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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20End%20%28Red%20Dwarf%29

The End (Red Dwarf)

"The End" is the first episode of science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf, which was first broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 15 February 1988. The episode introduces the main characters and sets up the story backbone of the series. On the mining ship Red Dwarf, Dave Lister is placed in stasis for refusing to give up the whereabouts of his forbidden pet cat. When he emerges from stasis, three million years later, he discovers that everybody has died from a radiation leak. The episode was written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, directed by Ed Bye and starred Craig Charles, Chris Barrie, Danny John-Jules and Norman Lovett. The script was rejected by the BBC three times before it was given the go ahead three years later. An electricians strike at the BBC prevented filming and production on the series halted, only going ahead after the dispute was resolved. The broadcast episode differs greatly from the originally filmed version. Grant and Naylor felt that scenes from the episode did not work, so with a spare filming slot additional scenes were added and previous scenes filmed again. Gaining more than five million viewers on its first showing, the episode is considered one of the best from the first series by fans. It was later re-mastered, along with the rest of the first three series, in 1998. Plot On the mining vessel Red Dwarf, Dave Lister (Craig Charles) and Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie) go about their daily routine of maintenance. Rimmer takes his maintenance duties very seriously, despite lacking respect from other crew members, while Lister is more eager to be lazy and drink with others, and hopes to return to Earth to start a farm on Fiji with the true love of his life, Kristine Kochanski (Clare Grogan). The following day, Rimmer prepares for his latest attempt at the engineering exam, hoping to get promoted, but finds that the notes and equations he wrote on his arms and legs have been blurred due to him sweating nervously, prompting him to hand in a voided examination paper to the examiner before fainting. Meanwhile, Lister is brought before Captain Hollister (Mac McDonald) and accused of smuggling aboard a non-quarantined pet – a pregnant cat that Lister named Frankenstein and hopes to include in his future plans. Learning that Frankenstein would be "put down" for a biopsy, Lister refuses and is sentenced to 18 months of suspended animation in a stasis cell. When he is revived by Holly (Norman Lovett) – the ship's ever increasingly senile computer – he is informed that the crew are all dead, after a faulty drive plate caused them to be subjected to a lethal dose of cadmium II radiation. Lister is horrified to learn that he could not be released until three million years later, when the radiation had dispersed. Lister soon discovers that Rimmer was resurrected by Holly as a hologram, though with the inability to touch or feel anything, and learns that he was responsible for the accident. While they explore the ship, the pair come across a graceful-looking humanoid which Holly reveals to be an evolution of cats descended from Lister's pet. Holly reveals that Frankenstein managed to get into the ship's hold during the accident and was able to be safely sealed as a result. When the pair catch up with it, they manage to convince it that they are no threat, whereupon Lister names him Cat (Danny John-Jules) and learns that his ancestors created a religion around him. When Cat explains that his kind revered Lister as "Cloister the Stupid", who would lead them to the promised land "Fuchal", Lister points out what he means and promises to do so, prompting Holly to a course for Fiji. After Rimmer remarks that humankind will have evolved to the point that Lister will be like "the slime that first crawled out of the oceans", Lister declares "Look out, Earth – the slime's coming home!" Production Writing The episode was written in 1983 during a stay at a cottage in Wales belonging to Doug Naylor's father. Almost a mile up a mountain the writing duo team of Rob Grant and Doug Naylor spent day and night writing. Almost finished, the pair had a near fatal accident during nightfall when their car veered perilously near the edge of a cliff. The script was not finished as expected as they spent the next day rescuing the car. Grant and Naylor passed the completed script to their agent Paul Jackson, whom they had worked for on Three of a Kind and Carrot's Lib, and John Lloyd, whom they worked with on Spitting Image. They both came back saying that they loved it, with even talk of them doing a co-production for the series. However, the task of dealing with the production rested with Jackson who had trouble convincing the BBC who went on to reject the script three times. Grant and Naylor were keen to have the series done on the BBC as they felt the extra 3 minutes of non-commercial time would be invaluable. It would take another three years before the series was accepted by BBC North West. Casting When casting auditions started Norman Lovett was the first member of the cast selected, but had originally auditioned for Rimmer. Grant and Naylor thought otherwise and offered him the role of Holly, who at this stage was just a voice-over part. Danny John-Jules auditioned successfully for the Cat. Craig Charles was sent the script for his opinion as there were concerns over the Cat character coming across as racist. Charles was also being considered for the role. However it was later decided that Craig would be better suited auditioning for the role of Lister, who was initially described in the script as in his early forties. Chris Barrie later auditioned for both the Lister and Rimmer roles. A previous collaborator with Grant and Naylor, Chris had worked on their radio show Son of Cliché. Bigger named actors like Alan Rickman and Alfred Molina had also auditioned but were not considered because they would be unlikely to stay for a series run. Paul Jackson's initial plan was for the show to run for two series only, like The Young Ones. The character of the first hologram seen on screen, George McIntyre, was intended to be Australian to fit into the idea that the ship was international, but the actor, Robert McCulley had problems with the accent and decided to make the character Welsh instead. The episode featured a host of guest stars and extras, most uncredited. As well as featuring Mac McDonald as Captain Hollister and Clare Grogan (she changed her name to C. P. Grogan because of an Equity clash with another person with the same name) as Kristine Kochanski, Robert Bathurst appeared as Todhunter, Mark Williams as Petersen, Paul Bradley as Chen, and David Gillespie as Selby. Filming The episode, and the series, almost never happened due to an electricians strike at the BBC in 1987 which prevented filming and the project was shelved. Filming eventually went ahead after the industrial action was resolved. Filming a scene with the Frankenstein cat caused problems when it came to trying to get the right shot. The cat would not stay still long enough, would not look at the photo of Fiji, and kept scratching Craig Charles' leg and running away. Charles' genitals were also visible in some takes; Grant and Naylor later considered digitally editing them out, but went for an inferior take instead. The opening theme tune was written by musician Howard Goodall. With its classical music style it parodied Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Goodall also wrote the lyrics for the end credits theme tune, which was sung by Jenna Russell. The intention was to match the lyrics to Lister's desire to go to Fiji, especially regarding the "goldfish shoals nibbling at my toes" line. For the opening credits and exterior shots a Red Dwarf model ship had to be built from scratch. Peter Wragg was the visual effects designer of Red Dwarf; Wragg also had a large part in set building and was the chief model maker. Wragg had previously filled a similar role in British television series such as Thunderbirds Are GO, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and Doctor Who. The opening effects shot features a dissolve from Lister painting the ship to a full model shot of the city-sized vessel traveling through space. Originally it was supposed to be one long take but it proved too difficult to mesh together with a small budget and lowly special effects of the day. The model of Red Dwarf itself measured about long from scoop to engine. With a seventh episode slot left over at the end of production, Grant and Naylor decided to go back and re-shoot certain scenes and drop others that they felt did not work. Scenes removed include Lister ejecting the crew members' canisters into space and Rimmer conducting his own eulogy. One of the more drastic changes was the ship's computer, Holly. Initially shot as a voice over, Norman Lovett had convinced the creators to have a disembodied head on screen. The Holly scenes from the first three episodes were re-edited to feature the newly shot lines with the head of Holly. Altogether, approximately two-thirds of the broadcast episode was composed of reshoot footage. Set designer Paul Montague gave the ship interiors a grey submarine look. Walls, floors, bunks, cans and even cigarette packets were coloured grey. The "Welcome Back George McIntyre" reception featured bright red plastic chairs, which had to be covered up with jackets to avoid harsh clashes of colour. Reception Originally broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 15 February 1988 in the 9:00 p.m. evening slot. The episode gained 5.1 million viewers from its first showing. The BBC had also received letters from viewers regarding the quality of the series as a whole. An audience Appreciation Index score of 80 out of 100 was also seen as a sign that the series had done well. Co-creators/writers Grant and Naylor were so embarrassed by the first series that they had requested that the BBC not repeat the episodes as they felt that it would harm the following series. The video release of the first series was held back, making the first release of the series — featuring "The End" on tape one and "Confidence and Paranoia" on the second tape — hotly anticipated. Series I episodes performed poorly in a Red Dwarf Smegazine poll. This was perceived to be because fans hadn't seen, or had forgotten, the episodes — Series I not being repeated until 1994. However, the episode was considered the best from Series I. Remastering The remastering of Series I to III was carried out during the late 1990s. Changes included replacement of the opening credits (re-instating the original idea of the one shot pulling away from the ship), the picture has been given a colour grade and filmised, new computer generated special effects of Red Dwarf flying through space, and visual, audio and scene adjustments. Changes specific to "The End" include bluescreen elements added to the opening scene with skutters – small maintenance robots – placed in the foreground of Rimmer and Lister. Silhouettes of the crew's heads were added to the foreground of George McIntyre's funeral scene. Background noise was added to the soundtrack to give the impression that the ship was busy with a full crew on board. The George McIntyre funeral scene was trimmed down, with shots that did not work removed, and a new shot of the canister leaving the ship was inserted. Music and sound effects were added to Cat's entrance, with hissing noise added when he tries to frighten Lister and Rimmer. See also Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers – the first Red Dwarf novel features an expanded version of events from this episode and builds on the backstory as well as featuring new stories not seen in televised episodes. Notes References External links Episode Guide - Series 1 at RedDwarf.co.uk Red Dwarf I episodes British television pilots 1988 British television episodes

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gousselerbierg%20Tunnel

Gousselerbierg Tunnel

The Gousselerbierg Tunnel is a pair of parallel road tunnels in the canton of Mersch, in central Luxembourg. The tunnels are named for the hill through which they pass, near the town of Gosseldange, in the commune of Lintgen. At 2,695 metres (8,842 ft), the Gousselerbierg Tunnel is the second-longest tunnel in the country, after the Grouft Tunnel, at 2,950 metres (9,678 ft). The tunnel carries the A7 motorway, and is the first of three major tunnels on the route of the road, together with the Grouft Tunnel and the Stafelter Tunnel (1,850 m). Each of the twin tunnels contains two lanes of traffic in one direction. At its maximum, the tunnel lies 115 metres (377 ft) below the surface of the hill. The tunnel was constructed using the New Austrian Tunnelling method, relying on the stress of the surrounding rock to stabilise the tunnel. Preparatory work on the tunnel began on 17 April 2000, and drilling work began on 21 November of the same year. The breakthrough ceremony was held on 12 December 2002, with Grand Duke Henri detonating the explosive charge that connected the two ends of the tunnels. Altogether, the tunnel cost €100m to construct, and 420,000 m³ (14.8m cu ft) of earth were excavated, 65% of which was removed by explosives. Footnotes External links Northern end: Southern end: Lintgen Tunnels in Luxembourg Tunnels completed in 2005 Road tunnels

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae%20Ni%C8%9Bu

Nicolae Nițu

Nicolae Nițu (born 14 October 1969) is a Romanian weightlifter. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. References 1969 births Living people Romanian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of Romania Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bucharest

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20Star%20Comics%20Melbourne

All Star Comics Melbourne

All Star Comics Melbourne is an Australian comic book store co-owned by Mitchell Davies and Troy Varker. The store was first opened in February 2011 and in 2014, won the Spirit of Comics Retailer Award at the 26th annual Eisner Awards. The award was split with the Legend Comics & Coffee in Nebraska. Awards Spirit of Comics Retailer Award at the Eisner Awards (2013, nominated) Spirit of Comics Retailer Award at the Eisner Awards (2014, won - split with Legend Comics & Coffee) References External links All Star Comics Melbourne at blogspot.com Comics retailers Bookshops of Australia Retail buildings in Victoria (Australia) Retail companies established in 2011 2011 establishments in Australia Companies based in Melbourne 2011 in comics

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

Martin Eriksson

Veronica Eriksson, born Martin Eriksson (15 June 1971) is a retired Swedish pole vaulter. She was born in Stockholm. Her personal best jump was 5.80 metres, achieved in March 2000 in Pietersburg. This places her fourth on the Swedish all-time list, behind Armand Duplantis, Oscar Janson and Patrik Kristiansson and equal to Alhaji Jeng. In February 2020, Eriksson told about her undergone hormone treatment, facial surgery, legal gender reassignment and name change to Veronica. Achievements References 1971 births Living people Swedish male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Sweden

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petter%20Lindstr%C3%B6m

Petter Lindström

Petter Lindström (March 1, 1907 – May 24, 2000) was a Swedish-American neurosurgeon known for his marriage to actress Ingrid Bergman, which ended in divorce due to her affair with filmmaker Roberto Rossellini. Biography Lindström was born in Stöde. He earned dental and medical degrees at the Heidelberg University and the Leipzig University. Lindström met Bergman in Stockholm in 1933. They married in 1937 and had a daughter Pia. He moved to the United States, where he earned a medical degree from the University of Rochester in 1943. He eventually became a U.S. citizen. In 1950, Lindström's marriage to Bergman ended in divorce due to her bearing Rossellini's illegitimate son, Roberto. In 1954, Lindström married Agnes Ronavec and they had four children: Karl, Peter, Michael and Brita. Lindström taught neurosurgery at the University of California, Los Angeles. He also taught medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Utah. From 1955 to 1964 he was chief of neurosurgery at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Salt Lake City, and from 1964 to 1978 he held his own practice in San Francisco. Lindström died on May 24, 2000, at the age of 93 in Sonoma, California. References 1907 births 2000 deaths Swedish neurosurgeons Swedish emigrants to the United States Heidelberg University alumni Leipzig University alumni University of Rochester alumni David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA faculty University of Pittsburgh faculty University of Utah faculty 20th-century surgeons

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Namibia%20Twenty20%20International%20cricketers

List of Namibia Twenty20 International cricketers

This is a list of Namibian Twenty20 International cricketers. In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Namibia and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will have T20I status. This list comprises all members of the Namibia cricket team who have played at least one T20I match. It is initially arranged in the order in which each player won his first Twenty20 cap. Where more than one player won his first Twenty20 cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname. Namibia played their first T20I match on 20 May 2019 against Ghana at the ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Finals. Key List of players Statistics are correct as of 8 November 2021. Notes See also List of Namibia ODI cricketers References T20I cricketers Namibia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venkatarao%20Tarodekar

Venkatarao Tarodekar

Venkatarao Babarao Tarodekar was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India as a member of the Indian National Congress. References External links Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website 4th Lok Sabha members 5th Lok Sabha members Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra 1925 births 1979 deaths

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psz%C3%B3w

Pszów

Pszów () is a town in Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 13,896 inhabitants (2019). It is located on Rybnik Plateau (Płaskowyż Rybnicki), in close vicinity to such cities, as Rybnik, Wodzisław Śląski, Racibórz, Radlin, Rydułtowy, Jastrzębie-Zdrój and Żory. With the area of , between 1975 and 1994, Pszów was a district of Wodzisław Śląski. History First mention of Pszów comes from 1265, when, called then Psov, it was granted Magdeburg rights. The first wooden church was built in the town in 1293. Across the centuries, Pszów shared the fate of Upper Silesia, belonging to Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Bohemia, Habsburg Monarchy, Kingdom of Prussia, and German Empire. Following the Silesian Uprisings, in 1922 Pszów became part of Second Polish Republic. Incorporated as a city in 1954, it now is a part of the Rybnik Coal Area. Coal Mine Rydułtowy-Anna is located on the territory of Pszów and Rydułtowy. Sport Pszów has one sport club – Górnik Pszów, founded in 1924. It is most famous for boxers, such as Andrzej Biegalski, Bogdan Gajda (gold medal at 1977 European Amateur Boxing Championships), and Zbigniew Kicka (bronze medal at 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships). Twin towns – sister cities Pszów is twinned with: Horní Benešov, Czech Republic References External links Official website Cities and towns in Silesian Voivodeship Wodzisław County

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Men%20of%20Frau%20Clarissa

The Men of Frau Clarissa

The Men of Frau Clarissa () is a 1922 German silent film directed by Fred Sauer and starring Oskar Marion, Hilde Wolter and Colette Corder. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. Cast Oskar Marion as Legationsrat Dr. Steeven Hilde Wolter as Clarissa, seine Frau Rolf Prasch as Renesos, Attaché Colette Corder as Seine Freu Max Ruhbeck as Graf Beauchamps C.W. Tetting as Kommissar Hugo Fischer-Köppe as Bobby Watson Alfred Schmasow as Kriminalbeamter Editha Seidel as Henny Meaton References External links 1922 films German films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Fred Sauer German black-and-white films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuh%20I

Nuh I

Nuh ibn Nasr, or Nuh I (died 954), was the amir of the Samanids in 943–954. He was the son of Nasr II. It is rumoured that he married a Chinese princess. Rise to power Nuh came to power after preventing a revolt against his father in 943. Several army officers, unhappy over Nasr's support of Ismaili missionaries, planned to assassinate him. Nuh, given notice of the plot, arrived at a banquet held to organize the assassination, and seized and killed the leader of the plotters. To placate the others, he promised to put an end to the activities of the Ismailis, and convinced his father to abdicate in his favor. Reign Shortly after Nuh's ascension, he was forced to put down a revolt in Khwarazm. Another revolt, launched by Abu 'Ali Chaghani, proved to be much more serious, and was supported by several Samanid officers such as Abu Mansur Muhammad, who served as the governor of Tus. Abu 'Ali, in addition to being the ruler of the Samanid vassal state of Chaghaniyan, had been the governor of Khurasan since 939. In 945 he was removed from the latter post by Nuh, who desired to replace him with a Turk named Ibrahim ibn Simjur. Abu 'Ali joined forces with Nuh's uncle Ibrahim ibn Ahmad and rebelled. In 947 Ibrahim gained control of Bukhara and crowned himself as ruler of the Samanid Empire, forcing Nuh to flee to Samarkand. Ibrahim, however, proved to be unpopular in the city, enabling Nuh to capture and blind his uncle as well as two of his brothers. Abu 'Ali's capital in Chaghaniyan was sacked, but in 948 peace was made between the two, and Abu 'Ali was confirmed as ruler of Chaghaniyan. Following the death of the governor of Khurasan, Mansur ibn Qara-Tegin, in 952, Abu 'Ali regained that post as well. Nuh removed Abu 'Ali from the governorship of Khurasan a second time after receiving a complaint from Vushmgir, the Ziyarid ruler of Tabaristan. Nuh had previously supported Vushmgir; the latter had gained possession of Gurgan for a short time with Samanid support, and after losing it to the Buyids, he used a Samanid army to take back Gurgan and Tabaristan in 947. The Ziyarids, along with the Samanids, and the Buyids subsequently fought over the region for the next few years, each side gaining temporary control of the area several times. Vushmgir, who was an ally of the Samanids, had been pleased when Abu 'Ali had gone to war against the Buyids, but was angered when Abu 'Ali made peace with the Buyids of Ray. His complaint, which consisted of accusations that Abu 'Ali was conspiring with the Buyids, resulted in Nuh's decision to remove him. Abu 'Ali then fled to the Buyids, and received a grant from the Caliph Al-Muti for control of Khurasan. Nuh's death in 954 prevented him from solving this problem. He was succeeded by his son 'Abd al-Malik I. Notes References 954 deaths Samanids 10th-century monarchs in the Middle East Year of birth unknown 10th-century Iranian people

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359%20Celtic%20F.C.%20season

1958–59 Celtic F.C. season

During the 1958–59 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in Scottish Division One. Results Scottish Division One Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup References Celtic F.C. seasons Celtic

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment%20of%20Truth%3A%20A%20Mother%27s%20Deception

Moment of Truth: A Mother's Deception

Moment of Truth: A Mother's Deception (also called Moment of Truth: Cult Rescue) is a 1994 American made-for-television drama film directed by Chuck Bowman. Based on a true story, the film is an original Moment of Truth film that stars Joan Van Ark, Stephen Macht and Brooke Langton. Plot When Nora McGill (Van Ark) is turned down for a loan officer position at the bank she works, by her boss Travis (McNulty), she starts to suffer from a mild depression. Her husband Harry (Macht) and teenage daughter Kim (Langton) start to become estranged from Nora, as she becomes more bothered by chronic pains. A visit from her doctor (Walker) confuses her, as Dr. Jaffe is not able to diagnose any medical problems. She is then contacted by psychotherapist Dr. Brian Allen, who invites her to visit one of his sessions. Little does Nora know, that Brian is a fanatical member of a religious cult, and is a fraud who wants to indoctrinate Nora. As Nora visits more of Brian's sessions, her pain starts to disappear. She is able to find her joy in life again, and loosens up by buying Kim a car for her birthday. She quickly becomes infatuated with her therapist and even has daydreams about him. Matters change for the worse when Brian hypnotizes Nora and convinces her that Harry has been abusing her. Nora immediately packs her bags, and leaves her family behind, only to join the cult completely. Kim desperately tries to convince her not to go, and insists that Harry has never raised his hand against her, but Nora does not believe her and leaves. Kim, who has recently enrolled into college, contacts her professor Ben Jacoby (Kurlander) for help. Ben has worked as a cult buster in the past, but gave up this profession because he was repeatedly sued for kidnapping. Kim and Harry convince Ben that Nora is in a bad state, and he returns for the job one more time. In a scheme, Kim takes out Nora for a ride in her new car, only to be 'arrested' by a 'police officer'. Nora is then taken to a cabin in the mountains, where she is forced to stay until she realizes that she is being brainwashed. Nora refuses to believe any of her family and Ben's claims, and does not want to be in the same room with her 'abuser'. After a while, Kim, Harry and Ben have still not been able to get through Nora. Nora decides to sneak out of the cabin and flees the scene. Harry follows her and rescues her as she is about to get hit by a car. Soon after, Brian and his followers have located Nora and break into the cabin to take her with them. In the end, Harry and Kim finally make Nora realize that she was brainwashed and that Brian placed a false memory of abuse into her mind when she was under hypnosis. She rejects Brian and is happily reunited with her family. Cast Joan Van Ark as Nora McGill Stephen Macht as Harry McGill Tom Kurlander as Ben Jacoby Brooke Langton as Kim McGill Daniel Hugh Kelly as Dr. Brian Allen Michele Goodger as Evelyn Lossen Chambers as Candace Kevin McNulty as Mr. Travis Matthew Walker as Dr. Jaffe References External links Official website 1994 television films 1994 films 1990s drama films American films American drama films Films based on actual events NBC network original films English-language films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming%20at%20the%202018%20Summer%20Youth%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Boys%27%204%20%C3%97%20100%20metre%20medley%20relay

Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 4 × 100 metre medley relay

The boys' 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 10 October at the Natatorium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Results Heats The heats were started at 11:01. Final The final was held at 19:32. References Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When%20I%20Get%20Thru%20with%20You

When I Get Thru with You

"When I Get Thru with You (You'll Love Me Too)" is a song written by Harlan Howard which became a hit for Patsy Cline in 1962. The song went to #10 on the country chart and #53 on the pop chart. Howard had previously co-written Cline's #1 hit "I Fall to Pieces". Cline sings about how she desperately wants a man that she really likes, the only problem is he has a girlfriend already. So what she decides to do is try to get through with him and in the end she says, "when I get through with you, you'll love me true, not Sue". French singer Françoise Hardy covered the song in 1965 as "Quel mal y a-t-il à ça?" Chart performance References 1962 singles Patsy Cline songs Songs written by Harlan Howard 1962 songs Decca Records singles Song recordings produced by Owen Bradley

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

Voxound

Voxound is a music web site that offers streaming through YouTube videos and plays local files through the use of a downloadable daemon. Voxound strives to generate a general classification of music (also known as a folksonomy of music) and encourages exploratory search. History The project was originally started by Jaime Bunzli as an attempt of solving his own needs for fixing and ordering his music collection. In 2007 he involved some of his colleagues at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and started working in an initial Voxound prototype. In October 2008 the team got funding from family and friends and started from scratch. During the year 2009, Voxound developed a player for Windows, but its development was discontinued in early 2010. In October 2009, the Latin American Intel Challenge awarded them with $15.000 and tickets to participate in the Intel + UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge. As of 2010, the web application seems to be still under construction. As of 2013, the website is no longer accessible. Features The Voxound website features faceted search, which allows a user to refine search adding or excluding tags from the result set. It also features a downloadable daemon which runs on Mac OS-X and Windows (there doesn’t seem to be a Linux version planned as of July 2010). The web application communicates with the daemon to find the metadata of the user's songs and plays local files through a flash plugin. The site relies on the Facebook Platform as its authentication system, allowing a user to explore his/her Facebook-friend's playlists and share music discoveries with them. See also Similar websites Songza Slacker Radio Last.fm Jamendo MeeMix Deezer Related concepts Faceted search Daemon References External links English version website Chilean music websites Internet radio Online music and lyrics databases

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moiz%20Ullah%20Baig

Moiz Ullah Baig

Moiz Ullah Baig (born April 1997 in Karachi, Pakistan) is a Pakistani Scrabble player who won the World Youth Scrabble Championship 2013 and the World Junior Scrabble Championship 2018, becoming the first player ever to win both. He won the Pakistan Scrabble Championship in 2018 and is currently the number 1 player of the country. In December 2018, with a WESPA rating of 1921, he climbed up to the 71st place in the world rankings – his career highest. Moiz was conferred with a gold medal by Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust in 2014 for his achievements in Scrabble. He was mentioned alongside Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, Asma Jahangir, and several others in the Newsline Magazine, on being one of the Pakistanis who have made a prominent mark internationally. He is referred to as the 'giant of scrabble''' in Pakistan.'' Moiz was appointed as a coach of Pakistan Scrabble Team in 2016. Moiz currently studies at the Technische Universität Darmstadt and has attended NED University of Engineering and Technology, DJ Science College, and Falconhouse Grammar School. Playing History Moiz debuted the national circuit in 2012 at age 14 and beat several top-rated players in his first tournament. He joined the international scene in 2013. 2012 Moiz won the All-Pakistan Inter-School Scrabble Championship. Later in the year, he was selected to represent Pakistan at the World Youth Scrabble Championship in the UK, but he couldn't get the visa. 2013 Moiz won the World Youth Scrabble Championship held in Dubai, UAE, becoming the first Pakistani to do so. 2014 Moiz finished 3rd at the Mind Sports International Youth Cup held in London, UK. He was unsuccessful in defending his title at the World Youth Scrabble Championship in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2015 Moiz finished runner-up at the Pakistan Scrabble Championship. 2016 Moiz missed the quarter-finals of the World Scrabble Championship 2016 in Lille, France, after losing his last match to the former World Champion Adam Logan by 1 point, finishing 15th. He was the runner-up at the Pakistan Scrabble Championship for the second time in a row. 2017 Moiz finished runner-up at both, the World Junior Scrabble Championship held in Nottingham, UK, and the Princess Youth Scrabble Cup held in Bangkok, Thailand. 2018 Moiz won the World Junior Scrabble Championship held in Torquay, UK, the Pakistan Scrabble Championship, and the Pakistan Scrabble Champions Trophy. He rose to the number 1 spot in national rankings ending Waseem Khatri's decade-long supremacy. He was selected to represent ‘Team Rest of Asia’ at the Alchemist Cup – World Team Challenge in Penang, Malaysia, where he ended up 16th among the top 50 players of the world. 2019 He was unsuccessful in defending his title at the Pakistan Scrabble Championship. References 1997 births Living people Pakistani Scrabble players

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%20%C3%85ker

Jon Åker

Jon Erik Åker (26 February 1927 – 18 April 2013) was a Norwegian hospital director. He grew up with his grandparents in rural Sunnfjord, and attended Firda Upper Secondary School before going on to the Norwegian School of Economics. He was hired as manager at Lillehammer Hospital in 1955 and financial director at the Red Cross Clinic in 1958. He graduated as a Master of Hospital Administration from the University of Michigan in 1963. In 1964 he was hired as secretary at Akershus University Hospital. Following a leave to serve as manager of the refugee hospital Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem, he was promoted to financial director at Akershus University Hospital. He was then the long-serving director of Akershus University Hospital from 1969 to 1997. In 1994 he received the King's Medal of Merit in gold, and in 1996 he became an honorary member of the Norwegian Hospital Association. He died in April 2013. References 1927 births 2013 deaths People from Sogn og Fjordane Norwegian School of Economics alumni University of Michigan alumni Norwegian civil servants Norwegian expatriates in Israel Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold

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David Davidson Hay

David Davidson Hay (1828 – 1908) was an Ontario political figure. He represented Perth North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1875 to 1883 as a Liberal member. He was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1828. In 1849, he married Jane Rogerson. He served as reeve for Elma Township and Listowel. Hay was Immigration Commissioner to Scotland for Ontario from 1873 to 1874 and General Immigration Agent for Ontario from 1874 to 1875. He ran unsuccessfully for the same seat in the provincial assembly in 1867. Hay moved to Stratford in 1884 after he was named registrar of deeds for North Perth. His nephew F. Wellington Hay later served in the provincial assembly and the House of Commons. External links ''The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1880', CH Mackintosh History of Perth County to 1967, WS & HJM Johnston (1967) 1828 births 1908 deaths Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario People from Perth County, Ontario Politicians from Dundee

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Sweat diagnostics

Sweat diagnostics is an emerging non-invasive technique used to provide insights to the health of the human body. Common sweat diagnostic tests include testing for cystic fibrosis and illicit drugs. Most testing of human sweat is in reference to the eccrine sweat gland which in contrast to the apocrine sweat gland, has a lower composition of oils. Although sweat is mostly water, there are many solutes which are found in sweat that have at least some relation to biomarkers found in blood. These include: sodium (Na+), chloride (Cl−), potassium (K+), ammonium (NH), alcohols, lactate, peptides & proteins. Development of devices, sensing techniques and biomarker identification in sweat continues to be an expanding field for medical diagnostics and athletics applications. The use of smart biosensors for on-skin sweat analysis has been described as internet-enabled Sudorology (iSudorology) by Brasier et al. in 2019. It describes the lab-independent detection of molecular, next-generation digital biomarkers in sweat. History Some of the earliest, published studies on sweat composition date back to the 19th century. Further studies in the 20th century began to solidify understanding of the physiology and pharmacology of the eccrine sweat gland. In-vivo and in-vitro studies from this time period, and even those continuing today, have identified numerous structural nuances and new molecules present within sweat. The first commercially adopted use for sweat diagnostics included testing of sodium and chloride levels in children for the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis. Today, one of the most popular devices for this testing is the Macroduct Sweat Collection System from ELITechGroup. General evidence More recently, numerous studies have identified the plausibility of sweat as an alternative to blood analysis. The potential substitution for sweat versus blood analysis has many potential benefits. For example, sweat can be: extracted in a non-invasive manner via iontophoresis; extracted with little-to-no pain; and monitored continuously. There are downfalls to the technology, however. For example, demonstration of successful and reliable sweat extraction and analysis on a cohesive device has yet to be demonstrated. Furthermore, although some biomarker partitioning mechanisms are well understood and well studied, partitioning of other useful biomarkers (cytokines, peptides, etc.) are less understood. Current research Portable devices Patches Patches have been demonstrated to be a promising detection platform for sweat diagnostics. Simple, long-term collection devices which check for drugs of abuse or alcohol are already on the market and operate on the following principle: a user applies the patch which then collects sweat over a period of hours or days, then the patch is analyzed utilizing techniques such as GC-MS which are accurate but have the drawback of lack of continuous measurements and high costs. For example, sweat diagnostic products for illicit drugs and alcohol are manufactured and supplied by PharmChem and AlcoPro, respectively. Recently several efforts have been made to develop low cost polymer based continuous perspiration monitoring devices and are in early stages of commercialization. More recently, several startup companies such as Xsensio or Eccrine Systems have begun developing products targeted towards the consumer, healthcare and athletics market for sweat diagnostics. Ultimately, it is the hope that these devices will have the ability to detect changes in human physiology within minutes without the need for repeated sample collection and analysis. Temporary tattoos Temporary tattoo-based sweat diagnostic tools have been demonstrated by Dr. Joseph Wang's group from University of California, San Diego. Their work includes sweat diagnostics for sodium, lactate, ammonium, pH and biofuel opportunities. References Chemical pathology Skin tests

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Pittsfield Municipal Airport (Maine)

Pittsfield Municipal Airport is a town owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district of Pittsfield, a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. Facilities and aircraft Pittsfield Municipal Airport covers an area of 325 acres (132 ha) at an elevation of 197 feet (60 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,003 by 100 feet (1,220 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending August 13, 2011, the airport had 8,700 aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 43 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, and 9% glider. See also List of airports in Maine References External links Airport page at Town of Pittsfield website Curtis Air, the fixed-base operator (FBO) Aerial image as of May 1996 from USGS The National Map Airports in Somerset County, Maine Pittsfield, Maine

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrilla%20in%20Manila

Thrilla in Manila

Thrilla in Manila was the third and final boxing match between WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier on October 1, 1975 for the heavyweight championship of the world at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines. The venue was temporarily renamed as the "Philippine Coliseum" for this match. Ali won by technical knockout (TKO) after Frazier's chief second, Eddie Futch, asked the referee to stop the fight after the 14th round. The contest's name is derived from Ali's rhyming boast that the fight would be "a killa and a thrilla and a chilla, when I get that gorilla in Manila." The bout is almost universally regarded as one of the best and most brutal fights in boxing history, and was the culmination of a three-bout rivalry between the two fighters that Ali won, 2–1. The fight was watched by a record global television audience of an estimated 1billion viewers, including 100million viewers watching the fight on closed-circuit theatre television, and 500,000 pay-per-view buys on HBO home cable television. Background The first bout between Frazier and Ali - promoted as the Fight of the Century - took place on March 8, 1971, in New York's Madison Square Garden. Frazier was the undefeated champion and won by unanimous decision over the previously undefeated former champion Ali, who had been stripped of his titles for refusing to enter the draft for the Vietnam War. Their showdown was a fast-paced, 15-round bout, with Frazier scoring the fight's (and trilogy's) only knockdown, at the beginning of the final round. When the rivals met in a January 1974 rematch, neither was champion; Frazier had suffered a stunning second-round knockout by George Foreman a year earlier, and Ali had two controversial split bouts with Ken Norton. In a promotional appearance before the second fight, the two had scuffled in an ABC studio during an interview segment with Howard Cosell. There were controversial aspects to the fight. In the second round, Ali struck Frazier with a hard right hand, which backed him up. Referee Tony Perez stepped between the fighters, signifying the end of the round, even though there were about 25 seconds left. In so doing, he gave Frazier time to regain his bearings and continue fighting. Perez also failed to contain Ali's tactic of illegally holding and pulling down his opponent's neck in the clinches, which helped Ali to smother Frazier, and gain the 12-round decision. This became a major issue in selecting the referee for the Manila bout. Pre-fight promotions and training The president of the Philippines, then Ferdinand Marcos, sought to hold the bout in Metro Manila and sponsor it in order to bring attention to the Philippines from around the world. In the lead-up to the Manila fight as well as each of their other two encounters, Ali verbally abused Frazier. Ali nicknamed Frazier "The Gorilla", and used this as the basis for the rhyme, "It will be a killa and a thrilla and a chilla when I get the Gorilla in Manila," which he chanted while punching an action-figure-sized gorilla doll. Ali told reporter Dick Schaap that it was part of a longstanding pre-fight strategy of his: "I like to get a man mad, because when a man's mad, he wants ya so bad, he can't think, so I like to get a man mad." This strategy had appeared to work in Ali's favor in his defeat of George Foreman. Frazier had skill, confidence, stamina and the character to persevere in difficult circumstances. Dave Wolf (who was a member of the Frazier team in Manila) said: "With all of the residue of anger that Joe had from what had happened before the first fight, what had happened before and during the second fight and after these fights, Joe was ready to lay his life on the line, and ... he did." Ali's preparations were upset before the fight when he introduced his mistress, Veronica Porché, as his wife to Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos. This angered his wife, Khalilah Ali, who saw the introduction on television back in the States, and subsequently flew to Manila, where she engaged her husband in a prolonged shouting match in his hotel suite. In the Frazier camp, trainer Eddie Futch made the decision that the hordes of people and the tension in the steaming hot city were a poor environment to prepare in. Thus, Frazier completed his training for what was to be his final shot at the championship in a lush, quiet setting in the mountainous outskirts of the city of Manila. There, he led a spartan existence, often sitting for hours in a contemplative state in preparation for the bout. Fight strategy and referee selection Frazier cornerman Eddie Futch was concerned about preventing Ali from repeating the illegal tactic of holding Frazier behind the neck to create extended clinches. Ali used this tactic to keep Frazier from getting inside and enable himself to get needed rest during his victory in their second meeting. Futch claimed that Ali had done this 133 times in that fight without being penalized. He also had done so in their first meeting, and did it while facing the taller Foreman in his win over him in Zaire, leaving little doubt as to his intentions for the upcoming bout in Manila. Sensing trouble, Futch moved to block (Ali-Foreman ref) Zach Clayton as referee by enlisting the aid of Philadelphia mayor Frank Rizzo. The mayor refused to let Clayton out of his duties as a Philadelphia civil service employee to go referee the fight. Futch also warned Filipino authorities that Ali was going to mar what was to be a great event for their nation by constantly tying up Frazier illegally. He advised them to assign one of their countrymen to referee the bout, stating that this would reflect well on the Philippines, and be a source of pride for its people. Futch and Filipino officials (who bought in heavily to the idea) brushed aside complaints from Don King that a Filipino referee would be too small to handle a heavyweight fight. This resulted in the appointment of Filipino Carlos Padilla, Jr. Futch and his assistant, George Benton, believed that the key to winning the fight would be for Frazier to persistently attack Ali's body, including when Ali attempted to cover up his torso along the ropes. Benton said, "My expression to Joe was what you've got to do is stay on top of him, and hit the son of a bitch anywhere, hit him on the hips, hit him on the legs. You hit him anywhere!" Frazier's strategy followed the boxing axiom "if you kill the body, the head will die." As he described it, "Once I've stopped your organs—when those kidneys and liver stop functioning, he can't move so fast ... The organs in his body have to be functioning. If you slow them down, he cannot do what he wants to do." The Ali camp used the championship as leverage in negotiations and won out on two key points. The ring size of square allowed him the ability to move and circle the ring if he so chose, which would enable him to use his superior boxing skills to his advantage. He also got his preference for gloves, which were smaller and less padded than those used in most heavyweight bouts. According to Ali's ring doctor, Ferdie Pacheco, Ali planned to take advantage of Frazier's reputation as a slow starter, and use his superior reach and hand speed to attack Frazier exclusively with punches to the head in the early rounds in the hopes of scoring a knockout, or at least doing enough damage to Frazier to prevent him from fighting effectively as the bout wore on. Fight In order to accommodate an international viewing audience, the fight took place at 10:00a.m. local time. Though it served the business interests of the fight, it was detrimental to the fighters. Ali's ring physician, Ferdie Pacheco, said "At 10:00a.m. the stickiness of the night was still there, but cooked by the sun. So what you got is boiling water for atmosphere." Denise Menz, who was part of Frazier's contingent, said of the conditions inside the aluminum-roofed Philippine Coliseum: "It was so intensely hot, I've never before felt heat like that in my life. Not a breath of air—nothing. And that was sitting there. Can you imagine being in the ring? I don't know how they did it." Frazier estimated the ring temperature at more than , including heat from TV lights. Ali said that he lost during the fight due to dehydration. When the fighters and their cornermen met at the center of the ring for the referee's instructions, Ali continued his verbal assault on Joe Frazier, finishing with the taunt: "You don't have it, Joe, you don't have it! I'm going to put you away!" In response, Frazier smiled and said "We'll see." Ali was sharp early, as the slow-starting Frazier could not bob and weave his way inside of Ali's jab. Ali won the first two rounds. He kept Frazier in the center of the ring, and landed several straight right hands immediately after his left jab. Frazier was wobbled or at least knocked off-balance by solid punches twice in the early rounds. Commenting for the U.S. television audience, Don Dunphy said, "Ali with his fast hands and sharp shooting keeps it his way." Viewing the fight for the first time some 31 years later, Frazier said, "Too far away, needed to get closer." Ali also continued to attack his opponent verbally, most noticeably in the 3rd round when he was performing well and had plenty of energy. Referee Carlos Padilla said, "During the fight [Ali] would say 'Ah one ah two and a three ... Jack be nimble and Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick. Is that all you can give? Come on, you ugly gorilla—hit me!'" Several times, Ali made circular hand gestures at Frazier to encourage him closer. During round 3, Ali began using the "rope-a-dope", a strategy in which he used the ropes for support and rest while allowing his opponent to expend energy throwing punches. When it was effective, Ali would eventually spin off the ropes and unleash a volley of punches in rapid succession against an arm-weary opponent. In Manila, it did not always work out that way. Frazier landed his first good body punches of the fight in the 3rd round with Ali pinned in the corner. Due to his general lack of reach and arthritic right elbow, Frazier needed to be close to Ali to hit him with frequency, and the rope-a-dope enabled him to do that. About two minutes into the round, Ali threw a succession of hard punches, many of which missed. Commenting for the BBC, Harry Carpenter said, "I don't know when I've seen Ali in as aggressive a mood as this. He really looks as if he wants to nail Frazier to the canvas for once and all." During the fifth round, Frazier's timing and the rhythm of his bobbing and weaving improved. He was able to avoid the oncoming fists of the champion and, for the first time in the fight, land solid left hooks to Ali's head. Ali spent much of the round along the ropes. According to his trainer, Angelo Dundee, this "was the worst thing he could do because he's making Joe pick up momentum where he could drive those shots to the body." Ali's method of self-defense also worsened noticeably in the fifth. Boxing journalist Jerry Izenberg, who was ringside, said, "Somewhere about the 4th or 5th round Joe hit him with a right hand—I didn't think Joe could tie his shoes with his right hand—and Ali pulls back and says 'You don't have no right hand, you can't do that.' and bing! he hits him with another right hand. Suddenly Ali had to think 'Well there are two hands in this fight on the other side'—that was very important." His guard also visibly lowered in this round as a result of the vicious body attack he was absorbing. The net effect was that Ali became much more exposed to Frazier's most lethal his left hook. Indeed, shortly after the bell rang to start the 6th round Frazier landed a thunderous left hook which thudded against the right side of Ali's face. Ali was knocked back by the force of the blow, and landed in the ropes behind him. He did not appear dazed or groggy, but was visibly stiff in his body movements while backing away from the oncoming Frazier, and continuing to throw punches of his own. Seconds later, Frazier landed a tremendous, whipping left hook to Ali's head. Again Ali landed in the ropes behind him, but he only gave the appearance of being slightly dazed, and stiff legged. Though he had taken blows that would have felled a lesser or less committed fighter, Ali remained standing and was able to finish the round without being knocked down. Years later, watching the event on video, Frazier shook his head at the sight of Ali withstanding the powerful blows. Jerry Izenberg observed, "They were tremendous hooks, and you have to understand, normal fighters would not have continued—it would have been over." According to Ed Schuyler of Associated Press, who was present at ringside, Ali reacted to Frazier's sixth-round barrage by saying (at the start of the next round), "They told me Joe Frazier was washed up," to which Frazier retorted: "They lied." As the bout wore on it became clear that despite his belief in the utility of the rope-a-dope, when Ali had his back against the ropes, Frazier had the advantage. Smokin' Joe was able to wear down his opponent with body punches, left hooks to the head, and occasionally, short, chopping right hands. Meanwhile, the long-armed champion had a difficult time getting much power into his punches while fighting on the inside. Dundee, who detested the rope-a-dope (never more so than in Manila) constantly beseeched his fighter to "get off the goddamn ropes!" Beginning at the start of round 7, Ali managed to do so effectively for about a round and a half, and was able to best Frazier in exhausting toe-to-toe exchanges during the opening minute of round 8—described on the telecast as "a big rally by Ali." Later in that round, an arm-weary Ali began to be beaten to the punch by the challenger. During the final minute of round 8, Ali sagged against the ropes in a neutral corner as Frazier landed a series of punches to his body and head. On the broadcast, Dunphy excitedly told his audience: "Frazier may have evened up the round!" with about 30 seconds to go. At the close of a very trying ninth round, a visibly tired Ali went back to his corner, and told his trainer: "Man, this is the closest I've ever been to dying." In the opposite corner, Frazier was suffering from pronounced swelling about the face—the result of an accumulation of scores of punches exclusively aimed at his head, increasingly hampering his vision. After an 11th round, in which Ali landed frequently, Eddie Futch confronted his charge, asking him: "What's with this right-hand business?" In response, Frazier indicated that he could not see some of the punches he was being hit with. At this point, Futch gave him what turned out to be poor advice—he told his fighter to stand more upright when approaching Ali rather than continuing his usual bobbing and weaving style. Ali seized upon this immediately in Round 12. With his back to the ropes, he threw many punches with both hands that landed accurately and did still more damage to Frazier's limited eyesight. Adding to Frazier's problems was his corner's inability to maintain a functional icebag to apply to his eye past the middle rounds because of the oppressive heat inside the Philippine Coliseum. As Frazier rose from his stool to contest Round 13 he was a combatant who could barely see. British sportswriter Frank McGhee ringside for the Daily Mirror describes the final rounds: The main turning point of the fight came very late. It came midway through the thirteenth round when one of two tremendous right-hand smashes sent the gum shield sailing out of Frazier's mouth. The sight of this man actually moving backwards seemed to inspire Ali. I swear he hit Frazier with thirty tremendous punches—each one as hard as those which knocked out George Foreman in Zaire—during the fourteenth round. He was dredging up all his own last reserves of power to make sure there wouldn't have to be a fifteenth round. Seeing the results of round 14, Eddie Futch decided to stop the fight between rounds rather than risk a similar or worse fate for Frazier in the 15th. Frazier protested stopping the fight, shouting "I want him, boss," and trying to get Futch to change his mind. Futch replied, "It's all over. No one will forget what you did here today", and signaled to referee Carlos Padilla, Jr., to end the bout. Ali would later claim that this was the closest to dying he had ever been. Unbeknownst to Frazier's corner, at the end of the 14th round Ali instructed his cornermen to cut his gloves off, but Dundee ignored him. Ali later told his biographer Thomas Hauser, "Frazier quit just before I did. I didn't think I could fight anymore." Padilla, who scored the fight, and the ringside judges had Ali ahead by a comfortable margin on points but many of the ringside press had the fight scored much closer. The Associated Press had the fight even after 14 rounds. Legacy The Philippines' first multi-level commercial shopping mall was named after Muhammad Ali as a tribute to his victory. The mall is named "Ali Mall" and is located in Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City almost right beside the Araneta Coliseum in which the "Thrilla in Manila" took place. Another legacy of this fight was its pioneering use of communication technology. On September 30, 1975, HBO became the first television network in history to deliver a continuous signal via satellite by broadcasting the "Thrilla in Manila". This revolutionary event linking satellites with cable turned cable television from a re-transmitter to a program provider. ESPN's SportsCentury ranked this event #5 in its Greatest Games of the 20th Century in 1999. In 2006, the Manny Pacquiao vs. Óscar Larios fight in the Philippines was billed as "Thrilla in Manila 2". In 2008, the "Thrilla in Manila" television documentary was produced by Darlow Smithson Productions and aired on HBO. This documentary was met with mixed reviews with some accusing it of being biased towards Frazier as most of the people interviewed were from Frazier's camp. Promoter Bob Arum called it "disgusting", said it was designed to demean Ali, and that it was filled with inaccuracies and called it an "unfair attack on Muhammad Ali". One song in the 2021 Broadway show, Diana, The Musical, includes a chorus that frames an argument between Princess of Wales, Diana (Spencer), and Duchess of Cornwall, Camila (Parker Bowles) as a 'Thrilla in Manilla', including the lyrics "It's the Thrilla in Manilla/ But with Diana and Camilla!". The song, The Main Event, is the fifth song in the second act of the musical. See also Fight of the Century – first bout, March 1971 Ali–Frazier II – second bout, January 1974 References Frazier 1975 in boxing Boxing in the Philippines Sports in Manila 1975 in the Philippines History of boxing History of Metro Manila World Boxing Association heavyweight championship matches World Boxing Council heavyweight championship matches October 1975 sports events in Asia Boxing on HBO Radio Philippines Network Nicknamed sporting events

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Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 1959–60

The Australian national cricket team visited Pakistan in November and December 1959 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistani national cricket team. Australia won the Test series 2–0. Australia were captained by Richie Benaud and Pakistan by Fazal Mahmood. Tour match Test series summary First Test Second Test Third Test Background Day four of the Third Test in Karachi was notably attended by U.S. president Dwight Eisenhower, who was visiting Pakistan at the time. Eisenhower, who was accompanied by Pakistan's president Ayub Khan, became the "first American President to watch Test cricket". According to Arunabha Sengupta, the day proved challenging for Pakistan who managed just 104 runs at a loss of 5 wickets, with Hanif Mohammed putting up the lone resistance against Australian bowlers. The U.S. president, who was seen "cheering the rare attacking strokes" and applauding every "decent effort in the field", used the occasion for cricket diplomacy – signing a cricket bat and sporting a Pakistan blazer. When Australian captain Riche Benaud saw Eisenhower wearing the blazer, he jokingly remarked: "Mr President… you have joined the other camp." References External links Tour home at ESPNcricinfo 1959 in Australian cricket 1959 in Pakistani cricket Australian cricket tours of Pakistan International cricket competitions from 1945–46 to 1960 Pakistani cricket seasons from 1947–48 to 1969–70

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Gug Tappeh, Urmia

Gug Tappeh (, also Romanized as Gūg Tappeh; also known as Goy Tappeh and Gūy Tappeh) is a village in Baranduzchay-ye Shomali Rural District, in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,804, in 482 families. Notable people Malek-Yonan family George Malek-Yonan Rosie Malek-Yonan Terrence Malick Gallery References Populated places in Urmia County Assyrian settlements

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%2C%20Math%20and%20Sex

Love, Math and Sex

Love, Math and Sex () is a 1997 French drama film directed by Charlotte Silvera. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival. Cast Julie Delarme as Sabine Georges Corraface as Jiri Marie-Christine Barrault as the mathematics teacher Agnès Soral as Sabine’s mother Christophe Malavoy as Sabine’s father References External links 1997 films 1997 drama films French films French drama films French-language films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match%20of%20the%20Century

Match of the Century

As well as its general use as a superlative, the term Match of the Century has referred to many events in various sports: In bridge, Bridge Battle of the Century, Lenz vs Culbertson, 1931–1932 In chess, the 1972 World Chess Championship either of the USSR vs the Rest of the World chess team matches, held in 1970 and 1984 In golf, the 1926 exhibition 72-hole match between Walter Hagen and Bobby Jones. In horse racing, the defeat of War Admiral by Seabiscuit on November 1, 1938 In rugby, In Rugby Union, The "Match of the Century" was a match played between Wales and New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park in 1905. In football, the Match of the Century, the England and Hungary match in 1953 the Game of the Century, the Italy-West Germany semi-final in the 1970 FIFA World Cup the Match of the Century, a match organised in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Professional Footballers' Association In tennis, the Match of the Century between Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills in 1926 the Battle of the Sexes exhibition match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs See also Fight of the Century (disambiguation) The Game of the Century (disambiguation)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaraguan%20Sign%20Language

Nicaraguan Sign Language

Nicaraguan Sign Language (ISN; ) is a sign language that was developed, largely spontaneously, by deaf children in a number of schools in Nicaragua in the 1980s. It is of particular interest to the linguists who study it because it offers a unique opportunity to study what they believe to be the birth of a new language. History Before the 1970s there was no deaf community in Nicaragua. Deaf people were largely isolated from one another and mostly used simple home sign systems and gesture ('mímicas') to communicate with their families and friends, though there were several cases of idioglossia among deaf siblings. The conditions necessary for a language to arise occurred in 1977, when a center for special education established a scheme initially attended by 50 deaf children. The number of pupils at the school (in the Managua neighborhood of San Judas) grew to 100 by 1979, the beginning of the Sandinista Revolution. In 1980 a vocational school for deaf adolescents was opened in the Villa Libertad area of Managua. By 1983 more than 400 deaf pupils were enrolled in the two schools. Initially the language scheme emphasized spoken Spanish and lipreading, and the use of signs by teachers was limited to fingerspelling (using simple signs to sign the alphabet). The scheme achieved little success, with most pupils failing to grasp the concept of Spanish words. The children remained linguistically disconnected from their teachers, but the schoolyard, the street, and the school bus provided fertile ground for them to communicate with one another. By combining gestures and elements of their home-sign systems, a pidgin-like form and a creole-like language rapidly emerged — they were creating their own language. The "first-stage" pidgin has been called Lenguaje de Signos Nicaragüense (LSN) and is still used by many who attended the school at the time. Staff at the school, unaware of the development of this new language, saw the children's gesturing as mime and a failure to acquire Spanish. Unable to understand what the children were saying, they asked for outside help. In June 1986 the Nicaraguan Ministry of Education contacted Judy Kegl, an American Sign Language linguist from MIT. As Kegl and other researchers began to analyze the language they noticed that the young children had taken the pidgin-like form of the older children to a higher level of complexity, with verb agreement and other conventions of grammar. The more complex sign language is now known as Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua (ISN). From the beginning of her research until Nicaraguan Sign Language was well established Kegl carefully avoided introducing the sign languages that she knew, in particular American Sign Language, to the deaf community in Nicaragua. A type of linguistic imperialism had been occurring internationally for decades, in which individuals would introduce ASL to populations of deaf people in other countries, often supplanting existing local sign languages. Kegl's policy was to document and study rather than to impose or change the language or its community. Whilst she did not interfere with deaf Nicaraguans gaining exposure to other sign languages, she did not introduce such opportunities. She has, however, documented contact and influences with other sign languages that have occurred since the 1990s; critics, such as Felicia Ackerman, have taken issue with the ethics of isolating the Nicaraguan children. Kegl's organization, Nicaraguan Sign Language Projects, helped establish a deaf school staffed entirely by deaf Nicaraguan teachers and has supported deaf Nicaraguans in attending and presenting at international conferences. Linguistics ISN offers a rare opportunity to study the emergence of a new language. Before ISN, studies of the early development of languages had focused on creoles, which develop from the mixture of two (or more) distinct communities of fluent speakers. In contrast ISN was developed by a group of young people with only non-conventional home sign systems and gesture. Some linguists, such as Kegl and R.J. Senghas, see what happened in Managua as proof that language acquisition is hard-wired inside the human brain. "The Nicaraguan case is absolutely unique in history," Steven Pinker, author of The Language Instinct, maintains. "We've been able to see how it is that children—not adults—generate language, and we have been able to record it happening in great scientific detail. And it's the only time that we've actually seen a language being created out of thin air." Since 1990 other researchers (including Ann Senghas, Marie Coppola, Richard Senghas, Laura Polich and Jennie Pyers) have begun to study and report on the development of this unique language and its community. Researchers all have their own interpretation of the events leading to the language and its development since then but all agree that the phenomenon being studied is one of the richest sources of data on language emergence discovered to date. Structure Bierma provides a good foundation to ISN structures. He takes as an example "rolling down". While a person may visualize this as one motion, ISN splits this action into two parts, manner and direction. These smaller parts allow for them to be rearranged to create different phrases. The most sophisticated speakers use an A-B-A speech pattern; in our example, this reflects the signs roll-down-roll, to note that the rolling down motion is continuous, not that the subject rolled and then descended. Spatial modulation Spatial modulations are the building blocks of all sign languages studied to date. A neutrally placed sign is in front of the chest; however, a sign can be modulated, or directionally altered, to convey many grammatical changes. Spatial modulations can perform functions including "indicating person or number; providing deictic, locative, or temporal information; or indicating grammatical relationships". In the article written by Senghas and Coppola, they explore spatial modulation as it occurs in ISN. They found that this movement from the neutral space was much more common among signers who began learning at a younger age than their peers who did so when they were older. Taking this into consideration (as well as their studies on spatial modulations for indicating shared reference and the speed at which signers at different stages of learning signed), Senghas and Coppola determined that child learners are creating Nicaraguan Sign Language — they "changed the language as they learned it". The fact that students who began signing at a younger age use spatial modulation more often than their older peers, who began signing at ISN's conception, is indicative that the language matures as the younger cohorts make the grammar more complex. They go on to note that it is only when a language is not matured, such as with ISN, that language-learning abilities show their transformational and creative capacity. In the signing space, the use of pointing to indicate referent identity has increased greatly since the 1980s. Points can serve a "pronoun-like function, coordinating with the spatial modulations to verbs, to indicate the argument structure of the sentence, and to co-index referents across discourse". Senghas and Coppola have noted that signers who learned ISN before the Extensive Contact Period (before 1983) were inconsistent in whether an event was represented as rotated or reflected (unrotated) in the signing space. If the signer was watching an event where a man on the signer's left gave an object to a woman on the signer's right, it was at random (when the signer reiterated the scene) whether or not the signer would use spatial modulation to mark left and right based on his view from in front of the scene or as if the signer were facing the same way as the actors in the scene. Signers who began learning after 1983 were not inconsistent in that way. Across multiple signers and multiple scenes, signers would apply the same rotated representation. Senghas and Coppola suggested that this meant that "spatial modulations are being used as a shared grammatical element among this age cohort". Academic interpretation When it became language Researchers disagree regarding at what stage in the development of ISN that it became a full-fledged language. Coppola argues that isolated family-signed systems in Nicaragua contained components that can be called linguistic (but that does not mean she equates homesign with language). Kegl argues that following an intermediate stage when deaf contact gesturers came together and developed a communication sufficient to make young children think their input was a language to be acquired, the first generation of young children acquired a language as complete and rich as any human language known to date; subsequent changes constitute an expected process of historical change. Senghas argues that once ISN came into being, it became more and more complex over successive cohorts of young acquirers. Evidence for innate language capacities William Stokoe, known by many as the father of American Sign Language linguistics, disagreed that the emergence of ISN is evidence of a language acquisition device. Stokoe also questions assertions that the language has emerged entirely without outside influence from, for example, Spanish or ASL. There is so far no final evidence available to resolve the controversy surrounding nativism v. cultural learning, and the dispute reaches far into theoretical linguistics, the approaches of which may conceptualize grammar in different and incompatible ways. Even if the evidence collected seems to indicate a lack of access to Spanish and ASL in the early emergence process, the possibility remains that the development of ISN is facilitated by the speaker's exposure to more general communicative strategies in early infancy. Alternatives to theories proposing a language acquisition device have been presented by Michael Tomasello (among others). Tomasello argues that the process of acquiring a first language is boosted by non-linguistic communication, as in the establishment of joint intentional frames and in the understanding of communicative intentions. In any case, once ISN came into being, like other languages it actively engaged in contact with languages in its environment. As "unwritable" R.J. Senghas (1997) used the phrase "unspeakable, unwritable" language in the title of his dissertation to highlight the common misconception that those languages without a written form are not as "real" (a view often held by those who do not study indigenous languages). In a similar fashion, sign languages are often not given proper recognition because they are not spoken or written. (Senghas has never claimed that Nicaraguan Sign Language is unwritable, just that it was often thought of as such by those who do not study sign languages.) Generally, the influence literacy has on the status of a language is also addressed in debates of the so-called "written language paradigm" in which it is acknowledged that the availability of written language to some extent must be considered as a culturally and historically dependent phenomenon. Tim Ingold, a British anthropologist, discussed these matters at some length in Perception of the Environment (2000), though he does not specifically deal with ISN. Since 1996, however, Nicaraguans have been writing their language by hand and on computer using SignWriting. There are now many texts written in Nicaraguan Sign Language, including three volumes of reading lessons in ISN, Spanish I and II (two levels of texts, workbooks and primers), Cuentos Españoles (a collection of stories in Spanish with ISN glossaries), and a geography text. See also Adamorobe Sign Language Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language Kata Kolok Martha's Vineyard Sign Language Yucatec Maya Sign Language References Further reading Coppola, M. 2002. The emergence of grammatical categories in home sign: Evidence from family-based gesture systems in Nicaragua. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Coppola, M. and E. L. Newport. 2005. Grammatical Subjects in home sign: Abstract linguistic structure in adult primary gesture systems without linguistic input. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102(52): 19249-19253. Coppola, M. and A. Senghas. 2010. Deixis in an emerging sign language. In Brentari, Diane, (ed) Sign Languages: A Cambridge Language Survey. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 543–569. Kegl, J. 1994. Conference Report: Linguistic Society of America Meeting, January 6–9, 1994. Signpost. vol.7, no. 1, Spring, pp. 62–66. Kegl, J. 1994. The Nicaraguan Sign Language Project: An Overview. Signpost. vol.7, no. 1, Spring, pp. 24–31. Senghas, R., and J. Kegl. 1994a. Social Considerations in the Emergence of Idioma de Signos Nicaragüense (Nicaraguan Sign Language). Signpost. vol.7, no. 1, Spring, pp. 40–46. Senghas, R., and J. Kegl. 1994b. Soziale Gesichtspunkte bei der Herausbildung der Nicaraguanishen Gebärdensprache. Das Zeichen, no. 29, September, pp. 288–293. [German translation of Senghas and Kegl (1994a)] Kegl, J. 2000. Is it soup yet? Or, When is it Language? In the Proceedings of the Child Language Seminar 1999. City University, London. Kegl, J. 2004. Language Emergence in a Language-Ready Brain: Acquisition Issues. In Jenkins, Lyle, (ed), Biolinguistics and the Evolution of Language. John Benjamins. Kegl, J. (2008). The Case of Signed Languages in the Context of Pidgin and Creole Studies. In Singler, J. and Kouwenberg, S. (eds.), The Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Studies. London: Blackwell's Publishers. pp. 491–511. Kegl, J. and G. Iwata. 1989. Lenguaje de Signos Nicaragüense: A Pidgin Sheds Light on the "Creole?" ASL. In Carlson, R., S. DeLancey, S. Gildea, D. Payne, and A. Saxena, (eds.). Proceedings of the Fourth Meetings of the Pacific Linguistics Conference. Eugene, Oregon: Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon, pp. 266–294. Morford, J. P. & Kegl, J. 2000. Gestural precursors of linguistic constructs: How input shapes the form of language. In D. McNeill (Ed.), Language and Gesture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 358–387. Kegl J., Senghas A., Coppola M 1999. Creation through contact: Sign language emergence and sign language change in Nicaragua. In M. DeGraff (ed), Comparative Grammatical Change: The Intersection of Language Acquisistion, Creole Genesis, and Diachronic Syntax, pp. 179–237. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. Polich, L. 1998. Social agency and deaf communities: A Nicaraguan case study. University of Texas at Austin Ph. D. dissertation Polich, L. 2005. The Emergence of the deaf community in Nicaragua: "With sign language you can learn so much." Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press. Pyers, J. E., and A. Senghas (2006). Referential shift in Nicaraguan Sign Language: A comparison with American Sign Language. In P. Perniss, R. Pfau, and M. Steinbach, (Eds.), Visible variation: Comparative studies on sign language structure. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Saffran, J. R., A. Senghas, and J. C. Trueswell. (2001). The acquisition of language by children. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 98: 23, 12874-12875. Senghas, A. (1994). Nicaragua's lessons for language acquisition. Signpost: The Journal of the International Sign Linguistics Association, 7:1, spring 1994. Senghas, A. (1995). Children's contribution to the birth of Nicaraguan Sign Language. Ph. D. dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Distributed by MIT Working Papers in Linguistics. Senghas, A. (1995). Conventionalization in the first generation: a community acquires a language. USD Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues, 6, Spring, 1995. Senghas, A. (2005). Language emergence: Clues from a new Bedouin sign language. Current Biology, 15:12, 463–465. Senghas, A., A. Özyürek, and S. Kita (2005). Language emergence in vitro or in vivo? Response to comment on "Children creating core properties of language: evidence from an emerging sign language in Nicaragua" Science, 309: 5731, 56. Senghas, A., A. Özyürek, and S. Kita. (2002). Encoding motion events in an emerging sign language: From Nicaraguan gestures to Nicaraguan signs. In A. Baker, B. van den Bogaerde & O. Crasborn (Eds.) Cross-linguistic perspectives in sign language research. Selected papers from TISLR 2000. Hamburg: Signum Press. Senghas, A., D. Roman, and S. Mavillapalli (2006). Simplemente Unico: Lo que la Comunidad Sorda de Nicaragua le Puede Enseñar al Mundo [Simply Unique: What the Nicaraguan Deaf Community Can Teach the World]. London/Managua: Leonard Cheshire International. Senghas, A., S. Kita, and A. Özyürek (2004). Children creating core properties of language: evidence from an emerging sign language in Nicaragua. Science, 305: 5691, 1779–1782. Senghas, R. J 1997. An 'unspeakable, unwriteable' language: Deaf identity, language & personhood among the first cohorts of Nicaraguan signers. University of Rochester, NY Ph. D. dissertation Senghas, R. J. 2003. New ways to be Deaf in Nicaragua: Changes in language, personhood, and community. In Monaghan, L., Nakamura, K., Schmaling, C., and Turner, G. H. (eds.), Many ways to be Deaf: International, linguistic, and sociocultural variation. Washington, DC. Gallaudet University Press, pp. 260–282. Shepard-Kegl, J. A. 1997. Prólogo. In Lopez Gomez, J.J., Peréz Castellon, A. M., Rivera Rostrán, J. M., and Baltodano Baltodano, J.F., (eds.), Diccionario del Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua. Managua: Asociación Nacional se Sordos de Nicaragua (ANSNIC), pp. ix–xi. Shepard-Kegl, J.M. 2002. Teaching Literacy to Deaf Students in Nicaragua: A Common Sense Two-Step Approach. Yarmouth, ME: NSLP, Inc. (downloadable at https://web.archive.org/web/20051226020247/http://www.nslpinc.org/Download.html) Michael Tomasello 2005, Constructing a Language: A Usage-Based Theory of Language Acquisition. Harvard University Press External links 5 minute PBS documentary video showing examples of Nicaraguan Sign Language (QuickTime and RealPlayer formats). http://www.unet.maine.edu/courses/NSLP/ (Archived Version, 2009) https://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/19991024mag-sign-language.html http://www-news.uchicago.edu/citations/04/041014.coppola-ct.html Documentary film about efforts to spread Nicaraguan Sign Language to rural communities. The invention of Nicaraguan Sign Language puts the alternative view Sign: A Game About Being Understood, a game that explores the experiences of the deaf students at the Managua school Sign language isolates Languages of Nicaragua Sign languages Languages attested from the 1980s 1980s establishments in Nicaragua

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Sun–Joffe Manifesto

Sun–Joffe Manifesto or the Joint Manifesto of Sun and Joffe (孫文越飛宣言) was an agreement signed between Sun Yat-sen and Adolph Joffe on January 26, 1923 for the cooperation of Republic of China Kuomintang and Soviet Union. The manifesto asserted that the Soviet system was not suitable for China, and it announced in general terms the willingness of Soviet to cooperate with the KMT in its struggle to unify China at the time. Background In 1918 Georgy Chicherin of the Soviet Union Council of the People's Commissars announced Soviet intention to relinquish Russian rights and privileges acquired in China. A formal note to open negotiation was sent to the Chinese Foreign Minister in Peking on October 27, 1920. The Bolsheviks sent M.I. Yurin, Alexander Paikes and Adolph Joffe. Signing Adolph Joffe would not settle the question of Outer Mongolia or the Chinese Far Eastern Railway. But he was successful in establishing a political relations with Sun Yat-sen. On January 26, 1923 Sun and Joffe issued the manifesto. It became the foundation of cooperation between the Kuomintang and Soviet Union. In July 1923 Sun sent Chiang Kai-shek to Russia to study Soviet military and political conditions. At the time the Communist Party of China was only established in July 1921, just a year ago before the signing. Sources have pointed out that this was the most crucial decision made in Sun Yat-sen's life to align the KMT with the Soviets and CPC. See also Li–Lobanov Treaty Chinese civil war References 1923 in China Political manifestos 1923 in politics 1923 documents

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Soft washing

Soft washing is a cleaning method using low pressure and specialized solutions (typically bleach, water, and sometimes a surfactant) to safely remove mildew, bacteria, algae and other organic stains from roofs and other building exteriors. It is so named to differentiate the method from power washing. The Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association recommends low-pressure bleach or detergent assisted washing as the preferred method for cleaning asphalt roofs in order to prevent damage to the shingles. Soft washing is using an electric agricultural sprayer to apply a water-based, biodegradable disinfecting cleaning solution to kill the mold, mildew, bacteria, algae, fungus, moss and more on exterior home and building surfaces. Soft washing Equipment is distinctly different than power and pressure washing equipment. The electric diaphragm pump applies the cleaning solution at 40-80 PSI. The equipment used for soft washing may also have telescoping handles so that the cleaning solution can easily reach roof eaves, upper story windows, and other such areas, without this added pressure. References Cleaning methods

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Lillian Henschel

Lillian June Henschel (born Lillian June Bailey) (January 17, 1860 - November 4, 1901) was an American soprano. Lillian Bailey was born in Columbus, Ohio on 17th January 1860 and was said to have demonstrated musical talent from an early age. She took piano lessons from the age of seven and had vocal training from her mother who was also a trained singer. When she was 15, the family moved to Boston and she continued her studies under her uncle, Charles Hayden, a well-known vocal teacher and later she became a pupil of Madame Rudersdorf, with whom she studied two years. At sixteen, Bailey made her professional debut in Boston at one of B. J. Lang's concerts, meeting with great success. After this she became a favorite singer in Boston, and her services were in constant demand during the concert season. She then traveled to Paris, in 1887 where she studied with Pauline Viardot-Garcia. On April 30, 1879, she was among the performers in an orchestral concert in London, singing a solo number and a duet with George Henschel; he became her teacher, and married her on March 9, 1881. Upon his appointment as conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, she joined him, performing at orchestra concerts and as a solo recitalist with her husband as accompanist. She died in London. References 1860 births 1901 deaths American operatic sopranos 19th-century American women opera singers Musicians from Columbus, Ohio Singers from Ohio Classical musicians from Ohio

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2 Unlimited (album)

2 Unlimited is the debut studio album by French avant-garde metal band Pin-Up Went Down, released on 28 March 2008 through Ascendance Records. Track listing Critical reception The album has been well received by the critics and the public alike. AGM webzine, in a positive review, has praised Asphodel's and Alexis Damien's vocals, the album's ever-changing musical direction and its lyrics, ending their review stating "it's one of the most promising first-time debut releases of all time of avant-garde music. Not joking". It has a 17 out 20 approval rate at Spirit of Metal. Personnel Aurélie Raidron (Asphodel) – vocals, photography, cover art Alexis Damien – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, piano, drums, production References External links Pin-Up Went Down's official website 2008 debut albums Pin-Up Went Down albums

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McDonald's Pakistan

McDonald's Pakistan () is the Pakistani affiliate of the international fast food chain, McDonald's. Its first restaurant was established in Lahore, followed by a second restaurant a week later in Karachi, in September 1998. McDonald's Pakistan currently operates 72 outlets across 24 major cities nationwide, serving millions of customers. Its franchise locations include Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Peshawar, Multan, Hyderabad, Quetta, Sargodha, Bahawalpur, Sialkot, Sukkur, Sheikhupura, Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Gujrat, Sahiwal, Abbottabad and Jhelum. The largest number of outlets is in Lahore, followed by Karachi and Islamabad-Rawalpindi. Corporate history In Pakistan, the franchise rights for McDonald's are owned by Siza Foods Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Karachi-based Lakson Group of Companies. In December 2015, the fast food chain opened doors to its first restaurant in the northwestern city of Peshawar, with a seating capacity of 200. In April 2016, McDonald's opened its first restaurant in Quetta. In January 2018, McDonald's became a sponsor of the Peshawar Zalmi cricket team and announced a "Peshawar Zalmi Meal" which fans would be able to order at restaurants. Revenues generated from the special meals would be donated to the Peshawar Zalmi Foundation, and spent on uplifting the lives of underprivileged children. In April 2019, McDonald's and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) inked a memorandum of understanding providing special meals and offers for PIA passengers, which would be printed on their boarding passes and remain valid across all McDonald's outlets nationwide. In September 2019, McDonald's and Chevron Pakistan announced a strategic partnership, wherein Chevron would satisfy the manufacturing requirements of lubricants and coolants for all of McDonald's Pakistan restaurants. Products According to chief executive Amin Lakhani, the options and standard of food at McDonald's Pakistan is at par with McDonald's internationally; consumers eat chicken, beef, fish, hamburger and cheeseburger products, however "we have a range that is slightly spicier because people want spicy food" in Pakistan. In 2011, McDonald's Pakistan received the Golden Arch Award for brand quality, hygiene standards and customer service. Several of McDonald's former and current products have been influenced by local tastes, and customised to appeal to the Pakistani market. These include the Mutton Burger, first introduced in 2014 for a limited time. In 2017, McDonald's unveiled the Chicken Chapli Burger with a meat patty evidently influenced by the chapli kebab, which was received positively. In March 2019, the McDonald's Bun Kebab was introduced for the first time, a knock-off from the famous Pakistani sandwich and street food known by the same name. According to McDonald's marketing director Raza Ali, adding the Bun Kebab to the menu was an instinctive move considering its extreme popularity in "every nook and corner of Pakistan", and because "a significant proportion of our customers refrain from indulging in a bun kabab due to the unhygienic conditions they are usually made in" typically at dhabas and shops, despite being cheaper than the McDonald's version; thus providing the opportunity to capitalise on both taste and hygiene, something many consumers would be willing to pay a higher price for. Similarly, a McDonald's Lassi was introduced for a limited period to coincide with the fasting month of Ramadan, and was produced in partnership with Nestlé Pakistan. Gallery See also KFC Pakistan Pizza Hut Pakistan List of the largest fast food restaurant chains Pakistani Cuisine References Pakistani companies established in 1998 Food and drink companies based in Karachi Fast-food chains of Pakistan Lakson Group Pakistan Pakistani subsidiaries of foreign companies

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Rollin' On

Rollin' On is the second studio album by the Steve Gibbons Band. Track listing All tracks composed by Steve Gibbons; except where indicated "Wild Flowers" "Light Up Your Face" "Now You Know Me" "Mr. Jones" "Till The Well Runs Dry" "Tulane" (Chuck Berry) "Cross Me Over The Road" "Till The Fire Burns Out" "Low Down Man" "Right Side of Heaven" "Rollin' On" "Please Don't Say Goodbye" "Tupelo Mississippi Flash" (Jerry Reed) "Rounden" Personnel The Steve Gibbons Band Steve Gibbons - guitar, vocals Trevor Burton - bass, guitar, vocals Dave Carroll - guitar Bob Lamb - drums Bob Wilson - guitar, keyboards, vocals Technical Jon Astley - engineer External links Rollin' On on Discogs.com 1977 albums Polydor Records albums

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Mipseltyrus

Mipseltyrus is a genus of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 4 described species in Mipseltyrus. Species M. levini Chandler, 1978 M. mirus Schuster, 1956 M. nicolayi Park, 1953 M. parki Schuster, 1956 References Citations Sources Brunke A, Marshall S (2011). "Contributions to the faunistics and bionomics of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in northeastern North America: discoveries made through study of the University of Guelph Insect Collection, Ontario, Canada". . ZooKeys 75: 29–68. Chandler, Donald S. (1997). "Family: Pselaphidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico, ix + 118. Klimaszewski J, McLean J, Chandler D, Savard K, Li A (2009). "Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 2". . ZooKeys 22: 19–33. Klimaszewski J, McLean J, Li A, Savard K (2009). "Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 1". . ZooKeys 22: 5–17. Klimaszewski J, Webster R, Savard K (2009). "Review of the rove beetle species of the subtribe Gyrophaenina Kraatz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from New Brunswick, Canada: new species, provincial records and bionomic information". . ZooKeys 22: 81–170. Newton, Alfred F. Jr., and Donald S. Chandler (1989). "World Catalog of the Genera of Pselaphidae (Coleoptera)". Fieldiana: Zoology, New Series, no. 53, iv + 93. Further reading Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida . Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company. Pselaphitae

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The Man with the Golden Touch

The Man with the Golden Touch (orig. Hungarian: Az arany ember, lit. "The Golden Man") is an 1872 novel by Hungarian novelist Mór Jókai. As Jókai states in the afterword of the novel, The Man with the Golden Touch was based on a true story he had heard from his grand-aunt as a child. Plot summary Part I – The St. Barbara Mihály Timár is a young man working on the transport ship St. Barbara on the River Danube. The ship is owned by Athanáz Brazovics, a rich Serbian merchant living in Komárom, a town in Hungary, and is on its way back to Komárom carrying sacks of wheat. The owner of the goods, Euthym Trikalisz, and his thirteen-year-old daughter Timéa are also aboard. On the way to Komárom, they stop at an island, the "no man's island", which lies in the Danube between the Ottoman Empire and the Hungarian part of the Habsburg Empire, undiscovered and unclaimed by both. This island is the home of Teréza, a widow and her young daughter Noémi, who lead a calm and idyllic life here. Another man, Tódor Krisztyán, arrives soon. He knows Teréza and Noémi, but is apparently disliked by both. The travellers spend a night here, but Timár can't sleep and overhears a conversation in which Krisztyán blackmails Teréza. He tells her that if she doesn't give him money he will reveal the existence of the island to the authorities. Teréza says they have no money since they don't need it, as everything they need grows on the island. Krisztyán takes away the golden bracelet Timéa gave to Noémi, then leaves the island. Timár tells Teréza that he overheard the conversation; in turn, Teréza tells him that her husband was ruined and driven to suicide by Krisztyán's father and Athanáz Brazovics and so she fled to the island with her baby daughter who was raised there, unspoiled by civilization. She also tells him that Krisztyán always demands money from her and wants to marry Noémi even though the girl hates him. Timár feels frustrated that he cannot help Teréza. The next day the ship continues its journey. Mr. Trikalisz wantes to speak to Timár in private. He reveals that he is in fact not a Greek merchant but Ali Csorbadzsi, a former high-ranking official of the Ottoman Empire, who is fleeing the Empire because the Sultan wants him dead, his wealth was confiscated, and his daughter was added to the harem. He wanted to go to Brazovics, who is his brother-in-law, but the previous day he recognized Krisztyán as a spy of the Ottoman Empire (Krisztyán is, in fact, a scoundrel, adventurer and a spy of both empires). He knows Krisztyán will betray him and Austria will extradite him to the Ottoman Empire, so he has taken poison, and makes Timár swear that he will make sure Timéa arrives in Komárom safe. He gives a small box with 1000 gold coins to Timár and makes him promise he will keep it for Timéa; he also mentions that the rest of his wealth is the wheat in the sacks (which is worth ten thousand gold coins). Finally, he asks Timár to wake up Timéa when he has died – he gave her a potion so that she will sleep and they could speak in private, but if she was not given the antidote soon, the potion would kill her. Csorbadzsi then dies. Timár is tempted by the amount of money – if he let Timéa die and reported that Csorbadzsi traveled on the ship, one third of the confiscated wealth would be his by law. Because of his honesty and his awakening love for Timéa, he shrinks back from the evil thoughts. He wakes Timéa, gives her the antidote and tells her about her father's death. Later, when they arrive at the next city and the police catch up with their ship, he tells them he knows nothing about the escaped Turkish pasha and his treasure and that they only carried a Greek merchant on the ship, but he died. Thus he saved Timéa's wealth for her. Later he begins to wonder that if Csorbadzsi's remaining wealth was ten thousand gold coins, that could have been carried in a bag, why did he buy wheat with it, which fills a whole ship? And if this is the whole wealth, why does the Sultan pursue them? As they continue their journey, the ship runs on a cliff and sinks, with Timéa and Timár barely escaping. Part II – Timéa Timár takes Timéa to the Brazovics mansion in Komárom. Brazovics himself is not at home, so they are greeted by his wife Zsófia, their daughter Athalie and Athalie's suitor Lieutenant Kacsuka who was Timár's friend since childhood. Brazovics arrives home just when Timéa is introduced to her new family. He has just read in the newspapers that Csorbadzsi fled the Ottoman Empire with his daughter, so he hurried home to meet them. He warmly welcomes Timéa, but when he receives the small box full of gold and learns that the ship went under with the rest of the pasha's possessions, he becomes angry and accuses Timár of stealing the rest of the money. Timár coldly refuses the accusation, and asks what should be done with the sunken ship. Brazovics charges him to auction off the wheat, which is worth almost nothing, lying soaked in the sunken ship. Timár leaves. Brazovics and his wife agree that Timéa's inheritance is not enough to raise her as a noble lady, but since she is their niece, they have to look after her, so she will be a companion to Athalie – not exactly a servant, but neither their adopted daughter. Timár meets Lieutenant Imre Kacsuka, who is in charge of supplying the army with bread. Kacsuka advises Timár to buy the shipload of worthless wheat and sell it cheap to the army. He assures him that the army will buy from him, not from others, since he can sell the cheapest wheat, and he will gain a great profit. Timár is hesitating, for he knows what poor quality the bread made of that wheat will be, but when Kacsuka tells him that this way he could make some money to compensate Timéa for the loss of her inheritance, he agrees. He buys the shipload and inspects the workers bringing it out from the river. He notices a red crescent painted on one of the sacks and recalls Csorbadzsi's last words, when he said something about the red crescent but couldn't finish the sentence before he died. Timár takes away that sack when nobody notices, and opening it he finds it to be full of treasure – gold, gems, jewelry. He fights a battle with his conscience. He bought the whole shipload, not knowing what this sack is hiding, so the treasure is his. He feels that it rightfully belongs to Timéa, but he also knows that if he gave it to her now, all of it would be taken by Brazovics. Finally, he decides he will keep the money, invest it, increase his wealth and later he will ask Timéa to marry him, sharing his wealth with her. Still, a voice deep in his mind says "you are a thief". Timár becomes rich, buys a house in the town and is invited to the social events of the elite. Only Brazovics suspects that there's something amiss. One night Timár, to fend off all danger, pretends to be drunk and tells Brazovics about making bread from the drenched wheat and selling it to the army. Brazovics swears he will keep that information secret, but of course he immediately reports Timár to the Ministry of Finance, which was in charge of funding the supply of the army. There is, however, no one to bear witness against Timár; all the soldiers say they never ate better bread than what Timár sold them. Timár is thus acquitted of all charges, and everyone expects him to demand compensation from the minister who ordered the investigation. But Timár is still looking for a way to explain to the world how he became rich, in order to be able to use the rest of his wealth too. He travels to Vienna, asks for an audience with the minister, and asks him to lease out a land on the countryside, in Levetinc to him. The minister, pleased that Timár is not demanding an apology for the false accusations, and knowing that the previous tenant of that land went into debt, agrees. He also makes Timár a nobleman, with the title "of Levetinc" added to his name. Timár, as the new landlord of Levetinc, is supervising the agricultural work on the fields. He gains more and more money and becomes the richest wheat merchant in Komárom. He gives a lot to charity, founds a hospital, gives money to schools, churches, and beggars. He is like King Midas, everything he touches becomes gold, each of his investments is successful, and the people in the town nickname him “the man with the golden touch”. However, he still feels deep in his heart that all this wealth does not belong to him. Meanwhile, Athalie Brazovics is preparing for her wedding with Kacsuka. Her father, Athanáz Brazovics hates and envies Timár for his success, but always greets him with a warm welcome in his house, thinking that he is courting Athalie, and not knowing that he visits them because of Timéa. Athalie is playing a cruel game – she knows that Timéa is in love with Kacsuka, and told her that Kacsuka will marry her. Timéa is sewing and embroidering her bridal gown, not knowing that it is Athalie's, not her own, and it will be Athalie marrying Kacsuka, not her. She even converts to Christianity for the marriage's sake. Timár knows about this cruel game and dislikes Athalie and her family more and more. Brazovics asks Timár if he is planning to ask for Athalie's hand. Timár refuses this, and tells Brazovics he finds his treatment of Timéa disgusting. He tells him that he had better fear the day when they'll meet again. He says goodbye to Timéa, promising her he will return, and then leaves. The whole town follows Timár's actions in the financial world and when he starts buying land near Komárom, Brazovics thinks Timár knows something he doesn't. He guesses that it must be that the State plans fortifications to be extended around the town; therefore, the lands will be expropriated and the owners will get a large compensation, much more than the lands were originally worth. The only question is where will this work begin, since construction will last for at least thirty years, and in order to gain much, one has to buy the lands where the constructions will be started first. With false information, Timár tricks Brazovics into investing all his money into lands where the construction will not start in the following decades. The day of Athalie's wedding has come. When Timéa wakes up, she sees Athalie in the bridal dress she made for herself, and realizes that it will be Athalie's wedding, not hers. The news comes that Brazovics is ruined, and that the lands he invested in are worthless. He dies. Kacsuka breaks his engagement with Athalie, for he only wanted her for her money. Brazovics's creditors are demanding their money, and all of his property is auctioned off. Timár buys everything and gives it to Timéa, then asks her to marry him. Timéa, although she loves Kacsuka, agrees to marry him, out of gratitude. She asks Timár to allow Athalie and her mother to stay with them. Timár agrees and offers to give a rich dowry to Athalie so that she can marry the Kacsuka, but Athalie says she doesn't want Kacsuka any more. She says she will stay with them as Timéa's servant girl. Part III – The "No Man's Island" After the wedding, Timár realizes that though Timéa respects him enormously, she is not in love with him. He provides Timéa with gifts, jewels, and travels to foreign countries, in the hope of making her falling in love with him, but without any success. They move into the luxurious Brazovics mansion in Komárom. Athalie is intent on making them miserable. Timár begins to suspect that Timéa loves someone else. He decides to test her. He tells her he will travel to Levetinc and spend a month there. He leaves, but returns the same night to see if Timéa is with someone else. He finds the sleeping Timéa alone in her bedroom. He runs into Athalie who knows what's on his mind. Athalie, who is watching Timéa's every move, tells Timár that Timéa does not love him, and confirms Timár's suspicions about who Timéa loves; but she also tells him that Timéa is faithful to him and will always remain faithful. Timár feels he cannot stay, and leaves his home as if pursued. In his travels he finds himself near the No Man's Island, and decides to visit its dwellers. He feels at home with Teréza and Noémi, who is now sixteen years old. Noémi carefully asks him if he has anybody waiting for him to return home, and Timár lies and tells her that no one is waiting for him. Part IV Noémi In the winter, Timar arranges for the affairs of the farm, and as spring arrives, he rushes down to the island of Nobody to Noémi.  When he arrives, he sadly sees that last year’s flood killed the beautiful big walnut trees.  When he reaches the hut, he finds a small child with the two women.  Teresa says the son of a smuggler who died here ... Timar immediately falls in love with the child and decides to cut down the walnut trees and build a house for them.  However, as autumn approaches, Mihály leaves the island again. At home, on the advice of doctors, he sends Timea to Meran with Athalie.  He himself receives a sculptor and builds a revelry with him on his monastery estate.  He will help him on his own, he will still need experience ... Spring will find him again on the island, where he dispels the suspicions of fishermen by calling his carpentry tools a weapon, and so the locals consider him a freedom hero. On the island, Timar continues to build the house, but suddenly the "onion glaze" (typhus) falls off his feet, and he only lies for weeks while Noémi nurtures him unbroken.  When Mihály's condition starts to improve, it turns out that little Dódi has a throat lizard.  The disease is incurable, his body is buried on the island, a rose bush is planted above it, but Mihály dares to tell this only after he has fully recovered. After what happened, Timar goes home again, where they immediately see that he is ill, that he is in danger of death.  The doctors advise him to travel somewhere, so he goes to his castle in the Balaton Uplands.  Here, after a long, lonely contemplation, he realizes that he can no longer live such a double life.  First, decide to end your life.  To this end, he also travels to the island of Nobody in the spring. However, when he arrives on the island, he gets a new purpose in life, and he finds a little boy in the hut again.  According to Teréza, he is also the son of a dead smuggler ... Timár continues to build a house, which he successfully completes in four years.  Then Teréza tells him bad news: his heart is sick, he will die again this year.  Hearing this, Archbishop Sándorovics arrives on the island to confess Teresa, but the woman is already a little distant from her religion.  It doesn't matter that the priest doesn't break into the other room because he wants to know who Noémi's future will be.  Only the presence of the woman's soul saves the situation.  Teresa will soon leave the living.  She is buried in an unmarked grave on the island of Nobody without a coffin. Part V – Athalie When Timar returns home, Athalie tells him that Timea is unfaithful.  He recommends that Timar pretend to leave and then shows him a secret corridor from which he can listen to the conversation between Timéa and Kacsuka, who has since been promoted to major.  However, the dialogue reveals something completely different: Mr. Kacsuka defended Timar’s honor against a tramp in a duel, and Timea assures him that he is loyal to his grave.  Timar leaves the house sensitively and upset. Timár hides in his house on Rác Street, where he starts reading his accumulated mail.  A letter reveals that his protégé, Krisztyán Tódor, cheated on him and stole him in Brazil for being sentenced to fifteen years in galley, but he also escaped from there.  Reading this, Timar no longer has to stay in this city ... Not to be noticed, he walks across the frozen Danube.  However, the fog descends and Timár finds the other side only after almost nine hours of walking.  Here he receives a car and transports him to his castle at Lake Balaton.  Local fishermen gather on Lake Balaton, under the guidance of Master Galambos, they cut down the lake and have a rich catch through it.  Timar celebrates with them and then writes his last letter to Timea, who also sends a small fish. That night, Timar is resting in his castle when an unexpected guest arrives in Krisztia.  Not as good a soul as they were when they last met.  Mihály nails a rifle and tells him of Brazil's ordeals: He stole ten million thieves, but was captured and sentenced to galley arrest.  However, he is known in his captivity to his father, who told him who his principal was and that he had once followed him because of the fugitive bastard.  To his greatest shock, his father knew Ali Csorbadzsi, for he had once warned the Khazarnia that they were about to take his life.  But the bastard played him and didn't pay him, even though he promised his daughter Tódor!  From this, the boy "realized" that Timar had killed the bastard and kidnapped his treasures.  His father died in bondage, and he fled with his two companions.  And now he threatens Timar that if he does not hand over to him the island of Nobody with Noemi as a temporary hiding place, he will win over the Austrian and Turkish governments, and even Timea and Noemi.  Mihály jumps on this, pushes him out the door.  But he won't kill him, he's put up with his fate ... Timár decides for the second time that he will commit suicide, so he goes to the roar on Lake Balaton to strangle himself.  However, when it gets there, the water raises the head of a corpse to the surface.  It is Krisztyán Tódor. Timar visits the island of Nobody, Noemi.  Upon his arrival, the grateful Almira, whom on his previous visit still greets Christ, was wounded to death with his pistol, with his last strength, and then perished.  Michael promises to never leave Noemi again. In the spring, fishermen found a corpse among the melting ice in Lake Balaton.  Everyone in the body wants to explore Timar.  And Krisztyán (as he was) is buried in the Levetinczy's own graveyard with the greatest honor, like the Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, the Italian Order of St. Moritz and the Brazilian Order of Annunziata. Ms. Zofia visits Mr. Kacsuka, who tells her it’s time to break the long mourning, try to win the heart of Timéa, who is still in love.  With that, he wants to finally be able to marry Athalie too, because she can't take the house anymore. Timar teaches Dodi everything, including writing.  He suddenly realizes how much Timéa is at risk for revenge-hungry Athalie.  Therefore, since no one else can write a letter home, they ask Dodi to write to Timea the secret corridor that opens into the woman's room. The old scene is repeated, only the roles change.  Timéa decides to invite Duck to her "ball" of the name day, where she extends her hand to her.  In less than half a year, they are getting ready for the wedding at the house.  Athalie is now dressing Timea in her wedding dress. The last night before the wedding, Athalie mixes dream powder into the maid’s drink, which is not consumed only by Ms. Sophia, so everyone except her sleeps.  He is lurking in the secret corridor, and after Timéa goes to bed after the major leaves, he attacks him with his own sword (i.e., Timéa received it from Kacsuka, with which he fought against Christian), but his cuts are not fatal.  Ms. Zofia wakes up to the noise and shouts for the patrol.  Athalie runs away, Timéa faints.  Athalie is later found in her room, mimicking sleep. Athalie is sued, but there is no evidence, she denies everything and Timéa refuses to accuse her.  Timea asks her expectant husband to read the letters she received.  When the Major reads Dodi's letter, he realizes everything, revealing the hideout, with the signs of sin in it: the sword and the bloody clothes.  Once Timea recovers, the wedding takes place.  However, Timea has yet to go through the confrontation at trial.  Athalie is convicted, but she leaves one last sting in Timea's heart: she says only she and Timar knew about the hideout, so Timea's previous husband has yet to live. Forty years have passed, but Athalie has never sought pardon during that time.  He claims that if he is released, he will kill Timea immediately.  And poor woman has long since died.  He was buried in Levetinc, so that the cause of his father's death, Tisztor Krisztyán, did not end up. Forty years have passed.  The writer visits the island of Nobody with his friend, where a peaceful little colony lives.  Descendants of two people, about forty.  A man in his forties, Deoda, greets them, who leads their visitors to a wooden house where the "old men" live.  The old man greets them and asks the author to write his story: for he has "left the world in which they were staring and made himself a world where they are loved."  The islanders still have approx.  they can live in peace on the island of Nobody for fifty years. Translations An English translation by Agnes Hegan Kennard, with the title Timar's Two Worlds, was published in 1888. A revised edition appeared in 1975 with Corvina Press and was titled The Man with the Golden Touch. Film, TV or theatrical adaptations The novel was made into motion pictures in , 1936, 1962 and 2005 (the latest was made for TV). The 1918 version was directed by Alexander Korda. The 1962 version is by far the most famous of the four, as it featured the most popular actors of that age. The movie versions are all titled Az aranyember, in accord with modern spelling. External links Timar’s Two Worlds, English translation by Mrs. Hegan Kennard (Gutenberg.org) Summary of the plot (Hunlit, Hungarian Literature) 1872 novels Hungarian novels Hungarian novels adapted into films

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Takako Ebata

Takako Ebata is a Japanese politician. She was a Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo's 10th district from 2009 to 2012. Background She has an Education degree from Yokohama National University and a Master of Science in Management from the Sloan School of Management at the MIT. Takoko was an associate professor at the University of Tokyo before winning a ticket to the House of Representatives in the 2009 Japanese general election. References Living people Japanese women academics 21st-century Japanese politicians 21st-century Japanese women politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Yokohama National University alumni MIT Sloan School of Management alumni University of Tokyo faculty Year of birth missing (living people)

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1928 in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1928 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets – Mikhail Kalinin Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Alexei Rykov Events October 1 – The first five-year plan is implemented. May 18 May – The Shakhty Trial begins. Births 18 January – Alexander Gomelsky, basketball coach 10 February – Alma Adamkienė, Lithuanian philologist, philanthropist and First Lady of Lithuania 5 March – Yelizaveta Dementyeva, sprint canoeist 7 March – Edgar Elbakyan, Armenian actor (d. 1988) 25 April – Yury Yakovlev, actor 14 May – Algirdas Šocikas, Lithuanian Olympic heavyweight boxer (d. 2012) 28 May – Ivan Kizimov, Olympic equestrian 2 July – Tatyana Piletskaya, actress 13 July – Valentin Pikul, novelist 15 July – Aleksandr Zasukhin, Soviet boxer (d. 2012) 30 July – Valentin Muratov, Olympic gymnast 2 September – Muhammad Dandamayev, Babylonia historian (d. 2017) 22 November – Valentin Galochkin, sculptor 29 November – Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter and educator 31 December – Tatyana Shmyga, actress Deaths 7 April – Alexander Bogdanov, Bolshevik (born 1873) See also 1928 in fine arts of the Soviet Union List of Soviet films of 1928 Soviet grain procurement crisis of 1928 References 1920s in the Soviet Union Years in the Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union

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Electoral district of Balcatta

Balcatta is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. The district is based in Perth's northern suburbs. A historically safe Labor seat, it was held by the Liberal Party for one term between 2013 and 2017. Geography Balcatta is located in Perth's northern suburbs. It is a north-to-south elongated electorate, squeezed in between the Mitchell Freeway to the west and Wanneroo Road to the east. The district includes the suburbs of Balcatta, Stirling, Tuart Hill, Joondanna and Westminster as well as all parts of Osborne Park east of the Mitchell Freeway. History Balcatta has had several incarnations as an electoral district. It has been held by the Labor Party on every occasion, other than a single term from 1905 to 1908. The first incarnation of the seat, established by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1904, was spelt "Balkatta" in some sources and "Balcatta" in others. It extended all the way from modern-day Sorrento to Herdsman Lake, and was won by Labor's Frederick Gill at its first election in August 1904. However, the minority government of which he was part, referred to in the press as a "Mark-Time Ministry", collapsed a year later, and Gill and a number of other Labor members lost their seats in the 1905 election to Ministerial candidates. John Veryard held the seat for a single term, losing it to Gill in 1908. The seat was then abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1911, with most of it going to form the new seat of Leederville, which Gill subsequently won. A new district of Balcatta was created ahead of the 1962 state election, and was won by Labor's Herb Graham, who for the previous 19 years had been the member for East Perth, which was abolished at the redistribution. Graham represented the district for over a decade, before retiring from politics on 30 May 1973 to accept a position on the Licensing Court. At the resulting by-election held on 28 July 1973, which was watched by many observers both as an indication of Premier Tonkin's two-year-old Labor government's fortunes with the electorate as well as the more practical matter of whether it would retain its one-seat majority in parliament, former television news reporter and Labor candidate Brian Burke won by just 30 votes on preferences, having trailed Liberal candidate Neil Beck on the primary vote. The seat was renamed Balga effective from the 1974 state election. The name Balcatta was revived for the district just one term later at the 1977 state election, after a redistribution in 1976. Burke once again won the seat, and ultimately became the Labor Party leader and State Opposition Leader on 28 September 1981. At the 1982 redistribution, which took effect from the 1983 state election, Balcatta was significantly altered. Having previously included the suburbs of Balcatta, Balga, Girrawheen, Nollamara, Westminster and parts of Osborne Park, it moved west of Wanneroo Road and southwards into Tuart Hill and Joondanna, while a new district of Balga was created to take in the other areas. Burke transferred into Balga, while the member for the abolished seat of Mount Hawthorn, Labor's Ron Bertram, transferred into Balcatta. The district was again abolished ahead of the 1996 state election. Incumbent Labor MP Nick Catania unsuccessfully contested the new seat of Yokine. Balcatta returned as an electorate name at the 2005 state election. The seat was won by Labor MP John Kobelke, who was previously the member for Nollamara. Members for Balcatta Election results References External links ABC Election Profiles: 2005 2008 WAEC District Maps: 2005–2008 2008– Balcatta

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José Luis Martí

José Luis Martí Soler (born 28 April 1975) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who played as a central midfielder. He is the current manager of Sporting de Gijón. Known for his tactical awareness, he amassed La Liga totals of 336 matches and eight goals over 13 seasons, representing Mallorca (two spells), Tenerife and Sevilla. He won five major titles with the latter club, including two UEFA Cups. Martí started working as a manager in 2015, going on to spend three seasons in Segunda División with Tenerife and one apiece in the same tier with Deportivo, Girona and Leganés. Playing career Early years / Tenerife Martí was born in Palma, Majorca. Having starting playing professionally with hometown's RCD Mallorca, making his first-team debut at the age of already 25 in the 1999–2000 season (one game, one minute against Deportivo Alavés), he switched the following campaign to the Canary Islands, joining CD Tenerife in the second division and being instrumental in the team's promotion to La Liga. Sevilla After Tenerife's top level relegation, Martí played one more season with the club, then returned to the top flight as he joined Sevilla FC in July 2003, going on to become a regular in the Andalusia side's exploits in the subsequent years – for instance, as they won back-to-back UEFA Cups, he appeared in 24 matches combined scoring two goals, both through penalties. In May 2007, Martí extended his contract with Sevilla until 2010. However, having lost his importance in 2007–08, he was loaned to second level team Real Sociedad in January 2008, but the Basques ultimately failed to return to the top level. Mallorca 33-year-old Martí returned to Mallorca in July 2008, for about €500.000, being an undisputed starter in the first year upon his return and the following, when the Balearic Islands side were edged in the last matchday for the final berth for the UEFA Champions League, precisely by former club Sevilla. Again from the penalty spot, he netted his only goal of the season at Sporting de Gijón on 4 October 2009 (1–4 defeat). Martí renewed his link on 29 June 2011, until the following year. Still first choice, the captain saw the team be relegated to the second tier in 2013, the first time in 16 years. One month after his 40th birthday, Martí announced he would retire from football at the end of the 2014–15 campaign, with Mallorca still in the second division. Coaching career Martí was appointed manager of Tenerife on 4 November 2015, replacing fired Raül Agné. He was himself relieved of his duties on 4 February 2018 after four league games without a win, totalling 39 wins, 40 draws and 29 defeats during his spell. On 8 April 2019, after more than a year without a club, Martí signed for Deportivo de La Coruña in place of Natxo González who had been fired a day earlier. In late June, after leading the team to the sixth position in the regular season and falling short in the promotion play-offs, he left. On 28 October 2019, Martí replaced the dismissed Juan Carlos Unzué at the helm of Girona FC also in the second division. He was shown the door the following 30 June, with the side in fifth and therefore in the playoffs. Martí remained in the second tier in August 2020, taking the reins of CD Leganés who had recently been relegated. He was sacked on 26 January 2021, after a five-match winless streak. On 23 February 2022, Martí replaced David Gallego at the helm of Sporting de Gijón, still in the second division. Managerial statistics Honours Sevilla Copa del Rey: 2006–07 Supercopa de España: 2007 UEFA Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07 UEFA Super Cup: 2006; runner-up 2007 References External links 1975 births Living people Footballers from Palma de Mallorca Spanish footballers Association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players RCD Mallorca B players RCD Mallorca players CD Tenerife players Sevilla FC players UEFA Cup winning players Real Sociedad footballers Spanish football managers Segunda División managers CD Tenerife managers Deportivo de La Coruña managers Girona FC managers CD Leganés managers Sporting de Gijón managers

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Ogof Ffynnon Ddu

Ogof Ffynnon Ddu (Welsh for cave of the black spring), also known informally as OFD, is a cave under a hillside in the area surrounding Penwyllt in the Upper Swansea Valley in South Wales. It is the second longest cave in Wales and the deepest in the United Kingdom. History OFD was discovered in 1946 through digging by Peter Harvey and Ian Nixon, members of the newly formed South Wales Caving Club. Exploration beyond the Boulder Chamber in 1957 revealed passages as far as the Dip Sump. Major extensions were discovered in 1967 through to Cwm Dŵr, which is now known as OFD2. The system is famous for its intricate maze-like structure and its impressive main stream passage. It is now part of the Ogof Ffynnon Ddu National Nature Reserve, which includes the ruined remains of a former brickworks, including several kilns, quarry workings and tramroad tracks. The terrace of workers' cottages is now occupied by the South Wales Caving Club. The cave has seen many minor incidents resulting from people getting lost or tired, or surprised by flooding, and various accidents such as falls which are handled by volunteer cave rescue teams who are alerted by the police. More prolonged rescues have included: In 1951, before cave rescue was well established, "two well-known members of the South Wales Caving Club, Lewis Railton and W.H.Little, made their way into the huge cave that bears the Welsh name of Ogof-Y Ffynnon Ddu (Cave of the Black Well or Stream) in South Wales...[when] swirling water cut off their escape...a rescue party including soldiers from Senny Bridge, men of the R.A.F., and thirty miners set to work to divert the stream above the point where it goes underground...they were brought out into the open air after being trapped for fifty-nine hours..." In 2021 the cave was the site of the next longest cave rescue undertaken in the UK, after George Linnane, a 38-year-old experienced caver, fell and sustained multiple injuries on 6 November, from the lower Cwm Dŵr entrance. Almost 250 people were involved in the rescue, which was organised by the South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team and involved manually hauling the casualty by stretcher, using relay teams of rescuers, to the top entrance. Linnane was rescued on the evening of 8 November, after 57 hours; the previous longest rescue was 41 hours. The cave system With a depth of and a length of at least , it is the deepest cave in the UK and the second-longest in Wales. The passages and chambers of Ogof Ffynnon Ddu weave a tortuous path beneath the east side of the Tawe Valley. The stream passage cuts through black limestone producing waterfalls, rapids, deep potholes and scalloped walls. The system is divided into three parts: the lowermost (western) section is referred to as Ogof Ffynnon Ddu I (or simply OFD I), the central section as Ogof Ffynnon Ddu II (or OFD II) and the uppermost (eastern) section as Ogof Ffynnon Ddu III (or OFD III). A variety of specialised wildlife has developed underground including cave shrimps and the pale blanched trout endemic to pure underground fresh water courses with sufficient plankton. Deep cracks in the vast expanse of stony moorland above provide habitats for plant life, including the lily of the valley and wood anemone, and mossy saxifrage (Saxifraga hypnoides) grows on the limestone outcrops. National Nature Reserve (NNR) The name Ogof Ffynnon Ddu has also been applied to an extensive tract of moorland, rocks and cave systems of which the eponymous cave is a part. It was designated as an NNR because of its unique geology, floristic diversity, its industrial past and its subterranean animal and plant life. References External links Virtual tour of the cave South Wales Caving Club Ffynnon Ddu Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Brecknock

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Federal Judicial Center

The Federal Judicial Center is the education and research agency of the United States federal courts. It was established by in 1967, at the recommendation of the Judicial Conference of the United States. According to , the main areas of responsibility for the Center include: conducting and promoting "research and study of the operation of the courts of the United States," and to act to encourage and coordinate the same by others; developing "recommendations for improvement of the administration and management of [U.S.] courts," and presenting these to the Judicial Conference of the U.S.; and through all means available, see to conducting programs for the "continuing education and training for personnel" of the U.S. judiciary, for all employees in the justice system, from judges through probation officers and mediators. In addition to these major provisions, §620 (b)(4)(5)(6) sets forth the additional provisions that the FJC will (i) provide staff and assistance to the Judicial Conference and component bodies, (ii) coordinate programs and research on the administration of justice with the State Justice Institute, and (iii) cooperatively assist other government agencies in providing advice, and receiving advice, regarding judicial administration in foreign countries, in each of these cases, to the extent it is "consistent with the performance of the other functions set forth" earlier. The Code also states (§621) that the Chief Justice of the United States is the permanent Chair of the Center's board, and that it includes the director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and seven federal judges elected by the Judicial Conference. The Board appoints the Center's director and deputy director; the director appoints the Center's staff. Since its founding in 1967, the Center has had eleven directors. The current director is John S. Cooke. The deputy director is Clara Altman. History The Federal Judicial Center was established by Congress on the recommendation of Chief Justice Earl Warren and other members of the judiciary who hoped that regular programs of research and education would improve the efficiency of the federal courts and help to relieve the backlog of cases in the lower courts. Governed by its own board, the Federal Judicial Center offered the courts the benefits of independent social science research and educational programs designed to improve judicial administration. In the 1950s and early 1960s, the Judicial Conference and the Administrative Office increasingly commissioned research projects to examine problems of judicial administration and organized educational programs to help judges manage growing and complicated caseloads. These research and educational programs had no permanent staff or funding. Support for an institutionalized program of judicial research and education increased after the establishment of 60 new district judgeships in 1961 demonstrated that the number of judges alone would not solve all of the problems of overworked courts. A growing number of judges and members of the bar urged the judiciary to establish a formal means to bring improved research and education to the courts. At the suggestion of Chief Justice Warren, the Judicial Conference in 1966 authorized a committee to examine the research and education requirements of the judiciary. Former Justice Stanley Reed agreed to Warren’s request to chair the committee. As the Reed committee formulated its recommendation for establishment of a Federal Judicial Center, President Johnson, at Warren’s request, included the proposal in his highly publicized message on crime in February 1967. The Judicial Committee adopted the recommendation. Bills to create the Center were soon submitted in both houses of Congress. With broad support for the concept of a research and education center for the judiciary, discussion in the House and Senate hearings centered on questions about the proper institutional form and leadership for the Center. The Reed Committee and the director of the Administrative Office, among others, advocated an independent agency with its own governing board to which the Center director would report. The goal was to protect the research and education resources from being absorbed into strictly administrative duties and to insure the objectivity of research. The Federal Judicial Center’s board consists of the Chief Justice, a rotating group of judges selected by the Judicial Conference, and the director of the Administrative Office; no member of the Judicial Conference was to serve on the Center’s board. The statute authorizes the Center to conduct and support research on the operation of the courts, to offer education and training for judges and court personnel, and to assist and advise the Judicial Conference on matters related to the administration and management of the courts. Later legislation expanded the Center’s mandate to include programs related to the history of the federal judiciary. A. Leo Levin was the Director of the Federal Judicial Center from 1977 to 1987. Organization The Center includes several offices and divisions. The Director's Office is responsible for the Center's overall management and its relations with other organizations. Its Office of Systems Innovation and Development (OSID) provides technical support for Center education and research. Communications Policy and Design (CPD) edits, produces, and distributes all Center print and electronic publications, operates the Federal Judicial Television Network, and through the Information Services Office maintains a specialized library collection of materials on judicial administration. The Research Division undertakes empirical and exploratory research on federal judicial processes, judicial resources, court administration and case management, federal-state jurisdiction and cooperation, and sentencing and its consequences, often at the request of the Judicial Conference and its committees, the courts themselves, or other groups in the federal system. Elizabeth Wiggins is the current director of the research division. She is the third research division director in the history of the Federal Judicial Center. The Federal Judicial History Office develops programs relating to the history of the judicial branch and assists courts with their own judicial history program. The Education Division plans and organizes educational sessions for federal judges and court staff. The International Judicial Relations Office carries out the Center's statutory mission to provide information about federal courts to officials of foreign judicial systems and to acquire information about foreign judicial systems that will help the Center perform its other missions. The office administers the Center's International Visitor briefing program and the Visiting Foreign Judicial Fellows Program. Board and funding As of February 2021 the Center's board consists of: John G. Roberts Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, chair (Sept. 2005–present) Judge Duane Benton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Mar. 2018–present) Judge Thomas Hardiman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Mar. 2020–present) Judge Raymond Alvin Jackson, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Mar. 2019–present) Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal, U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming (Mar. 2019–present) Senior Judge Carol Amon, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Mar. 2020–present) 1 seat vacant (Apr. 2020–present) Magistrate Judge Tim Baker, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (Mar. 2017–present) Judge Roslynn R. Mauskopf, Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (Feb. 2021–present) A nonprofit organization, the Federal Judicial Center Foundation, solicits support for the Center. References External links Federal Judicial Center Foundation Center Legal education in the United States Government agencies established in 1967 1967 establishments in Washington, D.C.

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Frank Bury

Frank James Lindsay Bury (1910 – 11 July 1944) was a British composer. He studied music at Cambridge University and attended the Royal College of Music, where he was a student of Malcolm Sargent and Gordon Jacob. Bury also studied under Bruno Walter. Bury was the founder of the Ludlow Choral Society. He was killed in July 1944 while serving as a commando during the Normandy airborne landings. Among his works is a Prelude and Fugue in E flat for two pianos. References Frank Bury piano music – DIVERSITY March, Ivan; Edward Greenfield; Robert Layton (2001). The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs 2002 Edition, London, New York City: Penguin Books. 1910 births 1944 deaths British Army personnel killed in World War II Royal Norfolk Regiment officers British Army Commandos officers 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century English composers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNoMS%20Vale%20%281874%29

HNoMS Vale (1874)

HNoMS Vale was a Vale-class Rendel gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Karljohansvern Naval Yard in 1874. She was one of a class of five gunboats - the other ships in the class was Brage, Nor, Uller and Vidar. Vale was, in addition to the heavy, muzzle-loading main gun, armed with a small 'Quick Fire' gun and a 37mm Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon (broadly similar to the Gatling gun). Later Vale and her sister ships was rebuilt as mine layers, and she served in this role when the Germans invaded in 1940. During the Norwegian Campaign she served mainly in the Sognefjord. She was captured by German forces after the surrender of Norwegian forces in southern Norway, and returned to Norway after the war. The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, and had yard number 54. External links Naval history via Flix: KNM Vale, retrieved 14 Feb 2006 Vale-class gunboats Ships built in Horten 1874 ships World War II minelayers of Norway Naval ships of Norway captured by Germany during World War II Minelayers of the Kriegsmarine World War II minelayers of Germany

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Honey%20and%20Me

My Honey and Me

"My Honey and Me" is a song by R&B group The Emotions released as a single in 1972 on Stax Records. The single reached No. 18 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart. Overview My Honey and Me was produced by Al Jackson Jr. and Jim Stewart. The song was also composed by John McFarland and Luther Ingram. The single's b-side was a song called Blind Alley from The Emotions' 1972 album Untouched. References 1972 songs 1972 singles The Emotions songs Stax Records singles Songs written by Isaac Hayes

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Ludha

Richard Ludha

Richard Ludha (born 8 November 2000) is a Slovak footballer who plays for Železiarne Podbrezová as a goalkeeper. Club career FK Železiarne Podbrezová Ludha made his debut for Železiarne Podbrezová against Nitra on 16 February 2019. References External links FK Železiarne Podbrezová official club profile Futbalnet profile Fortuna Liga profile 2000 births Living people People from Prievidza Slovak footballers Association football goalkeepers FK Železiarne Podbrezová players Slovak Super Liga players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players

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Rick King

Rick King may refer to: Rick King (director), American director Rick King (American guitarist), American guitarist featured on the Stan Ridgway album Neon Mirage Rick King (Canadian musician), founding member of the Canadian rock band Chimo! Rick King (composer), American keyboardist, composer, and conductor who performed on the Olivia Newton-John 2006 World Tour Rick King (producer), producer of Blood Done Sign My Name'' Ricky King, German guitarist

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Mankey%20Riggs

John Mankey Riggs

John Mankey Riggs (October 25, 1811 – November 11, 1885) was the leading authority on periodontal disease and its treatment in the United States, to the point that periodontal disease was known as "Riggs' disease." Biography Riggs was born in Seymour, Connecticut and graduated from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in 1854. He practiced dentistry in Hartford, and was seemingly the first individual to limit his practice to periodontics; he is thus considered to be the first specialist in the field. Riggs was an associate of Horace Wells, and was the first surgeon to operate with a patient under anesthesia by extracting Wells' tooth in 1844 while he was under the influence of nitrous oxide. Role in early periodontology Riggs was an opponent of periodontal surgery, which at the time consisted of gingival resection. He promoted the concept of proper oral hygiene and prevention. Riggs first demonstrated his method of conventional periodontal therapy in 1856: he removed salivary and serumal deposits and necrosed bone from the teeth with scrapers that he designed. He then applied a tincture of powdered myrrh and polished the teeth. He published his treatment in 1876. References 1811 births 1885 deaths People from Seymour, Connecticut American dentists Periodontists 19th-century dentists

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Myron (given name)

Myron is a masculine given name used in English-spoking and Eastern European countries including Romania, Ukraine and Russia (in the countries of the former USSR it is usually spelled Miron, except for Ukraine whereas in Ukrainian language this name is spelled Myron). Non-religious or Christianized Jews used this name as a Gentile replacement of the Jewish name Meir. This use was originally in honor of the ancient Greek sculptor Myron (Greek Μύρων), whose name meant 'myrrh, perfume' in ancient Greek. The female equivalent of Myron is considered to be Myra. Notable people Myron, Athenian sculptor from the mid-5th century BC Myron Walter "Moe" Drabowsky (1935–2006), American major league baseball pitcher Myron Floren (1919–2005), American accordionist and band leader Myron Markevych (born 1951), Ukrainian former football midfielder and current manager Myron Mathisson (1897–1940), Polish theoretical physicist Myron S. McNeil (1873–1944), American politician and state senator from Mississippi Myron Mitchell (born 1998), American football player Myron Scholes (born 1941), Canadian economist and Nobel Prize winner, a co-author of Black–Scholes model for option pricing Myron Waldman (1908–2006), animator and director at Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios Myron "Mike" Wallace (1918–2012), American television news reporter and anchor for 60 Minutes References External links Think Baby Names - Myron English masculine given names Given names of Greek language origin

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makihito%20Mihara

Makihito Mihara

is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player best known for winning the 2006 World Championship, 2011 Team World Championship and being inducted into the 2014 Hall of Fame. Mihara's resume includes four more Pro Tour top eights, and eight Grand Prix top eights, including two wins. Career Mihara's Pro Tour career began at Pro Tour Venice in 2003. Over the three years that followed, he played a number of Pro Tours, but without much success; his best finish being a 53rd place at Pro Tour Kobe. Mihara first came to prominence at the end of the 2005 season, with a Grand Prix top eight in Kitakyuushuu, a top eight that featured seven other players who had all made the top eight of a Pro Tour before. The following season, Mihara managed to establish himself on the Pro Tour, playing all five events and designing the CAL, one of the major decks in extended. Mihara's breakout performance came at that year's World Championship in Paris. After three days of competition, Mihara was in seventh place, and in the quarterfinals of a Pro Tour for the first time. In the quarterfinal, Mihara played Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa, and almost lost the match to misplays, but managed to draw the exact sequence of cards he needed to win. Mihara's semifinal opponent, Gabriel Nassif, was considered to be a heavy favourite in the match, but Mihara managed the upset in five games. In the final, he played Ryo Ogura. Mihara handily defeated his countryman without losing a single game. The following season, work commitments meant Mihara could not play as many events, but he made the most of the ones he did attend. After a sixteenth-place finish in Geneva, Mihara returned to the top eight at Pro Tour Valencia. Mihara was unable to duplicate his success from the World Championship, and lost in the quarterfinals to Giulio Barra by three games to zero. Mihara rounded out his season with an eighteenth-place finish at the World Championship, to finish the season on 32 pro points. After an unimpressive 152nd-place finish in Kuala Lumpur, Mihara made his third Pro Tour top eight at Pro Tour Hollywood 2008. Like in Valencia the previous year, Mihara's tournament ended in the quarterfinals, losing to Jan Ruess in five games. Although unable to impress on tour, his best finish being a 113th place, Mihara did manage a strong finish off Tour, winning Grand Prix Okayama. The 2009 season was somewhat of an off year for Mihara. While he did not put up any top eights on the Pro Tour or Grand Prix level, he did earn enough points to remain qualified. His only top eight since then was a 2nd-place finish at Grand Prix Sendai 2010, losing to Brian Kibler in the finals. Later that season, Mihara finished third at Japanese nationals earning a spot on the Japanese national team, alongside Ryuuichirou Ishida and Tamoya Fujimoto. At worlds, the Japanese team won the team competition, making Mihara only the fourth player to win both individual and team world titles. Achievements References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Japanese Magic: The Gathering players People from Chiba (city) Players who have won the Magic: The Gathering World Championship

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiver%20%28George%20Benson%20song%29

Shiver (George Benson song)

"Shiver" was a single by American R&B singer George Benson, which entered the UK Singles Chart on 29 November 1986. It reached a peak position of #19, and remained in the chart for 9 weeks. It was written by Narada Michael Walden, Preston Glass and Suzanne Valentine. References George Benson songs 1986 singles Warner Records singles 1986 songs Songs written by Preston Glass Songs written by Narada Michael Walden

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia%E2%80%93Norway%20relations

Croatia–Norway relations

Croatia–Norway relations are foreign relations between Croatia and Norway. Both countries established diplomatic relations on February 20, 1992. Croatia has an embassy in Oslo. Norway has an embassy in Zagreb and an honorary consulate in Rijeka. Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe and NATO. History Norway was active in international peace efforts during the period of the Croatian War of Independence and in the immediate aftermath of it, particularly in multicultural eastern Croatian Podunavlje region. Thorvald Stoltenberg was appointed UN special representative to Croatia in May 1993. Stoltenberg was the United Nations witness at the signing of the Erdut Agreement in 1995 which led to the establishment of the UNTAES administration. In 1998 Norwegian representative Halvor Hartz was the Police Commissioner of the United Nations Civilian Police Support Group in eastern Croatia. In 1999 Olav Akselsen was the Council of Europe Rapporteur on return of refugees and displaced persons to their homes in Croatia. In 2013, related to promotion of inter-ethnic harmony in eastern Slavonia, Norwegian permanent mission to United Nations in Geneva expressed some concerned about the implementation of minority rights, particularly in the case of Serbs and Roma. In 2014 the two countries signed an international agreement on financial assistance (with the minor contribution of Liechtenstein and Iceland) for the establishment of the so-called Integrated School in Vukovar. The project however ultimately failed due to lack of interest to enroll students in the new school by the two largest communities in the town. Transportation Croatia Airlines operates a seasonal flight from Zagreb to Oslo (Gardermoen). Norwegian operates seasonal flights from Oslo (Gardermoen) to Dubrovnik, Pula, Split and Zadar. Scandinavian Airlines operates seasonal flights from Oslo (Gardermoen) to Dubrovnik and Pula. See also Foreign relations of Croatia Foreign relations of Norway Norway–EU relations Norway–Yugoslavia relations References External links Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration: list of bilateral treaties with Norway Norwegian embassy in Zagreb Norway Bilateral relations of Norway

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%20Memorial%20Drive

1 Memorial Drive

1 Memorial Drive is the headquarters complex of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. The 618,000 square foot complex consisting of a 14-story tower and two-story base containing its cash processing and operations facilities was designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners was dedicated June 11, 2008, and replaced its headquarters at 925 Grand. Henry N. Cobb was the lead architect. The complex is located in Penn Valley Park opposite the Liberty Memorial on the site that was the former St. Mary's Hospital where Jo Zach Miller, Jr., president of the bank who oversaw the construction of 925 Grand, had spent his last days. It was the first Federal Reserve building built after the September 11 attacks prompted increased security at federal buildings. The complex (which moved from Downtown Kansas City) is in a park setting and its 15.7 acre property was landscaped by Laurie Olin of Olin Associates. Money Museum Included in the building is the Money Museum. Its most prominent exhibit is a 27-pound gold bar valued at $400,000 which visitors are permitted to pick up. Other exhibits include a 463 piece coin collection on loan from the Truman Library which has coins from every Presidential administration. The coin collection was originally by Treasury Secretary John Snyder but was stolen in 1962. Snyder worked to replace it. The museum also has a window in which visitors can see the movement of cash in and out of its vault. IOU/USA Sculpture In 2011 it was the target of numerous demonstrations during the Occupy movement protests. A 65 foot high sculpture by John Salvest from Arkansas State University was temporarily erected on city property opposite the building that proclaimed "IOU" on one side and "USA" on the other. The sculpture was built with 117 shipping containers. It was financed by the Grand Arts, a non profit art museum in the city's Power and Light District. The Federal Reserve sent bomb sniffing dogs to check the containers during the installation. References Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank buildings Government buildings in Missouri Skyscraper office buildings in Kansas City, Missouri Office buildings completed in 2008

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%20of%20Prussia%20Transit%20Center

King of Prussia Transit Center

The King of Prussia Transit Center is a major bus terminal located at the King of Prussia mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania for SEPTA buses. The transit center serves SEPTA Suburban Division buses traveling to Center City Philadelphia via Route 124 or Route 125, Chesterbrook via Route 124, Valley Forge via Route 125, 69th Street station via Route 123, the Norristown Transportation Center and Phoenixville via Route 99, the West Chester Transportation Center via Route 92, and Limerick via Route 139. Location and layout The King of Prussia Transit Center is located at the King of Prussia mall next to the former JCPenney. A mall entrance adjacent to the transit center provides access to the lower level. The transit center has an interior waiting area attached to the former JCPenney that has seating, a vending machine, SEPTA Key Fare Kiosks, bus schedules, and a system map. The interior waiting area is accessible 24 hours a day. Additional bus shelters are located along the sidewalk running parallel to the roadway serving the transit center. Services The King of Prussia Transit Center is served by six SEPTA Suburban Division bus routes. The Route 92 bus provides service Monday to Saturday from the transit center to the West Chester Transportation Center in West Chester. The Route 99 bus provides daily service to the Norristown Transportation Center in Norristown and to Phoenixville. A few Route 99 trips only run between the Norristown Transportation Center and the King of Prussia Transit center. The Route 123 bus runs daily from the transit center to the 69th Street Transportation Center in Upper Darby, providing express service. The Route 124 bus provides daily service to Center City Philadelphia and to Chesterbrook, with express service between Center City Philadelphia and Gulph Mills. Some Route 124 trips only run between Center City Philadelphia and the transit center. The Route 125 bus runs daily to Center City Philadelphia and to Valley Forge, running express between Center City Philadelphia and Gulph Mills. Some Route 125 trips only run between Center City Philadelphia and the transit center. The Route 139 bus provides service Monday to Saturday from the transit center to Limerick. References External links SEPTA stations and terminals Transportation buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose%20Sambu

Jose Sambu

Jose Sambu or Coró is a Bissau-Guinean-born Portuguese former footballer who played as a defender. Career Sambu played in the Primeira Divisão in 1963 with Lusitano Évora. The following season he played in the Segunda Divisão with A.D. Sanjoanense. He returned to his former club Lusitano Évora in 1965. In 1971, he played abroad in the National Soccer League with Toronto First Portuguese. In July, 1971 he was loaned to the Toronto Metros of the North American Soccer League because of a player shortage due to inquires. He made one appearance for the Metros during his short stint. He re-signed with Toronto First Portuguese for the 1972 season. In the winter of 1973 he played at the indoor level with Toronto Portuguese in the Toronto Indoor Soccer League. References Year of birth missing Association football defenders Bissau-Guinean footballers Portuguese footballers Lusitano G.C. players A.D. Sanjoanense players Toronto First Portuguese players Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984) players Primeira Liga players Segunda Divisão players Canadian National Soccer League players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20John%20Audley

Robert John Audley

Robert John Audley was a British psychologist whose research was concerned with choice and decision-making. Career Robert (Bob) Audley was born in London in 1925. Following national service, he obtained his BSc from University College London in 1949. Among his lecturers was E.S. Pearson. He then obtained a Fulbright scholarship which took him to Washington State University. On his return he completed a PhD supervised by A.R. Jonckheere at UCL. He was appointed to the faculty and remained there for the whole of his academic career. He served as Head of Department. He was active in the British Psychological Society of which he became president in 1981. His Presidential address was on the subject of choice. He was Editor of the British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology from 1963 to 1969. He was also President of the Experimental Psychology Society about which he was interviewed. Research There were three strands to his research. The first strand, as a mathematical psychologist, he developed a Theory of Choice to explain the process of decision-making (Audley, 1960; Audley & Pike, 1965). His second strand was on reaction time (Audley, Caudrey, Howell and Powell, 1975) and the third was on medical accidents (Audley, Vincents & Ennis, 1993). Publications Audley, R.J. (1960). A stochastic model for individual choice behaviour. Audley, R.J., & Pike, A.R. (1965). Some alternative models of choice. Audley, R.J. (1970). Choosing. Audley RJ; Caudrey DJ; Howell P; Powell DJ (1975) Reaction Time Exchange Functions in Choice Tasks. In Attention and Performance V, (pp. 281–295). Audley, R.J., Vincent, C., & Ennis, M. (Eds)(1993) Medical Accidents. OUP. Positions 1969: President, British Psychological Society 1975: President, Experimental Psychology Society References 1928 births 2020 deaths British psychologists Presidents of the British Psychological Society 20th-century psychologists Mathematical psychologists Cognitive psychologists Academics of University College London

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20Volleyball%20Association

German Volleyball Association

The German Volleyball Association ( DVV ) or in ( German : Deutscher Volleyball-Verband ) is the governing body for volleyball in the Federal Republic of Germany. The DVV is a member of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) and it is associated with the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB). It has an active 7,009 sport societies, as well it has an active 408,863 registered members . It organizes the men's and women's volleyball championships in Germany as well it manages and organizes all the activities of the men's and women's national teams from seniors to under-age categories. DVV also is responsible for all activities in Beach Volleyball in Germany. References External links DVV Official Website Germany FIVB.org Volleyball in Germany Germany Volleyball

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

Sideswipe

Sideswipe or Sideswiped may refer to: Sideswipe (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe Sideswipe (Gladiators), a Gladiators event Sideswipe (Transformers), a robot superhero character from the Transformers robot superhero franchise. Sideswiped in a collision, see Side collision Sideswiped (TV series), 2018 Comedy TV Series by Carly Craig See also Swipe (disambiguation)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino%20%281980%20film%29

Casino (1980 film)

Casino is a 1980 American made-for-television adventure film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Mike Connors, Barry Van Dyke and Gene Evans. It originally premiered on ABC on August 1, 1980. Plot Nick is a suave and sophisticated gambler who owns a floating hotel and gambling ship which is plagued by sabotage on its maiden voyage. Cast Mike Connors as Nick Barry Van Dyke as Edge Gene Evans as Captain K L Fitzgerald Hedley Mattingly as Foxworth Gary Burghoff as Bill Taylor Joseph Cotten as Ed Booker Lynda Day George as Carol Bo Hopkins as Stoney Robert Loggia as Karl Hauptman Robert Reed as Darius Barry Sullivan as Sam Fletcher Sherry Jackson as Jennifer Production The story was inspired by Mr Lucky. Star Mike Connors originally envisioned a grittier version with the floating casino being run down. However the success of The Love Boat prompted the final version to be more glamorous. References External links Casino at TCMDB Casino at IMDb 1980 television films 1980 films 1980s adventure drama films American films American television films American adventure drama films Gambling films Films scored by Mark Snow Films produced by Aaron Spelling Films directed by Don Chaffey 1980s English-language films

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

Gokuladasi

Gokuladasi () is a 1948 Indian Tamil language film directed and produced by K. Subrahmanyam. The film stars C. Honnappa Bhagavathar and M. V. Rajamma, with T. R. Ramachandran, N. Krishnamurthi, Lalitha and Padmini playing supporting roles. Plot Kamaroopan is a lustful king who faces the curse of Goddess Parvati and is reborn as a common jeweller in the town of Gokulam. The jeweller happens to set his eyes on a Devadasi named Anuradha and tries to woo her. Anuradha, on the other hand, was a singer-dancer in her previous birth and a devotee of Parvati. She was cursed by sage Narada for displeasing him and is reborn as Anuradha. The jeweller keeps trying to seduce Anuradha not realising the actions he had committed in his previous birth. To settle the matter, Krishna rids both the jeweller and the Devadasi of their curses. Cast Adapted from Film News Anandan and The Hindu. C. Honnappa Bhagavathar as Narada/Kamaroopan/a jeweller M. V. Rajamma as a singer-dancer/Anuradha T. R. Ramachandran N. Krishnamurthi Lalitha Padmini as Krishna Sowdhamini R. M. Somasundaram N. Thiruvengadam K. S. Angamuthu S. Sarojini Baby Sathyavathi Dance Lalitha Padmini Production K. Subrahmanyam directed and produced the film under his own banner, the Madras United Artistes Corporation. The story and dialogues were written by Ilangovan while Subrahmanyam himself handled the screenplay. Principal photography for the film took place at Neptune Studios. One of the film's associate directors was L. Krishnan, who later went on to become a prominent filmmaker in Malaysian cinema and earned the Datuk honorific. Soundtrack S. V. Venkatraman was in charge of the music and score for Gokuladasi while the songs' lyrics were written by Papanasam Sivan and Rajagopal Iyer. Reception Film historian Randor Guy notes that Gokuladasi is "remembered for the pleasing music, song and dance numbers by the Travancore Sisters and impressive performances by Rajamma, Honnappa Bhagavathar and T. R. Ramachandran." The film did not perform well at the box office. References 1948 films 1940s Tamil-language films Indian drama films Indian black-and-white films Indian films Films about reincarnation 1948 drama films Films directed by K. Subramanyam

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donny%20Neyra

Donny Neyra

Donny Renzo Neyra Ferrada (born 12 January 1984 in Lima) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a central or attacking midfielder for Carlos A. Mannucci in the Torneo Descentralizado. Club career International career He made his debut for the Peru national team on 26 March 2008 in a friendly match against Costa Rica, Peru 3–1. His last appearance for Peru was on 15 June 2008 in a World Cup Qualifier match against Colombia, 1–1 draw. Career statistics Universitario de Deportes Statistics: 2008 Apertura Honours Club Universitario de Deportes Apertura: 2008 References External links 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Lima Association football midfielders Peruvian footballers Peru international footballers Academia Deportiva Cantolao players Club Atlético Lanús footballers Sport Boys footballers Coronel Bolognesi footballers Club Universitario de Deportes footballers José Gálvez FBC footballers Total Chalaco footballers Club Alianza Lima footballers Cobresol FBC footballers Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca footballers FBC Melgar footballers Carlos A. Mannucci players Peruvian Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Peruvian expatriate footballers Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Expatriate footballers in Argentina

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas%20Thatcher

Nicholas Thatcher

Nicholas Thatcher is Professor of Oncology at the University of Manchester, in the School of Cancer and Imaging Sciences at the Christie Hospital NHS Trust and Wythenshawe Hospital; he was appointed to the position of Professor in 1996. He received his PhD from Manchester University, after prior education at the University of Cambridge and St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College, London. His specialty is clinical and translational research in renal cell cancer, melanoma and lung cancer. He was investigator in key clinical trials dealing with chemotherapy methods and dosages in small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. He has written several hundred peer-reviewed papers in major scientific medical journals and has directed several PhD theses. He is joint editor of the textbook, New perspectives in lung cancer / edited by Nick Thatcher and Stephen Spiro., 2nd ed, Edited by Martin Muers, Nicholas Thatcher, Francis Wells & Andrew Miles. London : BMJ Publishing, 1994. . His most cited papers, according to Google Scholar are: Molecular Predictors of Outcome With Gefitinib in a Phase III Placebo-Controlled Study in Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer, by Fred R. Hirsch, Marileila Varella-Garcia, Paul A. Bunn, Jr, Wilbur A. Franklin, Rafal Dziadziuszko, Nick Thatcher, Alex Chang, Purvish Parikh, José Rodrigues Pereira, Tudor Ciuleanu, Joachim von Pawel, Claire Watkins, Angela Flannery, Gillian Ellison, Emma Donald, Lucy Knight, Nicholas Botwood, Brian Holloway Randomized Phase III Study of Temozolomide Versus Dacarbazine in the Treatment of Patients With Advanced Metastatic Malignant Melanoma, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 24, No 31 (November 1), 2006: pp. 5034–5042, by M. R. Middleton, J. J. Grob, N. Aaronson, G. Fierlbeck, W. Tilgen, S. Seiter, M. Gore, S. Aamdal, J. Cebon, A. Coates, B. Dreno, M. Henz, D. Schadendorf, A. Kapp, J. Weiss, U. Fraass, P. Statkevich, M. Muller, N. Thatcher, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 18, Issue 1 (January), 2000: 158- References External links Official website Living people Alumni of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry Alumni of the University of Manchester Alumni of the University of Cambridge Academics of the University of Manchester British oncologists Year of birth missing (living people)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Mundo%20%28Texas%29

El Mundo (Texas)

El Mundo Newspaper is a Spanish-language newspaper distributed in Austin and San Antonio. It is headquartered in Austin. It began publication in 1990. It began serving other parts of the Central Texas region circa 2000 and its San Antonio services began in August 2004. It hosts a yearly "Back to School Fest" in Austin. References External links El Mundo Spanish-language newspapers published in Texas Hispanic and Latino American culture in Austin, Texas Hispanic and Latino American culture in San Antonio Newspapers published in Austin, Texas Publications established in 1990 1990 establishments in Texas

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Seafarers%27%20Federation

International Seafarers' Federation

The International Seafarers' Federation (ISF) was a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing sailors. Until the end of World War I, sailors were represented by the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), but unions representing sailors became increasingly convinced that the ITF was dominated by the interests of dockers and railway workers. The leadership of the National Union of Seamen (NUS, active in the UK) and the International Seamen's Union (ISU, active in the United States) were also unhappy that the ITF was increasingly sympathetic to socialism, and both unions left the international in 1917. In 1918, the ISU and NUS formed the International Seafarers' Federation, working with unions from Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and several other countries. It was led by secretary Chris Damm, of the Belgian union. This left the ITF with few sailors in its membership. In June 1920, the ISF met at an International Conference of Seafarers, in Genoa. The ISU viewed its greatest achievement as the Seamen's Act of 1915, and argued that the international should campaign to adopt similar laws throughout Europe. However, the NUS opposed the idea, and it was defeated. Later in 1920, the Danish Seamen's Union went on strike, but both the NUS and the ISU opposed the action, to the extent that the ISU passed money collected for the strikers to the ISF, rather than the union. This alienated the Scandinavian unions from the ISF. The ITF took the opportunity to organised a seafarers' conference. This was held in 1921, the Scandinavian unions rejoining the ITF and building up its seafarers' section once more. In 1922, the ISF discussed merging into the ITF, but the ISU stated that it would not be part of any merger, as it opposed being in the same organisation as dockers. The ISF survived into the 1930s, but undertook little further activity, and the seafarers' unions eventually rejoined the ITF. References Global union federations Seafarers' trade unions Trade unions established in 1918 Trade unions disestablished in the 1930s

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urgleptes%20xantho

Urgleptes xantho

Urgleptes xantho is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Henry Walter Bates in 1885. References Urgleptes Beetles described in 1885

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

GolfNow

GolfNow is an online booking service for tee times at golf courses. Originally established in 2001 by Cypress Golf Solutions in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, it was acquired by Comcast via its Golf Channel unit in March 2008. Since Comcast's purchase of NBC Universal, the website operates as part of the NBC Sports Digital unit. History The GolfNow.com domain name was initially used by Chris Ryan and Dr. Tom Giannulli, in Houston, Texas, in 1999, with the intent to build the first online golf reservation system. Under Ryan's leadership, the company went on to develop and operate the initial Golfnow.com website until 2001. Funding issues and sluggish adoption of their reservation platform in the era of dial-up modems, forced the company to pivot to a more content driven transaction model. Cypress Golf Solutions, which was founded in Scottsdale by Brett Darrow and Frank Halpin in 2001, purchased the GolfNow.com domain name. The company expanded its GolfNow brand and operations to a larger regional area over the years, and by 2006 it was operating in 17 states at over 600 golf courses. In March 2008, Comcast, owner of Golf Channel, purchased GolfNow. The company's operations were re-located to Golf Channel's headquarters in Orlando, Florida. In the same year, the company facilitated the booking of 2.4 million rounds. GolfNow extended its services outside the United States in 2011 to Ireland through GolfNow.ie. In 2013, GolfNow purchased BRS, a booking service in the United Kingdom, along with Fore! Reservations, one of the largest tee time companies in the US. In 2011, GolfNow offered to acquire EZLinks, a competing company backed by the PGA Tour. GolfNow hired a former EZLinks employee. In 2012, EZLinks filed a lawsuit over software theft through the former employee. In October 2014, GolfNow acquired Active Network's golf division. The acquisition added 1,100 courses to GolfNow's service. In 2015, GolfNow facilitated the booking of nearly 15 million rounds. This was GolfNow's fourth acquisition in 18 months. It acquired BRS Golf, a British tee-sheet service with 750 courses and FORE! Reservations, an American counterpart with more than 2,000 golf courses. More recently, it acquired Crescent Systems, which had 300 to 400 clients. In November 2019, GolfNow acquired EZLinks. Features GolfNow offers access to online booking services for over 9,000 golf courses. Users can compare prices of tee times across multiple courses, read user reviews, and book their reservation. GolfNow also offers a mobile app; the free version offers the service's core search and booking functionality, while a subscription-based premium version adds additional features for use while playing, including a scorecard, personal statistics and an "on-course GPS" function allowing access to overhead satellite maps of holes with distance measurements. Impact The Orlando Sentinel reported that GolfNow has had a positive impact on the business of golf courses in Orlando, noting that the service helped to encourage business during previously "off-peak" parts of the day such as the early afternoon. The general manager of Orlando's Dubsdread Golf Club felt that GolfNow had helped customers discover the course among other options in the region, crediting the service for "getting our name and our prices to those golfers who normally would not drive past 15, 20 golf courses to come play golf here". The service was also credited with having attracted existing golfers to new courses, such as the Four Seasons Resort Orlando's Tranquilo, and new clientele to existing courses. Orlando was GolfNow's fifth-largest market in 2015, having generated $14.5 million in revenue from partner courses. There are articles and reviews to the contrary: The Oaks golf course in Kentucky posted a rebuttal to GolfNow's claims of helping the sport, but more directly, the golf courses. The Hot Deals, it claims, are chased by players only wanting to pay the least no matter what, and none of that money ever gets to the golf course. It also claims that very few, if any, customers return unless they again find a Hot Deal, which in no way helps with daily operating expenses. The Oaks has ceased to do business with GolfNow. References 2001 establishments in Florida Golf Channel

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasora%20salanga

Hasora salanga

Hasora salanga, the green awl, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India, parts of Southeast Asia and Australia. Description The forewing length (base to apex) is 23mm. (male). The underside of the hindwing is green. In females upper forewing has white spots in spaces 2 and 3. Distribution The green awl is found in India in the Nicobar Islands and eastwards to Myanmar (Dawnas to south Myanmar), Thailand, the Malay Peninsula (Malacca), Sumatra and Borneo. Cited references See also Hesperiidae List of butterflies of India (Coeliadinae) List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae) References Print Online Brower, Andrew V. Z., (2007). Hasora Moore 1881. Version 21 February 2007 (under construction). Page on genus Hasora in The Tree of Life Web Project http://tolweb.org/. Hasora Butterflies described in 1885 Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Australia

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

Ragnagard

Ragnagard is 2D arcade fighting game developed by System Vision and published by Saurus for the Neo Geo arcade, Neo Geo CD and Sega Saturn. The game's characters are all based on Shinto deities. Gameplay Ragnagard is a fighting game using pre-rendered sprites similar to that of Rare's Killer Instinct but with different gameplay mechanics. The game features an Aerial Battle System which is done by pushing up on the joystick and both of the weak punch and weak kick buttons together, allowing for air combos and air dashing. Players can also charge up the power gauge (based on four elements of Water, Wind, Fire, and Thunder, though each character only uses two of the four elements) which allows for Desperation Moves to be performed. Super Desperation Moves can be performed only if the player's life is flashing red, similar to The King of Fighters series. Ports and related releases Ragnagard was later ported to the Neo-Geo AES, the home console version of the Neo-Geo MVS. This version features limited continues and different difficulty settings. This version was later re-released through the Wii's Virtual Console exclusively in Japan. Ragnagard was also ported to the Neo-Geo CD exclusively in Japan; this version features an improved intro, slightly cleaner background music, and a few other tweaks. This version of Ragnagard was later ported to the Sega Saturn, also exclusively in Japan. This version features a few new modes and control customization, while some of the game's graphics and gameplay were improved and altered. Unlike the arcade and Neo-Geo version, in which the player could play as one of the bosses by entering a cheat code, the Neo-Geo CD and Sega Saturn versions allowed the player to play as the bosses only by entering the versus mode. Reception Ragnagard received generally mixed reception from critics since its release in arcades and other platforms. AllGames Kyle Knight felt mixed in regard to the pre-rendered visual presentation and audio design but criticized balance issue with characters and gameplay. Electronic Gaming Monthlys four reviewers gave the Neo Geo AES version a 4.675 out of 10. Crispin Boyer had a subdued reaction, but the other three panned the game. Shawn Smith and Ken Williams found it boring due to the characters' choppy movements and the lag time between each move, and Dan Hsu and Williams remarked that while the pre-fight animations are impressive, the graphics are undistinguished once the fight starts. MAN!ACs Robert Bannert commended the character designs but felt overall mixed about Ragnagard when reviewing the Saturn conversion in regards to several design aspects. Player Ones Christophe Delpierre compared the visual style of the game with Killer Instinct. Notes References External links Ragnagard at GameFAQs Ragnagard at Giant Bomb Ragnagard at Killer List of Videogames Ragnagard at MobyGames 1996 video games ACA Neo Geo games Arcade video games D4 Enterprise games Fighting games Multiplayer and single-player video games Neo Geo games Neo Geo CD games Nintendo Switch games PlayStation Network games Saurus games Sega Saturn games SNK games Video games based on Japanese mythology Video games developed in Japan Video games set in Japan Video games with pre-rendered 3D graphics Virtual Console games

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20indoor%20arenas%20in%20Israel

List of indoor arenas in Israel

The following is a list of indoor arenas in Israel, ordered by capacity. The venues are by their final capacity after construction for seating-only events. There is more capacity if standing room is included (e.g. for concerts). Current arenas See also List of indoor arenas in Europe List of indoor arenas by capacity Israel Indoor arenas

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerator%20%28roller%20coaster%29

Accelerator (roller coaster)

Accelerator is a steel Family Boomerang roller coaster at Drayton Manor Theme Park. The park officially announced the ride in December 2010. The ride is a prototype steel Vekoma Family Boomerang roller coaster. The ride features one lift hill driven by wheels that release the train into a curving figure 8 layout that concludes up a tower with a hump. Upon reaching the top of the tower the coaster train goes through the layout in reverse to the station. It opened on April 21, 2011. In 2017 Ben 10 – Ultimate Mission got a name change to Accelerator, after the sponsorship from Cartoon Network ended. See also 2011 in amusement parks References Roller coasters in the United Kingdom

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal%20Court%20%28Canada%29

Federal Court (Canada)

The Federal Court () is a Canadian trial court that hears cases arising under certain areas of federal law. The Federal Court is a superior court with nationwide jurisdiction. History The Court was created on July 2, 2003 by the Courts Administration Service Act when it and the Federal Court of Appeal were split from their predecessor, the Federal Court of Canada (which had been created June 1, 1971, through the enactment of the Federal Court Act, subsequently renamed the Federal Courts Act). The Court's authority comes from the Federal Courts Act. On October 24, 2008, the Federal Court was given its own armorial bearings by the Governor General, the third court in Canada to be given its own Coat of Arms – after the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada and Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The coat of arms features a newly created fantastical creature, the winged sea caribou, as the supporters, representing the provision of justice on air, land and sea. Structure The Federal Court consists of a Chief Justice, an Associate Chief Justice, and 35 full-time judges, along with nine supernumerary judges, and eight prothonotaries. Law Clerks are hired for not more than a one-year terms to help the judges research and prepare decisions. They are generally assigned to a particular judge. Judges' salaries are determined annually by the Judicial Compensation and Benefits Commission. Chief Justice receives $315,900 while other judges receives $288,100 annually. Jurisdiction The Federal Court cannot hear any case unless a federal statute confers jurisdiction on the Court to hear cases of that type. Some examples of the sort of cases heard by the Federal Court are: judicial review of immigration decisions, judicial review of Veterans Review and Appeal Board of Canada decisions, intellectual property disputes, cases involving admiralty (maritime) law, cases involving federally-regulated industries such as railway tariff disputes various aboriginal law matters, and claims against the Queen in Right of Canada. These instances of jurisdiction may either be exclusive or concurrent with provincial superior courts, depending on the statute. The Court has the authority to judicially review the decisions made by federal boards, commissions, and administrative tribunals, and to resolve lawsuits by or against the federal government. More than 50% of the Court's workload consists of immigration and refugee cases. Decisions of the Federal Court may be appealed to the Federal Court of Appeal. Because it is a superior court of national jurisdiction, judgments are enforceable across Canada without the need for certification by the courts of a specific province. Judges and prothonotaries The prothonotaries of the court by seniority are: Richard Morneau Mireille Tabib Martha Milczynski Kevin R. Aalto Mandy Aylen Kathleen Marie Ring Former judges Chief Justice Allan Lutfy: July 3, 2003 – September 30, 2011 Puisne judges See also Federal Court of Appeal Tax Court of Canada Notes References External links Federal Court website 2003 establishments in Canada Federal Court of Canada Courts and tribunals established in 2003

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupah%20Sug

Lupah Sug

In the Philippine history, the Lupah Sug (Jawi: سوگ; Sūg) was a predecessor state before the establishment of Sultanate of Sulu. History Hindu principality of Maimbung Sulu that time was called Lupah Sug and ruled by the Indianised Hindu principality of Maimbung, populated by Buranun people (or Budanon, literally means "mountain-dwellers"), was first ruled by a certain rajah who assumed the title Rajah Sipad the Older. According to Majul, the origins of the title rajah sipad originated from the Hindu sri pada, which symbolises authority. The Principality was instituted and governed using the system of rajahs. Sipad the Older was succeeded by Sipad the Younger. Pre-Islamic social structure of Hindu principality Prior to the establishment of the sultanate, the Tausug lived in communities called a banwa. Each banwa was headed by a leader known as a panglima along with a healer called a mangungubat. The panglima was usually a man with a strong political and physical leadership among the community. A healer could be either a man and woman, and they specialized in contacting the spiritual realm. The healers were also exempted from practicing traditional marriage as they frequently had sensual relationships with the same sex, a common trait in numerous tribes throughout the Philippines archipelago and northern Borneo in pre-Islamic and pre-Christian times. Each banwa was considered an independent state, the same with the city-states of other regions in Asia. The Tausug during the era had trade relations with other neighboring Tausug banwas, the Digap of Malay, the Yakan of Basilan, and the nomadic Sama-Bajau. Customs of people up to the arrival of Tuan Mashā′ikha During the reign of Sipad the Younger, a mystic named Tuan Mashā′ikha arrived in Jolo in 1280 AD. Little is known of the origins and early biography of Tuan Mashā′ikha, except that he was a Muslim "who came from foreign lands" at the head of a fleet of Muslim traders, or he was brought into being from a stalk of bamboo and was considered a prophet, thus well respected by the people. Other reports, however, insisted that Tuan Mashā′ikha together with his parents, Jamiyun Kulisa and Indra Suga, were sent to Sulu by Alexander the Great (who is known as Iskandar Zulkarnain in Malay Annals). However, Saleeby dismisses this claim by concluding that Jamiyun Kulisa and Indra Suga were mythical names. According to tarsila, during the coming of Tuan Mashā′ikha, the people of Maimbung worshipped tombs and stones of any kind. After he preached Islam in the area, he married Sipad the Younger's daughter, Idda Indira Suga and bore three children: Tuan Hakim, Tuan Pam and 'Aisha. Tuan Hakim, in turn, begot five children. From the genealogy of Tuan Mashā′ikha, another titular system of aristocracy called "tuanship" started in Sulu. Apart from the Idda Indira Suga, Tuan Mashā′ikha also married into another "unidentified woman" and begot Moumin. Tuan Mashā′ikha died in 710 A.H. (equivalent to 1310 AD), and was buried in Bud Dato near Jolo, with an inscription of Tuan Maqbālū. Establishment of Islamic Sultanate The sultanate was founded on 17 November 1405. by the Johore-born explorer and religious scholar Sharif ul-Hashim. Paduka Mahasari Maulana al Sultan Sharif ul-Hashim became his full regnal name, Sharif-ul Hashim is his abbreviated name. He settled in Buansa, Sulu. After the marriage of Abu Bakr and a local dayang-dayang (princess) Paramisuli, he founded the sultanate. The Sultanate gained its independence from the Bruneian Empire in 1578. Islamisation At the end of the 14th century, an Arab muslim preacher named Karim ul-Makhdum from Mecca arrived in the Malacca Sultanate. He preached Islam to the people, and thus many citizens, including the ruler of Malacca, converted to Islam. Chinese Muslims, Arabs, Persians, Malays, and Indian Muslims introduced Sulu and other Muslim sultanates to Islam. Chinese Muslim merchants participated in the local commerce, and the Sultanate had diplomatic relations with China during the time of the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), being involved in the tribute system. The Sulu leader Paduka Pahala and his sons moved to China, where he died, and Chinese Muslims brought up his sons in Dezhou, where their descendants live and have the surnames An and Wen. In 1380 AD, Karim ul-Makhdum arrived in Simunul island from Malacca, again with Arab traders. Apart from being a Islamic preacher, he operated as a trader, some see him as a Sufi missionary originating from Mecca. He preached Islam in the area, and was thus accepted by the core Muslim community. He was the second person who preached Islam in the area, following Tuan Mashā′ikha. To facilitate easy conversion of nonbelievers, he established a mosque in Tubig-Indagan, Simunul, which became the first Islamic temple to be constructed in the area, as well as the first in the Philippines. This later became known as Sheik Karimal Makdum Mosque. He died in Sulu, though the exact location of his grave is unknown. In Buansa, he was known as Tuan Sharif Awliyā. On his alleged grave in Bud Agad, Jolo, an inscription was written as "Mohadum Aminullah Al-Nikad". In Lugus, he is referred to Abdurrahman. In Sibutu, he is known to as his name. The dispute over the actual location of his grave stemmed from the fact that Karim ul-Makhdum traveled to several islands in Sulu Sea to preach Islam. In many places in the archipelago, he was beloved. It is said that the people of Tapul built a mosque honouring him and that they claim descent from Karim ul-Makhdum. Thus, the success of Karim ul-Makhdum of spreading Islam in Sulu threw a new light in Islamic history in the Philippines. The customs, beliefs and political laws of the people changed and customized to adopt the Islamic tradition. Recorded monarchs See also Sultanate of Sulu Sultanate of Maguindanao Sultanate of lanao History of the Philippines (900-1521) Islam in the Philippines Notes References External links The official website of Royal House of Sulu under the guidance of Sultan Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram, 35th Sultan of Sulu Line of succession of the Sultans of Sulu of the Modern Era as published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines Philippine Provincial Government of Sulu – The official list of Sultans Sultanate of Sulu on WorldStatesMen.org Sulu History of Sulu Sulu Sea History of Brunei History of Sabah Former countries in Borneo Former countries in Bruneian history Former countries in Indonesian history Former countries in Malaysian history Former countries in Philippine history Former monarchies of Asia Moro people Moro Rebellion Filipino royalty States and territories established in 1405 States and territories disestablished in 1915 1405 establishments in Asia 1915 disestablishments in Asia 15th-century establishments in Asia 1915 disestablishments in the Philippines Maritime Southeast Asia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mostly%20Sunny

Mostly Sunny

Mostly Sunny is a 2016 Canadian documentary directed by Dilip Mehta. The film presents a biography of actress Sunny Leone. Synopsis Sunny Leone is a Canadian-born actress who moved to the United States and established a career in pornographic cinema. She then became a major star in India's Bollywood film industry. Footage of Leone was filmed in Canada, India, Malaysia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Release Mostly Sunny premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2016. It was given a limited release in Canadian theatres on 13 January 2017. Controversy During the promotion of the film, Sunny wanted any frontal nudity to be removed in an attempt to reinvent her image in Bollywood. However, Dilip refused to make any changes, leading to Sunny shunning the movie's premiere during the Toronto International Film Festival, and going so far as not being on talking terms with the director. The official response from Sunny was that she was attending a Bar Mitzvah in New York, hence the lack of promotions. Reception Norman Wilner of Toronto's Now weekly panned the production, indicating that Mehta was "padding it with montages and even retelling stories in order to fill time.". As of 2017, the movie currently has a 33% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. References External links Sunny Leone on Bollywood Hungama 2016 films Canadian films Canadian documentary films Documentary films about actors Documentary films about women in film Documentary films about pornography Documentary films about the cinema of India 2016 documentary films

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatrum%20Anatomico-chirurgicum

Theatrum Anatomico-chirurgicum

Theatrum Anatomico-chirurgicum was an anatomical theatre which existed from 1736 until 1785 in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was built as a replacement for Domus Anatomica which had been destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728 and was itself succeeded by the Royal Danish Academy of Surgery. History The Anatomical-Surgical Theatre was inaugurated at Købmagergade on 30 April 1736. An exam in surgery was introduced at the same event. The new institution was independent from the University of Copenhagen and intensified an ongoing dispute between physicians educated at the university and surgeons (previously barbers). References Theatres in Copenhagen Infrastructure completed in 1736 da:Theatrum anatomicum

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt%20Lehovec

Kurt Lehovec

Kurt Lehovec (June 12, 1918 – February 17, 2012) was one of the pioneers of the integrated circuit. While also pioneering the photo-voltaic effect, light-emitting diodes and lithium batteries, He innovated the concept of p-n junction isolation used in every circuit element with a guard ring: a reverse-biased p-n junction surrounding the planar periphery of that element. This patent was assigned to Sprague Electric. Because Lehovec was under salary with Sprague, he was paid only one dollar for this invention. Lehovec was born June 12, 1918 in Ledvice, in northern Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic. He was educated there and went to the US in 1947 under the auspices of Operation Paperclip which allowed scientists and engineers to emigrate. With Carl Accardo and Edward Jamgochian, he explained the first light-emitting diodes citing previous work by Oleg Losev. The important case of fast ionic conduction in solid states is one in a surface space-charge layer of ionic crystals. Such conduction was first predicted by K. Lehovec in the paper "Space-charge layer and distribution of lattice defects at the surface of ionic crystals" ( J. Chem. Phys. 1953. V.21. P.1123 -1128). As a space-charge layer has nanometer thickness, the effect is directly related to nanoionics (nanoionics-I). The Lehovec effect forms a basis for a creation of multitude nanostructured fast ion conductors as used in modern portable lithium batteries and fuel cells. Lehovec was a Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, and after retirement from USC Lehovec took to writing poetry. He lived in Southern California until his death in 2012 at the age of 93. Publications (unconfirmed) See also Invention of the integrated circuit Notes External links 1918 births 2012 deaths American physicists Czechoslovak physicists Operation Paperclip Fellows of the American Physical Society Czechoslovak emigrants to the United States

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Tindale

Tim Tindale

Timothy Scott Tindale (born April 15, 1971) is a former American football running back for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He played CIS football in Canada at the University of Western Ontario. Western Mustangs Tim Tindale was an all-star fullback with the Western Mustangs football program from 1990 to 1994. After dominating the CIS, he graduated with a degree in kinesiology. While in High School at Saunders Secondary School, he said he never intended to play pro football, but instead wanted to be a doctor. Tim won 2 Hec Crighton trophies, which is awarded to the CIS Football player of the year. Many say that if he hadn't fractured his leg in 1992, he would've gotten a third. NFL In 1994, after graduating from the kinesiology program, Tindale tried out for the Buffalo Bills as a free agent and made the squad. "It was an unbelievable life experience," he said. Tim remembers his first NFL game, saying he's never seen so many people for an exhibition game. "70,000 people came just to see some guys try out for a team." With rumours of the treatment of Canadian players in the NFL filtering through fans and players alike, Tindale had the inside scoop and his pleasant experience contradicted the stereotypes. "On my first day of mini-camp, Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy came up to me and knew my name and all my stats. He was the head coach and he knew everything about me." (Levy had coached in the Canadian Football League for a period in the late 1970s and early 1980s.) Tindale had gained television exposure in Buffalo through CHCH-TV's broadcast of Ontario university football, which had made him a "cult hero" of sorts in the station's broadcast area. Tindale scored his first career rushing touchdown on December 30, 1995, in a playoff game against the Miami Dolphins. His Western University coach, Larry Haylor, said he remembers watching Tindale's first NFL touchdown while on vacation. "We were huddled around a 7-inch TV screen. Tim broke a run for 44 yards and my wife and I were jumping up and down, cheering and screaming. People came storming into our room to see what was wrong." Haylor also said "I always said Tim would be the guy I would pick first if I had to choose a team. At 5'11", 220 [pounds], he had very unusual talents. He's one of those guys who will give you his soul in effort." Retirement Due to injuries, Tim had to retire from the NFL. Awards and honors Hec Crighton Trophy: 1991, 1993 Lieutenant Governor Athletic Awards: 1994 References External links Tindale's Profile on Database Football 1971 births Canadian players of American football Buffalo Bills players Sportspeople from London, Ontario American football running backs Living people Western Mustangs football players Players of Canadian football from Ontario

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joma%20Music%20Group%2C%20Inc.

Joma Music Group, Inc.

Joma Music Group is a music publishing company and record label founded in 2008. The Joma Music Publishing division represents a large catalog of songs written by the lyricist Ned Washington, including the standards "My Foolish Heart", "Stella By Starlight", "Rawhide", "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" and dozens of other songs that have been performed by legendary artists such as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, David Bowie, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Barbra Streisand, Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Dizzie Gillespie, and k.d. lang. Background In, addition, Joma Music publishes over 300 songs from the 1950s-1960s vintage catalog by songwriters Giant/Baum/Kaye, writers of #1 hits for Elvis Presley, and also of songs performed by The Everly Brothers, Bobby Darin, Cliff Richard, Ben E. King, and others. The publishing division of Joma Music Group also represents a large selection of indie rock and pop artists from NYC's Williamsburg music scene, many of whom are also signed to the Joma Records label. Joma Records has released 2 CD compilations so far: Joma Indie Rock & Pop, Vol. 1 which featured songs that have appeared on TV shows such as Castle, Royal Pains, Mercy, Lie To Me, Men in Trees, and Reaper, among others, and the indie rock holiday sampler, A Very Joma Christmas. Only a few weeks after its release A Very Joma Christmas topped the "Best of the Year" lists of holiday records in USA Today, Newsday, and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. A Very Joma Christmas went on to have song placements on the holiday episodes of network TV shows such as Lie To Me (Fox), The Young and The Restless (CBS), and it was licensed in its entirety to MTV. Starbucks played songs from A Very Joma Christmas in all of their USA locations in December 2010, and songs from the album were played on Absolute Radio and BBC Radio-2 in London and daily on Sirius-XM in the USA in December 2010. References External links Music publishing companies of the United States

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasril%20Izzat%20Jalil

Nasril Izzat Jalil

Nasril Izzat Jalil (born 15 April 1990 in Terengganu) is a Malaysian footballer currently playing for Felda United in Malaysia Super League. References External links Izzat profile 1990 births Living people Malaysian footballers Terengganu FC players People from Terengganu Malaysian people of Malay descent Association football defenders UiTM FC players PDRM FA players Felda United F.C. players

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gower%20Gulch%20%28Death%20Valley%29

Gower Gulch (Death Valley)

Gower Gulch is a small gulch on the eastern side of Death Valley in Inyo County, California. It is located in the Black Mountains. Gower Gulch is visible from Zabriskie Point and is about one and a half miles long. History Gower Gulch is named after Harry P. Gower, an official of the Pacific Coast Borax Company and co-owner of the Furnace Creek Inn and Ranch, before Death Valley became a national monument. The gulch contained mines, camps, and roads during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Geology Gower Gulch passes through three geological formations: the Badlands in the easternmost portion the Artist's Palette Formation mid channel the Playa Formation at the channel head. There are two areas of dry waterfalls: the Upper Knickzone near Zabriskie Point and the Lower Knickzone near the gulch's Alluvial fan. The tallest fall, at the head of the alluvial fan, is approximately 25 ft. high, the only way around it being a ledge on the northern side of the fan. The alluvial fan has a deep channel, called a telescoping channel, that runs north-west from Gower Gulch's mouth. Mining Gower Gulch was mined in after the 1880s, when a road starting at the northern side of Zabriskie Point was built by the Pacific Coast Borax Company. This road allowed wagons and autos to reach the ten borax mine claims in the gulch. many of these mines are still visible today, though mines on the floor bed of Gower Gulch have been filled in with sediment from past floods. Diversion In 1941 a Furnace Creek-Gower Gulch Flood diversion channel was blasted upstream from Zabriskie Point to divert flood waters from the Furnace Creek Wash and the resorts into Gower Gulch. The diversion increased the size of Gower Gulch's drainage basin from 2.77 km2 to 455.63 km2, an increase of 16,348%. As a result, massive erosion of the channel took place as debris from Furnace Creek were channeled into Gower Gulch. Today the diversion has sunk to over 20 feet deep with two dry falls, one three feet and another ten feet high. References Death Valley Historic Resource Study A History of Mining Schultz, Lisa (2005). "Investigation of the Transient Response of Gower Gulch to Forced Diversion, Death Valley, California." Boston College, The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geology and Geophysics. See also Category: Death Valley Death Valley Landforms of Inyo County, California Canyons and gorges of California

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie%20Wood%20%28illustrator%29

Leslie Wood (illustrator)

Leslie Wood (26 February 1920 – 1994) was an English artist and illustrator who lived in Poynton, Cheshire. Born in Stockport, he studied at the Manchester College of Art and Design and gained a travelling scholarship. Prevented from travelling abroad because of World War II, he instead went to London. In 1943, Wood showed some of his work to Faber and Faber, and was soon commissioned to take over illustration of Diana Ross' Little Red Engine books, and went on to illustrate many other children's books including the covers of the first fourteen Hugh Walters Chris Godrey of UNEXA series. He also produced cover illustrations for The Countryman magazine. References External links Leslie Wood page on the Diana Ross website Leslie Wood page on The Culture Archive Leslie Wood website 1920 births 1994 deaths English illustrators British children's book illustrators People from Poynton People from Stockport Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian%20vulture%20crisis

Indian vulture crisis

Nine species of vulture can be found living in India, but most are now in danger of extinction after a rapid and major population collapse in recent decades. In the early 1980s, three species of Gyps vultures (the white-backed vulture, the long-billed vulture and the slender-billed vulture) had a combined estimated population of 40 million in South Asia, but as of 2017, the total population numbered only 19,000 (6,000, 12,000, and 1,000 respectively), a decrease by about 95%. A major contributing factor in declining populations of vultures is believed to be widespread use of drugs such as diclofenac, once commonly used as a livestock anti-inflammatory drug. Veterinary usage of diclofenac has been banned in India since 2006. The IUCN Red Data Book has listed Gyps bengalensis as "critically endangered". In winter 2012, 56 vultures in three species (Eurasian griffon, cinereous vulture, Egyptian vulture) and 10 steppe eagles were found dead at Jorbeer dumping site. Six Eurasian griffons were found dead in May 2013 due to dehydration and wing weakness. The area has been declared as a conserved forest area, but the dead animal dumping site is not part of the protected area. The dramatic vulture decline observed across India presents a range of ecological threats, by influencing the numbers and distribution of other scavenging species. Increased feral dog populations have been reported all over in India, posing many associated disease risks such as rabies to humans and wildlife. India already accounts for a very high incidence of rabies cases, and an absolute shortage of quality anti-rabies vaccine in rural areas can aggravate the problem even further. Similarly, increased crow populations at carcass sites near settlement areas pose a risk of infections to poultry, domesticated birds, and humans. Prevalence and concentration of diclofenac residues in ungulate carcasses is important for India's threatened vulture populations. A small proportion (< 0.8%) of ungulate carcasses containing lethal levels of diclofenac is enough to cause the observed rapid decline of vultures population. (Bohra D L) Vultures previously played an important role in public sanitation in India and their disappearance has resulted in a number of problems, and as such numerous conservation schemes are in place to assist in the recovery of vulture populations. History Vultures in India live in communities and are generally very dependent on human activities. The Hindu religion, which represents 80% of the country's population, is particularly favorable to vultures. Cows are considered sacred by majority of Hindus, so cow meat is generally not consumed. This results in the cow's corpse being left to be fed on by vultures. Of the estimated 500 million cattle in India, only 4% were destined for consumption by humans as meat. Vultures constituted the natural animal disposal system, processing carcasses and nearly 15,000 vultures have been observed at the carcass depositories in capital New Delhi. Decline In the 1990s, a decrease in the number of vultures was noted by Vibhu Prakash of the Bombay Natural History Society, who had monitored vulture populations at Keoladeo National Park. As the decline accelerated, the international scientific community attempted to investigate the cause of such decline. However, it was not easy to examine this issue because vultures could not legally be killed for scientific study in India, and freshly dead animals had become extremely rare, a situation exacerbated by the extremely hot weather in India where temperatures before the monsoon routinely exceed . In 2002, National Geographic reported that scientists were "not sure" of the reason for the 95% population decline. Andrew Cunningham of the Zoological Society of London found that the usual suspects of pesticide poisoning, industrial pollutants or bacteria did not show anything abnormal in the vultures he could examine and suspected a new type of toxin exposure. Causes In 2003, after research on the possible viral causes of the decline, the culprit was discovered by Dr. Lindsay Oaks and his team at The Peregrine Fund to be diclofenac. Diclofenac is a common anti-inflammatory drug administered to livestock and is used to treat the symptoms of inflammation, fevers and/or pain associated with disease or wounds. It was widely used in India beginning in the 1990s. The drug is fatal to vultures, however, and a vulture gets exposed to a mortal dose of diclofenac on eating from the carcass of an animal that has been treated with diclofenac recently. A simulation model demonstrated that if only 1% of carcasses were contaminated by diclofenac, Indian vulture populations would fall by between 60% and 90% annually, and a study of carcasses showed that about 10% were contaminated. A species of vultures called Gyps was the most affected by diclofenac. The population of the white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) fell 99.7% between 1993 and 2002. The populations of the Indian vulture (Gyps indicus) and the slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris) fell 97.4%. The percentages differ slightly because the white-rumped vulture is more sensitive to diclofenac than the other two species, but all three were in danger of extinction. Two other species of Gyps, the Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) and the Eurasian griffon (Gyps fulvus) were less affected, the Eurasian griffon because it only winters in India and has a much smaller initial population, and the Himalayan vulture, with a similarly small population, because it is exclusively mountain-dwelling. Consequences The sudden collapse of the natural animal disposal system in India has had multiple consequences. The carcasses formerly eaten by vultures rot in village fields leading to contaminated drinking water. The disappearance of vultures has allowed other species such as rat and feral dog populations to grow. These newly abundant scavengers are not as efficient as vultures. A vulture's metabolism is a true “dead-end” for pathogens, but dogs and rats become carriers of the pathogens. India has an estimated 18 million feral dogs, the largest population of carnivores in the world, which has led to increase in leopards invading inhabited areas preying on feral dogs leading to conflicts with humans. The mammals also carry diseases from rotting carcasses such as rabies, anthrax, plague etc. and are indirectly responsible for thousands of human deaths. In India, 30,000 people die from rabies each year, more than half the world's total. Around half a million Indians are treated for rabies each year, at a cost of per person, while the average wage in India is per day. According to a study in 2007, the expenses for medical care to treat animal bites cost India per year. In addition to the cost of care, the government faces the problem of managing the population of disease carriers. Vaccination and sterilization of animals cost money. It is estimated that the decline of vultures costs India per year. According to Parsi beliefs, Earth, Fire, and Water are sacred elements, and both cremation and burial are sacrilegious. For the deceased Parsi to reach heaven, vultures serve as intermediaries between earth and sky. The dead body is placed on a Tower of Silence where vultures, by consuming the body, liberate the soul. Due to the decline in vulture population, Parsis have been obliged to drop these ancient customs for reasons of hygiene, since now bodies take six months to disappear. Reaction Diclofenac regulation Following the findings on diclofenac, the drug was banned for veterinary use in India on March 11, 2006; Nepal followed suit in August, 2006, and Pakistan shortly thereafter. A replacement drug was quickly developed and proposed after tests on vultures in captivity: meloxicam. Meloxicam affects cattle the same way as diclofenac, but is harmless for vultures. Diclofenac for human use was still being diverted into veterinary uses through black markets in certain parts of India as of 2009. Despite the vulture crisis, diclofenac remains available in other countries including many in Europe. It was controversially approved for veterinary use in Spain in 2013 and continues to be available, despite Spain being home to around 90% of the European vulture population and an independent simulation showing that the drug could reduce the population of vultures by 1–8% annually. Spain's medicine agency presented simulations suggesting that the number of deaths would be quite small. New sanitary regulation laws regarding animal carcass disposal in Spain also reduce the amount of available food for vultures while adding to costs and greenhouse emissions. Vulture breeding As of 2002, the Parsis had asked the UK National Birds of Prey Centre for assistance with vulture breeding. Notes References External links Saving Asia's Vultures from Extinction Vulture Rescue The Peregrine Fund - Asian Vulture Crisis Bombay Natural History Society - Vulture Program Endangered animals Environmental disasters in India Birds of India

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

Millenary

Millenary is a retired British Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. He won the St. Leger Stakes in 2000, and, unusually for a Classic winner, stayed in training until the age of eight, winning many important races over middle and long distances. Background Millenary was bred by his owner, Neil Jones's Abergwaun Farms breeding operation. He was sired by the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner, Rainbow Quest, out of the minor winner Ballerina. Ballerina went on to produce two other notable horses, the Princess Royal Stakes winner, Head in the Clouds, and Let The Lion Roar, who finished third in the 2004 Derby. He was trained throughout his career by John Dunlop. He was ridden in most of his races up to the end of 2003 by Pat Eddery, after which Richard Quinn was his regular jockey. Racing career 1999–2000: early career Unlike most racehorses, Millenary began his career in Listed races, finishing third in the Washington Singer Stakes and fifth in the Haynes, Hanson and Clark Conditions Stakes in 1999. Dropped down to maiden race company for his three-year-old debut, he recorded a first victory at Newbury before moving into Classic contention by winning the Chester Vase. After the race, Millenary, described as "a big, gangly horse" by his trainer's representative was quoted at 25-1 for The Derby. In the event, it was Sakhee who represented the stable at Epsom with Millenary traveling to Chantilly for the Prix du Jockey-Club where he finished unplaced behind Holding Court. Returning to England, he recorded a short-head win in the Gordon Stakes, coming from last to first to catch Air Marshall close to the finish. The St Leger involved a rematch with Air Marshall, who had gone on to win the Great Voltigeur Stakes. The two colts dominated the betting with Millenary being sent-off the 11-4 favourite ahead of Air Marshall at 3–1. The race reflected the betting, with Millenary taking the lead two furlongs out, being briefly headed by Air Marshall in the closing stages, but displaying superior stamina to stay on under pressure and win by three-quarters of a length. The winning time of 3:02.58 was the fastest for the race at Doncaster since Bahram's win in 1935, which reflected the "unremitting gallop" at which the race had been run. Despite the pace of the race and the closely contested finish, Richard Quinn felt that he had "won with a bit to spare." 2001–2003: Middle distance races For the next three seasons, Millenary was campaigned in top-class middle-distance events all over Europe. His best victory in 2001 came on his debut in the Jockey Club Stakes, at Newmarket where he recorded comfortable win over Sandmason with Holding Court third and Air Marshall tailed-off in last place. The race led the BBC to suggest that he would be "a force to be reckoned with", while John Dunlop called Millenary "a lovely character and... a good ride". It proved, however, to be his only win of the season. Millenary's most important success in 2002 came when he won the Princess of Wales's Stakes, beating the Arc runner-up Mubtaker by a neck. After the race he was a leading fancy for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, but John Dunlop emphasised that the horse would not be risked on firm ground. In the event, he was re-routed to Köln, where he finished third in the Aral-Pokal In 2003 he finished first, a nose in front Loxias, in the Prix Jean de Chaudenay, but was disqualified after hanging badly to the right and interfering with the runner-up in the closing stages, despite the efforts of Pat Eddery to keep him running in a straight line. In his next race he was fitted with blinkers for the first time, and won a second Princess of Wales's Stakes with the beaten horses including the 2002 St Leger winner Bollin Eric and the leading three-year-old High Accolade (King Edward VII Stakes). It was an "impressive" performance and afterwards Eddery praised the horse, saying that "his form has been top-class this year, and he picked them up really well today". During this period, he was also placed in important races such as the Coronation Cup, Irish St. Leger, Rheinland-Pokal, Hardwicke Stakes, Jockey Club Cup and Geoffrey Freer Stakes. 2004–2006: Staying races Millenary's last race of 2003, a short-head defeat to the double Champion Stayer Persian Punch in the Jockey Club Cup, indicated the direction of his future career; from 2004 onwards, he was campaigned almost exclusively at long-distance events. In 2004, he had his greatest success since his three-year-old days. In May he won the Yorkshire Cup, "cruising" through the race and showing "a good turn of foot" to take the race by three lengths from Alcazar with the Ascot Gold Cup winner Mr Dinos well beaten. In the autumn he returned to the scene of his St Leger win and dead-heated with Kasthari in a "thrilling" race for the Doncaster Cup. A month later he was "always cantering" in the Jockey Club Cup at Newmarket before taking the lead inside the final furlong and winning by three lengths. Commenting on a "wonderful season", Dunlop said of Millenary, "He might be a seven-year-old entire, but he has retained all his ability and enthusiasm". As an eight-year-old in 2005, he was as good again, winning the two more important staying races. At York in August for the Lonsdale Cup he was held up in last place before quickening to lead and go clear inside the final furlong, beating the odds-on favourite Distinction by two and a half lengths. "I am absolutely thrilled to bits", said Dunlop afterwards, "he has been a wonderful servant". Three weeks later he recorded his last win, again coming from last to first to win the Doncaster Cup for a second year. John Dunlop was visibly moved by the horse's victory and again paid tribute to his winner: "He's amazing...so genuine". After one more race, a third place in the Jockey Club Cup, Millenary was retired to stud. Assessment In 2000 Millenary (116) was the highest-rated three-year-old stayer (Extended Distance division) in the International Classification drawn up by the International Classification Committee and the North American Rating Committee. This was not, however, a "World Championship", as it did not include horses from the Southern Hemisphere. In 2004 Millenary was rated the fourth best stayer of any age in the world in the World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings with a rating of 117. He was given the same rating in 2005, this time placing him third in the world in his division. His highest Timeform figure was 124. Stud career Millenary was retired at the end of 2005 to stand at stud at the Knockhouse Stud in Kilkenny, Ireland. He has been used as a National Hunt stallion. Millenary has proved to be a successes at stud with a healthy 33% strike rate winners to runners ratio under both Flat and National Hunt codes. His first National Hunt winner was the mare Uimhir A Seacht who won at Fontwell Racecourse in December 2012, having previously been successful in a point-to-point. His first flat winner came on 2 October 2015 at Gowran Park with the highly promising Here For The Craic. In the summer of 2015 Millenary was sold privately and it was announced that he would stand at Nunstation Stud Co Durham in the UK for the 2016 season. On 28 November 2015 at Fairyhouse in Ireland the JP McManus owned Nearly Nama'd became his first stakes winner over jumps. Millenary appears to be a true-breeding bay. Pedigree References 1997 racehorse births Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Thoroughbred family 1-l St Leger winners

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

Kwahu

Kwahu refers to an area and group of people that live in Ghana, part of the Twi-speaking Akan group. The region has been dubbed Asaase Aban, or the Natural Fortress, in view of its position as the highest habitable elevation in the country. Kwahu lies in the Eastern Region of Ghana, on the west shore of Lake Volta. The region is shared with their fellow Akans: the Akyem and Akuapem, as well as the Adangbe-Krobos. A significant migrant population from the Northern and Volta Regions and some indigenous Guans from the bordering Oti and Brong East Regions live in the Afram Plains area. They work as traders, farm-hands, fisherfolk, and caretakers in the fertile waterfront 'melting pot'. History The name Kwahu, according to historians, derives from its myths of origin, "The slave (akoa) died (wu)," which was based on an ancient prophecy that a slave would die so the wandering tribe of Akan would know where to settle. This resonates with the etymology of the Ba-wu-le (Baoulé) Akans of the Ivory Coast whose Warrior Queen Awura Poku had to sacrifice her baby in order to cross the Komoe river. The myth was part of the historical stories of the Agona matriclan, the first paramount lineage of Kwawu, and was later adopted by the Bretuao-Tena matriclan (Twidan) who later replaced them. Other historians trace the name Kwahu to the dangers associated with making the mountainous terrain a habitat as it became known as a destination of no return: go at your own peril or "ko wu" in the Twi language. This latter version is thought to have come either from their ancestral people in Mampong who did not support fragmentation or from enemies who perished in trying to take fighting to the Kwahu in the treacherous mountains. The paramount king and the royal matrilineage of the Kwawu reside at Abene, north of Abetifi towards the Volta. The strategic location of Abene and a dreaded militia that guarded the route was led by Akwamu warriors who fiercely repelled attempts by colonial forces to capture the Omanhene. Till this day, the road from Abetifi to the small enclave housing the king is plied with some unease, given the stories recounted. Before their leaders seized upon the opportunities presented with the Bond of 1844, Kwahu was thus an integral part of the Ashanti Kingdom, attested by available maps of the period. Ashanti would wage punitive and protracted wars against fellow Akans including Denkyira, Akwamu, Akyem, Fanti, Assin but never fought Kwahu. Abetifi (Tena matriclan) is the head of the Adonten (vanguard). Obo (Aduana, Ada, Amoakade) is the head of the Nifa (Right Division) Aduamoa (Dwumena, Asona) is the head of the Benkum (Left Division). Pepease is the head of the Kyidom or rear-guard division. As part of the Asante Empire, Kwawu had an Asante emissary, governor or ambassador at Atibie, next to Mpraeso, of the Ekuona matriclan). To indicate its independence from Asante in 1888 the Kwawu assassinated the Asante emissary in Atibe, about the time of the arrival of the Basel missionaries from Switzerland. Fritz Ramseyer had been granted a few days of rest during a stop at Kwahu while en route to Kumasi with his captors. He recovered quickly from a bout of fever while in the mountains. Upon gaining his freedom later from the Asantehene, he sought permission to build a Christian Mission in Abetifi, thereby placing the town on the world map and opening the area to vocational and evangelical opportunities. Although it remains a small town, Abetifi still draws the reputation of a Center of Excellence in Education with various institutions from the ground up. A Bernese country house built by Ramseyer, typical of the Swiss "Oberland" is well-kept and remains a symbol of early Christian Missionary Zeal. Obo, traditionally pro-Ashanti, led the opposition to the Swiss. Until recently, they shunned political activism and are under-represented in government appointments, in comparison to other Akan groups such as the Ashanti, Fanti, Brong or Akyem. Eulogy The "h" spelling is the official spelling from the African Studies Centre, University of Ghana and resembles the pronunciation. The "h" was put in by Swiss missionaries from Basel, who added the "h" to ensure that Kwa, the first syllable, was not pronounced as "eh." The "h" is not separately pronounced in the name. For Anglo-Germanic speakers, Ku-A-U may be an easier pronunciation help whilst Franco-Roman natives would say KoU-AoU with ease. Educational institutions Kwahu has several educational institutions across all the towns and villages. The Presbyterian Church has a university and teachers training college in the town of Abetifi. There are also two nursing training institutions at Nkawkaw, owned and managed by the Catholic Church and a government nursing school at Atibie. Below are some of the many secondary schools in Kwahu. 1. [Nkawkaw Senior High School, Kawsec located at Nkawkaw. St Peter's Senior High School Kwahu Tafo Senior High School Atibie Nursing and Midwifery training college Kwahu Ridge. Senior High Technical Mpraeso Senior High School St. Paul's Senior High School, Asakraka Kwahu Tafo Senior High School Bepong Senior High School Nkwatia Presbyterian Senior High School St. Dominic's Senior High School Abetifi Secondary Technical School Abetifi Presbyterian Senior High School St. Joseph Technical School Amankwakrom Fisheries Agricultural Technical Institute, Afram Plains Donkorkrom Agricultural Senior High Mem-Chemfre Community Senior High School St. Mary's Vocational and Technical Institute, Afram Plains Maame Krobo Community. Day School, St. Fidelis Senior High and Technical School Fodoa Community Senior High School Economy The Kwahu, an Akan people living on the eastern border of Ashanti in Ghana, are well known for their business activities. An enquiry into the reasons for their predominance among the largest shopkeepers by turnover in Accra traced the history of Kwahu business activities back to the British-Ashanti War of 1874, when the Kwahu broke away from the Ashanti Confederacy. The Kwahu trade with the north in slaves was replaced by the rubber trade, which continued until 1914. Rubber was carried to the coast for sale, and fish, salt, and imported commodities, notably cloth, were sold on the return journey north. Other Kwahu activities at this time included trading in local products and African beads. The development of cocoa in south-eastern Ghana provided opportunities for enterprising Kwahu traders to sell there the imported goods obtained at the coast. Previously itinerant traders, the Kwahu began to settle for short periods in market towns. In the 1920s, the construction of the railway from Accra to Kumasi, growing road transportation, and the establishment inland of branches of the European firms reduced the price differences which had made trading inland so profitable. In the 1930s the spread of the cocoa disease, swollen shoot, in the hitherto prosperous south-east, finally turned Kwahu traders' attention to Accra. Trading remained the most prestigious of Kwahu activities, and young men sought by whatever means they could to save the necessary capital to establish a shop. But Kwahu traders very rarely developed beyond one-man businesses. Profits were siphoned off into buildings and farms which would provide security for times of sickness and old age. (In this respect the Kwahu are typical of Ghanaian entrepreneurs, with some exceptions.) The misguided perception that petty businesses do not build a stronger capital base required for bigger investment has been proven wrong. Recent developments indicate that this enterprising group of people can provide the new entrepreneurial organization or capital needed for sophisticated setups in a developing country. Within the last few decades, Kwahus have advanced their portfolios and ventured into the acquisition of bigger assets in the manufacturing, hotel industries and command an enviable leadership position in the building materials and pharmaceutical sectors. Kwahus probably own the most housing and commercial properties together with their Ashanti cousins in Accra and other Metropolitan Cities in the South of the country. Geography Access into kwahu begins from Kwahu jejeti which share boundary with Akyem jejeti (both communities are joint but separated by the Brim river) which is roughly 3 hours drive from the outskirts of Accra and approximately 140.9 km in distance. It lies midway in the road journey from Accra to Kumasi and serves as the gateway to a cluster of smaller towns set within the hills. Although the region doesn't have a lake or identical weather fauna, the mountainous profile resembles the Italian region overlooking Lago di Garda in Lombardy or the surroundings of Interlaken in Switzerland, with winding roads uphill towards Beatenberg. An aerial view of portions of the Allegheny Plateau in the United States provides another good description of Kwahu Country. Temperatures may trail the normal readings for Accra and other cities of Ghana by up to 3 points at daytime and drop further at night, making the weather in Kwahu relatively cooler and more pleasant. The Afram River collects the major drainage of the Plateau and makes an impressive 100 km journey from Sekyere in Ashanti through Kwahu as a tributary to join the Volta Lake. Canoe fishing by is big business along the vast shoreline and beyond the smaller expanse of water stretch, the fertile grounds of the plains open into a huge agricultural paradise that is unquestionably one of Ghana's bread baskets. Driving advice First-time drivers are strictly advised to ensure the roadworthiness of their vehicles, with extra attention paid to break functions and gear shifts. The steep climb with sharp s-curves is quite demanding even for experienced drivers. However, there are registered (PROTOA/GPRTU) cab and lorry drivers for hire at the main Nkawkaw Station who will safely chauffeur or accompany groups for a small fee. During the descent from Mpraeso or Obomeng to Nkawkaw, it is recommended that drivers remain in bottom gear (1st or 2nd shift positions) at all times until level ground. Be mindful of poor visibility, especially fog situations at night and in early mornings. Language and culture The term Kwahu also refers to the variant of Akan language spoken in this region by approximately 1,000,000 native speakers. Except for a few variations in stress, pronunciation, and syntax, there are no markers in the dialect of Akan spoken by the Kwahu versus their Ashanti or Akyem neighbors. Choice of words and names are pronounced closer to Akuapem Twi as in 1-Mukaase (Kitchen), 2-Afua (a girl's given day name for Friday), 3-Mankani (Cocoyam), etc. but not with the Akuapem tonation or accent. These three examples can quickly indicate the speaker's origin or source influence: Ashanti speakers would say Gyaade, Afia and Menkei for 1-3 above. Originally of Ashanti stock, oral history details the two-phased migration of the Kwahu from the Sekyere-Efidwase-Mampong ancestral lands through Asante-Akyem Hwidiem to arrive at Ankaase, which is today near the traditional capital of Abene, before spreading out on other settlements with clan members from peripheral Akyem and various parts of the Ashanti heartland. The group that first settled at Abene was led by (M)Ampong Agyei, who is accepted as the Founder of Kwahu. Historical material supports this view that connects the Kwahu to kinsmen who built their capital at Oda. The fallout with Frimpong Manso, Chief of Akyem (Oda) triggered a second wave of migration, believed to have resulted from the refusal of Kwahu to swear an oath of allegiance, making them de facto subjects, upon arrival at Hwidiem. Unsuccessful incursions by the Oda Chief Atefa into Kwahu territory on the plateau would subsequently earn him the title "Okofrobour": one who takes the battle to the mountains. The jagged escarpment, however, made Kwahu inaccessible, hence the old humor meme Asaase Aban, signifying a naturally fortified and indestructible Kwahu Country. If Ashanti Twi is by and large the refined language standard, it is appropriate to view Kwahu Twi as the precious stone from which the jeweler styles a gem. There is a certain purity of pronunciation, call it crude, with little effort to polish sounds: Kwahu speakers would opt for "Kawa" (a ring) and not "Kaa", "Barima" (Man) instead of "Berma" and pronounce "Oforiwaa" not "Foowaa". Another slight difference is the preference for full sentences among the Kwahu: "Wo ho te sen?" (How are you?) in place of the shorter "Ete sen?" in Ashanti; Other examples are Wo b3 ka s3 / As3 (you might say, looks like); Ye firi Ghana / Ye fi Ghana (We are from Ghana) and other minor name or word preferences, pronunciations, sentence length, etc. that usually pass unnoticed. The Mamponghene, who is next to the Ashantehene in hierarchy, and the Kwahuhene are historical cousins, hence both occupy Silver Stools with the salutation Daasebre. The culture of the people of Kwahu does not differ from the larger Akan Group. Inheritance practice is Jewish i. e. through a Mother's lineage and women hold office, own property and can enter into contract without restrictions. Typical of fellow Akans, Fufu is a must have main meal towards close of day, prepared from Cassava or another Carbohydrate Tuber called Cocoyam and pounded with Plantains. It is served alongside a semi-thickened sauce referred to as soup but completely different from a Westerner's imagination. Tourist attractions Bruku Shrine - Kwahu Tafo Oku Falls - Bokuruwa The Gaping Rock- Kotoso The Highest Habitable Point in Ghana - Abetifi Oworobong Water Falls - Oworobong Ramseyer Route - Abetifi The Padlock Rock - Akwasiho Nana Adjei Ampong Cave - Abene The Seat of Paramountcy - Abene. Festivals Paragliding Festival The Ghana Tourism Authority in an attempt to promote domestic tourism, launched the Kwahu Easter Paragliding Festival at Atibie in Kwahu in 2005. This festival is an annual event which is held during every Easter in the month of April. During the event, seasoned pilots are invited to participate and thousands of people visit Odweano Mountain at Kwahu Atibie. Akwasidaekese Festival This is celebrated annually as the last Akwasidae of the year. The festival provides the community to commune and communicate with their ancestors, take stock of their activities as a people, plan ahead of coming years and thank God for His protection and provision over the years. Notable people See also Kwahu Easter References External links Phil Bartle, Ph.D., Studies Among the Akan People of West Africa Geography of Ghana

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keweenaw%20County%2C%20Michigan

Keweenaw County, Michigan

Keweenaw County ( ) is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, the state's northernmost county. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 2,046, making it Michigan's least populous county. It is also the state's largest county by total area, when the waters of Lake Superior are included in the total. The county seat is Eagle River. The county was set off and organized in 1861. It is believed "Keweenaw" is a corruption of an Ojibwe word that means "portage" or "place where portage is made"; compare the names of the nearby Portage Lake and Portage River which together make up the Keweenaw Waterway. Keweenaw County is part of the Houghton, Michigan, Micropolitan Statistical Area. Isle Royale, a national park which no longer has year-round inhabitants, was a separate county that was incorporated into Keweenaw County in 1897. Geography Two land masses comprise most of the land portion of the county: Isle Royale and the northeastern half of the Keweenaw Peninsula. The county also includes the waters of Lake Superior between the two, extending to the state's water borders with Ontario and Minnesota. It is thus the largest county in Michigan by total area, at , of which just is land and (91%) is water. Of all counties (or equivalents) in the United States, Keweenaw County has the highest proportion of water area to total area. The largest lake entirely within the county is Gratiot Lake at , located at the base of the county's two highest peaks: Mt. Horace Greeley at and Mt. Gratiot at . Other lakes include Lac La Belle near Bete Grise Bay, Lake Medora, Lake Fanny Hooe near Copper Harbor, Lake Bailey at the base of Mt. Baldy, and Schlatter Lake at the tip of the peninsula. National protected area Isle Royale National Park Keweenaw National Historical Park (part) Major highways runs northeast–southwest through the upper center part of the mainland portion of the county. It enters the southern area of the county at Bumbletown passes Phoenix, Delaware, Mandan, Copper Harbor and terminates north of Lake Fanny Hooe. loops from Phoenix to the shoreline of Lake Superior, then runs northeasterly along the shoreline to the intersection with US 41 at Copper Harbor. Adjacent counties and district Keweenaw County is the only county in Michigan to connect to the U.S. state of Minnesota via ferry service from Grand Portage to Windigo and Rock Harbor on Isle Royale. Thunder Bay District, Ontario, north Alger County, Michigan, east Marquette County, Michigan, southeast Houghton County, Michigan, south (only land border) Ontonagon County, Michigan, southwest Cook County, Minnesota, northwest Demographics The 2010 United States Census indicates Keweenaw County had a population of 2,156. This decrease of 145 people from the 2000 United States Census represents a -6.3% change in population. In 2010 there were 1013 households and 614 families in the county. The population density was 4 people per square mile (2/km2). There were 2,467 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile (2/km2). 98.5% of the population were White, 0.1% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American and 1.2% of two or more races. 0.7% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race). 38.8% were of Finnish, 14.0% German, 9.0% English, 6.6% French, French Canadian or Cajun and 5.7% Irish ancestry. There were 1013 households, out of which 16.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.4% were married couples living together, 4.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.4% were non-families. 34.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.71. The county population contained 17.9% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 20.0% from 25 to 44, 36.0% from 45 to 64, and 24.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 51.6 years. The population is 51.3% male and 48.7% female. The median income for a household in the county was $39,821, and the median income for a family was $48,563. The per capita income for the county was $21,218. About 16.6% of families and 17.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.2% of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over. Politics Keweenaw County was solidly Republican after the American Civil War, and until the Franklin Delano Roosevelt era. In 1900, 1904 and 1908 it stood as the nation most Republican county. In his last election of 1944, Roosevelt became the first Democrat to win the county since Horatio Seymour in 1868. However, from 1964 to 1996 Keweenaw voted Democratic in every election except 1972 and 1980, thus standing as one of only six counties nationwide to support both Alf Landon and Walter Mondale, who suffered the two worst electoral vote losses since 1824. Since 2000, the county has become solidly Republican again. Government The county government operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, records deeds, mortgages, and vital records, administers public health regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of social services. The county board of commissioners controls the budget and has limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local government functions—police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc.—are the responsibility of individual cities and townships. The Keweenaw County Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence and Jail in Eagle River faces Lake Superior. The courthouse was built in 1866, followed by the sheriff's residence and jail in 1886, and then remodeled in 1925. In her book Buildings of Michigan, Eckert writes: “Like a meetinghouse on a New England public square, and enclosed by a high public wall on the east and south sides, ...transformed in 1925 into its present stark white classical appearance. The courthouse for this sparsely populated remote county is remarkable in its formality...These include the giant Doric columns with fillets and bases, a pediment forming a projecting portico, a modillioned cornice, and pedimented side dormers.” (p. 481) The courthouse still preserves its original appearance. Sparsely-populated Keweenaw County was a mining center in the latter 19th century but in the 20th century turned into a resort community. Because of this trend, Keweenaw County is also the only county in Michigan to have a lower population in the year 2000 than in 1900. Elected officials Probate Judge: Keith DeForge Prosecuting Attorney: Charles (Chuck) Miller Sheriff: Curt Pennala County Clerk/Register of Deeds: Julie Carlson County Treasurer: Eric Hermanson Mine Inspector: John Cima (information as of January 2021) Communities Village Ahmeek Census-designated places Copper Harbor Eagle Harbor Eagle River (county seat) Civil townships Allouez Township Eagle Harbor Township Grant Township Houghton Township Sherman Township Other unincorporated communities Allouez Bete Grise Betsy Bumbletown Central Copper Falls Delaware Eagle Nest Fulton Gay Hebards Lac La Belle Mandan Mohawk Nepco Camp Number 7 Ojibway Phoenix Rock Harbor Lodge Seneca Snowshoe Traverse Vaughnsville Windigo Wyoming Ghost towns Clifton See also List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Keweenaw County, Michigan National Register of Historic Places listings in Keweenaw County, Michigan Copper Country Notes References Further reading External links Keweenaw Convention & Visitors Bureau Keweenaw Liberty Library Keweenaw County Profile, Sam M Cohodas Regional Economist, Tawni Hunt Ferrarini, Ph.D. CopperCountry.com Tourism and Events Information for Keweenaw, Houghton and Ontonagon Counties. CopperCountryExplorer.com Keweenaw County Chamber of Commerce Keweenaw County government website Hunt's Guide to the Keweenaw Peninsula Western Upper Peninsula Planning & Development Region Michigan counties Houghton micropolitan area, Michigan 1861 establishments in Michigan Populated places established in 1861

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Kurdish Wikipedia

Kurdish Wikipedia (, ) refers to two Wikipedia editions which are written in two forms of Kurdish language; Kurmanji and Sorani. The original one was founded in January 2004. As of , the Kurmanji Wikipedia has articles and Sorani Wikipedia has articles. There are also two other Wikipedia editions for Zazaki and Southern Kurdish with the latter still in the test phase. History The Kurdish Wikipedia established on January 7, 2004, designed to contain articles in Kurmanji and Sorani at the same time. On August 12, 2009, Kurdish Wikipedia separated into two versions due to technical and linguistic issues. The old version (ku.) remained as Kurmanji Kurdish Wikipedia and a new version (ckb.) created for Sorani Kurdish Wikipedia. See also Kurmanji Kurdish Wikipedia Sorani Kurdish Wikipedia Zazaki Wikipedia Gallery References External links Kurdish (Kurmanji) Kurmanji Kurdish Wikipedia Kurmanji Kurdish Wikipedia mobile version Kurdish (Sorani) Sorani Kurdish Wikipedia Sorani Kurdish Wikipedia mobile version Wikimedia Kurdish Wikimedians User Group Kurdish-language encyclopedias Kurdish-language websites Wikipedias by language Internet properties established in 2004

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394%20Honduran%20Liga%20Nacional

1993–94 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1993–94 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 28th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of a three round-robin schedule followed by a 6-team playoff round. Real C.D. España won the title after winning the regular season and the final round and qualified to the 1995 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with runners-up C.D. Motagua. 1993–94 teams Deportes Progreseño (promoted) Marathón Motagua Olimpia Petrotela Platense Real España Real Maya Victoria Vida Regular season Standings Final round Hexagonal Real España won 5–1 on aggregated. Motagua won 2–1 on aggregated. Vida won 5–3 on aggregated. Triangular standings Top scorer Alex Pineda Chacón (Olimpia) with 12 goals Squads Known results Week 1 Week 6 Triangular Unknown rounds References Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras seasons 1993–94 in Honduran football Honduras

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%20Comerica%20Bank%20Challenger%20%E2%80%93%20Doubles

2011 Comerica Bank Challenger – Doubles

Carsten Ball and Chris Guccione successfully defended their 2010 title, defeating John Paul Fruttero and Raven Klaasen in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–4. Seeds Draw Draw References Main Draw Comerica Bank Challenger - Doubles Nordic Naturals Challenger

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dnetsu%20no%20Daish%C5%8D/Escape

Jōnetsu no Daishō/Escape

"Jōnetsu no Daishō/Escape" is the third single by the band Girl Next Door and it was released on November 19, 2008. This was the last single the band released before their first album Girl Next Door. Jōnetsu no Daishō was the theme song for the Japanese television drama Giragira while "Escape" was used as the commercial song for Au's W65T phone. CD track listing Escape Jōnetsu no Daishō (Shinichi Osawa Remix) Jōnetsu no Daishō (Ice Cream Mix) DVD track listing Jōnetsu no Daishō (Music Video: Special Version) Charts External links Official website 2008 singles Girl Next Door (band) songs Japanese television drama theme songs Avex Trax singles 2008 songs

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong%20Kong%20Island%20West%20%282021%20constituency%29

Hong Kong Island West (2021 constituency)

The Hong Kong Island West geographical constituency is one of the ten geographical constituencies in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong which elects two members of the Legislative Council using the single non-transferable vote (SNTV) system. The constituency covers Central and Western District and Southern District on Hong Kong Island and Islands District in the New Territories. History The constituency was created under the overhaul of the electoral system imposed by the Beijing government in 2021, replacing Central and Western District and Southern District in the Hong Kong Island constituency and Islands District in the New Territories West constituency used from 1998 to 2021. Constituencies with the same name were also created for the 1991 and 1995 elections in the late colonial period, while the 1991 constituency also elected two seats with each voter having two votes with a similar boundary. Returning members Election results 2020s References Constituencies of Hong Kong Hong Kong Island Constituencies of Hong Kong Legislative Council 2021 establishments in Hong Kong Constituencies established in 2021

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark/Division%20station

Clark/Division station

Clark/Division (read as Clark and Division) is an "L" station on the CTA's Red Line. It is a subway station with one island platform, located at 1200 North Clark Street, in the Near North Side neighborhood of Chicago, between the Gold Coast and Old Town. Much of Chicago's North Loop nightlife, including the Rush Street district and many bars and nightclubs are located close to the station. History Structure Clark/Division station is in the State Street subway, which opened on October 17, 1943. From Clark/Division northbound trains travel west along Division Street, turning northwest at Clybourn Avenue to North/Clybourn station, a distance of about to the northwest. Southbound trains turn south to follow State Street to Chicago/State station, about to the south. Platform Clark/Division is the only station in the State Street Subway north of the loop to have an island platform; all of the other stations in the subway north of the loop use side platforms. Renovation On September 10, 2012, a renovation project began at the station and ended on September 29, 2015. The renovation project made the station ADA accessible and provided new art features, bike racks, new signage, granite floors and stairs. The new LaSalle mezzanine and entrances opened at 5:00 a.m. on June 30, 2014. The station remained open during the project. The renovation has a projected cost of $50 million. The renovation of the Clark mezzanine and entrances was completed on September 29, 2015. Bus connections CTA 22 Clark (Owl Service) 36 Broadway 70 Division Notes and references Notes References External links Clark/Division Station Page at Chicago-'L'.org Train schedule (PDF) at CTA official site Clark/Division Station Page CTA official site Clark Street entrance from Google Maps Street View CTA Red Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1943 Railway stations located underground in Illinois

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipp%20Dinero

Flipp Dinero

Christopher Saint Victor (born November 16, 1995), better known by his stage name Flipp Dinero, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for his 2018 single "Leave Me Alone", which is certified 4x platinum by the RIAA, and has since received over 525 million plays on Spotify. Being from Brooklyn, New York, he was later able to connect with another Brooklyn, New York rapper, Joey Badass who later co-signed him along with the record labels Cinematic Music Group, Epic Records, and We the Best Music group. In 2018, Dinero gained recognition when football wide-receiver Odell Beckham Jr. danced to "Leave Me Alone" and when Nba champion Jordan Bell rapping to the song on Instagram Causing the song to go viral. The song peaked at 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2019 and later went triple platinum. Early life Flipp Dinero is from the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn and of Haitian descent. He was raised in a Christian home and grew up attending private school in New York. Career Flipp Dinero's music combines R&B and gospel singing with rapping, hip-hop, and trap music. His music career began in 2016 with support of brother, Lows, a sound engineer. Lows promoted Flipp's music and connected him with other artists. During this time, Flipp Dinero received early recognition from Brookly-based rapper Joey Badass who had heard his tracks, Smoke2This, I Do, and others. Joey Badass supported Flipp in a range ways. Flipp Dinero signed with Cinematic Music Group that summer of 2016 and then later signed with record labels, Epic Records and DJ Khaled's We the Best Music Group. In 2017, Flipp Dinero was ranked five times on Spotify's popular hip-hop 'Most Necessary' playlist while his music was played millions of times on Spotify and Sound Cloud. Later in 2017, Flipp made his first performance on New York Media company, Complex, with his single "I do." This led to the release of his debut EP titled The Guala Way which was released in June 2017 and which reached over 2 million streams. With the help of his brother, Flipp Dinero recorded and released his hit song, "Leave Me Alone" in 2018. The song was written as an expression of his troubles with a woman that would not leave him alone. In 2018 his song "Leave Me Alone" aired on multiple radio stations. "Leave Me Alone" was later recognized by the Cleveland Browns' NFL football player, Odell Beckham Jr., who posted a dancing video to this song on Instagram, which lead the song to "go viral" and increase rapidly in popularity. Months later, famous Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, Drake, featured "Leave Me Alone" on his Instagram Story as the one of the songs that inspired him while producing his new album Scorpion. "Leave Me Alone", became certified platinum by the RIAA on January 15, 2019 and later went double-platinum on May 23, 2019. In 2019, Flipp Dinero was featured on hip-hop media company XXL 2019 Freshman class after performing his freestyle "What I do". Later in 2019, Flipp released his album Love for Guala, which reached #132 on US Billboard 200. Flipp Dinero's record, "How I Move", came to be because he wanted to share his current experiences in Canarsie as a rapper being from an area that where not many people have or are able to obtain big money in their pockets. Flipp includes the word "Guala" into his album titles. The term is a reference to a lifestyle that is Gods, Unique, Accolade, Life, Acquired and holds great meaning to him. Discography Studio albums Mixtapes EPs The Guala Way (2017) Table For One (2021) Singles As lead artist Notes As featured artist Television performances Flipp Dinero performed his song "Leave Me Alone" for both the 2018 Hip-Hop BET Awards and the 2019 BET awards. References 1995 births Living people American rappers of Haitian descent 21st-century American rappers People from Canarsie, Brooklyn Rappers from Brooklyn East Coast hip hop musicians Epic Records artists African-American male rappers 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century African-American musicians

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Pittillo

James Pittillo

James Pittillo (b. 1690–1698 Scotland – d. 1754 Dinwiddie County, Virginia) was a Scots laborer and Jacobite rebel, who became a major landowner after being deported in 1716 to the Colony of Virginia. After completing service of his indenture, in 1726 Pittillo was granted on Wagua Creek in Brunswick County, Virginia. Appointed as a tobacco inspector in Bristol Parish in 1728, that year he was also selected for the major expedition of William Byrd II to survey the border between Virginia and North Carolina. Through grants of headrights and purchases, Pittillo eventually acquired more than in the area of what developed as Prince George, Brunswick, and Dinwiddie counties in Southside Virginia. Biography James Pittillo was born between 1690 and 1698 in Scotland, likely in Perthshire. According to records in the British Archives of persons captured in the Jacobite rising of 1715 and deported to the colonies, James Pittillo was a laborer from the parish of Logierait in the ancient county of Perthshire (or Perth). Pittillo was captured at the Battle of Preston, tried, and transported on the ship Elizabeth and Anne to Virginia in June/July 1716. James settled in Bristol Parish, Prince George County. This was part of what became known as Southside Virginia. His name first appeared in colonial Virginia records in February 1723/24 when he witnessed the will of Richard Smith. In April 1724, Pittillo was recorded as surveying on the north side of Moccosoneck (presently called Rowanty) Creek in Prince George County, Virginia. In October 1726, having served his indenture to pay for the costs of his transportation to the colony, Pittillo was granted on Wagua Creek in what was now Brunswick County. (The county was formed in 1720, partly from land previously assigned to Prince George County.) In 1734, Pittillo received a grant for on both sides of White Oak Swamp of Rowanty. In 1735, he was granted on Sturgeon Run, land which he sold in 1742. In 1745-6, Pittillo received grants for more than 2500 acres (10 km²) on Stony and Moccosoneck creeks in Prince George County, Virginia. It is likely these grants were for headrights for persons Pittillo paid to bring to the colonies, such as indentured servants and African slaves. In this period of development, the Crown granted 240 acres in headrights for each person whom an individual brought to the colony, as it wanted to develop the pool of workers and increase agricultural productivity. In all, through land grants and purchases, Pittillo acquired more than in the area of Prince George County, Brunswick, and Dinwiddie counties in Southside Virginia. His largest land holdings were on the north side of Moccosoneck Creek. This area south of present-day Petersburg, Virginia was originally in Prince George County, but it was assigned to Dinwiddie County when it was organized in 1752. With so much land to be worked, he likely also had acquired numerous British indentured servants and African slaves as laborers. By the mid-18th century, planters were having to rely more on purchase of slaves, as economic conditions had improved in England and fewer workers wanted to emigrate to the colonies. In 1728, William Byrd II was commissioned to survey the boundary line between the colonies of Virginia and North Carolina. He assembled an expeditionary force of about twenty men, including Pittillo, whom he considered expert woodsmen and Indian traders. They set out on 5 March 1728. After six weeks, the survey work was halted. They renewed the expedition in September when the weather was cooler. Byrd listed James Pittillo as part of both his spring and fall expeditions. In 1728, James Pittillo was appointed as a tobacco inspector in Bristol Parish. Tobacco was the important commodity crop of Virginia at the time; his position gave him influence in the parish, as he determined prices to be gained by planters. James Pittillo died about 1754 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. His wife, Mary, and several children survived him. Family of James and Mary Pittillo of Prince George County, Virginia 1. James Pittillo was born 25 December 1725 in Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Virginia. He married Martha Burge about 1745. He died about 1782 in Brunswick County, Virginia. His widow, Martha, and oldest son James were shown on the 1788 Brunswick County Tax List. 2. Ann Pittillo was born 15 July 1728 in Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Virginia. She married James Williams and they made their home in Lunenburg County, Virginia. 3. Henry Pittillo was born 31 October 1730 in Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Virginia. This man was not the Rev. Henry Pattillo (later of North Carolina), known as a Presbyterian minister and teacher. 4. Mary Pittillo was born about 1732. She was not married at the time of her father’s will. 5. Lucy S. Pittillo was born 11 November 1733 in Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Virginia. She may have married James Moses. 6. John Pittillo was born about 1734 in Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Virginia. His first wife was probably a Millington. His second wife was Rachel (surname unknown). John Pittillo died 10 April 1827 in Burke County, North Carolina. References Records of the Court of King's Bench and other courts. Court of King's Bench: Crown Side: Baga de Secretis; KB, 8, 66, Box one, pack 69 – 102, page 93, line 197, British National Archives, Kew, West London. David Dobson, Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650–1775 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984), 178. Benjamin B. Weisiger, III. Prince George County, Virginia Wills and Deeds, 1713–1728 (Athens, Ga: Iberian, 1973), 886. “Prince George County, Virginia Surveyor's Plat Book, 1711–1724,” in Prince George County, Virginia Miscellany, 1711–1814, Benjamin B. Weisiger, III (Athens, Ga: Iberian, 1986). The Library of Virginia, Land Office Grants, online October 2005. Brunswick County, Virginia Deed Bk 3:63. William Byrd, William Byrd’s Histories of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina, (New York: Dover Pub., 1967), 313. C.G. Chamberlayne, The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720–1789, (Bowie, Md: Heritage Books, 1998), 350, 351, 353. Will of James Pittillo (1753). Bristol Parish, Dinwiddie County, Virginia 1690s births 1754 deaths Virginia colonial people

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium%20achaium

Allium achaium

Allium achaium is a plant species endemic to Greece.<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=294892 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Allium achaium']</ref>Allium achaium'' produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 25 mm long. Scape is up to 30 cm tall, round in cross-section, erect, about 5 mm across. Leaves are about the same length as the scape, 3 mm wide. Umbel has up to 45 flowers, the pedicels unequal in length. Flowers are bell-shaped, pale yellow tinged with pink. Anthers are yellow, ovary green. References External links JSTOR photo of herbarium specimen at Kew Botanical Gardens, syntype of Allium achaium achaium Onions Flora of Greece Plants described in 1882

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20largest%20cities%20of%20Iraq

List of largest cities of Iraq

This article shows a list of largest cities and towns in Iraq. List Other cities and towns Ancient cities and towns Babylon (ܒܒܝܠ) (بابل) Ctesiphon (Al-Mada'in, المدائن) Eridu (إريدو) Hatra (حضر) Kish (كيش) Lagash (لجش) Nineveh (ܢܝܢܘܐ) (نينوى) Nippur (نيبور) Nuzi (Nuzu) Samarra Shenna (Sinn Barimma) Sumer (سومر) Tell Ubaid (تل عبيد) Ur (أور) Uruk (أوروك) See also List of places in Iraq Districts of Iraq List of postal codes in Iraq References External links Populated places in Iraq Iraq, List of cities in Cities Iraq

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

Bananga

Bananga is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province. See also List of towns in Central Province, Sri Lanka External links Populated places in Central Province, Sri Lanka Geography of Kandy District

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moogy%20Klingman

Moogy Klingman

Mark "Moogy" Klingman (September 7, 1950 – November 15, 2011) was an American musician and songwriter. He was a founding member of Todd Rundgren's band, Todd Rundgren's Utopia, and later became a solo recording artist, bandleader and songwriter. He released two solo recordings, and his songs have been covered by artists as wide ranging as Johnny Winter, Carly Simon, James Cotton, Thelma Houston, Eric Clapton, Barry Manilow and Guns N' Roses. He played on stage with Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Luther Vandross, Lou Reed, Jeff Beck and Allan Woody & Warren Haynes of the Allman Brothers and Gov't Mule. Other than Rundgren, his longest musical association may have been with Bette Midler, whom he served as band leader and who adopted for her signature song "(You Gotta Have) Friends", composed by Klingman and William "Buzzy" Linhart. Life and career "Moogy" Klingman's nickname was not from the Moog synthesizer, pronounced "Mogue", but from his baby sister's pronunciation of "Marky" as "Moo-Gee." His nickname was already well established by the time that he did later play the instrument. Klingman grew up in the Long Island suburb of Great Neck, New York. By age 10 he was collecting comic books and gramophone records, playing DJ in his basement. Through his older sister, he got an access pass to attend the 1965 Newport Folk Festival performance where Bob Dylan "went electric," meeting Dylan before and after the concert. Back home, his band The Living Few was signed to a demo deal by producer Dick Glass and recorded a demo of Dylan songs and original tunes. At 16, he joined Jimmy James and the Blue Flames with Jimi Hendrix and Randy California. His jug band performance with schoolmate Andy Kaufman in a controversial civil rights concert resulted in his expulsion from high school in 1966, after which he went to Quintano's School for Young Professionals in New York City. By then, his band Glitterhouse had made records with the star producer Bob Crewe, as well as Crewe's soundtrack to the 1968 Roger Vadim film Barbarella with Jane Fonda. Klingman's association with Todd Rundgren commenced in 1968 when they met outside the Cafe Au Go Go in Greenwich Village. In Klingman's Manhattan loft, he and Rundgren constructed the Secret Sound recording studio where Rundgren produced his A Wizard, A True Star, Todd, and other albums. Moogy was the original keyboardist for Todd Rundgren's Utopia, and Klingman's band Moogy & the Rhythm Kings (Kevin Ellman, Ralph Schuckett, John Seigler) formed the core of the original Utopia. He played on ten Todd Rundgren solo albums, as well as several Utopia albums. When Lou Reed found himself in 1972 with an acclaimed album, Transformer, but no backing musicians to support it on tour, he tried hiring an inexperienced bar band called The Tots, but ultimately fired them mid-tour. With barely a week's notice, Klingman came up with a new five-member backing band, and completed the tour. The band consisted of Tom Cosgrove on lead guitar, Ralph Schuckett on rhythm guitar, "Buffalo" Bill Gelber on bass and "Chocolate" on drums. Klingman played keyboards and produced Bette Midler's duet with Bob Dylan "Buckets of Rain" – which appeared on Midler's 1976 album, Songs for the New Depression. He became her musical director, taking over from Barry Manilow. Klingman collaborated with William "Buzzy" Linhart in co-writing "(You Gotta Have) Friends", which became Bette Midler's de facto theme song. Klingman had solo albums out on Capitol and EMI records, as well as on his own label. Songs from his solo albums were covered by Johnny Winter, Eric Clapton, Barry Manilow, Bette Midler, Todd Rundgren and others. His song "Dust in the Wind" (not to be confused with the hit song of the same name by Kansas) was covered by Todd Rundgren on his album Something/Anything? and has been performed live in concert by Guns N' Roses. In 1985 Klingman helped the group Mandolindley Road Show mix and master their debut self-titled album. He mentored the late, influential hip-hop producer Paul C., who was a member of the band. Klingman became the executive producer and musical director of the Music From Free Creek "supersession" project when Rundgren's agent Albert Grossman wanted too much money on his behalf, and Rundgren passed the job on to his friend. The sessions featured the participation of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Keith Emerson, Mitch Mitchell, Harvey Mandel and Linda Ronstadt. Klingman also performed live at many venues with various groups, playing for Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, Buzzy Linhart and then in the 1990s, with members of the Allman Brothers/Gov't Mule, and a summer tour with Bo Diddley. He was the co-founder of the band The Peaceniks, along with Barry Gruber. Klingman also played in the Moogy/Woody Band with Allman Brothers alumni Allan Woody, and Warren Haynes. In 1979 he had a show on Manhattan Cable Channel J called "Manhattan Alley". A benefit concert was held in January 2011, to help pay Klingman's medical expenses, and saw the original Todd Rundgren's Utopia, featuring Ralph Schuckett, Kevin Ellman, John Siegler and Klingman, reunite on stage for the first time in over thirty years. Klingman died of bladder cancer in New York City on November 15, 2011, at the age of 61. References External links Moogy Klingman Discography Moogy's official myspace page Moogy Klingman 2007 audio interview on RundgrenRadio.com Moogy Klingman 2009 audio interview on RundgrenRadio.com Moogy Klingman 2010 audio interview on RundgrenRadio.com 1950 births 2011 deaths American rock musicians American rock keyboardists Songwriters from New York (state) Record producers from New York (state) Musicians from New York City Deaths from cancer in New York (state) Utopia (American band) members

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoichi%20Arai

Shoichi Arai

Shoichi Arai (荒井 昌一 Arai Shōichi) (December 19, 1965 – May 16, 2002) was a Japanese professional wrestling promoter. Arai ran Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling from 1995 until its closure in 2002. Career Arai started with FMW as a backstage assistant. Arai became FMW's ring announcer, and was well known for his high-pitched voice during countdowns of various death-matches. Arai became Chief Executive Officer of FMW, after Atsushi Onita retired in April 1995. As CEO, Arai toned down the number of death matches, and promoted Hayabusa as the main star of the promotion. Onita returned to FMW in 1996, and insisted on becoming the main focus of the promotion. Arai and the FMW wrestlers eventually met with Onita, and declared that Onita needed to leave FMW, due to Onita's ego and attitude towards the younger stars. FMW shifted its focus towards an entertainment-based style, similar to WWE. The shift occurred after FMW secured a television and pay-per-view deal with DirecTV, who wanted a role in shaping the product. In addition, Kodo Fuyuki was named head booker. Eventually, attendance dwindled, and the promotion dealt with several financial issues. In October 2001, Hayabusa suffered a career-ending injury against Mammoth Sasaki. While attempting an Asai Moonsault, Hayabusa slipped off the rope and landed on his head, resulting in immediate paralysis. Arai left the commentary booth, and immediately rushed to the ring. Attendance and revenue continued to dwindle, as FMW finally declared bankruptcy on February 15, 2002. FMW was three million dollars in debt, and Arai also owed the Yakuza another million dollars. Arai went into hiding from the Yakuza, and planned to write a book about his experience of running FMW. Arai released a statement, where he criticized Atsushi Onita for his ego and excessive womanizing. Arai's book intended to generate enough money to pay back the Yakuza. In conversations with Hayabusa, Arai brought up plans to kill himself, because his life insurance would pay off his debt to the Yakuza. Death On May 16, 2002, an early morning jogger found Arai hanging by his necktie in Tokyo's Mizumoto Park. Arai's suicide resulted in a life insurance payment to his ex-wife and child. However, the life insurance payment did not cover all of Arai's debt. The Arai family continued paying his debt to the Yakuza for years, until his ex-wife's father paid the remaining balance. Shoichi Arai was buried at Saitama Kawaguchi Memorial Garden. Arai's gravestone includes an engraved FMW logo. References External links Deceased Superstars - Shoichi Arai History of FMW 1965 births 2002 deaths Professional wrestling announcers Professional wrestling promoters Suicides by hanging in Japan 2002 suicides

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Amolakh Chand

Amolakh Chand was an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian National Congress. References Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh 1907 births 1963 deaths

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Fritz Jungblut

Fritz Jungblut (born 19 August 1907, date of death unknown) was a German speed skater. He competed in three events at the 1928 Winter Olympics. References 1907 births Year of death missing German male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of Germany Speed skaters at the 1928 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Munich

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Peter dalle Carceri

Peter dalle Carceri (, died 1340) was a Triarch of Euboea and Baron of Arcadia. He was son of Grapozzo dalle Carceri and Beatrice of Verona, both Lords of Euboea. According to a conjecture by Karl Hopf, he married first with a daughter from the first marriage of George I Ghisi, Lord of Tinos and Mykonos; however this hypothesis is rejected by Loenertz. In 1324, Peter is attested as lord of half of the Barony of Arcadia in the Principality of Achaea, and it is usually assumed that this came about as a result of a second marriage to Balzana Gozzadini, the widow of Baron Erard II of Aulnay. Balzana died soon after. He died in 1340 and he was succeeded by his son Giovanni, who was the only son of the second marriage. References Sources 1340 deaths Triarchs of Negroponte Peter Medieval Euboeans Year of birth unknown 14th-century Italian nobility Peter

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VAQ-134

Electronic Attack Squadron 134 (VAQ-134), also known as the "Garudas", is a United States Navy EA-18G Growler squadron based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Squadron History 1970s Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ-134) was originally established on June 7, 1969 at Naval Air Station Alameda, California, flying the EKA-3B electronic warfare/tanker and KA-3B tanker Skywarriors. VAQ-134 transitioned to Detachment 134 of VAQ-135 for its 1970-71 WestPac deployment aboard the USS Ranger, and stood down in July 1971, moving to its current homeport, NAS Whidbey Island. In 1972, the squadron received the EA-6B Prowler and became the Navy's third operational Prowler squadron. In September 1977, the squadron received the newer Improved Capability (ICAP I) version of the EA-6B Prowler. 2 years later, in 1979, the squadron moved to the CVW-8 in the Atlantic on board the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) for a deployment. It was during this deployment that the squadron took part in the failed rescue attempt of American hostages in Iran. Late that year, the squadron celebrated 10 years of flying mishap free. 1980s The VAQ-134 moved back to the pacific deploying aboard the USS Constellation (CV-64) as part of CVW-9 in the Indian Ocean in 1982. This included taking part in exercises with the USS Midway (CV-41) and the USS Ranger (CV-61). Starting from September 1982, VAQ-134 would join Carrier Air Wing 15 (CVW-15) for 13 years. On March 1, 1983, the air wing and VAQ-134 deployed for the first cruise of the new Nimitz class carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) around the world which lasted until October 29.CVW-15 and VAQ-134 later make six more deployments on the Carl Vinson which included taking part in RIMPAC 84' and 86' as well as PACEX 89', the largest fleet exercise since World War II. Before PACEX 89' the squadron transitioned to ICAP II Prowler in early 1989 which allowed them to fire the AGM-88 HARM missile. Later during PACEX 89' they would become the first carrier deployed prowler squadron to fire one. 1990s After 1990, the squadron and CVW-15 moved to the older USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) between 1991 and 1994, they made three deployments. In 1991, the squadron won "Top Hook" award for best landing grades during the cruise Kitty Hawk made when moving from Norfolk on the Atlantic side to San Diego on the Pacific side, dubbed the "Around the Horn" cruise. In 1993, during operations as part of Operation Southern Watch, the squadron fired the AGM-88 HARM in combat for the first time. The last deployment with CVW-15 in June to December 1994 included passing through the Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan and Western Pacific as well as the KEEN EDGE, ANNUAL EX and TANDEM THRUST exercises. On the 17th of December, the squadron celebrated yet another milestone passing 34,000 hours and 24 years without mishap before returning home on the 22nd. On March 31, 1995, after 26 years of service, VAQ-134 was disestablished for the first time along with CVW-15. The squadron would, however, be recommissioned again, this being called upon to deploy to MCAS Iwakuni in Japan as the U.S. Air Force retired the EF-111 Raven. In 1999, the Garudas took part in Operation Allied Force against Serbia while stationed in Italy. 2000s and 2010s During 2003, the squadron moved to Incirlik Air Base in Turkey to take part in Operation Northern Watch. This, however, was short-lived as Operation Iraqi Freedom came about, in which the squadron took part. In December 2010, VAQ-134 deployed on a carrier for the first time in 10 years while on board the Carl Vinson again. The EA-6B was originally going to be replaced by the EA-18G in early 2015, and the last deployment with the EA-6B was on USS George H.W. Bush in 2014. This transition however came in 2016 and after this, VAQ-134 deployed to Pacific as an expeditionary squadron. In 2017, they took part in Red Flag at Nellis as well as being stationed at Misawa AFB in Japan with the 35th Fighter Wing of the USAF. References External links VAQ-134 Official Website See also History of the United States Navy List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons Electronic attack squadrons of the United States Navy Military units and formations in Washington (state)