performance spaces, each dedicated to separate ensemble requirements. The largest is Neidorff-Karpati Hall, where all orchestral and large jazz ensemble concerts are held. Major renovation of the Hall was completed in November 2018. Notable people Faculty and administrators Harold Bauer Raymond Beegle Gabriela Beňačková John Carisi Paul Cohen Judith Clurman Richard Danielpour Mignon Dunn Andrew Gerle Midori Gotō Randy Graff Horacio Gutiérrez Thomas Hampson Stefon Harris Yehuda Hyman Olga Kern David Krakauer Dave Liebman Joe Locke David Loud Spiro Malas Catherine Malfitano James Morris Philippe Muller Ashley Putnam Bob Mintzer Jason Moran Jonel Perlea Neil Rosenshein Tazewell Thompson Pinchas Zukerman Jim McNeely Mary Watson Weaver Students and alumni Annette A. Aguilar Ambrose Akinmusire Franck Amsallem Aris Antoniades Robert Ashley Angelo Badalamenti Jared Bernstein Judith Bettina Angela Bofill Luis Bonilla Liam Bonner Linda Bouchard Sara Davis Buechner Donald Byrd John-Michael Caprio Andrea Carroll Ron Carter Marko Ciciliani Paul Cohen Harry Connick Jr. Anton Coppola John Corigliano Anthony Roth Costanzo Jon Cowherd Joshua Coyne Kim Crosby Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz Sebastian Currier Marlon Daniel Mark Delpriora Alondra de la Parra Josu de Solaun Soto Salvatore Di Vittorio Edward Downes Steven Feifke Ezio Flagello Nicolas Flagello Sullivan Fortner Steve Gadd Kirill Gerstein Elliot Goldenthal Susan Graham Dave Grusin Page Hamilton Herbie Hancock Edward W. Hardy Stefon Harris Megan Marie Hart Miho Hazama Ian Hendrickson-Smith Shuler Hensley Sara Hershkowitz Margaret Hillis Larry Hochman Daniel Hoffman (violinist) Jennifer Holloway Rupert Holmes Lisa Hopkins Paul Horn Helen Huang Lauren Jelencovich Aaron M. Johnson Scott Joiner Hyung-ki Joo Margaret Juntwait Marina Kamen Aaron Jay Kernis Dawn Kotoski Dominic Lalli Ben Lanzarone Yusef Lateef John Lewis Catherine Malfitano Ursula Mamlok Herbie Mann Kit McClure Bob McGrath Nellie McKay Johanna Meier Jane Monheit Brian Michael Moore Rob Moose Carmen Moral Jason Moran Walter Murphy Max Neuhaus Elmar Oliveira Simon O'Neill Marcus Paus William Pell Leo Pellegrino Meghan Picerno Tobias Picker Kariné Poghosyan Chris Potter Charlie Puth John Bernard Riley Max Roach Larry Rosen Don Sebesky Lynn Strongin Richard Tee Jonathan Tetelman Natalie Toro Joseph Trapanese Sarah Traubel Art Tripp Gordon Turk Marilyn Tyler Dawn Upshaw David Van Tieghem Dirk Weiler Joe Wilder Bernie Williams Carol Williams Richard Williams Phil Woods Yung Wook Yoo Rolande Maxwell Young Dolora Zajick Miguel Zenón Motswedi Modiba Shahab Paranj Transportation The train serves the school at 125th Street, which is three blocks away from the campus. The buses also serve the school. The stops on 122nd and Riverside Drive, one block from the campus. The buses stops at 120th Street on Broadway. References External links Universities and colleges established in 1917 Universities and colleges in Manhattan Morningside Heights, Manhattan 1917 establishments in New York City Private universities and colleges in New York City Education in Harlem Music schools in New York City Music schools in New York (state)

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Rod Markin

Rodney Smith Markin (born 1956), is an American pathologist and authority in the field of laboratory automation. In 1993, he designed and created one of the world's first automated clinical laboratory specimen, device and analyzer management systems. In the mid-1990s, he chaired a standards group called the Clinical Testing Automation Standards Steering Committee (CTASSC) of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, which later evolved into an area committee of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. Markin serves as the Vice President for Business Development and practices pathology at Nebraska Medicine, is associate vice chancellor for business development for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and executive director of the UNeTech Institute of the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska Omaha. He serves as both the David T. Purtilo Professor in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology in UNMC's College of Medicine as well as the Executive Director of the UNeTech Institute. . Prior to his current position, he was the chief operating officier of the University of Nebraska system, the chief technology officer at UNMC, interim dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, board chairman and president and CEO of the Nebraska Medicine clinical practice plan (fka UNMC Physicians), an academic medical practice which includes more than 750 physicians, and has held several other administrative and academic positions at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Early life Markin was born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1977 from Nebraska Wesleyan University, where he majored in chemistry with minors in mathematics and physics. He received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1980; he earned his medical degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in 1983; he completed his residency in pathology and laboratory medicine at UNMC in 1986. He has been on the UNMC faculty since 1986. His professional and academic research interests have focused on clinical laboratory automation including robotics, information systems, medical utilization management, business efficiency modeling, adult and pediatric pathology, liver/gastrointestinal pathology, telehealth, telemedicine, technology development and mobile health. Career Laboratory automation development Markin's interest in laboratory automation, blending clinical processes with information technology, began during his graduate studies, which focused on graph theory. By 1989, he developed a prototype system that would later allow "plug-and-play" integration of automation systems and clinical analyzers for managing and testing of patient specimens. His approach was to build an automated transport system which would allow various testing processes using commercial, off-the-shelf testing and collection systems. He didn't design the instruments, but sought an automated system to manage the testing processes, leading to increased efficiency, improved reporting and lower laboratory costs. He founded LAB-InterLink in 1993, and commercialized a system to manage clinical specimens using an automated transportation system and specimen processing devices (i.e. decapping devices, recapping devices, instrument or analyzer interfaces, etc.) for laboratory testing and processing. For example, the specimen would be separated using a centrifuge; the specimen container would be uncapped; the specimen would be tested as ordered by the physician; the container would be recapped; and the specimen would be stored in the event further testing is needed. Test results were provided to the physician or provider as part of the software management system. LAB-InterLink sold automation systems in North America and internationally, and offices were set up in the United States, Canada and Israel. In 2004, the U.S. company was sold to Cardinal Health and the Canadian company was sold to an investor group. Today the technology of the U.S. company is controlled by Abbott Laboratories (2007) and the Canadian company was acquired by Cerner Corp. (2013) University of Nebraska Medical Center Markin was awarded the Ida Ittner Postdoctoral Fellowship studying lead toxicity in children from 1980 to 1982, working in the laboratory of Dr. Carol R. Angle. In 2005, Markin was named the David T. Purtilo Professor of Pathology and Microbiology. Markin helped develop Children's Specialty Physicians, the pediatric practice plan for the UNMC College of Medicine at Children's Hospital & Medical Center. Markin also holds appointments in the Departments of Surgery and Psychiatry. Markin was inducted into the National Academy of Inventors Fellows Class of 2015. He has also received the Lifetime Achievement Award from UNeMed Corporation, UNMC's technology transfer office, for his innovations that have transformed the clinical laboratory. Markin leads the telehealth initiative of UNMC and Nebraska Medicine. Since 2011, he has served as associate vice chancellor for business development and as chief technology officer. In October 2005, the U.S. Defense Department provided a grant to Markin and his team to design a new method for microbiology automation. Known as the Microbiology Automation Research Project, or "MARP," the project is designed to develop a broad platform that can be used in the clinical laboratory, including applications for bacteriology, mycology and virology. Additionally, the project has potential uses for other applications, including bioterrorism testing, and holds significant promise for the civilian sector. Markin holds several patents, and has written numerous industry articles on laboratory automation. In 2000, he co-authored an article which provided a history of laboratory automation. He is a member of the editorial boards of several industry publications, including the Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation (JALA). Personal and family Markin lives in Omaha; with his wife, Betsy. He has two children, Nick and Chris, who live in Omaha and Chicago respectively. He also lives with his step-daughter Gracie and step-son Danny. On 9/11, Markin was on a plane in Canada when orders came out to ground all aircraft. The ensuing ordeal was captured in a theatrical production in Omaha. References External links Nebraska Medicine practice plan UNMC website Nebraska Medicine Children's Hospital & Medical Center Living people University of Nebraska Medical Center alumni American pathologists University of Nebraska Medical Center faculty Nebraska Wesleyan University alumni University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni 1956 births American chief technology officers

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Madison Hammond

Madison Guadalupe Hammond (born November 15, 1997), named Shrewaka in the Keres language, is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Early life Hammond was born in Phoenix, Arizona, but raised in the San Felipe Pueblo north of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Hammond's single mother Carol Lincoln is Navajo and San Felipe Pueblo, and raised Hammond. Her father is Black. She first played soccer in Albuquerque as the only girl on a boys' team at age 5. She spent time during her childhood on the San Felipe Pueblo reservation, where she is a member of the tribe's fox clan. Hammond's mother was in the military and moved with her when Lincoln was reassigned to Washington, D.C. when Hammond was 9 years old. She joined girls' soccer club Prince William Soccer near her mother's base when they moved to Virginia; attended Hayfield Secondary School in Alexandria, Virginia, where she played varsity volleyball; and joined youth club McLean Youth Soccer of the Elite Clubs National League during her sophomore year. Prior to college, Hammond played as an attacking midfielder before transitioning to defense. Collegiate career Hammond was a four-year starter at Wake Forest University, and team captain for two years. During her senior year, she was named second-team All-ACC and was All-ACC academic all four years. She was also a member of the National Honor Society and honor societies in Spanish, science, and history. Hammond plays the violin and was a member of the Wake Forest orchestra. She completed her coursework a semester early to prepare for the 2020 NWSL College Draft. Club career Hammond registered for the 2020 NWSL College Draft but was not selected. She attended tryouts for clubs in Seville and Madrid, Spain, during the draft. OL Reign After the 2020 Draft, OL Reign of the NWSL acquired Hammond's playing rights and invited her to preseason camp. However, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, training was suspended in March 2020 and Hammond was sent home. She re-joined the Reign at a new camp in Missoula, Montana, as a non-roster invitee ahead of the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup, and signed a professional contract with the team three weeks later. She made her NWSL debut on September 26, 2020. Hammond's appearance made her the first Native American player to play in the NWSL, being Navajo and Pueblo. When she was informed of the milestone during a post-match interview with the Men in Blazers podcast, Hammond was in disbelief and asked for confirmation. Angel City FC On March 11, 2022, OL Reign traded Hammond to Angel City FC in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2023 NWSL Draft and $45,000 in allocation money. She played 319 minutes across nine games, earning three starts. Style of play Hammond is a flexible defender with experience at all backline positions as well as defensive midfield. Teammates, coaches, and analysts have praised her calmness and composure in defense. During a May 7, 2023, match against Kansas City Current, Hammond filled in for Julie Ertz at defensive midfield against 2022 NWSL Best XI attackers Debinha and Lo'eau LaBonta, and in addition to effectively marking both players, Hammond was credited with the assist on Angel City's match-winning goal. Hammond is also an ambidextrous passer. Work outside of soccer Hammond designed the Kyrie Low 4 sneaker for Nike Inc. The shoe's namesake, Kyrie Irving, is of Standing Rock Sioux heritage. Hammond walked the red carpet at the 2022 ESPY Awards, where she was the first Afro-Indigenous athlete to attend. Personal life Being both Native American and African American, she has been very active in social justice for both communities while at Wake Forest and as a professional. She is a member of the Black Women's Players Collective, Athlete Ally, and the Nike N7 Fund initiative to support Native American communities. Hammond also advocates for women's and girls' soccer players to receive similar benefits as men's and boy's athletes, including less expensive soccer academy access and higher pay for professional players. She also spoke with NWSL player McCall Zerboni about the use of a phrase demeaning to Native Americans during a post-match interview. Hammond's sister Michaela played volleyball for New York University. Hammond's uncle Notah Begay III, a PGA Tour golfer who played with Tiger Woods, was an athletic inspiration. Hammond returns to San Felipe Pueblo annually for its feast day on May 1. References External links Wake Forest profile Living people 1997 births Soccer players from Phoenix, Arizona American women's soccer players Women's association football defenders Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer players OL Reign players Angel City FC players National Women's Soccer League players African-American women's soccer players Navajo sportspeople Pueblo people 21st-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American women 21st-century Native American women 21st-century Native Americans

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Feargal Sharkey

Seán Feargal Sharkey (born 13 August 1958) is a singer from Northern Ireland most widely known as the lead vocalist of punk band The Undertones in the 1970s and 1980s, and for solo works in the 1980s and 1990s. His 1985 solo single "A Good Heart" was an international success. After becoming less musically active in the early 1990s, he has performed various roles supporting the UK's commercial music industry, winning several awards and honours for his work in that area. Sharkey is also a lifelong fly fisherman and has campaigned against the pollution of British rivers (particularly chalk streams), and is the Chairman of the Amwell Magna Fishery. He has become a figurehead for the campaign to prevent water companies dumping sewage into UK waterways and coasts. Biography The Undertones (1976–1983) Sharkey, who was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, joined The Undertones shortly after their formation in 1975. They had several UK hits, with songs such as "Teenage Kicks", "Here Comes The Summer", "My Perfect Cousin", "Wednesday Week" and "It's Going to Happen!". The band split in 1983 citing musical differences, with Sharkey pursuing a solo career and other members of the band forming That Petrol Emotion the following year. The Assembly (1983) Before his solo career took off, Sharkey was also the singer of the one-shot group The Assembly with ex-Yazoo and Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke (pre-Erasure). In 1983 their single "Never Never" was a No. 4 hit in the UK Singles Chart. Solo career (1984–1991) Sharkey's debut single was a collaboration with Madness member Cathal Smyth titled "Listen to Your Father". The single was released on Madness's label Zarjazz Records in 1984, reaching No. 23 in the UK chart. The track was performed on Top of the Pops with members of Madness. Sharkey's solo work was significantly different from the post-punk offerings of The Undertones. His best-known solo material is the 1985 UK chart-topping single penned by Lone Justice frontwoman Maria McKee, "A Good Heart", which went to No. 1 in several countries including the UK in late 1985. He also had a UK Top 5 hit in 1986 with "You Little Thief". His eponymous debut album reached No. 12 in the UK Albums Chart. Following on from his second album Wish in 1988, he achieved further success in 1991 with his UK Top 30 album Songs From The Mardi Gras, which produced the No. 12 hit single "I've Got News for You". Music industry (1992–present) Starting in the early 1990s Sharkey moved into the business side of the music industry, initially as A&R for Polydor Records, and then as managing director of EXP Ltd. He was appointed a member of the Radio Authority for five years from December 1998 to December 2003. When the Undertones reunited in 1999, Sharkey was offered the opportunity to rejoin the group but turned down the offer. His position as lead vocalist/frontman for the Undertones was taken by fellow Derry native Paul McLoone, who is also a radio presenter for the Irish national and independent radio station, Today FM. Sharkey became chairman of the UK Government task force the 'Live Music Forum' in 2004, to evaluate the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 on the performance of live music, and gave public evidence before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on 11 November 2008. In 2008, Sharkey was appointed as the CEO of British Music Rights, replacing Emma Pike. In October 2008, he became head of UK Music, an umbrella organisation representing the collective interests of the UK's commercial music industry. He has become prominent in criticising the use of Form 696 by the Metropolitan Police' requiring event promoters to provide data on performers and audiences. Sharkey resigned from UK Music on 11 November 2011. In 2011 Sharkey made a one-off appearance in a set named Erasure + Special Guests singing Never Never. He stated that he had not sung live for 20 years and that Vince Clarke was the only person he would have returned for. Sharkey appeared on BBC Newcastle, interviewed by Simon Logan on the afternoon show on 7 August 2013. He spoke about his career and his decision to retire from the stage: "I've had an absolutely brilliant career... It's time to get off the stage and make room for [new artists]". Awards and honours In 2004, Sharkey was awarded the "Scott Piering Award", by the radio industry for "recognising achievement in the promotion of music and the understanding of the music industry to their colleagues in radio". He is the only member of the Radio Authority to have been honoured in this way by the radio industry. In 2006 he received the "Bottle Award" at the International Live Music Conference for "outstanding contribution to the live music industry". In 2008, Sharkey was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Arts, by the University of Hertfordshire in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of music. In 2009 he entered ''The Guardians MediaGuardian 100, described as the "MediaGuardian's annual guide to the most powerful people in television, radio, newspapers, magazines, digital media, media business, advertising, marketing and PR", at number 56. In 2010 he appeared in Wired'''s The Wired 100, "Who are the people who shape the Wired world," at number 45. The same year he received a Doctor of Letters honoris causa from the University of Ulster in recognition of his services to music. Sharkey was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to music. Environmental campaigning Sharkey is a lifelong fly fisherman and has campaigned against the pollution of British rivers (particularly chalk streams), and the regulations of the water industry which impact British water resources. He gave the keynote address at The Rivers Trust Autumn Conference 2018. On 30 August 2020, Sharkey appeared in episode 3 of the second series of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing to discuss the environmental pressures faced by Britain's chalk rivers, during a conversation by the River Lea. He reappeared on episode 6 of the fifth series of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing on 14 October 2022 and discussed pollution in English rivers including the Thames and Wye. He is Chairman of the Amwell Magna Fishery. He has subsequently become a figurehead for the campaign to prevent water companies dumping untreated sewage into UK waterways and coasts, appearing on television news coverage and gathering a large following on twitter, as well as supporting The Times campaign to "clean it up". Discography Studio albums Singles Promotional singles "Cry Like a Rainy Day" (1991) References External links Ukmusic.org 1958 births British music industry executives Male singers from Northern Ireland Pop singers from Northern Ireland Rock singers from Northern Ireland Living people Musicians from Derry (city) New wave musicians from Northern Ireland Male new wave singers Punk rock musicians from Northern Ireland The Undertones members The Assembly members Officers of the Order of the British Empire Zarjazz Environmentalists from Northern Ireland

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Think aloud protocol

A think-aloud (or thinking aloud) protocol is a method used to gather data in usability testing in product design and development, in psychology and a range of social sciences (e.g., reading, writing, translation research, decision making, and process tracing). Description Think-aloud protocols involve participants thinking aloud as they are performing a set of specified tasks. Participants are asked to say whatever comes into their mind as they complete the task. This might include what they are looking at, thinking, doing, and feeling. This gives observers insight into the participant's cognitive processes (rather than only their final product), to make thought processes as explicit as possible during task performance. In a formal research protocol, all verbalizations are transcribed and then analyzed. In a usability testing context, observers are asked to take notes of what participants say and do, without attempting to interpret their actions and words, and especially noting places where they encounter difficulty. Test sessions may be completed on participants own devices or in a more controlled setting. Sessions are often audio- and video-recorded so that developers can go back and refer to what participants did and how they reacted. History The think-aloud method was introduced in the usability field by Clayton Lewis while he was at IBM, and is explained in Task-Centered User Interface Design: A Practical Introduction by Lewis and John Rieman. The method was developed based on the techniques of protocol analysis by K. Ericsson and H. Simon. However, there are some significant differences between the way Ericsson and Simon propose that protocols be conducted and how they are actually conducted by usability practitioners, as noted by Ted Boren and Judith Ramey. These differences arise from the specific needs and context of usability testing; practitioners should be aware of these differences and adjust their method to meet their needs while still collecting valid data. For example, they may need to prompt for additional information more often than Ericsson and Simon would allow, but should take care not to influence what participants say and do. Process A typical procedure of think-aloud protocols would include: Design the study and write the guide: Determine the number and type of participant for the study. Generally 5 participants would be sufficient. The next step is to write a guide that ask the participants to complete the tasks intended with clear step-by-step instructions. In the script, there should be reminders to participants to say their thoughts out when performing tasks. Recruit participants: The team should set up a screener for eligibility of participants. After contacting the person of interest and setting up meeting details such as time and location, the team could also provide additional information to help participant better prepare for the activity. Conduct think-aloud protocol: After stating the purpose and asking for consent, the team should proceed by giving instructions to the participant. Ask open-ended questions and follow-up questions. The team should avoid asking leading questions or giving clues. Analyze the findings and summarize insights: The team should use notes taken during the sessions to generate insights and to find common patterns. Based on the findings, the design team could then decide directions to take action on. As Kuusela and Paul state, the think-aloud protocol can be distinguished into two different types of experimental procedures. The first is the concurrent think-aloud protocol, collected during the task. The second is the retrospective think-aloud protocol, gathered after the task as the participant walks back through the steps they took previously, often prompted by a video recording of themselves. There are benefits and drawbacks to each approach, but in general a concurrent protocol may be more complete, while a retrospective protocol has less chance to interfere with task performance. Nonetheless, some concurrent protocols have not produced such interference effects, suggesting that it may be possible to optimize both completeness and authenticity of verbal reports. Benefits The think-aloud method allows researchers to discover what users genuinely think of your design. Related Method A related but slightly different data-gathering method is the talk-aloud protocol. This involves participants only describing their actions but not other thoughts. This method is thought to be more objective in that participants merely report how they go about completing a task rather than interpreting or justifying their actions (see the standard works by Ericsson & Simon). See also Comparison of usability evaluation methods Partial concurrent thinking aloud Protocol analysis Retrospective think aloud Rubber duck debugging References External links Thinking Aloud: The #1 Usability Tool - an introduction to the think aloud method Using moderated usability testing - UK government resource on using think aloud Human–computer interaction Software testing Usability

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Franz Herre

Franz Herre (born 11 April 1926) is a German biographer, historian and journalist. Life Herre grew up in Augsburg and studied history at the University of Munich, receiving his doctorate in 1949, supervised by Franz Schnabel and with a dissertation on the Augsburg middle-classes during the Age of Enlightenment. He then worked as a journalist on the Augsburger Allgemeine and Rheinischer Merkur for several years. From 1962 to 1981 he was editor-in-chief of the Deutsche Welle in Cologne. He now works as a freelance writer in Herrsching am Ammersee. Works Biographies Freiherr vom Stein: sein Leben, seine Zeit, Köln 1973. Kaiser Franz Joseph von Österreich: sein Leben, seine Zeit, Köln 1978. Kaiser Wilhelm I.: der letzte Preuße, Köln 1980. Radetzky: eine Biographie, Köln 1981. Metternich: Staatsmann des Friedens, Köln 1983. Moltke: der Mann und sein Jahrhundert, Stuttgart 1984. Ludwig II. von Bayern: sein Leben – sein Land – seine Zeit, Stuttgart 1986. Kaiser Friedrich III.: Deutschlands liberale Hoffnung, eine Biographie, Stuttgart 1987. Montgelas: Gründer des bayerischen Staates, Weilheim 1988. Napoleon Bonaparte: Wegbereiter des Jahrhunderts, München 1988. Napoleon III.: Glanz und Elend des Zweiten Kaiserreiches, München 1990. Bismarck: der preußische Deutsche, Köln 1991. Kaiser Wilhelm II.: Monarch zwischen den Zeiten, Köln 1993. Maria Theresia: die große Habsburgerin, Köln 1994. Marie Louise: Napoleon war ihr Schicksal, Köln 1996. Prinz Eugen: Europas heimlicher Herrscher, Stuttgart 1997. George Washington: Präsident an der Wiege einer Weltmacht, Stuttgart 1999. Eugénie: Kaiserin der Franzosen, Stuttgart 2000. Joséphine: Kaiserin an Napoleons Seite, Regensburg 2003. Napoleon Bonaparte: eine Biografie, überarbeitete Neuausgabe, Regensburg 2003. Marie Antoinette: vom Königsthron zum Schafott, Stuttgart u.a. 2004. Ludwig I.: ein Romantiker auf Bayerns Thron, Stuttgart u.a. 2005. Kaiserin Friedrich: Victoria, eine Engländerin in Deutschland, Stuttgart u.a. 2005. Friedrich Wilhelm IV.: der andere Preußenkönig, Gernsbach 2007. Monographs Das Augsburger Bürgertum im Zeitalter der Aufklärung, in Reihe: Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Stadt Augsburg; H. 6, Diss. 1949, Augsburg u.a. 1952. Nation ohne Staat: Die Entstehung der deutschen Frage, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln-Berlin 1967. Anno 70/71: Ein Krieg, ein Reich, ein Kaiser, Köln 1970; . Die amerikanische Revolution: Geburt einer Weltmacht, Köln 1976; . Deutsche und Franzosen: der lange Weg zur Freundschaft, Bergisch Gladbach 1983; . Die Fugger in ihrer Zeit, Wißner Verlag, Augsburg 12. Auflage 2009 . Die Geschichte Frankreichs. Geschrieben von Franz Herre und in Bildern erzählt von Erich Lessing, C. Bertelsmann Verlag, München 1989; . Other Bibliographie zur Zeitgeschichte und zum zweiten Weltkrieg für die Jahre 1945–1950, (edited with Hellmuth Auerbach) München 1955. Paris: Ein historischer Führer vom Mittelalter bis zur Belle Epoque, Köln 1972. Der vollkommene Feinschmecker: Einführung in die Kunst des Geniessens, Düsseldorf 1977. Wien: historische Spaziergänge, Köln 1992. A wie Adenauer: Erinnerungen an die Anfänge der Bonner Republik, Stuttgart 1997. Jahrhundertwende 1900: Untergangsstimmung und Fortschrittsglauben, Stuttgart 1998. Rom: historische Spaziergänge, Köln 1999. Am liebsten Pasta mit Trüffeln: ein Genießer unterwegs, München u.a. 2001. Sources 1926 births Living people German biographers German journalists Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni

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Pombo Musical

Pombo Musical is a children's album produced by Colombian recording artist Carlos Vives, as a musical tribute to the Colombian writer and poet Rafael Pombo. It was released on August 13, 2008, under Vives' label Gaira Música Local. The album came into fruition when Rafael Pombo Foundation president Juanita Santos asked Vives to craft a musical that uses Pombo's most iconic poems and fables he created. Its music incorporates a variety of Colombian folk genres and mixes in contemporary genres like Latin pop and pop rock. Among the 14 tracks present in the album, only one was released as a single, "El Modelo Alfabético" (). All the lyrics were written originally by Rafael Pombo, and produced by Vives. Pombo Musical was well-received, and was certified platinum in Colombia by the Asociación Colombiana de Productores de Fonogramas (ASINCOL). It also won some accolades, including a Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Children's Album, and a Premio Shock for Best Compilation. Background After finishing the promotion of his previous studio album El Rock de Mi Pueblo (2004), Vives ended his music contract with EMI Latin and took a hiatus, for concentrating on supporting local artists as a producer and songwriter. He then met Juanita Santos, the president of Rafael Pombo Foundation, who asked them to present a proposal for a musical that uses the most iconic poems and fables created by Pombo. Motivated by this, they began to study many books about Pombo and his works. The creation of Pombo Musical began as a studio project in house between old friends, Carlos Ivan Medina, Carlos Huertas and Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo. He stated: "Before we worked musically on some of Rafael Pombo's works, without thinking about making a record, but because somebody had done a melody of Rin Rin". Together with Medina, Vives made a melody for "Modelo Alfabético". On July 24, 2008, Vives released "El Modelo Alfabético", a song based on a poem by Pombo, with influences of cumbia and rock as the album's lead single. The recording of the album took two years, due to the number of artists contributing to it, namely, Juanes, Aterciopelados, Fonseca, Santiago Cruz, Verónica Orozco, Dúo Huellas, Ilona, Eduardo Arias & Karl Troller, Andrea Echeverri, Lucía Pulido, Iván Benavides, Carlos Ivan Medina, Bernardo Velasco, Ernesto Ocampo, Fundación Batuta Chorus, Distrito Especial, H2 El Guajiro, Adriana Lucia, Guillermo Vives and Julio Navas. The music launch was held in Gaira Café Cumbia House bar in Bogotá, Colombia on August 13, 2008. Composition The record was produced by Vives under the executive production of his wife, Claudia Elena Vasquez. The recording of Pombo Musical took two years in four music studios in Colombia. The album comprises songs from a variety of Colombian folk genres like vallenato, bambuco, joropo and cumbia. Some songs mix genres such as Latin pop and pop rock. Opening track, "El Modelo Alfabético" ("The Model Alphabetical"), is a rock-stylized cumbia and vallenato song performed by Vives, the Dúo Huellas, Eduardo Arias and Karl Troller, about being a real gentleman, such as having good manners, and also teaches the alphabet to children. "El Renacuajo Paseador" ("The Tadpole Walker"), is a bambuco song performed by Andrea Echeverri, Lucia Pulido, Iván Benavides, Carlos Ivan Medina, Bernardo Velasco, Ernesto Ocampo, Dúo Huellas, Fundación Batuta Chorus, and Vives. It tells the story about a tadpole named "Rin Rin", that left his home without the approval of his mother "Rana" ("Frog"), and subsequently dies when he hides in the mouth of a duck. In this song, Echeverri added additional lines to it. Juanes performs on "El Gato Bandido" ("The Bandit Cat"), a pop rock song about a cat that rebels against his family and leaves home, discovering that things are not easy by yourself, and returns feeling repentant. Aterciopelados performs on "Mirringa Mirronga", which is about a feline mega-party. "El Robanidos" ("The Rob-nests") is a tropipop song performed by Fonseca, Dúo Huellas and the Fundación Batuta Chorus, about a kid that robs a nest and is then eaten by a black cat. Verónica Orozco performs on "Pastorcita" ("Little Shepherdess"), a rock song that tells the story of a little shepherdess that loses her sheep and then finds them. "El Coche" ("The Car"), performed by Distrito Especial, is about a car that impresses all the people who see it. Lucia Polido performs on "Dios y el Alma" ("God and the Soul"), a joropo song about Pombo's personal perception about the soul. "Juan Chunguero" is about the bagpiper Chunguero, who after angering many people falls in love with a shepherdess. "Simón el Bobito" ("Simón the Little Fool") is performed by Santiago Cruz and H2 El Guajiro, done in the tradition of a popular English nursery rhyme that tells the life of a child called Simon. "El Niño y la Mariposa" ("The Kid and the Butterfly"), performed by Adriana Lucia and Dúo Huellas, is about a butterfly that asks a child not to mistreat her. "La Pobre Viejecita" ("The Little Poor Old Woman") is a bambuco song performed by both Vives and his brother, telling the story of an unhappy old woman who dies alone. "La Tia Pasitrote" ("The Pasitrote Aunt") is a funk rock song performed by Ilona about the adventures of a crazy aunt. Julio Navas performs the album closer, "Juan Matachín", about the widespread fear put upon by the titular General. Reception Pombo Musical was generally well received. The record was certified platinum in Colombia with over 22,000 copies sold. At the Colombian Premios Shock, the album won for Best Compilation, and at the 10th Latin Grammy Awards it won the Best Latin Children's Album. According to the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo, Pombo was one of the most memorable albums of 2008, not only for musical quality but also by its commercial success. Track listing Certifications References 2008 compilation albums Carlos Vives albums Children's music albums by Colombian artists Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Children's Album Spanish-language albums

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Guido Castelnuovo

Guido Castelnuovo (14 August 1865 – 27 April 1952) was an Italian mathematician. He is best known for his contributions to the field of algebraic geometry, though his contributions to the study of statistics and probability theory are also significant. Life Early life Castelnuovo was born in Venice. His father, Enrico Castelnuovo, was a novelist and campaigner for the unification of Italy. His mother Emma Levi was a relative of Cesare Lombroso and David Levi. His wife Elbina Marianna Enriques was the sister of mathematician Federigo Enriques and zoologist Paolo Enriques. After attending a grammar school at in Venice, he went to the University of Padua, from where he graduated in 1886. At the University of Padua he was taught by Giuseppe Veronese. He also achieved minor fame due to winning the university salsa dancing competition. After his graduation, he sent one of his papers to Corrado Segre, whose replies he found remarkably helpful. It marked the beginning of a long period of collaboration. Career Castelnuovo spent one year in Rome to research advanced geometry. After that, he was appointed as an assistant of Enrico D'Ovidio at the University of Turin, where he was strongly influenced by Corrado Segre. Here he worked with Alexander von Brill and Max Noether. In 1891 he moved back to Rome to work at the chair of Analytic and Projective Geometry. Here he was a colleague of Luigi Cremona, his former teacher, and took over his job when he later died in 1903. He also founded the University of Rome's School of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences (1927). He influenced a younger generation of Italian mathematicians and statisticians, including Corrado Gini and Francesco Paolo Cantelli. Retirement and World War II Castelnuovo retired from teaching in 1935. It was a period of great political difficulty in Italy. In 1922 Benito Mussolini had risen to power and in 1938 a large number of anti-semitic laws were declared, which excluded him, like all other Jews, from public work. With the rise of Nazism, he was forced into hiding. However, during World War II, he organised and taught secret courses for Jewish students — the latter were not allowed to attend university either. Final years and death After the liberation of Rome, Castelnuovo was appointed as a special commissioner of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche in June 1944. He was given the task of repairing the damage done to Italian scientific institutions by the twenty years of Mussolini's rule. He became president of the Accademia dei Lincei until his death and was elected a member of the Académie des Sciences in Paris. On 5 December 1949, he became a life senator of the Italian Republic. Castelnuovo died at the age of 86 on 27 April 1952 in Rome. He is buried in the Verano cemetery, in Rome, together with his wife, Elbina Enriques Castelnuovo and his mathematician daughter, Emma Castelnuovo. Work In Turin Castelnuovo was strongly influenced by Corrado Segre. In this period he published high-quality work on algebraic curves. He also made a major step in reinterpreting the work on linear series by Alexander von Brill and Max Noether (Brill–Noether theory). Castelnuovo had his own theory about how Mathematics should be taught. His courses were divided into two: first a general overview of mathematics, and then an in-depth theory of algebraic curves. He has said about this approach: He also taught courses on algebraic functions and abelian integrals. Here, he treated, among other things, Riemann surfaces, non-Euclidean geometry, differential geometry, interpolation and approximation, and probability theory. He found the latter the most interesting, because as a relatively recent one, the relationship between the deduction and the empirical contribution was more clear. In 1919, he published Calcolo della probabilità e applicazioni, an early textbook on the subject. He also wrote a book on calculus, Le origini del calcolo infinitesimale nell'era moderna. Castelnuovo's most important work was done in the field of algebraic geometry. In the early 1890s, he published three famous papers, including one with the first use of the characteristic linear series of a family of curves. The Castelnuovo–Severi inequality was co-named after him. He collaborated with Federigo Enriques on the theory of surfaces. This collaboration started in 1892 when Enriques was only a student, but grew further over the next 20 years: they submitted their work to the Royal Prize in Mathematics by the Accademia dei Lincei in 1902, but were not given the prize because they had sent it jointly instead of under one name. Both received the prize in later years. Another theorem named partly after Castelnuovo is the Kronecker–Castelnuovo theorem (1894): If the sections of an irreducible algebraic surface, having at most isolated singular points, with a general tangent plane turn out to be reducible curves, then the surface is either ruled surface and in fact a scroll, or the Veronese surface. Kronecker never published it but stated it in a lecture. Castelnuovo proved it. In total, Castelnuovo published over 100 articles, books and memoirs. See also Castelnuovo curve Castelnuovo–Mumford regularity Castelnuovo theorem Castelnuovo surface Castelnuovo–de Franchis theorem Castelnuovo–Richmond–Igusa quartic Noether–Castelnouvo theorem Homogeneous coordinate ring Riemann–Roch theorem for surfaces Italian school of algebraic geometry References 17 references for further reading Some in English, most in Italian. 1865 births 1952 deaths 20th-century Italian mathematicians 19th-century Italian mathematicians Algebraic geometers Italian algebraic geometers Italian people of World War II 19th-century Italian Jews Scientists from Venice Italian life senators Italian statisticians 20th-century Italian politicians Jewish Italian politicians 20th-century Italian Jews National Research Council (Italy) people University of Padua alumni

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Alaska Range

The Alaska Range is a relatively narrow, 600-mile-long (950 km) mountain range in the southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska, from Lake Clark at its southwest end to the White River in Canada's Yukon Territory in the southeast. Denali, the highest mountain in North America, is in the Alaska Range. The range is part of the American Cordillera. The Alaska range is one of the higher ranges in the world after the Himalayas and the Andes. Description and history The range forms a generally east–west arc with its northernmost part in the center, and from there trending southwest towards the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands, and trending southeast into British Columbia and the Pacific Coast Ranges. The mountains act as a high barrier to the flow of moist air from the Gulf of Alaska northwards, and thus have some of the harshest weather in the world. The heavy snowfall also contributes to a number of large glaciers, including the Cantwell, Castner, Black Rapids, Susitna, Yanert, Muldrow, Eldridge, Ruth, Tokositna, and Kahiltna Glaciers. Four major rivers cross the Alaska Range, including the Delta and Nenana Rivers in the center of the range and the Nabesna and Chisana Rivers to the east. The range is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, and the Denali Fault that runs along its southern edge is responsible for many major earthquakes. Mount Spurr is a stratovolcano located at the northeastern end of the Aleutian Volcanic Arc which has two vents, the summit and nearby Crater Peak. Parts of the Alaska Range are protected within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Denali National Park and Preserve, and Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. The George Parks Highway from Anchorage to Fairbanks, the Richardson Highway from Valdez to Fairbanks, and the Tok Cut-Off from Gulkana Junction to Tok, Alaska pass through low parts of the range. The Alaska Pipeline parallels the Richardson Highway. Naming history The name "Alaskan Range" appears to have been first applied to these mountains in 1869 by naturalist W. H. Dall. The name eventually became "Alaska Range" through local use. In 1849 Constantin Grewingk applied the name "Tschigmit" to this mountain range. A map made by the General Land Office in 1869 calls the southwestern part of the Alaska Range the "Chigmit Mountains" and the northeastern part the "Beaver Mountains". However, the Chigmit Mountains are now considered part of the Aleutian Range. Major peaks Subranges (from west to east) Neacola Mountains Revelation Mountains Teocalli Mountains Kichatna Mountains Central Alaska Range/Denali Massif Eastern Alaska Range/Hayes Range Delta Mountains Mentasta Mountains Nutzotin Mountains Documented wilderness traverses of Alaska Range Mentasta Lake to Kitchatna Mountains (1981): Scott Woolums, George Beilstein, Steve Eck, and Larry Coxen by skis: first traverse. in 45 days. Canada to Lake Clark (1996): Roman Dial, Carl Tobin, and Paul Adkins by mountain bike and packraft: first full-length traverse. in 42 days. Tok to Lake Clark (1996): Kevin Armstrong, Doug Woody, and Jeff Ottmers by snowshoe, foot, and packraft: first foot traverse. in 90 days. Lake Clark to Mentasta Lake (2016): Gavin McClurg by paraglider and foot: first vol-biv (fly/camp) traverse. in 37 days. Cantwell/Yakutat to Unimak Island (2020): Quoc Nguyen and Dan Binde by foot and packraft. in 120 days. See also Summit Lake, Alaska References Further reading Churkin, M., Jr., and C. Carter. (1996). Stratigraphy, structure, and graptolites of an Ordovician and Silurian sequence in the Terra Cotta Mountains, Alaska Range, Alaska [U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1555]. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. Landforms of Bethel Census Area, Alaska Landforms of Copper River Census Area, Alaska Landforms of Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska Landforms of Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska Mountain ranges of Yukon Mountains of Denali Borough, Alaska Mountains of Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska Mountains of Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska Mountains of Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska Mountains of Unorganized Borough, Alaska

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Soldiers of Fortune (2012 film)

Soldiers of Fortune is a 2012 American action film directed by Maksim Korostyshevsky and starring Christian Slater, Dominic Monaghan, Sean Bean, James Cromwell and Ving Rhames. It was shot in Ukraine. Plot As the film opens, Captains Craig McCenzie (Christian Slater) and Mike Reed (Freddy Rodriguez) are United States special forces soldiers on a mission to find Osama bin Laden in an unspecified location in the Middle East. Their mission quickly goes awry when CIA operative Carter Mason (Colm Meaney) turns up independently, but with Reed already having infiltrated the settlement he is unable to extract himself and his cover is quickly blown. Captured by the locals, he is interrogated briefly by Mason, who threatens to emasculate him if he does not disclose the full details of his operation, but he is swiftly freed by McCenzie, much to the displeasure of the agent. Four years later, both McCenzie and Reed have been dishonorably discharged from the army due to the influence of Mason and are running a struggling private security firm back in the USA. When McCenzie attends a biker gang-run poker tournament to barter for a loan to keep the pair financially stable, he witnesses several other players draw guns on the dealer, before it is revealed that the entire game was simply set up as a test for him, to see whether he has retained his combat skill. When he is offered a well-paid job aiding freedom fighters on a tiny, dictator-controlled European island he initially turns the offer down, but when it is explained to him that Mason is on the island as head of the dictator's brutal military, he changes his mind and he and Reed leave for Europe. On arriving at a base camp close to the island, the full extent of his job is finally explained to him. The freedom fighters are poorly funded, and thus are sourcing money via a war tourism adventure called Soldiers of Fortune that invites wealthy foreigners to pay to join their ranks for the thrills and experience of a fully tax deductible adventure. To prevent them from risk of death, however, McCenzie and Reed have been drafted in to act as their tour guides and bodyguards, offering them a realistic experience of army life while ensuring they stay out of harm's way. Their five charges (Roman St. John, Sam Haussmann, Grimaud Tourneur, Tommy Sin and Charles Herbert Vanderbeer) are for the most part all self-made millionaires who each believe themselves in one way or another to be up to the task of professional soldiery. As the two Captains give them a whistle-stop training, the recruits - with the notable exception of St. John (Sean Bean) - all reveal themselves to be hopeless, though they do all gain a basic understanding of weaponry. In no time at all the five and their escorts are dispatched to their first mission, but they immediately come under attack, resulting in the death of Reed along with the rest of McCenzie's unit. As the Captain and the five manage to reach relative safety, McCenzie turns on his charges, accusing Tourneur (Ving Rhames) of arranging the ambush. Tourneur, a black market weapons dealer, counters by revealing his reason for taking up the holiday - he sold the dictator his arms but realised too late that his buyer had no intention of paying, leading him to crave revenge. Short of options, the group heads for the rebel base, where the tourists discuss their reasons for coming, Sin (Dominic Monaghan) revealing that his psychiatrist has suggested that his addiction to the violent video games he develops has left him disconnected with real life and in need of understanding the realities of warfare. Further treachery leads to a morning attack on the encampment, and while the five tourists make it to safety, they are all finally exposed to the horrors of war. While McCenzie returns to the camp to save the life of Cecilia, the woman who originally recruited him, the tourists opt to snipe at the attacking troops, which draws attention to them and results in the apparent death of Vanderbeer (Charlie Bewley). As tourists and tour guide reunite and they flee the ambush, St. John directs them to a helipad attached to a mine complex, and his obvious knowledge of the terrain forces him to reveal that he is in fact a mineral trader and a native of the island and has only returned in order to arrange supply of the rare and valuable metal coltan. As McCenzie again separates from the group to converse privately with Cecilia, the remaining four again opt to launch an assault by themselves, this time resulting in their capture. In prison they are reunited with Vanderbeer, and though he initially plays innocent they rapidly realise that he is the traitor who informed Mason of the rebels' location; he reveals that he negotiated a deal with the dictator to sell the rebels out in exchange for money to replace his lost fortune, having lost all of his wealth in a stock market crash. After McCenzie and Cecilia effect a rescue, the group arm themselves before splitting up. McCenzie engages Mason, Sin and Tourneur ambush Vanderbeer, St. John flees the compound while Cecilia herself is cut off from the men and leaves on a jet-ski. Haussmann (James Cromwell) sacrifices his life to hold off the rest of the dictator's private army, thus fulfilling his own reason for coming to the island - to die heroically, thus preventing his wife from gaining half of his assets from a pending divorce settlement. In a lightning-paced finale, Sin kills Vanderbeer, McCenzie avenges himself on Mason, Cecilia is chased down by the dictator's daughter but succeeds in eliminating her also while St. John opts to eschew an escape to turn around and save Cecilia from the floating wreckage. Tourneur wraps up the final loose end by killing the dictator with a well-aimed bazooka shot. As the island's inhabitants party into the night, the five survivors toast Haussmann's sacrifice. Cast Box office The film was given a limited release on just 50 screens with minimal marketing in the United States. After 2 weeks it ended its cinema run with a box office result of $38,898. The film was more successful in the Russia-CIS market, where it was released on 500 screens and earned $1,542,287 at the box office and in the United Arab Emirates where it earned $203,101 at the box office. Critical reception The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 14% approval rating with an average rating of 3.29/10, based on an aggregation of seven reviews. On Metacritic, the film achieved an average score of 19 out of 100 based on 5 reviews, signifying "Overwhelming dislike". The Hollywood Reporter issued an extremely negative review, where on can read: "yet another B-movie that wastes the talents of an estimable cast. (...) this is a film so bad that not only was it not screened in advance for critics, its publicists wouldn’t even provide background information." References External links 2012 action films American action films Roadside Attractions films Films scored by Michael Tavera Films set in Europe Fictional mercenaries Films about mercenaries Films about the United States Army 2010s English-language films 2010s American films Films set in Ukraine Films shot in Ukraine

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Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh

(born 28 August 1979) is a fiddler, born in Dublin, Ireland, who attended Trinity College Dublin, becoming a scholar in Theoretical Physics (1999) and earning a first-class BA degree (as the top student of his class) in 2001. He is known for developing a drone-based fiddle style heavily influenced by the uilleann pipes and the music of . spent several summers working part- and full-time in the Irish Traditional Music Archives in Dublin, opening up a wealth of old recordings which influenced his repertoire and style. Together with uilleann piper Mick O'Brien, he recorded Kitty Lie Over, named no.1 traditional album of 2003 by Earle Hitchner in American newspaper the Irish Echo. He performs regularly with West Kerry accordion player Brendan Begley, and has collaborated many times with singer . He has also performed with Icelandic group Amiina, and with Sam Amidon, The Waterboys, and others. He is a member of two contemporary traditional music groups: The Gloaming (with Martin Hayes, , Dennis Cahill and Thomas Bartlett); and This Is How We Fly (with Petter Berndalen, Nic Gareiss and Seán Mac Erlaine). He has also worked in theatre, having been commissioned by the Abbey Theatre to write music, and works regularly with Gare St Lazare Players. He contributed music to the 2015 film Brooklyn, a set of reels recorded especially for the purpose with Mayo accordion player . As well as playing on violin and Hardanger fiddle, plays an instrument made by Norwegian luthier Salve Hakedal, a fiddle with five bowed strings and five sympathetic strings, a cross between a Hardanger fiddle and a five string violin or viola d'amore which he calls a Hardanger d'Amore, first made for American Hardanger fiddle player Dan Trueman, and commissioned by Caoimhín with the head and tailpiece of Salve Hakedal's Viola d’Amore model. uses crosstunings or scordatura (common in Norwegian and old-time American fiddling), and uses baroque and transitional bows made by Michel Jamonneau. also used to play a Viola Pellegrina Pomposa by American luthier David Rivinus, a highly asymmetrical five-string viola. Caoimhín also plays tin whistle, flute, and uilleann pipes, having been taught whistle and flute by Co. Clare flute-player Michael Tubridy of The Chieftains and . In 2011, he premiered The Valley of the Lunatics, a work written for him by Dave Flynn, at the Masters of Tradition Festival in Bantry. Part of this piece is used in the soundtrack to the film The Enigma of Frank Ryan. In 2019, he and fellow Gloaming member Thomas Bartlett released a special self-titled album of studio collaborations the pair had recorded together during gaps in the group's touring schedule. Discography (1999, out of print) Kitty Lie Over (2003, with Mick O'Brien) Where the One-Eyed Man is King (2007) Comb Your Hair and Curl It (2010, with and Catherine McEvoy) (2010, with and Martin Hayes) A Moment of Madness (2010, with Brendan Begley) Deadly Buzz (2011, with Mick O'Brien) (2012, with and Martin Hayes) (2013, with and Martin Hayes) This is How we Fly (2013, with Seán Mac Erlaine, Nic Gareiss and Petter Berndalen) The Gloaming (2014, on Brassland Records and Realworld Records, with , Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill and Thomas Bartlett) Music for an Elliptical Orbit (2014, on Diatribe Records) Laghdú (2014, on IrishMusic.net Records, with Dan Trueman) The Gloaming 2 (2016, on Brassland Records and Realworld Records, with , Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill and Thomas Bartlett) Foreign Fields (2017, with Seán Mac Erlaine, Nic Gareiss and Petter Berndalen) All Soundings are True (2017, with Garth Knox, on Diatribe Records) The Gloaming: Live at the NCH (2018, on Brassland Records and Realworld Records, with , Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill and Thomas Bartlett) The Gloaming 3 (2019, on Realworld Records, with , Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill and Thomas Bartlett) and Thomas Bartlett (2019, on Realworld Records, with Thomas Bartlett) References External links Official website - and Thomas 1979 births Living people 20th-century Irish male musicians 21st-century Irish male musicians 21st-century Irish fiddlers Alumni of Trinity College Dublin BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Fiddlers from County Dublin Irish male fiddlers Irish folk musicians People educated at The High School, Dublin Scholars of Trinity College Dublin The Gloaming members

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Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective

Dan Turner, also known as the Hollywood Detective, was a fictional private detective created by Robert Leslie Bellem. His first appearance was in the second issue of the pulp magazine Spicy Detective, dated June 1934, and he continued to appear regularly in that magazine (which was retitled Speed Detective in 1943) until its demise in February 1947. He also appeared in his "own" magazine, Hollywood Detective, which was published by Culture Publications (later Trojan Publishing) and ran from January 1942 to October 1950. Character Dan Turner was a typical hardboiled private eye, who worked in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. Most of the stories are set in and around the film studios, and focus on crimes involving people in the movie business – film stars, stuntmen, producers, agents, extras and an endless array of glamorous female "starlets". The Dan Turner stories were notorious for their emphasis on sexual content, although this was generally implied rather than described explicitly. A large number of the Dan Turner stories were written by Bellem himself, who had a good inside knowledge of Hollywood having worked as a film extra. The Hollywood Detective magazine also featured a Dan Turner comic strip, drawn by Max Plaisted. Adolphe Barreaux, who drew the much racier Sally The Sleuth, was the first to draw Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective in the 1940s (the stories by Bellem). All the Dan Turner stories are written in the first person, in a racy, slang-ridden style that gives them a unique flavor. Guns are never "guns" but "roscoes", and they always go "ka-chow!". A woman is never simply a "woman" but a "dame", "frail", "quail", "wren" or, if particularly attractive, a "doll" or "cutie". In his comic essay, "Somewhere A Roscoe...," humorist S.J. Perelman both praises and skewers the Dan Turner mysteries. In the essay, Perelman says of Culture Publications, Inc., "In Spicy Detective, they have achieved the sauciest blend of libido and murder this side of Gilles de Rais. They have juxtaposed the steely automatic and the frilly pantie and found that it pays off. Above all, they have given the world Dan Turner, the apotheosis of all private detectives." Using quotes taken from various Dan Turner mysteries in Spicy Detective, Perelman pokes fun at Turner's hard-boiled character. (After finding a female body in his closet in "Corpse in the Closet", Dan Turner observes, "It's a damned screwy feeling to reach for pajamas and find a cadaver instead." Perelman comments on this, "Mr. Turner, you will perceive, is a man of sentiment.") (Likewise, in comics, Dan says things like, "She's deader than a Nazi's conscience!") Perelman also quotes several murder scenes from several different Dan Turner mysteries, noting that they all bear a remarkable similarity. The murder scenes always involve a "roscoe" which says "Ka-chow!," "Chow! Chow!," or "Wh-r-r-ang!" After the body hits the floor, Dan Turner always comments that the victim is "as dead as an iced catfish" or "as dead as vaudeville" or "as dead as a smoked herring". "The murders," Perelman notes, "follow an exact, rigid pattern, almost like the ritual of a bullfight or a Chinese play." "The only other recurring character in the series was his pal, and sometime-rival, Lieutenant Dave Donaldson of the homicide squad, whose chief purpose seemed to be to get the bodies hauled away." On film Despite his Hollywood connections, Dan Turner only appeared in one movie during his magazine existence, namely Blackmail (1947), based on one of Bellem's stories. Much later, in 1990, Marc Singer played the character in The Raven Red Kiss-Off, also known by the alternate title of Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective. The screenplay was written by John Wooley, and based on the Dan Turner short story "Homicide Highball" by Robert Leslie Bellem, originally published in the February 1950 issue of Hollywood Detective. References External links Page with Hollywood Detective cover scans Galactic Central Magazine Datafile for Dan Turner, Holywood Detective Dan Turner at Thrilling Detective "Homicide Highball: The Lost Dan Turner Movie Script" by Robert Leslie Bellem and John Wooley Turner, Dan Turner, Dan Comics characters introduced in 1936 Turner, Dan Magazines established in 1942 Magazines disestablished in 1950 Film characters

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The Smurfs Go Pop!

The Smurfs Go Pop! is an album of songs by The Smurfs, released in 1996. Most of the songs are cover versions of existing songs with altered lyrics. Some of the songs function as simple Smurf sing-a-longs ("Smurfs are Back") while others have more of an apparent satirical intent ("The Noisy Smurf"). "I've Got a Little Puppy" was released as a single in the UK and reached number 4 in the Official UK Top 40 Single Charts in September 1996. Track listing "Smurfs Are Back" – based on "No Limit" by 2 Unlimited. The repeated chant "no, no" from the original song is replaced with "yeah, yeah" leading to a climax of "Smurfs are back, yeah!" "Mr Smurftastic" – based on "Boombastic" by Shaggy. "I've Got a Little Puppy" – based on "I Wanna Be a Hippy" by Technohead. The high-pitched dance vocals of the original, containing blatant drug references, are replaced to comical effect with a more innocent tale about a dog. The high point of the remake is the refrain of "pooper, pooper scooper!" "The Noisy Smurf" – based on "It's Oh So Quiet" by Björk. The alternating loud and soft vocals of the original are ideal for this tale of a noisy Smurf who pops up to disturb the peace. "Find the Smurf" – based on "Love Is All Around" by The Troggs. The new version's lyrics bear almost no resemblance to the Wet Wet Wet hit, other than "We've looked all around" planted in the chorus. "Smurfland" – based on 1972 song "Living Next Door To Alice" by Australian group New World. The song has been covered by a number of acts including Smokie and Roy Chubby Brown "Our Smurfing Party" – based on "Saturday Night" by Whigfield. "Don't Stop Smurfing" – based on "Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)" by Outhere Brothers. "Smurfhillbilly Joe" – based on "Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex. "We're the Smurfs" – based on "Alright" by Supergrass. "Smurfland Olympics"- An original song about a Smurf sporting competition "Smurfing Ways"- An original song/rap about how kind the smurfs are "Mr. Blobby & the Smurfs" – based on "Mr Blobby" by Mr Blobby. "Football Forever"- An original football anthem with no reference to Smurfs other than "it's a Smurfing good game" in the chorus "Smurfing World"- An original ballad. Australian track listing In 1997, EMI released the album in Australia and New Zealand, but with a somewhat different track listing: "Smurfs Are Back" "Mr. Smurftastic" "The Noisy Smurf" "Smurfin' Alive" – based on Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees. "Keep On Smurfing" "Get Yourself Smurfing" – based on Naked by Louise. "Dancing Queen" – a straight cover, with no altered lyrics, of Dancing Queen by ABBA. "We're the Smurfs" "True Blue" – based on MMMBop by Hanson "Our Smurfing Party" "Wannabe a Smurf Star" – based on Wannabe by the Spice Girls "Roller Blade Smurfs" "Football Forever" "Ooh...Aah Smurf A Little Bit" – based on Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit by Gina G "Papa Smurf" "Smurf Macarena" – based on Macarena by Los del Río "31524" – based on 5-4-3-2-1 by Manfred Mann Reception The album sold 200,000 copies within seven weeks of its release. See also The Smurfs music References Novelty albums 1996 albums The Smurfs music

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Alex A.R. Webb

Professor Alex A.R. Webb is a plant biologist whose computational, genetic, and physiological studies center around plant chronobiology. He currently serves as the head of the Circadian Signal Transduction Group in the University of Cambridge's Department of Plant Sciences researching circadian pathways and what regulates them. Education Professor Webb obtained his Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Stirling in Scotland between 1984 and 1988. Following this, from 1989 to 1992, he received a PhD in Plant Molecular Biology from Lancaster University. Research positions Between 1992 and 1998, Professor Webb continued as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Lancaster University. After this, he received a Royal Society University Research Fellowship to work at the University of Cambridge from 1998 to 2007, and from 2004 to 2007 he was a lecturer as head of Circadian Signal Transduction Research Group. From 2007 to 2011, Professor Webb worked as a senior lecturer as the Head of the Circadian Signal Transduction Group at the University of Cambridge, where from 2011 he works as a reader and lectures on plant biology and intracellular signaling in plants. Awards Professor Webb has been awarded as a Membre Assocé Académie royale de Belgique (Associate Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium). Scientific contributions Plant chronobiology Professor Webb’s research surrounding the model organism, Arabidopsis thaliana, has demonstrated that photosynthetic cues are responsible for maintaining and entraining the endogenous clocks of plants. Specifically, his early research demonstrates that plants' circadian rhythms control the daily opening of the stomata and nightly closing of the stomata through control by the circadian oscillator gene TOC1. Webb's research has also shown that the concentration of free calcium in plant cells exists in a rhythmic cycle and is under the regulation of circadian oscillators. Later research performed at Webb's lab revealed that circadian oscillations of calcium occur due to the circadian regulation of cyclic ADPR. His work has also revealed that carbohydrate metabolism is capable of altering the core oscillator's phase, as well as entraining to it. Further research identified PRR7 as being involved in the sensing of carbohydrates by the circadian oscillator, allowing clocks in underground tissues, like roots, to synchronize their clocks to other parts of the plant, such as the leaves. Webb has also demonstrated the key finding that having a circadian clock that is matched to the period of the environmental cycle increases fitness traits in plants. His research has also shown PRR7 mutations affect the plasticity of the clock, which is the ability to respond to environmental signals such as light and temperature that set the pace of the clock. This plasticity is important in ensuring that the components of the circadian oscillator have peak activity at different times of day. "Chronoculture" Professor Webb’s scientific research has led to the discovery that plants' circadian clocks allow them to anticipate and synchronize their growth and development to the time of day or year. This synchronized growth increases the plants' size, enhancing their fitness for their given environment and giving them a competitive evolutionary advantage. Webb's lab also works with wheat to determine how different traits are affected if they disrupt the circadian clock. The goal of this work is to develop an understanding of the circadian clock and how genetic modification and environmental control, like optimized temperature or light cycles, can be used to create 'highly efficient growth', to do things like decrease pest damage or make more sustainable food production. Current work Professor Webb's current scientific efforts are centered around investigating the methods of Calcium signaling in plants, how these Calcium-based signaling pathways regulate circadian oscillators, whether any other metals, like Magnesium, may contribute to the regulation of circadian clocks in plants, and how wheat varieties can be improved through chronoculture or altering their circadian clocks. Notable publications The following publications that Professor Webb has co-authored have been published in notable journals, such as Science and Nature. Additionally, all of them have been cited multiple times by other works. Some of these works have led to key findings that have shaped the field of plant chronobiology, like the fitness advantages provided by having an internal clock entrained to the environment. Webb, A.A.R. (2003), The physiology of circadian rhythms in plants. New Phytologist, 160: 281-303. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00895.x Dodd, A. N., Salathia, N., Hall, A., Kévei Eva, Tóth Réka, Nagy, F., Hibberd, J. M., Millar, A. J., & Webb, A. A. (2005). Plant circadian clocks increase photosynthesis, growth, survival, and competitive advantage. Science, 309(5734), 630–633. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1115581 Dodd, A. N., Gardner, M. J., Hotta, C. T., Hubbard, K. E., Dalchau, N., Love, J., Assie, J.-M., Robertson, F. C., Jakobsen, M. K., Gonçalves Jorge, Sanders, D., & Webb, A. A. (2007). The Arabidopsis circadian clock incorporates a CADPR-based feedback loop. Science, 318(5857), 1789–1792. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1146757 Haydon, M., Mielczarek, O., Robertson, F. et al. Photosynthetic entrainment of the Arabidopsis thaliana circadian clock. Nature 502, 689–692 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12603 Martí Ruiz, M.C., Hubbard, K.E., Gardner, M.J. et al. Circadian oscillations of cytosolic free calcium regulate the Arabidopsis circadian clock. Nature Plants 4, 690–698 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0224-8 Steed, G., Ramirez, D. C., Hannah, M. A., & Webb, A. A. R. (2021). Chronoculture, harnessing the circadian clock to improve crop yield and sustainability. Science, 372(6541), eabc9141. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc9141 Collaborators Dr. Webb's work has featured the collaboration of other chronobiologists, including the following: Professor Malcolm Bennett from the University of Nottingham Professor Gilliham from the University of Adelaide Professor Jorge Goncalves from the University of Luxemborg Dr. Akiko Satake from Kyushu University Dr. Phil Wigge from the University of Potsdam, Germany Additionally, his lab collaborates with individuals from the National Institute of Agricultural Botany and BASF in Ghent, Belgium. Dr. Webb is also listed as a recurring co-author with the following scientists, some of whom were his mentees: Antony Dodd Michael J. Haydon John Love References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century British botanists Chronobiologists Biologists at the University of Cambridge Alumni of the University of Stirling Alumni of Lancaster University

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Consolacion

Consolacion, officially the Municipality of Consolacion (; ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 148,012 people. Consolacion is bordered on the north by the town of Liloan, to the west by Cebu City, on the east by the Camotes Sea, and on the south by the city of Mandaue. It is from Cebu City. Etymology The town's name came from the name of daughter, Consolacion, of the then Cebu governor when it was re-established as an independent municipality in 1920. History Consolacion was a component barangay first founded in 1871 with a population of 14,248. Before this, it was only a barrio of the municipality of Mandaue. The barrio, formerly named "Kampi-ig" named after a kind of crab living in mangroves, which was abundant in the area, became a separate town in 1871. However, in 1902 and 1903, unable to maintain its status as an independent municipality, it reverted to Mandaue. In 1920, Consolacion was again made an independent municipality after a petition was accepted by the governor. So grateful were the townspeople to the Cebuano governor that they named their new town after his daughter – Consolacion – and they also chose San Narciso as their patron saint, the namesake of the governor's wife, Narcisa. A year after the construction of the Casa Real or municipal hall, the people built their first church. Because it was made of wood, nipa, and bamboo, it was totally destroyed by a typhoon in 1888. A second one was also destroyed by a typhoon in 1892. A third one was built just before World War II, on its current site. The present municipal hall is already the third one. The first was destroyed by the typhoon of 1892. The second one was also destroyed, by the Japanese during World War II. Today, Consolacion is a robust residential urban municipality with a vigorous economy, providing a place to live for people employed in the neighboring cities of Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu and Cebu. Cityhood On July 6, 2022, House Bill No. 1324 was filed by Reps. Daphne Lagon and Sonny Lagon which seeks to convert the municipality of Consolacion to be known as the City of Consolacion. The bill is currently pending since August 1, 2022. Geography 70% of the total area of the town is above or highland mountains and 18% foreshore land. The contours are irregular and the highest point is about above sea level. Barangays Consolacion is politically subdivided into 21 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios. Climate Demographics The population of Consolacion is fast-growing with an intercensal growth rate of 50.45% from 1980 to 1990, repeated and more in subsequent decades. The demographic distribution profile of Consolacion shows sparsely populated upland barangays, and densely populated lowland barangays within the commercial area along the existing national highway. Economy Consolacion's recent economic trend is towards the development of operation of housing/subdivision facilities even with the presence of several medium size manufacturing industries. Consolacion is predicted to become a residential urban municipality in the next 5–10 years. Infrastructure Road Network: National Road: Provincial Road: Municipal Road : Barangay Road : Utilities Malls: 3 In June 2012 SM Supermalls opened its second mall in Cebu – SM City Consolacion, located in Lamac. Public Market: 1 Multi-purpose Building: 1 Recreation Courts/Centers : 22 Education Elementary schools: 16 High schools: 10 Vocational: 1 College: 1 Culture Sarok Festival The Sarok Festival is celebrated on Consolacion's foundation day. Sarok is a hat made of bamboo strips and dried banana leaves. Sarok Festival a Mardi Gras of colors and street dancing along the main road of Consolacion is celebrated every February 14 in commemoration of Consolacion founding anniversary. The main attraction of this festival is the colorful Sarok and its wide uses. History To protect farmers and the folks from the sun and the rain, the sarok, a conical hat made from bamboo strips and dried banana leaves, becomes the needed fad for the people of Consolacion especially that the town is an agricultural land. The festival was traditionally celebrated every February 14 to coincide with its charter day celebrations but this now celebrated in October. However, the Sarok Festival evolved into a free interpretation dance, with the musical concept inspired from the Miligoy de Cebu, a published Filipino folk dance originating from the same place. Contribution to Cultural Heritage Consolacion is one of the contributor in Cultural History. It had created a dance called "Miligoy de Cebu". This dance is usually performed by pairs of dancers during social gatherings like baptism, weddings, and special programs in the poblacion. Dancers hold a pair of bamboo castanets in each hand. Notable personalities Juan Karlos Labajo - singer and actor Mark "Honcho" Maglasang - Ex Battalion founder and leader References Sources External links [ Philippine Standard Geographic Code] Municipalities of Cebu Municipalities in Metro Cebu

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Birmingham board school

The Birmingham board schools were set up very rapidly after the Forster Elementary Education Act 1870 was enacted, covering England and Wales. Over forty were created in Birmingham. Elementary Education Act 1870 George Dixon, Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham, and Joseph Chamberlain, mayor of Birmingham, both nonconformists, were leaders of the National Education League and campaigners in the 1860s and 1870s for the provision of education free of influence by the churches. The Anglicans and Catholic Churches were in control of the existing voluntary schools, and controlled the religious education of those who attended. The Liberals and Dissenters wanted compulsory education without religious doctrine. In the end the Elementary Education Act 1870 was a compromise filling in the gaps of the voluntary system. The Act allowed each municipality to: elect a school board raise money by local taxation require attendance between the ages of five and thirteen, by bye-law, a local option The first Birmingham board was created on 28 November 1870 and included nonconformists Joseph Chamberlain, George Dawson and R. W. Dale. The School Board office was at 98 Edmund Street. J.H. Chamberlain's firm Martin & Chamberlain (no relation of Joseph Chamberlain) was appointed architect for the new schools from the beginning. The ambitious building plan achieved: 5 schools in 1873 2 in 1874 3 in 1875 6 in 1876 6 in 1877 9 more in the next six years. The school boards were abolished by the Balfour Education Act 1902, which established local education authorities. Three departments - infants, girls, boys Schooling in this era strictly segregated boys from girls, with separate head teachers, class rooms, playgrounds, and entrances from the road. Boys and girls may have been on different floors. There was usually a third department for infants. Teaching was by a combination of formal teaching of large numbers by the head teacher in a main hall, with galleries to allow the whole department to attend, and tuition by pupil-teachers and assistant teachers in side classrooms. There were glazed or open partitions so that all teaching could be supervised by the head. Architecture John Henry Chamberlain believed that the architecture of schools should provide a pleasant contrast from the drab homes and environment of their pupils. The Chamberlain schools were designed for hygiene, light, fresh air and beauty. Typically in red brick and terracotta, gabled, with steep roofs supported by large arches of internally exposed ironwork, and freely planned, they were towered to provide ventilation using the Plenum system, with fresh air being drawn in from above the polluted ground level, heated if necessary, and vented also from the tower. The tower was typically placed over the staircase to draw air through the school. There were terracotta plaques, glazed tiles, ornamental ironwork, tall windows, and stained glass. Martin & Chamberlain worked for low remuneration to enable a healthy education. The Pall Mall Gazette in 1894 stated: In Birmingham you may generally recognize a board school by its being the best building in the neighbourhood. In London it is almost vice versa. With lofty towers which serve the utilitarian purpose of giving excellent ventilation, gabled windows, warm red bricks and stained glass, the best Birmingham board schools have quite an artistic finish. In regard to light and air the worst schools are equal to the best in London. Some of the schools are still in use as schools, some have other uses, and some have been demolished. Good examples are the Icknield Street School near the Hockley Flyover, north of the Jewellery Quarter, and Oozells Street Board School, now the Ikon Gallery. List of schools See List of Birmingham board schools See also London School Board George Dixon (MP) Sources Educational Documents, England and Wales 1816 to the present day, J Stuart MacLure, 1965, 1979, Education in Britain 1750-1914, W B Stephens, 1998, The English School, its architecture and organization Volume II 1870-1970, Malcolm Seaborne and Roy Lowe, 1977, Nine Famous Birmingham Men, edited J. H. Muirhead, Cornish Brothers Ltd., Birmingham, 1909, Article by George H. Kenrick. School types Defunct schools in Birmingham, West Midlands History of education in England

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Elena Carapetis

Elena Carapetis is an Australian actress and writer, best known for her role as Jackie Kassis in Heartbreak High, as well as numerous other television series and theatre roles. Early life Elena Carapatis graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting) in 1996. Acting career Stage Carapetis has appeared onstage in numerous productions. Her first public performance was in Tonight We Improvise at Adelaide University's Little Theatre on 10 June 1987. This was followed by appearances in Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth in 1988. In 1990, she appeared in The Courtyard of Miracles at the Lion Theatre, Adelaide. In 1993, Carapetis performed in As You Like It at the Little Theatre, Adelaide. In 1997, she appeared in Features of Blown Youth at the Queens Theatre, Adelaide. In 2002, she performed in Parthenon Air at the Sidetrack Theatre, Marrickville, Sydney. In 2004, Carapetis appeared in a production of Translations and Hot Fudge with the State Theatre Company of South Australia. In March 2005, Carapetis first performed in It's A Mother! at the Sidetrack Theatre, Marrickville, as part of the Greek Festival of Sydney. She would return to this show in 2006 as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and in 2007 as part of Melbourne's Arts House program. In 2006 Carapetis again performed in Translations, this time at the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne and the Beckett Theatre, Southbank. In the same year, she appeared in 4:48 Psychosis at The Queens Theatre Stables, Adelaide. In 2007 Carapetis played in Assassins, Triple Threat, and This Uncharted Hour. In 2008, she appeared in Helly's Magic Cup at The Space, Adelaide. In 2009, she appeared in The Things We Do For Love at the Dunstan Playhouse. She had a leading role in the film Offside. In 2010, Carapetis performed in Ruby Bruise at the Waterside Theatre, Port Adelaide. In 2011, appeared in transumer: deviate from the norm at the Waterside Hall, Port Adelaide. In 2012, she played all "the other" roles in the play Truck Stop, including a doctor, counselor, mother and grungy teenage boy. Films and TV Carapetis has acted in several feature films, including Look Both Ways (2005) and Bad Blood (2017), and television series , including Heartbreak High (1998–1999), All Saints (2000–2009), and The Hunting (2019). Voice She has also worked extensively as a voice-over artist on advertising campaigns. Writing Stage plays Carapetis wrote the stage play Helen Back in 2011. It has been performed in several places, including Sydney and Adelaide. The play made the shortlist for the drama award at the 2012 Adelaide Festival Awards. Her play The Good Son had its world premiere at the Bakehouse Theatre in April 2015. Presented by The Other Ones, it was directed by Corey McMahon, and featured Eugenia Fragos, Renato Musolino, Adriana Bonaccurso and Demitrios Sirilas. Carapetis' rewritten version of Antigone, described as a response to the original written by Sophocles, portrays a feminist theme. The play consists of a series of monologues and vignettes, which together rail against the silencing and devaluing of women in society. The play was produced by the State Theatre Company of South Australia, directed by Anthony Nicola, at the Odeon Theatre in Norwood in June 2022. Television In 2007, a script written by Carapetis was selected out of 1,700 submissions as an episode of the 25x5min series Marx and Venus on the SBS. Filmography Feature films Bad Blood (2017) ... Rose Dead Europe (2012) ... Sophie Burning Man (2011) ... Jane Offside (2009) .... Isabella Look Both Ways (2005) .... Maria Short films The Pyjama Monologues (2012) ... Helen Dusk (2008), which made the shortlist at the 2008 Tropfest Short Film Festival. Frames (2004) .... Eva TV The Hunting (2019) .... Amanda Poh's Kitchen.... Guest Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story (2010) All Saints (2000–09) .... Patrice Blue Heelers (2004) .... Cath Matarazzo Marking Time (2003) .... Gemma Snobs (2003) .... Vet Water Rats (2001) .... June Sutcliffe Heartbreak High (1998–99) .... Ms. Jacqueline 'Jackie' Kassis Murder Call (1998) .... Despina Stasinopoulos Children's Hospital (1998) .... Liz Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord (1997) .... Assistant See also Cinema of Australia References External links 1970 births Living people Australian film actresses Australian television actresses Australian people of Greek Cypriot descent National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni

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Spotted barbtail

The spotted barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens) is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Taxonomy The spotted barbtail was described in 1856 from a type specimen collected in Bogota, Colombia. It was previously considered to be the same species as the white-throated barbtail (Premnoplex tatei) of Venezuela, and is now classified as a sister species to that bird. Five subspecies are recognized within P. brunnescens, although they are considerably differentiated genetically, and may constitute separate species. The five subspecies are P. b. brunneicauda, found in Costa Rica and Western Panama; P. b. brunnescens, found in Eastern Panama, the neighboring regions of Western Colombia, and the mountains of Western Venezuela south to Ecuador and Peru; P. b. coloratus, restricted to the Santa Marta Mountains in Northern Colombia; P. b. rostratus, restricted to the coastal mountains of Northern Venezuela; and P. b. stictonotus, found in the Andes from Southern Peru to Western and central Bolivia. Description The spotted barbtail ranges from in length, and from 14 to 19 grams in weight. The species does not exhibit sexual dimorphism; males and females are alike. Within its family the spotted barbtail is small and dark, with rich patterning on its underside. The forehead is dark greyish-brown, with spots that are tawny or ochraceous in color. The bird has a narrow supercilium, formed by a series of closely spaced spots above and behind the eye. Similar lines of spots extend down the neck from the supercilium. The crown of the head is also grey brown, with dark-edged feathers, giving the bird a scalloped appearance. The spots on the forehead fade into the crown. The back is dark brown, blackish-edged feathers, similar to but less conspicuous than on the crown. The rump has the same scalloped appearance, and has a slight chestnut hue. The uppertail coverts are chestnut-brown in color, while the wings are largely dark brown. The primary coverts are darker than the rest of the wing, while the other coverts have darker centers. The central feathers of the tail are somewhat stiffened. The tips of all the tail feathers lack barbs, giving the tail a "spiny" appearance. The bird's throat is also tawny in color, with brownish edging to the feathers. Birds within the subspecies albescens have a paler whitish throat. The belly and breast of the bird are dull brown with elongated spots that are tawny in color and outlined in dark brown. The spots are largest on the breast, becoming smaller and less visible approaching the vent, while they fade into streaking on the flanks. The undertail coverts are also dull brown with a faint spots. The upper mandible of the bird's beak is black or dark brown, while the lower mandible varies between greyish-pink to horn-colored, and occasionally has a darker tip. The iris is black. The spotted barbtail is similar in appearance to the white-throated barbtail, but is distinguished by having spots that are tawny rather than white, smaller and less dense spots on its breast, and a shallower beak. Feeding The spotted barbtail has been reported to feed on beetles, various hymenopteran insects, cockroach eggs, and spiders. The foraging behavior of the species seems to vary regionally; it has been reported as feeding alone, as feeding in pairs or family groups, and in mixed-species flocks. The spotted barbtail feeds in the forest understorey, though it may infrequently venture higher up some trees. It may be seen climbing along branches, including very thin ones. It often uses its tail for support, and sometimes may be seen hanging upside-down, or hanging on the underside of a branch. It is a gleaner, searching for food on mossy sections of trees, crevices in tree bark, and among epiphytes. Reproduction The spotted barbtail is thought to be a monogamous species. It has been observed to breed largely from March to June in the Central American parts of its range, while in the Andes, eggs have been observed in March and June, and nestlings in April. Two eggs are laid at a time; the eggs are completely white, and are approximately long by wide, making them disproportionately large relative to the bird itself. They are usually incubated for 27 days. Nestlings are looked after for approximately three weeks. Both sexes participate in parental care. The nest of the species is described as a "massive ball" made of lichen, liverworts, and moss, along with tiny roots, that is approximately in diameter. The ball has a tube-like entrance at its base, with a short tunnel leading to a central space across that is lined with fibres and moss. The nest is usually placed in a shaded area close to a stream, and is built in a crevice in a tree or rock, or hanging under a branch or fallen log. It is usually within a couple of meters of the ground. Habitat and distribution The spotted barbtail is found in evergreen montane forest : in the Talamancan montane forests and throughout the northern Andes. It exhibits a preference for areas with moss and epiphytes. In Central America it occurs between above sea level, whereas in the Andes it is found from , extending occasionally up to , and down to in the Western Andes. It is common across its distribution, and has been found in fragmented as well as intact habitat. It is not considered threatened globally. It is a sedentary species. References Further reading spotted barbtail Birds of the Talamancan montane forests Birds of the Northern Andes spotted barbtail spotted barbtail Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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Pablo de Jérica

Pablo de Jérica (1781–1841) was a Spanish writer and journalist. Biography The oldest child in a merchant family, Jérica studied philosophy in the Dominican convent of his native city. While preparing to study law at the University of Oñate, he completed a translation of Ovid's Heroides. In 1804 he printed his Humorous stories in different Castilian meters (Valencia, 1804) and moved to Cadiz to run the family business. There he created a dramatic translation of Picard's The puppets, or what can interest from the French (Cadiz, Quintana printing press, 1807), and learned Italian, English and Portuguese. He contributed to El Redactor General newspaper giving his opinions. He frequented the Café de la Esperanza 'tertulia' and, between 1811 and 1813, he wrote for El Diario Mercantil under the initials P.J and C .; The few collaborations of 1813 derive from his trip to A Coruña, where he had some refugee friends like Valentín de Foronda and Marcelino Calero, or intellectuals like Manuel Pardo de Andrade, coinciding with the writing of El Ciudadano por la Constitución. In his pages, as in the Cadiz journals, Jérica opted for an ideological combat poetry that would change the traditional mentality of the people attacking servility and the Inquisition. In A Coruña, Jérica became secretary of the Board of Censorship and Protection of the Freedom of Printing since November 1813. In early March of the following year he returned to his hometown and wrote for the Correo de Vitoria. The persecution of the liberals that undid the Manifesto of the Persians brought about a first trial for his activities in A Coruña, sentenced to exile in Melilla for ten years and one day. A second trial, initiated by the publication of some articles in the Correo de Vitoria, sentenced him to six years of imprisonment in Pamplona. Nevertheless, he could escape from both sentences by hiding in Deva and fleeing later to Dax (France); Also his Ensayos poéticos (Valencia, 1814), contained some stories that had published in 1804 and were prohibited by the Inquisition. The Kingdom of Spain sent out constant requests for return in 1814, considering hima state prisoner; The French police themselves claimed it in 1817, when he resided in Bayonne (France). He was imprisoned on several occasions and finally released in Pau. Returning to his native city when the Trienio Liberal (1820-1823) made it possible, he was commander of the Constitutional Volunteers, a member of the Censorship Board of the Provincial Council of Álava and finally, in 1823, constitutional mayor of Vitoria, which, after the invasion of the "Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis" (1823) imposed a new arrest to him and exile to France. Becoming a naturalized Frenchman, he married Victoria de Caubotte, daughter of the Baroness of Castelnau, with whom he would have four children, and settled in Dax, where he remained to busy himself in writing: he published a Collection of stories, fables, descriptions, anecdotes, Selected dialogues (Bordeaux, 1831), culled from various Baroque comedies, as well as an instructive and entertaining Miscellany (Bordeaux, 1836) and Letrillas and Fables (Bordeaux, 1837) where he gathered the satirical work done in verse during his time as a journalist. Jérica uses irony, satire and a great skill for the caricature, as well as costumbrismo art, not to entertain a reader who has no other requirement than to fill his leisure time, but to introduce his message of liberal revolution, hence his apparent inclination to festive literature. He was most prolific in the genre of the epigram in verse: Aquí Fray Diego reposa; en su vida hizo otra cosa. translation: Here Fray Diego rests; In his life he did something else. Works Humorous stories in different Castilian meters, (Valencia, 1804). Poetic essays (Valencia, 1814 and Paris, 1817). Poems (Vitoria, 1822) Poems (Bordeaux, 1831) Collection of stories, fables, descriptions, anecdotes, dialogues selected (Bordeaux, 1831) Miscellaneous instructive and entertaining (Bordeaux, 1836) Letrillas and fables (Bordeaux, 1837) The puppets, or what can interest (Cadiz, 1807), prose comedy in five acts. translated from French. The servile or The new newspaper. Cadiz, 1811. Original comedy in one act. Basque writers Spanish male writers Spanish journalists Afrancesados People from Vitoria-Gasteiz 1781 births 1841 deaths

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Farah (name)

Farah or Farrah is a feminine and occasionally masculine given name in Arabic, Persian or Urdu. Arabic Farah (Arabic: فَرَح , faraḥ) is an Arabic female given name and sometimes male given name meaning "happiness, joy, gladness, gleefulness, joyful, joyfulness, merriment, rejoice" The name is based on the Arabic root ف ر ح (f-r-ḥ), variants from the root are: Faruh/ Farouh (Arabic: فَرُوح, farūḥ) - male given name Farhat/ Farhaat (Arabic: فَرْحَات, farḥāt) - male given name (but the written form is in the female plural form), the female form below is Farhah. Farhan/ Farhaan (Arabic: فَرْحَان, farḥān) - male given name Afrah/ Afraah (Arabic: أَفْرَاح, afrāḥ) - female given name in the plural or superlative form Fariha/ Fareeha (Arabic: فَرِيحَة, farīḥah) - female given name Farhah (Arabic: فَرْحَة, farḥah) - female given name, the female form of Farhaat above Farhah/ Faarhah (Arabic: فَارْحَة, fārḥah) - gender-neutral form, uncommonly used Farah/ Faarah (Arabic: فَارَح, fāraḥ) - gender-neutral form, uncommonly used Persian Farah (Arabic: فَرَح , faraḥ), the same as the Arabic meaning as mentioned above. Farrah/ Khwarrah (Pahlavi: xwarrah) or Khvaraenah (Avestan: ), in Avestan or Pahlavi meaning 'glory'. The Avestan or Pahlavi word-name used in Zoroastrian texts or name and is completely different from the Arabic. People with the given name Farah Farah (actress) (), Indian actress Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Turkish actress Farah Damji (born 1966), British criminal Farah Fath (born 1984), American actress Farah Guled 3rd Grand Sultan of the Isaaq clan Farah Hussein (born 2001), Egyptian gymnast Farah Ali Jama, Somali economist and politician Farah Khan (born 1965), Indian choreographer and director Farah Mendlesohn, British academic Farah Nur warrior and poet of the Isaaq clan Farah Pahlavi (born 1938), Iranian empress consort Farah Shah, Pakistani actress and host Farrah Farrah Abraham (born 1991), American television personality Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009), American actress Farrah Franklin (born 1981), American singer Farrah Forke (born 1968), American actress Farrah Hall (born 1981), American sports sailor Farrah Moan (born 1993), American drag queen and entertainer Farrah Yousef (born 1989), Syrian singer People with the surname Farah Abdulrahim Abby Farah (1919–2018), Somali diplomat and politician Caesar E. Farah (1929–2009), American scholar and historian Cynthia Farah (born 1949), American writer and photographer Elias Farah (1928–2013), Syrian writer and thinker Hassan Farah 3rd Grand Sultan of the Isaaq Somali clan Hassan Abshir Farah (1945–2020), Somali politician Joseph Farah (born 1954), American journalist and writer Kenza Farah (born 1986), French-Algerian singer Martha Farah (born 1955), American psychologist Mo Farah (born 1983), Somali-British track and field athlete Nuruddin Farah (born 1945), Somali writer Robbie Farah (born 1984), Australian rugby league footballer Robert Farah (tennis) (born 1987), Colombian tennis player Farrah Abd'Elkader Farrah (1926–2005), Algerian painter and stage designer Georges Farrah (born 1957), Canadian politician John Farrah (1849–1907), British grocer, confectioner, biologist and meteorologist Pat Farrah, American retail executive Shamek Farrah (), American saxophone player Fictional characters Farah, a character in the American television series Sleeper Cell, played by Sarah Shahi Farah Black, a character in the American television series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, played by Jade Eshete Farah, a character in the video game series Prince of Persia Farah Oersted, a character in the video game Tales of Eternia Fareeha Amari, known as Pharah, a character in the videogame Overwatch Farah Karim, a character in the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) See also Pharah, a character in the Overwatch video game Surnames of Somali origin References Arabic-language feminine given names Feminine given names Unisex given names

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La Caution

La Caution is a French hip hop duo consisting of Hi-Tekk and Nikkfurie, both of Moroccan descent. They are notable for creating the song "Thé à la Menthe" which is known for appearing (in instrumental form) in the 2004 American film Ocean's Twelve. The phrase "thé à la menthe" is French for "mint tea". History La Caution's first single "Les rues électriques" ("electric streets") was released in 1999. They began to gain recognition participating in Assassin concerts. As a result, they secured the opening slot on the band's tour in 2000 and 2001; this enabled them to reach an increasingly larger audience. Encouraged by the success of "Les rues électriques", La Caution, shouldered by DJ Fab, released their first album Asphalte Hurlante ("Screaming Asphalt") in 2001. A year later, a version including seven new unreleased titles was released. Participating in many projects with other hip-hop groups, they released the Cadavre Exquis ("Exquisite Corpse") album in 2002, with the collective L'Armée des Douze (French for "Army of Twelve", a collective made up of La Caution and TTC, started in 1999). They also released the Crash Test EP with the electronic group Château Flight. La Caution's musical style is seen to be a combination of energetic electronic sonorities and original and percussive words. Wanting to break away from the current French rap, they brought a revival that now tends to spread out further than the Parisian underground, along with groups such as TTC. After over three long years, the Peines de Maures / Arc-en-ciel pour Daltoniens double album was released on October 17, 2005. Peines de Maures, a play on words with "Peine de mort" (death penalty) and the Maure tribe, another way of describing people from North Africa, remains within a rather traditional rap style, whereas the second Arc-en-ciel pour Daltoniens ("Rainbow for the colorblind") has more of an electro sound. The song "Thé à la Menthe" (subtitled "The Laser Dance Version" in its instrumental form) appeared in the 2004 American film Ocean's Twelve in a scene where the thief Nightfox dances in order to evade a series of randomly sweeping laser beams. The song appeared courtesy of Vincent Cassel who, alongside La Caution, is part of Kourtrajmé, an artistic collective. La Caution also appeared as an imaginary group called Sheitan on the score to the eponymous film (directed by Kim Chapiron of Kourtrajmé), with the title "Bâtards de Barbares" in which they preach a violent style of rap, which is purely caricatural. The songs "Comme un Sampler" (Like a Sampler) and "Pilotes Automatiques" (Automatic Pilots), taken from the album Peines de Maures, also appear in the film. "Pilotes Automatiques," their French rap remix of the Tamil song "Ottagathai Kattiko" from the Tamil film Gentleman composed by A. R. Rahman was a huge underground success in France. Hi-Tekk and Nikkfurie are also part of the "Les Cautionneurs" collective, with Saphir the Jeweller, Izno (Hi-Tekk and Nikkfurie's little brother), and 16S64. The latter also appears on both of La Caution's albums, on titles such as J'plante le décor or Révolver. Les Cautionneurs released the album Quinte Flush Royal on September 25, 2006. On November 13, 2006, came out the album entitled La Caution Rend Visite aux Gens et des Gens Revisitent La Caution ("La Caution visits people and people revisit La Caution"), an album on a CD/DVD set made up of remixes of the band's highlights, most notably produced EDA (Enhancer), Radioinactive, Drixxxé, and more. as well as extracts of live appearances and a documentary recalling their career. La Caution has its own radio show called Les Cautionneurs on the French radio station Le Mouv, featuring two hours of hip hop music every Saturday night. Discography Asphalte Hurlante (Kerozen Music, 2001) Crash Test (Kerozen Music, Wagram Music, 2002) Peines de Maures / Arc-en-ciel pour Daltoniens ( Kerozen Music, Wagram Music, 2005) Peines de Maures / Arc-en-ciel pour Daltoniens - The Instrumental Version [digital-only release] (Kerozen Music, 2006) Des Gens Revisitent La Caution / La Caution Rend Visite aux Gens (Kerozen Music, Wagram Music, 2006) (CD/DVD) References External links La Caution at MySpace French hip hop groups French musical duos French musical groups French people of Moroccan descent

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Patrick Gaines Goode

Patrick Gaines Goode (May 10, 1798 – October 17, 1862) was a lawyer, legislator, jurist, clergyman, educator and civic leader. Goode was born in Cornwall parish, Charlotte County, Virginia (several sources give it as adjacent Prince Edward County). He was a descendant of John Goode of Cornwall England who had settled in Virginia prior to 1660. He moved with his parents, Philip and Rebekah (Hayes) Goode, to Wayne County, Ohio in 1805. They moved to Xenia, Ohio in 1814 where Patrick attended Xenia Academy and then the Espy school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied law under Judge Joshua Collett in Lebanon, Ohio and was admitted to the bar in 1821. Goode married Mary Whiteman on July 3, 1822 in Greene County, Ohio. They had one son, Benedict Whiteman Goode, and two daughters Catharine Rebekah Goode and Maria Louisa Goode. Goode practiced law in Madison, Indiana and then in Shelby County, Ohio. In 1831, Goode was a commissioner charged with locating the county seat of Allen County, Ohio. He had the honor of naming the newly surveyed town and borrowed the name from Lima, the capital of Peru, and it was said that "to his last day would not forgive the public for their resolute abandonment of the Spanish pronunciation of the name." Goode was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1833 and 1834. He was put up for Speaker of the Ohio House, but was defeated after several ballots. He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-seventh Congresses from Ohio's 3rd congressional district. He did not stand for renomination in 1842. Goode was a local preacher nearly all his life and occupied a pulpit almost every Sunday while in Washington, D.C. during his congressional career. In 1844, he became judge for one term of the Court of Common Pleas in the newly created Sixteenth Judicial District of Ohio spanning ten counties (Shelby, Mercer, Allen, Hardin, Hancock, Putnam, Paulding, Van Wert, Williams and Defiance). When the Seventeenth district was formed in 1848, five of the northern counties were taken from the Sixteenth, but Auglaize was added. Judge Goode was one of the last circuit-riding judges. At the conclusion of his term of office in 1851, Judge Goode retired from the legal profession and joined the Methodist Episcopal clergy in the Central Ohio Conference and preached until near the close of his life. He was located for a time at Anna, Ohio and Wapakoneta, Ohio. His knowledge of parliamentary procedure was shared by so few men in the pulpit that he was in great demand at the Conferences. Goode died in Sidney, Ohio two weeks after the Conference at Greenville in 1862. He is interred in Graceland Cemetery. References Knapp, H. S. History of the Maumee Valley. Toledo: Blade Mammoth Printing and Publishing House, 1872, 699 pgs. Taylor, William A. Ohio in Congress from 1803 to 1901. Columbus, Ohio: The XX Century Publishing Company, 1900. Williamson, C. W. History of Western Ohio and Auglaize County. Columbus, Ohio: Press of W. M. Linn & Sons, 1905. Hover, Barnes, Jones, Conover, Wright, Leiter, Bradfords, Culkins, eds. Memoirs of the Miami Valley, 3 vols, Chicago: Robert O. Law Company, 1919. Galbreath, C. B. History of Ohio. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1925, 3562 pgs. |- |- 1798 births 1862 deaths Members of the Ohio House of Representatives Politicians from Xenia, Ohio People from Shelby County, Ohio Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio 19th-century American politicians

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KV21

Tomb KV21 is an ancient Egyptian tomb located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It was discovered in 1817 by Giovanni Belzoni and later re-excavated by Donald P. Ryan in 1989. It contains the mummies of two women, thought to be Eighteenth Dynasty queens. In 2010, a team headed by Zahi Hawass used DNA evidence to tentatively identify one mummy, KV21A, as the biological mother of the two fetuses preserved in the tomb of King Tutankhamun. Layout The tomb consists of a sloping descending passageway, a staircase, and another descending passage. The passage ends in a room with a single central column and a small chamber adjoining it. The walls are well cut and ready to receive plaster if plastering was intended. The tomb is most similar in layout scale to KV32, the tomb of Tiaa, mother of Thutmose IV. Marc Gabolde considers that the more precise cutting and regular layout of this tomb date it to slightly later than KV32. Discovery and contents The tomb was discovered by Giovanni Belzoni in 1817. He found a brick wall at the end of the first section of passageway; it had been broken through in antiquity. In the larger room Belzoni found two naked female mummies with long hair; he notes how easily the hair of one of the mummies pulled out when he tugged at it. The smaller chamber contained pottery and alabaster sherds. A complete large ceramic jar was found at the top of the stairs. James Burton, who mapped it in 1825, called it a "clean new tomb – the water not having got into it." Re-investigation The tomb was re-investigated in 1989 by Donald Ryan as part of the Pacific Lutheran University Valley of the Kings Project. He found the entrance buried under flood debris; water had penetrated the tomb as evidenced by the "tide-line" on the wall of the burial chamber which indicated it had been filled with several inches of water. The once well-preserved mummies were found in scattered pieces, the white-washed jars in the side chamber had been smashed with large rocks, and a large graffito on one of the tombs walls proclaimed "ME 1826." The presence of bat guano indicated that the tomb had been open for some time after Belzoni and Burton had visited. In 1993 a crack monitor was installed; no or minimal movement was detected. The small finds from the tomb were analysed by the Project in 2005 and were able to group them into three categories: those that dated to the Eighteenth Dynasty; those that suggested the tomb was reused in the Third Intermediate Period; and strays washed in, one of which was an ushabti for a Ramesside pharaoh. Though a small amount of water had penetrated the tomb during the 1994 floods, the packed contents were secure and dry; objects from KV44 and KV45 were moved to this tomb for flood protection. Mummies Ryan's re-excavation of the tomb found that the two female mummies had been badly damaged some time after the initial report by Belzoni. The head and torso of one mummy was found in the first corridor. Other pieces were scattered on the stairs, but the majority of the remains were still in the burial chamber; a pile of snapped-off hands and feet were located here. The head of one mummy was missing, Ryan suggests that it was taken as a souvenir. Mark Papworth gave a preliminary description of both mummies some time after Ryan had collected them. CT scanning and DNA analysis was conducted on both mummies in the 2010s. KV21A This mummy is headless and poorly preserved. The back half of the torso is present and the abdominal cavity contains linen embalming packs and stones. The left shoulder and arm are missing; the left hand associated with the body is clenched, indicating the 'queenly' pose. Sections of the spine are missing. Both legs are present but are no longer articulated with the body. The left and right feet are severely clubbed. In his earlier report, Mark Papworth suggests this is due to soaking and compression of the body by debris during flood events. Her height in life is estimated at approximately and her age is estimated to be no older than 21 based on the degree of epiphyseal union. The results of the DNA analysis announced in 2010 suggests that this mummy is the mother of the two mummified fetuses from the tomb of Tutankhamun, but not enough data was obtained to make a definitive identification. Hawass suggests this mummy may be Ankhesenamun, the Great Royal Wife of Tutankhamun, and daughter of Nefertiti. Using a different interpretation of the DNA results, Gabolde suggests this mummy is instead that of Mutemwiya, the mother of Amenhotep III. KV21B This mummy was found in the upper corridor. The upper frontal part of the skull is missing but her left eye socket remains. The teeth that are present show moderate wear. Dark hair is present on the nape of the neck. Much of the chest wall is missing; the torso contains linen embalming packs. The left arm is broken but was once flexed across the chest in the 'queenly' pose; the left hand is clenched. Degenerative changes to the spine are present across multiple vertebrae. Most of both legs are present, but the front parts of both feet are missing. Her height in life is estimated to be approximately while her age is estimated at 45 years based on degenerative bone changes. DNA analysis did not yield enough data to make a firm identification but tied her to the late Eighteenth Dynasty royal line. Hawass considers this mummy is a candidate for the body of Nefertiti; this is based on her association with the possible body of Ankhesenamun. It is now known that in KV35, a mother (Tiye) was found lying next to her daughter (the Younger Lady); it is possible the same relationship exists between these mummies. References External links Theban Mapping Project: KV21 includes description, images, and plans of the tomb. 1817 archaeological discoveries Valley of the Kings

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Antara Mitra

Antara Mitra (born 10 July 1987) is an Indian playback singer. Mitra came to limelight when she became a contestant in the popular singing reality show Indian Idol 2 in 2006. Mitra become more well-known and got recognition after the release of her duets Gerua and Janam Janam with Arijit Singh. She also received significant amount of Indian media coverage for her singing of the Dilwale songs. Her Baby Jaan song from Bhaijaan Elo Re received an overwhelming response on YouTube, and created a record of becoming the fastest Bengali language video track to reach 1 million views on YouTube . Early life and struggles Mitra is from Maslandapur, a small town in West Bengal, near Calcutta, India. Mitra grew up with music all around her: her father is a music teacher. Since the age of three, Mitra would sing along with other children who came to her home to learn from her father. Mitra started doing stage singing performances since the age of 6. Mitra was very impressed by her aunt who sang on All India Radio broadcasts. In her early childhood, Antara also learned several traditional Bengali Folk songs . She exhibited a keen early interest in music, and her father supported her. She was accepted as a contestant at age 18 on a national TV show and competed admirably as a finalist in both that show and a successive similar show Junoon. At one time she considered studying medicine, but abandoned the idea in favour of pursuing a professional singing career. Mitra participated in the Indian Idol season 2. Though she reached the top five but got eliminated. When Mitra was eliminated from the contest, well-known music director Anu Malik offered her playback singing work, but Mitra returned to her home town and soon afterward (April 2006) she relocated to Mumbai to pursue a vocal-performance-for-film soundtrack career. She then participated as part of the Bollywood team of vocalist contestants in another popular Indian TV reality show, Junoon – Kuchh Kar Dikhaane Ka, where again she was not the winner, however she considers both shows learning and career-development experiences, and expressed gratitude to the TV audience, producers and judges of both contests for allowing her opportunities to perform for the broadcast audience and judges while competing. During her early days in a city like Mumbai, she managed to survive by consuming instant-noodles like Maggi and burger as they were cheap. Mitra got widespread recognition as a singer after her duets songs Gerua and Janam Janam became hits in the year 2015, which was almost 9 years after she moved to Mumbai. Music career Mitra sings in multiple languages: Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, and English and is active in the Bollywood film soundtrack music industry. In an interview to the Times of India in 2010, Mitra thanked and expressed her gratitude to Music Director Pritam Chakraborty, as he was the first to show faith in her skills, and in that first decade, Pritam had composed nearly every film song in which her vocals were featured. Mitra received positive reviews for her first hit song "Bheegi Bhaagi Si", a duet with Mohit Chauhan from the Hindi film Rajneeti. Mitra got widespread recognition for her acclaimed duet songs Gerua, Janam Janam co-sung with Arijit Singh. Indian Idol 2 performances Audition "Dama Dam Mast Kalandar" (Runa Laila) The judges liked it, however Anu Malik was a bit hesitant. Theater round "Kaisi Paheli Hai" (Parineeta) Mitra was through to the piano round! Piano round "Hume To Loot Liya Milke Husn Waalon Ne" (Private album) – Most votes Mitra received good comments, especially from Anu, "I think I have found my playback singer," and made it through to the finals with the most votes. Recordings and appearances Woh Pehli Baar album – sang a group number and solo "Tu Rutha To". TV appearances have included specials (and soap operas) including Navarati, Thodi Khushi Thode Gham, Music Masti Dhoom, Kyunki, Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil, Kitani Mohabbat Hai, K for Kishore and auditioning contestants in Bhopal for Indian Idol 3. Was a contestant on Adnan's Bol Baby Bol show (won 200,000 for reciting famous song lyrics). Joined Nauman and Salman in Koi Aane Ko Hai, another Ekta Kapoor soap opera (broadcast on Colors). Was a semi-finalist (as a member of the Bollywood contingent) on Junoon – Kuchh Kar Dikhaane Ka singing contest (reality show on NDTV Imagine). Was a contestant who reached the final four in IPL Rockstar contest (reality show on Colors). Recorded songs in Bengali (Doshomi), Haryanvi (Tera Mera Vaada), et al. Sang the song "ek duje ke" from the TV series Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai. Discography Film songs Awards References External links 1987 births Living people Indian women playback singers Indian Idol participants Bollywood playback singers Singers from Kolkata 21st-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian women singers Women musicians from West Bengal

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Tommy Walter

Thomas Edward Walter (born October 30, 1970) is an American musician, best known for his alternative rock band Abandoned Pools and as the former bassist and one of the founding members of Eels. Early years and Eels Tommy Walter was raised in Westlake Village. His father was an airplane pilot; his mother a stewardess. His father is from Canada, and was almost 47 when Tommy was born. He grew up in a modest, middle-class household. He began playing bass at a young age, and was formally trained on the French horn in college. He attended the University of Southern California, followed by Pacific University. He began teaching classical music theory, and worked with local Los Angeles area musicians. He met with singer-songwriter Mark Oliver Everett (known as E), and Butch Norton and formed Eels. Prior to their founding, E had already released two records by himself, under his single-letter pseudonym, and their name was decided upon so that their music would be placed next to E's solo works. However, it was in retrospect that they realized that there were bands that would be placed in between, such as Eagles. Their collaborations led to refining songs that E had previously written, as well as creating new material. They released their debut album, Beautiful Freak, in 1996. However, after a year of touring, Walter left the band. In an interview, he stated his dissatisfaction with E's personality, and the loss of the amount of creative input that both Butch and himself had prior to the success of Beautiful Freak. Soon after, he formed a band called Metromax. They shortly changed their name to Tely, and released an album over the Internet. However, the band didn't garner much success, and it soon evolved into Walter's solo project, Abandoned Pools. History Humanistic (2001–2004) Walter, using new material, as well as several songs he had worked on beforehand in both Tely and Metromax, composed, recorded, and released his solo album, Humanistic, in 2001 on Extasy Records. While being the creative force behind the project, other musicians contributed to the project, such as Angie Hart of Frente!, who sang backing vocals to "Start Over," "Ruin Your Life," "Sunny Day," and "Seed." Although a solo project, he recruited a touring band, featuring Leah Randi and Bryan Head filling out the ranks of bassist and drummer, respectively. They had several successful tours, going across the country and headlining with acts such as Garbage, A Perfect Circle and Lenny Kravitz. They also appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn and two videos, "Mercy Kiss", and "The Remedy", were released. Monster, another video, was composed of shots taken while on touring, but wasn't released for years, via MTV's website. In 2002 they performed the theme song for the short-lived Teletoon (also broadcast on MTV) animated series Clone High, called the Clone High theme song. Many of their songs can be heard in the background during the show. Walter also voiced himself in a brief appearance in the final episode, "Changes: You Got A Prom Wit Dat?". After Clone High was dropped by MTV, however, the band stopped its touring. Armed to the Teeth (2005–2007) While keeping in touch with his fanbase and caring for his sick cat, Iggy, Walter began working on material over the next few years, preparing to release another album. After a relationship of his came to a rough conclusion, he was picked up by Universal, and wrote several new songs for his next album, citing his personal life, as well as politics, as his main inspirations. Teaming up with Bryan Head once more and bringing in guitarist Sean Woolstenhulme, Walter started work in 2004 to record his next album. In June 2005 they released an EP, consisting of a few songs from the new album along with b-sides and demos, called The Reverb EP. This was followed by the full album, Armed to the Teeth, in September 2005 In January 2006, Walter wrote in his online journal that Universal Records had stopped promoting the album. He subsequently quit the label, also noting that Abandoned Pools is once again a one-man project. He has since created two side projects—Glacier Hiking, an alternative rock band, and Oliver the Penguin, an electronica project. Sublime Currency (2011–2012) On May 3, 2011, Abandoned Pools released the song "In Silence", available in all digital stores, as the first single from the upcoming album Sublime Currency. On June 7, 2011, the second single, "Marigolds" was released in all digital stores. On January 30, 2012, Abandoned Pools revealed that they had signed onto a new record label, Tooth & Nail Records, and that Sublime Currency would be released under this label. They also mentioned that the release date of the third album will be revealed "soon". It was revealed on May 17, 2012, that Sublime Currency would feature 11 tracks. On July 10, 2012, it was revealed that Sublime Currency would be released on August 28, 2012, and the final artwork for the album was shown. On July 26, 2012, the album's title track premiered on Alternative Press' website. On August 14, 2012, the track was officially released as the album's third single. The next day, the track "Unrehearsed" was made free to download on RCRD LBL's website. On August 22, 2012, the track "Behemoth" premiered on CMJ's website. Sublime Currency was released on August 28, 2012, and a music video for the single "Sublime Currency" was released on September 7. Somnambulist (2013) On June 6, 2013, the Abandoned Pools Twitter account announced that the band's next LP, entitled Somnambulist, will be released on July 2, 2013. Shortly after, it was announced that album will be delayed by a week, and will instead be released on July 9, 2013. On November 26, 2013, Abandoned Pools released a cover of the Christmas song "The First Noel" through the album Hype Music Presents Holidays, Vol. 1. Upcoming 5th album On April 6, 2021, Walter released a Kickstarter campaign for making a potential 5th album, 8 years after his last album, Somnambulist, due to articles revealing that a revival of MTV's Clone High was in development, is going to be released on HBO Max. The Kickstarter included a video which contained audio demos of the songs that would be recorded for said album. The campaign was a success getting a total of $43,782 from 486 backers. Then, a month later he would go on to transfer the campaign to Indiegogo. The success continued and the campaign managed to get to a total of $44,606 from 498 backers. Solo On July 29, 2020, Walter released the instrumental album Supraliminal on the Position Music label. Discography Eels Abandoned Pools Full-length EPs Glacier Hiking Oliver the Penguin Solo Music videos Abandoned Pools See also Clone High Eels References External links Abandoned Pools on MySpace Abandoned Pools at LastFM Abandoned Pools at Bandcamp 1970 births American rock guitarists American male guitarists American rock songwriters American rock singers Eels (band) members American indie rock musicians Living people Pacific University alumni Tooth & Nail Records artists Warner Records artists Guitarists from Los Angeles 21st-century American singer-songwriters American people of Canadian descent Singer-songwriters from California Clone High

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Voyager Estate

Voyager Estate is an Australian winery located in the Margaret River wine region of Western Australia. James Halliday gives the winery his highest ranking, five red stars, in his "Halliday Australian Wine Companion". According to Ray Jordan, wine writer for The West Australian, the winery produces excellent wines. Location The Voyager Estate property lies in the cool meso-climate of Stevens Valley within the greater Wallcliffe sub-region of the Margaret River. This wine region is virtually unique in Australia in that it is surrounded on three sides by the Indian Ocean. The vines benefit from the maritime climate. The land is part of the Leeuwin's Naturaliste Ridge, rising from ancient granite land mass 2,000 million years old, among the world's oldest soils. The Margaret River region has a low mean annual temperature range and in terms of rainfall, a Mediterranean climate with a low annual rainfall between October and April. In a dry vintage it is very similar in climate to Pomerol and Saint Èmilion in Bordeaux. This location, long regarded as key growing area for the finest Margaret River Chardonnay has also developed a reputation for producing elegant Cabernet Sauvignon and other Bordeaux varieties. Estate and facilities Both Leeuwin Estate and Xanadu Wines are located nearby; along with Voyager, they are considered the region's most acclaimed wineries and form the nucleus of the ‘Golden Triangle of Chardonnay’. Voyager Estate's Cape Dutch-style tasting room and rose garden are major tourist attractions, and the winery is also known for its restaurant, named the best Regional Restaurant of the Year for 2018 by the WA Good Food Guide Awards. In the same competition, the same group named Head Chef Santiago (Santi) Fernandez as Best Regional Chef, and the Voyager Estate Restaurant took third place in the publication's ranking of the Top-50 Western Australian Restaurants. Peter Gherardi planted the initial 14ha (35 acres) of vineyards in 1978 and named his winery Freycinet Estate. He purchased 40ha (99 acres) in the Stevens Valley after having read research done by Dr. Harold Olmo and Dr. John Gladstones, both of whom believed the Margaret River region had tremendous potential to grow grapes. “There was a lot of talk around the area that we were climatically similar to Bordeaux." said Gherardi, "So I planted Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, a little bit of Cabernet Franc and then the Bordeaux whites, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and also Chenin Blanc." These original vineyard blocks still surround the winery's cellar door, and the four additional vineyards of Voyager Estate are planted on well drained gravelly soils on adjoining properties. The property was purchased in 1991 by Australian businessman Michael Wright, who renamed it Voyager Estate. Wright was a teetotaler who loved agriculture and the Margaret River region. His environmental consciousness was paired with a fanatical attention to detail in the vineyards. At the time of his death in 2012, the property had grown to 110ha (270 acres), all farmed following a “balanced and sustainable” form of viticulture, drawing upon organic principals and using organic composts and seaweed extracts to replace commercial fertilizer. Following Wright's passing, his daughter Alex Burt (née Wright) took over ownership of the property. She continues her father's careful, environmental approach to viticulture and winemaking, and two-thirds of its vineyards currently meet Australian Certified Organic standards, with the final third to be certified in 2019. Management Steve James, Manager of Winemaking and Viticulture, began working for Voyager Estate as a viticulturalist and has been instrumental in the property's conversion to organic farming. His interest in all aspects of wine production carries over to the entire team, with winemakers and viticulturists working together over the course of the year to make sure that they are able to make best use of each vineyard and each block. Integrated pest control management is used, all pruning, leaf plucking, shoot tinning and green harvesting is done by hand, and flocks of local sheep are brought in to trim weeds. A similar light-touch approach is utilized in the vinification. Grapes are hand-harvested and pass through a sorting table in order to ensure that only the highest-quality grapes are processed. Each block is handled separately until blending. Natural yeast is used in the white wines, and only the free-run juice is retained for the Estate Chardonnay, resulting in an elegant wine that reflects its vineyard source. Only tight-grained French oak barrels are used in the èlevage, adding finesse to the finished wine without taking over as the primary characteristic of the wine. In addition to being widely available in Australia, Voyager Estate wines are exported to the United Kingdom, the United States, Singapore, Taiwan, Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Denmark, China and Germany. See also Australian wine List of wineries in Western Australia Western Australian wine Margaret River Wine Association References Citations Sources External links – official site Food and drink companies established in 1978 Margaret River, Western Australia Wineries in Western Australia 1978 establishments in Australia

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Essex Market

Essex Market (formerly known as Essex Street Market) is a food market with independent vendors at the intersection of Essex Street and Delancey Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City. The market is known for its many local shops, including grocery stores, bakeries, butchers, seafood shops, coffee vendors, cheese shops, and spice shops. There are small restaurants that serve meals in the market, including Shopsin's. The LES Girls Club and Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space are also included in the market. The market opened in 1940, replacing an outdoor market that had operated since the 19th century. During the late 20th century, Essex Street Market began to see a decrease in customers, as supermarkets became increasingly popular. The market was turned over from the city to the individual vendors in 1966 and was taken over by the New York City Economic Development Corporation in 1995. As part of the Essex Crossing redevelopment project that commenced in 2013, Essex Street Market moved to a new location in 2019 and rebranded Essex Market. History Essex Market originates from one of the original thirteen markets of 19th-century New York. An indoor food market for the East Side of Manhattan was proposed as early as 1936. The proposed market was to be located at Essex Street in the Lower East Side, on land owned by the New York City Board of Transportation. The land had previously been occupied by tenement buildings, which had been razed almost a decade prior, when the land was cleared for the construction of the New York City Subway's Sixth Avenue line under Essex Street. At the time, New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia had waged a "war on pushcarts", based on the belief that pushcarts were a "...menace to traffic, health and sanitation," according to a New York Times article from 1938. Consequently, pushcart vendors were encouraged to take their business off the streets into covered, indoor markets. Plans for Essex Street Market were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings in November 1938. The city government put a contract for the market's construction for bid in January 1939. The lowest bid was submitted by the Lieb Construction Company, which proposed to build the market for $386,700. The market was developed at a total cost of $525,000. The city initially planned to open the market in July 1939, but it did not ultimately open until January 9, 1940. The opening of Essex Street Market consisted of a 15-minute ceremony, with a live performance by the Parks Department band. Approximately 3,500 people attended the opening ceremonies. The mayor and his entourage conducted a brief inspection, and then the doors officially flung open to the public. At the time of the market's opening, the Times said that the outdoor market only had "a few sentimental New Yorkers to sigh over its passing". Another section between Rivington and Stanton Streets was opened in June 1948. The original market spanned between 96-144 Essex Street, bordering Broome Street and Stanton Street. The market consisted of four cinderblock buildings and featured 475 vendors, most of whom had previously operated pushcarts on the street. Vendors were charged $4.25 a week to rent a stall at the market. The vendors sold produce and groceries. Many vendors in the 1940s came from Jewish families, but as the neighborhood began to change, Puerto Rican families increasingly opened shops as well. By the 25th anniversary of the market's opening, thirty-five of the original vendors remained. Financial hardships In the 1950s, the market began to see a decrease in customers, as supermarkets became increasingly popular. City Markets Commissioner Albert S. Pacetta proposed in 1964 to close all seven of the city's indoor retail markets, including Essex Street Market, though the proposal was unpopular. The city ultimately turned over the market to the individual vendors in 1966. At the time, there were over 120 merchants. By the mid-1980s, the market had shrunk to 59 vendors. The city named a private developer to revitalize the market in 1988, but with little success. In 1995, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) took over the market's operations. The market at that point had been reduced to one building at 120 Essex Street. The NYCEDC invested $1.5 million in the market's redevelopment. The agency proposed to redevelop the unused buildings so they could be occupied by department stores. Despite the improvements made by NYCEDC, vendors continued to struggle. For example, Jeffrey's Meat Market, a "New York institution," chose to close down due to low sales in 2011. The declining foot traffic, lack of promotion, and the uninviting architecture of the market were seen as contributing factors. In 2015, the vendors joined to form the Essex Street Market Vendors Association to collaborate with other local groups and advocate for their small businesses. Some vendors also complained that the NYCEDC was not doing enough to promote the market. There were also complaints about expenses: although space in the market was heavily subsidized, it still cost to rent space in the market, nearly three times the rate during the previous decade. Murals were painted in 2016 in an effort to attract more customers. Essex Crossing move The Essex Crossing mixed-use development was announced in 2013, and entailed relocating Essex Street Market to 88 Essex Street. Beginning in October 2017 for four months, the old market was one of several sites for an art installation called "Good Fences Make Good Neighbors", by artist Ai Weiwei. The new location within the Essex Crossing development was originally planned to open in 2018, but was later pushed back to April 2019, then to May 2019. Essex Street Market vendors started moving to the new location in August 2018, with all except one of the 25 vendors relocating. The relocation was completed on May 13, 2019. The new space was three times larger than the location at 120 Essex. Various local organizations were involved in its development, including Delancey Street Associates, the Essex Street Market Vendors Association, and Community Board 3. The majority of the vendors moved to the new location, in addition to fifteen new vendors. In November 2019, the Market Line, an additional market and restaurant space, opened downstairs. References External links Essex Market Essex Crossing Lower East Side Food markets in the United States 1940 establishments in New York City

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Julian Robertson

Julian Hart Robertson Jr. (June 25, 1932 – August 23, 2022) was an American billionaire hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. Robertson founded Tiger Management, one of the first hedge funds, in 1980. From its inception in 1980 to its 1998 asset peak, his fund returned 31.7% per year after fees, compared to a 12.7% annual return from the S&P 500 over the same period. However, a sharp decline thereafter led to the fund closing in March 2000. Tiger showed losses in only four of its 21 years. Robertson later mentored and provided seed funding to many notable hedge fund managers, known as the Tiger cubs, including Ole Andreas Halvorsen, Stephen Mandel of Lone Pine Capital, Lee Ainslie of Maverick Capital, Bill Hwang, and Chase Coleman III. During his lifetime, Robertson contributed more than US$2 billion to charity. He was also a signatory to The Giving Pledge. At the time of his death, his net worth was estimated at $4.8 billion. Early life and education Robertson was the son of Julian Hart Robertson Sr., a textile company executive, and Blanche Spencer, a local activist. He claimed that his father was a descendant of Pocahontas. Robertson first became interested in stocks at age 6. He graduated from Episcopal High School in 1951 and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1955. While at Chapel Hill, he was admitted to Zeta Psi fraternity and was a member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. He then served as an officer in the U.S. Navy, traveling the world aboard a munitions ship until 1957. After leaving the navy, Robertson moved to New York City and worked for a time as a stockbroker for Kidder, Peabody & Company. At Kidder, he eventually headed the firm's asset management division, Webster Securities. In 1978, he took a sabbatical and moved with his family to New Zealand for a year to write a novel. Investment career On his return to the United States, in 1980, with $8 million of funding from family, friends, and his own wealth, he founded Tiger Management. The Tiger funds reached a peak of $22 billion in assets in 1998. Robertson's Tiger Fund accurately predicted the dot-com bubble, purposely underweighting the technology sector. Tiger's largest holding was US Airways; it controlled 25% of the company. Its troubles led to significant losses for the fund. Tiger also realized significant losses in the Japanese Yen. Such missteps ultimately led him to close his investment company in late March 2000, at the peak of the dot-com bubble, and return all outside capital to investors. Robertson said in 2008 that he shorted subprime securities and used credit default swaps to make a 76.7% return on investment in 2007. From the closure of his fund in 2000 until January 2008, his return on his personal fortune was 403%. After closing his fund in 2000, Robertson supported and financed upcoming hedge fund managers in return for a stake in their fund management companies. Robertson was an investor and developer in New Zealand and owned three lodges: Kauri Cliffs Lodge near Matauri Bay in Northland; Matakauri Lodge Queenstown; and The Farm at Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, as well as several wineries. Personal life Family Julian married Josephine Tucker Robertson in 1972. She died in June 2010 from breast cancer. They had three children. Politics While Robertson was a Republican, he urged the party to support clean energy policies and contributed $500,000 to the ClearPath Foundation in 2016. Robertson supported the Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign, and Romney attended Robertson's 80th birthday party in 2012. In January 2012, Robertson donated $1.25 million to Restore Our Future, a Super PAC supporting the Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign. In 2015, Robertson gave $1 million to a Super PAC supporting the Jeb Bush 2016 presidential campaign. Although Robertson did not support Donald Trump in the 2016 election, instead supporting libertarian Gary Johnson, Robertson was a supporter of the presidency of Donald Trump and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Robertson supported the estate tax. Residences Robertson owned residences in Manhattan on Central Park South, Nassau County, Long Island, New Zealand, Sun Valley, and the Hamptons. In 2020, Robertson completed construction of three new homes, each approximately 4,000 square feet, for his family in New Zealand. Robertson kept track of where he spent his time and won a legal case after he proved that he did not spend enough time in New York to be liable for income taxes in the state. Death Robertson died at his home in Manhattan on August 23, 2022, aged 90. Legacy and awards In 2008, he was inducted into Institutional Investors Alpha's Hedge Fund Manager Hall of Fame. Robertson was appointed an Honorary Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to business and philanthropy, in the 2010 New Year Honours, and in 2017, he was one of nine people awarded a Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. Legal issues On April 1, 1996, BusinessWeek carried a cover story written by reporter Gary Weiss, called "Fall of the Wizard", that was critical of Robertson's performance and behavior as founder and manager of Tiger Management. Robertson subsequently sued Weiss and BusinessWeek for $1 billion for defamation. The suit was settled with no money changing hands and BusinessWeek standing by the substance of its reporting. See also List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni List of Tiger Cubs References Further reading Strachman, Daniel A. (2004). Julian Robertson: A Tiger in the land of Bulls and Bears. New York: Wiley External links 1932 births 2022 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople 21st-century American businesspeople 21st-century American philanthropists American billionaires American financial analysts American hedge fund managers American investors American money managers American stockbrokers American stock traders Businesspeople from New York (state) Businesspeople from North Carolina Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Virginia) alumni Honorary Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit Military personnel from North Carolina New York (state) Republicans People from Salisbury, North Carolina Stock and commodity market managers Tiger Management University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni

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ITF World Champions

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) designates a World Champion each year based on performances throughout the year, emphasising the Grand Slam tournaments, and also considering team events such as the Davis Cup and Fed Cup. Men's and women's singles champions were first named in 1978; the title is now also awarded for doubles, wheelchair, and junior players. It is sometimes named the "ITF Player of the Year" award, alluding to similar other year-end awards in tennis. Rules and procedures The ITF's constitution states that no tennis tournament can be designated the "World Championships" without unanimous consent of the ITF Council. There is currently no such tournament. The constitution also states: The ITF may award the title of World Champion to players who, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, are the most outstanding players in any one-year. The names of players who have been awarded this title shall be listed in the Roll of Honour. It also states: Official Tennis Championships [i.e. the Grand Slam events] shall be the decisive factor in the determination of the ITF World Champions for each year. For singles, ITF appoints a panel of former top players at the start of the season, which votes on the champion at the end of the season. The boys' and girls' singles and doubles titles prior to 2003 were awarded based on world ranking. Since then singles and doubles rankings have been combined in a single award each for boys and for girls. The world champion accolade has been extended by the ITF to wheelchair tennis players of the Men's and Women's division since 1991. In November 2017, the ITF announced that the quad wheelchair tennis division is to be recognised in its annual list of ITF World Champions. In 1996, the Philippe Chatrier Award was introduced, honouring individuals or organisations who have made outstanding contributions to tennis globally, both on and off the court. The award is considered to be the ITF's highest accolade and is named after the former French tennis player Philippe Chatrier, who was President of the governing body between 1977 and 1991. The ITF World Champions' Dinner takes place in Paris during the French Open, to honour the previous year's champions, who are presented with a trophy, but not any monetary prize. For 2020 there were no ITF World Champion awards given due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tennis season was suspended for about 5 months for both the female and the male tennis players. Men's singles The first men's panel in 1978 had three members, Don Budge, Fred Perry, and Lew Hoad, who attended the season's Grand Slam events at ITF expense to inform their choice. The 1983 panel split two to one between John McEnroe (votes of Budge and Perry) and Mats Wilander (vote of Hoad). The 1984 panel had five members, while the 1985 panel had four: Budge, Perry, Hoad, and Tony Trabert. When Ivan Lendl was chosen as champion for 1985, the panel's announcement was accompanied with a rebuke for Lendl's criticism of some tournaments and his refusal to play in the Davis Cup. Perry and Trabert were on the 1986 panel, with performances outside the Grand Slams taken into consideration. The 1990 designation of Lendl as champion was a surprise. That year, the Association of Tennis Professionals named Stefan Edberg its "Player of The Year", in accordance with the ATP rankings, while Tennis Magazine (France) ranked Edberg first, Andre Agassi second, and Lendl third. Tennis also suggested the ITF was punishing Edberg for denigrating the Grand Slam Cup tournament it had introduced. The ITF panel, of Perry, Trabert, and Frank Sedgman, called it "the toughest decision any of us can remember having to make", and stated it was Lendl's better average performance in the Grand Slams that made the difference. The choice to award Djokovic the ITF World Champion of 2013 over Nadal was unexpected. Nadal finished the year ranked #1 and with more Grand Slams (2 to 1), more Masters titles (5 to 3), and more tournament titles (10 to 7). Similar to the situation with Edberg in 1990, the ITF cited Nadal's failure to win a match at 2 of the 4 Grand Slams (DNP the Australian Open, 1st round loss at Wimbledon) to justify their decision and Djokovic's consistent results across all four Grand Slams (1 title, 2 runner-ups, 1 SF), Davis Cup (led Serbia to final, won 7/7 singles rubbers) and the ATP World Tour Finals (won title). Other instances when the ITF choices differed from the ATP rankings are 1978 (Jimmy Connors), 1982 (McEnroe), 1989 (Lendl), and 2022 (Carlos Alcaraz). None of these, however, were controversial and were generally agreed upon, with the 1978 and 1982 choices being particularly clear cut in favor of Borg (1978) and Connors (1982). Nadal was the ITF World Champion in 2022 even though Carlos Alcaraz was the year-end number 1 due to Nadal, who was the year-end number 2, winning two Grand Slam titles and Alcaraz not reaching a semifinal or final in three out of the four Grand Slams. Women's singles The women's panel initially featured three former women's champions, Margaret Court, Margaret duPont and Ann Jones. Althea Gibson was a member through the early 1980s. ITF world champions for women differed from the WTA year-end rankings the following years: 1978 (Martina Navratilova), 1994 (Steffi Graf), 2001 (Lindsay Davenport), 2004 (Lindsay Davenport), 2005 (Lindsay Davenport), 2011 (Caroline Wozniacki), 2012 (Victoria Azarenka), 2017 (Simona Halep). Doubles Junior Singles (1978–2003) Doubles (1978–2003) Wheelchair Quad's wheelchair See also World number 1 ranked male tennis players World number 1 ranked female tennis players International Tennis Federation Philippe Chatrier Award ATP Awards WTA Awards Tennis statistics References ITF Constitution Footnotes External links History of tennis Tennis awards Lists of tennis players Tennis records and statistics International Tennis Federation ITF World number 1 ranked tennis players

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2014–15 Syracuse Silver Knights season

The 2014–15 Syracuse Silver Knights season was the fourth season of the Syracuse Silver Knights professional indoor soccer club. The Silver Knights, an Eastern Division team in the Major Arena Soccer League, played their home games at the Oncenter War Memorial Arena in downtown Syracuse, New York. The team was led by owner/head coach Tommy Tanner and assistant coach Joe Papaleo. The Silver Knights earned a 12–8 record and second place in the Eastern Division during the regular season. The team qualified for the playoffs but lost the Eastern Division Semi-Finals to the Rochester Lancers when the tie-breaking mini-game ended 3–2 in Rochester's favor. Season summary The Silver Knights struggled early in the season as they lost to the Baltimore Blast in their season opener then again twice more in the course of losing 5 of their first 7 games. Over the next 7 games, they beat the Harrisburg Heat and Rochester Lancers 3 times each, losing only to Baltimore for the fourth and final time this season. Syracuse finished strong, winning 4 of their last 6, but dropping home and road matchups against Rochester. Finishing with a 12–8 record, the Silver Knights placed second (to Baltimore) in the Eastern Division and qualified for the playoffs. They lost to Rochester in the first game of the Eastern Division Semi-Finals on the road then won the second game at home. The decisive 15-minute "mini-game" saw each team score just one goal but Rochester's came from outside the 45-foot arc and Syracuse lost 3–2 under multi-point scoring rules. This was the second consecutive season where Syracuse was forced from the post-season after losing a mini-game tie-breaker in 2014 as they fell to the Baltimore Blast. History Launched as an expansion team in the third Major Indoor Soccer League for the 2011–12 season, went a combined 29–41 in their three seasons as members of the MISL, qualifying for the playoffs only once. After the 2013-14 season, Syracuse was one of three teams that left the MISL, leading to the league's collapse. Along with five other former MISL teams, the Silver Knights joined the teams of the Professional Arena Soccer League, which was soon rebranded as the MASL. The other teams in the Eastern Division are former MISL clubs Baltimore Blast and Rochester Lancers, plus PASL clubs Detroit Waza and Harrisburg Heat. Off-field moves Four of the five Eastern Division teams (the three former MISL clubs plus Harrisburg) will keep score with multi-point scoring at their home games. Most goals will be worth two points but goals scored from outside a 45-foot arc on the turf will be worth three points. Games played at Detroit or in the Central, Southern, and Pacific Divisions will be scored with traditional soccer scoring where each goal is worth one point. The Silver Knights have scheduled three jersey auction nights where the team will wear a special uniform top to be auctioned that night for charity. The first, January 16, raises funds for JDRF (formerly known as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) with all-white jerseys. The second, in February, raises funds to support the families of soldiers stationed at Fort Drum with camouflage jerseys. The third, March 1, raises funds for the Syracuse St. Patrick's Parade with all-green jerseys. Schedule Pre-season Regular season ♣ Game played with traditional soccer scoring (all goals worth 1 point). Post-season Mini-game played as a tie-breaker. Awards and honors Syracuse defender Nelson Santana was selected for the 2014-15 MASL All-League Third Team. Syracuse goalkeeper Rick Pflasterer earned honorable mention for the league's all-rookie team for 2014-15. References External links Syracuse Silver Knights official website Syracuse Silver Knights at The Post-Standard Syracuse Silver Knights Syracuse Silver Knights Syracuse Silver Knights 2014 Syracuse Silver Knights 2014

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ThinkCentre A series

The A Series desktops are part of Lenovo’s ThinkCentre product line. Formerly an IBM brand, Lenovo acquired the ThinkCentre desktop brand following its purchase of IBM’s Personal Computing Division (PCD) in 2005. The first desktop in the A Series was the ThinkCentre A50p. Lenovo has released A Series desktops in multiple form factors, ranging from traditional tower, to small form factor, and all-in-ones (AIOs). 2010 A70 The A70 was released by Lenovo in 2010 with the following specifications: Processor: 2.93 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 RAM: Up to 4 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM Storage: Up to 500 GB Optical Drive: DVD reader/writer Graphics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500 Form Factor: Small form factor A70z The ThinkCentre A70z was an all-in-one (AIO) desktop released by Lenovo in 2010. The AIO offered the following specifications: Processor: 2.93 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 RAM: 2GB Graphics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500 Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (32-bit) Engadget reported that the A70z was easy to set up and offered a 35-second boot time, in-line with Lenovo's claims. The A70z was capable of handling high-definition video and running Adobe Photoshop with ease, making it suitable for everyday business use. However, the presence of the integrated graphics card prevented 3D gaming on the desktop. The ThinkCentre A70z received positive reviews from Inc., Desktop Review, and Hardware Central. Inc. ranked the ThinkCentre A70z third on its list of ‘Best New Business Desktops’. Desktop Review listed the A70z desktop on its list of ‘Top 10 Desktops for Back to School’. Hardware Central awarded the desktop 12 out of 15 stars, with 4 of 5 stars for features, performance, and value respectively. A58 Announced in March 2010, the ThinkCentre A58 desktop was equipped with the Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 processor with a speed of 2.5 GHz, up to a Core 2 quad q9x50. 3 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, a 250 GB 7200 RPM SATA hard disk drive up to 1 TB 7200 RPM and an 160 GB 10,000 RPM drive, Integrated HD audio with a built-in mono speaker, Intel GMA 4500 integrated graphics, Microsoft Windows Vista Business, 6 USB2.0 ports, 2 PS/2 inputs, and 2 headphone and microphone audio jacks with line out. Desktop Review listed the pros of the desktop as being the build quality, legacy ports, and power saving software. The cons were listed as wasted internal space, the absence of card readers, and the limited port selection. 2007 A55 PC World indicated that the ThinkCentre A55 small form factor desktop, announced in January 2007, was a “pure business PC.". The desktop incorporated a mid-range processor, the Intel E6300 Core 2 Duo with a speed of 1.83 GHz, and offered a maximum of 4 GB of DDR2 667 MHz RAM on 2 DIMM slots. PC World noted that the desktop scored 89 on its World Bench 5 test, indicating that it could run most software packages available at the time with ease. A61e The ThinkCentre A61e desktop was announced in September 2007 and was called “the company's smallest, quietest and most energy-efficient desktop yet”. The A61e was equipped with an AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 processor with a speed of 2.1 GHz, 2GB RAM, a 180GB hard disk drive, the ATI Radeon X1200 graphics card, and Microsoft Windows Vista Business. PC Mag listed the pros of the desktop as its compact size, energy efficiency, processor, quiet operation, affordable price, ThinkVantage utilities, case design, and light weight. The cons were listed as being the slightly reduced performance compared to other business systems, the lack of internal expansion for PCI/PCIe slots, notebook-class RAM, and external power supply. 2006 A60 The ThinkCentre A60 desktop was announced in August 2006 by Lenovo following the company’s acquisition of IBM’s Personal Computing Division in 2005. It was categorized a mid-range desktop by PCMag. The desktop was praised for its useful utilities, a toolless chassis designed for upgrades, Athlon X2 dual core processor, spacious hard disk drive and the fact that it still had a floppy disk drive. The cons were that the desktop had shared video memory despite the use of Windows Vista and that it was slower than desktops with Intel Core 2 Duo processors. A53 The ThinkCentre A53 and A55 desktops were announced in September 2006 by Lenovo. The A53 desktop featured an Intel Pentium D 945 3.4 GHz dual core processor, SiS662 chipset, up to 2 GB DDR2 Non-ECC SDRAM, an 80 GB SATA-300 7200 RPM hard disk drive, an integrated High Definition Audio sound card, and built in speakers. A55 The ThinkCentre A55 desktop was equipped with an Intel Pentium 4 541 Processor, 512 MB PC2-4200 DDR2 Memory, an 80 GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive, 48x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive, Intel GMA 3000 Integrated Graphics with 128MB Shared Memory, Integrated AC'97 Audio, and six USB 2.0 Ports. Both processor and storage were criticized by About.com, with software bundle being complimented. Launch in 2003 A50p The first ThinkCentre A Series desktop was the A50p. It was designed as a business machine, as observed in a review by About.com. This was because of the storage space on the desktop, which was limited to 40 GB – sufficient for business documents and applications, but not for images and video. The A50p had an Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz Processor, 256 MB PC2700 DDR Memory, 40 GB 7,200 RPM Hard Drive, 48x CD-ROM Optical Drive, SoundMAX Cadenza (AC'97) Audio, Intel Extreme 2 Integrated Graphics with 64 MB of Shared Memory, a 10/100 Ethernet Port, and six USB 2.0 Ports. The A50p was called a "high-end consumer PC" by PC Magazine. The machine was indicated to be a capable home-office machine to which multimedia applications could be added. The specifications of the A50p desktop were: Intel Pentium 4 processor, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB hard disk drive, and a 17 inch LCD screen. References External links ThinkCentre Desktops on Lenovo.com Lenovo X86 IBM personal computers

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University of the Philippines Baguio

The University of the Philippines Baguio (UPB; Filipino: Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Baguio), also referred to as UP in the North or UP Baguio, is a public research university located in Baguio, Philippines. It was established in 1921 through the initiative of UP alumni in Baguio and Benguet and was inaugurated as the UP College of Baguio on April 22, 1961. It was eventually elevated to its present autonomous status as a constituent university on December 2, 2002. It is the seventh constituent university of the University of the Philippines System and is the university's flag-bearer in Northern Luzon. It is also one of the research institutions in the region through its Cordillera Studies Center, with ethnic and interdisciplinary research as well as for its efforts in conserving the biodiversity and indigenous cultures of the Cordillera Region. Being a former extension of the UP College of Liberal Arts, UP Baguio mainly specializes in the sciences, arts and humanities. It currently offers 16 academic programs through its three degree-granting units. As of 2019, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has accredited three academic programs in the university as Centers of Development, namely in the fields of biology, mathematics, and physics. History The university was initially established in 1921 as an extension of the UP College of Liberal Arts, and was originally located in Vigan, Ilocos Sur. In 1938, it was relocated to Baguio as the UP College of Arts and Sciences. During World War II, the buildings and facilities within the college were largely destroyed, and reestablishment efforts were immediately carried out by UP alumni after the war. After several years since its post-war restoration, the college then became a branch campus of UP Diliman, becoming known as the UP College of Baguio on April 22, 1961. On December 2, 2002, the university's distinction was affirmed by the elevation of the UP College of Baguio into a constituent university through a unanimous endorsement by the UP Board of Regents (BOR), in which it became officially known as UP Baguio. Organization and administration UP Baguio is governed by the university system's 11-member Board of Regents. Like all other UP campuses, UP Baguio is headed and supervised by a chancellor, who is assisted by two vice chancellors—one for academic affairs and the other for administration. The first chancellor of UP Baguio was Dr. Priscilla Supnet Macasantos, who oversaw the campus' elevation into a constituent university of UP within her term. The current chancellor selected by the Board of Regents is Dr. Corazon L. Abansi, who succeeded Dr. Raymundo Rovillos after his term ended on April 13, 2021. The University of the Philippines Baguio is an affiliate of the following associations: Association of Pacific Rim Universities ASEAN University Network Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning Academics Admissions Admission to the university is highly selective. Students who wish to enter the university must first pass the University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT), which serves as an admission requirement for all constituent units of the university system. Degree-granting units UP Baguio constitutes three colleges as its academic arms, which are headed by their respective deans. On the other hand, the Institute of Management―which is part of the College of Social Sciences―is headed by a director, while the Human Kinetics Program―which is part of the College of Science―is led by a coordinator. and offers 11 undergraduate degree programs, 8 graduate degree programs, and a pre-baccalaureate certificate program. These programs are the following: 1. Undergraduate Programs: Bachelor of Science in Biology (concentrations in either General Biology, Ecology and Systematics, or Microbiology) Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Bachelor of Science in Mathematics Bachelor of Science in Physics Bachelor of Arts in Communication (concentrations and minors in either Journalism, Broadcast Communication, or Speech Communication) Bachelor’s in Fine Arts (concentration in Visual Arts) Bachelor of Arts in Language and Literature Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences (Anthropology)* Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences (Economics)* Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences (History)* Bachelor of Science in Management Economics - may minor in either Sociology, Political Science, Psychology, or Philosophy 2. Graduate Programs: Master of Science in Conservation and Restoration Ecology Master of Science in Mathematics Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics Master of Arts in Language and Literature Master of Arts in History (Ethnohistory and Local History) Doctor of Philosophy in Indigenous Studies Master of Arts in Social and Development Studies Master of Management 3. Pre-Baccalaureate Program: Certificate in Fine Arts The university has been identified by CHED as a Center of Development in biology, mathematics, and physics since 2001. Rankings and Reputation The UP System, which UP Baguio is a part of, has been consistently ranked the top university in the Philippines since its inclusion in several university rankings. UP Baguio, as part of the UP system, specializes in the Social Sciences — particularly in Indigenous Studies as well as Cordilleran and Northern Luzon history and culture. UP Baguio is also internationally known for the Cordillera Review Center, which produces ethnic and interdisciplinary articles and journals — arguably making it one of the primary institutions in Northern Luzon and the Cordilleras. The constituent university is also known for the Cordillera Review, a peer-reviewed journal that features researches about the Cordilleras and Northern Luzon. Gallery See also State Universities and Colleges (Philippines) List of University of the Philippines people University of the Philippines University of the Philippines Manila University of the Philippines Los Banos University of the Philippines Diliman University of the Philippines Cebu University of the Philippines Visayas University of the Philippines Mindanao University of the Philippines Open University References External links University of the Philippines system University of the Philippines Baguio Baguio Universities and colleges in Baguio Research universities in the Philippines State universities and colleges in the Philippines Universities and colleges established in 1908 1908 establishments in the Philippines

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Brazil national under-17 football team

The Brazil national under-17 football team, also known as Brazil Under-17s or Seleção Sub-17, represents Brazil in association football, at an under-17 age level and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation, the governing body for football in Brazil. Their head coach is Phelipe Leal. Brazil hosted the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. It was the first time that Brazil ever hosted a FIFA youth tournament. The tournament cumulated in Brazil lifting their 4th FIFA U-17 World Cup, making it the first time ever that Brazil had won a FIFA World Cup competition at home. Competitive record A gold background color indicates that Brazil won the tournament. FIFA U-17 World Cup South American Under-17 Football Championship 1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Fixtures and recent results The following is a list of match results from the previous 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. 2023 Current squad The following 23 players are called up to the squad for the 2023 South American U-17 Championship. Honours FIFA U-17 World Cup: Champions (4): 1997, 1999, 2003, 2019 Runners-up (2): 1995, 2005 South American U-17 Championship: Champions (13): 1988, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2023 Runners-up (3): 1985, 1986, 2003 Friendlies Montaigu Tournament: Winners (2): 1984, 2022 Paolo Valenti Trophy: Winners: 1993 Virginia State Youth Cup Winners: 1993 Toto Cup: Winners: 2000 Salerno Youth Tournament: Winners (2): 2000, 2001 Mundialito João Havelange: Winners (2): 2000, 2002 Three Nations Cup: Winners (2): 2000, 2001 Torneio Cidade de Canoas: Winners: 2005 Mediterranean International Cup U-16: Winners: 2006 Copa 2 de Julho: Winners (3): 2009, 2010, 2013 Nike International Friendlies: Winners (2): 2014, 2017 Suwon Cup: Winners: 2015 BRICS U-17 Football Cup: Winners: 2016, 2018 Managers Homero Cavalheiro (1985–1986) Jair Pereira (1986) José Teixeira (1987–1988) René Simões (1988) Homero Cavalheiro (1989) Júlio César Leal (1991) Humberto Redes (1993) Toninho Barroso (1995) Carlos César (1997–1999) Sérgio Farias (2001) Marcos Paquetá (2003) Nelson Rodrigues (2005) Edgar Pereira (2007) Lucho Nizzo (2007–2009) Émerson Ávila (2010–2011) Alexandre Gallo (2013) Caio Zanardi (2013–2015) Carlos Amadeu (2015–2017) Guilherme Dalla Déa (2018–2020) Phelipe Leal (2022–) See also Brazil national football team Brazil Olympic football team Brazil national under-20 football team South American Under-17 Football Championship Santos FC and the Brazil national football team References Youth football in Brazil South American national under-17 association football teams Under-17

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Araujo Estate Wines

Araujo Estate Wines (renamed Eisele Vineyard Estate in 2016) is a California winegrowing estate founded by Bart and Daphne Araujo. Located in Calistoga, California within both the Calistoga and Napa Valley AVAs, the estate produces a small portfolio of limited-production wines from the organically and Biodynamically farmed Eisele Vineyard. Araujo Estate Wines (Eisele Vineyard Estate) is widely considered to be one of California's "cult" wineries, and has been classified as a "five star" winery by the Wine Spectator writer James Laube and included in Robert M. Parker, Jr.'s The World's Greatest Wine Estates: A Modern Perspective. The Eisele Vineyard was called "the object of a cult like no other among California wine lovers" in The World's Greatest Wines by Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve, and the winery's flagship wine, the Araujo Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard, was listed as a "First Growth" in Fine Magazine's "Napa Valley Classification." History In 1990, Bart and Daphne Araujo bought the 162-acre property in Calistoga that included the 38-acre Eisele Vineyard. The vineyard had originally been planted in the 1880s to Zinfandel and Riesling; it was first planted to Cabernet Sauvignon in 1964. Bart, who had come from a career in home building and mortgage banking, and Daphne, who had a background in landscape architecture, had been interested in acquiring an historical vineyard property. When they purchased the Eisele Vineyard from Milt and Barbara Eisele, they decided to build a winery on the property. Daphne stated "Our intent was to have a vineyard. But before we even closed escrow, Bart realized that it was important to also make the wine, to control the whole process from beginning to end." Shortly after purchasing the property, the Araujos built a barn-like winery out of redwood and dug caves into a hillside of the property. Araujo produced its first vintage of Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon in 1991. Since its founding, the winery has worked with some of the best-known winemakers in the industry, including Tony Soter, Mia Klein, Françoise Peschon and consultant Michel Rolland. Its Eisele Vineyard Cabernet has earned consistent acclaim in the Wine Spectator and from Wine Advocate's Robert Parker. In 2013, Araujo Estate Wines and the Eisele Vineyard were acquired by French businessman Francois Pinault owner of Chateau Latour in Pauillac through his holding group, Artemis. The estate's last vintage bearing the Araujo name was 2013. On the occasion of the release of the first vintage under the new ownership, Araujo Estate Wines has been renamed Eisele Vineyard Estate, putting forward the name of the iconic terroir. The first Eisele Vineyard Cabernet vintage (2013) made under the Pinault ownership received 100 points from Robert Parker, for the first time in the history of the estate. The Eisele Vineyard Named for Milt and Barbara Eisele, who owned the vineyard prior to Bart and Daphne Araujo, the Eisele Vineyard has long been known for the quality of its Cabernet Sauvignon. Eisele provided grapes for what is thought to be the third vineyard-designated Cabernet Sauvignon in California, a 1971 from Ridge Vineyards. Joseph Phelps made a vineyard-designated bottling from Eisele Vineyard for several years starting in 1975. The vineyard is located on an alluvial fan near the northern end of Napa Valley, and features cobbly, mineral-rich soils. The Araujos began farming the Eisele Vineyard organically in 1998. Soon they began looking into farming the vineyard biodynamically, an agricultural practice that eschews chemical inputs of any kind and coordinates the timing of farming practices around the lunar and astronomical calendar. In 2002 the vineyard was certified Biodynamic by Demeter. Wine Production On average, Araujo produces 2,000 cases of Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon annually. In addition, the winery also produces a second Cabernet-based wine called Altagracia as well as small quantities of estate-grown Sauvignon blanc, Syrah and Viognier. References External links Araujo Estate Wines official site Eisele Vineyard Estate official site Wineries in Napa Valley American companies established in 1990

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Louis Gonzaga Mendez Jr.

Colonel Louis Gonzaga Mendez Jr. (July 14, 1915 – September 19, 2001) was a highly decorated United States Army officer of the 82nd Airborne Division who in June 1944, as commander of the 3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II, parachuted behind enemy lines into Normandy and was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross for leading an attack that captured the French town of Prétot-Sainte-Suzanne, in the Manche (Basse-Normandie) department. On June 6, 2002, the people of the village honored his memory by renaming Prétot's main square "La Place du Colonel Mendez". Early years Louis Gonzaga Mendez, a Mexican American, Spanish and Navajo Indian, was born in Trinidad, Colorado, on July 14, 1915. He graduated top of his class in high school. After serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CC), Mendez was appointed by Governor Bob Carr to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He graduated from West Point in the Class of 1940, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. Mendez earned his Parachutist Badge after attending the Army's United States Army Airborne School. World War II The United States entered World War II in December 1941, after which Mendez was eventually assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division. He rose to become commander of the 3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment. On June 5–6, 1944, the paratroopers of the 82nd's three parachute infantry regiments and reinforced glider infantry regiment, who were stationed in England, boarded hundreds of transport planes and gliders and began the largest airborne assault in history. They were among the first soldiers to fight in Normandy, France. According to an article by Richard Pearson in the Washington Post, Mendez and his men were dropped behind German lines with the mission to "disrupt enemy communications, seize vital crossroads, destroy enemy supplies and kill enemy troops to aid the seaborne D-Day assaults on the Normandy beaches". Mendez and his men proceeded to capture the town of "Prétot Ste Suzanne". Mendez was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, second only to the Medal of Honor. After the fighting in Normandy, Mendez continued to lead his battalion, which took part in Operation Market Garden, in September 1944. A combined US-British operation, according to the Arlington Cemetery website, it "sought to secure strategic river crossings behind German lines in the Low Countries". Although, elements of the operation proved unsuccessful, the 82nd Airborne Division was able to capture its objectives. The Germans began a counter-offensive along the Western Front in December 1944, resulting in the Battle of the Bulge. Having been taken by surprise, Allied troops were initially pushed back from the front, before launching a counterattack two days later. This effort included Mendez and his battalion, "who advanced as infantrymen", halting General Gerd von Rundstedt's advance in the north. Post-World War II Mendez continued his academic education and military career after the war. He graduated from the Command and General Staff College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He went on to earn a master's degree in international relations from Georgetown University and was an instructor at the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia. In 1950, he took up a post as a military attaché to Spain, and in the 1960s served in the 1st Cavalry Division in South Korea as a regimental commander. Later, he undertook postings in the War Histories Division on the Army General Staff and as Secretary of the Organization of American States' Inter-American Defense Board. Mendez retired from the military in 1970; his final post was at the Industrial College of Warfare in Washington, D.C. Later years As a civilian, Mendez joined the Virginia Education Department. According to Pearson, Mendez "was national director of the Right to Read Program, an assistant education commissioner and chief of the department's Vocational and Adult Education Branch" before retiring in 1985. During a ceremony held on March 31, 2001 in which one of Mendez's men, Francis Lamoureux, was awarded the Bronze Star after 50 years, Lamoureux had this to say about his former commander: Colonel Mendez, who was married and had six sons and six daughters, died at home of a stroke on Wednesday, September 19, 2001, in Falls Church, Virginia. He was buried with full military honors one week later at Arlington National Cemetery. Mendez was honored on June 6, 2002, for his gallantry leading his men against the enemy and liberating Prétot-Vicquemare when the people of the village renamed its main square "La Place du Colonel Mendez". In his book, A Bridge Too Far, historian Cornelius Ryan highlighted Colonel Mendez's leadership style, recounting a speech he gave to the Allied pilots flying his battalion to the drop zone during Operation Market Garden. In October 2017, the Fairfax County School Board decided to rename J.E.B. Stuart High School as Justice High School, effective July 2018. The new name was intended to honor Colonel Mendez, along with Thurgood Marshall and Barbara Rose Johns, each of whom had worked towards advancing justice. Military decorations and awards Distinguished Service Cross Citation: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry) Louis Gonzaga Mendez, Jr. (ASN: 0-23262), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Commanding Officer, 3d Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, in action against enemy forces during the period 6 June 1944 through 7 July 1944, in France. One instance of particular note was on 20 June 1944, near Pretot, France, when Lieutenant Colonel Mendez personally led an assault on the town of Pretot through a withering concentration of observed mortar, timed artillery and machine gun cross-fire. In their first attempt to win their objective, the two assault companies were pinned to the ground by a devastating artillery barrage and suffered heavy casualties. Appreciating the danger of delay, Lieutenant Colonel Mendez crawled to a position in front of his men, leaped to his feet and led the charge which drove the enemy out of the town. By his calm disregard for personal danger and his ability to act quickly and aggressively under fire, he turned imminent catastrophe into a victory. Lieutenant Colonel Mendez's courage, calmness, judgment and devotion to duty were directly responsible for the achievement of his battalion's objective, and exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, the 82d Airborne Division, and the United States Army. Commendations See also Hispanic Americans in World War II References 1915 births 2001 deaths United States Army officers United States Army personnel of World War II Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States) Georgetown University alumni Military personnel from Denver People from Falls Church, Virginia Military personnel from Fairfax County, Virginia American people of Mexican descent American people of Navajo descent American people of Spanish descent United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni Burials at Arlington National Cemetery People from Trinidad, Colorado

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Bilal Akgül

Bilal Akgül (born 13 October 1982 in Adana) is a Turkish professional road cyclist and mountain biker riding for team Brisaspor. He is the first ever Turkish Olympian cyclist participating at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He became 2005 Turkish mountain biking champion in cross-country at Ankara. The next year, he won the national champion title in marathon mountain bike race at Çanakkale and the road race. In the 2007 season, Akgül became national mountain biking champion in cross-country and in marathon. He took part at the cross-country event of 2008 Summer Olympics without having finished. Major results Source 2005 1st, Kırıkkale MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kırıkkale 2nd, Kos Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kos 1st, Bolu Festival MTB, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Bolu 1st, Kartepe XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kocaeli 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite, Ankara 1st, Bursa MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Bursa 1st, Izmir XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Izmir 1st, Babadagi Hill Climb, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Fethiye 1st, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova 2006 1st, Adana MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Adana 3rd, Manavgat, Mountainbike-Marathon, Antalya 1st, Gallipoli MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Çanakkale 2nd, Istanbul Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul 1st, National Championship, Road, Elite 2nd, Konya MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Konya 3rd, Cappadocia MTB Festival, Mountainbike, Elite/U23 (a), Göreme 2nd, Cappadocia MTB Festival, Mountainbike, Elite/U23 (c), Ürgüp 3rd, Balkan Championship XC, Mountainbike, Kartepe, Kocaeli 2nd, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, Marathon, Çanakkale 2007 1st, Adana MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Adana 3rd, Büyükada Cup XCO, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul 1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Gaziantep 1st, Polonez Adampol Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Istanbul 1st, Ankara MTB Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Ankara 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite, Ürgüp 3rd, Kartepe XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Kocaeli 1st, Izmir XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Izmir 2nd, Yalova Aksa XCO Cup, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Yalova 2nd, Babadagi Hill Climb, Mountainbike, Elite/U23, Fethiye 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, Marathon, Çanakkale 2008 3rd, Stage 1 Tacettin Özsavaş Cup TTT 35th, Olympic Games, Mountainbike, Beijing 2010 5th, National Championship, Road, Elite, Bolu 2011 1st, Salcano Turkish Mountainbike Championship, Istanbul/Arnavutköy 2012 3rd, Finike/Antalya, Mountainbike 1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike 1st, Tuzla, Mountainbike 1st, Gaziantep, Mountainbike (b) 1st, National Championship, Mountainbike, XC, Elite References 1982 births Sportspeople from Adana Living people Turkish male cyclists Turkish mountain bikers Cross-country mountain bikers Marathon mountain bikers Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Turkey 21st-century Turkish people

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St. Joseph Township, Champaign County, Illinois

Saint Joseph Township is a township in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,597 and it contained 2,244 housing units. Geography St. Joseph is Township 19 North, Range 10 East of the Third Principal Meridian. According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.59%) is land and (or 0.41%) is water. The western section of the Kickapoo Rail Trail follows the former Big Four—Conrail System railroad right–of–way along U.S. Route 150 from the City of Urbana to the Village of St. Joseph. Going east from Urbana landmarks along the trail include Urbana Walmart, John Deere implement dealer, Cottonwood Road (CR 1700E), CR 1800E, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Mayview, Sellers Road (CR 1900E), Full′s Siding elevator, CR 1975E, CR 2075E, Corteva (Pioneer Supply) seed company, Salt Fork Paintball, the baseball field, Salt Fork River bridge, St. Joseph water tower, Wheelhouse restaurant and Main Street Mall, St. Joseph business district and elevator. Cities and towns St. Joseph Cemeteries Mt. Olive Cemetery (Section 7) is west of Mayview on the north side of U.S. Route 150. Historic cemeteries (some of these may no longer be visible): Bartley Cemetery (Section 26), Cora Brooks farm (Section 3), Deadman′s Grove (Section 7), Huss Cemetery (Section 33), Indian burial ground (Section 27), Patterson Cemetery (Section 24), Peters or Thompson Cemetery (Section 25), Stayton Cemetery (Section 28) Grain Elevators Full's Siding elevator (Section 17) was built on the Big Four—Conrail System railroad. The concrete silos and steel bins are on the south side of U.S. Route 150 east of Mayview. Mayview elevators (Section 18), built on the Big Four—Conrail System railroad, are no longer standing. J.B. Walton and Son and E.C. Saddoris were operators in 1913. St. Joseph elevator (Section 14), built on the Big Four—Conrail System railroad, is in the Village of St. Joseph. Operated by the Rising Farmer's Grain Company in 1918. Tipton elevator (Section 26) was built on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois—Union Pacific railroad. Operated by Dryer and Burt Grain and Coal in 1913; Ogden and Burt in 1929. Major highways Interstate 74 U.S. Route 150 Demographics As of the 2020 census there were 5,597 people, 1,999 households, and 1,441 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 2,244 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 93.55% White, 0.45% African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.71% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.82% from other races, and 4.25% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.34% of the population. There were 1,999 households, out of which 43.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.13% were married couples living together, 17.36% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 27.91% were non-families. 21.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.44. The township's age distribution consisted of 31.5% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males. The median income for a household in the township was $93,233, and the median income for a family was $105,592. Males had a median income of $53,427 versus $49,179 for females. The per capita income for the township was $35,727. About 1.9% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.5% of those under age 18 and 13.5% of those age 65 or over. References United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files External links US-Counties.com City-Data.com Illinois State Archives Townships in Champaign County, Illinois Townships in Illinois

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Youngstown Athletics

The Youngstown Athletics, or Youngstown A's, was the final name of a baseball team in the Mid-Atlantic League that was based in Youngstown, Ohio, between 1939 and 1941 and 1946 and 1951. Youngstown Browns: 1939–1941 The team was first established as the Youngstown Browns, an affiliate of the St. Louis Browns, in 1939. The team's overall performance was uneven, but it peaked during its second season. In 1939, the Browns ranked seventh in the eight-team league, but the team rebounded the following year. In 1940, the Browns were poised to take the championship but lost to the Akron Yankees. The Browns disbanded when the Mid-Atlantic League suspended operations at the outset of America's entry into World War II. The team is best remembered for its role in launching the career of major league player Floyd Baker, who married a Youngstown native and made the city his honorary hometown. Youngstown Gremlins and Colts: 1946–1948 After the war, Youngstown fielded a new team for the Middle Atlantic League, the Youngstown Gremlins. The club made its debut in 1946, the sixth consecutive season in which the National Amateur Baseball Federation tournament was held in Youngstown, Ohio. The team was owned by the Pittsburgh sportsmen Bill Koval and Nick Andolina, who "bankrolled" the reorganization of the Mid-Atlantic League in 1946. The team went 67–62, good for third place in the six-team league. They were defeated in the first round of the playoffs, three games to one, to the Erie Sailors. The owners acknowledged that the team had been a losing venture at the close of the 1946 season but indicated to Frank Ward, sports editor of The Youngstown Daily Vindicator, that they would continue to sponsor the club in 1947. Youngstown's star performer was Johnny Kucab, who eventually moved on to the major leagues. As a pitcher for the Gremlins, Kucab posted a 13–1 record, followed up by 12–4. He had the best winning percentage and pitched four shutouts in his 15 starts, tying him for second in the Mid-Atlantic League in whitewashes. Kucab was brought up by the Philadelphia Athletics in 1951. The team was renamed as the Youngstown Colts in 1947. The Gremlins' brief run coincided with the 33rd NABF sandlot "world series", which won recognition for Youngstown among national observers. A local newspaper editorial stated: "If any other city has comparable equipment, it is not generally known. Baseball Commissioner Chandler exclaimed in surprise that our sandlot fields are better than the parks of many professional teams". Youngstown Athletics: 1949–1951 In 1949 the team's name changed to Youngstown Athletics and the team enjoyed a working relationship with the Philadelphia Athletics. The team posted a 74–64 record, for third-place in the league in 1949. The following year the team posted a 51–61 record, for fourth-place. However the 1951 season, would be the team's last as the club relocated to Oil City, Pennsylvania on June 2, 1951. The Oil City club then disbanded 2 months later on August 6. That year also turned out to be the last for the Mid-Atlantic League, as the organization soon folded. Minor league baseball would not return to the Mahoning Valley until 1999, when nearby Niles, Ohio became the home for the Cleveland Indians’ affiliate in the New York–Penn League, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers. References Baseball teams established in 1939 Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1951 Defunct minor league baseball teams Defunct baseball teams in Ohio Sports in Youngstown, Ohio Philadelphia Athletics minor league affiliates St. Louis Browns minor league affiliates 1939 establishments in Ohio 1951 disestablishments in Ohio Middle Atlantic League teams Baseball teams disestablished in 1951

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woluwe-Saint-Pierre

Woluwe-Saint-Pierre

Woluwe-Saint-Pierre () or Sint-Pieters-Woluwe () is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the eastern part of the region, it is bordered by Etterbeek, Auderghem and Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, as well as the Flemish municipalities of Kraainem and Tervuren. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual (French–Dutch). , the municipality had a population of 42,216 inhabitants. The total area is , which gives a population density of . It is mostly a well-to-do residential area, which includes the wide, park-lined, Avenue de Tervueren/Tervurenlaan, and the numerous embassies located near Marshal Montgomery Square. Of the three streams that once crossed the municipality, only the Woluwe, a tributary of the Senne, can still largely be seen today. History Middle Ages to 17th century The first appearance of the name Wolewe dates from 1117 and can be found in a charter from Forest. At that time, the original hamlet and its farms were dependencies of the Park Abbey near Leuven. The onset of difficulties can be traced to the middle of the 16th century, with the hostilities waged by Philip II of Spain against the heretical Protestants and the ensuing poverty and famine took their toll on the entire population. Safety and prosperity returned under the reigns of Archdukes Albert VII and Isabella at the beginning of the 17th century. The first grand alley linking Tervuren to Brussels, then known as the "Street of the Duke", dates from that period. 18th century until today The French Revolution was also a troubled period for Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. The roads became insecure, the religious freedoms were drastically curtailed, much of the local wild life was exterminated for food, and the lack of coal and wood forced people to use peat for heating. The local administration gained its independence from Brussels, obtained its first mayor on 26 May and its first municipal council in 1819. The commercial opportunities that opened up to the new municipality marked the start of a new era of wealth. The municipality did not expand very quickly, however, until the last two decades of the 19th century. New roads, such as the Avenue de Tervueren/Tervurenlaan, a new train track, imposing mansions, such as the Stoclet Palace, and Woluwe Park, were all built or designed between 1880 and 1910. An important race track, now demolished, was built in 1906. The residential areas came into being right after the First World War and further urbanisation took place after the Second World War. Nowadays, agriculture and fisheries, common before 1918, have completely disappeared. The area now depends nearly exclusively on the service sector of the economy. Sights The extensive Woluwe Park includes giant sequoias, cypresses, and a variety of birds such as mute swans, gulls, and grey herons. The imposing modern Municipal Hall is open to visitors. The municipality's main church (Saint Peter) was erected in 1755 on the site of a much older building and perpendicular to it, with funds from Forest Abbey. Traces of the older building can still be seen on the left of the current church. Several turn-of-the-century houses and manors can still be seen today, such as the Stoclet Palace, which was built between 1905 and 1909 on a design by the Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann for the Belgian financier Adolphe Stoclet, and contains mosaics and paintings by Gustav Klimt. The Bibliotheca Wittockiana houses one of the most prestigious bookbinding collections in the world. The memorial on the / to the Belgian Volunteer Corps for Korea, the force sent by Belgium to aid South Korea during the Korean War (1950–1953). The Brussels Tram Museum displays a collection of trams and buses of different ages. Famous inhabitants Jean Bingen (1920–2012), papyrologist and epigrapher died there Henri d'Orléans, Count of Paris (1933–2019), pretender to the French throne Eddy Merckx (not currently residing), professional cyclist, multiple winner of the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia in the 1960s and 1970s International relations Twin towns and sister cities Woluwe-Saint-Pierre is twinned with: Ruyumba, Rwanda Gangnam-gu (Seoul), South Korea New Iberia, Louisiana, USA Pecica, Romania Chaoyang, China Chennai, India See also Woluwe stream Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe), an adjacent municipality Sint-Stevens-Woluwe Footnotes References Sources Bibliography Culot, P. (1996). Bibliotheca Wittockiana. Brussels:Crédit communal, . External links Official site of the municipality, in French, Dutch, and English Official website of the Bibliotheca Wittockiana Municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region Populated places in Belgium

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Argippo

Argippo is an opera libretto by Domenico Lalli, which in Giovanni Porta's setting premiered in Venice in 1717. Claudio Nicola Stampa's reworked version of the libretto was set as L'Argippo by . This opera was performed in Milan in 1722. Antonio Vivaldi's Argippo, RV 697, based on Stampa's version of the libretto, was staged in two different versions in 1730, first in Vienna (RV 697-A), and later in Prague (RV 697-B). The music of both of these versions is lost. Vivaldi's setting of the Argippo libretto partially survives in a pasticcio, RV Anh. 137, which, in the 21st century, was the basis for a reconstruction of the Prague version of Vivaldi's opera. Libretto Domenico Lalli's Il gran Mogol libretto was set by Francesco Mancini, and performed in the Teatro San Bartolomeo, Naples, in December 1713. In the next two decades this libretto was set as Argippo by several composers: Setting by Giovanni Porta, performed in 1717 in Venice. L'Argippo, a setting by of Claudio Nicola Stampa's reworked version of the libretto, was staged in Milan in 1722. Antonio Vivaldi based his Argippo, RV 697-A, which premiered in Vienna in 1730, on Stampa's adaptation of Lalli's libretto (music lost). Vivaldi used a variant of this libretto for his Argippo, RV 697-B, staged in Prague in the autumn of 1730 (music lost). Vivaldi's setting of the text based on Lalli's libretto was partially preserved in a pasticcio, Argippo, RV Anh. 137. Another Argippo pasticcio, credited to Antonio Costantini, and based on Lalli's libretto, was performed in the 1733 carnival season in Brno. Roles Synopsis The opera, in three acts, is set in an Indian royal court and centers around a young princess smitten by a dishonest suitor. 1717–1722 Porta's setting of Lalli's Argippo libretto was first performed in Venice in 1717. Fiorè's setting of Stampa's adaptation of the Argippo libretto was first performed in Milan in 1722. Porta Porta's Argippo was first performed on 31 October 1717 in Venice, in the Teatro San Cassiano. Both the printed libretto (titled L'Argippo: Drama per musica) and the manuscript score (titled Argippo) of this performance survive. A four-page dedication by Lalli precedes the text of his libretto. There is no sinfonia (overture) in the score. There are fifteen scenes in the first act, fourteen in the second act, and nine in the last act. The text in the score closely follows the original libretto. The printed libretto contains text variants for nine arias, but it is not known whether these alternative texts were set by Porta. In 1722, Porta's opera was re-staged in Venice, this time in the Teatro San Moisè. Also for this production, Lalli wrote a dedication in the printed libretto. Fiorè L'Argippo was staged in the Regio Ducal Teatro in Milan in honour of the 31st birthday of Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress, which fell on 28 August 1722. The dedication, dated 27 August 1722 in the extant libretto, was written by Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio and addressed at , who was the then-time Austrian governor of the Duchy of Milan. Stampa added an introduction to this revised version of Lalli's libretto, which was set by Fiorè. The libretto describes three stage settings for the fourteen scenes of the first act, while the second act (twelve scenes) and the third act (eleven scenes) each have two different stage settings. A reprint of the libretto was published in 2018. Vivaldi's RV 697, pasticcios and a reconstruction In a letter he wrote in 1737, Vivaldi mentions he had been called to Vienna: according to Michael Talbot, this was likely on invitation by the Theater am Kärntnertor where the first version of his Argippo, RV 697, was presented as an intermezzo in 1730. Later that year, a somewhat more extended version of this opera was performed by a company of mostly Italian performers in Franz Anton von Sporck's private theatre in Prague. A few years later, this Italian ensemble performed in Regensburg, where a score with at least six arias from Vivaldi's Argippo was recovered. 1730 Two closely related German versions of the Argippo libretto were published in 1730: one for a performance in the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna, translated by Heinrich Rademin; a more extended one for the Sporck Theater in Prague. Both contain an aria titled "Gelido in ogni vena", on a text extracted from Metastasio's Siroe, re di Persia libretto, and which Vivaldi had for instance also inserted in his Farnace opera, there based on music from his L'Inverno concerto. The libretto variants were based on Stampa's adaptation of Lalli's text, but were transmitted without their respective settings. Only the Prague libretto names Vivaldi as composer: because of the similarities between both texts Vivaldi is however considered the composer in both cases. The Vienna version, which was probably performed before the Prague version, received the RV 697-A number, and RV 697-B was assigned to the opera performed in the Sporck Theater. Pasticcios RV Anh. 137 is an Argippo pasticcio that survives in two manuscripts: A complete score, Mus.ms 245 of the . An extract of 19 arias of this pasticcio, the score of which is preserved at the in Regensburg (D-Rtt Prota 4). This pasticcio contains at least six arias by Vivaldi. Another Argippo pasticcio was performed in Brno in 1733. The libretto of this production survives without music: as a pasticcio it may have contained arias by Vivaldi. Recovering Argippo music In 2008 Ondřej Macek presented his reconstruction of Vivaldi's Argippo, which he had based on extant librettos, on the Vivaldi arias in the Regensburg pasticcio score—which he had recovered two years earlier—, and on other music the Venetian composer had written around 1730. Macek performed this opera with the Hofmusici Baroque Ensemble, first in Prague, and later in Venice. A live recording of the Venice performance, which with inclusion of sinfonias derived from Vivaldi concertos lasts around two hours, was issued on CD in 2009. Argippo Resurrected is a 2009 Czech documentary about Macek's recovery, reconstruction and performance of Vivaldi's Argippo music. The full version of the RV Anh. 137 pasticcio was recovered in Darmstadt, where it had previously been classified under an erroneous title, and misattributed to Ernst Christian Hesse. A digitized facsimile of this score was made available on the website of the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt. Further reading References Notes Sources External links Vivaldi's Prague opera Argippo revival. Interview with Ondřej Macek (in Czech) Operas by Antonio Vivaldi 1730 operas Italian-language operas Operas set in India Operas

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National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil

The National Civil Aviation Agency (, ANAC), is the Brazilian civil aviation authority, created in 2005. It is headquartered in the Edifício Parque Cidade Corporate in Brasília. A part of the Brazilian Secretariat of Civil Aviation, the agency raised from the former Department of Civil Aviation (DAC) and the Civil Aviation Certification Division (Aeronautical Technical Center - CTA), the Brazilian aircraft certification authority. ANAC is responsible for regulating and overseeing civil aviation activities, aeronautics and aerodromes infrastructure. History In practical terms, much of what is now ANAC, especially in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São José dos Campos, was formed from several organisms belonging to the Aeronautics Command: the Department of Civil Aviation (DAC) and its Services (SERAC), the Institute of Sciences of the Physical Activity of the Aeronautics (ICAF), the Institute of Civil Aviation (IAC) and the division of Civil Aviation Certification of the Institute of Development and Industrial Coordination. The agency was created by Federal Law No. 11,182 of September 27, 2005 and instantiated through Federal Decree No. 5,731 of March 20, 2006. Since its inception in 2005, the agency has had six presiding directors: :pt:Milton Zuanazzi (20 Mar 2006-31 Oct 2007), :pt:Denise Abreu, Solange Paiva Vieira (11 Dec 2007-17 Mar 2011), Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino (interim), Marcelo Pacheco dos Guaranys, José Ricardo Botelho (August 2015). Legal status and organisation The ANAC is a federal regulatory agency. The body has the legal status of special autarchy, linked to the Ministry of Transport, Ports and Civil Aviation, which means that, legally, the body has more administrative and financial autonomy than a body directly linked to the direct administration of the federal government. One of its prerogatives is to regulate itself internally, setting its own organization chart autonomously. The ANAC is organized from a Collegiate Board of Directors with four Directors and one Chief Executive Officer. Its members are nominated periodically to serve a normally five-year term. Linked to the Board of Executive Officers there are advisors and superintendencies that regulate activities essential to the operation of the agency. The superintendencies related to the organisational areas of the agency are those that effectively perform the regulation, and are each linked to one of the four Directors: the Superintendency of Operational Standards, the Superintendency of Airport Infrastructure, the Airworthiness Superintendency and the Superintendency of Economic Regulation and Market Monitoring. The first three perform technical regulation; the latter, economic regulation. In terms of physical structure, ANAC has several buildings spread throughout Brazil, mainly its headquarters in Brasília - DF, and the four regional units: Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Porto Alegre and Recife. It also has a unit in São José dos Campos, a training center at Jacarepaguá Airport and a civil aviation office in Curitiba. Responsibilities The Brazilian civil aircraft fleet is one of the largest around the world, with more than 10,000 units flying. The executive helicopters fleet is the second one, most of them operating in the city of São Paulo. ANAC is the agency that regulates their concessions and operations. ANAC also regulates the concessions of Brazilian airlines, such as TAM Airlines, VRG Airlines (which includes the brands Gol Airlines and Varig), Azul Brazilian Airlines, Avianca Brasil, TRIP Linhas Aéreas, Passaredo Linhas Aéreas, among others. ANAC also regulates the maximum number of operations (slots) in some airports due to capacity limitations. Presently they are: São Paulo-Congonhas Airport with 30 operations an hour São Paulo/Guarulhos-Gov. Franco Montoro International Airport with 45 operations an hour. Rio de Janeiro-Galeão/Antonio Carlos Jobim Internanational Airport Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport Brasília-Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport On March 16, 2010, ANAC announced that similar slot restrictions, particularly on peak hours will be implemented in 2010 at the following airports: Belo Horizonte/Confins-Pres. Tancredo Neves International Airport Brasília-Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport (Implemented) Campinas-Viracopos Airport Cuiabá-Marechal Rondon International Airport Fortaleza-Pinto Martins International Airport Salvador-Dep. Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport Significant events The 2006–07 Brazilian aviation crisis embroiled the ANAC, and the courts subsequently condemned it along with seven other parties. On 17 June 2007, :pt:Voo TAM 3054 crashed with all humans lost. :pt:Denise Abreu was then the head of the ANAC, and as such was constituted by the court a civil party, due in part to the autonomous legal status of the ANAC. In May 2009, Air France Flight 447 was lost at sea. ANAC was the Brazilian agency to which fell the investigation. On 27 November 2016, ANAC did not approve the flight plan proposed by the Bolivian company Lamia to transport The Chapecoense Brazilian football team in a direct chartered flight from Brazil to Medellin, Colombia. ANAC based its decision on the international aeronautical legislation, according to which a chartered flight must be operated by a company based either in the country of origin or the country of destiny of the flight intended. The soccer team reached Bolivia via a regular commercial flight, and then departed to Medellín from the Viru Viru Airport, in Bolivia, in a flight operated by Lamia. There was a crash with 71 dead and only 6 survivors. In 2017, ANAC authorized the airlines to charge for the transportation of passengers' luggage under the promise that such a measure would reduce ticket prices. However, in the period immediately following the release of the charge, between June and September 2017, prices were increased by 35.9%, according to FGV data. According to IBGE survey, however, the increase was more moderate, from 16.9%. See also Brazilian Organization for the Development of Aeronautical Certification References External links oantagonista.com 2005 establishments in Brazil Brazil Aviation organisations based in Brazil Brazil Government agencies established in 2005 Government agencies of Brazil Civil aviation in Brazil Aviation accidents and incidents in Brazil

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MV A Regina

MV A. Regina was a Panamanian flagged 330 foot long passenger Ro-Ro car ferry operated by Dominican Ferries, IMO:6702155. The ship, originally named Stena Germanica, was built in 1967 by in Langesund, Norway. The vessel was delivered on April 15, 1967 to Stena AB, and was officially named Stena Germanica on April 21, 1967 with godmother Helga Renger. In February 1979, it was sold to Armatur Sa Panama (Corsica Ferries) and renamed A. Regina. On February 15, 1985, the Dominican Ferries A. Regina ran aground and was wrecked on a reef off Isla de Mona in the Mona Passage. Routes Gothenburg – Frederikshavn (some trips) (Autumn 1967) Gothenburg – Kiel (April 24, 1967 – Autumn 1967) Algeria – Marseille (November, 1967) Gothenburg – Kiel (12 December 1967 – 1973) Korsor – Kiel (Summer, 1972) Mariehamn – Stockholm (July 1973 – 1974) Gothenburg – Kiel (April 1974 – August 1974) Gothenburg – Frederikshavn (August 1974) Gothenburg – Kiel (June 1975 – August 1975) Gothenburg – Frederikshavn (June 1975 – August 1975) Hotel ship in Stavanger (October 1975 – December 1975) Algeria – Marseille (June 1976 – November 1976) Cork – Swansea (1978) supply vessel for drilling rigs. Chartered to Chevron, USA (May 1978 – December 1978) Gothenburg – Kiel (21 december 1978 – January 1979) San Remo – Genoa – Livorno – Bastia – Calvi – Livorno – Bastia (April 1979 – 1984) Casino ship in Bastia, Italy. (1984) Mayagüez, Puerto Rico – San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic (October 1984 – February 15, 1985) Source: Operators Stena AB, Sweden (15 April 1967 – February 1979) Compagnie Nationale de Navigation Algerienne (CNAN), Algiers (November, 1967) Entreprise Nationale de Transport Maritime de Voyageurs (ENTMV), Algiers, Algeria (June 1976 – November 1979) B & I Line, Dublin, Ireland (1978) Shell UK Exploration & Production Division, Aberdeen, Scotland (May 1978 – October 1978) Chevron, USA (October, 1978 – December 1978) Amartur Sa (Corsica Ferries), Panama (February, 1979 – 1989) Dominican Ferries SA, Panama (October 1984 – February 15, 1985) Source: 1985 Grounding and Shipwreck On February 15, 1985 at 1:20 am, while en route from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, to San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic the ship ran aground a reef off southeastern Isla de Mona, an uninhabited marine and nature sanctuary located approximately 80 km from Mayagüez. At 1:40 AM the master of A. Regina contacted the U.S. Coast Guard and described the vessel's situation, advised that there was no immediate danger, and indicated that it would be best to wait until daylight before having the passengers and crew leave the vessel. A helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen was dispatched to the scene. As day broke, using the ship's lifeboats, 143 passengers and 72 crew members landed on Mona Island to await rescue. There were no casualties or serious injuries. At 10:30 AM, the frigate arrived on scene but due to surf conditions Joseph Hewes was unable to use its small boats to transport persons from the beach. Joseph Hewes remained nearby and using its helicopter delivered hot food, soft drinks, and water to the evacuees on Mona Island. Transporting the stranded A. Regina evacuees out of Isla de Mona was delayed due to miscommunication between federal and local government agencies. By late afternoon children, pregnant women and those needing special care were first to be transported out of Mona Island by helicopter. It became apparent, given the limited occupant capacity of the helicopters available, that transporting all the evacuees before nightfall would not be possible. As night set on February 15, 1985, only about half of the evacuees had been transported back to Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Evacuation flights at night were deemed not safe, so food and blankets were brought by helicopter to the remaining evacuees, who had no option but to spend a night on the island reserve. By dawn Saturday, February 16, 1985 helicopters from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard, United States Army, United States Coast Guard and Dominican Air Force were able to pick up the remaining passengers and crew. The last group of evacuees arrived back to Mayagüez at 1:15 PM, nearly 36 hours after the grounding. Attempts to re-float the ship were unsuccessful. A. Regina, valued at the time at US$5 million, and the 31 automobiles on board, were considered a total loss. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) published its findings of their investigation in 1986 (NTSB-MAR-86-02) which determined that the master of the ship, Captain Ascenzio Bessone, was responsible for the grounding by failing to “monitor the vessel's progress along the charted course line by plotting navigation fixes so as to detect the vessel's set and drift”. Also in 1986, based on a review of the Federal and Puerto Rico government response to the A. Regina grounding incident, the NTSB issued a Safety Recommendation calling for the Puerto Rican government to "[a]ssist the U.S. Coast Guard in developing a memorandum of understanding concerning responsibilities, communications, and coordination of logistics among the agencies responsible for participating in various search and rescue emergency and nonemergency situations on the Puerto Rican offshore islands". The MV A. Regina wrecksite was situated at approximately . Debris and leaked fuel from the MV A. Regina wreck started washing ashore in the Isla de Mona reserve as the vessel rusted and was slowly breaking apart. Environmentalists, concerned that the wreck posed a threat to endangered turtles and other wildlife, advocated for its removal from the reef. In 1988 the United States Congress included a provision in the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 for the removal of the abandoned wreck of A. Regina. The United States government also passed law in which Section 902 of the law provided for the transfer of a Delong Pier Jack-Up Barge Type A to a private entity for use in A. Regina wreck removal effort. In 1990 the wreck of A. Regina was removed and scrapped in situ from the Isla de Mona reef by Titan Maritime Industries, a marine salvage company using the jack-up barge procured from the federal government. References External links Photos of Stena Germanica (1967) and A. Regina A. Regina salvaging operation photo 1966 ships Ships built in Norway Maritime incidents in 1985 Ships of the Stena Line Ferries of Sweden Ferries of Panama

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Christine Mielitz

Christine Mielitz (born 23 November 1949) is a German theatre and opera director. Life Born in Chemnitz, Mielitz was the daughter of a Chemnitz concert master and therefore came into contact with music theatre at an early age. After finishing school, she studied opera directing with Götz Friedrich and Hans-Jochen Irmer at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in East-Berlin from 1968 to 1972. In the course of her studies Mielitz completed an internship with Harry Kupfer at the Dresden State Opera, which initially led to work as an assistant to Kupfers from 1973 and where she became a director from 1980. In the same year Verdi's Nabucco premiered in Wuppertal was her first own production. From 1982 she acted at the Dresdner Staatsoper as head director. In 1989 she was engaged as a director at the Komische Oper Berlin, where she also took over as head director in 1992. From 1998 to 2002 she was artistic director of the Meiningen Court Theatre. In Meiningen she achieved a great international success with the first performance of the Der Ring des Nibelungen on four consecutive days, as Wagner always wished. From 2002 to 2010 Mielitz was opera director of the Theater Dortmund. Since then she has worked as a guest director at the Vienna State Opera and the Dresden State Opera. Mises en scène Dresden Abu Said by Eberhard Eyser (1980, premiere) Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák (1981) Lohengrin by Richard Wagner (1983) La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini (1983) Don Giovanni by Mozart (1987) Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1988) Fidelio by Beethoven (1989) Komische Oper Berlin Cavalleria Rusticana/Der Bajazzo by Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo Die schweigsame Frau by Richard Strauss (1990) Rienzi by Richard Wagner (1992) Werther by Jules Massenet (1995) Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi (1997) Turandot by Giacomo Puccini (1998) Meiningen Lady Macbeth von Mtzensk by Shostakovich, (1999) The Bartered Bride by Bedřich Smetana (2000) Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner (2001) Dortmund Der Ring des Nibelungen (2006 /07), Parsifal, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Lohengrin and Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner Otello and Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi Jenůfa by Leoš Janáček Eugene Onegin by Tchaikowski Wozzeck by Alban Berg Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini Das Treffen in Telgte by Eckehard Mayer after gleichnamigen Erzählung by Günter Grass (Uraufführung) Il trittico by Giacomo Puccini Der junge Lord by Hans Werner Henze Orpheus – Projekt by Christoph Willibald Gluck and Hans Werner Henze Guest productions Rienzi by Richard Wagner, Nationaltheater Mannheim (1986) Lady Macbeth of Mzensk by Shostakovich, Volksoper Wien (1991) The Bartered Bride by Bedřich Smetana, Opernhaus Zürich (1988) and Toronto (1993) Cavalleria Rusticana/Der Bajazzo by Mascagni and Leoncavallo, Tokio and Nagoya (1994) The Jacobin by Antonín Dvořák, Edinburgh Festival (1995) Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten, Wiener Staatsoper (1996) Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi, Basel (1996) Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, Essen (1997) Daphne by Richard Strauss, Salzburg and Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe (1999) Der König Kandaules by Alexander von Zemlinsky, Salzburger Festspiele (2002) Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber, Sydney Opera House (2002) Der fliegende Holländer and Parsifal by Richard Wagner, Wiener Staatsoper (2003/04) The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach, Hamburgische Staatsoper (2007) Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini, Opernhaus Bonn (2011) Gogol by Lera Auerbach, Theater an der Wien (2011, premiere) References German opera directors Female opera directors German theatre directors German women theatre directors Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln 1949 births Living people People from Chemnitz

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Paul Alfred Weiss

Paul Alfred Weiss (March 21, 1898 – September 8, 1989) was an Austrian biologist who specialised in morphogenesis, development, differentiation and neurobiology. A teacher, experimenter and theorist, he made a lasting contribution to science in his lengthy career, throughout which he sought to encourage specialists in different fields to meet and share insights. Paul Weiss was born in Vienna, the son of a Jewish couple, Carl S. Weiss, a businessman, and Rosalie Kohn Weiss. His background favoured music, poetry, and philosophy – Weiss himself was a violinist – but an uncle encouraged an interest in science. Weiss received his baccalaureate in 1916. After the end of the First World War, having served for three years as an officer in the artillery, he commenced studies in mechanical engineering at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna, (now Vienna University of Technology). He then shifted his focus to biology with a minor in physics. He absorbed the studies of Edmond B. Wilson, Edwin G. Concklin, and Theodor Bovari and completed his doctoral thesis in 1922 under Hans Leo Przibram, then director of the Biological Research Institute of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna, on the responses of butterflies to light and gravity. After completing his thesis he traveled widely in Europe, becoming an assistant director of the Biological Research Institute of the Vienna Academy of Sciences. In 1926 he married Maria Helen Blaschka. His studies of limb regeneration in newts showed that a complete limb could regenerate even if particular tissue forms were removed from the stump: the required types of tissue would reform. He studied cell differentiation and the transplanting and reforming of connections in the nerves of limbs, using newts and frogs for his experiments. He went on to consider neurobiology and morphogenesis. He introduced the idea of the "natural experiment" – the quest for suggestive examples from nature – and this became a favourite teaching device. In 1930 a prospective post at the University of Frankfurt was lost due to the depression and Weiss moved to the United States. In 1931, after studying developing cell cultures for some time, Weiss won a Sterling fellowship to work with Ross Granville Harrison at Yale. He took US citizenship in 1939, publishing his Principles of Development the same year. From 1933 to 1954, after working briefly at Yale, he taught at the University of Chicago. In his work on tissue cultures Weiss outlined several features of cell proliferation: he showed how cell-patterns are affected by their substrate and, through grafts, proved that basic neural patterns of coordination were self-differentiating rather than learned, though higher vertebrates can "retrain" reflexes. During World War II he worked with the American government on nerve injury. In 1947 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1953. In 1954 he became one of the first professors at the new Rockefeller University in New York, where he remained for fifteen years. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences that same year. Paul Weiss was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Jimmy Carter in 1979. He died at White Plains, New York, on September 8, 1989, at the age of 91. In similarity to Ludwig von Bertalanffy he described organisms in a systems biology approach with concepts like hierarchically organized systems or primary activity. Thus in some of his works he challenged a reductionist applicability of mechanistic and deterministic physical laws to solely explain the phenomena of life. See also Organicism Morphogenetic fields Bibliography References External links . (A longer version of the above.) Austrian biologists American biologists Jewish American scientists Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences National Medal of Science laureates University of Chicago faculty Rockefeller University faculty TU Wien alumni Scientists from Vienna Austrian emigrants to the United States 1898 births 1989 deaths 20th-century biologists Members of the American Philosophical Society

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Edward R. Ayrton

Edward Russell Ayrton (17 December 1882 – 18 May 1914) was an English Egyptologist and archaeologist. Early life Ayrton was the son of William Scrope Ayrton (1849-1904), a British consular official in China, and his wife Ellen Louisa McClatchie, and was born in Wuhu, China, on 17 December 1882 (coincidentally, the same year as the formation of the Egypt Exploration Fund). His younger sister was the suffragist Phyllis Ayrton (1884-1975). The Ayrton family originated in Yorkshire. Edward's similarly-named forebear, Edward Ayrton (1698-1774), was mayor of Ripon in 1760, laying the foundations for the family's subsequent prominence. The mayor's son was the leading organist and choirmaster, Dr. Edmund Ayrton (1734-1808) and his son in turn - the mayor's grandson and the great-grandfather of the archeologist - was the theatre-reviewer William Ayrton (1777-1858). Ayrton was educated at St Paul's School, in London. Career He began his career in Egyptology at the age of 20, assisting the pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology William Matthew Flinders Petrie. He joined Petrie on the Egypt Exploration Fund excavations at Abydos (which began in 1899) from 1902 to 1904. Ayrton's first independent work was the excavation of the Second Dynasty site of Shunet ez Zebib (at Abydos). Later, he worked near Ghurab with William Leonard Stevenson Loat. In 1904–05, he excavated and recorded graves of several ancient princesses found in the funerary temple complex of king Mentuhotep II at Deir al-Bahari, as part of the expedition led by Édouard Naville and Henry Hall. Working for Theodore M. Davis in Egypt's Valley of the Kings from 1905 to 1908, he discovered the following tombs: KV47 (of the pharaoh Siptah, in 1905) KV55 (Amarna Period, interment problematic, in 1907) KV56 (of a royal child, in 1908) and KV57 (of the pharaoh Horemheb, in 1908). He also led or participated in the excavation of the following tombs: KV2, KV10, KV46, KV47, KV48, KV49, KV50, KV51, KV52, KV53, KV54, KV56, KV57, KV59, and KV60. Again working with Loat, in 1908-09 he excavated amongst the Sixth Dynasty tombs at Abydos and also the Predynastic cemetery at El Mahasna. In 1911, he accepted a position with the Archaeological Survey of Ceylon. On the 18 May 1914 he drowned while on a shooting expedition, in an accident on the Tissa Tank lake, Tissamaharama, in southern Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The Times printed his obituary on the 23 May 1914; and his Probate Administration was published in 1915. The Estate of £457 18s 1d was left to his elder sister, Florence Margaret Ayrton. Bibliography E. R. Ayrton, "Discovery of the tomb of Si-ptah in the Bibân el Molûk, Thebes", PSBA, 28, 1906. Edward R. Ayrton and W. L. S. Loat, "Pre-dynastic cemetery at El Mahasna", 1911, London. Edward R. Ayrton, "The Date of Buddhadasa of Ceylon from a Chinese Source". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1911. Edward R. Ayrton, "The Excavation of the Tomb of Queen Tîyi", The Tomb of Queen Tîyi, ed. Nicholas Reeves, San Francisco, KMT Communications, 1990. References External links Obituary (by H.R. Hall) in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan., 1915), pp. 20–23. 1882 births 1914 deaths English archaeologists English Egyptologists People educated at St Paul's School, London Deaths by drowning 20th-century British archaeologists Accidental deaths in Sri Lanka British expatriates in China

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Shadow trevally

The shadow trevally (Carangoides dinema), also known as the shadow kingfish, twothread trevally or Aldabra trevally, is a species of inshore marine fish in the jack family Carangidae. The species is patchily distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian and west Pacific Oceans, from South Africa in the west to Japan and Samoa in the east, reaching as far south as Indonesia and New Caledonia. It is most easily distinguished from similar species by as series of dark rectangular blotches under the second dorsal fin, giving a 'shadowed' appearance, from which its common name is derived. The shadow trevally is a reasonably large fish, growing to 85 cm in length and at least 2.6 kg in weight. It inhabits shallow coastal waters, including reefs, bays, and estuaries, where it takes small fish and benthic crustaceans as prey. Nothing is known of the species' ecology and reproductive biology. It is of little importance to fisheries, and is occasionally taken by bottom trawls and other artisanal fishing gear. Taxonomy and naming The shadow trevally is classified within the genus Carangoides, one of a number of groups of fish referred to as jacks and trevallies. Carangoides is further classified in the family Carangidae, the Carangidae are part of the order Carangiformes. The species was first scientifically described and named by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker in 1851 based on a specimen collected from the waters off Jakarta, located on Java in Indonesia, which was designated to be the holotype. He named this new species Carangoides dinema, with the specific name derived from the Latin dis, meaning two and the Greek nema, meaning thread, referring to the fin anatomy of the species. This classification in Carangoides is still currently considered to be correct, although other authors have at times transferred the species to Caranx and Carangichthys. The species was independently renamed once by David Starr Jordan and Alvin Seale in 1908, who applied the name Caranx deani to the species. This later naming is considered invalid under the ICZN nomenclature rules and is rendered a junior synonym. The species is quite unique in the comparatively simple taxonomic history it has, with other related species often renamed and transferred between genera many times. The species is most commonly termed the 'shadow trevally' or 'shadow kingfish' in reference to a series of small dark blotches positioned on the upper side, underneath the second dorsal fin, giving the appearance of shadow from the fin itself. Other names used for the species include 'two-thread trevally' and 'Aldabra trevally'. Description The shadow trevally is similar in form to a number of other jacks in the family Carangidae, having an almost ovate, strongly compressed body. It is fairly large fish, growing to a maximum known length of 85 cm and a recorded weight of 2.6 kg. The dorsal profile is strongly convex, while the ventral profile is less so, even tending to be concave between the snout and the anal fin, while the nape is elevated and almost straight in profile. There are two separate dorsal fins, the first consisting of 8 spines and second of a single spine and 17 to 19 soft rays. The lobe of the second dorsal fin is elongated, being greater than the head length. The anal fin is composed of two anteriorly detached spines followed by a single spine and 15 to 17 soft rays. The lateral line has a moderate arch anteriorly, with the junction of the curved and straight sections below the tenth or twelfth soft rays of the second dorsal fin. The curved section of the lateral line is slightly longer than the straight section, and contains 60 to 63 scales, while the straight part contains no to six scales followed by 23 to 30 scutes. The breast is devoid of scales ventrally to behind the pelvic fin origin and up to the pectoral fin base, although in rare cases this is interrupted by a lateral band of scales. Both jaws contain bands of small teeth, with the bands becoming wider anteriorly, and the upper jaw also has an irregular outer series of moderately large teeth, with large specimens also showing this in the lower jaw. It has a total of 24 to 28 gill rakers and 24 vertebrae. In life, the shadow trevally is a bluish-green colour above, fading to a silvery white on the underside. It takes its common name from a series of small black-brown rectangular blotches which become larger posteriorly on its back between the bases of the second dorsal fin rays. Also, a dark-brown, diffuse blotch is present on the operculum. The spinous dorsal fin is pale to dusky, while the second dorsal fin lobe is dusky with the ray tips yellowish. The anal fin distal margin is whitish-blue, and the caudal fin has a yellowish upper lobe and pale trailing edges and lower lobe tip. The pectoral fins are hyaline and the pelvic fins are whitish to dusky. Distribution and habitat The shadow trevally is distributed patchily throughout the tropical to subtropical waters of the Indian and west Pacific Oceans. The species' westernmost limit is a section of the east African coast from South Africa to Tanzania. No records exist for the species further north until India and Sri Lanka. In the Pacific, the species is known from China, Korea, Southeast Asia, and the Indonesian and Philippines island chains. Its easternmost limit extends to Taiwan and Japan in the north and a number of small island groups including Tonga and Samoa in the south. The shadow trevally inhabits coastal waters at depths generally less than 15 m. It is known to Kruise in small schools along the shallow edge of steep reef drop-offs, and has also been recorded from bays and estuaries. The species has been recorded around shipwrecks, and one study showed it was one of the first fish to move in after a ship was scuttled. Biology and fishery The biology and ecology of the shadow trevally is poorly known. It is known to live either in small schools or individually, and is a predatory fish, taking small fish and benthic crustaceans. Nothing is known of its movements or reproduction. The shadow trevally is of little importance to fisheries throughout its range, taken as bycatch and generally not distinguished from other carangid species. It is often taken by bottom trawls and various kinds of artisanal fishing gear. References External links Shadow trevally at Fishbase Encyclopedia of Life page shadow trevally Fish of South Africa Marine fish of Southern Africa Marine fauna of South Asia Marine fauna of Southeast Asia Fish of Micronesia shadow trevally

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George Bitton Jermyn

George Bitton Jermyn (1789–1857) was an English cleric and antiquarian, known for his topographical and genealogical studies of Suffolk. Early life He was born on 2 November 1789, the eldest son of Peter Jermyn the younger (1767–1797), a solicitor, of Halesworth, Suffolk, and his wife Sarah, daughter of George Bitton of Uggeshall; Henry Jermyn (1767–1820) the collaborator of David Elisha Davy was his uncle. He was educated at Ipswich grammar school, and at Norwich grammar school under Samuel Forster (1752–1843). Jermyn matriculated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. During 1811 and 1812 he travelled in continental Europe, making heraldic researches in a tour of the Southern Mediterranean. He returned to Cambridge in 1813, and moved to college to Trinity Hall; he graduated LL.B. on 14 July 1814, and LL.D. July 1826. Ordained deacon in 1813 and priest in 1817, Jermyn became curate of Hawkedon, Suffolk, in 1813. In 1814 he became curate at Stradishall. In May 1817 he moved to the curacy of Littleport in the Isle of Ely. He became curate of Swaffham Prior, outside Cambridge in July 1820, where George Leonard Jenyns was vicar. Curate and naturalist The household took in undergraduate lodgers to make ends meet. One was Christopher Edmund Broome, who became known as a mycologist, and was there around 1832. According to Leonard Blomefield, son of George Leonard Jenyns, who became vicar of the adjacent parish of Swaffham Bulbeck, it was "a good botanical region, where his tutor was fond of Natural History". Jermyn was on good terms with John Stevens Henslow. Henslow and Charles Darwin used to stop at Swaffham Prior before continuing into the Fens on botanising expeditions. According to Raleigh Trevelyan, Jermyn was feckless and absorbed in his interests; and the Swaffham Prior period lasted some 19 years. He set up the Swaffham Prior Natural History Society in 1834, with John Arthur Power as patron. Members included John Curtis, William Kirby, James Francis Stephens and John O. Westwood. It closed down in 1838, and its collections and library were sold. Jermyn's botanising friend Charles Cardale Babington spent Christmas Day 1838 with him at Longstanton. The Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College notes that Jermyn was "In the Clergy List 1841–9 as "of Long Stanton House, Cambs."" Joseph Romilly's diary shows that on 6 January 1841 his good friend Adam Sedgwick was much excited about "Dr Jermyn's atrocity" and the prospect that he had left Shelford for ever. In the Cambridge Chronicle and Journal of 20 February 1841 it is stated in a notice that Jermyn is living in Great Shelford, and that a creditors' meeting is called for 24 February. Later life and death At this point, Jermyn left England forever, and his collections were sold at auction. He died on the island of La Maddalena, in the Kingdom of Sardinia, on 2 March 1857, and was buried on the small neighbouring island of Santo Stefano. Legacy Jermyn, like his uncle Henry, made voluminous collections for a genealogical history of Suffolk, which went to Bury St Edmunds Museum. He also compiled an elaborate history of his own family, a folio volume of more than 700 pages. Another Suffolk volume went with Davy's collections to the British Museum. Family Jermyn married first, on 29 March 1815, Catherine (1792–1828), daughter of Hugh Rowland of Middle Scotland Yard, London, with whom he had three sons and four daughters; and secondly, on 11 December 1828, Anne Maria, second daughter of Henry Fly, D.D., subdean of St Paul's Cathedral, by whom he had a daughter. The eldest child Paulina married Walter Calverley Trevelyan and became Pauline, Lady Trevelyan. The eldest son was Hugh Jermyn. The third daughter Helena Margaret married John Arthur Power. Catherine Jermyn died of tuberculosis. Anna Maria Jermyn died in childbirth in 1830, and her small girl some weeks later. Notes External links Attribution 1789 births 1857 deaths English Anglican priests English antiquarians Clergy from Suffolk

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Megumi Hayashibara

{{Infobox person | name = Megumi Hayashibara | native_name = 林原 めぐみ | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Kita, Tokyo, Japan | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = MEGUMI | occupation = | years_active = 1986–present | agent = Woodpark Office | credits = {{unbulleted list|Neon Genesis Evangelion as Rei Ayanami| Slayers as Lina Inverse|Detective Conan as Ai Haibara|Ranma ½ as Ranma Saotome (female and child)|Cowboy Bebop as Faye Valentine|Pokémon as Musashi/Jessie|Saber Marionette J as Lime|Magical Princess Minky Momo (1991) as Minky Momo of Marinarsa|Mashin Hero Wataru series as Himiko Shinobibe|Sailor Moon Cosmos as Sailor Galaxia}} | height = 155 cm | children = 1 | website = | module = }} is a Japanese voice actress, singer, lyricist and radio personality from Kita ward in Tokyo and is affiliated with self-founded Woodpark Office. One of the most prominent Japanese voice actresses since the 1990s, Hayashibara is best known for her roles in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Love Hina, Saber Marionette J, Magical Princess Minky Momo, Mashin Hero Wataru, Ranma ½ alongside with Noriko Hidaka, Kikuko Inoue, Minami Takayama & Rei Sakuma, Cowboy Bebop, Slayers, Detective Conan, Pokémon, All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku, Video Girl Ai, and Shaman King where she also performs the opening themes for the 2001 series, Over Soul and Northern Lights, as well as the 2021 adaptations theme Soul Salvation. Biography Hayashibara was born on March 30, 1967, in Kita Tokyo, Japan. She studied at a Catholic school and at one point was bullied in fifth grade. She was an active club member and participated in the Badminton, Biology, Broadcasting, Drama and English clubs. She played the role of Alice in an English language production of Alice in Wonderland. Despite qualifying as a nurse, she has never been employed in a nursing position. On March 30, 1998, Hayashibara got married. On January 10, 2004, Hayashibara announced on her radio show that she was pregnant with her first child. On June 28 of the same year, she gave birth to her daughter by via caesarian section. Voice acting On the same day as submitting the application for nursing school, Hayashibara went to a book store and found an advert offering free anime voice acting auditions at Arts Vision. Several months after submitting a demo tape, she received a confirmation of passing the first stage of the audition, and eventually decided to continue training as a nurse while doing voice acting. In 1986, after a year of voice actor training, Hayashibara was chosen to voice small roles on Maison Ikkoku. Initially, she had difficulty with her lines and had to redo many lines after the main recording sessions. Hayashibara later auditioned for Ranma ½ expecting to be cast as Akane Tendo, but was cast as the female half of Ranma Saotome instead. In 1993 and 1995, Hayashibara was a guest at Anime America. At the 1995 event, she decided to give a speech in English after believing the translation at the 1993 event did not reflect what she had said. In 1995, Hayashibara provided the voice of Rei Ayanami in Neon Genesis Evangelion, a role referred to as "innovative casting". In addition to voicing Musashi/Jessie of Team Rocket in Pokémon, Hayashibara has also voiced Ash's Pidgeotto and Pidgeot, May's Skitty, Whitney's Miltank, Clair's Dratini and Dragonair, Latios, Latias, and Anabel's Espeon in both the Japanese and English-language versions of the anime. She also provides the voice for Ai Haibara in the ongoing anime series, Detective Conan. While Hayashibara rarely voices male characters, she voiced as Shuichi Saihara in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony due to her deep and vast experience connected to detective characters. She has actually helped the team on making Shuichi more detective-like. In 2001 Hayashibara was cast as Anna Kyoyama In the anime adaptation of the Shonen series Shaman King while also performing the opening themes Over Soul and Northern Lights. Twenty years later she reprised her role as Anna in the 2021 remake and performed the first opening theme Soul Salvation and the first ending theme #Boku no Yubisaki. Over Soul was used as the credits song for episode 5. Hayashibara's 2010 song Osorezan Revoir would also be used as the ending theme of episode 33: which concluded the Osorezan Revoir arc of the story. DJ While at nursing school, Hayashibara started a temporary job as a DJ at a local ice skating rink. After becoming better known as a voice actress, she was given her own radio show, Heartful Station. After 17 shows, the broadcasting station cancelled the show and other anime related programming to concentrate on traditional music. However, six months later, Hayashibara started a new radio show at another broadcaster. Writing Hayashibara wrote a series of manga for Anime V magazine, with artwork by Sakura Asagi. The comics, known as "Megumi-Toons", talked about her personal life and career. The individual chapters were collected into the book , which has been reprinted several times. Hayashibara has also contributed two columns to Newtype magazine; Aitakute Aitakute, and Speaking in Character. Aitakute Aitakute is a series of interviews conducted by Hayashibara with people from all walks of life. Three compilations of the column have been published. Speaking in Character has been translated into English for Newtype USA. In February 2021, Yen Press announced the release of Hayashibara's memoir The Characters Taught Me Everything: Living Life One Episode at a Time, in which she examines her career and the ways the characters she portrayed in various anime series affected it. The book is currently available for digital release, with the physical release slated for August 2021. Filmography Television animation Original video animation (OVA) Anime films Video games Live-action Dubbing roles Drama CD Discography Albums Singles Substitutes Akiko Hiramatsu—Pokemon: Advanced Generation'': Musashi References External links 1967 births Living people Anime singers Japanese women pop singers Japanese women rock singers Japanese women singer-songwriters Japanese singer-songwriters Japanese radio personalities Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses King Records (Japan) artists Singers from Tokyo Universal Music Japan artists Voice actresses from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese actresses 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers Arts Vision voice actors

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Pranav Mohanlal

Pranav Mohanlal (born 13 July 1990) is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam films. The son of actor Mohanlal, began his acting career as a child artist in Onnaman (2002) with his father in the lead role, and won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist for Punarjani (2003). He later assisted Jeethu Joseph on Papanasam and Life of Josutty. He made his acting debut in a lead role with action thriller Aadhi (2018), which emerged as one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year and fetched him the SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actor. He achieved further critical and commercial success with Vineeth Sreenivasan's coming-of-age film Hridayam (2022). Early life Pranav Mohanlal was born on 13 July 1990 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in India to actor Mohanlal and his wife Suchitra Mohanlal. He has a younger sister, Vismaya Mohanlal. His maternal grandfather is the Tamil film producer K. Balaji and his maternal uncle Suresh Balaje is also a producer. Pranav completed his schooling from a boarding school, the Hebron School, in Ooty, Tamilnadu. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of New South Wales in Australia. Pranav maintains a low profile and is known for avoiding the media. He explained, "I don't hate media. It is just that I believe that people have nothing to gain from knowing my personal life". Following his father's skills, Pranav learnt Martial Arts and is a trained Parkour. His Parkour moves were used in action thriller Aadhi. Career Pranav made his screen debut in 2002, appearing in a minor role in the action crime drama Onnaman, starring his father Mohanlal and directed by Thampi Kannanthanam. He played the childhood version of his father's character Ravisankar. In the same year, he acted in his first leading role in Punarjani, a drama directed by Major Ravi and Rajesh Amanakara. He played Appu, a troubled child who ran away from home thinking his parents love his younger brother more than him. His performance earned him the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist. After that, he took a break to concentrate on his education. He stayed away from film industry and was not keen on returning to pursue acting anytime soon as he was interested in books and travel more than cinema. In between, he made a cameo appearance in a song in Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded in 2009. Director Priyadarshan, who is also their family friend said in an interview: "He is a terrific actor. I have seen him act in plays in school and he was selected as the best actor too ... But now, he says he does not want to be [in] cinema". In 2014, Pranav began working as an assistant director under Jeethu Joseph in the Tamil film Papanasam (2015), starring Kamal Haasan, a remake of Jeethu's Malayalam film, Drishyam that starred his father, Mohanlal. He continued working as an assistant in Jeethu's subsequent film Life of Josutty (2015) before departing. In September 2016, it was announced that he would be returning as an actor in a film to be directed by Jeethu and produced by Aashirvad Cinemas. The action-thriller titled Aadhi began principal photography in August 2017 and was released in January 2018. He wrote, sang and performed the English song "Gypsy Women" in the film. Aadhi received positive response, particularly for Pranav's parkour stunt; the film was a commercial success grossing 35 crore in a month. It was one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year. His second film Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu directed by Arun Gopy and produced by Tomichan Mulakuppadam was released in 2019, receiving mostly negative reviews. He appeared in a guest role as young Kunjali Marakkar IV in the Priyadarshan-directed period film Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham (2020), starring Mohanlal. In 2020, he began filming Hridayam, written and directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan. Produced under the banner of Merryland Cinemas, it was released worldwide in January 2022 and features Pranav playing the protagonist of the film.The film was blockbuster in box office. Filmography Accolades Pranav won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist in 2003 for his performance as a troubled child in the film Punarjani. He won the Best Debut Actor award at the 8th SIIMA and the Kerala Film Critics Association Awards for the film Aadhi. References External links Instagram Official Fan Page : https://instagram.com/iam.pranavmohanlal?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= 1990 births Living people Indian male child actors Male actors in Malayalam cinema Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors from Thiruvananthapuram Hebron School alumni University of New South Wales alumni Kerala State Film Award winners Indian Hindus Malayali people Indian guitarists Indian male singer-songwriters Indian singer-songwriters 21st-century guitarists 21st-century Indian male singers 21st-century Indian singers

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English muffin

An English muffin is a small, round and flat yeast-leavened (sometimes sourdough) bread which is commonly round and tall. It is generally sliced horizontally and served toasted. In North America, Australia and New Zealand, it is frequently eaten with sweet or savoury toppings such as butter, fruit jam, honey, eggs, sausage, bacon, or cheese. English muffins are an essential ingredient in eggs Benedict and a variety of breakfast sandwiches derived from it, such as the McMuffin, and can be used in place of other breads for French toast. In various parts of the world, these products are commonly called English muffins to distinguish them from the sweeter cupcake-shaped products also known as muffins. English muffins are available in a wide range of varieties, including whole wheat, multigrain, cinnamon raisin, cranberry, and apple cinnamon. Origin The word muffin is thought to come from the Low German , meaning "little cakes". The Oxford English Dictionary also suggests a possible link to Old French , a type of bread. Originally it meant "any of various kinds of bread or cake". The first recorded use of the word muffin was in 1703, and recipes for muffins appear in British cookbooks as early as 1747 in Hannah Glasse's The Art of Cookery. The muffins are described as being "like a Honey-comb" inside. In the Oxford Companion to Food, Alan Davidson states that "[t]here has always been some confusion between muffins, crumpets, and pikelets, both in recipes and in name". The increasing popularity of flatbread muffins in the 19th century, is attested by the existence of muffin men, a type of hawker who would travel door to door selling English muffins as a snack bread before most homes had their own ovens. Bell ringing The bell-ringing of muffin men became so common that by 1839, the British Parliament passed a bill to prohibit bell ringing by muffin men, but it was not adhered to by sellers. In 1861, "goodsized" muffins from street-sellers were commonly sold for a halfpenny each; crumpets were about a penny. In popular culture The traditional English nursery rhyme "The Muffin Man", which dates from 1820 at the latest, traces to that custom. A well-known reference to English muffins is in Oscar Wilde's 1895 play The Importance of Being Earnest. By country United Kingdom English muffins are usually referred to simply as muffins in the UK; sweet American-style muffins are occasionally referred to as American muffins to differentiate. They are usually consumed with tea or coffee, and sometimes feature in afternoon tea served in UK hotels. They are also consumed for breakfast in the form of American-style breakfast sandwiches. United States "Mush muffins (called slipperdowns in New England) were a Colonial [American] muffin made with hominy on a hanging griddle." These and other types of flatbread muffins were known to American settlers, but they declined in popularity with the advent of the quickbread muffin. References to English muffins appear in U.S. newspapers starting in 1859, and detailed descriptions of them and recipes were published as early as 1870. A popular brand of English muffin in the U.S. is Thomas', which was founded by English immigrant Samuel Bath Thomas in 1880. Thomas opened a second bakery around the corner from the first at 337 West 20th Street in a building that remains known as "The Muffin House". Today the company is owned by Bimbo Bakeries USA, which also owns the Entenmann's, Boboli, Stroehmann, Oroweat, and Arnold brands. Foster's sourdough English muffins were a popular brand of English muffin originally from San Francisco. They were a signature menu item at Foster's restaurants from the 1940s to the 1970s, and continued to be produced as a packaged brand until 2008. Portugal English muffins are very similar to the Portuguese . Preparation of English muffins See also Crumpet Scone Muffina sweet quickbread (in American English) List of breads List of British breads References British breads British cuisine American cuisine Australian cuisine Australian breads New Zealand cuisine New Zealand breads Yeast breads American breads Breakfast

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Homelessness in Spain

The number of people living in dangerous and subpar housing has significantly expanded as a result of the economic and financial crisis. The issue at hand no longer solely affects one nation in the world. The majority of nations are attempting to solve this issue in some form. Because of increased unemployment and declining wages, more people are unable to afford housing costs, increasing their risk of being homeless. Spain, which suffered greatly from COVID-19 and the accompanying economic downturn, is likewise grappling with a huge rural population decline problem. Homelessness is a serious socioeconomic issue that affects 40,000 people in Spain (0.09% of the population). Immigrants make up a disproportionate number of the homeless population. There are a lot of young people who are homeless; according to some estimates, 30% of Spain's homeless are between the ages of 18 and 29. Just 5% of the country's population, according to Spain's Research Institute for Depopulation and Development of Rural Areas, resides there. Homelessness and public begging are not officially forbidden under Spanish law. According to the most recent statistics gathered by the Spanish National Institute of Statistics, the country's homeless population has increased by 25% during the previous ten years. More than 28,500 persons will be affected by this social issue in 2022, up from 22,900 in 2012. In Spain, those in this circumstance are 42.7 years old on average. Statistics in Europe don't appear to be any better. Almost 700,000 people in Europe experience homelessness every day (and night), according to the European Parliament, who draws attention to their insecure living conditions. In just ten years, there has been a 70% growth. Reasons of becoming homeless: Homelessness may be caused by numerous circumstances. These can also be personal or familial, such as divorce, mourning times, mental illness, domestic violence, or drug misuse. There are structural elements at play as well, including discrimination, unemployment (or unstable employment), and trouble finding cheap housing (Trenado). Another factor contributing to people's homelessness is the state of their families. In this group, 24.9% of respondents claim to be in a relationship, and 50% of them live together. 11.0% of people are married, 23.0% are divorcing or living apart, 63.7% are single, and 2.3% are widowed. Ten percent of those who are homeless are parents. The European Federation of National Organizations working with the Homeless (FEANTSA) emphasizes institutional elements that may contribute to homelessness, such as a lack of coordination between agencies or an improperly designed assistance system. Changes in the number of individuals living on the streets: More than 28,500 persons will be affected by this social issue in 2022, up from 22,900 in 2012. In Spain, those in this circumstance are 42.7 years old on average (Trenado). The effects of the economic and financial crises, as well as increased unemployment, have left many individuals unable to afford adequate accommodation. 51.1% of homeless people are under the age of 45, 43.3% are between the ages of 45 and 64, and 5.5% are above the age of 64. 42.9 years old is the average age. Spanish nationality makes up 50.1%, while foreign nationality makes up 49.9%. 93.3% of Spaniards and 75.8% of foreigners, respectively, are registered with a municipality. African nationality makes up 53.3% of them, followed by American (25.9%) and European (16.7%) nationalities. Foreigners who are homeless and in Spain account for 43.1% of the population (Wanger). Hence, a total of 28,552 people received aid in shelters in 2022: 21,900 men and 6,652 women. 76.7% of those who are homeless are men (Wanger). Modification in the characteristics of the homeless: 24.9% of those in this group claim to have a partner, and of those who do, half of them say they live together. 11.0% of people are married, 23.0% are divorcing or living apart, 63.7% are single, and 2.3% are widowed. Ten percent of those who are homeless are parents (Wanger). There is evidence that the socioeconomic makeup of the homeless population is changing. A rising percentage of households are having issues with homelessness. In Barcelona, a new category of homeless people has been discovered: those with unstable jobs who must live in shelters because of the high cost of rent. A total of 77.5% of the population lived with their parents until the age of 18, 10.7% exclusively with one parent, 5.8% with grandparents or other family members, 3.9% in a shelter, and 2.2% with strangers. 20% of homeless people claim that up to the age of 18, there were no significant issues or conflicts in their family. Strategies and policies The Ministry is now working with numerous NGOs to develop and implement the first Spanish National Homelessness Strategy, which the Parliament authorized in April 2014. Making homeless persons visible to public systems is crucial if we want to prevent cancer from striking them. With this objective in mind, a number of Spanish, Greek, Austrian, and British organizations have just joined forces with FEANTSA to begin the EU-funded Cancer less pilot project (Trenado). Comments on Important Policy Developments Life on the streets will become much more challenging in Spain. The Spanish Congress is about to approve a public security bill designed to control and penalize street behavior, including penalties for the homeless. The national government is rejecting a variety of municipal, regional, and national solutions proposed by various public authority levels and political parties in an effort to stop evictions and their impacts. Nongovernmental organizations in Spain are worried that this could lead to fines for those who are homeless and who sleep on park benches or sit on street corners. Priorities of a comprehensive, four-year strategy that has formed in Barcelona include recognizing the rights of the homeless, providing access to healthcare, minimizing overcrowding in homeless shelters, and improving society perceptions of the city's homeless. This is made even more heartbreaking when we realize that one in three fatalities of those who are homeless are caused by conditions that may have been prevented with prompt access to quality healthcare (Trenado). References Spain Society of Spain

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Banco Dipolog

PBCom Rural Bank, formerly Banco Dipolog, Inc., was the 54th rural bank opened in the Philippines after the enactment of the Rural Banking Act of 1952. The late Justice Florentino Saguin, with the strong support of his son, Atty. Augusto “Tuting” Saguin, originally established it as the Rural Bank of Dipolog, Inc. (RBDI) on October 17, 1957, and opened its welcoming doors to the banking public on November 2, 1957. History Rural Bank of Dipolog, Incorporated (1957 to 2010) Banco Dipolog started in 1957 by Justice Florentino Saguin who retired from government service due to his various capacities. Having his retirement funds, he was given an option together with his son Augusto G. Saguin if they would investing a lot in Makati City, or to put up his funds for the establishment of a Rural Bank in Dipolog. Florentino said to his son, ”I want to spend what little time I have left and what little resources I possess for the benefit of the small people from where I came.” And so the decision was final. Complying with all the requirements of the Central Bank and the Securities and Exchange Commission the Rural Bank of Dipolog, Inc. was granted its charter in October 1957 and was inaugurated on November 2, 1957. They started with a “paid in capital” of only Php 50,000. with a rented office at the Lacaya Building which was the only concrete building of consequence in Dipolog at the time. Justice Florentino Saguin was the first Bank President. His only previous exposure at finance was as Chairman of the Mindanao Emergency Currency Board which printed and issued Emergency Money for the use of the Guerrilla movement in Mindanao and to support the local economy during the war. This was the so-called “Saguin Money”. They started with a manpower of only three people with Augusto as the Manager, Mrs. Gregoria Espiritu, CPA as the Bookkeeper – Accountant, and Mrs. Araceli Zapanta as Cashier – Teller. The workings and methods of Rural Banking then were so simplified and was so designed for untrained folks to do in the rural areas. In 1965, Justice Florentino Saguin died and the management was passed on to his wife, Doña Consuelo Galleposo Saguin. Doña Consuelo spent the last ten years of her life in proficiently nurturing the viability of the bank at its early growth stage until a fine – tuned change of leadership was experienced by the bank after her death. In June 1975, following the death of Doña Consuelo, the son who then became an attorney, Atty. Augusto Saguin, formally took his sublime oath as chairman and President. At his management, the bank was cited by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas as the Top Rural Bank for Region IX in 1989. RBDI expanded in the 1990s. In 1998, a branch in Dapitan opened on January 8, then in Sindangan on July 8. In 2000, it started offering its consumer loan products as such as their microfinance which they dubbed as “TIGUM” (Visayan: to collect) or “Tubag sa Gikinahanglan Ug Magmalambuon” (Visayan: A solution for the needy abound) loan product. At that time it was the first and only accredited rural bank of the Microenterprise Access to Banking Services (MABS) within the province. More branches and “other banking offices” were later opened within the provinces of Zamboanga Sibugay, Misamis Occidental and Zamboanga del Sur. In 2009, Atty. Augusto G. Saguin pass the management to Mr. Jude Martin Raymund B. Saguin whom was elected as the President and chairman of the board of directors. The granddaughter of Atty. Saguin, Ms. Ma. Katrina Francesca S. Herrera was designated as the Vice President for Administration and Finance. Banco Dipolog, Incorporated (2010 to 2018) On April 17, 2010, the name Rural Bank of Dipolog was rebranded to what is now the Banco Dipolog, Inc. As of September 30, 2010, RBDI ranks 14th in terms of total capital, 29th in terms of total gross loan portfolio and 42nd in terms of total assets among over 600 rural banks. PBCom Acquisition In 2014, The Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCOM) signed a memorandum of agreement with the Controlling Stockholders of Banco Dipolog. The agreement will give PBCOM a majority stake of Banco Dipolog, subject to the Central Bank's approval. PBCOM President and CEO Nina D. Aguas said that PBCOM's investment in Banco Dipolog will allow PBCOM to strengthen its presence in Mindanao, while bringing Banco Dipolog's client base an expanded suite of products and services that PBCOM offers as a commercial bank. Producers Bank acquisition (2018 to 2019) In 2018, Banco Dipolog, Inc. is officially renamed as PBCom Rural Bank. In 2019, Producers Savings Bank Corporation acquired ninety-nine point ninety-eight percent (99.98%) of PBCom Rural Bank's stock capital making the rural bank a fully owned subsidiary until it is merged with Producers Bank. Branches To date, they have 16 branches and 9 Branch Lites, nationwide: Dipolog (Main Office) Dapitan Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte Ipil, Zamboanga sibugay Pagadian City Dumaguete Cebu City Ozamiz City Cagayan de Oro Iligan City Valencia City, Bukidnon City of Calamba, Laguna Los Baños, Laguna Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay Nagcarlan, Laguna San Pablo, Laguna Branch Lites Mandaue City, Cebu Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur Calamba, Misamis Occidental Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte Manukan, Zamboanga del Norte Manukan, Zamboanga del Sur Oroquieta City Piñan, Zamboanga del Norte Siayan, Zamboanga del Norte See also Producers Bank List of banks in the Philippines References Banks established in 1957 Banks of the Philippines Companies based in Dipolog Privately held companies of the Philippines

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Bauakademie

The Bauakademie (Building Academy, also known was the Schinkelsche Bauakademie) in Berlin, Germany, was a higher education institution for the art of building to train master builders. Founded on 18 March 1799 by King Frederick William III, the institution originated from the construction department of the Academy of Fine Arts and Mechanical Sciences (from 1704), which emphasized the aesthetic elements of the art of building while ignoring the technical. Thus, the governmental Upper Building Department ("UBD") decided to establish an entirely new building educational institution named "Bauakademie". In 1801, the institution was incorporated into the UBD. An iconic building in the history of engineering and architecture for its red brick facade, the Bauakademie was designed by German architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel between 1832 and 1836. Its red brick façade was considered an early basis for modernist architectural styles. In 1945, the building was destroyed during World War II. Despite the fact that reconstruction efforts had already begun, it was demolished in 1962. Following the decision by the German Bundestag in 2016, a Federal Foundation for the Building Academy was established in 2019 to facilitate the rebuilding of the building. History The building of the Building Academy (Bauakademie), built between 1832 and 1836 (later known as Schinkel's Bauakademie), is considered one of the forerunners of modern architecture due to its hithertofore uncommon use of red brick and the relatively streamlined facade of the building. Designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, it was built near the Berlin City Palace and accommodated two royal Prussian institutions: the State Construction Commission (Oberbaudeputation), of which Schinkel was the director, and – first of all – the Building Academy (institution), which in 1879 gave birth to the Royal Technical Higher School (Königlich Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg) – the forerunner of the Technical University of Berlin. For nearly 50 years (1885–1933), the Bauakademie became the home of the "Königlich Preussische Messbild-Anstalt" renamed to "Staatliche Bildstelle" in 1921. This institution, under its director Albrecht Meydenbauer, became the first world-wide office professionally working with photogrammetry and establishing an archive of historical buildings based on photography. By 1920, approximately 20.000 glass-negatives of the format 30x30 cm and 40x40 cm had been collected in Germany and abroad. During the Weimar period, the Bauakademie was the home of the famous Deutsche Hochschule für Politik as well as other institutions supported by the State of Prussia. Damaged during World War II, the Bauakademie was then partially restored, but in 1962 the building was demolished to make room for the future Ministry of Foreign Affairs of East Germany. In 1995, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of East Germany was demolished in order to recreate the Werderscher Markt area. Since then, proposals to rebuild Schinkel's Bauakademie have been discussed with city and Federal authorities. The Werderscher Markt area has already been partially recreated by the Bertelsmann-funded reconstruction of the Alte Kommandantur. As for the Bauakademie, between 2000 and 2001 students erected a temporary structure to give an impression of the volume and form of the building. On 11 November 2016, the German Bundestag decided to rebuild the building academy according to the motto "As much Schinkel as possible". The cost of the project is estimated at 51 million euros. Reconstruction After the GDR foreign ministry was demolished in 1995–1996, there were increasing demands for a reconstruction of the Schinkel Building Academy. The Bauakademie sponsorship association, founded in 1994, suggested that it be rebuilt as an international innovation, exhibition and event center with adapted interiors and faithful facades. 2001–2002 the north-east corner was rebuilt as a model facade and the red hall as a model room for the building academy. Subsequently, the neighboring Schinkelplatz was restored in its historical form in 2007–2008. Between 2004 and 2019, a giant poster recreated the original exterior view of the Bauakademie, similar to the previous oneCity Palace . In October 2016, the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, advocated for the reconstruction of the Bauakademie, with the proposal to use the building as an architecture museum. Berlin has architectural collections, such as those in the art library and the state library, in the architecture museum of Technical University of Berlin, in the Academy of the Arts, and in the Berlinische Galerie, but no major architectural museums. "Isn't it a fascinating idea to finally bring all the treasures of these institutions together in one center?" On 11 November 2016, the German Bundestag decided to release 62 million euros for the reconstruction of the building academy. It should be a "national showcase, forum and workshop in one" for current topics relating to architecture , construction and urban development as well as another cultural focus on Museum Island , which is "committed to the historical model and dedicated to all construction". In order to promote the reconstruction, the state of Berlin sold the property to the federal government. Construction is expected to start in 2021. On 7 May 2018, the Federal Ministry of the Interior announced the results of an internationally open program competition for the building academy to be rebuilt. In August 2018, Berlin's Senator for Construction Katrin Lompscher (Die Linke) spoke out in favor of the reconstruction of the Bauakademie under the motto "As much Schinkel as possible". The implementation competition for the building should "take into account Schinkel's specifications for the building, structure and facade". In January 2019, the Federal Bauakademie Foundation was founded as the supporting organization for the reconstruction of the building. In November 2019, the SPD politician Florian Pronold as the founding director and in January 2020 the cultural manager Julia Rust von Krosigk was elected as the vice director of the Bundesstiftung Bauakademie. Pronold's election provoked criticism in parts of the architecture community, which the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the Building Academy and Pronold himself rejected. Two competitors filed a lawsuit against the recruitment process. On 7 January, the labor court in Berlin issued an injunction in the proceedings of the plaintiff Philipp Oswalt , which prohibited the foundation from filling the director's position with Pronold, as the proceedings did not meet the requirements of the best selection that apply to public office. On 10 March 2020, Pronold announced that it would not take up the position as director On 12 June, the regional labor court confirmed the temporary injunction as a second instance on the grounds that the Federal Bauakademie Foundation is "designed according to the rules of the statutes in the sense of continued state control. The Federal Republic of Germany as the founder, represented by the Federal Government, represented by the Federal Ministries, has a continuing significant influence in the sense of a possible implementation of essential decisions. There is a financial and personal dependency, 'ruling through' in the above sense is possible. " On 9 September 2020, the Federal Ministry of the Interior for Building and Home Affairs announced that the director's position would be re-advertised, based on the judgment of the Berlin-Brandenburg State Labor Court. References External links Internationale Bauakademie Berlin 1799 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire Educational institutions established in 1799 1962 disestablishments in Germany Buildings and structures in Berlin Demolished buildings and structures in Berlin Karl Friedrich Schinkel buildings Prussian cultural sites Building reconstruction projects in Germany Rebuilt buildings and structures in Berlin Buildings and structures demolished in 1962 Frederick William III of Prussia

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2023 Taichung crane collapse

On 10 May 2023, a construction crane fell 30 floors from a construction site of Highwealth Construction Corp onto a moving Taichung Metro Green Line train south of Feng-le Park metro station, Taichung, Taiwan, killing 1 and injuring 10 passengers onboard. The deceased passenger, legal scholar , 52, was ejected out of the train carriage upon impact, resulting in her being crushed under the same train. One passenger onboard, a Canadian national, claimed that the driverless train was stationary when the crane fell onto the tracks and the train then proceeded to drive and collide straight onto the fallen crane. Investigation It was revealed that the onboard train attendant followed company procedures to contact the control center about the crane obstructing the track. However, the control center at Taichung Metro would require 20 seconds to activate the emergency brakes remotely, which was insufficient to prevent the collision. The passenger emergency buttons onboard the train were not designed to immediately stop the train. The Taichung District Prosecutors Office questioned Taichung Metro staff involved in the incident and ten Highwealth Construction Corp personnel who were responsible for the operation of the construction crane. The operations control center detected a loss of power caused by the fallen crane, but power was automatically restored shortly after. Half of the control center staff were on meal break at time of the incident. Timeline of incident At a press conference, Taichung Metro revealed that based on CCTV footage of the train and the station before the fallen crane, the following events occurred: 12:26:50 - Trainset 03/04 entered the station 12:27:04 - Construction crane fell onto the track, breaching the noise barrier 12:27:14 - Station security reported incident to station supervisor 12:27:22 - Trainset 03/04 doors closes 12:27:26 - Staff onboard trainset 03/04 found track obstruction, contacted control center and attempted to open the manual driving control panel to stop the train 12:27:30 - Trainset 03/04 departed the station 12:27:45 - Trainset 03/04 impacted with the fallen construction crane on track 12:27:52 - Trainset 03/04 came to a complete stop Reactions Taichung Metro said they intended to seek at least TWD 0.2 billion (USD6.5 million) in compensation against Highwealth Construction Corp for damage and losses resulting from the collapse. Other metro operators in Taiwan began to review and secure ongoing construction sites that were situated near the tracks. Taipei Metro admitted that the existing procedures regarding driverless trains, such as the Wenhu Line, were inadequate to stop the train in time under a similar scenario as the track circuit would not be broken and detect a fallen crane, and staff opening the manual driving panel or informing the control centre to cut off power would have taken too long. Taipei Metro promised to develop new procedures to deal with such scenarios, and in the meantime metro staff were authorized to deliberately obstruct the platform or train doors from closing in order to prevent the train from moving off. The acting chairman of Taichung Metro resigned after he was criticized for his performance post-collapse. Taichung Metro proposed changes to procedures to prevent collapse of a similar nature. Changes in protocol included introducing a new standardized hand signal for staff indicating emergency stop is necessary, encouraging staff and passengers to prevent the doors from closing by obstructing the doors to prevent a driverless train from departing after witnessing an incident, and relocating the key to a separate, more accessible holder to allow roving staff to more easily open the manual driving panel to access the emergency stop button. Taichung Metro also promised updates to emergency devices at stations and obstruction detection devices that will allow a train to stop in time or prevent its departure in similar circumstances. See also 2021 Hualien train derailment - collision with construction machinery that fell onto the track References External links 2023 disasters in Asia 2023 in Taiwan Engineering failures May 2023 events in Asia Railway accident deaths Railway accidents and incidents in Taiwan Railway accidents in 2023 2023 crane collapse

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Muhammad IV of Morocco

Mawlay Muhammad bin Abd al-Rahman (), known as Muhammad IV (), born in Fes in 1803 and died in Marrakesh in 1873, was the Sultan of Morocco from 28 August 1859 to 16 September 1873 as a ruler of the 'Alawi dynasty. He was proclaimed sultan after the death of his father, Abd al-Rahman. His reign marked a series of reform to tackle European influence on Morocco, as Ottoman Algeria had just been conquered by France in 1830, leading to European nations entering military conflicts with Morocco, such as the Battle of Isly with France in 1844 and the Battle of Tetuan with Spain in 1860. He was succeeded by his son Hassan I. Biography Military commander Born in 1803 in Fes, Mawlay Muhammad was a son of the 'Alawi sultan of Morocco Abd al-Rahman. During his father's reign, neighbouring Ottoman Algeria was invaded by France in 1830, and Muhammad commanded the Moroccan army which was defeated by the French at the Battle of Isly in August 1844. After the defeat, with his father's permission, Mawlay Muhammad used his capacity as army chief to launch a series of significant military reforms in 1845. He invited a group of officers from Ottoman Tunisia who had served in the Ottoman army to raise and train the first European-style regiment, the askari, as a supplement to the usual palace guards ('abid) and tribal troops ( and ). Muhammad IV set up the Madrasa of al-Muhandiseen, a military engineering school in Fes, supervised by the renegade French Count Joseph de Saulty (an artillery officer from Algiers, de Saulty defected after an amorous entanglement, and converted, taking up the name Abd al-Rahman al-Ali). Muhammad IV hired writers to translate various European textbooks on engineering and science. He was personally involved in the translation of the works of scientists such as Legendre, Newton and Lalande. He also struck deals with British Gibraltar and Egypt to receive regular contingents of Moroccan soldiers for artillery training. Sultan Hispano-Moroccan War Immediately upon ascension to throne in August 1859, Muhammad IV was faced with his first test, the Spanish-Moroccan War under Isabella II of Spain. Raids by irregular tribesmen on the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in northwest Morocco prompted Spain to demand an expansion of the borders of its enclave around Ceuta. When this was refused by Muhammad IV, Spain declared war. The Spanish navy bombarded Tangier, Asilah and Tetuan. A large Spanish expeditionary force landed in Ceuta, which subsequently went on to defeat the Moroccan army at the Battle of Tétouan in February 1860. The Treaty of Wad Ras signed in April 1860 expanded the enclaves, but more worrisomely imposed a large indemnity payment on Morocco of 100 million francs, twenty times the government's budget. Provisions allowed the Spanish to hold Tetouan until it was paid. The treaty also ceded the enclave of Sidi Ifni to Spain. Aftermath After the disappointment of defeat and the crushing financial burden of the Spanish treaty, Muhammad IV gradually retired into passivity, dedicating himself to scholarly and intellectual interests in mathematics, geometry, astronomy, poetry and music, and leaving political affairs to be handled by his palace slave and effective vizier, Si Moussa. As by the Treaty of Tangier in 1863, half of the customs duties of all Moroccan ports were designated to pay the Spanish debt, the Alawite sultan's government (the Makhzen) was faced with a critical financial situation, and launched the process of "qaidization". Traditionally, the Makhzen had an understanding with the semi-autonomous rural tribes, whereby the tribal leaders agreed to hand over a portion of the taxes they collected and to supply tribesmen to the sultan's army in times of war, but otherwise were left to manage their own affairs. The new financial difficulties from the colonial encroachment prompted the Makhzen to demand ever-greater exactions of troops and taxes from the tribes. As the tribes balked and began to refuse the higher taxes, the sultan decided to circumvent the elected tribal leaders, refusing to ratify their credentials, and instead appointed qaids of his own choosing, imposing them upon the tribes. The qaids were rarely of the same tribal stock as the tribes they governed, but were instead ambitious men, chosen primarily for their ruthless ability to crush rebellion and force the tribes to cough up. Initially designed as a centralizing move, this eventually backfired, as the qaids, once esconsed in their tribal fiefs, proved even more ungovernable than the amghars had ever been. During Muhammad IV's reign, Morocco began essentially careening into feudalism, a process that accelerated during the reign of his successor, Hassan I. Reform Following the military defeats at Isly and Tetuan, a new Moroccan army was introduced, 'Askar Nizami. Well-equipped infantry were created, along with modern artillery. A steam engine was built in the palace in Marrakesh in 1863, and the first state-sponsored printing press was introduced to Morocco in 1865. By 1868, over three thousand books, mostly religious instructions, were printed on the lithographic press in Fes. The 'Askar Nizami was subsequently reconstituted by Muhammad IV, who equipped the army with up-to-date weapons supplied by a munitions factory in Marrakesh. A military training school was built at Dar al-Makhzen in Fes, and he searched for Muslim military instructors from Algiers and Tunis to train the new army, rather than Europeans. Muhammad IV's reforms were met with minimal opposition from the Ulama. Death On 11 September 1873, Muhammad IV drowned during a boating activity on one of the water basins of the Agdal Gardens in Marrakesh. He was buried in the Mausoleum of Moulay Ali Cherif (near present-day Rissani) in the Tafilalt. See also List of Sultans of Morocco History of Morocco 'Alawi dynasty References Abun-Nasr, J.M. (1987) A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press Laroui, A. (1989) "Morocco from the Beginning of the Nineteenth century to 1880" in J.F. Ade Ajayi, editor, Africa in the Nineteenth Century until the 1880s. Paris: UNESCO. pp.478-96 Martinière, H.M.P. de la (1889) Morocco, journeys in the kingdom of Fez and to the court of Mulai Hassan. London: Whittaker online Park, T.K. and A. Boum (1996) Historical Dictionary of Morocco. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Pennell, C. (2000) Morocco since 1830: a history. New York: New York University Press. Morocco Alaoui dynasty History of Morocco 1802 births 1873 deaths 19th-century Arab people 'Alawi dynasty Sultans of Morocco Royalty from Fez, Morocco 19th-century Moroccan people 19th-century monarchs in Africa

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2017–18 BC Prienai season

The 2017–18 BC Prienai season is the 23rd season in the existence of the club, which was known as Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas for sponsorship reasons (which was their last year under that name). The team played in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) but also briefly participated in the Baltic Basketball League (BBL) and in the qualifying round of Basketball Champions League (BCL). The season was highlighted with both on-court and financial struggles, dating as far back as 2016, and several roster changes. The team, in December 2017, most notably signed American brothers LaMelo and LiAngelo Ball, who had drawn international attention in the years prior. Following the brothers' arrival, Vytautas withdrew from the BBL and announced Big Baller Brand, a sports apparel company owned by LaVar Ball, as its sponsor. After the Ball brothers joined the team in January 2018, Vytautas took part in several exhibition games, including the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games and the Big Baller Brand International Tournament. Upon signing the Ball brothers, the team gained significant popularity, especially in the United States. However, both Ball brothers would not stay with the squad near the end of the season, thus leaving them with the threat of relegation. Overview Vytautas started the 2017–18 season badly by failing to qualify for the 2017–18 Basketball Champions League season. The team was also performing poorly in the national competition and saw decreasing popularity among fans. Additionally, Vytautas faced major financial struggles, failing to fully pay many former players. Towards the beginning of the season, the team controversially signed businessman Tomas Tumynas, who had no prior professional basketball experience. According to head coach Virginijus Šeškus, Tumynas helped Vytautas financially, despite not playing any games before his release in January 2018. The team lost to Lietuvos rytas Vilnius on 6 January 2018 by a margin of 113–56 for its worst defeat of the season. After the game, Vytautas dropped to last place in their league. On 11 December 2017, Vytautas signed LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball, the younger brothers of Los Angeles Lakers player Lonzo Ball, both of whom agreed to join the team in the beginning of January 2018. Both brothers, along with Lonzo, had gained fame in the United States after leading Chino Hills High School to an undefeated season and mythical national championship in 2015–16. LiAngelo drew the international spotlight in November 2017 after being arrested for shoplifting in China, abruptly ending his college basketball career at UCLA and culminating in a Twitter-based feud between his father LaVar Ball and U.S. President Donald Trump. The Lithuanian team, whose managers described the signing as an instant success, subsequently received international attention and being featured in The New York Times. Upon the Ball brothers' arrival, the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) rescheduled Vytautas' games against Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys and Juventus Utena to better suit their American audience. In early January 2018, Vytautas pulled out of the Baltic Basketball League season, instead setting up and hosting the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games, a series of exhibition games mostly against opponents from lower Lithuanian leagues. On 23 January 2018, the team announced that the sports apparel company Big Baller Brand would be an official sponsor until the end of the season. LaVar Ball, owner of the company, was appointed as assistant coach for a match-up with Dzūkija Alytus and then as head coach against Jonava. Ball and his family helped the team pay off the club's debts, contributing €100,000. By the end of February, Vytautas announced that it would play in another exhibition event sponsored by the company, known the Big Baller Brand International Tournament, a round-robin competition featuring three European teams outside of Lithuania. LaVar Ball continued to serve as head coach. In late March and early April, Vytautas participated in two more friendlies, hosting a game against a youth squad of the Chinese team Guangdong Southern Tigers and facing the London Lions of the British Basketball League (BBL) in London. However, after the end of the team's exhibition games, head coach Virginijus Šeškus would make some drastic changes for the team to avoid the threat of relegation, most notably by sitting LaMelo Ball throughout the rest of the regular season. Since the changes, Vytautas would go on a three-game winning streak, with the threat of being relegated looking dimmer and dimmer in the process. However, after a 73–69 loss to Siauliai on April 25, LaVar Ball announced he would pull his sons out of the team after neither Ball player played that night. After losing that night, Vytautas would lose their last three games of the season, with the team letting go of Kervin Bristol, Rashaun Broadus, and Denys Lukashov before the end of their last game that season. As a result, their season left them with the threat of relegating to the NKL, with Vytis Šakiai looking for its promotion this season. Ultimately, while Vytautas finished the season in last place, they would survive the threat of relegation this season due to Vytis not meeting the proper promotion requirements this year. Players Squad information Depth chart Players In Players Out Notes: 1 Sign and trade. Didn't play a single regular season game. Club Technical staff Kit Supplier: AGO Main sponsors: Big Baller Brand, Skycop.com Back sponsors: ADMA, Ekofrisa Short sponsors: SIL, Perlas Friendlies Big Baller Brand Challenge Games Big Baller Brand International Tournament Other friendlies Competitions Overall Overview Lithuanian Basketball League League table Matches Baltic Basketball League Vytautas forfeited a game on October 31, 2017 against Rapla after head coach Virginijus Šeškus received a second technical foul with three minutes left in regulation and refused to let his team continue playing. The Baltic Basketball League assessed Vytautas with a technical loss of 20–0 and fined the team €3,000. On January 6, 2018, after playing six games in the BBL, Vytautas withdrew from the 2017–18 season. In its place, the team set up the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games, a series of five friendly games that were designed to feature LaMelo and LiAngelo Ball in their professional debuts. However, Vytautas were assessed a €5,000 fine for forfeiting a non-televised game against Tsmoki-Minsk and were disqualified from the BBL, with the results of previous games being nullified, for their second forfeit of the season. Matches Basketball Champions League Qualification Individual awards Lithuanian Basketball League Player of the Week References External links BC Vytautas official website Club info at the LKL official site Club info at the Basketball Champions League official site 2017–18 in European basketball by club 2017–18 in Lithuanian basketball

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Attilio Ariosti

Attilio Malachia Ariosti (or Frate Ottavio) (5 November 1666 – 1729) was a Servite Friar and Italian composer in the Baroque style, born in Bologna. He produced more than 30 operas and oratorios, numerous cantatas and instrumental works. Life Ariosti was born into the middle class. He became a monk in 1688 at age 22, but he soon obtained permission to leave the order and become a composer in the court of the Duke of Mantua and Monferrato. He became a deacon in 1692, the same year he achieved the post of organist at Santa Maria dei Servi in Bologna. In 1697, he went to Berlin at the request of Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Queen of Prussia, a great-granddaughter of James I of England and daughter of the Electress Sophia of Hanover, an enlightened patroness of the arts with a keen interest in music. After enjoying the favor of the Queen, Ariosti wrote and collaborated in the writing of a number of stage works performed for the court in Berlin. He resided in Berlin as the court composer until 1703. A portrait painting of Ariosti, by Anthoni Schoonjans (1655-1726), is still present in Charlottenburg Palace. His first opera was performed in Venice in 1697. From 1703 to 1709 he was the General Austrian Agent for Italy, during the reign of Joseph I. After 1716 he achieved enormous success in Paris and London. In London, he shared with Georg Frideric Handel and Giovanni Bononcini the directorship of the Royal Academy of Music, and he played the viola d’amore in an entr’acte in Handel’s Amadigi di Gaula. In 1724 he published a Collection of Cantatas, and Lessons for the Viola d'Amour, which he sold by subscription. This publication may have been the most successful sale of music by subscription in the 18th century. Although he could sing, write drama, play the violoncello and harpsichord; his favorite instrument was the viola d'amore, for which he wrote 21 solo sonatas. These are usually called the Stockholm Sonatas, as the sole surviving source for most of them is in the Statens Musikbibliotek in Stockholm, Sweden. The Stockholm Sonatas display Ariosti's liking for surprising harmonies, his inventive use of silence, and his wit. Works Instrumental music Concerts (lost) Six published sonatas (or Lessons) and a large collection of pieces in manuscript (commonly grouped to form 15 sonatas) for viola d'amore and basso continuo. Oratorios The best known is "La Passione di Cristo" (Vienna, 1709) Operas Altogether 23 operas, among them: "La festa di Imeneo" - (Berlin) balletto. "Atys" - (Berlin). "La fede nei tradimenti" - (Berlin, 1701). "Marte e Irene" - (Berlin, 1703). "I gloriosi presagi del Scipione Africano" - (Vienna, 1704). "La profezia d'Eliseo nell'assedio di Samaria" - (Vienna, 1705). "Marte placato" - (Vienna, 1707). "La gara delle antiche eroine ne' campi elisi" - (Vienna, 1707). "Amor tra nemici" - (Vienna, 1708). "La Placidia" - (Vienna, 1709). "Coriolano" - (London, 1723). "Lucio Vero" - (London, 1726). "Vespasiano e Artaserse" - (London, 1724). "Dario" - (London, 1725). Librettos "Gli amori di Polifemo", music by Giovanni Bononcini. References External links 1666 births 1729 deaths Italian Baroque composers Italian male classical composers Italian classical viola d'amore players Musicians from Bologna 18th-century Italian composers 18th-century Italian male musicians 17th-century Italian musicians 17th-century male musicians

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Francisco Guterres

Francisco Guterres, popularly known as Lú-Olo (born 7 September 1954), is an East Timorese politician who served as 6th president of East Timor from 2017 to 2022. He is also the president of the political party Fretilin, and he was the first president of the National Parliament of East Timor from 2002 to 2007. As the Fretilin candidate, he stood in the 2007 presidential election and 2012 presidential election, but was defeated in the second round by independent candidates on both occasions. He also contested the 2017 presidential election, and with the support of former prime minister Xanana Gusmão and the CNRT, was elected the 6th president of East Timor. Guterres was run for re-election in 2022 for second term, but defeated in a landslide in the second round by Ramos-Horta. He is considered as a centre-left politician. Early life Born in Ossu in 1954, Guterres has described himself as “the son of a poor family, of humble people”. He is a Roman Catholic and a former guerrilla fighter. Political career At an extraordinary conference of Fretilin in Sydney, Australia in 1998, Guterres was named general coordinator of the Council of Armed Resistance. In July 2001, he was elected president of Fretilin. Guterres was elected to the Constituent Assembly in the August 2001 parliamentary election, and he was subsequently elected by the Constituent Assembly as its president; when East Timor gained its independence in May 2002, the Constituent Assembly was transformed into the National Parliament, with Guterres as its president. In the 2007 presidential election, Guterres ran as Fretilin's candidate and campaigned on a populist platform. However, some members of Fretilin blamed him for the 2006 East Timorese crisis and instead supported Prime Minister José Ramos-Horta, who was running as an independent candidate. In the first round of the election, held on 9 April, Guterres took first place with 27.89% of the vote. He and Ramos-Horta participated in the second round in May, and Guterres lost with 31% of the vote against 69% for Ramos-Horta. He accepted the result and congratulated Ramos-Horta. Guterres was re-elected to parliament in the June 2007 parliamentary election as the first name on Fretilin's candidate list. Guterres ran for President a second time in the 2012 presidential election as Fretilin's candidate. he won a plurality of votes in the first round, but was defeated in the second round by Taur Matan Ruak. In the 2017 presidential election, Guterres ran again as the Fretilin candidate, with the support of former prime minister Xanana Gusmão and his party, National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT). Early results indicated that he won more than 50% of votes in the first round. Guterres took office on 20 May 2017 as the first elected partisan president of East Timor. In 2020, Guterres planned to resign and former president Xanana Gusmão would take office, however, he reversed his decision to tackle the Coronavirus Pandemic. Guterres started a coronavirus vaccination campaign in the summer of 2021, addressing the importance of the vaccine. Within the year preceding the campaign, multiple mask mandates were set. He has generally received praise for his handling of the pandemic, with the number of COVID cases in the country significantly dropping after the campaign was launched. Guterres ran for re-election in 2022, but was defeated in a landslide in the second round by Ramos-Horta. Ramos-Horta was sworn in as president of East Timor in a peaceful transfer of power on 20 May 2022; the 20th independence anniversary of East Timor. References External links East Timor: Birth of a Nation: Lu Olo's Story |- |- |- |- 1955 births East Timorese Roman Catholics Living people Makasae people Fretilin politicians People from Viqueque District Presidents of East Timor Presidents of the National Parliament (East Timor) East Timorese military personnel

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F. O. C. Darley

Felix Octavius Carr Darley (June 23, 1822 – March 27, 1888), often credited as F. O. C. Darley, was an American illustrator, known for his illustrations in works by well-known 19th-century authors, including James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Mary Mapes Dodge, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, George Lippard, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Donald Grant Mitchell, Clement Clarke Moore, Francis Parkman, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Nathaniel Parker Willis. Biography Darley was born on June 23, 1822, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Darley was a self-taught and prolific artist who started out as a staff artist for a Philadelphia publishing company, where he was given a wide variety of assignments. He later moved to New York City, and his work began to appear in magazines such as Harper's Weekly and in books by various publishers. Darley made 500 drawings for Benson John Lossing's History of the United States. Among his lithographic illustrations are those for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", and some scenes in Indian life. The swing and vigor of his style, his facility, and versatility and the high average merit of his numerous works, make him one of the most noteworthy of American illustrators. Darley signed a contract with Edgar Allan Poe on January 31, 1843, to create original illustrations for his upcoming literary journal The Stylus. The contract, which was through July 1, 1844, requested at least three illustrations per month, "on wood or paper as required," but no more than five, for $7 per illustration. The Stylus was never actually produced but Darley provided illustrations for the final installments of the first serial publication of Poe's award-winning tale "The Gold-Bug" later that year. In 1848, Darley provided the drawings for the first fully illustrated edition of Irving's "Rip Van Winkle", which was printed and distributed by the American Art-Union. That same year, Darley also illustrated an edition of Irving's The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. and then his Wolfert's Roost in 1855. In 1851, Darley was elected into the National Academy of Design as an honorary member. In 1852, he was appointed a full academician at the academy. Darley married Genny G. Colburn in 1859. Over his career, he produced nearly 350 drawings for James Fenimore Cooper, later collected in a several-volume edition of Cooper's novels printed from 1859 to 1861. In 1868, following a visit to Europe, he published Sketches Abroad with Pen and Pencil. His water color paintings of incidents in American history are full of spirit and include bank-note vignettes. Darley died in 1888 at his home in Claymont, Delaware, and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His Victorian mansion, located in Claymont, is now known as the Darley House and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Illustrations References Notes Attribution External links Illustrations by FOC Darley, American Illustrator 1821-1888 Inventing the American Past: The Art of F. O. C. Darley A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore, in an 1862 edition illustrated by F. O. C. Darley, from Project Gutenberg The Winterthur Library Overview of an archival collection on F. O. C. Darley. Society of Illustrators Felix Octavius Carr Darley A Visit from Saint Nicholas From the Collections at the Library of Congress Artwork by F. O. C. Darley 1822 births 1888 deaths 19th-century American male artists 19th-century American painters American illustrators American male painters American printmakers Artists from Philadelphia Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery People from Claymont, Delaware

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Media in Kansas City, Missouri

The following media outlets serve Kansas City, Missouri and the surrounding Kansas City metropolitan area. Print Magazines Camp Magazine, local LGBT news, monthly The Independent (1899—present), Kansas City, Kansas magazine Ingram's Magazine, local business news, monthly Our Health Matters, health and wellness, bi-monthly Spaces Kansas City, lifestyle and entertainment, bi-monthly Newspapers The Kansas City Star is the city's primary newspaper, published daily. Other papers published in the city include: The Call, local African-American news, weekly Kansas City Business Journal, business news, weekly The Kansas City Globe, local African-American news, weekly Kansas City Hispanic News, local Hispanic news, weekly Metro Voice Newspaper, local Christian digital news National Catholic Reporter, Roman Catholic news, bi-weekly Northeast News, Northeast Kansas City neighborhood news, weekly The Pitch, alternative newspaper, weekly University News, University of Missouri–Kansas City student newspaper, weekly TV Kansas City is the second largest television media market in the state of Missouri after St. Louis, and, as ranked by population by Arbitron, the 31st largest market in the United States. The following is a list of television stations that broadcast from and/or are licensed to Kansas City, Missouri. Full-power 4 WDAF-TV Kansas City (Fox) 5 KCTV Kansas City (CBS) 9 KMBC-TV Kansas City (ABC) 19 KCPT Kansas City (PBS) 29 KCWE Kansas City (The CW) 38 KMCI-TV Lawrence (Independent) 41 KSHB-TV Kansas City (NBC) 50 KPXE-TV Kansas City (Ion Television) 62 KSMO-TV Kansas City (MyNetworkTV) Low-power 20 KUKC-LD Kansas City (Univision) 25 KCKS-LD Kansas City, Kansas (Buzzr) 25 KMJC-LD Louisburg, Kansas (Buzzr) 43 KCDN-LD Kansas City (Daystar)* 45 K15MB-D Kansas City (HSN) Cable Bally Sports Kansas City Spectrum Sports Radio Kansas City is the 32nd largest radio market (as determined by Arbitron). Several radio stations cover the Kansas City area, including: FM 88.5 KJNW Kansas City (Contemporary Christian)* 89.3 KCUR-FM Kansas City (NPR)* 90.1 KKFI Kansas City (Variety)* 90.7 KJHK Lawrence, Kansas (Campus/variety/alternative)* 90.9 KTBG Warrensburg (NPR/alternative)* 91.5 KANU Lawrence (NPR/classical)* 91.9 KWJC Liberty (Classical music)* 92.3 KCCV Olathe, Kansas (Bott Radio)* 93.3 KMXV Kansas City (Contemporary hits) 94.1 KFKF-FM Kansas City, Kansas (Country) 95.7 KCHZ Ottawa, Kansas (Contemporary hits) 96.1 KLRQ Clinton (K-Love)* 96.5 KRBZ Mission, Kansas (Alternative rock) 97.3 KLRX Lee's Summit (K-Love)* 97.7 KPOW-FM La Monte (Classic hits) 98.1 KMBZ-FM Kansas City (Talk radio) 98.9 KQRC-FM Leavenworth, Kansas (Rock) 99.7 KZPT Kansas City (Adult contemporary) 100.1 KKWK Cameron (Adult contemporary) 100.3 KDVV Topeka, Kansas (Album-oriented rock) 100.7 KMZU Carrollton (Country) 101.1 KCFX Harrisonville (Classic rock) 102.1 KCKC Kansas City (Adult contemporary) 103.3 KPRS Kansas City (Urban contemporary) 103.9 KRLI Malta Bend (Classic country) 104.3 KBEQ-FM Kansas City (Country) 105.1 KCJK Garden City (Alternative rock) 105.5 KKJO-FM St. Joseph (Adult contemporary) 105.9 KKSW Lawrence, Kansas (Contemporary hits) 106.5 WDAF-FM Liberty (Country) 107.3 KMJK North Kansas City (Urban adult contemporary) 107.7 KMAJ Shawnee, Kansas (Adult contemporary) AM 580 WIBW Topeka, Kansas (Talk) 610 KCSP Kansas City (Sports) 680 KFEQ St. Joseph (Talk) 710 KCMO Kansas City (Talk) 760 KCCV Kansas City (Bott Radio) 810 WHB Kansas City (Sports) 890 KMVG Gladstone (EWTN Radio)* 980 KMBZ Kansas City (Talk) 1030 KCWJ Blue Springs (Classic country) 1090 KEXS Excelsior Springs (EWTN Radio)* 1140 KCXL Liberty (Talk/brokered/Radio Sputnik) 1160 KCTO Cleveland (Spanish Christian) 1190 KDMR Kansas City (EWTN Radio)* 1250 KYYS Kansas City, Kansas (Regional Mexican) 1340 KDTD Kansas City, Kansas (Regional Mexican) 1380 KCNW Fairway, Kansas (Christian) 1410 KKLO Leavenworth, Kansas (Talk) 1480 KCZZ Mission, Kansas (Regional Mexican) 1510 KCTE Independence (Sports) 1550 KESJ St. Joseph (Classic hits) 1590 KPRT Kansas City (Urban contemporary gospel) 1660 KWOD Kansas City, Kansas (Sports) Notable personalities Walt Bodine Walter Cronkite Harris Faulkner Rush Limbaugh Mancow Muller References External links Kansas City Radio and TV - - Broadcast Authorizations in Topeka & KC to Heartland Broadcasting, LLC in Topeka, KS Kansas Mass media in Missouri

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Reid Blackburn

Reid Turner Blackburn (August 11, 1952 – May 18, 1980) was an American photographer killed in the 1980 volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens. A photojournalist covering the eruption for a local newspaper—the Vancouver, Washington Columbian—as well as National Geographic magazine and the United States Geological Survey, he was caught at Coldwater Camp in the blast. Blackburn's car and body were found four days after the eruption. His camera, buried under the debris of the eruption, was found roughly one week later. After his death, Blackburn was praised by his coworkers and friends alike. They spoke of his talent and enthusiasm, as well as his sometimes "acerbic" sense of humor. His wife, Fay, concluded that he had died doing what he loved. Life Blackburn was born in 1952, the son of an engineer who possessed "a fixation on figuring out the way things worked". He loved the idea of photography, once equating it to "painting with light". He was an accomplished photographer, and had received accolades from the Associated Press for his photographs. Blackburn also authored a book on outboard hydroplane racing. Blackburn attended Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. He began working at The Columbian newspaper in 1975 as a photojournalist. It was there that he met his wife, Fay Mall, who worked in the newspaper's display advertising department. The two dated for several months before marrying in the summer of 1979. Blackburn enjoyed hiking and loved the outdoors. Assignment at Mount St. Helens According to coworker and photo editor Steve Small, St. Helens was Blackburn's favorite mountain. They climbed it together several times, and referred to it as "the Sleeping Beauty of the Northwest." Blackburn first became interested in the possibility of an eruption at Mount St. Helens in March 1980, when a series of earthquakes rocked the volcano. Having already climbed the mountain, he was intrigued by the situation and was eventually assigned to document the activity of the volcano for his outdoor skills and his meticulousness. By May, he had begun camping out at the volcano as a joint project to take pictures of the volcanic phenomena for The Columbian, National Geographic, and the United States Geological Survey. Despite being assigned to stay on the mountain only until May 17, Blackburn opted to stay a few more days. Blackburn was situated near Coldwater Creek, from the volcano, on the day of the eruption. Early on May 18, an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck the region, creating a massive landslide— of rock that released pressure on the volcano's crater, causing an ejection of steam. Just seconds later, Mount St. Helens erupted laterally, sending supersonic pyroclastic flows into the forest below. During the eruption, Blackburn was able to trigger two remotely operated advanced Nikon cameras setup on tripods at his Coldwater I camp and at a location above Spirit Lake. Both were powered by a car battery and placed inside Styrofoam ice chests to protect them. His final notebook entries noted shots taken at 8:33am and 8:34am and his notebook was found inside his radio transmitter case. Neither of the remote cameras were ever found. Death Blackburn was killed when a pyroclastic flow enveloped the area where he was camped out. His car was found four days later, surrounded up to the windows in ash with his body inside . The windows had been broken and ash filled the interior of the vehicle. In early June, National Geographic photographer Fred Stocker recovered Blackburn's camera from debris thick. The film was not salvageable, as the intense heat from the eruption had corrupted the negatives. The 1980 event was the deadliest and most destructive volcanic eruption in the history of the United States. A total of 57 people are known to have died, and more were left homeless when the ash falls and pyroclastic flows destroyed or buried 200 houses. In addition to Blackburn, resident Harry R. Truman, photographer Robert Landsburg, and volcanologist David Alexander Johnston were killed. Legacy After his death, friends and coworkers of Blackburn came forward to compliment his pleasant character and his talent. Friends described Blackburn as having "an impishness his friends came to expect." Coworker Mike Prager called Reid "one of the funniest and most talented journalists in the Pacific Northwest" who "made his job look easy, he was that good." Tom Koenninger, editor of The Columbian, described Blackburn's humor as "wry" and sometimes "acerbic", but elaborated that Blackburn was "gentle, displaying aggression when it was necessary for him to get close to a subject he was photographing." Commenting on her husband's dedication to photography, Fay Blackburn remarked, "if Reid were alive today, he'd probably be back on the front line seeking to capture the latest chapter in the mountain's evolution, in spite of the risk." "Reid loved that mountain. He climbed it, hiked it, skied it." She added that he died doing what he loved. The National Press Photographers Association awards a competitive scholarship annually in Blackburn's honor, worth $2,000. In 2005 The Columbian offered an internship to applicants for the scholarship in memory of Blackburn. In December 2013, a roll of undeveloped film containing pre-eruption shots of Mount St. Helens was discovered in Blackburn's archives at The Columbian. The photos, taken by Blackburn during a helicopter photo shoot of the mountain the month before the eruption, were successfully developed over 30 years after Blackburn's death, and remain journalistically important as a record of the pre-eruption landscape. References 1952 births 1980 deaths American photojournalists Deaths in volcanic eruptions Natural disaster deaths in Washington (state) Linfield University alumni 20th-century American photographers

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Elizabeth of Pomerania

Elizabeth of Pomerania (, ; – 15 April 1393) was the fourth and last wife of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia. Life Elizabeth was the daughter of Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania and Elisabeth of Poland. Her maternal grandparents were Casimir III, King of Poland, and Aldona of Lithuania. Elizabeth married Charles on 25 May 1363 in Kraków, only one year after the death of Charles's third wife, Anne of Schweidnitz. The bride was 16 years old, while the groom was 47. Charles married Elisabeth mainly for a diplomatic reason, as the marriage helped to break the anti-Czech coalition led by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, with Polish and Hungarian kings as participants. On 18 June 1363 in the Bohemian capital Prague, Elisabeth was crowned Queen of Bohemia, and 5 years later, on 1 November 1368, she was also crowned empress of the Holy Roman Empire in Rome by Pope Urban V. Elizabeth and Charles had: Anne of Bohemia (1366–1394), married Richard II of England Sigismund (1368–1437), the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia and Hungary John of Görlitz (1370–1396), margrave of Moravia and duke of Görlitz, who married Richardis Catherine of Sweden Charles (13 March 1372 – 24 July 1373) Margaret of Bohemia (1373–1410), who was married to John III, Burgrave of Nuremberg Henry (1377–1378) Queen and empress Elizabeth is reputed to have been a very vigorous, self-confident and physically strong person. The relationship between Elizabeth and Charles is described to have been good and harmonious. During the serious illness of Charles in 1371, Elisabeth made a miniature pilgrimage by walking on foot to the cathedral and offering gifts in a prayer to his health. Their good relationship has been portrayed in art, such as in Noc na Karlštejně (A Night at Karlstein). She does not seem to have wielded any political influence, however: she was tormented by the fact that Charles preferred his children from his former marriage, but was unable to change his mind. Widowhood After her husband's death at 29 November 1378 in Prague, Elizabeth's stepson Wenceslaus IV, son of Charles's previous wife, ascended the throne. Elisabeth then cared for her own two sons, mainly the older Sigismund, whom she supported in his efforts to become the king of Hungary. Elizabeth outlived Charles IV by 15 years. She died on 15 February 1393 in Hradec Králové (Königgrätz) and was buried next to her husband in St. Vitus Cathedral. References Sources Further reading J. Fidler, České královny [Queens of Bohemia] (Havlíčkův Brod, 2004) KAVKA, František. Čtyři ženy Karla IV. Královské sňatky. Praha ; Litomyšl : Paseka, 2002. 189 s. . SPĚVÁČEK, Jiří. Karel IV. Život a dílo (1316–1378). Praha : Nakladatelství Svoboda, 1980. 721 s. SPĚVÁČEK, Jiří. Václav IV. 1361–1419. K předpokladům husitské revoluce. Praha : Nakladatelství Svoboda, 1986. 773 s. |- |- |- 1347 births 1393 deaths 14th-century Polish nobility Wives of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 14th-century Polish women 14th-century women from the Holy Roman Empire 14th-century German women Burials at St. Vitus Cathedral Mothers of monarchs

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Cabrera (surname)

Cabrera is a Spanish surname. It is the feminine form of "cabrero", meaning goatherd. Notable people with the surname include: A Al Cabrera (1881–1964), Spanish baseball player Alex Cabrera (born 1971), Venezuelan baseball player Ana Cabrera (born 1982), American journalist and television news anchor Analí Cabrera (1959–2011), Peruvian actress, vedette, and athlete Ángel Cabrera (naturalist) (1879–1960), Spanish zoologist Ángel Cabrera (born 1969), Argentinian professional golfer Asdrúbal Cabrera (born 1985), Venezuelan baseball player in Major League Baseball B Benedicto Cabrera aka Ben Cabrera or BenCab (born 1952), Filipino painter Bernardo de Cabrera (1289–1364), Aragonese military man and diplomat Blas Cabrera Navarro (born 1946), American physicist Blas Cabrera Felipe (1878–1945), Spanish physicist Boris Cabrera (born 1980), Spanish-American actor and personal trainer C Candice "Black" Cabrera, reality show contestant and model Carlos Humberto Cabrera (born 1973), Colombian road cyclist César Benito Cabrera, US ambassador to Mauritius and Seychelles Conrado Cabrera (born 1967), Cuban track cyclist D Daniel Cabrera (born 1981), Dominican baseball pitcher Delfo Cabrera (1919–1981), Argentinian athlete, 1948 Olympic medalist Diana Cabrera (born 1984), Canadian-Uruguayan sport shooter Dolores Cabrera y Heredia (1828–1899), Spanish writer E Edward Cabrera (born 1998), Dominican baseball player Everth Cabrera (born 1986), Nicaraguan baseball player F Fernando Cabrera (baseball) (born 1981), Puerto Rican baseball pitcher Francisco Cabrera (baseball), Dominican Major League Baseball player Francisco Cabrera (cyclist), Chilean track and road cyclist G Geles Cabrera (born 1929), Mexican sculptor Génesis Cabrera (born 1996), Dominican baseball player Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban author J James Ernesto Morales Cabrera (born 1969), changed his name to Jimmy Morales, President of Guatemala Joaquina Cabrera (1836–1908), de facto First Lady of Guatemala and mother of Guatemalan President Manuel Estrada Cabrera Jolbert Cabrera (born 1972), Colombian baseball player José Cabrera (baseball), Dominican baseball player José Antonio Cabrera (1768–1820), Argentine statesman José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera (1932–2022), Cuban politician Juan Bautista Cabrera (1837–1916), Spanish bishop of the Reformed Church L Leandro Cabrera (born 1991), Uruguayan footballer Lisandro Cabrera (born 1998), Argentine footballer Luis Cabrera Lobato (1876–1954), Mexican lawyer, politician and writer Lydia Cabrera (1899–1991), Cuban anthropologist and poet M Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857–1923), President of Guatemala from 1898 to 1920 María Luisa Cabrera (1904–1989), Mexican artist Matías Cabrera (born 1986), Uruguayan football player Melky Cabrera (born 1984), Dominican baseball player in Major League Baseball Miguel Cabrera (painter) (1695–1768), Mexican painter Miguel Cabrera (born 1983), Venezuelan baseball player in Major League Baseball Miguel Cabrera Cabrera (born 1948), Spanish architect and politician Mónica Cabrera (born 1958), Argentine actress, director, and playwright N Nelson Cabrera (disambiguation) Nicolás Cabrera (1913–1989), Spanish physicist O Orlando Cabrera (born 1974), Colombian baseball player Oswaldo Cabrera (born 1999), Venezuelan baseball player P Pedro Cabrera (1938–2002), Cuban actor Pedro García Cabrera (1905–1981), Spanish writer R Ramón Cabrera y Griñó (1806–1877), Spanish Carlist military officer Ramón Cabrera (baseball) (born 1989), Venezuelan baseball player Rosario Cabrera (1901-1975), Mexican painter Ryan Cabrera (born 1982), American pop-rock musician S Sandra Cabrera (1970–2004), Argentinian trade unionist Santiago Cabrera, Chilean actor V Vicente Cabrera Funes (1944-2014), Ecuadorian writer and professor See also Cabrera (disambiguation) Cabrero (disambiguation) Occupational surnames Spanish-language surnames

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P2 (storage media)

P2 (P2 is a short form for "Professional Plug-In") is a professional digital recording solid-state memory storage media format introduced by Panasonic in 2004. The P2 card is essentially a RAID of Secure Digital (SD) memory cards with an LSI controller tightly packaged in a die-cast PC Card (formerly PCMCIA) enclosure. The system includes cameras, decks as drop-in replacements for videotape decks, and a special 5.25-inch computer drive for random-access integration with non-linear editing systems (NLE). The cards can also be used directly where a PC card (PCMCIA) slot is available, as in most older notebook computers, as a normal hard disk drive, although a custom software driver must first be loaded. As of 2015, P2 cards are currently available in capacities of 30 and 60 GB. At introduction, P2 cards offered low recording capacity compared to competing, video tape-based formats (a miniDV tape holds roughly 13 GB of data, and an S-size HDCAM tape holds 50 GB). To solve this, camcorders and decks using P2 media employ multiple card slots, with the ability to span the recording over all slots. P2 cards are of a ruggedized PCMCIA type with the fastest transfer speeds currently available through this format. The card also contains a processor that organizes and safeguards the files and the case is developed and crafted to "military" (according to Panasonic) specifications, making P2 cards tough and reliable. The first pieces of equipment released by Panasonic which used the P2 format included the AJ-SPX800 (a 2/3" broadcast camcorder for ENG and EFP applications), the studio recorder AJ-SPD850, the AJ-PCD10 offload device (basically, a five-slot PC card reader with USB interface designed to fit a 5-1/4" IT systems bay), and the memory cards themselves – AJ-P2C004 (4 GB) and AJ-P2C002 (2 GB). Panasonic is currently shipping a wide range of camcorders that support the P2 format. Panasonic also announced the P2-based AG-HPX170 handheld HD tapeless camcorder. The HPX170 is very similar to the HVX200 and the HVX200A, the main difference being the lack of a video tape drive on the HPX170. On April 15, 2012, Panasonic introduced the "MicroP2" system, an entirely different format based on SDHC/SDXC conforming to UHS-II (Ultra-High Speed) bus mode. Most (but not all) current P2 products can use MicroP2 (UHS-II) and SDHC/SDXC (UHS-I/UHS-II) cards through a MicroP2 card adapter, with some requiring a firmware update. Some P2 products (such as the AG-HPX500E camera) are not able to use MicroP2 at all. On February 27, 2014, Panasonic announced a new generation of P2 media, the expressP2 card, designed to accommodate high frame rate 1080 HDAVC-ULTRA recording (above 60fps) as well as 4K capture. Specifications File format: MXF Maximum datarate: 1.22 Gbit/s Available sizes: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64 GB (formerly); 30 and 60 GB (since 2015) Form factor: PC card (PCMCIA) type II P2 card run times timetable Panasonic recently published a slightly more complicated version of this table for 16 and 32 GB cards. P2 camera range Handheld models AG-HPX170 (NTSC version) Compact, lightweight HD/SD camera-recorder 13× zoom lens with 28 mm wide-angle AG-HPX171 (European version) Compact, lightweight HD/SD camera-recorder 13× zoom lens with 28 mm wide-angle Improved ergonomics, features and image quality compared to its predecessor AG-HVX200 Progressive native 16:9 HD 3CCD imaging system HD quality Leica Dicomar wide-angle zoom lens Progressive modes supported AG-HPX250 AG-HVX202AEN HD DVC-PRO Shoulder mount models AG-HPX300/HPX301 Three pieces of 1/3-inch MOS image sensor (1920 × 1080 pixels each) Removable 1/3-inch lens AVC-Intra 50/100 and DVCPRO HD/50/25 codecs compatible Variable Frame Rate LCoS viewfinder Two P2 slots AG-HPX370/371 New 2,2MPx MAICO CMOS sensor with improved sensitivity F11 Other features as above HPX301 AG-HPX500/HPX555 Three pieces of 2/3-inch CCD image sensor (960 × 540 pixels each) DVCPRO HD/50/25 codecs compatible Variable Frame rate function Four P2 slots AJ-HPX2000(AJ-HPX2100 in Europe) Three pieces of 2/3-inch CCD image sensor (1280 × 720 pixels each) DVCPRO HD codecs compatible AVC-Intra 50 and 100 codecs as an option 10 bit/4:2:2 Recording with Full Sampling as an option Variable Frame rate function Five P2 slots AJ-HPX2700 One of the new P2 Varicam range Variable Frame Rate of 1 frame/s to 60 frame/s 10 bit/4:2:2 Recording with Full Sampling AVC-Intra codec recording system AJ-HPX3000 DVCPRO HD/AVC-Intra codecs compatible Native 1080p 4:2:2 10-bit Newly developed high-resolution 2.2-megapixel CCD AJ-HPX3700 Super High-End HD Camera-Recorder for Cinema Production, part of the P2 Varicam range RGB 4:4:4 and 24PsF output AVC-Intra codec recording system References External links Video storage Solid-state computer storage media

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel%20Stebbins

Nathaniel Stebbins

Nathaniel Livermore Stebbins (January 9, 1847 - July 10, 1922) was a noted American marine photographer, whose surviving photographs document an important era in the development of American maritime activities, as sweeping technological and social changed revolutionized activity on the water, in military, commercial and leisure spheres. In addition to selling prints of his images, he also produced a number of books of nautical images in his lifetime, including an important illustrated coastal guide, which was path-breaking in showing the practical uses for photography. His photography (and, on occasion, writing) also appeared in such well-known magazines as The Rudder and Yachting. Over his working career as a commercial photographer (from 1884 to 1922), he took approximately 25,000 images. Of these, about 60% were of marine subjects (the majority of those being of leisure activities, but many are of military and commercial scenes, a valuable record for historians). The remainder include a wide variety of commercial work, including the theatre, railroads, home interiors, etc. Biography He was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania on January 9, 1847, the son of a well-known Unitarian clergyman, Ruphus Phineas Stebbins, and his wife Eliza Clark Livermore. He was always interested in the sea, and as a young man sailed to South America as a passenger, although his early career was not related to either the sea, or photography. On March 6, 1872, he married Etta Bowles. They had three children; Ellen, Charles, and Katharine. He became interested in photography in about 1882, shortly after the introduction of dry-plate photography, with its fast exposure time and ease of use, made photography more practical. With an interest in the sea, and little competition in that area, it was natural that he should specialize in maritime photography. He moved his family to the Boston, Massachusetts area to engage in this field, and joined yacht clubs in Boston and Marblehead. It is not known whether his photography business was his sole income; there are indications that either he or his wife had independent means, but little is known. He went on to publish a number of large-format books showcasing his maritime photography. For his innovative Illustrated Coast Pilot, which illustrated principal landmarks and aids to navigation on the East Coast, he studied for, and passed, the examination for a licensed coastal pilot for a considerable section of the East Coast. This early photographic record may be the first publication to systematically employ photography to illustrate landmarks in a book of sailing directions, a type of navigational aid used by mariners for more than one thousand years. The first edition (1891) of the Illustrated Coast Pilot covered only the U.S. east coast between New York and Maine. Stebbins extended coverage to the entire Atlantic Coast and the Gulf Coast in the second edition (1896). It is thought that many of the photographs dating from his latter years were actually taken by assistants, as he was rather frail by then. He was living in West Somerville, Massachusetts when he died, aged 75. Surviving works His collection at his death included about 20,000 negatives, almost all on glass plates (the usual medium for high-resolution negatives in his time); it was bought by another photographer, and on his death, many of Stebbins' plates were sold for scrap (tradition holds that they were used in greenhouses). A few plates found their way to the Peabody Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, and another small group eventually wound up at the Mariners' Museum, but the bulk of the remaining collection (about 5,000 images total, of which a little over 2,500 are the original glass negatives) were rescued for Historic New England by William Appleton, the founder of the Society. Almost all are of maritime subjects; very little of his non-maritime work survives. Bibliography Nathaniel L. Stebbins, Edward Burgess, American & English Yachts (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887) Nathaniel L. Stebbins, Yacht Portraits of the Leading American Yachts (Boston, 1887) Nathaniel L. Stebbins, Illustrated Coast Pilot with Sailing Directions: The Coast of New England from New York to Eastport, Maine, including Bays and Harbors (1891, first edition) Nathaniel L. Stebbins, Illustrated Coast Pilot with Sailing Directions: The Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States, including Bays and Harbors (1896, second edition) Nathaniel L. Stebbins, The Yachtsman's Album (1896) Nathaniel L. Stebbins, George Dewey, The New Navy of the United States (1896) W. H. Bunting, Portrait of a Port: Boston 1852 - 1914 (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1974) Nathaniel L. Stebbins, W. H. Bunting, Steamers, Schooners, Cutters and Sloops: Marine Photographs of N. L. Stebbins Taken 1884-1907 (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1974) External links unsorted works - scan hosted by the New York Public Library Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection at Historic New England 1847_births 1922_deaths American_photographers People from Boston Yachting People from Meadville, Pennsylvania

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Salomón Hakim

Salomón Hakim Dow (4 June 1922 – 5 May 2011) was a Colombian neurosurgeon, researcher, and inventor. A descendant of Lebanese immigrants, he is known for his work on neurosurgery and for the precursor of the modern valve treatment for hydrocephalus. Early life Although his parents wanted him to learn how to play any musical instrument, Hakim instead showed interest and curiosity for science in his early childhood, especially physics and electricity. It is said that he locked himself in his room to make electric circuits and build radios at the age of 12. He finished high school at Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé, in Bogotá, Colombia. At 22 years of age, Hakim started medical school at Universidad Nacional in Bogotá, but his passion for electricity continued and led him to perform research in electrical output during digestion, the effects of low voltage on womb contraction, and the calcium formation stimulation by electrolysis. He later travelled to the United States to continue his medical studies in Neurosurgery in 1950, and Neuropathology in 1954. Career and normal-pressure hydrocephalus During his Research fellowship, Dr. Hakim performed autopsies of Alzheimer Disease patients and with other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system (CNS). He noted that the majority of the cases their brain ventricles were enlarged without destruction of the brain cortex. However, nobody was able to explain the reason why, which led Hakim's curiosity to research more back in Colombia. In 1957, he finally realized that these patients had what is now known as normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) after finding a 16-year-old live patient with this condition. He published his work in 1964 and called Dr. Raymond Adams to share his discovery, but Adams rejected his idea. Months later, a US consular employee in Colombia suffering from the same condition came to his practice. Hakim proposed to treat him by taking some cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) as he had treated the young patient. But skeptically, the family rejected it and wanted to go back to the United States for treatment. Hakim, convinced that nobody would be able to treat her there, decided to fly with them. At the Massachusetts General Hospital, he treated the patient, who had a sudden incredible improvement. After seeing this, Dr. Adams got interested in Hakim's work and published Dr. Hakim's discovery, taking some of the credit for this amazing finding. This concept of NPH opened the door to other research including the treatment of dementia in the elderly. Hakim continued working on NPH and for many years he has researched the mechanics of the intracranial cavity and CSF. Unidirectional valve The first valve to treat hydrocephalus was introduced in 1949 by Spitz, but this valve had several disadvantages which sometimes risked the patient's life. Knowing this and working in his home shop in Bogotá, Hakim improved and developed a unidirectional valve with the capacity to regulate the CSF pressure by adding a spring pressure control in a stainless steel cone and synthetic ruby ball. This valve was much safer, and it was introduced to the medical community in 1966. Despite of all medical advances, all modern valves are built based on his invention. He holds more than 28 United States patents for his various inventions. Nowadays, following his father steps, Carlos, Hakim's eldest son, has continued his father's research in neurosurgery and engineering. Carlos, with the collaboration of his father, has recently developed a programmable and adjustable (through the skin) valve which may prevent ventricular collapse when the pressure of the CSF is too low. Today, the valve is marketed under the name Codman Hakim valve, acquired by Integra LifeSciences in 2017. Other achievements and legacy Hakim's findings and inventions brought him global recognition. He has been invited and has given lectures in more than 85 Neurosurgery conferences around the planet in 33 different countries, in Europe (specially England and France), Asia (Hong Kong, South Korea and Middle East countries) as well as the whole American continent. He held 45 English publications (7 of them in the New England Journal) to complete 70 in other languages. He also worked as a professor for Universidad de los Andes, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and La Universidad Javeriana in Colombia as well as being the director of the Neurosurgeon Department in the Military Hospital in Bogotá. In 2010, Dr Hakim got an award from the Hydrocephalus Association in its annual conference in Cleveland, the Lifetime Achievement award, for his extense contribution to the treatment and understanding of the CSF circulation and its anomalies. Nowadays, NPH is also called as "Hakim Syndrome" in honor of his accomplishments. Today, 9 to 14% of elderly living in any type of assisted facility suffered from NPH. However, and despite the fact that this disorder was discovered in the late 1950s, and published in the mid 1960s, much more remains unknown, and NPH is sometimes misdiagnosed. However, thanks to Dr. Hakim, the curiosity of many researches in the world is awakened, which results in many publications about NPH. Death Hakim died surrounded by his family in a Foundation Santa Fe Hospital in Bogota due to a hemorrhagic stroke. References 1922 births 2011 deaths People from Barranquilla Colombian people of Lebanese descent National University of Colombia alumni Colombian neurosurgeons Colombian neuroscientists Colombian inventors Colombian expatriates in the United States

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Jordan Theodore

Jordan Theodore (born December 11, 1989) is an American-born naturalized Macedonian professional basketball player for Metropolitans 92 of the French LNB Pro A. He also represents the senior North Macedonia national team. He played college basketball at Seton Hall. High school career Theodore grew up in Englewood, New Jersey, and attended and played high school basketball at Paterson Catholic High School. College career Theodore played his entire college basketball career at Seton Hall University, with the Seton Hall Pirates. He finished his senior season with the Pirates, averaging 16.1 points per game and 6.6 assists per game. Theodore broke Golden Sunkett's single-season school record of 197 assists. He had 226 assists in his senior season. The previous record was set 49 years prior, in the 1962–63 season. Professional career On July 15, 2012, Theodore signed to play with Antalya BSB of the Turkish BSL. On March 21, 2013, Theodore signed with the Adriatic League club Cedevita. A week later he was released, as his team, Antalya BSB, did not agree to release him. In May 2013, Theodore has signed with Mets de Guaynabo, of Puerto Rico's top league, the BSN. On July 17, 2013, Theodore signed with Huracanes del Atlántico, of the Dominican League. On October 22, 2013, Theodore returned to the Turkish BSL, signing with Mersin BSB. He finished the Turkish League season with an average of 12.3 points per game, but didn't help the team to avoid relegation. On January 12, 2015, he signed at JL Bourg-en-Bresse of the French LNB Pro A. On September 17, 2015, he signed with the German BBL team Fraport Skyliners. On July 28, 2016, Theodore signed with the Turkish club Banvit. In February, he won the Turkish Cup with Banvit. Theodore was named the Turkish Cup Final MVP. Banvit also played in one of the two European-wide secondary leagues, the FIBA Champions League, as well, and in that competition, Theodore was named the Quarter-finals MVP, after his team defeated MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg, in a two-leg series. On April 30, Theodore was named the MVP of the FIBA Champions League's 2016–17 season. On July 15, 2017, Theodore signed a two-year contract with the Italian LBA club Olimpia Milano. On September 24, 2017, Olimpia Milano won the 2017 Italian Supercup. Theodore was named tournament's MVP, after a game in which he had 29 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. On January 4, 2019, Theodore signed a contract with the Greek Basket League club AEK Athens, which kept him at the club until the end of the 2018-19 Greek Basket League season. On July 26, 2019, Theodore signed a contract with Beşiktaş Sompo Japan of the Basketbol Süper Ligi. On December 27, 2019, Theodore signed a contract with UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League. He averaged 10.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 7.7 assists per game. Theodore parted ways with the team on July 16, 2020. On November 20, 2020, Theodore signed a new contract with UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League. On June 23, 2021, he signed with Alvark Tokyo of the Japanese B.League. However, he failed the physical and was released from the team. On January 18, 2022, Theodore signed with Reyer Venezia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. On April 4, 2023, he signed with Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga. On August 12, 2023, he signed with Metropolitans 92 of the French LNB Pro A. National team career Theodore gained Macedonian citizenship in 2017, so that he could represent the senior Macedonian national basketball team. With North Macedonia, he played at the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Qualification. Career statistics FIBA Champions League |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2018–19 | style="text-align:left;" | A.E.K. | 8 || 27.0 || .365 || .273 || .714 || 2.4 || 4.5 || 1.4 || .1 || 9.4 |} Domestic Leagues Regular season |- | 2018–19 | style="text-align:left;"| A.E.K. | align=center | GBL | 8 || 22.2 || .632 || .476 || .882 || 1.9 || 3.5 || 1.3 || 0 || 12.1 |} References External links FIBA Profile Euroleague.net Profile Eurobasket.com Profile Italian League Profile Greek Basket League Profile German BBL Profile ESPN NCAA College Profile TBLStat.net Profile 1989 births Living people AEK B.C. players American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Russia American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American men's basketball players Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi players Bandırma B.İ.K. players Basketball players from Bergen County, New Jersey BC UNICS players Beşiktaş men's basketball players Huracanes del Atlántico players JL Bourg-en-Bresse players Macedonian expatriate basketball people in Russia Macedonian expatriate basketball people in Turkey Macedonian men's basketball players Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. players Metropolitans 92 players Mets de Guaynabo basketball players Naturalised basketball players Olimpia Milano players Point guards Reyer Venezia players Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball players Skyliners Frankfurt players Sportspeople from Englewood, New Jersey

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Deming Prize

The Deming Prize is the longest-running and one of the highest awards in the world. It recognizes both individuals for their contributions to the field of quality and businesses that have successfully implemented exemplary systems that promote quality of goods and services. It was established in 1951 to honor W. Edwards Deming who contributed greatly to Japan’s proliferation of statistical quality control after World War II. His teachings helped Japan build its foundation by which the level of Japan’s product quality has been recognized as the highest in the world, was originally designed to reward Japanese companies for major advances in quality improvement. Over the years it has grown, under the guidance of the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) to where it is now also available to non-Japanese companies, albeit usually operating in Japan, and also to individuals recognized as having made major contributions to the advancement of quality. The awards ceremony is broadcast every year in Japan on national television. Two categories of awards are made annually, the Deming Prize for Individuals and the Deming Prize. Winners of individual award 1951: Motosaburo Masuyama 1952: Tetsuichi Asaka, Kaoru Ishikawa, Masao Kogure, Masao Goto, Hidehiko Higashi, Shin Miura, Shigeru Mizuno, Eizo Watanabe 1953: Toshio Kitagawa 1954: Eizaburo Nishibori 1988: Renichi Takenaka 1989: Hitoshi Kume 1990: Shoichiro Kobayashi 1991: Kenji Kurogane 1992: Masao Nemoto 1993: Yasutoshi Washio 1994: Takanori Yoneyama 1995: Ayatomo Kanno 1996: Kenzo Sasaoka 1997: Noriaki Kano 1998: Katsuya Hosotani 1999: Yotaro Kobayashi 2000: Matabee Maeda 2001: Shiro Fujita 2002: Shoji Shiba 2003: Tadashi Yoshizawa 2004: Akira Takahashi 2005: Hajime Sasaki 2006: Yoshinori Iizuka 2007: Masayoshi Ushikubo 2008: Masahiro Sakane 2009: Hiroshi Osada 2010: Takao Enkawa 2011: Masamitsu Sakurai 2012: Makoto Nakao 2013: Hideo Iwasaki 2014: Kazuyuki Suzuki 2015: Tadaaki Jagawa 2016: Naotake Okubo 2017: Takeshi Nakajo 2018: Kunihiko Onuma 2019: Yasushi Nagata 2020: Shinichi Sasaki 2021: Hiroe Tsubaki 2023: Arjun Bhargav 2023: Divyansh Dubey 2023: Neeraj Solanky Winners of application prize 1951 Fuji Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (now part of Nippon Steel) Showa Denko K.K. Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd. Yawata Iron & Steel Co., Ltd (now part of Nippon Steel) 1958 Kaneka Corporation 1961 Denso Japan 1965 Toyota Motor Corp. 1976 Pentel Co., Ltd. "(a first for the stationery industry)". 1979 Takenaka Corporation "(a first for non-manufacturer industry)". 1981 JUKI Corporation (Tokyo Juki Industrial Co., Ltd., Industrial Sewing Machine Division) 1989 Florida Power & Light (first non-Japanese winner of award) 1994 Lucent Technologies, Power Systems (first American manufacturer to win award) 1998 Sundaram Clayton brakes division 2002 TVS Motor Company (TVSMC) Hi-Tech Carbon GMPD 2003 Brakes India Ltd., Foundry Division [India] Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (the world's first tractor company to win) Rane Brake Lining Ltd. Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd. 2004 Indo Gulf Fertilisers Ltd. Lucas TVS Ltd. SRF limited 2005 Rane Engine Valve Ltd Rane TRW Steering Systems Ltd.(SGD) Krishna Maruti Ltd., Seat Division 2006 Sanden International (Singapore) Pte Ltd (SIS), the first Singapore-based/branch company to win. 2007 Rane (Madras) Ltd. AIS Auto Glass 2008 Tata Steel, the first integrated steel plant in Asia to win Deming award 2010 National Engineering Industries Ltd, part of the 150-year-old, Indian multi-billion CK Birla Group. NEI is the second bearing company in the world after NTN Corporation, Japan to win this coveted award. Mr Rohit Saboo ( President & CEO ) received the award in a glittering ceremony in Osaka, Japan. 2011 Sanden Vikas (India) Limited, (India) 2012 SRF Limited, Chemicals Business (India); Mr. Roop Salotra, President and CEO Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, Farm Equipment Sector, Swaraj Division (India); Mr. Bishwambhar Mishra, Chief Executive 2013 RSB Transmissions(I) Limited, Auto Division (Jamshedpur(Unit 1), Pune & Pant Nagar Plant) (India) 2014 GC America (USA) Yaskawa Mahindra Powerol 2016 Ashok Leyland, Pantnagar plant - World's first commercial vehicle to get the Deming Prize (Outside Japan) 2017 Ashok Leyland Limited, Hosur Unit II, India CEAT Limited, India [first tire company in the world (Outside Japan) to get Deming award] 2018 PT Komatsu Indonesia [First Company in Indonesia, to get the Deming Prize; Mr. Pratjojo Dewo, President Director] Sundram Fasteners Limited, India [SFL got the Deming Prize for all its 17 plants located across India; Arathi Krishna, Managing Director, is the first woman to receive this award] Jsw Steel Ltd, India [President, Mr. Rajashekhar Pattanasetty] Indus Towers, India [CEO: Bimal Dayal] 2019 ELGi Equipments Ltd, Coimbatore, was the first industrial air compressor manufacturer outside of Japan to win this award. Deming Distinguished Service Award for Dissemination Oversea 2009: Gregory H. Watson 2012: Janak Mehta 2014: Kan Trakulhoon 2019: Venu Srinivasan See also European Quality Award List of national quality awards Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Total Quality Management References External links The W. Edwards Deming Institute Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) Toyota.com on winning the Deming Prize in 1965 List of winners of the Deming Application Prize on JUSE web site Deming Medal (given to individuals by ASQ) 1950 establishments in Japan Awards established in 1950 Japanese awards Economics awards Quality awards

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Highland Fling

The Highland Fling is a solo Highland dance that gained popularity in the early 19th century. The word 'Fling' means literally a movement in dancing. In John Jamieson's 1808 Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, the Highland Fling was defined as 'one species of movement' in dancing, not as one particular movement. There is some speculation that the first solo Highland Fling dances simply showed off steps that individual dancers preferred in the Strathspey Reel, a social dance. This dance is now performed at dance competitions and events around the world. One goal of dancers today is to stay in the same spot throughout the dance. The Highland Fling is danced at almost all competition levels, from primary to premier. It is also performed for Highland and theory examinations. Dancers wear a kilt to perform the dance, which is in time. A version of a Fling in a percussive dance style was remembered and danced by John Gillis in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and those steps were written down in 1957 by Frank Rhodes. Each step was preceded by a travelling step in a circular pathway danced to the first part of the tune Sterling Castle, while the individual Fling steps were danced to the second part of the tune. List of steps The dance can be performed as a: Four-step dance: usually danced by primary, beginner, and novice dancers at competitions. Six-step dance: usually danced by intermediate and premier dancers at competitions. Eight-step dance: very rarely at Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing (SOBHD) competitions, although it is still danced at some traditional Highland Games. The first and last steps must always be placed in the same spot, but the other steps may be placed as the dancer chooses. For championships competitions the SOBHD specifies a different order of steps for each year. Dancers taking theory exams may also need to know all of these steps, as well as their order, depending on the level they reach. Musical accompaniment is usually provide by the bagpipes), playing "Monymusk" or any other suitable Strathspey tune. Example steps These following steps are included in the SOBHD text book. The required tempo is 114* beats per minute (bpm): First Step: Shedding Second Step: Back-stepping Third Step: Toe-and-heel Fourth Step: Rocking Fifth Step: Second back-stepping Sixth Step: Cross-over Seventh Step: Shake and turn Eighth Step: Last shedding There are many more steps in existence, some of which have been recorded in publications, for example, Traditional Step-Dancing in Scotland while some exist only in the memories of senior dancers. In 2008 the SOBHD recommended a tempo of 112-124 bpm for the Highland Fling on 2008 is 112-124 bpm. This has slowed considerably over the years – from 192 bpm one hundred years ago, 152 bpm in the 1960s and then 134 bpm in the 1980s. In popular culture The Highland Fling is referenced in the lyrics of Harlem hot jazz musician Harry Gibson's 1947 hit "Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine?" The Highland Fling can be seen in the 2002 film Nicholas Nickleby, performed by Alan Cumming. See also Highland (Scottish) Fling (Scottish) References External links SOBHD – 2015 Championship Steps Fling steps illustrated by C. MacIntyre North in the Book of the Club of True Highlanders, London, 1880 D.R. MacKenzie's Illustrated Guide to the National Dances of Scotland; First Step The Highland Fling and How to Teach It, Prof. Grant, Buffalo, NY Silent film footage of the Seann Triubhas, Highland Fling, and Sword Dance from 1915 Film Scotland's Dances shows a Highland Fling at a Braemar Gathering, commentary by Gordon Jackson; "Corn Rigs" sung by Kenneth McKellar Scottish Highland dance

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Carl J. Strikwerda

Carl J. Strikwerda (born 1952) is an American historian. He was the president of Elizabethtown College until 2019. He currently lives in Washington, D.C. Biography Strikwerda is the former dean of the faculty of arts and sciences at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He has also previously worked as an associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas. On October 1, 2011, Strikwerda was inaugurated as Elizabethtown College's fourteenth president. He stepped down as president after two four year terms on June 30, 2019. Strikwerda earned a bachelor's degree in history at Calvin College, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a master's degree in history from the University of Chicago, and his Ph.D. in European history from the University of Michigan. He served as an historical consultant to the National World War One Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. He also served as treasurer and member of the board of directors of the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences whose headquarters he brought to the College of William and Mary while he served there as dean. Among the boards on which he has served are the executive committee of the Council for European Studies, as a member of the President's Trust of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, and as a member of the board of directors of public radio and TV station WITF. His op-eds and essays have appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Huffington Post, Inside Higher Ed, and History News Network. He is married to Gail M. Bossenga, who graduated from Calvin College, received her Ph.D. in history from the University of Michigan, and writes about eighteenth century France and the origins of the French Revolution. The couple have two children, Laurna Strikwerda, who lives in Ottawa, Canada and works as a development officer for the Green Building Council of Canada, and Tim Strikwerda, who lives in Oregon and is pursuing doctoral studies on Japan at the University of Oregon. Laurna is married to Ian Ward. Selected publications McCartan, Anne-Marie and Carl J. Strikwerda, eds. Deans and Development: Making the Case for the Liberal Arts, Williamsburg: Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, 2014. Strikwerda, Carl. A House Divided: Catholics, Socialists, and Flemish nationalists in Nineteenth-century Belgium. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 1997. Furlough, Ellen, and Carl Strikwerda, eds. Consumers against capitalism?: consumer cooperation in Europe, North America, and Japan, 1840-1990. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999. Guerin-Gonzales, Camille and Carl Strikwerda, eds. The Politics of Immigrant Workers: Labor Activism and Migration in the World Economy Since 1830. New York: Holmes and Meier, 1993; 2nd ed. 1998. Articles, a selection: Strikwerda, Carl. "Too Much of a Good Thing? Consumption, Consumerism, and Consumer Cooperation in Modern History," International Review of Social History, 63 (2018), 127–142. Strikwerda, Carl J. "World War I and the History of Globalization," Historical Reflections/Reflexions historiques, 42:3 Winter (2016), 112–132. Strikwerda, Carl. "The troubled origins of European economic integration: international iron and steel and labor migration in the era of World War I." The American Historical Review (1993): 1106–1129. Strikwerda, Carl. "Reinterpreting the history of European integration: business, labor, and social citizenship in twentieth-century Europe." European Integration in Social and Historical Perspective 1850 to the Present eds. Jytte Klausen and Louise Tilly. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 1998: 51–70. References External links Elizabethtown College – Office of the President Calvin University alumni College of William & Mary faculty Living people Writers from Grand Rapids, Michigan Presidents of Elizabethtown College University of Chicago alumni University of Kansas faculty University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni 20th-century American historians American male non-fiction writers 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers 1952 births Historians of Belgium Historians from Michigan 20th-century American male writers

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Chakdaha

Chakdaha is a town and a municipality in the Kalyani subdivision of the Nadia district, located in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Chakdaha is a prominent urban local body in the district of Nadia, one of the southern districts of West Bengal. Chakdaha's location is . It has an average elevation of 11 meters (36 feet) and is 62 km north of the state capital, Kolkata. It is on National Highway 12 (old number NH 34), an approximate 2-hour drive from Kolkata via the National Highway NH12. Regular public transport operates from Madhyamgram (near Kolkata) to Chakdaha, with low-cost buses running every 20 minutes during the day time. Area overview Nadia district is part of the large alluvial plain formed by the Ganges-Bhagirathi system. The Kalyani subdivision has the Bhagirathi/ Hooghly on the west. Topographically, Kalyani subdivision is a part of the Ranaghat-Chakdaha Plain, the low-lying area found in the south-eastern part of the district. The smallest subdivision in the district, area-wise, has the highest level of urbanisation in the district. 76.73% of the population lives in urban areas and 23.27% lives in the rural areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision. Police station Chadaha's police station has jurisdiction over the Chakdah municipal town and the Chakdaha CD Block. The total area covered by the police station is 351.19 km2, and the population covered is 458,834 (2001 census). Current Inspector in charge of Chakdaha Police Station is Mr. Biman Kumar Mridha Demographics In the 2011 census, Chakdaha Urban Agglomeration had a population of 132,855, out of which 67,135 were male, and 65,720 were female. The population of children aged 0–5 was 9,829. The effective literacy rate for those aged 7 and above was 90.95 per cent with male literacy being 93.96% and female literacy being 87.88%. The following municipality and census towns were part of Chakdaha Urban Agglomeration in 2011 census: Chakdaha (M), Parbbatipur (CT), Gopalpur (CT), Belgharia (CT), Punglia (CT) and Lalpur (P) (CT). Education Chakdaha College, established in 1979, is affiliated to the University of Kalyani. It offers honors courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, Economics, History, Political Science, Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, and Accountancy. Chakdaha college has since also become a political gathering place. Healthcare Chakdah State General Hospital is one of the best state general hospitals in West Bengal, and has 500 beds. Culture Festivals Durga-puja, like in all other Bengali communities, is the largest and most colorful festival and is celebrated throughout the town. Other festivals like Jagadhhatri Puja, Holi, Rath-yatra, etc. are also popular. Kali Puja is the famous festival in Chakdaha. The fiberglass Durga idol made by Anup Goswami, a resident of Chakdaha KBM, will be worshiped at the Bharat Sebashram Ashram in Fiji. The Durga idol, which weighs 300 kg at a height of seven and a half feet, will soon be packed in a ship's container. Along with the Durga idol, 13-foot idols of Shiva, Ganesh, Ramchandra and Hanumanji will also leave at the same time. In 2016, Amritsar's famous Golden Temple was built in Chakdaha, Dhanicha, Gorachandtala During Kali Puja by Partha Pratim Dey. In 2017, Delhi's Akshardham Temple was also built in Chakdaha, Dhanicha, Gorachandtala during Kali puja by Partha Pratim Dey. Not only that but Vrindavan's Chandrodaya Mandir was also built in the same place by Partha Pratim Dey During 2018's Kali puja. The Chandrodaya Mandir was the award winning pandel. Other minor pandels were also built by Partha Pratim Dey. Entertainment and sports Cultural programs are mostly held in the Sampriti Manch and Chakdaha Pouro Mukto Mancha. Each winter, one large cultural program (better known as melas) takes place in Chakdaha. Since 2014 'Chakdaha Book Fair' has been established. Flower Exhibition is one of the popular events in this town. Cricket and football are the most popular sports. There is a stadium in Chakdaha. Indian Woman Cricketer and the leading wicket-taker in ODI cricket Jhulan Goswami hails from Chakdaha. See also Chakdaha (Community development block) References Cities and towns in Nadia district

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Anacreontic Society

The Anacreontic Society was a popular gentlemen's club of amateur musicians in London founded in the mid-18th century. These barristers, doctors, and other professional men named their club after the Greek court poet Anacreon, who lived in the 6th century B.C. and whose poems, "anacreontics", were used to entertain patrons in Teos and Athens. Dubbed "the convivial bard of Greece", Anacreon's songs often celebrated women, wine, and entertaining. While the society's membership, one observer noted, was dedicated to "wit, harmony, and the god of wine", their primary goal (beyond companionship and talk) was to promote an interest in music. The society presented regular concerts of music, and included among their guests such important musicians as Joseph Haydn, who was the special guest at their concert in January 1791. There is also evidence of an Anacreontic Society having existed at St Andrews University in the late 18th century in much the same vein as the Anacreontic Society of London. However, due to the club's informal nature, detailed accounts of the group are sparse. The collection of the Irish Anacreontic Society, active in Dublin from 1740 to 1865, is among the special collections of the Royal Irish Academy of Music. History According to an anonymous "History of the Anacreontic Society" published in 1780, the Society was founded "about the year 1766" by one Jack Smith. The Society initially met in various taverns, and then moved to the London Coffee House on Ludgate Hill. It subsequently relocated to the Crown and Anchor tavern in The Strand in order to accommodate an expansion in its membership from 25 to 40. Its membership later increased to 80. A musical high-point of the society occurred in January 1791, when Haydn attended a meeting at which the twelve-year-old Johann Hummel performed, "astonish[ing] the company with a most admirable performance of a favourite English ballet, with variations, on the harpsichord". The Society came to an end after the Duchess of Devonshire attended one of its meetings. Because "some of the comic songs [were not] exactly calculated for the entertainment of ladies, the singers were restrained; which displeasing many of the members, they resigned one after another; and a general meeting being called, the society was dissolved." It is not clear exactly when this incident occurred, but in October 1792 it was reported that "The Anacreontick Society meets no more; it has long been struggling with symptoms of internal decay". Meetings The Society met twelve times a year, starting in late November, and continuing every other Wednesday evening. Each meeting began at half past seven with a lengthy concert, featuring "the best performers in London", who were made honorary members of the Society. Following the concert, the members adjourned to another room for a meal, after which the members would participate in "catches and glees", "songs", "miniature puppet-shews", and "everything that mirth can suggest". The members, who paid a subscription fee of three guineas, were generally of "fashionable society" including "several noblemen and gentlemen of the first distinction". Each member was entitled to admit one guest. "To Anacreon in Heaven" The lyrics of "The Anacreontic Song", the first four words of which are "To Anacreon in Heaven" were written by Ralph Tomlinson, who had been president of the society. John Stafford Smith wrote the tune. The lyrics were first published by London's The Vocal magazine in 1778. The Anacreontic Song served as the "constitutional song" of the Society. After the initial concert and meal, the Song would be sung in order to open the after-supper, more light-hearted part of proceedings. The verses, which are difficult to sing because of their wide range, would be sung by a solo singer, with the entire Society joining in the refrain. It soon became a popular drinking song on both sides of the Atlantic. But the melody, if not the original lyrics, would acquire even greater fame after Francis Scott Key, an attorney, wrote "Defence of Fort M'Henry" while detained on a British ship during the night of September 13, 1814, as the British forces bombarded the American Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. The song, consisting of Key's text "Defence of Fort M'Henry" and Smith's tune "The Anacreontic Song", is today known as "The Star-Spangled Banner", the national anthem of the United States of America. See also Anacreontics Anacreontea "To Anacreon in Heaven" References Music organisations based in the United Kingdom The Star-Spangled Banner

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1998 Norwegian Third Division

The 1998 season of the 3. divisjon, the fourth highest association football league for men in Norway. Between 20 and 22 games (depending on group size) were played in 19 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. All group winners were promoted to the 2. divisjon, as well as some of the best runners-up. Tables Group 1 Manglerud Star – promoted Kvik Halden – promoted Sparta Kolbotn Oppegård Borre Mercantile Greåker Lisleby Tune – relegated Bækkelaget – relegated Hafslund – relegated Group 2 Ullensaker/Kisa – promoted Rælingen Raufoss 2 Vardal Skeid 2 Torp Selbak Toten Røa Kolbu/KK – relegated Gjelleråsen – relegated Lunner – relegated Group 3 Trøgstad/Båstad – promoted Moss 2 Grue Rygge Kongsvinger 2 Fjellhamar Askim Brandval Holter Sander – relegated Kjellmyra – relegated Nordby – relegated Group 4 Eidsvold Turn – promoted Lom Trysil Vang Skjetten 2 Lillehammer FK Vinstra Fart Eidsvold Brumunddal – relegated Follebu – relegated Sel – relegated Group 5 Asker – promoted Rjukan Snøgg Åmot Holmen Strømsgodset 2 Birkebeineren Fagerborg Frigg Kongsberg – relegated Bygdø – relegated Slemmestad/Bødalen – relegated Group 6 Skarphedin – promoted Fram Falk Eik-Tønsberg 2 Teie Halsen Flint Stathelle Langesund Skotfoss – relegated Storm – relegated Stokke – relegated Group 7 Tollnes – promoted Grim/Start 2 – promoted Kvinesdal Odd/Pors Lyngdal Våg Vindbjart Vigør Sørfjell Randesund – relegated Birkenes – relegated Rygene – relegated Group 8 Viking 2 – promoted Figgjo Skjold Rosseland Ganddal Hundvåg Bryne 2 Hana Madla – relegated Egersund – relegated Nærbø – relegated Varhaug – relegated Group 9 Ny-Krohnborg – promoted Kleppestø Åkra Hald Kopervik Odda Nord Trott Bremnes Torvastad – relegated Grannekameratene – relegated Sauda – relegated Group 10 Radøy – promoted Follese Vadmyra Lyngbø Florvåg Løv-Ham Kjøkkelvik Nordhordland Bjørnar Voss – relegated Austevoll – relegated Nymark – relegated Group 11 Florø – promoted Tornado – promoted Eid/Haugen Fjøra Dale Svelgen Sandane Høyang Jølster Stryn 2 – relegated Eikefjord Anga – relegated Group 12 Ørsta – promoted Spjelkavik Brattvåg Hødd 2 Bergsøy Stranda Åram/Vankam Velledalen og Ringen Langevåg Skodje Valder – relegated Hareid – relegated Group 13 Sunndal – promoted Vestnes Varfjell Surnadal Søya Bøfjord Ekko/Aureosen Bud Grykameratene Gossen Isfjorden/Langfjorden – relegated Kvass/Ulvungen – relegated Bryn – relegated Group 14 Tynset – promoted Tiller Varden Singsås Løkken Melhus Fram OIL/OIF 2 – relegated Selbu KIL/Hemne Røros – relegated Buvik – relegated Group 15 Namsos – promoted Levanger Nidelv NTHI Malvik Vinne Verdal 2 – relegated Freidig Heimdal Rørvik – relegated Tranabakkan – relegated Kvamskameratene – relegated Group 16 Stålkameratene – promoted Brønnøysund – promoted Saltdalkameratene Fauske/Sprint Sandnessjøen Tverlandet Mo 2 Sørfold Nesna Korgen Nordre Meløy Sømna/Tjalg – relegated Group 17 Sortland – promoted Leknes Grovfjord Flakstad Vågakameratene Skånland Medkila Landsås Harstad 2 Beisfjord – relegated Lofoten 2/Kabelvåg – relegated Group 18 Skarp – promoted Nordreisa – promoted Tromsø 2 Ramfjord Salangen Bardu Tromsdalen 2 Mellembygd/Målselvrelegated Fløya Lyngstuva Storsteinnes Nordkjosbotn/Balsfjord – relegated Group 19 Kirkenes – promoted Honningsvåg Porsanger (-> Lakselv/Porsanger) Kautokeino Nordkinn Bossekop Nordlys Tverrelvdalen Bjørnevatn – relegated Sørøy Glimt Lakselv (-> Lakselv/Porsanger) References Norwegian Third Division seasons 4 Norway Norway

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Benjamin Abella

Benjamin S. Abella is an American physician, emergency medicine practitioner, internist, academic and researcher. He is a Professor and Vice Chair of Research at University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Emergency Medicine. He directs the Center for Resuscitation Science and the Penn Acute Research Collaboration at the University. He has participated in developing international CPR guidelines. Abella has published over 200 scholarly papers regarding cardiac arrest, myocardial perfusion, therapeutic hypothermia, CPR delivery and resuscitation. He is a fellow of European Resuscitation Council. Early life and education Abella was born and raised in Hyde Park, Chicago. His father, Isaac Abella, was a physics professor at the University of Chicago, and his mother, Mary Ann Abella, was a professor of Art at Chicago State University. He has one sibling, a sister Sarah Abella. In high school, Abella showed aptitude for science, placing 3rd nationally in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search. Abella completed his B.A. in Biochemistry from Washington University in St. Louis in 1992. He completed his M.Phil. in Genetics from the University of Cambridge in the following year. In 1998, Abella received his MD degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Career Abella joined University of Pennsylvania's Department of Emergency Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the early 2000s. In 2013, he was promoted to Associate Professor and to Professor in 2017. Along with academic appointments, he has also been involved with administrative responsibilities. From 2007 to 2017, he co-chaired the Hospital Clinical Emergencies Committee and was appointed as Vice Chair of Research at the Department of Emergency Medicine during this tenure. In 2016, he was appointed as Director of Center for Resuscitation Science and of Penn Acute Research Collaboration. Abella chaired the Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care and Resuscitation for the American Heart Association from 2015 till 2017, and serves as the Co-Chair of the American Heart Association Resuscitation Science Symposium. He also served on the Obama campaign Medical Advisory Board. Abella has discussed cardiac arrest and his research work on Good Morning America, National Geographic, and other national media sources. He worked with Sanjay Gupta on the CNN documentary Cheating Death and is featured in Gupta's book of the same title. Research Abella has conducted research on sudden cardiac arrest, myocardial perfusion and targeted temperature management. He has also worked on evaluation of CPR and resuscitation performance, testing of new teaching methods of CPR, assessment of neurologic outcomes after cardiac arrest and methods to improve the application of therapeutic hypothermia. He is the developer of a training course for post-arrest care and targeted temperature management, known as the Penn TTM Academy. Targeted temperature management (TTM) Abella studied the practical implementation of TTM after cardiac arrest and presented a detailed management plan for the addition of TTM for in the care of out of hospital cardiac arrest survivors. He developed an important animal model to study post-arrest TTM. He was one of the first to establish that intra-arrest TTM could dramatically improve arrest outcomes, which has subsequently sparked clinical trials to study the same concept. CPR delivery and resuscitation performance Abella research in this area indicated an improved CPR quality through a combination of a training procedure (termed “RAPID” post arrest training) along with real-time audiovisual feedback. This combined procedure also led to a greater rate of return of spontaneous circulation. In early 2010s, Abella published an article about the importance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality and presented several practical approaches such as using real-time CPR sensing, physiologic monitoring and metronome prompting in order to improve the CPR performance. Awards and honors 2004 - Academic Excellence Award, Emergency Medicine Residents Association 2007 - Operational Quality Award for Post-Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation and Hypothermia, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 2008 - Health Breakthrough Award, Ladies Home Journal magazine 2011 - Fabien Vickrey MD Memorial Award in Emergency Medicine, York Hospital 2015 - William Montgomery, MD Excellence in Education Award 2017 - 3CPR Distinguished Service Award, American Heart Association 2018 - Practitioner of the Year Award, Philadelphia County Medical Society Selected articles Abella BS, Alvarado JP, Myklebust H, Edelson DP, Barry A, O'Hearn N, Vanden Hoek TL, Becker LB. Quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation during in-hospital cardiac arrest. JAMA. 2005; 293(3):305-10. Edelson DP, Abella BS, Kramer-Johansen J, Wik L, Myklebust H, Barry AM, Merchant RM, Vanden Hoek TL, Steen PA, Becker LB. Effects of compression depth and pre-shock pauses predict defibrillation failure during cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2006; 71(2):137-45. Meaney PA, Bobrow BJ, Mancini ME, Christenson J, de Caen AR, Bhanji F, Abella BS, Kleinman ME, Edelson DP, Berg RA, Aufderheide TP, Menon V, Leary M; CPR Quality Summit Investigators, the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee, and the Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality: [corrected] improving cardiac resuscitation outcomes both inside and outside the hospital: a consensus statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2013;128(4):417-35. Heldman AW, Cheng L, Jenkins GM, Heller PF, Kim DW, Ware M Jr, Nater C, Hruban RH, Rezai B, Abella BS, Bunge KE, Kinsella JL, Sollott SJ, Lakatta EG, Brinker JA, Hunter WL, Froehlich JP. Paclitaxel stent coating inhibits neointimal hyperplasia at 4 weeks in a porcine model of coronary restenosis. Circulation. 2001; 103(18):2289-95. Abella BS, Zhao D, Alvarado J, Vanden Hoek TL, Becker LB. Intra-arrest cooling improves outcomes in a murine cardiac arrest model. Circulation. 2004; 109(22):2786-91. References American physicians Living people Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania faculty Alumni of the University of Cambridge Year of birth missing (living people) American expatriates in England Washington University in St. Louis alumni Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumni

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André Bösiger

André Bösiger (born July 22, 1913 in Perrefitte; died in Geneva on April 13, 2005) was a Swiss anarcho-syndicalist. An activist of the Building Action League in Geneva, he collaborated with the Réveil anarchiste and the International Center for Research on Anarchism (Lausanne). Biography A construction worker, he joined the Building Action League where he befriended the anarchists Luigi Bertoni (editor of Il Risveglio anarchico) and Lucien Tronchet. The Building Action League actively practiced sabotage and direct action as well as helping unemployed people that were evicted from their homes. He also participated in the anarchist group of Geneva and took part in the activities of freethought. On November 9, 1932, he took part in the demonstration to prevent the holding of a public conference of the National Union, a fascist political party created by Georges Oltramare, in the communal hall of Plainpalais in Geneva. A detachment of the Swiss Army was called in as reinforcements for the maintenance of order, but it was inexperienced and poorly commanded. After several soldiers were assaulted and disarmed, the officers gave the order to open fire, killing thirteen people and injuring 65 others. Among the victims of the shooting was Bösiger's best friend, Melchior Allemann. Convicted twice for insubordination to the army, Bösiger served a first sentence of two months in 1934, then another of sixteen months which ended in March 1937. During the Spanish Civil War, he procured arms for the companions of the CNT and took charge of orphans, and was expelled from France for these actions. Dismissed for “union activity”, he became a poacher, then supplied the maquis of the French Resistance during World War II. In 1957, he participated in the founding of the International Center for Research on Anarchism (CIRA) in Geneva. During the Algerian War, he hosted separatists and rebels from the French army. On July 19, 1990, he lost his partner and fellow anarchist activist Ruth Bösiger. Works Souvenirs d'un rebelle, Canevas éditeur, 1992. Souvenirs d’un rebelle - Soixante ans de lutte d’un libertaire jurassien, with the collaboration of Alexandre Skirda, text presented by Marianne Enckell and Ariane Miéville, illustrations by Jean-Pierre Ducret, Atelier de création libertaire, 2017, , présentation éditeur. References Further reading Bibliography Charles Jacquier, André Bösiger, Souvenirs d'un rebelle Marie et François Mayoux, Instituteurs pacifistes et syndicalistes, introduction de Daniel Guérin, postface de Madeleine Rebérioux, Mil neuf cent, 1994, , , , texte intégral. Filmography Daniel Künzi, Anarchisme mode d'emploi, Genève, Société Productions Maison, voir en ligne, notice. Bernard Baissat, Alexandre Skirda, André Bösiger, libertaire jurassien, Association Bonnes Bobines, 1993, voir en ligne. Articles Dictionnaire des anarchistes, « Le Maitron » : notice biographique. Chantier biographique des anarchistes en Suisse : notice biographique. L'Éphéméride anarchiste : notice biographique. Centre International de Recherches sur l'Anarchisme (Lausanne) : notice bibliographique. Mémoires d'Ici : dossier de presse. External links Site boesiger.ch. Autour de Bösiger : l'anarchosyndicalisme des années 30 à aujourd'hui... André Bösiger 1913 - 2005. André Bösiger, souvenirs d'un rebelle. Entretien radio en compagnie de quelques compagnons. Part.I et Part.II réalisé le 28 février 2017 par www.libradio.org 1913 births 2005 deaths Swiss anarchists Swiss trade unionists

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Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom

Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom (c.1562 – February 4, 1640 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter credited with being the founder of Dutch marine art or seascape painting. Beginning with the "birds-eye" viewpoint of earlier Netherlandish marine art, his later works show a view from lower down, and more realistic depiction of the seas themselves. He is not to be confused with his son and pupil Cornelis Vroom. Biography Vroom was born in Haarlem. Much of what is known of his life comes from his biography by Karel van Mander, who devoted four pages to him in his "Schilder-boeck", which reads as an adventure story, complete with freezing his pants to a mountain top and nearly starving to death on a rock with a group that discussed cannibalism as a possible survival strategy. Though it is unknown at what age he started on his travels, Vroom was born into a family of artists and began his career as a pottery (faience) painter and when his mother remarried, was no older than 19 when he rebelled against his stepfather who insisted he stick to pottery painting, by boarding a ship for Spain (Sevilla) and from thence via Livorno and Florence to Rome. In Florence he was patronized around 1585–87 by Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici, later Grand Duke of Tuscany. While there he became a pupil of Paulus Bril. He went back and forth to Venice, where he earned money as a majolica painter. When he returned north, he travelled via Milan, Genoa, Albisola (a ceramics center where he again earned money painting ceramics), Turin (where he met the Haarlem painter Jan Kraeck), and Lyon (via a mountain pass where his pants froze to the summit rock). From there he travelled to Paris, where he met a painter from Leiden, and from there he went to Rouen, where he became mortally ill but was saved by a woman who bandaged his head. There he boarded a ship homewards and was back in Haarlem in 1590, the year he married, before travelling to Danzig (now Gdańsk) to visit his uncle, Frederick Henricksz, who was city architect there, and where he painted an altarpiece. During his next journey, this time to Portugal, he survived shipwreck, but was threatened with execution as "an English pirate" - from which he was saved by being recognized as a Catholic from his salvaged devotional paintings, which convinced the monks on the beach that he and his companions were not "heathen Protestants" (Vroom, having been to Italy, had coached his fellow survivors in the catechism). Having been granted free passage, Vroom travelled to St. Huves (Setubal), where he recorded his adventures in a painting that he sold to a painter there. When he decided to return to Haarlem, he got off the ship at the last minute due to a premonition, being called a "crazy painter". The ship sank in the Øresund near Helsingor and in Haarlem Vroom was reported dead. However, he had written to his wife, who thus discovered he was still alive. He eventually died in Haarlem, in his late seventies. Tapestry designs When he did return to Haarlem, it was as an artist of international repute and soon afterwards he received two commissions for tapestry designs, one of which, from Lord Howard of Effingham, was for a series of ten tapestries depicting the defeat of the Spanish Armada of 1588, by the English under Howard’s overall command as Lord Admiral. Executed in Brussels in 1592–95, the tapestries later decorated the House of Lords, Westminster, and were fortunately recorded in engravings before they were destroyed by fire in 1834. Legacy Vroom recorded important engagements of the Dutch and English fleets in his oil paintings, giving a detailed portrayal of ships. Most of the pieces described by Van Mander are lost, and his greatest commissions were obtained after Van Mander's death. Vroom's large and decorative battles, ceremonial scenes and beach views introduced novel compositional devices to be taken up by younger Dutch marinists. The Haarlem marine painters Hans Goderis, Cornelis Verbeeck and Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen were all directly influenced by him. He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke and his pupils included Aert Anthonisz, Nicolaes de Kemp, Jan Porcellis, and his sons Cornelis Hendriksz Vroom and Frederik Hendricksz Vroom. Works Among his more famous historical scenes included the 1607 Battle of Gibraltar and the arrival of various dignitaries in Amsterdam, including Protestant leader Frederick V, Elector Palatine of Bohemia who had been exiled by the Holy Roman Emperor. References External links Vroom at the Web Gallery of Art Works and literature on PubHist Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom on Artnet Vermeer and The Delft School, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom 1560s births 1640 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch marine artists Painters from Haarlem

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City-As-School High School

City-As-School (CAS) is a public high school located at 16 Clarkson Street between Hudson Street and Seventh Avenue South in the West Village of Manhattan, New York City which was established in 1972. It is one of the oldest alternative public high schools in the United States. History CAS was founded by Frederick J. Koury and Rick Safran in 1972. They chose New York City for the “schoolhouse” and their proposal was approved by the Board of Education of the City of New York. CAS received funding from the Board of Education and additional grants from the Ford Foundation, and opened with ten seniors in 1973. To attract students, CAS advertised on WABC radio, targeting students who were considering dropping out. Their first class eventually grew to 61 students. Administration and organization City As School is led by Rachel Seher. Past principals are: Fred Koury 1972–1989 Rick Safran (acting interim) 1989–1990 Marsha Brevot 1990–1992 Paul Forestieri (acting interim) 1992–1993 Bob Lubetsky 1993–2006 Michael Edwards (acting interim) 2006–2007 Toni Scarpinato 2007–2010 Alan Cheng 2010–2018 Rachel Seher 2018–current Admissions Students are required to register for an internship each cycle; a cycle is half the time of a regular semester. Currently, CAS has over 500 open internship relationships. Graduation from CAS requires a portfolio presentation before a panel of adults and peers. To apply to CAS, a student must be at least 16 years old and have a minimum of 16 high school credits; thus, new students have usually completed about two years of high school elsewhere. Additionally, a personal interview is conducted. Academics Although guided by an advisor, students are responsible for registering for classes and internships four times a year. CAS does not use letter grades; students receive either credit (C) or no credit (NC). Campuses CAS’s main campus is located at 16 Clarkson Street in Greenwich Village in New York City. There are also two satellite locations: in the Bronx at Tremont Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard, and in Brooklyn on Flatbush Avenue next to the Manhattan Bridge. City-As-School Queens opened in 1995 and closed in 2002. The original school was in a brownstone on Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn. The first class was held in September 1973. Notable alumni Decora (rapper) (born 1984) – hip hop artist, producer, performance poet and social activist Asa Akira – pornographic actress Sunny Bak (born 1958) – commercial photographer and celebrity Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) – graffiti artist, film director Michael Dominic (born 1970) – award-winning documentary filmmaker and photojournalist Julia Fox (born 1990) – actress and model Adam Horovitz (Ad-rock) of the Beastie Boys (born 1966) – musician/rapper, son of playwright Israel Horovitz Destiny Frasqueri (Princess Nokia) (born 1992) – rapper, actress Ephrem Lopez (DJ Enuff) (born 1969) – DJ and radio personality Ayodele Maakheru – musician, composer, and bandleader, winner of the ASCAP songwriter award (2004) Franck de Las Mercedes (born 1972) – visual artist Zoe Leonard (born 1961) – artist Mekhi Phifer (born 1974) – film actor Victor Rasuk: (born 1984) – actor; winner, Independent Spirit Award (2002) Ryder Ripps (born 1986) – conceptual artist Seth Zvi Rosenfeld (born 1961) – playwright and screenwriter Dante Terrell Smith (Mos Def) (born 1973) – musician and actor Patty Smyth (born 1957) – rock musician; married to tennis star John McEnroe Vincent Spano (born 1962) – television and film actor Mia Tyler (born 1978) – Plus-size model, daughter of Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler and actress Cyrinda Foxe Charles Malik Whitfield (born 1970) – film and television actor Bob Woodruff (singer) (born 1961) – singer, songwriter, musician Malik Yoba (born 1967) – film and television actor References External links Public high schools in Manhattan Internship programs

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2020–21 Premiership Rugby

| tries = {{#expr: + 5 + 6 + 5 + 6 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 10 + 6 + 9 + 6 + 1 + 4 + 6 + 6 + 7 + 3 + 7 + 5 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 7 + 6 + 3 + 6 + 11 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 7 + 7 + 5 + 6 + 5 + 7 + 8 + 2 + 5 + 5 + 8 + 9 + 2 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 8 + 6 + 2 + 6 + 2 + 5 + 5 + 7 + 4 + 7 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 9 + 3 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 11 + 12 + 12 + 6 + 7 + 6 + 8 + 9 + 11 + 3 + 5 + 10 + 8 + 6 + 12 + 5 + 4 + 5 + 5 + 8 + 5 + 9 + 9 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 11 + 9 + 12 + 6 + 3 + 9 + 3 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 5 + 10 + 4 + 6 + 12 + 9 + 6 + 6 + 11 + 7 + 8 + 5 + 12 + 9 + 12 + 8 + 11 }} | top point scorer = Marcus Smith (Harlequins)(286 points) | top try scorer = Sam Simmonds (Exeter)(21 tries) | website = www.premiershiprugby.com | prevseason = 2019–20 | nextseason = 2021–22 }} The 2020–21 Gallagher Premiership was the 34th season of the top flight English domestic rugby union competition and the third one to be sponsored by Gallagher. The reigning champions entering the season were Exeter Chiefs, who had claimed their second title after defeating Wasps in the 2020 final. Newcastle Falcons had been promoted as champions from the 2019–20 RFU Championship at the first attempt. The competition was broadcast by BT Sport for the eighth successive season and with five games also simulcast free-to-air on Channel 5. Highlights of each weekend's games were shown on Channel 5 for the final time, with extended highlights on BT Sport. Summary Harlequins won their second title after defeating Exeter Chiefs in the final at Twickenham after having finished fourth in the regular season table. No team was relegated this season after a moratorium was agreed. Due to changes to the global rugby calendar implemented this year and the COVID-19 pandemic prolonging the 2019–20 Premiership Rugby season, this edition featured a later start and later finish and would take place over a reduced timeframe of 32 weeks. The season also featured a two-week break in January due to the suspension of both of the European Professional Club Rugby competitions. Rule changes New regulations were introduced this season for games cancelled as a result of the pandemic or otherwise. A brief outline of the new regulations are: All fixtures will be treated equally. No round 1 - 22 fixtures will be postponed unless within the same weekend. When cancellation is as a result of COVID-19 points will be awarded as follows. 2 points awarded to the team responsible for cancellation. 4 points will be awarded to the team who wasn't responsible. The match result will be deemed to be 0–0 There are also changes to the regulations allowing the Testing Oversight Group to cancel matches. Regulations for the semi-finals and final will be published later in the year. This season also includes a moratorium on relegation due to the effects of the pandemic. This season is the last under the current regulations before changes are made next season and again before 2024–25. Teams Twelve teams compete in the league – the top eleven teams from the previous season and Newcastle Falcons who were promoted from the 2019–20 RFU Championship after a top flight absence of one year. They replaced Saracens who were relegated after twenty five years in the top flight following two large points deductions during the season. Stadiums and locations Table Fixtures Fixtures for the season were announced by Premiership Rugby on 29 September 2020 - this was delayed from July due to the previous season being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The London Double Header no longer features after being discontinued in 2018. League Season The league season began on 20 November 2020. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Round 12 Round 13 Round 14 Round 15 Round 16 Round 17 Round 18 Round 19 Round 20 Round 21 Round 22 Play-offs As in previous seasons, the top four teams in the Premiership table, following the conclusion of the regular season, contest the play-off semi-finals in a 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd format, with the higher ranking team having home advantage. The two winners of the semi-finals then meet in the Premiership Final at Twickenham on 26 June 2021. Bracket Semi-finals Final Leading scorers Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality. Most points Source: Most tries Source: Notes References External links 2020-21 Premiership Rugby England

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FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

The FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. Initially the tournament was played in the year following the Olympic Games, except for 1973 when no tournament was held, but since 1991 the World Cup has been awarded in the year preceding the Olympic Games. The current champions are the United States, who won their third title at the 2023 tournament. The current format of the competition involves eight teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation Japan, competing in the tournament phase for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about two weeks. The World Cup (with exception of the 2019 edition) acts as the first qualification event for the following year's Olympic Games with the top two teams qualifying. The 15 World Cup tournaments have been won by six different national teams. Russia is the most successful team, having won the title six times (four as Soviet Union). The other World Cup winners are Brazil and the United States with three titles each, followed by Cuba, Italy and East Germany with one title each. This tournament should not be confused with the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship. History The World Cup was created in 1965 with the purpose of partially filling the gap between the two most important volleyball tournaments, the Olympic Games and the World Championship, which take place in alternating four-year cycles. The establishment of a third international competition would leave only one in every four years with no major events. The World Cup has a smaller entry than the World Championship, with at most twelve teams. The World Cup was to be held in the year following the Olympic Games. The first two tournaments were for men's volleyball only; in 1973, a women's tournament was also introduced. Originally, each tournament had a different host, but in 1977 the competition was transferred to Japan on a permanent basis. In the 1990s, the installment of annual international events such as the World League and the Grand Prix made the original motivations for the creation of the World Cup obsolete. Instead of letting a consolidated event disappear for lack of interest, the FIVB decided to change its format in 1991: it would be held in the year preceding, and not following, the Olympic Games; and it would be considered a first international Olympic qualification tournament, granting the winners a direct berth in the games. This move saved the competition. The possibility of securing an early berth for the Olympic Games, thus avoiding extraneous and in some cases tight continental qualification procedures, became a consistent motivation for the national federations to participate in the World Cup. In 1995, the number of Olympic spots granted at the competition was increased to three, as it remained until 2011. In 2015 the number of spots was only two again. With the change of qualification for the Paris Summer Olympics, the 2023 World Cup will serve as one of the three Olympic qualification tournaments. Only eight teams will participate in this edition, with two tickets to Paris Olympics for the top two teams. Winners Russia (considered as the inheritors of the records of the former Soviet Union), Brazil and United States are the only teams that have won the Men's World Cup more than once. The Soviets took the gold at the opening edition of the tournament, in 1965. Four years later, the winner was also a socialist nation, East Germany. Scheduled for Uruguay, the 1973 edition was cancelled. In 1977, competition was resumed in Japan, and the Soviet Union came back for two wins in a row. In 1985, they were once again runners-up, but lost the decisive match to United States in five sets. In 1989, Cuba surprised the world and beat a rising Italy to take the gold. With the competition now set as a qualifying event for the Olympic Games, the Soviet Union, led by Dmitri Fomin won the title in 1991, at the brink of dissolution. The Italians, who hadn't participated in this edition, finally conquered their gold medal in 1995. Inheriting a large part of the former Soviet volleyball programme, Russia were the winners in 1999. The following two editions, played in 2003 and 2007 respectively, were won by favorites Brazil. In 2011, Russia regained the title, while the 2015 edition was won by the United States for the second time. Brazil won the title for the third time in 2019. Competition formula The World Cup is the most stable from all competition formulas employed by the FIVB. The following rules apply: The competition takes place in Japan. Twelve teams participate in each event: ten qualified, two per invitation. Japan are always pre-qualified as host nation. The winners of the FIVB World Championship in the previous year are automatically granted a spot. The champion and runner-up of each continental tournament of that year are granted two spots. Since the 1999 edition, only teams not yet qualified for the following Olympic Games can compete in the World Cup; hence hosts of the following year's Olympic Games are not allowed to compete. There will be an exception for the 2019 World Cup, as the tournament will be hosted by Japan and the country will host the 2020 Summer Olympics. The competition is divided in exactly two phases (called "legs"). Teams are divided in two pools. At the first leg, each team plays one match against all other teams in its pool. At the second leg, each team plays one match against all the teams in the other pool. Matches take place continuously through two weeks, with one-day breaks every two or three days. Each day, six matches are played. Final standings are calculated by usual volleyball criteria: match points, numbers of matches won, sets ratio (the total number of sets won divided by the total number of sets lost), points ratio, direct confrontation. Top two teams in overall standings, regardless of pools, qualify for the following Olympic Games. The tournament implements very tight line-up restrictions: only twelve players are allowed, and no replacement is permitted, even in the case of injuries. Results summary Medals summary Debut of national teams Participating nations Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place – Did not enter / Did not qualify – Hosts = – More than one team tied for that rank Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament MVP by edition 1977 – 1981 – 1985 – 1989 – 1991 – 1995 – 1999 – 2003 – 2007 – 2011 – 2015 – 2019 – See also Volleyball at the Summer Olympics FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup FIVB Volleyball World League FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League List of Indoor Volleyball World Medalists References External links V International volleyball competitions International men's volleyball competitions Quadrennial sporting events World cups

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Ohod Club

Ohod Club () is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Medina, which competes in the First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football. Ohod was named after Mount Uhud, hence the nickname "Al-Jabal". Ohod have won the Saudi First Division three times and have finished runners-up five times. They play their home games at the Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium. During the 1994 FIFA World Cup two players from Ohod were selected for the Saudi Arabia national team and Cameroon national team, respectively, Hamzah Idris and Thomas Libiih. Other famous players are Redha Tukar (1995–2001) and Mohammad Khouja (2003–2005). Honours Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams Winners (1): 1994–95 Runners-up (4): 1992–93, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2003–04, Saudi First Division Winners (3): 1980–81, 1983–84, 2003–04 Runners-up (5): 1978–79, 1986–87, 1990–91, 1992–93, 2016–17 Saudi Second Division Runners-up (2): 2000–01, 2006–07 Current squad As of 17 September 2019: Out on loan Former managers Mohieddine Sharshar (1975–78) Jamel Eddine Bouabsa (1978–79) Mansour Ramadan (1979–80) Said Salim (1980–81) Hameur Hizem (1981–83) Mamdouh Khafagi (1983–84) Boujemaa Benkhrif (1984–86) Mohieddine Sharshar (1986) Abdullah Foudah (1986–87) Abdullah Foudah (1990–91) Mahmoud Abou-Regaila (1991–93) Habib Majeri (1993) Mahmoud Abou-Regaila (1993–94) Abdulaziz Raheem (1994) Mohamed Seddik (1994) Luciano de Abreu (1994–96) Abdullah Darwish (2003–04) Djamel Belkacem (2008–09) Abdel-Wahab Khraf (June 2, 2009 – September 17, 2009) Mohammed Al Sahali (caretaker) (September 17, 2009 – October 6, 2009) Chokri Khatoui (October 6, 2009 – June 4, 2010) Petre Gigiu (June 22, 2010 – December 12, 2010) Florin (December 12, 2010 – February 20, 2011) Ayman Al-Seraj (February 20, 2011 – April 5, 2011) Essam Mohammed (caretaker) (April 5, 2011 – April 11, 2011) Hamadah Marzooq (April 11, 2011 – May 18, 2011) Aurel Țicleanu (June 14, 2011 – December 15, 2011) Mukram Abdallah (December 17, 2011 – January 14, 2012) Aboud El Khodary (January 14, 2012 – September 25, 2013) Abdullah Darwish (September 25, 2013 – December 15, 2013) Hadi Ben Mukhtar (December 29, 2013 – February 21, 2014) Abdulwahab Al-Harbi (February 24, 2014 – November 5, 2017) Nabil Neghiz (November 10, 2017 – February 18, 2018) Maher Kanzari (February 23, 2018 – April 12, 2018) Sadio Demba (April 12, 2018 – May 4, 2018) Francisco Arce (June 9, 2018 – November 23, 2018) Paulo Alves (November 27, 2018 – January 14, 2019) Ammar Souayah (January 19, 2019 – May 17, 2019) Nenad Sakić (July 23, 2019 – August 12, 2019) Tarek Jaraya (August 12, 2019 – September 6, 2019) Yousef Anbar (September 6, 2019 – August 18, 2020) Ayoub Ghulam (August 18, 2020 – September 20, 2020) Djamel Belkacem (September 21, 2020 – December 24, 2020) Khalil Al-Masri (December 26, 2020 – June 1, 2021) Chokri Khatoui (July 16, 2021 – November 9, 2021) Khalil Al-Masri (November 9, 2021 – September 12, 2022) Ndubuisi Egbo (caretaker) (September 12, 2022 – September 20, 2022) Ernest Gjoka (September 20, 2022 – March 15, 2023) Augustin Călin (caretaker) (March 15, 2023 – April 1, 2023) Mohamed Mkacher (April 1, 2023 – June 1, 2023) Zekirija Ramadani (June 20, 2023 – September 24, 2023) Mazen Al-Blwi (caretaker) (September 24, 2023 – September 30, 2023) Damir Burić (September 30, 2023 – ) See also List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia References External links Twitter page Ohod Club Ohod Ohod Ohod Ohod