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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturally%20Obsessed

Naturally Obsessed

Naturally Obsessed is a 2009 documentary film that opens a view on the training of scientists and the process of discovery. Shot over three years' time in the molecular biology laboratory of Dr. Lawrence Shapiro of the Columbia University Medical Center, the film chronicles how the tool of X-ray crystallography enables the discovery of the workings of the AMPK protein molecule, revealing a new path towards the treatment of diabetes and obesity. The film focuses on the human side of doing science. It follows the emotional ups and downs of three graduate students (Robert Townley, Kilpatrick Caroll and Gabrielle Cubberley) guided by their professor and laboratory head along the challenging and uncertain journey to the PhD degree. It highlights qualities that contribute to being a scientist, including persistence, asking the right questions, mastering technology, mentoring and being mentored, collaborating, and facing competition. Background The film was produced by the not-for-profit ParnassusWorks, headed by Dr. Richard Rifkind, formerly director of research and Chairman of the Sloan-Kettering Institute in New York City, where he also was responsible for graduate student education. Long concerned with public understanding of science, upon his retirement from SKI, Rifkind turned to filmmaking in order to illuminate, for a general public, what research is all about—how new scientists are trained, the critical role that students play in the process of discovery, and the drama of research that he, himself, experienced during his 50 years as a bench scientist. Critical reception Reviewers in the popular and science press have highlighted the veracity of the film: Ann Hornday, The Washington Post: "Naturally Obsessed," a funny, lively, thoroughly absorbing documentary ... moves viewers with ease and intimacy through a world too often portrayed as boring, nerdy and filled with indecipherable jargon." Karen A. Frenkel, TALKING SCIENCE: "Much of the film is concerned not so much with the specifics of research, but with what sacrifices people are willing to make for the sake of discovery. This is as it should be; the public needs to better understand what goes on in the minds of those working in Ivory Towers." Emily D. Slutsky and Lauren E. Wool, BioTechniques: "'Naturally Obsessed' makes it clear that there is no way to make science easy: as a whole, it is nothing less than an ongoing lesson in dedication and persistence." Christopher Mims, POP-SCI.COM: "'Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist' is the best film ever to depict what goes on inside a real science lab -- period. Production The production team also includes: Co-producer/director Carole Rifkind Academy Award-nominated and Emmy award winner cinematographer, Buddy Squires (Ken Burns' Brooklyn Bridge and The Statue of Liberty) Emmy-winning editor Richard Hankin (The Jinx): and Lisa Palatella Academy Award animators, Caroline and Frank Mouris (Frank Film) Composer David Majzlin Music supervisor, Susan Jacobs Consulting producer, Marion Swaybill Associate producer, Hayley Downs Screenings and Festivals In 2009, Naturally Obsessed was screened at universities, research institutes, high schools, cultural organizations, government agencies, and corporations nationwide. The film was also screened at the following film festivals: 2009 Atlanta Film Festival 2009 Big Sky Film Festival 2009 DC Environmental Film Festival International Science Film Festival in Athens, 2009 18th Woods Hole Film Festival World Science Festival/Global Nomads multi-school screening References External links 2009 films American documentary films American films Documentary films about science Culture of Columbia University Films shot in New York City

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%20Sta.%20Lucia%20Realtors%20season

1999 Sta. Lucia Realtors season

The 1999 Sta.Lucia Realtors season was the seventh season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Off-season transactions Occurrences Assistant coach Adonis Tierra signed a two-year deal to be promoted back as coach of the Realtors, replacing Derrick Pumaren, who moved over to Purefoods. In the Commissioner's Cup, the Realtors had Kwan Johnson as their import and along with the signing of their direct-hire recruit, Fil-Am Rob Parker, their tandem nearly led Sta.Lucia to their first finals appearance in the Commissioner's Cup when they lead the best-of-five semifinal series against Formula Shell, two games to one, only to lose the last two matches. Prior to the start of the Governor's Cup, a senate hearing was conducted on the ongoing investigation regarding the fake Fil-foreigners playing in the league, the flamboyant Rob Parker with the possibility of being deported, breached his contract and suddenly left the team unnoticed. The Realtors retain Kwan Johnson but soon replaced him with Joseph Temple, who was one of their imports from last season. Notable dates March 26: Dennis Espino delivered the clutch baskets in the stretch as the Realtors scored an 82-73 victory over Barangay Ginebra Kings in their first assignment in the second round of eliminations of the All-Filipino Cup. Sta.Lucia survived a third quarter run by the Gin Kings and took its third win in nine outings. July 11: The Realtors dealt Mobiline its worst loss with a 103-74 victory to finally barge into the win column and spoiled Jerry Codiñera's debut with the Phone Pals as Fil-Am Robert Parker displayed a fiery, grandstanding offensive while Kwan Johnson registered his first triple-double of 22 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in the Commissioner's Cup tournament. July 18: Sta.Lucia scored its second victory in five outings with an 88-78 win over Baranagay Ginebra Kings. Roster Team Manager: Manuel Encarnado References Sta. Lucia Sta. Lucia Realtors seasons tl:Panahong PBA 1999

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

TrueConf

TrueConf is a Russian company that produces software-based video conferencing and unified communications products. The company's applications are designed for usage in conference or meeting rooms, at workplaces, and on mobile devices. TrueConf is headquartered in Moscow, Russia. SVC-based architecture TrueConf's software architecture is based on Scalable Video Coding (SVC). During a multipoint video conference each conference participant receives an individual set of video streams adjusted in accordance with bandwidth, network connection, and endpoint's capabilities. As opposed to SVC technology, traditional video conferencing based on multipoint control units (MCUs) performs transcoding server-side, which is not scalable thus unsuitable for large deployments. SVC-based architecture is considered to have a competitive advantage as it significantly lowers infrastructure costs and easily adapts to any necessary device. Products Server software TrueConf Server is on-premises software server designed for video conferencing in corporate networks. TrueConf Server is run on Windows Server OS. TrueConf Server Free is a free version of TrueConf Server with a limited number of users. TrueConf Enterprise is an operator class product for large enterprises and service providers. Cloud systems TrueConf Online is a cloud-based video conferencing service designed to run video conferences over the Internet. Client applications TrueConf for Windows, Android, iOS and Mac OS X are the free applications and most of the features are free too. Upgrade to a pro account allows for up to 120 participants in a single video conference. TrueConf for Linux is an application available for all popular Linux distributions, such as Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, openSUSE, Fedora, and ALT Linux. TrueConf WebRTC is an application designed for the browsers supporting WebRTC standard. Hardware products TrueConf Terminal is a software-based room appliance designed for conference rooms and meeting rooms. Other projects SVKS-m is an institutional video conferencing system designed for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. TrueConf 4K point-to-point video conferencing system is an app designed for direct 2160p (Ultra HD) video calls. TrueConf 3D is a hardware-software video conferencing system which supports stereo image capturing and playback. Conferendo is a free software and a popular video conferencing service with more than 35 million users. References Telecommunications companies of Russia Videotelephony Companies based in Moscow Software companies of Russia Russian brands

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zotye%20Domy%20X7

Zotye Domy X7

The Zotye Domy X7 (Damai X7) was a mid-size crossover vehicle (CUV) manufactured by Chinese automaker Zotye Auto under the Domy (大迈) product series. Overview Revealed during the 2016 Chengdu Auto Show in China, the production version was launched later in October 2016 with prices ranging from 89,900 yuan to 161,900 yuan. Styling is controversial as the Domy X7 heavily resembles the Volkswagen CrossBlue Coupé Concept. Zotye Domy X7 S The Domy X7 S is a sportier trim of the Zotye Domy X7 mid-size crossover vehicle revealed in November 2017. The Domy X7 S features a restyled front fascia and a redesigned tailgate. As of 2018, the model was canceled and the design and platform was sold to Dorcen and renamed to Dorcen G70s. See also Volkswagen CrossBlue Coupé Concept the car that inspired the design of the Domy X7 References External links Zotye Chinese site Cars of China Domy X7 Front-wheel-drive vehicles Cars introduced in 2016 Crossover sport utility vehicles

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trout%20Run%20%28East%20Branch%20Fishing%20Creek%20tributary%29

Trout Run (East Branch Fishing Creek tributary)

Trout Run is a tributary of East Branch Fishing Creek in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Davidson Township. The watershed of the stream has an area of . The stream is acidic and is considered by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to be impaired by atmospheric deposition and metals. Rock formations in the watershed include the Catskill Formation and the Huntley Mountain Formation. Soils in the watershed include the Deep-Wellsboro-Oquaga and Oquaga soil associations. Course Trout Run begins on a plateau in Davidson Township. It flows west-northwest for a short distance before turning southwest and entering a valley, which it flows through for some distance. At the end of the valley, the stream turns southwest and then south. After a short distance, it reaches its confluence with East Branch Fishing Creek. Trout Run joins East Branch Fishing Creek upstream of its mouth. Tributaries Trout Run has no named tributaries. It does, however, have at least one small unnamed tributary. Hydrology The average discharge of Trout Run is 930 gallons per minute. It sometimes runs dry. The concentration of aluminum in the stream is 9.9 milligrams per liter during average conditions. The pH of Trout Run is 5.29 during average conditions. The stream experiences episodic acidification. It requires an additional alkalinity load of per day to be restored to the standards laid out by the East Branch Fishing Creek Restoration Plan. Trout Run is considered to have fair water quality. It could potentially improve the water quality of East Branch Fishing Creek, but not significantly. Proposed methods of increasing the alkalinity of Trout Run include road liming. The cost of road liming Trout Run along with the nearby Lead Run is estimated to be $120,000. A total of of streams in the watershed of Trout Run are considered by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to be impaired to do atmospheric deposition and metals. Geography and geology The elevation near the mouth of Trout Run is above sea level. The elevation of the source of the stream is between and . The lower reaches of Trout Run are over rock of the Catskill Formation. The stream's upper reaches lie over the Huntley Mountain Formation. The lower reaches of Trout Run lie over the Oquaga soil association, although the Deep-Wellsboro-Oquaga soil association also occurs nearby. The upper reaches of the stream have soils of the Oquaga soil association, as well as another soil association. There are also rock outcroppings near the stream. Most of the soil in the watershed is highly acidic. Watershed The watershed of Trout Run has an area of . There are of streams in the watershed. Most of Trout Run is on private land. However, a number of forest trails run parallel to and cross the stream. History The restoration of Trout Run, along with Lead Run, is the seventh phase of the East Branch Fishing Creek Restoration Plan. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has designated Trout Run to be used for aquatic life. The stream was listed as impaired in 2002. As of December 2011, a total maximum daily load is scheduled for it in 2015. See also Blackberry Run Lead Run List of tributaries of Fishing Creek (North Branch Susquehanna River) References Rivers of Sullivan County, Pennsylvania Tributaries of Fishing Creek (North Branch Susquehanna River) Rivers of Pennsylvania

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Kanuha

David Kanuha

David Kanuha, also known as David Kanuha Ainoa (July 4, 1861 - November 12, 1938) was the first Native Hawaiian teacher at Kamehameha Schools in Kalihi, Honolulu, Hawaii starting on January 27, 1893, only days after the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He taught tailoring at school and was one of the only school staff to participate in resisting the Republican forces after the kingdoms overthrow. He was married to Esther Staine. The couple had two children, a daughter named Gladys Kamakakuokalani Brandt and a son named David K. Ainoa. An infant son named Alfred Staine Kanuha died in 1899. References People from Hawaii Hawaiian studies 1861 births 1938 deaths

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friction%20%28band%29

Friction (band)

is a Japanese rock band, formed in 1978. They originally began in 1971 under the name , and are considered to be one of the pioneers of Japan's alternative rock scene. The group ended activities in 1996, but original member Reck reformed Friction in 2006 as a duo with drummer Tatsuya Nakamura. In September 2007, Rolling Stone Japan rated their debut album Atsureki at #21 on its list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time". History Originally formed in 1971 as an avant-garde music group by bassist Reck, saxophonist Chico Hige, and drummer Sakuro Watanabe in Tokyo, Japan. They changed the band's name to 3/3 in the mid 70s, and Reck and Chico later moved to the United States, where they would form the band Teenage Jesus and the Jerks with Lydia Lunch and James Chance, and later became the original founding members of James Chance and the Contortions before returning to Japan. Renaming 3/3 to form Friction, they recruited guitarist Tsunematsu Masatoshi, who had studied art at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music. They released a live album and single in 1979, and their first studio album, Atsureki (軋轢, meaning 'friction' in Japanese) in 1980, produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Tsunematsu left the band in December 1980 to become an artist, and from then on Friction has had numerous guest instrumentalists for lives and studio releases, all revolving around frontman Reck. The live video titled Dumb Numb was directed by Sogo Ishii. Friction went on hiatus in 1999 when Reck started producing for other musicians. In 2006, the group was reformed as a duo featuring Reck and drummer Tatsuya Nakamura. Discography Atsureki (1980) Skin Deep (1982) Live at "Ex Mattatoio" in Roma (1985) Replicant Walk (1988) Dumb Numb CD (1990) Zone Tripper (1995) Remixxx+One (1996) Live 1980 (1996) Best (2007) Friction 1978-2008 (2008) Deepers (2009) 2013 - Live Friction (2010) References External links Official website Friction Japanese punk rock groups Tzadik Records artists Enemy Records artists

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Clar-de-Rivi%C3%A8re

Saint-Clar-de-Rivière

Saint-Clar-de-Rivière (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population See also Communes of the Haute-Garonne department References Communes of Haute-Garonne

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western%20barbastelle

Western barbastelle

The western barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus), also known as the barbastelle or barbastelle bat, is a European bat in the genus Barbastella. This species is found from Portugal to Azerbaijan and from Sweden to Canary Islands, where a sub-species was identified. It has a short nose, small eyes and wide ears. The conservation status of B. barbastellus is assessed as "Near Threatened", "Vulnerable", "Critically Endangered" or "Extinct" in various parts of its range. Taxonomy The western barbastelle was described as a new species in 1774 by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, who placed it in the genus Vespertilio, with a species name of Vespertilio barbastellus. The holotype had been collected in Burgundy, France. In 1836 it was placed in the genus Barbastellus, and the first use of its current name combination of Barbastella barbastellus was in 1897 by Gerrit Smith Miller. The name Barbastella barbastellus might be coming from the Latin barba (beard) and stella (star). Viewed from the side, it seems that the upper lip has a beard, or a moustache. Two subspecies are recognized by Mammal Species of the World (2005): Barbastellus barbastellus barbastellus: distributed from western Europe until the Caucasus, with isolated populations in Morocco Barbastellus barbastellus guanchae: only found in the islands of Tenerife and La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain In addition to morphological measurement, DNA analysis confirmed the presence of an endemic sub-species in the Canary Islands as well as a relatively homogeneous genetic structure among populations of the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco, and probably, across Europe as far as the Thrace region. Description The barbastelle is a medium-sized bat, with a characteristic pug-shaped nose. The ears are broad, joined across its head by skin, and covered in gingery-brown fur on the rear surface. The tragus is triangular – broad at the base but with a nearly parallel tip which starts about halfway along its length. Head and body length is between 40 and 55 mm and wingspan is between 260 and 209 mm. Forearm length is 35 to 45 mm and body mass is 6 to 13 g. Ecology Habitat Barbastelles roost in splits or behind loose bark of trees all year, generally in mature deciduous forests, as well as rock crevices and within human buildings. In central Italy, tall dead beech in unmanaged woodland were found to be preferred as roost trees. While barbastelles typically remain within a single roosting area, they move between individual roosts with great frequency. Barbastelles migrate to underground roosting sites over the winter, although they may stay within arboreal roosts in the beginning of the season. Winter roosting sites include natural caves and human structures such as basements, mines and bunkers. Barbastelles are relatively resistant to cold conditions, and are typically found hibernating in cold sites and in exposed positions. Hunting and feeding Barbastelles feed chiefly on moths, as well as on flies. Research from Switzerland showed that the biologically most productive parts of the forest are exploited in priority by this species while hunting and that ca. 99% of prey by volume consisted of Lepidoptera. More recent studies confirmed this predominance of Lepidoptera, underlining that medium-sized and larger specimens are targeted in priority by the barbastelles. However, seasonal diet changes were recorded during autumn due to potential interspecific competition (with Plecotus austriacus) and strong decrease of flying larger moths. The diet of the barbastelles appears to be one of the narrowest among European bats. This specialization in foraging habits probably points to a higher vulnerability of this species to negative changes in the abundance of moth populations. This could explain its current rarity throughout most of its range. While foraging, barbastelles behave as typical aerial-hawking bat species despite the fact that they hunt exclusively just above the forest canopy. This peculiar foraging technique could be explained by the co-evolution with the defence system of its prey. Specimens can travel up to 20 km per night for foraging purposes and nonreproductive females forage at greater distances than reproductive females Reproduction Individuals reach their sexual maturity after one or two years. After total sexual segregation during most of spring and summer, the mating period starts at the end of summer, sometimes during swarming episodes. The mating period is often finishing with the start of the hibernation, but some cases of late mating during winter and early spring have been observed Around May–June, each pregnant female gives birth to 1 or 2 newborn juveniles which she breastfeeds up to 6 weeks. Echolocation The barbastelle has two main call types used for echolocation. The frequency parameters of call type 1 lie between 30 and 38 kHz, have most energy at 33 kHz and have an average duration of 2.5 ms. The frequency parameters of call type 2 lie between 29 and 47 kHz, have most energy at 38 kHz and have an average duration of 4.1 ms. Major prey for the bat order Chiroptera is the moth order Lepidoptera. To minimize the risk of the bats' echolocation, moths (and in rarest examples, butterflies) have evolved to detect the echolocation calls of hunting bats, and use evasive flight manoeuvres, or reply with their own ultrasonic clicks to confuse the bat's echolocation. The Arctiidae subfamily of Noctuid moths uniquely respond to bat echolocation with three prevailing mechanisms: startle, sonar jamming, and acoustic aposematic defence. All these defences depend on specific environmental settings and the type of echolocation call; however, these responses are not mutually exclusive and can be used by the same moth for defence. In response some bat families are known to use clicks at frequencies above or below moths' hearing ranges. This is known as the allotonic frequency hypothesis. It argues that the auditory systems in moths have driven their bat predators to use higher or lower frequency echolocation to circumvent the moth hearing. Barbastelle bats have evolved to use a quieter mode of echolocation, calling at a reduced volume and further reducing the volume of their clicks as they close in on prey moths. The lower volume of clicks reduces the effective successful hunting range, but results in a significantly higher number of moths caught than other, louder bat species. Moths have further evolved the ability to discriminate between high and low echolocation click rates, which indicates whether the bat has just detected their presence or is actively pursuing them. This allows them to decide whether or not defensive ultrasonic clicks are worth the time and energy expenditure. Distribution This species is rare and most of the time decreasing throughout its range. Some historical data from the 19th century refers to the presence of western barbastelles in Senegal. This data is considered as doubtful. Albania So far, only four specimens of this species were recorded in Albania. The specimens were caught in 2005 near the Shebenik-Jabllanicë National Park, close to the border with Northern Macedonia. This national park is well known for its beech forest, part of the UNESCO site "Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe". Belgium Barbastelle bats are known to occur within the Sonian Forest of Belgium. Ireland This species was reported in 1997 from the west coast of Ireland, based on echolocation calls. Recent surveys and researches assessed this data and concluded to a mis-identification of the echolocation calls, and the absence of this species from the island of Ireland. Montenegro The species is present during summer in both Mediterranean and Alpine biogeographic region of Montenegro, on altitudes as low as 80 m and up to 1.700 m a.s.l. Netherlands The barbastelle has been extinct in the Netherlands since 1984. Norway It was considered extirpated in Norway, having only been sighted in 1896, 1911, 1913 and 1949. However, it was again found in 2004 and 2008. United Kingdom In Britain, only a few breeding roosts are known; Paston Great Barn in Norfolk, parts of Exmoor and the Quantock Hills in Devon and Somerset (see Tarr Steps), Wimpole Wood in Cambridgeshire, the Mottisfont woodland in Hampshire and Ebernoe Common in West Sussex. The UK distribution can be found on the National Biodiversity Network website here. Conservation This species is protected in the European Union under the Habitats Directive, meaning that habitats and roosts use by this species may be considered for notification as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. This species is also listed in the Berne Convention and is specifically targeted by the UNEP-EUROBATS convention. Several national legislation are also protecting this species and its habitats in many countries and regions. In order to highlight the importance of protecting this species at the European scale, this species was selected as bat species of the Year 2020-2021 by the pan-European NGO BatLife Europe. Status This species is classified as Near Threatened (NT) in the worldwide IUCN Red List, while it is considered as Vulnerable (VU) at the European and European Union scale and Near Threatened (NT) in the Mediterranean Red List. References Literature cited Rachwald, A., Kokurewicz, T., Zapart, A., Apoznański, G., Szurlej, M., Haddow, J., Đurović, M. & Kepel, A. 2019. New Records of the Western Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber, 1774) and Other Rare Bat Species in Montenegro. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica. 71 (4):519-524 Rochebrune, A.T. 1883. Faune de Sénégambie. Mammifères. Société Linéenne de Bordeaux. 37:49-204 Russo, D., Cistrone, L., Jones, G., & Mazzoleni, S. 2004. Roost selection by barbastelle bats (Barbastella barbastellus, Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in beech woodlands of central Italy: consequences for conservation. Biological Conservation, 117(1), 73–81. Rydell, J., & Bogdanowicz, W. 1997. Barbastella barbastellus. Mammalian Species, (557), 1–8. Rydell, J., Natuschke, G., Theiler, A., & Zingg, P. E. (1996). Food habits of the barbastelle bat Barbastella barbastellus. Ecography, 19(1), 62–66. Sachanowicz, K., Ciechanowski, M., Rachwald, A., & Piskorski, M. 2016. Overview of bat species reported in Albania with the first country records for eight species. Journal of natural history, 50(7-8), 513-521 Sierro, A. 1999.Habitat selection by barbastelle bats (Barbastella barbastellus) in the Swiss Alps (Valais). Journal of Zoology, 248(4), 429–432. Sierro, A. & Arlettaz, R. 1997. Barbastelle bats (Barbastella spp.) specialize in the predation of moths: implications for foraging tactics and conservation. Acta Oecologica, 18(2), 91–106. Temple, H.J. and Terry, A. (Compilers). 2007. The Status and Distribution of European Mammals.Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. viii + 48pp, 210 x 297 mm Temple, H.J. and Cuttelod, A. (Compilers). 2009. The Status and Distribution of Mediterranean Mammals. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK : IUCN. vii+32pp. Théou, P. & Bego, F. 2018. Bats of Albania. NaturAl Project. 124pp Trujillo, D., Ibáñez, C., & Juste, J. 2002. A new subspecies of Barbastella barbastellus (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Canary Islands. Revue suisse de zoologie; annales de la Société zoologique suisse et du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève. 109(3):543-550. Yager, D. 2012. Predator detection and evasion by flying insects. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 22(2) 203 (Pt 17): 201–207. . Zeale, M. R., Davidson-Watts, I., & Jones, G. 2012. Home range use and habitat selection by barbastelle bats (Barbastella barbastellus): implications for conservation. Journal of Mammalogy, 93(4), 1110–1118. External links ARKive page about barbastelles Woodland Management For Bats Guide Barbastella barbastellus - Science for Nature Foundation www.worlddeer.org/britishbats/barbastelle Western Barbastelle Bat (Science For Nature Foundation) Barbastella Mammals of Russia Bats of Europe Mammals of Turkey Mammals of Azerbaijan Mammals of the Middle East Mammals of North Africa Mammals of the Canary Islands Mammals described in 1774 Taxa named by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Rutherford%2C%20New%20Jersey

East Rutherford, New Jersey

East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 8,913, reflecting an increase of 197 (+2.3%) from the 8,716 counted in the 2000 Census, which had increased by 814 (+10.3%) from the 7,902 counted in the 1990 Census. It is an inner-ring suburb of New York City, located west of Midtown Manhattan. Under the terms of an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 17, 1889, a portion of the old Union Township was incorporated under the name of Boiling Springs Township. The new township took its name from a spring in the community. On March 28, 1894, the Borough of East Rutherford was created, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day, and Boiling Springs Township was dissolved. While there was no change in its borders, the name and form of government were changed. The borough was the second formed during the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone. East Rutherford is the home of the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which includes Meadowlands Arena and MetLife Stadium, and was previously the location of Giants Stadium. The arena is best known as the home of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League, the former home of the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association, and for hosting college basketball, arena football, concerts, and other events. MetLife Stadium is home of the New York Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL), the New York Guardians of the XFL, and hosted Super Bowl XLVIII, which made East Rutherford the smallest city ever to host a Super Bowl. Giants Stadium, which hosted the Giants and Jets until 2009, was also the original home of the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer. East Rutherford is the only municipality with fewer than 10,000 residents to have been home to five professional sports teams simultaneously, as well as the smallest city to host any professional sports within its city limits. The borough is also the site of American Dream, a large shopping center and entertainment complex that was originally named "Xanadu" which opened on October 25, 2019. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 4.04 square miles (10.47 km2), including 3.71 square miles (9.61 km2) of land and 0.33 square miles (0.85 km2) of water (8.14%). East Rutherford is bounded on the north by the boroughs of Carlstadt and Wallington and to the south by the borough of Rutherford in Bergen County; by Secaucus in Hudson County; and by Passaic in Passaic County. The Passaic River is the western boundary, and the Hackensack River is the eastern boundary. The area in which East Rutherford is located is the valley of the Passaic and Hackensack rivers. Carlton Hill is an unincorporated community located within the township. Demographics Census 2010 The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $62,471 (with a margin of error of +/- $8,225) and the median family income was $71,357 (+/- $10,225). Males had a median income of $57,511 (+/- $8,669) versus $48,502 (+/- $2,269) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $32,467 (+/- $2,752). About 5.9% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.2% of those under age 18 and 13.4% of those age 65 or over. Same-sex couples headed 19 households in 2010, a decline from the 27 counted in 2000. Census 2000 As of the 2000 United States Census there were 8,716 people, 3,644 households, and 2,157 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,289.1 people per square mile (883.3/km2). There were 3,771 housing units at an average density of 990.4 per square mile (382.1/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 79.68% White, 3.72% African American, 0.11% Native American, 10.69% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 3.21% from other races, and 2.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.65% of the population. There were 3,644 households, out of which 25.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.4% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.8% were non-families. 33.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 3.05. In the borough, the age distribution of the population shows 19.4% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 36.5% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.8 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $50,163, and the median income for a family was $59,583. Males had a median income of $40,798 versus $36,047 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $28,072. About 7.4% of families and 9.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.1% of those under age 18 and 11.6% of those age 65 or over. Economy East Rutherford is home to the Hudson Group, a retailer which operates a chain of newsstands, bookstores, fast food restaurants, and other retail stores chiefly at airports and train stations. Contract manufacturing organization Cambrex Corporation is based in East Rutherford. The East Rutherford Operations Center handles currency in the area covered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a task that includes removing and destroying 5 million currency notes every day. The Dawn Bible Students Association moved to East Rutherford in 1944. The organization has a worldwide outreach and publishes many Bible-based books as well as The Dawn magazine. Government Local government East Rutherford is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 565) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey. The governing body is comprised of a Mayor and a Borough Council, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council is comprised of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle. The Borough form of government used by East Rutherford is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council. , East Rutherford's Mayor is Democrat Jeffrey Lahullier, whose term of office ends December 31, 2023. The borough council members are Council President Edward C. Ravettine (D, 2020), Daniel Alvarez (D, 2021), Nancy Banca (R, 2022), George W. Cronk (D, 2022), Michael Lorusso (D, 2021), Philip J. Sorbera II (D, 2019) and Saverio "Sam" Stallone (D, 2020). Federal, state and county representation East Rutherford is located in the 9th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 36th state legislative district. Politics As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 4,484 registered voters in East Rutherford, of which 1,233 (27.5% vs. 31.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 1,190 (26.5% vs. 21.1%) were registered as Republicans and 2,058 (45.9% vs. 47.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 3 voters registered to other parties. Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 50.3% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 61.5% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide). In the 2016 presidential election, Democrat Hillary Clinton received 1,918 votes (50.1% vs. 54.2% countywide), ahead of Republican Donald Trump with 1,740 votes (45.5% vs. 41.1% countywide) and other candidates with 169 votes (4.4% vs. 4.6% countywide), among the 3,871 ballots cast by the borough's 5,380 registered voters for a turnout of 71.9% (vs. 72.5% in Bergen County). In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 1,859 votes (59.7% vs. 54.8% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 1,340 votes (43.0% vs. 43.5%) and other candidates with 48 votes (1.5% vs. 0.9%), among the 3,115 ballots cast by the borough's 4,845 registered voters, for a turnout of 64.3% (vs. 70.4% in Bergen County). In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 1,888 votes (51.8% vs. 53.9% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 1,660 votes (45.5% vs. 44.5%) and other candidates with 54 votes (1.5% vs. 0.8%), among the 3,647 ballots cast by the borough's 4,911 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.3% (vs. 76.8% in Bergen County). In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 1,641 votes (49.6% vs. 51.7% countywide), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 1,613 votes (48.7% vs. 47.2%) and other candidates with 30 votes (0.9% vs. 0.7%), among the 3,309 ballots cast by the borough's 4,634 registered voters, for a turnout of 71.4% (vs. 76.9% in the whole county). In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 59.4% of the vote (1,205 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 38.7% (785 votes), and other candidates with 1.8% (37 votes), among the 2,111 ballots cast by the borough's 4,596 registered voters (84 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 45.9%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 1,004 votes (48.2% vs. 45.8% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 919 votes (44.1% vs. 48.0%), Independent Chris Daggett with 112 votes (5.4% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with 17 votes (0.8% vs. 0.5%), among the 2,082 ballots cast by the borough's 4,709 registered voters, yielding a 44.2% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county). Education Public school students in kindergarten through eighth grade attend the East Rutherford School District. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 819 students and 73.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2:1. Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are McKenzie School with 454 students in grades PreK–5 and Alfred S. Faust School with 345 students in grades 6–8. For grades ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend the Henry P. Becton Regional High School in East Rutherford, which serves high school students from both Carlstadt and East Rutherford. The school is part of the Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District. As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 491 students and 37.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2:1. Seats on the high school district's nine-member board of education are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with five seats allocated to East Rutherford. Starting in the 2020–21 school year, students from Maywood will start attending the school as part of a sending/receiving relationship; Maywood's transition to Becton will be complete after the final group of twelfth graders graduates from Hackensack High School at the end of the 2023–24 school year. Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools, which include the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, and the Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro or Paramus. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district. Emergency services Police The East Rutherford Police Department provides emergency and protective services to the borough of East Rutherford. It consists of a Patrol Division, Detective Bureau, Traffic Division, Juvenile Division, and Records Bureau. The current Chief of Police is Dennis Rivelli Fire The East Rutherford Fire Department (ERFD) is an all-volunteer fire department. The ERFD was organized in 1894 and consists of a chief and three assistant chiefs. There are three fire stations. The department is staffed by eighty fully trained firefighters. The ERFD utilizes two Engines, a Ladder truck, a Heavy Rescue, and a Quint. The ERFD also provides emergency medical service to the borough. Engine 1 2008 Sutphen 1750/750/20 Engine 2 2008 Sutphen 1750/750/20 Engine 3 2008 Sutphen 2000/500/75' Midmount Quint Ladder 1 2008 Sutphen 2000/300/100' Aerial Tower Rescue 4 2010 International/Sutphen 500/300/20 Transportation Roads and highways , the borough had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality, by Bergen County and by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. State Routes include Route 17, Route 120 and Route 3. The only interstate that passes through and serves East Rutherford is Interstate 95 (the New Jersey Turnpike Western Spur) at Exit 16W. Public transportation The Rutherford station, which is located on the Rutherford - East Rutherford border, provides train service on NJ Transit's Bergen County Line. The Meadowlands station offers service on the Meadowlands Rail Line, which began in June 2009, providing access between the Meadowlands Sports Complex and Secaucus Junction, and from there to other NJ Transit lines with trains operating before and after games and other events at the complex. NJ Transit buses include the 160, 163, 164 and 322 routes serving the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan; the 76 to Newark; and local service on the 703 route. Notable people People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with East Rutherford include: Carol Arthur (1935–2020), actress, mainly recognizable as playing supporting roles in films produced by Mel Brooks. E. J. Barthel (born 1985), fullback who played for the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League. Ernest Cuneo (1905-1988), lawyer, newspaperman, author and intelligence liaison, who played two seasons in the NFL for the Orange Tornadoes and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Fireman Ed (born 1959, nickname of Edwin M. Anzalone), superfan of the New York Jets. Alfred Byrd Graf (1901–2001), botanist known for his richly illustrated books on the subject of plants. Henry Helstoski (1925–1999), represented , served as councilman of East Rutherford in 1956 and as mayor from 1957 to 1965. Harold C. Hollenbeck (born 1938), politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983. Henry Hook (born 1955), crossword creator. Bobby Jones (born 1972), former pitcher who played for the New York Mets. Martin Luther Kilson (born 1931), political scientist who was the first black academic to be appointed a full professor at Harvard University. Jim Powers (born 1958), retired professional wrestler best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation from 1987 to 1994. Diane Ruggiero, screenwriter for Veronica Mars. Patty Shwartz (born 1961) is a United States Circuit Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Dick Vitale (born 1939), sports broadcaster who attended high school and coached at his alma mater, East Rutherford High School; inducted into the East Rutherford Hall of Fame in 1985. References Sources Municipal Incorporations of the State of New Jersey (according to Counties) prepared by the Division of Local Government, Department of the Treasury (New Jersey); December 1, 1958 Clayton, W. Woodford; and Nelson, Nelson. History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Philadelphia: Everts and Peck, 1882. Harvey, Cornelius Burnham (ed.), Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey. New York: New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Co., 1900. Van Valen, James M. History of Bergen County, New Jersey. New York: New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Co., 1900. Westervelt, Frances A. (Frances Augusta), 1858–1942, History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1630-1923, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1923. External links East Rutherford official website East Rutherford School District East Rutherford Historical Society School Data for the East Rutherford School District, National Center for Education Statistics Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District Meadowlands Regional Chamber of Commerce Meadowlands Liberty Convention & Visitors Bureau 1889 establishments in New Jersey Borough form of New Jersey government Boroughs in Bergen County, New Jersey New Jersey Meadowlands District Populated places established in 1889

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Leavander Johnson

Leavander Johnson (December 24, 1969 – September 22, 2005) was an American lightweight boxer from Atlantic City, New Jersey, who once held the International Boxing Federation version of the world title. He won the title on June 17, 2005, against the Italian fighter Stefano Zoff, winning after the referee stopped the fight in the seventh round. Johnson lost his first IBF title defense. After walking out of the ring following that fight, he collapsed in the locker room and died of brain injuries several days later. Biography Johnson made his debut as a professional boxer in 1989 following a successful amateur career, during which he fought in over 130 contests. As a professional he quickly built on his reputation as a top prospect by remaining undefeated after his first 22 contests (one of which was drawn). His next fight was against another highly rated youngster, Sharmba Mitchell (who was also undefeated as a professional). Johnson won the fight, earning himself his first world title shot, by knocking his opponent out in the eighth round. The world title fight came on August 6, 1994 against Miguel Ángel González for the WBC Lightweight crown. The fight, which was fought in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, ended with Johnson suffering his first loss as a professional, the fight being stopped in the eighth round Johnson got his second world title shot in May 1997, this time challenging Orzubek Nazarov for the WBA version of the lightweight world title. Johnson's challenge once again proved unsuccessful as the fight was stopped in the seventh round for his second loss. He did not fight in another world championship fight for six and a half years after this, during which time he lost once more after he was disqualified for headbutting Michael Clark during a contest in Atlantic City. After losing to Javier Jauregui in a fight for the vacant IBF world title in November 2003, he only fought once in the eighteen months after before getting another shot at the IBF crown, against Zoff. Johnson won the fight, in what proved to be the highlight of his career. Johnson defended his title for the first time on September 17, 2005, against Mexican fighter Jesús Chávez. The fight was stopped early in the 11th round after Johnson received a barrage of punches from his opponent. Despite being able to leave the ring under his own momentum, he collapsed in his dressing room shortly afterwards. He was rushed to the hospital and had emergency surgery to correct a subdural hematoma (swelling and bleeding on the brain). Following the surgery, Johnson was placed in a drug-induced coma. Despite initial fears that he would not survive the night even after the surgery, he survived into the next week and was showing some early signs of improvement, but still remained in critical condition. However, his condition stopped improving and on September 22, 2005, it was decided to discontinue efforts to artificially prolong his life. He was pronounced dead at 4:23 p.m. PDT surrounded by his family. Johnson's career record was 34 wins (26 by KO), 5 losses, 2 draws, and 1 no contest. See also Braydon Smith 23-year-old featherweight collapsed 90 minutes after match and died days later. References External links Leavander Johnson Foundation official site |- 1969 births 2005 deaths Boxers from New Jersey Lightweight boxers Sportspeople from Atlantic City, New Jersey Deaths due to injuries sustained in boxing International Boxing Federation champions Sports deaths in Nevada American male boxers African-American boxers 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American people

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July Jones

July Jones was an actor who had leading roles in several American films with African American casts. Filmography Beale Street Mama (1946) Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. (1946) Juke Joint (film) (1947) The Girl in Room 20 (1949) References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people African-American male actors 20th-century American male actors 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American people

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Emil Hurja

Emil Edward Hurja (January 22, 1892 - May 30, 1953) was an American newspaper editor and political consultant. Hurja was a pioneer of political opinion polling and played an advisory role during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Biography Hurja was born in Crystal Falls, Michigan. He was one of twelve children born to Matt Hurja (originally Pitkäkangas) (1863-1931) and Anna Liisa (née Keisari) Hurja (1870-1940), both of whom were immigrants from Finland to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In 1917, he received his A.B. at the University of Washington. He served as a captain in the United States Army during World War I. He worked as the newspaper editor for the Breckenridge Daily American (1921-1926) in Breckenridge, Texas. He was editor of the Pathfinder magazine (1939-1945). Hurja was executive director of the Democratic National Committee (1932-1937) under the direction of Democratic National Committee Chairman James Farley. He also provided poll analysis for the Democratic Party during elections held during 1932, 1934 and 1936. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Michigan and appeared on the cover of Time in March 1936. He was a candidate in the Republican primary for the House of Representative from the 12th District of the State of Michigan (1946-1948). In 1919, he married Gudrun Andersen. He died in Washington, D.C. and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Honors He was awarded both the Order of the White Rose of Finland and the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav. References Other sources Holli, Melvin G. (2002) The Wizard of Washington: Emil Hurja, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Birth of Public Opinion Polling (Palgrave Macmillan) Related reading Sabato, Larry J. (1981) The Rise of Political Consultants (New York: Basic Books) Johnston, Alva, Prof.'" Hurja, The New Deal's Political Doctor", The Saturday Evening Post (June 13, 1936) External links 1892 births 1953 deaths People from Crystal Falls, Michigan University of Washington alumni American political consultants American newspaper editors Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal American people of Finnish descent United States Army personnel of World War I Burials at Arlington National Cemetery People from Breckenridge, Texas

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Chris White (rower)

Christopher Sherratt White (born 9 September 1960) is a former New Zealand rower and Olympic Bronze medallist at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He is described as "one of the giants of New Zealand rowing" and with 38 national titles, holds the record for most domestic rowing titles in New Zealand. Life White was born on 9 September 1960 in Gisborne, New Zealand. Richard White, an All Black, was his father. He was a member of the Waikato Rowing Club and in the 1980/81 rowing season, he became national champion in the coxed pairs, pairing with Greg Johnston and Noel Parris as cox. He first represented New Zealand at the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Oberschleißheim outside of Munich, Germany, where he rowed with the eight. With the New Zealand eight, he won world championships in 1982 and 1983 at Rotsee, Switzerland and at Wedau, Germany, respectively. White competed at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles in the eights which finished fourth. At the 1988 Olympics, White won Bronze in the coxed four along with George Keys, Greg Johnston, Ian Wright and Andrew Bird (cox). At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta in the coxless four, he finished fourth and thirteenth, respectively. In 1986 he won Silver medals in the coxed four at both the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh the World Rowing Championships in Nottingham. At the 1995 World Rowing Championships in Tampere, Finland, White won a Silver medal in the coxed four, with Murdoch Dryden, Andrew Matheson, Chris McAsey, and Michael Whittaker as cox. White has won a total of 38 National Rowing titles, easily the most in New Zealand. He was on the athletes' support staff for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and has been on the New Zealand Olympic Committee’s athletes commission for eight years. He is also the manager of Olympic and World Champion rowers Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell. In 1982, the 1982 rowing eight crew was named sportsman of the year. The 1982 team was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1995. In the 2000 New Year Honours, White was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rowing. References |- 1960 births Living people New Zealand male rowers Olympic rowers of New Zealand Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Rowers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Gisborne, New Zealand Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for New Zealand Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing

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Cub Scout

Cub Scouts, Cubs or Wolf Cubs are programs associated with Scouting for young children usually between 7 and 12, depending on the organization to which they belong. A participant in the program is called a Cub. A group of Cubs is called a 'Pack'. The Wolf Cub program was originated by The Boy Scouts Association in the United Kingdom in 1916 to provide a program for boys who were too young to be Boy Scouts. It was adopted by many other Scouting organizations. Many Scouting organizations, including The Scout Association, no longer use the Wolf Cub program and have replaced it with other programs but have retained the name Cubs. Others, including Traditional Scouting organizations, maintain the original Wolf Cubs program. Originally Cubs programs were open only to boys, while young girls could join the Brownies. Some Cub organizations are open to both girls and boys, although not necessarily in the same unit. A few organizations also operate a Sea Cub version of Cubs. Foundation The Wolf Cub scheme was started by The Boy Scouts Association in 1916, nine years after the idea of the Boy Scouts was conceived, in order to cater to the many younger boys who were too young to be Boy Scouts. During these first years many troops had either allowed younger boys to join or had set up unofficial junior or cadet Scout troops. In 1916, articles in the Headquarters Gazette (a then regular journal for leaders) outlined official "Junior Scout" then "Wolf Cub" schemes. However, Robert Baden-Powell wanted something quite different from a watered down Boy Scout program and recognized that too close an association between the junior program and the Boy Scouts would detract from both. Baden-Powell wanted a junior scheme with distinct name, uniform and other identity and program. In 1916, Baden-Powell published his own outlines for such a scheme, it was to be called Wolf Cubs. Baden-Powell asked his friend Rudyard Kipling for the use of his Jungle Book history and universe as a motivational frame for the Wolf Cub scheme. The scheme was given a publicity launch at The Boy Scouts Association's Imperial Headquarters in Buckingham Palace Road, Westminster, on Saturday 24 June 1916. Baden-Powell wrote a new book, The Wolf Cub's Handbook, the first edition of which was published in December 1916. He collaborated with Vera Barclay in devising the Wolf Cub training programme and badges, which were published in the second edition. On 16 December 1916, a public display of the new section was held at Caxton Hall, Westminster, to which Kipling was invited; he was unable to attend but sent Baden-Powell a letter of apology, praising his work with the Scout Movement. Vera Barclay co founded Wolf Cubs with Baden -Powell in 1916 . From the 1960s, many organizations varied or abandoned the Wolf Cub Jungle Book theme. Some organizations changed the name to Cubs, Cub Scouts or something similar but retained the Jungle Stories and Cub ceremony as tradition—such as the use of Jungle Book names (as described below); and the Grand Howl which signals the start and end of Cub Meetings. Other organizations kept the name but dropped the Jungle Book theme totally. Originally, Cub membership was open only to boys while the Brownies were set up as a parallel section for young girls. This remains the situation in some places. Most member organizations of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) admitted girls to Cubs while others have separate co-ed sections with a different theme. Most member organizations of the Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe (UIGSE) have two single sex sections both named Wolf Cubs and both in the jungle theme. Cub Scouting has ideals of spiritual and character growth, citizenship training, and personal fitness. Cub Scouting provides a positive, encouraging peer group, carefully selected leaders who provide good role models and a group setting where values are taught to reinforce positive qualities of character. Organization Cubs are organized in packs, which are sometimes linked to a Scout group, providing a community with all age sections known as a "Scouting family ". Adult leaders of Cub packs take the names of The Jungle Book 's main characters. In many countries the leader of the Pack is called Akela; subordinate leaders are named Bagheera, Baloo, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, etc., in order by how many sub-leaders the pack has. A few very big packs need so many sub-leaders that their names must extend to include Tabaqui and Shere Khan, but that tends be the cue for the pack to split into two packs. Cubs have a distinctive two-finger salute according to the Jungle theme, in contrast to the three-finger salute of Boy Scouts. However, in the Scout Association of United Kingdom (UK) and some of its overseas branches the two-finger salute was later replaced by the three-finger salute. Historically, Cubs wear a distinctive headdress, which is a tight-fitting green felt cap with green felt visor, yellow pipings, and an emblem at the front — although in some countries this has been replaced by more contemporary headgear or dispensed with entirely. Just as Scout troops are subdivided into patrols, Cub packs are divided into small teams. Baden-Powell named the team a Six, which refers to the six members in each team. In most countries Sixes are mixed-age groups with the oldest as sixer ("leader"). In the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), the teams are called dens, with each den serving either boys or girls in the same school grade. Youth leaders from more senior sections of Scouting are actively encouraged to assist as Cub leaders. In the UK and in Australia these were originally called Cub Instructors. Within Scouts Australia the term Youth Helper is now formally applied to such persons, whilst in the United Kingdom they are called Young Leaders. In Canada, a Scout who assists in the Cub program is designated as a Kim. In the United States, the term Den Chief is used. In many European countries (especially where the Jungle theme still has a strong part in the programme), Saint Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of Cubs, because of his relationship with wolves. Cubs in national organizations Australia Baden-Powell Scouts' Association The Baden-Powell Scouts' Association in Australia operate a 'Wolf Cub' section between its Koalas program and Boy Scout. Wolf Cub packs are themed on "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling, a friend of Baden-Powell. Wolf Cub packs are divided into Sixes, with each six being identified by a coloured triangular patch on the member's arm. Each Six is led by a 'Sixer' and a 'Seconder', who have their rank indicated by horizontal yellow stripes sewn onto their left arm. Scouts Australia In Scouts Australia, the Cub Scout program is open to all children (girls and boys) ages 8-11. The uniform is a navy-blue, button-up or polo-style, short sleeved shirt with a yellow collar, sleeves and shoulders. Patrols are identified by a coloured band/ring (red, yellow, green, orange, blue, black, white, grey, tan, purple) worn round their scarf, above their woggle. Patrol Leaders wear a second band/ring on the other side of their scarf which is white with two blue stripes. They are supported by their Assistant Patrol Leader, who will step into the leadership role if the Patrol Leader is away, and will help at Unit Councils. They wear a white band/ring with one blue stripe. Together, the Patrol Leaders and Assistant Patrol Leaders from every patrol make up the Unit Council. They take a leading role in planning and running activities. Austria In Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs Cub Scouting is the section for children in the age of 7 to 10. The jungle theme is the symbolic framework. The first pack was started in autumn of 1920 in Vienna. At the beginning there were different symbolic frameworks: red Indians (taken from "Kibbo Kift" written by John Hargrave) and Robinson Crusoe. In the 1930s the Jungle theme was introduced. Canada In 1916, the Cub Scout program was introduced as part of Scouts Canada with a programme similar to that of the UK. Cub Scouting is open to youth of both sexes, ages 8 to 10 inclusive. Sixes wear a coloured triangular patch, rather than a distinctive woggle. (If brown, for example, the six is known as Brown Six.) The Cub motto is "Do Your Best" and the promise, the vow recited in opening ceremonies is: "I promise to do my best, to do my duty to God and the Queen, to keep the law of the Wolfcub pack, and do a good turn every day." Hong Kong The tradition of Cub Scouting in Hong Kong was inherited from the British. It is the largest section of the Scout Movement in Hong Kong. A Pack is headed by a Cub Scout Leader (團長), with several Assistant Cub Scout Leaders (副團長) and Instructors (教練員). The division within a Pack is called a Six (小隊). Each Six has a Sixer (隊長) and a Seconder (隊副 or 副隊長). Each Six is distinguished by a colour and is named after it. Each member of the Six wears a woggle with the colour of his Six. The Promise and Law for the Cub Scouts are simplified from those for Scouts. Traditionally, the logo of the Wolf Cub denotes the Cub Scouts, but it is rarely used. Ireland In Ireland, the section is known as both Cub Scouts and Macaoimh, depending on the tradition from which the particular Scout troop comes. Netherlands The jungle theme is the symbolic framework of the Welpen (Cubs). Welpen wear green uniforms. Among a horde ("pack") of Cub Scouts, the cubs are divided into nesten ("nests"). Each nest has a Gids (Guide) and a Helper. Like all sections Welpen is open to both boys and girls, but Scout Groups can have single-sex sections. Starting 2010 the symbolic framework of the Welpen will be based on a modified version of the Jungle Book with two main characters: the boy Mowgli and the girl Shanti. The new Welpen section will gradually replace the four sections in the age group Scouting Nederland had before: Welpen, Kabouters (Brownies), Dolfijnen ("Dolphins") and Esta's. Dolfijnen has a water based symbolic framework, Esta's has a special developed co-ed symbolic framework. The new Welpen contains elements from all four previous sections. New Zealand In New Zealand, the Cubs section is known as Cub Scouts, and largely follows the format of the United Kingdom, though it is administered under the main Scouts New Zealand association. The Cub section is for children aged 8 to 11 years. They meet weekly at their Scout Hall and take part in all sorts of activities. There are approximately 410 scout groups in New Zealand, all of which have a cub section, typically along with other sections for younger kids (Keas) and older members (Scouts, Venturers and Rovers) .Scouts New Zealand Sections. Poland In the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association, Cub Scouts and Brownies's section is called "zuchy" and is open to children ages 6–10. Members are organized into cub packs where they learn to integrate into a collective of friends. Any kind of learning is accomplished by playing games. They can earn three Cub Scout Stars "Gwiazdki zuchowe" and a lot of individual and group merit badges. Singapore In Singapore, the junior section of the Scouting movement was known as the Cadet Scouts, until 2005 when it was renamed to Cub Scouts in line with international practice. Cub Scout 's age group is from 7–12, following the Jungle Book Theme . Each Cub Scout Pack is led by Cub Scout Leader assisted by Asst. Cub Scout Leaders. Pack are sub divided to small group in six cubs called Six. Within the Six, is led by Sixer and Asst. Sixer. Cub Scout Pack in Singapore, majority are in School and the teachers are the Cub Scout Leader and Asst. Cub Scout Leaders, some parent are also involved and actively served as Volunteer Adult Leaders (VAL). Highest Award for the Cub Scout is Akela Award. It is awarded to the cub scouts who completed the badge scheme and assessments criteria. United Kingdom Baden-Powell Scouts' Association The Baden-Powell Scouts' Association operate a 'Wolf Cub' section between Beavers and Scouts. Wolf Cub packs are themed on "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling, a friend of Baden-Powell. Wolf Cub packs are divided into Sixes, with each six being identified by a coloured triangular patch on the member's arm. Each Six is led by a 'Sixer' and a 'Seconder', who have their rank indicated by horizontal yellow stripes sewn onto their left arm. British Boy Scouts The British Boy Scouts and British Girl Scouts Association allow use of the Wolf Cubs program as an alternative to its Junior Scout section. The Scout Association In the Scout Association, Sixes are led by a 'Sixer' and have a 'Seconder' (or 'Second') as a backup. The Sixer wears two stripes on his/her uniform and the Seconder one stripe. When a Cub Scout is made a Sixer, the Second's badge (with one stripe) should be removed and replaced with the Sixer's badge. The members of a six are distinguished by the colour of the woggle they wear on their Group neckerchief (known elsewhere as a Group scarf). The three points of the fleur-de-lys, Scout salute and Scout sign remind the cub scout of the three points of the Cub Scout's Promise: "Duty to God and Queen, Helpfulness to other people, and Obedience to the Cub Scout Law." United States Boy Scouts of America Cub Scouting is a division of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Starting in 1918, a number of experiments operated until 1930, when the first official Cub Scout packs were registered. Today, it is a family program for children in kindergarten through fifth grade, with each den admitting boys or girls only. Parents, leaders, and organizations work together to achieve the purposes of Cub Scouting. Families are a core part of Cub Scouts and are included in many activities. Currently, Cub Scouting is the largest of the BSA's three membership divisions. Baden-Powell Service Association In the Baden-Powell Service Association, the corresponding section for this age group is called Timberwolves. As with the Scout Association, each pack is divided into Sixes led by a 'Sixer' with a 'Seconder' assisting. The Pack retains Baden-Powell's original Jungle Book theme, with its leader called Akela and assistant leaders using names like Raksha, Bagheera, or Baloo. See also References Scouting

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Space Fellowship

The Space Fellowship is an international news and information network dedicated to the development of the space industry. The organisation works to report and communicate space news and information to its valued community. Offering a unique and fresh approach, the International Space Fellowship works alongside leading space organisations with the goal of bringing space to the general public. Its online news service provides visitors with the latest news and updates from both inside and outside the space community. History In the early days the Space Fellowship was the Official X PRIZE Foundation web forum and a separate X PRIZE blog on Google's blogspot. On 12 July 2004 the X PRIZE Foundation web forum and the X PRIZE blog spot joined to form the X PRIZE News. On 18 October 2005 the X PRIZE News was renamed to the International Space Fellowship. Members Aerospace companies / Teams and prizes having their official forums listed on the Space Fellowship are: Armadillo Aerospace JP Aerospace Micro-Space Masten Space Systems Interorbital Systems Microlaunchers Cambridge University Spaceflight Epsilon vee Team Prometheus N-Prize See also Space advocacy References External links (archived in June 2019; spacefellowship.com now offline with message: "You can visit https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/ for recent Space News") Private spaceflight Commercial spaceflight Space access Space colonization Space organizations Space advocacy organizations Space tourism British news websites Organizations established in 2003

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Norfleet, Kentucky

Norfleet is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. History A post office called Norfleet was established in 1906, and remained in operation until 1962. The community has the name of Wyatt Norfleet, a local merchant. References Unincorporated communities in Pulaski County, Kentucky

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2014 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters

The 2014 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters was a men's tennis tournament for male professional players, played from 12 April through 20 April 2014, on outdoor clay courts. It was the 108th edition of the annual Monte Carlo Masters tournament, which was sponsored by Rolex for the sixth time. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, near Monte Carlo, Monaco. Points and prize money Points distribution Because the Monte Carlo Masters is the non-mandatory Masters 1000 event, special rules regarding points distribution are in place. The Monte Carlo Masters counts as one of a player's 500 level tournaments, while distributing Masters 1000 points. Prize money The total prize money pot for the 2014 competition is €3,452,415, distributed throughout both competitions. Singles main draw entrants Seeds Rankings are as of April 7, 2014 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Benjamin Balleret Simone Bolelli Roger Federer Dominic Thiem The following players received entry via qualifying: Evgeny Donskoy Teymuraz Gabashvili David Goffin Michaël Llodra Paul-Henri Mathieu Albert Montañés Albert Ramos The following players received entry as lucky losers: Pablo Carreño Busta Marinko Matosevic Withdrawals Before the tournament Richard Gasquet → replaced by Pablo Carreño Busta Tommy Haas → replaced by Igor Sijsling Florian Mayer → replaced by Guillermo García López Fernando Verdasco → replaced by Marinko Matosevic During the tournament Nicolás Almagro Doubles main draw entrants Seeds Rankings are as of April 7, 2014 Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Romain Arneodo / Benjamin Balleret Jérémy Chardy / Gilles Simon The following pair received entry as alternates: Roberto Bautista-Agut / Andreas Seppi Withdrawal Before the tournament Fernando Verdasco Champions Singles Stan Wawrinka defeated Roger Federer, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2 Doubles Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo, 6–3, 3–6, [10–8] References External links Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Monte-Carlo Masters Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Monte

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Waddon (ward)

Waddon is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon. covering most of the Waddon Area. The new ward gained territory from Broad Green, and lost some to South Croydon as a result of the review. The first election since the boundary changes was on 3 May 2018 as part of the 2018 local elections.. The Labour councillors held all 3 seats. List of Councillors Ward Results 2018 to present 2002 to 2018 The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Jonathan M. Driver. 1978 to 2002 The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ann A. Allan. 1964 to 1978 References Wards of the London Borough of Croydon

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Samuel Johnson: A Life

Samuel Johnson: A Life is a prize-winning biography of 18th-century English lexicographer Samuel Johnson by British literary critic David Nokes. It was published on October 27, 2009, shortly before the author's death. Building on earlier work by scholars Robert DeMaria, Walter Jackson Bate, Lawrence Lipking and Peter Martin, many critics lauded Samuel Johnson: A Life as a significant step forward in Johnsonian biography and criticism. In the biography, Nokes challenges James Boswell's significance in Dr. Johnson's life, writing that "Johnson wished to keep...his acknowledged biographer at a distance" and even second-guessed his "annointment" of Boswell as his official biographer. Reception Harold Bloom hailed Nokes's account of Johnson's life as significant for capturing "the critic as a Londoner, almost the archetypal citizen of that endless city." Jacob Appel praised the book for its "ability to convey the degree to which the intellectual life of eighteenth-century London arose from the overlapping and entangled lives of its participants." Professor Nokes's obituary in The Times noted: His technique as a biographer was often to highlight the psychological aspects of his subjects’ life which may have been hidden in their public lives but which left their mark on their writings...Nokes was one of the few scholars to face head-on the possibility that Johnson married his wife Tetty for her money, remarking at a recent conference that Johnson was poor and ugly and so Tetty was an opportunity that he could not pass up. However, the volume was not without its critics. Freya Johnston, writing in the Literary Review, observed of the biography: "David Nokes offers no fresh critical interpretations of Johnson; he treats Rasselas, a vigorous, bleak and witty road novel, as a problematic repository of its author's 'obsessions'. Given Johnson's hope that biography might instruct and appeal to everyone, it seems a pity to identify his works as - above all else - symptoms of an odd sensibility: it makes them less invitingly applicable to the rest of us." References 2009 non-fiction books British biographies Samuel Johnson

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Breakdance (disambiguation)

Breakdance or break dance may refer to B-boying, also known as breaking, a style of street dance. Breakdance may also refer to: "Break Dance - Electric Boogie", a 1983 song by West Street Mob "Breakdance" (song), a 1984 song by Irene Cara Break Dance, a 1984 Commodore 64 game Breakdance (ride): a type of amusement park and fairground ride Breakin' or Breakdance: The Movie, a 1984 hip-hop dance-thetufhdodmmed film

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Brick Store

Brick Store may refer to any of the following, all of which are on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP): Sam Choy Brick Store, on the NRHP in California Old Brick Store, on the NRHP in Delaware Brick Store (Covington, Georgia), on the NRHP in Georgia Red Brick Store, a contributing structure of the Nauvoo Historic District, Nauvoo, Illinois Brick Store (Bath, New Hampshire), on the NRHP in New Hampshire Brick Store Building, on the NRHP in New York Hillsdale Brick Store, on the NRHP in North Carolina Boon Brick Store, on the NRHP in Oregon

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Emilie Virginia Haynsworth

Emilie Virginia Haynsworth (June 1, 1916 – May 4, 1985) was an American mathematician at Auburn University who worked in linear algebra and matrix theory. She gave the name to Schur complements and is the namesake of the Haynsworth inertia additivity formula. She was known for the "absolute originality" of her mathematical formulations, her "strong and independent mind", her "fine sense of mathematical elegance", and her "strong mixture of the traditional and unconventional". Education and career Haynsworth was born and died in Sumter, South Carolina. She competed in mathematics at the statewide level in junior high school, and graduated in 1937 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Coker College. She earned a master's degree in 1939 from Columbia University in New York City, and became a high school mathematics teacher. As part of the war effort for World War II, she left teaching to work at the Aberdeen Proving Ground; after the war, she became a lecturer at an extension program of the University of Illinois in Galesburg, Illinois. She began her doctoral studies at Columbia University in 1948, but soon transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she completed her doctorate in 1952. Her dissertation, Bounds for Determinants with Dominant Main Diagonal, was supervised by Alfred Brauer. In 1951, Haynsworth took a faculty position at Wilson College (Pennsylvania). She moved to the National Bureau of Standards in 1955, and returned to academia in 1960 as a faculty member in mathematics at Auburn University. According to Haynsworth, the interview with department chair William Vann Parker at which she was offered the job consisted entirely of working on a research problem in linear algebra with Parker. At Auburn, Haynsworth eventually became the doctoral advisor to 17 graduate students. She was named a research professor in 1965, and chaired the Southeastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America for 1976–1977. She retired in 1983. Research Haynsworth's early research, including her dissertation, concerned the determinants of diagonally dominant matrices, and variants of the Gershgorin circle theorem for bounding the locations of the eigenvalues of matrices. Her later work involved cones of matrices. It is for two works that she published in 1968 that Haynsworth is particularly known. One of these identified and named the Schur complement, a concept that Haynsworth had already been using in her own work since 1959. In a second paper in 1968 she used this concept to prove what is now known as the Haynsworth inertia additivity formula. This formula provides a decomposition of the triple of numbers of positive, negative, and zero eigenvalues of a matrix into a sum of the triples defined in the same way for a block and its Schur complement in a partitioned Hermitian matrix. References Further reading 1916 births 1985 deaths 20th-century American mathematicians American women mathematicians Linear algebraists Coker College alumni Columbia University alumni University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Wilson College (Pennsylvania) Auburn University faculty 20th-century American women

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Treuzy-Levelay

Treuzy-Levelay is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics Inhabitants of Treuzy-Levelay are called Velytreuziens. Geography The commune is traversed by the Lunain river. See also Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department References External links 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) Communes of Seine-et-Marne

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Cuban Dance Party

Cuban Dance Party is a 1959 album by Bebo Valdés and his orchestra. It is an entirely instrumental album, including big band renditions of chachachás, mambos, afros, etc. It was released in the United States by Everest Records in stereo, which makes the sound quality particularly good compared to other Cuban albums of the time. It features Humberto Suárez, long-time pianist of the Orquesta Cosmopolita, on organ on two tracks. Having directed radio and cabaret orchestras for two decades, this was one of the first albums recorded by Bebo with his own jazz-band, known as Orquesta Sabor de Cuba, which featured jazzmen such as saxophonists Edilberto Escrich and Santiago Peñalver. Several of their recordings, including "Ítamo real" and "Sasauma", became hits at the time. However, shortly after the end of the Cuban Revolution in 1960, Bebo left Cuba and went into a long hiatus which lasted until 1994. The album cover makes a reference to the revolution by showing Fidel Castro's patrol cap with a 26 de julio inscription. Critical reception Cuban Dance Party has received generally positive reviews. A contemporary review published in The Billboard praised the sound of the album and its "liveness". Mark Romano of AllMusic called the album "a peek back to a glorious golden era", highlighting the "great arrangements" and the "top form" of the orchestra. Track listing References Cha-cha-cha Bebo Valdés albums 1959 albums Everest Records albums

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List of Yaiba characters

This is a list of characters from manga and anime series Yaiba written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. Yaiba's Group Yaiba is the Thunder God incarnate, and later acquires the legendary Dragon's Orb. Since he fights without the Thunder Orb in the socketed Thunder God's sword, he was spared the same fate of being possessed by the sword's owner that had befallen Onimaru. Aside from his skills with the sword and his keen senses, he is also able to converse with animals. For some time, Yaiba was fighting without any orbs. While this left him vulnerable because he had no divine assistance, it also let him master several techniques: the , in which he spins the sword like a lawnmower blade by twirling it with his fingers in the hole where the orbs would usually go in; the , in which he executes a downward slash in a furious zigzag pattern, and finally; the , in which he executes a full-body vertical spin in the air by sticking his sword between his feet, using the momentum to create a buzzsaw-like effect. Another technique, "The Wave of Wind Thunder", can only be used along with Takeshi Onimaru, for both Thunder God and Devil Wind Swords are needed in order to execute this technique. It is the resulting combination of Yaiba's "Lightning Blast" and Takeshi's upgraded Devil Wind Slash "Tornado Ripper". They used this move against Kaguya-hime. Sayaka Mine is Yaiba's unlikely love interest. She originally had not intended to join Yaiba's journey, and simply found herself tied to Kagetora with Yaiba going towards the Thunder God's sword when she woke up. Later it is revealed that she is the Dragon Maiden incarnate, the key to Kaguya's true form. Kenjuro Kurogane is Yaiba's father. He was only shown in one episode of Yaiba in the anime, whereas in the manga he accompanies Yaiba to tokyo. He doesn't stay very long, though, but occasionally comes back to check up on Yaiba. Musashi Miyamoto is the legendary 400-year-old samurai Musashi took it upon himself to guard the Thunder God sword and lived as a hermit quite near it (although this is puzzling considering that the Thunder God's sword itself electrocutes all unworthy of it). Since his time on the mountain, he has taught one student and started using two swords due to old age. Like all old men, he is lecherous. He serves as Yaiba's teacher, especially upon controlling the Thunder Orb. Kojiro Sasaki has been dead for a long time, having been defeated, killed in a duel and buried by Musashi himself. However, he was given new life by Onimaru, through Spiderman's reviving Ritual (or rather, it was the stench coming from the foul-smelling ingredients used for the reviving ceremony that brought Kojiro back, as well as the Hakki's facial slapping), on the condition that he kill Yaiba. After getting beaten by Yaiba while using the Thunder Orb, he then becomes friends with them in order to beat them. Kojiro uses an enchanted sword (Washing Pole as he calls it) that grows longer on his whim, and thus the maximum length that the sword can attain is limited only by Kojiro's imagination. It doesn't seem to be particularly durable as the other mystical swords shown in the series, since various characters (even those with no mystical powers or weapons to begin with) have been known to cut the sword all the way down to the guard with apparent ease. Thankfully, Kojiro's sword's ability allows it to recover the severed blade simply by lengthening itself indefinitely. Perhaps the sword's only true weakness is the fact that it is very sensitive to salt water (even to teardrops); even a slight splash will cause it to spontaneously lengthen against Kojiro's will, making it inadvisable to use in a battle where a large body of salty water happens to be nearby. He is also a natural playboy – one of the series' many running gags. Kojiro usually needs to be manhandled by others in order to "help" him subdue his overwhelming idiocy. Despite this, he serves as one of the shows more prominent sword fighters in the series Jubei Yagyu was revived by Onimaru and defeated Kojiro Sasaki by kicking Kojiro's overextended sword straight down to Sayaka Mine's house. Before he defeated Yaiba, Musashi yelled at him and withdrew himself from attacking to join with Yaiba's group. What Onimaru didn't know about is that he is Musashi's disciple. He tends to be suicidal, as he always attempts to commit seppuku if he commits an error or feels that he did something dishonorable. When Jubei got drunk thanks to Musashi, who forcibly makes him drink sake (Japanese rice wine), Onimaru takes advantage of the situation and summons a demon while he's in a drunken state to turn him into a werewolf which has the same skills (albeit heightened to a degree) like a normal Jubei but is murderous and loves drinking sake. He can revert to Jubei when he's knocked out cold, but when he gets drunk again, he'll change into a werewolf. Kagetora is Yaiba's friend tiger. He helps Yaiba with his training and lets Yaiba ride him when speed is needed. He is also shown a much higher intelligence than Yaiba when it comes to rock-scissors-paper. He was probably found on the same mountain where Yaiba and his father lived. Shonosuke is Yaiba's friend vulture. He helps Yaiba with his training and lets Yaiba ride him when he needs to fly. Like Kagetora, he occasionally ups Yaiba. He was probably found on the same mountain Yaiba and his father lived. Gerozaimon Geroda is the frog demon Gerozaimon is the first of Onimaru's demons to attack Yaiba, and was beaten by him when Yaiba called for his snake friends. When the second demon came and informed him he was to be disposed due to his uselessness, Gerozaimon was befriended by Yaiba. He uses his axe in battle. He also shows how good his tongue is against a battle with the chameleon demon. In the anime, his speech pattern forces him to either begin or end any sentence with , which is Japanese for "Ribbit". In the manga, he is shown to be somewhat easily depressed, having fallen to a state of despair after Snakeman told him that Onimaru already gave up on him. As a result, Gerozaimon brutally beats up the Kuro Oni who came with Snakeman in blind despair. Namako-Otoko , like Gerozaimon, he used to be one of Onimaru's demons. On his way to Izu he gets lost and is found by Yaiba's group. From then on he is always with them, usually seen on Sayaka's shoulder. He usually ends his sentences with . Moroha Kurogane is Yaiba's little sister. Because she was raised to believe Kenjuro is her mother's enemy, she has been training in the way of the sword to defeat him. She joins Yaiba's group for the final arc and speaks very bluntly. She does not appear in the anime. Onimaru Faction Takeshi Onimaru is the enemy of Yaiba, although he becomes is ally during the Kaguya Arc. Originally a gifted highschool swordsman, but when the fight he had with Yaiba ended in a draw, he made himself train harder. He eventually found a hidden basement containing the statues of Thunder God and the Devil Wind which was holding a sword. Upon wielding the Devil Wind sword, he was possessed and grew horns, turning into the Devil Wind incarnate. Although he uses the Devil Wind sword, he gave it to Yaiba upon acquiring the "Mao-Ken" Black Moon sword.(Also note that he looks like Tenshinhan from the Dragon Ball series with only a black dot on his forehead instead of a literal third eye). Like all good villains, Onimaru has entire hordes of faceless minions who are nothing more than humanoid black bodies with eyes, mouths, and a single horn sticking straight up from the center of their head. Onimaru became the ruler of Japan when he mind-controlled the Japanese Diet. This typically explains how the authorities never really seem to bother two super-powerful beings with eldritch artifact weapons destroying cities and historical monuments during their fights, or stealing from ancient temples in order to gain more power. Kumo-Otoko is the third of Onimaru's Hakki, he become something of a sidekick to Onimaru, who often sends him to others whom he instructed Spiderman to revive to attack Yaiba and his friends. He is also arguably the most comedic Hakki shown in the series. He calculates the expenses of financing high technological projects, usually with an old-fashioned abacus. In the anime, he sometimes uses a calculator with several features. His one true flaw is the fact that he's easily intimidated by loud noises. For example: several fragile materials like beer bottles or plate breaking against the floor can render Spiderman in a state of trauma. That, along with the fact that he's very gullible with limited fighting skills make him a not-so-formidable enemy. After Onimaru becomes carbonated, he comes to live with Yaiba while loyally polishing his master. He speaks with a Kansai dialect. Hakki Arc Onimaru's are 8 demon souls reborn into the bodies of dead animals. Gerozaimon, Namako-Otoko, and Kumo-Otoko are among their ranks. While each of them have their own unique fighting skill and abilities, all of them are also downright comedic – a continuous running gag in the series. The second assassin sent after Yaiba. He fights with a hoko yari from a powerful snake god. Being a sentient reptile, he is also the fellow Hakki most feared by Gerozaimon, which is appropriate since snakes are the natural enemies of frogs. He is defeated by Yaiba's Senpūken technique. A large male starfish from Kumamoto who thinks of himself as the leader of his group. He is married with a son and runs a dining hall. He speaks with a Kumamoto dialect. He encounters Yaiba's group again and helps them retrieve the Fire Orb from Mount Aso, nearly dying in the attempt. Sent with Hitode-Otoko and Namako-Otoko to stop Yaiba. After their many failures, they each get homesick and return to their respective hometowns. He speaks with a Nagoya dialect. His sticky body made him a tough opponent, but he is defeated when Yaiba throws a salt package over him and cuts it open with the Senpūken, causing him to shrivel up. He puts on a shell to become and challenges Yaiba to a rematch, but meets the same fate once again. Often speaks in English and greatly admires Musashi. His weakness is sunlight. He is a master swordsman and the strongest of the Hakki but is also defeated by Yaiba's Senpūken technique. During Yaiba's attack on Onimaru Castle, he is revived by Kumo-Otoko, but Yaiba defeats him with a single lightning strike. In the anime he was renamed . Onimaru's Shitennō Arc A giant angler fish wearing a paper lantern on his lure, lives in an underground lake in Onimaru's Fortress. He tries to swallow Yaiba and his friends but is eventually tricked into smashing into a wall and is defeated by Yaiba's Kaminari Giri attack. A French-speaking chameleon who can change shape and color, lives in a forest inside Onimaru's Fortress. He kidnaps Kagetora, Shonosuke and Gerozaemon and turns into a copy of Yaiba to trick the group, but is eventually found out and defeated by the combined efforts of Kojiro and Yaiba. A super-powered gorilla that is only the size of a doll, nearly defeats the group but is accidentally knocked out by Kojiro (who decided to side with him) and defeated by Yaiba's Kaminari Giri. He then turns into a giant rampaging gorilla but is tamed by Yaiba. A giant mechanical suit operated by Spider-man, can be assembled in many ways and has many weapons, including spikes, explosive mini-turtles and chests containing ageing gas. It can also turn into a giant mechanical spider. Dragon God Orbs Arc The genius professor recruited by Onimaru and Kumo-Otoko to strengthen Onimaru's Castle with the Onimaru Cannon and repair the Fūjin-ken. He serves as a quirky but loyal advisor to Onimaru. During the Kaguya arc, he builds the special flying submarine to infiltrate Kaguya's hideout and later the Wind Thunder Gods' Bazooka, a giant cannon that combines the powers of the Fujin and Raijin orbs. One of Onimaru's underlings. He is revived inside an Octopus' body and can transform into a giant Octopus. He attacks Yaiba while he's searching for the Water Orb in Lake Biwa and is eventually vanquished by Yaiba's Kaminari Giri. One of Onimaru's underlings. He is revived inside a Hawk's body and can transform into a hawk-man. He attacks the group inside Mount Tsurugi in Shikoku with his ninja techniques and weapons. He nearly kills Yaiba but is defeated and forced to flee, thanks to the help of the local tanuki. He reappears later with a "new ally" to take his revenge, but is backstabbed and cut in half by Goemon. One of Onimaru's underlings. He is revived inside a Fox's body. He's a sorcerer capable of summoning weapons and animals, as well as turning himself into various things, including a tiger, an elephant and a giant Raijū. He's eventually defeated by Yaiba's Fire Orb. One of Onimaru's underlings. He is revived inside a Bear's body and can transform into a Bear-man. He first appear under the disguise of "Rokuemon Ishida", and wins the group's trust by killing Kotarō, only to steal their map. He's first fought in Osaka, where he turns the local Onimaru Castle into a giant mecha to fight against Yaiba's Big Orb and is forced to flee when the castle is destroyed. Later he steals the Darkness Orb, challenging Yaiba and his group to a battle at Kawanakajima. After a long battle during which he turns into a shuriken-wielding bear-man, he is defeated by Yaiba's Fire Orb. Darkness Orb World's guide that wants some friends to play with. He is a kappa. He tries to persuade Yaiba to give up his dream, but is eventually persuaded to leave the Orb and find a dream of his own. Darkness Orb World Exit's guard. He was defeated by Yaiba's Kazaguruma. Another kappa, but with a giant body who can spit fire and whose head is incredibly hard. One of Onimaru's underlings. He is revived inside a Bull's body and can transform into a Bull-man wearing the clothes of a baseball player and a steel kanabo. He's encountered by the group in Hokkaido where he fought them for the possession of the Legendary Orb. He was defeated by Yaiba's Ice Orb and shattered by Musashi. One of Onimaru's underlings. He is revived inside an Ape's body and can transform into an ape-man. Rather than being a poet, Basho was actually a shinobi disguised as one. He betrayed Onimaru, wanting the power of Ryūjin's Orb for himself, and fights the group using a scythe and several magical needles that turns the victim to stone. He was defeated by Yaiba's Darkness Orb and sent into the World of darkness, where he's last seen chased around by Kerosuke. The guard of Ryūjin's Orb inside Mount Fuji. He is the one that tested Yaiba in order to give the power of Ryūjin. He looks like an old samurai/shogun. He reappears during the final battle against Kaguya to advise Yaiba, and seemingly vanishes when the battle is over. He reappears once more during the Yamata no Orochi arc to stop Onimaru and ends up sacrificing himself to defeat Dark. Kaguya Arc She is the second enemy of Yaiba, the Empress of the Moon and the ruler of a race of bunny people living on the moon. Unlike the other inhabitants of the Moon who are all anthropomorphic rabbits, she appears as a human dressed like a Playboy bunny. She awakens after sensing the energy of Yaiba's Dragon Orb, and launches an invasion of earth using bamboo-styled spaceships. She had conquered the world a thousand years before, but the priest of the Dragon God defeated her by cutting off her ears and sealing them within the spirit of the Dragon Priestess, and each Dragon Priestess down the line. Kaguya has many properties of a Gaki, a form of spiritual vampire, and as such, she requires the essence of young girls to maintain her youth and power. A simple kiss from Kaguya drains the youth and energy from young girls and recharges Kaguya for a time. How long depends on how much of her world-cracking energy she chooses to unleash. Kaguya has minions of her own, including a nearly limitless population of gray-furred rabbits dressed in sharp suits and sunglasses, very similar to the Yakuza-style look. They are incredibly polite, even to their captives, though they are completely loyal to Kaguya. Her true form is that of a colossal, hydra-like monster whose real face is on the "body". She eventually merges with her people and planet Earth, but is sealed by Yaiba using Ryuujin's power. She reappears during the Yamata no Orochi arc where she reluctantly helps Yaiba against Onimaru. During one of their first encounters, Kaguya uses her "Carbon Freeze Ray", sealing Onimaru in a block of stone very similar to how Han Solo was frozen in Carbonite in Star Wars. She was called "Princess Moon" in the Philippines' English-dubbed version. He is the most effective General and Shogun of the Moon Bunny forces. Tsukikage is an anthropomorphic rabbit who acts with the full authority and trust of Kaguya. Like all the Moon Rabbits, he has the power to fly, and also the power to 'Gatai', or fuse, with other objects or even other people. He is incredibly competent (which is unusual in most television shows) and tolerates Kaguya's temper tantrums with almost limitless patience. At times, Kaguya gives Tsukikage her fan, a symbol of her authority and a focus for some of her power. The fan allows Tsukikage to fire Kaguya's trademark pink energy blasts. Tsukikage only voiced a concern with one of Kaguya's orders, which was to release Gekko from imprisonment in order to combat Yaiba. He was called "Moon Beam" in the Philippines' English-dubbed version. Gekko is the only black rabbit on the Moon, Gekko was bullied as a child. The only rabbit who would stand up for him was Tsukikage, and thus formed a brotherly bond between the two. Gekko often calls Tsukikage 'Aniki', which translates roughly as 'brother'. Gekko's style of dress is similar to Tsukikage's own, and he has a scar over one eye that keeps it shut. In later episodes, his eye opens as a result of using the full power of the Mao-Ken sword. Gekko's tactics, unlike all the generals sent to stop Yaiba, are ruthless and direct. Gekko has no need for fair play and even begins his assault on Yaiba while at Sayaka's house in the middle of dinner. Once determining that Gekko cannot beat Yaiba without some degree of magical weapon, Gekko goes to "Cell Sixty Six" to unleash the Mao-Ken sword, the blade responsible for turning the Moon from a lush bamboo forest into a barren wasteland. Gekko's proficiency and power with the Mao-Ken sword force Yaiba and Onimaru to join forces to combat him. Gekko's desire for victory was so great that he was willing to kill other Moon Rabbits, though it is entirely possible that the Moon Rabbits he killed were the ones initially responsible for his imprisonment. He was called "Moon Light" in the Philippines' English-dubbed version. Mangetsu is one of the Generals under Tsukikage, vying for his position. He is a huge rabbit with a sinister look to him, dressed in a different style of uniform from the other generals. This indicates that he's either a general of a different branch of the "Moon Army" that came down, or all the other generals are of a higher rank than him. He concocts a plan to deliver Yaiba to Kaguya, which fails. Mongetzu then decides to take action by assaulting Yaiba directly. The fight ends up in a seafood restaurant where Mongetzu demonstrates the 'true power of the moon people' by brandishing a lobster, then yelling "Gatai!". Once the smoke cleared, Mongetzu was now part lobster, with claws, gleaming red shell armor, and (as all Gatai forms have) big rabbit ears. The next Gatai Mongetzu attempted was with a propane tank, which gave him the power to breathe fire. Yaiba defeated him using a combination of the "Big" orb and the "Fire" orb he had earned at this point, and blasted Mongetzu clear back to the Moon Bunny base. For his failure, Kaguya disintegrated him. Mikazuki is another one of Kaguya's generals. During Yaiba's attack against the Moon base he performs "Gatai" with a shark, but is defeated by Yaiba's fireball and has his ears cut, leaving him in his shark form. Shingetsu is another one of Kaguya's generals. During Yaiba's attack against the Moon base he performs "Gatai" with a giant squid, but is defeated by Yaiba and has his ears cut, leaving him in his squid form. Hangetsu is another one of Kaguya's generals, he performs Gatai on Jubei, taking over his body and using it to fight Yaiba, but is tricked by Musashi into drinking saké, awakening Jubei's werewolf form and being forced to leave his body. He's later blasted into pieces by Gekko. Pyramid Arc A mysterious girl that appears in front of Yaiba and guide him and Sayaka inside the Pyramid. Later, her identity is revealed that she is actually one of the guards in Pyramid, the "Defense" Soldier. She is killed by the beam of the Japan's sinker machine. She has the ability to heal and create a barrier. One of the guards in the Pyramid similar to an Ent. It can make the enemies cry by releasing pollen, as well as throwing poisoned leaves and wielding multiple swords. He's defeated by Yaiba's Juumonji Giri. One of the guards in Pyramid that holds the element of power. She attacks with an axe made from light and is incredibly strong. One of the guards in Pyramid that holds the element of technique. She attacks with the Raijin-ken made from light and can emulate any technique she sees, even just once. One of the guards in Pyramid that holds the element of intelligence. She can predict all of her enemies' thoughts. She fights with a scythe and spikes made of energy. The perfect knight. He is the combination of Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, and Diamond. So, he holds all of their powers. Underworld Arc One of the two best warriors of the Underworld, he's a colossal, black-skinned cyclops, wielding a huge scimitar. His eye can emit a telekinetic beam and his rubber-like body can stretch and repel any attack by bouncing it back; however, he has the intellect of a baby. He is turned into a crazed demon by Onimaru's Demon King Sword, but is eventually defeated by Yaiba who, taking advantage of his own power, runs him through with the Supreme King Sword. One of the two best warriors of the Underworld, he's a colossal, black-skinned cyclops, wielding a spiked ball on a chain and whose eye can emit an electrifying beam. His elastic body can also stretch and repel any attack, however, he is more intelligent than Gold, with only his eye as his weak spot. After being defeated by Yaiba and later tricked into attacking Gold, he's bisected by the latter's super heated sword. The Leader of the Underworld people, he hates humans for spoiling the Earth so much and so sided with Onimaru and started the Pyramid project to punish all humans. However, Onimaru betrays him and tries to take over the pyramids for his plans of world domination. After the defeat of Silver and Gold, he is moved by Yaiba and decides to give humanity one more chance. Yamata no Orochi Arc One of Onimaru's underling, she's the Demon God of Water. She can manipulate water and ice and use the Water Demon Longsword. She tries to lure Yaiba into a trap on the school's rooftop to kill him but is eventually defeated by the Supreme King Sword. One of Onimaru's underling, the Demon God of Fire. He can manipulate fire and flames, uses the Fire Demon Longsword along with a fire-spitting shield and can make clones out of flames. He attacks Sayaka's mansion to force Yaiba to come out, but is eventually defeated by Yaiba and finished off by Dark. One of Onimaru's underling, the Demon God of Darkness. He can use shadows to teleport himself and others and sink enemies into a pool of sheer darkness called the "Dark Zone". His strongest power lets him use a pyramid of black energy called the "Delta Zone", to send his victims into the netherworld. He is eventually defeated by Ryuujin and absorbed into his own Delta Zone. One of Onimaru's underling, the Demon God of Light. He can move at light speed, use illusions and manipulate any light source like lightnings and solar rays. He attacks Yaiba disguised as Kojiro and tries to melt the last seal, but after a fierce battle, is cut down by Yaiba. With the last of his strength, he blows himself up in order to break the ice covering the last seal. A giant demonic dragon from the past sealed away by Susano'o, sealed away with eight magical swords. His current body is actually Japan itself and can grow eight monstrous heads, capable of firing destructive laser beams. It is awakened by Onimaru and used to destroy the world, but is stopped and sealed once more by the combined efforts of a Kaguya-possessed Sayaka (who blocks his heart) and Yaiba's Supreme King Sword (used to cut off his horn). Oda Nobunaga Tournament Arc The grandson of the historical Shinsengumi member, he's a genius swordsman, even stronger than Yaiba or even Jubei. He actually dislikes swordsmanship and would rather give it up, but after seeing that Yaiba's sheer determination is much greater than his, he is moved to increase his skills. A Knight from Europe who fights with a saber, he pretends to be a loyal and honor-bound warrior but he actually resorts to cheating in order to win. A massive warrior trained since childhood by the Shirogane Corporation to be the perfect warrior. He fights with a Da Dao and has electrical microunits all over his body that powers him up, allowing him to boost his speed and power by absorbing electrical energy. At first he looks like an emotionless cyborg but by the end of the battle he develops a genuine respect for Yaiba. Other characters Sayaka's father, and an old rival of Kenjuurou. He is a kendo master and has his own dojo. Sayaka's Grandmother More commonly known as , is a very strict and seems to know more about kendo than Raizo. The girl that Yaiba helped in the jungle when she was attacked by an animal. After that, she fell in love with him and made a promise to marry him. Yaiba accidentally agreed if she's stronger (Yaiba thought she is a daughter of a Soba's seller). After she got stronger, she came to the Mine dojo and asked for a fight, defeating Musashi and Kojiro. Jubei didn't want to fight her because he fell for her. She finally left to get even stronger. Swords Yaiba's sword, Raijin-ken has an orb within it marked with the kanji for "Thunder". It has the power to control the thunder. It was called "Sword of Thunder God" in the Philippines' English-dubbed version of the anime. Throughout his adventures in Japan, Yaiba finds several other orbs in search of the Dragon God's Orb, which are listed as follows: Water (水) - This orb allows Yaiba to control water by swinging his sword and can shoot water from the tip of the sword. It was found in Lake Biwa. Gold (金) - Allows Yaiba to transform into different people and objects. He earned this orb from the Tanuki in Shikoku. Fire (火) - This orb allows Yaiba to shoot balls of flame from his sword. It was found on Mount Aso. Big (大) - Lets Yaiba grow huge. The first time he used this orb, he grew large enough to leave the atmosphere. However by the time the orb runs out of power, it turns black and Yaiba becomes exhausted because he used up all his stamina. It takes time to recharge the orb before he can use it again. It was found in Nara. Darkness (闇) - This orb is the most dangerous of all. It can suck up anything in its path including the user as an act of desperate measure. When Yaiba used it for the first time, he got sucked into the orb along with Jubei, though they got out from the orb successfully. It was found in Niigata. Ice (氷) - This orb allows Yaiba to shoot ice from the tip of this sword. It also allows him to freeze water into ice. It was found in Hokkaidō. Reliance (当) - This talking orb indicates the position of all the other orbs. It was found in Tōhoku. Voiced by Shigeru Chiba. Dragon (龍) - Contains all of the powers of the six other orbs from Water to Ice. Whenever he uses it, the Raijin-ken changes its shape; turning into the Ryūjin-ken. This also happened when he used the orb on Onimaru's Fūjin-ken when the Raijin-ken was swallowed by Kaguya-hime. The orb has 3 abilities: Yaiba can fly while holding the sword; it can create a powerful energy shield that can block projectiles and; he can summon the Dragon God by activating all of the orbs, including the Dragon Orb as well to unveil its ultimate power. It was found inside of Mount Fuji. Onimaru's sword, Fūjin-ken has an orb within it marked with the kanji for "Wind". It has the power to control the wind. It was called "Sword of Devil Wind" in the Philippines' English-dubbed version of the anime. Raijin-ken and Fūjin-ken's form when the Dragon orb is inserted. The legendary sword that once wielded by Susanoo to seal Yamata no Orochi inside Japan. In Pyramid arc, when Yaiba fought Jewel, Yaiba's Raijin-ken and Fūjin-ken changed their shapes into one sword, the Supreme King Sword. It is far stronger than Raijin-ken and Fūjin-ken. It changed the wielder's fighting powers into its power. The demonic sword created by Kaguya to rule the Moon, but because of its immense power, it destroyed all the bamboo forests on the Moon. It was once used by Gekko to fight Yaiba and Onimaru. Onimaru later took it as his new weapon instead of the Fūjin-ken. It has three attack forms: the Crescent Slash (weakest attack); the Half-Moon Slash and; the Full-Moon Slash (strongest attack) which has the power to destroy one planet in an instant. It changed the evil powers into its power. It was called "Sword of Devil King" in the Philippines' English-dubbed version of the anime. Rain's sword. It has the power to summon water and changes its shape into whatever the wielder wants. Burner's sword. It has the power to summon fire and change its shape into whatever the wielder wants. Kenjūrō's wooden sword with his name on its handle. In the Oda Nobunaga Tournament arc, Yaiba got it from his mother and used it in the tournament. The sword of the famous Soshi Okita. Kojiro's famous sword that can be stretched as long as the wielder wants. Yaiba's current sword. It gives him the ability to fly at high speed and he can summon it just by whistling. References Yaiba

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Conjunto Urbano Nonoalco Tlatelolco

The Conjunto Urbano Nonoalco Tlatelolco (officially Conjunto Urbano Presidente López Mateos) is the largest apartment complex in Mexico, and second largest in North America, after New York's Co-op City. The complex is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. It was built in the 1960s by architect Mario Pani. Originally, the complex had 102 apartment buildings, with its own schools, hospitals, stores and more, to make it a city within a city. It was also created to be a kind of human habitat and includes artwork such as murals and green spaces such as the Santiago Tlatelolco Garden. Today, the complex is smaller than it was and in a state of deterioration, mostly due to the effects and after effects of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. This quake caused the immediate collapse of the Nuevo León building with others being demolished in the months afterwards. Further earthquakes in 1993 caused the condemnation of more buildings. In addition to the lost buildings, many residents eventually undersold or abandoned their apartments, as repairs were either never made or made poorly. Today the complex consists of 90 apartment buildings, divided into three sections bordered by Avenida de los Insurgentes, Eje 1 Poniente Guerrero, Eje Central and Paseo de la Reforma. Originally, the complex was designed to house people from different economic social strata, but today almost all residents are of middle to middle-low income. Crime is a major problem, as is the structural integrity of some of the remaining buildings. Construction The complex was ordered built by the administration of President Adolfo López Mateos, between 1960 and 1965, with financing and condominium administration provided by the Banco Nacional Hipotecario, Urbano y de Obras Publicas, S.A. The area has been an urban center since the pre-Hispanic period, when it began as an independent city state on an island in Lake Texcoco. By the time Spaniards arrived, the island had been incorporated into the Aztec Empire centered in the nearby island city of Tenochtitlan. Tlatelolco was famous for its large market, which continued to exist after the Spanish conquest. In the late 19th and early 20th century, the area was a train yard for the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. The modern apartment complex was built over the then-abandoned train yard. It surrounds the Plaza de las Tres Culturas, a place that symbolizes the synthesis of Mexico's pre-Hispanic and colonial pasts with the modern day. This plaza contains the archeological site of Tlatelolco with its ceremonial center, the parish church of Santiago Tlatelolco and the modern buildings that surround them, including a building associated with the Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. The project involved a total of 130 buildings over an area of , with schools, hospitals, markets, businesses, church and police stations. Its signature building was the Torre Insignia or Torre Banobras. This was built in the form of a triangle or lance point (to resist earthquakes) 127 meters high with 24 floors. It was originally surrounded by gardens and had a large reflective pool. This tower contains the Carrillon Clasico, one of the world's few glockenspiels and the only one in Mexico City. It consists of 47 metallic bells, considered to be the optimal number for four octaves. They were cast in Belgium and weigh 26 tons. The main bells are dedicated to Hidalgo, Morelos, Cuauhtémoc, Madero and López Mateos . A sixth bell is dedicated to relations between Mexico and Belgium. The complex was divided into three sections. Section one was created for family with limited resources. It aligns with the Torre de Baniobras. Section two was designed for the middle class with Section three, between Eje Central and Paseo de la Reforma, for the wealthy. The complex's main park, twice the size of the Alameda Central, was built in Romantic style. This is known as the Santiago Tlatelolco Garden. Access is through a number of arched entryways, on gray and red stone paths which join in the center. Off the paths are maintained green areas. The garden was built as an integral part of the complex to provide green space. Murals were commissioned for a number of the buildings. The first and most important is located on the Aguascalientes Building, near the Plaza de las Tres Culturas. It contains four panels, one on each side of the building, dealing with the history of Tlatelolco. This was painted by Nicandro Puente. This same artist also created other works here including Tlatelolco, raíz y expresión de México (1998), Homenaje a la mujer (1999) and 1985: Sismo y resurrección (2000) . The project was awarded to architect Mario Pani (along with Ricardo de Robina) at a time when Mexico and Mexico City was experiencing rapid economic expansion. Born in 1911, Mario Pani was a Mexican architect who mostly grew up in Europe and obtained his degree in architecture from the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1934. After returning to Mexico, he became part of a movement to make Mexico, especially Mexico City, modern, post-Revolution and progressive. Pani's work focused on major residential centers such as large apartment buildings and condominiums. Works like Nonoalco are classified as “supermanzanas” or “super (city) blocks.” His work changed the focus of urban housing from horizontal to vertical. His works are marked by being monumental, simple and recurring features. At their height, they were considered to be symbols of Mexican prosperity. Works prior to this included Hotel Reforma (1936), Hotel Plaza (1946), Conservatorio Nacional de Musica (1946), the Escuela Nacional de Maestros (1947), as well the apartment complexes Multifamiliar Alemán (1950) and Multifamiliar Juárez. These were complexes for the working class, integrating parks, artwork (especially murals) and other features in order to create a “habitat.” However, the Unidad Habitacional Nonoalco-Tlatelolco would become his best known work. He created the area as a city within a city, to be autonomous with each block having all the services necessary for residents. The idea was to eliminate the need to leave the area, not even to work. Pani integrated the principles of functionalism as it was conceived and practiced at the end of the 1950s. Decline Quality of life in the area diminished after the Tlatelolco massacre on 2 October 1968, which occurred on the Plaza de las Tres Culturas. The area's only fire station closed during that year and police presence began to diminish, leading to rising crime. The complex suffered damage from two small earthquakes in 1979. However, deterioration greatly accelerated with the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. Before 19 September 1985, the complex consisted of 102 apartment buildings, seven medical facilities, twenty two schools, and about 500 small businesses serving the 80,000 residents living there. It was still considered the most important complex of its kind in the country. The complex is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough, which is considered to be a high risk area for earthquake activity most of it lies on former lakebed, with its soft, waterlogged soils. These soils are crisscrossed with small fault lines of their own. These intensify shockwaves that pass through the area from quakes that occurs on Mexico's Pacific coast. Within the borough, Nonoalco-Tlatelolco is one of eleven colonias or neighborhoods considered to be at highest risk. The complex is in a “dynamic amplification” zone, where the shockwaves of a quake over 7 on the Richter scale become strongly amplified. During the 90 seconds the ground shook on that day, two of the three sections of the Nuevo León building fell with about 500 dead, more than 200 missing and 27 orphans. Other buildings, such as the Yucatán, threatened to collapse that day, but did not. All the buildings suffered damage but along with the collapsed Nuevo León building, buildings such as those called Veracruz, Yucatán and Oaxaca suffered severe damage such as severely cracked foundations. Twelve buildings in the complex were so severely damaged that they were demolished in the next six months. 32 of the buildings were in need of major repairs. Twenty seven were demolished completely. Many remained standing but some of these were too dangerous to occupy at all. The severe damage to this and to the Mulifamiliar Juàrez made for a large percentage of the 3,000 housing units lost on that day. Nonoalco-Tlatelolco was declared a disaster area. What remained of the Nuevo León building and the Campeche building were the first to be demolished. This area would become the Nuevo León Plaza. The reconstruction contract the city government signed promised to return residents to their units in two years. The project lasted until late in the 1990s. Thirty buildings were partially destroyed, removing upper floors. Sixty buildings received minor repairs. Ten were reinforced. The initially budgeted money ran out in six years. Repairs made were shoddy, replacing door, floors and more with inferior materials. Even baths and integrated kitchens which were not damaged were taken out and replaced with inferior ones. Many, who could not afford to wait further, sold their units at bargain prices, often to those politically connected, or just abandoned them altogether, allowing squatters to move in. Another quake in 1993, caused the demolition of the Atizapán and 20 de Noviembre buildings as well as the two Tecpan towers. The Torre Insignia was abandoned in the same year. Despite repair work being officially declared finished in 1995, buildings were left with large cracks in the wall, loose wiring, half done projects, unhinged door, inoperable elevators and more. This is in spite of the 600 million pesos spent on the effort. In that year, the complex was left with approximately 40,000 inhabitants in 90 buildings and 10,560 apartments. A number of buildings in the complex were damaged once again by a 6.3 Guerrero-centered quake that passed through Mexico City in 2007. The complex today The complex is bounded by Avenida Manuel González, Paseo de la Reforma, Calzada Ricardo Flores Magón and Avenida de los Insurgentes Norte. It occupies approximately 946,000 m2 and remains as the largest vertical apartments complex in Mexico. Currently 55,000 people live there with 40% being senior citizens and retired. Twenty eight percent of the space is dedicated to green spaces, sidewalks and roadway. Its main road extends from east to west, measuring 2.5 km. There are 22 schools, three health clinics, a hospital, three social clubs, a union office, four movie theaters, a Metro stop, a cultural building of UNAM (which used to be the SRE building) as well as 90 apartment buildings. Since 1985, a number of preventative measures have been taken in the surviving buildings including inspections and the removal of accessory or decorative features that may be in danger of falling off. However, the deterioration of the area continues. Today, the socioeconomic level of the complex is low or very low income. Many residents blame the government for failing to halt the deterioration. Others also blame residents’ failure to identify themselves as part of a community and as owners of or responsible for the complex's common spaces. This is especially true in the parks and other spaces between the buildings. The two major issues for the complex are crime and the structural risk and maintenance of the area. The complex and surrounding neighborhoods such as Colonia Morelos, Atlampla, Santa María la Ribera, Colonia Guerrero, Tepito, Colonia Buenavista, and San Simon Tolonahuac and Colonia Peralvillo are all high crime areas, which makes the security a great problem to resolve. The most common infractions are petty robbery, urination in public areas, drugs distribution and public drinking. About three arrests per day are made for these offenses. However, there is not enough police coverage for the complex. The area should have, as a minimum, 30 police assigned to each section, for a total of 90. The 17th Group of Auxiliary Police is assigned to the area, but there are only six security modules with only six police each. Of the six mini police stations there, three are abandoned or used as storage, and the remaining three do not have telephone lines to allow residents to call directly. It is rare to find police on patrol there at night, and police from outside refuse to enter there. This has allowed eleven known gangs to establish a presence, with members from age 12 to 20. These gangs are dedicated to the sale of drugs, muggings and car theft. An area of 200,000 m2 suffers an average of six serious crimes per day and the theft of fourteen cars per month. Some of the worst activity occurs in the Chihuahua building. Crime against residents is worst in the common areas, with about half having witnessed or been victim of a crime, usually robbery, both in the streets and in their homes and businesses. Homicide is also common. Structural problems include the relatively fragile state of the remaining buildings and their susceptibility to further damage. The weight of the complex is causing the subsoil to sink. In addition to the problems remaining from inadequate earthquake repairs, many of the buildings are leaning as well. This has prompted monitoring from both the city government and several universities over the 2000s. Because of fears of further damage, residents of the complex have opposed construction projects such as a vehicular overpass on Flores Magnon street, and more recently, the construction and operation of Line 3 of the city's Metrobus, which is being constructed in 2010. In addition to the soundness of the structures, there are problems with homeless and squatters, graffiti, flooding due to lack of pumps, the lack of garbage collection leading to rat infestations and the destruction of parks and other common areas. Principal buildings Torre Insignia or Torre Banobras 127 meters; 25 floors Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco-UNAM 100 meters; 24 floors 5 de Febrero 87 meters; 24 floors Chamizal 87 meters; 24 floors Coahuila 87 meters; 24 floors Cuauhtémoc 87 meters; 24 floors Revolución de 1910 87 meters; 24 floors Veracruz 87 meters; 24 floors Zacatecas 87 meters; 24 floors Chihuahua 58 meters; 15 floors Ignacio Allende 58 meters; 15 floors Ignacio Ramírez 58 meters; 15 floors Ignacio Zaragoza 58 meters; 15 floors ISSSTE 10 58 meters; 15 floors ISSSTE 11 58 meters; 15 floors José María Arteaga 58 meters; 15 floors Miguel Hidalgo 58 meters; 15 floors Presidente Juárez 58 meters; 15 floors Tamaulipas 58 meters; 15 floors Buildings which no longer exist 20 de Noviembre 87 meters 24 floors Atizapan 87 meters 24 floors Huizachal 87 meters 24 floors Oaxaca 87 meters 24 floors Tecpan (Jalisco) 87 meters 24 floors Tecpan II (Oaxaca) 87 meters 24 floors Churubusco 58 meters 15 floors Guelatao 58 meters 16 floors Nuevo León 58 meters 15 floors Ignacio Comonfort 8 floors Ignacio M. Altamirano 8 floors Jesús Terán 8 floors Ponciano Arriaga 8 floors References External links Location: Apartment buildings Buildings and structures in Mexico City Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City Neighborhoods in Mexico City Residential skyscrapers in Mexico

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Bureau of Pensions

The Bureau of Pensions was an agency of the federal government of the United States which existed from 1832 to 1930. It originally administered pensions solely for military personnel. Pension duties were transferred to the United States Department of the Interior in 1849. The death of many pensioners in the early 1900s greatly reduced the agency's workload. The agency closed in 1930 when its duties were transferred to the Veterans Administration. History The first government pensions in American history were awarded to naval officers in 1799. Naval pensions were administered by a commission composed of the Secretary of War, Secretary of the Navy, and Secretary of the Army from 1799 to 1832. The commission dissolved in 1832, and the Secretary of the Navy administered the pension plan alone until 1840. In 1828, Congress enacted legislation granting pensions to all remaining American Revolutionary War veterans. These pensions were administered by the Secretary of the Treasury. In 1833, Congress created a "Commissioner of Pensions" within the War Department, and transferred the Treasury's pension function to this new office. Congress created the Department of the Interior in 1849, and transferred the Commissioner of Pensions office to it. Renamed the Bureau of Pensions, the agency had two duties: Assess and either approve or deny claims, and to pay benefits. The office moved into the new Patent Office Building, where it stayed for 38 years. The massive increase in pension processing required by the Civil War led to the construction of a massive, new Pension Bureau Building. The Bureau of Pensions moved into this structure in 1887. With the death of many Civil War veterans beginning in the early 1900s (more than 500,000 had died between 1900 and 1920, requiring a 50 percent reduction in bureau staff), the Bureau of Pensions no longer needed the vast space of the Pension Bureau Building. The agency moved into the Interior Building in early 1926. On July 21, 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed an executive order merging the Bureau of Pensions, Veterans' Bureau, and Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers into a single Veterans Administration. This ended the Bureau of Pensions' existence as a federal agency. References Bibliography Cimbala, Paul and Miller, Randall. Union Soldiers and the Northern Home Front: Wartime Experiences, Postwar Adjustments. New York: Fordham University Press, 2002. Cumberbatch, Rudolph. Failure Masquerading as Success: The Veterans Healthcare System: A Microcosm of the Current Federal Government. Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, 2008. Moeller, Gerard Martin and Feldblyum, Boris. AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D.C. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. National Archives and Records Administration. Guide to the National Archives of the United States. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1987. National Park Service. Report of the Director of the National Park Service to the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1924. United States Department of the Interior. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924. Secretary of the Interior. Annual Report of the Department of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1926. United States Department of the Interior. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1926. United States Department of the Interior

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Hanuwantiya

Hanumantia Island is a tourism destination in Madhya Pradesh. This island is developed and managed by Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation. The island was named after its name in a local village which is located in Khandwa district. Transport The nearest airport is Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport and located in Indore district. It is 150 km from the island. The nearest railway station is located in Khandwa district and 50 km from the island. The road can be reached by way of Khandwa or Indore. Weather Three major weather experiences can be experienced on the island. In the month of November the cold begins, which remains till March. During the winter, the average temperature of the morning is 5 °C and the mean temperature of the afternoon is 15 °C. The summer starts in April, which remains till June. At this time the average temperature is around 45 °C (in day) and 24 °C after sunset. The island's monsoon season starts from July and ends on October. Water festival The water festival was organized for the first time from 12 to 21 February 2016. During the festival, many activities are started by the tourism department, such as kite flying, volleyball, campfire, star gazing, cycling, paratroaring, parasailing, hot air balloon and bird watching. References https://web.archive.org/web/20161216021426/http://www.madhya-pradesh-tourism.com/leisure/dams/hanumantiya-island.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161120135615/http://www.jalmahotsav.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170507235919/http://jalmahotsav.hanumantiyatapu.com/ Geography of Madhya Pradesh

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacio%20Cosid%C3%B3

Ignacio Cosidó

Ignacio Cosidó Gutiérrez (born in 1965) is a Spanish conservative politician, member of the People's Party (PP). He has been member of both the Lower and Upper House of the Cortes Generales, and directed the National Police Corps from 2012 to 2016. From 2018 to 2019, he served as Spokesperson of the PP parliamentary group in the Senate. Biography Early life Born on 31 July 1965 in Salamanca, Cosidó graduated in Political Science at the Complutense University of Madrid. He has been a prominent collaborator of the neo-conservative Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos (GEES) think-tank. His political activity began in 1988, as Secretary General of the "Liberal Youths". He later served as Secretary of Political Action of the New Generations (NN.GG.) of the People's Party (PP), reading in 1994 his PhD thesis in History at the National University of Distance Education before a tribunal formed by historian Javier Tusell, Juan Gómez Castañeda, fellow GEES colleague Florentino Portero, as well as two members of the Congress of Deputies representing the PP, Cristóbal Montoro and Luis Gamir Casares. After the win of the PP in the 1996 general election, he became and assistant to the new Director General of the Civil Guard, Santiago López Valdivieso. First spell at Cortes Generales He was elected Senator in 2004 general election, representing the province of Palencia. Aligned to the most reactionary wing of the PP, he acquired a political profile bashing the PSOE in the Senate, with the later party having arrived to power after the general election. In 2005, Cosidó derided Gregorio Peces-Barba, the new High Commissioner for Support to the Victims of Terrorism and one of the Fathers of the 1978 Spanish Constitution, as "High Commissioner for (offering) dialog and shelter to terrorist executioners". He also adhered to the conspiracy theories surrounding the authorship of the 11-M train bombings in Madrid. He was elected member of the Congress of Deputies in the 2008 general election, also representing Palencia. He was re-elected in the November 2011 general election. Director General of the Police Appointed in December 2011 (after the win of the PP in the general election and the subsequent arrival to the premiership of Mariano Rajoy) as Director General of the National Police Corps (CNP), Cosidó took office on 2 January 2012. During his spell as director of the CNP, Cosidó created in 2012 the Strategic Planning and Coordination Unit (Unidad de Planificación Estratégica y Coordinación), of uncertain functions, as purposed solely towards analysis, the special unit worked as sort of full-blown intelligence agency, thus it got the moniker of "la CIA de Cosidó". After taking office, new minister Juan Ignacio Zoido re-shifted the high-ranking officials of his Ministry in late 2016, removing Cosidó from office. Return to the Senate In December 2016, Cosidó returned to the Senate, as he was designated Senator by the Cortes of Castile and León, with the sole support in the regional parliament from the PP's parliamentary group. After the ascension of Pablo Casado to the presidency of the People's Party (now in the opposition after the successful vote of no confidence in Mariano Rajoy) in the summer of 2018, the new PP leader appointed Cosidó as Spokesperson of the PP parliamentary group in the Spanish Upper house, where the party enjoyed an absolute majority of senators. In November 2018 a WhatsApp message of Cosidó directed at the members of the PP group at the Senate became public. In that message, Cosidó took pride in the deal tentatively agreed between the PP and the PSOE to renovate the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), as the collegiate body responsible for appointing judges would have Conservative Manuel Marchena as president, while he also emphasized that the PP would somehow retain a "backdoor control" over the 2nd Penal Hall of the Supreme Court (responsible for judging legislators and government members) and would "preside" over the 61st Hall (responsible for the illegalization of political parties). Harshly criticised over this perceived partisan understanding of the judicial power and with the political rivals asking for his resignation, he lamented the tone of the message but declined to step down, as he declared to enjoy full support from his party leader, Casado. Marchena renounced then to the potential candidacy to the dual presidency of the CGPJ and the Supreme Court, and the PP declared any sort of deal with the PSOE to renovate the body "broken" as long as the minister of Justice Dolores Delgado did not resign, thus de facto prolonging the mandate of Carlos Lesmes. In 23 July 2019, the Parliament of Castile and León dismissed him and appointed Javier Maroto to replace him. Ideology and thought A practicing Catholic, Cosidó espouses a deeply religious and conservative worldview. He is considered a "hardliner" within the PP. In 2008 Cosidó declared Muslim immigrants to be "a risk to our democracy" because, with their customs and ideas, they would bring to Spain a lifestyle presenting "serious incompatibilities". References 2004 Madrid train bombings conspiracy theorists 1965 births Conservatism in Spain Living people Members of the 9th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 10th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 8th Senate of Spain Members of the 12th Senate of Spain Members of the 13th Senate of Spain Spanish conspiracy theorists

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Kraken Rum

Kraken Black Spiced Rum is a Caribbean black spiced rum. It is distributed in the United States by Proximo Spirits, and named after the kraken, a mythical giant squid-like sea monster. However, the bottle has a rendering of the actual giant squid with a reference to its scientific name, Architeuthis dux. Product description and packaging Kraken Rum was introduced in 2010. The base rum is from Trinidad, distilled from molasses made from locally grown sugar cane. The rum is aged 1–2 years and then blended with a mix of 11 spices, including cinnamon, ginger and clove. The liquid is black, revealing hints of brown when held up to the light. The bottle is styled after a Victorian rum bottle, with two hoop handles based on the tradition of hanging a bottle to prevent breakages. The bottle has a black and white paper label featuring an illustration of a Kraken sea creature. The bottle's back label states that it is "imported rum from the Caribbean blended with natural flavors." Beginning in 2015, Proximo began selling Kraken Ghost White Rum exclusively in Mexico. In early 2020, Kraken released two new pre-mixed flavours, Kraken & Dry and Kraken & Cola, increasing its hold on the Australian market. Marketing In 2013, two outdoor 3D billboards went up in Chicago, with a kraken sea creature's giant tentacle pulling a consumer out of an apartment window in an advertisement for Kraken Rum. The ad was created by New York agency Dead As We Know It, which also produced several animated TV spots for the brand, combining 2D and 3D animations in a 19th-century scientific style, as well as an iPhone and Android app, The Kraken: The Simulation Application for Nautical Maneuvering, a game in which players steer a ship through kraken-infested waters. Later that year, Blur Studio created animated spots featuring a kraken destroying a ship to the tune of Bobby Darin's 1959 version of the song "Beyond the Sea". Kraken Rum was the sponsor of the Kitschies, a British speculative fiction award. In October 2020 Kraken collaborated with competitive freediver Beci Ryan, because the drinks company announced that it was opening its first underwater 'Dive Thru'. Ryan was tasked to freedive to a treasure chest containing bottles of the new limited edition spiced rum and salvage them. Customers had the opportunity of winning one of these retrieved bottles. In addition Kraken confirmed they would be making a donation of £1 from the sale of every bottle of this rum to Project AWARE. Honors Kraken has been named an Impact "Hot Brand" by Impact magazine. References External links Official website Rums Alcoholic drink brands Kraken in popular culture Brands of Trinidad and Tobago

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Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (or Nəxʷsƛ̓áy̓əm ("strong people") in Klallam ) is a federally recognized Native American nation in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The tribe is part of the larger Klallam culture, part of the Coast Salish peoples. The traditional territory of the Klallam is the north and northeast portion of the Olympic Peninsula, in the U.S. state of Washington. They traditionally had several villages in this area. Since the 1930s part of the tribe has controlled a reservation located west of Port Angeles at the mouth of the Elwha River. In August 2003 the site of an ancient Klallam village, Tse-whit-zen, was discovered during a construction project on former tribal land in the city. The significance of the nearly intact village site, hundreds of human remains, and thousands of artifacts led to the state abandoning the construction project at that site. Based on radiocarbon dating, the village site appears to have been occupied for nearly 2700 years. The Lower Elwha Klallam lived there until the 1930s, when the federal government persuaded them to move outside the city to a reservation west. The state has since returned of land to the Tribe and leased it another . In 2012 and 2014, two dams built in the early 20th century were removed from the Elwha River as part of a major restoration project long advocated by the Tribe. This will enable the building up of the beaches and delta at the mouth of the river, as well as restore salmon runs and improve the ecology of the river and watershed. As lands were revealed, in August 2012 the tribe rediscovered their long-submerged sacred creation site near the river. In addition, an archeological site has been found along the river with artifacts revealing 8,000 years of human habitation; it is the oldest site in the Olympic National Park. Demographics As of 2007 there are 776 enrolled members of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. Of these, 112 live on the Lower Elwha Reservation. This is managed by the tribe and located at the mouth of the Elwha River, , about west of Port Angeles. History The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is one of the four Klallam peoples, who are based in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Their historic territory was in the northeast of the Olympic Peninsula, approximately from the Hoko River to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. They speak related Salish languages. The Tribe traditionally spoke the Klallam language, one related to other Coast Salish languages. In projects already underway, a Klallam dictionary was published in 2012, with major contributions by tribal elders such as Adeline Smith. Language classes are reviving use of Klallam. In historic and ancient times, the Lower Elwha Klallam occupied several villages along the Elwha River, including on the bay sheltered by Ediz Hook, the area of present-day Port Angeles. They claimed a rock along the river as their creation site, calling it a word that in Klallam means coiled basket, for its shape. This was known as the place where the Creator "bathed and blessed the Klallam people and other tribes," according to Jamie Valadez, a Klallam language instructor. It was known as a place for vision quests. This site was submerged under a lake created by construction of the Elwha Dam in 1913. Tribal members recounted it to anthropologists and other researchers in the early 20th century. In the late 18th and 19th centuries, the Tribe suffered high fatalities from infectious diseases carried from European traders, as they had no immunity to these new diseases, such as smallpox and measles. Their numbers were markedly reduced by the late 19th century. The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe was recognized by the United States in the 1855 Point No Point Treaty. In the 20th century, the federal government bought land outside Port Angeles and persuaded the tribe to relocate there in 1935–36 from their property in the city, to allow for industrial development along the waterfront. Lumber and paper mills were built over tribal land. In 1968 the land at the mouth of the Elwha River was designated as the Lower Elwha Reservation. Today tribal lands include about of land on and near the Elwha River. In 1938 the Olympic National Park was established to protect the upper Elwha and other rivers, mountains, and other areas of the northern Olympic Peninsula. This has preserved important habitat but dams built on the lower river in the early 20th century altered the ecology by preventing the annual salmon runs. By the late 20th century, the number of salmon returning to the river had dropped from nearly 400,000 to less than 4,000. Political activism The Tribe collaborated with others in the Pacific Northwest in pressing its treaty rights, including to traditional fishing. They long depended on salmon for a major part of their diet. Salmon runs on the Elwha River had been sharply reduced due to the barriers of two dams constructed in the early 20th century, and the Tribe sought their share of salmon and other fish. By the Boldt Decision of 1979, the tribes' treaty rights were affirmed and they were granted half the salmon runs. An annual process of consultation and negotiation over fishing has developed in collaboration with the National Marine Fisheries Service of NOAA, and commercial and sports fishermen, to maintain sustainable fisheries. From the beginning, the Tribe opposed the dams on the Elwha, and increasingly as their negative environmental effects became obvious. Removal of the dams was supported as the only way to restore the salmon fisheries in the upper Elwha River. The Tribe worked with national and regional environmental groups to lobby state representatives and Congress, ultimately gaining passage of the 1992 Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act. This has been the largest restoration project undertaken by the National Park Service after the Restoration of the Everglades and the Tribe has been one of the stakeholders consulted in its development and implementation. Removal of the dams began in 2011 and was completed in August 2014. Recovery of ancient sites In August 2003, the Tribe's ancient village of Tse-whit-zen was rediscovered during construction of a graving dock in Port Angeles by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). This project was for building pontoons for the replacement of the Hood Canal Bridge. The Tribe and WSDOT initially collaborated on exploring the artifacts but, with the discovery of 10,000 artifacts and 335 human remains, and recognition that the site was nearly intact, the Tribe demanded that the construction project be abandoned. On December 21, 2004, the state governor announced that WSDOT would halt all construction efforts relating to the graving dock at that site. In a later settlement of the suit brought by the tribe, the state gave of land of the village site to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe for reburial of remains, and agreed to WSDOT leasing another to the Tribe for a structure to curate the 67,000 artifacts recovered from the village site from 2003 to 2005. The settlement provided a payment of $2.5 million by the state to the Tribe, and $7.5 million each to the city of Port Angeles and the Port of Port Angeles due to abandonment of the construction project. As of 2012, certain terms of the agreement, intended to prevent construction or operation of gaming casinos on the site, were delaying the federal government's taking this land into trust for the Tribe. This would enable their control of the land. The Tribe intends to build a museum or curation center at this site. According to radiocarbon dating, the village of Tse-whit-zen dates back over 2,700 years. It was occupied by the Tribe into the early 1930s, when they relocated to new reservation land. The ground was filled and a number of mills were built on top of the village site during the 20th century. Because the ground was covered with of fill, the village site was preserved. Archaeology has revealed the evidence of possibly eight longhouse structures, as well as areas for food preparation and ceremonies, and the cemetery. In August 2012, Tribal members rediscovered their sacred creation site along the Elwha River. It was revealed after Lake Aldwell, the reservoir created by the Elwha Dam, was drained as part of the Restoration of the Elwha River Project. Some members journeyed to the sacred site, where they gathered water to take back to elders who could not get there, including Adeline Smith. It was the first time living members of the tribe had ever seen this site. In a related find on formerly submerged land, archeologists discovered a site that revealed 8,000 years of human habitation. It is the oldest archeological site within the Olympic National Park. In consultation with the Tribe, researchers removed some artifacts for study, and reburied the site to protect it. Both locations are being kept secret to preserve them. Notable members Adeline Smith (1918–2013), worked with a noted linguist to develop the Klallam language alphabet and the first Klallam dictionary, published in 2012. She contributed 12,000 words and phrases to the dictionary, becoming its main source. She also was known for supporting preservation of Tse-whit-zen and for encouraging removal of dams from the Elwha River. See also Restoration of the Elwha River Tse-whit-zen References Further reading Boyd, Colleen E. and John B. Boyd. "Cultural Survival, Tribal Sovereignty and River Restoration on the Central Northwest Coast." In Water, Cultural Diversity and Global Environmental Change: Emerging Trends, Sustainable Futures, edited by B. R. Johnston, et al., 387-402. London: Springer, 2012. External links Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, "The Strong People", official website Federally recognized tribes in the United States Clallam County, Washington Klallam Coast Salish governments Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast Native American tribes in Washington (state) Populated coastal places in Washington (state)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%C5%82o%2C%20Goleni%C3%B3w%20County

Redło, Goleniów County

Redło () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Osina, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Osina, east of Goleniów, and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin. Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania. References Villages in Goleniów County

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo%20Brenta

Eduardo Brenta

Eduardo Brenta (born 8 February 1959 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan politician. A member of the Broad Front, in 1989 he took part in the establishment of the moderate sector Vertiente Artiguista. In 2010 he was appointed Minister of Labour and Social Welfare. See also Cabinet of Uruguay References 1959 births Living people People from Montevideo Uruguayan people of Italian descent Vertiente Artiguista politicians Broad Front (Uruguay) politicians Ministers of Labor and Social Affairs of Uruguay Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su%C3%A9ter

Suéter

Suéter (in English: Sweater), was an Argentine rock band, formed in mid-1981. The group has contributed to many classics in its country's popular songbook, such as "Amanece en la ruta", "Él anda diciendo", "Comiendo gefilte fish", "Vía México" and "Extraño ser". History Led by Miguel Zavaleta, also was initially built by Fabiana Cantilo and Celsa Mel Gowland as showgirls. They Juan del Barrio (keyboards) and Gustavo Donés (bass), training with which they recorded the first album were added. They had the support of Charly García who invited as the opening act, but the public initially rejected. Gradually they reached some recognition and some massive hits like "Vía México", a song from 1985, on the illegality of divorce, at a time when the country was preparing to establish the law admitted it. In 1987, Miguel left the band to try a solo career without much success. Returning to 1994, with a renewed and Miguel Zavaleta training as only original member (with Diego Chorno on guitar and keyboards; Jorge Álvarez on drums and Raúl Chevalier on bass), later replaced by Laura Gómez Palma). In 2003, the original lineup that had recorded the first album in 1982 (Zavaleta, Dones, Minissale, del Barrio) with drummer meets Hernán "Fresa" Robic. The band stays together until the December 8, 2007 Gustavo Donés dies, due to internal conflict and the group broke up shortly after leaving a new unreleased album. Members Drums: Daniel Colombres (1981–1983), Claudio "Pato" Loza in (1985–1987) and Claudio Venier (1987) Bass: Edgardo Roggati (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4 April 1954 – Ibid, 20 October 2003) – (1981), Gustavo Donés (27 April 1953 – 8 December 2007) – (1981, 1989, 2003, 2007), Edgardo Folino (1951–1996) – (1981). Guitar: Jorge Minissale (4 March 1959 – ) – (1981, 1986, 2003, 2007), José Luis "Sarten" Asaresi (Province of Santa Fe, Argentina, circa, 1958 – Geneva, Switzerland, 2 November 2011) – (1987–1989) Keyboard and voice: Miguel Zavaleta, (February 16, 1955 – ) (1981–2007) Keyboard: Juan del Barrio (1981, 1983, 2002, 2007), Alejandro Desilvestre (1962 -) – (1985–1986) Discography Studio albums Suéter: La reserva moral de Occidente (1982) Lluvia de gallinas (1984) 20 caras bonitas (1985) Misión ciudadano 1 (1987) Sueter 5 (1995) Compilation Suéter Completo (1988) Elefantes en el techo (1997) See also Argentine rock Fabiana Cantilo Charly García References External links Argentine rock music groups Musical groups from Buenos Aires Musical groups established in 1981 Musical groups disestablished in 2007 Argentine new wave musical groups Space rock musical groups

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slania%20%28surname%29

Slania (surname)

Slania or Słania is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Czesław Słania (1921–2005), Polish postage stamp and banknote engraver Dan Slania (born 1992), American baseball player

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20guest%20stars%20on%20Sesame%20Street

List of guest stars on Sesame Street

The following is a list of guest stars who have appeared on the television series Sesame Street. # 14 Karat Soul A Paula Abdul Zoe's Dance Moves Kareem Abdul-Jabbar defines the word "subtraction" with Big Bird Amy Adams defines "ingredient" with Elmo Casey Affleck demonstrates the word "careful" with Murray Jessica Alba defines the word "scrumptious" Marv Albert episode 2756 Buzz Aldrin NASA footage of Apollo 11 mission, episode 3697; explains to Cookie Monster that the moon is not a giant cookie, episode 4090 Jason Alexander Muhammad Ali Dennis Allen Maria Conchita Alonso Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Julie Andrews Maya Angelou Kofi Annan Aziz Ansari defines the word "ridiculous" with Grover Carmelo Anthony defines the word "compare" with Grover Christina Applegate defines the word "booth" with Elmo Alan Arkin Will Arnett appeared as Max the Magician in episode 4166 Patricia Arquette defines the word "metamorphosis" with Abby Cadabby Arrested Development Arthur Ashe Karan Ashley as Aisha Campbell the Yellow Ranger teaching karate Hank Azaria defines the word "imposters" with Elmo B Backstreet Boys sang "One Small Voice" with Elmo Lauren Bacall Erykah Badu Beetle Bailey appeared in a season 6 segment demonstrating "under" Alec Baldwin Carl Banks (one special): Banks, a New York Giants player, appeared during the celebrity performance of "Put Down the Duckie" in Put Down the Duckie: The Sesame Street Special Elizabeth Banks Tyra Banks acted out the word "struggle" and sang the alphabet song with Abby Cadabby (Note: This video was posted on YouTube, following the season finale) Tiki Barber defined "quest" and helped sing "Set Your Piggies Free" Sara Bareilles Ray Barretto Todd Barry Jason Bateman discusses the word "comfort" with Elmo Batman David Beckham acted out the word "persistent" with Elmo Samantha Bee Harry Belafonte Joshua Bell Kristen Bell defines the word "splatter" with Elmo and Abby Cadabby Regina Belle Richard Belzer both appeared on the show and they have a puppet that strongly resembles him Miri Ben-Ari Annette Bening Tony Bennett sings alphabet song George Benson Candice Bergen lip-synced "C is for cookie" Corbin Bernsen Halle Berry presenting the word "nibble" with Elmo Beyoncé (lead singer of Destiny's Child) sings "A New Way to Walk" Jello Biafra Justin Bieber as a Muppet; sings "Measure" (Never Say Never) with Elmo in a recording studio Jason Biggs Aloe Blacc Jack Black discusses "octagon" and "disguise" with Elmo Tempestt Bledsoe Dan Blocker Emily Blunt as Arizona Emily defines the word "explore" with Idaho Elmo James Blunt (singing about triangles in episode 4144) Andrea Bocelli sang a lullaby to Elmo based on the song "Time to Say Goodbye" Brian Boitano Lisa Bonet Victor Borge (appeared in season 9) Ernest Borgnine Johnny Yong Bosch as Adam Park the Black Ranger teaching karate Julie Bowen discusses "binoculars" with Elmo David Bowie Alex Boyé Wayne Brady sings about "between" Zach Braff discusses "anxious" with Telly Benjamin Bratt demonstrates "translate" with Elmo Drew Brees discusses the word "measure" with Elmo Amy Brenneman Leon Bridges Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir Albert Brooks Garth Brooks Alton Brown explains "recipe" with Abby Cadabby Blair Brown Chris Brown explains the word "disappear"; and sings "See the Signs" with Elmo (Note: Brown's song was pulled from broadcast due to his 2009 arrest) Downtown Julie Brown James Brown Kobe Bryant explaining the word "miniature" with Abby Cadabby Michael Bublé Buck 65 (one segment): The Canadian hip-hop artist performed a song called the "Grocery Store Rap" on the show Jimmy Buffett Carol Burnett Ty Burrell discusses "hexagon" with Abby Cadabby; and shows Elmo "hide and seek" LeVar Burton Barbara Bush Laura Bush (one segment): In episode 4032, the First Lady reads an original book called Wubba Wubba Wubba to Elmo, Big Bird, and some children. Bush has also appeared on international adaptation of the series Alam Simsim in Egypt and Galli Galli Sim Sim in India. Reggie Bush discussed the word "appetite" in Music Magic Kerry Butler Eugene Byrd C C-3PO explains to R2-D2 that the thing he is in love with is a fire hydrant in episode 1396. "It is better to have loved a fire hydrant than never to have loved at all." (This was their second appearance; the first was in episode 1364) Sid Caesar Colbie Caillat Michael Caine Liz Callaway Cab Calloway (appeared in several segments in season 12, and was later parodied on the show as "Cab Callowmouse") Anna Camp John Candy (appeared as his Yosh Shmenge character from SCTV, but the segment was pulled after its initial airing due to complaints from Polish groups. He also made an appearance as Shmenge in "Sesame Street, Special".) Mary Chapin Carpenter Steve Carell demonstrates the word "vote" with Elmo and Abby Cadabby José Carreras Jim Carrey Aaron and Nick Carter teach Elmo about siblings Vince Carter Nancy Cartwright (as Bart Simpson) Johnny Cash sang "Nasty Dan" with Oscar Casper the Friendly Ghost and Wendy the Good Little Witch Dan Castellaneta (as Homer Simpson) Phoebe Cates Kim Cattrall defines the word "fabulous" for Abby Cadabby in episode 4162 Henry Cavill defines the word "respect" with Elmo Cedric the Entertainer demonstrates the word "canteen" with Abby Cadabby Carol Channing Stockard Channing Chance the Rapper Tracy Chapman Ray Charles sings alphabet song Don Cheadle demonstrates "inflate" with Elmo The Cheetah Girls Kristin Chenoweth Cher Kelly Clarkson John Cho defines "sturdy" with Abby Cadabby Margaret Cho Hillary Clinton Rosemary Clooney Chuck Close (appeared in season 32 to demonstrate pointillism) Glenn Close Bill Cobbs Imogene Coca Andy Cohen describes the word "popular" with Elmo Stephen Colbert as the letter Z in Sesame Street's All Star Alphabet Paula Cole Laveranues Coles (one segment): Coles, a New York Jets player, appeared in season 38 (2007), along with other Jets, Elmo, and Elmo's goldfish Dorothy Judy Collins Shawn Colvin sings "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" with Ernie Perry Como Common Sean Connery Harry Connick Jr. Tim Conway (appeared in season 2 in short segments) Anderson Cooper appeared on GNN to discuss the letter G Angel Corella Bill Cosby (also hosted the 20th anniversary special) Elvis Costello Katie Couric Michael Crawford Cindy Crawford Terry Crews demonstrates the word "artist" with Abby Cadabby and Count von Count Scatman Crothers Sheryl Crow Celia Cruz Penélope Cruz Billy Crystal Benedict Cumberbatch Alan Cumming Ann Curry defines the word "apology" in episode 4151 Jane Curtin (played Cinderella in a season 16 episode, also appeared in "Sesame Street, Special") Jamie Lee Curtis Joan Cusack D Tyne Daly Matt Damon Dance Theatre of Harlem Claire Danes demonstrates the word "diagram" with Cookie Monster Anthony Daniels Tony Danza Ron Darling Daughtry Thom Davies Geena Davis Michael Davis juggled foods, a bowling ball, and trash across the street in episode 1959, as well as juggling Oscar's pets; he was thought to be imaginary by Big Bird. Terrell Davis Tyrone Davis Viola Davis defines the word "fiesta" with Elmo Dominique Dawes Richard Dawson appeared as host of "Family Food", a takeoff on his Family Feud game show Robert De Niro explains what an 'actor' is to Elmo; he turns into a dog, a cabbage, and Elmo The Deadly Nightshade Ruby Dee Ellen DeGeneres sings alphabet song and talks about the word "ballet" Kat Dennings defines the word "repair" with Abby Cadabby Jason Derulo Danny DeVito Charlotte Diamond sings 'La Bastrangue', 'I am a Pizza' and 'Slippery Fish' on "Canadian Sesame Street" Cameron Diaz defines the word "tree" with Grover, explains "habitat" with the help of the Muppet animals, and sings along in "Set Your Piggies Free" Bo Diddley Daveed Diggs Taye Diggs (with Idina Menzel) explain the word "allergic" David Dinkins Peter Dinklage Kara DioGuardi defines "pasta" with Elmo Celine Dion The Dixie Chicks sing about the letter B Plácido Domingo (also parodied on the show as "Placido Flamingo") Phil Donahue Doug E. Doug (played Baby Bear's barber in a season 30 episode) Kirk Douglas Robert Downey Jr. Brian Doyle-Murray Rachel Dratch Fran Drescher (appeared with Baby Natasha in a season 30 sketch) Gustavo Dudamel demonstrates "stupendous" with Elmo E Roger Ebert (appeared along with longtime screen partner Gene Siskel in season 22) Barbara Eden Zac Efron defines the word "patience" with Elmo Jenna Elfman with Julia Josh Elliott En Vogue Julius Erving Giancarlo Esposito portrayed Mickey, Big Bird's camp counselor in episodes 1706–1710 Gloria Estefan Melissa Etheridge Rupert Everett F Donald Faison Edie Falco Jimmy Fallon Anna Faris talks about "gems" with Elmo and Prince Colin Farrell talks about the word "investigate" with Elmo and Murray Suzanne Farrell Lorna and Lorena Feijóo dance with Zoe in episode 4162 Leslie Feist sang an adaptation of her hit song "1234" José Feliciano Fergie Craig Ferguson demonstrates the word "experiment" with the help of Elmo and some chickens Jesse Tyler Ferguson discusses "fragile" with Cookie Monster José Ferrer (played Maria's uncle in season 19) Tina Fey as a "book-aneer" in episode 4135 Sally Field Harvey Fierstein Fifth Harmony sings That's Music with Elmo Rocco Fiorentino Laurence Fishburne demonstrates on how to brush their teeth with Telly and Rosita Carrie Fisher Peggy Fleming Renée Fleming Jodie Foster The Four Tops Matthew Fox teaching Elmo about bones Jamie Foxx sang the alphabet with Elmo, a fox named "Jamie Fox", and a duck named "Jaime Fox" Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver the Green Ranger teaching karate Dennis Franz Brendan Fraser teaching the word "speedy" with Grover demonstrating it, sings along in "Set Your Piggies Free" Walt Frazier Matt Frewer (appeared in character as Max Headroom) Santino Fontana Judah Friedlander teaching the word "spectacular" with Telly The Fugees Sia Furler G Josh Gad demonstrating "texture" with Abby Johnny Galecki defines "transform" with Abby Zack Galifianakis defines the word "nimble" with Murray James Gandolfini addressing being scared of the dark, haircuts, and giant talking vegetables Billy Gardell defines "cheer" with Elmo and Abby Cadabby Jennifer Garner explaining the word "galoshes" with Abby Cadabby; demonstrates "stretch" with Elmo Brad Garrett Jennie Garth defines the word "garden" with Abby Cadabby Pau Gasol defines the word "coach" with Abby Cadabby Crystal Gayle Sarah Michelle Gellar explaining the word "disappointed" Ricky Gervais defined "stumble"; helped sing "Set Your Piggies Free"; sang a Celebrity Lullaby to Elmo Paul Giamatti Barry Gibb Charles Gibson defines the word "predicament" in episode 4149 Mel Gibson Kathie Lee Gifford Dizzy Gillespie Evelyn Glennie Danny Glover Whoopi Goldberg talked with Elmo about skin color and hair texture Jeff Goldblum (appeared in Episode 2687 as Bob's brother, Minneapolis Johnson, who went on a quest for a golden cabbage in Snuffy's cave with Big Bird, Snuffleupagus, and Bob) The Goo Goo Dolls performed the song "Pride", which is based on their hit single "Slide" Cuba Gooding Jr. defines the word "angry" in episode 4159 John Goodman Ginnifer Goodwin defines the word "adventure" with Abby Cadabby Jeff Gordon as a race car announcer for the Squirmadega car race Joseph Gordon-Levitt defines the word "reinforce" with Murray Gilbert Gottfried Nolan Gould Ellie Goulding Ben Graham (one segment): Graham, a New York Jets player, appeared in season 38 (2007), along with other Jets, Elmo, and Elmo's goldfish Dorothy Lauren Graham discusses "author" with Grover Kelsey Grammer Judy Graubart Denyce Graves Seth Green Lorne Greene (appeared with the rest of the Bonanza cast in season 2) Adrian Grenier acted out the word "season" with Elmo David Alan Grier Blake Griffin discusses "champion" with Abby Cadabby Rachel Griffiths demonstrates "dozen" in episode 4237 Charles Grodin Dave Grohl performs the song “here we go” with Big Bird and Elmo Tim Gunn Jake Gyllenhaal appeared with an octopus stuck on his head and teaches the word "separate" Maggie Gyllenhaal teaches the word "surprise"; did a handstand for "Set Your Piggies Free" H Bill Hader discusses the word "grouchy" with Elmo and Murray Margaret Hamilton (appeared in an infamous episode as The Wicked Witch of the West) Scott Hamilton Jon Hamm defines the word "sculpture" with Elmo Herbie Hancock showing off the Fairlight Synthesizer Tom Hanks Kadeem Hardison Teri Hatcher Jane Horrocks with Elmo and Julia Mariska Hargitay explaining the word "mystery" The Harlem Globetrotters (demonstrated some basketball tricks in season 2) Neil Patrick Harris appeared as the "Fairy Shoe Person" and defined the word "curly" with Elmo Samantha Harris defines "reporter" with Elmo Jason Harris Katz Elisabeth Hasselbeck defines the word "camouflage" in episode 4199 Anne Hathaway Tony Hawk counts the number of wheels on a skateboard Lena Headey defines the word "relax" with Murray Katherine Heigl Ed Helms demonstrates "grimace" with Elmo Christina Hendricks demonstrates "technology" with Elmo Don Henley Georgie Henley Carolyn Hennesy Taraji P. Henson Keith Hernandez appeared in Put Down the Duckie Tom Hiddleston Faith Hill sang about sharing with her husband, Tim McGraw Jonah Hill appeared wearing a fake mustache, which he gave to Elmo; defines the word "empty" with Murray Gregory Hines and his brother Maurice Dustin Hoffman Hootie & the Blowfish sang about crossing the street Niall Horan (sang "What Makes U Useful" with the letter U) Lena Horne (sang "How Do You Do?" with Grover) Marilyn Horne Dwight Howard defines the word "strategy" with Elmo Ron Howard Terrence Howard Jennifer Hudson Sarah Hughes discusses "persistence" with Elmo Bonnie Hunt Lillian Hurst I Ice Cube tells Elmo about "astounding" things Ice-T Eric Idle Il Divo India.Arie sings the ABC's with Elmo James Ingram Mark Ingram (one special): Ingram, a New York Giants player, appeared during the celebrity performance of "Put Down the Duckie" in Put Down the Duckie: The Sesame Street Special Jeremy Irons appeared during the celebrity performance of "Put Down the Duckie" in Put Down the Duckie: The Sesame Street Special, 1988 Bill Irwin (appeared in a season 23 sketch as a man caught in a windstorm, appeared in season 25's remake of "A New Way To Walk", appeared as "Professor Television" in season 28, and currently plays Mr. Noodle) Judith Ivey J Hugh Jackman appeared with Elmo and teaches the word "concentration" Bo Jackson Gordon Jackson Jesse Jackson (one segment): Civil rights activist Jackson recited the free verse poem "I Am – Somebody" to numerous children and adult gathered around him on 123 Sesame Street Mahalia Jackson Randy Jackson demonstrates the word "glockenspiel" with a dog Samuel L. Jackson Kevin James Rick James Allison Janney Wyclef Jean Caitlyn Jenner (then known as Bruce Jenner) Ken Jennings (one segment): Appeared in 2005 for a Healthy Moments segment, Jennings won a date with a pineapple after playing a game with Grover Peter Jennings Waylon Jennings (appeared in Follow that Bird as a truck driver) Ken Jeong discusses "deciduous" with Elmo Carly Rae Jepsen Michael Jeter (appeared in a rendition of the alphabet song, sang a version of "Dance Myself to Sleep", and played Mr. Noodle's brother, Mr. Noodle) The New York Jets represented by Chad Pennington, Laveranues Coles, Ben Graham, and head coach Eric Mangini (episode 4147) Billy Joel sings with Marlee Matlin Elton John Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Hart the Pink Ranger teaching karate Arte Johnson (appeared as his Laugh-In character, Wolfgang, in season 2) Nick Jonas (sang "Check That Shape") Chuck Jones Gwyneth Jones James Earl Jones (guest starred in the first season (1969), reciting the alphabet and counting numbers. He later hosted the 10th anniversary special, where he was reunited with his former drama teacher, Will Lee.) Jason Jones Norah Jones sings with Elmo about her friend Y not meeting her; sings "Don't Know Why" Sarah Jones Shirley Jones Juanes K Madeline Kahn Mindy Kaling discusses "enthusiastic" with Elmo Carol Kane Julie Kavner (as Marge Simpson) Toby Keith Matt Kemp demonstrates the word "attach" with Abby Cadabby Anna Kendrick defines "absorb" with Elmo and Abby Cadabby Alicia Keys Chaka Khan Kid 'n Play Nicole Kidman defines "stubborn" with Oscar the Grouch Taran Killam Jimmy Kimmel defines "sibling" Richard Kind (playing a Balloon Fairy in episode 4088) B.B. King Larry King Greg Kinnear demonstrating the word "machine" Reverend Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick Kevin Kline Heidi Klum defines "compliment" with Elmo and a boot Gladys Knight & the Pips T. R. Knight – Letter "I" – Private I Daniel Koren Jane Krakowski Diana Krall John Krasinski defines "soggy" with Murray Chris Kratt Martin Kratt Alison Krauss Chad Kroeger Kronos Quartet Mila Kunis defines "include" with Elmo and two dancing sheep L Patti LaBelle Nick Lachey Ladysmith Black Mambazo Emeril Lagasse Lamb Chop (sings alphabet song, also appeared in the season 26 finale) Burt Lancaster Sean Landeta (one special): Landeta, a New York Giants player, appeared during the celebrity performance of "Put Down the Duckie" in Put Down the Duckie: The Sesame Street Special Michael Landon (appeared with the rest of the Bonanza cast in season 2) Nathan Lane sings "Sing" with the Oinker Sisters Angela Lansbury Queen Latifah Matt Lauer explains what he can do with a newspaper in episode 4136, also interviewing Cookie Monster about his decision to eat fruit. Jude Law demonstrating the word "cling" Christopher Lee Spike Lee Stan Lee John Legend John Leguizamo taught Elmo about healthy vegetables. Jay Leno Zachary Levi defines the word "applause" with Elmo Abigail Zoe Lewis Shari Lewis (appeared with Lamb Chop in the season 26 finale) Little Richard Blake Lively LL Cool J sings the song "Addition Expedition" with Elmo; sings about the number 1; defines "unanimous" with Elmo and Abby Cadabby Christopher Lloyd Rebecca Lobo Kenny Loggins Nia Long demonstrates "divide" with Abby Cadabby Eva Longoria demonstrating the word "exquisite" George Lopez defines the word "liquid" with Elmo and Abby Cadabby Mario Lopez appeared as a reporter for "Extra" in episode 4305 Los Lobos Lindsay Lohan (appeared as a young child in "The Braid-y Bunch") Julia Louis-Dreyfus Joanna Lumley Kellan Lutz defines the word "vibrate" with Cookie Monster Loretta Lynn Evan Lysacek discusses "confidence" with Elmo Luxo Jr. MC Lyte M Yo-Yo Ma Macklemore Robert MacNeil Main Street Wendy Makkena Zayn Malik Howie Mandel demonstrates "ticklish" in episode 4143 Eric Mangini (one segment): Mangini, the New York Jets coach, appeared in season 38 (2007), along with other Jets, Elmo, and Elmo's goldfish Dorothy Julianna Margulies as Dr. Berger who helps heal Big Bird's broken wing Cheech Marin Ziggy Marley Bruno Mars sang "Don't Give Up" Branford Marsalis Wynton Marsalis James Marsden defines the word "engineer" with Elmo Andrea Martin (appeared as Edith Prickley in several segments, guest-started as Wanda Falbo, Word Fairy, and narrated the television segments on Elmo's World) Steve Martin J. R. Martinez Marlee Matlin sings with Billy Joel Dave Matthews sings "I Need a Word" with Grover on the start of the 44th season on September 16, 2013 Jessica Mauboy John Mayer in a Primetime Special that appeared on April 1, 2009 Whitman Mayo Debi Mazar defining "humongous" in episode 4211 Jack McBrayer Martina McBride sang "That's Pretending" with Elmo Jenny McCarthy imitating several sorts of insect Melissa McCarthy discusses "choreographer" with Elmo Jesse McCartney Tim McCarver Audra McDonald Frances McDormand as a fictionalized version of herself working as a department store worker (from the television special/VHS release Big Bird Gets Lost) Bobby McFerrin Phil McGraw co-hosting with Dr. Feel Tim McGraw sang about sharing with his wife, Faith Hill Ewan McGregor Joel McHale defines "prickly" Michael McKean Rock, Rock Band (episode 4234, season 41) Ian McKellen defining "resist", tries to make Cookie Monster resist from eating a cookie Don McLean Wendi McLendon-Covey demonstrates "strenuous" with Elmo Christopher Meloni Maria Menounos defines "senses" Menudo Idina Menzel (with Taye Diggs) explain the word "allergic" Natalie Merchant Ethel Merman Debra Messing defines "nature" Metropolitan Opera Seth Meyers discusses "greeting" with Count von Count MF Grimm Mighty Morphin Power Rangers teaching karate Lin-Manuel Miranda as Freddy Flapman in episode 4187 Jay Mohr defines the word "tool" in episode 4308 Janelle Monáe sings "The Power of Yet" Michelle Monaghan defines "fascinating" with Abby Cadabby Julianne Moore Natalie Morales defines the word "float" with Abby Cadabby Rick Moranis Rita Moreno Alanis Morissette sang "U Oughta Know", a song about words that start with the letter U Mark Morris Michael Moschen John Moschitta Jr. (appeared in season 16 as a man whose children's names have a name beginning with every letter, as well as a spokesman for "Peter Piper's P Products") Zero Mostel Bobby Moynihan appeared as Quacker Duck Man in episode 4325 Jason Mraz sings "Outdoors" (to the tune of his hit "I'm Yours") with Sesame Street friends about going outside Megan Mullally defines the word "distract" Mummenschanz Anne Murray Mike Myers N Jim Nabors (recited the alphabet in season 2) Ralph Nader appeared singing "People in Your Neighborhood" in Put Down the Duckie: The Sesame Street Special, 1988. Kathy Najimy Joe Namath National Theatre of the Deaf Martina Navratilova Kunal Nayyar defines "robot" with Grover and a robot Ne-Yo Liam Neeson (appeared reciting the alphabet for Ernie in season 30) Karl Nelson (one special): Nelson, a New York Giants player, appeared during the celebrity performance of "Put Down the Duckie" in Put Down the Duckie: The Sesame Street Special Aaron Neville New York City Ballet New York Philharmonic Fred Newman (appeared in an episode of Elmo's World to talk about things that he can do with his mouth) Laraine Newman Randy Newman Nickelback Leonard Nimoy Soichi Noguchi Brandy Norwood Bill Nye Lupita Nyong'o and Elmo talk about skin NSYNC O Michelle Obama shows kids how to plant vegetables Conan O'Brien (one segment, two specials): O'Brien has guested on Sesame Street itself, as well as two special productions. While trying to deliver a tape in the Elmopalooza special, Big Bird runs through the set of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, where he is interviewing the Yip Yips; also seen is Andy Richter. O'Brien appeared in a celebrity montage of "Sing", for 2004 DVD What's the Name of That Song. Jerry O'Connell demonstrates "observe" with Murray Nancy O'Dell defines the word "pollinate" Chris O'Donnell defines the word "activate" Rosie O'Donnell Sandra Oh as a Cookie Fairy (episode 4184) OK Go Timothy Olyphant discusses "proud" with Abby Cadabby Jeffrey Osborne Donny Osmond Seiji Ozawa conducted The Italian Street Song as sung by Senior Placido Flamingo and the All-Animal Orchestra. P Brad Paisley Sarah Jessica Parker demonstrates "sighing" and "pair" with Elmo; looks for "big" with Super Grover Jim Parsons explains the word "arachnid" Paula Patton defines the word "innovation" with Elmo Pat Paulsen (made several appearances in season 2) Liam Payne (sang "What Makes U Useful" with the letter U) Fred Penner sings 'I Had a Rooster' and 'The Cat Came Back' on "Canadian Sesame Street" Chad Pennington (one segment): Pennington, a New York Jets player, appeared in season 38 (2007), along with other Jets, Elmo, and Elmo's goldfish Dorothy Ty Pennington Pentatonix Itzhak Perlman (gave Telly a violin lesson) Rhea Perlman (as the "old woman who lived in a shoe" that landed on Big Bird's nest after a hurricane, also appeared with husband Danny DeVito in the 25th anniversary special) Katy Perry appeared in a skit with Elmo parodying her song "Hot n Cold". The skit was intended to air on the actual series, but the producers overturned their decision due to parent's reaction to Perry's revealing wardrobe. Tyler Perry Joe Pesci (appeared as "Ronald Grump" in the 25th anniversary special) Michael Phelps Regis Philbin Lou Diamond Phillips David Hyde Pierce The Pink Panther (demonstrated the letter K in season 2) Suzanne Pleshette Amy Poehler demonstrates "challenge" with Elmo The Pointer Sisters Troy Polamalu discusses "fragrance" with Elmo Ellen Pompeo teaching the word "healthy" with Elmo John Popper Natalie Portman plays "Princess and the Elephant" with Elmo; fills in for Alan at Hooper's when he goes on vacation to Hawaii Prince teaches children how to make up their own songs Richard Pryor (recited the alphabet) Tito Puente (a song of his was also used as background music in a segment about snow cones) Albert Pujols discusses "athlete" with Grover Keshia Knight Pulliam Q Dennis Quaid Zachary Quinto defines the word "flexible" with Grover R R2-D2 R.E.M. sing the song "Furry, Happy Monsters" Sally Jessy Raphaël Ahmad Rashād defines the word "gigantic" in episode 4152 Lou Rawls (one segment): Rawls appeared in a segment during the first season, to sing the alphabet. He dismissed the concept of using cue cards for the performance, but reversed such decision when he forgot the order of the letters. Rachael Ray (two segments): one baking pumpernickel bread and one describing the word 'amazing' Jeff Redd he sang Between. Helen Reddy Christopher Reeve (three segments): Reeve first appeared on the show in the 1980s. He reappeared in 2000 for two segments; in one Reeve says the alphabet with Ernie and Ernie's Rubber Duckie, the other he demonstrates the independent living skills he developed after acquiring a disability in 1995 (quadriplegia) Paul Reubens (two segments): Reubens, as Pee-wee Herman, recited his own version of the alphabet in a 1987 insert. Reubens was also recorded for the celebrity version of Put Down the Duckie. Debbie Reynolds Malvina Reynolds season 4 cast member: A folksinger, songwriter, and political activist, then 73-year-old Reynolds appeared on the show performing songs "This House Is Your House". Ryan Reynolds as the letter A in "The A Team" John Rhys-Davies will appear in Put Down the Duckie. Andy Richter (one special): While trying to deliver a tape in the Elmopalooza special, Big Bird runs through the set of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, where Conan is interviewing the Yip Yips; Richter is seen in the background very briefly. Alan Rickman Sally Ride (one segment): In January 1984, the year immediately following her historic mission, Ride taped a segment on the series where she talks about how A is for astronaut, while Grundgetta visits Kelly Ripa unable to find the slip of paper on which she wrote the meaning of "frustrated" in episode 4144 Tim Robbins (two segments and one street scene): Robbins appeared in two 1990 insert segments. In the first, he performs at Prairie Dawn's pageant about the seasons; Robbin's then 5-year-old daughter Eva appeared at the end of the segment. The second, first aired episode 3960, he talks about surprises with Elmo. In a 1997 street scene, Robbins rents a room at the Furry Arms Hotel, which he shares with Muppet animals. Talking to Sesame Street Magazine in 1997, Robbins listed three reasons for appearing on the show: his children, Eva, Jack Henry, and Miles. Robbin's then five-year-old son Miles taped three segments with Baby Bear that appeared throughout the 29th season. Doris Roberts (two appearances in one special): In the introduction to Sesame Street special The Street We Live On, Roberts is one of the celebrities in the "My Favorite Sesame Street Moments" clip. She later appeared in a celebrity montage of the song "Dance Myself to Sleep". Julia Roberts Elmo demonstrates to her how to look scared Robin Andrea Robinson provides the singing voice of Wendy Makkena Craig Robinson defines the word "pattern" with Elmo Jackie Robinson recites the alphabet in season 1 Smokey Robinson sings "You Really Got a Hold on Me" for the letter "U" Chris Rock Adam Rodriguez as Detective (Alphie) Betts, helps Elmo and Abby find the missing R objects stolen by the Letter R Gina Rodriguez Rico Rodriguez defines the word "magnify" with Elmo Seth Rogen defines "embarrassed" with Elmo Fred Rogers Al Roker defines the word "family" The Rolling Stones Ray Romano Rebecca Romijn defines "accessories" with Abby Cadabby Linda Ronstadt Mickey Rooney Tracee Ellis Ross Diana Ross sings the song "If You Believe" with Big Bird in 1979 Emmy Rossum defines the word "focus" with Abby Cadabby Mike Rowe appeared with Oscar the Grouch in a segment parody of Dirty Jobs called "Dirtiest Jobs" Paul Rudd discusses "brilliant" with Grover Maya Rudolph demonstrates "brainstorm" with Elmo Mark Ruffalo defines "empathy" with Murray Amy Ryan defines the word "paleontologist" with Elmo Meg Ryan with Elmo and Julia S Buffy Sainte-Marie (a regular on the show from 1975 to 1981) Zoe Saldana defined "transportation" with Elmo Tony Saletan Lea Salonga Andy Samberg Adam Sandler sings "a song about Elmo" and meets up with Cookie Monster to talk about the word "crunchy" Romeo Santos Susan Sarandon sings alphabet song Adam Savage (a regular on the show throughout the 1970s) provided the voice of Heathcliff in his father's "He, She, and It" animated segments Diane Sawyer Liev Schreiber explains "exchange" with Elmo and his then-wife Naomi Watts and also appeared in "Elmo's Got the Moves" Diane Schuur Adam Scott defines "awful" with Murray Jay Sean Amy Sedaris Kyra Sedgwick Pete Seeger Amanda Seyfried Natalie Neptune Molly Shannon Ed Sheeran sings the song "Two Different Worlds" Jerry Seinfeld Dax Shepard demonstrates "amplify" with Abby Cadabby Sherri Shepherd defined "identical" David Shiner Martin Short (appeared in character as Ed Grimley) Vlad Shulga used as a picture on Elmo's house to represent an internet meme Paul Simon sings "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" Gene Simmons Juliet Simmons (as Hello Kitty and Wendy the Good Little Witch) Nina Simone The Simpsons Sinbad Eric Singer Gene Siskel Jeff Smith Phyllis Smith with Julia Yeardley Smith (as Lisa Simpson) Cobie Smulders discusses "courteous" with Grover Brittany Snow defines the word "friend" with Elmo Sonia Sotomayor defines "career" with Abby Cadabby Spice Girls Spin Doctors (one segment): sang the song "Cooperation" (Two Princes) with Elmo, Zoe, and Telly Monster Squirrel Nut Zippers Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott the Red Ranger teaching karate Paul Stanley Gwen Stefani Isaac Stern Greg and Steve Jon Stewart defines "practice" in a taped segment Patrick Stewart sings alphabet song Ben Stiller sang "These are the People in Our Neighborhood" with Telly Michael Stipe Richard Stoltzman appeared on episode 2633. During the first street scene, He plays The Sesame Street theme song on the clarinet. Later on in the episode. He explains to Oscar that playing the clarinet with just the pieces will not make a good sound. When he built the pieces together, he can play. He plays Rhapsody in Blue. Emma Stone acts out the word "balance" with Abby Cadabby Eric Stonestreet demonstrates "remember" with Abby Cadabby Amar'e Stoudemire defines the word "compare" with Grover Picabo Street Ruben Studdard Harry Styles (sang "What Makes U Useful" with the letter U) Sugarland Nicole Sullivan Wanda Sykes defines "journal" with Elmo T Take 6 James Taylor (sang "Jellyman Kelly" in season 14) Jason Taylor defining "toss" with Elmo Tommy Thayer Charlize Theron defines "jealous" with Abby Cadabby Lynne Thigpen (appeared in season 29 as the WASA Training instructor) Isiah Thomas Tilly and the Wall Ashley Tisdale The Tokyo String Quartet Marisa Tomei Lily Tomlin LaDainian Tomlinson defines the word "celebration" with Elmo Louis Tomlinson (sang "What Makes U Useful" with the letter U) Joe Torre Robert Townsend Train sings "Five By" Randy Travis (sang "You Gotta Ask Some Questions" in season 22) Alex Trebek Travis Tritt Kathleen Turner U Tracey Ullman (appeared as herself in season 20) Blair Underwood Carrie Underwood as "Carrie Underworm" performing "The Worm Anthem" Usher defined "volunteer" with Elmo, he also sang "The ABCs of Moving You" with various muppets (over 115 million YouTube views), defined "unique" with Bert Peter Ustinov V Jean-Claude Van Damme Dick Van Dyke Luther Vandross Sofía Vergara demonstrates "baile" with Elmo Meredith Vieira defined the word "hibernate" W Alice Walker Bill Walsh Barbara Walters Patrick Warburton explains "stuck" with a chicken stuck in his shirt Burt Ward Malcolm-Jamal Warner Denzel Washington Naomi Watts explains "exchange" with Elmo and her then-husband Liev Schreiber and also appeared in "Elmo's Got the Moves" Gail Webster (as Casper the Friendly Ghost) Rutina Wesley demonstrates the word "plan" with Elmo and Abby Cadabby Adam West Forest Whitaker defines "imagination" with Count von Count Diamond White Lillias White season 21–24 cast member, 1 street scene: White appeared from 1989 through 1993 as "Lillian", a regular cast member of the show, winning a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance. During her stint, she also voiced the lead singer of The Squirrelles, a Muppet singing group, consisting of three squirrels. She returned in 2006 as a guest for a season 37 street scene, playing Gabi and Miles' kindergarten teacher Ms. Walsh, in a flashback sequence. Shaun White will.i.am sings "What I Am" Brian Williams demonstrates "squid" in a separately-recorded segment, and also as a guest news-anchor reporting that nobody on Sesame Street is sharing (due to a disease called "Mine-Itis") Jesse Williams defines "furious" with Elmo Joe Williams Pharrell Williams Robin Williams (seven segments): Williams appeared numerous times in the 1990s and 2000s. In the first, aired in 1992 as episode 2963, Williams uses his shoe to demonstrate what makes something alive. Robin then appeared in a celebrity version of "Monster in the Mirror". Another segment has Robin comparing the similarities and difference between himself and a Muppet robin. In another segment, Williams asks Elmo and the kids whether they would allow a nonsense talking, horned two-headed stranger to play baseball with them. In 2000's episode 3684, Williams talks to Elmo about what you can do with a stick. In 2001's episode 3923, Williams shows off the wonders of feet. The Two Headed Monster shows up to play. In 2012's episode 4280, Williams defines the word "conflict" with The Two Headed Monster. Vanessa Williams Venus Williams Wendy Williams defines the word "veterinarian" Chandra Wilson defines the word "half" with Murray Flip Wilson Mara Wilson with Julia Mookie Wilson Oprah Winfrey on season 41 premiere, as the voice of 'O' on "The O Show" Henry Winkler Lee Ann Womack Stevie Wonder BD Wong Noah Wyle sings with Big Bird Westlife Y Kristi Yamaguchi "Weird Al" Yankovic Trisha Yearwood David Yost as Billy Cranston the Blue Ranger teaching karate Neil Young performed "Heart of Gold" with Grover and Prairie Dawn Z Billy Zane Notes References External links Official website of "Sesame Street" Lists of celebrities Lists of guest appearances in television

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North Island

The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest island. It has a population of accounting for approximately % of the total residents of New Zealand. Twelve main urban areas (half of them officially cities) are in the North Island. From north to south, they are Whangārei, Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Napier, Hastings, Whanganui, Palmerston North, and New Zealand's capital city Wellington, which is located at the south-west tip of the island. Naming and usage Although the island has been known as the North Island for many years, in 2009 the New Zealand Geographic Board found that, along with the South Island, the North Island had no official name. After a public consultation, the board officially named the island North Island or Te Ika-a-Māui in October 2013. In prose, the two main islands of New Zealand are called the North Island and the South Island, with the definite article. It is also normal to use the preposition in rather than on, for example "Hamilton is in the North Island", "my mother lives in the North Island". Maps, headings, tables, and adjectival expressions use North Island without "the". Māori mythology According to Māori mythology, the North and South Islands of New Zealand arose through the actions of the demigod Māui. Māui and his brothers were fishing from their canoe (the South Island) when he caught a great fish and pulled it right up from the sea. While he was not looking his brothers fought over the fish and chopped it up. This great fish became the North Island and thus a Māori name for the North Island is Te Ika-a-Māui ("The Fish of Māui"). The mountains and valleys are believed to have been formed as a result of Māui's brothers' hacking at the fish. Until the early 20th Century, Aotearoa was an alternative Māori name for the North Island. In present usage, Aotearoa is a collective Māori name for New Zealand as a whole. Geography During the Last Glacial Period when sea levels were over 100 metres lower than present day levels, the North and South islands were connected by a vast coastal plain which formed at the South Taranaki Bight. During this period, most of the North Island was covered in thorn scrubland and forest, while the modern-day Northland Peninsula was a subtropical rainforest. Sea levels began to rise 7,000 years ago, eventually separating the islands and linking the Cook Strait to the Tasman Sea. Bays and coastal features Bay of Islands Bay of Plenty Hauraki Gulf Hawke Bay Ninety Mile Beach North Taranaki Bight South Taranaki Bight Lakes and rivers Lake Taupo Waikato River Whanganui River Capes and peninsulas Coromandel Peninsula Northland Peninsula Cape Palliser Cape Reinga East Cape North Cape Forests and national parks Egmont National Park Tongariro National Park Waipoua Kauri Forest Whanganui National Park and many forest parks of New Zealand Volcanology Mount Ruapehu Mount Taranaki (Taranaki Maunga) North Island Volcanic Plateau Other Waitomo Caves Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu Demographics The North Island has an estimated population of as of . Ever since the conclusion of the Otago Goldrush in the 1860s, New Zealand's European population growth has experienced a steady 'Northern drift' as population centres in the North Island have grown faster than those of New Zealand's South Island. This population trend has continued into the twenty-first century, but at a much slower rate. While the North Island population continues to grows faster than the South Island, this is solely due to the North Island having higher natural increase (i.e. births minus deaths) and international migration; since the late 1980s, the internal migration flow has been from the North Island to the South Island. In the year to June 2020, the North Island gained 21,950 people from natural increase and 62,710 people from international migration, while losing 3,570 people from internal migration. Culture and identity At the 2018 New Zealand census, 65.7% of North Islanders identified as of European ethnicity, 18.5% as Māori, 17.0% as Asian, 9.7% as Pacific Islanders, 1.6% as Middle Eastern/Latin American/African, and 1.2% as another ethnicity (mainly 'New Zealander'). Totals add to more than 100% since people may identify with multiple ethnicities. The proportion of North Islanders born overseas is 29.3%. The most common foreign countries of birth are England (15.4% of overseas-born residents), Mainland China (11.3%), India (10.1%), South Africa (5.9%), Australia (5.5%) and Samoa (5.3%). Cities and towns The North Island has a larger population than the South Island, with the country's largest city, Auckland, and the capital, Wellington, accounting for nearly half of it. There are 28 urban areas in the North Island with a population of 10,000 or more: Economy The sub-national GDP of the North Island was estimated at US$102.863 billion in 2003, 79% of New Zealand's national GDP. Governance Regions Nine local government regions cover the North Island and its adjacent islands and territorial waters. Northland Auckland Waikato Bay of Plenty Gisborne Taranaki Manawatū-Whanganui Hawke's Bay Region Wellington Region Healthcare Healthcare in the North Island is provided by fifteen District Health Boards (DHBs). Organised around geographical areas of varying population sizes, they are not coterminous with the Local Government Regions. See also List of islands of New Zealand References External links Islands of New Zealand

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Luke Burgess (rugby union)

Luke Burgess (born 20 August 1984) is a retired professional rugby union player. His usual position was scrum-half. He represented Australia on 37 occasions. Early career Burgess was born in Newcastle, Australia. He played his club rugby with Sydney University Colts and Eastern Suburbs RUFC in Sydney. Professional career He played with the Brumbies from 2003 to 2007, but due to the presence of Wallaby captain George Gregan, he only made two appearances for the team, making his Super 12 debut in 2005. In 2007 he played for the Melbourne Rebels in the now defunct Australian Rugby Championship. Burgess joined the NSW Waratahs in 2008, and made his first Super 14 appearance off the bench mid-year. Later that year he made his Test debut for the Wallabies against Ireland at the Telstra Dome, Melbourne. A knee injury kept him out of the 2008 Tri Nations Series, but he was selected for the Wallabies end 2008 Spring Tour. From 2011, Burgess played for Stade Toulousain in the Top 14 championship, France, making his debut in the Heineken Cup match against Gloucester. He joined the Melbourne Rebels for the start of the 2014 Super Rugby season. In 2015, he moved to Italy to play for Zebre and announced his retirement from professional rugby in May 2016. References External links Melbourne Rebels Profile "Luke Burgess" on ESPN 1983 births Living people Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players Stade Toulousain players Brumbies players New South Wales Waratahs players Melbourne Rebels players Melbourne Rising players Rugby union scrum-halves People from Newcastle, New South Wales Expatriate rugby union players in France Australian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate rugby union players in Italy Australian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Zebre Parma players

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Ojeda, La Pampa

Ojeda is a village and rural locality (municipality) in La Pampa Province in Argentina. References Populated places in La Pampa Province

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Carbon engineering

Carbon engineering may refer to: Greenhouse gas removal Carbon dioxide removal Carbon dioxide scrubber Carbon Engineering, a Canadian company

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Fromentières, Mayenne

Fromentières () is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France. See also Communes of the Mayenne department References Communes of Mayenne

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She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory

"She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory" is a song written by John Schweers, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in January 1977 as the second single and title track from the album She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory. The song was his seventeenth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of ten weeks on country charts. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts References 1977 songs Charley Pride songs 1977 singles RCA Records singles Songs written by John Schweers Torch songs

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King John (play)

The Life and Death of King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ruled 1199–1216), the son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and the father of Henry III of England. It is believed to have been written in the mid-1590s, but it was not published until 1623, when it appeared in the First Folio. Characters King John – King of England Eleanor – the Queen Mother, widow of Henry II Prince Henry – his son, later King Henry III Blanche of Castile – John's niece Earl of Essex – an English nobleman Earl of Salisbury – an English nobleman Earl of Pembroke – an English nobleman Lord Bigot – Earl of Norfolk Peter of Pomfret – a prophet Philip Faulconbridge – also known as Philip the Bastard and Richard Plantagenet; natural son of Richard I of England Robert Faulconbridge – his half brother; legitimate son of Sir Robert Faulconbridge Lady Faulconbridge – their mother; widow of Sir Robert Falconbridge James Gurney – her attendant Lady Constance – widow of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany Arthur – her son, King John's nephew, claimant to the English throne and eventual Duke of Brittany Sheriff Two Executioners English Herald English Messenger King Philip – King of France Louis the Dauphin – his son Viscount of Melun Châtillon – French ambassador to England Hubert – citizen of Angiers and later a follower of King John Citizen of Angiers French Herald French Messenger Limoges, Duke of Austria (composite of Widomar, Viscount of Limoges and Leopold V, Duke of Austria) Cardinal Pandolf – legate from Pope Innocent III Lords, soldiers, attendants etc. Synopsis King John receives an ambassador from France who demands with a threat of war that he renounce his throne in favour of his nephew, Arthur, whom the French King Philip believes to be the rightful heir to the throne. John adjudicates an inheritance dispute between Robert Faulconbridge and his older brother Philip the Bastard, during which it becomes apparent that Philip is the illegitimate son of King Richard I. Queen Eleanor, mother to both Richard I and John, recognises the family resemblance in Philip and suggests that he renounce his claim to the Faulconbridge land in exchange for a knighthood. John knights Philip the Bastard under the name Richard. In France, King Philip and his forces besiege the English-ruled town of Angers, threatening attack unless its citizens support Arthur. Philip is supported by Austria, who many characters believe killed Richard I. The English contingent arrives. Eleanor then trades insults with Constance, Arthur's mother. Kings Philip and John stake their claims in front of Angers' citizens, but to no avail: their representative says that they will support the rightful king, whoever that turns out to be. The French and English armies clash, but no clear victor emerges. Each army dispatches a herald claiming victory, but Angers' citizens continue to refuse to recognize either claimant because neither army has proven victorious. Philip the Bastard proposes that England and France unite to punish the rebellious citizens of Angers. The citizens suggest an alternative proposal: that Philip's son, Louis the Dauphin, should marry John's niece Blanche. The proposal would give John a stronger claim to the throne while Louis would gain territory for France. Though a furious Constance accuses Philip of abandoning Arthur, Louis and Blanche are married. Cardinal Pandolf arrives from Rome bearing a formal accusation that John has disobeyed the Pope and appointed an archbishop contrary to his desires. John refuses to recant, whereupon he is excommunicated. Pandolf pledges his support for Louis, though Philip is hesitant, having just established family ties with John. Pandolf brings him round by pointing out that his links to the church are older and firmer. War breaks out; Austria is beheaded by the Bastard in revenge for his father's death; and both Angers and Arthur are captured by the English. Eleanor is left in charge of English possessions in France, while the Bastard is sent to collect funds from English monasteries. John orders Hubert to kill Arthur. Pandolf suggests to Louis that he now has as strong a claim to the English throne as Arthur (and indeed John), and Louis agrees to invade England. [[File:'King John', Act IV, Scene 1, Hubert and Arthur (from the Boydell series) James Northcote (1746–1831) Royal Shakespeare Theatre.jpg|thumb|left|"King John", Act IV, Scene 1, Hubert and Arthur (from the Boydell series), James Northcote (1789)]] Hubert is reluctant to harm Arthur. He releases him furtively. John's nobles urge Arthur's release. John agrees, but Hubert then tells him that Arthur is dead. The nobles, believing he was murdered, defect to Louis' side. Equally upsetting, and more heartbreaking to John, is the news of his mother's death, along with that of Lady Constance. The Bastard reports that the monasteries are unhappy about John's attempt to seize their gold. Hubert has a furious argument with John, during which he reveals that Arthur is still alive. John, delighted, sends him to report the news to the nobles. Arthur dies jumping from a castle wall. (It is open to interpretation whether he deliberately kills himself or just makes a risky escape attempt.) The nobles believe he was murdered by John, and refuse to believe Hubert's entreaties. John attempts to make a deal with Pandolf, swearing allegiance to the Pope in exchange for Pandolf's negotiating with the French on his behalf. John orders the Bastard, one of his few remaining loyal subjects, to lead the English army against France. While John's former noblemen swear allegiance to Louis, Pandolf explains John's scheme, but Louis refuses to be taken in by it. The Bastard arrives with the English army and threatens Louis, but to no avail. War breaks out with substantial losses on each side, including Louis' reinforcements, who are drowned during the sea crossing. Many English nobles return to John's side after a dying French nobleman, Melun, warns them that Louis plans to kill them after his victory. John is poisoned by a disgruntled monk. His nobles gather around him as he dies. The Bastard plans the final assault on Louis' forces, until he is told that Pandolf has arrived with a peace treaty. The English nobles swear allegiance to John's son Prince Henry, and the Bastard reflects that this episode has taught that internal bickering could be as perilous to England's fortunes as foreign invasion. Sources King John is closely related to an anonymous history play, The Troublesome Reign of King John (c. 1589), the "masterly construction" the infelicitous expression of which led Peter Alexander to argue that Shakespeare's was the earlier play. E. A. J. Honigmann elaborated these arguments, both in his preface to the second Arden edition of King John, and in his 1982 monograph on Shakespeare's influence on his contemporaries. The majority view, however, first advanced in a rebuttal of Honigmann's views by Kenneth Muir, holds that the Troublesome Reign antedates King John by a period of several years; and that the skilful plotting of the Troublesome Reign is neither unparalleled in the period, nor proof of Shakespeare's involvement. Shakespeare derived from Holinshed's Chronicles certain verbal collocations and points of action. Honigmann discerned in the play the influence of John Foxe's Acts and Monuments, Matthew Paris' Historia Maior, and the Latin Wakefield Chronicle, but Muir demonstrated that this apparent influence could be explained by the priority of the Troublesome Reign, which contains similar or identical matter. Date and text The date of composition is unknown, but must lie somewhere between 1587, the year of publication of the second, revised edition of Holinshed's Chronicles, upon which Shakespeare drew for this and other plays, and 1598, when King John was mentioned among Shakespeare's plays in the Palladis Tamia of Francis Meres. The editors of the Oxford Shakespeare conclude from the play's incidence of rare vocabulary, use of colloquialisms in verse, pause patterns, and infrequent rhyming that the play was composed in 1596, after Richard II but before Henry IV, Part I.King John is one of only two plays by Shakespeare that are entirely written in verse, the other being Richard II. Performance history The earliest known performance took place in 1737, when John Rich staged a production at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. In 1745, the year of the Jacobite rebellion, competing productions were staged by Colley Cibber at Covent Garden and David Garrick at Drury Lane. Charles Kemble's 1823 production made a serious effort at historical accuracy, inaugurating the 19th century tradition of striving for historical accuracy in Shakespearean production. Other successful productions of the play were staged by William Charles Macready (1842) and Charles Kean (1846). Twentieth century revivals include Robert B. Mantell's 1915 production (the last production to be staged on Broadway) and Peter Brook's 1945 staging, featuring Paul Scofield as the Bastard. In the Victorian era, King John was one of Shakespeare's most frequently staged plays, in part because its spectacle and pageantry were congenial to Victorian audiences. King John, however, has decreased in popularity: it is now one of Shakespeare's least-known plays and stagings of it are very rare. It has been staged four times on Broadway, the last time in 1915. It has also been staged five times from 1953 to 2014 at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Herbert Beerbohm Tree made a silent film version in 1899 entitled King John. It is a short film consisting of the King's death throes in Act V, Scene vii and is the earliest surviving film adaptation of a Shakespearean play. King John has been produced for television twice: in 1951 with Donald Wolfit and in 1984 with Leonard Rossiter as part of the BBC Television Shakespeare series of adaptations. George Orwell specifically praised it in 1942 for its view of politics: "When I had read it as a boy it seemed to me archaic, something dug out of a history book and not having anything to do with our own time. Well, when I saw it acted, what with its intrigues and doublecrossings, non-aggression pacts, quislings, people changing sides in the middle of a battle, and what-not, it seemed to me extraordinarily up to date." Selected recent revivals The Royal Shakespeare Company based in Stratford-upon-Avon presented three productions of King John: in 2006 directed by Josie Rourke as part of their Complete Works Festival, in 2012 directed by Maria Aberg who cast a woman, Pippa Nixon, in the role of the Bastard, and in 2020, directed by Eleanor Rhode and with a woman, Rosie Sheehy, cast in the role of King John. The company's 1974–5 production was heavily rewritten by director John Barton, who included material from The Troublesome Reign of King John, John Bale King Johan (thought to be Shakespeare's own sources) and other works. In 2008, the Hudson Shakespeare Company of New Jersey produced King John'' as part of their annual Shakespeare in the Parks series. Director Tony White set the action in the medieval era but used a multi-ethnic and gender swapping cast. The roles of Constance and Dauphin Lewis were portrayed by African American actors Tzena Nicole Egblomasse and Jessie Steward and actresses Sharon Pinches and Allison Johnson were used in several male roles. Another notable departure for the production is the depiction of King John himself. Often portrayed as an ineffectual king, actor Jimmy Pravasilis portrayed a headstrong monarch sticking to his guns on his right to rule and his unwillingness to compromise became the result of his downfall. New York's Theater for a New Audience presented a "remarkable" in-the-round production in 2000, emphasising Faulconbridge's introduction to court realpolitik to develop the audience's own awareness of the characters' motives. The director was Karin Coonrod. In 2012, Bard on the Beach in Vancouver, British Columbia put on a production. It was also performed as part of the 2013 season at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, recipient of America's Outstanding Regional Theatre Tony Award (2000), presented by the American Theatre Wing and the League of American Theatres and Producers. The play was presented at Shakespeare's Globe, directed by James Dacre, as part of the summer season 2015 in the 800th anniversary year of Magna Carta. A co-production with Royal & Derngate, this production also played in Salisbury Cathedral, Temple Church and The Holy Sepulchre, Northampton. The Rose Theatre, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey hosted Sir Trevor Nunn's direction of the play during May and June 2016, in the quatercentenary year of Shakespeare's death and the 800th anniversary year of King John's death. The Worcester Repertory Company staged a production of the play (directed by Ben Humphrey) in 2016 around the tomb of King John in Worcester Cathedral on the 800th anniversary of the King's death. King John was played by Phil Leach. See also Blank verse Illegitimacy in fiction Gild the lily Notes Citations Sources External links Complete Text of King John at MIT The life and death of King John – HTML version of this title. 1598 plays British plays adapted into films Cultural depictions of English monarchs English Renaissance plays Plays set in the 12th century Plays set in the 13th century Cultural depictions of John, King of England Plays about English royalty Plays set in England Shakespearean histories

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2011 Judo Grand Prix Qingdao

The 2011 Judo Grand Prix Qingdao was held in Qingdao, China, from 17 to 18 December 2011. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Source Results References External links 2011 IJF World Tour 2011 Judo Grand Prix Judo Judo competitions in China Judo Judo

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Tom Wenborn

Tracey Edgar "Tom" Wenborn (20 June 1880 – 22 March 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Charles Francis Wenborn, and Mary Selina Wenborn, née Wilson, Tracey Edgar Wenborn was born in Prahran, Victoria on 20 June 1880. He married Georgina Riddell in 1912. Football Brighton (VFA) He was the captain of the Brighton Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1909 and 1911. Death He died at Middle Brighton on 22 March 1944. Notes External links The VFA Project: Thomas Wenborn. 1880 births 1944 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Sydney Swans players Brighton Football Club players

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Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz

Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz, also known as Outpost 3, is a 2013 British sci-fi horror film and is the third and final entry in the Outpost film series. Unlike its predecessors Outpost and Outpost: Black Sun, Rise of the Spetsnaz was not directed by Steve Barker and was instead directed by Kieran Parker, who had served as a producer on both of the prior films. The film had its world premiere on 27 June 2013 at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Rise of the Spetsnaz serves as a prequel to the series and is set during World War II and expands upon the creation of the invincible supernatural soldiers. Synopsis Set during World War II, the film follows a group of Russian Spetsnaz, led by Dolokhov, that find themselves faced not only with zombie soldiers but also with the threat of themselves becoming part of the zombie corps. Cast Bryan Larkin as Dolokhov Iván Kamarás as Fyodor Michael McKell as SS Standartenführer Strasser Velibor Topic as Arkadi Laurence Possa as Osakin Ben Lambert as Rogers Alec Utgoff as Kostya Vince Docherty as Cpl. Klotz Gareth Morrison as Potrovsky Leo Horsfield as The Surgeon Vivien Taylor as The Nurse PJ Barnard as Nazi Officer Craig Smith and Steven Rae as Chess players Production While creating the film Parker chose to focus on the medical aspect of the zombie soldiers, whereas the previous two films took a more supernatural and mechanical approach. Exterior filming took place in Ripon, Yorkshire while interiors were shot on a stage near Glasgow, Scotland, and filming took place over a 28-day period. Reception Critical reception for Rise of the Spetsnaz has been mixed. We Got This Covered and Dread Central both panned the film, and We Got This Covered commented that "Despite the addition of Russian special forces soldiers, the Outpost franchise is beginning to lose steam by falling into a dull state of Nazi zombie filled redundancy." In contrast The List and Fangoria both gave more positive reviews for Rise of the Spetsnaz, and Fangoria wrote that "Despite its flaws, RISE OF THE SPETSNAZ is still a fun watch, offering enough for action and horror fans alike. It’s bloody and brutal while sleek and respectful of its place within the franchise, and sure to please fans of the first two films as well as the unfamiliar." References External links 2013 films 2013 horror films Nazi zombie films Films shot in Glasgow Films shot in England Horror war films

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Viktor Wagner

Viktor Vladimirovich Wagner, also Vagner () (4 November 1908 – 15 August 1981) was a Russian mathematician, best known for his work in differential geometry and on semigroups. Wagner was born in Saratov and studied at Moscow State University, where Veniamin Kagan was his advisor. He became the first geometry chair at Saratov State University. He received the Lobachevsky Medal in 1937. Wagner was also awarded "the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, and the title of Honoured Scientist RSFSR. Moreover, he was also accorded that rarest of privileges in the USSR: permission to travel abroad." Wagner is credited with noting that the collection of partial transformations on a set X forms a semigroup which is a subsemigroup of the semigroup of binary relations on the same set X, where the semigroup operation is composition of relations. "This simple unifying observation, which is nevertheless an important psychological hurdle, is attributed by Schein (1986) to V.V. Wagner." See also Inverse semigroup Heap References External links Wagner's Biography – in Russian Soviet mathematicians Moscow State University alumni Differential geometers Algebraists 20th-century Russian mathematicians 1908 births 1981 deaths

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Chiola

The Chiola () is a small coastal stream in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It enters the Tyrrhenian Sea from the east of the island. Course The Chiola is long and flows through the commune of Solaro. It rises to the north of the Punta Mozza and flows east-northeast, and then east, through the Foret Territoriale de Tova. It runs under the T10 coastal highway and enters the sea to the south of the Marine de Solaro resort. The Plage Chiola, a beach, extends south from the mouth of the stream. Its course is south of the Travo and north of the Solenzara. Tributaries The following streams (ruisseaux) are tributaries of the Chiola (ordered by length): Arjaja: Capicoli: Petra Gialla: Ori: Licciola: Notes Sources Rivers of Haute-Corse Rivers of France Coastal basins of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Corsica

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Oxford, Maryland

Oxford is a waterfront town and former colonial port in Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The population was 651 at the 2010 census. History Oxford is one of the oldest towns in Maryland. While Oxford officially marks the year 1683 as its founding because in that year it was first named by the Maryland General Assembly as a seaport, the town began between 1666 and 1668 when were laid out as a town called Oxford by William Stephens, Jr.. By 1669 one of the first houses was built for Innkeeper Francis Armstrong (see Talbot County Land Records, A 1, f. 10/11). Oxford first appears on a map completed in 1670 and published in 1671. In 1694, Oxford and a new town called Anne Arundel (now Annapolis) were selected as the only ports of entry for the entire Maryland province. Until the American Revolution, Oxford enjoyed prominence as an international shipping center surrounded by wealthy tobacco plantations. Early inhabitants included Robert Morris, Sr., agent for a Liverpool shipping firm who greatly influenced the town's growth; his son, Robert Morris, Jr., known as "the financier of the Revolution;" Jeremiah Banning, sea captain, war hero, and statesman; The Reverend Thomas Bacon, Anglican clergyman who wrote the first compilation of the laws of Maryland; Matthew Tilghman, known as the "patriarch of Maryland" and "father of statehood"; and Colonel Tench Tilghman, aide-de-camp to George Washington and the man who carried the message of General Cornwallis's surrender to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Tench Tilghman's grave can be found at the Oxford cemetery. It is overshadowed by the Tench Tilghman Monument, a stone spire approximately 10 feet tall. The monument is the tallest monument found at the Oxford cemetery. The cemetery itself was used in the opening sequence of the 1988 feature film, Clara's Heart, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Neil Patrick Harris. The American Revolution marked the end of Oxford's prosperity. Maritime trade declined, and tobacco was replaced by wheat as a cash crop. After the Civil War, Oxford was revived by the completion of the railroad in 1871 and by improved methods of canning and packing which opened national markets for oysters from the Chesapeake Bay. This did not last. In the early part of the 20th century, the oyster beds played out, the packing houses closed, other businesses went bankrupt, and the railway and steamships eventually disappeared. Oxford became a sleepy little town inhabited mainly by watermen who still worked the waters of the Tred Avon River. Oxford is host to the oldest privately operated ferry service still in continuous use in the United States. The original ferry service, known today as the Oxford–Bellevue Ferry, was established in 1683 and continues today. The ferry links Oxford with Bellevue, Maryland, crossing the 3/4 mile width of the Tred Avon River during a 7-10 minute trip (20 minute round trip). Oxford today is still a waterman's town, but is enjoying a new resurgence based on tourism and leisure activities. The film Failure to Launch was filmed in part here. The town is served by the Oxford Volunteer Fire Company, composed of two engines, a truck, tanker, command unit, brush unit, two BLS units, and a boat. They often respond to all of Talbot County as part of the Mutual Aid system. On average, they respond to over 100 calls per year. Barnaby House, Billie P. Hall, Jena, Otwell, Oxford Historic District, and S. C. Dobson are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Artist James Turrell resides in Oxford part time. Geography Oxford is located at 38°41'12" North, 76°10'15" West (38.686776, -76.170842) on the south bank of the Tred Avon river, near its mouth, where it empties into the Choptank. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and is water. This includes Town Creek, which nearly splits the town in two from north to south and provides a protected harbor for boaters and Oxford's local shipbuilders. Climate The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Oxford has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 651 people, 338 households, and 202 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 574 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 91.9% White, 5.4% African American, 0.6% Asian, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.5% of the population. There were 338 households, of which 9.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.2% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.93 and the average family size was 2.38. The median age in the town was 61.1 years. 8.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 4.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 12.5% were from 25 to 44; 35.7% were from 45 to 64; and 39.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 49.8% male and 50.2% female. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 771 people, 396 households, and 241 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,532.4 people per square mile (595.4/km). There were 523 housing units at an average density of 1,039.5 per square mile (403.9/km). The racial makeup of the town was 92.87% White, 6.36% Black or African American, 0.13% Asian and 0.65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.65% of the population. There were 396 households, out of which 14.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.0% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.9% were non-families. 34.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.95 and the average family size was 2.45. In the town, the population was spread out, with 13.2% under the age of 18, 1.7% from 18 to 24, 17.3% from 25 to 44, 37.2% from 45 to 64, and 30.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 55 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.8 males. The median income for a household in the town was $52,054, and the median income for a family was $71,071. Males had a median income of $52,708 versus $33,929 for females. The per capita income for the town was $47,917. About 2.5% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.1% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or over. References Towns in Maryland Towns in Talbot County, Maryland 17th-century establishments in Maryland Maryland populated places on the Chesapeake Bay

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Tulsi Chauda

Tulsi Chauda is a village development committee in Dhanusa District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,451. References External links UN map of the municipalities of Dhanusa District Populated places in Dhanusha District

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saundersfoot%20railway%20station

Saundersfoot railway station

Saundersfoot railway station is from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is managed by Transport for Wales Rail. It is usually a request stop apart from the limited-stop Great Western Railway Pembroke Dock services which make a scheduled stop here. The station is just off of the B4316 road in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path is approximately mile down the lane at St Issell's church. A tunnel at King's Moor, which formed part of the old Saundersfoot Railway's second line running from the harbour to Thomas Chapel colliery near Begelly passes beneath the GWR station. The route of this old line now forms part of the Miners Walk. Services Trains call here every two hours in each direction, westwards to and eastwards to , and , where connections can be made for stations to Cardiff and beyond. There are a pair of through trains to Cardiff each day and in the summer, two through Great Western Railway services to and one from London Paddington on Saturdays only. There are five trains each way on Sundays in summer and four in winter. References External links Railway stations in Pembrokeshire Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1866 Railway stations served by Great Western Railway Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail Railway request stops in Great Britain 1866 establishments in Wales

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Kuti

Kuti or Küti may refer to: People Sándor Kuti (1908-1945), Hungarian-Jewish composer Ransome-Kuti family, a prominent Nigerian family Fela Kuti, musician and prominent figure in Afrobeat music Places Kuti, Bileća, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina Kuti, Herceg Novi, a village in Montenegro Küti, Lääne-Viru County, a village in Estonia Küti, Kareda, a village in Estonia Kuti (Sokolac), a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina Nyalam Town, a Tibetan town formerly known as Kuti Nyalam Tong La, a mountain pass in the Himalayas also known as Kuti Pass An upper tributary of the Sharda River in Uttarakhand, India Kuthi Valley Other uses Kuti, Ngarrindjeri name for the Australian edible clam Plebidonax deltoides KUTI, a sports radio station in Yakima, Washington Coffee-leaf tea, traditional Ethiopian tisane made from steeped coffee leaves

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguapit%C3%A3

Jaguapitã

Jaguapitã is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil. See also List of municipalities in Paraná References Municipalities in Paraná

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

Jim Halligan

James Edmund Halligan (born June 23, 1936) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Halligan defeated Robert "Bob" Murphy, gaining the Republican caucus a seat in the state Senate and helping to deliver it to Republicans for the first time in state history. Biography Halligan arrived in Oklahoma as the 16th President of Oklahoma State University on August 1, 1994. Previously he was president of New Mexico State University. He was responsible for OSU campuses in Stillwater, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Okmulgee as well as at OSU's Center for Health Sciences and Medical School. At OSU, Halligan emphasized increasing retention and graduation rates, encouraging the development of national scholars and investing more than $200 million in facilities that include a Center for Services to Students, a student leadership complex, multi-media classrooms and suite-style student housing. Halligan and his wife, Ann, hosted thousands of students in their home each academic year and supported student-run events such as Orange Peel, Homecoming, Varsity Review and Into the Streets. During Halligan's tenure, OSU was named both "America's Best College Buy" and a "Truman Honor Institution." Halligan also stressed the university's role in research and economic development. Among $380-million in new facilities brought online during the Halligan years are the Advanced Technology Research Center, designed to host joint industry-university research, and the Food & Agricultural Products Research & Technology Center, which offers pilot plant space to Oklahoma entrepreneurs. Halligan focused OSU research efforts on homeland security through sensor and laser applications. Halligan's efforts saw OSU's first capital campaign top $260 million – more than double the original goal. And he helped raise the money to "Raise the Roof" on Gallagher-Iba Arena, named by CBS Sportsline as the best college basketball venue in the nation. Halligan has BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Iowa State University. His teaching, research and administrative positions have taken him to Texas Tech, Arkansas, and New Mexico State University where he served as President for ten years before coming to OSU. Since his election to the Oklahoma Senate, Halligan has voted yes on an independent audit of the state department of education and against the repeal of the state grocery sales tax. On August 12, 2015, Halligan released a statement through the Oklahoma State Senate announcing that he would not seek reelection to a third term and that the 2016 legislative session would be his last. Halligan currently resides in Stillwater. Election history See also Oklahoma State Senate Oklahoma Republican Party Politics of Oklahoma References External links Homepage of the Oklahoma State Senate Oklahoma State University faculty Presidents of Oklahoma State University Oklahoma state senators Oklahoma Republicans Living people 1936 births 21st-century American politicians

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnston%20Street%20terraces

Johnston Street terraces

The Johnston Street terraces consists of heritage-listed attached terraced houses located at 23-27 Johnston Street, Windsor, City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History The terraces were built 1840. They were converted into a medical centre in 1984. The building was advertised for sale in 2018. Description The building consists of a two-storey sandstock brick terrace of three houses, with a hipped iron roof and boxed eaves. The ground floor verandah is continuous along the street facade, and supported on elegant turned timber Doric columns. It features double-hung windows with six pane sashes and six-panel doors with rectangular fanlights. There are flat brick lintels to openings and sandstone sills. There are three bay windows on the ground floor and two bays at the first floor to each house. Heritage listing The Johnston Street terraces were listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. References Bibliography Attribution New South Wales State Heritage Register Windsor, New South Wales Houses in New South Wales Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register 1840s establishments in Australia

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

Erbreichsplan

Erbreichsplan is a German word meaning "plan for a hereditary empire". It refers to the proposal of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1191–1197), to abolish imperial election and make the Holy Roman Empire hereditary within his family, the Staufer. This would effectively have combined the Empire and its three kingdoms—Germany, Italy and Burgundy—with the hereditary kingdom of Sicily, which belonged to Henry and his heirs in right of his wife, the heiress Constance. Since Sicily was a papal fief, this plan was strongly opposed by the Papacy. It also failed to generate sufficient support among the imperial princes. Background Henry, who had been crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1191, was known for being highly aggressive in guarding and expanding the rights of the imperial crown. In 1194 he also invaded the Kingdom of Sicily and conquered it from its king, William III. That same year his wife Constance gave birth to a son, Frederick II, who would, if all went well, inherit both the Imperial title and the Kingdom of Sicily. It was Henry's dream to have the Empire and Sicily permanently unified under the House of Hohenstaufen. Unfortunately for Henry's plans, however, the Empire was an elective monarchy, meaning that the Hohenstaufens' hold on the imperial title depended on a favorable election by the princes after the death of every Emperor. The dynasty's hold on the empire could never be secure as long as the princes controlled the electoral process. Henry was aware of developments in other European countries such as France, where the principle of hereditary monarchy was firmly established and the strength of the crown was increasing. Henry ultimately decided on pursuing a way to change the imperial title into a hereditary one, and attempted to gain the support of the princes of the Empire. The secular princes, for their part, feared Henry's extensive powers. Although hereditary succession for princes (Leihezwang) had become customary within the Empire, it was still not a formal right and on multiple occasions Henry refused to enfeoff the direct heir of a deceased prince with the latter's territory (the most notable example of this being Henry's seizure of the Margraviate of Meissen in 1195 as a vacant fief after the death of Albrecht the Proud, rather than enfeoffing Albrecht's brother Dietrich I with the margraviate). As a result, the princes were nervous about their rights of inheritance and were willing to grant certain concessions to the Emperor in exchange for the preservation of these rights. The Plan After his capture of Sicily in 1194 Henry was busy organizing for a possible crusade and negotiating over the election of his son Frederick as his successor within the Empire. The secular princes in the meantime made their desire for hereditary imperial fiefs, and for the recognition of the capacity for inheritance by the female line as well, known. By agreeing to consider these demands Henry was able to gain the acceptance by a majority of the secular princes for the idea of hereditary monarchy. Henry also bought the support of the ecclesiastical princes by announcing that he would be willing to give up the right of jus spolii, which had for years been used against Church lands. Despite the high degree of support he had from the secular and ecclesiastical princes for the idea, however, Henry was unable to secure an agreement in writing. The first obstacle to the plan was the Archbishop of Cologne, Adolf of Altena. Besides being opposed towards Henry's rule in general, Adolf was unwilling to give up the significant level of influence that his position traditionally held over the imperial election. When he aroused the resistance of several Saxon and Thuringian princes against the Emperor, Henry realized that he would be unable to establish hereditary monarchy without resistance. Henry next turned to the papacy, hoping that if he could get the support of the pope that the matter would be settled. Pope Celestine III, however, had many reasons to oppose such a plan, including the classic papal opposition to the expansion of Imperial power in Italy. Henry tried to compromise with Celestine, offering to meet several papal demands and probably offering a financial incentive. Ultimately the pope decided that the hazards of a hereditary monarchy were too great and refused to support Henry. Henry now found his campaign to turn his office into a hereditary one stalled. He gave up on his plans for the time being, in the meantime securing the election of Frederick as King of the Romans in late 1196. Over the next year he was bogged down by a revolt in Sicily and preparations for the Crusade, when he suddenly died in September 1197. His death put a definitive end to his plans for hereditary Imperial succession; the issue was quickly forgotten as the Empire quickly descended into civil war between Philip of Swabia and Otto IV. Henry's attempts to turn the Imperial title into a hereditary one were ultimately futile, and the Holy Roman Empire remained an elective monarchy (albeit de facto under the Habsburgs for the last four centuries, with a brief interruption) all the way up until its dissolution in 1806. Notes References Hampe, Karl. Germany Under the Salian and Hohenstaufen Emperors. Trans. Ralph Bennett. Oxford: Blackwell, 1973. Haverkamp, Alfred. Medieval Germany, 1056-1273. Trans. Helga Braun and Richard Mortimer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Monarchy of the Holy Roman Empire 1190s in Germany 1190s in the Holy Roman Empire 1194 in Europe

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20women%27s%20cricket%20team%20in%20England%20in%202018

New Zealand women's cricket team in England in 2018

The New Zealand women's cricket team played the England women's cricket team in July 2018. The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) which formed part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship. Before the WODI matches, both teams played in a tri-series, with South Africa women being the third team. England Women won the three-match series 2–1. Squads WODI series 1st WODI 2nd WODI 3rd WODI References External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship 2018 in New Zealand cricket International cricket competitions in 2018 New Zealand 20189 England 2018 cricket 2018 in English women's cricket 2018 in women's cricket

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986%20Men%27s%20World%20Open%20Squash%20Championship

1986 Men's World Open Squash Championship

The 1986 UAP Men's World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 1986 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Toulouse in France from 5 November to 11 November 1986. Ross Norman won his first World Open title, defeating Jahangir Khan in the final. Seeds Draw and results Note Jahangir Khan suffered defeat in the World Open for the first time since 1980. The world number one had previously won five consecutive world titles. See also PSA World Open References External links World Squash History M World Squash Championships Squash tournaments in France Men's World Open Squash Championship International sports competitions hosted by France Men's World Open Squash Championship

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny%20Brocklehurst

Danny Brocklehurst

Danny Brocklehurst (born June 1971 in Hyde, Cheshire) is an English screenwriter and playwright. He has won both BAFTA and Royal Television Society writing awards. He was featured in the writers' section of the Broadcast magazine Hot 100 2007. In 2013 he also wrote the track "Ring" with dance band Mint Royale, featuring the vocals of Willem Dafoe. Early career Brocklehurst worked as a journalist for several years (as a freelancer for The Guardian, City Life and Manchester Evening News and senior feature writer for The Big Issue) before becoming a full-time screenwriter. He cited Tony Marchant, Jimmy McGovern and Alan Bleasdale as his writing inspirations. In a Creative Times feature in 2010, he wrote that Our Friends in the North was his favourite drama of all time. Writing Television work Brocklehurst wrote several episodes of the BAFTA award-winning series Clocking Off, as well as the two-part BBC film The Stretford Wives, which was shot by director Peter Webber. With Shameless, Brocklehurst won a BAFTA for series one, co-wrote series two with Paul Abbott and became lead writer on series three. He left prior to the fourth series. His series Sorted, a BBC postal drama starring Hugo Speer, aired in 2006. In 2007, Brocklehurst wrote a film about the Fathers4Justice campaign for producers Harbour Pictures. Whilst, his Company Pictures produced four-part ITV drama, Talk To Me, starring Max Beesley, Laura Fraser, Adrian Bower, Kate Ashfield and Emma Pierson. He has written episodes of both Jimmy McGovern's The Street and his new crime drama Accused for BBC One. In 2011 he wrote a three-part BBC drama, Exile, starring John Simm and Jim Broadbent. It received an average of 5.5 million viewers and an Audience Appreciation score of 90%. In 2011 it was announced that Brocklehurst would write a new HBO drama, Dirty, with Andrea Arnold attached to direct. This project is now being developed with Sharon Horgan and Amazon. In August 2013, BBC1 announced a new drama, Ordinary Lies, written by Brocklehurst. The Driver, starring David Morrissey was announced in January 2014, a three-part drama about a taxi driver who takes a job driving for a criminal. Shown on BBC One it co-starred Ian Hart, Claudie Blakely, and Colm Meaney. It was co-created by Jim Poyser and made by Red Productions and Highfield Pictures. In January 2015, US network Showtime announced they were developing a remake of the drama. HBO announced a project called A Teacher, in February 2014 which would be co-written by Brocklehurst and Hannah Fidell, and executive produced by Mark Duplass. The show, a drama about a teacher/student relationship, based on the film of the same name, didn't get made by HBO; it has been picked up by FX. In 2017 Netflix made Safe starring Michael C. Hall, written by Brocklehurst and Harlan Coben. Come Home, a three-part BBC drama, aired in April 2018, starring Christopher Eccleston and Paula Malcomson. The Stranger, also co-written with Coben, debuted on Netflix in January 2020, starring Richard Armitage, Stephen Rea and Jennifer Saunders. The first series of Brassic premiered on Sky in 2019 and has been renewed for two additional series. It is Sky's most successful comedy since 2012. Film In film, he adapted the Whitbread nominee Buddha Da (as Jimmy Buddha); and wrote The Railway Children Return for Studio Canal, a sequel to the 1970 film, The Railway Children, itself based on the E. Nesbit novel. Theatre Brocklehurst has written three award-winning plays, My Eight Times Table, Nobody and Loaded (transferred to Radio Four), as well being story adviser and book co-writer of the West End (and national touring) musical Never Forget. His play Casual Ties was a Royal Exchange hit in 2014. It is a dissection of modern relationships. Radio Brocklehurst has written extensively for radio. His police series Stone is in its ninth series. It stars Hugo Speer as Detective Inspector John Stone and every episode features a morally complex crime. It has been described as "gritty" (The Guardian), "hard hitting" (The Times) and "realistic in a way radio drama rarely is" (The Observer). He wrote a play about Thatcher's Mutually Assured Destruction policy in the 1980s, The End of The World, a thriller about a man who seems to have ceased to exist Nobody, an Australian set examination of greed, Loaded and a single drama about an eighty-year-old woman who admits to a series of brutal murders, Mary Shane. He has appeared as a regular commentator on Radio 4 and 5Live. Brocklehurst wrote the podcast Ecstasy: The Battle OF Rave that features David Morrissey, Monica Dolan, Ian Hart Meera Syal and Are Edmondson. It is half drama, half documentary. Filmography Clocking Off, series 2–4 (BAFTA nomination), episodes starring Sophie Okonedo, Ricky Tomlinson and Pam Ferris. Linda Green, episodes starring Liza Tarbuck and Jane Horrocks. The Stretford Wives (directed by Peter Webber), starring Fay Ripley. Shameless, series 1–3 (BAFTA winner), starring James McAvoy and Anne-Marie Duff. Sorted (directed by Iain B Macdonald), starring Hugo Speer. Talk to Me (directed by Emmy winner Dearbhla Walsh), starring Max Beesley and Aaron Johnson. The Street (one episode, with Jimmy McGovern) Shameless USA (Showtime – John Wells), Episodes starring William H Macy and Joan Cusack Life After Marriage (ABC network, with Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes) Accused – director Richard Laxton, starring Andy Serkis and Jodie Whittacker International Emmy Winner. Exile – (BAFTA nomination) director John Alexander, starring John Simm and Jim Broadbent and Timothy West. Accused 2 – (BAFTA nomination, best Mini-series, International Emmy nomination Best Drama Series) director David Blair, starring Robert Sheehan, Sheridan Smith and John Bishop. The Driver – starring David Morrissey, Ian Hart, and Colm Meaney. RTS best drama nomination. Ordinary Lies starring Mackenzie Crook, Max Beesley, Michelle Keegan, Sally Lindsay and Jo Joyner. Ordinary Lies 2 starring Angela Griffin, Matt Di Angelo, Rebekah Staton and Con O'Neill. The Five Sky 1/Netflix drama featuring Lee Ingelby and Sarah Solomani In the Dark BBC1 drama starring MyAnna Buring. Safe Netflix drama starring Michael C. Hall. Come Home starring Christopher Eccleston. Winner of RTS best writer and best drama awards. Brassic Sky one comedy drama starring Joe Gilgun and Michelle Keegan. BAFTA nominated 2020 The Stranger Netflix thriller starring Richard Armitage and Jennifer Saunders. A Teacher FX limited series. Co-creator and executive producer. Awards BAFTA BAFTA TV Award In 2011 he was nominated for three Writers Guild Awards for Exile and Accused and Brassic, for which he won. Royal Television Society RTS Television Award References External links 1971 births Living people People from Hyde, Greater Manchester 21st-century British screenwriters British male television writers BAFTA winners (people) English television writers English screenwriters English male screenwriters English male dramatists and playwrights

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth%20Borchers

Elisabeth Borchers

Elisabeth Borchers (27 February 1926 – 25 September 2013) was a German writer and poet. Life Borchers was born in Homberg in 1926 and lived during World War II in Alsace. She wrote fiction and poetry and plays. She also wrote for children and translated from French. Her novel Gedichte (Poems) won the Roswitha von Gandersheim Medal in 1976, an award made to outstanding women writers in German. She worked for publishers until 1998 where she helped the eventual nobel laureate Wislawa Szymborska. Borchers died in Frankfurt am Main in 2013. References 1926 births 2013 deaths People from Duisburg German women poets 20th-century German poets 20th-century German women writers Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual%20abuse%20scandal%20in%20Canberra%20and%20Goulburn%20archdiocese

Sexual abuse scandal in Canberra and Goulburn archdiocese

The sexual abuse scandal in Canberra and Goulburn archdiocese is a significant chapter in the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Australia that occurred in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn involving individuals from the Marist Brothers and the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Convictions recorded against clergy from Marist College, Canberra In February 2008, a teacher at Marist College Canberra, Brother John William Chute (also known as Brother Kostka), pleaded guilty in the ACT Magistrates Court to 11 charges of indecently assaulting students of the college during the 1980s. Seven further charges against Chute relating to alleged offences committed before 1985 were dropped, due to a legal limitation that charges relating to sexual indecency had to be made within a year. In June 2008, Chute was sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court to six years in jail, serving two years in prison, one year in weekend detention, and three years suspended. Civil claim In February 2008, a statement of civil claim was lodged against Marist College Canberra in the ACT Supreme Court by a number of former students. The claim alleged that students were sexually abused by five teachers over a thirty-year period, and sought damages from the school for negligence. In April 2009, the Marist Brothers denied a claim that a ring of pedophile abusers operated in the 1970s and 1980s. Accusations prompt suicide A teacher at Daramalan College in Canberra was also charged with numerous sexual assaults in 2000; however he committed suicide shortly after he was charged. References Catholic Church sexual abuse scandals in Australia Marist Brothers Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20waste%20management%20acronyms

List of waste management acronyms

The following article contains a list of acronyms and initials used in the waste management industry. A AATF Approved Authorised Treatment Facility ABPO Animal By-Products Order ABPR Animal By-Products Regulations ABS Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene ACE Alliance of Beverage Cartons and the Environment ACL Approved Carriers List ACM Asbestos Containing Material ACoP Approved Code of Practice ACP Advisory Committee on Packaging AD Anaerobic Digestion ADBA Anaerobic Digestion & Biogas Association ADI Acceptable Daily Intake ADR Accord Europeen Relatif aux Transport International des Marchandises Dangereuses par Route European agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by road AE Approved Exporter AfOR Association for Organics Recycling ALANI Association of Local Authorities in Northern Ireland ALARP As Low As Reasonably Practicable ALCO Association of London Cleansing Officers ANPR Automatic Number Plate Recognition APC Air Pollution Control APCR Air Pollution Control Residue APSRG Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group AR Accredited Reprocessor ARF Advanced Recycling Fee ARM Alternative Raw Material ASBO Anti Social Behaviour Order ASR Automotive Shredder Residue ASSURE Association for Sustainable Use and Recovery of Resources ATEX Atmosphères Explosives Directive 94/9/EC ATF Authorised Treatment Facility (e.g. for the treatment of end-of-life vehicles (see ELV) and waste electrical and electronic equipment (see WEEE)) ATT Advanced Thermal Treatment AV Abandoned Vehicle/s AVAC Automated Vacuum Collection AWC Alternate Weekly Collections AWCS Automated Waste Collection System AWTT Alternative Waste Treatment Technologies AWP Area Waste Plan B BAN Basel Action Network BANANA Build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything BAT (NEEC) Best available technique (not entailing excessive costs) BATRRT Best Available Treatment Recycling and Recovery Technology BCS Batteries Compliance Scheme BDF Biodiesel fuel BFR Brominated Flame Retardant BIFM British Institute of Facilities Management BMRA British Metals Recycling Association BMT Biological Mechanical Treatment BMW Biodegradable Municipal Waste BOD Biological Oxygen Demand BOO Build Own Operate BOT Build Operate Transfer BPEO Best Practicable Environmental Option BPF British Plastics Federation BPPO Best Practicable Planning Option BRBA Buy Recycled Business Alliance (Australia) BREEAM Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method BREF BAT Reference Note BREW(p) Business Resource Efficiency and Waste programme BRITE Better Regulation in the Environment (Environment Agency initiative) BRE Building Research Establishment BSI British Standards Institute BSI PAS 100 Specification for composted materials BSI PAS 101 Recovered container glass: Specification for quality and guidance for good practice in collection BSI PAS 102 Specification for processed glass for selected secondary end markets BSI PAS 103 Collected waste plastics packaging: Specification for quality and guidance for good practice in collection and preparation for recycling BSI PAS 104 Wood recycling in the panelboard manufacturing industry: Specification for quality and guidance for good practice for the supply of post consumer wood for consumption in the manufacture of panelboard products BSI PAS 105 Recovered paper sourcing and quality for UK end markets BSI PAS 107 Specification for the manufacture and storage of size reduced tyre materials BSI PAS 108 Specification for the production of tyre bales for use in construction BSI PAS 109 Specification for the production of recycled gypsum from waste plasterboard BSI PAS 110 Specification for whole digestate, separated liquor and separated fibre derived from the anaerobic digestion of source-segregated biodegradable materials BSI PAS 111 Specification for the requirements and test methods for processing waste wood BSI PAS 141 Reuse of used and waste electrical and electronic equipment (UEEE and WEEE). Process management - Specification BVPI Best Value Performance Indicator BVPP Best Value Performance Plan C CA Civic amenity site CAFÉ Clean Air For Europe programme CATNAP Cheapest Available Technology Narrowly Avoiding Prosecution CATNIP Cheapest Available Technology Not Involving Prosecution CAVE Citizens against virtually everything CBI Confederation of British Industry CBM Compressed Biomethane CCGT Combined cycle gas turbine CCHP Combined cooling, heating and power CCL Climate Change Levy CCT Compulsory Competitive Tendering C&D Construction and demolition (e.g. C&D waste) CDG(CPL) Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) Regulations 1994 CEC Commission of the European Communities CEMP Construction Environmental Management Plan CEN Comite Europeen de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardization) CEWEP Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants CFC Chlorofluorocarbon CfSH Code for Sustainable Homes CHEM Container Handling Equipment Manufacturers CHIP Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations CHP Combined heat and power CHPA Combined Heat and Power Association C&I Commercial and industrial (e.g. C&I waste) CIPFA Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy CIWEM Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management CIWM Chartered Institution of Wastes Management CIWMB California Integrated Waste Management Board CL:AIRE Contaminated Land: Application In Real Environments CLAIRE CLEA Contaminated Land Exposure Assessment CLO Compost-like output CLR Contaminated Land Register CNEA Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act COD Chemical oxygen demand or certificate of destruction COMAH Control of Major Accident Hazards COPA Control of Pollution Act COPLR Code of Practice for Litter and Refuse CoRWM Committee on Radioactive Waste Management COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to Health CoTC Certificate of Technical Competence CPA Comprehensive Performance Assessment CRC CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (formerly the Carbon Reduction Commitment) CRC Community recycling centre CRN Community Recycling Network CRNS Community Recycling Network for Scotland CRR Campaign for Real Recycling CRT Cathode-ray tube CSER Corporate, social and environmental responsibilities CSR Corporate social responsibility CSTR Continuous stirred-tank reactor CV Calorific value CWMRE Creating Welsh Markets for Recyclates CWP Cheshire Waste Partnership CWR Controlled Waste Regulations D DAC Dense Asphaltic Concrete DBFO Design Build Finance and Operate DCF Designated Collection Facility DCLG Department for Communities and Local Government DECC Department of Energy and Climate Change DECLG Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Ireland) DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs DGXI Directorate General of the European Commission responsible for the Environment DLGE Department of Local Government and the Environment (Isle of Man) DMR Dry Mixed Recyclables DoC Duty of Care DOENI Department for the Environment (Northern Ireland) DRI Dynamic Respiration Index DSD Duales System Deutschland DSO Direct Service Organisation DTI Department of Trade and Industry DTLR Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions DTS Distributor Takeback Scheme DWP Dorset Waste Partnership E EA Enforcement Agency EBRA European Battery Recycling Association ECN European Compost Network EDIE Environmental Data Interactive Exchange eDoC Electronic Duty of Care EEA European Environment Agency EfW Energy-from-Waste EGSB Expanded Granular Sludge Bed EHO Environmental health officer EHS Environment & Heritage Service (Northern Ireland) EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EIC Environmental Industries Commission EIR Environmental Information Regulations ELSEF East London Sustainable Energy Facility ELV End of Life Vehicles ELWA East London Waste Authority EMAS Eco-Management and Audit Scheme EMS Environmental Management System ENTRUST The European Trust Scheme Regulatory Body ENCAMS Environmental Campaigns (umbrella name for former Going for Green and Tidy Britain Group) EP Environmental Permit EPA Environmental Protection Act or Environmental Protection Agency EPERN Electronic Packaging Waste Export Recovery Notes EPOW European Pathway to Zero Waste EPR Environmental Permitting Regulations EPRN Electronic Packaging Waste Recovery Notes EPS Expanded Polystyrene ERFO European Recovered Fuels Organisation ERI Energy Recovery Incineration ES Environmental Statement ESA Environmental Services Association ESWET European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology ETBC Electronics TakeBack Coalition ETRMA European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association ETS Emissions Trading Scheme ETSU Energy Technology Support Unit EUHWL EU Hazardous Waste List (now incorporated into EWC) EUROPEN European Organization for Packaging and the Environment EWC European Waste Catalogue EWP Essex Waste Partnership F FABRA Foodchain & Biomass Renewables Association FAPP Fit And Proper Person FBA Furnace Bottom Ash FCC Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas FEAD Fédération Européenne des Activités du Déchet et de l’Environnement European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services FEL Front End Loader FGT Flue Gas Treatment FOE Friends of the Earth FORWARRD Forum for Waste and Resource Research and Development FPN Fixed Penalty Notice Frag Fragmentised Waste (e.g. from the vehicle recycling industry) FTE Full-time equivalent FWD Food Waste Disposer G GAIA Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives GCV Gross Calorific Value GHG Greenhouse Gas GIB Green Investment Bank GIS Geographical Information System GLA Greater London Authority GMWDA Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority GWP Global Warming Potential H HCRW Healthcare Risk Waste HCW Healthcare Waste HDPE High Density Polyethylene HFC Hydrofluorocarbon HHW Household Hazardous Waste HIPS High Impact Polystyrene HLW High Level Waste HSC Health and Safety Commission HSE Health & Safety Executive HTI High Temperature Incineration HW Household waste HWOL HazWasteOnline (web-based tool for assessing and classifying hazardous waste) HWR Hazardous Waste Regulations HWRA Household Waste Recycling Act HWRC Household Waste Recycling Centre I IBA Incinerator Bottom Ash IBAA Incinerator Bottom Ash Aggregate ICE Institution of Civil Engineers ICER Industry Council for Electronic Equipment Recycling ICW International Catering Waste (catering waste from means of transport operating internationally) IED Industrial Emissions Directive ILW Intermediate Level Waste INCPEN Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment IPP Integrated Product Policy IPPC Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control ISRI Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries ISWA International Solid Waste Association IVC In-vessel Composting IWM Integrated Waste Management or Institute of Wastes Management J JMWMS Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy JWA Joint Waste Authority K KAT Kerbside Assessment Tool L LA Local Authority LAAPC Local Authority Air Pollution Control LACMW Local Authority Collected Municipal Waste (household and commercial waste where collected by the local authority and which is similar in nature and composition as required by the Landfill Directive) LACW Local Authority Collected Waste (all waste collected by the local authority. This is a slightly broader concept than LACMW as it would include both this and non-municipal fractions such as construction and demolition waste) LAPC Local Air Pollution Control LARAC Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee LAS Landfill Allowance Scheme LASU Local Authority Support Unit LATS Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme LAWAS Local Authority Waste Arisings Survey LAWDC Local Authority Waste Disposal Company LCA Life Cycle Analysis/Assessment LCF Landfill Communities Fund LCW Low Carbon Waste LCPD Large Combustion Plant Directive LDPE Low Density Polyethylene LEA Local Enforcement Agency LEL Lower Explosive Limit LFD Landfill Directive LFG Landfill Gas LFT Landfill Tax LGA Local Government Association LHIP Landfill and Hazardous Waste Implementation Programme LIM Loose Incinerator Metals LLDPE Linear Low Density Polyethylene e.g. plastic wrap and stretch wrap LLW Low Level Waste LOLER Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 LOW List of Wastes LPSA Local Public Service Agreement LTCS Landfill Tax Credit Scheme LWaRB London Waste and Recycling Board M MTD Metric Ton per Day MAC Maximum Allowable Concentration MBI Mass Burn Incineration MBT Mechanical Biological Treatment MCA Municipal Collection Authority MCERTS Monitoring Certification Scheme MCDA Multi Criteria Decision Analysis MDC Metropolitan District Council MDR Mixed Dry Recyclables MEL Maximum Exposure Limit MHSWR Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations MHT Mechanical Heat Treatment MMRCV Multi-Modal Refuse Collection Vehicle MREC Materials Recovery and Energy Centre MRF Materials Recovery Facility (or Recycling or Factory) MRWA Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority formerly known as Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority MSW Municipal Solid Waste MSWI Municipal Solid Waste Incineration MVDA Motor Vehicle Dismantlers Association MWDA Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority as of December 2011 renamed as Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority MWLP Minerals and Waste Local Plan MWMS Municipal Waste Management Strategy N NAWDO National Association of Waste Disposal Officers NCAS National Compliance Assessment Service NCH National Clearing House NCV Net calorific value NELVS Natural End of Life Vehicles NFFO Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation NGG New Generation Group (CIWM programme renamed New Member Network) NGO Non-Governmental Organisation NHHWF National Household Hazardous Waste Forum NIEA Northern Ireland Environment Agency NIMBY Not In My Back-Yard NISP National Industrial Symbiosis Programme NLWA North London Waste Authority NOF New Opportunities Fund NPWD National Packaging Waste Database NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US) NSIP Nationally significant infrastructure project NVQ National Vocational Qualification NWMRF National Waste Minimisation & Recycling Fund NWP National Waste Plan or Norfolk Waste Partnership NWPA Nuclear Waste Policy Act O OBB Old Boxboard OCC Old Corrugated Containers ODPM Office of the Deputy Prime Minister ODS Ozone Depleting Substance OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OFGEM Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Great Britain) OFWAT Office of Water Services (England and Wales) OJEU Official Journal of the European Union OMA Operator Monitoring Assessment OPRA Operator Pollution Risk Appraisal ORA Oil Recycling Association OWP Oxfordshire Waste Partnership P PAFA Packaging and Films Association pams Periodicals and Magazines PAS Publicly Available Specification PAYT Pay As You Throw PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl PCS Producer Compliance Scheme PELVs Premature End of Life Vehicles (relatively new cars which have not survived the expected life span that most vehicle manufacturers build into their vehicles) PERN Packaging Export Recovery Note PET Polyethylene Terephthalate PFI Private Finance Initiative PIU Performance and Innovation Unit PM Particulate Matter, airborne (e.g. PM 10 ~ particles under 10 micrometres) PP Polypropylene PP Proximity Principle PPC Pollution Prevention and Control Act PPE Personal Protective Equipment PPG Planning Policy Guidance Notes (e.g. PPG 10 for waste management) PPP Public Private Partnership or Polluter-pays principle PPS Planning Policy Statement PR Producer Responsibility PRF Plastics Reclamation Facility PRN Packaging Recovery Note PS Polystyrene PSA Public Service Agreement PUWER Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations PVB Polyvinyl Butyral PVC Polyvinyl Chloride Q QMS Quality Management System QP Quality Protocol QUANGO Quasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation QESH Quality, Environment, Safety and Health QUENSH QUality, ENvironment, Safety and Health R 3Rs Reduce, Reuse, Recycle RAD Rotary Aerobic Digestion RAG Recycling Advisory Group, Scotland RCE Regional Centre of Excellence RCEP Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (US) RCV Refuse Collection Vehicle RDA Regional Development Agency (all abolished in England on 31 March 2012) RDF Refuse Derived Fuel REACH Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals RECAP Recycling in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough RECOUP Recycling Of Used Plastics REL Rear End Loader REMADE Recycled Market Development REPAC Regional Environmental Protection Advisory Committee RFID Radio Frequency Identification RIA Regulatory Impact Assessment RID Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail RIDDOR Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 RGN Regulatory Guidance Note RMA U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association RO Renewables Obligation ROC Renewables Obligation Certificates RoHS Restriction of Hazardous Substances RoRo Rolonof/Roll-on Roll-off, demountable container system ROTATE Recycling and Organic Technology Advisory Team RSA Recycled & Secondary Aggregate RSA Restoring Sustainable Abstraction RTAB Regional Technical Advisory Body RVM Reverse Vending Machine RWM Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition RWMO Radioactive Waste Management Organisation S SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment SEI Sustainable Electronics Initiative SELCHP South East London Combined Heat and Power SEPA Scottish Environment Protection Agency SGV Soil Guideline Value SIG Special Interest Group of CIWM SLF Secondary Liquid Fuel SLWP South London Waste Partnership SMDSA Sanitary Medical Disposal Services Association SNIFFER Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research SNRHW Stable Non-Reactive Hazardous Wastes SocEnv Society for the Environment SRB Single Regeneration Budget SRF Secondary Recovered Fuel or Solid or Specified SSWAT Site Specific Waste Analysis Tool STA Source Testing Association SWA Solid Waste Analysis SWAG Scottish Waste Advisory Group SWCN Special Waste Consignment Note SWDF Solid Waste Disposal Facilities SWDWP South West Devon Waste Partnership SWEN Special Waste Explanatory Note SWF Strategic Waste Fund (Scotland) SWM Sustainable Waste Management SWMA Strategic Waste Management Assessment SWMP Site Waste Management Plan SWP Shropshire Waste Partnership or Somerset Waste Partnership or Surrey Waste Partnership T TAC Technical Adaptation Committee TAD Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion TCLP Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure TAN Technical Advice Note (Wales) TEEP Technically, Environmentally and Economically Practicable TEF Toxic Equivalent Factor TFS Transfrontier Shipment THP Thermal hydrolysis TLS Transfer Loading Station tpa tonnes per annum TRACS Tyre Recovery Activity Compliance Scheme (Ireland) TRAID Textile Recycling for Aid and International Development TRF Thermal Recovery Facility TRIF Technology and Research Innovation Fund TT Thermal Treatment TUPE Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) U UA Unitary Authority UASB Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digestion UBC Used Beverage Can UDP Unitary Development Plan UEL Upper Explosive Limit UEEE Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment UKELA UK Environmental Law Association UKWIN United Kingdom Without Incineration UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UROC United Resource Operators Confederation V VCU Vertical Composting Units VLLW Very Low Level Waste VOC Volatile Organic Compound VRQ Vocationally Related Qualification W WAC Waste Acceptance Criteria WAG Welsh Assembly Government WAMITAB Waste Management Industry Training & Advisory Board WARRAG Waste And Resources Research Advisory Group WCA Waste Collection Authority WDA Waste Disposal Authority WDF WasteDataFlow (web-based system for municipal waste data reporting by UK local authorities) WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WET Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 WFD Waste Framework Directive WID Waste Incineration Directive WIP Waste Implementation Programme WIPP Waste Isolation Pilot Plant WISARD Waste Integrated Systems Assessment for Recovery and Disposal WLP Waste Local Plan WLWA West London Waste Authority WM2 Technical Guidance WM2 Hazardous Waste: Interpretation of the definition and classification of hazardous waste WMF Waste Management Facility WML Waste Management Licence (replaced by Environmental Permits) WMP Waste Management Plan WMPEG Waste Minimisation Performance and Efficiency Grant WMS Waste Management Strategy WRAP Waste and Resources Action Programme WRATE Waste and Resources Assessment Tool for the Environment WRG Waste Recycling Group WRWA Western Riverside Waste Authority WS2007 Waste Strategy for England 2007 (superseded by the Waste Management Plan for England (2013)) WSA Waste Strategy Area (e.g. 11 WSAs in Scotland) WtE Waste-to-Energy WTF Waste Transfer Facility WTN Waste Transfer Note X XRF X-Ray Fluorescence (i.e. checking for the presence of metals in waste plastics) Y YNYWMP York and North Yorkshire Waste Management Partnership Z ZWS Zero Waste Scotland See also Chartered Institution of Wastes Management List of waste management concepts References External links Waste management acronyms Waste on All Acronyms Acronyms Waste management acronyms Waste Management Waste

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso%20Ugarte%20de%20Puno

Alfonso Ugarte de Puno

Club Deportivo Alfonso Ugarte is a Peruvian association football club, located in the city of Puno.The club is the biggest in the city of Puno. It was founded in 1928 and play in the Peruvian Segunda Division which is the second division of the Peruvian league. History The club have played at the highest level of Peruvian football on eighteen occasions, from 1974 Torneo Descentralizado until 1991 Torneo Descentralizado when was relegated. In the 1999 Copa Perú, the club classified to the National Stage, but was eliminated by Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego of Trujillo in the finals. In the 2001 Copa Perú, the club classified to the National Stage, but was eliminated by Deportivo Bolito of Tacna in the quarterfinals. The club have played at the Peruvian Segunda División on two occasions, from 2006 until 2007 when was relegated. In the 2012 Copa Perú, Alfonso Ugarte lost the final against UTC from Cajamarca and classified to the Segunda Division Peruana once again. International tournaments In the 1976 Copa Libertadores, in their first international participation, they were faced to the Alianza Lima of Peru, Santa Fe and Millonarios of Colombia by the Group 4 (Colombia, Peru). Being eliminated after drawing 1-1 in Lima with Santa Fe. Rivalries Alfonso Ugarte has had a long-standing rivalry with Diablos Rojos and Unión Carolina. Honours National Peruvian Primera División: Runner-up (1): 1975 Peruvian Segunda División: Runner-up (1): 2013 Copa Perú: Runner-up (3): 1999, 2012, 2021 Regional Región VII: Winners (3): 1998, 1999, 2001 Runner-up (1): 2000 Región VIII: Runner-up (1): 2012 Liga Departamental de Puno: Winners (12): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2012, 2017, 2018 Runner-up (4): 2004, 2008, 2015, 2019 Liga Superior de Puno: Winners (1): 2012 Performance in CONMEBOL competitions Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance 1976: First Round See also List of football clubs in Peru Peruvian football league system External links Unofficial Website Fan's Website Football clubs in Peru Association football clubs established in 1928

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Bruno Germain

Bruno Germain, (born 28 April 1960) is a former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. In his playing career he played for seven French clubs, most notably Olympique Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain, being capped once for France. Germain is the father of former Monaco, Nice, Marseille, and now Montpellier player Valère Germain. Honours Olympique Marseille Ligue 1: 1989, 1990, 1991 UEFA Champions League runner-up: 1991 Ligue 2: 1995 Coupe de France: 1989 Paris Saint-Germain Coupe de France: 1993 References External links Profile Living people 1960 births Sportspeople from Orléans Association football midfielders French footballers France international footballers AS Nancy Lorraine players Racing Club de France Football players SC Toulon players Olympique de Marseille players Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players Angers SCO players

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1964 Summer Paralympics

The , originally known as the 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games and also known as Paralympic Tokyo 1964, were the second Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Tokyo, Japan, and were the last Summer Paralympics to take place in the same city as the Summer Olympics until the 1988 Summer Paralympics. The 1964 Games, although still formally an edition of the International Stoke Mandeville Games, were the first to use the term "Paralympic" in association with the event; the term "Paralympic Games" was approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) first in 1984, while the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was formed in 1989. In contrast with the 1960 Games, many events had more than three participants, meaning that athletes were no longer guaranteed a medal upon completing their event. Tokyo hosted the Summer Paralympic Games again in 2020. Sports Nine sports were competed at the 1964 games. In athletics, a wheelchair racing event in the form of a 60 m dash was added; previously the athletics program had included only field events. Wheelchair racing has since become one of the most prominent Paralympic events. Archery Athletics Dartchery Snooker Swimming Table tennis Weightlifting Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair fencing Medal table Athletes from 17 of the 19 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) won at least one medal. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code. With a few exceptions, each event contributed one medal of each type to the table (although for team events, multiple physical medals were actually awarded). Two bronze medals were awarded in the dartchery, snooker and table tennis events. Some swimming events did not award silver or bronze medals. The wrong reports Since at the dawn of the Paralympic Games there was no precision in reporting the results of the competitions, the Israeli athlete Michal Escapa was indicated with the Italian nationality and without prename (and so she is mentioned in the International Paralympic Committee of the Italian Paralympic Committee web sites) for the reports of the Swimming at the 1964 Summer Paralympics where she won two bronze medals, simply reported as Escapa and not as Michal Escapa. However, as can be seen from a 1968 Israeli newspaper reporting an interview with the athlete, she was the same athlete who had won medals in swimming and table tennis in Tokyo 1964. To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the icon next to the column title. Athletes with outstanding performances included Margaret Harriman of Rhodesia who won two gold medals in archery, and Serge Bec of France who won two individuals gold medals, one team gold medal and one team silver medal. Dick Thompson of the United Kingdom won two individual golds, one silver and one bronze in athletics. The United States' Ron Stein won six golds and South Africa's Daniel Erasmus won two golds and two silvers in athletics. Participating delegations Nineteen delegations participated in the Tokyo Paralympics. The 1964 Games marked South Africa's Paralympic Games début. The country had just been banned from taking part in the Olympic Games, due to its policy of apartheid, and was thus absent from the 1964 Summer Olympics. It was not, however, banned from the Paralympics until 1980, and Japan (as host country) did not oppose its participation. A letter from archery medalist Irene Preslipski published in the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader on December 1st, 1964 also mentions delegations from Ceylon, Mexico and the Philippines marching in the opening ceremony. However, these countries only sent in officials. Ceremonies The Opening ceremony was organized in the Yoyogi Park, and the Closing Ceremony at 2nd Yoyogi National Gymnasium. About 5000 spectators were present at both of the ceremonies. Then Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko were present in both of them. Media coverage Earlier it was thought that the Games might not get much media coverage, due to the focus on the Olympic Games, but both radio and television media gave high coverage to the Games. Organizing Committee Yoshisuke Kasai was the chairman of the board of directors. The board had 3 vice-chairmen, namely T. Azuma, H. Dazai and I. Miki. The auditor of the organizing committee was M. Tozawa, and the secretary general was K. Ujiie. References External links The Tokyo Games For The Physically Handicapped - Paralympic Tokyo 1964 (Japanese) Paralympics Sports competitions in Tokyo Paralympics Multi-sport events in Japan Paralympic Games Paralympic Games Summer Paralympic Games November 1964 sports events in Asia 1960s in Tokyo

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20integrity

Data integrity

Data integrity is the maintenance of, and the assurance of, data accuracy and consistency over its entire life-cycle and is a critical aspect to the design, implementation, and usage of any system that stores, processes, or retrieves data. The term is broad in scope and may have widely different meanings depending on the specific context even under the same general umbrella of computing. It is at times used as a proxy term for data quality, while data validation is a prerequisite for data integrity. Data integrity is the opposite of data corruption. The overall intent of any data integrity technique is the same: ensure data is recorded exactly as intended (such as a database correctly rejecting mutually exclusive possibilities). Moreover, upon later retrieval, ensure the data is the same as when it was originally recorded. In short, data integrity aims to prevent unintentional changes to information. Data integrity is not to be confused with data security, the discipline of protecting data from unauthorized parties. Any unintended changes to data as the result of a storage, retrieval or processing operation, including malicious intent, unexpected hardware failure, and human error, is failure of data integrity. If the changes are the result of unauthorized access, it may also be a failure of data security. Depending on the data involved this could manifest itself as benign as a single pixel in an image appearing a different color than was originally recorded, to the loss of vacation pictures or a business-critical database, to even catastrophic loss of human life in a life-critical system. Integrity types Physical integrity Physical integrity deals with challenges which are associated with correctly storing and fetching the data itself. Challenges with physical integrity may include electromechanical faults, design flaws, material fatigue, corrosion, power outages, natural disasters, and other special environmental hazards such as ionizing radiation, extreme temperatures, pressures and g-forces. Ensuring physical integrity includes methods such as redundant hardware, an uninterruptible power supply, certain types of RAID arrays, radiation hardened chips, error-correcting memory, use of a clustered file system, using file systems that employ block level checksums such as ZFS, storage arrays that compute parity calculations such as exclusive or or use a cryptographic hash function and even having a watchdog timer on critical subsystems. Physical integrity often makes extensive use of error detecting algorithms known as error-correcting codes. Human-induced data integrity errors are often detected through the use of simpler checks and algorithms, such as the Damm algorithm or Luhn algorithm. These are used to maintain data integrity after manual transcription from one computer system to another by a human intermediary (e.g. credit card or bank routing numbers). Computer-induced transcription errors can be detected through hash functions. In production systems, these techniques are used together to ensure various degrees of data integrity. For example, a computer file system may be configured on a fault-tolerant RAID array, but might not provide block-level checksums to detect and prevent silent data corruption. As another example, a database management system might be compliant with the ACID properties, but the RAID controller or hard disk drive's internal write cache might not be. Logical integrity This type of integrity is concerned with the correctness or rationality of a piece of data, given a particular context. This includes topics such as referential integrity and entity integrity in a relational database or correctly ignoring impossible sensor data in robotic systems. These concerns involve ensuring that the data "makes sense" given its environment. Challenges include software bugs, design flaws, and human errors. Common methods of ensuring logical integrity include things such as check constraints, foreign key constraints, program assertions, and other run-time sanity checks. Both physical and logical integrity often share many common challenges such as human errors and design flaws, and both must appropriately deal with concurrent requests to record and retrieve data, the latter of which is entirely a subject on its own. If a data sector only has a logical error, it can be reused by overwriting it with new data. In case of a physical error, the affected data sector is permanently unusable. Databases Data integrity contains guidelines for data retention, specifying or guaranteeing the length of time data can be retained in a particular database. To achieve data integrity, these rules are consistently and routinely applied to all data entering the system, and any relaxation of enforcement could cause errors in the data. Implementing checks on the data as close as possible to the source of input (such as human data entry), causes less erroneous data to enter the system. Strict enforcement of data integrity rules results in lower error rates, and time saved troubleshooting and tracing erroneous data and the errors it causes to algorithms. Data integrity also includes rules defining the relations a piece of data can have to other pieces of data, such as a Customer record being allowed to link to purchased Products, but not to unrelated data such as Corporate Assets. Data integrity often includes checks and correction for invalid data, based on a fixed schema or a predefined set of rules. An example being textual data entered where a date-time value is required. Rules for data derivation are also applicable, specifying how a data value is derived based on algorithm, contributors and conditions. It also specifies the conditions on how the data value could be re-derived. Types of integrity constraints Data integrity is normally enforced in a database system by a series of integrity constraints or rules. Three types of integrity constraints are an inherent part of the relational data model: entity integrity, referential integrity and domain integrity. Entity integrity concerns the concept of a primary key. Entity integrity is an integrity rule which states that every table must have a primary key and that the column or columns chosen to be the primary key should be unique and not null. Referential integrity concerns the concept of a foreign key. The referential integrity rule states that any foreign-key value can only be in one of two states. The usual state of affairs is that the foreign-key value refers to a primary key value of some table in the database. Occasionally, and this will depend on the rules of the data owner, a foreign-key value can be null. In this case, we are explicitly saying that either there is no relationship between the objects represented in the database or that this relationship is unknown. Domain integrity specifies that all columns in a relational database must be declared upon a defined domain. The primary unit of data in the relational data model is the data item. Such data items are said to be non-decomposable or atomic. A domain is a set of values of the same type. Domains are therefore pools of values from which actual values appearing in the columns of a table are drawn. User-defined integrity refers to a set of rules specified by a user, which do not belong to the entity, domain and referential integrity categories. If a database supports these features, it is the responsibility of the database to ensure data integrity as well as the consistency model for the data storage and retrieval. If a database does not support these features, it is the responsibility of the applications to ensure data integrity while the database supports the consistency model for the data storage and retrieval. Having a single, well-controlled, and well-defined data-integrity system increases stability (one centralized system performs all data integrity operations) performance (all data integrity operations are performed in the same tier as the consistency model) re-usability (all applications benefit from a single centralized data integrity system) maintainability (one centralized system for all data integrity administration). Modern databases support these features (see Comparison of relational database management systems), and it has become the de facto responsibility of the database to ensure data integrity. Companies, and indeed many database systems, offer products and services to migrate legacy systems to modern databases. Examples An example of a data-integrity mechanism is the parent-and-child relationship of related records. If a parent record owns one or more related child records all of the referential integrity processes are handled by the database itself, which automatically ensures the accuracy and integrity of the data so that no child record can exist without a parent (also called being orphaned) and that no parent loses their child records. It also ensures that no parent record can be deleted while the parent record owns any child records. All of this is handled at the database level and does not require coding integrity checks into each application. File systems Various research results show that neither widespread filesystems (including UFS, Ext, XFS, JFS and NTFS) nor hardware RAID solutions provide sufficient protection against data integrity problems. Some filesystems (including Btrfs and ZFS) provide internal data and metadata checksumming that is used for detecting silent data corruption and improving data integrity. If a corruption is detected that way and internal RAID mechanisms provided by those filesystems are also used, such filesystems can additionally reconstruct corrupted data in a transparent way. This approach allows improved data integrity protection covering the entire data paths, which is usually known as end-to-end data protection. Data integrity as applied to various industries The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has created draft guidance on data integrity for the pharmaceutical manufacturers required to adhere to U.S. Code of Federal Regulations 21 CFR Parts 210–212. Outside the U.S., similar data integrity guidance has been issued by the United Kingdom (2015), Switzerland (2016), and Australia (2017). Various standards for the manufacture of medical devices address data integrity either directly or indirectly, including ISO 13485, ISO 14155, and ISO 5840. In early 2017, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), noting data integrity problems with automated trading and money movement surveillance systems, stated it would make "the development of a data integrity program to monitor the accuracy of the submitted data" a priority. In early 2018, FINRA said it would expand its approach on data integrity to firms' "technology change management policies and procedures" and Treasury securities reviews. Other sectors such as mining and product manufacturing are increasingly focusing on the importance of data integrity in associated automation and production monitoring assets. Cloud storage providers have long faced significant challenges ensuring the integrity or provenance of customer data and tracking violations. See also End-to-end data integrity Message authentication National Information Systems Security Glossary Single version of the truth References Further reading Data quality Transaction processing

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edythe%20D.%20London

Edythe D. London

Edythe Danick London (born September 14, 1948) is The Thomas and Katherine Pike Professor of Addiction Studies, and Director of the UCLA Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology at the David Geffen School of Medicine University of California at Los Angeles. London received her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Maryland (Baltimore). She did a post-doctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Prior to joining the UCLA faculty, she was a Senior Scientist at the National Institute on Drug Abuse for 23 years and a member of the faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is known internationally for her work on drug addiction as well as other addictive disorders, such as tobacco and nicotine dependence. She has been a pioneer in the development and use of advanced brain imaging techniques to study the effects of drugs, tobacco and other substances of abuse on brain function, including nuclear medicine studies such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Her UCLA laboratory is engaged in a wide range of scientific studies as well as the development and testing of new medications. The Web of Science lists several hundred articles published in peer-reviewed journals that have been cited over 13,000 times, leading to an h-index of 63. Her house in Beverly Hills, California was vandalized on October 23, 2007, in an act credited to an animal activist group Animal Liberation Front by breaking a window of the house and inserting a garden hose which flooded the house. Over $50,000 damage was reported. Subsequently, her house was again attacked and damaged by a firebomb left at the front door on Tuesday, February 5, 2008. No one was home at the time. A statement issued by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office claimed that animal liberationists were responsible for placing the device. References Living people University of Maryland, Baltimore alumni American pharmacologists Women pharmacologists David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA faculty Johns Hopkins University faculty 1948 births

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeeves%20Information%20Systems

Jeeves Information Systems

Jeeves Information Systems, commonly known as Jeeves, is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and software developer in Sweden. Jeeves was founded at the beginning of the 1990s by a number of Swedish entrepreneurs. The head office is located in Stockholm. Jeeves was publicly traded on the Stockholm Stock Exchange from 1999 until 2012 when U.S.-based Battery Ventures acquired the company for $32.46 million. The ERP system is designed for companies within the retail, manufacturing and service sectors and has more than 30.000 users in over 40 countries. It was ranked Sweden’s most popular ERP System by the analysis and consulting firm Exido’s IT barometer in 2009. References Software companies of Sweden ERP software companies Swedish brands Companies established in 1992 Companies based in Stockholm

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

Procept

In mathematics education, a procept is an amalgam of three components: a "process" which produces a mathematical "object" and a "symbol" which is used to represent either process or object. It derives from the work of Eddie Gray and David O. Tall. The notion was first published in a paper in the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education in 1994, and is part of the process-object literature. This body of literature suggests that mathematical objects are formed by encapsulating processes, that is to say that the mathematical object 3 is formed by an encapsulation of the process of counting: 1,2,3... Gray and Tall's notion of procept improved upon the existing literature by noting that mathematical notation is often ambiguous as to whether it refers to process or object. Examples of such notations are: : refers to the process of adding as well as the outcome of the process. : refers to the process of summing an infinite sequence, and to the outcome of the process. : refers to the process of mapping x to 3x+2 as well as the outcome of that process, the function . References Gray, E. & Tall, D. (1994) "Duality, Ambiguity, and Flexibility: A "Proceptual" View of Simple Arithmetic", Journal for Research in Mathematics Education 25(2) p.116-40. Available Online as PDF External links Procepts Mathematics education

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth%20Zavaleta

Ruth Zavaleta

Ruth Zavaleta Salgado (born August 27, 1966) is a Mexican politician. She was affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) until November 2009 but changed and is currently part of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico. She is a founding member of the PRD and the first female PRD politician to serve as President of the Chamber of Deputies 2007-2008. Personal life and education Zavaleta holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Political career In 1989 Zavaleta was one of the founders of the PRD. In 1997 Cuauhtemoc Cárdenas designated her as Secretary of Social Development in the government of the Mexican Federal District; she then served (1998–2000) as Secretary of Finance in the Mexican Federal District. From 2000 to 2003 she served in the Legislative Assembly of the Mexican Federal District. In 2003 she was elected borough mayor (Jefe Delegacional) of Venustiano Carranza. In 2006 Zavaleta won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico; hence she was serving during the LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress. In 2007 she was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies Directive Board for the second year of the LX Legislature (September 2007–August 2008). References External links 1966 births Living people Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Mayors of places in Mexico Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Mexican people of Basque descent Women mayors of places in Mexico Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District 21st-century Mexican politicians 21st-century Mexican women politicians Women legislative speakers 20th-century Mexican politicians 20th-century Mexican women politicians

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Canton of Ajaccio-1

The canton of Ajaccio-1 is an administrative division of the Corse-du-Sud department, southeastern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Ajaccio. It consists of the following communes: Ajaccio (partly) References Cantons of Corse-du-Sud

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Elmutasem Abushnaf

Elmutasem Abushnaf (born 14 November 1991) is a Libyan footballer who plays as a forward for Rapide Oued Zem. International career International goals Scores and results list Libya's goal tally first. Honours Libya African Nations Championship: 2014 References External links 1991 births Living people Libyan footballers Libya international footballers Association football forwards ES Zarzis players Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli) players Al-Madina S.C. players Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Botola players Libyan expatriate footballers Libyan expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Libyan expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Expatriate footballers in Tunisia Expatriate footballers in Morocco People from Tripoli Libyan Premier League players

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Allan J. Baker

Allan John Baker (9 July 1943 – 20 November 2014) was a Canadian ornithologist of New Zealand descent. He was an authority on wading birds, in particular studies on red knots were one of his main research fields. Career Baker grew up on a farm near Collingwood, Golden Bay, New Zealand. In 1972, he promoted to Ph.D. on the University of Canterbury in Christchurch with a thesis on the ecology and evolution of oystercatchers titled 'The comparative biology of New Zealand oystercatchers.' In the same year he moved to Canada where he started as assistant curator of the ornithology department at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. In 1976, he became associate curator and head of the Ornithology Department. In 1995, he became director of the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology and in 2004 head of the Department of Biology at the Royal Ontario Museum. In 1981, he was promoted to senior curator. Accolades In 2006, he received the Speirs Award by the Society of Canadian Ornithologists. In 2007, he was awarded with the Brewster Medal of the American Ornithologists' Union. Works Ree, Richard H., and Stephen A. Smith. "Maximum likelihood inference of geographic range evolution by dispersal, local extinction, and cladogenesis." Systematic biology 57, no. 1 (2008): 4-14. Baker, Allan J., Patricia M. Gonzalez, Theunis Piersma, Lawrence J. Niles, Ines de Lima Serrano do Nascimento, Philip W. Atkinson, Nigel A. Clark, Clive DT Minton, Mark K. Peck, and Geert Aarts. "Rapid population decline in red knots: fitness consequences of decreased refuelling rates and late arrival in Delaware Bay." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences 271, no. 1541 (2004): 875–882. Nylander, Johan AA, Urban Olsson, Per Alström, and I. S. A. B. E. L. SANMARTin. "Accounting for phylogenetic uncertainty in biogeography: a Bayesian approach to dispersal-vicariance analysis of the thrushes (Aves: Turdus)." Systematic Biology 57, no. 2 (2008): 257–268. BAKER, ALLAN J. "Mitochondrial control region sequences as tools for understanding evolution." Avian molecular evolution and systematics (1997): 51–82. Haddrath, Oliver, and Allan J. Baker. "Complete mitochondrial DNA geonome sequences of extinct birds: ratite phylogenetics and the vicariance biogeography hypothesis." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences 268, no. 1470 (2001): 939–945. References Theunis Piersma: In grateful remembrance: Allan J. Baker, 1943–2014. Wader Study Group Bulletin, Volume 121, Issue 3, 2015. International Wader Study Group 1943 births 2014 deaths People from Toronto Canadian ornithologists New Zealand emigrants to Canada University of Canterbury alumni

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undercover%20%28Tying%20Tiffany%20album%29

Undercover (Tying Tiffany album)

Undercover is the debut studio album of the Italian musician Tying Tiffany.<ref name=discogs2></ref> Track listing "Wake Up" - 3:15 "Cat Killer Show" - 3:01 "LCD Soundsystem Is Playing at My House" - 2:33 "Last Weekend" - 1:03 "Sugar Boy, Sugar Girl" - 1:59 "I'm Not a Peach" - 2:42 "I Wanna Be Your MP3" - 2:05 "Telekoma" - 0:53 "Honey Doll" - 3:56 "Running Bastard" - 0:44 "Black Neon" - 2:03 "You Know Me" - 5:42 "Cloud" - 1:35 References Tying Tiffany albums 2005 debut albums

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home%20and%20Away%3A%20Weddings

Home and Away: Weddings

Home and Away: Weddings is an exclusive-to-DVD special of Australia's most popular soap Home and Away. It was released on 1 March 2006 and is a continuation to its previous DVD Home and Away: Romances, which is in a similar style. It takes a lookback at all the classic Home and Away weddings from it 18 years from between 1988 and 2006 and it is hosted by Home and Away star Kate Ritchie and contains every Summer Bay wedding in a movie length presentation. Also included is 2 full episodes from Leah and Vinnie's wedding. Weddings Interviews Kimberley Cooper - Gypsy Nash Ada Nicodemou - Leah Patterson Kip Gamblin - Scott Hunter Jason Smith - Robbie Hunter Tim Campbell - Dan Baker Trivia Throughout Weddings, facts about Home and Away appear on screen: Just weeks after her wedding, Bobby found out Morag and Don were her real parents. Nearly all the Home and Away wedding dresses have been kept for posterity. Four identical copies were made of Sally's dress to allow for stunt scenes. The bridesmaids' dresses were designed by Melissa Kritsotakis. DVD See also Home and Away Home and Away: Secrets and the City Home and Away: Hearts Divided Home and Away: Romances References External links Home and Away:Weddings at the Internet Movie Database Australian television soap operas Seven Network original programming

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20R.%20Gibson

Henry R. Gibson

Henry Richard Gibson (December 24, 1837 – May 25, 1938) was an American attorney and politician who represented Tennessee's 2nd district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1895 to 1905. He also served as a state chancery court judge, and was a delegate to Tennessee's 1870 constitutional convention. Outside politics he wrote and edited several books on federal and state law. Early life Gibson was born on Kent Island, Maryland, in Queen Anne's County, son of Woolman and Catherine (Carter) Gibson. He attended the common schools at Kent Island and at Bladensburg, Maryland. He graduated from Decker's Academy at Bladensburg in 1858 and from Hobart College at Geneva, New York, in 1862. Gibson served in the commissary department of the Union Army from March 1863 to July 1865. He entered Albany Law School in New York in September 1865. He was admitted to the bar in December 1865 and commenced practice in Knoxville, Tennessee, in January 1866. He moved to Jacksboro, Tennessee, in Campbell County in October 1866, and was appointed commissioner of claims by Governor William G. Brownlow in 1868. He eventually formed a law partnership with Leonidas C. Houk. In 1870, Gibson represented Anderson and Campbell counties at the state convention which created the present Tennessee State Constitution. He served on the convention's legislative committee. At the convention, he proposed a resolution calling on the state to ratify the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, but the resolution failed (Tennessee wouldn't ratify the amendment until 1997). He also presented a memorial calling for the creation of Loudon County. Gibson was a member of the Tennessee Senate from 1871 to 1873, representing the fourth district (Claiborne, Grainger, Anderson and Campbell). He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1875 to 1877, representing Union, Campbell and Scott counties. Gibson returned to Knoxville in 1876, and founded the Knoxville Republican, a campaign newspaper, three years later. In 1882, he and a group of investors purchased the Knoxville Daily Chronicle from William Rule, and merged it with the Republican under the new name, Knoxville Republican-Chronicle (Rule would re-purchase this paper within a few years, however). Gibson served as a United States pension agent at Knoxville from June 22, 1883, until June 9, 1885. From 1886 to 1894, he was chancellor of the second chancery division of Tennessee. In 1891, he published a legal text, Gibson’s Suits in Chancery. Gibson worked as a professor of medical jurisprudence at the Tennessee Medical College from 1889 to 1906. Congress Gibson's law partner, Leonidas Houk, was elected to the 2nd district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1878, and served throughout the 1880s. During this period, Houk developed a political machine that largely controlled the state Republican Party, and established Republican dominance in the 1st and 2nd districts. Gibson, who remained a close confidant of Houk, was influential within the Houk machine, and was considered by many Houk's rightful successor following the congressman's sudden death in 1891. He lacked the organization to mount a campaign, however, and Houk's son, John Chiles Houk, was elected to the congressional seat. In 1893, Gibson launched his campaign for the 2nd district seat. The younger Houk's popularity had declined when evidence surfaced that he had helped ensure the defeat of Houk machine rival Henry Clay Evans in the 3rd district. Historian Gordon McKinney described the contest between Gibson and Houk for the Republican nomination as "one of the dirtiest in East Tennessee history." Houk assailed Gibson's war record, and managed to have Gibson expelled from the Grand Army of the Republic (the GAR determined Gibson had been a civilian employee, not a soldier). Gibson accused Houk of frequently missing votes, including a key vote on a veterans' pensions bill, and argued that the silence of politicians like Houk on the tariff issue was to blame for the Panic of 1893. In the March primary, Gibson edged Houk, 14,072 votes to 13,119. Houk refused to drop out, and opposed Gibson as an independent in the general election, but again was defeated, 16,215 votes to 13,191 (the Democrats did not field a candidate). Gibson supported protectionist measures, such as tariffs on imports, and generally supported prohibition. In January 1896, he introduced a bill that would have provided pensions for survivors of the steamboat Sultana disaster, though the bill was never passed. He voted for the declaration of war with Spain in April 1898. On June 14, 1898, he delivered a speech on the House floor calling for the annexation of Hawaii and the construction of the Nicaragua Canal. During the intraparty fighting between Walter P. Brownlow and Henry Clay Evans for control of the state Republican Party, Gibson aligned himself with Brownlow. In 1902, Nathan W. Hale, who was supported by the Evans faction, challenged Gibson for the 2nd district's Republican nomination, but was defeated in the primary. Gibson did not seek reelection in 1904. Later life After his service as United States Representative, Gibson retired from public life and resided in Washington, D.C. He was engaged as a writer, as an author, and as a consulting editor of the American and English Encyclopedia of Law and Practice. In 1907, he published a 368-page epic poem, The Maid of Redenfayn. He published an expanded version of this poem in 1912 under the title, The Ban of Baldurbane. He was an associate reviser in 1918 of the Code of Tennessee, having helped edit the 1896 volume. Gibson died on May 25, 1938 at the age of 100 in Washington. His remains were cremated and the ashes were spread around his hometown in Maryland, though a monument at Old Gray Cemetery in Knoxville bears his name. At the time of his death, he was the last living person known to have been born in 1837, as the last Union general Aaron Daggett died 11 days prior. Family Gibson married Frances Reed on November 12, 1863. They had two daughters. Following her death in 1919, he married Lizzie (Beckerdite) Clark in 1920. References External links The Maid of Redenfayn – Archive.org The Ban of Baldurbane – Archive.org 1837 births 1938 deaths People from Queen Anne's County, Maryland People from Jacksboro, Tennessee Politicians from Knoxville, Tennessee Tennessee Republicans Albany Law School alumni American centenarians Men centenarians Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives Members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee Tennessee state senators Medical jurisprudence Tennessee state court judges Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives People from Bladensburg, Maryland Washington, D.C. Republicans Union Army soldiers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Patrick%20-%20St.%20Anthony%20Church%20%28Hartford%2C%20Connecticut%29

St. Patrick - St. Anthony Church (Hartford, Connecticut)

St. Patrick - St. Anthony Church is a Cathedral-style Church located at 265 Church Street, Hartford, CT. The church is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford. It is the oldest Roman Catholic parish in the state of Connecticut. The main church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in a Multiple Property Submission study of Ann Street Historic District Complexes in 1984. History The parish that would become Saint Patrick parish was founded to serve an influx of Irish immigrants to Hartford in 1829, making it the oldest permanent parish in both Hartford and the state of Connecticut as whole. At the time, Connecticut was still part of the part of the Diocese of Boston; the Diocese of Hartford would not be established until 1843. In 1830, the newly erected parish bought the recently vacated old Christ Church Episcopal church building, and moved it to the corner of Talcott Street and Main Street. This building was consecrated for Catholic worship as Holy Trinity Church (not to be confused with the 1903 Catholic church of the same name on Capitol Avenue in Hartford). In 1850, construction on the original St. Patrick's Church at the corner of Church Street and Anne Street was begun by John Brady. In 1853, the original Holy Trinity Church building on Talcott Street caught fire and was destroyed. The newly built 1850s Saint Patrick Church on Church Street itself burnt down in January 1875. Mass was held in Allyn Hall while the church was being rebuilt on the Church Street site. The second Saint Patrick Church on Church Street was dedicated by Bishop Thomas Galberry on November 19, 1876, and consecrated in November 1885. The 1876 church was seriously damaged by another fire in 1956. In 1958, Saint Patrick parish was merged with nearby Saint Anthony parish, and the newly merged parish rebuilt the current Saint Patrick-Saint Anthony Church within the walls of the gutted 1876's building. St. Anthony's was the founded as the national parish for the Italian community of Hartford in the 1890s. When the founding pastor, Angelo Chicaglione, returned to Italy in February 1895, he was succeeded by his assistant, Edward Flannery. The parish moved to Market Street in 1921, however the new building was seriously damaged by flooding in 1936 and 1938. In the 1950s, redevelopment eliminated much of the Italian neighborhood served by St. Anthony. After Saint Anthony parish was merged with Saint Patrick parish in 1958, the Market Street church building was sold to the city and demolished for redevelopment. In 1990, the Franciscan Friars were invited to serve at the parish, and begin an urban outreach ministry. References Roman Catholic churches in Hartford, Connecticut Roman Catholic churches completed in 1849 1849 establishments in Connecticut 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20J.%20Bradley%20%28politician%29

Michael J. Bradley (politician)

Michael Joseph Bradley (May 24, 1897 – November 27, 1979) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Irish immigrants. He was engaged as a telegrapher from 1914 to 1917, during which time he served as a personal telegrapher to Woodrow Wilson. During the First World War, Bradley served overseas as a chief radio electrician in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919. Bradley engaged in the security and brokerage business in Philadelphia, from 1921 to 1935, and served as the deputy insurance commissioner of Pennsylvania from 1935 to 1937. Bradley was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1934. Bradley was elected as a Democrat to the 75th Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1946. After his time in Congress, he served as chairman of the Democratic county executive committee of Philadelphia from 1946 to 1948, collector of customs for district No. 11, Port of Philadelphia, 1948–1953; deputy managing director, city of Philadelphia, 1953–1955; member of Pennsylvania Navigation Commission for the Delaware River, 1954–1964; chairman, Board of Fair Labor Standards, city of Philadelphia, 1954-1962. He had four children (Raymond, Marian, Catharine, Edward) with his wife, Emilia. He became a member of Board of Revision of Taxes, city of Philadelphia, April 1955; retired in 1976; lived in Philadelphia, Pa., where he died, 1979; interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pennsylvania. Sources References 1897 births 1979 deaths 20th-century American politicians United States Navy personnel of World War I American people of Irish descent Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Politicians from Philadelphia Pennsylvania Democrats Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20symbols%20of%20Myanmar

National symbols of Myanmar

The national symbols of Myanmar (also known as Burma) are icons, symbols and other cultural expressions which are seen as representative of the Burmese people. These have been accumulated over centuries and are mainly from the Bamar majority, while other ethnic groups also maintain their own symbols. No official codification or de jure recognition exists, but most of these symbols are seen as de facto representative of the Burmese people. The use of much of these symbols were cultivated during the Konbaung dynasty which ruled the country from 1761 to 1885. Flora The Burmese ascribe a flower to each of the twelve months of the traditional Burmese calendar. However, two flowers are seen as national symbols. Fauna Food A popular saying states "A thee hma, thayet; a thar hma, wet; a ywet hma, lahpet" (), translated as "of all the fruits, the mango's the best; of all the meats, the pork's the best; and of all the leaves, lahpet's (tea) the best". Sport Musical instruments See also Mythical creatures in Burmese folklore Burmese dance Cuisine of Myanmar Music of Myanmar Longyi References

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbourne%20House%20School

Westbourne House School

Westbourne House School is an independent preparatory school 1½ miles east of Chichester, West Sussex, England. It is co-educational and serves around 450 boarding and day-school pupils from ages 3–13. The headmaster is Martin Barker. History In the 1990s the school was one of nearly 400 schools used to educate the children of British diplomats posted overseas. Notable alumni Tom Bradby, journalist and author Marcus Brigstocke, comedian Nick Clarke, presenter and journalist Holly Colvin, England cricketer Alastair Mackenzie, actor References External links Official site Education in Chichester Boarding schools in West Sussex Educational institutions established in 1907 Preparatory schools in West Sussex 1907 establishments in England

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

Vapomobile

The Vapomobile was an early English steam car either manufactured or assembled by the Motor Construction Company in Nottingham between 1902 and 1904. Five, Seven and Twelve horsepower models are known to have been produced with the Twelve horsepower model using an American Mason engine. The two smaller cars had tiller steering. See also List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom References David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England Steam cars Companies based in Nottingham

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast%20of%20the%20Gods%20%28TV%20series%29

Feast of the Gods (TV series)

Feast of the Gods () is a 2012 South Korean television series, starring Sung Yu-ri, Seo Hyun-jin, Joo Sang-wook and Lee Sang-woo. The series follows the fate of two girls whose identities were switched and later become rival chefs of traditional royal cuisine. It aired on MBC from February 4 to May 20, 2012 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:50 for 32 episodes. Plot At the center of the drama is Arirang, a renowned restaurant that specializes in royal Korean cuisine. For generations, Arirang has chosen only the most expert and gifted chefs to continue its heritage of making traditional Korean food. When Sung Do-hee (Jeon In-hwa) is appointed the next successor, rival Baek Seol-hee (Kim Bo-yeon) will stop at nothing to claim her stake on the restaurant. The forces of greed and jealousy drive both women to risk family and happiness until unimaginable tragedy and loss strike both of their lives. Several years later, Arirang is looking for a new successor. The hard-working and provincial Go Joon-young (Sung Yu-ri) becomes an unlikely candidate for the institution's next seat of power. However, Ha In-joo (Seo Hyun-jin), the daughter of Sung Do-hee, is determined to fill her mother's shoes. Joon-young and In-joo, it turns out, share more than just a desire to master Korean cuisine—their pasts, their loves, and who their identities are tangled in a breathtaking, tragic, and triumphant drama about what it means to preserve truth and integrity in the midst of lies and corruption. Cast Sung Yu-ri as Go Joon-young Jung Min-ah as young Joon-young Seo Hyun-jin as Ha In-joo / Song Yeon-woo Joo Da-young as young In-joo Joo Sang-wook as Choi Jae-ha Lee Sang-woo as Kim Do-yoon Jeon In-hwa as Sung Do-hee Kim Bo-yeon as Baek Seol-hee Jung Hye-sun as Sun Noh-in Jung Dong-hwan as Ha Young-bum Jin Tae-hyun as Ha In-woo Park Sang-myun as Im Do-shik Sean Richard as Daniel Son Hwa-ryung as Kim Shin-young Lee Min-ji as Jane Ratings Awards and nominations International broadcast At the 18th Shanghai Television Festival in June 2012, the broadcast rights of the show were sold to Thailand. It aired in Vietnam on VTV6 beginning March 18, 2013, under the name Bữa tiệc của các vị thần. It aired in Thailand on Channel 3 Family beginning January 2, 2015. References External links Feast of the Gods official MBC website Feast of the Gods at MBC Global Media South Korean cooking television series 2012 South Korean television series debuts 2012 South Korean television series endings Korean-language television shows MBC TV television dramas South Korean romantic comedy television series

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Ada, Countess of Atholl

Ada, Countess of Atholl (c. 1221–25 December 1266), was the daughter and heir of Forbhlaith, Countess of Atholl and her husband, David de Hastings. Ada's mother, Forbhlaith, was herself heir of the highland mormaerdom of Atholl, Scotland. Ada was Countess of Atholl suo jure, she held the title in her own right, and not through her husband. She inherited the title from her mother, who was also suo jure Countess of Atholl. Upon her death the title went to her son, David of Strathbogie. David was the first of the Earls of Atholl to be named Strathbogie. David's father John was able to use the title of Earl but held it only by right of his wife, Ada, he was jure uxoris Earl of Atholl, as Ada's father had been. Ada's husband, John de Strathbogie, was the son of David of Strathbogie and grandson of Duncan II, Earl of Fife. Together they were the progenitors of the Strathbogie dynasty of Atholl Earls, beginning with their son David of Strathbogie, 8th Earl of Atholl. She died some time before 25 December 1266. See also Scotland in the High Middle Ages References External links 1264 deaths Hereditary women peers Medieval Gaels from Scotland People from Perth and Kinross Scoto-Normans Year of birth unknown Year of birth uncertain Mormaers of Atholl 13th-century Scottish women 13th-century mormaers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20Eagle

White Eagle

White Eagle or White Eagles may refer to: World Orzeł Biały (White Eagle), the national coat of arms of Poland Films White Eagle (1922 serial), a 1922 film serial starring Ruth Roland The White Eagle, a 1928 Soviet silent drama film White Eagle (1932 film), a 1932 film directed by Lambert Hillyer White Eagle (1941 film), an Argentine film White Eagle (1941 serial), a 1941 film serial directed by James W. Horne The White Eagle (1942 documentary), a 1942 Polish documentary film directed by Eugeniusz Cekalski People a name given to Hudson's Bay Company Chief Factor John McLoughlin by Pacific Northwest tribes Sports Dianella White Eagles, an Australian football club based in Perth New Town Eagles, an Australian football club based in Hobart Serbian White Eagles FC, a Canadian football team Springvale White Eagles, an Australian football club based in Melbourne Other uses White Eagle (album), a 1982 album by Tangerine Dream White Eagle, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community Vulturii Albi (White Eagle), former name of the Crusade of Romanianism White Eagle Hall, a venue in Jersey City, New Jersey The White Eagle Lodge, a spiritual organization in England Order of the White Eagle (Poland), a decoration in Poland awarded to civilians and the military Order of the White Eagle (Serbia), in Serbia (1883–1918) and Yugoslavia (1918–1945) White Eagles (paramilitary), a Serbian paramilitary group White-tailed eagle, a large bird of prey See also Serbia national football team, nicknamed the Beli Orlovi (White Eagles) Beli Orlovi (supporter group), the organized supporters of Serbia, especially of the Serbia national football team Águilas Blancas, a varsity American football team of the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Buck

Martin Buck

Martin Buck FRS is a British microbiologist. He is a professor at Imperial College, London. Studied at Royal Holloway, University of London References External links http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_22-5-2009-11-51-2 http://www.bio.ic.ac.uk/research/mbuck/mbuck.htm http://royalsociety.tv/rsPlayer.aspx?presentationid=434 British microbiologists Academics of Imperial College London Alumni of Bedford College, London Fellows of the Royal Society Living people Year of birth missing (living people)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahammad%20Amin%20Rasulzade

Mahammad Amin Rasulzade

Mahammad Amin Akhund Haji Mulla Alekber oghlu Rasulzade (, ), ( 31 January 1884 – 6 March 1955) was an Azerbaijani statesman, scholar, public figure and the head of the Azerbaijani National Council. His expression "Bir kərə yüksələn bayraq, bir daha enməz!" ("The flag once raised will never fall!") became the motto of the independence movement in Azerbaijan in the early 20th century. Early life Born at Novkhany, near Baku, Mahammad Amin Rasulzade received his education at the Russian-Muslim Secondary School and then at the Technical College in Baku. In his years of study he created "Muslim Youth Organisation Musavat", first secret organisation in Azerbaijan's contemporary history, and beginning from 1903 Rasulzade began writing articles in various opposition newspapers and magazines. At that time, his anti-monarchist platform and his demands for the national autonomy of Azerbaijan, aligned him with Social Democrats and future Communists. In 1904 he founded the first Muslim social-democrat organisation "Hummet" and became editor-in-chief of its newspapers, Takamul (1906–1907) and Yoldash (1907). Rasulzade also published many articles in non-partisan newspapers such as , Irshad, and the journal . His dramatic play titled The Lights in the Darkness was staged in Baku in 1908. Rasulzade and his co-workers were representatives of the Azerbaijani intelligentsia. Most of them, including Rasulzade himself, had been members of the Baku organization of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party (Bolsheviks) in 1905. A photograph is extant in Soviet archives, showing Rasulzade with Prokopius Dzhaparidze and Meshadi Azizbekov, Bolsheviks who later became famous as two of the 26 Baku Commissars shot during the civil war. During the First Russian Revolution (1905–1907), Rasulzade actively participated in revolutionary developments. As the story goes, it was Rasulzade who saved young Joseph Stalin in 1905 in Baku, when police were searching for the latter as an active instigator of riots. In 1909, under the persecution from Tsarist authorities, Rasulzade fled Baku to participate in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1905–1911. While in Iran, Rasulzade edited Iran-e Azad newspaper, became one of the founders of Democrat Party of Persia and began publishing its newspaper Irān-e Now which means "New Iran" and which has been described as "the greatest, most important and best known of the Persian newspapers, and the first to appear in the large size usual in Europe". In 1911, Rasulzade also published his book "Saadet-e bashar" ("Happiness of Mankind") in defense of the revolution. Rasulzade was fluent in Persian. After Russian troops entered Iran in 1911 and, in cooperation with British, assisted Qajar Court to put an end to Iranian Constitutional Revolution, Rasulzade fled to Istanbul, then capital of Ottoman Empire. Here, in the wake of Young Turk Revolution, Rasulzade founded a journal called Türk Yurdu (The Land of Turks), in which he published his famous article "İran Türkleri" about the Iranian Turks. The Musavat Party and Azerbaijan Democratic Republic After the Amnesty Act of 1913, dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, Rasulzade returned to Baku, left the Hummet party he was previously member of, and joined the then secret Musavat (Equality) party in 1913, established in 1911, which initially promoted pan-Islamist, pan-Turkist and Socialist ideas, or more precisely Pan-Islamism yet with affinity for greater cultural bonds with the Turkic world, and which eventually became Azerbaijani nationalist party, and quickly became its chief. In 1915 he started to publish the party's newspaper "Açıq Söz" (Open word) which lasted till 1918. When the February Revolution happened, Musavat together with other secret political parties in the Russian Empire, were quickly legalized and became a leading party of Caucasian Muslims after it merged with Party of Turkic Federalists headed by Nasib Yusifbeyli. The October revolution in 1917 lead to the secession of Transcaucasia from Russia and Rasulzade became head of Muslim faction in the Seym, the parliament of the Transcaucasian Federation. After the dissolution of the Transcaucasian Federation, the Muslim faction re-organized into the Azerbaijani National Council, whose head Rasulzade was unanimously elected in May 1918. On 28 May 1918 the Azerbaijani National Council, headed by Rasulzade, declared an independent Azerbaijan Republic. Rasulzade also initiated the establishment of Baku State University together with Rashid Khan Gaplanov, minister of education with the funding of oil baron Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev in 1919. Rasulzade taught Ottoman literature at the University. After the collapse of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in April 1920, Rasulzade left Baku and went into hiding in the mountainous village of Lahıc, Ismailli to direct the resistance to Sovietization. But in August 1920, after the Soviet Russian army crushed the rebellions of Ganja, Karabakh, Zagatala and Lankaran, led by ex-officers of the Azerbaijani National Army, Rasulzade was arrested and brought to Baku. It was only due to an earlier rescue of Joseph Stalin, as Rasulzade hid Stalin from the police, that Rasulzade was released and transferred from Azerbaijan to Russia. For the next two years, Rasulzade worked as the press representative at the Commissariat on Nations in Moscow. He was seconded to Saint Petersburg in 1922 from where he escaped to Finland. Exile For the rest of his life, Rasulzade lived in exile first in Turkey. Between 1923 and 1927, he was an editor-in-chief of the magazine called "New Caucasus" ("Yeni Qafqasya") which was suspended by the Kemalist government by the request of Moscow. Rasulzade continued to publish various articles, newspapers, and magazines from 1928 till 1931 in Turkey. However, the 1931 suppression of the emigre publications coincided with Rasulzade's expulsion from Turkey, and some saw it as the result of caving in to Soviet pressure. In exile Rasulzade published a pamphlet titled O Pantiurkizme v sviazi s kavkazskoi problemoi (О Пантюркизме в связи с кавказской проблемой, Pan-Turkism with regard to the caucasian problem), in which he firmly stated his view: Pan-Turkism was a cultural movement rather than a political program. Thus, he went to Poland in 1938, where he met his wife, Vanda, niece of Polish statesman Józef Piłsudski, then to Romania in 1940. Finally, after World War II, he went back to Ankara, Turkey in 1947, where he participated in the politics of the marginal Pan Turkic movement. Due to sensitivity of his presence in either Turkey or Iran, and being often exiled, Rasulzade "cherished bad memories of both Iran and Turkey".<ref>''Charles van der Leeuw, Azerbaijan: A Quest for Identity, Palgrave Macmillan, 2000, p. 121.</ref> In his appeal to Azerbaijani people in 1953 through Voice of America, he stressed his hope that one day it will become independent again. He died in 1955, a broken man according to Thomas Goltz, and was buried in Cebeci Asri cemetery in Ankara. Legacy and honors Rasulzade was commemorated by many memorials throughout Azerbaijan, such as Baku State University, which was named after his honor. Rasulzade was depicted on the obverse of the Azerbaijani 1000 manat banknote of 1993–2006. The Mehmet Emin Resulzade Anatolian High School was named after him and is a public high school at Ankara, Turkey. Major works Rasulzade's works include: The lights in a darkness. (play, 1908, not published) The critic of the party of Etidaliyyun. Teheran, 1910 (in Persian) The happiness of the mankind (Saadet-e basher). Ardebil, 1911 (in Persian) An unhappy life (Aci bir hayat). Baku, 1912 Two views on the form of government (together with Akhmet Salikov). Moscow, 1917 Role of Musavat in the formation of Azerbaijan. Baku, 1920 Azerbaijan Republic: characteristics, formation and contemporary state. Istanbul, 1923 Siyavush of our century. Istanbul, 1925 Caucasian Turks. Istanbul, 1928 Panturanism in regard with the Caucasian problem. Paris, 1930 (in Russian), reprinted with an English introduction in 1985 in Oxford About Azerbaijani Republic. Berlin, 1933 (in German) Azerbaijan problem. Berlin, 1938 (in German) Azerbaijan's struggle for independence. Warsaw, 1939 (in Polish) Azerbaijan's cultural traditions. Ankara, 1949 Contemporary Azerbaijani literature. Ankara, 1950 Contemporary Azerbaijani history. Ankara, 1951 Great Azerbaijani poet Nizami. Ankara, 1951 National Awareness. Ankara, 1978 '''Nəsiman Yaqublu, "Məhəmməd Əmin Rəsulzadə ensiklopediyası" Kitab Klubu MMC, 2013, 506 səh. References Further reading External links Leader's Page Mahammad Amin Rasualzade Website Speech by Rasulzadeh "Mahammad Amin Rasulzade, Founding Father of the First Republic," by grandson Rais Rasulzade, Azerbaijan International, Vol. 7:3 (Autumn 1999), pp. 22–23. "Mahammad Amin Rasulzade, Statesman, Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan Leaders" (1918-1920), in Azerbaijan International, Vol 6:1 (Spring 1998), pp. 26–30. Collaboration with the Axis Powers Azerbaijani-language writers 1884 births 1955 deaths People from Absheron District Russian Constituent Assembly members Azerbaijan Democratic Republic politicians Musavat politicians Azerbaijani anti-communists People of the Persian Constitutional Revolution Azerbaijani exiles Azerbaijani emigrants to Iran Azerbaijani emigrants to Turkey Burials at Cebeci Asri Cemetery Azerbaijani nationalists Pan-Turkists Democrat Party (Persia) politicians Azerbaijani independence activists Persian-language writers

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Vwawa

Vwawa is a town and an administrative ward in Mbozi District and the location of the headquarters of Songwe Region, Tanzania. According to the 2002 census, the ward had a total population of 37 844. The major tribe found in Vwawa is Nyiha, but other tribes include Ndali, Chaggas, Nyakyusa and Lambyas. According to 2012 Tanzanian census, the population of Vwawa was 65 625 people, including 26 372 males and 29 884 females. The main economic activity is agriculture. Namesake There is another town in Tanzania with this name. See also Railway stations in Tanzania References Wards of Songwe Region

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Spike O'Dell

William (Spike) O'Dell (born May 21, 1953) a native of East Moline, Illinois, is an American former radio host for WGN Radio in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He joined WGN in 1987 and hosted the afternoon show until 2000, when he took over for the late Bob Collins in the morning slot from 5 to 9 a.m. During the time O'Dell held that slot, his show was consistently the top rated morning show in the Chicago market. O'Dell's tenure with WGN concluded on December 12, 2008 with his final broadcast from the Metropolis Theatre in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The broadcast was part of the WGN HomeTown Voices series, which was originated by O'Dell. Early life Spike O'Dell was born the son of East Moline Police Chief Merle and Dot O’Dell, along with siblings John and Jeni. He graduated from United Township High School in 1971, and then spent two years at York College in Nebraska in 1971-1973. O'Dell worked summers on a garbage truck and was a security guard at International Harvester in Rock Island, Illinois when he took a part-time job at WEMO-AM radio. Radio career Odell’s first radio hosting position was at WEMO-AM in East Moline at the age of 25. While working at the factory, he disc jockeyed on weekends there as well as doing some fill-in slots. In 1977 Spike took another part-time job with WQUA radio in Moline Illinois. Following this, he obtained a full-time morning position at KSTT-AM, where he affectionately was referred to as “Spike at the Mic”. This proved to be a significant position, as it allowed O'Dell to move, in 1981, to a Major Market Morning Radio spot at WBT-AM in Charlotte, NC. After a brief stint as "morning guy," he returned to KIIK-FM (“KiiK 104”). In 1987, Billboard Magazine awarded Spike “Top 40 Air Personality of the Year” in a Medium Market. The Billboard magazine award lead to a call from then program director Dan Fabian to interview at WGN-AM in Chicago. In 1987, O'Dell was hired as the afternoon drive host for the station. Spike would go on to work 21 years at WGN. He remained at the top of the ratings in all the dayparts he hosted while at the station. O'Dell moved around a few times during his tenure at WGN, with notable stints in the afternoon, and ultimately, in the morning drive slot. The move to mornings occurred after the death of then host Bob Collins. In 2008, O'Dell made the decision to retire "on a high note," during a successful time of his career, to move to Nashville and be closer to his children, Michael and Caroline. His last was on December 12, 2008, and was broadcast at the Metropolis Theatre in Arlington Heights, Illinois, in front of a live studio audience filled with his listeners. According to a 2013 interview, O'Dell now enjoys spending time with his five grandchildren, golfing, photography, watercolor and acrylic painting, and sleeping late. During the course of his career, he worked at: 1976-1977 WEMO-AM East Moline 1977-1978 WQUA Moline, IL 1978-1980 KSTT-AM Davenport, IA 1980-1982 WBT-AM Charlotte, NC 1982-1987 KIIK-FM Davenport, IA 1987 WGN-AM Chicago, IL Spike was hired as afternoon host 3-7pm and moved to mornings on February 9, 2000 after Bob Collins was killed in a tragic plane crash. 2008 Final Broadcast of “The Spike O’Dell Show” at the Metropolis Theatre on December 12. Radio show Otis Fanortner from Anchorage, Alaska Three guys fresh out of college touring America in their Chevy Van would call in from various spots across country as a spin-off of “See the USA in Your Chevrolet”. Donald Koch from “Koch’s Shell” in Cairo, IL for a gas price report. “Ruthie”, the elderly gossip columnist from the small town of Buda Illinois. Renamed River Drive that was next to the KSTT studios and across the street from the “Hostess Foods Bakery” to “Twinkie Blvd.” Coined the phrase that would become a staple term at WGN-AM “The 50,000 Watt Love Pump” Created a segment with his Sports Reporter, David Kaplan, called “Theme Sports”. Claimed he could do an hour on any topic someone could throw at him. He went on to do 1 hour on pencils and mustard. Made Famous, his signature giveaway prize, “The Goose Island Spike O’Dell Hat”, which showed up Presidents, Astronauts, Late night comedians, both the north and south poles, etc. Also known for frequently including in his broadcasts the phrase, “You aint gettin this kind of radio up and down the dial”. A segment called “Now You Know” that required listeners to remember a crazy bit of trivia for prizes Started the “Spike O’Dell Coffee Cup Museum” (a collection of paper coffee cups signed by people interviewed on his show) first located in Beloit, Wisconsin, and now in Door County, Wisconsin. Charitable contributions He created Bite Your Butt Mustard (BYB) and a full line of condiment products which went on to make over $1 million for the Tribune's main charity “The Neediest Kids Fund” He then published a cookbook that included recipes using the “Bite Your Butt” products with proceeds going to “The Neediest Kids Fund” and has sold personal artwork and Christmas ornaments yearly that also benefited “The Neediest Kids Fund”. Recognitions and awards 1998 Billboard Magazine “Top 40 Air Personality of the Year in Medium Market” 1999 A.I.R (Achievement in Radio) Awards recipient “Best Afternoon Show” 2000 Inducted into his high schools “Hall of Fame” (UTHS) 2001 Chicagoland A.I.R. Awards winner for “Best Morning Show” 2003 Planetary Studies Foundation Received the Astronaut James A. Lovell “Failure is not an Option” annual award 2014 Inducted into the WGN Radio Walk of Fame on Friday, June 27 in Pioneer Court along with 9 other legendary broadcasters to commemorate WGN Radio's 90-year history. References External links Door County Bakery - Spike O'Dell Coffee Cup display Talkers Magazine’s “Heavy 100 Talkers” The first article written about Spike’s entry into Chicago radio Featured interview with Spike and Chicagoland Radio and Media site in 2013 People from East Moline, Illinois Radio personalities from Chicago Living people 1953 births

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Campbell of Barrichbeyan

The Campbells of Barrichbeyan form one of the branches of the Campbells of Craignish who in turn are a branch of the Clan Campbell, a Scottish clan in Argyll, Scottish Highlands. They claim descent from Donald McEan Gorm Campbell, the 10th Laird of Craignish, 11th Chieftain of Craignish & 1st Baron Campbell of Barrichbeyan, himself second son of John Ean Gorm Campbell, 9th Laird of Craignish. His descendants retained Barrichbeyan and bought back the greater part of the estate of Craignish between 1550 and 1680. Beside the main line established in Craignish there were also cadet lines, Campbells of Lagganlochan and Campbells of Ballachlavan, later producing another cadet line, Campbells of Askomel. Campbells of Barrichbeyan Barrichbeyan (in various sources spelled also as Barrichibean and Barrichebean) is situated on the north of Craignish peninsula. It was possessed by MacIgheil family. Donald McEan Gorm Campbell, second son of John Ean Gorm Campbell, 9th Laird and 10th Chieftain of Craignish, married Effreta, daughter to the last MacIgheil, Baron of Barrichbeyan and became 1st Baron of Barrichbeyan of the Campbell family. His descendant, John Campbell, 6th Baron of Barrichbeyan, had five sons: Donald "Ronald Roy" Campbell, 7th Baron of Barrichbeyan. Archibald Campbell, died without issue. John Campbell, killed in Java during an insurrection of the slaves. George Campbell, 1st of Ballachlavan Alexander Campbell, ancestors of Campbells of Barrowlerie. Donald "Ronald Roy" Campbell, 7th Baron of Barrichbeyan, born 1555, died 1639. Campbells of Lagganlochan The Campbells of Lagganlochan claim descent from Farquhard Campbell of Lagganlochan, third but second surviving son of Donald (Ronald Roy) Campbel, of Barrichbeyan and Craignish. Baron Craignish, of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Fourth son of Farquhard Campbell of Lagganlochan, Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald Campbell, born 12 September 1763, married Charlotte, daughter of Peter Laurentz Clocté of the Cape of Good Hope. His grandson, Ronald MacLeay Laurentz Campbell, born 24 December 1836, served as aide-de-camp to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. He was created Baron Craignish by Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1882. In January 1883 he was granted permission to use the title in the United Kingdom. He was succeeded in 1897 by his son Ronald, second Baron Craignish, of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, born 6 April 1866. He died in 1920 without issue causing his Barony to become extinct. Baron Campbell von Laurentz, of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Younger brother of Ronald MacLeay Laurentz Campbell, first Baron Craignish, of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edmund Kempt Laurentz Campbell, born 8 July 1848, also served as aide-de-camp to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. He had distinguished himself in August 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War. On 16 August at the battle of Mars-La-Tour/Gravelotte he was wounded leading a cavalry charge against the French and subsequently awarded the Iron Cross. He was created Baron Campbell of Laurentz by Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1886. In February 1887 he was granted permission to use the title in the United Kingdom. Edmund Campbell's marriage was childless and with his death in 1917, the Barony became extinct. Campbells of Ballachlavan The Campbells of Ballachlavan claim descent from George Campbell of Ballachlavan, fourth son of John Campbel, of Barrichbeyan. Campbells of Askomel Overview The Campbells of Askomel claim descent from Archibald Campbell of Askomel, son of John Campbell, of Ballachlavan, in Killarow. Archibald married Margaret, daughter of Rev. David Simson (or Simpson). His first son John Campbell, of Askomel, married in 1739 Lilias Campbell, daughter of Archibald Campbell, 8th of Inverawe. Archibald's second son, Rev. David Campbell, minister at Southend, married in 1746 Elizabeth Montgomery, daughter of Hugh Montgomery, of Broomlands, and co-heiress to her brother Charles Montgomery. David's son Archibald (1750 - 1795) assumed the additional surname of Montgomery and is ancestor of Montgomery Campbell family of whom are Henry Montgomery Campbell (1887 - 1970), Bishop of London, Hugo Martin Montgomery Campbell, born 1950, and Anna Montgomery Campbell (1991 – 15 March 2018), also known as Hêlîn Qereçox. Genealogy Archibald Campbell, of Askomel (abt. 1685 - abt. 1747), acquired Askomel on 30 May 1729. He became Chamberlain of Islay in 1732 and died there, being buried at Kilnaughton in the 1740s. A tombstone for Archibald Campbell of Askomel in Kilnaughton Churchyard, Islay shows: gyronny of eight a crescent at fess point, the shield suspended from the mast of a galley oars in action. Crest: a galley sails furled pennon flying. Motto: PER TOT DISCRIMINA RERUM. m. Margaret Simson, daughter of Rev. David Simson John Campbell, of Askomel (±1712 - 1753) m. 1739 Lillias Campbell (1716 - 1770) Jean Campbell (±1740 - 1805) m. 1761 James Campbell, of Killean, 2nd of Inverneill (1737 - 1805) Sir James Campbell, 3rd of Inverneill, 1st Baronet (1763 - 1819) John Campbell, 4th of Inverneill (1766 - 1822) Duncan Campbell, 5th of Inverneill (1771 - 1840) Jane Campbell (1771 - 1851) Archibald Campbell, of Askomel (1747 - 1806) m. 1786 Elizabeth Campbell (1757 - 1797) Archibald Montgomery Campbell (1788 - 1832) m. 1815 Isabella Randall (*1793) Archibald Campbell (1815 - 1855) William Campbell (1819 - 1858) Sarah Campbell (1820 - 1905) m. 1843 Louis Rossel (1806 - 1888) Louis Nathaniel Rossel (1844 - 1871) Henri Montgomery Campbell (1830 - 1874) m. 1863 Sarah Brindley Bettington (1842 - 1901) Henri Montgomery Campbell (1864 - 1914) m. 1888 Mildred Margrette Hall (1862 - 1941) John Henry Duncan Montgomery Campbell, of Askomel (1892 - 1968), Captain, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Soon after the outbreak of hostilities, he was commissioned in the Royal Naval Air Service as a Flight Sub. Lieutenant. He qualified as an Armaments Officer in May 1916 and transferred to the "Wavy Navy" as a Sub. Lieutenant in the following month, in which capacity he served at Capel and Dunkirk in the period November 1916 to February 1918. Appointed a Captain (Technical) in the newly established Royal Air Force in April 1918, he was employed in the Airship Department until the end of hostilities. He served in the Royal Observer Corps during the 1939-45 War. In 1929 he matriculated arms: gyronny of eight Or and Sable a bordure chequy Gules and Or. Crest: a boar's head erased Or langued Gules. Motto: PER TOT DISCRIMINA RERUM - above; FIT VIA VI - below. John Campbell (*1789) m. 1817 Mary Corthine Campbell (*1793) David Campbell (1792 - 1848) m. 1819 Agnes Pollock Annette Binning Campbell (1795 - 1876) m. 1816 Thomas Cubitt (1784 - 1840) Duncan Campbell (1751 - 1801) David Campbell, of Southend (1714 - 1793) m. 1746 Elizabeth Montgomery, daughter of Hugh Montgomery, of Broomlands Mary Campbell (*1747) m. ±1770 John Campbell, of Kildalloig (+1796) Peter Campbell (1749 - 1771) Archibald Montgomery Campbell (1750 - 1795), assumed the additional surname of Montgomery and is ancestor of Montgomery Campbell family. Arms for the Montgomery Campbell family (as given in Robertson's Ayrshire Families of 1824) are: quarterly, 1st and 4th, gyronny of eight Or and Sable a crescent Argent at fess point for difference (Campbell of Askomel); 2nd and 3rd, Azure a palm frond between three fleurs de lis Or (Montgomery of Broomlands), suspended from the mast of a galley oars in action Sable. Crest: dexter, a boar's head erased Or (Campbell of Askomel); sinister, a woman holding a head (Montgomery of Broomlands). Motto: PER TOT DISCRIMINA RERUM. m. 1788 Ann Humphries (1773 - 1794) Charles Montgomery Campbell (*1789) m. 1811 Julia Charlotte Chesshyre (1785 - 1853) Charles Montgomery Campbell (1812 - 1878) Hugh Montgomery Campbell (1817 - 1892) m. 1844 Isabella Matilda Kennedy (1809 - 1882), daughter of Hon. Robert Kennedy and granddaughter of Archibald Kennedy, 11th Earl of Cassilis Arthur William Montgomery Campbell, of Bennington Park (*1852) Archibald Montgomery Campbell (1790 - 1859), perpetual curate of St James's Church, Paddington, London, and rector of Little Steeping, Lincolnshire m. 1814 Elizabeth Julia Chesshyre Jane Montgomery Campbell (1817 - 15 November 1878), British musician and poet Annette Montgomery Campbell (1792 - 1829) m. 1820 Thomas Hamilton (1789 - 1842) Hugh Montgomery Campbell, Esq., of The Hollies (1794 - 1846) m. 1821 Mary Hale (1795 - 1842), only daughter and heiress of John Hale, Esq., of The Hollies, and coheiress in her issue of Thomas of Woodstock through Grove, Grey and Bourchier line of descent. Hugh John Montgomery Campbell (*1825) Henry Jermyn Montgomery Campbell, of Thurmaston Hall (1827 - 1893) m. 1854 Louisa Sydney Carroll (1830 - 1904), daughter of Rear admiral Sir William Fairbrother Carroll (1784 - 1862) by his wife Martha, daughter of Vice-admiral Sir Richard Dacres (1761 - 1837). Hugo Montgomery Campbell (1856 - 1936) m. 1886 Ethel Agnes Wray (1866 - 1952) Lt. Col. Hugo Archibald Leslie Montgomery Campbell (1910 - 1974) m. 1941 Jean E Fettes (*1916) David Mark Montgomery Campbell (*1943) m. 1947 Mary Elizabeth Shaw (*1923) Hugo Martin Montgomery Campbell (*1950) m. Stacey Lee Rayne Elizabeth Montgomery Campbell (*1977) Hester Montgomery Campbell (*1980) Sara Montgomery Campbell (*1982) m. 1989 Katherine Emma Bridges (1960 - 2012) Sophie Montgomery Campbell (*1990) Anna Montgomery Campbell (1992 - 2018) Rose Montgomery Campbell (*1995) Adam Montgomery Campbell (*1998) Sidney Montgomery Campbell (1858 - 1942) m. Susan Colville Potter (1853 - 1934) St. John Dacres Montgomery Campbell (*1885) Henry Colville Montgomery Campbell (1887 - 1970), Bishop of Willesden 1940–1942, Bishop of Kensington 1942–1949, Bishop of Guildford 1949–1956, Bishop of London 1956–1961. m. 1915 Joyce Mary Thicknesse (1889 - 1928) Hugh Montgomery Campbell (1919 - 1980) m. 1950 Mary Adderley (1922 - 2019), daughter of Hubert Adderley, 6th Baron Norton (1886 – 1961), grandson of Charles Adderley, 1st Baron Norton (1814 – 1905). Sir Philip Henry Montgomery Campbell (*1951), British astrophysicist. Eleanor Georgina Montgomery Campbell (*1862) m. 1887 General Sir Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle (1856 - 1934) Archibald Montgomery Campbell (+1934) George Peter Montgomery Campbell (1830 - 1871), Professor of Classical Literature and History in the University of New Brunswick, Canada, after whom the Montgomery - Campbell Prize, UNB, is named. m. 1858 Sophia Storie Saunders (1832 - 1893), granddaughter of The Hon. John Saunders (D.C.L.) Chief Justice of the colonial Province of New Brunswick Colonel Henry Montgomery Campbell (1859 - 1933), commanding officer of the 64th Battalion, CEF, OBE m. Laura Winslow (1864 - 1953) Lieutenant Herbert Montgomery-Campbell (1898 - 1916), of the 64th Battalion and of the 5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles Brigadier-General Herbert Montgomery Campbell (1861 - 1937), C.B., C.M.G. , R.A., commissioned with the Royal Artillery in the Imperial Army, served in Africa during the Boer War; and commanded the 46th Divisional Artillery in the Great War m. Florence Maud King Rachel Mary Montgomery Campbell m. 1896 Aldham Wilson Robarts (1863 - 1922) John Aldham Robarts (1901 - 1991), prominent Canadian Baháʼí. Hugh Campbell (1755 - 1798) Elizabeth Campbell (1757 - 1797) m. 1786 Archibald Campbell, of Askomel (1747 - 1806) (see above) Grace Campbell (1759 - 1823) Isabella Campbell (*1761) References Scottish families Barrichbeyan Clan Campbell branches

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Decode (song)

"Decode" is a song by American rock band Paramore for the soundtrack of the 2008 romantic fantasy film Twilight. It was written by group members Hayley Williams, Josh Farro, and Taylor York. The song was first made available October 1, 2008 through Twilight author Stephenie Meyer's website. "Decode" was promoted to American modern rock radio by Fueled by Ramen and impacted on October 21, 2008, serving as the soundtrack's lead single. It is also included as a bonus track on the international version of Paramore's third studio album, Brand New Eyes (2009). "Decode" was an international commercial success, charting in the top 20 of the singles charts in Australia, France, and New Zealand, as well as earning the band their second top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was certified Platinum in the United States on February 16, 2010, selling over 1,000,000 copies. It was awarded the Teen Choice Award for Choice Rock Song, and was also nominated for a Grammy Award in 2010 in the category of Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. Background Hayley Williams explained how the song's title and lyrics were inspired by complicated relationship between the book's protagonists: Composition "Decode" is an emo inflected alternative and hard rock song written by Hayley Williams, Josh Farro, and Taylor York specifically for the Twilight film. It, along with "I Caught Myself", was recorded in September 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the digital sheet music published by Alfred Publishing Co. Inc., "Decode" was composed in the key of B flat minor and set in common time to a "moderately slow" tempo of 84 BPM. The song features a vocal range of one octave, seven notes, and one semi-tone – from the note of G to the note of F – and follows a chord progression of F7 — Am/D — Am — Em. The song opens with a four bar musical interlude before Williams begins singing. The song's lyrics speak to confusion regarding one's emotions and a growing sense of uncertainty. "How can I decide what's right when you're clouding up my mind?" she demands in the opening line, while in the chorus she asks, "How did we get here, when I used to know you so well?" According to Heather Phares of AllMusic, "Decode" expounds "Bella Swan's supernatural love triangle angst." Critical reception Alexandra Cahill of Billboard gave the song a positive review, writing, "vocalist Hayley Williams captures the tension and urgency between Edward and Bella with an impassioned, yet restrained performance". Cahill also stated, "expertly crafted follow-up Decode promises to stake a claim at modern rock and top 40 radio". Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly said that "Decode" took a step away from Paramore's "bouncier punk-pop sound for a more sprawling, Evanescence-like romanticism". Heather Phares of AllMusic complimented Williams's "crystalline vocals" on the track, but conceded that it failed to "match the best moments from the band's albums." Accolades "Decode" was nominated for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards (2010), but lost to "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire. It was the group's second Grammy nomination, and first as songwriters (their previous nomination being for Best New Artist in 2008). Commercial performance North America "Decode" debuted at number 35 on the Alternative Songs (then called Hot Modern Rock Tracks) chart dated October 25, 2008. It reached a peak position of 5 on the chart dated January 31, 2009, giving the band their third top ten hit on the chart, and spent 10 weeks in the top ten. "Decode" debuted at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated November 22, 2008, a career-best debut at the time. Seven weeks after its debut, it reached a new peak of 33, on the chart dated January 10, 2009. This earned the band their second top forty hit. "Decode" also experienced moderate crossover success, charting at number 36 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart. As of October 2009, the song had sold 927,000 copies in the United States. In February 2010, the single was certified Platinum by RIAA, indicating sales of over 1,000,000. In Canada, "Decode" debuted at number 52 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart dated November 22, 2008. It rose 30 places (from 78 to 48) on the chart dated January 10, 2009 and peaked at this ranking. This earned the band their first top fifty hit in that country. "Decode" would remain the band's highest-charting single in Canada until the chart dated October 16, 2010, when "The Only Exception" rose 69 to 25. International In Australia, "Decode" debuted at number 36 on the ARIA Singles Chart for the week of November 24, 2008, the group's first top fifty effort. The song reached a peak position of 12 in its tenth week, on the chart of January 26, 2009. "Decode" was certified Gold by ARIA in 2009 and was later certified Platinum in 2010. In New Zealand, the song debuted at number 40 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart for the week of November 24, 2008 and peaked at number 15 on the chart of January 26, 2009. The song was certified Gold by Recorded Music NZ in July 2009, indicating sales of over 7,500. In the United Kingdom, "Decode" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 78 for the week of December 14–20, 2008 and rose to its peak of 52 the following week. The song also peaked at number 59 in Austria, 9 in Finland, 10 in France (their highest peak to date), 47 in Germany, 53 in Japan, and 60 in Switzerland. Music video The official music video for "Decode" was shot in mid-October 2008 and was directed by Shane Drake. A teaser clip was presented by MTV on October 28, 2008 as part of the network's "Twilight Tuesday" promotion. The video premiered in full through MTV and its subsidiaries on November 3, 2008 one day ahead of the release of the soundtrack on which the song is featured. From December 11 to December 18, 2008, the music video and the film trailer were shown in the North American theater of PlayStation Home. The music video is included as a bonus feature with an introduction by the film's director, Catherine Hardwicke, on the DVD/Blu-ray release of Twilight. The video features the band members walking and performing in the woods in Nashville, Tennessee (purporting to be Forks, Washington). While they play, there are also scenes of the band acting as tracker vampires searching through the woods. Clips of the Twilight film, primarily those used in the trailer, are also featured throughout the video. As of November 2021, the song has 380 million views on YouTube. Track listings Cover versions Joy Electric released a version of "Decode" on their 2009 cover album Favorites at Play. The song was performed on American Idol by season 11 finalist Colton Dixon during the top 24 week and by season 13 finalist Jena Irene during the top 11 week, the latter of which was a "Songs from the Cinema" theme. Live performances Paramore has included the song in their setlist for their 2009–2012 Brand New Eyes World Tour and their 2014 Parahoy! event aboard the Norwegian Pearl cruise ship. Charts and certifications Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Release history Notes References 2008 singles 2008 songs Atlantic Records singles Fueled by Ramen singles Music videos directed by Shane Drake Paramore songs Song recordings produced by Rob Cavallo Songs from The Twilight Saga (film series) Songs written by Hayley Williams Songs written by Josh Farro Songs written by Taylor York Warner Music Group singles

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Dalgliesh (TV series)

Dalgliesh is a crime drama television series developed by New Pictures based on Adam Dalgliesh novels by PD James. Bertie Carvel stars as the titular character, an enigmatic detective–poet. The six-part series premiered on Acorn TV on 1 November 2021 in the United States followed by a Channel 5 premiere on 4 November in the United Kingdom. Premise A published poet, recent widower Detective Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh employs his empathy and insight to plumb the darker depths of the human psyche while investigating complex crimes in mid-1970s England. Cast Bertie Carvel as Adam Dalgliesh Jeremy Irvine as DS Charles Masterson Carlyss Peer as DS Kate Miskin Episodes Season 1 Production Development and casting New Pictures secured the rights to adapt three of James' novels across six episodes with future seasons outlined. It was announced in October 2020 that Channel 5 and Acorn TV (via Acorn Media Enterprises) had commissioned the series with Bertie Carvel in the titular role and each story having its own cast. A creative team of mostly women would be behind the series, with Helen Edmundson writing, Jill Robertson directing, Georgie Fallon producing, and Elaine Pyke executive producing. Filming Principal photography was going to take place in December 2020 but was postponed to 2021. The project received funding from All3Media International and Northern Ireland Screen. Release Acorn TV released a trailer for the series at the end of September 2021. On 22 October, Channel 5 announced episodes would air biweekly on Thursdays and Fridays. References External links 2021 British television series debuts 2020s British drama television series 2020s British crime television series 2020s British mystery television series British detective television series Channel 5 (British TV channel) original programming Television series set in the 1970s Television shows based on British novels English-language television shows Television series by All3Media

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Baseodiscidae

Baseodiscidae is a family of worms belonging to the order Heteronemertea. Genera: Baseodiscus Oxypolia Punnett, 1901 References Heteronemertea Nemertea families

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David Williamson (minister)

David Williamson (c. 1634–6 August 1706) was a Scottish minister and Covenanter who served as moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1702. He is notable for his long association with Edinburgh's West Kirk, his seven marriages, and his portrayal in the traditional song "Dainty Davie". His support for the Covenanters led to his ousting in 1665 and his denouncement as a rebel in 1674. During his time as an outlaw, he escaped capture many times, most notably by hiding in bed with Jean Kerr of Cherrytrees, who became the third of his seven wives. This event is commemorated in the traditional song "Dainty Davie". Williamson also served as a commander in the Battle of Bothwell Bridge. Williamson returned to the West Kirk at the Revolution and remained until his death in 1706. Life Early life Williamson was born in St Andrews to William Williamson, a glover. He was baptised on 2 September 1636. He was educated lovcally then studied at the University of St Andrews with an MA in 1655. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of St Andrews on 23 June 1658 and became helper to Alexander Balfour, minister of Abdie in 1659. On 13 July 1661, Williamson was presented by Charles II to the collegiate charge of the West Kirk of Edinburgh and ordained on 30 November that year. Williamson refused the imposition of episcopacy within the Church of Scotland and, the following year, acts of Parliament and the Privy Council deprived him of his charge. Williamson, however, remained in position until 13 April 1665, when his outspokenness against his newly installed pro-episcopal colleague, William Gordon, occasioned his removal. During his farewell sermon, Williamson prophesied: "I will return and die minister of this kirk". Outlaw There is little record of Williamson's activity until 6 July 1674, when he was denounced as a rebel for having held conventicles. In the following years, Williamson survived many narrow escapes from the law, including the incident memorialised in the song "Dainty Davie". In 1679, Williamson commanded a portion of the Covenanter army at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge. After Williamson's death, his son, John, related his father's escapades to Robert Wodrow. In George Lorimer's summary, Wodrow portrays Williamson as "a lonely hunted wanderer, glad of the shelter of a feal dyke behind which to lie down and rest himself amid the snow". After the Indulgence of 1687 granted freedom to some Presbyterian clergy, Williamson returned to Edinburgh and ministered alongside James Reid in a newly erected meeting house in the Dean. Here Williamson developed a substantial congregation. Williamson's name was discovered on a memorandum belonging to James Renwick and, on 3 February 1688, Williamson was arrested and released a fortnight later. Soon afterwards, he was again arrested on a charge of failing to pray for the newly born Prince of Wales. Nothing, however, came of the charge. Return to the West Kirk In the wake of the Revolution, the General Assembly of 1690 restored Williamson to the West Kirk. In line with his earlier prophecy, Williamson ministered in the charge until the day of his death. Williamson served as one of the commissioners sent by the Church of Scotland to congratulate William II on his accession. Williamson was elected to the General Assembly of 1692 and served as the Assembly's moderator in 1702. In later life, Williamson invested £100 in the Darien scheme. He died "without painful sickness, generally esteemed" on 6 August 1706 at the age of around 72. He bequeathed a manse to his successors. During his lifetime Williamson published individual sermons in 1696 and 1703. Family Williamson is notable for his seven marriages. His wives and issue are as follows: Isobel Lindsay, who died in March 1665. Lindsay bore one son, William, who died young. Margaret Scott, who gave birth to a daughter, Margaret. Margaret married James Haswell, a merchant of Jedburgh. Jean, daughter of William Kerr of Cherrytrees, whom Williamson married around 1676. The marriage produced a daughter, Elizabeth, who married John Brown, minister of Abercorn in 1704. The circumstances of Jean and Williamson's meeting are alluded to in the lyrics of Dainty Davie. Margaret Melville, servant of the Countess of Wemyss, who died in October 1692 and who probably gave birth to a son, John, who served as minister of Inveresk, and a daughter, Agnes, who married Henry Robin, minister of Burntisland in April 1708. Margaret, second daughter of William Dougal, a merchant of Dysart, who gave birth to a son, David, who was apprenticed to a surgeon of Edinburgh in 1713, and a daughter, Mary, who married George Andrews, merchant of Edinburgh, on 1 February 1716. A wife whose name is not known. Jean, daughter of Arthur Straiton of Kirkside, Forfarshire, whom Williamson married on 10 May 1700. The marriage produced a son, Joseph, who became an advocate and died on 29 July 1795 aged 95, and a daughter, Jean, who married James Steele, a saddler of Edinburgh, on 5 April 1730. After Williamson's death, Jean married John Martine of Little Aries, Wigtownshire in 1717. At his death, Williamson was buried within an enclosure on the Knowe, the area of high ground south west of the church. As had been his wish, this site of his grave was near that of his predecessor Robert Pont. His family erected no memorial inside the vault, which was then normal with enclosed vaults. Around the turn of the 20th century, a memorial plaque was installed by an anonymous descendant, whom William Pitcairn Anderson speculates to be Williamson's successor Andrew Wallace Williamson. His son John Williamson was minister of Inveresk from 1702 to 1740. "Dainty Davie" An event of Williamson's time as an outlaw is commemorated in the traditional Scottish song "Dainty Davie". The event to which the song refers was recorded in the memoirs of Captain Creighton. Creighton, recently appointed to the Guards, was sent to find Williamson in the house of Lady Cherrytrees near Edinburgh. Lady Cherrytrees, having received advance notice of the troopers' coming, dressed Williamson in women's clothes and hid him in bed with her daughter, Jean, who feigned illness on the troopers' arrival. Jean soon after became Williamson's third wife. The connection between Williamson and the song is evinced within his lifetime. Robert Wodrow relates a story in which Williamson, going to preach in Aberdeen one Sunday, was hounded by a man who danced and sang "Dainty Davie". According to Wodrow, Williamson was grieved by the man's profanation of the Sabbath and, turning to one of his companions, said: "Alas for that poor man! He is now rejecting the last offer he is ever to have of Christ." The man died suddenly that night. Williamson also had a reputation for being "dainty" in his appearance and habits. Williamson's appearance at the court of William and Mary excited the interest of the Queen's ladies in waiting. Hew Scott also records Williamson to have been the first clergyman in Scotland to own a watch. Williamson's reputation as a bon vivant is evinced by the discovery in the late 19th century of a receipt to the West Kirk's session for a plate of mince pies for Christmas 1690. See also List of moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland References Bibliography Gray, William Forbes (1940). Historic Edinburgh Churches. The Moray Press. Pitcairn Anderson, William (1931). Silences that Speak: Records of Edinburgh’s Ancient Churches and Burial Grounds, with Biographical Sketches of Notables who Rest there. Alexander Brunton. Notes Citations People from St Andrews Alumni of the University of St Andrews 17th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland Covenanters 18th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1630s births 1706 deaths Year of birth uncertain

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Trbušani

Trbušani () is a village located in the city of Čačak, Serbia. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 1,968 inhabitants. References Populated places in Moravica District

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Greg Holland

Gregory Scott Holland (born November 20, 1985) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Nationals and Arizona Diamondbacks. Holland is a three-time All-Star. After pitching for Western Carolina University, Holland made his MLB debut with the Royals in 2010. He became their closer and made the All-Star Game in 2013 and 2014, and also won the Mariano Rivera Award in 2014. Holland was a member of the 2015 Kansas City Royals team that won the World Series. He missed the 2016 season while recovering from Tommy John surgery, and signed with the Colorado Rockies for the 2017 season. He led the National League in saves with the Rockies, and signed with the Cardinals for the 2018 season. Early career Holland attended McDowell High School in Marion, North Carolina, and he played for the school's baseball team as a third baseman. He suffered a broken jaw when he was hit in the face by a ball, requiring his jaw to be wired shut. He lost weight, dropping to about , and drew little interest from college baseball programs. He enrolled at Western Carolina University, and walked on to the Catamounts' baseball team as a pitcher. While at Western Carolina, he had a 10–12 win–loss record with a 4.34 earned run average (ERA) from 2005 to 2007. Professional career Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals selected Holland in the 10th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft. Holland began his professional career in 2007, making 22 relief appearances for the Idaho Falls Chukars of the Rookie-level Pioneer League, and going 6–1 with a 3.48 ERA, striking out 37 batters in 33 innings. In 2008, he pitched for the Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, going 4–5 with a 3.42 ERA in 32 games (seven starts), fanning 96 batters in 84 innings. He split 2009 between the Northwest Arkansas Naturals of the Class AA Texas League and the Omaha Royals of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, going a combined 4–3 with a 3.81 ERA in 35 relief appearances. 2010–2013 Holland began the 2010 season with the Omaha Royals, going 3–3 with a 3.81 ERA in 36 relief appearances for them overall. He was promoted to the majors on July 29, 2010 and made 15 relief appearances for the Kansas City Royals, going 0–1 with 23 strikeouts and a 6.75 ERA in 18 innings. Holland started the 2011 season in Omaha, but was called up again in May, earning his first major league win in a May 19 game against the Texas Rangers. He pitched in 46 games for the big league club that season, going 5–1 with a 1.80 ERA. He allowed only 37 hits and struck out 74 batters in 60 innings. At the minor league level, he was 2–0 with a 2.08 ERA in 13 relief appearances that season. In 2012, Holland went 7–4 with 16 saves, 91 strikeouts and a 2.96 ERA in 67 relief appearances. He assumed closing duties when Jonathan Broxton, who began the season as the team's closer, was traded to the Cincinnati Reds on July 31. He also pitched in two games at the minor league level that year. In 2013, Holland became the Royals full-time closer and converted 47 of 50 save opportunities. On September 26, 2013, Holland set the Royals single season saves record with his 46th save in a 3–2 win over the Chicago White Sox. He surpassed Dan Quisenberry and Jeff Montgomery who both had 45 save seasons. 2014–2016 Holland had his second straight All-Star year in 2014, converting 46 of 48 save opportunities while compiling a 1.44 ERA. He appeared in eight games in the postseason leading up to the Royals World Series appearance, posting a 1.13 ERA over 8 innings and earning 6 saves. He tied a playoff series record by saving 4 games in the ALCS (matching Dennis Eckersley's record in the 1988 ALCS), the first since John Wetteland in the 1996 World Series. On October 22, Holland won the inaugural Mariano Rivera Award for his outstanding performance as a closer. Two days later in Game 3 of the World Series he saved his record-tying seventh game of the postseason, sharing the record with Wetteland, Robb Nen, Troy Percival, Brad Lidge and Koji Uehara. After serving the bulk of the 2015 season as the Royals' closer, compiling 32 saves with a 3.83 ERA, doctors discovered in late September that Holland had a "significant tear" in his right ulnar collateral ligament. On September 22, the Royals announced that Holland's season was over, and that he would likely require Tommy John surgery. On September 29, the team confirmed that Holland was scheduled to undergo the surgery on October 2, and that he would likely miss most, if not all, of the 2016 season. With the Royals finishing the season 95–67, the team won the 2015 World Series against the New York Mets, their first title in 30 years. After the 2015 season, Holland was granted free agency. Holland missed the entire 2016 season as he continued to recover from Tommy John surgery. Colorado Rockies On January 26, 2017, Holland signed a one-year contract with the Colorado Rockies. On April 3, he earned his first save since September 17, 2015, defeating the Milwaukee Brewers on his Rockies debut and Opening Day. Holland won the National League Reliever of the Month Award for April. On Mother's Day, Holland broke the Rockies franchise record of converting 16 consecutive saves to start a season, formerly held by José Jiménez, which he had set in 2002. Holland won his second consecutive NL Reliever of the Month Award for the month of May, going for 20-for-20 in save opportunities, a 1.31 ERA and 0.82 WHIP through May. He was selected to his third All-Star Game, played at Marlins Park in Miami. At that point, he saved an MLB-best 28 of 29 chances with a 1.62 ERA and opponents batted .162/.264/.259. He slumped in August, allowing 14 earned runs in innings. At the season's end, Holland had tied the Rockies franchise record for saves in one season while tying for the National League lead with Los Angeles Dodgers' Kenley Jansen. Holland's ERA was 3.61, and he qualified for enough incentives to increase his salary from the base $9 million to $15 million. Having a player option for 2018, he chose not to exercise it, making him a free agent. He won the NL Comeback Player of the Year Award. St. Louis Cardinals Holland signed a one-year, $14 million, contract with the St. Louis Cardinals on March 31, 2018. The Cardinals assigned him to the Palm Beach Cardinals of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League to ensure his conditioning before promoting him to the major leagues. In his major league debut with the club versus the Milwaukee Brewers on April 10, he appeared in the tenth inning and walked four batters, including walking a run to Orlando Arcia, which led to a 5−4 loss. On May 26, 2018, after putting up a 9.45 ERA for the 2018 season, the Cardinals put Holland on the 10-day disabled list with a hip impingement. After compiling a 7.92 ERA and a 2.24 WHIP in 25 relief innings pitched, Holland was designated for assignment on July 27. He was released on August 1, 2018. Washington Nationals On August 7, 2018, he signed a contract with the Washington Nationals. He greatly improved from his time in St. Louis, pitching 21 innings with 25 strikeouts, 10 walks, and a 0.84 ERA. Arizona Diamondbacks On January 31, 2019, Holland signed a one-year, $3.5 million deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks. The deal also includes an additional $3.5 million in incentive bonuses. Initially, Holland performed well for the Diamondbacks as their closer, posting a 1.37 ERA in his first 20 games. His season soon unraveled; in his next 20 games, he posted an 8.44 ERA, and blew several save opportunities. Memorably, on July 2, Holland entered in the bottom of the ninth at Dodger Stadium with the Diamondbacks holding a 4–3 lead. He successfully recorded two outs, but then proceeded to walk four Dodgers in a row, tying the game. With the bases still loaded, Holland was replaced on the mound by T. J. McFarland, who promptly walked Cody Bellinger he faced to lose the game. On July 26, Holland entered to pitch the bottom of the ninth at Marlins Park with a 2–1 Diamondbacks lead. He allowed a leadoff double to Garrett Cooper, walked Neil Walker, and gave up a single to Starlin Castro which loaded the bases with nobody out. Jorge Alfaro hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game for the Marlins, and Holland was replaced with Yoshihisa Hirano, who allowed a walk-off sacrifice fly to Harold Ramírez. Following the blown save, manager Torey Lovullo announced Holland would no longer serve as the Diamondbacks' closer. The Diamondbacks eventually designated Holland for assignment on August 7, 2019. He was released on August 10. Washington Nationals (second stint) On August 13, 2019, Holland signed a minor league deal with the Washington Nationals and was assigned to the Double-A Harrisburg Senators. Kansas City Royals (second stint) Holland signed a minor league deal with the Royals on January 29, 2020. He made the Opening Day roster, and had his contract selected on July 23, 2020. With the 2020 Kansas City Royals, Holland appeared in 28 games, compiling a 3–0 record with 1.91 ERA and 31 strikeouts in 28.1 innings pitched. On December 14, 2020, Holland re-signed with the Royals on a one-year $2.75MM deal. Pitching report With an overhand delivery, Holland throws a four-seam fastball that is regularly clocked at 95-96 mph, topping out at 100 mph. He pairs his fastball with a slider around 86 mph, and a rare splitter around 85-89 mph. Personal life He is the son of Scott and Kim Holland. He has a brother, Chase Holland, and a sister, Ashley Holland Berryhill. He is married to Lacey. Their first child was born on October 1, 2014. Their second child was born on July 27, 2017. References External links Living people 1985 births Baseball players from North Carolina Major League Baseball pitchers American League All-Stars National League All-Stars National League saves champions Kansas City Royals players Colorado Rockies players St. Louis Cardinals players Washington Nationals players Arizona Diamondbacks players Western Carolina Catamounts baseball players Idaho Falls Chukars players Wilmington Blue Rocks players Northwest Arkansas Naturals players Omaha Royals players Tiburones de La Guaira players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Palm Beach Cardinals players People from Marion, North Carolina