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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy%27s%20Book

Cathy's Book

Cathy's Book: If Found Call (650) 266-8233 is a young adult novel with alternative reality game elements by Sean Stewart and Jordan Weisman, illustrated by Cathy Brigg. It was first published October 3, 2006 by Running Press. It includes an evidence packet filled with letters, phone numbers, pictures, and birth certificates, as well as doodles and notes written by Cathy in the page margins. Synopsis The book follows a teenage girl whose boyfriend has left her. Wanting to find out why, she follows clues with her best friend. These lead to various explanations. In a framing device, young and artistic Cathy left the book for Emma, her best friend, so that the latter can use the clues provided and figure out where Cathy went. The story begins when Cathy is dumped by her boyfriend, Victor. The next morning she notices a strange mark on her arm, but sets it aside as a spider bite. She and Emma later determine that the mark on her arm is in fact a needle mark from a blood test Victor performed on Cathy. While trying to confront Victor about the blood test, she encounters various members of the mythical, immortal, Chinese Eight Ancestors, as well as adventure and mystery. It also includes phone numbers which readers can call in order to leave a message for Bianca, Cathy, Victor, Emma, and even Tsao's business, Airwell Organisation. Recognition In November 2006, Cathy's Book debuted at #7 on the New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Books. Following Readers/players discuss their theories online about where Cathy ends up after the book, where Victor is, whether Cathy's father is dead or alive, as well as many, many others. Though the book was aimed at an audience of teen girls, the following includes all ages and genders. Advertising agreements The book's authors and publishers agreed to include references to the CoverGirl makeup line in exchange for advertising space on the BeingGirl web site. The references were deleted in the novel's paperback version. Sequels Two sequels, Cathy's Key (2008) and Cathy's Ring (2009), have been published. References External links Cathy's Book Home Page 2006 American novels Tie-in alternate reality games Young adult fantasy novels American young adult novels Running Press books Alternate reality games

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming%20at%20the%201980%20Summer%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Women%27s%20400%20metre%20individual%20medley

Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley

The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 26 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex. The eventual gold medal winner, Petra Schneider, later admitted that her performance was aided by the use of steroids as part of the East German state-run doping programme. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. The following records were established during the competition: Results Heats Final References M 1980 in women's swimming Women's events at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo%20Malaquias

Arturo Malaquias

Arturo Malaquias (born 1975) is a Mexican long-distance runner. He was born in Toluca. He qualified to represent Mexico in marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing in 70th place. References External links 1975 births Living people People from Toluca Sportspeople from the State of Mexico Mexican male long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Mexico Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederaci%C3%B3n%20Unitaria%20de%20Trabajadores%20del%20Per%C3%BA

Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores del Perú

The Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores del Perú (CUT) is a national trade union center in Peru. It was founded in 1992 and has a membership of 300,000. ICTUR reports that the CUT was active in the movement that led to Alberto Fujimori fleeing from office in 2000. The CUT is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation. References Trade unions in Peru International Trade Union Confederation Trade unions established in 1992

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

Topologel

The Topologel is a right tributary of the river Topolog in Romania. Its length is and its basin size is . References Rivers of Romania Rivers of Vâlcea County

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marv%20Diemer

Marv Diemer

Marvin E. "Marv" Diemer (May 30, 1924 – April 23, 2013) was an American businessman and legislator. Born in New Auburn, Minnesota, Diemer served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He graduated from Drake University in 1950 and was a public accountant in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives as a Republican 1979–1991. He died in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Notes 1924 births 2013 deaths People from Cedar Falls, Iowa People from Sibley County, Minnesota Drake University alumni Businesspeople from Iowa Iowa Republicans Members of the Iowa House of Representatives 20th-century American businesspeople United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanca%20Magrassi%20Scagno

Blanca Magrassi Scagno

Blanca Margarita Magrassi Scagno (November 29, 1923 – October 9, 2015) was a Mexican women's rights activist, civil and pro-democracy activist, politician and leading figure within the National Action Party (PAN). Magrassi Scagno, the wife and political partner of Luis H. Álvarez, the former President of the National Action Party, served as a member of PAN's national executive committee from 1988 to 1990. She was considered a moral authority within PAN and Mexican politics. Biography Blanca Magrassi Scagno was born in Tampico, Tamaulipas, on November 29, 1923. She completed middle school and high school at St. Teresa's Academy in San Antonio, Texas. Magrassi earned a bachelor's degree in 1944 from the University of the Incarnate Word in Texas. She later completed her master's degree in educational psychology from New Mexico State University in 1967. Her research was published in Mexican Psychology Magazine, the Center for Educational Studies Magazine, Educational Studies in Latin America Magazine and the National Council of Science and Technology. She married Luis H. Álvarez. The couple had two children, Blanca Estela and Luis Jorge. Magrassi was the PAN candidate for Municipal President, or Mayor, of Chihuahua in 1968. She was also nominated as the PAN candidate for the national Senate of the Republic, representing the state of Chihuahua, during the 1988 general election. Magrassi's husband, Luis H. Álvarez, was elected Municipal President of Chihuahua in 1983. In 1986, Álvarez joined with Francisco Villarreal, the Mayor of Ciudad Juarez, and Víctor Manuel Oropeza, the state leader of the Mexican Workers' Party (PMT), and Heberto Castillo, the national President of PMT, began a hunger strike to protest electoral fraud in the gubernatorial election in Chihuahua state. To call attention to Chihuahua's electoral fraud and end the hunger strike, Blanca Magrassi Scagno and Luz María de Oropeza, the wife of Oropeza, traveled to Mexico City to request a meeting with Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid. Magrassi and Oropeza waited for hours before President de la Madrid agreed to meet with the duo. In the meeting, Magrassi frankly told the President, "No es un partido, es un pueblo que quiere vivir en democracia." The wives, with PAN President Pablo Emilio Madero, then held a press conference at PAN's national headquarters following the meeting. Magrassi served as the Secretary for the Promotion of Women (Secretaria de Promoción Política de la Mujer) of PAN from 1987 to 1993. She was also a member of the National Action Party's (PAN) national committee from 1988 to 1990. She was honored as "Woman of the Year" by the Association of Professional Women of Chihuahua (la Asociación de Mujeres Profesionales de Chihuahua) in 1996. She also received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of the Incarnate Word for education and community service in 1995, as well as the Distinguished Alumni Award and the Distinguished International Alumni Award from New Mexico State University in 2008. Blanca Magrassi Scagno on October 9, 2015, at the age of 92. She was survived by her husband, Luis H. Álvarez. References 1923 births 2015 deaths Mexican women's rights activists Mexican democracy activists National Action Party (Mexico) politicians New Mexico State University alumni University of the Incarnate Word alumni People from Chihuahua City People from Tampico, Tamaulipas Mexican women in politics Politicians from Tamaulipas Mexican expatriates in the United States

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak%20woodland

Oak woodland

An oak woodland is a plant community with a tree canopy dominated by oaks (Quercus spp.). In terms of canopy closure, oak woodlands are intermediate between oak savanna, which is more open, and oak forest, which is more closed. Although the community is named for the dominance of oak trees, the understory vegetation is often diverse and includes many species of grasses, sedges, forbs, ferns, shrubs, and other plants. Examples Upper Midwestern United States oak woodlands dominated by white oak (Quercus alba), burr oak (Q. macrocarpa), and black oak (Q. velutina), with subdominant canopy species red oak (Q. rubra) and shagbark hickory (Carya ovata), with a diverse understory. The community is fire-dependent, shaped by annual, low-intensity fires. Cork oak (Quercus suber) woodlands in the Mediterranean region. Blue oak woodland is found in the inner coast ranges and the Sierra Nevada foothills in California, surrounding the Central Valley. They form what some refer to as a bathtub ring. Primary species are blue oak (Q. douglasii) and interior live oak (Q. wizlizeni), with gray pine (Pinus sabiniana), California buckeye (Aesculus californica), and western redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Blue oak woodlands cover about of the state of California, and of this area about 79%, or , shows no evidence of past cutting of trees. In California's mediterranean climate oak woodlands exist between 60 and 700 meters in elevation. There are three main geographic regions for oak woodlands in California. North of the Central Valley, Central Valley Foothills and Coastal Range, and South of the Central Valley. California Valley oak woodland holds valley oak (Quercus lobata), California sycamore (Platanus racemosa), black walnut (Juglans nigra), California boxelder, and Fremont cottonwood (Populus fremontii). This woodland can be found between 500 and 1700 meters above sea level. The soils are deep and made from alluvium. References Forest ecology Quercus

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix%20figulina

Helix figulina

Helix figulina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. Description The shells of this species are dirty white to yellow-brownish in color, usually 21-27×20-26 mm in size. Large shells are about 29-31×29-30 mm. Distribution This species is present in Greece, Bulgaria and North Macedonia, except, perhaps, the island of Skyros in the Aegean Sea, where only empty shells of the species have been found, suggesting a recent extinction in the area. There have been reports of the species in western Turkey, however, it seems that these are actually Helix nucula, a related and similar species. Habitat This land snail is found in a variety of habitats including dry, open, shrub-land areas. It ranges from coastal areas (dunes) up to 700 m above sea level. On the continent, it lives only in areas where there is enough soil, as it is a soil-dwelling species, and sometimes buries deep into the soil. In southwest Bulgaria it lives at altitudes of up to 700 m. References External links Encyclopedia of Life — Helix figulina GBIF — Helix figulina Gastropods described in 1839 Helix (gastropod)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th%20Bersaglieri%20Regiment

8th Bersaglieri Regiment

The 8th Bersaglieri Regiment () is an active unit of the Italian Army based in Caserta in Campania. The regiment is part of the army's infantry corps' Bersaglieri speciality and operationally assigned to the Bersaglieri Brigade "Garibaldi". The regiment is one of the highest decorated units of the Italian Army with two Gold Medals of Military Valour, both of which the regiment earned during the North African campaign of World War II. Current Structure As of 2019 the 8th Bersaglieri Regiment consists of: Regimental Command, in Caserta Logistic Support Company 3rd Bersaglieri Battalion "Cernaia" 1st Fusiliers Company 2nd Fusiliers Company 3rd Fusiliers Company Maneuver Support Company The Command and Logistic Support Company fields the following platoons: C3 Platoon, Transport and Materiel Platoon, Medical Platoon, and Commissariat Platoon. The regiment is equipped with tracked Dardo infantry fighting vehicles. The Maneuver Support Company is equipped with M106 120mm mortar carriers and Dardo IFVs with Spike LR anti-tank guided missiles. See also Bersaglieri External links Italian Army Website: 8th Bersaglieri Regiment References Bersaglieri Regiments of Italy

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khairabad%2C%20Pakistan

Khairabad, Pakistan

Khairabad ( , ) is a town in Jehangira tehsil of Nowshera District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Attock is located to the east, Nizampur to the south and Jehangira town to the north. Overview Khairabad is located at the eastern edge of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and connects Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab through Khairabad bridge. Khairabad is entry point from Punjab to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. See also Jehangira Tehsil Nowshera District References Populated places in Nowshera District

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashilan%20Subdistrict

Dashilan Subdistrict

Dashilan () (also known as Dashilanr or Dashilar with Erhua) is a subdistrict of Xicheng District, in Beijing, China. Dashilan is also a famous business street outside Qianmen. Now the term Dashilan is also used to refer to the area comprising, besides Dashilan itself, also the Langfang Toutiao Lane, Liangshidian Street and Meishi Street. Description Dashilanr is located to the south of Tiananmen Square, west of Qianmen Street. The overall length of Dashilanr is 275m from east to west. At present, 36 stores from 11 trades are scattered along Dashilanr with an average customer flow of 150-160 thousand usually and 200 thousand in holidays. Because of the overall improvement of business environment in Beijing, the heart of retail business is no longer in the area of Qianmen and the business position Dashilanr once held is also on the wane. Except some China Time-honored Brands (), most of the present shops and stores of Dashilanr are offering goods of poor qualities at low prices. Meanwhile, there are many lawless men perpetrating frauds and extortion on the street. History In the Ming dynasty, the name "Dashilanr" had not yet been recorded in the work of Zhang Zhupo, "Blocks and Streets in the Five Boroughs of Beijing". Only Langfang Toutiao, Langfang Ertiao, Langfang Santiao and Langfang Sitiao existed to the west of the road which was outside Qianmen. Langfang Sitiao was located in the same place as modern-day Dashilanr. It can be inferred that the place name “Dashilanr” did not exist in the Ming dynasty. The so-called "Langfang" is often referred to as a storeroom along the street. Although the name "Dashilanr" was not used in the Ming dynasty, the place where Dashilanr situated was already a flourishing commercial district, with many merchants gathering. In 1488, in order to secure the public safety of the capital, the central government built wooden fences at all the entrances to the streets and lanes in Beijing. The fence was accomplished with contributions from the local residents, and the total number of the fences was more than 1,700 by the end of the Qing dynasty. Among them, the Langfang Sitiao street's fence was funded by the merchants. For this reason, the fence was extremely large and thus got the name "Dashilanr". With the passage of time, "Dashilanr" gradually became the formal name of the street replacing "Langfang Sitiao". In 1899, Dashilanr caught fire and the wooden fence was burnt. Since then, the fence has practically disappeared, leaving only the name "Dashilanr" itself. It was not until the year of 2000 that the Beijing government rebuilt an iron fence at the entrance of Dashilanr. Shops and stores For centuries, the traditional commercial street Dashilanr has held quite a few China Time-honored Brands () which are well-known in China. The China Time-honored Brands, such as Tongrentang () Chinese herbal medicine store, Rui Fu Xiang () silk store, Ma Ju Yuan () hat store, Nei Lian Sheng () shoe store, Zhang Yi Yuan () tea shop, and Liu Bi Ju () pickle shop, as well as Yi Pin Zhai (), Bu Ying Zhai (), Ju Shun He (), Chang Sheng Kui (), are over 100 years old. There once was a saying in Beijing, "Wear the hats of Ma Ju Yuan, stand in the shoes of Nei Lian Sheng, wear the clothes of Ba Da Xiang, and take the money of Si Da Heng Banks." Ma Ju Yuan, Nei Lian Sheng, Ba Da Xiang () and Si Da Heng () are all stores located in Dashilanr that are taken as the symbols of wealth. Dashilanr was also the former entertainment center of Beijing apart from the commercial center. There were five grand Chinese opera theaters in Dashilanr: Qingle Yuan (), Sanqing Yuan (), Guangde Lou (), Guanghe Yuan (), Tongle Yuan (); the first movie theater in Beijing, Daguan Lou (), also situated there. In former times there were many brothels and opium dens in the area. Education One school in this area is Tan'er Hutong (Coal Lane) Elementary School (S: 炭儿胡同小学, T: 炭兒胡同小學, P: Tàn'er Hútòng Xiǎoxué). According to Michael Meyer, the author of The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City and a former teacher at Tan'er Hutong, the school had no gazetteer that recorded the history, the principal was not aware of the school history, and historical texts did not document the school's history; Meyer explained that "[i]t took months to assemble" his written history on the school and that he had gathered information by "talking to people in the lanes like Mr. Xie." Meyer's account says that the school first opened in 1950. Meyer states that originally it was a private school named Solemn Honor Elementary School. Meyer explains that, in 1956 the school was renamed Religious Service Temple Elementary School, due to the school's proximity to a religious temple, and became a government-operated school. Meyer states that, during that year, the school's name changed to Demonstrate Strength School. According to Meyer, in 1957 the school moved to a new location and adopted the name West Canal Bank School; the name referred to the school's location, adjacent to a stream of water that travels along the city wall. Meyer's account states that the school adopted the new name Front Gate West Street Elementary and Middle School in 1974. According to Meyer, in 1981 the elementary division separated into its own school, and began classes in a campus along Tan'er Hutong. During Meyer's period as a teacher, due to a widening project affecting Tan'er Hutong street, a different area elementary school was closed and demolished. Its employees and students were dispersed to various schools. Tan'er Hutong Elementary took two teachers and their students. References External links and further reading Meyer, Michael. The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City. Bloomsbury Publishing USA, May 26, 2009. , 9780802717504. Rawsthorn, Alice. "In China, Reviving an Ancient City and Its Craft Traditions." The New York Times. November 2, 2012. Streets in Beijing Xicheng District Chinese handicrafts Neighbourhoods of Beijing Red-light districts in China

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu%20%28Unicode%20block%29

Telugu (Unicode block)

Telugu is a Unicode block containing characters for the Telugu, Gondi, and Lambadi languages of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, India. In its original incarnation, the code points U+0C01..U+0C4D were a direct copy of the Telugu characters A1-ED from the 1988 ISCII standard. The Devanagari, Bengali, Gurmukhi, Gujarati, Oriya, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam blocks were similarly all based on their ISCII encodings. Block History The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Telugu block: References Unicode blocks

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

Nytorget

Nytorget is a square on Södermalm, a district of Stockholm, Sweden. Description The name roughly translates into "New Square", and for most of the 17th century until the early 20th century, it was a venue for open air markets as well as a locals hangout. There are a number of cafés and popular bars and restaurants at Nytorget. It was the location where Jacob Johan Anckarström (1762–27 April 1792), the supposed assassin of Gustav III of Sweden was exhibited in wooden shackles so the farmers could throw stones at him before his execution in 1792, which took place in another section of Södermalm. Greta Garbo was born on Nytorget in 1905 and lived a few blocks away. The area has been immortalized in numerous Swedish plays and novels, most notably in the 1960 novel Mina drömmars stad by Per Anders Fogelström (1917-1998). References Squares in Stockholm

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince%20Christian%20Charles%20of%20Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Pl%C3%B6n-Norburg

Prince Christian Charles of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg

Duke Christian Charles of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg (20 August 1674 – 23 May 1706 in Sonderburg) was an officer in the Brandenburg-Prussian army. Life Christian Charles was the younger son of Duke Augustus of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg and Elisabeth Charlotte of Anhalt-Harzgerode. He pursued a career as an officer in the army of Brandenburg-Prussia and was promoted to colonel on November 30, 1697. On January 14, 1705, he was promoted to Major General. After the death of his father, Duke Augustus, and the accession to power of his older brother Joachim Frederick in 1699, Christian Charles received only a paréage, consisting of the former dominions of his uncle Duke Bernhard of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön: viz. Søbygård and Gottesgabe, on the island of Ærø. Christian Charles died of smallpox in 1706. He was initially buried in Norburg. When his son, Frederick Charles, had become Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön after a long succession dispute, his body was transferred to the ducal crypt in Plön. Marriage and issue Christian Charles was married on February 20, 1702, in Groß-Umstadt to Dorothea Christina of Aichelberg (January 23, 1674 – June 22, 1762), daughter of the bailiff at Norburg, John Francis of Aichelberg. The morganatic and secretly contracted marriage led to an agreement with his reigning brother in which Christian Charles waived princely rights for his descendants and adopted the family name "von Karlstein". Nevertheless, his son Frederick Charles would inherit Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön in 1722, when Joachim Frederick died without a male heir. The couple had three children: Charlotte Amalie (1703 - died as a child) Wilhelmina Augusta (1704–1749), married in 1731 with Conrad Detlev of Reventlow, the eldest son of Christian Detlev Reventlow Frederick Charles of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (1706–1761) References Footnotes Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön 1674 births 1706 deaths 17th-century German people Deaths from smallpox Danish princes

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph%20Kinnard

Ralph Kinnard

Ralph Kinnard (born Ralf Graessner, in Germany) is an American film director and acting coach. He has won “Best Director” at the L.A. Arpa Foundation for Film, Music and Art and “Best Foreign Film”, NYC Downtown Film Festival, participated in Marche du Film del Cannes Film Festival “As you like it” (A MÍ ME GUSTA). The feature was also part of the official selection of the Calcutta Film Festival 2009, the Mérida Film Festival (Mérida, Venezuela) 2009, the Havana Film Festival 2009 and the Margarita Film Festival 2009. He received the “MARA DE ORO” for best movie director in 2009. Biography Born in Germany, he studied at the Andy Geer theater school in Munich at age 19. He then joined the Philippe Gaulier Performing Arts Institute in London; and he continued his studies in the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, where he graduated in Acting and Directing. In 1996 he took filming courses in the New York University Film School New York University. In 1995 he directed The Chorus Girl and The Donahue Sisters in the Marilyn Monroe Theater in New York. He worked as Director’s Assistant in plays like In Search of Strindberg at the Actor's Studios, (NY 1995), Flushed for Akika Productions, (NYC 1996) and As she walked through the fair, with the BBC London (NYC 1996). He also had the opportunity of being Production Assistant in Woody Allen's CELEBRITY (1998). He has directed short films such as: Brotherlove, (New York 1996); Slipped, (New York 1997) and Oda a la mujer (Caracas 2000). He was director’s assistant in Transgressions, for the BBC London/ New York, and for the German film Sausages for Columbia Tris-Star (New York 1997); he also directed plays like Buscando a Strindberg, (Teatro Doris Wells, Caracas 2000) and in Shakespeare interactivo (Teatro Doris Wells, Caracas 2001). In 2007 he worked as director in the short film Ausente (Caracas), which was selected to participate in the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival. Kinnard has worked as an acting professor, lecturer and acting advisor for over 10 years working in every major TV channel in Venezuela. In 2008, he directed his first feature A Mí Me Gusta , that entered the official selection of the Kalkota Film Festival. Filmography 2006 Francisco de Miranda - Pitt 2008 A Mi Me Gusta - Director. 2017 Miami Love Affair - Benedict. Also as director, writer, executive producer. Personal life Kinnard's wife is Mónica Pasqualotto, a Venezuelan actress References External links Ralph Kinnard at filmaffinity.com Facebook: Twitter: Living people American film directors American film producers German expatriates in the United States Year of birth missing (living people)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle%20Walsh

Michelle Walsh

Michelle Walsh (born 2 August 1982) is an Irish footballer. She plays as a midfielder for Yorkshire Amateur and has represented the Republic of Ireland national team. Club career Walsh's club career started as a young girl in Dublin and has since taken her all over the globe, playing in USA and currently in the UK. She has played for the following clubs: Leeds United, Doncaster Rovers Belles, Blackburn Rovers and Leeds City Vixens. She signed for Guiseley A.F.C. Vixens in 2013 and currently represents the women's section of Yorkshire Amateur AFC. International career Walsh has represented the Republic of Ireland at all age levels and the senior women's team, competing in European and World Cup qualifiers at full international level. References External links Living people 1982 births FA Women's National League players Blackburn Rovers L.F.C. players Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. players Leeds City Vixens L.F.C. players Leeds United L.F.C. players Expatriate footballers in England Republic of Ireland women's association footballers Republic of Ireland women's international footballers St Catherine's L.F.C. players Women's association football midfielders Republic of Ireland women's youth international footballers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography%20in%20Japan

Photography in Japan

The history of photography in Japan begins in the 19th century and has continued to be a prominent art form into the present era. 19th-century Importation of photography In 1848 (Edo era), a camera for daguerréotype was imported by a Dutch ship to Japan (Nagasaki, 長崎). It is said that this was the first camera in Japan. During Edo era, the import and the export had been prohibited (sakoku, 鎖国) by the Edo Government (Edobakufu, 江戸幕府), except that only Dutch ships had been permitted to export and import various goods at Nagasaki Port. Therefore, the first camera was introduced at Nagasaki. This camera was imported by Ueno Toshinojō (1790–1851, 上野俊之丞) and in 1849 passed to Shimazu Nariakira (1809–1858, 島津斉彬), who later would become a feudal lord (daimyō, 大名) of Satsuma Domain (薩摩藩, now Kagoshima-ken). In Satsuma Domain, detailed study with respect to photography had been done, but it took almost ten years from the acquisition of the first camera to taking the first photograph. In 1857, SHIMAZU Nariakira's photograph was taken by Ichiki Shirō (1828–1903, 市来四郎) and UJUKU Hikoemon (宇宿彦右衛門) (daguerréotype). This is said to be the first photograph taken by Japanese and still exist and can be seen at Shōko Shūseikan (尚古集成館, Kagoshima-city, Japan). In 1854, Convention of Kanagawa (日米和親条約, Nichi-Bei Washin Jōyaku, "America-Japan Treaty of Amity and Friendship") was concluded between U.S. and Japan, Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty (日英和親条約, Nichi-Ei Washin Jōyaku) was concluded between Britain and Japan, and Treaty of Shimoda (日露和親条約, Nichi-Ro Washin Jōyaku) was concluded between Russia and Japan. The treaties opened the Japanese ports of Shimoda (in Shizuoka Prefecture), Hakodate (in Hokkaido Prefecture) and Nagasaki to the trade. In 1858, Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States – Japan) (日米修好通商条約).was concluded between U.S. and Japan and opened the port of Kanagawa, but soon the port of Yokohama (横浜), which is close to Kanagawa, opened for the trade with foreign countries in exchange to the port of Kanagawa. The trade based on these treaties began in 1858 at Yokohama, Nagasaki and Hakodate. This is called Kaikoku (開国, to open the nation for foreign countries and trades) in Japanese language. Thanks to Kaikoku, more and more cameras and other photography-related equipment and materials had been imported to Japan. Further some foreign photographers, such as Felix Beato came to Japan and took many photographs of Japan. In 1862, Ueno Hikoma (1838–1904, 上野彦馬) opened his photo studio in Nagasaki and Shimooka Renjo (1823–1914, 下岡蓮杖) opened his photo studio in Noge (野毛, soon later included within Yokohama), in the same year, but independently. The open of these two photo studios for portraits indicated the new era of Japanese photography. Professional photographers in the Meiji era After the opening of Ueno Studio and Shimooka Studio, around the turning point between Edo Era and Meiji Era (1868), several new photo studios were opened, such as that of Kuichi Uchida (1844–1875, 内田九一) in 1865 in Osaka and in 1866 moved to Yokohama, that of Yohei Hori (or HORI Masumi, 1826–1880, 堀与兵衛 (堀真澄)) in 1865 in Kyoto, that of Kōkichi Kizu (1830–1895, 木津幸吉) in 1866 in Hakodate, that of Rihei Tomishige (1837–1922, 冨重利平) in Yanagawa, Chikugo in 1866 and that of Yokoyama Matsusaburō (1838–1884, 横山松三郎). Among these photographers (Shishin-shi, 写真師), Uchida Kuichi is most famous for his photographs of Meiji Emperor (明治天皇) in 1872 and 1873, which photographs have been called Goshin'ei (御真影) and were used as public portraits of Meiji Emperor. "真(shin)" means "true" and "影(ei)" means "(photographic) image" or "portrait" and "御(go)" means honorific prefix for "真影". In Meiji Era, only very limited persons, such as prime ministers, could meet Meiji Emperor in person and most Japanese people in Meiji Era had no chance to see Meiji Emperor. But Meiji Emperor's image was necessary for him to govern Japan and Japanese nations. Therefore, Meiji Government prepared "御真影" and used "御真影" for Emperor's governance and Meiji Government's governance. As other photographers, Kakoku Shima (1827–1870島霞谷) and Ryū Shima (1823–1899, 島隆) should be mentioned. They were a husband and a wife and began taking photography together around 1863 or 1864, and Ryū Shima was called the first woman professional photographer. Further, around the 1860s and 1900, Yokohama-shashin (Yokohama Photo, Photographs selling or distributing in Yokohama, 横浜写真) was very popular. Yokohama-shashin was a photograph of Japanese scenery, Japanese people (especially Japanese women) and Japanese cultures and a very widely used souvenir especially for foreign people. Among photographers for Yokohama-shashin, Felix Beato and Kusakabe Kimbei (1841–1934, 日下部金兵衛) were very famous. Because of Kaikoku, many foreign people came to Japan. Further, after Meiji Ishin (Meiji Government was established in 1868), many Japanese were able to travel within Japan without breaking laws and began to travel within Japan. Yokohama was a suitable place to visit both for foreign people and Japanese people, and Yokohama-shashin attracted such travellers very much. Two main characteristics of Yokohama-shashin were; a well-decorated album-style photographs, and hand-colored photographs. But towards the end of the 19th century, picture post cards, which were much cheaper than Yokohama-shashin, became very popular and were widely used in Japan, and many amateur photographers were emerging, who liked to take pictures by themselves than to buy expensive Yokohama-shashin. These were the major reasons for Yokohama-shashin to decline. In the 1880s, photographers in a new generation and new types began their activities. Reiji Esaki (1845–1910, 江崎礼二), who took photographs of experimental torpedo explosion in Sumida river in 1883, and Kazuma Ogawa (1860–1929, 小川一眞), who not only took photographs but also was the managers of a printing factory, were particularly famous among them. In the 1860s and 1870s, many photographs of Hokkaidō were taken, which photographs are called Hokkaidō Kaitaku Shashin (Photographs of Developments in Hokkaidō, 北海道開拓写真). In the 1860s and 1870s, Hokkaidō was under the development by the Japanese Government. The Government in Tokyo needed detailed reports of the development in writing, and they thought reports with photographs should be better and the Government requested some photographers to take photographs of the development in Hokkaidō. Such photographers included Tamoto Kenzō (1832–1912, 田本研造), Kōkichi Ida (1846–1911, 井田侾吉), Raimund von Stillfried-Ratenicz (1839–1911), Seiichi Takebayashi (1842–1908, 武林盛一) and Sakuma Hanzō (1844–1897, 佐久間範造). Emerging amateur photographers Around the middle of the 1880s, photographers (写真師) began to use gelatin dry plates very widely. Before the spread of gelatin dry plates, the wet collodion process (湿式コロジオン法) was ordinary process for photography in Japan and to use this process was very difficult in technical points and also it costs a considerable sum of money. It means almost no amateur photographers can exist without gelatin dry plates. Two famous examples of earliest amateur photographers in Japan were as follows; Kamei Koreaki (1861–1896, 亀井茲明), who was a count and studied aesthetics in England and Germany, took photographs of the Sino-Japanese War (日清戦争) in 1895. Kajima Seibei (1866–1924, 鹿島清兵衛) took many photographs in the 1890s, such as a life-size portrait of Manzaburō Umewaka (NO (能) actor) and a big-size photograph of Mt. Fuji. Wide spread of gelatin dry plates and small-sized cameras led to the era of prominent amateur photographers in the 20th century in Japan. Other major photographers HASEGAWA Kichijirō (fl. 1870s, 長谷川吉次郎) who is included in "The History of Japanese Photography" (About this source, please refer to "Further reading" below) 20th century Era of Geijutsushashin (Era of Pictorialism) In 1904, Yūtsuzu-sha (ゆふつヾ社) was founded by Tetsusuke Akiyama, Seiichi Katō and other photographers. In 1904, Naniwa Photography Club (Naniwa Shashin Club, 浪華写真倶楽部) was founded in Osaka. In 1907, Tokyo Photographic Research Society (Tokyo Shashin Kenkyūkai, 東京写真研究会) was founded in Tokyo. In 1912, Aiyū Photography Club (Aiyū Shashin Club, 愛友写真倶楽部) was founded in Nagoya and Chotaro Hidaka (1883–1926, 日高長太郎), Aitarō Masuko (1882–1968, 益子愛太郎) and Matsutaro Ohashi (1891–1941, 大橋松太郎) actively made photographs as a member of this Club. In 1912, Yonin Kai was founded by Yasuzō Nojima (1889–1964, 野島康三) and other three photographers. In 1921, Shashin Geijutsu Sha (写真芸術社) was founded and the first issue of Shashin Geijutsu (Photographic Art, 写真芸術) was published by Shinzō Fukuhara (1883–1948, 福原信三), Rosō Fukuhara (1892–1946, 福原路草) and other photographers. In 1922, Japan Photographic Art Association (Nihon Kōga Geijutsu Kyōkai, 日本光画芸術協会) was founded by Hakuyō Fuchikami (1889–1960, 淵上白陽) and the first issue of Hakuyō (白陽) was published. In 1922, the first issue of Geijutsu Shashin Kenkyū (Art Photography Studies, 芸術写真研究) was published. In 1922, a photographic monograph Paris et la Seine, Paris and the Seine (Pari to Seinu, 巴里とセイヌ) and in 1923, another monograph, Light and its Euphony (Hikari to sone Kaichō, 光と其諧調) were published by Shinzō Fukuhara. In the early 1920s, ves-tan school (ベス単派) was formed by Masataka Takayama (1895–1981, 高山正隆), Makihiko Yamamoto (1893–1985, 山本牧彦) and Jun Watanabe. Era of Shinkōshashin (Era of New Photography) In the early and mid-1920s, there appeared some photographic tendencies called constructivism school (構成派) within Nihon Kōga Geijutsu Kyōkai members, for example, in Hakuyō Fuchikami's works. In 1923, the first issue of Asahi Graph (The Asahigraph Weekly, アサヒグラフ) was published. In 1923, there occurred Kantō Great Earthquake (Kantō Daishinsai, 関東大震災). In 1924, the first issue of Photo Times (フォトタイムス) was published. In 1926, the first issue of Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) was published. In 1927, Iwata Nakayama returned to Japan after several years in the U.S. and Europe, In 1930, Tampei Photography Club (Tampei Shashin Club) (February 1930-c. 1941, Osaka) (丹平写真倶楽部) was founded by Bizan Ueda and other photographers and later Nakaji Yasui (1903–1942, 安井仲治) entered this Club. In 1930, Ashiya Camera Club (芦屋カメラクラブ) was founded by Iwata Nakayama (1895–1949, 中山岩太), Kambei Hanaya (1903–1991, ハナヤ勘兵衛) and other photographers. In 1930, New Photography Research Society (Shinko Shashin Kenkyūkai, 新興写真研究会) was founded and the first issue of Shinko Shashin Kenkyū (New Photography Studies, 新興写真研究) was published by Sen'ichi Kimura. 1931: German International Traveling Photography Exhibition (独逸国際移動写真展, Doitsu Kokusai Idō Shashin Ten; This was a traveling exhibition of "Film und Foto" in Stuttgart, Germany in 1929) was held in Tokyo [April] and Osaka [July]. In 1932, the first issue of Kōga (Photography, 光画) was published by Yasuzō Nojima, Iwata Nakayama and Ihee Kimura (or Ihei Kimura). In 1932, Manchuria Photographic Artists Association (Manshū Shashin Sakka Kyōkai) (満洲写真作家協会) was founded and in 1933, Manshū Graph (Pictorial Manchuria, 満洲グラフ) was published by Hakuyō Fuchikami. In 1932, a photographic monograph, Camera, Eye x Iron, Construction (Camera, Me x Tetsu Kōsei, カメラ・眼×鉄・構成) was published by Masao Horino (1907–1999, 堀野正雄). In 1933, a photographic monograph, Early Summer Nerves (Shoka Shinkei, 初夏神経) was published by Kiyoshi Koishi (1908–1957, 小石清). In 1936, a photographic monograph, the Reason for Sleep (Nemuri no Riyū, 眠りの理由) was published by Ei-Q. In 1937, Avant-Garde Image Group (Avant-Garde Zōei Shūdan, アヴァンギャルド造影集団) was founded by Gingo Hanawa (1894–1957, 花和銀吾), Terushichi Hirai (1900–1970, 平井輝七) and other photographers. In 1938, Avant-Garde Photography Association (Zen'ei Shashin Kyōkai, 前衛写真協会) was founded by Shūzo Takiguchi and some photographers. In 1939, Nagoya Photo Avant-Garde (名古屋フォトアバンガルド) was founded by Minoru Sakata (1902–1974, 坂田稔), Kansuke Yamamoto (1914–1987, 山本悍右) and other photographers. In 1939, Société Irf (ソシエテ・イルフ) was founded in Fukuoka by Wataru Takahashi (1900–1944, 高橋渡) and other photographers. In 1940, a photographic monograph, Mesembryanthemum ("Mesem Zoku", メセム属) was published by Yoshio Shimozato. In 1940, a photographic monograph, Light ("Hikari", 光) was published by Tampei Shashin Club. In 1942, Nakaji Yasui died. Era of Hōdōshashin (Era of Photojournalism) In 1932, Yōnosuke Natori returned to Japan from Germany as a correspondent photographer of Ullstein-Verlag. In 1933, Nippon Kōbō (Japan Studio, 日本工房) was founded by Yōnosuke Natori, but in 1934 most of main members other than Natori has left Nippon Kobo and founded Chūō Kōbō (Metropolitan Studio, 中央工房). Then Natori reorganized Nippon Kōbō. In 1934, the first issue of Nippon was published by Nippon Kōbō. In 1938, the first issue of Shashin Shūhō (Photo Weekly, 写真週報) was published. In 1941, Tōhōsha (Far East Company, 東方社) was founded. In 1942, the first issue of Front was published by Tōhōsha. After WWII, there appeared the era of Hōdōshashin (era of photojournalism) again, mainly led by Ken Domon (1909–1990, 土門拳), Ihee Kimura (Ihei Kimura, 1901–1974, 木村伊兵衛) and Yōnosuke Natori (1910–1962, 名取洋之助), all of three were very active even during WWII. Avant-garde photography including surrealism and pictorialism photography had almost disappeared behind photojournalism after WWII because photography other than photojournalism which supported Japanese government and Japanese military powers was completely oppressed by the Japanese government during WWII. It took several years before avant-garde photography came back to the stage of the history of Japanese photography. 21st century References Further reading The History of Japanese Photography, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Yale University Press, 2003, Modern Photography in Japan 1915–1940, 2001, Photography Photography History of art in Japan

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Peter Barry (footballer)

Peter Barry (19 October 1937 – 7 June 2005) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Barry was a key position player, who joined Carlton from Bayswater. He broke into the seniors during the second half of the 1958 VFL season and the following year played 19 of a possible 20 games. After playing the opening two rounds in 1960, Barry struggled with illness and didn't made any more appearances that year. He played mostly as a full-back and appeared in that position for Carlton in their 1962 finals campaign, for which he is most remembered. With just seconds remaining in the preliminary final replay against Geelong, Carlton were holding onto a five point lead as the ball was kicked in the direction of Barry and his opponent, full-forward Doug Wade. The mark was taken by Wade, just 30 metres out and directly in front of goals, but instead of taking what would have been a shot after the siren to win the game, umpire Jack Irving awarded Barry a free-kick. It was later explained that Irving had seen Wade holding Barry's shorts during the marking contest. In 1964, having played only couple of reserves games, Barry was granted a clearance to Port Melbourne. References 1937 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Carlton Football Club players Port Melbourne Football Club players 2005 deaths

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Grace Episcopal Church (Minnewaukan, North Dakota)

Grace Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church building is located at 210 C Avenue, South, in Minnewaukan, Benson County, North Dakota. History Designed in the Gothic Revival style of architecture by Fargo architects Hancock Brothers, it was built by local artisan Otis Kolstad in 1903 of local fieldstone with concrete mortar and wooden gables and roof. It features a stone bell tower over the side entrance. In 1935 the building was sold to Union Gospel Tabernacle, an Assemblies of God congregation which shared it with St. Peter Lutheran Church. In 1965 it was sold to Evergreen Masonic Lodge No. 46, A.F. and A.M., which did extensive renovations, including superimposing the Masonic square and compass emblem over the circular stained glass window. In 1983 the North Dakota Masonic Foundation deeded the property to Minnewaukan Historical Society, Inc., which has restored it and removed some of the changes made by the Masonic Lodge. On September 9, 1994, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Today it is called the Stone Church Museum and is still owned by the Historical Society. References Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota Episcopal church buildings in North Dakota Assemblies of God churches Former Lutheran churches in North Dakota Masonic buildings in North Dakota Gothic Revival church buildings in North Dakota Stone churches in North Dakota Churches completed in 1903 National Register of Historic Places in Benson County, North Dakota Historical societies in North Dakota 1903 establishments in North Dakota

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Austroascia

Austroascia is a genus of hoverflies. Species A. segersi <small>Thompson & Marnef, 1977 References Diptera of South America Eristalinae Taxa named by F. Christian Thompson Hoverfly genera

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Powerboating

Power boating describes activities performed in a motorized boat. Generally, a power boat has a high power-to-weight ratio and a hull design that allows for easy planing, which allows for higher speed and improved handling. Also, the shape of the actual boat is usually very streamlined, which minimizes air resistance and drag, therefore increasing speed. Power boats are used in yachting, waterskiing and wakeboarding. Powerboating is generally considered to have begun in 1863 when Frenchman Jean Lenoir used a petrol engine in the small boat. The first major race took place in 1903 across the English Channel and the sport appeared as an event in the 1908 Olympics. Currently, P1 SuperStock is considered the most prestigious powerboat racing championship in the world. Motorboat racing Boating Boat races

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Garage (band)

Garage (formerly Garáž) is a rock band from the Czech Republic. The band was founded in Prague in 1979 by Ivo Pospíšil from DG 307. In the 1980s Milan Hlavsa from The Plastic People of the Universe played the guitar. After the Velvet Revolution in 1989 Garage played concerts abroad (New York, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and France). At that time Joe Karafiát, one of the most acclaimed solo guitarists in Prague, who lived in Canada before the revolution, played in the band. In 1994 the album Garage was released, produced by Ivan Kral (former member of Patti Smith Group). Discography Garáž... byla a je (MC, 1984) Garáž? Na tu nemáš! (MC, 1988) The Best Of Garáž (LP, 1990) Vykopávky Praha (LP, CD, 1990) Garáž - Demo (CD, 1991) Garáž - Praha (LP, CD, MC, 1991), reissue 1993 Garáž No1-1981 (CD, 1993) No Parking (CD, MC, 1993) Garage (CD, 1994) - with Ivan Kral Apogeum (CD, MC, 1996) Nepohádka (CD, 2000) BLACK ! (CD, 2009) Live 2011 (CD, 2012) - live album References Czech rock music groups Musical groups established in 1979 1979 establishments in Czechoslovakia Czech underground music groups

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Bernard Wolf

Bernard "Berny" Wolf (July 18, 1911 – September 7, 2006) was an American animator and television producer. Wolf was born in New York City. His career in animation started in 1927, when he began work as an inker on Paramount Studios' Krazy Kat silent shorts as an Inker along with Dave Tendlar. He moved to Inkwell Studios shortly afterwards (a predecessor to Fleischer Studios, where he was hired by Max Fleischer as an Inbetweener on Koko the Clown in the silent The Inkwell Imps series. In 1931 he was promoted to the position of Animator and worked with Seymour Kneitel on the Betty Boop cartoons. While much credit has been given to Grim Natwick for her creation, her transformation into the cute cartoon girl was due to the work of Berny Wolf, Seymour Kneitel, Roland Crandall, and Willard Bowsky, who continued working with her after Natwick left in early February 1931 to direct for Ub Iwerks on the west coast. It was at Fleischer Studios that he met Shamus Culhane and Al Eugster, with whom he would maintain a long personal and professional relationship. The three would leave Fleischer to work briefly for Ub Iwerks, where they worked alongside Grim Natwick. In 1938, Wolf, Eugster and Culhane moved to Walt Disney Studios. After working briefly in the Shorts Department, Wolf moved on to features. He was one of the animators of Pinocchio and Fantasia. His final work at Disney was on Dumbo. Wolf left Disney after the 1941 strike. He briefly provided uncredited work for Tex Avery at MGM before being drafted during World War II. Wolf was assigned to the First Motion Picture Unit, a group of former Hollywood personnel who created short educational films for the American military. After the war, Wolf worked briefly for animator Rudolph Ising before forming his own company, Animedia Inc. Animedia produced animation for advertising and commercial films. The company also designed some of the costumes used at Walt Disney World, as well as animating segments for Sesame Street. Wolf folded Animedia in the 1970s in order to return to animation full-time. He produced several animated features for Hanna Barbera, including 1987's The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones. He was Producer of Bobby's World for Film Roman, and was an uncredited Animator on Tom and Jerry: The Movie. He retired from animation in the 1990s, but continued to provide freelance animation pre-production for Fred Wolf Films, commercial design, including developing mascots for the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. Wolf died in 2006 at the age of 95. Filmography References Obituary from the LA Times External links Obituary at Cartoon Brew 1911 births 2006 deaths Animators from New York (state) Hanna-Barbera people Fleischer Studios people Walt Disney Animation Studios people Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio people First Motion Picture Unit personnel

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Through Art We Are All Equals

Through Art We Are All Equals is the debut album by American post-hardcore band Slaves released June 24, 2014 through Artery Recordings. The lead single "The Fire Down Below" was released on April 22, 2014 on YouTube. On May 14, the band released "The Upgrade, Pt. II" as the second single from the album. The third single "Starving for Friends", featuring Vic Fuentes of Pierce the Veil was released on May 26. The album was produced by Kris Crummett. It's the only album to feature bassist Jason Mays who left the band on May 30 prior to the album's release. Background On March 3, 2014, Jonny Craig announced that he would be signed to Artery Recordings with his band, Slaves. A video was uploaded on the same day of Craig and the band recording the album in Sacramento, California on Artery Recordings' official YouTube channel. The band released their first single, "The Fire Down Below" on April 22. Kris Crummett was announced to be the producer for the album and the track listing and album art cover was released soon after. It was confirmed that the album's featured guests would include Tyler Carter of metalcore band Issues, Craig's sister Natalie Craig, Kyle Lucas, and Vic Fuentes of post-hardcore band Pierce the Veil. Jonny Craig confirmed that the album's release will not be involved with his former label, Rise Records. On May 13, 2014, the band confirmed that they would tour on the All Stars Tour. The singles "The Upgrade Pt. II" and "Starving for Friends", featuring Vic Fuentes, were released as singles on May 14 and May 26, respectively, in the iTunes Store. The title "There Is Only One God and His Name Is Death" is a quote from Game of Thrones. Track listing Personnel Slaves Jonny Craig - lead vocals, piano Alex Lyman - lead guitar Christopher Kim - rhythm guitar, percussion Jason Mays - bass Tai Wright - drums, percussion Additional musicians Tyler Carter of Issues - vocals on "The Young and Beyond Reckless" Natalie Craig - vocals on "The Hearts of Our Young" Kyle Lucas - vocals on "The King and the Army That Stands Behind Him" Vic Fuentes of Pierce the Veil - vocals on "Starving for Friends" Production Produced, mixed, mastered and engineered by Kris Crummett Vocal engineered by Kris Crummett Additional vocal engineered on "Starving for Friends" by Dan Korneff Additional production by Jonny Craig A&R by Eric Rushing Illustrations and layout by Glenn Thomas References 2014 albums Slaves (American band) albums Artery Recordings albums Albums produced by Kris Crummett

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Rob Childress

Robert Alexander Childress (born September 26, 1968) is a baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current director of player development for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He played college baseball at Northwood from 1987 to 1990. He then served as head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies (2006–2021). Playing career Childress attended Harmony High School in Harmony, Texas. He was then recruited to Northwood University, where he would continue his athletic career as a pitcher, twice earning all-conference honors. Coaching career Assistant coach During his eight years as pitching coach with Nebraska (1998–2005), the Cornhuskers advanced to the NCAA Tournament five times, reached the Super Regionals four times, and the College World Series three times. He helped construct the Nebraska pitching staff into one of the best in the nation, posting the top five single-season strikeout records in Nebraska history. His last season at Nebraska, his staff finished with an ERA of 2.69, ranking in the top five nationally and best in the Big 12. Before joining the Nebraska staff, he served as pitching coach at Northwestern State University from 1995 to 1997. Texas A&M Childress was hired in 2005 by Texas A&M to be the head coach of the Aggie baseball team. His second season as head coach, Childress led the Aggies to a Big 12 Tournament Championship and a trip to the NCAA Super Regionals. His team continued to improve in the 2008 season, as the Aggies won the Big 12 Championship and returned to the NCAA Super Regionals, earning Childress the Big 12 Coach of the Year award. In his fourth season, however, the team began the season ranked #1 nationally in a few preseason polls, though were eliminated in regional play. In 2011, Rob Childress led the Aggies to a Big 12 regular season co-championship and a Big 12 Tournament championship. The Aggies would advance through the NCAA Super Regionals against Florida State to advance to the College World Series. Following a 2021 season that saw the Aggies finish in last place in the SEC, Athletics Director Ross Bjork, announced that the school would not renew Childress' contract for 2022. Childress's 622 victories ranked 3rd in school history at the time of his dismissal. Head coaching record References External links Rob Childress bio 1968 births Living people Texarkana Bulldogs baseball coaches Northwestern State Demons baseball coaches Northwood University alumni Northwood Knights baseball coaches Northwood Knights baseball players Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball coaches Texas A&M Aggies baseball coaches Texas A&M University–Commerce alumni People from Gilmer, Texas

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Monochamus asiaticus

Monochamus asiaticus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Masao Hayashi in 1962. References asiaticus Beetles described in 1962

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Meraïel

Meraïel is a village in the Boumerdès Province in Kabylie, Algeria. Location The village is surrounded by Meraldene River and Boumerdès River and the towns of Thénia and Tidjelabine in the Khachna mountain range. Notable people References Villages in Algeria Boumerdès Province Kabylie

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Marialbert Barrios

Marialbert Barrios (born 1990) is a Venezuelan politician who was elected to the National Assembly in 2015 and was the youngest member. She represented the district of Catia in western Caracas. References External links https://www.instagram.com/marialbertbs/ https://twitter.com/marialbertbs?lang=en Living people Venezuelan politicians Year of birth uncertain People from Caracas

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1990 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament

The 1990 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1990 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 15th national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with six teams competing at a new location at C. O. Brown Stadium in Battle Creek, Michigan for the championship. Six regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with one region consisting of six teams, four regions consisting of four teams, and one region consisting of two teams, which was played as best-of-five, for a total of 24 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was , who defeated for the championship. Bids The 24 competing teams were: Regionals Regional World Series C. O. Brown Stadium-Battle Creek, MI (Host: ) References NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament Tournament

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo-controlled%20study

Placebo-controlled study

Placebo-controlled studies are a way of testing a medical therapy in which, in addition to a group of subjects that receives the treatment to be evaluated, a separate control group receives a sham "placebo" treatment which is specifically designed to have no real effect. Placebos are most commonly used in blinded trials, where subjects do not know whether they are receiving real or placebo treatment. Often, there is also a further "natural history" group that does not receive any treatment at all. The purpose of the placebo group is to account for the placebo effect, that is, effects from treatment that do not depend on the treatment itself. Such factors include knowing one is receiving a treatment, attention from health care professionals, and the expectations of a treatment's effectiveness by those running the research study. Without a placebo group to compare against, it is not possible to know whether the treatment itself had any effect. Patients frequently show improvement even when given a sham or "fake" treatment. Such intentionally inert placebo treatments can take many forms, such as a pill containing only sugar, a surgery where nothing efficacious is actually done (just an incision and sometimes some minor touching or handling of the underlying structures), or a medical device (such as an ultrasound machine) that is not actually turned on. Also, due to the body's natural healing ability and statistical effects such as regression to the mean, many patients will get better even when given no treatment at all. Thus, the relevant question when assessing a treatment is not "does the treatment work?" but "does the treatment work better than a placebo treatment, or no treatment at all?" As one early clinical trial researcher wrote, "the first object of a therapeutic trial is to discover whether the patients who receive the treatment under investigation are cured more rapidly, more completely or more frequently, than they would have been without it." More broadly, the aim of a clinical trial is to determine what treatments, delivered in what circumstances, to which patients, in what conditions, are the most effective. Therefore, the use of placebos is a standard control component of most clinical trials, which attempt to make some sort of quantitative assessment of the efficacy of medicinal drugs or treatments. Such a test or clinical trial is called a placebo-controlled study, and its control is of the negative type. A study whose control is a previously tested treatment, rather than no treatment, is called a positive-control study, because its control is of the positive type. Government regulatory agencies approve new drugs only after tests establish not only that patients respond to them, but also that their effect is greater than that of a placebo (by way of affecting more patients, by affecting responders more strongly, or both). This close association of placebo effects with RCTs has a profound impact on how placebo effects are understood and valued in the scientific community. Methodology Blinding Blinding is the withholding of information from participants which may influence them in some way until after the experiment is complete. Good blinding may reduce or eliminate experimental biases such as confirmation bias, the placebo effect, the observer effect, and others. A blind can be imposed on any participant of an experiment, including subjects, researchers, technicians, data analysts, and evaluators. In some cases, while blinding would be useful, it is impossible or unethical. For example, is not possible to blind a patient to their treatment in a physical therapy intervention. A good clinical protocol ensures that blinding is as effective as possible within ethical and practical constrains. During the course of an experiment, a participant becomes unblinded if they deduce or otherwise obtain information that has been masked to them. Unblinding that occurs before the conclusion of a study is a source of experimental error, as the bias that was eliminated by blinding is re-introduced. Unblinding is common in blind experiments, and must be measured and reported. Natural history groups The practice of using an additional natural history group as the trial's so-called "third arm" has emerged; and trials are conducted using three randomly selected, equally matched trial groups, Reilly wrote: "... it is necessary to remember the adjective ‘random’ [in the term ‘random sample’] should apply to the method of drawing the sample and not to the sample itself.". The Active drug group (A): who receive the active test drug. The Placebo drug group (P): who receive a placebo drug that simulates the active drug. The Natural history group (NH): who receive no treatment of any kind (and whose condition, therefore, is allowed to run its natural course). The outcomes within each group are observed, and compared with each other, allowing us to measure: The efficacy of the active drug's treatment: the difference between A and NH (i.e., A-NH). The efficacy of the active drug's active ingredient: the difference between A and P (i.e., A-P). The magnitude of the placebo response: the difference between P and NH (i.e., P-NH). It is a matter of interpretation whether the value of P-NH indicates the efficacy of the entire treatment process or the magnitude of the "placebo response". The results of these comparisons then determine whether or not a particular drug is considered efficacious. Natural-History groups yield useful information when separate groups of subjects are used in a parallel or longitudinal study design. In crossover studies, however, where each subject undergoes both treatments in succession, the natural history of the chronic condition under investigation (e.g., progression) is well understood, with the study's duration being chosen such that the condition's intensity will be more or less stable over that duration. (Wang et al provide the example of late-phase diabetes, whose natural history is long enough that even a crossover study lasting 1 year is acceptable. ) In these circumstances, a natural history group is not expected to yield useful information. Indexing In certain clinical trials of particular drugs, it may happen that the level of the "placebo responses" manifested by the trial's subjects are either considerably higher or lower (in relation to the "active" drug's effects) than one would expect from other trials of similar drugs. In these cases, with all other things being equal, it is reasonable to conclude that: the degree to which there is a considerably higher level of "placebo response" than one would expect is an index of the degree to which the drug's active ingredient is not efficacious. the degree to which there is a considerably lower level of "placebo response" than one would expect is an index of the degree to which, in some particular way, the placebo is not simulating the active drug in an appropriate way. However, in particular cases such as the use of Cimetidine to treat ulcers, a significant level of placebo response can also prove to be an index of how much the treatment has been directed at a wrong target. Implementation issues Adherence The Coronary Drug Project was intended to study the safety and effectiveness of drugs for long-term treatment of coronary heart disease in men. Those in the placebo group who adhered to the placebo treatment (took the placebo regularly as instructed) showed nearly half the mortality rate as those who were not adherent. A similar study of women similarly found survival was nearly 2.5 times greater for those who adhered to their placebo. This apparent placebo effect may have occurred because: Adhering to the protocol had a psychological effect, i.e. genuine placebo effect. People who were already healthier were more able or more inclined to follow the protocol. Compliant people were more diligent and health-conscious in all aspects of their lives. Unblinding In some cases, a study participant may deduce or otherwise obtain information that has been blinded to them. For example, a patient taking a psychoactive drug may recognize that they are taking a drug. When this occurs, it is called unblinding. This kind of unblinding can be reduced with the use of an active placebo, which is a drug that produces effects similar to the active drug, making it more difficult for patients to determine which group they are in. An active placebo was used in the Marsh Chapel Experiment, a blinded study in which the experimental group received the psychedelic substance psilocybin while the control group received a large dose of niacin, a substance that produces noticeable physical effects intended to lead the control subjects to believe they had received the psychoactive drug. History James Lind and scurvy In 1747, James Lind (1716–1794), the ship's doctor on HMS Salisbury, conducted the first clinical trial when he investigated the efficacy of citrus fruit in cases of scurvy. He randomly divided twelve scurvy patients, whose "cases were as similar as I could have them", into six pairs. Each pair was given a different remedy. According to Lind’s 1753 Treatise on the Scurvy in Three Parts Containing an Inquiry into the Nature, Causes, and Cure of the Disease, Together with a Critical and Chronological View of what has been Published of the Subject, the remedies were: one quart of cider per day, twenty-five drops of elixir vitriol (sulfuric acid) three times a day, two spoonfuls of vinegar three times a day, a course of sea-water (half a pint every day), two oranges and one lemon each day, and electuary, (a mixture containing garlic, mustard, balsam of Peru, and myrrh). He noted that the pair who had been given the oranges and lemons were so restored to health within six days of treatment that one of them returned to duty, and the other was well enough to attend the rest of the sick. Animal magnetism In 1784, the French Royal Commission investigated the existence of animal magnetism, comparing the effects of allegedly "magnetized" water with that of plain water. It did not examine the practices of Franz Mesmer, but examined the significantly different practices of his associate Charles d'Eslon (1739–1786). Perkins tractors In 1799, John Haygarth investigated the efficacy of medical instruments called "Perkins tractors", by comparing the results from dummy wooden tractors with a set of allegedly "active" metal tractors, and published his findings in a book On the Imagination as a Cause & as a Cure of Disorders of the Body. Flint and placebo active treatment comparison In 1863 Austin Flint (1812–1886) conducted the first-ever trial that directly compared the efficacy of a dummy simulator with that of an active treatment; although Flint's examination did not compare the two against each other in the same trial. Even so, this was a significant departure from the (then) customary practice of contrasting the consequences of an active treatment with what Flint described as "the natural history of [an untreated] disease". Flint’s paper is the first time that he terms "placebo" or "placeboic remedy" were used to refer to a dummy simulator in a clinical trial. Flint treated 13 hospital inmates who had rheumatic fever; 11 were "acute", and 2 were "sub-acute". He then compared the results of his dummy "placeboic remedy" with that of the active treatment’s already well-understood results. (Flint had previously tested, and reported on, the active treatment’s efficacy.) There was no significant difference between the results of the active treatment and his "placeboic remedy" in 12 of the cases in terms of disease duration, duration of convalescence, number of joints affected, and emergence of complications. In the thirteenth case, Flint expressed some doubt whether the particular complications that had emerged (namely, pericarditis, endocarditis, and pneumonia) would have been prevented if that subject had been immediately given the "active treatment". Jellinek and headache remedy ingredients Jellinek in 1946 was asked to test whether or not the headache drug's overall efficacy would be reduced if certain ingredients were removed. In post-World War II 1946, pharmaceutical chemicals were restricted, and one U.S. headache remedy manufacturer sold a drug composed of three ingredients: a, b, and c, and chemical b was in particular short supply. Jellinek set up a complex trial involving 199 subjects, all of whom suffered from "frequent headaches". The subjects were randomly divided into four test groups. He prepared four test drugs, involving various permutations of the three drug constituents, with a placebo as a scientific control. The structure of this trial is significant because, in those days, the only time placebos were ever used "was to express the efficacy or non-efficacy of a drug in terms of "how much better" the drug was than the "placebo". (Note that the trial conducted by Austin Flint is an example of such a drug efficacy vs. placebo efficacy trial.) The four test drugs were identical in shape, size, colour and taste: Drug A: contained a, b, and c. Drug B: contained a and c. Drug C: contained a and b. Drug D: a 'simulator', contained "ordinary lactate". Each time a subject had a headache, they took their group’s designated test drug, and recorded whether their headache had been relieved (or not). Although "some subjects had only three headaches in the course of a two-week period while others had up to ten attacks in the same period", the data showed a "great consistency" across all subjects Every two weeks the groups’ drugs were changed; so that by the end of eight weeks, all groups had tested all the drugs. The stipulated drug (i.e., A, B, C, or D) was taken as often as necessary over each two-week period, and the two-week sequences for each of the four groups were: A, B, C, D B, A, D, C C, D, A, B D, C, B, A. Over the entire population of 199 subjects, there were 120 "subjects reacting to placebo" and 79 "subjects not reacting to placebo". On initial analysis, there was no difference between the self-reported "success rates" of Drugs A, B, and C (84%, 80%, and 80% respectively) (the "success rate" of the simulating placebo Drug D was 52%); and, from this, it appeared that ingredient b was completely unnecessary. However, further analysis on the trial demonstrated that ingredient b made a significant contribution to the remedy’s efficacy. Examining his data, Jellinek discovered that there was a very significant difference in responses between the 120 placebo-responders and the 79 non-responders. The 79 non-responders' reports showed that if they were considered as an entirely separate group, there was a significant difference the "success rates" of Drugs A, B, and C: viz., 88%, 67%, and 77%, respectively. And because this significant difference in relief from the test drugs could only be attributed to the presence or absence of ingredient b, he concluded that ingredient b was essential. Two conclusions came from this trial: Jellinek, having identified 120 "placebo reactors", went on to suppose that all of them may have been suffering from either "psychological headaches" (with or without attendant "hypochondriasis") or "true physiological headaches [which were] accessible to suggestion". Thus, according to this view, the degree to which a "placebo response" is present tends to be an index of the psychogenic origins of the condition in question. It indicated that, whilst any given placebo was inert, a responder to that particular placebo may be responding for a wide number of reasons unconnected with the drug's active ingredients; and, from this, it could be important to pre-screen potential test populations, and treat those manifesting a placebo-response as a special group, or remove them altogether from the test population! MRC and randomized trials It used to be thought that the first-ever randomized clinical trial was the trial conducted by the Medical Research Council (MRC) in 1948 into the efficacy of streptomycin in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. In this trial, there were two test groups: those "treated by streptomycin and bed-rest", and those "[treated] by bed-rest alone" (the control group). What made this trial novel was that the subjects were randomly allocated to their test groups. The up-to-that-time practice was to allocate subjects alternately to each group, based on the order in which they presented for treatment. This practice could be biased, because those admitting each patient knew to which group that patient would be allocated (and so the decision to admit or not admit a specific patient might be influenced by the experimenter's knowledge of the nature of their illness, and their knowledge of the group to which they would occupy). Recently, an earlier MRC trial on the antibiotic patulin on the course of common colds has been suggested to have been the first randomized trial. Another early and until recently overlooked randomized trial was published on strophanthin in a local Finnish journal in 1946. Declaration of Helsinki From the time of the Hippocratic Oath questions of the ethics of medical practice have been widely discussed, and codes of practice have been gradually developed as a response to advances in scientific medicine. The Nuremberg Code, which was issued in August 1947, as a consequence of the so-called Doctors' Trial which examined the human experimentation conducted by Nazi doctors during World War II, offers ten principles for legitimate medical research, including informed consent, absence of coercion, and beneficence towards experiment participants. In 1964, the World Medical Association issued the Declaration of Helsinki, which specifically limited its directives to health research by physicians, and emphasized a number of additional conditions in circumstances where "medical research is combined with medical care". The significant difference between the 1947 Nuremberg Code and the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki is that the first was a set of principles that was suggested to the medical profession by the "Doctors’ Trial" judges, whilst the second was imposed by the medical profession upon itself. Paragraph 29 of the Declaration makes specific mention of placebos: In 2002, World Medical Association issued the following elaborative announcement: In addition to the requirement for informed consent from all drug-trial participants, it is also standard practice to inform all test subjects that they may receive the drug being tested or that they may receive the placebo. Non-drug treatments "Talking therapies" (such as hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, counseling, and non-drug psychiatry) are now required to have scientific validation by clinical trial. However, there is controversy over what might or might not be an appropriate placebo for such therapeutic treatments. Furthermore, there are methodological challenges such as blinding the person providing the psychological non-drug intervention. In 2005, the Journal of Clinical Psychology, devoted an issue to the issue of "The Placebo Concept in Psychotherapy" that contained a range of contributions to this question. As the abstract of one paper noted: "Unlike within the domain of medicine, in which the logic of placebos is relatively straightforward, the concept of placebo as applied to psychotherapy is fraught with both conceptual and practical problems." See also Academic clinical trials Bioethics Blinded experiment Clinical data acquisition Clinical trial management Confounding factor Experimental design Medical ethics Philosophy of medicine Placebo Randomized controlled trial Royal Commission on Animal Magnetism Scientific control Scientific method References External links James Lind Library A source of historical texts on fair tests of treatments in health care. Clinical research Design of experiments Clinical trials

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2011 Sakae earthquake

The 2011 Nagano earthquake () was an earthquake that occurred near the prefectural border between Niigata and Nagano prefectures at 3:59 (JST) on March 12, 2011. The depth of the hypocenter was 8 km and the magnitude of the earthquake was M6.7 (JMA) . It was Sakae, Nagano that had the strongest shaking, It had a maximum JMA intensity of Shindo 6+. Therefore, the damage caused by the earthquake was concentrated in Sakae, so the earthquake is also called the Sakae earthquake (栄村大震災) . The quake killed three people. Relationship with the Tohoku earthquake Nagano earthquake occurred only about 13 hours after the Great East Japan Earthquake (Tohoku earthquake) . Therefore, it is believed that the Nagano earthquake was a remotely triggered earthquake by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Since this earthquake occurred immediately after the Tohoku earthquake that caused unprecedented damage, the frequency of coverage by mass media of the Nagano earthquake was less than that of the Tohoku earthquake. A M6.0 earthquake occurred in Shizuoka on March 15, 2011, which is also considered to be an induced earthquake of the Tohoku earthquake. References Sakae, Nagano History of Nagano Prefecture 2011 earthquakes 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami March 2011 events in Japan Earthquakes of the Heisei period

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Senator Early

Senator Early may refer to: Edward Early (born 1935), Pennsylvania State Senate John Early (politician) (1828–1877), Illinois State Senate Nathaniel B. Early (1866–1947), Virginia State Senate Peter Early (1773–1817), Georgia State Senate See also William F. Earley (born 1943), South Dakota State Senate

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So Under Pressure

"So Under Pressure" is a dance-pop song performed by Australian singer Dannii Minogue. The song was written by Minogue, Terry Ronald and LMC, and produced by Lee Monteverde for Minogue's fifth album Club Disco (2007) and was also used as the lead single for her greatest hits compilation The Hits & Beyond (2006). The song's lyrics discuss the cancer diagnoses of Minogue's sister Kylie and an unnamed friend. The song was released as a single on 12 June 2006 in the United Kingdom. It entered the top forty in Australia, Ireland and the UK and became Minogue's tenth consecutive Upfront Club Chart number one. The song's music video, directed by Phil Griffin, features Minogue in a variety of high pressure situations. She has described it as "the hardest video I've ever done". Background and reception In 2005, Minogue began writing and recording material with longtime collaborator Terry Ronald and British dance group LMC. During one of their sessions, they penned "So Under Pressure", which was inspired by the cancer diagnoses of her sister Kylie as well as that of an unnamed friend. Minogue has described the recording of "So Under Pressure" as a "real achievement" as she was "brave enough to put all [her feelings] into words". Allmusic reviewer John Lucas called the track one of "Minogue's more inventive moments". Chart performance "So Under Pressure" was officially released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 12 June 2006. The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart on 19 June 2006 at number twenty. The following week, "So Under Pressure" fell to number sixty and exited the chart in its third week of release. The track became Minogue's tenth consecutive Upfront Club Chart number one in the UK. In Ireland, the song reached number thirty-one, remaining on the singles chart for one week. "So Under Pressure" proved popular in Irish dance clubs where it reached number six on the Dance Singles Chart. The track was released in Australia on 29 July 2006. It debuted on 8 August 2006 at number sixteen and became Minogue's eighth top twenty single. The song remained on the singles chart for five weeks, exiting on 5 September 2006. It was the 30th highest selling dance single in Australia for 2006. Music video The music video was directed by Phil Griffin in mid-2006. Minogue described the video: "I tried to put different things in the video that made me feel under pressure and it really did! It was the hardest video I`ve ever done so I kept thinking, why on earth did I come up with this concept? People don’t realise but I definitely have that Australian tomboy side to me. I love snakes and sharks and jumping out of planes and stuff. Growing up it never occurred to me that it wasn’t a girly thing to ride a bike, covered in mud holding frogs and collecting lizards!". The music video's crew did not believe that Minogue could work with the python, but she said that it did not bother her at all. The music video was released commercially on The Hits & Beyond special edition companion DVD, released in June 2006. The video opens with a scene of Minogue in a white room dressed in a black swimsuit. She is then shown lying on top of a white platform with a python wrapped around her body. Scenes of Minogue and her three dancers walking a catwalk, posing for photographs and dancing are intercut throughout the music video. The video concludes with Minogue trapped inside a spinning perspex box. Formats and track listings These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "So Under Pressure". UK CD single #1 (CDGLOBE541; Released ) "So Under Pressure" (Radio edit) – 3:20 "So Under Pressure" (Soulseekerz remix) – 5:18 "So Under Pressure" (Extended mix) – 6:43 "So Under Pressure" (Steve Pitron mix) – 7:13 "So Under Pressure" (Riffs & Rays Remix) – 8:05 "So Under Pressure" (Thriller Jill remix) – 8:19 "So Under Pressure" music video UK CD single #2 (CXGLOBE541; Released 12 June 2006) "So Under Pressure" (Radio edit) – 3:20 "Feel Like I Do" (Danni Minogue, Jean-Claude Ades, Hannah Robinson) – 3:48 UK 12" vinyl single (12GLOBE541; Released 12 June 2006; Limited edition) "So Under Pressure" (Extended mix) – 6:43 "So Under Pressure" (Soulseekerz remix) – 7:48 Australian CD single #1 (CSRCD50515; Released ) "So Under Pressure" (Radio edit) – 3:22 "So Under Pressure" (Soul Seekerz remix / Soul Seekerz extended) – 7:47 "So Under Pressure" (Extended mix / LMC Extended mix) – 6:42 "So Under Pressure" (Steve Pitron remix) – 7:12 "So Under Pressure" (Riffs & Rays remix) – 6:47 "So Under Pressure" (Thriller Jill remix) – 8:02 Australian CD single #2 (CSRCD50517; Released 29 July 2006; Limited edition) "So Under Pressure" (Soul Seekerz extended / Soul Seekerz remix) – 7:48 "So Under Pressure" (LMC Extended mix / Extended mix) – 6:42 "So Under Pressure" (Express Theory mix) – 5:52 "So Under Pressure" (Soul Seekerz dub) – 7:48 "So Under Pressure" (Radio edit) – 3:22 "Feel Like I Do" – 3:49 "So Under Pressure" music video Personnel The following people contributed to "So Under Pressure": Dannii Minogue – lead vocals Justine Riddock – backing vocals Lee Monteverde – keyboards Chris Martin – guitar Terry Ronald – backing vocals, additional vocal production Recorded and mixed at AATW Studios Charts References External links Official website 2006 singles 2006 songs Dannii Minogue songs Songs written by Dannii Minogue Songs written by Terry Ronald Central Station Records singles

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bag%2C%20Hungary

Bag, Hungary

Bag, Hungary is a village in Pest county, Hungary. References External links in Hungarian Populated places in Pest County

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Arthur & George (TV series)

Arthur & George is a three-part British television drama based on the 2005 book of the same name by Julian Barnes, based in turn on the real-life Great Wyrley Outrages. The first episode aired on 2 March 2015 on ITV. It stars Martin Clunes as Arthur Conan Doyle. Cast Martin Clunes as Arthur Conan Doyle Arsher Ali as George Edalji Charles Edwards as Alfred Wood Art Malik as Reverend Shapurji Edalji Emma Fielding as Charlotte Edalji Fictions While the source book itself is not intended to be strictly historically accurate, the TV series contains additional inventions, such as the murder of a blacksmith and the death of a dog walker at the fictional Rugeley Falls. Conan Doyle's chief suspect Royden Sharp is included in the story, but his suicide is invented to provide a tidy conclusion to the drama. Production The production filmed sections of episodes two and three in Kent. The Chatham Historic Dockyard was used to film London street scenes, including the outside of the Metropolitan Police station, George Edalji's lodgings and the night sequence in which Sir Arthur secretly follows George Edalji. Filming also took place at Blists Hill Victorian Town at Ironbridge and at The Black Country Museum in Dudley. Awards Nominee Critics Choice Television Awards 2016 Best Actor in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series — Martin Clunes Nominee Satellite Awards 2016 Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television — Martin Clunes Ratings References External links Conan Doyle, Arthur. The Case of Mr George Edalji at Project Gutenberg Australia. Accessed 8 July 2015 2010s British drama television series ITV television dramas 2015 British television series debuts 2015 British television series endings 2010s British television miniseries Television shows based on British novels Cultural depictions of Arthur Conan Doyle English-language television shows

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The Lost World: Jurassic Park (arcade game)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a light gun arcade game from Sega. It was released in 1997, and is based on the film of the same name. It is also a sequel to Sega's 1994 Jurassic Park arcade game. A third Jurassic Park arcade game, based on Jurassic Park III, was made by Konami in 2001. Gameplay Ian Malcolm and Sarah Harding go missing after landing on Isla Sorna to conduct an investigation. A rescue team is sent to the island. The player controls one of two rangers, whose goal is to find Malcolm and Harding. Players battle dinosaurs by disabling them with tranquilizer darts. The game features five levels based on environments from the film, including a laboratory and a workers' village. Four of the levels feature a boss battle that must be won to advance the game. Boss enemies include Tyrannosaurus, Deinosuchus and Carnotaurus. Velociraptors are also featured as enemies throughout the game. Pachycephalosaurus, Compsognathus, flying Pteranodons and venom-spitting Dilophosaurus are also encountered throughout the game. At times, the game presents the player with an opportunity to rescue a human who is being attacked by one or multiple dinosaurs. Saving the human results in the human rewarding the player with either a temporary weapon upgrade or additional health. Development The Lost World: Jurassic Park is based on director Steven Spielberg's 1997 film of the same name. Having developed the original Jurassic Park arcade game, Sega AM3, a division of Sega, became interested in making the game after hearing about the film. Additionally hoping that they could make use of Sega's new relationship with Spielberg's company DreamWorks (the two companies were partnered for the GameWorks chain of entertainment venues), producer Mie Kumagai presented her ideas to AM3 president Hisao Oguchi, who approved. AM3 began developing the game in early 1997, after receiving permission from Universal Studios. Shinichi Ogasawara was the game's director. The development team wanted the sequel to have more tension. Sega AM3 utilized Sega's Model 3 arcade system board, as Model 2 was not advanced enough for certain features. Model 3 allowed the game to operate at 60 frames and 100,000 polygons per second. It was the first shooting game to use Model 3, which Sega AM3 had never used before. The development team had difficulty designing the game due to unfamiliarity with Model 3. The team also faced a tight deadline to get the game finished and released. Early in development, the developers only had access to the film's original script. Action scenes from the script were added into the game. Approximately three months before the game's completion, various materials related to the film were sent to the development team, who then added extra elements to the game. The developers had little communication with the film's creators and instead worked mainly with the film's promotional crew. Some of the development team members went to the United States to visit the film's sets, which inspired the level designs. The development team also planned to visit Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), but the company was too busy creating special effects for the film. Instead, the team visited Stan Winston and observed some of his full size velociraptors created for the film. The developers considered adding a creature similar to the Loch Ness Monster, but later dropped the idea as it was decided it would have been awkward for the player to shoot. A Deinosuchus was used instead. The game's dinosaurs were designed from scratch by Sega AM3, as ILM's production sketches were unavailable. Velociraptor was among the most difficult dinosaurs to design due to its quick movements. The development team also spent considerable time deciding how to make the game's main dinosaur, the Tyrannosaurus, appear frightening and impressive. The Carnotaurus, which appeared in the original script for the film, was implemented into the game, as the developers expected ILM to create the creature for use in the film. The developers initially planned to make the two-player mode different from the one-player mode, in regard to routes the players would take or the types of dinosaurs they would encounter. This idea was scrapped due to time constraints. The game was publicly announced in the first quarter of 1997, and was unveiled in June at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Release The Lost World: Jurassic Park was released in the United States and the United Kingdom in September 1997. It was housed in a "theater style" cabinet with a 50-inch monitor, two light guns, and four-speaker surround sound. Spielberg received one of the arcade cabinets as a gift from Sega of America. Special edition By January 1998, an updated version of the game had been released in Japan, under the title of The Lost World Special. The new hydraulic game cabinet features seats that rotate and rock from side to side, and an 80-inch screen, compared to the original version's 50-inch screen. A burst of air blows out at the player(s) whenever the Tyrannosaurus roars. The game was rewritten to more closely follow the film's plot. Some ideas that were scrapped from the original game were implemented into the Special game. Some of the game's levels were moved around from the original. The Carnotaurus was cut from the game and replaced with a final level of a Tyrannosaurus rampaging through San Diego. Cancelled port In January 1998, Sega AM3 said it would be impossible to port the game to the Sega Saturn, but expressed interest in a PC version. In January 1999, it was announced that the game would be converted and released for Sega's Dreamcast console. The Dreamcast version was to include larger levels than the arcade version. In August 1999, Sega AM3 was in the process of converting the game for release in Japan in January 2000, with a possible U.S. release in the spring of 2000. These plans were cancelled by January 2001. Other versions A number of other games were released under the title The Lost World: Jurassic Park, including a pinball game and a number of home console games. These games were developed separately by different companies and featured completely different gameplay styles. Sega Genesis – The Lost World: Jurassic Park PlayStation and Sega Saturn – The Lost World: Jurassic Park Handheld game (Game.com, Game Boy, Game Gear) – The Lost World: Jurassic Park Pinball game – The Lost World: Jurassic Park Reception In Japan, Game Machine listed The Lost World: Jurassic Park on their September 1, 1997 issue as being the third most-successful dedicated arcade game of the month. GamePro wrote that the game, when it was unveiled at E3, "was so cool, it earned ShowStopper status even as a display," while Next Generation wrote that it was, "Easily one of the most impressive titles at E3". Electronic Gaming Monthly called it "Probably the most impressive of the arcade games featured [at E3 1997]". Next Generation also reported, "Some rival companies privately admitted: 'This game is so exciting, it could have become a hit even without the licensed property behind it.'" After the game's release, Johnny Ballgame of GamePro wrote that the graphics "are a giant leap forward for gun games in terms of sight and speed." Computer and Video Games wrote that the graphics "look amazingly authentic". Sega Saturn Magazine wrote that the game's graphics "are to die for", noting that the game featured "the best dinosaurs ever seen outside of the cinema". Arcade magazine called the game "hours of mindless fun," and "a fantastic coin-op shooter which bore little resemblance to its cinematic cousin". The Lost World: Jurassic Park was a runner-up for "Arcade Game of the Year" (behind NFL Blitz) at Electronic Gaming Monthlys 1997 Editors' Choice Awards. Anthony Baize of AllGame rated The Lost World: Jurassic Park four and a half stars out of five, and wrote, "The programmers did an excellent job to make gamers feel as if they are in the middle of an island with crazed dinosaurs as far as the eye can see." Baize praised the graphics, writing that the game "is a masterpiece. The graphics look as if they have been lifted from its namesake movie. [...] The dinosaurs look and sound real. That is fairly amazing." However, Baize criticized the game's loud sounds, saying that "the deafening sound coming from the speakers may be The Lost World: Jurassic Park'''s only real flaw. There is a line where anything can be considered to be too loud, and The Lost World: Jurassic Park crosses that line. While the loud sound is supposed to engage the gamer thoroughly, it can be distracting. [...] The sound is a bit too loud, but that should not keep anyone from playing it." In 2012, CraveOnline included the game on its list of "8 Arcade Games We Want Revived." In 2017, TechRadar ranked The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' among the 50 best arcade games of all time, writing that it was remembered as "the only good Jurassic Park game" and that its graphics were "unmatched" at the time of its release, while concluding that it "still makes us long for a proper Jurassic Park game every time we see it." References External links Rail shooters 1997 video games Arcade video games Arcade-only video games Cancelled Dreamcast games Cancelled Windows games Dinosaurs in video games Jurassic Park video games Video games based on adaptations Sega arcade games Sega-AM3 games Light gun games Video games developed in Japan Video games set on fictional islands

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Pressterror

David Köhler (known on stage as Pressterror) is a German extratone DJ and producer. His self-proclaimed 'Suizidcore' music genre is characterized with his tracks going from 1000-3600 bpm. Suizidcore is a mixture of terrorcore and extratone mixing hard kicks with 1000BPM beats. Career Köhler started his career 15 years ago in Saarbrücken, Germany. In 2001, he discovered his passion for electronic music from using his first record players. Then, he played various hard dance genres until 2005. Since 2002, he produced his own tracks favouring the styles techno, hardcore and Frenchcore. From 2006–2010 he produced many Speedcore and Splittercore tracks. After discovering Terror and Speedcore, he embarked on creating his own unique style, becoming noisier and more extreme. In 2012, Pressterror was known to become one of the fastest and hardest Speedcore artists worldwide from his aggressive style of performance, his pig mask and his style of sound. His trademarks involve his bloodied pig mask wrapped in barbed wire and his unconventional live performances. These acts include, but are not limited to: injecting himself with a syringe filled with "DRRRRRR!" (resembling the sound of the fast beats), the simulating of automutulation by sawing into himself with the use of fake blood, and strangling himself. Controversy Pressterror was featured in an episode of Viceland's Big Night Out, where Pressterror is considered as 'public enemy number 1' by a certain Christian group due to his blasphemous and immoral behaviour. The episode also includes an interview with Pressterror himself, quoting his listeners who tell him that "the music is not dancable to, because it's too fast" and that "Pressterror's music drives people insane, makes them wanna jump through the walls and commit suicide". External links https://www.discogs.com/artist/2552153-Pressterror https://soundcloud.com/pressterror References Living people German electronic musicians Hardcore techno musicians People from Saarbrücken Year of birth missing (living people)

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Avison Ensemble

The Avison Ensemble is one of England's leading exponents of classical music on period instruments. It is named after Charles Avison (1709–1770), the Newcastle-born composer, conductor and organist, considered ‘the most important English concerto composer of the 18th Century’. Comprising some of Europe's leading musicians and soloists, the Ensemble is directed by violinist Pavlo Beznosiuk. It varies in numbers depending on the repertoire being performed, and is typically of chamber ensemble or concerto grosso size, expanding to full chamber orchestra when needed. Formation of the Avison Ensemble The Ensemble was formed in 1985 by Newcastle-born cellist and musical director Gordon Dixon after discovering a collection of 18th-century music at the back of a cupboard which was found to be a number of concertos by the long-neglected Avison. Avison wrote more than eighty concertos, which drew the great musicians of the day to perform in Newcastle. He worked with figures such as the astronomer William Herschel who was leader of Avison's orchestra, the composer William Shield (his pupil from Whickham and to whom is owed the memory of Auld Lang Syne), the Newcastle glass enameller Ralph Beilby who was a bass player in Avison's orchestra, and the English wood engraver Thomas Bewick, who as a young lad engraved the concert tickets. Despite having written over eighty string concertos, Avison's music had been rarely performed since his death, either on modern or period instruments. The Ensemble was formed with the aim of performing, recording and publicising Avison's works and to bring to public attention the many other neglected British composers of the baroque period, such as John Garth, Thomas Arne, and William Boyce, as well as performing the traditional repertoire. Workbooks and the Avison Archive As the author of An Essay on Musical Expression (1752), Avison was a pioneer in the field of musical aesthetics, and the dominant force in the musical life of Newcastle upon Tyne and the surrounding area. Avison's two Workbooks are important new sources for the interpretation and performance of his works and these have recently been acquired by the Avison Ensemble. In 2001, with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund, the first Avison workbook was acquired at Sotheby's, London. Incredibly, less than a year later, a second workbook was discovered and acquired. Both manuscripts contain many unpublished works by the composer and several of his contemporaries. Avison's second workbook contains autograph concerto transcriptions of Domenico Scarlatti's sonatas, scribal manuscripts of Avison's 12 Concerti Grossi Op.2, heavily revised and annotated in the composer's hand, and transcriptions in full score of Francesco Geminiani's Concerti Grossi Op.7 as well as his unpublished arrangements of Geminiani's Violin Sonatas Opp. 1 and 4. Both workbooks have been fully restored by a team at Northumbria University and have been placed on loan to the Newcastle City Library, now named the Charles Avison Building, for safe-keeping and preservation. The workbooks are central to the Newcastle Local Collections and feature as part of the Library's recent Turning the Pages project. Performance activities The Avison Ensemble performs on period instruments in order to recreate as closely as possible the distinctive sound-world of the late 18th century. Consisting of some of Europe's leading baroque musicians and soloists the Ensemble is led by Pavlo Beznosiuk, one of the UK's leading period instrument virtuoso violinist and leader of the Academy of Ancient Music. Members of the Ensemble appear regularly in principal positions with the Academy of Ancient Music, Fretwork (music group), The Gabrielli Consort, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, and the English Baroque Soloists, the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, English Concert, The King's Consort, and Les Arts Florissants. The Ensemble has also performed under the conductors Benjamin Zander and Nicholas Kraemer, and with soloists such as the cellists Anner Bylsma, Jaap ter Linden, and Pieter Wispelwey, pianists Ronald Brautigam and Alexei Lubimov, and singers James Bowman, Robin Blaze and Catherine Bott. The Ensemble is committed to North East England and to bringing Avison's music to its audiences. The Ensemble plays regularly in Newcastle's Assembly Rooms, St. Nicholas Anglican Cathedral, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Brunswick Methodist Church Newcastle, Durham Cathedral, Hexham Abbey, The Guildhall Berwick-upon-Tweed, the Bowes Museum, The Alnwick Playhouse, St Nicholas’ Church Guisborough, Morpeth, and Chillingham Castle. The Ensemble will be appearing at the Sage Gateshead for the first time in October 2015. In addition to numerous appearances in the other English regions – most recently at St George's Church, Brandon Hill, Bristol – the Ensemble has also appeared at St John's, Smith Square, London, the Foundling Museum, London (in conjunction with the Handel House Museum), at Trinity College of Music in the Chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, as part of the Greenwich Early Music Festival, and at the Handel Festival, Halle, in Germany. The Ensemble has performed twice at St. James's Palace, London with the choir of Her Majesty the Queen's Chapel Royal, and were the largest orchestra in the opening series at the new London concert hall, Kings Place, performing an all Beethoven programme on period instruments which included the Triple Concerto. In 2012 the Ensemble's activities included performances at St James's Church, Piccadilly and St. Nicholas Anglican Cathedral, and the Ensemble returned to Kings Place to present a two-day festival of Arcangelo Corelli's music. In 2015 the Ensemble made its sell-out debut at the Sage Gateshead. For two years the Ensemble broadcast live concerts on BBC Radio 3 as part of their ‘Live from the 18th century’ series. The Ensemble spearheaded the extensive programme of events in 2009 celebrating the 300th anniversary of Avison's birth. Recordings The Avison Ensemble has recorded the complete works of Charles Avison on both the Naxos Records and Divine Art labels, and amongst other recordings the six Cello Concertos by John Garth with Divine Art. Apart from the Avison/Scarlatti Concerti Grossi recording these have all been world premiere recordings. The Ensemble has recorded Handel's Concerti Grossi Opus 6 and Vivaldi's Violin Concerti Opus 8 including 'The Four Seasons' with Linn Records. In October 2012 the Ensemble released its recording of Arcangelo Corelli's Concerti Grossi Opus 6 on Linn Records, the first in its recording series of Corelli's complete works to commemorate the 300th anniversary in 2013 of the composer's death. The fourth and final recording in this series was released in April 2014. The Ensemble's recordings feature regularly on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM (UK) playlists. Charles Avison, Twelve Concertos Op. 6, Naxos (2004) Charles Avison, Six Concertos Op. 3 and Eight Concertos Op. 4, Naxos (2006) Charles Avison, Twelve Concerti Grossi after Geminiani, Divine Art (2007) Charles Avison, 12 Concerti Grossi after Scarlatti, Divine Art (2008) Charles Avison, Twelve Concerti Grossi Op. 9 and Six Concerti Grossi Op. 10, Divine Art (2008) Charles Avison, Trio Sonatas Op. 1 and Keyboard Sonatas Op. 8, Divine Art (2009) Charles Avison, Sonatas for Harpsichord Opp. 5 and 7 (with harpsichordist Gary Cooper), Divine Art (2010) Rebellion! Music of the Jacobite Rebellions by Handel, Geminiani and Avison Concertos from the North: Concertos by Charles Avison, John Garth and William Herschel John Garth, Six Cello Concertos, Divine Art (2007) John Garth, Accompanied Keyboard Sonatas Opp. 2 and 4 (with harpsichordist Gary Cooper), Divine Art (2014) George Frideric Handel, Concerti Grossi Opus 6, Linn Records (2010) Antonio Vivaldi, Violin Concerti Opus 8 Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (The Contest Between Harmony and Invention) including 'The Four Seasons', Linn Records (2011) Arcangelo Corelli, Concerti Grossi Opus 6, Linn Records (2012) Arcangelo Corelli, Violin Sonatas Opus 5, Linn Records (2013) Arcangelo Corelli, Chamber Sonatas Opus 2 and 4, Linn Records (2013) Arcangelo Corelli, Church Sonatas Opus 1 and 3, Linn Records (2014) Education and outreach activities At the core of the Avison Ensemble's activities is the strong programme of educational events including an established partnership developed with Gateshead Youth Orchestra and an annual project with North East schools. An international music partnership has been established with the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, USA. In August 2012 the Ensemble welcomed Benjamin Zander to present a series of music workshops in Newcastle for amateur and professional musicians and also listeners which explored music interpretation and performance. The Ensemble develops concerts in partnership with the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and enjoys a partnership with the North East Centre for Lifelong Learning (delivered by the University of Sunderland). The Ensemble also offers a training ground for young professional musicians to gain experience of period performance practice and styles, affording them the opportunity to work with outstanding directors and soloists. The annual Avison Ensemble Young Musicians' Awards were set up in 2005 to encourage young musical talent across the North East region. The entrants to the Awards receive tuition and guidance, as well as important encouragement to continue their musical education. The winners of the three Grade categories and small ensemble category are presented with engraved glass trophies created by the North East glass artist Dominic Fonde which are inscribed with music from the Avison workbooks and are displayed in the winners' schools for a year. References External links Avison Ensemble 18th Century English Music – short biography Discography Linn Records discography Naxos biography and discography Divine Art discography Charles Avison at the Newcastle Collection Early music orchestras British early music ensembles Musical groups established in 1985 1985 establishments in England

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Artem Hryshyn

Artem Hryshyn () was born on 16 October 1987) and is a Ukrainian football midfielder. He is tall and weighs . Club history Before the transfer he played for FC Vorskla Poltava. He wore a jersey number 33. External links Official team website for FC Kremin Kremenchuk FC Kremin Kremenchuk Squad Official team website for FC Vorskla Poltava Official team website for FC Kremin Kremenchuk Player Statistics References 1987 births Living people Ukrainian footballers Ukrainian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Poland FC Kremin Kremenchuk players FC Vorskla Poltava players FC Shakhtar Sverdlovsk players Association football midfielders

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François D'Haene

François D'Haene (born 24 December 1985 in Lille) is a French elite athlete who specializes in ultra running and mountain running. He won the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2021. and the Grand Raid on Réunion in the Indian Ocean in 2013, 2014 and 2016. He is the winner of the first Ultra-Trail World Tour, in 2014. He holds the speed record for the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB), 167 km in 20 h 11 min 44 sec, a record that he improved in 2017 (170 km in 19 h 01 min 32 s). He's also known for being the fastest on the GR20 in Corsica, crossing it in 31 h 06 min. On October 17, 2017, he set a new record on the John Muir Trail in California's Sierra Nevada, finishing it in 2 days, 19 hours, and 26 minutes. On July 17th, 2021, D'Haene won the Hardrock 100 mile ultramarathon in 21:45:51; breaking both the counter clockwise and overall record, both previously held by Kilian Jornet. He used to be a physiotherapist, and became a wine-grower in 2012. He is married and has three children, and lives in the Beaujolais winemaking region. External links Personal website References Living people French male mountain runners French ultramarathon runners French sky runners 1985 births

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Love-stricken

Love-stricken (in Persian:دل‌شدگان;) is a 1992 Iranian historical drama film directed by Ali Hatami. The movie is mainly about some Iranian classical musicians in Ghajar era and their struggle to release their first Record which takes them on a journey to France. The film uses many notable Iranian actors and actresses. Among them are: Amin Tarokh, Akbar Abdi, Saeed Poursamimi, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Jamshid Hashempour, Hamid Jebelli, Fathali Oveisi, Shahla Riahi, Leili Rashidi, Leila Hatami, and Anna Borkowska. Love-stricken is in celebration and praise of Iranian music. At the beginning of the film an intertitle is seen which says: "This film is dedicated to The Great Masters of Iranian Music in the millennium anniversary of Barbad". The film music was composed by famous Iranian musicians such as Hussein Alizadeh as composer and Mohammad Reza Shajarian as singer. Love-stricken was 13th film of Ali Hatami after some both commercial and artistic successes of his previous films like: Mother, Sooteh-Delan, Sattar Khan, Hajji Washington and Kamalolmolk. Title According to Dehkhoda dictionary, the word "Del Shodegan" is the plural form of "Delshodeh". In Persian it means "the lovelorn" or "worried" people. "love-stricken" or "love-struck" is another translation. Plot His imperial majesty Ahmad Shah Qajar asks a group of Iranian musicians, unaffiliated with the royal court, to record a sample of Persian Classical Music on newly invented gramophone at the Conservatoire de Paris. A group of best musicians gather under the direction of Maestro Delnavaz. A singer named Taher (Amin Tarokh) also accompanies them to the journey to Paris. They can record several gramophone discs after a lot of troubles. Taher who has fallen in love with a blind Turkish princess dies of an illness. As the others decide to come back to Iran, one of them says he wants to stay in Europe and learn "scientific music". Other members return to Iran with broken hearts, their friend's corpse and some recorded gramophone discs of Iranian treasure. Cast Faramarz Sadighi as Maestro Delnavaz Amin Tarokh as Taher Khan Bahr-eh Nour Akbar Abdi as Agha Faraj Boulsik Jamshid Hashempur as Iran's Ambassador to France Shahla Riahi as Delnavaz's Wife Saeed Poursamimi as Naser-Khan Deylaman Mohamad Ali Keshavarz as Mirza Mahmoud Hamid Jebeli as Khosro Khan Rahabi Leila Hatami as Leila Leili Rashidi as Agha Faraj's Wife Anna Borkowska as Madam Saeed Amir Soleymani as Nayeb Al-saltaneh Jalal Moghadam as Eesa-khan-e Vazir Rogheyeh Chehreh-Azad as Dayeh Turan Mehrzad as Naser Khan's Wife Mehri Vadadian as Faraj's Mother Soroor Nejatollahi as Khosor Khan's Wife Hooshang Beheshti as Haj Agha Monfared Nabatriz Ali Asghar Garmsiri as Ostad Yousef Babak Eskandari as Ahmad Shah Elmira Abdi as Agha Faraj Daughter Foad Chavmeh as Taher's Childhood Rashid Aslani as Afandi Production Ali Hatami wrote about 4 hours of script for Love-stricken. Although all of the script was shot, but they had to edit it to a normal 90 minutes film. the actual film was shot in 19 acts, but Hatami cut out about 10 acts of it in the editing room. Music Music of the film is composed by Hossein Alizadeh (tar), Saeed Farajpouri (kamancheh), Arshad Tahmasebi (tar) and Dariush Zargari (santur). Mohammad Reza Shajarian is the lead singer of the score. Although at first Hatami wanted Hossein Dehlavi to cooperate with Alizadeh but Dehlavi thought it would be better if Alizadeh worked on the tracks alne. For the lyrics different poems of Hafiz, Fereydun Moshiri and Ali Hatami was used. ٰThe soundtrack is dedicated to The Great Masters of Iranian Music in the millennium anniversary of Barbad. Track listing Other personnel Aziz Sa'ati – still photographer Morteza Momayez – title Abdollah Eskandari – makeup artist Ali Hatami – art direction Ali Hatami – costume design Ahmad Bakhshi – assistant director Noor Mohammad Najjari – assistant director Hassan Yektapanah – assistant director Awards and nominations Love-stricken was nominated in three categories in 1992 Fajr Film Festival as follows: Best Sound Recorder Best Sound Mix Best Music It was also nominated in 2001 Three Continents Festival for "best film". See also Barbad Ali Hatami Iranian music Iranian traditional music References External links Delshodegan in IMDb Golchehre – A song by Mohammad Reza Shajarian in YouTube 1990s historical drama films 1992 films Films about music and musicians Films directed by Ali Hatami Films set in Paris Films set in Tehran Iranian films Iranian historical drama films Persian-language films 1992 drama films

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Ivan Galanin

Ivan Vasilievich Galanin (; –12 November 1958) was a Red Army lieutenant general during World War II. Galanin was drafted into the Red Army in 1919 and fought as an ordinary soldier in the Russian Civil War. He became an officer during the interwar period and graduated from the Frunze Military Academy. Galanin then served in several staff positions in the Transbaikal Military District and commanded the 57th Rifle Division during the Battles of Khalkhin Gol in 1939. He was promoted to command the 17th Rifle Corps in Ukraine in 1940, and held that position when Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began. After leading the corps in the Battle of Uman and the retreat east through Ukraine, he took command of the 12th Army and then the 59th Army. From August 1942 he was deputy command of the Voronezh Front, and in October he took command of the 24th Army, which he led in Operation Uranus. After leading the 70th Army in the Battle of Kursk, Galanin became command of the 4th Guards Army, which he led for the rest of the war, except for a brief period as commander of the 53rd Army. Postwar, he was made deputy commander of a rifle corps, and retired in 1946. Early life and Russian Civil War Born on 25 July 1899 in the village of Pokhorovka in Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Galanin was drafted into the Red Army in April 1919. He was initially sent to the Simbirsk Reserve Regiment as an ordinary soldier. Galanin fought on the Eastern Front with the 296th Rifle Regiment, and from December served with the 2nd Brigade of the 25th Rifle Division. He joined the Communist Party in 1920. In April 1920, he transferred to the 38th VOKhR Battalion of the Urals Cheka. In June, Galanin was sent to study at the 2nd Moscow Infantry Courses. He led a cadet section in the suppression of the Kronstadt rebellion in March 1921. Interwar period After graduating from the courses in 1923, Galanin commanded a platoon and a company of the Combined Military School. In October 1928, he became head of a special command, then a company commander of the Moscow Kremlin Commandant's Office. After graduating from Vystrel commander's improvement courses in June 1931, Galanin became a training company commander in the Moscow Proletarian Rifle Division's 2nd Rifle Regiment. He subsequently led a rifle company and battalion of the division and graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in 1936. From November 1937, Galanin served in the Transbaikal Military District headquarters as assistant chief of the 3rd Section of the 1st Staff Department, chief of the 4th Department, and deputy chief of staff of the district. In August 1938, he became commander of the 57th Rifle Division, which he led in the Battles of Khalkhin Gol in 1939. Promoted to Major General in June 1940, Galanin was transferred to the Kiev Special Military District to command its 17th Rifle Corps. World War II After Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began on 22 June 1941, the corps, part of the 18th Army, fought in the border battles, attempting to repulse the German attack in Right-bank Ukraine. In July the corps, as part of the Southwestern Front and the Southern Front, fought to the west of Stanislav and in the Battle of Uman. Galanin took command of the Southern Front's 12th Army on 25 August, and 2 November he transferred to the Volkhov Front to command the 59th Army. After leading the latter during the Tikhvin counteroffensive, he became commander of the Galinin Army Group under the 16th Army in April 1942 on the Western Front. In October 1942, he took command of the 24th Army of the Donfront, which was involved in the Battle of Stalingrad (including Operation Uranus). On January 27, 1943, Galanin was promoted to lieutenant general. From April 1943, he commanded the 70th Army of the Central Front, which took part in the Battle of Kursk and Operation Kutuzov. Galanin commanded the 4th Guards Army in the Belgorod-Kharkov Offensive Operation. From February 1944 he commanded the 53rd Army of the 2nd Ukrainian Front in the Battle of Cherkassy. Until November 1944, Galanin again commanded the 4th Guards Army in the Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive and in Apatin-Kaposvar Operation. He was the first to be awarded the Order of Kutuzov 1st class. After the war, he was deputy commander of the 7th Rifle Corps of the Soviet Armed Forces Group in Germany. He retired from active service in September 1946. He died in 1958 and was buried in The Vedenskoye Cemetery in Moscow. References Citations Bibliography Generals.dk 1899 births 1958 deaths People from Vorotynsky District People from Nizhny Novgorod Governorate Bolsheviks Soviet lieutenant generals Frunze Military Academy alumni Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Soviet military personnel of World War II Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Recipients of the Order of Kutuzov, 1st class Recipients of the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky (Soviet Union), 1st class First convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

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Hawzen (Ethiopian District)

Hawzen () is an Ethiopian District or woreda in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraqawi Zone, Hawzen is bordered on the south by Kilte Awulaelo, on the west by the Mehakelegnaw (Central) Zone, on the north by Ganta Afeshum, and on the east by Saesi Tsaedaemba. Towns in Hawzen include Hawzen and Megab; villages include Koraro. Gere-alta The western portion of the woreda covers a region known as Gar'alta (Gere-alta). Ger'alta appears on indigenous maps of the northern Horn of Africa in the 15th Century. Gere-alta has been an integral part of the former Enderta province, when Enderta was an independent province as well as when it was an awraja. During the imperial times (until 1975), the Gere-alta woreda consisted of the western parts of the current Hawzen and Kilte Awulaelo districts. The capital of the Gere-alta district was located at the town of Tsigereda, nowadays located in the western part of the Kilte Awulaelo district (south of the Hawzen district). As described by Philip Briggs, the Gar'alta is "a fantastic spaghetti-western landscape of flat dry plains and towering rock outcrops" best known for its "35-odd rock-hewn churches, the largest concentration anywhere in Ethiopia." There are several monolithic churches in the woreda, including: Hawzen Tekle Haymanot (near Hawzen town); Abuna Yemata Guh and Debre Maryam Qorqor (near Megab); and Dugem Selassie, Abuna Abraham Debre Tsion and Yohannes Maikudi (near the village of Dugem). Abuna Yemata Guh is also notable for its wall and dome paintings that David Buxton has dated to the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries "before the massive impact of external influences that occurred in the seventeenth century." One of the dome paintings represent nine of the Apostles, and the other eight of the Nine Saints, one of whom, Abuna Yem'ata, tradition credits founding the church. Demographics Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 117,954, an increase of 26.42% over the 1994 census, of whom 56,415 are men and 61,539 women; 7,553 or 6.40% are urban inhabitants. With an area of 1,892.69 square kilometers, Hawzen has a population density of 62.32, which is greater than the Zone average of 56.93 persons per square kilometer. A total of 25,067 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.71 persons to a household, and 24,105 housing units. The majority of the inhabitants said they practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 99.4% reporting that as their religion. The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 93,300 of whom 45,704 were men and 47,596 were women; 3,835 or 4.11% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Hawzen was the Tigrayan (99.68%). Tigrinya is spoken as a first language by 99.72%. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 99.45% reporting that as their religion. Concerning education, 11.38% of the population were considered literate, which is greater than the Zone average of 9.01%; 11.71% of children aged 7–12 were in primary school; a negligible number of the children aged 13–14 were in junior secondary school, as well as the inhabitants aged 15–18 in senior secondary school. Concerning sanitary conditions, about 76% of the urban houses and 18% of all houses had access to safe drinking water at the time of the census; about 7% of the urban and about 3.5% of the total had toilet facilities. Agriculture A sample enumeration performed by the CSA in 2001 interviewed 21,582 farmers in this woreda, who held an average of 0.77 hectares of land. Of the 16,580 hectares of private land surveyed, 77.92% was under cultivation, 12.64% pasture, 5.1% fallow, 0.78% in woodland, and 4.03% was devoted to other uses. For the land under cultivation in this woreda, 62% was planted in cereals, 13.2% in pulses, 0.96% in oilseeds, and 7 hectares in vegetables. The total area planted in fruit trees was 372 hectares, while 13 were planted in gesho. 74.00% of the farmers both raised crops and livestock, while 22.35% only grew crops and 3.65% only raised livestock. Land tenure in this woreda is distributed amongst 95.49% owning their land, 3.37% renting, and 1.02% holding their land under other forms of tenure. Surrounding woredas Notes Districts of Tigray Region

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Live: Hallelujah

Live: Hallelujah is a live album by Sammy Hagar and The Waboritas. Track list "Shaka Doobie (The Limit)" (Sammy Hagar) – 3:30 originally from Hagar's Ten 13 album. recorded at the Mars Music Amphitheater in Tampa, Florida, on July 31, 2002. "Three Lock Box" (Sammy Hagar) – 3:40 originally from Hagar's Three Lock Box album. recorded at the UMB Bank Pavilion in Maryland Heights, Missouri, on June 7, 2002. "There's Only One Way to Rock" (Sammy Hagar) – 4:05 originally from Hagar's Standing Hampton album. recorded at the UMB Bank Pavilion in Maryland Heights, Missouri, on June 7, 2002. "Give to Live" (Sammy Hagar) - 4:08 originally from Hagar's I Never Said Goodbye album. recorded at the UMB Bank Pavilion in Maryland Heights, Missouri, on June 7, 2002. "Top of the World" (Michael Anthony/Sammy Hagar/Alex Van Halen/Edward Van Halen) – 3:50 originally from Van Halen's For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge album. recorded at the UMB Bank Pavilion in Maryland Heights, Missouri, on June 7, 2002. "Deeper Kinda Love" (Larry Dvoskin/Sammy Hagar) – 4:27 originally from Hagar's Ten 13 album. recorded at the UMB Bank Pavilion in Maryland Heights, Missouri, on June 7, 2002. "Why Can't This Be Love" (Michael Anthony/Sammy Hagar/Alex Van Halen/Edward Van Halen) – 3:46 originally from Van Halen's 5150 album. recorded at the UMB Bank Pavilion in Maryland Heights, Missouri, on June 7, 2002. "Eagles Fly" (Sammy Hagar) – 5:02 originally from Hagar's I Never Said Goodbye album. recorded at the UMB Bank Pavilion in Maryland Heights, Missouri, on June 7, 2002. "Little White Lie" (Sammy Hagar) – 3:41 originally from Hagar's Marching To Mars album. recorded at the UMB Bank Pavilion in Maryland Heights, Missouri, on June 7, 2002. "Rock Candy" (Denny Carmassi/Bill Church/Sammy Hagar/Ronnie Montrose) – 4:40 originally from Montrose's first album, Montrose. recorded at the Mars Music Amphitheater in Tampa, Florida, on July 31, 2002. "I Can't Drive 55" (Sammy Hagar) – 4:55 originally from Hagar's VOA album. recorded at the UMB Bank Pavilion in Maryland Heights, Missouri, on June 7, 2002. "Mas Tequila" (Gary Glitter/Sammy Hagar/Mike Leander) – 5:19 originally from Hagar's Red Voodoo album. recorded at the UMB Bank Pavilion in Maryland Heights, Missouri, on June 7, 2002. "Heavy Metal" (Sammy Hagar/Jim Peterik) – 4:47 originally from Hagar's Standing Hampton album. recorded at the UMB Bank Pavilion in Maryland Heights, Missouri, on June 7, 2002. "When It's Love" (Michael Anthony/Sammy Hagar/Alex Van Halen/Edward Van Halen) – 5:38 originally from Van Halen's OU812 album. recorded at the Tweeter Center For The Performing Arts in Mansfield, Massachusetts, on August 28, 2002. "Right Now" (Michael Anthony/Sammy Hagar/Alex Van Halen/Edward Van Halen) – 5:35 originally from Van Halen's For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge album. recorded at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 7, 2002. "Dreams" (Michael Anthony/Sammy Hagar/Alex Van Halen/Edward Van Halen) – 4:59 originally from Van Halen's 5150 album. recorded at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California, on June 27, 2002. "Hallelujah" (Sammy Hagar) – 4:17 originally from Hagar's Not 4 Sale album. the same studio track as on Not 4 Sale. Personnel Sammy Hagar: lead vocals and guitar Victor Johnson: guitar Jesse Harms: keyboards Mona Gnader: bass guitar David Lauser: drums Special guests Michael Anthony: bass guitar and background vocals on "Top of the World", "When It's Love", "Right Now" and "Dreams" Gary Cherone: duet lead vocal with Hagar on "When It's Love" Pat Badger, Fran Sheehan, Sib Hashian, Barry Goudreau: backing vocals on "When It's Love" Singles "Hallelujah" b/w "Right Now (live)" (Sanctuary SANDJ-85553-2) Versions Sanctuary (Europe) : MISCD026 Sanctuary (UK) : MISPRO26 Sanctuary (US) : SANSP-84608-2 Sanctuary (Japan) : PCCY-01675 External links Lyrics from Hagar's official web site Sammy Hagar albums 2003 live albums

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Šubić family

The Šubić family was one of the Twelve noble tribes of Croatia and a great noble house which constituted Croatian statehood in the Middle Ages. They held the county of Bribir (Varvaria) in inland Dalmatia. From them branched prominent Zrinski family. History Origins Today Bribir is an archaeological site in inland Dalmatia. It is located on a flat hill about fifteen kilometres northwest of Skradin, near the old Zadar road which goes through Benkovac. Under the steep rocks of its western side there is the source of the Bribirčica stream and from here the rich and fertile Bribir-Ostrovica field spreads out. The hill of Bribir, an ideal place to control the surrounding territory, was a perfect area to inhabit. The one who held it had control over all roads and approaches from the sea to the hinterland, making it an ideal settlement. During the Roman period Bribir, known as Varvaria, had the status of municipium and was the centre of one of the fourteen Liburnian counties. The Byzantine emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus wrote in the 10th century about the Croats settling in Dalmatia in the 7th century and described how they had organised their country into eleven counties (zupanias) one of which was Breberi, centred on site of the old Varvaria (Moravcsik & Jenkins, eds. 1967). A line of hills separated it from the territory of Knin to the north and to the south it bordered on Skradin. It was held by a kindred that in coeval documents is referred to as nobiles, comites or principes Breberienses (nobles, counts or rulers of Breber, "knezovi Bribirski" in Croatian). These Breberienses belonged to the Šubić tribe from Luka županija, one of the twelve tribes which composed Croatian statehood in the Middle Ages, and according to the Supetar Cartulary, they were one of six tribes which selected bans who, in turn, elected a new king in a case where the prior king died without leaving heirs. In 1182 was mentioned noble Tolimir filius Stephani Subici in the hinterland of Zadar, in 1248 some noble Subinich were on the island of Krk, while Mladen III Banić (1342) and Paul III Banić (1345) were first members of the main line of Bribir to be called seu generationis Subichievich. Original coat of arms The original coat of arms of this clan of nobles is a wing argent on a shield gules. The crest is a sprig of barberry. Argent and gules were the colours of the Croatian kindreds that sided with the papal party such as the lords of Krk (before they took on the shield of the Roman Frangipani), the Gusić, the Mogorović and the Hrvatinić, and still are those of Croatia. The device could be derived from the winged shield standard of the royal chamberlain, a post held by Budez postelnic berberensis jupanus (1069). Wings are common, especially as a crest, in later Croatian heraldry. This could be accounted by the numerous familiares of the powerful Zrins who kept the Breber device in their coat of arms. Timeline In recent history books whenever members of this kindred are mentioned in relation to their prominent role in the 13th and 14th centuries the surname of Šubić is conferred upon them by the historian. This was not the way that the members called themselves at the time. During the Middle Ages every man in Croatia bore four names: the name given at baptism, the patronym, the name of his kindred which was also the name of the settlement in which he lived, and his tribal affiliation (Jirecek, 1967). When, with the introduction of feudalism, king Bela confirmed the kindred in their possession of Breber (1251) this name would again be used to identify them since by then the custom was to be called after one's premier fief. Thus, in the period from 1069 to the destruction of the county by the Turks in 1520, the many personages of the clan that emerge from the original Latin documents qualify themselves as de Breberio preceded by their Christian name and patronym; only rarely do they add their tribal affiliation. The seal of Paul I Šubić of Bribir (born in 1312), the greatest figure of the clan, has the following lettering on it: + S(IGILLVM) PAVLI BREBERIENSIS BANI TOCIVS SCLAVONIEAnother seal of the same man has: PAVLVS DE BREBERIO BANVS CROATORVM D[OMI]N[V]S ET BOSNEThus, in the vulgar the surname would be Breber or some variant (Breberić, Brebrić, Barbier, Barber, Barberich, etc.). The 19th century erudite Croatian historians who wrote the first history books for the public opted for Šubić which, in the ardent nationalistic spirit of the time, sounded reassuringly Slavic as compared to Breber. During the reign of Demetrius Zvonimir (1075–1089), the mythical golden age of the Kingdom of Croatia, the highest court offices of postelnik (comes camerarius) and tepizo (comes palatinus) were held by Budez and Dominicus, both of the lineage. During the 13th and 14th centuries Brebers were many times called to cover the post of count in the townships of Split, Trogir, Skradin and Omiš. In the documents, it is possible to identify six different branches of the Breber clan. The most illustrious of which is the one descended from iupanus Miroslaus Brebriensis, filius Bogdanizi (1184). His great-grandson Paul, mentioned above, reached the peak of power towards the end of the 13th century. He was Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia, his rule extended to Bosnia, and with his brothers he controlled the maritime cities of Dalmatia. In these regions he was champion of the Pope and was instrumental in placing Charles, the firstborn of the King of Naples, on the throne of Hungary and Croatia. He was related to the King of Naples, the King of Serbia, the Da Camino lords of Treviso, and the Tiepolo and Dandolo patricians of Venice. When he died in 1312, his eldest son Mladen tried to maintain the hold over the other Croatian clans, but was unsuccessful and bit by bit lost land, castles and towns. Decline Besides these particular offshoots which went their separate ways, a numerous kin continued to abide by the ancient holding of Breber. In 1324 when the citizenship of Zadar was conferred on the nobiles domini de Briberio, 190 members of the clan presented themselves for the investiture. In 1353 the Ottoman Turks crossed the Dardanelles and began their invasion of Europe. In the 15th century Bosnia was already a pashalik from where raids would be carried into Croatia-Dalmatia. The feudal levies and the clan warriors had no hope against the Turkish war machine and met their fate in the battle of Krbavsko Polje (1493). The castle of Breber was caught on the front between the Turkish, Hungarian and Venetian armies and by 1520 had become a desolate waste of rubble. Last news giving the comites Breberienses still in their ancient seat is in the diocesan synod of Skradin held at the time of bishop Archangel (1490–1502). The Turkish terror displaced large portions of the population of Dalmatia-Croatia. Some sought refuge in the cities of the coast, some crossed the sea to Italy, others, especially those belonging to the nobility, resettled to the north in that part of Slavonia still under the crown of Hungary-Croatia. Their clan organisation definitely disrupted, the single Breber families settled in various places in the county of Zagreb (Comitatus Zagrabiensis) (Adamcek & Kampus, 1976). In the second half of the 16th century we find one nucleus settled in Turopolje (Campus Zagrabiensis) where they joined the free community of lesser nobles (nobiles unius sessionis). Another group established itself at Stubica and other places in the Zagorje region, where one branch, the counts Jankovic Bribirsky, owned the Horvatska manor in the 17th century and remained one of the prominent local families till the 20th century. Breber families are still living in these places to this day. Zrinski branch In 1347 King Louis I of Hungary conferred on this branch of the Brebers, in the persons of Count Gregory and Count George (Grgur and Juraj in Croatian), respectively son and nephew of Ban Paul, the Zrin Castle (in exchange for the strategically important castle of Ostrovica, their last holding outside of ancestral Bribir. This branch would be known by the surname of Zrin (but also variously a Zrinio, Zrinski, Zrínyi, Zrini, de Serin, Sdrin following Latin, contemporary Croatian, Hungarian, French, or Italian usage) which rose to its height of fame and glory with Count Nikola IV (1508–1566), the hero of Szigetvár, and with Count Nikola VII (1620–1664), the Scourge of the Ottomans. Mark Forstall (or Marcus Forstall), the secretary of the latter, compiled a history of the Zrins, tracing it back to the Brebers, to the tribe of Šubić, and from there to the Roman gens Sulpicia which, according to Suetonius, sprang from the love of Zeus for Pasiphaë. Even the illustrious erudite Charles Ducange (1610–1688) mentions these fabulous origins in his Illyrici Veteris et Novi, p. 237:Dynastae in Zrinio magno semper in Dalmatia, et in Croatia potentatu gaudebant, primum ante anno 1347. Breberiensium, deinde Zriniorum nomine cogniti: Comites Breberienses ex antiquo Sulpitorum Romanorum genere orti, Subich a Dalmatis patrio cognominabantur sermone.A feeling for classical antiquity was a cultural feature of the Renaissance and the wish to establish a link with the great tradition of Rome was a common vanity of those times. The claim of the Zrins, however, is not totally groundless. During the times of the Roman Empire, Dalmatia was a senatorial province and would have affiliations with the patrician families of the capital. P. Sulpicius Rufus was governor of Illyricum around 45 B.C. and could have established a settlement of clientes here, as was the general custom during Roman rule. Varvaria was a Roman municipium under Italic law but was actually enrolled in the tribe Claudia. Archaeological evidence at Bribir shows no sign of interruption of human occupation between the Roman municipium and the arrival of the Croats. This belonging of the Breberienses to the universe of Rome is revealed by their emergence to power in the time when Croatia was placed under papal suzerainty during the reign of Zvonimir (1075–1089), and also when later they bitterly fought and defeated (1227) the Kacic kindred, champions of the heretical party. And later still when the Pope would address ban Mladen as dilectus filius (1319). Other kindreds and families in Croatia and Dalmatia like the Karin, the Babonić, the Frankopan, the Gusić and some of the patrician families from the maritime cities also claimed a similar link with Rome. The greatness of the house of Zrin ended with the brothers Nikola VII and Peter, the latter having been condemned to the scaffold in the famous trial of Vienna (1671) regarding the Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy. The last counts, Adam and John Anthony (Croatian: Ivan Antun), lost the previous power of the family; the former fell in the cavalry charge against the Turks at Slankamen in 1691 and the latter, after having brilliantly fought against the French, fell into disgrace and died in prison in 1703. Notable members The following members of the family were most notable: Nikola IV Zrinski (also Nikola IV), Ban of Croatia between 1542 and 1556 Juraj IV Zrinski, main royal treasurer Juraj V Zrinski, Ban of Croatia between 1622 and 1626 Nikola VII Zrinski, Ban of Croatia between 1647 and 1664 Petar Zrinski (also Petar IV), Ban of Croatia between 1665 and 1670 Katarina Zrinska, poet and wife of Petar Zrinski Jelena Zrinska, Katarina's daughter and wife of Francis I Rákóczi Count Nikola IV Zrinski (born 1508) was the Ban of Dalmatia, Slavonia and Croatia, the commander of Szigetvár (from 1561) and the Habsburg commander in western Hungary (from 1563). He is considered the most courageous and prominent member of the Zrinski family, which together with the Frankopans was the most distinguished and famous noble family in Croatian history. He established his reputation as a fearless warrior in the defense of Vienna in 1529, and in the victory over the Turks at Buda in 1529. As Croatian Ban, he persistently advocated Croatian interests. He acquired immortal fame for himself and Croatia in the Battle of Szigetvár in 1566. More than 100,000 well-armed Turks, headed by the famed Suleiman the Magnificent and Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmet Pasha, besieged the fortress of Szigetvár from August 7 to 7 September 1566. Zrinski, with "two thousand three hundred and a few more" warriors defended it, until the charge from the fortress, in which he was killed. The Sultan offered Zrinski the crown of Croatia in vain. The destiny of Europe was at stake then, and Zrinski and his company of Croatian knights chose to defend the interests of the Christian West. Sultan Suleiman died during the battle. After this the Grand Vizier abandoned that military expedition and returned to Constantinople. Nikola's IV son, George IV (Croatian: Juraj IV) inherited his father's property. He was more interested in books than in chivalry. He became enthusiastic about Lutheranism which he did not accept, but forced the people to turn Protestant. He persecuted Catholic priests and devastated a number of the churches, especially the famous Paulist monastery at Sveta Jelena, which did him no credit among the people. But on the other hand, he founded the first printing office at Nedelišće (near Čakovec) in 1574, when there was no other printing office in Croatia. His son, George V (Croat. Juraj V) turned back to Catholicism and "purified" Međimurje from Lutheranism. Unfortunately his chivalry and rapier-tonguedness were a thorn in his superior's, general Albrecht von Wallenstein's, side and von Wallenstein had George poisoned after a verbal duel in 1626. Other branches Count Martino Zrinski or Sdrigna, was born in 1462 and was the son of Count Peter II and brother of Nikola III, father of Nikola IV, the one who is referred to in history as Nikola the Great Zrinski of Siget (Szigetvár in Hungarian). Martino Zrinski was the first member of the Zrinski family to live in Cefalonia, Greece. He adopted the name of Sdrin or Sdrinia. Another branch of the Breber clan, descended from Peter living at the beginning of the 14th century, owed its rise to having remained unshakeably loyal to Sigismund of Luxemburg, the future Holy Roman Emperor (1411), in his struggle for the crown of Hungary-Croatia against King Ladislaus of Naples. Nikola, James and John, nobiles de Breberio, were confirmed in their possessions. James was nominated Viceban. The family also received the castle of Perna with all the appurtenances. This family was then known as Perényi (Peranski in Croatian, or Peransky, de Perén, a Pernya in other languages) and was numbered among the magnates of Hungary up to the 20th century. Gabriel Perényi and bishop Francis Perényi fell fighting in the fateful Battle of Mohács (29 August 1526). Another family branch that rose to wealth and power were the descendants of Ugrinus (died 1335). Known under the nickname of Melić, then Melith, which later became their surname, they obtained vast estates in Transylvania. Members of the House of Šubić Stjepko Šubić, Count of Trogir Pavao I Šubić of Bribir (1245–1312), Count of Bribir, Ban of Croatia and Lord of all Bosnia Mladen II Šubić of Bribir (1270–1343), Count of Bribir, Ban of Croatia, Ban of Bosnia and Lord of the all Bosnia Juraj II Šubić of Bribir (1275–1330), Count of Bribir and Split, ruled from Klis Fortress Pavao III Šubić of Bribir (?–1356), married Catherina Dandolo from Venice Katarina Šubić, married Ivan Jurišić Bribirski Deodat Šubić (?–1348) Mladen III Šubić of Bribir (1315–1348), "Shield of the Croats", ruled from Klis Fortress, married Jelena Nemanjić, a daughter of Stephen Uroš III of Serbia Mladen IV Šubić of Bribir Senko Šubić of Bribir Radics Bielak Katarina Šubić (?–1358), married Duke of Legnica-Brzeg Bolesław III the Generous in 1326. Jelena Šubić (1306–1378), married to Vladislaus of Bosnia, regent of medieval Bosnia. Pavao II Šubić of Bribir (?–1346), Count of Trogir and Ostrovica, married Elizabeth Frankopan (Elizabeta Krčka) Juraj III Šubić of Bribir (Juraj I Zrinski) (?–1362) Elizabeth, married Tamás of Corbavia Pavao (1414) Pribko Katharina, a nun Grgur I Šubić of Bribir, Count of Šibenik Juraj I Šubić of Bribir (1277–1302), Count of Trogir, Šibenik, Omiš and Nin, ruled from Klis Fortress Ivan (1358) Mladen I Šubić of Bribir (?–1304), Count of Split, Ban of Bosnia (Dominus of Bosnia), ruled from Klis Fortress after George I death Stanislava Šubić (?–1304), a nun a daughter (1330–?), married to Jacopo Tiepolo See also Šubić family tree Croatian nobility List of noble families of Croatia Twelve noble tribes of Croatia List of rulers of Croatia List of rulers of Bosnia History of Croatia References List of consulted works The expanding Šubić family, the princes of Bribir, in the book Southeastern Europe in the Middle ages, 500-1250 - Author: Florin Curta Croatian scientific bibliography: Supporting the Angevin pretenders - the Šubić of Bribir and installation of the Angevins in the Kingdom of Hungary-Croatia - Author: Damir Karbi Princes of Bribir in the medieval Croatian state Croatian noblemen of Šubić, the princes of Bribir, in the book Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Serbian claims - Author: Martin Davorin Krmpotić Princes of Bribir in the Croatian history, chapter The Extinction of the Arpad Dynasty - Author: Marko Marelić Epitaph of Mladen III Šubić, prince of Bribir Rady M. 2000. Nobility, Land and Service in Medieval Hungary. Palgrave ed. 231 pp. Further reading External links Medieval Croatian nobility Croatian noble families Banate of Bosnia Hungarian nobility

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Kacper Kozłowski (sprinter)

Kacper Kozłowski (; born 7 December 1986) is a Polish sprint athlete who specializes in the 400 metres. International competitions References External links IAAF profile 1986 births Living people Polish male sprinters Sportspeople from Olsztyn Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Poland World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade

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Gomphidia pearsoni

Gomphidia pearsoni is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. References Dragonflies of Sri Lanka Gomphidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Insects described in 1933

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Vera Hjelt

Vera Hjelt (1857—1947) was a Finnish social reformer, politician and a pioneer of occupational safety and health who strove to improve workplace conditions and treatment of workers. Early life and education Vera Hjelt was born to a middle-class family, as the second child of school principal Carl Wilhelm Hjelt and Augusta Charlotta von Pfaler. She had a relatively lenient upbringing: her father did not consider girls' education to be of much importance, and her mother, who had become disabled when Vera was young, could not contribute much towards her education. She is known to have been an avid reader, and aspired to become a sculptor. At age 17, she set up a music store in Turku, the first in the city, which she ran for two years. In 1881, Hjelt graduated from the Ekenäs seminary, qualifying as a teacher, as well as in the same year completing her art studies at the Turku drawing school (Taideyhdistyksen piirustuskoulu). She went on to continue her training at the Nääs School of Crafts in Sweden, qualifying as an arts and crafts teacher in 1885. Career Teaching and crafts In the early 1880s, Hjelt taught at primary school in Hammarland and Turku. After that, she moved to Nääs, where she at the same time both studied and taught crafts, before returning to Finland and taking up the post of principal of a craft school in Helsinki, which role she held 1885–1897, as well as continuing as a primary school teacher. Alongside her teaching duties, she set up a steam saw and carpentry factory in Oulunkylä (now part of Helsinki), serving as its director for many years. In 1886, Hjelt was granted a patent for her invention, a portable workbench, which was sold and even exported, including to the USA. After her retirement from politics (see below), Hjelt returned to teaching, at the Swedish-language technical college in Helsinki, where she worked until 1936. Occupational safety From 1903 until 1918, Hjelt served as an inspector of occupational safety and health (Ammattientarkastaja), and also as a labour statistics researcher from 1906 until 1912. In the former role, she was the first female post-holder, and had to be granted special dispensation for her appointment, as such positions were at that time reserved exclusively for men. She spent much of her time travelling around Finland, visiting factories and workshops, to witness and monitor working conditions first-hand. She is known to have got on well with workers, especially women, and also enjoyed cordial relations with management who were usually happy to implement her pragmatic and carefully-considered recommendations to improve working conditions. Hjelt was influential in similar inspector positions being established in Norway and Sweden. In 1909, Hjelt established an exhibition of occupational safety and health, which she managed and curated until 1931; the exhibition later became a permanent public museum (Sosiaalimuseo). In recognition of her labour reform work, Hjelt was in 1930 granted the honorary title of . She was the first person in the country to receive the title. Writing Hjelt wrote for a seasonal (Christmas) publication in 1888–1902, and for a children's magazine in 1905–1906, in both cases for their Finnish and Swedish language versions. Politics and public service In 1908, Vera Hjelt was elected as a Member of Parliament from the Uusimaa constituency, representing the Swedish People's Party. During her parliamentary career, Hjelt focused mainly on social, labour and women's issues including maternity and unemployment provisions, young workers' and illegitimate children's rights, as well as laws governing women's status in the workplace. She resigned from her party, and subsequently relinquished her seat in October 1917, on account of having voted, in defiance of her party's policy, for the working time bill providing for a standard eight-hour-working-day. Outside parliament, she also served in numerous board and supervisory council roles at various public sector and charitable organisations. Personal life Vera Hjelt never married; she is known to have confided in her friends that she had many suitors, both "possible and impossible ones", but the only one she was interested in belonged to the latter category. She had an active social life, and often entertained, including playing the piano and the accordion to her friends, and is known to have composed some of her own music. In her later life, Hjelt acquired a summer house in Bromarv, on the southwestern coast of Finland. References 20th-century Finnish politicians Swedish People's Party of Finland politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1908–09) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1909–10) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1910–11) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1911–13) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1913–16) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1916–17) Finnish educators People from Turku People from Turku and Pori Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) 1857 births 1947 deaths Occupational health practitioners

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Juan José Moral

Juan José Moral Arnaiz (born 20 August 1951) is a Spanish former racing cyclist. He was a delegate for Spain at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada, where he finished in 33rd place in the individual road race. He won the Spanish national road cycling championship for under 23 in 1971. He participated in the World Cycling Championships in 1974 and 1975. In 1975, representing the Spanish national team, he won the second stage in the Peace Race (Course the la Paix)in Germany, being the first Spanish doing it. In 1976, he finished third in the national road cycling championship and won the national time trial title. He finished second in the Tour of Ireland that year (behind Sean Kelly) and fourth in the Tour de Suisse. References 1951 births Living people Spanish male cyclists Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Spain Sportspeople from Gipuzkoa Cyclists from the Basque Country (autonomous community)

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Walter Washington (disambiguation)

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List of elections in 2015

The following elections were scheduled to occur in the year 2015. Africa 2015 Beninese parliamentary election 26 April 2015 2015 Burkinabé general election 29 November 2015 2015 Burundian legislative election 29 June 2015 2015 Burundian presidential election 21 July 2015 2015-16 Central African general election 30 December 2015 and 14 February 2016 2015 Comorian legislative election 25 January and 22 February 2015 2015 Ivorian presidential election 25 October 2015 2015 Egyptian parliamentary election 2 December 2015 2015 Ethiopian general election 24 May 2015 2015 Lesotho general election 28 February 2015 2015 Nigerian general election 28-29 March 2015 2015 Sudanese general election 13-16 April 2015 2015 Tanzanian constitutional referendum 30 April 2015 2015 Tanzanian general election 25 October 2015 2015 Tanzanian parliamentary election 25 October 2015 2015 Togolese presidential election 25 April 2015 2015 Zambian presidential election 20 January 2015 Asia 2015 Azerbaijani parliamentary election 1 November 2015 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election October-November 2015 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election 7 February 2015 2015 Indonesian local elections 9 December 2015 2015 Kazakhstani presidential election 26 April 2015 2015 Myanmar general election 8 November 2015 2015 North Korean local elections 19 July 2015 2015 Singaporean general election 11 September 2015 2015 Sri Lankan presidential election 8 January 2015 2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election 17 August 2015 2015 Tajikistani parliamentary election 1 March 2015 June 2015 Turkish general election 7 June 2015 November 2015 Turkish general election 1 November 2015 2015 Uzbekistani presidential election 29 March 2015 2015 Hong Kong local elections 22 November 2015 Middle East 2015 Israeli legislative election 17 March 2015 2015 Saudi Arabian municipal elections 12 December 2015 Europe 2015 Andorran parliamentary election 1 March 2015 2014–15 Croatian presidential election 28 December 2014 and 11 January 2015 2015 Croatian parliamentary election 8 November 2015 2015 Danish general election 18 June 2015 2015 Faroese general election 1 September 2015 2015 Estonian parliamentary election 1 March 2015 2015 Finnish parliamentary election 19 April 2015 2015 Åland legislative election 18 October 2015 2015 French regional elections 6 and 13 December 2015 2015 French departmental elections 22 and 29 March 2015 2015 Hamburg state election 2 February 2015 2015 Bremen state election 10 May 2015 2015 Gibraltar general election 26 November 2015 January 2015 Greek legislative election 25 January 2015 2014–15 Greek presidential election 17, 23, and 29 December 2014 and 18 February 2015 September 2015 Greek legislative election 20 September 2015 2015 Italian presidential election 29-31 January 2015 2015 Dutch provincial elections 18 March 2015 2015 Norwegian local elections 14 September 2015 2015 Polish presidential election 10 and 24 May 2015 2015 Polish parliamentary election 25 October 2015 2015 Portuguese legislative election 4 October 2015 2015 Madeira regional election 29 March 2015 2015 Catalan parliamentary election 27 September 2015 2015 Spanish general election 20 December 2015 2015 Swiss federal election 18 October 2015 June 2015 Turkish general election 7 June 2015 November 2015 Turkish general election 1 November 2015 2015 Ukrainian local elections 25 October and 15 November 2015 2015 United Kingdom general election 7 May 2015 North America Canada 2015 Canadian federal election 19 October 2015 Mexico 2015 Mexican legislative election 7 June 2015 United States 2015 Philadelphia mayoral election 3 November 2015 2015 Kentucky gubernatorial election 3 November 2015 2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election 21 November 2015 2015 Mississippi gubernatorial election 3 November 2015 Oceania Australia 2015 Queensland state election 31 January 2015 2015 New South Wales state election 28 March 2015 Federated States of Micronesia 2015 Micronesian parliamentary election 3 March 2015 Kiribati 2015-16 Kiribati parliamentary election 30 December 2015 and 7 January 2016 Tuvalu 2015 Tuvaluan general election 31 March 2015 Caribbean 2015-16 Haitian parliamentary election 9 August 2015, 25 October 2015, and 20 November 2016 2015 Haitian presidential election 25 October 2015 2015 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election 16 February 2015 2015 Trinidad and Tobago general election 7 September 2015 Central America 2015 Belizean general election 4 November 2015 2015 Guatemalan general election 6 September and 25 October 2015 South America 2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election 6 December 2015 2015 Argentine general election 25 October and 22 November 2015 2015 Guyanese general election 11 May 2015 2015 Surinamese general election 25 May 2015 2015 Uruguayan municipal elections 10 May 2015 See also Local electoral calendar 2015 National electoral calendar 2015 Supranational electoral calendar 2015 Elections Lists of elections by year

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Albania under the Byzantine Empire

In 395, the Roman Empire was permanently divided and the area that now constitutes modern Albania became part of the Byzantine Empire. Antiquity After the region fell to the Romans in 168 BC, it became part of the province of Macedonia. The central portion of modern Albania was later split off as Epirus nova ("New Epirus"), while the southern remained under Epirus vetus and the northern parts belonged to Praevalitana. Barbarian invasions In the first decades under Byzantine rule (until 461), Epirus nova suffered the devastation of raids by Visigoths, Huns, and Ostrogoths. In the 4th century barbarian tribes began to prey upon the Roman Empire. The Germanic Goths and Asiatic Huns were the first to arrive, invading in mid-century; the Avars attacked in 570; and the Slavic Serbs and Croats overran the region in the early 7th century. About fifty years later, the Bulgars conquered much of the Balkan Peninsula and extended their domain to the lowlands of what is now central Albania. In general, the invaders destroyed or weakened Roman and Byzantine cultural centers in the lands that would become Albania. Middle Ages Church split Since the 1st and 2nd century, Christianity had become the established religion in most of the eastern Roman Empire, supplanting pagan polytheism. But, though the country was in the fold of Byzantium, Christians in the region remained under the jurisdiction of the Pope of Rome until 732. In that year the iconoclast Byzantine emperor Leo III the Isaurian, angered by archbishops of the region because they had supported Rome in the Iconoclastic Controversy, detached the church of the province from the Roman pope and placed it under the patriarch of Constantinople. When the Christian church split in 1054 between the East and Rome, the region of southern Albania retained its ties to Constantinople while the north reverted to the jurisdiction of Rome. This split marked the first significant religious fragmentation of the country. Byzantine rule and conflicts with Western powers Later, in the early 9th century, the Byzantine government established the theme of Dyrrhachium, based in the city of the same name and covering most of the coast, while the interior was left under Slavic and later Bulgarian control. Full Byzantine control over modern Albania was established only after the Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria in the early 11th century. In his History written in 1079–1080, Byzantine historian Michael Attaliates referred to the Albanoi as having taken part in a revolt against Constantinople in 1043 and to the Arbanitai as subjects of the duke of Dyrrachium. It is disputed, however, whether that refers to Albanians in an ethnic sense. However a later reference to Albanians from the same Attaliates, regarding the participation of Albanians in a rebellion in 1078, is undisputed. At this point, they are already fully Christianized. In the late 11th and 12th centuries, the region played a crucial part in the Byzantine–Norman Wars; Dyrrhachium was the westernmost terminus of the Via Egnatia, the main overland route to Constantinople, and was one of the main targets of the Normans (cf. Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)). Towards the end of the 12th century, as Byzantine central authority weakened and rebellions and regionalist secessionism became more common, the region of Arbanon became an autonomous principality ruled by its own hereditary princes. After the Fourth Crusade, the region came under the control of the Despotate of Epirus, but its control was never firm. Serbian influence began to be strongly felt at this time, as well as those of Venice and later of the Kingdom of Sicily, as both powers tried to gain control of coastal Albania for their purposes. The new administrative system of the themes, or military provinces created by the Byzantine Empire, contributed to the eventual rise of feudalism in Albania, as peasant soldiers who served military lords became serfs on their landed estates. Among the leading families of the Albanian feudal nobility were the Thopias, Balshas, Shpatas, Muzakas, Aranitis, Dukagjins, and Kastriotis. The first three of these rose to become rulers of principalities that were practically independent of Byzantium. In 1258, the Sicilians took possession of the island of Corfu and the Albanian coast, from Dyrrhachium to Valona and Buthrotum and as far inland as Berat. This foothold, reformed in 1272 as the "Kingdom of Albania", was intended by the dynamic Sicilian ruler, Charles of Anjou, to become the launchpad for an overland invasion of the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines however managed to recover most of Albania by 1274, leaving only Valona and Dyrrhachium in Charles' hands. Finally, when Charles launched his much-delayed advance, it was stopped at the Siege of Berat in 1280–1281. Albania would remain largely part of Byzantine empire until the Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, when it fell shortly to the hands of the Serbian ruler Stephen Dushan. References Library of Congress Country Study of Albania

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamar%20Ab

Kamar Ab

Kamar Ab or Kamarab () may refer to: Kamarab, Kermanshah Kamar Ab, Khuzestan Kamar Ab, Markazi

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Drysdale%20%28footballer%29

John Drysdale (footballer)

John Drysdale (2 December 1913 – 1965) was a Scottish footballer who played for Queen's Park, Rangers, Kilmarnock and Dumbarton. His main position was right half, but he is also recorded as featuring at centre forward (scoring five times in nine league appearances for Rangers in that role during the 1935–36 season), centre half (seven appearances as the Gers won the Scottish Football League title in 1936–37) and right back. References 1913 births 1965 deaths Date of death missing Scottish footballers Footballers from Dunfermline Tranent Juniors F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish Football League players Dumbarton F.C. wartime guest players Raith Rovers F.C. wartime guest players Lincoln City F.C. wartime guest players Notts County F.C. wartime guest players Rangers F.C. players Kilmarnock F.C. players Queen's Park F.C. players St Cuthbert Wanderers F.C. players Newton Stewart F.C. players Association football wing halves

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisenhale%20Dance%20Space

Chisenhale Dance Space

Chisenhale Dance Space is a British, member-led charitable organisation based in east London. It provides rehearsal and performance space for independent dancers. It was founded in the early 1980s by members of the X6 Dance Collective who were originally housed in Butler's Wharf It officially opened as a public performance space in December 1984. The organisation is based on the top floor of a former veneer factory near Victoria Park in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The space comprises offices, dance studios and a 75-seater theatre and performance space which is available for professional and community use. Chisenhale Gallery and Chisenhale Art Place are situated in the same former factory. The Chisenhale Dance Space focus is artist development, experimentation, research, and the creation of new dance and movement works. Their projects consist of artist development programmes and community outreach, such as Inspiring Young Londoners Through Dance, which was part of the Transformers scheme to celebrate the 2012 Summer Olympics. The theatre space is used for dance festivals, live performances and dance-related film screenings. The space's 30th anniversary film programme included a screening of Hail the New Puritan – a fictionalised documentary starring Michael Clark and directed by Charles Atlas – which was filmed in Chisenhale Dance Space. Chisenhale Dance Space is part of the Tower Hamlets Dance Partnership. The other members are East London Dance, Green Candle Dance Company, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and Central Foundation Girls' School. References External links Chisenhale Dance Space's official website Contemporary dance in London Charities based in London Arts organizations established in 1984 Dance venues in England 1984 establishments in England

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montecchia%20Open

Montecchia Open

The Montecchia Open was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour and formerly the Alps Tour. It was played for the first time in 2001 at the Golf Club della Montecchia in Padua, Italy. Winners See also Terme Euganee International Open, a Challenge Tour from event 2001–03, held at Golf Club della Montecchia in 2002 References External links Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site Former Challenge Tour events Sport in Padua Recurring sporting events established in 2013

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid%20helium

Liquid helium

Liquid helium is a physical state of helium at very low temperatures at standard atmospheric pressures. Liquid helium may show superfluidity. At standard pressure, the chemical element helium exists in a liquid form only at the extremely low temperature of . Its boiling point and critical point depend on which isotope of helium is present: the common isotope helium-4 or the rare isotope helium-3. These are the only two stable isotopes of helium. See the table below for the values of these physical quantities. The density of liquid helium-4 at its boiling point and a pressure of one atmosphere (101.3 kilopascals) is about , or about one-eighth the density of liquid water. Liquefaction Helium was first liquefied on July 10, 1908, by the Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. At that time, helium-3 was unknown because the mass spectrometer had not yet been invented. In more recent decades, liquid helium has been used as a cryogenic refrigerant (which is used in cryocoolers), and liquid helium is produced commercially for use in superconducting magnets such as those used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), Magnetoencephalography (MEG), and experiments in physics, such as low temperature Mössbauer spectroscopy. Liquefied helium-3 A helium-3 atom is a fermion and at very low temperatures, they form two-atom Cooper pairs which are bosonic and condense into a superfluid. These Cooper pairs are substantially larger than the interatomic separation. Characteristics The temperature required to produce liquid helium is low because of the weakness of the attractions between the helium atoms. These interatomic forces in helium are weak to begin with because helium is a noble gas, but the interatomic attractions are reduced even more by the effects of quantum mechanics. These are significant in helium because of its low atomic mass of about four atomic mass units. The zero point energy of liquid helium is less if its atoms are less confined by their neighbors. Hence in liquid helium, its ground state energy can decrease by a naturally occurring increase in its average interatomic distance. However at greater distances, the effects of the interatomic forces in helium are even weaker. Because of the very weak interatomic forces in helium, the element remains a liquid at atmospheric pressure all the way from its liquefaction point down to absolute zero. Liquid helium solidifies only under very low temperatures and great pressures. At temperatures below their liquefaction points, both helium-4 and helium-3 undergo transitions to superfluids. (See the table below.) Liquid helium-4 and the rare helium-3 are not completely miscible. Below 0.9 kelvin at their saturated vapor pressure, a mixture of the two isotopes undergoes a phase separation into a normal fluid (mostly helium-3) that floats on a denser superfluid consisting mostly of helium-4. This phase separation happens because the overall mass of liquid helium can reduce its thermodynamic enthalpy by separating. At extremely low temperatures, the superfluid phase, rich in helium-4, can contain up to 6% of helium-3 in solution. This makes the small-scale use of the dilution refrigerator possible, which is capable of reaching temperatures of a few millikelvins. Superfluid helium-4 has substantially different properties from ordinary liquid helium. History In 1908 the Dutch physicist Kamerlingh-Onnes succeeded in liquifying a small quantity of helium. In 1923 he provided advice to the Canadian physicist John Cunningham McLennan who was the first to produce quantities of liquid helium almost on demand. Important early work on the characteristics of liquid helium was done by the Soviet physicist Lev Landau, later extended by the American physicist Richard Feynman. Data Gallery See also Industrial gas Cryogenics Superfluid Superfluid helium-4 Expansion ratio Liquid nitrogen Liquid oxygen Liquid hydrogen Liquid air Supersolid 2008 Large Hadron Collider liquid helium leak Superfluid helium-3 References General Freezing Physics: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and the Quest for Cold, Van Delft Dirk (2007). Edita - The Publishing House Of The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. . External links He-3 and He-4 phase diagrams, etc. Helium-3 phase diagram, etc. Onnes's liquifaction of helium Kamerlingh Onnes's 1908 article, online and analyzed on BibNum [for English analysis, click 'à télécharger'] Helium, liquid Coolants Cryogenics Helium Industrial gases Science and technology in the Netherlands Dutch inventions 1908 in science Superfluidity

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borassus%20flabellifer

Borassus flabellifer

Borassus flabellifer, commonly known as doub palm, palmyra palm, tala or tal palm, toddy palm, wine palm or ice apple is native to the Indian subcontinent (especially in South India) and Southeast Asia. It is reportedly naturalized in Socotra and parts of China. Description Borassus flabellifer is a robust tree and can reach a height of . The trunk is grey, robust and ringed with leaf scars; old leaves remain attached to the trunk for several years before falling cleanly. The leaves are fan-shaped and long, with robust black teeth on the petiole margins. Like all Borassus species, B. flabellifer is dioecious with male and female flowers on separate plants. The male flowers are less than 1 cm long and form semi-circular clusters, which are hidden beneath scale-like bracts within the catkin-like inflorescences. In contrast, the female flowers are golfball-sized and solitary, sitting upon the surface of the inflorescence axis. After pollination, these blooms develop into fleshy fruits 15–25 cm wide, each containing 1-3 seeds. The fruits are black to brown with sweet, fibrous pulp and each seed is enclosed within a woody endocarp. Young palmyra seedlings grow slowly, producing only a few leaves each year (establishment phase), but at an as yet undetermined time, they grow rapidly, producing a substantial stem. Uses Fruit The fruit (palmyra fruit) measures to in diameter, has a black husk, and is borne in clusters. The top portion of the fruit must be cut off to reveal the sweet jelly seed sockets, translucent pale-white, similar to that of the lychee but with a milder flavor and no pit. The sweet jelly seed sockets occur in combinations of two, three or four seeds inside the fruit. The jelly part of the fruit is covered with a thin, yellowish-brown skin. These are known to contain watery fluid inside the fleshy white body. These seed sockets have been the inspiration behind certain sandeshes called jalbhora (জলভরা) found in Bengal. The soft orange-yellow mesocarp pulp of the ripe fruit is sugary, dense and edible, rich in vitamins A and C. They also contain bitter compound called flabelliferrins, which are steroidal saponins. The conventional way this fruit is eaten is when the outer casing is still unripe while the seeds are eaten as the fruit. But if the entire fruit is left to ripen, the fibrous outer layer of the palm fruits can also be eaten raw, boiled, or roasted. When this happens, the fruit takes a purple-blackish hue and tastes similar to coconut flesh. The skin is also eaten as part of the fruit similar to how mango skins are often consumed along with the fruit. Bengalis have perfected the art of making various sweet dishes with the yellowish viscous fluid substance obtained from a ripe palm fruit. These include mustard oil-fried (alternately sunflower oil-fried) taal-er bora (তালের বড়া) "palmyra vadas" or mixed with thickened milk to prepare taal-kheer (তাল ক্ষীর). In Kerala it is called nonku (നൊങ്ക്) whereas in Tamil Nadu, it is called nungu (நுங்கு). In Odisha, it is called tala (ତାଳ). Ice apple in Indonesia is called buah lontar or siwalan. Sap Obtaining the sap traditionally involves tapping the top shoots and collecting the dripping juice in hanging earthen pots (in some region utilize plastic or bamboo bottle). The juice collected in evening or after fermentation becomes sour, and is called Tadi (ताडी) in Marathi. This sap was the main source of sugar production in Thailand before sugarcane was introduced, as can be seen in the Thai word for sugar, nam tan (น้ำตาล), which literally means the water of the tala palm. A sugary sap called toddy can be obtained from the young inflorescence, either male or female. Toddy is fermented to make a beverage called arrack, or it is concentrated to a crude sugar called jaggery or Taal Patali (তাল পাটালী) in Bengali and Pana Vellam or Karuppukatti (கருப்புகட்டி or கருபட்டி) in Tamil. It is called Gula Jawa (Javanese sugar) in Indonesia, and is widely used in Javanese cuisine. In Thailand, it is called nam tan pik (น้ำตาลปึก), referring to the pack of sugar obtained from drying the palm sap, though in the modern day nam tan pik is often made from coconut water because the convenient of farming and harvesting. In Thailand, there are techniques that utilize the anti-bacterial agents of some woods to keep the sap from becoming sour while tapping. After sterilization, the sap is available as a beverage called nam tan sod (น้ำตาลสด, ) or used to make an alcoholic beverage called nam tan mao (น้ำตาลเมา ). Sprouts In the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Bihar, and in Jaffna, Bengal, Sri Lanka, the seeds are planted and made to germinate and the fleshy stems (below the surface) are boiled or roasted and eaten. It is very fibrous and nutritious. It is known as Thegalu (తేగలు) or Gaygulu (గేగులు) or Gengulu (గెంగులు) (especially in Telangana) in Telugu, as Panai Kizhangu or Panangkizhangu (பனங்கிழங்கு) in Tamil, and as htabin myiq (ထန်းပင်မြစ်) in Myanmar. The germinated seed's hard shell is also cut open to take out the crunchy kernel, which tastes like a sweeter water chestnut. It is called Buragunju (బురగుంజు) in Telugu and "thavanai" in Tamil. The white kernel of the ripe palm fruit after being left for a few months is used as an offering in Lakshmi Puja in various parts of Bengal and is also eaten raw. Leaves The Borassus flabellifer leaves are used for thatching, mats, baskets, fans, hats, umbrellas, and as writing material. All the literature of the old Tamil was written in preserved palm leaves also known as Palm-leaf manuscript. In Tamil Yaedu or Olai chuvadi. Most of the ancient literature in Telugu are written on palm leaves (Tala patra grandhas). In Indonesia the leaves were used in the ancient culture as paper, known as "lontar" (from Old/Modern Javanese ron tal "tal leaves") Leaves of suitable size, shape, texture, and maturity were chosen and then seasoned by boiling in salt water with turmeric powder, as a preservative. The leaves were then dried. When they were dry enough, the face of the leaf was polished with pumice, cut into the proper size, and a hole made in one corner. Each leaf made four pages. The writing was done with a stylus and had a very cursive and interconnected style. The stem of the leaves has thorny edges (called "karukku" in Tamil). The skin of the stem can be peeled off and be used as rope and also used to weave into cots (நார்க்கட்டில் in Tamil). In some part of Tamil Nadu, a variety of rice flour cake (called "Kozhukattai") is prepared using the leaf. In the eastern part of India, the leaves are used to make hand fans. Trunk The stalks are used to make fences and also produce a strong, wiry fiber suitable for cordage and brushes. The black timber is hard, heavy, and durable and is highly valued for construction. It is superior to coconut timber, or red palm. Crown When the crown of the tree is removed, the segment from which the leaves grow out is an edible cake. This is called 'pananchoru (பனஞ்சோறு) in Tamil or thati adda (తాటి అడ్డ/తాటి మట్ట) in Telugu. Roots In Cambodia, where the palm is known as thnôt' (Khmer), the roots are dried and smoked to heal nasal complaints.) CultivationBorassus flabellifer has a growth pattern, very large size, and clean habits that make it an attractive ornamental tree, cultivated for planting in gardens and parks as landscape palm species. Cultural symbolism The palmyra tree is the official tree of Tamil Nadu. Highly respected in Tamil culture, it is called "katpaha tharu" ("celestial tree") because all its parts have a use. Panaiveriyamman, named after panai, the Tamil name for the Palmyra palm, is an ancient tree deity related to fertility linked to this palm. This deity is also known as Taalavaasini, a name that further relates her to all types of palms. The Asian palmyra palm is a symbol of Cambodia where it is a very common palm, found all over the country. It also grows near the Angkor Wat temple. In Indonesia the Palmyra tree is the symbol of South Sulawesi province. This plant has captured the imagination of Bengalis, especially in the words of Rabindranth Tagore whose nursery rhyme 'Taal Gaach ek Paye daariye' (তাল গাছ এক পায়ে দাড়িয়ে.., literally Palmyra tree standing on a single leg ... ) in Sahaj Path (সহজ পাঠ) is a staple reading material in most schools in West Bengal & Bangladesh. In the Hindu epic Mahabharata'', a palmyra tree is the chariot-banner of Bheeshma See also Shitala References External links Tropical fruits: Asian Palmyra Palm The Hindu: Delicious Summer Fruit The Hindu: Slurp! It's Nungu season Nungu for sale Tamil Nadu Palm Products Development Board flabellifer Tropical fruit Fruits originating in Asia Flora of tropical Asia Cambodian cuisine Indian cuisine Indonesian cuisine Garden plants of Asia Ornamental trees Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20Summers

Charlie Summers

Charles E. Summers Jr. (born December 26, 1959) is an American politician, businessman, and Iraq War veteran. A Republican from the state of Maine, he served as Acting Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs in the Trump Administration. A member of the Maine Senate from 1991 to 1995, Summers ran for the Republican nomination for Maine's 1st congressional district in 1994, finishing second in the primary. He was the nominee for the same seat in 2004 and 2008, losing on each occasion to the Democratic candidate. From 2011 to 2013, he served as the Secretary of State of Maine. He was the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate to succeed retiring Republican Olympia Snowe in the 2012 election, but lost to former independent Governor Angus King. Early life, education, and early political career He was born in Danville, Illinois in 1959. His family moved to Kewanee, Illinois where he grew up & helped run Hotel Kewanee with his mother and father from the years 1962 to 1992. In 1978 graduated from Kewanee High School in 1978 Kewanee. He earned an AA from Blackhawk College and a BS in leisure studies from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1984. After college he moved to Bangor, Maine where became the Assistant Manager of the Bangor Motor Inn. He and his first wife, Dr. Debra J. Summers, Ph.D., later moved to southern Maine where he worked as part of the management team of the South Portland Motor Inn. He later opened his own small business, "Charlie's Beverage Warehouse", in Biddeford, Maine. Debra Summers died in a 1997 automobile accident. Summers was State Director for United States Senator Olympia Snowe from 1995 to 2004. He has served in various elected and appointed political positions, most recently (March 2005 – June 2007) as the New England Regional Administrator (Region I) for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). He monitored oversight of SBA's Financing, Marketing, and Outreach efforts in Offices from six states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Maine Senate Elections He was elected in 1990, becoming the first Republican to represent Maine's 31st Senate District. He was re-elected in 1992, but decided to retire in 1994 in order to run for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Committee assignments Joint Standing Committee on Legal Affairs Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Joint Standing Committee on Taxation (Ranking Member) Congressional elections 1994 Democratic U.S. Congressman Thomas H. Andrews, of Maine's 1st congressional district, decided to retire in order to run for the U.S. Senate. Opponents included Kevin Keogh (former Chairman of the Maine Republican Party), Ted Rand (City Councilman), and James Longley, Jr. (son of former Governor James Longley, Sr.). Longley won the primary with 43% of the vote. Summers ranked second with 25%. 2004 Summers decided to challenge Democratic U.S. Congressman Tom Allen, of the 1st CD. He lost 60%–40%. 2008 Allen decided to retire in 2008 in order to run for the U.S. Senate. Summers decided to run for the seat again. In the Republican primary, he defeated Dean Scontras 60%–40%. In the general election, he lost to Democratic State Senator Chellie Pingree, 55%–45%. Military service Summers has served in the U.S. Navy Reserve since 1996 as a public affairs officer, currently holding the rank of Captain (CAPT). As of December 2016, he was serving as Director, Navy Office of Information, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet. He was recalled after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, serving at the Pentagon under Gordon R. England, the U.S. Secretary of the Navy. In July 2007, he was deployed to Iraq to participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom with Multi National Forces-Iraq Strategic Effects Directorate. He returned home in May 2008. From October 2009 to October 2010, he served on active duty on the staff of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen. During this time, he completed a temporary assignment as a member of Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan (CFSOCC-A). He served on active duty as Director of Public Affairs for Vice Admiral Robin Braun, Chief of the Navy Reserve from 2014 to 2016. His military decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (four awards), U.S. Army Combat Action Badge, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal and various other service awards. Maine Secretary of State On December 1, 2010 Summers was elected Maine's Secretary of State by the state legislature in Augusta. His two-year term began on January 6, 2011. On June 26, 2012, Summers faced criticism from the Maine Democratic Party over a shortage of voter registration cards for candidates to distribute. A spokesperson for the Party claimed it was another example of Summers attempting to make it harder to vote, along with his support of a failed effort to eliminate same-day voter registration in Maine the prior year, as well as his investigation of college students for alleged voter fraud. Summers noted that potential voters can print a card from the Internet at any time, and that updated registration cards will be available in a few weeks. 2012 U.S. Senate election In 2012, Summers announced that he would be a candidate for the United States Senate to succeed incumbent Olympia Snowe, who decided to retire. On June 12, Summers won a multi-candidate primary with 30% of the vote and faced former Independent Governor Angus King, and Democratic State Senator Cynthia Dill in the general election. Despite the support of Senator Snowe and the other Senator from Maine Susan Collins, Summers lost the election to King. The Maine People's Alliance called on Summers to resign his position as Secretary of State of Maine, stating that it was a conflict of interest for the Secretary of State to oversee their own election to another office. They also had concerns over past actions in sending letters to college students about voter registration requirements. A spokesperson for Summers stated that he had turned over all election oversight to a deputy Secretary of State. No Secretary of State or Maine Attorney General who was seeking higher office in the last 30 years has resigned. Summers has stated that his critics "want me to resign and I'm not going to do it." Personal life Summers married his wife Ruth (Rayburn) in 2002. He has three children. References External links Charlie Summers for Senate official campaign website Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org "Recalled to active duty, ex-business agency chief eyes Congress," Boston Globe – June 18, 2007 "Maine Republican Enters House Race — Then Reports for Iraq Duty," New York Times – July 6, 2007 "The Virtue of Valor: The Virtues of Charlie Summers' Absentee Campaign," Kennebec Journal – August 2007 |- 1959 births United States Navy personnel of the Iraq War United States Navy personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Living people Maine Republicans Maine state senators People from Scarborough, Maine People from Kewanee, Illinois Secretaries of State of Maine Small Business Administration personnel United States Navy captains University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign alumni

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Santel

Mark Santel

Mark Santel (born July 5, 1968 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a retired U.S. soccer midfielder who is currently an assistant coach for the Saint Louis Billikens. Santel played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, American Professional Soccer League and Major Soccer League. He also earned eight caps with the U.S. national team between 1988 and 1997. Youth Santel was born and raised in Saint Louis, Missouri. He played soccer from youth as a member of the renowned local club Scott Gallagher. He also attended Christian Brothers College High School where he played on the boys' soccer team, earning team MVP honors in 1985 as well as a NSCAA and Parade All- American. After graduating from high school, Santel attended Saint Louis University where he played on the men's soccer team. He was a 1989 Second Team and a 1988 and 1990 First Team All American. Professional In 1991, the Wichita Wings of Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) drafted Santel number 1 overall in the 1991 MSL Draft. However, he actually played the 1991–1992 season with the St. Louis Storm (MISL). In 1992, he began playing for the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League (APSL) and would remain with the team through the 1995 season. He was a member of both the 1992 and 1993 APSL champsionship teams. As Major League Soccer (MLS) prepared for its first season, it signed dozens of players to league contracts. In order to ensure an initial equitable distribution of talent, the league allocated high-profile players to each team. As part of this process, MLS allocated Santel to the Dallas Burn. In both 1996 and 1997, Santel was elected to the MLS All Star team. On December 4, 2000, the Burn traded Santel to the Kansas City Wizards for a third round draft pick. He spent one season with the Wizards, playing twenty-one games before retiring at the end of the season. National team In 1987, Santel was a member of the United States men's national under-20 soccer team at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship. Santel went on to earn thirteen caps, scoring one goal, with the senior U.S. national team between 1988 and 1997. His first game with the full national team came in a January 10, 1988 loss to Guatemala. He did not appear again with the national team until February 1, 1991. Then he played sporadically until his last game in 1997. His national team goal came in a November 14, 1993 shellacking of the Caymen Islands. Final score was 8–1. Post-playing career In 2002, the Lou Fusz Soccer Club of St. Louis hired Santel as its girls' program director. He is the head coach of the boys' soccer team and the girls' soccer team at Barat Academy. In December 2004, he was hired as the sales and marketing representative for Velocity Sports Performance, a sports training facility in Chesterfield, Missouri. He is also the co-author of the children's book Soccer Dreamin. References External links MLS stats Photo of Santel MISL stats FIFA: Mark Santel 1968 births Living people All-American men's college soccer players American soccer players American Professional Soccer League players Colorado Foxes players FC Dallas players Sporting Kansas City players Major League Soccer players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players St. Louis Storm players Saint Louis University alumni Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer players Soccer players from St. Louis United States men's international soccer players USL First Division players Major League Soccer All-Stars United States men's under-20 international soccer players Association football midfielders

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David A. Trampier

David A. Trampier (April 22, 1954 – March 24, 2014) was an artist and writer whose artwork for TSR, Inc. illustrated some of the earliest editions of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. Many of his illustrations, such as the cover of the original Players Handbook, became iconic. Trampier was also the creator of the Wormy comic strip that ran in Dragon magazine for several years. At the height of his career in the late 1980s, Trampier suddenly withdrew from the gaming world and became a social recluse. Although the reasons for this break were unclear, a disagreement with TSR is possible; it is clear that later in life, Trampier wanted nothing to do with TSR or its successor, Wizards of the Coast. For many years, Trampier's location was unknown to anyone and rumors circulated that he had died; his brother-in-law Tom Wham denied this, although Wham admitted that even he did not know where Trampier was or what he was doing. Trampier was rediscovered by accident, working as a taxi driver in Carbondale, Illinois, when a local reporter did a ride along and—without knowing Trampier's background—subsequently published Trampier's name and photograph. Several companies and individuals immediately approached Trampier to commission new pieces of art, re-publish some of his most iconic pieces, or have Trampier appear as a guest of honor at conventions; Trampier refused and indicated he wished to be left alone. A decade later, when Trampier's taxi company went out of business and he discovered he had cancer, he began to entertain the idea of republishing some of his best known artwork in book form. He also agreed to end his long isolation from the gaming community by appearing as a special guest at a Carbondale gaming convention scheduled for April 2014, but he died three weeks before the convention. Career In 1977, TSR, Inc. started to develop a new version of their popular Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game called Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D). Unlike TSR's previous rulebooks, which had been low-quality paperback booklets, the rulebooks for AD&D would be high-quality lithographed hard covers featuring full color wrap-around cover art and many interior black & white illustrations. The first book to be published was the Monster Manual in 1977, and Trampier, along with fellow artists David Sutherland and Tom Wham, provided artwork for the manual. Tim Kask, editor of Dragon magazine, stated in a review that the book's profuse illustrations were "outstanding", and that the illustrations "in themselves would warrant the cover price". It was the next hardcover rulebook, the Player's Handbook, that would secure Trampier his reputation while he was still in his mid-twenties. Trampier's cover depicted a temple dominated by a huge, devilish statue, being looted by a group of adventurers; the back cover included a representation of the book's author, Gary Gygax. The cover image became synonymous with the game until the cover art was replaced with a new illustration in 1982. Trampier also created several pieces of interior art for the Player's Handbook. He continued to be an important contributor to the TSR brand in the company's early years. Some of his more notable works included: Cover art and some of the interior illustrations for Gamma World role-playing game (1978). Map board for the wargame Divine Right (1979). Cover art for the Dungeon Master's Screen (1979). [Winner of the Gamer's Choice Award for 1979] Cover art for the AD&D adventure The Village of Hommlet (1979) Interior art for the third and fourth hardcover rulebooks, Dungeon Masters Guide (1979) and Deities & Demigods (1980). Interior art for many AD&D adventures. Wormy The September 1977 issue of Dragon (Issue #9) featured a new 6-panel comic, Trampier's Wormy. The first frame featured the title character, a cigar-chomping, pool hustling, wargaming dragon, and subsequent issues revealed the cast of goblins and ogres who were his neighbors and friends. The stories were told from the point of view of the antagonists of the Dungeons & Dragons game; the wizards, warriors and other protagonists that players would be expected to portray were inevitably presented as unwelcome intruders. Wormy continued to appear in Dragon for the next 10 years, until Issue #132 (April 1988). Titan In 1980, Trampier and Jason McAllister co-designed a "monster slugathon" wargame called Titan, for which Trampier also executed the artwork. The purpose of the game was simply to defeat other players' armies, using the victories to advance in power until there was only one army left. Trampier and McAllister self-published the game through Gorgonstar Company. It was re-published by Avalon Hill in 1982 and gained a measure of popularity. Articles about Titan were featured in several issues of Avalon Hill's General magazine, and it remained in print until Avalon Hill's demise in 1998. In 2008, Valley Games printed a new edition of Titan without Trampier's artwork. Disappearance In the late 1980s, David Trampier suddenly disappeared. The last installment of Wormy appeared in the April 1988 issue of Dragon (#132); despite the fact that the comic was in the middle of an unfinished storyline, no further Wormy comics were ever published. In the August 1988 issue of Dragon, (issue #136), in response to a reader letter, the Dragon editors wrote, "We regret to announce that 'Wormy' will no longer be appearing in Dragon Magazine. We are looking into the possibility of adding another graphic series in the future." Kim Mohan, then editor of Dragon, told Phil Foglio that payments for Wormy and other royalty payments sent to Trampier had been returned unopened. Foglio explained that "When an artist's checks are returned uncashed, he is presumed dead." Reappearance In February 2002, Arin Thompson did a night-shift ride along with a local Yellow Taxi driver for an article for Southern Illinois University's student newspaper. The taxi driver was David Trampier, who told Thompson he had moved to Carbondale from Chicago about eight months previously. Thompson, who did not know of Trampier's work as an artist, published the story and Trampier's photograph in The Daily Egyptian on February 15, 2002. Word circulated that Trampier was still alive; several companies and individuals contacted him to inquire about commissioning new artwork, republishing old artwork, or appearing at conventions. Trampier rebuffed all attempts to draw him back into the fantasy gaming world and continued to drive his taxi. In 2003, Wizards of the Coast stated that Trampier was "alive and well" but "not currently working in gaming or comics". In 2004, Trampier's fellow artist and brother-in-law Tom Wham stated that he believed Trampier "still exists somewhere in Illinois". In 2008, Trampier visited Castle Perilous Games & Books, a game store in Carbondale, to see the new edition of Titan that had been published by Valley Games. That was the only contact he made with the games community until several years later. Death In late 2013, several misfortunes struck Trampier. He suffered a mild stroke, he lost his job when the Yellow Taxi Company went out of business, and he discovered that he had cancer. Needing money, Trampier contacted Scott Thorne, the owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books, and offered to sell eight of his original pieces of artwork, including the original cover art for the 1979 Dungeon Master's Screen. Thorne bought the artwork, and tried to convince Trampier to have his Wormy comics republished. Trampier was suspicious of the offer, and wanted to ensure that TSR would not have any part of the publication; he seemed surprised by the news that TSR had been taken over by Wizards of the Coast almost 20 years previously. Thorne suggested that Troll Lord Games might be a good publisher to approach. Trampier accepted an invitation to display some of his original artwork at Egypt Wars, a local games convention; it would be his first public connection to fantasy gaming since his disappearance 25 years before. Representatives of Troll Lord Games were also scheduled to be at the convention, and Thorne hoped Trampier might talk to them about a publishing deal. However, Trampier suddenly died on March 24, 2014, three weeks before the convention. Influence Rich Burlew (creator of The Order of the Stick) has voiced great respect for the place Wormy held as an early D&D comic strip, indicating in an interview that he felt awed at his comic being published on Dragon'''s back page, where Wormy once ran, adding that he felt he was "not worthy to shine Wormy's feet." In the last issue of Dragon magazine (#359, September 2007), Burlew included in his OOTS'' comic a number of references to comics that had appeared in the magazine over its long run, including a Wormy-like dragon (complete with hat and cigar) fleeing before Wizards of the Coast turned the dungeon electronic. References External links The Daily Egyptian David A. Trampier news story photo 1954 births 2014 deaths American comics artists American illustrators American taxi drivers Fantasy artists Game artists Role-playing game artists

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Vemgo-Mabas language

Vemgo-Mabas is an Afro-Asiatic language of Cameroon and Nigeria. Dialects are Vemgo, Mabas. Blench (2006) considers these to be separate languages. Ethnologue lists a third dialect, Visik in Nigeria, which is not well attested; Blench suspects it may be a dialect of Lamang instead. In Cameroon, Mabas is spoken only in one village on the Nigerian border, namely Mabas village (Mokolo arrondisement, Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North Region) by about 5,000 speakers (ALCAM 1984). Although closely related, Mabas is distinct from Hdi (78% lexical similarity, 36% mutual intelligibility). References Biu-Mandara languages Languages of Cameroon

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleophora%20teregnathella

Coleophora teregnathella

Coleophora teregnathella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in the Russian Far East. References teregnathella Moths of Asia Moths described in 2002

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List of Detroit Red Wings general managers

The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL) and are one of the Original Six teams of the league. The general manager (GM) of the team "oversees all aspects of Detroit's hockey operations including all matters relating to player personnel, development, contract negotiations and player movements." There have been twelve general managers in franchise history; two during the era of the Detroit Cougars (1926–30) and Detroit Falcons (1930–32) and the rest under the Detroit Red Wings (1932–present). The first was Art Duncan for the 1926–27 season; he also served as head coach and was also a defenseman and team captain. Jack Adams took over as coach and GM for the 1927–28 season. He served as coach through the 1946–47 season and remained in the general manager position until 1962. As both head coach and general manager, Adams built and guided the team to its first three Stanley Cup titles in 1936, 1937, and 1943, and after turning the head coach position over to others the team won four more Cup titles in 1950, 1952, 1954, and 1955. Adams earned the nickname "Trader Jack" for his willingness to make high-profile deals; in 1955, just after the Stanley Cup Finals, he traded starting goaltender Terry Sawchuk to the Boston Bruins, elevating Glenn Hall to the starting role. In 1957 he traded Hall and star left wing Ted Lindsay to the Chicago Black Hawks and reacquired Sawchuk by giving up Johnny Bucyk to the Bruins. Adams left the club in April 1962 and was replaced with Sid Abel, who was also head coach. First under Abel as GM and then Ned Harkness, Alex Delvecchio, Lindsay, and Jimmy Skinner in the position, the Red Wings suffered a long period of decline, from 1967 until 1983, during which they made the playoffs only twice. They did not appear in the Finals in this time and only won one of the three series they appeared in, beating the Atlanta Flames two games to none in 1978. In 1982, Mike Ilitch bought the team from Bruce Norris. Ilitch hired Jim Devellano from the New York Islanders to replace Skinner as GM; Devellano had served as a scout and assistant general manager with the Islanders, where he won the Stanley Cup three times. Under his leadership the Red Wings began a new era of success; in 1983 they drafted Steve Yzerman, who spent his entire career in Detroit, including a league record 20 years as team captain. The Red Wings returned to the playoffs in 1984 where they suffered a first round defeat to the St. Louis Blues. The team reached the Western Conference finals in both 1987 and 1988, losing to the Edmonton Oilers both times. Devellano became team vice president in 1990, handing over the general manager position to Bryan Murray for the 1990–91 season. The club made the playoffs that season and every season since; with Bryan Murray from 1990 to 1994, Devellano and head coach Scotty Bowman sharing general manager responsbilites from 1994 to 1997, and general manager Ken Holland, the team put together of a streak of 25 consecutive playoff appearances from 1991 to 2016. Under first Devellano, Bowman, and then Holland the team won the Stanley Cup in 1997, 1998, 2002, and 2008. Key General managers Notes A running total of the number of general managers of the Red Wings; thus, any individual who has two or more separate terms as general manager is only counted once. References Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings general managers general managers

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Melton railway line

The Melton railway line is the greater-metropolitan section of the Ballarat line in Victoria, Australia. It is incorporated into Melbourne's suburban railway network. Services are provided by V/Line as part of the Ballarat regional line service. The line runs between Southern Cross station in the CBD and Melton. It branches from the Sunbury line at Sunshine railway station, where it falls into myki ticketing Zone 2. It consists of dual track the whole duration of the route. The Victorian Transport Plan released in December 2008 proposed the progressive upgrade of the Melton line to support future urban development in the corridor. The Regional Fast Rail project to Ballarat has been completed. The construction of the new Caroline Springs railway station (Ravenhall) commenced in August 2015, and has now been completed with the first trains running on 29 January 2017. Another new station was constructed for the new outer suburb of Cobblebank, between the existing Rockbank and Melton station stations, services having commenced on 2 December 2019. The PTV Network Development Plan published in 2013 advocates for the electrification of the line and duplication between Sunshine and Deer Park in order to incorporate it into the electrified metropolitan network, joining the Sunbury line and running via the Metro Tunnel. The line was formerly constrained by a single bi-directional track section between Caroline Springs railway station and Melton station, having only a small stretch of double track close to Rockbank railway station to facilitate the passing of trains. As part of Ballarat Line Upgrade, the 17 kilometres of single track were duplicated with stabling facilities provided at Melton, as well as Rockbank Station being rebuilt and the construction of a new station at Cobblebank. This was designed to increase reliability and capacity on the line, as well as facilitate electrification. There are a variety of trains on the line including Sprinter and VLocity type DMUs, as well as older locomotive-hauled carriages. All trains continue on to Bacchus Marsh, Ballarat or Ararat. Line guide Bold stations are termini, where some train services terminate; italic stations are staffed. Branches from the Sunbury line at Sunshine. External links, maps, and timetables Melton line timetables Statistics and detailed schematic map at the vicsig enthusiast website Victorian Transport Plan - Melton Rail Upgrade References Railway lines in Melbourne

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Antonio López, 1st Marquess of Comillas

Antonio López y López, 1st Marquess of Comillas, GE (1817 in Comillas – 1883 in Barcelona), was a Spanish businessman and shipping magnate. He was the founder of a number of important companies. After his death his son Claudio López Bru took over the responsibility of running the companies his father had founded. Biography Antonio López emigrated to colonial Cuba in 1831 while still a teenager and lived in Santiago de Cuba. He took an interest in shipping and in 1850 he founded the "Compañia de Vapores Correos A. López" which began operations with a 400-ton hybrid sailing ship-sidewheel steamer. This company would eventually become the Compañía Transatlántica Española ocean line in 1881. In 1876 he became the co-founder and first president of the Banco Hispano Colonial, established in Barcelona. He also led the Banco de Crédito Mercantil. Around that time Antonio López transferred his residence to Barcelona and married Catalan lady, Lluïsa Bru Lassús, with whom he had four children. Claudio Lopez Bru was his fourth son. During this decade he moved to Spain the head offices of some of his companies as well. Eventually his children became part of the high society in Barcelona and Antonio López became the father in law of Eusebi Güell after his daughter Isabel López Bru married him. At the prompting of Jesuit Tomás Gómez Carral Antonio López accepted to finance the construction of the Comillas Pontifical University, but he died in 1883 in Barcelona in the very year of the groundbreaking ceremony. Legacy and honors Antonio López was the founder of the following companies: Compañía General de Tabacos de Filipinas, Ferrocarriles del Norte, and Compañía Transatlántica Española, among others. In 1877 writer Jacint Verdaguer wrote the Catalan language poem L'Atlàntida in his honour. He was ennobled with the title of Marquess of Comillas in 1878 and was also awarded the Order of Isabella the Catholic. King Alfonso XII made a eulogy of Antonio López following his death, saying that "Spain has lost one of the men who has given it the greatest service." In Barcelona there is a monument dedicated to him and the companies he founded. Located close to the Compañía Transatlántica Española head office, the monument A López and López was erected in 1884 and was designed by architect Josep Oriol Mestres and sculptor Venanci Vallmitjana. On its sides it has reliefs by Lluís Puiggener, Joan Roig i Solé, Rossend Nobas and Francesc Pagès. The monument was destroyed in 1936, but was restored in 1944 by Frederic Marès. On March 4, 2018 the monument was finally removed after a campaign denouncing the involvement of Antonio López in the slave trade. Arms See also Antonio Lopez (shipwreck) References External links Pontifical University of Comillas - History 1817 births 1883 deaths Businesspeople from Cantabria Marquesses of Spain People from Cantabria Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

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Acianthera johannensis

Acianthera johannensis is a species of orchid. johannensis Plants described in 1881

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel%20class

Travel class

A travel class is a quality of accommodation on public transport. The accommodation could be a seat or a cabin for example. Higher travel classes are designed to be more comfortable and are typically more expensive. Airlines Traditionally, an airliner is divided into, from the fore to aft, first, business, and economy classes, sometimes referred to as cabins. In recent years, some airlines have added a premium economy class as an intermediate class between economy and business classes. Each class is further divided into invisible booking or fare classes, which although booked into the same cabin differ in conditions and benefits outside of the cabin class travelled, such as frequent-flyer points, baggage limit, change or refund policy, etc. Ocean liners Before cruise ships dominated the passenger ship trade, ocean liners had classes of service, often categorized as First Class, Second Class, and Steerage. Companies such as Cunard Line continue this tradition, offering Queen's Grill, Princess Grill and Britannia cabins, each of which have their own allocated lounges and restaurants on board. Trains Trains often have first class (the higher class) and second class (known as standard class in the UK). For trains with sleeping accommodations, there may be more levels of luxury. China Traditional trains commonly offer the following classes: soft sleeper, hard sleeper, soft seat and hard seat, depending on the route. China Railway High-speed (CRH) EMUs offer the following classes: soft sleeper (available only on few overnight routes), business seat, 1st class seat and 2nd class seat. Taiwan Prior to 1949, most railway bureaus (under the direction of the Transport Ministry) had a three-class structure. As with most contemporary cases, few people could afford first class or even second class, so at times there would be no first class or second class service available in some trains. Some went as far as offering a fourth class "service" with goods wagons. In 1949, the first "Limited Express with Reserved Seating" (特快對號車) appeared with the Railway Bureau of Taiwan, and it offered a three-class service, inherited locally from Japanese colonial rule. This structure was the norm for all trains, normal or express, until 1953. In 1953, the "Equality Express" was introduced with second class carriages only. Eventually, all expresses save for the sole Limited Express offered only second class service, and all other, slower trains, offered only third class. This resulted in the quality of service being associated with the speed of the train. The Diesel Limited Express was introduced in 1956 with one class only. In 1960, with the reforming of Limited Expresses (the Limited Express with Reserved Seating and Diesel Limited Express merged into one fare), all passenger trains officially offered only one class. Therefore, all expresses had only second class carriages and other trains only third class. As time passes, more types of carriages were introduced, but these were thought as types instead of classes. Europe At the very beginning of the railway age in Europe, almost every railway operator offered three classes for passenger services: "First class" was the most luxurious and least demanded class, equipped with rich upholstered seats, while "second class" was also upholstered, but on a lower level and with less seating space. In contrast, "third class" only provided wooden benches. While most passenger trains carried just one or two "first class" and "second class" carriages, every other carriage was "third class" only. Today there are generally two classes, known as "first class" and "second class" or "economy class", or the equivalent in the local language. In the United Kingdom, the Midland Railway abolished its "second class" in 1875, offering only "first class" and "third class" travel. In fact, it was the basic wood-seated "third class" carriages and compartments which were removed, with "third class" passengers now travelling in what had been "second class" but at the original lower price. At the same time, the Midland reduced the cost of its "first class" tickets to the prices previously charged for "second class". This move attracted many more passengers to Midland trains and other railway companies were pressured to follow. By the end of the 19th century, virtually all British trains consisted of only two classes (still called "first" and "third", both with fully upholstered (and lit and heated) seating arrangements. The exceptions were some "third class" trains provided for workmen under the Cheap Trains Act 1883 which retained wooden benches for ease of cleaning, and boat trains connecting with ferries and trains to continental Europe, where three travel classes on trains were still the norm and so continued to provide "first", "second" and "third" class accommodation, although the "third class" accommodation remained broadly equivalent to "second class" on other European trains. The three-tier class structure was abolished on most European railways by the end of the 1950s in favor of a two-tier structure conceived by the UIC. In fact, the old "first class" from the pre-World-War-II era was deleted without substitution because of low ridership in postwar times, therefore the old "second class" became the new "first class" and the "third class", with hardly any wooden seatings left, was declared the new "second class". Trains in Great Britain continued to provide a two-tier class structure, with the higher tier called "first class". The lower tier was re-branded from "third class" to "second class" by British Rail from 3 June 1956, and then to "standard class" from 11 May 1987. A convention used by most European railway companies is that the first-class section of a train is marked in yellow, usually with a yellow band above the doors and/or windows. First-class areas may be complete carriages or at one end of a carriage, the other end being second class. Second-class compartments usually have "2+2" seating (2 seats each side of the aisle); first-class compartments are typically "2+1". In Britain and France, some short-distance suburban trains use "2+3" for the lower class and "2+2" for first class. Metro, suburban and local trains are sometimes second-class-only. First-class-only trains were common up to the 1980s (see Trans Europe Express) but are now rare. High-speed trains often charge more than slower-speed trains on the same route, but still have first- and second-class seats. Trains in Ireland are primarily operated as standard-class only, with only some of the longest distance services having a higher class, called Premier on IE 22000 Class stock, CityGold on Mark 4 loco-hauled carriages and First Plus on the cross-border Enterprise service. No commuter services have premium classes. Premium benefits can be as limited as a reading light and waiter service; but reach to 2+1 recliner seating and enhanced catering options. In Germany, there existed a "fourth class" ("4. Klasse") on almost every local train from the second half of the 19th century to 1928. It provided just a very low travel comfort, the passengers had to sit on even wooden planks with rudimentary backrests. Much of the space in the compartments was left empty to allow country folks to carry their goods and livestock inside the carriage. India The Indian Railways offers six classes of train accommodation in general. First Class A/C (1A) is the highest rail travel class and is not available on all trains. It offers air-conditioned cubicles in two-bed and four-bed formats with closing doors. There usually is only one 1A bogie (carriage) on a train. Two Tier A/C (2A) offers air conditioned cubicles in four-bed + two-bed format, but the privacy is provided by curtains instead of the doors found in 1A. There are typically one or two 2A bogies on long-distance trains. Three Tier A/C (3A) offers air conditioned cubicles in six-bed + two-bed format (six beds on one side and two beds on other side of the hallway). Most trains have two to five 3A bogies. A/C Chair Car (CC) is a feature of short-distance trains that cover the journey within a day. The seating is usually in 3x3 format. Sleeper Class (SL) is configured similarly to 3A but is not air conditioned. There are typically ten to fifteen SL bogies in a train. Second Class (Reserved) (2S) similar as CC, without the air-conditioning. These may be reserved in advance or may be unreserved. Second Class (II) for long-distance trains is similar to the SL cars but has wooden middle berths instead of upper berths. However, local and suburban trains may offer a different variety of second class, which has an open cabin with rows of wooden seats facing each other in pairs. Some trains also have one of these classes: Third AC Economy (3E). Similar to Three Tier A/C, however this class have an additional middle berth in the side section of the air conditioned cubicle, making it a six-bed and three-bed format. This type of accommodation is created for less well off people, who desire a comfortable travel at lesser fare. First Class (FC), which is similar in configuration to the 1A class but lacks air conditioning. The class is currently being phased out in favor of the slightly expensive 2A and cheaper 3A classes. In 2011, it could be found only on Mumbai local train and a few trains across all of India. Executive AC Chair Car (EC), has a 2x2 seat configuration and includes food catering service. It is available only on the "Shatabdi Express" and "Tejas Express" trains, which link major cities located within a day-trip distance. Indonesia Indonesian trains, operated by the state-owned PT Kereta Api Indonesia (the Indonesian Railways Co.), have now four classes for long-distance travel. All types of carriages are seating-only (no sleeper cars). Executive/first class (eksekutif)–the top and most expensive class, offers the most comfortable means of travel - 2–2 reclining seat configuration, on-board TV. Executive-class carriages are classified by the Ministry of Transportation as K1. Also, trains having Eksekutif cars are certainly the fastest ones – see the note below. Argo class – this is the top class that all of train names use Argo brand. Fauna class – below the Argos. Business/second class (bisnis)–medium class, the fare is around 60% of executive classes, 2–2 seating, fixed 60 degrees seat. Business-class carriages are classified by the Ministry of Transportation as K2. The Indonesian Railways is phasing out this class. Premium economy class–the intermediate level between the business and economy classes, the fare is nearly same as business, 2-2 reclining seat configuration. Economy/third class (ekonomi)–the lowest and cheapest class, below the premium class tickets are around 20% of business classes. Economy-class carriages are classified by the Ministry of Transportation as K3. Commercial economy class, 2-2 seat configuration PSO economy class, 3-2 seat configuration, with split-type air conditioned (retrofitted from fans) All classes are non-smoking and air conditioned. All passengers require a seat reservation, except for commuter trains. All seats can be reserved from 30 to 90 days before travel date until minutes before departure time when seats are still available. Medium and long-distance trains have onboard cafeteria, flushing toilets (older passenger coaches have squatting toilets), onboard customer service representative (Train Manager), onboard security, and onboard cleaning services. Executive class trains are the fastest and stop only on a few major stations (first priority). Business trains are somewhat slower, but generally do not stop too often as well there may be economy cars in these trains (second priority). Economy trains take significantly more time to reach the destination, as they stop on many smaller stations and have to pass all executive and business class traffic going in the same direction (third priority). Many less important routes lack either business or executive service, or both. Some services have more two or three classes mixed together (executive-business, executive-economy, executive-premium economy, or executive-business-economy). For local or commuter trains, single class service is the most common type of service. But in some areas there may be other classes as well which have different seating arrangement and travel time in which the lower classes has more stops than the upper one. For example, Jogjakarta–Solo route there are Sriwedari train services which is air conditioned and has transverse seating and also Prambanan Express train which is non air conditioned, has longitudinal seating and more stops. Meanwhile, in Jakarta metropolitan area, there's only one class of service available since mid-2013 which is air conditioned and has longitudinal seating; however, a tradition that started in the mid-90s made it customary for commuter trains to be technically classified as executive-class trains. Commuter trains in Jakarta are operated by Kereta Commuter Indonesia, a subsidiary of the Indonesian Railways Co. Japan From 1872, Japan had a three-class structure for both seating carriages and sleeping carriages. By 1960, as conditions improved on second and third class trains, there were few passengers travelling on first class; therefore, the few remaining first class carriages were rebranded "special" carriages available for hire, and consequently moved Japan's railway system to a two-class system, of which the original second class became the first, and the original third became second. In 1969, the class structure was abolished altogether. The first class was renamed "Green" carriages and the second "Standard" carriages. All members of the Japan Railways Group (JR) offer separated classes of travel, with varying levels of availability on any given train. The Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyūshū), Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), and East Japan Railway Company (JR East) all offer an enhanced service known as the Green Car on nearly all of their intercity trains. Additionally, the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) offer a Green Car on some trains, and a few West Japan Railway Company (JR West) trains also have a Green Car. The alternative to Green Car is the Ordinary Car. Although Ordinary Car tickets may be purchased with or without reserved seating, all Green Car tickets are reserved seating. A ticket must be purchased in advance, and a special version of the Japan Rail Pass allowing travel in Green Cars is available. Most JR Group Green Cars seats have increased width and pitch. In some stations, Green Cars are located nearer to the staircases and escalators leading to/from the train platform. Green Cars also frequently offer slippers and reading materials in Japanese. Additionally, JR East offers a third category of service, the GranClass, available on its Hayabusa route. Features of GranClass cars include leather seats that recline to a 45 degree angle, raised footrests, adjustable dining tables and cocktail trays, and personal reading lights. Full-service meals, both Japanese and Western, are provided by specialized GranClass attendants, who also serve soft drinks and alcoholic beverages. Because the Hayabusa is a long-distance service to the Tōhoku region, overnight amenities such as slippers, blankets, and eye masks are provided. Great Britain During the Victorian era, most trains in the United Kingdom had three classes of accommodation: first class, second class and third class. From 1875, when the Midland Railway redesignated its second class accommodation as third class, second class (equivalent to either premium economy or business class) was gradually abolished, while first class and third class were retained. This was because the Railway Regulation Act 1844 required a third-class service to be offered. In addition to this, British third class was initially of a comparable standard to continental European third class and British first class with European first class (the continent having retained three classes). This meant that boat trains in Britain still often operated with three classes of accommodation after the abolition of second class in the rest of the country. From 3 June 1956 British Railways redesignated third class as "second class", finally (as British Rail) renaming it "standard class" from 11 May 1987, in view of the pejorative overtones of "second class". A coach with accommodation for more than one class is called a "composite coach". North America In the United States and Canada, train classes emulate the airlines, although airlines probably took the class levels from trains of the time when they were coming of age (e.g. first, business, coach). Amtrak Acela Express trains have two classes: First Class and Business Class. Amtrak Northeast Regional trains have Business Class and Coach class. Canada's Via Rail has the same classes as Amtrak. Trains with sleeper cars have additional levels. Commuter trains in USA and Canada rarely offer multiple classes of service. See also First class (aviation) First class travel Business class Premium economy Economy class Passenger car (rail) IATA class codes References Airline tickets Passenger rail transport Pricing Class

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Gyrodon miretipes

Gyrodon miretipes is a bolete mushroom described in 1983 from Burundi. it has a red-brown cap and stipe, and yellow-tan decurrent gills. References External links Fungi described in 1983 Paxillaceae Fungi of Africa Biota of Burundi

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Étrabonne

Étrabonne () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography Bordering municipalities Town planning Typology Étrabonne is a rural municipality, because it is part of the municipalities with little or very little density, within the meaning of the municipal density grid of INSEE. In addition, the municipality is part of the attraction area of Besançon, of which it is a municipality in the crown. This area, which includes 312 municipalities, is categorized in areas of 200,000 to less than 700,000 inhabitants. Land use The zoning of the municipality, as reflected in the database European occupation biophysical soil Corine Land Cover (CLC), is marked by the importance of the agricultural land (73.5% in 2018), a proportion identical to that of 1990 (73.5%). The detailed breakdown in 2018 is as follows: arable land (44.3%) forests (26.5%) meadows (20%) heterogeneous agricultural areas (9.2%) The IGN also provides an online tool to compare the evolution over time of land use in the municipality (or in territories at different scales). Several eras are accessible as aerial maps or photos: the Cassini map (18th century), the map of Staff (1820-1866) and the current period (1950 to present). Toponymy The place was designated as Strabunne in 1166; Strabona in 1223; Estrabeigne in 1266 and Estrabonne in 1307. Policy and Administration Administrative and electoral attachments The town is located in the district of Besançon in the department of Doubs. For the election of deputies, it has been part of the first district of Doubs since 1986. Since 1801, it was part of the canton of Audeux. As part of the 2014 cantonal redistribution in France, the town is now attached to the canton of Saint-Vit. Intercommunality The municipality was a member of the small community of municipalities of the Val Saint-Vitois, created at the end of 2001. Within the framework of the provisions of the law on the new territorial organization of the Republic (NOTRe Law) of August 7, 2015, which provides that public inter-municipal cooperation establishments (EPCI) with their own taxation must have a minimum of 15,000 inhabitants (and 5,000 inhabitants in mountain areas), the prefecture of Doubs has adopted the new departmental inter-municipal cooperation plan (SDCI) which provides in particular for the break-up of this community of communes and the attachment of some of its communes to the community of communes of Val-de-Marne, others to Grand Besançon Métropole, and two, finally, to the community of communes of Loue-Lison. Places and monuments House of Bailly. Étrabonne Castle, from medieval times, listed as a historical monument in 1968. Saint-Martin Church. Population See also Communes of the Doubs department References Communes of Doubs

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharajas%20of%20Valkha

Maharajas of Valkha

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair%20McClenachan

Blair McClenachan

Blair McClenachan (1734May 8, 1812) was an Ireland-born American merchant and politician from Pennsylvania. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1797 to 1799. Previously, he served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Biography McClenachan was born in the Kingdom of Ireland in 1734. He immigrated to the United States at an early age and settled in Philadelphia. He was described by Thomas Jefferson as a trader, banker, and shipowner. During the American Revolutionary War he was one of the founders of and served with the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry. When the Continental Congress sought to raise money for the army in 1780, McClenachan and Robert Morris were the two highest subscribers to the effort. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party. From 1790 to 1795, he was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. In 1796, he defeated Robert Waln to win election to the 5th United States Congress from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. He served only one term. After his service in Congress, his businesses failed and a fraudulent transfer of his assets to his children resulted in McClenachan losing much of his fortune and led to his imprisonment for debt. In 1802, he wrote to President Thomas Jefferson, seeking the position of Purveyor of Stores. Jefferson later appointed Tench Coxe to fill the position. Personal life McClenachan had six children. In 1781, his daughter, Deborah, married Colonel Walter Stewart, later Inspector General of the Continental Army and then Major General of the Pennsylvania Militia. He died May 8, 1812 in Philadelphia; interment was in a vault in St. Paul's Cemetery. References Retrieved on 2009-03-08 The Political Graveyard External links 1734 births 1812 deaths Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923) 18th-century Irish people Continental Army officers from Ireland 19th-century Irish people Politicians from Philadelphia Pennsylvania militiamen in the American Revolution Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Kingdom of Ireland emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies Pennsylvania Democratic-Republicans Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHHIT-FM

XHHIT-FM

XHHIT-FM may refer to: XHHIT-FM (Baja California), a radio station in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico XHHIT-FM (Puebla), a radio station in San Bernardino Tlaxcalancingo, Puebla, Mexico

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsydd%20a%20Rwyth%20Cilyblaidd

Corsydd a Rwyth Cilyblaidd

Corsydd a Rwyth Cilyblaidd is a wetland area that is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthen & Dinefwr, Wales. See also List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthen & Dinefwr References Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthen & Dinefwr

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco%2C%20California

Cinco, California

Cinco (Spanish for "Five") is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located on the southwestern edge of Fremont Valley , east of and at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.) Mountains, south of Red Rock Canyon State Park (California). at an elevation of 2149 feet (655 m). It is southwest of Cantil, California and east of Cross Mountain. Cinco was founded as a work camp in the early 20th century for workers on the Los Angeles Aqueduct (Owens Valley aqueduct). References Populated places in the Mojave Desert Unincorporated communities in Kern County, California Los Angeles Aqueduct Unincorporated communities in California

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby%20union%20in%20Malawi

Rugby union in Malawi

Rugby union in Malawi, and its predecessor state, Nyasaland, is a minor sport, albeit one with a long history. Rugby is on the rise in Malawi. The current Malawi National Team (MARU) and Ndirlande Impala Rugby Club in Blantyre are sponsored by MeProjector.com. Albeit, Rugby in Malawi has frequently been haphazard, for example, Blantyre RFC once undertook a tour to Mauritius. Writing back to approve the tour, the Mauritian secretary added, "Please bring your own ball. We have lost ours." Governing body Although the Nyasaland Union (as it was then) was founded in 1922. Malawi has not joined the IRB. Rugby has recently been reintroduced to Malawi with the game widely played in the South and the Center. The Rugby Football Union of Malawi (MARU) has set up structures that have helped in getting Malawi back into the international fold with Rugby Africa. History As with many African and Asian countries, rugby has been linked to the fortunes of British colonialism. Rugby was introduced by the British, and declined on independence. It also suffered from the problems of racial segregation. This meant that it did not achieve the popularity it should have done amongst native black Malawians and is still dominated by whites and ex-pats mainly in and around Blantyre. A regular competition was held against Beira in the Woury Cup during the period. Many of the competitions were against other British colonies in that part of Africa. World War II saw many players called away to the British Forces, and greatly depleted its resources. However, the game was still played to a large degree in the period between the end of the war, and Malawi's independence. The Leslie Sevens were played for many years after 1948, and the Grainger Cup from 1946, was the league for Malawian clubs. There were tours in the '80s and '90s to Zambia and Zimbabwe. National team The Nyasaland national rugby union team is now defunct, and there has not yet been a replacement Malawian team. It played some games in the 1930s. With Malawi now back into the international fold, the first training squad was selected for tests against Swaziland and Lesotho in May 2015. MARU are determined to attend Lesotho in 2022. Malawi National Team Jersey 2021/22, sponsored by MeProjector.com References Cotton, Fran (Ed.) (1984) The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records. Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. External links SA top rugby team to visit Malawi "Islam and Rugby" on the Rugby Readers review Tribute to the late Jake Muwamba (a Nyasaland rugby player) https://m.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/news/rosslare-man-provides-kit-for-malawi-rugby-teams-41070165.html

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Lee%20Lockhart

Michael Lee Lockhart

Michael Lee Lockhart (September 30, 1960 – December 9, 1997) was an American serial killer who received death sentences in three states (Florida, Indiana, and Texas). He was executed on December 9, 1997, by the state of Texas. Arrest and Convictions Lockhart was caught when officer Paul Hulsey Jr. tried to arrest him for driving a stolen Chevrolet Corvette. Officers responding to the motel room where he was reported found Hulsey dead in the room. They put out an all-points bulletin for the vehicle, which was spotted. A high speed chase ensued before Lockhart crashed and was soon apprehended. Evidence of his other crimes was found in the vehicle. Lockhart was convicted of killing officer Hulsey and was sentenced to death. He was later convicted in Indiana for the murder of 16-year-old Windy Gallagher. Following the previous conviction, he pleaded guilty to the murder of 14-year-old Jennifer Colhouer in Florida. Lockhart was a suspect in the murder of Kathy Hobbs, a 16-year-old girl abducted from Las Vegas, Nevada in 1987. Before its resolution, her case was featured on Unsolved Mysteries in 1989. Execution Lockhart was executed on December 9, 1997, in Texas. His last meal consisted of a double-meat cheeseburger, French fries, and Coca-Cola. Lockhart's last words were; "a lot of people view what is happening here as evil, but I want you to know that I found love and compassion here. The people who work here, I thank them for the kindness they have shown me and I deeply appreciate all that has been done for me by the people who work here. That’s all, Warden. I’m ready." See also Capital punishment in Texas Capital punishment in the United States List of people executed in Texas, 1990–1999 List of serial killers in the United States References 1960 births 1997 deaths 20th-century executions by Texas American rapists Executed American serial killers Executed people from Ohio Male serial killers People convicted of murder by Florida People convicted of murder by Indiana People convicted of murder by Texas Prisoners sentenced to death by Florida Prisoners sentenced to death by Indiana People from Wood County, Ohio People executed for murder

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang%20Runze

Wang Runze

Wang Runze (, born November 28, 1993), also known as Runze Wang, is a Chinese actor. He portrayed Tian Ye in the Meteor Garden 2018. Wang is also well known for his roles in A Little Thing Called First Love (2019), Professional Single (2020) and Don't Disturb My Study (2021). Early life Wang Run Ze was born on November 28, 1993, in Huainan, China. His parents divorced when he was 8 months old, and was raised by his grandmother. His family condition was not so good. He graduated from Anqing University where he studied financial management. He had a passion in acting since childhood. Career In 2016, he participated in the recording of Hunan Satellite TV's original campus documentary reality show "First Grade Graduation Season"; during this period, he not only took the t-show in Shanghai Fashion Week, but also played a drug seller in the graduation stage play "Legend of swordsman". In 2017, Zhang Yuge and Qiao chuhang took the lead in starring in the mysterious campus network drama "The King Of School Flowers In Tianxia", which is his first film and television drama work, and thus officially entered the performing arts circle as an actor. In the same year, he co-starred in the crime suspense network drama "Visible Lie", which is adapted from the horror suspense novel "Mystery Case Chasing Murderer". In 2018, he starred in the youth love idol drama "Meteor Garden 2018". On July 2, 2019, he starred in the Tencent video All-Star Basketball Competition Reality Show "Super Penguin League Super 3: Star Field". In 2019, he starred in TV series "A Little Thing Called First Love", which premiered in the youth progressive theater of Hunan Satellite TV, playing Lin Kai Tuo. In 2020, he starred in "Professional Single" as Song Siyi. In June 2020, he was cast in the leading youth growth drama "Don't Disturb My Study" (2021) as Liu Yu Bai alongside Lai Kuan-lin and Li Landi as the main leads. On March 8, 2021, the youth growth drama "Don't Disturb My Study" premiered in the youth progressive theater of Hunan Satellite TV. On May 26, 2021, he starred as a main lead in "Maid Escort". Filmography Television series References External links http://www.chinesedrama.info/1998/05/actor-wang-run-ze.html?m=1 https://www.viki.com/celebrities/22744pr-wang-run-ze?locale=en :zh:%E7%8E%8B%E6%BD%A4%E6%BE%A4 https://movie.douban.com/celebrity/1364986/ :zh:%E5%88%AB%E6%83%B3%E6%89%93%E6%89%B0%E6%88%91%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0 Chinese male television actors 1993 births Living people

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud%20Anderson%20%28baseball%29

Bud Anderson (baseball)

Karl Adam "Bud" Anderson (born May 27, 1956) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the third round of the 1977 amateur draft out of Rutgers University. Anderson spent three seasons in the Seattle Mariners organization. In 1977, he played for the Bellingham Mariners, going 5–3 in 10 starts. In 1978, he pitched for the Stockton Mariners and went 12–8. In 1979, he spent most of the season with the Spokane Indians, and had a 2–13 record. The Seattle Mariners traded Anderson to the Cleveland Indians on March 29, 1980, to complete an earlier trade. He made his major league debut on June 11, 1982 with the Indians. On that day, Anderson pitched three scoreless innings in relief. Despite having a 3.35 earned run average, Anderson posted a win-loss record of 3–4. Anderson's team went on to finish tied for sixth in their division. In 1983, Anderson had a 4.08 earned run average. On the day of his final major league appearance, October 2, he pitched three innings and allowed three earned runs. At the time of his retirement Anderson had a 4–10 record, a 3.68 ERA, 62 walks, and 76 strikeouts. References External links 1956 births Living people Cleveland Indians players Baseball players from New York (state) Major League Baseball pitchers Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball players Bellingham Mariners players Stockton Mariners players San Jose Missions players Chattanooga Lookouts players Charleston Charlies players Maine Guides players Tidewater Tides players Fort Myers Sun Sox players People from Westbury, New York

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MINC%20%28disambiguation%29

MINC (disambiguation)

Minc, MINC, or MinC may refer to: MINC, a data specification language. MinC, one of three proteins encoded by the minB operon Alain Minc (1949–), French businessman, political advisor, and author Carlos Minc (1951–), Brazilian geographer and politician Hilary Minc (1905–1974), Polish economist and member of Communist Party of Poland Ministério da Cultura (MinC), Brazil's Culture of Ministry MINC-11 computer, a PDP-11/03 or PDP-11/23 computer for laboratory applications

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourad%20Ikhlef

Mourad Ikhlef

Mourad smith arrived Canada in 1993, and obtained refugee status in 1993. Based on allegations of past involvement with the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) of his native Algeria, as well as a connection to Ahmed Ressam a security certificate was issued in 2001, and on December 12 he was arrested in his home city of Montreal, Quebec. He was deported to Algeria on February 28, 2003. Life In 1994, Ikhlef's brother Nabil also sought entry to Canada as a refugee, but was declined. Nevertheless, he was granted permanent resident status, and the two brothers would often meet with Ahmed Ressam, Fateh Kamal and other local Algerians to have coffee and watch television. His brother claims to have travelled to Naples, Italy alone - where Il Matino magazine published an article stating that both he and Ikhlef were in the country, and al-Qaeda agents. Following his departure, Algeria tried Ikhlef in absentia and sentenced him to death for involvement in "terrorism-related activities", which they alleged included travelling to Bosnia and Afghanistan to participate in jihad, and training in weapons and explosives, with both al-Qaeda and the Groupe Islamique Armee. Ikhlef denied all the charges to Canadian officials, arguing that the GIA didn't even exist when he left Algeria. Arrest and deportation His deportation was carried out by Canadian immigration officials, in a private plane due to the perceived security concerns. Upon arrival Ikhlef was transferred to the control of Algerian military police, the DRS, and immediately put in detention. He was held for 10 days, during which time his family was unable to obtain his whereabouts. On March 10 he was taken to court to face three separate charges, but was denied legal counsel. While acquitted on one count he was sentenced to 7 years, in 2005, based on "membership in a terrorist group." The evidence for this charge was believed to have been based on statements made by the accused while under duress. Ikhlef was released from prison on March 26, 2006 as part of a national reconciliation program, the controversial Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, but re-arrested one week later by DRS officials. References Living people Algerian emigrants to Canada Year of birth missing (living people)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma%20City%20Community%20College

Oklahoma City Community College

Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC) is a public community college in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The college was founded in 1972 as South Oklahoma City Junior College. OCCC has a current enrollment of 18,549 students and is the second largest community college and the fifth largest public higher education institution in Oklahoma. OCCC operates a main campus and three satellite locations in the south metro. A large percentage of OCCC students join or rejoin the local workforce each year. Their added skills translate to earnings of more than $220 million in annual additional income to Oklahoma's economy. OCCC is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission. The name of the college, OCCC, is most often pronounced as "O-Triple-C." History 1968-1989 In 1968, civic and political leaders in south Oklahoma City began talking about bringing a junior college to the area. The next year, a bill was introduced into the Oklahoma State Legislature to form a college district. On March 20, 1969, a committee of the South Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce (known as the Greater Capitol Hill Chamber until 1970) was organized to circulate petitions asking the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to take action to establish a junior college in the area. Shortly after, the district was formed and a board of trustees was appointed. On Sept. 25, 1972, South Oklahoma City Junior College opened for classes with an enrollment of 1,049 students. A formal dedication followed on Oct. 8, 1972. Construction on the Main Building began in 1973, and the first graduation ceremony was held with five students, who had transferred to the school, receiving associate degrees. In 1975, the school newspaper, The Pioneer, was first published. The Career Learning Center and Math Center opened in 1978, and the first Arts Festival Oklahoma was celebrated in 1979. During this time, the college's official emblem was depicted: the symbol for man joined into a community. The 1980s saw the completion of the Arts and Humanities Building and the High Technology Building. In 1983, the college's name was officially changed to Oklahoma City Community College, reflecting its purpose as a college for the entire Oklahoma City metro area community. That same year, nearly 400 students graduated with associate degrees. In December 1985, OCCC marked the celebration of the 125,000th student to enroll in classes. Meanwhile, the Child Development Center, the College Union and the Physical Plant were undergoing construction efforts until 1987. In 1988, construction began on the Aquatic Center, which would become the site of the 1989 U.S. Olympic Festival aquatic events. 1990-2009 The beginning of the 1990s marked the opening of the School of Nursing and the Health Technologies Center, along with the enclosure of the Aquatic Center. The college entered into its first cooperative agreements with the University of Central Oklahoma in 1992, easing the transition for its students to the four-year university. In 1994, groundbreaking took place for the library. Two years later, the Keith Leftwich Memorial Library opened its doors with a formal dedication on Oct. 22, 1996. The library's distinctive clock tower is one of the most visible buildings on the main campus. The college's first online course was offered in 1997. In 1998, the college received a $500,000 economic development grant from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education targeting advancements in the manufacturing and biotechnology fields. By 1999, the median age of students was 26, and more than 56 percent of students were women. Approximately 25 percent of the student body belonged to a minority group. And, about 66 percent of the nearly 10,000 students attended classes part-time. In 2007, OCCC began a large expansion adding three new buildings as well as expanding campus program offerings. The Robert P. Todd Science, Engineering and Math Center was a $10 million expansion to the main campus building and was named for the late OCCC president. The 65,500-square-foot facility provided new classrooms and labs. It includes a botany classroom and greenhouse for a biotechnology program. The Health Professions Education Center, a multimillion-dollar facility housing the Division of Health Professions, was formally dedicated in 2008. The division features a simulated hospital area and one of only two Human Patient Simulators in the state. The facility houses academic degree and certificate programs in emergency medical sciences, registered nursing, occupational therapy and physical therapy. 2010-Present In 2011, OCCC dedicated the Family and Community Education (FACE) center at the former John Glenn Elementary School, which houses the Child Development Center and Lab School (CDCLS) as well as adult basic education courses including GED (or High School Equivalency, HSE) and ESL. On August 15, 2011, the college established the Oklahoma City Community College Police Department. As of August 2011, all Oklahoma City Community College campuses became smoke-free. The 50,000-square-foot Visual and Performing Arts Center added classrooms, labs and studios for art instruction, music, photography and visual arts. The building features a renowned Digital Cinema Production program with the largest collection of AVID picture and sound editing machines in the Midwest. This two-phase project was later concluded with the addition of the Visual and Performing Arts Center Theater that opened in 2014. The theater has 1,049 seats and is host to national and local performances and events. Outside the theater in the Women of the South Plaza are two prominent metallic sculptures, “Crescendo” and “Ascending”, created by Oklahoma City-based sculptor and OCCC alumnus Collin Rosebrook. The renovation of the Capitol Hill Center began in July 2014 at the location of two historic buildings, previously Katz Drug Co. and Langston's Western Wear. The OCCC Capitol Hill Center is part of the economic development and revitalization of Oklahoma City's historic Capitol Hill District. The college serves the adult education and job readiness needs of the community's English, Spanish, and Korean-speaking community members. The Capitol Hill District became part of America's Main Street Program in 1997, overseen by The Capitol Hill Main Street/Calle Dos Cincos organization. In 2015 following a continued decline in funding, Oklahoma City Community College closed its Aquatics Center and indefinitely suspended its annual Arts Festival Oklahoma event. The Aquatics Center formally closed following Labor Day weekend, which also saw the conclusion of the 37th Arts Festival Oklahoma event. OCCC opened the student Veterans Lounge on May 16, 2016. The lounge is open to use for OCCC's veteran status students and features comfortable seating, study spaces, and a US flag that once flew over the United States Capitol, donated by the congressional office of Senator James Inhofe. Additionally, as part of its 2014 Title III grant award, the college completed renovation of its Student Advising area in October 2016. In February 2017, the Childhood Development Center and Lab School met the Certified Healthy Oklahoma Program criteria to become a Certified Healthy Early Childhood Program. This designation recognizes early childhood program sites that make a positive impact on the health of employees and patrons. The new Capitol Hill Center began accepting applications in summer 2017 for OCCC's Bilingual Banking and Finance Certificate of Mastery program, as well as began its non-credit classes in ESL, GED (For Spanish speakers), US Citizenship, Introduction to Technology for the Workforce, and Basic Computer Skills. The OCCC Capitol Hill Center was formally dedicated on August 18, 2017. In partnership with the Calle Dos Cinco group, OCCC hosted its first community open house at the August 25th Fiesta Friday street festival event. In May 2020, the College announced a reduction in personnel as a result of state-wide budget deficits and a decrease in student enrollment. Presidents J.C. Nichols (1970) John E. Cleek (1971-1974) Hugh Turner (1974) Dale L. Gibson (1974-1982) Donald L. Newport (1982-1987) Kenneth P. Walker (1988-1991) Bobby D. Gaines (1991-1995) Robert P. Todd (1995-2005) Paul W. Sechrist (2005-2015) Jerry L. Steward (2015–Present) Administration The college staff consists of 357 positions as of the 2017 fall semester. Staff report to various administrative departmental directors who report to vice president and executive director members of the President's Cabinet. The college president reports to the Board of Regents. The Board of Regents is the governing board for Oklahoma City Community College. Members of the Board are appointed by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma for a seven-year term or as designated. Accreditation OCCC is fully accredited by The Higher Learning Commission. This college is a member of the American Association of Community Colleges and is also recognized by the federal government to offer education under the veterans and social security laws. Academics OCCC offers 25 Associate in Arts and Associate in Science degree programs, 19 Associate in Applied Science degree programs, and 21 Certificate of Mastery programs. Most courses are structured in a semester or 16-weeks. Some courses can be completed in little as 8, 5, or 4 weeks. There are five academic divisions at OCCC: Business and Information Technology; Arts, English, and Humanities; Health Professions; Science, Engineering and Mathematics; and Social Sciences. Courses are mostly taken at the campus itself, with average of 21:1 student to teacher ratio. Courses are also offered online. In addition to its degree and certificate programs, OCCC offers a wide range of community and continuing education courses, workshops, conferences and seminars. The faculty consists of 121 full-time professors, and 363 adjunct professors. Oklahoma City Community College is a post-secondary school. Students take classes for a variety of reasons: working towards an associate degree, certificate, transfer course work to a university, or to obtain technical skills. The college also employs part-time student workers, including Federal Work-Study Program students, during its spring, summer, and fall semesters. There are several labs on campus designed to provide students with interactive assistance with writing, math, accounting, speech, and other academics. The labs also include practicum facilities for chemical and biological sciences, engineering, EMT and nursing. Locations The main campus of Oklahoma City Community College is located at 7777 South May Avenue in Oklahoma City. The Family and Community Education (FACE) center campus is located at 6500 South Land Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73159. The Professional Development Institute (PDI) facility is located at 7124 S I-35 Service Rd, Oklahoma City, OK 73149. The Capitol Hill Center facility is located at 325 Southwest 25th Street in OKC's historic Capitol Hill district. References External links Official website Universities and colleges in Oklahoma City Community colleges in Oklahoma Career and Technology Education in Oklahoma OK Cooperative Alliance Educational institutions established in 1972 1972 establishments in Oklahoma

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Eccles railway station

Eccles railway station serves the town of Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. It was opened on 15 September 1830 by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M). Location The station is next to the M602 motorway and is 300 metres north of Eccles Interchange, a bus and Metrolink interchange. A short freight-only branch line diverges from the main line here, which descends into the Manchester Ship Canal docks at Salford Quays to serve a Blue Circle cement terminal. The branch now occupies the former slow lines formation, as the L&M was formerly quadruple track from here to Manchester (the Manchester and Wigan Railway route to and shared the tracks of the L&M to a point just west of the station here before diverging towards ). The old slow line platforms can just be made out, though they are fenced off and heavily overgrown (the lines themselves were mostly lifted in the early 1970s, apart from the docks branch). The substantial street-level buildings built by the London & North Western Railway were also demolished in 1971, after being seriously damaged by fire. Facilities The station is staffed part-time, with a small ticket office (rebuilt in the summer of 2013) at street level. The ticket office is open in the morning and early afternoon six days per week (06:25 to 12:55 weekdays, 07:25 to 13:55 Saturdays, closed Sundays). A ticket machine is available outside these times and for collecting pre-paid tickets. There are basic shelters, digital information screens and timetable poster boards on each platform, along with a P.A system to provide automated train running announcements (the information screens, CCTV cameras & P.A. speakers were installed in September 2015). Step-free access is not possible to either platform, as they can only reached by staircases from the road above. Services Monday to Saturdays there is generally an hourly service from Eccles to via Manchester Piccadilly and eastbound and Liverpool Lime Street westbound. Extra trains run at peak periods, with a handful of services to/from Manchester Victoria. A small number of through trains to and via Bradford Interchange also stop here on weekdays since the May 2019 timetable change. On Sundays, the service runs between Liverpool Lime Street and via Manchester Piccadilly and the Airport, though whilst Lime Street station was closed for remodelling in June and July 2018 a temporary timetable was in operation (with trains running between and Victoria only in the evening and at weekends). The station used to be served by North Wales services in the morning peak but this has now ceased. However, with the creation of the MediaCityUK complex in Salford Quays, a much more frequent pattern of services stopping at Eccles has now been reviewed. See also Eccles rail crash (1941) at the east end of the station in which 23 people were killed. Eccles rail crash (1984) References External links Since 2005 the Friends of Eccles Station (FRECCLES) have adopted the station to help improve the environment and lobby for better passenger services. For a brief video history about the station Railway stations in Salford Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1830 Northern franchise railway stations 1830 establishments in England Eccles, Greater Manchester

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Independence of Malaya Party

The Independence of Malaya Party (abbreviated IMP) was a political party in British-ruled Malaya that stood for political independence. Founded by Onn Ja'afar after he left UMNO in 1951, it opposed the UMNO policy of Malay supremacy. The party was open to all races of Malaya, but received support mainly from ethnic Indians. The IMP headquarters were in what is now the landmark Sultan Abdul Samad Building. The IMP contested in the 1952 Kuala Lumpur Municipal Elections in alliance with the Malayan Indian Congress under Dato' Onn and other non-communal organisations. However the 1952 elections proved the MIC's attempt to preach and practise non-communalism would not prevail in Malayan politics when communalism was the winning factor. The IMP won its only seat in the 1952 municipal elections via Devaki Krishnan. Thus she became the first woman in the country to be elected to public office. In her 1952 election manifesto, she stated, "I will interest myself particularly in the lot of the women of Kuala Lumpur and in extending the programme of social work already carried out by the municipality." After noticing that support for the party was unfavourable, Onn dissolved the party in 1953 and formed the Parti Negara. Party logo See also Politics of Malaysia List of political parties in Malaysia Parti Negara References 1951 establishments in Malaya 1953 disestablishments in Malaya Political parties established in 1951 Political parties disestablished in 1953 Defunct political parties in Malaysia

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David Kotei

David Kotey (originating from the Kotei family, born 7 December 1950 in Accra, Ghana), popularly called "D.K. Poison", is a former world featherweight boxing champion between 1975 and 1976. He is the first Ghanaian professional boxer to win a world title. Amateur career DK Poison started his amateur career in Accra. He is one of many boxers spawned by Bukom, a suburb in the heart of the city populated by the Ga people. Many top Ghanaian boxers such as Roy Ankrah, Azuma Nelson and Ike Quartey are products of Bukom. Professional career David Kotey turned professional under trainer Attuquaye Clottey. His first professional bout was on 5 February 1966 in Accra when he outpointed his opponent over six rounds. He became the national featherweight champion that year. Although he fought once in neighbouring Togo in 1967, all his subsequent fights through to 1971 were all in Ghana. In 1972 however, he fought as much as seven times in Australia, winning five and losing two. He won the African featherweight title on 2 February 1974 when he knocked out Tahar Ben Hassen in the first round of a scheduled 15 round fight in Tunis, Tunisia. Later on 7 December 1974, he also won the Commonwealth featherweight title with a technical knock out over Evan Armstrong, a British boxer in round 10 of a scheduled 15 rounds bout. This victory gave him an opportunity to go for the World Boxing Council version of the world title. On 20 September 1975, in The Forum, Inglewood, California, United States, he beat Rubén Olivares by split points decision after 15 rounds to become the first Ghanaian world boxing champion. He relinquished the African and Commonwealth titles following this victory. The Ghana government gave him an estate house at Teshie-Nungua, an Accra suburb in honour of this achievements in boxing. He however lost the title in his third defence on 6 November 1976 by unanimous points decision to Danny "Little Red" Lopez in a fierce fight in Accra, Ghana.He is married with three daughters. He also defeated Fuku Yama in Japan. DK Poison was never the same again after this defeat. He failed in 1978 to regain either the world or commonwealth featherweight titles. His last professional bout was in 1989 when he lost an African lightweight title fight. Professional boxing record | style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|49 Wins (31 Knockouts), 8 Defeats (3 Knockouts), 3 Draws |- style="text-align:center; background:#e3e3e3;" | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Res. | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Record | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Opponent | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Type | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Rd., Time | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Date | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Location | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Notes |- align=center |Loss |49-8-3 |align=left| Akwei Addo | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Loss |39–5-2 |align=left| Eddie Ndukwu | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Loss |38–4-2 |align=left| Danny Lopez | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Won |36–3-2 |align=left| Laurent Bazie | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Loss |34-3-2 |align=left| Danny Lopez | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Loss |31-2-2 |align=left| Rubén Olivares | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |29-2-1 |align=left| Evan Armstrong | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |27-2-1 |align=left| Tahar Ben Hassen | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |style="background:#abcdef;"|Draw |18–0-1 |align=left| Freddie Mensah | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |11–0 |align=left| Teddy Walker | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |7-0 |align=left| Kid Killer | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |6-0 |align=left| Peter Ayivor | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |5–0 |align=left| Emmanuel Dudzro | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |4–0 |align=left| Shido Armah | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |3–0 |align=left| Bob Cofie | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |2–0 |align=left| Abu Norgah | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |1–0 |align=left| Famous Lartey | | | |align=left| |align=left| Retirement David Kotey has lived a relatively modest and quiet life after retirement. He has gone through marital and financial difficulties and reportedly has some grievances about how his purse was disbursed during his boxing years. Loan to Ghana According to reports and Kotey's own story, in 1976, he loaned an amount of 45,000 dollars to the Government of Ghana, then led by Ignatius Kutu Acheampong. The money was intended for the purchase of canned mackerel to mitigate the harsh economic and food conditions the country was facing. The loan had been facilitated by his management, which was led by Col John Slater. According to Kotey, the money was part of his reward for defending his title against Japan's Fuku Yama in 1976. The loan has not been paid back to date because shortly after the canned mackerels arrived in the country, the Acheampong's regime was overthrown by General Akuffo in a military palace coup in October 1975. In September 2019,the president of Ghana, Nana Akufo Addo noted that he would look into the issue. This was at a meeting with a delegation of former world boxing champions from Ghana. The president of Ghana,Nana Akuffo Addo, on 6 October 2020 has directed an amount of $45,000 that was owed by Ghana to him on "compassionate grounds". Song After Kotey won the World featherweight title in Accra in September 1975, one of Ghana's leading highlife artists at the time, Senior Eddie Donkor released a song in Twi in his honour entitled "D. K. Poison Mo". See also List of WBC world champions Azumah Nelson Notes and references External links http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=26610 http://www.citifmonline.com/index.php?id=1.669463 Living people 1950 births Ghanaian male boxers Featherweight boxers Lightweight boxers World featherweight boxing champions World Boxing Council champions African Boxing Union champions Sportspeople from Accra

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Shalom (film)

Hailed by critics as "the first and probably last Israeli hippie film", Shalom (Wayfarer's Prayer) is director Yaky Yosha's first feature. It attempts to answer the dilemmas and distresses youth in the pre Yom Kippur War Israel. Plot Shalom, a young Israeli at the outset of his life, was born into a bourgeois family in Tel-Aviv. His parents wish he would go to college, but Shalom doesn't feel like studying. His father isn't quite convinced his beloved son is doing the best he can when not doing anything at all. Shalom has a dilapidated station-wagon, two girlfriends to ride and love and "don't think twice, it's all right", as one of them sings to her sweet babbling infant. Shalom goes out on the road looking for his own self – an Israeli easy rider. In his wandering he comes across a group of artists debating over Israel's social-political fate. War and peace, occupied territories and settlements, rich and poor. One thing is not up for discussion, the future doesn't seem bright. Shalom makes up his mind to leave it all and go to America. Makes up his mind, but stays. References The content of this article was translated from שלום, תפילת הדרך שלום, תפילת הדרך (Shalom) in the Hebrew-language Wikipedia, acknowledged here under terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. External links 1973 films 1973 drama films Israeli films Hippie films Hebrew-language films Films directed by Yaky Yosha Israeli drama films

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Oskar Wikberg

Oskar Wikberg (born August 20, 1994) is a Swedish tennis player. Career Wikberg was a talented youth player. He had a constant presence in the Swedish juniors top-10. He won the Swedish National Championships in singles U-18. Wikberg played college tennis at the University of Wisconsin and later transferred to UC Berkeley. He compiled a college record of 82 wins and 46 losses. Wikberg has one ITF title which he won in Vietnam. He has reached the quarterfinals in two ITF 10,000 Futures tournaments. Personal life Wikberg is from Täby, Sweden. His sister, Hanna, is also a professional tennis player, who played college tennis at Penn State. His uncle is American advertising executive Jerry Reitman. References 1993 births Living people Swedish male tennis players Sportspeople from Stockholm California Golden Bears men's tennis players

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Jack Dyer

John Raymond Dyer Sr. OAM (15 November 1913 – 23 August 2003), nicknamed Captain Blood, was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1931 and 1952. One of the game's most prominent players, he was one of 12 inaugural "Legends" inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. He later turned to coaching and work in the media as a popular broadcaster and journalist. Early life Dyer was born in Oakleigh, now a south-eastern suburb of Melbourne, but grew up in the small farming hamlet of Yarra Junction on the Yarra River, approximately east of the city. His parents, Ben and Nellie, were of Irish descent. The second of three children, Dyer had an elder brother, Vin, and a younger sister, Eileen. Dyer first played football at the Yarra Junction primary school. For his secondary education, Dyer was sent by his parents to St Ignatius in Richmond. He boarded in the city with an aunt. One of the brothers running the school offered Dyer a sporting scholarship to De La Salle College, Malvern. After leaving school with several sporting trophies, Dyer played with St Ignatius on Saturdays and with Richmond Hill Old Boys in a mid-week competition. Dyer's desire was to play for Richmond in the VFL as he admired one of the Tigers' players, George Rudolph. Sporting career In 1930, Dyer won the Metropolitan League's award for the best player at the age of 16. Richmond officials had not yet attempted to sign him, and Dyer applied for a clearance to play with the Tigers' main rival, Collingwood. The Richmond officials wanted to see him in action before any decision was made and Dyer was in training with Richmond for the start of the 1931 season. Richmond's coach 'Checker' Hughes pitting Dyer against veteran Joe Murdoch in a practice session. Dyer hardly touched the ball and was disheartened about his prospects until Hughes consoled him by explaining the pairing with Murdoch was a trial of courage, not skill. Hughes selected him for his debut in just the second game of the season, against North Melbourne. Dyer was made a reserve while the team achieved a VFL record score of 30.19 (199) in one of the biggest wins in VFL/AFL history. Hughes left Dyer on the bench. It was the height of the Great Depression and the going rate for the players was 3 pounds per match, but Richmond only paid half that for unused reserves, so Hughes saved the club thirty shillings on the day. Dyer got another couple of chances and showed some form, but by mid-season found himself in the seconds team, with players who were not quite league standard, but wanted to stay on at the club and earn an extra few shillings per week to support their families. At one point, Dyer walked away from Richmond for a few weeks and returned to suburban football. Club secretary Percy Page persuaded him back by promising to clear any recalcitrant players. In the run up to the finals, with Richmond sitting second on the ladder, ruckman Percy Bentley went down with an injury that ended his season. Hughes included Dyer in the Tigers' team for the second semi final against Geelong. Playing mainly up forward, the unknown Dyer played a successful game, kicking three goals. In the Grand Final a fortnight later, again against Geelong, Geelong used their player and coach "Bull" Coghlan playing on Dyer. Coghlan played roughly against Dyer; Dyer had only four touches for the day and admitted many years later to being intimidated. In 1932, partnering Bentley in the ruck, Dyer played successfully in the first half of the season before suffering a serious knee injury that put him out for the rest of the year. In ten matches, Dyer received 12 Brownlow medal votes for four best afield performances. He was chosen for Victoria after fewer than a dozen league matches. On Grand Final day, Dyer was back in reserve as his teammates won Richmond's third premiership after several finals failures. Dyer did reappear in 1933, wearing a dirty knee bandage. In his own phrase, Dyer was unable to "turn off" or "pull up" and he sometimes collected a teammate if his timing was out. In the Grand Final against South Melbourne, Richmond lost by eight goals, but Dyer achieved thirty touches. In the following year's Grand Final, the Tigers won in a rematch with the Swans. Richmond's successfully used a ruck combination of Bentley, Dyer and rover Ray Martin. Captain Blood The number of on-field incidents grew and after a particularly difficult game during 1935, newspaper cartoonist John Ludlow in The Age drew a picture of Dyer as a pirate and a journalist nicknamed him 'Captain Blood', after the Errol Flynn film Captain Blood. Initially, Dyer was angry at the connotation and the implied slur on his sportsmanship. Dyer preferred the 'hip and shoulder' method of meeting an opponent rather than grabbing him in a tackle. The force of being hit by the athletic, 89 kg frame of Dyer was often enough to leave a player prostrate and not wanting to re-enter the fray for a while. Occasionally, the hip and shoulder could go awry and Dyer's forearm would come into play, which was a reportable offence. In a nineteen-year career, he was reported five times and suspended once. Dyer was keen to take on a coaching role, and had reportedly been promised the position of playing coach by the Richmond committee at the end of 1939 before it reneged and re-appointed Percy Bentley. As a consequence, Dyer announced that he would not play for Richmond in 1940. He received a lucrative offer to become captain-coach of the Yarraville Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (which, at the time, was aggressively recruiting VFL stars to play under its new throw-pass rules), and he lodged a request with Richmond for a clearance to the VFA club. Richmond rejected the clearance, and Dyer was unwilling to transfer without a clearance (even though one was not required at the time). Dyer ultimately decided to remain with Richmond as a player in 1940, and he was appointed captain-coach in 1941. He went on to play 312 games for Richmond, being voted the club's best and fairest player in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, and 1946. He played in seven Grand Finals for two premierships in 1934 and 1943, one as captain and playing coach of the side. Dyer was a ruckman; and, at 6'1" (185 cm), was not particularly tall for that position. In 1947, Dyer crashed into Melbourne's Frank Hanna in round 15. The umpire cleared him for rough conduct, though Hanna was knocked unconscious. Don Cordner checked his pulse and Hanna was covered with a blanket, including his head, and was carried off on a stretcher. Dyer thought he had killed Hanna. By three-quarter time, he still believed he had killed him until he asked a Demon player about Hanna's condition, and Hanna had recovered. He was selected as an interchange player in the AFL's 1996 Team of the Century". He gradually played less as a ruckman and more as a forward later in his career. He invented the drop punt, a kicking style that gradually gained popularity over the intervening decades and is now almost universal, and has now spread to Rugby union, rugby league and American Football. He kicked 443 goals, fifth on Richmond's list of all-time goalkickers. In 2009 The Australian nominated Dyer as one of the 25 greatest footballers never to win a Brownlow medal. The "Jack Dyer Medal" is awarded each season to the winner of the Richmond Football Club's best and fairest count. Since the 2000s, the Richmond captain has automatically switched to wearing guernsey number 17, the number worn by Dyer throughout his career. But when Trent Cotchin took over the captaincy of the Tigers in 2013, he continued wearing his number 9. Personal life He married Sybil Margaret McCasker, the cousin of Keith "Bluey" Truscott, on 25 November 1939 at St Ignatius' Church, Richmond. After an assortment of jobs in his early adulthood, Dyer joined the police force in July 1935. Dyer served in the police for nine years, before he resigned to conduct a milk bar, The Tiger Milk Bar and Newsagency at 394 Church Street, Richmond. In 1949 he became the publican at the Foresters' Arms Hotel in Port Melbourne, and in 1952, the publican at the Post Office Hotel in Prahran. On 8 March 1940, Richmond announced that they had refused the recently married Dyer a clearance to coach VFA club Yarraville; and Dyer stated that he would not cross to Yarraville without a clearance. He and his wife Sybil had two children, Jack junior (Jackie, born 15 December 1940) and Jill (married name Devine). Jackie had a brief career at Punt Road from 1959 to 1961, playing three games, but retired from all football aged just 23. Following Sybil's early death in 1967, Dyer met Dorothy Eskell with whom he spent 25 years. Dorothy supported him in his media career and they lived together in Frankston. In his final years Dyer went to a nursing home. Media career After retiring from coaching, Dyer turned to the media, where he became a commentator and football media personality. He contributed to two sports/comedy offerings on Melbourne television, World of Sport, a Sunday morning panel show, and later League Teams, a Thursday night variant which later inspired the current Footy Show. He also had a regular column which went under the name "Dyer 'ere" in Melbourne's Truth newspaper. His media work began after resigning from the coaching position at Richmond. Dyer, along with former Collingwood captain Lou Richards, became an early television commentator on Australian football after the medium was introduced to Australia in 1956. Dyer also was a radio broadcaster – for many years he and Ian Major called football matches for radio station 3KZ (KZ-FM after the station converted to FM in 1990) as The Captain and The Major. "Dyerisms" According to press obituaries, Dyer was responsible for malapropisms including: "Yes, we had an enjoyable time on the French Riverina" (The Riverina is a highly productive agricultural region of south-western New South Wales) and describing the problems with younger players by saying that "All they want to do is sit around and smoke marinara". Other moments include "I won't say anything in case I say something." "Bartlett's older than he's ever been before." "Johnston missed one from the 10-yard square – it was impossible to miss that." "The only way to tackle Justin Madden. I don't know." "That's the beauty of being small – your hands are close to your feet." "Bamblett made a great debut last week, and an even better one today." "The ball goes to Marceesie ... Marcheson ... McKann, er ..." before co-commentator Ian Major interjected: "Actually, Jack, I don't think Marchesani was in that passage of play." "Mark Lee's long arms reaching up like giant testicles." "It's as dark out there as the Black Hole of Dakota." "The goal posts are moving so fast I can't keep up with the play." And on World Of Sport, Dyer declared that Fitzroy had "copulated to the opposition". Retirement Retiring from the media in the early 1990s, when KZ-FM stopped broadcasting football, Dyer successfully led opposition to an AFL proposed merger of his old club with St Kilda in 1989. Photograph from 1944 Essendon match A photograph was taken of Richmond captain-coach Dyer, aged 30 and playing his 222nd game, wearing white strapping on his left thumb and a dirty knee bandage on his left knee, breaking away from the pack, with his eyes fixed on the Lake end goals (Dyer went on to kick a goal) in the last quarter of the 1944 Preliminary Final, held at the Junction Oval on Saturday 23 September 1944, in which Richmond defeated Essendon, primarily due to Dyer's nine goals. Led by a four-goal burst by Dyer, who was playing at full-forward – – Richmond scored 8.2 (50) to 0.5 (5) in the first quarter (kicking against the wind); and, although Essendon outscored Richmond in the last three quarters, Richmond won the match 16.12 (108) to 12.15 (87). Dyer's performance that day was one of the best individual performances by a Richmond player in the club's history. The photograph, which also appeared on the cover of the Australian Post's $4.50 booklet of ten "Richmond Tigers" postage stamps issued in 1996 as part of the "centenary of the AFL" celebrations, has also been the basis for: The logo of The Footy Show, Mitch Mitchell's statue of Dyer at Punt Road Oval, In 1996, the year the AFL celebrated the VFL/AFL centenary, it issued a set of four paintings by John Balmain of Ron Todd, Jack Dyer, John Coleman, and Alex Jesaulenko. All were taken from photographs; Dyer's was taken from the photograph of his break to score his ninth goal. It was also painted by Darcy Doyle, which was also used on the front cover of Brian Hansen's 1996 book. Order of Australia Medal (OAM) John Raymond Dyer was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division (OAM), in the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours List, "for service to Australian Rules Football". See also AFL Team of the Century References Bibliography Dyer, J., Captain Blood, as told to Brian Hansen, Paul, (London), 1965. Dyer, J. (St John, J. ed.), "Don't be Where the Ball Ain't: Celebrating the Immortal Humour and Wisdom of Football Legend Jack Dyer", New Holland Publications, (Chatswood), 2012. Dyer, J. & Hansen, B., "'Captain Blood': Jack Dyer", pp. 205–302 in Dyer, J. & Hansen, B., Captain Blood's Wild Men of Football, Brian Edward Hansen, (Cheltenham), 1993. Hanlon, Peter, "With love, to Captain Blood", The Age, Wednesday, 14 August 2013. Hansen, B., The Jack Dyer Story: The Legend of Captain Blood, Brian Hansen Nominees, (Mount Waverley), 1996. Hansen B: Tigerland: The History of the Richmond Football Club from 1885, Richmond Former Players and Officials Association, (Melbourne), 1989. Hansen, B. & Dyer, J., The Wild Men of Football, Volume III: If Ya Don't Mind Umpire!, B.E. Hansen, (Mount Waverley), 1995. Hardy, Tony, Finding Jack Dyer: The Remarkable Story of 'Captain Blood': Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame, The Slattery Media Group, (Richmond), 2013. Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. Wilmoth, P., Up Close: 28 Lives of Extraordinary Australians, Pan Macmillan, (Sydney), 2005. Richmond Football Club – Hall of Fame External links Jack Dyer, at Boyles Football Photos. The Age report of Dyer's death The Age obituary Jack Dyer's funeral celebrations Only Melbourne Speech by Senator Rod Kemp, at the unveiling of the Jack Dyer Statue on Sunday 21 September 2003 Council Permit for Jack Dyer statue to be erected in Yarra Park Jack Dyer palming the ball in a ruck contest Brian Hansen Publications - The Jack Dyer Story 1913 births 2003 deaths Sportspeople from Melbourne Richmond Football Club coaches Richmond Football Club Premiership coaches Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Richmond Football Club players Richmond Football Club Premiership players Australian rules football commentators Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Jack Dyer Medal winners Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Australian people of Irish descent Australian Roman Catholics Radio personalities from Melbourne Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players

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2016 Redditch Borough Council election

The 2016 Redditch Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Redditch Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. References 2016 English local elections 2016 2010s in Worcestershire

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Taylor%20%28Worcestershire%20cricketer%29

William Taylor (Worcestershire cricketer)

William Herbert Taylor (23 June 1885 – 27 May 1959) was an English first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler who played 107 times for Worcestershire between 1909 and 1925, captaining the county in 1914, 1919 and 1922. He also made three first-class appearances for HK Foster's XI. Born in Sale, Cheshire, Taylor made his debut in Worcestershire's County Championship game against Kent on 14 June 1909, making 19 and 0. He did not bowl in that game; his first wicket was that of Harry Altham in Worcestershire's next game, against Oxford University. For the next few years, with the exception of 1910 when he made 11 appearances, Taylor played only a few times a season. He was made captain in 1914, replacing Henry Foster, and appeared in 21 matches. He scored what was to be his career best of 59 not out against Essex in August of that year, and took 26 wickets at 44.69. The First World War then intervened, but on the resumption of first-class cricket in 1919, Taylor continued as captain. Worcestershire did not participate in the County Championship that summer but instead played a series of friendly matches; it was in one of these, against HK Foster's XI, that he took his first five-wicket innings haul, claiming 5-56. For 1920, and Worcestershire's return to Championship cricket, Taylor was replaced as captain by his brother-in-law, Maurice Jewell, but Taylor continued to play a significant number of matches for the county. 1921 was the most productive season of his career, as he took 35 wickets at 28.28 including five in an innings three times; the best of these being his career-best of 7-64 against Glamorgan at Kidderminster. Taylor regained the captaincy for 1922, but had a wretched season: despite playing 17 games, he could manage a mere four wickets costing over 131 runs apiece, to go with 214 runs at 8.23. Maurice Foster took over the reins for 1923, and it was almost the end for Taylor as a first-class player: after 1922 he played only one more first-class match—though he captained Worcestershire in that game too—against Oxford University in 1925. He made 1 and 0 and took 2-79 in the second innings. He died in Birlingham, Worcestershire at the age of 73. External links Statistical summary from CricketArchive English cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Worcestershire cricket captains 1885 births 1959 deaths People from Sale, Greater Manchester

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Glyphidocera sardae

Glyphidocera sardae is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Adamski in 2005. It is found in Costa Rica. References Moths described in 2005 Glyphidocerinae

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Anga (disambiguation)

Anga was a kingdom on the eastern Indian subcontinent from 12th to 6th century BCE. Anga may also refer to: Anga Kingdom, a kingdom in Indian epic literature Anga, Gotland, a settlement on the Swedish island of Gotland Anga (name) Miguel "Angá" Díaz, a Cuban percussionist Anga people, an ethnic group in Nigeria Jain Anga, a 'department' of the Jain sacred texts, the Agamas is the word for Karuka in the Huli and Duna languages Anga, a fictional character in The Lion King franchise See also Angas (disambiguation) Ange (disambiguation)

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Ezekiel's Temple

Ezekiel's Temple is an unbuilt temple structure described in the biblical Book of Ezekiel. Details Features of the temple are described in detail in the book of Ezekiel, in the form of a vision given to the prophet. Physical characteristics of the multi-level wood-panelled structure such as gateways, outer and inner courts, side chambers and vestibules, archways, doors, windows, sanctuary and altar are described. Some furnishings are described. Details of decoration are given, for example cherubim and palm trees carved on the doors and walls. The purposes of the side chambers are given, for example, for robing of the priests, for consumption of the flesh of sacrifices by the priests, and for singers. Dimensions are given based on the cubit. Commentary The fact that details of the temple are given in the context of a prophetic vision, gives rise to analysis and debate regarding the meaning, significance and purpose of the temple. Jewish commentary Maimonides called it "the temple that will be built" and qualified these chapters of Ezekiel as complex for the common reader and even for the seasoned scholar. Bible commentators who have ventured into explaining the design detail directly from the Hebrew Bible text include Rashi, David Kimhi, Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, and Meir Leibush ben Yehiel Michal which all produced slightly varying sketches of the temple envisioned by Ezekiel. Christian commentary Some Christian interpretations of Ezekiel's temple are: it is the temple that Zerubbabel should have built; a literal temple to be rebuilt during the millennial reign of Christ, a temple which is symbolic of the worship of God by the Christian church today, or a symbol of the future and eternal reign of God. A number of Christian commentators also believe that this temple will be a literal Fourth Temple, which will exist during the Millennial Kingdom, following the destruction of a future temple that will be desecrated by the Antichrist. See also Third Temple Vidi Aquam, a Latin chant that describes the Temple in this vision References Further reading Henning, Emil Ezekiel's Temple. Xulon Press, 2013. Theo. G. Soares. “Ezekiel's Temple.” The Biblical World, vol. 14, no. 2, 1899, pp. 93–103. JSTOR, Ezekiel's Temple Duguid, Iain M., "The NIV Application Commentary - Ezekiel", p. 481, Zondervan, 1999 McConville, J. Gordon, "Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Prophets", pp. 101–2, IVP Academic, 2002 Ganzel, Tova, Ezekiel’s Visionary Temple in Babylonian Context, forthcoming, De Gruyter 2021. Book of Ezekiel Proposed religious places Temples

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

KakaoMusic

KakaoMusic (Hangul: 카카오뮤직) was a music streaming service launched by Kakao. It lets users stream and buy music while also allowing them to share songs and connect with friends through KakaoTalk. In 2017, Kakao merged Kakao Music into Melon, it's other music streaming service. Features People can create their own music rooms where friends can listen to their collection of songs and leave comments. It also lets users set background music to their pages on KakaoTalk and KakaoStory. As part of their push to try to re-enter the Japanese market, Kakao will be launching their music service in Japan to complement KakaoTalk, Kakao T, and Piccoma. References External links Official website Sharing site Kakao South Korean brands 2013 establishments in South Korea Music streaming services

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TIRTL

The Infra-Red Traffic Logger, more commonly known simply by the acronym TIRTL, is a multi-purpose traffic sensor that can be used as a traffic counter, speed sensor, red light camera sensor, heavy vehicle tracker, overheight vehicle sensor, rail crossing sensor and network management system. The initial development of the device started in 1997 in conjunction with the New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority & started commercial domestic and international sales in 2002. It is currently in use in sixteen countries. It uses infrared light cones sent from a transmitter to a receiver situated on opposite sides of the road perpendicular to the flow of traffic. It has the ability to classify, record speed, and record volume for motor vehicles. The unit's data logging capabilities are enhanced by several flexible options for output. These options allow for real time applications, such as variable message sign triggering and traffic enforcement, as well as data logging for statistical purposes. Overview TIRTL (The Infra-Red Traffic Logger) is manufactured by CEOS Pty Ltd, and marketed by CEOS Industrial. The device was initially developed in 1997 in conjunction with the New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority, before the company received a grant from the Government of Australia in 1998 to develop it further before commercial sales started in 2002. It is currently in use in Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, South Africa, Turkey, India, Singapore, the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The device is currently in its third generation. It has the ability to record volume, speed, and classification on a bi-directional, multi-lane roadway. Primary applications for this device include speed verification for enforcement purposes, traffic volume and density data collection for both statistical and real time usage, and vehicle classification by axle spacing. The device is usable in both portable and fixed applications, due to its communication capabilities and rugged enclosure. The unit was originally developed to provide secondary verification for intersection safety cameras deployed in the State of Victoria, Australia. It was first deployed in Australia in July 1998. The unit was introduced to the North American market during the 2004 North American Travel Monitoring Exhibition and Conference (NAMTEC), and was first deployed in May 2006. Operations Detection Method This system consists of a receiver unit and transmitter unit placed on opposite sides of the road perpendicular to the direction of travel. The transmitter sends two cones of infrared light across the roadway, and the receiver records vehicles as they break and remake these cones. TIRTL transmitter's infrared cones cross each other and form two straight and two diagonal beam pathways. When a vehicle crosses the beam pathways, TIRTL records two beam events; it records one from the vehicle breaking and one leaving the beam pathway. These two beams events are recorded for all four beam pathways. Thus, eight timestamped events are generated per axle. The velocity is derived from the timestamps of these beam events. Since the velocity of each vehicle wheel is known and a timestamp is recorded for each axle crossing each beam, the interwheel (or interaxle) spacings can be determined. Once the interaxle spacings are known, it is compared to a table of interaxle spacing ranges stored in the unit to determine the correct classification of the vehicle. The results are stored on a per vehicle basis. Classification The unit has a single-board computer running Linux. The computer interprets the supplied traffic classification table (Federal Highway Administration Scheme F, or user supplied) and composes the axle events caused by the parallel beam breaks into a classified vehicle. The classification data is stored in the unit and can optionally can be streamed in real-time via a serial or an Ethernet connection. The raw beam event information can also be saved to the unit for verification purposes. The data is output as plain text. Thus, it can be translated to many common file formats used in traffic data collection. Features The devices has two RS232 ports for data transfer. There are optional inbuilt GSM, PSTN, and satellite phone modems available. The unit has the ability to stream traffic information real-time which can drive intelligent traffic signs and send data back to traffic operation centers. There are also adapters available for connection to traffic cameras for enforcement purposes. Studies and approvals The Australian National Measurement Institute tested the accuracy of the vehicle velocity measurement. They found that there was a 1% deviation at . TIRTL was reviewed by the Minnesota Department of Transportation. In conjunction with 16 participating state departments of transportation, they conducted a pooled fund study called Portable Non-Intrusive Traffic Detection System (PNITDS). The final report stated that TIRTL correctly classified 94% and 97% of the total vehicles polled. TIRTL is under review by the Hawaii Department of Transportation for use as the chief sensor in their traffic monitoring system. The system is in competition with other non-intrusive traffic collection devices. In November 2008, the state of New South Wales, Australia, approved the device for use as a sensor for speed measurement. See also Road traffic control Traffic counter Road speed limit enforcement in Australia References External links Official website in the US Manufacturer's website The Federal Highway Administration's Transportation Pool Fund Program website Minnesota Department of Transportation's Guidestar program, the umbrella project under which the PNITDS project was undertaken. Road safety Counting instruments Road transport in Australia Traffic enforcement cameras

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Bagodar-Saria subdivision

Bagodar-Saria subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Giridih district in the state of Jharkhand, India. Subdivisions Giridih district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Police stations Police stations in Bagodar-Saria subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction: Blocks Community development blocks in Bagodar-Saria subdivision are: Education Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Giridih district, with data for the year 2013-14: Educational institutions The following institutions are located in Bagodar-Saria subdivision: Sariya College was established at Suriya in 1984. It is affiliated with Vinoba Bhave University and offers courses in arts and commerce. Ram Krishna Vivekananda College of Education was established at Bagodar in 2009. Affiliated to Vinoba Bhave University, it offers courses in arts, science, commerce and education.<ref></ref References Sub-divisions in Giridih district

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Gmina Szczutowo

Gmina Szczutowo is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sierpc County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Szczutowo, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Sierpc and 125 km (78 mi) north-west of Warsaw. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,417. Villages Gmina Szczutowo contains the villages and settlements of Agnieszkowo, Białasy, Blinno, Blizno, Całownia, Cisse, Dąbkowa Parowa, Dziki Bór, Gójsk, Gorzeń, Grabal, Grądy, Gugoły, Jaźwiny, Józefowo, Karlewo, Łazy, Maluszyn, Mierzęcin, Modrzewie, Mościska, Podlesie, Słupia, Stara Wola, Szczechowo and Szczutowo. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Szczutowo is bordered by the gminas of Rogowo, Rościszewo, Sierpc, Skępe and Skrwilno. References Polish official population figures 2006 Szczutowo Sierpc County

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Austin Reed (retailer)

Austin Reed was a British fashion retailer founded in 1900, and the brand was acquired by Edinburgh Woollen Mill in 2016. History Austin Reed was founded by tailor Austin Leonard Reed (1873–1954). Timeline 1900 - First London shop was opened in Fenchurch Street 1911 - Opening of flagship store in Regent Street 1929 - The first international outlet on the transatlantic liner RMS Aquitania 1930 - The opening of the Regent St Barbers Shop 1938 - Opening of a concession on the RMS Queen Mary 1946 - Opening of a concession on the RMS Queen Elizabeth 1940s - Winston Churchill was a customer here. 1980s - The launch of Austin Reed's womenswear 1998 - The Austin Reed Group acquired classic brand CC (Formerly known as Country Casuals) Richard Thompson acquired Chester Barrie from Austin Reed 2000 - UK Manufacturing, at its Crewe factory ended In 2005, Kosugi-Sangyo was the Austin Reed ready-to-wear license holder in Japan with retail value of €50 million. 2009 - The Austin Reed Group acquires heritage brand Viyella 2010 - The launch of the Q Club on the third floor of the Regent Street store 2011 - Austin Reed move from the original 103-113 Regent Street Store to the opposite side (100 Regent Street) 2016 - Austin Reed entered administration. Five concessions located in Boundary Mills outlet villages will stay open following a buyout by Edinburgh Woollen Mill. Operations Austin Reed also owned the CC brand (rebranded from Country Casuals). References Austin Reed is mentioned by Captain Peacock on the British situation comedy, Are You Being Served. Cast member John Inman had worked at Austin Reed as a tie clerk in the early 1950s. External links Official website Clothing retailers of the United Kingdom Clothing brands of the United Kingdom British companies established in 1900 British Royal Warrant holders 1900 establishments in England Shops in London Suit makers Retail companies established in 1900 Companies that have entered administration in the United Kingdom

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La Cienega, Arizona

La Cienega is a populated place situated in Gila County, Arizona, United States. It has an estimated elevation of above sea level. References Populated places in Gila County, Arizona